Rainbow Beach Community News May 2023

MAY 2023 Volume 26 | Issue 5

Rainbow Beach State School kids proudly fly the flag for Anzac Day. More photos from the day on page 4.

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Lucy Wise Album Tour

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May Means Mother’s Day Classic

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EDITOR’S NOTE

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OME (very politically incorrect) humour in honour of Mother’s Day…

My mother taught me about:

RELIGION - ‘You better pray that will come out of the carpet.’

TIME TRAVEL - ‘If you don’t straighten up, I’m going to knock you into the middle of next week!’

LOGIC -’Because I said so, that’s why.’

MORE LOGIC - ‘If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you’re not going to the shops with me.’

RECEIVING - ‘You are going to get it when you get home!’

MEDICAL SCIENCE - ‘If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way.’

HUMOR - ‘When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me.’

HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT - ‘If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.’

FORESIGHT - ‘Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident.’

WISDOM - ‘When you get to be my age, you’ll understand.’

IRONY - ‘Keep crying, and I’ll give you something to cry about.’

JUSTICE - ‘One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!’

OSMOSIS - ‘Shut your mouth and eat your supper.’

CONTORTIONISM - ‘Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!’

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WEATHER - ‘This room of yours looks as if a cyclone went through it.’

Winner of the “Frontline Hero” book giveaway from last month: J Mansfield, Tin Can Bay Such a wonderful response to the comp!

Thank you to all who entered.

HYPOCRISY - ‘If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times. Don’t exaggerate!’

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STAMINA - ‘You’ll sit there until all that broccoli is gone.’

CIRCLE OF LIFE - ‘I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.’

ENVY - ‘There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents like you do.’

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Our sensational local school kids enthusiastically taking part in the 2023 Anzac Day parade.

Photo by RBCN. Want your photo on our cover? Email us or tag us on social media. Professional photography not required - just a great hi-res pic of our beautiful region.

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An uplifting evening of Folk-Pop Songs and Stories

Catch Trial Artwork contributor Mo Riggs at her exhibition in Pomona this month.

Water Tower Mural Update

IMAGE BY LAURA MAY GROGAN

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MULTI AWARD-NOMINATED folk-pop singer and a darling of the Australian folk music scene, Lucy Wise is playing a concert in Rainbow Beach this May as part of her East Coast Australian tour of her new album: ‘Into The Blue’.

This will be Lucy’s first visit back to Rainbow Beach since performing alongside Canadian folk artist Old Man Luedecke on the Festival of Small Halls Summer Tour back in 2018. In this intimate show, Lucy will be performing mostly solo, joined by Mischa Herman on piano and accordion for some songs.

The concert is on Sunday 14 May, 7pm doors open for a 7:30pm start, at Rainbow Beach Community Centre Hall, 32 Rainbow Beach Rd. Lucy will be performing two sets of music, and tea, coffee, and sweet treats will be provided in the break.

‘Community halls are some of my favourite places to perform, because of how these spaces have a history of bringing communities together’, Lucy says.

Tickets are $25 general admission / $20 unwaged / kids under 16 free, and can be booked online at: www.lucywise.com.au/shows

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OW THAT THE Trial Artwork is in place at the rear of the Community Hall, thoughts will be turning to the logistical hurdles that will be faced with the main project of the mural on the town’s water tank.

I will be speaking with key stakeholders over the coming months to get an updated perspective of how things are progressing.

Meanwhile, I have taken the opportunity to catch up with one of the talented local artists who contributed to the Trial Artwork, Mo Riggs.

Mo tells me she’s been busy preparing a selection of artwork for display as the main feature in the

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Pomona Distilling Company’s Juniper Art Space, curated by Michelle Kurth.

Mocean Art, showcasing Mo’s eclectic style inspired by our wonderful local flora and fauna, will be showing over four weeks until 20 May. On Friday 5 May, Mo will be conducting a meet and greet for all curious art lovers, so you will not only get to view the art and have a chat with Mo about her passion for the unique subject matter that inspires her, but you can also partake of the excellent tucker and cocktails the Pomona Distilling Company has to offer.

To read more about this inspirational woman’s story visit moceanart.com

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anzac day 2023

Visit rainbowbeachcommunitynews.com.au for more photos from the day.

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Happy Mothers Day! Mums, they’re like Dads, only smarter.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

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Make Mother’s Day 2023 a classic one!

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HE WOMEN IN Super Mother’s Day Classic is Australia’s largest fun run and walk for breast cancer research. Since the event’s inception in 1998, the Mother’s Day Classic community has donated $41.45 million to the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) to fund life-saving breast cancer research.

We support the National Breast Cancer Foundation’s goal of zero deaths from breast cancer. Everyone who participates in the Mother’s Day Classic is helping to fund essential research that will improve the lives of anyone touched by breast cancer.

So, lace up those runners and throw on your pink tracksuit for the 2023 Women in Super Tin Can Bay Mother’s Day Classic on Sunday 14 May, with a return run or walk from Wes Mitchell Park to Crab Creek and back.

On the day registrations are available from 8am at the sign-on tent in Wes Mitchell Park and the official welcome will be at 8.50am including a minute’s silence, with the Classic kicking off at 9am.

For more information email event organiser Jess Milne at mothersdayclassictincanbay@gmail.com or call 0411 218 254. You can pre-register at www.mothersdayclassic.com.au by going to Events, Queensland, and click on Tin Can Bay. There are medallions to the first 40 who register either online or on the day.

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Above: Get your fun on with a walk or run this Mother’s Day morning!

Right: Mark Daniels finishes with enthusiasm in a previous Classic!

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Brett and Sharon will keep you protected!

Hey Kids YAP wants to know

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IN CAN BAY residents Brett and Sharon Shaw are keen to help you keep your car, boat, and even your home protected from the elements and to make keeping them shiny a walk in the park.

Servicing the Cooloola Coast, Wide Bay, and Sunshine Coast areas, their small business CeramiX Protection is ‘the future of surface protection.’

CeramiX began in the 1980s in Noosa – then called Noosa Glass Tinting Co. The business had a name change in August 2022 to coincide with their move to this area.

‘We have always loved living in regional coastal areas so we decided to relocate to Tin Can Bay early 2022, where we bought our home that overlooks the bay,’ said Sharon.

‘We chose to live and run a business in Tin Can Bay because it is a sleepy little fishing village with a good community spirit. The neighbours have been wonderful and have helped us to appreciate that Tin Can Bay is a tight knit community where everyone is kind, helpful, and good with crabbing tips and fishing locations.

‘We enjoy fishing regularly in the bay and Brett can be seen some days zipping around on his jet ski to catch some breaks in the bar and Double Island. The idyllic lifestyle of Tin Can Bay gives us the feeling that we are living on a permanent holiday.’

Brett has 34 years experience

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with tint applications for car and residential purposes. CeramiX with Brett’s ingenuity and experience has developed an ultimate car boat protection coating. When applied to a clean car or boat surface it will give a supreme gloss that helps to protect the wear and tear of surfaces and makes cleaning a breeze.

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Gympie Regional Council are hosting a Dance Party from 6pm to 10pm for 12-18 year olds (18 yr olds must have valid school ID) on Friday 2 June at the AICM in Gympie, featuring Mama Quilla on the decks – who puts the FUN into Funk.

Mama Quilla plays the SEQ festival circuit, and her first release ‘Swing Swing’ made it to number 1 in the Australian EDM charts. Only $10 entry which includes free pizza plus there’s food and drinks to purchase.

There’s a free bus available from the Tin Can Bay/Cooloola Cove to the Dance Party in Gympie but seats are limited. Contact YAP by Friday 26 May on 0411 218 254 or email cooloolacoastyap@gmail.com to secure your spot on the bus.

Don’t forget to book your Dance Party tickets using the QR code in the flyer on page 2 or if you have trouble then let YAP know and you’ll be prebooked to pay at the door.

A YAP volunteer will be onboard the bus and at the Dance Party as a contact point.

Cooloola Coast Youth Activity Project

Do you wanna free night at the flicks?

Fancy hanging out with your mates sprawled out in the hall watching a movie and munching on popcorn?

Well mark Friday 26 May on your calendar so you don’t miss out on a free night at the flicks. The animated movie Sing 2 is being provided

by Gympie Regional Council in partnership with hosts the Cooloola Coast Youth Activity Project in the hall at 110 Emperor Street in Tin Can Bay. Doors open at 5pm so you can claim your spot and grab a cheap feed plus make a cardboard box car if going to the drive-in is more your style! Movie starts at 6pm so make sure you round up your friends, collect stuff to get comfy in the ‘super-sized loungeroom’ of the hall and enjoy some free entertainment.

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Fiona Hawthorne SECRETARY

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ET’S FACE IT. We could all do with a good laugh, right? Well, there’ll be some seriously funny business going

Nicky Wilkinson

on at the Rainbow Beach Community Centre Hall on Tuesday 9 May. Professional comedians Nicky Wilkinson and Mick Neven from Funny Coast Comedy will run a twohour stand-up comedy workshop from 4pm to 6pm for ten lucky local people who have registered for this rare opportunity.

After doing their homework, they will bring their material to the workshop for feedback and development. They will be shown trade secrets and share these insiders’ knowledge of funny business.

Nicky and Mick are well known in the Australian comedy scene. You can find out more about them at

Movie Magic!

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REAT NEWS! We were successful with our grant application for our CoolaFlix film night project.

The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) have granted us funds to cover the cost of a front and rear projection screen, a short throw projector, a popcorn machine, and ten film screening rights fees.

This equipment will be set up in the hall and ten lucky community groups will each be given the opportunity to host a free entry film night on market Saturday night (second Saturday of each month).

They will choose the film, and CIRS

will order and pay for it. Groups can make a cinema-style ad to show at their film night to promote their organisation and its activities.

Although there will be no entry fees, they can fundraise through selling refreshments (including free use of the kitchen and popcorn machine), running raffles, and gaining new memberships. CIRS can supply popcorn consumables and drinks, and groups then simply reimburse us at cost for whatever they sell.

If your group hasn’t registered yet, please contact us as soon as possible.

We will be drawing up a roster soon.

If you are interested in being a

www.funnycoastcomedy.com.au.

After a short break, the ten participants will perform their material in front of a very supportive audience from 7pm to 9pm. Nicky and Mick will host the open mic session too, so if you want to enjoy a good mid-week laugh, come along and join in the fun.

It’s all free except for the food and refreshments – they’re our fundraisers. But it’s a FREE workshop and FREE entry to be in the audience for the open mic night, thanks to our local Council. Everyone is welcome.

This project was made possible through Gympie Regional Council’s Community Grants Program.

Mick Neven

All enquiries to the CIRS office on 5486 3355.

CoolaFlix volunteer on film nights, or helping to create ads for the groups, please contact Fiona on 0423 344 316.

There will be one FREE film per month through the CoolaFlix project, but the AV equipment will also be available for hire in between monthly film nights. Bookings can be made through our office Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4pm.

The first film night will be on Saturday 8 July, with many thanks to FRRR for their support and to our AV expert volunteer Peter Hall for his great advice. Plus we have another fabulous volunteer coming on board to coordinate CoolaFlix. More details will follow in RBCN June newspaper.

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UR MONTHLY markets are held inside and outside the hall on the second Saturday of every month from 7am to 12pm. We have our treasured regular stallholders who have helped build the markets into the success that they are.

Every month we have new stallholders joining them and it’s always fun to have something new to add to our eclectic mix.

Last month we had our youngest yet – Miah from Bee Wise Seeds. Miah has collected, dried, and packaged seeds from bee-friendly plants

to encourage people to plant bee-friendly gardens. Well done, Miah. Let’s hope your business builds and achieves your goal.

On 13 May, our market muso will be the very popular Andrew Copland so come along for some great music to go with your hot coffee, fabulous cakes, sourdough bread, farm fresh fruit and veges, face-painting, natural products, handmade clothes, recycled plastic earrings and so much more.

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Easter Raffles and Book Sales

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Above: Miah sells bee-friendly seeds at the markets.

Below: Mary Boyd can tell you what’s in store.

HANK YOU to all the people who donated books for our Easter book sale and supported our Easter egg raffle. The lucky winner was John Bignell (but I’m sure Brooke, Mason, and Banjo might have benefitted as well).

