The Maryborough Sun - November 3rd 2022

MIDDLE EAST VETS DAY

their country.

FORTY-ONE Australian soldiers killed in recent Middle East conflicts were remembered in a ceremony at the Maryborough RSL Memorial Gardens on the weekend.

Another 261 Australian soldiers were wounded during both the Gulf and Afghanistan wars.

Around 100 fellow soldiers, family and supporters gathered for the service headed by Brigadier Bill Date – 9 RQR where wreaths were laid in memory of those who had served

He also honoured their partners and families, who managed at home whilst soldiers were overseas.

Australia was one of the first nations to join the 40,000 strong coalition force in Iraq in 1990, sending 1,800 troops.

As well as providing feet on the ground, Australian warships conducted blockade operations in the Persian Gulf.

Australia also provided supply vessels, medical teams and

mine clearance diving teams that joined a protective screen around aircraft-carrier battle groups in the Gulf.

At the conclusion of hostilities, 75 Australian personnel were sent to northern Iraq to assist in the provision of humanitarian aid to Kurds living in the UNdeclared exclusion zone, while ships of the RAN remained on station to enforce UN sanctions.

Australia first committed military personnel to Afghanistan in October 2001 after the 11 September attacks on the World Trade Centre.

Since then, more than 40,000 Australian Defence Force personnel have either served in, or directly supported operations in Afghanistan to ‘combat international terrorism, to help stabilise Afghanistan, and to support Australia’s international alliances’.

The ADF’s involvement in the Afghanistan war was conducted under Operation Slipper from November 2001 to December 2014 and Operation Highroad from January 2015 until mid2021, when the last Australian soldiers withdrew.

SAUNDERS MP

CRAIG WINTER

140 year old icon undergoes restoration

ONE of Maryborough’s most extraordinary and valuable treasures is the 1885 Wadsworth pipe organ in St. Paul’s Anglican church.

This beautiful instrument, regarded as one of the very best pipe organs in regional Queensland, has been fundamental to the church’s music and worship for almost 140 years.

It is, of course, a complex piece of 19th Century mechanical and electrical construction and it is natural that from time to time expensive maintenance and restoration work needs to be undertaken.

After a recent re-location of the organ’s air pump and wind system to prevent moisture intrusion, further restoration of the internal wind box system which provides the crucial air-flow to the hundreds of pipes in the organ is now being undertaken by Queensland’s leading organ builder, Mr Simon Pierce and his staff.

Technicians from Pierce

Organs have been hard at work from the beginning of October completely dismantling the internal pipes and removing sections of the organ to Brisbane for repair.

A fortnight ago the Great Upperboards were removed and taken back to their Hemmant workshop for cleaning, re-felting the gaskets, and glue flooding to eliminate any cracks that have been causing leakage.

Last week the soundboards were cleaned and re-papered, before Great Upperboards were returned and tested.

The Swell Upperboards are now back in the workshop for their repair work.

Installation of the refurbished components will take place this week.

They have also been hard at work making a new chest for the Great Trumpet, so that the trumpet section can be relocated to a higher position to give a much brighter sound and allow better access to the organ

for tuning.

The first public performance of the refurbished organ will occur on Thursday 1 December when the “1st Thursday at St. Paul’s”

music will be provided by Mr Dave McLeod, one of the fine organists who play regularly at St. Paul’s. Mr McLeod is of course selecting some music which will “show off” the new Great Trumpet stop!

Heritage Advisory Committee appointments

AN ARCHITECT, managers of two museums and historians have been appointed to the Fraser Coast Heritage Advisory Committee.

Councillor David Lewis said the committee provides advice and recommendations to Council on heritage matters for the Fraser Coast.

“There are many magnificent heritage buildings and sites across the region, and having locals with a love and passion for history on the committee means we can be proactive in saving and safeguarding these sites for future generations,” he said.

“Our historical sites are a part of our heritage and help create a sense of place, a sense of belonging and give us the character that is the Fraser Coast.

“The committee also has an important role helping Council administer the Fraser Coast Heritage Incentive Scheme under which we offer grants of up to $10,000 for owners of heritage properties to conserve and enhance their properties and streetscapes.”

The new members are:

• Ms Marian Graham; • Mr Ken Brooks; • Mr Ken Ashford;

• Mr John Andersen; • Ms Lisa Stewart;

• Mr Brian Kelleher, and;

• Dr Tina King.

The committee includes two Councillors David Lewis (chair) and Cr George Seymour.

“We look forward to working with the committee to preserve and enhance our heritage and historic sites,” Cr Lewis said.

The 1885 Wadsworth pipe organ in St. Paul’s Anglican church is undergoing a major refurbishment. (Inset) Patrick, Kyle and Imogen from Pierce Pipe Organs dismantling the organ.

The rise of email-intercept scams in Maryborough

CRAIG WINTER

A NUMBER of locals have recently complained about having their emails intercepted before crucial payments are made to false bank accounts.

Although wanting to stay anonymous, one Maryborough man says he has lost at least $53,000 and another over $16,000 after invoice emails were intercepted by scammers, who then sent the victims different bank account details.

“I didn’t know our supplier hadn’t received their money until they rang threatening legal action if their bill wasn’t paid.” he said.

“We were forced to find the money and pay the invoice again, and now we’re out of pocket over fifty grand.”

“It’s a hard pill to swallow, and I don’t know how we’re going to make up the difference unless the bank helps us out.”

The Federal Government estimates that email intercept scams cost Australians over $14m a year back in 2020, and are expected to cost over $50m this year.

The exponential growth of these scams means that almost anyone can now fall victim.

Deputy Chair of the ACCC Delia Rickard said that redirection scams impact businesses across many industries, including real estate, construction, law,

recruitment, and universities.

“Scammers tend to target new or junior employees, or even volunteers, as they are less likely to be familiar with their employer’s finance processes or the types of requests to expect from their supervisors.”

“Payment redirection scams can take several different forms. In some instances, scammers hack into a legitimate email account and pose as the business, by intercepting legitimate invoices and amending the bank details before releasing emails to the intended recipients.”

“In one instance, a victim lost $16,500 in a single transaction after a scammer used a staff member’s email address to send an invoice to a customer with ‘updated bank details’, redirecting the payment to the scammer’s personal bank account.”

“It can be difficult to recover money lost to a payment redirection scam, so prevention is really

important,” Ms Rickard said.

Maryborough BOQ Manager Rod Heuser acknowledged the rise of email intercept scams in the region and said that romance scams were still a real threat as well.

“Our staff do their very best to warn customers about risky payments.” he said.

“But it’s their money and if they’re determined to do it, there’s little we can do.”

“We do refer all of these cases to our Financial Crimes people if an initial track and trace doesn’t achieve any results. We do everything we can to help them, but these scams are getting more and more professional, and harder to detect.”

And he also has some good advice for those dealing on Marketplace.

“If you don’t know the person you’re dealing with, physically go to their address and pay cash once you’ve seen the item you’re actually buying.”

Warning of suspicious messages as “Hi Mum” scams spike

SCAMWATCH is urging the public to be wary of phone messages from a family member or friend claiming they need help, following a significant rise in “Hi Mum” scams in recent months.

More than 1,150 Australians fell victim to the so-called “Hi Mum” scam in the first seven months of this year, with total reported losses of $2.6 million.

Known as “Hi Mum” or “family impersonation” scams, victims are contacted - most often through WhatsApp - by a scammer posing as a family member or friend.

The scammer will claim they have lost or damaged their phone and are making contact from a new number.

Then, once they have developed a rapport with their target, the scammer will ask for personal information such as photos for their social media profile or money to help urgently pay a bill, contractor or replace the phone.

These requests continue the ruse of a lost or broken phone with the justification that the funds are needed because they can’t access their online banking temporarily.

Some messages will simply say “it’s me,” while in other cases the scammers appear to have contact information and use the name of the person they are impersonating.

“We have seen an explosion in the number of ‘Hi Mum’ scams in the past couple of months, and so we are warning Australians to be very wary of messages from unknown numbers claiming to be from their children, parents, relatives or friends,” ACCC Deputy Chair Delia Rickard said.

“Scammers will stop at nothing to get your personal details or money and this particular scam is designed to pull your heartstrings. It’s important to stop and think if you get a message, especially on WhatsApp, because chances are it’s not your family member or friend –it’s a scammer.”

The ACCC is urging people who receive suspicious

messages from a number they don’t recognise, to independently verify the contact.

“If you’re contacted by someone claiming to be your son, daughter, relative or friend, start by calling them on the number already stored in your phone to confirm if it’s no longer in use. If they pick up – you know it’s a scam,” Ms Rickard said.

“Above all, never send money without being absolutely sure who you are sending it to,” Ms Rickard said.

Over two-thirds of family impersonation scams have been reported by women over 55 years of age, accounting for more than $1.4 million in losses.

“Unfortunately, these unscrupulous scammers are targeting women and older Australians, with 82 per cent of family impersonation scams reported by people over the age of 55, accounting for 95 per cent of all reported losses,” Ms Rickard said.

BAUPLE - TIARO BYPASS

The Bauple Community supports SAFETY.

BUT...the proposed Tiaro Bypass plan through a swamp road presents major safety concerns for Bauple.

Therefore, we are requesting a review of the decision for the current design proposal and that proper consultation be

LETTERS

undertaken with the residents of Bauple.

The Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Mark Bailey, and TMR have erroneously claimed that: “The consultation process for this project has been comprehensive and has included the Bauple community since early 2019 (letter to Mr Neil Laurie 14/09/2022)”, and were not present.

FAST FACTS:

1. 100% of attendees agreed that there are major design issues in the proposed draft plan that will impact community safety.

2. Majority of attendees had received NO communication from TMR until June 16 2022, when the Tiaro Bypass first draft plan was presented at a public meeting.

3. Local emergency services have NOT been consulted on the plan, as was promised by TMR at the June 16, 2022 meeting.

4. Local Councilor Chapman highlighted that “Common Sense” was

needed for the plan.

