Having such a large frontage to the main street he, in 1910, cut his land up into building blocks and sold them.
In just one day he sold 240 pounds worth.
In 1910, the Progress Association held its second annual picnic and sports on 'Quinns Park' and was attended by 300 people.
Children received lollys, toys were raced for, there was a log chop, high jump, hack races etc.
Lunch was provided, and eaten on large tarps spread under the gum trees. In the evening a open air concert was held, followed by dancing in the school room.
In 1937 the road board were pumping of a large well and a soak on the Common, and put down a bore, as it was a dry year.
Gloria Vermaes: “The Common was a big piece of farm land with a creek, sort of parallel with the Main Street, down the other side of Bednaski’s. Us kids used to go down there and make a little fire in winter and throw in spuds to cook and eat. I sank in very deep on that sand once and there was a very dark blue colour in it. Most peculiar. It didn’t seem to be lethal though - still here”.
Dorothy & Sam Stewart, along with other local people (and businesses such as the hotel) kept a cow or two at the Common.
Rose English: Back some years ago the first men's hockey club used the common, George helped and they had a small shed put there. don't know where they now play hockey, but the first year these men played they apparently won the grand final, not sure is any of the original players are still living.
Another time this area was granted to various clubs and associations like the P& C to put a crop in to raise funds, one Year they couldn't get any farmer to offer and George put his hand up and many asked how he could do it , but he just said he could and he was loaned the machinery by Mr K O Richardson and Mr John Mills assisted in getting the various things like seed etc, and so a crop was put in, when the crop was almost ready to strip, George came home from shearing and informed me that someone had gone and stripped it and made hay out of it, might add George was very disappointed, but that is the nature of things, he offered to do the job, but the powers that be decided other wise, and this was rather upsetting at the time as none of the farmers at the P&C meeting volunteered. But that was the way it finished.