The Lockyer and Somerset Independent - 3rd April 2024

Thrilling day of country racing at Cup

By Grace Crichton

A gorgeous country day brought flocks of spectators to the One Response Laidley Cup on 30 March.

A wet track at Doomben directed race-

goers to the Lockyer Valley Turf Club, determined not to miss a day of racing on the long weekend.

It was the biggest attendance at a Laidley Cup to date, and the races did not disappoint.

QFES looks to the fire season…

Avenue of Stars took out The Cup, ridden by 17-year-old jockey Jace McMurray at his first race meeting. The event also raised money for the Leukaemia Foundation.

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Value jumps

The official state land valuation for the Somerset region was released on 26 March, with an overall increase of 54 per cent since the last valuation issued in 2022, bringing the total value of the region’s land to $4,970,764,700.

Somerset Regional Council Mayor Jason Wendt said the region had never had a land valuation increase so significant.

“Somerset was only one of five council areas in southeast Queensland that has been assessed by the State valuers this year and to have an increase of 54 per cent in Somerset is telling,” CrWendt said.

Councillors locked in

Lockyer Valley and Somerset regions’ 2024 elected councillors have been declared, following postal vote counts on Tuesday 26 March.

In Lockyer Valley Regional Council, returning Mayor Tanya Milligan will be joined by Councillors Chris Wilson, Michael Hagan, David Neuendorf, Cheryl Steinhardt, Anthony Wilson and Julie Reck. Former Councillor Brett Qualischefski is the only incumbent to not be re-elected.

In Somerset Regional Council, new Mayor Councillor Jason Wendt will be joined by Councillors Helen Brieschke, Kylee Isidro, Tiara Hurley, Michael Bishop, Brett Freese and Sally Jess. STORY PAGE

More firefighters

By Jesse Hamilton

Several stations across South East Queensland will experience an increase in firefighters following the Queensland Government’s commitment to deliver an additional 500 frontline firefighters state-wide over six years from the 2020-2021 financial year.

The latest round of 16 recruits who graduat-

ed on 22 March will be deployed to permanent fire stations across South East Queensland, which may include Gatton Fire Station in the Lockyer and Brassall Fire Station in Ipswich West.

The ceremony was the third of fifteen graduating ceremonies to take place in 2024 with more than 200 new firefighter recruits expected to graduate this year.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

Acting Commissioner Steve Smith said the latest recruits completed specialised training units, such as live fire behaviour training, bushfire, road crash rescue, technical rescue, and hazardous materials management training.

“The recruit training course is designed to reflect the broad range of services firefighters provide and recreates real life situations to give them a solid foundation of practical skills and experiences.

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“The training completed by the recruits ensured they will hit the ground running to help make a real difference in communities,” he said.

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Full circle for Cr Janice

Councillor Janice Holstein fulfilled her last duty onWednesday 27 March.

She finished her 24 year term in local government at Flagstone Creek State School where she presented the Year 6 stu-

dents their leader badges.

It was a very fitting finish to decades of service, ending at the very school where she was a pupil herself in the 1970s.

Somerset’s land coveted

By Jacob Hayden

The official state land valuation for the Somerset region was released on 26 March, with an overall increase of 54 per cent since the last valuation issued in 2022, bringing the total value of the region’s land to $4,970,764,700.

Somerset Regional Council Mayor Jason Wendt said the region had never had a land valuation increase so significant.

“Somerset was only one of five council areas in southeast Queensland that has been assessed by the State valuers this year and to have an increase of 54 per cent in Somerset is telling in terms of what is happening in our region,” CrWendt said.

“Somerset is a great place to live, and buyers are coming to our area in significant numbers to discover our lakes, river, Brisbane Valley Rail Trail and friendly communities.

“Soaring land values are a silver lining for our community, where many people have been hit hard by the economic impacts of natural disasters.

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington urged landholders to carefully review their individual valuation notices when they arrive in the mail, and to consider if they should lodge an objection before the closing date of 27 May, 2024.

“Land valuations are the basis for rating, land tax and state land rental purposes and the new valuations will take effect from 30th June 2024,” Mrs Frecklington said.

“If you believe your land valuation may be incorrect, I would encourage landholders to lodge an objection.

“I am aware of some landholders who have saved on their local government rate bills by successfully objecting to an incorrect valuation.”

Residential land valuation increases are as follows: Coominya – 40.5pc, Esk – 61.1pc, Fernvale – 54pc, Kilcoy – 45.8pc, Linville – 54.2pc, Lowood – 43.3pc, Minden – 40pc, Moore –25.7pc, Somerset Dam – 56.8pc, Toogoolawah – 77.8pc,Woolmar – 36.2pc.

“The Somerset region has seen a 73.4 per cent valuation increase in Primary Production land in the latest review and a 40 per cent increase for Rural Residential land,” Mrs Frecklington said.

“There have also been some significant increases in median values for Residential land resulting in an overall median value of land being $185,000, an increase of 51.6 per cent.”

More details about the State land valuations are available at resources.qld.gov.au

Lockyer Valley welcomes 14

Lockyer Valley Regional Council marked Harmony Week on 21 March while also hosting a Citizenship Ceremony.

Held at the Gatton Shire Hall, 14 conferees took the pledge in a nod to our region’s diversity and multiculturalism.

Lockyer Valley Regional Council CEO Ian Church said council was pleased to welcome so many new citizens to the region.

“These new citizens have chosen to reside in the LockyerValley and we welcome our new citizens and wish them the peace and harmony that is renowned with the Australian lifestyle,” Mr Church said.

“Many of the new citizens spoke of their appreciation for their new life in Australia including the fabulous weather and the friendly welcome into the community.”

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Harmony Week aims to promote inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone, and on Thursday last week council staff showed their support by wearing pops of orange.

Council administers Citizenship Ceremonies on behalf of the Department of Home Affairs.

The Lockyer Valley’s newest citizens enjoyed morning tea together at the conclusion of the formalities which included Aussie favourites such as lamingtons, vegemite sandwiches and sausage rolls.

For more information on Citizenship Ceremonies, visit Council’s website www.lockyervalley.qld.gov.au or contact council on 1300 005 872.

After a suspenseful ten days, the Electoral Commission of Queensland declared our new councillors after the final postal votes were counted on 26 March (see page 3).

A warm welcome to the new and returning councillors in Somerset, Lockyer Valley, and Ipswich.

Following the election campaign, I can clearly see there are several concerns among the community to be brought to all councils’ attention.

With new elected representatives come new perspectives, and perhaps a renewed vigour among those returning, and I am optimistic our councillors and mayors will make the right decisions for the communities they serve.

Ilookforwardtobecomingacquainted with the new councillors as part of my role and I wish them all the best as they settle into their first terms.

- Grace Crichton

Bad smell clears the hospital

Gatton Hospital was evacuated on the afternoon of Good Friday March 29, after an unpleasant odour was reported about 1:30pm.

Twenty-one patients were safely moved from the hospital as a precaution.

West Moreton Health worked with Queensland Ambulance Service and other hospitals in the region to arrange the safe transfer of patients.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services investigated the smell and identified a UPS battery pack in the medical imaging area as the source.

The hospital was given the all-clear from Queensland Fire and Emergency Services to reopen.

Single-vehicle rollover, Gatton

A male patient was transported to Toowoomba Hospital stable with chest pain following a single-vehicle rollover on the Warrego Highway westbound at 1:45am on 25 March.

Motorcycle crash, Plainland

A male motorcyclist was transported to Ipswich Hospital stable with minor injuries after he collided with a guard rail on the Warrego Highway eastbound at 5:52am on 27 March.

Patients and staff at Gatton Hospital were moved out of the building on Good Friday after an unpleasant odour was detected. Picture: UNSPLASH

Somerset land values have skyrocketed.

Janice Holstein finished her councillor duties with Flagstone Creek State School leaders and principal Carolyn Evans. Picture: SUPPLIED

Votes go Milligan’s way

By Jacob Hayden

Tanya Milligan was officially declared to return as Mayor for Lockyer Valley Regional Council onWednesday 27 March.

Cr Milligan said the election had some misinformation and unpleasantness, but that it was ‘part and parcel, unfortunately, during election campaigns’.

“Being the incumbent Mayor, a lot of people said ‘she’s not out there campaigning’, and that’s because as the current Mayor, unlike other people, I had commitments, stuff in my diary and meetings to do,” Cr Milligan said.

“I’ve always said that I still have a job to do and I’m being remunerated by my community with the expectation that I’ll be doing my job up until the votes tell me otherwise.”

She said the two meet the candidate events raised lots of questions about council’s performance, with a focus on road conditions.

“Are we being efficient as an organisation and the way we do business?” Cr Milligan said.

“I think, too, we need to look at communication… I really believe we are doing it better than we used to, but from what I heard from the meet the candidates events, there’s room for improvement in how we get out messaging back to our community.”

Candidate Maree Rosier polled last with 25.91 per cent of votes, with 58.27 per cent of her preference votes redirecting to Cr Milligan,

securing her the position.

Ms Rosier said she enjoyed aspects of the election.

“I met some really extraordinary people. I never fail to be amazed by the number of interesting people that live in our community,” she said.

Ms Rosier said she was disappointed by the result but realised it was a ‘big ask’.

“I’m an eternal optimist, and I was disappointed by the results but I realise it was a big ask and I that in times of difficulty, when things are tough, history shows us that we vote for the incumbents because we’re fearful of change and looking for that stability,” she said.

Fellow candidate Kyle Burnett said his thoughts going into the election were supported by community feedback.

“The feedback I was getting was lack of communication from council, they don’t know what’s going on and just want to know more,” Mr Burnett said.

Mr Burnett said he would return to the campaign trail in 2028.

“It’ll be four years of getting ready for the next one for me… I’m not going anywhere and I love the LockyerValley,” he said.

Lockyer Valley Regional Council Mayor Tanya Milligan has been re-elected to represent the region. Picture: GRACE CRICHTON

Lockyer council highlights

ROAD/PARK MAINTENANCE

Road works have continued across the region over the last fortnight, with LVRC’s Operations and Maintenance Team currently working on pothole patching, with extra resources now on hand thanks to contractors.

Crews have completed gravel resheeting on Kennedys Road, with works continuing on Fernbank Road.

Crews also touched up the Speedway Track at the Gatton Showgrounds prior to the recent meet.

Pavement repairs and routine maintenance continue across the region.

In addition, council’s Parks, Recreation and Cemeteries Team completed mowing at six cemeteries, more than 60 parks, two sports reserves, six cricket ovals, community halls and saleyards.

Crews also completed roadside mowing and mowing in town approaches in Gatton, Laidley, Grantham, Helidon, Withcott, Murphys Creek, Forest Hill, and Plainland.

Crews inspected a total of 41 playgrounds,

serviced more than 1800 park/street bins and sprayed 41 parks for weeds, while also completing spraying at a range of rural roadsides.

INFRASTRUCTURE SURVEY

LVRC wants to ensure the buildings, facilities and spaces meet the needs of the Lockyer Valley for the next 20 years, and is encouraging community members to have their say on council’s community consultation survey.

Visit surveymonkey.com/r/LVCNZ7F or collect a paper copy at the Gatton and Laidley Libraries and Customer Service Centres.

The survey closes 7 April and was made possible thanks to funding obtained by the Federal Flexible Funding Small Grants.

RADF APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

Round 2 for the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) 2023/24 is currently open for applications.

The round closes on Wednesday 24 April at 10am.

For more information and to apply, visit lockyervalley.qld.gov.au/RADF

Picture: LVRC

Votes are in, meet your Lockyer Valley Council

By Jacob Hayden

Lockyer Valley and Somerset regions’ 2024 elected councillors have been declared, following postal vote counts on Tuesday 26 March.

In Lockyer Valley Regional Council, returning Mayor Tanya Milligan will join returning Councillors Chris Wilson and Michael Hagan, and incoming Councillors David Neuendorf, Cheryl Steinhardt, AnthonyWilson and Julie Reck.

Former Councillor Brett Qualischefski is the only incumbent to not be re-elected.

In Somerset Regional Council, new Mayor and former Councillor Jason Wendt will join returning Councillors Helen Brieschke and Kylee Isidro, and incoming Councillors Tiara Hurley, Michael Bishop, Brett Freese and Sally Jess.

Former Councillor Sean Choat was unsuccessful in his bid for Mayor, while Councillor Bob Whalley missed out on the sixth position, with 217 votes less than Michael Bishop.

Lockyer Valley Regional Council will hold its first meeting as newly-elected rep-

Wednesday 27 March.

resentatives on 5 April, and Somerset Regional Council will do the same on 10 April.

The Deputy Mayor for each council is expected to be chosen at these meetings. David Cullen and Jim Madden have been declared the new Councillors for Division 4 in Ipswich City Council. The Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding is also confirmed to retain her title.

Road works have continued across the region over the last fortnight, with LVRC’s Operations and Maintenance Team currently working on pothole patching, with extra resources now on hand thanks to contractors.

The 2024 local government elections are finally over, with all votes counted and Lockyer Valley and Somerset councillors declared on

Picture: GRACE CRICHTON

Somerset Regional Council’s newly elected team of Councillors: Kylee Isidro, Michael Bishop, Tiara Hurley, Mayor Jason Wendt, Sally Jess, Brett Freese, and Helen Brieschke.

Somerset news round-up Firey boost

By Jesse Hamilton

Several stations across South East Queensland will experience an increase in firefighters following the Queensland Government’s commitment to deliver an additional 500 frontline firefighters state-wide over six years from the 2020-2021 financial year.

The latest round of 16 recruits who graduated on 22 March will be deployed to permanent fire stations across South East Queensland, which may include Gatton Fire Station in the Lockyer and Brassall Fire Station in Ipswich West.

The ceremony was the third of fifteen graduating ceremonies to take place in 2024 with more than 200 new firefighter recruits expected to graduate this year.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Acting Commissioner Steve Smith said the latest recruits completed specialised training units, such as live fire behav-

iour training, bushfire, road crash rescue, technical rescue, and hazardous materials management training.

“The training completed by the recruits ensured they will hit the ground running to help make a real difference in communities,” he said.

“The recruit training course is designed to reflect the broad range of services firefighters provide and recreates real life situations to give them a solid foundation of practical skills and experiences.

“QFES and the FRS has a proud history ofworkingwiththepeopleofQueensland, and these recruits will continue to provide the vital fire and emergency services our state needs.

“The dedication and hard work shown by these recruits through the course reflects our values of respect, integrity, courage, loyalty and trust.”

FUN RUN TICKETS

Tickets are now on sale for the annual Somerset Rail Trail Classic, the region’s premier fun run.

The event will be held on Sunday, 21 July.

Course options include a 3km run or walk fromVernor to Fernvale, an 8km run or walk from Lowood to Fernvale and a 44km bike ride from Esk to Fernvale.

Early bird registrations for the event are open now and can be completed by visiting www.somersetrailtrailclassic.com.au

SPORTS AND MOVIE FUN KILCOY

Children of all ages can enjoy a free movie and join in a range of sporting activities at Kilcoy on 9 April.

Starting at 3.30pm, the activity which forms part of Somerset Regional Council’s School Holiday Program, will have something for everyone.

From gymnastics to netball, basketball, sack races and running races there will

plenty of fun.

There will be a free sausage sizzle and then relax into the night with a free screening of Paw Patrol the Might Movie.

For more information phone Council on 5424 4000 or visit www.somerset.qld.gov. au/school-holiday-program.

HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT

Somerset Regional Council, as an action from its Somerset Social Plan (July 2023), is undertaking a Housing Needs Assessment.

The aim of the assessment is to better understand the housing needs of Somerset with respect to crisis and emergency accommodation, housing for older persons and housing for people living with a disability.

The survey closes on Monday, 15 April 2024.

To complete the survey, visit www.somerset.qld.gov.au.

Tickets for the annual Somerset Rail Trail Classic held 21 July are on sale now.

Picture: JACOB HAYDEN

An increase of firefighter recruits will be deployed to permanent fire stations across South East Queensland.

Picture: JESSE HAMILTON

Retired after four decades

By Grace Crichton

After four decades in education, school principal Richard Amos retired at the end on term one.

Coominya State School students, staff, and families said farewell to their principal on 27 March.

The small Somerset school was his final stop on a career which took him around the LockyerValley.

He began teaching at Gatton State School in 1985 and moved to Laidley Central in 1987.

He was appointed principal of Ma Ma Creek State School in 1996 before moving to Coominya in 2010.

Acting positions over the decades took him to Lake Clarendon, Blenheim, Thornton, Helidon and Grantham schools, plus stints at two schools on the Darling Downs.

He always knew what his career path would be.

“As a six or seven year I wanted to be a fireman or a policeman, which every little boy wants to be,” Mr Amos said.

“By around about the age of 13 or 14 I had already worked out, I enjoy working with kids.

