Rainbow Beach Community News September 2016

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September 2016 • Vol 19 • Issue 9

Seafood characters to star at annual festival

In this issue...

Three prawns, a crab, octopus, fish, seahorse and of course a dolphin! You’ll be able to spot these critters at the Tin Can Bay Seafood Festival on September 24. Read all about how they were made and what’s Image Bec Reibel happening on the day - page 6.

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Editor’s Note

Springtime, saving lives and sporting stars

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EPTEMBER HOLDS Father’s Day, two festivals on the coast and a day on the green! Holidays are only two weeks away, and even though it is our “busy time” with deadlines and deliveries, it still means our little flock comes to the fold.

There’s a great issue ahead for you this month. Some wonderful high achievers on the cultural and sporting fronts, a company of soldiers visit, and the regular fishing catches!

On the business front we celebrate a business opening, new managers and a decade of ownership.

We cover everything from the environment - seagrass and reef checks - to our very popular jokes!

Thanks to CCYAP and The Fishing Club, and our council and libraries, kids and teens will find plenty to do over the school break. See our comprehensive guide on pages 4 and 5.

It includes a lifesaver camp - what an opportunity for our local kids.

As proud members of our local surf lifesaving club, we are delighted that

our no. 3 hopes to join the ranks of volunteer surf lifesaver this spring, like his big brother and sister.

I would encourage all teens to consider joining, and parents with younger kids why not try Nippers this season? Sign up dates are inside. And adults, we would love more helpers age managers, behind the scenes and on the beach!

For our small seaside communities - we are very fortunate to have opportunities right here on our coastline. Other summer sports are also hosting sign-ons - look out for swimming clubs and Little Athletics.

Plus there’s surfing, dragon boating, sporting shooters, sailing, bowls and so much more…

Spring has sprung for locals and visitors - especially you dads, stepdads and grandads out there, enjoy your day in our great outdoors!

Until next month, Michelle and Heatley Gilmore

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Spring has sprung,

come celebrate...

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AINBOW BEACH SPRING FESTIVAL is on this Saturday, September 3 at the Rainbow Beach Community Hall from 9am to 5pm.

With free entry, this family friendly community festival has something for everyone!

Markets, rides, face painting, laser tag, animal petting farm and food stalls will operate all day.

The Australian Country Music Institute’s Rock Skool will be performing between 12pm and 4pm and Rainbow Beach Horse Rides will be onsite for rides between 9am and 12pm.

The Busking Competition will run from 9am to 3pm with local and Wide Bay artists performing their hearts out for the chance to be part of the BUSK OFF at 4pm.

Tree Beards will be running a series of twirling and drumming workshops for all ages throughout the day, times and booking forms are available on our website.

The Rainbow Fire Weavers will finish our event with a Fire Twirling Performance!

Our Monster Raffle will be starting at 4pm, raffle tickets are $5 and will be available at the event. Prizes include accommodation, a Gympie Music Muster Family Pass, vouchers and goods.

We are proud to have a number of local community groups at the event, along with local artists. See our website or Facebook page for further details, www.rainbowbeachlive.com. For further information, please contact Sandy 0427 863 007 or Kaye 0448 889 781.

Come join in the fun at

A day on the Green!

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IG DAY OUT was a bit wet and we weren’t able to hold all our raffles and auctions, so we are having a Day On the Green to complete our 2016 fundraising for the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation.

Day on the Green is a barefoot bowling social event with turbo teams of two; entry is open to participants seven years and older.

This event will be held at the Rainbow Beach Sports and Recreation Club on Sunday, September 25 from 10am to 5pm. Entry is $10 and you can book on or before the day. Prizes will be awarded to teams throughout the day with Grand Final prizes awarded at 5pm.

Bring the whole family to enjoy a meal and listen to the live music while you bowl, or kick back with friends for a drink while you enjoy the atmosphere.

Raffles and charity auctions will be held throughout the event with $2 raffle tickets being sold on the day. Raffle prizes includes gift vouchers, gift packs, and homewares; charity auctions include 4WD tours, accommodation, Ripcurl watches, fishing rod packages, antennas and a giant dreamcatcher.

Full details are available on our website at http://www.rainbowbeachpigdayout. com.au/ Raffle tickets sold previously have been held for inclusion in this event. Please contact Rachel Crocker 0419 464 254 or Terri Geissmann 0438 436 807 for further information.

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Spring is here so visit the beach! Plus check your calendar with these dates in September, for family fun and busy kids and teens:

18-24 Lifesaver Bootcamp

What’s on for the school holidays?

12-year-old twins, Olivia (left) and Jacinta Sullivan are jumping for joy to be at the best winter beach away from cold Toowoomba!

Image Alison Sullivan

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This is not pretend - it’s the real deal!

Rainbow Beach Surf Lifesaving Club wants you! If you are 13-15 years secure a Surf Rescue Certificate and Resuscitation Award or 15 years and older go for your Bronze Medallion, or Certificate 11 in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue).

The accredited course goes towards your QCE (year 12), giving 4 out of a possible 20 points.

The aim of the camp is to provide an intensive, structured and fun training program that will allow participants to gain various surf lifesaving and nationally recognised awards.

It allows young people to be a member of a community organisation and participate in community service.

Live in at Rainbow Beach SLSC, dormitory accommodation, there will be adult supervision at all times along with experienced junior helpers.

The club wants people interested in patrolling at Rainbow Beach for this season as part of the surf life saving club.

You need to swim 400 metres in a pool in less than 9 minutes (Bronze Medallion) or 200 metres in 5 minutes (SRC). Please contact Mark Lawler, ph: 0427 033 160 to make a time for your swim test.

For week’s camp it is only $250 which includes training manual, workbook, togs, hi-visibility rash shirt, Club Polo Shirt and food! Patrol uniforms will be presented to all successful participants on Saturday afternoon.

To register contact Nicole: 5486 3249 Ext 5.

19 and 26, 22 and 29 Stories and craft First 5 Forever storytime is an interactive program for preschool children and babies featuring songs, rhymes, stories and craft.

This is a free event conducted in a relaxed atmosphere with a focus on fun for all involved.

These activities are designed to help prepare your children for school and encourage listening skills, a love of reading, help with learning fine and gross motor skills and coordination memory, sequencing and rhyming, social interaction and creativity.

These sessions are open to all children: Rainbow Beach Library: Monday 19 and 26, 10am - 11am; Tin Can Bay Library: Thursday 22 and 29, 9.30am - 10.30am.

Visit first5forever.org.au for further information.

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Fishing Day CCYAP invite you to come along and see if you can catch a fish or two with the help of local experts from the Tin Can Bay Fishing Club at Norman Point from 9amnoon.

Whether your child has never caught a fish or they think they know it all, bring them along to join in the fun and maybe learn some new skills. There will be a sausage sizzle and drinks for sale during the morning. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

President, Jim George, said, “Fishing rods will be supplied by the club and members will be on hand to advise and assist all those that attend.”

What’s on for the school holidays?

September 18-24 stay at the Surf Club and become a lifesaver!

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FREE Giant games, inflatable castle and tie die!

Bring the whole family as children of all ages are welcome.

Have a go on the jumping castle or play some of the giant games such as Giant Jenga or Giant Snakes and Ladders!

Maybe tie dye is your thing - get your groove on and make a washer or bandana to keep. All materials supplied. All children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.

Participants must bring a sense of fun, adventure and a water bottle. Snacks available for purchase. Participants are reminded that the dyeing liquid may splash onto clothes and should wear a coverall where possible.

No bookings required. Please note that Tie Dye is limited to the first 60 children.

Contact Council on 1300 307800 for further information.

Get down to the park next to the Tin Can Bay RSL Hall to get a smile on your face!

Learn to Sail September 26-29

Upcycle at the library Don’t throw that drink bottle away change it into a shark catcher! Turn an old tie into a snake; an old CD into a colourful bird; a used drink bottle into a jellyfish or a milk container into a mask. There are so many ideas to choose from to recycle containers into reusable artworks.

Join the school holiday activities at our local libraries, Tin Can Bay 10.30am - 11.30am and Rainbow Beach 2.30pm 3.30pm.

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Seafood Festival This year there is laser tag, and all the favourite rides, entertainment - plus delicious seafood! Back by popular demand is the skate, scoot and BMX competition with excellent prizes.

Judged at 3.30pm, different ages compete, hosted by Pipe Dreamz Indoor Skatepark. This festival is huge - loads of fun for the whole family!

26 Family Fun Morning Come and be part of a Family Fun Morning at Federation Park, Cooloola Cove from 9am - 12 noon, featuring a scavenger hunt, team games and a laughter session to get the morning started.

Again, children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

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Discover Sailing in Tin Can Bay Fifteen juniors attended the winter course, now you can learn to sail in warmer weather during the September school holidays.

Initially the Status, trailer sailer, will be used for kids who may not have sailed before. As confidence is gained we will introduce more ‘hands on’ techniques in the Bugs or Vagabonds.

It is nice to see a few of the participants going solo by day four, that is when we see the smiling faces, “did you see me, Mum?” For parents who may think the cost of these events beyond their budget, applications are open for $150 Get Started Vouchers - Round 8 (they close September 28, or earlier if fully allocated).

To find out more call TCBYC Sail Training co-ordinator Jon Jones on: 0408 472 187.

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Sassy Seafood

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Above: Yvonne Jensen is the creator behind the new Seafood Festival mascot and characters Right: A BMX and skate competition will feature on the day of the Seafood Festival

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N TOP OF THE mullet throwing and prawn eating competitions, seafood and crumbed fish, visitors to the Tin Can Bay Seafood Festival will be delighted with the new additions.

A purpose-built prawn mascot and friends! Made right here on the coast.

It all started when one of the festival organisers, Bec Reibel, asked her friend Yvonne Jensen to build a prawn mascot.

They took it to the Chamber of Commerce and Yvonne was asked to create more, and then more characters.

“I really want it to be different for our festival. So far I’ve made another prawn, crab, octopus and of course a dolphin. I am now working on a seahorse, a fish and a green prawn.”

Said Bec, “We call them the sexy prawns because you wear them like a tight dress - one an orange cooked prawn and the other is the green prawn.”

Yvonne runs up wedding and formal dresses, kids costumes and even her own line of baby wear, “I make whatever people want.”

But Bec’s request was a challenge.

Yvonne has created the whole thing from scratch - even designing her own pattern. “Everything is hand stitched - they are built of foam so it’s a big, big job.

“What would take one month each normally - I have pumped out one a week.”

This was in between sewing two, possibly three,

wedding outfits, and catering for her tribe.

“I’ve got four kids, running our LED solar business as well, going to bed at 1 or 2am or more - my house is like a bomb hit it!”

Each character is sponsored by a local business, you can post a photo with a mascot and hashtag each one with the business name on Facebook.

The names of each mascot were drawn from suggestions by Tin Can Bay School students - with the top four names winning helicopter joy rides on the day.

Make sure you see them at the festival - there’s free entry, pony and camel rides, amusement rides, Dan and Steph, Matt Golinski, live stage entertainment, beer tent and plenty of food and market stalls. It’s all on 9am to 4pm, September 24, at the Tin Can Bay Foreshore.

And as for Yvonne, she may have found a new calling - “These first ever, one-of-a-kind mascots had no profit on it, but I’m now looking at making them as my own business.

“Who knows we may have a factory going in Tin Can Bay!” If you need a mascot, see Yvonne on the day or call 0408 645369.

Remember the Charity Seafood Festival Dinner on September 10 raising funds for youth sport on the coast.

With the Black and White theme (and you can order a meat platter!) look out for fabulous auctions and prizes - including a behind-the-scenes experience and meal at EAT at Dan and Stephs! Purchase tickets from the Country Club.

Take a wildflower walk ...

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E HAVE HAD a mild winter, so the wildflowers began blooming in early August. As the flowering time for our wildflowers is quite short, by early September some may well be beginning to wane, so don’t miss the opportunity to see them.

You may notice the yellows, whites and pinks as you drive locally, but it is worth taking a walk to see the true beauty of these plants.

Wildflowers grow in profusion on many tracks accessible from the roads around Rainbow Beach, Cooloola Cove and Tin Can Bay. Recently, I had a stroll through the Tin Can Bay Wildflower Walk and I would really recommend it.

It is accessible from the corner of Emperor St and Oyster Parade and is a lovely walk at any time, but especially in late winter and early spring.

Please record on your calendar that our Open Day is on October 1, from 9am-1pm.

