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When coworking space NewBreed Co moved into a former bank on Water St in Fortitude Valley in 2016, the patio and terrace behind was in a bleak state, full of broken bottles and cigarettes. Two years later and owner Sean Ryan (pictured) is proudly pointing out all the different species in NewBreed’s verdant vegetable garden. There’s corn, lettuce, “brotherand-sister” paw-paw trees, tomatoes, potatoes, kale, sunflowers, pumpkin, guava, pineapples, citrus trees and an assortment of herbs. And below the terrace gardens, in the shade of the patio, is a small outdoor dining set, Mr Ryan’s “favourite work desk”. “I love being outside, you can really focus without being interrupted,” he beamed. Mr Ryan confirmed that whenever lunch is cooked in the communal kitchen, it tends to involve freshlypicked herbs from the garden.
The same manager has been told that one tree will be cut down within the next few weeks. If the council’s strategy is to cut down these magnificent trees over the next 20 years, it needs to go back to the drawing board and find a way of keeping them. Cutting them down is the easy option and I will bet that any replacement trees will be insignificant when compared with those that comprise the green canopy that currently covers Vernon Terrace. Surely the problem of the roots that intrude into the apartment buildings can be addressed without killing the trees. The council could then construct a boardwalk above the existing footpath and the roots. If it wants a few clues on how to do this, it should take a look at what the Noosa council has done with the boardwalk from Main Beach to the National Park. Easy solutions are rarely the best ones. The preservation of these trees is essential to maintain the character and ambience of Teneriffe. The council’s failure to notify residents of its intentions is regrettable. Their removal may well unleash the full fury of local discontent.
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Last year, NewBreed donated one of their harvests to Wesley Mission Queensland’s relief hub on St Paul’s Tce. Mr Ryan hopes to donate more harvests this year. He said NewBreed is running out of space for new plots at their Water St address and is looking for more places to grow their produce. “We’re looking for more inner-city sites, rooftop gardens, anywhere there’s a patch of dirt,” Mr Ryan said. Contact Sean Ryan on 0419 564 190 or sean@newbreedco.com with ideas for the garden.
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The New Year is upon us and brings with it a challenge that literally has its roots in the 1990s. It was then that the council planted the trees along Vernon Terrace that are a signature of Teneriffe and create one of the most pleasant boulevards in the city. The trees have prospered and so have their root systems. These have spread to neighboring apartment blocks and are suspected of causing structural damage. A solution needs to be found to a difficult problem. Council has told the building manager of one complex that it has a 20-year plan to remove the trees (see article on page 5). In other words, they will be chopped down and replaced with other trees.
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Residents rail against antenna By Alex Treacy Telstra has responded to concerned residents of Kangaroo Point and says it will revisit a decision this year to locate a small cell base station on a utility pole next to Captain Burke Park. Danyal Fitzgerald, who organised a rally last month in the park for residents opposed to the antenna (see Letter to the Editor page 9), said the nearest apartments were 12m from the proposed site at 97 Holman St. “(It) is also within metres of a Brisbane City Council children’s playground area, an outdoor gym facility, green zones that hold yoga and tai chi classes on a regular basis, and community BBQ areas,” the Holman St resident added. Senior planner Daniel Mark from Visionstream, Telstra’s contractor, said a drop-in information session last month “allowed Telstra to further take into account the concerns and insights of the community”.
“Telstra has decided to place any decision regarding the proposed small cell on hold,” he said. “Telstra will use this time to revisit the coverage requirements in the area and explore alternative locations and solutions, including those proposed by the community.” Ms Fitzgerald said, while she received the statement saying the decision was on hold, “unfortunately (the) situation still stands until we receive further information”. At the drop-in session, radiofrequency engineers Hung Nguyen and Talha Khan said a new antenna was needed on the Kangaroo Point peninsula because of the voracious appetite users of the Telstra network have for data. They described events like Riverfire and New Year’s Eve, when users were particularly likely to be sending photos and videos of the fireworks, as times when the network currently struggled to keep up with demand. Telstra’s two nearest base stations currently are larger antennae atop the Medina Apartments at Kemp Place and at 235 Main Street, Kangaroo Point. Email twp_qldplanning@visionstream. com.au or visit rfnsa.com.au/4169006 for more information.
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Cliff campaign to spread the word By Alex Treacy John and Amanda Dowie visit the Kangaroo Point cliffs most weekdays, but they aren’t there for sightseeing at least not their own. The couple (pictured) practice Falun Gong, or Falun Dafa, a Chinese spiritual system involving meditation, exercises and a book of teachings which is banned in its country of conception. As Mr Dowie explained, the cliffs are often the first stop for buses from Brisbane Airport carrying Chinese tour groups. “One of the first things they see is (us),” he said, unfurling a big banner with his wife. “We felt a responsibility to tell these people Falun Gong is magnificent.
“The gentleman who developed it (Li Hongzhi) is Chinese, you should be proud of that.” The Dowies have been practicing Falun Gong since before its ban in China in 1999. Mr Dowie remembers the energy he felt when he began the exercises. He recommended it to his wife, who said she was struggling at the time. “It was a stage… where I was seeing a lot of good people suffer and people that seemed horrible seemed to have everything,” she confided. “I was really looking to the skies thinking ‘why is this happening’?’” She says she was drawn to the Falun Gong principles of “truthfulness, compassion and tolerance”. The couple lived on the Sunshine Coast, where for 12 years they conducted the exercises in group sessions free of charge. However, Mr Dowie said they “sold up everything” to move to Brisbane so they could “do everything they can to inform”. They both describe a sense of destiny and purpose in what they are doing, a feeling that this is their calling. The Dowies can also be seen regularly at Southbank or in King George Square, petitions in hand.
