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I don’t journey far from home much: Nambour or Noosa is about as big as I get – the occasional jaunt down to Brissie for a BIG weekend. But I had reason to head down the Coast recently and was overwhelmed by the huge, busy roads lined with warehouse shops, caryards and the immense suburban sprawl.

With so much traffic and so many signs telling me to “Buy Now”, I felt claustrophobic and desperate to get to the beach and regain my bearings. It must be exhausting to live with a constant sensory onslaught. I followed the beach road all the way back to our hinterland. City folk often accuse country folk of being slow. I’m proud to say it’s true.

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SACHA HAMILTON-MACL AREN editor@eumundigreen.com.au ECCO thanks the volunteers who contributed over 100 hours production, collation and delivery work for the last issue of The Green, including: Check out our Community Calendar now on the inside back cover

Angus McDiarmid

Inspirational pottery

Photo thanks to Leo Wiles

W O R D O N T H E S T R E E T I S . . . ÔÔ North Arm School is getting new playground equipment. EE WITH FR ÔÔ The gardens at Steiner have been getting a beautiful makeSEover.

LECTED RNA HUSQVA ÔÔ This could be the worst flu season on the Coast in recent history.

WS! CHAINSA ÔÔ United Synergies is running the café in Cooroy library now. ÔÔ Why don’t we have a book exchange spot? ÔÔ It’s such a picturesque bridge – shame to not replace like for like. ÔÔ How amazing if Eumundi were to go entirely solar powered! ÔÔ Berkelouw Cafe is for sale. ÔÔ Noosa Shire’s net rates debt is lower than Sunshine Coast Councils.

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Food

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It takes a village

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A cut can kill

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Nature notes

Next issue: 22 July Content deadline: 13 July Advert deadline: 14 July

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Notes T h e in - h ouse G reen te a m Editor, advertising, chief writer

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The Green is a community magazine run by part timers and volunteers on the smell of an oily rag. We rely on the wonderful goodwill of Green loving locals to share our community’s stories and news. We need volunteers to join a lovely crew of locals for inserting flyers in the magazine every 2nd Wednesday (depending on bookings) for 45 minutes at the School of Arts. It’s a nice catch up and an amazing way to help keep the Green going.

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Publisher, advertising Anthony Wynne-Hoelscher gm@eumundicco.com.au

More insert volunteers needed for Green team

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A yearly subscription is $50 posted. 4350 copies of the The Green are delivered every fortnight to households, schools, cafés, shops and markets in Eumundi, Doonan, Verrierdale, North Arm, Belli Park, Eerwah Vale, Weyba Downs and Cooroy as well as Noosa Info Centres. This magazine is printed on 100 per cent environmentally friendly, Australian grown and made Grange Offsett paper, except the cover which is printed on Sovereign A2 – Silk 170 gsm which is also environmentally friendly. www.australianpaper.com.au The Green: the community voice. Cover photograph thanks to Emma Sheldrake.

Disclaimer (the fine print): All information in Eumundi Green has been written in good faith based on material, verbal or written, provided by contributors. The editor is not obliged to publish every item of information received nor will all letters and articles submitted be published without change because of layout and production considerations. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information in this publication, the publishers cannot be held responsible for any consequences resulting from omissions or inadvertent errors contained herein. The views expressed therein are not necessarily those of, or endorsed by, the editor or the publisher of Eumundi Green. Inclusion of any material is in no way to be taken as an endorsement by the publisher of Eumundi Green. Letters will be published if name and township is clearly identified. Partial name will then be withheld upon request. Any photographs submitted to Eumundi Green are accepted on the basis that approval has been given for publication by the subjects of the photograph. Advertisers upon and by lodging material with Eumundi Green for publication or authorising or approving the publication or any material indemnify the publisher and its agents against all liability, claims or proceedings whatsoever.

Apply now for Grants

Environment Levy Grants now open

The Community Grants Program offers funding to not-for-profit community organisations for projects, events and activities that benefit the Sunshine Coast community.

Environment Levy Grants offer up to $5,000 funding to not-forprofit community based organisations for projects that make a positive and ongoing contribution to the region’s biodiversity and waterways.

Groups can apply for a grant through one of seven categories: Community Development, Community Events, Community Facilities, Cultural Development, Cultural Heritage, Economic Development and Sport, Recreation and Healthy Living.

Priority is given to one-off projects that: •

contribute to landscape protection, monitoring and rehabilitation of biodiversity including native plants, animals and waterways

Minor grant applications open 6 July and close 10 August 2015 Major grant applications open 13 July and close 24 August 2015

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build community capacity, engagement and participation in biodiversity, waterways and pest management

A series of free grant information sessions featuring sponsorship strategies for not-for-profit groups will be held on the following dates:

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adapt and respond to environmental challenges, for example, pest plants and animals.

3 August 2015 - Lake Kawana Community Centre

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5 August 2015 - Nambour Community Centre

Environment Levy Grants open 13 July and close 24 August 2015.

Visit council’s website for session details, guidelines and to apply online.

Contact a grants officer for assistance: 07 5475 7272 or grants@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

A series of grant information sessions featuring sponsorship strategies will be held across the region in late July/early August 2015.

Visit council’s website for session details, guidelines and to apply online.

Contact a grants officer for assistance: 07 5475 7272 or grants@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

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result. Being found on page one is great, so if you can’t get there easily Google offers paid shortcuts in the form of advertising products like Adwords and the Google Merchant account. So now this space that used to be available for organic search results is taken by Google’s paid advertising spots!

This article is not about how to do SEO or get your business on page one. It may help however to know what Google picks up from your website to display

C H A M B E R B R E A K FA S T R E P O R T More than 20 members and interested community members attended the June Eumundi Chamber Breakfast to hear Sunshine Coast Airport CEO Peter Pallot launch the ‘Fly Local’ campaign. ‘Fly Local’is designed to encourage more Coast business travellers and residents to utilise the airport rather than take the Bruce Highway. Peter’s presentation focussed on the

on its results. This way you can better understand what to do to improve your own SEO or to check upon what is being done for you. From your Google listing you want visitors to understand you provide what they are looking for; beyond this you then want them to take action; to phone you directly (if that’s how you like to be contacted), visit your website, make a purchase, make an email inquiry, share their contact details with you, take up a free or trial offer, or join your mail list.

