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FED-UP locals are planning public meetings, writing proposed new laws and planning courthouse vigils as frustrations over youth crime boil over.

Maryborough became a flashpoint for the issue following a crash that killed three women allegedly caused by a 13-year-old driving a stolen car on April 30.

Fuelling community anger even further, revelations then came that a 15-year-old girl with links to the fatal crash had been arrested eight times

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since May 2.

Police say she then was also among a group of teenagers that broke into a Maryborough home on June 11 and stole a Range Rover, which they then drove erratically across the Fraser Coast for more than 24 hours before crashing.

She was remanded in custody after being arrested when police tracked her down.

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Resealed car park reopens at Anzac Park

VISITORS to Anzac Park in Maryborough will now have more car parking options and smoother spaces with a reseal of the existing car park off Cheapside Street completed this week.

Fraser Coast Regional Councillor Paul Truscott said Anzac Park was being transformed into one of the premier parks on the Fraser Coast with a range of works completed or underway.

“Anzac Park is a park that has something for everyone, with plenty of open spaces and equipment for use by all ages,” he said.

“There are numerous shelters with barbecues, a walking and cycle track, and small playground areas for young children, while teens and older children can be entertained for hours at the skatepark.

“The park also incorporates SplashSide – a water play area and all abilities playground – and a Changing Places facility to cater for the needs of individuals with

disabilities or mobility issues.

“With more people visiting Anzac Park as a result of the new features, Council sought to increase the number of car park spaces near SplashSide and improve the existing car park.

“We are very grateful to the Queensland Government for providing $500,000 through the Works for Queensland program to allow Council to build a new car park near SplashSide, which was completed in November last year, and to reseal the existing car park off Cheapside Street.

“The resealing works began in April and have been finished this week with the car park now back open to the public looking better than ever.”

Member for Maryborough Bruce Saunders said the re-opening of the resealed Anzac Park car park was just in time for the school holidays.

“Many of our residents and visitors to our region will be able to utilise the

facilities Anzac Park has to offer,” he said. “Funding from the Queensland Government through the Works for Queensland program has allowed Council to fulfil this muchneeded project.”

Cr Truscott said the SplashSide water playground was currently closed for annual maintenance and upgrades to the floor surface treatment, with the works expected to be finished soon.

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“Work is currently underway on the new Maryborough pump track, which is also receiving funding through the State Government’s Works for Queensland program and promises to be another fantastic addition to Anzac Park,” he said.

“Turf will need to be established and lighting installed, but we anticipate the work on the pump track to be completed within the next few weeks.”

THE Maryborough Markets have a special morning lined up for Thursday 29 June.

“We will be having a competition for the best costume with decorated umbrella for adult and junior.” said organiser Robyn Dowling.

There will be a best decorated stallholder and best shop window as well.

A colourful parade of costumes and umbrellas will wind through the streets at 9.15 am followed by judging on the Town Hall Green at 9.30am.

Even Mary Poppins herself will be there to assist!

Popular ‘Crier of Renown’, Steve Battye, will be playing traditional games in the street and at 10am there will be a special Storytime on the Town Hall Green, provided by Fraser Coast Libraries. They will have lots of holiday activity packs for children to give away.

The Markets will be a great place to start your Mary Poppins Festival journey, so join in the fun

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Youth crime blitz continued

Chief Inspector Pettiford told the ABC.

He said police were “incredibly frustrated” that their message was not getting through.

“Kids need to know there are consequences to their actions,” he said.

“Even arresting them it seems at the moment is not having any consequences.”

It’s a sentiment shared by many locals, who are mobilising and demanding action.

One group organised a vigil outside Maryborough Courthouse earlier this week, “to ensure that the justice system is reminded that our community is forever vigilant and demands accountability”.

WILDLIFE QUEENSLAND’S FRASER COAST BRANCH

MARLENE LUCE

ALTHOUGH some walkers cancelled their walk on a stormy day in Autumn, a group of three of us headed for the Maryborough Showgrounds Circuit.

Council had cleaned the area and far more scout activity structures left over from the 2013 Jamboree had been revealed than when the Wildlife Qld Fraser Coast walkers completed the walk in 2022. We had time to play.

Soon we had enjoyed the bird activity on the lake.

We discussed the weeds near the large mown area before the steep climb to near the bitumen road.

Then, what is happening? This poor turtle looks stuck!

It has made large scratch marks but can’t get up the final hurdle to flat land. It is exhausted.

The turtle doesn’t even have the energy to get away from us. Should we pick it up?

But then on a far closer inspection, we realised we were witnessing what most will never see.

Our lady turtle was laying eggs. Some were already in the hole she had dug.

Her eyes were glazed and she seemed hypnotised, unaware of us being friend or foe or if we even there.

We were able to see her cloaca stretch and drop each egg into the nest she had prepared to hold the clutch of about ten eggs.

Many photos later, her job was done.

Our Broad-shelled Turtle (Chelodina expansa) carefully covered and patted down her nest.

She then turned around without glancing back before making her way safely towards the water.

Another group, friends of one of the crash victims, is drafting a law to strengthen penalties they want passed by parliament.

And a public meeting is being held in Maryborough on Saturday to discuss youth crime and plans to re-form Neighbourhood Watch committees.

It’s being held at the MADCOTA community hub, 333 Alice Street, from noon to 4pm.

Det Chief Insp Pettiford said it appeared social media was a factor in the frequency and severity of youth crime in the area.

“We’ve got children who are trying to out-do each

other with the level of stolen vehicles that they’re stealing,” he said. However, he said, there were less than a dozen recidivist juvenile offenders on the Fraser Coast.

“If you compare that to the number of youths in this area, then it’s a very small number of people that are doing this.”

The State Government says data backs that up, with a long-term trend of declining numbers of offenders but higher numbers of offences, especially with youth offenders.

The number of total offenders reached a decade low in 2021-22, while the number of offences committed by individual offenders at its highest over the same period.

The government says youth offending was a focus of reform, pointing to its Youth Justice Taskforce and recently announced investments.

Flush with an Australian state-record surplus, the government announced $446.4 million over five years to focus on community safety, tackle the complex causes of youth crime and help boost police resources in its 2023-2024 budget.

That includes extending and expanding its Youth Co-responder Teams, made up of police and youth justice workers who engage with young people to deter offending, to the Fraser Coast.

Youth Minister Di Farmer said the government wanted to prevent youth offending from happening in the first place.

“We are firmly focused on delivering early intervention and diversionary programs to prevent young people from offending in the first place, as well as programs to stop reoffending,” Ms Farmer said.

“We will continue to fund programs and services where the evidence shows they are effective in reducing reoffending and increasing community safety,” she said.

“Importantly, this budget means additional interventions and diversionary programs for many areas in regional Queensland.”

The government is also building two new youth detention centres, in Brisbane and Cairns, to alleviate overcrowding.

Wings & Wheels returns in September

WINGS & Wheels, the aircraft and car enthusiast event, will return for 2023 after a two year hiatus.

The Maryborough Aero Club says that all proceeds from this years show will go to Community Flights, the

charity that provides free flights to local patients to medical specialists in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.

Amongst the attractions this year will be aircraft displays, scenic flights, Warbirds, RAAF Aircraft, custom and vintage cars

and bikes, aerobatic displays and bikes, historical displays, vintage machinery demonstrations, market stalls, plenty of good food an drink and much more!

Wings & Wheels, all day Sunday September 10 at the Maryborough Airport.

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There is a public meeting at MADCOTA this Saturday at noon to discuss the youth crime issue in our community.

If you want your voice to be heard, please attend.

So many times, useful gatherings such as this are wasted because those with complaints don’t attend, or

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do attend and then don’t say anything.

I would urge anyone with an opinion to go and be heard!

It’s the only way anything will change, and we need it to change.

The police hands are tied and the magistrates need to start using the laws that are available to them

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to get some action. What’s going to happen if nothing changes?

Then frustrated people will start being vigilantes and try to protect their property by themselves like the residents of Townsville.

We all agree that that is not the best method, but it is the last method, when nothing else is available to us.

Please be heard!

Today

- O. Boritch

WHERE ARE ALL THE CANDIDATES?

With a local election just over a year away, you would think that any genuinely interested candidate would already have their hand in the air!

I have so far seen just one (apart from the incumbents of course) who is getting her name out there at an early stage, so people get to know her and what she stands for before making a decision on who to vote for.

If candidates won’t show their faces early, the issue will be that by the time we’re ticking the boxes on the ballot paper, we won;t really know much about them at all.