Trees uproot progress in Teneriffe By Mike O’Connor A large tree in Vernon Terrace will be removed by the Brisbane City Council within weeks amidst claims of a council plan to remove more trees in Teneriffe. The tree is outside the Winchcombe Place building at 15 Vernon Terrace. Central Ward councilor Vicki Howard confirmed the plan. “Unfortunately, a number of issues have been identified with a tree outside 15 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe,” Cr Howard said. “Council’s arborists investigated all options to manage this particular tree. “However, the tree will not able to be retained without compromising its health and the structural integrity of nearby homes and infrastructure. “The tree will be removed in early-2019 and replaced with a more suitable tree.” Teneriffe Progress Association
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Cheeky carols Carols with the words mischievously changed and set to jaunty piano music rang through the Treetops aged-care home in New Farm last month for their annual Christmas concert. Resident Lenore Richardson said she was tickled pink by the jokes and poems entertainer Mary Jane Carpenter sprinkled throughout the songs. “They are singing all my favourite carols, old and new,” Ms Richardson said. She especially loves carols as she associates them with all her favourite treats, namely “rum balls, gingerbread men and shortbread biscuits”. Ms Carpenter, the entertainer, had the room in stitches with her Aussie version of the Twelve Days of Christmas.
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Brisbane’s Lime e-scooters are here to stay. Transport minister Mark Bailey said “a number of personalised transport operators have expressed interest in coming into the Queensland market”. Let’s hope they don’t come too quickly, as police and lawmakers are currently barely keeping up with Lime’s rapid rollout. In listing the new laws and penalties, minister Bailey states the e-scooters “cannot travel on Brisbane roads”. However, on the recently updated Rules for personal mobility devices page on the Department of Main Roads and Transport’s website, his department announces, “You can also ride on local streets, where it is safe to do so”. “A local street is a road with a speed limit of 50km/h or less.
“It must have no dividing line or median strip and if it is a one-way road, it can’t have more than one lane.” It cannot be safe for pedestrians or the riders themselves to have e-scooters whirring along at 25km/h while trying to recall the byzantine laws which govern their use. I suspect many will simply defer to the rules listed in Lime’s app, which instruct users to “not ride on sidewalks… Use the bike lanes when available.” This is in fact the direct opposite of the Queensland scheme, which bans you from on-road bike lanes in favour of the footpath. And what hope the police, who make judgments on whether these laws have been contravened such as to issue a $130 fine? In speaking to officers at the Fortitude Valley and Brisbane City stations, it becomes apparent they haven’t quite figured it out yet, and who can blame them. For while the new laws have been rushed through parliament, the protocols on the ground have not caught up, an example being the question of who is liable for injuries sustained by Lime’s e-scooters. This is what happens when companies like Uber and Lime bulldoze their way through the
existing regulatory systems - they set the conditions of their existence and we have no say. The legislature simply clears a space for them, leading to chaos among the organisations on the ground responsible for making it happen. I am not against Lime e-scooters and understand the importance of first-and-last-mile connectivity as a vital part of our transport mix as we transition away from cars. But there are two pressing issues. First, Lime obviously has no way of ensuring each dockless e-scooter is equipped with a helmet. The only way they will be forced to find a solution is if their users are fined or warned consistently for not wearing a helmet, as they would be if they were riding a bicycle. And second, it is well and good to have passed new laws, but they are not worth their paper if they are not communicated clearly to the public. These should be fixed before any other operators are allowed into Brisbane.
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EDITOR Negative on Lime As a resident of New Farm, I enjoy My Village News each month but I was quite disappointed in your negative article (Village Comment MVN December ‘18) about the new electric scooters. I’m a 64-year-old mother and grandmother and my husband and I are thrilled with them. We are riding them to Southbank on Saturday. My husband has osteoarthritis in his knee and whilst he still rides a bike and walks as much as he can, this is a great alternative to get around our local area. I don’t think the scooters should be banned from footpaths and walkways when bikes are currently allowed on both and go a lot faster and are a lot more dangerous to pedestrians (I do think cyclists should not be allowed on footpaths). Yes the scooters can go up to 25km per hour but cyclists often ride
For the last month or two we have not received our My Village News in our building. Of all the magazines our building receives your magazine is the most relevant. The others are glossy tabloids (think property adverts and articles for young wantabies!). We at Saratoga & Ansonia (think Woolstores in Macquarie Street) comprise about 140 apartments with active minds. Why has someone decided we are not worth providing a magazine to?
through heavily populated areas at speeds of up to 40km an hour – now that is scary! I walk home from the city every night and walk to Southbank every Monday and it’s the cycles that are most concerning, not the scooters. I think regardless of getting older, we need to embrace change and not reject it. - STEPHANIE COOPER
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Please reconnect us so we know what is really going on in New Farm. Await reconnected supply ASAP - MALCOLM GAY, SARATOGA WOOLSTORE PS Apologies if the delivery guy has lost the plot, please replace him/her, we need what you have to tell us (and we promise to read the adverts). Editor: Thanks Malcolm, and we are back! For keeping us on our toes we will send you a double pass to New Farm Cinemas.
