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A passion for compassion Angela Williams hasn’t let her privileged upbringing stop her from helping others Pages 8 – 9

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Marayke Jonkers shares her tips for achieving your goals

Ska band Sunny Coast Rude Boys are back on the road

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elcome to the first Sunny Coast Times for 2022. It’s hard to believe I’m writing that – it feels like just yesterday we were entering 2021. First things first: I’m deliberately avoiding anything about the C-word (that’s Covid, just to be clear!) since I think we all need a break from it. All I will say is I hope you’re staying safe. This month we have some ripping stories from all over the Coast to hopefully inspire and entertain you. Michele Sternberg caught up with the incredible Marayke Jonkers, a three-time Paraympian who is now help others reach their full potential, to chat about how to make the most of the new year. Michele also sat down with the Sunny Coast Rude Boys, the beloved local band who are back on the road again, including as support to ska legends Strange Tenants. And I was lucky enough to interview author Angela Williams, whose debut book contrasts her own privileged upbringing with the plight of the women she helps through her charity work. It’s a shining example of someone taking a proactive approach to making a difference. Elsewhere we have a feature on the work of two local doctors who have introduced a new type of heart surgery to the Coast, potentially saving patients from open-heart surgery. We also have our usual Creative Cuts section, which this month features an award-winning short film producer and an exhibition showcasing our best young artists, plus there’s community news, nature, history, sport, letters and our much-loved Poets’ Corner. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I’ve EDITOR enjoyed putting it together.

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Fighting back against toads by CHRIS GILMORE

hey are the scourge of many across the Sunshine Coast but an upcoming event is aiming to help combat the curse of the cane toad. The Great Cane Toad Bust, which runs from January 2430, encourages people to get out and humanely collect cane toads to remove them from the environment, giving native species a chance to reclaim their habitat. Toad hunters can then log their catches on the Great Cane Toad Bust website to help create an overview of the impact made by the event. Community toad busts are also being planned, with Sunshine Coast-based Mooloolah River Landcare organising events for January 24 and 27. “I plan on trying to get as many people involved as possible,” says Sarah Roberts from Mooloolah River Landcare. “The more cane toads we can get out of the environment, the more time our native animals have to catch up. “My plan for our event is that we’re going to go out as groups, but I’m going to try to raise awareness and see if people will go out and do it themselves and then they can give us the information or they can upload their results directly.” Sarah, who lives in Caloundra West but is originally from Newfoundland in Canada, says it’s important people have all the information they need to bust toads responsibly. “The biggest thing if people are cane toad busting is if they’re unsure then leave it,” she says. “It’s better to leave a cane toad in our environment than take out a local species. Hopefully everyone’s going to do it humanely. Cane toads didn’t ask to be here, we brought them here.” She also has a warning for those who might be thinking of clubbing toads with golf clubs. “With golf clubs, if you rupture the poison glands and that sprays on the ground, that will actually stay poisonous on the ground, so if your dog comes along or a kid or some native wildlife, they can come into contact with it,” she says. “You can wash it away, but if you don’t know it’s there.” Sarah says there are a number of reasons why cane toads are a particular problem on the Sunshine Coast. “The clearing of the bush and natural vegetation is one of them; bushfires, which have also cleared areas that cane toads wouldn’t necessarily have access to because of thick vegetation,” she says. “But as well they are prolific breeders and our native wildlife haven’t really caught up to it yet. There are things that are fighting back but it’s going to take

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a little while longer for the evolution of things. “Because they’re amphibians they don’t need water to live, they just need moist conditions, but they need water to breed – anywhere, even if it’s just a puddle, they can spawn.” The Great Cane Toad Bust is organised by not-for-profit environmental group Watergum, whose invasive species manager Emily Vincent says toad busting is vital to control their numbers. “Each female cane toad can produce up to 70,000 babies a year, so even removing one female from the environment can greatly impact their breeding capacity,” she says. “Regular toad busting can have a big impact on your local population. If you remove fertile adults before they have a chance to breed, you prevent the next generation.”

The local community toad busts will be held in Mooloolah Valley, with the exact location to be disclosed later to keep numbers controlled, and run from 6.30pm to around 8-9pm. “We’ll see how many toads we can bust and if people want to keep going we’ll keep going,” Sarah says. An information session about cane toads, humane euthanisation and catching methods is also planned for January 22 at 1.30pm at the Mooloolah River Landcare native plant nursery at 2671 Steve Irwin Way, Glenview. Sarah says she scoped the toad bust site in December and heard the sound of the endangered giant barred frog. “It’s so exciting – numbers are in huge decline and even my nursery manager, who is really into frogs, she’s never heard one call either,” she says.

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ew year’s resolutions. We all make “One of the easiest ways is to change them but how many of us stick to your phone, computer and credit card them? passwords to reflect your goals for the Statistics show about 98 per cent year,” she says. of us don’t, according to motivational For example, Marayke used the speaker and Paralympian swim times she’d need to reach Marayke Jonkers. That’s a lot to set an Australian record of resolutions falling by or win a medal, but if your the wayside. goal is to be healthier or Marayke says quit smoking, choose there is good reason ‘IAMHEALTHY’ or why this happens, ‘QUITSMOKES’ as your and it’s why she urges passwords. people to set goals “The subconscious instead of making act of having to put that resolutions. password in all the time “A dream is just creates subtle reminders,” that, but a goal is a she says. dream with a plan,” she “For me, that really, says. really worked. When I started Marayke, who swimming, I took one Marayke Jonkers says most people lives in Maroochydore, minute and 32 seconds competed at the Sydney who make new year's resolutions will fail, to do a race that I’d and there's a simple reason why 2000 Paralympics, won ultimately win a medal at two bronze medals in the Paralympics in in one Athens in 2004 and silver at Beijing in 2008. minute and two seconds – 30 seconds off. She was inducted into the Sunshine “This is like some of that stuff people Coast Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. She also think is ‘woowoo’, but it’s not. You implanted now runs the Sporting Dreams charity to that in your brain so clearly that there wasn’t help others reach their full potential. another outcome. Marayke says that if you’ve made a list “And then, because you implanted it of new year’s resolutions and actually want there, and had a plan, you reached your to tick off a few before December 31, 2022, goal.” the best way to achieve success is to remind She suggests also leaving reminder yourself of your goals on a daily basis. notes around, like on the back of the