Free Guided Walk

Learn all about the wildflowers of Rainbow Beach.

Join in for a walk and talk among the wildflowers, meet at Rainbow Beach Library on Monday 5 September, 10am Bookings essential: 5486 3705

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RAINBOW BEACH City Farm’s plant of the month is Hovea acutifolia, an erect bushy shrub to 2 metres. It has clusters of pretty purple pea-flowers from late winter to early spring.

There will be lots of plant information, tree give-aways and a sausage sizzle.

Come and join us!

Cooloola City Farm, opposite the Community Centre, on Tin Can Bay Road, is open to the public for plant sales on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 8am-3pm, ph: 07 5486 2304, ccfni09@gmail.com, www.cooloolacityfarm.org

Ambulance Flower Show time

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HE LOCAL Ambulance Committee will be holding their annual Flower Show on Saturday, October 1 at the Tin Can Bay Community Centre. The doors will open at 9.30am with the presentation to prize winners at 2pm.

Flower and plant entries can be delivered to the Centre between 2pm and 5pm the previous day, Friday, September 30.

Entry forms will be available at various outlets including both libraries, and can also be obtained at the Community Centre on Friday.

The Committee looks forward to having your beautiful flowers and plants on display. A photography competition will be part of the show and, as always, will showcase the remarkable talent in the local area.

The public support for the show is much appreciated as all proceeds go towards helping our Cooloola Coast Ambulance

Look out for lovely blooms at the Flower Show on October 1

FOR AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE YOU WILL NEVER FORGET!

Service. There will be stalls, raffles and plants for sale as well as morning and afternoon teas.

So please come along and spend a very pleasant few hours among all the garden lovers and keen photographers in our community.

Just a reminder that to celebrate Ambulance Week, there will be an open day and sausage sizzle at the Tin Can Bay Ambulance Station on Thursday, September 15 from 10am to 1pm.

The public are invited to come along to meet our dedicated local paramedics and perhaps take part in a short CPR course.

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Army

MARCH ACROSS COOLOOLA

by Michelle Gilmore

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F YOU HAD BEEN driving up from Noosa the other week, you would have been surprised by the traffic. Not vehicles, but 95 soldiers!

To minimise the environmental impact on the National Park, Bravo Company 8/9 RAR took a different route most days to “The Great Walk”, a five-day, 102km track that leads trekkers over the heights of Cooloola Recreation Area.

Major Scott Stort, Officer Commanding Bravo Company 8/9 RAR said, “We started

at the Tewantin Ferry up the beach. We camped at the beginning of Teewah Beach and Freshwater Campground, then walked our last bit today - just short of 70km.”

He and his fellow officers emphasised - “It wasn’t a walk - it was pack marching!”

This resilience training meant each person hefted at least 30-40kg 27km on the first day, 20km the next , then 18-19km past Poona Lake and Carlo Sandblow on the day we met.

It was supposed to be physically demanding, so I guess that fit the bill.

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Major Scott Stort, Warrant Officer Class Two Matthew Rhodes, Captain Christopher Lang enjoy a lunch break at Ocean Breeze Seafoods after trekking 70km from Tewantin

All of the men were stationed at Enoggera near Brisbane, but it wasn’t Major Stort’s first visit to our coast. He said, “I grew up on the Sunny Coast, fishing and camping at Double Island Point.”

Then I remembered our weather whilst they were out in the open - the days were hot and sunny, but both nights it poured!

The men smiled, and said it was “character building”, and that the march definitely achieved the aim of exposing them to different and challenging scenarios.

But they all agreed, as they enjoyed their first decent feed in days, that they’d like to come back and experience the area without the packs!

Opposite page: Bravo Company 8/9 RAR assemble on Carlo Sandblow after their 70km of pack marching Right: It wasn’t The Great Walk - they called it “The Great March”

Grand Champion Sam Gympie Eisteddfod Grand Champion Instrumentalist and bursary recipient is Sam Montgomery from Rainbow Beach. John and Sandy Brosnan and family are extremely proud of her achievements and, amazingly, Sam only picked up an instrument in high school!

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OW IN YEAR 12 at James Nash State High School, Sam Montgomery plays cello, trombone, trumpet, French horn, bass guitar and other minor instruments, but says “cello is my main instrument”.

We caught up with Sam to find out more about her love of music. “I have been in Eisteddfods since Year 4 at Rainbow Beach State School,” Sam told us.

“I sung in Mrs Mason’s choir for my primary years, and then continued to go to all Eisteddfods from Year 8-12 playing individually and in bands.”

Sam began with cello and trumpet in Year 8, and impressively started off on grade 5 cello after just six months of home practice.

She began receiving private lessons in Year 10, and is now working on her grade 8 and certificate of performance.

The Gympie Eisteddfod has been an enjoyable challenge for this naturally gifted musician. “I entered non classical, classical, duet, championship, and with the school: stage band, concert band, string ensemble and LARK (a small string group).

“I also performed at the Sunshine Coast Eisteddfod for stage band and concert band. I came first in non classical, duet and championship and second in classical. All bands came first in their sections.”

Sam’s matter-of-fact response belies the skill and musicality involved in doing so well so consistently. We asked what her favourite piece is, amongst everything she has worked on.

“My favourite piece is Julie-O, which is a cello piece and is unaccompanied. I played that for the championship,” she smiled.

Sam Montgomery was crowned “Grand Champion Instrumentalist” at the Gympie Eisteddfod for the second year in a row

“I was surprised about winning, as the other competitors were all excellent, but I was pleased and glad that my song choices impressed the judge as they were polar opposite genres.”

When Sam is not busy with Eisteddfods, she can be found playing in the JNSHS stage band, concert band, string ensemble and LARK. And that’s not all…

“I perform in Gympie at cultural events such as the Gympie Show, Winter on Mary, and Lady Mayoress Night.

“I also play at art gallery openings, private weddings and birthdays, fanfare, Eisteddfods, the State Honours Ensemble Program (SHEP) at the Conservatorium of Music, the Noosa Jazz Festival, Little Kids Big Day Out, and much more.”

Surprisingly, Sam has no future dreams to become a professional musician. “I am not planning for a musical career as it is a hard industry to make it into... I will continue to play music as a hobby, but I hope to pursue physiotherapy.”

Despite her feelings for music as a career, Sam is keen to pass an important message to teenagers and younger children who are thinking of picking up an instrument.

“It is never too late to learn. I started in high school...all it takes is practice and determination.”

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Wolf Rock Dive Report

by Cheryl Maughan, Wolf Rock Dive

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HARKS, MANTA RAYS and humpback whales have kept all divers entertained this month.

We are still seeing approximately a dozen sharks, predominantly male. Sadly, we have noticed about three sharks with hooks in their mouths that look quite fresh and can only assume they have picked them up just recently.

Whether this was from people fishing at Wolf Rock we don’t know, but we do know that people are fishing at Wolf Rock. We are constantly picking up fishing line, hooks, various lures and sinkers.

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Celebrity Chef, Sarah Booth from Cooloola Coast Pilates and volunteer Debra Gardiner have been wonderful volunteering at the RBSS Brekky Club.

We’ve had pancakes, bacon and egg quiche and cheese and ham toasties this last month - with more yummy treats in store for September. Thursdays, from 7.45am.

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Since Wolf Rock has been closed to fishing for about ten years or more now, I think that surely these fishermen must know they are fishing in a green zone.

You might say that this is not really doing any harm to the sharks, however it’s the hooks that you can’t see that do the most damage.

If they have been swallowed they will be sitting in the shark’s stomach which can be piercing the stomach walls and leaving them open to infection which eventually kills them.

Since they are such a slow breeding animal each death is detrimental to their population.

Just like the dugong which used to populate the Great Sandy Straits, Hervey Bay and Moreton Bay in their thousands, so too were there thousands of the grey nurse sharks up and down the East Coast of Australia.

We can only hope that the protection the sharks now received between here and southern New South Wales will be enough to revive their population.

We’ve had some great visibility at an average of 15 – 20 metres and at one point about 30 metres which was fantastic!

Water temperature is at its coolest for the year at 19 degrees.

Ten years owning Ed’s Beach Bakery

Happy Anniversary Rod and Sharon Parker

by Barb Rees

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HE AROMA HITS YOU as you get closer.

It’s 5.30am, my tummy is rumbling.

The scent is a heady combination of bread and pastries and cakes; it’s hard not to stop and buy something. Just keep walking, just keep walking!

This is what I endure every morning - the torture of walking past Ed’s Beach Bakery!

September 1 marks a very special day in Sharon and Rod Parker’s life.

Why buy a bakery when you have owned an earthmoving business in Brisbane for over 25 years? “It was the only business for sale,” laughs Rod. “We were so sick of the hustle and bustle and it was getting harder and harder to work and live there,” explains Sharon.

“So we decided to buy up here. We knew from holidaying here every year for the past 30odd years that the bakery was a good business…so why not?”

It took Rod four years to earn his qualifications. “Baking and getting the recipe right and cooking it at such-and-such a temperature for so long is basic maths, it’s logical - but it wasn’t easy working seven days running the business and studying at the same time. I learnt on the job.”

Rod’s day starts at 9pm and

finishes around 7am. “That’s just the baking. Then there is the ordering and picking up supplies. Bloody long days!”

“It was the old sea change thing. The bakery will run itself! We will have plenty of time to fish and relax! That’s what we thought,” laughs Sharon. “I have been to Fraser maybe once in ten years.”

Sharon starts work at the more decent hour of 4am until about 8am, then she is back after lunch to finish up and get the shop ready to do it all again.

“It’s long hard work, but we love it. We love living here, it is a great little spot, even though we don’t get to see much of the place!”

If you have been in to the bakery you would have noticed Little Eddie standing in the corner, his board sprouting words of wisdom. Sharon spotted him in Brisbane, fell in love and brought him home.

“I named him Little Eddie…what else?

He gives people a laugh. He even attended the fishing comp one year and posted on

Rod, Eddie and Sharon enjoy a well-earned early morning cuppa

facebook every night as ‘Eddie’s Fishing Adventures’. That was fun.”

Ed’s Beach Bakery is a major sponsor of the Rainbow Beach Fishing Classic – sponsoring the Reef Fish category. “Rod usually takes the week off and goes fishing. Being sponsors we have to be there every night to give out the prizes. It does get a bit exhausting working as well, but you just do it.”

I know from personal experience Sharon and Rod have always been great financial supporters of any local fundraising events or community groups, they just quietly lend a hand and get on with it. I will no doubt be in trouble for mentioning it!

Even though it was hard to get used to the change of lifestyle and the laid back attitude of Rainbow Beach, they wouldn’t move back to Brisbane for quids.

“The only thing I miss about Brisbane is my kids and my grandkids. No way are we going back. If we ever leave here it will be to move further north!” laughs Sharon.

How about another ten years at the bakery?

“Not bloody likely” was Rods reaction.

Congratulations on ten wonderful years. I know locals and visitors alike love what you do ... even if you do make my morning walk just that little bit harder.

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New owners for Rainbow Waters

by Barb Rees

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HANGE IS UNDERWAY at Rainbow Waters ... new owners, new management and a new fresher look.

The first thing I noticed was how clean and modern the reception area looked, a great improvement. The second thing was the warm welcome and genuine smiles from Glenda and Julie!

Gateway Lifestyle have officially taken over the Rainbow Waters caravan park at Carlo Point and I had the great pleasure of meeting their new managers.

Julie and Mark Channer are new to living in Rainbow Beach, but know the place well having holidayed here many years ago.

Originally from the Sunshine Coast, they have lived and worked in the Northern Territory for the past four years, so it has been a huge readjustment for the couple.

What has been the biggest difference or change?

“The cold!“ shivered Julie. “I am finding it really cold compared to the Territory, and how populated it is, there are so many people that actually live here!

“And the shops, it was a good three hour drive to do shopping and collect mail, now it’s a five minute drive down the road. I like that.”

”Going crabbing…..getting into the water to put the pots in……never in the N.T!! You would be eaten,” laughed Mark. “I don’t miss the flies or the mozzies….they are unbelievable up there!”

Not that there has been a lot of time for crabbing or getting to know their new home town. They worked 24/7 for the first month and a half, getting to know the lay of the land, so to speak, and starting on the refurb of the park.

They have employed local staff to help run the place. “We have Errold and Glenda Misso as live-in managers and Julie Eden helping out on reception.

