Eumundi Voice Issue 76, 31 August 2023

Cont. from p1 With peak wildlife trauma season approaching there were concerns this success would be under threat.

RSPCA QLD's CEO, Darren Maier has stated that increased staffing costs have led to the need for the reduction in qualified staff and that there are plans to increase the role of volunteers in an effort to control costs while maintaining services. He also stated that the current reduction in staffing levels will not affect capacity and there is no intention to close the centre.

Claire Smith, CEO of Wildlife Rescue Sunshine Coast said they rely heavily on the services EWRC provides to sick, injured and orphaned wildlife. “Our hearts are breaking for the amazing staff at EWRC. They have dedicated their lives to making a difference for our wildlife in crisis.

“We would like to know how a wildlife hospital can run with fewer qualified staff and more volunteers. The crux of saving lives is the work done by the vet nurses and the part-time vet. Volunteers don’t have the qualifications to do this work.”

Claire reported that late last week, in a 180-degree turn around, RSPCA QLD has since reviewed its position due to public pressure and will now replace the two nursing positions with staff from RSPCA Wildlife Hospital in Wacol.

Wildlife Rescue Sunshine Coast has also been raising funds for the purchase of much-needed equipment. “The budget EWRC receives from RSPCA QLD barely covers running costs and it certainly doesn’t cover items that would make the lives of the staff, volunteers and wildlife much easier. We asked EWRC for a ‘wishlist’ of

things that we could help them with. To say I was shocked that they had no money for these items is an understatement.”

To date Wildlife Rescue Sunshine Coast has purchased: a new vacuum cleaner, wall clocks, humane possum traps, bottle warmers, heat discs for patients, sets of crop-feeding tubes, a pressure washer for the aviaries and enclosures, an ultrasonic surgical instrument cleaner, soft mesh cages for patients, cloth bird nets, plastic storage containers, a label maker, mobile possum enclosures for the mammal ward and twilight red bulb lamps for night feeds.

“This centre plays a big part in our community and we want to make sure Gill’s wish that it continues doing great work and is never under threat of closure comes true. She’s a legend in her own lifetime and we thank her so much for the generosity of her gift.

“We should celebrate the amazing contribution individuals in Eumundi make when they come together as a team, stand by them as a community and ensure Gill’s legacy carries on.”

If you would like to help support the EWRC with the purchase of equipment visit: facebook. com/WildlifeRescueSunshineCoast and help keep Gill’s dream alive.

WHAT’S ON?

Kenilworth Show & Rodeo

The annual Kenilworth Show & Rodeo is the perfect opportunity to dust off those cowboy boots and Akubras and head to the Kenilworth showgrounds on 16 September. There will be wood chopping, horse and dog events, chainsaw post ripping, snake shows and sideshows. The National Rodeo Association will host bull and bronco rides, barrel races, roping and steer wrestling. The showgrounds are fully set up for camping. Find the events program at: kenilworthshowgrounds.org.au/show-rodeo.

POPERA

This September the Noosa Chorale will perform POPERA – a series of famous opera melodies along with a mix of popular classics from bands such as ABBA, The Beatles, Jersey Boys and The Mammas & The Papas. Held at The J from 7pm on 15 September and 2pm on 16 September this musical event has something for everyone. Tickets are $42. Bookings: thej.com.au or phone: 07 5329 6560.

Love those orchids!

Don’t forget The Noosa Orchid and Foliage Society's Spring Orchid Show is on 15-16 September at Cooroy Memorial Hall. Chat with experienced orchid growers for advice on cultivation and varieties. Visit: noosaorchidsociety.com.au.

Everything old is new again

With more than 3,500 photos of early Eumundi and District available to the public in the Eumundi Museum’s heritage collection, curator Joe Hextall hopes residents will have fun giving them a modern creative touch with the results going on display.

The idea is to choose one or more original photos and then digitally manipulate them to bring them up to date. This can be done by dressing up in period clothing and putting yourself in the scene, maybe making your dog the timber-cutter, or your children riding on the bullock wagon.