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bedroom door, or images as the screensaver on your phone and laptop. If your resolution is to spend more time with your family, choose a photo of them. Or if it’s to go on a holiday, save a photo of the destination. Marayke says it is important people’s goals align with their passions and that they are setting these goals for themselves, not to keep other people happy. “Social media is full of ‘new year, new you’, but I prefer to say ‘new year, do you’,” she says. “Ask yourself ‘what is my passion?’. It’s really important to do this, especially right now because a lot of people will have had a really big rethink during Covid about what was important in their life. “If they never thought about it before, or if they had and thought they knew what they wanted their life to look like, it’s probably changed. We’ve had to go without and miss things, but we’ve also discovered new things that we didn’t know before. It’s been a time of change in personal growth. “I think the whole world went on a personal development course while we were at the mercy of Covid, which has lasted for two years. And we have come out the

other end not the same person that went in.” So, what is your passion? If you don’t know, keep asking yourself questions, Marayke says, because if your goals don’t align with your passion and values, they’ll be harder to accomplish. “A good place to start is with a child-like mindset, which is what I inadvertently did when I created my life list at the age of 13,” she says. “I had win a medal, get a university degree and travel through Europe at the top of my list, which might seem impossible but, in fact, I ticked off all three within six months in 2004. “So it’s important to ask yourself ‘what would I do if I could not fail and had all the money in the world?’. If you keep asking yourself questions, you will find the answers. “In the same way, if you keep saying ‘what could go wrong next?’, guess what, something will go wrong. But instead of stopping and giving up on your goal, you ask ‘how could I do this better?’, ‘what do I want?’, ‘is

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Keeping spirit of ska alive by MICHELE STERNBERG

ka doesn’t stand for small kitchen appliances, or super kick ass. For the uninitiated, ska is a type of music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and is a blend of mento and calypso from the Caribbean and American jazz and rhythm and blues. Seven decades later and a lot closer to home, the Sunny Coast Rude Boys are keeping the genre alive and as Covid restrictions have eased, they’ve returned to touring and playing to double-vaxxed crowds of ska fans. Many of their followers are in their 60s because the Australian ska scene flourished in the mid-1980s, but there are also younger – and older – faces in the crowd. Bass player Stephen Estella admits the first question from many Rude Boy virgins who experience the band for the first time is “what is ska?”. “Most people aren’t aware that ska was a predecessor for reggae,” he says. “Caribbeans who listened to R&B and mento played their version of this music with brass military bands and it became ska and then reggae. “It’s uplifting dance music and we defy you to not move when we are playing. “I recall a gig on the Gold Coast where I was catching some cool air outside after a sweaty set. A woman came out and said ‘oh, it’s your fault my calves are burning, I can hardly walk’, hobbling up the street. ‘I’ll bring my girlfriends next time,’ she yelled back at me. It was a veiled compliment to what the Rude Boys do. “It’s all about fun and dancing, even if you don’t know how to skank properly.’ For the uninitiated, skanking is the name of the dancing style attached to ska and it looks a lot like running on the spot. In Australia, bands such as Strange Tenants, No Nonsense and the Allniters spearheaded the ska scene, and

The Sunny Coast Rude Boys at Solbar in Maroochydore. Images by Kim Grimley

the Rude Boys have cemented their reputation with these big names. Before Christmas they supported Strange Tenants and later this month will grace the stage with the Allniters. “Our output as a ska outfit has led us to play with the likes of Nicky Bomba and the Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Pat Powell, Strange Tenants, Bad Manners and the Original Wailers,” Stephen says. “We have played Woodford Folk Festival, Caloundra Music Festival and Blues on Broadbeach.

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anything about ska music. ‘All right then, let’s do it!’ I said.” Fast forward nine years and the Sunny Coast Rude Boys are still going strong. From their humble beginnings playing gigs at the Shared in Yandina, they clawed a foothold on a non-existent Sunny Coast ska scene and secured a loyal fan following. “At our first official gig we played reggae and ska covers supporting the Lyrical in November 2013 and have been joined by at least a dozen or more Coast musos since then,” Stephen says. “Through Mick’s unique negotiation skills, we were soon playing big gigs in NSW, the Gold Coast, Brisbane and the Sunny Coast.” The music is infectiously danceable with a big five-piece rhythm section behind Mick’s iconic voice, and an eclectic five-piece horn section that has Australian and UK pedigree through the Fun Addicts, Bad Manners and the Porkers. Fans invite their friends, who become fans themselves, and people travel hundreds of miles to see a Rude Boys show that is packed with on-stage (and sometimes off-stage) antics. “Our fearless leader of the SS Rude Boys hails from Irish stock, as do I, but where his band Sasta is more ‘warrior celtic’, I come from jazz, rock and blues,” Stephen says. “Strangely, our first real original composition, Way Down, is more reggae and steals from a pop-rap culture that neither of us had really considered as ‘ska’. Subsequent recordings have produced a more ‘ska-rified’ feel in Rude Style and later El Rollo. “We’ve recorded covers of A Message to You Rudy, Paul Kelly’s Dumb Things and Midnight Oil’s Beds are Burning, which we recorded for a UK label that supports a

charity for kids with cancer.” There’s one Rude Girl in the line-up, Annie Jackson, who leads the horns with her vast experience and undaunted enthusiasm. Stephen says that being the only female in the band, she has a lot to contend with when the boys misbehave. But when they’re all onstage it’s a solid, concerted effort to keep the music playing and the crowd dancing. “We love to feed off the dance energy of our audience and that spurs us on as a band,” says trumpet player and

part-time philosopher Steve Cotterell. His mate Wayne Pryde likes to climb any speaker stacks he can find and blast his trombone into the space. Their youngest member, Sam, who plays trumpet, literally stands out from the crowd. He’s well over six-foot-five and brandishes a bright blue mullet. Mick, of course, leads from the front and directs proceedings, while the rhythm section of Govi (drums), Tony (guitar), Angus (keys) and Stephen (bass) keeps things nice and tight. The band have recently been blessed to have Big Phil Barnard join them on baritone sax. With a return to live concerts recently, Stephen has put out a challenge to fans: “I dare you to outdance us at the next two gigs.” The Sunny Coast Rude Boys play the Triffid in Brisbane on January 29 with the Allniters, and at Kings Beach Tavern on February 19.

