2020 MARY VALLEY VOICE - JUNE 10, Vol.30 #6

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Imbil Rail Park Inc seeks your support to paint and relocate 'Proud Mary'  2 Big Boss Chocolate Co.  2

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'PROUD MARY' IS COMING TO IMBIL T

he Imbil Rail Park committee has secured ‘Proud Mary’ to find a final resting place at the Imbil Rail Park precinct in the Mary Valley!

Imbil Rail Park Inc was the brainstorm of the Mary Valley Chamber of Commerce Inc, recognising the precinct as a valuable asset of the local community and the opportunity for increased visitation and tourism to the Mary Valley. The aim of the group is to create a sustainable community hub that showcases the cultural, artistic, and historic features of the Mary Valley. Through embracing the existing built features and natural environment of the precinct, the group aims to create a space that provides the opportunity for cultural, artistic and recreational experiences for locals and visitors alike.

Objectives include establishing a museum facility for the preservation and conservation of Imbil and the region’s history and memorabilia, establishing an information centre, providing facilities for artisans to create and showcase their work amongst gardens that embraces our local fauna and flora.

The Imbil Rail Park precinct will not only provide the community and visitors with recreational space, but also space for gaining knowledge about our history, art and fauna and flora.

The Imbil Rail Park Inc committee has actively been fundraising by hosting community events including the annual Easter Friday 'Dinner under the Stars', various sausage sizzles and raffles.

Ms Dwyer, president of the groups says: “Funds raised enabled us to complete incorporation of the group, get comprehensive insurance as well a feasibility study and preliminary design work.”

The group is working closely with the local community, QLD TMR, the Railway Rattler Company and the Imbil Golf group.

Part of the plan to preserve the history of the Mary Valley has been realised with the generous help of Mr Jimmy Budgen pictured top centre on right, who has been working tirelessly with the Rattler

Railway Co, to help secure a locomotive, and aptly named ‘Proud Mary’ to find her final resting place at the Imbil Rail Park (visible from the main road).  She is a C17 class locomotive and her number is #705, built in Queensland (Feb.1926) to the original C17 ‘1902 design’ with a straight-sided cutaway cab, tall steam dome, cast iron chimney and a lowsided bogie tender. She was withdrawn from service (July 1970) and presented to the Playground & Rec. Assoc. and placed in a kindergarten in Brisbane’s inner suburb of Spring Hill. Subsequently she was acquired by the Mary Valley Heritage Railway group and relocated to Gympie in 2009, and now she is destined for her final resting place in Imbil.

‘Proud Mary’ will perform as a valuable asset for the preservation of our Mary Valley rail history; as well as being an iconic, majestic point-of-difference for the township and tourists.

• The committee now urgently seeks a few thousand dollars for relocating the locomotive, after it is sandblasted and re-painted.

Ms Dwyer noted that: “While the generosity of many locals is enabling us to acquire the locomotive, more funds are needed. We are seeking donations and volunteers who would like to get involved in this exciting project that will only lay foundations for a community hub, but also for creating increased tourism to Imbil and the Mary Valley.”

The committee of the Imbil Rail Park Inc would like to extend special thanks to all our committee members, past and present, who all have been instrumental in this project becoming a reality.

Special thank-you goes to Mr Jimmy Budgen for his support with our various projects, including 'Dinner under the Stars', and more recently helping us secure ‘Proud Mary’ for Imbil. We would also like to thank Mr Clary Sutherland from Earthland Group P/L for his ongoing generosity in helping with cleaning up our site.

For questions or finding out more about getting involved, please contact Ms Cheryl Dwyer on: 0488 061 584.

Cover photo and inset pic above, kindly supplied by Kylie Cowling

INTRODUCING KENILWORTH'S FINEST NEW VENTURE

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o why Big Boss Chocolate Co.? Well, Big Boss is the name of a couple of the owners' other trademarked businesses.

Said Ross and Dot Pienaar, “We didnt want to agonise over any other names, Big Boss it is! And the Kenilworth shop had been vacant for a little while and with the current outlook, maybe for a while longer?

Isolation boredom was a great excuse for spurring into action those who won't sit still and who love challenges; so the idea of a chocolate shop was hatched after a chance meeting with a local chocolatier.”

