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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.”
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HAT A FANTASTIC start to the year – welcome to all the tourists! We hope farmers receive their rain, and that no mushfakers* are needed on the coast! We locals rely on your visits each year, and we have heard excellent reports from business owners that the holidays are in full swing. And no wonder! You’ll see in the pages ahead that there are plenty of things to keep you and your friends, or family, busy. We detail our major events like New Year’s Eve, Australia Day and our annual art festival. If that’s not enough read about, there are more activities in the “What’s On” page. In our special January edition, we look to the year ahead and give you some inspiration to keep your hands and minds busy, and retain or improve your health for 2015. Remember to slip, slop, slap this summer! We celebrate successes of graduates, some sporting heroes and a local lad who has won a trip of a lifetime. Heatley and I send our thanks to all the locals who tell us they love the paper, or stop us down the street and congratulate us on the latest edition or even just to say they loved those jokes about the blond
men. We really do welcome your ideas and comments, as it is our aim to provide you with the best newspaper around. As we move into a new year, I want to thank the fantastic team who help Heatley and I every month – word magicians Anna and Victoria, website manager Wayne, jack-of-all-trades Leisa and graphic designers, Katie and Sally. Also to our designer, Darren, who lays it all out so beautifully. If you love words and can take photos – call us. We are looking to expand the team with a pool of writers across the coast. But the paper wouldn’t be the Community News without our fantastic advertisers and contributors – thanks to them every month you and I can learn about local people, happenings, flora and fauna and even Dumb Mates 1 and 2. Thank you for penning those words month in month out without much prodding (except you Matt and Justin, who need extra prodding for the IGA sport report!).
All the best for the year ahead, Michelle and Heatley Gilmore *The New Year brings a new word puzzle you’ll find inside.
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Right: Wyatt and Levi dressed for Australia Day (snapped at the Tin Can Bay P-10 School concert) Below: You will find lots of goodies at our local markets
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HETHER YOU ARE from overseas, or you were born and bred here, the Australia Day long weekend on the coast offers lots of activities – across the spectrum art exhibitions to cane toad races (yuk!). It’s a great time to celebrate what you love about Australia and for visitors to learn about our diverse culture.
Kangas, crocs and fun at the pub How many nationalities eat their emblem? Australia Day at the Rainbow Beach Hotel was huge last year...and in 2015 we will have DJ Tim Heffernan playing the Triple J top 100. Expect games in true Aussie style like crab racing, cane toad races and more, plus giveaways throughout the day. We will have a special Australia Day menu designed by our executive head chef for the day, so get your tastebuds ready to sample kangaroo, crocodile and some bush tucker.
Art, BBQs and more at the Sports Club Like all good Aussies, the Rainbow Beach Sports Club loves celebrating the Australia Day long weekend with activities for the whole family.
Markets, art festival, wine and cheese tasting, live entertainment and a BBQ on the deck! Saturday markets start the weekend off from 8am with a variety of stalls including food, arts and crafts, local produce and entertainment for the kids. The Rainbow Beach Brushes by the Sea festival of art is held over the same weekend, showcasing our local artistic talents. Sunday is the main day of the art festival with official proceedings from 2pm followed by the presentation of the winning entrants. Live entertainment and wine and cheese tasting kicks off from 4pm, and there is a Goose Club Raffle at 5pm.
To market, to market! Not only is the market on Saturday at the Rainbow Beach Sports Club, there will be two craft markets – next door to Rainbow Woks and at the hall on Sunday. You’ll find jewellery, homemade jams and chutneys, art, fashions and loads more!
Sample a great Aussie pie Award winning pies are to be found at Ed’s Beach Bakery – the only difficulty will be whether to choose the traditional mince pie or to go for another in their huge range. Lamingtons are in stock too, but get in early.
Picnic Aussie style Cook plain old snags (that’s “sausages” to you, backpackers) or some lamb chops on the BBQ. Or sample some beautiful fresh seafood from Lee’s in Tin Can Bay and throw a blanket on the Esplanade. While away the day watching the kids burn some energy at one of the foreshore playgrounds.
Time for Aussie adventure
Sharon, Michelle and Debbie say sample an award winning pie from Ed’s Beach Bakery
Hit the beach! See the sunrise from Carlo sand blow, walk up to the Double Island Point lighthouse – or take the Surf and Sand Safari escape, go fishing, kayak, learn to surf or stand up on a paddleboard. You can fill your long weekend with action-packed extreme options. Just make sure you “’ave a great weekend”! January 2015 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – 3
Keep the kids entertained Our beach and waterways create lots of fun activities for children of all ages and their families. After you’ve climbed the sand blow, seen a sunset at Carlo Point, fed the dolphins and walked to Poona Lake, here are some more things to give parents a break: Rainbow Beach holiday programme Scripture Union Qld will again be running their annual beach mission from 28 December to 2 January at Laurie Hanson Park from 10am – 12pm and 2pm – 4pm each day with craft, games and fun, tailored to suit primary aged children.
Mariana McPherson want lots of beach time this summer!
Evening activities open to the whole community will include a movie night on Sunday January 28, starting at 6.30pm, a trivia night on Tuesday January 30 starting at 6.30pm, a New Year’s Eve kids’ party and free BBQ on December 31, starting at 5.30pm and a church service followed by dinner on Friday January 2, also starting at 5.30pm. Each event is at the Rainbow Beach Community Centre. Teams of volunteers from Brisbane and surrounds have been running the holiday programme in our beautiful town since 1975, making next year the 40th year. Philip Thomson, the programme leader, says that his team is excited about being part of the Rainbow Beach community again this year. Many local children have been involved over the years, including Sarah Speirs who has attended the activities for the last seven years, since she was five years old. Sarah says, “The programme is great fun and the volunteers make you feel very welcome and take good care of you.” All activities are free of charge. Families come back to Rainbow Beach every year so that their children can attend and Sarah met one of her best friends at a previous beach mission. For further information, please contact Chappy Ronnie on 0413 135 867. Challenge a surf lifesaver! Saturday January 17, from 11.30am, head to the beach for the Summer Surf Girl family fun day. Surf Girl, Emily Simpson says, “There will be lots of outdoor activities like touch footy, ultimate frisbee, races, egg and spoon relays and baton relays. Plus we’ll have smaller games such as bocce, giant jenga and finska.”
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“You can challenge lifesavers in feats of strength – with prizes on offer. Enjoy a BBQ whilst the kids have their faces painted.” With only a gold coin donation to par ticipate, the funds help keep our beach safe. Cool down with a movie in the pool! This summer, come along to one of Gympie Regional Council’s free movies in the park events. Your local park, or pool, will be transformed into an outdoor cinema, thanks to the council. They will provide the movies which have been selected specifically to appeal to a wide audience, so grab a chair or rug, bring a picnic and enjoy an evening with your whole family. Friday January 16 – Rainbow Beach pool – How to Train Your Dragon 2, at 7.30pm Friday January 23 – Lake Alford (duck ponds) – Maleficent, at 7.30pm Check out more movie dates and times around the region and for the month of February at: http:// rainbowbeachcommunitynews.com.au/ Please note: If weather is uncertain, phone 1300 307 800 or visit www.facebook. com/gympieregionalcouncil for cancellation advice.
You can challenge a surf lifesaver in feats of strength on January 17
Game hour at the aquatic centre Have some fun with game hour at the Rainbow Beach Aquatic Centre. There are loads of activities from relays to ball games and much more! $3 pool entry only! Times: Mondays and Thursdays 5 – 6pm, Wednesdays 4 – 5pm, Saturdays and Sundays 10 – 11am. Ages: 5 to 15. For enquiries, phone their friendly staff: 0467 970 619. Holiday craft Mark your diary now to make sure you take the kids to the free school holiday activities at your local library on Wednesday, January 14. Join in the fun at 10.30am – 11.30am at TIn Can Bay and from 2.30pm – 3.30pm at Rainbow Beach. Children will be entertained with stories, craft activities and games.
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Blood Bank closes service to Cooloola Coast
Arco’s is popular as ever
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AM AMAZED how many locals I come across time I donate blood, every Tony each and Tanya Heading haveand brought single visit I see Pat and Harvey! back a little bit of Italy to Rainbow Beach. In This month I, and the other blood donors, the courtyard behind pub,be you’ll nd a were advised that thisthe would the fiblood well loved a great atmosphere, bank’s last eatery visit towith Rainbow Beach and Tin called Arcobaleno on the Beach. Can Bay. Responses of attendees was mixed. “All of the locals that come in, say they Volunteer Cheryl Zunic said, “Itothink it is have been waiting for Arco’s reopen. aThey shame is a community and the like– itit because it’s outeffort of the main community comes together to give blood. It strip,” Tony explains. will make it difficult for some, and you miss This BYO restaurant/cafe many out on little visitors who drop in to givehas blood.” reasons is so It’show laidback “I haveit also beenpopular. surprised many alfresco stylealso with the –cool murals backpackers offer it is aoriginal grand gesture and they are very generous of their time.” Kathy McFarlane also thought it was a pity. “If they have appointments filled with locals – surely that is better than
nothing at all?” Likebooths, myself and local workers, and is setother in Rainbow’s veryKathy own thought it would make it harder for her to piazza. give blood. Tony and Tanya aswith “I don’t go into Gympie muchdaughters now, so it Sam, Shona and son Kingsley opened the will be a hassle to donate.” Pat Barone plasma every fortnight in business mid gives January. Maryborough and times triphas for “Our chef Hospital Luca, trained in the Italy shopping at the markets. created a beautiful pasta and main menu She says, “It’s convenient that they come with regular specials. The go seafood platter here, sure most people can into Gympie, is particularly popular with prawns but they may need to plan a bit more. and We scallops sourced locally fromtheTinservice Can understand they are making Bay. central; Dan it is ison red here.” oven, more a bitour of awoodfi drive out whipping upRodney a variety of Tin traditional Sandra and Fox from Can Bay say it is only a 25-minute drive to Gympie – so not too hard for them. They plan to drive in for their three monthly donation. Sandra said, “We realise
a lot of people need more blood now than they everpizza’s did. They always calling for Italian andare much loved Aussie more blood because of road trauma and favourites. The seafood platter is really cancer patients.” popular, with prawns and scallops fromThe Tin Unfortunately, Sandra is correct. Can Bay.” Red Cross website says that Australian long weekends strain chemical on Australia’s “We try to put use a local, free blood supply. More than ham, not shop produce - like Scotty’s 27,000 donations bought.blood We also source tomatoes and are needed week herbs locallyevery and from our markets.” and there are less days Arcos teamduring make their own pizza to The collect it. Plus bases, with organic holiday time, an there may flour, as well as offering gluten free pizzas and bases. be an increase in demand. Regular donors are often on holiday at this time as well. To help boost blood supplies over public
holidays please call 13 14 95 or find out where yousingle can donate donateblood.com. They use origin,atchemical free coffee au. from near the D’Aguilar Highway.
Arco’s is proud of Sandra its family vibe Donors andfriendly Rodney Fox, – offering aHarvey great Barkwell kids menu, milk andlow Rolfsugar Ruescher shakes are andfortified accesswith to drinks toys and colouring and snacks by in. Kids are welcomed to watch the whole volunteer Cheryl Zunic pizza making process. Tony and Tanya plan to “see where it takes us” and wanted to thank everyone for all their support. Open from 9am until close, it is worth the visit.
Message from the Australian Red Cross Bernadette Dias from the Australian Red Cross has advised that the Blood Service has ceased visits to Rainbow Beach and Tin Can Bay from December 15 2014. We were visiting these sites every six months but, after a review of mobile services, we will be visiting fewer sites more often. The closest donation site to Rainbow Beach and Tin Can Bay is Gympie. Details of the Gympie site are: Nelson Reserve, cnr Jaycee Way and River Road, Gympie Next visit dates: Mon March 9 8.00 am – 4.00 pm Tues March 10 12.00 pm – 7.00 pm Wed March 11 10.30 am – 4.00 pm Thurs April 9 12.00 pm – 7.00 pm Fri April 17 8.00 am – 4.00 pm The mobile donor centre will now be visiting this site monthly, from the third Monday of each month.
The Blood Service regularly reviews the locations of our blood donor centres – both fixed and mobile – to ensure we can deliver a consistent supply of blood for Australia’s patients. There are many factors to consider when deciding where to locate donor centres, including: • Time and distance – All blood donated in Queensland is sent to our Brisbane Processing Centre for testing and processing, which needs to happen within strict temperature and time requirements. • Costs and staffing – The Blood Service is a government funded not-for-profit organisation so we must use our limited resources in the most effective ways possible. I want to take this opportunity to thank Cooloola Coast residents for their blood donations to date that have helped save many lives.
Sam and Luca say the woodfired pizza oven has been busy
Watching the creation of their dinner!
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Don’t miss Brushes by the Sea “So to all the artistic people out there, get your cameras clicking, machines threaded, paint brushes working and creative ideas going – we look forward to seeing your entries.” Categories include “Our local area”, acrylic, oils, watercolour, photography (landscape or real life), quilting, craft and drawing. There are two categories across any theme or medium for young artists (9 to 16 years and 9 and under). The People’s Choice always draws a lot of interest, as it gives everyone a chance to
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vote for their favourite piece of art. This year, Brushes by the Sea will help the Rainbow Beach State School Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation Programme to purchase supplies for the garden and cooking classes for the children. The P&C have a huge Goose Club raffle planned thanks to the generosity of local businesses. You can collect art festival entry forms from local libraries, selected outlets and Rainbow Beach Sports Club, or by contacting Peggy Phelan on 5486 3191.
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2015 Art events on the coast
Wolf Rock Dive Report by Shirley Wilson, Friends of the Gympie Gallery, Cooloola Coast
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HE LOCAL ARTISTS from around the Cooloola Coast area of Rainbow Beach, Tin Can Bay and Cooloola Cove have been busy with brushes, hands and cameras creating masterpieces for all of us to enjoy. Rainbow Beach’s Brushes by the Sea Annual Art Festival is at the Rainbow Beach Sports Club on the Australia Day long weekend, January 24 – 26, 2015. Make sure you are there for: Saturday Markets at 8am, and 10am Brushes by the Sea opens for viewing Sunday Presentation of awards at 2pm followed by 4pm cheese and wine tasting, and 5pm Goose Club raffles
Above: The coast offers a high standard of work at the annual art festival
Monday Viewing from 10am Artists: bring your entry forms into the sports club by January 9 – they are only $5 each or free for children! But you don’t have to deliver your work until Monday January 19 or Tuesday January 20, between the hours of 10am – 12pm, or 3pm – 5pm. Organiser Peggy Phelan says, “All of this would not be possible without our wonderful local businesses who dig deep and support this event.”
