September 2013 Vol 15 Issue 9
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Crowds Flock to Seafood Festival
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There’s a New Tour in Town By Michelle Gilmore As of last week, visitors can take advantage of one of the most experienced Fraser Island tour guides right here in Rainbow Beach, now starting a locally
operated tour. Sunrover Fraser Island 4x4 Tours offer a small personalised tour with local knowledge and stories. Mick Findlater has been a Rainbow Beach resident over 20
In this issue
• Dinner Shows, Luncheons and more! • Dolphin Ferry is back • NEW – crossword and sudoku
years and first visited Fraser as a two year old. “We’d come up from Brisbane and used to stay at Happy Valley for most of our holidays, Dad loved to fish,” said Mick. Mick lives in Rainbow Beach with fiancé Laurel Abbey and children, Luxie-Leigh and Blake. His older son Tristan visits for the holidays. Mick and Laurel are looking forward to their wedding this month near the lookout. Mick identified a gap in the tourism market, “There is a need for the area to have our own tour, as the town has grown
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and most people are choosing to go to Fraser via Rainbow Beach.” With 17 years in the industry, from 4wd rental, organising self-drive tours, tag-along tours, tour guiding and most recently, tour co-ordinator at RB adventure company RBAC , he is launching his own service. “I want to be the first bus on Fraser Island and the last one off so customers get a full day of Fraser Island, and they can experience what a wonderful part of the world we live in.” Mick has accreditation as a tour guide, tour operator and his Certificate III. “I was trained by the best of the old school of Sid Melksham’s tour guides in the art of tour guiding whilst driving some of Australia’s
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is published monthly by Yarabee Pty Ltd T/a Rainbow Beach Community News P.O. Box 204, Rainbow Beach, Qld, 4581 Editors & Advertising Enquiries Heatley and Michelle Gilmore Ph: 5486 3561, Mobile: 0407 660 198 Fax: 5486 3050
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Christmas Lights and Classifieds Welcome holiday goers, with just a long weekend left of our school break it may be time for locals to recuperate before the busy Summer season, and even fundraise while we are at it at the Pink Ladies Luncheon and Local Ambulance Committee Flower Show. When you flick through the pages of this issue, I am sure you’ll be as excited as I am. Locals and visitors can enjoy new tours, picnic shelters, dinner shows and more in October. On all accounts, we’ve heard that this continued stint of superb weather has been great for business. MP David Gibson has assured the Community News that there is progress on the bus flood policy for the Cooloola Coast. Bus operators and school principals met to resolve the problem, however there are real practical and policy issues still to work through. He said a key component was the introduction of a river height monitoring station at Coondoo Creek, so emergency services, schools and bus services could be notified if the bridge was at risk of closing. Unfortunately this month, I have noticed that some of our photos appeared on three other facebook pages in our community, without consent. The Community News is very happy for you to share photos - it is a great way to promote our town and businesses, but make sure you do it the right way. If you want to post a photo from another business’s facebook page, some of you may not realise how important it is to use the “share” button. It is not OK to copy it or download it and reload to your own page. When you “share” properly, the original source is always mentioned automatically – and this is not simply good manners, it abides by legal requirements. If you want to use content from the newspaper or website, please ask first and always acknowledge the source. Next month brings Movember, Melbourne Cup and the 2013 Christmas Lights Competition. We are inviting sponsors and locals to help make the coast sparkle in the revitalised Cooloola Coast competition which will award residential and commercial prizes as well as a people’s choice. We also introduce line classifieds to the newspaper – you can visit rainbowbeachcommunitynews.com.au, place your classified ad and pay for it all online. At only $11 for 30 days newspaper and website listing – it is a bargain! Congratulations Cooloola Coastcare on securing $62,785 to commence a water quality monitoring program on our wetlands and waterways, it’s hard work winning grants and good to see funds come into the region.
Until next month, Heatley and Michelle Gilmore
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Editor’s Note
ESSENTIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY - AMBULANCE.............000 EMERGENCY - POLICE......................000 EMERGENCY - FIRE...........................000 Ambulance - Tin Can Bay.......................13 12 33 Community Centre Rainbow Beach.......5486 3355 Gympie Regional Council......................5486 0800 Dentist - Tin Can Bay.............................5486 4800 Doctor - Rainbow Beach........................5486 3078 Doctor - Tin Can Bay.............................5486 4600 Doctor - Cooloola Cove........................5486 4600 ENERGEX..............................................13 62 62 EPA........................................................1300 130 372 FIRE & RESCUE - Rainbow Beach..........5486 3169
HOSPITAL - Gympie (ind. Community & Mental Health Services)..................................5489 8444 Library - Rainbow Beach.....................5486 3705 Pharmacy - Rainbow Beach................5486 3070 Police - Rainbow Beach.......................5486 8765 Police - Tin Can Bay............................5486 2426 POISONS Information Centre...........13 11 26 RACQ - Rainbow Beach......................5486 8555 School - Rainbow Beach.....................5486 9333 SES - Rainbow Beach..........................5486 3314 Coastguard Tin Cay Bay - VMR 417........5486 4290 Wildcare - Violet Hopkinson...............0407 574 321 TAXI - Rainbow Beach.........................13TAXI
Warren Truss MP (Federal Member for Wide Bay)..........1 300 301 968 David Gibson MLA (State Member for Gympie).............5486 3651 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COTTAM, Mary................................5486 8607 or 0403 006 758 DEACON, Arthur.............................0419 624 208 HOLT, Neville...................................5486 3250 HUXLEY, Anthony Lewis..................0418 715 065 MISSEN, John Joseph......................5486 8153 SYSTSMA, Sandra Evelyn................5486 8343 (Please phone to make appointment for JP services)
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Days Out - the 2013 Tin Can Bay Seafood Festival
Camel rides are a favourite By Michelle Gilmore Once again thousands of visitors and locals flocked to the Tin Can Bay Seafood Festival held Saturday 28th September. Camel rides beside the Tin Can Bay Inlet and delicious local seafood consumed along the beautiful foreshore parklands typify the annual event.
Calisthenics members. They also made the most of the rides and were keen to taste some seafood. Belly Dancing, Clown Shows and a Rock’n’Roll band entertained the masses on the central stage and the choice of market stalls made sure everyone had an opportunity to browse.
Seafood lovers are in awe of the choices available - from fresh oysters and prawns, scallops and bugs and a personal favourite – the calamari. The queues were long – but it was worth it! Cooking demonstrations certainly put the local seafood industry on display.
Heatley Gilmore was roped in to judge a C & K Kindy Sandcastle competition – hard work! The younger ones enjoyed the Hot Rods, Fish Toss, watching the Prawn Eating contest, “The Noise” skateboard, scooter & BMX demonstrations and made the most of the rides.
Rainbow Beach’s Sienna Arthur was thrilled to win the Colouring Competition and the coveted prize of a Helicopter Joy Flight for herself and her Mum, Gillian. Elder sister Keira came along for the ride and they were very impressed!
Thankfully the threatening skies waited until most of the day was over, and there were plenty of shady trees to help with the summery weather.
Primary schoolers, Sarah Speirs and Imogen Bruce-Moore loved their opportunity to dance and perform in front of such a big audience with the other
Organised by the Tin Can Bay Chamber of Commerce, this free event is a cracker of a day, if you missed out make sure you plan on visiting next year. If you were there – you may just spot yourself in our other photos posted on the Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News Facebook page.
Sienna and Keira Arthur are happy with their sandcastle
Lachlan Jensen, Jackson Ross and Isaac Burness win first prize in the C&K Sandcastle Competition
Noah and Martin Edmunds hang out near the playground
C&K team Jody, Stacey, Justine and Kay organise the Sandcastle Competition
Bailey and Codey Fitzgerald and Jimi Duggan cool down with their snow cones
Yum – prawns, calamari and fish!
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The Beach Rake is Here Introducing Kelly and Ruth... Kelly the Tractor and Ruth the Rake, that is. The equipment was named for two remarkable ladies – Bruce and Terri Geissmann’s daughter Kelly and Rainbow Beach Progress Association member Ruth Modin.
was “built on chook raffles”.
“Like a wedding, the bride was a little late,” Ruth told the supporters on the beach when the tractor was presented to the Progress Association. “Greg Inglis from National Parks said there could be a chance the tractor would be available and we waited very patiently.”
Member for Gympie David Gibson said the donation was another example of the Rainbow Beach community working together.
Ruth praised the inspiring business owners that started the “fundraising overdrive” for the beach rake, as well as the generous community members who helped reach the amount required.
clean-up the beach, they were able to purchase equipment from the USA to do the job but the money didn’t quite stretch far enough,” Mr Gibson said.
use by other community groups including Cooloola CoastCare, Rainbow Beach Surf Lifesaving Association, LandCare and the Residents and Rate Payers Association.
“This donation of a tractor today completes the task and I want to thank the QPWS and Minister Dickson for their support of this community.”
Rainbow Beach Progress Association member Ruth Modin said “It’s fantastic to see the Rainbow Beach community and QPWS working together like this and everyone is very grateful for this generous donation.
Approval was sought by local rangers to donate their QPWS tractor, after replacement by a newer model, knowing community need. The tractor will also be available for
“When locals started fundraising to
Ruth stressed there was “very, very little funding in town”, and that Rainbow Beach
Cr Mark McDonald (GRC), Ruth Modin (Progress Association), QPWS representatives Peter Wright, Greg Inglis and Grant Phelan, MP David Gibson and Sandy Brosnan (Progress Association)
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Meet a Local - Mick Findlater offers a new Fraser Island Tour continued from pg 1
off-road u biggest busses.”
Locals may remember the old Fraser Island tour buses Mick used to drive around town, including their famous Australian Explorer, the pride of the fleet. He earned the nickname, “Beach Master” by the Rainbow Recovery boys, as he was renowned for manoeuvring vehicles through difficult driving situations. Lake Mackenzie is Mick’s favourite spot on Fraser – “I have heard a lot of people say it is the best lake they have seen in the world.” He is taking customers to all the places Fraser Island is famous for,
“You will swim in crystal clear water at Lake MacKenzie, bushwalk in rainforests, tube down Eli Creek, explore Central Station and enjoy a picnic lunch on the Island.” Visitors will take in the Maheno Shipwreck, Wanggoolba Creek and learn about Fraser Island’s fascinating Aboriginal history. His 18 seater bus is fully air conditioned with opening windows so you can really experience the rainforest and beach driving. “We are the cheapest one day tour for Fraser Island, catering for all ages and families at an affordable price.” Contact Mick on 0457 726 388 to book your tour.
New equipment for Community Hall The past months have been particularly busy with weddings, meetings and physical activities. Over the next months we have several weddings booked and several other Community based activities. Sound Waves will also be held in September. The Country Night held by the Community Centre in June was so successful that the proceeds were donated to the Community Hall Committee. The money has since been used to purchase much needed acoustic sound equipment for future functions. A special thank you must must go to Ray and Dawn King and Mary Cottam for their organization of such a successful night.
Ray, Dawn and Mary making the presentation of equipment to member of the Hall Committee Ross Brown and looking on Frank Barrile organizer of the purchases which will be put to use next Soundwaves afternoon.
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Roadworks
Federal Member for Wide Bay and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Warren Truss, advised that works have commenced to reconstruct a section of the Maryborough – Cooloola Road, between Bidwell and Boonooroo Roads. “This section of road was damaged in the floods earlier this year. The works, which include construction of a new pavement overlay, stabilisation of the existing road surface, and improved drainage, are expected to be finished in October. The final seals will be completed in early 2014,” Mr Truss said. “The work will generally be undertaken from Monday to Saturday between 6am and 6pm.
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Get ready for the Rainbow Beach/Trail Runs by Michelle Gilmore The Rainbow Beach/Trail Runs will be held on Sunday 24th of November 2013. Races will be held over 3 distances, starting from 11km and event numbers are growing each year. Local resident and Race Director, Joe Raftery said, “We changed the start location for the short run. It has been starting at Bymien picnic area. This proved difficult to transport all runners to.” This year, the Rainbow Beach Sports Club and Aquatic Centre will not only host
New Australian Citizens Benjamin Fawthrop and Trish Mills (Photo courtesy of Betty Freeman)
registration and the breakfast, but the start of all races. When asked why the date is a little later this year, Joe said “The main reason for the race date is the tides. We have to be back from the lighthouse to the toilet block at the Leisha track before the tide makes that section almost impassable.” He mentions it depends on current beach conditions. He says the most popular distance is the 11km race which starts at 6.30am, but participants can run 25km or choose the longest (43km) which has the halfway point near the ocean side of the Leisha track, Double Island Point. “On the day we have both the Rainbow Beach and Tin Can Bay SES crews helping out. They assist by manning checkpoints and providing emergency assistance if required. The sports club and pool also provide assistance with venues.” To register or find out more about the races, visit the website beachhttps://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register. aspx?ID=10260. Spectators are very welcome.
Two new Aussies in Rainbow Beach by Betty Freeman
The 17th September 2013, was Australia Citizenship Day. An award ceremony was held 10 am at the Gympie Civic Centre, Mellor Street, at which 14 people received their Australian Citizens’ certificates. Many
countries
were
represented including, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Thailand, France and the UK. Amongst those receiving their certificates, presented by Gympie Mayor, Ron Dyne, were two Rainbow Beach residents-. Congratulations Patricia (Trish) Mills, originally from PNG and Benjamin Fawthrop from the UK.