“My mother was a teacher so I probably wasn’t being terribly imaginative in my career choices, but I enjoy working with kids.”

One of his greatest achievements is taking disenfranchised students and given them a

new start.

He was a strong advocate of sports for children, knowing some students who struggle in the classroom thrive in sports.

In 2006 the Ma Ma Creek State School community nominated him for an Australian Scholarships Group Community Merit Award.

“That was really, really nice,” Mr Amos said.

“They had a function at Ma Ma Creek and the whole community turned out, it was really very nice.”

One of the most rewarding parts of the job, for Mr Amos, is catching up with former students and learning how they are successfully living their lives.

Amidst the ever-changing nature of education, working with children has always been the best part of his work.

“It’s an interesting job,” he said.

“It’s got its hard bits, it’s got its good bits, but I’ve never gone out of my way to antagonise people and I’ve generally found people appreciate that and are very polite to me.”

Mr Amos is taking long service leave, with ‘rest and recuperation’ top of the to-do list, before his official retirement from education in February next year, marking 40 years dedicated to education.

Richard Amos has retired from education after a 40 year career. Picture: GRACE CRICHTON

Dedicated teacher aide Mrs Sutton marks 30 years

By Grace Crichton

Beverley Sutton thought she was marking the end of the school term with a cup of tea in the staff room.

What greeted her at Ma Ma Creek State School was a surprise party to celebrate her 30 years as a teacher aide on 22 March.

Mrs Sutton was greeted by past principals, staff, former students, friends, family, and community members, who all came to the school to celebrate this milestone with her. She applied for a teacher aide position at Ma Ma Creek State School in 1993 and, apart from a brief stint at Mt Sylvia State School, has remained at the small school for three decades.

Mrs Sutton said the party was a ‘marvellous’ surprise.

“It’s just heartwarming,” she said.

“I look at all the past students, dotted everywhere here, and it’s just lovely to see you all.”

Much has changed in Mrs Sutton’s time at the school.

Pictures: GRACE CRICHTON

She has seen renovations and refits, new buildings and improvements, plus the leaps in computer technological of the last 30 years.

“There’s just so much that’s happened in my time of being here,” she said.

“In thirty years, we’ve gone from chalkboards to interactive electronic boards.

“To think I was actually an office girl as well at the start.

“I did some admin work, typing up things on an electric typewriter.

“There were all those changes that have

happened in the 30 years.”

One thing which never changed was her pride in seeing her students go on to achieve great things.

“Everyone’s achieved and done well,” she said.

“To think that I was part of their journey… that’s the most important part of me being a teacher aide.”

Ma Ma Creek State School principal Nathan de Mey said Mrs Sutton was a dedicated teacher aide who went ‘above and beyond’.

“Bev’s really shown a level of dedication to the role,” he said.

“From what I see, it’s not just a job for Bev.

“She’s well and truly invested in the children.

“The work that she does ensures the best learning outcomes for children that are in her charge.

“I have definitely seen that and witness that firsthand.”

Bev Sutton celebrated 30 years as a teacher aide at Ma Ma Creek State School, pictured with principal Nathan de Mey.

Ma Ma Creek State School staff Julian O’Donoghue, Nathan de Mey, Bev Sutton, Eva Schmidt, Stephanie Muirhead, Brooke Stepanoff, and Leona Staatz.

Supporting rural families

Glenore Grove Queensland Country Women’s Association hosted an Easter Tombola in the Glenore Grove Hall on the morning of Monday 25 March.

They had 59 guests and together raised $1,175.

Many thanks to all those who came along.

The tombolas are becoming more popular, so the QCWA have prebooked the larger hall for their events on 3 June and 10 October.

These tombolas are get-togethers for women in the community as well as fundraisers. Men are also welcome to come along if they wish.

Every dollar raised from this Easter tombola will go to the QCWA Rural Crisis Fund.

This Fund was established in 1990 and is used to assist fellow Queensland families who are doing it tough.

Every dollar raised by this Fund by the

QCWA goes directly to those in need.

The QCWA’s vision is to ‘provide space for Queensland women to connect, collaborate and create an impact in communities.’

They are a rural lobby group as well as a social group and along with the Rural Crises Fund QCWA provide crisis disaster and emergency help; special interest groups and student bursaries and accommodation.

In the last 12 months the Glenore Grove Branch has spent more than $1,800 to send kids to school camp and over $1,000 on helping to restock community centre pantries.

The ladies have donated lots of handmade knitted care bears to ambulance, hospitals and a doctor’s surgery.

There is now a community library out the front of their rooms for locals to read and swap and read.

We can do together what each of us could not have done alone.

‘Get important projects underway’: Grant

Community groups and not-for-profits are encouraged to apply for a special super round of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF).

The Queensland Government is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the GCBF with a $30 million Super Round.

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington said the GCBF Super Round was a great opportunity for Somerset community groups to progress their key projects and wish lists.

“Community groups make up the social fabric of our regional community and these grants are an ideal chance to get a funding boost and get their important projects underway,” she said.

“Without our clubs and groups, and all those who volunteer their time, most of the events and activities we love would just not happen.

“I encourage all local groups, however big or small, to consider applying for a Gambling Community Benefit Fund Super Round Grant to help achieve their goals.”

Member for Lockyer Jim McDonald said the Super Round could not come at a better time as communities felt the pinch from increased cost-of-living pressures.

“We know community groups and volunteers are the heart and soul of regions, particularly in regional areas,” Mr McDonald said.

“This funding gives community organisations an opportunity to bid from a pool of $30m, with grants of up to $100,000.

“I encourage community groups and non-profit organisations to take advantage of this opportunity for particular projects and initiatives to help our community and its people.”

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The event attracted 59 guests to Glenore Grove Hall.

Every dollar raised from the tombola went to the QCWA Rural Crisis Fund.

Glenore Grove QCWA raised $1,175 for at their Easter Tombola.

Pictures: GLENORE GROVE QCWA

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The Easter Bunny visited Coominya State School.

Tayla and Henry.

Theodore finds his egg.

Students showed off their carefully crafter Easter bonnets.

Kieu Mai and Evelyn.

The prep and year 1 students performed a few songs.

District’s Youth Week fun

By Jesse Hamilton

A range of free events and entertainment options will take place across the region as part of Queensland Youth Week held 7-13 of April.

The celebration week recognises the talents, achievements, and contributions of young people aged 12 to 25 years and their impact on their community.

KILCOY

Children can gain insight into their career path through a fun quiz at the Kilcoy Library’s Jobs and AI event on 12 April at 3 p.m.

Kids will have the opportunity to play with new technology at the event, including VR headsets and 3D pens, while enjoying pizza and a cool drink.

Bookings for the event are essential by phoning Somerset Council on 5424 4000.

LOWOOD

Lowood YouthFest will get underway on 12 April as well with live music, DJ, acrobatic performances, activities, workshops, information stalls, food, and fun at Lowood State Primary School from 12pm.

Main stage entertainment from midday features Angie Whitely, Harry Phillips, Zim BoyZ, Harry Rapmund, and headline rapper Lisi 4300.

African acrobatics group ZimboyZ will perform a show that defies the laws of gravity, inspiring even the most imaginative of minds.

Information stalls and fun activities will be available including Big Wave Mechanical Surfboard, the Hungry Hungry Hippo, a DunkTank and Meltdown, an eight-player action game, challenging your stamina, agility and reaction time.

Registrations are essential for the Lowood YouthFest, with free entry for attendees.

LOCKYER VALLEY

A range of events are set to run throughout Lockyer Valley Youth Week. The schedule of events includes:

· Movie Night (Wonka) on Monday, 8 April –Gatton Shire Hall – 6pm-8pm – snacks and drinks provided. Wonka is a PG-rated movie.

· “Beneath the Streets” on Tuesday, 9 April –Laidley Library – 1.30pm-2.30pm – join the team from Urban Utilities and find out about the incredible journey your water takes –bookings required.

· Youth Expo on Wednesday, 10 April – Ferrari

Park, Laidley – 10am-2pm – mobile games trailer and VR, laser tag, inflatable games, service provider stalls, food vans.

· “Beneath the Streets” on Thursday, 11 April – Gatton Library – 1.30pm-2.30pm – join the team from Urban Utilities and find out about the incredible journey your water takes –bookings required.

· Skateboarding Jam Session on Friday, 12 April – Gatton Skate Park – 12pm-2pm – twohour skateboarding jam session, music, food vans – BYO helmet and skateboard (scooter, BMX and roller are also welcome).

· “Rewilding the Urban Jungle” on Saturday, 13

April – Lockyer Valley Art Gallery – 9.30am11.30am – join Bianca Tainsh and learn new creative collage techniques to ‘re-wild’ an urban landscape with luscious green forest and creatures – bookings required and a $5 fee is payable.

ROSEWOOD

Other activities across the school holidays include the Rosewood Family Fun Day. This free event will have water play at the heart of its activities with two water slides and a fire truck ready for lots of water fun at 1 Mill Street Lowood on April 11 from 9am to 12pm.

Entry rights changed in new worker protection laws

By Jesse Hamilton

New Work Health and Safety laws passed on 21 March have marked a significant milestone in bolstering protection and representation for Queensland workers.

The recently developed laws are based upon recommendations from the review of Queensland’s Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and the national 2018 Review of the Model Work Health and Safety Laws, prepared by Safe Work Australia’s Chief Executive Officer Marie Boland.

Notable changes include granting health and safety representatives the autonomy to select their training provider and ensuring full remuneration for training attendance.

The WHS Act Review also considered the role fines and penalties play in deterrence and reoffending.

Under the new laws, it won’t be possible to offer or take out insurance to cover penalties for WHS breaches.

Other key changes will see clarified and extended rights of entry permit holders, streamlined dispute resolution processes, and will improve the efficiencies of court proceedings by moving some matters from the Magistrates Court to the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission.

The laws also clarify rules around representation for employees and employers under the Act, in line with the changes made to the Industrial Relations Act in 2022.

Minister for Industrial Relations Grace Grace said it is integral thatWHS laws remain contemporary and fit for purpose across all work fields.

“These laws give effect to legislative recommendations made by the independent WHS Act Review, as well as eight recommendations from the Boland Review,” she said.

“We are continuing to implement the remaining recommendations from the WHS Act Review, with further legislative changes anticipated this year.”

New Work Health and Safety laws include improved worker consultation and streamlined dispute resolution.

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Vusa, Abiy and Hassan of ZimboyZ. Two members of the trio (Abiy and Hassan) will appear at Lowood Youthfest. Picture: LOWOOD YOUTHFEST

Fire ants affect us all

They’re small, copper brown, feisty and sting, and if we don’t all work together they’ll be here to stay.

First found in Brisbane in 2001, fire ants are a category 1 restricted matter (Biosecurity Act 2014) and considered one of the world’s most invasive pests. And rightly so, they can have irreversible consequences on our environment, economy, human health and outdoor way of life.

They can destroy crops, damage machinery, and render paddocks, parks, playgrounds and backyards unusable.

If we don’t work together to stop them, fire ants could infest all of Australia costing up to $2 billion per year, every year, surpassing the annual damage done by our country’s worst pests: feral cats, wild dogs, foxes, camels, rabbits and cane toads.

Do you love your backyard cricket, barbecues and walking on the grass without shoes on?

This is what the National Fire Ant Eradication Program is working to save. Australia is also the only country currently focused on eradicating this pest. Fire ants have spread too far in other countries, and these nations have given up.

OurnewFireAntResponsePlan2023–27hasanoutsidein approach and focuses on:

• containing fire ants and delimiting current infestation

• strengthening compliance with the legal frameworks available to stop the spread of fire ants

• researching and improving the way in which we eradicate fire ants

• working together to protect Australia from this invasive pest.

Our fire ant containment area wraps around the infestation — spanning from Moreton Bay in the north, westtotheLockyerValley,easttotheGoldCoastandsouth toTweed Shire.

Eradication treatment is being conducted around the inside of this band. Under the plan, the areas that will receive treatment are suburbs in:

• Lockyer Valley

• Moreton Bay

• Somerset

• Southern Downs

• ScenicRim

• southern Gold Coast.

As fire ants are cleared from areas, we will progressively move eradication activities inwards until all areas are treated.

Fire ant eradication treatment is the only way to protect Australia from fire ants and the devastating impacts they can have on our way of life. To give our country the best chance of success, we must treat:

• 100% of all targeted properties

• all properties up to 3 times per year for 2 years

• whether fire ants are visible or not.

Just one missed nest could jeopardise national eradication efforts.

For our rural and semi-rural farming communities, as well as all those who rely on these communities, fire ants pose a severe problem if left unchecked. They can do more damage to our agriculture and the environment than Australia’s worst invasive pests combined.

Fire ant expert and entomologist Dr RossWylie says that modelling shows the current incursion has grown slowly, in comparison to other countries.

“It’s a different story overseas — fire ant have spread at about 4 km per year. Fire ant spread in the

United States is reported to be 50 km per year, and in China it’s 80 km per year. Australia’s efforts are showing a promising result when compared with countries where fire ants aren’t controlled.”

Had the eradication program not been in place, it’s estimated fire ants would have already spread as far north as Bowen, west to Longreach, and south to Canberra by now, causing destruction in their path.

In the United States, fire ant nests are part of the landscape. Texan farmers can only use a portion of their land, the rest has been taken over by fire ants to the point it’s beyond treatable and in many cases the land is unusable. Residents are also unable to walk to their washing lines without being stung.

This is not a future we want for Australia.

Fire ants are everyone’s responsibility, and we all play a part in getting rid of them. Let’s band together and protect the Australian way of life.

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To learn more about our treatment activities, scan the QR code, visit fireants.org.au or call 13 25 23.

Fire ant nests found along a fence line in Ipswich.

Gift cards help the Valley

friendly customer service,” he said.

$18.9 million.”

LockyerValley Regional Council has teamed up with the Lockyer Valley Chamber of Commerce Industry and Tourism to promote Lockyer Valley gift cards to give local businesses a boost following the string of natural disasters the region has faced.

Council’s CEO Ian Church said that everyone can play a part in building a stronger local economy and creating more jobs closer to home by spending their money locally.

“Lockyer Valley businesses offer a great range of products and services – including

“Lockyer Valley gift cards offer something for everyone, suit every occasion and can be used for everything from flowers to wine or beer, chocolates, giftware, beauty pampering and car repairs or new tyres.”

Mr Church said that changing where you spend your money is a powerful thing to do.

“Every dollar you spend on a Lockyer Valley gift card remains in your community,” he said.

“Local residents spend $66 million outside the region each year.

“If everyone over 12 who lives here spent $10 locally, instead of outside the region, over a year local retail spending would increase by

Ten dollars per week spent locally could also create over 187 new jobs.

Currently in the Lockyer Valley, there are 1300 retail jobs with a third of staff aged under 25.

Mr Church said that everyone benefits if residents spend an extra $10 locally.

“Our economy would grow by $26 million and this economic boost would create more jobs, new businesses would open, and existing ones would grow and prosper,” he said.

“Do your bit - shop in a local store, use a local tradie, eat in a local cafe.

“Ensuring your money stays local is a pow-

erful and thoughtful gift – for the recipient and for the Lockyer Valley - and one that greatly benefits us all.”

For those wanting to support small businesses and help bolster the local economy, grab a Lockyer Valley gift card at:

· Lockyer Valley Visitor Information Centre, Gatton

· NewsXpress, Laidley

· Natural Alternative, Gatton

It’s also simple to make an online purchase at lockyerchamber.com.au/giftcard

Assistance provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.

Show your support for local businesses with the Lockyer Valley Gift Card.

Shopping locally builds a stronger local economy and creates more jobs closer to home.

Pictures: LVRC

Raffle joy’s street-side

By Jesse Hamilton

Passing shoppers and those looking to support a community organisation purchased raffle tickets in droves leading up to the draw of the Gatton and District Historical Society’s Easter raffle outside Spano’s IGA Gatton on 27 March.

The Easter raffle ran for two and a half weeks at Spano’s.

$380 worth of prizes were given out, with funds raised to support maintenance and improvements to the society’s historical village.

Gatton and District Historical Society president Kelven Freeman said the support from local businesses and the broader community had been overwhelming.

“This was just to get a few dollars in the bank to maintain the village, it’s very hard to get grants these days,” he said.

“The support from local businesses has been absolutely staggering.

“We had six prizes and then a secret bonus prize to be won.”

Mr Freeman said the raffle was an inaugural event for the historical group that had been made possible by increased volunteers recently.

“It’s the first time doing the Easter raffle, and the response from the people of Gatton has been absolutely amazing, we sold $400 worth of raffle tickets just today (27 March),” he said.

“We’d like to run a Christmas one, we’re like every other community organisation in a small town in Australia, we need more volunteers.”

