Rainbow Beach Community News December 2023 by Rainbow Beach Community News

DECEMBER 2023 Volume 26 | Issue 12

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Santa flies in to Rainbow on a surge of community spirit Left: Keep an eye on the sky for Santa’s spectacular arrival courtesy of local elves Rainbow Beach Helicopters. Right: Popular trio The RockNRollaBillys will get the party started in anticipation of Santa’s visit. Elise Seul

S THE FESTIVE SEASON approaches, Rainbow Beach is gearing up for its much-anticipated annual event, ‘Santa Comes to Rainbow’, now in its remarkable 5th year. The Community Centre, the heart of our vibrant town, will once again be the hub of joy and festivity. The event, organised by the CIRS Association, is a clear example of what can be achieved when a community comes together. This year, we have received a grant from the Gympie Regional Council, which has generously recognised the value of this event in bringing our community together. A special thank you goes to the Boomerang Bags Association. Our local ladies have been tirelessly sewing since August to create 150 handcrafted bags from recycled fabric. These bags, filled with gifts sourced from local donations, are also a symbol of our community’s dedication to sustainability and support. On Saturday 9 December, we invite everyone to the Centre Block from 3pm to witness Santa’s

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grand arrival. And what a spectacle it will be! Thanks to Rainbow Beach Helicopters, Santa’s entrance it’s always a magical moment that gives goosebumps to kids of all ages. Setting the rhythm for the afternoon will be The RocknRollaBillys, a trio band known for their infectious energy and foot-tapping music. They’ll ensure everyone – from toddlers to grandparents – is up and dancing. This event is definitely a reminder of the unique charm of Rainbow Beach. It’s a time when locals come together to share in the joy before the tourist season begins. So, dress up, let your hair down, and dance into the holiday season with your neighbours and friends. As we come together to celebrate, let’s also remember to stay safe and look out for one another. Here’s to a wonderful Christmas time, filled with laughter, music, and community spirit. Happy holidays, Rainbow Beach – let’s make this 5th edition of ‘Santa Comes to Rainbow’ the best one yet!

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Rainbow Beach’s natural splendor captured in children’s book

UR COASTAL TOWN of Rainbow Beach is buzzing with excitement over the launch of its very first children’s illustrated book, A Rainbow Story with Sofia and Matisse. This vibrant book unfolds as a celebration, showcasing our town’s natural beauty and rich cultural heritage. Created by talented local duo, Elisa Seul and Alessia Castiglioni – both originally from Italy but now calling Rainbow Beach their home – the book is a heartwarming tribute to this special place. Drawing inspiration from the town’s stunning landscapes and diverse history, Elisa and Alessia have woven a narrative that captures the essence of Rainbow Beach in a way that has never been done before. In a remarkable collaboration, the project also features the insights of Aunty Karen Hall,

a respected Butchulla Elder. Her contribution ensures the book is not just a delightful read but also an educational tool that respectfully acknowledges the traditional custodians of this land. Through the adventure of Sofia and Matisse, young readers will embark on a journey that explores the town’s vivid colours, its history, and the spirited community that makes it unique. A Rainbow Story with Sofia and Matisse is a visual feast, showcasing the extraordinary natural features of Rainbow Beach, from the famed coloured sands to the serene coastal views. Both locals and visitors alike will find a piece of Queensland within its pages. It’s more than just a children’s book; it’s a journey through the heart of our community, acknowledging our past and

celebrating our present. And now, it’s ready to be shared with the world. Get your copy of A Rainbow Story with Sofia and Matisse today at www.arainbowstory.com and immerse yourself in the wonders of Rainbow Beach as seen through the eyes of two curious children and their enriching experiences.

... and other children’s book news

N OTHER EXCITING children’s book news, beloved author and illustrator Dr Suzie Starfish (aka brilliant marine scientist and Rainbow Beach superfan Dr Sue Pillans) has written a third instalment of her series of ocean stories for kids. Roger the Wrasse and the Itchy Fishes will be released on 31 January 2024, published by Little Pink Dog Books.

“I am SO EXCITED to add to my series of ocean science stories for children with Roger the Wrasse and the Itchy Fishes. “This story draws attention to the importance of biodiversity on the reef and illustrates the special roles and relationships animals have under the sea, on reef cleaning stations. Showing you are never too small to make a BIG difference!” - drsuepillans.com

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UMMER IS HERE so that must mean it is time for the Festival of Small Halls Summer Tour! Have you got your tickets yet? You better hurry! Festival of Small Halls is a series of tours that takes the best folk and contemporary acoustic artists performing at two of Australia’s largest festivals, and sends them on the road to tiny halls in communities all over Australia. And our lovely local hall is lucky enough to be one of them! Details: Sunday 17 December 2023 Doors open 6.30pm, show starts 7pm. Tickets: Full Admission - $20, Youth (13-16, must be accompanied by an adult) - $5, Child (12 and under, must be accompanied by an adult) - Free Go to festivalofsmallhalls.com for tickets, or you can purchase directly from the CIRS office.

Performers: Assynt – An award winning instrumental folk trio inspired by the great piping, fiddle, and Gaelic traditions of the Highlands of Scotland. Assynt’s self penned melodies are “refreshingly contemporary” (Folk Radio UK) while remaining true to the music traditions they are rooted in. Jackie Marshall – Calling herself a heartcentred anarchist, Jackie is heavily influenced by the Western folk and country music of the 1960s and 70s, and later, jazz and improvised music afforded her a unique personal and personable style. Her performances brim with all the energy, warmth, presence, and experience of a complicated life distilled into song. Opening will be local act Sheryl Anderson! Sheryl’s first published poem, in an anthology of young Australian writers, was about Rainbow

Beach. She fell in love with Rainbow as a child and is now fulfilling her dream of living here full time, making connections with the people, communities, and coffee. A writer for many years, Sheryl works with people to tell their own stories, then facilitate those stories into a way of sharing with others – through storytelling, theatre productions, published or unique handmade books. Her experience in drama and writing with the community usually culminates in a finished script, then production, often with people with little or no previous experience of drama or performance. Through Retelling Tales, she listens to and records people’s stories, returning them, to be kept and treasured for their families and future generations. Catch Sheryl and more on 17 December!

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ET READY TO KEEP your ears open for the siren heading up to Christmas because word is the crew from the Tin Can Bay Fire and Rescue Station will be hosting a very special guest in a red suit in their big red truck! Streets in Cooloola Cove and Tin Can Bay will be getting a drive by with a few treats along the way.

Keep an eye on the YAP Facebook page for more details closer to Christmas: /www.facebook.com/ CooloolaCoastYouthActivityProject If you would like to donate individual sealed unopened bags of lollies (wrapped candies/lollipops etc) for the Santa Run, please contact Jess Milne on 0411 218 254.

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S YOU ARE reading this, the Rainbow Beach Boardriders Club will be holding their annual Memorial Comp. Every year, members come from all over to catch up, surf their local break, and pause at moments throughout the weekend to remember our friends who are no longer with us. We have immense gratitude to all of our sponsors who have helped fund this event and the volunteers and members who help run the weekend! Check the January edition for the Comp wrap up! Rainbow Beach Boardriders will be

Join the Boardriders Club as they host this month’s CoolaFlix free movie night and watch this iconic surf film.

hosting this month’s CoolaFlix at the Rainbow Beach Community Centre. Come on down on 9 December at 6.15pm to catch the iconic surf film, The Endless Summer on the biggest screen in Rainbow Beach, while supporting your local club! We will also be holding a BBQ at Festival of Small Halls from 5.306.30pm, on 17 December with all proceeds coming back into the club. Busy month for us all! Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and we hope that Santa brings some swell!

URING THE annual BioBlitz Cooloola Coastcare members noticed weeds encroaching into the National Park. Since then, Cooloola Coastcare has been looking to assist QPWS where possible to remove these invaders. In collaboration with Sam and Erin from QPWS, we identified the Carlo Sand Blow carpark and pathway as a good starting point. On the first day of the new Rainbow Regen project, we had five enthusiastic weeders step-up to reduce the corky passionflower population. The group enjoyed some friendly banter while successfully filling a bulk-a-bag with the target weed and several other invasive plant species. But don’t worry, you haven’t missed out on all the fun. We have only scratched the surface, so will be back on-site again starting at 7am on the 12th of December. Please let us know if you are coming so we can ensure there is enough equipment on hand. Contact: RBregen@cooloolacoastcare.org.au

Erin Atkinson, Public Contact Ranger, Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service (QPWS) and Andrew Boundy, Rainbow Beach Regen Project Leader, on-site at the Carlo Sand Blow carpark.

Right: An impressive haul of weeds removed from the Carlo Sand Blow car park area.

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EMBER FOR WIDE BAY Llew O’Brien dropped in to our CIRS office on Wednesday 8 November for a morning tea to say thank you. He thanked our volunteers for contributing so much to our community and we thanked him for his support in getting our Australian Government Volunteer Grant. CIRS Emergency Relief volunteer Ze discussed options to resolve homelessness and improve communications between different levels of government services. Other volunteer groups to attend were Elisa Seul and Andrea Janek from Rainbow Beach Blokes, and Tony Stewart who is publishing an unofficial history of Rainbow Beach.

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IRS RECEIVED much-appreciated funds in two successful grants from Gympie Regional Council’s Community grants program in November. First, we received $2,993 for the Volunteer Comfort Zone project application to purchase new office chairs, computer monitors, lockers for volunteers’ personal effects, and a volunteer management app. These items will make office work so much easier for our brilliant volunteers. Second, we received $1,500 towards our annual family Christmas celebration – Santa Comes to Rainbow. The funds will help to offset

the costs associated with this free public event, including the live music, giveaways, and promotional costs. We appreciate Council’s support for this event which is primarily designed for local families with children but also provides social inclusion for all people whose families might be absent at this time of the year. Visitors most welcome too. And Santa arrives in a helicopter – what could be cooler than that? Our heartfelt thanks to Gympie Regional Council and ratepayers for these grants. See Elisa’s article in this paper for more details on Santa Comes to Rainbow.

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UR COOLAFLIX FREE FILM night project continues this month with Rainbow Beach Boardriders as the host group. They have chosen another iconic surf film – The Endless Summer. This is the remastered version of the 1966 cult classic, featuring the world’s best surfers (back then) travelling the globe looking for the perfect wave. Doors open at 6pm on Saturday 9 December, film screens at 6.15pm. This will be after the monthly

markets in the morning and directly following Santa Comes To Rainbow in the afternoon. It’s going to be a big day of free fun activities with plenty of food and drinks sold throughout the day before the film so stock up and bring it with you. Rainbow Beach Learning Community hosted last month’s family friendly movie Oddball, and Keep Cooloola Cool will be the January host group. See next month’s paper for more details.

