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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: 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.

Vote for common sense The 2015 Queensland Election has come and gone. It’s heartening to know that the spirit of democracy is alive and well, and that the passion of the volunteer supporters of the various political parties is seemingly unwavering. In the rain or in the heat there they were on the side of our major roads, dressed in their favourite party’s colours like the supporter of a sporting team, waving the candidate’s sign as fervently as teens holding signs spruiking cheap pizzas. It is their democratic right to do this, and now I will exercise my democratic right to have a whinge – although I’m not the only one who has the views to follow. Must these people dressed in red, green or blue persistently wave at the passing motorists? I fear that one day while electioneering someone may be hurt or killed by a car driven by a distracted or spooked motorist. Can common sense please prevail over being a nuisance? Don’t get me started on the copious amounts of political junk mail, automated text messages and answering machine voice mails from political leaders and interest groups I was bombarded with. – Lee Oliver, Editor

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news Boyd and Furner buoyed by swing vote

Nikki Boyd, with Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten at her election campaign launch, leads the votes for the seat of Pine Rivers. Photo by James Swan. By Lee Oliver

he statewide wave of support for the Labor Party from voters at last Saturday’s Queensland Election has swept into The Westerner region, with two incumbent MPs battling to retain their seats. Member for Pine Rivers Seath Holswich and his Liberal National Party (LNP) colleague, Ferny Grove MP Dale Shuttleworth both trail their Labor rivals for votes. Following a 21.2 per cent swing against

the LNP, Labor’s candidate for Pine Rivers Nikki Boyd has won 48.9 per cent of first preference votes, while Mr Holswich has 39.1 per cent. The 21.2 per cent swing against the LNP in Pine Rivers was the biggest negative swing experienced by the party across The Westerner region. Buoyed by a 10.3 per cent swing in Labor’s favour, former Federal Senator Mark Furner has 50.8 per cent of the vote in the race for Ferny Grove, on a twoparty-preferred basis, compared with Mr Shuttleworth’s 49.2 per cent. Despite suffering double-digit swings against them, of 11 per cent and 18.8 per cent respectively, sitting LNP MPs Tim Mander (Everton) and Andrew Powell (Glass House) appear set to win. Mr Mander has around 2500 more first preference votes than Labor’s Jeff Frew, with Mr Powell enjoying a buffer of about 3750 primary votes over Labor’s Brent Hampstead. Just over 80 per cent of votes for the Pine Rivers, Ferny Grove, Everton and Glass House electorates had been counted as The Westerner went to print on Tuesday.

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In the community

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A child violin prodigy from Uzbekistan who studied music in Moscow, Attilla has upcoming shows at Samford and Mt Mee. What inspired me to play violin… I was four years old at the time. My father, who was an accomplished musician and composer, influenced me to follow this path. I like performing and giving the audience pleasure. Highlights of my musical career… playing with different renowned symphonic and chamber orchestras. Some of my favourite venues have included the Great Hall in Salzburg, the Berlin Concert Hall and the Sydney Opera House. Some of the countries where I have performed… I have performed in over 40 countries including Germany, Spain, France, Norway, Russia, Ukraine, Canada, Malaysia, Lebanon and Australia. How I came to own my 202-year-old violin… This violin was donated to me in 2005 by Dr David Johnston of the Wesley Institute in Sydney, after he watched me perform the Four Seasons at the Sydney Opera House. If I could travel back in time and meet any composer… I would like to meet and play with J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel, J. Haydn, N. Paganini and W.A. Mozart. Away from music I enjoy… Going to the beach to enjoy the great fresh ocean views, and healthy cooking. What I like most about living n Australia… Meeting people and sharing with them my music. Particularly it is good to meet new people in small towns. If I could invite any three people to dinner… Queen Elizabeth II, Al Pacino and Itzhak Perlman. Something most people don’t know about me… Now I am Australian citizen. My advice to aspiring musicians… Keep practising! The reward for hard work is more hard work! Attilla Sautov will perform with members of the Mueller International Chamber Orchestra at Samford Community Church, 44 Mt Glorious Road, Samford Village on 14 February and at Mt Mee Hall, 1352 Mt Mee Road, Mt Mee on 21 March. Buy tickets on 0417 619 915 or book online at www.attillasautov.com

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Camp Mountain’s Juliette Wright, left, with fellow Australian of the Year award winners Rosie Batty, Drisana Levitzke-Gray and Jackie French in Canberra. Photo courtesy of National Australia Day Council.