Big Boss Chocolate Co. − chocolate, fudge and ice cream are made off site with ingredients sourced locally wherever possible.

Focus is on gourmet, handcrafted, quality products and producers.

From planning to fitout to business launch, it took almost exactly four weeks, with a soft opening on Mothers Day 2020.

“We could not be more delighted with how it is going, and are so proud to add to the Kenilworth township amenities,” said Dot. Location for food connoisseurs − Big Boss Chocolate Co. is on the main street, tucked up at 10A Elizabeth Street, Kenilworth.

Enquiries / mail orders, bigbosschocolateco@gmail.com or check out their Facebook pics: @bigbosschocolateco

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Dear Resident, In and around Kenilworth we have been doing an amazing job at combatting the virus, even as restrictions ease, so can I firstly say a huge thank you and congratulations.

The Stage One roll-back of restrictions was a welcome relief which saw parks and playgrounds, outdoor gyms and libraries all re-open.

Now Stage Two has been brought forward which means more venues are allowed to open and more people are allowed to gather, but it’s important to realise that public health measures still apply.

We still have to remain mindful of social distancing 1.5 metres, regular hand washing or hand sanitising is still essential, coughing or sneezing into your elbow and staying home if you’re sick all continues. And of course, if

you have any cold or flu-like symptoms, please get tested.

Being out and about more means you’ll also come in contact with more people so if you haven’t already, now is a great time to download the COVIDSafe app.

For more information, including the economic support measures available from the Federal Government, check out www.australia.gov.au Thanks again for the huge effort you have already made.

Best regards,

Ted O’Brien MP Federal Member for Fairfax

FRAMEWORK FOR A COVIDSAFE AUSTRALIA From 1 JUNE (Qld Stage Two)

From 10 JULY (Qld Stage Three)

We moved from Stage One to Stage Two which allows gatherings of up to 20* people at locations including: • homes • public spaces and lagoons • community sports clubs, parks, skate parks and playgrounds • non-contact indoor and outdoor community sport • pools, gyms, health clubs and yoga studios • libraries, museums, art galleries and historic sites • weddings, places of worship • funerals (max 50) • recreational travel, camping and tourist accommodation, including caravan parks (anywhere in Qld) • restaurants, cafes, pubs and clubs (up to 20 people per room or defined area) • casinos - no gaming • indoor cinemas, outdoor amusement parks, tourism experiences, zoos, arcades, theatres and stadiums • beauty therapy, nail salons, tanning, tattoo studios and spas (with COVID SAFE Checklist).

Subject to further planning and review, interstate travel will be permitted and a maximum of 100* people will be permitted for: • gatherings in public spaces and homes • dining in restaurants, cafés, pubs, registered and licensed clubs, RSL clubs, food courts, hotels, casinos, gaming and gambling venues • indoor cinemas • places of worship and religious ceremonies • museums, art galleries and historic sites • pools and community sports clubs • community sport, gyms, health clubs and yoga studios • amusement parks, zoos, arcades, theatres, auditoriums, stadiums and nightclubs • weddings and funerals • open homes and auctions • beauty therapy, tanning, nail salons and spas • libraries • hiking, camping and other recreational activities

* Public health rules still apply. Businesses should visit www.covid19.qld.gov.au.

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GYMPIE TIMES & MARY RIVER MINING GAZETTE

n 1905 the management of the Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette had the foresight to send a reporter out into the hinterland and write and publish stories about the people residing in the area and the industries that provided support to the bigger towns in this area of Queensland. The community of the Mary Valley was greatly valued by the “town folks”. The following is an introduction to a series of articles published beginning with the edition of 15 April, published on page 4.

“As this is the commencement of the district of which Yahoo Creek is the centre, a few general remarks about this neighbourhood will not be out of place. Before 1898, several families had settled down on their selections on the banks of, or near to the river. The flood of that year swept all the low-lying land, and the settlers met together to discuss their position, for to continue general farming on the scrub land, or flats, with the prospect of losing the whole of the crops at any time was not attractive. Most of them had a few head of cattle and as few could face the expense of a separator, it was decided by ten of these sturdy men to start a co-operative creamery. As soon as possible after this decision was arrived at a 75 gallon hand separator was purchased and the creamery was started with eight suppliers of milk. The cream was sent to Eumundi railway station, a distance of 16 miles, by pack horse. About five years ago Mr. J.C. Hassall of Ubi Ubi started a coach service and the days of the pack horse were passed.