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Author, motivational speaker and philanthropist Angela Williams

Changing lives through love by CHRIS GILMORE

ngela Williams has lived a life most can only dream of, but despite her privileged background she has always remained focused on the needs of others. Born into one of the wealthiest families in England but now residing on the Sunshine Coast, Angela has released her debut book called Extravagant Life to Extravagant Love. It is an intimate, honest and attimes humorous look into life Angela’s commitment to changing lives in the redlight areas of England’s most violent cities. Angela, 46, who lives with her husband, son and two dogs at Pelican Waters, says she was inspired to help those working on the streets by her father’s charitable works and her own faith. “I have always carried this sense of responsibility to wisely use what I had been given in life for the benefit of those that really need it,” she says. “This journey led me to jump in my car one day and put food and drink in the boot and drive into the red-light area of Coventry and stop to women while they were working on the streets. “I had been on an outreach team in Manchester city who help women in prostitution on a previous occasion and was shocked at the scenes I had witnessed. It

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really challenged my preconceived notions that they chose this life, because what I really witnessed was women so consumed by drug addiction that it had stripped any sense or reality from them and they were totally trapped and imprisoned in this lifestyle. I just knew I had to do something and I had a responsibility to act. This eventually led to the formation of a charity called Embrace that services the needs of women in desperate circumstances.” Angela grew up in the West Midlands, which is often considered the epicentre of the British motor trade. It was in this industry that her father's company found dizzying success in the 1970s. She grew up in a seven-bedroom country home on 14 acres, complete with an underground swimming pool, gymnasium, stables and a helicopter pad in the backyard. “We would regularly pop into the local newsagents in the village and they would be the first to tell us if my dad had hit the papers again or what number he was ranked in the release of the Sunday Times British Rich List,” she says. “He was always granted a spot somewhere among the top 100. “My father’s success has often brought attention in the media but it was really his skill in business and philanthropy work that brought him attention … He often reached

Angela with her husband and son

number one in the UK for making donations to charity, giving over £300 million ($550 million).” Angela says she fell in love with Australia in 1997 after spending her first year of marriage in Sydney, but it wasn’t until 2011 – and now with a son – that they made the move permanent. “The Sunshine Coast was always our first choice, having holidayed here many times over those years to visit my uncle and aunt, who have lived here for nearly 30 years,” she says. “We had always been impressed by the beautiful beaches, the perfect weather, the amazing lifestyle and the joy on people’s faces as they actually said hello to you as you

walked passed. We were also drawn to the stories we'd heard from my cousins about their school, Nambour Christian College, and the diverse education they were offered. I couldn't think of any schools in the UK that had a farm as part of the curriculum and so we headed here without reservation and enrolled our son. He graduated from Year 12 last year and it was the best decision we've ever made for our family. So why did Angela decide to write Extravagant Life to Extravagant Love? “We are living in a world that is so dazzled by fame, wealth and popularity that we are to blinded to the needs of others, even people living around us or in our own

households,” she says. “Something needs to be done to switch the focus of our culture from looking solely at our own self first to noticing the need in others around us. Challenging times affect us all, whether we live in a mansion or a mud hut, and we need to stop looking for reasons to divide us and search for the reasons that unite us so that we may live together more considerately of each other. “It takes each one of us to play our part in changing our culture to be a more loving, accepting and inclusive place to live. It is for this reason that I have written my book and told my story. My aim is to show that what might look like a dazzling life is not all

filled with glitter but comes with the same challenges in life that other people face. If we are looking for true fulfillment in life then it won't be found in how extravagantly we live but can be found in how extravagantly we love.” Although Angela is no longer directly involved with Embrace Warwickshire, the charity she formed in 2008, she says it is still going strong and continues to make an impact in that region. “Its main focus is helping women to exit and recover from a life in the sex industry in the city of Coventry,” she says. “Having walked alongside women in such desperate circumstances for many years, however, has changed me significantly and this cause continues to be an area that I love to support and champion.” Angela is also a motivational speaker at churches, schools, women's gatherings and other events, sharing her experience of what it is like growing up wealthy and how the ‘rich kid' label made her feel isolated. “It was considered that I was too lucky to understand a normal life,” she says. “My main focus is around the damaging affects of labeling and making assumptions about people based on what’s visible on the exterior. This message then of course translates well to women in prostitution that are also separated from society due to the labeling and discrimination that they suffer. I advocate that being kind to one another, particularly if they are different to us, can change our world for the better.”

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“The device is delivered to your heart via a very fine tube, which is inserted through a vein in your groin and will carefully pass the MitraClip up to your heart.” Dr Butterly said the Heart HQ team attained accreditation because it operates at Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital and had successfully completed a specialised training course. “SCUPH is the only cardiac hospital with a heart team to support these cases,” Dr Larsen says. “This accreditation is a game-changer for people on the Sunshine Coast.” Heart HQ operates weekly and the cost to the patient is covered by Medicare. “Traditionally, patients would have to travel to Brisbane for this type of surgery and in some cases pay $50,000, but at Heart HQ we are a no-gap practice,” Dr Larsen says. Noosa’s Hugh Ramsay was one of the first patients to receive the life-changing procedure after his GP detected abnormalities in his heart.

Traditionally, patients would have to travel to Brisbane for this type of surgery “If it wasn’t for this type of surgery, the only option I would have had would be to undergo open-heart surgery or bypass,” he said. “At the time I was 71 years old and I had just finished chemotherapy, after having been diagnosed with cancer, so I wasn’t in a position where I would have been able to handle open-heart surgery. “Since having the MitraClip put in, I feel so much more energised each day and I sleep better.