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Enjoy the school holidays and long weekend! ‘LIVE N’ LOUD’ Festival Are you ready for this? Tin Can Bay P & C present a one night music festival. Head liners RED BEARD are bringing their MASSIVE sound to Tin Can Bay on what will be one of their last local shows for a long time! Don’t miss your chance to see these Monsters of Rock LIVE alongside MOTHWING, AFTER GRYCE, BY ELEANOR & Brisbane band BOSS MOXI! Visit http://tickets.oztix.com.au/default. aspx? venue=3210 for tickets and conditions. Held Saturday October 5opening 6:30pm at Tin Can Bay School Hall, as a Community Drug and Alcohol Free Event, strictly ages 12+ and no smoking within school grounds.
Cooling off at Inskip Point
Go Dragon Boating Three free trial sessions to ‘Come & Try’ paddlers.. so come join them any Sunday morning 8 am or Thursday afternoon 3.30 pm.
Inskip Shuttle Service
Rainbow Beach Taxi are running a shuttle 3 times a day over the School Holidays between Rainbow Beach and Inskip Point. Why not go out and spend the day at Inskip or come into Rainbow to spend the day, do some shopping or have a nice meal?Check out the flyer on the Rainbow Beach Community News facebook page for daily shuttle times.
Widgee’s Drysdale family enjoy the spectating as vehicles bog in the dry conditions on Inskip Peninsula
Holiday Must Do’s Make the most of our beautiful area – kayak with the dolphins or learn to surf, hire a boat and catch some relaxation time, take a charter, skydive, bushwalk, visit Fraser Island and more! Look for our Visitor Guide to read the Must Do’s on the Cooloola Coast.
Jones and Brown families from Brisbane love holidaying on the Cooloola Coast
Pervis, McKoy and Lewis families from interstate and nearby love their waterside camp at Inskip Point
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The Dolphin Ferry is Back - ready for Pink Ladies and Christmas Parties Congratulations to Russell Hausler and Lorraine Price with their recent purchase of the Dolphin Ferry Cruises. Russell and Lorraine already own and operate Tin Can Bay Slipways. With their two berths available at their houseboat building and the tackle shop, they recognised that there was an opportunity to offer something to visitors after they fed the dolphins. They started a search for a suitable boat. Lorraine said, “We heard about ferry, with its own marine park permit, history and the clientele and it all fell into place.” It was a little more work and investment– they bought bus and then co-ordinated services with Rainbow. The ferry was painted, electrics and electronics updated and new signage added.
“We are excited to offer holiday makers and locals new experiences on the water.” “The Dolphin Cruise will run from Carlo Point, leaving each day at 7am, and return by about 9am. The new courtesy bus will do pick-ups from set points in Rainbow Beach, to take passengers to Carlo Point, and return.” Passengers can also book and then drive themselves to Carlo Point. The ferry will arrive in Tin Can Bay, near the Coastguard, by 7.30am in time for the dolphin feeding, where the Dolphin Centre charges $5 entry to view dolphins and an additional $5 if you wish to hand feed. The Great Sandy Straits Cruise will run at 10.30am from Carlo Point, pick up passengers from Tin Can Bay at 11.30am, then cruise for about an hour before
disembarking Tin Can Bay passengers, then return to Carlo and Rainbow Beach approximately 1pm. At only $10 per head, it would be a great way to see the Straits. Sunset cruises will also be on the agenda, starting with Friday and Saturday evenings, depending on bookings. These will depart Carlo Point at 5pm, pick up from Tin Can Bay at 5.30pm. It is $20 per person, BYO food and drinks. There will be a Tin Can Bay service to the Pink Ladies Luncheon in Rainbow Beach on October 11 – a lovely way to arrive to the notorious fundraiser. The ferry
is also available for private hire, including weddings, special occasions and Christmas parties. Enquiries are welcome – contact Russell or Lorraine on 0428 838 836.
Rainbow Beach Surf Girl Announced
Brittany Neumann has been endorsed by Rainbow Beach SLSC as 2013-2014 Jupiter’s Summer Surf Girl. Brittany says she has been part of the club, “Even before I officially could - as I ran around with Mum whilst she ran Nippers.” “I have lived at Rainbow Beach since Mum and Dad bought me home from Hospital.” Brittany stayed in Nippers until she completed her Surf Rescue Certificate and Bronze Medallion, volunteering on patrols since the age of 13. Now 18 this season and studying Business at Sunshine Coast University, she plans to be back in Rainbow every fortnight. So far this teen has been productive with learning from other surf girls and educating about lifesaving to International Students at James Nash SHS. Brittany is planning to promote the club further with a Gympie Nipper Beach Party Disco, movie night and functions in Rainbow. Brittany encourages locals to attend these functions and welcomes help with event promotion. “I am keen to have events at Rainbow Beach that draws additional people to our great beach and town so if you have any ideas, please contact me.” Surf Girl Water Bottles will be for sale, with all profits going to the Club. “It is Spring Water, labelled with the RBSLS, Surf Girl and Swim Between the Flags messages printed on each bottle, promoting Rainbow Beach. If you would like to buy some bottles for your work place, or your workplace is happy for you to sell the water, please let me know.” “All profits from the Surf Club major raffle, the fantastic Garden Package, will be going towards my fund raising total. So if you have not bought some tickets yet, please do.” Brittany is also asking for sponsorship, help at functions and any prizes that could be donated for raffles or events. Please contact Brittany Neumann on 0409636308 (brittany.neumann3@gmail.com) for details and help her raise much needed funds for Surf Lifesaving.
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Wolf Rock Dive Report By Cheryl Maughan The diving at Wolf Rock this month has left some very happy divers already planning their next trips to Rainbow Beach for more diving this summer. We have had some spectacular visibility with water so blue and clear we could see for 30 metres. When this happens you can see the whole formation which is an amazing sight under the water. The grey nurse sharks have been a bit reclusive as the annual cycle comes to an end. September is one of the quieter months of the year as the pregnant females that may still be here will disappear to give
birth. Next month the breeding females will arrive for mating and the whole cycle will start again. The female grey nurse shark only breeds every two years so the females that turn up this year will not have been to Wolf Rock for at least two years or more.
week which means the water is warming up and on earlier dives we had frequent visits by manta rays. Visibility varied throughout the month but averaged 15 – 30 metres and water temperature is now starting to touch on 21 degrees.
In searching for the sharks this month we have been venturing further afield from the main pinnacles out over what we call the “boulder country”. It’s always wonderful to swim out this way when we can, as the hard and soft corals are quite spectacular growing larger in size and with little or no human impact. There also seems to be more variety of sub-tropical fish around that area and some huge sea stars that we don’t come across on the main formation as such. We saw the first of the leopard sharks last
Out and About
Alex, Max, Ruby and Henry Klekar enjoy the Sports Club Markets held 5th Saturday of the month
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Saturdays 10:00am Sundays 8:00am
FROM
$5.95
MONDAYS
Schnitzel Night $11.95 (DINNER)
TUESDAYS 2 for 1 $19.95 (DINNER)
Members from Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach Chambers met to discuss options to reduce impact from Coondoo Creek flooding
WEDNESDAYS Bistro Specials (DINNER)
Double Island Point Lighthouse Lease Under Investigation The Newman Government has engaged Minter Ellison to look into the procurement processes for the Double Island Point Lighthouse lease as well as a lease at Springbrook on the Gold Coast. “It’s certainly no secret that I’ve been calling for a fair go on this issue for many years” said local MP David Gibson. “Internal Departmental documentation shows very clearly that the Noosa Parks Association was not the preferred tender for the Double Island Point Lighthouse.” “What’s very clear from the report is that the tender process failed the people of Queensland in obtaining value for money. Serious questions are raised about the actions of the Noosa Parks Association executive which must be
Daily 12.00pm - 2:00pm
“The difference is now we have a grown-up government, one not cosied up with extreme green preference deals, willing to listen.” National Parks Minister Steve Dickson has indicated that he is considering his options after the independent legal report found a lack of accountability in projects run by the association.
Come and listen to Guest Speaker, Kimberley Lynch, Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay Regional Manager of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland. Bring your own plate of nibblies and drinks (beer/wine ok) to the town hall, 6pm Wednesday October 16.
owner/manager of Temptations by the Water, Secretary - Nicola McNamara (Whatever Qld) and Treasurer - Johdy Kimlin (KJ Homes).
Rib Fest $19.50 (DINNER)
SUNDAYS Roast Specials
(LUNCH & DINNER)
“Again and again, people have registered their alarm about political threats being made by Noosa Parks Association officials to get the lease and I am on the public record expressing my continued concerns regarding the process used in awarding the lease.”
Change of Guard at Tin Can Bay Chamber of Commerce
Congratulations to the new committee elected the recent Annual Meeting of the Tin Can Bay Chamber of Commerce: President Cameron Henderson
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answered by them.”
Rainbow Beach Commerce and Tourism Association AGM October 16 will see the Annual General meeting for the Rainbow Beach Commerce and Tourism to discuss the www.ourrainbowbeach.com.au website, including advertising opportunities and the report on the Rainbow Shores Stage II Court Decision and implications.
THURSDAYS
FROM
Family BBQ $10.00 (DINNER)
TAKEAWAY
No phone orders excepted
must be ordered within the venue. FROM
5:30pm Everyday
$9.95
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Rainbow Beach Over 60’s Group “Simply On the 6th August we gathered at the Surf Club for our AGM, followed by lunch. What a great venue! The newly renovated area with its 180 degree floor to ceiling view of the water and coast south to Double Island Point is really spectacular- a great place to linger over a coffee in the morning or a beer in the afternoon as you soak it all in. Many thanks to our retiring office bearers and welcome to our new president, Dorothy Pascoe and her committee.
10.30 at the Surf Club New members and visitors are always very welcome so if you would like to join us at any of the above events, please ring one of the numbers above.
This month Tina Turner hits the Cooloola Coast - or as close to Tina as we can get -with a tribute show for the celebrity. Tina Turner’s career spanned half a century, and her songs live on at every wedding where Nutbush is played and footy matches every week in Australia.
September saw us gathered for lunch at another great RB venue, the Rainbow Beach Hotel, when twenty or so of us took the opportunity to catch up and also to sample the very reasonable and tasty lunchtime menu in very attractive surroundings.
Rebecca O’Connor is “SimplyThe Best” as Tina Turner and it is not just the critics giving her rave reviews… she’s even been praised by Tina herself. “Rebecca is so good, she’s scary,” Tina said. “If I had her energy, I would still be touring today.”
Some of the events coming up: October, Sat 26th, Gympie Cup Day. We’ll gather at about 11am under the marquee for a bit of a flutter on the neddies. Finger food provided. $15 Good luck!!!! Denice and Mick 54868683 November, Picnic in the Park December Christmas Party. And don’t forget: First Tuesday Morning Tea, October 1st,
the Best”
Del, Annette, JennyP. Jenny K. Helen
The Sleepy Lagoon Hotel has already sold 60 tickets for the three course dinner and show. Held on Saturday 19th October, accommodation packages and a bus service from Rainbow Beach are also available if there is enough interest. Sleepy Lagoon Hotel/Motel’s Symon Duggan said “We saw the Abba tribute show at Rainbow Sports Club and thought it would be great to have a similar night here.” “It looks like it is going to be popular, and if it is what the community wants we are keen to offer more performances in the future.” Living in Rainbow Beach and owning a business in Tin Can Bay and Cooloola Cove, Symon sees the dinner and show as a great opportunity to bring residents from all the towns on the Cooloola Coast together. You can look forward to Rebecca’s flawless renditions of Tina’s greatest hits such as Nutbush City Limits, Proud Mary, River Deep, Private Dancer, When the Heartache is Over and more. They keep audiences on their feet dancing from the start of the show to finish. Tina Turner is without doubt one of the greatest live performers in music history and Rebecca embodies every element of her personality perfectly, while still keeping true to her own individuality. Harking from Ireland, this talented vocalist first came to Australia three years ago and fell in love with the country and Aussie audiences. “Singing Nutbush City Limits to Australian audiences is a totally different experience! Over in Oz everyone gets up and does a special Nutbush dance! I have never come across this type of dance anywhere else in the world! It is fantastic to watch the crowds singing, dancing and enjoying themselves... It gives me a good buzz as a performer! I feel very at home here in Australia as all the members in my band are Australian and they are doing a great job of trying to convert me from an Irish lass to an Ozzie!” Rebecca’s wild hair, sparkling mini dresses, red lipstick and stiletto heels does the undisputed Queen of Rock’n’ Roll pure justice, in a performance that can only be described as “Simply the Best”. Call the Sleepy Lagoon hotel on 07 54864124 while tickets are still available.
Rainbow Beach Progress Association AGM: Tuesday 8th October @6pm @Rainbow Beach Meeting Room
Community
Hall
ALL WELCOME
Sandy Brosnan, President, 0427863007
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What’s On at the Flower Show… Ambulance Report by Judy Cantrell
Don’t forget the date – 19th October 2013, and do come and view all the flowers, arrangements and stalls, and maybe attend one of our numerous and popular workshops, including Photography of flowers and use of various lenses, Floral arrangement, Propagation of orchids, Care of Bromeliads, Photography Help Desk and Care of Geraniums/ Pelargoniums. Times and Places will be on display within the hall, and will be announced throughout the day. Our Guest speakers for the day will be Amy Gosley (Environmental Planning Officer) and Samantha Coyle (Lands Protection Officer). These lovely ladies
will be discussing the identification and control of endemic weeds in the local area – Cat’s Claw, Rat Tail Grass, Bitou Bush etc. This should be most interesting and informative. There will also be pamphlets showing local pests of the floral kind.