Then we’ll complain because we don’t like what they’re doing.

As for the state government elections, we haven;t heard from the LNP since their (very) brief appearance at the last one. Even then, they didn’t have much to say.

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What normally happens is that candidate all start joining community groups at the last minute before the election.

There was a very smart man in Hervey Bay many years ago who banned all electoral candidates from joining his group (other than those who were already members) until after the election.

The end result?

Out of the five who had applied and were turned away, only one continued the process and went on to become a constructive member.

He hadn’t won the election, but proved to be a good community person. I always wondered if the man who beat him at the polls turned out the same way?

- John Allcott

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Suspended jail sentence for kindy fraud

Correctional centre tour offers a glimpse inside

JAY FIELDING

LOCALS can see what life’s like inside Maryborough Correctional Centre as part of a new interactive virtual experience.

Maryborough is the first prison in the state to offer the digital walkthrough.

General manager Kris Winter said it was important to acknowledge the work of staff and officers on the frontline of public safety.

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A WOMAN has been given a suspended jail sentence for her role in defrauding a Maryborough kindergarten of $50,000.

Karma Melissa Donald, 44, pleaded guilty in Hervey Bay District Court to one count of fraud.

Prosecutor Katrina Overell said the fraud happened while Donald was the president of the Carramar Community Kindergarten and Preschool management committee.

During discussions about moving the kindy, Donald and others hatched a plan to buy the vacant St Stephen’s Private Hospital in Maryborough and turn it into a community hub.

The kindergarten had a term deposit of $50,000 maturing in a bank account, which was transferred to the entity set up to buy the hospital in December 2017.

When the sale of the hospital fell through, Donald did not return any of the funds, Ms Overell said.

Instead, it was withdrawn, dispersed in the form of cheques to other accounts and spent at Bunnings, restaurants, liquor stores and automotive shops.

The new committee president elected in April 2018 blew the whistle on the fraud, and $10,000 of the money was returned.

Ms Overell said the loss of the remaining $40,000 had left the kindergarten in dire financial straits, she said.

She said Donald’s actions were a “gross breach of trust”, although there were others who had moral culpability.

Donald had repaid $5000 to the kindergarten, had a job and was willing and able to pay restitution, the court heard.

Judge Michael Burnett told Donald she had failed to recognise the need to follow due process and had allowed her ego to take over.

He sentenced her to two-and-half years in jail, wholly suspended for four years, and ordered she pay $25,000 in compensation.

“This virtual experience is about showing the different kinds of work officers do every day to address offending behaviour and improve the vocational and life skills of prisoners to assist in their rehabilitation and reintegration back into the community,” Ms Winter said.

From visitors to the role

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of dog squad officers and how prison mail is processed, the experience takes viewers on a journey through different areas of the correctional centre.

“And for those who are considering a career in corrections, they will get to hear from officers about what it is like working in a high-pressure

environment to ensure the Queensland community is safe,” Ms Winter said.

The walkthrough allows the public to learn about the role of cultural liaison officers and what happens inside the gatehouse as well as get a sneak peek inside the prison kitchen.

“Working in a correctional

centre is undoubtedly challenging but it is also a very rewarding career, and I am incredibly proud of our officers for the work they do to build safer communities,” Ms Winter said.

View the full interactive digital experience at https://corrections.qld.gov. au/mccvirtual

• About 2000 meals are prepared each day in the Maryborough Correctional Centre kitchen. That’s about 730,000 meals a year.

• Between 20 and 30 prisoners are processed through the reception store each day for admissions, discharges, transfers and court appearances.

• Each day more than 200 people move through the gatehouse. • 300 officers work at Maryborough Correctional Centre.

Maryborough golf charity day filling fast

FRASER Coast Mates Maryborough Golf Day is expecting to be bigger than originally planned.

Originally budgeted for 36 teams of three players, the highly anticipated event has now been expanded to accommodate 54 teams of keen golfers, and those who just want to support the charity and have a great day.

The Hervey Bay Golf day was held last week, and attracted over 150 players.

The Maryborough Sun/ Fraser Coast Mates Annual Golf Day will be

held in Maryborough on September 8.

The day raises funds for mental health education, awareness and emergency counselling, which is available in Maryborough.

Fraser Coast Mates has been established for over 7 years on the Fraser Coast, and the Maryborough committee is keen to let everyone know that their services are available locally.

To register to play in the event, contact Craig Winter at craig@ wintergroup.com.au for an entry form.

Darren Stimpson and Craig Winter at the 2022 Hervey Bay golf day. (Photo courtesy of What’s On)

Point Lookout Croquet Club

by FRASER COAST MAYOR GEORGE SEYMOUR

MARYBOROUGH is very well known for the success of its different clubs catering to all manner of sporting codes.

Olympians and national champions have trained at the fields, pools, courts and grounds of our city.

These organisations and the men and women who have built them up have greatly contributed to ensuring our community is healthy, active and connected.

One of these clubs in our community, the Point Lookout Croquet Club, celebrates its 125th birthday later this year.

As the oldest croquet club in Queensland, this Maryborough organisation has a proud history and a strong future.

When the club was formally opened on 21 September 1898 under the leadership of its president, Mrs J.H. Baynes, local reports stated:

“The Point Lookout Croquet Club was formally opened last Wednesday at their grounds in North Street.

“The affair proved a pleasant one and went off very successfully, there being a large gathering

of over 100 ladies and gentlemen present.

A number of the former had provided light refreshments in the shape of tea and cake, which were partaken of by those present and altogether the club promises to have a successful career.”

For its first four years, until 1902, the club’s home was in the grounds of the large residence “Stirling”.

This attractive timber home still stands near the river on North Street, very distinctively painted yellow, backing onto the Brolga Theatre’s carpark.

In 1902 the club took up an offer to lease their current site from the Bonarius family, a block further up the street, at 23-25 North Street.

The annual payment was set at £5, and continued unchanged and unaffected by inflation at this rate until 1956 when the last of the family passed away.

At this point the club had to make a decision about its future and it was decided to purchase the land.

Mrs Wynne loaned the club the funds to purchase the land which had become the club’s home.

This was paid off by 1958 when Mrs Wynne

generously donated the interest that had been charged back to the club.

The club at Point Lookout was building and growing; always attracting new members and that year Lorraine Bray took up the sport and joined the club after suffering from a tennis injury.

She would contribute to the club for many decades as well as play at an elite level.

Lorraine won numerous championships and represented Queensland and Australia.

In 2000 she was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for her achievements and services to the sport of croquet.

In November 2007 a plaque honouring her achievements was entered into the Maryborough Walk of Achievers on Wharf Street.

Many other members have also competed with success in state, national and international competitions.

In its early years there were other croquet clubs in Maryborough: the Maryborough Croquet Club, Prospect Park Croquet Club and the United Croquet Club.

Whilst the Maryborough and Prospect Park clubs

were short lived, the United Croquet Club was active until the 1970s By 1932 the club had expanded to include three lawns.

The fourth lawn was officially opened in April 1969 by the Mayor of Maryborough, Ralph Stafford.

The pleasant and successful affair with which the club opened 125 years ago continues to this day as friendships are warmly developed and matches spiritedly contested on the greens of the Point Lookout Croquet Club.

Dingo bite sends warning to visitors

JAY FIELDING

VISITORS to K’gari

(Fraser Island) have been given a wake-up call about dingo safety after two separate biting incidents.

In the most serious case, a 10-year-old boy was dragged underwater by a dingo on the island’s west coast on June 16.

The boy’s 12-year-old

sister rescued him from the animal.

The pair’s family treated the 10-year-old for puncture wounds to his shoulder and arms, and scratches and bruises on his chest and arm.

Rangers chased the dingo away and increased patrols in the area.

The second incident happened on June

4 when a dingo bit a 42-year-old French tourist on the bottom while she was sunbaking.

Footage of the incident has now gone viral, making international headlines.

The dingo, which had also bitten a seven-yearold boy on June 1, was humanely euthanised.

A spokesperson said

Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service had considered the views of the island’s traditional owners, the Butchulla people, as well as alternative options to managing the dingoes.

The spokesperson said the dingo’s history presented a concerning pattern of negative interactions towards people with a series of threatening and

high-risk interactions recorded including five high risk interactions.

Dingoes that lose their natural wariness of

people and become habituated may become aggressive while seeking food, the spokesperson said.

Point Lookout Croquet Club lawns and (inset) Lorraine Bray, Club member and Australian representative. (Archives)

Jobs Ready program extended

GAME-CHANGING Jobs

Ready program extended

The Fraser Coast Jobs Ready program has been extended for another year after a successful first 12 months assisting local jobseekers and employers.