The Gatton and District Historical Society will hold its heritage festival on 27 April at Freemans Road Gatton.

Check for hidden leaks

Urban Utilities is encouraging LockyerValley and Somerset residents to check their water meter to ensure they don’t have a concealed leak, following a summer of wild weather.

Pipe breaks or leaks can be caused by ground movement due to extreme weather events, rainfall and changes in temperature.

Urban Utilities spokesperson Michelle Cull said given the number of significant rain events in recent months, it was a good time for residents to check for a concealed leak.

“A concealed leak is an underground water leak in the pipework at your property that has little or no visible signs on the surface,” she said.

“These leaks are hidden from the eye, such as within concrete, and under lawns and driveways.

“If they go undetected for long periods, concealed leaks can waste thousands of litres of water and can cost you hundreds or thousands of dollars.”

Ms Cull said it was important for customers to monitor their water use to ensure leaks were identified as soon as possible.

“There is an easy DIY meter test homeowners can do to help detect hidden underground leaks,” she said.

“Simply take a meter reading, turn off all your taps and don’t use any water inside or outside your home for an hour, then take another meter reading.

“If the dials on the meter have moved, you could have a concealed leak and should contact a licensed plumber.”

Residents are also encouraged to regularly check for signs of visible leaks – a dripping toilet cistern can waste 60,000 litres of water, and cost around $250

Urban Utilities spokesperson Michelle Cull is encouraging residents to check their water meter for hidden leaks.

per year.

Urban Utilities has a Concealed Leak Policy to provide assistance to eligible customers impacted by the unexpected cost of a concealed leak.

More information is available at urbanutilities.com.au/leaks

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Gatton and District Historical Society blacksmith Richard Smith (front) with president Kelven Freeman and member Ann Lincoln at Spano’s IGA Gatton on 27 March. Picture: JESSE HAMILTON

They are also looking for the oldest living person, either staff or student, and the earliest enrolment.

Helidon is one of the oldest state schools in Queensland and its milestone year is an opportunity for anyone with links to the school, past or present, to celebrate.

“The history of the school is worth celebrating because it has been 150 years of continuous education in Helidon and the surrounding community,” Mr Robertson said.

“We’ve been reaching out to people through all means available to us, social media, primarily word of mouth, just trying to get people to hear the message and inviting people to contact us by phone or email,” he said.

“We’ve been keeping a list of those people and we’re going to be inviting them shortly to come along to a special roll call on the afternoon.”

“We’re probably one of less than 50 schools in Queensland that have reached that milestone, and so it’s a significant milestone not just for State Education Queensland, but for the community.”

There are many locals who have roots back to the school.

“We’ve got a number of people living in the community still who went to school here, have

ongoing connections with the school,” Mr Robertson said.

“An event like this is a unifying element for the community and it can bring people together.”

There will be plenty of time to catch up with old school mates, reminisce, and reunite with long lost buddies.

“We’re going to take class photos of past students from different decades and just have a bit of fun with that,” Mr Robertson said.

“We will have some old photos, some old photos, and some old records on display so people can have a flick through them, have a look, and find reference to themselves.”

The day’s entertainment has plenty to offer the young ones too, with carnival rides, a petting zoo, and the local emergency services (provided they are not called away on duty).

Community and sporting clubs will be

there with stalls and interactive activities for the kids can participate in.

Topping off the day’s entertainment is the dunk tank to raise money for the P and C.

Mr Robertson and Local Member for Lockyer Jim McDonald have put themselves in the firing line.

“We’re hoping that we’re going to have a celebrity auction where local people can come and place a bid,” Mr Robertson said.

“The person that places the highest on each of us will get the honour of dunking us.

“All the money raised from that will go to support educational wellbeing programs at the school.”

Past students and staff can contact pandc@ helidon.eq.edu.au or phone 07 4612 9222 for an invitation.

Helidon State School students Maddie, Ebony, Joey and George, with the principal Mark Robertson, are eager to welcome you to the school’s 150th anniversary fete on May 11.

Esk kids’ colours fly high

The Esk State School P and C would like to thank all the families, sponsors and supporters of what has been described as ‘the best Colour Run Explosion’ on Friday 22 March.

The event raised crucial funds to make our school a great learning environment for all of our children.

A special thanks to the Esk Auxiliary Fire Brigade and Esk Police for attending the event.

The children especially loved getting sprayed by the fire hose.

Thank you so much for your support of our school.

Thanks must also go to all the volunteers on the day for setting up the course for our children.

There is a lot of work involved in preparing for this event and all your help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks also have to go to the staff at the school for everything they do to support our children every day.

We hope you had as much fun as the kids on the day.

This fundraiser takes a lot of effort from all parties and we appreciate everyone’s help in making it a success.

Our top fundraiser was Lincoln Swann, who raised a mammoth $1060.

Our P and C has raised an amazing $5,602.48 which is going directly to the school.

We are in the works of a huge landscaping project between B block and C block.

We are all super proud that with help of all the sponsors we beat our target of $5000.

Thank you for supporting our small school

Esk State School P and C had a Colour Run on Friday 22 March. Pictures: ESK P AND C ASSOC

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It was a slip and slide kind of day.

The P and C have raised more than $5,000 through the event.

The children loved getting sprayed by the fire hose.

Locks under the knife

By Jacob Hayden

Kurt Brown is lopping his locks this Saturday in Lowood to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation (LF)

The M&K Butcher Brothers co-owner has grown his dreadlocks for six years now, but is saying goodbye to support a good cause.

“They’re about halfway down my back, so about 40 or 50cm,” Kurt said.

“I’ve had them a long time, so it’s going to be a very different feeling without them.”

Kurt said Glamorgan Vale local and regular LF fundraiser Geoff Beattie instigated the shave.

“He’s a pretty big influence on the fundraiser and he’s always been into me about doing it,” Kurt said.

“I’ve always said that when I cut it off I would do it for a fundraiser, and Geoff Beattie’s getting a bit older so I thought I would jump on and do the fundraiser for him.”

Kurt has already raised $1,000, and will begin properly fundraising this week.

“We’re actually going to do a super Saturday at the butcher shop with heaps of specials,” he said.

“We’re going to have a barbecue with gold coin donation for a sausage sizzle, and we’ve got a few raffles we’ll do on the day.

“Come down and support a local business at the same time as the fundraiser.”

The shave will be held on Saturday 6 April, 10am at M&K Butcher Brothers, 63 Main Street in Lowood.

Support Kurt online: my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/kurtbrown

Aaron’s afro makes some dough

By Jacob Hayden

Gatton carpenter, Aaron Erbacher, chopped off a year’s worth of hair on Sunday 24 March.

The council worker said he started growing his afro 12 months ago after being egged on by his colleague Grant Pegg.

“I was working with a fella and he said ‘can you grow an afro’ and I said‘yeah I can grow an afro’,” Aaron said.

“He said ‘I bet you, you can’t’ so I said ‘I bet you, I can, I bet you fifty bucks’.”

Twelve months later, Mr Erbacher decided it was time to do something with his new found curls, opting to shave for a cure and raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation.

He had raised $400 before the snip even took place, and held the shave at Bellevue Hotel, Coominya.

“As soon as I put it up the locals there were straight onto it and were the first sponsors, so I thought, you know, I may as well go and cut it off there,” Aaron said.

Fundraising supporter and Ray White Laid-

ley/Gatton agent Stacey Garrett said Aaron raised more than $1,000 on the day of the shave.

“He has become very passionate about any relevant charity groups that support help for children whether it be leukaemia, multiple sclerosis, or a number of other charities, he has always offered to help in any way he could,” Ms Garrett said.

“It’s such a wonderful cause and Aaron thought why not take the opportunity to support and help raise money after he started growing his hair.”

Aaron said you never know what could happen.

“You see a few people go through cancer, and you go ‘I may as well try and give them back something’,” he said.

“A little bit of hair can give a lot.

“One day it could happen to you, so every little bit helps.

To support Aaron, visit my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/aaronerbacher

Fernvale Artists exhibition

fabulous

Artists will be exhibiting from 5 April until 1 May in Glen Rock Gallery.

They are a community of artists who meet weekly to paint together and share the love of art.

Painting with friends is encouraging and broadening and members enjoy each other’s work as much as their own. They meet at the Fernvale Community Hall (32 Banks Creek Road) on Thursday mornings from 9:30am-12:30pm.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For any enquiries, please phone SueWhite 0407 072 926.

Glen Rock Gallery is in Esk Visitor Information Centre, 82 Ipswich Street, Esk. Opening hours are Tuesday- Thursday, 9am-4pm,Weekends, 9am-2pm.

The

Fernvale

The Fernvale Artists will exhibit at Glen Rock Gallery in April.

Aaron Erbacher with his afro, grown over 12 months.

Pictures: STACEY GARRETTAfro no more.

Aaron went under the clippers on Sunday 24 March to support the Leukaemia Foundation.

Lowood butcher Kurt Brown will feel light headed on 6 April after he shaves his dreadlocks for the Leukaemia Foundation.

Picture: KURT BROWN

Drive rallies cancer fight

By Jacob Hayden

The Jackson Hepner Foundation Memorial Drive welcomed local truckies, motorcyclists and all-round rev heads to come together and drive to raise money for cancer patients on Saturday 23 March.

Jackson’s mother Rachael Hepner said the event had a fantastic turnout with old and new faces joining in the drive from Archerfield Falls to Harlin Hotel.

“Each year it’s definitely growing, quite rapidly I would say,” Mrs Hepner said.

“For the first time we had six or eight huge, big trucks like Mack trucks and freight trucks.

“A lot of cars rigged out with flags have gone and got their own flags done.

“It was huge, we even had an aeroplane land at the airfield as well through the course of the morning.”

Now in it’s fourth year, the JHF Memorial Drive raises funds to create hampers for people recently diagnosed with cancer.

“Jackson had his own cancer battle for multiple years with multiple relapses and lots of treatment, surgeries, cancer protocols and chemo radiation,” Mrs Hepner said.

“We had noticed there was a big void in resources for his age group.

“As hard as it’s been as a family, Mitch [Jackson’s father], Rylee [his sister] and I decided we wanted to do something in his honour and started the Jackson Hepner Foundation.”

Mrs Hepner said JHF customised hampers,

personally shopping for items and delivering them to families.

“We raise money for the hampers and we fill them up with visa cards, Uber Eats vouchers, some of the hampers range anywhere from about $500 to $1,500 a hamper,” she said.

Mrs Hepner said Jackson loved his cars, bikes and ‘anything with wheels’.

“Seeing these really big trucks roll in, that was something pretty special and I had a big lump, a few tears as well,” she said.

“With the cost of fuel for everyone these days, and to have hundreds and hundreds of cars to turn up, it was really appreciated.

“He would have been in his absolute element had he been here to witness that.”

Mrs Hepner said she, Mitch and Rylee gave ‘the biggest thanks’ to everyone who supported the cause.

“Big thanks to the Harlin publicans Jacqui and Rhys and their staff, and to our volunteers and sponsors who cam on board for the day,

and to the people who support the cause with the live music and pig races,” she said.

“We had a couple of spots of rain but that didn’t have anyone shy away from dancing, and that was a nice way to unwind and finish the night off.

“Our family truly appreciate, given times are tough for a lot of people, that they do come out and attend our event and not only helping us honour and remember Jackson but also to help people when they’re faced with a cancer diagnosis.”

Harlin Hotel was the place to be on Saturday night 23 March for anyone who loves their bikes, trucks and classic cars. Pictures: SCOOTER DEE Bechly’s Kilcoy decked out this truck with special flags for the JHF Memorial Drive.

Decades in real estate

By Grace Crichton

In recognition of more than three decades in business, Gatton Real Estate’s Rhonda McLucas was admitted as a Fellow Member to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland on 2 February.

The REIQ grants fellow membership to practicing member of at least 15 years.

With 32 years in the industry under her belt, Mrs McLucas was thrilled to receive the acknowledgement from the state’s peak body for the real estate industry.

“It is a lovely thrill to get acknowledgment for the work that you do,” she said.

She started her career with Gatton Real Estate in 1992, joining the business her father cofounded in 1984.

It was never just a job.

“I’ve always loved real estate, it was my calling,” she said.

Helping people find their first home has always been the best part of her work.

“It’s always the first home buyers that I really love dealing with because it’s the start of their financial future,” she said.

“It’s such a big step and they’re nervous, and they want you to hold their hand and that’s fine, I’m happy to be their mum when that’s happening.

“Being the person who helps them get into their first home is lovely.”

She is also passionate about training and developing her staff, some progressing from front desk, to property management, to sales.

“It’s good to see that transformation,” she said.

Her philosophy is to keep service at the heart of the business.

“We’re a service business,” she said.

“And I think a lot of big businesses now,

look at the banks closing, I don’t think they have remembered that their grass roots are the people that they are supposed to service.

“I don’t want to ever lose that sight of being a service business.

“We’re there to help people.

“Don’t worry about yourself, if you’re doing the right thing by your clients, you will do well.”

One of the highlights of Mrs McLucas’ career was welcoming her daughter, AllisonVickier, into the firm in 2005.

Although Mrs Vickier is now the principle, Mrs McLucas is still engaged in the family business.

“Allison has taken over the running of the business, she’s now the principle,” she said.

“I help out where I can with her and do open houses on weekends so she can have time with her kids and [their] dad.”

From the Past exhibition: Artist explores Kilcoy’s history

Thank you to Larry Rollason for being Kilcoy Art Society’s Artist of the Month for March 2024.

Larry’s collection included a diverse range of colourful landscapes and abstract art and received positive feedback from the visiting public.

Award winning local artist Noela Lowien is the AOM for April.

Noela is a descendant of several local fam-

ilies in the picturesque Kilcoy district and has a passionate interest in Kilcoy history.

Noela is also an active member of the Kilcoy Art Society Inc, Kilcoy and Districts Historical Society, and the Kilcoy Show Society (Art Section).

Noela enjoys experimenting with different mediums including oil, pencil, watercolour, pen and wash, pastels, acrylics, calligraphy, and floral art.

Subject matter varies from time to time and includes landscapes, buildings, still Life, portraits, animals, and modern/abstract.

Her work has been displayed in many exhibitions, district shows and can be viewed at several local venues throughout the Somerset region.

The title for her Artist of the Month exhibition is ‘From the Past’, which reflects the past history and country lifestyle of Kilcoy’s local and surrounding districts and is a fitting se-

quel to her previous solo exhibition themes.

Noela has a great admiration for the Australian bush and the beauty of our natural landscapes and has always had a desire to capture the atmosphere of past and present day in paintings of street and landscape scenes which is evident in her‘From the Past’ exhibition.

Please support Noela by visiting the Kilcoy Courthouse Art Gallery during April to view her beautiful artwork.

Kilcoy artist Noela Lowien is Kilcoy Art Society’s Artist of the Month.

Noela’s work is on display at the Kilcoy Courthouse Art Gallery during April.

Rhonda McLucas has awarded REIQ fellowship in February. Pictures: GRACE CRICHTON

Mrs McLucas’ career with Gatton Real Estate spans three decades.

proof their operations.

The workshop, organised by Somerset Regional Council (SRC), will be held at the Somerset Civic Centre in Esk on Tuesday 16 April over four hours starting at 10am and will explore areas that every business needs to thrive.

SRC Mayor Jason Wendt said the program would explore critical areas of business that are often put to the side.

“Financial planning and good business structures are just as important to the viability of your operation as your on-the-ground operations,” Cr Wendt said.

“I run a small beef cattle operation here in Somerset and know that by having this free forum at your fingertips it makes it easier to look at some of the basic questions we need to ask ourselves to be financially prepared.

“A range of experienced advisers in financial planning, counselling and farm business resilience will be at the workshop to address key issues and provide practical examples.”

A QRIDA adviser and a financial counsellor will explain how to access support and information required to apply for a loan or a grant.

CrWendt said succession planning can be a tough challenge because no one wants to think about the inevitable but it’s crucial in business.

“This workshop will help producers understand what is involved and why it’s critical to business operations,” he said.

The workshop is brought to residents by SRC with assistance provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DFRA).

Registration is essential and can be secured by visiting eventbrite.com.au/e/agribusinessforum-tickets-861314393537 or by phoning SRC on 5424 4000.

Somerset producers are invited to attend a free workshop on 16 April. Picture: UNSPLASH

Bringing down methane

New research is investigating the potential of a lick-block formula that could help reduce methane emissions from livestock.

This research is part of a collaboration between Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), the University of Sydney and commercial company, Agcotech. The research will provide valuable information for the potential for delivering methane-reducing feed additives to Australian livestock in a wide range of grazing applications.

Prof Luciano Gonzalez at The University of Sydney is part of the research team and he said lick blocks were one potential delivery solution for feed additives, extending the reach of additives from controlled feeding environments such as feedlots to extensive grazing environments such as pasture.

