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PO Box 5189 Brendale BC Qld 4500 Web: www.thewesterner.com.au www.facebook.com/WesternerNews Published fortnightly by Skewiff Pty Ltd Proudly printed by APN Print, 3817 1830 Circulation: 12,750 The Westerner is distributed to the letterboxes of Armstrong Creek, Bunya, Camp Mountain, Cashmere, Cedar Creek, Clear Mountain, Closeburn, Dayboro, Draper, Highvale, King Scrub, Kobble Creek, Laceys Creek, Mt Glorious, Mt Mee, Mt Nebo, Mt Pleasant, Mt Samson, Ocean View, Rush Creek, Samford Valley, Samford Village, Samsonvale, Warner, Wights Mountain, Yugar and the acreage areas of Albany Creek, Eatons Hill, Joyner and Upper Kedron. Bulks drops are made at Albany Creek, Arana Hills, Brendale, Bunya, Cashmere, Eatons Hill and Strathpine. While every care is taken in the publication of The Westerner, we cannot be held responsible for omissions, errors or their subsequent effects.

Seeing red over maroon whitewash around Brisbane Is it just me or is State of Origin the new cash cow for retailers? Many of us dislike hearing Christmas carols in stores from early November, seeing Easter products on shelves early the following year, and shops being flooded with cheaply-made, imported green and gold paraphernalia (sometimes sans Tasmania) ahead of Australia Day. Now it seems one of the country’s great sporting events – the annual interstate rugby league series between Queensland and New South Wales – is being squeezed for all it’s worth by those money-hungry businesses. It’s hard to go to a shopping centre and not see the shop windows filled with Queensland maroon (and New South Wales blue), or see other businesses jumping on the Origin bandwagon for commercial gain, each year from May to July. It’s all well and good to be parochial and support our state footy team against the so-called southern ‘cockroaches’. But it’s unfortunate when the commercial interests try to blatantly gang-tackle our cherished sports and pastimes for profit. – Lee Oliver, Editor

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nvironmentalists believe koala reserves established by Moreton Bay Regional Council could be “too little, too late” to save local populations of the threatened species. Council has started planting the first of more than 3800 trees and plants at Brian Burke Reserve at Samford Valley, as part of its koala conservation project. Division 10 councillor Darren Grimwade said once mature, the trees at the 270hectare site would act as an important habitat and corridor for koalas. “The initiative is just one of many projects that form Council’s extensive Koala Conservation Partnerships Program, which aims to develop green infrastructure to aid wildlife movement, create more koala habitat, and establish a number of education and awareness programs,” he said. Council is also revegetating koala reserves at Kurwongbah and Whiteside, devised to provide a green link between existing koala and wildlife habitats. However, Yoka Dolman from Moreton Bay Eco-Alliance says the projects are “feel good exercises” lacking in environmental nous. “Plantings will be good for many animals but too late for the koala,” she said. “These are mere feel good exercises that are good for long-term vegetation but… too little, too

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late and definitely (less effective) if you remove the more important and mature natives around these replants. “You can do as much planting as you like in the corridor but if you destroy (existing) habitat... all that replanting won’t do any koala any good. “You can’t change their (koala’s) breeding ground. We pointed this out to the Minister when we saw Council had this replant planned but no one questioned it.” Australia Koala Foundation mapping shows much of the preferred koala habitat around Samford, Warner, Strathpine, Joyner, Brendale, Kurwongbah, Petrie and Murrumba Downs has been cleared. Moreton Bay Eco-Alliance is saddened by recent clearing of koala habitat on Youngs Crossing Road at Joyner for a housing development approved by Moreton Bay Council, which the environment group claims “don’t want to upset developers.” “The majority of people, especially councillors, seem to forget that clearing (land) at this rate is unsustainable (and) unnecessary,” said Ms Dolman, who added that politicians needed to act to save koalas. “There’s an awful large amount of rhetoric going on at the moment amongst all parties and by all politicians. It won’t save them (koalas) I’m afraid,” she said. “If they (politicians) don’t take a firm stance now and secure all remnant habitats the koala will be gone.”