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ADE GOULD from Yari Diiwali will facilitate a three-hour cultural awareness workshop on Friday 1 December from 9.30am to 12.30pm. This training gives participants a short introduction to the Butchulla people, their history, current projects, and tips on culturally appropriate communications with our local First Nations people. This training is funded by the Australian Government’s Volunteers Grant that CIRS applied for in April. It is designed to upskill and advise our CIRS volunteers who provide information to residents and visitors coming into our office. If you are interested in volunteering for this training, please contact our office on 5486 3355.

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OWSS IS A new support service for women 50 years and over, and 45 years and over for First Nations women, who are experiencing homelessness or housing stress. HOWSS offer help to find housing and link women up with other human service agencies. They are based in Brisbane but are linking up with local services. Kylie from HOWSS will visit our CIRS office from 10am to 11 am on Thursday 14 December to hear from women in Rainbow Beach about their housing situations and experiences, and provide information about what support they can offer. F more information visit: www. HOWSS.org.au

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Festival of Small Halls

OODFORDIA’S FESTIVAL of Small Halls is coming to Rainbow Beach on Sunday 17 December, featuring international indie folk act Assynt and Australian singer songwriter Jackie Marshall. Our very own award-winning slam poet Sheryl Anderson will open the evening events. Tickets are only $20 adults, $5 teenagers (13 - 16 years), and free for under 16 (must be accompanied by an adult). These prices are heavily subsidised by CIRS so we will run the bar to help defray the costs. Doors open 6pm. Tickets are available from our CIRS office in the community centre, or online at https:// f e s t i v a l o f s m a l l h a l l s . c o m/ Rainbow-Beach-2023/

Office Closure for holidays

IRS WILL CLOSE our office from COB Friday 15 December for a well-earned break over the Christmas and New Year period. There will still be events happening on 16, 17, and 22 December but our office will not be available. We will re-open at 8.30am on Monday 8 January 2024. We are 100% run by volunteers through fundraising activities, office services, donations, and grants from FRRR, Gympie Regional Council, Gambling Community Benefit Fund, and the Queensland and Australian governments. The committee members wish to thank all

our volunteers – whether they give their time in the office, organising the markets, doing the rosters, arranging book sales, cleaning the toilets, managing projects, social media posts, creating events or running the film nights – Rainbow Beach is a better place because of what they do. Thanks also to our supporters and members. It’s only $5 to join and renewals are due 1 January each year. Join in our office or send an email to rainbowcommunitycirs@gmail.com if you would like a membership form emailed to you. See you all next year.

December Dec 1 - Cultural Awareness Training with Jade Gould in the hall 9.30am - 12.30pm Dec 1 - CIRS Volunteers Christmas Lunch hall and office closed 1pm-4pm

Dec 2 - Rainbow Beach Anglers Association awards night: members only Dec 9 - Monthly Markets: live music, food, produce, clothing, plants, gifts. Inside and outside Rainbow Beach Community Hall 7am-12pm

Dec 9 - Santa Comes To Rainbow: free outdoor event from 3pm to 6pm with live music, giveaways, and Santa arrives by air! See Elisa’s article in this paper for more details. Dec 9 - CoolaFlix Free Film night: from 6pm to 8pm – The Endless Summer (1966 surf classic). Host group is Rainbow Beach Boardriders.

Dec 14 – Housing Older Women Support Service (HOWSS): Kylie from HOWSS will outline support schemes from QLD government for women over 50 who are experiencing housing stress. All welcome. Dec 16 - private function.

Dec 17 - Festival of Small Halls: Doors open 6.30pm. Local, National and International performers, tickets and more info available online or from CIRS office.

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Rainbow Beach School P&C News Melissa Spanton SECRETARY

HE YEAR IS coming to an end very quickly with the end of Term 4 less than two weeks away at time of printing. It has been an incredible year and we would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the students on the efforts they have put in all year. We have seen the students grow both academically and as individuals. We are very fortunate to be part of a school with such wonderful students and families. It is also the time for us to acknowledge and thank the teachers and staff for all of their dedication to the students and the endless hours that go into putting together an interesting and fun delivery of curriculum along with camps, school events, and excursions. Our annual Christmas Raffle is well underway with many students requesting more books of tickets to sell. We are yet again overwhelmed by the support of the students, their families and the community for supporting the P&C with donations and purchasing tickets. There are still some tickets available and as they say, you have to be in it to win it! Tickets are available for sale from our students or from the office at the school. There are over $5,000 worth of prizes which include 3 major prizes, along

with many other prize packs. The tickets will be drawn and winners announced at the Rainbow Beach School Christmas Concert. The Rainbow Beach School Christmas Concert will be held at The Rainbow Beach Community Centre on Monday 4 December at 5:00pm. The Christmas Concert is an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on the year and recognise some of the great individual student achievements from each grade. It is also an opportunity to demonstrate the creative talents of the students with class and choir performances. The concert is open for all to attend and we would love to see you there! We continue to be spoilt each and every week with delicious food prepared by Tina Yu in our tuckshop. Thank you very much Tina, the students are all very happy with the food and their families are very grateful for having a day off from making school lunches each week! Finally we would like to wish all of our families, teachers and staff a very happy Christmas and New Year. Whether you are near or far for this festive season we hope you have a safe and amazing holiday and we look forward to welcoming everyone back in 2024! We would also like to farewell the departing Year 6 students and wish them all the best for High School. We look forward to hearing how you all settle in to your new schools.

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HE OPENING OF the long awaited OSHC is nearing and we are putting a call out to any TAFE students or school leavers looking to get into the area of Childcare to take up the opportunity to study and work at the same time. For a position in our service, you will only need to be enrolled in the required courses to be eligible for employment – no experience necessary. If this is a career you are passionate about joining, please contact the Rainbow Beach P&C for more information at rainbowbeachpc@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

The Rainbow Beach OSHC is very close to opening so please keep an eye on our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ PandCRainbowBeach, for upcoming opening times and information on how to enrol.

A Message from the Principal, Mr Steve Bennett Barambah Camp Year 3/4 recently ventured out of the classroom and made their way to Barambah Camp. The camp to Barambah certainly lived up to our expectations. Our students had an amazing time walking, talking, and connecting. This camp required them to work together and challenge themselves and saw them grow both individually and as a team. Our students were a credit to themselves, their families, our school, and wider community. A regular comment made by all the staff out there at Barambah was compliments towards the students’ manners, respect, and genuine care for each other. We thoroughly enjoyed the trip to Barambah and experienced low ropes, catapult making, mapping, geocaching, bushwalking, and much more. We even managed to see quite a bit of wildlife!

If you would like to keep up to date with our P&C news, you can visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ PandCRainbowBeach.

School Swimming Carnival On Thursday 16 November, we hosted our 2023 Swimming Carnival between K’Gari and Cooloola Sporting houses. We have been very impressed by the level of engagement in our swimming program this year. The students have made some great progress with their swimming abilities and the competition was very tight. Participation by all was outstanding and with only 2 points separating the teams; Cooloola were the winners for 2023! We are very grateful to Ms Kylie Summers, our PE teacher, supported by BJ Parton and the team of volunteers that have assisted with this year’s program. I would also like to thank the Rainbow Beach Sports Club for their ongoing support allowing us free access and the use of the Sports Club bus for transport. We are so fortunate to the community support afforded to our school!

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HE COOLABAY CHOIR will be going into recess from mid-December until the end of January but some of you may catch us singing at the Cooloola Cove Carol service on Saturday 9 December at the Veterans’ and Community Hall. Regular choir practice will resume in the New Year – why not put SINGING on your New Year’s Resolutions List and treat yourself?

E CONTINUED to celebrate Probus Month/Seniors Month with a Dolphin Ferry cruise around Tin Can Bay, followed by lunch at the Country Club. Both these events were funded by grants from COTA (Council on the Ageing) and Gympie Regional Council, for which we are grateful. Our cruise around the Bay took place on Saturday 21 October, and the weather was absolutely perfect – sunny with a slight breeze. Ian and Heide, the couple who operate the cruises, took our group of 30 members and guests to Carlo Point in search of dolphins, around the Bay, and then up Snapper Creek to view all the fabulous houses and boats. Although we did not sight any dolphins we did spot a turtle. While Ian took the wheel, Heide mingled with our group. They took great care of us, especially when embarking and disembarking. One of our guests had an assistant dog and he enjoyed the cruise also! Upon our return we headed to the Country Club for a delicious lunch, and the opportunity to have a further chat with our cruising friends. It was a great day, full of Fun, Friendship and Fellowship – the Probus motto. Seven members attended the

Melbourne Cup Lunch at the Cooloola Coast Bowls Club, where we were treated to great entertainment, great service, and great food. We were treated to champagne or orange juice and whilst sipping our drinks enjoyed the fun entertainment followed by the best dressed competitions. Our members, Don and Judy, who were married recently at the Club, took the opportunity to thank Bowls Club members for their wonderful service on that day. Following the Calcutta the great race was on and every one of our group won at least one prize in the sweepstakes – a thrill for our once-a-year punters! Guest speaker at our November meeting was Tina Mahaffey from the Tin Can Bay Post Office, who presented a very interesting history of letter and parcel delivery services in Australia. It is truly amazing the changes which have taken place over the years, with modern technology aiding the myriad of services now available from Australia Post. We are looking forward to our Christmas Lunch at the RSL Club on 6 December with lots of fun and good cheer to wind up the year’s activities. Meetings are held on each second Monday of the month at 2pm at the

Hot tips to stay cool this Summer Cheryl Zunic TREASURER

S WE ALL ARE aware, the weather bureau has been warning of a very hot summer ahead. The Local Ambulance Committee is keen to ensure that members of our community keep as safe as possible throughout the year – especially during periods of hot weather. The committee has therefore arranged for the distribution of Heat Stress Flyers to some outlets in Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach as well as both libraries. The flyers are free and offer some very helpful hints on how to prevent heat-related illness for seniors, babies, and children in particular. Practical measures such as drinking small amounts of water every 15-20 minutes, wearing lightweight clothing, and avoiding strenuous activity are some of the suggestions

for avoiding heat stress. There is also advice on the early signs of heat stress such as loss of appetite, dizziness, nausea, and loss of concentration. If the condition progresses to heat stroke where there is high body temperature and no sweat or fast and shallow breathing among other signs, it is a medical emergency and you need to call triple zero (000). So please take the time to pick up a Heat Stress Flyer and stay safe this summer. The committee would like to thank the Tin Can Bay Craft Club for their very generous donation of $372 following their stall at our recent Flower Show. We also extend our thanks to all those in the community who have supported us during the year and we wish everyone a Joyful Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.

Left: Probus members enjoying the Country Club lunch. Above: Our November guest speaker, Tina Mahaffey from Tin Can Bay Post Office.

