The Maryborough Sun - September 21st, 2023

FIRE ALERT

CRAIG WINTER

FRASER Coast residents are being warned to make preparations for a warm and stormy season.

Mayor and Local Disaster Management Group chair George Seymour said that the next few months were expected to be hot and dry, with bushfires already occurring and the chances of severe storms increasing as the temperatures rise.

Evacuation orders were given in some regions last week as fires broke out on near Howard, at Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast and further west towards Emerald.

These were later downgraded.

“We’re encouraging residents to think about the big picture and what they would do if a natural disaster struck,” he said.

“Having a plan means everyone

in your household knows what to do when severe weather warnings are issued. It’s also good to get to know your neighbours and consider people in your neighbourhood who may need your help.”

Cr Seymour said residents should also ensure their home, contents and vehicle insurance was up to date and provided suitable coverage, and that they knew where to go to stay informed during disaster season.

“There are a number of steps that can be taken now including having an emergency plan, packing an emergency kit, cleaning up around your yard, making sure your insurance is up to date, and signing up for Disaster Dashboard notifications.”

Cr Seymour said an emergency kit should have the supplies you need for several days in case you lose power and water, and should have enough for every family member, including your

pets.

“It’s important to have an emergency plan and discuss what you would do, including where you would go if you needed to evacuate, how you would care for pets and livestock, and whether you or any of your family members have medical conditions or special needs to consider,” he said.

“Council’s Disaster Dashboard - https://disaster.frasercoast. qld.gov.au/ - is your one-stop shop for information about emergencies and disasters, with everything from road closures to flood cameras as well as fire danger ratings and links to weather warnings,” he said.

“You can opt-in for email and SMS notifications through the Disaster Dashboard, and you can even change the language setting.

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beautiful places in the world to live, work and play, but we are also prone to natural disasters and severe weather.

“That’s why it is so important to understand the big picture of what can happen when a natural disaster hits and what you can do to protect what’s most important to you.”

Download the Dangerous Weather emergency plan and checklist at https:// www.getready.qld. gov.au/get-prepared/ big-picture or the Fraser Coast Emergency Guide at https://www. frasercoast.qld.gov.au/ disaster-management

Additional sources of information during a natural disaster and severe weather include:

• Listen to your local ABC radio station for updates;

• For power outage information, visit the Ergon website at www. ergon.com.au;

• For traffic and road closure information, visit the QLD Traffic website at qldtraffic.qld.gov.au;

• For weather information, visit the Bureau of Meteorology website at www.bom.gov.au;

• For emergency help in storms and floods, including sandbag requests, call SES 132 500

Mates golf day a huge success

THE inaugural Maryborough Sun/Fraser Coast Mates Golf Day went off with a bang last weekend as over 150 golfers took to the Maryborough golf course.

Having been held already for 7 years in Hervey Bay, the local Fraser Coast mates committee has been keen to hold the iconic event on the local course, and both sponsors and players were equally as keen to support the idea.

“We oversubscribed for teams in no time,” said organiser Craig Winter.

“We had so much support from sponsors and players that we enlarged the field by 18 teams just before the event, and filled those as well.” he said.

The Maryborough Sun has been the major sponsor of the golf day for several years, and Craig thanked both them and supporting major sponsor CR Mining for their assistance.

Whilst the golfers took advantage of the conditions outside, more than 70 women enjoyed a high tea in the Clubhouse as part of Bloom, the golf day’s partner event.

Guest speaker at Bloom, Alejandra Chavez spoke on

gratitude and appreciation, and how they make a difference when you practise them in your life.

The golf day is the primary source of funding for Fraser Coast Mates, who provide mental health awareness and education, and funds emergency face to face counselling in Maryborough for those who are struggling with stress and other issues.

Players faced a nine hole, three player ambrose match, followed by trophy presentations and a charity raffle, all expected to raise around $20,000.

A special dinner will also be held in October.

Doing it Tuff will see around 200 guests treated to guest speakers, entertainment, dinner and an auction at the Carriers Arms on the 28th October. Proceeds from this event will also go towards local counselling.

For more information on Fraser Coast Mates, go to www.frasercoastmates.com. au and link up with their Facebook page for more on Doing it Tuff and other local events.

Around 150 players took part in the annual event at the Maryborough Golf Club and (right) committee members with guest speaker Alejandra Chavez at Bloom. (Bottom) Organiser Craig Winter with the eventual winners, Fire & Rescue who took out the Geoff Redpath Memorial Trophy (Tasmin Darnell)

Bike ride to help cancer victims

Masters games soon to hit Maryborough

JAY FIELDING

MASTER athletes

will soon be arriving in town for the annual Maryborough Masters Games.

