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Editor/Journalist: Lee Oliver Sales Manager: Lorraine Bailey Designer: Sheryl Lucas Director: David Paterson Enquiries: 3205 9930; Fax: 3205 9935 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.

Show fever is in the air State of Origin contagion and election infection aren’t the only fevers that have been afflicting local residents over the past few weeks. We are also currently in the middle of show fever season. Dayboro and Samford host their annual shows one week apart from each other in early July. Then late this month it is the turn of the Pine Rivers Showground at Lawnton to host the Pine Rivers Show. These three local shows have histories dating back many, many decades – more than 100 years the case of Pine Rivers Show – and they are wonderful avenues through which the community can meet and celebrate what makes living in their area great. When local residents have all recovered from show fever be warned that there is another outbreak on the horizon: Olympic Games fever. Look in this edition and in future issues of The Westerner for stories on some local athletes who have gone on to represent Australia at the Olympics, as well as profiles on some of the behind-the-scenes legends – the coaches – who have helped athletes reach the world’s pinnacle multisport event. – Lee Oliver, Editor

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Highvale business owner is selling up after plans to develop his property into a small-scale function centre were opposed by neighbours and given the “run-around” by council. Dave Gralton lodged a development application with Moreton Bay Regional Council last July, in the hope of expanding his Minims Rest home into a wedding venue for a maximum of 60 people. He said selling his property on the Goat Track, valued at around $7 million, was “prompted by Council’s delay in giving me a response” to the development application. “Since the encouragement given at the council pre-lodgement meeting more than a year ago I’ve been given the run-around,” Mr Gralton said. “Council has met with me several times, taken my money, then continued to drag out its decision.” Opposition to the development proposal from neighbours had also “played a major role” in Mr Gralton’s decision to sell. “We’re gutted that people who don’t care to learn the truth have casually lodged

objections against us based on the fiction concocted by a few,” Mr Gralton said. “These people have been so consumed by puerile letterbox drops and secret meetings that their tunnel vision is closed to reason. “It is clear that these neighbours had their own best interests at heart and not those of the community, which I believe has been duped.” Mr Gralton and his wife have owned Minims Rest for 10 years and spent millions renovating it over the past four years. “Samford has so much to offer and there is a growing demand for elegant rural settings close to the city,” Mr Gralton said. “We wanted to attract discerning guests who appreciate and expect exceptional service and quality. Minims Rest is that premium product.” Mr Gralton says there “appears to be a lack of communication and planning between various council departments” in developing tourism in the region. “I have been told that attracting tourism to the Samford area is high on the agenda and yet businesses that attempt to contribute to this goal are not supported.”

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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. THIS WEEK IN 2006: After four years as the owner-editor of The Westerner, Carolyn Hammond sold the business to David Paterson. He became the fourth owner-editor of the community newspaper, after Carolyn, Tony Smith and founder Heather Holcroft, who started the paper as Samford Times in 1996. The first Serious The Westerner published about selling? under David’s ownership was released on 6 July, 0411 882 478 TION 2006. It featured stories PUMPS & IRRIGA 40 .au 13 om 05 er.c 32 ern 6 Ph on the Abbey Medieval JULY 6TH, 200 www.thewest THURSDAY, 9930 Phone 3205 Tournament, replacement FREE Vol. 6 No.13 ment begin! of an asbestos roof at ay the tourna M Inside this edition Samford State School, a breast cancer patient raising around $50,000 for cancer research, a local man winning Queensland chess titles 32 years apart, new anti-smoking laws, and Pine Rivers Shire Council’s $204 million budget. Pine Rivers was amalgamated with Redcliffe and Caboolture Councils to form Moreton Bay Regional Council in 2008. The Alec Burns d 2016-17 Moreton Bay budget Selling Samfor 04 24 09 6 37 7 was $536 million. ad lian Homeste Phone Tony Crompton today

