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At 11am on 11 November 1918, the armistice which signified the ending of World War One took effect. The conflict had mobilised over 70,000,000 combatants and left between nine and 13 million dead.

In 1919 the allied nations, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Great Britain and the United States, declared November 11 as Armistice Day, when a two-minute silence would be observed at 11am to remember those who had fought and died far from home during four years of bloody conflict.

After World War Two some of the allies renamed it Remembrance Day to commemorate those who were killed in both World Wars, and in 1997 Governor-General Sir William Deane issued a proclamation formally declaring November 11 each year to be Remembrance Day, when all Australians were urged to observe a one-minute silence at 11.00am in memory of those who died or suffered for Australia’s cause in all wars and armed conflicts.

The well-known words of poet Laurence Binyon in his ode “For the Fallen”, penned in 1914 just a few weeks after the outbreak of the “War To End All Wars”, continue to remind us of their sacrifice:

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn; At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them.

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Hello Readers!

Welcome to issue 69. Our front cover is all about the upcoming Remembrance Day, “Lest We Forget”. There is no reason why we can’t start now to remember our diggers and their commitment to Australia, and again on November 11. We have some lovely articles on the topic from our regular contributors in this issue.

Thank you all for your feedback about our last issue and the Caboolture Hospital article. It seems more and more cases come forward, and hopefully there will be a thorough investigation.

Below you’ll see an update on the Bribie Bridge petition. We received a whopping 314 signatures from last issue.

I would like to thank the Bribie Rotarians for inviting me to be a guest speaker this month. I was extremely grateful and I look forward to working with such a wonderful group of people who contribute so much to our community and to helping other charities around the world. A very special mention to George and Mary Grant who have both been Rotarians for at least the 20 years I’ve lived on Bribie Island.

The LOCAL News is your only independent newspaper in this region. We receive no subsidies or grants to support the publication. It is free to the community because of our local advertisers. I encourage you to support them and by doing this we are all building our local and regional economies.

Bribie Bridge Petition

Thanks to the 314 readers from issue #68 who added their names to our petition, bringing the Tally To Date to: 864 signatures We are aiming for 10,000 signatures to take to the Member for Pumicestone and the form will appear in every issue until we reach our goal. You’ll find it on Page 38 in this issue.

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The views expressed in Letters to the Editor are not necessarily those of the editor or publishers of the newspaper.

A response to ‘Differing Interpretations’ Thank you, Diana Grey (Issue 67), for your interest. Print media is a great forum for discussions. And thank you, Belinda and the team, for giving us this space. A wonderful gift!

The Concise Oxford Dictionary definition of Neanderthal: “Between 120,000 and 35,000 years ago, with a receding forehead and prominent brow ridge.” They had not advanced so far from our common ape-like ancesters as Homo Sapiens, so to be called a Neanderthal is an insult, inferring a lack of couth and intelligence, and anyone who hasn’t seen an Indigenous AFL player complaining about bananas being thrown to him on the field should get their TV repaired. Concise Oxford offers for Sovereignty: “Supreme power or authority, the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.” The concept was unknown here before the year 1788. Yes, Diana, the European invasion was very successful and, as happens all around the world, the inhabitents were displaced.

It was ever thus.

And yes, bringing in hard-footed animals was a mistake; we should be farming kangaroos instead of sheep, because firestick farming destroys the mulch and the micro-organisms in the soil, making it fragile and lacking in nutrients, so the patter of tiny feet breaks it up and it blows away. Cows and chickens are complementary and can be farmed together quite successfully because of their high fertilizer output, and with the CSIRO’s seaweed feed supplement cutting a cow’s Methane output by 95%, they are not so hard on the atmosphere.

Fred Gee, Elimbah

Caboolture Hospital frontline staff saved my life There has been much comment about the shortfalls at the Caboolture hospital which I find distressing; little or no comment has been made about the staff. I had the misfortune

to contract Covid in March last year (2020). This was in the early days of Covid and during the required period of self-quarantine I felt increasingly ill, I dismissed this as ‘jet lag’, but it got worse as time went by. After ten days I contacted a family member in Sydney who is associated with the medical fraternity, she considered I probably had Covid and contacted Caboolture hospital who immediately despatched an ambulance. The ambulance arrived and the last event I recall is locking my front door. I woke in the hospital some three weeks later in ICU, I had no recollection of what had happened to me in the interim, where I was or the passage of time. I was informed I had been suffering from Covid, had been on a Ventilator since my arrival in ICU and had needed a Defibrillators to restart my heart.

The staff in the ICU had apparently ‘turned’ me every four hours to prevent bed sores, etc. During my stay in the hospital the attention I received was excellent, the food was good, and I was impressed by the caring standard(s) and attitude of all involved.

My son told me the hospital kept him updated on my condition and towards the end of my period on the Ventilator was informed I would not survive the night and probably had only two to three hours to live.

I would like to extend my thanks once again to all staff, nurses, doctors, surgeons, ambulance, catering and all others involved directly or indirectly for the care provided during my stay and saving my life.

Chris Dunn, Banksia Beach Editor’s note: We’re very glad to hear this, Chris. As we reported, almost everyone at the Public Forum was full

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‘Shiny bums’ have lost the plot I agree wholeheartedly with each person’s comments in Issue 68’s Letters to the Editor as well as Cranky Lizard’s opinions. The whole system has gone down the gurgler and ‘shiny bums’ have lost the plot! A member of our family has not seen his wife and kids for four months because of restrictions imposed by state government; then his exemption was cancelled along with those of other Queenslanders to allow the footballers, overseas aid people and the privileged, entry. Our constant phone calls to numerous departments brought the usual “making it fair for everyone” codswallop and more frustration, and our local Labor member was never available. Not good enough! Charity begins at home!

Maybe if federal government stopped funding to the states, borders would have to re-open. Also, I cannot understand why healthy people have to go into quarantine at their own expense under guard, whilst infected people can quarantine at home at no expense to them. Seems back to front to me. As for the promised ‘all bells and whistles hospital’ on Bribie, it too seems nothing like what was promised and thus will be a complete waste of money - if it ever does get built! We are so over-governed in this country; why do we need State Governments? They really do not have a role to play!

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Please support our Local Businesses Petition for improved Beach Protection legislation On behalf of the organisers of this petition I would like to thank all local residents who helped and supported our efforts; those who volunteered to go out and knock on doors to gather signatures, those who signed so enthusiastically when a volunteer knocked on their door, and those who signed the e-petition on change.org Of around 28,000 people who signed the petition nationally, we estimate that over 3,500 were from Bribie Island and surrounding areas. Michael Berkman, MP for Maiwar, has agreed to sponsor it so that it can be tabled at an upcoming sitting of Parliament.

We will continue to raise awareness of just how destructive beach driving can be for Bribie’s beaches and how destructive it can be for the flora and fauna that rely on them. There will be continued advocacy and lobbying to have science-based management (and not opinion-based) plans implemented for the area. There will be continued engagement with like-minded groups who also seek to restrict beach driving on Stradbroke Island and on the Cooloola Coast. And, most importantly, efforts to meet with the Minister of Environment to bring the concerns of all signatories to her attention will continue.

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By Belinda Ferguson

Platitudes and Promises Won’t Cut it Any More Isn’t it interesting, and distressing, to hear that another inquiry into botched surgery at a major Queensland public hospital has been launched only after a public outcry?

This time it’s Mackay Base Hospital in the firing line, and the announcement comes little more than a month after patients and insider whistle-blowers opened up on Caboolture Hospital’s appalling record.

As with the Caboolture protest we reported last month, it’s only the bravery of people coming forward with their own first-hand experiences which has forced the Queensland government and the hospital shiny bums to admit, eventually, that there are serious shortcomings in their oversight and management of the hospital system.

Did the administrators of these hospitals – and the Health Minister herself – really have no idea what was happening until patients and relatives pleaded in the media for action? Where is the openness

and transparency regarding patient care that Queensland Health and the administrators of these hospitals assure us they “take very seriously” whenever they’re taken to task? Why did we only hear about these failures when they couldn’t be covered up any longer? And is it too much to hope that these are isolated cases? Do we have to wait for further individual revelations before the Minister and hospital administrators throughout Queensland face up to the need for an urgent and thorough investigation into the standards of competency in major areas of surgery at all our hospitals?

Until the failures at Caboolture and Mackay became public it seems patients and their families were being ignored or not taken seriously when they complained. It’s encouraging to see at last that under pressure from the community, media and opposition leaders, Queensland Health and the hospitals for which it is ultimately responsible may at last start to take some strong and urgent remedial action rather than repeat their usual platitudes and promises.

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The $850,000 upgrade, part of the state government’s $13.8million post-lockdown grants program, will include a wedding deck, new pathways, picnic setting, shelter, barbecue area, accessible toilet facilities, revamped gardens with coastal planting, lighting and retaining walls.

The infrastructure will also incorporate interpretive signage and artwork and reminders of Beachmere’s history. Harking

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It should be noted that the opinions expressed here are just that; opinions. Facts, when stated, are apparent. My comments, which flow from my opinions, relate to Australia's public education system only.

What’s happened to our public education system?

It’s a good question, isn't it?

And there’s no simple answer – but we have let it happen.

Quite some years ago, I was involved in a State and Territory level Board of Studies, a statutory government body, which was required to advise government on school curricula and whether or not those students leaving school and entering the work force were equipped with skills needed to survive and contribute in a commercial, trade or professional employment environment.

Generally speaking, they were. There were the predictable complaints from industry that "the kids can't do maths", there were the predictable complaints from the tertiary sector "that kids can't read or write English" - but we all survived, and the economy staggered onwards.

During those years, I clarified a view that had been dwelling in the far reaches of my brain for some time – since my military service in South East Asia.

That view was that school teachers in Australia were simply not accorded the professional and community respect that was accorded to school teachers in South East Asia. I wondered why. Because school teachers are a vital part of our

communities.

They are the people who mould the minds of our young people; they are charged with the comprehensive responsibility of equipping young Australians with the skills, analytical, emotional, social and reasoning, that will allow them to participate and contribute to the growth of the national economy and community.

They are not surrogate parents, although that role is expected of some of them.

They are not responsible for the personal discipline of their students in a broad sense, although they will see, very quickly, any change of behaviour which will be noted and reported to parents.

Equally, they will see evidence of neglect and abuse of children and report their concerns.

School teachers are important figures in our communities. They deserve respect, and they should receive proper compensation for the responsibilities they carry.

It is disturbing for me to have observed in the past few years a gradual change in how our education systems function. And the most obvious change is that of the curriculum that currently applies.

This curriculum seems to be based upon a challenge to the national legitimacy of Australia. This is based upon notions that Australia has dispossessed Aboriginal people; that Australia practices racism, sexism and environmental vandalism.

It appears as if all subjects in our education system need to be taught from an Aboriginal, Asian and environmental perspective.

(I have paraphrased a previous Australian

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Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, in the above lines.)

I am not going to legitimise much of this nonsense by refuting, line by line, the existing proposals, except to say that much of the current curriculum is based upon "the self-loathing mindset" of the largely left-wing academic and professional political opinions of those who draft our curricula.

They are wrong, and when the opportunity presents, I shall address those proposals line by line and demolish them!

And that shall not be hard.