“It was also an added bonus not to have to travel to Brisbane for the procedure. I was literally out the next day and I really can’t thank the Heart HQ team enough.” MR is a condition that affects more than half a million Australians. Dr Butterly said it wasn’t uncommon for patients to have no symptoms despite having a severely leaking valve, which is why cases are continuing to grow. “This year alone we saw approximately 150,000 Australians diagnosed with mitral regurgitation, a figure

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he early start to this summer’s wet season here on the Sunshine Coast has provided the trigger for a rather ordinary tiny male brown bird, its head and back heavily streaked with black or dark brown feathers, to transform itself into a magnificently plumaged magnet for the female of its species. This attractive bird often overlooked due to its tiny size – 10 millimetres from tip of beak to tip of tail – is the golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis), various sub-species of which can be found throughout many parts of south-east Asia, including the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines, and the islands of the Torres Strait. In Australia, this insect and seed eater is largely absent from the inland and the south-west, but has strongholds around Darwin, south-eastern Cape York and in our locality, down to north-eastern New South Wales. With the breeding season now well under way, the male’s head has turned golden-orange and, remarkably, the black tail, with paler tips, has become shorter. It is believed that both of these changes in appearance occurred through gradual evolution as a result of greater breeding success by males possessing such traits. Having chosen his territory, which in Australia can be from half an acre to around three acres, this will be defended vigorously, with potentially competing males driven away. Sporting his breeding plumage, our little chap will perform display flights, spiralling upwards to some 50 metres in the air, circling and singing for a few minutes, then descending steeply towards the ground. This may be repeated several times but the little bird eventually perches prominently,

often on tall grass stalks or, sometimes, from the very top of a small tree or shrub, where its repetitive ‘wheez, whit, whit’ call for a prospective mate is delivered. It is nothing but persistent and can be heard calling for weeks on end in its determination to mate. Success will see both male and female build the most intricate domed nest of plant down, fine grasses, spider webs and cocoons, with a hole in the side near the top. While the nest is often sited in tall grass, a low-growing leaved shrub may alternatively be chosen, with the nest never being more than three metres from the ground. Green leaves, with holes created in them, are placed on the outside for camouflage and then stitched to each other, it is understood mainly by the females, with the male providing the necessary spider threads to pull the structure together, which earns the cisticolas the deserved title of ‘finest of tailorbirds’. In this exquisite nest structure three or four minuscule pale blue eggs, each with brown blotches, are laid, following which the female alone will incubate for around 11 days. It is, sadly, typical that only around one-third of eggs laid actually hatch, after which the female will feed the growing chicks while the male defends the nest from potential predators until, after another dozen or so days, the surviving youngsters leave the nest. Once you get to know the distinctive call of this relatively common but rarely seen bird you will be able to home in on its location, when careful observation will reveal the almost balloon-like swelling of the male bird’s throat as it emits the ‘wheez’ sound, followed by the opening of its beak for each of the ‘whit, whit’ calls. Enjoy!

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n early settlement days the islands in the Maroochy River became home for both men and goats. The Indigenous people set up only temporary encampments on Channel and Goat islands because the islands flooded in wet seasons. In the 1880s Charles and Maggie Brown, who rafted logs from Yandina to Eudlo Creek and Cotton Tree, set up camp on a small island near Chambers Island. Named Lion Island by the local residents, a raging torrent in the early decades of the 20th century washed it away. William Godfrey then found Channel Island the ideal place to set up camp when he was netting fish in the river. But where do goats come into the picture? William Parsons took advantage of the fresh water in the middle of Channel Island to pasture the herd of goats he kept to make cheese and provide fresh meat. They were safe from foxes and dingoes. When he left the banks of the river for Eudlo Flats, he took the goats with him. But these were not the last goats to make the island home. In 1916, Sandy MacNab’s goats were making a nuisance of themselves at Yandina. Two enterprising men punted them downstream and left them on the island. The goats’ stay was short; at the first high flood they were swept over the Maroochy River bar and out to sea. Information from People of Maroochy. For more on Genealogy Sunshine Coast visit facebook.com/gscnambour.

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Playing at Pincushion by NESSIE PRATTEN (nee Ball)

rowing up at Maroochydore was a wonderful experience. During the Depression days no one had any money but I have many happy memories of those days, as I am sure others do. We all had a boat and a pair of bathing togs, and that was all we needed. Everyone walked a lot, generally in groups. We would row by boat to the North Shore and go for long walks. There was a “back track” to Mudjimba Beach that in spring was lined on the right-hand side with lamb’s tail wattle (acacia) all out in flower, and on the left was a mangrove swamp. On another shorter walk we would go to Pincushion Island. At that time it was in the mouth of the Maroochy River and at times you could walk over to it at low tide. I remember walking over with my grandfather and encountering quicksand about halfway across. It was a frightening experience but we got there and back safely. My

grandmother had insisted on going with us but I could not understand why as it was a big effort for her. When I asked her why she went she said she did not want to be the only one left alive to have to tell our mothers she had let us go and get drowned. I can now see her point. In my time you could see the one remaining tree that gave the name to the island. It was said the Maroochy bar was very dangerous as the channel moved after rough weather or cyclones. Sometimes the channel was on one side and sometimes on the other. Also there was a rock named Agnes, which often claimed a fishing boat. The local fishermen used to say Agnes would get you sooner or later. In my day Eric Eggins was the only man game to try it, and then only in good weather. Mooloolaba was a much safer harbour for fishermen, as can be seen now with all the boats there safe at the harbour. Information from People of the Sunshine Coast.

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Sunshine Coast Scrabble Club meets at Nambour RSL on Fridays at 1pm. Games, while competitive, are low key with an emphasis on enjoying the game in the company of other Scrabble lovers. New players are welcome and get a gentle introduction as the first game is played “open book” (players are allowed to check legality of words before playing them). Playing fee is $2 and all funds are put towards cash prizes at the end of play. For more information phone Trevor on 5445 7770.

Back-to-school boost

Koala kickstart

Children on the Coast who have been impacted by economic hardship and domestic violence will benefit after Hall Contracting donated 75 back-to-school packs to Nambourbased charity SunnyKids. The donation from the dredging and civil construction company, which is commemorating 75 years in business, is valued at about $15,000. SunnyKids general manager Kathleen Hope (pictured with Hall Contracting CEO Cameron Hall) said the donation was gratefully received ahead of the 2022 school year, with demand for domestic violence support services having surged as a result of the pandemic. “These backpacks will be a welcome addition to families who are making a fresh start,” she said.

Find those records

The Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation has received a $25,000 donation from Queensland Koala Crusaders to kickstart new koala conservation initiatives in the reserve. The donation was announced at the Noosa Biosphere Wild Koala Gala, which raised more than $50,000. To donate or learn more visit noosabiosphere. org.au/koala. Caloundra Family History Research’s next meeting is on February 17. The guest speaker is Shauna Hicks, a genealogist, qualified archivist, librarian and family and local historian, on ‘Why can’t I find it? What can I do? I know the record should be there’. Visit caloundrafamilyhistory.org.au.