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Linda Murray, Wights Mountain Linda is a member of the Samford Commons and the Kupidabin Cultural Association, which is hosting a family fun day in celebration of indigenous Australians during NAIDOC Week. At the Kupidabin NAIDOC Family Fun Day I am most looking forward to… a day of celebration and to further learn, for greater understanding, more of Australia’s cultural history. Cultural understanding is important because… it helps provide knowledge to avoid problems in day-to-day and business life in the diversity of dealing with other cultures. This understanding also helps provide clarity in communications and sensitivity towards other’s views. Something some people may not know about indigenous cultures… Studies from around the world show there appears to be common elements in the ancient history content of many cultures. These elements are expressed through the both recording and the way each culture’s ancient history is related. What I like most about the Kupidabin Wilderness and Four Winds Cultural Centre at Mt Samson… The beauty and peaceful atmosphere of the grounds and the way in which this centre is gaining recognition as a true multicultural centre. People of all cultures are welcomed and encouraged to use the facilities to spread the knowledge of their customs and practices for greater global understanding. The goals of Samford Commons… Through the use of existing buildings and new infrastructure, creating a place using sustainable methodologies for people together to always grow, nurture, collaborate. Something most people don’t know about me… I also worked as a junior geologist. To make the world a better place... People would truly know and understand the words that their dominate thoughts are governing the life they are living. The Kupidabin NAIDOC Family Fun Day is on at Kupidabin Wilderness, 7 Lyell Court, Mt Samson on 10 July from 10am. Phone 0402 092 741.

ittle Evie Dyer passed away tragically this week, but not before she got to tick off an item on her ‘life wish list’. The eight-month-old from Ferny Hills was diagnosed with Zellwegers Spectrum, a rare condition affecting one in 50,000 babies that impairs brain, central nervous system and organ function. Sadly, Evie wasn’t expected to live beyond her first birthday, so her parents Nicole Dyer and Lauren Bellew created a ‘bucket list’ for their daughter. Amongst the items on the list was for Evie to pat a pony. Cue Yugar resident Nikki Bignell and her menagerie of animals including Dumbledore, the popular miniature foal with 15,000 Facebook followers who was born nine weeks early with undeveloped legs. Evie and her parents met Dumbledore and the other ponies, horses and dogs after a few planned visits were cancelled due to the baby being hospitalised. “I think this was our third attempt to meet Nikki and Dumbledore, but each time Evie had become unwell so we had to postpone,” Ms Dyer told The Westerner last week. “She seemed to like being around the ponies and horses – she had a few smiles and was a little more vocal than normal.” Ms Dyer and Ms Bellew are now keen Dumbledore followers who “have not stopped talking about him”.

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ncumbent Federal Member for Dickson and Immigration Minister Peter Dutton looks set to retain his position but his LNP colleague Wyatt Roy will not. While Mr Dutton had 50.88 per cent of two-candidate preferred

Nicole Dyer, Van Korako, Evie Dyer and Lauren Bellew met Dumbledore the pony on 26 June. Photo by Nadine Andersen Photography.

“We were blown away by the effort that Nikki had gone to in order to make the day special for us,” Ms Dyer said. “We have certainly met some amazingly generous people on our heartbreaking journey. For that we know we are truly blessed.”

votes to 49.12 per cent for Labor’s Linda Lavarch when The Westerner went to print, Mr Roy’s time as Australia’s youngest ever Federal MP appears over. Labor candidate Susan Lamb had 51.52 per cent of the vote

for the Longman electorate on Tuesday, compared to incumbent Mr Roy’s 48.48 per cent. Votes from 37 of Longman’s 41 polling booths had been counted. Mr Dutton claimed 44.19 per cent of primary votes in Dickson.

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Lynne Kelly has discovered that a powerful memory technique used by ancient indigenous people can unlock the secrets of the Neolithic stone circles of Britain and Europe, the ancient Pueblo buildings in New Mexico and other prehistoric stone monuments across the world. In her book The Memory Code she shows how we can use this ancient technique to train our memories. The most effective memory system invented by humans, it allowed people in nonliterate cultures to memorise vast amounts of practical information they needed to survive – and is the secret behind great stone monuments like Stonehenge and the Easter Island statues, which have for so long puzzled archaeologists.

The Westerner has three The Frankenstein Chronicles DVDs (Entertainment One, RRP $34.95) to give away. For your chance to win tell us in which year was Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein first published – 1818, 1848 or 1908? Send your answer, name and contact details to: The Westerner DVD competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale 4500 or email lee@thewesterner.com.au, Attn: DVD competition. Entries close 18 July.

The Westerner has three copies of The Memory Code (Allen & Unwin, RRP $32.99), to give away. For your chance to win tell us what country is The Memory Code author Lynne Kelly from – Australia, Scotland or Canada? 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 18 July.

