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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: 15,000 The Westerner is distributed to the letterboxes of Armstrong Creek, Bunya, Camp Mountain, Cashmere, Cedar Creek, Clear Mountain, Closeburn, Dayboro, Draper, Eatons Hill, 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, Joyner and Upper Kedron. Bulks drops are made at Albany Creek, Arana Hills, Brendale, Bunya, Cashmere, Eatons Hill, Ferny Hills, Lawnton 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.
A long way to the top Last week I interviewed Vanessa Lussini, a ďŹ nalist in the prestigious Aerospace Australia Industry Innovation Awards, for the front cover story of this edition of The Westerner. A post-graduate chemistry student, she has spent three years working to improve the safety of aircraft. With her research funding having expired, Vanessa has now moved back home with her parents. A few nights after speaking with Vanessa I interviewed Frederic Leclercq from British heavy metal band DragonForce. The band was about to y from Indonesia to New Zealand and then on to Australia to play a few concerts, including one at Eatons Hill Hotel (read the story on Page 16). The night after speaking with Frederic I watched Australia play England in their opening ďŹ xture of the cricket World Cup. A train of thought led me to the realisation that scientiďŹ c researchers like Vanessa are like sports people and rock ‘n’ rollers: It’s a long way to the top to achieve your goals, often without any great ďŹ nancial reward. Kudos to people such as Vanessa who strive to make the world a better and safer place. Enjoy the rewards when you do. – Lee Oliver, Editor
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news Playground push swings into action By Lee Oliver
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ore than 2100 people have signed a petition calling for Moreton Bay Regional Council to install shade sails at a popular Samford park.
A Moreton Bay Regional Council spokesperson said extensive community consultation during the redevelopment of the park identified a preference for maintaining the area’s village character.
Cara Warner’s Morgan Barrat, with baby Lincoln, and Samford Village’s April Mychajlyszyn, mother of Eva and Peta, believe Samford’s most popular park needs more shade.
They believe shade sails at John Scott Park in Samford Village are needed to help protect children against the sun and burns from hot playground equipment. April Mychajlyszyn from the Samford Playgroup said it was dangerous for young children to play in the park on hot days. “Pretty much from 9.30 in the morning right through to about 3 o’clock in the afternoon a lot of the equipment can’t be touched without burning their hands,” the Samford Village mum said. “Even though there’s trees in the park they’re not big enough to provide any shade on to the actual equipment during play time.”
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“Like many public playgrounds, parts of the John Scott Park play precinct are naturally shaded at various times of the day and that coverage continues to increase as the trees grow,” they said. Highvale’s Sophie Macdonald, a mother of two, says Council has been “singing the same tune for many years”. “I don’t know how many generations will have to wait for the trees to grow up to provide enough shade,” she said. She says the consensus amongst local parents and grandparents is that the equipment is “almost unusable” in warmer months. Continued on page 12
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Greg is the Vice President of the Brisbane Catholic Bushwalking Club, which has members aged 18 to 80 years and caters for walkers of all levels. What I enjoy most about walking through bushland… The counterbalance to the concrete, metal and glass of the city. The peace and solitude of the Australian bush. The soft vista of trees, shrubs and grasslands with the hills and mountains as the background. Being with people I choose and not those imposed on me by work and society. The physical exercise in walking as opposed to the sedentary computer work of the office. The fresh air, the sounds of nature, the natural light of the Australian outdoors. The best things about the bushwalking club… The friendly nature of people with a common ideal, common love of nature, an openness, friendliness. My favourite bushwalk locations... The tracks of Lamington National Park, the range north and south of Cunningham’s Gap, and the Bunya Mountains. I like rainforest and there is plenty in these three areas. If I could go for a walk anywhere… The closest and cheapest place is New Zealand. There the mountains are tall, rugged, sharp, new, with deep valleys between them, and an endless view of mountain after mountain after mountain. If I could invite any three people to dinner... Sir Edmund Hillary, Capt. James Cook and Capt. Logan of the Moreton Bay Penal Colony. The first two are quite unassuming adventurers with many stories to tell. Capt. Logan explored south-east Queensland and could tell stories of how it all looked before land clearing, roads and civilisation caught up to it. When I was young, the job I wanted to do when I grew up… A meteorologist in Antarctica. It all seemed exciting and exotic. If I wrote an autobiography it would be called… Life in the Slow Lane: At a Walking Pace. The Brisbane Catholic Bushwalking Club does walks around south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales, from Gympie to Ballina and from the Bay Islands to Dalby. Visit www.bcbc.bwq.org.au
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Candidate questions Council rates spend By Damian Staveley
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oreton Bay Region councillor Mick Gillam (Division 8) has hit back against suggestions local ratepayers are not getting bang for their buck. Division 8 candidate Chris Kelly highlighted the rise in funds Council has received from Unitywater, as well as rates and business fees, which totalled about $23 million. Mr Kelly says Council financial statements reveal an additional $10.5 and $10.6 million was received from Unitywater and rates payments, respectively. Revenue from administration fees increased by 20 per cent, or about $1.1 million. “Council claims it does not control Unitywater, yet Council’s own financial statements show it owns over 58 per
Chris Kelly believes Moreton Bay residents aren’t getting enough value from the rates they pay.