He said early results from a pen trial with young steers saw an average 12 percent direct abatement of methane, while also allowing bodyweight to increase at 0.78 kg/hd/day on oaten hay.

“We are trying to replicate dry feed conditions with our grazing cattle, as that is where there is significant potential to reduce overall methane emissions for our industry,” Prof Gonzalez said.

“We have started on low dose of active ingredients to ensure best animal welfare, with no set back of cattle at this stage of trials.

“Farmers are unlikely to use technology unless it is production focused as a priority. The research goal is to turn that methane into body weight, rather than allow that energy to go to waste.”

Charles (Chick) Olsson, Chair of Agcotech, said he saw an opportunity for Australian red meat to demonstrate its environmental credentials.

“It is a path our industry has started on, an aspirational goal that has got the whole Australian science community involved with beef and lamb improvements via reductions in methane,” Mr Olsson said.

“We plan to slowly introduce new technology that is safe, cost-effective, and mitigates methane emissions for all ruminants. We are currently developing molasses blocks, feed pellets and liquid feed as carriers for our natural range of plant extracts.”

CN30 Project Manager, Julia Waite, said in the future, graziers looking to include a

supplement with methane reduction benefits should be able to choose from multiple options – both in terms of the active ingredient and the method of delivery.

“Grazing properties vary in their management regimes and risk appetite – which impacts the kinds of technologies that would be suitable,” Ms Waite said.

In addition to productivity and safety tri-

MLA is reducing ways to reduce methane emissions through feed-blocks and other supplementation.

als, MLA is exploring how these additives can reach livestock in extensive systems.

“Across the portfolio we have active trials looking at dosing through the water supply, lick-block through to a more out-there biodegradable bolus,” Ms Waite said.

“The advantage of lick-blocks as a delivery mechanism is that the technology is familiar to producers, so there’s one less unknown when considering adoption and for many, it may fit in with their existing supplementation regime.”

Methane saving feed solutions are the way of the future. Pictures: CONTRIBUTED

The Guide

MURDER IN PROVENCE

ABC TV, Saturday, 7.30pm

Like a mimosa among a shout of whiskeys, this amiable crime comedy is light and airy with a nose for fun. It’s the antithesis to crime shows that concentrate on the dark and disturbing side of murder – if you’re fond of distractions such as FatherBrownand DeathinParadise, this beautifully polished crime caper will tickle your fancy. The sublime French terrain and buildings set the tone, with sun and whimsy the overarching focus as chief magistrate Antoine Verlaque (Endeavour’s Roger Allam, pictured) and his glamorous criminal psychologist lover Marine Bonnet (FatherBrown’s Nancy Carroll) play detective in the small town of Aix-en-Provence.

VERA

ABC TV, Sunday, 8.30pm

The beauty of this long-running detective series –returning for its 13th season tonight – lies not just in the high-end, gorgeous Northumberland scenery cultivated with medieval churches and windswept cliffs overlooking the moody coastline. It’s the titular detective (Brenda Blethyn, pictured), grumbling and bluntly speaking her mind, who is categorically enchanting. These three new episodes feature an admirably unguessable whodunnit involving a hit and run in a serene country lane. The return of Joe Ashworth (David Leon), who worked with Vera over a decade ago, unsettles the power dynamic and irks our otherwise unflappable, lovably unkempt lawwoman.

MARCUS WAREING: TALES FROM A KITCHEN GARDEN

SBS Food, Monday, 8.30pm

Who is Marcus Wareing, you may ask? A Michelin-starred British chef and real-life advocate of the farm-to-plate ethos, you could call him your new, silver-haired version of Matthew Evans, who fronted the hit series GourmetFarmerfrom his Tasmanian horticultural paradise. From his farm in Sussex, Marcus is learning as he goes, even in this new third season. It’s therapeutic as he goes about his jobs and tries new techniques, and it’s all polished off with an agreeable orchestral soundtrack. Tonight Marcus visits a hop farm, whips up some smoked chilli butter and forages for sea vegetables. Laid-back yet educational, it’s nutrition for the soul.

Thursday, April 4

ABC TV (2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30 Compass. (PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Big Deal. (Ml, R) 1.55 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.25 Back Roads. (R) 2.55 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. (R)

3.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

4.40 Grand Designs. (R)

SBS (3)

5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 9.20 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.20 Puppy Secrets:

The First Six Months. (PG, R) 11.20 Mountain Vets. (M) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Alone Australia. (PG, R) 3.00 Mastermind Aust. (R)

3.30 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 3.45 The Cook Up. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral Part 2. Lucy Worsley revisits Notre Dame.

8.30 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy: Calabria. (PGa) Stanley Tucci visits Calabria, the homeland of his family’s ancestors.

9.20 The Vanishing Triangle. (Malv) David and Brennan target Gough.

10.10 SBS World News Late.

10.40 Illegals. (MA15+v)

12.20 Grand Designs. (R) 1.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

4.30

7.30. (R)

11.50 La Jauria. (MA15+dv, R)

3.40 Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am

10.00

SEVEN (7)

PICK OF THE WEEK

EGO: THE MICHAEL GUDINSKI STORY

Seven, Tuesday, 7.30pm

Thank you for the music: Ego tells the story of music icon Michael Gudinski, pictured left with Kylie Minogue and Ed Sheeran.

There’s barely an Australian alive whose life hasn’t been touched by the legacy of music pioneer Michael Gudinski. This feature-length doco follows his career’s wild ride, charting five decades of Mushroom Records, the label that launched Skyhooks, Jimmy Barnes and Kylie Minogue, as well as showcasing Gudinski’s passion for promoting international acts such as Foo Fighters, Ed Sheeran and Bruce Springsteen. Famed for his ambition, bold antics and passionate approach, this testament to the music man’s brilliance delves into his early years as the shy son of Jewish immigrants and his first entrepreneurial efforts. With insights from some of the world’s biggest artists, archival footage and an electrifying soundtrack, it’s a not-to-be-missed glimpse into the life of a genius.

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 1)

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Mali gets in Rose’s way.

7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. (PG) Hosted by Graeme Hall.

8.30 America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League. (PGl) It is the final qualifying round and the last chance for the acts to secure a place in the semi-finals.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 The Amazing Race. (PGl, R)

12.30 Fortitude. (MA15+av, R)

1.30 Medical Emergency. (PG, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News.

7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 5. Melbourne Storm v Brisbane Broncos.

8.55 Thursday Night Knock Off. Post-match NRL news and analysis of the Melbourne Storm versus Brisbane Broncos match.

9.40 9News Late.

10.10 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (MA15+av)

11.00 A+E After Dark. (Mm, R)

12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop:

Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) Hosted by Julia Morris and Robert Irwin.

8.30 Gogglebox Australia. TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows.

9.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav, R) Benson tries to help a pop star. Rollins struggles with taking the stress of work home with her.

10.30 Blue Bloods. (Mav, R)

11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

Friday, April 5

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 QI. (PG, R) 10.30 That Pacific Sports Show. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Silent Witness. (Malv, R) 2.00 House Of Gods. (Final, Ml, R) 2.55 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. (R) 3.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

4.40 Grand Designs. (R)

5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

Presented by Tom Gleeson.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.35 Gardening Australia. Millie Ross propagates new plants.

8.35 Happy Valley. (Malv)

As Tommy’s big day approaches, Catherine becomes suspicious and Ryan finds a new way to defy her.

9.35 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) Presenter Tom Gleeson grills four self-declared experts in a comedic quiz show.

10.05 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) A satirical news program.

10.35 QI. (PGa, R)

11.10 ABC Late News.

11.25 Western Stars. (PG, R)

12.45 Belgravia. (Final, PG, R)

1.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (PGa, R) 9.20 Paul

O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.20

Puppy Secrets: The First Six Months. (R) 11.20

Mountain Vets. (M) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00

Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula.

3.40 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.10 World’s Most

Scenic River Journeys. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Ancient Egypt By Train: Alexandria. (R) Part 1 of 4.

8.30 Michael Palin: Into Iraq. (PG, R) Part 1 of 3. Michael Palin embarks on a 1609km adventure through Iraq.

9.25 Secrets Of The Lost Liners: Normandie. (PGa, R) Charts the design, service and loss of some of the world’s greatest ocean liners, including the Normandie

10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 A French Case. (Malv)

11.45 Max Anger: With One Eye Open. (Malv, R)

3.20 Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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6.00

Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG)

11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery. (2016, PGav, R)

2.00 Beat The Chasers UK.

3.00 The Chase. (R)

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Johanna Griggs and Clarissa Feildel cook a tasty fried rice. Adam Dovile builds a modular lounge that’s made to last.

8.30 MOVIE: The Bone Collector. (1999, Mlv, R) After a murder leaves detectives baffled, they call on the aid of a paralysed forensic expert to help solve the case. He then enlists a quick-thinking policewoman to be his eyes and ears on the ground. Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah.

11.00 To Be Advised.

12.00 The Arrangement. (Mav, R) Megan and Kyle confront a dark truth.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 NBC Today.

7TWO (72) 6am

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG)

11.30 9News Morning.

12.00 MOVIE: Scented With Love. (2022, PGa, R)

2.00

6.00 9News.

7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 5. Newcastle Knights v St George Illawarra Dragons.

8.55 Golden Point. A wrap-up of the Newcastle Knights versus St George Illawarra Dragons match, with news and analysis.

9.45 MOVIE: Out Of Time. (2003, Mlv, R)

A police chief investigates a double murder.

Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes.

11.55 Iconic Australia: The Pub. (Mav, R)

1.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.55 Pointless. (PG, R)

2.55 Garden Gurus Moments. (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Postcards. (PG, R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30

Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGas, R) 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 GCBC. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGas, R) 12.00

10 News First: Midday.

1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 2.00

Ready Steady Cook. (PGa, R) 3.00 GCBC. 3.30

10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PGas) 5.00 News.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Ready Steady Cook. Everyday Aussie home cooks team up with some of the country’s finest chefs and go head to head in the kitchen.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (PGa, R) Graham Norton is joined on the red couch by actors Daniel Craig and Sir Ian McKellen, presenter Clive Myrie and comedian John Bishop. Singer-songwriter Charlie Puth performs his song Loser

10.30 Fire Country. (PGa, R) The crew works to contain a forest fire.

11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

6am The Late Show

With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 NBL Slam. 8.30 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00

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7MATE (74) 6am

Saturday, April 6

6am

Looking Up. (2019, PG, Mandarin) 8.45 After Yang. (2021, PG) 10.30 Dark City. (1998, M) 12.25pm I

Can Quit Whenever I Want 3. (2018, M, Italian) 2.20 CJ7. (2008, PG, Cantonese) 4.00 Binti. (2019, PG, Dutch) 5.40 An Ideal Husband. (1999, PG) 7.30

Mars Attacks! (1996, M) 9.30 Gone Girl. (2014, MA15+) 12.15am The One I Love. (2014, M) 1.55 Late Programs.

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 News. 12.25 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) 1.25 Miniseries: Life After Life. (Final, Mal, R) 2.20 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 2.50 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG, R) 3.40 Brian Cox’s Adventures In Space And Time. (R) 4.30 Better Date Than Never. (PG, R) 5.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 5.30 Landline. (R)

6.00 Australian Story: Patient Zero – Richard Scolyer. (R) Presented by Leigh Sales.

6.30 Back Roads: Braidwood, NSW. (PG, R) Presented by Heather Ewart.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Murder In Provence. (Mav) Part 1 of 3.

9.00 Miniseries: The Suspect. (Mal) Part 1 of 5. A clinical psychologist is asked to assist in the investigation of the murder of a young woman.

9.50 House Of Gods. (Ma, R) Sheikh Mohammad departs for Mecca.

10.50 Happy Valley. (Malv, R) Tommy’s big day approaches.

11.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Blokesworld. 10.30 American Restoration. 11.00 American Pickers. Noon Pawn Stars. 1.00 Counting Cars. 2.00 Storage Wars: Barry’s Best Buys. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 American Restoration. 4.00 Football. AFL. Round 4. Brisbane

Lions v North Melbourne. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 4. Port Adelaide v Essendon. 10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. 10.45 Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance C’ship. H’lights. 1.00 Rich House, Poor House. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 Raymond. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 MOVIE: Oddball. (2015) 7.30

MOVIE: Doctor Dolittle. (1998, PG) 9.15 MOVIE: Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (2008, MA15+) 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 Love Your Home And Garden With Alan Titchmarsh. (PGa, R) 10.00 Vintage Voltage. 10.50 My Unique B&B. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 FIM Superbike World C’ship. Round 2. Highlights. 3.00 UCI World Tour. Tour Of Flanders. Men’s race. Highlights. 4.00 UCI World Tour. Tour Of Flanders. Women’s race. Highlights. 5.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (PG, R) 5.35 A Cold War Of Spies.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Ireland’s Wild Islands: Sea Of Serpents. (PGa)

8.30 New Zealand From A Train: The Northern Explorer. (R) Part 1 of 2.

9.25 From Paris To Rome With Bettany Hughes: Florence, Lake Como, Milan. (PGaln, R) Part 3 of 4.

10.20 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PGa, R)

11.10 Between Two Worlds. (MA15+asv)

12.05 Miniseries: True Colours. (Malv, R) 2.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 3.00 Looking For Life On Mars. (R) 4.00 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) Highlights from the past week. 11.30 Horse Racing. The Star Championships Day 1 and Caulfield Race Day.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Creek To Coast. A look at the latest in outdoor activities.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) Biosecurity stop a woman entering the country.

7.30 MOVIE: Raising Helen. (2004, PGal, R) A young woman’s carefree lifestyle comes to a screeching halt after she becomes responsible for three children. Kate Hudson, Abigail Breslin.

10.00 MOVIE: Anna. (2019, MA15+av, R) A woman becomes a feared government assassin. Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren.

12.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R)

1.15 Harry’s Practice. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Mystic. (R)

5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R)

And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra:

Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Great Australian Detour. (R) 12.35 Destination WA. (PG) 1.10 Ageless. (PGa) 1.40 Living On The Coast. 2.15 David Attenborough’s Dynasties II. (PGa, R) 3.25

Renovate Or Rebuild. 4.30 The Garden Gurus.

5.00 9News First At Five.

5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6.00 9News Saturday.

7.00 The Nine Telethon. (PG) From Fortitude Music Hall.

8.30 Space Invaders. (Final) Clutter has taken over after a couple’s dream to knock down and rebuild their home collapsed.

9.30 MOVIE: Godzilla Vs. Kong. (2021, Mav, R) Fearsome monsters Godzilla and King Kong square-off in an epic battle for the ages. Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown.

11.40 MOVIE: Hulk. (2003, Mav, R) Eric Bana.

2.15 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa)

2.45 Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6am Morning Programs. 9.30 Food Trail: South Africa. (R) 10.00 Ready Steady Cook. (R) 11.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals, R) 12.30 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass. 1.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGal, R) 2.00 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. (R) 3.30 GCBC.

6.00 To Be Advised.

7.00 The Dog House. (PGa)

Two brothers are wowed by a pure husky. The search is on for a spaniel that needs a playmate that can keep up.

8.00 Ambulance UK. (Return, Ma)

In the first of two strike days, North West Ambulance Service loses over a third of its workforce as staff joins the picket lines to strike over pay, working conditions and concerns for patient safety.

10.30 So Help Me Todd. (PGv, R) Todd stumbles into a case Margaret agreed to co-counsel with Gus.

11.30 FBI: International. (Mv, R)

A lawyer is killed in a car bombing.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

5.00 Hour Of Power.

Sunday, April 7

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World

This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Dream Gardens. (R)

3.00 Nigella Bites. (R) 3.30 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.55 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 4.40 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.30 Compass: Goodbye My Dog. (PG) Follows families’ final days with their dogs.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (Final, PG) A calypso singer’s husband is murdered.

8.30 Vera. (Ma) Part 1 of 3. DCI Vera Stanhope investigates after a young man is found dead following a collision with a car. On closer inspection, it becomes clear that this is not an accident and is way more than a hit and run.

10.05 Happy Valley. (Malv, R) Tommy’s big day approaches.

11.05 Miniseries: The Suspect. (Mal, R) Part 1 of 5.

3.10 Rage Vault. (MA15+adhlnsv)

4.00 Doctor At The Door. (R)

5.00 Insiders. (R)

(22)

6am

6am Morning Programs. 2.00pm

NRL WA Harmony Cup 2022. Women’s semi-final 1. Te Purr v Western Fijian Civa. Replay. 2.30 Boxing

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Love Your Home And Garden With

Alan Titchmarsh. (PGa, R) 10.00 Vintage Voltage. (PG) 10.50 My Unique B&B. 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 12.55 Trampolining. (R)

1.00 ProMX Australian C’ship. Round 2. 4.00

Gymnastics. FIG Artistic World Challenge Cup. Highlights. 5.35 A Cold War Of Spies. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Hunt For Cleopatra’s Missing Tomb. (PGa) A look at the hunt for Cleopatra’s tomb.

