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BRIBIE ISLAND DRIVEWAY UPGRADE Our long-awaited driveway project started Saturday 24th October 2020, with the Southern end slab poured on Wednesday; and the Northern end slab was poured on Saturday 31st October.
VMR Bribie Commodore Liz Radajewski with the finished new concrete driveway.
VMR New Radio System Project: Radio Officer John Bodycombe and VMRBI IT Guru and Senior Radio Operator Peter Morton have a zoom call with a potential new Radio System Supplier.
SUPER BUSY WEDNESDAY MORNING The “bobcat” made light work of removing the bitumen and levelling the driveway, in readiness for the concrete pour on Wednesday!
Driveway upgrade project - South Side entrance all set up with reo for the concrete pour on Wednesday.
1. First of the new concrete driveways is poured. 2. Bribie 1 comes out of the water for its 20hrs service on the new Yamaha 250hp Outboards. 3. Assist with vessel that needed a tow into Spinnaker Sound Marina. 4. Six new trainees doing their theory exams for the VMRAQ Shipboard Safety Module. 5. Plus clean out of the garage area ready for polling day on Saturday. 6. Plus a visit from the owner of Northside Marine to check on the new Yamaha Outboards.
Bribie 1 had its 20hr Service on her new Yamaha 250hp outboard motors.
NEW TRAINEES Graham Gibb VMR Bribie’s Emergency Services Liaison Officer presenting Peter Keen, Principal of Bribie Island State School with the school’s Emergency Services Expo Scroll of appreciation.
Trainer Simon Middap going over the paper with new VMR Trainees: Lloyd Clark, Samuel Cronk, Leeton Shepherd, Egg Richards, Steve Williams and Colin Reese for their theory exams for the VMRAQ Shipboard Safety Module.
FATHERS DAY PROMOTION 2019 Emergency Services Young Ambassador for the Combined Emergency Services EXPO, Tahnee Gordon with her picture book and VMR Bribie Island’s Emergency Services Liaison Officer Graham Gibb.
Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe finally caught up with Radio Operator Wayne Beeton and presented him with his Father’s Day present from his daughter in Tasmania, who paid for her father’s membership to VMR and as part of the package received a VMR Coffee Mug, some VMR Stubby Coolers and Stickers.
EXPO 2019 PRESENTATIONS
An absolutely massive THANK YOU to Caboolture Concretors Warehouse for their amazing donation of the steel mesh and chairs for our driveway project.
First new concrete driveway was poured this morning.
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Officer Graham Gibb got the ok, he had a very important presentation to make our 2019 Emergency Services Young Ambassador Tahnee Gordon with a pictorial book of all of her hard work as the Emergency Services Young Ambassador. The presentation was made at Bribie Island State School Assembly. Graham thanked Tahnee on behalf of all VMR Bribie members and all the Emergency Services.
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SATURDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2020 Another busy day at VMR Bribie Island, with the State Election in progress from 0800am to 1800pm, a large concrete pour on the driveway at the North side of the building (where the voting is being held in our garage), and Green Saturday’s normal crew day. All hoping to beat the impending storm due by mid-afternoon.
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