EG 117 of 31 March 2011

Issue 117 – Thursday 31 March 2011

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Review of location Community gets behind Earth Hour and the Body Art Carnivale Fran Maguire of powerlines Jack Connolly, President, Powerlines Action Group Eumundi (PAGE)

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AGE has sought support from Peter Wellington to have the detailed and fully costed alternative proposal re location of powerlines independently assessed.

We acknowledge that Minister Robertson has the role of an independent decision maker under the Sustainable Planning Act; however, he will make his decision of Community Infrastructure Designation based on the information provided to him

by Powerlink.

PAGE insists on an independent assessment of the alternatives proposed. It is clear that Powerlink is in no position to properly perform that assessment. Having spent millions of dollars on their own proposal, we contend that they have a clear conflict of interest and are no longer in a position to adequately assess another proposal favourably, without causing themselves severe embarrassment and acknowledgement of the waste of millions of dollars. PAGE contend that an independent assessment continued on page 4

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Earth Hour and Body Art Carnivale supporters enjoying sunset together at the Eumundi Range Rd lookout.

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aturday night brought together a happy crowd of 75 locals for the Earth Hour tribute and Body Art gettogether jointly hosted by Eumundi Green and the Australian Body Art Carnivale organising committee.

The ECCO community bus supported the gathering by bringing a full bus load of supporters.

The evening continued at the location of the home office of Eumundi Green. Managing editor Joyce Turnbull thanked sponsors Eumundi Meats and Eumundi Smokehouse for providing meats, Fiona’s Fancies for contributing cakes and the many helpers who brought along food to complete the menu.

Andrew, Barry and Jackie of local

group Flash Jack added to the conviviality with their blend of Celtic and traditional Australian music helping the evening of camaraderie to flow on by candle and torchlight during lights off for Earth Hour.

Body Art organising committee chair Kerrie Bryant-Adams acknowledged the voluntary work being done in the car parks to supplement funding for the Carnivale and “offered opportunities” for volunteer jobs pre-, during and post the event in May. Kerrie said, “The theme this year is ‘Magic’ and the event will open on the evening of Friday 13 May with a masked gallery walk. continued on page 3

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Community gets behind Earth Hour and the Body Art Carnivale

My Street – Panorama Dr Doonan Lochlan Ammitzboll aged 14

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lthough I’ve lived in three houses in my life this is the only place I can remember; we moved here when I was only two. Dad and Mum built our house and we’ve lived here now for nearly 13 years. My street has loads of birds and wildlife with regular visits from wallabies and the occasional snake. We’ve even seen a lace monitor and once had a very friendly echidna we named Prickles who used to come into the garage or just walk past us without any fear.

My street is fairly long and winding with the “Bicentennial” lookout at the end; this is probably one of the reasons it’s so quiet here as only those who live near drive by. The view from the lookout is great; you can see out over the ocean to Noosa, North Shore and Peregian, and on the other side down into the valley towards North Arm and back towards Cooroy. In past

continued from page 1 “Seven venues in town will participate in the walk and businesses are being encouraged to open and decorate their windows in the ‘Magic’ theme.

“I’ve received a positive response from everyone in town I’ve spoken to, including the benefit of closing Memorial Dr on the Saturday night,” she said.

Belli Park mum and keen knitter Kait Manchip talked of her idea to create a “Magic Tree” for the carnivale. For more information on Kait’s project go to page 7.

It was a true community evening that brought together goodwill, creative ideas and a clear willingness from so many in our community to support a unique Eumundi event.

Approximately 100 volunteers are needed to host this year’s Body Art Carnivale 13-15 May and anyone wishing to give a hand may call event organiser Danielle Taylor on 0403 023 802 or Kerrie Bryant-Adams on 5442 7037.

Community Diary Thurs 31 March Last day to book early bird tickets Masked Galley Walk – Body Art Carnivale for Friday 13 May Ph 0403 023 802 Tues 5 April Eumundi Photo Club meeting 7pm Bistro Imperial Hotel Ph 0415 873 503

ECCO thanks the volunteers who contributed over 100 hours production, collation and delivery work for the last issue of Eumundi Green.

This fortnight’s volunteer writers:

Fran Maguire Sub-editor

Caroline Arnett In the Spotlight

Mary Bowtle Wotif!

Inger Vinogradov

Locals Home & Abroad

years we’ve raced home after the ANZAC Day ceremonies in Eumundi to watch the F111s fly overhead from the lookout; it’s sad that we won’t see them again.

Everyone in our street is on acreage, and from our house we have glimpses of Peregian and look up towards the lookout. About half of our property is covered by natural rainforest; many other neighbours also share a section of rainforest and this has made a huge area of untouched natural bush. There are some rough tracks through this bush which I’ve explored on many occasions but the wait-a-while vine makes it difficult and the tracks are rough.

After heavy rain there’s a creek that cuts through a few properties and a waterfall that roars; it’s really great to see and you can hear the water rushing downhill.

Mon 11 April EDCA monthly meeting 7pm Joe’s Waterhole Ph 5478 5519

Fri 15 April Cr Paul Tatton’s mobile office The Fig Tree Drop in between 9 am-1 pm

Tues 12 April CWA monthly meeting 9.30am CWA Hall Ph 5446 7880

Monday 25 April ANZAC Day commemorations 6am Verrierdale Hall 7.45am Eumundi Memorial Dr and Amphitheatre Ph 0409 578 624

Thurs 14 April School Term 1 finishes

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Business News Review of location of powerlines continued from page 1 must be completed and will show that the PAGE solution will meet the energy security needs – at significantly lower net financial and environmental costs.

PAGE however feels frustrated with the review proposed by the minister, as the review which Mr Wellington secured is to be performed by the very

government department which owns Powerlink.

With the assurances given to Mr Wellington, we expect this Energy Sector Monitoring (ESM) Unit to call upon expert professional advice outside that offered by the proponent or related bodies, and PAGE would be happy to provide further input.

“Free Noosa” on the deck at Sala Thai

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DV Residents Group president Jo Wright (standing) addressing with Noel Playford a luncheon gathering of president representatives of Eumundi community groups. Jo and Noel gave a progress report on the Noosa Independence Alliance “Free Noosa. Our Place. Our

Council. Our Future.” Campaign to restore a Noosa council.

Attendees gave feedback on the benefits and issues as they saw them. Presidents agreed to publicise the public information forum at Eumundi State School hall that the Alliance will host on Monday 18 April 7.30-9pm.

Business snippets Re-opening of Eumundi Family Medical Centre is set down for Monday 9 May if outstanding permissions and requirement are met by then. All stops are out!

Intersection project top Memorial Dr is on track to be

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completed before Easter weather permitting.

Berkelouw Books Eumundi recently sold a 30kg book of acclaimed photographer Helmut Newton from the early 40s for $7000 to a collector.

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The Eumundi Chamber of Commerce Inc. Kerrie Bryant-Adams, secretary

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big turnout for the March meeting with members, new members and visitors. Hosts for this meeting were Andy and Nicola Dudas from The Fig Tree. A big thank you to our hosts. Andy informed members of his newly created Tapas and Cocktail Bar on Memorial Dr. The Fig Tree is now open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights so locals can enjoy a relaxing evening with a wide variety of tapas plates, an extensive cocktail list and a selection of imported beers.

A number of new members were welcomed as well as special guests including Michael Donovan, chair of the Original Eumundi Markets board, who provided an overview of the work of the board since its formation in December 2010, its priorities and vision for the future. Seb Vecchio, president of the Cooroy Chamber of Commerce, also addressed the meeting on the benefits of both communities working closer together on issues to mutual benefit.

A full agenda was covered with a number of updates including a recent meeting between Cr Paul Tatton and the president on the timely completion of the new intersection; with the fine weather returning, maintenance on Dick Caplick and other parks, roundabouts and entrances into Eumundi can be resumed.