Juliette in esteemed company with award By Lee Oliver

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Grateful”, “shocked” and “excited” are some of the words Camp Mountain’s Juliette Wright used to describe being named Australia’s Local Hero. Mrs Wright was recognised for founding the Givit charity website, which matches the needs of 950 charities across Australia, including 650 in Queensland, with donations from the community. Launched five years ago, the service has helped more than 126,000 items to be donated to disadvantaged Australians, including people affected by natural disasters. When Queensland was hit by devastating floods in 2011, 1.8 million visits to the Givit website resulted in 33,500 goods matching donors and recipients. Mrs Wright thought she “may have to

switch into disaster recovery mode” as near cyclonic winds threatened to blow down a marquee at a function for Australia Day award finalists held at the home of Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove. Later that day the awards, amongst the country’s top civic honours and run by the National Australia Day Council, were presented by Prime Minister Tony Abbott. For the first time women received all four major national Australia Day awards – Australian of the Year, Senior Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year and Australia’s Local Hero – in the same year. For the winners a hectic schedule of media and community engagements in Canberra and Sydney followed. “Every single hour I met someone who is incredibly powerful… and very proud of what we have all achieved,” Mrs Wright said.

“So many people have been involved in Givit and this (award) has very much been celebrated as a team effort.” While the humble 41-year-old has been “inundated with congratulations” following her award win, she is more proud of Givit enhancing its national profile. On the day of the Australia Day awards announcement the Givit website received 20,000 hits, while offshoot service Givit Kids’ website had 10,000 visitors. “Usually we get 500 to 1000 hits a day after a big media campaign,” Mrs Wright explains. “Not only do people know about Givit but now they understand what we’re trying to achieve.” Next on Mrs Wright’s agenda is rolling out a drought relief program across regional Queensland, noting “even though it’s been raining the farmers are recovering from a horrendous period and need help.”

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Winners: The Interview movie tickets: L. Balfour (Albany Creek), S. Piper (Ferny Hills), E. Valenta (Strathpine), J. Hudson (Bray Park), J. Lummis (Mt Samson), R. Watson (Warner), A. Statham (Bunya), L. Breckenridge (Ferny Grove), K. Tapp (Arana Hills), T. Wright (Warner); The Giver DVDs: R. Hockey (Eatons Hill), S. McCombe (Camp Mountain), J. Mayer (Dayboro), S. Pritchard (Wights Mountain), C. Williams (Eatons Hill); Into the Black book: D. Forrester (Mt Mee); Beaming with Health herbal tea pack: J. Herburg (Dayboro); Still Alice movie tickets: M. Cantrell (Everton Hills), R. Kilah (Armstrong Creek), K. Bell (Cashmere), R. Foley-Lewis (Highvale), F. Chapman (Cedar Creek); Podium book: N. Joiner (Eatons Hill); Diary of a Golf Pro book: C. Curtis (Brendale); Diary of a Basketball Hero book: T. Cox (Warner).

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Honoured and humbled” was the reaction of Florence Watson and Ian Wells as they were amongst 414 people awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) last week. ‘Aunty Flo’ Watson of Arana Hills was honoured for her service to the indigenous community of Queensland and championing the reconciliation movement. “It means a lot to me and I guess at the end of the day a lot of us are out there trying to make a difference,” she said of the Australia Day accolade. A founding member of Reconciliation Queensland, she has also been heavily involved with the Australian Indigenous South Sea Association, Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts, Brisbane Indigenous Media Association, Teralba Park Stolen Generations support group, and the LinkUp and Murri Watch groups. Born and raised in the Yarrabah Aboriginal community near Cairns, she began dedicating herself to indigenous affairs after finishing high school in Brisbane. “I spent 15 years not as a citizen of this country until the (1967 Federal) referendum… and seeing what my people were

Florence Watson OAM, of Arana Hills.

Ian Wells OAM, of Mt Mee.

going through in Yarrabah and seeing the trauma and poverty,” she said. “Around about when I left school after Grade 12… I remember my mum saying to get out there and make a difference. “It’s been a wonderful and challenging journey and I just love working with youth and with women and I try to make a

difference in everything I do.” Ian Wells’ OAM for service to the Mt Mee community was “most unexpected”. Mr Wells has overseen the running of the Mt Mee Public Hall for 15 years, organising social events and concerts at the venue, which attract hundreds of visitors. “I’ve been very much involved in all of that and I can look back on it with some sense of satisfaction,” he said. “We get a lot of outsiders into these concerts… and we’d probably be lucky to get a score of locals.” He ranks establishing a war memorial at Mt Mee–Dahmongah Lookout and researching names of local soldiers as the highlight of his work on the mountain. “That’s what I’m most proud of. We created this memorial out of nothing and it’s a matter of some pride,” Mr Wells said. Mr Wells, who worked in the meat and livestock and veterinary industries, has also led campaigns to control wild dog populations in the Mt Mee area and writes columns for local community newspapers. Warner resident Ian Reeves received a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to cricket and Australian Rules football.

