The Everton Echo community newspaper - May edition

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Erin Skipworth is excited to share her news with the community. Read more about what our other young local citizens have to say in ‘The Little Echo’ on pages 13 - 20.

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Cancer Council Event Back Wood Wanted for and Bigger than Ever Women’s Shed

Ladies and gents, push aside your plans for Thursday 27th May, for it is time to make way for Australia’s iconic Biggest Morning Tea (BMT). The highlight of Cancer Council’s calendar!

Unfortunately, 2020’s Biggest Morning Tea was cancelled due to COVID. But this year, WE ARE MAD is set to host an especially huge BMT at the award-winning Eatons Hill Hotel, located at 640 South Pine Road, Eatons Hill. Deemed the largest BMT in all of Queensland, this will also be the 6th annual BMT that WE ARE MAD have hosted.

For those keen on attending, prepare to enjoy a scrumptious High Tea made by chefs, washed down with a glass of bubbles or tea or coffee from the hot beverages station. Also, The Judge is Mel Buttle from get set for the inaugural Celebrity Great Australian Bake Off Cake Decorating Competition, in which you can cheer on your favourite celebrity (this year's line-up is star studded!) The competition features Damien Anthony Rossi, Sofie Formica, Curvy Sammy, and John Lazarou. Not to mention, the 2021 Judge is Mel Buttle from Foxtel’s hit show ‘Great Australian Bake Off’, and the guest compere is Peter Everett from ‘Ready Steady Cook’. In addition to the above festivities, there will be amazing door prizes, raffles, inspiring guest speakers, a fashion parade, and an amazing goodie bag to take home. What more can one ask for?

Tickets to WE ARE MAD’s Biggest Morning Tea are $75pp. Join the community and book your ticket at www.wearemad.net

The Women’s Shed at Ferny Grove is close to launching!

The steering committee of the Women’s Shed at Ferny Grove has been hard at work on all of the legal processes required to establish the Women’s Shed as a viable community organisation. Documents of Incorporation have been approved and the committee is developing procedures for running the Women’s Shed.

Community interest in this project is very high, with 48 women listed as the first Women’s Shed participants and another 70+ on the wait list. Participants will be able to access all the tools available at the Shed after a short period of induction for safety purposes.

Women will be able to work on their own projects in a supportive and social environment.

The local community can expect to see a sharp increase in DIY projects, home improvements, furniture repair and wildlife boxes once the Women’s shed is open.

Although the ladies have access to ample tools, they are seeking small supplies of usable timber. If you have a shed bulging with old timber suitable for small projects and wood turning and you are happy to part with some, they will be ready to turn it into something useful or decorative.

If you have any questions you can contact the committee at theshedatfernygrove@outlook.com

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A Week at Picabeen

Echo News is delighted to welcome Picabeen Community Centre to our newspaper. Get ready for regular monthly columns from this wonderful local community organisation.

Picabeen is your community centre. We offer a wide range of activities for young and old alike. We welcome everyone to come along and try the weekly activities; most are only a gold coin donation to participate. We also have the Change Room Op Shop at 65 Gilston St Keperra run by a fabulous team of volunteers. If you have an interest in volunteering your time at the centre or our Op shop, please come in and talk to us. Current activities include; 4 Scrabble group Friday at 10am. Anyone is welcome;our facilitator welcomes expert players or those wishing to learn. Gold coin donation.

4 BBQ lunch Tuesday 12pm. A hot BBQ lunch with members of the community. Gold coin donation is appreciated to help this activity continue.

4 Playgroup Monday and Friday 9.30am-11.30am.

Our playgroup coordinators set up various activities on the day for children 0-5 and parents/caregivers. Always good to have clothes that can get a bit sandy or painted!

Gold coin donation.

Volunteers Needed!

We are also seeking volunteers to help us run programs: Facilitator: We are seeking a facilitator who is happy to create art and craft projects on a weekly basis for the Beginners Art and Craft Class Thursday at 10am.

No Interest Loans (NILS) application volunteer: Needed one day a week. Training will be conducted for this role.

There is flexibility around which day of the week.

Admin support volunteer Blue card register: Weekly for 2-3hours.

Youth Team Drop In Sessions The Picabeen youth team offers one on one support for 10–18-year-olds. We can support with reconnecting young people to education, employment or training, support with mental health, relationships, housing, etc. Please contact the youth team for further information or check out the website for our referral form. During the term time, we facilitate the following after-school sessions for Young People at Picabeen: • LGBTQI+ ‘Safe Space’ Wednesday 3.30pm-5pm • Youth Drop-in for 12–18yrs Thursday 3.30pm-5pm The Change Room The Change Room at 65 Gilston St Keperra is run by a fabulous team of volunteers. At this charity op shop, people can donate and buy good quality, affordable clothes and accessories, whilst knowing that they are supporting their local community through Picabeen’s outreach programs and services.

