Rainbow Beach Community News August 2017

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August 2017 • Vol 20 • Issue 8

A winning Fishing Classic

In this issue...

Tim Bull brought home plenty of prizes this week and Aaron Hall won the Overall Snapper with this specimen on the last night of the 31st Rainbow Beach Fishing Classic – see pages 34-35 and our Facebook page for more!

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Editor’s Note

Community show support for Tristan

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HAVE JUST WRITTEN up our article on Tristan Sik and his hospitalisation after his bicycle accident. It is a report I sincerely hope I have to rewrite with more positive news before we go to print.

Our hearts go out to Tristan, parents Carolyn and Dave, and his family. The day before the accident our boys were playing football with Tristan on the centre block.

Every day, Heatley’s parents ask for an update on him, and it is the first thing we check online each day. Everyone is hoping for the best.

I know I often talk on my kids and family in this monthly introduction to the paper.

You readers fly first to the jokes, then onto Police Beat, but if you do read this little note, you do have to put up with my motherly musings.

I am sharing a post from Carolyn… and yes my four, this is for you:

My Child,

Sometimes parents don’t make their feelings clear; they assume that their children know of the deep love they feel for them.

Yet when misunderstandings occur, and things are left unsaid, it can lead to needless doubts and insecurities.

I don’t ever want you to feel insecure, and I want you to remember these words I am telling you now, because they will always be current and never changing...

You are the greatest thing that ever happened to me. There is nothing I’d rather see than your smile, and nothing I’d rather hear than your laughter.

I am proud of the person you have become. And no matter what happens in your life, I have confidence in your ability to make the right choices. I love you.

BARBARA CAGE And as Carolyn advises, I am hugging my loved ones close.

I Don’t Ever Want You To Forget How Much I Love You -

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It’s a whale highway!

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HE WORD IS THAT migrating whales, big in numbers, are travelling early.

Tyron van Santen from Epic Ocean Adventures said,” It’s a whale highway at the moment. The water is so clear, visibility is the best we’ve seen it!”

Over the last six years of operation Ty can definitely say that there has been a significant increase in whale numbers passing Double Island.

“I remember in the early years, that June and July typically there would be the odd few whales passing by close to shore on our kayak tours. We would often see many humpback whales well out in the distance, in much of a hurry to get north to warmer waters.”

This seems to be changing, Ty has noticed, with an incredible number passing by close to shore in the last

month alone.

“You only have to pick up the paper to see the large increase in encounters along the east coast.

“We are so blessed to be able to paddle around this spectacular National Park location and from time to time see them in their own habitat. We are certainly looking forward to the coming months and spectacular Double Island adventures.”

Ty says there are a lot of great things happening with tour operators at the moment - with some spectacular images on social media - like from Wolf Rock Dive.

“The last few years we’ve been away for a month, but we can’t this year there’s too much going on! It is not an overly terrible problem to have,” Ty smiles.

Pray for Trist

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CROSS AUSTRALIA and overseas, people are praying for local 13-yearold, Tristan Sik. On July 15, Tristan was riding a bicycle west on Carlo Road and as he turned right into Karoonda Road, he collided with a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction.

At the time of writing, he remains in an induced coma at Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, with serious head, neck and leg injuries.

Parents Carolyn and Dave Elder, have been providing updates since the accident via Facebook page “Pray for Trist”.

“Trist is still on sedatives but slowly they are trying different meds to keep him comfortable, keep his blood pressure under control and wake him up.”

Tristan has been cleared of any spinal injury, “We have also been told that there is some damage to his brain but just how much will not be known till he is awake.

He might wake up and have small memory loss or he might wake up and need a lot of care.”

Last weekend, Carolyn was able to let us know, “Trist is making small neurological improvements every day, the social worker tells us in ICU small improvements are big steps.”

Carolyn said Tristan’s helmet has saved his life, and said the care he has received from paramedic Marc Shearman, on the scene within three minutes, and the LifeFlight crew was amazing.

“It is important we remember Trist wasn’t the only injured party. Whilst I focus on my boy and our children, please don’t forget about the innocent driver.”

Carolyn thanks Caitlyn Hayes, Rainbow

Tristan Sik remains in an induced coma, as prayers flow for his recovery (image from Rainbow Beach State School Grade 6 Graduation)

Recovery Repairs and Spares, and team members Allen, Shaun, Paulie, Brody and Rob who are looking after Rainbow Beach 4x4 Hire and their other businesses, as well as friends and family who are helping with their other three children.

“We have been so lucky with all the support we are getting and every single message is read and every single act of kindness is acknowledged, we are so humbled. We need those prayers now just as we did when he had the accident.”

Police have advised the Community News that no charges are expected to be laid on the driver of the vehicle.

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Congratulations winners!

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RGANISERS WERE delighted with the increased interest this year in the Cooloola Coast Arts Show and that this year is well ahead of previous years.

SECTION 1 Open (Cooloola Colours) 1st Colours of Cooloola Adrienne Hudson Runner-up Cannas Jill McDonald Commended Snapper Creek Barry Long

SECTION 2 Acrylic/Oils (Realism) 1st Inskip Whole Kerri Southern Runner-up Survival Betty D.Arcy Commended The Cruel Sea Maureen Dreschler Commended Loggerhead Barry Long

SECTION 3 Acrylic/Oil/Mixed Media / Contemporary/Abstract 1st Garden Lights Jill McDonald Runner-up The Eye of the Storm Jill McDonald

SECTION 4 Watercolour/Pastels 1st Lillies Lyn Hyland Runner- up Karinya Kay Muir Commended Elizabeth Sutton and Kerri Southern

SECTION 5 Drawing (Graphite, Charcoal, Pen, Ink only) 1st Drawing Number 4 Neville Anderson Runner-up Dead River Gum Elizabeth Sutton Commended Drawing No. 1 Neville Anderson

SECTION 6 Photography Winner Inlet sunrise Patsy Brady Runner-up Early Morning Dip Lynette Minchell

Above: Survival won Betty D’arcy the Acrylic/Oil category’s runner -up Right: Jill McDonald won several award including Section 3’s Garden Lights

The group would like acknowledge all those who assisted in the organisation and setting up of exhibits, Art Judge Joolie Gibbs and Photography Judge, Julie Hartwig.

We especially recognise the overwhelming generosity from all our valued sponsors; notably, Tin Can Bay Country Club Inc. (major sponsor), Rainbow Beach Adventure Centre and 4WD Hire, Post Office Tin Can Bay, Barnacles Café, Tin Can Bay Yacht Club, Tin Can Bay Newsagency, Pradella Development, Tuncunba Gardens, Tin Can Bay Meats, fergiesfabfotos - Tin Can Bay Photography/ Outdoor Workshops, Oz Bay Books, and Tin Can Bay Art. The Art Group has a new meeting place, 2pm every last Friday, under Tuncunba Hall, 20 Tin Can Bay Road (opposite the servo).

For more information please call Norma on 5488 0840 or Kerri 5486 2584. www.facebook.com/cooloolacoastartgroup

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Organisers were delighted with the selection in the photography section, looked over by visitor John Ashworth

A change is as good as a holiday Barb Rees

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HIS INTERVIEW HAS been a long time in the making. Thirty years to be exact!

Sam and Maureen Mitchell bought the Tourist and Information Centre and Nautica Resort from Pam and Fred Murray in June 1987 and have since become an integral part of the Rainbow Beach community.

Both Sam and Maureen worked for Jimmy Ott at Surf and Sand Safaris: Sam driving the tour buses to Fraser Island and the Coloured Sands, and Maureen in the shop selling the tours. When the opportunity arose to buy the Murray’s business they jumped at the chance and the rest is history.

Back in the day the shop was pretty much the same as it is now, selling tours, clothing and handing out information about our beautiful area.

“The only difference is we used to sell stubbies; now we sell boardies,” laughs Maureen.

“The questions are still the same,” adds Sam, “and the answers are still the same.”

The most asked question over the years?

“Definitely ‘How are the Rocks at the moment’,” answers Maureen.

“I am coming up on Saturday how will the Rocks be then?” says Sam “You need a crystal ball sometimes.”

“Life is still pretty much as it was 30 years ago, the pace was slower and much less beach traffic,” Maureen adds What was the biggest tourist attraction?

“The Coloured Sands tour was very popular, we used to take up to 100 people a day up to the coloured sands, lighthouse and of course the Cherry Venture,” says Sam. “The Yummy Van at the Cherry Venture was also a big draw card!” adds Maureen.

The tours to Fraser Island were also a favourite, costing about $30 per person, “But we only went to Lake McKenzie, we didn’t do the beach run back then.,” says Sam. “I used do a buffet lunch from the back of the Toyota, people loved it.”

After 30 years in the same shop how does it feel to be in a new place?

Sam and Maureen both agree, “It is strange after being so long down the road,

Then (1989) and now: Maureen and Sam Mitchell are proudly 30 years in the one business - Rainbow Beach Tourist and Information Centre, now relocated a few shops down, next to Sea Salt at Rainbow Image courtesy Gympie Times

Back in 1988: we love “Sam your info man”!

it was hard to leave, but it is a good thing.

We are closer to the beach, and when we extend into the shop next door we will have much more space. It has been a positive move really.”

The ‘Info Shop’ has always been a tourist attraction in itself with people that came in

30 years ago now bringing their grandkids.

As one long-term customer commented the other day, “If this shop closes Rainbow just won’t be the same…it has been a big part of my holiday and childhood memories.”

Hopefully there are many more memories to be made.

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A groovy new build for town A new outlook as you approach Rainbow Beach’s main street

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Y NOW THE ‘Groovy Grape’ building has disappeared and locals are wondering what will be in its place.

Owner Bob Perrett said, “Expect five modern shops, outdoor dining and extensive landscaping of the park adjacent to Clarkson Drive.”

As I write, the fence is up and whilst we were fishing and watching weigh-ins at the

‘Classic’, the building was demolished.

The family business, with his daughter Sally, does a lot of commercial development; warehouses, show rooms…

Bob recalls holidaying here over the years at Rainbow Beach and onto Fraser, since the 1960s.

Initially, they bought a unit at Ocean View Parade, and then five years ago purchased

Craft Club celebration

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HE TIN CAN BAY Craft Club will be celebrating 25 years from its inception with only 12 crafty people originally getting together to enjoy their various crafts.

It has now grown to 104 members, with on average about 70 members attending each Thursday morning in the Cooloola Community Complex, in the building down from the Tin Can Bay and Cooloola Cove turnoff.

July commenced with a bus trip to the Mary Poppins Festival and Craft Extravaganza,then many activities being taught in the following weeks: silk scarf dyeing, with Nieta Lindfield , Sashiko with Jacque Cross and Barbara Parker - a Japanese craft using pre printed fabric and

a special thread, then there is the tradition “Navaho” rug with Lillian Lockel.

On August 3 another new member, Chris, will be teaching a very old craft of crochet rug, using cut up old sheets. So you can see there is no shortage of crafts to do in this group, and so many willing to share their knowledge.

Come along and see if it is for you. The club meets each Thursday at 9 am to 12 noon and there is a lucky door prize and morning tea for only $3.

The birthday on August 10 will have each table organising their own food and decorations, so get your thinking caps on!

There will also be a few fun items with prizes during the morning. See you there.

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12 Rainbow Beach Road, where you’ll find Café Jilarty, Happy Travels and Rainbow Beach Realty (realtor Andrew Hawkins is handling lettings of the new stores).

“I’ve always liked that corner site,” said Bob. “We purchased the property three years ago, but it needed a lot of work. It wasn’t practical to renovate, so we decided to build something new.”

And what shops will we see? “Wayne’s coming back! We are in negotiations with a number of parties for all of the shops.”

Wayne Jones from Rainbow Beach Tackle, Camping and Disposal said the redevelopment has two advantages for him - new premises to move into and a sixmonth holiday!

Sally is most looking forward to one thing, “The old building was beyond its use-by date - we are excited to see it go - we’ll make the grounds more of a community space, which will reflect what Council are doing around the ocean side.”