Winners: Our Kind of Traitor tickets: E. Williames (Highvale), M. Snow (Samford Village), M. Meighan (Eatons Hill), J. Cooper (Strathpine), H. Roberts (Warner); Volcano Discoveries books: A. Hopkins (Brendale), M. Clark (Strathpine); The No Salt Cookbook: B. Halcrow (Cashmere); Best of ABC For Kids Volume 4 CDs: C. Mullins (Cashmere), S. Markwell (Upper Caboolture), H. Stewart (Wilsonton Heights); Hotels of North America book: I. Gray (Samford Valley); Bling It On packs: G. Helms (Cashmere), G. Meredith (Kallangur); Gobsmax packs: C. Breckenridge (Ferny Grove), N. Chapman (Warner).

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illion-dollar football amenities at the Samford Parklands sporting precinct will be a mix of the new and the old. Moreton Bay Regional Council recently awarded a $1.73 million tender for the construction of a new clubhouse for the Samford Rangers club at its Mt Samson Road home ground, with work expected to be complete by November. Moreton Bay councillor Darren Grimwade (Division 11) said the 500m2, state-ofthe-art clubhouse marked the next step in the relocation of one of south east Queensland’s fastest growing football clubs from Wights Mountain to Samford Valley. “Over the past two years, membership

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at Samford Rangers FC has grown by 30 per cent with more than 600 club members now forming 50 teams across all age groups,” Cr Grimwade said. “This new clubhouse will accommodate the increased demand for soccer in the area, providing a larger home base for the local club as it continues to grow.” Once complete, the new clubhouse will include a 150m2 clubroom, fully serviced kitchen and bar, four change rooms, bathrooms and storage facilities. Since the first stage of the new football precinct was completed in early 2012, historic Cash house has been used as the Rangers’ temporary clubhouse. Built around 1905 and formerly a house set on a dairy and small crops farm, the

building was restored and relocated to Samford Parklands in 2011. A Moreton Bay Regional Council spokesperson confirmed that Cash House would remain on site after the new football clubhouse was built. The century-old building will be used as the football club’s office space and referee change room once the new clubhouse is complete, the spokesperson said. Samford historian Eileen Kemp said Cash house was home to John and Bridgett Cash and their nine children, including four sons who fought in World War I. Private Percy Cash Bridge and Private Frank Harold Cash Reserve in Samford are named in honour of the two Cash sons who did not return from the war.

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POLICE BEAT Dangerous driving charge, Warner: A Warner man has faced court, one of two men charged following an incident in Bracken Ridge on 24 June. Police observed a stolen vehicle being driven in a dangerous manner and attempted to intercept the vehicle, but it failed to stop. The car later stopped and its occupants fled on foot. The two men were located and arrested with the assistance of Polair and the dog squad. A 24-year-old Warner man was charged with one count each of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, possessing dangerous drugs and unlawful possession of suspected stolen property. Task Force Maxima arrests, Lawnton: Two men from Lawnton were amongst five people arrested last month following the execution of search warrants targeting trafficking and supply of dangerous drugs linked to the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. A 30-year-old Lawnton man will face Pine Rivers Magistrates Court on 11 July charged with possessing a shortened firearm, ammunition, dangerous drugs and drug utensils, and obstructing police. A 23-year-old Lawnton man faced Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with 20 drug offences relating to the unearthing of a cache of drugs in a large toolbox on a property near Dayboro.

ences the previous week. Homes at James Court at Joyner and Marara Court at Albany Creek, and business premises at Leitchs Road and South Pine Road at Brendale were some of the locations targeted by thieves. Items stolen included computer, handbag, keys, vehicle, cash and jewellery. Entry was gained by methods such as smashing a front door, smashing a window and through an unlocked rear door. The previous week a laptop, games console, wristwatch, jewellery and tools were stolen from an insecure dwelling at Toomaroo Street at Warner, a home at Hillenvale Avenue at Arana Hills and a business at Kremzow Road at Brendale. Unlawful use of motor vehicle, Pine Rivers: Over the two weeks ending 4 July, motor vehicles were stolen from Marara Court at Albany Creek, Doyen Court at Warner and Gympie Road and Samsonvale Road at Strathpine. Number plates were stolen from vehicles at Yanderra Avenue and Cuphea Street at Arana Hills and a camera was stolen from a car at Carroll Court, also at Arana Hills.

