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This colourful picture is nine-year-old Corey BrieseMarshall’s winning entry to The Westerner’s annual ‘Christmas at my place’ drawing competition. Read more about the competition on page 12.

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Cheers for ten top years Another year is coming to an end. And for yours truly, the end of 2015 represents a career milestone. For me, December marks 10 years as a journalist and also 10 years employed by The Westerner newspaper. Since starting with the paper straight out of university in late-2005 I have worked in as many offices as Australia has had Prime Ministers during that time. I have even been able to meet and interview three of them as part of this job. I have also met and spoken to so many fantastic and inspiring people from within our own community and beyond, including touring musicians who have come to our part of the world to perform. People seem to love end of year ‘best of’ lists, so I have selected my 10 favourite stories of the past 10 years – the ones I thought were important, the ones I really enjoyed writing, and some of the articles I am most proud of. You can read this special feature online at thewesterner.com.au, along with Reel Time’s best and worst movies of 2015. I wish you and your family a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year.

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Cheap cancer drug a dream gift By Lee Oliver

ll one Bunya family wants for Christmas this year is affordable cancer treatment drugs. The wife of a 37-year-old father of two diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma cancer from asbestos exposure, is appealing for the new drug Keytruda to be subsidised under the Federal Government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The woman, who did not wish to be named, says Keytruda is currently on the PBS for melanoma sufferers and has been trialled on mesothelioma patients, with positive results. Her husband hopes to start using the drug after his chemotherapy treatment but the cost is extremely prohibitive. “To start this drug after chemotherapy, which is our plan, will currently cost us between $9000 and $11,000 every three weeks. If it is fast tracked onto the PBS, it can cost us $30,” the wife said. Currently the family “couldn’t afford even one round” of the drug for her husband. “(He) was the breadwinner for this family

and has not worked in nine weeks. Funds are very limited right now,” she said. “Without selling the family home, we would not be able to use Keytruda at all if it is not on the PBS.” The woman says her husband’s exposure to asbestos occurred as a toddler, when renovations were carried out on his family home at Ashgrove in the late-1970s. “There will be a huge wave around 2020 in Brisbane of asbestos-related disease, as people affected by the 1990s boom of DIY renovations will be hit with diagnosis, though it does not affect everybody who has been exposed,” she said. She said her family has “not fully come to terms” with her partner’s diagnosis. “We are devastated and are living in fear of the unknown,” she said. “I am terrified of not having the strength to get myself and my babies through this. “My children need their daddy, and this drug (Keytruda) can help buy us time.” To sign the petition to have Keytruda placed on the PBS, which will be presented to the Health Minister, go to www.change. org and search for ‘Keytruda on PBS’.

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Anne O’Regan, Ferny Hills Anne is a singer and school music teacher who will perform alongside her adult children, Dan and Bridie, in the Voices of Birralee choir at QPAC’s Spirit of Christmas concerts. I discovered I had an aptitude for music... When I was at a small country convent, one of the nuns suggested to my Mum that it would be a good idea for me to learn the piano. Mum agreed and I started lessons. Singing in a choir with my children... will be a joy for me. I am thrilled that they get as much a buzz from singing as I do and I get to share that experience with them. My favourite Christmas songs... I love the old favourites – ‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing’, ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ plus ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ and Tim Minchin’s ‘Drinking White Wine in the Sun’. If I could travel back in time to meet a composer... it would be Vivaldi. I love his music especially ‘Gloria’, which we are singing at Spirit of Christmas. Away from music I enjoy... movies, theatre, reading, walking and sleeping! Three music albums in my collection I couldn’t part with.... Swoon Collection by ABC Classic FM, Five Hebrew Love Songs by Erik Whitacre and Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles. This list changes often. The best piece of advice I have been given... “Love is a doing word.” My advice to aspiring musicians and singers... Persist! Music will give you the best experiences and also encourage you to work very hard. It’s all worth it. What I would like for Christmas... To spend time with my family. I love their company and getting together with them is the best present ever. The Spirit of Christmas concerts, featuring the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and a 250-voice choir. are on 18-19 December at the QPAC Concert Hall. Tickets are available from www.qpac.com.au or 136 246.

