Community & Business
8 November, 2024
Spooktacularly successful: Westbrook's Halloween event
The Halloween event held at Westbrook on Halloween night saw well over a thousand local children participate in the festivities.
This year’s Westbrook Halloween event was centred on the Kennard Street/Maculan Crescent area, which were closed off to traffic for safety purposes and to make a better event.
Event organiser Matt Norton said these two streets had about 15 houses registered and there were many more houses involved in trick or treating across Westbrook.
Mr Norton said 1,400 kids were counted at one house, including likely a few repeat customers, and overall over 1,000 kids plus parents, meaning upwards of 2,000 people taking part in the festivities.
The attendance figure is even more impressive considering it was nearly double what the organisers had expected and the event was mainly advertised through word of mouth.
Mr Norton said he would like to give thanks to Toowoomba Region Councillor Trevor Manteufel and Condamine MP Pat Weir for coming to help the Lions Club of Westbrook and Districts with the event.
He also thanked Toowoomba Regional Council for its community events grant funding, Drayton Police Station for organising the mobile police beat, all the community members who donated lollies as part of the ‘Cand-economy’, Homestyle Bake for providing bread rolls, Westbrook IGA for providing hot dogs and Westy’s Pizza and Coles Glenvale for providing soft drinks.
“Thanks also to the participating houses and Westbrook community for such an amazing event,” he said.
“It’s all about community and keeping kids safe.
“It takes a lot of time and money from the participating houses to make it what it is.”
