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FROM CALOUNDRA TO NOOSA ISSUE #20 March 16 – April 19, 2022

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Panther pride

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New women’s Aussie rules team set to debut

Discover the challenges artists face when creating murals

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t’s been a tough month for many on the Coast due to the unprecedented weather. Most of us would have been affected by the floods in some way – whether it was damage to property, being cut off from work or family and friends, loss of power, having the kids home from school or even just finding groceries in short supply, the impacts were widespread.

After the ongoing hardships caused by Covid, to be confronted with even more challenges has been heart-breaking. As someone who grew up in Lismore, to see the loss and destruction in my home town was also devastating.

While the water may have subsided, the impact of the floods will be felt much longer all over the Australian east coast. Tradies and building supplies will be even more in demand. Where houses have been damaged and people displaced, it will place further strain on an already incredibly tight housing market. And that’s not to mention the sheer economic and emotional toll.

The floods also bring into focus the importance of proper planning for housing. Yes, we all need somewhere to live, but governments must not be tempted to go for a quick fix and allow development in unsafe areas. The cost of recovering from natural disasters such as floods is surely greater than careful planning.

As with Covid, the silver lining to these disasters is seeing the resilience of our local communities. When times get tough, you always know someone will be there to lend a helping hand. The stories of survival and heroism coming out of the Lismore region in particular are truly inspiring. When nature is at its worst, humanity is at its best.

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isitors to Caloundra would be familiar with the vibrant blue octocorals found in intertidal pools around the beach, and now scientists have confirmed the species can only be found on the Sunshine Coast.

The octocoral was once thought to be found around the world, but Queensland Museum sessile marine invertebrates collection manager Dr Merrick Ekins has proven they are in fact only found on the Coast.

Dr Ekins, in collaboration with the Tel Aviv University in Israel, the Hervey Mudd College in the US and Naturalis in Holland, found it was in fact a new species of cnidarian.

Cnidarian are a group of marine animals of more than 9000 living species including corals, jellyfish, sea anemones, octocorals, sea pens, sea whips and sea fans, among others.

“This particular Sunshine Coast octocoral was previously known as sansibia but upon further examination we found it to be a new species,” Dr Ekins said. “I decided to name this species ‘opalia’ as the colour resembles the inner fire you see in opals and it’s so beautiful.”

t A close-up of the octocoral

I am sure many residents of the Sunshine Coast have seen these beautiful octocorals while exploring The new species was recently published in Zootaxa, along with another new species of octocoral Dr Ekins collected from Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef, which he named after the famous region ‘ningalooensis’. Together the two new species make up a new genus Latissimia.

Queensland Museum Network CEO Dr Jim Thompson said it was a great example of science at work.

“The work of a scientist is to question and investigate the world around us,” he said. “I am sure many residents of the Sunshine Coast have seen these beautiful octocorals while exploring the intertidal pools at the beach, not knowing they were unique to this part of the world.

“This is just another example of how science is continuing to evolve and new technology can aide with the description, or in this case the re-description, of new species.

“I commend Dr Ekins for this fortuitous find and the work he continues to do in this field.”

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More than a game

Caloundra Panthers senior women's coach Kellie Blokkeerus.

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The Caloundra Panthers finally have a senior women’s side and their coach is ready for her players to make their mark

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ussie rules football is in Kellie Blokkeerus’s blood.

Since moving to the Sunshine Coast three years ago with wife Lucy Hellard and daughter Willow, the Melbourne native and Collingwood supporter has spearheaded calls for a senior women's team in Caloundra.

“We became quite friendly with Panthers captain Jacob Watson and the men’s senior team at the gym. We’d go watch Jacob play … I kept on him, saying ‘When are you going to get a women’s team?’ We kept talking about it and now it’s happened. It’s quite fulfilling to be honest,” Kellie tells the Sunny Coast Times.

But what started as a bucket-list wish to lace up her footy boots after more than two decades off the field has turned into a head coaching role for the 49-year-old.

“I’d been training the girls for a while and the committee said ‘Kellie just do it’ and I made the commitment (to be coach),” she says.

“Originally, I just wanted to play. The reason why I decided to go back to football is it was on my bucket list to put the footy boots back on before I turn 50.”

Kellie played her first game of junior football in the under-10s and continued playing into her teens.

“There were only two girls in the whole league in Victoria back then,” she says.

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“Then I started playing women's cricket and field hockey. I played hockey quite successfully at the state level for Victoria from 16 until I was 21.

“Then someone I knew from cricket said ‘come play footy’ and I showed up and Debbie Lee was captain.”

Kellie went on to play four years in the VWFL for St Albans Spurs and Sunshine Spurs. She looks back fondly on her time with Debbie, the first woman inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

“Back then football was a hard slog. To get a group together to train, it was the power of Debbie – her grunt, her grit,” Kellie says.

“I’m super proud of somebody who just sticks with their passion and Debbie gave up a lot. She’s a typical larrikin who loves her football … God did we love our footy trips.”

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Kellie has shown plenty of her own grit building the Panthers’ Division 2 team in a matter of months.

“I had the pressure that if I didn’t have 16 players registered at a certain time, they were going to can it,” she says.

“It was challenging but bloody rewarding now we’ve got the tick that we’re in the league. Our momentum right now is through the roof. The day I run out for the first game with these girls is going to be extremely emotional.”

Players range in age from 18-48 and vary in playing experience from state level to none at all.

“Having a team that’s mixed in where they are in their football knowledge is a juggle. Safety is the most important thing – they need to understand the game and the knocks,” Kellie says.

“The second most important thing is we have fun, and the third is we all stick together. We’re in a level where we want to have some fun and play.”

An early recruit was Daisy Ware, 23, who moved to the Coast from Batemans Bay in NSW last year.

“I have grown up watching my three brothers play AFL and I am so proud to now be playing the sport myself and watching the growth of not only our team, but women in this game,” Daisy says.