THIS WEEK IN 2012: In mid-2012, The Westerner featured a story on several members of the Brendalebased Pine Rivers BMX Club, who were about to head to Birmingham to compete at the BMX World Championships. Among them was 14-year-old Lachlan Harvey, who had recently returned to May, 2012 BMX after 14 months Thursday, 17 away from the sport, after e h T rupturing his spleen in a training accident. His making sister Sarah, 16, third at tracks the previous world titles for in Denmark, and sevenyear-old Thomas Tucker also represented Australia in England. Thomas had only been riding BMX for a year and just missed making the final at his first world championships. He has been t set fo Ge r a world-beater ever since, iva fest l fun recently winning his fifth straight world championship ets , Imagen8 Tick ie Tickets, CDs in Colombia. It was the second Books, DVDs, Mov u dhotel.com.a ! IN www.samfor W S TEL HO time he had won all his races PULLOS u m.a EY .co fordhotel www.wood SAMFORD VALL DISCOVER at a world championship meet, E O GREAT S! DFORD VILLAG GATW HOTEL OO W MING ROOM having also achieved the feat at HOTEL/MOTEL com.au www.samfordhotel. the 2014 event in Holland. dfordhotel.com.au

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Moreton Bay Region councillor Darren Grimwade at Brian Burke Reserve, where Council is planting trees for a koala reserve. But local environmentalists say it is not enough to save the koalas.

In 2016, The Westerner community newspaper celebrates its 20th birthday: two decades of informing and entertaining the residents of Pine Rivers, and later the Moreton Bay Region. To celebrate the milestone, this year we are going back through the archives to revisit some of the biggest and most entertaining stories printed over the past 20 years.

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G Sally Cornfield Dayboro Sally is one of the entries for a new feature of this year’s Dayboro Show – the scarecrow competition. My motivation for taking part in the scarecrow competition at the Dayboro Show was… to show to the world that beauty comes in all different shapes, sizes and materials, and to also just have some fun. Plus it’s better than being stuck in a paddock all day long. Why people should get involved in the scarecrow competition… It helps to build community spirit, people can get creative, and it helps to erode the stereotype that scarecrows are scary and dumb. Other highlights of the Dayboro Show next month… will include some great new attractions such as The Rooftop Express arena show spectacular, fireworks, equestrian events and pavilion displays, and experiencing the lovely country atmosphere close to Brisbane. My dream dinner date… would be with Ray Bolger, who played Scarecrow in the movie The Wizard of Oz. Songs that always get me up on the dance floor… All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Scarecrow, Hay Ya! by Outkast, and anything from the Scarecrow album by John Cougar Mellencamp. Something most people don’t know about me... I am more scared of piñata bats than I am of crows. The best piece of advice I have been given… “Be quiet so they don’t bother you – but make a bother if they do bother you.”

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eoff Henderson has probably met every volunteer member that the Samsonvale Rural Fire Brigade has had. He is “bloody proud” that his service and longevity with the brigade was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The Kobble Creek local was one of eight Queensland Fire and Emergency Services personnel who were last week advised that they would be awarded an Australian Fire Service Medal. The Australian Fire Service Medal recognises distinguished service by fire service members – both paid and volunteers. “You don’t do volunteer work to win medals or awards or anything like that, but it’s nice to get it,” Mr Henderson said. “You just do the job because it needs to be done and you’re supporting yourself and the community.” Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Katarina Carroll congratulated the Australian Fire Service Medal recipients on attaining national recognition for their efforts. “Each day, Queenslanders benefit from the actions of our emergency services personnel and while these individuals do not perform their roles for public recognition, the contribution they make to protect our state deserves our gratitude,” Ms Carroll said. Mr Henderson has been a member of Samsonvale Rural Fire Brigade for 62 of its 64 years and has served as its First Officer. Official records are sketchy but it is believed that Mr Henderson joined his volunteer bush firefighting group when he was 15. “There was no regulation when I joined but apparently you’ve got to be 16-year-old now to join,” he said. “I was a banana grower working for my father here at Kobble Creek and bloody bushfires were a bit of a thing and you had to be prepared. “Nearly all the property owners, if there was a fire they’d all