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The Sunshine Coast Railway Modellers Society runs trains hauled by electric and steam locomotives around nearly 1km of track at the Sunshine Coast Miniature Railway in Nambour on the fourth Sunday of every month. The railway is at 1 Florence St (just off Hospital Rd). The next open day is on January 23, with the trains operating from 10am-2.30pm. Donations for the tickets are $3 per ride per adult, or $10 for four tickets. Find the Sunshine Coast Railway Modellers Society on Facebook for more information.

The Alliance Francaise de la Sunshine Coast is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting French language, culture, literature and history. Founded in 2008, it provides ways to learn French and become engaged in different aspects of the culture including art, books, poetry, film, history, gastronomy, contemporary affairs, thoughts and ideas, all in a welcoming, non-political and non-religious environment. Classes for 2022 start on January 24 in Noosa, Nambour and Mountain Creek. There are adult classes suited to various levels, as well as children’s classes. Online classes are also available. Visit afsunshinecoast.org.au.

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Young at art T

he work of the region’s best young artists will be on show at the Butter Factory Arts Centre in Cooroy as it opens its doors to the much-anticipated Bentleys 40 Under 40 Exhibition and Art

Prize. The exhibition, which runs from January 21-March 6 and is in its third year, has grown in strength each year and has attracted the attention of many in the art industry. The launch event in particular has redefined the experience of an ‘art opening’, attracting crowds of more than 400 people plus performances, food trucks and bands. The focus on young artists means they get a professional space to showcase their work and provides opportunities not only to be seen but to connect to the creative community. Hosting such a young show ensues a focus on a ‘young audience’, which is a demographic that is continually missing from galleries and gallery events in general. “This exhibition provides the perfect opportunity for those thinking of adding to their art collection or starting their tenure as a budding art collector as all art pieces are available for purchase,” says Amanda Bennetts, the founder of the 40 Under 40 Exhibition. As a community-based venue, the Butter Factory supports and encourages the creatives in the region to flourish, and this exhibition is a dynamic, contemporary and exciting show to kick off the 2022 exhibition program. A closing party will be held on March 5, with tickets available from January 23 for $25.

A selection of works from the 40 Under 40 Exhibition. Images by Casey Hewitt and Chelsea Broeren

Visit butterfactoryartscentre.com.au/upcoming-exhibition.

Caloundra

USC

Bokarina/Noosa/Palmview

Behind the scenes

Cinematic investigation

Twice the laughs

Caloundra Regional Gallery is delving into a rarely seen side of public art with new exhibition The Art of Making: Art in Public Spaces. On show until January 30, the exhibition unveils prototypes behind finished artworks as well as raw materials, moulds and fabrication elements used by leading public artists, inspiring a deeper appreciation of the work that goes on behind the scenes. It is a collaboration between the gallery and internationally recognised group Urban Art Projects. “UAP has been advocating for art in public spaces around the globe for 28 years, working with artists to bring concepts to life,” Caloundra Regional Gallery manager and curator Jo Duke says. “The show honours celebrated artists who work in the public realm and provides visitors with a unique opportunity to connect with the processes behind the art we enjoy in our community spaces.” The gallery is at 22 Omrah Ave, Caloundra, and open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am-4pm (2pm on weekends). Entry is free.

A senior lecturer in law at the University of the Sunshine Coast has explored the relationship between speculative fiction and the legal system in his new book A Theological Jurisprudence of Speculative Cinema: Superheroes, Science Fictions and Fantasies of Modern Law. Dr Timothy Peters (pictured) says movie audiences are often exposed to the deeper aspects of modern law as they enjoy fantastic tales about superheroes and arch-villains. His book looks at how seven Hollywood blockbusters incorporate legal concepts such as justice, the exception, law’s violence, revolution, law’s universality, sovereignty and property as theft. The films are include Star Wars, The Dark Knight and The Hobbit. “Watching and engaging with films and with speculative fiction is not simply a way to understand or explain the law, it’s the way we actually already do understand law,” he says. “The representations of law and our understanding of law functions through these cultural texts as much as it does through formal institutions.”

After having their headline slots at the Sunshine Coast Comedy Festival postponed last year, comedy legends Wil Anderson and Tripod are set to make their long-awaited appearances here in February. Anderson is the host and executive producer of the ABC’s ever-popular Gruen, as well as hosting various podcasts including Wilosophy. Astute and hilarious, he has won the People’s Choice Award for a record six times at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, selling more tickets than any other act, and cementing himself as Australia’s comedian of choice. He is bringing his new show to Bokarina’s Venue 114 on February 11 at 8pm and The J Theatre at Noosa on February 12. Tripod (pictured), the ARIA-award winning musical comedy trio, are returning for their first Queensland show in almost five years. With their effortless combination of harmonies, musical vision and finely tuned idiocy, you are guaranteed to come away elated. You can catch them at The J Theatre on February 11 at 7.30pm and the Banana Bender Pub at Palmview on February 12.

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Stepping into the spotlight A short film produced on the Sunshine Coast has scored a swag of awards at an international festival. Honest Police, written by and starring Sippy Downs man Robin Nicolle, picked up Best Short Film at the International Media Arts Film Awards, which were livestreamed in December. Robin was also named Best Actor, while Glenn Ganley won Best Editor for his work on the film. Robin says Honest Police is a comedy for all ages, describing his character Kevin Black as the most extreme version of taking the law into your own hands. “Kevin pretends to be a cop because he wants to make his community a better place,” he says. “He’s an individual with the right intentions but the wrong methods and execution.” When asked about the plot, Robin is very careful not to give any spoilers. “One of the female characters plays a bigger role than a lot of people might think, and there's a twist at the end,” he says. “Don't leave the cinema when you see the credits roll!” Robin, 33, who grew up in Zimbabwe and studied at the Actors Workshop in Brisbane, says he wrote and produced the film because he wanted to gain more experience as an actor. He wrote the script in 2018 and a year later acquired the help of Sam Rees and Glenn Ganley to make the film. They shot most of the scenes in 2019 before the pandemic, but didn’t complete the project until last year. “Glenn offered his own ideas and suggestions that helped to improve the original idea, including a reference to an old, classic movie,” Robin says. “We filmed the project at the Big Top Shopping Centre,

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Robin Nicolle in a scene from Honest Police

SHORT CUTS Powerful show

BATS Theatre Company presents The Power of a Cultured Woman, a new concept incorporating song, dance, plays and monologues, telling the stories of women from diverse cultural backgrounds on the Coast and around Australia. It is at the Buderim War Memorial Hall at 7.30pm on February 4-5 and 2pm on February 5-6. Tickets are $24-$30, visit batstheatre.com.