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POLICE BEAT Attempted armed robbery, Arana Hills: A 26-year-old South Brisbane man has faced court charged with the attempted armed robbery of a bank in Arana Hills on 27 January. Police allege that a man armed with a knife entered the bank on Patricks Road around 11.40am. He then allegedly demanded money from staff, before damaging the counter area and leaving the scene on foot without any money. Staff members, who were behind a security screen, did not receive any physical injuries during the incident. The man was located and charged with one count each of attempted armed robbery, entering a premises with intent to commit a crime, and wilful damage. Break and enters, Pine Rivers district: Thieves targeted properties at suburbs such as Closeburn, Warner, Bray Park, Lawnton, Brendale and Strathpine during the two-week period ending 30 January. Items such as brick laying tools, tablet computers, mobile phones, vehicle keys, alcohol and cash were reported as stolen. The thieves’ entry into the homes was made through unlocked front and rear doors and open side windows, by jemmying a rear door, using a house key kept outside which was stolen by an offender, cutting a mesh screen, and by smashing a toilet window.

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the Pine Rivers district during the 14-day period ending 30 January. In one case thieves broke into a home at Retreat Street, Bridgeman Downs via an unlocked rear door, removed car keys from a kitchen table and stole a vehicle which was later involved in a hit and run incident. Cars were also stolen during a break and enter of a home at Glen Street, Bray Park and from an unlocked and open garage at Kalamunda Street at North Lakes. Three motorbikes were stolen from a house in Mistral Crescent at Griffin. Queensland road toll down: Queensland recorded a record road toll of 223 in 2014 – the lowest total since road fatality records began. “A record low is encouraging news, and we hope to repeat and improve on the reductions seen in 2014,” Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said. So far in 2015, 17 people have died on Queensland roads, compared to 20 fatalities for the same period in 2014.

Vehicle thefts, Pine Rivers district: No fewer than 16 motor vehicles and motorcycles were reported stolen across

Woodford identity Tony “Top Hat” Moroney was named Moreton Bay’s Citizen of the Year at an Australia Day awards ceremony hosted by Moreton Bay Regional Council.

nsung heroes in our community have been honoured at Australia Day awards ceremonies at Redcliffe and Samford. D’Aguilar’s Tony “Top Hat” Moroney was named the Moreton Bay region’s Citizen of the Year, at the Australia Day Awards held at the Redcliffe Cultural Centre on 24 January. The award was in recognition of his fundraising efforts for the Heart Kids Foundation and for collecting food and household items for the needy. The Dayboro Mens Shed received the Moeton Community Award, in recognition of its ongoing support of men’s health. Dayboro Mens Shed’s President Ben Stafford said the award gives recognition “to the important role that Mens Sheds play in any community but especially the smaller ones such as Dayboro”. Beachmere’s Hannah Granger, who has helped raise $1 million to help support Leukaemia and blood cancers patients, was named the Young Citizen of the Year. Kobble Creek’s Damien O’Flaherty was named the Sportsperson of the Year. Awards also honoured environmental, cultural and youth sport achievements. The Dickson Community Awards, hosted by Federal Member for Dickson

Peter Dutton, were held at the Samford Community Centre on 26 January. Warner’s Maddy Houston was named the Dickson Youth of the Year for her work with school students promoting the No Second Chance youth safety and Matthew Stanley Foundation ‘One Punch Can Kill’ campaign. “I speak about the impact of youth violence and alcohol fuelled violence and how there is no second chance… otherwise things can end badly for you,” she said. Andrew Butwell from Everton Hills, a single parent and mental health nurse and junior rugby league team manager who became paraplegic after an assault nine years ago, was named Dickson Citizen of the Year. Community Group of the Year is the Samford Avenue of Honour Committee, for establishing a memorial to local World War I troops near the Samford Parklands. Dickson awards also went to community volunteers Max Ruthof of Kallangur and Bray Park couple Brian and Raelene Fittkau), depression awareness advocate Kate Tomsett fropm Petrie, and Warner’s Thomas Tucker, a two-time junior BMX world champion. Read about more of our local Australia Day sports award winners on page 23.