cent of Unitywater and pocketed over $50 million in profits, an increase of almost $11 million from the previous year,” Mr Kelly said. “What makes this worse is that while Council is collecting more money than ever before, libraries are being closed and the proposed upgrade of the Gympie Road precinct has been shelved. “Ratepayers in Bray Park, Strathpine, Lawnton, Warner, Cashmere and Joyner pay some of the highest water and rates charges in south-east Queensland. “They deserve to have their money spent locally, not in North Lakes and Redcliffe.” Cr Gillam said nothing could be further from the truth, adding ratepayers within Division 8 are getting their fare share of benefits. He noted only a few years ago locals received the benefit of an upgraded AJ Wyllie Bridge on Gympie Road at Petrie.
“That’s a pretty hefty price tag and that was three years ago,” Cr Gillam said. “Before that there was the $12 million redevelopment of the roundabout on Samsonvale Road.” Cr Gillam also said most of the money received from Unitywater is put towards paying back loans Council held on behalf of Unitywater. “Any profits that we do get above and beyond that is basically used to reduce rates,” he said. Mr Kelly will challenge Cr Gillam to be the councillor for Division 8, which covers the suburbs of Joyner, Lawnton and Bray Park and parts of Strathpine, Warner and Cashmere, at the next Queensland local government elections due in 2016. Cr Gillam has been the local councillor for the division since the amalgamation of the former Pine Rivers, Redcliffe and Caboolture councils in 2008.
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Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1975 release of the smash hit ABBA album and the iconic singles ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘S.O.S.’ and ‘I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do’, Gold: The Ultimate ABBA Show brings the music of the Swedish pop sensations to the Redcliffe Cultural Centre on 7 March, part of a 38-date Australian tour. Featuring internationally recognised ABBA performers who have taken to the stage globally, the two-hour concert production Gold: The Ultimate ABBA Show is your chance to unleash your inner dancing queen. The Westerner has one double pass to Gold: The Ultimate ABBA Show at the Redcliffe Cultural Centre on 7 March, valued at $120, to give away. For your chance to win tell us which of these hit songs wasn’t recorded by ABBA – ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘In the Navy’ or ‘Waterloo’? Send your answer along with your name and contact details to: The Westerner Music competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale BC, 4500 or email lee@thewesterner.com.au, Attn: Music competition. Entries close 2 March.
In Stories From the Bondi Lifeguards, five of Bondi’s most recognisable men provide a personal and behind-the-scenes insight into their story and what it’s like to be a lifeguard at one of the world’s most iconic and popular beaches. Rex Dupain’s The Colour of Bondi is a visual documentation of Bondi’s various subcultures that distinguish it: the surf lifesavers and the nippers, the backpackers, the divers, the skaters, the young dads and mums, the swimmers and the surfers of every age. Thanks to New Holland Publishers, The Westerner has one copy of Stories From the Bondi Lifeguards (RRP $29.99) and one copy of The Colour of Bondi (RRP $35) to give away. To enter tell us which book you would like to win and 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 2 March.
Winners: The Equalizer DVDs: T. Humphreys (Whiteside), S. Potter (Warner), G. Bennion (Samford Village), B. Janetzki (Bunya), S. Goodman (Cashmere); Larrikins, Bush Tales and Other Great Australian Stories book: S. Ryerson (Samford Village); John Hickman book pack: B. Marshall (Dayboro).
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Network of kindness expands
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eople like Barbara Kienast and Gaby Parr don’t just believe in the concept of paying forward acts of kindness to others – they live the philosophy every day. And their spirit of generosity, delivered through a volunteer-run community service, is spreading across the district. The Samford Support Network started three years ago after one of the group’s members saw an elderly couple struggle to cut down a tree. Volunteers such as Barbara and Gaby have since provided help to people who need it, whether they have a broken limb, need transport or require assistance with a new baby. “We started out supporting only the elderly residents as we realised there was a need for this group,” said Barbara, the Network’s President. “At the end of last year we opened the... Network up to all ages as sadly we started to see more and more cancer patients of all different ages. “Then we began to assist a cancer patient who lives in Dayboro and we started wondering if it made sense to have a separate network in this area.” The organisation has been re-branded The Samford and Dayboro Support Network after recently expanding its services to people living within the 4521 postcode area. Barbara said the Network’s focus is “to provide community help by engaging all in our community to support our community”. “We do this by working together with local organisations, groups and professionals to find the best way to provide help as a community,” she said. “The services we provide can only exist by people volunteering their time.”
