March 2014 Vol 16 Issue 3
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“Glamour days on the water!” Merry Christmas from the
Cooloola Coast!
Women celebrate in Cooloola
Annually on March 8, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements. Through rallies, conferences, markets, theatre and fashion, local activities connect women across the globe. Three events are scheduled on the Cooloola Coast - a Lioness Lunch celebrating Women in the Defence Forces, a Surf Girl lunch and community expo. Originally set up to challenge oppression and inequality of women, last century saw more women in the boardroom, greater equality in rights, more role models in every aspect of life, one could think that ‘all the battles have been won for women’. The unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women’s education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men. Only recently, women in Australian armed forces have been granted rights around breastfeeding policies. It wasn’t until 1980 that all Queensland Surf Lifesaving Clubs welcomed female active members. Rainbow Beach clubbie, Glenys Kidd said, “RBSLSC began in 1965/66 when roles of men and women were different to today. The club house was for the boys. Girls were not allowed in the building.” Women met outside the clubhouse and actively fundraised. Glenys remembers, as a girlfriend, “I wasn’t allowed in the club - I used to sleep outside in the ute - whilst continued on pg 4 my husband slept inside.”
See our Fishing and boating sect. pg 35-37
In this issue
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In this issue...
erts • Christmas conc • Wolf Visitor guide - where to eat,• what to do...s for 2015 (L) Jim Cole went out with Double Island Point Fishing Charters and brought in Above: Bull rays at Rock, story page 10. Graduate’s plan a trophy red, what skipper Greg Pearce says is a sensational fish courtesy and highly Image Wolf Rock Dive the holidays • Local people, local businesses, on for stories slocal t’ ha W • addictive! All our charter captains agree February has been a great month for fishing.
• “The Badging”, page 20
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