This year the event will include football, athletics, swimming, shooting, 8-ball, darts, 3x3 wheelchair basketball and more.

“We have three shooting clubs that have booked up,” he said.

Other highlights would include the new cutting competition this year and beach volleyball down the Bay, as well as the everpopular swimming and athletics.

JAY FIELDING

THE loss of a child might understandably cause any parent to withdraw from society.

But Jamie Lewis has done the opposite, throwing himself into a new-found life of purpose while keeping his daughter’s memory shining.

Mr Lewis lost his four-year-old daughter, Emerara, to neuroblastoma in September last year.

In the 12 months since, he has set up a lawnmowing business with $5 from every job going to Childhood Cancer Support, he’s organised for Camp Quality to bring its childhood cancer education puppet show to local school kids and now he’s holding a charity run this weekend.

That’s not to say Emerara’s loss hasn’t been hard for the family. It has, especially her three-year-old brother who can find it a subject difficult to discuss.

But Mr Lewis has found channelling his energy into raising awareness is a productive way of dealing with the daily struggle.

Childhood Cancer Support provided Mr Lewis initially with short-term

accommodation and later with long-term accommodation so he could be in Brisbane during his daughter’s treatment.

His daughter’s own cancer battle, he said, opened his eyes to how many families need support, and how much organisations such as CCS do for them in difficult times.

To help raise funds and awareness for CCS, Mr Lewis is holding the Fraser Coast Childhood Cancer Awareness Ride this Saturday, September 23.

Riders will meet at the Brolga Theatre in Maryborough at 9am before leaving at 10am with the run to make its way to the Kondari Hotel in Urangan.

Entry is $10 for each car, motorbike or truck, and a raffle will be held throughout the day.

At 2pm an auction will be held with a signed pair of gloves donated by champion boxer Jeff Fenech going under the hammer.

For more information, phone Jamie Lewis on 0459 240 444.

To donate to Childhood Cancer Support, visit https://www.ccs.org.au and click the “Donate” tab at the top of the page.

This year’s event organisers, including committee president Bob Evans and vice-president Doug Walker, have gone to lengths to bring back the excitement and energy of previous Masters Games.

Mr Walker said there was a variety of sports involved in the competition and locals were welcome to attend as spectators.

Before then, the darts competition is being held this Saturday and Sunday from 9am at Lot 3 Quarry Street, next to the ten pin bowling alley.

Next will be the Masters Football competition is being held from September 29 to October 1 at Federation Park in Granville, with over-35 men’s teams and over-30 women’s teams in action.

Following events include

the cutting as well as 10km and 5km runs and walks on October 8 and the swimming and wheelchair basketball carnivals will be on October 14. Beach volleyball will be held at Hervey Bay on October 14

and 15.

For more information, visit the Maryborough Masters Games Facebook page, or reach out to the sporting clubs and organisations involved.

Indoor lawn bowls a prescription for social isolation

HERVEY Bay Neighbourhood Centre is excited to announce the launch of its new Social Prescription Initiative: Indoor Lawn Bowls.

This weekly event, set to kick off on Friday, October 6th, aims to foster a fun and relaxed environment where community members can come together, connect, and socialise, all while combating isolation and loneliness in the Hervey Bay community.

Loneliness and social isolation have become significant concerns in our society, with adverse effects on mental and physical health.

In response to these challenges, HBNC has launched the Connecting Communities Social Prescription Pilot - a first-of-its-kind service

for the Wide Bay region – which aims to support and empower every person to connect, participate, contribute and thrive in our community.

Thanks to the generosity of the Hervey Bay Boat Club, who provided four bowling greens and sets of bowls, HBNC is set to launch weekly indoor bowls get-togethers as part of this exciting new initiative, HBNC CEO Tanya Stevenson said.

HBNC CEO Tanya Stevenson with Hervey Bay Boat Club’s George Duck.

“We are thrilled to introduce Indoor Lawn Bowls as part of our Social Prescription Initiative,” Tanya said.

“This initiative aligns perfectly with our mission to strengthen our

community by reducing isolation and promoting social engagement. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the Hervey Bay Boat Club for their invaluable support, as their contribution has made this program possible.”

Indoor Lawn Bowls will take place every Friday, starting 1pm-3pm on October 6th, at the Hervey Bay Community Centre

– 22 Charles St, Pialba.

The event welcomes participants of all ages and skill levels, whether they are experienced bowlers or newcomers looking to try something new.

By providing a welcoming atmosphere, Indoor Lawn Bowls will encourage social interaction and help individuals build lasting connections.

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wage for apprentices or a decent living away form home allowance when they have to travel and live in accommodation for their training blocks.