Let your imagination run wild while appreciating the thousands of photos that tell the story of our early town and its pioneers. Some of the photos have poor resolution so contact Joe at the museum, Tuesday to Saturday, to get a better image. You can then submit your updated photo.

The competition runs until 30 November so get busy and enter as soon as possible. Entries will be displayed in the museum alongside the original photo.

The winning photographer will receive $500, with $250 for best under 18yo entry and $250 for People’s Choice. The original photos can be seen at: ehive.com/collections/6344. For further information and rules visit: eumundimuseum. org/eumundi-reconstituted.

WHAT'S ON

Join an orchestra

The Sunshine Coast Symphony Orchestra (SCSO) is looking for more players of violins, violas, cellos, double basses or any orchestral instrument.

Founded in 1972 the SCSO is the leading local symphony orchestra with 70 highly trained, passionate musicians playing at The Events Centre Caloundra to audiences of 500+. Conducted by Dr Fletcher Mitchell the orchestra believes in providing exciting, accessible music of all periods in a relaxed and fun atmosphere.

The community orchestra of amateur and professional musicians plays four or five concerts per year. Rehearsals are 7-9pm Mondays at Stella Maris School in Maroochydore. Fill out the application form and come along to a rehearsal and try it out: t.ly/oguYU.

Tinbeerwah Art Group supports Katie Rose Hospice

Members of the Tinbeerwah Art Group (T.A.G.) have donned their berets and are busy preparing for their annual art show from 11am5pm on 15 September at Tinbeerwah Hall, Cnr Sunrise and Cooroy-Noosa Rd, Tinbeerwah. The Gala opening is at 5.30pm with guest speaker

Lorraine Kypiotis, head of Undergraduate Studies at the National Art School Sydney. "This year’s art show will be our biggest and best ever. Guest tutors Fiona Groome, Pam Miller, Jeanette Smith, Charlotte Wensley, Anne Yang and Stacey Petersen have introduced our members to new techniques and developed our skills in different mediums," said T.A.G. Committee member Jan Cooke.

“Our members range from complete beginners to award winning artists. We paint in a variety of mediums – acrylics, watercolours, oils, pastels, charcoal and pencil, collage and mixed media. Members are encouraged to develop their own unique styles and this is reflected in the eclectic variety of paintings in our show. Check out our work on the Tinbeerwah Art Group Facebook page.”

Distinguished Gentleman’s Drive

The Roadrunner Car Club of Noosa is joining the third annual Distinguished Gentleman’s Drive from 10am-4pm on 24 September. This event takes place around the globe on the same day with funds raised going towards increasing awareness of prostate cancer and men’s mental health for the charity Movember.

Registrations are open for those with a pre1980s classic car and prizes are available for dressing in-theme. Drive details are available to registered drivers. Visit: gentlemansdrive.com.

Pay what you can/want Proceeds donated to

DAY TRIPS

Hire and every boat and its engine is maintained to his exacting standards. Before sending you on your way Dennis or one of his crew ensure you are comfortable with all aspects of the boat and give you a number on which to call him in the unlikely event you encounter a problem during your outing. Dennis also can arrange a fully qualified skipper at your request helping you enjoy a relaxing river and canal cruise from Noosa Heads to Lake Cooroibah.

Luxury Boat Hire Noosa

Luxury Boat Hire Noosa, one of Noosa River’s most friendly boat hire businesses, pride themselves on having the most comfortable pontoon boats for hire accommodating up to 16 people and the only ones with onboard toilets. The inclusion of a pizza oven, BBQ and rolldown shutters for inclement weather make their boats perfect for young and old to either treat themselves or impress guests with a river cruise at any time of the day or year.

Based at the Noosa Marina with its plentiful free parking, the team at Luxury Boat Hire Noosa look after your every need, providing fishing rods, stand-up paddle boards and even prebooked grazing platters and ice. Your safety is paramount to Dennis, the owner at Luxury Boat

To celebrate the launch of his two new elite boats, Stanley and Lockyer, formerly based on the Brisbane River, Dennis is offering skippered sunset cruises from 4pm to 6pm for an allinclusive $500 on any evening in September. This price includes boat hire for up to 12 people, skipper, a bottle of bubbles and a grazing platter for four as well as fuel and insurance. Call him on 0420 208 680 or visit the website at luxuryboathirenoosa.com.au to book Noosa’s best pontoon boats.