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We are a community choir, open to all, and we welcome new members. Our repertoire covers a broad range of songs and genres – some old, some new, world music, rounds, singalongs and three-part harmonies. And it’s lots of fun! The Coolabay Choir meets for an hour at 3pm every Wednesday at the Veterans’ and Community Hall in Cooloola Cove.

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Tin Can Bay RSL secures grant for veranda enclosure

A Year of Highs and Lows Carole Lehmann

Sunday BBQ chefs, Kev and Scott, are looking forward to the enclosure of Tin Can Bay RSL’s eastern veranda. Ross Carruthers

HE BOARD OF THE Tin Can Bay RSL Sub Group is pleased to advise that it has been successful in securing a grant of $25,630 through the Queensland Government’s Community Gambling Benefit Fund to enclose the eastern veranda adjacent to the bar area. It is anticipated the works will be completed early next year before the weather starts to cool. This will ensure members and visitors are warm and dry when we are set upon by those regular Tin Can Bay coastal showers.

President Don Holland put a lot of work into the grant submission and is very pleased with the positive outcome. As Don said, “It is very difficult for small ‘Not for Profit’ businesses like our Sub Branch to come up with the funds needed for these types of capital projects. “This grant will help bring our infrastructure up to the standard required and I’m sure it will be appreciated by members and visitors alike.” Well, we all love your work, Don! Thank you for your service.

HOUGH TIN CAN BAY Community & Men’s Shed (TCBCAMS) have already celebrated Christmas this year (in July) we’re doing it again!! Partly because it’s a lot of fun and partly because it’s the REAL time of year to be doing it!! So, we’re starting with a BBQ on Saturday 9 December at the Christmas Carols at the Veteran’s Hall in Cooloola Cove – a lovely venue for families and friends to enjoy some Christmas harmonies, good cheer, and good food. Then we’ll be celebrating again with our last general meeting for the year on Wednesday 13 December followed by a wonderful Christmas smorgasbord lunch for members to enjoy. We’ll be closed from Saturday 23 December to Sunday 7 January inclusive but will be back in operation from Monday 8 January 2024 with membership open to all. We would like to thank all the local businesses and members of the community for their support and interest over the past year and hope that our relationships will grow stronger and broader in the coming year/s.

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Rainbow Beach DroughtRunners Report Tony Stewart - 0408 767 930

We have continued this month to help the Gympie homeless, with a $1,000 donation and we’ll give another $500 before the end of November. We are trying to keep our bank balance up as you never know what is around the corner. Income this month has mainly come from our bottle and can collections, so again a big thanks to the Big 4 at Carlo and all the generous donors in Tin Can Bay. Thank you to the wonderful drop offs in Rainbow Beach to our bins in Tingira Close. Garry, Mick, Carlos, Chris, and many more – a big thanks.

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NE MORE REPORT after this then the year has gone, very hard to believe as people talk about Christmas in early November. Well it’s been one of the driest years I have known here, with just over half our average rainfall. As I write things are looking more positive for good rains over large areas of Queensland. Here’s hoping for farmers as they have taken a real hit, as cattle and sheep prices are half of what they were last year.

And to Wayne in Tin Can Bay a huge thank you again for the sorting (we both have stuffed shoulders from lifting) and Bay Auto thanks for the use of the yard. Last month donations from Arthur at Tin Can B Bakery, Victory Bottleshop, and Mitchells was $145 with another $80 from Tin Can Bay bakery this month so far (at time of writing on 18 November). We received a very generous donation from Rainbow Beach RSL of $500. Thank you very much, and to the Dragon Boat ladies in Tin Can Bay thank you very much

for the $200 donation. Marcie Mills did the Christmas shopping with us and spent $85 on Bill Neil’s beautifully made wooden toys. Some of Bill’s other toys went out to Longreach for young children. Marcie wants more. Hopefully I can do the December Rainbow markets and sell more toys and goods there. I have plenty of mozzie coil holders to also sell, and these are great around home & camping with all proceeds going to the DroughtRunners. Call if you need them: 0408 767 930. Thank you all.

Wonderful Wildlife Quilts Lesley McCarthy

SMALL THROW or table topper with beautiful blue turtles and dolphins made by Jo Page is this month’s quilt photo. And also an Aussie wildlife panel has been cut and re-configured by Glenys Pearsall to create this beautiful quilt gift for Logan. I’m sure it will be well received. Our last day for 2023 will be 12 December when members will gather to have their annual Christmas Lunch, so as we come to the end of another busy year and start getting ready for Christmas, on behalf of the Tin Can Bay Quilters may I wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season. If you are travelling, take care and return safely from your travels, but most of all cherish the times spent with family and friends.

Feel free to join us in the New Year at the Tin Can Bay Community Centre, Amity Place, Tin Can Bay. We meet on Tuesdays from 9am till 12 noon. Visitors are most welcome.

Above: Logan is sure to love this Aussie wildlife quilt made with love by Glenys. Left: Jo’s beautiful throw/table topper.

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QCWA ladies shine at State Conference T

Yvonne Steele – Qld State Champion 3rd place for her Short Story Country Kitchen – Gabriella Field – Central Region Facilitator of the year Award

Dianna Carroll – Qld State Champion 1st place for her Creative Tea Towel

Congratulations from Branch members, be very proud of your achievements. We are excited, next year’s Country Kitchen “Cooking on a Budget “ is planning to hold workshops in Tin Can Bay and will be sending out dates in

Wendy Ritchie

HE COUNTRY WOMEN’S Association had an exciting month in November. We held our QCWA Annual State Conference in Toowoomba at the start of November and our members achieved some excellent Competition results.

January for bookings. Our Craft mornings will be having teaching classes. Next year’s dates will be in the February issue as we have had requests for Macrame, Chicken Scratch, Card Making – if you would like to learn come along to our Craft mornings. Our members are very talented and always happy to help. Hoy is going well with our monthly game at Cooloola Bowls Club, our prizes which the players requested to be household items and is very

successful, as we all have enough photo frames. I wish I could win a prize of Tim Tams and coffee! The toilet roll prize goes first! Come along and have a fun morning with our December Hoy last one for the year, prize for best dressed and lots of Hoy Christmas prizes, our members have been busy with the Christmas theme. Dates to remember – Hoy 20 December, Craft 6 and 13 December. Best wishes, to all the Community from our members at QCWA.

Walking down the aisle Maggie Travers

UR HAPPIEST NEWS is that Cooloola Cove Wheelie Walkers’ Walk Organiser, Judy Kiddle, married Don Beaton at the Cooloola Coast Bowls Club. Judy reports, “Everybody has said it’s the funniest, good fun wedding they have been to.” Judy and Don are very grateful to everyone who made it such a fun event. Welcome to our new member, Julie, walking in both CCWWers and the Tin Can Bay groups. Congratulations Sandy for achieving your first award, for 25 Walks. Congratulations to Ingrid and Jim on gaining your first Heart Foundation Walking badge to pin on your hat, third award certificate, and $15 voucher. Huge congratulations

Jack for your 200th HFWalk, thereby being awarded your second badge to pin on your hat, your fourth award certificate, and a $20 voucher to spend at the Heart Foundation online shop. We were sad to farewell long-term HF Walkers, Dixie and Ben Ford, who were a lively, supportive, positive, healthy part of One Step at a Time Tin Can Bay walking group before transferring to the CC Wheelie Walkers, now moved away from the Cooloola Coast. “Twins” Denise McKean and Kate Gregory continued walking and fundraising together for the National Heart Foundation throughout October’s MyMarathon, walking more than 329km, raising $1,204. Congratulations. The weather has been kind.

Linda, Ralph & Kristine, Judy, Val & Albert farewell Ben and Dixie.

Summer is here, so the start times have changed again. One Step at a Time TCB early group departs from the Tin Can Bay Bakery at 6am, the later group at 6.30am Wednesdays and Saturdays. Most of us enjoy a coffee on our return. CC Wheelie Walkers meet by 7.30am on Mondays and Fridays at the Cooloola Cove Shopping Centre bus shelter on Nautilus Drive. EXCEPT on the last Friday of the month, when we meet near the Tin Can Bay swimming pool, so that we wheelie walk the Boardwalk and have a picnic morning tea afterward. This is a great opportunity for the Tin Can Bay walking group to walk and socialise

with the CCWWers. Walkers achieve happiness by getting out walking and talking, keeping it light, bright and cheerful! If anyone would like a wheelie walker (rollator), Mrs Judy Beaton will donate one IF it means there is another member in our Cooloola Cove Wheelie Walkers group. While our hearts are still beating, our feet are still walking during the festive season (except for Christmas Day). Any queries, contact Judy Beaton 5486 2181, or myself, Maggie1Travers@ gmail.com phone or text 0400 756 615. We wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Don’t miss the last dance of 2023 Julie McPhail

COOLOOLA COAST DANCE GROUP

PATRONS ATTENDED a cooler night’s dance at Goomboorian Memorial Hall. Dancers came from Maryborough and surrounding towns. The lucky door prize was won by Robyn C, the meat tray was won by Jenny D, and the fruit and veg trays were won by Bev W and Joan D. The supper was enjoyed by everyone out in the cool night air. Our next dance will be our Christmas Dance on 16 December, with men being able to wear their Hawaiian shirts, the women to wear their best Christmas dress. Chris will play his choice of Christmas tunes throwing in some of his comical ditties which make us laugh out loud. Adults $12 and students $5. Visitors are welcome to join in supporting our once a month dance.

After the Christmas dance, our dances will resume in April 2024 when the weather is once again cooler for comfortable dancing. Merry Christmas to our patrons if we don’t get to see you at our last dance of the year in 2023 on 16 December. Stay safe on the roads and enjoy music.

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Patrolled Beach Swim in the flags in front of the Surf Lifesaving tower. Walk via the steps or walkway near the lookout and surf club, or drive onto Griffin Esplanade. 4WD beach access begins here. Coloured Sands Visit the patrolled beach, near the surf tower or the lookout to see the 70 plus colours in our cliffs. From town, walk south 1km along the beach - for best colours 4WD or tour a further 9km. Remember it is a gazetted road. Carlo Sand Blow Park at the top of Cooloola Drive, and walk 600m up from the car park or bushwalk about 2km from the National Parks Office for spectacular views of the Coloured Sands, Double Island Point, Tin Can Bay Inlet and hang gliders. Poona Lake Drive to Bymien Picnic Area (2WD) via 3km gravel on the Freshwater Road, (off Rainbow Beach Road). It’s a 40 minute walk to reach the cool waters of Lake Poona through beautiful rainforest and carrol (grey myrtle) scrub. Searys Creek Only 7km from town towards Gympie, with 2 waterholes, boardwalks, bridges and history – do read the sign and spot the creatures. Always cool on the hottest of days. Rainbow Beach Headland A look out, a viewing platform, 2 playgrounds, a skatepark, BBQs and picnic facilities. See the whales from here in season and watch the surfers out the front. Take a photo at the Cherry Venture propeller. Double Island Point Access via the 4WD only Great Beach Drive or Freshwater Track. See dolphins, whales (seasonal), manta rays, turtles and walk up to our historic lighthouse. It has the longest break in Australia -when the swell lines up. Mudlo Rocks Wander here at low tide, play in rock pools and watch 4WDs navigate any exposed rocks. ALWAYS check conditions and ask locals before you 4WD - it is not always safe, even close to low tide.