Contact To contact Picabeen, please call 07 3354 2555, or email on info@picabeen.org.au . Keep up to date via Social Media on the handles below: Picabeen Community Centre: https://www.facebook.com/Picabeen Picabeen Youth Team: https://www.facebook.com/picabeenyouthteam Picabeen Change Room: https://www.facebook.com/PicabeenChangeRoom Picabeen Youth Team Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/picabeen_youth_team/

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Out and About with Hockey club honours the local Scouts fallen soldiers

A monthly update from the Enoggera Scouts It has been a busy month at the Enoggera Scout Den from graduations to clean-ups and exploring the local area. There is always something exciting going on at our local Scouts.

Graduating – Scout Style Recently, two Cub Scouts, Zoe Gallager (who was just awarded the highest Cub Scout Honour of ‘Grey Wolf Award’) and Josh Kirkpatrick, turned 11. Upon reaching this age, youth graduate from the Cub Scouts to the older Scout Section (11yrs-15yrs). To mark this special occasion, the Scouts like to get them there in real style. Putting the many talents and skills the Scouts learn into practice, they designed and built the graduates a fabulous ‘Bridge’ which is a long standing scouting tradition.

Scouts Clean Up Along Kedron Brook The Scouts recently enjoyed discovering what is under the Osborne Road Bridge at Mitchelton. They explored the banks of Kedron Brook, looking for and collecting rubbish, skimming stones and learning about how plastics effect our environment and waterways. They even had their very own Bio-Chemist with them as one of the Rover Scouts (18-25 years) is studying Bio-Chemistry at University and was there to share his knowledge on the subject with the scouts and parents.

To find out more about Scouts, or to have a free trial, please call them on 3355 1916 or 0439 677 755 or email contact@ enoggera.scoutsqld.com.au. The Enoggera Scout Den is located at 61 Hurdcotte Street, Enoggera. You can also keep up to date with them by following them on Facebook www. facebook.com/EnoggeraScoutGroup

Northern Suburbs Hockey Club is honouring fallen Australian Defence Force members – including one of its former players Ashley Birt – with a special commemorative Norths Hockey Club players Jack A N Z A C D a y Tucker and Craftsman Peter Hamilton, jersey. wearing the special Diggers Day jerseys

Norths has a proud tradition of Australian Army personnel in its playing ranks, given the Ashgrove club’s close proximity to the Gallipoli Barracks in Enoggera.

The club has paid tribute to Australian Defence Force (ADF) members with its new Diggers Appreciation Day jersey worn

by Norths teams in games on ANZAC weekend.

Designed by Norths players Jack Tucker and Tim Riggall with assistance from clubmate and Australian Army Captain Aaron Evans, the jersey incorporates iconic ANZAC imagery including poppies, a soldier standing honourably over the fallen, and the eternal quote ‘Lest we forget’.

The special jersey honours Corporal Ashley Birt, a former Norths player who was killed on operations in Afghanistan in 2011.

For more details about Norths Hockey Club visit nsjwhc.org.au

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Make Aches and Pains a Thing of the Past An update from The Older Women’s Network Qld

OWNQ Mitchelton members Bronwyn, Jean, Jude and Val

The Mitchelton Branch of the Older Womens Network Qld Inc (OWNQ) offers a range of get togethers throughout the month. As always, members of the community are welcome to join for any or all.

On Wednesday 26 May, Jessica Taylor, CEO of Australian Pain Management Association, will be taking the ladies through some tips on everyday strategies to manage aches and pains. She calls it ‘boring self-care,’ however we are sure the information will be anything but boring!

The full list of May events are: Tuesday 4th May 10am - Coffee/Techno Morning at Arana Leagues Club Tuesday 11th May 10am - Zoom Meeting Saturday 8th May 12pm - Lunch at Arana Leagues Club Tuesday 18th May 10am - Coffee/Techno Morning at Arana Leagues Club Wednesday 26th May 10am - Monthly meeting at the Panthers Den Function Room, Arana Leagues Club. The Panthers Den is upstairs from Reception (Cost $5).

The aim of the group is to provide information to women relating to a healthy outlook on ageing, and to meet in a friendly, social atmosphere. OWNQ Mitchelton is part of an organisation that is state-wide with groups in three states of Australia, as well as a National branch. All women are welcome.

For more information or queries about Mitchelton OWNQ, ring Judith on 0431 159 921 or visit the website www.ownqld. org.au

40 Enchanting years for Cake Decorators club

Have you fancied trying your hand at cake decorating? Or are you an experienced baker keen to make new friends?

Whatever your experience level, the Brisbane North Cake Decorators (BNCD) will welcome you with open arms!

The BNCD are a branch of the Queensland Cake Decorators Association and are a not-for- profit organisation. They foster the art of cake decorating and love sharing their knowledge, tips and tricks with each other. This year marks their 40th birthday, something of which they have BIG plans for so stay tuned!