Betty & Ken Vacher

Betty and Ken are regular deliverers of EV to their home area because, as Betty said, the magazine is full of local information, easy to read and the whole family look forward to each issue. Ken was a local plumber and his family owned a cane farm on Yandina-Coolum Rd. Betty worked at North Arm State School for 30 years.

Barbara Harvison

Barbara's background is in finance and she is a key team member of Rotary who works behind the scenes managing the EV advertising accounts, is on the ERIL board and writes articles about local identities and classic cars. Originally from Sydney she has lived in Doonan for five years.

John & Emily Broadbent

John and daughter Emily have been delivering EV for three years. John is busy with the dropoff logistics and planning and together on Saturdays they hand out copies to stall holders at the Eumundi Markets. They live in Cooran with their family but have strong ties to Eumundi through work, school and Rotary.

Philippa Johnson

Philippa has been a supporter of EV from the start and in her proofreading role helps to maintain a high quality publication. Philippa lives in Doonan and her focus is on community connectivity. She runs two local dance groups for adults, is a keen member of Eumundi aquarobics and plays with the Sunshine Coast Symphony Orchestra.

Bronwen Pearson

Bronwen has had many careers in her lifetime including as a meat inspector, quarantine officer and now in business support administration. She lives in Brisbane but has relatives who are part of EV and enjoys proofreading and volunteering each issue.

Hinternoosa Real Estate

Hinternoosa in Cooroy and Doonan have consistently supported and advertised in EV since the first issue. Throughout this period they have assisted countless readers in selling, buying and renting properties across the hinterland and are avid sponsors of local community events.

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Morphine induced musings

Firstly, I’d like to acknowledge the amazing health professionals who showed nothing but kindness during my recent 'staycation' at Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH), particularly Daisy, Dikshya, Elle and the guy who made the tea. He memorised my order, was always cheerful and positive and even kept the kids happy. Five-star service!

Secondly, I’ll say a short and sweet goodbye to Boris the Bosniak who made this entire experience possible. Without you this awesome staycation at SCUH wouldn't have been possible. As we’re honouring the eviction of my not so little and not so charming over-stayer Boris, here's some of our history.

Around four years ago I visited a locum doctor who advised me I had a shadow on my left kidney. “How do you get a shadow on your kidney, isn't it dark in there?” I mused. He advised it’s probably nothing and will disappear and we all went on our merry way. In fact, this was the birth of Boris.

Fast forward to 2023 and while experiencing the joys of perimenopause and the delight of hot flushes that felt like being bathed in Tiger Balm, I decided to change doctors to one who may be more empathetic to women’s health requirements – enter Dr Kate.

Dr Kate diligently went through my medical history, pausing on a pelvic scan and asking where the follow-up imaging was. I duly

Local Doctor Spotlight: Welcoming new patients

Dr Carl Faldt

MBBS

Dr Faldt completed his medical training and internship in Sweden and started his GP training before moving to Australia in 2013. For the next two and a half years, he held postgraduate house officer positions throughout Toowoomba, Noosa and Nambour Hospitals. He enjoys all aspects of GP practice and when he isn’t working a surf never goes amiss if he isn’t already away camping.

Dr Paul Baker

BMBS, PhD, BSc (Hons), DipAppSci

Dr Baker completed his medical degree in 2012 at Flinders University in South Australia, before completing his intern year and the early phases of his emergency medicine training at Flinders Medical Centre in southern Adelaide. He moved to the Sunshine Coast with his family in 2017 to continue his training in emergency medicine at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

advised her of the “kidney shadow” to which she responded the sonographer's notes stated it was a cyst requiring a further scan in 12 months. Dr Kate whipped me off for this scan and Boris the Bosniak was discovered. No symptoms, no pain and off to hospital I go.