The information Google displays in search results is called a snippet and is pulled directly from your website so what people see in Google can be controlled. Make sure the content is relevant and when the visitor clicks through they will find what they expected on your webpage. Happy searching. Go and Google it.

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advantages of flying local, easy access, cost effective parking and an international flight schedule through Auckland.

Mr Pallot said Auckland flights during the winter months have proved so popular that a summer schedule will be introduced from December. He also provided information on the proposed east-west runaway.

Peter commented that by supporting the local Airport this would assist with providing evidence for a business case to be provided to the major airlines to improve scheduling options along with providing early morning flights direct to Sydney for the business traveller. If your business can assist in establishing a need for such services please contact Michalie Steel on michalie.steel@

sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au.

The next Chamber Briefing Breakfast is Fri 24 July at the new Arts facility Wan’din’in (behind Discover Eumundi) and will feature Stockland’s Sunshine Coast Regional Manager, Ben Simpson who will talk about the major projects affecting the Coast and the impact on its economy and securing jobs for the future.

Want to keep up to date with what is going on in and around Eumundi? The Chamber breakfast program features interesting keynote speakers , monthly updates on business opportunities and projects, member showcases, as well as two networking nights throughout the year.

A small fee is charged which includes a light breakfast, a tea or coffee, presentations and lucky door prize ticket. Breakfasts are held at member venues. Members are welcome as well as interested businesses and local community members and residents. Breakfast briefings are held on the fourth Friday of each month from 7.15am to 8.45am except December and January. RSVP is essential for catering and seating purposes – please confirm your attendance to the Breakfast Fee next four scheduled breakfasts by email info@eumundichamber.biz

Member Rate: $15 Non-Member Rate: $20

UPCOMING

RSVP Carol on 0412 062 882 or Kerrie on 0402 215 560 or via email info@eumundichamber.biz. Please pay for your breakfast upon your arrival, collect your name tag and lucky door ticket.

PROGRAM

NEW DATE - Tuesday 30th June 2015 - The Fig Tree @ Eumundi Guest Speaker: Peter Pallot, CEO, Sunshine Coast Airport “Business benefits of flying local”

Friday 24th July 2015 - School of Arts Guest speaker: Ben Simpson, Regional Manager, Stockland “Economic Development for the Sunshine Coast Region – creating jobs for the region”

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NEW DATE - Thursday 27th August 2015 - The Fig Tree @ Eumundi Members: $25 NETWORKING EVENING - 5.30-7.30pm - Burger & Cocktails Non-Members $35 Guest speaker: Annie Nolan, Business Coach, CCIQ-ecoBIZ “ecoBIZ Program assistance for small business on the Sunshine Coast” For details in relation to how to get involved with the Chamber, please email us at info@eumundichamber.biz. Online membership applications will be available in June.

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Community

Photos thanks to Emma Sheldrake.

A C U P O F I N S P I R AT I O N 18 months ago Angus McDiarmind was handed a handmade chai cup in Dharamasala, India, and the course of his life changed dramatically. He travelled to a place called The Pottery at the foothills of the Himalayas where the cup was made and began studying techniques centuries old. “My teachers taught me so much, about not only pottery but also the life that evolves around it. One of my teachers was a 14th generation potter!

The skill and craftsmanship that exists over there is mindblowing,” Angus shared.

Since his return, Angus has become one of the artistsin-residence at Quixotica on Musavale Rd in Cooroy, where a community of talented ceramic artists work in studios nestled around a lake and surrounded by whispering trees. The group woodfire their pottery and Angus makes his own clay there from local sources he digs out of the ground. Last week Angus was the artist in residence at Sunspace café in Doonan, where

he threw all the ceramic bowls and cups on-site on his kickwheel for use in the café. The Green recently caught up with him to gain a little more insight into what inspires him.

What inspires your approach and style?

I believe the process and the intention that goes into what you make is just as important as the final result. I was taught from the beginning that life and pottery are one, there is no distinction.

Craft and living with handmade objects inspires me endlessly.

When you live with pottery or a carved wooden spoon or a hand woven rug, you can feel the beauty they bring to your life. I’m also inspired by the [Japanese & Korean] philosophy of Mingei (meaning “folk art of the people”), people who are doing what they love, living with nature - all these things inspire me!

Do the seasons inspire your work?

Definitely! I love traditions and ritual created by the different seasons. As they change around

me, I feel and am drawn to the different uses of pottery. Right now I am really into winter ferments and warm cups of tea. Making sauerkraut, mead and pickles in big fermentation crocks and the warmth of a nice cup of tea in a handmade cup! Also, the seasons change my whole approach to making pottery. In the summer everything dries very fast so it’s a great time to experiment with newly found local clay. In winter, clay dries slowly and it is the wood firing season!

Where do you source your clay?

We live in a clay paradise! It’s truly amazing how much great clay is around this area. I source and dig all my clay in and around Eumundi and Cooroy.

The current clay I use is dug on Nandroya Rd. The process of turning the clay into something you can use takes around 10 to 12 weeks. It involves soaking,

sieving, drying then ageing the clay. The longer clay ages the better it gets. In Japan the older generations make clay for the younger generations, ageing the clay for as long as 10 years. I am constantly testing and looking for new local clays. I recently found gorgeous clay full of yellow ochre near Emu Mountain and another beautiful red clay close to Pomona. It’s so exciting and endless!

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Eumundi Range Road bridge – Detour in place Please take care when travelling on Eumundi Range Road while Council replaces the timber bridge. A single lane temporary road alongside the existing bridge will allow vehicles and pedestrians to bypass the bridge during construction.Council thanks residents for their patience during construction. The $1.7 million upgrade is expected to be complete by the end of 2015 (weather permitting).

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Community O FF I C I A L LY R V F R I E N D LY There was a great show of support at last Thursday’s official opening and celebration of Eumundi’s recently awarded RV Friendly Town status.

What's in the Spotlight Budget 2015 - 2016 Council has delivered a $588 million budget to shape our future and benet our community today. It includes $98 million for roads, paths and stormwater, $74 million to protect our environment and $40 million for economic initiatives. There’s $58 million for parks, gardens and sporting facilities, $34 million for libraries, galleries and community facilities, $32 million to start works at Maroochydore City Centre and $6 million for events and grants. Details on Council's website.