“We have also outsourced all the cleaning to a local company, Pristine Cleaning, and local guy Marty comes in and does a bit of groundwork and maintenance,” said Mark.

“We are really keen to keep everything local, even the tree loppers are local. We want ourselves and the park to be a part of the community.

“We were really happy to sponsor the Fishing Comp this year. It’s important to be a part of the town and to support community groups as much as we can.”

They are also encouraging schools to come and enjoy the facilities and learn about our

The new team at Gateway Rainbow Waters: Julie Eden, Errold and Glenda Misso, Julie and Mark Channer

beautiful area, having recently hosted kids from Gympie and Maryborough on school camps.

The park sits on nearly 27 acres of beautiful bushland. They have already made a difference to the look of the place with roads, cabins and sites being upgraded and a lick of paint on the office and facilities.

“We want to look after our permanent and casual tenants. They are an important

part of the park. So far they all seem happy with the changes.

“We are really excited to be here and excited to be a part of Gateway Lifestyle. I think it is going to be a positive change and we are looking forward to meeting the locals and becoming a part of the community.”

Being such warm and down-to-earth people, I don’t think they will have a problem at all.

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HE TIME HAS COME for Rainbow Beach surfers past and present and their families to reunite and join in on the 30 Year celebration on December 3, 2016.

Starting at 8am for the official Memorial Surf Classic, at Teewah depending on conditions. The presentation and celebration to be held at the Rainbow Beach Community Hall from 4pm.

The original Boardriders crew

To receive an official invitation please forward details to BJ Parton partons6@ bigpond.com with the subject line – contact for Boardriders. If you are sending memorabilia please make subject line – Memories.

Presentation is invite only, so please help locate all past and present surfers from the Rainbow Beach Surfing family.

If you wish to contribute or donate to our memorial you are more than welcome to by contacting the club on 0419 929 037.

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EET DAVE CARUZZO – train fanatic, store person extraordinaire, community volunteer and a really, really nice bloke!

You may know Dave from his work at Rainbow Cooloola Wholesalers climbing ladders and searching through an amazing myriad of products to get what you ordered to you as quickly as possible …..

But every first and third Friday afternoon of the month Dave hops in his little red ute and drives 2.5 hrs to Woodford (25km west of Caboolture) to indulge in his greatest passion…. trains!

Dave volunteers at the historic railway site, doing all sorts of tasks to help keep the trains running and viable. “There are about 65 financial members with 15-20 of those being active members,” explained Dave.

“A couple of the younger ones are interested in engineering, so having them involved is an advantage for themselves and the railway.

“At present we have two operating trains, one a 1950s diesel engine from the cane fields up north, and the other a Perry Steam Loco from Dream World…..it’s being restored at the moment so hopefully it will be up and running early next year,” Dave continued.

“On Saturdays we do maintenance on the track, put a bit of spit and polish on the trains and generally clean-up the station and platform ready for Sunday.

“We have a shop that sells magazines and books to help with costs and we also charge a minimal fee for the train rides, it all helps keep the trains running,” Dave said.

“The track is about 1km long and takes around 15 minutes there and back.”

Dave is usually Station Master and has to ensure the QLD transport regulations are met.

“We get a lot of day trippers in the form of bus tours, other railway clubs and the general public…it can get very busy. We have to look after our visitors,” explained Dave.

Win a Tinny at the Seafood Festival

Local Dave Caruzzo volunteers at Woodford Railway twice a month!

Image Gay Liddington

Paige Reibel and Melanie May housed the grand raffle prize at Tin Can Bay Tourist Park last month

This extraordinary love and devotion of all things to do with trains began when Dave was just a wee lad and his grandfather bought him a train set.

He started off in the lounge room, expanded to the garage, then, “My parents kindly knocked down walls in the house to encompass my growing collection,” laughed Dave.

“I am not sure if that was a good thing or not…my collection has grown from there.”

Dave’s dedication to volunteering started 30 years ago at the Redbank Historical Railway Museum (now Ipswich) with hours also put in at Swan Bank Pioneer Steam Railway, Mayne Railway and also being

enthusiastically involved with the ‘100 Days of 100 Years of Steam’ celebration at Kuranda Historical Railway near Cairns.

“The Redbank Historical Museum was probably where it all came together for me…. the older guys there were keen to pass on their knowledge and really encouraged my enthusiasm.”

The Woodford Railway operates every first and third Sunday of the month between 10.30am and 3.30pm.

Visit their website www.angrms.org.au for more information or just pop down to Cooloola Wholesalers and have a chat with Dave. He is more than happy to railroad you about his not-so-secret passion!

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Rainbow Beach has a new celebrant

Learn more about our reef

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HERE IS NOW a celebrant in town! After 12 months of hard work and patiently waiting for her application to be approved, local Zaneta Fitzgerald (also owner of Serenity Beauty) finally has her qualification.

If romance is on your mind or in your plans, and you’d like a wedding ceremony, naming or renewal of vows, Zaneta is here and ready to listen to your individual needs.

Zaneta decided to become a registered celebrant after she saw an opening for it in Rainbow Beach. “I thought I could provide a great service for the community,” she said.

Being local gives Zaneta an added advantage - she can perform rehearsals in the lead up to the big day.

“I love that I can offer a local service seven days a week, and can be available the week before each wedding, when organised in

advance, as I live in town.”

As Zaneta has lived in the area for over 25 years, she is also knowledgeable on the best venues, facilities and romantic places for a couple’s special day.

“I will enjoy being a celebrant for Rainbow Beach, but I want to make sure it is the bride and groom’s ceremony, so I will keep a low profile during photos and plan to be supportive in the background until I am needed.”

Zaneta is really looking forward to this new venture, providing a wonderful service with Rainbow Beach as the perfect backdrop.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact here on 0438 868 116 or zanetafitzgerald@gmail.com. She also has a facebook page “Celebrant - Rainbow Beach”.

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ANT TO LEARN MORE about your local reefs and prepare yourself to join Reef Check Australia on an expedition to check on reef habitats in the Great Sandy Strait?

Reef Check Australia is running two workshops in September for community members interested in learning more about their local reefs.

The workshops will boost skills for understanding and identifying common reef builders, and prepare volunteers to join an RCA field project to help refine reef habitat maps for the Great Sandy Strait.

All interested community members can join for the one day workshop and training (you don’t have to join in for field activities).

You do not need a science background to participate, just be keen to learn!

Please note that the workshop is mandatory for anyone wanting to join us on the field days and there are additional requirements for field volunteers (who will be boating and/or snorkelling). See webpage for details.

Workshops: Sept 10 (Urangan) and 13 (Tin Can Bay area).

Field activities: Sept 11,12,14 (various locations, see website).

Interested?

Head to http://www.reefcheckaustralia. org/checking-reef-habitat-great-sandy.html for details!

This project is supported by the Burnett Mary Regional Group, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme.

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Book now for the Blood Bank AND

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HIS YEAR’S ART SHOW and Photography Competition was again a great success for the group; now it is heads down and start planning for next year’s show.

Harvey Barkwell is helping 3 lives every timewould he sitslike in to thejoin bloodbank If you the group,chair. they meet at 2pm at the Tin Can Bay Library every last Thursday of the month. All visitors and potential sponsors will be made most welcome.

Singapore, from Freo to Gympie. They To contact the group please call Kerri on have won numerous awards including 5486 2584 or Norma on 5488 0840. an ARIA and even featured at the 2006 Email: cooloolacoastart@coral-c.com Commonwealth Games. web: ccagsite.wordpress.com In 2011 they called it a day and decided to disband. Now five years later, they have reformed for a very rare appearance, exclusively for Gympie’s own Rush Festival.

The songs, the jokes, the harmonies and the stunts; this will be a reunion not to be missed.

Headliners at Rush Festival

The Blood Bank van will be in Tin Can Bay on the 31st March from 9am to 2.30pm and anyone who wishes to donate over there will be most welcome. This still gives you the required AXIRIDE, TRIPLE J heroes British India again. From their anthemic hits (Get Set, period of time between donations to be able to donate in and Scared Weird Little Guys, feature Creeping Up Slowly, Everywhere You Go, Rainbow Beach etc) in June whenrousing they are due here at Rush festival 2016. Look out for to their ballads; theiragain. powerful may already have had a call from and themcatchy and made exhilarating events spanning allYou art forms melodies, rich harmonies lyrics a booking.

If not,are ring 13 14embedded 95 and the callAustralia’s centre willpop give including music, visual arts, film, and free deeply into you a time. all-ages outdoor events. landscape.

Held October 1-31, it includes the Heart Their sound is a mix of modern and Of Gold Film Festival (October 6-9) and classic rock sure to please music fans of all Gympie Gold Rush Festival on October 15. generations.

Almost 20 years after the formation of Over the course of 21 years the Scared Melbourne’s pop-rock heroes Taxiride, all Weird Little Guys toured the World. four original members are back together From Toronto to LA, from Edinburgh to

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Birds around the Bay

Mandolin Magic returns A FTER TWO HUGELY successful Mandolin Magic events, in 2011 and 2013, Sue Flower is bringing her mandolin friends and music to the area again.

On Thursday, September 29 they will be at the Cooloola Vets Hall in Cooloola Cove from 7pm at the monthly Music Plus night.

On Saturday, October 1 at 7pm there will be a get together at Kia Ora Memorial Hall where you can hear the musicians play a mixture of music, showcasing their talents not just in ensemble playing!

This will be $10 entry which includes

a sausage sizzle kindly organised by the Memorial Hall Committee.

The main concert will be October 2 at 2pm, St Peter’s Anglican Church, Lady Mary Terrace, Gympie. Entry will be $15, concession $10. There will be afternoon tea provided after the concert where you can meet the performers and all involved.

We look forward to seeing you at any or all of these events, they promise to be hugely entertaining!

For more information contact Sue Flower on 0409 872 474.

Well done Rainbow Beach SS Choir

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.

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Grey-tailed Tattlers Image havesupplied 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 Unfortunately, shorebird numbers are branches and I was able to photograph PRING IS ON OUR with year the wetheir new repertoire and stories told with declining everydoorsteps year but each them. warmer weather it’sofway.

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There are still Terek Sandpipers better the wayroost to spend evening there than to sites.an However, is one This month, Sue returns with some mixed in with the Grey-tailed Tattlers! come along to Music Plus. bird that I have not seen for a couplevisiting mandolin players to give us some From what I saw beforemusic. the birds flew of that wonderful mandolin Pam The newly formed ukulele group once of years. off approximately a quarter of the fl will also be back on board afterock again sung up a Sandpipers storm in August, Terek havedonning only beenand Len were Terek holiday Sandpipers. break.This time they their laes songs,Pointtheir well earned foundfor on some one siteHawaiian south of Inskip fl ew off because a close along and join Tern us forflew ourtoo next complete dance-a-long movements andwith I have not seen them on this site Come over their roosting tree!

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by Colleen and Sarah. for some time. They roost in mangrove If you want to join our monthly The sing have been popular over treesa-longs with Grey-tailed Tattlers.

Whenat the Veterans and Community Hall, shorebird Dorothy Cooloola Cove. counts Entry isthen stillphone only $2 to winter,they and August was no exception with are roosting they both tuck their Pashniak: 54880057 and if you want cover costs. choruses andunder songstheir leadwings.

by Ron, Sarah, heads to read and morefloor aboutspot the bookings birds I see Enquiries Marilyn and the Ukulele Group.

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It was Eisteddfod time again - well done to Miss Eryn, Mrs Mason and students on your third place!

Frank Russell, Nancy Haire and Marilyn perform their heads out from Russell under their wings at Music Plus then it is easy!

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Rainbow Beach Police Beat

By Senior Constable Michael Brantz

‘Domestic Violence is unacceptable – Let’s make a stand’

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ROP INTO ONE of our local cafés for a cup of your favourite brew and chances are you’ll be leaving with a cup full of information relating to domestic violence as well.

Last month saw the roll out of a Gympie Police project in which disposable takeaway cups were printed with a domestic violence awareness message, as well as contact details for domestic violence support agencies.

These cups have been distributed to local cafés throughout the Gympie area, including here on the Cooloola Coast.

The man behind the initiative, Detective Sergeant David Britton of the Wide Bay Burnett District Child Abuse and Neglect Unit, successfully made application through the 2015 Safer Queensland Community Grants Program - a partnership between the Queensland Police Service

(QPS) and Suncorp - for funding to have a number of disposable coffee cups printed.