Thank you to all media and news agencies who have been in contact and are interested in sharing our story.

We hope it will help many regional communities along the Bruce Highway.

We believe that you shining a spotlight on our predicament has finally encouraged TMR to contact us for a meeting.

However, three days notice and no agenda were unmanageable. We have responded to TMR and

hope to participate in a meaningful consultation meeting in the coming weeks.

Our community’s serious concerns remain.

- Marianne Pink Bauple Progress Ass.

See a reply from TMR to these claims on page 10 of this edition - Ed.

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Museum loses funding in budget

CRAIG WINTER

JUST weeks after celebrating the turning of the first sod, the Maryborough Military Aviation Museum has lost funding under the latest Federal budget, according to Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien.

The Coalition’s Building Better Regions Fund had begun the grant process for $150,000 for two popular Maryborough not-for-profits, but those applications have now

been scrapped by the new Labor federal Government.

$50,000 had been allocated for the first stage of the Museum’s expansion, and $100,000 was to go towards the upgrade of the Maryborough Rifle and Pistol Club’s rifle range.

“It is extremely disappointing and distressing for councils and community groups to now discover their applications have been scrapped, eight months after they were lodged in

February this year.” Said Mr O’Brien.

“Earlier this year I announced funding for a range of projects (including) $700,000 to improve disability access to the Maryborough Military and Colonial Museum so more people can view their incredible collection of medals and memorabilia.”

“The Government has wasted five months unnecessarily delaying these projects, and in that time, costs have

skyrocketed but the grant allocations remain the same. “ he said.

“These organisations have been waiting since the May 2022 election to find out about the fate of their grants, and there is finally now a process by which they can apply for the funds that were already allocated to them in the March 2022 Liberal and Nationals Government’s Budget.”

The Museum has been contacted for comment.

Military Aviation group seeks public support

CRAIG WINTER

THE Maryborough Military Aviation Museum is calling for help.

After the recent decision by Fraser Coast Regional Council to continue the lease of the Maryborough Airport Hospital building to Maryborough Brass, the Museum is asking supporters to help them explore temporary space options at the site.

MMAM President Jenny Elliot said that they will now regroup.

“Thank you to all who have offered support in our application to Council to lease the heritage listed RAAF Station Maryborough Field Hospital building. Council have determined that Maryborough Brass has the greater need and felt they had endured enough stress and anxiety and were entitled to a decision so they can move forward.

“There was no appetite to defer the decision for another month.”

“We will work with Council to investigate how we move forward and explore some temporary space options on our lease site so we can establish a base of operations raise our profile, fundraise and garner the much needed

in-kind and financial support required to construct our museum.” she said.

The Museum has been quietly collecting exhibits including a Wackett aircraft and a Tiger Moth, both of which will become major centerpieces of the display.

Maryborough Airport was a wartime base for the training of wireless air gunners and Royal Navy aviators so the museum will sit on familiar territory once completed.

The Second World War buildings at the Maryborough Airport were constructed during the early 1940s as part of the facilities of a military aerodrome serving the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) No 3 Wireless Air Gunner School (3WAGs).

There were 127 buildings on site at its peak and although most of the buildings have been removed, those remaining are indicative of the types of buildings and facilities constructed and which were necessary for the operation of a wartime air base.

The six remaining buildings and Bellman Hangar are on the Queensland Heritage

Register and include the flight office, field hospital, parachute packing shed, motor transport garage, inflammables store and latrines.

The surviving RAAF buildings at Maryborough airport are important in illustrating the measures taken for the training of aircrew during the Second World War under the Empire Air Training School scheme.

Aircrew trained at Maryborough served with the RAF in many theatres of war and with the RAAF.

The base was also used for training naval pilots to serve with the British Pacific Fleet.

The Bellman hangar and field hospital are now uncommon in Queensland as examples of their type still in their original locations.

Architects have completed plans for the facility, which is expected to draw thousands of additional tourists a year to the area, and become an integral part of the Maryborough Military Trail.

“The fundraising campaign for museum construction is ongoing and any support or assistance will be greatly

appreciated.”

The Association is registered as an Australian Charity.

Donations can be made by bank transfer to: Maryborough Military Aviation Museum BSB: 645 646 Account: 106679295

Please include the name for acknowledgement and/or please send details of your donation and how you wish to be acknowledged to mmamsecretary@gmail. com

Corsair fighters lined up at Maryborough Airport in 1945. The base was used for training pilots, wireless gunners and other troops during and immediately after World War II. (RAF Archives)

A rendering of the planned MMAM complex. (Keystone Architects)

Wing Commander Stephen Hart (ret’d), President Fraser Coast RAAF Association at the recent sod-turning ceremony. (Craig Winter)

Grants enhance community facilities

Fraser Coast festive grants help spread cheer

FIFTEEN local community groups will share in more than $60,000 in Fraser Coast Regional Council grants to help improve their facilities and purchase new equipment.

Cr James Hansen said the grants had been approved under Round One of Council’s 202223 Community Grants Program.

“Council’s grants scheme ensures that community and sporting organisations are able to grow to meet community aspirations and needs,” he said.

“Our community groups and volunteers are vital to the health and well-being of our region, and Council is pleased to be able to provide support for these groups to develop their facilities and events.”

Cr Hansen said the Maryborough Amateur Athletic Club would receive $3,374 towards

installing a flood-free mezzanine storage area for equipment.

“During floods in 2013 and again this year, the club’s fields in Maryborough were inundated with up to 1 metre of floodwater,” Cr Hansen said.

“Being able to store equipment out of flood reach will enable the club to recover more quickly from any future flood and allow the community to recover quickly.”

The Gundiah Memorial Hall Association will receive a grant of $5,000 to help stage Carols in the Country Tiaro, while the Boonooroo Progress Association will receive $11,000 for a major maintenance project involving repainting the hall internally and externally and repairing the disability access ramp.

The full list of grants is below:

Community Grants Scheme Round 1 2022-23

• Meals on Wheels Fraser Community, purchase of kitchen utensils, $3,000;

• Glenwood (QLD) Wildlife Awareness, computer setup for Glenwood Wildlife Group and database, $2,130;

• Maryborough Amateur Athletics Club, install a flood free shed mezzanine storage area, $3,374;

• Maryborough Masters Swimming; replace flood damaged chairs, $1,000;

• Nikenbah Progress Association, property lighting for Nikenbah schoolhouse, $4,950;

• Gundiah Memorial Hall Association, Carols in the Country Tiaro, $5,000;

• Hervey Bay City Bridge Club, replace stairs and safe path to club, $4,935;

• Point Lookout Croquet Club, acquisition of Gateball equipment, $1,960;

• Fraser Coast Sporting Clays Association, equipment, $8,443;

• Glenwood Community Centre, signage to promote

activities at the Glenwood Community Hall, $2,500;

• Bay Power Australian Football Club, electronic scoreboard, $5,000;

• Wesleyan Methodist Church (LifeChurch Maryborough), shopping trolley replacement, $2,500;

• Boonooroo Progress Association, Boonooroo Hall major maintenance, $11,250;

• Lakeside Sports and Croquet Club, selfpropelled rotary lawn mower for croquet lawn, $600;

• Bayside Transformations, purchase two defibrillators and a new network system, $3,500;

Round Two of Council’s Community Grants Program 2022-2023 is open now and closes on 1 December 2022, with two additional rounds to open in 2023.

More details are available at https://www.frasercoast. qld.gov.au/grants

TEN Fraser Coast community groups will share in almost $16,000 in Council grants to decorate the main streets of small towns and help stage festive events.

Mayor George Seymour said the grants had been approved under Council’s Community Festive Events Program and Community Small Town Festive Decorations Program.

“The ChristmasNew Year period is a wonderful time of year, and we are pleased to be able to help our smaller communities on the Fraser Coast decorate and brighten their towns to spread some Christmas cheer,” he said.

“The social fabric of our region relies heavily upon the great work of community groups and volunteers, and Council is delighted to be able to help groups right throughout the region stage events such as carols, Christmas functions and a family fun fair during the festive season.”

The full list of grants is below:

Community Festive Events Program of Council’s 2022-23

Community Grants Scheme:

• Burrum District Community Centre Association, Howard Community Christmas, $2,000;

• UCA Hervey Bay Parish, Burrum Heads Community Carols, $970;

• Maryborough District Cricket Association, Maryborough Cricket Club Family Fun Fair, $2,000;

• Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum, Carols on the Village Green 2022, $1,840;

• Poona Community Progress Association, Poona Community Festive Event, $1,200;

• Glenwood Community Centre, Community Christmas Function, $2,000.

Community Small Town Festive Decorations Program of Council’s 2022-23 Community Grants Scheme:

• Tiaro and District Chamber of Commerce, Tiaro Christmas Town, $1,860;

• Poona Community Progress Association, Poona Christmas Lights Display $1,500;

• Glenwood Community Centre, Decorations for Community Hall, $1,996, and;

• Maaroom Progress and Ratepayers Association, Maaroom Magic lighting display, $500.

Meals on Wheels has received a grant to improve their facilities. (FCRC)

RSL museum holds history for all

CRAIG WINTER

COLLEEN Corben has been working tirelessly for the past few months putting together the finishing touches on new displays in the Maryborough RSL Subbranch Military Museum.

The museum honours not only Australia’s involvement in early wars, but also those as recent as Iraq and Afghanistan.

It covers all services, and as Colleen says, it keeps expanding and improving as new exhibits arrive.

“We get some great donations.” she said.

“From postcards to swords, collections of medals and uniforms, model ships and everything else you can think of.”

The Museum holds a large collection of ephemera dating back to WWI, including postcards from the trenches, sent back to Australian families desperate for news from their husbands and children on the front.

One dated 11th May 1915, poignantly says “Dear Millie, Just a few lines to let you know I’m

still kicking...