Developing consistency and visitor-friendly parking and signage options were also discussed. Working party members provided updates on re-opening of medical services, the proposed RV Friendly Town status, the Experience Eumundi marketing campaign and the Food Fest on Sunday 20 November. There was a lengthy discussion on a Chamber recommendation to extend the community bus usage on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings as well as a proposed extension of operational hours for residents to patronise restaurants and hotel businesses and community functions, events and other activities.

The Organising Committee chair provided an update on the forthcoming 2011 Australian Body Art Carnivale and a reminder to all members and guests wishing to participate in the Friday 13 May “Masked Gallery Walk” to purchase tickets online before the close of the early bird i.e. 31 March. Pre 31 March the ticket price is $50 and after that date the price will be $60.

Any enquiries in relation to membership or other matters please email the Secretary at ecc@eumundi.info or go online to www. eumundi.info.

Next Meeting: Monday 18 April will be held at the Eumundi State School Hall in Napier Road, Eumundi at 5.30pm to 7.15pm.

Members and potential members are welcome to attend. The earlier start is to accommodate at 7.30pm the Noosa Independence Alliance “Free Noosa” campaign meeting in the same hall to discuss their plans and hear feedback from the public.

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Business and Community News Developing Maroochydore CBD

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he Horton Park Golf Club has now officially advised Council that it has accepted its offer of $39M to purchase the golf club site, and a meeting between Council and the club has been planned to finalise the agreement.

Acting Mayor Cr Tim Dwyer said Council will now get on with the job of building the CBD to deliver one of the most liveable and

vibrant cities in the country.

“Council remains focused on delivering the benefits of a new city centre for our region and we will continue to work with the club ahead of the handover on 31 August,” he said.

“Our city centre will attract new investment to the region, create jobs and will be a highly desirable place to do business.

“Forty per cent of the site will be open space — that’s 20 hectares allocated to park, pathways and plazas, creating a great place for workers, residents and visitors to gather and enjoy the heart of Maroochydore.”

Cr Dwyer said the Maroochydore Principal Activity Centre needed to be developed with the first buildings ready for tenants within

the next five years.

“Council will now move to set up the local governmentowned corporation to progress development of the Horton Park Golf Club site,” he said.

“This will be overseen by an independent board, which will include a representative nominated by Horton Park Golf Club.”

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Eumundi State School P & C AGM

The management committee of the Eumundi Park Recreation & Showgrounds Association Inc after their election for 2011-12. In front row: secretary Wendy Domin (left), treasurer Julie Templeton, member Rozlyn Andrews, back row: president Gary Leis (left) and vice-president Rick Templeton.

Executive for the year ahead with school principal Mick Connors (right) and Cr Paul Tatton (second right). Executive is secretary Catt Richmond (left), treasurer Michelle Bowden, Leonie Truluck and president Trent Harvison.

Andy and Nicola invite you to their exciting new tapas and wine bar three nights per week Good food, unpretentious but delicious, terrific cocktails, old favourites and new ideas. Plenty of tapas options with an extensive beer and wine list including organic wine, international award winning pale ales, organic beers from Germany, no carb and no wheat beer.

Our wine bar is for people who like to go out and enjoy a light meal and good wine in a smart, relaxed atmosphere.

Come and join us.

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Community News Congratulations Ana and Al

Birthday girl Shelly is 60!

Best wishes to Ana Constantinidis and Al Galloway who have recently announced their engagement.

News in brief Homegrown 2011 is part of the Coast’s National Youth Week celebrations and is in its eleventh year. This year’s Homegrown is on Sunday 10 April at Alexandra Headland Skate Park from 10am to 6pm. The event is drug and alcohol free and entry is free for all ages.

Member for Nicklin Peter Wellington will be in Cooroy at the RSL boardroom on Thursday 14 April from 10am. Anyone who would like to meet with Peter can organise an appointment by contacting his Nambour office on 5441 6933.

The Australian Civilians Corps Bill has passed through parliament ensuring Australians will soon be able to assist overseas communities recover from natural disaster or conflict.

The establishment of the Australian Civilian Corps will see a select group of civilian specialists deployed to assist countries recovering and rebuilding after devastation. The work of the Corps will come after conflict, or build on initial emergency humanitarian relief efforts, and help set the foundation for longterm sustainable development. To apply to be on the register, logon to http://www.ausaid.gov.au/acc.

Historic Australian-built Endeavour replica to visit Brisbane.

The magnificent replica of James Cook’s HM Bark Endeavour will open to the public for 11 days during its visit to Brisbane on its first stop on its epic circumnavigation of Australia.

The ship will berth at the Riverside

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Centre Marina on Eagle Street, Brisbane, from Thursday 28 April to Sunday 8 May from 10 am to 5 pm (last entry 4pm). Families are invited to cross the gangway and explore what life was really like at sea in Cook’s day. Tickets are $18 adults, $9 children/concession or $38 for families (2 adults + 4 children).

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea at Belli Hall, Thursday 26 May 2011 from 9.30 am. To support this fundraising event for the Cancer Council please bring donations of craft, homemade jams and chutneys, and homebaked goodies of cakes and biscuits. Phone Margaret on 5447 0175 for more information.

Old Time dance at Belli Hall is on Saturday 9 April starting at 7.30pm.

International Rally of Queensland stops over at the Cooroy Library on Saturday 15 May from 3pm to 5.30pm. Up to 80 classic and international rally cars will arrive, and the public are invited to talk with the teams and see and hear the cars first hand.

April is collectibles month at the Nambour and District Museum in Mitchell Street, Nambour. The special opening is on Saturday 2 April, from 1-4pm. There is afternoon tea, a stall with special collectible items, and a raffle of a lovely tapestry-look-alike wall hanging. Admission is $5. The museum is open throughout the month on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1-4pm, and any other time by arrangement. Phone 5441 1831.

Shelly Wit (left) with Weang Brown at Shelly’s grand 60th birthday party with family and friends at the pavilion of her cooking school in Redwood Rd Doonan.

From the Treetops Raylee Giesberts

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ecently, while updating friends on my husband’s medical treatment, we had to smile when advised not to get on the “medical treadmill”. Like two little mice our feet have been pedalling madly for the past six years or so with one treatment after another following a diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Recently, perhaps aided by the toxic dose of chemicals, Leo also suffered a mild heart attack which resulted in a stent being fitted.

Obviously much of our time is spent inside surgeries, hospitals and rehabilitation centres and we feel it is timely to give them all a huge thank you. I admit that I was, for many years, anti-doctors and harsh medicines and tried always to choose the natural healing pathways instead. I realise now what tremendous services are on offer to assist with our health and well-being, particularly in the areas of terminal and serious illness.

So often we hear and partake in criticism of our hospital system and I feel extremely sorry for those would-be patients who have been on public hospitals waiting lists for years. Let’s hope that this situation will be remedied in the very near future and we can all

write letters of praise.

In saying this, our own personal experience with the public system has been excellent in every area.

Twice we have had to call the ambulance in the wee small hours to our home in the Cooroy hinterland. On both occasions the teams arrived in almost a blink and professionally despatched Leo to Nambour Hospital emergency centre. The treatment received there was remarkable, the staff thorough and informative. After a period there Leo was transported to Sunshine Coast Private Hospital at Buderim where every need and comfort was delivered with a hearty smile in a quiet, caring manner.

We regularly visit oncologists, radiologists, general practitioners, specialists and many different practices (both public and private) on the Sunshine Coast and we are yet to register a complaint.

Obviously, we meet almost daily with patients who are extremely sick and suffering but any complaints have been very minor.

What does that say about the wonderful area we live in? None of us want to find ourselves spending our time in any of these places but if we have to – let it be here!

Love or detest something? This is your chance to shout it from the treetops. Send up to 300 words to editor@eumundigreen.com.au Thursday 31 March 2011

Community News Magic wishing tree

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Question It must be coming up to budget discussion time, what can we do here to get projects such as walking paths to the Lookout on the Range Rd and to the Eumundi Forest Reserve from Eumundi progressed up the ladder?

