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16 APRIL 1931 – 20 NOVEMBER 2020

lan Beausang was born on the 16 April 1931, at the Gympie Hospital, the 7th and youngest child of Richard and Elizabeth (Lena) Beausang, and a brother to Jack, May, George, Bill, Ed and Roy. Home was the family farm at Conondale. Alan attended the Cambroon School, and when that closed down, he went to the Conondale School – missing Year 6 (due to there being no other children in the district of that age), and going straight to Year 7.

Alan was a child during the depression and war years, so times were tough. His brother George was away fighting in the war, and the threat of Japanese invasion was prevalent. Whilst he was at Cambroon School, the parents of the children dug a trench that the children would have to jump into if they heard a plane. When he attended Conondale School, the school bus was the cream bus (taking cream to the factory in Maleny), and he often shared this with Italian prisoners of war who worked on nearby farms.

Alan had an incredible memory, and was very good at school, especially math. Although his teacher encouraged him to continue his education, times were lean, and he left school after Year 7 to help on the family farm. As with his brothers before him, his father taught him to dance in the family kitchen, and Alan enjoyed dancing at the local dances that were held in the area. He also enjoyed social tennis, cricket and going to the movies at the Kenilworth Hall. His was a close family, and get-togethers always included a family game of cricket and euchre around the card table.

On 5 November 1960 he married his sweetheart and love of his life, Jean Rossow. Alan and Jean built the foundations for a close and loving family, with five children, 11 grandchildren, and nine greatgrandchildren. Two weeks before he died, Alan and Jean celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with close family and friends – Alan was so proud and happy to achieve this milestone with Jean.

In 1980 Alan and Jean left the family farm at Conondale to take up residence and a new life in Kenilworth. Alan was very proud of the Conondale and Kenilworth communities and volunteered his time over many years.

He volunteered at the Conondale pool (helping to get it built), and was always on the gate at the Conondale Picnic Races, Conondale Rodeo, Conondale Motorcross days, Kenilworth Show and Rodeo and Kenilworth Mini Rodeo. Alan spent many years as the treasurer of the Kenilworth Senior Cricket Club. Believing in the importance of sport, he would man the canteen for the Junior Cricket Club in the mornings, and the Senior Club in the afternoons.

• For 20 years he was the treasurer of the Kenilworth Bowling Club and was honored to become a Life Member. Here he did all the books by hand, only using an adding machine to check that his calculations were correct.

In recognition of his many hours of volunteering and community service, he was nominated for the 2016 Senior Citizen of the Year award at the Sunshine Coast Australia Day Awards. Alan was immensely proud to be nominated and was equally proud when he and Jean were named as the 2016 Kenilworth Living Treasures.

Alan was a born and bred farmer, but his true passion was gardening, and he was happiest with the soil beneath his fingers.

He always had a beautiful garden and could turn his hand to

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growing most things. He was very knowledgeable about plants and would happily share that knowledge with anyone who asked.

Alan and Jean developed a love of roses, and at one point boasted 160 roses in their garden. His garden pictured above was always a beautiful welcome into Kenilworth, and he received great pleasure from the enjoyment that other people took in his garden.

In September of 2018, whilst sitting beside Jean’s hospital bedside, he was struck down and diagnosed with two rare and aggressive autoimmune diseases.

As a result of complications, his right leg was amputated on 12 December 2018. He was stoic and determined, and amazed medical staff with his strength and attitude, getting out for Christmas Day, and then home three days later.

This very active, social man was confined to a wheelchair, but never complained and went on living the best life he could.

Finally, on the night of 20 November 2020, his body had had enough, and he passed away with Jean and his five children by his side. His specialists told family members that they had never had such a stoic, strong patient before, and believed that no one else could have fought these diseases for as long as Alan did.

Alan was a family man, and will always be loved, remembered and cherished by Jean, Lena, Lin and Ian, Stan and Kym, Karen and Sonny, Tracey and Les, and their families.

He left his children and grandchildren with the lessons to work hard, smile and laugh often, be honest and kind, appreciate nature and love your family. How he reacted when faced with adversity in life, is a lesson for us all.

Rest in peace Alan – you Dad loved roses. were an amazing man and He found so much joy in people will not be forgotten. enjoying the beauty and smell of his THANK YOU ALL rose garden. His secret was CK88 fertiliser and regularly picking off lan’s family would the dead roses. like to thank the St Luke’s congregation and He decided he didn’t need to cut Priest Shepperton for them right back every year and only allowing Alan’s funeral trimmed back to waist high. service to be held there, For bugs he used Yates Ferris dust. and conducting the Dad loved to garden but also loved service, and the warmth seeing the joy in peoples faces when and support they offered. all the garden was in bloom.