The dairying industry received a very serious setback from the late drought (Federation Drought 1900-1902) where the losses among the milking cows were severe enough to leave the herds of most of the settlers at the present time, in about the same position as they were four years ago. In spite of this the district has advanced, more land has been taken up, farms have been improved by clearing of the scrub, completing the fencing, fresh buildings and better yards have been erected, and the Maroochie Shire Council has mended some of the worst places on the road. The settlers have been exceptionally fortunate so far in not having had a single case of redwater among the cattle, although the disease has been all around them. (Redwater is a life-threatening disease of cattle caused by a parasite called Babesia divergens and the parasite is transmitted by ticks). Now there are two coaches running between Kenilworth and Eumundi and about six months ago the Silverwood Dairy Company and the Lowood Dairy Company, each established as depot where they take delivery of the cream from the farmers. These depots are small weather-board buildings, with galvanised iron roofs: here the cream is weighed and sampled, emptied into the Company’s cans and afterwards despatched at the Company’s risk."  The Historical Museum opened again on Sunday, 7 June – with strict social distancing required. Please come along and view the quirky seating covers pictured.

Lenore Meldrum, President, Kenilworth & Dist. Historical Assn Inc.

RAINFALL MOY POCKET – MAY 2020

by Graham Brennan This May we had 20mm. The driest May since 2004 which had 11mm. Last May we had 46mm. The 19 year average is 61mm. We had rain on 12 days, the 19 year average being 11 days.

The three months of Autumn gave us 138mm, the previous driest Autumn was 2006 which had 142mm. Last Autumn we had 335mm.

19 year average for Autumn, is 290mm. The five months of this year has given us 636mm. The wettest start to the year since 2015, which had 951mm for the same period. Last Jan-May we had 462mm. The 19 year average Jan-May 661mm.

Thank-you Contributors! Due to the abundance received, some articles and letters to the editor will be held over to the July issue. Apologies for any inconveniences. Editor Jill G - MVV

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RATTLER HITTING THE RAILS AGAIN!

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ary Valley Rattler General Manager Mike Green has announced the back on track schedule for the popular tourism attraction following the shut down as a result of COVID-19.

“We are delighted to advise that we are restarting our rail operations in line with the government recovery roadmap. Our first train out will be the popular Rattler Tasting Train on Saturday 13 June. We have social distancing plans in place and our team are fully versed on managing our guests experience in line with our COVID-19 safety plan. As a heritage rail operation, the safety of our guests and team is our number one priority. We will be running very limited numbers on our trains, it will almost feel like a private tour!” Mike said.

“We are also excited to let you know that our first steam service will recommence on Saturday 11 July with a special SUPERHEROES event train where we will introduce Steam Man! Our volunteers can’t wait to get back to doing what they love!”

At the time of shutdown, the Rattler had increased their schedule from three days a week to running services six days a week and the historic Gympie Station which houses a café, retail space and historic display open seven days a week.

Train schedules and bookings: www.maryvalleyrattler.com.au Due to limited capacity, advanced bookings are required.

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GYMPIE REGION TOURISM TASK FORCE FORMED

hambers of Commerce and Tourism organisations across the Gympie region, from Rainbow Beach, Tin Can Bay, Mary Valley and Gympie including Gympie Council, joined forces in late May to form a Tourism Task Force. Mary Valley Inc and Mary Valley Chamber of Commerce are part of the Task Force.

The group's first meetings have considered how the sub-regions can work together with Council to boost tourism visitation to assist the tourism industry and businesses as we recover from COVID-19 restrictions as well as sharing information between Council' s Futures Team and the sub-regions.

• Mary Valley reps were successful in gaining agreement from Council to use our preferred imagery with the recognised 'Mary Valley Country - come out to play' brand across Council promotions.

This is a great step forward. Representatives across the region achieved Council's agreement to include in their promotional budget, a tactical 'call-to-action' social media campaign to attract visitation to the region, particularly in time for the school holidays. This campaign will also utilise Mary Valley preferred imagery. Another positive outcome.