“Training has been great for fitness and team building, and with that comes the social aspect of meeting new people and sharing a passion to get out there and have some fun.”

The Panthers play their first practice match against the Redcliffe Tigers on April 2 at Carter Park in Caloundra before their season officially kicks off on April 23.

Kellie is on the hunt for a major sponsor for the women's side and is passionate about getting sponsorship for both men’s and women’s guernseys for the 2022 season’s indigenous and pride rounds.

“The pride round is really special to me. Coming out with my sexuality at 16 or 17 was a big thing. Now I’m a life coach and my whole mission is helping LGBTIQA+ people through their battles,” she says.

“I’ve never had so much fire in my belly. A legacy I want to leave for the younger generation is that anything’s possible if you want it.”

For more information on the Caloundra Panthers’ senior women's team, email Kellie at kellieblokk17@gmail.com or go to aflcaloundra.com.

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Farmer Mick Dan from Coolum won the title last year and, along with partner Kelly Burton, the dynamic duo has received a raft of accolades for the Good Harvest Organic Farm.

At last year’s Australian Organic Industry Awards, Good Harvest was a finalist in four separate categories, taking

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The following day the farm was named winner of the Food and Agribusiness Category – Large at the Sunshine Coast Business Awards.

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Tour director Josh Donohoe says the amazing variety and quality of local producers never fails to surprise those who join a tour to experience the Sunshine Coast and Noosa’s thriving food, wine and craft beer culture.

“The past two years, since Covid, has predominantly been the local market doing our tours – just locals and a lot of the drive market from Brisbane and the Gold Coast,” Josh says.

“On the Gold Coast they don’t have anything really like this down there anymore and they are absolutely fascinated.

“They experience our produce, amazing beaches and the hinterland all wrapped up in one.

“I think locals are often just as amazed as visitors as to what’s in our backyard.”

Mick grows more than 20 different varieties of produce on more than 25 acres spread across three farms at Woombye and another at Ninderry.

And he loves explaining what he does, and why, to visitors who walk through the farm gate.

“People are interested in knowing where their food comes from and how it’s grown,” he says.

When we caught up with him, he was walking his dog on the beach. How many farmers can do that after work?

Mick says choosing to grow organically certainly means more challenges, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“Growing up with my grandparents being farmers, I saw what chemical use did to the farm and did to them. They both died when they were 70,”

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The farm grows a range of produce including market greens, Asian greens, ginger, potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower and even watermelon.

While there are many farms on the Sunshine Coast producing large quantities of one item, Mick says no other farms grow the variety Good Harvest did.

They sell direct to the customer through local farmers’ markets – you can find them on Wednesdays at the mid-week Coolum market, Saturdays at the Kawana Farmers Markets and Marcoola Market, Sundays at the Noosa Farmers Markets and at the Witta Market on the third Saturday of the month. They also have a home delivery service that kept them busier than ever during Covid lockdowns and has fostered a growing appreciation for what the Coast has to offer their customers.

Josh says he likes to focus on producers who have a really great story to tell, such as Good Harvest.

“There’s definitely an educational component to our tours but I think it’s really an authentic local experience peppering local stories through local produce,” he says.

He says there has been an ‘awakening’ among locals who have had to look a lot closer to home for their holidays since the border closures.

Josh organises a range of tours, for groups and private bookings, including farm-to-fork experiences, wine and cheese, Noosa drinks, distillery tours and more.

But it’s the new Foodie Trails he’s really excited about.

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“They are designed to get people into places they don’t usually get to see,” he says. “It’s a behind-the-scenes look,

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The 2022 refresh will retain the original design while including a few improvements to the process. Travis and Joel will be joined by The Brightsiders in a three-way fresh lick of paint can make all the difference, collaboration. especially if you have DRAPL and The Zookeeper on Travis says the concrete surface will be stripped back spray cans and a blank canvas as big as the side of a and primed ready for the artists to begin again from building or a water reservoir. scratch.

Ten years ago they probably would “It’s going to look way better than it have been arrested but times have ever did,” he says. changed.

The water reservoir at “It’s going to probably be Point Cartwright The street artists otherwise 100 times better. We’re more known as Travis Vinson and confident in ourselves and in Joel Fergie were expressing our work. their creativity on a wall “We have learnt a lot at the Village Bicycle cafe since we first painted that in Noosa Junction last … every day we are going month and will next turn to have to hose down their attention to the the wall to get rid of the water reservoir at Point salt spray before we start Cartwright. painting.”

Both projects are reJoel says it is pretty dos of previous paintings incredible to again be but while the cafe mural painting what he calls ‘one was a new design and a of the greatest canvasses spontaneous project done in Australia’ for its location, in a night, the water reservoir aspect and visibility. will take weeks and has been “We’re redoing the original months in the planning. design but the local community The original 17-metre-high had a few suggestions so I guess mural, which features local marine life there will be a couple of additions to such as whales and turtles, and the native embellish it a little bit but I can’t ruin the richmond birdwing butterfly, was painted surprise. Watch this space…” in 2016 and has taken a beating from the harsh coastal Joel, who is best known for his transformation of elements.

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“I would definitely say it’s one of my favourites. Also, it was really the first time we painted on that scale. So, for us, it was just an amazing breakthrough moment for our work and it led to us basically wanting to do that all over the country,” he says.

The now 30-somethings have made art their full-time careers.

“We have obviously come from a shady background when we were young and gone through all that and realised that we can make money from murals and we love to travel,” Travis says.

From capital cities to tiny country towns, they have left their marks. But The Zookeeper it is the appreciation they has painted a receive and the tourism black cockatoo benefits they create that on the wall of his give them a real sense of job new Sunshine satisfaction.

Coast studio Travis says they complement each other, with Joel describing their working relationship as ‘yin and yang, which means we’re able to keep pushing the envelope’.

But how exactly do you upscale a piece of art 1000 per cent or more?