In its first year, more than 100 residents accessed the free fourweek jobs training program and more than half subsequently gained employment.

One participant Warren Hutch said he was thrilled by the quality of teaching during the intensive course.

“Before coming to this program, I thought it was ‘just another one of those programs’, but I soon realised this wasn’t the case,” Warren said.

“This is the best program I’ve ever been to, and I think there should be more.

“The staff gave me so much confidence, helped me through adversity and better yet, helped me land my dream job.”

Fraser Coast Regional Councillor Jade Wellings said the Jobs Pathways Program aimed to enhance participants’ job readiness by boosting confidence to help participants gain and retain jobs.

“It focuses on improving job-seeking skills, writing resumes and application letters, interview skills and how to apply in person and online,” she said.

“While the Fraser Coast has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state, feedback from the business community indicates many are planning to offer new jobs in the near future.”

The Jobs Pathways Program is free, open

to all ages and runs for four weeks, three days per week – Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 9am –2pm. Participants will be provided with a light breakfast and lunch.

The Jobs Pathways Program will run until June 2024.

For more information and to apply contact by email jobs.hub@frasercoast. qld.gov.au or call Jordan Morris on 0476 395 466.

The program is run by the Fraser Coast Regional Council and funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services to upskill, build job readiness and provide intensive support to unemployed people.

Key stats/improvements (average across the 11 groups)

Participants took a survey on their first and last day

of the program and scored themselves from 1-5, 1 being the lowest, 5 being the highest.

Confidence in and ability to write resume’s, cover letters & Selection Criteria responses: Week 1 Average: 2.5 Graduation Day Average: 4.5

Access to training and

Brass and Organ Spectacular returns

IN 2019 the Anglican Parish of Maryborough hosted the first Brass and Organ Spectacular, a concert featuring the wonderful sounds of Maryborough Brass and the historic pipe organ of St Paul’s as part of the historic church’s 140th celebrations.

Such was the enthusiastic response to this concert that it was immediately decided to make such a concert a bi-annual event and so the second concert was held in 2021 and was a huge success.

This year’s third Brass and Organ Spectacular will be staged on Saturday 19th August commencing at 7:30pm.

The concert will again bring together the fabulous sounds of Maryborough Brass under the direction of its conductor Mr. Greg Aitken and the recently renovated and extended 1883 Wadsworth pipe

organ at St Paul’s, played by outstanding guest organist Dr. Steven Nisbet OAM.

Dr Nisbet is one of Australia’s leading organists whose repertoire includes music from the traditional organ classics to modern music from film and musical theatre.

As well as listening to the awe-inspiring sounds of Brass and organ both together and separately in concert, the audience gets to sing with their combined sound to accompany them in some truly wonderful music.

Maryborough Brass will be featuring special pieces to highlight the sounds of the trumpet and the Dr Nisbet will also highlight the new trumpet stop on the organ in his repertoire.

In conjunction with this year’s concert, Dr. Nisbet will be holding Organ tutorials for anyone

interested in this amazing instrument.

The concert is being supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund, the Anglican Parish of Maryborough and Zip Print. Admission will be by donation and there is no need to book.

Current Queensland Covid entry rules apply and it is suggested patrons bring a cushion.

This will surely be another performance to remember - a fitting celebration of magnificent music in of one of Maryborough’s most beautiful buildings.

assistance towards career goals and knowledge on what is available: Week 1 Average: 2.4

Graduation Day Average: 4.6

Skills and confidence to approach an employer face to face and apply for a job in person (eye contact, speech, presentation, relevant information given).

Week 1 Average: 2.6

Graduation Day Average: 4.8

Knowledge on what support services are available and how to access them (financial, housing, clothing, licenses, drug/alcohol, counselling etc.)

Week 1 Average: 2.3

Graduation Day Average: 4.6

Bridge grant improves facility

THE Maryborough Bridge Club Inc. has recently been awarded $2,040.00 by the Fraser Coast Regional Council, as part of the 2022-23 Community Grants towards the purchase and installation of a new dishwasher at the Club’s property.

The Maryborough Bridge Club has been operating for over fifty years, providing social and mental participation and stimulation to a wide variety of participants.

The club is a keen supporter of this type of interaction as an important addition to the well-being of its members, and the wider community.

“This grant will assist

the club in continuing to offer a safe and hygienic environment for club members.” said Secretary Judy Caldwell.

The club is located at the corner of Walker and Rex Streets, Maryborough.

Recent group of program graduates with facilitators. (Supplied)

The Brass and Organ Spectacular,returns to Maryborough in August and (below) Dr Steven Nisbet. (Supplied)

Burrum Coalfest in July

THE popular Burrum Heritage festival Coalfest returns to Howard on July 22.

A celebration of the region’s coal mining history, Coalfest features a day of great entertainment, food, stalls, prizes and the Grand Parade through the streets of Howard.

A registered valuer from Winter Auctions & Antiques will be offering free appraisals from 10am-2pm (a limit of two items per person applies please), the 5th Light Horse Brigade will make several appearances, and a range of entertainers will feature throughout the day.

Dog obedience displays, vintage cars, chainsaw artists, face painting and horse rides will keep all ages amused.

Entry to the festival is free and the fun kicks off from 9am.

Period costumes are encouraged and those who choose to dress up can join the parade.

More information can be found on the Facebook page ‘Coalfest -Burrum Coal Discovery Festival’.

Tragic death at Gunalda

JAY FIELDING

A 15-YEAR-OLD girl has died after a serious crash in Gunalda.

Lily Hayes was a passenger in a sedan that collided with a fourwheel-drive on Miva Road on June 10.

The Gympie high school student was airlifted to Queensland Children’s Hospital where she died a week later.

A GoFundMe campaign has been started to raise money for a celebration of her life and for her parents, Meagan and David, and siblings Jacob, Seth and Emma.

“This is something that no parent should have to go through and it is just so devastating that her life has been cut so short,” campaign founder Sherryn Wynne said.

“Our sassy little Lilly had the whole world ahead of her.”

Donate at gofundme. com/f/support-lilly-andher-family.

The driver of the sedan, a 23-year-old New South Wales man, was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital where he remains in a serious condition.

The six occupants of the four-wheel-drive, including a three-yearold girl, received minor injuries.

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the crash and witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage are urged to contact police.

Defence Force certificates of appreciation applications open

The Tilt Train and Spirit of Queensland coastal trains and Spirit of the Outback train to Longreach will run at different times. Book early to secure your travel! Scan here for more information.

FEDERAL Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien is inviting defence force veterans who served overseas in Australia’s Defence Forces from the Second World War on, and those who served on the home front during the Second World War, to apply for a Certificate of Appreciation from the Australian Government.

“The Saluting Their Service Commemorative Program is making the Certificates of Appreciation available as a way of expressing the nation’s gratitude to those who served,” Mr O’Brien said.

“Certificates of Appreciation will be issued to veterans who served

overseas in wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations, or to those who provided logistics support in Vietnam, or served on the home front during World War II.”

The Certificates of Appreciation are designed primarily for living veterans to express the nation’s gratitude for their service.

While family members can apply on behalf of eligible veterans who are deceased, certificates will not be issued on behalf of Boer War or First World War veterans.

National Servicemen who served overseas in eligible conflicts and operations, including Vietnam, and Reserve personnel

who served in one of the Peacekeeping Operations theatres are eligible for a Certificate of Appreciation for that service.

“I encourage all eligible veterans to apply for their Certificate of Appreciation.”

“Australia is grateful for their service, and this is a small way of showing the nation’s appreciation for their contributions which have secured our freedom,” Mr O’Brien said.

Application forms and further information regarding eligibility is available by contacting Mr O’Brien’s office on 4121 2936, or llew.obrien. mp@aph.gov.au, or by visiting the website www. llewobrien.com.au.

From 17 July 2023, long-distance train timetables will change

Llew O’Brien is inviting defence force veterans to apply for the certificate of appreciation. (ADF)

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Maryborough motorists benefit from road upgrade

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motorists travelling to and from key sporting fields in the heritage city will have a safer and simpler journey following an upgrade to Sydney Street.

Fraser Coast Regional Councillor Paul Truscott said a new one-way road built from the end of Sydney Street along the unformed section of Ariadne Street to Victory Street would improve the safety of motorists.

“People accessing the touch football and soccer fields will now be able to head back towards Maryborough along Sydney Street rather than having to enter onto the busy Hervey BayMaryborough Road,” he said.