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Web of frustration helps net supporters By Damian Staveley

ederal Member for Dickson Peter Dutton has hit back at suggestions he has not done enough to ensure his electorate is prioritised during the construction of the National Broadband Network (NBN). Labor candidate for Dickson Michael Gilliver recently held a forum with Senator Chris Ketter and Shadow Communications Minister Jason Clare, at which they chided Mr Dutton for poor internet speeds in the district. Over 100 local residents gathered at Albany Creek State High School to hear the trio spruik Labor’s broadband policy. “People see broadband access as a basic utility. They expect clean water out of the tap, power at the flick of a switch, a flushable toilet inside the house, and super fast and reliable broadband,” Mr Clare said. Mr Gilliver said Mr Dutton is “standing

Neville Sonter and fellow Warner residents are battling against poor internet connection.

idly by” on the issue. “There are some residents in Eatons Hill, Draper and Bunya that don’t have access to any form of fixed line broadband at all, let alone an installation date for the Coalition’s watered down NBN,” he said. Mr Dutton refuted the claims, saying his priority is to have the NBN available for families and businesses as soon as possible. He dismissed the forum as another Labor talkfest, pointing out that in the six years Labor was in power no Dickson households were connected to the NBN. “Under the Coalition almost 8000 premises can connect to the NBN today. Work is near completion to enable another 15,000 premises to connect and the build is underway to bring the service to another 2800 premises,” Mr Dutton said. “Nine-hundred premises in Dayboro and King Scrub will be connected early next year, 5600 premises in Albany Creek and Eatons Hill in 2016, and 1400 premises

in Highvale, Samford Valley and Samford Village the year after, as well as a further 6100 homes in the areas surrounding Bray Park and Strathpine.” Warner’s Neville Sonter contacted The Westerner about his ongoing battle for improved internet speeds. His connection is so fraught with difficulties that Telstra has recommend he disconnect from the service should his dissatisfaction continue, which is unfeasible as he works from home. The majority of residents in his street also have trouble with internet connection. “It works out that there’s a Telstra van in the street almost every week trying to keep people happy because everybody’s complaining about it,” Mr Sonter said. Mr Sonter said while Telstra argues there is nothing more they can do to improve internet connection speeds, he believes they are making him wait for the NBN and resisting calls to improve infrastructure.

Competitions Starring Michael Shannon (Man of Steel, The Runaways) and Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, Warm Bodies), Young Ones is a stunning sci-fi tale of revenge and violence set in a post-apocalyptic, droughtravaged future. After fighting off raiders to protect what little he has, a man strikes a plan to bring water to his family’s barren farmland. But betrayal sets off a vicious cycle of greed, vengeance and murder. Young Ones, which also stars Elle Fanning (Maleficent, We Bought a Zoo) and Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In, The Road) is available now on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital through Icon Home Entertainment.

Hold on to your teacups – you’re about to fall head over heels for Hester and Harriet. In Hilary Spiers’ book, two widowed sisters move together into a comfortable cottage in a pretty English village. The only blights on their cosy landscape are their crushingly boring cousins. But their quiet and ordered Christmas celebrations are turned upside down with the arrival of their runaway teenage nephew and a young refugee woman and her baby.

The Westerner has two Icon Home Entertainment Dystopian DVD packs, containing Young Ones, City of Embers, Dredd and The Road and each valued at $99.80, to give away. For your chance to win tell us in which film did Nicholas Hoult play a character called ‘Beast’ – X-Men: First Class, Jack the Giant Slayer or Clash of the Titans? Send your answer with your name and contact details to: The Westerner DVD competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale BC, 4500 or email lee@thewesterner.com.au, Attn: DVD competition. Entries close 15 January.

Thanks to Allen & Unwin Book Publishers, The Westerner has one copy of Hester and Harriet (RRP $29.99) to give away. For your chance to win send your name and contact details to: The Westerner Book Competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale BC, 4500 or email lee@thewesterner.com.au, Attn: Book Competition. Entries close 15 January.