All sub-regions are working together to co-promote all areas of the Gympie Region as a way of working together. Please contact Mary Valley Inc or Mary Valley Chamber of Commerce if you wish to raise any matters for the Task Force.

KENILWORTH ARTS COUNCIL 'THIS AND THAT'

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s with many other organisations, KAC has not Kenilworth been very active on the public front with the restrictions on numbers at functions and the rules COUNCIL of social distancing. However, we have been working quietly behind the scenes to keep us ticking over.

ArtsFest 2020 has been cancelled. Of course, we’re not the only organisation to cancel our event in Kenilworth. To all the other Kenilworth groups in the same boat, we send our commiserations and wish you all wonderful successes in 2021.

• Due to restrictions, we are holding a scaled down 2020 AGM on 16 June at 10am in St Luke’s Shed. We wish we could say, as usual, “Everyone welcome!” Unfortunately, that’s not the case this year. There won’t be any entertainment or any refreshments – just a brief meeting for the maximum number allowed to attend.

When we get “across the bridge”, we’re looking forward to taking up where we left off in February. Some entertaining functions and activities are in the pipeline resulting from our very enjoyable “Members and Friends Forum”. Watch this space!

ARTS www.kenilwortharts.org.au

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his month we thought we’d share a message of hope. Fiona lives in the Sunshine Coast region and has lived experience of depression and suicidal thoughts.

“It might seem an impossible situation you're in... It’s not. EVER. When you're out of the awful tunnel you're in now, you won't believe how good it feels and how much stronger you'll be. Until that happens, hold on tight, reach out to those you trust, try not to be hurt by thoughtless words from friends and family and accept all the help you need. Sit in the sun, exercise, breathe deeply, eat well, do the things you loved when you were a kid and wait for your sunshine to reappear.”

Our network is committed to making it OK to talk about our mental well-being and suicide. The Kenilworth community would have received magnets in the mail. These are for you, just in case. The message is that none of us is alone – we can reach out to family or a friend or to the various useful national help line numbers on the magnet.

Financial counselling is also available from the Salvation Army’s Money Care on 0427 229 827 if needed. Another financial counsellor is apparently being recruited to this service due to demand.

Remember … connection is protection.

Merilyn Keene – Coordinator Suicide Prevention in Communities Reference Group merilyn@calcomm.org.au

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'THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF PESTICIDES AND CHEMICALS DAMAGE OUR CHILDREN'

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o says Andre Leu, current International Director of Regeneration International and past President of the IFOAM – Organics International, the international umbrella for the organic sector which has 850 member organisations in 127 countries. During 40 years plus working in more than 100 countries, Leu acquired extensive knowledge of farming and environmental systems across Asia, Europe, Americas, Africa and Australasia. He is an international lecturer who has spoken at the United Nations and at seminars, universities and workshops. He advises governments, industry, and farmers.

He is the author of 'Poisoning Our Children: The Parents Guide To The Myths Of Safe Pesticides'.

As noted by Leu, the safety of pesticides is “based on data free assumptions”.

“When I was researching data, I realised there's absolutely no scientific evidence at all about the safety of pesticides and other chemicals for our children. Yet, we have hundreds of scientific studies showing the damage that the smallest amount of pesticides can do.

The fact is the science shows there's absolutely no safe level of these chemicals for children.

There is no specific testing done for children, he says, there is no published scientific evidence to show any level of safety. On the other hand studies show there is no lower level that is safe for children.

Children, when we talk about the unborn, the newborn, and grown children up to puberty, they do not have the detoxification enzymes in their livers that we have as adults. Particularly young children, that means they have no way of detoxifying even the smallest amount of pesticide or chemical.

The evidence shows that even small amounts, when children are exposed in the womb, through breastfeeding, or at a young age, it severely affects the way they develop. It affects the nervous system, the hormone system, and the reproductive system.

When you look at the science, there are so many areas that can be negatively affected by these small amounts. Unfortunately a lot of these effects last a lifetime, and also we know some are intergenerational. Those childrens grandchildren will be affected.”

The pesticide chemicals “outgas” and move off properties in the wind, dust, moisture and deposit on other properties.

Sandra Steingraber PhD – biologist, researcher, author and cancer survivor says: “We are being contaminated without our consent! Why our exposure to chemicals in the air, food and water violates human rights.”