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Friends of the Gympie Gallery, Cooloola Coast have been busy planning the events for 2015 to inform artists and encourage participation. They are excited to be working with Peggy from Brushes by Rock the Sea, to combine efforts for by Phelan Cheryl Maughan, Wolf Dive coastal art events: Some brilliant diving over February this year has kept February 8 customers raving about Wolf Rock and what a fantastic Plein Air, 9am – noon, Creekhere. (held every six weeks on Sundays). Free diveCrab we have tutoring by our professional resident artist, Robin Hines, in an outdoor With improved visibility we haveas been enjoyingand thea atmosphere. Please bring chairs and food/drinks as well art materials entire vista of Wolf Rock under water surrounded by sense of humour about 50 grey nurse sharks, giant Qld groper, eagle rays, February 12 bullCan rays, leopard sharks andThursday so muchof General meeting, Tin Bayturtles, Libraryoctopus, at 2pm/3pm, every second more. In amongst all these animals are huge schools of every second month baitfi sh, trevally, kingfi sh, barracuda and mulloway. March To Marlin see more photos andBay. comments thesurvey dives at at Life Art workshop at 38 Way, Tin Can Look outabout for the Wolf Rock to ourmyself Facebook at www.facebook. Brushes by the Sea weekend, or go contact or Lizpage Sawrey com/wolfrockdive April 4 Easter Art Trail 9am –Visibility 4pm at designated venues has been inprivate the range of 20 – 30 metres with water tempera
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IN CAN BAY New Year’s Eve Foreshore Carnival starts on December 29. There will be family fun and entertainment, amusement rides and pony rides on Monday, December 29 and Tuesday, 30 December from 2.30pm until late at the beautiful Tin Can Bay Foreshore parklands. Then on New Year’s Eve, from noon until midnight, enjoy free stage entertainment including live band, “Stealing Lincoln”, laser light shows and support acts from 7.30pm. Celebrate New Year’s Eve at the Rainbow Beach Hotel with the “Whiskey Mountain Boys”. They’re playing upstairs from 8pm – midnight. Enjoy dinner from the menu on the deck beforehand.
Latitude 25 Bar & Grill is bringing in 2015 with live music on the deck with Joel Mac until midnight. Dinner from 5pm – 8pm, bookings are essential. A courtesy bus is available if booked in advance. If you plan to dance into the wee hours, Rainbow Beach Sports Club has booked a DJ, Ty Skinner, for 10pm – 2am on New Year’s Eve. Doors will close from 10pm. They are taking bookings for dinner. Under 18s New Year’s Eve Party at the Aquatic Centre, 4pm – 10pm.
Entry is $3 for 12 and under, and $4 for 13 years and up. That’s pool entry only! Must be able to swim, and children younger than 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Hot food, soft drinks and water available. Join in the fun with the team at the Aquatic Centre! No eskies please. New Year’s Eve Kids’ Party and free BBQ starting at 5.30pm. Be sure to check out the Scripture Union activities at the Rainbow Beach Community Hall – there is something for all ages.
TV reception Stormwater update works Saturn Antenna’s, Rebecca Grant reports that they had many locals advise of problems mostly in the Rainbow Shores, but also in other parts of town. Some residents noted improvements after consultation with an antenna specialist. They will continue to monitor performance of the town antenna, and lobby for improvements, so it is not too late to advise their office of issues. Peter, Margaret and the whole team from Saturn Antennas wish everyone all the best in 2015. They return to the office on January 12.
Stormwater works are planned to commence mid January on Double Island Drive and Rumbalara Avenue. The works will increase the stormwater capacity in the underground pipe network. There will be road closures during the approximately 6 weeks of work which Council will advertise. Individual residents of properties that Council needs access to have already been advised.
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Melanomas on the rise
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UMMER MEANS different things to different people,” says Dr David Smith. Australians and Queenslanders in particular, are exposed to very high levels of UV radiation. But many visitors to our shores feel compelled to return home with tanned skin as evidence of a holiday in an exotic location. Local baby boomers were brought up the same way, as Dr Smith points out. “My post-war parents pursued the outdoor lifestyle in a hedonistic way. And the consequences of a lifetime of sun exposure are skin cancers in its various expressions.” Most Australians are aware of the typical image of a large blue-black skin lesion, but “things are not always so black and white,” he says. “The melanoma I frequently see is a particular subtype related to chronic heavy sun exposure – it is called a lentiginous melanoma. In its early stages it looks like a flat tan patch on the upper back or shoulders.” “It generally doesn’t raise suspicion because the skin is covered in all sorts of tan patches and the initial growth is slow. Some may have been present for years and appear unchanged.” “These are the subtypes I would definitely like to see in the early stages.” Last week Dr Smith saw four melanomas, which is what prompted him to speak about the problem. “Luckily three were in the early stages and confined to the upper
level of the skin. One, however, was a level four. These tumours are capable of invading organs, such as the brain or lungs.” Damage to the DNA of skin cells can occur early in life. “A child’s skin is delicate and sensitive and is much more easily damaged. It is a parent’s responsibility to provide protection and education.” “In Australia we have had some effective programmes, such as the ‘Slip, Slop, Slap’ message. In Europe they don’t have the public education we have here and neither do they have GPs with training and experience in skin cancers and melanomas. Over there, it is the realm of a specialist dermatologist.” So what can you do? Regular selfexamination and assistance from a partner or friend to inspect inaccessible areas of skin is important. Any new, or changing, lesion should definitely be checked by a professional. Level one lesions can be cut out, but advanced tumours may require alternative treatment. “Modern technology and drugs are having an impact, but there is a long way to go,” warns Dr Smith. “The rate of melanoma is still rising.” Dr David Smith conducts skin cancer clinics every Wednesday at Rainbow Beach. Call 5486 3078 for an appointment.
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Slip on a shirt, slap on sunscreen…. Kiara Craig and Zia McPherson have fun in the sun
Meet a local – Kim Marshall
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ECOMING A FAMILY day care educator seemed like a natural progression in the career of Rainbow Beach identity, Kim Marshall. Kim moved to Rainbow Beach in 2011 with a child care centre background and saw an opportunity in 2012 to establish her own home-based business with Family Day Care, Gympie Region. Kim’s passion in working with children certainly shows through her nurturing, respectful interactions, and her care area provides a space for children to have fun and learn. Kim says that the small ratios of children to educator provide children with more one-on-one time and she loves the fact that she can provide continuity of care as each child grows. “One child has been in care with me since he was 11 months and he is now four,” says Kim who also reflects that during this time she has established some great relationships with families in our region. Being an educator has given Kim flexibility to work her own hours and earn an income. “It’s satisfying running your own successful business,” she states. “However the job is not without its challenges. Providing for different age groups can be a bit of a juggle.” Kim feels she has been well supported by the coordination unit of Family Day Care, Gympie Region who visit her on a regular basis. The coordination unit provided startup training and continue to offer ongoing professional development to support her in her role. They also help with enrolments and placement of children. As part of her practice, Kim likes to involve the children in local community events where possible.
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She attends the local school pre-prep programme on a regular basis that helps the children socialise in larger groups and different settings, and also prepares older children in their transition to school life. Kim feels lucky to have a job that she is passionate about and flexible enough to fit her lifestyle. She sees her business as a great way to support families in her local area. There are many more families on the Cooloola Coast keen to find a day care
Family day care educator, Kim, having fun with James and Henry
position for their children. Family Day Care, Gympie Region is currently recruiting educators to meet this growing need. Please contact Family Day Care on 5482 6099 to find out more.
AINBOW BEACH offers the ultimate in beach driving with our Coloured Sands, the beach at Inskip and lagoons and views at Double Island Point. Families who are planning to go beach driving in Queensland this summer are being urged to take extra care. National Parks Minister Steve Dickson said beach driving, where allowed, was one of the best ways to experience Queensland’s national parks “But it’s important to remember is that these beaches are holiday destinations – not motorways. “During the holiday season many people will be out and about on our beaches fishing, swimming, including families with young children playing games and running about. “Drivers must be on the alert at all times and keep an eye out for other beach users. “As well, all normal road rules apply when driving on beaches, so keep to the speed limits, wear seatbelts, don’t drink and drive, make sure your vehicles are registered and that only licensed drivers operate them.” Mr Dickson said inexperience could quickly lead to mishaps and first-time drivers on sand should seek expert advice before heading out. “Conditions on beaches can change very quickly and the most important thing is to stay alert at all times,” Mr Dickson said. “Drivers must ensure they have the experience to get themselves out of difficulty if they find themselves in these circumstances.” Mr Dickson said there were national park beaches where vehicles were not allowed and drivers must ensure that driving was permitted on the beaches they intend to visit. Information on national parks and driving safely on sand is available at www.nprsr.qld.gov.au.
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International Women’s Wolf Rock Dive report Day on the coast by Cheryl Maughan, Wolf Rock Dive Centre
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ABOVE (Photo to the Left) Female Bronze Squad: Jane Langton (slightly obscured), Janelle Lally, Sue Freeman, Sandy Murray, Wanda Treeby (slightly back), Tracey White.
RIGHT First RB Surf Girl, Tracey White (on left)
Leopard sharks are moving in for the duration and there are quite a few turtles around as well. By 1995, numbers of women grew in the club (quite a few familiar faces here!) Just recently we saw a couple of leatherback turtles mating on the surface. The leatherback turtle is rarely seen these days as they are rated as critically endangered, or similar. Also got a really NEW YEAR to everyone. We hope you all good look at a shovelbyAPPY Cheryl Maughan, Wolf Rock Dive celebrated in style and are now looking forward to nosed ray, more brilliant anSome exciting, and diving happy, over 2015.February this year has kept commonly called a customers raving about Wolf Rock andgreat whatdiving a fantastic As I write this report we had some for “guitar shark”. They dive we have here. December. The current has been running pretty hard, are normally quite which the animals just love as it brings foodthe shy but this one was With all improved visibility we have been them enjoying but it vista does of make for Rock a more demanding dive for ourby swimming around entire Wolf under water surrounded customers. about 50 grey nurse sharks, giant Qld groper, eagle rays, below us giving me never leopard know until we get bullUnfortunately rays, turtles, we octopus, sharks andtosoWolf much plenty of opportunity Rock what we are going to experience, it isschools all part of for photos! more. In amongst all these animals arebut huge of diving. Water temperature baitfi sh, trevally, kingfish, barracuda and mulloway. Throughout the month we were diving with bull is currently 24 To see more photos comments about the dives at rays, eagle rays and and gropers, schools of barracuda, degrees, but we Batfish at Wolf Rock Wolf Rock to our Facebook at www.facebook. batfish andgomulloway as well aspage the grey nurse shark, expect that to rise to 26 degrees by January. com/wolfrockdive of course. The visibility has been great, averaging about 10 – 15 We gothas to been experience another of water Visibility in the range of 20aggregation – 30 metres with temperature 25adegrees. metres, with quite few days where we had more like giant Queensland gropers which wasseason: pretty exciting. 1971-72 plenty of sideburns, but no active female members allowed 15 – 20 metres.
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Our representatives at the Australian Volleyball Schools Cup 2014
2 Aussie Golds for Tin Can Bay
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WENTY-FIVE Tin Can Bay representatives travelled to Melbourne on the December 7, 2014 to contest the Australian Volleyball Schools Cup. Coach, Dave Arthur, had primed them up with the motto, “work equals success.” And they took this on board. Two teams from Tin Can Bay under-14 girls and under-15 boys confronted teams from New Zealand and each of the Australian states. The girls went through pool matches undefeated and made the semi-finals against Burnside from the Sunshine Coast. It was a closely contested match, with Kyani Parton serving the deciding point and Drew Holt (who was the spirit recipient for the tournament) finishing the point with a strong block. The win put Tin Can Bay in the championship match against Victorian champion school, Monbulk. The valiant Tin Can Bay girls came from behind against a solid attack, but went on to win 3-0 in straight sets. As to the under-15 boys. They lost just one match before their decisive semi-final win against South Australian team, Unley. The gold medal match against Victorian school, Mazenod College, was a rematch of an earlier situation in which Tin Can Bay had won. The game started badly for Tin Can Bay as they went down 20-25. Coach, Dave Arthur, pepped the boys up. Captain Zeke Varley created a spectacular jump serving performance, providing an 11-point buffer for his team. This knock set up an easy win in the second set, 25-12 for
Tin Can Bay. The deciding set see-sawed between the teams but Tin Can Bay finally defeated the Victorians, and won 2-1. “Championship volleyball teams require skill, maturity and intelligence. Tin Can Bay showed all of these attributes,” said Dave. Congratulations to the following Tin Can Bay Taipan Athletes: U14 girls Drew Holt (captain), Decemie Gabales (vice captain), Paris Delroy (libero), Nikita Cronin, Kyani Parton, Kiara Gill, Brianna Truss, Hayley Carnellor and Jadelyn Carey. U15 boys Zeke Varley (captain), Jimmy Lloyd, Jake Williams, William Cronin, Kain Wallis, Taine Cutler, Daniel Wharton and Tyson Mills. Coaches and managers Dave Arthur, Suzie Faulkner, Alana Whish-Wilson, Karl Christensen, Jenna Baughurst and Jessica-Leigh Wharton.
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Have your say on Cooloola Cove Parks masterplan
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O SAY WE are excited, after waiting seven odd years for the draft masterplan to be presented, is an understatement.” So says Jackie Moore, Acting President of Cooloola Cove Residents and Friends Inc (CCRFI). The announcement of the public consultation for the Gympie Regional Council draft masterplan of two parks in Cooloola Cove was “a day of great note”, and occurred a few days shy of the 11th anniversary of the official opening of the playground equipment in Centenary of Federation Park. “This was a great achievement by our group. We obtained a grant from the Community Benefits Fund of $28,733.00. With much lobbying we also had toilets, a picnic shed and BBQ installed there, all of which are much used.” Billabong Park was named by the group and they did massive amounts of beautification. The weed clearing and replanting is ongoing to this day. The BMX track was also realised with their support. Jackie continues, “A first look at the plan seems to show that areas we have been in consultation with GRC about for many years have been addressed, in part. So we are pleased. For example, shade sails over
the play equipment.” They also requested a skate park in Billabong, helped by the lobbying of 12-year-old, Izaac Cole. Acting Mayor, Cr. Tony Perrett says, “The draft plan notes the existing activities within each of the two parks; it recognises requests from local residents for the provision of a skate park and public amenities at Billabong Park, as well as improved pedestrian linkages, landscaping and enhanced picnic facilities.” “The increasing costs for maintenance of large areas of underutilised parks and reserves have also been taken into consideration in the draft masterplan,” Cr. Perrett added. CCRFI are looking forward to working with council to achieve the best possible outcome for our community, so keep your eyes and ears alert for council’s planned open day at the Veterans and Community Hall. Jackie says, “This is, after all, something that will affect all residents, families, visitors, and tourists for years to come.” The draft masterplan will be displayed on Council’s website: gympie.qld.gov.au, and at council’s libraries until February 28, 2015. The open day at the Cooloola Cove Hall will have councillors and staff in attendance.
