Businesses come together for a cause

THE wider community has benefited from a group of local business owners who banded together at Yungaburra's Little Eden restaurant recently for the Wild River Mountain Distillery rum release.

Lucky prize winners on the day were Sasha Bucknell, who won two nights at Treetops Sanctuary, Malanda, from property owner, Jo Murphy and Briana Eaton who won gift packs from Wild River Mountain Distillery owner, Wes Marks (back) and Crater Mountain Coffee owner Lucy Stocker and a dinner for two from Little Eden.

Not only did the event promote local products and services and raise awareness of the Tablelands as a visitor destination, it raised much needed money for crisis and emergency support agency, the Women's Centre Atherton.

Guests travelled from as far as Mareeba, Cairns, Einasleigh and even Brisbane to attend a food and gin pairing afternoon, in an elegant, yet relaxed environment, complete with live music.