The $100 board wasn’t drawn but the good news is that there are still a few empty squares so you’ve still got a chance to win. It will be drawn as soon as all the numbers are sold so next time you’re going past the CIRS office, pop in with your spare change and pick a number.

You have to be in it to win it. Pick up a bargain book while you’re there.

All proceeds go to maintaining and improving the hall facilities and our CIRS services.

May Music - Album Launch

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ALENTED SINGER songwriter Lucy Wise is back with a brand new album and she chose Rainbow Beach to launch it!

Do your ears a favour and get along to the hall on 14 May. To book your tickets, go to www.lucywise.com.au/shows

Kathy MacFarlane recycles plastics to make earrings.

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Rainbow Beach School P&C News

Melissa Spanton SECRETARY

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T’S AMAZING TO think we are in Term 2 already,

but rest assured the P&C have hit the ground running.

Many of you may have started hearing the term ‘OSHC’ getting around town and for those who are unsure of what this is, it is Outside of School Hours Care.

The Rainbow Beach School P&C have been working very hard behind the scenes preparing applications, undertaking approval processes, preparing policies and procedures, and fundraising for an Outside of School Hours Care program which will be operational from Rainbow Beach State School.

The aim of this service will be to provide a range of supervised recreational and leisure activities for school aged children before and after school and during school holidays.

We anticipate that this service will be well received in the community given the high percentage of hospitality and tourism operators and working families in our community.

We are hopeful to be operational this year, so watch this space for updates on estimated opening times.

In other news we would like to welcome Belinda Edwards as our school Tuckshop Co-ordinator. Belinda, along with several other very dedicated parents have put together a wonderful new menu which

includes a wide variety of fresh and tasty meals for our students which have been thoroughly enjoyed already this year.

We would also like to take this opportunity to say a big thanks to Liz from Rainbow Beach Fruits for the very fresh and popular menu she coordinated last year. Many families continue to utilise the Tuckshop and we know the students look forward to it every week.

Work has also started on organising an arts and crafts stall for students to make a special gift for Mothers and Fathers Day and more fundraising events to come!

Keep up to date with any news from the P&C on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/PandCRainbowBeach

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wooden toys very kindly donated again by Bill Neil of Tin Can Bay. We continue to help the Gympie homeless with another $1000 donated and another $500 to go by the end of April. We have also sourced cheaper food items to help them as well.

Many thanks to Wayne Kerle who tirelessly sorts our bottle collections from Tin Can Bay and Rainbow at Bay Auto in Tin Can Bay. A big thank you

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INCE OUR LAST report this month has been reasonably quiet compared to the last few months.

We have sent another $1000 to the flood impacted area East of Forbes in NSW at Eugowra and we will continue to help them.

Near the end of the month we will send another $1000 plus some

to the BIG 4 at Carlo, Rainbow Beach Dive, the Watts family, and all who donate to our bins at 10 Tingira Close Rainbow Beach.

Many thanks to Annette Collins, Roz and Peter Raines, and Lex and Jan Lewis for their very generous donations. We have rounded up some of our collection tins and banked around $250 from Tin Can Bay Bakery, Lees Fishing Co-Op, and

Shell Rainbow Beach.

Thank you to those that supported us at the Rainbow Beach Markets where we raised over $400. We still have mozzie coil holders left over, kindly donated by Jim Snee if anybody needs them.

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Walkers blessed with glorious weather Maggie Travers WALK ORGANISER

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HAT GLORIOUS weather last month for our Heart Foundation Walking groups to enjoy!

Especially on Tuesday 4 April when members of Cooloola Cove Wheelie Walkers were invited to walk and roll along the Tin Can Bay Boardwalk with ‘One Step at a Time Tin Can Bay’ and to meet our Heart Foundation Walk Coordinator, Kara Tebbit, from Gympie Regional Council Community Development Team. For two of our CC Wheelie Walkers, it was the first time on the Boardwalk.

So enjoyable that CCWWers have decided that on the last Friday of each month, weather permitting, we

Two of our Cooloola Cove Wheelie Walkers, Kellie and Albert

Great to gather the CC Wheelie Walkers with the Tin Can Bay early and later Heart Foundation Walking groups.

shall meet at the Norman Point end and wheelie walk the Boardwalk, instead of our usual meander in Cooloola Cove.

Now that it’s darker and colder in the mornings, CCWW start time has changed to 9am, Mondays and Fridays at the Nautilus Bus Shelter outside the shopping centre.

The Easter Bunny and helpers distributing Easter eggs were welcomed by HF Walkers. Thanks to Walk Organiser, Kate Gregory and her family outside the Tin Can Bay Bakery, and to Chris at Judy Kiddle’s home, we enjoyed our Easter chocolates.

Congratulations to Ian on achieving your first HFW goal of 25 walks.

Congratulations to Barb K and Yvonne

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for gaining your second walking award for your 50th walk. Check your letter boxes for your Certificate and HFW online shop voucher.

Early group ‘One Step at a Time Tin Can Bay starts at 6.30am from the Tin Can Bay Bakery with Denise and Kate; the later group with me meet by 7am.

Walk Yourself Happy! Why don’t you join us? It’s free, fun, and a great way to improve our physical, mental, social, and emotional health.

Queries? Contact Judy Kiddle 5486 2181 or myself on 0400 756 615.

Right: Two CCWWers enjoyed their first wheelie walk on the Tin Can Bay Boardwalk with Tin Can Bay and Cooloola Cove Walkers.

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Changeover time for Probus Club Kaye Olsen

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E AT COOLOOLA COAST Probus Club have our Annual General Meeting on our usual meeting day and hold our Changeover Lunch separately. This was held at the Tin Can Bay Country Club when we were joined by members from Maryborough Combined Probus and Gympie Widgee Probus Clubs.

Pam Carlson, Regional Liaison Officer for the Probus Association of Queensland, was our special guest and she inducted our incoming President, Katrina, who in turn inducted the incoming committee.

As well as enjoying a delicious lunch served by the Country Club restaurant, we were entertained by several members with some skits.

One of these was a take-off of the current advertisement where children tell what they love about their Dads.

Our ‘children’ had some very inventive and fun ideas on the subject - Arthur Leggo liking to ride on his Dad’s motorbike while his Dad did tricks and Judy Kiddle whose father was getting her plastic teeth like Grandma because she had eaten too many lollies!

The Ukelele Group also entertained us with songs from the 1960s and

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FROM VOLOS, GREECE TO TIN CAN BAY Ross Carruthers

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T’S SUNDAY and as I enter the front door of the Tin Can Bay RSL, I can smell the onions sizzling on the BBQ and can hear this week’s entertainment belting out a tune. George is manning the BBQ and the raffles front table this week. ‘Roscoe’, he hollers, ‘Did you hear what happened?’ George loves to chat and to tell a story and off he goes.

George was born in Volos, Greece, in 1946. He often tells me of his great childhood and remembers catching squid in small boats on the Mediterranean Sea; the stronger the swell, the more squid he caught.

George doing what he loves to do.

In 1963 George joined the Greek Merchant Navy and spent the next 3 years patrolling the Greek Islands.

‘It was the best job in the world,’ he says. ‘I don’t know why I left hahahaha.’

George also loves to laugh. After the Merchant Navy George worked on cargo ships, distributing Greek produce from port to port around the world.

In 1971 George emigrated to Australia where he worked as a chef in Brisbane, Maryborough, Mackay, and Rainbow Beach before retiring to Tin Can Bay in 2007. He joined the Tin Can Bay RSL Sub Branch in 2008 as a volunteer, first helping in the kitchen and more recently on the door at the Sunday BBQ. George still loves the water and likes nothing better than going out on my tinnie with me to fish and crab on the sparkling waters of Tin Can Bay. As a hobby he also sells second hand fishing gear from his home garage and can often be seen on his front verandah coaxing new life from a used rod and reel.

When asked what’s the best thing about the RSL he says, ‘I love the people and making new friends.’

Well, we love you too George. Thank you for your service!

Our new 2023/24 Committee with Pam Carlson, PAQ Liaison Officer (3rd from right).

encouraged us all to sing along.

It was a great day - full of Fun, Friendship and Fellowship, the Probus motto.

Meetings are held on each second Monday of the month at 2pm at the

Sandcastle Motel in Tin Can Bay and include a Guest Speaker and a break for afternoon tea and a chat.

For details contact President Katrina on 0407 637 691 or Secretary Kaye at cooloolaprobus@gmail.com

Dancing shoes dusted off!

Julie McPhail

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HE DANCE HELD on 15 April in the Goomboorian Memorial Hall was a huge success. 60 patrons danced the night away with Chris Doyle the muso.

A superb supper was provided by the lovely patrons. A big thank you for their contribution. Raffle prizes and dance prizes were well received. The 1914 wooden sprung dance floor was a delight to dance on. No aches and pains off this floor.

The next Country Hall Old Time

Photos from the popular dance held in April. See you at our next one in May!

dance will be on Saturday 20 May starting at 7.30pm in the Goomboorian Memorial Hall.

Dance lessons are commencing on Saturday 6 May from 3pm till 5pm in the Goomboorian Memorial Hall.

Interested persons please contact Julie for information 0428 824 115.

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HE TIN CAN BAY Quilters meet every Tuesday from 9am to 12 noon at the Community Hall Complex, Amity Place, Tin Can Bay. All visitors are welcome, just bring a cup for your tea/coffee.

Our photos show a great idea for the caravans, to carry your sewing essentials. As well as an outside zippered pocket, the inside has two zippered sections with clear plastic making it easy to find things easily.

The pattern is from ‘Bags by Annie’ and comes in two sizes. The one shown being the smaller version.

Thanks to Jo Page for showing us her handiwork. Love the fabric Jo.

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Clever sewing kit carry-case made

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Kids enjoy QCWA visit

Veggie Fritters RECI PE CO U RTESY O F TH E CO U NTRY KITCH EN S TEAM

Gabriella Field

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N THE 21 MARCH QCWA Tin Can Bay Branch Country Kitchens Facilitator Gabriella held a Country Kitchens Session with the children of the Rainbow Beach Learning Centre.

The session was called ‘Fruit is Fun’ and for the first activity the children made a fruit dolphin with bananas, grapes. and blueberries which was followed by a talk about our local Australian Humpbacked Dolphins who visit Tin Can Bay daily.

We discussed what they eat, their physiology, and the environmental threats the dolphins face, and each child was given a pamphlet about the dolphins.

The next fruit item was a little ‘person’ made with strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and kiwi fruit.

It was explained how important it is to make sure that they have fruit and vegetables in their meals because it helps their bodies stay healthy and strong.

Following that activity there was a guessing game of ‘How Many Fruit and Vegetables in the Jar’ which was won by Hunter.

The children were given an emu’s egg, a chicken’s egg and some quails’ eggs to compare, they were fascinated by the size and colours of the quails’ eggs.

The last activity had the children choosing from over 50 different cookie cutter shapes to make watermelon shapes so they could fill their plates.

Gabriella also spoke about the importance of reducing the use of plastics and that the cups and plates that they were using were made from sugar cane.

As the children ate their fruit creations Gabriella spoke about the Country Kitchens Five Key Messages which are: 1.

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Serves: 6 (makes 12) Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes 1 ½ serves per portion

Gabriella with children from the Rainbow Beach Learning Community.

The Tin Can Bay Branch will be holding a Biggest Morning Tea for the Cancer Council on Wednesday 17 May at our monthly Hoy Morning.

Please come along for a fun morning with a chance to win some lovely prizes while supporting a worthy cause.

As always, our branch members are busy making items to be donated to those in need.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 10am on Tuesday 18 July 2023 at 18 Whiting Street, Tin Can Bay.

Nominations to be submitted by 17 May 2023.

CRAFT and COFFEE

18 Whiting Street, Tin Can Bay. 1st and 2nd Wednesday of the month, 10am to Noon.

GENERAL MEETINGS

18 Whiting Street, Tin Can Bay. Second Monday of the month 9:30am.

HOY Cooloola Coast Bowls Club, 4 Amity Place, Tin Can Bay. 3rd Wednesday of the month 9:30am for a 10:00am start.

ALL ENQUIRIES

Wendy 0412 547 043 or Judy 0402 769 392

Ingredients 400g can corn kernels, drained ½ cup red capsicum, diced ½ cup green peas, frozen 1 cup cheddar cheese, reduced fat 1 egg ½ cup ham, lean cut, diced 1 medium onion, diced 3 sprigs parsley, finely chopped 2 tablespoons powdered skim milk ½ cup flour, self-raising Extra virgin olive oil Method PLACE corn, capsicum, and peas into a bowl.