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urelie Schaan reckons swapping the French metropolis of Lyon for the rural surroundings of Dayboro was one of the best decisions she’s made. “I love the bush and countryside, being close to the big city and living with the birds, the koala, the kangaroo, you can’t do better than that,” Ms Schaan said. One of around 16,000 people from almost 150 countries who became new Australian citizens on Australia Day, she believes Australians’ national pride is “stronger here than in any other country”. “People here are very proud of their country. They’re very special, unlike anyone else in the world I think,” she said. A Portuguese expatriate who became a naturalised Aussie at the Samford Community Centre last week was Carlos Domingues Carrasqueira from Mt Glorious. “Once I decided to be here I really wanted to be part of the community. The people, the weather, the opportunities; once you’re here you don’t go back,” he said. Presiding over his first citizenship ceremony as the new Federal Immigration

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four new employees on the job to cater for increased consumer demand. Mr Horan puts the company’s growth down to expert product knowledge, superior customer service and a supportive working relationship with its product manufacturers and suppliers. The store stocks quality mowing and outdoor machinery brands such as Toro, Stihl, Masport and Victa mowers, Shindaiwa brushcutters, Karcher pressure cleaners, Yamaha generators and Briggs and Stratton outdoor power equipment. The Mower Supastore was Australia’s best-performed Toro dealership for 2012 and Queensland’s Stihl dealer of the year for 2008. The Mower Supastore has diversified and increased its product range, with goods varying in price from $3 to $150,000, and continues to offer expert after-sales service and on-site repair work. “We cater from the small mum and dad type products to the full commercial products, and everything in between,” Mr Horan said. The Mower Supastore is also one of Australia’s market leaders for the sale of all-terrain vehicles, enjoying a 40 per cent market share for sales of Polaris ATV machines on Brisbane’s northside.

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American Sniper I await the release of a new Clint Eastwood film with the same anticipation as anything by Martin Scorsese, David Cronenberg, Steven Spielberg or Paul Thomas Anderson. With a resume including Unforgiven, Bridges of Madison County, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima, Invictus, Jersey Boys and J. Edgar I couldn’t have been more pumped up for American Sniper. I really felt like this was going to be the standout film in an otherwise mediocre year for movies. The film chronicles the life of Chris Kyle, a Navy Seal sniper who did four tours in Iraq and ended up with a kill count of over 150 people. Young Chris gets nightly lectures at the dinner table from his father about the importance of taking care of family and protecting the weak. “There are three kinds of people in this world, weak sheep, violent wolves and brave sheep dogs”. Chris absorbs this lesson to such a degree that it explains much of his motivation in joining the Seals, substituting protection of family for one’s country. Eastwood has made many films dealing with violence and how men try to internalise it and separate themselves from what they’ve done. I would have assumed this subject would be ripe for opportunities but it never really goes anywhere. It’s like a plane on a perpetual runway, always moving but never taking off. Screenwriter Jason Dean Hall employs the timehonoured bio-pic method of establishing a few shorthand themes and repeating them again and again in lieu of anything authentic. Bradley Cooper is good in the role, he’s beefed up and thoroughly Texan, but it’s all superficial. He looks and sounds good, but you don’t know anything about Chris. He’s not defined by anything he does, just by how upset his wife is or how much his comrades look up to him. There are some standout moments that by themselves are great, but as a whole the movie is empty. It’s an incomplete jigsaw of a film that doesn’t have any love in it from the filmmakers. Also the film borders on propaganda with its depiction of the Iraq war. I don’t like to mix my political or religious views with film critiques because they generally don’t overlap, but there comes a point where you just get sick of seeing Iraqi families cowering in fear and being screamed at by soldiers. American Sniper is such a disappointment, one of Clint Eastwood’s rare misfires (no pun intended). I can imagine a lot of people loving this movie, but when you compare it to some of the greats like The Deer Hunter, The Hurt Locker, Saving Private Ryan and even Black Hawk Down, it’s just a big pile of nothing. 5/10