Lory Constructions are building the single storey project which is due for completion in November.

Sally and Bob plan to visit regularly to check on progress. Said Sally, “I really enjoy the town and bring my children here. It is not overdeveloped - the town has a great feel and we want to be a part of that.”

Tin Can Bay Craft Club members know how to celebrate!

Bill McKechnie:

‘HARD WORK NEVER GOES WITHOUT REWARD’ Bill McKechnie played for Wynnum Manly, has run the Stawell Gift, and world titles in Surf lifesaving! And now he gives his all to Cooloola Coast Little Athletics as coach ...

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OU DON’T HAVE to be an athlete to enjoy little athletics; you just have to want to have fun! “Fun family fitness is what the organisation is all about” Cooloola Coast Little Athletics Manager Jess Milne explained. “Our greatest asset is our coach. I believe that his enthusiasm and experience brings a dynamic to our organisation that will inspire the next generation.”

Paving the way to athletic success is Tin Can Bay local Bill McKechnie. Coach Bill started in little athletics as a 5-year-old. He continued athletics through his schooling years, always doing well but was not necessarily the best.

At the age of 18 Bill went on to play rugby league for Wynnum Manly, earning a professional contact. After watching his onfield skill, he was approached by Macksville Gift winner Gary Taylor to try professional sprinting.

“When I get flogged in my first race I will go back to the footy,” was Bill’s reply.

He never did return to football because he won that race by a good margin, thus beginning a 30-year professional sprinting career.

“My father was a swimmer who made the 1956 Olympic squad, however I have taken after my great grandfather who was an Australian champion runner.”

In 1986 Bill was the first Queenslander in 38 years to make the Stawell Gift Finals. A ‘Gift’ is a 120m footrace. Bill has trained with some leading athletes, including Carl Lewis at the Santa Monica University in Los Angeles.

When Bill was 28 he took a break from professional sprinting and started surf Left: Bill McKechnie during his surf lifesaving days

lifesaving, spending the next 20 years winning 15 Queensland, three Australian and three world titles for sprints and flags.

He has won the beach flags event at every Queensland carnival at least twice.

As a member of the Queensland Surf Lifesaving Talent Identification Coaching Panel for ten years he trained many Queensland and Australian champions, including Deanne Wilkinson, Austin Weir and Trevor Hendy.

He also sprint trained a 12-year-old boy who did okay on the sand, however blitzed the field in the water, so Bill suggested he “stick to the pool.” That young man grew to set a 1500m freestyle Olympic record Mr Grant Hackett.

Bill believes that Little Athletics set him on the road to success in life through never being scared to try anything, developing mental and physical strength, learning sportsmanship and meeting new people.

“Hard work never goes without reward,” is Bill’s motto and he wants to bring this to the Cooloola Coast Little Athletics training days.

Above: Coach Bill McKechnie presents Anjelica Geurts with Cooloola Coast Little Athletics 2016 Athlete of the Year

“The most important thing is for participants to have fun. Also to feel pride in improving at something they are having a go at, whether it is a centimetre or millisecond. It creates confidence and a sense of achievement!”

If you would like to take advantage of the wealth of knowledge and experience that Coach Bill McKechnie has to offer, then get your child signed up for the next season of the Cooloola Coast Little Athletics Centre.

Sign-on will be at the ‘come and try’ day on Saturday August 26 at the Tin Can Bay School Oval, on Snapper Creek Rd from 9am-10.30am.

Training starts in October and will run every Saturday morning from 8.30am until 10.30am.

For more informationon Little Athletics email ccla2014@outlook.com or call Jess Milne on 0411 218 254.

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Historical Cooloola

A Rough Track to Rainbow Beach Researched by Ian Ross Ian Ross has remembered back before his sand mining days, to his first visit to Rainbow Beach with the Army in 1960.

I Above: Our Camp at Snapper Creek - Ian Ross is next to the pole - it was 57 years ago Below: Does it look familiar? Camp Milo Forestry Hut was moved to Rainbow Beach. Yes - it is the beloved playgroup building, moved again for the Aquatic Centre build - but where to?

N JANUARY 1959, my name came up in the Birthday ballot and I was inducted into the 11th National Service Army Battalion at Wacol. The intense training only lasted for three months, after which the national servicemen of the day returned to civilian life but were required to undertake continuing training in their spare time at Army camps.

Sometime in early 1960 I was rostered to attend a camp at Tin Can Bay. Lining up for our first parade, our sergeant called for two volunteers to man the water pumping station at Snapper Creek.

There was very little permanent water at the camp and when a large camp moved in, it was necessary to truck fresh water from a waterhole where the Tin Can Bay road crossed Snapper Creek.

It seemed like a refreshing break from the normal training, so I volunteered and set up camp with a colleague at the creek. I guess it was a bit monotonous filling the continuous line of army tankers and adding the required amount of chlorine, but they did look after us with occasional breaks from the routine.

One day an army four-wheel drive truck pulled up that was not a tanker and advised they were on an expedition and map reading exercise to find the back beach, and would one of us like to come. I volunteered and my mate was happy to stay and volunteer for the next outing.

I jumped aboard the four-wheel drive truck and we set off toward Tin Can Bay township. We turned right a little way down the road, (it must have been somewhere near the present turn-off to Cooloola Cove) and proceeded along a very poor sand track.

There was a sign of sorts that mentioned an Aboriginal bora ring but we didn’t go there, instead turning right onto a very poor track on which there were no signs of any recent usage at all.

Not far along the track we encountered a tree across the road. Perhaps this was the time to turn back but no, there were nine of us in the truck and it was no trouble to move the tree aside.

At this point in time we in the back of the truck began to question the driver, was he sure he knew where he was going, a local military map was thrust backwards with some sort of warning if we knew any better we should drive.

I examined the map, it was 1958 vintage, it should be accurate but these tracks were cut by the forestry department and timber getters, the only road the military had ever cut was further south leading to the beach south of double point and that was during World War II. The tracks improved as we ventured east, there were joining tracks from the west, one of which would have been what we now know as the Cooloola Way. Eventually we reached some civilisation - this was the Forestry Camp known as Camp Milo.

There were forestry personnel inside who welcomed us.

We were soon comparing our multicoloured military map to the pink Forestry

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Left: 1965: Rainbow Beach Blowhole Right: Searys Creek log bridge Below: Track to the deserted beach!

maps. They were very similar and to the same scale, but a few more recent tracks were shown on the forestry version.

We shared a cup of morning tea with the forestry boys who explained that we should be drinking Milo, as Les Durrington who manned the station for many years drank nothing else. A vast collection of Milo tins once surrounded the hut, to the point in which the camp was nicknamed Camp Milo and the name had stuck.

We were given directions on how to proceed to the back beach, we needed to take the track leading to Poverty Point for one-and-a-half miles, where we would find an unmarked intersection where we needed to turn right.

This track would take us over a log bridge across Seary’s Creek, and we would then climb a hill where we would intercept the old telephone line that had once serviced the lighthouse at Double Island Point and the signal station at Inskip Point.

Stay on the track under the telephone line and you can’t go wrong they said.

We followed directions implicitly and avoided any inclinations to turn off. A wellused track appeared on our left and a Land Rover emerged from it, more civilisation.

This would be the track from Carlo Creek. We knew there was a jetty there, where locals from Tin Can Bay had stored unregistered jalopies of all kinds to access the back beach.

We found nothing at the back beach except a cleared area to the south (now Phil Rodgers Park) where there were a couple of tents. The track down to the beach was steep but good, no trouble at all to access the beach and rocks, which our map identified as Eight Mile Rocks or Mudlo Rocks in brackets.

We had a look around - the tide was coming in and we opted not to challenge the exposed rocks on the beach. There was a curious hole in one of the rocks which a passing fisherman advised was known as the blow hole because the surf thundered through it at high tide.

A great spot to which I vowed to return

someday, but now it was time to return to Tin Can Bay. Our drivers had learnt a lot from map reading and those passengers in the back had enjoyed a good day out.

Note: The present Rainbow Beach

Road is in the same position as the track along the old telephone line from Searys Creek. We have posted the old 1958 Military Map Wide Bay with this article at rainbowbeachcommunitynews.com.au

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Managing your camera’s memory card

By Julie Hartwig Tin Can Bay Camera Club

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HE MEMORY CARD in your camera is the digital equivalent of film!

This medium required careful handling and so does your memory card. Here are some tips to get the most out of your memory card: • Never handle the card by touching the “chip” end of the card. Contact with fingers leaves deposits of skin oil and other substances on these sensitive contacts that may affect the card’s image recording capabilities.

• Avoid deleting “in camera”. When you consign an unwanted image to your camera’s Trash bin, the image data is not completely erased. Digital artefacts remain and over time, these accumulate and not only take up space on your card but affect the card’s “writing” performance.

• Avoid filling your card up before downloading. The fuller the card, the more “writing” performance is affected.

• Download your photos regularly.

Not only does this keep your card performing well, but it will eventually prevent getting the dreaded “Card Full” message, which leads to a hurried “in camera” deleting session (see second tip!).

• Format your card AFTER downloading.

This will completely erase everything from the card, including residual artefacts from in camera deletions.

The Format command is found in your camera’s Menu. Make sure your photos have downloaded correctly BEFORE

Reverend Ingrid (new Pastor at Church of the Good Shepherd, Rainbow Beach), Lil and Ray Kahl catch up at the coffee morning

formatting your memory card. It’s also worth creating a back-up copy of your photos on an external storage device just in case.

• When not in the camera, store the card in a suitable moisture and dust free container.

• Keep a spare memory card in your camera case/bag. Cards are relatively inexpensive which makes having a spare a viable and worthwhile option, and will be a life saver if your card fails or fills up.

If you follow these tips, your camera’s memory card should enjoy a long, happy and failure-free life.

The Tin Can Bay Camera Club’s next meeting: Wednesday June 21 at TCB Library, commencing at 7pm.

For more information about club activities and to view members’ images, visit www.tincanbaycameraclub.wix.com/ tcb-camera-club.

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Rainbow Beach Over 60s

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ROUND 14 MEMBERS met at the Rainbow Beach Surf Club for coffee, as usual on Tuesday of the month.

The only upcoming activity is the Annual General Meeting to be held at the Rainbow Beach Surf Club, 10am on Tuesday Aug 15.

At the Surf Club: Margaret Cudahy and Sabine Deimel

Dragon Boat Regattas

Cooloola Dragon Boat paddlers ready themselves for the exciting and skilled Diamond Dash

After receiving 4th pace in the Wide Bay Series, the team were delighted to take out the Diamond Dash, the final race of the day

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HE 4X4 PINK RUN is set to pink-up the beaches of Teewah and Rainbow Beach again this October 28, for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

This year’s run hopes to match last year’s figures, raising nearly $50,000 from the giant raffle held on the beach.

The group organising the massive event, Dirty Down Under 4x4, says the response from local business

in Rainbow Beach and Tin Can Bay this year has been above and beyond, with lots of donations from accommodation vouchers to helicopter rides, 4WD hires and lots of item in between. The community should be very proud.

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T OURISM U PDATE

Rainbow Beach Commerce and Tourism Happenings

by Tony Stewart, Secretary RBCT

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INCE OUR last meeting I have written to Council on the following matters: • Lack of rubbish bins in the central business area • Complaints about weekend hours at the rubbish tip • Extended hours of lighting in the front parks around BBQ areas • Removal of old toilet block in Laurie Hanson Park and • Council were also congratulated on improvements to the playground in Laurie Hanson Park.

There were two other matters which I have spoken to Tony Perrett about. Firstly the speed of entering town, as it had been mentioned at our last meeting that we needed a calming device or a lower speed limit.

I mentioned the danger to children crossing the main road also, and this problem has been conveyed to the Minister of Main Roads on 3rd July but no reply has been received yet.

In the matter of more overtaking lanes on our road I have been advised there is no funding from the State Government in the next four-year planning and design works on our road.