Country concert

Maroochy River Country Music Club will be holding its next concert on Sunday, February 13, at the ACMA Hall of Fame, 38 Steggals Rd, Yandina. The concert starts at noon. Entry is $8 and includes free afternoon tea. For more details phone president Darryl Norwood on 0467 248 077.

Double act

Two of Australia’s most loved comedians are teaming up for a hilarious night on the Sunshine Coast. Peter Helliar and Merrick Watts will hit the stage at the Events Centre, Caloundra, on January 22. Tickets are $64.90, visit theeventscentre.com.au.

Indie starlet Robin is a short-film writer and actor

a Caboolture bottle shop and in my suburb Sippy Downs.” Robin is now planning to submit Honest Police to festivals around Australia because he wants more people to watch and enjoy his ideas. “I also want to inspire people around Australia to write and produce their own ideas – even during a pandemic you can achieve a lot as a creative individual,” he says.

Forest Glen

Off the back of her chart-topping debut album Been Doing It For a Bit, Ruby Fields is taking to the road. The indie rocker is playing Solbar at Maroochydore on January 18 from 7pm. Tickets are $30, visit solbar.com.au.

Full of confidence

Two-time ARIA Award nominees Ocean Alley are coming to Birtinya’s NightQuarter on February 11. Originating from Sydney’s Northern Beaches, the sixpiece have gone on to play at the Reading and Leeds Festivals and Splendour In The Grass, and topped the triple j Hottest 100 with their chilled-out hit Confidence. Tickets are $89.90, visit nightquarter.com.au.

Caloundra/Noosa

Jazz greats

Musician returns

Long-awaited visit

Feel like some traditional and mainstream jazz, with plenty of innovative improvisation? The Braben Jenner Hot Five with special guest vocalist Grace Rigby are coming to the Sunshine Coast on January 23. The Jazz and Blues Collective presents this one-off special event, with Grace (pictured) performing with the band for the first time, playing the music of early to mid-20th century America. Then, on February 6, expect a swinging, spirited and multi-faceted show as the David Bentley Trio Plus One step up. David (piano and vocals) will be joined by Andrew Shaw (bass) and Nathan Goldman (drums) to make up the trio, with reedman Mark Spencer adding soaring tenor to the mix. Along with David’s original songs, you’ll hear fresh interpretations of jazz standards and New Orleans classics. The shows are at Millwell Road Community Centre, Maroochydore, with music from 1.30-4pm (doors open 1pm). For tickets visit ticketebo.com.au/jazz-blues-collective.

Joshua Hatcher is a Brisbane-based saxophonist, composer and music educator. He was a finalist in the 2016 National Jazz Awards (saxophone) and Q-Music Awards jazz category. In 2018 he completed his Master of Music Research in composition at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. At the Jazz Sessions in early 2021, Joshua presented his School of Hard Bops show, which paid tribute to the great ’50s and ’60s hard bop bands of Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Hank Mobley and Cannonball Adderley. He is returning to the Jazz Sessions on January 30 by popular demand. With his band of Damian Sim on piano, Luke McIntosh on bass and Aaron Jansz on drums, Joshua will be presenting new music plus some classic repertoire associated with John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Joe Henderson. Doors open at Glass House Brewery, Forest Glen, at 5.30pm for a 6pm show. A $54 ticket gets you a two-course dinner along with the show. For tickets visit stickytickets. com.au/thejazzsessions.

Nearly two years to the day since they first announced it would happen, beloved Aussie group the Whitlams will begin their national Gaffage and Clink Tour at Caloundra’s Kings Beach Tavern on Thursday, February 17. The 40-date tour will also include a performance at Noosa’s The J Theatre on Saturday, February 19, with special guest Alex Lloyd. The tour will see the band play their usual rambunctious set highlighting new album Sancho and featuring a broad selection of tunes from their six platinum and gold albums. Their latest single, Cambridge Three, about notorious Cambridge Five spy network member Anthony Blunt, is quirky Whitlams pop at its best, with synth and bent guitar winding through trademark piano to create an atmosphere of unease and subterfuge suggested by the song’s lyric. For tickets visit thewhitlams.com/tour.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Uneven funding?

The Plan

In defending his government’s distribution of grant funding, that is our taxpayers’ funds, Scott Morrison laughed off the criticism and said the inequitable grants given to the seat of Dickson, some $43.6 million, compared to the $932,000 given to their neighbours in Lilley, was due to the good local member working for them. By that criteria, what does it say about our local LNP federal MPs that they only secured $5,914,000 for Fairfax and $7,955,000 for Fisher? Meanwhile, Wide Bay received $40,451,000, nothing to do with needing to keep their recalcitrant MP on side, maybe? This is not the first time the Morrison’s government’s uneven distribution of grant funding has been called into question. It is also the reason that we need a Federal National Integrity Commission, or ICAC as in NSW, to hold our politicians, of all persuasions, to account. The LNP promised one three years ago, where is it? Nothing to hide, nothing to fear.

by IMOGEN PIERCY Sunny Coast Times/Hinterland Times Young Writer of the Year 2021 runner-up In October we announced the winner and three runners-up of our annual award. Here is another of the winning entries.

Robyn Deane, Bli Bli

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Trivia questions

Imogen Piercey. Image by Victoria McGuin

020 was the year of the unexpected. Failing to fight against the tidal wave of fear, many were dragged under. The luckier ones barely felt the initial blast and were rewarded with soft waves of reconnection and reconciliation washing over their lives. But for those who were drowning, it caused a tsunami. Elsa Graves was caught in the tidal wave led by the Coronavirus, but instead of being crushed by its inexplainable force, she was hoisted above the waves and into the hands of several unique opportunities. Opportunities that squeezed in places and made gaps where no gaps should be. You see, she wanted corruption to end. Under the 52-year-old woman’s rock hard exterior and grubby cowboy boots, she was an intelligent woman. She'd seen her fair share of secrets and lies as a result of years as a politician's wife – until she got rid of him in a messy divorce. And she, after years of waiting – of watching – was ready. Finally, because of those opportunities, Elsa had a plan.

