Apublic appeal to fund the New Year’s Eve fireworks at Beachport has raised around $2500 from 25 donors to date.
The donations over the past month have ranged from $20 to $250.
For over two decades, the Beachport District Development Association has engaged contractors to light up the waters of Rivoli Bay on two occasions on New Year’s Eve each year.
The costs have been met by donations, Wattle Range Council grants and the profits raised by the BDDA at its thrice-yearly street markets and annual duck race at the Pool of Siloam.
Council will pay $5000 towards the cost of the 2022 display and so the BDDA has launched a GoFundMe appeal for $15,000.
Meanwhile, in other Beachport festive season news, the extended temporary alcohol-free zones have become law as they have just been published in the Government Gazette.
The extended area takes in the foreshore and follows a successful application to the State Government by Wattle Range Council under the Liquor Licensing Act.