Historically children doing apprenticeships left school aged about 15 and lived at home for the term of their indenture.

This is not the case now.

Many apprenticeships require a Year 12 education so those starting are older and more likely to want to become independent.

This can certainly not be doe on an apprenticeship wage which doesn’t really make the cut even against Job Seeker payments.

If our government could subsidise wages for those in training it could have a two-fold effect.

Those working would be busy and tired and far less likely to go on crime sprees and will also become responsible members of our s ociety, building not destroying.

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HONG KONG RAINS

So, 140 years ago there were similar rains in Hong Kong to what they are experiencing now.

I wonder who was burning all the fossil fuels back then?

- Val Spencer

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I think I’m a reasonably intelligent person, but I’m still confused over the Voice thing.

Everything I see about it is marketing spin,

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In my experience, if all they can show you is ‘spin’ and colourful pictures, then they don’t have anything of substance.

Either way we choose to vote, this is an important (and massively expensive) exercise, why do they think that pretty pictures are enough for most of us?

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Budget Newsletter

July 2023

DOWNER RAIL MARYBOROUGH AWARDED QTMP DESIGN BUILD AND MAINTAIN CONTRACT

Downer has been awarded the contract to design, build and maintain the next generation of Queensland trains. This will bring in hundreds of manufacturing and rail opportunities right here in Maryborough. Our community will reap the benefits of long-term training and job opportunities right in their own backyard for years to come.

I am delighted to see Downer being awarded this contract for the Queensland Train Manufacturing Program. Downer has a long-standing history of train manufacturing right here in Maryborough. This announcement will not only provide the community with a pipeline of jobs into the future, there will also be flow on effects to local businesses long term. The 800 jobs will be assisting families, keeping skills in the region and supporting the overall economy.

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Rising Above the Floodwaters

In 2022 flooding in the Maryborough Electorate caused damage to a multitude of homes and businesses Helen and Alisha, the owners of MAD Providore had floodwaters inundate their b business twice in a matter of months forcing them to look elsewhere for premises. They moved into what initially was a temporary location, which soon became their permanent home at the Powerhouse building Renovations ensued and Helen a and

Cost of Living Support

*$550 Cost of Living

Rebate on electricity bills to all Queensland households

*$700 Cost of Living

Rebate on electricity bills for vulnerable households, in addition to the exising $372 under the Queensland Electricity Rebate scheme, bringing total rebates for this group to $1072

*$650 rebate on electricity

bills for around 205,000 eligible small businesses, cutting the cost of doing business in Queensland

* $645 million over 4 years for 15 hours of free kindy for all 4-year-olds

* $70.3 million over 4 years to increase assistance to regional patients through the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme

* Up to $150 for eligible children aged 0 to 4 years for learn-to-swim activities

* $2.7 million over 2 years to extend and expand school breakfast programs in areas experiencing hardship across Queensland

* $315,000 to provide grant funding to Foodbank to deliver critical food relief

Alisha now have a space that is unlike any other in town, as a gourmet deli and sandwich bar. Do yourself a favour and pop in for a Montville Coffee and one of their homemade sweets – the brownie is my go-to!

WINGS & WHEELS 2023

CRAIG WINTER

THE first Wings & Wheels event since Covid saw thousands gather to watch aircraft action above Maryborough Airport last weekend.

The Maryborough Aero Club festival of all things aviation raised funds for Community Flights, the local charity that provides free flights for ambulant patients to specialists in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.

Organiser Mark McMurturie said that the day was a great success.

“We had over 3,000 people through the gates.” he said.

“We donated $1000 each to Rotary, the SES and the Maryborough Military Aviation Museum, $4,200 to the We’ve Got You Foundation and $12,000 to

Community Flights.”

Wings & Wheels was postponed during Covid and the years immediately after, but the Aero Club is happy to finally have it back at the historic airfield.

Guests thrilled to warbirds conducting formation and aerobatic flights, a huge car show, food and entertainment

Maryborough Airport was a training camp for Wireless Air Gunners during the war, and then became a school for Royal Navy pilots.

There were once around 120 air force buildings on the site.

Planning has already started on next years event, which Mark says will be even bigger and better, with more exhibitions planned.

Photos: Craig Winter/Maryborough Sun

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Hard Yakka teaches discipline and self control

CRAIG WINTER

HARD Yakka has once again passed out 5 more ‘recruits’ as part of the successful local military style camp for kids.

Founder Bob Davis has spent years teaching respect, self control and discipline to the hundreds who have passed through the Susan River facility.

“These kids are taught that they have a responsibility to themselves, their friends and families with how they act.” he said.