“Technology plays an important part in the process,” Travis says.

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That creates a big grid for the artists to work within.

“It works perfectly on a round surface; it’s the only way you can get it to look right," he says.

“We used to use a projector to project images up at night and trace it out but the trouble we found with that was projecting can skew the image a bit too much and sometimes it’s a bit dangerous being on high equipment at night.”

While their techniques have improved, so too has the public’s perception of street art.

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Travis, who was arrested for his creativity in his younger years, had a little chuckle to himself recently as he was spray painting a wall watched on by a couple of police officers on a coffee break.

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Coast businesses going for gold

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unshine Coast-based tourism operators Pelican Boat Hire and Narrows Escape Rainforest Retreat will be competing with the nation’s best at the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards.

Having already won gold on a state level at the Queensland Tourism Awards, the Noosaville and Montville are doing the region proud as finalists in the hotly contested Tourism Retail and Hire Service and Hosted Accommodation award categories respectively.

More than 700 tourism operators and guests will gather at the Sunshine Coast Convention Centre on March 18 to see if our region’s finest visitor experiences are crowned the best in the country.

“We are incredibly excited to be a finalist for the Australian Tourism Awards and even prouder that the event is being held in our beautiful region for the first time ever!” says Narrows Escape Rainforest Retreat owner Xochi Lindholm.

“We are very excited to welcome other tourism operators from around Australia to experience the magic of the Sunshine Coast.

It will be a spectacular event.”

Queensland Tourism Industry Council chief executive and Australian Tourism

Awards chair Daniel Gschwind says the Sunshine Coast is a perfect example of the outstanding quality and professionalism of our Queensland operators.

“Many of these tourism operators have faced uncertainty and tremendous difficulties over the past two years,” he says. “Yet, despite the tough times, they’ve shown incredible resilience and a steadfast commitment to delivering world-class visitor experiences.”

NATURE

A long-awaited visit

by VIC JAKES

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or many years I have been eagerly observing the dams on my property, hoping for a visit by one of the smaller and, in my opinion, more attractive members of the plover family. Unlike many others of the species, they very much prefer freshwater environments such as shallow freshwater ponds, dams and even sewerage treatment plants, while normally avoiding saline coastal watersides.

Widespread throughout Australia, and in more recent decades an uncommon but established resident of both islands of New Zealand, this little bird can readily be seen in a favoured location where it is generally sedentary, with small family groups remaining on an almost permanent basis.

Some birds do, however, travel considerable distances to food-rich environments, and for this reason my optimism has been sustained that a home sighting of the black-fronted dotterel (Elseyornis melanops) might one day be achieved.

This delightful bird, with a distinctive large black ‘V’ on its chest, black-tipped bright red beak and significant black eyestripe within which prominent red rings surround its eyes, is only 16cm-18cm long. It is most likely to be seen as it forages along the damp waterside edges where it will run in short bursts, walk or stamp its feet gently in order to disturb the small aquatic and

terrestrial insects, worms or crustaceans that, together with some seeds, form the bulk of its diet. Arrival at the waterside is often announced by a sharp ‘tip-tip-tip’ call, sometimes delivered while still in flight.

Breeding here on the Sunshine Coast is likely to occur from August through until the year-end, with two or three pale greyish-yellow eggs, heavily flecked with brown and lavender, being laid in a shallow scrape not far from water. The eggs are incubated by both parents for about 26 days and the chicks are able to leave the nest after only a day. However, they will continue to be cared for by the adult birds for a further month or so and, during this time, potential danger to the youngsters will see the parents feigning injury to lure any predator away. Certain years, when conditions are good, may see more than one brood produced.

Having for many years observed the dotterels along the shores of a small pool at the local waste recycling centre just over 5km from home, I continue to hope for their arrival at one of my dams. I am, however, gradually reaching the conclusion that either the waterside vegetation is insufficiently sparse or the waterline is too steeply sloping to appeal to these wonderful little birds, so I will just have to enjoy sightings wherever and whenever they occur.

A male black-fronted dotterel foraging for waterside insects. Image by Vic Jakes

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The original photo, which shows Karl and Mary Stumpf in the centre. On the far right are their daughter Mary and son John. Christina ‘Teenie’ Aird (nee Stumpf) has baby Elizabeth on her lap. Seated on the left is Regina, with Dan Short standing next to her. On the horse is Mrs Harley, a visitor from Sydney. Charlie Aird, the first white boy born in the district, is the child on the right, with Charlotte Aird on the left.

Mary Aird is standing near her mother Christina. The other children are Janet and Jack Hurley. The photograph was taken by a travelling photographer in 1890 and was made available by Mr Chris Aird of Woombye

Who is that man in the shadows?

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f you are lucky enough to have old photographs in your family collection, especially those larger portraits of groups of people outside local buildings, you are holding a great treasure.

Scanning these photographs with high-quality scanners at high resolution can often uncover clues that are not easily visible to the naked eye.

One of our favourite photographs is of the early Cobb and Co stop at Cobbs Camp (now Woombye). We have had access to copies of the original image for many years, but last year we came across the original photo with names written on the back from earlier times.

This overcame a lot of guesswork as to the identity of each person in the photo. Some were family members so we had a chance to compare their images with known family groups of later dates and find family resemblances.

But others remained a mystery until we scanned the original image and checked the names.

The other major advance in identifying images is that an app on your phone such as Google Lens can search for similar images and similar faces in the vast digital collections available online.

With a steadily growing collection of family trees online, searching records for a name on the back of a photograph is surprisingly easy. So in this photo the name of the lady on the far left was given as Mrs Harley with her two children Janet and Jack seated in the front row.

A quick check located her in a family tree from New South Wales – but what was she doing in Queensland?