Dayboro’s Gaby Parr and Samford Valley’s Barbara Kienast are part of a volunteer group helping others in the district.
The Samford and Dayboro Support Network, which has partnered with Brisbane community help organisation Communify, is seeking drivers in the Dayboro area. Fuel costs are reimbursed. It is also seeking sponsorship from businesses so it can provide free transport services for its clients. “This (transport) is vital for people who have to travel to the hospital every day due to illness and the fuel costs add up,” Barbara explains. “At the moment we have to ask clients for fuel contributions but I have the vision to offer all services for free if we obtain enough financial support.” To volunteer for or to sponsor The Samford and Dayboro Support Network phone 0451 051 217 or 0437 087 916.
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POLICE BEAT Crime Stoppers Queensland’s recordbreaking 25th year: Following a recordbreaking year in 2013, Crime Stoppers Queensland has again set the benchmark for Crime Stoppers programs globally. In 2014 the organisation received more than 45,000 telephone calls and 8156 online reports which resulted in a record 8651 arrests and charges across the state. Crime Stoppers Queensland Chief Executive Officer Trevor O’Hara said that arrests were up almost 10 per cent from those achieved in 2013, making 2014 “the single best year of arrests resulting from Crime Stoppers reports since our program commenced operation in 1989”. Illegal drug related activity was the most reported crime to Crime Stoppers last year, resulting in 49 drug trafficking charges and 1955 possession of dangerous drugs charges.
February following an incident that left a van on its side. A van and car collided on Samford Road at Ferny Hills around 9.30am, closing both the inbound and outbound lanes. Traffic was turned around at Camp Mountain Road while police worked to clear the scene. Nobody was seriously injured in the crash. In another incident, the driver of a truck carrying an excavator received superficial wounds to his arms after crashing on a tight corner on Mt Glorious Road at Mt Glorious on 3 February.
Fatal traffic crash, Hazeldean: A motorcyclist from Albany Creek died in hospital from injuries sustained in a traffic crash at Hazeldean, near Kilcoy, on 7 February. Police were called to Esk Kilcoy Road around 4.30pm when the man’s motorcycle crashed. The 50-year-old man was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane Hospital with critical injuries, but died the following day.
Vanessa Lussini from Eatons Hill has been short-listed for a national aviation award after working to make aircraft safer. Photo by Erika Fish.
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Traffic crashes, Ferny Hills and Mt Glorious: Traffic between Samford and Ferny Grove came to a standstill on 10
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local science researcher who has developed a “sunscreen for planes” to make aircraft safer is a finalist in a $10,000 national aviation award. Vanessa Lussini from Eatons Hill is the only Queenslander short-listed in the prestigious Aerospace Australia Industry Innovation Awards. For three years the 26-year-old has worked to improve the safety of aircraft and reduce maintenance costs, by using organic compounds to develop sensors to alert maintenance crews when sections of a plane need repainting. Mechanical strain, direct sunlight, water and salt and varying temperatures can cause dangerous corrosion of aircraft, which could result in catastrophic failure. Ms Lussini says corrosion is “like a cancer to metal” which damages the structural integrity of aircraft and compromises safety. She explains that the organic compound she has developed – profluorescent nitroxides – utilises a fluorescent emission to highlight which parts of an aircraft’s protective outer coating needs to be recoated. “We use paint as like a sunscreen for planes to protect it from the elements,” Ms Lussini said. “Suncream has to be reapplied just like paint does but this compound will tell you the location and how much degradation has occurred, so you can repaint just those particular areas.
“It would make the aircraft a lot safer as we know how old they (the coatings) are and when they need to be reapplied, to stop corrosion. “It’s critical to know when to repaint an aircraft but we can also paint them too often simply because they are scheduled to be done – and every new coat adds weight. “Often only certain sections need to be painted because they are more exposed and degrade faster, or one plane is used every day and another sits in a hangar for long periods.” Ms Lussini believes her research could have wider applications than just the aviation and defence industries reducing maintenance costs for its aircraft. “We use paint to protect from corrosion on bridges and buildings… and it’s a continual process,” she said. “It would be a lot easier to go over with a UV lamp to find the weak spots and just patch them up, not to repaint the whole bridge.” A PhD student from QUT’s School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Ms Lussini has always loved science and chemistry but admits aviation “was something that I fell into”. She said being a finalist in the Aviation Innovation Awards, being held at the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition in Avalon, Victoria on 24 February, was an “incredible boost” as she finalises her thesis. www.thewesterner.com.au
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Some of the current members of Mt Mee Rural Fire Brigade, which is celebrating a major milestone this month.
