Break Thru Coonabarabran - Official Opening

A cool Coonabarabran morning saw a hive of activity as last minute preparations took place for the official opening - one of the main events on the Coonabarabran social calendar for this month. Our manager was frantically cleaning - while dressed in her finest - just minutes before guests arrived for event. Merilyn Ward (Regional Manager) and Paul Bolton (BTPS Board Member) arrived and were both wondering where Ross Lewis (Managing Director of Break Thru) and the executive management team had ended up. The rumour was that Graham Thornton (Employer Engagement Manager) had hijacked them and taken via Coonamble to look at some art work he commissioned for the Coonabarabran office.

A large crowd gathered as a ribbon was strung up across the entrance. This crowd included our local Aboriginal elder Bill Robinson, representatives from the Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC), TAFE Coonabarabran Campus, Warrumbungle Shire Council Mayor Peter Shinton and General Manager Bob Geraghty, BTPS service users and their families, local employers and business owners and many others. Malcolm Vass, our longest serving client and Noel Hiffernan (BTPS Board Member) cut through the ribbon and invited everybody in for a cup of tea.

After a good helping of light refreshments, Ross lead the BTPS team to victory on the new soccer pitch. As the celebrations wound up, the crowd started to leave in an orderly fashion. Strangely, it was Ross and the executive management team who couldn't be found and Merilyn was once again left wondering where they had got to.