Break and enters, Pine Rivers: Seven break and enters in The Westerner area were reported to police during the week ending 3 July, up from three off-

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Dayboro’s Patsy Cains is organising the collection of blankets for homeless people.

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ayboro’s Patsy Cains is supporting the one in 200 Australians who will sleep rough at night this winter. During July, her business George Hartnett Funerals Albany Creek is collecting blankets, with donations to be distributed by The Salvation Army to Queenslanders feeling the cold. George Hartnett Funerals will match all donations – blanket for blanket. Ms Cains said the blanket appeal raises awareness of the plight of homelessness while supporting those less fortunate. “As the nights get colder… it’s important to remember the many disadvantaged and homeless Australians living without winter essentials,” she said. “Having a comfortable and cosy blanket to keep you warm at night can be a luxury

many people are unable to afford.” Major Neil Dickson from The Salvation Army Queensland said every donation “goes a long way to warm up a cold night”. “Whether it be new or old, donating a clean spare blanket can make the world of difference to someone in need,” he said. “The initiative really puts homelessness on the agenda of local communities and highlights the value of people coming together to support a good cause.” Last year almost 3900 blankets were collected nationally for some of approximately 105,200 homeless people in Australia, including almost 20,000 children under the age of ten. Drop off blankets at George Hartnett Funerals, 717 Albany Creek Road, Albany Creek. Phone 3325 5055.

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esearchers want to hear the views of people living around Samford and Dayboro on issues such as lifestyle and wild dogs. A research team from Griffith University is studying how communities respond to changes and challenges in peri-urban areas – former rural areas on the urban fringe between the city and the country that are becoming increasingly urbanised. “These communities lie just beyond the edges of built-up urban areas of Brisbane and are highly dynamic areas facing rapid change,” Pazit Taygfeld from Griffith University Urban Research Program said. “In addition to longstanding residents, these previous rural areas are now home to former urban dwellers that have moved for a range of lifestyle. “As a result, these peri-urban areas are seeing increasing urbanisation, although... far from ‘urban’ in the traditional sense.” Ms Taygfeld said peri-urban areas have changing economic activities, particularly a “reduction in traditional rural activities” and growth in new “peri-urban businesses” such as tourism, equestrian activities, landscaping and innovative farming. “This dynamic peri-urban landscape and its changing population faces a range of challenges that may threaten lifestyles, such as increasing urban development, natural hazards and invasive animals,” Ms Taygfeld explains. “Nonetheless, peri-urban areas are

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often neglected by traditional planning and policy, falling in between rural policies and urban planning. “Importantly, the changing population means that a range of different values are present, including more ‘urban’ values in addition to traditional rural values, and so people are likely to respond in different ways to different threats or challenges.” Ms Taygfeld said the Griffith University researchers are seeking insights from the community about attitudes to issues such as the management of wild dogs. “We are using wild dogs as a key issue in peri-urban areas that can potentially impact upon the lifestyle of residents in a range of ways… and facilitating action and providing our expertise to any community group if there is interest in creating a community-led response,” she said. The first stage of the research project will see local residents interviewed about what they think about their lifestyle, their community and its role, and their attitudes and responses to wild dogs. The interviews will be followed by oneday community workshops to investigate the possibility of community-led response to wild dogs in the area. For more information on the study or to take part phone Pazit Taygfeld on 3735 5424 or email p.taygfeld@griffith.edu.au. Researchers are seeking the opinions of people living in Samford and Dayboro on issues such as wild dog management.

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eeping things fresh whilst retaining patrons’ favourite attractions is key to running a successful local rural show. That is according to long-serving Samford Show committee member Frank Lippett, who is excited about the entertainment line-up for this weekend’s event. “As usual, we’ve changed a few things to keep the show fresh while keeping the favourites which are so loved by the patrons,” Mr Lippett said. The Samford Show Vice-President said the highlights of the two-day event would include a spectacular aerial circus and The Rooftop Express show, which combines awe-inspiring horsemanship and exciting stunts with Aussie humour. “(It is) an absolutely spectacular horsemanship presentation, which ends with

Pipe bands are one of the attractions of this weekend’s Samford Show. Photo by Dianne Hodge.