The next noticeable change to our education system is that the teachers, not all of them by any means but a large number of them, are quite willing to express political views in the classroom and seem quite prepared to enforce their views.

Evidence exists of students being required to criticise themselves over their race, their gender and other nonsense.

I am well aware that these are big calls and will unleash the 'Twitterati ' upon me.

So be it.

The evidence exists. It is the truth. And the fact stands, challenged or not, it is the truth.

The problem with all this, apart from the intellectual dishonesty of much of it, is the damage done to the opinions of young people in the process. I have had young people accuse me of being “an old white man” who has stolen their future, locked up their nation’s wealth and prevented them from "getting houses and other stuff."

I asked one particular young couple what was their evidence for saying this? And their answer?

Well, their answer was rather sad because it was just nonsense, a rant of envy, confected emotion and gender-based trivia.

Their age and life experience were such that these attitudes could have only come from our education system.

So, the question remains: what has happened to our public education system?

At one time, not long ago, it was the role model for South East Asia. It is not now!

Well, obviously, it has been diluted from its previous model and now suffers, in my opinion, from political influence, particularly left-wing political influence.

And it is difficult to determine what the point of that is? The ordinary world, into which most of our public school students will graduate, does not operate on left-wing ideology. It operates on commonsense.

You can’t build a house from Marxist principles. You can’t run a small business according to the gender-based nonsense and envy promulgated in some classrooms. You can’t develop a retail business based upon toppling statues of past explorers and casting blame for perceived wrongs on the current generation.

And you most definitely cannot deal with the challenges that life will throw at you by casting about to find someone to blame for your situation.

And that, is the fundamental philosophy of what is being taught in our public schools. It’s always someone else’s fault!

Not yours!

Yes, it is desirable to raise controversial social issues in our education system; it is desirable to encourage robust debate, but it is essential to temper these matters with balance, objectivity and reason.

It seems to me that the current curriculum, awaiting ratification by the Federal Government, is the product of a wild, intellectual frolic from inside the academic world.

And if parents are unhappy with what is happening in our public education system, there is only one remedy. Tell your local state or federal parliamentary representative. Tell them you are unhappy with what is being taught in our public schools. And tell them why!

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Colourful Jacarandas In Bloom Again

By Staff Writer Mozza

Festivals have become popular community events, notably in Grafton NSW which has become the longest-running floral festival in Australia, and, nearer to us, in the Brisbane suburb of Goodna, which this year opens on October 31.

Not surprisingly, there are a few urban myths which have become associated with the jacaranda in Australia.

For instance, the belief that students who hadn’t started studying by the time the trees come into bloom would fail their exams. Or that the same result would occur if a jacaranda flower fell on their head (but catching a flower in the right hand would reverse that outcome).

Yeah, right.

were given to new mothers, who were encouraged to plant them and watch them grow in pace with their child, resulting in the glorious seasonal displays on the North Shore. The hospital never gave out seeds to new mothers. Mother Nature took care of the display.

But what, unfortunately, is not a myth is the fact that our much-loved and admired J. Mimosifolia is a declared weed in Queensland and NSW, and ‘blacklisted’ by Brisbane City Council!

See https://weeds.brisbane.qld.gov.au/ weeds/jacaranda.

Fortunately, that doesn’t detract even slightly from our admiration of this colourful tree. Enjoy!

Then there’s the old Furphy that connected Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital with a claim that jacaranda seedlings

Once again heralding the arrival of summer, Jacaranda trees have put on their annual magnificent display of colour, not only in our own local streets, gardens and parks, but all along much of Australia’s eastern seaboard and neighbouring inland areas.

There are several varieties of this hardy tree, originating from Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina, most likely imported by captains of sailing ships arriving in Brisbane and Sydney with seeds to trade for some extra cash. In 1864 the superintendent of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Walter

Hill, planted seeds of the Argentinian lavender-blue Jacaranda Mimosifolia which he’d purchased from such a seafarer.

They became the first to be successfully grown in Australia, thus establishing one of our most iconic arborial features.

By 1870 Hill was able to report to the Queensland Legislative Council that he was having some success growing them “on either side of the gravel path leading from the George St Entrance to the interacting gravel walk.”

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More Support and Funding For Hairdressers with Hearts DV Initiatives

Moreton Bay Regional Council and Unitywater have partnered to support Hairdressers with Hearts (HwH) through a joint funding arrangement which will provide $10,500 over the 2021-22 financial year. This will help give participating hairdressers and barbers the information and resources they need to refer their clients to domestic and family violence support services.

Hairdressers with Hearts is a local initiative founded by Bribie Island resident hairdresser Sonia Colvin, who has worked tirelessly with many councils in Queensland and around Australia who have joined with HwH as corporate partners.

Announcing the latest funding boost, Mayor Peter Flannery said the program is an innovative way to help tackle a growing community issue of family and domestic violence.

“This all started because a local hairdresser kept hearing distressing stories from her clients about their violence and abuse, so now we’re helping to empower local hairdressers to recognise the signs of domestic violence, respond sensitively and connect clients to professional support services.

“Domestic and family violence and elder abuse is a national epidemic impacting

people across all ages, incomes and lifestyles with demand for support services continuing to rise.”

In addition to this grant, Council has provided HwH with $15,600 in funding for training videos, website development, a laptop computer and resource packs for local hairdressers and barbers.

“Being prepared to direct people to the right support can make all the difference, and even save a life”, he said.

Division 1 Councillor Brooke Savige said hairdressers are in a unique position because of the close relationships they have with their clients and often find themselves on the front line when it comes to dealing with someone experiencing domestic violence at home.

“Council’s support of this initiative demonstrates we not only acknowledge the problems of domestic violence within our region, we are committed to helping address and take a stand against all domestic and family violence”, she said.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY

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Yes, We Will Remember Them

By Amelia Strazdins Australia is a country of freedom and mateship. As we get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday lives, we often forget the sacrifices made to ensure we can experience our current freedoms.

We would not be where we are today without the brave men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting us and our country.

Villers-Bretonneux became famous in 1918, when the German advance on Amiens ended in the capture of the village by their tanks and infantry on 23 April. On the following day, the 4th and 5th Australian Divisions, with units of the 8th and 18th Divisions, recaptured the whole of the village and on 8 August 1918, the 2nd and 5th Australian Divisions advanced from its eastern outskirts in the Battle of Amiens.

The memorial is the Australian National Memorial erected to commemorate all Australian soldiers who fought in France and Belgium during the First World War, to their dead, and especially to name those of the dead whose graves are not known.

The Australian servicemen named in this register died in the battlefields of the Somme, Arras, the German advance of 1918 and the Advance to Victory. The memorial stands within Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, which was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from other burial grounds in the area and from the battlefields.

Both the cemetery and memorial were designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and George Hartley Goldsmith The memorial was unveiled by King George VI on 22 July 1938.

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On November 11 every year we observe a Day of Remembrance for those who have so valiantly given their lives in the line of duty. On this day we acknowledge both retired and active participants within the army, navy, and air forces. We thank them for their bravery, their honour, and their sacrifices. It is because of their dedication, perseverance and courage that we are able to experience such liberties today.

This day also provides a moment to recognise and thank nurses, doctors and medical support teams who continue to place themselves at risk in their efforts to return our wounded soldiers home. Their personal sacrifices must also be honoured.

For many, this day is a painful reminder of friends and family who are no longer with them. For us, as a country, this day is one of ultimate respect. We also must ac-

knowledge those who currently serve our country, as they continue to make difficult decisions, often remaining separated from families. However, it is because of their sacrifices that we are able to live in a free country, as they put themselves on the front lines.

Many of us will never fully understand the trials and sacrifices these brave individuals endure. However, in honouring this day we ensure that their stories are not forgotten. It allows us to share with younger generations a history of our country and helps them to gain appreciation for the smaller things they may take for granted. As a community, we can show our support and respect by attending services and observing the one-minute silence. The silence lets us show our gratitude to those who have given their lives for our country. It allows us to reflect on those who have been involved in past and current conflicts.

So many have given everything to defend their country and our freedoms. It falls upon us to remember, honour and respect those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Through our actions we will continue to keep their stories and spirits alive.

Lest We Forget.

Bribie Island in World War Two

By Matt Owen

Thank you to those that have served and continue to serve our country.

The 1940s were very different times to the world we live in today. It is fair to say things were much simpler but also much harder. Bribie Island was also a very different place. No bridge, no street lights, a basic road network, simple housing and very few residents. It was literally a seaside village.

There was also a world war underway with Japan, as well as Germany, being the enemy. A nearby enemy that could very well attack Australia from the eastern coastline. It was then that the Australian Defence Force commenced work on ‘Fort Bribie’. Remember, at this time there was no bridge and transport was painstakingly slow.

One of the many historic buildings scattered along the beach Fort Bribie was located on the Woorim beach and featured a variety of structures including gun placements, searchlight posts, mine control huts, a plotting room, signals operation room, mess hall, toilets, post office, first-aid room and other associated areas for around 150 soldiers at the time. Very sadly, due to a combination

A gun placement at Fort Bribie of erosion, time and lack of government action and possibly even community support, there is not much left of it now.

the passage to Caloundra in search of what young soldiers look for on their leave.

This is not a simple story to tell because there are so many layers to it. If this is an area of interest to you I suggest you purchase the book, North Bribie Island During World War II, by historian John Groves. As part of John’s research there were discussions with soldiers who were stationed at Fort Bribie.

And you can’t have this discussion without mentioning the cruel and unforgivable sinking, just offshore, of the hospital ship Centaur by a Japanese submarine.

In my own discussions with John, my takeaways were the ‘fake’ forts made of cardboard to put off the enemy, the ‘bold and buggered’ army, the real purpose of the secretive ‘hospital’ and the role of women at Fort Bribie. I’m sure there were plenty of other ‘untold’ stories that now only our imaginations can consider.

For some reason, my mind imagines the soldiers going on leave and ‘wading’ across

I often think about these soldiers, the mosquito infestation, the challenging living conditions and how it must have been during these times.

When you visit the historic site of Fort Bribie you certainly get ‘that feeling’ down the back of your spine. Nobody really knows what causes that feeling and to be honest I haven’t felt in too many times in my lifetime. Perhaps it is like a sixth sense where you feel that something significant has happened at a specific location. Walking around this site behind

The rear of the mine control building the dunes and inspecting the structures is a unique experience that helps tell the story of what actually happened during these times.

It is bitterly disappointing that the condition of Fort Bribie has been allowed to gradually deteriorate to the condition that it is in today. Unique local tourism experiences could have been driven by Fort Bribie (in one form or another) but our local and state governments have preferred other projects and therefore this rich local history is now basically some concrete (and 3D mapping of some sort).

I have a sense of pride in the role that Bribie Island and the brave soldiers played in protecting our country and the way it was done is perhaps one of Australia’s greatest stories.

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N’oublions jamais l’Australie…

- Never forget the Australians

These words are written on the walls of schools in the small town of Villers-Bretonneux in France.

They express the eternal gratitude of the local people to the Australian soldiers, who, on the night of the 24th April and the morning of 25th April 1918, recaptured their village from the German Army. The Australians gave them back their homes, and the French villagers were then, and remain now, forever grateful to the Australian soldiers.

