Welcome to the spring edition of the Heat Beads® newsletter - the newsletter of Australia's No.1 solid BBQ Fuel!

Spring is well and truly here, and as the weather warms up the barbies fire up!

New Heat Beads® Grill Brush!
New to the Heat Beads® product range is the Grill Brush, available at Coles for only $9.99. Dust off your Weber, and use this nifty brush to give your cooking grill a thorough clean this BBQ season.

Community BBQ's - YOU can get involved!
In our recent BBQ Lovers survey many of you indicated that you would like to be involved with local community barbecues - especially the char-grill variety.

OCTOBER:
If you were one of those, the Heathdale BBQ Festival, to be held on Sunday 29th October at Heathdale Glen Orden Wetlands, is the event for you!

This year the grand BBQ cook-off competition, judged by Gabriel Gate, includes for the first time the Heat Beads® Char Grill BBQ category! So for our char-grill enthusiasts come along, join the fun and cook up a storm. What's more, be one of the first 10 teams to enter and you will receive a Heat Beads® BBQ Accessories Pack!

Every contestant entering the Heat Beads® Char Grill category will be given FREE Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes to cook with on the day!

The winner will take home a brand new Weber (valued at $200) and a supply of Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes. Runners up will receive Heat Beads® BBQ Entertainment packs!

To enter, you must register your team by October 6th. Please contact Jasmina Stanic at Heathdale House on 03 8742 3125, or email jasmina.stanic@wyndham.vic.gov.au for entry details, or you can download the entry form, and terms and conditions on our Community Events page community-events.asp.

Also check out another exciting BBQ Competition, Foxtel's LifeStyle FOOD Great BBQ Challenge http://www.lifestylefood.com.au/bbqchallenge/

DECEMBER:
The Triple R Melbourne BBQ Day is on again at CERES in Brunswick, on Sunday December 3rd 2006. The Heat Beads® Best Char Grill Recipe Competition will be on again, so put on your chefs hat and perfect those char grill recipes!

See the Heat Beads® Community Events page on our website: community-events.asp for more details.

Keep in touch with community events and more on the Heat Beads® website: community-events.asp.

BBQ Tip/Recipe of the week
Do you have a BBQ tip or recipe to share with other char grill fans? Send it in to HeatBeads_News@auschar.com.au, receive a Heat Beads® Grill Brush and maybe you'll see your recipe on the Heat Beads® Best Recipes section on our website! recipes.asp

The Heat Beads® Team
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