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ISSUE 109 13 March 2020

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Anyway, off this subject, we have a jam packed edition for you to read, with lots of great stories including a lift out for the Lions Club celebrating 50 years of serving the community! Well done to a fabulous group of wonderful people. Wishing you all a lovely day, Take Care, Stay Safe,

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fter 15 years at Woorim Pharmacy, the time has come for us to hand over the reins to the new owners and finally take the time to enjoy this beautiful island. We have cherished our time at the pharmacy. Our aim has always been to provide a helpful, friendly, professional service and be a part of the Bribie community. We have been able to achieve this in no small part due to the endeavours of our wonderful long term staff. We are so very grateful for their hard work and committed efforts to build the business.

Whilst sad to leave the business, we are confident that the new owners will continue to run Woorim Pharmacy with the same ethos and that the transition between us will be seamless. This is further enhanced knowing that all our staff will be staying on. We wish them and the new owners every success. We look forward to enjoying our retirement on this beautiful island and wish all of you good health and happiness in the future,

BRIBIE DOCTORS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF THEIR NEWEST CLINIC, BRIBIE DOCTORS BANKSIA BEACH ON MONDAY 16TH MARCH 2020.

r Marcel Van Dansik will be returning to Banksia Beach and is delighted to be again providing care to the local community and his existing patients. Dr Marcel Van Dansik has been working on Bribie for over 10 years, the majority of it has been at Banksia Beach where he started his career as a GP in Australia. He is thankful to all his patients for

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the love and support he has received over these years. He is looking forward to welcoming them to the new premises. He’ll be soon joined by other GPs and Allied health care providers in the practice. This is the third medical centre under the ownership and management of husband and wife team Dr Raahul Vaid and Dr Arti Vaid. Bribie Doctors opened in December 2012 and Bribie Doctors Surfside (Woorim) in 2018. The group has since established themselves within the local community as a prime source of healthcare within Bongaree and Woorim. The team has some of

the longest-serving GPs on Bribie Island. Bribie Doctors Banksia Beach is committed to providing excellent medical care to the residents of Bribie Island and local communities and looks forward to welcoming all new and previous patients to the clinic. Bulk Billing is available for Commonwealth

Pensioners, Health Care Card Holders and Children under 16 years of age. The clinic is open Monday to Friday 8.30 am – 5.00 pm and is located at 37 Sunderland Drive, Banksia Beach. Patients can call the practice during working hours at 34500741 to make an appointment.

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Bribie Doctors Banksia Beach on 16th MARCH We welcome Dr Marcel Van Dansik to the team and look forward to providing quality healthcare to the BANKSIA BEACH COMMUNITY We would also like to say a huge thank you to our many local customers. You have made it all so worthwhile - we have loved getting to know you all and it’s been a pleasure to serve you for all these years. Even in difficult times, with Shamim’s illness and more recently mine, we have felt blessed with the unwavering support from both our 08 www.thebribieislander.com.au staff and the community. Thank you.The Bribie Islander

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FOOD, WINE & ISLAND TIMES

Stanko and Sofija’s 60th Wedding Anniversary:

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BRIBIE ANIMAL WELFARE BIDS FAREWELL TO JUDY BREITENEDER June Breiteneder recently retired after managing the Caboolture and District Animal Welfare Inc. pre-loved shop on Bribie Island for 19 years. June who is a very keen

animal lover would go to the shop very early each day and make preparations for the day’s trading before oncoming volunteers staff the shop 7 days per week. June is succeeded by Margaret Tripp who has taken over the helm at the shop and displays the same passion as June for animals and operating a retail shop to support the activities of the Association. June is already missed at the shop with many regulars wondering where she has gone. After such a long time June felt it was time to relax a little more but will still find time to help out with some shop activities. June is also Vice-President of the Association and has been on the management committee

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for a long time. Alan Farrell, President of Caboolture and District Animal Welfare Inc. wished June a happy retirement and thanked her for the many years she has given as Shop Manager. Caboolture and District Animal Welfare Inc. is operated by all volunteers who share the passion for rehoming domestic cats and dogs. The Association also operates a subsidised cat and dog de-sexing program which is offered to pensioners. Caboolture and District Animal Welfare Inc. is also celebrating its 30th year this year with some celebrations planned for later in the year.

CADAWI began as the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and had a name change to the present name in 2005.

On Sunday 1st March 2020, my Grandparents, Stanko and Sofija Ivaneza celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with their closest family: 3 children and partners, 7 grandchildren and partners, and 2 greatgrandchildren. Stanko and Sofija both grew up in former Yugoslavia and

were only as young as their great-grand-children when they survived through World War 2. They met in the late 50s and married overseas in 1960, having 2 children by 1963, migrating to Brisbane, Australia in 1970 when they had their 3rd child. Stanko worked for the Brisbane City Council and Sofija for the Queensland Government for many years, both receiving awards for their long contribution to the public service. They retired to Bribie Island approximately 15 years ago as they always loved living by the coastline

and enjoyed the serenity, friendships and family that is Bribie Island. As one of their granddaughters, I’m grateful for their decision to migrate to Australia where I was born and where I have grown up, married and had my children. Congratulations to Stanko and Sofija, your passion, love and dedication is something we all look up to and strive to achieve! Thank you to Bribie Island RSL Club for your hospitality and wonderful service during our family lunch!

CADAWI rehome approximately 180 animals each year via an in-home foster care system. Foster carers are provided with all the food, vet care and items necessary to ensure the animals are rehomed once they are DE sexed, microchipped and vaccinated. Anyone wanting to help out can phone Deb on 0455 778 166. The pre-loved/Op Shops are at 2/3 King St, Caboolture or 1/60 Hornsby Rd, Bongaree in the main Woolworths complex and opposite the BP service station.

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TOASTMASTER CELEBRATING 600 MEETINGS Several members not seen in recent times joined the regular crew to celebrate the occasion. Bribie Toastmasters began in 1992 with a demonstration meeting at the Bribie State High

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trawler and Commercial fishing operation, so wherever possible; it’s caught by them, prepared by them and cooked by them. Family owned and operated; they provide the community with access to fresh local seafood. In their current location for over 15 years, Savige’s Seafood is a Bribie Island landmark that serves the locals as well as the tourists year after year. Now more than ever, it is important that we buy local wherever possible; and support our local industries, and where better to start than Savige’s Seafood

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n recent editions of The Bribie Islander Magazine, we have covered the growth of organic wines which although looks impressive only comes from a very small base. There is another segment which is also continuing to grow but has been around since the making of wine began and that is low alcohol wines and no-alcohol wines.

ecause of our warmer climate here in Australia and all the Southern Continents, the grapes always ripen with a higher sugar content which ferments to a higher alcohol content as each gram of sugar converts to 1% of alcohol depending on how sweet or dry the winemaker wants the wine to be. This has led to red wines having an alcohol content of between 13% and 15% and white wines around 12% to 13%. If the vines produce high-quality

grapes the resulting wines usually have strong aromas, big flavours and tend to cellar for a long time, the downside is that each bottle represents 8 standard glasses which is also not good for your health.

hen I say since time began in Europe most of the wines have always been made with lower alcohol of around 10%-12% due to cooler climates and when The New World wines became popular this encouraged many of them to get around the lower alcohol content by adding an amount of grape sugar before adding yeast which then increased the alcohol in the wine, this is called Chaptalizing something which is illegal here in Australia, although over the years several winemakers have been caught cheating. With the trend to lighter alcohol wines, all they have to do is go back to how they made wines for thousands

here have been several attempts to produce alcohol-free wines especially in the supermarkets, Ariel and Eden Vale are a couple, but I must be honest I have found them very sweet almost like drinking grape juice and the problem is that alcohol not only preserves wine it also enhances the aromas and flavours so when you reduce the alcohol a lot of the good things also disappear. However, because of health concerns, globally many winemakers are introducing lighter wines and also many of the new grape varieties from the cooler climates seem to cope better with this trend than our traditional varieties. Wines made from Vermentino, Viognier, Pinot Grigio and the Rose style all cope with lower alcohol better than the Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and Shiraz grapes.

everal New Zealand producers Giesen, Villa Maria and Wither Hills produce lighter Sauvignon Blancs and are being backed by a 15million dollar government grant, the group have developed winemaking techniques that allow them to produce wines that are still full of flavour but naturally lower in alcohol, around 9%.

ere in Australia Casella who make the Yellow Tail label have released a Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Rose to the U.K. market all at 8.5% alcohol, perhaps if successful we shall see them here one day.

ustralian winemaking giant McGuigan Wines have just released through the Liquorland, First Choice outlets and Independent retailers an alcohol-free range called simply ZERO, in the varieties Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Rose, a Sparkling wine and a Shiraz using spinning cone technology, a method they claim to be the only winery with this in Australia and has been two years in the making. The Zero Sauvignon Blanc claims to have rich gooseberry and citrus aromas with a subtle grassy aroma. It is medium-bodied with notes of passionfruit and lime which one would expect to find on many Australian Sauvignon Blanc labels of this variety and it should be drunk very cold even with a couple of ice blocks, I found this wine worth a second visit.

he Rose doesn’t tell what grape varieties are in this wine but the label informs us that there are bright lifted aromas of delicate red fruits complimented with hints

FOOD, WINE & ISLAND TIMES of rose petals. The palate is generous with flavours of strawberries and pink grapefruit leading to a crisp and refreshing finish. I thought for a non-alcoholic wine this was actually pretty good and certainly, on a warm evening, it was very refreshing and lived up to the back label description, again serve icy cold.

gain the sparkling wine didn’t mention the grape varieties but described the wine being refreshing featuring crisp pear and green apples, lively bubbles and an attractive crisp finish. Again serve icy cold and you will certainly enjoy this wine.

nfortunately at this stage, the Liquorland outlets on the Island don’t seem to have found room for the Shiraz but perhaps

by the time this article is out they may be stocking it. I found a bottle of the Shiraz at First Choice Morayfield and after being quite impressed with the plummy aromas felt let down with the flavour which seemed to me very disappointing however it may be worth trying if you are looking for a healthy alternative.

was also impressed that the wine is bottled in premium wine bottles which lead me to think McGuigan are going to pursue this market and at this moment are at the forefront of an exciting new development in wine production.

hilst these wines certainly don’t have the punch of the alcoholic varieties they are certainly a massive step up from the supermarket wines, if you

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mentioned several issues ago that the bushfires could have an impact on the grapes with smoke taint and if you enjoy wines from The Adelaide Hills where more than 60 wineries have been affected, Victoria and The Hunter Valley in N.S.W. where Tyrell’s have up to 80% of their vines affected you should buy up now. Higher prices are forecast but this may open the doors for imported wines, we shall see, The U.S.A. has forecast a massive oversupply of grapes this vintage, leading to cheaper wines which will affect our exports over there

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Autumn has arrived which means the Easter Bunny is not too far away, which then means school holidays will be here again already.

I’m sure we will have lots of old and new visitors on the island looking for places to spend their money, so make sure you don’t miss the opportunity to advertise your businesses. Our next issue is due out Friday the 27th of March and space is filling up fast.

and as I mentioned last issue several Australian companies especially Treasury Estate are certainly having a tough time over there. Cheers Philip Arlidge arlidge@bigpond.com.au

Anonymous and I can see why! ”Formerly I was rich, but three things made me poor, dice, wine and love, by these am I destitute.” From Robert Burton’s ‘Anatomy of Melancholy’ 1621. (Pre Corona-virus) “Those two main plagues and common dotages of human kind, wine and women….go commonly together.”

meeting some lovely ladies from our community.