We can date this photo from Trove digitised newspapers, the records of the licensing of the hotel, the relative ages of the children and the signage on the hotel. Zooming up on the photo, a figure can be seen on the right standing on the veranda wearing a white suit coat and carrying a white hat – he turned out to be Dr Harley, husband of Mrs Harley, and they were heading for Rockhampton. She had been included in the family group as

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The cropped version of the photo, which excludes Mr Harley on the far right

a relative – so we now had more research to do to recheck the newspapers for the records of their visit, thus giving us a date for the photograph of 1890.

What would we do without all the newspapers, both past and present, to document our life and times over the generations?

The only question we haven’t yet answered is why Dan Short turns up in so many photos – we know who he is, where he lived, what he did … but why is he in these photos so often? I can only think he might have been responsible for bringing the travelling photographer around the district?

If you have wonderful old photos you would like to have scanned, please contact us at Genealogy Sunshine Coast.

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FOOD, DRINK AND DINE

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n a coup for the Sunshine Coast’s craft beer credentials, Moffat Beach Brewing Co has been awarded multiple champion beer trophies at the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show Beer Awards, presented at the RNA Showgrounds in Brisbane in March.

The small but growing operation was awarded Champion Session Beer for Moff’s Summer Ale, Champion Pale for Passenger Pale Ale, Champion IPA for Trilogy Best Coast IPA and

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Judges blind-tasted more than 570 beers from 76 breweries across the country and critiqued their style, taste, aroma and more.

“To have the opportunity for your beer to be assessed by some of the smartest beer experts in the country is a real honour, and to have them recognise our commitment to quality and technical excellence is a huge deal,” head brewer and co-founder Matt Wilson said.

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The committee members of Buderim VIEW Club for 2022 have been named. They are (from left) Julie Peake, Beryl Raw, Dianne Higgins, Margaret Elliott, Brenda Mee, Di Woolley, Carol Bomford, Gail Julian and Helen Bukmanis. President Janette Horton was away for the inauguration.

VIEW Clubs help raise funds for The Smith Family to support the education of children from underprivileged families, with the Buderim group supporting seven Learning for Life students on the Coast.

The club holds its lunch meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at Buderim Tavern. A social event is held on the third Wednesday of the month.

New members are welcome, email Gail at gai3@ optusnet.com.au or phone 5476 7163.

The Cotton Tree Community Choir is a diverse community of singers committed to sharing the essential joy and power of song. It is a lively, open, friendly, all-ages choir group for people of any singing ability.

The group of men and women meet in Maroochydore every Wednesday at 10.30am for 75 minutes.

Artistic director Sue Bond says when you singing applies pressure onto nerves that reduce anxiety and distress, replacing it with the relaxation response.

The repertoire includes anything from popular contemporary tunes to show tunes and hits from all eras as well as jazz standards, gospel and folk.

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Exciting outings

More than 85 volunteers and representatives from over 50 of the Coast’s most remarkable community groups were beneficiaries of donations from Maroochy RSL’s annual charity contributions in 2021, totalling $1,733,506.

The RSL’s board of directors, CEO Clare Paton and CFO Jenny O’Bree joined with volunteers and representatives to celebrate the achievement at the annual sponsorship and donation morning tea.

As a not-for-profit organisation, Maroochy RSL’s annual charity contributions allow multiple Sunshine Coast groups to extend their help, education, care and crisis work across a range of services.

Sponsorship applications can be made via maroochyrsl. com.au.

Pictured are Ross and Helen Rillie from Headland Buderim Croquet Club.

Members of Maroochydore VIEW Club are looking forward to an interesting year ahead, with a variety of speakers lined up and some fun outings. As well as the monthly luncheon on the fourth Friday of the month, the club also has a coffee morning and mid-month outing.

New committee members have also taken up their roles, including (pictured from left) treasurer Angie Carmichael, secretary Raewyn Fowlie and president Di Herd.

The next luncheon is on March 25 at Maroochydore Surf Club with the guest speaker award-winning business leader and charity volunteer Roz White.

Visitors and guests are always welcome, phone Maggie on 0418 793 906 to book.

QUICK CATCH-UP Looking for members

The Caloundra Family History Research group is embarking on a project to record its history. The group’s 30th anniversary is in May 2023 and it wants the project to be finished for the occasion. To achieve the goal, it is asking anyone to make contact if they or family and friends were previous members. Phone June on 0409 932 229 or email furnall@y7gmail.com. The March 17 guest speaker is Sharn White.

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Perfect harmony

Celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the Sunshine Coast region with Harmony Week, which runs until March 21. The program features important conversations and reflections, along with a colourful array of food, dance, sport, culture and workshops. Nambour Forecourt Live! also returns on March 18 and is themed around Harmony Week. For more information visit sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/harmonyweek.

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There’s something to be said about small communities pulling together when it matters. This was the case at the Diddillibah Hall and adjoining Ash Park grounds, where about 130 people attended a sell-out book launch for Eunice Paulett’s book titled Diddillibah.

The book took more than eight months to research and collate, with the help of locals Lynette Walker and Jenny Catalano. It covers early settlers, farming and iconic buildings of old Diddillibah to present-day businesses.

Books can be viewed at Nambour Museum, Nambour Library and Genealogy Sunshine Coast. For more information email paulett@powerup.com.au Pictured are long-term Diddillibah resident Pat Atkinson and author Eunice Paulett. Image by Marion Jonkers Photography.

Friendship Force Sunshine Coast has zoomed into 2022 in style after its first planned meeting of the year morphed into an online event.

Happily, more than 30 members dressed in their beach finery and enjoyed gathering at a distance for the business of the meeting, morning tea, trivia contests, a beach dress parade and more.

The club marked Friendship Force World Peace Day on March 1 with festivities including a walk at Mooloolaba (pictured), and further activities are planned such as possible journeys to South Australia, Perth and central NSW during 2022.

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Russell is a highly regarded, trusted and authoritative voice in the elder legal area. He has personally walked the journey of caring for ageing family members and understands how challenging this can be.