Geoff Henderson has been recognised for his dedication to Samsonvale Rural Fire Brigade.

flaming well turn up with whatever they had. If you don’t get into it (the fire) to control it, the bigger it gets and the worse it can become.” Apart from safeguarding his community, the 77-year-old has enjoyed “the pleasure of meeting up with your friends”. “They do become friends, your fellow firefighters,” Mr Henderson said. “Some of them come and go and move on and shift elsewhere… and a lot of them are bloody nice people.” Mr Henderson’s son Craig is the current First Officer at the Samsonvale Rural Fire Brigade and daughter-in-law Liane works for the fire service at Caboolture. – Lee Oliver

Competitions Adapted from John le Carré’s best-selling novel, Our Kind of Traitor is a gripping and fast-paced thriller starring Ewan McGregor (The Impossible), Naomie Harris (Spectre), Damian Lewis (Homeland) and Stellan Skarsgård (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo). While on holiday in Marrakech, an ordinary English couple befriend a flamboyant and charismatic man, who unbeknownst to them is a kingpin money launderer for the Russian mafia. The couple gets caught in a dangerous world of international espionage and dirty politics and is propelled into an alliance with a ruthless and determined MI6 agent. Our Kind of Traitor opens in cinemas on 14 July. Thanks to StudioCanal, The Westerner has five double passes to a special advanced screening of Our Kind of Traitor, at Event Cinemas Indooroopilly on 11 July at 6.30pm, to give away. For your chance to win tell us which film wasn’t based on a John le Carré novel – Unlawful Entry, The Russia House or Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy? Send your answer, name and contact details to: The Westerner Movie competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale 4500 or email lee@thewesterner.com.au, Attn: Movie competition. Entries close 4 July.

Volcano Discoveries is one of the most eye-catching guides to the fascinating world of volcanoes ever published. A series of remarkable photographs takes the reader on a journey – showing that each and every volcano is unique. Locations include Iceland, Greece, Tanzania, the Canary Islands, Hawaii, Vanuatu, New Zealand, Japan and Indonesia. Authors and geologists Tom Pfeiffer and Ingrid Smet have been studying volcanoes for many years, visiting active volcanoes all around the world in the process. Volcano Discoveries is an ideal book for volcano enthusiasts of all levels, from expert to beginner. The Westerner has two copies of Volcano Discoveries (New Holland Publishers, RRP $40), to give away. For your chance to win tell us what country is the world famous Mt Vesuvius volcano in – Chile, Italy or Iceland? Send your answer, name and contact details to: The Westerner book competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale 4500 or email lee@thewesterner.com. au, Attn: Book competition. Entries close 4 July.

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POLICE BEAT Task Force Maxima arrests, Warner: Three people will face court charged with drug offences after being arrested following a raid on a Warner address by detectives from Task Force Maxima. The raid on 13 June targeted the illegal trafficking of dangerous drugs by members of outlaw criminal motorcycle gangs and their associates. During a search of the Warner residence police allegedly located 60g of ice, hash and prescription medication, including morphine. Police also found two gas cylinders with false bottoms, allegedly being used to store and transport drugs. A search of a bedroom within the house located methylamphetamine, tablets and drug smoking equipment. A 27-year-old man and Bandidos gang associate will face nine charges relating to drug trafficking and possession and possession of explosives. A 26-yearold man and a 29-year-old woman were charged with possessing a dangerous drug, possessing a restricted drug, and possessing a drug utensil. Lock up your tools, Pine Rivers: Pine Rivers Police have started a new project in the fight against crime. Officer-in-Charge of the Strathpine Police Beat and project organiser Senior Constable Tammy White hosted the launch of ‘Don’t be fools, Lock up your tools’ at Strathpine on 21 June. The project focuses on tradespeople who leave their toolboxes and vehicles unlocked at their homes and on job sites. The pro-