The club meet at the Arana Hills Community Centre, 291 Dawson Parade, Arana Hills on the third Saturday of each month, commencing at 1pm. Meetings are always busy with a workshop or demonstration of some particular technique followed by afternoon tea and a very short business meeting.

Of course, there is always lots of laughter at the meetings!

Recently, the club has been concentrating on getting their branch display ready for the annual cake show. The cake show is held each year in July and other Queensland clubs participate. The theme this year is ‘Enchanted Garden’ so flowers and leaves etc are high on the members ‘to-do’ list.

New members - experienced or new to cake decorating - are always welcome and members love sharing their knowledge with one another. Check out their Facebook page by searching Brisbane North Cake Decorators Association QCDA for more information and to contact them.

24 Hour Medical Centre Set for Stafford

A new 24 hour Medical Centre is set for 317 Stafford Road, Stafford.

A development application has been lodged for the new two-storey retail building. It will be located on the corner of Stafford Road and Webster Road.

The proposed building will be built to the Stafford Road boundary and setback from the Webster Road boundary to accommodate a ground floor car park. The development will demolish the existing car sales building, structures and hard stand car park area to facilitate the development.

78 car parking spaces have been provided to the front of the building and basement car park.

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Digital Disconnection

By Susanne Jones, Just Better Care Brisbane North and CBD

As age increases, digital inclusion tends to decline, but there is help at hand for those who may be lacking in confidence online.

If recent events have taught us anything, it is the importance of accessible online communication.

While social distancing measures have amplified the requirement for us to be digitally savvy, there is ample evidence to suggest the transition by education, information, government and community groups to move greater parts of their services and utilities online began some time ago.

Digital literacy and user capability is an important aspect of older Australians increasing their online presence yet research shows that many of those aged 65 or over are struggling to adapt to this new digital environment.

Fear of the unknown One of the biggest barriers to getting seniors online is apprehension, with 75% of people in this age group concerned about their privacy online. This is not without reason.

Australians aged 65 or over made more than 26,400 reports to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch in 2018.

The peak body for senior advocacy, COTA, says moving government service delivery and communications online will increase the potential for scamming to target older Australians as email becomes the expected method of engagement and communication from government.

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Behaviours in Older Australians also concluded that many older Australians are interested in developing and acquiring new digital skills such as privacy settings, backing up files, safely downloading files, securing online transactions and using Wi-Fi safely.

While face-to-face learning is the preferred method of acquiring new skills, the Commonwealth government launched a $50 million program to improve the digital literacy and online safety of Australians aged 50 years and older.

Set up to build skills and confidence, the free program includes information about protecting personal information, using security settings on devices, identifying scams, conducting secure online transactions and connecting with others through social media safely.

Dedicated network partners provide support in the basics of getting online - including topics such as e-safety, using email, connecting with family and friends using the internet, online shopping, online hobbies and managing your data.

Good Things Foundation manages the Be Connected program which has linked up with around 3,000 network partners across the country including community centres, libraries, men’s sheds, Indigenous community groups, disability organisations, employment service providers and non-English speaking community groups.

The initiative has enabled older Australians to become more independent and less reliant on family members, whilst also affording seniors the skills to connect with friends and relatives living elsewhere. They are also able to gain confidence and learn how to look out for scams.

As of June, 350,000 people have been supported through the program. Good Things’ Jess Wilson says, to ensure more seniors have access to digital literacy tools, it’s important that digital literacy programs like Be Connected be allowed to continue for at least the next five years so we can help more people.

‘We know there is more work to be done to support older Australians, people on low incomes and people looking to get back into the workforce to improve their digital skills over the coming years as the country recovers from the pandemic and adjusts to the new digital world,’ said Jess.

‘COVID-19 has shown just how important it is for people to be digitally literate so that they can better connect with family and friends, maintain their independence, find work and access government support services online.’

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Bocce Taking Things up a Notch-ee!!

By Mario De Marco, Secretary of the Newmarket Bocce club.

Welcome to my world of Bocce.

Keeping some sporting clubs active and growing these days can be a difficult task, so you do need to put some effort into it and have a committed group of people to run the club, as the Newmarket Bocce Club has. I thought I would give my take on an inspirational few words. To all you sporting clubs out there, keep up the good work in the community and never lose faith of what you can achieve.

Now this brings me to bocce clubs situated in South East Queensland. Yes, there were quite a few around once upon a time. However, there are still bocce clubs here if you wish to have a go. The Italo-Australian Centre at the Gold Coast is one Members from the The Newmarket Bocce Club such club. They have bocce courts but have not participated with their trophy for some years now, so I was excited to receive a call from their President asking if we would partake in a social bocce competition, which of course we agreed to with delight!

The club competition took place on the 7th March at Newmarket. Both teams played in four games and wore their club colours.

Following the games, we enjoyed a scrumptious lunch and a presentation of a club trophy.