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Mt Mee community group that was sparked into being in the 1960s is celebrating a major milestone. Mt Mee Rural Fire Brigade will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an invitationonly reunion of around 100 former and current members next weekend. The volunteer firefighter group, founded by farmers and landowners on 27 February 1965, is one of the smallest fire brigades in the region with 20 active members. Since 2002 the brigade has operated from a premises at Thomas Road, venue for its Golden Jubilee on 28 February. Keith Duncan and Harold Black, the only surviving foundation members of the 31 people who started Mt Mee Rural Fire Brigade in 1965, have been invited to attend the anniversary event. Mr Duncan and Mr Black are the son and son-in-law of Mt Mee stalwart Arthur Duncan, after whom the brigade’s training facility is named.
Ron Tumbridge, who retired from the Mt Mee Rural Fire Brigade in 2013 after around 45 years’ service, is also expected to attend the 50th anniversary afternoon tea. Neil Cook, the brigade’s treasurer and longest serving current member behind Ann Pedwell, said small rural fire brigades such as Mt Mee were driven by “a sense of community”. “Originally all the rural fire brigades were basically a group of like-minded residents who got together to help protect each other’s property, and it’s just grown from there,” said Mr Cook, who joined Mt Mee Brigade in 2000 after being a volunteer
firefighter at Laidley and Aldershot, near Maryborough. He said while the last major incident in the area was a big fire in Mt Mee Forest around 15 years ago, more recently Mt Mee Brigade members had been deployed as far away as Rockhampton, Stradbroke Island and Tara, on the Darling Downs. Members have also volunteered for deployments such as flood relief operations in Brisbane and Moreton Bay and The Gap storm recovery in 2008. Mt Mee Rural Fire Brigade’s 50th anniversary event will also include award and clasps presentations to long-serving members of local brigades.
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ruit and vegetables, plants, honey, jam, cakes, soap, breeding chickens, handmade arts and crafts, clothing, jewellery, candles, coffee, watch batteries, second hand goods and yummy food. You can buy a bit of everything at your local community market – and if you can’t find what you’re after then you’re probably not looking hard enough. Popular community markets at Samford Village, Dayboro, Mt Mee and Petrie are back in action for 2015. At the monthly Samford Valley Markets, set on the grounds of the 91-year-old St Paul’s Anglican Church, you can find everything from woodwork items, chutneys and condiments, to natural skin care products and heritage breed chickens. Another historic site, the 82-year-old Mt Mee Public Hall, hosts markets famous for its locally produced arts and craft, jams, pickles and coffee, while at Dayboro you can find bargains amongst new or preloved goods and fresh produce and plants. Not only are the markets a haven for local artisans and food growers to display their wares, they also provide financial support to their communities. All proceeds from the monthly Dayboro
Markets go to charities such as cancer research or are filtered back to the local community, while charities also receive a donation from the Samford Valley Markets. “Last year $3000 was donated to charity,” Kate Velge from Samford Valley Markets said. “We are always open to hear of other worthy causes.” One of the biggest weekly weekend markets in the Moreton Bay region is held at Old Petrie Town. With a historical village as its backdrop, the market’s stalls offer a world of food, from Belgian waffles and Dutch pancakes, to German sausages and Thai cuisine. Markets are held at Old Petrie Town at Dayboro Road, Kurwongbah each Sunday from 8am to 2pm. Phone 3285 5934. The Samford Valley Markets are held on the second Saturday morning of each month at St Paul’s Anglican Church at 12 Mt Samson Road. Phone 3289 4922. Both the Dayboro Markets, at the corner of Williams and Heathwood Streets and the Mt Mee Markets at 1352 Mt Mee Road are held on the first Sunday of the month. For more information phone 3425 2456 or 3425 2260 (Dayboro) or 5498 2154 or 5498 2068 (Mt Mee).
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constantly seek ideas for self-improvement to grow – and so we would be fulfilled. Here are some of the ways you can improve yourself: First, pay attention to your appearance. Take pride on your features. Develop them to the fullest. We may think that people are quite vain when they spend time making themselves look good, but this is not so– if you do not do this excessively. It is always good to hear people praise us for the way we look, and that is only possible if we take good care of our physical appearance. Secondly, don’t forget to take time off. People who are overworked tend to be cranky because they haven’t gotten enough time to be with themselves and their families. Take some time off once in a while. Learn to appreciate the arts by visiting museums and theatre shows, or simply just watch a movie with your loved ones. This may be a trivial thing for you,
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but it certainly gives us the time off from all of the complexities that life brings us. Thirdly, learn the importance of volunteering. Nowadays, many of us seek fees whenever we are asked to do something. It may be quite hard, but why don’t you try volunteering for a cause? You could work in charitable institutions and put into mind that you are actually helping other people out with a minimum amount of pay. Volunteering will help a lot of people and it may bring some rewards for you. You would certainly feel good if you knew that you are able to help those people who are in need. The last suggestion for self-improvement ideas is to re-evaluate your life. Take some time out alone and meditate on the life that you have. This will enable you to have more clarity about the things going on in your life.