ject also offers advice regarding engraving of tools, use of identification stickers and GPS trackers. Senior Constable White said it was important for tradespeople to keep their tools safe. “A tradies’ tools are his whole livelihood and without them they can’t work and support their families. It always surprises me that many don’t even have their serial numbers written down anywhere,” she said. Break and enters, Pine Rivers: Amongst the break and enters into local homes during the past fortnight were incidents at Pine Valley Drive at Joyner, Mindi Court, King Parrot Street, Hayward Avenue and Elle Street at Cashmere, Explorer Drive, Bourke Court and Lambertia Court at Albany Creek, Casuarina Drive at Bray Park and Windrest Street and Ada Street at Strathpine. The items stolen included alcohol, cash, guitar, jewellery, iPad, handbag, knife, arrows and sunglasses. Cash, a wallet, two vehicle keys and two vehicles was stolen from a home at Fleet Circuit at Bray Park, after thieves gained entry through an insecure garage door.

Tyler touches down on Aussie dream

Dayboro man is heading to Asia to represent Australia in an American sport. Tyler Ferdinands and the Australian junior gridiron team, nicknamed the Outback, fly out to China on Sunday to compete at the International Federation of American Football Under-19 World Championship. The Moreton Bay Raptors wide receiver, the first player from the club selected to represent Australia, said he “hopes to do our country proud” in Harbin. “It will be an exhilarating experience, playing for not only Australia but Dayboro as well,” Ferdinands said. The teenager said he and his teammates have shared goals for the world championships: “Representing my country

Dayboro’s Tyler Ferdinands will travel to China to represent Australia in gridiron.

with pride and performing better than any Outback team has previously” and “hopefully coming away with a medal.” Ferdinands, who started playing American football three years ago, tipped the United States, Canada and Mexico to be the teams to beat in China. Australia will also play Austria, Japan and China. USA and Canada have contested the last three junior world championship finals with the USA winning twice, including the last event held in Kuwait in 2014. Last year the Australian Outback junior team beat New Zealand Iron Blacks in the Oceania Bowl, to secure a berth at the world championship. The teams will meet again in a warm-up game at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

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atons Hill’s Andrew Wedlake took on the gruelling Brisbane Oxfam Trailwalker endurance event for a fifth straight year at the weekend. Nikki Lewis, Emma Hatherall and Matt Sims were also members of Mr Wedlake’s ‘Blisterbound’ team, which finished 11th after completing the 100km overnight hike through bushland from Lake Manchester to Mt Coot-tha in just under 20 hours. Teams of four walkers had 48 hours to complete the 100km endurance challenge, which raises money for Oxfam’s work in support of people living in poverty. Mr Sims, from Eatons Hill, said successfully tackling the bush course was “50 per cent mental and 50 per cent physical.” “When you’re about 70 or 80km in and you’re walking virtually on your hands and knees up some of those hills you start to curse the designer of the course,” he said. Since Oxfam Trailwalker was launched in Australia in 1999, local athletes have raised more than $63 million for Oxfam initiatives around the world. “I personally think it’s a great organisation because they teach people how to survive,” Mr Wedlake said. “They teach people to overcome their adversities and provide skills to teach farming and to become self-sufficient.” Mr Sims added: “They (Oxfam) are also doing a lot of support work in Nepal which, as trekkers, is a place close to our hearts.”

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The Rooftop Express arena spectacular will be a highlight of next month’s Dayboro Show.

The show will also feature a children’s animal nursery, balloon clown, farm animal display, reptile show, trackless train rides and appearances by Ranger Nick, Dingo Dan Puppets and Stunt Juggler Scoot. Show patrons can also step back in time and pan for gold, see vintage speed cars or watch cooking demonstrations. Locals can show off their skills with pavilion exhibits for photography, needlework, arts and craft, horticulture, fruit and vegetables, honey, needlework, cookery, home brew and fruit wines, with entries closing 1 July. There will also be horse riding events such as showjumping, cutting, team penning and campdraft cut out, and competitions for everything from dogs, donkeys, mules and poultry, to produce, wood chopping and scarecrow making. The Dayboro Show Country Kitchen will also be open with great value hearty meals and desserts. The Dayboro Show is on 2-3 July at the Dayboro War Memorial Showgrounds at 3512 Mt Mee Road, Dayboro. For a full show schedule and ticket details visit www.dayboroshowsociety.com.

