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Ray Thompson’s Breaking Point Challenge: Iberian Wine Feast
- Sunday 04 October 2026, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
- Citylane/383 Flinders St, Townsville City QLD 4810
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RAY THOMPSON’S BREAKING POINT CHALLENGE
IBERIAN WINE FEAST
Sunday 4 October · 12:30pm
Polola · City Lane
GOOD FOOD. GOOD WINE. GOOD COMPANY.
ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE.
Join Friend Notebooks and The Wandering Cellar Door at Polola for a long lunch in support of former North Queensland Cowboy Ray Thompson and his Breaking Point Challenge.
On 17 October, Ray is taking on the challenge to raise funds to help find a cure for childhood brain cancer.
Before he does, we’re getting together around the table for an afternoon of food, wine, friendship and fundraising and we’d love you to join us.
THE LUNCH
We’re heading to Polola, tucked into the atmospheric surrounds of City Lane, for a relaxed Iberian-inspired wine feast.
Three feasting courses, Spanish and Portuguese wines, plenty of conversation and no particular need to rush anywhere.
ON THE TABLE
Three-course set menu
Paired with:
Bodegas Patrocinio Zinio Gran Cava
La Linea Albariño
Kármán Tinto Rioja Tempranillo
A relaxed long lunch, with plenty of time for good conversation, good wine and a little wandering around the table.
YOUR TICKET
$129 PER PERSON
Includes the three-course feast plus Cava, Albariño and Tempranillo, Taste Friend wine tasting journal from Friend Notebooks and a guided tour through the wines of Spain and Portugal.
And importantly:
$20 FROM EVERY TICKET GOES DIRECTLY TO THE BREAKING POINT CHALLENGE. WITH FURETHER OPPORTUNITIES TO WIN NQ COWBOYS MERCH AND EXCLUSIVE WINE PACKS WHILE RAISING FUNDS.
WHY WE’RE GETTING TOGETHER
Ray Thompson is a former North Queensland Cowboy and a champion of his community.
The Breaking Point Challenge is about pushing beyond what feels comfortable to raise money and awareness for childhood brain cancer research.
We wanted to do our bit in the way we know best:
Bring people together around a table.
Eat something good. Open some interesting bottles. Meet someone new. Stay a little longer than you planned.
And while we’re doing it, put some money behind Ray and an incredibly important cause.
Sunday 4 October · 12:30pm
Polola · City Lane
$129 per person
Come hungry. Come curious. Bring some friends.
We’ll bring the wine
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