“This upgrade will be a boost for nearby residents while it will also benefit patrons of the popular Sporties Club who will have a safer return to town.

“Drivers have had to wait up to 30 minutes to get onto the Hervey Bay-Maryborough Road, which can lead to drivers

becoming frustrated and making bad decisions and taking chances.

“Making the road one way will reduce the temptation for drivers to use it as a ‘rat run’ to Hervey Bay. I really believe this upgrade will be a lifesaver for the community.”

The Sydney Street upgrade also included the construction of a new footpath, the installation of speed humps, culvert upgrades and the installation of pedestrian refuge islands.

The $2.5 million project was delivered with $1.7 million in funding from the State Government’s Works for Queensland program with the remaining funds from Council’s capital works budget.

Member for Maryborough Bruce Saunders said the opening of Sydney Street would be a welcome relief for motorists to safely be able to access Ariadne and Victory Streets.

“This in turn will ease congestion at the Sydney Street and Hervey

Bay-Maryborough Road intersection during peak traffic.

“The Queensland

Bidwill Road limit lowered

Government through the Works for Queensland project is committed to improving road safety for our motorists.”

THE speed limit along a section of Bidwill Road on the outskirts of Maryborough has been lowered to improve the safety of residents.

The speed limit on the section of Bidwill Road from the Cooloola Coast Road to Landers Road has been lowered to 90km/h.

“Residents along Bidwill Road and the Little Tinana Estate asked for the speed limit to be lowered,”

Fraser Coast Regional Councillor Daniel Sanderson said.

“What was once a rural

road is attracting more traffic. A lot of trucks use the road which has several T-intersections at the bottom of crests and on curves.

“Council is very focussed on road safety. We’re committed to providing high quality public infrastructure to keep pace with growth.

“It’s all part of our plan to build better communities together.” This financial year, Council is investing more than $40 million in roads, bridges and drainage projects.

Sydney Street has been upgraded to provide better access and a safer journey. (FCRC)

Councillor Sanderson says that the new limit will improve safety. (FCRC)

New offering from local author

LOCAL author Frank Burkett has released his second book, The O’Connor Protocol. The book was published earlier this year, and is now available for local readers.

His first novel, View From The Clock Tower, was short listed in England for a crime writing award, and received enthusiastic reviews in his home state. His second novel is already receiving accolades from his growing core of readers.

The O’Connor Protocol is about the trust that brothers must place in each other.

“The year is 1990, and for twenty-something Tom O’Connor, life is good. Descended from a family of Queensland pioneers, he runs a newspaper in the tropics. Success and women come his way easily. But that is soon to change. An 1860s incident, in which an Aboriginal woman was killed, has surfaced to haunt the O’Connor family. Tom’s ancestor should have

been investigated over her death but was saved by his magistrate brother. This dubious act invoked the O’Connor Protocola family tradition that obliges an O’Connor to protect his sibling.

“Generations later, landdeveloper Todd Steele, whose descendant took the blame for the crime, intends squaring the account. Tom O’Connor is alerted to Todd’s mission only when drugs appear in the region.

“Adding to the chaos, an Aboriginal tribe inexplicably registers a sacred site on the O’Connor farm. Billy — Tom’s Aboriginal colleague at the newspaper — has his own story to tell about drugs and tribal injustice.

Responsible pet ownership urged by Adoption Centre

DESPITE facing two record months of animal surrenders, the Fraser Coast Adoption Centre team has rehabilitated a kitten on the brink of death.

Faith was surrendered to the facility after being found on a large cattle property surviving on cattle food.

home, Faith is just one of hundreds of cats who have found themselves at the Adoption Centre this year. In March 2023, the facility saw its biggest month on record of surrenders – being 76, closely followed by May with 57 animals.

“If an animal is desexed, it is less likely to roam, which reduces the risk of it being hit by a car, becoming lost, and ending up at an animal facility,” he said.

“Drawing on their limited resources, the pair grapple with the threat to their paradise.

When they uncover more than they bargain for, the O’Connor family is forced to invoke the protocol a second time.”

One reviewer, Judith Flitcroft (author of Walk Back In Time), describes the novel as: “A ripping yarn. From the outset, suspense builds page after page.”

Mr Burkett, who still lives in Maryborough, is working on his third novel which again features beautiful Queensland.

The book is on sale at Heritage City News in Adelaide Street.

Describing Faith’s condition upon arrival, Fraser Coast Regional Council’s Animal Facilities Coordinator Tiffany Palmer said the kitten was so weak she could barely stand.

“Faith was the most emaciated kitten I have ever seen,” Ms Palmer said.

“I could feel her hip bones and ribs but, she was very friendly, and all she wanted was to be held and cuddled.”

Due to her prolonged consumption of cattle food and extreme thinness, Faith required intensive care to regain her strength and was syringe fed and fostered by Tiffany.

Now in great health and looking for a new

“The facility has seen a spike in the number of animals surrendered, in particular cats,” Tiffany said.

“A total of 458 animals have entered the facility this year alone, with 224 of those being surrendered.

“This year the facility has had 93 dogs and a whopping 123 cats surrendered, plus 8 roosters.”

Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour has emphasised the significance of desexing pets.

“Avoiding unwanted litters of puppies and kittens is a key reason why it is important to desex your pet,” he said.

Cr Seymour said there are also lesser-known benefits of animal desexing.

“Desexed animals are also less likely to show aggressive behaviour, which means they are less likely to mark their territory or engage in fights with other animals in your household or the neighbourhood.”

Fraser Coast pet owners can apply for an animal desexing reimbursement of $50 for cats and $100 for dogs.

Residents can get more information about their eligibility for the rebate at www. frasercoast.qld.gov.au/ responsible-pet-ownership

If you think you have room in your family for Faith or any other animal currently at the Fraser Coast Adoption Centre located at Cicada Lane, Urangan. Please visit between Monday and Saturday, 10am to 2pm.

Alternatively, you can call Council on 1300 79 49 29 for more info.

T-rex cat, a whale and City Hall take top design prize!

A T-REX cat ready to burst off the page, the joyous dance of whales and the coastline featured in the designs chosen as the winners in the Fraser Coast Libraries’ 2023 Design-a-Bookmark competition.

Residents were encouraged to unleash their artistic talent and enter the competition.

The winning entries will professionally printed as bookmarks which will be available for free from the Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Tiaro, Howard and Burrum Heads library branches.

“The range of designs in the entries shows that Fraser Coast residents are very artistic,” Fraser Coast Regional Councillor Phil Truscott said.

“You can feel the enthusiasm entrants had through the choice of vibrant colours and designs.”

Cr Truscott said Fraser Coast residents were embracing the many free

services and resources available at local libraries with membership rising from 41,722 in 2021 to 45,327 in 2022.

“It’s such a wonderful service and it’s really heartening to see that about 40 per cent of the region’s population are now Fraser Coast Libraries members with membership growing by about eight per cent in 2022,” he said.

Judge’s comments on the category winners: 6 years and under: Edith Byrne: produced a beautiful abstract design with an elegantly restricted palette. A bold use of negative space gives the vibrant gestures in this work a sense of movement or vibration.

Key to the success of this composition is the symmetry created between the top and bottom halves of the work.

The imperfections inherent in this mirroreffect lend the work a charming confidence and light-heartedness.

7 – 11 years: Nikita Mitchell: the category contained many impressive designs, and choosing a winner was not easy.

My favourite design from this category features a very cute cat character emerging from a rainbow world of squiggles.

A strong and clean graphic sensibility gives the design sophistication, while clever use of cropping allows the T-rex cat to appear as if it is ready to burst out of the page, filling the image with life and energy.

Similar to the winner of the under 6 category, patterned symmetry at the top and bottom of the bookmark plays a role in the balance and resolution of the composition.

12 – 17 years: Georgia Mulligan: has beautifully captured the spirit of the Fraser Coast in this muted and serene portrait of a whale’s joyous dance. Thorough planning and attention to detail is evident in the composition

and articulation of this scene, with the four elements; sky, sun, whale, and ocean perfectly balanced against one another.

The artist’s selection of a sunset palette provides a burst of warmth into the scene, creating a stark horizon line between ocean and sky.

18 years and older: Tien-Yu: I love the creativity that has been displayed in the winning bookmark for the over 18 years category.

Unlike many entrants, this winning design opted

to treat the bookmark as a super-wide landscape, as opposed to the more common portrait orientation.

The resulting design is a brilliant interpretation of the potential for a bookmark to evoke the power of fiction and the imagination.