A number of beautifully crafted naval ships have been donated, along with some very rare books, photos and other historical pieces.

Prior to it’s renovations several years ago, the RSL kept several items in cabinets on the ground floor, but the new area upstairs provides plenty of room for the collection.

“We have thousands of exhibits stored away so that we can rotate the displays and up date them regularly.”

The Maryborough RSL Sub-branch Military

Museum is located up stairs from the lennox Street entrance of the Maryborough Services & Citizens Club.

It’s open 11am-2pm daily

Award for Maryborough Aquatic Centre

THE hard work and dedication of the team at the Maryborough Aquatic Centre as they bounced back after COVID-19 and two floods has been recognised nationally.

The centre has taken out the AustSwim State and National awards for best large swim centre.

“The awards are recognition of the hardwork and dedication of the staff who have had to contend with COVID-19 shutting the pools and then having to rebuild after the floods this year devasted the facility,” Fraser Coast Regional Council CEO Ken

Diehm said.

“They have rebuilt the facility and regained the support of the community.

“There has been a 15 percent increase in attendance numbers across the swim classes since the pool reopened in June.

“I think that really shows that the community has confidence in the instructors, and the staff at the centre are liked and well respected.”

Program Supervisor at the facility Joel Seeney was previously the recipient of an Austswim award for

“The award shows that regional facilities and their staff are just as talented and dedicated as those in the bigger centres,” Mr Diehm said.

The AUSTSWIM award is the premier award presented to facilities and individuals in Australia that achieve the highest standards of aquatic education excellence.

“The awards mean a lot to staff and is fantastic recognition of the hard work that they have put in to pick themselves up and rebuild.”

Blinds & Awnings

Aqua Instructor of the year award.

Museum co-ordinator Colleen Corben enjoys looking after the displays. (Craig Winter)

New museum display honours Paddy Todd

CRAIG WINTER

SERGEANT ‘Paddy’ Todd’s Irish luck saved him twice at the Battle of Long Tan in Vietnam.

During the famous battle, an enemy mortar landed right between the feet of the Irish/Australian Platoon Sergeant, but luckily embedded itself into the sticky mud, resulting in the explosion wounding just his ankles.

He spent a painful night outside the Australian

perimeter, before managing to crawl 300 metres back to his mates the next morning.

Unfortunately they assumed he was the enemy, and only the frantic last minute waving of his giggle hat and yelling of his name saved him from being shot.

Paddy had no family, and the Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum were handed his medals by 6RAR (6th Battalion, Royal Australian

Regiment).

Museum managing Director, the late John Meyers then applied to the Honours & Awards Section in Canberra and obtained all of Paddy’s other original medals.

These have now been displayed.

The display is significant and is now on display with many other military treasures.

The Maryborough Military

and Colonial museum in Qld also boasts the largest collection of Gallipoli Officer Gallantry awards in the world.

This huge and priceless collection is held in a special viewing room in the museum and is a must for historians, writers and collectors to see.

The Museum is open seven days a week from 0930hrs until 1530 hrs. Monday to Friday and 9.30 until 2:30pm on weekends.

Sergeant ‘Paddy’ Todd pictured recuperating in the military hospital in Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau, Vietnam reading a letter from his family in Queensland in 1966. (William James Cunneen)

The new display of his awards and medals at the Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum. (Craig Winter)

The Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum houses one of the largest displays of Militaria in Australia. (Craig Winter)

Timber industry course making a difference

EIGHT Fraser Coast locals are now enjoying stable employment in the timber industry, and up to 22 more will do the same following the successful implementation of MAX Employment’s new Cutting Edge Timber Program.

Supported by the Local Jobs Program on the Fraser Coast, the MAX pre-employment program is setting a new benchmark for attracting and retaining staff for the timber industry.

The Queensland timber industry contributes $3.8 billion to the state economy and employs 25,000 Queenslanders including thousands in the Wide Bay area.

The Cutting Edge Timber Program connects candidates from MAX Employment and other job providers from around the region with preemployment screening interviews and medical checks followed by a timber industry focused training program.

During the Threeweek training course, participants complete a Certificate of attainment in FWP20316 Certificate II in Saw Milling and Processing while also familiarising themselves with timber processing mills in the Maryborough area.

The pilot intake has seen local business DTM Timber employ eight locals following the completion of their training, including Josh.

After experiencing unemployment for eight years, Josh joined MAX and shortly after enrolled in the Cutting Edge Timber Program. He’s now working with DTM and enjoying stable employment for the first time.

For another MAX customer, Louise,

employment with DTM signals the start of a new chapter in her life. For the first time she is saving money for a house deposit as she works towards her dream of owning her own home.

“We’re pleased to be working collaboratively with Austin at the Local Jobs Program, the local timber industry and other job providers to give locals sustainable job opportunities and career paths,” says MAX Regional Manager, Aaron Papas.

“The success of programs like this can be best measured in their impact on the lives and livelihoods of locals, and we’re delighted to see this play out in each of our first-round recruits, including Josh and Louise.

“We’re looking forward to continuing to connect up to 30 suitable candidates with career opportunities in the timber industry,” says Mr Papas.

The combination of customised preemployment training and input from DTM combine to give the new recruits the best chance of longterm success.

Upon completion of the

program, participants are either offered employment with DTM or will take away tangible and transferrable skills for wood process operator roles at other local mills which MAX Employment has solid relationships with.

A range of career progression opportunities are available in the timber industry.

Up to 30 participants will be given access to the training and employment opportunities during the rollout of the initiative.

Workforce Australia customers interested in opportunities in the timber industry are invited to talk to their Job Coach about the MAX Employment Cutting Edge Timber Program.

Places are limited. The next intake of 10 participants will start on 14 November 2022.

The Local Jobs Program (LJP) supports the development and implementation of tailored approaches to accelerate reskilling, upskilling and employment across Australia and seeks to provide tailored responses to support local labour markets.

‘Extensive consultation’ with Bauple on bypass

JAY FIELDING

CLAIMS of a lack of consultation from Bauple residents about the Tiaro Bypass have been refuted.

A Transport and Main Roads spokesperson said TMR had undertaken extensive consultation with Tiaro and surrounding communities, including Bauple, for the Bruce Highway bypass project since 2019.

“The Bauple community has received the same level of consultation about the bypass as Tiaro, the town most impacted by the bypass,” the spokesperson said.

Consultation included a project working group that had two Bauple community members, project updates and flyers, a public meeting, meetings with community representatives and public displays in Tiaro on July 22, 23 and 24.

“The project team also scheduled a public meeting with the Bauple community in June 2022 and a further public meeting planned for the Bauple community in December,” the TMR spokesperson said.

“We have a scheduled meeting planned with the Bauple Progress

Association in early November.”

In a story in the last edition of the Maryborough Sun, the BPA bypass subcommittee raised concerns about the impact the $336 million bypass of Tiaro would have on Bauple, a lack of consultation and the design of a new service road.

The spokesperson said TMR had consulted Queensland Ambulance Service, Queensland Police Service and Queensland Fire Service in June and none had concerns with the proposed bypass design.

The design was developed by an experienced team of engineers and has been subject to scrutiny by several external experts, including specialists in road design, engineering, hydraulics, delivery risk, environment, pavement and road operations, the spokesperson said.

“The concept design was adjusted during the planning phase to propose the addition of the Bauple Drive service road to improve road safety.

“The proposal to include the service road is dependent on funding.

The spokesperson said as part of the consultation process, the Bauple community raised several concerns about the proposed Bauple Drive service road.

“The service road requires Bauple residents to travel through Tiaro to travel north along Bruce Highway, as they have always done, but provides a much safer connection.”

Alternatives put forward involving interchanges, overpasses or other new connections at, or near, the existing Bauple Drive (north) connection to the Bruce Highway won’t work, according to TMR.

“An interchange at Bauple Drive (north), as

requested, is not feasible or affordable, as it would increase the total project cost by up to a third, as well as resulting in additional land and environmental impacts,” the spokesperson said.

“If built, the proposed service road would be built to withstand at least a one-in-20-year flood event. Should this flooding occur, then the Bauple community could still use Bauple Drive (south) to access the Bruce Highway.

The spokesperson said environmental investigations were carried out throughout the planning phase so an alignment that minimised environmental impacts could be chosen.

Train death appeal for information

JAY FIELDING

POLICE are appealing for the public’s help to piece together what happened to a man who was hit by a train at Torbanlea and died.

Police were called to Burrum River Road about 4.20am on Saturday, October 29, to reports a pedestrian had been struck by a train.

A 72-year-old local man was declared dead at

the scene.

Investigations are continuing, however the man’s death is not being treated as suspicious.

The Forensic Crash Unit is appealing to anyone who was in the Burrum Town area near the caravan park between 8.45pm on Friday, October 28, and 4.30am Saturday, October 29, who may have seen a man walking in the area, to contact police.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink at www.police.qld.gov.au/

It’s in the Bag charity drive

SHARE the Dignity’s annual It’s In The Bag program is on again soon and local coordinator Clare Winter is hoping for a huge response.

The charity drive runs from 18-27 November and aims to put a bit of Christmas cheer into the lives of women in crisis.

“Fill a handbag with essential items to give a little bit of love to someone in need this Christmas.” said Clare.

“You can drop those bags into the big pink bins at Bunnings and we’ll make sure they get to where they’re needed most.”

It’s in the Bag is one of Australia’s most loved Christmas appeals, where Share the Dignity encourages everyday Australians to put together bags filled with essential items, and maybe some everyday luxuries, to donate to someone in need for Christmas.

Bags can be dropped to any Bunnings store between 18-27 November 2022 and are distributed to over 3,000 charities nationwide.

The charity ensures that women, girls and those who menstruate, who are waking up in a domestic violence refuge or homeless shelter on Christmas feel a little bit of love and hope.