Three film crews, Wanderer Magazine and many grey nomads (both local and from further afield) attended the event. Officiating were Councillor’s Greg Rogerson and Stephen Robinson, Eumundi Community Combined Organisation (ECCO) general manager Anthony Wynne Hoelscher, along with the Chairman of CMCA (Campervan Motorhome Club of Australia), Garry Lee; Richard Barwick, CEO CMCA; Richard Mainey, Queensland State Representative of CMCA; and the Chairman of RV Clubs of Australia, Ken Kipping. “This is a good news story of a proactive group of locals who persisted and made it happen - the benefits of which will flow on to a larger region than Eumundi.”

Mr Kipping said. “What a great effort by the committee to put this together.”

The facility was built using a shipping container by ECCO with proceeds from the Markets carpark and thanks to local builder Brad Pike of Toobella Homes. It features a fantastic Body Art mural by local creatives, LisaSista photography.

The RV Friendly Town scheme is an initiative of the CMCA and is a way for travellers to identify small towns to plan a stopover.

To qualify as an RV Friendly Town, a locality must offer a selection of services including: • A medical service or pharmacy

Council's community grants open Your not-for-prot organisation may be eligible for funding from the Community Grants Program towards projects and programs that benet Sunshine Coast communities. The latest major and minor rounds of funding are now open. Visit Council's website to nd out if you are eligible and details on grant information sessions featuring sponsorship strategies.

Fox control during July During July Council and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service are working to control fox breeding between Mudjimba and Peregian to protect vulnerable native animals including water mice, ground parrots and the endangered loggerhead turtle’s eggs and hatchlings. Local residents can help by ensuring their pets don’t stray into nearby bushland areas and reporting any possible fox den locations to council.

National Tree Day

• A mechanic or service centre that can offer basic vehicle repairs • Access to visitor information and town map • Access to potable water and a dump point • Long-term parking available close to the town centre at a reasonable rate.

RV Friendly Towns display a sign near its borders beside main entry routes into the town. Signs have recently been installed at Eumundi’s entrance points.

If you’re under 18 - grab your camera Entries for ‘Nature at Play’, Council’s junior photo competition, close 5pm July 24. The competition aims to connect under 18s with the environment and there are great prizes including the chance to be a seal trainer for a day, a family yacht cruise and vouchers up to $350.

Become a conservation volunteer Become a conservation volunteer and help restore natural areas and care for wildlife. Activities range from planting trees and removing weeds to photographing wildlife and monitoring nestboxes. Details on existing groups or setting one up are on the conservation volunteering pages of Council’s website.

Council meetings

N O M I N AT E L O C A L C H A M P S Nominate local champions to be recognised through the 2016 Australian of the Year Awards.

There are four categories: Australian of the Year; Senior Australian - 60 years and over; Young Australian - 16 - 30 years; Australia’s Local Hero.

Council and Planet Ark invite you to take part in a local National Tree Day event on Sunday 26th July at Kenilworth, Little Mountain, Yaroomba and Mudjimba. For more information about National Tree Day, to nd a site or to view safety information visit www.treeday.planetark.org

Finalists in each of the four award categories are selected from each State and Territory, recognising 128 people around the nation. Nominations are open until 3 August australianoftheyear.gov.au or 1300 655 193.

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Ordinary Meeting 9am Thursday 23 July, Caloundra 07 5475 7272 mail@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

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Community FU N D I N G F O R N I C K L I N COMMUNITY GROUPS Member for Nicklin Peter Wellington congratulated six community groups who received almost $200,000 in the latest round of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.

Successful organisations were: Nambour State High School to buy a new tractor; Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes for hall refurbishment; Coolum Men’s Shed to construct a shed, Cooroy Community

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Kindergarten for blinds; Bunya Bunya Country Aboriginal Corporation to conduct an Aboriginal ranger program; Nambas Tennis Club to construct a covered outdoor area; and Cooroy Gymnastics Club for new equipment. “I am delighted that these organisations who contribute so much to and work tirelessly for our community received much needed funds,” Mr Wellington said.

FU N D I N G F O R N O O S A COMMUNITY GROUPS Member for Noosa, Glen Elmes, has welcomed the receipt of grants by four of Noosa’s community groups, totaling $110,493.91, from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund. The recipients included: U3A in Tewantin to upgrade their muchused AV equipment; Tewantin C&K Kindy to enhance their playground area; the House with No Steps to upgrade their

facilities and a new storage shed for Noosa Sea Scouts. Mr Elmes said, “Grants are designed to lend support to approved not-for-profit groups and are not intended to replace existing sources of funding for these organisations but to supplement and partner them in their wonderful endeavours and build community.”

and 1000 additional car parking spaces. “Once the public notification period ends the application will go before Council for a decision, which is likely to be later in the year,” Ms Coyle said. To view application material visit noosa.qld.gov.au/ planning-online. Submissions can be made online via Noosa Council’s YourSay Noosa portal at yoursay.noosa.qld.gov.au

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It includes two supermarkets, a discount department store

You’ll find interactive displays, workshops and exhibitors with a wealth of knowledge about backyard nature conservation.

Pool hoist back in action I’m pleased to let you know the hoist at Eumundi Aquatic Centre is back in action. Some residents had raised concerns about the hoist not working, but I can confirm it has been repaired and deemed operational for a few months now.

Do your bit We all have a role to play in helping the Sunshine Coast become Australia’s most sustainable region, so I’d like to share some recycling tips with you. This week’s tip: be careful what you put in the recycling bin. Plastic bags, drinking straws, broken crockery and polystyrene containers are the most common items mistakenly placed in the recycling bin. Plastic bags can be recycled through bins at participating supermarkets. The other items should be placed in the rubbish bin.

Health Matters

C I V I C E X PA N S I O N O P E N F O R COMMENT Noosa Civic expansion plans are open for comment until 30 July. Noosa Council Planning and Environment Manager Kerri Coyle said the proposal comprised approximately 30,000sqm of additional and reconfigured retail floor space linked to the southeast of the existing centre.

Shaping a future for Division 10 Sunshine Coast Council’s 2015-16 budget includes a mix of projects to shape a positive future by growing the economy and protecting and enhancing the environment.