Featuring a smoky, asteroid filled skyline amongst the rough terrain of an alien moonscape, this design is sure to transport the Fraser Coast’s avid readers into another dimension!

People’s Choice:

Shanyichun Cai: Received the greatest number of votes from the public. The winners will also receive a $50 Fraser Coast Gift Card.

“Thank you to everyone who entered; our judge for the four age category winners, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery Curator Llewellyn Millhouse; and everyone who voted in the People’s Choice Award,” Cr Truscott said.

Fraser Coast Libraries receives financial assistance from the Queensland Government through State Library of Queensland.

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JAY FIELDING

A SUNSHINE Coast ginger farm has bought a 92-hectare farm at Scotchy Pocket, near Gunalda.

Weston Agriculture bought the Scotchy Pocket Rd property in April for $2.65m, CoreLogic RP Data records show.

A spokesman said the company was attracted by the property’s water allocation off the Mary River, red soil and flood-free location.

It’s currently being used to grow avocados and macadamias.

Weston plans to continue growing about half of the avocado crop, and switch the rest of the property to ginger production, which it hopes will reach 500 tonnes a year.

Dog registration inspection program underway

MORE than 5,000 homes have been surveyed as part of the annual Fraser Coast dog registration inspection program.

“Council’s efforts to encourage responsible pet ownership are paying off with 22,167 dogs now registered,” Cr Zane O’Keefe said.

“That is a fantastic effort, and I congratulate dog owners for their efforts to register their pets.

“There was a spike in pet ownership during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as we faced lockdowns and our movements were restricted.

“It is great to see that people who bought or adopted pets are taking up the responsible pet ownership mantle and ensuring their companions are registered and microchipped.”

Cr O’Keefe encouraged dog owners who had yet to register or re-register their dogs to do so as soon as possible.

“Having a dog can provide a lot of enjoyment and companionship but also comes with commitments and responsibilities, including ensuring they are registered every year as required under Queensland Government legislation,” he said.

To ensure that the Council’s records are up to date, the annual dog registration inspection program will run through to the end of September.

The inspection program will start with the owners who still need to return their paperwork.

“Sometimes people get lost in the system because they move house, or unfortunately their pet passes away, and they forget to contact Council to update their details,” Cr O’Keefe said.

“If you have registered a dog and didn’t receive a renewal notification, please contact Council as soon as you can so we can ensure your details are up to date.”

Council staff conducting

the inspections will visit homes across the region between 7am and 5pm Monday to Saturday.

So far, during the program:

• 1,533 owners registered their dogs for the first time;

• 425 owners renewed their registrations;

• 318 animals have been removed from the register, and;

• 271 fines issued (52 for failing to renew registration and 219 for failing to register).

“A common misconception is that pets registered for life in other states do not have to be registered here,” Cr O’Keefe said.

“Some new residents did not know they were limited to two dogs per house unless they applied for more.

“And some did not know that if you have a new dog, registration is free the first time you register your animal in the Fraser Coast region.”

Cr O’Keefe said registering animals had

benefits for owners.

“If an animal is found wandering or is taken to the pound, registered dogs can be reunited with their owners very quickly,” he said.

“It is harder to reunite dogs with their owners when they are unregistered or not microchipped, or the information on the microchip is outdated.

“It is essential those details are kept up to date with Council and the group which holds your pet’s microchip data.

Dog registration fees

help pay for animal management, training programs and provide for improved access to dogfriendly open spaces.”

Owners found with an unregistered dog are liable for the $287 fine.

If you have not reregistered your pet, or your pet’s details have changed, especially if it has passed away, please get in touch with Council on 1300 79 49 29 and talk to a Customer Service Officer.

For more information, visit https://www. frasercoast.qld.gov.au/ animals-and-pets

Ginger farm buys up in Gunalda

Power price shock a gut-punch

From CANEGROWERS CHAIRMAN OWEN MENKENS

JUST when you thought things couldn’t possibly get any more expensive, the Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) has decided we’re not paying enough for electricity. That’s right - despite the country being in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis as inflation skyrockets, the QCA has decided to usher in a massive spike in power prices across regional Queensland from 1 July.

Sky-high electricity prices were already a huge burden on households and small businesses, including farms, but now, thanks to the QCA’s recently released electricity price determination, we’re about to be slugged for an extra 30 per cent on our power bills.

While the State Government pledged to cover much of the cost increase for households in its recent Budget, there was no cost relief for small businesses or farms.

This is of particular

concern for farmers who rely on irrigation to grow their crops, be it fruit, vegetables, or sugarcane.

Irrigation is already an expensive exercise for growers, who pay not only for the water they use to provide the community with food and fibre, but also for the equipment and the power to pump that water.

Electricity bills for some irrigators can be as high as $50,000 a quarter. This price hike will add tens of thousands of dollars to growers’ electricity bills per year.

Of course, most farmers can’t simply absorb these additional costs.

They will eventually flow through to consumers as higher prices at the supermarket, increasing overall cost-of-living pressures.

This isn’t the case for sugarcane growers, however.

With the majority of Queensland’s sugar exported, and growers at the mercy of a volatile

world market, there is nowhere for cane growers to pass on the additional cost burden.

And with zero competition in the regional energy market, Ergon has little incentive to limit cost increases to farmers and will undoubtedly impose the QCA’s recommended increase in full.

Cane growers have no choice but to suck it up and wear the costs of what is essentially a tax imposed by the State Government.

This is unfair and CANEGROWERS is calling on the government and Ergon to implement special irrigation tariffs for the farmers who feed Australia and keep our regional economies ticking over.

With an El Nino weather pattern now confirmed, and below average rainfall forecast in the months ahead, growers are likely to be irrigating more, and that means using more electricity.

They will also almost certainly face increased costs for that irrigation

water.

Australian farmers are at risk of paying more for electricity than any one of our subsidised global

competitors. While farmers are investing in off-grid technology like solar and diesel, and in energy and water efficiency programs,

the government-controlled generation and market conditions continue to fail us. This must stop.

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The Federal Government says that from 1 September 2023, many Australians’ living with a chronic condition will have access to 92 PBS medicines at a lower cost under the Australian Government’s new 60-day dispensing arrangements.

This means many patients who live with a chronic and stable condition may be eligible to receive 2 months’ worth of PBS listed medicine for the cost of a single prescription.

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FOR Kids BY Kids

Hello Maryborough!

My name is Phoebe Lee and I am eleven years old. For Kids By Kids tells kids what’s going on in Maryborough from their point of view.

The school holidays are here at last, yet after all that busybodying around at school each week, many can be at a loss for what to do. Maybe you like to relax or travel, or maybe both.

Here are some ideas of ways to spend your school holidays with friends and family!

Sometimes me and my family like to make little arts and crafts gifts for each other, ranging from drawings to dream catchers, that sort of thing.

It’s a really fun experience and it encourages us to spend time together, playing board games and baking. Me and my brother also like to invite friends over for a playdate or

sleepover for some nighttime fun.

Some activities on in Central Maryborough include:

● Mary Ann steam train

● Queens Park & Military Trail

● ANZAC Park & Splash Slide

● The Mural Trail

● Hervey Bay Family Carnival

If you ever get bored during these holidays, try something new, like frying an egg or making a paper aeroplane! It’s important to get creative, as you can have lots of fun with your imagination. Bailey and Luke, ages eleven and eight, have shared how they like to spend their school holidays.

“I like to spend my school holidays at Mount Morgan with my dad. In Mount Morgan I like to go on walks with my dad. My favourite Place to go is the range.

“The range is a place in Mount Morgan where you

with Phoebe Lee MARYBOROUGH SUN SUPER-CUB REPORTER

What’s on in local arts

Maryborough Regional Art Society Gallery

- 9 June to 23 July, Maryborough Regional Art Society’s 76th Annual Art exhibition, Gataker’s Artspace.

Exhibitions at Gatakers, until 23 July

- Music for Life - Mark Crocker

- The Glassery - Jo Bone, Lucy Quinn, Aaron Micallef, Jarred Wright & Christine Atkins

- Consequences - Kelli Mac

- 150th Anniversary of Maryborough Trains, Gatakers

- 76th Annual Art Competition - Maryborough Regional Art Society, Gatakers

Exhibitions at Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, until 27 Aug

- Origin Story

- Gordon Hookey: A MURRIALITY

Fiona Foley: Janjari

Throughout 2023, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

School Holidays Craft Activities

Until 9 Jul, The Story Bank

School Holidays Pocket Park lawn games

Until 9 Jul, The Story Bank

Mary Poppins Festival

2 July, Portside Precinct & Queen’s Park, all day.

Creative Chronicles: Unlocking the Power of Storytelling

Sun 2 Jul, 9.30am, The Story Bank

can go and see a lovely view and it’s also the way to (get to) Mount Morgan. Other kids should spend time with their family members and have a fun holiday.” Bailey said.