Suncorp provided $3250 to fully fund the initiative.

You may think that domestic violence isn’t much of a problem in a small town like Rainbow Beach, however Mick and I continue to get called to incidents ranging in severity from verbal arguments or threatening phone calls to serious assaults.

There is a common misconception that domestic and family violence is a private or family issue and ‘none of my business’, but when someone is being hurt or is living in fear, someone needs to step in and help the victim as they may be too afraid or ashamed to speak up themselves.

The messages on the disposable cup say it best, ‘Domestic Violence is unacceptable – Let’s make a stand’ and ‘Let’s work together to STOP domestic violence in our

Local officers Mike Brantz and Mick Emery get ready to distribute the anti-domestic violence coffee cups

community’.

Distribution of the 17,000 takeaway cups commenced in August 2016 and it is hoped and anticipated that more discussion and awareness of the issue will increase community engagement and empower those involved to contact QPS or

Library Happenings

It’s Adult Learners Week!

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DULT LEARNERS WEEK runs from 1 to 8 September and we have lots happening at your libraries! Bookings are essential so contact us on 5486 3705 or library@gympie.qld.gov.au to book your spot.

Charcoal drawing Get your hands messy and learn the basics of charcoal drawing - Rainbow Beach Library on Thursday, September 1, 10am-11am.

2, 10am-12 noon; Rainbow Beach Library on Friday, September 2, 2pm-4pm

Tech Savvy Seniors: Introduction to Tablets Learn the basics of using your tablet with Tech Savvy Seniors - BYO tablet.

Rainbow Beach Library on Wednesday, September 7, 2pm-4pm.

Share your story We want to know your local history knowledge. Come along and share your memories of Tin Can Bay or Rainbow Beach. Tin Can Bay Library on Friday, September 2, 10am-12 noon; Rainbow Beach Library on Friday, September 2, 2pm-4pm.

Free school holiday activities Mark your diary for September 28 now to make sure you take the kids to Tin Can Bay Library on Wednesday 28 from 10.30am to 11.30am, and at the Rainbow Beach library from 2.30pm to 3.30pm.

Also be sure to keep an eye out for the spring edition of Jampacked, our popular children’s magazine, which provides hours of entertainment and fun things to do at home.

Tech Savvy Seniors: Introduction to Smartphones Learn the basics of using your smartphone with Tech Savvy Seniors BYO smartphone.

Tin Can Bay Library on Friday, September

For the love of books Rainbow Beach Book Discussion Group Come and join us at the Rainbow Beach Library on the first Thursday of the month at 10am, with our first get-together on October 6. No need to book, just turn up.

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seek support as required.

D/Sgt Britton said the response from cafés and coffee shops had been overwhelming. “I’d like to thank all of those that have agreed to assist,” D/Sgt Britton said.

Visit us at: www.gympie.qld.gov.au/library Rainbow Beach Ph: 5486 3705

Share your thoughts on books – something you have read, a book you are reading, or something on your wish list.

Everyone is welcome and there will be a morning tea to enjoy.

Contact the library on 5486 3705 for more information.

Book review by Rae

Whole Wild World

By Tom Dusevic 305.9069 DUSE

It is a long time since I read a book of such complete joy. Tom Dusevic was born and grew up in suburban Sydney in the 1960s and 1970s. Born to parents who had fled communist Croatia: too old for a really fresh start but hard working and adaptable.

Staunch Catholics, Tom was educated entirely in Catholic schools, his older brother leading the way, his fellow pupils from virtually every migrant country, the Lebanese his favourites.

Tom’s father worked the 3pm-to-midnight shift tending the ovens, cooking the makings of breakfast cereals at the Kellogg’s factory.

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

Tin Can Bay Ph: 5486 4355 Monday and Wednesday 9am – 12.30pm Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9am – 5pm Saturday 8.30am – 11.30am

In retirement he became a successful renovator and builder.

With loving parents and a large extended family, “I had cousins in just about every Sydney suburb,” Tom had a life of school, sport, friends and freedom.

In spite of his very Croatian background and his friends almost all of migrant background, Tom is a very Australian boy. This is from start to finish, a very Australian story.

For me every page brought back memories of simpler and happier times and of the importance of family and friends. It made me feel better about life and about myself.

Please read it.

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OTICE OF AGM. Our AGM will be held on October 17 at 11am after our 10am General Meeting. Nomination forms available from the Secretary and they must be returned by October 3.

Several of our CCRNFI members recently attended the latest Council ‘Disaster’ workshop held at our Cooloola Coast Disaster headquarters.

This time it was our task to work out how to plan a mock evacuation of 7,500 pedestrians – no vehicles - from Fraser Island in a pending emergency, onto barges to Inskip Point then onto mini buses and big buses from Gympie.

Some could stay in the local evacuation centre, but most were sent on to Gympie

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OOK OUT FOR Coastcare’s free tide tables featuring some of the critters of the sand and mudflats known as the benthic community or benthos.

Visible to us at low tide, benthos play a critical role in the functioning of estuaries such as the Great Sandy Strait - a Ramsar listed Wetland.

A major link in the marine food chain, they are an important food source for marine fish, mammals and migratory and resident shorebirds.

Shoreline Salty Sandy Somethings, the tiny treasures of the intertidal zone, are an indicator of a healthy marine ecosystem and provide wonder to children and adults of all ages.

The tide tables Sept 2016 – 2017 are available at participating local outlets, with Lindy Orwin of Rainbow Beach on the cover (pictured).

Join the next round of seagrass monitoring in September:

16 Boonooroo via Boat transport – Meet at TCB boat ramp 1130 17 Pelican Bay - Depart TCB 1150 – Meet at end of Inskip carpark 1230 18 Norman Point – Meet at TCB Pool 1330 www.cooloolacoastcare.org.au Ph: 0417 554 905

Dolphins aren’t always on time!

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HE WEATHER IS STILL very changeable and has had an impact of the number of dolphins and their arrival times.

Some days we have two dolphins and other days we are blessed with four.

However they are not always on time for their 8am feed.

We have had a few disappointed visitors who couldn’t stay around after 8.30am but we have no control as to what time they arrive at the Centre.

Visitors and locals are needed to be reminded of this and allow more time for their visit.

We open the gates everyday at 7am which gives you time to interact with the dolphins (if they are early) before

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etc. It was estimated to take nine hours to do this, as long as no hazards, such as road closures, breakdowns etc., cropped up.

Exercises like this give the local essential services and laymen volunteers a view into what could happen and how to practice or develop skills to handle it.

The storm season is looming again so it is vital to be prepared. Normally in an emergency CCRNFI’s main role would be information sharing.

Next meeting 10 am Sept Monday 19, Cooloola Cove Veterans’ Hall. Secretary / Treasurer Joan Creswell: 5488 0436. ccrnf103@bigpond.com

the feeding begins at 8am.

Boaties and fishermen are to be reminded also to not encourage and feed the dolphins from boats. This is a very serious illegal practice and will impact on the dolphins viability.

To allow dolphins to be fed at the Centre involved a lot of guidelines set down by the EPA and Marine Parks, so we hope the public respects this and adhere to the many signs which are in place at Carlo and Tin Can Bay. The feeding program is a big tourist draw card for Tin Can Bay. See you at the dolphins.

Norma Sanderson, volunteer.

Food and fun for Rainbow Beach Over 60’s

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With improved visibility Veteranvista Ted Fairman entire of Wolf Rock from Banora Point about 50 grey nurse shark was rays, welcomed by octopus, bull turtles, local RSL members more.

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Therese and Vaughn Skuthorpe checking out the market

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E EXPECT AUGUST days to be warm with blue skies, and perhaps a sight breeze, but the day we went to the Wednesday market at Silky Oak Tea House at Goomboorian was just the opposite – cold and wet. However this didn’t spoil the fun.

The market was held undercover and featured a roaring fire in an open fireplace, so we were able to enjoy our coffee and scones in comfort. The lunch menu also looked pretty tempting.

And of course the place is licensed. Another great place to come with your friends.

The stalls carried a good range of fresh produce in season, as well as preserves, cordials and some clothes and jewellery. As the rain lifted there was a chance to enjoy the pleasant garden area, with its many tables tucked away in corners. All in all a very enjoyable morning.

Meanwhile the jam makers in our group are preparing to stock up on strawberries on our next day out. September: Tuesday 6, morning coffee at the RB Surf Club; Thursday 8, pick your own strawberries at the strawberry farm and cafe on Tagigan Rd, Goomboorian, 10am.

Ring Ray and Lil Kahl on 5486 3462 for info.

Tin Can Bay RSL members: Fred Northfield, Warwick Brooks, Gordon Smith and Tas Holloway

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In Brief Drought Aid The latest report from Western Queensland... Lately you would not have seen many press reports from the drought-affected areas, although 85% of Qld is still drought declared.

Maybe the press have been gagged, because help is not going to these areas from a state or federal level.

If it wasn’t for volunteer organisations like Drought Angels, Aussie helpers, Burrumbuttock Hayrunners and others, I would hate to think how many families in the West would be surviving.

Of course many areas have had good rains, with a fair germination of herbage and weeds, but not such a good germination of grasses.

Most properties are letting pastures germinate and seed this year as the price of stocking properties is prohibitive, with cattle at an all time high and sheep expensive and good food for wild dogs.

It certainly has not rained money out West with many families having no stock, no income and no government support. I spoke to a property owner last week between Longreach and Winton, and they are shearing 2400 sheep from an original flock of 15,000. They were hoping to cover shearing costs.

The distance from Longreach to Winton is 180kms and only three properties on the highway have families on them.

Donations over the last month have been slow with most coming from friends in Victoria through Facebook.

I must thank our local IGAs who have been most helpful along, with Sharon, Rod and staff at Ed’s Beach Bakery with the collections tin.

Donations can be left in the shopping trolley at the IGAs. Forget the Big W, they would not help at all, so I know where my allegiance lies.

Anyway our appeal will have to continue for some time yet. Any small donation would be gratefully accepted and tax deductible over $2.

Tony Stewart: 0408 767 930. (Working under auspice of St Brigid’s Church Longreach).

Crafters go shopping The Tin Can Bay Craft ladies just love to go shopping. Two recent shopping days were an Op shop day at Maryborough and Hervey Bay, then a day at the Sunshine Plaza, Sunshine Coast.

November 4 is the popular Maryborough Craft Show, followed by shopping to fill in the day, usually down at Hervey Bay, then a bus trip is planned for late November to North Lakes for Christmas shopping.

The Brisbane Craft/Quilt Show is October 8 and the Club is hoping there will be enough interested so the bus will come down for the ladies instead of car pooling to Gympie.

Marilyn Russell has been conducting a mosaic workshop where everyone is invited to place tiles on a wooden coffee table which, when completed, will be raffled. Barbara Parker taught the making of a Christmas wreath using tiny squares of Christmas fabric.

Craft Club just celebrated 21 years and meets at the Cooloola Coast Complex on Thursdays 9am to noon, corner Bayside and Tin Can Bay Roads. Penny Melton: 5486 2512.

Join the Quilters Tin Can Bay Quilters have been very busy with lots of projects, including a bag with Louise, workshop with Dianne Johnson on Reverse Applique and Judy Niemeyer, quilts with Margaret and a trip to the Bundaberg Quilt Show.

If you are new to our area come and join the group, Tuesday’s at 9am -12 at the Community Complex, corner of Bayside Rd near the Cooloola Bowls Club.

Ring Jacquie Cross on 5486 4468.

Hampers and knitwear at Resource Centre Victory Care Food Hampers are available for pickup on Fridays at 11am - please order Monday to Thursday for pickup Friday at a cost of $35.

This is excellent value as you get a whole box of seasonal fruit and vegetables and a box of groceries contains cereal, pasta, biscuits, bread, crackers, dairy products and meat. Contents can vary from week to week.

A great range of knitwear was donated by the Guardian Angels - they are all made by local knitters and are available now.

Tin Can Bay Resource Centre can help with community service referrals, basic computer training, emergency relief (voucher only), Telstra vouchers (Centrelink statement required), Internet access - find them at Dolphin Shopping Centre, phone: 5488 0035.

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your Community Cooloola Coast Youth Activity Project T

HE COOLOOLA COAST Youth Activity Project (CCYAP) Executive Committee welcomes its recentlyelected new committee members and is looking forward to working with them to support young people and families in our local community.

Chappy Ronnie, CCYAP Secretary, believes that the organisation will benefit from the enthusiasm and experience of the new committee members and their contact with other local service organisations.