What to put in the bags: Adult Bag

Period Products, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Deodorant (roll-on preferred) & Soap or Body Wash

Optional: extra special items for an adult

Teen Bag Period Products for small bodies, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Deodorant (roll-on preferred) & Soap or Body Wash

Optional: extra special items for a teen

Mum & Bub Bag

Maternity Period Products, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Deodorant (roll-on preferred), Soap or Body Wash, Newborn Nappies, Breast Pads, Baby Shampoo, Baby Soap/Wash, Disposable Nappy Bags, Baby Wipes, Dummy, Nappy Rash Cream

Optional: extra special items for a mum & bub.

“Every additional bag is another person we can help.” said Clare.

“We know that the cost of living has gone up for everyone, but if you put yourself into the shoes of one our recipients who have even less, you’ll understand why we’re so passionate about this cause.”

Donate a bag yourself or get a work team together to donate several.

More details can be found at www. sharethedignity.org.au/ itsinthebag

Our long lost headquarters of local government

by FRASER COAST MAYOR GEORGE SEYMOUR

Lately I have become interested in the history of a field that I have some experience in: local government.

Over the years there have been many changes in the form and function of our councils.

Some of the local governments that have come and gone within the jurisdiction now covered by the Fraser Coast Regional Council include the shires of Howard, Pialba, Burrum, Tinana, Granville, Antigua and more recently, Tiaro, Hervey Bay, Woocoo and Maryborough.

These local governments were formed, existed, and then merged with each other over many decades. Some existed for longer than others, but all left a mark in their own ways.

It is possible to visit the headquarters of some of these long-abolished governments.

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Three council headquarters that now serve the community in

different ways were once central to the operations of the Antigua, Pialba and early Woocoo shires.

The government headquarters of Antigua still stands at Yengarie, about ten minutes west of Maryborough.

Now known as Yengarie Hall, this brick structure with its rendered façade demonstrates the early prosperity and optimism of the region.

The Antigua Divisional Board was established in 1879, become the Shire of Antigua in 1903 and was then abolished in 1917.

The council held its monthly meetings in a school until the Yengarie Hall was built in 1886.

The architect was James Robertson.

The Pialba Shire Council was formed in 1905, and shortly thereafter the new council sought to progress the acquisition of a hall on the corner of Main Street and Torquay Road.

The Pialba Shire Hall would be used as the council’s headquarters but

also for a whole range of community activities.

Many years after the Pialba Shire Council had been merged into the Burrum Shire Council, this hall was moved closer to the railway station, where it found a new purpose as the Pialba Memorial Hall.

In the heart of the Brooweena Historical Village and Museum is a small timber building which was constructed in 1915 as the office for the new shire of Woocoo.

It contains a single room.

Following years of petitions and deputations to Brisbane, in December 1914, the Shire of Woocoo was formed.

The new Shire of Woocoo was approximately 600 sq miles in size and had a population of about 600 people.

It included parts of the abolished Shires of Antigua and Howard as well as a portion of SubDivision 1 of Tiaro.

The first election for the new shire council was to be held on 6 February 1915,

however it would appear there were insufficient nominations to require a poll and all nominees were declared duly elected.

Those elected were George Mant (who became the first chairman), G. Brown, J. Bourke, J. Ellis, D.O.S. Jones, W.J. Payne, and L.S. Smith. The first meeting was actually held at Payne’s Brooweena residence, Maycroft.

Obviously, they couldn’t continue to meet and work out of his home and the council quickly set about constructing a headquarters.

They managed to have the first council meeting to be held in this building just before Christmas, on 23 December 1915.

This small office, complete with meeting table, chairs, maps, documents, honour boards and other artefacts associated with this abolished council provides a real sense of what the organisation was about and the early conditions it operated under.

I like to sit at the table that those first Woocoo Shire councillors sat

around over a century ago.

The building is not much bigger than two parking spaces but within it, and around the table, many debates and discussions were had that would have far reaching effects.

These three halls

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– so different in size, appearance and construction – all served as busy headquarters for these long extinct governments and have now found community purposes for which those governments would be proud.

(Main) The Pialba Shire Council built this hall which was later moved and became the Pialba Memorial Hall; The headquarters of the Antigua Shire is known as Yengarie Hall; and the Woocoo Shire Council chambers are in the heart of the Brooweena Historical Village. (George Seymour)

The Mayor on Mayors

A NEW book by Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour has detailed the lives of previous Mayors of Maryborough.

The Maryborough Council was formed in 1861 and served the community until its amalgamation into the Fraser Coast Regional Council in 2008. Over the course of its history, the Maryborough Council had 52 different mayors.

The political lives of these 52 mayors have not previously been the subject of study, but Mayor Seymour is changing that with his new book.

“Each of these 52 different mayors served in their own unique style with their own particular ambitions and priorities” Mayor Seymour said.

“I was inspired to research and write this book when looking up at their portraits in City Hall and realising that we didn’t really know much about many of the earlier ones” he said.

Mayor Seymour said the history of Maryborough as a city, a council, and a community can provide inspiration for the future.

“We can learn a great deal from the challenges,

conflicts, and achievements of the past. Researching for this book and learning about my predecessors, has helped me immensely in my role” he said.

Some facts about different mayors of Maryborough:

• Of the 52 mayors, 51 were men. The last mayor, Barb Hovard, was the only female mayor of Maryborough.

• The fifth mayor, Robert Case, served for less than a fortnight in 1864.

• The longest serving mayor was John Anderson,

who served from 1970 to 1988.

• There were two-father son dynasties. Charles Stewart McGhie Snr (the 25th mayor) and Charles Stewart McGhie Jnr (the 33rd mayor) and Richard Hyne (the 15th mayor) and Harry Hyne (the 35th mayor)

The book, Public Life: the Mayors of Maryborough, is available at the Visitor Information Centre at Maryborough City Hall and the Hervey Bay Visitor Information Centre.

Mayor George Seymour’s new book details the lives of other Mayors.

COUNCILLOR Daniel Sanderson says that the CBDs across the Fraser Coast should be active vibrant centres that are destinations, and not just commercial centres.

“Our CBDs should be happening places full of action where people want to go to have fun not just because they have to go to the shops or see their accountant,” Cr Sanderson said.

And so Fraser Coast Regional Council is about to investigate opportunities to encourage more use of public spaces across the region, such as community events or unique activations.

“We’re always looking at new things, such as activating alleyways or open public spaces, to encourage activity.

“Imagine a food fiesta in an alleyway, or a pop-up fashion show or concert in areas currently not used to their full capacity across the region.

“Our population is growing so there are more people looking for things to do - whether that is new places to dine or foods to taste; places to visit; they want to be entertained.

“These events would also add to the visitor experience and attract tourists.”

Council will investigate a trial of Council and privately (community led) organised activities to get the ball rolling this financial year to gauge interest in the concept.

“Activating public spaces has many benefits,” Cr Sanderson said.

“They help build a sense of community, boost economic activity and create jobs.”

The next step is to form a workgroup which will include Council’s Events, Grants and Economic Development teams with community members such as the Maryborough, Hervey Bay and Tiaro chambers of commerce and progress associations.

“There is a lot of information from other cities and towns that we can use to guide us,” Cr Sanderson said.

“From there we will have information sessions to outline the types of activations that could be trialled and gauge community and business support.

“I hope we will be able to facilitate one or two CBD activations as part of the trial.

“That will give us some information on what resources Council would need to set aside for future projects.”

A handful of developers have recently seen the CBDs potential as a residential centre, and say that Council’s plans could work in well with their vision for the future by providing attractions to attract new residents.

Activated outdoor spaces investigated Rotary markets continue to grow

THE Maryborough markets continue to thrive under the management of Rotary say visitors.

Mayellen from Noosa is a regular visitor to Maryborough and says that the growth is visible.

“The Thursday markets are getting more diverse now.” she said.

“It’s great to see new stallholders and products.

“It means that every time we visit I can come

to the markets and get something new and explore a bit more.”

A combined force of local Rotary clubs took over management of the markets earlier this year and have striven to attract new stallholders and update the markets to appeal to a wider audience.

The markets continue to be an integral part of Maryborough CBD attraction for locals and tourists alike.

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Tiaro funding model demand

JAY FIELDING

FEDERAL Member

for Wide Bay Llew

O’Brien has called on the Federal Government to immediately release a full funding profile for the $336 million four-lane Bruce Highway bypass at Tiaro.

“In the five months since the Labor Albanese Government was elected it has been silent on the fate or the future of the four-lane Tiaro bypass,” Mr O’Brien said.

Mr O’Brien said the Federal Government must provide clarity and immediately release the full funding profile, detailing the Federal and State contributions for the four lane Tiaro bypass on a year-by-year basis, so the community knew when major construction would start and when the bypass would be open to drivers.

He said there was nothing on Tiaro in last week’s Federal Budget and he hadn’t received a reply to his letter dated June 6 to Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Minister Catherine King seeking an assurance that the former government’s funding for the bypass would be maintained.

Ms King’s office was contacted for comment but a response had not been received before deadline.

“We need clarity that the Tiaro bypass hasn’t suffered the same fate as the Rockhampton Ring Road, which has been postponed,” Mr O’Brien said.

The former Deputy Speaker said that, in the Budget, the government said it would “re-profile $6.5 billion of funding for existing projects within the Infrastructure Investment Program to beyond the forward estimates, to better align the investment with construction market conditions, while maintaining the Government’s overall funding commitment to the projects.”

“The government must explain the meaning of this smoke and mirror Budget trick, what projects it includes, and if it affects the timing of the four-lane Tiaro bypass,” he said.

Mr O’Brien said if Labor was to push funding for the project beyond the forward estimates, it meant major construction would not start for at least another four years and lives would continue to be put at risk along the

notorious section of the highway.

“Our section of the national highway between Maryborough and Gympie must be brought up to the same safe standard that it already would be if it was in New South Wales or Victoria,” he said.

