The Queensland Highlanders would like to acknowledge the support of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.

The Band's recent purchase of drum harnesses, kilt material (along with kilt making), sporran and glengarry badges, vests and pipe bag covers was made possible through funding from the Queensland Government's Gambling Community Benefit Fund.

The Band has also purchased a full set of new drums, including snares, tenors and a bass as part of this project. A major fund raising exercise by the current band members was conducted last year (2008) to cover the cost of purchasing the drums.

The Gambling Community Benefit Fund proudly provided funding for purchase of the following:

Bolt of kilt material (Stewart of Appin) 15 kilts (hand crafted by Jeanne Robinson from Touch of Tartan) 15 Vests (Touch of Tartan) 20 Pipe Bag Covers (Touch of Tartan) 200 Badges (Precision Badges) 15 Drum harnesses

The Queensland Highlanders self funded the purchase of the following:

10 Snare Drums (Premier) 3 Tenor Drums (Premier) 1 Bass Drum (Premier)

Photos of our new band uniform and equipment:

15 kilts were hand crafted by Jeanne Robinson from Touch of Tartan.
	A piper displaying the new kilt, vest, sporran badge and pipebag cover.
20 bagpipe bag covers were purchased from Touch of Tartan.
	A drummer displaying the new kilt, vest, glengarry badge, drum and harness.
An acknowledgement of our grant is displayed on our new drum harnesses.
	15 drum harnesses were purchased.
200 badges for our glengarrys and sporrans were purchased from Precision Badges.