Chappy Ronnie said, “We are finding more and more amazing people who have lived in the area for a long time or who have relocated to the Cooloola

Coast recently, who want to give back to their local community as volunteers.”

CCYAP will again be providing free activities in the September school holidays - Fishing Morning on September 21 and Family Fun Morning on September 26 at Federation Park, Cooloola Cove.

After the holidays, CCYAP is hoping to start up regular activities again on Saturday afternoons from 3-6pm.

If you have a few hours a week, a fortnight or a month that you could spare to be part of the organisational team or help fundraise to cover costs such as insurance, please contact Chappy Ronnie on 0413 135 867 or email: ronniet@ chappy.org.au

Native bees join garden C

ECIL HEATHER, a visiting bee expert from Toowoomba has donated some new residents to the Rainbow Beach SS Kitchen Garden.

The native bees were removed a few months ago from a drain at Rainbow Shores that flooded the hive in heavy rain and rehoused in one of Cecil’s custommade hives.

Now that they are happy in their new home, Cecil has returned them to Rainbow Beach and made the school another hive.

Brydon and Chase helped Cecil install the new bee hives in the garden, so students can learn about the important role that bees play in the pollination of plants.

Passionate about Australian native bees, Cecil also donated a book to the school library - also check out: www. aussiebee.com.au

Students are planting and tending kale, rocket, sweetcorn, zucchini, snap peas, broccoli, rainbow chard, spinach, lettuce and cherry tomatoes.

Thanks to Elaine King and Bunnings Gympie for ten bags of water-saving mulch to help our plants stay moist as the weather warms up.

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COM MUNIT Y INF O R M AT I O N evening was held last month to determine interest in starting a Scouts group.

Karl Lingard, Region Development and Support Officer for Scouts Qld, was the guest speaker and spoke about the great benefits that being a scout can provide young people and what is involved in being a scout leader.

Scouts provides young Aussies aged 6 to 26 with fun and challenging opportunities where they can grow through adventure. Scouts is the largest youth movement in the nation and the world.

The purpose of the Scout Movement is to encourage the physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual development of young people and teach

them skills that will set them up for life.

Local resident, Jim George, President of the Tin Can Bay Fishing Club, spoke about the positive effect becoming a scout had on his life.

Jim joined as a young boy, eventually becoming a Queen’s Scout and testified to how being a scout taught him respect for others, skills to be able to look after himself in any situation and how to work as part of a team.

Karl will be back in Tin Can Bay on September 30 to answer questions at the RSL Community Day. If you missed the meeting and are interested in either being involved as a leader or your child becoming a scout, you can email Karl: rdso3@scoutsqld. com.au or Chappy Ronnie: ronniet@ chappy.org.au September 2016 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – 23

Above: Nicholas by Louise Smith won an A Grade Merit Left: B Grade Honour was awarded to Mary Boyce for Laura

Camera Club news

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EMBERS OF TIN CAN BAY Camera Club met last month for the judging of the August Print Competition and the announcement of the winners of the Interclub Safari.

The guest judge for the print competition was local photographer Ken Ferguson.

In A Grade, the Honours was awarded to Ron Johnson (Rob). Merits were awarded to Louise Smith (Nicholas and The Canvas Worker) and Highly Commended was awarded to Jenni Bourke (The Coal Miner).

In B Grade, the Honour was awarded to Mary Boyce (Laura). Merits were awarded to Jan Johnston (Plaza People) and Lynn Milnes (Great Holiday). Christine Novis (Jack), Lynn Milnes (Russian Tune) and

Mary Boyce (Thai Girls) were awarded Highly Commended.

The club’s next meeting and competition judging night will be held September 21 at TCB Library, commencing at 7pm. The print comp subject is “Horses/Horses in Action”.

The club’s next Photoshop workshop will be held September 19 in the TCB Library meeting room, commencing at 1pm.

Ten club members will be participating in the Club’s annual Photography Retreat which will be held on the Sunshine Coast from September 12 to 16.

This is a great opportunity for members to immerse themselves in photography, visiting a wide variety of locations to photograph an equally wide variety of subjects.

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For more information and to view club members’ images, visit the club’s website at www.tincanbaycameraclub.wix.com/tcbcamera-club.

The Camera Club committee caught up at Crab Creek last month!

September 2016 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – 25

26 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – September 2016

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Cooloola Coast Visitor’s Guide Rainbow Beach and the Cooloola Coast is home of the Coloured Sands, the majestic Carlo Sandblow and gateway to World Heritage listed Fraser Island. You can feed wild dolphins, visit a historic lighthouse and kayak with the whales.

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

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

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

Coloured Sands Starting below the lookout, walk along the beach towards Double Island Point for a kilometre or so to these amazing Coloured sand cliffs, with the best colours around 9 to 10 kilometres along the beach (accessible with a 4wd or Surf and Sand Safari tour) 5486 3131.

Carlo Sand Blow A bush walk up to Carlo Sand Blow is a must for every visitor. Drive to the reservoir at the top of Cooloola Drive. The Blow is an easy 600m walk from the car park or take the longer walk from the National Parks Office. Spectacular views of the Coloured Sands, Double Island Point and Tin Can Bay Inlet are the bonus for your efforts. When the thermals are right, you will often see Hang Gliders taking off and landing at this beautiful piece of Nature’s Sculpture.

Fraser Island Great Walk A 90 km trail which showcases natural and cultural features of the world’s largest sand island as it meanders between Dilli Village and Happy Valley www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/ parks/great - walks-fraser-island/about. html Cooloola Great Walk A 102 km trail which passes through a rich diversity of vegetation types with spectacular views, connecting Rainbow Beach with Noosa North Shore. www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/ greatwalkscooloola/ index.html Rainforest Walk / Bymien Picnic Area A few kilometres from town, on the Gympie Road, take the Freshwater Road to the left. 3km on a good gravel surface will bring you to Bymien, which is the limit for conventional vehicles.

Lake Poona After morning tea or lunch in the picnic area you can venture on some wonderful walks to Lake Poona or through some spectacular Rainforest. Allow 40 minutes to reach Lake Poona.

Lake Freshwater Only accessible by 4WD, Tour or Walking. Walking tracks starts at the Bymien picnic area. The round trip from Rainbow Beach will take a full day and requires fitness.

Foreshore Tin Can Bay You can walk 4km from Crabs Creek to Norman Point, over picturesque bridges, signage of flora and fauna, through mangroves, playgrounds and outdoor gyms. It is mostly flat – very safe for children on wheels. Start at the playground opposite the library, cycle to Crabs Creek and stop for a coffee, then return to opposite the library. Enjoy the views out to the inlet while the kids enjoy the playground and skatepark.

Rainbow Beach 10,000 steps walk – from the headland behind the Surf Tower and Playground to Carlo Road. Paths are perfect for bicycles, scooters and skateboards.

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

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

(4WD only) Surf School & Board Hire Learn to surf with the experts at Rainbow Beach Surf Centre on the best and one of the longest beginner waves in Australia. 0408 738 192 Stand up paddle tour The 2 hour tour on offer is a basic introduction to SUP to anybody who would like to see what its all about.With all of our equipment catered for the beginner, also the flat water of Pelican Bay/ Carlo Point this is a fantastic tour for scenery and also the whole family to enjoy, it’s just so easy to participate.

0408 738 192 Seary’s Creek 7km from town towards Gympie, with 2 waterholes, boardwalks, bridges and history – do read the sign and spot the creatures. Always cool on the hottest of days.

walk 4WD back to nature swim, surf and on the water fish extreme adventure national parks family fun accommodation annual events plus Scuba Diving A popular spot for the scuba enthusiast is at Wolf Rock, off Double Island Point. World class diving on Fraser Island’s doorstep, phone Wolf Rock Dive Centre on 5486 8004.

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.

Sailing And Cruising If you love the wonderful peace and relaxation of sailing or cruising, the sheltered waters of the Great Sandy Strait are for you. You may see dugong, turtles, dolphins and more.

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Dolphin Ferry 35 minutes by ferry to view the dolphins at TIn Can Bay 7am daily 0428 838 836

By Canoe Explore the mangrove fringed waters of Carlo Creek, Carlo Island and Tin Can Bay Inlet Tin Can Bay Boat Hire 0408 329 167

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

04121RIDES Tin Can Bay Foreshore Bird Walk – 137 species with best viewing spots on the brochure.

Tin Can Bay Wildflower Walk spectacular wildflower species, all on the brochure.

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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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 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.

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

Cooloola Sand, wind and water have sculpted a varied landscape at Cooloola, the largest remnant of coastal vegetation on the southern Queensland’s mainland.

High sand dunes, coloured sand cliffs, sweeping beaches, sandblows, freshwater lakes, tall forests, paperbark swamps and wildfl ower heath make the Cooloola Recreation Area a spectacular part of the Great Sandy National Park. www.nprsr. qld.gov. au/parks/cooloola/index Inskip Peninsula is a narrow, sandy finger of land built up by wind and waves. It forms a natural breakwater at the entrance to Tin Can Inlet and Great Sandy Strait. Inskip is a gateway to World Heritagelisted Fraser Island. Beach she oaks, cypress pine and other coastal trees and shrubs shade the very popular camping areas ringed by open ocean beaches and sheltered estuary shores. All are within 15 minutes drive to Rainbow Beach. Most of the peninsula is protected as a Recreation Area. www.nprsr.qld.gov. au/parks/inskip-peninsula/index The Great Sandy Marine Park extends from Baffl e Creek in the north to Double Island Point in the south. It includes Hervey Bay, Great Sandy Strait, Tin Can Bay Inlet and the waters off the east coast of Fraser Island, seaward to three nautical miles. Seagrass meadows, mangroves, rocky shores, reefs, sandy beaches, bays, sheltered channels, rivers, creeks and estuaries host a wealth of wildlife including whales, turtles, dugong, grey nurse sharks, fish, corals, birds and more. www. nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/great -sandymarine/ index Fraser Island is the world’s largest sand island and an area of remarkable natural beauty. Growing on seemingly infertile sands are a great variety of plant communities ranging from coastal heath, mangrove forests and swamps to subtropical rainforest. The many archaeological remains found on Fraser Island record thousands of years of culture and tradition, and provide important links to their past for the Butchulla people. 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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to Inskip Point and crossing in the barge.

Unless you intend holidaying Fraser Rainbow Beach Flying Servicesonoffer a Island, most probably bestbut way of daily service to Fraseryour Island, prior seeing all its is to take a 1 day or 2 bookings arebeauty required.

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Markets – Saturdays Saturday Markets 1st3rd Cooloola Cove Veterans and - Tin Can Bay Community Hall 0499 110 944 2nd & 4th Rainbow Beach Centreblock 5483 4866 3rd Tin Can Bay 0418 711 897 Sundays Top Shop Craft Market 0413 716 491

Rainbow Beach Flying Services offer a daily service to Fraser Island, but prior bookings are required.

Remember that going independently, a permit is required and is available from the National Parks Office.

family fun Playgrounds North and South of the Playgrounds North and South of the Headland and Rainbow Shores

accommodation

Headland and Rainbow Shores

Playrooms Pub and and Sport SportClub Club Playrooms at at the the Pub Family Family friendly friendly directory directory

Cooloola Coast Realty www.accommodationrainbowbeach.com.au 07 5486 3411 Rainbow Beach Holiday Village

Cooloola Coast Realty www.rainbowbeachholidayvillage.com www.accommodationrainbowbeach.com.au 07 5486 3222 07 5486 3411

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Rainbow Beach Realty 07 5486 3900 Rainbow Beach Realty www.rainbowbeachrealty.com www.rainbowbeachrealty.com 07Rainbow 5486 3900Getaway Holiday Resort

Bowls There is a lawn green at the Rainbow Beach Sports Recreation & Memorial Club where visitors are most welcome. 5486 3191 Tennis Two courts are available at the Sports & Recreation Club. Bookings 5486 3191

Bowls There a lawn greenis located at the Golf A par 3, 9ishole golf course Rainbow Beach Sports Recreation & at Rainbow Shores Resort. Members of the Memorial where visitors areShores most public are Club very welcome.

Rainbow welcome.

5486 3191 Social Golf Club (0429 668 255) stages

regular course Tenniscompetitions.

Two courtsA picturesque are available at at Tin Can Bay also attractsClub. all golf addicts the Sports & Recreation Bookings from this area.