Newmarket won 8.5 games to their .5 game (one game tie). Credit to all for their sportsmanship and everyone had a fantastic time. Hopefully this is a sign of great games to come.

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It's all about Location, Location, Location!

An update from the Newmarket Probus Club The story goes that the original meeting area for the club was in Newmarket, however there were stairs which made access difficult. Another venue needed to be found, and thus the Club has met since at the Red Hill Community Sports Club, next to the Bronco’s in Fulcher Rd. Members come together for a regular meeting on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 10am to noon, except for “LEGAL SERVICE - PERSONAL AND BUSINESS” December and January. The meeting addresses club business and then breaks for the Lucky Door Prize. Morning tea is 3/17 Blackwood Street, Mitchelton | (07) 3355 1301 next with time to catch up with friends. In addition, there is www.bbplawyers.com.au a range of regular activities, including Book Group, Sunday Lunch, Mah Jong, Indoor Bowls and the Walking Group. Other • Your local resident activities are arranged through painting company the year as opportunities • Servicing Brisbane’s present themselves. COVID northside for over 10yrs safety is observed and several • All domestic & members of the committee have commercial works completed the COVID (Safe • Professional & friendly Work practices for Dining In) staff Certificate.

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Hidden Gems in Kingaroy News from The Mitchelton and Districts Gem Club

As mentioned in last month’s article, a Gem Show was to be held at Kingaroy on the 10th and 11th April. The club combined a visit to this show with a fossicking trip to the Agate fields around the Cloyna Windera area. The trip was very popular with twenty members on the trip including three junior members.

There were many stalls selling gemstones and jewellery items, as well as displays by the South Burnett Gem & Fossicking Club who were the organisers of the show.

After the club had visited the Gem Show on the Saturday, they travelled back to Murgon and the additional thirty kilometres out to Windera. The Windera/Cloyna area is possibly the second best area in Queensland to find Agate and Jasper. The main agate fossicking area is Agate Creek outside Forsayth in North Queensland.

At Windera, the club had permission to fossick in a farm paddock. It was just a matter of walking and watching the ground in order to spot Agate and Jasper amongst the rocks.

Members were lucky to have had the trip after the recent wet weather as the rain had washed all the dust off the stone.

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An example of the Agate that was found out in Windera on The Mitchelton & Districts Gem Club trip

On Sunday morning they visited the paddock once again for a couple of hours before wheading back to Brisbane. Most members were happy with their finds and am sure they will visit the club workshop in the coming weeks to cut and polish their stones.

The Mitchelton and Districts Gem Club has its clubrooms located at 46 Ferneydell Street, Ashgrove and is open every Thursday from 9am to noon for cutting and polishing rocks and from noon to 3pm for silverwork. It is also open on Saturday from 1pm to 4pm. The Club caters for Gemstone enthusiasts in the North Western area of Brisbane.

If you feel this type of hobby interests you, do not hesitate to get in touch with either John on 3351 1038 or Lloyd on 3351 2093 who will be only too happy to have a chat to you about the workings of the club. You can also visit them at www. mitcheltondistrictsgemclub.wordpress.com or the Facebook page ‘Mitchelton and Districts Gem Club Inc.’ If your community organisation is looking to increase numbers, or you have a story to share, drop us a line at The Everton Echo, admin@echo-news.com.au Page 12 - May 2021, The Everton Echo

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Giving our youngest citizens a big voice.

ISSUE 1, 2021

School Holidays: Baby Bird Boom School holidays are really quiet for my family, but fortunately this holidays we have had an outbreak of babys birds!

My family and I and have pet budgies and occasionally a pair will get together and lay an egg. This week (12th of April) we were lucky enough to welcome baby “Philip” into our family, we named him after the late Prince Philip. Philip is a huge, healthy and hungry little fella who is already adored by mother “Sky” and father “George”. George is a massive, green British budgie who is not afraid to bite, Sky is a pied, sky-blue dominant Australian budgie and was one of my very first birds.

Also recently, and unexpectedly we now have an uncountable amount of tiny baby king Quails. King Quails are a small, chicken-like bird that live on the floor of our avary. Quails only grow up to about the size of approximately you’re hand and are much like real chickens for they eat veggie scraps and their eggs are edible (and great for salads). The parents of our baby’s are father “Ani” mother “Padmey” and other mother “Torchic”. This is our best clutch (hatching) of Quails. I think that tops it of, as you can see breeding and taming birds is a fun, exiting and adorable distraction for the holidays.

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As part of a recent presentation I had to do at school, we had to choose a significant historical location in our local community to research and I chose The Brisbane Tramway Museum. I was very lucky to go down and spend a morning at the Museum with Graham and Glenn who answered all my questions, showed me around and shared their favourite things about the museum with me.