Alan’s family are also very He left a lasting legacy to grateful to the Kenilworth Bowling Club for providing his grandchildren and great a place to share memories grandchildren who want a garden after the service, and for just like 'Pop'. generously providing the He also loved to grow vegetables. catering.

Potatoes, pumpkin, watermelon, Finally, they would like to Indian cream melons, tomatoes, thank the Conondale and beans, Hubbard squash and Kenilworth communities silverbeet were his favourites. We for the love and support treasure his green thumbs. they have received – thank you all.

Cover and garden photos kindly supplied by Lena Beausang.

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HINKLER CONNECTION TO THE MARY VALLEY

n page 19 of the Brisbane Courier published on February 24, 1928 an article headlined “Hinkler’s Feat” “Proud Mother” “Son always dreamed of flying: Hinkler’s Boyhood Days.”

Mrs Frances Hinkler (nee Bonney) detailed “Hustling Hinkler’s” statement, at five years of age (1897) “Mother some day I’m going to fly in the air, just like those birds there”.

In the interview with the journalist Frances detailed some of her family history:- “I am a Gympie girl. My father and mother Mr and Mrs James Edmund Bonney, are both dead. I was their second daughter.

They were pioneers of the Gympie goldfields and resided on Excelsior Road. I went to One Mile School as a girl.”

Historic note:- The Bonney children of Mr and Mrs J.E. Bonney – Mary Elizabeth (1863-1903), Frances Atkins (Hinkler) (d of b 28.8.1866 at Gympie; died 1953), James Edmund Noake (18691941), Frederick George Isaac (d of b 26.7.1871), Harriet Louisa (d of b 4.7.1874), Emily Laura (d of b 28.4.1876), Matilda Beatrice (d of b 15.9.1879 and died 1965), Jessie Browning Bonney (1882-m H.F. Hetherington 1903).

Askin Edward and Ernest Arthur Bonney (brothers of J.E.) selected land in1874 – under the Land Act of 1868 – calling the selection Mt Ubi. James Edmund Noake Bonney (son of J.E. Bonney) selected land at Walli in 1891.

“I changed my name from Frances Bonney to Frances Hinkler in 1892 when I married John William Hinkler and then we moved to Bundaberg.

Bert was my eldest boy born on 8 December, 1892.

He was always a boy for machinery, trying to make engines and boiler tubes. When he was 12 years old he installed electric lighting in every room. That was before electricity was used as much as it is now. He studied chemistry through his boyhood years. I can never forget the first time he tried it. He had four jars for the electric lighting, but they were not the right kind, and they were eaten away with the chemicals. He got others, and sent to Brisbane for globes, and he got some lovely ones.

He said to me: “Mother I’m going to put one alongside your bedroom for you to read with at night”.

Bert was 15 years of age when he made his first glider. It had bicycle wheels for a running carriage. He and his pals George Macklin, Charlie Laffin and Charlie Griffin pulled it all the way to the Sandhills, and the test was satisfactory. But Bert was not satisfied. He built a second glider, and sent to Melbourne for smaller wheels. I bought him 60 yards of linen and he covered the “plane” with it, covering it all over with glue.

It was a monoplane glider, with a span of 30ft, length overall of 21ft, and weighed about 130lb. He exhibited it at the Bundaberg show on Easter Monday, 8 April, 1912.

He went away from here in 1913. He travelled to Sydney with the idea of working his passage to England. He waited three months before he could get a boat and he worked his passage on a tramp steamer going to Liverpool. He went to a London Flying School and was told he would have to pay 75 pounds ($150) entrance fee. Bert had no 75 pounds. He cast around for a job and Sopwith’s took him on.

When World War I broke out England called for mechanics for the Royal Air Force. Hinkler was twice blocked by strangling yards of red tape from fulfilling his dearest dream – flying to his mother’s doorstep.

On the second occasion in 1920 he whisked off in his tiny plane without anybody’s by-your-leave.

He reached Turin when word came through that trouble was brewing in India and he was not allowed to proceed. He had to fly all the way back again at his own expense. The plane in which he had flown to Turin was driven by an old 35 h.p. engine thrown away by the Sopwith people as scrap iron. With it he won the Aerial Derby of 1920.

When he left as a lad in 1913 he made a promise to himself that he would fly to his mother’s home. He said, “Look here Mum and Pop, next time you will see me is when I come flying home.”

I said, “What to you want to go flying home from England for? Couldn’t you bring the plane to Sydney and fly from there? As long as you fly in Australia I am satisfied”. “Well that is what he did,” continued Mrs Hinkler. He packed his baby Avro in two big cases, and shipped it to Sydney where he reassembled it in 1921. After staying in Sydney for three weeks and exhibiting his plane at the Royal Show, he left the Mascot Aerodrome on 11 April at 6:00am and got here at 4pm.