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t’s hard to believe but Alicia Mora-Hyde rarely carries an umbrella with her. That is despite the 73-year-old having made thousands of umbrellas over the past four decades. In the age of mass production and cheap imports, Alicia is a rarity. In fact she is one of the few people in the world who still makes umbrellas by hand. “I am the only one in Australia doing this. It’s fun for me,” said Alicia, who believes she is the only woman in the world that can make an umbrella from start to finish. “It’s a hobby and it’s in my blood and I really love composing and designing my umbrellas. I consider myself a master because I can do these things I never knew I could. To me it’s a love affair.” For the past 13 years Alicia has been designing, making and selling umbrellas out of a small factory tucked away in a
Alicia Mora-Hyde has been creating handmade umbrellas at her factory at Brendale for the past 13 years. Photo by Stephen Finkel.
vast industrial estate at Brendale. She makes one-of-a-kind umbrellas ranging in price up to $250 and she also repairs umbrellas, some of which have been more than 100 years old. Alicia sells her stunning umbrellas to “people who know quality and beauty”. “They don’t buy an umbrella for the rain. My umbrellas are for beauty,” she said. “It’s art because it is my creation, not a pattern.” Alicia uses material from a range of sources including Chile, Italy, local St Vincent de Paul and Salvation Army op shops and specialist fabric stores.
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One of 13 children born on a farm in Chile, Alicia ran away from home at the age of 17 to work in a clothes store before eventually ending up in Sydney. Barely able to speak English, she started working as a nanny to two boys whose father owned a successful umbrella factory, where her passion for making the accessories began. “Since the Asian markets came to Australia it (the local umbrella industry) went down and down and down,” she said. Phone Mora Igra Umbrellas on 3881 0027 or visit www.moraigraumbrellas. com.au
“Just in terms of the sun exposure there are no shaded areas for a parent or a carer to stand in to watch the children play,” Mrs Macdonald said. She said some Samford locals with young children travel to parks in Arana Hills, Ferny Hills and Mitchelton to use playgrounds with adequate shade cover. The push for shade sails in John Scott Park is being supported by the Samford Progress Association. “We’ve got a lot of information from various sources about what’s wrong with the park,” a group spokesperson said. “It’s not just the lack of shade sails, there are other aspects of the park that need to be looked at. Clearly it’s no good the way it is... and Council flatly refuses to do anything about it.” Morgan Barrat, who travels from Warner with her children to visit the playground at John Scott Park, believes improving the facility could boost tourism in Samford Village. Peter Quigley from Wights Mountain suggested local community groups could split the cost of shade sails with Council.
Samford abuzz over bees
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able for both acreage and suburban living. “Both living arrangements provide the bees with a diverse range of native and exotic plants to forage from,” he said. “A positive about suburban beekeeping is that everyone in the neighbourhood has a different take on their gardens, each person putting in place a variety of native and exotic plants with colour to attract. “The diversity in suburban areas is great for native stingless beekeeping. In fact, I have seen a bigger variety of butterflies and solitary bees in suburban areas than I have on farmland.” The Introduction to Beekeeping workshop, hosted by Millen Farm, is on at Samford on 28 February. To book search for ‘Millen Farm’ at www.eventbrite.com.au Dr Heard will also host a native bee workshop at Yuraba Conference Centre at Eatons Hill on 6 March. To register for tickets to the workshop, which also includes morning tea, lunch and honey tasting, email kimp@kumbartcho. org.au or phone 3325 3492. www.thewesterner.com.au
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John Schuh is the sixth Principal of Pine Rivers State High School.
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ohn Schuh has marked his 30th year in State Education with a posting as the new Principal of Pine Rivers State High School. The former Principal of Aspley and Dakabin State High Schools now fills the role vacated by Janelle Deakin, who has retired after 18 years in the top job at the Strathpine school. “My role is not to replace Janelle but to continue the quality legacy she has developed through her leadership across the last 18 years as Principal of this school,” Mr Schuh said. “There will be some minor changes due to differences in our leadership styles however I will continue to drive this school to be amongst the best in the state and one our community can be very proud.” Mr Schuh is the sixth Principal in the 51-year history of Pine Rivers State High School. As well as setting high expectations for his staff and students, he said he would “respect the traditions and values of the school in which I lead”. “It is an honour to be the sixth (Pine Rivers State High School Principal) and I am humbled by the traditions and culture I inherit from my predecessors,” Mr Schuh said. He is one of a handful of new Principals at local schools,
with appointments including Rod Mason at Albany Hills State School and Pam Carlile at Mt Mee State School. Ms Carlile returns to Mt Mee after having held the position of Acting Principal at the school nine years ago. “I vividly remember walking through the Mt Mee SS grounds, thinking to myself that no one could ever be unhappy working in such a beautiful environment,” she said. “I am impressed with the work ethic that the students have shown. “They are active learners who arrive at school each day with the expectation that they have a part to play in the learning process.” Ms Carlile’s predecessor at Mt Mee, Trevor Buchanan, has taken up a position at Agnes Waters, while Bronwyn Campbell is now Principal of Mansfield State School after 11 years as the head of Albany Hills State School. Mrs Campbell’s successor at Albany Hills, Rod Mason, has served as a school Principal throughout Queensland for almost 40 years. “My philosophy is centred on student achievement and well-being,” Mr Mason said. “I love being in classrooms, observing teachers teach and students learn.”