follow-up, Grumpier Old Men) and, surprisingly, I didn’t see you in it, Mike. But I note in recent times, through this publication, you don’t like City Cycles, you don’t like dog parks, you don’t like Lime electric scooters (never mind aircraft noise, flight paths, development). Apparently, it takes 5 years for anything new in Brisbane to gain people’s acceptance, so you’re probably demographically average. Meantime, I love riding City Cycles, I’ve had fun on the scooters and even though I’m not a pet person, I’m happy for dog owners to have
their off-leash areas where their companions can run free. Hopefully, there are some aspects of the peninsula that bring you enjoyment! - PETER, TENERIFFE
Spot on with Lime As a New Farm local I enjoy your writings, which provide balance without fear or favour. Your views on the Lime Scooters (Village Comment MVN Dec ’18) Mike were on the mark and covered most of the salient issues. I am especially concerned about the issue of liability when the inevitable happens and someone, possibly a child, suffers serious injury. The lack of insurance must surely be a concern either to the person injured without anyone to sue or the person with assets who risks being sued. Are the rate payers going to have to pick up the tab? I am interested in the process adopted to approve the scooters in the first place and the outcome of the review which you reported, was due after December 31, 2018. The issues clearly have a distance to run and I am sure some probing of the processes adopted to approve the trial and then assess its success or
l etters V unadvertised action of permanently otherwise would be revealing. removing bus stop Kent-7 which The scooters just seemed to arrive was situated directly outside the without any fanfare or advance Brunswick Hotel on Brunswick St in warning or consideration. New Farm. The proper course would usually be This was a pivotal stop on the bus to research, seek public opinion and route, as Hotel Management has consider the issues in detail before ensured that they cater well to the flagging them off. local community in allowing their Look forward to further reports on establishment to be used for many this developing issue. and various Keep sharing purposes. your common Dear Readers, The stop was sense. well patronized Thank you for so many letters - MIKE by locals. to the editor this edition. This EMERSON My shows a vibrant community discussion with Lack of wanting to see the best a hotel manager planning outcomes for their suburb. revealed that Please keep sending them in to I am writing they have never to you as longeditor@myvillagenews.com.au, received notice term resident of and we will do our best to publish of the bus Spring Hill and as many as possible. (We may stop’s closure. actively involved need to edit them if they are too I live a block in the Spring Hill long.) and a half Community. from the stop P.S. You may even win a prize. My major and either concern is the rely on public devastating transport, or effect that the current construction walk to where I need to if possible, of hideous dongers to house children but have not been letterbox-dropped at Brisbane Central State School regarding this matter. for their early years schooling being I also contacted Grace Grace’s constructed by the Department of office about the stop’s sudden, Education to cater for growth. unannounced closure and they sought There has been no community Translink’s response. consultation with residents and the Translink advised that they first indication was the arrival of had never been consulted about fencing materials, steel and portathe stop’s closure and BCC had loos right outside my front door early undertaken the action without this morning. Translink’s input or consultation. In a heritage-listed area that has My call to Vicky Howard’s office been classified in the past as one elicited the information that a notice of Brisbane’s best streets by The had been attached to the timetable Courier-Mail, this is an utter disgrace. post at the stop, which I didn’t see These ghastly structures have a on 10/11/2018, but when I tried to use negative impact on the streetscape, the stop on 13/11/2018 there was a yet alone the effect on a future metal sandwich board type apparatus generation of children to be educated displaying a notice, chained and in such a poorly resourced way by the locked to the shelter’s seat. State Government. I was also given the information The whole educational precinct that coach parking and more street planning appears to be an ad hoc parking spaces would be provided schamozzle. which would be so good for all. The practice in the past is that No addressing the point of why. these temporary dongers become - DENISE, NEW FARM permanent structures like in so many schools around the state. The complete and utter disregard for space, design, traffic flow and the needs of permanent long-term residents is appalling. - HELEN DERBYSHIRE, SPRING HILL
Bus don’t stop I have recently written to Vicky Howard’s office to express my indignation and frustration at the sudden, unheralded, covert and
Parking penalty I could not agree more with Sonda, New Farm, My Village News regarding parking where restrictions apply but there are no signs indicating such. Our daughter-in-law was fined when staying in our unit when she hired a car.
COUNCIL CONNECTIONS TWO NEW DOG OFF LEASH AREAS FOR CENTRAL WARD This year we’ll be creating two new dog off leash areas for inner city Central Ward residents to enjoy with their four legged friends at Waterfront Park, Newstead and Ivory Street Park, Fortitude Valley. As you will be aware, last year we gathered community feedback about these potential upgrades and the Waterfront Park Dog Off Leash Area (DOLA) will be open soon. The Waterfront Park DOLA will be an unfenced area marked signs, exactly like the one in Teneriffe Park, Teneriffe. It will operate in the morning and in the evening, and will be clearly signed about where residents are permitted to have their dog off leash. Ivory Street Park will be fully fenced because of its location above Ivory Street. As a growing, dog-friendly city, we are committed to creating more to see and do for residents and their furry friends and these two new areas will help encourage active and healthy lifestyles for all.
NEW KINGSFORD SMITH RIVERWALK OPEN Brisbane residents are now able to enjoy the new Kingsford Smith Drive Riverwalk with the 1.2 kilometre pedestrian and cyclist route opening just in time for the Christmas and New Year break. Our latest addition to the city’s world-class active transport network offers unique views of the iconic Brisbane River and is a great complement to the road upgrade which is taking real action on traffic congestion.
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the desk of Group leader passes batton The driving force behind New Farm Playgroup since 2013 is looking forward to the “next chapter in her life” after hosting her last playgroup. However, Fiona Rendalls (front row third from the right) leaves knowing how much she is appreciated within her playgroup, winning peak-body Playgroup Queensland’s Community Hero award in 2018. Her lionhearted efforts are recorded in the award nomination from playgroup parents Julie Humrich and Simon Prendergast. They describe her as someone “always willing to help… proactive, dynamic, innovative and a no-fuss doer”. “It is because of how Fiona lives and shares her values that the New Farm Playgroup has been (and will continue to be) such a great success of promoting learning through play, building parenting skills and connecting families,” they said. “These are positive attributes that create strong and sustainable communities.” Some of Ms Rendalls’ initiatives have included establishing an intergenerational playgroup with New Farm’s OzCare facility, networking with migrant and interstate families
to assist in their integration, and scouting the playgroup’s new home for when the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre undergoes renovations this year. The award judges said Ms Rendalls’ “tireless and selfless work clearly demonstrates her community mindedness and her commitment to ensuring her playgroup is inclusive and welcoming”. “She values the diversity and the joy that play brings to all members of the community,” they write. Coordinator of the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre, Jenny Ryan, praised Ms Rendalls “significant contribution” to the centre, especially in bringing new families into the fold. The modest Ms Rendalls says she enjoys giving back to the community and the award “means a lot”. Ms Rendalls, for her part, is heading back to school. Next year her youngest Sam will join brother Alex at New Farm State School. Ms Rendalls wants to host a reading group and become a fixture in the tuckshop. In a sign of how Ms Rendalls’ contributed to New Farm Playgroup, she will be replaced in the new year by not one but three playgroup parents.