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ivision 8 candidate for Moreton Bay Regional Council, Chris Kelly, says an upgrade of Youngs Crossing at Joyner is long overdue. He has distributed 9650 postcards to Warner, Bray Park, Lawnton, Joyner and Cashmere, seeking residents’ feedback on the need for a new river crossing, which he intends to present to Moreton Bay Council. He believes Council has put the Youngs Crossing project in the “too hard basket”. “Council has picked one of the most controversial and costly options and... put it on the backburner,” he said. “There are a number of cheaper options that Council has talked about in the past

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arrival the drivers were allegedly assaulted by teenage boys. Police will also allege that a taxi driver was assaulted when called to a Gaythorne address on 5 December, before a 57-year-old man standing nearby was allegedly knocked unconscious and stomped on, suffering facial injuries including a broken nose and split lips. A Redbank Plains boy, 15, a Red Hill boy, 16, and a Stafford boy, 14, will be dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justices Act. Police Dog Squad calendars: Tourism Queensland is giving away two 2016 Queensland Police Dog Squad calendars ‘pawtographed’ by service canines. To enter upload a pic of your dog’s favourite spot in Queensland to Instagram or Twitter using #thisisqueensland. All funds from sales of the calendar, featuring photos of 39 police dogs and puppies, will go to the Animal Welfare League of Queensland, Police Legacy and the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Assault charges, Brisbane northside: Three boys have been charged following an investigation by Ferny Grove Child Protection Unit detectives into serious assaults on Brisbane’s northside. Police will allege that in the early hours of 8, 14 and 25 November taxis were called to a Keperra address by a female caller. Upon

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Brent Cash’s camera was found after it was lost in the Tasmanian wilderness in 2013.

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rent Cash never got to see the holiday photos he took in Tasmania a few years ago. That was, until this week. The Warner resident had been hiking with workmates in the Western Arthur Range in the remote south-west wilderness in Tasmania in February 2013. “We had stopped and I took some photos and I put it (my camera) down and have not picked it up again,” Mr Cash recalls. “When I went to look for it that night I couldn’t find it and I knew I had lost it. “I wasn’t going back for it as it was three hours to get back there, up a hill. I left a note at the (hiking) registration hut hoping someone who would follow the route that we took would find the camera and then find my address and happily send it back.” Fast-forward almost three years and the camera, which had spent 11 seasons in the wild, is back in Mr Cash’s hands. Neil and Lorelle Griggs from Hobart were exploring the area a fortnight ago and stumbled upon the camera, still in perfect condition, well off the marked hiking track. After stopping to check their compass bearings while “taking a short cut between one mountain range and another”, they found the digital camera on the ground. “I know the area pretty well so I knew where they (Mr Cash and friends) had been,” Mr Griggs explained. “It’s a great place to take photos. It’s pretty wild country. “I just thought if I had lost my camera I would hope that someone would be decent enough to try to get it back to me. Thousands of cameras are lost around the world every year so I thought it would be impossible to find the owner.” Unable to find any clues in the 97 photos on the camera’s memory card, he showed his daughter-in-law Jodie Griggs, “because she likes that sort of a challenge”. The only clue to the camera owner’s identity was the Clear Mountain Rural Fire Brigade t-shirt a man in the photos – Mr Cash – was wearing. “It (the t-shirt) did achieve some form of notoriety because I wore it every day while we were walking for about eight or nine days, and it appeared in most of the photos,” said Mr Cash, who was a member of the brigade until 2008 before moving abroad for work. Ms Griggs contacted Clear Mountain Rural Fire Brigade via Facebook, and subsequent communication has resulted in the “point and shoot” camera being returned to its owner. “The interesting bit is it was not (found) where I lost it,” Mr Cash said. “It’s a great story and I’m appreciative that someone has taken the trouble to try and find me, and more amazingly that they’ve been successful.”

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Niki Briscoe from Armstrong Creek has founded a company that aims to provide employment for people with autism, such as her son Eamon.