Council is investing in a wide range of projects which will be of great benefit to Division 10 residents. Exciting projects for Eumundi include $715,000 for improvements to the terraces at the Eumundi Markets site and $220,000 for some fantastic upgrades to Dick Caplick Park.

Queensland Garden Expo It’s that time of year again! The Queensland Garden Expo is on this weekend (10-12 July) and people will travel from far and wide to enjoy this great event in all its green glory. We’re very lucky to have it right here on our door step at Nambour Showgrounds, so make sure you head along for a look.

While you’re there be sure to visit Council’s Living Backyard display to learn how to attract wildlife to your backyard.

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Ochre Health Eumundi Skin Cancer Clinic The skin cancer clinic is operating at Ochre Health Eumundi for both new and existing patients.

Our experienced Doctors can offer you a full skin check.

Follow up care can be undertaken at the clinic in most cases or referred onto specialist services if necessary.

The winter months are often a good time to have your skin checked as sun exposure is not recommended for some skin treatments.

If you have not had a skin check in the last 12 months or you have any concerns about your skin, please book a 30 minute appointment. All skin care checks and follow up treatment undertaken at Ochre Health Eumundi is bulk billed.

Please call to make an appointment on 5442 8882.

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Photography

AHinterland WINTER

From my garden in Eerwah Vale.

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Winter mornings - here comes the sun.

Susa Wynne-Hoelscher, Eumundi.

Noosaville river. Carly Rodda, Noosaville (soon-to-be Verrierdale).

THE GREEN’S WINTER PHOTO A SSIGNMENT

A Hinterland Winter

Please capture and send your photos of winter in the hinterland. Send your high resolution photos to editor@eumundigreen.com.au and we may print them in the magazine or on facebook for the community to enjoy.

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Just Love Eumundi!

Great stuff happens when we join together!

RV Stopover Officially Opened

On July 2nd, Councillors Greg Rogerson and Stephen Robinson, along with Ken Kippings from Campervan Motorhome Club of Australia and ECCO Chair Barrie Adams cut the ribbon on what will be a fantastic addition to our quest to be the best little town on the Sunny Coast - every day of the week. A fantastic level of coverage on TV news radio and local papers ensued!

Built by ECCO with proceeds from the Markets carpark, this recycled shipping container features a fantastic new Australian Body Art mural ECCO’s tribute to this iconic event for our town. A magnificent photographic tribute to the artists and models from past years.

Experience Eumundi puts on BBQ and bush ballads every Tuesday night – all welcome!

Community Launch for Body Art

As a proud supporter of this iconic Eumundi event, Experience Eumundi welcomed local Eumundi art lovers and artisans to join in an intimate community launch of the Original Eumundi Markets Australian Body Art Festival last week at The Green Room.

We were honoured to introduce Forget Me Not Australia as Official Charity Partner for 2015. 10% of all tickets sold to the Australian Body Art Festival are donated to help rebuild the lives of children much less fortuSave the Date: nate in Nepal, Uganda and India.

October 16 - 18 PS: Calling all volunteers! With an all new event look and a If you’re keen, please email warmer springtime weekend, this famous festival is three days of the event organisers: hello@culturemedia.com.au colourful collaborations and cool art!

Adventure, here we come!

Work has commenced on what will be a magnificent new playground in Caplick Park. Not only is our favourite choo choo train being fully restored, there are some fantastic new pieces of play equipent being installed - and a great new “rickety bridge” built by our very own Cooroora Woodworkers with the financial support of ECCO, EDCA and Councillors Robinson and Rogerson. More fantastic evidence of what can happen when the community works together for the good of our town!

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Where do you fire your ceramics? Can you tell us about the group? The process involved with this type of firing?

I feel incredibly blessed and lucky to have a studio at Quixotica, the beautiful property owned by Rowley Drysdale, just outside Cooroy. It truly inspires, encourages and supports pottery and the arts. There are two large Japanese-styled wood kilns that take a lot of time, energy and love to fire. The kiln takes around two to three days to pack then three to four days to fire. The fire needs stoking every five to 15 minutes for the whole time, so you need a pretty dedicated group and a lot of wood! The energy and intention that’s in a wood-fired pot is truly incredible.

by good food and people. The awareness and consciousness around what we eat is growing and as we focus on local and organic foods it makes sense to also eat and drink from something that is produced consciously and sustainably. I can’t work without the support of the local community and my beautiful partner, Bridget.

You’ll find Angus’s work available for sale at Sunspace Café, Cnr Eumundi Noosa Rd, Doonan.

You can also visit the Art Gallery at Quixotica, 151 Musavale Rd, Cooroy. 0403 761 791. Follow Angus at Facebook Pãn Pottery.

What can’t you work without?

I guess it’s a bit obvious - but clay! The local clay gives back so much. I think nature has a far superior understanding of beauty than me and I try my best to let that shine. The impurities of iron, yellow ochre, little rocks, leaves and twigs, it all adds to the beauty and inspires me to pot! I also love my kick wheel. It looks a bit like a horse and just keeps on spinning. We have a great relationship. I’m inspired

a rt news The Australian Body Art craft event All Dolled Up is asking for small household bits and pieces that could be used to make a Pop Art Barbie artwork: matchboxes, stamps, toothbrushes, small packets - items from our modern consumer life. Other suggestions very welcome.

Please put donations in a bag marked ‘all dolled up’ and drop off at Discover Eumundi (next to Post Office). Facebook/ All Dolled Up. This year’s Floating Land artists were announced last week and include: Kari and Ross Annels, Rene Bahloo, Leah Barclay, Lyndon Davis, Kris Martin, Simon McVerry, Elizabeth Poole, Lisa Brummel and Julie Wall. The sculptural works will be installed and on display during the sevenweeks of Floating Land at Booreen Point, from 27 Aug to 18 Oct. noosa.qld.gov.au/

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Magic of Mud with ceramic artist Jane Welsh aims to teach beginners the joy of building small sculptures in clay. Starting Mon 20 July. janewelshart.com.au/index. php?p=courses Sunspace Café in Doonan is holding a Dinner Concert featuring UK soul star Geoffrey Williams on 10 July, 6pm. Geoffrey describes his music as “a mix of blues, soul and reggae with a pinch of folk thrown on for flavour!”