8.20 Treasures Of The Mediterranean Islands. (PGs, R) Bettany Hughes explores some of the treasures of the Mediterranean, beginning with the mask of Medusa.

9.15 Incas: The New Story. (Mad, R) Takes a look at the Inca people, how they were organised and why they disappeared so suddenly.

10.55 Underwater Stonehenge. (PG, R)

11.50 Ancient Metropolis: Chichén Itzá. (Mav, R)

2.45 Vaccine: The Inside Story. (Ma, R)

4.25 Bamay. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 Al Jazeera News.

SEVEN (7)

6.00

NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00

The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG)

12.00 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 12.30 Football. AFL. Round 4. Gold Coast Suns v GWS Giants. From Summit Sports Park, South Australia. 3.30 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 4.30 Border Security: Australia’s

Front Line. (PG, R) 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 The 1% Club. (PGl) Hosted by Jim Jefferies.

8.05 Carl Barron: Skating Rink For Flies. (Ml) Comedy performance by Carl Barron from Melbourne’s Palais Theatre.

10.05 Code 1: The Bourke Street Mall Tragedy. (Mav, R) A look at the Bourke Street Mall tragedy.

11.05 Quantum Leap. (Ma) Ben takes on the role of a Hollywood assistant.

12.05 MOVIE: Jesse Stone: No Remorse. (2010, Mav, R) A detective investigates a string of murders. Tom Selleck.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

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6am The

World’s Fastest Indian. Continued. (2005, PG) 7.50

The Kid From The Big Apple. (2016, PG, Mandarin)

10.05 An Ideal Husband. (1999, PG) 11.55 The One

I Love. (2014, M) 1.35pm A Month Of Sundays. (2015, PG) 3.40 A Hero. (2021, PG, Farsi) 6.00 The Natural. (1984, PG) 8.30 Raging Bull. (1980, MA15+)

10.55 Coalesce. (2020, M) 12.30am A Beautiful Mind. (2001, M) 3.00 Late Programs.

7MATE (74)

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Pawn Stars. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 Dipper’s Destinations. Noon The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 2.30 Step Outside. 3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Disasters At Sea.

5.00 Storage Wars: New York. 6.00 Border Security USA. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Uncharted. (2022, M) 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Fishing Australia. (R) 6.30 A Current

Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Wide

World Of Sports. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday

Footy Show. (PG)

1.00 Fish Forever.

1.30 Drive TV.

2.00 Space Invaders. (R)

3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 5. North Queensland Cowboys v Gold Coast Titans.

6.00 9News Sunday.

7.00 Married At First Sight. (PGal) The participants reunite for the final dinner party.

8.45 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.45 9News Late.

10.15 The First 48: Spree Killer. (MA15+v) Detectives hunt a potential spree killer.

11.15 Transplant. (MA15+m, R)

12.05 Bondi Vet. (PGm, R)

1.00 World’s Greatest Engineering Icons. (R)

2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (Ms, R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Fishing Australia. (R) 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

9GEM (81,

9GO! (82, 93)

6am Children’s Programs.

2pm MOVIE: Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back. (1998) 3.30 MOVIE: Are We Done Yet? (2007, PG) 5.25 MOVIE: Stick It. (2006, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Ocean’s 8. (2018, M) 9.40 Aussie Lobster Men. 10.40 MOVIE: American Ultra. (2015, MA15+) 12.40am Life After Lockup. 3.30 Beyblade

Burst: Quad Drive. 4.00 Power Players. 4.30 Transformers: Cyberverse. 4.50 Late Programs.

TEN (5,

6am Morning Programs. 9.30 My Market

Kitchen. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30

10 Minute Kitchen. (R) 11.00 Buy To Build. (R)

11.30 Healthy Homes. (R) 12.00 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 12.30 To Be Advised. 1.30 Cook With Luke. (R) 2.00 4x4 Adventures. (Final)

3.00 Taste Of Aust. (R) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 4.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.30 GCBC. (R) 5.00

6.30 The Sunday Project. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) The scariest trial, The Viper Room, returns and the celebrities share the personal stories that connect them to the charities they are playing for. Hosted by Julia Morris and Robert Irwin.

9.00 FBI. (Return, Mv) When a bus explosion kills several innocent people, the FBI team jumps into action to take down the terrorist organisation responsible. Scola tries to balance fatherhood with the job.

12.00 The Sunday Project. (R) Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings. Morning news and talk show.

10

(52, 11)

6am The Middle.

8.30 To Be Advised. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. 12.30pm Ready Steady Cook. 1.30 The Middle. 2.30 So Help Me Todd. 4.30 Deal Or No Deal. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 South Park. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Two And A Half Men. 2.30 Charmed. 3.30 Just For Laughs Montreal. 4.30 Home Shopping.

10

(53, 12)

Los Angeles. 12.15am Blue Bloods. 1.10 FBI: International. 2.05 Evil. 3.00 JAG.

12.55

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story.

8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry.

9.35 The Rise And Fall Of Boris Johnson. (PG)

10.25 ABC Late News. 10.40 The Business. (R) 10.55 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) 11.30 You Can’t Ask That. (Madl, R) 12.00 Miniseries: The Suspect. (Mal, R) 12.50 Grand Designs. (R) 1.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

2.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Magic And The Brain – The Science Of Illusion: A Catalyst Special. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Finding Your Roots: And Still I Rise. (PG)

8.30 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. (Return, PG) A look at the iconic Tower of London.

9.25 24 Hours In Emergency: You Are Not Alone. (M)

A 52-year-old is rushed to George’s.

10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 Christian. (Malv)

11.50 My Brilliant Friend. (Mlv, R) 2.50

Mastermind Australia. (R) 3.50 Going Places

With Ernie Dingo. (R) 4.50 Destination

Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)

7.30

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7.30

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(Mv, R) The team searches for a murderer who is recreating the killings of a notorious ’80s mobster.

11.00 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.30 The Pacific. (R)

11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (PGa, R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.25 Back Roads. (PGa, R) 2.55 Old People’s Home For Teenagers. (R) 3.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 4.40 Grand Designs. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian. (Mls) Part 1 of 3.

9.00 Creative Types With Virginia Trioli: Trent Dalton. (Premiere) An exploration of the essence of creativity.

9.35 Shakespeare: Rise Of A Genius. (MA15+av) Part 1 of 3.

10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business. (R)

11.05 Four Corners. (R)

11.50 The Rise And Fall Of Boris Johnson. (PG, R) 12.40 Miniseries: The Suspect. (Mal, R) 1.30 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.45 Grand Designs. (R) 2.35 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 3.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.35 Solar Storms: A Warning From Space. (R) 5.30

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.15 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.15 Earth’s Sacred Wonders. (PG, R) 11.25 Mountain Vets. (PG) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Ancient Egypt’s Darkest Hour. (PGa, R) 3.00 Mastermind Aust. (PG, R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 World’s Most Scenic River Journeys. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Great British Railway Journeys: Rye To Dungeness. (PG, R) Presented by Michael Portillo.

8.30 Insight. With advances in technology, Kumi Taguchi explores when is it okay to be watched and when is it wrong.

9.30 Dateline: The Kid’s Gambit. Follows a child chess prodigy.

10.00 SBS World News Late.

10.30 The Murdochs: Empire Of Influence: Ruthless Expansion. (PG, R)

11.20 Faking Hitler. (Mlns)

12.15 Good People. (MA15+v, R)

3.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30

ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00

Sunrise.

9.00

The Morning Show. (PG)

11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Cup Of Love. (2016, PGa, R)

2.00 Beat The Chasers UK.

3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. (R) Hosted by Larry Emdur.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGad)

7.30 Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story. (Madl) The story of entrepreneur Michael Gudinski who revolutionised the Australian music industry.

9.55 First Dates UK. (Ma) Singles, including dog groomer Brenna meets electrician Ross, as they embark on first dates.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 Born To Kill? Cleophus Prince Jr. (MA15+av, R) Takes a look at Cleophus Prince Jr.

12.30 Emerald City. (PGhv)

1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG)

11.30 9News Morning.

12.00 MOVIE: The Nature Of Romance. (2021, G, R)

2.00 Pointless. (PG)

3.00 Tipping Point. (PG)

4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)

5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars. (Ml) The teams are challenged to create and execute an interactive publicity stunt for Cadbury’s new chocolate range.

9.40 To Be Advised.

10.40 9News Late.

11.10 La Brea. (Return, Mv) Josh and Riley wake up in an unfamiliar time.

12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) Hosted by Ben Shephard.

1.00 Pointless. (PG, R)

2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (Mads, R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa)

4.30 A Current Affair. (R)

5.00 9News Early.

5.30 Today.

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGav, R) 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 GCBC. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGadl, R) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 To Be Advised. 3.00 GCBC. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGas) 5.00 News.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) As the competition for charity continues, the celebrities face a secret mission and if they succeed, they will feast.

9.00 NCIS. (Mad) As NCIS mourns the loss of Ducky, the agents find comfort in working on one of his unfinished cases involving a woman whose father was dishonourably discharged from the US Marines.

11.00 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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ABC TV (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Gardening Australia: My Garden Path. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00

News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.25 Back Roads. (R) 2.55 Old People’s Home For Teenagers. (PG, R) 3.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 4.40 Grand Designs. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) Presented by Tom Gleeson.

8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. A satirical news program.

9.05 White Fever. (Premiere, Mls)

A woman sets out to diversify her dating life.

9.30 QI. (PG) Hosted by Sandi Toksvig.

10.00 Planet America. (Return)

10.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (Final, R)

11.15 ABC Late News. 11.30 The Business. (R)

11.50 Miniseries: The Suspect. (Mal, R) 12.40 Grand Designs. (R) 1.25 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 2.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour Bitesize. (R) 9.10 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.15 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.15 Earth’s Sacred Wonders. (PGa, R) 11.25

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Alone Australia. (Ml)

The participants’ focus turns to food.

8.30 Jimmy Carr’s I Literally Just Told

You. (Mad) Jimmy Carr hosts a comedic game show where paying attention pays off.

9.25 Miniseries: Litvinenko. (Mal)

Part 3 of 4. A team of detectives, led by Brian Tarpey, arrives in Moscow to interview Lugovoy and Kovtun.

10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 Blinded. (MA15+d)

11.40 COBRA. (Madl, R)

3.10 Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.10 Going

Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 4.40 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGad)

7.30 The 1% Club UK. (PG) Hosted by Lee Mack.

Order now on aussietoysonline.com.au

4.30 Bold. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) As the competition for charity continues, the celebrities face their first elimination – a double.

9.00 FBI: International. (Mv) The FBI fly team heads to Morocco when an American citizen goes missing from a commercial

11.00 The Project. (R) A look at the

12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

1.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am

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Time to rock and rodeo

By Jesse Hamilton

Toogoolawah Rodeo Association president Vern Doyle said the day would be split into two event sections, with pre-performances get-

underway at 11am and main events commencing at 3pm with show rides also available to the kids.

“The rodeo is broken into two parts, at 11am there’s team roping, junior barrel racing, steer wrestling and breakaway roping,” he said.

“At 3pm, the main event first rounds start, which will include the bull ride, the bareback, and all the category finals.”

Mr Doyle said the idea of the charity rodeo is to raise funds for a local community group in need and ensure the annual event can improve each year through the purchase of ticket sales.

“The event is a charity rodeo, so the idea of the charity rodeo is to give community groups

in town some money to help them out,” he said.

“We also try to save money for the following year’s rodeo to make the event bigger and better each year by improving the facilities to make it a comfortable environment.”

Mr Doyle, who is also president of the Toogoolawah Show Society, said the rodeo association raised money for the Toogoolawah Police Station in 2023 and encouraged people to come out for an entertaining day.

“For regulars and anyone who hasn’t been along come out for a great day of entertain-

ment,” he said.

“Having free rides for the kids you get more families, making it more family orientated, we get a fair few people out of the city, from Ipswich, Toowoomba, and over towards Kilcoy.

“There are plenty of parking spaces for people, and we also have camping, so if there are people who want to stay, they can come in from gate two to the designated camping areas.

“Tickets for kids under 12 are free.”

Robbert Van Peperzeel (header) and Chris Mackenzie (heeler) competing in the team roping event at the 2023 Toogoolawah Charity Rodeo, scoring 7.739 + 15 seconds.

Pictures: JACOB HAYDEN

Former rookie champion 2019, Warwick’s Blake Weier competing in calf roping at the 2023 Toogoolawah Rodeo.

RURAL

Produce prices at market

FRUIT:

· LEMONS: Eureka $20-$25[$22.50] 1/2CP, Eureka No1 $15-$30[$22.50] 13KgCtn, Eureka No1 $15-$30[$22.50] Best $35 BulkCP, Eureka No1 $45-$60[$52.50] CP, Eureka No2 $5-$20[$12.50]BulkCP.

· MANDARINS: Afourer No1 $25-$40[$32.50] 13KgCtn, Imperial No1 $25-$50[$39.17] TLTray.

· ORANGES:NavelNaveleana$30-$35[$32.50] BulkCP.

VEGETABLES:

· BEANS:Borlotti$6-$10[$7.50]Kg,FlatContinentalNo1$7-$10[$8.80]Best$12Kg,Round S’less No1 Hand Picked $5-$14[$9.40] Kg, RoundS’lessNo1MachineP’kd$2-$8[$5.50] Kg,SnakeLoose$6-$9[$7.50]Best$10Kg.

· BEETROOT: $1.40-$2.60[$2.04] Bunch, Large $8-$14[$11.40] 10KgBag, Medium $12-$16[$15] Best $20 10KgBag, Small $8$14[$11] 10KgBag, Baby $2-$3[$2.70] Bunch, Golden $20-$30[$25] Best $36 10KgBag, Golden $3-$4[$3.75] Bunch, Target $3$4[$3.75]Bunch.

· BROCCOLI: No1 $20-$32[$27.60] Best $36 8KgIPk, No2 $12-$24[$17.20] 8KgIPk, Baby Bunched$16-$30[$21.40]2.4Kg.

· BROCCOLINI:$24-$26[$25]2.4Kg.

· CABBAGES:BallheadExLarge$8-$18[$11.40] Each, Ballhead Large $6-$14[$9.20] Each, Ballhead Medium $6-$12[$8.40] Each, Ballhead Small $5-$10[$6.80] Each, Red $8$12[$9.40] Each, Red No1 $50-$120[$78] Carton, Red No2 $20-$50[$37.50] Carton, Savoy $1-$5[$2.80] Each, Sugarloaf No1 $50$60[$57]Best$72Carton.

· CARROTS: $20-$26[$23.50] Best $30 15KgCtn, $20-$26[$24.80] Best $30 Bag, $20-$30[$24.60] Best $40 Carton, Pre-pack $20-$24[$22.20] Best $30 Bag, Pre-pack $20-$26[$23] Best $30 Carton, Dutch $1.20$2.20[$1.60] Best $2.40 Bunch, Purple $25$35[$30]10KgCtn.

· CAULIFLOWERS: No1 $20-$60[$36.50] Carton, No2 $10-$30[$20.80] Carton, Caulini $20-$24[$22]Best$262KgCtn.

· CHINESE CABBAGES: Wombok No1 $36$60[$49.90] 16KgCtn, Wombok No2 $20$30[$25]16KgCtn.

· CHINESE VEG.: Bukchoy $1.20-$2.20[$2]

Best $2.40 Bunch, Choisum $1.40-$2[$1.80]

Best $2.50 Bunch, Kailan $1.60-$2.50[$2.20] Best $3 Bunch, Pakchoy $1.20-$2[$1.75] Best $2.20Bunch.

· EGG PLANT: Thai Apple $16-$26[$22] 6KgCtn, Thai Apple $25-$35[$30] Best $40 7KgTray, Continental $20-$30[$27] 6KgCtn, Continental $14-$20[$17] 7KgCtn,

Purple $30-$32[$31] 10KgCtn, Purple $12$20[$15] 7KgTray, Purple $12-$18[$17] Best $20 8KgCtn, Purple Extra Glasshouse $20$30[$27] 7KgTray, Purple No1 Glasshouse $16-$26[$22.20]7KgTray.

· KALE: Green $18-$26[$22] Best $30 Carton, GreenSleeves$2-$3[$2.50]250g,RedSleeves $2-$3[$2.50]Best$3.50250g.