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Program: – 10am - Flag Raising Ceremony – Welcome to Country – Aboriginal Smoking Ceremony – Aboriginal Dancers and Didgeridoo Players. – Presentation by Aboriginal Elder Rev. Aunty Jenny Thompson. – Story of the Song Lines. – Children’s activities. – Lunch Feast . – Yarning Circle Story Telling.

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Kupidabin Cultural Association’s Linda he culture and history of Australia’s Murray said Songlines related to ancestral indigenous people will be celebrated spirits of the Dreamtime who “Sung the at Mt Samson during NAIDOC Week. earth, people, Hosted by waters and the Kupidabin creatures into Cultural Asscreation”. ociation, Kup“A Songline idabin Family is a story of Fun Day on creation of 10 July is a one of these chance for the paths across community to the land, and celebrate the marks the achievements route followed of indigenous Aboriginal elder Wiruungga from Maleny at last year’s Aboriginal and NAIDOC Week celebrations at Kupidabin Wilderness by an ancestral creator Torres Strait at Mt Samson. spirit being,” Islanders. Ms Murray said. “In this story form, Originally formed to help increase Songlines give meaning to sites and storawareness of the status and treatment ies, and connect people to country.” of indigenous Australians in the 1920s, Kupidabin Family Fun Day also features NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Aboriginal smoking ceremony, storytelling, Day Observation Committee) now has a didgeridoo players, children’s activities, National Day of celebration every year. welcome to country, and a lunch feast. Given NAIDOC’s celebration theme of It is on at the Kupidabin Wilderness at ‘Songlines: The Living Narrative of Our 7 Lyell Court, Mt Samson on 10 July from Nation’, the Kupidabin Family Fun Day will 10am to 3pm. Phone 0402 092 741. feature Aboriginal music and dancing.

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“I love utilising community hall spaces as they are often the heart of small communities, are accessible and atmospheric.” Rose is looking forward to bringing her open mic concept to Mt Glorious, a “beautiful setting and a lovely small community, full of creative people”. “This is a free event for the community, intending to bring local people together to support local music and performance art,” she said. “Community members are also encouraged to come along to watch and socialise, and bring a plate of something to share with a tea or coffee. “I hope the night attracts not only the local community members but draws people from a wider catchment to come and be involved.” The open mic night is on at Mt Glorious Community Hall, located at 1874 Mt Glorious Road, Mt Glorious on 25 June from 6.30pm to 9pm. A full PA with two microphones will be available to performers on the night, and no bookings are required. Email roseedenmusic@gmail.com for more information.

Award-winning painter Kevan Rigby at his Rigmarole Art Studio in Samford Valley. Inset: Rigby’s painting Le Scarpe Delle Donne. Donne.

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painting inspired by Kevan Rigby’s love of Italian shoes has won the Samford Valley artist a Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award. His painting Le Scarpe Delle Donne, depicting dozens of women’s shoes in a department store, came about following Rigby’s trip to New York City three years ago. “I like Italian shoes – I wore Italian shoes for my own wedding – and saw some in Saks of Fifth Avenue,” Rigby recalls. “There was a vast range of styles and very many different materials from which they are made. I tried to capture the texture of canvas shoes, the raw leather, the patent leather and the plastic see-through heel. “I treated each shoe as a separate painting whilst being aware of the composition as a whole. I was also struck by the fact that ladies shoes were much more ‘artistic’ and interesting than mens’ shoes.” Rigby creates watercolour paintings in a style he terms “observational realism”. While the subject matter of Le Scarpe Delle Donne differs from his usual creative subjects – animals and nature – Rigby says the artwork also showcases “painting the effects of light on objects”. “My work… is a result of my mathematical and scientific mind,” he said. “I cannot help but analyse colour and shape and note the effect that light has on the things I paint.” Rigby, who attended Wigan Art College in England at the age of 16 before majoring in Visual Arts at Manchester University, has artworks in private collections and business houses in Japan, Australia, USA, Korea, New Zealand, UK and Canada. He has also won an Australian Artist Magazine competition for his watercolour painting of a tibouchina flower. Run by Lethbridge Gallery of Paddington, the Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award is for paintings, drawings, photographs and two-dimensional artworks up to 61cm in size. Judging for the art awards, now in its seventh year, is based on three equally evaluated criteria: creativity, originality and skill.

