Chinchilla could be the birthplace of new fundraising ideas, during today’s famous Melon Festival parade.  RACQ CareFlight supporter Paul Gleeson has built a special float the parade, calling it “Scare Flight”.

The float is a cut out of the RACQ CareFlight helicopter, with Paul sitting in the “cockpit” on a bicycle, which he pedals to turn a ceiling fan, which is set up in the place of rotor blades.  

Paul said this is just one of the fun sights to be seen at the famous Chinchilla Melon Festival, which has been running all week long.

“A mate of mine is a sign writer, so we came up with the idea of creating an RACQ CareFlight float for the festival,” Paul said.

“We got an old pushbike and cut it in half and an old fan, and we’ve set it all up to work like a propeller.”

“We’ve even got a couple of kids in the back to man the operating theatre.”

Paul Gleeson also hosts a bowls day at Chinchilla to raise funds for RACQ CareFlight each year.  This year’s bowls day will be held on May 6 at the Chinchilla Bowls Club.