· LETTUCE: Baby Cos Hydroponic $10$20[$15] Carton, Baby Cos Sweet Gems Pre-pack $16-$26[$20.20] Carton, Cos No1 $24-$30[$25] Best $36 Carton, Cos No2 $8-$16[$12] Carton, Headed No1 $12$24[$17.40]Best$26Carton,HeadedNo2$6$12[$9] Carton, Open Varieties $12-$18[$16] Best $20 Carton, Open Varieties Butter $12$18[$17] Carton, OpenVarieties Green Coral $12-$18[$17] Carton, Open Varieties Green Oak$12-$18[$17]Carton,OpenVarietiesRed Oak$12-$18[$16.20]Carton.

· MUSHROOMS: Buttons $7-$9[$8.50] Best $10 Kg, Cups $6-$8[$7.25] Kg, Flats $7$9[$8.50]Best$10Kg.

· PARSLEY: Continental $1.60-$2.50[$2.25] Bunch, English ExLarge Bunch $2$2.80[$2.50] Best $3 Bunch, English Large Bunch $1.80-$2.60[$2.30] Best $3 Bunch, English Medium Bunch $1.20-$2[$1.80] Best $2.20Bunch.

· PARSNIPS: $35-$50[$42.50] Best $55 10KgCtn,$20-$30[$27.50]Best$355KgCtn.

· SHALLOTS: Eschallots $1.60-$2.40[$2.16] Best$2.60Bunch.

· SILVERBEET: Sleeves $3-$5[$3.70] Bunch, No1Full-cut$2-$4[$2.80]Bunch.

· SPRING ONIONS: White $2.80-$2.80[$2.80] Bunch.

· SQUASH: Gem $25-$30[$27.50] 9LCtn, Gold $20-$45[$34.50] Best $50 18LCtn, Gold No1 Large $20-$35[$26.30] Best $40 9LCtn, Gold No1 Medium $24-$40[$32.80] Best $45 9LCtn, Gold No1 Medium Large $24$40[$31.20] Best $45 9LCtn, Gold No1 Small $30-$45[$36]Best$509LCtn,GoldNo1Small Medium $24-$40[$34] Best $45 9LCtn, Gold No2$14-$26[$20]9LCtn.

· SWEET CORN: No1 $18-$40[$36] 18LCtn, No2 $8-$30[$20.20] 18LCtn, Baby $3.60$3.75[$3.68] 125g, Pre-pack $24-$50[$42.40] 18LCtn.

· TOMATOES: Cherry Red $1.60-$2.80[$2.40] Best $3 250gLP, Egg Extra $40-$50[$47] 10KgCtn,EggNo1ExLarge$30-$45[$42]Best $50 10KgCtn, Egg No1 Large $30-$45[$40] Best $50 10KgCtn, Egg No1 Medium $28$36[$32.80] Best $40 10KgCtn, Egg No1

Medium Large $30-$40[$37.40] Best $45 10KgCtn, Egg No1 Small $24-$30[$26.20]

Best $36 10KgCtn, Egg No1 Small Medium $22-$36[$29.20] Best $40 10KgCtn, Egg No2 $12-$24[$18] 10KgCtn, Field Gourmet Extra $45-$50[$47.50] 10KgCtn, Field Gourmet No1Cocktail$16-$24[$21]Best$3010KgCtn, Field Gourmet No1 Large $28-$40[$33]

Best $45 10KgCtn, Field Gourmet No1 Medium $24-$36[$30.80] Best $40 10KgCtn, Field Gourmet No1 Medium Large $30$45[$37.70] Best $50 10KgCtn, Field Gourmet No1 Small $16-$30[$23.40] Best $36 10KgCtn, Field Gourmet No1 Small Medium $20-$32[$26.60] Best $36 10KgCtn, Field GourmetNo2$16-$30[$24.20]10KgCtn.

· TURNIPS: Baby Purple Top $2.80-$3[$3] Bunch, Purple Top $20-$30[$25] 10KgBag, White$20-$26[$23]Best$3010KgBag.

· ZUCCHINIS: Green Extra $30-$36[$33] 10KgCtn, Green No1 ExLarge >250mm $8$18[$12.20] 10KgCtn, Green No1 Large 201-250 $12-$20[$16] 10KgCtn, Green No1 Medium 140-200 $16-$28[$22.20] Best $30 10KgCtn, Green No1 Medium Large $14$26[$19.40] Best $28 10KgCtn, Green No1 Small <140mm $16-$28[$24.60] Best $30 10KgCtn, Green No1 Small Medium $16$28[$24] Best $30 10KgCtn, Green No2 $8-$16[$12] 10KgCtn, Lebanese No1 $36$40[$38]10KgCtn.

HEAVY VEGETABLES:

· ONIONS: Salad Red $2-$3[$2.40] 1KgBag, Salad Red Large 76-90mm $8-$14[$11] 10KgBag, Salad Red Medium 61-75mm $8$14[$11] 10KgBag, Salad Red Medium 6175mm $20-$26[$25] 10KgCtn, Salad Red Small 45-60mm Jarer $10-$16[$11] 10KgBag, White$32-$40[$35]10KgCtn.

· POTATOES: Brushed White $22-$34[$29] 20KgBag, Brushed White $3.40-$5[$4.20] 5KgBag, Gourmet Dutch Cream Brushed $30-$40[$37] 10KgCtn, Gourmet Dutch Cream Brushed $30-$45[$38] 15KgCtn, Gourmet Dutch Cream Washed $32$45[$42.50] 10KgCtn, Gourmet King Edward $30-$40[$38] 10KgCtn, Gourmet Nicola Washed$30-$40[$37.50]10KgCtn.

· PUMPKINS: Blue Qld. Blue $1-$1.20[$1.10] Kg, Butternut $22-$28[$25] Best $30 18KgCtn, Butternut No1 60c-90c[75c] Best $1 Kg, Butternut No2 50c-60c[55c] Kg, Grey Jarrahdale No2 50c-70c[60c] Kg, Grey Sampson 70c-90c[80c] Best $1 Kg, Jap $14$20[$17] Bag, Jap Small 40c-60c[50c] Kg, Jap No1 40c-80c[68c] Best 90c Kg, Jap No2 30c50c[40c]Kg,

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Queensland Produce in the Brisbane Market. Information supplied by Market InformationServices

Values ease to suit trends

BEAUDESERT SALEYARDS

Saturday 23 March

Charbray heifers hit $1,520 at Beaudesert Agents Bartholomew and Co reported a fully firm market for most descriptions at their Beaudesert Store Sale on Saturday. An outstanding line of Droughtmaster and Charbray heifers sold to an enthusiastic panel of buyers as did quality lines of restocker steers.

The O’Neill Family, Charters Towers sold Droughtmastersteers18-20monthsfor$1,450. James Tully, Beaudesert sold Santa steers 18 months for $1,380. Droughtmaster x steers 18 months account Matthew Ludwig, Allenview sold for $1,360. Darren and Ingrid Morgan, Darlington sold Droughtmaster x steers for $1,290. Stanmore Livestock, Beaudesert sold Droughtmaster x steers 15 months for $1,160. Dennis and Pam Lobwein, Purga sold Brangus steers 12 months for $1,140. Charbray steers 12-14 months account Hugh and Melissa Williams, Beaudesert sold for $1,110. Droughtmaster weaner steers account Brian and Craig Bambling, Laidley South sold for $1,040. Droughtmaster steers 12 months account Kerry Klan, Washpool sold for $1,000. Speckle Park x steers 12 months account Ken and Tanya Falkenhagen, Boonah sold for $970. Corinne Marsh, England Creek sold Droughtmaster weaner steers for $890. ScottWillmann, Cooyar sold Santa weaner steers for $850. Dennis Mills, Beechmont sold Limousin x weaner steers for $760. Charbray weaners steers account Ian Sirett,Veresdale sold for $720.

The O’Neill Family sold Charbray heifers 2 years for $1,520. Armac Properties P/L, Coulson sold Charbray heifers 14 months for $745. Phil and Michelle Day, Ferny Glen sold Droughtmaster heifers 12 months for $710. Droughtmaster weaner heifers account Brian and Craig Bambling sold for $650. Dennis and Pam Lobwein sold Speckle Park x weaner heifers for $595. ScottWillmann sold Santa weaner heifers for $590. Ian Sirett sold Charolais x weaner heifers for $510.

The next Beaudesert Store Sale will be held on Saturday 6th April, commencing at 9:30am.

MORETON SALEYARDS

Tuesday 26 March

Agents Boyd O’Brien Bartholomew yarded 160 head of cattle. Numbers were reduced due to rain, also vendors hesitant to sell due to the short weeks, and the price reduction over the last fortnight. All export cattle today regained last fortnight’s losses.

Description, Vendor, Breed, c/kg, $/head

· Vealer Steers, G and V Brewster, Limousin x, 299.2c/kg, $710/head.

· Weaner Steers, RAAU P/L, Santa Gertrudis, 301.2c/kg, $843/head.

· Backgrounder Steers, A Taylor, Santa Gertru-

dis, 315.2c/kg, $1221/head.

· Feeder Steers, T Strong, Droughtmaster, 307.2c/kg, $1413/head.

· 8Tooth Ox, A and P Elsley, Brangus x, 271.2c/ kg, $2386/head.

· Medium Cow, J Spann, Droughtmaster, 236.2c/kg, $1251/head.

· Pen of Medium Cows, B and A McLoughlin, Droughtmaster x, 236.2c/kg, $1342/head.

· Heavy Cows,T Dunning, Charolais x, 240.2c/ kg, $1357/head.

· Heavy Cows, A and D Cutler, Angus x, 230c/ kg, $1472/head.

· Bulls, D and B Delaforce, Santa Gertrudis, 255.2c/kg, $2118/head.

TOOGOOLAWAH SALEYARDS

Friday 22 March

Values Ease at Toogoolawah inline with Market Trends

Shepherdson and Boyd reported a yarding of 897 head of cattle for their fortnightlyToogoolawah Store Sale. Quality lines of Euro X and British X weaner and backgrounder steers sold to a slightly cheaper market whilst steers with

tropical content showed significant price deductions. Feeder steers were slightly cheaper than the previous sale, in line with the current market trends. Feeder heifers, weaner and backgrounder heifers all saw a price reductions this week, in particular the second grade cattle. Cows and Calves remained firm on the previous sales results.

A and D Brennan of Beaudesert sold Droughtmaster X feeder steers, 20mths old for $1470/head. Arabanoo of Cooeeimbardi sold Droughtmaster X feeder steers 20mths old for $1440/head. B and Z Holdings of Kohlo sold Charolais X steers 18mths old for $1400/ head. Stanley River Grazing of Commissioners Flat sold Charolais X steers 14-16mths old for $1320/head. B and L Dunn of Beaudesert sold Simmental X steers 16-18mths old for $1300/ head. Neil Hobart of Toogoolawah sold Charolais X steers 14mths old for $1110/head.

G andT Reiser of Gregors Creek sold Charolais X steers 14mths old for $1100/head. Graham Scholl of Gatton sold Charolais X weaner steers 10mths old for $1020/head. Sarger P/L of Linville sold Charolais X weaner steers 6-8mths old for $1000/head. G andL Bischoff

of Coominya sold Droughtmaster steers 12mths old for $930. Glenvale Pastoral sold Angus X weaner steers 6-8mths old for $860/ head.

A and A Cousins of Harlin sold Charolais X heifers 16mths old for $960/head. Toberpatrick of Gatton sold Charolais X heifers 16mths old for $920/head. M and C Bridges sold Angus X heifers 16mths old for $850/head. R W Wainwright of Mt Byron sold Charolais X heifers 16mths old for $830/head. M and S Symes of Eidsvold sold Santa heifers 14mths old for $830/head and Charolais X heifers 14mths old for $750/head. M Burrows Family Trust of Cooeeimbardi sold Droughtmaster X feeder heifers 18mths old for $810. Graham Scholl of Gatton sold Charolais X weaner heifers 6mths old for $600/head. R W Wainwright sold Charolais X heifers 10mths old for $590/head.

Aged Droughtmaster Cows with Angus Calves at foot sold for $1600/unit and $1380/ unit. Eden Park of Kurwongbah sold young Droughtmaster cows with calves at foot for $1520/unit. R and K Johannesen sold young Brangus Cows and Calves for $1200/unit.

Charbray Steers 16mths old account of Stanley River Grazing sold for $1320/head at Shepherdson and Boyd’s fortnightly Toogoolawah Store Sale. Picture: SHEPHERDSON AND BOYD

Week Ending Friday 29th March

Information courtesy of SILO (Scientific Information for Land Owners), with some data sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology. Some totals awaiting confirmation E&OE.

Dam levels

As of 29 March 2024 - DAM, percentage capacity Atkinsons Dam 74.3pc, Bill Gunn Dam [Lake Dyer] 100.5pc, Lake Clarendon 61.9pc, Lake Manchester 101pc, Maroon Dam 100pc, Moogerah Dam 99.3pc, Somerset Dam 79.2pc, Wivenhoe Dam 76.9pc

Gatton

Investors Beware –

Gatton Dream AUCTION is here !!

Get in quick - this is the opportunity you have been waiting for !!

In the heart of Gatton under 1km to the CBD, this 1.22 Ha block has DA Approval from the Lockyer Valley Regional Council to build 40 townhouses. With sketch plans available, the sellers have also established that the site may suit a 13 lot subdivision.

Construction of the townhouse development includes both 2 and 3 bedroom double storey townhouses that each have a single lock up garage and are approximately 150m2 ground space each.

What a Stunning investment opportunity - with approvals in place till June 2026!!

This Massive 1.2 Hectare block is located centrally in town, just a 5 minute walk to schools and shops and handy to the Amazing Gatton Golf club!!

The return is guaranteed GOLD as Gatton has almost a zero vacancy rate making this property all the more appealing with very high expectations for the proven future growth across the Lockyer Valley. Perfectly positioned, there is no other land of this size and potential to be found and could well be the Best property addition to your real estate portfolio.

Handy to other key areas including Gatton Uni, sporting facilities and all Medical centres.

In this growing corridor in SE Qld, we are just 1 hour from Brisbane and 30 minutes to both Toowoomba and Ipswich.

Call Matty K today to come and see this Amazing potential block, as this could well be that “big” investment property to set the smart Investor up for life!!

AUCTION - 20/4/2024 On Site at 4.30pm

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APRIL

Fri Apr 5

•฀Youth฀Movie฀Matinee,฀Alexandra฀Hall฀Toogoolawah,฀ Noosa฀Film฀Academy฀presents฀films฀by฀Toogoolawah,฀ Kilcoy,฀Lowood฀schools฀and฀the฀Somerset฀community,฀ doors฀12.30pm.฀free฀event฀includes฀ticket฀and฀popcorn,฀ BYO฀snack฀bar฀money฀-฀while฀tickets฀last,฀book฀through฀ Toogoolawah฀Pictures฀0467301904

•฀Dance,฀7.30pm-11.30pm,฀Glenore฀Grove฀Hall,฀ ‘Chattanooga’,฀$12.50฀incl฀supper,฀0423849002

Sat Apr 6

•฀Rural฀Ambassador฀Workshop,฀7am-5pm฀‘High฀Country’฀ Eskdale,฀available฀to฀people฀from฀all฀Sub฀Chambers,฀ ages฀late฀high฀school฀and฀up฀(Rural฀Ambassador฀is฀ 20-29฀years),฀meals฀provided,฀contact฀0428094456,฀ 0438926715

•฀Mulgowie฀Farmers฀Market,฀8am฀–฀11am฀first฀Saturday,฀ Mulgowie฀Hall,฀local฀farm฀fresh฀produce,฀handmade฀ products,฀books,฀plants,฀live฀music,฀coffee฀and฀breakfast,฀ 0477143787

•฀Cent฀Sale,฀Gatton฀Seniors฀Centre฀13฀North฀St,฀1.30pm฀ start,฀$7฀entry,฀afternoon฀tea,฀raffles,฀0408794215

•฀‘The฀Cricifixion’฀presented฀by฀Lucem฀Vitae฀and฀ Something฀to฀Sing฀About฀Choir,฀6.30pm,฀Laidley฀Anglican฀ Church฀Hall

•฀Dance,฀7pm฀Marburg฀Showgrounds฀Hall,฀‘Coachman’,฀ $12.50,฀byo฀cup฀and฀supper฀0409481681

Sun Apr 7

•฀Country฀Music฀-฀Gatton฀Senior฀Citizens฀Hall,฀starts฀ 1.30pm,฀entry฀$7,฀0439030677฀Monday-Friday

Thu Apr 11

•฀Aged฀Care฀Package฀information฀session,฀Coominya฀ Public฀Hall,฀1pm,฀learn฀about฀home฀care,฀support฀ packages,฀morning฀tea฀provided฀and฀a฀lucky฀door฀prize,฀

ADVENTIST COMMUNITY KITCHEN

•฀1st฀2nd฀3rd฀and฀5th฀Monday฀of฀the฀month,฀5.15pm6.45pm,฀free฀meals฀all฀welcome,฀49฀North฀St฀Gatton฀ 0419658914