ADD all remaining ingredients except flour and mix well.

ADD flour and fold to combine. When the mixture sticks to the spoon it is the right consistency.

HEAT frying pan over medium heat and add a drizzle of olive oil once hot.

DROP a few spoonful’s of mixture into the pan and flip once bubbles appear on the surface of the fritters.

Cook for a further 1-2 minutes on the other side, or until golden brown.

REPEAT with the remaining mixture.

Get more fruit and veg into your meals Cook at home Check your portion size Be aware of sugar in your drinks Sit less, move more.

Fruit is fun!

The kids made these fabulous fruit creations with help from Gabriella.

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AINBOW BEACH and the Cooloola Coast is home of the Coloured Sands, the majestic Carlo Sandblow and gateway to World Heritage-listed Fraser Island.

You can feed wild dolphins in Tin Can Bay, visit a historic lighthouse via the Great Beach Drive or world-class scuba diving.

If you make the most of the outdoors then you’ll love our backyard playground.

You can choose from extreme adventures and ultimate indulgences - a rejuvenating massage, secluded picnics beside a freshwater lake or delicious seafood and views in our eateries and clubs.

Our coast has abundant fishing whether off a beach, on an estuary or from a deep sea charter, right on our doorstep!

Birdwatchers, nature-lovers, bushwalkers, 4x4 enthusiasts and surfers call our corner of the world: ‘paradise’.

and holiday homes.

So stay with us, watch the sunset from Carlo Sandblow or stroll along Tin Can Bay Esplanade...

Our Great Sandy National Park hosts Queensland’s three most popular beachside campgrounds, and our friendly townships offer caravan parks, apartments

you’ll never want to leave!

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ACCOMMODATION & REALTY

ACCOMMODATION & REALTY

EXPERIENCES & TOURS

FISHING & CHARTERS

Creek To Coast Real Estate

Tin Can Bay Tourist Park

Epic Ocean Adventures

Gardiner Fisheries

New camp kitchen, cabins, pool-side BBQ hut, Family amenities, disability access.

54-74 Trevally St. Ph: 07 5486 4411 tincanbaytouristpark.com.au

Rainbow Beach’s finest Kayak, Surf & SUP 4WD Tour Adventures to Double Island Point info@epicoceanadventures.com.au 0408 738 192 epicoceanadventures.com.au

All your offshore, inshore & beach fishing needs, live local beach & bloodworms daily.

Cnr Carlo & Karoonda Rds. 0404 853 232 facebook.com/rainbowbeachbait/

Rainbow Beach Tourist Info Centre

RB Hardware, Fishing & Camping

One stop shop for information, bookings, souvenirs, beach gear, surf wear & gifts 6 Rainbow Beach Rd 07 5486 3227 rainbowbeachinfo.com.au

Fishing & camping equipment, key cutting general hardware, open 7 days, 07 5486 3444 38 Rainbow Beach Rd, next to Shell Servo F: Rainbow-Beach-Hardware-Fishing-n-Camping

Premium bespoke real estate agency, your local area specialist.

Contact Ali on 0403 423 124 or ali.zengin@creektocoast.realestate

AUTOMOTIVE & VEHICLE HIRE

Rainbow Beach Realty The local specialist in holiday rentals & property sales. 07 5486 3900 Shop 4, 12 Rainbow Beach Rd rainbowbeachrealty.com

Rainbow Beach Auto Electrics Vehicle Electrical Repairs, Retail Sales, Radios, Batteries, Solar panels, Fridges, UHFs, 7 Karoonda Rd. 0499 144 678 rainbowbeachautoelectrics.com.au

EXPERIENCES & TOURS

Rainbow Getaway Holiday Apartments

Wolf Rock Dive Centre, Rainbow Beach

Rainbow Beach Fishing & Camping

1, 2 & 3 bedroom self contained, air-con apartments, heated pool, central location. 4 Double Island Dr. 07 5486 3500 rainbowgetaway.com.au

World class scuba diving on Fraser Island’s doorstep, Australia’s best shark & ray dive. 2 Goondi St. 07 5486 8004 wolfrockdive.com.au

Cheapest prices on the coast, 7 days a week from 6am. 14 Rainbow Beach Road.

07 5486 8100 facebook.com/Rainbow-Beach-Fishing-and-Camping

Barnacles Cafe & Dolphin Feeding Feed wild dolphins from 7am daily, fees apply. Breakfast, lunch, coffee, takeaways 7am-3pm Norman Point, TCB 07 5486 4899 barnaclesdolphins.com.au

Tin Can Bay’s Sleepy Lagoon Motel 24 air conditioned motel rooms, 3 bedroom house, centrally located for dolphins & pub 2 Groper St. 07 5488 0653 sleepylagoonmotel.com

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5,000 copies of the Rainbow Beach Community News are printed each month.

Be part of the Visitor Guide by contacting Rhyll on 0407 754 088.

Rainbow Beach Fishing Charters Deep sea fishing off Rainbow Beach and Fraser Island at its best on a 38 ft Cougar Cat. 0409 775 070 rainbowbeachfishing.com.au

Australia’s Best Shark and Ray Dive

Stay a night for FREE! Stay 4 nights for the price of 3 Chilled bottle of wine on arrival, and FREE Wi from February 2023, (Valid (Valid until November 30th1st 2022) T & C apply. excluding all public & school holidays) T & C apply.

Available from our website Or call 07 5486 3500 World class Scuba Diving Charters and PADI Dive Courses, as well as Snorkelling, Diving & Spearshing Accessories, Books and more...

Kayak hire!

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Ocean-themed Jewellery

PADI dive Courses

Visit us at 339 Carlo Road, Rainbow Beach, Queensland 4581 Wolf Rock Dive Centre 0498 743 795. info@wolfrockdive.com.au

FISHING & CHARTERS

FOOD, DRINK & DINE

FOOD, DRINK & DINE

MASSAGE & RETREATS

The Chandlery Bait and Tackle

Marina Bar and Grill

Soul Food, Rainbow Beach

Remedial Massage, Rainbow Beach

Best range of fishing tackle, all the big brands!

Bait, ice, 24h fuel, massive range of chandlery.

For all your boating and fishing needs. TCB Marina, 07 5486 4744 tcbchandlery.com.au

A la Carte dining, breakfast, lunch, dinner. Fully licensed. Closed Mondays 2 Emperor St, Tin Can Bay 07 5486 4400

Wraps, juices, smoothies, kebabs, coffee, souvenirs, natural products & cosmetics, clothing, tourist info Shell Servo Complex 0435 085 865 facebook.com/SoulFood

Recovery & lymphatic massage, health cover rebates, 7 Turana St (at the Gym) Corinna: 0400 613 139 rainbowbeachhealthandfitness.com

FOOD, DRINK & DINE

Arcobaleno on the Beach Wood fired pizza, delicious pasta, coffee & cake. BYO, dine in, take away, home delivery 07 5486 8000. In the Post Office Arcade facebook.com/Arco.on.the.beach/

Ed’s Beach Bakery Bread, cakes, muffins, the BEST pies in town! Open 4am-5pm, 7 days Shell Servo Complex. 07 5486 3080 Rainbow Beach

IGA Rainbow Beach & Tin Can Bay Locally owned & operated supermarkets, weekly specials. Rainbow Beach Rd, 6am - 8pm, Ph: 5486 8700; 46-48 Tin Can Bay Rd, 6am - 7pm. 07 5488 0084

Ocean Breeze Seafoods, Rainbow Beach

Tin Can Bay Butchers

Spirit of Rainbow, Rainbow Beach

Fresh & cooked local seafood, fish & chips, burgers, laundromat, at the Big Marlin Open 8am to 5pm Mon-Thurs & 7pm Fri-Sun 54 Rainbow Beach Rd, opposite QPWS Office

Friendly team, quality meats, great prices Weekly deals, freshly made snags & meals Dolphin Shopping Centre, Tin Can Bay Rd 07 5486 4170 facebook.com/tincanbaybutchers

Massage, Meditation, Mindfulness, Workshops Pamper Packages, Day/Overnight Retreats Self Empowerment Counselling & Coaching 0408 637 639 spiritofrainbow.com.au

Rainbow Beach Pizza & Grill

Tin Can Bay Country Club

Gourmet Signature Pizzas, A’ la Carte Menu, Take Away & Delivery. Unique Coffee blend.

Open Wednesday to Sunday. 07 5486 3043 Menu: facebook.com/rainbowbeachpizza/

Bar, Live Music, Chinese Restaurant 7 days Book: 07 5486 4231 Takeaway: 07 5488 0230 Lawn Bowls, Golf Course & Pro: 0409 727 577 Tin Can Bay Road tcbcc.com.au

Rainbow Beach Sports Club Bistro 7 days, Bowls, Bottleshop & Bingo.

10am - 10pm Sun - Thurs & midnight Fri - Sat. Turana St. 07 5486 3191 rainbowsportsclub.com.au

In the first month we received 4 call backs directly due to the advert ...

“We couldn’t have been happier with the ad we placed with ‘Community News’. The team were great to work with in helping to create an ad that suited our branding and the key message we wanted to convey. Their team turned around artwork really fast and gave us pricing options based on a variety of marketing plans. In the first month we received 4 call backs directly due to the advert and word of mouth is definitely spreading! Highly recommend using Rhyll and her team to promote your business.”

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Patrolled Beach Swim in the flags in front of the Surf Lifesaving tower. Walk via the steps or walkway near the lookout and surf club, or drive onto Griffin Esplanade. 4WD beach access begins here.

Coloured Sands Visit the patrolled beach, near the surf tower or the lookout to see the 70 plus colours in our cliffs. From town, walk south 1km along the beach - for best colours 4WD or tour a further 9km. Remember it is a gazetted road.

Carlo Sand Blow Park at the top of Cooloola Drive, and walk 600m up from the car park or bushwalk about 2km from the National Parks Office for spectacular views of the Coloured Sands, Double Island Point, Tin Can Bay Inlet and hang gliders.

Poona Lake Drive to Bymien Picnic Area (2WD) via 3km gravel on the Freshwater Road, (off Rainbow Beach Road).

It’s a 40 minute walk to reach the cool waters of Lake Poona through beautiful rainforest and carrol (grey myrtle) scrub.

Searys Creek Only 7km from town towards Gympie, with 2 waterholes, boardwalks, bridges and history – do read the sign and spot the creatures.

Always cool on the hottest of days.

Rainbow Beach Headland A look out, a viewing platform, 2 playgrounds, a skatepark, BBQs and picnic facilities. See the whales from here in season and watch the surfers out the front. Take a photo at the Cherry Venture propeller.

Double Island Point Access via the 4WD only Great Beach Drive or Freshwater Track. See dolphins, whales (seasonal), manta rays, turtles and walk up to our historic lighthouse. It has the longest break in Australia -when the swell lines up.

Mudlo Rocks Wander here at low tide, play in rock pools and watch 4WDs navigate any exposed rocks. ALWAYS check conditions and ask locals before you 4WD - it is not always safe, even close to low tide.

Rainbow Beach: Beautiful one day, even more perfect the next! Submit your Cooloola Coast images to: info@rbcn.com.au

Middle Rock When tides and conditions allow, the walk to Middle Rock and back is a beautiful way to check out the Coloured Sands. From here, vehicle permits are required and dogs are prohibited.

Inskip Point This peninsula is the gateway to Fraser Island, a favourite fishing spot and pet friendly camping grounds for generations. Only 15 minutes drive (2WD) from Rainbow Beach.

Freshwater Picnic Area Walk to and swim in nearby Freshwater Lake, picnic or BBQ at the beautiful shady day-use area, found before Freshwater Road reaches Teewah Beach. 4WD only.

Tin Can Bay Foreshore Walk 4km from Crab Creek to Norman Point, over picturesque bridges, signage of flora and fauna, through mangroves, playgrounds and outdoor gyms. It is mostly flat and very safe for children on wheels.

Look out for 137 species of birds.

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Private appointments, Friday mornings & markets at the Rainbow Beach Community Centre.

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Tin Can Bay Wildflower Walk Known for spectacular wildflower species, access this trail from the corner of Emperor St and Oyster Parade. Best in late winter and early spring.