He is passionate about respect for all ages and helping clients navigate issues that may arise, ensuring their legal and human rights are protected.

To register for the free event at Buderim Bowls Club visit sunshinecoastdementiaalliance.com.au/events or phone 0488 680 265.

The Caloundra Woodworking Club is asking for donations of unwanted timber. With about 150 members, the club can use a wide variety of timber to make articles such as furniture, jewellery boxes, ukuleles, pens, clocks, bowls and virtually anything made from wood.

The type of timber in demand includes maple, silky oak, cedar, blackbutt, camphor laurel, huon pine, walnut, mahogany, rosewood and many others.

Women make up a significant part of the club and Wednesday afternoons are devoted to helping them with their craft.

To donate wood phone Graeme on 0435 045 886.

Pictured is Jan Cagney at work.

QUICK CATCH-UP Taking action

The Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation is funding $10,000 to support a new Central Queensland University eco-anxiety research project in the Noosa Shire. The research aims to understand why young people aged 1835 suffer despair about the future due to climate change, and how they can overcome their concerns by taking action. The study includes tree-planting events on March 25 and 26, and April 3 and 10. To get involved visit fb.com/ noosabiospherereserve.

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Mooloolaba has been named one of the top 10 beaches in the South Pacific by Tripadvisor. More than 1400 five-star reviews helped catapult the iconic beach into seventh place in the coveted awards. “Being based on real traveller feedback, there really is no greater recognition,” Visit Sunshine Coast CEO Matt Stoeckel said. Mooloolaba previously took out fourth in the awards in 2019. Turquoise Bay near Exmouth in Western Australia took out the top spot.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Window of opportunity closing

People hold the power

Two years ago our son and grandson were evacuated as fire bore down on their home at Peregian. Luckily the fire missed their home. Now living in Brisbane, in the past weeks they had to flee the flood at Windsor. The flood cost them a ute and everything kept downstairs, with the floodwaters stopping just short of entering their home.

Climate change is causing these devastating events at an increasing pace.

We have been warned for decades and the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warns the window of opportunity to keep our planet in a habitable state for us mere human beings to live safely is closing fast.

Our governments must act on global warming. We must plan to de-carbonise the nation as fast as possible and transition to cleaner, renewable sources of energy.

We must also ensure we do more to address future impacts at a local level and that our town planning takes into account sea-level rises, subsiding coast lines, flooding at high tide and vegetation loss.

Future developments must take climate change into account and be climate resilient. If you agree, please have your say. The Sunshine Coast Council is currently reviewing the town plan – have your say via the link on its website.

Robyn Deane, Bli Bli

The recent ongoing dramas in politics have not only caused uproar in Canberra but also contributed to mass confusion within the Australian public. We as a nation have become more divided and opinionated about who is best placed to lead our country, and thanks to relentless harassment by media this confusion will continue right up until the election.

The big players have a massive say, and with social media hugely contributing it is up to us to sort out the puzzle.

We the voters are the ones who give our politicians the power to govern. We need to think clearly about who can lead us confidently into another term of global uncertainty and who has the strength in leadership to survive.

It is imperative in these problematic times that we understand how our politicians are working. There is good and bad on both sides, and one should look at what has been achieved already, not simply what one is promised with a smile.

Don't be swayed by media, maintain a clear head always, and hopefully the right decisions for our country can be made.

Jan Hopkins, Reesville

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WHEN, WHERE, WITH ALL Past, present, future intertwined.

A moment “now” not something left behind or an episode till “now” still undefined.

The past not dispersed in some giant waste disposal unit.

The future not a mystic’s dream, both a reality in the “here and now”.

Time “marches” not, nor does it have a “ravaged hand”.

Neither yet does it purport to “stand”.

Vanity lifts us from the cosmic dust to place perspective clearly on our face.

Change must be registered outside ourselves, a hand that we can still.

But change is yet a part of “now”.

“Now” encompasses all, the universe complete, where yesterday is found beside tomorrow and evermore already happened yet before.

Please include your name, location and contact details (for verification, not to be published).

Letters may be edited. As we are a monthly publication, we are unable to print time-sensitive letters.

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Crossword

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1. Chocolates, 2. Possible, 3. Hahndorf, 4. Four feet, 5. Necklace or garland usually made of flowers, 6. South America, 7. Weightlifting, 8. Landscapes, 9. Lying face down, 10. Morris, 11. $81, 12. First Tuesday, 13. Sydney, 14. Copper, 15. Four, 16. Leukaemia Foundation, 17. TAA, 18. Firefighter, 19. John Wilkes Booth, 20. Alkaline

Across: 1 Oval, 4 Posthumous, 9 Electrical, 10 Cain, 11 Half-dozen, 13 Loser, 16 Toga, 17 Peers, 21 Inure, 22 Mariner, 23 Larva, 24 Steps, 27 Sync, 30 Patch, 33 Sovereign, 35 Inca, 36 Bottomless, 37 Exaggerate, 38 So-so.

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1. What would normally be found in a box of Cadbury Roses?

2. In the abbreviation ASAP, for what does the “P” stand?

3. Which town in the Adelaide Hills is noted for its German-style architecture?

4. What must any tetrapod animal have?

5. In Hawaiian culture, what is a lei?

6. Ushuaia, the most southerly town in the world, is at the tip of which continent?

7. The “clean and jerk” is part of what sporting event?

8. English artist John Constable is mainly known for painting what subjects?

9. Prostrate is closest in meaning to: a male sexual organ, elated or lying face down?

10. Popular in the 1960s and 1970s, which car company originally launched the Mini Minor?

11. If an article is marked at $90 less 10 per cent, what is its selling price?

12. Traditionally, what day in November is the Melbourne Cup held?

13. Which Australian capital city is second most easterly?

14. What metal is the main ingredient in bronze?

15. How many digits are in the new series of Queensland number plates?

16. What charity is supported by the World’s Greatest Shave?

17. “Up, Up and Away” was part of a jingle used by which airline in the 1970s?