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enjoy a wine or two with dinner it is certainly worth checking out and you can drive home without any problems, they are specialled at around $10 and normally retail at $12.

Lulu Drew

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day feature last issue, you are all great role models for our younger generation of women in our area to look up to. I myself was tickled pink to be asked to be one of the guest speakers at the Bribie Is Bowls Club, it was a fabulous day , with lots of beautiful food to spoil ourselves with. I sincerely enjoyed every minute of it and especially

I would also like to thank the businesses that didn’t hesitate to donate towards the cost of the Lions Club 50th Anniversary commemorative booklet which you will find inside this issue. Pages 29 to 38 can be pulled out for you all to keep with the pages being individually glued. Thanks again to all of our advertisers and contributors for making it possible to put this great publication together.

Warm regards,

Lulu Drew

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Arrival

The Arena in Verona

HOME Swapping

Part 1

By Elaine Lutton

“HAVE YOU BEEN OVERSEAS AGAIN?” ASK OUR FRIENDS ENVIOUSLY. “WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THIS TIME?” “HOW CAN YOU AFFORD THREE MONTHS AWAY?”

No, we are not millionaires, but like many retirees we have gone some way to solve the dilemma of being time rich, money not exactly poor, but vastly insufficient to put us in the jet-setting class. We have discovered the joys of Home-swapping! The theory is simple: You live in Brisbane and want to go to the UK during September/November.

You need to find someone in the UK who wishes to visit Brisbane around the same time. You then swap homes. You live in their home and they live in yours, often using each other’s cars. As well as overseas swaps you can arrange to exchange within your own country, useful for visiting adult children and grandchildren. In order to find your perfect match, you enlist the help of a kind of Introductory Agency, one of the many Home Swap Organisations. To find them simply put Home Swap into your Google Search Engine and you will find several organisations. Having paid your money and signed up you then vet the possible exchanges yourself.

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It pays to be flexible. Remember Spring can be just as lovely as Autumn, perhaps Cornwall is unavailable at the right time but consider Yorkshire. Don’t shillyshally; most people want to feel that plans are secure and most important of all, having made an agreement, don’t renege unless there are compelling reasons such as serious health problems. The first home swap you do you can be excused for being nervous, but once in you will find the water is lovely! Most common worries are centred on security. Will your new friends wear masks or balaclavas and make off with all your prized

possessions? If really concerned, you can get friends to call around and count teaspoons but I assure you it is not really necessary….in fact, if you are into teaspoon counting perhaps home swap is not for you. Accidents can sometimes happen, so if Grandma’s vase is irreplaceable, maybe give it to a friend for safekeeping for the duration of your holiday. It is also permissible to request that the contents of the display cabinet are not to be used during their stay. Another common worry is that somehow or other your home is not grand enough for the folk offering you their castle. Ask yourself, which you would

rather stay in? A clean and tidy modest home or one requiring the up-keep of acres of dove-grey carpet. You are on holiday for Heaven’s sake! The one mansion we exchanged with, we lived in the kitchen anyway, being far too nervous to enter any other rooms besides those of a strictly utilitarian nature. It is usual to leave your new friends a potted guide to your home. This is well worth some time and thought. We have had so many problems with English showers that we always ask for instructions as to how to turn them on. I believe they are devised as a fiendish form of I.Q. test which Don and I were doomed to fail. Explain in detail how your air-conditioning works and hope they have revealed the mysteries of English

REGULAR FEATURES heating. Each home has its own idiosyncrasies so if your dryer needs an encouraging “pat” to whirl into action write it down in the troubleshooting part of your vade-mecum. Leave an emergency number of a good friend who knows your home well; preferably one who knows which of the seven remote controls operates the T.V. Maybe even enlist their help to With no expenses for welcome your guests if you accommodation and in cannot do this yourself. many cases car hire, you It is also a good idea to can afford to splurge on leave maps, bus and meals out, the local fish railway time-tables and and chip shop, or just the brochures about the local Pub. Alternatively, after an tourist attractions to get exhausting day spent sightyour visitors started. seeing, you can paddle Do not forget that the round in your pyjamas emergency number for and eat sardines on toast, your country could be falling asleep in front of the different to theirs! A crisis Television…..not behaviour is no time to be looking! you can indulge in whilst staying in hotels or even It usually takes a couple with friends or relations. of days to feel at home in No washing one’s smalls in your new surroundings.

vanity basins, you have a washing machine at your disposal which vastly cuts down the problem of how much to pack, although the friends of ours who have done thirty or more trouble-free swaps may have taken this to an extreme. They pack his sailor kit bag; he left the Navy many years ago but he is still seeing the world, and that’s it for both of them! To be continued.....

Bribie Island Golf Club

RIBIE ISLAND GOLF CLUB AT WOORIM IS HOSTING A PINK RIBBON GOLF CHARITY

Day on Friday 20th March 2010 to raise funds for Queensland Cancer Council and Breast Cancer Research. The event is a 4 person

Ambrose and there is two hit off times of 7 am and 12 noon. There are still vacancies for the 7 am timeslot and the cost is $45.00 for members and $55.00 for nonmembers. All players receive a hamburger and drink and there will be nibbles after the game around 4.30 pm. There is a huge array of prizes and we anticipate 250 -300 golfers participating on the day.

Following the golf and presentations, there will be the art union draw, a huge cent auction, and auction. People can stay on for dinner at the club and enjoy the festivities. Sponsorships are still available at $275.00 for half a hole and $550.00 for a full hole. Please contact Karen Highlands on

0407757356 for any enquiries.

We look forward to seeing you there and having your support to raise money for breast cancer research.

Dinner hosted by our Italian Exchangers

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By Nikita Chee

“Greetings

one and all, dearest and fair, mighty and little, Island-folk”.

Honesty compels me to

come clean and confess my - unpatriotic to the last article – behaviour. Help, help! For I have succumbed to the pressure of summer heat and have not only been sitting in the lap of luxury but indulging in its whole being; many hours per day have I

been immovable from the A/C. All this talk last time of being planet-conscious and here I am daily enjoying the pleasure of man-made coolair. Maybe I’ll make up for it by not using the heater in winter…Anyway, I’ve forgotten what I was going to talk with you about. Hmm, Oh yes, The Illusion of Away. One thing I will carry on from our last chat is the concept of being resourceful. There’s a long way ahead of

me until I become an expert on the topic, but I have my ideas and that’s why we are here. So thank you, kind local-news reader, for giving me a second shot. Think about this: We seem to be inundated by media and general talk that persuades us to chase fulfilment in far-away places. People goggle at success, travel and status, with the pinnacles of such mountains always in the distance and never on our doorstep. Why are these things dangled in front of us like they’re so desirable? I can just hear some of our

little subconsciousness in annoying mosquito-like voices, “Because power, popularity and overseas holidays are desirable”. Aha-ha, yes, maybe, or maybe it is the illusion that’s desirable. Are our lives that stressful and/or unfulfilling in the present that happiness is always in the future or on another continent? Something about the push, strive, the unsatisfied culture we live is disturbing and - as I hinted toward in the last let-

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ter to you all - is controlled by the ‘powers that be’. That is, controlled via two effective methods: slavery and seduction. These methods hustle people into the need for lavish escapes through stress-driven work as well as seduce us into trying to make incarnate a marketed fantasy-life. The problem with this control is that it is forever dangling the bait in front of us and just as we seem to reach the prize, it is moved along, yet again being out of our grasp. What diligent, little creatures we are. If only we all worked for

a good boss. Well my dear co-working community members, I’m here to say that living free from control is possible! We are at an interesting time in earth’s history where, once we break-away from the platforms of mind-control, we can choose joy in a free, unstructured way unique to our personalities. Satisfaction, then, will no longer be dictated by destructive external-powers but peaceful internal-transformation.

Life is not a box. It doesn’t come from a box and it doesn’t put you in a box. True life is complete freedom and freedom is recognizing that life has not been running from you, but perusing you! Life was surrounding you all along, yet it was you that hadn’t taken hold of it yet. Never too late is it, my dears, to stop and become resourceful. Look around at what life has already placed inside your hands and in your heart. The very word resourceful is wonderful. The prefix‘re’ means to go back to, ‘source’ is where someone or something originated and ‘-ful’ is something being filled. Couldn’t that mean: go back to where something originated from and be filled with it. And because the resource has positive life-giving connotations, you could even say: go back to the simple, original, good things of life and be filled with them. From there, you will have an abundance to keep going, keep giving, all the while, being satisfied. Moreover, if you’re rich in those simple things, then you’re as rich as you could ever be. You’d be surprised what treasures already lay in your room, your home, your street, your neighbourhood and your community. These treasures can give you what you need to go and be your ultimate self in the world! Best of all, you’d be surprised what treasures already lay up in your heart. I do like these topic Islanders, what do you say we keep going in the same direction next chat? Much Love, Nikita

AGING

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DISGRACEFULLY By

shleigh Brilliant originated a series of postcards in the sixties where he made such pungent observations as: ‘Living on earth may be expensive but it includes an annual free trip around the

sun’, and ‘Please don’t tell me to relax – it’s only my tension that’s holding me together’. Or how about: ‘Inside every older person a younger person is wondering what happened’? Ageing is a challenge. And no one tells you that your bits age at different rates. When I started out, everything worked well. I was a homogeneously well -proportioned Pediatrics unit, with the requisite working parts. As a baby, I recall looking in the mirror and thinking, “Hmm. Looking good. Great skin, baby. And those peepers. Not bad.” Back then, I had flexibility

you wouldn’t believe. I could put my toes in my mouth, no sweat. My digestive system was a dream too. I consumed with ease and minimal consequences whatever was put in front of me. Cognitively too, I was

perfection. In just a few short years I learned to perambulate around my world, make conversation using complex language codes. As time went on, I mastered a second language and myriad other skills too like playing the guitar, driving a car and changing a light bulb. Then in my forties something odd happened. Parts of me started behaving strangely, totally counter to their specifications. My skin started to grow protuberances (barnacles according to my dermatologist) which needed to be examined and sometimes removed. My outer covering now looks like the grubby sampler of

a rather careless and inept seamstress. My eyes started to let me down too. I once drove around for a week with what I thought was a chamois on the dashboard of the car. Imagine my surprise on donning my spectacles to find it was a pair of knickers. Don’t ask. Friends talk about health and we all trade notes on ‘my optometrist’, ‘my dermatologist’, ‘my physiotherapist’. Sigh. Life

is never straightforward is it? But the older I get, the more I appreciate that in most matters, things are not simply black and white. There are shades of grey. Which brings me to my crowning glory. I long ago accepted that my hair is no longer the mousy

brown of my youth. Nor am I the carefree blonde I impersonated (with the help of ‘my hairdresser’ and bleach) for years. Now it’s time to surrender to the passing of the years. Shock. Horror. I’ve stopped dying my hair and – gasp – the natural grey has taken root so to speak. Hey! My grey hair is part of me. So just accept it, people. Who am I kidding? I have to accept it. In summary, my hair is

grey. My skin is dodgy. My wrinkles arrive daily. But I have great legs (if I do say so myself) and all my own teeth. I love to swim, ride my bike and I can still sing up a storm. According to Ashleigh Brilliant, “I may not be totally perfect but parts of me are excellent.”