Tickets are $15 or $20 at the door with children under 13 free. Geoffreywilliams. eventbrite.com.au The Pomona Gallery Artists and Friends’ King of the Mountain Exhibition is open at the Pomona Gallery in the Carriage Room for the month of July at 10 Station Street. pomonartgallery.com.

Arts NOURISHING ARTS

E x pressions o f I nterest called f or Wan ’ din ’ in The Eumundi Historical Association is calling for Expressions of Interest to use the new building behind Discover Eumundi – Heritage and Visitor Centre. Appropriately named Wan’din’in which means a gathering of people in Kabi Kabi language, you can create your own gathering through using this arts space to hold a workshop, exhibition of your artwork, meeting or other arts related events.

Expression of Interest Forms for using the space during the period of late August until 31 December

2015 close on Monday 20 July and the forms and information you need are available from Discover Eumundi Heritage and Visitor Centre or online at eumundihistoricalassn.org

A rt Wall A new wall of art was hung recently in the centre of the Original Eumundi Markets.

Pictured is local Eumundi artist Vanessa Porter of Pepi Wren, who helped to coordinate and curate the project, along with Paul and Rod. Of the new installation Vanessa said, “[It’s] a wonderful collection of art created by talented local artisans.”

DANCE ICONS inspire Dance Form Professional Studio was lucky enough to host Matt Lee and Marko Panzic for a workshop last week. We were all very star struck as the dynamic duo entered the studio humble and ready to share their knowledge. For those who don’t know them they are some of Australia’s most successful dancers/choreographers. Matt Lee is a judge on TV series So You Think You Can Dance and is currently performing as Bert in the musical Mary Poppins.

Marko Panzic was a contestant

Picasso said, “Every child is an artist, the problem is how to remain an artist when he grows up.”

How true this is. I have watched my kids delve into playing with paint, crayons, pens and clay with such enthusiasm, confidence and delight.

It’s a beautiful sight and their creations are so precious, unique and valuable to me. Then, I’ve often gone into my studio and struggled to find my play, overly worried about what to paint or sculpt, whether it’s worthy of the materials and time, fearful no one will care or value what I might create, fearful it’s a “waste”. We become so loaded with baggage and judgement, we get so caught up in our heads, so fearful of the tag of “not good enough” that we just don’t allow ourselves to play.

Making art, for the sake of play, returns us to our hearts and soul.

If we can tune into our senses, the delight of the vibrant colours next to each other, the sight of them swirling when wet, the sensual feel of wet clay changing shape under our fingers, we can return to this joy. Twyla Tharpe said, “Art is the only way to run away without leaving

Jaymee Hack, Principal.

on the first series of the So You Think You Can Dance and has since returned every season as a choreographer. He’s also a music clip choreographer.

The students learnt a different dance from both of them and it was insane! The music was loud, the atmosphere electric and the sweat was pouring! After dancing their hearts out the students had the chance to ask the professional dancers questions.

It was an inspirational end to the term. info@danceform.com.au

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home”, as we can run away from our worries, our to-do lists and just be in the moment in a sensual world of colours, shapes and textures. We can let our imaginations run free and create all sorts of wondrous things.

Studies have shown that making art benefits our health and art practices in hospitals leading to reduced symptoms, reduced depression and reduced length of stay. So if the urge is there, even just a little, grab out some coloured pens, buy a $6 watercolour set, or find a local artist or art group to help get you going. Even allowing yourself to doodle with a biro when you are talking on the phone may be a breakthrough.

There is so much to be gained by getting this flow and play back into our lives.

KURT BLACK EXHIBITION The poet and abstract artist Kurt Black will exhibit his raw and powerful visual responses to landscape, ocean, myth and spirit in his inaugural solo exhibition at 61 Memorial Dr, Eumundi, 10am till 4pm daily until 19 July.

Kurt Black (aka Rich Thomas) spent 10 years in the Brisbane entertainment industry, then moved to the Coast to start a family. His creative expression found a voice in poetry and he published a collection of contemporary verse under the pseudonym of Kurt Black (Vice Journey, 1999). Painting and sculpture is a recent extension of his writing, although he has always been interested in the visual arts. His imagery is an emotional reaction and connection to place, to mystery, and to spirit. Each painting is the product of construction and deconstruction - Kurt loves

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to build up a surface and then tear it down - leaving a scarred surface. He works mostly with enamel and synthetic polymer paint on wood panel.

“I am interested in the friction between materials,” said Kurt.

“Often I scour an oil based surface using water in the hope that I can arrest the essence or capture the creative energy.”

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The moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason.

So begins Neal Stephenson’s latest, Seveneves. What follows is a thinking person’s Armageddon (minus Bruce Willis) as the human race goes

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into self-preservation mode.

The Earth is about to become uninhabitable for the next 5000 years. What now?

of science and engineering with enough backstory in the “meatspace”, as he calls it, to really tweak the imagination.

But before I go on, I must confess my inner geek.

So too with Seveneves. There is some good, hard science to justify the plot, with enough Bruce Willis-esque heroics to keep you flipping the pages of this tome. Add some politics, philosophy and sociology to the mix and you’ve got a great read. How and where do you preserve as much of the planet’s biodiversity as possible? How do you maintain a functioning society? And how do you return to Earth 5000 years later? It might be tricky apparently.

I first encountered Neal Stephenson’s writing back in the mid-nineties. He wrote an article for Wired magazine describing in detail the construction of the longest (at the time) fiber optic cable on Earth, running between England and Japan.

That I finished it reveals two things: firstly that perhaps I need to get out more, and secondly Neal Stephenson’s ability to write engagingly on matters

W riter ’ s workshop Learn to craft an authentic, engaging piece of nonfiction writing with Sian Prior author of Shy: A Memoir on Saturday 1 August at the Cooroy Library from 10am-1pm. Sian is an experienced writer, broadcaster and teacher.

Find the ‘story’ at the heart of the ‘situation’ you’re exploring. In this practical workshop you will look at how to convert a bunch of facts into a gripping tale.

Suitable for beginners and emerging writers, it’s $49 or $39 for Sunshine Hinterland Writers members and spaces are limited so bookings required. sunshinehinterlandwriters. org.au.