“I like to play outside with my friends and I Like to be active a lot,” Luke said.

“Kids should spend time with their families to bond with them. I like to spend time with my Dad

in Mount Morgan for walks.”

How do you like to spend your school holidays? Make sure to look back on this article if you need any ideas.

Please be sure to let me know if you have any ideas or feedback for future articles in the For Kids by Kids Column at phoebelmarysun@gmail. com.

Mary Poppins Festival

Sun 2 Jul, The Story Bank

Music Under The Stars - A Maryborough Music Conference Concert

Mon 3 Jul, 7pm, Brolga Theatre and Convention Centre

NAIDOC Week Story Time at The Story Bank

Tue 4 Jul, 10am, The Story Bank

The Big Sing - A Maryborough Music Conference Concert

Wed 5 Jul, 6.30pm, Brolga Theatre and Convention Centre

Dance Workshop with Georgina Baumann

Thu 6 Jul, 10.30, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

Keep up to date with what’s on at www.ourfrasercoast.com.au/what-s-on

with Gregg Dreise

76th Annual Exhibition results

CRAIG WINTER

THE Maryborough Regional Art Society’s 76th Annual Exhibition saw more than 110 attendees gather to celebrate 97 entries from across the region on June 10.

Three judges - Mrs Valerie McIntosh - Maryborough, Mrs Karen McAuliffe - Gympie and Mr Tim Chamberlain with selected Year 12 students from St Marys College were given the unenviable task of deciding the winners.

Art Society President Jeanette Rogers said that the students enjoyed the judging process.

“They had a wonderful time and enjoyed their experience in this instance,

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gaining knowledge and critique measures for the future.

“We would also like to thank our sponsors for their continued support – Fraser Coast Regional Council (Mayor George Seymour, Lisa Stephenson, Ken Diem CEO), Gatakers Art Space – Trevor Sphor, Patrice Chapman and all their wonderful volunteers for the installation prowess and catering staff, Alan Muir - Out of the Square Picture Framing Hervey Bay, Chris and Cara Smith - Cartridge World Hervey Bay and Maryborough, Mr Rollo Nicholson, Mr Tom Braddoc, Hyne & Son, Mr Llew O’Brien MP and The Maryborough Sun newspaper.”

110 guests enjoyed the 76th Annual Exhibition. (Supplied)

Nonagenarian celebrates

Along with husband Terry and friends and family, Fay celebrate the occasion with a traditional cake.

Fay went to school in Maryborough and she and Terry both worked locally before moving to Darwin and Western Australia, returning to Maryborough 15 years ago where they have remained since.

Happy birthday Fay!

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WINNERS

OPEN - Acquisitive

1st Place - Mr Christopher Postle - Forest Kaleidoscope

2nd Place - Cheryl Bond - A Moment In Time

H/Commended - Jeanette Lewis - Incoming Storm

Commended - Felix Lewis - Cernunnos, God of the Wild

FLORA & FAUNA

1st Place - Robbyn Gergos - Mutual Preening

2nd Place - Kevin Rogers - Sparkle

H/Commended - Maggie Spenceley - Colour in the Bush

Commended - Carmel Birchley - Sacred Kingfisher

ABSTRACT

1st Place - Darren Sweetnam - Alpinist

2nd Place - Wendy Talbot - Read Between the Lines

H/Commended -Lynn Cox - Night Flowers 2

Commended - Susan Elkington - Slithering

3D/SCULPTURE

1st Place - Tania Gilby - Contentment

2nd Place - Nora Hanasy - The Shrine

H/Commended - Kym Latter - Where did my Wonder Go?

Commended - Ron Cox - The Codfather

LANDSCAPE/SEASCAPE

1st Place - Wendy Talbot - Fly By

2nd Place - Rolf Sieber - Sunrise Dondowran Swamp

H/Commended - Lynn Munn - Paradise

Commended - Neil Kirkby - Old House on Lennox Street

PORTRAITS/PEOPLE

1st Place - Kevin Rogers - The Fisherman

2nd Place - Elizabeth Dau - Miss Shelly

H/Commended - Julie Bambling - Running Still

Commended - Helen Campbell - The Bee Keeper

STILL LIFE

1st Place - Jo Williams - Still Life Studio

2nd Place - Lynette Daly - Family Favourites

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Bushy Tales

Insanity Streak

Hand lit kerosine beacons led the way

LINDSAY TITMARSH

NAVIGATION for shipping has always been a skilled operation.

Back in time, the sun and stars were useful for offshore navigation, but where precise inshore channels needed to be followed, they were totally inadequate.

Many years ago, for cargo and passenger vessels to access the busy port of Maryborough, required many navigational aids to be constructed.

From Woody Island in Hervey Bay to Tin Can Bay in Great Sandy Strait, and up the Mary River to Maryborough, they guided the mariners, day and night.

As the Mary River was very shallow, the larger vessels from yesteryear had to stick to the deeper channels.

The Woody Island lighthouses – that is another story.

Prior to 1977, when all navigation systems on the Fraser Coast were

converted to battery power, kerosene lights and wooden beacons did the job.

For daytime navigation, wooden A-frames (as shown here) were situated on prominent headlands, islands, or even on sandbanks.

As these guides had to be visible during the hours of darkness as well, each had a kerosene light attached.

The structure in the foreground was usually positioned near the water’s edge, or low down on a headland or sandbank.

The other upside-down frame was always placed well behind and higher up than the front one.

Kerosene lights were enclosed in weatherproof glass and metal cabinets which had a windproof breathing mechanism.

Each had a reflector behind to focus the small burning flame.

These beacons required constant attention. In case of supply difficulties, their kerosene supply could last

for over a week, but most times they were serviced weekly.

The last lamplighters on the service boat M V (motor vessel) Mary, were local residents, Bob Burns and Noel Witt.

After loading supplies for lighthouse staff on a Monday morning, they motored down the river, ‘doing’ the lights as they went.

As each set of beacons was reached, skipper Noel would heave-to, allowing Bob to row a little dory over to the bank to do the servicing.

On arrival, Bob would open the cabinet, blow the flame out, refill the kero tank, and then trim and check the flame wick.

It had to be level otherwise a high corner could produce a longer flame, thereby smoking the glass black.

After that, he then had to walk to the rear beacon and repeat the procedure.

The reason the rear beacon was always higher,

was, when viewed from out on the water, it could be seen above the front one.

This is how the system operated. On entering the enclosed waters of Great Sandy Strait, a ship’s captain, or for large vessels, a pilot from the Port of Maryborough, would steer the vessel so as to vertically line up the first set of beacons to come into view.

Obviously, if a vessel kept on a course heading for a beacon situated on land, then it would run aground.

This did not happen, because at some point, the channel changed direction, allowing another set of A-frames, or at night-time, two vertical lights further on to be used. By having the forward and rear beacons some distance apart ensured no error occurred during line-up.

Many or the rear beacons on mangrove lined foreshores were at the end of a cleared corridor, so could not be mistakenly viewed when it was not their turn.

Similarly, where necessary, light cabinets had sides blackened out to avoid the confusion of multiple lights being viewed from all directions.

In some places, floating buoys with an attached

light guided ships around corners.

We will never again see wooden beacons and kerosene lights guiding mariners, however the remnants of a few of them can still be found.

Two worthy family members on offer

From THE MARYBOROUGH ANIMAL REFUGE

SONSIE

This is 4-year-old Sonsie’s third stay at the Refuge – through no fault of her own.

The first time she was surrendered, she was a very scared cat, and it took her a long time to come out of her shell and trust people.

She was finally adopted to an older lady who adored her and gave her a lovely home. Sonsie became that lady’s shadow and followed her everywhere. Sadly, her owner eventually had to go into care, and she was surrendered back to the Refuge.

This was heartbreaking for both the owner and Sonsie. There is no doubt that Sonsie went into grief, withdrawing into herself again.

Due to her aloofness, she stayed at the Refuge for several months.

When she was adopted again, the home life did not work out as expected and she was brought back once more. She has now been at the Refuge for over a month.

Sonsie is not a lap

cat and likes her own space. However, she loves to be patted and brushed.

She shows affection to the regular Refuge volunteers. She will sit beside you and be companiable but does not like to be picked up or crowded by people.