18. Colloquially, what occupation does a “firey” have?

19. Who assassinated US President Abraham Lincoln?

20. Is a liquid with a pH of 8 acid, alkaline or neutral?

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MOVING FORWARD

TO WITNESS

We are in a wonderful phase It is time to remove the haze No more lockdowns for us Let’s go and catch the travel bus

To witness a tiniest flower ablaze amongst foliage and green; one bird’s loneliest wings against a fathomless sky lost even before the day’s fading light; the only sail unfurled inside a vast ocean vista with this vessel adrift upon the monstrous blue.

The world may not yet be Our Oyster Is it time to leave our cloister?

Two years of fear and control Have left us with a very sad toll Time to move on with our life Plan on happy events and no strife We have survived all that came Time to forgive and forget the blame

To catch the significance of the smallest of things a measure of our true presence and our occupying of the moment.

What did the two years teach us?

We can face a crisis with little fuss Our community as an important part Kept us focused with our heart

To hold one’s breath until the sun peers through the cloud’s silent procession; hearing the first morning song from somewhere between branches as a greeting just for you.

Our years are numbered for sure Not to be wasted as an endure It is a time to be active and go about It is time to party and enjoy a shout We may not move as fast as before First step is to open the door Our minds control our body’s direction Moving forward is the best selection © Ray Troyahn

To feel the world alive for all while many an hour made of fire remains hidden to most unless your heart is stretched widest. © Gerard Traub

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fter two false starts, the Youturn It Up! Festival is finally ready to be unleashed.

Originally planned for April 2021, it was rescheduled to June 2021 because of Covid, only for that date to also be cancelled due to the pandemic. It will now go ahead on Saturday, April 9, at NightQuarter in Birtinya.

The festival is the brainchild of brothers Sam and Tim Aitken, from popular Coast band Sametime, who have put together an amazing line-up for five non-stop hours of highenergy music to help raise funds for Youturn Youth Support.

“We both like to party so we have made sure we have put together a line up and a show that will keep us all partying from start to finish,” Sam says.

Headlining the festival will be the multiplatinum, ARIA-nominated Bombs Away and DJ-producer Brooke Evers, alongside local electro pop-punk duo Sailing in Space,

Brisbane DJ Moxyb, alt-pop dance outfit Acer Space and, of course, Sametime themselves.

“First and foremost it’s about having an unbelievably awesome night with crazy good music, but underlying this is our commitment to raising awareness and much-needed funds for the charity we are ambassadors for, Youturn Youth Support,” Tim says.

Sam adds: “Youturn do incredible work here on the Coast for local youth experiencing issues such as homelessness and mental health concerns.

So come and party with us and have a great time but know that every single penny of profit from this night will go towards helping other young people here on the Sunny Coast doing it tough.”

Tewantin-based Youturn Youth Support started 30 years ago and focuses on child safety, homelessness and mental health across southern Queensland.

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Formed in Brisbane in the late 1990s by dancer Simone Pope and guitarist Andrew Veivers, Jaleos Flamenco has been thrilling audiences with a heady mix of traditional and contemporary flamenco music, dance and song for many years.

“Andrew and I are incredibly fortunate to be joined on this tour by phenomenal vocalist Kacey Patrick, brilliant double bassist Andrew Shaw and special guest dancer Stefania Gucciardo,” Simon says. “We are so looking forward to bringing the rhythm, colour and excitement of flamenco to the Sunshine Coast.”

Jaleos Flamenco’s Sunshine Coast tour is presented by local performing arts company Red Chair.

“Jaleos Flamenco promises that quarantine free trip to Spain that we have all been itching for!” director Angie Dunbavan says.

Shows are at Coolum Civic Centre on March 18 and Saltwater Eco Tours at Mooloolaba on March 20, as well as venues in Pomona, Maleny and Eudlo later in March. For tickets visit redchair.com.au.

An 81-year-old Caloundra man has had his first novel published by Austin Macauley Publishers of London.

Paul Trower, who uses the pseudonym Leonard Pawl, wrote the book titled The Danger Continues: Operation Take Down about the life and loves of the fictional Brett Davis, a top operative of the SAS and an officer within the Australian defence forces. When Davis falls foul of a Melbourne-based criminal organisation with strong ties to the Asian triads, the gang takes an oath of vengeance against him and he is left to save himself from being taken out permanently.

Mr Trower is a former Queensland police officer who changed to a career in the commercial world in the early 1970s. Six years ago he retired to the Caloundra region with his wife of 57 years.

“To pass the time I began to write manuscripts for some crime fiction stories,” he says.

The novel is available in paperback, hardcover and ebook through online retailers, including Dymocks in Australia.

Chances are at some time in your life you’ve stood in a lift and heard The Girl from Ipanema. It was composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, a songwriter from Brazil who became known as the “father of bossa nova”. With the help of American artists including Frank Sinatra, he merged it with jazz in the 1960s to create a popular new sound.

Jumping forward, Brisbane academic and musician Peter Freeman has collaborated with some of Brisbane’s finest musicians who have an affinity with Brazil and Italy, forming the Tropical Dance Orchestra.

Scaling down a little for their Sunshine Coast show, the Tropical Dance Sextet will present their Rome to Rio show featuring songs by artists such as Jobim, Ennio Morricone, Henry Mancini and more.

Enjoy the Tropical Dance Sextet at the Jazz Sessions on March 27 at the Glass House Brewery, Forest Glen.

Dinner and show tickets are $54, visit stickytickets.com.au/ thejazzsessions.

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The vibrant Kerri O’Keefe will be the guest artist at the Australasian Country Music Association concert at Yandina on March 20. With talent, full-on energy and a big personality, it's guaranteed you will be highly entertained. Walk-ups are welcome. The show is at the ACMA Hall of Fame at 24 Steggalls Rd from noon.