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here’s a plan to create one or more magic wishing trees to welcome visitors to Eumundi’s Body Art Carnivale around the markets and or amphitheatre area. Creative talent Kait Manchip is giving a hand to get the project going and she needs help.

Kait asks for help with developing several styles of decoration and would like the whole community to be involved.

Kait says, “This is a great chance to contribute to this fabulous festival and its theme of Magic, colour scheme blues, purples, aqua, pink plus sparkles of silver or gold. Think stars, fairies, flowers, witches, wizards, elves…” We need knitted strips (like scarves) 25cm wide and length 1.6m to 1.8m or maybe just 30cm or 60cm ready for

joining. Pom poms and knitted or crocheted flowers would be great too. There’s a idea to use recycled magazine covers or cardboard decorated into a string of hearts by kids (or big kids) with their name & glitter/sparkles, hole punched and strung together on brown string to wind around a branch and drape branch to branch.

After the festival the knitting will be re-organised into knitted blankets to be donated to charity.

Work will have to be completed by 6 May for hanging during the week.

Kait is hosting an informal meeting for brainstorming and grabbing the creative ideas 2.30pm Wednesday 6 April, upstairs Imperial Hotel, Eumundi.

Contact kaitmanchip@iprimus. com.au or 0402 026 725.

The best way to start these projects is on the ground!

I suggest that a few interested residents put their hand up to work with me and officers to scope out the extent of the work, the design, the priorities and the costs.

I have some limited funds for pathways each year, but the priorities I have determined for these funds is pathways to schools in my division. However, we are also doing a Recreational Trails Strategy, and it would be good to include these pathways in that Strategy.

We have a 10 year Capital Works program which then allocates funds each year. Normally, one year is allocated for design and approvals, and the next year for construction (or when funds allow).

I would definitely like to work with a few passionate Eumundi residents to get these projects happening!

Vivien Griffin, Division 9 Sunshine Coast Regional Council

Leukaemia Foundation fundraiser

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acqui Hudson (right) so brave to shave for a good cause, with her sister-in-law Jenny Hunt.

Jacqui held a street party and fed nearly 60 people with a sausage sizzle. Jacqui and Jenny expressed their thanks for all the bread generously donated by Hodges Bakery.

Congratulations Jacqui for raising nearly $600 during the day of fun.

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For all the latest information about Cooroy - news, events calendar, attractions and a community & business directory.

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School News section through Eerwah Vale to its proposed new adjacent highway substation. Rather than correctly recognising the “costs” and “impacts” associated with Powerlink’s total 20km route, it instead only admittedly considers the costs and impacts for merely the 9km section when comparing those results to the total 13km diagonal direct highway route.

The EIS conclusions are obviously biased and, similar to the false Main Roads objections.

These actions must also be publicly revealed and investigated if a fair governmental assessment, free of the EIS biased and false conclusions, is to occur and the actual shortest “least costs” route selected.

Mike Tsilfidis Eerwah Vale Low act may bring grief To the imbecile with apparent low self esteem and no self respect who sneaked onto my property in the dead of night like a dingo and destroyed my banana plants, I ask do you feel like a hero?

If you have some issue with me whatever that might be come and talk to me about it like a man and I will try to accommodate you.

Tell those nearest to you what you have done and see how they react. You have left something behind which may bring you grief at a later date, meanwhile I’ll await your visit.

Walter R Lait Eumundi

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r Paul Tatton hosted an on-site meeting to consider parents’ and school’s concerns for safety of children accessing and leaving Eumundi State School including the location of the school zone and speed limit signs, parking restrictions for children’s families on Wednesdays, illegal parking opposite the school and illegal u-turns in the school driveway.

Safety issues have been heightened this year following a significant growth of enrolment numbers at the school.

The discussion focused on the following possible actions to address the concerns:  review location of school zone signs and 50km/h speed signs on Caplick Way north of the school  introduce a two-hour parking limit on Wednesdays for parallel parking adjacent to the school and angle parking opposite the school.  install a yellow No Stopping edgeline on Caplick Way opposite the school to discourage illegal parking  modify the school driveway to

discourage u-turns and vehicles dropping off students in the driveway  replace broken double white line with a single unbroken centre line to prevent u-turns  Scope works required to widen road verge opposite school to allow installation of on-street parking and a concrete footpath.

The Councillor has committed to arranging the installation of the following works prior to the end of April:  Relocation of speed signs  Introduction of 2hr parking limit on Wednesdays  Installation of yellow No Stopping edge line Installation of single unbroken centre line There were two longer term options identified for action:  proposal for school driveway modifications to be approved by school in current financial year with a view to funding in 2012, and  Council to investigate road verge widening for inclusion in future capital works program.

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Cr Paul Tatton (second from right) hosting a meeting with Eumundi State School representatives, Trent Harvison (right) and Mick Connors (left) with imput from Main Road’s School Safety Officer to discuss options to address safety concerns on Caplick Way outside the school.

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Unbiased assessment of highway route for powerlines needed Peter Wellington recently announced the Energy Sector Monitoring Unit, a department of the Energy Minister’s office, will be conducting an assessment of the highway route. This follows MP Wellington’s remarks that “there was sufficient capacity in the national (Bruce) highway corridor for the location of the transmission towers” and “National highways were the appropriate and best location for powerlines.” MP Wellington’s evidence of capacity within the highway corridor are two Main Roads letters from July 2009 and June 2010 which counter alleged Main Roads objections in the 31 March 2009 Draft EIS Report.

Rather than the demanded “independent” review, we have another “governmental” review.

Perhaps time will show the Energy Sector Monitoring Unit to be objective and fair in their review. However, this cannot occur until the EIS credibility is first publicly challenged, following MP Wellington’s remark that, “I do not have confidence in the advice that the consultants are providing to Powerlink and I do not have confidence in the advice that Powerlink is providing to the minister.” There is not only the EIS’s two-year unproven Main Roads objections, but also a major fault in the EIS’s comparative assessments of the highway route.

The EIS illogically completely ignores the necessary 11km southern section before its 9km

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to enrol your child or become a home based educator in our district please call 5471 3946 or email noosafdc@ladygowrie.com.au Thursday 31 March 2011

School News Excursion to St Helena Island

P is for Pirates

North Arm State School’s year 5 students on an historical excursion to St Helena Island via Manly Harbour. The St Helena Island theatre troupe shared interesting information about how the hundreds of society’s outcasts lived on the island for 60 years. The students were fascinated by the information and real life experience of Queensland’s foremost maximum security prison for men and by the history of the beautiful National Park.

Preppies from Eumundi State School dressed as pirates and getting ready to go on a picnic – all part of the day’s program learning about the letter P.

Mad hair on St Patrick’s Day

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These students and many others took the chance to have mad hair and to donate a gold coin as a Eumundi State School fund-raiser for cancer on St Patrick’s Day.

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Reilly, Majella, Eve and Jordie after receiving their badges on parade from Member for Nicklin Peter Wellington.

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Members of the community are invited to our Years P-3 Easter Bonnet Parade on Wednesday 13 April at 2.15pm in our wonderful Sports and Performing Arts Complex in Napier Rd. This parade is always colourful and fun and you're sure to see unique creations from our children and their families.

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osh Lang, solo pianist and singer, was runner-up in the Battle of the Bands.

An enthusiastic crowd was thoroughly entertained by six competing bands at Noosa High’s Cooroy Campus. The winning trio were Matilda Brown, Luke Roberts and Jaz Salangsang.

Students happily gave up $2 in support of the Premier’s Flood Thursday 31 March 2011

Appeal in exchange for diverse performances from year 10, year 11 and year 12.

The student council organised the event in conjunction with a free dress day, which also attracted a gold coin donation from participating students. Student Council has been very active this year, with radio broadcasts and the sale of roses on St Valentine’s Day.

Last day for students for Term 1 is Thursday 14 April. First day of Term 2 is Wednesday 27 April (directly after ANZAC Day/Easter long, long weekend). We ask drivers to take special care along Caplick Way in front of our school. Our school is now a much bigger family with 100 more children in attendance than in 2010. That of course means more cars and more children on and off buses. We ask for your support in looking out to protect the safety of all of our precious children as they arrive and leave the school particularly at the very busy time with Easter activities.