Who knows what may have happened in her early life that makes her uncomfortable with being held? But there are many people out there who appreciate having a cat that does not demand constant attention. Sonsie just needs to meet them.

Sonsie is seeking a home with no young children and no other cats. She is toilet trained and has previously been an inside/outside cat.

Sonsie may still be missing her first adopted owner terribly, and wondering why she keeps ending up back in a Refuge enclosure.

She will need an owner who is prepared to be patient and undemanding with her, to give her time to warm up and understand that this is her forever home.

Sonsie’s adoption fee has been reduced to $80 in the hope that she may be able to find her special someone sooner.

She has been desexed, microchipped, worm & flea-treated and vet-checked.

SPUD

Spud came to the Maryborough Animal Refuge from the Pound.

Whoever called him “Spud” may have been expecting a Couch Potato – which could not be further from the truth!

At 14 months old, this Staffy Cross brindle boy is a bundle of energy.

Someone has taken the time to do some training with him. He comes well to his name, or whistling. He also sits and shakes hands.

He needs a bit more work with walking on a lead, but he is a very smart dog and will quickly pick it up.

He would love a family that will take him on adventures or be your exercise partner.

He loves to do zoomies and to play with squeaky toys. He enjoys belly rubs as well.

Spud will require secure fencing and a home that can provide him with regular company and mental stimulation.

He is not suitable for homes with young children due to his exuberance.

Spud has not been tested with cats has appeared to be friendly towards dogs while at the Refuge.

Spud has been desexed, microchipped, registered with Council and vet-checked.

His adoption fee is $350.

(Main) The late Bob Burns services a beacon situated beside the Mary River (Burns family); and (inset) This kerosene navigational light once guided mariners on Fraser Coast waterways. (Lindsay Titmarsh)

Sugarplum and Nutella (Mother & daughter) were adopted into the same

BT-50 gets agressive tuneup

TWO substantial new accessory packs are ready to bolster the offroad capability and visual impact of the Mazda BT50, offering a choice of sporty and sophisticated upgrades for both the flagship SP and Thunder models.

Adding more aggression to the sleek SP model grade, the Mazda BT-50 SP Pro enhancement pack adds Nitrocharger suspension for the first time to the BT-50.

Specifically tuned for the set-up of the vehicle, the new suspension incorporates upgraded springs that add a useful lift of up to two inches to increase the Mazda ute’s exceptional offroad prowess to even greater effect, and pairs them to twin tube shock absorbers offering extra ride comfort both on the bitumen and off the beaten track.

These modifications have been rigorously tested to ensure that the vehicle lift does not impact any safety systems – including the standard-fit ABS and Electronic Stability Control (DSC).

Exclusive new 18-inch wheels also create maximum visual impact and increase the vehicle’s track to further enhance its 4WD credentials.

An integrated Lightforce LED lightbar set into the front grille ensures an ideal touring setup whatever the time of day, with 1 lux of illumination at up to 569m.

As a finishing touch, BT-50 ‘SP Pro’ decals are applied to the lower flank of the Mazda ute. The Mazda BT-50 SP Pro accessory pack is priced at $7,668

(Recommended Fitting Price).

Additionally, a BT-50 Thunder Pro pack is also now available, building on the expansive specification of the BT-50 Thunder model grade – which already includes a fully engineered and ADRapproved single hoop bulbar and powerful LED lightbar – and adding even more useful upgrades for when the going gets tough.

Key to upgrade list is the addition of Old Man Emu BP-51 suspension, set up for medium load use where

weight requirements range from 0-300kg. Locally developed and tested in the harshest conditions, the BP-51 kit features nitrogen-filled dampers with a remote reservoir, and is manually adjustable for both compression and rebound. Users can fully personalise their ride quality and enhance the driving experience whether they’re travelling with an unladen tray with passengers, carrying a heavy load or towing a fishing boat at the weekend.

Engineered to the highest quality, careful tuning was undertaken by the Mazda Australia engineering team to ensure the correct calibration for the characteristics of the Mazda BT-50.

A snorkel is also fitted to provide further protection from dust and when traversing deep water or travelling in remote environments, while round Lightforce LED driving lights support the lightbar for an

unmatched combination that can illuminate at 1 lux for a distance of more than 1.1km ahead of the vehicle.

Newly designed ‘Thunder Pro’ decals also finish off the unique look.

Priced at $9,046 RFP, the Thunder Pro enhancement pack represents a $500 saving for customers compared to specifying the same accessories individually.

Available to order from July 2023 at Mazda dealers nationwide, each BT-50 SP Pro and BT50 Thunder Pro Mazda Genuine Accessory pack can be fitted retrospectively to existing customer vehicles, and come with a two-year warranty respectively.

When specified as part of a new vehicle order, the warranty increases to a full unlimited-kilometre, five-year duration provided

the accessory packs are fitted upon delivery* for complete peace of mind, comfortably beating the aftermarket industry standard.

More information can be accessed via the Mazda BT-50 accessory hub, which also includes a handy payload calculator to help customers take full advantage of the Mazda BT-50’s impressive 3,500kg braked towing capacity.

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Range Rover Evoque update

NEW Range Rover

Evoque has a charismatic, sophisticated character, with its reductive design now enhanced with the latest technologies and luxurious material choices for modern luxury clients.

Range Rover Evoque’s reductive exterior presence is enhanced by a new grille and super-slim Pixel LED headlights1 with signature DRL, which deliver a technical, jewel-like appearance. New exterior accents and colours also complement the characteristic floating roof, unbroken waistline and the flush deployable door handles that define Range Rover’s design DNA.

Inside, Range Rover’s design philosophy is amplified with a new 11.4-inch curved glass touchscreen, seemingly floating within the driver’s eyeline for improved visibility, while liberating space for interior stowage and Wireless Device

Charging. Powered by Pivi Pro2, with regular Software Over The Air5 drops and built-in Amazon Alexa10, the new centre console offers clients a seamless, comfortable

digital experience.

The latest technologies and material innovations also promote wellbeing in the refreshed cabin, provided by one of the most sophisticated interior air quality technologies in its class** – Cabin Air Purification Plus.

Tactile material options include non-leather UltrafabricsTM and KvadratTM textile seats to provide a new dimension of modern luxury3.

Clients have a choice of Dynamic SE, Dynamic HSE and Autobiography models. The P300e plug-in electric hybrid enables clients to complete their average daily journeys in EV mode, with zero tailpipe emissions*. It is capable of up to 66km of electric-only driving according to the NEDC cycle, with new battery chemistry ensuring improved real-world range of up to 48km 4. Every P300e features rapid DC charging capability as standard, for fast topups. A further choice of Ingenium petrol and diesel Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicle (MHEV) engines provide a comprehensive

range of refined, fuelefficient powertrain options13.

New Range Rover Evoque features a subtle evolution of its reductive exterior design, with unmistakable hallmarks including its coupe-like silhouette, floating roof, continuous waistline and flush deployable door handles.

The latest family grille

design now provides a unified look across the Range Rover brand.

The exterior design is accentuated by new super-slim headlamps with the latest Pixel LED1 technology, featuring a jewel-like effect, crystal clear vision and complemented by chiseled new daytime running light graphics.

Prof Gerry McGovern OBE, Chief Creative Officer, JLR, said: “Range Rover Evoque’s unique personality has put its indelible mark on the automotive landscape. Its sophisticated design and timeless sense of modernity continues to strike that all important emotional chord.”

Design sophistication and innovation work in harmony with a redesigned interior. A clean centre console design features a tactile new gear shifter for automatic transmission models, while Pivi Pro2 infotainment is accessed via a crisp new 11.4-inch curved glass touchscreen, from which clients can seamlessly control key vehicle functions. Now situated higher and closer to the driver, it also liberates more stowage space and features standard Wireless Device Charging.

The cabin is made even more inviting with a panoramic roof16 – which bathes the cabin in natural light.

New Range Rover Evoque continues to offer the

advanced P300e plug-in electric hybrid, available alongside the existing P250 Ingenium petrol engine.

The P300e electric hybrid offers clients the best of all worlds, enabling Range Rover Evoque drivers to complete their average daily journeys* with zero tailpipe emissions, thanks to an electric-only range of up to 66km from its 14.9kWh battery. The electric hybrid powertrain combines an efficient three-cylinder Ingenium petrol engine with an 80kW electric motor, providing a total power output of 309PS, 0-100km/ h in 6.4 seconds. Updated battery chemistry offers an improved real-world driving experience, with an expected real-world electric range of up to 48km. On longer journeys, this means a total real-world range of up to 651km with CO2 emissions from 49g/ km.4

The New Range Rover Evoque is priced from $81,800 plus on road costs in Australia, with first deliveries expected from December 2023. Configure yours at www.range-rover. com.au/range-rover-evoque

Around the grounds, sports wrap

BRENDAN BOWERS

SPORT: As the school holidays began, local sports continued with plenty of action around our local sporting fields.