I have since written back asking for some pull-off areas with signage for slow vehicles to let traffic pass.

Maybe circulation of a petition in September for the above or wait for a change of government is the only hope!

The following meeting will be an AGM, please contact Tony with agenda items for general business: 0408 767 930.

Rainbow features on Great Day Out

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REAT DAY OUT (old Great South East) filmed in the region last month, so look out for it.

Sofie Formica and the crew stayed at Rainbow Sea, did a horse ride, and kayaked with dolphins where they had whales swim under the kayak.

Andrew Saunders from Destination Gympie Region said they loved their time in Rainbow and reported that they thought the whole experience was amazing.

It is due to be aired early this month on the Seven Network.

Entry free for locals to see the dolphins

by Norma Sanderson (volunteer)

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ITH SCHOOL HOLIDAYS over, the crowds have been reducing each day, however we still have a lot of overseas visitors coming to our area to see the dolphins.

We have been lucky with visits from our friend Dean from Seaworld who has been doing research on our Australian humpback dolphins for some time. He is updating information to us from time-to-time, so watch this space.

COOLOOLA’S

Research on these dolphins in the past has been haphazard, so a lot of wrong information has been passed on. We will get it right.

A reminder that local residents do not have to pay for entry to the Dolphin Centre, just for feeding, so come on down and visit with your friends and relatives. We love showcasing our rare and endangered dolphins to you. Rather special.

See you there!

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What are the stats on tourism?

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HE ANNUAL number of visitors to the Gympie region is appro 1.146m, of which 703,000 are day-trippers; 370,000 domestic overnight, and 47,000 international.

The number of visitor nights spent in the region is approx 1.3m and estimated spending associated with the visitor economy is $271m.

The annual economic impact of visitor expenditure to the Gympie region amounts to: Est direct visitor spending of $270.7m; $573.6m in total output; 3474 jobs supported; $296.8m in value added - representing a contribution to gross regional product of 13.9%.

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Air New Zealand touches down for 2017 season B OOKINGS KEEP coming in from the “Visit Rainbow Beach” New Zealand promotion by Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News. Here’s a great review: Wonderful Holiday Thank you Annie and Michael for making our stay in Rainbow Beach complete. We have spent a week at Rainbow Getaway Holiday Apartments and had a fabulous time. The one bedroom apartment was ideal, just what we needed. Any concerns we had were dealt with immediately….

Thank you again. Will stay next time we are on Rainbow Beach.

Liz R Lake Roxburgh, New Zealand

Since last month, direct Auckland – Sunshine Coast, Air New Zealand flights are bringing the first of thousands of visitors for the season from across the Tasman.

In its sixth year of operation, services will be available to and from the Sunshine Coast up to four times per week, from today through until October 29, 2017.

Visit Sunshine Coast CEO Simon Latchford said, “We are the only Queensland RTO with a representative in Auckland and that presence is allowing us to focus strongly on driving visitation from our number one international market.

“Our recent Sunshine by Lunchtime campaign with Air New Zealand and

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AST MONTH, Destination Gympie Region spent three days in Sydney meeting with the premier inbound tourism organisations in Australia. We had one-on-one meetings with owners, product and general managers of the largest ITO’s in Australia, and did training for over 50 staff across the companies.

We also met with the General Manager Industry Relations, Global PR Manager and social media and digital team at Tourism Australia.

The trip was very worthwhile and we spent up to two hours at some companies talking to them about the region and Rainbow Beach.

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IN CAN BAY’S premiere event is full of family fun - crazy clowns, tricky jugglers, casual camel rides, and a whole section filled with amusement rides and helicopter ride over the Tin Can Bay inlet.

Don’t miss the ever popular prawn eating and mullet throwing competitions or the Waiters Race! Enjoy stalls, pin-up pageant, loads of free activities and lots of seafood!

Tourism Events Queensland was timed specifically to be in market in the chilly month of May and increase sales in the lead up to the flight services commencing today.

“The short direct flight is the perfect avenue for a holiday break to warm up our Kiwi friends and encourage them to enjoy the diversity of experiences, events, food and wine available on the Sunshine Coast.”

A total of 66,000 New Zealanders visited the Sunshine Coast in the year ending March 2017, a 5.5% increase on the previous year.

New Zealand is the number one international visitor market for the Sunshine Coast.

A busy month at Wolf Rock

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OMMUNITY GROUPS and newbies to town - keep the date clear on November 4 for a RBCT welcome dinner with a difference!

To find out more contact Michelle at the Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News on 5486 3561.

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HE WATER TEMP has dropped to a chilly 20 degrees, but our divers have still been lucky enough to see regular manta rays and large numbers of grey nurse sharks. The real treat this month has been the humpback whales frolicking around Wolf Rock. With four underwater sightings in one week, we’ve had some pretty happy divers.

We had a special day with three whales circling the boat for the hourly lunch and surface interval and a four-manta mating chain on the dive site.

Pretty special!

A mating chain is when normally a large female manta is leading and a number of males follow her mimicking her swimming patterns and keeping up with her speed. The last male with her will normally be the successful mate.

Yesterday we also had 20 manta rays surface feeding (so probably a lot of plankton in one area making them group together in a feeding frenzy) just off Wolf Rock.

The water visibility is a crisp 15-20m and large schools of trevally are blanketing the rock.

Contact Wolf Rock Dive for more information: 07 5486 8004.

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Cooloola Coast Youth August 18 is Activity Project Vietnam Veterans Day AUGUST ACTIVITIES

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HROW AND CATCH - August 12 at the Cooloola Cove Veterans and Community Hall from 2 - 4pm. An afternoon of various games to test your coordination and skill!

CRAZY SCIENCE STUFF - August 26 at the Cooloola Cove Veterans and Community

Hall from 9 - 11am. Bring out the inner scientist with experiments that may get messy!

With the next Sound of Teen Spirit concert coming up in September, youth are encouraged to take advantage of the Humming Strumming and Drumming free music workshops.

They are run by local musician/songwriter Rob Metcalf every Monday from 5 - 6pm at the Cooloola Cove Veterans and Community Hall. Open to youth of all ages and musical ability, so come and explore musicality and instrument techniques.

Congratulations to Sandy Hope (grey ticket no. 37) for winning the Prawn Raffle.

A big thank you goes to the Snack Shack for organising the raffle and donating the prize.

If you have any fundraising ideas then please let us know.

We are also desperately seeking donations for our market stall to raise funds to continue providing free activities for youth on the Cooloola Coast.

Contact Jess Milne on 0411 218 254 if you have any items to contribute.

Daisy O’Neill wins the Moving On Up challenge

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HE RAINBOW BEACH RSL Sub Branch will conduct a memorial ceremony on Vietnam Veteran’s Day August 18.

President Joe Casey said, “The ceremony will commence at 1100 hours at the Cenotaph. All persons are welcome to attend to reflect on the actions of those who gave their lives for this country and those who made it home.

“During the Vietnam Conflict, there were many ugly times and scenes in Australia but those who served this country were not ugly.

“They were just ordinary people, trained to be something else and sent to that country by those in power, as it is in all wars.”

Across the bay, the service starts at 10.45am at the Tin Can Bay memorial. Attendees are welcome to return to the Sub Branch after the service for refreshments.

Standown Park will also be holding their annual commemorations for Vietnam Veterans Day as follows on August 18: • 3pm Veterans March and Service • 4pm Happy Hour • 5pm Entertainment followed by meal Address: 91 Radtke Road, Gympie For further details please call Standown Park on 07 5486 5144.

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Rainbow Beach Police Beat

By Senior Constable Mick Emery

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MAGINE, FOR A moment, that you are the proud mum of a young child who is just learning to read…Your nights of reading to your child in bed are reinforced during a drive through town as your little angel sits in the back – sounding out the names of shops like “baker” and “butcher” or even attempting the names of street signs.

Anything that can be read is attempted by your child and lovingly corrected by you as you proudly pull up at the new park – beaming as junior starts an innocent,

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child-like conversation with another child.

You’re about to start a mature conversation of your own with another parent when – in a louder than normal voice – your child sings out “mummy, what’s a *#!* ?”

The smile freezes on your face as you quickly look around at all the other parents – yep, they all heard it too. And, if they didn’t hear it the first time, junior makes sure of it the second time in an even louder voice: “mum – what’s a *#!*?”

You look at junior and see immediately where the question has come from: a backpacker van has stopped near the park, and your child – now along with every other child – is looking intently at the mural painted on the side, and trying to make sense of the words…(which includes numerous references and imagery of a sexual nature).

Backpacker vans like this one are a common sight in Rainbow Beach - I’m sure most of you reading this would have your own recollection of a slogan that was ‘a bit off’ (at best) or some that are outright degrading or offensive to at least one sector of the community.

It’s easy to see how children, in particular, could be confronted with concepts beyond their level of development.

Most parents are happy to discuss ‘age appropriate’ matters of a sexual nature with their children as they develop – but this kind of advertising has no regard for the wishes of the parent (let alone any regard for the child).

Happenings Beach Library at 10am-12noon (phone 54863705 to book) or at the Tin Can Bay Library on – 2pm-4pm (phone 54864355 to book). Bookings are essential and don’t forget to bring along your iPad or tablet.

Keep up to date with our Techno Thursdays classes August Techno Thursday sessions are all about tablets and iPads and are on at all Gympie Regional Libraries. Come along August 17 to the session at the Rainbow

Art Workshops at Rainbow Beach Library Join us every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 10am for art workshops by Jenny!

Jenny will cover various types of art – from sketching with charcoals to painting with watercolours and pastels - morning tea provided.

Rainbow Beach Ph: 5486 3705

Tin Can Bay Ph: 5486 4355

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

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

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Aside from exposing children to inappropriate concepts, some of the other slogans are offensive and degrading towards women; some are racist; and some encourage violence.

If you see a slogan that you find offensive – now there’s something you can do! (Apart from having awkward conversations with your kids at the park).

New legislation provides for the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) to ‘de-register’ a vehicle if it carries offensive advertising. TMR relies on members of the public to initiate the process, by first submitting an online complaint to the Advertising Standards Bureau. This can be done at https://adstandards.com.au/ lodge-complaint With your help, backpacker vans advertising sexually explicit or violent messages will no longer be a common sight in Rainbow Beach – and there’ll be no more awkward conversations with junior at the park!

Visit us at: www.gympie.qld.gov.au/library

Mr. Wigg

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GOOD READ Sunshine Coast author Inga Simpson has a concise, but easy to read, style of writing. Her first book, Mr Wigg, tells the story of an independently-minded farmer whose wife has recently died; of his advancing age, and failing health.

Mr. Wigg’s great loves are his two grandchildren, his orchard and his poultry,

and cricket. He encourages the children to learn the hands-on approach to cook their own treats ; go and collect the eggs, and use these and other ingredients to make their own cakes and other treats in his kitchen. Go and pick some strawberries to top off the cake, eat it – and lick the bowl. No need for smartphones here!

Family succession is an underlying issue with his two adult children. A son who worries about Mr. Wigg living alone, and a daughter who just wants her share of the estate, add to modern day realism within rural families.

Also of interest is Mr Wigg’s blacksmithing skills. He explains how the old ‘smithys’ turned bits of iron into works of art.

I so enjoyed Inga’s style of writing ….If you are interested in local nature – as I am – I feel sure you will also.

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Support for Carers

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OME TO THE Carers QLD Australia Support Group at Tin Can Bay RSL, Tuesday August 1, September 5 and October 3.

Please pass this information on to your family and friends as it is really worthwhile to attend.

Carers provide unpaid care and support to family members and friends who have a disability, mental illness, chronic condition, terminal illness, an alcohol or other drug issue or who are frail aged. If you are a Carer or just want to find out some information please come along.

Enjoy a coffee and chat with like minded people. Refreshments provided meetings commence at 10.00am.

All of us are heading towards this space in our lives, where we will either be getting looked after or be looking after someone we love or care for dearly.