The Brisbane Tramway Museum is located on Tramway Street, Ferny Grove opposite the Police Station. It is called this as it contains a collection of historical trams, photos, stories and uniforms of Brisbane’s 85 years of Tram Service. The museum land was originally a dis-used depot and is 10 acres in size. It moved to this location in 1974 after trams stopped running in 1969 but the official opening wasn’t until the 10th August 1980. The track at the museum is 600m long and the trams run between 10-15km per hour here. The museum is open on Sunday afternoons, as long as the weather is good, they are too old to come out in the rain.

In the past the original museum site had 2 buildings, a large water tank and a rundown cabin, the equipment was put in one shed and the 2 oldest cars were put in the other, unfortunately all the rest had to be left outside. Today the museum has 2 very large tramsheds, a restoration shed, a woodwork and metalwork shed, both for repairs and a display building. The museum has 24 trams - 23 Brisbane trams and 1 from Sydney, but they only run 6 trams at the museum but they would like to get more finished being restored.

Callum with Brisbane Tramway Museum volunteer, Graham

The oldest tram running at the Museum is #47 and the youngest is the #554 which was the last ever tram to run in Brisbane in 1969.

The purpose of the museum in the past and now is the same, so people can come and see what trams were like and its way of transport. The museum is important to our community to preserve and operate Tramcars for the people of Brisbane along with details of its history and so people like myself whose Great Grandfather, Gerald Sydney Cochrane was a Tram Conductor, I can go and learn all about what he did for his job.

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The Significance of the Battle of Lone Pine

Today I am here, sitting on my comfortable lounge, in my nice cool air-conditioned house. I am writing this on my laptop, whilst Googling and watching YouTube. Until today, I took all of this for granted.

It is hard to comprehend, why young people got on a boat and sailed halfway around the world to fight for our freedom.

They sacrificed their time, careers and thousands gave their lives to protect our future.

For four long days in August 1915, the ANZACs went to battle with Turkey. The battle was later called the Battle of Lone Pine. It is reported that the Turkish troops removed all but one Lone Pine Tree from the area. The Turkish troops used the knocked down Pine Trees to barricade their trenches and protect themselves.

The purpose of the Battle of Lone Pine was to distract the Turkish from the Front in Gallipoli. The ANZACs bravely accepted their mission, fighting heroically and courageously to capture the barricaded trenches. During the battle two thousand brave ANZACs and seven thousand Turkish lost their lives. Seven ANZACs were later awarded the Victoria Cross, for their indisputable bravery. However, all the ANZACs at Loan Pine risked their lives to defend our country and its need to thrive.

Lone Pines (Aleppo Pine Trees) are like time capsules. The majestic Aleppo Pine Trees stand alone at ANZAC war memorials around the world. They signify the history of the ANZACs and the Battle of Lone Pine. The Aleppo Pine trees originated from Turkey. Some of the ANZACs collected pinecones from the trenches at Lone Pine and sent them home to their grieving, worried families. The families then propagated the pinecone seeds and planted them. Most of the stunning Aleppo Pine trees propagated from the pinecones are still alive today.

The battle of Lone Pine is significant to all Australians and Newsreaders because the ANZAC war memorial in Turkey is located at the site of The Battle. Thousands of ANZACs who lost their lives during the battle are buried at the memorial.

They have been laid to rest under a Lone Pine and next to the trenches they captured and defended.

Even though we face our own battles from time to time, every year on 25th April wegather to reflect the heroics of the ANZACs. Australians and New Zealanders from around the world unite in peace and solidarity at war memorials in Turkey, Australia and New Zealand to remember the ANZACs that gave their live for us.

I still don't understand why these young men gave up their lives and their futures. But all I can say, is that they were braver than I ever will be. I also, respect them for their courage.

Lest We Forget.

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At Willmore Kindergarten, we revisited our discussions about trees and the earth through reading a story called Hello, Mr World. In the story two children are pretending to be doctors and their patient is the earth. They discover from checking the earth's temperature that it is too hot. The ice is melting and the arctic animals are finding it hard to survive as their habitat is changing. After we finished reading the story and had a discussion as a group, the children headed off to play. Below are some of the wonderings and ideas that came out of this discussion.

Clara said, "The world is sad because it is sick. It needs some trees to make it better." At the bottom of her picture was a white space she explained, "this is the ice for the polar bears to live. I don't want them to die."

A group of children went into the block corner space. We had wondered as a group how the tree in the block corner could get water from the river which was a long way from it. Tom thought we could ask the animals to hold water in their mouth and take it to the tree. Georgia F decided to make the river larger because the rain had come.

Henry was playing at the table with coloured blocks and put the yellow blocks in front of his eyes. He said, "Hey. I am being the sun. I'm the reason the world is so sick."

Jakobi led some thinking at the light table where there were some polar bears and ice He said, "The penguins home is melting. Little penguin can't swim. Mummy will protect them. She is swimming with her babies."

Georgia B "The penguin made a new home of ice because their other home melted. This one (points to the polar bear) has had his home melt too. The penguins home is melting."

Georgia F "I can build another home for them. It is not good that their home has melted. Come on penguins, jump out and come into your new home."