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Bunya author in her element with book win

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Bunya’s Kathy Hoopmann has won a Nautilus

book conceived and written by authors living 5500km apart has won an international literary prize. Elemental Island, a fiction book for children co-written by J.S. Kiss and Bunya-based author Kathy Hoopmann, has won a silver Nautilus Award. Aimed at children aged eight to 13 years, Elemental Island “explores and celebrates differences in people from an alternative perspective”. Like many of the 19 books Hoopmann has written since 1999, Elemental Island features characters with autism. “It is set on an island where everyone is on the (autism) spectrum and it’s so common and so normal that the word isn’t even used,” Hoopmann explains. “That’s what’s acceptable and is normal on this island. Then you have a child born on that island who isn’t on the spectrum at all and is kind of normal. “They’re all worried about this child because they can’t understand why she doesn’t behave like they do, and she is diagnosed with ‘social syndrome’. “It’s kind of a play on what it’s like to be different in a world where everyone expects you behave like they do.” Elemental Island was written while Hoopmann was living in Dubai and J.S. Kiss was based in Budapest, with the co-authors in contact two or three times a day through “a lot of emailing and a lot of Skyping.” “Some co-authors write different chapters each but we didn’t do that. What we did was whoever had the time would write, and then they’d send it to the other person to edit… and continue it,” Hoopmann said. “There were certain sections that really suited the personality of one of us, so we would write it alone and meld it into the style of the rest of the book.

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“We hadn’t ever worked together before so we weren’t sure how our style was going to be accepted… so to win an award with our very first co-writing effort is really exciting.” Elemental Island gave Hoopmann her second Nautilus Award, after her Inside Asperger’s Looking Out was recognised in 2013. With past recipients including Desmund Tutu and the Dalai Lama, the USA-based Nautilus Awards recognise “books that change the world”. “Over the years different people have written to tell me how my books have really helped them or helped them explain something,” Hoopmann said. “They (people with autism) are fascinating people who are very interesting characters and vibrant, so it’s always quite fun to write on that. “I love knowing that what I’m doing is actually worthwhile and is helping people. To get an award to kind of put a rubber stamp on that is just the cream on the cake.” To find out more about Kathy Hoopmann’s catalogue of books visit www.kathyhoopmann.com.

Rural painters at seaside gallery

n artistic pathway taken by painters from rural Samford and Dayboro has led them to the seaside. Highvale’s Jennifer Redmond, Samford Valley’s Shan Wood and King Scrub’s Lorraine Emerson are exhibiting works at the Redcliffe Art Society gallery. Their Pathways art show opened yesterday. “It (the Pathways exhibition) is about pathways in life that create all sorts of wonderful spin-offs and new opportunities and new relationships with people,” Wood said. Redmond said her paintings are “a metaphor of a life journey”. “Mine are about Tasmania but it’s really about a maze; at the beginning you don’t know where you’re going and finally you come out of it,” she said. Wood’s paintings are a more literal interpretation of a journey, inspired by her trip to Eastern Europe last year. “My pathway was the travel and then your response to the environment that www.thewesterner.com.au

Highvale’s Jennifer Redmond and Samford Valley’s Shan Wood are exhibiting their artworks at Redcliffe along with King Scrub’s Lorraine Emerson.