The draft plan for the Centenary of Federation Park allows for:
• upgrading of existing facilities • creation of a large level open space for kick and run, with the installation of multi-sports goal posts • improved landscape plantings and additional shade trees • shade structures over the play equipment • improved walking tracks and pedestrian links
The draft plan for Billabong Park includes:
• a skate park, similar to the Goomeri facility • internal pedestrian paths with connections to Queen Elizabeth Drive and the adjacent shopping centre • additional shade and amenity trees • improvements to the existing BMX track to make it more appealing and easier to maintain.
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Jackie Moore and Joan Creswell urge locals to comment on the masterplan
Local son wins ANZAC In Brief trip to Gallipoli Second in the state
In a lead up to the January Flying Fifteen National Championships, Sandgate Yacht Club recently held the State Championship with local Tin Can Bay Yacht Club husband and wife crew Ken and Lee Bubb taking out second place with the recent World Championship winner Sake taking out first place.
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ACK LINDENBERG is one of 70 Queensland students who will travel to Gallipoli in 2015 to take part in the historic Anzac Centenary commemoration alongside winners of the Premier’s Anzac Prize. Zack said he will visit France, Turkey and Belgium. “I am stoked, I haven’t been to Europe – Mum and Dad want to come too.” David Gibson MP, member for Gympie, congratulated the town’s students, Zack and Grace Vogler, who were selected to take part in this extraordinary opportunity to tour for two weeks from April 22, 2015. “The 2015 tour group, some of whom had relatives who served in World War I, will attend Anzac Day ceremonies both at Gallipoli and across the Western Front,” Mr Gibson said. Zack said, “It was all because Grandma sent us an email from Chinchilla.” So he entered but was one of 265 hopefuls. The Premier’s Anzac Prize competition required students to produce an original, two to five-minute multimedia presentation exploring how the Anzac tradition has shaped Australia; why it’s still important and how future generations can keep the tradition alive. “It was what the ANZAC spirit means to the current generation. I had a voice over with pictures of WWI and II.” Zack’s parents, Brett and Sandra Lindenberg, are delighted with his win. Sandra said he put a lot of thought and effort into his entry.
The up and coming Nationals has also seen local sailing identity Nicole Magyar flying to Melbourne regularly to train on gun Victorian entrant, Man of Mystery.
Carer support in on track
The travellers are required to keep a diary, but have everything supplied for them. “The only thing I’ll need to buy is souvenirs,” Zack smiled. Premier Campbell Newman said, “It will be a unique experience and honour for these students and chaperones to stand on the Gallipoli Peninsula, 100 years to the day from when the Anzac soldiers landed. Editor’s note: Congratulations Zack on representing your region and nation overseas. Attending a Gallipoli ANZAC ceremony is a heart-wrenching experience, but to do so on the centenary would be even more amazing.
The Employment Focussed Mental Health Respite: Carer Support program is an innovative, new program for carers of people with mental illness. The program is designed to assist carers of people living with mental illness to achieve their personal and vocational goals. The program provides support for carers to build resilience, address non vocational barriers to attaining employment and/or manage current employment opportunities which may be at risk as a result of their caring responsibilities. Eligibility for the program requires a participant to be caring for (or have cared for in the previous two years) a person living with mental illness. They must require support to sustain their caring role and/or wish to attain employment.
On Track Community Programs Ltd (On Track), is a not for profit organisation, delivering this exciting program funded by the Department of Social Services. For further information please contact Anne Vetter, Carer Peer Support Consultant, on 5482 6810.
Volunteers cleanup Teewah Member for Gympie David Gibson has thanked more than 80 volunteers who turned up to Cooloola Recreation Area north of Noosa on Saturday 29 November for the annual Surfrider Foundation beach cleanup. “Along the 50km of beach from Noosa North Shore to Double Island Point, the volunteers did an amazing job and cleaned up nearly 15 cubic metres of rubbish,” Mr Gibson said. “Aside from general litter, they removed broken camping equipment and even a lounge chair. “Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service supported the registered volunteers with exemptions from vehicle permits and free beach camping permits. “QPWS rangers worked alongside the volunteers helping to pick up rubbish and provided several 4WD tray-backs and a truck for transporting rubbish from Teewah and Double Island to the Noosa refuse tip,” he said.
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Church news
Out and about at Carols under the Stars Mary and Joseph rode to Bethlehem: Rochelle and Jarrod
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UR BEST WISHES go to Fr Andrew, our Pastor, who has unfortunately sustained a broken leg. Since his other leg is already incapacitated he has had to begin using a wheelchair so is restricted in the duties he can perform. He has consequently been obliged to move out of the manse into supported accommodation until such time as his leg has healed. Fortunately he was able to take part in the recent visit of the Archbishop to Gympie. We wish you a speedy recovery Fr Andrew and are keeping you in our prayers.
Thanks. The Good Shepherd Community is very grateful for the generous support of so many Rainbow Beach residents in 2014 in so many different ways:
The rain held off for the happy crowds
Rainbow Beach Bakery changed hands in 2014 and both Jamie and Sharon, the former owners, and Robin and Mike, the current owners, have been very generous in providing baked goods for so many of the church events during the year. Cooloola Wholesalers has also changed hands. Shane and Kath have sold to Steve and Fiona, and both couples have provided great support to the church. The Fitzgerald Family from the butcher shop are always there when we need help with barbecues and so on, and for that we are very grateful. A big welcome to the brand new Fitzgerald family member, Sofia Grace, who arrived on the December 9, and congratulations to parents Darryl and Tessia. The Good Shepherd community also appreciates the ongoing support Rainbow Beach residents give to The Fancy That Op Shop in Gympie, which provides support for the church. We’d be lost without it all. World Day of Prayer The World Day Of Prayer service will be held this year on Friday March 6, at the Veterans Hall in Cooloola Cove. The planning meeting will be held as usual at 10am on Monday February 2 at 27 Stirling Castle Road, Tin Can Bay. Contact Diane Merry on 5486 4160 for more information. We wish everyone a joy filled and peaceful New Year. God Bless.
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Above: Therese Skuthorpe, Mike Vaughan and Liz Kilgower serve up the refreshments and glowsticks Right: Members of the Gympie Uniting Church kept everyone carolling
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added seafood product, supplied to the Peter says he coped with the affliction by working through it. His dogged persistence seafood markets in Sydney, Melbourne and world of good food by Drive change It’s a new year, and maybe a time for new challenges. If your resolution on the trawlers paid off, although it took Brisbane, and more recently overseas. They developing a productive Drivers, office staff, fundraisers and isalso to are givepopular back to community, are a fewmonths groupsto that want you... him twelve get over. forthe locals and touristshere garden and an exciting car cleaners are all volunteers. We have a kitchen environment with Thursday deliveries to Rainbow Beach. He has had his share of pitching and management committee of six, who are that will be a nurturing also involved in all these roles. Kids love the window, they place to share food as Cooloola Coast Medical Transport Inc.is Our need in the coming year will be for Hello sailor! out seafood can check an integral part of the run solely by volunteers and we rely heavily volunteers to join us enjoy helping young Tin Can and Bay fiSailability processing lleting by Inc has been school curriculum. on new volunteers coming forward to and old disabled to experience the fun of going hand. for many years and this last would Our cooking classes are a thoroughly ensure this vital service remains operational. sailing. have to have been the hardest. We lost our Peter and Lisa are an rewarding experience for the students. Sometimes we need to find six drivers, five Our volunteers are trained by us in sail wonderful president, Barry, early in the year, indefatigable team, pinning They provide them with a healthy, safe and days a week. techniques – on water and off – and also in and then our “go to” man, Stainless, was lost them is no We easy tasksoldiered on and friendly working environment, full of people Call between 8.30am and 12.30 pm, first aid, CPR, and support boat duties. in a cardown accident. have between demands of and committee wanting to participate in the joy of growing, Monday to Friday on 5486 2488 or email Even if you are not a sailor, we would now have the a new president harvesting, preparing and sharing real food. processing, office@ccmt.org.au. welcome you. There are always tasks that ready for action. deliveries, A Work-for-the-Dole programme is need to be done. even helping out other starting at Rainbow Beach School in late Nourish the next generation Please join us on a trawlers. Even though they January which will enable the school to The aim of the kitchen garden programme Friday morning at the were generous with their expand the existing garden area to provide is to introduce students to the wonderful Yacht Club, or phone time, this story would have a variety of vegetables for use in cooking our secretary Raewyn made an earlier edition, By 1995, numbers of women grew in the club (quite a few familiar faces here!) lessons. on 0412 995 512 any excepting Peter had been Cooking classes will recommence on time. out all night trying to Friday afternoons in term one, 2015 ABOVE (Photo to the salvage another trawler. and we are looking for team leaders. Care for our coast Left) Female Tin Can Bay School will be looking A life spent Bronze fishing wasn’t You can help make a Squad: Langton for volunteers to work in the kitchen always Jane on the cards for difference in Cooloola and garden on Mondays, Tuesdays or (slightly obscured), Peter, “I wanted to be a fitter Coastcare. Wednesdays. and turner... and nearly Janelle Lally, Sue Participate in: If you enjoy creating delicious began an apprenticeship.” Freeman, Sandy • water quality recipes, working with young people Instead, he started on the Murray, Wanda monitoring and have, or are willing to apply for, a boats in(slightly 1979, and once Treeby Blue Card (which is free of charge for • seagrass monitoring again his future could have volunteers), please contact Chappy back), Tracey White. • adopt-a-shorebird been very different. Ronnie on 0413 135 867. site “I went into the family • creek and wetland Report for duty business as a deckhand at rehabilitation We are looking for unsung heroes, 15 years. Dad took us out RIGHT First RB Surf • dune rehabilitation or to be more specific, brave men and and I was violently seasick, Girl, Tracey White • foreshore and women with exceptional ability to care the I been steadily Ourworst client seasickness! numbers have wallum education (on left) for the safety of Australian mariners growing. We’ve gone from would come to port and sayaround 14 early and recreational boaties. To find out more email: admin@ in 2014again, to overand 30 every week of late. While never then two Whether you are an administrator or cooloolacoastcare.org.au, call 0417 554 905 we want to curb our numbers to 30, we can days later I wanted to go hands-on person, then we allowed need you. or visit: cooloolacoastcare.org.au. 1971-72 season: plenty of sideburns, but no active female members manage 35 one at a pinch! Lisa Lee, busy processing again. No forced me.”
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to volunteer in 2015
We will provide all the training you need to get the job done. We need regular members for: • Rescue boat crew • Marine radio operators • Education • Administration • Maintenance • Fund raising • Public relations If you can donate a few hours a month, please contact Tin Can Bay coastguard on 5486 4290.
Back to school
P&C (parents and citizens) meet monthly to represent the school community and provide feedback on school policy and activities. We also facilitate social and fundraising events, as well as overseeing the operation and management of the school tuckshop and uniform sales. Generous donations of funds raised are spent on equipment and resources to enhance student learning, to support major works in the school and to provide financial assistance for school excursions and activities. The P&C is a rewarding opportunity for you to be involved in education, meet other families and actively participate in your community. Many hands make light work. Both schools are seeking volunteers to help in their tuckshops – Tin Can Bay tuckshop is on Wednesdays and Fridays and Rainbow Beach tuckshop is on Thursdays. Brekky club is another a great opportunity – volunteer and fill up tummies so that kids’ brains are well fuelled for learning. Contact the schools for more details, or attend the next meeting. Rainbow Beach P&C’s next meeting is on Tuesday February 10 at 5pm at the Rainbow Beach Sports Club. Rainbow Beach’s Rachel Croker, Kirstie Morris-Jordison and Brooke Bignall encourage everyone to help out the P&C.
Become a fountain of information
New recruits are urgently needed to join the Rainbow Beach Community Information and Resource Centre, as well as our committee. Can you spare just three hours a day to man the centre? They would love to see you. We are looking for support from interested community members who would enjoy volunteer work. It is only for a short time out of your weekly activities.
Do you look good in orange?
SES is in need of volunteers and joining is quite simple. There are a few forms to fill in, and a criminal history check has to be done. Then after attending training for a three-month probationary period, you are a member. The training requirements aren’t that onerous – the basics can be covered in a few hours. Ongoing commitments are also fairly simple. The amount of time spent on SES duties is really up to you. The tasks you do are up to you as well – if you don’t like heights, no one is going to make you climb a ladder. You’ll be valued for whatever you can contribute. Anyone 16 or over is welcome to come along and see what we do. Rainbow Beach: first and last Thursday of each month, at 7pm. Call Mark Lawler on 0427 033 160. Tin Can Bay: Wednesday nights from 6pm. Call 5486 4604.
Improve the local community
This steadily growing area needs more facilities and improvements to what we already have. Groups aim to improve the
Respect your elders
Rainbow Beach’s Rachel Croker, Kirstie Morris-Jordison and Brooke Bignall encourage everyone to help out the P&C
local area for all residents and visitors alike, and have many volunteers keen to bring about future changes. Your voice counts. Your hands-on participation counts. Come along and add your support. Cooloola Cove Residents and Friends Inc: meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month and membership is $15 per household. We have an enthusiastic group that takes part in all matters concerning Cooloola Cove from planting, weeding, water quality monitoring, looking after our young people and more. Call 5488 0644 or 5686 2754 to find out more. Rainbow Beach Progress Association: Thanks to those residents and business owners who have been in contact regarding possible activities and offering their support as volunteers for the Rainbow Beach Serpent Festival. Suggestions and ideas are always welcome, email: kayesilich@yahoo.com. Rainbow Beach Residents & Ratepayers Association meets at 7pm in the SES shed, on the second Tuesday of the second month. All current and prospective residents and ratepayers are most welcome.