Because of the rain Daisy made many beautiful flowers grow. Flowers could help our earth to cool down as well.

As we played we were wondering about polar bears and one of the children asked, "Can polar bears live in water without ice?" I replied that I didn't know but that we could research this question. We looked at some clips of polar bears moving through ice and were amazed at how agile they were and how far they could swim.

The children relate their own experiences to that of the world. They show an innate empathy for living things and want to make things better. This is such a great example of how the children use many languages of learning to make sense of their world. From paint, to blocks to light and of course stories. This was also our first step into the research area. Once the children learn that anything they are interested in we can research we are able to go much deeper with our thinking and learning.

The children have continued this line of thinking by researching the 17 UN Sustainability Goals. We are looking at the goals individually and working out ways we can make a difference in our own homes and community.

By the children and Mrs Linda Meinicke, Director of the Willmore Kindergarten and Preschool.

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The children of Gaythorne Community Kindergarten have developed a stronger understanding of what sustainability, reusing and recycling is, not just cans and bottles. They also are developing a sense of community, sharing and caring for and about others, even though they have never met.

Lorna and Chester are quite well known at the kindy and stories of their amazing kindness and generosity during 2020 are often spoken of. Lorna and Chester, an elderly couple who live at Beachmere, belong to Woodies - a woodworking community group from Beachmere, provide the children with the resources to work with.

A variety of timber pieces, shapes, sizes and textures were set up on the verandah, some pieces had designs on them, some were rough and others smooth. The children collected hammers and screwdrivers, nails of varying sizes and loads of screws. They also poured out some PVA glue and collected glue brushes from the art studio. Instantly they went to work.

When asked if they needed any help, the look of disgust was obvious. Piper said, “Miss Glenda, I am all over this! I know exactly what I am doing and what I want to do. I have a plan in my head.” There was nothing more I can add to that except to say, “Go for it, girl!!”

Arthur could not contain himself when he found some pieces of timber with a cutout shape of a bunny in the middle of each piece. “Look, Miss Glenda, it is a bunny and it is nearly Easter.” He was so excited!! He called out to everyone, “See what I have found. I don’t think Lorna and Chester meant to leave these treasures in here, maybe we should return them, maybe I could ring them and tell them so they don’t get upset and think they have lost them. Oh, I love these, can I please decorate at least one, please?” He had several

and held them up for other children to also take one - they quickly disappeared.

Oliver joined us holding a circle piece of timber. He held it up in Arthur’s face distracting Arthur’s train of thought.

“What’s that?” Arthur asked Oliver. Oli responded saying, “I don’t know, but look,” he pointed to the design stamped on the circle. Lachy joined the boys saying, “I know what that is, it is for putting your cars on. It is a race track. You can add some more wood and make a ramp for them to go up and down.” He walked over to the timber collection and took out a piece that was a U shape. He put the circle of timber on the table and the U on top of it. “I need the glue,” he said, pointing to it but talking to Oliver. He handed Lachy the glue. Using a brush he painted a strip of glue onto the U shape and attached it saying, “There you go, all done. You can use it to race the cars, you just have to wait for the glue to dry. I saw a picture like this in a book,” he told us all. The group that had gathered around looking and listening were most impressed with Lachy’s explanation and capabilities.

When we had finished and tidied up our workspace, Edith asked, “Why do Lorna and Chester give us timber?” Arthur replied “Because they believe in reusing and recycling just like us and Lorna collects all of the timber pieces from out of the wood bins that no-one else wants and she saves it for us. Chester is very smart. He is old but he is smart and he has lots of tools for working with wood. He makes us special things. I think they are Miss Glenda’s friends or maybe they don’t know any other little kids that like to work with wood or recycle like us. We are very lucky.”

By the children and Miss Glenda MacDuff, Director of the Gaythorne Community Kindergarten

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At Mount Alvernia College the Gospel values of Love, Compassion, Simplicity, Peace, Trust, Joy, Respect, and Service are animated in all that we do. In a world of uncertainty, we are committed to helping our students develop right relations with self, each other, and with their earth and God. Our accomplished academic and support staff are dedicated to ensuring that your daughter may discover her gifts and talents by creating the environment she needs to build confidence and curiosity. We believe in cultivating a learning environment which values and encourages active listening and inquiry and one that empowers individual aspiration. We encourage our students to strive for excellence in all aspects of academic, cultural, and sporting endeavours and, importantly, to do their personal best always. Following in the footsteps of our foundress, Elizabeth Hayes, we place value in acts of service and community. An array of opportunities is available for our students to become actively involved in works of social justice and outreach. We wish for our students to be courageous voices in the face of injustice and for them to act with kindness and tolerance always. As we edge towards the middle of the 21st century, there is a need to dial up for our young people their skills of communication, critical and creative thinking, and ethical leadership. At Mount Alvernia we are future-focussed and strive to instil these important soft skills throughout each of our programs.