Don’t forget, entries for the show must be completed and at the Community Centre prior to 5pm Friday 18th October 2013, ready for judging and display. This information is all listed on the entry forms. Hopefully we will have some decent rainfall prior to the Show to give all the gardens a real boost. Entry forms are now readily available so everyone can see what categories to enter. Also, if anyone who attends has some ideas which could be taken on board,
Birds Around The Bay By Dorothy Pashniak Recent arrivals and departures among the birds around the bay have made bird watching interesting. Migratory shorebirds have been arriving from the arctic. Numbers of birds have gradually built up and more will arrive until the peak is reached sometime in November/December. Spangled Drongos have been in my yard all winter and then suddenly they all took off again for the summer elsewhere. A couple of days ago I heard the first Koel of the season and one is calling somewhere close by this morning. Last summer the grevillea trees, which I had planted some years ago, broke and
fell down because of the extra heavy rain and wind. This meant that the Rainbow Lorikeets stopped visiting the garden and I did miss their noisy calls. However, there has been a very heavy flowering of the callistemon trees this year and all the Honey Eaters have been visiting again. The other morning I heard the Rainbow Lorikeets in the callistemon trees and nearly decided I didn’t need to go and look. Fortunately, I did go out with the camera to see if I could get any good photos – although I do have many hundreds of photos of Lorikeets! When I got close to the trees and started watching the birds I realized that there were two birds among
please don’t hesitate to discuss these with one of the LAC members on duty at the show. We appreciate all interest. Raffles, including the money tree, will also be run and there will be stalls with items for sale. Morning and afternoon teas will also be available at a nominal price. Welcome to our new Acting OIC for the rest of the year, Brian Lehane. I am certain we can all show Brian what a wonderful community this area has and the Rainbow Lorikeets that were not the same. They were slightly smaller and not nearly so noisy! When I got a good look at them I realized it was a pair of Scalybreasted Lorikeets. I have only seen Scalybreasted Lorikeets in my yard once before. These birds are green on the head and down the back with scaly yellow marks on the front and also on the back of the neck. These marks can vary in size depending on how the bird is holding its feathers. If the feathers are really sleeked down the marks may almost disappear. The underwing coverts are red. As in the Rainbow Lorikeet, the bill is also red. If you want to join our monthly shorebird counts then phone Dorothy Pashniak: 54880057 and if you want to read more about the birds I see every week then visit my blog at http://www. sandystraitsandbeyond.blogspot.com.au/
make him feel welcome. Hope to see you at the Flower Show and best of luck everyone.
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Surprises in store for the 2013 Pink Ladies’ Lunch By Michelle Gilmore
It is full steam ahead for the Cabaret themed annual Pink Ladies Lunch on Friday, October 11. The Pink Ladies are off to a brilliant start to their fundraising with $1080 in the coffers after their successful Op Shop day on September 7. Pink Lady, Maree Van Oirschot says, “We look forward to seeing a great crowd at the Pink Ladies Lunch. Tickets are available at the Surf Club office daily and also at Jilly’s, Tin Can Bay.”
Rachel and Gay Londrigan bring young Bodhi to his first Pink Ladies Op Shop
Maree did not want to spoil the surprise but mentioned the luncheon diners will be treated to a three act show. They are
planning games and fun and warned that, “Audience participation is required!”
She suggested ladies adorn themselves in hot pink, lots of bling, perhaps some feathers or even come as a celebrity. Maree continued, “Thank you to all the lovely ladies who gave their time to sort and sell and to the community for donating clothes and other items.”
Maree congratulated winners Kristina for her victory with the $100 board and Dot took home the beauty hamper. “Thank you to all the op shoppers for rummaging through everything and hopefully taking home a few treasures.”
Breast cancer survival improving, but 37 women still diagnosed each day Survival rates for breast cancer nationally are improving, however, 37 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer each day, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and Cancer Australia. The report, Breast cancer in Australia: an overview, shows the number of new breast cancer cases more than doubled from around 5,300 to 13,600 cases between 1982 and 2008. ‘There was a sharp increase in the incidence rate of breast cancer between 1990 and 1995, after which the rate has been stable ‘, said AIHW spokesperson Anne Bech. ‘The sharp increase in the incidence rate in the early 1990’s was most likely due to the introduction of the national breast cancer screening program in 1991.
Op Shop Volunteers Roma Briggs, Cheryl Dakin, Glenda Hull are looking forward to the Pink Ladies Lunch
“What another wonderful effort! We have such a great little town that pulls together for a good cause.”
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Australian women and the majority of cases (69%) are diagnosed in
women aged 40-69. ‘The number of women diagnosed with breast cancer is expected to rise in the future due to the ageing population. Our projections indicate that in 2020 about 17,200 new breast cancers will be diagnosed in Australia This would equate to 47 women being diagnosed every day,’ Ms Bech said. ‘Importantly, the report also shows that survival from breast cancer continues to improve in Australia, with these improvements due to both earlier diagnosis and better treatments,’ Cancer Australia CEO Dr Helen Zorbas said. Between the periods 1982-1987 and 2006-2010, 5-year relative survival from breast cancer increased from 72% to 89%. ‘The report also shows that women diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia have better survival prospects compared with women in most other countries and regions,’ Dr Zorbas said.
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Rainbow Beach Police Beat by Michael Brantz Rainbow Beach Police At the time of writing this article, Rainbow’s new police officer has just started work. Michael (Mick) Emery is a detective who has spent the past seven years working in the Ipswich area. Mick comes to Rainbow Beach with his wife and three kids and over 10 years service in the Queensland Police Service. He has a wealth of experience dealing with a wide range of complex incidents and is looking forward to getting involved in the Rainbow Beach community. I have no doubt he will prove to be a huge asset for our town. I would like to thank the boys from Tin Can Bay Police Station for helping me out since Al left. I secretly think they just love being over here in paradise, but I certainly appreciated their help and support during a busy couple of months. I would also like to congratulate former Rainbow resident Lleam Rees, who has successfully completed his academy training and was sworn into the Queensland Police Service last month. He has been posted to my old stomping ground of Rockhampton. I hope you enjoy the heat Lleam. I have previously written articles about dog ownership and unfortunately this issue has come up again in the past month. On this occasion a local was walking his small dog on a leash when he has been confronted by a much larger, unrestrained dog which was barking and acting aggressively. If you are a dog owner it is your responsibility to ensure that your animal is effectively restrained, both at your home, and also when out in public. It can be very intimidating for people (especially small children) to be
confronted by a dog acting aggressively, and there is no reason why this should happen out in public. My favourite quote is, “My dog doesn’t bite”. The owner of a large German Shepherd said this to me a couple of seconds before his dog bit me; so I don’t put much faith in that statement anymore. To quote from a recent article I wrote, “If your dog is constantly roaming around town, or is causing problems and we cannot locate the owner, we will have no option but to call the council and have your dog collected and taken to the Gympie pound. If your dog is impounded it will cost you $110 to retrieve your registered dog from the pound, or $165 if the dog is not registered. So if you choose to own a dog, please accept responsibility and consider the obligations such ownership entails.” This includes cleaning up after your dog.
make as much noise as they like. However excessive noise from your party can be reported to police, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Police may issue a noise abatement direction after receiving a complaint about excessive noise and if another complaint is received within 12 hours of the first, police can seize and remove the property that is producing or contributing to the production of the noise. We have to look at the situation from everyone’s viewpoint, so help us out, consider the other people in your street and do the right thing. Finally this month I have a story about a travelling wallet. We get a lot of found property handed in at the beat, but this wallet was a little bit different. It was found
Page 15 last month on the beach near the lifeguard tower and handed in. It appeared to have been buried on the beach for quite some time as all the coins inside had become black and discoloured. After removing a bucketload of sand from inside the wallet I contacted the owner who was more that a little surprised to find his wallet was in Rainbow Beach, as he had never been here before. It turns out the wallet was stolen from inside a car on the Gold Coast in March this year along with some other wallets and property. Most of the stolen property was located a short distance away dumped near the beach, but somehow this wallet has turned up in Rainbow Beach six months later. That’s a long swim.
Professor Ian Frazer to join Mother’s Day Walk 2014
With the weather heating up that means party season is fast approaching. While most parties are fun for everyone involved, intoxicated guests or gatecrashers can sometimes ruin the occasion through fighting or by stealing property etc. As the host of a party it is your responsibility to ensure the safety of your guests. You may be legally liable and could be charged with civil negligence if a drunken guest causes damage to property or another person. So releasing a host of drunken youths onto the streets of Rainbow Beach at the end of a party is not a good idea. Noise is the most common reason police are called to a party. We get a lot of questions about noise complaints. Most people think that up until 10pm they can
Helen Window, Shirley Wilson, Sharon Shelford (Gympie McGrath Breast Care Nurse), Emma Window (studying Science at Griffith University) and Sue Bennett were delighted to meet eminent researcher Professor Ian Frazer on August 26
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Rainbow Beach Information and Resource Centre by Heather Tourist Information Stand: The Tourist Information Centre for Gympie Region will be placing an information stand with Tourist Information for Gympie and outlying areas in our Centre. This stand will have information pertaining to what is available within our whole Region. It is only information for volunteers to disperse when requested. The Centre will NOT be selling TOURS but continue doing what we have always done explain the activities available and then direct tourists to appropriate Booking Agents. A White Eye will be placed at the Community Centre also.
Community staff and volunteers attended the recent United Synergies’ suicide bereavement workshop
Sporting and Racing. The Workshops will be conducted in various towns around the State during Sept; Oct and Nov., the closest towns to us being Gympie and Tin Can Bay. If you require more information regarding the available workshops or wish to register go to: www.nprsr.qld.au/ community-programs/education-training/ regional workshops Gympie: Sustainability in Sport. 10 October 2013. Phone: 0754596176 Tin Can Bay: Marketing and Sponsorship. 13 November 2013. Phone 0754596176 Computer Clinic: Kate is commencing a Computer Clinic on Monday and Wednesday mornings commencing
Building Active Communities: This is an initiative of the Queensland Govt through the Dept of National Parks, Recreation, It’s an exciting time for Medical Transport with the news from Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister that we will receive funding totaling $120,000 to construct our own premises on land kindly provided by Gympie Regional Council. We thank both Warren Truss and Ron Dyne for their commitments which will see Cooloola Coast Medical Transport Inc have a secure future.
at 10:30am and finishing at 12. Each session will be 30 mins. Choice of instruction will cover how to complete C/ Link and Medicare forms on line; Online Banking; ebook; facebook or just general Computer usage. Just pop into the Centre or phone 54863355 for an appointment time. Services: We are here for your convenience by providing services such as black and white and coloured photocopying; faxing and scanning; internet and WiFi. The Centre also displays numerous self help pamphlets and local maps and information. There are also many popular books and magazines for sale. Thank you everyone for all of your support and to all volunteers.
Cooloola Coast Medical Transport Inc.
Ten years ago in 2003 a group of local residents led by Barbara Taylor saw the need to transport the aged, frail and sick to non urgent out of town medical appointments. CCMT was formed as a volunteer organisation using their own vehicles. It was always their vision that CCMT would one day be able secure some government funding. We currently have in excess of seventy members
- all volunteers who carry out various tasks which include driving, office duties, fund raising and car cleaning, together with the management committee they work tirelessly for their community. CCMT Inc has a new management committee with Anne Morris as president, she sees an exciting year ahead with new faces on the committee and plenty of work to keep us busy. Our booking office is an incredibly busy hub which arranged 1035 travel bookings in the last financial year seeing our drivers travelling 292,857 kilometres for that period. So far this year more than 9500 hours have been worked by our volunteers in various roles in order to keep this vital organisation operational. For bookings please call our friendly office staff on 5486 2488. Office hours Monday - Friday 8.30am 12.30pm, 5/6 Scullett Drive Cooloola Cove
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Church Of The Good Shepherd Celebrates! By Annette Collins What a party we had on Sunday, 15th September to celebrate the arrival and reconstruction of our church from Yeronga in Brisbane 20 years ago! Our ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving began with a procession of symbols of the church, the community, and our beautiful environment being
brought forward to be placed around the altar. Annette Collins read an extract from the Minutes of 1993 of the adventurous fifteen-hour trip the church and hall had made by truck from Brisbane to Rainbow and we were all treated to a short film produced by cinematographer, Brian Doyle, of this early history (copies of which are available from the church for $10). Great-grandchildren of Jean Collins, whose fundraising for a church here at Rainbow began in 1980 and who is remembered by the stained glass doors (her Memorial Entrance), read a poem honoring her vision. After the service the fellowship and the sumptuous buffet lunch (including plenty of mud crab provided by “Honest John” Bradey) was enjoyed by all. Many thanks to all who made this such a wonderful celebration - may God bless our church for another 20 years! This Month’s Ecumenical Family Worship is at 4pm Sunday, 20th October
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This will take the same format with children’s action songs, story and craft. We will hear about the Bible Society and its work world-wide. Guest speaker is Jo Knijenburg from Brisbane, “Chook” will continue to serve up his special sausage sizzle with sausages donated by R.B. Meats and the bread by the R.B. Bakery – many thanks! We look forward to meeting new families and anyone preferring a less structured form of worship.