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CHEERIO FROM THE CHURCHES

appy New Year to everyone with best wishes for good health, safe lives and much happiness.

On Christmas Eve, St John Bosco church hosted a community gathering featuring carols and short readings related to the Nativity of Jesus. Tea candles lent a soft glow to the interior of the church as about thirty-five people, young and old, joined in the singing of familiar Christmas carols.

Included were two authentic Australian carols, "The Three Drovers" and "The North Wind".

The Australian theme was also evident at St Luke's for the 8am Christmas Day Eucharist where Rev'd Kaye Pitman was the celebrant. There were vases of red flowering gum blossoms and yellow grevillea. "The North Wind" was also sung joyfully. After the well attended service, Christmas cake and cool drinks were served on the verandah – a lovely way to start Christmas Day! At St John Bosco's, Fr Graham Gatehouse presided at Mass.

This was his last visit to the church before retiring as parish priest of St Joseph's, Nambour. The community looks forward to welcoming Fr Odinaka on Sunday, 17 January. Along with the St John Bosco community, friends at St Luke's wish Fr Graham all the best in his retirement.

• Once again there was a generous response from the Maleny Anglican parishioners who donated items for the Christmas Hampers put together by St Luke's. Thirty-one hampers were delivered to Anglicare in Nambour as well as several other useful items and twenty-eight hampers to Erowal in Maleny.

Our thanks to all who contributed.

• St Luke's community offers sincere condolences to the McGinn family on the death of Kevin McGinn who was a well known and well liked Kenilworth resident for many years. Kevin and his wife, Gloria and their family were part of the solid dairying industry which had flourished in the Mary Valley region from the very early days. A very large gathering of family and friends attended Kevin's funeral on 23 December and showed great patience with the restrictions due to COVID19.

• Weekly Morning Prayer, going out on Facebook, resumed at St Luke's on Thursday 7 January at 9am. This is a short half hour service and all visitors are welcome. Holy Communion is celebrated at St Luke's every Sunday at 9am. It's interesting to see how the churches have adapted to using the new technology as a result of COVID19 restrictions. No prayer books needed! It's all on powerpoint!

• Christian Meditation is in recess until Thursday 4 February.

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He landed on Foundry Green and taxied to his mother’s doorstep. While in Bundaberg he flew under the spans of both the railway bridges, somersaulted and swung round and flew under both of them a second time. Mrs Hinkler related that on that occasion her son stayed with her nearly a fortnight, during which time he flew to Gympie, landing on Memorial Park there. Pictured right  When he flew to Gympie he coasted very low over his invalided grandmother’s house so that she might see her grandson riding on the back of the giant bird.

• Kenilworth Museum remains closed during this steamy weather but if anyone has a pressing interest to visit it will be opened – just call 5472 3090 to arrange a time.

Lenore Meldrum, President, Kenilworth & Dist. Historical Assn Inc. https://gympieregionalmemories.com/2017/05/02/bert-hinkler-landedin-memorial-park-in-1921/  During 1911 and 1912, a glider was constructed by Bert Hinkler, each rib and spar skilfully hand crafted in his backyard workshop.

It was usually transported to Mon Repos beach (now a protected nesting site for Loggerhead turtles), by horse-drawn vehicles.

In April, 1912 he had rebuilt the flimsy glider and with an ironing board serving as his cockpit, it took to the air with him aboard, and launched young Herbert John Louis Hinkler into the exciting and developing world of aviation. www.hinklerresearch.org.au/aircraft.htm

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ello members and friends! Well, we are planning lots of interesting Kenilworth activities for 2021 but what will COVID do? So far we are going ahead with our Music Program for 2021 and our ArtsFest 2021 but who COUNCIL knows in this uncertain climate? Currently, we are welcoming everyone who just loves to sing for fun and personal enjoyment to come to the KAC building on Friday 22 January at 10am for our inaugural Singalong! It's singing just because we love to sing! Who cares if you hit the occasional "bum note"?

• All being well, we will hold our AGM in March. Yes, we know people avoid AGMs in case they are landed with a job! Don't let that deter you. Our AGMs are always enjoyable!

Our next undertaking is to apply for a major SC Council Grant to upgrade our woefully inadequate kitchen at the KAC building. It really is a health hazard. We are looking for community support in our endeavour to upgrade this vital part of our building.

We would like to take up where we left off with the Members and Friends Forum whose life was cut short by COVID in 2020. We welcome ideas and suggestions! Please contact us! https://kenilwortharts.org.au/

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The Kenilworth pool warmly welcomes our new Assistant Pool Manager, Bernard Bibby.