22 Caplick Way • Eumundi Q 4562 P (07) 5472 6333 • F (07) 5472 6300 E the.principal@eumundiss.eq.edu.au • W www.eumundiss.eq.edu.au

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Markets Drum Mel and Matt are “The Fix”

From the stalls WOTIF! Mary Bowtle, The Eumundi Food Company

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otif we (ABC Fantasy Co) had invented/created/grew a really fabulous widget! We took this widget to Eumundi Markets and over a few years sold zillions of them. Yeeha!

Then somebody took our widget idea and made it prettier and packaged it beautifully and sold it to department stores who took some of our market away.

Then Supacheap Widgets started making cheap plastic widgets in a factory on Mars using little green people who were happy being paid in algae. The Supercheap Widgets could be bought anywhere at half the price we charged at the markets.

Our sales plummeted.

That’s life!

That’s commercial reality!

So we think again.

We ask our customers.

We consult our friends and neighbours at the markets. We ask our mechanic’s third wife’s second cousin if it helps.

We redesign our widget so it does the job of two widgets or we produce retro widgets or luxury widgets. Or we scrap widgets and start making glidgets. Whatever!

We use our creativity to reinvent or redesign our product and our business.

Or we close up shop and lose our business, because change is an inevitable part of life and if we too don’t change our focus, we will go under.

Antique is good. Retro is good.

Out-of-date is simply out-of-date.

So we at The Eumundi Food Company are undergoing our own annual “what is selling and what is not and why” research.

How about you?

Mel and Matt Cole at their new coffee stand The Fix at the Central Markets. Mel and Matt are “famous” as the operators of the Green Bean from a few years ago.

Local feijoa growers first crop

Power of your creation Ken Dowling

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t is interesting how few of us understand and accept the real power of our own energetic creation. Every day, in every way each of us create our experiences through our beliefs and our choices. Each choice whether it be conscious or not, creates each moment and cumulates to create our life experiences. We are all cocreators in this life and collectively we are influenced and affected by everything and everyone around us. How we react or respond to our environment is still our choice.

However, if we continue to do what we have always have done, we will just get what we have

always got. No thing in our reality will ever shift until we truly desire it to and we align our attitudes and intention with the change we wish to experience in the world. As with everything, all change starts with ourselves and how consciously we live and love every moment of our lives.

When we all know and accept that everything is just energy, including ourselves, we would take back our power to truly create magnificent lives for ourselves and our loved ones. This requires belief to activate, try it, you may be pleasantly surprised and delighted with the positive power of you.

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Poulina and her mum Mani from the German Sausage Hut were part of the happy crowd at the Original Eumundi Markets annual birthday party for stallholders.

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eter Heineger and Sally Hookey from Hinterland Feijoas at Belli Park are thrilled to have their first commercial fruit crop available now.

If you are not a Kiwi you might need a bit of help with some fast feijoa facts: also known as the pineapple guava and has its origins in southern Brazil; the fruit drops when ripe, tastes a bit like a mix of strawberry, passionfruit and lemon; scoop out the flesh and eat fresh, also great in smoothies, cakes, jams and chutneys, wines,

and in savoury dishes, especially with pork; eat the flower too; feijoas contain high levels of Vitamin C and anti-oxidants and one feijoa will provide a quarter of an adult’s recommended daily fibre requirements.

Feijoas are available now till mid-April from Simon the Home-grown Health stall at the Eumundi markets Wednesdays and Saturdays. Another Belli Park local and stallie, chef Peter Wolfe is creating a line of jams and chutneys with feijoas.

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Arts Scene William Wallace as Motel with Summer Bowen as Tzeital in Fiddler on The A big shout out to creative Indee Theatre Roof at Noosa Arts Theatre. News John Burls fashionistas he Locals $10 Special David O Selznick didn’t have a

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introduced by The Indee last year, again proved very popular during the just-concluded season of Dead Funny.

Eumundi Green readers and other locals can now get immediate information on seatsavers simply by registering their e-mail address with The Indee Theatre at eumundilocals@gmail. com. No need to write a message, just send your e-mail with the subject “Seat Savers”. You’ll then be on file and definitely be in the loop for future offers, saving up to half on tickets.

Last weekend was the beginning of the production period of Moonlight and Magnolias. The Indee is billing this May-June comedy as its Platinum Season.

With three outstanding actors, Brett Klease, Luke Lanham and Wayne Clark, and direction by Australian acting/directing icon Carol Burns, this will be a very special entertainment.

The play (based on fact) tells how the film script of Gone with the Wind came to be written in just five days, thus saving MGM from financial disaster. Brett Klease will play MGM Studio Head David O Selznick, Luke Lanham will play film director Victor Fleming, and Wayne Clark has the role of legendary script doctor Ben Hecht.

A bit of trivia for the buffs –

middle name. He had an uncle, also called David Selznick, whom he disliked intensely, so he simply added the O to his own name to be different.

Many of The Indee Young Players will be featured in a special production number in this year’s Mother’s Day Super Concert at 2pm on Sunday 8 May. The first half will be a packed variety bill and the second half will be headlined by Brisbane singer and ex-Coast resident Elizabeth Hood, who many will remember for her outstanding starring role in Nancy. All tickets will be $15 and there’ll be special door prizes for Mums.

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alling all fashionistas! It’s time to start planning your creations and get your early bird entry forms in for the 2011 Wearable Art competition at Eumundi’s Australian Body Art Carnivale.

Event manager Danielle Taylor says the Wearable Art competition will be held on Sunday 15 May, giving textile artists and designers the opportunity to have their creations grace the catwalk and be in the running for more than $2000 in cash and prizes.

“The Wearable Art competition presents a truly unique opportunity for artists and designers of all ages and levels of experience to express their individuality,” Danielle says. “And the challenge is to create garments from recycled materials or items that have ‘had a life’ before.

“It’s a brilliant opportunity to really think outside the square and let your imagination run wild.

In previous years’ competitions, we’ve seen everything from bubble wrap to umbrellas to bottle tops as key design elements.

“The theme for all of the

competitions at the Australian Body Art Carnivale is MAGIC, and we’re excited to see how that will be interpreted when it comes to wearable art,” says Danielle.

The Wearable Art competition presents a great opportunity for fledgling designers of all ages to express themselves, to be as outlandish and edgy as desired and with a wonderful recycled sustainability message underpinning the event.

Entrants can either create their design independently, or team up with others to create a work of wearable art. Wearable art designs do not have to be practical or commercially viable, but they must be wearable.

Registrations are now open for all Australian Body Art Carnivale competitions: full body art, face painting, pavement art, vehicle body art, wearable art and photography.

Visit www.australianbodyart. com.au for more info, competition registration, and to sign up to receive eNewsletters. Alternatively phone event manager Danielle Taylor on 0403 023 802.

Australian acting/directing icon Carol Burns is directing the Indee Theatre’s next production Moonlight and Magnolias.

For theatre bookings, please phone 5472 8200

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his annual prize was created in 2006 as a national acquisitive prize to give recognition and financial support to artists who have demonstrated outstanding artistic achievement and are committed to ongoing creative development. The winner is selected by a panel of three professional judges. Entries are shortlisted and finalists’ work is exhibited at Kenilworth Hall during the Arts Festival. The prize is awarded at the preview night.

Entry forms are now available from council libraries, galleries, and art groups and from www. kenilworthcelebrates.org.au, or email kac@kenilwortharts.org.au or phone 5472 3223.

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Kenilworth Art Prize $15,000 – Acquisitive Painting Prize, Closing date: Friday 15July.

Kenilworth Arts Council /LGI Trophy Prize – Total Prize Money $6550 Closing date: Friday 9 September For 2011, sections include: Sculpture, Drawing and Painting, with categories of Landscapes, Mary Valley View Point, Still Life, The Human Form, Animal Life, and Contemporary Art; there is also Youth and Children’s Art. Prizes are awarded in each category.