Catch sight of a Flying Fifteen in the Bay. Photo source: Tin Can Bay Yacht Club. Submit your Cooloola Coast images to: info@rbcn.com.au

Middle Rock When tides and conditions allow, the walk to Middle Rock and back is a beautiful way to check out the Coloured Sands. From here, vehicle permits are required and dogs are prohibited. Inskip Point This peninsula is the gateway to Fraser Island, a favourite fishing spot and pet friendly camping grounds for generations. Only 15 minutes drive (2WD) from Rainbow Beach. Freshwater Picnic Area Walk to and swim in nearby Freshwater Lake, picnic or BBQ at the beautiful shady day-use area, found before Freshwater Road reaches Teewah Beach. 4WD only. Tin Can Bay Foreshore Walk 4km from Crab Creek to Norman Point, over picturesque bridges, signage of flora and fauna, through mangroves, playgrounds and outdoor gyms. It is mostly flat and very safe for children on wheels. Look out for 137 species of birds.

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Rainbow Steps Reputably Rainbow Beach’s most ‘Instaworthy’ location - check out our colourful stairs and share a photo on our socials. Great Sandy Strait If you love the wonderful peace and relaxation of sailing or cruising, the sheltered waters around Tin Can Bay are for you. You may see dugong, turtles, dolphins in this section of the Great Sandy Marine Park. Fraser and Cooloola Great Walks A 90 km trail showcases natural and cultural features of the world’s largest sand island between Dilli Village and Happy Valley. Or trek 102 km from Noosa to Rainbow Beach through sandblows, past lakes and spectacular views. Fraser Island K’gari World heritage listed, K’gari has over 40 lakes, rainforests, sand dunes, wildlife, four wheel driving and fishing! Take a 1 or 2 day tour, hire a 4WD or take your own. Cross the barge at Inskip Point, permits are online or at the Parks Office.

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HE COOLOOLA COAST Youth Activity Project are getting into the giving spirit with some free activities during December: Friday 8th – End of School Disco from 4pm to 8pm. Lucky door ticket for a lucky dip, music to boogie to with games and a complimentary nibble to eat with soft drinks available for purchase.

Deputy Principal Mrs Sandy Lewis with Rotary All Rounder Award recipient Dion Wu.

Karen Clarey presenting Rylei Braddick with the Indigenous Student of the Year Award.

Awards Night

IN CAN BAY P-10 State School’s Awards Night was held on Tuesday 7 November, where we recognised and celebrated outstanding academic student achievement and exemplary student contribution to Tin Can Bay School and our wider community, valuing effort, achievement, and success across a wide range of curriculum and non-curricula areas of student life. The high standards shown are the culmination of the continued commitment by the students, their families, and the staff to be the best they can be. Congratulations to all award recipients! Our Special Award Recipients were: Academic Champions: Year 2 - Nate Braddick, Year 3 - Morgan Oliveri, Year 4 - Kobe Topper, Year 5 - Aleea Pointon & Harper Mills, Year 6 - Bentley Mackaway, Year 7 - Leunexa, Year 8 Jorja, Year 9 - Bryce Bath, Year 10 Dux - Angus Igarashi

Spirit of Sport Award: Dion Wu

Sue Arthur Volleyballer of the Year: Sienna Arthur Sport Person of the Year: Sienna Arthur

Instrumental Music Award: Amanda Geurts

Hands on Learning Team Award: Charlie JewellLofts Human Powered Vehicle Team Award: Dion Wu Indigenous Student of the Year Award: Rylei Braddick Rotary All Rounder Award: Dion Wu

Student Education Support Award: Cooper Sorrell and Bryce Bath Emerging Leader Award: Amanda Geurts and Ruby Bubke

The Clare Estate Agents School Ambassador Bursary: Cooper Sorrell Tin Can Bay RSL Bursary: Cleo

Saturday 16th – Music @ the Markets from 9am to 11am. Join the fun behind the library at the Tin Can Bay Markets including activities, games and of course music! Grab a shaker and get in the groove or come up and play a tune. Youth helpers are always welcome to assist at the BBQ and fundraising table, just wear enclosed shoes.

Pam Leslie Award: Tyler Bath, Amity, Harper Mills, and Tia Pointon

Monday 18th – Game On from 9am to 11am. Grab your mates and go head-to-head with some classic favourite minute games. Who will win? Who cares, it’s all good fun.

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Tuesday 19th – HOY for Chocolate from 10am to 11am. A game of hearts, spades, diamonds, and clubs with sweet prizes.

HE ARTISTIC TALENTS of the Year 4 students were on full display in the EXPLORE 2023 Art Competition. The Budding Artists Competition is part of the E x p l o re Suzi Wockner presents Evie with her prize while Art Teacher Pro g ra m fo r Mr Lewis Bishop looks on. primary schools organised by UniSC, providing a platform for artists to showcase their creativity and imagination. Program Coordinator, Katy Sloan, was delighted to inform Tin Can Bay student, Evie Lindemeier, that she had been awarded a runner up prize, with her artwork titled, ‘Pizza Shop’. Evie received feedback from the Judge, Ms Jaeger, the UniSC Art Gallery Exhibitions Officer: “Excellent drawing skills and storytelling ability. Great use of shading, perspective and your main character has lots of personality. “I like the creativity in your lettering and lots of details in the design to create a scene. This looks like a tasty pizza shop.” Congratulations Evie!

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Friday 22nd – Christmas Cooking from 10am to 12noon. Festive spirit food preparation for a sit down lunch! Booking essential as there are limited places. Call/text Jess Milne on 0411 218 254 to book. All activities are held at 110 Emperor St in Tin Can Bay and while volunteers will be onsite, they are unsupervised events. YAP is a Family End of year thanks goes out to all the volunteers that make YAP happen with special mention to Lorraine the fundraising queen and Rob for mentoring through music and giving your busking donations. To all the youth that have chipped in and volunteered at events and activities, you are the next generation of community spirit. YAP members are proud of your journeys so far and we look forward to seeing you in 2024! Appreciation also goes out to the supporters of YAP programs who buy lucky squares or a snag, drop off refund containers, and encourage the youth when they are volunteering because these little things add up to make a big difference! Have a Merry Christmas and remember to keep positive! Jess Milne, President

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TIN CAN BAY BOWLS CLUB

At last a quiet month for Tin Can Bay Bowls Club, with most of our activity being in preparation for the Christmas functions and end of year.

Some good news – both Ann and Barry are looking good and are out and about. Robyn White is finally back home, it can only get better from here Robyn. Welcome home Tony Broome. You were missed.

AGM is Friday 8 December at 10am. Ham Day (members only): Sunday 3 December, 12pm for 12.30pm start. Christmas Invitation Day: Tuesday 5 December, 9am for 9.30am start – Christmas attire. Presentation, Kerry and Rod’s Day: Sunday 10 December – wear your bright colours. Partners are invited.

Get your names down on provided sheets. Look forward to seeing you all at the AGM. 2023 Roll of Honour in the next issue.

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From Ancient China to the Cooloola Coast Toni Archer

Some Brief Histories: In the past, we have profiled some of the members of the Cooloola Dragon Boat Club, so perhaps it is time to offer a short history of Dragon Boating. Dragon Boating Origins: As you would probably guess, Dragon Boating began in China. It began about 2,000 years ago in Southern China. It was initially a folk ritual designed to appease the rain gods, encourage rainfall, and celebrate the summer rice planting. It was in the 1970s that dragon boating gradually evolved from being a folk custom to become a modern, fully-fledged water sport. Over time, it has been modified as a sport and dragon boat races are now conducted in more than 30 nations. You may be interested to know that the Chinese dragon (always seen on dragon boats with its head on the prow and its tail on the stern) is known to the Chinese as the ‘Loong’. In Chinese culture, folklore, and mythology, dragons take many animal-like forms such as turtles and fish, but are most commonly depicted as snake-like with four legs. They traditionally symbolise potent powers, particularly control over water, rainfall, typhoons, and floods. The dragon is also a symbol of power, strength, and good luck. Dragon Boating in Australia: Dragon boating had its Australian beginnings over 25 years ago when the West Australian Surf Life Saving Association was invited to the Penang (Malaysia) Dragon Boat Festival. It was the start of something that was destined to become a major participant sport around our country. From those early beginnings, dragon boating in Australia has gone from strength to strength. Some authorities now say that dragon boat racing is the fastest growing watersport in Australia.

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Members went from spooky to dapper for recent events at the Yacht Club.

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HREE TIN CAN BAY Yacht Club Flying Fifteens attended the State Championships at Sandgate in late October. Day 1 of the Championships was run with 3 races in a 10-12 knot ENE breeze. Conditions were absolutely superb – clear skies, sparkling water and warm, but not hot. Day 2 conditions were more spicy with a 15-18 knot NE’ly and with a larger NE’ly swell which was great for surfing conditions. To say that the finishes were close would be an understatement, keeping the race officers busy. Although the Tin Can crowd didn’t bring home the silverware, it sounds like a great time was had by all. Congratulations to Peter Shaw and Jonah Sayer for winning the ‘Most Improved’ award

with an outstanding second day. Big thanks from Tin Can Bay to the PRO John Mitchell, and all the volunteers on the start boats, rescue boats, and the organisers. Back at home, the last series race saw 12 boats on the water. It seemed like it was going to be another blustery day but it turned out wonderful with a steady-‘ish’ easterly breeze. Off the water, there were spooky Halloween happenings with some gruesome characters attending the Friday night dinner. There were less scary characters and dressed in much more dapper outfits for the Melbourne Cup. Anyone wishing to have a try sailing, please join us on a Saturday Green fleet day. Check the Tin Cay Bay Yacht Club website for further information.

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Tin Can Bay Fishing Club Alan Rippon PRESIDENT

UR CLUB HELD its 2023 annual general meeting and election of office bearers at the end of October after the cut-off date for our October article. So here are the names of the incoming committee in no particular order – Derek Andrews, John Blackman, Trevor Henrickse, Bill Kitney, Alan Rippon, Chris Murphy, Selwyn Potter, Chris Rippon, Janeen Henricksen,

Jonathan Smith. By the time this report goes to press we will have held our end of year Christmas party and end of year awards presentation at the Cooloola Bowls Club on Saturday 25 November. We have in the region of 26 different awards but here is the list of those members who won the perpetual trophies. I have my fingers crossed that the paper doesn’t publish early.

