East Geelong grandma Mary Wilson began the search for the Indy’s Talkin’ Turkeys the week she returned from caravanning in Queensland.
Fate smiled on Mary, who scoured the Indy for the fowl blighters after her grey nomad adventure with husband Garry.
“My God I’ve actually won – that’s really nice,” the 66-year-old said when the Indy’s turkey correspondent phoned her during Christmas shopping.
“You’ve just made my life wonderful – or at least a bit easier.”
The win knocked the stuffing out of Mary – one of five lucky Geelong residents who will enjoy a free turkey this Christmas.
“We saw the Indy and I thought I’d enter it – so it was meant to be,” she said.
She and her four grandchildren will gobble up the succulent turkey when her family visits for Christmas.
“The presents are all wrapped and some are under the tree,” she said.
The couple will polish off any remnants with their friends the next day.
“You’re quite welcome to come to Anderson Street and share our turkey,” she told the Indy’s turkey correspondent.
The tricky turkeys have had Indy readers in a flap for the last few weeks, but Mary spotted them with relative ease.
“It took me a little bit to get the fifth,” she admitted.
Last week’s turkeys were in the advertisements of Geelong Private Hospital, Scooters and Mobility, Mike Hanneysee Car Sales, Automaster Car Sales and Mega Toys.
The five turkeys are hidden in separate ads for the final time this week.
To go into the draw, entrants must supply their name and phone number along with the business names of the five advertisers with a hidden turkey each.
To enter email indy@geelongindy.com.au, leave a message on the Talkin’ Turkey hotline 5249 6721, or lodge in person at the Indy’s office, first floor, 74-78 Moorabool Street, Geelong. Entries close 10am Monday.