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If you could make a bold New Year’s wish, what would it be? What if I told you, you were guaranteed success? What if I told you, there is no such thing as failure? There are some people who may be reading this who’ll already be onboard with this concept but there may be others, a mum or a dad or a student, whoever, who’s at a crossroads and not sure what to do. It’s to you I write this. Being an entrepreneur has taught me so much about myself and my relationship with fear is key to this. You see, in order to become the person I am today I had to essentially undo what I had learnt since I was a child because society teaches us to attribute shame with failure. But, the truth is, that in order to find real freedom from fear, I had to understand that ‘failure’ is subjective.
I had to embrace failure. Taking calculated risks is a creative activity that is essential to growth. This growth allows me to learn more about myself, to change, to understand my strengths and weaknesses and what I want to achieve. Too often we let self-doubt, other people’s opinions, ours or other’s judgements, dictate and dominate the decisions we make. It can be a debilitating straitjacket that we wear all our lives; restricting, smothering, eating away at us. I realised that if I disconnected from these things, then I didn’t fear trying something new. If I take into each day the intention to succeed and learn then no matter what happens, I can never fail at anything because I am evolving during the process. Now, I’m not saying, throw yourself into anything without valuing your time, because time is finite. But, if you have a dream that you have not yet realised and aren’t sure if you should attempt to achieve it, what have you got to lose? Or put differently, what have you got to gain?
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Rees reflects on job done A week after the final Kangaroo Point Neighbourhood Watch meeting for 2018, a satisfied David Rees reflected on a night of robust conversation where attendees filled up two rooms at the Story Bridge Hotel. It’s a far-cry, David said, from the 14 people present at his first meeting in October 2002, 18 months after the watch’s formation. “It’s grown tremendously,” Rees said with a smile. He and wife Kay (both pictured) are in fact synonymous with the Watch - she as a past secretary and he as treasurer for more than a decade followed by secretary, a role he has just relinquished. At age 86, he said, it was time to give someone else a go. He remains, however, secretary of his body corporate, treasurer of the Brisbane division of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem Knights, and still delivers hardcopies of the Watch newsletter with Kay around the peninsula. “There’s no such thing as complete retirement,” he said wryly.
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He will still have to maintain the KPNHW database in the meantime, partly because no one has been found with David’s technical know-how. He worked at the National Cash Register company during those heady days when computers were room-sized and “you spent as much on-site preparation as you did on the computer itself”. “Have you heard the computer industry (in the 60s) described as IBM and the Seven Dwarfs? “I was number four of the Seven Dwarfs.” Contact kpnhw.sec@gmail.com
Fairy tales have been around for ages, but a local illustrator and children’s book author is stretching back even further for his material into ancient mythology. Frank Sikalas (pictured) says we need to give our children more credit than they currently receive with books which have “one word or one sentence per page”. “Not to criticise other books but our kids and kids of the future crave fantastical stories, knowledge and challenges,” Mr Sikalas said. He says mythological stories are more than what people typically think and they hold important lessons for the next generation. “In mythology, anything is possible. “It allows you to create your own adventure, your own universe.” Mr Sikalas’ first publication was a children’s book called Theseus and the Minotaur: Birth of A Hero,
which he began writing on a flight to Copenhagen in 2015 to study a master of marketing. The multiple-degree holder and cafe worker has since expanded to write comic books, debuting Warriors 3 at last year’s Brisbane Supanova Comic Con and Gaming Convention. He is now working on a young adult novel. While Mr Sikalas wishes there was a greater market for his unique brand of storytelling, he is, like many of the ancient heroes he describes, forging valiantly ahead. See Frank’s work at kidtitan.com.au
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Tom Dodd bought a hybrid e-bike six months ago and believes the investment has already paid for itself. Mr Dodd (pictured) rides to work in at 99 Bikes in Fortitude Valley most mornings, while his wife takes the car. The trip from Clayfield takes him “thirteen minutes on a good day, sixteen or seventeen on a bad day,” he said, compared to the twenty-minute drive plus time spent parking. “We don’t intend on buying a second car,” Mr Dodd said while showing off his Merida Espresso 300 EQ at Newstead. “I get to work mainly on the e-bike and if the weather is really bad, my wife can drop me, or I can get the train. “ ,” he said, also mentioning the stress and cost of inner-city parking. Mr Dodd said with the pedal assist provided by the electric motor, he can wear a shirt, chinos, boots and have a heavy backpack and “not feel like I need to take a shower when I get to work”. “It makes a really big difference because you’re not ever getting your
heart rate up so high, you’re just cruising along,” he said. Mr Dodd said the relaxation and fun provided by bicycle commuting was often overlooked. “If you’ve got a stressful job and take half an hour out of your day to ride a bike instead of getting on a busy bus or getting into traffic and sitting in road rage… it’s meditative.”
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You can hear the hue and cry as locals miss seeing the friendly smiling face of the inquisitive young journalist who has roamed the streets of our suburbs for over 12 months. Yes, we will all miss Alex Tracey as this is his final edition with My Village News. Like most talented young graduates he is now working full time for one of the major print media companies and has gone bush to do his ‘apprenticeship’. Good Luck Alex, from the team at MVN.