“Good progress has been made on the four-lane Gympie bypass with the $800 million allocated by the former Liberal and Nationals government in 2018, but unless the $268.8 million that the Coalition Government allocated to the Tiaro

bypass is delivered, the termination of the Gympie bypass at Curra is where the four-lane Bruce Highway will end for a decade.

Mr O’Brien said construction costs were rising and the longer it took for construction to start, the more building the bypass will cost taxpayers.

“It’s a false economy to kick the project out into the long grass and to do so risks motorists’ lives. I won’t give up on the fight for the four-lane Tiaro bypass.”

Gofundme for local boy

JAY FIELDING

LOCALS are being asked to help the family of a Maryborough 16-year-old who was critically injured in a motorcycle crash.

Michelle Blair set up a GoFundMe campaign last weekend to raise money to support the family of Brennan, who suffered serious injuries after falling from a bike on private property at Island Plantation on Wednesday, October 19.

The Maryborough High school student was treated by paramedics at the scene before being taken to the intensive care unit at Hervey Bay Hospital.

Ms Blair said Brennan’s injuries resulted in him being airlifted to Brisbane where he remained in ICU

“He has such a loving and supportive family surrounding him right now and our only goal is to make life a bit easier for them during this time,” she wrote on the crowdsourcing campaign website.

“His road to recovery will be long but we hope by helping out his parents,

Chris and Tracey, their spouses Bec and Glen and his eight siblings this will ease the pressure, just a little bit for them.”

Ms Blair said Brennan was an outgoing boy who always lived life to its fullest.

“He makes friends wherever he goes and it doesn’t matter what age you are, from two years to 80 years,” said.

“He will always make the time to have a chat and see how your day was.”

Within two days of its launch, the campaign had reached more than $5900.

To donate, search for the “Please help support this beautiful family” campaign by Michelle Blair at gofundme.com

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All aboard the Fraser Coast Christmas lights trail

AN URGE to recapture the spirit of Christmas was the motivation for Tammy Sloan to dig out the fairy lights and join the Fraser Coast Christmas Lights Trail last year.

“Our kids are getting older, and I started to feel the Christmas magic disappear,” she said.

“I hoped decorating the house would help rekindle the magic.”

And it did.

The Sloan family of Hervey Bay were one of a few first timers to light up and put their house on the Christmas Lights Trail map last year – and they’re back this year.

“We started small with a few lights, a Christmas dragon and a few moving reindeer,” she said.

The Christmas spirit did spread and by the time Christmas rocked around everyone in Gallery Drive had joined in – in some way.

“I was amazed at how

many people stopped,” she said.

“They got out of their cars and come over to have a look.

“I dressed up as Mrs Claus and handed out reindeer food to kids (packets of rolled oats and glitter) to spread on their lawns so Santa would know where to come.”

She was occasionally joined by her son Riley who would dress as an elf, and occasionally some of the family (minus Mr Claus who was always busy in the kitchen testing eggnog) would stand in the park across the road to watch visitors enjoy the lights.

“This year we will be back; and bigger,” she said.

“We’ve got more lights, more reindeer and an inflatable screen to show Christmas carols and a snow machine to create a winter wonderland.”

Given enough time her enthusiasm might rub off on the rest of the street

and they will challenge for the Christmas Street title.

Fraser Coast residents planning to light up their homes for Christmas are encouraged to let Council know so their display can be part of the Light Up the Fraser Coast Trail.

“More than 135 families put their Christmas light displays on the map in 2021 so people could drive past and enjoy the display,” Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour he said.

“So, if you are decorating, we’d love to hear from you.”

To be a part of the Light Up the Fraser Coast Trail, fill in the online nomination form that will be available on the Council website www. frasercoast.qld.gov.au/ festive from October 19.

Residents can also ring Council on 1300 79 49 29 to ask a Customer Service Officer to help them fill in the online form.

Residents can also get

together to have a go at taking out the coveted Christmas Street Award.

You need a minimum of three houses to nominate for the street award.

The winning street is presented with the ‘Christmas Street’ sign to be displayed under their street sign for the next year.

Council will join in the festive fun and decorate giant Christmas trees in front of the Maryborough City Hall and at City Park, beside the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery in Hervey Bay.

Nominations for the Light Up the Fraser Coast Trail, and for Christmas Street, close at 5pm on Monday, November 21 to give Council time to create the maps so they are available from early December.

The maps, and a list of festive activities from across the region, will be available from the Council website in early December.

Tammy Sloan untangles the fairy lights to start putting together her Christmas Lights display. (FCRC)

Get your groove on

GROOVERS from all over the Fraser Coast continue to enjoy the tastes and sounds of Food n Groove Fridays.

Over the summer season, Fraser Coast Tourism & Events proudly hosts a series of free family friendly fun filled Friday afternoons for locals and visitors to the Fraser Coast.

Food n Groove Friday’s is held on the first Friday of every month from October to February starting at 4 pm in the grounds of Hervey Bay’s City Park adjacent to the newly renovated Hervey Regional Gallery.

The popular tradition has gone from strength to strength over the past few years, with guests enjoying the laid back vibes in a relaxed park setting.

Take a picnic rug or chair, join some friends and ease your way into the weekend!

There are plenty of market stalls and children’s entertainment to keep you amused during breaks in the music, and a variety of food vendors offering a

great range of local and international treats.

The venue is also licensed, so a glass of wine is close at hand!

Maryborough local Meg said that Food n Groove being in Hervey Bay made it feel more like an event.

“Travelling up the road to the Bay makes us feel like we’ve really been somewhere for the evening.”

“The kids get excited about clambering into the car and taking that trip each month, and they love the entertainment just as much as we do.” she said.

“It’s been an amazing way to start the weekends.”

“Maybe Council can come up with a winter version of it as well. We’d like that.”

“And with five of us, free entry is a good thing.”

The Fraser Coast

Tourism & Events Food n Groove Fridays continue into 2023 until February.

Entry is free and there’s plenty of good carparking nearby.

To keep up to date with all the latest entertainers, stalls and themes follow their Facebook page at FoodnGrooveFridays.

You can also tag the event with your favourite memories. #FoodNGrooveFridays.

The popular Food v Groove Fridays continue until February.

FOR Kids BY Kids

with Phoebe Lee

MARYBOROUGH SUN SUPER-CUB REPORTER

This week The Sun introduces Phoebe Lee, our new super-cub reporter who is enthusiastic about writing for kids.

Phoebe approached us with samples of her work, and we were happy to offer her a regular spot where she will present articles aimed at kids in Maryborough.

Welcome aboard Phoebe!

Hello Maryborough!

I am Phoebe Lee, a ten year old and grade five student of Maryborough West State School.

I am the Creator & Editor of the childrens’ newsletter, ‘West Kids Monthly’ and the Founder & President of the Awesome Authors Literature Club.

For a long time now, I have liked to read about many different things, from misty, purpling stormy nights, to repulsive men cooking rats into burgers! Consequently, from all this reading, I have come to love writing too.

I enjoy writing fiction, but recently have started reporting on my school’s events for kids, not just adults.

Awesome Authors is a Literature Club that improves students’ reading & writing skills, practices the arts & inspires creativity in all areas.

West Kids Monthly is a newsletter written for the students of Maryborough West instead of just the parents.

Now, I am pleased to have been given this column in this newspaper, where I hope to write more articles for other young people!

My journey to get to this point starts when I wished to help other students to be inspired to write. So I started a ‘writing club’ for my classmates, but needed somewhere else to start this organisation.

Thanks to one of the teachers, she helped get us started by providing us with notebooks and her classroom at lunchtimes. For this, I am very grateful. And so, Awesome Authors began.

One day, I wanted to make a newsletter for Awesome Authors, so that my friends could know what we were doing each week, but my Mum suggested something bigger, thus I gained permission from the school to create West Kids Monthly.

West Kids Monthly includes articles about upcoming events, school clubs, pet of the month and more. I am happy to say it was a success and now I am able to get it printed!

Once the first edition of my newsletter had been published, we sent a copy to this wonderful newspaper, The Maryborough Sun, and they have allowed me to join them, writing articles for Kids by Kids.

I hope to write more for you in the future, for writing is a most enjoyable thing to do, especially when done for the benefit of others!

What’s on in local arts

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Gatakers Artspace Exhibitions

Until 6 Nov

Twenty22 - St Mary’s College

• Golden Years of Clay - Wide Bay Burnett Potters Association Inc.

Hervey Bay Regional Gallery exhibitions Until 27 Nov

• JamFactory Icon Kunmanara Carroll: Ngaylu Nyanganyi Ngura Winki (

I can see all those places)

• Bill Henson: the light fades but the gods remain Colours of Australia - Hervey Bay Spinners, Weavers and Fibre Artists

Kids Paper Weaving Activity

Tue-Fri until 27 Nov, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

ECLECTIC - La Danza Studio

Sun 6 Nov | 02PM, Brolga Theatre

Printmaking workshop - Print for your life

Sun 6 Nov | 10AM, Gatakers Creative Space

The Seagull - NT Live

Tue 8 Nov | 1PM, Brolga Theatre

Lunana: a yak in the classroom - MRAC Cinema Night

Wed 9 Nov | 6.30PM, Brolga Theatre

2022 Waste to Art Competition Exhibition

Fri 11 Nov - Sun 8 Jan, Gatakers Artspace

Printmaking workshop - Contemporary Collagraphs

Sat 12 Nov, 10AM, Gatakers Creative Space

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

Choral Society concert this month

THE Maryborough Choral Society are holding a concert this month.

“All Mixed Up” will be performed at the Brolga Theatre on Sunday 13th in the Federation Room.

President of the Society Paula Hill described the concert as ‘Revisiting music of decades gone by, and exploring the music of now...’

“Included in our programme will be two Hervey Bay singing groups, The Fraser Coast Chorus and the Songsistas.” she said.

The Maryborough Choral Society has been a vital part of the local cultural scene for over sixty years.

They are are a community-based, nonauditioned choir which

was originally formed in 1952 to compete in the Queensland Eisteddfod.