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Barry Nalder with a barra caught on his new rod & reel.

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Left: Chris Rippon helping to clean out the many carp from Monduran Dam.

Below: Marquis Chapman with an early mangrove jack

Rainbow Beach Amateur Anglers

2023 PERPETUAL TROPHY WINNERS

Vern Ezzy

Best Four Crabs Malcolm Kay Men’s Freshwater Champion Ron Cox

Ladies’ Championship Shield Debbie George Men’s Championship Shield Ron Cox Mark Wotherspoon Memorial Award Jon Constable Neil Finney Memorial Award Kevin Amstrong Furphy Award Marquis Chapman As you will all be aware Christmas is fast approaching so as we have done in the past there will be a limited number of events over the next 6 weeks. Our last function for 2023 will be the month end BBQ and awards

2023 Recap – The year in review

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Rainbow Beach Amateur Anglers!!

Men’s Over-the Bar Champion Ian Nowell Ladies’ Over the Bar Champion Debbie George

January Edition of the Rainbow Beach Community News.

CLUB SECRETARY

presentation for the month of November which will be held at the club house on Saturday 2 December. While I’m on the topic of our monthly awards, our last one was held on 4 November. The two-day event was won by Barry Nalder with a total of 531.1points. The monthly competition was won by Mal Kay with an 82cm slatey bream scoring 213.2 points. Honourable mentions go to Ron Cox with a 72cm flathead (lure caught) netting him 190.10 points and Chris Rippon with some lovely barra and mackerel. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy and safe New Year.

By the time this article goes to print our competition will have been completed unfortunately due to print deadlines I am not able to provide you with the competition winners for 2023 as our last comp weekend is 25 & 26 November 2023. We will provide a comprehensive report of the 2023 competition winners for the

Competitions The competition year has been stop/start with a couple of weekends cancelled due severe weather both offshore and onshore. Overall we had good competitor numbers to support the club’s competition calendar, with 42 competitors, including 9 juniors and 3 ladies, weighing-in fish throughout the competition season. The competition is fierce at the top Continued next page

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Rainbow Beach Amateur Anglers Continued from previous page

of the leader boards with only eight points separating first and second for the Inshore Club Championship, and ten points separating first and second for the Offshore Club Championship. The Ladies competition is also neck and neck with five points separating first to third. So it will come down to the wire at the weigh-in for the November Competition. Interclub Competition The Club’s annual Interclub Competition was held over the weekend of 9 & 10 September, it was our pleasure to welcome the Bribie Fishing Club (AFAQ), Landsborough Amateur Fishing Club, and the Power Boat Anglers Club. With 32 competitors – including 3 juniors – weighing in fish for the trip it was a very successful weekend. Thanks to all those who attended to make it a great weekend. Social Trips Offshore Tagalong Saturday 10 June 2023, 7 club members provided their boats to give new members and sponsors the opportunity to experience offshore fishing in the pristine waters offshore from Rainbow beach and Fraser Island. K’gari (Fraser Island) Social Trip 2023 – Waddy Point Friday 29 September 2023, 28 club members met at Gardiner Fisheries to prepare the convoy to head off to the Waddy Point Group Campground

on Fraser Island. The group travelled in 12 vehicles with the trip to Orchard Beach being uneventful which is always a great result. It was great to see the Barron family join the club and enjoy the weekend. The Waddy Point Group Campground was a great venue for this social trip with the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service providing great facilities. We had a couple of late scratchings, the lucky devils got tickets to the NRL grand final! Social activities were the order of the day with the club providing a BBQ dinner on the Friday night with flame grilled steaks cooked over the designated fire ring. Junior Program Putting a large emphasis on our junior angler education we help equip young fishers with skills they will use over their lifetime. The Junior Program is designed to provide children with an outdoor educational experience that will give them the skills and knowledge to: Explore the beach safely; Fish sustainably; and appreciate the natural environment while having fun and being mentored by an experienced local fisherman. The Club will release details of our 2024 Junior Program early in the New Year. Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic RBAA Members assisted the Rainbow Beach Sports Club with the Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic weigh-in and judging of fish presented by the competitors during

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the week. This provided support to the event and gave the competitors an opportunity to enquire about the RBAA Competition Calendar. The Rainbow Beach Sports Club also provided the RBAA the opportunity to participate in the Community Raffle Program for the month of June and for a couple of nights at the Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic, this was a great opportunity for the RBAA to raise funds and support the continued growth of our club. Thanks to the Rainbow Beach Sports Club, we look forward to assisting with the Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic in 2024. RBAA Members also receive reciprocal social membership to the Rainbow Beach Sports Club as part of their RBAA Membership. We also welcome the Rainbow Beach Sports Club as a Gold Sponsor of RBAA for 2024, thanks to Ashleigh and the team for their continued support.

tenure with the RBAA. Thank you to the Gympie Regional Council for their support of the Club. This site has the potential for the club to develop a clubhouse facility where we can host our monthly meetings, competition weigh-ins, and other social activities. We hope to have a draft development plan ready to share with our members and approach council early in 2024. Watch this space – it will be an exciting project for our club.

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This year the RBAA commenced fundraising with the launch of a Major Prize Raffle to raise funds for the development of a Club House on the old SES Site at 21 Kirchner Avenue Rainbow Beach.

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Let’s Tackle Waste RBAA in cooperation with the Gympie Regional Council (GRC) is helping to reduce marine debris in our region. The aim of the Let’s Tackle Waste program is to determine the amount and types of rubbish that is being littered on Rainbow Beach. RBAA members have collected a total of 106.50kgs of litter from the area since the program was launched in September 2022. If everybody is able to remove just a small amount of litter and marine debris from our local area together we can make a bigger impact.

21 Kirchner Avenue Rainbow Beach – Future Club House Site The Gympie Regional Council has granted tenure to the Rainbow Beach Amateur Anglers to the land at 21 Kirchner Avenue, Rainbow Beach (the old SES site). The existing buildings will be removed as they have been assessed, are not in a good state of repair and deemed unfit for purpose. The council has begun the process of removing the buildings and clearing the site in preparation to formally enter into a

opening hours to.. 6am- 5pm 7days.

First Prize Fishing Charter Package valued at $3,800 for 4 people aboard Double Island Point Fishing Charters, Accommodation at Rainbow Sands, Meals at The Deck@SeaSalt, Drinks and Fish Filleting courtesy Simmo’s Fish Filleting . Second Prize Gift Voucher valued at $500– Gardiner Fisheries. Best little bait Shop on the Coast Third Prize Gift Voucher valued at $300 – Rainbow Beach Sports Club Entertainment at every corner

The raffle will be drawn at the club’s Annual Awards Night on the 2 December 2023 I would like to thank the prize providers for their continued support, all those who purchased tickets and all members who sold tickets. Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors A big Thank You to the Club’s Sponsors for their continued support which greatly assists the club to continue to run our competitions, junior days and other activities, as well as being an active group within the Rainbow Beach Community.

HEALTH

Awareness Month Topics – DECEMBER

Sandy Brangan

BRANGAN MEDICAL

Holiday Road Safety

HE COOLOOLA COAST is renowned for its stunning landscapes, pristine beaches, and vibrant communities – so it will come as no surprise that this beautiful place we get to call home is such a popular holiday destination for over a million visitors each year. Over the Christmas/New Year holiday period the population of our sleepy towns grows significantly, with both overnighters and day-trippers joining our communities for a taste of the good life. This means additional traffic on our local roads as well as an increase in drivers who are not familiar with our rural roads. Christmas should be a time of love and laughter, not a loss of life, but tragically it’s one of the most dangerous times on our roads. Two hundred lives were lost on Australian roads over the Christmas period in 2021 from December to January. In the lead up to Christmas the Australian Road Safety Foundation is inviting road users to make a personal promise to be the change they want to see on the road by choosing road safety. Sadly, in the Australian-wide road toll for 2022, 1,193 lives were lost. Of those, 555 were the driver, 235 were motorcyclists, 191 passengers, 164 pedestrians, 35 cyclists, and 13 other road users. It’s easy to discount those as simply numbers written on a page but each and every one of those 1,193 people was someone’s son, daughter, mother, father, sister, brother, friend, co-worker (and I speak from personal experience – in 1988 my brother was one of those numbers). Out of those 1,193 lives lost, 773 deaths occurred on rural roads (195 of which were in Queensland). For decades, federal and state governments have vigorously campaigned for road safety awareness; campaigns ranging from pulling at the heartstrings to full-on shock tactics, yet as drivers all these years later, we still seem to be complacent when it comes to road safety. In researching this article it was shocking to learn that 3 in 5 Australians admit they take risks on the road (research conducted by Pure Profile on behalf of Australian Road Safety Foundation between 3-9 March, 2023, with a sample size of n=1,016): • 51% of drivers admit that they speed • 43% of drivers admit that they use a mobile phone whilst behind the wheel • 28% drive whilst fatigued On rural roads those figures differ slightly with 41% admitting to speeding, 13% admitting to using a phone, but most alarmingly, 11% admit to crossing a double line! Of the above 3 in 5: • 28% of pedestrians admit to wearing headphones

• 28% of pedestrians text or use social media, and • 18% blindly follow the crowd without looking. So how can we as drivers on our rural roads be the change we want to see? Every road user must make important road safety decisions every time they are on or around our roads. To be prepared to make these splitsecond decisions that could save a life, we must have a plan. Road safety starts with us: • Always be fit to be on or around our roads – think about the effects of fatigue, drugs, and alcohol • Eliminate distractions and stay focused on the road, whether as a pedestrian, bike/scooter/ skateboard rider, or driver • Develop a plan prior to starting the journey – map the route and rest stops • Look and be seen when using the road – think clothing for visibility and protection, lights and reflectors • Attitude – think patience and courtesy • Scan the road ahead for potential hazards • Always maintain a safe following distance – think reaction time Things you can do ahead of time: • Ensure the vehicle, motorcycle, bicycle, or scooter is well maintained and in good working order • Include regular checks and services – good tyre tread, tyre pressure, oil and water levels, and light function • Pack the vehicle correctly – are the luggage and passengers secure? • Know how to change a tyre • If towing a trailer, caravan, or boat, ensure confidence and being well versed in ways of towing • Emergency plan – think contact numbers, radio stations, local government websites. Be prepared for the unexpected and drive to suit the conditions: • Weather conditions – check the forecast for severe storms, hail, fog, and heavy rain • Extreme weather events – think flood waters and bush fires • Changes in road conditions – think wet, gravel, ice, and snow (perhaps not a QLD issue) • Dust and unsealed roads – think variations and changes to road surfaces, reaction times and how that may affect the grip of the tyres • Wildlife – always scan the road ahead • What to do in case of an emergency – think

first aid kit, phone numbers, spare tyre/tools Be the change you want to see on the road: • Take personal responsibility • Improve your in-car behaviour and model good practices • Share your road safety resilience plan • Take the Road Safety Promise* As residents and visitors explore the scenic Cooloola Coast, prioritising road safety is not just a responsibility but a necessity. By practicing patience, respecting the speed limits, being aware of wildlife and practicing proper vehicle maintenance, we as a community can contribute to a safer road environment this holiday season. The keys to road safety are in all our hands. Together, we can ensure that the Cooloola Coast remains a haven for both natural beauty and safe travels. On that note, I take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and happy festive season. Be sure to look out for friends and neighbours as for some this time of year can be a lonely one. Also, a special shoutout to our first responders and emergency services providers who will be on call over the holidays. Take care and see you in the New Year! Source: *arsf.com.au Article: Sandy Brangan, Brangan Medical Business Consultants

Speed Limit Change to Tin Can Bay Road I

N THE FACE OF recent crashes and the tragic loss of lives along Tin Can Bay Road, the local Traffic and Road Safety Committee caused an assessment of the Gympie to Goomboorian section of Tin Can Bay Road to be completed in line with the current standards. Due to the geometry of the road, traffic volumes and use, and the crash history over the past five years, the assessment supported the reduction of the speed limit.