There is also a $2000 trophy (the Landfill Gas Industries Pty Ltd Trophy) awarded to the overall winner across all categories.

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The Lost Gardens

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rank, Judy and family’s The Lost Gardens at Cedar Creek Rd Belli Park welcomed good numbers of visitors, despite rain.

The garden, part of this year’s Australia’s Open Garden Scheme, consists of 15 acres of landscaped grounds nestled in a secluded valley surrounded by the Mapleton National Park with its forests influencing the planting styles of the very enjoyable garden.

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St Patrick’s Day

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t Patrick’s Day was “a bit of fun” in Eumundi. There were special T-shirts at the Imperial, a post office catch-up at Joe’s Waterhole, a cross-cultural experience at Sala Thai with Bruce Hamilton preparing for his ANZAC Day pipe band performance and entertaining Jang Etheridge, Ngoc Tran, Matt Fox, Trent Harvison and birthday celebrant Gayle Angeline and Babette Urban. Mad Hair Day at school saw the principal and his deputy help with the fundraiser by growing extremely long locks.

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ANZAC Day 2011 Vale: John Moorcroft

Spirit of ANZAC exhibition opening

John resplendent in white uniform at the 2006 community ANZAC Day walk died suddenly last week during a bowls game, a favourite pastime.

John provided assistance with the re-establishment of a Eumundi ANZAC community commemoration and also had an association with the Verrierdale service.

Lynn Shaw (left) and Sandi Trin dressed in theme for the well attended opening of the Tinbeerwah Art Group’s exhibition at the Cooroy RSL Bowls Club last week.

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his ANZAC Day more than 3000 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel are serving overseas in locations such as Afghanistan, East Timor and the Solomon Islands.

To show support for the troops Australians can send them a care package, free of charge, through Australia Post, which is providing a free delivery service to our soldiers for packages under 2kg. Parcels should include a letter of support to the troops and a stamped self-

addressed envelope so they can send a letter back to you. Parcels can be sent to “An Australian Soldier/Sailor/Airman/Airwoman” or “An Australian Soldier – Female.” Suggested items include toiletries, magazines, books, non-perishable food and even a pair of socks!

For additional details regarding what can and cannot be sent, as well as additional information about postage requirements, please contact Member for Fairfax Alex Somlyay’s office on 5479 2800.

2011 ANZAC Day Eumundi Commemoration – Easter Monday 25 April LEST WE FORGET Assemble near playground Dick Caplick Park Memorial Dr 7.30am for a 7.45am start of community commemorative walk.

Invitation to all returned service men and women to lead walk, plus ex and serving defence personnel. Assistance available for non-walkers. Noosa and District Pipe Band will play.

Walk will be followed by wreathlaying at memorial trees and a short Service at the Amphitheatre.

Commemoration will be followed by a complimentary light breakfast. Traditional refreshments also available.

Please note Memorial Dr will be closed between Etheridge St and the Arundell St roundabout.

Detour is by Napier Rd or by Etheridge St and Crescent Rd. Enquiries Ph 0409 578 624 or 0419 218 347.

Verrierdale early morning service

Everyone is welcome at the short service and breakfast at the Verrierdale Hall 6am Easter Monday 25 April

Thanks to Discover Eumundi for photos of Eumundi WWI diggers Charles Ward, Tom Jones, Gordon Morschel and Arthur Robertson.

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Celebrate Food Prince of Duckness shares feathery secrets Sue Campin

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ur climate as we have known it to date has meant that with some exceptions we can grow many things all year round. The fun is in shopping around for what is particularly wonderful at the time, at the farmers markets in particular. This commonsense approach to fabulous food is the hallmark of success of one of our famous local chefs and great advocate of Eumundi, Max Porter.

Those of you who know Max and his food ethos would know he’s a famous lover of all things duck. At Native Sun Cuisine in Noosa from 1998 the six course “Duck My Way” certificate menu became legendary and earned Max names such as Duckular, Quack the Ripper, The Prince of

Duckness and, these days, Friar Duck.

Max has been giving cooking classes for many years and claims to have saved many marriages by teaching men to BBQ. He now has more than 4500 inducktees on record. Max is not just well known to us locals. He was chosen as one of four chefs in Australia to help Stephanie Alexander and Maggi Beer launch their Tuscan cookbook in 1998 in Noosa, and his food and restaurant have been listed amongst the best nationally and internationally.

Max has worked in nine Michelin star restaurants all over France and this experience has confirmed that a natural commonsense approach to

Tongue and groove salt and pepper duck tongues, river prawns and straw potatoes, Bethonga pineapple, chili salt and lime Ingredients 12 duck tongues, poached in lightly salty water for 1 hour 200 g small Noosa River prawns 3 large sebago potatoes 500 mls macadamia nut oil ¼ Bethonga pineapple cut into chunks Chili salt (3 tblsp sea salt and 1 tblsp chili powder) 1 red chili, sliced 2 green shallots, peeled and sliced 1/3 cup potato flour 2 lime segments Method Peel and wash potatoes and heat up the oil in a large saucepan.

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When the oil is hot for frying, use a mandolin and make potato straws. Fry in small batches until crisp, scoop out and drain well each time. Put to one side.

Follow the same cooking process with the whole prawns making sure they also are crisp. Put aside.

Lastly, mix the flour with some chili salt, dust the tongues and fry until crisp.

In a large bowl, mix the straws, prawns, tongues, shallots, chili and chili salt.

Place in a large bowl with pineapple, lime and chili salt on the side.

Sprinkle a little of the salt on the pineapple – delicious!

cooking, where you use what you have on hand and nothing is wasted, guarantees lasting success. Max also points out that if people really want to understand food and want to start creating beautiful things themselves, they need not only recipes but also techniques.

It is through the mastering of cooking techniques and an understanding of the origins and growing processes of local produce that the past, present and future of local food culture are celebrated, preserved and, we hope, built on by successive generations. Max now lives at Eumundi and continues to extol the virtues of our fine feathered friends and local, regional product.

More details about Max and more duck recipes can be found at his website at www. nativesunfood.com Here are some ducklicious specialties to get you quacking.

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Breaded morsels of duck, spaghetti of zucchini, black olive paste, honey and mint, seared grape tomatoes and Kenilworth ricotta Ingredients 4 duck breasts Fresh seasoned breadcrumbs 3 medium green zucchini cut into spaghetti with a mandolin Fresh black olive paste 3 tblsp honey 1/3 bunch fresh mint leaves 1 punnet red grape tomatoes Kenilworth fresh ricotta Macadamia oil Method Remove skin from the duck and slice each breast diagonally into 3 pieces per person. Bash out slightly and coat with crumbs in normal way.

Bring half a cup of water to the boil in a heavy based frying pan and add the zucchini spaghetti.

Move around to cook evenly. Do not cover. When cooked remove and drain in a large bowl. Add 3 tbs of olive paste, honey and mint.

Set aside.

Wipe out the pan, heat and add some macadamia oil and sauté the tomatoes until blistered and slightly soft; remove and reserve.

Place clean oil into pan and cook the breaded duck morsels in small batches, making sure they are golden brown.

To assemble, place a small mound of spaghetti on the plates with three morsels of duck on each, spoon over the tomato compote, sprinkle with ricotta and serve with some lemon.

Max also likes to add seared black olives.

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Health and Lifestyle Eumundi Green around the world Lyn and Ken Hodges

What is Wing Chun? Si-hing Kim Raddon

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ing Chun is a system of Kung Fu aimed at realistic selfdefence. It has evolved through the refinement of Kung Fu knowledge.

It eliminates all wasted and energy consuming movements through the use of its principles to form this method of self-defence.

Traditionally in Chinese history

Kung Fu was only taught to a handful of dedicated students.

In Chinese culture these skills are considered priceless as they involve the essence of life, not just merely a form of sport, exercise or hobby. For this reason, it was generally only taught within the family.