Annual Street Stall “Thank you” to all who supported our stall on the 28th September, in particular Ruth Modin for allowing us the use of her Foodworks front area. Our fundraisers help meet the expenses of having our church and hall and we appreciate the continued support from the RB community. Calendar of Events: (all welcome, especially visitors) Anglican Church Services 9 am each Sunday, followed by morning tea. All denominations most welcome! Uniting Family Worship 4pm 3rd Sunday each month. (St Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church Service in Manooka Drive is at 7am) Prayer Group At the Church - 10am Fridays - All Welcome Mahjong/Games Mornings are held at 9am each Wednesday in our hall. Arts & Craft Group meets 9am 2nd and last Tuesdays of each month. Your prayers are requested - if you know anyone sick or in need of help and prayer, please contact the church. We pray for Fr Andrew Cooper, John Bradey, Ruby McLean, Pam Lidbetter, Lynn and Peri Sanchez, Audrey Gilbert, Barbara McGladrigan, Cyndari, Jahli and Seth Parton, Elise Hanlon, Lesley Whackett, and Rika Martin and we give thanks for the blessing of healing received. Last month, many of us “de-cluttered” our homes by donating to the Pink Ladies’ Op Shop on Election Day. This month, it’s time to get rid of some of our mental and emotional clutter!
A cross-section of the RB community participating with the church family.
Some of the Collins’ family enjoying the celebration.
Ray Parker carrying the Eucharistic Bread for the procession.
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Rainbow Beach Library Happenings
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Adult Learners Week
Monday & Thursday 9.30am – 12.30pm, Wednesday & Friday 2pm – 5pm, Saturday 8.30am – 11.30am, 5486 3705, www.gympie.qld.gov.au/library Come in and join.. Gympie Regional Libraries welcome new members, including visitors to the region. To join, bring along a form of identification with your current residential address, fill out a membership form, and you’re ready to borrow. Membership cards are required each time you visit the library.
Anthea (centre) tutored Jan, Renee, Rosie and Ze at the Bridge for Beginners workshop
Digital Magazines Digital magazines are now available at Gympie Regional Libraries! If you are a member of Gympie Regional Libraries you can download some of your favourite magazines for free. Visit our webpage or contact your library for more information about this new service. Gympie Regional Libraries “Great Reads”
Sophie, Bob, Heather, Anthea and Denice tally up their first hand at the Bridge workshop
Lyn Bleakley, Sarah Carthew, Tyla Elmer, Ze, Sheena and Jasmine Lewis with Beading Workshop Instructor Coral Johnson (centre)
If you haven’t picked up your copy of “Great Reads”, we recommend you do so, especially if you are looking for inspiration when selecting something to read or watch. Every title mentioned in “Great Reads” is held by the Gympie Regional Libraries and if we don’t have it here at Tin Can Bay, we can reserve it for you. Contributions are welcome, so if you would like to write a review (good or bad) about any item held by Gympie Regional Libraries, please bring it in or email it to: library@gympie.qld.gov.au.
Book Review
And Time Stood Still Coralie Clune Superbly researched and beautifully told, And Time Stood Still is a compelling story of life and love in a Russian aristocratic family in the year 1856. The setting is the immediate aftermath of the Crimean War when the Russian people are attempting to recover from the great losses many families have suffered. Against this backdrop, the Grand Duke Nikolaevich seems determined to orchestrate his family’s lives – a pre-arranged marriage here, a military promotion there - but several of them (thankfully) have other ideas. Into a turbulent yet romantic era of European history, author Coralie H. Clune has woven a story with characters that ring true in every detail of speech and manner, with settings that convey the full splendor of life in Russian aristocratic circles. Here is an author who really knows how to bring history and its characters to life, with a wonderful appreciation of the social mores and world view of people in the midnineteenth century. This is no easy feat and it is an area where many historical authors so often founder. The common tendency is to instill too many modern ideas and values into the characters and thus lose the “feel” and atmosphere of the era. Coralie Clune never does this – instead she transports the reader to a different age and fully immerses them in it. This is an author who time-travels with ease, economy and assurance. To read the story is to inhabit a world of more formal speech and behavior, but this never stops us from enjoying and identifying with the characters. Indeed they leap from the page with all the human frailties, emotions and vulnerabilities which real people have experienced throughout every day and age. A great, warm-hearted and romantic tale – thoroughly recommended. Geoff
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Guests and members – Elaine King Turkish souvenirs K. Sandman – Maroochydore – who immediately requested that the prize be donated to a local community or charity organization. When advised of the possibilities, Kay decided on the Masonic Care Cooloola Coast Hostel, T.C.B. to assist with the upkeep of their beautiful grounds. A very generous act indeed!: 2nd Prize: J. Holdmean: 3rd Prize: Di Miller. Members thank the community once again for the continued support for our raffles, which in turn enables assistance to the local school and various other deserving groups within country Queensland. Please consider attending a meeting as a visitor - you do not have to join immediately - or telephone Publicity Officer on 54862726 or 54862226, for further information. Next meeting 9 a.m. - Monday 13 Oct - QCWA Meeting Room, Whiting Street, T.C.B.
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Cooloola Coastcare Weeding bees on Tin Can Bay Foreshore every Friday 8-10am with morning tea provided. Look out for the A-frame sign as we move along towards Crab Creek. Loads of corky passion vine infestations have been nipped in the bud before going to seed and their massive network of roots have been removed. No need to book just come along and join in or phone 0417 554 905 for updated location. www. cooloolacoastcare.org.au A new home!
contributions by its many members and supporters! A new double bay shed and awning funded by the Qld Gambling Community Benefit Fund has been erected by Shedboss at the community Complex site on the corner of Tin Can Bay and Bayside Roads. The shed will store tools for rehabilitation projects and educational resources.
Ground Nesting Birds of Cooloola (by Sarah Mitchell)
A flutter of bright green and yellow feathers, a clear high pitched whistle and I had a brief glimpse of an Eastern Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus Black Breasted Button-Quail wallicus. It sprang from the low heath beside a winding track near Mullens Creek in Cooloola Cove.
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The Australian Government list of extinct, threatened and near threatened birds is a sombre read, and has the Eastern
RSL news
Remembrance Day (11 November) marks the anniversary of the armistice which ended the First World War (1914–18). Each year Australians observe one minute silence at 11 am on 11 November, in memory of those who died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts. The Rainbow Beach RSL Sub-branch will be selling badges a couple of weeks prior to the day. There will be an 11am Remembrance Day service at the Rainbow Beach cenotaph – all welcome.
Cooloola Coast Garden Group We meet on the second Thursday of each month from February to December. Our Next Meeting Is On Thursday 10th October at the private garden of: Georgina & Terry Tebble, 1 Summer Way, Tin Can Bay 1.30pm Start, Bring a chair & cup, Swap table – Plants and Cuttings, Afternoon Tea – “Bring A Plate”, $2.00 Fee, Enquiries: Colleen 5488 0309
Cooloola Coast Art Group Thursday August 29 marked the date of the inaugural meeting of the FOG – Cooloola Coast Art Group, at 2pm in the rooms of the Tin Can Bay Library. In attendance were FOG Gympie President, Wally Braddish; along with Secretary Julian Maher and all members representing the newly appointed Cooloola Coast Group. Numbers at the first meeting were noticeably smaller than expected, with several apologies posted; so some interest shown at least; but the lack of numbers we thought may be due to time of day and it was suggested that perhaps an evening time may be more suited to those who work during the day. This will perhaps be something worthy of discussion at our next meeting. We would like to express our gratitude to Wally for taking the chair at the meeting and for answering questions and explaining to the group the objectives of FOG as they are written in the Constitution. Also to Julian for emailing a copy of the FOG objectives to all members present. We also wish to express our gratitude to Julian for supplying us with the contents of discussion at our first meeting and he also suggested contacts for bulk paint supplies and the Regional Arts Development Fund.
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Ground Parrot’s status as vulnerable. I became fascinated by this awful list. The Eastern Ground Parrot shares its vulnerable status with another local, the Black Breasted Button-Quail Turnix Paradise Parrot melanogaster. These birds share something else, they both nest on the ground. The profound sadness of the Paradise As such they are very vulnerable to dog parrot’s fate and the fact that the last and cat attacks. We are lucky to have these specimen is held in a little wooden drawer birds in our region as their populations are in the Qld Museum is pause for thought. fragmented, and as the list tells me, extinct In my case it’s also inspiration for an in many parts of Australia. The Black exhibition! I have made lino cut prints Breasted Button- Quails at Inskip Point are of these birds and other vulnerable and very rarely seen these days. extinct Australian birds and fish for my next exhibition in Brisbane. For details and As some vulnerable birds slip down the images go to www.smitchell.com.au. list to extinction, the fate of the Paradise Parrot Psephotus pulcherrimus is worth So, keep your cats in at night and noting. It lived in southern Queensland, was celebrate the ground nesting birds still living last seen in 1927 and is now presumed to here. May they never find their way into be extinct. Like the Black Breasted Buttonlittle wooden drawers in the Qld Museum! Quail and the Eastern Ground Parrot, it Send your article to admin@ nested near the ground, often in hollowed cooloolacoastcare.org.au for next month’s out termite mounds. edition.
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Community Groups
Little Guppies Dress Up Day On Tuesday 17th September children at the Little Guppies Playgroup Tin Can Bay dressed up as their favourite character to celebrate Queensland Playgroup’s Dress Up Day 2013. All proceeds raised from the day went to Queensland Playgroup who are celebrating
their 40th year of bringing families together to provide emotional and social support. Little Guppies meet every Tuesday throughout the school term from 9:30am-12pm and children from 0-5 are welcome. Please feel free to come along and join us in our
fun and friendly environment. Little Guppies Playgroup is located on Bream Street, Tin Can Bay, next to the water tower.
Music Plus Night in Cooloola Cove 31st October Here we are again! Happy as can be! All good friends and jolly good company! Reminds one of a song from a musical? So again we look forward to hearing the dulcet tones of happy voices joining in the singing September Music Plus Night will have passed by the time you read this and we had at least 20 artists performing. On our return from holiday many people stopped us in the street to ask if there was to be a Music Night in September. It is very encouraging to know we have an audience in spite of the three month absence.
Spider-Man,alias Keenan Llewellyn
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Thanks to all the stars of our evenings. Thanks to all our audience who come out in all weathers and applaud our efforts. Thanks for good health that makes it all possible. Please don’t stop supporting us and do give us feedback so we know we are on the right track. If anyone has any preferences for songs or pieces they would like to hear played, please let Pam know on e-mail: sykapalua@spiderweb.com.au or phone Pam 5488 0110.
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Cooloola City Farm
Plant of the month is Boronia rosmarinifolia, (Forest boronia), a shrub to around 2.5m. This may be seen flowering in heath areas in spring and summer. Flowers are pink. (Photograph courtesy Mary Boyce)
Table Topics By Linda Fewtrell “Who Would Have Believed It?” Paul posed this question to our Table Topic Competitors during our recent Club contests. How would you answer that question?
Our Toastmasters rose to the occasion with various flights of fancy, proving that Cooloola Coast Toastmasters Club has really helped each one in their journey to conquer the fear of public speaking. Our International Contest Speakers presented 3 very different speeches and gave the judges a real challenge. Marie’s dramatic, “The Lost 33”, Fiona’s thought provoking “Hit,
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City Farm, opposite the Community Centre, on Tin Can Bay Road, is open to the public for plant sales on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 am-3pm, 07 54862304, ccfni09@gmail.com, www. cooloolacityfarm.org
physocarpus) has distinctive balloon-shaped seed pods with soft spikes; the many seeds have long, silky hairs.
This month we will continue the discussion on environmental weeds - plants, often exotic, that invade areas and threaten the survival of local plant species and put the ecosystem at risk. A plant classified as a weed in our locality may be no threat in another area, but all of these plants have characteristics that given good environmental conditions make it likely they will out-compete indigenous plants. It may be the attractiveness of fruit to the birds and bats that will distribute the seed, the sheer volume of seeds produced, the root systems, hardiness, denseness of the growth and so on. Last month we talked about trees and we will now move on to shrubs.
Groundsel (Baccharis halimifolia), from Florida, is a declared plant in Queensland and its removal is required by law.
Easter cassia (Senna pendula var glabrata), from South America, with its yellow flowers, is highly visible along roadsides, choking gullies and covering hillsides. Balloon
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Whack, Smack” and Mick’s personally challenging “Credo” gave everyone something to think about. In the Humorous Competition, Jess’s Princess Cat with an attitude was a real rib tickler while yours truly had fun trying to get fit without really trying!! The test speaker for the Evaluation contest challenged the competitors with her clever speech about the taboo subject of teenage sex. Each Evaluator took up the challenge and gave her some very positive and constructive points which should help her with future speeches. On the 12th October, Cooloola Coast Toastmasters
Small-leaved privet (Ligustrum sinense), from China and Japan, has a tenacious root system that chokes the soil and leaves little water and few nutrients for other plants.
Indian hawthorn (Raphiolepis indica), from Southern China, grows densely, restricting the growth of native plants. Mock orange (Murraya paniculata), a popular garden plant, can grow to maturity even beneath a rainforest canopy. Duranta (Duranta repens) - branches with attractive yellow fruit can be seen overhanging many a garden fence, but the fruit, bark and leaves are poisonous. Brazilian cherry (Eugenia uniflora), another common garden plant, grows in sun or shade thus adapts to a variety of situations. Some of these plants are attractive, but with lovely native alternatives, why buy plants that endanger our bushland?
finalists Mick BESWICK, Jessica MILNE and Fiona HANSEN, will represent our club in the Area 28 International, Humorous, Table Topics and Evaluation Competitions. So how you would answer the Table Topic question? Cooloola Coast Toastmasters meet at the TCB Library 2nd and 4th Monday of each month - 6:30 for 7 pm start. We are a friendly group of people who welcome anyone interested in conquering the fear of public speaking. Want to know more about Toastmasters? Give Linda a call on 5486 4377.