As I sat in my pimped-up hospital day bed with bells and whistles (literally), minus the poolside, sunshine and pina coladas, I found the experience quite surreal. It’s a judgement-free zone, anything goes in hospital and people are generally very patient (pardon the pun). I get halfway through writing my musings or asking a question and drift off to sleep mid-sentence ...

They say no question is a dumb question except in my humble opinion … “How are you Darl, are you well?” is a tad strange as I’m in hospital with tubes in various places. I guess the right answer is, “I’ve been better. Thanks for asking.”

They also phrase questions in the strangest way like, “How’s your pain?” My immediate internal response is, “Awesome thanks, how’s yours?!” My actual response is a score out of 10, which is

subjective of course, so it’s probably not helpful to anyone else.

After fasting for nearly 18 hours the first meal I was offered was soup. I’ve gotta say that was the best pumpkin soup, no wait, sweet potato soup, aaahhhh leek, nope 'unidentifiable soup' I’ve ever tasted! Who says hospital food isn’t good?

So what are the morals of my morphine-induced musings?

I suggest you don’t take a doctor's opinion as gospel, go with your gut and ask for medical notes, scans and question everything that doesn’t make sense. You can ask to record your consults and medical meetings so you can listen to it afterwards and look up anything you don’t understand. A lot of diseases have no symptoms so get a regular check-up – kind of like your car but more important.

When life throws you lemons – make lemon cocktails! I recommend taking a staycation by the pool but not SCUH despite the lovely staff and the great work they do. Stay well.

Robyn Simpson

Introducing Dr Gillian Cairney

Dr Gillian Cairney completed her medical degree in Scotland in 2012. Following this, Gillian travelled to Australia, where she devoted over two years to working primarily in the emergency department at Gympie Hospital, Queensland. She found the diverse range of medical conditions intriguing and considered herself fortunate to have gained such invaluable experience both professionally and personally during her time in Australia.

Commencing her GP training in Scotland in 2015, Dr Cairney relished the opportunity to work across various medical specialties throughout her training. She successfully completed her GP training in West Lothian, Scotland, in March 2020. Following this, she embarked on a one-year tenure as a GP locum at Kenilworth Medical Practice in Cumbernauld. Subsequently, she took on a salaried position at the same practice for the following two years.

Dr Cairney and her family have now made the decision to relocate permanently to Australia. She will commence her new role at Ochre Medical Centre Eumundi on 25th of September.

period of 4pm-9pm every day of the bill. This charge does not only reflect the actual electricity used in that period but also the peak half-hour in a month, multiplied by the total number of peak half-hours. It therefore charges for a lot of electricity that is not used!

When Adrian approached Energex, which is owned by the Qld Government, it suggested he talk to a retailer. However the retailer said the charge is imposed by Energex. You may like to check the details on your bill and make an enquiry with your retailer. Adrian Prince

Peak demand electricity charges

There has been considerable publicity about the recent increase in electricity tariffs. A Eumundi Voice reader, Adrian Prince has expressed concern that there may be an extra charge for households in SE Qld with smart meters which try to use some of the smaller retailers. In his experience, they may be subjected to a significant extra charge imposed on the peak

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We love our Vegemite

The strong-flavoured Australian staple Vegemite first came on the market 100 years ago. It was developed by Cyril Callister in Melbourne in 1922 in response to a disruption in British Marmite imports following WWI.

Vegemite was initially marketed as beneficial to children’s health by the Australian company Fred Walker and Co. but it failed to sell well. In 1925 Walker established the Kraft Walker Cheese Co. in a joint venture with J L Kraft and Bros to market processed cheese. In 1935 he used the success of that venture to try again to market Vegemite and gave free samples with Kraft Walker cheese products.

By 1939 Vegemite was selling well especially after the British Medical Association endorsed it as rich in vitamin B. During WWII Vegemite was part of Australian Army rations and by the late 1940s was used in 90% of Australian homes.

Today 22 million jars of Vegemite are sold annually with Callister’s recipe virtually unchanged. In a survey of 2,300 people conducted by The Herald Sun in early 2022, Vegemite was favoured by 27% just ahead of the meat pie and lamb roast. A love of Vegemite seems to be part of Australians’ DNA.

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