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yn and Ken Hodges, who will shortly be returning to live in the Eumundi area, recently spent four “wonderful” weeks touring “Incredible” India.

The itinerary took them to Chennai, Madurai in Tamil Nadu; the Kerala State, which included a visit to Munnar and an overnight sojourn on a houseboat in the Kerala backwaters; an overnight train trip through the middle of India; safaris through a number of national parks with sightings of tigers, elephants, rhinoceroses, and a myriad of birdlife; the state of Assam in the north-east and a three-day stay in New Delhi.

Lyn and Ken report being overawed by the breathtakingly beautiful Taj Mahal. However Chaturbhuj Temple and its spectacular towers in Orchha in the northern region of the State of Madhya Pradesh was also a top spot offering a quieter situation and chance for a read of Eumundi Green.

Ken and Lyn say there’re plenty of things they’ve missed in the years they’ve been away from Tallgums and Eumundi Green is one of them. “We’ve been getting copies but spasmodically and we’re looking forward to a fortnightly Green amongst other delights of Eumundi.

hen considering buying your first home, there are an enormous number of considerations and stresses to contend with. If building a new home, the layout of the home is the prime consideration after cost and here is an opportunity to carefully consider orientation and aspect.

A carefully orientated home will be more pleasant to live in and cost you less to heat and cool.

But what if you’re looking at

buying a pre-existing house?

Orientation and aspect tends to be less considered and cost of purchase and renovation more the issue. However careful consideration of the orientation (did I mention orientation) can impact on your renovation options.

Take a compass with you – don’t believe what Google Maps tells you.

In the next issue I’ll pose several questions that need satisfactory answers.

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Community Spotlight Cartoon Dave inspires our kids Caroline Arnett

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or many of us, growing up meant leaving behind our innocent world of make believe and nonsense. Not so for Eumundi’s master of hilarious cartoon characters Dave Hackett, with his delightfully whacky perspective on people, wildlife and nature that reminds us of our sense of the ridiculous.

Dave was a keen drawer throughout his school years and insists that his drawings back then were “a bit ordinary”. Every day after school he would sit and draw, copying the characters that inspired him, like Charlie Brown and Snoopy.

“My Dad used to do a drawing of this Elvis guy, and he didn’t draw at all. It was the only drawing he could do and he taught us kids to draw him when I was about six. Then I discovered some Book Club puzzle books with cartoons, I’ve still got them. They inspired me. I saw these characters and I’d fool around with the eyes and long goofy noses. It really kick-started me,” Dave explains with fond memories.

For 15 years Dave and his wife Kim lived in the “groovy” little village of Springwood in the Blue Mountains with their three children, Eden (14), Sami (nine) and Finn (four). In the winter months it seemed the kids were always sick with asthma and colds, “It was horrible,” says

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Dave. Adding to that, the scourge of Western Sydney was slowly creeping up the mountain, so they decided that it was time to leave.

Having narrowed their choices down to the Sunshine Coast hinterland, where they felt life would be “warm and interesting”, they discovered the tranquil

beauty of Eumundi quite by accident. Dave and his family have been here for a year now and he proudly affirms, “This is a long term move for us. This is forever … it’s such a great place.”

Dave’s deep passion is to write, “For the last couple of years it’s been all I’ve wanted to do.” He boasts a long list of published works, with more in the pipeline.

His television accolades include Toasted TV, It’s Academic and three and a half years on the Disney Channel.

This year Dave’s plans include travelling far and wide, inspiring children with his all-day Cartooning Workshops. “I just LOVE being able to do the cartooning with kids. With kids it’s great, there’s instant feedback. They’ll tell you if you suck straight away. It’s a really cool challenge to keep a group of 100 nine-year-olds olds interested for an hour.”

Dave’s Eumundi workshop at Eumundi State School Hall runs on Saturday 9 April, from 10am to 4pm. Bookings and info: www. cartoondave.com

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Congratulations Eumundi Swimming Club Andrew Cowan and Jack Nixon are the first swimmers from Eumundi Swimming Club to qualify for national championships. It is a milestone for the still quite new swimming club and the wonderful community asset Eumundi Aquatic Centre.

We are proud to support the club and Andrew and Jack as they head off to Sydney and Adelaide respectively by sponsorship of $500 for each swimmer. This support is made possible through income generated from operating the terraces markets opposite the post office each Wednesday.

The establishment of the Eumundi Aquatic Centre was supported by $525,000 through the Ron Anderson Trust funded by operating the terraces markets for many years.

EDCA vice president Cherrie Orr presenting sponsorship to Andrew Cowan (left) national open competitor and Jack Nixon 16 year boys competitor.

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Bits and Pieces DID YOU KNOW?

Keep Smiling

Green Tip

Know your library  More than 120,000 Sunshine Coast residents are members of Council’s libraries  Around 200,000 Sunshine Coast residents are not library members  Libraries are busy places with more than 6800 visits per day and with over 4500 activities and events a year  Sunshine Coast libraries partner with local organisations to provide workshops and activities on a diverse range of topics, from worm farming and composting to small business management  Newer services are available alongside traditional library offerings including toy libraries, DVD collections, free internet access and books for loan  And now free wireless internet access has been introduced, e-books and e-audiobooks, expansion of programs to teach people to read and write and faster supply of new books.

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n the line at the IGA, the cashier told the older woman that plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologised to her and explained, “We didn’t have the green thing back in my day.”

That’s right, they didn’t have the green thing in her day but….  They returned their milk bottles, softdrink bottles and beer bottles to the store.

The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilised and refilled, using the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.  They walked up stairs, because they didn’t have an escalator in every city store and office building.

They walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two blocks.

Not wedded bliss  They washed the baby’s nappies because they didn’t have the throw-away kind.

They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts – wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.  They had one TV, or radio, in the house – not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a manila folder, not a screen the size of the state of Tasmania.

Back then, they didn’t fire up an engine and burn fuel just to cut the lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They exercised by working so they didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.

A fortune teller says to a woman, “I can’t hide the truth from you. Prepare to be a widow. Your husband will die very soon.”

“I know,” says the woman.

“Will I get away with it?”

We got married for better or worse – he couldn’t do any better; I couldn’t do any worse!

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But she’s right, they didn’t have the green thing back then.

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Eumundi community bus − your views please The Community Bus in its unique Eumundi livery and its friendly bus drivers is a great positive for Eumundi and district. Its provision fulfils the highest community priority for use of car parking surpluses nominated by the three community organisations and through advertising for individual nomination of projects in 2009. Its status as a priority project was supported by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council in its annual endorsement discussions with our organisation regarding community projects. We have been mindful that projects should, wherever possible, stimulate the Eumundi micro economy and generate local employment. We have also needed to operate the bus within the strict accreditation guidelines which ensures our bus is not in competition with services for individuals provided by regular bus services, private bus operators or taxis.

New volunteer bus driver Beth Pilling setting off with her passengers for the Thursday Noosa Civic trip.

Last year we twice included a questionnaire in Eumundi Green seeking community views on the use of the bus. The standout conclusion from this community consultation was that a service for locals to travel to and from Noosa Civic once a week was desired. That service is now being provided as is the Eumundi Markets shuttle bus from the Strawberry Fields on Wednesdays and Saturdays and a Friday evening courtesy service carrying locals to and from the hospitality venues in Eumundi. ECCO bears the operating costs for these as a contribution to stimulate the Eumundi micro economy and we welcome the generosity of patrons when gold coin donations are given to partially offset our costs.

We would now like to extend the use of the bus for community events as a measure of our support for the community organisation hosting these activities. If one of our three member organisations whose logos appear below sponsors an event, the costs for use of the community bus will normally be borne by ECCO, particularly if such a sponsored event is a fundraiser. We are open to requests for the use of the bus for one-off events and outings from all community groups and especially from groups who volunteer at our car parking. Examples of use might be an annual trip to purchase wool for making blankets for needy people recovering from natural disasters, bowls days to support Katie Rose Hospice or ferrying small groups of children to a divisional debating competition or community members to a fundraiser lunch or dance. ECCO will need to decide if more than a gold coin donation is needed to offset some of the costs in providing this service.