The men who did this at Villers-Bretonneux were members of the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF); there were over 300,000 of them. They were the ANZACS, and "we never saw them when they were doing the things that made them different from you and me." ¹ On December 16, 1918, Winston Churchill said, in London:

Experienced soldiers looking at this photograph will recognize the signs of tough fighting men, the way they hold themselves and their weapons. There is a languid, threatening air about them, much like a lion loping across the veldt.

Notwithstanding the length of those bayonets!

We have romanticized the image of the Bronzed ANZAC as a ‘knockabout bloke’ who was a good soldier.

Wrong!

Australians of the First AIF were not really good soldiers – they were bloody good fighters! You do not receive a reputation such as they had by being good blokes! When they needed to, they were fierce and unrelenting in the business of killing Germans in the shocking and brutal business of trench warfare.

and intellects, never to be replaced: this was compounded by the tragedy of tens of thousands of brilliant young Australian women who, because of these losses, were denied the chance to marry and have children.

The social and human price paid by Australia and New Zealand for the bravery of their young soldiers on the battlefields of France and the Gallipoli Peninsular was staggering and weighed heavily on both nations.

In New Zealand, the general population was just over 1 million: over 120,000 young New Zealand men served overseas in the New Zealand Army – an incredible one out of every five never returned. Of all nations involved in this madness, New Zealand had the highest casualty per capita rate of all.

And that is why it is so important to remember them, their stories, their incredible military achievements and their fierce National Pride, both in Australia and New Zealand.

Almost all families in both fledgling countries, either bush people or slickers from the city, were affected in one way or another by the huge casualty list from the battlefields of France; very few escaped.

"We must look forward one hundred, two hundred even three hundred years, to the time when that vast continent of Australia will contain an enormous population; and when that great population will look back through the preceding periods of time to the world-shaking episode of the Great War ….and many families will seek to trace some connection with the heroes who fought on Gallipoli, the Somme and the other great battles in France…"

But we, today's Australians and Kiwis, owe that generation of men and women a vast and unrepayable social debt. They built the national foundations upon which we now live.

Cranky Lizard is sure that it was because the men and women of the First AIF were great-hearted Australians who did not know the meaning of the word defeat. They came with the shining confidence of a new nation forged from drought and fire under the constellation of the Southern Cross.

In closing, Cranky Lizard repeats some of the words of the best speech a Prime Minister of Australia ever spoke. On November 11 1993, The Honourable Paul Keating said this at the ceremony for establishing the Shrine for the Unknown Australian Soldier in Canberra:

They were not British; their casual, easy rhythms of marching together - long, slow, ground-covering paces - set them aside from the tense, fast-pacing of the British Army and the elegant strolling of the French.

As we attend Memorial Services for them on November 11 this year, Cranky Lizard suggests that you ask yourself who these men and women really were?

Many of the Australian soldiers had mixed Irish/English heritage and had no respect for the officers of the British Army; they refused to salute them and were fiercely loyal to their own battalions and officers.

Australian officers had plenty of opportunities to earn the respect of their soldiers, and almost all of them did!

Towards the end of this cruel conflict, many German soldiers told their officers that they did not want to fight against the Australian soldiers. They were afraid of them because they were such hard fighting men.

Here is a picture of some Australian Infantry, taken in August 1918 during the Battle for Amiens.

They formed the RSL in Australia and the RSA in New Zealand – organizations destined to take some of the heat and pain out of the post-war years by providing forums for veterans to discuss with other veterans the terrible sights they had seen and endured, thus reducing the mental isolation many of them felt.

The two young countries they left in 1914, Australia and New Zealand, are no longer in existence. The nations of Australia and New Zealand would be to them as strange as the planet Mars would be to us.

And - we do just that. Why?

But they could fight like demons unleashed when they were aroused, and, as the mind-numbing horror of the French battlefields unfolded around them, they gave nothing to no man. They confronted the main German Army in the main theatre of war, and they overwhelmed them – no other Australian Army has ever had to do that!

Irrespective of the post-war social problems unleashed by PTSD, these men and these women built nations. Both in New Zealand and Australia, they got on with building egalitarian societies with opportunities for all.

But the same men would entice wonderful music from captured pianos in battered French barns, play with a farmer's children and take an interest in the life of the French farmers; many of them were from farms themselves. However, farmers’ wives learned very quickly to keep all their chooks under lock and key – Australian bayonets had an insatiable appetite for French chooks!

Cranky Lizard knows that Remembrance Day focuses the commemoration on the activities of the Australian and New Zealand soldiers on the Gallipoli Peninsular, as it has been from the beginning of the commemoration events of World War I. Nothing written here detracts from what was achieved at Gallipoli, which was fundamental national recognition.

However, we all know that there was much more to the stories of the Australian and New Zealand soldiers in World War I than Gallipoli.

Much, much more.

In 1914, when hostilities were announced in Europe, the population of Australia was 4.9 million people. As a newly formed nation, Australia lost over 60,000 young men killed in action.

A terrible, mind-numbing loss of talent

As they began to come home, long, sad grief, like a black fog, enveloped the nation. Those who had remained at home in Australia and New Zealand could not comprehend the numbing and mind-changing horror that many of these returning soldiers experienced.

Many of them had great struggles and difficulties readjusting to everyday life – the country they had left behind a mere four or five years ago had not changed: they had.

And, of course, as it was then, it is now.

The social destruction of PTSD (known at that time as Shell Shock) was immense. Marriages failed. Unemployment followed. Alcohol abuse was endemic, and veteran suicide prevailed, especially in the bush.

None of these sad events was hidden by the families, and Police know all the details of these lonely, forlorn graves.

Cranky Lizard knows, in fact, has seen, very old, unmarked graves on rural properties where suicidal uncles or fathers or brothers are buried. They were kept away from public cemeteries because of the social stigma of suicide during those years.

"We do not know this Australian's name, and we never will. We do not know his rank or his battalion. We do not know where he was born, nor precisely how and when he died. We do not know where in Australia he had made his home or when he left it for the battlefields of Europe. We do not know his age or his circumstances - whether he was from the city or the bush; what occupation he left to become a soldier; what religion, if he had a religion; if he was married or single. We do not know who loved him or whom he loved. If he had children, we do not know who they are. His family is as lost to us as he was lost to them. We will never know who this Australian was. There were 324,000 Australians who served overseas in that war and over 60,000 of them died on foreign soil.

Over 100,000 Australians have died in wars in this century.

He is all of them. And, he is one of us."

LEST WE FORGET. ____________________________________ ¹ Les Carlyon – “The Great War” Published November 2007; The Australian Book Industry Awards’ Book of the Year 2007; Winner of the inaugural Prime Minister’s Prize for History, 2007

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One Foot Forward

By Cathy McGillivray

October is Mental Health Awareness month and after all that we have all been through lately, this month is a time to consider those around you and to understand that there are many people in our community struggling with their mental health.

Unfortunately, the amazing services who support those with mental health are themselves struggling to keep up with the increased demand on their services. I know this from first hand experience, as a couple of months back I knew that I needed support with my mental health and was relieved to discover that there’s a Small Business Specific counseling service run by Beyond Blue.

This was absolutely perfect for me, but, due to the huge demand for this service by small business owners who are overwhelmed by the impact of COVID on their lives, this service has a huge waiting list! The understanding staff at Beyond Blue assisted me with another option, which I can honestly say has made a huge difference to my mental health.

Because of this, and because I believe that we must all work against the stigma still associated with mental health, I wanted to help raise funds for the Black Dog Institute and so I have a Fit Beyond 50 team who are walking with me in October in the One Foot Forward walk to help raise funds for mental health support and research.

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(it’s only the 6th of October!) our little team of 8 has already walked a combined total of 158km and raised $3198!!!

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Mental health issues effect people in so many ways. Sometimes it is hard to even notice the slow changes to our lives that happen as stress, worry and depression impact us. I personally found that being social was something I struggled with and as the stress and depression increased the more I avoided social situations and contacting others. This reaction is not uncommon, but not being social will have a huge impact on your health and wellbeing.

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Repeat 10 times Sit and rest your shoulders and raise one leg at a time extending your lower leg and pointing your toes Repeat 10 times each leg Repeat shoulder exercise again when leg exercise is finished – repeat both exercises 3 times if possible.

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Rest a cushion or ball on your legs and lift to shoulder height slowly then return to just above your legs – do not let it rest on your legs Repeat 10 times Rest your arms, keeping your heels on the ground lift your toes toward your body slowly. Lower toes back towards floor slowly – repeat 15 times Stand up from chair and using the back of the chair or a kitchen bench for support stand with your feet as wide as you

FLAMINGOS, BALANCE AND TOES

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Flamingo - Stand firmly on one leg and slowly lift your other foot behind you only to the height of your calf – slowly return to the ground and swap legs - Repeat 10 times each leg Arm/Leg raises - Stand firmly on one leg and raise the other leg out to the front while lifting the opposite arm as high as you comfortably can – slowly bring back to start and swap sides – Repeat 10 times each leg/arm Toeing The Line – slide

CLOCK REACH AND SIDE LEG RAISES

Stand behind a stable chair or beside a kitchen bench Clock Reach - Use the chair for balance with one hand and lift one foot off the floor. Standing on one leg swing your arm backwards and forwards while keeping your body still 15 times Swap leg and arms and repeat 15 times Side Leg Raise - Balance with both hands on back of chair and lift one leg out to the side slowly. Make sure your body stays completely still and doesn’t “counterbalance” your leg. Repeat the lift 15 times and swap legs. Rest

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Caboolture Town Square Hosting Mid-week Markets Gourmet street food, live entertainment and “cheeky impulse buys” are all the go at the recently-launched Caboolture Town Square Markets, now operating on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 10.00am – 2.00pm.

Locals, workers and visitors alike are now spoiled for lunch choices with some of the region’s best foodie offerings including glorious gnocchi, smoky bratwurst, superb curries, perfect pizzas, delicious dumplings and lots more taste-tempters.

But not only mouth-watering lunches are on the menu. The mid-week top up shop just got a whole lot fresher, with freshly-picked produce straight from local farms, artisan provisions,

fresh cut flowers, bespoke jewellery, giftware and so much more.!

Division 3 Councillor Adam Hain said he hoped to see locals and workers flocking to Town Square.

“I want this to grow to be as big as the Brisbane City Markets that pop-up in Reddacliff Place in the CBD on Wednesdays,” he said.

“This initiative has the power to transform our own CBD with new life and activity, and hopefully encourage more foot traffic.

“I’m a massive supporter of community initiatives like this that also have an economic benefit, so I hope to see locals out in force supporting this new initiative.”

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A VERY VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS

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Saturday 20 November and Saturday 4 December Guests will enjoy a beautifully presented and delicious High Tea and Victorian Carollers singing nostalgic Christmas favourites. Come celebrate the spirit of Christmas and pause for a photo around our 4-metre Victorian Christmas tree.

You may dress up, or come as you are to what will be a most joyful experience!

Two High Tea sessions will be available each day

– 10.30am and 2.30pm Come earlier and wander through the Abbey Museum and stay after for a guided tour of the beautiful Stained Glass in the Abbey Church.

1 - 63 The Abbey Place, Caboolture Ph: (07) 5495 1652 E: miriam@abbeymuseum.asn.au

$ 49.50 pp

(+ fees)

(Includes Museum Visit & Stained Glass Tour)

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CM WHEELER & ASSOC, ACCOUNTANTS AND TAX AGENTS WOODFORD AND BRIBIE Your Local Accountants with 20+ years of experience.