Knowledge is power, that will assist us in making an informed decision, as to how we or our husband, wife, partner will want to be cared for at a time when we are incapable of making an informed decision.

To speak to one of the Welfare Officers just phone the sub branch.

Address: Tin Can Bay RSL Sub Branch Inc, 45 Gympie Road, Tin Can Bay QLD 4580.

Phone: 07 5486 4224 or 07 5486 2110.

Lookup RSL Carers on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TCB.RSL

Cooloola City Farm

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 8am-3pm, 07 5486 2304, ccfni09@gmail.com, www.cooloolacityfarm.org

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YMPIE REGIONAL LIBRARIES want you to be part of modern technology. Join one of our Tech Savvy sessions during Seniors Week and master your device.

Have a one-on-one session for help with your smartphone or tablet. Each session lasts 30 minutes and bookings are essential.

The Tech Savvy Seniors Queensland

program has been funded by Telstra and the Queensland Government through State Library of Queensland and Department of Communities.

Rainbow Beach Library: Wednesday August 23 – from 2pm to 4pm – phone 5486 3705; Tin Can Bay Library: Thursday August 24 – from 12.30 to 4pm – phone 5486 4355.

TIP OF THE MONTH by Tarni Palmer

How to be a decent human being “If you’ve got a runny nose, be a decent human and go and get a tissue and blow it, rather than sitting there SNIFFLING LIKE A SNOTTY KID. YUCK.” Read more of Tarni’s insights on Facebook: www.facebook.com/decenthumantips/

A Varied Triller in Coastal Tea-tree

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ATCHING BIRDS taking nectar from your flowers, plucking seed from a native grass or having a dip in the bird bath is a joy. If you have native plants in your garden, you will attract birds. To maximise the number and variety of birds, though, some guidelines are helpful.

Planting shrubs of different heights and density allows different species to find safe habitat.

Noisy, boisterous birds like lorikeets can remain up high, wattle birds happily exist in the middle layer and tiny fairywrens - should you be lucky enough to have them visit - will be secure in lower, dense shrubs.

Many native plants provide shelter, food in the form of nectar, seeds and insects, and nesting materials, such a twigs and spiders’ webs.

Choose plants that fruit and flower through the year, so there is no lean time.

Small birds are less safe out in the open, so creating corridors will increase the likelihood of attracting small birds to your yard.

Birds need to drink and love to bathe, so consider providing baths around the garden. Vary the size and depth and the birds can choose their favourite.

For the sake of the birds’ health, keep the baths clean and the water fresh.

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IN BRIEF New members welcome for Men’s Shed As seen last issue, work has commenced on the Tin Can Bay Community and Men’s Shed.

Thanks to Gympie Regional Council for preparing the site, it looks good.

We have been informed that the slab (concrete slab!) will be in place when you read this article.

Our President, Brian Lindfield, is recovering well and back at the helm.

The next TCBC Men’s Shed meeting will be on Saturday August 5, 10am at 40 Endeavour Drive, Cooloola Cove.

New members are welcome as the Shed comes into reality, there is a lot of establishment work to do for what will be a great shed.

Site location pictured right.

Development site still for sale The development site as you enter town was up for auction last month.

The mixed-use development opportunity is 0.67ha (1.65 acres) with major structural works already complete.

Agent Peter Ward, from Ward Commercial, said that the property was passed at auction, he is negotiating with several parties at the moment and hoping for a sale soon.

Ambulance station opens soon The Rainbow Beach Ambulance station’s operational date is now expected to be in

Bush to the Beach kids are coming

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HE DROUGHT IS still going on out west, and worse than ever in many areas. The only time it will break is with summer rains, so the wait is on...

We have the Bush to the Beach kids arriving at Cathy House, Tin Can Bay on September 9.

August due to council roadworks that are being undertaken in the area.

Local Ambulance Committee AGM The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of this Cooloola Coast Local Ambulance Committee will be held at the Rainbow Beach Library on Thursday 24 August 2017 at 3.30pm.

The purpose of the AGM is to present the committee’s annual reports, financial statements and budget proposals.

Local Ambulance Committees act as a voice for their community, providing valuable feedback on ambulance service delivery. The meeting is open to the public.

The Biennial General Meeting (BGM) will be held immediately after the close of the AGM. The purpose of the BGM is to elect new members to the Local Ambulance Committee. All eligible persons are encouraged to attend.

If you are interested in being a member of the LAC you must be: 18-years or over,

a permanent resident of the area serviced by the Cooloola Coast Ambulance Stations, or permanent resident of Queensland who works in the area serviced by the Cooloola Coast Ambulance Stations.

For further information contact the Secretary on 5486 3161.

Resource Centre news We have started our new hours, opening two days a week for emergency relief which is available with a Centrelink income statement. We can also assist with referrals for financial advice, counselling, tax, etc.

We have a new volunteer starting with us on Tuesdays; we are looking forward to new ideas which will be a good thing.

We still have a few knitted sets for toddlers up to the age of 12 months and a few cot blankets. Personal hygiene items are still available for the ladies.

PLEASE NOTE the new phone number: 0400 741 951.

The centre is located at the rear of Tin Can Bay Library, open 9am-noon, Monday and Tuesday only.

Boomerang Bags Inaugural Meetings Come along and toss around some ideas for this great community project! Let’s get this party started Monday August 7 at 10am and Saturday August 12 at 2.30pm.

Both get-togethers are being held at the Rainbow Sands - 42 Rainbow Beach Rd Rainbow Beach, we need cutters, ironers, sewers, coffee makers, printers, talkers and ideas people….anyone and everyone welcome.

Come along and see what it’s all about.

Bring your neighbour, husband, wife, kids!

For more details contact Anne-Marie 0407 126 934 or Barb 0423 841 062 or visit the facebook page www.facebook.com/ groups/103387770290149/?ref=br_rs

The group will be made up of Ilfracombe and Muttaburra schools.

The children will be aged between 6-12 years. A couple of teachers as well as two or three parents will accompany the group as well.

The group will be here for nearly a week and we hope to have an evening at the Hall with them, children from Rainbow Beach, and sponsors of the event. Maybe a BBQ and a few drinks as well!

I have been in touch with Australia Zoo, Underwater World and others so that these children have a great time here.

Our work continues in taking supplies to needy farming families, as this drought is in its fifth year, and many properties do not qualify for Household Support.

With such a load on our June trip out west, we had the caravan as well.

Most of our donations lately have been coming from Victoria, with one family donating $1500. Maybe their economy is far better than Queensland’s?

I must thank the IGAs at Rainbow and Tin Can Bay for having a donation trolley. Also Revlon for a wonderful donation, the Watts family for food supplies, and other donations delivered to School of Distant Education and Ilfracombe.

Our next run of food supplies to Longreach will be around mid-August, so if anyone can drop a can of soup, baked beans or anything to the IGAs it would be most appreciated.

Tony Stewart Phone: 5486 8666 Email: rainbowfishing@ southernphone.com.au Rainbow Beach Droughtrunners BSB 124 047 A/C 225 99 186

Power interruptions expected during major upgrade of Cooloola electricity grid

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NERGEX CREWS WILL be working hard around Rainbow Beach in the coming weeks undertaking major upgrades on the local electricity network.

The upgrades will ensure a more reliable power supply to the region and with crews replacing equipment nearing the end of its useful life including 50 power poles and other major electrical hardware.

Energex crews will be working on the 11,000 volt sections of the network and

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for safety reasons will have to interrupt supply from time to time for up to eight hours.

To reduce inconvenience, outages are planned for late nights until early mornings between 1 and 22 August.

Energex appreciates the community’s patience and understanding while this essential work is underway.

More information about preparing for power outages can be found at energex. com.au/home/power-outages

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Marg Grant and her school mate Mervyn Sale at Winton

Saturn Antennas in Longreach

by Peter and Margaret Grant

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H MY GOODNESS! I was going to tell you about our visit to the historic Trial Bay Gaol in New South Wales….until we had an overnight stop at Longreach (the home of Qantas) on our way to Darwin.

OMG! Our Starlight Cruise on the Thomson River was an amazing experience.

The Kinnon family diversified their grazing interests after the 2000-2004 drought.

Tourism was gaining momentum and bringing some much needed cash-flow to many outback towns - Longreach not excluded.

Richard Kinnon and his family have established a number of ‘experiences’ for the tourist - the Station Store, Stagecoach Ride, the Starlight Cruise Experience, the Nogo Station Visit and many others.

Our Starlight Cruise Experience was just that - a fantastic experience. The cruise, the bush poet, our ‘real outback’ host, the typical drovers dinner, and the light-andsound show of Captain Starlight’s droving exploit to Adelaide were truly unforgettable.

We agree with and understand why this Outback Experience was given the 2016 Gold Queensland Tourism Award for Cultural Tourism.

And then we hit Winton. Wow! This was my ‘History Trail’. I lived here for two years and had been back about 20 years ago.

You always have to believe in coincidences.

We ordered a coffee and cake at the bakery and sat down at a table near another couple. In making polite conversation about whether they were travellers or locals, I was absolutely amazed that he was in my class at school. OMG! What a coincidence. And his wife was in the same class as my brother.

What a day of history.

Unfortunately, we couldn’t stay for the vivid festival of movies that was being held on the following weekend. We were going to be in Darwin at a caravan show. But we have promised ourselves we will be back for that festival.

TV RECEPTION In Longreach, we saw lots of antennas up at the park, but those we spoke to on the cruise couldn’t get reception or got very little.

Ahah! That’s where the Saturn Antenna is great because the Longreach transmitter sends the signal in a vertical pattern. For that you need a vertical antenna.

The Saturn Antenna has both horizontal and vertical aerials in it for just such a situation. And being Australian made it make sense to investigate further - website www.saturnantennas.com.au Happy trails till next month!

Saturn in Longreach and the QANTAS Founders Museum

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OOLOOLA COVE Residents & Friends have sent a questionnaire out to the residents of Cooloola Cove, seeking an insight into the thoughts of our local community.

I wish to thank all those who have already returned the questionnaires, as you went to a lot of effort in completing the questions and providing additional comment, thank you.

Your responses are valuable in seeking support and providing direction for our Group. Compiling the results has already started and there are some interesting trends emerging.

If you have not returned your questionnaire yet, that’s okay, as the return box will stay till mid August.

CCR&F will be holding a Garage Sale on August 26 as part of our fundraising efforts. Details of the sale will be provided on local noticeboards and roadside signs a couple of days ahead of sale date.

Our next meeting will be on Monday August 21, 10am, at the Community and Veterans Hall, Cooloola Cove. Please come along, new members are welcome to support the future of Cooloola Cove.

Call President, Graham Langdown: 0433 062 906.

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AINBOW BEACH State School is hosting a Car Boot Sale at the Rainbow Beach Community Hall car park 9am-1pm on Sunday August 13.

There is much to entertain visitors, with a jumping castle, buskers, face-painting and yummy food stalls. Chappy Ronnie is hoping a group from the Kitchen Garden team will be there to sell plants and produce.

P&C member, Laurel Findlater said, “It’s fun for everyone. Good food - steak sandwiches, sausage sizzle, bacon and egg rolls, and more!”

Come and support the local school P&C to help fundraise for the the school, as it needs some TLC. The P&C hope to raise enough for a shade sail for the the kitchen garden

to protect our kids in the Queensland summer. Computer upgrades are also needed.

If you would like a space, please call Kirstie on 0439 701 227 for information or to book - it is only $10 sellers entry fee/per car.

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E HAVE SOME great projects in the pipeline.

Last month, Jo Page held a class on how to make a utility bag - all proudly showed off their completed bags the next week.

Pam Bauer taught One Block Wonders. Most made table runners, some went on to do a quilt - in a few weeks we should see some of the finished results.

The annual retreat in Coolum saw 24 Quilters have a fun time sewing, talking, laughing and eating. No housework, no cooking - just sewing and friendship for four days!

We are always looking for new members so come along, we are a friendly group - we have had a couple of ladies who were just passing through

join us for the morning.