Past Brothers defeated Wallaroos 3-8 in A-grade in the Bundaberg Rugby League competition, while the Hervey Bay Seagulls went down to the West Panthers 60-10.

Waves Tigers beat the East Magpies 28-16 in the final match.

The competition now breaks until 8 July.

No local senior AFL was played over the weekend due to the North Queensland v South Queensland men’s and women’s representative games played in Cairns.

Sunbury took home the Goodwill Chalice for the second time this year after defeating Doon Villa 2-0 at Villa Park, while Across the Waves defeated the Fraser Flames 5-1 in Hervey Bay.

The United Park Eagles were too strong for Bingera, winning 2-1.

In the women’s competition, Doon Villa defeated Tinana 3-1 on Friday Night, with the Fraser Flames also winning 5-3 over the KSS Jets.

The final game was a 1-1 draw between the United Park Eagles and Bingera. These competitions also break until 7-8 July.

In Fraser Coast Hockey, Hervey Bay Brothers and CBR met in the men’s competition, with Brothers winning 6-0, while the Granville Tigers and Magpies finished in a 4-2 win to the Tigers.

The women’s UniRoos defeated Bolts 3-1, while Granville Rovers defeated the Magpies 5-2.

Fraser Coast Triathlete Matt Hauser won gold in Montreal’s World Triathlon Series event last Sunday.

ARE YOU MISSING YOUR LOCAL SPORTING NEWS?

You can find it again at FC Sports Media

FC Sports Media is a sporting news service dedicated to the clubs, the teams and the sportspeople of the Fraser Coast. FC Sports Media includes regular contributions from local sports administrators, sportspeople, and volunteers.

Bowls results

DOON VILLA MEN

Tuesday Open Triples : Winners - R.andersen, G.Gleeson, B.Madsen 2w + 21. Runners up - G.Kemp, K.Turnbull, B.Spilsbury 1 L 1w 24, C.White, S.Jensen, K.Paxton 2w + 11. G.Allan, M.Allan, T.Buckley 1 L 1w. Pauline, J.Gleeson, Bruce 1w 1 L. C.Parsons, N.Weinheimer, K.Andersen 1w 1 L.K.Anderson, C.Laughton, L.Laughton 2 L. L.Hannaford, B.Turnbull, G.Kuhn 2 L. Jackpot Pairs : 2 games 11 ends . Winners - R.Dunn, T.Buckley , B.Madsen 2w + 20. Runners up - S.Patch, J.Devenish 1 L 1w 24. K.Andersen, K.Johnson 2w + 12. G.Gambie,

N.Gambie 2W + 9.

N.Weinhiemer, R.Dillon

1 L 1w 13. P.Whittaker, J.Demarco 1 L 1w 14.

G.Kuhn, R.Turnbull 1w 1

L. G.Kemp, B.Spilsbury

1w 1 L. No names 1w 1

L. W.Zieth, J.McCombe, K.Paxton 2 L.J.Fraser, B.Houston 2 L. L.Wood, B.Stimpson 2 L.

Jackpot Pairs : Winners

- J.Devenish, S.Hyde

d B.Madsen, K.Paxton

32-12. Runners up

- G.Kemp, T.Buckley

d N.Gambie, G.Gambie

28-14.

C.White, R.Whittaker

d N.Weinheimer, R.Dillon 24-11.

R.Turnbull, G.Kuhn

d J.Fraser, K.Pieper

25-17. P.Whittaker, J.Demarco d R.Andersen, K.Andersen 23-15.

W.Zieth, B.Stimpson drew

P.Stephensen, A.Hartwig 20 all.

- C White, scribe

DOON VILLA LADIES Wed 21/6/23

2 Bowl Triples

C. Whitaker, A. Andersen, D. Bates def R. Andersen, J. Wood, B. George 21-17 23/6/23 President Kay’s @ Home

Palm Lakes def MSM

14-13

Urangan def Burgowan

26-7

Burrum Heads def Doon

Villa 16-15

Wide Bay def Doon Villa

22-20

Boonooroo def Doon villa

15-10

Maryborough def Hervey

Bay 25-10

Doon Villa def Pialba

18-16 - L. Hannaford, scribe

(From top left) Skye cox works hard against her United Warriors opponent; Jack Thompson dives in for a tackle; Jasher Behrendorff dives for his opponent’s tag (Brendan Bowers) and (below) Maryborough Brothers under 12’s. (Supplied)

Junior rugby league sock it to cancer

Hot fishing on offer

THE TEAM from FREEDOM FISHING SUPPLIES

WHAT an amazing fortnight of beautiful weather we have just had, and to top it off, the moon and tides where in alignment and the fishing was red hot.

Let’s check out what’s being caught around the Fraser Coast.

The southern and northern gutters as well as Rooney’s reef have had an anglers filling the ice boxes with a mixed bag of coral trout, scarlet sea perch, grassy sweet lip, blackall and hussar while the 25 Fathom Hole and the Arch Cliffs have had our fisho’s chasing snapper on the drop and pelagic’s on the surface with numerous reports of cobia, spanish mackerel, g’t’s and golden’s and long tail tuna.

numbers. Trolling medium diving lures in the channel between Dream Island and Fig Tree has produced not only tailor, but also mackerel, tea leaf trevally and long tail tuna.

Fishing the sand flats on the making tide has produced some beautiful summer whiting and flathead and the winter whiting are in good numbers between Reef Island and Tinnanbar with the average size at 23cm.

BRENDAN BOWERS

RUGBY LEAGUE: For the third season in a row, the Maryborough Brothers Junior Rugby League club held their pink sock day to raise funds for cancer awareness.

The Rugby League Fraser Coast clubs came together to support the initiative, with the clubs and teams donning pink socks as part of their uniforms.

“We are donating the funds

to The Brave Hen. We have a raffle at the gate, and the proceeds from the socks will also go towards it,” Brothers club secretary Kase Beasley said.

Last year the club raised over $1400, believing they will beat that total this year.

“We believe that this type of activity is important because it gets the community involved and also works as an icebreaker between the

rugby league clubs,” she said.

The players were getting involved, and team officials also joined in.

“It is great that all of the clubs have got involved because usually, we all work in our own little bubbles,”

The total amount raised by the Maryborough Brothers Junior Rugby League club for the day was not known at the time of going to print.

Heading out in Hervey Bay Waters and fishing the inshore reefs such as Mickey’s, Moon Ledge and Sammy’s has had great results, black spot venus tusk fish were still on the bite as well as blackall, moses perch, hussar, grassy sweet lip and estuary cod.

Snapper up to 6k have been reported in numbers from fishing the artificial reef at night either side of the last hour of the making or the dropping tide.

A little closer inshore fishing the coffee rock and gravel patches around Wathumba has also produced snapper up to 6kg along with a mixed bag of reef fish including grassy sweet lip, estuary cod and blackall.

If you’re looking to stay a bit closer to home and still get onto some fish, the Mary River is the place to be with threadfin and blue salmon still on the chew, as well as large mulloway, grunter, black and silver bream and flathead.

The Sandy Strait has been fishing well over the past couple of weeks with reports of quality tailor in

THIS WEEK'S BRAG BOARD

Winter whiting are also in good numbers out from Toogoom and Point Vernon.

If you’re chasing a nice feed of fresh calamari and are happy to brave the chilly waters at night, large tiger squid up to 2.5k have been coming into the shallows around Poona on high tide.

All you need is a good headlamp, a hand spear and a good aim.

And if you don’t fancy getting wet, drifting the channel between Poona Point and Tinnanbah using 2.5 to 3.0mm squid jigs in either pink or orange has also had great results.

Karen and Helen had a great weekend out in the Strait, Karen landed a nice cod and Helen is showing off one of their mud crabs. John had an awesome day out with dad, landing this 1.5kg flathead. Fischer is all smiles after landing this golden trevally and Stewart has landed some great fish including this Spanish mackerel

All clubs joined in to support Pink Sock Day (left) and League Safe water runner Tyrone Therkelsen gets into the spirit. (Brendan Bowers)

Burrum Miners under 12’s supporting Pink Sock Day.(Brendan Bowers)