The Speed Management Committee in consultation with Translink supported the reduction from 100km/h to 80km/h. Signage has commenced with most outbound signs erected, with works ongoing to install all inbound signs from Goomboorian to Gympie. Once all signage is installed, motorists will be given 28 days grace before any enforcement action is commenced by Police. SHINING A LIGHT ON THE COOLOOLA COAST

library happenings

Library Activities Christmas Fun for Kids! 3D Printing Fun

Rainbow Beach Library – During opening hours in December

Want to try 3D Printing, but thought it looked too hard? Come in and give it a go. We can show you the basics to get started. Make a key ring, a toy, or a small gift.

Christmas Craft Book

Stop by your local library branch between Monday 11 and Friday 22 December and pick up a free take home craft book. Suitable for children aged 5-12 years.

Make your own Christmas Angel

Rainbow Beach Library – Wednesday 13 December 1pm-2pm

Join us for a fun season as we get into the Christmas spirit and make some wonderful angels to decorate your tree. Suitable for ages 5-12 years. Bookings essential: 5486 3705

Christmas Crackers

Tin Can Bay Library – Thursday 14 December 10am-10.30am

Come along to the library to create your very own Christmas Crackers. Suitable for ages 5-12 years. Bookings essential: 5486 4355

Make your own Reindeer Antlers

Rainbow Beach Library – Wednesday 20 December 1pm-2pm

Join us for a fun session as we get crafty this Christmas by making our very own set of Reindeer antlers to wear. Suitable for ages 5-12 years Bookings essential: 5486 3705

www.gympie.qld.gov.au/library | Facebook: www.facebook.com/GRLibraries

Rainbow Beach Ph: 5486 3705

Tin Can Bay Ph: 5486 4355

Monday & Thursday 9.30am – 12.30pm Wednesday & Friday 2pm – 5pm Saturday 9am – 12 noon

Monday & Wednesday 9am – 12.30pm Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9am – 5pm Saturday 8.30am – 11.30am

Christmas Wrapping Paper

Tin Can Bay Library – Thursday 21 December 10am-10.30am

Come along to the library to create your very own Christmas Wrapping Paper. Suitable for ages 5-12 years. Bookings essential: 5486 4355

New Years Eve Pyjama Party

Tin Can Bay Library – Thursday 28 December 10am-10.30am

Join us in a New Year’s Eve pyjama party! Play games, read stories, and celebrate. Suitable for ages 5 - 12 years. Bookings essential: 5486 4355

Talks and Workshops Cover Letters and Resumes

Tin Can Bay Library – Wednesday 6 December 10am-11am and Wednesday 17 January 10-11am

This session covers how to write a cover letter and a resume, but with a digital edge. It provides best practice tips for writing a cover letter and a resume when applying for jobs and gives participants a sense of the digital tools they can use to stand out from the crowd. This session is part of the Digital Springboard program. Bookings essential: 5486 4355

Safety First

Rainbow Beach Library – Thursday 7 December 10am-12pm

Discover some of the essentials of cyber safety like how your browser can help keep you safer online, how to create and remember strong passwords, spot common scams like phishing scams, safely download documents including PDF files, learn about the different payment options, such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, for shopping in-store and online, as well as run antivirus software. Bookings essential: 5486 3705

2023 Reading Wrap Up

Tin Can Bay Library – Friday 15 December 3-4pm

Share books that you were inspired by, loved, and hated over a cuppa.

Introduction to Buying and Selling Online

Rainbow Beach Library – Thursday 18 January 10am -12noon

Learn how to stay safer when you buy and sell online from traditional retailers and online marketplaces, such as eBay. We also show you how to set up a PayPal account to pay for things online securely and how to protect your personal information and details while shopping online Bookings essential: 5486 3705

First Five Forever First Five Forever Storytime (0-5 years)

Rainbow Beach Library - Mondays 9.30am -10am Tin Can Bay Library - Thursdays 9.30am -10am

Join us each week for a fun session of stories, rhymes and songs. This is a program designed for 0-5 year olds and their families and carers. Visit www.slq.qld.gov.au/first5forever for more information. First 5 Forever is an initiative of the Queensland Government, coordinated by State Library of Queensland and delivered in partnership with local government.

Community Groups in the Library Book Clubs

Book Clubs flourish throughout the Gympie Region, with more than 25 active reading groups currently accessing the multiple book-set collections of Gympie Regional Libraries. If you’re an avid reader and would like to discuss the work of great authors with other book lovers, contact your nearest library branch today. 26

Council Corner Free Desktops for Community Groups Council has a number of desktop computers available to eligible community organisations as part of a donations initiative to assist groups. Packages include a Dell desktop, Windows 11 software, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. If your organisation is interested in applying, then jump on Council’s website and go to the Community Grants Rolling Round page. Two Apps to Help You Library: The best card in your wallet is now on your phone! Use Gympie Regional Libraries’ new app to manage your library account, search our catalogue, scan your library card to checkout materials, and even scan the ISBN code on any book to see if it’s available at your favourite library branch. If you download the app and sign in with your library membership by Sunday 31 December, you will go in the draw to win an iPad! Waste: Have you downloaded our waste wise app? It’s the one stop shop for all things waste and recycling in the Gympie Region! • Recycling information – confidently know what you can put in the yellow lid bin. • Never miss recycling week – built-in calendar that tells you what week it is. • Waste facility information – opening hours, fees, and charges and more. • Lodge complaints – Damaged/stolen bin? Report it in-app.

Missed service? Overflowing bin?

To find out more or to download the apps, go to Council’s website.

Arts and Culture Strategy

1. Go to your chosen Local Specialist Supplier

Gympie Regional Council recognises Arts and Culture as major contributors to building strong and healthy communities, innovation, economic development, public relations, self-expression, cultural identity, and a sense of place. The Arts and Cultural Strategy 2023-2028 is the strategic pathway for achieving the cultural vision: Creativity and culture connect and empower us; celebrating our stories, our people and our places. Together we see what the Gympie region can be, and we create it. The Arts and Cultural Strategy 2023-2028 was endorsed by Council on 25 October 2023 and can be found on the website.

Free Trees for Ratepayers Program Gympie Regional Council’s Free Trees for Ratepayers program forms part of the council’s Environment Strategy addressing the key response area of ‘Natural ecosystems are conserved and enhanced and our built environment embraces biodiversity, sustainability, and heritage’. The program supports the Gympie community’s ability to contribute to our regional environment strategy via the provision of two (2) free tube stock native trees/plants to each ratepayer/ landowner per rate notice. Your free plants can be selected from a list of Council’s Priority Plant Species OR other native species as available from one our local specialist community suppliers: • Gympie District Landcare Group – 350 Old Maryborough Road Araluen • Cooloola Coast City Farm – Tin Can Bay Rd, Tin Can Bay

2. Select 2 suitable native ground cover, shrub, tree ,or climber tube stock for your property 3. Quote Number’

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Contact Gympie Regional Council Contact Gympie Regional Council including: • using the online requests on the website www.gympie.qld.gov.au (in the Contact Us section on the top right hand corner of the homepage), • emailing council@gympie.qld.gov.au • phoning customer service on 1300 307 800 • using the Snap Send Solve app, or • sending a message via messenger on the Gympie Regional Council Facebook page.

Christmas Closure Council offices, libraries, customer service outlets, and depots will close 12 noon on Friday 22 December 2023 to Tuesday 2 January 2024.

How to claim your free trees/plants

COUNCILLOR CATCH UP Cr Jess Milne invites the community to catch up and chat all things Council on Friday 8 December 2023.

• Tin Can Bay Library 9am to 10am

• Rainbow Beach Community Centre 11am to 12pm Phone: 0436 282 707 Email: jess.milne@gympie.qld.gov.au SHINING A LIGHT ON THE COOLOOLA COAST

– BIRD OF THE MONTH –

Forest Kingfisher Melissa Marie Photo credit - Scott Humphris

HE STUNNING contrast of the dazzling bright blue wings and white belly make the forest kingfisher a jewel of the natural world.

Feasting on invertebrates, small frogs, and lizards, this brilliantlycoloured bird will search from a high perch for prey, then swoop

down to the land or water to grab its meal. They build their nests in termite nests and generally lay between 3 to 6 eggs. Fledglings are fed for approximately a month before they leave the nest to test their wings.

– cooloola city farm PLANT OF THE MONTH –

Melaleuca pachyphylla viridis

ELALEUCA PACHYPHYLLA VIRIDIS, also known as the Wallum Bottlebrush, is commonly found in sandy coastal heath areas. A shrub to 1.5m that flowers mainly in spring and autumn producing a green bottlebrush flower spike. The nectar is sought by many honeyeater species. Responds to pruning and an annual native fertilizer after flowering. Please note: WE WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE CHRISTMAS BREAK FROM 21 December to 9 January 2024 Volunteers Wanted : If you love plants and would like to learn some propagation techniques, or have experience with plants, we would welcome your help. We at City Farm are Centrelink approved.

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Cooloola City Farm Nursery is located opposite the Community Centre at 17 Amity Place off Tin Can Bay Road. Opening Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays 8am-3.00pm 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month from 8.00am – 12 noon. Cash or EFTPOS acceptable Phone: 0422 215 953 Email: ccfni09@gmail.com

Above: Beautiful Clancy was the star of our recent CoolaFlix movie night.