Crossword

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1. Who succeeded Bob Menzies as Australian Prime Minister? 2. What is the total of the opposite sides of a regular die? 3. What is the marsupial name given to court proceedings that disregard normal process? 4. By what name is iron pyrites usually known? 5. In a human pregnancy, how long is a trimester? 6. In the Creedence Clearwater Revival song Proud Mary, who or what was Proud Mary? 7. In the car industry, what is E10? 8. Who was the cartoon duck that had triplet nephews? 9. What city is the largest in Wales? 10. In a game of golf, what club is typically used last on a hole? 11. In humans, what part of the body is affected by haemophilia? 12. In what month is the 185th day of the year? 13. What kind of living thing is a puffin? 14. How many squares comprise the Microsoft symbol? 15. What is the given name of Australian cricketer Labuschagne? 16. What is five-tenths expressed as a percentage? 17. For what word is “uni” a common abbreviation? 18. What was the main kind of merchandise originally sold in Tesco stores? 19. From what vegetable are jack o’ lanterns usually carved? 20. In rhyming slang, what is a “dog and bone”?

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Down: 2 Astronaut, 3 Tonight, 4 Aquatic, 6 Exile, 7 Conquer, 8 Nylon, 9 Afar, 14 Ouzo, 16 Limb, 18 Valueless, 20 Rosette, 22 Shocker, 23 Islamic, 25 Moody, 26 Slept, 27 Shed.

1. Harold Holt, 2. 7, 3. Kangaroo court, 4. Fool’s gold, 5. Three months, 6. Boat, 7. Type of petrol, 8. Donald Duck, 9. Cardiff, 10. Putter, 11. Blood, 12. July, 13. Bird, 14. Four, 15. Marnus, 16. 50 per cent, 17. University, 18. Groceries, 19. Pumpkins, 20. Phone.

Across: 1 Martian, 5 Descent, 10 Stun, 11 Unfriendly, 12 Songster, 13 Equine, 15 Santa Claus, 17 Rave, 19 Stir, 21 Impossible, 24 Amuses, 27 Smoulder, 28 Bottleneck, 29 Meet, 30 Wynette, 31 Precise.

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POETS' CORNER Before dawn on the 14th of August 2020, the first piece of her plan had fallen into place. Clicking the unassuming "publish" button on her 1999 Dell computer would never again hold such weight. With that one click, the crucial information had been released onto the international wide web and all social media platforms to begin its pivotal part in her plan. Once this necessary task was completed, she treated herself a glass of Cottee's raspberry cordial and an hour watching the sunrise over the untamed wilderness. After decades in the city, it was precisely that wildness that had drawn her to the town two years ago. Its wildness was her constant, its sprawled chaos her comfort. When she'd moved to the three-hundred-acre property on the East Coast of Queensland, her only goal was to leave her old life -and all its baggagebehind. Unfortunately, no matter how hard she ran, her problems - her secrets - were always faster than her. Consumed by the control of her past, Elsa did the only thing she could. She gave up running. Instead, she chose a different path; she chose to fight. Stuck reminiscing in the past, she noticed the persistent beeping three minutes later than she should have. Dread filled her as two thoughts flickered across her mind. They're here. They've found me. Elsa flew to the window that overlooked

the driveway, saw two cars -both black, beastly and bulky- waiting at her gate. Her heart stopped for a moment. Whilst she comprehended what she'd once believed to be impossible -they opened the gate. Fuelled by fear and fury, she leapt into action, raced into the bedroom- yanked the packed duffle bag from the wardrobe before sprinting to the kitchen to shove five tins of tomato soup and a can opener into it. She moved like a bullet, destroyed the papers and hard drive in the burn box and snatched the USB from its port. Racing, she grabbed the petrol from behind the office door and flung it around until the room was soaked. When she knew she'd done all she could, she quickly lit the petrol and bolted through the back door. Over Elsa's shoulders, the dragon of flame tore through the house, devouring all evidence, and within minutes its entirety was engulfed in an inferno. In the barn, she flung open the haycovered trap door before tossing in the bag and pulling the wood back over her head. Holding her breath, heart racing 120 beats a minute, she did the only thing that she could. She waited. Imogen admits she is an avid reader and hopes to become a fiction writer in the future – on the basis of her entry this year, we would say she is certainly on track!

FLIES LIKE YELLOW, BEES LIKE BLUE but mighty-hearted air ship pollen pilots till touched by dulling sun the yellows and blues nod suspended.

Our earth has an affecting hum a gala of colour an orchestration of insects found in every corner, on ups and downs of steeps and near riverbeds with fish. Sweet buzzers a momentous of bees’ vibrations heaped with pollen learn to choose which to kiss; blushing blue tips bent towards a bluer landing strip.

I walk amongst the flowers sleep through my ephemeral nights but they take their spoils across borders, across wire fences to workers’ stations cogwheels of pollination.

But no time to waste hoverflies search leaf to leaf for bounties to swipe raptured hearts lashed with delight from wavelengths of yellow light.

When rain barbs strike conjectured threads to colour-decoders snap, and shades and hues that waved and pulsed for our ghost gardeners drip flat.

Wings beat catching breezes bounce under bridges wave to boats find their way to what they like most and ransack those sprigs and posies.

My conspicuous of tears roll. My cry of loud crushed. I pray their short-lived souls go to where sweet waters flow and they receive gold for hefting an apiary of nosegay dust.

Not dumb, silent insect types

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AFGHANISTAN Freedom in a place you love is a gift Not ever to be denied But still your own repress and deny In the name of religion and power Our government asked to send our "best" Stamp out the ones that would oppress To bring a calm to a troubled land A task so great but they'd understand They knew their trust they'd have to earn And overtime the best would learn Too hard to train the oppressed and denied Our best say "educate them", they will gain their pride They became their allies, protectors you see And fought to gain some normality They continued to train the soldiers there Be ready, defend your freedom and care Women and girls to thrive and be Educated and strong have a life that's free

Forty one of our "best" would pay the price Over 20 years they'd sacrifice They gave their all to protect and train To bring freedom and calm to Afghanistan Now as we know the help has gone No longer protected they're on their own Crying out for help, "don't leave us" they say We'd rather die than be left this way Our "best" that are left plead for the stricken And the world watches on so helpless and sickened For the way it all ended with no thought at all Has brought such confusion For our "best" who stand tall And the world must watch on to see what will be To those left behind and a land to be free We are with you Afghanistan.