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placements, none of which would work for Eamon’s unique needs. “Eamon, contrary to appearances, is not intellectually impaired and many of these options are not very challenging or motivating. He needs something of purpose to motivate him.” Their “customised solution” is Autism Enterprises, a registered business which has created employment for Eamon and other people with similar conditions. Founded in October, Autism Enterprises is a courier service for community volunteering work and paid work.

Pauline Longdon has won an international copywriting award.

with major depression after being “burnt out” following back-to-back deployments to East Timor and the Solomon Islands as an army nurse. “I used to be a prolific writer and reader at school. When I went through depression I just lost all my ability to write and even read,” Ms Longdon said. “If I wrote I would be writing with a pencil so I could rub it out, because I was so not confident with what I was writing. “I was told I’d be depressed for the rest of my life and I’d never nurse again. I started to look for a way to recover and to find a new career.” Now Ms Longdon’s copywriting business The Copy Alchemist has clients in 47 different industries from countries such as the USA, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.

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Thursday 24 December 2015 Closed from 12noon Friday 25, Saturday 26 and Monday 28 December 2015 Closed Sunday 27 December 2015 North Lakes Library open normal hours Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 December 2015 Open normal hours Thursday 31 December 2015 Closed from 5pm Friday 1 January 2016 Closed Saturday 2 January 2016 Open normal hours Sunday 3 January 2016 North Lakes Library open normal hours Monday 4 January 2016 Open normal hours

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Dakabin Pound & Stockyard (RSPCA) Goodwin Road, Dakabin - Phone: (07) 3480 6450 Operating hours: • RSPCA Shelter - Monday to Sunday: 10am - 5pm • Council Pound - Monday to Sunday: 9am – 5pm • Closed Public Holidays: 25 and 28 December 2015 and 1 January 2016.

Cemeteries Cemeteries will continue to facilitate burials over the Christmas period on Tuesday 29 December, Wednesday 30 December and Thursday 31 December 2015. Burials will be accommodated from 10am to 3pm.

Pine Rivers Family Day Care Closed from 12noon Thursday 24 December 2015, reopens 8am Monday 4 January 2016.

Cultural Services Caboolture Regional Art Gallery and HUB Shop Closed from 12noon Thursday 24 December 2015, reopens Monday 4 January 2016 (normal hours). Pine Rivers Art Gallery Closed from 12noon Thursday 24 December 2015, reopens Monday 4 January 2016 (normal hours). Redcliffe City Art Gallery Closed from 12noon Thursday 24 December 2015, reopens Monday 4 January 2016 (normal hours). Bribie Island Seaside Museum Closed from 12noon Thursday 24 December 2015. Closed 25, 26 and 28 December 2015 and 1 January 2016. Open 27, 29, 30 and 31 December 2015. Reopens Saturday 2 January 2016 (normal hours). Pine Rivers Heritage Museum Closed from 12noon Thursday 24 December 2015, reopens Saturday 2 January 2016 (normal hours). Redcliffe Museum Closed from 12noon Thursday 24 December 2015. Closed 25, 26 and 28 December 2015 and 1 January 2016. Open 27, 29, 30 and 31 December 2015. Reopens Saturday 2 January 2016 (normal hours).

Major Venues Redcliffe Cultural Centre Closed from 12noon Thursday, 24 December 2015, reopens 8.30am Monday 4 January 2016. Caboolture Hub Learning & Business Centre Closed from 12noon Thursday, 24 December 2015, reopens 8.30am Monday 4 January 2016. Queensland State Equestrian Centre Closed from 12noon Thursday, 24 December 2015, reopens 8.30am Monday 4 January 2016.

Environmental Centres CREEC Environmental Centre 150 Rowley Road, Burpengary Closed from 12noon Thursday, 24 December 2015, reopens 8am Monday 4 January 2016. Osprey House Environmental Centre Dohles Rocks Road, Griffin Closed from 4pm Wednesday 23 December 2015, reopens 8am Tuesday 5 January 2016. Kumbartcho Sanctuary 15 Bunya Pine Court, Eatons Hill Closed from 12noon Thursday 24 December 2015, reopens 8am Tuesday 5 January 2016.