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Rainbow Beach Learning Community Homeschooling children were able to experience some very cool activities in November at the Community Centre with Mo, our resident art tutor, continuing to teach valuable skills such as perspective. Local drama teacher Sheryl Anderson is running a drama group with one mother commenting “The drama sessions have been fantastic for our nine-year-old girl – her confidence is building and she gets so much joy out of the sessions.” Another day they learned all about spiders through hands-on activities such as creating a spider’s web using scientific calculations, while the younger ones researched interesting spider facts such as: the average house has 30 spiders that live for around 2 years, and all spiders produce silk that is stored as a liquid in their stomach and becomes solid when it is exposed to air. Our recent camp at Dunethin Rock Scout Campground on the banks of the Maroochy River attracted 17 families from both the Gympie and Rainbow Beach Learning Communities. It was a great time for everyone where we enjoyed canoeing, swimming, making a bush mobile, whittling, an outdoor movie night, a talent night with children as young as 3 sharing a joke or demonstrating a skill, and being able to have time to get to know each other better. A highlight of our camp was a visit to Sunshine Castle at Bli Bli where we met a fabulous medieval knight called Sir Justyn who enthralled us

with tales of battles, weapons, and armour that the young people could try on to see what it would have been like for knights of old. One young man was so inspired he asked his mum to buy him a sword from the gift shop for his birthday the next day (and she obliged!). The Community Centre Coolaflix night we hosted on Saturday 11 November was a wonderful evening featuring the Australian movie ‘Oddball,’ based on a true story about a maremma sheepdog who saved a colony of penguins living on an island off the city of Warrnambool in Victoria. Maremmas are an ancient Italian breed of herding dogs used to protect flocks from predators, and local maremma owner Steve Boyce kindly allowed his dog Clancy to attend the

Left: Knight in training at Sunshine Castle!

movie night so that children could see one in the flesh. Clancy clearly loved being patted and having his photo taken with the moviegoers.

Community Pantry The Brisbane kitchen of FareShare Qld that provides free frozen meals to the Community Pantry has just celebrated their five year anniversary and has cooked more delicious, nutritious meals than the entire population of Queensland. From the first dish of chicken and vegetable casserole, their chefs have cooked 5.8 million meals, using 2.5 million kilos of rescued food, with the assistance of nearly 1,500 regular volunteers donating 100,000 hours of their time. The menu has evolved from family serves of traditional casseroles, braises and soups, to roasts, stir fries, seafood, and Thai, Malaysian and Sri Lankan curries. You can donate to FareShare and help support families in need via their website at: www.fareshare.net.au/ donate-qld/ with donations over $2 being tax-deductible. FareShare meals are transported to Rainbow Beach by Gympie Refrigerated Transport free of charge, for which we are extremely grateful

Canoeing on the Maroochy River on our recent camp.

and form part of regular fortnightly hampers that are available to Cooloola Cove, Tin Can Bay, and Rainbow Beach residents for $10 each. The hampers also include staple pantry items from Foodbank Brisbane that are transported to Rainbow Beach by McClintock’s Transport and Rainbow Beach Transport. We also receive donations of food from Woolies Cooloola, Rainbow Beach & Tin Can Bay IGA, and Ed’s Beach Bakery which ensure our hampers are truly great value. The Community Pantry is in the final stages of setting up a second distribution point at the rear of the Cooloola Cove Vet’s Hall where we will be distributing hampers and frozen meals on the opposite fortnight to Rainbow Beach. Our clientele from Cooloola Cove and Tin Can Bay make up half of the hamper orders, so having a place at Cooloola where they can access food will be of great benefit to them. To order a hamper for yourself or someone who needs a helping hand, contact us via text 0413 135 867 or hop onto the Rainbow Beach Community Pantry Facebook page and send us a message. Pindari Life Ltd, a local charity based in Gympie, provides the pantry with governance and support. Foodbank Qld that provides the supplies for our amazing hampers has recently developed ‘A Taste of Home,’ a range of wonderful recipes featuring fresh Queensland produce from juicy mangoes to spicy chillies! This month’s recipes are banana bread and watermelon & grilled haloumi salad, with bananas being one of Foodbank’s most rescued fruits – in the last year alone, they have rescued more than 160,000 kilograms of this delicious Queensland fruit. Each recipe is accompanied by easy-to-follow instructions and vibrant photos that will inspire you. What makes these recipes truly special is the purpose which is to highlight Foodbank Queensland’s food rescue program and the wonderful produce that is harvested so close to home. You can sign up for these recipes by emailing: recipes@ foodbankqld.org.au

SHINING A LIGHT ON THE COOLOOLA COAST

TRADES & SERVICES INDEX Covering Cooloola Cove, Rainbow Beach & Tin Can Bay Air conditioning

Electrician

Brad’s Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

5486 2781

Bull Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

0421 245 260

Climate Control Air Conditioning

5486 4362

Cooloola Coast Air Conditioning

5486 4499 0418 724 814

Sub- Cooled Air Con/Refrigeration

0436 338 631

Auto Electrics Rainbow Beach Auto Electrics

0499 144 678

Bob the Builder

0417 728 510

Hall Homes

0438 864 152

KJ Homes

0427 136 571

Killer Excavations

0417 192 651

Cabinet Makers 5488 0443

Car Dealers John Madill Toyota

5480 5555

Car Parts (Classic British Cars) The Frog Pond

0409 342 423

Cleaning Clarks’ Cleaning, Laundry and Maintenance

Smiley Mick Electrical

0448 955 768

Earth First Electrical

0448 195 070

HM Coastal Electrical

0439 688 710

Equipment Hire Mini Backhoe Hire

0418 184 966

Cherry Picker

0418 820 892

Flooring

Building & Excavations

Cooloola Coast Cabinets

Kennels and Catteries

Floorzone

5482 6500

Rainbow Beach Community Centre

5486 3355

Furniture Cooloola Coast Bedding & Furniture

5371 5689

Garden Supplies Cooloola Cove Landscape & Garden Supplies

5488 0222

Gas Supplies 0400 657 797

0456 783 023

0418 793 256

Lighthouse Glass and Aluminium

5488 0601

Followmont

0427 585 663

Curtains and Blinds & Security Classique Blinds Screens & Awnings

5481 2846

Health Providers

SAJE Graphics

0439 089 238

Handyman Handiest Handyman

0407 828 881

Looney’s Labour

0412 641 743

5353 1000

Channon and Lawrence Dental

5482 7688

Rainbow Beach Chiropractic

0447 275 673

Mitre 10 Cooloola

5486 2000

Rainbow Naturals

0473 408 359

Rainbow Beach Hardware, Fishing & Camping

5486 3444

In-Home Care

5301 9340

SES Flood/Storm Damage . . . . . . . . . . 132 500 SES - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3314 SES - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4604 City Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 2304 Coastguard Tin Cay Bay - VMR 417 . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4290 Community Centre Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3355 Cooloola Coast Medical Transport . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 2488 Doctor TCB, Cooloola Coast & Rainbow Beach . . . 5486 4600 Rainbow Beach General Practice . . . . . . . . . . 5353 1000 ENERGEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 62 62 EPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300 130 372 FIRE & RESCUE - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3169 Tin Can Bay Fire Warden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 828 414 Rural Fires Goomboorian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0417 793 286

Slater + Gordon Lawyers

1800 555 777

Mechanical Rainbow Beach Rustproofing and Mechanical

5486 3228

Rainbow Beach Service Centre and Towing

5486 8555

Vinnies

5482 2737

Tin Can Bay Community Church Op Shop 5486 2055

Pest Control Beach to Bay Pest Management

5486 8686

Termites@Cooloola

0409 86 86 86

Real Estate Cooloola Coast Realty

5486 3411

Creek to Coast Real Estate

0403 423 124

Rainbow Beach Realty

5486 3900

Raine & Horne Tin Can Bay

5486 2066

Rainbow Beach Safety Supplies

Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach Signs

0492 045 405

5486 2887

4rent4sale Storage Sheds

5486 4577

Cooloola Tin Can Mini Storage

1300 727 025

Taxi Taxi Service

Hardware

ESSENTIAL SERVICES

0418 729 474

Storage

Rainbow Beach General Practice

Cosgroves

Signs

Graphic Design

Courier

Legal Services/ Solicitor

Safety Supplies

Glass and Aluminium

Scott Sandilands

5483 5364

Op Shop

Functions & Hall Hire

Rainbow Beach and Fraser Island Gas Supplies

Concreter

Gympie Cooloola Pet Resort

0411 072 349

Training All States Training

07 4123 0415

EMERGENCY - AMBULANCE / POLICE / FIRE �� 000

Rural Fires Neerdie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0400 865 132 QPWS Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 9900 QPWS Tewantin (7 days) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5449 7792 Gympie Regional Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300 307 800 HOSPITAL Gympie Hospital & Community Health . . . . . . 5489 8690 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (JP) Call for an appointment: BRADY, Christine (Tin Can Bay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4327 BROWN, Stephen (Cooloola Cove) . . . . . . . . 0431 059 952 DEACON, Arthur (Cooloola Cove) . . . . . . . . . . 0419 624 208 FISHER, Peter (Rainbow Beach) . . . . . . . . . . . . 0407 95 4678 HAMMOND, Judith (Cooloola Cove) . . . . . . . . 0418 774 808 Library - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4355 Library - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3705

Local Disaster Management CCCLDMSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4483, 0439 862 264 Cooloola Cove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5488 0436, 0459 26 374 Wallu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 685 338 Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0427 863 007 Pharmacy - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3070 Police - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 8765 Police - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 2426 Police - non urgent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 444 POISONS Information Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 11 26 School - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 9333 School - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5488 1222 Tin Can Bay Community Church Op Shop . . . 5486 2055 Wildlife Rescue ANARRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5484 9111 Llew O’Brien (Federal Member) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4121 2936 Tony Perrett MLA (State Member) . . . . . . . . . . 5329 5100

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WHAT’S ON DECEMBER 1

Cultural Awareness Training, 9.30am12.30pm, RB Community Centre. Info on page 9.

LIVE MUSIC - Graeme Jensen, 7pm TCB Country Club

Rainbow Beach Boardriders Memorial Classic Surf Competition, sign-ins close 7am for 8am start, Teewah Beach, Double Island Point.

Barefoot Bowls, 4.30pm TCB Country Club. $10 adult/$5 child. To register phone Ann 0437 529 444.

LIVE MUSIC - Merlin, 6pm TCB Country Club

Rainbow Beach School Christmas Concert, 5pm RB Community Centre. All welcome.

LIVE MUSIC - Rockrollabillies, 7pm TCB Country Club

Santa Comes To Rainbow! RB Community Hall from 3pm, free community event. Live music from Rocknrollabillies, festive photo sessions, Christmas movies…and keep an eye on the sky for Santa’s famous helicopter arrival courtesy Rainbow Beach helicopters.