Boat Ramps You can launch your boat at Norman Point and Crab Creek in Tin Can Bay or Carlo Point and Bullock Point near Rainbow Beach. All except Bullock Point offer toilet and scenic picnic facilities.

Feed Wild Dolphins at Norman Point Arrive from 7am, after feeding (fees apply), the dolphins leave for another day. A picturesque peninsula with public pool, playground, sailing, boat ramp and pontoon and picnic facilities.

Carlo Point For spectacular sunsets over the water, take a cheese platter or fish and chips and watch the day’s end.

This favourite fishing spot is only 3 km from Rainbow Beach.

Rainbow Steps Reputably Rainbow Beach’s most ‘Instaworthy’ location - check out our colourful stairs and share a photo on our socials.

Great Sandy Strait If you love the wonderful peace and relaxation of sailing or cruising, the sheltered waters around Tin Can Bay are for you. You may see dugong, turtles, dolphins in this section of the Great Sandy Marine Park.

Fraser and Cooloola Great Walks A 90 km trail showcases natural and cultural features of the world’s largest sand island between Dilli Village and Happy Valley. Or trek 102 km from Noosa to Rainbow Beach through sandblows, past lakes and spectacular views.

Fraser Island K’gari World heritage listed, K’gari has over 40 lakes, rainforests, sand dunes, wildlife, four wheel driving and fishing! Take a 1 or 2 day tour, hire a 4WD or take your own. Cross the barge at Inskip Point, permits are online or at the Parks Office.

End of the Season Cooloola CoastCare Turtle Care

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Right: Loggerhead hatchling on Teewah Beach in January 2023.

HE GREEN AND Loggerhead turtle nesting season along the Cooloola Coast is ending.

This season, November 2022 to April 2023, the Cooloola CoastCare Turtle Care team has had to relocate several ‘at risk’ nests. At risk from either high tide inundation, 4WD traffic damage, or dune erosion from rough seas. On average there has been a 90% success hatching rate of these nests.

The team would like to thank all the regular turtle track spotters and members of the public who have reported turtle sightings over past months.

The Turtle Care team has the ongoing responsibility of turtle strandings.

A stranded sea turtle is one that is found washed ashore or floating, alive, or dead. If it is alive, it is generally in a weakened condition and maybe sick or injured.

Sea turtles can strand at any time of the year.

They may be sick or injured due to natural causes or have human induced injuries (boat strike or entanglement in fishing gear).

Stranded sea turtles can be found in Tin Can Bay, Carlo, and Inskip.

The Turtle Care team responds to stranded turtles to collect data, document wounds

and abnormalities, transport sick and injured turtles to Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital and onto rehab at SeaWorld.

Strandings data is passed onto the Department of Environment and Science and entered onto the web-based database StrandNet. The data improves our understanding of threats to sea turtles and develops ways to assist stranded turtles.

If you see a sick, injured, entangled, stranded, or dead turtle please call the Stranding Hotline on 1300 130 372.

Your assistance is greatly appreciated and could make all the difference in protecting these threatened and endangered turtles.

Right: Turtle tracks in and out on Inskip Beach, taken in November.

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SIMPLY CLASSICAL CONCERT

OVE MAKES the world go round, and music plays a big role in expressing its glory in all its highs and lows. We humans have, over the aeons of our development, turned it into a fairly respectable art form.

Not every song is about love though. There is music to go into battle, music for mourning, music to the glory of God, king or country; but this Simply Classical concert is about the romantic kind.

We have the usual mix of our regular performers and some new ones. Of the former, there is Helen Brereton, known to us as Aliona, with her brilliance on the violin.

We hope we are forgiven for a repeat performance of Tchaikovski’s Sérénade Mélancholique, a piece of music dripping with sentiments in a very classical way. It is so beautiful and fits the chosen theme perfectly.

In the same vein is the ‘Elégy for Viola’ by Glasunov, presented by Gympie girl Grace Rackemann, who is now in her fourth year of study at the Conservatorium. Sue Flower playing a beautiful mandolin and accompanied by her

Longtime friends and talented musical artists Sue Flower and Pam Graham will be performing at the Simply Classical Concert being held in May.

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longtime friend Pam Graham will also grace the stage.

We were fortunate to be able to engage harpist Hayley Erin, who patrons to the recent Craft and Quilt Show in Gympie may have watched performing. The harp goes back further than most of our present day instruments, with continuous developments over thousands of years. Hayley will bring a more contemporary style to the concert.

A pianist, a flautist, a poetry item, and the Cooloola Community Orchestra Strings will all contribute as well to a romantic Sunday afternoon concert.

When: Sunday 28 May, 2pm Where: St. Patrick’s Church, Gympie Cost: Adults $15, Children $5 Our famous Afternoon Tea as usual Editor note: Sue Flower played her exquisite mandolin at our wedding ceremony in January 2012 in Tin Can Bay - it remains one of our most cherished memories of the day.

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Tin Can Kids say Bowls is amazing

Dragons take on Queensland and Australia

Rowena Giles

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VERY BUSY month with championships, visitors, division games. April invitation day was a success, the threat of rain passed and a beautiful day was enjoyed by all.

Our visit from the Tin Can Bay school was great fun for both the bowlers and the students…’BOWLS IS AMAZING’ was the quote of the day. A well mannered and very polite group spent two hours on the green.

Congratulations to Trevor and Kerry on their 2023 Pairs Championship final win. Also to Brad for his 2023 Mens Singles final win and Liz, Kaye, Rowena, and Lorraine on their 2023 Ladies Fours final win.

The first round of the ladies pairs has been played with our new bowlers performing some amazing shots and being so much more confident. Love their attitude and enthusiasm, it is infectious.

Kerry is on the road to recovery – looking forward to having her back on the green, it is too quiet. Erica is now up and about, a slow recovery but she is now walking a little.

A special thank you to all those members who stepped up to the plate assisting with visiting bowlers, barefoot bowls, assembling the new scoreboards, and assisting with Invitation Day. Once again the Sunday championships are being well supported, with everyone enjoying some get-together time with other members after the game.

Gotta love the current vibe at the club, all we need is some cooler weather.

See you on the green.

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State Titles – Lake Kawana: The dragon boat state titles were held at Lake Kawana on 17 and 18 March. Eighty-eight races were staged over the two-day event.

The competition was intense with teams travelling from as far north as Townsville and as far south as Tweed Heads to take part. Any team travelling that far will clearly want to do their utmost to take a win or two.

Proving that dragon boating is a sport for all members of the community, the age of paddlers ranged from juniors as young as 10 years old to the more senior members at 80+ years old.

The Cooloola Dragons competed in the women’s tens in the 200-metre races and although they did not come away with a win, they certainly put up a good show and held their own.

On the second day, the Cooloola Dragons joined forces with the Hervey Bay club to paddle as the Wide Bay Warriors. This turned out to be a huge day for them starting early with a two-kilometre race followed closely by six 500-metre races.

Considering the age and mixed gender of the teams against whom we competed, our team of one male and 19 female paddlers (not including the Steerer and the Drummer) paddled very well to be solidly competitive.

Come on you men in our community, you can’t expect the ladies to ‘fly our flag’ all by themselves! Come and give dragon boating a try-out – you will be surprised how much fun it all is and how fit you can become.

In the afternoon, there were further 200-metre races and the Cooloola Dragon ladies did very well with only seconds between the finishing times between all the teams.

National Titles: Three of our regular paddlers Kerri, Lyn, and Michelle along with Sandra our head coach, who is going in an official capacity as team manager, have been selected as part of the Central Queensland Regional team to compete in the National Titles.

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days at Wodonga in late April. These paddlers have been training hard for the past few months and are looking forward to getting into competitive action.

Good luck team!

Members who represented the Central Regional Queensland Team at Wodonga over 21 to 24 April. Left to right: Kerri, Sandra, Michelle, Lyn.

20th Anniversary Celebrations: Cooloola Dragon Boat Club’s 20th anniversary is rapidly approaching and we are ready to celebrate. All past and present members are invited to a ‘Roaring 20s’ evening.

Further specific details will be published in coming editions but if you wish to take part in this celebration, please contact Club Secretary Elaine at elaine.dimock@bigpond.com to All clothing, Shoes & Accessories reserve your place. It should be a (excluding Jewellery roaring evening of fun, friendship, and and piety goods) festivity.

Don’t forget that the Dragon’s Lair Café is open to serve delicious snacks and brekkies on the third Saturday of every month at the Tin Can Bay Carol, one of our team members, markets. paddling at the State Titles at Lake We are urgently Kawana 17/18 March.

We hope to see you there.

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Busy month for Golf Club Photos from last year’s Cooloola Cup regatta, which was won by Mitchell Foley on Wild Child.

It’s Cooloola Cup Time!

Rowena Giles

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HE RACING SEASON is almost at the end for the 2022-2023 series and we have had a mixed bag of weather from blowing a gale to the wind sucking and not blowing.

The last racing will be the Cooloola Cup Regatta on 6 and 7 May. Last year was well attended with a good fleet of Weta dinghies or rather trimarans as well as the local fleet, a mixture of Flying Fifteens and single handed dinghies.

Unfortunately, racing on the second day was postponed and then cancelled. Although it was a glorious sunny day, there was not any wind. This year we are hoping for a good breeze.

The Cooloola Cup regatta is the weekend after the annual Bay to Bay race, which is Tin Can Bay to Hervey Bay with an overnight stop at Garry’s anchorage. The Bay to Bay is slightly earlier this year and will be well and truly over by 1 May.

Gayl Rose receiving the 2nd Division Monthly Medal from Deidre Henderson.

Helen Gordon

GOLF COMMITTEE SECRETARY

T It will be a busy time on the waters of the Tin Can Bay Inlet.

Racing may be finished but sail training, ‘Green Fleet’, will continue weather permitting, on Saturdays.

Anyone interested in learning to sail, please contact Russell 0405 063 894 or Kay 0447 631 479.

Rainbow hosting inaugural SQZ championships

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OUTHERN QUEENSLAND Outriggers are bringing their Zone Championships to Rainbow Beach for three days of racing on 5, 6, 7 May 2023, with an estimate of over 300 paddlers taking to the water.

SQ Zone Outrigger Canoe Association has 28 clubs in our catchment from Bundaberg in the North to Coffs Harbour in the South including Norfolk Island to the east all battling it out to be crowned Zone Champion club.

Clubs and crews will be using this as a gauge as the National championship is 3 weeks later at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast.

In partnership with Rainbow Beach Surf Life Saving Club and the Gympie Regional Council we invite you all down to Rainbow Beach on 5-7 May to come down and check the action out over the three days of competition.

See you on the water.

Friday 5 May - Small Craft (2km, 4km, 8km, 12km) Saturday 6 May - OC6 Races (500/1km, 2km, 4km, 8km, 18km) Sunday 7 May - OC6 25km Rainbow Relay (Beach Changes)

HE GOLF CLUB has been busy over the past month with the Men having played their 4B Agg Stroke Round qualifying for 4Ball Matchplay. The Matchplay should be completed very soon.

The Vets have played their 54 hole Stroke Championship with Rob Downman being the Champion for 2023, having recorded a total of 232 Gross for the three days.The Division 2 Gross winner was Ron Van Goethem with 258 Gross. Division 3 Gross Winner was Trevor Ansell with 283 Gross. Congratulations goes to all the winners.

The big event for the year will be the Pro Am which is being played on 4 July. This event will bring tourists to the area.

The Club would like any business that would be prepared to contribute sponsorship to the Pro Am to please contact the Pro Shop on 0409 727 577 to get a full explanation of the sponsorship deals available.

We have a range of memberships available for Ladies and Gentlemen wishing to take up Golf.

James, the Club Professional, takes bookings for beginners lessons as well as lessons for players wishing to improve their game.

Bookings can be made at the above number or by calling into the Pro Shop and talking to the staff. The Pro Shop has a full range of Golf equipment and also the latest fashions in clothing and footwear.

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Fishing, Boating & the Outdoors

Tin Can Bay Fishing Club News Alan Rippon PRESIDENT

who will fish from the riverbank. There will be several members camping overnight.

The target species is bass, and possibly the odd saratoga. We’ll have some photos from this event in next month’s report.