There is a huge sigh of a relief, like a weight lifting off their shoulders when I advise clients they no longer need submit a tax return ever again. It’s the end of an era for them, having lodged a return all their working life. However, if they receive dividends with franking credits attached, then a simple “application for franking credit refund form” can still be lodged.

But how do you know if you need to lodge a return?

Often, when retired, a couple are under the tax limit but when one partner passes away and all the assets and income are transferred to the surviving spouse, this could place that spouse in a taxable threshold. Not having lodged a return for some time, they are suddenly thrust back into a taxable situation.

Registered with an ABN means you must lodge a return even if the business income is Nil. When PAYG withholding tax has been deducted from your wage, you must also lodge a return. Total income above the threshold pertaining to your situation even allowing for tax offsets, a tax return is required. Don’t forget to review a capital gain relating to a sale of property.

If the gain is substantial, you may be back in a taxable position for that year and a return required. Not your private home though.

Receiving an Australian Pension and a Foreign pension does not automatically require a return, but with the ever-changing exchange rates, consideration of the total income should be reviewed each year.

If you receive no income for a year, or are below the threshold, a “No Return Required” can be lodged with the ATO. This gives relief for that year only as circumstances may change annually. The ATO must otherwise receive a return each year unless a “No Further Returns” form is lodged. Just because you don’t need a return in any one year doesn’t mean the ATO knows. You must advise them.

Let us know if we can assist you with any matters of concern.

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Chamber of Commerce 58 Years Young And Still Going Strong

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Marion Marriner was presented with her Life Membership Certificate by BICC President Rhonda Cockinos One of the oldest chambers in Queensland, the Bribie Island Chamber of Commerce Inc., turns 58 in November and continues to grow.

A passionate member for 29 of those years Marion Marriner was awarded Life Membership at the recent AGM for her outstanding service to the chamber, having served on the committee for four years over that time and continuing to bring new members to BICC. Previous Life Members in recognition of their years of service to the Chamber include Past President Lyn Cook, Past

Secretary & Editor of the Magazine Kim Mayes and current President Rhonda Cockinos. BICC is the only Chamber with a Tourism Magazine promoting our region for 48 years, a huge milestone for any publication.

Bribie Island Chamber of Commerce Inc. has bi-monthly networking dinners and constantly keeps members up to date on aspects of what is available and happening in the business world.

For further information please contact president@bribie.com.

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Covid Restrictions Prompt Date Change for Longman Seniors Expo

Dates for the 2021 Longman Seniors Expo, where ideas for retirement, connections with local community groups and the latest specialised products and services will be on display have been changed due to Covid regulations. The event, hosted by Federal Member for Longman Terry Young and supported by Moreton Bay Region Industry and Tourism (MBRIT), will now be held over two days mid-November at two separate locations, Bribie and Morayfield, in order to make it easier for residents to attend.

NEW DATES: When & Where Friday, November 12, 9.30am to 12.30pm.

Morayfield Sports & Events Centre, 298 Morayfield Rd. RSVP: https://www.trybooking.com/ BTNIN Wednesday, November 17, 9.30am to 12.30pm.

Bribie Community Hall, 96–108 Arcadia Ave, Woorim.

RSVP: https://www.trybooking.com/ BTNKT Each event will have two sessions.

For full information and lists of Exhibitors visit: https://www.terryyoung.com. au/2021-longman-seniors-expo-morayfield-and-bribie-island

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Increased Child Care Support Brought Forward Local families will benefit from greater child care support sooner, with increased Child Care Subsidy (CCS) for multiple children brought forward from 7 March 2022, four months earlier than first expected.

The increased subsidies were due to come into effect on 11 July 2022, but the federal government has been able to work with Commonwealth agencies and service providers to make necessary technical changes sooner.

95 per cent subsidy.

Minister for Education and Youth Alan Tudge said the changes would ease pressure on working families in Longman and encourage more parents into work.

“These changes are good for families and great for the economy, and it’s significant that we are able to deliver them sooner,” Minister “Removing the cap and increasing subsidies will allow more parents, particularly mothers, to return to work or take on more hours if they choose to.

Now, from 7 March 2022, families with two or more children aged five years and under in care will have their CCS rate increased by 30 percentage points for their second child and younger children, up to a maximum rate of 95 per cent.

Which means, for example, a family earning $110,000 a year with two kids in care, four days a week will be better off by $100 a week.

Federal Member Longman Terry Young said the support would be targeted at those that need it most.

“We know child care costs can really add up when you have two, three or more children in care and this package will help those families by significantly reducing out-of-pocket costs for the second child and younger children,” Mr Young said.

The $10,655 annual cap will also be scrapped on 10 December 2021 and applied retrospectively for the whole 2021-22 financial year, meaning families who hit the cap before that date will receive a refund on any excess fees paid.

There are around 1,770 families in Longman that have two or more children in care and could benefit from the increased subsidy. More than half of eligible Australian families will receive the maximum

“This will make a real difference in the lives of families in Longman.

MP for Longman Terry Young addressing future constituents at a local childcare centre

“The changes will also see this government’s total investment in child care grow to $11 billion a year they build on the Child Care Package we introduced in 2018 that is still keeping out-of-pocket costs low.”

LONGMAN SENIORS EXPO ! Postponed due to Covid restrictions !

NEW DATE:

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17

Bribie Community Hall — 9.30am-12.30pm (96–108 Arcadia Ave, Woorim)

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COMMUNITY GROUPS GOVERNMENT SERVICES

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Improvements in safety, efficiency and reliability along a busy local stretch of the Bruce Highway are expected following the allocation of $84 million towards the installation of Smart Motorways technology between the Pine River and Caloundra Road as part of the 15-year, $13 billion Bruce Highway Upgrade Program.

Federal Member for Fisher Andrew Wallace said the project would create more jobs for locals and deliver an economic boost to the area.

“Stage two will also link to several other Bruce Highway projects, which all incorporate Smart Motorways

“This upgrade is also keeping more people in work on the Sunshine Coast, by supporting an average of 140 jobs over its life.”

Major works are expected to begin early next year (2022), weather and construction conditions permitting.

The $105 million Bruce Highway – Managed Motorways Stage 2 – (Pine River to Caloundra Road) project is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments, with the Australian Government contributing $84 million and the Queensland Government providing $21 million.

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“Better technology on our roads means better outcomes for drivers,” said Federal Member for Longman Terry Young. “We are investing in initiatives that will keep people safe behind the wheel and get them home to their family and loved ones sooner.

This technology will help ensure Queenslanders travelling on this busy section of highway remain safe on the road.”

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technology, including the $163 million Deception Bay Road Interchange upgrade, the $662.5 million six-lane project between Caboolture-Bribie Island Road and Steve Irwin Way (Exit 163), and the $932 million upgrade between Caloundra Road and the Sunshine Motorway,” Mr Wallace said.

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The technology includes ramp signals, variable speed limit and message signs, vehicle detection systems and CCTV cameras to proactively monitor and respond to changing road conditions such as crashes, wet weather or heavy traffic conditions in real time.

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How to use the map

The Bribie Island and Surrounds Meander is divided into five routes, which have different colour-codes.

Member numbers show their places on the routes and each venue has a unique number 201 is on Route 2 and 301 is on Route 3 and so on.

The venue colour is different depending on the nature of business.

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For example the blue denotes that this is a food business and its on route 4 as its number starts with 4

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For example the green denotes that this is a selective shopping area or business and it's on Route 1 because it's number starts with 1

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CABOOLTURE Caboolture Airport 204 Caboolture Warplane Museum TAVAS

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PET FRIENDLY

BIKE RACE FRIENDLY

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306 St Michael’s College 307 Abbey Museum Coles Express 229 Oasis Berry Farm

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MON – SAT 10AM – 4PM PH: (07) 5495 1652 206 ABN Caravan Hire

601 Bite Markets

Caboolture River

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Monty’s Marina

Beachmere Road

MAP GRID REFERENCE 208 Birali Steiner School

ACCESS FOR BUSSES/COACHES

NATURAL AREAS

Flamingos Ice Creamery 235 The Gallery 224 230 Beachmere Health Centre Beachmere Hotel 212

Protected Areas proclaimed in terms of the Protected Areas Act that are open daily to the public.

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Protected Areas not open to the general public but may have accommodation or other activities.

To become a member of the Bribie Island and Surrounds Meander please contact us now for a full detailed leaflet on membership, advertising and more.

236 209 Beach Shak Café 211 Beachmere Caravan Park 210 Beachmere Palms Motel

Other natural areas that are not formerly proclaimed but are open to the public

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Bribie Island Road 201 Saddle Club

Zente Kitchens 232 McDonald’s 209 237 Coastal Bathroom Connections

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Our focus is to drive Tourism and Day Trippers to your doorstep.

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The Ink Shop 433 Beautiful Sunset Pier Cafe 441 Blinds 408 Annas Fashion Little Mexicano 438 Island Cignall 413 italk Travel Curtains Silver Shores Cafe Bella 435 Avondale Meats Sylvan Seafood 407 439 444 425 424 Coffee Club Caravan Park 414 417 419 436 Century 21 221 218 Bribie Kiosk & Boat Hire 419 Browns Mitre 10 Wildflower Florist 219 No Limits 4x4 Hire Bribie Island 227 441 Wright’s Fruit Barn Boat Charters 220 Vatahapie Seasars 231 Goodwin Drive

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Little Mike’s Cafe 432 415 Woorim Beach Woorim Hot Bread 440 Boutique Mattrest 429 430 Pigface Seafood Bedding

Bribie Car Care Victory Press 426 Bribie Kitchen Man 427 Bob’s Home Auto 402 Bribie Twin 435 Red Rooster 433 Theatre Bedding 423 412 Showroom 442 Aqueno Pool First Avenue 428 Bribie Island services/Supplies Bongaree Caravan Park 403 Library Bribie Car 443 Bribie Book Exchange 418 437 411 Mayyada Bazaar Detailing Bribie Island Butterfly House @The Jetty Restaurant 431 434 Annie Lane Bongaree Hot Bread 406

401 Sandstone Point Hotel Serenity Cafe 420 Sandstone Point Dental 234

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Bribie Beach Access

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Bribie Island Seaside Museum

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Sylvan Beach Seafood Cafe

Route 2 103

Donnybrook Sports Club

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Out, About, In and Around with MOZZA

By Staff Writer Mozza

By Staff Writer Mozza

Crowds Flock to Classic Car Show at Charlie’s

Consultation with local people and businesses is now underway as part of a state government review of its strategy to transition Minjerribah (formerly North Stradbroke) Island from mining to tourism, following death threats and claims of financial mismanagement.

Island residents and business owners have reported little progress on the island despite the government pumping $36m into social and infrastructure projects.

The government has now asked locals to engage with them over “the ongoing transition of Minjerribah to a world class eco-tourism destination.”

The Department of Tourism’s ‘Minjerribah Futures’ policy includes the setting up of a “small team of human centred design thinkers to develop strategies that positively benefit the people and planet.”

(Really, you have to love the positive spin

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Stingray The club has 193 members who live within 30kms of Beachmere and own a classic vehicle. However, the club is supported by other clubs around the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast area who also participated in the event. Local turnout was good with the show full from 2pm through to 8pm.