Bernard joins us with experience in looking after people as he is a member of the Rural Fire Service and the SES. He lives with his family in Kenilworth. We welcome his addition to the team who will be looking out for you at the pool this season. With warm weather and lots of visitors we are off to a great start this season. The pool has been well maintained by committee members during the closed season so it is looking its best. Committee members give of their time voluntarily year round for the benefit of the community.

• Locals can become lap swimmers and can swim out of operating hours so if you would like to improve your fitness why not take out a membership by visiting us during opening hours and joining up. You can then swim laps comfortably when the pool is not crowded.

• If you have children you will be aware of the publicity surrounding the drowning figures in Australia. All children need to know how to get themselves out of trouble and stay safe in and around water so how about enrolling them in our swimming classes held on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Call in and have a chat. Lessons will be held in February and March but you need to enrol during January. I will be at the pool on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and Saturday and Sunday mornings.

As an adult if you have never learnt to swim or would like to improve your strokes I can help you with that. If you are afraid of the water I will never get you to do anything that makes you uncomfortable. It is a great skill to have and will enhance your life. You are charged with taking care of your children around water. It helps if you can swim!

• If you would like to be involved with an exercise class and can muster like-minded people (I need at least six but can take many more) why not come and see me about starting such a class.

• There is also a squad that swims at 11.30am on Saturday. Children need to be able to swim 50 metres freestyle, 50m backstroke and 50m breaststroke to be eligible. I will teach butterfly if the student can't yet swim that stroke.

I look forward to seeing you all during the remainder of the pool season.

Hoping to keep operating until Easter!

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WHAT’S THE WORD ON . . . ANXIETY

he Sensitivity of Anxiety. Such a debilitating condition for many, mild for others, and for some – well they may not even know they have it.

“I was one person who had anxiety and didn’t know it. You’d think that a condition like anxiety would be very obvious. You’d at least feel tension, maybe a raciness, some nervousness, your body might shake. I had all of these symptoms yet I hadn’t noticed. I was just living my normal day and thinking I was fine – life was ok. Sure, there were up and down moments and I worried about things but my husband and I seemed to handle family life bringing up four children quite well and we could tick all the boxes to say so. I had had some depression for a few years and taken medication but that seemed to have settled and I classed myself well and healthy generally. “Your hands are shaking”, my sister said. “Are they?” I responded.

I couldn’t see the shaking and clasped them together on my lap. “Are you nervous?” she asked.

I didn’t think I was but something was stirring inside me that I was aware of but kept brushing it aside. I was a little embarrassed and didn’t say anything further to her about it. At that moment I felt exposed and whatever I was wanting to hide, it was obvious I wasn’t able to hide it completely. This was over 10 years ago and my anxiety uncovered itself more and more.

Recently I attended an interview for a job. Complications had arisen and I was unable to prepare for the interview. I had to go in raw and unpolished to sit in front of a panel and answer questions I’d just seen prior to the interview. I received feedback the following day from the interviewees that they were amazed with my calmness. No tension, no nerves. I had to perform without rehearsal.

The interview had been very successful and I was looking forward to expanding my work.

So there has been remarkable change. But what was the change?

Through my continued work in the field of healing I came to understand more about the condition, anxiety. As debilitating as anxiety is for many people, and it has certainly controlled me through many years of my life, I have come to understand it as a condition that beautifully highlights a person’s sensitivity to life and its movements.

When I’m with someone who has anxiety I know I am in the presence of someone whose senses are very finely attuned to not only what is around them but they are acutely tuned into all of life.

This is an intelligence we are yet to understand fully and for the person who has this heightened sense of awareness, they can often feel unequipped to deal with all that is in front of them.

Especially because most of us have not been taught how to use our sensitivity as a strength and so instead react to it.

In one of my current roles I’m observing more and more children experiencing the intensity of this condition. What I love about being with these young people is their realness. I embrace the

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hen I was first practising as a clinical hypnotherapist many years ago, there was no option but to travel to a clinic.

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WELLBEING... fact that they are very reactive to situations because they are simply very aware and unsure how to handle all that awareness.

At least they are honest in their reaction to it and no matter how the reaction is coming out, either a withdrawal and refusal to engage or participate, or a more obvious display of their feelings about something, I can respect them for their honesty. Of course they are responsible for their reaction and boundaries and consequences are important if their reaction becomes aggressive so they are supported to understand their reaction to a situation and its effect on others. We are all reactive at times, and that is fine as it is in our reactions about a situation or moment that is showing us that there is something that doesn’t feel right or true. Instead of us looking at the situation or moment in front of us and understanding or responding to that untruth, we don’t and the reaction follows.