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MARY VALLEY COUNTRY HARVEST CO-OP. & DAGUN GROWERS' MARKET − 0459 225 399.

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Local fresh pre-orders only, can be picked up at Dagun on Thursday or Saturday afternoons, or at other locations (Sunshine Coast Thursday afternoon, Gympie and Imbil Friday morning ).

There’s a few benefits in this: - less virus risk than Saturday afternoon growers market stall - some face to face community contact in a safe way - maintaining support for local food growers How can I order? What if I don’t have a computer or do emails? We have an online market that is open from noon Sunday till noon Tuesday (preferred option) at https://www.maryvalleycountryharvest.com/e-market/ If unable to order via the website, then email orders accepted: - by 6pm Tues (to maryvalleyfresh@gmail.com) Or phone orders between 2 and 6pm Tuesday 0459 225 399.

There will be a printed list of some items expected to be available for the following week available at pick up (for those with no access at all to computer).

How do I pay? Online pre-payment via website (Paypal or bank transfer) (strongly preferred) - via credit card or debit card at pick-up or cash (last resort).

How do I get my order? We have various pick-up locations in the Mary Valley, Gympie and Sunshine coast areas.

- Sunshine Coast Thursday afternoon (Doonan, Peregian, Yaroomba, Mudjimba).

- Dagun Station 2-3pm Thurs or 3-4pm Saturday (or by arrangement) - Gympie (Mellor St) 8am Friday - Imbil (Mary Valley Traders) 10am Friday.

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MARY VALLEY F These school holidays, turn your kids into nature agents at the Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden. Go on a mission to unlock the secrets of the gardens through an augmented reality game on your smart device. Simply download the free Agents of Discovery App from your app store. Load the ‘bushland discovery’ mission and head to the gardens to begin your challenge. Visit the what’s on guide on Council’s website to begin.

Adventure Sunshine Coast It’s time to get outdoors and what better way than on one of our region’s walking, cycling, paddling or riding trails.There are over 150 to choose from and finding them is easy.

Visit www.adventure.sunshinecoast.qld. gov.au select your activity and location and choose how easy or hard you’d like to go.

Social distancing still applies on trails.

CUSTOMER CONTACT sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Council/ Contact-Council

Horizon Festival online The reimagined Horizon Festival 2020 is here with an outstanding program of online events and experiences to delight arts-lovers, artists and anyone looking for a creative escape from iso-life.

The June program features a breathtaking Open Air concert by Deline Briscoe, a conversation with artists and changemakers for Act x Activism, the first heat for the spoken word competition series The Bunker, and our first two Homegrown local artist commissions, plus much more.

Visit horizonfestival.com.au for details.

Date for the diary Budget adoption - 25 June, 2020

The Lift Project Sunshine Coast Council has partnered with Lift Lifestyle Medicine to offer The Lift Project Sunshine Coast at no cost to all Sunshine Coast residents.

It’s an evidence-based online wellbeing program that draws the latest research from Neuroscience, Lifestyle Medicine and Positive Psychology. The next course starts 27 July.

Visit Council’s website to register.

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MARTY HUNT MP | STATE MEMBER FOR NICKLIN

ueenslanders have done a remarkable job keeping the Covid-19 infection rate as low as it is. There was a time when modelling predicted a much bleaker picture and because Queenslanders were willing to do their part we are now in a position to start to work our way out of the restrictions. That means getting back to work.

The economy has suffered a great deal of damage and the focus now needs to be getting business open and operating again.

This crisis has shown just how important our local small businesses are to the functioning of our local economy and local jobs. The State Opposition has been calling on the Government to do more for small business in the form of grants as other States have done.

We will continue to call for that in Parliament this week as it is long overdue. Some just need a bit of a kickstart to reopen and re-establish themselves and some grants at this point in time might just be the difference between surviving or closing.

In the meantime, we can all do our part by making sure we buy our goods and services locally and look for opportunities to visit and buy from the small businesses in the CBD’s of our area.

My office opened to the public from Monday 25 May, but we can assist you very effectively with email or a phone call, so please consider these options in these times.

I will also be considering running mobile offices again in the near future as I plan to get out and about in the electorate again so keep an eye on my Facebook page for locations and times.

It is important we keep KENILWORTH ARTS COUNCIL COMMUNITY NOTICE in mind the health advice as we get out and about more.