AL-ANON

•฀6pm฀Mon฀Lutheran฀Hall฀Spencer฀St฀Gatton฀ 0488216123฀

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

•฀7pm฀Wed฀Peace฀Lutheran฀Hall฀Gatton฀0419725801,฀ 10.30am฀Thu฀0419725801,฀7pm฀Sun฀0413105825฀ Zion฀Lutheran฀Hall฀Minden

ART & CULTURE PROJECT

•฀Free฀fortnightly฀art/craft,฀Lockyer฀Community฀Centre฀ 54623355

BALLET CLASSES FOR ADULTS

•฀Tue฀2pm,฀Somerset฀Civic฀Centre฀Esk,฀free฀tuition,฀no฀ previous฀experience฀necessary฀0448843644

BINGO

•฀Shop฀5฀Laidley฀Mall,฀Thu฀9.30am-12pm฀&฀Fri฀7pm10pm,฀run฀by฀฀Lockyer฀Valley฀Community฀Disability฀ Association฀enq฀0412108945

BINGO

•฀Brisbane฀Valley฀Darts฀Clubhouse฀Lowood,฀Mon฀7pm,฀ Thu฀10.30am,฀$28,฀0423833954

BRISBANE VALLEY UKEFREAKS

•฀6pm-8.30pm฀Wed฀Brisbane฀Valley฀Darts฀Clubhouse฀ Lowood฀0412470875฀FB฀@ukefreaks฀

CAMS MULTICULTURAL PROGRAM

•฀Support฀for฀multicultural฀community฀members,฀ Lockyer฀Community฀Centre฀0455251581

CARS, BIKES, AND COFFEE MONTHLY MEET

•฀Last฀Sun/mth,฀Tilly’s฀Auto฀Cafe,฀red฀shop,฀main฀St฀ Moore฀0437532556

CHUG-ALONG SOCIAL GROUP

•฀2nd฀&฀4th฀Wed/mth฀Gatton฀Uniting฀Church฀54626763

CARDS/BOARD GAMES (ADULTS)

•฀Coominya฀Public฀Hall฀Fri฀9am-12pm฀$5฀0412685125

COMMUNITY AUSLAN CLASSES

COMMUNITY EVENTS BILLBOARD

hosted฀by฀Able฀Australia,฀bookings฀560฀00750฀or฀alps@ ableaustralia.org.au

Fri Apr 12

•฀Lasting฀Letters฀program,฀Esk฀Library,฀second฀Friday,฀ 10am-12pm,฀seniors฀pen฀pal฀program,฀run฀by฀Able฀ Australia,฀ph฀5600฀0730

Sat Apr 13

•฀Ma฀Ma฀Creek฀Community฀Markets,฀8am-12pm.฀ Stalls฀$10,฀all฀funds฀to฀MMC฀Community฀Centre฀Inc.฀ 0418716057

•฀DogFest,฀8am-1pm,฀Fernvale฀Memorial฀Park,฀dog฀ training,฀market฀stalls,฀food฀trucks,฀live฀music.฀www. leaveit.com.au/events

•฀Bazza’s฀Country฀Music฀Walk฀Up฀Show,฀new฀day/ venue,฀Grandchester฀Hotel,฀10.30am฀to฀4pm,฀$5฀entry,฀ everybody฀welcome,฀0402฀058฀098

Sat Apr 20

•฀Afternoon฀Melodies,฀3rd฀Saturday,฀Gatton฀Senior฀ Citizens฀Hall,฀13฀North฀St,฀starts฀1.30pm,฀cost฀$7,฀Phone฀ 0408794215฀

Thu Apr 25

•฀Anzac฀Day

Fri Apr 26

•฀Friday฀Food฀Truck฀Night฀in฀Esk,฀4th฀Friday,฀4pm฀-฀8pm,฀ BYO฀tables฀and฀chairs,฀hot฀food฀and฀desert฀vendors,฀ Colonial฀Plaza฀Carpark,฀0437110789

Sat Apr 27

•฀Heritage฀Festival฀-฀Gatton฀and฀District฀Historical฀Village,฀ working฀blacksmith฀shop,฀vintage฀stationary฀engines,฀ quilts,฀historic฀truck฀display฀including฀Gatton’s฀first฀fire฀ engine,฀vintage฀tractors.฀Museum฀open฀all฀day฀including฀ our฀1890s฀house,฀jail,฀memorial฀hall฀and฀tiny฀general฀ store,฀vintage฀wedding฀dresses,฀market฀stalls฀selling฀ vintage฀items,฀working฀display฀of฀a฀vintage฀hay฀baler,฀ food฀stalls,฀cold฀drinks฀and฀billy฀tea฀and฀damper฀stall,฀ introduction฀to฀family฀history,฀a฀presentation฀on฀the฀ Gatton฀murders฀of฀1898,฀karate฀kids฀display,฀entertainers฀ on฀site.฀Entry฀via฀lake฀apex฀gate,฀monster฀raffle฀drawn฀ that฀day,฀entry฀is฀by฀donation.

•฀Heritage฀Festival฀–฀Laidley฀Pioneer฀Village,฀big฀brekky฀ plus฀all฀day฀menu,฀woodworking,฀dairy฀displays,฀working฀ blacksmith,฀vintage฀cars,฀trucks,฀farm฀machinery,฀ spinners฀and฀weavers,฀artisans,฀sheep฀shearing,฀ Highland฀dancers,฀children’s฀activities,฀small฀animal฀ displays,฀organ฀recitals,฀village฀artwork฀by฀Robbie฀Greer.

•฀Heritage฀Festival฀–฀Das฀Neumann฀Haus,฀Annie’s฀Place฀ coffee฀shoppe,฀music฀by฀Phil฀Velacot,฀free฀entry฀to฀ the฀house฀museum,฀markets฀and฀stalls,฀horse฀drawn฀

•฀Sat฀9am-12pm,฀learning฀through฀everyday฀activities,฀ address฀available฀on฀request,฀text฀only฀0404885138

COMMUNITY PLAYGROUPS

•฀Hatton฀Vale฀Uniting฀Church฀Tue฀9:30am฀0427536513;฀ Grantham฀S.S.฀Wed฀9am฀5468฀3777;฀Ma฀Ma฀Creek฀ S.S.฀Thu฀9am฀5462฀7271;฀Gatton฀S.S.฀Thu฀9:15am฀ 5466฀3333;฀Glenore฀Grove฀S.S.฀Fri฀9am฀5466฀6111;฀ Grandchester฀S.S.฀Mon฀8:30am฀5466฀9222;฀Kentville฀ S.S.฀Thu฀9am฀5411฀5111;฀Laidley฀Uniting฀Church฀ Mon฀9:30am฀5403฀2198;฀Laidley฀Community฀Ctre฀for฀ Babies฀Mon฀10am฀5465฀1889;฀Laidley฀Community฀Ctr฀ Wed฀9:30am฀5465฀1889;฀Laidley฀District฀S.S.฀Thurs฀ 9am฀5466฀8222;฀Laidley฀Uniting฀Church฀Thu฀9:30am฀ 5403฀2198;฀Laidley฀St฀Mary’s฀Fri฀8:30am฀5465฀1420;฀ Lockrose฀S.S.฀Wed฀8:30am฀5465฀8249;฀Mt฀Whitestone฀ S.S.฀Fri฀9:30am฀5462฀6717;฀Tenthill฀S.S.฀Mon฀9am฀ 5468฀8088;฀Minden฀Baptist฀Church฀music฀play฀Thu฀ 9.30฀see฀Facebook.

COMMUNITY TECH PROGRAM •฀Free฀45min฀tech฀sessions,฀Wed,฀Thu,฀Lockyer฀ Community฀Centre฀Gatton฀54623355

COOMINYA PUBLIC HALL GENERAL MEETING

•฀1st฀Mon/mth฀6.30pm฀0488169162

CREATIVE HEALING HUB

•฀Located฀at฀Laidley฀Youth฀Centre฀and฀Toy฀Wiz,฀events฀ include:฀healing,฀meditation,฀various฀arts฀and฀craft.฀ Classes฀$20-$25.฀Contact฀0421842992฀for฀bookings,฀ times฀and฀more฀information.

CWA CRAFT & FRIENDSHIP DAY

•฀3rd฀Thu/mth฀9am-12pm฀Glamorgan฀Vale฀hall฀ 0459320538฀

DARTS

•฀Brisbane฀Valley฀Darts฀Clubhouse฀Lowood,฀Tue฀&฀Thu฀ 7pm,฀0423833954

DEVOTIONAL MEETING

•฀All฀Faiths,฀hosted฀by฀Baha’i฀community,฀1st/3rd฀Wed/ mth฀7pm฀0429861086

DIGITAL TECH HUB

•฀Wed฀&฀Thu฀Lockyer฀Community฀Centre฀54623355

EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM

•฀Support฀for฀those฀experiencing฀financial฀challenges,฀ food฀and฀fuels฀vouchers฀(eligibility฀criteria฀applies)฀ Mon,฀Wed,฀Fri,฀Lockyer฀Community฀Centre,฀54623355

ESK 50 & OVER CLUB

•฀Wed฀9am฀CWA฀Hall฀0413443261

ESK BOWLS & COMMUNITY CLUB BINGO

carriage฀rides฀from฀Laidley฀CBD฀$5pp.฀

•฀Winter฀Workshop:฀Plant฀Print฀Dyeing฀on฀Paper,฀ Lowood฀Open฀Door฀Gallery,฀an฀afternoon฀workshop฀,฀ 1pm-5pm,฀$50,฀bookings฀essential,฀0400884388฀or฀ quiessenceart@gmail.com

•฀Mutdapilly฀State฀School฀150th฀Celebration,฀9am-3pm,฀ memorabilia฀display,฀official฀ceremony฀10am,฀special฀roll฀ call,฀cake฀cutting฀and฀tree฀planting,฀milbong฀tractor฀club฀ display,฀show฀and฀shine฀$10฀entry฀for฀cars฀and฀bikes,฀ Harrisville฀Lions,฀Marco’s฀Tuckerbox,฀Fractured฀Wood฀ BBQ,฀market฀stalls,฀cooking฀competition,฀giant฀slide,฀free฀ face฀painting,฀0472845756,฀0419646863

KNOW OF AN EVENT HAPPENING IN OUR REGION?*

List฀your฀meeting,฀club,฀market,฀ or฀class฀here฀for฀free.฀Email฀to฀ news@tlsindependent.com.au.

*Event฀information฀correct฀at฀time฀of฀print.฀ Event฀details฀are฀subject฀to฀change฀at฀the฀ discretion฀of฀the฀event฀organisation.฀While฀ we฀endeavour฀to฀include฀as฀many฀events฀as฀ we฀can,฀we฀cannot฀guarantee฀the฀inclusion฀of฀ every฀event.฀

•฀Bowls฀Club฀Thu฀11am฀0412824267

ESK COMMUNITY CHOIR

•฀Tues฀5:30pm฀Somerset฀Civic฀Centre฀0477540507

ESK CWA INTERGENERATIONAL PLAYGROUP

•฀For฀ages฀0-100,฀fortnightly฀Thu฀9am-11am,฀CWA฀Hall฀ Heap฀St฀0449842965

ESK GLEN ROCK STITCHERS

•฀Thu฀9am,฀Anglican฀Church฀Hall,฀Esk฀0417798460

ESK MEN’S SHED

•฀12฀Heap฀St,฀Tue฀&฀Thu฀9am-12pm฀0466721919

FERNVALE ART GROUP

•฀Thu฀9.30am-12.30pm,฀Fernvale฀Community฀Hall,฀ 0407072926

FREE CRAFT

•฀2nd฀Thu/mth฀12pm฀Lockyer฀Community฀Centre฀ 54623355

GATTON AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

•฀Open฀Mondays฀and฀Tuesdays฀9am-2pm,฀village฀and฀ museum฀open฀plus฀research฀your฀family฀history฀ 0490035920

GATTON SENIOR CITIZENS

•฀13฀North฀St.฀Mon฀&฀Thu฀Euchre฀9am,฀1st฀Tue/mth฀HOY,฀ 2nd฀&฀4th฀Tue/mth฀Craft฀Days,฀Thu฀9.30am-11.30am฀ line฀dancing,฀3rd฀Tue/mth฀social฀days฀9:30am฀morning฀ tea฀&฀raffles,฀lunch฀supplied฀0408794215฀

GATTON TABLE TENNIS

•฀9.30am-12pm฀Tue,฀Woodlands฀Rd฀0427912051

GATTON QUILTERS

•฀9.30am฀3rd฀Sat/mth,฀Gatton฀State฀School฀Hall฀ 0438727355฀

GATTON VILLAGE MARKETS

•฀1st฀Sun/mth,฀Showgrounds,฀0429210275

GATTON WEIGHT-LOSS SUPPORT GROUP

•฀Tue฀9am,฀91฀Western฀Hwy฀Gatton,฀0439700716

GLAMORGAN VALE QCWA

•฀1st฀Thu/mth฀9am฀Glamorgan฀Vale฀Community฀Hall฀ 0413046168

Gatton Senior Citizens host plenty of activities and social days.

Picture: FILE

You can see local actors and students in their short filmed produced with Noosa Film Academy this Friday. Picture: FILE

Management of the Kilcoy Indoor Sports Centre

Tender 1368

Tender responses for Tender 1368 – Management of the Kilcoy Indoor Sports Centre are invited.

Tender 1368 closes 11am on Wednesday, 8 May 2024. Tender documents may be obtained via www.somerset.qld.gov.au/tenders.

A mandatory tender site inspection will be held on Tuesday, 16 April between 10am and 11am. Tenderers are to confirm their attendance at the meeting by no later than 5pm Monday, 15 April 2024 via email –mail@somerset.qld.gov.au or phone – 07 5424 4000.

www.somerset.qld.gov.au LG000690

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Tree troughs make a splash

The initiative forms part of Koala Climate Corridors, a project spearheaded by the Great Eastern Ranges and the International Fund for AnimalWelfare to help wildlife adapt and communities build resilience to climate change.

Lockyer Uplands Catchment Inc is leading the project in the region.

Landholders have been engaged by LUCI to install 47 Tree Troff water drinkers across the first climate corridor, Bunyas to Border which stretches from the Bunya Mountains to the Border Ranges.

GER CEO Gary Howling said Bunyas to Border was about creating a corridor along the ‘western horn’ of the Greater Border Ranges.

“[It] enables local wildlife to move and adapt in response to climate change and provide them with vital refugia to retreat to during bushfires, floods and droughts,” Mr Howling said.

“Part of this is ensuring there are reliable sources of drinking water along the corridor that wildlife can safely access without putting themselves at risk.”

IFAW Wildlife Campaigns manager Josey Sharrad said landholders are the essence of this project.

“With koalas now endangered, it is critical communities lend a helping hand to this species on the brink,” Ms Sharrad said.

“Landholders willing to make their properties more wildlife-friendly are an invaluable part of the solution.”

Koala Climate Corridors local project coordinator Justine Rice said providing supplementary water was incredibly important, especially in southeast Queensland where there are declining koala populations and more fre-

quent droughts.

“The aim of the wildlife drinkers is to try and prevent koalas from having to come to the ground as often where they are at a greater risk of being trampled by cattle, hit by cars or attacked by dogs,” she said.

“This is particularly the case in the Lockyer region where habitat has become very fragmented, and koalas need to travel a lot further across areas that don’t provide ideal habitat.”

Mulgowie property owner Kia Lech is involved in the project.

The Lech family installed a wildlife drinker on their farm and had 400 seedlings planted.

The plants will create stepping stones of habitat for koalas, greater gliders and other animals moving between their land and neighbouring properties.

“There are not many trees on the property at the moment and we have always been interested in giving back a little of wherever we are to wildlife,” Ms Lech said.

“It was a match made in heaven when the Bunyas to Borders project came along.”

IFAW

World War 1 (1914-1918)

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Mulgowie property owner Kia Lech planting seedlings on her property. Pictures: IFAW

Lockyer Valley property owners have been engaged to create a koala corridor along the ‘western horn’ of the Greater Border Ranges.

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9 Traditional English sponge cake (7)

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13 Exclamation of surprise (3)

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16 Union territory of the Republic of India (5)

19 Relating to a sovereign (5)

20 Influenza strain (5,3)

22 Phone program (abbr) (3)

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10 Collections of songs or photos (6)

12 Prioritising material possessions (11)

15 Type of rocks containing silica (9)

17 Exaggerated self importance (9)

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Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural nouns ending in “s”.