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A bit of old school in the new The man who has done most to preserve the memories of the decommissioned Fortitude Valley State School hopes the future vertical high school will include a small museum space or historical wall to commemorate the old school. Ray Thurlow, who runs the Facebook page Fortitude Valley Revisited, was a student of the state school from 1948 to 1956, as was his mother Ruby Berthelsen in the 1920s. Mr Thurlow said there were about 200 students in his day, far less than historical numbers at the school well in excess of 1000, yet more than the 30-40 students enrolled during the school’s last year in 2013. FVSS, then known as the Fortitude Valley National School, was the fifth school founded in the nascent colony
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School names in, now we wait The name-game has now closed on the future Inner City North State Secondary College in Fortitude Valley, with My Village News being inundated over the past few months with ideas. We have submitted all our ideas and especially like the following: Ray Thurlow, past student 1948 – 56 said:
“The new college’s name, I believe, should continue to commemorate in some way, its origins and/or connection to the suburb in which it will be situated. “Personally, I view the proposed college as a continuation of what was for many long years, an educational institution that has been interrupted only by a hiatus of a few years while the government reviewed the overall schooling needs into the future.” Mr Thurlow’s first choice is Fortitude State Secondary College (FSSC), followed by Ashby State Secondary College (ASSC) and Hardcastle Memorial State Secondary College (HMSSC).
Ashby Village was the name of the area in Fortitude Valley where the original ‘normal’ school, as it was known then, was founded in 1861. W.B. Hardcastle was headmaster of Fortitude Valley State School from 1905-27. A monument to him still exists at the school, in front of the heritage Brookes St school-building. Anne-Maria Butler, social worker suggests:
Turrbal College because Turrbal is the Aboriginal nation on which the school is located. She writes that in the 1970s, many indigenous families lived locally, and she had the opportunity to work with them. “The extended family networks of these families were very strong… (they) always provided that additional help and support that was needed at the time, and there was a fiercely strong sense of community.” Ms Butler says this name would need the permission and agreement of the Turrbal people. My Village News has forwarded all suggestions on to foundation principal Sharon Barker who, alongside with the Department of Education and QUT (who have an educational partnership with the future school) will present options to QLD Education Minister Grace Grace MP.
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Archbishop Mark Coleridge of the Archdiocese of Brisbane (left) with archdiocesan archivist Fr Denis Martin inspecting Wynberg’s new historical plaque. Over the years, a recurrent question has been, “Do you know anything about that big house on Brunswick Street…?”. Now Wynberg’s story is there for all to read.
Rudolph the longnecked reindeer? Last month, the eponymous giraffe of Giraffe Manor at Teneriffe received a Santa hat and a red-nose among other Christmas festivities to adorn the animal pen and entryway. Are we to see any Easter rabbits appearing in the coming months?
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Dance hall classics meet musical theatre The New Farm Powerhouse is set to transform into a 1960s dance hall with the arrival of Broadway classic Sweet Charity later this month. Starring some of Australia’s finest actors and actresses including Naomi Price, the lead of the recent Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Sweet Charity is set to enthral audiences with its classic line-up of songs. Price will star as down-on-herluck dance hall hostess Charity Hope Valentine in her quest to escape heartbreak and pursue a better life. Having just completed the tour of Beautiful, Price is happy to return to Brisbane.
“I think Brisbane audiences just love musical theatre,” she said. “There is no response to a show like there is in Brisbane.” Sweet Charity’s producer, Alexander Woodward, is similarly excited about the show’s local roots. “This is a company of extraordinary Brisbane-born and based talent,” he said. Sweet Charity shows from January 24 through to early February.
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EDITOR How she is expected to notice an overhead parking sign referring to this area many kilometres away while negotiating traffic at 60kms per hour is beyond me. Every day I have also seen cars being booked where there is no sign indicating the restrictions. It must bring in a lot of money which council is not willing to give up. I am amazed that this unreasonable parking penalty has been able to continue as long as it has. - B. HILLIER, TENERIFFE
Stop this Small Cell facility Wishing to make contact on behalf of our Kangaroo Point community. Telstra have proposed to install a Telstra Small Cell Facility at 97 Holman St, Kangaroo Point 41A5219.01 (Lot 2 on RP47266). This proposed site is only 12m from residential apartment buildings, many young families reside within these apartments 24 hours day/7 days per week. This proposed site is also within metres of a Brisbane City Council children’s playground area, an outdoor gym facility, green zones that Yoga and Thai Chi hold classes on a regular basis and community BBQ areas. Visionstream representing Telstra originally only notified five of the 42 immediate apartment residents, and failed to notify surrounding residents who will also be impacted. The objection date has since been extended to Monday 10 December 2018. The Kangaroo Point community and residents strongly object to this Telstra Small Cell Facility being installed. The Kangaroo Point community and residents do not want this facility within the area. The Kangaroo Point community do not experience black spots of lack of service in the area. The community is extremely concerned with EME/EMR levels, this will negatively impact the health, wellbeing and safety of our community. Telstra will not guarantee the future health and wellbeing of the community should the installation go ahead. Residents have forwarded their objections, more than 50 have been received, and number of objections
Protect people It is appalling that TPG think there is no harm in installing 52 ‘small cell’ facilities in some cases less than 10m from residents’ homes. The WHO (World Health Authority) says EMR (Electromagnetic Radiation) is a ‘possible carcinogen’ to humans. This means there is possible risk for these residents. received is rapidly growing daily. Frustration and concern is growing, multiple attempts have been made to clarify who is responsible for overseeing this approval. The site proposed is on an Energex pole, on the edge of Brisbane City Council’s Captain Burke Park. Brisbane City Council have advised that this land “may be Federal Land which may be controlled by Brisbane City Council”. The official RFNSA website clearly states that the Stakeholder is Brisbane City Council. Multiple attempts of communication has been made with Brisbane City Council, Reception, Town Planning Department, Commercial Leasing Department, Local Member Cr Jonathon Sri, Local Federal Member – lodged an objection on behalf of the community, to be told by all… “Not my department!”. No one is taking responsibility of the community’s health, safety and wellbeing, except allowing Telstra to install a facility that the community do not desire, do not need, and the community completely object to. They are allowing Telstra to proceed at the cheapest option, and at a cost of the resident and community’s health. Totally irresponsible. - DANYAL FITZGERALD, KANGAROO POINT Note: We now have an update on page 4 of this edition with Residents rail against antenna story.