everything,” Saal said. Bend and snap!” “She has to be a bit If reading those ditsy but also quite three words just intelligent, sexy but made you smile then still cute, she has to be you’ll know what to vivacious but serious expect from the first at the same time. PRIMA (Pine Rivers “I like the way she Musical Association) has a lot more depth to production for 2015. her than most people Director Maureen recognise.” Bowra said roles in Despite having the Legally Blonde: The lead role in the show, Musical, a show Saal expects to be about a seemingly upstaged by her two ditsy woman who canine co-stars, one of enrols in Harvard which plays Elle’s pet Law School in a bid chihuahua, Bruiser. to win back her exDanika Saal, as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde: The Musical, surrounded by “It’s been really boyfriend, were in disapproving Harvard students. Photo by Kenn Santos, Manic Media Productions. interesting, fun and such high demand challenging in a lot of that more than “I spent many a day listening to the ways because you have to focus on the 200 performers – including dogs – from soundtrack,” Saal said. “Right from the dogs while also focusing on your acting,” Moreton Bay, Brisbane, Gold Coast and opening number there’s so much fun and she said of performing with animals. Sunshine Coast auditioned. It was a record frivolity that happens straight away.” “The two dogs are absolutely going to for a PRIMA production. Saal said there was more depth to the steal the show, without a doubt.” Danika Saal, who plays the lead role character of Elle, portrayed by Reese Legally Blonde: The Musical runs from of the perennially perky Elle Woods, has Witherpsoon in the hit 2001 film Legally 19–22 February at the Redcliffe Cultural dreamed of performing in Legally Blonde: Blonde, than she initially realised. Centre. Tickets available on 3283 0400 The Musical “from the moment that the “She’s got a lot of layers to her which or at www.prima.org.au show came out on Broadway” almost a makes her really interesting and fascinat– Lee Oliver decade ago. ing to play, because she has to be a bit of

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atepayers in the Moreton Bay region could be in for a slight reprieve from the rising cost of water. The Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) has released a draft report recommending bulk water prices for south east Queensland for 2015-2018. According to the QCA, bulk water accounts for about 30 per cent of an average household’s water and sewerage bill. By 2018, all councils will pay a common price for their bulk water. Until then, each council is on a varying price plan. QCA Chairman Malcolm Roberts said this common price was originally forecast to be $3.22 per 1000 litres but has since been revised down to $2.77 due to efficiency savings at Seqwater. “In 2015-16 six of the 11 councils will see their bulk water charges decrease,” Mr Roberts said. “The recommended 2015–16 price decreases are: Somerset (12 per cent), Logan (8 per cent), Scenic Rim (7 per cent), Lockyer Valley (4 per cent), Gold Coast (3 per cent), and Moreton Bay (2 per cent). “A major factor in these lower price increases is the cost savings following the merger of bulk water entities in 2013.” Bulk water assets in south east Queensland, such as dams, treatment, desalination and recycling plants, are now owned and operated by one organisation, Seqwater. “Seqwater deserves credit for quickly achieving substantial cost savings,” Mr Roberts said. “The QCA identifies other possible savings in capital and operating costs in the draft report.” The QCA’s final report is due to be released on 31 March. For more information visit www.qca.org.au/Water – Damian Staveley

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a builder to be able to do the work and get it done on time and not have to worry about if they’re not going to turn up. We make a commitment and we stick with it to provide the best job the homeowner can get. What sort of clients does your business provide services to? Anyone that requires our services to have a house built or renovation that needs to be done. What is the most unique job your business has done? We have built a jetty and a mansion of a kids’ cubby house. Before your current job, what were your previous occupations? I had my own carpenter’s business, which grew then progressed to having my own building company.

Why is a business like yours important? Everyone needs to have confidence in

What do your customers most appreciate about your services? Not only do they get a great job but all our employees are trustworthy and well mannered. We turn up on

A Accountant

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CA SMSF SPECIALIST

Stephens & Co Chartered Accountants

Tel: 3289 5347 For all your Tax & Accounting requirements

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Individuals Companies Trusts Superannuation

E: info@stephenstax.com.au www.stephenstax.com.au

What is the best part of your job? Being my own boss. What advice would you give to anyone considering entering your line of work? Go for it and keep pushing yourself to do better in every area. It is hard work but it pays off. If you didn’t work in your current job, what job would you like to do? I have always been a green thumb so maybe a landscaper. How do you spend your spare time? With the family. Phone Stirling Building Creations on 0432 453 510.