B od y A rt la u nch This year’s Original Eumundi Markets Australian Body Art Festival (ABAF) for 2015 was launched recently at the Imperial Hotel’s Green Room in Eumundi. An inventive Pop-Trashion cocktail was served on arrival and local body artist Nina Neher painted her unique ‘Nina Gems’ on guests.

Anthony Wynne-Hoelscher of Eumundi Combined Community Organisation (ECCO) and Experience Eumundi (above left), officially unveiled the ABAF program this October and shared that this year would see an elevation in the competition and boast a national level of marquee talent.

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“The artistic talent pool will be bringing us never-seen-before workshops and presentations for both industry and consumer audiences,” Anthony explained.

Simon Malony and Nina Neher both spoke about this year’s theme, Pop-Trashion. Also in the spotlight was Andrea Nave, the CEO of Forget Me Not, the official charity partner for this year’s event. All Dolled Up craft

organiser Kait Manchip (centre) also spoke to the guests about her passion for the event.

“Eumundi is gearing up for a wonderful re-staged event of this much loved multi-art Festival,” Anthony shared.

If you would like to volunteer at this year’s event, please email the organisers at: hello@culturemedia.com.au.

Eumundi Lifestyle Consultant Wayne Ellis will be at Berkelouw Books on Wed 22 July, signing copies of his latest book, Kissing the Black Dog - Creative Solutions to Depression, Anxiety and Other Stress Related Issues.

The book takes a different approach to depression and anxiety and looks at the part dehydration, pH levels and oxygen play. It covers the physical and mental issues and presents physical and emotional solutions. wayneellis.com.au

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Eumundi State School Prep ‘open classroom’ Parents are invited to come and observe our three Prep classes in action Tuesday 14th July 9:00 to 10:00 am.

You will have the opportunity to speak with our Principal Mark Kross, our P-2 Connect Coordinator Carolyn Davies and our P&C Operations Manager Karen Allen. Additional school staff will be on duty in the Prep undercover and playground area to supervise your children if you’d like to bring them along. We look forward to meeting you!

For more information please contact the school administration on 5472 6333 22 Caplick Way • Eumundi Q 4562

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Kids 2015 SCHOOL OPINION SURVEYS This is an opportunity to have your say about what your school does well and how this school can improve.

The suite of School Opinion Surveys are undertaken each year to give parents/caregivers, students and staff in state schools an opportunity to have their say about what their school does well, and how their school can improve.

The 2015 School Opinion Survey will open until 31 July.

All families, school staff and a random sample of students will be invited to participate.

To access the survey request a unique survey access code from your school if you do not receive one by 17 July 2015. education.qld.gov.au/ schoolopinionsurvey/. All responses are confidential.

Holiday Workshops with a Twist Learn the tricks of creative balloon bending at hands-on workshops with balloon artist’s Miss Donna The Clown and TwistedMR on Wed 8 July and Sat 11 July, Lonergan Lane. Balloon artist Miss Donna says the workshops are suited for children from four years of age. “Children get handson experience in creative balloon

twisting.” Miss Donna said.

Workshop fee is a gold coin donation. No pre-booking but spaces limited to 25 students per workshop.

Workshop times: 9am Magic Staff Balloon – with Miss Donna The Clown 10am Dog Balloon – with TwistedMR 11am Sword Balloon – with Miss Donna The Clown 12noon Flower Balloon – with TwistedMR

I t Takes a C omm u nit y A gentle and caring neighbour of mine recently returned from Indonesia where she and her husband went to visit a small and isolated community in a seaside village. I caught up with her while I was out walking my dogs and she told me all about her inspirational and life changing trip.

In this community were seven orphaned children whose parents had died. Instead of formally placing these children into an orphanage type situation, they were placed with the community to be raised.

This is such a special way for the children to grow up. It gives them an identity and a sense of belonging rather than being labelled as a “Parentless Child”.

“Belongingness” is a human emotional need to be an accepted member of a group.

Every single person has this

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desire in one form or another.

Whether it is family, friends, co-workers, a sports team or a community, humans have an inherent desire to belong and be an important part of something greater than themselves. We all need a sense of inclusion and worthiness somewhere in our lives.

Having trusting and safe relationships outside the immediate family unit can be of huge benefit for our own children here in Australia. It broadens their network of belongingness and gives them people to go to for support and to share their experiences with as they grow, stumble and evolve.

My neighbours will soon be returning to this community and aim to provide items and education for personal hygiene to decrease the spreading of diseases. This is a simple gift of beautiful, kind and selfless humanity. It touches the depths of my soul to think about how they will help by spreading their love to the world. I bow to you – Namaste.

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Health A S imple C u t C an K ill Skin is an amazing substance.

It is waterproof, flexible, touch-sensitive, but tough. It detects heat, cold, pressure and vibration. It can even signal emotions like embarrassment and anger. Most amazingly of all, skin is self-repairing. Even a deep cut will seal in a day, and heal in a week. Cuts literally fix themselves. Generally, all that doctors or nurses need to do is bring the edges together, with stitches or sticky tape, and nature will do the rest. So it is easy to forget that a simple cut can kill.

Worldwide about 100 000 people die each year from tetanus. This agonising disease is caused by a microbe named Clostridium tetani. The Clostridium family is incredibly toxic, including the bacteria that cause botulism and gas gangrene. But even by these standards, C. tetani is something special, up there with diphtheria and anthrax as a supreme killer.

For the most part, the tetanus bug lives in animal guts, where it can do no harm. It also survives in the form of resistant spores in soil. And it can get everywhere, carried around on our skin, and even on seemingly clean objects in our kitchen drawer, like knives and scissors.

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But if C. tetani gets into a cut, it produces one of the most lethal poisons in existence, tetanospasmin. Just one fifth of one millionth of a gram is enough to kill an adult. Tetanospasmin is a nerve poison. It causes painful spasms of the back, neck and limbs - strong enough to break bones - lockjaw, and closure of the larynx. The victim suffocates.

It is a horrendous way to die.

Appallingly, the worldwide death toll includes 50 000 babies.

Newborns are particularly vulnerable to C. tetani infections of their umbilical stumps. Tetanus is still endemic in Africa and South Asia.