Entry is $8. For more phone 0437 191 004.

Big band swings by Nambour

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Half-century of symphony

Canadian folk troubadour Gordie Tentrees is coming to Nambour on April 10 for an afternoon show at the Black Box Theatre. Hosted by the popular concert series Sunday Folk, it will be his only Queensland show on this tour.

For lovers of rootsy realism this is a must-see concert from a performer who has been described as writing the kind of songs Bob Dylan or Woody Guthrie might be writing if they were starting out now.

“It’s very exciting to be hosting international performers again at Sunday Folk,” organiser Karen Law says. “Gordie has been waiting a long time to be able to play this tour and we can’t wait to welcome him to our stage."

Gordie has played more than 750 shows in 11 different countries in the past decade, winning over audiences with his honest and authentic storytelling. His latest album Mean Old World explores the songwriter’s path from foster child to foster parent.

Tickets are $23 from trybooking.com.

The Sunshine Coast Symphony Orchestra is celebrating 50 years by performing its favourite pieces.

Conducted by Adrian King, the concert includes Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite, Verdi’s Grand March from Aida, Faure’s Pavane and A Tribute to Irving Berlin arranged

by Healey.

The SCSO was founded in 1972 by the late Olive Frame, a professional musician, music teacher and composer who made her home on the Coast. It was originally named the Sunshine Coast Concert Society and Youth Orchestra. Olive studied music at the NSW Conservatorium of Music and later in England at the Royal Academy of Music. She was dedicated to teaching and promoting music on the Coast, even when the population was only a fraction of what it is today.

With a moving Welcome to Country didgeridoo performance to kick it off, it is a powerful selection of big orchestral favourites not to be missed from 7pm on March 26 at Venue 114 in Bokarina.

For tickets visit sunshinecoastsymphonyorchestra.com.

Sunshine Coast Jazz Club presents the Brisbane Big Band from 1pm on March 20 at the Caloundra Power Boat Club. Appearing alongside Alan Western and the band will be Lynn Rogers, who found fame in the 1960s with her chart-topping hit Just Loving You and was later befriended by Sammy Davis Jnr. Visit sunshinecoastjazzclub.net.au.

Burchmore hits the stage

Showgirl superstar Rhonda Burchmore will share songs, stories and secrets about surviving four decades in one of the world’s most formidable industries with her dazzling new show Glamazonia.

Catch it at The Events Centre, Caloundra, on April 2 and The J Noosa on April 9.

Innovative exhibition

Creative Artists, a group of innovative artists at Noosa Arts and Crafts, meets at Wallace House every Thursday afternoon to paint, draw and exchange ideas. The group is presenting its exhibition Diversity at Pomona Railway Gallery’s Carriage Room during March. Visit pomonartgallery.com and noosaartsandcrafts.org.au.

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CREATIVE CUTS SHORT CUTS See inside the studios

Open Studios Sunshine Coast kicks off on March 18, giving the opportunity for locals and visitors alike to connect with more than 70 artists in their coastal or hinterland studio hideaways. Visit openstudiossunshinecoast.com.au.

Scream with delight

The Scream Jazz Orchestra is a traditional 18-piece big band that plays a variety of swing era and jazz music, as well as more contemporary numbers. The band consists mostly of retired servicemen who have served in various arms of the defence force. It plays Palmwoods Community Hall on March 20. Tickets are $10. Inquiries to screambigband@gmail.com or phone 0421 013 095.

Reading insights

The Little Book Nook in Palmwoods is resuming Simply Read with a book launch for local author Simon Turner. His book Secrets of a River Swimmer has been picked up by a New York publisher to be distributed in Australia by Woodslane. The event is from 5.30-7pm on March 30. Tickets are $15, phone the Little Book Nook on 0431 750 033 or check out its Facebook page.

Powerful double act

Vikki Thorn of the Waifs is heading to the Imperial Hotel in Eumundi for a beautiful evening of new music on March 18, supported by the Coast’s own Andrea Kirwin.

Thorn, who has sung with Bob Dylan, Paul Kelly, John Butler, Missy Higgins and more, is renowned for her powerful vocals and unique blues harp playing. Tickets are $40 through Oztix.

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Five artists present their explorations of water, light and the wonders of ‘what if’ in Cooroy Butter Factory Art Centre’s latest trio of exhibitions.

Flow, by Barcaldine-based poet Helen Avery and artist Joanne Taylor, is a body of work that has travelled 11 hours to be on show. Joanne’s two- and three-dimensional works interpret Helen’s poetry for an intriguing insight into the value of water for people and place out west.

In Imagination, ceramicist Monika Juengling, who has been a teacher at the Butter Factory’s pottery studio for more than a decade, shows her delicate porcelain works alongside the symbolic, imagined realities of painter Michelle Rudder.

And in Wendy Epp’s Swimmers with Fishes, her signature paintings create a portal into another world, offering ideas of freedom in a familiar yet foreign environ.

The exhibitions run until April 24. Visit butterfactoryartscentre.com.au.

Pictured is the work of Joanne Taylor in Flow.

Australia Day is a no-holds-barred satirical look at how we celebrate the pride of our national day. The play takes place in a fictional town called Coriole where we get to meet a cornucopia of crusty characters whose job it is to get the town event going.

It’s a no-brainer right? Wrong! Anyone who has ever served on a committee will instantly recognise some hilarious, awkward and frosty moments, and understand how frustrating it can be to have an array of differing opinions to piece together something that will work for everyone. But all in all it's just good clean fun with ordinary salt-of-the-earth Aussies.

The play was written 10 years ago by Australian actor, writer, singer and director Jonathan Biggins. Many will remember his recent The Gospel According to Paul, the acerbic stage show about Paul Keating.

The show runs from April 7-16. Visit noosaartstheatre. org.au/australia-day.

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arch is Endometriosis Awareness Month in Australia and one Coast-based medical industry expert is hoping to end the stigma attached to the condition.