Maintaining social distancing, not going out if you are ill and handwashing.

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or some of you, life is transitioning to the “new normal” which means maintaining social distancing and hygiene measures as you return to your daily lives. For others though, there’s a long way to go – people are still out of work and businesses are still closed.

A huge range of support measures remain available through the Federal Government and I encourage you to check out www.australia.gov.au or contact my office for help. Also see advertisement page 3.

Thankfully, Australia’s social distancing measures are working and I want to acknowledge the effort everybody in Kenilworth and the surrounding area has been making to protect our community and flatten the curve - well done! $9.6M boost! Locally, federal funding has started to flow through as the Government turns its focus towards the recovery phase and its Job Maker plan.

A new fund has been set up to support local economies hit by the COVID-19 crisis – the Local Road and Community Infrastructure Program – from which $3.65 million in federal funding has been allocated to Sunshine Coast Council.

We have also accelerated $6 million in Financial Assistance Grant payments for Sunshine Coast Council, which amounts to a $9.6 million boost for local priority projects like improvements to roads, bridges, tunnels and street lighting. Upgrades to bicycle and foot paths, park barbecues, picnic shelters and other community facilities are also eligible. The initial investment is aimed at supporting local jobs and businesses to help stimulate the Sunshine Coast economy.

COVIDSafe Getting out and about more means you’ll also come in contact with more people so if you haven’t already, now is a great time to download the COVIDSafe app.

As always, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any Federal issues, concerns or enquiries on 5479 2800; via email at ted.obrien.mp@aph.gov.au or visit us at 20 Southern Drive, Maroochydore.

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MARY VALLEY THE STRANGE BEAUTY OF LOCKDOWN: PART 1

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s Mary Valley residents emerge from Covid 19 restrictions, I’m going to say something you may think is crazy: lockdown was one of the happiest times of my life.

Of course I’m worried about the future, the economy, the climate and vulnerable relatives. After the restrictions were announced in March, my income was reduced to a few hundred dollars a week. My husband and I cannot hold the new baby in our family, or visit elderly relatives who have limited time on the planet. I sympathise deeply with the pain of those losing loved ones, jobs and businesses.

Now that we are allowed to visit people, there’s a new awkwardness that comes with not touching and not seeing each other for months. The connections have been stretched.

But I’m not gonna lie. Getting off the hamster wheel of work and social expectations has been one of the most beautiful and revealing experiences I’ve ever had.

Perhaps the biggest change was deciding how to spend the day based on how I felt, and my energy levels, rather than set hours. That doesn’t mean I binge watched TV or mindlessly scrolled social media.

My husband and I live on an acre in Carters Ridge, and as readers will know, maintaining a property with fruit trees and vegetable gardens is a lot of work, (particularly when waging war against insects that plagued our place this autumn).

I have been binge gardening.

To supplement university teaching income which recently dwindled to nothing, I clean houses in the local area. Cleaning has been permitted as an essential activity during lockdown, although my client numbers reduced.

I could still do my communications consultancy work from home, but this also dwindled during the restrictions period.

I used the extra time to declutter and deep clean our home, nurture our gardens, preserve and prepare our food, write and keep in more regular phone and online contact with family and friends and neighbours.

My husband (coincidentally on two months leave) tackled several construction projects and did more housework than usual. We were both pretty productive, but there was plenty of down time too.

My appreciation for living in the beautiful Mary Valley is even deeper and I suspect lockdown might have been easier for we country folk than the city folk. Talk about role reversal!

Vivienne Wynter is a freelance writer. Part 2 will continue in the next issue, 15 July 2020.

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COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES CR DAVID LAW

DIVISION 10 SUNSHINE COAST Petition update: A petition regarding the Kenilworth Community Transport Service trial containing 134 signatures was recently tabled at Council’s May Ordinary Meeting.

Thank you to everyone who gave feedback on this popular trial service that provides transport to Kenilworth residents living within a 6.5km radius of the Kenilworth Post Office. The service is currently suspended due to COVID-19 to protect the health and wellbeing of everyone in our community.

Overall, the service which is pre-booked by residents through the Kenilworth Visitor Information Centre, has been well received by the community with it providing its first trip in June last year.