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Tin Can Bay Camera Club
Ron Johnson- The Old Wagon-Honour
The Tin Can Bay Camera Club met on Wednesday 18 September for its monthly meeting. The topic for this month was ‘Something Broken’ and Graham Harris from the Toowoomba Camera Club was our judge for the evening. The winners in A grade were Kerry Leyland and Ron Johnson (honours), Kerry Leyland, Louise Smith and Lindsay Rigby (merits) and B grade Frank Posch (honour), Julie Hartwig and Meik Christians (merits), Jan Johnston and Mick Beswick (highly commended). Graham provided feedback on our images and I think we all learnt a lot from the evening. Kerry Leyland judged our wildflower walk images taken earlier in the month. First Cathy Reed, second Frank Posch and third Ron Johnson. Next month’s topic is ‘Book/Movie Title’. We should see some really interesting interpretations of this topic so why not come along and join us at 7pm on Wednesday, 16 October at the Tin Can Bay Library? For information about membership and club activities contact our Club Secretary Cathy Reed
Kerry Leyland-Bright IdeaHonour 5486 4010 or email cathy@spiderweb.com.au or refer to our website http://tincanbaycameraclub. wix.com/tcb-camera-club#
Cooloola Cove Residents & Friends Talent on Show It is good to hear that Council is listening to our requests and we see railings now put up at the corner of Nautilus Drive and Mauretania Avenue. Even more important must be the need for railings along the bridge over the creek just a few steps away. They have always been in place on the opposite side of the road. We have noticed that the Gympie Regional Council’s Hazard Reduction Burning Programme has begun and creeks have been cleared ready for the storm season. A new booklet is coming out under the auspices of Coastcare and compiled by Maree Prior, which has some very interesting information about our unique creek and wetlands area of Cooloola Cove. This is linked to the work with which we have been involved in Billabong Park and that to be started in Investigator Avenue with Michael Lowe. Christmas will be upon us with the usual round of raffles
and competitions so we’ll be joining with others and hoping for your support yet again at the markets. The results of our Fathers’ Day Raffle drawn on 31st August are as follows: First: Meat Voucher winner W Bartholomew, green A71, Second: ‘Didgeridoonas” Cooler winner Doris, yellow D39, Third: BBQ 3 Piece Set, winner Normita green A14 The Annual General Meeting is on Thursday 10th October at 7pm. Short talk by Terry Steele SES - awareness as we approach the storm season. Please come and join us working for our community, making the best out of this area. We still need to ask for more footpaths/cycleways to continue what has been started and is being used by many residents. Thanks to everyone who has supported us. Further information: Joan Creswell 54880436 or 5488 0065.
Cooloola Coast Bowls Club invites you to a night of entertainment, featuring Meg Kiddle, daughter of long term Cooloola resident, Judy Kiddle. Meg, who has appeared in Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Super Star, The King and I and Peer Gynt as well as many other events in opera, musical theatre and concerts, is a regular performer and organizer of events. She has also performed with Queensland Opera and Queensland Ballet as well as First Act International (London). On the night, Meg will sing a mix of popular songs, along with some jazz and comedy. The Club will also feature many talented performers from within our local community. A variety of performances will guarantee a captive audience on the night. Held Saturday, October 12 at 6pm dinner and entertainment is only $20 per head. Book by October 4 on 54864836, and remember Tin Can Bay residents can also book the courtesy bus.
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First Home Buyers Need Encouragement of 2.1 per cent in June and 2.4 per cent in May.
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If refinancing is excluded, the increase, in trend terms for July, is 1.5 per cent.
“In large part, this drop can be attributed to State Governments withdrawing previous levels of support for first home owners buying established dwellings and it is established dwellings that 80 per cent of first home buyers prefer.”
REIA President, Peter Bushby says, “Increases were recorded in all states with the largest increases in the ACT and Queensland, up 2.0 per cent and 1.9 per cent respectively, in trend terms.” “There are increases in the purchase of established dwellings (up 1.8 per cent in trend terms), the purchase of new dwellings (up 1.4 per cent in trend terms) and the number of commitments for the construction of new dwellings (up 0.2 per cent in trend terms),” Mr Bushby continued. “The proportion of first home buyers in the number of owner- occupied housing finance commitments fell to 14.7 per cent compared to the June figure of 15.1 per cent. The figure remains persistently low compared to the long-run average proportion of 20.1 per cent despite seven interest rate
The Cooloola Coast is a great place to raise a family - the newly upgraded Phil Rogers Park picnic area takes advantage of our coastal views The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) says the latest housing finance figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that total lending for housing continues to grow steadily in response to interest rate cuts and the positive housing outlook, but that first home buyers are missing out. Housing finance figures for July 2013 show, in trend terms, that the number of owner-occupied finance commitments rose by 1.6 per cent – following increases
The value of investment housing commitments rose by 0.8 per cent, in trend terms, in July resulting in over a year of consecutive monthly increases. “With the proportion of first home buyers remaining consistently below the long term average, this needs to be a high priority issue for the incoming Government,” concluded Mr Bushby.
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There is also a large workshop and outdoor pool and spa with entertainment area and BBQ. A croquet lawn completes the common facilities. The residents’ committee has a regular social activities program. Darts nights, morning teas and bus trips are a regular feature. Please feel welcome to make the most of this opportunity to have a look through our beautiful, friendly retirement village. See you there.
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Paddy had been drinking at his local Dublin pub all day and most of the night celebrating St Patrick's Day. Mick, the bartender says, 'You'll not be drinking anymore tonight, Paddy'.. Paddy replies, 'OK Mick, I'll be on my way then'. Paddy spins around on his stool and steps off.. He falls flat on his face. 'Shoite!' he says and pulls himself up by the stool and dusts himself off. He takes a step towards the door and falls flat on his face, 'Shoite, Shoite!' He looks to the doorway and thinks to himself that if he can just get to the door and some fresh air he'll be fine. He belly crawls to the door and shimmies up to the door frame. He sticks his head outside and takes a deep breath of fresh air, feels much better and takes a step out onto the sidewalk and falls flat on his face. ‘Good Lord…I’m f…d,’ he says. He can see his house just a few doors down, and crawls to the door, hauls himself up the door frame, opens the door and
shimmies inside.. He takes a look up the stairs and says 'No f... way. He crawls up the stairs to his bedroom door and says 'I can make it to the bed'. He takes a step into the room and falls flat on his face. He says 'f... it’ and falls into bed. The next morning, his wife, Jess, comes into the room carrying a cup of coffee and says, 'Get up Paddy. Did you have a bit to drink last night ?' Paddy says, 'I did, Jess. I was f...in' pissed. But how did you know?' 'Mick phoned .. . . You left your wheelchair at the pub.' (Editor Note: Thanks Tony for that one!)
Bar jokes Horse walks into a bar. Bartender says, "So. Why the long face?" A potato walks into a bar and all eyes were on him! Two guys are sitting at a bar. One guy says to the other, "Do you know that lions copulate 10 or 15 times a night?". The other guy says, "Damn, I just joined the Rotary Club." A termite walks into a bar and says is the bartender here? A hamburger and a french fry walk into a bar. The bartender says, "I'm sorry we don't serve food here.
So, Thomas Edison walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender says, "Okay, I'll serve you a beer, just don't get any ideas." Guy walks into a bar and pulls a tiny grand piano out of his pocket. Then he pulls out a little guy who sits down and begins to play. "Where'd ya get that?" bartender asks. "I have a magic bottle; you rub it and get a wish," the customer replies. The customer agrees to let bartender try it, and pulls a grungy old whiskey bottle from his pocket. Bartender rubs it, and the room fills up with ducks, flying everywhere. "I didn't wish for a million 'ducks'," says bartender. "So, did you think I wished for a ten-inch pianist?" responds customer. Two peanuts walk into a bar. One was a salted. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says: "A beer please, and one for the road." Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar. One says, "I've lost my electron." The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies, "Yes, I'm positive..." So a guy walks into a bar with a pair of jumper cables around his neck. The bartender looks at him and says gruffly, " All right, pal, I'll let you stay but don't start anything." A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named “Ahmal.” The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him “Juan.” Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she
wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, “They’re twins! If you’ve seen Juan, you’ve seen Ahmal.”
Sick, sick… Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says “Dam!” Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly, it sank, proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too. What did the father buffalo say to his son when he dropped him off for school? Bison. What did the mother cat say when she saw the mess her child had made in the living room? YOU GOTTA BE KITTEN ME! Two Aerials meet on a roof - fall in love get married. The ceremony was rubbish but the Reception was Brilliant. "Doc, I can't stop singing the green, green grass of home." "That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome. " "Is it common? " "It's not unusual." A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only clingfilm for shorts. The shrink says, "Well, I can clearly see you're nuts." A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet. "My dog's cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him? " "Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him" So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth. Finally, he says "I'm going to have to put him down." "What? Because he's cross-eyed? " "No, because he's really heavy." So I was in my car, and I was driving along, and my boss rang up, and he said 'You've been promoted.' And I swerved. And then he rang up a second time and said "You've been promoted again.' swerved again. He rang up a third time and said 'You're managing director.' And I went into a tree. And a policeman came up and said 'What happened to you?' And I said 'I careered off the road. So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me "Can you give me a lift?" I said "Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it.' Two cannibals eating a clown. One says to the other "Does this taste funny to you?" Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off. "You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.' So that was nice."
Text to the Editor Thank you for supporting local community events. Your paper allows the community to find out what’s on in our local area and we all look forward to the follow up story and photos after the events. Pink Ladies Fundraising appreciate your support.
Maree Van Oirschot Many thanks to council and in particular C. Mark McDonald for the restoration of the taps at the wash down bay at the Tin Can Bay boat ramp.
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Travelling with Saturn – Interesting Places By Margaret & Peter Grant By the time you read this, we will be flying to Thailand for our youngest daughter’s wedding. Peter will arrive home from the Dubbo show just in time to jump on the plane to Thailand. We are getting so excited for our ‘little’ girl - maybe that’s why I seem to be taking forever to write this - mind somewhere else = ‘writer’s block’. But, I’ll tell you what! I am so glad the elections are over. In the end, I didn’t care WHO won. All I wanted was to be able to watch TV without the NEGATIVE ads. For the past 6 weeks, we have been at home with only a few shows on the agenda. So looking back on the year so far, we have had an amazing year. I checked out all the photos I have taken this year and I am reliving each of the memories. There is so much I would love to tell you about that we have enjoyed so maybe I will start at the beginning and you can stop me when you want to hear more about that place. OOPS, I forgot that this is not live – this is in print. Oh well, I will just pretend and stop now and then. We left home on the 4th February and did the usual Newcastle caravan show followed by the Adelaide show. When we were enroute to the Melbourne Caravan Show, we called into the Naracoorte Caves in South Australia. What an amazing place! Here history stood still. The animals, whose bones have been discovered in the caves, are now extinct. Look at this giant “kangaroo/koala” that is represented in the Wonambi Fossil Centre. The animals, they believe, fell through the many holes
that dot the hillside and landed in the pitchblack cave and were unable to find their way out. When we finished our tour of the caves, we were overjoyed to hear from our son in Canberra that their baby was on its way. We quickly left our friends and raced up to see the baby. The few hours that we nursed and cuddled their beautiful Molly were a delightful interlude before the Melbourne show. After our brief and unexpected encounter with Sue Fitzgerald at the Melbourne show, we headed off across the Nullarbor to Perth. We both just love that trip. There are so many interesting places to see. This year we were amazed at the amount of rain AND the green-ness of the country. Because huge big puddles are such a rare sight, one of the guys we were travelling with just HAD to stop and go for a paddle. Check out Ross, from the Dreampot Company, cooling his feet in this big ‘waterhole’.
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And that’s about where our adventures together ended. In Perth, Rebecca told me that she was unable to look after the office due to her the impending birth of her baby. So I flew home and left Peter to travel back to Rainbow by himself. Since then it has been a whirlwind of newest granddaughter, Rivah, Darwin, Cairns, Brisbane, Toowoomba, Maryborough, Wodonga and Rockhampton. Now we are back on the ‘circuit’ for the final 3 months of shows. Whew! I’m exhausted. So I will leave you and talk again soon. Safe travelling!
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I would like to thank the electors of Wide Bay, who last Saturday, demonstrated their faith in me to represent them in the Australian Parliament for the next three years.
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It is a responsibility that I take very seriously and the Wide Bay electorate always holds my first loyalty and priority in public life. I also thank the many volunteers and supporters in Wide Bay who came forward to assist my campaign. It is through their efforts and others like them around Australia, that a new Government has been elected to bring the change to our nation that people voted overwhelmingly for. Standing up publicly for what you believe in isn’t always easy, and I acknowledge the other candidates who contested the election in Wide Bay. As the Liberal and National Parties now move to form Government, I look forward to honouring the Coalition’s election commitments, which include:
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Rainbow Beach Fishing Report By Tony Stewart,
a North wind and all species were finnicky. What we did get of excellent quality.