To date there has been a large variety of fish caught in the bay and beyond the bar, with anything from barracuda, tuna, through to dolphin fish. Closer inshore mud crabs and whiting have continued to be plentiful.

Check out Rainbow Beach – there have been some large schools of bait

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MISSED PUTTING in a report for March, so this one is a mix of March and April news, albeit it’s only halfway through April as I write this.

During April we will have run several trips in the bay, as well as a kayak fishing day on the Mary River on 19 April. There were also several social events held, the last was held at Temptations by the Sea (Crab Creek) and an earlier one at Sublime Kia Ora. The expected turnout for the kayaking event is around 20 members with most looking to fish from kayaks, with a smaller number of members

Above: Our recent social event held at Sublime in Kia Ora. Below: Connor Lyell with a bream he caught.

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Feeding dolphins is a no-no

NTERNATIONAL NEWS was made in April for dolphin feeding in Tin Can Bay but not for the well known Barnacles Café dolphin feeding program.

Two brothers were out filming for their Hooked on the Gaf Twins Fishing YouTube channel when the puppy eyes of a dolphin caught their attention while drifting in Snapper Creek.

Having made their catches for the day with more than a few big ones, a split second decision to share the remainder of the locally caught mullet bait with one of the pod as a magical moment ending to their episode has resulted in a visit from Fisheries and a fine.

Tin Can Bay local Dave Gafa and his twin brother Mick have been highlighting the Cooloola Coast as a top fishing spot for the last couple of years on YouTube and Facebook and were unaware that the offering of a few pieces of fish to the wild dolphin was in fact an illegal act. Dave has worked in the marine industry for about 15 years and had no idea of the regulations regarding feeding marine animals.

Unlike the fully licensed and regulated dolphin feeding program that is run from Barnacles Café and is noted in the Nature Conservation (Wildlife Management) Regulation 2006 as a permitted

activity with reporting requirements, feeding dolphins is an offense under the same Act section ‘338S (1) A person must not, without a reasonable excuse, do any of the following- (d) feed a marine mammal.’

There are also regulations regarding approach distances to reduce the risk of disturbing dolphins and they apply to boats (including kayaks and paddle boards), prohibited vessels (e.g. jet skis and hovercraft), aircraft, remotely piloted aircraft (e.g. drones), helicopter, and people who are in the water. The no approach zone surrounds the animal for 50 metres and extends 150 metres in front of and behind the animal.

While Dave was only fined $431, the maximum fine a court can impose for feeding a wild dolphin is $11,500 so awareness of the legislation is now a mission of the Hooked on the Gaf Twins Fishing duo.

They’re planning some education in upcoming episodes and have updated their apparel to feature a ‘Don’t Feed the Dolphins’ range so the word gets out.

If you’d like the chance to get on the education bandwagon then there are two No Feeding Dolphins shirts up for grabs. All you have to do is email your name and size to info@rbcn.com.au

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with the heading Shirt Giveaway and you’ll be in the running for one of either a boy’s grey or girl’s pink. There’s also kids size available so don’t forget to enter the juniors as well! Entries close 5pm on Friday 26 May 2023.

If you want to see the Gafa boys in action then head to their Facebook page hooked_on_the_ gaf_twins_fishin for links to the YouTube channel and a few hints and tips on fishing.

If you’re familiar with local landmarks you’ll figure out all their top spots for getting tightlines and bringing home a feed!

Left: Barry Nalder’s golden trevally caught at Norman Point.

Below: Derek Andrews showing off his impressive haul of cod and flathead.

fish sighted recently, so watch this space.

Looking forward, in May we will be holding several fishing events, a couple of social events, and our usual presentation training day on 6 May (for the month ending April).

In addition, we have organised for the District Officer Qld Boating & Fisheries, Noosa to give a presentation to the Club on 10 May covering fishing regulations and enforcement activity in our area.

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HEALTH

Awareness Month Topics – May 2023

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ORE THAN 1.9 million Australians have signs of macular disease, but many may not know it.

This May, Macular Disease Foundation Australia’s annual awareness campaign aims to help Australians understand their risk of macular diseases. When you understand your risk and know what to do, you can take early action that could save your sight.

Macular disease covers a range of painless conditions affecting the central retina (the macula), which is at the back of the eye. It is the leading cause of blindness and severe vision loss in Australia.

So, what is the macula?

Your eye is very much like an oldstyle film camera. The front of your eye is made up of the cornea, iris, pupil, and lens. These work together to focus an image onto the retina, which lines the back of your eye.

The retina is a light-sensitive tissue that acts like the film in a camera. It captures images and sends them

to the brain via the optic nerve. Our brain then interprets the image for us.

The macula is the name given to the area at the centre of the retina at the back of your eye. This region is only about 5.5mm in diameter.

The macula is responsible for detailed central vision. That means you use it for activities such as reading, driving, and recognising faces. It’s also responsible for most of your colour vision.

The rest of the retina is called the peripheral retina. Peripheral vision (or side vision) isn’t as clear as central vision. It’s used to see general shapes and surroundings.

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What are the symptoms of macular disease?

Conditions only affecting the macula don’t lead to total (‘black’) blindness. Instead, they impact central vision, leaving peripheral vision intact.

You can have early signs of macular disease without knowing it. However, when symptoms do appear, they can include: • difficulty with reading or any other activity which requires detailed central vision (despite wearing appropriate glasses) • distortion, where straight lines may appear wavy or bent

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• problems distinguishing faces • dark patches in the central vision.

If you notice any of these symptoms you should consult an eye health professional. Early detection and prompt intervention are crucial to saving sight.

Macular diseases include agerelated macular degeneration (AMD), and diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular oedema (DMO).

The most common macular disease is age-related macular degeneration. Approximately one in seven Australians over the age of 50 have some evidence of AMD. DR, including DMO, is a common complication of diabetes. It’s the leading cause of preventable blindness in working-aged Australians. Everyone with diabetes is at risk of developing DR. The longer someone has diabetes, the greater their chance of developing the condition.

A diagnosis of macular disease will not necessarily mean you will lose your vision. Some macular conditions can be treated. You may also be able

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to make diet and lifestyle changes to slow the progression of the disease.

If you do experience vision loss it is possible to live happily and remain independent.

If you are diagnosed with macular disease it’s important not to make any quick decisions regarding employment, activities, plans or your lifestyle. Seek advice from your eye health professional and low vision agencies.

Macular Disease Foundation Australia has a quick 60 second quiz, Check My Macula at this link: mdfoundation.com.au/ check-my-macula/overview

All your offshore, insho beach shing needs It’s a hugely successful tool to educate people over 50 about their risks of macular disease. And, of course, to encourage them to have regular eye exams.

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Council Corner Community Planting Day

As part of the QCoast Cooloola Coast Foreshore Rehabilitation Project there will be a planting day held from William Dodt Park in Tin Can Bay on Thursday 11 May 2023.

Volunteers are invited to contribute to the rehabilitation of areas which are threatened by erosion and storm inundation by assisting with planting of low growing coastal species to minimize the coastal erosion impacts. If you are interested in helping out then please be onsite at 8am for the site induction.

8:00am: Welcome and Safety Induction 8:15am: Registration

8:30am: Planting commences 12:00pm: Project complete

Planning Scheme Community Input

Council is developing a new planning scheme for Gympie that will shape the region’s future.

Gympie’s new planning scheme will set the future vision for our region and the strategies to guide growth and change to achieve it. Before drafting the planning scheme, Council needs to establish its approach on a range of important topics.

Over the last 12 months, technical studies have been undertaken to inform the draft policies. Council is now seeking community and stakeholder feedback to ensure the proposed approaches reflect the needs and

aspirations of the community.

Feedback is being sought in phases, covering a wide range of important topics: Residential development, Industrial development, Town centres, Rural areas, Open space and recreation, Heritage, Bruce Highway upgrade, Biodiversity, Scenic amenity, Flood management, Bushfire management, Land stability, Coastal hazards.

You can view the current open surveys and have your say on the policy positions. Keep checking for updates and more survey topics.

There will also be a Community Information Session at Cooloola Cove on 1 June from 10am to 12pm with more details available closer to the day so save the date!

Wild Dogs Cooloola Cove

The Wild Dog Management Program is still underway with other land stakeholders actively undertaking wild dog management activities in State Land in the Cooloola Cove area. Signage will be on display in the management areas with people and pets asked not to enter these areas.

throughout the Gallery and feature a range of 2D and 3D artworks. Entries close on Wednesday 24 May at 4pm so get your applications in now!

Applicants can enter one artwork per section - 2D Award (any medium, any subject) and 3D Award (any medium, any subject). Online entry form and conditions at www.gympie.qld.gov.au/ DRAA

Watch Us On YouTube

We’re on YouTube! Our Council Meetings are live streamed.

Search YouTube for the ‘Gympie Regional Council - Official’ page and click subscribe. Click the notification bell on our page to get notified when a Council meeting is live.

While you’re there, check out some of our other videos.

Contact Gympie Regional Council

There are several ways to contact Gympie Regional Council including:

The control actions do not involve the use of poison baits. This wild dog management is an independent process and does not involve Council so for any enquiries please contact QPWS on 137 468.

• using the online requests portal on the website www.gympie.qld.gov.au (in the Contact Us section on the top right hand corner of the homepage),

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• using the Snap Send Solve app, or

With over $13,000 in prizes the Du Rietz Art Awards are the annual premier art awards for the Gympie Region. Finalists are displayed

• emailing council@gympie.qld.gov.au

• phoning customer service on 1300 307 800 • sending a message via messenger on the Gympie Regional Council Facebook page.

Fun Days of MAY Star Wars Day – 4 May The words, ‘May the 4th’ seem to beg for the rest of the catchphrase to be uttered. Regardless of whether you prefer Star Wars or Star Trek, or if you are even a sci-fi aficionado at all, the influence of George Lucas’ Star Wars on pop culture is undeniable..

How to Celebrate • If you are a long time fan of the franchise, you might want to get a group of friends together and attend an organised Star Wars event.

• Movie marathons with friends, Star Wars trivia games, and even Star Wars themed snacks (Death Star piñata, anyone?) will guarantee this day is full of fun as well as being very educational.

• ‘Vadering’ another person has also become an extremely popular thing to do on this day so set yourself up for some sensational photos.

• Because Star Wars itself is such an enormous topic, the ways of celebrating the day dedicated to it are virtually endless. So choose one, have fun, and May the 4th be with you!

World Bellydance Day – 13 May It’s a day to get up and start shaking that body, belly especially! The art of belly dancing is one of the most revered styles of dancing in history and is practiced in many different variants across the world.

Bellydancing was supposedly born in the Middle East, although it’s hard to find any solid evidence of this. However, there’s no doubt that its roots are to be found in antiquity, as a number of sources from ancient Greek and Roman literature talk about dancers making the undulating movements and playing castanets which are indicative of the dance style.

In the 18th century, European travellers would talk of the dancers they saw in Egypt performing this torso-centric dance. .

How to Celebrate • Looking for a new hobby, or an activity that might help you lose a bit of weight? Bellydancing could be the answer so check out Soul from the Belly classes in Tin Can Bay on a Monday!

• Why not go to see a belly dance performance, or read up on the many styles of dance which borrow from it?

• Dress up at home in all the glitz and put on tunes to shimmy shake to!

Did you know there’s a day to cele brate just about everything?

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We are all super proud of the kind young man you are and all achievements no matter the hurdles. You are the sometimes mischievous fella who brings the fun and smiles. You are a great son, brother, and mate with always a good word said about you!

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library happenings

Library Activities First Five Forever

First Five Forever Storytime (0-5 years)

Rainbow Beach Library - Mondays 10.30-11am

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Rainbow Beach Ph: 5486 3705

Tin Can Bay Ph: 5486 4355

Monday & Thursday 9.30am – 12.30pm Wednesday & Friday 2pm – 5pm Saturday 9am – 12 noon

Monday & Wednesday 9am – 12.30pm Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9am – 5pm Saturday 8.30am – 11.30am

Tin Can Bay Library – Thursdays 9.30-10am

Join us each week for a fun session of stories, rhymes and songs. This is a program designed for 0-5 year olds and their families and carers.

Visit www.slq.qld.gov.au/first5forever for more information.

First 5 Forever is an initiative of the Queensland Government, coordinated by State Library of Queensland and delivered in partnership with local government.