4G concern I’ve just read your article (MVN November ’18) on the TPG phone tower rollout in Newstead. You refer to 4G in your article, if you do a little further research into this, you will find it’s actually 5G and this is a huge concern! 5G is far more potent than the previous 3G & 4G. Although the base station itself is smaller, the output is far more.
EMR will be directed into their bodies, brains and homes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with NO respite. Are TPG breaking the telecommunications laws? If not, then why is our Government not protecting us from this harm? It is time these laws focused on protecting the people instead of the telcos. - NICOLE CRONK
It doesn’t travel as far though, that’s why they need more of them in close proximity. I have personally been so affected by this technology only recently, it’s actually changed my world! I moved into a property in Teneriffe not knowing there was a cell phone tower no more than 50m away from my bedroom. After months of not feeling well and going to the doctors for every test known to man and neurological exams with no clear answer as to why, I started to notice once I left my residence my symptoms would dramatically subside. It’s then I noticed the cell tower on the building adjacent and put it all together. I have done hours of research on this topic since, and found so many studies by universities and top medical professionals around the world warning about the health implications of this technology. Sighting this will be the asbestos and smoking of our generation. I have always been healthy, I train 6 days a week, see a sports dietician for my nutrition and have never suffered any form of mental health issues. I have become so sensitive to the electromagnetic radiation pumping out of the cell phone tower I can no longer be at home and have just applied to break my lease and are staying with friends and family until I find a new place. It is also now carrying over to my workplace as it is accumulative. This for obvious reasons is causing overwhelming stress. The interesting thing about this is I also spoke to three other’s that reside in my building who were all also suffering similar effects being headaches, chronic fatigue, sleep disturbances and health problems. When I first spoke to them individually - they all said the same thing “I thought my ill health was diet related or I wasn’t getting enough sleep”. All three of us have since wrote to the
Department of Health regarding our concerns and requested an investigation. We’ve not received a response as yet. The public are so unaware of the health issues this exposure causes and it’s only going to magnify with 5G coming online. - KRISTEN WAKEFORD, TENERIFFE
Bureaucratic idiot loop I am responding to “have your say” in (MVN December ’18) regards to the TPG 4G tower installations. The tower that was placed less than 20m from my bedroom was announced a month before construction. During this time all enquiries were fielded by a PR company. Being EMF aware I thought it best to attempt to stop this going forward. Being in the less than 50m zone meant that I am going to be at a hugely increased risk of cancer, sleep issues and heart issues - the whole gamut of modern diseases which are all at fault of poor regulation by ARPANSA Australian Standards which rely on outdated measurements pertaining to heating effects by microwaves. Obviously it is a lot more complicated than just heating as at small exposure rates, we see mitochondrial cell damage which leads to many diseases. I contacted Brisbane City Council and was given the run around by the Town Planner eventually being told that the pole is owned by Energex and it is up to them to make a complaint against the installer, which we know they would not. I took this to the local councillor and her staff pointed me to the local MP which then told me to report it to the ombudsman. The ombudsman told me that I am unable to lodge a complaint as it is council land and council must make a complaint on my behalf. The bureaucratic idiot loop in play here. If you follow it then you are the idiot. It became increasingly clear that these towers are not being installed with any community consultation and they don’t have to consult the community because they are designated “small cell tower” installs that fit the outdated and dangerous Australian Standards. Furthermore, these towers are more than likely trojans for the installation of 5G in the near future. If you think 4G is bad then 5G is a lot worse by magnitudes. - CHRIS BARNABY, SPRING HILL j a n ’19 | M Y V I L L A G E N E W S
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Remembering Denise Margaret Cahill Denise Cahill, a New Farm local and the unchallenged matriarch of Glenfalloch apartments in Oxlade Drive where she lived for 42 years, passed away on December 16 after an illness. Denise and her late husband Brian, a former entertainer, television newsreader, teacher and politician, were well known for their contributions to musical theatre and in 1984 founded the Queensland Musical Theatre in Beeston St, Teneriffe. Denise spent her early years at Mitchelton and from a young age trained as a ballerina and singer, making her professional debut on ABC Radio’s Young Australian program and going on to perform leading roles with various theatre companies including JC Williamson’s at Her Majesty’s Theatre and the Queensland Light Opera Company. She performed in clubs, pubs and cabaret appearing at such venues as
The National Hotel, the Centenary Pool restaurant and The Crest hotel, travelling from gig to gig in her two door Morris Minor. She also directed a number of productions including joint musical theatre ventures in the late 1970s between St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace and All Hallows School and became the first artistic director of the Queensland Musical Theatre. Denise also performed in, directed or choreographed shows ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan and Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals to modern classics such as Les Misérables. In early 1976 she and Brian moved to a penthouse in Glenfalloch, one of Brisbane’s first high rise apartment buildings. She is survived by two children from her first marriage and three step-children from her second marriage to Brian.
