Your Local Community Pharmacy

Bluewater Healthsave Pharmacy

2 Purono Parkway, Yabulu 4818

PH: 07 4778 6233

FAX: 07 4778 6733

8.30am – 6pm Monday – Friday

8.30am – 1pm Saturday

Balgal Beach Healthsave Pharmacy

114 Mystic Avenue, Balgal Beach 4816

PH: 07 4770 7400

FAX: 07 4770 7399

8.30am – 5pm Monday – Friday

CLOSED SATURDAY & SUNDAY

FREE Blood Pressure Checks

*Hire Equipment

*NDSS Agent – Diabetes Supplies Blister Packaging for your medicines

*Full Prescription Service

*Ear Piercing *Faulding Vitamins

*Delivery available for those in need

MLE – Making Life Easy (Large range of Home Healthcare aids) Pharmacy Choice Brand Products (Quality product made affordable with 100% money back guarantee). Easy parking available

Hello everyone, Well, its half a year gone already.

We have had some questions in regards to the government’s latest budget with the announcement of 60-day dispensing.

 60-Day Dispensing has not yet taken effect.

 60-day dispensing will further cause a nationwide medicine shortage.

 We are already having trouble providing our patients in our community with common medicines to treat conditions like;

High Blood pressure Diabetes

Cholesterol

 The Albanese Labor Government can’t give a guarantee to either patients or community pharmacies that they won’t be worse off.

 Australia’s healthcare system is already under pressure, and the Albanese Federal Labor Government is making the situation worse by introducing 60-day dispensing in the budget.

 If Labor wants to help Australians with the cost of medicines, they should make medicines cheaper by lowering the PBS co-payment from $30 to $19 dollars. That will make everyone’s medicine cheaper, without threatening your access to medicines.

 All we want is to provide accessible, affordable, quality care to the community, but these changes put those at risk.

Please help us, ‘Your Community Pharmacy’, by scanning the QR code below to help voice our concerns. There is also more information to help you with any questions.

BLUEWATER MEDICAL PRACTICE

2 PURONO PARKWAY, PURONO PARK

BALGAL BEACH MEDICAL PRACTICE

120 Mystic Avenue Balgal Beach

Open Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm Saturday 8.30am to 1pm Tel: 07 4778 6444

OR you can book ONLINE via our website www.bluewatermedical.com

General Practitioners and Allied Health Services

Queensland Health has provided the Rollingstone Community Centre with a quantity of Covid 19 Antigen Self-Test kits.

The RAT kits are available at no cost to specified Card Holders and can be picked up from the RTC

Mon-Fri 8am-4pm.

Please wear a mask and use hand sanitiser if you are experiencing flu like symptoms.

Tel: 47707 244 Fax: 47707 100

Email: manager@balgalmedical.com.au

OPEN Monday to Friday 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. CLOSED Saturday, Sunday & all Public Holidays. Appointments are required.

The General Practitioners:

Dr Olga Hasa

Dr Vladimir Hasa

Dr Diana Hopkins

Dr Lucia Rajnoch

Dr Clyton Banya

Dr Renee Brown

Physiotherapy

Free Movement Physio (Fortnightly)

Pathology collection

Wednesday 8.00am-2.00pm

At

Every third Saturday of the Month

Saturday June 17th

For all other appointments and dental emergencies, we welcome you to your dental home at MYTOOTHDOCTOR TM Family, Paediatric and Special Care Dentistry

Bushland Beach Medical Centre www.mytoothdoctor.com.au T 07 4751 8999

Fortunately, this month we don’t get to mention any passings. A great relief. And at time of writing, neither do we have any “sickies”, which is also a blessing; although I don’t doubt there are those of whom we are unaware. Anyhow, good fortune and good luck to all!

• Our Pot Luck Dinner evening was a lovely, happy gathering but once again very poorly attended. Our Guest Speaker was a jewel and those who brought meal contributions, did themselves proud. Not sure what we need to do to please the community.

• And so many said what a great idea it would be to have a Men’s Only Group with quite a number of men saying they’d be there at an inaugural meeting. Well, that didn’t happen either, with only 4 men turning up! However, they chatted and made some plans, so we’ll see what eventuates there.

• The Cancer Morning Tea was a wonderful success with around 100 in attendance. There were people from Black River, Bluewater, and Ingham along with a good local representation. There was lots of laughter (thanks to Margie Ryder and friends), lots of tea and coffee to drink, lovely sweet and savoury morning tea fare to eat, lots of bonhomie, and most importantly, around $3,000 donated to pass on to Cancer research. A most worthy function - so, many thanks to all those who gave of their time to make it just that.

• For your interest: The Dept. of Transport & Main Roads commenced the North Townsville Road, Northshore Boulevard to Ingham Road, safety, and capacity planning project last year and will complete preliminary planning by the end of this year. The Palaszczuk Government is investing $1.16 million in the current preliminary planning for this project which encompasses Woolcock Street, North Shore Boulevard, Ingham Road, several rail crossings, and the Bohle River bridges. (There’s more, but this is the bottom line.)

• Otherwise, life at the Rollingstone Community Centre has been chugging along reasonably calmly with the usual niggles from disenchanted community members but happy faces from those enjoying the fact we actually exist. Much organising, planning, and discussion going on behind the scenes as per usual and hopefully it will all bear positive fruit.

• Any questions…………….???

FRY SAUCE (originated in Utah, USA. Great with fish, crustaceans, chips, burgers, beef, chicken, and many other food items of your choice): 1 cup Mayonnaise; ¾ cup Tomato Sauce; 1 teasp. W’shire Sauce; 1 tabs. Pickle Brine; 1 teasp. Paprika; pinch Cayenne or small glug of Sciracha Sauce (optional).

So it is with our lives: Those who want to live meaningfully and well must help enrich the lives of others, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all.

Live well, love much, laugh often....................... “Sancho Panza”.

SATURDAY 26th AUGUST 2023 ROLLINGSTONE PINEAPPLE FESTIVAL

Hello again Rollingstone and surrounding areas, and just letting you know that the 2023 Rollingstone Pineapple Festival Committee are hard at work doing the planning for what we hope will be another fantastic celebration of the Humble Pineapple at our 2023 Festival.

Great to see the interest from members of the Community at our Information Briefing, and especially welcomed the support and input from our State Member Nick Dametto. Some great suggestions on how we can introduce some new attractions this year, as well as freshen up some of our long-standing signature events. Remember, this is “Your Festival” and we need the support of our local Community to help us with the planning, set-up, help on the day, plus the pull down and pack away on completion. Every little bit helps!

Want to join our dynamic “Team Pineapple” for 2023! Please contact us!

John Muller, President. 0407 114 687

Suzi Vincent, Secretary. 0409 880 902 Facebook @ “Rollingstone Pineapple Festival”