There are many ways of reacting to situations and life in general and Anxiety is a form of reaction. My hands shaking highlighted my reaction to something, in my case I had a belief about myself and life that was untrue and instead of responding to that untruth, I didn’t and the symptoms of the anxiety were showing me that. I felt unequipped to deal with everything I sensed and withdrew. My withdrawal wasn’t obvious as I appeared to be in life like everyone else but underlying was a constant reaction and anxiousness affecting me much more than I knew.

I didn’t require medication to manage the anxiety but I did have health and wellbeing healing sessions in which I was able connect with my sensitivity, understand my relationship with it and use it to navigate my way out of the anxiety and back to a true calm and settlement.

It could be said that we all have a level of anxiousness as our sixth sense, our inner feeling sense, is continually tuned into the vibrational world we live in. We are energetic in nature and this powerful sense is what allows us to read and understand everything in front of us. Once we withdraw from that we are basically ignoring our true navigator and radar, now taking us off track and into no man’s land or so to speak. From here we simply function, going about our life, one foot in front of the other. As uncomfortable as it is to suffer from anxiety it needs to be appreciated by the person who has the condition and those around them that their sensitivity is their strength and not to be seen in a negative light. Once we understand how to use and express our sensitivity to support us in dealing with life, we start to unlock the prison we have created and we can begin to feel the joy of who we truly are.

There is an important place for medicine in the treatment of this condition, vital in many cases, but there is also the intelligence of the body and the being (the you/me) that needs to be acknowledged in the way a full package of healing can then be offered.”

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he new owner of the Kenilworth Garage, Kiran Deshmukh, pictured left may well be the first Indian in town but that does not worry him.

Mr Deshmukh has found the Kenilworth community a welcoming one since he took over the garage on 18 December last year.

“Any country you go to, the people should matter, they should accept you, and that’s what I’ve found,” he said.

“The people are very nice, very good, especially the local people. They are very helpful. I’ve met a lot of people because of the service station.

Everyone needs fuel. Everyone is welcoming.”

Mr Deshmukh is originally from Mumbai but moved to Australia in 2009. Like many of his countryfolk, he wanted to experience a western lifestyle and western working conditions.

“I wanted to develop myself. It was always my dream to go to the west,” he said. He moved to Melbourne, where he trained and worked as a Telstra technician and when the opportunity came up through work to move to Brisbane in 2015, he took it. However, demand for technicians has diminished with improvements in technology and Mr Deshmukh decided it was time to go into business.

“I was very, very happy and enjoying my life with Telstra but now the NBN has taken over, there were very, very few faults in the lines,” he said.

Mr Deshmukh had managed a fuel station for two years in India, where service stations still have workers on the driveways.

He also had friends in Brisbane with their own fuel stations so it seemed like a logical business to be in – but not in the city.

Both lifestyle and good business sense drew him to Kenilworth.

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“Because I like to live in the regional area, I found out about this,” he said of the Kenilworth Garage.

“In small towns, there’s very few businesses so people need the servos in small towns,” he said.

Mr Deshmukh probably would have moved into fuel stations earlier but capital held him back.

“Previously, a fuel station was on my mind back in Melbourne but due to financial issues, $300,000, $400,000, I could not afford to do it,” he said.

Mr Deshmukh has kept on Justyne and Tim, who worked at the Kenilworth Garage under the previous owners, Mark and Lyn Gilroy pictured above.

Three mechanics keep the workshop ticking over.

The garage will remain open from 6am to 6pm daily but Mr Deshmukh hopes to make a few changes.

“If the owner of the building will support us, I’d like to repaint the building and some of the interior should be changed, and the systems, and some improvements in terms of products,” he said.

“Some things customers have asked for, some things bikers have asked for. I’ve written down everything people have asked for.”

Mr Deshmukh is currently in a studio on a large property out of town and would like to move into town to be closer to his business but like many people, is a victim of the current housing squeeze.

A bigger place will also be in order should international travel ever relax and he can return to India to marry his fiancée but their wedding is in limbo while the world struggles with COVID19.

Meanwhile, Mr Gilroy will continue his work with RACQ roadside assistance in the area but he and Mrs Gilroy are looking forward to having some spare time to do some of the things they could only dream of while committed to the garage.

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COMMUNITY Sharing our Sunshine Coast It’s a busy time of year when we need to share our Sunshine Coast.

Even more than before, we need to prepare and take care. We’re asking everyone across our region to be kind, considerate and allow a little more time to reach your destination, because keeping our community safe is everyone’s responsibility. Visit Council’s website for more details.

Happy anniversary!

Sunshine Coast Design Book is celebrating its first birthday this month. It’s been a huge year. The book has received two national design awards, featured in over 10 national, state and local publications and more than 800 harcover copies have been sold. To celebrate with us, download the ‘yellow book’ for free on Council’s website, borrow it from your local library or have your very own by purchasing a hardcover copy at selected bookshops and all Council Customer Service Centres.