Pools and Leisure Centres All swimming pools and leisure centres will be closed Christmas Day, except for: Settlement Cove Lagoon, Redcliffe Lifeguards will be on duty from 7am to 8pm Christmas Day and 7am to 10pm weekends and New Year’s Eve. Samford Aquatics Closed from Wednesday 23 December 2015 to Saturday 2 January 2016 Redcliffe War Memorial Pool Closed from Friday 25 to Saturday 26 December 2015 and Friday 1 January 2016. For a full list of pool and leisure centre opening hours during the Christmas period, see www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au Morayfield Sport & Events Centre 298 Morayfield Road, Morayfield Closed from Thursday 24 December 2015, reopens Monday 11 January 2016.

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town we thought we’d go back to the old days and carol in the streets like they used to do 100 years ago,” event spokesperson Jill Garvey said. She said the singers had a collection of 12 traditional and “proper” Christmas carols to sing on the night. The festive event will end with a free sausage sizzle at the Dayboro Uniting Church, located in William Street. More than 70 singers are expected to sing Christmas carols on the streets of Dayboro on 19 December.

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Visitor Information Centres Bribie Island – Benabrow Avenue Caboolture – BP Travel Centre, Bruce Highway Clontarf – Pelican Park, Hornibrook Esplanade Redcliffe – Redcliffe Parade Strathpine – Daisy Cottage, Cnr South Pine and Gympie Roads Woodford – Archer Street Closed Christmas day. Normal opening hours apply on all other days.

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12 DECEMBER Swaggies Christmas – Dayboro’s Christmas tradition at Dayboro Showgrounds, Mt Mee Road, Dayboro from 5pm.

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Warner Lakes Christmas by the Lake – Dragonfly Park, Pallas Parade, Warner from 5pm. 13 DECEMBER Carols Under the Big Tree – Wyoming property, 141 Basin Road, Samsonvale from 5pm. Santa arrives at 6pm. 19 DECEMBER Carols in the Street in Dayboro – Starting at St Francis Xavier Church, 135 McKenzie Street, Dayboro. From 5.30pm. 20 DECEMBER South Pine Christmas Carols – South Pine Community Church, 12 Eatons Crossing Road, Eatons Hill. From 5pm to 8.15pm.

Summer activities

19 DECEMBER Ramp Day Out is a full day scooter event for young people and families at Redcliffe Skate Park. From 8.30am. 11 & 13 JANUARY Fierce and Ferocious Beast Cartooning. Learn to draw with Cartoon Dave (Toasted TV) at Albany Creek and Woodford Libraries. 11-22 JANUARY Active Kids park sessions for fitness and fun at Dayboro, Eatons Hill, Mt Mee, Albany Creek, Ferny Hills, Samford Village and more. 12 & 21 JANUARY Discover the artistry of old style portraiture and picture framing at Pine Rivers Heritage Museum at Whiteside. From 10am to 12pm. For more information on these and other great local school holiday events and activities over summer go to www.moretonbay.qld.gov. au/events.aspx.

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‘Santa Paws’ is coming to Samford Vets… Bring your pet to have their photo taken with Santa Sheahan and his elves Leigh & Judy.

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All proceeds go to “Whiskey’s Wish” A Samford-based not-for-proﬁt organisation who provides service dogs to ex-soldiers with PTSD.

Visitor Information Centres Bribie Island Visitor Information Centre Benabrow Avenue, Bellara P. (07) 3408 9026 E. bribie.tourism@moretonbay.qld.gov.au Open. Daily 9am to 4pm

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Redcliffe Visitor Information Centre Caboolture Visitor Information Centre BP Travel Centre, Bruce Highway, Burpengary Toll free. 1800 833 100 E. caboolture.tourism@moretonbay.qld.gov.au Open. Daily 9am to 4pm

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tudents at Pine Rivers State High School at Strathpine have put their heads together – and under hair clippers – to raise money for a mate in need. Their Pine Rivers High colleague Harry Bowes, from Ocean View, was diagnosed with leukaemia in August and has been undergoing chemotherapy in hospital. Students ran a Help For Haz shave day