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HELLY’S

CELEBRITIES OF THE

20TH CENTURY

By Helly Kemp

a man I could never imagine wanting to be friends with. When my son is born in 1973, weighing just over two pounds and being 12 weeks premature, even a flower pot of hydrangeas arrives from James on my

as being co-writer for 1963 THE GREAT ESCAPE with Steve McQueen. As director it is clearly the exercise of power which traps James. “It’s certainly not material success,” he agrees. “After a very small threshold, once you have your drop-dead money, wealth is just a point of view.”

IN THE KINGDOM OF JAMES CLAVELL London hospital bedside table. This flowering bush grows 2m high in my garden, when, in 1980, I leave London, returning to Australia after completing my pilot licence on the Isle of Guernsey.

t’s a bad start to our first meeting in Austria in 1969, interviewing novelistscreen writer-directorproducer of KING RAT, TAI-PAN, SHOGUN and NOBLE HOUSE fame, JAMES CLAVELL. Each novel is an instant best seller and all, in the 70s and 80s, will be released globally as movies or TV series with a 120 million audience. But I find James arrogant, condescending,

dismissive, and yes, in fact, quite rude. And interviewing him is as fruitful as trying to penetrate the skin of an armadillo. Two years later, the LONDON OBSERVER also ask me to interview James in London, and this time I am prepared to retaliate. But instead, James’ welcome, friendliness and courtesy leave me both speechless and angry.

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“Why are you so nice to me today, when you treated me abominably in Austria last time we met?” I blurt out indignantly. James pauses, shrugs his shoulders, and, with a guilty smile, his brash, but honest reply makes me laugh. “You’re the Observer now!” And so a curious friendship develops with a most inspirational and superb writer, but

But in 1971 we are sitting in a small London office, cluttered to the ceiling with files, books, parcels, papers and posters. James has just finished his latest production with all offices, administrative staff and paper work completed, but is tidying up the last remnants himself, as he explains. “You pull in your tentacles from five offices and I’m now running my empire from behind this miserable curtain. It drives me barmy. Instead of being able to go dream a bit, I’m doing the work of a 20-pounds-week clerk and am trying to be a businessman, which I’m not.” Although he now owns homes in L.A., Vancouver and London, 50-year-old James insists there is no time to live in any of them, as he is always on location. And I am not the only person finding this Australian born, half-Irish

with Scottish overtones Englishman with American citizenship, difficult. James likes being the boss and he is

around a bit. It’s a great reputation. I’m not really trying to be the favourite man in the business. What I am concerned about is getting the best out of people.” But does he?? As screen writer and director, he certainly achieves this in the 1967 TO SIR WITH LOVE, starring Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey, as well

not the most loved man in the film industry. On film sets you can feel the tension between James, his actors and his crew. To the charges of being cold, hard, ruthless and ready to kill, he responds to me with glee. “I’d like to spread that

I have known has been in my novels. If you write the truth, you’re fulfilling your function. But my truth is not necessarily yours.”

Longish, greyish hair falls over James’ ears, as the genius bends forward on his desk and having made his point with relish, he straightens up, his strange blue eyes narrowing, and he drops a clenched fist on the desk. You are suddenly conscious of the former Captain in the Royal Artillery, as he was in World War II, captured in 1942 by the Japanese in Java and incarcerated in the infamous Changi Prison in Singapore, where only 1 prisoner in 15 survived – the setting of his first novel, KING RAT. But in 1971 the real challenge for James, who will succumb to cancer in 1994, is the actual writing not the directing. “I’m a soul stealer, a story-teller. I wanted to be a director because a director is a writer in the film form. The director is the story-teller. But it’s time for another book now - some real work. It means cutting myself off completely from what I’m doing. I’ve told everybody. Eventually they’ll believe me. “Writing is the hardest work I know and it stretches me the most. The greatest satisfaction

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HISTORY Esplanade and still used by members. Thomas Welsby, a Brisbane businessman, Historian and author of many fishing books, was an early President, serving for 17 years from 1906 to 1923. It was Thomas Welsby who later wrote the book “Bribie the Basket Maker” creating the legend of a runaway convict who lived with the aboriginal people of the island. Over the years, the AFA conducted Fishing Competitions in the waters around Bribie, often involving hundreds of people being towed out in boats to a designated fishing area.

Lady Bowlers 1940’s

HISTORY OF SOME

Sports On Bribie Bribie Surf Beach 1930’s

By Barry Clark Bribie Island Historical Society

his article tells the start of some sporting clubs and activities on Bribie island. The Brisbane Tug & Steamship Co. opened up Bribie island to day-trippers and holidaymakers, when they leased land, built a jetty, and ran large steamships from Brisbane to Bribie from 1912. Before that the only people who came here for “sport” were catching dugong or shooting birds.

SURF LIFESAVING

In 1923 Tug Company were instrumental in setting up the Bribie Island Surf Lifesaving Club providing staff and equipment to enable protection and safety for bathers and surfers. At that time Woorim was the closest

surf beach to Brisbane, even with the long steamship trip, before easy access to what is now the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise. There were many more high sand dunes and breaking waves on the beach in those days. It became a very busy and popular destination after the first basic road was cleared from Bongaree to the Ocean Beach in 1924, and trucks provided basic transport across the island.

it on “The Hill” where the Water Tower now stands at Bongaree. Initially used as a School, before the State School was built in 1924, it was also the Community Hall for Dances and all sorts of functions at weekends and evenings. The building was later moved Bribie Island Tennis Club 1930’s

down the Hill to become the initial Clubhouse for the Bribie Island Bowls Club. The first President of the Bowls Club was Alf Johnson and the Bowling Greens were subsequently named for prominent members including Campbell, Bell, Cressy, Loi and Pettitt. In the 1930’s Tennis had become a very popular sport for all family members, and Tennis Courts were constructed at on the south end of the Bowling greens. Early Members of the Bribie Island Bowls Club were largely non-residents, who came by Steamship from Brisbane at weekends and holidays. In 1947 a Bowlers Hostel

was established, providing accommodation for up to 30 visiting Bowlers, in a building that had also been brought to the island, as the first School Headmasters house. That building still stands today and has had several different uses over the years, and is now the “Bribie Doctors”

BONGAREE BOWLS

By the early 1950’s Bribie residents had increased to more than 300 and they campaigned to create a Bowls Club specifically for residents. The Bongaree Bowls Club was formed in 1949, and using a horse to clear land and filling the swamp, it was opened by President Arthur Winston in 1952. The Greens were later named to honour pioneer members including Winston, Richardson and Kling. Six months after the opening of the Bongaree Bowls Club in June 1952, the ladies of Bribie formalised their involvement, at the inaugural meeting of AFA Fishing Competition 1950

BRIBIE BOWLS & TENNIS

In 1929 the Bribie Island Bowling Club and Tennis Courts were established. The Tug Company brought a large old timber building from Moreton Island and placed

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the Bongaree Ladies Bowling Club, held at the Church of England Hall. The foundation President was Marion Winston with a committee of local ladies including Shields, Stanley, Rasmussen, Thornley, Tesch, Kling ad Whitney.

BRIBIE OLYMPIAN

As far as I am aware, there has only been one current Bribie Island resident to compete in the Olympic Games, at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. This was Doug Winston, who represented Australia in the 200m and 4 X

were made to the Lands Department for land as a recreation area. This led to the promise of land near the old “Town Dump”, on the south side of Ocean Beach Rd, (now First Ave.) and where the Recreation Hall now stands The present building known as the Recreation Hall was constructed over a period of many years. Initially, funds would only allow the building of two sides and a rear wall, and it was finally completed and enclosed in 1979. Over the years, the Hall has seen many different groups use the Recreation Hall , and numerous functions, events and celebrations have been held there. Today it is used by Vietnam Vets and U3A where several more modern “Sports” such as Pickleball, Boule, and Burlesque on a Chair are played.

FISHING

From earliest times, Bribie was known for its remarkable fishing. As early as 1908 a Fish Canning operation had been established at Bongaree, where the IGA Store stands today. Operated by Mrs Sarah Balls, an outstanding business woman who also operated refreshment rooms at many of the new railway station throughout Queensland. The oldest Fishing Club in Queensland, the Amateur Fishermen’s Association, established in 1904, built a Clubhouse at Bongaree in 1925 for its visiting members. This building still stands on the waterfront along South

Doug Winston Olympian 1956

100m relay. The Winston family were pioneers on early Bribie, establishing a Tobacco Farm at Bongaree in the 1930s, and running the General Store opposite the Jetty at Bongaree.

BRIBIE SPORTS CLUB

Back in 1961, before the Bribie Island bridge was constructed, the island was a very different place with a permanent population of less than 500 people. A number of concerned residents were keen to provide some recreation facilities for the youth of the island, and conducted Gymnastics and Boxing in various locations. In 1963 tentative approaches

MORE BRIBIE HISTORY

If you have questions , or information to provide, please contact us. The Historical Society have monthly public meetings at the RSL Club on the second Wednesday of each month commencing at 6;30pm. with guest speakers on a wide range of topics. Come along, visitors welcome. You can see many more photos and articles on our Blog Site at http:// bribieislandhistory. blogspot.com or contact us on bribiehistoricalsociety@ gmail.

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Black Kite

Milvus migrans

lack Kites are seen very rarely on Bribie Island but are more common on the mainland around Caboolture. I have sometimes seen one flying between the Bribie Bridge and Ningi. They are a little smaller and darker than the Whistling Kites which are common on Bribie Island. They are one of Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most common raptors and the most numerous of all raptors in the world. They are rather nondescript, medium-sized dark brown raptors which appear black from a distance. Eyes are brown and bills are black with a smudge of yellow near the nostrils. Males are around 50cm long while females are about 55 cm.

Wingspans are 1.2-1.5 m and they weigh 560-671 g. In-flight the wings with distinctive fingers at the tips glide and soar with occasional slow flaps. Forked tails are probably their most distinguishing feature which they twist from side to side while working the updrafts. This action makes them easy to identify in flight. When the air is calm wings are held flat while they glide at lower altitudes among the treetops. When perched they sit upright with folded wings reaching almost to the tips of their tails. They are often seen in groups of up to hundreds of birds but are sometimes solitary. Square-tailed Kites are similar in appearance but do not have the forked tail.

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Preferred habitats are forested areas, mangroves, swamps, cattle yards, rubbish tips and around fires. They are more common in the north of Australia and inland areas and less common as you travel southwards. On a trip on the Bruce Highway to Cairns, you will see hundreds of Black Kites flying overhead, many searching for roadkill. They are also found in Europe, Asia and Africa. Much of their food is carrion and roadkill, insects especially grasshoppers, reptiles and small mammals. Fires are an attraction and as small creatures and insects try to escape the flames they are swooped upon by the hungry kites. During the

days when most cane farmers burnt off their crops before harvesting, there would be flocks of hundreds of kites swooping down with legs outstretched snatching at escaping prey and picking up the charred remains of animals unable to getaway. During grasshopper plagues, large flocks form and gorge on the prolific insects. No other raptor forms flocks such as these. They are opportunistic hunters and take what is available.

in trees and lined with grasses and available soft materials. Both birds perform ritual courting dances in the air by loud calling, grabbing of talons, with falling and somersaulting before nesting. Both parents build nests. Clutches of 2-3 speckled eggs are laid and the female incubates for about 35 days while the male provides her with food. When hatched the young are covered with grey down. Siblings are aggressive towards one another and the weaker ones are often killed. Parent birds are diligent in keeping their nests safe. After about 50 days the young will leave the nest to stand on nearby branches. After about 2 years they begin breeding themselves. Sometimes the nests of other birds such as crows are used. Some nests are used for several years.