Since then they have presented an Easter Cantata and two “Pleasant Sunday Afternoon” Concerts each year, have sung carols at various venues at Christmas and performed at community events.

Their choice of music is varied with music from shows, old and new pieces made famous by well known performers, sacred pieces, old favourites and some original compositions written by conductor Linette van Huyssteen and deputy conductor Heather Jone

All Mixed Up, Brolga Theatre Sunday 13th November from 2pm. $15 admission, with tea and coffee available.

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HEALTH & WELLBEING

New strategy to support people at end-of-life

A NEW strategy and workforce plan delivers on the Palaszczuk Government’s 2020 election commitment to invest an additional $171 million investment to improve palliative and end-of-life care for Queenslanders.

Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Yvette D’Ath said the five-year Palliative and End-of-Life Care Strategy and Queensland Health Specialist Palliative Care Workforce Plan would ensure more specialised services and support for people with life-limiting illnesses.

“The Palaszczuk Government recognises the right of all Queenslanders to die with dignity, regardless of whether they live in the city or the country,” Minister D’Ath said.

“We know that people living with life limited illness want choice and a greater say in where they wish to die.

“Our government is ensuring Queenslanders’ palliative and end-of-life care journeys are personcentered, compassionate,

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equitable and accessible by providing supportive palliative care and end of life for those who are eligible and who choose this option.

“Through our strategy we are committed to delivering new community-based care in regional, rural, and remote areas, supporting people’s preferences to receive care closer to, or in, their home.

“Over half of the additional investment ($102 million) will be used to attract, recruit, train and grow our specialist palliative care workforcethat means more nurses, doctors, physios, and counsellors to provide care through our growing hospital network.

“The workforce investment will be multi-disciplinary and contribute to holistic and spiritual health and wellbeing when living and dying from a life-limiting illness.

“This represents an 87 per cent increase or an extra 231 full-time frontline employees, in our palliative care workforce

so we can meet the increasing demand across the state,”

“This means more nurses, medical practitioners, allied health professionals and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health workers across the State.”

Minister D’Ath said the Queensland Government had already committed $55 million to Blue Care to help deliver more services in people’s homes in regional and remote communities.

“First Nations communities will also benefit from a significant increase in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers, as well as targeted funding to trial innovative models of care to support families experiencing sad news and/or sorry business when losing a loved one or community member,” she said.

“We will be providing recurrent funding for Pall Consult, a secondary consultation service that supports our ambulance services, our GPs and other physicians treating and supporting people palliating and at end

of life.

“These services will complement our commitment to new and improved information, referral, and digital services to support connected care.”

Under the new strategy funding will also be provided for before and after death bereavement support for families.

Minister D’Ath said the strategy was in addition to existing Queensland Government funding for palliative care in our hospitals.

In Queensland, palliative care services are delivered in a range of settings, including public and private hospitals, hospices, residential aged care facilities, and homebased care.

In 2021-22, Hospital and Health Services spent approximately $157 million on palliative care services.

For more information visit www.health.qld.gov. au/system-governance/ strategic-direction/ improving-service/ palliative-care-investment

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The KitCat project, raising $75,000 for cat care centre

FROM THE MARYBOROUGH ANIMAL REFUGE

The Maryborough Animal Refuge is asking our community to help to raise $75,000 to build a new Cat and Kitten Hospital at the Refuge and refurbish the existing Cattery and Kittery.

In June this year, the Maryborough Animal Refuge made the difficult decision to temporarily cease their cat and kitten rescue and adoption program due to the urgent need for upgrades to the cat facility.

Now that the last cats and kittens have been rehomed, the facilities are ready to be repaired and rebuilt where necessary, walls repainted, epoxy flooring laid, plumbing installed for hot water sinks and new pens erected.

A new Cat Care Centre (CCC) will be constructed in an existing

large building.

It will include a Hospital Wing for any unwell kittens or cats, consisting of state-of-theart cat pens, designed to maximise infection control.

There will also be designated Intake and Quarantine areas to house newly vaccinated and desexed kittens and cats until they are ready for rehoming.

The Refuge is anxious about timelines and the need to return to rescuing cats and kittens as soon as possible.

Kitten season starts at the end of the year and many pregnant cats and unwanted litters will find themselves abandoned over this period, leading to an increase in stray and feral cats wandering at large.

Those litters and their mothers who are brought to the Refuge are often

not in the best of health. Some have been found dumped in drains or left under houses or riverbanks, starving and flea-ridden.

They require the special attention that a Hospital or Quarantine facilities can provide.

Please consider supporting The KitCat Project in the following ways:

• Directly donating to The KitCat Project: Maryborough Animal Refuge BSB 645646 Account 106563130 (reference KCP)

• Offering to run your own Fund Raising projects at school, at your workplace or volunteer venue

• Putting on an event – eg dance or music concert, bingo, trivia night - at your Club or Organisation and donate some or all of the profits to The KitCat Project. Contact the Refuge on maryboroughanimalrefuge@gmail.com or via

Last Library Talk for 2022

FOR the last Library Wildlife talk of the year to be held in November, the Fraser Coast Branch of Wildlife Queensland will be presenting one of Alan Peebles’ beautiful DVDs on the birdlife of Arkarra Lagoons.

Alan sadly passed away in January this year and in his later years, was a strong supporter of Wildlife Queensland. He was a regular presenter in the Library, sharing his passion for our local wildlife.

The Arkarra Lagoons DVD contains stunning photographic shots of the lagoons at sunrise and sunset, undoubtedly the

best time to see birdlife. Arkarra, Hervey Bay’s Kakadu, is a haven for water birds, among them: Black Swans, Plumed Whistling Ducks, Royal Spoonbills, Nankeen Night Herons, Combcrested Jacanas, Purple Swamphens, cormorants. grebes and pelicans. Never failing to surprise, Alan has also filmed the bush birds around Arkarra.

You will be observers to a female Blue-faced Honeyeater feeding her young, as well as seeing Scarlet, Brown and Lewin’s Honeyeaters. Included also are Grey- crowned Babblers, Reed Warblers, Eastern Yellow Robins,

Katie was recently adopted!

Grey Butcher Birds, King Parrots, Rainbow Lorikeets and rosellas, Restless Flycatchers, White-browed Scrubwrens, Crested Pigeons, bee-eaters, pardalotes, kites and ospreys.

Come along to view this beautiful DVD on Friday, November 18 in Hervey Bay at the USC lecture theatre and in the Maryborough Library on November 25. Bookings are essential.

Phone the Library on 4197 4220 or book online at Eventbrite on the Library website. Starting time is 1pm; the film runs for 34 minutes.

their Facebook Page: Maryborough Animal Refuge and Pet Boarding to let them know your idea or event so that it can be promoted on their page.

The Maryborough Animal Refuge acknowledges with gratitude the enormous support from the local community to the Refuge.

Without the generous response from animal lovers, much of the Refuge’s work could not have continued for the past 46 years.

The Refuge hopes that you will partner with them in this muchneeded project.

The long and winding road: second stretch

DAVID ARTHUR

THIS month’s rain has pretty well put paid to any flowers on my mango tree.

Would I have more fruit if Joseph Banks had brought the breadfruit he discovered in Tahiti to Australia?

Should I just be grateful for John Bidwill’s work in propagating mangoes, and wait for a drier year?

Our first stretch told a little about French mathematician Joseph Fourier, who was born a few months after Joseph Banks set out on Captain Cook’s first expedition to Tahiti.

Fourier achieved much in his life, from his time as an engineer with Napoleon’s army in Egypt to his mathematics (Fourier Series and the Fourier Transformation) to his work in physics relating to heat.

In particular, Fourier worked out that our world is warmer than it would be if it did not have an atmosphere.

There were about one billion people alive in the world when Banks was admiring Tahiti’s breadfruit; the Industrial Revolution was just getting started with Watt’s steam engine; the world was still recovering

from the cold of the Little Ice Age, with global average temperature about 0.03°C above the coldest decade of the last 2,000 years, the 1460s; and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration was about 280 parts per million.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic Ocean in Connecticut, there was a small girl called Eunice Newton.

Known as Eunice Foote after her marriage, for many decades she has been better recognised as a campaigner against slavery and for women’s rights, and as an inventor who held several patents than as a thoughtful scientist, well-read and curious about the world around her.

In the 1850s, Eunice Foote read of geologists finding that the earth’s atmosphere had much higher concentrations of carbon dioxide long ago when coal deposits were forming in swampy seas.

Knowing from Fourier that it is air that keeps earth warmer than it would be, Foote wanted to know which particular gas in air does the warming.

She conducted experiments with nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide and published a paper in 1856 in which she suggested that changing the proportion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could change

its temperature, and have an effect on climate.

Other than writing a paper in 1857 on static electricity in atmospheric gases, Foote thereafter put her energies into campaigning for women’s rights and against slavery.

She was also awarded patents for several inventions.

There were about 1.2 billion people alive in the world when Foote was conducting her experiments; the Industrial Revolution was well underway; the world was now about 0.08°C above the coldest decade of the Little Ice Age; and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration was about 281 parts per million.

Only after Eunice Foote’s death in 1888, would another female American physicist have a paper published.

Foote’s work is now recognised as the earliest known scientific research to demonstrate the existence of greenhouse gases and their potential to effect changes in climate.

In 2022 the American Geophysical Union instituted The Eunice Newton Foote Medal for Earth-Life Science to recognise exceptional scientific achievements in research which focus on the convergence of Earth and life science.

FROM WILDLIFE QUEENSLAND, FRASER COAST

The German Creek mangroves

LINDSAY TITMARSH

ONE would expect that a species of mangrove of which multi-thousands are flourishing in the German Creek system, would be ‘going for it’ in the nearby combined estuary of the Mary and Susan Rivers.

These two areas are connected by tidal waters during high tide, as they are only a few hundred metres apart.