Connect with Technology

Rainbow Beach Art Group – Friday 5 and 19 May Join us at Rainbow Beach Library for a fantastic morning of fun and creativity. Each session covers something different, with the aim of exploring different styles of art. Come along and enjoy a morning getting in touch with your inner artist. Tea and coffee will be provided.

Phone: 5486 3705 for more information.

Book a Librarian

Tin Can Bay Art Group – Tuesdays from 10–12 noon

Tin Can Bay Library – Tuesdays and Fridays 2.30–4pm

Calling all artists! Join us at Tin Can Bay Library to share work and ideas and connect with artists in our community. Bring your work-in-progress and join in a friendly chat. Exchange ideas. All artists, levels and mediums welcome. Phone: 5486 4355 for more information.

Rainbow Beach Library – Mondays 11am–12.30pm

Do you need a hand to get started online? Do you have a question about something that you have recently learned? Book in for a one-on-one half hour session where we will help answer your questions and provide tips and strategies to point you in the right direction for your future learning.

Bookings essential – Rainbow Beach: 5486 3705, Tin Can Bay: 5486 4355.

Be Connected Drop-in Help at Rainbow Beach Library Do you need a hand to get started online? Do you have a question about something that you have recently learned? Drop into the Rainbow Beach Library during opening hours for some free one on one help. Rainbow Beach Library is open on Monday and Thursday from 9.30am–12.30pm as well as Wednesday and Friday from 2pm–5pm and Saturday from 9am–12noon. No bookings required.

Community Groups in the Library Book Clubs

Book Clubs flourish throughout the Gympie Region, with more than 25 active reading groups currently accessing the multiple book-set collections of Gympie Regional Libraries. If you’re an avid reader and would like to discuss the work of great authors with other book lovers, contact your nearest library branch today.

Cooloola Card Makers – Wednesdays at 9.30am We make all sorts of greeting cards, so come and join us for a fun morning. Make and take your card creations. Beginners and experienced card makers welcome. Join this friendly group at Tin Can Bay Library and let your creative juices flow. Phone: 5486 4355 for more information.

Tin Can Bay Puzzle Club – First and Third Saturday of the month at 8.30–11.30am Join other puzzle loving people and share in the fun of working on the current library jigsaw puzzle, or bring your own.

Talks and Workshops Learn to 3D Print

Gympie Library – First Monday of every month at 1pm and third Monday of Every Month at 3.30pm Have you ever wanted to try 3D printing but thought it looked too hard?

Then come to one of our free learn-to-print sessions. We will teach you how to design your own 3D model and then turn it into a real-life object that you get to keep. Ages 8 and up. Spaces are limited so booking is essential: 5481 0859.

Fabulous Foliage and Flowers

Gympie Library – Saturday 6 May 1pm Learn more about the wonderful range of stunning foliage and flowering plants suited to subtropical Brisbane gardens. Find out what grows well locally with little maintenance but still gives your garden the WOW factor! Presented by Paul Plant, Radio presenter on 4BC, local resident of Cooroy. Bookings are essential: 5481 0859.

Composting Workshop

Imbil Library - Tuesday 9 May 11–12 noon Gympie Library - Tuesday 9 May 4–5pm

Kilkivan Library - Thursday 11 May 11–12 noon Goomeri Library - Thursday 11 May 1–2pm

Tin Can Bay Library - Friday 12th May 11–12 noon

Rainbow Beach Library - Friday 12th May 2–3pm Join us to celebrate International Compost Awareness Week. In this workshop we will discuss the importance of composting your food waste, the do’s and don’ts of composting and how you can set up your

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library happenings own compost or worm farm at home. There will be one worm farm to be won at each workshop. Attend the workshop for your chance to win.

Bookings are essential.

Armchair Travellers – Istanbul

Gympie Library – Thursday 25 May 5.30-6.30pm Istanbul is the world’s stage of history, a city in constant change. As the capital of numerous empires, it has been profoundly shaped architecturally, culturally and religiously. Visit the only city in the world that connects two continents and thus literally unites the most diverse worlds. Come with us and explore Istanbul like never before on this interactive live virtual tour.

Bookings are essential: 5481 0859.

Last Friday Social Club – Living on a budget Gympie Library – Friday 26 May 10-11am

Learn practical and inexpensive ideas and tips for living. Learn how to save energy and water, make self-watering planter boxes from recycled materials for growing fruit and vegetables, and much more. Grow and make your own is the way to go and live a sustainable, simple and healthy life. Bookings are essential: 5481 0859.

Local History

Shared Stories: Tell your Tale

Gympie Library - Thursday 4 May 10-11am Uncover untold histories with us for the Australian Heritage Festival.

Come and share a local story with us - from growing up locally or your family history...or are you new to Gympie region? Then tell us what brought you here or what you love. Write a story about something relating to the Gympie region (5-10 mins) and come read it out (or we can read it out for you). Stories will also be shared on our local history blog “Gympie Regional Memories”. Please submit stories to library@ gympie.qld.gov.au by Friday 28 April. Bookings are essential: 5481 0859.

Tick the boxes before Fun for Kids air-conditioning your home Thursday Robotics Gympie Library – Thursdays 3.30-4.30pm

Come down and get hands-on in one of our fun, relaxed sessions.

No bookings required but space is limited. Suitable for ages 5-12 years.

Tinker Table

Gympie Library – Fridays 3.30-4.30pm

Kilkivan Library – Tuesdays 3.30-4.30pm All activities are based on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, We no provide Auto serviceSuitable so no for Arts & Maths).

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Kids Learn to Sew - Intermediate

week. These sessions will inspire creativity and build life-long basic skills, while having fun at the same time. Spaces are limited so booking is essential: 5481 0859. Suitable for ages 8 – 12 years. Must have previous sewing experience.

Star Wars Craft

Goomeri Library – Thursday 4 May 3-4pm Celebrate Star Wars! Come and create your own lightsabers.

Suitable for ages 5 -12. Bookings are essential: 5481 0859.

Digital Springboard

Tools and Tips to Keep your Budget on Track Gympie Library - Thursday 11 May 4-5pm

This course aims to help people make the most of simple digital tools to help them budget and keep on top of their finances. It covers how to create and track a personal budget, simple apps that can help, money-saving tips and tools.

Bookings are essential: 5481 0859.

COUNCILLOR CATCH UP Cr Jess Milne invites the community to catch up and chat all things Council on Friday 12 May 2023.

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• Rainbow Beach Community Centre Ÿ Have you seen any recent work from the installer?

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Gympie Library – Wednesday 3, 10, 17 and 24 May 3.30–4.30pm Finished the beginner course and looking for some new sewing projects?

Join us over four weeks as we expand your knowledge of sewing.

Participants will have the opportunity to complete a new project each

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– BIRD OF THE MONTH –

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OLITARY AND FEISTY, the Australian hobby may be smaller than other falcons, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in skilful territorial defence, and can often be sighted soaring and circling to ward off other birds of prey.

They are graceful and acrobatic when hunting for food, and have been observed using a concealed approach when targeting a shorebird roost, flying towards them behind the

cover of dunes, cliffs or trees.

Hobbies dine on smaller birds, large flying insects, beetles, cicadas, cricket,s and grasshoppers, catching them and eating them whilst in flight or ‘on the wing’.

When it is time to breed, the pair will usually take over an old nest previously used by larger raptors.

Found throughout mainland Australia, Australian hobbies have also been observed on the islands of Indonesia and New Guinea.

– cooloola city farm PLANT OF THE MONTH –

PICCABEEN PALM (Bangalow Palm) Archontophoenix cunninghamiana

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ICCABEEN PALM gives a tropical look to plantings and this together with its handsome feathery fronds and colored flowers and fruit make it a popular horticultural species extensively planted in gardens and public spaces.

It grows in a variety of soil types; it even grows in sand on K’gari (Fraser Island).

This palm has a solitary stem and reaches a height of up to 30m and a diameter of up to 30cm.

It has a prominent crownshaft and arching fronds up to 4.5m long with many leaflets, giving it an attractive feathery appearance. This plant is attractive to birds.

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HAT GLORIOUS WEATHER we had over the Easter break and I hope that everyone was able to get out and enjoy the sunshine. Rainbow Beach certainly turned it on for the annual Sandcastle Competition on Wednesday 5 April and 19 teams made up of locals and tourists spent the morning working together to build some outstanding creations.

During the morning, the call of the surf was too much for some younger team members and they cooled off in the waves, then went back to put on the finishing touches for judging by Arron of Sandshapers of Noosa. Arron inspired everyone with his amazing turtle which attracted the attention of many passersby.

The winning teams were: • Most lifelike animal or fish: Team Sandins with a gorgeous elephant complete with flower headpiece • Most outstanding sandcastle: Team Somehow • Open: Team Sandy Cheeks with a mumma and baby hippo wallowing in the sand • People’s Choice: The Beatles with an Octopus’s Garden These teams each received a wonderful hamper of goodies and vouchers from local businesses and Sam and Maureen from the Rainbow Beach Tourist Centre kindly donated 70 balls for every child.

Our thanks go to: Vinnies, RB Meats, RB IGA, RB Post Office, RB Pizzeria, the Flying Fish Cafe, Soul Food, RB Hardware, RB Learn to Surf, Cooloola Coast Realty, Rainbow Beach Realty, Century 21, and the Rainbow Beach Community News for supporting us to make this event happen

Rainbow Beach Learning Community

We have a wonderful range of activities lined up for Term 2 with visits from members of the RSL Sub-branch for ANZAC Day, Gabriella and her team from the Tin Can Bay CWA, Curtis and Gareth from the Gympie Library who bring robotics and drones, Rowena

and a team from Bunnings, and a representative of ANARRA Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation sharing about how to care for sick and injured animals.

During May and June the young people will be heading out into the community for a tour of our local IGA store, a come and try day at the TCB Bowls Club, and a visit to a Goomboorian dairy farm.

We are very excited about our camp that will be happening from the 16-18 May at the Aldershot Scout Campgrounds just north of Maryborough where around 40 children and 20 parents will be canoeing, learning bushcraft, team building and visiting the Flying High Bird Park at Childers with a detour on the way home to Mammino Homemade Icecreams.

This will be a great opportunity for homeschooling families who have joined the Learning Community this year to get to know each other. If you are at the Sports Club on Saturday nights during May, please buy a raffle ticket as we are raising funds to help with the cost of our camp.

We were very thrilled with the photo of Mo, Ellie, and Topsy our recycling turtle that was on the front page last month. If you have cans or bottles to donate that will provide vital funds for TurtleCare, please send a message via our Rainbow Beach Learning Community Facebook page and we will organise to pick them up. Thank you to Mo who heads up the team and the dedicated Learning Community families who empty the recycling bins each week.

Community Pantry

Thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets from our amazing team of ladies at the Sports Club during April – this will help us continue to distribute low-cost hampers to help people in our community who are finding it harder to provide healthy meals for their families due to the rising costs. Foodbank reports that on any given day in Australia, half a million households are struggling to put food on the table.

Our hampers are available to anyone who needs one for $10 and are worth between $50 and $60 – a pension or healthcare card is not required. We are currently ordering items to make up 30 hampers each fortnight, but if the need is there for more, can increase this considerably.

To order a hamper for yourself or someone who needs a helping hand, you can contact us by text to 0413 135 867 or hop onto the Rainbow Beach Community Pantry Facebook page and send us a message.

As a financial counsellor, I know there are many people who are struggling to keep their head above water when it comes to finances. Have you heard of an organisation called ‘Solve My Debt Now?’ If you have debts piling up and can’t see a way out, Solve My Debt Now offers a free 20 minute assessment to find out how they can help.

They specialise in talking to creditors on your behalf, negotiating to get debts reduced, interest held, reduced or waived and creating regular affordable payment plans to help you to become debt-free.

Check out their website w w w:solvemydebtnow. com.au, call 1300 070 672 or email: info@ solvemydebtnow.com . au if you would like more information.

From top: Arron of Sandshapers with his amazing turtle sand sculpture.

Mariana, Zia, Elijah, and Edwin with their prize-winning floral elephant.

Ava, Keira, Hayden, and Oscar show off their mumma and baby hippo that won the Open category.

People’s Choice winning team The Beatles (Zen, Xaiya, Taya, Zarya, Ellie, and Ziggy) with their Octopus’s Garden.