REGULAR FEATURES wait for a fresh crop of by picking up burning terrified creatures to run sticks and carrying them from the burning debris to a new location where to be pounced upon by they are dropped to start the waiting predators. new fires. They then

human interference. As kites are carrion feeders and swoop to feed on roadkill they often collide with oncoming vehicles.

Indigenous people of NT claim that raptors such as Black Kites, Whistling Kites and Brown Falcons will start their own fires

For this reason, they are sometimes called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Firebirdsâ&#x20AC;?. Another common name for obvious reasons is Forktailed Kite. Milvus is a Latin word meaning Red Kite while migrand means migrating.

Breeding in the north is recorded to occur in all months while in the south it is mainly during the months from July to December. Nests are rough slightly rounded platforms of sticks high

There are few natural predators, but unwanted deaths often occur as a result of

Sometimes when perching on electric wires they are electrocuted. Feeding on animals that have been poisoned can also cause death. Their conservation status is stated as secure. Populations appear to be decreasing but have not reached the status of vulnerable.

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BRIBIE ISLAND

Bribie Island Photography Club

LIONS CLUB

By Marj Webber

using Photoshop. We also viewed images taken at our Light Painting and Macro Workshops.

Our first club competition for the year was held in February. Kristie White once again scooped the pool in three categories with her stunning portraits “Girl Next Door”, “After the Cake” and “Sweet Dreams”. “Sweet Dreams” was also judged PHOTO OF THE MONTH.

The Bribie Island Photography Club meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 7 pm at the Arts Centre on Sunderland Drive. New members are always welcome. The first two meetings are free. If you wish to come along ring Gordon at 3408 2649 or Gail at 0419 638 865.

The theme for the month was “Nature” and was won by Marj Webber with a colourful photo of a Lucilia Fly which landed close by in her back yard and obligingly posed long enough to be photographed.

Anniversary

Coming Events: March 15th – A Miniworkshop on photographing Smoke and Steam is to be conducted at the home of Alain Chardon. March 23rd – Club meeting at the Art’s Centre at 7 pm. Our competition theme for that night is Portraiture/ People.

John Cupper’s amazing “That’s Bath-time Over” a photograph of a Noisy Friarbird dramatically exiting a birdbath won the PI Open Colour.

April 19th – Location Shoot: Photo Hunt and Shoot at Woorim Beachfront organized by (Gaby and Gail)

Dan Demy-Geroe who drove through pouring rain from Brisbane was our PSQ accredited judge and critiqued each of our projected images as well as the prints submitted on the night.

Gordon showed an educational video on how to change from one sky to another on an image

WHAT IS A LION? A Lion is an everyday type person that are built with an extraordinary heart. Lions come from any part of the social structure, can have any type of job {or even be retired}, hail from the city, town or country, believe in any creed, embrace multiculturalism and most of all, Lions will be people who really care about the community. They are invested in the community’s welfare, its health standards and its progress. They acknowledge the imperfections of the community, but don’t depend on the government to solve all the problems. Instead Lions believe that citizens including themselves, should join

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together to initiate and carry out projects which will make the community a better place to live in. Not just their immediate community, but all less fortunate should be helped too. Lions accept that as free citizens, they have an obligation to give of their time, labour and means to help those less fortunate and do it willingly. Lionism isn’t only for men. There are various types such as, all men clubs, all ladies and mixed clubs. There are also Leo clubs for young people and Lioness clubs for service-minded women who do not wish to join a Lions club. All clubs are open to people interested in serving others.

What an individual can do is limited, but joined together and motivated, people can move mountains. The combined efforts available from a Lions Club is greater than the energy of any individuals. Within the club many skills are available, additional types of assistance can be tapped into, wider needs can become known, larger projects tackled, and there is continuity year after year. Almost every community has a Lions Club and memberships are always welcome to those who care to join its members in service.

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WELCOME TO THE COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET CELEBRATING THE BRIBIE ISLAND LIONS CLUB’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY This booklet is a compilation of photos and information collected from different history books and members sharing the Bribie Lions Club’s hard work and service for our community and surrounds over the past 50 years. It was made possible by the businesses that are advertised within the book and a thank you page on the back full of businesses that also donated for this booklet to be printed.

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WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

Back Row from left: Roy Barraud, Tony Zahner, John Hansen, Gus Young, Andrew Benny, Edwin Schragg, Harry do Grono Centre Row: Harold Mazies, Harry WIlson, Len Reeece Hoyes, Ted Bellamy, Otto Fluck, Ernie Hislop, Cee Burns. Front row: Tony Whitehouse, Herman Whitehead, Laurie Jensen, Bob Brewer, Absent: Tom Swyer, Paul Ride, Bluey Piva

Unfortunately, there is way too many incredible works and projects that have been achieved by the Bribie lions to possibly fit everything in. We hope we have done their amazing service justice.

In the 1968 – 70 Lions Years, an investigation was commenced by the Redcliffe Peninsular Lions Club, into the possibility of chartering a Lions Club on Bribie Island. Active participants in the Redcliffe Peninsular Lions Club were Lion Reg Wright and Lion Noel Kropp. Bribie Island interested locals were Bluey Piva amongst other businessmen. Bluey had purchased the Blue Pacific Hotel on the island several years before and had previous experience in Lionism in Ayr and Home Hill. A survey of Island businesspeople revealed a lack of enough interest at the time, so the plan was

was chartered on the 19th of March 1970. Otto had been a Lions club member previously in Melbourne. The Blue Pacific Hotel then became the home of the Bribie Island Lions Club and still is today. Where the Piva family for many decades played host for many a function run by the Lions Club. Through the ’60s and ’70s, the hotel became the community hub of Bribie Island and over the years with a keen eye for new members, Bluey was able to introduce 15 members to the club. On Friday nights and Saturdays, you will still find the Lions Club members running their raffles at the hotel where they still hold all of their meetings to this day.

Des Cook, Keith Hadley and Kerry Wright

deferred for twelve months. In the 1969 – 70 Lions Year with the assistance of another local identity, Otto Fluck, enough interest was generated, and the Bribie Island Lions Club

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HEARING TEST FOR PREP SCHOOL STUDENTS For nearly a decade the Bribie Island Lions have met the cost to get the prep school aged children from the Bribie Island Primary School hearing tested. Audiologist Ms Stephanie Morris from the UQ Health and Rehabilitation said “Hearing is very important for a child’s development in learning, language communication etc. As a lot of the problems are through middle ear infection, hearing is tested when a child is born and again before they start school. In 2019, 90 children were tested, 17 were found to have issues. This is obviously a much needed service.

MISS PERSONALITY

Only 3 local identities have managed to be found that

were at some stage Miss Personality entrants. The Miss Personality fund raising was a Lions Quest that went towards their fundraising efforts. These were

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1977 a total of $13,915.83 had been raised by selling visitors passes.

ANNUAL ART SHOW

want to be accepted by others regardless of any special needs they may have. The awards will portray the recipients as children who have successfully overcome additional barriers that face them in the world.

BUS SHELTERS As early as 1976 the Lions Club began the project of installing bus shelters on

Clubs in July 2007, all the bus shelters at Ningi and Sandstone point came under the control of the Lions Club of Bribie Island.

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With the passing of Lion Veronica Cook in November 2001, Liz Heber, who was long standing friend, offered to hold her annual Art Show preview in March 2002 in her honour, (prizes donated by the artists), with the proceeds of sales and raffles to assist Breast Cancer Research at the Wesley Hospital in memory of Lion Veronica. That year $4500 was raised. This event was held each year up until 2010 when the change of format to the Art Show by the organisers, 2010 was the last occasion the Lions Club participated.

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Judy Piva, Jacky Wright and Melissa Wing-Young.

BRIBIE ISLAND VISITOR’S VISA

On the 12 th of November 1976 the Bribie Island Lions Club decided to go ahead with plans for a Republic

Bribie Island with numbers increasing steadily over the next few decades due to the advertising revenue initially defraying the erection costs and subsequently providing valuable resources for the club and community projects.

Len Reece-Hoyes

CHILDREN OF COURAGE

“Aiming for the stars”. The Lions Children of Courage Awards is not a competition but having said that, every child nominated receives an award. All children just

Club President Michael Bierton - at the Lions Monumental Rock for deceased Lions.

In December 1988 the Lions Club entered into a formal agreement with the Caboolture Shire Council where the construction, maintenance and advertising rights were established. During the following year, 17 new bus shelters were built adding a substantial revenue base to the club. With the amalgamation of the Pumicestone/Ningi & Bribie Island Lions

of Bribie Island as a fund raiser. By the 15th of March

was a massive undertaking for the Bribie Island Lions Club. The project which commenced in 1972 and with a cost of over $500,000 came to completion when opened by the HON BD Austin, MLA, Minister for Health on 19 March 1983.

Bringing the number of bus shelters up to 34. In 2008, a 5-year option as per agreement was extended to the Lions Club which would expire in 2013, at which time the number of bus shelters would be reviewed. The Moreton Bay Regional Council then had a consultation with the Lions Club regarding the new compliance standards required for bus shelters and possible changes to advertising rights. At the time the bus shelters advertising was approximately generating $20,000 per annum for community projects. Unfortunately, in 2018 TransLink began replacing

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Bribie Island Lions through their involvement with local citizens became aware of the need for a community centre and for a meal on wheels kitchen to provide a service to those senior citizens requiring it. Following an application to the Lands Dept on 8th April 1972 under Lion President Edwin Schrag, approximately 6 acres of land was made available by the State Government on the ocean side of the Island. This came to fruition on the 26th October of that year with five Lions members being appointed as trustees of the area. There were copious amounts of red tape to get through, but this didn’t deter the lions club.

They dug in and with a lot of hours volunteered by the Lions Members raising funds, along with others the project was finally finished, and the Golden Age Community Centre became a reality. Throughout the years proving it is still just as valuable of an asset to

LION Cec Weldon with minister for health The Hon Brian Austin unveiling the plaque at the Golden Age Centre.

the community as ever, housing Meals on Wheels and serving as a muchneeded centre for our senior citizens to have access too. The facility is second to none, holding many concerts and functions over the years, and no doubt has many fond memories for a lot of us to look back on. Today the building is known as the Bribie Respite & Support Services Inc.(Golden Age Day Respite)

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CAMP QUALITY On Sunday the 16th of December 1990 members for the Bribie Island Lions Club Kerry Wright and Anther Hayes held a Christmas Party for 33 terminally ill children from the Royal Brisbane Hospital, at the Bribie Island Funland Waterpark. Each Lion adopted a child for the day and Santa visited with gifts for them all. For the next two years, it was a zone project but in 1993 it was elevated to a district project with Lions Clubs in the area becoming involved. On the 28th of November 1993, seventeen Lions and Lioness Clubs put on the Lions Camp Quality Christmas Picnic day at Bribie Island. They provided all the fun, food and entertainment free, for 600 people which included 147 Camp Quality children, their families and Lions club families. Every year since then, has brought a moment of happiness for these children, their families and carers, as well as older children upon their return. This special day, which is held on the last Sunday in November, at Brennan Park, Bribie Island Lions Club provides a full range of treats and activities, including the arrival of Father Christmas, with gifts for all the children.

LIONS 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL completed the connecting pathways. The Bribie Lions Club still maintain the Memorial Gardens today.

BRIBIE MEMORIAL GARDENS In November 1987, Harry de Gono, a member of the Bribie Island Lions Club proposed that the construction of a columbarium and memorial gardens should become a project of the club. This led to a request being made to the Caboolture Shire Council for a suitable site in early 1988.

Lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s club member Kerry Wright remained District Co-Ordinator until 2003, with Lion Kevin Williams from the Bribie Island Lions Club becoming the District Co-Ordinator in 2004. Now known as the Liaison officer, Kevin Williams still holds this position, helping to provide a wonderful day out for those less fortunate. In 2019 the event hosted 200 people from Camp Quality and the Lions Club and 200 General public, totaling 400 people approximately. This year they will proudly celebrate as it will be the 30th year of giving to the children through this great Lions initiative, the special day being Sunday the 29th of November.

By the 25th of November 1990, it was deemed ready for an official Consecration Day which was performed by Pastor John Nichols who represented the Ministers Fraternal of all churches on the Island. Early in 1991, the first ashes were inserted in the Tristania Wall and the Memorial Gardens became official. Under project Chairman Lion member Bryce King instruction, Lions members Alan Suffolk and Brian Deadman took over as curators and landscapers and the surrounding gardens began to take shape, limited only by the inefficient water supply. The Caboolture Shire Council who constructed the entrance road and the car parks also donated a gazebo which was erected by the Lions Committee. The Lions Club then also

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SENIOR CHRISTMAS LUNCH Another Great Lions Club initiative was to hold an annual seniors Christmas lunch. It was a dream of one of the presidents Phil Carne which became a reality on the first Saturday in December 2012. It is a very special day on the Lions Club calendar each year, also a much-anticipated date for many of their guests, as not everyone has family or friends to spend Christmas day with. So, this is it for many of them and what a way to spend it, laughing and enjoying the day. Sadly, Phil passed away in 2016, so the Bribie Lions Club dedicated this great tradition in his honour and re-named it the Phil Carnes Memorial Senior Xmas Lunch.

LIONS YOUTH OF THE YEAR The Lions Youth of the Year Quest aims to select an outstanding young individual to be an Australian ambassador allowing them to travel overseas under the auspices of Lions Club International. Through all levels of participation, the Quest seeks to assist secondary school students

LIONS 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL in developing citizenship feelings of peace and is, and leadership qualities along with the Peace Poster as they prepare for entry Contest, a staple of Lions to the workforce or higher clubs around the world. education. On perusal of Under the leadership of the the historical documents Art Teacher at the Bribie of this event in the early Island State school, Cheryl 1990s, it came to light Thornley takes part in this that Janelle Williams was contest each year. The 2019 the only youth to win the winner was Livina Curley. award twice. Janelle won The theme was “Journey of the award two consecutive Peace” years and happens to now be the General Manager of the Bribie Island RSL.

LIONS INTERNATIONAL PEACE POSTER & ESSAY CONTEST For over 3 decades, Lions clubs around the globe have been sponsoring a very special art contest in schools and youth groups. Creating peace posters gives children everywhere the chance to express their visions of peace and inspire the world through art and creativity. The Peace Essay Contest was created to provide an opportunity for visually impaired young people to express their

Over the last 50 years, the Bribie Island Lions Club has held a proud record of serving the community with providing many muchneeded amenities for the Island. They have also been able to ensure assistance is available for many charities and worthwhile projects not only on Bribie Island, but also District and Multi-District Lions projects serving the wider community with numerous fundraising efforts. The Local Lions Club has evolved over the years to meet the needs and expectations of our local community. In the early years, the club was instrumental in many “hands-on” projects such as the Lions Park at Woorim, which provided picnic facilities for the visitors to the Island. The facility was recently upgraded by the regional council as part of the Beautification Project for Woorim, and whilst no longer maintained by the club, it still bears the name “Bribie Island Lions Park” in recognition of the Lions contribution over the many years. The Bellara Lions Park established in 1989 was also a project of the local Lions Club. They have built and supplied our community with so many things, for example.

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LIONS 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL • Providing the House of Happiness with chairs, palm trees, electric BBQs and gas cylinders. • The amenities block at the Bridge Lions Park and picnic tables in our parks. • Blue nurses’ cars, new ambulance vehicles and equipment, helped purchase a new minibus for the Caboolture special needs school, bus shelters, Air-sea rescues boat, lifesavers rubber duckie and SLSC flagpole. • Books for our Bribie Library, a line marker for the schools and sports grounds to use, book trolley for the children’s ward at the Caboolture Hospital and a World book set for Banksia Beach State School. • BMX track, a kindergarten, St Vincent DePaul bikes and certainly not forgetting the original Golden Age Community Centre, our beautiful Bribie Island Memorial Gardens and Columbarium and so much more. The Bribie Island Lions Club’s hard work and efforts have raised so much money for these projects and when you think that most of this money comes from running raffles and functions, it’s amazing just how many hours must have been donated by these hardworking Lions Club members.

The residents of Bribie Island and Caboolture Shire have been very fortunate to have such an active and effective organization as the Bribie Island Lions Club. For over 50 years they have vigorously supported, through physical and financial means many

individuals, families and organisations, continuing to do so to this day. Their record clearly shows their dedication to recreational land and the environment, and their commitment to build the columbarium and memorial gardens genuinely shows their concern for our community.

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WHO was Mary Master WHO is Steve Jones? By Kathy Vincent

MARY MASTERS put an advertisement in the local Brisbane paper in November 1985 to start croquet on Bribie. A total of 12 members paid $1,000 each to start the Bribie Island Croquet Club and Geoff and Mary Masters headed the committee. The formation of the club happened when the then Caboolture shire Council offered land at Cosmos Park to the Bribie island Croquet Club. Early members had to raise money for the establishment of the initial lawns and equipment. So, Mary Masters was the founder of the Croquet Club which commenced in April 1992. WOW! How far have we

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Bribie Bowls Club Results Thursday Ladies Triples. 1st. P.Boyland, P.Mannion. R/U. J.Murry, J.Clear, N.Penny. OOTH1st. B.Robinson, D.Cracknell, A.Riley. BUNNY. L.Fraser, J.Stanley, M.Young. Friday Mens Pairs. 1st. K.Taylor, P.Hughes. R/U.

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Event for Association players. This year it was held on the 22nd and 23rd of February. The winner was Peter Kajewski from Gracemere Club Rockhampton. The trophy was presented by Mary Master’s daughter STEVE JONES An English man by birth but a kiwi by choice! He is a 3 continent Croquet Champion who is still playing and competing at an international level. So-- what is his connection to the Bribie Croquet Club? Well while working in Queensland he was

Bribie Island. This year the event was held on the 29th of February and the 1st of March. The winner was Dave Luxmoore from Palm Beach who had taken part in the World Association Championships in Melbourne the week previously.

come since then? A lovely Club House, excellent equipment, 5 courts all thanks to Mary Masters’s idea. To Honour her every year, we have the Mary Masters `Memorial Trophy I.McClelland, M.Viterale. OOTH1st. S.Andrews, K.Thornton. OOTH2nd. K.Ford, M.Cherry. OOTH3rd. A.Feichter, D.Gibson. Bunny. N.Holzberger, F.Reeves. Tuesday Orianna Ladies Triples. 1st. Z.Elmore, E.Bateman, D.Walker. R/U. J.Ferguson, N.Gray, J.Dunn. OOTH1st. B.Russell, B.Robble, M.Nganeko. Bunny. F.Corry,

a member of the Bribie Island Croquet Club from 2003 to 2011. As a parting gesture to the club, he donated a trophy the “Steve Jones Trophy” an annual competition. Steve returns bi-annually to compete at

J.Laidlaw, G.Corry. Wednesday Scroungers. 1st. D.Heath, 2nd. S.Martin, 3rd. E.James. Wednesday Pairs. 1st. P.Adams, C.Wilkie. R/U. K.Burgess, T.Dean. OOTH1st. M.Durham, G.Fowler. OOTH2nd. S.Swain, J.Howarth. OOTH3rd. A.Studd, M.James. Bunny. S.Martin, R.Avern.

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Across 1 Gymnastic entertainer (7) 8 Heartfelt (7) 9 Substance from cassava used to thicken puddings (7) 10 Hand tool (7) 11 Charles Rolls’s engineer partner Henry, d. 1933 (5) 13 With apprehension (9) 15 Dock worker (9) 18 Waterlogged (5) 21 (Person) uninterested in intellectual pursuits (7) 22 Flow (from) (7) 23 Involving fantastical imagery (7) 24 Equated (7)

Down 1 In pursuit of (5) 2 Response (5) 3 Overwhelmed by grief (6-7) 4 Riddle (6) 5 Work very hard (5,4,4) 6 Deceptive actions (6) 7 Oyster (anag) — level (6) 12 Remove and replace (4) 14 Organ providing oxygen to the blood (4) 15 Small amount of something liquid (6) 16 Regnal name of six kings of England (6) 17 Eric Arthur Blair (6) 19 Direction of fibres found in wood (5) 20 Surrender (5)

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Across 1 The absolute opposite of 23a (7) 5 From such, life-forms flow (5) 8 Contribution to permit new cane farm (9) 9 Limit headwear (3) 10 Let go and see real change (7) 12 Notice about puzzle surprised (6) 13 It’s an epidemic with Gael up wind (6) 16 Gum said to lose it on the bedpost overnight (7) 20 Conversation means breaking it, sometimes (3) 21 Her indoors?? (9) 22 Asparagus as a weapon going spare (5) 23 Word or phrase it differently but it means the same (7)

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Down 1 A profit, moreover (5) 2 Plough the cash register (4) 3 Agent we appointed to hang around here, at one time (7) 4 Dig these youngsters, we hear (6) 5 The case for protecting Lobsters (5) 6 Swap the past with a difference (8) 7 Presume to be the best (7) 11 Country of origin for Jane’s pea soup (8) 12 Involvements that are out of order for the honourable (7) 14 Pole learnt to dispense light (7) 15 Freshly pour in empty glass for sets (6) 17 Her to create extra (5) 18 Mates get to blow it off (5) 19 The Italian backs on with pride (4)

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By Peter Thomson Across 1 Aussie paceman current Test series v NZ (9). 5 Historic Australian sporting venue, abbrev (3). 7 Outgoing Sport Australia CEO, Kate -- (6). 8 American four-time Australian Open tennis men’s singles champion (6). 9 Brisbane Lions’ 1996 Brownlow Medal winner (4). 11 Former Aussie cricketer nicknamed “The Duke” (8). 15 Wager (3). 16 Celebrated Australian female tennis Hall of Famer (6). 17 Bart Cummings’ last Melbourne Cup winner (6). 20 Queensland utility back held Origin try scoring record eclipsed by Greg Inglis (7). 22 Former leading Qld racehorse trainer, -- Wood (5). 23 Brisbane Lions AFL coach 1990 (4). 25 Aussie women’s dual international boasts World Cup appearances in cricket and soccer (5). 27 Stalwart Sri Lankan allrounder, Angelo -- (7). 29 Legendary Aussie TV cricket commentator, initials (2). 30 Reigning NRL premiers’ nickname (8). 31 Former Queensland Reds and Wallaby halfback, -Cordingley (3).

