Fred Schneider to carry the Queen’s Baton in Charters Towers

Derek Barry
Updated December 13 2017 - 12:02pm, first published December 11 2017 - 6:09pm
Fred Schneider, 82, will be in the Queen's Baton Relay in Charters Towers.
Fred Schneider, 82, will be in the Queen's Baton Relay in Charters Towers.

Dirt N Dust regular Fred Schneider is among the 33 people chosen to carry the Queen’s Baton when the Commonwealth Games relay hits his home town of Charters Towers on

Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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