Tin Can Bay Quilters meet 9am Tuesdays at the Community Complex, corner of Tin Can Bay Rd and Bayside Drive, next door to the Cooloola Bowls Club.

Contact Jacquie Cross: 5486 4468.

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HE NEXT Triple P Parenting Program, funded by the Queensland Government, will commence on Thursday August 17 from 1-2.30pm in the RBSS library.

The group will be facilitated by Chappy Ronnie (pictured at the school) and parents who attend will gain new insights into why children act as they do and how their behaviour can be changed.

The Triple P program will help you: • Raise happy, confident kids • Manage misbehaviour so everyone in the family enjoys life more • Set rules and routines that everyone respects and follows • Encourage behaviour you like • Take care of yourself as a parent • Feel confident you’re doing the right thing The funding for the program is set to finish in August, and future programs

may incur a fee to cover the cost of the workbook, so if you would like to reserve a place in this program, contact Chappy Ronnie on 0413 135 867 or email: ronniet@chappy.org.au For more information about Triple P, hop on the website at www.triplepparenting.net.au August 2017 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – 23

Creative Cuts Book a table for Country Music Trivia

Hot August night

Come along on August 26 and support Veterans Welfare Services. All welcome to join in the trivia fun, including those who are not members of the RSL. From past events it should be a whole load of fun, so come dressed as your favourite country music singer (prize for best dressed).

The bar will be open – join us at 6pm for 6.30pm start. $10 entry pp includes nibbles and lucky door prize with raffles on sale. MCs for the evening are Mike and Denise.

Held at the Tin Can Bay RSL Sub Branch Inc, 45 Gympie Road, Tin Can Bay. Find out more: 07 5486 4224; https:// www.facebook.com/TCB.RSL

At MUSIC PLUS we encourage young and old to join in the fun of music with many of us who have performed for many years. On these nights we are invited to sing as well as perform, if there is a desire to do so.

Many of you arrive in this area and may bring new talent that we would love to appreciate.

MUSIC PLUS will be back on Thursday September 28 at the Cooloola Cove Vets’ Hall at 7pm for more of our musical fun, and we are always looking forward to some new talent to join us. Call Pam Graham: 0427 180 649.

Harmonise at Coolabay Choir Orchestras, Teen Spirit and talent shows - the Cooloola Coast has had it all this year! The enjoyment of music is all around us and local people are taking advantage of all that is offered.

Coolabay Choir are singing regularly on Wednesdays at the Cooloola Coast Bowls Club from 3pm to 4pm and are committed to at least two local events in September and beyond.

Please come and swell the voices. It is always fun, with some serious work also, making it all worthwhile.

For further information please contact Pam: sykapalua@ spiderweb.com.au

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Music Plus melodies

Do you know Beautiful Noise, Forever in Blue Jeans, Shiloh, Song Sung Blue or are your favourites Sweet Caroline, Red Red Wine or Grunchy Granola Suite?

Billy Guy is performing the Neil Diamond Tribute Show from 6.30pm on Saturday August 5.

Expect two hours of an upbeat Neil Diamond Show plus ‘full on’ after-show dance music. Billy Guy gives an audience songs that everybody knows the words and can dance to.

See Billy in his dazzling costume, with authentic guitar playing - he promises no rambling, just the best of Neil Diamond, start to finish.

See you at the Tin Can Bay Country Club!

Bring your project to life!

Regional Arts Development Fund – Round 2 applications open from 1 – 31 August. Supporting arts and culture in regional Queensland communities - are there some projects you would like to see on our coast? Workshops, public art and more?

Apply at gympie.qld.gov.au/grants or phone the RADF Liaison Officer on 1300 307 800 for more information.

The Regional Arts development Fund is a partnership between Arts Queensland and Gympie Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

everything words, art, music Date set for Festival of Small Halls

Gympie Eisteddfod

Organiser Brooke Bignall has received confirmation that the Festival of Small Halls is coming to Rainbow Beach Community Hall on Sunday, December 10.

Modelled on a traditional Australian hall experience, the tour concentrates on visiting towns where communities are strong, but may not have access to high quality musical acts due to their remote locations, or lack of a suitable venue.

Artists are chosen not only for the high calibre of their music, but for their enthusiasm and willingness to become part of the community for the brief time that they pass through – a perfect fit for the country halls that populate our country.

Find out more call Brooke: 0412 132 699.

If you enjoyed hearing Rainbow Beach State School Choir on ANZAC Day (pictured), drive in on August 3 when music teacher Eryn Truin will lead both school choirs at the Gympie Eisteddfod.

Tin Can Bay School competes in Item 135 Choral Contest- Primary Schools - Open Entertaining Choral Piece, and Rainbow Beach in Item 136 Choral Contest - Primary Schools with 150 Pupils or Less with The Hour that I Like Best by Dan Walker and a song of their own choice.

Audiences are welcome with a small fee on entry. www.gympieeisteddfod.com.au

Jimmy Barnes to rock G150 concert

Simply Classical Organisers of “Simply Classical” have chosen a one-word theme for the upcoming August concert: “Mozart”.

There will be a piano sonata from his later works, and as a contrast some selected pieces from when he was very young. There is one stating the year when it was composed as 1766, when Mozart was ten years old.

There will be Violin sonata in E minor, arias and Lieder and a string quartet will perform two movements from his Quartet in A major.

The concert is held on Sunday August 27, 2.30pm, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Gympie. Admission adults $15, concession $12, children $6.

Afternoon tea as usual on conclusion.

Australian rock royalty is coming to Gympie to help celebrate 150 years of the region’s heritage at Albert Park on October 14.

His nickname “Barnesy” conjures up images of rock music at an ear-splitting volume – both as a solo artist and the lead singer of Cold Chisel. Over his 40+ year career, Jimmy has sold more records in Australia than any other domestic rock ‘n’ roll artist and his live shows are legendary for their intensity.

Jimmy will be supported by The Black Sorrows, The Voices (Jason Singh, Reece Mastin, Katie Underwood, and Paul Gray), and local artists Brooke Schubert and TotoSenda.

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Creative Cuts Glen Mooney on Sundays Every Sunday you can lunch to the sounds of Glen Mooney at the Marina Bar and Grill.

Recommended as a “Great way to spend a couple of hours. We very much enjoyed our meal at the Marina Bar and Grill. We were lucky that Glen Mooney was entertaining the guests with his music and he was very good at involving the clients.”

Glen settled in Tin Can Bay, but toured Australia for eight years with Johnny O’Keefe. Still the 60s’ rocker, he’ll keep everyone entertained from noon each Sunday.

Book your table on 5486 4400.

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Caravan of Curiosities

Caravan of Curiosities encapsulates a sense of journey, adventure or odyssey – the discovery and experience of places, people and ‘curious’ things.

“We are three tinkers, travelers and collectors sharing our journeys and stories”.

This is a sentimental, whimsical and intriguing touring exhibition by regional artists Nanette Balchin, Peta Lloyd and Emma Ward presenting a wide variety of 2D and 3D work, encompassing assemblage, artist books, encaustic, painting, drawing and printmaking and amulets.

The exhibition also includes two intriguing collaborative works and an interactive installation.

Official Opening: Saturday August 19, 1.30pm, on display until September 9.

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La Fille Mal Gardee

Queensland Ballet is coming to the Brolga Theatre, Maryborough on Wednesday August 30 at 7.30pm.

It’s harvest time in the French countryside in the 1950s. Pretty Lise and young farmer Colas are in love and determined to be together. But their bliss is interrupted as the sweethearts discover that Lise’s mother, the meddling Widow Simone, is conspiring against them.

La Fille Mal Gardée is a delightful, whimsical and uplifting ballet in two acts for the whole family, with a twenty minute interval.

This is a co-production with West Australian Ballet.

Book on: 4122 6060.

Enter RUSH art competition now

This annual competition is a highlight on the Gallery calendar and features nine sections with over $10,000 prize money.

This year the Open Award for a painting with any subject or any medium attracts a $5000 cash prize, sponsored by the Gympie Regional Council and the Friends of the Gympie Regional Gallery.

Local businesses, individuals and organisations sponsor the remaining sections.

Check out the many Public Programs on while the competition is on view, including an Oil Painting Workshop with renowned Melbourne-based artist Ross Paterson on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October, Sketch Crawl on Sunday 28 October and Judges Discussion on Thursday 12.

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SCHOOL NEWS

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ock Dive Report Mrs Theresa Dargusch or “Batty” from Fern Tree Gully, created a Reading Rainforest at RBSS Library - with a snake “Snow White” Lily very impressed with the cassowary

Welcome back to term three!

by Cheryl Maughan, Wolf Rock Dive

Some brilliant diving over February this year has kept customers raving about Wolf Rock and what a fantastic dive we have here.

Above: Macaw Ari, Sugar Glider Jack, Tarzan Mason and Turtle Sampson went wild with their Rainforest costumes

Right: Mrs Lisa Bull the Ranger had sugar glider (Mrs Jill Lane), two frogs (Mrs Sarah Brantz and Mrs Lynne Chamberlaine), fruit bat (Mrs Theresa Dargusch) and bird (Mrs Therese Young)

With improved visibility we have been enjoying the

by Tina McColl, Acting Principal, Rainbow BeachRock Stateunder Schoolwater surrounded by entire vista of Wolf about 50 grey nurse sharks, giant Qld groper, eagle rays, bulltorays, turtles, leopard sharks much • Members from and the soTin Can Bay ’M LOOKING FORWARD my new roleoctopus, community led students in within the school this term that I, all theseIndigenous more.andInfeel amongst animals are huge schools of NAIDOC Day activities to educate them and everyone else, were baitfi kept very busy with sh, trevally, kingfish, barracuda and mulloway. on the lives of the Indigenous peoples. several events: To see more photos andThis comments dives at with day atabout RBSStheculminated • Students had a look some new Batfish at Wolf Rock WolfatRock go to our Facebook page in at the www.facebook. storytelling parade area. entertaining, affordable books with com/wolfrockdive • The whole school is going to Kia Ora book fair and had a fun day dressing up able to make connections with the text from past students hospitalised with serious Visibility has been rangeSchool of 20in– the 30 last metres with water temperature 25 degrees. week to partake to the theme, “A Reading Rainforest – in the State other texts and with their own experiences. injuries. I know the thoughts of all of us in the Interschool Athletics Carnival. go wild for books!” at the school are with the family at this This is a main focus of the Sheena Cameron This is a great day to meet up with difficult time and we all hope for progress Reading Strategies that our school uses to other students and staff from the towards a complete recovery. teach reading across all year levels. Well surrounding small schools. done, Prep/1 students and all the people This news was a shock to us all and the • An officer from the Department that work within that room - teachers, aides school organised for Chappy Ronny and a of Agriculture and Fisheries visited and volunteers.

Guidance Officer to be on site to support to discuss their role in patrolling, any students and staff affected by the Unfortunately over the term two holiday sustainable fishing, rules and news. If any parents feel their children period the school was broken into a few regulation and educating students on require further support, please see me so I times.

I’d like to thank the local police and other aspects of their department. This can assist. school community for your support in coincided with the local Rainbow Beach resolving this matter.

On Thursday August 3, our wonderful Fishing Comp. Fishing is a big part of choir is heading into Gympie to compete in Rainbow Beach and many students Last month, there was a terrible accident the Eisteddfod. Good luck kids! within the school participate in the in our community that has left one of our annual competition.

Feeling exhausted yet?

I had the pleasure of joining the Prep/1 class for a short time last week. It was ones that were destroyed in the fire over OTH RAINBOW BEACH and Tin Can fantastic to see how well they are settling the holidays, it is the small, everyday Bay students brought a gold coin for a into school life and learning expected items such as posters, games, stationery Free Dress Day to - joining with the other routines and behaviours within the school and books that make a classroom feel schools of the Gympie Region to run environment. individual and inviting, that are much a Free Dress Day to raise funds for the During a story reading, it was great to harder to replace. classrooms of One Mile State School. hear the students speaking about the Support the students and teachers of As you know, while there are now two elements of books, such as blurbs, authors, One Mile. new modular buildings toNurse replaceSharks the Grey illustrators and title pages. Students were

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SCHOOL NEWS

NAIDOC activities a highlight of the month

Jacquie Sandy-Davis applies face paint to Alyssa Naulty ready for a corroboree

by Desley Kirby, Principal, Tin Can Bay P-10

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AIDOC ACTIVITIES are held every year to celebrate Indigenous culture.