Down 1 Victorian bolter won 2012 Australian PGA, Daniel -- (7). 2 Former Czech men’s tennis ace, -- Berdych (5). 3 First Brisbane AFL coach of the “Lions” era (7). 4 National women’s basketball team’s nickname (5). 5 Controversial NSW rugby league second-rower emerged early 2000s (5). 6 Australia’s first lady of the turf, -- Waterhouse (3). 10 Aussie cricket selection boss 1980s, Lawrie -- (5). 12 Winner 1986 Melbourne Cup, -- Talaq (2). 13 Married name popular swim champ Libby Lenton (8). 14 First player to reach 10,000runs milestone in Sheffield Shield cricket (7). 15 Aussie left-arm spinner made Test debut 2010-11 Ashes series (4). 18 Queensland family produced three Test-playing rugby league brothers (7). 19 US tennis legend spearheaded push for “open” competition (6). 20 Completed back-to-back AJC Epsom-Metropolitan Hcp double early 1990s, -- Impose (5). 21 Former Australian Test opener, -- Cowan (2). 24 First golfer to complete men’s Australian Tour “triple crown”, initials (2). 26 Team replacements, abbrev (3). 28 English soccer club based at The Hawthorns, abbrev

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WHAT A DAY!

Bribie Island Tigers welcomed over 125 of our junior players to the Club’s preseason coaching clinic. Our U11 aged players received expert coaching from the Brisbane Roar community coaching team whilst the U10 players joined a group of our exceptional coaches. Our players were excited to meet, ask questions and get autographs from George Mells and Indiah-Paige Riley, two of the Brisbane Roar professional players. After a morning of exercise, the free BBQ and lunch, courtesy of Telstra and Wamuran Country Meats went down well. The day also saw the opening of our new field 2/3 lights - a project funded by Queensland Government, Moreton Bay Regional Council and the Club - a project driven by Bob Hamlin, past

Club Treasurer and current Team Manager for the Senior Men’s Team. The day wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our players, their families, our amazing coaches and volunteers - thank you to you all. This week’s game Results 2-2 Senior Men vs Pine Rivers FC U15/16 (1) Lost 2-1 to Noosa FC Gold 2. Scorer Harry Self, POM Jaxon Pieck U15/16 (3) Lost 3-1 Maroochydore Swans. Goalscorer Kristian Strazdins also the player of the match Upcoming dates *Friday 24th April Squirts ‘Kick-Off’ program starts @ 4 pm (for 3-5yr olds) * 14th March Junior comp season Starts (Dates may change) *28th Miniroos season starts. *Walking Football TBA The Senior Women’s team are looking for a goalkeeper. U13 Boys are looking for a goalkeeper as well. Come and have a try. GO TIGERS!!!

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KIDS PAGE Clean water is important to every living thing. Plants, animals, and humans all need clean water for drinking, bathing, and hundreds of other activities every day, and some creatures, like frogs, depend on clean water for their homes! But even for those of us who don’t live in the water all of the time, the quality of our lives directly depends on the quality of the water around us. The little fish below is particularly grateful for the clean water he lives in! How about you? Help the goldfish find its way through the maze and home to the pond!

Q; Why did the kid throw his clock out the window? A: Because he wanted to see time fly! Q: Why did the picture go to prison? A: Because it was framed!

Q: What kind of room doesn’t have doors? A: A mushroom! Q: Which hand is it better to write with? A: Neither, it’s better to write with a pencil!

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any of our Islander Magazine readers would remember Jack London’s novel, “The Call of the Wild,” featured on their school reading lists. There have been many adaptations of the story since its 1903 publication. This is the latest. Chris Sanders, the Director, has produced a much milder version of the original tale revolving around a Huskie named Buck.

e meet Buck as a highly indulged and unruly member of a prominent Californian’s household. Having the run of the house, Buck creates havoc wherever he goes. Spotted by an unscrupulous

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• A shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes. • “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”. • A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. • An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain. • Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

• The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life.” • The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. • Most people fall asleep in seven minutes.

Kids Jokes!

Q: What do you call a fake noodle? A: An Impasta.

Q: What happens if you eat a dinner of yeast and shoe polish? A: You’ll rise and shine in the morning.

Strangers are like batteries, you can instantly tell how much energy they have left by licking them.

Q: Why did the banana go to the doctor? A: Because it wasn’t peeling well. Q: What do you call cheese that’s not your cheese? A: Nacho cheese

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A child asked his father, “How were people born?” So his father said, “Adam and Eve made babies, then their babies became adults and made babies, and so on.” The child then went to his mother, asked her the same question and she told him, “We were monkeys then we evolved to become like we are now.” The child ran back to his father and said, “You lied to me!” His father replied, “No, your mom was talking about her side of the family.”

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A blonde and a redhead have a ranch. They have just lost their bull. The women need to buy another, but only have $500. The redhead tells the blonde, “I will go to the market and see if I can find one for under that amount. If I can, I will send you a telegram.” She goes to the market and finds one for $499. Having only one dollar left, she goes to the telegraph

office and finds out that it costs one dollar per word. She is stumped on how to tell the blonde to bring the truck and trailer. Finally, she tells the telegraph operator to send the word “comfortable.” Sceptical, the operator asks, “How will she know to come with the trailer from just that word?” The redhead replies, “She’s a blonde so she reads slowly: ‘Come for ta bull.’” Late one night a burglar broke into a house and while he was sneaking around he heard a voice say, “Jesús is watching you.” He looked around and saw nothing. He kept on creeping and again heard, “Jesús is watching you.” In a dark corner, he saw a cage with a parrot inside. The burglar asked the parrot, “Was it you who said Jesús is watching me” The parrot replied, “Yes.” Relieved, the burglar asked, “What is your name?” The parrot said, “Clarence.” The burglar said, “That’s a stupid name for a parrot. What idiot named you Clarence?” The parrot answered, “The same idiot that named the Rottweiler Jesús.”

poacher, Buck is captured and eventually sold as a sled dog during the Alaskan gold rush. Viewers are given a glimpse of the suffering Buck endures surviving in his new surroundings. Over time he finds his place within the pack and emerges as a remarkably able and adept lead dog.

hrough a twist of fate Buck becomes the companion of Jack Thornton, played by Harrison Ford. Thornton is portrayed as a caring but defeated man trying to forget his past rather than enrich his future. He offers Buck compassion and care. In return, Buck provides devotion and protection. What challenges the viewer

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• Pink – Pink orchids symbolize grace, joy and happiness and can also symbolize innocence and femininity. • White – White orchids represent reverence and humility, innocence and purity, and elegance and beauty.

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What’s on in MARCH REGULAR FEATURE

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Barefoot Bowls (991)

Time: 1.00pm - 3.00pm. Suitable for all ages. Come along and enjoy a game of Barefoot Bowls Bribie Island Bowls Club 23/11 Welsby Parade, Bongaree

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HYPE Bribie Island 1 Welsby Parade, Bongaree 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

From Moretonbay.qld.gov.au: Hang out with other teens to talk books, movies, and more. This is a club for 11-17 years that meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM. Bookings required.

and 3:30pm. · Find out how the NDIS works · Get up-to-date accurate information about the NDIS · Learn how to get ready for the NDIS · Access Request Form Support For more information please contact your NDIS Partner in the Community Carers Queensland on (07) 3384 1600, email moretonbaylac@ carersqld.com.au. Visit us on Faceboo- www.facebook.com/

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Adult Tissue Paper Mandala Print Workshop 10:30 pm – 12.00 pm

Come along and join in with this relaxed, colourful and self-paced tutored workshop for adults. All materials, equipment and instructions provided, you only need to bring yourself Beginner MACRAME CLASS @ and some creative Zen :) Bribie Learn to make a whimsical and eyeTime: 11.030pm - 1.30pm. catching Mandala art board print using Imagine an awesome morning learning tissue paper and stencils in your choice of macramé. During the class you will learn colours. different knots to get you started on your This session is designed for adult own macramé projects. Because this old art beginners, no stencil skills necessary and of knotting it should passed on and not be all skill levels are welcome if you would forgotten. like to learn this technique in a friendly All materials included in price and you go and lovely location. home with your own macramé pot hanger. Lots of parking available and a cafe across Adult $50 Child $25 and a family discount. the lawn from the workshop room will be Vouchers can be purchased as gifts. open. And everything you make, you take! Also available will be future advanced Bribie Island Community Arts Centre classes. 191 Sunderland Dr, Banksia Beach Remember bookings are essential to secure your spot. Bribie Island Community Arts Centre 191 Sunderland Dr, Banksia Beach QLD

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Bribie Island Drop In Session: 12.00 pm – 4:00 pm

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Russel Morris

Bribie Island Hotel Doors Open 8pm.

Legendary australian musician announces new album black and blue heart After a staggering 50-year career, Russell Morris returns with his new album, Black And Blue Heart. Cost: Presale: $35.00 Door: $45 (bf) 18+Tickets: at Oztix and Venue Facebook page.

Bribie Island Day Sail 10am - 4pm • Duration: 6 Hours (approx.) • Location: Bongaree, QLD Sail the magnificent northern waters of Moreton Bay on a 100ft gaff rigged schooner. This is a modern boat built and operated along traditional lines. You can do as much or as little work as you like. Either jump in and haul on ropes to hoist the sails, grab the wheel and - with the skipper’s permission and supervision guide the big ship around the Bay, or sit back, enjoy a drink and watch the world sail by. DEPARTS: Bongaree Jetty, Bribie Island TIMES: Depart approx. 10am Return approx. 4pm All you need to bring is some sun protection, a picnic lunch and refreshments. No glassware or smoking please Bookings - The Sail Training Association of Queensland ISSUE 109 | 13 March 2020

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Why Do Swim Lessons Matter?

wimming is an important life skill that children and adults should learn as early as possible. There are many benefits in learning how to swim and it is an extremely important safety skill. Swimming is a unique activity that has the longevity of being a great form of exercise for toddlers, seniors and everyone in between. Swim lessons are important because they help teach your child proper swimming techniques, but also because it encourages them to be independent in the water. Something that can be hard

is a safe environment, as trained lifeguards and swim instructors will supervise and teach them valuable skills. Instilling the importance of health and fitness early on is important for children, as it will stay with them for life.

utrigging on Bribie Island was just a thought in April 2016. Roz Fritz followed her dream and blessed 7 canoes at the Bombora Outriggers blessing on the 29th of February.

safe around water. There are many situations and opportunities for your child to come into contact with water throughout their lives, and those situations can become extremely dangerous very quickly if they are unable to swim. Classes will help build up strength and endurance, as well as teach lifesaving skills that could one day save their own life or someone else’s.

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We would like to say a huge thank you to our benefactors over the years.

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when mum and dad are trying to teach them at home. Swim lessons help children swim longer distances, learn different strokes, and be safe in and around the water.

SOCIAL SKILLS

Swimming classes are held in small groups of children of a similar age and with similar abilities. They will be able to interact with other children outside of school and learn valuable social skills. It’s another opportunity to make friends and have fun in a different environment than the classroom. Lessons typically include games and team activities to help make all kids feel comfortable in and around the pool.

Our benefactors are, Paddock to Plates Dave Collins who provided the original paddles to get us started, Roz Fritz for supplying the original canoes, Australian Sports Foundation for their grant purchasing our first

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SWIM LESSON BENEFITS HEALTH AND FITNESS

We all know the importance of exercise for a healthy life. Swimming is one of the absolute best forms of exercise as it works every muscle group in the body without putting stress on bones and joints. Especially for children, it is a great way to burn off pent-up energy, and the swimming pool

SAFETY

Swimming is an important skill that will bring a lifetime of enjoyable experiences. From boat trips to beaches, pools and all of the different water sports out there, the list goes on. All of these experiences require the ability to swim, and as your child gets older they could find themselves excluded from such activities if they are unable to swim.