It’s run by volunteers, enabling residents of Kenilworth access to Nambour, Maleny, Mapleton and Eumundi. Given we recently celebrated National Volunteer Week, I must give a huge shout-out to these volunteers. They are the heart and soul of our community.

I understand the petition would like to see the 6.5km radius expanded and also include services to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital. I will keep you updated on any further progress and thank you once again for your feedback.

Community Survey: Council’s First Nations Partnership team has launched a survey − www.surveymonkey.com/r/FirstNations The First Nations Partnerships team facilitates First Nations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) collaborations and partnerships on the Sunshine Coast. They hope to be a leader in First Nations engagement, while nurturing a shared future that embraces culture, heritage and diversity.

Please consider participating in the short community survey.

All information collected will help shape future promotional material as well as key policy documents.

• We recently celebrated National Reconciliation Week by paying tribute to the Traditional Owners of the Sunshine Coast local government area; the Kabi Kabi peoples and the Jinibara peoples.

Please email or call me if you have any concerns; david.law@ sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au ph 07 5441 8373; m 0437 825 569.

CR WINSTON JOHNSTON

DIVISION 5 SUNSHINE COAST Budget preparation underway: Now the seven weeks of induction, briefings and councillor training is almost at an end, the next few weeks will be taken up with the preparing the Sunshine Coast Council budget for the 202021 financial year. I’m also looking forward to the further easing of COVID-19 restrictions, so I may get out and about to meet residents, businesses and community groups in each of the communities of Division 5.

Salary freeze: At 28 May 2020 Ordinary Meeting of council, council resolved to freeze councillor salaries and decline the automatic indexation from 30 June 2020.

Local projects boosted Eighty local projects throughout the Sunshine Coast Council area have now benefitted from $515,000 of community grant funding. Nine Division 5 community groups have received funding, please go to my Facebook page www.facebook.com/ winstonjohnstondivision5sunshinecoastcouncil for all the details.

Out and about Before and after council meetings, as well as at weekends, I’ve been out and about sending requests for road works, works to open up the views from our many lookouts and other issues. So if you see council employees attending to these maintenance and repairs they may well be doing so as a result of me requesting these works.

My office is located in the Eddie DeVere building on the corner of Currie and Bury Streets, Nambour.

If you would like to meet with me, please call 5441 8043 to arrange an appointment or winston.johnston@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

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CR BOB FREDMAN | DIVISION 8 GYMPIE COUNCIL

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hen I am asked from time to time about maintenance on a road, some people wonder when my response is that “it’s a State road and I’ll pass your request on”.

The situation is that our council area is serviced by two different road authorities.

The major arteries are normally “State roads”.

These are owned and maintained by the State Government through the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), and include roads such as the Mary Valley Road and Kenilworth Skyring Creek Road.

There are also some others which are not major roads, but are deemed to be of regional importance, such as Yabba Creek Road which goes to Borumba Dam. The maintenance and upgrading of these roads is a TMR responsibility and council currently has a road maintenance contract with them. The bridge maintenance contract is held

by RoadTek, a State government subsidiary. Road construction or reconstruction contracts are let directly by TMR to various private contractors.

So when you pass on to me a complaint about a State road, I have to pass it on to the right council staff, who in turn have to seek permission to do the work from their counterpart at TMR. If the work isn’t approved, it isn’t a council decision.

The Bruce Highway is a Federal road, but that’s another story for another day. Suffice to say, if you direct your enquiries about any roads to your local council, it’ll get to the right place.

Send your issue to requests@gympie.qld.gov.au.

Phone or SMS: 0418 708 745 Email: bob.fredman@gympie.qld.gov.au Facebook: @bobforthejob

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s humans we seek ways to try and understand ourselves and the world in which we live especially in strange and unusual times. Many have discovered meditation, or the practice of mindfulness, as a way of helping come to peace with the “big” questions or to simply support a commitment to wellbeing.

During this time of isolation, busy-ness has taken a back seat. The pause has allowed reflection on what is important.

Two meditation groups have been meeting weekly in Kenilworth for a number of years. Both are open to welcoming and supporting anyone seeking a meditation practice whether as a spiritual path or a way of improving wellbeing. Both groups have recommenced weekly meetings at St John Bosco Church, Philip St, Kenilworth.