Last Thursday, the Gubbi Gubbi Dancers attended the school, and along with the TCB Indigenous Support Group and our Indigenous Teacher Aide, Mr Dean Marshall, offered a range of activities for students to participate in.

Students from all year levels built canoes, played traditional games, participated in traditional dance, listened to traditional stories, threw boomerangs and made jewellery.

Students had an awesome time, and participated enthusiastically and respectfully.

Athletics Day - Our first combined athletics held in the second last week of term was a huge success.

Student participation was outstanding, and many records were smashed.

Thanks to Ms Yas Sauer and Mr Tony Arthur for

organising this wonderful event.

The P-3 Mini Olympics, held in the last week of term, was another great opportunity for our younger students to engage in some fun competition. Thank you to all of our parents who were able to attend and participate in this great activity with us.

P&C - A reminder that our P&C meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 6pm.

While we have a dedicated band of hardworking parents and community

Above: Maurice Kissier and Phys Kennedy show Max Vosmaer and Matai Bentley more traditional games Left: Malakai Kissier and Cameron Sims try to touch a show in a traditional game

members, additional support is always welcome.

There is a P&C Suggestion Box in the office if you would like something discussed at the meeting but are not able to attend.

The P&C are currently conducting a review of canteen pricing. While we have deliberately kept prices low over the last two years to re-establish the canteen, some increases may be necessary to ensure the

long-term viability of this service.

Don’t forget that our Tuckshop has a tasty and healthy menu available on Tuesday and Thursday of each week.

Premier’s Reading Challenge - Prep to Year 9 are invited and encouraged to Read, Read, Read during the Reading Challenge – open until August 25.

Register at: www.education.qld.gov.au/ schools/readingchallenge

VISIT BY COSTA GEORGIADIS TO LOCAL SCHOOLS

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E WERE VERY sad to hear of the passing of Costa’s father in Sydney during the school holidays.

Costa was planning to visit our school to speak to staff, students and parents last month about the importance of eating good food and the benefits of growing veggies, but had to cancel so that he could attend his father’s funeral.

It is hoped that he will be able to visit our school later in the year.

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Cooloola Coast Visitor’s Guide 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.

Rainbow Shores Clarkson Drive has a concrete path for most of the way taking you through wallum and paperbarks.

If riding, you can turn left to the industrial area (Karoonda Road) and the return to town via Carlo Road.

Half-day 4WD Tours (5486 3131) or hire your own to Cooloola National Park, Coloured Sands, Double Island Point, Lighthouse, Rainforest and Lake Freshwater.

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, with the best colours around 9 to 10 kilometres along the beach (accessible with a 4wd or Surf and Sand Safari tour) 5486 3131.

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 www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/ parks/great - 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. www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/ greatwalkscooloola/ 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 10,000 steps walk – from the headland behind the Surf Tower and Playground to Carlo Road. Paths are perfect for bicycles, scooters and skateboards.

4x4 Hire Rainbow Beach 4x4 Hire 5486 8300 Rainbow Beach Adventure Centre 4WD Hire 5486 3288

Double Island Point (DIP) has the longest break in Australia (when the swell lines up.

(4WD only) 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. 0408 738 192 Stand up paddle tour The 2 hour tour on offer is a basic introduction to SUP to anybody who would like to see what its all about.With all of our equipment catered for the beginner, also the flat water of Pelican Bay/ Carlo Point this is a fantastic tour for scenery and also the whole family to enjoy, it’s just so easy to participate.

0408 738 192 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.

walk 4WD back to nature swim, surf and on the water fish extreme adventure national parks family fun accommodation annual events plus 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.

Helicopter Rides Rainbow Beach Helicopters offer 4 scenic flights, charters, packages and transfers to/ from Maroochydore Airport, Fraser Island Resorts, Gympie, and Harvey Bay, call 0448 883 442.

Hang Gliding & Paragliding Carlo Sand Blow is one of the top spots for hand 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.

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.

Great Sandy Strait Cruises and Sunset Cruises 0428 838 836 Dolphin Ferry 35 minutes by ferry to view the dolphins at TIn Can Bay 7am daily 0428 838 836

By Canoe Explore the mangrove fringed waters of Carlo Creek, Carlo Island and Tin Can Bay Inlet Carlo Point Boat Hire 0405 818 277

Dolphin Viewing/Feeding at Tin Can Bay just a thirty minute drive to Tin Can Bay through Cooloola Cove and you can see the Dolphins at Barnacles Dolphin Centre, Norman Point at around 7 – 7.30am each day, feeding time is 8.00am. Charges apply. Come and have a look around this pretty little town while you are there. 5486 4899 Turtle Tours Paddle in double seated ocean kayaks along the edge of the mangroves at Pelican Bay on this two hour tour, you quietly encounter all types of sea life from turtles to rays to the odd dolphin. 0408 738 192 Sea Kayaking Dolphin View Sea Kayaking: A unique experience - see dolphins, whales (seasonal), manta rays, turtles and more 0408 738 192 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.

Probably one of Rainbow’s greatest attractions would have to be the abundant opportunity for fishing. Fishing, in all its styles, is available right on our doorstep.

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 and Kayak Hire Carlo Point Boat Hire 0405 818 277 Charter Boats Excellent reef fishing is only a few miles offshore and charter trips can be arranged through Rainbow Beach Fishing Charters on 0439 775 070 or Keely Rose Reef Fishing Charters on 0407 146 151.

The reefs off Rainbow yield Red Emperor, Sweet lip, Snapper, Pearl Perch, Parrot and Coral Trout.

Our safe beach is patrolled between September - March. ALWAYS SWIM BETWEEN THE FLAGS. Surfing The most popular area is near the Surf Tower. Note Surfing In Bathing Area Is Prohibited.

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extreme adventure Kitesurfing Lessons Learn to kitesurf with very experienced instructors from Rainbow Beach Surf Centre. 0408 738 192

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 wildfl ower heath make the Cooloola Recreation Area a spectacular part of the Great Sandy National Park. www.nprsr. qld.gov. au/parks/cooloola/index 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. www.nprsr.qld.gov. au/parks/inskip-peninsula/index The Great Sandy Marine Park extends from Baffl e 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. www. nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/great -sandymarine/ index 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.

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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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January “Brushes by the Sea” Rainbow January Beach Artby & the Craft Festival “Brushes Sea” Rainbow February Cooloola Crocs Swimming Beach Art & Craft Festival Carnival February Cooloola Crocs Day Swimming April Anzac Parade Carnival April Anzac Parade May Bay Day to Bay Yacht Race May Bay to BayRainbow Yacht RaceBeach Family June/July June/July Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic July 4-12 Fishing Classic August Rainbow Beach Triathlon August Rainbow Beach Lion’s Club Annual Kite Rainbow Beach/Trail Runs Festival Rainbow Beach Triathlon September Tin Can Bay Seafood September Festival Rainbow Beach Festival October Rainbow Beach Invitations Tin Can Bay Seafood Festival Fours Bowls Tournament October Tin Can Bay Ambulance Flower Show Rainbow Beach Invitations Fours Bowls October Rainbow Beach Nippers Tournament Carnival Cooloola Coast Ambulance Flower Show November Rainbow Beach/Trail Runs Rainbow Beach Nippers Carnival December Tin Can Bay Foreshore December Family Nights Christmas Concert Beach Lions Club Twilight TinRainbow Can Bay Foreshore Family Nights Christmas and Afternoon Markets “The Tents”Concert Rainbow Beach Holiday “The Tents” Rainbow Beach Holiday Program Program See What’s On Onpage page more See our our What’s forfor more on on Things ThingstotoDo. Do.Suggestions, Suggestions,amendments amendmentsor to add business to the visitor guide or to your add your business to the visitor pleaseguide call 07 5486 or email please call3561 07 5486 3561 info@ rbcn.com.au . info@ rbcn.com.au or email

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ULY HAS BEEN a great month for Rainbow Beach Fishing along with some nice weather.

Close in reefs have really picked up with consistent bag outs on squire, snapper and pearl perch along with the typical other reef species.

Out wider really fired up with some great quality fish and good numbers consisting of red emperor; one at 12kgs, sweetlip up to 7 kilo and good numbers of 3-4kg sweetlip, snapper, pearl perch and parrot.

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Fishing & Boating

All aboard!

Catches from Keely Rose Fishing Charters

Image Julie Hartwig Photography

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T’S HERE! Our new Primary Rescue vessel has arrived in Tin Can Bay and is ready to get to work. Our various duty crews have given her the “once, twice and thrice over” and are pleased with her performance and accessories.

All that’s left is to name and commission her. Naming and commissioning services will be held on Saturday August 5, commencing at 12 noon followed by light refreshments.

Members of the public are welcome to join us, as well as have a chance to inspect the new vessel.

Patron Tony Perrett, MP for Gympie, will be overseeing the commissioning and Mayor Mick Curran will officially name our vessel, which has been sponsored by the Gympie Regional Council.

Members of the council and Llew O’Brien, Federal Member for Wide Bay, as well as State Government and Opposition members have been invited. Representatives of the AVCG State and Sunshine Coast Squadron, Noosa Cat (builder) and corporate sponsors will be able to interact with the people of our region who helped raise the finances for this vessel. Come along and find out what almost $600,000 can get.

It NOT here, but over there! Please contact QF17 during working hours (6am6pm) and request the new reference points for the Wide Bay Bay. A recent government survey of the WBB shows that the track has shifted some 250m over the past year.

Upcoming Boating Safety courses for the public: Bar Crossing: Saturday August 19. The public are encouraged to bring their own boat if possible to gain hands-on experience.

If unable to bring your own vessel you can still attend and join QF17 on one of their vessels for practice. Numbers are strictly limited, contact QF17 on 5486 4290 Recreational and Commercial Radio Operators Course: last third of August.

Contact Base for details on 5486 4290.

Please feel free to contact us regarding volunteering some of your time to help keep our boats afloat. We are in need of radio operators, persons with administration experience, people who can help with fundraising, and anyone interested in learning about boating and help out on one of our vessels as a crew member.

In the meantime, remember to LOG on and safe boating.

Above: The mighty red emperor on almost all fishos bucket list caught on the Keely Rose Left: Glassy calm ocean and big snapper, it doesn’t get much better than that

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An exciting end to the Fishing Classic

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UMBERS WERE UP in the Adults this year, as the 31st Rainbow Beach Fishing Classic moved back to school time, from a few years in the winter holidays.

Family participation was strong however, and relatives and friends pipped each other on the leader board through the competition. Dave Arthur wiped his partner’s Susie Faulkner’s name off the Jewfish Category, only to have her name return a few minutes later.

There was also a tussle between father and son Rob and Kale Fullarton with flatheads. Absolute devotee Mason Bignell was rewarded with the coveted Peter Brady Trophy.

At the very last, in the $10 000 draw down, Shauna McCauley and Elizabeth Alchin kept themselves distracted whilst number after number was drawn from the barrel. The best friends from Cooloola Cove were so excited to be in the last three - then the only ones standing for the final two prizes. The crowd were thrilled for the young mums, as Shauna brought home the major prize of the week.

A big thank you to all sponsors, participants, volunteers and to the Sports Club for hosting the event.

Right: Shauna McCauley is congratulated by best friend and runner up Elizabeth Alchin as Leroy Jones calls out the $10 000 winner!