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DragonForce will join with Judas Priest for an extravaganza of British heavy metal at the Eatons Hill Hotel next week.
Forces of heavy metal to collide
hen DragonForce shares the Eatons Hill Hotel stage with Judas Priest next week, fans will witness two branches of British heavy metal’s family tree – born 30 years apart – that share musical DNA. So says DragonForce’s bass player Frederic Leclercq, recognising the lineage between his six-piece power metal band and the iconic act that revolutionised heavy metal in the late-1970s. “Judas Priest broke (musical) boundaries and like us they have the twin guitars and the high-pitched vocals,” Leclercq tells The Westerner from “horribly humid” Jakarta. “I love the first few albums of Judas Priest like Sad Wings of Destiny and Sin
After Sin and I’m also a fan of Painkiller. “I think they’re groundbreaking (albums) for the time… extremely aggressive yet melodic with lots of guitar solos. I was blown away by that when I was a kid so it’s such an honour to play with them.” Over the years Leclercq has listened to a “nice combo” of Australian bands such as hard rockers The Angels, Airbourne and AC/DC, pop legends The Bee Gees and heavy metal act Deströyer 666. He believes it’s vital for aspiring musicians to listen to a wide range of genres. “You can’t become a good chef if you’ve only tasted one ingredient so I think it’s important to have a good knowledge of what’s going on (in music)… and it’s better
to grab many influences and to appreciate other genres of music,” he said. Leclercq draws the line at listening to country music, admitting he baulked when DragonForce guitarist Sam Totman suggested the idea of doing a version of Johnny Cash’s classic ‘Ring of Fire’ for the band’s new album Maximum Overload. “I personally don’t like country music and I don’t like Johnny Cash,” Leclercq says. “The original (‘Ring of Fire’) is not bad and I like what we’ve done with it. I guess if you don’t know the original you would think this is a typical DragonForce song.” DragonForce and Judas Priest perform at the Eatons Hill Hotel on 26 February. Tickets from www.eatonshillhotel.com.au
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arts Ferny Grove singer John Blunt as the iconic Freddie Mercury in The Killer Queen Experience.
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include performing for 25,000 people at a New Year’s Eve concert in Singapore, a sell-out show at Taronga Zoo and an appearance on Australia’s Got Talent. The band has also twice headlined the Skaanevik Blues Festival in Norway, playing for 10,000 fans alongside the likes of Thin Lizzy, Twisted Sister and Foreigner. Before a return trip to Scandinavia in July, The Killer Queen Experience, also featuring Ferny Grove’s Wayne Vitale on
bass, will visit Kallangur in March. Blunt says there is “no other music like Queen music”, describing it as “happy and infectious” and “out of this world”. “It has so many different intricate guitar parts and harmonies and full, rich drum sounds,” the 45-year-old said. “At all of the shows that we do within an instant of the second song people are dancing. We’re just there to give them a party and not a rock ‘n’ roll education on Queen’s back catalogue.” Blunt bears an uncanny resemblance to Mercury, so much so that family of the Queen band members have been “upset and amazed” by his “eerie similarity” to the late singer, who died in 1991. Considering himself an “actor first and a musician second”, Blunt admits “it took me a long time to be comfortable in the skin of Freddie Mercury”. “I always strive for perfection and I’m yet to do the perfect gig,” Blunt says. “There’s always room for improvement. I’m constantly trying to be better.” The Killer Queen Experience plays at Norths Leagues and Services Club, 1347 Anzac Avenue, Kallangur on 7 March.