But the disease is entirely preventable. The tetanus vaccine was introduced during World War II. Since then it has saved about 40 million humans. We still get dozens of cases of tetanus in Australia every year.

Almost invariably, these are in people who have not been properly vaccinated. The elderly and diabetics are particularly vulnerable. So if you haven’t had a tetanus vaccine in the last 10 years and you cut your skin, ask your doctor for a booster shot of tetanus vaccine. It’s just a scratch, but it might just save your life.

Z U M B A PA R T Y I N V I T E Zumba and pilates instructor Svitlana Drungis is starting 9.30am Zumba classes from this Friday at the CWA Hall on Memorial Dr. Svitlana said, “I love Zumba because it makes me feel great, helps me and our customers to free our bodies with music and dancefitness program grooving us into a shape.” She said she’s looking forward to connecting the community with a “fun dance-fitness party.”

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H E A LT H news Eumundi Dental will be holding a charity day for the Leukaemia Foundation and the Brainchild Foundation on Sun 9 August. Dr. Sarah Rose will be providing general dental treatment for a donation only (minimum donation $50 but you can donate more).

Please support by booking an appointment on 5442 7556.

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Cooroy Horse and Pony Club are having their 50th Anniversary this year and are seeking any past members who might be interested in

attending or alternatively have any memorabilia, photos etc. that we can use on the day. 50th@ cooroyhorseandponyclub.com. au or cooroyhorseandponyclub. com.au.

On Sat 18 July the Cooroy Police, Rotary and the SES will be fitting cars with tamper proof one way screws outside the Cooroy State School, Elm St, Cooroy from 9am to 11am.

It’s free of charge and will make it more difficult for thieves to steal number plates and use them to commit other crimes.

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Slow cooked pork belly with chinese five spice Puk Scivyer

Having spent the better part of a decade in South East Asia with my family, this recipe makes us think we are still there. It is actually our family’s favourite South East Asian style dish. It can be used for the slow cooker and can feed an ever expanding number of dinner guests. Great on a cold winter’s night. You can leave the skin on the pork belly if you prefer, but I generally like to roast it separately instead. Serves 8 Ingredients • 3tbs peanut oil • 2-2 1/2kg pork belly, skin removed, cut into 3cm cubes • 1 bunch green eschalots, cut into 2cm pieces • 4 cloves garlic, chopped • 3/4 cup light soya sauce • 1 1/4 cups finely chopped palm sugar • 2 1/2-3 cups water, or enough to cover the meat in the slow cooker with a couple of centimetres of water • 3 whole star anise • 2 1/2tsp Chinese five spice

making sure a bit of the fat is left on the pork belly.

Cut pork belly into cubes.

Then, using half the oil, brown pork in batches.

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on low all day.

If you find the sauce too runny for your liking add some cornflour to thicken it, prior to serving.

Transfer to the slow cooker.

Add remaining oil to the pan and cook the garlic until golden.

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Add soya sauce, water, Palm sugar and spices and cook briefly until the Palm sugar is nearly completely dissolved.

Bake on baking paper for 20 30 min (depending on the size of the skin) at 200 degrees and then finish under the grill, to make sure it all crackles.

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Add contents of the pan to the slow cooker and add more water if required.

Method:

Add half the eschalots for flavour and then the remainder of the eschaots 30 mins prior to serving.

Remove the Pork Belly skin,

Cook on high for four hours or 15

Watch it constantly while grilling as it burns easily at this stage.

Serve cut up with your slow cooked pork belly, rice and greens.

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Amber Grimley To go into the draw to win a double pass to this year’s Queensland Garden Expo on 10 & 12 July at the Nambour Showgrounds, then just head to Facebook/Eumundi Green and like the Garden Expo news feed that will be posted on Wednesday 8 July.

The winner will be drawn and announced online this Thursday pm. qldgardenexpo. com.au The event will be held between 10 and 12 July at the Nambour Showgrounds, Coronation Avenue, Nambour. Access the event at qldgardenexpo.com.au.

More than 35,000 people are expected to attend the three day expo, which includes more than 360 exhibitors and offers a full program of free lectures and demonstrations across eight live stages.

Groovy purple Lilac Blewit found in Eumundi lawns.

The big orange fungus was on my property. This was as big as a dinner plate!

Q L D G A R D E N E X P O FU N F O R K I D S The 2015 Queensland Garden Expo will provide free entertainment for kids. Event Manager Marion Beazley said the children’s zone will boast activities such as: the animal farm, giant slide, cup-and-saucer ride, stilt walkers, musicians, street performers and a jumping castle. “Younger generations have really embraced the gardening culture over the last decade and more people are involving the whole family in the gardening experience.”

Ms Beazley said the 2015 Queensland Garden Expo program incorporated a range

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The brown fungus was found in the Sunken Garden.

With all the wet weather we’ve had lately the ground is nice and moist. Beneath the leaf litter and in the soil, is a hidden network of mycelium, the “roots” of fungi. The fungi help break down the leaf litter and other organic matter. This in of gardening presentations and activities that would appeal to children, with wellknown horticulturalist Claire Bickle delivering a beginners’ workshop on keeping chickens in the backyard.

turn makes food available for plants and other organisms.

It’s all very complicated but completely fascinating!

Occasionally we will be lucky to see the fruiting bodies, or mushrooms, of some fungi.

There have been a few interesting looking mushrooms spotted around Eumundi lately. The groovy purple ones are popping up in my lawn. They may be Lepista sublilacina or Lilac Blewit, which are apparently common in Queensland lawns.

Eumundi Bushcare Group working bees are held on the fourth Sunday of the month at Eumundi’s Sunken Garden, Pacey St.

T he ne x t working bee is S un 2 6 J uly 9 . 3 0 am - 1 2 pm . N ew members welcome .

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H O W T O G E T C H I L D R E N I N V O LV E D IN THE GARDEN Gardening is such a wonderful way to get children out from in front of a screen and get some fresh air and learn new skills.

Learning all about important aspects of our natural world can start even in the smallest of backyards. Horticulturalist Claire Bickle shared some tips with the Green on how to get children involved in the garden.

1. Give them their own patch, to grow, to care for, to harvest and to eat. It can be edible but may also include flowers for colour and insect activity.

2. Have tools that are made for children - size appropriate is important.

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3. Start from scratch: - seed sowing, growing plants from cuttings or bulbs.

