FISHING, BOATING AND ADVENTURES
VMR
BRIBIE ISLAND NIGHT TRAINING
Crew night training Wednesday 23rd February 2022 in Bribie 2 and Jonkers Bribie 3, the crews dodged the weather for most of the night but at 8.30pm they got a huge downpour.
Friday 18th Feb 2022 - A little trip out today in great conditions for the on-call crew a vessel with alternator issues safely taken back home to Pacific harbour.
BUSY WEDNESDAY Wednesday 2nd February 2022 - The first assist was a small runabout near Donnybrook. As the tow started you could see the storm was heading over Mission Point. Second job was attending to a drifting cruiser at Turner's Camp, followed by an unmanned small half cabin whose anchor line had broken and was taken and secured to the MSQ mooring.
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BRIBIE EVACUATION CENTRE VMR Bribie assisted MBRC in manning the Evacuation Centre at the Recreation Centre on First Avenue – requiring 3 volunteers for 3 shifts per day Sunday 27th Feb to Tuesday 1st March. CONGRATULATIONS JIM BROWN With all the craziness going on the past week, and the lack of internet we haven’t had time to congratulate Jim Brown for receiving his rank of Coxswain. Congratulations Jim
Saturday 19th Feb 2022 was a beautiful morning for boaties to be on the water, and it seemed everyone decided Tangalooma was the place to be, it was a challenging assist to manoeuvre to the beach area to access the stricken jet ski, with boats and swimmers everywhere. This was the third assist of the morning…. Pre-brief of trainees by Coxswain Ces before launch.
Monday 21st Feb 2022 - Bribie 1 and crew took 5 lovely nurses and all their medical gear over to Tangalooma to conduct vaccinations for staff and guests they will stay overnight, and Bribie 1 will pick them up at midday tomorrow. Not a bad place to have to go for work. Post exercise and debrief by Coxswains Ces Luscombe and Graham Parker.
Beware there is still a lot of debris in the Pumicestone Passage and Moreton Bay White Saturday crew pulled this tree branch from the water just off Bongaree.
John Traill
Public Relations Officer Volunteer Marine Rescue Bribie Island Phone: (07) 5327 2747 Mob: 0407 537 323
Ricky Dewsnap CEO of Tower Force dropped into VMR Bribie’s Base to make sure that all the recent upgrades to the Radio Tower which included two new top sections, new antennas and cabling were all working well. Commodore Liz Radajewski and Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe took the opportunity to present Ricky with a framed series of photographs of his team working on the recent upgrades. Commodore Liz said that the work done by Ricky and his team will ensure that we are in the best position with respect to communications to fulfill our primary role of “Saving Lives.”
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Sat 26th Feb 2022 - Bribie 1 has just left the Caboolture River now heading across Moreton Bay it has been one hell of a day for this crew thanks guys.
WHITE PATCH CUT OFF VMR Bribie One skippered by Coxswain Jim Brown ferried the Mayor of Moreton Bay Regional Council Peter Flannery and Member for Pumicestone Ali King MP along with other council officials, local police and Queensland Fire and Emergency Personnel to White Patch which was cut off during the floods, to assess the damage to local infrastructure and what needs to be done as well as taking some much needed food supplies for locals. This was a joint operation with our SES colleagues with whom we work closely for the benefit of the local community. Over the weekend VMR Bribie‘s Rescue vessels were involved in numerous calls for help with assisting pumping out of vessel. Medivacs with