Our volunteers make an important difference in the lives of residents at Masonic Care, Tin Can Bay. They also say that they get immense satisfaction from helping. Our volunteer programme is very flexible and allows you to donate the amount of time that suits you. Our volunteers help with: • residents’ outings, activities and special events • Sharing skills and hobbies (such as chess, music, reading, pool, art) • Driving mini-buses • Gardening and ground beautification • Serving in our cafes, gift shops or providing mobile shopping services • Providing library services • Visiting residents and having a chat As one of our valued volunteers, you’ll be part of team where you can meet new friends, develop new skills and be part of a community of caring. All volunteers need a current police check, which we will undertake when you apply. Find out more: 26 Coral Trout Drive, Tin Can Bay, phone: 5488 1300.
Hear me roar
The Lioness Club of Tin Can Bay fundraise for our community and provide community services. We assist our local community in areas such as: The Masonic Home, Tin Can Bay P-10 School Breakfast Club,Lost Art Field Days, Meals on Wheels, the Gympie Muster and more. Like to know more? Then come along to one of our meetings that are held on the second Monday of the month at Cathy House, Toolara Rd, Tin Can Bay. 9am for a 9.30am start, or call Pam Bauer on 5486 2729 or Jill Falzon on 5486 4852.
Resources and referrals
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Book now for the Blood Bank Make a New Year’s resolution to volunteer in 2015
volunteer. You may enjoy interaction with all sorts of people who come through the Tin Can Bay Resource & Referral Centre seeking information on both local and the surrounding areas. We provide services such as computer lessons, computer use, secondhand book sales and free legal appointments. Why not drop in and see the friendly staff or call 5488 0035?
Fire away
forensic searches • Animal disease outbreaks • Communications
You must be at least 16 years old and have the physical and mental fitness to undertake volunteer firefighting. You should also be available for volunteer firefighter training and operations in the local area. For further details, contact: Rainbow Beach: 25 Rainbow Beach Road. Meetings are on Tuesday nights at 7pm. Tin Can Bay: Fire Station, Lot 1, Snapper Creek Road. Call 5486 4918.
The Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) responds to: • Structural, landscape and vehicle fire • Road crash rescue The Blood Bank van will be in Tin Can Bay on the 31st March Old-fashioned mateship • Swift water and water rescue from 9am to 2.30pm and wishes to donate Can anyone Bay has who an active Men’s Shed over at • Storm and natural disaster; there will be mostTin welcome. This still gives you the the school.You can come and have arequired yarn • Building fire safety period of time and between donations to you’re be able to donate a cuppa if that’s all looking for. in • Hazardous condition incidents Rainbow Beach inMembers June whenofthey areSheds due here again. Men’s come from all • Land, marine, air and urban search walkshave of life them a You may already had– athe callbond fromthat themunites and made and rescue that13 they their If not,isring 14 are 95 people and thewith call time centreonwill give • Crime scene, missing personbooking. and you a time. Auxiliary firies in Tin Can Bay
hands and would like to do something meaningful with that time. Members are able to work on meaningful projects at their own pace, in their own time and in the company of others. A key focus is to advance the wellbeing and health of shed members and to encourage social inclusion.
Help the community access health care
Local ambulance committees act as a voice for their community and provide valuable feedback on ambulance service delivery. If you are interested in being a member of the LAC you must be: • Eighteen years or over • A permanent resident of the area serviced byBarkwell the Cooloola Coast 3 lives every time he sits in the bloodbank chair. Harvey is helping ambulance station Justin Scooth and Shane Handy even • A permanent resident of Queensland volunteer on Christmas Day who works in the area serviced by the Cooloola Coast ambulance station For further information, contact the You do need a basic level of fitness – 200 secretary on 0428 863 161. metres in less than five minutes for surf rescue certification and 400 metres in less Be an Aussie icon than nine minutes for your bronze. Absolutely anyone can join! Have you If you aren’t this fit, you are still welcome ever thought about becoming a volunteer on board. We run first aid and CPR courses surf lifesaver? We need a team of skilled and are always looking for helpers with and supportive members to not only patrol nippers. You don’t have to get your toes wet Queensland’s beaches, but to fill a number if you don’t want to either. We even have of other important roles. roles for people who love to cook up a BBQ! You could be a coach, official, athlete, fundraiser, supervisor for our junior Welcome young and old activities program, committee member, Interested in joining the Country Women’s radio operator, trainer and assessor or Association? If so, please consider attending rescue boat driver. a couple of monthly meetings as a visitor It is the ideal time for people to volunteer – you do not have to join immediately – – as long as you turn 13 years old before the or phone the publicity officer on 5486 camp begins. You can sign up on 5486 3249 2726 (Telstra 101 for message), for further for the next bronze medallion/surf rescue information. You do not have to live in certificate training from January 11–18. You Tin Can Bay – perhaps Rainbow Beach, will get fit, acquire new skills and learn how Cooloola Cove or Wallu. The Queensland to save a life. CWA provides a community service and The course is a nationally accredited fundraises for worthy causes – it is not just qualification, and gives you points towards about baking scones! year 12, or your workplace – plus it is bucket The group meets in the QCWA meeting loads of fun! room in Whiting Street, Tin Can Bay.
Birds around the Bay
Local members of the Queensland Wader Study Group count shorebirds on roost sites around the bay every month. Migratory shorebirds return to the same roost site year after year. Counting the birds regularly and then comparing the counts over time gives a good idea of how successful the breeding season has been up in the northern hemisphere and also how the birds have managed on their long flights north and then south again. Unfortunately, shorebird numbers are declining every year but each year we see a similar mix of birds on each of the roost sites. However, there is one bird that I have not seen for a couple of years. Terek Sandpipers have only been found on one site south of Inskip Point and I have not seen them on this site for some time. They roost in mangrove trees with Grey-tailed Tattlers. When they are roosting they both tuck their heads under their wings. Because they are very similar in size and both grey and white coloured they are very difficult to identify. If they pull
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their heads out from under their wings then it is easy! Grey-tailed Tattlers have straight bills and Terek Sandpipers have up-curved bills. For some time I have been hoping to get close views of these birds but each time I approach their roost they fly off to the other side of the bay before I can get my binoculars up or my camera focused on them. This last week was different. The birds stayed sitting on the branches and I was able to photograph them. There are still Terek Sandpipers mixed in with the Grey-tailed Tattlers! From what I saw before the birds flew off approximately a quarter of the flock were Terek Sandpipers. This time they flew off because a Tern flew too close over their roosting tree! If you want to join our monthly shorebird counts then phone Dorothy Pashniak: 54880057 and if you want to read more about the birds I see every week then visit my blog at http:// www.sandystraitsandbeyond.blogspot. com.au/
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rolling, and cyclonic weather - in fact he and his wife Lisa worked on a trawler together for two or three years before they were married.
get bored. At 76, he has energy to burn, and is very active in our company. Dad is looking Lisa started in the processing plant in Recently weparents documented a lone shipwreck after arriving trawlers at in 1992. Her Keith and Lillian Clark survivor theMarion Arafura Sea Mr Ching’s camp. the only Young has moved to Tin CanLionel Bay inChing 1983iswhen her name and based at our Dad accepted a position in charge of the come across in the fishing of the dugong. He fished all up the Sandy Indonesian offices in ambulance wasfate back the Straits. This station. extract That tells the of in a young man who was not so lucky. Jakarta.” day they were manned by only one person.
Peter and Lisa now sell seafood into Asia
Lisa worked at the bakery, as a dental nurse In fact, Peter’s by Marion Young, “Lights of Cooloola” and the pub cookauthor before of she commenced entire family (3 Copies of Marion’s Beach and work at Lees. book can be purchased at Rainbowbrothers and a sister) Cooloola Cove newsagents. has been involved Together as managing directors they in the business over have built up the business, and tackled the the years. “Bruce daunting international market. manages things Peter explained that the longer seasons in Jakarta. Darryl and larger supply of seafood required ran the factory more sales, sales that they couldn’t reach for seven years, in Australia. skippered boats and The decision to attend a tradeshow in now works in the Hong Kong to meet buyers was a good mines and he and one. “The best thing I’ve done was meeting his wife Vicki runs people - I got into exporting and offshore the Snack Shack. markets for scallops and spanner crabs.” Kevin skippers a prawn trawler and “We now send seafood to Vietnam, manages other Hong Kong and Indonesia, and we’re in trawlers - we now talks with two other countries.” have three fishing When asked about challenges he When returning to Mr Ching’s ship, As written in June 19,the 1890 in the Wide vessels. Kerry, faces right now, Peter says it is a full time the boat was hit by a squall, and in jibing Bay and Burnett Advertiser: my sister, used job trying to decrease overheads. At the turned over, through the drums full of to skipper boats, now she is out of the moment, are considering water with which she was ballasted, MOSTthey PAINFUL occurrencesolar tookpanels place industry and drives heavy machinery for to reduce expenses. rolling to one side. Benton and Daley in Hervey Bay on Monday afternoon the forestry.” [deliberated] for some time as to whether or Peter evening, by which a fine lad named says that in seafood manufacturing Forwould someone who describes himself as they try and upright the boat. Thomas Millwood Benton, aged about 18 he is competing with markets in other having “been here forever” and “never lived years, cameand by his death,products and another man countries, cheaper in Japan They...eventually stripped themselves anywhere else”, Peter is very humble about named Orlando Daliey Daley was found in and Canada. of all their clothing struck out for the what he says is “onlyand a small business”. a critical “Doingstate. business in Australia, processing Mangrove Islands, which after a lot of As the interview finished, he admitted, “I costs are through - wages, fuel, swimming and wading they just managed It appears that the bothroof men, who were feel like my head’s going a million miles an electricity, we need long term cuts to stay to reach, and here all Monday night was employed by Mr L Ching’s dugong fishery, hour, there’s a boat coming in, a shipment competitive.” bitterly cold, and with the rain coming near Woody Island, left on Sunday leaving Sydney.....” Businessman Peter, was down in torrents, they suffered dreadful afternoon in a cutter to set the nets for When asked if Vern had retired, Peter already concentrating on the anext task at privations, being without stitch of dugong turtle fishing. laughed,and “We should have never let him hand.
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clothing on, and crawling about on the mud and oysters. When the tide came in they had to hang onBruce, to theKevin, mangroves, Lee family: Darryl, Kay, as the tide, when Full, goes right thc Vern,over Peter. islands. On Tuesday morning, as an oysterman named Henry Gibbs was sailing past in his oyster cutter, he noticed something small, waving in the water, and he steered over towards it and found Daley up above his waist in mud and water and all covered with blood.
completely out of his mind from the dreadful privations he had suffered. He however learnt Kerry from him was withthat her there brothers another man with him and he (Gibbs) after searching about the island for some time at last found poor young Benton lying on the mud and oysters, dead. Daley had come round a great deal since he was rescued, and could tell his story but was suffering great pain through the cuts on his hands and feet, caused by the oysters.
Mr Gibbs, after speaking to him a few words, could see the man had gone
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Rainbow Beach Police Beat By Senior Constable Mick Emery
Zero tolerance for violence
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ONCE HEARD of a stealing case in which an elderly man had been mowing his lawn at midday during the height of summer. He’d worked up quite a thirst mid-way through his front lawn and – leaving his mower running – went inside to get a drink of water. Despite an absence of only a few minutes, the man returned outside to find that his mower had been stolen. It came to pass that a local neighbourhood thief had come across the mower and taken advantage of the old man’s drink break. The thief, so as not to alert the old man inside, had not turned the mower off and quickly pushed it around the corner to his own house and hid it out the back. Unfortunately for the thief, however, his simple mind was so overjoyed by his new acquisition that he failed to see his rookie error – he had mowed a trail from the old man’s yard all the way to the back of his own house before turning the mower off! The responding police simply had to follow the trail to its end, where the bewildered thief marvelled at their investigative prowess. Well it seems that the dumb thief had two dumb children, and Senior Constable Brantz introduced them to you in last month’s report. You may recall that Dumb Mate 1 (DM1) and Dumb Mate 2 (DM2) are members of a Facebook group which promotes reckless driving behaviour on our beaches. Their Facebook page – much like their father’s stolen lawnmower – led us all the way down Teewah Beach last month, and… DM1 was intercepted driving his vehicle while more than three times the legal alcohol limit, and DM2 drove into town to
pick him up (quite admirable, apart from the fact that DM2 had no license). The sequel to this story was, inevitably, a court appearance for both: DM1 was fined $1000 and has lost his license for 9 months, while DM2 was fined $400 and lost his license for a further 6 months. The mentality of this rather unambitious group was further expressed on their Facebook page recently – with everyone else being blamed for their predicament, and no one accepting responsibility for their own behaviour. The greenies and the police are to blame, they’ll have you know, and we are all just spoiling their “fun”’… Unfortunately for our little town, DM1 and DM2’s fun was not the only thing keeping police busy this month. While most of you were sleeping during the early hours, a 39-year-old man was struggling to comprehend why the pub doors were locked at 3am – so he decided to smash them. Still unable to gain entry to the pub, the man then turned his attention to a nearby vehicle – and smashed a window – before getting a hard-earned sleep in a picnic shelter. Credit must be given to some quick thinking locals who took photos of the man and later led police to his place of slumber. The man woke to the sound of a waiting paddy wagon and the promise of free transport to the Gympie watchhouse. The man now faces two charges of wilful damage and a possible hefty restitution bill. Also facing court – for a more serious matter – is a 29-year-old Gympie man who faces a charge of assault occasioning bodily harm. The man was part of an end of year Christmas function at the Surf Lifesaving
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Club, but became aggressive. He went behind the bar and repeatedly punched a barman. When I caught up with the man later he could offer only one predictable and pathetic reason for his behaviour – alcohol. With all that has been publicised about the dangers of alcohol-fuelled violence, you can be sure that police will be taking a zero tolerance approach to disorderly behaviour these holidays. On a different note, we have been privileged to receive some new artwork on the mural at the police beat, provided by the
Mick Emery with the new mural at the Police Beat
2014 year 6 and 7 class artistic talent. The values depicted on the mural are a timely reminder of some admirable qualities: “Be Safe. Be Respectful. Be a Learner.” Thank you once again Rainbow Beach State School! Finally, on behalf of the Rainbow Beach Police Beat, and our Tin Can Bay colleagues, I’d like to wish you all a Happy New Year, and we look forward to serving with you in our community again during 2015.