I hope to meet you at Open Day, where you will see us in action.

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Padua College is the only school in Australia under the care of the Order of Friars Minor. Inspired by the teachings of St Francis, the Franciscan Friars established Padua College as a school to cater for boys from Year 5 to Year 12.

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Here at Padua we embrace change, but we also recognise the need to hold true to things that we hold as important pillars for a good education. We introduce our students to a wide range of belief systems and multi-faith disciplines, we encourage debate and discussion, and then introduce our students to a Catholic and Franciscan world view. This vision is permeated by our values of Joy, Courtesy, Humility, Simplicity and Peace.

Learn more about the Good Men of Padua College in their own words through the College 3D Virtual Tour at www.padua.qld.edu.au.

Over sixty years on, the College has grown to 1,400 students and while there have clearly been some educational changes over this time, we still hold our Franciscan heritage very close to our heart.

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Meet the Women behind the Nest

Did you know that The Nest Community has facilitated over 700 workshops in the past 6 years for the local area? This month, we are introducing you to three of the amazing women that share their knowledge and skills in these workshops.

Rachel Ezzy

Rachel works full-time, so the Nest Garden has been a great, green break for her.

Over the past two years, she has volunteered for a few hours most Saturdays.

Tending our chooks is her favourite job, as they bring an air of calm to the place.

Besides chook care, she has also learned much from others about composting, mulching, orchids, worm farms, permaculture and seasonal planting. Rachel finds the sharing of experiences and advice amongst the other gardeners both useful and rewarding.

Watch out for gardening workshops and Working Bees in the near future. “We always welcome new gardeners,’ added Rachel.” Come and enjoy the serenity.”

Cecilia Costa Gomez

Born and brought up in Chile, Cecilia wasn’t able to have much of a garden in the place where her family lived, so now she revels in her own Brisbane garden.

Hand-watering helps her keep an eye on her plants. As well as her regular maintenance tasks in The Nest Community Garden, Cecilia is keen to reduce water usage so she plans to convert an old bathtub into a wicking bed for edibles and herbs.

Cecilia has a degree in veterinary practises. However, she works today as a science teacher. She describes The Nest’s garden team as ‘Super-good!’ and says she was so glad to find this women’s space where skills are taught and shared, as well as showing us how productive we can be as we age.

Always aiming “to show how to make gardening easier for anyone,” Cecilia recently led her first workshop at The Nest called ‘Succulents for Beginners.’ At the end, participants left with plants, planning changes in their own home gardens.

Maryanne Hambrecht

After a 52 year long career in health care, here and overseas, Maryanne found retirement boring after just a few weeks. Then one day, a good friend picked her up in the car and brought her to The Nest. “This might suit you better,” she’d implied.

Having risen through the ranks and become a CEO Director of Nursing in several hospitals over the years, Maryanne knows a lot about working together.

She’s known around our community for her willingness to get in and do any job that needs doing, from feeding the chooks to measuring fabrics, or serving behind the counter in the Haberdashery Thrift Store. Her sensitivity to the needs of the others helps them find their niche here at The Nest Community.

As our Operations Coordinator, Maryanne says she gets a lot of satisfaction from encouraging and seeing volunteers here succeed, in their own way. Having always followed her gut instinct, she believes in grabbing opportunities to grow and learn – You never know where they might take you!

The Nest Community is always looking for new volunteers to join their Garden Group! It’s a great way to enjoy the outdoors, experience a social atmosphere and add a bit of greenery to your life.

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Ninety and Still Nurturing Nature

From The Stafford Garden Club Stafford Garden Club’s member Nita Little, celebrated her 90th birthday recently. She joined the club in 2007 and continues to be a very active member.

Nita is a positive example that being surrounded by nature, and certainly delving into it as a gardener, is good for your health and wellbeing.

Nita is the club’s plant stall convenor which is an incredibly busy role! From carrying plants to and from her car, selling plants to members, caring for the ones that don’t sell, and looking after them until the next meeting, her responsibilities are bountiful. In addition, many of these plants come from her own garden.

To the delight of its members, the Stafford Garden Club has been able to hold its meetings again since August 2020. The club meets on the third Thursday of the month at 10am, but attendees are encouraged to arrive early in order to buy plants from Nita and enjoy a special, served morning tea (own cup please). Meetings take place in the OES Hall, Cnr Kitchener Road and Bohland Street at Stafford Heights and observe strict COVID practices which include hand sanitising, signing a COVID register and social distancing. New members are very welcome and each month there is an interesting and informative speaker.

For more information email staffordgardenclub@gmail. com, or phone 0427 032 121.

Marvelous Mulch & May Gardening

From the Mitchelton and Districts Garden Club Unfortunately, the April meeting of the Mitchelton and Districts Garden Club had to be cancelled due to COVID. However, the guest speaker, Craig Duncan, a representative from Rocky Point Mulching, has kindly agreed to deliver his talk at the garden club meeting on 3rd June at the Enoggera Memorial Hall.