2 man and 6 man canoes, Busy Fingers for their amazing ongoing support with everything from paddles to shark shields and life jackets, Rick Williams for life jackets,

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Learning to swim is vital to ensure your child is

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community gambling grant for funds to purchase 3 canoes, a 6 man, a 3 man and a 2 man, Brooke Savage and Council Smarty Grants for our 4 man disability canoe and Darren Que for our first aid kits carried on each canoe. A big thank you to Councillor Brooke Savage and Simone Wilson PM for their help yesterday. Bombora Outriggers would not be the happy, fun and safe club without the help of these wonderful people.

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T&C’S - Family consists of 2 Adults and 2 Children / 1 Adult and 3 children Additional family member is charged at $3.80 MARCH ONLY T&C’sInflatable apply. is available between 10:00am - 12:30pm daily * Not available withand any water other offer. Not for single person entry use Swimming Australia and Belgravia Leisure have partnered to develop and deliver a new and effective swimming QBCC Lic 15075069 Closed Christmas Day safety program focusing on high-quality, activity-based education which is designed to better integrate student learning Open to between – 16:00pm Public Holidays outcomes into real-world settings. This new innovative program encourages and supports students explore10:00am pathways Valid from 9th of December 2017 to 21st January 2018 into competitive and recreational lap swimming.

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SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING 7pm Wednesday 26th February 2020 A General Meeting for Volunteer Marine Rescue Bribie Island Inc. was held and the business transacted included:

VOLUNTEER MARINE RESCUE EMERGENCY SERVICES EXPO MEETING THURSDAY 27TH FEB 2020 AT 10AM. 23 Exhibitors/Stakeholders met for the first time for the year for planning this

not already have one. The proposed site plan for this year’s event was distributed and discussed. Morning tea was provided by the VMRBI Social Committee. Framed certificates of appreciation were presented to those organisations which made last year’s event such a success

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SUNSET DRINKS

Friday 28th Feb 2020

Some of the large crowd at Sunset Drinks

Peter McNamara outlines some ideas for this year’s event Karen Dellicompagni, Cr Brooke Savige, Nia Brice, Bob Skinner, Jim and Kate Brown enjoy the balcony at sunset. Most of the 50 plus members that attended this Special General Meeting

Graham Gibb and Commodore Liz Radajewski present QFES with their framed Certificate of Appreciation, from left Josh Clare, Inspector Robert Smith and Bribie Island Station Officer Wayne Brown

VMRBI Radio Officer John Bodycombe outlines the plans for a new radio system, for which we have been awarded a grant from the Community Gambling Fund, which must be expended by June 30th, 2020.

Graham Gibb and Commodore Liz Radajewski present SLS with their framed Certificate of Appreciation, from left Janene Holland and Teisha Jenkins.

Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe outlines the Committee’s proposed course of action to have the VMRBI’s Base building certified

• A report by the Commodore including Blue Water Review update • A report on radio system grant and upgrade plans by Radio Officer John Bodycombe • A report on driveway grant and upgrade plans by Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe • A briefing to members on concepts for possible future improvements to the VMR Base building by Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe • Discussion and feedback from members on all of the above.

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much juggling the vessel was loaded, the wheels of the vessels trailer had to be removed to meet height restrictions, and was on its way around 11am.

SUNDAY 16TH FEB WAS RAFFLES DAYS AT THE SANDSTONE POINT HOTEL we had a real winner taking out a seafood and a meat tray thanks to Bribie’s Aussie meats and Seafood for the fantastic trays. VMR Bribie Island acknowledges and thanks Management at the Sandstone Point Hotel for allowing us to raise much needed funds most Sundays to offset operating costs at VMRBI. NORTH STRADBROKE’S NOOSA CAT FINALLY LEAVES FOR TASMANIA

Graham Gibb and Commodore Liz Radajewski present MSQ with their framed Certificate of Appreciation, from left Ben Bosschieter and Sue Codi King

year’s EXPO. There were representatives from MSQ, QFES, VMRAQ, RACQ, SES, QPS, Surf Lifesaving, VMRBI and the Town Crier. The video of last year’s EXPO, prepared by Matthew Marny (MattzPixz Photography from the Gold Coast), was shown and copies offered to any organisations that did

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Loading the vessel onto the Kenworth low loader.

Friday 28th February 2020 – Around 8am a crane truck from Burpengary Crane Hire arrived to load the vessel, on it’s trailer, on to a low loader for road transport to Melbourne to catch the ferry to Tasmania. After

shopping for the evening! Commodore Liz then welcomed the new members, Thanked Trevor Botham for the music and vocals, and with the assistance of Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe, conducted our usual Raffles.

Wayne Sclater, Peter Morton and Karen Darlington for “manning” the bar; and especially the double effort from Graham and Leona Patrick, who were there early this morning setting up the room after doing the

Safety Dave The Frenchie’s Message:

YEAR TO DATE RADIO ROOM STATISTICS To Saturday 29th February 2020: 2,267 Calls, 648 vessels logged on,52 Vessel Assists, 248 Sitreps, 112 Requests, 15 overdue vessels, 2 Vessel Tracking, 246 Radio Checks, 12 Weather Broadcasts, 1 Securite Broadcast, 0 Pan Pan 0 Mayday. VHF 75.9%, 27MHz 7.6%. FEBRUARY 2020 VESSEL ASSISTS: FRI 21/01 0648am – 12m Full Cabin member aground and damaged steering, required a tow from Mouth of the Caboolture River to Monty’s Marina. FRI 21/02 1629pm – 7m Cruiser member with motor overheating, required a tow from Toorbul to Pacific Harbour canals.

BBQ Master Chefs, Charles Williams, Ron Burrett, Graham Patrick and Garry Bunker.

Own a Boat? The Social Committee ladies: Robyn Young, Dot Oldmeadow, Leona Patrick and Janine Jaavuo (missing was Kaye Hammond, who was preparing to leave).

This Friday saw another 100+ crowd at Sunset Drinks, Commodore Liz Radajewski welcomed everyone and thanked all those responsible for putting on the evening: Betty Snell and Brenda Allardyce on the door, selling burger vouchers and raffle tickets; Janine Jaavuo and her Social Committee, Leona Patrick, Kaye Hammond, Dot Oldmeadow, Robyn Young, preparing and serving burgers; Graham Patrick, Charles Williams, Ron Burrett and Garry Bunker, BBQing the burgers and onions;

Safety Dave says “Plan your trip, check the weather conditions, let your family know where you are going, where you are leaving from; and what time you are returning!”

“BUT importantly – Always remember if you are heading out on the water LOG ON with your local VMR or Coast Guard, its a free service for everyone, so why wouldn’t you! - It just may save your life!”

SUN 23/02 1251pm – Tinny nonmember capsized near Bribie Bridge, picked up 2 occupants and towed tinny to Bellara. FRI 28/02 1737pm – 4m Tinny non-member, Water Police requested us to investigate report that 2 people stuck near Goat Island, required a tow to Donnybrook Boat Ramp. SAT 29/02 1214pm – Water Police requested search for 2 Jet Skis (NSW) near Cape Moreton, had departed Toorbul. B1 stood down after 20 minutes Jet Skis had been located all well. SAT 29/02 1508pm – 4.8m Half Cabin non-member with motor issues, required a tow from South of Bribie Bridge to Spinnaker Sound Marina. • Vessel & contact details recorded in our database in case of emergency,

YOU CAN JOIN VMR BRIBIE ISLAND ONLINE AT WWW.VMRBRIBIE.COM, PHONE (07) 3408 7596 OR CALL IN PERSON AT MARINE PARADE BELLARA, BENEFITS INCLUDE: • Breakdown assistance.

SAT 22/02 1440pm – 8.5m Whitley CG Redcliffe member with motor problems, required a tow from 3km North of Bribie Bridge to Bellara area where CG Redcliffe will continue tow to Scarborough.

• Access to first aid, radio, and navigation courses plus safety and general boating information sessions; • Regular social events; • Reimbursement up to $100/per year for tows by other VMR or Coastguard units; and • Overnight/weekend secure car & trailer parking at the base.

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Beach REPORT

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Fishing REPORT By Cheryl Williams

Welcome to another fishing report from gateway bribie adventures. With all the rain about it is certainly washing the creeks out of some good size fish and crabs. Mud crabs are being caught in Ningi Creek, Toorbul and Banksia Canals. Sand crabs are about in the passage in front of IGA Bongaree, Bellara and Gallagher’s. We have also seen some good size fish being caught over on ocean beach and 2nd lagoon has seen some

good size whiting, flathead and dart. Mackerel are certainly on the bite at the Bird Cage and at Red Beach so you need to grab some pilchards to catch a good feed. Bream are being caught throughout the passage at Bellara, Bongaree jetty, Red Beach as well as some at the 8th Ave carpark. The ripples are a great place to catch a feed of snapper and you can also try Sandstone Point and Bellara. Turner’s camp is seeing some good size whiting being

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caught, the anglers are saying to head to Red Beach and Bongaree to catch a few as well. We have some big fish being caught out the front of Bribie Island as the pictures supplied show.

By Michael and Rick at Gateway Discovery Tours

elcome to another beach report from Michael and Rick at Gateway Discovery Tours. The inland track is firm but is rapidly turning to mud, a bad patch is about 2km south of Poverty Creek camp area. The camp area is damp, the little wetland just behind the old cattle dip has sprung to life due to the rain, and there is a lot of native wildlife there to see. A large number of kangaroos are on the side of the track so keep an eye out for them.

FRI 13 Mar 12:24 am 1.86m 6:23 am 0.39m 12:36 pm 1.82m 6:42 pm 0.4m

SAT 14 Mar 1:12 am 1.85m 7:16 am 0.52m 1:18 pm 1.63m 7:18 pm 0.46m

SUN 15 Mar 2:03 am 1.83m 8:18 am 0.64m 2:05 pm 1.46m 8:00 pm 0.52m

MON 16 Mar 3:00 am 1.8m 9:32 am 0.72m 3:03 pm 1.33m 8:55 pm 0.59m

TUE 17 Mar 4:10 am 1.78m 10:56 am 0.74m 4:24 pm 1.26m 10:09 pm 0.64m

WED 18 Mar 5:29 am 1.78m 12:19 pm 0.69m 5:59 pm 1.29m 11:33 pm 0.65m

THU 19 Mar 6:43 am 1.83m 1:28 pm 0.6m 7:14 pm 1.4m

FRI 20 Mar 12:54 am 0.59m 7:45 am 1.89m 2:19 pm 0.51m 8:10 pm 1.53m

SAT 21 Mar 1:58 am 0.5m 8:35 am 1.95m 3:00 pm 0.45m 8:55 pm 1.63m

SUN 22 Mar 2:45 am 0.43m 9:16 am 1.98m 3:36 pm 0.41m 9:33 pm 1.69m

MON 23 Mar 3:22 am 0.4m 9:51 am 1.97m 4:06 pm 0.41m 10:05 pm 1.73m

TUE 24 Mar 3:54 am 0.4m 10:19 am 1.93m 4:31 pm 0.42m 10:34 pm 1.74m

WED 25 Mar 4:23 am 0.43m 10:44 am 1.87m 4:55 pm 0.43m 11:00 pm 1.75m

THU 26 Mar 4:53 am 0.47m 11:07 am 1.81m 5:19 pm 0.44m 11:29 pm 1.76m

FRI 27 Mar 5:26 am 0.52m 11:31 am 1.73m 5:45 pm 0.46m 11:59 pm 1.76m

SAT 28 Mar 6:01 am 0.58m 12:00 pm 1.65m 6:11 pm 0.5m

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The beach is nice to drive at low tide but we have had some 2.7mtr high tides which leave no beach at all at the top of the tide. Pick your time to cross at second and third lagoons as they have claimed many vehicles over the years. If you’re the first vehicle to arrive before a crossing, walk-through, it may be deeper than you think and

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Make sure you have your beach permit as there are number plate recognition cameras at both ends of the beach access track and at white patch being installed, they will catch you out and you will receive a fine in the mail, beach access is a privilege not a right. We have now exited turtle breeding season until September 2020, thank you all for being vigilant this season.