Ford 351 GT Classic restored car enthusiasts came from far and wide to visit Charlies Bribie Island Hotel last month when the Beachmere Classic Vehicle Club held their Show and Shine. Around 60 classic vehicles were on show with an extremely high standard of refurbishment and craftsmanship on display.

These events are what make Bribie special as we often see classic cars cruising the streets particularly on the weekends.

Congratulations to the Bribie Island Hotel for supporting these events. They’re a great complement to the other events held on the island and at Sandstone Point showcasing music, art, craft, and good times at venues like the Sandstone Point Hotel, Blueys, The Jetty, Sues Bar and Grill and the Bowlo and RSL.

Multiple food trucks and market stalls were also on hand as well as a band in the car park of the hotel. which was also packed with revellers and diners. Cars on show included Ford Mustangs, Holden Torana SLR 5000s, Falcon GT 351s and Hardtops, Minis, Kingswoods, Firebirds, HR Holdens, Stingrays, Eldorados, Hotrods, Transams and Ferarri.

Cars are generally classified as follows: •

Vintage: Manufactured between 1919 and 1930

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Antique: Manufactured 1975 or earlier (>45 years old)

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Classic: Manufactured 1990 or earlier (>20 years old)

Minjerribah Island ‘Mining to Tourism’ Transition Strategy Reviewed

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our bureaucrats put on all things).

“The government has lost the support of the bulk of the community,” said Straddie Chamber of Commerce president Colin Battersby.

Dr Mark Robinson, Member for Oodgeroo, the electorate covering the island, said “There have been many voices and warnings to the government that its economic transition was going off the rails. They’ve ignored at every point those warnings and now they have got the problems of funds expended with very little built, division in the community that was not there before and they haven’t got the results that this amount of money should have achieved.”

Let’s be vigilant that we here on Bribie never experience this type of ‘government help’. We’re going OK at the moment, thanks.

Daily Cruises from Sandstone Point to Tangalooma Resort Did you know you can now take the family for a fun day out on Moreton Island’s Tangalooma Resort direct from the Sandstone Point Hotel jetty?

It’s ironic that until now, unless you have your own boat the only way you could visit our closest neighbouring island would involve an hour’s drive to Brisbane and then taking either Tangalooma’s own high-speed catamaran direct to the resort or the MICAT service ferry to nearby Tangalooma Wrecks. And of course there’s that tedious return drive home up the Bruce, not usually the most relaxing way to end your day out.

But Brisbane-based cruise company River to Bay have come up with a terrific alternative for tourists and local families who may love Moreton Island but have been unable to get there easily, or just want to have a few beers and not worry about captaining their own vessel. Not only do they take you right into the resort, the fare includes Lunch at Tangalooma, plus a Resort Day Pass to the pools, retail shops, restaurants, bars, tours, activities and facilities while you’re there.

Introduced in July, the service operates daily, departing Spinnaker Sound at 7.45am and Sandstone Point at 8.30am, dropping you back at 4.30pm and 5pm respectively.

The future of such a convenient relaxation

option for us lucky locals is of course totally dependent on demand and patronage, and currently, without the additional support of interstate and international tourists due to Covid restrictions, it may well be down to us to use it or lose it.

Visit rivertobay.com.au/project/ tangalooma-day-cruise for all the details, including fares, what’s included, what to wear, what else you can do while you’re there and, most importantly, make your booking.

And, by the way, the company is hiring.

See their ads on pages 39 and 44.

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Why Does No One Ever Talk About Sweden Anymore?

by Staff Writer Mozza

One of the most consistently-repeated trends of COVID has been the premature declarations of victory from areas with a perceived level of “success” in “controlling” the pandemic.

Sweden has shown how not to tackle coronavirus, as it fights now to save face.

It’s happened in countries all over the world — Vietnam, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand and here in parts of Australia— just to name a few examples. They all have been praised for their ability to “control” the virus with masks and public health measures, only to then see cases inevitably skyrocket.

How well did this age?

Poor media reporting and inaccurate “expert” opinions have been a persistent aspect of COVID messaging. On the flip side to inaccurate praise, the inability of experts to get things right is perhaps best exemplified by Sweden.

‘Experts’ and the media declared Sweden was the world’s cautionary tale, a dangerous outlier who shunned the science of masks and lockdowns and stuck to established public health principles.

Over much of 2020 and into 2021, Sweden was persistently criticised by the media initially due to comparisons to their neighbours. Yet as we’ve progressed further into 2021, those same media outlets have suddenly gone quiet as their chosen victors have flailed unsuccessfully against ever increasing outbreaks.

Mainstream media from around the world predicted Sweden would have one of the worst death tolls per capita in the world as a result of their irresponsible public health policies and lack of lockdown and mask initiatives used elsewhere.

Here are a few examples of World Headlines: Will There Be a Reckoning Over Sweden’s Disastrous ‘Herd Immunity’ Strategy Sweden’s renegade COVID-19 policy looks like a disaster — but the country is quietly determined to see it through despite the cost in lives The Telegraph in London headlined an article:

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Buses serving Birali Steiner School Beachmere from Bribie Island Birali Steiner School is delighted that they can now offer Bribie Island parents and students an alternative way to get to and from school each day. The recently-introduced Caboolture Bus Lines service, with Drop-off and Pick-up from the Birali School Campus during each term, has proved very successful.

This is exciting news for families living on Bribie Island as it opens up the possibility for Bribie students to attend Birali School.

We will strive at all times and wherever possible to provide an environment of true equity free from discrimination based on language, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender, culture, ethnicity, religion, health or disability, socioeconomic background and geographic location. Childhood is seen as a gift to be protected and the idealism of youth is nurtured to form the foundation of a purposeful and productive adulthood.

Birali Steiner School offers a coeducational, non-denominational, meaningful and holistic schooling experience. The spiritual nature of each individual is supported, and this guides the way in which education is offered; respect, joy, moral strength, trust and honesty are held at the centre of all learning. The uniqueness of each and every child is nourished so that they may find their own meaning and purpose in their work and play, their individuality and community, their inner reflection and outer expression.

The physical space is revered for its beauty and is held carefully to reflect goodness, peace and cooperation.

Integral to the philosophy of Steiner Education, the teacher meets each child at the physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual levels.

We uphold diversity and seek to build upon local cultural knowledge. We strive to always work in partnership with the community. We honour the uniqueness of each individual within and around our community and seek to reflect the diversity of our society within our school. We strive to embrace and build a community that values ethical, sustainable and joyful living and learning.

For more information about the bus service please contact Caboolture Bus Lines (07) 5495 4744 or via email: education@cbus.biz to discuss the school run service options available for your child or the bus pass application process.

To view the Birali Steiner School website: https://biralisteiner.qld.edu.au/ or phone (07) 54290511

There were dozens and dozens of similar pieces written all over the world.

Not well! The graph above illustrates an approach that was consistent and sustainable because it didn’t rely on indefinite mask mandates and business and border closures as methods to “control” COVID. As other countries saw their cumulative mortality rates skyrocket, Sweden dropped in the rankings due to their consistent, sustainable methods.

I wonder how many people around the world are aware of that.

The media’s depiction of Sweden’s results is an excellent illustration of their desire not to inform, but to coerce. They’re not functioning as simply messengers of information but activists, thoroughly consumed by a desire to force others to conform to their opinions.

They refuse to present information that counters the endless dictatorial mandates, instead promoting unquestioning compliance. Listen to us, do what you’re told and wear a mask, or it’s your fault if you get COVID and die.

Listen to us and do what you’re told or you’ll be labelled an “anti” and shunned from the acceptable society that mainstream “journalism” polices.

All of this may have been well-intentioned and in Queensland one could argue we have been lucky to have leaders who have “kept us safe”, but at what cost? All deaths are tragic and sad but we don’t close the state and the country for two years because of other leading causes of death, contagious or otherwise. Most of the time we are blissfully unaware of leading world causes of death such as cardio vascular disease, diabetes, cancers, malaria, meningitis, tuberculosis, starvation, homicide, suicide, road and workplace accidents, HIV, drug and alcohol abuse etc.

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We leave our parents’ nest, spread our wings and soon learn the importance of a roof to sleep under and store our belongings. As I have witnessed over the past half a century, it has been rare for any of us to be able to buy our first roof and must rent initially.

Fortunately in Australia, over time - with some luck, hard work and the correct life decisions - almost anyone can buy a home in which to live, then even an investment property as superannuation if we choose. I believe having an investment property is similar to having a job where you supply the tools and receive casual pay; usually the costs exceed the income (negative gearing). Problems, if the rent is not paid on time (rent arrears), the shortage of funds is juggled, mortgages and rates are paid first, maintenance waits, the property’s standard drops, disillusioned owner sells, less good rental properties, rents rise.

due to COVID for months. They still have mortgages and rates etc., to pay on their investment property and in most cases they’re way above the rental income!

Unsuspecting tenants also be aware, two days or a week behind in rent, or innocently not allowing time for bank transfers, equals rent arrears.

An inconsistent ledger will weaken any future rental applications and can even affect your credit history when buying. In this digital age, past rent ledgers do not lie.

In this crazy world of COVID in which we are all living, @ MYPPM we cannot stress enough to anyone looking to apply for a property to rent, your past history must be exemplary and if it isn’t, start to remedy the downfalls right now!

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property since 1984 and I have never witnessed the demand for property so high as it is now.

An absolute true example: @ MYPPM in late 2020, we advertised a well-maintained, neatly-presented, 20-year-old home, no pool, standard block for $490 per week. The ad went up at 4.30pm on a Friday afternoon; by lunch the following Monday we had over 200 enquiries to inspect and rent the property (no exaggeration). Truly frightening for all concerned!

Since the borders have been closed, enquiry rates are not as crazy.

However, on the other hand, we have many interstate owners, some of whom have not been able to work

Now into our 10th year, My Personal Property Manager, for the good of all, does not tolerate rental arrears and is proud to say at the end of every financial year, our records show zero percent (0%) absolutely no rent arrears.

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Would Golf Carts Benefit Our Local Environment?

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Positive environmental and community impacts are just some of the benefits that would result from using Golf Carts for local travel, according to proponents of a petition seeking to legislate the use of Golf Carts on local roads.

Peter Rankine, from Coochiemudlo Island, has suggested that residents of the Toorbul, Donnybrook, Meldale and Beachmere areas would definitely benefit from joining their campaign to change legislation. He says there are positive impacts including a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and air pollution, affordable mobility options for fixed-income residents, and greater safety and social engagement for everyone.

Standard-fuelled cars produce 171g of carbon dioxide per km, with golf carts emitting one fortieth of that at 4g per km. Additional pollution occurs when cars are driven only short distances as modern engine emission control mechanisms are not engaged.

Annual Registration cost of a golf cart is around $250 whilst registration on an average motor vehicle is around $750. Factor in the additional costs of fuel and servicing and, Peter believes, mobility should not be prohibitive or a financial strain.

More affordable local mobility could encourage elderly or disabled residents to remain in their homes as simple activities such as weekly

shopping or visiting medical services would be more accessible. This also fits with the state and federal governments’ “Ageing in Place” policy which encourages people to stay in their homes as long as possible.

Golf Carts are already being promoted within local retirement communities and may encourage residents of those facilities to further visit and support local businesses.