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Watch Council’s next Ordinary Meeting online – Thursday, January 28

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Discover Active Travel Maps Explore pathways and bicycle lanes in your local area with new Active Travel Maps.

These detailed walking and cycling guides will help you discover a shortcut to the shops, plan a bike ride to work and much more. To view a copy of the maps, check out Council's website.

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NO SIGN OF END TO WEEKEND PARKING CRUSH

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enilworth is buzzing with locals and visitors on the weekends, but more people means more cars, and more cars means a parking a problem.

Business owners have described the parking problem as dreadful and even dangerous as the main street turns into a real-life carpark puzzle on Saturdays and Sundays.

The degree of difficulty worsens with people zigzagging across the road between cars to venture into businesses or meet up with family or friends.

Business owners say the people who make up their weekend trade are forced to park an inconvenient distance or do not stop in the town at all.

“There’s a lack of parking. People are having to park right down near the showgrounds and the hall,” said one busines owner.

“There’s plenty of parking in the side streets but then it becomes problematic for the people who live there but people don’t seem to want to use it anyway.”

Johanna van Gendern, who runs Johanna Designs, has been delightfully unaffected by Kenilworth’s parking woes since moving her business into the old CWA hall, which has the benefit of off-street parking, mid-last year.

However, Ms van Gendern said customers found parking horrendous when her store was further down the main street.

“We need more parking but where are they going to do it? God only knows because there’s just no room,” she said.

“Obviously, people complain but a lot of people keep going because they can’t find a park and there’s bikes filling half the street.

“A lot of people I know, if they can’t find a park, they keep going. A lot of people are now going to Imbil.”

The Sunshine Coast Council maintains that surveys and follow up investigations have found that further investment in parking in Kenilworth is not warranted.

A council spokesperson said the most recent survey was conducted in 2019.

“Findings from the 2019 survey indicated existing parking supply was adequate to cater for usual parking demand, and that on-street parking was usually available within a short walking distance to the main street,” the spokesperson said.

“For increased parking demand linked to weekends and special events, there is generally sufficient parking available, again, within a short walking distance.”

The council installed information signs late last year to improve visitor awareness of parking options along with line marking of parking bays to provide for more efficient and orderly parking.

The council is also working on publishing a parking map to inform visitors to Kenilworth of their parking options.

The information signs and orderly parking have not alleviated the competition for parking in town on the weekends.

Vehicles were hovering for empty spaces outside business and parked cars stretched all the way down to the showgrounds on the first weekend of January.

The spokesperson indicated that more evidence would be needed to justify the Sunshine Coast Council providing more parking in town.

“Council will continue to monitor parking demand in Kenilworth and investigate future options to adjust and formalise on-street parking arrangements to improve parking availability.

Future investment in providing additional parking would need to be supported by survey data informing an evidence-based decision, as there are many competing priorities for limited council funds,” the spokesperson said.

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RESILIENCE – WAS THE WORD FOR 2020

s one of the most “unprecedented” years in recent history fades on the horizon, another (possibly overused) term seems to be popping up more and more..!

“Resilience” now seems to be what we are all to strive for. Resilient businesses, resilient landscapes and resilient communities.

Resilience is not resistance; to me it instead implies the ability to thrive (not just survive) in times of adversity, maybe bounce back to something better, something regenerative even.

Recently I had to do a bank loan review where we were encouraged to look into the crystal ball in terms of weather, markets and other potential risks for the year ahead. It was the first time I could confidently write that I didn’t care. Ups or downs... both bring opportunity and being resilient is about recognising there are things we can influence but others we can’t, and for them we need to look for the silver linings.

In our business, farm and life we strive to not only cover our bases but to be on the lookout for opportunities. Change is often resisted, but with change comes opportunity so instead, should be embraced (even encouraged, or prodded) so we can be truly resilient. If nothing else, 2020 taught us all how to handle change!

During the COVID lockdown many businesses struggled however many others grew exponentially. Is resilience a state of mind more-so than a characteristic or attribute?

Whether dealing with climate fluctuations (from poor environmental choices), consumer behaviour fluctuations (from health uncertainty around a virus) or market fluctuations (from both and many other things we have no control over); perhaps being resilient and thriving in uncertainty versus being – well – whatever the opposite is, comes down to that state of mind that always sees the glass half full.

I for one am grateful to be surrounded by a broad community who largely are resilient, who inspire and stimulate our business into finding new (and old) ways to contribute to changing the world.

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hope you and your family have enjoyed a safe and happy start to 2021. I know the turn of the year was as much about celebrating the New Year as it was about farewelling 2020, which had thrust us into the turmoil of a global pandemic. COVID19 forced businesses to close, families to school their kids from home and prevented loved ones from connecting. I think we are all hopeful that this year we will conquer Coronavirus and return to a normal way of life.