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e’s toured around Australia and overseas but Adam Weston from Birds of Tokyo says he is most excited about playing a concert “just around the corner” from his home. The drummer, who lives at Cashmere, will perform with his chart-topping rock band at his local venue – the Eatons Hill Hotel – on 18 December. “I saw Refused there, I’ve seen Grinspoon and even my singer’s other band, Karnivool,” he said. “It’s kind of surreal when you’re watching these international, kind of famous acts out in suburbia. “We’ve been travelling away for shows in Port Hedland and regional South Australia and… New South Wales, so it’s pretty cool to have a show that’s just around the corner.” The one-off concert at Eatons Hill Hotel follows a year Birds of Tokyo spent largely based in America, playing shows and prepping its fifth studio album. One of Australia’s biggest contemporary rock bands, its last studio album, March

Birds of Tokyo are performing a one-off show at the Eatons Hill Hotel this month.

Fires, went to the top of the Australian charts two years ago. The album’s biggest single, ‘Lanterns’, peaked at position three of the national hit list. Birds of Tokyo’s latest release is a career retrospective, logically entitled Playlist… A Singles Collection. The band’s members had baulked at bringing together hits such as ‘Lanterns’, ‘This Fire, Plans’, ‘Wild At Heart’, ‘Anchor’ and new single ‘I’d Go With You Anywhere’ for a ‘best of’ album, however Weston now sees merit in the compilation. “One of things I’ve noticed in the last couple of years is people know ‘Lanterns’ and some people know the older, rockier stuff,” he explains. “In the space of a few years (of record-

ings) to tell someone that they’re listening to the same band – ‘Lanterns’, ‘Silhouettic’ and the production of ‘Anchor’ – they sound like three completely different bands because of the sort of stuff we’re experimenting with. “The Playlist compilation was just an excuse to connect the dots for people, to say, ‘Here’s 17 or 18 songs which are kind of varied and will give you a bit of an insight into what the band’s been up to the last ten years’. “If anything it’s sort of wiped the slate clean and we’ll go into 2016 focussed on this new album.” Birds of Tokyo play at the Eatons Hill Hotel on 18 December. Buy tickets at www.eatonshillhotel.com.au.

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fter quitting music almost one year ago and retreating to rural Queensland, Lanie Lane is back for her maiden performance at an event she believes will be “right up my alley”. The award-winning blues-jazz musician, whose two albums To the Horses (2011) and Night Shade (2014) peaked at positions 12 and 42 on the Australian chart, quit the music business citing the pressures of touring and recording. “Everything to do with music has been scaled back, since I’m not wanting to be a fulltime singer and artist anymore,” Lane explains. “It’s quite an intense career. I love having a more simple life and less intensity and pressure around me.” Having moved to Yeppoon, Lane has spent much of 2015 travelling and creating visual art. “I’ve always been artistic. I think creativity and the expression of it comes from the same place inside of us and it’s just a matter of how you channel it,” she said.

“I’m just letting that (artistic) channel flow more than the music one at the moment. “I think I’ve got less to say in words at the music and more to s a y in a visual sense.” L a n e says she has “really come to life in the

bush”, noting: “It’s definitely inspiring for me to be in nature and continually receiving the beautiful urge to create from that space”. Back with guitar in hand, Lane is set to rock at one of Australia’s most revered cultural events – Woodford Folk Festival – for the first time on 27 December. “I’ve been very much looking forward to it, hoping it was going to happen one day,” Lane said. “I know that the festival is amazing and environmentally quite incredible... and the whole atmosphere sounds really, really like something I’d love to be part of.” Lane’s show at Woodford is her last before a New Year’s resolution to use her creative skills “to benefit other people, not just myself”. “I’m not sure exactly where that’s going to lead to but I’m very excited to find out what the universe has in store for me,” she said. Lanie Buy Woodford Folk Festival Lane will tickets at www.woodford end her selffolkfestival.com imposed exile

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