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Over the month our main catches have been Snapper, although they are not in the numbers of a month ago. Frying Pan Snapper are still in good numbers and very good quality. Some big Pearl Perch have been landed and they have been more plentiful. Big Gold Spot Cod have been landed with most caught on livies along with some ripper Maori Cod. This species seems to hang out around big bait schools. Moses Perch, Parrot, Hussar, Gold spot Wrasse and the odd Red and Spangled Emperor have also been brought aboard. Cobia are also in better numbers this month.
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Another month gone and School Holidays are here once again. Where has the year gone? August was a very busy month for us offshore, as the weather finally improved. The Norwest winds have picked up in strength and Summer seems to have arrived early. Catches have been very consistent over the past month except for last Saturday the14th. Conditions were rough early with
Well with this warmer weather it wouldn’t surprise me to see a few more Pelagic species before too long. We have only landed a few Longtails so far, but Dolphin Fish might not be far away and Mackerel might be here before Christmas this year. You can only live in hope!! Good luck to all during the “Hols” and hopefully the weather will be kind to us all.
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Aussie seafood the best bet for sustainability
For sustainable seafood, think Australian. That’s the message the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has for seafood lovers. The recently updated Australian Dietary Guidelines have recommended that Australians increase their fish consumption by more than 40 per cent; however choosing sustainable seafood can seem confusing. Australian fisheries are managed under strict rules to reduce the environmental impacts of fishing and to ensure that stocks remain strong into the future. This means that consumers can be confident that local seafood is managed and caught responsibly and sustainably. Numerous international studies have ranked Australia’s fishery management among the best in the world including for its environmental sustainability. Industry members in some fisheries have chosen to be assessed by independent programs such as the Marine
Tin Can Bay Seafood Festival Dinner
Bernie Sutcliffe, Eleanor Black and Rebecca Duggan judge the seafood sauce competition, overseen by Valerie Todd (more images of the dinner are on the Rainbow Beach Community News facebook page)
Stewardship Council. Australia has seven fisheries that have been independently certified by the Marine Stewardship Council as sustainable, with four of these managed by the federal regulator, AFMA. Annual reports on stock status show that each year more stocks are considered healthy, with fewer in the ‘overfished’ and ‘subject to overfishing’ category (only three Commonwealth-managed stocks in the most recent report). Since 2007 the number of key commercial fish stocks known to be sustainably fished has doubled (from 28 to 56). This list includes popular table fish such as flathead and prawns. AFMA CEO Dr James Findlay said that tough fishery rules mean that Australian seafood waters is caught responsibly and consumers should feel confident purchasing and enjoying this seafood. “I know people are sometimes worried about whether certain types of fish are ethically ok to buy, but in Australia we use very good science to monitor the fish stocks and we set catch limits so that commercial fishers can’t take more than is sustainable”, Dr Findlay said. “The fishing industry also takes sustainability seriously and we work closely with them to ensure they are using best practice methods. “It is very encouraging to see some fishers going above and beyond what is required by the regulations to ensure their fishery is world class.” Healthy stocks and robust science and management are allowing AFMA to increase catch limits in a number of key fisheries. These increases are putting more healthy and sustainable seafood, including Blue Grenadier, on the plates of Australian consumers.
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Cooloola Coast
Rainbow Beach and the Cooloola Coast is home of the Coloured Sands, the majestic Carlo Sandblow and gateway to World Heritage listed Fraser Island. You can feed wild dolphins, visit a historic lighthouse and kayak with the whales.
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way taking you through wallum and paperbarks to the golf club. If riding, you can turn left to the industrial area (Karoonda Road) and the return to town via Carlo Road.
Surf School & Board Hire Learn to surf with the experts at Rainbow Beach Surf Centre on the best and one of the longest beginner waves in Australia. 0408738192 Seary’s Creek 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 Aquatic Centre and Tin Can Bay Pool offers squad, learn to swim, water aerobics and more.
Coloured Sands Starting below the lookout, walk along the beach towards Double Island Point for a kilometre or so to these amazing Coloured sand cliffs. Carlo Sand Blow A bush walk up to Carlo Sand Blow is a must for every visitor. Drive to the reservoir at the top of Cooloola Drive. The Blow is an easy 600m walk from the car park or take the longer walk from the National Parks Office. Spectacular views of the Coloured Sands, Double Island Point and Tin Can Bay Inlet are the bonus for your efforts. When the thermals are right, you will often see Hang Gliders taking off and landing at this beautiful piece of Nature's Sculpture. Fraser Island Great Walk A 90 km trail which showcases natural and cultural features of the world’s largest sand island as it meanders between Dilli Village and Happy Valley http:// w w w.n p rs r.q l d.g ov.a u/p a r k s/g re a t walks-fraser-island/about.html Cooloola Great Walk A 102 km trail which passes through a rich diversity of vegetation types with spectacular views, connecting Rainbow Beach with Noosa North Shore. http://www. np rsr.ql d.gov.au/p ar ks/gre a t - walks cooloola/index.html Rainforest Walk / Bymien Picnic Area A few kilometres from town, on the Gympie Road, take the Freshwater Road to the left. 3km on a good gravel surface will bring you to Bymien, which is the limit for conventional vehicles. Lake Poona After morning tea or lunch in the picnic area you can venture on some wonderful walks to Lake Poona or through some spectacular Rainforest. Allow 40 minutes to reach Lake Poona. Lake Freshwater Only accessible by 4WD, Tour or Walking. Walking tracks starts at the Bymien picnic area. The round trip from Rainbow Beach will take a full day and requires fitness. Foreshore Tin Can Bay You can walk 4km from Crabs Creek to Norman Point, over picturesque bridges, signage of flora and fauna, through mangroves, playgrounds and outdoor gyms. It is mostly flat – very safe for children on wheels. Start at the playground opposite the library, cycle to Crabs Creek and stop for a coffee, then return to opposite the library. Enjoy the views out to the inlet while the kids enjoy the playground and skatepark. Rainbow Beach 10000 steps walk – from the headland behind the Surf Tower and Playground to Carlo Road. Paths are perfect for bicycles, scooters and skateboards. Rainbow Shores Clarkson Drive has a concrete path for most of the
Half-day 4WD Tours or hire your own to Cooloola National Park, Coloured Sands, Double Island Point, Lighthouse, Rainforest and Lake Freshwater. Wheelchair accessible10 13TAXI (13 82 94)
Wind surf off the surfing beach or in Tin Can Bay Inlet, taking off from Carlo Point.
Sailing And Cruising If you love the wonderful peace and relaxation of sailing or cruising, the sheltered waters of the Great Sandy Strait are for you. You may see dugong, turtles, dolphins and more.
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gliders in Queensland with the National Championships being held there each January. With a take off of 300ft and a soarable ridge of 12 kilometres long and about 500ft high, Carlo Sand Blow is definitely the place to go. Fliers should be of Hang2 standard, fly in north easterly winds and remember landing in the bathing reserve is prohibited.
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back to nature Dolphin Viewing At Tin Can Bay just a thirty minute drive to Tin Can Bay through Cooloola Cove and you can see the Dolphins come in at Norman Point Have a look around this pretty little town while you are there. By Canoe Explore the mangrove fringed waters of Carlo Creek, Carlo Island and Tin Can Bay Inlet in a Canoe available for hire from Carlo Point Boat Hire 0427 743 427 Sea Kayaking Dolphin View Sea Kayaking: A unique experience - see dolphins, whales (seasonal), manta rays, turtles and more 0408738192 Horseride with professional guides on our World Heritage Listed Beach. 04121RIDES Tin Can Bay Foreshore Bird Walk – 137 species with best viewing spots on the brochure. Tin Can Bay Wildflower Walk spectacular wildflower species, all on the brochure. Our safe beach is patrolled between September - March. ALWAYS SWIM BETWEEN THE FLAGS.
fish Beach fishing has unlimited scope with nearly 100kms of beach to choose from. Varieties include Bream, Whiting, Tailor, Dart, Jew and Flathead. Estuary fishing in Tin Can Bay Inlet, through the Inskip Point area and up the Great Sandy Strait is perfect for those with a boat or the wish to hire one. Access is from an efficient boat ramp at Carlo Point. Another ramp is located at Bullock Point. Boat Hire Carlo Point Boat Hire 0427 743 427 or Tin Can Bay Boat Hire 0408 329 167 Charter Boats Excellent reef fishing is only a few miles offshore and charter trips can be arranged through Rainbow Beach Fishing Charters on 5486 8666, Double Island Point Fishing Charters on 0417 073 313 or Keely Rose Reef Fishing Charters on 5486 3150. The reefs off Rainbow yield Red Emperor, Sweet lip, Snapper, Pearl Perch, Parrot and Coral Trout. Tandem Skydiving Unforgettable aerial scenic views of Rainbow and Fraser Island and the adrenaline pumping thrill of free fall tandem sky diving. Skydive Rainbow Beach 0418 218 358.
extreme adventure swim, surf and on the water
Kitesurfing Lessons Learn to kitesurf with very experienced instructors from Rainbow Beach Surf Centre. 0408738192
Surfing The most popular area is near the Surf Tower. Note Surfing In Bathing Area Is Prohibited.
Scuba Diving A popular spot for the scuba enthusiast is at Wolf Rock, off Double Island Point. World class diving on Fraser Island's doorstep, phone Wolf Rock Dive Centre on 5486 8004.
Double Island Point (DIP) has the longest break in Australia (when the swell lines up. (4WD only)
Hang Gliding & Paragliding Carlo Sand Blow is one of the top spots for hand
Cooloola Sand, wind and water have sculpted a varied landscape at Cooloola, the largest remnant of coastal vegetation on the southern Queensland's mainland. High sand dunes, coloured sand cliffs, sweeping beaches, sandblows, freshwater lakes, tall forests, paperbark swamps and wildflower heath make the Cooloola Recreation Area a spectacular part of the Great Sandy National Park. http://www.nprsr.qld.gov. au/parks/cooloola/index.html Inskip Peninsula is a narrow, sandy finger of land built up by wind and waves. It forms a natural breakwater at the entrance to Tin Can Inlet and Great Sandy Strait. Inskip is a gateway to World Heritagelisted Fraser Island. Beach she oaks, cypress pine and other coastal trees and shrubs shade the very popular camping areas ringed by open ocean beaches and sheltered estuary shores. All are within 15 minutes drive to Rainbow Beach. Most of the peninsula is protected as a Recreation Area. http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/ inskip-peninsula/index.html The Great Sandy Marine Park extends from Baffle Creek in the north to Double Island Point in the south. It includes Hervey Bay, Great Sandy Strait, Tin Can Bay Inlet and the waters off the east coast of Fraser Island, seaward to three nautical miles.Seagrass meadows, mangroves, rocky shores, reefs, sandy beaches, bays, sheltered channels, rivers, creeks and estuaries host a wealth of wildlife including whales, turtles, dugong, grey nurse sharks, fish, corals, birds and more. http://www. nprsr.qld.gov.au/p arks/gre at - sandy marine/index.html Fraser Island is the world's largest sand island and an area of remarkable natural beauty. Growing on seemingly infertile sands are a great variety of plant communities ranging from coastal heath, mangrove forests and swamps to subtropical rainforest. The many archaeological remains found on Fraser Island record thousands of years of culture and tradition, and provide important links to their past for the Butchulla people. The island is 123 km long and covers an area of 166,038 ha, so you need to allow plenty of time to explore and appreciate it. http:// www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/fraser/index. html Unless you intend holidaying on Fraser Island, most probably your best way of seeing all its beauty is to take a 1 day or 2
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day tour. Or you can make the trip in your own 4WD, driving up the road or beach to Inskip Point and crossing in the barge. Rainbow Beach Flying Services offer a daily service to Fraser Island, but prior bookings are required. Remember that going independently, a permit is required and is available from the National Parks Office.
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Saturday Markets
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annual events
family fun Zumba, Fitness Classes (see What’s On) Playgrounds North and South of the Headland and Rainbow Shores
accommodation Cooloola Coast Realty www.accommodationrainbowbeach.com.au 07 5486 3411
get active Bowls There is a lawn green at the Rainbow Beach Sports Recreation & Memorial Club where visitors are most welcome. 5486 3191 Tennis Two courts are available at the Sports & Recreation Club. Bookings 5486 3191 Golf A par 3, 9 hole golf course is located at Rainbow Shores Resort. Members of the public are very welcome. Rainbow Shores Social Golf Club stages regular competitions. A picturesque course at Tin Can Bay also attracts all golf addicts from this area. Darts, Pool, Yoga, Tai Chi, Sailing, Pilates,
Rainbow Beach Holiday Village www.rainbowbeachholidayvillage.com 07 5486 3222
plus... Playrooms at the Pub and Sport Club Family friendly directory Heritage Trail Clubs, Restaurants and Eateries (many are Breastfeeding Welcome Here venues) Library (Internet and Xbox) Pamper Yourself- Massages, Hair Salon and Beauty Treatments Playgrounds, Skatepark, Bike riding
Rainbow Beach Realty 07 5486 3900 www.rainbowbeachrealty.com Rainbow Getaway Holiday Resort www.rainbowgetaway.com.au 07 54863500 Rainbow Waters Holiday Park www.rainbowwaters.com.au 07 54863200 Sleepy Lagoon Hotel/Motel www.tincanbayhotelmotel.com.au 07 54864124 Motorhome hire (sleeps 6) 0407 660198
January “Brushes by the Sea” Rainbow Beach Art & Craft Festival February Cooloola Crocs Swimming Carnival April Anzac Day Parade May Bay to Bay Yacht Race June/July Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic July 4-12 August Rainbow Beach Triathlon August Rainbow Beach Lion’s Club Annual Kite Festival September Tin Can Bay Seafood, Boat and Camping Show October Rainbow Beach Invitations Fours Bowls Tournament Tin Can Bay Ambulance Flower Show October Rainbow Beach Nippers and Masters Carnivals November Rainbow Beach/Trail Runs December Tin Can Bay Foreshore Family Nights Rainbow Beach Lions Club Twilight Christmas Concert and Markets See our What’s On page for more on Things to Do. Suggestions, amendments or to add your business to the visitor guide please call 07 5486 3561 or email info@ rbcn.com.au . Thanks to Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service for their assistance.