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Appraisals Quotes Always Buying

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B Builder

C Carpentry

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Brendan Cruice

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Phone 0424 170 029

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• Renovations • Tiling • Decks • Pergola’s • General Maintenance and more

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BSA Lic 45616

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“another stirling job”

• SALES • INSTALLATION • SERVICE

Split & Ducted Systems & Mains Upgrades

PH: 3289 7100

powerhouseaircon@bigpond.com

www.powerhouseaircon.com.au Elect. Contractors Lic. No. 55848 Arctick AU 10090

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Carpentry, Cabinet Making, Decks, Pergolas, Plastering, Painting, Renovations, Building Maintenance Fully Insured and Licenced ABN: 34 114 294 147

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Call Michael 0414 776 093 BSA: 1097832 E: mikebuildingresults@gmail.com

OWNER / OPERATOR

MOB: 0418 153 116 A/H 3289 9151

B Boulder walls

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B Bobcats Local people, friendly service

B Builder • New homes • Extensions • Bathrooms • Renovations

Tom & Mary-Anne Williams 358 Mt Samson Rd, Dayboro Ph 3425 2479 or 0412 724 080 www.thedayboroshed.com.au

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Name: Gerrard Stirling Business: Stirling Building Creations Established: 2009 Based at: Eatons Hill

GIBB CONSTRUCTIONS PTY LTD

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B Blinds

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time and get the job done. All work is done on a contract and insurances are paid. And I am on the tools to make sure the quality is of high standard.

- NEW HOMES - RENOVATIONS - EXTENSIONS - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

C Computers INTERNET SERVICES

A Trading Division of Lummis Enterprises Pty Ltd

BSA 1111034

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Rock Walls • Erosion Solutions • General earthworks

Call Sam

0424 458 815

BSA no. 645079

Email: dave@trakcon.com.au

Quality Assured

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TRADES SERVICES

Ph 3205 9930

C Computers

C Concreting

E Earthmoving

BRAD GIBB CONCRETING AND RETAINING WALLS For all your concreting and retaining wall jobs

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Tipper & Plant Hire

Specialists in *Final Trim *Site Clean-up & Rehabilitation (backďŹ ll, level, grade & seedbed prep) *Soil Processing (removal of rock, debris, grass etc from soil) *Road & Firebreak Construction & Maint. * Landscape & General Earthmoving - See what we can do for you at www.totalearthworks.com.au

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Property Poles, Overhead Aerials, Air Conditioning, Underground power, Mains Upgrades & Emergency Work. Prompt, friendly service, local business.

Ph: 3289 7100 or Mob: 0419 713 516

L Landscaping Phoenix Landscapes Pty Ltd BSA lic no. 59308

powerhouseaircon@bigpond.com

www.powerhouseaircon.com.au Elect. Contractors Lic. No. 55848 Arctick AU 10090

Landscape Construction Specialising in paving & retaining walls Mini Excavator & Loader

S HANSSON ELECTRICAL

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Lic. No. 70405

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Peter Mansini

Mob: 0418 783 116

Extensions, Sheds, New houses

STEFAN HANSSON 0417 004 998

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Ph: Craig McMillan

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Ph Andrew 0416 123 123 More info visit www.landmark.net.au

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For information and quote call

Specialising in black or green PVC coated chainwire. Free Quotes. 40 Years Experience.

0438 080 225 or 3289 3207

Ph: Don 0400 302 598

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Jobs up to $3300 only

Landscaping, garden make overs, mulching

Mini digger service, property maintenance, quad bike slashing, all terrain slashing

0413 954 319

Ride-on mowing, hedging, brush cutting, pressure washing

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TRADES SERVICES

Ph 3205 9930

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BOULDER WALLS By John Larder BSA 72834

20 Years Exp • Free Quotes Ph: 0414 426 461

Lawnmowing

BEAR’S LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE Let us take care of your domestic, commercial, acreage mowing & property maintenance. Acreage (42” front-deck cut mower/catcher)

• Prompt professional service

• Competitive rates. Ph: Darran 0434 380 061

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P&J BAKER BROS PAINTERS

• All Domestic & Commercial Painting • Free Quotes • All Areas • Prompt Service • Local Painter • Member of Master Painters

Phone 3289 4744 or 0413 946 246 www.bakerpainters.com.au

*Family Business for over 50 years

Patio builders P Acreage

Lawn Mowing

Reliable friendly service • 10 years local experience Ph Matt 0402 335 498 • www.brisbanelawn.com

WE BUILD WHAT YOU WANT • Decks • Patios • Carports • Awnings • Louvres • Privacy Screening

Real Designs, not a sales pitch Concept to Completion 40 years of tailored solutions

Mower Repairs

3216 2799

Bob MacDonald

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0425 333 820

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QBCC Lic: 76126

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P Pest control

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P Pumps

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Call Express Plumbing

0400 700 238 BSA 1180430

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Queensland MEMBER

www.psin.com.au e: steve@psin.com.au Lic No. 100449 Ph Steve 0411 601 199

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Samford Security & Blinds

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• Woven stainless mesh • Security doors & screens • Flyscreens • Blinds • Awnings • Patio enclosures • Timber & aluminium venetians