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There’s nothing quite like the smell and feel of high quality leather, so it’s ironic that the beautiful material requires such a pungent production process. The ‘reek’ is what would have greeted those passing the handsome building in Newstead on the corner of Longland and Doggett Streets from the late 1920s to the 1970s. These days the name ‘Limestore’ is a faint reminder of when hides and skins of all kinds were treated there. Still emblazoned high on the building’s exterior is the name Wilcox Mofflin Ltd, the Sydney firm which built the store in 1928. The building’s pleasing lines are the work of noted architects Hall and Prentice. Only months earlier, they had finished work on their signature project, Brisbane’s City Hall. An oldtimer, boarding in the 1940s as a boy with his grandmother in Helen Street, vividly recalled his first paid job at the store. “The hides would come by wagon from an abbatoir, wet, tangled and loaded with salty water,” he said. “They were very heavy.” The hides were stretched right out on the concrete floor and salt was spread to cover the naked side. “They were piled up in this order: skin-salt, skin-salt, skin-salt, until the stack was about 18 inches high. “The whole area was filled with stacks.” Wilcox Mofflin also supplied tallow (rendered animal fat). “On the back wall were barrows of tallow with a bung on one side. “They’d open the bung, push the spear into the tallow so as to extract a core, and this would show the quality to the merchant.” Even more wonders awaited the lad when he visited the building’s upper floors. “I saw the skins of kangaroos, snakes, possums and crocodiles, airing on rails. “The merchants would come and inspect them before ordering.” Newspaper advertisements from 1929 eagerly sought skins: “Wilcox Mofflin wish to notify Trappers they are
the largest CASH BUYERS of Opossums and other Marsupial skins, and solicit you to send your skins to them”. ••• The name Wilcox Mofflin makes an appearance in this columnist’s family history. My grandfather Evan Benjamin (1896-1970) was the firm’s Rockhampton manager. His duties included the annual ‘visit to the West’ by train, negotiating for the supply of skins and hides from pastoralists in the districts around Blackall, Clermont and Emerald. Looming large in his children’s imagination was the fact that for several years in the office drawer lay a revolver. It had been used by the previous manager to take his own life in 1925. The cause was thought to go back to the man’s WWI service. On a happier note, Mr Benjamin’s syndicate named “Four” comprising himself and three others, two of whom were also Wilcox Mofflin employees, won the first prize in the Golden Casket Art Union of May 1936, their windfall being £6,000. Mr Benjamin’s share was more than enough to provide his growing family with a new home.
Locals are encouraged to improve the lives of young children who have experienced abuse and neglect by sponsoring a child to attend Little Star Kids day camps in 2019. Little Stars Kids Founder and CEO Lisa Honeychurch Van Riel says children living in long-term foster care who have experienced abuse are “far more likely to experience long term adverse life outcomes including mental health (higher rates of depression, anxiety and suicide), physical health (higher rates of illness and disease) and relationship issue (marital breakdown, joblessness and isolation)”. “Research has shown that these adverse outcomes can be minimised significantly if children can build positive relationships and have more positive experiences to aid their recovery,” she said. The day camp programs are specifically designed to help children recover from abuse and neglect. Children participate in four day camps per year in south-east
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••• The Newstead building had various owners up until the late 1960s when it was bought by wool and hide company Cory Johnston which continued with the traditional use for around another decade. According to Doug Cory, the lesser quality hides processed in this building were exported to Japan, while the higher quality product was despatched to Italy for making into handbags, belts and shoes. The building was painstakingly restored in 2003.
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(pictured) travelled as a backpacking chef soaking up the flavours of Europe and knew the stressful, sometimes harsh restaurant kitchen environment was not for her. She established her first cooking school in 2001 in a 48sqm granny flat and opened a cooking school Vanilla Zulu in Wilston after moving to Australia with her family in 2011.
It’s hard not to be enthralled by her enthusiasm and passion for food as she was for mine. We salivated over goat’s tripe, braised pork belly (oven does all the work), pheasant, paella, exotic spice blends and mac and cheese (her 14 and 11-year-old sons’ favourite). She says food should be fun, quick and low maintenance to create
confident foodies. Mel met her husband, who lived in Teneriffe, five years ago and joyfully refers to their special “kissing spot” in Macquarie Street. She’s absolutely delighted to be in the hood with Vanilla Zulu opening its doors at 92 Commercial Road, Teneriffe and has found her niche inspiring anxious men and women eager to perfect the art of cooking. Her cook book Culinary Quickies is just that, a compilation of recipes for beginners, intermediate and advanced cooks. She says I must give one of her favourite recipes a go, her plump sweet potato, sage and bacon stuffed roast chicken with culinary bronzer – the culinary bronzer is a mix of oil, turmeric and curry powder, that’s putting a smile of my face already! www.vanillazulu.com.au
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Brisbane music scene was evident in the way members of all bands mingled freely, catching favoured contemporaries before their own set. Local four-piece Blonde Tongues’ set was in crisis mode halfway through. In creating one of their typical walls of sound, lead singer Cal Mateer severed two strings under the force of his pneumatic strumming. As the band only emerge from the ashes, phoenix-like, every three years or so to play a gig, this sent a ripple of consternation through the crowd, who anticipated another lengthy wait until the Tongues’ next live performance. Enter Rei Bingham, drummer for local trio sweater curse, who had been diligently photographing the gig from the front row. He dashed back-of-stage to The Brightside’s greenroom and emerged with a blue Squier Jaguar guitar, accepted gratefully by Mr Mateer, who resumed flogging the strings to within an inch of their lives. In rock and roll, as at Against the Grain, the show must go on.