Motifs the motive for art show
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tights and drink bottles are available with a colourful sugar skull motif on them, as represented in works by So In This Season artists Bec Button and Bayley Hegerhorst, a Tyson Evans Art Scholarship holder. Amongst the other innovative artworks on display in the So In This Season exhibition are paintings, bamboo sculptures, cement designs, pyrographs, mixed media pieces and an art installation utilising recycled energy drink cans. Lomandra, 20, said the show highlighted “some young artists who haven’t exhibited yet, people I have met along my (artistic) journey”, Moreton Bay Youth Art Awards winners amongst them. Other exhibiting artists include Cedar Creek’s Luke Mansini, Samford Valley’s Kimberley Ogle, Steve Szell of Ferny Hills and Lois Shoebridge, from Caboolture. So In This Season in on at the Pine Rivers Art Gallery, 199 Gympie Road, Strathpine until 28 February. Chelsea Lomandra has curated a new art exhibition at Strathpine.
REELTIME REEL with Noel Reeves
The Interview Comedy is at its most effective when it’s taking risks. The films of Mel Brooks have stood the test of time because they’re as fresh now as they were 40 years ago. Most films aim low and take no chances; they stick to derivative structures and successful formulas that have been calculated on the basis of other films and how much money they’ve made. The Interview is an outrageous type of comedy. How many films name a living dictator as the target of an assassination, portray that dictator with a look-alike and then kill the character on screen for a laugh? Set in the world of tabloid sewer journalism and ‘celebrity’ news, James Franco plays Dave Skylark, a vapid entertainment reporter while Seth Rogen is the “brains” behind his TV show, producer Aaron Rapoport. Aaron is feeling insecure about the type of show he is making and jumps at a chance to interview Kim Jong-Un when he learns the North Korean leader is a fan of his show. The CIA intervenes and forces Dave to assassinate the dictator during their televised interview. The film starts to really kick into high gear when Dave and Aaron arrive in Pyongyang, where Kim begins to charm Dave with women, puppies, margaritas and Katy Perry songs. This has major problems later on when they have to carry out the assassination and Dave doesn’t want to hurt his new best friend. There’s also a sympathetic Korean character, Sook (Diana Bang), a member of Kim’s inner circle and a love interest for Aaron. It’s a testament to how much I was enjoying the film when I even liked this stupid love story. How else is one meant to review a comedy other than confirming or denying whether they laughed? During The Interview I laughed a lot. No doubt the movie is vulgar, and tries too hard for some of its laughs. Some of the gags don’t work, but I laughed at directors Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s audacity in trying some jokes, even if they fizzled. All of the performances are good, everyone is right on target, but Randall Park as Kim JongUn is a real standout. He is so freaking weird and creepy and… likeable as Kim. The controversy surrounding The Interview is disappointing, as it’s taken away all the focus from the film. The situation reminds me of The Satanic Verses incident, not just because you have a personality cult lunatic making threats against innocent artists, but because like Salman Rushdie’s book, it’s going to take a long time for people to acknowledge how good The Interview is. While Rogen and Goldberg haven’t made The Shawshank Redemption, they’ve made a great comedy movie. 9/10
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AUSTRALASIAN NATIVE ORCHID SOCIETY (QLD.) KABI GROUP Inc. meet 7.45 pm on Second Tuesday each month (except January) at Bald Hills Memorial Hall 2126 Gympie Road, Bald Hills. Ph 0414 761 367 or 3399 9208, web www.ourshopfront.com/kabi BRENDALE EVENING VIEW CLUB: meets for dinner with a guest speaker on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Wantima Country Club, 530 South Pine Road, Brendale. Fun and friendship for women of all ages as well as supporting The Smith Family. Phone Trish 3264 2213. BUNYA TOASTMASTERS CLUB: meet 1st & 3rd Wed of month, 7pm at Aspley AFL Club, Graham Rd, Carseldine. Develop leadership & communications skills in a supportive, friendly environment. Ph 3889 6335 or 0409 053 455. CARAVAN CLUB: trips away for 1 week each month. Destinations within 300km of Brisbane. Use your caravan more often, make new friends and enjoy an active lifestyle. Ph Annette 3264 1309 or Jean 3882 6748. COUNTRY MARKETS: every Sunday at Old Petrie Town, Dayboro Rd, Kurwongbah, 8am to 2pm. Market stalls, shops, food & fun. Ph 3285 5934. @CREATIVESAMFORD: A community group whose aim is to increase the visibility of the arts in the local area. We have regular activities and events throughout the year. Go to www. creativesamford.com for full details.