you’re seeing,” she said. Emerson’s new body of mixed media work was “inspired by the beauty of marks created by nature”. “A combination of natural dyeing, beeswax, found objects and mixed media have been implemented to assist in my quest to creating a unique piece of art,” she said. The three artists, who are also taking part in the Samford and Surrounds Arts Trail and Open Studios event on 25-26 June, have dabbled in an art form that Wood says is “a little bit unusual still in Australia”. The Pathways exhibition will include the artists’ works of encaustic painting, an art form also known as hot wax painting. The exhibition runs until 17 July at the Redcliffe Art Society gallery at 395 Oxley Avenue, Redcliffe. The gallery is open Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 3pm. Phone 3284 0852 or visit redcliffeartsociety.com.au.

The new film from acclaimed director Werner Herzog, Queen of the Desert is a sumptuous cinema experience based on the life of British explorer and adventurer Gertrude Bell. Bored with her privileged life in England, Bell (Nicole Kidman) soon finds herself in the Middle East, beginning her progression into a famous traveller, writer, archaeologist, spy and political officer. The film chronicles Bell’s life in places such as Persia, Egypt and Syria in the late-1800s and early-1900s, including her romantic dalliances with British embassy and consular officials Henry Cadogan (James Franco) and Major Charles Doughty Wylie (Damian Lewis). During her adventures traversing Middle East deserts – at great personal risk and against the will of the authorities – Bell becomes captivated by the “freedom, dignity and the poetry of life” of a misunderstood people living in the barren landscapes. Perhaps Herzog is asking the audience to contemplate or reappraise its own understanding of modern people of the region? Bell also crosses paths with the archaeologist T.E. Lawrence (Robert Pattinson), who is more commonly known as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’. Queen of the Desert is a visual and aural feast. Rather than the performances of Kidman and her fellow stars, the best selling points of the film should be its spectacular settings and wonderful orchestral score. Cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger has previously worked with director Herzog on feature films (Rescue Dawn, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans) and documentaries (Grizzly Man, Encounters at the End of the World, Cave of Forgotten Dreams). His shots of the desert are majestic and often breathtaking. Fittingly for a movie about the woman dubbed the ‘female Lawrence of Arabia’, Queen of the Desert’s exterior shots, best seen on a big cinema screen, harks back to the classic Lawrence of Arabia film from 1962. Queen of the Desert’s music, which has Oscarnominated composer Klaus Badelt adding Middle Eastern touches to a grand operatic score, is sensational. The costuming, in both aristocratic England and its colonial outposts, is also fantastic. As usual for a biographical film based on an historical figure, it’s hard to know what important elements of Bell’s life have been omitted or embellished. However, anyone interested in the birth of the modern states of Jordan and Iraq, which Bell helped to establish after World War I, should also find interest in Queen of the Desert. 7/10

Choir on song in awards crescendo s c h o o l t a l k

one of the state’s longest standing school tudents from Genesis Christian music competitions. College at Bray Park have sung Meanwhile, the Samford Valley Steiner their way to success. School has hosted a gathering of student The college’s Upper Primary Choir came musicians from two states for the first first in the Choirs to Year 6 section at time. the Queensland Youth Music Awards. A two-day Genesis’s combined choir won the schools competition music camp for the first saw around time with its 90 students renditions of gather at Emily Bardthe Baden en’s Can You Powell Park Hear My Voice in Samford and Rhythm Valley. of Life, by As well Cy Coleman Genesis Christian College Choir Director Debra Hosking and students Sarah Delaney and Tyra Cross as students and Dorothy are presented with a Queensland Youth Music Award from Wights Fields. by competition adjudicator Claire Preston, right. MountainGenesis’s based Samford Steiner School, children choristers qualified for the music awards from Noosa Pengari Steiner School finals on 1 June following three heats of and Rainbow Ridge Steiner School, in choir competition across Brisbane. northern New South Wales, also attended The college’s Primary Concert Band the camp for choral and instrumental placed second its competition, while the ensemble music. St Paul’s School Wind Ensemble won for The end of the camp culminated in best Secondary Advanced Concert Band. performances from all of the ensembles More than 4000 students took part and choirs. in the Queensland Youth Music Awards,