As speed limits on local roads continue to be reduced to foster safer roads for drivers and pedestrians, Peter believes Golf Carts seem to tick all the boxes in reducing pollution and financial constraints, whilst allowing people to be more mobile in accessing local services.

Peter is circulating a petition to legislate the use of Golf Carts on local roads and can be contacted on 0450 507 186 or through www.coochiemudlo.org. The target is 20,000 signatures.

Several American states and UK local authorities already allow the use of modified golf carts on some public roads, under strict conditions such as these in Florida.

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What do you know Lift the Lid Walk for about dugongs? Mental Health 2021 Well, ask a member of the Pumicestone Passage Probus and they’ll be able to tell you!

“We’re so lucky to have these amazing mammals in the Passage at Bribie,” says Di Carter, Probus speakers organiser.”You may have seen one; perhaps you were on a BBQ boat or perhaps you were just chilling out in the water. They do sometimes come close in to the edge for food, which is where I saw one recently.”

“I didn’t know there were that many”, says Di, “Nor did I know they are related to elephants, but having seen elephants in the Chobe river in Africa washing the long grass in the river to clean it and then eat it I can see the similarity!”

Pumicestone Passage Probus is a great club where members come along each month to enjoy some fun and friendship. At each meeting they have an interesting speaker and September was no exception, when Dr Janet Lanyon from the Marine Vertebrate Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Science, Queensland University, was their guest. For the past 25 years a research program has been running examining the ecology and health of dugongs, and Dr Lanyon shared some of the latest findings with the meeting.

Members learned that dugongs are one of the most commonly-encountered marine mammals in northern Queensland waters, including Moreton Bay. Close to a thousand dugongs live in association with the bay’s shallow seagrass meadows.

Last year the Rotary Club of Bribie Island raised $4,005 for Lift the Lid for Mental Health

Guest speaker and Dugong authority Dr Janet Lanyon with Di Carter at the recent Probus meeting.

BANG Committee Seeking New Members and Volunteers

BANG 2021 Management Committee. From left, Di Newell, Karen Harris, Mary Brown, Christine Ellis and Christine Dillon.

Beachmere Area Network Group, the voluntary body organising and facilitating community activities and events in the Beachmere area, is looking for new members and volunteers.

Treasurer, Mary Brown, says the current Committee will step down at the November Annual General Meeting and it is imperative that the activities and events that BANG organises continue in the Beachmere community.

“BANG not only organises large events like the Christmas Bazaar & Community Carols, and FAB, the Fabulous Art Beachmere Exhibition, we also support many small community groups, facilitate new

projects and groups and manage the Hub at Beachmere, which is used for community events and celebrations,” Mary said.

“We have strong processes in place, but we have a great opportunity to refresh and grow,” she said, adding, “It’s also a wonderful opportunity to learn new skills or even update those you have.”

Mary, who has been a volunteer at VMR Bribie as well as a BANG Committee member for many years says there is certainly no better feeling than volunteering for your local community.

The BANG Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, 15 November at 6pm at the Hub, Main St, Beachmere

With the ravages of a pandemic, lockdowns, thousands out of work, the stresses of home-schooling, associated rises in domestic violence, never has the requirement for funding for Mental Health Research been so critical.

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Bring your friends, partners, and business associates for a morning of fun, helping the members of the Rotary Club of Bribie Island raise funds for this vital cause.

Where: Bribie Island, Brennan Park to the Bridge and Back.

When: Sunday 24th October 2021, 8.00 am to 12 noon.

Entry: $30 Includes entry and a Walk T-Shirt. Those under 15 may walk for free.

Registration: https://www.liftthelidwalk. com.au/bribie-island Lift the Lid for Mental Health is the Australian Rotary Health’s national campaign to fund research into those affected by depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and many other illnesses.

Examples of research undertaken into the problems of youth in our community include:

What does Australian Rotary Health do with funds raised?

Australian Rotary Health (ARH) is one of the biggest independent funders of mental health research in Australia. Besides mental health research, they provide funding into a broad range of general health areas, often to areas that do not readily attract funding. In 2021 they have allocated $2,214,340 for 16 Research Project Grants, 7 PhD Scholarships, 3 Post-Doctoral Fellowships, 43 Funding Partner PhD Scholarships, 6 Rural Nursing Scholarships and 80 Indigenous Health Scholarships. Funded almost exclusively

by Rotary Clubs and Rotarians around Australia, ARH has now contributed more than $40m for Mental Health Research.

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“DOING IT FOR CANCER” is a fundraising concert with a Big Band Sound to benefit the Bribie Branch of the Queensland Cancer Council.

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To: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

The Petition of Electors of the Division of Pumicestone draws the attention of the House to the Bribie Island Bridge and the bridge’s limited capability to accommodate the steep increase in the population and visitor traffic to Bribie Island. Also with the increasing number of local and state development approvals, infrastructure has not keep pace with the demands of the Pumicestone Electorate.

Your Petitioners therefore request the House to immediately commence the process of the feasibility, design, and construction of a new Bribie Island Bridge to accommodate the pedestrian and vehicular traffic to Bribie Island. The Federal Government has made $20mil available to assist with the cost of upgrading Bribie Island Road and we request this funding be used towards this project.

If you and your friends wish to sign this petition,cut it out, complete and post to The LOCAL News, Island and surrounds, PO Box 1019, Bongaree QLD 4507.

Alternatively the completed form can be scanned and emailed as a pdf or image file to belinda@islandandsurrounds.com.au

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Pumicestone Passage: From the 19th and into the 21st Centuries

The second chapter of our feature on our local history by Mij Na-Rod (#facxual_events), a time-travelling observer caught in a constant state of flux, warps and wormholes. He is also prone to drinking on the job, thus getting his facts confused

PART 2 The channel was originally shown as Pumice-stone River on the maps of Matthew Flinders as he found an abundance of pumice stone (a volcanic rock) lining the shoreline. Flinders therefore was unaware that he had visited an island.

In 1822 both John Bingle in the Sally and William Edwardson in the Snapper sailed separately into the passage. Mangroves, sandbanks and mudflats prevented them from travelling right through it, but Bingle believed it was not a river, while Edwardson thought that it was.

The Caloundra Bar was also discovered

by John Bingle in 1822 and proved the waterway was open to the ocean and was indeed a Passage, not a river as named by Matthew Flinders. The passage was then renamed Pumicestone.

In 1824, botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham described the land near Pumicestone Passage, declaring: “a somewhat shaded forest of stately timber trees, whose vast growth and present luxuriance indicated a depth of rich subsoil.”

According to historian Judith Powell, “the association between stands of large timber and the lure of rich agricultural soil was to have a powerful effect on the future settlement of south east Queensland. Large trees suggested fertile soils and pressure from pastoralists and farmers for access to this soil through land clearing is a constant theme during the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century.”

In 1893 Bribie island was basically totally underwater. This was a result of a once-in-a-century set of circumstances.

Extraordinary flooding of Brisbane and surrounding river systems over months was topped off with a tropical cyclone called ‘Buninyong’, tidal and storm surges and a full moon.

In recent history during European occupation and local knowledge, the opening, or Bar from the Passage, has been situated at the north end with a wider opening from Deception Bay in the south creating dynamics that result in a slow northerly movement of water from south to north.

The Bar position has been known to move south from its current position and then

relocate back to the north. This, being a natural process, has created no problems with the dynamics of the Passage. Aerial photos would indicate that the last time the bar was considerably south of its current position was in the 1960s. The only significant change to a bar’s position was in 1941 when Bluey’s Hotel got its licence to serve alcohol. At the time you could see Gun Bunkers around the island – a result of WW2 and a Japanese invasion threat. Bribie’s first beer-garden had been established.

Approximately 80% of the passage is less than two metres deep. Due to environmental diversity, including seagrass meadows, sand islands, mud flats, mangroves and significant species such as turtles, dugongs and migratory shorebirds, the Pumicestone Passage is part of the Ramsar-listed Moreton Bay Marine Park in 1993 – one hundred years after the great flood.

Also significant is that over 130 years ago Pumicestone Channel was declared a reserve of native birds.

On October 19, 1963 the Bribie Island Bridge was opened. Spanning 831.4 metres across the passage, the bridge cost $716,321 and had a 10 cents toll at the time. It was built to be “adequate” until 2031 but many now doubt the modelling used back in 1963 – especially if you have been stuck in an accident or, as a local, been frustrated by weekend traffic. In 1969 Pumicestone Channel was first declared a Fish Habitat Area.

This history would not be complete without reference to the much-loved 1K9 Colonel Dingo, whose passing was noted in the previous issue of The LOCAL. Dingo frequented Pumicestone Passage almost every day. Often locals would catch him staring out at the waterways. It was almost like he knew he was in Paradise.

I often wondered if he could sense the history of the island or if indeed he could see me. Had he been in the same footprints of Matthew Flinders or Bungaree?

Would he have gone a Bin Chicken for lunch if they weren’t protected or so hard to catch? Whatever happened to Trim the cat, he wondered? Days turned into weeks, weeks into months, months into years.

Dingo never quite figured things out but he certainly loved the journey and enjoyed each day of living with nature.

Colonel Dingo served his community proud for over 16 years before he finally succumbed to his old war injuries and passed on August 26, 2021. His plaque can be found on a memorial stone in the Vietnam Vet’s park opposite the RSL. Another passage ending in the history of Bribie Island and Pumicestone Passage.

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Due to the risk of COVID -19 our plumbers and labourers will be fitted with masks when we enter your home, this is for your safety and the safety of the community and will minimise the risk of our team transmitting the virus from one home to another when caring for your plumbing needs. In the event of a blocked sewer or other high-risk tasks our team will be suited in disposable suits to again help stop the risk of spreading COVID-19.

We ask that when we come to your home that you practice the government supported social distance of 1.5 meters at all time and to remain polite to our team as they are wearing protective clothing for your benefit and to keep our community safe.

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The Glory of the Garden Hi Gardeners and Welcome to Spring!

It was nice to see a little bit of rain recently but much more is required to keep our gardens looking good. This month I thought I would touch on the subject of Lawns - the pride and joy of most men.

A poem by Rudyard Kipling identifies with our love of gardening: Our England is a garden that is full of stately views, Of borders, beds and shrubberies and lawns and avenues, With statues on the terraces and peacocks strutting by; But the Glory of the Garden lies in more than meets the eye.

LAWNS To maintain a good lawn it needs regular fertilizing, watering and mowing. The end of August - beginning of September is a good time to start preparations for a lawn that will bring value to your property. Your lawn should have a dressing of Lime or Dolomite every two years.

Ten days after this, Top Dress when the grass is growing vigorously enough to push through the soil layer quickly, then apply another top dressing in January or February. If the lawn is well cared-for Top Dressing usually is not required. Then every eight weeks from October through to April lawn fertilizer is applied. ALWAYS water your lawn before applying fertilizer and water thoroughly immediately afterwards. to your lawn by birds, the wind and even on your shoes. Despite your best efforts weeds do appear and it may be necessary to use a chemical weedkiller. Read the instructions carefully. Do not spray in wet weather and do not mow for three to four days before and after spraying.