Christian meditation: Thursdays 9.30am, contact is Maureen 0457 296 699. Web: wccm.org Zen meditation: Thursdays 5.30pm, contact Sue 0439 130 158.

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ith the lifting of some restrictions on gatherings in public places St John Bosco Church has reopened for public worship. The first celebration was a Mass which took place on Pentecost Sunday (31 May).

Procedures such as hand sanitizing and social distancing are still required but most people are used to this by now!

• The celebration of Liturgy of the Word with Communion takes place each Sunday at 9am. Mass usually takes place once a month but date and time can vary. The noticeboard in the church grounds always indicates when Mass is scheduled.

The John Bosco community is lay-based with a history of more than thirty years of celebrating Liturgy of the Word. As part of the Nambour Parish of St Joseph’s we participate in the mutual upbuilding of humanity and all of creation.

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ary’s transformation is an ongoing restoration of riverbanks around Kenilworth. River stability is something most people desire for many reasons; to retain fertile grazing land, maintain easy access to the water, maintain deep pools, stop fences falling down the bank, provide shade, give habitat to wildlife, ensure the water is as clean, keep buildings and infrastructure safe and reduce impacts on downstream users.

And here’s an interesting link − the Mary River is one of a small group of catchments contributing the highest quantities of sediment to the Great Barrier Reef? Sediment on reefs contributes to the overall coral stress and death we have been seeing for many years now.

The Mary River has a long history of degradation and its current state is far from stable. Long, vertical, actively eroding riverbankss can be found along its length from Conondale to Tiaro, it can be up to four times as wide as it would naturally be, landholders are losing many hectares of land, habitat is fragmented both in the stream and on the banks, sediment levels in the water are very high during floods.

Reasons for this are land clearing, grazing along the banks and in the channel, digging out bed material. This has been going on for a long time and a large proportion of the impact has been from sand and gravel extraction of the past, causing lowering of the river bed and subsequent instability and collapse of the adjacent and upstream banks. This practice has ceased since the 1990s but the legacy lives on.

However, more and more landholders have developed and acted on a mindset of care for the river through observation of its behaviour and better understanding of the system.

RESTORATION They are keeping stock off sensitive bank zones, controlling weeds in the riverside vegetation, replanting trees to create a network of trunks to slow flood waters down and put roots back in the ground for soil strength. The river and its tributaries are slowly being transformed.

But some riverbank erosion sites are in the ‘too-hard’ basket. That’s where more resources are needed to assist restoration through engineering with low risk of failure.

Residents and visitors to the Kenilworth area may be familiar with the works carried out in 2015 at Kenilworth River Park at the end of Charles Street in Kenilworth; battered bank, rows of ‘piles’ in the bank, thick and wide revegetation, ongoing weed control and tree care. And recently more trees have been planted to join this site up with downstream vegetation.

Since completion of that site there have been more sites (five) up and downstream of Kenilworth that have been stabilised in the same way. The success of these projects are due to the strong partnerships between landholders, contractors, Seqwater, Sunshine Coast Council, the Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee, the Burnett Mary Regional group and technical input from Alluvium consultants, regulatory advice from Department of natural resources and funds supplied by federal programs to assist following disaster and to protect the Reef.

• If you look carefully to the left as you approach Kenilworth after the Kenilworth Bridge, you may perceive a drop-off of land to the river. What may be more obvious is a complete lack of trees, except for the tops of the Sheoaks regenerating from the lower bank. This is the only sign of a 500 metre long, 10 metre high vertical, eroding bank that is encroaching into the fertile flood plain. Pictured top.

Keep your eyes on that site because it is all about to change on the 1 July when heavy machinery begins to reshape the bank, long piles are rammed in and thousands of trees are planted.

• If you would like to know more about the project, a MRCCC officer will be at the back of the Kenilworth Information Centre on Wednesday 24 June.

Eva Ford, Project Officer

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A positive of the coronavirus restrictions, is that as a result of less vehicles on the road, we have certainly had a reduction in traffic accidents. Upon saying that, in the past week there has been two incidents of vehicles colliding with stock. With the winter approaching and feed starting to reduce, stock will start to push through fences, and it is a timely reminder to stock owners to check your border fences to ensure cattle MVV Editor's new email jillguldbransen@gmail.com 2500x FREE do not stray onto roadways.

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