Ruth Modin presented deserving Mason Bignell the Peter Brady Memorial Trophy

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REEF FISH

Red Emperor

BEACH FISH

Open Adult Tailor 2.900 Cedric Byrne Bream 1.090 Larry Brigginshaw

Open Adult 15.160 Steven Grills 7.335 Aaron Hall

Cadet 7.515 Jack Francis

Parrot

9.425 Peter Hollis

Pearl Perch

Whiting 2.320 Lleyton Browne Dart 1.410 Jacquie Otto 4.545 Flathead Harry Emms

4.635 Neville Stutz 5.610 Adrian Birtic 20.195 -­‐ John Fischer

Snapper

Sweet Lip

Big Fish Spanish Mackeral

5.290 Jackson Cash

Jew Fish

.530 Jason Russel .840 Gay Enkelmann 2.900 Robert Fullarton 11.585 Susie Faulkner

Cadet 1.185 Ethan Grundy .825 Molly Wandery-­‐ Jones .425 Lachlan Russel .470 Ethan Grundy 1.865 Rieley Schultz

Junior .735 Rhys Fischer .895 Charlie Wandery-­‐ Jones .330 Zachery Russell .470 Rhiley Griffiths 1.410 Masen Baeb

Above: Peter Hollis had a winner Blue Parrot on the last night - it weighed in at 9.425kg!

Right: It was 4 month old Harper Ashford’s first Fishing Classic with mum Tegan Horne Buddy Modin presents Milton Modin trophies to ‘Flathead King’ Rob Fullarton, ‘Jewfish Queen’ Suzie Faulkner, Steven Grills for Red Emperor and John Fischer for his Big Fish

Rainbow’s Sebastian and Logan Sanderson enjoyed their week of fishing

Jim Cole was presented with his prize by Mayor Mick Curran

Lionel Lund took care of the leader board for the week

NAGEMENT UNDER NEW MA

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SPORT

Tin Can Bay golfers Wide Bay win the team challenge Winter Short Course meet L returns AST MONTH, Tin Can Bay hosted the Annual Districts Golf Challenge. Spectators were treated to quality golf from men, women, girls and boys, displaying the skills their very low handicaps indicated. Our team, Sunshine Coast and South Burnett, won convincingly over Wide Bay. The House of Golf, Hervey Bay, sponsored the Men’s Tin Can Bay Open last month with a large field of 130. The Overall Gross winner was TCB’s Richard Buczynsky with 70 and the Overall Nett winner was TCB’s Chris Elliott with 67.

Congratulations also to our July Medal winners: Ladies Monthly Medal: Division 1 - Lyn Wong 76 nett, Division 2 – Ngaire Wallis 74 nett Men’s Monthly Medal: Division 1 – Chris Eyre 68 nett, Division 2 - Allan Pye 65 nett , Division 3 - Alan Malon 64 nett Vet’s Monthly Medal: Division 1 – Mark Hehir 70 nett, Division 2 – Julian Sullivan 69 nett, Division 3 – Alan Malon 66 nett Laurel Edwards and Julie Mulhall are our Foursomes champions for 2017 in the Gross Division and Janet Reibel and Pam Ottaway took out the Nett Division. Well done, ladies!

The Tin Can Bay course is open seven days a week. Contact the Starter’s Box on 0484 005 266 to organise a game.

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HE RAINBOW Beach Aquatic Centre will be holding the Wide Bay Winter Short Course swimming meet August 5 and 6.

The competition starts lunchtime Saturday and concludes Sunday lunchtime.

Be prepared Rainbow for a busy season filled with exciting events.

Almost time to don the whites

Congratulations Laurel Edwards for representing our district and halving your match at the Team Challenge!

Soccer Stars

Lions player Flynn McDermott wrestled the ball off Diggers.

Spor ting

STARS

Send in a photo of your sporting star (any sport) to: info@rbcn.com.au

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T’S SOON TIME to start training for the cricket. The Rainbow Beach Cricket Club will be playing another season, after almost winning the last Gympie region competition.

Captain Merv O’Neill expects the draw to be out shortly, with the first game next month.

Call Merv on 0418 666 140 to sign up or for more information!

SPORT

CROCS PRESENT AWARDS

Congratulations to all the amazing Cooloola Crocs swimmers!

Here’s the Most Improved Boys and Girls awards….

Dragon paddlers Andrea Casey, Suzan Malligan, Elaine Dimock and Linda Palmer welcomed the Yachties ashore

Have fun with the Dragons

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OOLOOLA DRAGONS had a beautiful Sunday morning paddle last month, and met up with the Tin Can Bay Yachties under the powerlines, near the mouth to Searys Creek for a picnic brunch.

Cooloola Dragons are about having fun

and enjoying the fabulous waterways of Tin Can Bay. If you would like to have a go at paddling please phone Sandra on 0402 352 756. Training times are Thursday 3.30pm and Sunday 7.30am.

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A Little Humour YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THESE BEFORE, BUT THEY ARE STILL FUNNY Bloke at a horse race whispers to Paddy next to him, “Do you want the winner of the next race?”

Paddy replies, “No tanks, oi’ve only got a small yard.”

Paddy and Mick found three hand grenades and decided to take them to the police station.

Mick: “What if one explodes before we get there?”

Paddy: “We’ll lie and say we only found two!”

A coach load of paddies on a mystery tour decided to run a sweepstake to guess where they were going … The driver won $52!

Paddy finds a sandwich with two wires sticking out of it.

He phones the police and says, “Bejasus I’ve just found a sandwich dat looks like a bomb.”

The operator asks, “Is it tickin?

Paddy says “No, Oi tink it’s beef” IRISHMAN’S FIRST DRINK WITH HIS SON While reading an article last night about fathers and sons, memories came flooding back to the time I took my son out for his first pint.

Off we went to our local pub only two blocks from the cottage.

I got him a Guinness. He didn’t like it, so I drank it.

Then I got him a Kilkenny’s. He didn’t like that either, so I drank it.

Finally, I thought he might like some Harp Lager. He didn’t. I drank it.

I thought maybe he’d like whiskey better than beer so we tried a Jameson’s. Nope!

In desperation, I had him try that rare Redbreast, Ireland ‘s finest. He wouldn’t even smell it. What could I do but drink it!

By the time I realized he just didn’t like to drink, I was so drunk I could hardly push his stroller back home.

BAR JOKE A drunk guy stumbles into a bar and says, “Those to my left you are all jerks. Those to my right, you are all idiots!“ A tall, muscular guy slowly stands up, puts on his cowboy hat and quietly says to the guy, “Well, I don’t think I’m an idiot at all.”

“Alright,” agrees the guy, “you can go on the left.”

LAWYER KNOWS BEST An angry man walks into an attorney’s office and describes his trouble.

“There’s my neighbour, last year he was renovating his house and I loaned him $1000 and the son of a dog won’t give it back!”

“OK Mr. Brenny, do you have some written proof of the loan?” asks the lawyer.

“No, I don’t, never thought he’s such a cheat.”

“OK, what you’re going to do is write him a letter demanding the immediate return of your $2000.”

“But I only lent him $1000?”

“And that is exactly why he will answer you and give us all the proof we need.”

GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU A girl asks a boy: “Peter, how much do you love me?”

The boy looks her in the eyes, “Look up at the stars, that’s how much I love you.”

The girl is confused, “But it’s morning, there are no stars?”

Boy nods, “Exactly!”

ROYAL WIND The Queen takes the visiting pope for a ride in a carriage through London. Suddenly one of the horses passes wind very loudly.

“I am terribly sorry,” apologizes the embarrassed Queen. The pope replies, “Oh don’t worry, if you hadn’t said anything, I’d just think it was the horse!”

PADDY ON CHRISTMAS Paddy says to Mick, “Christmas is on a Friday this year” Mick says “Let’s hope it’s not the 13th.”

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VEGGIE VIEWPOINT Broccoli: Hey, I look like a tree.

Mushroom: Wow, I look just like an umbrella.

Walnut: I look exactly like a brain.

Banana: Man, can we change the topic please?

MONEY MATTERS A man hired a lawyer when he got sued by his company for embezzlement of many millions. At the beginning of the process, the lawyer kindly reassured him: “Don’t worry, you’ll never go to jail with that amount of money.“ And the lawyer was right. When the man did go to jail eventually, he didn’t have a penny anymore.

CASH BACK Late one night a robber wearing a mask stopped a well-dressed man and stuck a gun in his ribs. “Give me your money,” he demanded.

Scandalized, the man replied, “You can’t do this – I’m a US Congressman!”

“Oh! In that case,” smiled the robber, “Give me MY money!”

WORDS OF WISDOM Consciousness: That between naps.

annoying

time

Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

Being “over the hill” is much better than being under it!

Wrinkled was not one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up.

Procrastinate now!

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

WOMAN’S SIZE STUDY There is a new study about women and how they feel about their arses, the results were very interesting.

– 10% of women think their arse is too skinny – 30 % of women think their arse is too fat – 60% say they don’t care, they love him, he is a good man and they wouldn’t trade him for the world.

THAT’S PUNNY I just went to the grocery store and swapped my 50 raisins for 100 sultanas.

Can’t believe how good the currant exchange rate is.

I heard IKEA is sponsoring Rainbow Beach State School…now assembly is going to take ages!

I just bought a thesaurus and when I got it home, all the pages were blank. I have no words to describe how angry I am.

Glass coffins could be a good business idea. Remains to be seen…

Archaeologists excavating a pyramid in Egypt have found a mummy covered in hazelnuts and chocolate. They believe it to be Pharaoh Rocher.

Someone threw a bottle of omega -3 pills at me! Lucky my injuries were only super fish oil.

The future, the present and the past walked into a bar. Things got a little tense.

I just found out I’m colourblind. The diagnosis came completely out of the purple.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance

Did you hear about the man who jumped off a bridge in France? He was in Sein.

Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!

A termite walks into a bar and says, “Where is the bar tender?”

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Channon and Lawrence Dental Gympie Cooloola Cove Smiles Tin Can Bay Coloured Sands Clinic Cooloola Cove

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ESSENTIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY - AMBULANCE / POLICE / FIRE . . . . 000 SES Flood/Storm Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 500 SES - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3314 SES - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4604 City Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 2304 Coastguard Tin Cay Bay - VMR 417 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4290 Community Centre Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3355 Cooloola Coast Medical Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 2488 Doctor - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3078 Doctor - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4600 ENERGEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 62 62 EPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300 130 372 FIRE & RESCUE - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3169 Tin Can Bay Fire Warden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 828 414 Rural Fires Goomboorian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0417 793 286 Rural Fires Neerdie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0400 865 132 QPWS Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 9900 QPWS Tewantin (7 days) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5449 7792 Gympie Regional Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300 307 800 HOSPITAL - Gympie (ind. Community & Mental Health Services) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5489 8444

0419 980 607 0407 146 151

Arcobaleno Coffee Rocks Food Sans Borders Marina Bar and Grill Rainbow Fruit Barn

0439 775 070

Seafood

5482 6500

5486 3607

5488 0222

Rainbow Beach

0400 657 797

Tin Can Bay

5488 0601

Cooloola Coast

0403 193 916

Rainbow Beach Cooloola Cove

Tin Can Bay

Rainbow Beach Rustproofing and Mechanical Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Service Centre and Towing Rainbow Beach

5486 3444 5486 2000 5488 0271 0487 681 524 5486 4600 0406 304 296 5313 3277 5486 3078 5486 2576 5488 0533

Plumber

Laurie Donnelly Plumber

Pubs and Clubs

Rainbow Beach Hotel Rainbow Beach Surf Club Tin Can Bay Country Club

IGA Supermarket

5486 3411 5486 3900

Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Tin Can Bay Rainbow Beach

5486 8000 5486 8877 0490 232 392 5486 4400 5486 3126

Rainbow Beach

5486 3152

Cooloola Cove

0408 645 369

Rainbow Beach

5486 8700

Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach Signs

Tin Can Bay

5486 2887

Cosgroves

Rainbow Beach

0418 729 474

4rent4sale Storage Sheds Cooloola Tin Can Bay Mini Storage

Tin Can Bay

5486 4577

Cooloola Cove

1300 727 025

Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach

5486 3227 5486 8888

Rainbow Beach/TC Bay Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach

0428 838 836 0408 738 192 0457 726 388 0412 174 337 5486 3131 5486 8004

Tourist Centre

Rainbow Beach Tourist Centre Shell Tourist Centre

Tours and attractions

Dolphin Ferry Cruises Epic Ocean Adventures Fraser Island 4x4 Tours Rainbow Beach Horserides Surf and Sand Safaris Wolf Rock Dive