Brahman cattle being herded up on top of a semi-trailer,” Mr Lippett said. “It’s performed at the Ekka and will be back there this year, as well as appearing at major events all over Australia. “And there’s a free aerial circus (at the Samford Show) which is new to our region and which promises to be a real hit.” Returning Samford Show favourites include pig racing, showjumping and the famous Great Samford Dog Jump on Saturday. “There will also be a record number of cattle exhibited (and) a full equestrian program, which includes the return of show-

jumping, which is a magnificent spectator event,” Mr Lippett said. Other show attractions include the popular sideshow alley with show bags, pet parade, reptile display, gold panning, pipe bands, vintage cars, a rock climbing wall and sheep shearing demonstrations, with colourful fireworks and Beefa’s Bush Band for the Saturday night finale. “The show will be on the last weekend of the school holidays, so parents can keep their offspring busy… trying their hands at cooking something, or finding some flowers to arrange, or making some craft to enter in the many competitions

– just for a bit of fun,” Mr Lippett said. Competitions include cooking, art and craft, poultry, dogs, horticulture, home brew beer and photography, as well as ute vehicle showcase and woodchop races. The show will promote breast cancer awareness and Whiskey’s Wish, which trains dogs to help armed force veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress. The Samford Show is on at the Samford Showgrounds, at Showgrounds Drive at Highvale, on 9-10 July. Tickets range from $5 for children to $35 for families, with under-fives free. Visit www.samfordshowsociety.com.au.

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are well developed and well rounded.” Many of Little Women’s cast, which includes Bunya’s Eliza King and Warner’s Liam J. O’Bryne, are graduates of Harvest Rain Theatre, Queensland Conservatory and Ballarat University drama programs. “Working with such a high calibre of performers allows lots more play and free-

Samford Valley’s Rochelle Manderson and Highvale’s Julie Christiansen will travel to France with the Voices of Birralee choir.

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Liam J. O’Bryne, Rachael Macnaught, Lara Boyle, Eliza King and Sarah Chappell in a scene from Little Women. Photo by David Harrison, Turn It Up Photography.

Based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, Little Women follows the lives and loves of four sisters – Jo (Lara Boyle), Meg (Eliza King), Beth (Rachael Macnaught) and Amy March (Sarah Chappell) – growing up during the American Civil War. Little Women director Mel Evans said it is just the third PRIMA show to be staged at Act 1 Theatre in 11 years. Having previously helmed big ensemble PRIMA productions Hairspray and Oliver!, the Dayboro woman is enjoying directing a 12-member cast in a smaller venue. “It’s a very intimate theatre and it’s a very intimate show,” Evans said. “The relationships between the sisters is beautiful and the actors have worked hard to establish a wonderful rapport with each other. “It’s a bucket list show for lots of people; the music’s wonderful and the characters

dom and exploration,” Evans explained. She said the show’s “stunning” music, arranged by Cashmere’s Andrew Wadley, befitted the setting of the story, now two years shy of its 150th birthday. “The music is delightful and really quite stunning. Even though it’s a contemporary show – less than ten years old – the music has a very classical sound,” Evans said. While most people “outside the musical theatre circle” are unaware there is a Little Women musical and it “didn’t do really great on Broadway”, Evans said it now has a big following “thanks to pro-am and amateur theatre around the world”. Little Women: The Musical is on at Act 1 Theatre, corner of Gympie Road and Hall Street, Strathpine for eight shows from 15-24 July. Visit prima.org.au for show times and ticket information.

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wo Samford women are set to lead a choir for performances in France this month. Highvale’s Julie Christiansen OAM and Samford Valley’s Rochelle Manderson will be with Voices of Birralee choir when it sings at services commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battles of Fromelles and Pozières. Ms Christiansen, who founded the choir in 1995, will conduct the performances on 19 and 23 July. She said the choristers, aged from 18 to 34 years, were honoured and “very much looking forward to the opportunity”

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Wombat Warriors members Lucas Stephens, Lily Eiseman, Grayson Lamprecht, Kienan Wagner, Marcus Solman and Taj Gieskens the day before departing for the Land Rover 4×4 in Schools Technology Challenge World Finals in England.

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ix students who are spending their school holidays in England hope to return home as world champions. Grayson Lamprecht, Marcus Solman, Taj Gieskens, Kienan Wagner, Lily Eiseman and Lucas Stephens of Pine Rivers State High School are representing Australia at the Land Rover 4×4 in Schools Technology Challenge World Final this week. The competition sees teams design and build a small-scale radio controlled fourwheel drive vehicle to negotiate a specially designed track that emulates real terrain and driving conditions. Lily Eiseman, Taj Gieskens and Kienan Wagner were members of the Wombat Warriors team that finished third in last year’s world finals. Ms Eiseman, the team’s manager, was hopeful of more success on the world stage despite expecting a “very tough competition” in Coventry. “With the amount of effort put in, we feel as if we might just make it to the top of the podium this year,” she said.