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0418 641 241 ALL AREAS

P S Septic tanks Mr Pool Man LIQUID WASTE PUMP OUTS • Professional, personal service • Pool equipment and repairs • Monthly pool servicing from $60 (excluding chemicals and parts)

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Shop 6A Samford Central Shopping Centre Phone 3289 1888

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• Family owned and operated business with over 20 years experience

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Phone: Ross 0411 868 880

• Septic & holding tanks • Grease traps

VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES M: 1800 003 134 or 0428 799 465 W: valleyenviro.com Licence No: SR2355

A Samford Business

www.mrpoolman.net.au

BSA 49709

Repaint Domestic | Commercial Airless Spraying | Roof Specialist

Camp Mountain Local Business

Pet minding

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Phone Margaret 0419 641 921 After hours: 3289 2873

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www.beaks.com.au

Established 1992

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FOR A FREE QUOTE CALL MICHAEL

0409 635 547 or 3264 2728 www.thewesterner.com.au

A fully insured and registered business ABN: 82 821 910 487

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Treatment Plants / Septic Trenches

Property poles

Servicing - Installs - Repairs

PROPERTY POLES

Specialists in installation of poles and supply of overhead & underground power & Emergency work Electrical Contractor - 20 years in the business

Powerhouse AC & Electrical Ph: 3289 7100 or Dave’s mob: 0419 713 516 Elect. Contractors Lic. No. 55848

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25 years experience Free quotes and advice 7 day service

Express Wastewater BSA 0439 663 771 1180430

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Tony Muscat - Owner Operator

Mob: 0477 554 410

Email: tony.muscat3@gmail.com

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Ph 3205 9930

S Surveyor

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and entertainment T TVhomeantennas

ABN 91 101 524 455

Phone 3289 3411 Phil Anderson 0411 515 492

T Tiling

U Upholstery Suzan’s Sewing Creations Upholsterer

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Adam Heathwood, pictured running with the ball for the Dayboro Cowboys in his playing days, is now coaching his hometown team.

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Grassy Lucerne Hay - Standard $13.50, Prime $14.50 bale delivered Round Bales Grassy Lucerne Hay & Green Rhodes Grass - each $88 bale delivered Cattle Hay, Chaff and Hard Feed also available Stock up now for Winter! Delivered to Samford weekly.

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For sale PLANKS & TRESTLES, ALUMINIUM Planks - 6mt $210, 5mt $190, 4mt $160, 3mt $120, rubbers on both sides. End caps fully welded. Trestles - 3.6mt $450, 2.8mt $360, 2.4mt $340, 2.0mt $310. Ph Barry 3205 3002 or 0417 781 021 www.trestlesandplanks.com.au SOLAR POWERED GATE OPENERS: 20 watt solar panel, 3 remotes, stainless steel arms, 12 months warranty. $700. Phone Barry 3205 3002 or 0417 781 021 www.thatsright.com.au

Positions vacant REAL ESTATE SALES POSITIONS AVAILABLE. We are looking for individuals with proven track record in sales. We offer commission splits starting from 50% and upwards (negotiable), no franchise fees. All conversations held in the strictest confidence. If you are driven to succeed within the property sales industry and would like to be part of our small sales family then call 0481-299-534.

Psychic readings MEDITATION & PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT CLASSES: Mondays 7pm. Tuesdays 10am. Cashmere. Ph 0419 888 140 or 3882 5834.

Services A&B FENCING: All types of fencing. Jobs up to $27,500. Phone Alan on 0407 696 647. LAWN MOWING AND GARDEN CARE: For private homes and unit body corporates - 0431 843 826. TREE WORK: Up to approx. 5m, pruning, storm damage etc. - 0431 843 826.