5486 3191 Darts, Pool, Yoga, Tai Chi, Sailing, Pilates, Darts, Fitness Pool, Yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates, Zumba, Classes (see Sailing, What’s On)

Fitness Classes (see What’s On)

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Rainbow Beach Resort www.rainbowwaters.com.au www.rainbowshores.com.au 07 54863200 5486 3999 Sleepy Lagoon Hotel/Motel

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Thanks Parks and Wildlife Service for their assistance.

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annual events

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

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Fishing & Boating

Tin Can Bay Fishing Club news T

HE GOOD WEATHER during the past few weeks has provided members with the opportunity for fishing both the inside and outside waters.

There have been reports of tailor, whiting, bream, flathead, cod and trevally up to 3kg being caught in the inlet waters from Snapper Creek to Inskip.

The largest fish that was caught last month was a 4.275kg slatey bream.

There have been reports of good catches of all species including snapper, parrot, cod and pearl perch east of Fraser Island.

Due to the success and very well attended Youth Fishing Day in July, the club is hosting another Youth Fishing Day at Norman Point on Wednesday , September 21, commencing at 8am and AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA, EAST EAST COAST COAST – WADDY – WADDY POINT POINT (FRASER (FRASER ISLAND) ISLAND) at noon. Phone LAT 24° LAT58’ 24°S58’ SLONG LONG 153° 153° 21’ E21’ finishing E 0437 242 171 to register.

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76mm range working well.

Barra season has started off well with several nice fish being taken in the bay along with a few more stories of the ones that got away. It pays to make sure your gear is up for the task when chasing Barra as there is nothing worse than losing that trophy fish due to tackle Tony Stewart failure.

5486 beefi 8666ng / 0408 767 930 It’s well worth www.rainbowbeachfishing.com.au up the trebles on your hard bodies from the standard ones from FFSHORE CONDITIONS over the last factory to something month have been good except for the a little more robust.

If your S.East using changes, soft plastics usual but swells have been choose the jig heads slight. with heavy duty hooksin 18 days we were With 15 trips booked like theforTTa Headlockz hoping good run, but as I write the XH or the Evolution HD weather may limit this to ten days. range.

Some good snapper have been landed beengrounds along with on Crabs the closehave and wider activeperch, with several pearl parrot, Moses perch, sweetlip, reportsSea perch, of people Scarlet hussar and gold spot cod. coming back with a feed With the school holidays fast of muddies.

Upside approaching has been hopefully the recentwe will have some perfect publicityspring by weather...

Fisheries Till next monthon - good QLD regarding the fishing. spot fines of $1100 for those caught tampering with someone else’s crab pots. This is great news and hopefully it is enforced heavily around holiday/peak seasons.

While the winds are light it is worth heading up towards Fraser Island and fishing the channel between Inskip and Fraser for mackerel.

If the wind kicks up and with temps in the high 20’s to early 30’s it will pay to seek shelter in the creeks and chase a few jacks and barra.

We have received some great news over the past week and we are excited to announce that we have been appointed the Shimano dealer for the Tin Can Bay area.

This means locals and visitors no longer have to travel to Gympie or Maryborough

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Above: Mal with a Lunar Tail trout Above right: Lyndsey with snapper Left: Tom Strohfeldt’s group from Brissie to get what they are after.

Don’t forget our fish of the monthwith snapper competition. With just over a week left for the month be sure to get your entries in andRight: remember to keep it fair this is a randomPenny with her draw so it doesn’t have to be the biggestpearl perch fish to win.

Find us on facebook @ www.facebook. com/TinCanBayBoatHire we would love to see pictures of your holiday catch.

Until next time, stay safe on the water.

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Fishing & Boating

Keely Rose Fishing Charters

Double Island Point Fishing Charters

Right: I’m not sure what’s better - the fish, or the smile on the angler. Well done Michael!

Left: Scotty with a cracking red

Left: Rod from the Gold Coast with a classic Rainbow Beach cod

Right: A great pair of trout!

Above: Josh with a huge pearl perch caught on his birthday. What a present!

Left: Darren and Carl had a big day out on the snapper

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Left: Peter with a nice big snapper

A Little Humour THE MUSHROOMS She wanted to serve her guests mushroom-smothered steak, but she had no mushrooms and no time to buy them.

Her husband suggested, “Why don’t you go pick some of the mushrooms that are growing wild down by the stream?

“No, some wild mushrooms are poisonous.”

“Well, I see squirrels eating them and they’re okay.”

So she picked a bunch and washed, sliced and sauted them for her dinner. Then she went out on the back porch and gave Spot, their dog, a double handful.

Spot ate every bite. All morning long, she watched the dog. The wild mushrooms hadn’t affected him after a few hours, so she decided to use them. The meal was a great success.

After everyone had finished, her young daughter came in and whispered in her ear, “Mum, Spot is dead.”

Trying to keep her head about her, she left the room as quickly as possible, called the doctor and told him what had happened.

The doctor said, “That’s bad, but I think we can take care of it. I’ll call for an ambulance and I’ll be there as quickly as I can. We’ll give everyone enemas and we’ll pump out their stomachs and everything will be fine. Just keep them calm.”

Before long they started to hear the sirens as the ambulance tore down the road.

The paramedics and the doctor had their suitcases, syringes, and a stomach pump.

One by one, they took each person into the bathroom, gave them an enema, and pumped out their stomach.

Well after midnight, after the last one was done the doctor came out and said, “Everything will be okay now,” and with that he left.

The hosts and the guests were all weak and knackered sitting around the living room when the daughter came in and said to her mum,”I can’t believe that guy!”

“What guy?”

“You know, that horrible man who ran over Spot; he never even slowed down.”

Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.

TEE SHOT A guy stands over his tee shot for what seems an eternity: looking up, looking down, measuring the distance, figuring the wind direction and speed.

Finally his exasperated partner says, “What’s taking so long? Hit the damn ball!”

The guy answers, “My wife is up there watching me from the clubhouse. I want to make this a perfect shot.”

“Forget it, man,” says his partner. “You’ll never hit her from here.”

SALESMANSHIP! The kids filed into class Monday morning.

They were all very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk on salesmanship.

Little Sally led off. “I sold Girl Scout cookies and I made $30” she said proudly. “My sales approach was to appeal to the customer’s civil spirit and I credit that approach for my obvious success.”

“Very good,” said the teacher.

Little Debbie was next. “I sold magazines” she said. “I made $45 and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current events.”

“Very good, Debbie,” said the teacher.

Eventually, it was Little Johnny’s turn.

The teacher held her breath. Little Johnny walked to the front of the classroom and dumped a box full of cash on the teacher’s desk. “$2,467,” he said. “$2,467!” cried the teacher, “What in the world were you selling?”

“Toothbrushes,” said Little Johnny.

“Toothbrushes,” echoed the teacher.

“How could you possibly sell enough tooth brushes to make that much money?”

“I found the busiest corner in town”, said Little Johnny. “I set up a Dip ‘n’ Chip stand and I gave everybody who walked by a free sample. They all said the same thing, ‘Hey, this tastes like dog poo!’ I would say, ‘It is dog poo. Wanna buy a toothbrush?’

“I used a politician’s method of giving you some crap, dressing it up so it looks good, telling you it’s free and then making you pay to get the bad taste out of your mouth.”

Little Johnny got five stars for his assignment.

Bless his little heart!

BEAR JOKE An 80-year-old man was having his annual check-up and the doctor asked him how he was feeling.

“I’ve never been better!” he boasted. “I’ve got an 18-year-old bride who’s pregnant and having my child! What do you think about that?”

The doctor considered this for a moment, then said, “Let me tell you a story. I knew a guy who was an avid hunter. He never missed a season. But one day he went out in a bit of a hurry and accidentally grabbed his umbrella instead of his gun.

“So, he was in the woods and suddenly a grizzly bear appeared in front of him! He raised up his umbrella, pointed it at the bear and squeezed the handle. And do you know what happened?”

Dumbfounded, the old man replied, “No” The doctor continued, “The bear dropped dead in front of him!”

“That’s impossible!” exclaimed the old man. “Someone else must have shot that bear!”

“That’s kind of what I’m getting at...” replied the doctor.

STUDENT’S FORMULA Teacher: “What is the chemical formula for water?”

Student: “HIJKLMNO.” Teacher: “What are you talking about?”

Student: “Yesterday you said it’s H to O!” IRISH ADVICE So two Irishmen are travelling to Australia.

Before they leave home, one of their dads gives them both a bit of advice: “You watch them Aussie cab drivers. They’ll rob you blind. Don’t you go paying them what they ask. You haggle.”

At the Sydney airport, the Irishmen catch a cab to their hotel. When they reach their destination, the cabbie says, “That’ll be twenty dollars, lads.”

“Oh no you don’t! My dad warned me about you. You’ll only be getting fifteen dollars from me,” says one of the men.

“And you’ll only be getting fifteen from me too,” adds the other.

ME MUDDER When my prayers were poorly said, who tucked me in me widdle bed and spanked me butt til it was red? .......Me Mudder!

In the morning, when the lights would come and in me crib me dribbled some, who wiped me widdle tiny bun? .......Me Mudder!

Who took me from my cozy cot and placed me on me ice cold pot and made me pee-pee when me could not? .......Me Mudder!

Who’s hair so gently she would part and hold me tightly to her heart and sometimes squeeze me til I’d.....fart? .......Me Mudder!

Who looked at me with eyebrows drooped, and screamed and yelled ‘til she had the croup when in me Sunday pants I...pooped? .......Me Mudder!

And at night when the bed did squeak and me raised me head to have a peek who yelled at me to go to sleep? .......Me Farver!

A FISHY TALE A fisherman and his wife had twin sons named Towards and Away.

Once the boys were grown, the fisherman took them out to sea to learn the family fishing trade.

A week later, the mother saw her husband dock the boat all alone.

“Oh no! What has happened to my darling boys?” she cried.

“We were just one day out to sea, when Towards hooked a great fish. He fought long and hard, but he was pulled over the side and swallowed whole by the fish.”

“Oh dear, what a huge, horrible fish that must of been!”

“Yes, it was, but you should have seen the one that got Away.”

The gene pool could use a little chlorine.

I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.

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SCHOOL NEWS

Bling your helmet and crazy hair in September

by Mr Micheal Grogan, Principal

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HIS MONTH WE have Bling your helmet and ride to school day with a visit from Cycle Qld on September 6, Crazy Hair Day on September 9, and school holidays!

Next term we return to a fun run and beach day and we’ve heard our outdoor kitchen has been approved.

Eight of our students travelled into Gympie to participate in the Gympie Zone Athletics Trials. All of our students did a fantastic job and three have qualified to be part of the Gympie Zone team, to participate in the Wide Bay Trials in a few weeks time.

I would like to congratulate our three Gympie Zone Athletes: Archie (Shot Put), Clive (100m, 200m, 800m, Long Jump,

High Jump and the Multi Event) and Jasmin (100m, 200m and the Multi Event).

I would also like to say a special congratulations to Clive and Jasmin who were named age champions on the day. This is a fantastic effort, well done both of you!

Queensland’s NAPLAN Results Continue to Improve

NAPLAN summary results confirm the hard work of Queensland teachers and students is paying off.

Queensland ranked first in Australia in the national minimum standard for Year 3 Grammar and Punctuation and second in four other test areas.

Rainbow Beach State School continued to demonstrate improved and high

performance, with school means in reading and numeracy continuing to go on their upward trend since 2013.

Some highlights include: - 60% of Year 3 students in the upper two bands for Numeracy - 50% of Year 3 students in the upper two bands for Writing - School mean for Year 3 and 5 Numeracy above the national mean - Year 5 mean scores above the national mean in 4 out of 5 test areas

P&C news

Running Club is due to recommence in term four.

Please come along to Brekky Club, happening every Thursday 7.45am. Gold

coin donation is welcome on the day. Any donations of cereal, butter, fruit or milk are gratefully received!

The 30th Anniversary planning is in full swing. Keep the date, November 4, free for an open afternoon at school and evening cocktail party celebration.

Also keep October 22 free for our P&C Annual Trivia Wine and Cheese Night. Only $10 per person includes entry into the lucky door prize and a delicious cheese platter. It’s a fun night for the grown-ups, so book the babysitter now!

Our next P&C meeting is on Thursday September 15, all parents and community members are welcome.

Please come along and join us in the RBSS staff room at 2.45pm.