4. Wild areas: create areas where nature may be observed such as ponds, birdbaths, insect attracting plants and possum boxes.

5. Get arty: it doesn’t always have to be about growing.

Try making scarecrows or sculptures together!

6. Recycle! Teach your kids about household waste and where it goes. Start a worm farm or create a compost heap.

7. Outdoor pets. Can you fit a chook or two in the backyard or maybe even a native bee hive?

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N atu re N otes Y E L L O W - TA I L E D B L A C K C O C K AT O O S Kon Hepers Six cockatoos flew over our place last week. According to some local residents that means it is going to rain in six days’ time but according to others it means it will rain for six days in the near future. Going by past performance, neither forecast is any more accurate than that given by the Weather Bureau.

From their easy, languid flight and wailing two-note calling we knew they were Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, Calyptorhinchus funereus (dark, with covered beak).

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The South-East Queensland annual survey of the endangered Glossy Black Cockatoo has just been completed and sadly shows that this species is still in decline. On the other hand the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo is still moderately common; its distribution ranges from about the Tropic of Capricorn (around Rockhampton), south in a very wide strip along the eastern coast down to Victoria, also into SA and Tasmania. They are found in eucalypt forests, woodlands, heathlands and parklands, also exotic pine plantations, from the coast to above the snowline. But they don’t seem to approach human habitation like their white sulphur-crested cousins

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do. Whilst the Glossy Black Cockatoo has restricted its diet to only two or three species of she-oaks (Casuarinas) their various natural habitats gives the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo access to a wide variety of feed sources and the species’ success is probably due to its more generalised diet. Their narrow, strongly hooked upper mandible allows them to winkle seeds and nuts from even the toughest capsules and cones, native and introduced. A good portion of their diet consists of tree-boring larvae which they tear out of holes, usually wrecking that part of the tree and snipping off sizeable branches and cones with the sharp, strong lower part of the beak. By the debris we always know when Yellowtailed Black Cockies have been

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around.

One of their old-time common names is “Wylah” or versions thereof, (from an Aboriginal language in northern NSW), obviously onomatopoeic, sounding like the weird wailing calls when flying over, mixed with crazy chuckling and screeching. Up in the ranges we have seen flocks of 40 or more but usually when they come to our property they are a group of three, one of them being a fledged chick. Its continuous loud rasping sound when begging for food, (which is all day long) is arguably the least pleasant Australian bird call.

But, rain or not, with or without junior, we are always glad when they come around and that their numbers are still secure.

So, in Australia we have five

species of Black Cockatoo in the genus Calyptorhinchus: the Glossy Black Cockatoo, the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, two species of White-tailed Black Cockatoo and the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo.

None of them are really black – more a dark grey, most are named for their tail colours, all are left-handed and all are zygodactyl, perching with two toes front and two toes back (the majority of birds perch three toes front with one toe back).

The endangered Glossy and the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo’s range is SE Australia, the Red-tailed are mainly a northwesterly distribution, and the two species with white tails are confined to small areas in WA.

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Letters ENTICE PEOPLE LIKE US I recently stayed overnight in my Motorhome in your facility behind the market. I wish to thank you for providing this low cost, basic facility location for travellers like me who don’t want all the bells and whistles that come with a caravan park stay. We spent quite a bit of money in Eumundi, so it is to the town’s advantage to entice people like us. Thanks again. Regards, John and Cathy Severino , Cedar Creek.

CAR IS BEST FOR RAT NEST How can a rat stop a car? Easy! Just camp under the bonnet in the warm engine bay and harvest the wiring and padding for a nest. This week Di took off for town in the Golf and the battery light came on.

With only 80,000 kms on the clock who would have thought of an alternator belt failure? Sure enough the belt failed due to a rat sleeping on a 25mm wide belt. On starting the engine the rat was beheaded (and scrunched up a bit) much to the horror of the apprentice electrician who had to replace the belt. Cost $90 for the replacement but this was cheap compared to a $16,000 job to replace a wiring loom in a Range Rover that the rats had demolished [previously]. Our neighbour had a similar incident with their Navara, so the rats don’t discriminate on the models they choose, just a nice warm home under the bonnet during this cooler weather. On advice of the auto electrician we now leave the bonnet open, evidently this cools down the engine bay and lets in more light (the rats like a dark warm hideout to nest). Car owners watch your gauges and take relative precautions.

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Replacing the timber bridge with concrete After contacting the Sunshine Coast Council recently, it came to my attention that we are going to get horrible concrete bridge barriers to replace the lovely timber ones on the Eumundi Range Rd. I realise that it’s in need of repair work and that they need to replace the wood with sustainable materials. I suggested building stone walls as they would last hundreds of years [and be aesthetically pleasing] but was met with the standard reply of “time to build, policy” etc. I have asked Council why the community hasn’t been consulted - after all it’s us that have to pay for this work - and am waiting on a reply. I’m afraid there’s not enough thought going into the preservation of this beautiful area we live in and does our council care? NO. Unhappy resident, Faye Borleis, Eumundi.

Amy Clarke Artist: Great idea - love the idea of stone walls ...

Brett Lyndon Matthew: won’t know Eumundi soon!

Annie McDonald: Well another thing SCC is doing, with all the entrances into Eumundi! Be more creative - make the town more pleasing to approach!

Sarah Hillhouse: That is just hideous.

John Chadwick: Oh no, more ugly armco barriers.

Paul Curtis: Adding fuel to fire, it’s going to take longer than the children’s playground to complete.

Wayne Cole: Love that part of the drive.

Beautiful. It will be a shame if all they replace it with is something ugly.

Anouk Quandary: A hideous debacle!

Andrew Hillhouse: This one is worth fighting. If “character” is important to this area, this will negatively impact on the existing important visual amenity values of this area.

Salena Argar: I wonder if local artists could paint the bridge if the council is not going to budge with the materials they are using?

Curly Hobbit: And not to mention a bus shelter at the bus stop for our kids.

Shane Cashen Same thing happened with Pickering Bridge at Moy Pocket, beaut old bridge with great access to the Mary, made no difference to “progress” apparently.

Mike Long: Look at the view, not the bridge. Simple.

Durnford Dart, Belli Park.

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