Lawn grubs have been the bane of our existence for the last couple of years and Grubkill sprays and granules are available to treat the pest. You can test to see if that brown patch is Lawn Grub; fill a bucket with water, add some dishwashing liquid, pour over your grass then top with a moist hessian bag or towel. In the morning the grubs should have risen to the surface. Also look for moth eggs on your leaves (brown patches). Leaving a bug zapper on a night helps to control the moths.

With the sandy soil here, using a Wetting Agent every year or so is a good idea to help retain moisture.

During the hot Summer months it’s important to give your lawn a good deep watering at least two to three times a week. Sprinklers are good for this. In

Winter once a week is fine. If you don’t water deeply enough the roots stay on the surface and then in hot dry conditions the roots are not deep enough to find water and the lawn will brown off.

When mowing, the lawn should not be cut too short. Weed seed can be carried

Sometimes those brown patches in the lawn can be a fungus or Dollar Spot.

During Winter fungus spots may appear in the lawn. Dollar spot is also a lawn problem - you‘ll see a spider-web-like circle on your lawn early in the morning.

You can hose the area but usually you’re left with small brown circles. Fungicide sprays like Mancozeb can be used to control these problems.

When laying a new lawn, you need to

place a fertilizer and water crystals down before laying the turf. An excellent product for this is called Launcher. The new roots of the laid turf take seven to fourteen days to penetrate the soil. It is important during this time that the turf does not dry out, and spraying with a half-strength liquid fertilizer will encourage fast growth. Try to minimise foot traffic through the area and top dress any depressions after a period of two to three weeks.

When testing to see if the turf has caught, try lifting, if it comes up in your hands it hasn’t caught, if it stays the grass has established and is ready for mowing.

Fertilizing can commence with a complete lawn fertilizer in eight weeks.

To summarise, when preparing your lawn: 1. Dolomite or Lime and before use, if necessary, apply a wetting agent first then a couple of hours later apply the dolomite or lime 2. 10 days later, lawn fertilizer 3. Then fertilize every eight weeks till about April Happy lawns and happy gardening, Jill

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By Anthony Cass - Pelagic Hunter Send me Photos of your catches for discussion and possible publication here

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Local angler Loris Roubin sent in this pic of a great Venus Tusk Fish that tipped the scales at a solid 5kg, or 11lb in the old scale, to set a new PB and possibly set a new record for the species in the Bribie Island RSL Social Fishing Club. Thanks for sending in the pic Loris. You can send your pics to pelagic_ hunter@hotmail.com. Keep ‘em coming.

Pelagic Hunter with a nice little shallow water Coral Trout caught on a previous trip with Big Cat Reality Fishing Charters.

With the current border restrictions the tourism industry has been hit hard and many charter operations are offering heavy discounts and incredible deals to Queenslanders. Personally, I’ve jumped on the opportunity to head back to the Coral Sea with Big Cat Reality Fishing Charters (www.bigcatreality. com) to chase monster Dogtooth Tuna, Coral Trout, GTs and Wahoo among others. I’ve been fortunate enough to experience a range of various charter operations over the years and in my opinion these guys are the best in the business and an experience every avid angler should have. There’s something for everyone, from family trips to the Capricorn Bunker Group, “Kill and Grill” trips to the Swains and extreme sports fishing expeditions to exotic isolated sea mounts in the Coral Sea. Tight lines folks, Pelagic Hunter

Over the coming months as the water temperature keeps rising we will see more and more pelagic activity and arguably one of the best and most accessible pelagic fisheries in the country.

From Striped, Blue and Black Marlin to Wahoo, Dolphin Fish and MONSTER GTs - the list is extensive. Certainly from now on the FADs will be worth a look for schooling Dollies. The boats up in Hervey Bay are gearing up right now for the start of the baby Black Marlin run and it wont be long until it’s our turn.

Many local anglers experienced with the tough conditions this time of year can bring, have been opting to hit the road and head north to places like 1770 and Yeppoon to get their fishing fix.

Many who’ve made the trek north have been rewarded with some excellent fishing. Whether taking your own boat on the road or choosing to take advantage of one of the many worldclass charter operations available to us in Queensland, we really are spoilt for choice when it comes to exotic fishing destinations.

Not much to report as the chances to get offshore this past month have been few and far between. The strong gusting northerlies have been unrelenting and those who did jump on the opportunities to get out have found the fishing tough. With the coral spawn beginning to turn up and the water temperature increasing, this is typically a slow time of year for offshore fishing as we transition to Summer and the exciting opportunities the warm water brings.

The first of the Summer pelagics to turn up are the kingies and already we’ve seen great numbers of Yellowtail Kingfish this year. Livebaits fished at mid-depth are the most effective way to target these “thugs” but they’ll just as readily smash a topwater lure or large soft plastic. If keeping them for the table it’s essential to bleed them and have them immediately submerged completely in an ice slurry. The flesh will deteriorate faster than other pelagic species so extra care must be taken to flatten the temperature curve quickly.

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Cancer Council’s National Secondary Students’ Diet and Activity (NaSSDA) study surveyed teens to ask them questions about their diet and lifestyle habits.

The survey found that while few teens are getting enough exercise, there is some promising news, with a recent survey reporting six in 10 teens (61%) get the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity at least four days a week, an increase from five in 10 (52%) in 2009-10.

Clare Hughes, Chair of Cancer Council’s national Nutrition and Physical Activity Committee, explained while it is encouraging to see some improvements the figures still show very few young people are meeting the recommended guidelines.

“Physical activity in teenage years sets up good habits for your adult years. Being physically active reduces the risk of unhealthy weight gain and reduces the risk of developing 13 different types of cancer later in life including endometrial, breast and bowel cancer so we really want to see as many teens as possible setting up good exercise habits while they are young.”

Ms Hughes continued, “When we look at the combined cohort, over half (52%) said a lack of physical activity options in school was a barrier and almost as many (48%) said they were too far from school to walk or ride.”

When comparing differences in genders, boys were more than twice as likely to meet the physical activity recommendations than girls (21% compared to 9%), with girls citing a number of personal barriers to participating in physical activity, the most common being feeling self-conscious when undertaking physical activity.

Girls were around twice as likely to note feeling self-conscious, with 30% of girls reporting this, compared to only 16% of males feeling this way.

When looking at reasons for being physically active, girls were more likely than boys to report weight management as a reason, with 77% of girls reporting this compared to 73% of boys.

“Three in four students agreed that both their school and their parents encourage them to undertake sports and physical activities.”

Ms Hughes said “We’re pleased to see physical activity addressed in the draft National Preventative Health Strategy and call on the Australian government to support people to be more active and to develop a national active transport strategy that will encourage walking, cycling and public transport use.

“We know how important physical activity is for overall health and well-being, including preventing cancers of the breast, bowel and endometrium.

“We want to ensure that there are the systems and environments in place for all young Australians to develop strong physical activity habits that they can carry on, reducing the risk of health problems including cancer later in life.”

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Bribie Island Golf Club Ladies Golf results Match Results 11/8/21 - 31/8/21

Winners of the Bribie Island Ladies Club Championships 2021

L-R: Ailsa Lauchlan Div 2 Winner; Jo Malone Div 1 Winner; Sponsor & Presenter, Sing Kiu Woorim Surfside Pharmacy and Sonia Ferrante Div 3 Winner.

2/9/21 – Monthly Medal, Single Stroke & Putting – Sponsor: Churches of Christ in Queensland. Div 1 Winner: Vicki Jones 75. R/U: Leonie Buxton 76. 2nd R/U: Susie Smith 77 c/b. Best Putting – Leonie Buxton & Gill Lee. Best Gross – Di Benghamy.

NTP: Hole 4 – Nina Bohan. Hole 7 – Di Benghamy. Hole 14 – Myra Thomsen. Div 2 Winner: Bibby Davies 75. R/U: Ruby McKinnon 78 c/b. 2nd R/U: Maureen Bailey 78. Best Putting – Janet Brooks. Best Gross – Bibby Davies. NTP: Hole 4 – Mary Carruthers. Hole 7 – Anna de Bondt. Hole 14 – Ruby McKinnon. Single Stableford – Div 3 Winner: Vicki Butcher 35 c/b. R/U: Val Miller 35. 2nd R/U: Fran Boxsell 34. 3rd R/U: Paddy Hyde 32 c/b. NTP: Hole 4 Hazel McDonnell. Hole 14 Paula McKenzie.

7/9/21 – Club Championships Round 1 –

Single Stroke & Putting. Sponsor: Woorim Surfside Pharmacy. Div 1 Winner: Di Benghamy74 c/b. R/U: Susie Smith 74. 2nd R/U: Myra Thomsen 76 c/b. Best Gross – Di Benghamy 81. NTP: Hole 4 & 14 – Carole Watson. Div 2 Winner: Wendy Robinson 70.

R/U: Debra Dunn 73 c/b. Mary Barbeler 73.

Best Gross – Debra Dunn 97. NTP: Hole 7 – Mary Carruthers. Hole 16. Marg Parkinson.

Div 3 Winner: Angela Jordan 68. R/U: Nadia Aylott 71. 2nd R/U: Sonia Ferrante 78 c/b.

Best Gross – Angela Jordan 103. NTP: Hole 4 – Angela Jordan. Best Putting – Debra Dunn.

9/9/21 – Club Championships Round 2 – Single Stroke & Putting. Sponsor: Woorim Surfside Pharmacy. Div 1 Winner: Laura Meijer 73. R/U: Linda Urquhart 74. 2nd R/U: Susie Smith 75 c/b. Best Gross – Jo

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Malone 79. Div 2 Winner: Stina Barnulf 73. R/U: Judith Umlauft 75 c/b. 2nd R/U: Jennifer De Ruyter 75 c/b. Best Gross: Ailsa Lauchlan 98. Div 3 Winner: Sonia Ferrante 77 c/b. R/U: Jennifer Stafford 77.

2nd R/U: Suzanne Wagg 79. Best Gross: Sonia Ferrante 112. NTP: Hole 4 – Nina Bohan. Hole 7 – Stina Barnulf. Hole 14 – Susie Smith. Hole 16 – Sandra Power. Hole 4 Div 3 best 2nd shot – Sonia Ferrante. Best Putting – Ailsa Lauchlan 26 putts.

14/9/21 – Club Championships Round 3 – Single Stroke & Putting. Sponsor: Woorim Surfside Pharmacy. Div 1 Winner: Vicki Jones 71. R/U: Suzanne Vallely 72 c/b. 2nd R/U: Desley Neilson 72. Best Gross – Jo Malone 80. Div 2 Winner: Lenore Wilson 71. R/U: Charmaine Price 75. 2nd R/U: Lulu Drew 76 c/b. Best Gross – Lenore Wilson 97. Div 3 Winner: Jennifer Stafford 73 c/b.

R/U: Nadia Aylott 73. 2nd R/U: Vicki Butcher 75 c/b. Best Gross – Jude Dorhauer 106. Best Putting – Helena Winterflood 26 putts. NTP: Hole 4 - Jo Malone. Hole 7 Nina Bohan. Hole 14 – Jo Malone. Hole 16 Lulu Drew. Hole 4 Div 3 best 2nd shot – Jennifer Stafford.

16/9/21 – Club Championships Round 4 – Single Stroke & Putting. Sponsor: Woorim Surfside Pharmacy. Div 1 Winner: Jo Malone 73 c/b. R/U: Di Benghamy 73 c/b.