Situated south of the Mary River, German Creek flows into Great Sandy Strait.

As it meanders about, the main creek curves so that in its upper reaches, small tidal

gutters and large open flats connect it to the Mary River.

German Creek is short and wide, with very limited catchment area.

It is fed a more saline sample of water directly from Great Sandy Strait, so has a high salt content during wet seasons.

Club Mangroves (Aegialitis annulata) growing to one metre tall have specific requirements.

They need a constant supply of ‘salty’ salt water, a commodity the Mary and Susan Rivers cannot supply.

Too much freshwater flows through the estuary for this species to flourish, but a small colony has established itself on Separation Point, the most downstream tip of Kangaroo Island. This is the first point of contact for salty water entering the Mary River.

When the Mary River is running with a big ‘fresh’, (which it was last week), German Creek most times will still be salty.

Tidal water flowing side by side between the two systems does not readily mix because of the difference in the specific gravity of salt and fresh water.

Shovel-headed worms found on the Fraser Coast

CRAIG WINTER

MARYBOROUGH Sun reader Hollie Marsh recently sent us this photo of a shovel-headed worm she found in her house.

She also posted a warning on Facebook regarding the toxic nature of the “hammer head worm”, rarely seen but known to frequent the region.

“While they’re kinda cool to look at, they aren’t good for the environment.

“They are carnivores that feed on earthworms and snails and have no known predator and they excrete a neurotoxin similar to that found in the Pufferfish and the BlueRinged Octopus which can cause pets and small children to become quite unwell if ingested.

“This toxin is used to paralyse their prey while their enzymatic saliva liquifies the flesh of the worms for them to ingest... pretty gross!”

Queensland Museum staff confirmed these details with The Sun.

“This is the Shovelheaded Garden Flatworm

“They are members of the genus Bipalium.

“Common names are a funny thing, in that they can be loosely applied to lots of things, e.g. plenty of unrelated fishes are called bass. But Bipalium are also called

shovel-headed worms and hammerhead worms.”

Shovel-headed worms can’t be killed by conventional methods.

To avoid skin irritations, don’t touch them.

Carefully pick them up with a stick and place in a plastic bag, then dispose of in the rubbish.

An unaltered photo accompanying this story shows the two waters flowing over a knee deep tidal flat.

Club Mangroves flower during December, with spaghetti-like fruit dropping in March and April. .

(Top from left to right)A Club Mangrove with flowers and fruit and (right) Mary River freshwater (left of picture) and German Creek saltwater (right of picture) flow side by side across a tidal flat between the two systems. (Lindsay Titmarsh)

Bipalium kewense (as featured on p3 of Wildlife of Greater Brisbane).

The worm found by reader Hollie Marsh and (inset) a close up of tha head (Qld Museum).

MOTORING

Electric Jeep unveiled

JEEP has recently revealed the all-new Jeep Avenger, the brand’s first-ever battery electric vehicle (BEV).

The compact Jeep Avenger spearheads the introduction of a portfolio of capable, fully electric vehicles right sized for Europe, and is a key component in a global electrification strategy as the brand moves towards becoming the world leader in zero-emission SUVs.

Designed and built as a Jeep vehicle from day one, the Avenger packs the Jeep DNA into a compact SUV with a unique combination of capability, style, functionality, and technology to satisfy the needs of ever-connected customers.

“The new Jeep Avenger represents a key milestone for the brand as it is the first of a portfolio of all-new Jeep BEVs to be introduced in Europe.” said Christian Meunier, Jeep brand CEO. “It offers Jeep brand capability that is rightsized for the European market and at

the Paris Motor Show, we are showcasing why it is a great all-electric Jeep brand alternative to current players in the B-SUV segment.”

Produced in the highly efficient Stellantis plant in Tychy, Poland, the new Avenger is equipped with standard Selec-Terrain and Hill Descent Control which, together with its outstanding approach and departure angles and the vehicle’s ground clearance, bring impressive levels of capability into the segment.

In terms of electrification, the Jeep Avenger is equipped with a new generation 400 Volt electric propulsion system which combines a new electric motor and a new battery.

Using a 100 kW Mode 4 cable in direct current connected to fast public charge, three minutes of charge is enough to provide travel distance of 30 km. Also, 24 minutes are sufficient to charge the batteries from 20 to 80% charge.

The new Avenger’s Mission in Europe

Developed with the specific needs of European customers in mind, the new Avenger is a compact SUV which, at just four metres in length, is positioned in the rapidly growing B-SUV the second biggest European segment in terms of volume.

In 2023, the B- SUV segment is expected to reach an annual total of 2.2 million sales, which accounts for one in five vehicles sold in Europe. The new Avenger is positioned under Renegade complementing the Jeep brand offering, in the B-SUV segment.

“The Jeep Avenger is the first zero emission SUV for the Jeep brand” said Antonella Bruno, Head of Jeep Europe in Stellantis, “It will be the new entry point to the Jeep range and will allow us to complete our SUV coverage and we expect it to become the bestselling model in our portfolio by 2024.

“Avenger adds another

level of electrification to our offering and represents a further step in the Jeep brand’s evolution”.

“Jeep Avenger is emotional, fun, cool and it stands out from the crowd” she added.

The Jeep Avenger arrives in showrooms early

next year, but customers can already pre-book the exclusive Launch Edition, an eye-catching, fully equipped version, available at a monthly instalment at 249€ in most of the European markets.

This makes it a valuable and appealing choice for those who are looking

for a zero-emission alternative from the Jeep brand away from the more traditional players in the segment.

The new Jeep aims to expand the customer base targeting active people looking for a capable and modern design with compact dimensions and spacious interiors.

Big finish for Hyundai in Spain

HYUNDAI Motorsport has claimed a podium finish in Rally de España, the penultimate round of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), with Belgian crew Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe securing second place.

The final day of the Spanish tarmac rally got underway in the early morning darkness with the Pratdip stage (SS16/ SS18, 12.15km) offering a unique wake-up call. Hyundai Motorsport’s crews were fully alert for the challenge with Dani Sordo and Cándido Carrera lighting up the timesheets with the fastest time, their second stage win of their home event. Neuville made it a team 1-2 as he looked to build his advantage over third placed Kalle Rovanperä.

It was the Belgian who stormed to the quickest time in the following test, the first run through Riudecanyes (SS17/SS19, 15.90km), extending his grasp on second place –and closing the gap to the lead to 14.1 seconds.

The pendulum swung in the other direction on the repeat of Pratdip with Neuville second ahead of Ott Tänak and Sordo, who continued to hold fourth and fifth spots respectively on the overall classification.

All three crews gave their maximum on the Power Stage, the repeat of Riudecanyes, with Neuville scoring four extra points for second quickest, Tänak taking two and Sordo earning a solitary bonus point for his efforts.

Ultimately, Neuville had to be content with second place on the final classification, his fourth podium of the season after Sweden (second), Croatia (third), and Greece (first). It also represented the team’s 14th top-three finish of the year and its 98th podium in total since joining WRC in 2014.

Four stage wins helped them to push for second, having led the rally briefly on Friday

Neuville said: “Second place is a good result for us this weekend. It has been a challenging

event and a huge fight. Somehow, we started to find more speed towards the end and enjoy it more. We missed a bit of performance in the early phase of the rally, in the tricky conditions on Friday. Unfortunately, we lost any chance to fight for victory there at the beginning. I am happy for the team that we have added another podium result, and now we can look forward to Japan. We don’t know what to expect there but hopefully we can translate some of our learnings from Spain to be in the fight.”

Tänak said: “It has definitely been a long weekend. On the first day, we had a couple of hybrid issues but other than that it was quite a smooth run through. Performancewise, we’ve been lacking a bit and I’ve not really been able to find the balance in the car or get it to work for myself. Rally Spain is a challenging rally, almost like a racetrack, where car performance means a lot and it’s crucial to have a good balance and feeling; it’s fast, smooth, and flowing. Still, we finished the rally in one

piece and got some points and collected plenty of useful data. Japan will be new for everyone, so we’ll have to wait until we’re out there to find out more about it.”

Sordo said: “I have given it everything this weekend. We lost some time to the front-runners on the first day, but I got more confidence as the rally went on. On the Power Stage, I was pushing hard;

the car was oversteering towards the end, and it was difficult to keep in the line. But I enjoyed it a lot.

“Thanks to the team for giving me the opportunity to compete again in my home rally and giving me a car like this. We are always learning about it, making it more comfortable to drive. It has been incredible to see so many fans here and to feel all their support. I am

disappointed in one way not to be on the podium, but I am happy in another to have shared this weekend with them.”

Deputy Team Director Julien Moncet said: “Not a bad final result if you look at the second position from Thierry and having all three cars finish in the top five. Our drivers have shown some promising pace again this morning and pushed until the end.

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SPORT

Visiting coach holds Gymsports clinic

BRENDAN BOWERS

MARYBOROUGH GymSports(MGS) hosted a Regional Gym Sports Clinic on Sunday, October 9. Guest coach Patrick Redfern led the clinic.

He is based in Brisbane at Mitchelton Youth Club, where he is the Head Coach of the Men’s Gymnastics program.

Patrick holds some of the highest qualifications an Australian gymnastics technical member can have, including Gymnastics QLD Course Presenter, HighPerformance Coach of Men’s Artistic Gymnastics and Federation of International Gymnastics Brevet level judge.

He has travelled extensively to learn from prestigious programs in Japan, Europe, and America.

This has enhanced his knowledge of the sport and the information he brings that back to the Australian gymnastics community.

The concept of running a clinic in Maryborough originated from MGS

Coach Kelsey Connell’s determination to promote and develop regional gymnastics.

Patrick is passionate about coach education and building up the Australian coaching community, so he was a perfect fit to lead this clinic.

Over a dozen of the MGS club athletes and coaches attended.

Among the athletes were a variety of athletics, including child and adult participants from Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics, Acrobatics, Power Tumbling and Trampoline Sports.

