Crowd funding is being used for the third consecutive year to meet the anticipated $15,000 cost of staging the traditional New Year’s Eve fireworks display at Beachport to welcome in 2025.


Online donations via GoFundMe have been provided by the public over the past two summers and this fundraising tool is again being used by the Beachport District Development Association.


It engages contractors each year to set off fireworks from the jetty at mid-evening and midnight and they light up Rivoli Bay in an outstanding fashion.


Wattle Range Council provides a grant each year and the BDDA provides funds of its own.


These are sourced from stall holder fees at the thrice-yearly street markets, however there remains a significant shortfall.


Within a fortnight of launching the online appeal, donations amounting to $465 have come forward.


The appeal has been endorsed by BDDA secretary Ros Brown.


She said the association is a community-based volunteer organisation.


“It supports our community’s development and growth through various activities and events that contribute positively to the tourist experience and the mental and economic wellbeing for the residents and businesses of Beachport and surrounding district,” Ms Brown said.


“The Beachport New Year’s Eve Fireworks display is an annual event, organised and hosted by the BDDA that celebrates holidays and life in a small rural seaside town.


“All money raised on this GoFundMe platform is allocated to assist to cover the cost for the fireworks displays on New Year’s Eve.”


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 for the third consecutive festive season and follows a successful application to the State Government by Wattle Range Council under the Liquor Licensing Act.


Support for the temporary booze ban came from local police and Independent State MP Nick McBride.