NEWS & OTHER STORIES
Your Go To Guide For Wynnum UpLate Winter Edition
The Winter edition of Wynnum UpLate will take place on Friday 7 June, from 5pm. The special Winter edition will see retailers from the Bay Terrace, Edith Street and Florence Street precincts, come together for a late-night shopping experience designed to celebrate...
The Women Of Wynnum Podcast
We chat with Allana Bianchi about her Women of Wynnum and Manly Podcast which shares the stories of the many women who contribute in various ways to the Bayside community. You can follow the Podcast here and listen to back episodes here. What is your background? Did...
World Hearing Day March 3
March 3 marks World Hearing Day, an annual campaign to raise awareness on hearing loss prevention and advocating for better hearing healthcare worldwide. Local audiologist Ben Hoddinott from The Little Hearing Co advised World Hearing Day was a great opportunity for...
LOCAL FACES: RED MOON JEWELLERY
Kylee from Red Moon Jewellery had only been open three months when her store was ram raided and robbed, doing over $30,000 damage to her fledgling business. Two years on, she’s become a popular identity in the Wynnum Central business community and has big plans...
International Women’s Day 2024
Wynnum Manly is home to some truly amazing and inspiring women. From charitable workers and volunteers to business leaders, child care workers and even your favourite barista. This International Women's Day, Friday 8 March, we’re supporting inclusion and celebrating...
Your Go To Guide For Wynnum UpLate
Wynnum UpLate’s first event for the year will take place on Friday 1 March, from 5pm. The vibrant event was originally launched to encourage Bayside residents to shop local and has since cemented a cult like status and following. Here’s everything you need...
Diyanna Project
Diyanna Project In support of the Ranasinghe Family. This project to renovate the house to make it wheelchair accessible was led by Michael Jullyan who co-ordinated a team of volunteer trade labour and materials to construct concrete patios and pathways leading to the...
Winter Solstice Gala Dinner
The inaugural Wynnum Commerce Winter Solstice Gala Dinner raises $16,562 for Rosies. A spectacular night was had on the 18th June at WCI’s first Black Tie Gala Dinner, with 140 in attendance. The Wynnum Community Fund, which is a committee of volunteers raising funds...
Community Wall by Bendigo
"I painted that!" Over two weekends, WCI (Wynnum Commerce Inc.) invited Wynnum locals to paint a well-known wall in the middle of our business district. The wall was designed and prepped by professional street wall artists All City Walls and 'coloured in' by our...
Train Station Beautification
Wynnum Central station has come to life with the addition of four new garden beds bursting with colour in a train station beautification initiative. WCI (Wynnum Commerce Inc) coordinated with Joan Pease and Queensland Rail to bring the project to life. We would like...
BCC Funding for Lights
Councillor Lisa Attwood inspected the WCI Illuminations Festival lighting as part of Wynnum Fringe Festival. The massive Wynnum letter are portable and will be backlit in various locations around Wynnum. Thank you to Brisbane City Council for the grant that supplied...
Melbourne Cup 2021
The Event Wynnum locals had a great afternoon at the most enjoyable Melbourne Cup event of the area. The profits from ticket sales and raffles came to a just under $3,000. The chosen charity for the event was Play 4 a Cure Ltd, who not only raises funds for cancer...