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HE OVER 60s got off to an early start with their Christmas party lunch at the Rainbow Beach Surf Club on 2 December. This gathering is always well attended and 2014 was no exception. Christmas earrings, brooches and hats were all on display to add to the festive feel of the day and a few of those Christmas T-shirts made their annual appearance as well. We thank our president, Dorothy, and her husband, Don, for so ably organising the day. She was probably a bit surprised to find that so many of us had difficulty identifying some of the lines from a few of the Christmas carols, but it was probably a good reminder to us to brush up and tidy up our act for the big day in future. Quite a few of us are saving the presents she organised for us to decorate the Christmas tree, but the word is out that we might be getting something good to eat and a welcome addition to those old decorations we use for the tree. The venue was as enjoyable as ever and really added to the spirit of the event. Thanks again Dorothy and Don. We’ll be gathering again for coffee at the surf club on Tuesday January 6, and again on Tuesday January 20 for brunch at Cooloola Bayside Park, followed by a bush walk for all those inclined to help work off the Christmas excesses. Ring Margaret C on 5488 0284. Janette has more exercise planned for February with an early morning swim at the pool followed by breakfast at Jilarty’s. Happy New Year to all!
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KEEP A careful watch on one special shorebird roost all during the year. Others keep watch on other roosts not too far away. All our observations give us a good idea of the kinds and numbers of shorebirds around these areas. However, there are numbers of roosts that we can’t see very often – and that is just south of Inskip Point. It is a similar situation on the northern portion of the Strait. The Queensland Wader Study Group (QWSG) wants more complete numbers as often as possible, so every few years they organise shorebird counters from down south to come up to this area and count ALL the roosts over a two or threeday period. QWSG organised a count from October 10 – 12 this year. They had 28 counters and surveyed 54 roosts. They found 28 shorebird species and a total of 23,629 birds. These numbers of shorebirds sound great, but they are only about half of what was counted at a previous count a couple of years ago. Most of the losses come
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because of habitat loss in the northern hemisphere. It is vitally important that our own habitat is protected to give the birds the best chance they can have to rest and build strength for the next northern migration. The largest numbers of shorebirds counted were the bar-tailed godwits with 13,574 birds. Godwits must use that shrinking habitat on their northern migration. However, on the southern migration they fly directly here from Alaska, so are not dependent on other feeding grounds up there. When you see a very large flock of mixed shorebirds, just pick out all the similar ones and you will have identified the godwits. Godwits also have a long bill that curves upward. If you are close enough to see details then you will also see that the bill is two coloured – dark on the end and pink closer to the body. If you want to join a shorebird count then phone Dorothy Pashniak on 5488 0057.
Rainbow Beach Library Happenings Come in and join Gympie regional libraries welcome new members, including visitors to the region. To join, bring along a form of identification with your current residential address, fill out a membership form, and you’re ready to borrow. Membership cards are required each time you visit a library. Summer holiday activities Mark your diary now to make sure you take the kids to the free school holiday activities at Rainbow Beach Library on Wednesday, 14 January from 2.30pm – 3.30pm. Children will be entertained with stories, craft activities and games. Also be sure to keep an eye out for the summer edition of Jampacked, which provides hours of entertainment and fun things to do at home. For more ideas on what to do these summer holidays across the Gympie region, pick up your copy of the Holiday Fun brochure from any branch of Gympie regional libraries.
Mon & Thurs: Wed & Fri: Saturday:
9.30am – 12.30pm 2.00pm – 5.00pm 8.30am – 11.30am
Telephone: 5486 3705 Visit us at: www.gympie.qld.gov.au/library Summer reading club Gympie regional libraries is once again hosting the Summer Reading Club throughout the summer holidays. Registration is free! So bring the kids into the library to register and they will receive a club pack to get them started. Alternatively you can register through the Summer Reading Club website at: summerreadingclub.org.au, where you will also find lots of interactive games and activities. This year children will go in the draw to win an IPod Nano just by registering with the Summer Reading Club. The prize has kindly been donated by the Friends of Gympie Regional Libraries.
Book Review by Rhonda
The Sunnyvale Girls Fiona Palmer, 2014 The Sunnyvale Girls is a story about relationships, cover ups and selfdiscovery. Back in WWII the matriarch, Maggie, fell in love with an Italian prisoner of war, Rocco. He was deported at the end of the war but promised to return to marry her. Seventy years later, Maggie has never heard from him and works the farm with her daughter, Toni, and granddaughter, Flick. It isn’t until Flick, who is renovating
the old cottage, finds a stash of letters hidden under the floorboards that Maggie now has to tell her daughter the truth about the past. Maggie, Toni and Flick have spent all their lives on the farm. Originally Maggie and her husband took over from her father and Toni, who is a single mother, took on the responsibility of the farm when her father became ill. Toni has been trying to encourage her daughter, Flick, to travel but wasn’t until the letters were found that they both find themselves in Italy looking for answers. They do find what they are looking for, but not where they expected. They also make important selfdiscoveries about what they really want from life themselves. Fiona Palmer’s descriptions of the travels through Italy and of outback Western Australia give you a strong sense of both Italy and Western Australia.
Kate’s Kids’ Corner Thank you to Lynne Alsop at Gympie Library for her assistance.
Brigitte Kenney from Tin Can Bay Library says the region’s libraries have lots of good books (and prizes) for the Summer Reading Club
Give us a Clue Using the picture clues, can you find which of the five is the odd one out ?
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OME AND celebrate at Tin Can Bay School from 9am on February 2, 2015. There will be displays in the hall and a tour of Great Sandy Strait migratory shorebird roost at 1pm. “Sadly, most species of shorebirds in the East Asian/Australasian Flyway are suffering astonishing population crashes. It’s thought that the main problem is…massive land reclamation of the Yellow Sea by China and the two Koreas causing the feeding grounds to contract, so that the birds can’t make it safely through (their migration).”
during our lifetime. International talking has yielded nothing.”
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New gear for surf lifesaving N IPPERS OFFICIALS were delighted to receive a new nipper racing board thanks to Sleepy Lagoon Sports and Social Club. Representatives, Gordon and Bev Alexander, donated $750 which was put towards the cost of the racing mal. Rainbow Beach SLSC will also receive around $25,000 in funding for new equipment and medical supplies. Four surf lifesaving clubs in Wide Bay will receive the boost, distributed over the next five years, to prevent drownings at local beaches, Federal Member for Wide Bay and Deputy Prime Minister, Warren Truss, announced. “The beautiful beaches of Wide Bay are a major attraction for local residents and tourists alike, and I expect that our region’s beaches will be well frequented this summer, due to the warm weather.” “Importantly, this new funding will ensure that lifesavers will have the equipment they need to keep people safe
Gordon and Bev Alexander with Nerissa Legge, nippers and a new racing mal
in our region,” Mr Truss said. “Each year, dedicated lifesavers in Australia perform around 12,000 rescues and 32,000 first aid treatments on our nation’s beaches. The Beach Safety Equipment Fund provides support directly where it is needed most – to support the volunteer surf lifesavers patrolling these beaches,” Mr Truss said.
CCMT Volunteers – Margery Mary Sherry Role: Treasurer/office worker/raffle seller for Cooloola Coast Medical Transport How many hours do you work? 70 hours per month What you like about volunteering: Keeping my mind and body active, meeting new people with similar interests and helping others How long have you lived here? 1989 to Rainbow Beach from NSW Southern Highlands then Cooloola Cove in 2001 Other jobs: Manager, Gazebo Motel Rainbow Beach prior to its transformation as Frasers on Rainbow (Backpackers) Your hobbies: Reading, travelling and time spent with my grandchildren Other clubs: Was President, then Treasurer of Rainbow Beach SES for ten years Favourite movies: Home movies of our 24 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – January 2015
travels around Australia whilst employed as a hostess/cook for Polleys coaches Favourite book: Hard to say, I do enjoy Liz Byrski’s books Favourite spot? Rainbow Beach, especially the Double Island lighthouse – friends lived there as the last lighthouse keepers Why should others come on board? Many members are grey nomads, so always in need of replacements, and our wonderful volunteers make it a great place to work!
Your Health
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UEENSLAND HAS CLAIMED the title of the heaviest state in Australia, with one quarter of all deaths directly or indirectly linked to diet, the 2014 The Health of Queenslanders Report has revealed. Cancer Council Queensland has backed calls from the Chief Health Officer for Queenslanders to get moving, bin the junk food and make better diet decisions for their overall health. The new report reveals Queensland has the highest rates of both adult and child obesity nationally, with 65 per cent of adults and 28 per cent of children weighing in as overweight or obese. Cancer Council Queensland CEO Professor Jeff Dunn AO said the report was a wake-up call. “The overweight and obesity epidemic is more than just a personal problem for those affected – it’s a community challenge that we must address by working together to find ways of getting people moving more and eating less unhealthy food,” Prof Dunn said. “The Chief Health Officer’s report is a wake-up call for workplaces, schools, community groups, non-government organisations and all levels of government. “Beyond the debilitating personal toll of overweight and obesity, and the increased risks of cancer and other chronic diseases, this epidemic threatens to stifle our productivity and severely hamper the health system.” The report found obesity had increased by 22 per cent in four years, with 40,000 people becoming obese each year. “If this trend continues, our next generation will tip the scales at an average adult weight never before seen in history,” Prof Dunn said. “More than a million Queensland adults are now impacted by obesity, although one-third of overweight and obese Queenslanders do not recognise they have a health problem. “We must find ways of encouraging one another to work towards a healthy weight, limiting sedentary behaviour and boosting health and happiness through physical activity and a healthy diet. According to the report, junk food comprises one-third of the average Queenslander’s daily energy intake. “Too many cakes, pastries, biscuits and sugary drinks are threatening to cut our lives short,” Prof Dunn said. “Soft drink has supersized us, with as many as 12 per cent of Queensland adults and eight per cent of children drinking it every day. “Food and drink that were once considered occasional treats have made
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their way into our daily diets, with damaging consequences for our health. “Diet choices are the leading risk of disease burden in Australia, accounting for one in four deaths in Queensland.” In Rainbow Beach there are lots of options to keep active: Cooloola Dragon Boat Club encourages a healthy lifestyle and wish that you could join them in this effort by trying Dragon Boat paddling. If your interest is in Outrigging, they have a 6 man outrigger canoe ready to get on the water. Anyone out there who has the skill to lash the armar on the outrigger canoe would be most welcome, as skills are limited in this area. Please phone Gayle on 54862929 or Sandra on 5486 2695 if you are interested in either of the sports. The Club resumes operations on Thursday January 8 at 3.30pm. Tin Can Bay Yacht Club’s Discover Sailing continues to be held on Saturday’s from noon with an encouraging number of local folk taking advantage of the introductory course to basic sailing skills - for more details contact Jon Jones 54864014. Rainbow Beach Aquatic Centre There’s squad, aqua aerobics, personal training and the gym, children’s programs and more to keep the whole family healthy - and cool this summer.
Get out on the water and get moving for 2015
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Will won a Gold Cooloola Academic AwardCoast in Ambulance Committee back into and the swing of things, looking 2013isand 2014 forward to 2014. the Kev Murphy Spirit of Rugby 2014 TheAward painted numbers on the Rainbow driveways at StBeach Patrick’s College. have proved extremely
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list for information regarding treatment. Stuart Wilson The booklets are magnetised and can be James Nash pupil from grade 8, Stuart completed placed on the refrigerator for easy access.
grade 12 as Sports House captain, a senior badge
The LAC is once again intending to offer and at awards night he received a sports and funded first aid coursesrecipient to community/ a citizenship award. After the fabulous weather and sporting groups/ clubs and other successful holiday season it’s time to community minded individuals onalso thegraduated with a Certificate II He says, “I look at 2014 and get into the swing of Cooloola Coast in early to in mid-May. WorkplaceThe Practices and Ita Certificate things. was great IItoinrecently host a course is a recognised QAS introductory Engineering Fabrication. Next I hopeCoast to obtain couple of year Sunshine Paragliding First Aid Course with the aim to increase an apprenticeship infolk fitting and turning or a similar around town on a ‘look see’ of our the pool of trained first aid people in the apprenticeship in the engineering field.” various facilities as they realised we have area in the event of an emergency. To express an interest pleaseYou sendwill your seename Stuart volunteering our beach a Surf a lot more to on offer than theyas first thought. and contact details by Lifesaver. email to Cheryl Fingers crossed they will choose Rainbow Zunic at josephandcheryl@bigpond.com. BeachSavahna and be able to get festival up Stuart Wilson partnered Adams at their the James au or telephone 54868070. and running in 2015. Our initial enquiries Nash 2014 Formal Bingo at the Country Club at 9.30 am is to relevant stakeholders regarding our The library hosted lots of book lovers ongoing. Good luck everyone. Serpent Festival also look promising for
starting next year. WATCH this space! The Councils foreshore masterplan is on track for this years’ budget and I have been advised that once approved, work would start later this year. Fingers crossed as this will make a HUGE difference to the area – thanks to Sandy Brosnan for putting in our final design requests to the Council recently. REMINDER: Our next meeting will be Wednesday March 12 at 6pm in the for the Valentine's Day afternoon tea. Community Centre.
(thanks to Caroline Taylor for the images)
Pick the correct definition
All About Bookkeeping
Mushfaker: a)
a moustache, parted in the middle and held up at the tips
b)
an umbrella repairer
c)
generic Hungarian insult
d)
a yoga manoeuvre
e)
a word that sled drivers use to urge their huskies
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Congratulations Year 12 Graduates!
Monique Cherie Robb Graduating from Gympie State High School, Monique has been accepted at the University of the Sunshine Coast Early Offer Scheme to study a Bachelor of Criminology and Justice Law. She will be living on campus and is very excited to be embarking on a new adventure. Monique completed a Certificate III in Hospitality and has been working at the Rainbow Beach Surf Life Saving Supporters Club for the past 15 months. She plans to use those skills to obtain part-time work while she studies on the Sunshine Coast. Monique Robb with parents, Heather and Brad
Shannon Harries Jemma Hemingway-Boyce After achieving an Academic Excellence Award for Dance, Gold Award for year 12 and the Gympie High Dance Trophy, Jemma says, “This year, I’m going to stay at Rainbow to earn some money at the IGA, and then the year after move to Brisbane for uni.” She hopes to be a paramedic or journalist. Jemma with Connor Jocumsen
Matt Hunter Matt hopes for a career in the defence force, and is currently in the application process. He works full time at Cardale Concrete Pumping in Tin Can Bay and one night at the surf club behind the bar, plus he fits in his fortnightly shift as a volunteer surf lifesaver.