Amelia Dickison, who is the director and co-founder of telehealth patient monitoring program CaptureCare, as well as the director and founder of medical sales and marketing agency Mana Medical, says endometriosis can greatly detract from women’s well-being.

According to Endometriosis Australia, more than 11 per cent of Australian women suffer from the disease at some point in their life, often starting in teenagers.

“On average, it takes approximately seven years to be diagnosed with endometriosis after the commencement of symptoms,” Amelia says. “Symptoms associated with endometriosis such as pain, inflammation and heavy bleeding can negatively affect a woman’s quality of life and ability to work.”

The condition is usually caused when the tissue that normally lines the inside of the uterus (the endometrium) grows outside the uterus. This can involve the ovaries, fallopian tubes, bowel and bladder. Each month, during the menstrual cycle, the endometrial tissue outside the uterus continues to behave in the same way as it did within the uterus by shedding and bleeding. This can cause severe pain and bloating, as well as bowel and bladder problems.

For many women the symptoms may be managed using hormones, analgesics and anti-inflammatories.

Treatment often involves removing the endometrial tissue surgically, and for severe cases a hysterectomy may be

necessary. But Amelia says there are new options available to sufferers.

“Medicinal cannabis is an emerging treatment option for endometriosis and clinical trials in this area are promising,” she says. “The great thing about this treatment option is that it can act as an analgesic and antiinflammatory while also addressing anxiety and depression.

It’s a fascinating and exciting area to work in.”

The medical industry is not an area the 45-year-old mother-of-two seemed destined for as a child.

“My mum is a screenwriter and playwright, and my father directs plays, operas and musicals,” Amelia says. “Of course, my parents desperately wanted me to become an actress and/or musician, and so I had singing, music and elocution lessons during my childhood, and attended live theatre on a very regular basis. Unfortunately my acting skills were not as good as everyone hoped for!

“In high school I developed a passion for the science subjects, which led me to studying science at the University of Adelaide. I still wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted to do with my life and

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ADVERTORIAL – HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEAUTY I deferred my degree to spend a year living in Brazil on student exchange, and so speak Portuguese. After I graduated from my science degree I lived in Canada for a year, working for a nursing agency and attempting to learn how to ski.

“I feel life experience – exposing kids to new ideas, cultures, ways of living, languages, religions, ways of thinking, viewing the world – is just as, if not more, important than a solid education. Kids are then able to better formulate their own unique morals and values as a young adult.

“While I loved studying science, I always knew I was too outgoing and social to spend my days working in a laboratory.

With this in mind, on returning to Australia I was successful in my application for a role as a pharmaceutical medical sales representative.

“This was the start of my 20-plus years working in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries within sales, marketing, business development and training. I gained valuable experience working within very complex and lifechanging disease states and conditions including oncology, IVF and women’s health, mental health, pain management and – for the last three years – the emerging medicinal cannabis market.”

Amelia says she started her own businesses so she could better help patients and medical experts alike navigate the healthcare industry.

“During my career there were a number of times when I didn’t feel like I fit in to the ‘employee’ model,” she says. “I would constantly come up with ideas on how to motivate the sales teams, how to support the patients and doctors

better, and how to generate more revenue for the business, but I was told to ‘stay inside my square’. I soon realised that the best way I can help the patients and doctors was to work for myself. Four weeks before I gave birth to my daughter I started Mana Medical, then stared CaptureCare at the beginning of 2021.”

Now, on top of helping patients and doctors, Amelia is also looking at creating her own charitable organisation to help victims of abuse.

“By the end of the year my team and I are going to create the CaptureCare Foundation, where 10 per cent of profits go towards offering free legal support to women undergoing sexual and domestic violence,” she says.

“Mental, emotional, physically, financial, and sexual abuse of women and their children occurs all over Australia however since I moved to the Sunshine Coast I have had a significant number of women tell me their horrific stories of abuse, which has motivated me even more to support them.

“I have noticed a lot of people seem to bury their heads in the sand when it comes to speaking out against the abuse, however if we continue to do this then the perpetrators will just continue the abuse.

Nothing will ever change. With the CaptureCare Foundation I can contribute in some way to making the lives of abused women and their children better.”

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ith all the noise in this world around social media, text messages, phone calls, emails and technology, have you ever felt like just disconnecting and going under a rock for a while? I know I have and it’s mostly because of the times we’re living in. Among pandemics, natural disasters, war, 24/7 connection, an overload of information and so on, never before have a lot of us felt more alone. We are living in a society seemingly overrun with too much of everything but not enough of taking care of ourselves.

I believe wholeheartedly in being informed but not at the detriment of our image (spirit, soul and body) care.

We don’t have to consume all the news, podcasts, social media, emails or any of the other momentary communication that hits us. It’s time to stop, create boundaries, clear the distractions and choose to limit the bombardment and clutter that is more than likely overwhelming your mind.

Time limits are keys to your success because we never create our dreams and live our purpose by only consuming others’ lives.

Imagine what you could you do with all of

that that extra time – write a book, get fit, learn a new skill, cook healthy meals, read more, start a hobby, learn to meditate, join a community group, volunteer ... the list is endless.

I’m not suggesting you close yourself off to everything because there’s a lot of inspiring, educational and informative things out there, but there are also a lot of time wasters. Create “free time” zones and once your time’s up, you’re done.

I have established in my own life “weekend social media blackouts” and I highly recommend them as they’re wonderful for your soul. It’s imperative amid all of life’s happenings that we stay conscious of mind clutter.

Finally, think about habits you can put into action to help you maintain good mind health such as meditation, prayer, journalling, nature walks, mindfulness, yoga/pilates, creative activities and so many others to keep your mind overflowing with clarity and goodness.

There’s a lot continually competing for our attention these days but with some restrictions and insight we have the potential to produce a brighter future filled with far less mind clutter and much more freedom.

God bless, Kerrie.

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