His topic is ‘General Gardening’. Rocky Point Mulching produces all kinds of potting mixes and soil conditioners as well as a range of mulches. When other representatives from the company have been guest speakers they have had products for those present to buy and this was a great help to garden club members.

The meeting commences after morning tea which is served at 9.45 a.m. Visitors and new members are most welcome.

May is the month for planting fruit trees, pruning geraniums, inspecting Azaleas for petal blight fungus which last year would have caused buds to turn brown and drop prematurely.

A fungicide treatment commenced this month should control this problem. Mother’s Day occurs this month and a flowering plant would be a long lasting gift.

The club meets on the first Thursday of the calendar month and has vacancies for more members. For more information, please phone the president, Pat, on 3356 1256.

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Everton News

from your State Member for Everton TIM MANDER MOBILE OFFICES Mobile offices are back! Throughout the year I will be holding mobile offices around the electorate to give locals the opportunity to discuss any issues, concerns, or feedback in person. Please be encouraged to visit me at the following times and locations: • 4pm on Thursday the 6th May at Wruck Crescent, Albany Creek • 9.30am on Saturday the 22nd of May at Brookside Shopping Centre • 4pm on Thursday the 3rd of June @ Teralba Park MARQUEE FOR LOAN Community groups, schools or sporting clubs are welcome to borrow my 3x3 Marquee for events. Please contact my office to organise the loan.

Tim Mander MP laying a wreath on ANZAC Day at the Gaythorne RSL ANZAC DAY It’s great to be back to normal as we gathered at local RSL’s and war memorials to commemorate the legacy of the ANZAC’s.

It was an honor to share this special day at Gaythorne RSL with those who have served and continue to serve. It was encouraging and heartfelt as our Veterans had the freedom to march and share the day with close family and friends.

While some people still chose to commemorate personally at home, or light a candle on their driveway, we came together to pause and remember those who lost their lives and made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

I want to thank those who are currently serving our country today and for the families that support their loved ones in service.

Let us never forget those who gave so much – and let their courage and dedication be an inspiration for us all.

CONNECT WITH ME If there is anything I can help with – send me an email at everton@parliament.qld.gov.au or call on 3535 1100.

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THE FERNY REPORT

by Mark Furner M.P.

State Member for Ferny Grove

October to be a celebration of Queensland’s seniors This year Queensland’s annual Seniors Week will become a month-long celebration.

With grants of up to $1000 available, we’re gearing up for events and activities with the theme of Social Connections. If our COVID experience has taught us anything, it is the value of connecting with others and the need to constantly build community and empathy.

The celebrations will begin on 1 October, the United Nations International Day of Older Persons and end on 31 October, Grandparents Day. Applications for grants will close on 31 May 2021.

To find out more about Queensland Seniors Month and to apply for a grant, visit www.qldseniorsmonth.org.au or phone COTA Queensland on 1300 738 348.

To find out more about Queensland Government services and supports for seniors visit https://www.qld.gov.au/seniors or call the Seniors Enquiry Line on 1300 135 500.

Review of the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 On Easter Sunday this year I was pleased to launch the Review of the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001. I am passionate about the prevention of cruelty to animals and this review is an important opportunity to shape the future of the care and protection of animals in Queensland.

Feedback is being sort by members of the public on issues such as:

• Mandatory reporting by veterinary professionals of animal welfare concerns; • Prohibited events, regulated surgical procedures and offence exemptions; • The use of baits and traps; • Restraining dogs in open utility vehicles and trucks; • The use of animals in science; • Inspector powers and arrangements for externally appointed inspectors; • The management of animals seized during animal welfare investigations; and • Penalties for animal cruelty.

Visit https://bit.ly/3sldEPe complete the survey or submit a written response to have your say.

Local entrepreneurs inspiring the next generation

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Local entrepreneurs Will and Denise Davy have come up with a fantastic idea to produce flat-pack kits for kids to build dynamic creations. KinetiKits are fun and engaging platforms designed to inspire kids to explore S.T.E.A.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Maths).

It was fascinating to catch up with Will and Denise and have them introduce me to their revolutionary designs. I even bought one for my grandkids! Visit www.kinetikits.com.au to have a look at what this amazing local couple are doing.

SENIORS - Join Our Club!

Since returning this year, The Mitchelton Senior Citizens have welcomed quite a few new members to their club. However, they would love more residents to join their friendly club.

The club hosts a number of special events, one being their popular Australia Day Pie and Peas.

The club meets on Mondays from 9-12pm for a chat, a concert and a light lunch at 30 Tel-el-Kebir St., Mitchelton (opposite Gaythorne RSL). On Tuesday and Friday mornings from 9-12pm the club also opens for indoor bowls & a cuppa. For more information about The Mitchelton Senior Citizens Club, please call 3351 0358 or 3351 0240 www.echo-news.com.au

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