Shannon graduated from Riverside Christian College Distance Education one year earlier than expected, aged 16 years. A local girl passionate about horses, she studied both year 10 and year 12 as a distance education student as she is busy also competing on her gorgeous horses. As well as studying in school, she completed a Certificate III in Equine Studies, making Shannon one of the youngest instructors in the region. As soon as school finished she enrolled in Certificate IV to further education in her chosen field. Shannon is an instructor at Tin Can Bay’s local riding school, Think Like A Pony Inc.
Jeremy Lawton Gympie State High School student, Jeremy, won an Academic Excellence Award for Marine Studies and is set on a science-based degree at university in 2016. He works part time at the Rainbow Beach Hotel, and is keen to work and travel this year.
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Two grades finish primary school
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NOTHER AMAZING farewell for our departing Rainbow Beach State School students was held at the Rainbow Beach Sports Club. The 6/7 students’ achievements were celebrated in fine style and it was again great to see the support of our parents and the broader community through their attendance and sponsorship of the bursaries.
Years 6 and 7 graduate at Tin Can Bay
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HE YEAR six and seven students, along with their families, celebrated the end of their primary schooling at Rainbow Beach Sports Club. The students were really dressed to impressed and had a fun night! The photo booth was a surprise for the students and a popular way to capture some memories from the evening. Photo booth moments...
Eli Prior, Kyle Stevenson and Mitchell Carey
Above: Off to high school next year – Rainbow Beach 6/7 students Below: Captains, Keely and Samuel, cut the graduation cake
Congratulations to our bursary recipients on the night: English – Jack and Sarah Maths – Jackson, Jacob and Kristopher Sports – Hugh and Arwen All-rounder – Samuel and Rochelle Citizenship – Keely and Levi Cultural – Sarah and James Peer Award – Levi We wish our graduating students all the best for the years ahead and are sure they will be successful in all that they do.
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Amber Hartwell, Laura Rooks, Ayeisha Kilby and Daytona Abraham
Girls just wanna have fun! Jaimee McKinley, Jaqwui Tyne, Nikki Reibel, Chelsea Brennan, Tehmia Masri and Myia Gray
Staff liked the photo booth too!
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The sky’s the limit for year 10 students Rainbow Beach State School
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warmly by the students and staff and did a fantastic hasBay been a State great start to the TUDENTS FROM TinItCan P – 10 job delivering what is a very serious message in an school year here at Rainbow Beach School recently celebrated their year 10 engaging manner. All students were shown a 5-step State School. year we have graduation at the Rainbow BeachThis Sports process they can follow if they or someone they know 126 students at the school in five classes. We have also Club. are being bullied. welcomed three new staff with members. Sandra The evening began photos at Lindenberg working with at ourthestudents withand disabilities, Sheree the propeller surf club then • Stand Strong Oldhamon teaching 6/7club. classThe andformal Alice Wilson who moved to the the sports • Stay Calm has replaced began Tori in with the offi proceedings a ce. welcome from • Respond Confidently Julia and Telisha Staples. All Allen-Best of the students seemed to have return from the summer full enjoyed of energy an and amazing it is great to see the Guestsbreak then • Walk Away smiling dinner, faces offollowed students around schools grounds. buffet by the the principal’s • Report the Bullying speech from Mrs CallieatSparling. year NRL Tackles Bullying RainbowThe Beach 10On students then presented with Canterbury Tuesday were the 18th of February the NRL’s As a school we will be following up with students to graduation certificates and gifts by Mr Bulldogs sent two players, Tim Lafai and Damien Cook Mark Walters and Mrs Robyn Cottrell. reinforce the message that bullying is not OK and the to Rainbow Beach State School to introduce the NRL’s best way for students to handle instances of bullying The school Bell, Julia Tackle Bullying leaders, Program.Chloe The players were greeted they see either at school or outside of school. Allen-Best, Nick Bradley, Jessica-Leigh Wharton and Kiara Wilson gave a tribute and farewell messages to each of the Tuckshop - Every Friday graduating students. Nicola Thomas is our tuckshop convenor This was followed by a farewell to the this year and she is VOLUNTEERING her year 10s by head of department, Mrs time every Friday to run tuckshop and she Robyn Cottrell, who reflected on the motto needs your help. Tuckshop is a volunteer to support major works in the school and look forward to another successful year It is with greatest pleasure, on behalf of for the night – “The sky is the limit” – by operation if no one volunteers then there is of fundraising and we hope that we can the Parent’s and Citizen’s Association, to provide financial support for school asking students to remember: “Neverthat let NO TUCKSHOP. Can you spare one Friday excursions and activities. support our community just as much as you we welcome you all you back from anyone tell you what can, andholidays cannot, a term or one Friday this year to help out? support us. and welcome to all new parents and do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for We actively encourage you to consider Please contact Nicola on 0420 363 600. students to our school. they have no imagination. The sky’s the Once again, our warmest welcome and joining the P & C in 2014 and we invite Calling family and friends! People to limit. we are looking forward to meeting you you to attend our next general meeting OurYour P &sky. C Your is a limit.” group of parents who People USA is visiting again! soon. meet together monthly towere represent the on Monday 24th March. This provides The valedictory speeches presented Last year we had a successful experience school and provide a rewarding opportunity for you to be by Kiaracommunity Wilson and Emily Leat, feedback who had Your P & C Committee - Tracey Hethorn at our school hosting a group of students involved in your child’s education, meet on school policy WeDarah also been chosen by theand yearactivities. 10 students. (President), Sheryl Doig (Vice President), Students graduate fromUSA. Tin Can Bay P – 10giving State School: from the They are us the facilitatewas social andto fundraising events other parents actively participate However, theand night did not end there.inThe Liz Kilgower (Treasurer), Marni Robertson Holland chosen cut the graduation opportunity to do it again. Thankfully your school community. as well as had oversee the Tin operation students danced on into the night with many (Secretary) cake, as she attended Can Bayand P– Lilly Morrison, Darah Holland, Telisha Staples, Julia Allen-Best, Alorah Rixon, they have given us plenty of notice. DATE management ofthe thelongest schoolout tuckshop of The themPshowing off the talents in their 10 State School of all ofand the & C Committee and gained the school Jacob Steven, Teniesha Emily Leat, Kiara Wilson, Brittany Annual General Meeting Monday 24th Cunningham, CLAIMER Monday 14th – Wednesday 16th uniform sales. year 10 HPE lessons. graduating students. would like to thank every business in Marriott, Chloe Bell, Alana Whish-Wilson, Nick Bradley, Jessica-Leigh March 2014, 5.30pm school library July 2014. Please watch this space for more A big thank you go toprizes the Rainbow Donations funds raised our community whomust donated and The formalofproceedings of are the spent night Wharton, Zara Baxter and Billei Schutz. Uniform Shop – Open Wednesday information, please contact Marni on 0400 Beach Sports Club, who always support the supported all our fundraising efforts during generously to purchase equipment and ended with a vote of thanks from Brittany 790 409 if you are Image interested in hosting a by Steve Mannaert students Tin do CanitBay P – 10 you. State We School. mornings 8am – 8.30am Marriott Bell. student learning, 2013; wefrom can’t without resourcesand to Chloe enhance student during this time.
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A Little Humour One for Australia Day
A Kiwi and a Aussie go into a pastry shop in north Melbourne. The Kiwi whisks three cookies into his pocket with lightning speed. The baker doesn’t notice. The Kiwi says to the Aussie, “You see how clever we are? You Aussies can never beat that!” The Aussie says to the Kiwi, “Watch this, any Aussie is smarter than you, and I’ll prove it to you.” He says to the baker, “Give me a cookie, I’ll show you a magic trick!” The baker gives him the cookie, which the Aussie promptly eats. Then he says to the baker, “Give me another cookie for my magic trick.” The baker is getting suspicious, but he gives it to him. He eats this one too. Then he says again, “Give me one more cookie...” The baker is getting angry now, but gives him one anyway. The Aussie eats this one too. Now the baker is really mad, and he yells, “OK... And now where is your famous magic trick?” The Aussie says.... “ Now look in the Kiwi’s pocket!”
How very true!
Have you ever been guilty of looking at others your own age and thinking, surely I can’t look that old? Well...you’ll love this one! My name is Alice Smith and I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist. I noticed his dental diploma, which bore his full name. Suddenly, I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name had been in my secondary school class some 30odd years ago. Could he be the same guy that I had a secret crush on, way back then? Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This balding, grey-haired man with the
deeply lined face was far too old to have been my classmate. After he examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended Morgan Park Secondary School. “Yes, yes, I did. I’m a Morganner,” he beamed with pride. ‘When did you leave to go to college?” I asked. He answered, “In 1965. Why do you ask?” “You were in my class!” I exclaimed. He looked at me closely. Then the ugly, old, bald, wrinkled, fat *rsed, grey-haired, decrepit, b*stard asked... “What did you teach?”
Affairs in order
The doctor, after an examination, sighed and said, “I’ve got some bad news. You have cancer, and you’d best put your affairs in order.” The woman was shocked, but managed to compose herself and walk into the waiting room where her daughter was waiting. “Well, daughter, we women celebrate when things are good, and we celebrate when things don’t go so well. In this case, things aren’t well. I have cancer. So, let’s head to the club and have a martini.” After three or four martinis, the two were feeling a little less sombre. There were some laughs and more martinis. They were eventually approached by some of the woman’s old friends, who were curious as to what the two were celebrating. The woman told her friends they were drinking to her impending end, “I’ve been diagnosed with AIDS.” The friends were aghast, gave the woman their condolences and made a hasty retreat. After the friends left, the woman’s daughter leaned over and whispered, “Mum, I thought you said you were dying of cancer, and you just told your friends you were dying of AIDS! Why did you do that?” “Because I don’t want any of those cows sleeping with your father after I’m gone.” And THAT, my friends, is what is called, “Putting your affairs in order.”
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Cricket season... Q. What do you get if you cross the English cricket team with an OXO cube? A. A laughing stock. Q What is the height of optimism? A: English batsman putting on sunscreen. Q. What is the difference between an English batsman and a Formula One car? A. Nothing! If you blink you’ll miss them both. Q. What do English batsmen and drug addicts have in common? A. Both spend most of their time wondering where their next score will come from. Q. What does an English batsman who is playing in The Ashes have in common with Michael Jackson? A. They both wore gloves for no apparent reason. Q. What is the difference between Cinderella and the Pommies? A. Cinderella knew when to leave the ball. Q. What’s the difference between the Pommies and a funeral director? A. A funeral director isn’t going to lose the ashes.
It’s hell to be old
Old people have problems that you haven’t even considered yet! An 85-year-old man was asked for a sperm count by his doctor as part of his physical exam. The doctor gave the man a jar and said, “Take this jar home and bring back a semen sample tomorrow.” The next day the 85-year-old man reappeared at the doctor’s office and gave him the jar, which was as clean and empty as on the previous day. The doctor asked what happened and the man explained, “Well, Doc, it’s like this – first I tried with my right hand, but nothing. Then
I tried with my left hand, but still nothing.” “Then I asked my wife for help. She tried with her right hand, then with her left, still nothing. She tried with her mouth, first with the teeth in, then with her teeth out, still nothing.” “We even called up Arleen, the lady next door. And she tried too. First with both hands, then an armpit and she even tried squeezin’ it between her knees, but still nothing.” The doctor was shocked. “You asked your neighbour?” The old man replied, “Yep, none of us could get the jar open.”
Irish humour
Murphy showed up at Mass one Sunday and the priest almost fell down when he saw him. He’d never been to church in his life. After Mass, the priest caught up with him and said, “Murphy, I am so glad ya decided to come to Mass. What made ya come?” Murphy said, “I got to be honest with you, Father. A while back, I misplaced me hat and I really, really love that hat. I know that McGlynn had a hat just like mine and I knew he came to church every Sunday.” “I also knew that he had to take off his hat during Mass and figured he would leave it in the back of church. So, I was going to leave after Communion and steal McGlynn’s hat.” The priest said, “Well, Murphy, I notice that ya didn’t steal McGlynn’s hat. What changed your mind?” Murphy replied, “Well, after I heard your sermon on the Ten Commandments, I decided that I didn’t need to steal McGlynn’s hat after all.” With a tear in his eye the priest gave Murphy a big smile and said, “After I talked about ‘Thou Shalt Not Steal’ ya decided you would rather do without your hat than burn in hell?” Murphy slowly shook his head. “No, Father, after ya talked about ‘Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery’ I remembered where I left me hat.”