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ribie Island’s natural wonders and wildlife receive more protections with new number plate recognition

An innovative new 24-hour number plate recognition system will offer more protection for the local flora and fauna including the endangered loggerhead turtles of Bribie Island’s scenic recreation area. Minister for the Environment and Great Barrier Reef Leeanne Enoch said the new number plate recognition system will assist Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) rangers monitor all vehicles visiting the iconic Queensland Island.

“The Palaszczuk government supports QPWS rangers in managing the nature conservation and naturebased recreation of this picturesque area, ensuring its native wildlife and natural wonders are preserved and protected for everyone to enjoy,” Ms Enoch said. “This advanced number plate recognition system is a first of its kind in an Australian national park entrance and combined with the existing four-wheel-drive vehicle access permits, will help ensure that the ecosystem, native animals and turtle hatchlings are observed and not disturbed.” Cameras have been installed to provide rangers with real-time

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monitoring and accurate visitor vehicle usage numbers and owners of vehicles without a valid vehicle access permit will be issued with a $200 penalty infringement notice. “While the vast majority of visitors to Bribie Island do the right thing, anyone found driving on vegetated dunes and disturbing shorebirds, turtles and other beach species or performing unauthorised or inappropriate fourwheel driving will face enforcement,” Ms Enoch said. “We want to ensure that Bribie Island remains protected now and for future generations.” One of the key advantages of the recognition system is that it operates 24 hours a day and will deter any four-wheel drivers who are entering the park at night, often without permits, when turtles are actively nesting and can be easily disturbed. Visitors are reminded to do their research before visiting the island and ensure they have purchased a vehicle access permit before

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Regular patrols are conducted by rangers and police to ensure all visitors have an enjoyable stay while respecting and conserving the island’s iconic natural values.

Permit fees and other revenue collected is used for the maintenance of camping areas and visitor facilities.

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Senior Ranger Emma Barraclough said Bribie Island is one of the most intensively managed of Queensland’s protected estates and the new system will add to the tools rangers have to promote education and compliance.

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“Number plate recognition will increase compliance efficiency. It will also assist us to identify and search for missing vehicles including setting number plate identification alerts,” Ms Barraclough said.

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“Permits must be attached to the lower left-hand side of the vehicle’s windscreen or if the vehicle does not have a windscreen, another prominent position on the vehicle. “Road condition signs are located at White Patch and Woorim park entrances to alert

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ON THE ROAD beware when buying a car, to find out more about how you can protect your interests, contact RACQ’s Motoring Advice Service.

TIPS

4. MAKE SAFETY A PRIORITY

Choose a car with a high ANCAP or Used Car Safety Rating and comprehensive safety features.

5. GET AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTION

FOR HELPING YOU BUY THE RIGHT VEHICLE: By RACQ 1. CHOOSING THE VEHICLE Buy the car that best suits your needs and your budget. Always research the market first so that you know what to expect in terms of value for money.

2. GET THE RIGHT FINANCE

Shop around for competi-

Bribie Car Care is a family owned and run mechanical workshop that has been servicing Bribie Island for many years. They also have many specials that offer discounted rates and more deals to keep you happy. They can provide you with a courtesy car available free of charge as one of their customers. They even offer a free local pick up of your vehicle from work or home to enable your servicing experience to be ‘too easy’.

‘Our business is based on customer satisfaction along with all the up to date high

tive finance before going car shopping. Never accept a loan or finance agreement just because it’s quick, easy or convenient. The interest rate may be much higher than what you could get from other providers. Where possible you should consid-

er obtaining finance beforehand or be aware of rates of finance available before you visit a dealership.

3. PROTECT YOURSELF

It is risky to buy from an unlicensed dealer or a private seller. They are unregulated and there is little legal

protection in the event of a problem. Licensed dealers must offer a cooling-off period and Statutory Warranty on most used vehicles they sell. Always make sure the vehicle actually exists, is available and meets your expectations. It is buyer

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Always have a used car inspected by a qualified mechanic before you buy it. A safety certificate or Statutory Warranty isn’t a substitute for a vehicle inspection. Make an independent inspection part of the contract and make sure the wording allows you the right not to purchase if the inspection is unsatisfactory. Most importantly don’t accept the car unless you are satisfied with its condition.

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Ignore any promise, warranty or guarantee that isn’t in writing as it is difficult to enforce.

7. CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECKS

If buying privately, check the Personal Property Security Register online or by phoning 1300 007 777 to determine if there is any money owing on the vehicle or if it is listed as stolen or written off. The search certificate will also provide information about the vehicle’s features that should be confirmed to ensure it’s the correct vehicle. If there is money owing on the vehicle, don’t buy it if there is any doubt it won’t be paid as you will not get clear title to the vehicle and it could be repossessed.

Never sign an incomplete contract. Always read and be sure you understand it before signing. Also, be sure it is the car you want, can afford and that it is in a condition you will accept. With new vehicles, specify the car’s colour and delivery date on the contract. If a dealer does not deliver as agreed, depending on the terms of sale the contract may be terminated and deposit money refunded, particularly if the deficiency cannot be appropriately remedied by the dealer. If the dealer’s standard contract does not make provision for your specific requirements then you may need to insist on certain wording being inserted into the contract to protect your interests.

9. IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS

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Dear Editor,

I refer to the letter from Charles Taylor, 28 February, which disputed with Diana Grey both global warming and that 2019 was the hottest year ever in Australia. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the 5 hottest years since 1961 were: 2019, 2013, 2005, 2018 and 2017. As evidence against this Mr Taylor claimed the hottest temperature recorded in Australia was 53.9 degrees in 1828. But climate scientists are talking about the average temperature over the entire Earth over a whole year, not isolated readings. Besides, spoiler alert, technology has moved on just a little since 1828 and we have satellites in orbit now taking continuous readings to great accuracy. Comparison of the annual average Australian temperature for every year since 1910 against the 30year average from 1961 to 1990 reveals the following: Before 1961 only 8 of 50 years exceeded that 30-year average, and none by more than 0.25 degrees. After 1961, 39 of 58 years exceed that 30-year average. For every year since 2012, the exceedance was more than 0.8 degrees and for 2019, 1.52 degrees, and every degree increase in the annual average, the maximum in the year increases tenfold. The modern data backs up what we are experiencing: hotter weather, longer summers, retreating glaciers, melting ice sheets and an increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather. Neither, as Mr Taylor suggested, is global warming invalidated because parts of the world experienced abnormally severe winters. Weather and climate are related but they are not the same thing. So, a warming global climate does not mean that parts of the world will not experience periods of unusually cold weather. To further his argument, Mr Taylor quoted the findings of a 1955 study by Queensland University, which predicted the Gold Coast would be flooded to a depth of 5 cm by 2000. That 64 years ago, before the advent of

modern computing and without the benefit of all the subsequent research and data, a prediction was made that turned out to be incorrect in magnitude does not invalidate the trend. Sea level has risen by an average of 1.65 mm per year since 1880 and by 3 mm per year since 1994. And yes, there have been natural variations in climate throughout geological time, but natural warming has never occurred at the current rate. I agree with Mr Taylor about one thing though, there is a lot of garbage being fed to the public. It seems Mr Taylor is one who is only too eager to swallow it and then regurgitate it without any fact-checking of its accuracy or relevance. Martin Doré - Banksia Beach

Dear Editor, A quick response, if I may, to Charles Taylor’s letter. Firstly, the determination of the “hottest year” covers the averages of the entire country for the whole year. A few very hot days in a couple of places are noteworthy, but while they may bump up the country’s yearly average a tiny bit, they don’t represent the whole story. See http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/ history/temperature/ for more information, and confirmation 2019’s status as the hottest on record. Secondly, it’s in the nature of newspapers to cook up the most sensationalist headline they can, and scientific research is constantly misrepresented in the media. Despite what the papers may have said, I very much doubt that the actual scientific study they were reporting on made any predictions about sea level rises on the Gold Coast. If you want credibility, quote the science, not the reportage. Finally, the recent massively cold winters in the Northern Hemisphere were, paradoxically, caused by global warming. The intrusion of excessively warm air disrupted the Arctic Vortex, which normally keeps the super cold air of the Arctic circulating above the Pole. When it collapsed, it pushed that freezing air

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southward. It was widely reported and commented on at the time obviously Mr Taylor missed it. Regards Diana Grey - Bribie.

To the Editor.

I am pleased that I have started a small Hornet’s nest with my article on Electricity generation & Climate Change. This is a debate that should be had by many others. I would like to congratulate Diana Grey on her letter, which in part refutes some of my statements. She is perfectly correct when she quotes wheat as a Grain that does not particularly like CO2. Most grains have a similar dislike. With the exception of Canola. I quote a few sentences from a paper from the Geological Society of London “The position paper did not include the beneficial IN GREENING THE PLANET effects of CO2 as this was not widely reported until the July 2013 CSIRO Study” It has been said by many of the societies that “97% of Scientist accepted that global warming was caused by man-made CO2” This paper refutes that assertion & quotes the names of 34 eminent scientists of that society that disagree. That group further says that” How can CO2 be called a pollutant when it is the primary nutrient in photosynthesis.”? Photosynthesis is the process that converts CO2 into the food that plants use.My comment on the clear feeling of those world’s forests that gives us our oxygen was not to suggest that the increased CO2 was beneficial to plants. It was to high- light that if those forests were still standing, then the natural balance of consuming this added CO2 would in all likely- hood remain somewhat neutral. There has been some warming over this decade, but since the 2008 El Nino, it has been very minor. After all, we are in a period of Global warming in that 700-year cycle. If one was to do the research, as I have done you would note that a 50 year & a 100-year cycle is also apparent. The 50 year one is more local, while the 100 year one is global.

The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change takes a position that matches the observation that almost half of the warming that occurred over the last 150 years or so after the Industrial Revolution, had already happened by 1943, well before the rapid rise of industrial CO2. (The increase in CO2 lags behind the temperature rise by many years, variously between fifty & 200 years, again depending on the source.) This is a difference of opinion from other learned societies. However, most of those others are American societies/ Associations. There are 18 listed in this paper. One needs to be aware that many of these societies are US Government funded. It is conceivable that they wish to continue to receive that funding. Does that mean that it would not be appropriate for them to go against Government policy? After all, if “everyone” is saying that CO2 is bad for the climate, why buck the system. Just use their data & get funded next year. I accept the fact that CO2, be it natural or man-made does cause Global warming. I also agree that CO2 is not the only gas that gives us problems with Global warming. Let us get real. It does not matter in the long run if CO2 causes a problem with Global Warming, or even climate change (they are different!). The very real problem that started much of this debate is “Baseload power generation”. No one can argue that the sun does not go down each evening, or that the wind blows continuously all the time, so no matter how much better these echo methods of generating power gets, or for that matter the very great strides in battery storage of this power & it is going ahead in leaps & bounds. If the sun does not shine for more than a few days that form of electrical generation is in trouble! Then if the wind does not blow????? We must have a reliable baseload power supply! Cheers. Bill HINTE.

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