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Ms Eiseman said time management was the most important lesson she learnt from competing at the world finals last year. “So much can fall through your fingers if you aren’t careful with your time. Because it (time) goes by so fast you really don’t feel like the competition is that close and then there it is, right around the corner,” she said. Ms Eiseman, who won the Women in Engineering Award at the 2015 world final, said while travelling overseas was “a huge experience for a group of teenagers still in high school”, there have been “many sleepless nights worrying” about the Wombat Warriors project. “Basically, we haven’t had a proper holiday since Christmas. We have been hard at work on weekends, during school hours and after school hours,” she said. “Although the Wombat Warriors have been part of the 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge for the better part of two years, we are still learning, and that is the beauty of this program.”

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arm Fantastic Expo is under new management and the 2016 event is shaping to be even bigger than ever. New owner managers Australian Events have a long history of successful marketing and managing a growing stable of 15 events throughout Queensland. Farm Fantastic Expo is already recognised as one of the state’s largest outdoor rural, retail, home and lifestyle expos, and the 2016 event at Caboolture on 22-24 July will be no exception. Everything from farm machinery and vehicles through to sheds, tools and mowers will be on display, plus products and services for our homes and backyards, gourmet foods, wines and more. Alpacas take centre stage with more than 140 Queensland Alpaca Association contenders showing off their best colours to catch the judges’ eyes on the Saturday and Sunday of the expo. The more adventurous visitors can sample the meat as Illawarra Prime Alpaca co-director Ian Frith spruiks up

his delights at the Destination Food pavilion. Five lucky visitors can win a fruit salad tree from the Fruit Salad Tree Company. More than 200 exhibitors are booked including The Mower Supastore, David Evans Group, Four Seasons Gutter Protection, JPM Machinery, Scenic Rim 4Real Milk, Caravan World, Harrison F-Trucks, EZ Machinery, RACQ, Farr Environmental Services, Alcom Security, The Big Mower, 21 Solutions, Bay Audio Hearing Experts, Hillside Tractors Australia/Glasshouse Tractors, Dingo Australia, Goodwin Submersible Pumps Australia and Extreme Marquees. Farm Fantastic will be held at Caboolture Showgrounds, Old Gympie Road, Caboolture on 22-24 July, open Friday and Saturday from 9am to 5pm and Sunday from 9am to 4pm. Entry is $10 for adults and $8 for seniors card holders, with children admitted free with a paying adult. For more details on the Farm Fantastic Expo phone free call 1800 671 588 or go to www.farmfantastic.com.au.

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mid the hundreds of exhibits at the Farm Fantastic Expo is the opportunity for connoisseurs of good food to deal direct with the people who guarantee their products literally from the paddock to the plate. Destination Food will be a must-visit at the expo. The pavilion housing Destination Food will be overflowing with 40 market-style sites featuring the region’s homegrown delights – and there’s the chance to taste Illawarra Prime Alpaca. Highlights of Destination Food will include Merbye Pines’ fresh pineapple juice and fresh cuts, Scenic Rim 4 Real Milk’s milk products, Gourmet Xcellence salami, cheese and relish, Spice ITT spices, wines from Riversands Vineyards and Squished Berry Wines, Chinchilli’s chilli, Eumundi Strawberries, and Green Living

Australia cheese making and yoghurt cultures. Long Yard Beef Company, a finely-tuned family operation spearheaded by Josh and Kristie Long, will focus on their homegrown beef and smallgoods. Josh’s parents Alex and Annette raise 900 head of commercially bred and fattened Black Angus/Limousin-cross cattle on a 1900-acre spread at Kilcoy. The Longs have masterminded a feeding system to ensure quality rather than quantity. Cattle are especially pasture raised to optimise flavour and consistency. The wholesome “hormone and chemical-free product from the heart of the cattle country” is the cornerstone to the Long’s growing gourmet butchery at Bellmere and then Ningi. “We use all the beef cuts,”