Fishing and Boating
Fishing Report Tin Can Bay Fishing report – Tin Can Bay by Jim Cole, Tin Can Bay Boat Hire 0408 329 167
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great option for bait fisherman. Whilst if being just after sunrise. lures are your thing try casting metal slugs. Pilchards rigged on Large schools of juvenile queenfish have gangs hooks with little It has been absolutely awesome weather also been present with 20g slugs used with to no weight giving the this past week with light winds providing a high speed retrieve working well. best results. smaller boats the option to get out and Trolling hard bodied lures or live bait Schools of small big explore the open waters of the bay in Craig with around is also a great way to cover more eye trevally have being search of a few pelagics. a beautiful ground and find where the fish are feeding cruising the drop offs School, Spotty and Spanish mackerel Rainbow just keep an eye on the sounder and try to in front of Tin Can Bay. have all started showing up inside the bar Beach coral by Jim Cole, tincanbayboathire.com.au, 0408 329 167get you baits/lures as close to the depth Surface poppers like meaning smaller boats that wouldn’t venture trout where the fish are feeding. Sebile Splashers 52out beyond the bar now have a chance at 76mm range working The run of hot humid weather has getting amongst these fish. The Channel well. you up to date Y ALL ACCOUNTS has got the Big fish seen have the jacks firing up well. A couple of between Inskip Pointthe andrain Fraser Island, green maps andstarted showing up firing a bit Reef moreare andgreat flushed a few crabs smallerzone squire have Barra season has Mick or Bluff places to start. that are familiar out from upbaits the creeks just in time for the on theyou shallow reefs around Tin Can Bay started off well with Floating of pilchards or yakka’s with size holidays. alongthe withrelevant a few sweetlip. The best time several nice fish being rigged on gang hooks in the current is a and bag limits for taken in the bay along In the Straits, whiting have been active the species you may with a few more stories around Tinnanbar and Poona as well as encounter. For more of the ones that got around Ida Island and Pelican Bay. information on green away. It pays to make There has been some good flathead zones and so on, drop sure your gear is up for caught with the last couple of hours of the past the store. the task when chasing run-out tide giving the best results. Try Barra as there is nothing Remember the areas like the mouth of Alligator and Teebar worse than losing that fish of the month Creeks. trophy fish due to tackle competition. For your The hot and humid conditions are ideal failure. chance to win $50, just for those wanting to head up the creeks visit the store located It’s well worth beefing chasing jacks. Kauri, Tuan and Poona creeks at 6/6 Scullett Drive, up the trebles on your are a great option, as they will offer a degree Tin Can Bay, near Mitre hard bodies from the of protection from the northerly winds and 10 and weigh in your standard ones from are easily accessible in poor conditions. catch! Donna with a ripper spanish mackerel - good to see the Rob from Coffs Harbour withtoa something factory The creeks have been fishing well with girls getting stuck into the fish too cracking spangled aemperor little more robust. If several reports of quality mangrove jack your using soft plastics to 50cm being caught. Live baits of poddy choose the jig heads mullet, diver whiting, herring and silver with heavy duty hooks biddies all work well however, for those like the TT Headlockz wanting a little more fun, try casting deep XH or the Evolution HD diving hard bodied lures such as sebile range. koolie minnows or atomic shiners around the 75–90mm range at the snags. Crabs have been active with several The shallow reefs around Tin Can Bay will reports of people be worth a try before the wind gets up, with coming back with a feed the ideal time to fish being around first light. Heaps oforMackerel of muddies. Upside Lightly weighed pilchards whole squid A pair of quality grass sweetlip has been the recent rigged on set of 3/0 gangs should provide publicity by Fisheries good results. QLD regarding on the On the freshwater scene, the Mary River is spot fines of $1100 for fishing well for Australian bass and provides those caught tampering an option for those wanting to escape the with someone else’s wind. Spinner baits or soft plastics rigged crab pots. This is great with TT spin jigs are your best bet. news and hopefully it is There are reports of large golden trevally enforced heavily around being caught off the beach at Inskip Point holiday/peak seasons. using livies. For more inshore pelagic action While the winds are try areas such as Big Mick or the channel light it is worth heading between Inskip and Fraser for mackerel, up towards Fraser Island queenfish and trevally. and fishing the channel Try getting out on the water at first light between Inskip and in fishing areas like Bluff Reef and Teebar to get what they are after. Fraser for mackerel. Ledge and fishing the last of the run-out tide Don’t forget our fish of the month for sweetlip, squire, parrot and cod. If the wind kicks up and with temps in the competition. With just over a week left for high 20’s to early 30’s it will pay to seek For those wanting a feed of whiting, Ida the month be sure to get your entries in and shelter in the creeks and chase a few jacks Island and Pelican Bay are still producing a remember to keep it fair this is a random and barra. few quality fish. draw so it doesn’t have to be the biggest Don’t forget, with the start of the school We have received some great news fish to win. holidays, we will start seeing increased over the past week and we are excited to Find us on facebook @ www.facebook. patrols by Qld Boating and Fisheries officers. announce that we have been appointed the com/TinCanBayBoatHire we would love to Don’t ruin your day on the water. Spend a Shimano dealer for the Tin Can Bay area. see pictures of your holiday catch. couple of minutes checking your vessel to This means locals and visitors no longer ensure that all your safety gear is in date, have to travel to Gympie or Maryborough Until next time, stay safe on the water.
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Safety upgrade at Snapper Creek
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by Tony Stewart 54868666.rainbowbeachfishing.com.au
Things really quietened down this month with back to school and work. Then some really bad weather was thrown in.
As I write our vessel is at Tin Can Bay having its yearly anti-foul and gearbox service. This would have to coincide with good weather, but we are off for a month so you have to follow the diary. I am looking forward to pulling in Victorian Snapper, and it looks like one
of the best years ever in that State, where a lot of Fish are 10-12kgs. I definitely won’t be targeting the 100kg Tuna -that is for the young ones!
Nick’s Spangled Emperor
For this time of year our last few trips offshore have been very good, as wehave been able to dodge the current run this month. Our main catches were made up of Squire, Pearland Moses Perch, Maori Cod, Parrot,Spangled Emperor with the odd Cobia and Dolphin Fish. Hopefully while I am away you will be fortunate enough to receive plenty of rain as the economy of Gympie is so reliant on good seasons. At present this area is desperate for soaking rains.
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OURISTS EXPERIENCING the thrill of dolphin feeding at Tin Can Bay over these holidays will enjoy greater safety following the completion of new high-visibility line markings on the Snapper Creek boat harbour ramp. Above left to right: Member for Gympie, David Gibson MP, Ben with a nice coral trout off the bottom said line markings and signs would reduce the risk to pedestrians by car and trailer More big dolphin fish ‘Til next month- stay movements at the head of the boat ramp. safe. “Pedestrians often become distracted by A nice amberjack before it was released the excitement of dolphin feeding and are Below: A black marlin jumping not aware of reversing vehicles, particularly towing boats,” Mr Gibson said. A happy Skipperwill Rick’s “Signs and ground markings reduce punter with foot traffic across the head of the boat ramp Big Pearl Perch. a Squire and use of the floating walkway.” “With tourist coaches and dolphin watcher vehicles using the boat ramp parking area there can also be some conflict with needs of local boaties using the public marine facilities.” “The works will ensure that we continue to provide public marine facilities for the P r o b a b l y boating community without impeding local our biggest tourism.” daily catch of The boat ramp facility was upgraded in Maori Cod on September and October last year to include Charter additional lane and a new floating an walkway.
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ITH JUST SIX trips offshore in November and three in the first week of December it wasn’t the best end to 2014. Nearly every weekend seemed to be dogged by bad weather. Throw in 13 cancelled trips in August due to bad weather so fish stocks offshore must be good. We have mainly fished north-east and south-east on the wider grounds where the parrot have been in good numbers, along with another run of snapper in the last few weeks. Dolphin fish have started to show and they are bigger than the schools of rats we had last year. Other species caught this month have been pearl perch, hussar, Moses perch, coral trout, gold spot wrasse, Maori cod, sweetlip and cobia. Sharks on the wider grounds have been a constant problem, and they don’t appear to be endangered to me. Then throw in the five-metre Great White that came around the boat the other week... they are apparently endangered also. Just don’t swim in the dark! For those on holidays, please book a few days before you want to go as we are dictated to by the weather man and we need to make up numbers. To those that supported us once again in 2014, a big thank you. We wish you a prosperous New Year. Until next month – stay safe.
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the rain: Russell with A pair of qualityIngrass sweetlip his recent snapper
Tim with a dolphin fish
Beth caught a good sized coral trout
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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 4x4 Tours by experience local guide visits all highlights and lesser known gems of Fraser Island 0457 726 388 Rainbow Beach 4x4 Hire 5486 8300
Dolphin Ferry 35 minutes by ferry to view the dolphins at TIn Can Bay 7am daily 0428 838 836
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
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
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.
Sea Kayaking Dolphin View Sea Kayaking: A unique experience - see dolphins, whales (seasonal), manta rays, turtles and more 0408 738 192
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.
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.
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.
Rainbow Beach Aquatic Centre and Tin Can Bay Pool offers squad, learn to swim, water aerobics and more.
Great Sandy Strait Cruises and Sunset Cruises 0428 838 836
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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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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By Canoe Explore the mangrove fringed waters of Carlo Creek, Carlo Island and Tin Can Bay Inlet in a Canoe available for hire from Carlo Point Boat Hire 0427 743 427
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 0427 743 427 or Tin Can Bay Boat Hire 0408 329 167 Charter Boats Excellent reef fishing is only a few miles offshore and charter trips can be arranged through Rainbow Beach Fishing Charters on 5486 8666, Double Island Point Fishing Charters on 0417 073 313 or Keely Rose Reef Fishing Charters on 0407 146 151. The reefs off Rainbow yield Red Emperor, Sweet lip, Snapper, Pearl Perch, Parrot and Coral Trout.
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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. The island is 123 km long and covers an area of 166,038 ha, so you need to allow plenty of time to explore and appreciate it. www. nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/fraser/index
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January Beach Art & Craft Festival “Brushes by the Sea” Rainbow February Cooloola Crocs Swimming Beach Art & Craft Festival Carnival February April Anzac Parade Carnival Cooloola Crocs Day Swimming May Bay Day to Bay Yacht Race April Anzac Parade June/July May Bay to BayRainbow Yacht RaceBeach Family Fishing Classic July 4-12 June/July Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic August Rainbow Beach Triathlon August Rainbow Beach Lion’s Club Annual Kite Rainbow Festival Beach/Trail Runs Rainbow Beach Triathlon September Tin Can Bay Seafood September Festival Rainbow Beach SerpentBeach FestivalInvitations October Rainbow Tin Can Bay Seafood Festival Fours Bowls Tournament Tin Can Bay Ambulance Flower Show October Rainbow Beach Invitations Fours Bowls October Rainbow Beach Nippers Tournament Carnival TinNovember Can Bay Ambulance Flower Show Rainbow Beach/Trail Runs Rainbow Beach Nippers Carnival December Tin Can Bay Foreshore December Family Nights Christmas Concert Tin Can Bay Foreshore Rainbow Beach Lions Club Twilight Family Nights Christmas Concert and Afternoon Markets “The Tents” 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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Back to school with a meet and greet! by Mr Micheal Grogan, Principal, 07 5486 9333
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IS GOING to be another great year at Rainbow Beach State School. Our focus will be, as it always has been, to do the best we can for our students. The school year will begin on Tuesday, January 28. We look forward to seeing new and returning families at a meet and greet BBQ on Tuesday, February 3. In 2015 we will have four classes operating at the school: Prep/1 – Mrs Chamberlain 1/2 – Mrs Lawler and Mrs Young 3/4 – Mr Mileson 4/5/6 – Mr Grogan and Miss McColl Mrs Therese Young and Miss Paula Heineger will focus on our school’s reading programme. As part of this initiative, teachers will work in each other’s classrooms to observe, reflect and review our teaching practices. In 2015 we will also be introducing specialist art lessons for all students, from prep to year 6, for one hour per week. Our Chaplin will also be returning in 2015, with the school successful in our application to continue her funding. Next year Chappy Ronnie will be assisting with the overseeing of a Work-for-the-Dole programme at our school. We will have six project participants at any one time working each Thursday and Friday. I am confident they will have a positive impact on our school’s appearance and development of the garden. 2015 will also see the school introduce our new behaviour management framework. School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) enables staff and students to focus on academic achievement through a positive and proactive approach to managing student behaviour. Our new school rules are “Be Safe, Be Respectful and Be a Learner”.
Flynn, Luxie the Grinch and Zac played some touch footy before the concert
Christmas concert The annual Christmas concert was held at the Rainbow Beach Community Centre again last year. This fantastic venue really gives our students the opportunity to shine when on stage and performing. Once again our teachers did an amazing job creating performance pieces that allowed the students to show everyone what they are capable of. The concert was also an opportunity to say farewell to the families and staff who left our school in 2014. We would like to wish Miss Sheree Oldham, Mr James Druitt, Miss Jenna Baughurst and Miss Lauren Jones all the very best for 2015. It is always sad to see good people leave our school and that was very much the case this time round. James, Sheree, Jenna and Lauren have all had a positive influence on the lives of students during their time here at Rainbow Beach. All four came to work every day with an infectious enthusiasm and a desire to do the best they can for the kids they teach. I wish them great success at their new schools and for their future endeavours. To the families and students who are leaving our school, I hope you all look back on your experiences with Rainbow Beach State School and remember your time with us with fondness. You will all be missed. The P&C raffle winners were Peggy, Julia Davidson and Shona for the hampers, and the new owner of Leonie’s decor art from Gallery Jilarty is Cherie Betteridge. Over $800 was raised in the raffle. Thanks to everyone for their donations for the hampers and prizes as well as the sausage sizzle.
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Little Rudolphs: Sonny, Harvey, Jahli and Luke
Kaleb and Jack put the cuffs on Darth Vader (Brodie)
Mrs Claus (Sachi) is ready to “accept” or “reject” in Year 2/3 Christmas play
Katie and Logan Sanderson are dressed the part
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Ella, Max and Ruby get in the Christmas spirit
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HE END OF ONE chapter, beginning of another. My time acting in the Deputy Principal/Head of Curriculum has ended. This year I will be taking on the Master Teacher role between Tin Can Bay State School and Gympie Central State School. The position is a dynamic and responsive approach to making a positive difference in our school communities. For further information, please access the DETA website (deta.qld.gov.au). I would like to thank all the students, parents/carers, community members and staff who have assisted and supported my endeavours to provide our students with a holistic and enriching education. I look forward to working with the school in 2015 in a different capacity. Farewell and thank you to Miss Pip Branfield, Mrs Simone Rookyard, Mr James Druitt, Miss Jenna Baughurst, Miss Georgia Owens, Miss Irene Steger and Mr Phil Feldman.
Thank you to the following staff for working in temporary positions within our school during the final term of 2014. Enjoy your well-deserved break Helen Crooks, Nathan Watts, Amber Szulikowska, Susan Faulkner, L’Rece Morgillo, Katrina Drury, Jenny Jarvis, Suzanne Buschell and Pam McVeigh. Something to consider over the break from Dr Seuss: “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn the more places you’ll go.” Important dates School office staff return on Monday, January 19, 2015 however the office will be closed all day on Wednesday, January 21 and until 11am on Thursday, January 22 to facilitate training and inductions.
School uniforms will be available between 1pm –3pm between January 21 and 23, and from 7.30am – 10am on January 27. Christmas concert The Christmas concert was spectacular, with great performances from children from prep to grade 7. The acts were diverse and entertaining, with the audience encouraged to dance, clap and sing along. Best of all the Masters of Ceremony were grade 1 students, Paris Reibel, Koby Williams, Raine Parslow and Billie Woodhouse-Black. These tiny people spoke with flair and confidence, and led the entire school as competently as any adult. A great time was had by all.