But I ask you all to stay patient and vigilant as we move towards that possibility.

As a Federal Government we have been doing everything we can, and there are promising signs of a vaccine roll-out ahead, possibly as early as February. But the Prime Minister has made it very clear that we will not rush the vaccine testing phase and will absolutely ensure its safety before it is given to any Australian citizen.

Nonetheless, my hopes for 2021 are high and I hope you too are looking forward to the possibilities that this year offers.

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The Federal Government has committed $150,000 to be distributed across up to 20 projects in the Fairfax electorate, helping support the community as our local economy recovers from the impacts of COVID19.

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ridge replacement begins. Late last year I advised you of good news for Conondale, with Raddatz Bridge (located on Eastern Mary River Road, near Raddatz Road), set to be replaced under the Federal Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program.

The works involve the replacement of the existing timber bridge with a new concrete bridge, along with the realignment of the road to the bridge. I am pleased to share works start on Monday 18 January (weather and site conditions permitting). This means the Raddatz Bridge will be closed to all traffic during construction.

There will be no through traffic permitted along Eastern Mary River Road at the bridge location.

This temporary road closure will be in place from Wednesday 27 January for approximately 14 weeks. The project is expected to be finished in May (weather and site conditions permitting).

Signage will be in place to advise road users of the temporary road closure. The detour will be along Eastern Mary River Road and Maleny Kenilworth Road via Cambroon or Conondale.

Temporary road closures allow for works to be completed quickly and safety. Nearby residents have been notified and further information can be found on council’s website.

Please get in touch with council if you have any questions and I thank you in advance for your patience and understanding as this project is delivered.

Operation Botanica continues! If you haven’t already treated the family to a fun day at the Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve’s Rainforest Discovery Centre these holidays, there’s plenty of time.

Council’s free Operation Botanica invites kids to become a Junior Ranger Detective and go undercover to solve a mystery. It’s available to enjoy until April, visit council’s website for details.

Keeping you connected. For the latest Div 5 news and information, visit www.facebook.com/winstonjohnstondivision5scc

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FREE FAMILY FUN DAY AT GYMPIE STATION

he Mary Valley Rattler will use a grant from the National Australia Day Council to recognise the efforts of emergency and front-line workers in 2020, by staging a free community event at Gympie Station on Australia Day, 26 January 2021.

A special Aussie Express train service will steam out of Gympie Station at 10am on Australia Day carrying frontline and emergency service personnel as a thank you for their dedicated efforts in 2020.

The Gympie community is also invited to join in the celebrations and enjoy a free Family Fun Day at the historic Gympie Station.

The community event will take place from 8am – 2pm, and will include free kids' activities and free entertainment, with local favourites Junction Road, Gympie Blues Club, Aspy Jones and Minnie Marks performing throughout the day.

• Food and drinks will be available for purchase from the Rusty Rails Café.

Mary Valley Rattler General Manager, Micheal Green, said “I think we would all agree that 2020 has been the most challenging year we’ve faced in living memory, but we’ve come through it and so Australia Day provides the perfect occasion to acknowledge the efforts of those who gave so much to the community in 2020.

Front-line and emergency workers did an incredible job dealing with bushfires, Covid and other emergencies, just as our volunteers helped us survive – and in some cases thrive – during 2020.

It will be a celebration of ‘local’ and we’d like to thank the National Australia Day Council for giving us the opportunity to celebrate the day with Gympie’s incredible community.”

Further information: www.maryvalleyrattler.com.au

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DIVISION 10 SUNSHINE COAST

ongratulations to the Kenilworth and District Historical Association, who were a recent recipient of Sunshine Coast Council’s latest round of Heritage Levy grants. Preserving and hopefully learning from our heritage through sharing our stories are key goals of the Heritage Levy.

Organisations such as the Kenilworth and District Historical Association work hard to understand, preserve and promote our history and create opportunities to share our region’s cultural heritage through new exhibits and creative public programs.

Well done to our dedicated band of volunteers, who work in most of our local museums and community heritage organisations, and do a remarkable job of helping to preserve our Sunshine Coast heritage, both for current and future generations.

For local heritage organisations or to become a volunteer at your local museum please visit heritage.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au Daisy beware! Though bright and beautiful, Australian fireweed is a fast-spreading weed that can have a significant impact on local farmers, is poisonous to horses and livestock and is considered a high priority invasive plant to control on the Sunshine Coast.

Sunshine Coast Council is currently targeting fireweed in Kenilworth and wants help from residents to keep an eye out for it.

Fireweed spreads very easily and can get onto a property through pasture seed, hay, turf, mulch, stock transport and machinery.