WE NEED YOU the Eumundi community to tell us whether or not we're on the right track in determining the use of the community bus. Maybe give us examples of any “grey areas” which may not as yet be well addressed. Please send your comments to info@eumundicco.com.au by 15 April.

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pipeline project group), Sunshine Coast Regional Council and the local action group (KADAG) regarding environmental offsets to compensate for environment and land damages caused by this project.

He put on the parliamentary record that the community wants to see LinkWater purchase land at Kulangoor, purchased initially

by Council to build a dump, as an environmental offset.

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ember for Nicklin Peter Wellington raised land and environmental issues surrounding the effects of the government’s northern pipeline development through the heart of the Sunshine Coast hinterland communities during the Environmental Protection and Other Acts Amendment Bill debate.

He called for a meeting between LinkWater (northern

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he Noosa Biosphere Environment Board has expressed major concerns regarding the potential erection of a phone tower at Lake Cooroibah and has written to Council to express their views that the proposal for a phone tower is not compatible with management of land for conservation purposes.

Noosa Biosphere Environment Board chair Mrs Mary Jane Weld said, “The area being considered is a former airstrip at Lake Cooroibah and forms part of the Transition Zone of the Noosa Biosphere Reserve, meaning it is recognised internationally as having significant conservation value.

“It was purchased recently

by Sunshine Coast Council,

using ratepayers’ funds via the Conservation Levy, and is currently managed by Council for ‘conservation purposes’.” The land parcel being considered currently bisects two substantial areas of vegetated land previously purchased by Council and the Federal Government.

“While the former airstrip does not, as yet, contain mature vegetation, the adjoining parcels are very significant tracts of remnant vegetation containing five endangered regional ecosystems,” continued Mrs Weld.

“The value of the former airstrip is its position in the landscape linking the existing remnant vegetation.”

For more information see: www.noosabiosphere.org.au

Beautiful autumn sky

Thank you to Wendy Birrell for photo of an “amazing” sunset last week followed the next morning by a second “fabulous” cloud formation. If you have a favourite photo to share that would be great - please email as a high resolution attachment to an email to editor@eumundigreen.com.au.

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Nature Notes

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e wanted some ground cover for our garden and bought a few small midyim plants (Austromyrtus dulcis) meaning sweet southern myrtle. When they grew bigger they looked remarkably like some plants growing here naturally and we realised we had midyims here all the time. It’s a mistake we’ve repeated a few times with other natives.

As the botanical name indicates, midyims belong to the huge and diverse myrtle family (Myrtaceae) which includes gum trees, bottlebrushes, paperbarks, lilly pillies and many other wellknown plants, trees and shrubs, both fruiting and decorative.

Midyims do work well as a ground-cover with their low,

spreading growth and tight, glossy dark green leaves not allowing weeds to come through. In summer they produce numerous tiny white flowers which result in small, white, speckled berries.

Midyim berries, also called midgen berries, have a sweet but aromatic flavour (a bit “eucalyptusy”), and are a recognised bush food, but not commercialised because they are small (up to 10mm diameter) and are difficult to harvest because they usually fall off the bush when touched. The idea is to put a tray underneath before starting to pick.

We have to compete for ours with a pair of currawongs, but when we do get a cupful we prefer them as an accompaniment to bacon and eggs.

Bicentennial National Trail fundraising ride

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nne Warmbrunn and Sandy Nichloson are venturing onto the Bicentennial National Trail on 16 April with two brumbies, one being from Toolara and the other from Save the Brumbies in NSW, and a stock horse to raise awareness of the SEQ Brumby Association and to raise much needed funds.

Anne and Sandy will join the trail from Kilkivan in Queensland and will head south for two weeks.

Funds raised care for the brumbies being captured and rehomed from Toolara State Forest Thursday 31 March 2011

in SEQ where the brumbies are at risk of being involved in a vehicle horse collision. To sponsor Anne and Sandy, simply pledge via email seqbrumby@hotmail.com.

Alternatively you can make a donation directly to the South East Queensland Brumby Association, refer to www.seqbrumby.com for details.

The Bicentennial National Trail is the longest trail in the world extending from Cooktown in Queensland to Healesville in Victoria for 5330 km. All pledges and donations are tax deductible.

Cicadas Helen Hepburn

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ne of my enduring memories growing up in Sydney was the amazing chorus of cicadas over the summer months. The songs of love from the green grocers, yellow Mondays, cherry nose, double drummers and, most prized of all, the black princes, is something that is always with me. I was always on the ready to dash out the door to (hopefully) rescue them from birds. As I have moved to other areas during my life, so too the cicada varieties have changed. In Brisbane, the bladder and bottle cicadas emerged first in the season and called from the wisteria vine growing over a pergola. We have them in Eumundi too, and they are my indicator that spring has arrived.

There are more than 2500 varieties of cicadas in the world and well over 200 varieties found in Australia. Most areas of Australia have their own

species, thus different cicadas are to be found in rainforests, mangroves, deserts, and even casuarina forests, and so on. The young are called nymphs and live underground for quite some time, sometimes years, feeding on tree roots till emerging at night in the spring and summer to shed their skins and begin a new life as adults to mate and breed. Only the males “sing”.

The Sydney green grocer is said to be one of the loudest insects in the world, though for me, the local double drummers also pack a noisy punch and one can hardly think above the din. Cicadas are eaten in many countries and have become a staple in many Asian countries. I can hardly bare the thought! The dried skins are also ground and used in traditional Asian medicine.

The photos I have included were taken on our Tallgums property this summer.

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Lessons for Life Annual U3A Sunshine Coast Writing Competition

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his popular writing event hosted by the University of the Third Age, now in its fourth year, attracts wordsmiths, poets and storytellers worldwide from those who are retired or semi-retired from the workforce. Categories include short story, autobiographical story, rhyming poetry and free verse, and the challenge theme for 2011 is: “Oh, no! Not again?”

Prize money in each section is

Well known psychic in our midst

$150 for 1st prize, $100 for 2nd and $75 for 3rd prize. A published anthology will include the winning entries.

Entry fee is $8 per entry or $5 each for a multiple entry submission. Entries close 10 June 2011 For further information, entry forms and guidelines, go to www.u3asunshine.org.au or Ph 5430.1123 or email bjriley63@ westnet.com

Enjoying a blast from the past at Discover Eumundi

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oonan resident and psychic Heather Paterson (right) at Cooroy Library with library assistant Liz Bleechmore. Heather has recently started a group psychic meditation in addition to her very popular Friday morning group meditation in Doonan where she has up to 20 people attending.

At the meditation, Heather does a brief reading for all those

attending as well as a peaceful meditation exercise. “At the meditation, my readings normally provide insight as to what their future holds or a message from a departed loved one.

They can also help provide direction for relationships or work issues,” said Heather.

Heather’s popular website: www. heatherpaterson.com.au

Computer Coop Nathan Woodcock Fifty students from Eumundi State School and parents and teachers visited Discover Eumundi Heritage & Visitor Centre last week. Some of the children with Marina McHutchison were fascinated by the restored buggy originally made in Cook Street Eumundi by George Adams in the late 1920s.

Ready Reader program

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his week we look at one of the most common peripherals on your PC – the printer! There are so many printers on the market these days and some of them are extremely cheap – some under $50. But what are the real costs of ownership of a printer? The initial purchase price is actually the smallest amount you will pay over the lifetime of the printer - the cost of consumables (replacement ink or toner) soon exceeds what you paid for the printer. So it can often be false economy being drawn in to the super cheap buys. So how do you work out how economical your printer is?

First you need to find out the “average yield” of your toner or ink catridge. This is how many pages can be printed with the cartridge and it should be written on the packaging. There is a standard called ISO/IEC 24711 (for inkjets) and ISO/IEC 19798

(for toners) which means that the measurements are consistent across different printer, ink and toner brands. Divide the cost of the ink or toner by its average yield to arrive at a cost per printed page.