LIVE MUSIC - Chris Webbe, 6pm TCB Country Club

CoolaFlix FREE movie” at RB Community Centre hosted by RB Boardriders Club. Catch iconic surf film “The Endless Summer.” Doors open 6pm for 6.15pm start.

If you have an event or date you would like to add please email info@rbcn.com.au

WEEKLY Many are term time only

8am Social Tennis (1 May-30 Oct) 7am (1 Nov-30 April), $3 RB Sports Club, All welcome. Chris: 0417 605 484 or Pat: 0407 433 602

5.30am TCB Bootcamp, 7am & 5.30pm RB Gym classes, Ph: 0490 333 147

8.30am Playgroup, RB School Library

Weekdays

Monday 7.30am Heart Foundation Wheelie Walking Group Cooloola Cove, Judy 5486 2181. Meet at bus shelter outside shopping centre on Nautilus Dr. 9am Macrame, Men’s Shed, Carole: 0437 880 438 9am Painting for beginners, Tuncunba Hall, Tin Can Bay, Kerri 0438 803 990 Middle Eastern Movement class by Soul from the Belly, Emperor St Community Hall TCB. Early session 1-2pm, evening session 5.30-6.30pm. First class free. Book via Jess on 0411 218 254

10.30-11am First Five Forever Storytime (0-5 yrs) at RB Library. Bookings essential: 5486 3705 11am -12.30pm Book a librarian, RB Library Tuesday 2nd Tuesday - Veterans and Community Morning Tea, Tin Can Bay RSL, from 10am

Rainbow Regen weeding project continues, 7am at Carlo Sand Blow carpark. Details on page 6.

8.30am Kindy Linq, RB School Library

RB Sports Club Member’s Christmas Party, 2-5pm Cherry’s Steakhouse. Live entertainment, community raffles. Full & Social Member Draws throughout the afternoon. Info: 5486 3191

LIVE MUSIC - One 4 The Road, 6pm TCB Country Club

Festival of Small Halls, RB Community Hall from 5.30pm. Details on page 5.

City Farm CLOSED for Christmas break 21/12/23 to 9/1/24

IGA Tin Can Bay Annual Christmas Party 9-11am.Face painting, BBQ, jumping castle, live music, raffles, cash giveaway. IGA Rainbow Beach Annual Christmas Party 9-11am. Face painting, BBQ, live music, raffles.

LIVE MUSIC - Cool Lula, 7pm TCB Country Club

LIVE MUSIC - Brad’s Rock’N’Riots, 6pm TCB Country Club

3.30pm Robotics for kids, Gympie Library 6pm Open Mic Night, The Snack Shack, 35 The Esplanade TCB Friday

2nd Friday - Twilight Markets, Amity Place TCB 4pm-7pm. Community market with market fee proceeds going to community groups. Contact Jenny Jackson 0424 639 572.

CIRS office CLOSED for Christmas break reopens 8.30am on 8/1/24

3.30pm Dragon Boating. Sandra: 0402 352 756

2nd Monday - Probus, 2pm at Sandcastle Motel TCB, new members welcome. Cherryl 0409 044 100 or Katrina cooloolaprobus@gmail.com

2nd & 4th Nibbles & Giggles at Goomeri Library, social get together to chat over a cuppa, 10am ph: 4168 4340

9.30am Bingo for Local Ambulance Committee, TCB Country Club

1st & 3rd Rainbow Beach Art Group, RB Library 10am, phone 5486 3705 for more information

Carols In The Park, Lions Park TCB from 4.30pm. Petting zoo, food & drink, visit from Santa. Carols commence at 6.30pm.

HOWSS (Housing Older Women Support Services) visit, CIRS office 10-11am. Details on page 9.

9.30am First Five Forever Storytime (0-5 yrs), TCB Library

2nd Monday 1.30 – 3.30pm Life Drawing with model, Tuncunba Hall, TCB, Robyn 0419 663 271

9am – 12 Noon, MEN ONLY morning, TCB Community & Men’s Shed, Paul Boulton 0437 007 911

9am – 12 Noon, MEN ONLY, TCB Community & Men’s Shed, Paul Boulton 0437 007 911 9am TCB Quilters, TCB Community Centre, President Robyn Salmon 0427 356 028 9am Drawing & Pastel group all levels, tutoring for beginners, Tuncunba Hall, Tin Can Bay, Kerri 0438 803 990 10am Tin Can Bay Art Group, TCB Library 11am-12pm English Conversation Group, come along to make new friends and improve your English, Gympie Library, bookings not needed 12.30-3.30pm Join in at TCB Library for an afternoon playing Mahjong, an ancient Chinese tile game of strategy, calculation and skill with a measure of chance. Open to everyone 2-4pm Book a librarian, TCB Library Wednesday 6.30am Heart Foundation Walking Group meet at TCB Bakery, (weather permitting), Maggie 0400 756 615 8am Table tennis - singles, 9am doubles, $2 all levels welcome, RB Community Hall, 5486 3355 8.30am Kindy Linq, RB School Library 9.30am Cooloola Card Makers, TCB Library 3-4pm Coolabay Choir, CC Vets’ Hall, Pam: 0427 180 649

1st Friday - Drop-in Sausage Sizzle, Tin Can Bay RSL, 11.30am to 1.30pm 3rd Friday - Writing Fridays at Gympie Library - join other writers in practicing and honing your literary skills, 10am-12pm, phone 5481 0859 for more information and to book 4th Friday Community catch up at RB Hall, 8am 7.30am Heart Foundation Wheelie Walking Group Cooloola Cove, Judy 5486 2181. Meet at bus shelter outside shopping centre on Nautilus Dr. 9am-12pm Chess/Rummykub at TCB Community & Men’s Shed, gold coin for morning tea, no need to book 2.30-4pm Book a librarian, TCB Library 3.30-4.30pm Tinker Table STEAM Makerspace, Gympie Library, bookings not necessary 7.30-10.30pm Live music at RB Sports Club. Grab a drink and a feed and enjoy some local talent www.rainbowsportsclub.com.au Saturday 6.30am Heart Foundation Walking Group meet at TCB Bakery (weather permitting), Maggie 0400 756 615 6.45am Wes Mitchell parkrun, TCB (opposite library). Register for free on parkrun website. 2nd Saturday RB Market. Book: 5486 3355 3rd Saturday Tin Can Bay Market. Book: 0418 711 897 2.30pm Little Athletics, TCB School oval, Jess: 0411 218 254 5pm Mass at St John Vianney Catholic Church, Bream St, TCB (week 1, 2, 5) 7.30-10.30pm Live music at RB Sports Club. Grab a drink and a feed and enjoy some local talent. www.rainbowsportsclub.com.au Sunday 7am Mass at St Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church, Manooka Dr, RB (week 1, 2, 5) and Tin Can Bay (week 3, 4)

TCBCAMS closed for Xmas - back in operation on 8/1/24

CHRISTMAS DAY

BOXING DAY

LIVE MUSIC - Uncle Salty & Daisy Faceinator, 7.30pm, TCB Country Club. Info: 5486 4231

4-6pm Exploring Drama With Sheryl adult drama classes. RB Hall. Gold coin donation. 0497 542 857

9.30am Service at Good Shepherd Church, 17 Carlo Road, RB, followed by morning tea all denominations most welcome

LIVE MUSIC - The Whiskey Mountain Boys, 8pm-1am, RB Sports Club. Hillbilly Hoedown! Drinks specials, free entry. Info: 5486 3191

3rd Hoy hosted by QCWA, 9.30am for a 10am start, Cooloola Coast Bowls Club, Amity Place TCB. Wendy 0412 547 043 or Judy 0402 769 392

12-3pm Live music at RB Sports Club plus free kids’ bowls and obstacle course. www.rainbowsportsclub.com.au

3.30-4.45pm Robotics Thursday, Gympie Library, bookings not necessary (but space is limited)

7.30am Dragon Boating, Sandra: 0402 352 756

Thursday

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8am (1 May-30 Oct) 7am (1 Nov-30 April), $3 RB Sports Club, All welcome. Chris: 0417 605 484 or Pat: 0407 433 602

SEE PAGE 26 FOR WHAT’S ON AT OUR LOCAL LIBRARIES

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This Month… We are approaching our annual Christmas event for both Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach IGA where one of the IGAs will have a CASH GIVEAWAY; we touch on gi�ing for the fes ve season, upcoming specials, and Ange, a beloved team member explains how to eﬀortlessly glaze your ham. Get Those Gi�s Sorted We have some beau ful Coast to Coast Homes gi�ing in stock perfect if you need to buy for a lady as so many of us love an abundance of cute homewares and smelly things. My personal favourite piece is the gold cheese cu�ng set paired with a wood ﬁnish chopping board (hint hint!). Audrey featured on Along with gi�ing we also have some beau bou que Christmas ClarefulAgents website decora ons that will elevate your home, fes ve-style *chef’s kiss* Glaze And Amaze Ange is one of the team members at Tin Can Bay IGA – she is one of our beau ful deli ladies who is o�en working hard to feed the hungry locals. This year Ange has chosen to glaze the Christmas ham with a sweet marmalade jam. This is her step by step guide to glazing your ham at home:

Who wouldn’t want some extra cash just in me for Christmas! This event is a great day out for the whole family, a place where you can expect to celebrate community. Last year we had an excep onal turnout and this year we hope for even bigger as the word spreads around. Rainbow Beach IGA annual Christmas party will be held on 22nd of December, 9am-11am, where you can expect to see face pain ng, BBQ,lLive music, and raﬄes. This is a smaller but cosy event and is deﬁnitely worth a�ending if you fancy a snag and some Christmas cheer. Stay safe and be merry, and keep shopping local. See you next year!

Matt, Bernie, Justin, Liam & our friendly staff at the IGA

Super Easy Sweet Marmalade Jam Christmas Ham Glaze 1. Peel oﬀ the skin of the ham 2. Lightly score the fat making a crisscross or diamond shape 3. Poke holes through the ham for the marmalade to absorb into 4. Rub over marmalade in a thick layer and let sit in in the fridge for 48 hours 5. Bake on 140°C for 10 minutes per kilo, bas ng in-between 6. Half an hour before ham is done, place slices of orange on the ham secured with toothpicks and ﬁnally add a cherry to orange slices by sliding the cherry down the tooth pick.

Make this simple - but sensational glazed ham. Check out Ange’s recipe

Voila! A deliciously simple glazed ham that will impress at a family lunch! It’s Christmas Party Time! 21st of December Santa is coming to the Tin Can Bay IGA annual Christmas party! This event is running from 9am-11am and involves face pain ng, BBQ, jumping castle, live music, great raﬄes, and a cash give away.

Add these goodies to your Christmas wish list for Santa!

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A big hello to all our valued customers - both local and visi ng, come and see your friendly staﬀ at your local IGA today

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