The clinic went through drills, strength and progressions for tumbling, vault, bars, rings, pommel, and trampolines.

These are all vital skills to enable successful level athletes by giving them the keys to future success in the sport.

“It does take a village to raise an athlete. It was amazing to see the group’s teamwork, sportsmanship, and encouragement interactions, regardless of age or skill level.

When a new skill was performed for the first, there was often clapping, cheering and high fives.” O’Connell said.

She believes that running these clinics with highly qualified coaches allows athletes to be brave and get out of their comfort zone in a safe and positive environment.

“All participants walked away with many monumental milestones and unlocked many new skills. It also gives gymnasts a chance to have another set of eyes go over their skills with a fine toothcomb,” she said.

Coach Kelsey has organised and hosted a few events in the last 18 months to engage the regional gymnastics community with a focus on transitioning grassroots into the competition arena or to motivate athletes to continue to pursue sport as a child and into their adult years.

Sessions also provide professional development for coaches to help them meet their mandatory updating requirements.

“Those who have attended

these clinics often continue to develop in leaps and bounds, so it’s worth every penny,”

The continual education of gymnastics coaches is one of the contributing reasons why gymnastics is one of the safest sports in

Australia (according to the ABS).

Don’t hesitate to contact the office if you are interested in attending the exhilarating and highly beneficial classes at Maryborough GymSports.

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Phone 4123 1044, email marygymsports@ bigpond.com or pop in 6 Walton Street during office hours Mon - Thurs 3.30 – 6 pm.

There are programs for ages 2 - adults over a variety of classes.

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DOON VILLA MENS Jackpot Pairs : Winners - G.Kuhn, R.Turnbull d L.Puie, Hutt 26-15. Runners up - P.Hutton, K.Johnson d S.Patch, A.Scholl 25-20. S.Hyde, J.Devenish d G.Kemp, B.Spilsbury 25-13. R.Andersen, B.Stimpson d J.McCoombe, B.Madsen 22-14. K.Andersen, R.Whittaker d S.Bartley, T.Buckley 22-17. N.Gambie, G.Gambie 1813. J.Kemp, K.Milzewski d K.Pieper, J.Fraser 21-20.

Mixed Fours Carnival 16/10/22 : Overall Winners - C.Dunbar, B.Boyle, E.Duke, R.Goodwin . Overall secondW.Hamilton, M.Roy, A.Jones, J.Hamilton. Overall thirdS.Jensen, W.Raguse, A.Scholl, R.Whittaker. Round winners - 1. E.Stanfield, R.Window, C.Stanfield, K.Smith. 2. K.Selby, K.Milzewski, L.Johnson, K.Johnson. 3. J.Sutcliff, J.Martin, M.Pointon, O.Pointon. - C.White, scribe.

Halloween Carnival First Game Winners Team 11 Skips Name J. Hanson Score 47 Second Game Winners Skips Name S. Jensen Score 40 Third Game Winners Team 10 Skips Name F. Emmerson Score 38 Runners-up Team 6 Skips name E. Cranfield Score 44 Overall Winners Skips name D. McGarry Score 49

28/10/22 Roast Day Overall winners T. Buckley, B. George dev B. Turnbull, S. Jensen 23-13 Runners-up

Rosemarie, K. Anderson, Karina 22-14 Sportsmans prize R. Anderson, J. Conaghty, C. Laughton L. Atkinson, K. Paxton, C. Norman dev R. Jensen, R. Norman P. O’Brien 22-9 K. Johnson, K. Mackay, M. Allan def M. Jensen, G. Pickworth, L. James 24-10 Lloyd, Barry, Lesley def Ross, Jim Chris 21-5

2/11/22 Championship Singles Game M Allan v L. Hannaford - L. Hannaford, scribe

MARYBOROUGH

Thursday 20th October

Nominated Men’s Jackpot Pairs

B Henningson G Walker d T Dix N Carter 31-18 P Clarke M Stonehouse d A Aeillo B Long 23-21 B Hallett R Hooper d N Johnson E Kath 23-17

T Lindeberg L Genrich d W Murdoch N Nitz 30-14 D McAnulty M Stoneman d Des Kohler R Eduards 29-18 T Jackson B Jackson C Clark d J Dawson L Wood P Bendall 17-15 B Magee N Gundry d K Campbell B Dean 22-15 G Heselwood R McLeish d W Ward P Nolan 29-10 T Dillon

T Pike d R Watts P Frawley 22-15

Meat Tray Mixed Triples 25th October

Winners of the Winners Meat Trays were: Marg Donohue, Neville Carter and John Natoli

Winners of the Losers Meat Trays were: Kim Selby, Ken Milzewski and Ray Whitaker

Winners of the Door Prize Meat Trays were: Kim Selby, Allie Darnell and Steve Watson

Winners of First Series Meat

Trays were: Kim Selby, Peter Frawley and Ann Blazely.

Winners of 2nd Series Meat Trays were: Steve Watson, Ann Blazely and Brad Faint

Winners of 3rd Series Meat Trays were: Beth Wakelin, Ray Watts and Brad Faint

Thursday 27th October

Nominated Men’s Jackpot Pairs

B Henningson G Walker d S

Jones J Natoli 26-10 B Faint

A Simpson M Stoneman A Blackwell 19-19 A Aeillo B Long d A Francis T Dillon 2214 M McDonald W Ashford d T Jackson N Nitz 20-17 L Hamilton D Bretherton d D Smith R Drew 20-10 G Heselwood R McLeish d D Nation A Dennison 29-18 B Magee M Anderson d W Ward W Horan 20-16

T Lindeberg L Genrich d R Watts P Frawley 26-14 P Clarke M Stonehouse d D McAnulty T Stannard 31-9 R Hutchison D Blazely d Des Kohler R Eduards 35-10 K Campbell B Dean d J Dawson L Wood 19-13

Winner - Highest Combined Score G Heselwood R McLeish Runner Up - Lowest Combined Score L Hamilton D Bretherton

Club Championships

A Grade Singles B Faint d L Turner 25-20

B Grade Singles T Lindeberg d B Faint 25-21

Mens Pairs R Hutchinson D Blazely d S Jones J Natoli 31-8 M Stonehouse L Turner d L Genrich C Roberts 24-23 B Henningson J Cruice d B Dean R McLeish 24-19

Mixed Pairs D Blazely B Cochrane d B Magee A Blazely 17-12 S Nitz N McDonald d D McAnulty S Natoli 21-9 - Bob Magee, scribe

(L-R back row) Coach Glenys Connell, Coach Rachael Meaby, Kelsey Connell (organiser), Ashleigh Vicic, Simon O’Keefe, Connor English, Patrick Redfern (lead coach). (front row) Grace McKenna, Kenzie Brown, Ruby Theuerkauf, Ashlynn Torok, Riley Saunders-Forbes. (Supplied)

SPORT

Maryborough Masters progress to state finals

BRENDAN BOWERS

INDOOR HOCKEY: Maryborough’s reputation as a Queensland Hockey Powerhouse was again reinforced over the weekend with men’s and women’s teams playing in the grand finals of this year’s State Masters Championships Maryborough.

Unfortunately, both teams could not grab the gold and had to settle for silver. In the final, the men faced off against Old Boys and went down 4-2.

The women’s final was a win for Goal Diggers over

Maryborough 3-1.

Hockey Queensland tournament director Linda Hunter congratulated Maryborough on again putting on a great tournament.

“It has been wonderful, and for the first time, we have men’s teams competing and not only are numbers growing, but the standard is as well,” Hunter said.

She knows Queensland Hockey is always ready to come to Maryborough to host tournaments because of its ability to run successful events.

“They understand how hockey championships should be run, and the facility is top class.

“I can’t speak highly enough of Maryborough Hockey Association,” she said.

It is the first of four indoor tournaments that Maryborough is hosting over the next few weeks, with the under-15 men the next to be played locally this weekend.

They will be followed by the under-18 men’s and women’s tournaments to be played in the first week of December.

FISHING

Barra season is now closed

Some nice catches of grunter, bream, both black and silver plus threadfin and blue salmon being taken on baits or lures.

FROM THE FREEDOM FISHING SUPPLIES TEAM

We’ve had such mixed conditioning when it comes to the weather.

We’ve had it hot, cold, muggy, wet and stormy.

No wonder the fish are confused – but they are still out there so let’s check out this week’s local fishing report.

With the higher reaches of the Mary still out of action a lot have been focusing on the river mouths of the Susan and Mary Rivers down towards the Heads.

Heading out into the Strait has also been lucrative with boaties landing pelagic fish in the shallow channels on slugs or a floated pillie, plus hitting the ledges and reefs along the island has produced catches of blackall, cod, mosses perch and coral bream.

There are muddies being landed throughout the river systems, but nothing to write home about.

As most of us know the Mary has just had the best run of prawns in along time with a few reports of them still being around between Beaver Rock and River Heads but you’ll have to work for them.

Again we can report that the mangrove jack are as feisty as ever smashing live baits or flesh strip bait.

The best spots to try would be up the Burrum River around the rock ledges or Kauri, Poona or Tuan Creeks.

There has been reports of winter whiting being caught down Tinnanbar/ Tin Can Bay way with most taking the humble yabbie or a bit of worm.

Remember our East Coast Barramundi season is now CLOSED in tidal waters until 11.59pm on 31st January 2023

During this time, it is also prohibited to deliberately target barramundi for catch and release, as the stress of capture may prevent a fish from spawning.

Glenn takes it out this fortnight with an awesome 13.36 kg threadfin. What a fish!

Next is Shaun with a very impressive 52cm Jack. Steve landed this 5.09kg snub nose dart near Round Island on light gear and Andrew got amongst them landing a horse of a GT. Well done mate.

SOLUTIONS

BRAG BOARD

Maryborough’s division one women’s masters hockey team. (Supplied)

Maryborough’s mens masters hockey team. (Supplied)