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Grain, grain, come again By Alex Treacy Boutique Fortitude Valley music festival Against the Grain hasn’t turned a profit since its debut in 2016, but that hasn’t deterred its two idealistic organisers who are already itching for this year’s edition. Chris Langenberg and Brodie Popple (pictured) together are Grain, originally an online music rag formed in Mr Langenberg’s Spring Hill bedroom which is now the moniker the duo book music events under. In 2017, AtG festival was nominated for Best Live Music Event (QLD) at the National Live Music Awards, but the critical acclaim came at a cost. “We booked 30 bands over three nights, it was not a good idea,” Mr Langenberg laughs. He says Grain took out personal loans and booked club nights at Wickham St nightclub and music hub The Foundry to fund the debt. Mr Popple takes a philosophical slant, pointing out most of the
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My dad likes to refer to certain acts as a musician’s band. As in, there is a pleasure given from the band’s technical prowess and onstage chemistry that would be lost on the average punter. He cites acts like Band of Horses and Dirty Three, but the lineage stretches back at least as far as The Velvet Underground, whose debut record sold poorly but “everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band,” as goes the famous Brian Eno quip. I think my dad would call Against the Grain 2018 a musician’s festival. Furthering Brisbane’s reputation as a talent incubator for young musicians, local bands made up about half the festival’s roster. Acts with a heavy female presence also featured prominently, as Pool Shop’s Jaimee Fryer noted with approval. The bonhomie of the close-knit
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T U E S D AY 2 6 T H M A R C H 6 1 2 B R U N S W I C K S T R E E T, N E W FA R M 6 : 0 0 P M S TA R T save the date The countdown is on to our biannual auction extravaganza, Auction Under the Stars! Make sure you mark the 26th of March in your calendar. This is one event you do not want to miss. It’s a fully catered market expo, giving buyers the chance to relax in a social setting and bid on 1, 2 or more properties they’ve had their eyes on. Loan Market mortgage brokers and Living Here property managers are also in attendance, so everything you need is there. We’ve been holding this event for five years now - and it seems to get bigger and better every year. Interested? Last November we had over 300 people in attendance, 90 registered bidders and 198 bids in total, the atmosphere could only be described as electric. It’s not to late to secure a spot, numbers to this exclusive event are strictly limited. To lock in your position, please register your property as soon as possible with your agent or call Ray White New Farm on 3254 1022 or Ray White Spring Hill 3144 5200.
Clockwise from top left: Peter Pinna, Peter Gigli, Daniel Rotolone + Chris Thornton; Kim Adam, Amanda Gardner + Natasha Bain; Scott Darwon + Haesley Cush; Johnny Moubarak, Matt Lancashire, Haesley Cush, Karla Lynch + Judith Hurley; Chris Taylor + Phoebe Kosior; Michelle + Gary Gibson; Carolyn + Charlie Holland
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LUNCH Organisers of annual The Long Lunch, launched at Vine restaurant five years ago, have thanked everyone involved in the recent event. Karla Lynch from Ray White New Farm said the 2018 event alone raised $130,000 for the Mitochondrial Foundation, adding to $160,000 raised at previous lunches. She said The Long Lunch was initiated in support of “great mates” Mark and Vanessa Rotolone, who five years ago lost their “beautiful” four-year-old son Ari to Mitochondrial disease. “Many members of the local business community were at a loss as to how they could show their support to this local family,” she said. “Matt Lancashire, Haesley Cush, Mark Rotolone and I want to thank all our sponsors and everyone involved for their ongoing generosity.”
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As 2019 wakes up, we will again look to the early indicators to help us determine what the market will be like this year. I remember clearly coming back from Stradbroke Island in 2007 to experience a huge surge in open house numbers, an increase in general enquiry and a spike in January contracts. It was the start of a 2 year mini-boom for Inner city Brisbane. It’s usually the holiday conversations that fuel this push. Did people discuss ‘Its time to buy?’ or ‘Let’s sit and wait’? The chat around our camp fire was one of steady confidence. No one was bullishly running out to buy, but similarly no one was rushing out to sell their investment properties. So, from the early mail, 2019 will continue at the same speed as 2018. Which means we should see an increase in unit sales, there will be more prestige properties available for sale which will see mega sales in the Brisbane market this year and the middle section of most suburbs will see its prices stay relatively stable for the year. January tenants will be by now out in force and this annual wave of renters drives the investment pricing for the year. Strong tenant enquiry gives investors confidence when buying units that are now showing strong returns at historically low prices. This is an area of strong value in 2019. haesley is the local principal of living here cush partners and a columnist for the sunday mail. portions of this article may be an extract from his column.
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ENCLAVE PROPERTY GROUP is a local real estate agency that is highly specialised in the resale of Unison, Pier, Park and Cutters Landing. We have successfully sold more apartments within these elite buildings than any other group and often those sales have been at new record-breaking prices within each of the buildings. If you are considering your next property move or acquisition
Always trying to exceed expectations Sharon Campbell Principal 0419 785 854 sharon@enclavepropertygroup.com.au
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When you purchase at Dwell Newstead you have the exclusive opportunity to design your own skyhome – tailoring the layout, configuration and finishes to suit your needs and lifestyle. We recognise that you are looking to create a home in Dwell, so we provide the unique opportunity to work with us to enhance the layout of your home. Build upon the design and luxury synonymous with Dibcorp to create your perfect sanctuary. The Skyhomes have been specifically designed to work as modular units, giving you the choice of 127m2 to 600m2 of space to work with on each level.
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We love New Farm. We live and work here. New Farm offers a great range of homes and apartments but being one of Brisbane’s oldest suburbs and very appropriately safeguarding our beloved Queenslanders, the opportunity for a 100% brand new home is rarely available. Accordingly we are very excited to introduce our Moreton Street collection as our next project.
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Move in by Xmas 2019. The opportunity to be involved in customising the finishes to your personal taste is available for a short time. For a no obligation meeting to discuss these two opportunities contact Jim Watson or your favourite local agent.
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