For example, consider an inkjet cartridge costing $23.00 and an average yield of 200 pages. $23.00 divided by 200 = 11.5 cents per page. Compare this with the extra large cartridge for the same printer. If it costs $42 and has an average yield of 700 pages, that’s a cost per page of 6 cents. It’s clear which one you should be buying!

Typically, laser printers are more economical than inkjets but this isn’t always true especially for the cheap lasers. Make sure you do the above calculation before making your purchase.

If you have a problem or a question phone or drop an email.

Nathan Woodcock Systems Engineer Congratulations to the 13 graduates of the volunteers training program for parents and other supporters who will work in the classrooms of Eumundi State School. The training program was rated very positively.

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Thursday 31 March 2011

Flood Victim Appeals RSL grant to flood victims

The big cheque

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SL’s Kerry Cook (left) handing a cheque from the RSL Sunshine Coast and Regional District for $2500 to Col Brownhill of Eumundi Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre.

The donation recognised the vital work of carers during the recent floods when the numbers of animals being cared for by the facility increased significantly.

The donation was made

available from the RSL District Welfare and Community Fund, a fund utilized for welfare and community projects with an emphasis on youth, community help projects, cadet units and schools.

Further details of and qualifying criteria for the fund can be obtained from the Yandina/ Eumundi RSL Sub Branch, PO Box 492, Eumundi, 4562.

Community help for the flood victims

raham Pearson from the Rotary Club of Theodore with Thelma Ladewig (left) and Tania Watson, Eumundi Village Pharmacy at Eumundi Strawberry Farm.

Graham expressed his deepfelt thanks to Thelma for her spirited co-ordination of Eumundi and district financial and other support for the community of Theodore.

Tania paid a tribute too to Thelma for her generosity and inspiration to others, to other

donors including the organisers of the Floodstock concert Benji and Sonia Pocock, Heather Hawthorne and Lee Hicks from Reliable Maintenance (Eumundi), The Cooroy-Eumundi Masonic Lodge, Cooroy RSL Club, Ritek Cooroy and to individual members of the Eumundi and Cooroy communities who have supported the “adoption of Theodore”.

Thelma plans a drive to Theodore in the near future to nurture the ongoing connection between the two small towns.

“EXTRAordinary” photographic exhibition This fascinating and quirky collection of photographs highlights the commonplace or stereotypical characters from an often overlooked side of Australian culture.

The images are described by the artist Kim Guthrie as “an honest depiction of the beauty in everyday life” and they are inspirational in celebrating the raw simplicity and “realness” of ordinary Australians. A number of the subjects will be recognisable by many as Sunshine Coast faces including a few from Eumundi and nearby towns.

There is a slide show of Kim’s previously unpublished images of characters from the Eumundi environment as well as a short DVD showing Kim at his craft. Kim Guthrie's self-published photographic books will be for sale at Discover Eumundi for the duration of the exhibition.

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craft group from a Noosa Probus Club recently made a trip to Theodore to take a load of donated materials and clothing.

On their travel to Theodore it was noticed that considerable clean up had been achieved but the pastures are still soggy.

The group had gathered together an extensive collection of materials, cottons, lace, buttons, zips, all manner of sewing requirements and even a couple of sewing machines, as well as patchwork fabrics, beads, wool, some clothes and bed and bathroom linen.

They took two cars and a trailer for the trip and arranged the visit to coincide with the Theodore Craft Group’s monthly meeting. They Thursday 31 March 2011

met up with the various ladies and their craft/patchwork groups to distribute the donated items and, of course, enjoyed some morning tea and chat about the floods and the recovery progress. The ladies were thrilled with the delivery received.

The Probus Group were advised that in the very near future some of the goods will be used for fund raising raffles specifically for the flood-affected and some will be used for longer term fundraising.

At the very least these country ladies will know that the people of the less-affected coastal towns are thinking of them, for which the craft group felt that the effort and visit was very satisfactory.

The exhibition will continue until Thursday 28 April.

Corner Gridley & Memorial Drive • Ph 5442 8762 Opening Hours - Mon to Fri 10am to 4pm Sat 9am to 3pm Sun 10am to 2pm

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Locals Home and Abroad The joy of being grandies Inger Vinogradov

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wo weeks’ memories of visiting family in New Zealand, where the main focus was our grandson, four-and-a-half-yearold Tane, of course. He lives 45 minutes north of Auckland, just outside the town of Warkworth, in a lovely timber house with a big garden. The cattle and the horses are the closest neighbours.

Every morning he woke us up with a pat on the head and a big hug and invited us to breakfast.

We were very lucky with the

weather, so most afternoons after picking Tane up from school, we went to Omaha beach, which is the same distance as from Eumundi to Noosa.

One day when the tide was on its way in, our son-in-law found pippis in the water close to the shore. So we all ended up digging with our toes and then picking them up with our hand. Sometimes you could be really lucky and get four or five in one go. It was quite easy work

and soon we had enough for a good meal feeding five people.

We rinsed them in fresh water a few times, then let them sit in the water for a couple of hours.

During that time the pippis spat out the sand and we prepared the shallots, garlic and wine to steam them in. Served with pasta and a glass of chilled Sauvignon Blanc of course. Delicious!

We also wanted to see the kauri tree Tane got his name from. It took us around three

hours to get to the Hokianga region on Northlands west coast.

Tane Mahuta, meaning the Lord of the forest and believed to be approximately 2000 years old and one of the largest trees in the world, is 51m high with a girth of 13.8m. It stands in the Waipona kauri forest, which is home to 75 per cent of New Zealand’s kauri trees.

We are back home, but still we miss the pat on the head and the hug in the morning.

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Bali Huts Locally constructed, no imports, no kits Built to your specifications by Australia's biggest Bali hut builders

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Large & small acreages Experienced local operator 4WD tractor/XHD slasher Ph Steve 0408 915 124

The Shed Men

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STEVE BURTON RURAL FENCING Fully licensed & insured

Specialising in fencing and carpentry pergolas • decks • bathroom renos

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Watertank repairs, ponds, bathrooms, decks, pools

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Imperial Hotel Eumundi New! Jukebox in bar

and Eumundi Bistro

Jam Session from 8 pm The Pleasure Kings 2 pm Nick Almonol 1 pm Jam Session from 8 pm Cut Lunch 2 pm Adrian 1 pm

> Thurs 31 Mar > Sat 2 Apr > Sun 3 Apr > Thurs 7 Apr > Sat 9 Apr > Sun 10 Apr

Come try our huge veal schnitzel We also have fantastic steaks and a wide variety of other meals

Friendly hospitality l Great service l Live entertainment l Restaurant meals at pub prices l Pokies and Foxsport

Swap'N Go gas at bottle shop

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Cars • Trucks • Machinery • Site sheds • Containers Old cars removed free

Clean & secure, self lockable units Free pickup (conditions apply)

Ph 5442 8627

Boats • Trailers • Trucks • Containers

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sustainable, affordable land Lot 43, 702m² was $235,000 now Lot 39, 767m² was $239,000 now Lot 38, 759m² was $239,000 now Lot 22, 707m² was $260,000 now Lot 20, 965m² was $295,000 now Lot 18, 807m² was $295,000 now (D) Duplex site – subject to MCU

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14 ward st eumundi inspect friday 1st april 4.30 – 5.30pm + saturday, 2nd april 10 –11am bespoke contemporary queenslander nestled into the character of old eumundi. elevated position offers views from the decks and terraces, smart solar passive design, energy efficient lighting, water tanks, solar hot water, towering 13ft ceilings, polished timber floors and fine quality finishes. charming kitchen with stone bench tops, 2 walk in pantries, european appliances. the kitchen and living areas overlook the private back yard with established low maintenance gardens. there are solid timber benches in the bathroom, ensuite and laundry and floor to ceiling porcelain tiles in the bathrooms. under the home there is a 50m² workshop, enough for a motor car plus caravan/boat. this needs to be sold the sellers have purchased elsewhere.

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