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New coach pulling the ropes at the Cowboys

is club will field one of its youngest senior sides in recent memory but new Dayboro Cowboys coach Adam Heathwood insists his players won’t be overawed this season. The team will have an average age in the early 20s following the retirement of Heathwood and fellow Cowboys stalwarts Justin Tyson and John Hutchinson at the end of last season. After playing for Dayboro’s senior team for more than a decade, winning three Brisbane Second Division Rugby League premierships, a knee reconstruction forced Heathwood to retire at the age of 29. “The best way for me to stay involved (with the Cowboys) was to take over the coaching,” Heathwood said. “We’ve been training for two months and the players have been training so hard. They’re treating me as a coach and not as a mate, which is good.” Heathwood has surrounded himself with experienced former Cowboys, with Tyson serving as assistant coach and fellow premiership winner Russell Mundy, who retired at the end of 2013, also helping to run the team. The head coach believes if any rival teams underestimate his young Cowboys outfit “that will work in our favour”. “They won’t take a backward step for no one, these young fellas,” said Heathwood, a Cowboys junior who had brief stints with Redcliffe and Wests and played representative football for Brisbane. Heathwood is looking to the likes of Aaron King, Josh Hawkins, Steven Harris and Danny Prentice-McLeod, who has

played in France, to guide the team. While the Cowboys are in the rebuilding process Heathwood is anticipating another winning season. “The expectation is we want to make the finals this year. Once you’re there you never know what could happen,” he said. Before the season proper Dayboro will aim to retain the Pine Cup pre-season tournament trophy it won last year. The annual competition, which features the Cowboys, Pine Rivers Bears, Samford Stags and Pine Central Holy Spirit Hornets, kicks off at Matheson Oval at Petrie this Saturday night. “It is pre-season footy and I don’t want to put much pressure on the young fellas,” Heathwood said. “The goal is to get to the final of the Pine Cup but we’ll just take it game by game.” Dayboro will face Samford in its Pine Cup opener with the winner to claim the Jack Lawson–Earl McDonald Shield, contested by the local rivals since 1989. “There’s a lot of passion in the Samford– Dayboro game. It’s like playing in semifinals. It’s a tough game of football,” Heathwood said. “I think Samford are going to be the benchmark this year in the Pine Cup. They’ll be the hardest team to play. “They’ve got a really good coach down there this year (former Manly player Steve Hegarty) and will be able to attract some players.” Round 2 of the Pine Cup will be held at Samford’s Allan Cash Oval on 14 February, with Dayboro to host the finals on 28 February. www.thewesterner.com.au

Kobble Creek martial arts coach Damien O’Flaherty has been named Moreton Bay’s Sportsperson of the Year.

Awards for good sports

heir ages span 63 years but Thomas Tucker, Damien O’Flaherty and Ian Reeves have one thing in common: an undying passion and commitment to their chosen sports. The trio have each been officially recognised with Australia Day honours. O’Flaherty was named the Moreton Bay Sportsperson of the Year for his continued mentorship of young people in martial arts. “It’s just such a great honour that people recognise the work that you’ve done over the years,” said the 52-year-old, who began instructing in martial arts in 1989 and has represented Australia in taekwondo. “You run a business and a martial arts school because you have a passion and it’s your job but there’s a lot we do in the background that people don’t know about.” As well as overseeing 160 junior students at Factor 10 martial arts at Strathpine, the taekwondo coach from Kobble Creek also gives free self-defence classes to help reduce bullying and provides tutelage to youth from disadvantaged backgrounds. “You see what it (martial arts) does for their lives and for their fitness and they become great, confident people,” O’Flaherty said. “I’m particularly interested in the community side too, where we have a couple of students we give scholarships to… to give people an opportunity to do something they otherwise might not be able to do.” Warner resident Ian Reeves received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Australia Day honours list, for service to junior cricket and Australian Rules football. The 72-year-old has coached junior cricket teams since 1983 and also coaches Australian Rules football club teams as well as AFL Queensland’s Northern Raiders development side. Secretary of Queensland Junior Cricket for the past 13 years, he is also a Life Member of the Brisbane North Junior Cricket Association and Valley District Cricket Club. BMX whiz kid Thomas Tucker was named the Youth Sports Achiever of the Year at the Dickson Community Awards at Samford last week. The nine-year-old from Warner won his second straight world title in the Netherlands in July last year. “I’m very grateful to win. Not many kids get to win an award like that,” he said. This year the Pine Rivers BMX Club rider will be aiming for a hat-trick of world titles when the World Championships are held in Belgium.

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The Bradman Museum’s World of Cricket is a stunning visual celebration of cricket featuring photographs from three of the world’s greatest sports photographers as well as Don Bradman’s personal collection, along with his typed commentary. It is all woven together by the commentary of Mike Coward, one of Australian cricket’s most acclaimed experts. Thanks to Allen & Unwin book publishers, The Westerner has one copy of The Bradman Museum’s World of Cricket (RRP $49.99) to give away. Enter at the ‘Competitions’ page at www.thewesterner. com.au. Entries close 19 February.

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