Cooloola Coast Local Ambulance Committee Cheryl Zunic

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Our recent first aid courses.

HE LOCAL Ambulance Committee (LAC) recently funded two First Aid Courses, one for members of local community organisations and one for Year 10 pupils from the Tin Can Bay School. The courses were conducted by an accredited Queensland Ambulance Service training officer.

The offer was welcomed by community organisations with seventeen people from groups such as the CWA and RSL attending. The committee would like to thank the Tin Can Bay Country Club for again providing a room to hold the course.

David Arthur from the Tin Can Bay School also expressed an interest in having students learn First Aid. Eighteen students attended the day-

long course. Many thanks to Mr Arthur for facilitating this event.

Participants will receive a certificate confirming their qualification in the programme. The course covers many aspects of applying First Aid including a session on CPR. The LAC hopes that this initiative will continue to provide the community with trained First Aid responders in the event of an emergency.

In order to further facilitate access to emergency equipment, the LAC has been requested to compile a list of local establishments that have an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on the premises. If you do have an AED, it would be appreciated if you could email details to our Secretary, Caroline Taylor (rustay75@ hotmail.com).

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TRADES & SERVICES INDEX Covering Cooloola Cove, Rainbow Beach & Tin Can Bay Air conditioning

Electrician

Smiley Mick Electrical

0448 955 768

0421 245 260

Earth First Electrical

0448 195 070

Climate Control Air Conditioning

5486 4362

HM Coastal Electrical

0439 688 710

Cooloola Coast Air Conditioning

5486 4499 0418 724 814

Sub- Cooled Air Con/Refrigeration

0436 338 631

Brad’s Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

5486 2781

Bull Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

Auto Electrics

Rainbow Beach Auto Electrics

Building & Excavations

0499 144 678

0417 728 510

Hall Homes

0438 864 152

KJ Homes

0427 136 571

Killer Excavations

0417 192 651

Cooloola Coast Cabinets

Mini Backhoe Hire

0418 184 966

Cherry Picker

0418 820 892

Flooring

Floorzone

Bob the Builder

Cabinet Makers

Equipment Hire

5482 6500

Functions & Hall Hire

Rainbow Beach Community Centre

John Madill Toyota

5480 5555

Car Parts (Classic British Cars) The Frog Pond

0409 342 423

Clarks’ Cleaning, Laundry and Maintenance

Rainbow Beach and Fraser Island Gas Supplies

Graphic Design SAJE Graphics

Concreter

MGB Concrete

0407 228 044

Scott Sandilands

0418 793 256

Courier

Followmont

Curtains and Blinds & Security Classique Blinds Screens & Awnings

Health Providers

0427 585 663

5481 2846

5488 0222

Gas Supplies

Lighthouse Glass and Aluminium 0456 783 023

0400 657 797

5488 0601

0439 089 238

Handiest Handyman

0407 828 881

Looney’s Labour

0412 641 743

Handyman

Hardware

Mitre 10 Cooloola

5486 2000

Rainbow Beach Hardware, Fishing & Camping

5486 3444

Kennels and Catteries Gympie Cooloola Pet Resort

5483 5364

5353 1000

Channon and Lawrence Dental

5482 7688

Rainbow Beach Chiropractic

0447 275 673

Rainbow Naturals

0473 408 359

Cosgroves

0418 729 474

5301 9340

Slater + Gordon Lawyers

1800 555 777

In-Home Care

Legal Services/ Solicitor

ESSENTIAL SERVICES SES Flood/Storm Damage . . . . . . . . . . 132 500 SES - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3314 SES - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4604 City Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 2304 Coastguard Tin Cay Bay - VMR 417 . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4290 Community Centre Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3355 Cooloola Coast Medical Transport . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 2488 Doctor TCB, Cooloola Coast & Rainbow Beach . . . 5486 4600 Rainbow Beach General Practice . . . . . . . . . . 5353 1000 ENERGEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 62 62 EPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300 130 372 FIRE & RESCUE - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3169 Tin Can Bay Fire Warden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 828 414 Rural Fires Goomboorian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0417 793 286

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Rainbow Beach Service Centre and Towing

5486 8555

Op Shop

Vinnies

5482 2737

Tin Can Bay Community Church Op Shop 5486 2055

Pest Control

Beach to Bay Pest Management

5486 8686

Termites@Cooloola

0409 86 86 86

Plasterer

Plumber

Real Estate

0402 240 448

0458 259 418

Cooloola Coast Realty

5486 3411

Creek to Coast Real Estate

0403 423 124

Rainbow Beach Realty

5486 3900

Raine & Horne Tin Can Bay

5486 2066

Safety Supplies

Rainbow Beach Safety Supplies

Signs

Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach Signs

Storage

0492 045 405

5486 2887

4rent4sale Storage Sheds

5486 4577

Cooloola Tin Can Mini Storage

1300 727 025

Surface Protection

Ceramix

Taxi

Taxi Service

Rainbow Beach General Practice

5486 3228

Jeff Hogues Plumbing

Glass and Aluminium

Cleaning

5371 5689

Garden Supplies

Cooloola Cove Landscape & Garden Supplies

Car Dealers

Rainbow Beach Rustproofing and Mechanical

Garry Thompson

Furniture

Cooloola Coast Bedding & Furniture 5488 0443

5486 3355

Mechanical

Training

All States Training

0448 973 475

0411 072 349

07 4123 0415

EMERGENCY - AMBULANCE / POLICE / FIRE ����������������������� 000

Rural Fires Neerdie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0400 865 132 QPWS Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 9900 QPWS Tewantin (7 days) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5449 7792 Gympie Regional Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1300 307 800 HOSPITAL Gympie Hospital & Community Health . . . . . . 5489 8690 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (JP) Call for an appointment: BRADY, Christine (Tin Can Bay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4327 BROWN, Stephen (Cooloola Cove) . . . . . . . . 0431 059 952 DEACON, Arthur (Cooloola Cove) . . . . . . . . . . 0419 624 208 FISHER, Peter (Rainbow Beach) . . . . . . . . . . . . 0407 95 4678 HAMMOND, Judith (Cooloola Cove) . . . . . . . . 0418 774 808 Library - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4355 Library - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3705

Local Disaster Management CCCLDMSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 4483, 0439 862 264 Cooloola Cove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5488 0436, 0459 26 374 Wallu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 685 338 Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0427 863 007 Pharmacy - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 3070 Police - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 8765 Police - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 2426 Police - non urgent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 444 POISONS Information Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 11 26 School - Rainbow Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5486 9333 School - Tin Can Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5488 1222 Tin Can Bay Community Church Op Shop . . . 5486 2055 Wildlife Rescue ANARRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5484 9111 Llew O’Brien (Federal Member) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4121 2936 Tony Perrett MLA (State Member) . . . . . . . . . . 5329 5100

TRADES & SERVICES DIRECTORY AIRCONDITIONING

AUTO ELECTRICS

CABINET MAKING

AIR CONDITIONING

& R E F R I G E R AT I O N

COMMERCIAL and DOMESTIC

• AIR CONDITONING REPAIRS • REFRIGERATION REPAIRS • AIR CONDITIONING INSTALLATION • REFRIGERATION INSTALLATION • 24/7 SERVICE • FREE QUOTES

Ph Greg: 0436 338 631

ALL 12V/24V REPAIRS, INSTALLS & SALES • SOLAR KITS • SOLAR REGULATORS • ELECTRIC BRAKES • DUAL BATTERIES

• BATTERIES • STARTERMOTORS • ALTERNATORS • UHF & RADIOS

0436 338 631

0499 144 678

7 KAROONDA RD, RAINBOW BEACH

www.rainbowbeachautoelectrics.com.au

E: subcooledliquid@gmail.com ABN: 12541924379, ARCtick: L152481, Restr Elec Cont: 154267, *t's and c's apply

RTA: AU45220

BRAD'S REFRIGERATION & AIR-CONDITIONING

BUILDING & EXCAVATIONS

CAR PARTS

Bob the Builder Builder

Servicing the Cooloola and Gympie areas

Fully qualified air-conditioning and refrigeration technician

5486 2781

bradsrefrigeration@outlook.com ABN: 89 531 660 913

Rest. Elec. Lic. 161 935

ArcTick: Au30331

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CARAVAN RV CAMPING AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION Tim: 0421 245 260 bullair@bigpond.com ARC

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Air-conditioning installations services and repairs Refrigeration installations services and repairs Obligation free quotes Ÿ Extensions Ÿ Home Improvements Ÿ Decks Ÿ Patios Ÿ General Household Maintenance If you have the idea... we have the know how!

Call

0417 728 510 today

L094972

BUILDING & EXCAVATIONS

CONCRETE

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MGB MGB CONCRETE CONCRETE QBCC Licence No. – 1162933

0418 724 814

Local Contractor

Est. 1985

Local Builder that offers a Customised & Personalised Service

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Driveways Patios Shed slabs Pathways Pool surrounds Rendering

www.kjhomes.com.au Call Shane on 0427 136 571 or Jason on 0484 189 642

Plain Exposed Decorative

QBCC - 1137981

Servicing: Rainbow Beach, Tin Can Bay and Cooloola Cove

When quality matters

Call Mick on 0407 228 044 SHINING A LIGHT ON THE COOLOOLA COAST

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TRADES & SERVICES DIRECTORY CONCRETE

ELECTRICAL

EQUIPMENT HIRE

Scott Sandilands Scott Sandilands

L & T Fear MINI Backhoe Hire

Q.B.C.C licence: 68065

For all your concreting needs with reliable prompt service, please call or email Scott.

Servicing Cooloola & Surrounds

Mobile: 0418 793 256

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Pensioner discount available 9” backhoe bucket - perfect for digging trenches 4 way bucket Spreader bar available 1.3m wide - perfect for smaller areas Not a skid steer

Phone Lyle & Theresa on 0418 184 966

Email: scott.sandilands@gmail.com

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COURIER

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Phone Heath Mick on 0439 688 710

100% Australian Owned

cal Loca rt Lo We Suuppppoort LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED SERVICE is important to us, and we make your business our priority. Ÿ servicing the WHOLE of the Gympie Region! Ÿ offering services to all parts of Queensland & New South Wales

Michelle Barry - phone 0427 585 663 www.followmont.com.au

ELECTRICAL

FLOORING

heathmick@hotmail.com www.facebook.com/hmcoastalelectrical/ ABN - 58 551 708 565 Licence Number - 86230

HOMESSA APPROVED

EQUIPMENT HIRE

GAS

LOCAL CHERRY PICKER FOR HIRE Ÿ Wall cleaning &

building maintenance Ÿ Window Cleaning Ÿ Roof & gu er cleaning and maintenance Ÿ Pruning tall trees Ÿ Pain ng Ÿ Pressure cleaning

PHONE DAVE: 0418 820 892 Rainbow Beach QLD ABN: 746 461 901 96

Machinery Hire M achinery ffor or H ire Earthmoving & Road Construction

Ÿ Plant Hire

Ÿ Graders

Ÿ Water trucks Ÿ Loaders

Ÿ Excavators

Ÿ Rollers

Ÿ Bobcats

Ÿ Chippers

Call Simon on 0488 154 004 or 0428 218 112 32

GLASS

TRADES & SERVICES DIRECTORY HANDYMAN

PLUMBER

Book in the Covering Gympie, Tin Can Bay, Rainbow Beach & Sandy Strait 35+ years experience

STORAGE

JJeff eff Hogues Hogues Plumbing SService Plumbing ervice jjeff@jef eff@jef hoguesplumbing.com.au hoguesplumbing.com.au Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ

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Drain Cleaning Gas Installation Gas Maintenance Back low Servicing Back low Installation Thermostatic Mixing Valves Treatment Plant Maintenance General Plumbing and Drainage

Rumbalara Avenue Rainbow Beach QLD 4581

0458 259 418

SURFACE PROTECTION

QBCC 78058

SIGNS

LEGAL SERVICES/ SOLICITOR

TAXI

Cosgroves Solicitor in Attendance Wednesdays 10:00am – 1:00pm Conference Room, Rainbow Sands Resort

Paul Cosgrove B.COM., B.ECON., LL.B., B.C.L.