Above: Jorell, Charlie and Thomas look ready to rap From left to right: Jaqwui, Jaimee, Chelsea and Nikki have it all wrapped up for the end of year concert
Below: Robyn Sleep, Ronnie Timperon, Lea Nicholson and Callie Sparling served up a big breakfast before the concert
Two sweet little prep angels: Allasandra and Cheyanne Cassidy and Ella Williams enjoy the concert
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Jimmy Badcock took home the Robbert Pryde trophy for the year and also took the Apps trophy for highest scoring wave. Better not forget the best wipe out went to Rob Snape for an awesome show! We had our presentation at the Old Freshwater camp ground, thank you to the national parks. We began with a moment’s silence for the people who we were there to remember and who we come together for. We did miss a few this year due to prior commitments, but we hope to see you all back next year. We would like to say a big thank you for the support from the local community: Wayne’s Camping shop, Golden Breed, Skydive Centre, Food Works, IGA, 7th Wave, Rainbow Beach Sports Club, Aquatic and Fitness Centre, and our major sponsors Rainbow Beach Meats – thanks for every year; we MECHANIC couldn’t do it without you. And last but not least, Ed’s Beach Bakery for all the help. There are still plenty of shirts and singlets if you wish to purchase one. The community came together and supported us and that’s what it’s all about. Boardriders BBQ up in the car park, January 17, 2015. Bring your longboards and show us what you’re made of. Thank you again. Check us out on Facebook – Rainbow Beach boardriders, ph: 0419 929 037.
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Local members of the Queensland Wader Study Group count shorebirds on roost sites around the bay every month. Migratory shorebirds return to the same roost site year after year. Counting the birds regularly and then comparing the counts over time gives a good idea of how successful the breeding season has been up in the northern hemisphere and also how the birds have managed on their long flights north and then south again. Unfortunately, shorebird numbers are declining every year but each year we see a similar mix of birds on each of the roost sites. However, there is one bird that I have not seen for a couple of years. Terek Sandpipers have only been found on one site south of Inskip Point and I have not seen them on this site for some time. They roost in mangrove trees with Grey-tailed Tattlers. When they are roosting they both tuck their heads under their wings. Because they are very similar in size and both grey and white coloured they are very difficult to identify. If they pull
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Rainbow Beach
5486 8100
Double Island Point Fishing Charters Keely Rose Rainbow Beach Fishing Charters
Bait and Tackle Chilly Bin Rainbow Beach Tackle & Camping
Food Wholesalers
Bakery Ed’s Beach Bakery Cove Bakery
Rainbow Beach Cooloola Cove
5486 3080 5488 0553
CABINET MAKER
Barnacles Carlo Point Boat Hire Tin Can Bay Boat Hire
Tin Can Bay Rainbow Beach Tin Can Bay
5486 4899 0427 743 427 0408 329 167
Builders/Handyman GJ Gardner Gympie KJ Homes Tin Can Bay Rainbow Beach Remodelling and Repairs Rainbow Beach
Rainbow Cooloola Wholesalers
5482 3444 5486 2820 0417 728 510
Butchers
CONCRETING
CONCRETE Davies Furniture Court
Tin Can Bay
5486 4170
Cabinet Makers Cooloola Coast Cabinets Whatever Cabinetmakers
Tin Can Bay Cooloola Cove
5488 0443 5486 4004
Car Dealers Madills Mazda
Gympie
5480 5588
Caravan Parks Rainbow Waters Caravan Park Tin Can Bay Caravan Park
Rainbow Beach
54863200
Tin Can Bay
5486 4411
Tin Can Bay Indoor Outdoor Cooloola Cove Cooloola Cove Landscape & Garden Supplies Cooloola Cove
Tin Can Bay Cooloola Cove
0428 645 369 5486 4004
Caravan Antennas Saturn Antennas
Rainbow Beach
5486 3471
Carpet Cleaners
Can Bay 0407 764 661 CARPETTinCLEANERS
Benny’s Carpet Cleaning Cleanwave
Rainbow Beach
0421 600 148
Concreting Moppz Concreting
Cooloola Coast
5486 3914
Curtains and Blinds Cooloola Curtains and Blinds
Cooloola Cove
5486 4030
Dog Wash Amy’s Dog Wash & Grooming
5482 3889
5486 4352 5488 0222
TING E R C N CO Beach 0400 657 797 PPZ Rainbow
Gas Supplies
Rainbow Beach and Fraser Island Gas Supplies
MO
Lighthouse Glass and Aluminium
Troy Rowley
Concreting Contractor ABN 64-930-176-411
• House Slabs Handyman Service Slabs • Garage Gavin Freeman • DrivewaysRainbow Beach • Paths Hardware
Tin Can Bay
5488 0601
Rainbow Beach Hardware Rainbow Beach Mitre 10 Cooloola Cooloola Cove
0458 347 003
5486 3444
Community Centre Rainbow Beach . . . . 5486 3355 Gympie Regional Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 0800 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
5486 3070 5488 0399
5486 9090 5486 3191
Real Estate Professionals Rainbow Beach Realty Cooloola Waters Retirement Village
Arcobaleno Banana Bean Cafe (Shell Service Station) Barnacles Cafe Belz Pizza Café Jilarty Coloured Sands Café Cove Fish and Chips Dolphins on the Bay Global Flavours Latitude 25 Bar and Grill Marina Bar and Grill Rainbow Woks Temptations The Pavillion Waterview Bistro
Tin Can Bay Rainbow Beach
5488 0734 5486 3900
Tin Can Bay
0411 441 706
Rainbow Beach
5486 8000
Tin Can Bay Cooloola Cove Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Cooloola Cove Tin Can Bay Cooloola Cove Rainbow Beach Tin Can Bay Rainbow Beach Tin Can Bay Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach
5486 4899 5486 2013 5486 3277 5486 3143 5488 0486 5486 4308 5488 0486 5486 3667 5486 4400 0459 030 904 5486 4442 5486 3777 5486 8344
Rainbow Beach
5486 8700
Tin Can Bay
5486 2887
Tin Can Bay
5486 4233
Rainbow Beach
0418 729 474
CELEBRANT Rainbow Beach
0438 773 119
IGA Supermarket
Signs
Kennels Catteries Phone:and5486 3914 Mobile: 0413 060 797
Cosgroves
5483 5364
Marine Supplies ELECTRICIAN Tin Can Bay Mower, Marine & Cycle
Tin Can Bay
5486 2285
Smash Repairs
Tin Can Bay Body works
Solicitor
Storage
Cooloola Tin Can PEST CONTROL Mini Storgae Cooloola Cove 1300 727 025 Professionals Storage 5488 0734
Massage Therapist
Tourist Centre
Rainbow Beach Massage & Natural Therapies
Rainbow Beach Tourist Centre
Rainbow Beach
5486 8388
Rainbow Beach
5486 3227
Tours and attractions
Mechanical Cooloola Coast Tyre and Brakes Cooloola Coast Rainbow Beach Rustproofing and Mechanical Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Tyre and Mechanical Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Auto Care Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Towing Rainbow Beach
5486 4840 5486 3228 5486 3144 5486 8111 5486 8555
Barnacles Dolphin Centre Dolphin Ferry Cruises Epic Ocean Adventures Fraser Island 4x4 Tours Rainbow Beach 4x4 Hire Rainbow Beach Horserides Surf and Sand Safaris
Tin Can Bay 5486 4899 Rainbow Beach/TC Bay 0428 838 836 Rainbow Beach 0408 738 192 Rainbow Beach 0457 726 388 Rainbow Beach 5486 8300 Rainbow Beach 0412 174 337 Rainbow Beach 5486 3131
Vet Rainbow Beach
Essential Services EMERGENCY - AMBULANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 EMERGENCY - POLICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 EMERGENCY - FIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 SES - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3314
Cooloola Cove
Rainbow Beach Hotel Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Sports Club Rainbow Beach
Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach Signs
Cleanwave
GAS Rainbow Beach
Shopping Centre
Pest Control Rainbow Beach
Rainbow Beach Pharmacy Guardian Pharmacy
Also specialising in; 5486 2000 • Stamp Health and Beauty • Concrete Stencil Serenity Beauty Rainbow Beach 0438 868 116 • Exposed Seeded Concrete Tattoo Body Piercing Rainbow Beach 5486 3533 Gympie Cooloola Pet Resort Gympie
Caravan Repairs and Hire Eledric Whatever
Gympie
Garden Supplies
Glass and Aluminium
Tin Can Bay Family Butchery
Pharmacy
Restaurants and Café’s
Furniture supplier
Boat Hire
BOATING
Pubs and Clubs
Lees Fishing Co
Cooloola Coast Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Tin Can Bay
AND
HOSPITAL - Gympie (ind. Community & Mental Health Services) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5489 8444 Library - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3705 Pharmacy - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3070
0421 600 148
Gympie Veterinary Services Tin Can Bay
5486 4666
POSITIONS VACANT
WRITERS WANTED
Coastguard Tin Cay Bay - VMR 417 . . . . . 5486 4290 Wildcare - Violet Hopkinson . . . . . . . . 0407 574 321 Warren Truss MP (Federal Member for Wide Bay) . . . . . 1 300 301 968 David Gibson MLA For RBCC Community News Police - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 8765 (State Member for Gympie) . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3651 time, must have own Police - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486CLEANING 2426 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (Please phone to make appt ) HOME Part CLEANING CAR camera, computer and DEACON, Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 624 208 car, flexible availability, HOLT, Neville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3250 POISONS Information Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 11 26 excellent writing and HUXLEY, Anthony Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . 0418 715 065 RACQ - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 8555 interpersonal skills. MISSEN, John Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 8153 School - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 9333 Call today 5486 3561 SYSTSMA, Sandra Evelyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 8343 School - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5488 1222 January 2015 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – 45
WHAT’S ON JANUARY
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Tin Can Bay Market, Sid 0418 711 897
until 2 “The Tents” Scripture Union FREE holiday programme, Rainbow Beach Community Hall and on the beach
20
Over 60’s brunch at Cooloola Bayside Park, followed by a bush walk, 5488 0284.
2
20
Book covering at Gympie Library Book Now! 10.30-11.30am
Weekly
21
Tin Can Bay Camera Club, Tin Can Bay Library Meeting Room
Learn to Swim, Squad, Gym, Kid’s Supervised after school play times, and holiday activities, Rainbow Beach Aquatic Centre 07 5486 3191
Church service followed by dinner on Friday January 2, also starting at 5.30pm.
6
Over 60’s Coffee morning, Surf Club
9
Entries due for “Brushes by the Sea” Annual Art Festival
21-23 10am School uniform available TCB school 1-3pm (and 27 7.30am-10am)
Family Play Clay FREE Gympie Gallery 5481 0733
22
10
11, 25 Community Centre Market, Rainbow Beach on the centre block, Dennis Cook: 5483 4866 13-20 Creative workshops themed are round an exhibition called “Hoop-la” where you can be the star of the show. Make your own juggling balls, be the clown, learn juggling skills, twist a hoola hoop you have made, paint circus animals, try cartooning and lots more, Gympie Gallery 5481 0733 14
15
Dream weaver and spiderweb holiday Make an American Indian style Dream Catcher or a Spider and web 10.30am – 11.30am at TIn Can Bay library and from 2.30pm – 3.30pm at Rainbow Beach library
24
Movies in the Park – Rainbow Beach pool – How to Train Your Dragon 2, at 7.30pm
17
Rainbow Beach Summer Surf Girl Family Fun Day from 11.30am, outdoor activities -touch footy, ultimate frisbee, races, egg and spoon relays and baton relays, bocce, giant jenga and finska or challenge lifesavers in feats of strength, prizes, BBQ
(many are term time only)
Monday 8.15-9.15am Ladies Swim Squad 9am and 6pm Aqua aerobics
Movies in the Park Lake Alford (duck ponds) – Maleficent, at 7.30pm
9.30am-12.30pm Rainbow Beach Library
“Fun Family Circus” morning in Memorial Park, Gympie, 10am - noon, 5481 0733
Tuesday
Karate, School 9am Arts & Craft Group, Church of the Good Shepherd Hall (2nd/last Tue of month) 9am-noon Tin Can Bay Quilters, Community Complex, Maree 5486 5706 or Jo 5488 0134
25
First nippers training day for 2015
26
Australia Day
9.30am Little Guppies Playgroup, Tin Can Bay
28
State schools begin!
FEBRUARY 1
First monthly gathering of the Rainbow Beach Christian Community, Community Centre, 4 - 6pm. Everyone is welcome, Chappy Ronnie 0413 135 867.
5pm Hatha Yoga with Glenda, Rainbow Beach Massage Wednesday
The World Day Of Prayer service meeting 10am, 27 Stirling Castle Road, Tin Can Bay, Diane Merry 5486 4160
Thursday
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Movies in the Park, Tin Can Bay Pool, Guardians of the Galaxy (Rated M - Science fiction themes and violence)7pm Valentine’s Day
Swim Club 07 5486 3191 Friday 8.30am Gentle Yoga with Glenda, Rainbow Beach Massage 9am Art Classes, Tuncunba Gardens 10am Prayer Group, Church Good Shepherd, all welcome! 2-5pm Rainbow Beach Library Little athletics Sailability Saturday 8.30-11.30am Rainbow Beach Library Sunday 7am St Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church Service in Manooka Drive 7.30am Cooloola Dragon Boat Club training 9am Church of the Good Shepherd Anglican Service, followed by morning tea. All denominations most welcome! 10am-2pm Rainbow Beach Craft Market, Top Shops and RB Community Hall
Karate, school
2
13
3.30pm Cooloola Dragon Boat Club training
2-5pm Rainbow Beach Library 7pm Homegroup Bible Study with Chappy Ronnie, Rainbow Beach, 0413 135 867.
Rainbow Beach State School meet and greet BBQ
lunchtime Craft Club, RBSS Library
9am and 6pm Aqua aerobics
World Wetlands Day, Tin Can Bay School from 9am, displays in the hall, 1pm tour Great Sandy Strait migratory shorebird roost
3
12 Reiki Bliss, RB Massage
9am Mahjong/Games Mornings Church of the Good Shepherd Hall
2
Boardriders BBQ up in the car park. Bring your longboards!
19-20 Delivery of Work due for “Brushes by the Sea” Annual Art Festival
Movies in the Park, Nelson Reserve, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Rated M - Action violence) 7pm
24-26 Rainbow Beach’s “Brushes by the Sea” Annual Art Festival
Lego Competition, 10.30am-12pm, BYO lego, Prizes to be won, Gympie Library
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17
23
Dream weaver and spiderweb holiday workshop 10.30am-11.30am, Gympie Library
27
7.30am Brekky Club, Rainbow Beach State School 8.15-9.15am Ladies Swim Squad 9am Aqua aerobics 9.30am-12.30pm Rainbow Beach Library
If you have an event or date claimer you would like to add please email info@rbcn.com.au.
46 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – January 2015
Challenge a lifesaver – 17th January
January 2015 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – 47