If you have seen fireweed, please contact council on 5475 7272 to speak with a Pest Plant Officer. Council offers a range of services to help with invasive plant management including free weed control hire equipment such as wick wipers, splatter guns, a mobile spray unit (400L) and knapsack kits.

To find out more and discover what other invasive plant species might be in your area, visit council’s website for more information www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Environment/Invasive-plantsand-animals/Invasive-plants/Weed-Identification-and-Control Wishing you a happy new year and best wishes for 2021, and as always, if you have any questions please contact me at email: david.law@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au and follow my Facebook page for regular updates: @DavidLawDivision10.

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How many students are there at your school? We are a P-10 school with a population of approximately 145 students. We have one prep class, a one/two class, a three/four class, a five/six class, and standalone year levels in seven, eight, nine and 10.

Principal: Tanya Hayden.

What is your catchment area? We take enrolments from all over the local area incl. Imbil, Kenilworth, Kandanga and Amamoor.

School motto? “Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s World.”

What facilities does your school have? We have two campuses.

On the primary campus we have a dedicated prep facility with its own play space, beautiful classrooms a purpose-built resource centre and computer lab, children’s playground, indoor supported play space, music room, sustainable garden and two large ovals and the tuckshop.

On the secondary campus we have a dedicated industrial technology workshop space fully equipped for metalwork and woodwork, visual arts classroom, home economics kitchen and textile space, computer lab, science workshop, large general classrooms all with data projectors and our own swimming pool.

Is before and after school care available at the school? The school does not do before and after school care but Mary Valley Childcare does and they walk students to and from our school.

What makes your school special? We are a small school with a big heart and very involved in community activities. We have a very dedicated and active P&C that supports staff and students so we are able to provide students with many opportunities such as school camps, reward days, excursions and involvement in many competitions and community events.

Our teachers are dedicated and committed to getting to know every child and providing them with opportunities to meet their learning needs and social and emotional growth.

How can parents be involved? We welcome parents/caregivers into the school as volunteers and especially in assisting with reading groups. Our P&C meets on the third Wednesday of every month and is always keen for new members. Parents/caregivers also volunteer at our tuckshop which runs on a Wednesday and we love to see family at events such as our swimming carnival, athletics day and colour run.

Our school is great at all that we do. For a little school we offer a multitude of opportunities for all students to grow.

Our teachers focus on getting to know each student and building positive relationships to guide their learning journey and ensure that they feel a sense of belonging and pride in being at MVSC. We like students to leave our school knowing that they have enjoyed their time at MVSC and that we are always happy to hear from them.

GYMPIE STATE HIGH SCHOOL

1 EVERSON RD, GYMPIE Q4570 | 5489 8333 How many students are there at your school?

About 1000-1100 in years seven to 12.

Principal: Anthony Lanskey.

School motto? “Gold from the school as well as the mines.”

What facilities does your school have? Two covered multipurpose courts, Centurion’s gym, 25m school pool, Cybrary, commercial kitchen, science labs, home economics and Hospitality kitchen, state of the art manual arts and technologies facilities, STEM lab, agricultural farms, indoor volleyball courts, three large ovals, many shady and covered seating areas.

Is before and after school care available at the school? No before or after school care but we offer a free homework club in Ka’bi Place twice a week, supported by staff, and free afternoon tea is provided to support students.

What makes your school special? What makes our school great is the diversity, passion, experience of our dedicated teaching, support staff, mentors and volunteers who collaborate daily in the education of our students.

We are a positive education High School that recognises it is the strength of character and growth in all aspects of life that makes the greatest difference in the future of our students. That is why positive education is embedded in all aspects of the curriculum.

One thing that most students notice when they transition to high school is the lack of playground equipment.

To support our students’ positive engagement at break times we provide a wide range of fun, age-appropriate lunch time activities that cater for the diversity of all students. This is great way for our new students to meet our staff and make new friends in a safe and supportive environment.

How can parents be involved? All members of the community are welcome to participate in the education of our students through our volunteer and mentor program or by assisting at Breaky Club. If you have a spare hour or two each week and would like to have positive interactions with local youth, please contact Jenny Kachel at the school on jkach3@eq.edu.au or Carley O’Donnell at Gympie Regional Council on volunteering@chsn.org.au All members of the community are welcome to attend our P&C meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.

Our school is great at providing futures orientated learning opportunities in the areas of the RISE program, the Maths and Science School of Excellence, the Gympie School of Music and Excellence, the Interactive Digital Media School of Excellence and the Centurions Sporting Academy.

Our teachers focus on ensuring that every child is succeeding through our Gold Time intervention and opportunity for learning.

Each week families will be notified if their student is not on track and then intervention will be provided to build the capacity of our students to succeed.

We like students to leave our school flourishing, young people of integrity, compassion and wisdom who honour our past and build on our future.

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