EMAIL cosgroves@cosgroves.com.au TELEPHONE/MOBILE (24 HRS) 0418 729 474 P.O. Box 1225 TOOWONG Q. 4066

PET BOARDING

Last time it ran was Dece

STORAGE

TYRE & MECHANICAL SERVICE

SHEDS FROM $65 / MONTH

PLASTERER

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WHAT’S ON

If you have an event or date you would like to add please email info@rbcn.com.au

MAY

3-4pm Coolabay Choir, CC Vets’ Hall, Pam: 0427 180 649

1

LABOUR DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

5

Evacuation Centre Training, RB Community Hall

3rd Hoy hosted by QCWA, 9.30am for a 10.00am start, Cooloola Waters Retirement Village Hall, 34 Toolara Rd TCB. Wendy 0412 547 043 or Judy 0402 769 392

5

Meet and Greet with local artist Mo Riggs, 12-3pm, Juniper Art Space at Pomona Distillery.

See page 3.

30 April – 3 June GourMAY Mary Valley Food Festival, throughout Mary Valley. See maryvalleycountry.au for program of events.

3.30-4.45pm Robotics Thursday, Gympie Library, bookings not necessary (but space is limited)

Thursday

7.30am Social tennis, $3, RB Sports Club, All welcome. Chris: 0417 605 484 8.30am Playgroup, RB School Library

5-7 SQZ Outrigger Championships, Rainbow Beach. Details on page 5.

More info: aocra.com.au/sqzone

9am – 12 Noon, MEN ONLY morning, TCB Community & Men’s Shed, Paul Boulton 0437 007 911 9.30am First Five Forever Storytime (0-5 yrs), TCB Library

6-7 Cooloola Cup Regatta, Tin Can Bay 6

‘Old Time’ dance lessons commence in Goomboorian Memorial Hall. 3-5pm Please contact Julie for information 0428 824 115.

9

Stand Up Comedy Open Mic Night, RB Community Hall 7-9pm. Free of charge and open to Rainbow Beach residents of all ages.

Refreshments available for purchase.

See page 8 for details.

11

Community Planting Day, 8am-12pm, William Dodt Park TCB

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Composting Workshop, TCB Library 11am-12pm, RB Library 2-3pm. Details on page 26 of this issue. Bookings essential: Rainbow Beach: 5486 3705, Tin Can Bay: 5486 4355.

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Mother’s Day Classic Fun Run/Walk in Tin Can Bay. For information or registering contact host Jess Milne on 0411 218 254 or email mothersdayclassictincanbay@gmail.com Lucy Wise Album Tour: Into The Blue, RB Community Hall, 7-9.15pm. More info on page 3. $25 general/$20 concession/Kids under 16 free. Book: lucywise.com.au/shows QCWA Biggest Morning Tea (for Cancer Council) held at monthly Hoy. A fun morning with a chance to win prizes while supporting a worthy cause. Cooloola Coast Bowls Club, 4 Amity Place TCB. 9.30am for a 10.00 start.

Country Hall Old Time dance, starting at 7.30pm, Goomboorian Memorial Hall.

Contact Julie on 0428 824 115.

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Entries close for the Du Rietz Art Awards – www.gympie.qld.gov.au/DRAA

26

Night At The Flicks free movie - ‘Sing 2’, 6pm, Emperor St Community Hall, TCB.

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Messages of Love - Simply Classical Concert, 2pm at St Patrick’s Church, Gympie. $15 (adults), $5 (children). Details on page 19.

JUNE 1

2

Community Information Session for GRC Planning Scheme Community Input, 10am-12pm in Cooloola Cove.

Youth Week Dance Party featuring Mama Quilla, 6-10pm AICM 26 Channon St Gympie.

Ages 12-18. $10pp includes pizza. Food and drink available to purchase.

Info/tickets: gympie.qld.gov.au/youth

11-17 Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic & Expo

JULY 1-2

Gympie Rotary Heritage Makers Fair, Gympie Showgrounds. Proceeds to Little Haven Palliative Care and other charities.

Info: quiltandcraft.org or ancientcrafts.org

9.30am Bingo for Local Ambulance Committee, TCB Country Club 3.30pm Dragon Boating every Thursday, Sandra: 0402 352 756 3.30pm Robotics for kids, Gympie Library

Friday

WEEKLY (many are term time only) Weekdays

5.30am TCB Bootcamp, 7am & 5.30pm RB Gym classes, Ph: 0490 333 147

Monday

9am Heart Foundation Wheelie Walking Group Cooloola Cove, Judy 5486 2181. Meet at bus shelter outside shopping centre on Nautilus Drive.

9am Macrame, Men’s Shed, Carole: 0437 880 438 9am Painting for beginners, Tuncunba Hall, Tin Can Bay, Kerri 0438 803 990 Middle Eastern Movement class by Soul from the Belly, Emperor St Community Hall TCB. Early session 1-2pm, evening session 5.30-6.30pm. First class free. Book by calling Jess on 0411 218 254

9am Heart Foundation Wheelie Walking Group Cooloola Cove, Judy 5486 2181. Meet at bus shelter outside shopping centre on Nautilus Drive.

10.30-11am First Five Forever Storytime (0-5 years) at RB Library. Bookings essential: 5486 3705

3.30-4.30pm Tinker Table STEAM Makerspace, Gympie Library, bookings not necessary

11am -12.30pm Book a librarian, RB Library

7.30-10.30pm Live music at RB Sports Club.

Grab a drink and a feed and enjoy some local talent www.rainbowsportsclub.com.au

2nd Tuesday - Veterans and Community Morning Tea, Tin Can Bay RSL, from 10am

7am Heart Foundation Walking Group TCB, Maggie 0400 756 615

2nd & 4th Nibbles & Giggles at Goomeri Library, social get together to chat over a cuppa, 10am ph: 4168 4340

2nd Saturday RB Market. Book: 5486 3355

8.30am Kindy Linq, RB School Library

3rd Saturday Tin Can Bay Market.

Book: 0418 711 897 2.30pm Little Athletics, TCB School oval, Jess: 0411 218 254

Tuesday

9am – 12 Noon, MEN ONLY morning, TCB Community & Men’s Shed, Paul Boulton 0437 007 911 9am TCB Quilters, TCB Community Centre, President Louise Hanks 0488 951 881 9am Drawing & Pastel group all levels, tutoring for beginners, Tuncunba Hall, Tin Can Bay, Kerri 0438 803 990 10am Tin Can Bay Art Group, TCB Library 11am-12pm English Conversation Group, come along to make new friends and improve your English, Gympie Library, bookings not needed

TCB Golf Club Pro-Am Tournament

2-4pm Book a librarian, TCB Library

8

Inaugural CoolaFlix film night, RB Community Hall. Info on page 8 of this issue with more details to come.

Wednesday

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4th Friday Community catch up at RB Hall, 8am

2.30-4pm Book a librarian, TCB Library

4

Little Haven Palliative Care Gratitude Walk and Fun Run, Nelson Reserve

3rd Friday - Writing Fridays at Gympie Library - join other writers in practicing and honing your literary skills, 10am-12pm, phone 5481 0859 for more information and to book

2nd Monday - Probus meeting, 2pm at Sandcastle Motel TCB, new members welcome. Cherryl 0409 044 100 or Katrina cooloolaprobus@gmail.com

NAIDOC Week, 2023 Theme: For Our Elders.

Details: naidoc.org.au

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1st Friday - Drop-in Sausage Sizzle, Tin Can Bay RSL, 11.30am to 1.30pm

2nd Monday 1.30 – 3.30pm Life Drawing with model, Tuncunba Hall, Tin Can Bay, Robyn 0419 663 271

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Mary River Festival, Kandanga, Mary Valley. Stall applications close 26 May: maryriverfestival.org.au

2nd Friday - Twilight Markets, Amity Place TCB 4pm-7pm. Community market with market fee proceeds going to community groups. Contact Jenny Jackson 0424 639 572.

9am-12pm Chess/Rummykub at TCB Community & Men’s Shed, gold coin for morning tea, no need to book

12.30-3.30pm Join in at TCB Library for an afternoon playing Mahjong, an ancient Chinese tile game of strategy, calculation and skill with a measure of chance. This group is open to everyone

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1st & 3rd Rainbow Beach Art Group, RB Library 10am, phone 5486 3705 for more information

7am Heart Foundation Walking Group TCB, Maggie 0400 756 615 8am Table tennis - singles, 9am doubles, $2 all levels welcome, RB Community Hall, 5486 3355 8.30am Kindy Linq, RB School Library 9.30am Cooloola Card Makers, TCB Library

Saturday

5pm Mass at St John Vianney Catholic Church, Bream St, TCB (week 1, 2, 5) 7.30-10.30pm Live music at RB Sports Club. Grab a drink and a feed and enjoy some local talent. www.rainbowsportsclub.com.au

Sunday

7am Mass at St Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church, Manooka Dr, RB (week 1, 2, 5) and Tin Can Bay (week 3, 4) 7.30am Dragon Boating, Sandra: 0402 352 756 9.30am Service at Good Shepherd Church, 17 Carlo Road, RB, followed by morning tea all denominations most welcome 12-3pm Live music at RB Sports Club plus free kids’ bowls and obstacle course. www.rainbowsportsclub.com.au

For a list of activities at our Local Libraries See page 26 of this issue

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Happy May Everyone OPENING HOURS 6AM - 8PM 7 DAYS

Save Time Shop Local

Find your local store at iga.com.au/stores

Rainbow Beach

First, we show our respect for our beloved fallen ANZACs. The Ode "They shall grow not old, as we that are le� grow old� Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them."

Laurence Binyon On behalf of the IGA, lest we forget.

Recommenda on Of The Month For the Month of May - Cooloola strength and condi oning takes the cake, no pun intended.

For anyone who hasn’t heard, Cooloola strength and condi oning is a new gym located in Cooloola Cove, run by absolute legends, Ben and Topaz, a local couple.

If you’re interested in group classes, Personal training, or boxing, Cooloola strength and condi oning is a place worth checking out.

You’ll find more informa on on class mes and PTs on Cooloola strength and condi oning Facebook page.

This Month’s Local Legend Dedica ng her me fundraising for non-for-profit charity Li�le Haven Pallia ve care, Dianna Harris is an inspira on, dedica ng a whopping 23 years to volunteer work for Li�le Haven Pallia ve Care.

Li�le Haven Pallia ve Care specialises in nursing care with 24 hours on call nursing care and support for the terminally ill and their families.

This service supported 281 pallia ve pa ents and their families this year, offering dignity, care, and comfort to remain in the place of their choosing.

Dianna and her beau ful colleagues volunteer outside of Tin Can Bay IGA and other local stores most days, fundraising to make this service possible, selling raffle ckets and handmade cra�s.

Li�le Haven relies heavily on volunteer work and fundraising so without people like Dianna and kind people to donate this amazing service wouldn’t be possible.

Thank you, Dianna Harris, for your unbelievable community service.

Sports Report Broncos are bucking all who is below. About me they sit where they belong. Sooo glad the footy is back. What else do you want to do than watch the footy from Thursday to Sunday? Origin is only around the corner. Cannot wait for another Queensland victory.

Li�le rugby rivalry at the moment. Every big league player's name is being poten al buys for Union at the moment. With the World Cup in 2027 and Bri sh and Irish Lions in 2025. You would have to have some tempta on with the money on offer.

Australian Cricket is a li�le quiet at the moment as the majority are playing in the IPL. Another sport that is ideology first and sponsors second. Except when it comes to their salary and first class plane flights. Am I not meant to say that because it does not fit the agenda?

UEFA Champions League down to the final 4. Manchester City is ge�ng closer to their first tle. Haaland is the new benchmark.

Seems to be scoring goals for fun. Not a bad job.

Don’t forget we have Mother’s Day coming up on the 14th of May, we have some great homewares instore that mum will love and will have a range of flowers and cards on display.

Thank you again to all our customers. We really do appreciate your support and will con nue to service the community.

And to finish, an inspira onal quote: “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it”

Matt, Bernie, Justin, Liam & our friendly staff at the IGA

Quick Poli cs Cannot seem to get away with hearing about the voice to parliament. Wouldn’t mind the day when the government is less intrusive in our lives.

However, not this federal government, tax tax tax. Now 10.5m more people are being taxed $1500 more this year then last. What is yours is mine and what's mine is mine. As they know best!

Well….. at least each way Albo thinks so.

Lidia Thorpe enjoying a casual night out at the Maxine gentleman’s club at 3 Labour par es first preference?

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