2nd R/U: Linda Urquhart 73. Best Gross – Jo Malone 77. Div 2 Winner: Vivienne Learoyd 71. R/U: Ingrid Coburn 75. 2nd R/U: Marjorie Sills 76 c/b. Best Gross: Vivienne Learoyd 97. Div 3 Winner: Sonia Ferrante 76. R/U: Sylvia Kuhbauch 78. 2nd R/U: Paula McKenzie 79. Best Gross: Sonia Ferrante 111. Best Putting – Myra Dickson 25 putts.

NTP: Hole 4 Di Benghamy. Hole 7 – Linda Urquhart. Hole 14 – Leonie Buxton. Hole 18 Gwen Clutterbuck. Hole 4 Div 3 best 2nd shot – Paula McKenzie.

21/9/21 – Bribie Island CLASSIC Single Stroke – Sponsors: Victoria Nicholson Real Estate Team, Priceline Pharmacy, Martin Jonkers Toyota, Eighteen Eves, BI Golf Shop. Winners Gross Div 1 : Jess

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Jenkins (Oxley GC) R/U: Di Benghamy (BI GC). Div 2: Margaret O’Sullivan (Redcliffe GC) R/U: Barb Newcomb BI GC). Div 3: Lee Thorburn (Redland GC) R/U: Debbie Malson (McLeod GC). Winners Nett Div 1 Winner: Pik Chong (Hedland GC) R/U: Lyndall Plant (Indooroopilly GC) Div 2: Susie Fenton (Hedland GC) R/U: Leanne Ptak (Hedland GC). Div 3: Sandra Gill (Wantima GC) R/U: Stina Barnulf (BI GC).

CLASSIC WINNERS: Overall Gross Winner – Vicki Laws (Surfers Paradise GC). R/U Jo Malone (BI GC).

Senior Wendy O’Connell (Wantima GC).

Overall Nett Winner – Kate Wilson (BI GC). R/U: Val Smith (BI GC) Senior: Debbie Malson (McLeod GC).

23/9/21 – Single Stableford – Div 1 Winner: Kris Tomalin 38. R/U: Magrit Pearce 34 c/b.

2nd R/U: Judy Graham 34. Div 2 Winner: Robyn Harper 38. R/U: Terry Keily 36. 2nd R/U: Di Croft 35. Div 3 Winner: Brenda Truswell 35 c/b. R/U: Heather Croukamp 35. 2nd R/U: Sheila Stack 34. NTP: Hole 4 Leonie Buxton. Hole 7 Carole Watson. Hole 14 Charmaine Price. Hole 16 Judy Graham.

Hole 4 Div 3 2nd shot – Heather Croukamp.

28/9/21 – Single Stableford – Div 1 Winners: Kris Tomalin 38. R/U: Magrit Pearce 34 c/b. 2nd R/U: Judy Graham 34. Div 2 Winner: Robyn Harper 38. R/U: Terry Keily 36. 2nd R/U: Di Croft 35. Div 3 Winner: Brenda Truswell 35 c/b. R/U: Heather Croukamp 35. 2nd R/U: Sheila Stack 34.

NTP: Hole 4 Leonie Buxton. Hole 7 Carole Watson. Hole 14 Charmaine Price. Hole 16 Judy Graham. Hole 4 Div 3 2nd Shot – Heather Croukamp.

30/9/21 – Single Stableford – Div 1 Winners: Carole Watson 39. R/U: Diane Fitzpatrick 37 c/b. 2nd R/U: Christine Pronk 37. Div 2 Winners: Sue Navie 36. R/U: Brenda Truswell 35. 2nd R/U: Jody Bedson 34 c/b. NTP: Hole 4 Gwen Clutterbuck. Hole 7 Lyn Cockerell. Hole 14 Desley Neilson.

Hole 16 Judy Graham. Hole 4 Div 2 2nd shot Sylvia Kuhbauch.

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Sand spear installations Sand spear repairs & refurbishment Irrigation installations Irrigation repairs Bore stain removal Pump sales and repairs

www.downunderwaterbores.com.au dfservices@outlook.com.au ©freelancecraetive.biz

WINDOW TINTING

CHANNIS WINDOW TINTING

Call Belinda on 0447 007 966

Serving Bribie & Surrounds since 1999 Window Tinting: Car, Home, Office - Reduce heat, glare and UV Frosting: Plain & Decorative Signwriting: Vehicles, Shops, Offices

Phone 0410 508 468

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Health & Beauty

Professional Services Pest Control

Maggie’s Yoga Classes

Cleaning CLEANERS

Bribie Dazzler Cleaning Service

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• DOMESTIC CLEANING • BOND CLEANS • DEEP CLEANS • DE-CLUTTERING/LAUNDRY SERVICE

CALL GREG 0417 768 887

Free Quotes Local to our region General Pest Control Termite Inspection & Termite Treatment • Bed Bugs or Flea

• Bond Exits • Bees & Wasps Management • Residential, Commercial & Body Corporate

Complete Pest Control

All our pesticides are natural, Pyrethrum based products.

Local family owned & operated since 1998.

www.cpestcontrol.com.au

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All Household Pests Controlled Guaranteed.

• House Inspections • Termite specialists • Thermal Imaging • Fully Insured • Free Quotes • Rodent, Bird & Possum Management

ABN 71 326 381 155

YOGA

Call today to book Office: 0434 407 222

We are back in the Hall at the Anglican Church, 10 Banyo Street, Bongare

Yoga for Health 10am Tuesday & Thursdays, All Welcome Phone 0400 250 520

COLON HYDROTHERAPY

New local business, located in Bellara Colon hydrotherapy is great for:

Goodfellas

FREE quotes Competitive Rates

• IBS • Detoxification • Bloating • Digestion issues • And much more!

Bribie Island Window Cleaning Residential & commercial Local Business for over 10yrs • Window, Tracks & Screen Cleaning • Solar Panel Cleaning • Pressure Cleaning

Contact: Glyn Cass Mbl: 0404 804 172 E: cassonbribie@gmail.com

Phone number : 0409 752 629

HOUSE CLEANING

PHONE 54988517

POOL MAINTENANCE

AQUANEO POOL STORE

Your local pesty for the past 15 years, now operating independently.

General pest control Termite management Experienced in Slabset, Termguard, Altis & Camilleri reticulation systems Termite & Pre purchase inspections Residential & Commercial Pensioner discounts Good rates & UNBEATABLE service.

TEL: 1300 279 502 Email – Info@aquaneo.com.au Web: www.aquaneo.com.au

AQUANEO

STORE ONLINE

• Pool services • Free Pool water testing • Pool & Spa Chemical suppliers • Pool & Spa Equipment Suppliers • Large stock of spare parts.

TYE BUCKLEY - 049 802 0579

Landscaping & Garden

POOLWERX SHOP & MOBILE SERVICE

CARPET CLEANING

Computerised water testing Water & Energy efficient products Safety inspections and handovers Equipment repairs & Installation

Shop2, 122 Goodwin Drive Bongaree 07 3408 3566

Jobs Under $3300

LAWN MOWING

Residential & Commercial

Free Quotes!

High Pressure

Phone Levi

IDEAL LANDSCAPING

Rigid Pave Specialists • Driveways • Pool Surrounds Patios • Garden Edging • Irrigation Systems Retaining Walls STEVE WEBB 0405 389065 After Hours (07) 5496 1609 BSA 106 4948 1064948 Structural Landscaping / (Trade)/Jobs Under $3,300 LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE

ACE yard services • Tree removal • Stump grinding • Landscaping/make overs • Turfing • Top soiling • Rubbish removal

• Lawn mowing • Ride on Mower • Hedging • Lawn treatment • Weed treatment for lawns

Bribie Family owned and operated for over 20 years

• Carpet Cleaning • Pest Management Call Craig on 3410 0001 EMBROIDERY

Sandy’s Embroidery Works For all your Embroidery Requirements

•Logos •Bags •Names •Gifts•Designs •Applique

all enquiries welcome sandraworling@hotmail.com

0412 741 390 Donnybrook QLD

We make moving ...EASY Phone Justin Now REMOVALS & PHONE: 0410 326 376 www.ajsmartmove.com.au STORAGE “Serving our local community for 23years” TELEVISION ANTENNA

John the TV Antenna Man TUNING $70.00

Australian-made Digital TV Antennas, outlets & troubleshooting EPTPOS AVAILABLE - PENSIONER DISCOUNTS If I cannot fix your Problem, there will be NO CHARGE Titab Lic No: T15423 Est 20yrs 5yr Warranty

Laptop Parts Computer Repairs & Sales New Printers, Ink & Toner Cartridges and Refills

Celebrating 21 years in Business- Bribie’s most trusted Computer store.

Cnr Eucalypt St & Elkhorn Ave Bellara

PHONE:3408 6421

PHONE 3408 6530 VEHICLE & CARAVAN

Bribie Island Car Detailing

BOAT & MARINE

5/181 First Ave, Bongaree

Brisbane Boat Buyers

Boats Wanted Cash Paid Buying Now Phone Roger on 0419 756 800

Call Daniel for your free quote on 0403 094 212 LANDSCAPING SUPPLIES

Bribie Sand Gravel & Landscaping

• Professional approach to customer service! • New competitive packages • Wash & Vacuum package • Mini Detail package • Full Detail Package • Free Pick up & Delivery • Pensioner Discounts • Gift Vouchers Available.

PHONE: 3408 0014

MOBILE: 0439 462 288

FUNERAL SERVICES

171-173 First Avenue - Bribie Island Sand Soil & Gravel Supplies Red Mulch Now in Stock.

FAX: 3408 1955

Bob’s Auto Repair Service

Email: bribiesandg@bigpond.com

HOME AUTO REPAIR SERVICE

PHONE: 3408 1037

Advertise here for only $88 per issue Call Belinda on 0447 007 966

REMOVALS AND STORAGE

COMPUTER SERVICES & SUPPLIES

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Shop Online for free home delivery or drop into our warehouse store on 179-181 First Ave. Bongaree.

TEL: 34081542 Health & Beauty David Larment

FREE CONSULTATIONS

Established Since 1983

Are you looking for someone to help YOU with any of the following DENTURE PROBLEMS?

TOLL FREE 1800 642 216 or 5498 9088

• Bull bars • Suspension Lift Kits • Log Book Servicing • Tune-Ups • New Car log book servicing • Tyres and Batteries • EFI diagnostic & repairs

CARAVANS WE BUY, SELL AND CONSIGN

P: 0408 758 688

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Super King not available on all mattresses. Terms and conditions apply, see in store for details. The full Forty Winks terms and conditions can also be found on www.fortywinks.com.au/terms-conditions. You must be a Qantas Frequent Flyer member to earn points. Membership and points are subject to the Qantas Frequent Flyer program terms and conditions, available at qantas.com/terms. A joining fee usually applies however, Forty Winks customers can join for free. Qantas Frequent Flyer members can earn 2 Qantas Points per $ 1 spent (usually 1 point per $1 spent) on selected mattress purchases made between 04/10/2021 and 07/11/2021 from participating Forty Winks retail or online stores and must present their Qantas Frequent Flyer membership number at the time of purchase. Not valid in conjunction with other Forty Winks promotions which enable members to earn Qantas Points by purchasing products. Qantas Points will be allocated within 14 days of the product delivery date.