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“I was very reoliticians could lieved after the come from the speech and glad Bray Park State that people related High School class of to it,” she said. 2016, if a recent visit Ms Burey, who by four students to opened Youth ParlState Parliament is iament with her anything to go by. vision for QueensYear 12 students land as its Youth Venice Lamb, Kristen Premier, said the Burey, Madeline Sarri experience was and Tanisha Gordon “nerve-racking but recently represented thrilling and worthBray Park High at the while”. Legal Studies Youth “It was a chance Parliament excursion. for students to take Youth Parliament Bray Park State High School student a step outside our provides the chance Venice Lamb with State MP Kate Jones. comfort zone and for school students to enter an environment that challenged gain a deeper understanding of Queensour views and beliefs on contemporary land’s political processes by serving as society,” Ms Burey said. ‘youth members’ of State Parliament. While participating in the Youth ParliaIt sees students introduce and debate ment excursion the Bray Park State High a mock Bill or motion, reflecting topical School students met with State Member issues of interest to Queensland students. for Pine Rivers Nikki Boyd and fellow MPs Ms Lamb won the ANZELA Award for Kate Jones and Peter Wellington. best speaker in Youth Parliament debate.

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Pine Rivers BMX trio Kye Affoo, Thomas Tucker and Lorsyn Affoo recently recorded their best world championships results in Colombia.

Tucker puts his outstanding success in BMX – winning four world number one plates from five world championships – down to “hard work in training both on and off the track as well as a good diet”. Fellow Pine Rivers BMX Club member Kye Affoo reached his first world championships final in Medellín, placing seventh for 16-year boys. His sister Lorsyn earned a maiden world championships podium position in the 15-years girls competition, her third place finish following a fifth place result in 2014 and fourth last year. “Achieving this goal was a tremendous effort due to the skill level and speed of

the girls this year, and it felt amazing to reach this goal,” she said. “Each year I hope to do better and become a better rider, so for next year my goals are to finish first or second. I feel with hard work and determination, this is very achievable.” Lorsyn was excited to see her older brother achieve his goal of making a world championships final. “Leading into the world championships, myself and Kye trained together day in and day out,” she said. “Seeing him succeed was a great feeling, knowing that all our hard work had paid off.” – Lee Oliver

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Name: Jackson Beale Age: 10 Club: Pine Hills Dirt Racing What age did you start racing remote control dirt cars and why did you choose this sport? I started racing when I was eight. My dad was looking for a second-hand clarinet for my sister when he found a second-hand nitro buggy. We bought it, then went to the Pine Hills track and watched a race day on 24 January 2014. We raced the following weekend and have raced every race meet since. What is your biggest achievement in the sport to date? Coming second in the nitro season drivers point score against adults. What is your training programme? I practice on the weekend we are not racing and sometimes during the week. I also play Xbox racing games to help me with my reflexes. What is your favourite/best racing skill? When I do a jump I whip the car to make it move in the air. What is your pre-race routine? I walk around the track with my dad to check the track and see if there is holes or things I need watch out for. What are the best things about racing radio control cars? You get to meet new people and make friends, and getting to race in other cities and tracks. I get to spend lots of time with my dad. Attributes needed to be a good driver. Really good reflexes, understanding how to fix the car and knowing how to control the car, especially in the air over jumps. Who is your sporting idol and why? Aaron Stringer. He is a member of our club. He is really fast and helps me lots. What are your goals for your sport? To qualify to go to the world titles in Perth in 2018. What advice would you give to other people looking to race remote control dirt cars? Enjoy it and have fun and don’t be sad if you don’t win a race. What are your three favourite sporting teams? Collingwood (AFL), Barcelona and Portugal (football). What are your interests outside sport? Playing Xbox, playing soccer and AFL.

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