Trades
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cleaning
concreting
CONCRETE
cattery & kennels
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Concreting Contractor ABN 64-930-176-411
• House Slabs • Garage Slabs • Driveways • Paths Also specialising in; • Stamp • Concrete Stencil • Exposed Seeded Concrete
Child Care
Phone: 5486 3914 Mobile: 0413 060 797
celebrant
dog grooming
car cleaning
Eddie’s Mobile Car Cleaning $25 Medium car $35 SUV
Ph: 0412010696
Trades and Services electrician
mowing & maintenance
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outboard service & repairs
hire equipment
gas
handyman /building renovations
handyman /building renovations
Trades and Services
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handyman
mechanical
Rainbow Beach Tyre & Mechanical
painters
pest control
-All Mechanical repairs-Free Old Car Removal -All makes & Models -Aluminium Tig Welding & -Second Hand Parts -Metal Fabrication -New & Used Tyres -Clutch & Brake Repairs
9 Karoonda Rd Rainbow Beach
Ph: 54863144
handyman
mini storage plumbers
Trades and Services panel beater
Out and About
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Rainbow Beach Lion’s Charity Market
signage Maree from Rainbow Beach with her cute chenille shorts made from bedspreads
Matthew Robinson, serves Sabine from Slough (UK) one of “All in a Cup” delicious coffees
Dennis Cook sells fresh vegies, trying to source much of it locally
Rainbow’s button jeweller , Barb with her handcrafted necklaces
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School News
Rainbow Beach State School News By Michael Grogan, Principal
German Verse Speaking Competition On Thursday 22nd students from years five, six and seven attended the annual Gympie Deutsche Gedichte Wettbewerb at James Nash SHS. This year Rainbow Beach had four amazing representatives who memorised a German poem to recite:Lily M, Keely F., Rochelle H. and Shakirra G.. After a warm welcome from the Principal of James Nash IN GERMAN (!!!!) all students went to different rooms to recite their poem in front of the rest of the students in their year level and their year level judge. After lunch the best ten in each year level were selected as finalists and presented their poem again in front of all of the participants and all three of the native-speaker judges in the auditorium. Shakirra was our fantastic finalist, getting up in front of more than 100 participants (plus parents and teachers) to repeat her poem. The scores were very close across all year levels and the judges had a very difficult time deciding on the winners. Congratulations to all of the students who participated and did Rainbow Beach proud. Maths Team Challenge
Shakirra, Rochelle, Lily and Keely – Our German Verse Speaking Contestants medals and smiles that went from ear to ear.
Our Maths Teams - Shakirra, Kyani, Zac, Emily, Courtney, Samuel, Hugh, James, Drew, Kris
in two soccer teams, a netball team and a Rugby League team, a great effort for a school of our size. Our students performed admirably and had a great day, representing our school with pride and demonstrating the exemplary behaviour we expect of all of our students. I would like to thank the staff Mr Bennett, Mrs McColl, Mrs Dargusch and Mr Druitt for assisting on the day. I would also like to say a special thankyou to Sheryl Doig, Greg McDermott and Charmaine Neuvodt for helping to make sure the kids continued on pg 41 were ready
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On Friday 23 August we sent in two teams to compete in the Gympie maths challenge. Once again our kids had great success, coming home with a silver medal for the teams’ event and placing third overall in the small schools category. Well done to all of the kids in those teams and a special thankyou to Mrs Hodgson and Mrs Young for working with the maths challenge teams to help them prepare for the event. It was brilliant to see the kids come back to school on Friday wearing their
Gala Day
Boys soccer were full of enthusiasm
Interschool Sport Gala Day I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to Gympie with the year 4-7 students last Friday to participate in the Term 3 Interschool Sport Gala Day. We were able to send
Rugby League performed strongly on the day
Netball team with Mrs McColl
Centre Sarah about the pass the netball
Levi works the soccer ball
Courtney, Arwen, Rochelle, Zaraya and Emily
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to compete to the best of their ability on the day. (Ed.note: see photos in our sports section.) Wide Bay Athletics Congratulations to Beau Young and Arwen Van de Vorst on their attendance at the State Athletic trials last Wednesday in Hervey Bay. Arwen did a fantastic job in
her high jump event coming joint third but unfortunately just missed out on a place in the Wide Bay team. Beau came first in his 100m race, but is not eligible to be part of the Wide Bay team this year. Well done to you both. Choral Fest Congratulations to our choir on their spectacular performance at the Choral Fest last Tuesday evening. The choir
Tin Can Bay P-10 School News
Keep a watch on our school these holidays
Parents and students can help take care of our school by reporting any suspicious after-hours activity to School Watch on 13 17 88. By keeping an eye out we can work together to create a safer school community and help to reduce vandalism, theft and arson in our school. If you see something suspicious, please don’t intervene. Call the School Watch number and let the local police or State Government Protective Security Service deal with the matter. CGEN on TV Watch Creative Generation – State Schools Onstage (CGEN) on Network Ten at 2.30pm Saturday 5 October when a 90-minute edit of the show screens nationally. The arena spectacular showcases the performing arts talents of more than 1500 state school students. Nominations for CGEN 2014 will open in November. Keep an eye on http://www. creativegeneration.dete.qld.gov.au/ for the latest news. Cooloola Triathlon On Friday 25 October 2013, the annual Cooloola Triathlon will be held down at the Tin Can Bay Pool and surroundings. We had a fantastic turn out of students compete last year, with many competing against students older than them. Students who are 10 years and older are eligible to compete, keeping in mind that age group races start at Under 12 and go all the way to Under 19s. Please see the ladies in the office for nomination paperwork during break times. Be aware that these forms need to be back at the office by Tuesday 15 October, in order for nominations to be submitted in time. Live N’ Loud Festival Saturday 5th October - Tin Can Bay School Hall Bring your Friends, Bring your Family & be Prepared for a Night Filled with Awesome Entertainment to Rock Your Socks Off. RED BEARD, MOTHWING, B.E, AFTER GRYCE, BOSS MOXI & RIVALS. Free EP Giveaway for the next 5 tickets purchased! So Get Your Tickets & Get Set To Be Entertained! Tickets $15 for Ages 12 – 17 and $20 for 18 & over - available from www.tickets. oztix.com.au/?Event=37637 and also at the door. Doors Open 6.30pm This is a Drug & Alcohol FREE Community Event: Strictly Ages 12 years & Up. Have fun, stay safe and Get Ready during the school holidays Have a safe and enjoyable holiday everyone. We look forward to seeing you all for the start of Term 4 on Tuesday 8 October. With the summer storm and bushfire season on its way Queensland’s Get Ready Week on 14–20 October will encourage people to be prepared before extreme
weather or a natural disaster strikes. Over the holidays, families can work through a checklist to help them get ready and ensure everyone knows what to do. Information and resources are available from http:// www.disaster.qld.gov.au/
received a silver award. The adjudicators commented “Well done on your excellent stage presentation”. IGA Goals for Kids Soccer Program For the last four Thursday’s of this term students have been involved in the IGA Goals for Kids Soccer Program. Students arrived at school to see a giant blow up soccer field on the school oval. They were all very excited to participate in the sessions and had a great time learning new skills. Thank you to Football Wide Bay for co-ordinating this program and to Phoyx for his expert coaching.
P&C NEWS Breakfast Club I would like to thank Tracey Hethorn and Liz Kilgower for their wonderful commitment and dedication to the Tuesday morning breakfasts, the menu is always yummy and varied. You may not be aware but both ladies have full time jobs so the next times you see them give
Page 41 them a huge THANK YOU! Saying that both Tracey and Liz are looking for some other parents to take over their roll. It is just 2 hours one morning a week. Please have a cuppa with them at breakfast club next term if you are interested Pangatta, Kurana, Karoonda, Goondi and Spectrum – still need Street Numbering No plans for the holidays? Well there are still houses in rainbow beach to be numbered and we need you! These streets are still to be allocated. Contact Tracey Hethorn to schedule the time and a demo (0402 791 292). Brisbane Shopping Bus Tour – Saturday 26th October Get ready for Christmas early and join us on a shopping tour of Brisbane warehouses. Travel in comfort to visit 9 outlets. $65 includes lunch, morning & afternoon tea. Bus leaves Rainbow Beach 6am and returns approx. 8.30pm. Get a group of girls together for a day out. Hurry! Spaces are limited. Contact Cherie on 0427 065 644 or any of the P & C Committee.
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Choral fest Keely, Sarah and Jorja are excited to be up against 8 other schools
Some of the RBSS senior choir members Kyana, Lauren, Emily, Zaraya
Lucy, Hannah, Kyana, Tilly, Ruby and Emma have some fun preconcert time
Kate’s Kid’s Corner
Thanks Grant Phelan (NPWS) - images taken from Steve Parish Australian Wetlands Colouring Book, supplied coutesy of Pascal Press Pty Ltd.
Sam, James, Hugh, Jimi and Charlie ensure the boys are well represented at Choralfest in Southside
Thanks to Lynne Alsop from Rainbow Beach Library for assistance with this page.
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Gold medallists in our midst By Michelle Gilmore
Two Tin Can Bay P-10 schoolboys were recently awarded gold medals when their Queensland team won the Volleyball National Championships. Hayden McFarlane and Kyal Moore (also co-captain) competed at Albury, NSW in April this year in the successful Under 15 Queensland team. Kyal also made the under 16’s Queensland schoolboys team – with
another gold medal caught last month for Wide Bay. Hayden was the only Cooloola Coast sportsperson to secure a federal sporting grant this year to assist with travel to Albury, Kyal receiving a similar grant in 2012. Hayden says, “We train 1-2 times per week and both play Thursday night volleyball in Gympie.” Both play nearly every day – during school breaks, and against the girls. Kyal
admits, “It is really good practice.” From four months prior to the National Championship they would travel to Brisbane every weekend to train, with their parents sharing the commute. A popular past-time, the boys say that Tin Can Bay School is “well known” for volleyball achievements the boys thanked their coach, teacher Mr Dave Arthur.
Nippers Season begins Sunday October 6 From 5 years and up to 14, children will be on the beach learning about the surf
National Volleyball Champs Kyal Moore and Hayden McFarlane
They say that volleyball starts young at their school– from Year 5, students receive lots of practice. Hayden and Kyal have been playing since Year 7, and what do they like about volleyball? “Smashing balls” and having “fun”. Congratulations, boys. Good luck with the next round of competition later this year.
and keeping safe in the water. To find out more contact Helen at the Surf Club.
The Rainbow Beach Nippers’ Carnival will draw huge crowds on October 12 with the Master’s Carnival the day after.
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Sailability By Barry Ryan (President) Given the recent final approval by the Federal Government as to the Marina at Snapper Creek, I thought it appropriate to share with you, our letter to the then responsible Federal Minister last year. A similar document had been sent to the previous State Government before the decision was made in that House. ‘To: The Hon Tony Burke (Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) Sir I write on behalf of members and supporters of Sailability Tin Can Bay, Queensland to express opposition to the marina proposal by the Seymour Group at
Sport Norman Point, Tin Can Bay. Sailability Tin Can Bay is an autonomous branch of Sailability Queensland and part of a worldwide non-profit organization run entirely by volunteer members. Our main objective is to increase social interaction through recreational, therapeutic and training opportunities for people with disabilities (our clients) through the provision of sailing programs. We are affiliated with the Tin Can Bay Yacht Club and operate at that address at Norman Point.All our capital equipment including sailing dinghies, safety boat etc. is presently housed in our purpose built shed at the club’s hard stand. We currently cater for up to thirty clients each week, drawn from a registered group of 170 people mostly from district disability organisations and schools as well as individuals. These numbers are increasing substantially as we become better known. Each weekly event consists of a core of approximately twenty of our volunteer members involved in predetermined tasks from sailing instructors to administration. We have use of the Tin Can Bay Coast Guard pontoon for the embarkation and disembarkation of our clients where our mobile crane with sling is used for wheel chair bound clients. This facility is next door to the public car park thus facilitating easy access, especially for our wheel-chair bound clients. We sail in the immediate locality out from the above pontoon (the site of the proposed marina), thus enabling us to maximise client sailing time and safety in a sheltered area, using a predetermined triangular course within the mouth of Snapper Creek. Given the above preamble I wish to outline our major reasons for our opposition to the proposal. • To operate Sailability requires a sheltered area in which to sail safely and the marina development would deny us
that area. The area outside Snapper Creek is unsuitable because of strong winds and strong tidal flows. • If we were to continue to use the Coast Guard Pontoon for the embarkation and disembarkation of our clients we would have to tow clients to and from outside Snapper Creek, thus encountering dangerous conditions in the proposed narrow boating channel and the subsequent loss of valuable sailing time. • We need a pontoon with immediate access to parking within ‘quiet’ waters. Such requirements are not evident in the current marina proposal. The value of Sailability to the general community should not be underestimated. Our colourful sailing dinghies sailing with
enthusiastic and happy disabled people in an area frequented by a broad crosssection of the public raises the profile of the disabled and builds awareness and substantial goodwill. Indeed we rely on this high profile to attract members and clients so that we can expand a very worthwhile service. The proposed marina development would severely disadvantage the disabled and jeopardise the future of Sailability Tin Can Bay. I perceive that the next phase as to our sustainable future ‘lies in the hands’ of Queensland Transport and the developer and the continued persistence of our members and supporters to be recognised for our valuable service to the community.