Coast kids shine at Zone athletic trials Above: Archie Gilmore from RBSS is off Kingaroy for the Wide Bay Athletics trials - he won shotput for his age (Shotput must be a hit for coast teens too - Caysee Wilson from Tin Can Bay P-10 School, Jas Betteridge from Gympie High and Sam Montgomery from James Nash High are also representing the region) Right: Tin Can Bay School’s Arwen Goodwin - Van De Vorst excelled at high jump

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Above: Jimi Duggan (now at St Patricks Primary), and Rainbow Beach SS students Clive and Jas were all crowned age champions!

Top effort.

See their determined race faces: www.facebook.com/ RainbowBeachCommunityNews

Left: Sprint: Isaac Heaton from Tin Can Bay School

SCHOOL NEWS

Tin Can Bay P-10 School strides ahead

by Principal Desley Kirby

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E’VE HAD EXCITING news with our NAPLAN improvement. This year, our students’ improvement was above that of the nation in Years 3 and 7 Reading, Year 3 Numeracy, and in Years 5, 7 and 9 Writing!

We have also made some significant improvement in a number areas at a similar rate to the Nation, including Year 3 Writing, Years 3 and 7 Spelling, Years 3, 5 and 7 Grammar and Punctuation, and Year 7 Numeracy.

Such fantastic success is testament to the hard work of teachers, students and families at Tin Can Bay State School.

Last month, Senior Leaders represented the school at the Vietnam Veteran’s Day Service in Tin Can Bay.

During Science week, classes were busy with exploration, experiments and scientific investigations.

As part of book week celebration, there was a ‘decorate your classroom door competition’ using the theme: Australia and a dress up parade for primary students!

School Choir at Eisteddfod Tin Can Bay School Choir competed in the open schools section against 5 other schools performing ’Riversong’ and ‘Where the Wind Goes’.

We placed 4th and were awarded Very Highly Commended. The students performed beautifully and we’re very wellmannered members of the audience when

watching the other schools perform.

The fun doesn’t end here though for the Choir. We are now hard at work learning six pieces for the up and coming Choral Event called “Kidsing” which will take place on September 2.

Sport A big congratulations to ALL the students who participated in the 4-6 Athletics carnival and the P-3 sports day, and to the winning house CARLO and who Kia broke the 11 year old shot put record -8.61m!

Well done Alyssa Naulty - selected to travel to Bundaberg for girls Rugby League.

Student Voice The student voice program with year 4-6 representatives came up with some

amazing ideas: more roofing around the 4-6 area, Years 4-5 to be able to play on the big oval at first break and the Year 6s able to play on the big oval at second break.

Some of the things students and teachers like: this school cares for the environment, the kitchen garden, the people are respectful, friendly and always wearing the right uniform.

Please remember to come down to the library and drop in some suggestions into the suggestion box. Kia Faddy & Jorja Ranuve

Stockings Required!

Please send any old and/or unwanted stockings to Year 2 teachers to create their ‘Grass Heads’.

Left: Tin Can Bay’s Trent Reibel and Nathan from Rainbow Beach were head to head until the finish line Below: Triple jump was impressive to watch - here’s Talyn Croker-Sorongan from St Patricks

Proud families - Goodwin - van de Vorsts, Betteridges and Walters watched on - Madi (second place in High Jump), Jas Betteridge and Arwen will travel to Kingaroy on September 12 and 13

It was great see families out supporting their kids on the day - well done to all the students across the coast!

Archie Walter ran lots of events for Tin Can Bay School

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SPORT

Sign on for Nippers H

OW MANY SPORTS involve only a two hour commitment per week, cost only $165 (that’s not per child, but per family!) and involve mandatory time at the beach?

It sounds good, because it is! The Rainbow Beach Nippers program is for boys and girls aged between 5 and 13 years of age (age as at September 30).

“Nippers is a fun program designed to teach kids surf safety and awareness,” said Co-ordinator Nerissa Legge. “They learn the traditional surf sports such as surf swimming, board riding, beach flags and sprints.”

Nippers also get an introduction into surf lifesaving through an award system.

“The older age groups are taught skills such as CPR/First Aid and surf rescues,” explained Nerissa.

“Younger age groups are taught how to stay safe at the beach through fun gamesbased activities.”

Membership cost is $50 Nippers, $165 Family, $65 Associate and $65 for Active Seniors.

This entitles the member to full club membership and use of surf club equipment.

It includes all training, insurance cover and SLSA affiliation fees for each member.

It is a requirement that for each family of Nippers that at least one parent must join as an Associate Member.

So come and join our friendly Nippers Club. To find out more call: Junior Activities Co-Ordinator Nerissa Legge 0408 731 104 or Secretary/Registrar (Surf Club Administration - Mon, Wed, Thur) Nicole Lunney 5486 3249.

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NIPPERS DATES Sundays September 18 and 25, 10.30am

noon sign on at Rainbow Pool

Sunday September 25, 8.30-10.30am

pre-season training days

Saturday October 1, 9-11am

pre-season training days

Sunday October 2

First Nippers day for 2016/2017 season

Saturday October 15

Rainbow Beach Individual Carnival

SPORT

Marathon of a time

Coastguard representative John MacFarlane receives a donation from President Sandra Wooster

Cooloola Dragon Boat members give back

by Norma Sanderson

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OOLOOLA DRAGON BOAT members enjoyed a winter’s Pizza Night at Norma’s house. The weather was kind but we still welcomed the brazier fires and the woodfired oven. Something wonderful about an open fire.

The team has been in training for the second round of the Wide Bay series.

Available paddlers headed to 1770 last month to enjoy a weekend of racing and friendship. The third round at Hervey Bay happens on Saturday, September 3.

We again thank the community for supporting our Regatta weekend in July and are proud to now be in a position to donate to our community helpers: The TCB Fishing Club, Sailability and Yacht Club, SES and Coastguard.

See you on the water!

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HE RAINBOW BEACH Marathon Festival provided excellent viewing for locals last month, as they crossed Carlo Sandblow and continued on to Double Island Point or Poona Lake on 42, 21 or 11km treks.

We hope all the runners enjoyed their weekend with us!

Little Athletics is back I

T’S TIME TO sign on for Cooloola Coast Little Athletics: Friday, September 30 at the RSL Tin Can Bay and Saturday, October 1 at the Cooloola Cove markets.

2016-17 season starts Saturday, October 8 at the Tin Can Bay School.

For more information email ccla@ outlook.com or contact Jess Milne on 0411 218 254.

September 2016 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – 37

SPORT

Surfing State Championships

O

F THE WIDE BAY team, half the students were from Rainbow Beach!

Great effort made by the surfers from Wide Bay who headed to the Stradbroke Island school surfing event in July. With a team of teens from Rainbow giving it a shot against some incredible talent.

With conditions not the best for the first

part of the event then picking up with a few tough moments, but the surfers from Rainbow pushed through.

It was a great experience for them and the families.

Well done for making it that far and hope to see you out there training for next year!

Join Rainbow Warriors

by Bj Parton, Head Coach

W

IDE BAY SWIMMING conducted a short course (meaning 25m pool) championship swim meet at our facility last month.

The Rainbow Beach Warriors had seven swimmers entered for this meet and made us very proud with their efforts over the two days.

Max Klekar pushed himself over the weekend by entering 50m in all four

strokes. What a great effort! Mason Bignell also swam 50m in all strokes with a huge personal best time in 50m Breaststroke, 14 seconds off his time. He also beat his times in Back and Fly. Seth Parton took 14 seconds off his time for 50m Fly putting in great effort.

Luxie-Leigh Findlater had shown Coach her skills are improving by demonstrating a beautiful Freestyle stroke and improving

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Back row (L to R): William Zahn, Jackson Lester, Brayden McGrath, Nicholas White, Wayne Garland (Coach), Alex Wilson, Liam Heads, Caspar Millbank, Ewan Heads Front Row: Michelle Moller (Coach), Cyndari Parton, Kyani Parton, Ethan Harvey, Hannah Wilson, Ella Steele, Phil Moller (Manager) Image Sue & Wies Fajzullin

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

on her times also.

Kyani Parton earned PBs in all her events, showing her team she’s still got it.

Her form is beautiful to watch.

Annalise White swam in ten events over the weekend pushing her limits with a 400 Freestyle, her longest event, doing very well with all her times and improving every swim meet she goes to. You’re a machine, Annie!

Jasmin White took out three records over the weekend in 50 Freestyle, 50 Breast and 100 IM. This is amazing as Jas is heading to Darwin in September to represent State! Keep up the hard work.

I would like to thank all my Aqua Aerobic

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team for helping over the weekend and also the parents. Without you all this event would not have been successful.

You all were run off your feet with food and kiosk duties with a never ending list....you did it!

Well done.

Sign On Days: Saturday, September 10, 9.30am1pm, ‘mini swim’ meet, bbq and novelty swimming events.

Collect nomination forms from the Rainbow Beach Aquatic Centre.

Thursday September 15

TRADES & SERVICES DIRECTORY

Covering Cooloola Cove, Rainbow Beach & Tin Can Bay 4WD Hire Rainbow Beach Adventure Centre

Rainbow Beach

5486 3288

Rainbow Beach 4X4 Hire

Rainbow Beach

5486 8300

Accommodation Rainbow Beach

5486 3500

Air conditioning Climate Control Air Conditioning

5486 4362

Cooloola Coast Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Tin Can Bay

5486 4499

Appliance Repairs Coastwide Appliance Service & Repairs

0400 410 045

Auto Electrics Rainbow Beach Auto Electrics

Cooloolah Coast

0499 144 678

Bait and Tackle Chilly Bin

Rainbow Beach

5486 3788

Rainbow Beach

5486 8100

Rainbow Beach Tackle & Camping

Bakery Ed’s Beach Bakery

Pest Control

Advantage Screens and Blinds

Cooloola Cove

5481 2846

Cooloola Curtains and Blinds

Beach to Bay Pest Management Cleanwave

Cooloola Cove

5486 4030

Rainbow Beach

5486 3080

Gympie

5482 7688

Cooloola Cove Smiles

Tin Can Bay

5886 4800

Coloured Sands Clinic

Cooloola Cove

5488 0271

Cookies Electrical

Rainbow Beach

0407 022 159

Mark Little

Cooloola Coast

0407 762 986

Tin Can Bay

0408 329 167

Coastwide Fishing Charters Tin Can Bay

0419 980 607

Double Island Point Fishing Charters

Rainbow Beach

0417 073 313

Keely Rose

Rainbow Beach

0407 146 151

Rainbow Beach Fishing Charters

Rainbow Beach

5486 8666

Flooring Gympie

5482 6500

Food Wholesalers Rainbow Beach

5486 3607

Cooloola Cove

5488 0222

Builders/Handyman Rainbow Beach Remodelling and Repairs Rainbow Beach

0417 728 510

Cooloola Coast Cabinets

Tin Can Bay

5488 0443

Whatever Cabinetmakers

Cooloola Cove

5486 4004

Car Dealers John Madill Toyota

Gympie

5480 5555

Madills Mazda

Gympie

5480 5588

Cooloola Coast

0487 681 524

Rainbow Beach

5486 9090

Cooloola Coast Realty Cooloola Coast www.cooloolacoastrealty.com.au Rainbow Beach Realty Rainbow Beach

5486 3411

Podiatrist

Pubs and Clubs Rainbow Beach Hotel

Real Estate

5486 3900

Restaurants and Café’s Arcobaleno Coffee Rocks Marina Bar and Grill Rainbow Fruit Barn

Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Tin Can Bay Rainbow Beach

5486 8000 5486 8877 5486 4400 5486 3126

Ocean Breeze Seafoods

Rainbow Beach

5486 3152

Rainbow Beach

5486 8700

Tin Can Bay

5486 2887

Rainbow Beach

0418 729 474

Cooloola Cove

1300 727 025

Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach

5486 3227 5486 8888

0400 657 797

Signs Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach Signs Tin Can Bay

5488 0601

Solicitor Cosgroves Cooloola Coast

0403 193 916

Hardware

Rainbow Waters Caravan Park

Rainbow Beach

54863200

Tin Can Bay Caravan Park

Tin Can Bay

5486 4411

Cooloola Cove

Rainbow Beach Hardware Rainbow Beach

5486 3444

Mitre 10 Cooloola

5486 2000

Cooloola Cove

Health and Beauty

Caravan Repairs and Hire

Serenity Beauty

Rainbow Beach

0438 868 116

5486 4004

Kennels and Catteries

Caravan Antennas

Gympie Cooloola Pet Resort Gympie Rainbow Beach

5483 5364

5486 3471

Kayaks

Carpet Cleaners

Sea Breeze kayaks

Benny’s Carpet Cleaning

Tin Can Bay

0407 764 661

Cleanwave

Rainbow Beach

0421 600 148

Chiropractor Tin Can Bay Chiropractor

0418 382 442

Storage

Caravan Parks

Saturn Antennas

Cooloola Cove

Laurie Donnelly Plumber

IGA Supermarket Rainbow Beach

Graphic Design Soda Graphics

5488 0533

Tin Can Bay Physio

Shopping Centre

Glass and Aluminium Lighthouse Glass and Aluminium

Tin Can Bay

Physiotherapist

Seafood

Gas Supplies Rainbow Beach and Fraser Island Gas Supplies

Cabinet Makers

Whatever

Garden Supplies Cooloola Cove Landscape & Garden Supplies

5486 3070

Cooloola Coast Podiatry

Fishing Charters

Boat Hire Tin Can Bay Boat Hire

Rainbow Beach

Plumber

Electrician

Rainbow Cooloola Wholesalers

5486 8686 0421 600 148

Rainbow Beach Pharmacy

Channon and Lawrence Dental

Floorzone

Cooloola Coast Rainbow Beach

Pharmacy

Dentist

Rainbow Getaway Holiday Apartments

Curtains and Blinds & Security

Tin Can Bay

5486 2576

Essential Services EMERGENCY - AMBULANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 EMERGENCY - POLICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 EMERGENCY - FIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 SES Flood/Storm Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 500 SES - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3314 SES - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4604 City Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 2304 Coastguard Tin Cay Bay - VMR 417 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4290 Community Centre Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3355 Cooloola Coast Medical Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 2488 Doctor - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3078 Doctor - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4600 ENERGEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 62 62 EPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300 130 372

Tin Can Bay

0418 498 089

Mechanical Rainbow Beach Rustproofing and Mechanical Rainbow Beach

5486 3228

Rainbow Beach Towing

5486 8555

Rainbow Beach

FIRE & RESCUE - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3169 Tin Can Bay Fire Warden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 828 414 Rural Fires Goomboorian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0417 793 286 Rural Fires Neerdie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0400 865 132 QPWS Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 9900 QPWS Tewantin (7 days) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5449 7792 Gympie Regional Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300 307 800 HOSPITAL - Gympie (ind. Community & Mental Health Services) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5489 8444 Library - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3705 Library - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4355 Local Disaster Management CCCLDMSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4483, 0439 862 264 Cooloola Cove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5488 0436, 0459 26 374 Wallu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 685 338 Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0427 863 007

Cooloola Tin Can Bay Mini Storage

Tourist Centre Rainbow Beach Tourist Centre Shell Tourist Centre

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

Rainbow Beach/TC Bay 0428 838 836 Rainbow Beach 0408 738 192 Rainbow Beach 0457 726 388 Rainbow Beach 0412 174 337 Rainbow Beach 5486 3131

Vet Gympie Veterinary Services Tin Can Bay

5486 4666

Pharmacy - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3070 Police - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 8765 Police - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 2426 Police - non urgent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 444 POISONS Information Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 11 26 Resource and Referral Centre Tin Can Bay . . . . . 5488 0035 School - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 9333 School - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5488 1222 Warren Truss MP (Federal Member) . . . . . . . 1 300 301 968 Tony Perrett MLA (State Member) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5329 5100 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (Please phone to make appt ) CARKEET, Sally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0417 751 327 DEACON, Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 624 208 FISHER, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0407 95 4678 HOLT, Neville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3250 MISSEN, John Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 8153 September 2016 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – 39

TRADES & SERVICES DIRECTORY AIR CONDITIONING

CARPET CLEANERS

GAS

Cabinet Making

Advertising/Graphic Design

CABINET MAKER

Flooring

CONCRETING

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-All Mechanical repairs-Free Old Car Removal To find out more, phone: 5486 3561 -All makes & Models -Aluminium Tig Welding & -Second Hand Parts -Metal Fabrication -New & Used Tyres -Clutch & Brake Repairs

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Tell us what you love and we’ll add to our testimonials:

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WHAT’S ON SEPTEMBER 1

Charcoal Drawing workshop RB Library 10am-11am, bookings essential: 5486 3705 2 RBSS Choir participating in Kidsing in Gympie 2 Share your memories of the Cooloola Coast TCB Library 10am-12noon and RB Library 2pm-4pm, bookings essential: 5486 3705 2 Tech Savvy Seniors: Learn the basics of using your smartphone BYO smartphone. TCB Library 10am12noon, RB Library 2pm-4pm, bookings essential: 5486 3705 3 Spring Festival, RB Community Hall 4 Father’s Day 5 Guided Wildflower Walk meet at RB Library 10am 6 Ride to School and Bling your helmet, RBSS 6 RB Over 60’s morning coffee at the RB Surf Club 7 C&K Tin Can Bay Kindy Open Day 7 Tech Savvy Seniors: Introduction to Tablets - BYO tablet RB Library 2pm-4pm, bookings essential: 5486 3705 8 RB Over 60’s Pick your own strawberries, Goomboorian 10am ring Ray and Lil Kahl 5486 3462 9 Crazy Hair Day, RBSS 9- 11 SLSC members weekend 10 Swim meet and sign on day, RB Aquatic Centre, 9.30am - 1pm, BBQ and novelty swimming events 10 Seafood Festival Dinner ‘black and white’ fundraiser 13-14 Reef check workshops 15 Ambulance Week open day and sausage sizzle, Tin Can Bay Station 10am to 1pm 15 Sign on for swim club, RB Aquatic Centre 15 P&C meeting 2.45pm RBSS staff room- all welcome!

16-18 Seagrass monitoring by Coastcare, volunteers ph: 0417 554 905 16-19 Mitchell Creek Rock N Blues Festival

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Trivia night 7pm, TCB Community Centre, $10 per head, for the Children’s Hospital Foundation 18 and 25 Nippers sign on at RB Pool, 10.30am - noon 18-24 Bronze and SRC Camp, RBSLSC 19 CC Residents and Friends meet Vet’s Hall, Cooloola Cove 10am 21 Youth Fishing Day by TCB Fishing Club, 8am-noon, register: 0437 242 171 24 Tin Can Bay Seafood Festival 25 Nippers pre-season training days 8.30-10.30am 25 Day on the Green 10am-5pm at Sports Club, Pig Day Out fundraiser 0419 464 254 26 Family Fun morning at Cooloola Cove, scavenger hunt and team games 9am-noon, Federation Park 26-29 Junior Sailing course Jon Jones: 0408 472 187 28 Free school holiday activities TCB Library 10.30am to 11.30am and RB Library, 2.30pm to 3.30pm 29 Music Plus, 7pm at Cooloola Cove Veterans Hall 30 Free Family Fun at park next to TCB RSL - free giant games, inflatable castle, no bookings, Council: 1300 307 800 30 Flower Show entries 2 - 5pm to the TCB Community Centre 30 Little Athletics sign on, TCB RSL

OCTOBER 1

Little Athletics Sign on, Cooloola Cove Markets 1 Local Ambulance Committee Annual Flower Show, from 9.30am TCB Community Centre 1 Cooloola City Farm Open Day 9am-1pm 1 Nippers pre-season training day, 9-11am 1-31 Rush Festival October 2 First Nippers Day for 2016/2017 season 3 Public holiday 4 School’s back!

42 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – September 2016

Rod Jordan welcomes you to the Ambulance Week Open Day at TCB Station on September 15

6

Book Discussion Group first get-together at RB Library 10am, just turn up, for details call: 5486 3705 6-9 Heart of Gold Film Festival 8

Little Athletics starts, TCB school

15 15

Gympie Gold Rush Festival Nippers Carnival at Rainbow Beach

22

RBSS P&C Annual Trivia Wine and Cheese Night

Weekly (many are term time only) Monday 10-11am First 5 Forever - fun for under fives at Rainbow Beach Library 4.30 Karate and Jiu-Jitsu, RBSS, 0417 079 579 Tuesday 9am Arts and Craft group, Church of the Good Shepherd Hall (second/last of month) 9am – noon Tin Can Bay Quilters, community complex. Ph: Maree 5486 5706 9.30am Little Guppies playgroup, Tin Can Bay Wednesday 9am Mahjong/games mornings, Church of the Good Shepherd Hall

10am Mainly Music, TCB Community Complex, 10am 4.30 Karate and Jiu-Jitsu, RBSS, 0417 079 579 Thursday 7am Running Club RBSS 7.45-8.15am Brekky Club, RBSS 8-10am Coastcare Wetland Weeding, for location www.cooloolacoastcare.org.au/ or text: 0417 554 905 9 -11am Playgroup, RB State School 9am - noon TCB Craft Club, Penny: 5486 2512 9.30am - 10.30am First 5 Forever - fun for under fives at Tin Can Bay Library 3.30pm Cooloola Dragon Boat Club training Friday 8am - 10am Volunteer “revive our creeks”, www.cooloolacoastcare.org.au 9am Sailability 7pm - 9pm Fun Club, Tin Can Bay Community Centre, primary-aged children can enjoy games, fun, friendship, prizes, a short devotion and supper, $3 or $6 per family. Chappy Ronnie: 0413 135 867.

Saturday Markets on almost every Saturday!

See visitors’ guide Discover Sailing, Tin Can Bay Yacht Club 5-8pm Cooloola Coast Youth Activity Project - Outdoor volleyball, table tennis, pool (Eightball), movies, music, free snacks for teens from Grade 7-12 , Veterans Hall in Cooloola Cove.

Sunday 7am St Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church service, Manooka Drive 7.30am Cooloola Dragon Boat Club training 9.30am Church of the Good Shepherd Contemporary Family, followed by morning tea. All denominations welcome! 17 Carlo Rd 10am – 2pm Rainbow Beach craft market, Top Shops 11am – 12.30pm Kids Play, Rainbow Beach Aquatic Centre If you have an event or date you would like to add please email info@rbcn.com.au

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Become a Nipper Sundays 8:30 –10:30 am. Rain, Hail or Shine from 2 October.

Ages: 5–13 years (as at 30 September)

Nippers is a fun program: •

make new friends, learn surf swimming, board riding, beach flags & sprints & introduction to surf lifesaving

•

young kids practice how to stay safe at the beach through fun games based activities

•

older kids learn CPR/First Aid & surf rescues

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SPEND FAMILY TIME ON THE BEACH EVERY SUNDAY SIGN-ON Date & POOL COMPETENCIES

Sunday 18 & 25 September 10.30 - noon Rainbow Pool

Only $165 per family or nippers $50 each, and at least one parent must join as an Associate Member or Active Senior (both $65) This includes full Club Membership, use of Surf Club equipment, all training, insurance cover and SLSA affiliation fees for each member.

Call Nerissa to find out more 0408 731 104 or Nicole at the Surf Club (Mon, Wed, Thur) 5486 3249

“We’re very proud of our two lifesavers. Once they had their SRC that gave us the confidence as parents for them to head to the beach. They have the confidence and ability to give back to the community. We can’t promote nippers and the surf club enough. We would definitely encourage other families to give it a try.”

Jim and Naomi Cole, Cooloola Cove

Become a Surf Lifesaver 15 years + Bronze Medallion : Certificate 11 in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) 13-15 years Surf Rescue Certificate and

Only $250

Join a fun training camp 18 to 24 September

REGISTER NOW Call Mark 0427 033 160 to book your swim test before the camp:

Resuscitation Award

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the intensive program is for people interested in patrolling at Rainbow Beach

•

minimum one season of rostered patrols is a club requirement

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accredited course towards your QCE (year 12), giving 4 out of a possible 20 points

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live in at Rainbow Beach SLSC, dormitory accommodation

•

adult supervision at all times along with experienced junior helpers

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patrol uniforms will be presented to all successful participants Saturday afternoon

Due 20 September: includes training manual, cert 11 workbook, togs, hi-visibility rash shirt, Club Polo Shirt, food, training and administrative cost (membership fee is not included: Seniors $65, Juniors $50).

400 metre pool swim in less than 9 minutes (Bronze Medallion) or 200 metres in 5 minutes (SRC)

Get involved and help save lives this summer!

Call Nicole 5486 3249 ext.5 This advertisement is proudly sponsored by Rainbow Beach SLS Supporters Club & Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News September 2016 – Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News – 43