Vet

Gympie Veterinary Services Tin Can Bay

5486 4666

5483 5364 0418 498 089

5486 3228 5486 8555

Pest Control

Rainbow Beach Pharmacy

Shopping Centre

Storage

Mechanical

Pharmacy

Sewing

Solicitor

Kennels and Catteries

Beach to Bay Pest Management Cleanwave

Restaurants and Café’s

Cooloola Coast Rainbow Beach

Signs

Coloured Sands Clinic Cooloola Cove Cooloola Coast Podiatry Cooloola Coast Cooloola Coast Clinic Tin Can Bay Cooloola Counselling Service Rainbow Beach Cooloola Medical Centre Rainbow Beach Medical Practice Tin Can Bay Chiropractor Tin Can Bay Tin Can Bay Physio Tin Can Bay

Kayaks

Cooloola Coast Realty Rainbow Beach Realty

Ennovy Designs

Health and Medical

Sea Breeze kayaks

Benny’s Carpet Cleaning Tin Can Bay Cleanwave Rainbow Beach Crystal Shine Cleaning Zaneta Fitzgerald

Lighthouse Glass and Aluminium

Real Estate

Ocean Breeze Seafoods

Gympie Cooloola Pet Resort Gympie

Carpet Cleaning

Celebrant

0417 728 510 0438 773 119

0428 645 369

Gas Supplies

Soda Graphics

Rainbow Beach Remodelling and Repairs Rainbow Beach Gavin Freeman Handyman Service Cooloola Coast Cabinets Whatever Cabinetmakers

Cooloola Cove Landscape & Garden Supplies

Rainbow Beach

Rainbow Beach Tin Can Bay

Cooloola Cove

Food Wholesalers Rainbow Cooloola Wholesalers

Builders/Handyman

Cabinet Makers

Flooring

0428 645 369

0438 868 116

0407 022 159 0407 762 986

Coastwide Fishing Charters Tin Can Bay Keely Rose Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Fishing Charters Rainbow Beach

Cooloola Cove

Rainbow Beach

Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast

Fishing Charters

Floorzone

Coastwide Appliance Service & Repairs Eledric Rainbow Beach Auto Electrics

Fabrication

4D Engineering

Air conditioning

Auto Electrics

Cookies Electrical Mark Little

Cooloola Coast Rainbow Beach

5486 8686 0421 600 148

Rainbow Beach

5486 3070

Cooloola Cove

0418 382 442

Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Tin Can Bay

5486 9090 5486 3249 5486 4231

Advertising/Graphic Design

GRAPHIC DESIGN PRINT WEB PHOTOGRAPHY Affordable & Professional Advertising Free Mobile Service for Meetings & Deliveries Diploma Qualified & over 7yrs Experience 0403 193 916 christie@sodagraphics.com.au Cooloola Cove

graphics

www.sodagraphics.com.au

Airconditioning

Library - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3705 Library - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4355 Local Disaster Management CCCLDMSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4483, 0439 862 264 Cooloola Cove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5488 0436, 0459 26 374 Wallu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 685 338 Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0427 863 007 Pharmacy - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3070 Police - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 8765 Police - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 2426 Police - non urgent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 444 POISONS Information Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 11 26 Resource and Referral Centre Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . 5488 0035 School - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 9333 School - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5488 1222 Warren Truss MP (Federal Member) . . . . . . . . . 1 300 301 968 Tony Perrett MLA (State Member) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5329 5100 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (Please phone to make appt ) CARKEET, Sally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0417 751 327 DEACON, Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 624 208 FISHER, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0407 95 4678 GETT, Kelvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3538 MISSEN, John Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 8153 August 2017 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – 39

TRADES & SERVICES DIRECTORY Appliance Repairs

CABINET MAKER Auto Electrics

CONCRETING Counselling

CONCRETE ETING

ONCR C Z P P

MO

Troy Rowley

Concreting Contractor ABN 64-930-176-411

• House Curtains and Slabs Blinds

Cabinet Making

• Garage Slabs • Driveways • Paths

Also specialising in; • Stamp • Concrete Stencil • Exposed Seeded Concrete Phone: 5486 3914 Mobile: 0413 060 797

ELECTRICIAN

Auto Electrics

CARPET CLEANERS 40 FISHING TRADES AND SBoating ERVICES Fishing andPage

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AIR CONDITIONING

CABINET MAKER

CleaningCARPET CLEANERS

AND

Electrical

CONCRETE MO

ETING

Troy Rowley

Concreting Contractor ABN 64-930-176-411

• House Slabs • Garage Slabs • Driveways • Paths Samantha Plater Also specialising in; 0487 281 030 OWNER OPERATOR • Stamp Specialising in Bond Cleaning • Concrete Stencil Tin Can Bay, Cooloola Cove, Rainbow Beach & Gympie Exposed Seeded Concrete EMAIL: •Samanthaplater20@gmail.com ABN: 65 455 330 952 40 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – August 2017

Phone: 5486 3914 Mobile: 0413 060 797

GAS

CAR CLEANING CELEBRANT

CONCRETING

NCR PPZ CO

BOATING

Flooring

40 FISHING TRADES AND SBoating ERVICES Fishing andPage

Fabrication CARPET CLEANERS

AND

BOATING TRADES & SERVICES DIRECTORY

Handyman

GAS

Signs

Massage

CELEBRANT

CONCRETING

TIN CAN BAY & RAINBOW BEACH

CONCRETE ETING

NCR PPZ CO

MO Gas

Troy Rowley

Concreting Contractor ABN 64-930-176-411

• House Slabs • Garage Slabs • Driveways • Paths

Pet Boarding

Trade Qualified. Traditional to the latest Technology

Removalist PEST CONTROL

Storage

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UILDING GlassRENOVATIONS

CHANICAL

Servicing the Cooloola Coast since 2000

Crn. Dolphin Ave & Emperor St. Tin Can Bay

Phone: 5486 3914 Mobile: 0413 060 797

ELECTRICIAN

5486 2887

Posters / Banners / Business Cards Vinyl Lettering / Window Graphics Boats / Vehicles / Stickers and much more.

All your signage needs. Even a Photo Kiosk Colour Copying & Laminating.

Also specialising in; • Stamp • Concrete Stencil • Exposed Seeded Concrete

ctory

Plumber

CAR CLEANING

Screens & Blinds

Tyre & Mechanical Service

HOME CLEANING

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WHAT’S ON AUGUST

16 Ekka Show Holiday in Brisbane

1

17 Free Triple P Parenting Program, 1-2.30pm RBSS library, Ronnie: 0413 135 867

Carers QLD Australia Support Group 10am Tin Can Bay RSL, Ph: 5486 4224

1-31 RADF Grant opens, ph: 1300 307 800 3

Gympie Eisteddfod

4

TCBSP-10 Volleyball Senior Schools Cup – Gold Coast

4-6 Kybong Rock and Minerals Festival 5

5

TCBC Men’s Shed meeting 10am 40 Endeavour Drive, CC new members welcome TCB Coast Guard New Primary Rescue Vessel will be named and commissioned, all welcome noon at the Coastguard

5-6 Wide Bay Winter Short Course meet, RB Aquatic Centre

17 August Techno Thursday sessions at Libraries 18 Vietnam Veteran’s Day: 10.45am at the Tin Can Bay memorial, 11am Rainbow Beach Cenotaph, from 3pm Standown Park march, service and entertainment 19 TCB Coastguard Bar Crossing safety course, BYO boat if possible to gain hands-on experience. If unable to bring your own vessel you can still attend and join QF17 on one of their vessels for practice. Numbers are limited, contact QF17: 5486 4290

8

TCBSP-10 Yr 10 PARTY – Gympie Hospital Excursion

19 Barefoot Bowls from 4.30pm plus entertainment Maria McBride “DJ” from 6.30pm at the TCB Country Club

8

Playing with Pastels art workshop, 9am- 3.30pm, Tuncunba Hall, Tin Can Bay, Betty Sutton: 0417 672 771

21 CCR&F meeting,10am, CC Community and Veterans Hall Graham: 0433 062 906

9,10 TCBSP-10 Vision Screening for Prep students

21 TCB Camera Club meet 7pm TCB Library

10 TCB Craft Club birthday celebration 25 years! Meet at the TCB Community Complex

23 Tech Savvy Seniors RB Library: 2pm to 4pm, ph: 5486 3705

10,24 Art Workshops at RB Library 12 CCYAP Throw and Catch, 2pm-4pm CC Veterans and Community Hall 13 RB State School P&C Car Boot Sale, RB Community Hall car park 9am-1pm: jumping castle, buskers, face-painting and food stalls, $10 sellers fee per car, free entry, Kirstie: 0439 701 227 15 Rainbow Beach Over 60s AGM, Surf Club, 10am 15 TCBSP-10 P&C meeting / community event

26 Little Athletics Come and Try Day and sign on, TCB school oval 9-10.30am, Jess: 0411 218 254 26 CCR&F Garage Sale, Graham: 0433 062 906 26 Country Music Trivia Night 6pm Tin Can Bay RSL, ph: 5486 4224 27 Simply Classical, 2.30pm, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Gympie, admission adults $15, concession $12, children $6. Afternoon Tea on conclusion

SEPTEMBER

4.30 Karate & Jiu-Jitsu, RBSS: 0417 079 579 Thursday 7am RBSS Brekky and Fitness Club 8-10am Coastcare Wetland Weeding, for location www.cooloolacoastcare.org.au/ or text: 0417 554 905 9 -11am Playgroup, RB State School 9am - noon TCB Craft Club, Penny: 5486 2512 9.30am CCLAC bingo sessions TCB Country Club

2-3 RB Double Triathlon

9.30am - 10.30am First 5 Forever - fun for under fives at Tin Can Bay Library

3

Father’s Day

3.30pm Cooloola Dragon Boat Club training

9

Bush to Beach group arrive

Friday

15 School holidays are here!

23 TCB Seafood Festival

8am - 10am Volunteer “revive our creeks”, www.cooloolacoastcare.org.au 9am Sailability

Weekly (many are term time only)

Saturday

Monday

Markets on almost every Saturday!

See visitors’ guide

10-11am First 5 Forever - fun for under fives at Rainbow Beach Library

8.30-10.30 Little Athletics

4.30 Karate & Jiu-Jitsu, RBSS: 0417 079 579

Discover Sailing, Tin Can Bay Yacht Club

Tuesday

Sunday

24 Tech Savvy Seniors TCB Library: 12.30 to 4pm, ph: 5486 4355

9am Arts and Craft group, Church of the Good Shepherd Hall (second/last of month)

7am St Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church service, Manooka Drive

24 Cooloola Coast Local Ambulance Committee AGM, 3.30pm Rainbow Beach Library, ph: 54863161

9am – noon Tin Can Bay Quilters, community complex. Ph: Maree 5486 5706

7.30am Cooloola Dragon Boat Club training

24-27 Gympie Muster 25 Cooloola Coast Art Group meet 2pm under Tuncunba Hall, 20 Tin Can Bay Road (opposite the servo) Norma: 5488 0840 26 CCYAP Crazy Science Stuff, 9am to 11am CC Veterans and Community Hall

9.30am Little Guppies playgroup, Tin Can Bay Wednesday 7.30am TCB P-10 Garden Club 9am Mahjong/games mornings, Church of the Good Shepherd Hall 10am Mainly Music, TCB Community Complex, 10am

9.30am Church of the Good Shepherd Contemporary Family, followed by morning tea. All denominations welcome!

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