A New Crop for the Surf Tower
Working towards their Bronze Medallion (15 and up) or Surf Rescue Certificate (13 and up) are (back row) Matt Hunter (water safety), Jackson Dawkings, Mitch Nusk, Jack Gilmore, Tom Cavanagh, Anton Klekar, Yasmin Morris, Jake Reid, Sarah O’Brien, Liam Gould, Ashleigh Dodt (water safety), Courtney Hunter (front) Zack Lindenberg, Kate Gilmore and Josie Van Oirschot. The teens stay at the surf club for the week long camp, trained by volunteer senior club members.
Rainbow Shores Social Golf Club News By Mary Cottam In recent months the course has been looking great. Thanks to Tim and the Shores Management. . Weekly Competition: Don Drinkwater won one of the Weekly Competitions in August, with three of the ladies winning the other weeks!! Well done, Sandra, Jenny and Carol. Majors: Rainbow Meats were a recent sponsor. What can I say? Great Weather; Great Golf; Great Sponsor; thank you to the Fitzgerald family for your support. The winner on the day was new member, Wally McClelleand. Well done Wally, you certainly know how to play good golf!! Symon and Rebecca Duggan, (Thirsty Camel), were the sponsors for September. Always a well appreciated sponsor for thirsty golfers!! News of Members: After a couple of month’s travelling interstate Jenny Pike returned golf and in her first couple of
weeks back Jenny won Ladies Day, the Chook Run, the Weekly Comp and some Nearest to the Pins. An excellent effort. Well done Jenny!! Jay Kent, while participating in our Chook Run scored a hole in one. Congratulations to Jay, he was very excited and won $150.00! Captain, Dave Tardrew, who makes a huge contribution to the golf club has also been travelling in recent months. Dave left his role in the very capable hands of Ray and Dawn King. Ray and Dawn have certainly been busy keeping all events on track, and the handicaps up to date. Their efforts have been greatly appreciated. Reminders: Ladies Day, Tuesday’s 9am tee off. Chook Run, Thursdays 2:30pm for 3pm tee off. Sunday’s when games are scheduled, 11:30am for a 12 noon tee off. Sunday dates for October, 13th Plantation/ RB Hotel Major. 20th & 27th Fun Days. Visitors always welcome. Enjoy your golf everyone.
Wally McClelland and Scott Fitzgerald
Sport
Rainbow Beach Swim Club News
By BJ Parton, Head Coach I would like to extend a big WELCOME to all the new Club and Learn to Swim members. It was a great start to our first club night. Go Dolphin swimmers, swimming 12.5m of every stroke, they were all eager to show their new found talent. Congratulations to all our PB swimmers there were plenty made. I am so proud of all our swimmers, PB’s or not, it’s great just seeing everyone giving it a go and trying their best. That’s all a coach can ask for! Thank you to the club for providing Club Night Dinner for just a gold coin donation and especially the chefs for coming in early to prepare it. Great job and we really appreciate it. There is still time to sign on for club! Get in quickly – you’re missing out on points for
the season! This year over the age of 7 on signup day will receive a cap, shirt, togs and membership for 2013/2014 for ONLY $75.00. All children 7 and under on the day they join or renew club membership will become a Dolphin member and are FREE (plus you receive a special dolphin pack). The club is also a “Get Started Club” which means for those families who have a health care card, vouchers are provided by the QLD Government to cover the cost of your membership fees. Remember Club night October 3 - 12.5/25/50m Free & Back,12.5/25/50/100m Breast & Fly, Special event 200 Free. You are able to BRING A FRIEND ON THIS NIGHT!
August/September saw the following Championships decided: Mens Club 72 Hole Championships: A Grade Gross winner Richard Buczynski & r/up Bob Cunningham. B Grade Nett winner Danny Grant & r/up Bob Staer. A Grade Gross winner Paul Dowman & r/up Rob Dowman. B Grade Nett winner John Sutcliffe & r/up Bob Gray (c/b). Vets 4BBB Stroke Gross Winners Mick Low & Ray Harris. R/up Owen Frith & Bob Cunningham Nett Winners Julian Sullivan and Robin Nelms. R/up Scott McGhie and Dennis Maden Ladies Club 72 Hole Championships : A Grade Gross winner Lyn Wong & r/ up L Edwards. A Grade Nett winner Lin Groombridge & r/up Lois Malon. B Grade Gross winner Fay Moretto & r/up Cherie
Tin Can Bay Model Flying Club By Nic Case, Publicity Officer, pets@gcpetresort.com.au August 25 saw the Club run it’s annual Al Czislowski Memorial event. This small contest between Club Members is to test the reliability of a pilot’s aircraft. Each pilot has to complete a number of set procedures over three rounds to see who has the most reliable plane. This years winner was Dave Carkeek who did a “Steve Bradbury” by being the only pilot completing his three rounds without faltering. Al’s widow, Eileen, was on hand to watch
Golf Report – Tin Can Bay By Julie Mulhall, Publicity Officer
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Kirby. B Grade winner Jenny Mayne & r/ up Robyn White. C Grade Gross winner Chris Raeburn and r/up Donna Hutchinson. C Grade Nett winner Val Clifford & r/up Chez Crook. Finals of the ladies singles matchplay is underway this week – good luck to all. Monthly Medal Winners went to the following : Ladies – Laurel Edwards & Carol Avotins. Men’s – Gordon Smith, Ray Brown and Mike Stevenson. Vet’s – Owen Frith, Laurie Hoskins and Mike Greenwood. Hole in 1 this month went to Laurie Hoskins. It’s been another busy month with the Men’s Vets hosting Caloundra and Redcliffe and visiting Horton Park & Mt Coolum, more Championships and Marion Harris Memorial. Both the Men and ladies are currently playing their final rounds
of singles matchplay, the Ladies District C/ships were held at Kingaroy with our ladies performing extremely well in the dry conditions. On Friday 13th (Black Friday), Tin Can Bay hosted the Ladies Open which was sponsored by Drummond Golf. There were 146 in the field and a great day was had by all. The Tin Can Bay ladies of course did extremely well in all divisions with Lyn Wong winning the gross in Div 1 on a c/b with 83, r/up gross Julie Mulhall 83 and 2nd r/up Laurel Edwards with 84 (very close). Also in Div 1 Helen Gordon was 2nd r/up in the Nett with 70. In Div 2, Angie Weise was 2nd r/up in the gross. In Div 3 again the girls cleaned up with Annette Hempenstall winning the gross with 99, Avid Aird r/up in the gross with 101 and Chez Crook 2nd r/up in the gross. Helen Joyce got the longest drive on 9 and Lyn Wong won her first of many Vet’s events here at home. Thanks to the grounds staff and all volunteers who assisted Jude to make it such a successful day. Happy golfing!
the contest and present the trophy to Dave. This was followed with a scrumptious homemade date loaf cake for morning tea. Anyone passing the field on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September will have seen the large IMAC planes participating in the “Cooloola Classic” aerobatic pattern flying competition. If anyone would like to have a go at flying a model aircraft, the Club has a trainer for the public to come and have a go. Contact our Senior Flying Instructor, Dave Carkeek on 0429234209, to arrange.
Shirley Dickson, Chez Crook, Glenys Morris and Shirley Schaper
Ena Birse, Chris Raeburn, Annette Hempenstall and Barb Thorburn
What’s On
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13-19 Gold Rush Festival
Golf – Ladies Day 0429 668 255
2 FREE children’s holiday activity, Rainbow Beach Library, 2.30-3.30pm
16 Nature Coast Wednesday 16th October11am 2.00pm, Gunabul Homestead, Power Rd, Gympie, RSVP: 11th October to gail.mckenzie@gympie.qld.gov.au or 5480 5180
Quilters 9am-12noon
5 Live n Loud Festival, Tin Can Bay School
Resistance circuit 9am, park (near the skate park)
Wednesday
16 6pm Rainbow Beach Commerce and Tourism Association AGM, Community Hall 6pm
Mahjong/Games Mornings 9am
19 Cooloola Coast Flower Show, Community Centre Tin Can Bay, 10am-3pm
Karate, school
Rainbow Beach Library 2-5pm
19 Tin Can Bay Markets
Boxercise 3.15pm – 4.15pm, park (near the skate park)
19 “Simply the Best” Tina Turner Tribute Show at Sleepy Lagoon Hotel (Rainbow Shuttle service may be available) 19 Gold Rush Festival Car and Bike Show, Gympie
Free Tennis sessions for Rainbow Beach State students in Years 4-7, 3:30pm – 5:00pm, Rainbow Beach Sports Club, Tennis Courts, bring your own racquet, hat and water bottle, Brad 0409 497 857
20 Rainbow Shores Golf Club Fun Day
Thursday
25 Cooloola School’s Triathlon, Tin Can Bay
Aqua Aerobics, Aquatic Centre 9am
25 Bravo Disability Support Network AGM, 10.00 am, Community Centreplace, Excelsior Road Gympie, 07 54825336
9-11am school days Pre-prep playgroup
26 Brisbane Shopping Bus Tour, Rainbow Beach School
Golf Chook Run 3pm
26 Gympie Cup – Over 60’s trip
Cooloola Dragon Boat Club 3.30pm
27 Rainbow Shores Golf Club Fun Day
Cardio Kickbox 3.45pm – 4.45 pm, park (near the skate park)
November 5 “Racing Around the World” Melbourne Cup at the Rainbow Beach Sports Club. Experience the fashions on the field, novelty horse races, full tab facilities, live entertainment, sweeps, and big screen racing.
Rainbow Beach Library 9.30am-12.30pm
Swim Club 5pm 07 5486 3191
Friday 10 Prayer Group, Church Good Shepherd Rainbow Beach Library 2-5pm
5-7 Long weekend
10 Cooloola Wholesalers Major, Rainbow Shores Social Golf Club
6 Nippers season starts
11 Remembrance Day, 11am service at the Cenotaph
Saturday
8 Progress Association AGM 6pm. Community Centre meeting Room
13 Tin Can Bay: Marketing and Sponsorship workshop, 0754596176
Rainbow Beach Library 8.30-11.30am
8 Residents and Ratepayers 7pm, SES Shed
16 Tin Can Bay School fete
10 Cooloola Coast Garden Group 1.30pm Enquiries: Colleen 5488 0309
Sunday
17 Fun Day, Rainbow Shores Social Golf Club
Cooloola Dragon Boat Club 8am
18-20 Global Ecotourism Conference, Noosa
Church Services: Catholic 7am, Anglican 9am
24 Rainbow Beach Trail Run
Kid’s Supervised Play Times, Aquatic Centre 2.303.30pm
10 Gympie: 0754596176
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11 Pink Ladies Lunch Breast Cancer Fundraiser, 11am To 3 pm, $25 Per Ticket, Maree 0418591304 11 Post Cancer Workshop: Women look forward to completion of their active treatment after breast cancer. There are often new issues to deal with. We will be exploring ways to manage the physical aftermath of breast cancer treatments, the emotional impact, and the benefits of physical activity in recovery, Latte Lounge, Gympie. Contact Clare Howard 5451 6004 or Maroochydore@cancerqld.org.au by Tuesday 8 October to register your free place. 12 Rainbow Beach Lions Club Charity Market, Debbie 0438 868 123 12 &13 Rainbow Beach Nippers and Masters Carnivals 13 QCWA Tin Can Bay 9am 13 Rainbow Shores Golf Club Plantation RB Hotel Major
All About Book Keeping American Express Amy’s Dog Wash Andy Moblie PC
Bay n Beach Driving Beach to Bay Pest Control Benny’s Carpet Cleaning Bessie Cafe Jilarty Calendar of Events Channon and Lawrence Dental Chilly Bin Cleanwave Carpet Care & Pet Coast & Country Blinds Coloured Sands Cafe Cookies Electric & Antnna Cooloola C Cabinets Cooloola C Hire Cooloola C Landscaping Cooloola C Realty RB Cooloola C Shopping Centre Cooloola Curtains & Blinds Cooloola Craft & Fashions Cooloola Mobile Car Cleaning Cooloola Smiles
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Tai Chi 9-10am, Rainbow Sands Conference Room
If you have an event or date claimer you would like to add please email info@rbcn.com.au.
Weekly (many are term time only) Learn to Swim, Squad, Gym, after school activities call Rainbow Beach Aquatic Centre 07 5486 3191
Monday Aqua Aerobics, Aquatic Centre 9am Rainbow Beach Playgroup 9.30am (meet at the library) Rainbow Beach Library 9.30am-12.30pm Zumba 5-6pm Rainbow Beach Hall 0437 117 891 (from Oct 14) Karate, School
Tuesday Little Guppies Playgroup 9.30am Tin Can Bay
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Zumba starts back on October 14 at the Rainbow Beach Hall: Colette Archibald, Coralie Leslie, Pat Barone, Chris Gudge, Rachel and Kathy McFarlane with instructor Emillia McAuliffe 30 25 16 40/45 T/S T/S 44 T/S 18 39 22 33 32 T/S 22 16 7 3 18 5 8 27 37 T/S 10 11 2
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