19 words: Good

28 words: Very good 38 words: Excellent

No. 179

QUICK QUIZ

1 What is the largest train station in the UK?

2 In relation to trees, what does deciduous mean?

3 Pedro Pascal (pictured) starred alongside Nicolas Cage in which 2022 film?

4 Which continent are capybaras native to?

5 What type of food is a chimichanga?

6 The book cataloguing website Goodreads was launched in which year?

7 Is Paraguay a landlocked or coastal country?

8 True or false: Otzi the Iceman, a natural mummy from 3105BC, had tattoos?

9 The world’s first electric tram line operated in which country?

10 Hazard signs are typically black symbols on what colour triangular background?

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Sport scores and results

Kilcoy Summer League

Results for Round 11 played on the 20th of March

Homestead 9 defeated Kill Shots 7

Wolfpack 8 drew Bill’s Team 8

Ball Busters 10 defeated Four Q’s 6

Results for round 12 played on the 27th of March

Team Ballzy 11 defeated Calm Your Farm 5

Ball Busters 9 defeated Wolfpack 7 F-Troop 9 defeated Bushrangers 7

Teams playing in round 13 on the 3rd of April

Bill’s Team v’s Team Ballzy

Bushrangers v’s Calm Your Farm

Kill Shots v’s F-Troop

Best

GOLF

LAIDLEY GOLF CLUB

Saturday 30th March - Men & Ladies Single

Stableford

Club Trophies

Ladies Winner: Judy Logan 38

Runner Up: Barbara Panzram 35

Run Down: M. Taylor 33

Others :Xyleigh Zischke 31, S. Hulett 28, H. Gray 23, J. Murray 22

Pins: (Pro Pin) Julie Murray (All In#8) Judy Logan (All In #10) Barbara Panzram

Men’s Winner: Robin Stagg 39

Runner Up: Will Nielsen 37

Run Down: T Grimshaw 37, L. Edwards 36, Jackson Miller 34, Ian Gow 33, G Zischke 33, Ian Coates 32, R. Duggan 32, G. Heuston 32

Others: R. Gray 32, G. Rodgers 32, Daniel Miller 31, A. Cullen 31, Wayne Hankinson 30, Otto Christensen 30, Kevin Kelly 30, R. Waldock 29, V Henning 29, L. Belford 29, D. Hauser 28, Ron Marinucci 27, Daryl Miller 27, Frank Kelly 27, D. Morrow 27, A. Sheppard 26, N. Channells 23, J. Stewart 21

Pins: (Pro Pin) Roger Gray (Div.1) ionel. Edwards (Div.2) ----- (Div.3) Daniel Miller

Thursday 28th March - Open CompetitionSingle Stableford

Winner: Troy Grimshaw 37

Runner Up: Lionel Edwards 37

Run Down: A Lee 36, R. Stagg 35, K. Goebel 35, J. Stewart 34, R. King 34, Garry Hulett 34, A. Parker 34

Others: G. Rodgers 33, L. Belford 32, J. Ward 32, M. Lester 32, G. Robinson 32, P. McFie 32, A. Sheppard 31, P Wood 29, B. Bright 28, C.Weier 28, S. Richardson 25, A. Cullen 24, D. Cannard 23, Jeff Etherden 23, H. Phelan 22, R. Yeo 21, R. Davis 14

Pins: (Pro Pin) Robin Stagg (Div.1) Troy Grimshaw (Div.2) Milton Lester (All In) Troy

Grimshaw

No Wednesday Competition - Course was deemed too wet for play

Ladies 2nd Round Matchplay to be played on 10th April

LOWOOD GOLF CLUB

Results for Thursday 28 March 2024 Single

Stableford

Winner: T Quinsee 37 R/Up: Sue Kopelke 36

BRD: P Lawrenson D Sippel 34 Shane Ko-

pelke D Sharp 33 D Olsen P Brown M Neisler 32 ocb

NTPs: 2: Pat Dwyer 5: C Gleeson 11: P Cattanach 14: Shane Kopelke 2nd shot 1/10 Div 1: J Peck Div 2: J Harrison

Secret Partners: Pat Dwyer & D Sippel 65

R/Up: P Brown & D Olsen 64 3rd: G Winter & Sue Kopelke 62

Results for Saturday 30 March 2024 Single Stableford

Winner: R Greentree 40, R/Up: L Hoppner 38 ocb

BRD: J Burrett R Peasey H Buckley 38

Shane Kopelke A Puig 37 L Burton L Briody 36

P Lawrenson S Norris M Callander J Brady D

Johnstone 34

NTPs: 2:H Doran 5: G Milady 11: P Lawrenson 14: V Birchall 3/12 Div 1: D Gray Div 2: S Webb

ROSEWOOD GOLF CLUB

Results 30.3.24

Single stableford

Div 1: Winner: L Alderson 36, R/Up: D Walkom 35 OCB, 3rd: T Ross 35 OCB

Div 2: Winner: P Kuhn 40, R/Up: Z Pike 37, 3rd: J Lee 35 OCB

Div 3: Winner: B Gehrke 34 OCB, R/Up: J Hunter 34, 3rd: A Elape 33 OCB

Ladies: Winner: M Humphreys 37, R/Up: S Myerson 32, 3rd: S Curran 31 OCB

Run Down: Men to 34, Ladies to 31

NTP:

No 2: Z Pike, Ladies: T Aumua 30 cm

No 9: (0-18) D Walkom, (19+) J Daniels, Ladies: E Nelson 1 cm

No 11: T Woodford, Ladies: M Humphreys

No 15: I Tepa, Ladies: S Tupai

Approach: T Tupai, Ladies: E Nelson

Eagles Nest (No 9): D Walkom 10 cm

TOOGOOLAWAH GOLF CLUB

Wednesday 27th March No Ladies AM golf. PM chook Run a 9 hole Single Stableford, Winner Ned Donnelly crongtats Ned on your first winner winner chicken dinner. Runner up Richie Marschke. NTP no 5 Ned Donnelly. It was Ned’s Day.

30th March Easter Saturday Golf proudly sponsored by the Josey Family.

A little bit of history on the Josey family. Their 1st sponsorship day was Easter Saturday 2004. Twenty years, and each year the same event – verse par (+ - 0). Non - Golfers were always welcome along with the golfers. And not forgetting Janines Nachos the best ever. The tradition was upheld on Saturday 30th March 2024. What a great family day and the biggest Rabbits out. The trophy table looked like a RabbitWarren. James and Janine said it was getting hard to find the chocolate bunnies. They always seem to find them.

Golfer Winner Thorne Rice +3, Runner up Paul Green +2

Ladies Winner Judi Marshall -5, Runner up Chris Stevens -6.

Non-Golfer Winner Chris Kinnimmot +7, Runner up Mark Scott 0

Encouragement Jeff Hutchinson -10.

Josey Family Pins: 1/10 Bryce McDougal, 2/11 Lea-Jayne Marschke.

5/14 Graeme Kuhn, 8/17 Paul Green, 9/18 Ken Hulse.

Exchange Hotel Groovy G.O.A.T Pizza 3/12 Richie Marschke, IGA Toogoolawah Matt Kyle.

Young Esk cricketers’ presentation day

After a very successful season the Esk and District Junior Cricket Club had their Presentation Day on Saturday.

A game of cricket between the parents and kids, followed by a feed of pizza and then the awards.

The Under 10s had a great season winning 12 of the 13 games they played.

The Under 13s also had a great season winning 10 of the 13 games they played.

The Under 13s went all the way to the Grand Final playing Forest Hill who where undefeated all season.

The boys played a great game pushing the number one team all the way but fell just short

in the run chase, but what a great effort to be proud of in their first season in Under 13s.

Players from both teams also were picked to represent their district playing in the South East Country side in a series of home and away games.

The Under 10s are coached by Rhonda Carroll and team members are Jack Stevenson (Most Wickets and Coach’s Award), Ned Stevenson, Denham Carroll (Most Wickets and Most Runs), Blake Enks (Best Bowler), Blake Carvolth, Isaac Buchanan (Hat Trick award), Oliver Buchanan, Riley Morgan (All Rounder award), Marshall Zabel (Double Hat Trick award), Theodore Zabel (Most Improved).

The Under 13s are coached by Dave Ber-

ing and players are Billy Bergin (All Rounder award), Carter Melville (Best Fielder), Jai Halsted (Most Wickets), Dean Kunde (Most Improved), Damon Wood, George Thornton, Joe Bergin, Nate Friedrich (not pictured), Louis Seymour (Most Runs), Griffin Kruger (Coach’s Award), Benjamin Jardine, Brodie Kubler.

Well done to both teams on a great season and a big thanks to all those involved in running the club.

If you would like to get your child involved in cricket, please contact the following people

· Gary Eastell - President 0419

For Frank 6/15 Ian Scott, Grand Hotel Esk 7/16 men’s Bob Marshall, Ladies Lea-Jayne Marschke.

35 Players joined the Josey Family with Visitors from Scotland, Bargara, Brisbane and of course our Toogoolawah Golfers’. What a great day was had by all, we thank James, Janine, Nick, Melissa and the extended family for such a great day. It was awesome.

Coming Events

Saturday 6th April Once again With many thanks the day is sponsored by Joe and Roxy of The Grand Hotel Esk. If you missed the Gand Hotel trophy day 2 weeks ago you are welcome to play this Saturday. The Event is a 2 Person Ambrose open to Golfers and Non Golfers. 11.00am Hit off. Monday 8th April Ladies Triple Valley Pennants at Rosewood. 8.25am Laidley v Toogoolawah. Wednesday 10th April Ladies AM Golf 7.30am and 8am / PM chook Run 3.30pm

RIFLES

GATTON GLENORE GROVE RIFLE CLUB

A warm Saturday afternoon with another Gusty south Easterly wind. A difficult shoot at the 900yd target as the scores show.

Iron sights out of 105.21

· C. Greenwood 90.4 and R, Perry 86.3

· F.Class out of 126.21

· F. Open.

· J.Hickmott 113.1

· F STD.

· J. Findlay 104.3, T. Schulz 100.2, R. Cowburn 97, A. Chalmers 88.1 and S.Callon 68.0

Next week 300yds

Easter Saturday saw Big Bunnies, Medium Bunnies and Small Bunnies hop into Toogoolawah Golf Club for The Josey Family Trophy day. Pictured are all the happy winners. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

Taking on the Kozi Killer

By Jacob Hayden

Esk Motorbike

lovers James

Wager

and Jodie Chapman are putting all of their time and savings into competing in the Australian Hard Enduro Championships.

Round 1 of 4 in the competition kicks off this weekend at Mt Kosciusko inVictoria, nicknamed ‘the Kozi Killer’.

Wager said he competed in 2022 ‘just to see what it was like’.

“It was more of an information-gathering thing for me,” he said.

“This year we’ll actually have a crack at it.”

Wager has ridden bikes for most of his life, coaches motorbike riding, and is the president of the Toowoomba Motorcycle Club.

Wager’s partner, Jodie Chapman, has been riding for five years and met Wager through coaching.

This will be her first time competing in hard enduro, and she’s up against 280 competitors with only five women in the field.

“I basically just want to not do a DNF, my goal is to finish and to experience,” Chapman said.

Hard enduro involves man-made and natural courses with obstacles.

“The format is, for the prologue you have an hour to try and do as many laps as you can of a 2km or 3km track, and that dictates your starting position for Sunday,”Wager said.

“Sunday is a four-hour cross country, so you have four hours to do as many 15km laps as you can.

“There’s a man-made obstacle course as part of the track and then you pull out into the bush and in the bush you can have everything from massive hill climbs, creeks, big drop-offs, logs and all sorts of stuff.”

Wager said his goal was to place in the top 10 in the silver grade.

“In order to race gold the year after you

need to place top 10 in silver, so no matter how much experience you have to do one full series in silver to get that vetting process rolling,” he said.

Wager and Chapman practiced on their family’s property in Esk and at theToowoomba Motorcycle Club.

“Neither of us are drinking, we’re just doing everything we can to keep the bodies right, hydrating and eating properly,”Wager said.

Equestrian group set for dressage championships

Some of Queensland’s top dressage riders will descend on the Gatton Showgrounds this weekend as the Lockyer Equestrian Group hosts the annual Brenda Wittmann Classic regional dressage championship.

Club secretary and event coordinator Kate Burns said this years’ event was shaping up to be a good one.

“The BWC is an important event on the dressage Queensland calendar,” she said.

“Scores from this event are weighted for end of year awards, so riders from across the state come to Gatton for the three-day competition.”

Around 100 riders will be vying for prizes from the entry-level Preliminary through to

the international standard Grand Prix.

Amateur owners and former Olympians compete alongside the next generation with their eye on Brisbane 2032.

“We have received support and sourced from so many local businesses and really aim to host an event that is enjoyable for the community as well as the riders,” Burns said.

“Following Friday’s competition, the event opens with a small equestrian-themed evening market and live music, the general public are welcome.”

The Brenda Wittmann Regional Dressage Championships starts on Friday 5 April through to Sunday 7 April.

Entry is free for spectators.

“Every weekend is on the bike, whether I’m coaching our out training… it’s a lot of time behind handlebars.”

Wager and Chapman thanked their sponsors, Esk Stihl Shop, Toowoomba MPE, TJM Toowoomba, and their families for the support.

“I think we’ve budgeted $10k-$15k in fuel for the year, entry fees are $400 each per event, and then we’ve got gear, tyres, wear and tear,

spare parts, trailer, vehicle and accommodation… it just doesn’t end,”Wager said.

“The amount of money we’ve put into, and our sponsors have put into getting us across the line is pretty impressive.”

Wager and Chapman planned to leave for Victoria on Wednesday 3 April, and will by joined by a dozen riders from southeast Queensland, including Brian White from Fordsdale in the LockyerValley.

Plainland rider Sharyn Ross and Belcaryn Don Quixote at the 2023 Brenda Wittmann Classic.

Picture: BRAID-UP PHOTOGRAPHY

Esk riders Jodie Chapman and James Wager are taking on Round 1 of the Australian Hard Enduro Championships this weekend. Pictures: JACOB HAYDEN

James Wager has been riding motorbikes for most of his life and is the president of the Toowoomba Motorcycle Club.

Wager and Chapman have spent a lot of time behind the handlebars in preparation for the competition.

Sunday’s event is a four-hour cross country over a man-made and natural track with massive hill climbs, creeks, and big drop-offs.

Young gun takes home Cup

By Grace Crichton

LaidleyCupon30March.

Six-year-old gelding Avenue of Stars barrelled to the post, trained by Jonny Field, and riddenbyJaceMcMurray.

At 17 years old, it was McMurray’s first race meetandalthoughheplaced5thand6thinhis first two races of the day, he came through to withtheCup.

McMurray’s mentor Robbie Fradd said he wasveryproudofhisperformance.

“He’ssodedicatedthiskid,”hesaid.

“SotodayIwasveryproudofhimandwhat hedid.

“I’m very excited because his day didn’t startverywell.

“Hisfirstridehelosthisstirrupironoutthe barriers so that was a bit of mess, his second ride he got a bit too far back... so it was great forhimtowin,especiallyacuprace.

“That’sprobablythecherryonthecake.”

It was also a successful day for the Lockyer ValleyTurfClub’sfundraisingefforts,whoused

the meet to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation.

President Terry Kirkwood went under the clippersforacauseveryclosetohisheart.

“My daughter, at aged 21, was diagnosed withleukaemia,”hesaid.

“The Leukaemia Foundation helped us withaccommodation,wedidn’thavetopayfor theunitortransport,whichhelpedus.”

Kirkwood said he was very lucky to have Brooke,now28,stillwithhim.

“Each ticket sale today, $5 goes to the LeukaemiaFoundation,”Kirkwoodsaid.

“My goal was to raise $1,000 to get my head shaved.

“We’ve surpassed that by miles and miles andmiles.

“I’dliketothankeveryonewho’sdonated.

“If you’ve got a spare $5 or $10, it will make adifference.”

Race day sponsor One Response donated $10,000tothefoundation.

Theclubintendtocontinueraisingforvarious charities or families in need at their future meets.

Lockyer Valley Turf Club hosted a spectacular day of country racing at the One Response

Adam McFarlane, Michael Robeck, Blake Hauser, Hayley Goltz, Cooper Jackson, and Sophie Higgins.

Avenue of Stars is first past the post to take out the Laidley Cup.

Ailsa Cherry, Leteicha Wilson, Mia Cartledge, Stephanie Rowles, and Cindy Ridge.

Connor McPherson, Fred Wilks, Tomas Wilks, Taylor Wilks, Richard Wilks, Helen Mercer, Jane O’Shannessy, Jess Sutherland, and Maisie Woods.

Leukaemia Foundation community fundraising and growth leader David Hancock, Lockyer Valley Turf Club president Terry Kirkwood, Leukaemia Foundation Lockyer Brisbane Valley Branch chair Geoff Beattie, and barber Liam Monaghan.

Jace McMurray took home the Laidley Cup trophy at his first race meeting.