Josh Long says. “The tongue is used for pressed brawn, there’s wood-smoked honeywurst (made their own Kilcoy honey), and there’ll be free samples of kransky, cheese kabana, beer sticks and salami.” In their drive to get more families back in the kitchen and eating wholesome meat dishes, The Two Old Ducks, namely Annette Long and her sister Jen Hill, will cook up a storm using their beef and a variety of the produce on display in the Destination Food pavilion. They will prove just how easy cooking can be and show expo patrons how you can make six meals from a freshly boned chicken. Also on stage Mr Long will have celebrities testing their skills in snag tying after he demonstrates how sausages are made “from scratch”. Josh and Kristie Long, from Long Yard Beef Company, will have a smorgasbord of their meat products at Destination Food at Farm Fantastic in Caboolture.

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Independence Day: Resurgence Twenty years after the original Independence Day the aliens have returned in Independence Day: Resurgence. Featuring many of the original film’s stars – excluding Will Smith, who is too expensive – this action-packed sequel offers moviegoers a fun ride down nostalgia lane. Roland Emmerich, who directed the original Independence Day film, returns to the helm here, knowing what viewers want. His other credits include not so much films, but destruction pieces, such as Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow and 2012. It’s hard to properly review these films because there is no character development or drama; it’s pure filler until the action kicks in. Here there is one big difference to the original. Whereas the 1996 Independence Day film had a good 45 minutes of suspense before the fireworks kicked off, here it’s relentless from almost the first frame. This is not necessarily a good thing. However, fans of the original such as myself will find much to like in Independence Day: Resurgence. Even while building a new story, the screenwriting team include dozens of references to the original. It was definitely good to see the return of eccentric scientist David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum), who helped vanquish the first alien invasion. This time he appears as a nominal sidekick to the much younger stars, including Australian Liam Hemsworth, in a role so forgettable I don’t even remember his character’s name. Another big departure from the original is Independence Day: Resurgence’s blatant penchant for over-the-top filmmaking in both spectacle and the characters. While the first film had its odd plot developments like the previously abducted pilot who wanted to fight the aliens as revenge for their experimentation on him, this one embraces outrageousness. Aliens now carry guns, African warlords join in on the fighting, and (spoiler) the climax features a huge alien queen chasing after a bus of children who were added to the plot seemingly out of nowhere. While some of this year’s other big movies have been too familiar to be fun (The Huntsman) or too serious to be satisfying (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), this one is a welcome reminder that there’s a lot of fun to be had in over-the-top movies – provided the crew and cast are having fun. Independence Day: Resurgence is not great film by any means, but it’s a lot better than what most people are saying.

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he last time Martika was in Australia, she was promoting an album that contained a number one hit single. A quarter of a century later the American pop singer returns Down Under to perform as part of the Totally 80s tour, which starts at the Eatons Hill Hotel on 12 July. Martika admits it “almost feels surreal” to be touring Australia “such a long time since the heyday”. “I haven’t been back in over 20 years so I’m very much looking forward to getting back to Australia. You have such a beautiful country and everybody was so nice when I was there before,” she said. “What I’m trying to do is make sure that I sound as close to the records as possible and that my presentation is what people expect, based on videos and what appearances people may have seen of me.” Having sold millions of records and with a résumé of hits including I Feel the Earth Move, Martika’s Kitchen and the charttopping Toy Soldiers and Love, Thy Will Be Done, Martika stepped away from music. “I worked very focused throughout my teenaged years and then into my 20s and I think I just really didn’t know what it felt

Martika’s first trip to Australia in 25 years will begin with a performance at the Eatons Hill Hotel on 12 July.

like to just relax and not have a focus or a goal or an agenda,” she recalls. “I kind of think I lived the cycles of life a little bit out of order so while people were having normal childhoods… I was already a professional child working in the (entertainment) industry by the time I was 11. “To do it (music) now and not every single day all the time on that level makes it even more special when I do get out there and do a performance. I’m just having my normal life and then I get to step out. It’s like living a fantasy.” Martika is grateful that she had the opportunity to work with the late Prince on tracks for her Martika’s Kitchen album. “I’ve always been very proud of the fact

that I have this material that came from Paisley Park and that Prince actually wrote me a theme song with my name in it (Martika’s Kitchen),” she said. “Love, Thy Will Be Done, the spiritual content of that song, the fact that he put music to a prayer that I wrote, has always meant so much to me. His passing has obviously really impacted the whole world.” Martika will appear at Totally 80s with Berlin, Limahl, Katrina, Paul Lekakis, Men Without Hats, Stacey Q and more at the Eatons Hill Hotel on 12 July. Buy tickets at www.metropolistouring.com/totally80s. Read the full interview with Martika at www.thewesterner.com.au.