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HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEAUTY

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ell I didn’t think this year was going to start out like this but the truth is I’m currently waiting for my Covid test to come back and I’m not feeling very well at all. There is so much confusion, frustration and anger around that, I think it’s a good time to remember “every cloud has a silver lining”. What do I mean? The reality of life is that we can only control what we do and think. How we act, react and process situations is very important, especially during a global pandemic. For me and probably a lot of others right now, making sure you’re drinking enough fluids, eating as well as you can, getting good rest and keeping your attitude right are essential right now. And my most valuable suggestion is to keep looking for the silver lining in this Covid cloud. Quite often it’s in the worst of times that we witness the best of humanity and these are the moments we all need to look for and hang on to. As a child I had more negative than positive influences in my life and I was more prone to negativity, so I know it’s not easy if you have the propensity to see things this way. But with practice you can retrain your brain. This global pandemic has affected us all in many different ways but I’ve made the conscious decision in this new year to

be a silver lining to those I can, and to observe others doing that for others. Believe me, you won’t have to search very far to see just how many ways there are we can help during this time. Clouds eventually always pass and this one will too but for now maybe the silver lining to this incredibly difficult season is to make us more kind, compassionate and aware of how we can all help others in some way. If you want a silver lining you need to become one and when you do, you will see the world around you transform into a better place. Happy new year everyone. We’ve got this!

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Ex-Olympians to launch season by CHRIS GILMORE

S Glen Duncan (Sunshine Coast Wanderers FC president), Andy Allen (Football Queensland general manager), Jean Pateman (Maroochydore FC secretary), Mark Jamieson, Damian Munday (Queensland Indigenous Football CEO) and Linda Alberts (Sunshine Coast Goannas FC director)

Coast to host new Indigenous football festival

he Sunshine Coast will host a new-four day festival of Indigenous football in March, featuring exhibition games involving the Australian Indigenousroos (men) and Indigenous Koalas (women). Former Socceroos Frank Farina and Travis Dodd will lead the Indigenous sides as head coaches against Sunshine Coast All Stars teams on March 5 at Maroochydore Football Club. Football Queensland CEO Robert Cavallucci said the organisation was delighted to support the Sunshine Coast Indigenous Football Festival. “It will be a fantastic showcase of Indigenous and local Sunshine Coast football talent,” he said. “Football is the game of choice for all, for life, and events like this one provide valuable opportunities to unite our game through a celebration of culture and community.”

Indigenousroos coach Farina said the exhibition games would be a great spectacle for local football fans. “While preparation is always short, I know that the boys will come together and put on a great show for the people of the Sunshine Coast,” Farina said. The festival runs from March 2-6 and will include official receptions, football clinics and a showcase of culture and family. “Sunshine Coast Council looks forward to the delivery of a first-class event, and congratulates partners Maroochydore Football Club, Queensland Indigenous Football, Football Queensland and Naree Event Management for providing such a great opportunity to showcase such an important major event for the region,” Sunshine Coast Council mayor Mark Jamieson said.

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ome of the biggest names in hockey are set to line up for a special all-stars match as the Sunshine Coast Hockey Association launches its 2022 season. Coast product and two-time Olympian Jodie Kenny, who is organising the event, says the match on January 29 will be the showpiece event of the 2022 Hockey Expo. “This is going to be a season-opening event where we will host a come-and-try session for children and adults of all ages, some junior games for current SCHA members, and to finish we will have an All Stars versus Sunny Coast match,” Jodie says. “This game will showcase some of the best players in Australian hockey such as former Olympians Liam de Young, Angie Lambert, Troy Elder and Mathew and Mel Wells. This year I will also be lacing up the boots and getting back on the pitch after having my second bub. “The event will host some wonderful opportunities to play and watch some great hockey.” Jodie is expecting an exciting year for the sport on the Coast this year. “At SCHA, we are really looking forward to the 2022 hockey season,” she says. “We introduced our new under-11s comp last year, which was a huge success, along with our Hookin2Hockey (under-7s and under-9s) competition on Friday nights, which packed out our turf and clubhouse with young kids and parents. “We also look forward to continuing to build our numbers and make our senior and junior competition stronger and more skilful in the coming season.” Jodie had a stellar international career from 2011-20,

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Jodie Kenny at her induction into the Sunshine Coast Sports Hall of Fame in November

scoring 111 goals in 235 matches for the Hockeyroos. She won Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow in 2014 and silver on the Gold Coast in 2018. In November she was inducted into the Sunshine Coast Sports Hall of Fame. She is now the Coast’s regional coaching director, passing on her wealth of knowledge of the game to younger generations. “I am really enjoying the RCD role, it is certainly keeping me busy that is for sure,” she says. “I really love working with the SCHA rep players and helping push them to be the best they can be. I also really enjoy getting into schools and showing off how fun, safe and enjoyable hockey is.”

Jodie says the awarding of the 2032 Olympics to Brisbane could create some opportunities for young Coast players. “How exciting is the concept of having an Olympics in our backyard?” she says. “We have some amazing juniors on the Coast and I will be working hard to make sure that I give them every opportunity to be able to play in the Brisbane 2032 Games."

The Hockey Expo will be held at Ballinger Park, Buderim, from 1-4pm, with the all-stars match at 4.30pm. For more details find Sunshine Coast Hockey on Facebook.

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he University of the Sunshine Coast will host Australia’s first live summit for sport officials in February. Referees, umpires, judges and more will hear from specialists in the fields of nutrition, psychology, recovery, mental health, conflict resolution, decision making, personal branding, financial management, coaching and mentoring at the Sunshine Coast Officiating Summit on February 26-27. “This is an amazing opportunity to partner with the Sunshine Coast Council to deliver a first-of-its-kind event for Australia,” says Ash Synnott, the managing director of organiser Officiating Collective, which provides specialist education and training for sports officials. Councillor Jason O’Pray said hosting the summit marked the region as a leader in the developing industry of officiating. “The Sunshine Coast is a high-performance training destination offering an ideal climate, great natural and purpose-built training facilities and plenty of accommodation options,” he said. “Sporting events contribute significantly to our regional economy and we have many world-class facilities to showcase.”

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