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hree Pine Rivers St Andrews Hockey Club junior players will tackle some of Australia’s young stars – and perhaps each other – after being named in Queensland teams to contest the upcoming national titles. Hockey Queensland will send two teams to the Australian championships in Hobart from 11-19 April, with Liam Hart in the Queensland 1 side and Chandan Smith and Matt Petzer to line up in Queensland’s second team. It means that Hart, a striker, may have to get the better of his club teammates – and Saints defensive pairing Smith and Petzer – if the two Queensland sides meet in Tasmania. At 13 years of age, Hart is one of the youngest players in the Queensland 1 side who relishes the challenge of hitting the ball past rival goalkeepers. “It’s a bit exciting knowing that you’re in the top 16 (players) in Queensland,” said Hart, who played for the state under-13 team in Adelaide last year. The Albany Creek local doesn’t need to look too far for tips from elite hockey players, given he is the nephew of former Australian Olympic striker and current New
Zealand women’s head coach Mark Hager. The established combination of Pine Rivers St Andrews fullbacks Smith and Petzer caught the eye of selectors when 50 players vied for a Queensland berth at trials held in Brisbane this month. “Because Chandan and I have played together so much it makes it easier,” Petzer said of his partnership with Smith. The pair has been on the fringe of Queensland selection for several years. “I was hoping I was going to get there… so to be selected I was pretty happy,” Cashmere resident Smith said. Petzer, Smith and Hart were in the Saints side that won a brace of Brisbane under13 premierships in 2012 and 2013. April’s national titles will be the second time this year that Hart has represented his state, having played for Queensland’s under-13 indoor hockey team in Canberra in January. His clubmates Harry Kettlewell, Matt Argent and Triston Parker also competed at indoor hockey national titles over summer. Kettlewell, from Eatons Hill, played for the Queensland under-15 team while Parker and Argent, of Albany Creek, represented the state open men’s side. www.thewesterner.com.au
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he has only had a handful of races but this Samford Village teenager is already gaining traction in the world of motorcycle racing. Sharni Pinfold has scored three podium finishes from five race meetings since swapping horses for horsepower. The former equestrian showjumping competitor won the women’s class at her first race meeting after jumping on a dirt bike last year, and continues to impress on two wheels. “I’ve had five races so far and I’ve finished out of the top four only once, when I touched the (starting) tape and got excluded,” Pinfold said. Along with several race wins Pinfold finished fourth up against some of Australia’s best female riders in the Pro Open Women’s class at the country’s biggest dirt track event, the invitation only Troy Bayliss Classic in Taree last month. She has also competed at the Australian Long Track Championship in Tamworth and earlier this month beat male and female riders to win two classes of racing at a race meet in Gunnedah.
Sharni Pinfold is making tracks in the Australian dirtbike racing scene.
“I am very surprised (at my early career success) and I’m really enjoying it,” Pinfold said. Just five weeks after making her dirt track debut Pinfold was selected to attend the week-long Motorcycling Queensland under-21 elite riders training camp at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. “It was run by coaches of the sport who have done really well in the motorcycling
scene, teaching us mostly about your diet and training and your recovery, and where your mind has to be when you’re racing,” she said. “I was the only girl but I beat all the boys at most things.” The 19-year-old is proud to be making inroads into a male dominated sport, with her long-term goal to race road bikes internationally.
Pinfold has had a taste of road bikes, having tested high-powered 600cc and 1000cc machines at the Queensland Raceway and Phillip Island circuits. “I think girls can definitely be competitive with the boys as long as we just put in as much ground work and training,” she said. “There’s no reason why we can’t be up with them, which has been proven many times by females over the years.” Pinfold “pretty much grew up at race tracks” with her father Paul Pinfold, who conquered tracks around the world during a 50-year international sidecar speedway career. “At the end of this year I’m hoping to go over to England. Hopefully I can get a ride in the dirt track series running over there,” Sharni said. “Dad is also looking at a few Super Stock classes in the British Superbikes. If I could get a ride in that it would be amazing, riding a 600cc road bike.” Sharni Pinfold has the DNA to be a champion, but she needs the support of sponsors to make her sporting dreams come true. Email sharnz7@live.com.au
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harlie Renouf from Highvale took to the same field as some of the biggest names in Australian rugby league last week. Renouf, who plays for the Norths Devils club, helped the Queensland Murri under16 Indigenous rugby league side to a 24all draw with their New South Wales Koori Indigenous counterparts. The match, played at the Cbus Super Stadium on the Gold Coast on Friday, was a curtain raiser to the NRL All Stars versus Indigenous All Stars match.
Renouf, 15, is the son of Australian rugby league legend Steve Renouf, the prolific try scorer who played 11 State of Origin games for Queensland and 11 Test Matches for Australia and also won four national league grand finals in seven seasons with the Brisbane Broncos. Steve Renouf’s former Broncos clubmate Sid Domic coached the Indigenous youth team and said the players “thoroughly enjoyed” the All Stars experience. “They have the opportunity to play not only in a Queensland jersey but (also)...
representing the Indigenous community, their communities (and) their families,” Domic told qrl.com.au. “It is very rare that an opportunity like this comes along.” Domic said the highlight of the weekend was his players being invited to lunch with the Indigenous All Stars players and “being able to spend the time speaking with their heroes”. All players from the under 16 Murri and Koori sides were presented with their jerseys by an Indigenous All Stars player from their corresponding position.
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