Mistletoe and murder during Christmas in July Witcher said Mistletoe Mystery, written plays Santa Claude in Mistletoe Mystery. hristmas time can be a killer, and it by Carrie O’Rourke, is an interactive He says the character is “not your typical literally is that in a new play touring production “where the audience become lovable Santa” and would “certainly would south-east Queensland. detectives for the night”. not make it onto his ‘nice’ list to receive a Albany Creek’s Gary Farmer stars in a “It is a fun romp with some new murder-mystery from the crazy characters and will be interactive theatre company served up over Christmas InsideOutside, developed just dinner,” she said. for Christmas in July. Mistletoe Mystery will be He said Mistletoe Mystery performed Café 389, Scaris set in Santa’s grotto within borough on 8 July, Caboolta department store and ure Memorial Hall on 9 July, features “seven characters all and The Corso, North Lakes there to spread the Christmas on 15-16 July. cheer until disaster strikes Shows at Tamborine Villand someone is murdered”. age and Ipswich will follow. “The show will keep all Ticket prices range from super sleuths on their toes $25 to $80 and includes a as they try to crack the case,” two or three-course dinner, Farmer said. Farmer, who has appeared Albany Creek actor Gary Farmer, second from left, features in a dependent on venue, and Christmas-themed murder-mystery play. live theatre show. on stage for Brisbane Arts To buy tickets search for ‘Mistletoe present on Christmas morning”. Theatre, Mira Ball Productions, The Hills Mystery’ at www.stickytickets.com.au. InsideOutside Artistic Director Angela Players and Act One Theatre Strathpine,

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Matthew Stark poolside during his first international swim meet in Berlin.

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ony Stark is Iron Man; Eatons Hill’s Matthew Stark is an aqua man. The teenager recently brought home two medals from his first overseas swim meet, the German International Disability Swimming Championship. The 16-year-old won a bronze medal in the final of the junior men’s 200m individual medley (IM) and a silver medal in the 400m individual medley in Berlin. That was despite Stark having never previously entered a 400m IM race. “Even though I have never competed in that event before, my coach (Brendan Keogh) thought I had a really good chance

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the 35-member Australian track and field team for Rio, after winning the national 200m title in a time of 20.46 seconds – 0.01 second off his personal best. “As an athlete, I understand how my athletes feel, from the highs and lows of competing to the hard training sessions,” Venema said. Hartmann, who trains on grass tracks at a Little Athletics venue at Bracken Ridge, said his coach “has an eye for athletics that could rival the world’s best” and “is pretty good at thinking outside the box”. “He firmly believes that everyone is different and what works for one athlete may not work for another, so he will slightly modify the (training) session to suit their needs,” Hartmann said. “Over the years Travis and I have become good mates and I think it’s that bond that helps us progress the way we do. I think it’s that mutual respect for one another that makes taking and giving feedback a quick, easy and painless process.” Venema is “expecting and hoping” his 198cm tall protégé will make the semiof swimming a fast time. “Our preparation leading up to the race was brilliant and I felt in really good shape. My coach and I were both stoked with my time, as it was quite a lot better than he had hoped for.” In fact, Stark’s time of 5:05.33 beat the previous Australian S10 class record for the event, set by Rick Pendleton in 2001, by more than 26 seconds. “I just couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the time I had swum up on the board. I was unbelievably happy, and so was my coach,” Stark said. The Genesis Aquatics swimmer “seriously could not have been happier” with his Berlin trip, after recording personal best times in seven of his eight events. “Considering this was my first international meet… the overall experience was truly phenomenal,” he said. Keogh said Stark swam “extremely well” in Berlin and praised his work ethic. “Matt is a committed, hard trainer and a tough racer. He doesn’t shy away from a challenge and this is a big part of why he has improved so much,” Keogh said. While Stark has his sights on competing at the 2020 Paralympic Games, his immediate goal is to improve his stroke. “My goals will remain the same... aiming for fast times and great technique,” he said.

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Bunya’s Travis Venema, left left,, has coached Alex Hartmann to a place on the Australian athletics team for the Rio Olympics.

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