“Their actions have consequences to other people and once they learn that, they become different people.”

THE Fraser Coast’s favourite twilight event

Food n Groove Fridays returns in October, with a special ‘Get Ready’ event launching in Hervey Bay at Seafront Oval on Friday 6 October.

‘Get Ready’ is a government initiative designed to help Queenslanders prepare for the summer and extreme weather events.

Along with meeting emergency crews and getting natural disaster ready tips, you’ll also get a sneak peek at emergency vehicles and equipment, all while enjoying the lively atmosphere, great entertainment, market stalls and delicious food options.

‘Get Ready’ Hervey Bay kicks off from 4pm at Seafront Oval on Friday 6 October.

Maryborough will also host its own ‘Get Ready’ event the following week on Friday 13 October at The Brolga Theatre Riverstage from 4pm.

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Get Ready will feature local emergency and support services including the Queensland Police, Queensland Ambulance and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, SES, Ergon Energy, Red Cross and more.

As well as the 2 special ‘Get Ready’ events this year, Fraser Coast Tourism & Events will be running its iconic Food n Groove Fridays in Hervey Bay from City Park on the first Friday of each month from November through to February.

Food n Groove Fridays offers both visitors and locals the chance to let their hair down, eat, drink, and relax under the stars, with a large range of tasty food options, unique market stalls and live entertainment.

Kicking off from 4pm, Food n Groove Fridays is the perfect end to the working week, with something special for everyone to enjoy.

Save the dates!

Get Ready Events:

- Friday, 6 October 2023, Hervey Bay Seafront

Oval, 4pm – 9pm

- Friday, 13 October 2023, The Brolga Theatre Riverstage, Maryborough, 4pm – 9pm

Food n Groove Fridays:

- Friday, 3 November 2023, City Park, Hervey Bay, 4pm – 9pm

- Friday, 1 December 2023, City Park, Hervey Bay, 4pm – 9pm

- Friday, 5 January 2023, City Park, Hervey Bay, 4pm – 9pm

- Friday, 2 February 2023, City Park, Hervey Bay, 4pm – 9pm

“We are thrilled to once again partnering with Fraser Coast Regional Council’s Disaster Management team on the Food n Groove Fridays ‘Get Ready’.

These events provide a fun yet informative way to assist the community prepare for summer and keep safe during Queensland’s extreme weather period.” said FCTE Event Manager Chelsea Larner-Simpson.

The 12 day camp has no phones, no internet, and attendees are only allowed one 3 minute phone call to their family.

“The current system needs to change.” said Bob.

“If the politicians keep trying the same things, they’ll keep getting the same results.”

“Some of them are only worried about their chances of re-election. When one of them works out how to actually tackle the youth crime issue, they’ll be a shoe-in.”

Bob already has ten more booked for the next camp, and he said that each time, they see

a difference.

Senator Pauline Hansen attended the most recent passing out parade and was impressed by what she saw and the outcomes she witnessed on the day.

Hard Yakka’s military exercises also teach focus, memory and ‘looking after your mates’.

Funding for the program, however has always been an issue, and Bob spends a significant amount of time chasing money to help pay

for the camp.

“We really need the Government to step up and help these families.” he said.

“Many of them aren’t in a position to pay, but are desperate to help their kids and bring control back to the family unit.”

The Rotary Club of Hervey Bay City help by supporting Hard Yakka, but ongoing funds are still required.

Bob Davis says attendees learn responsibility, focus and self respect at Hard Yakka. (Craig Winter)

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Local Little Athlete to attend national camp

LOCAL Little Athlete

Hayleigh Kennedy from the Burrum District Little Athletics Centre will compete at the 2023 Coles Little Athletics National High-Performance Camp which will be held at the Gold Coast Performance Centre, Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast from Sunday 1st October to Wednesday 4th October 2023.

Hayleigh takes part in the discus and finished first at her recent school athletics carnival.

Based on individual performances at the recent 2023 Coles Australian Little Athletics Championships and State events, top-performing Little Athletics athletes born in 2009 from across Australia have been

invited to compete.

The camp is designed to offer each athlete an opportunity to improve themselves, on the track, in recovery, preparation, psychology and a better understanding of the journey and process that is required to assist with their own development, in the high-performance pathway.

There will be current and former Australian International athletes coaching and presenting, as well as sharing their own experiences, and their journey from Juniors to International representation.

After Australia’s best event medal haul at the recent World Athletics Championships and Brisbane hosting the

2032 Olympics, the future is looking bright for young athletes and the 2023 Coles Little Athletics National HighPerformance Camp is an essential part of the future of the sport.

Olympic Gold Medalist Glynis Nunn OAM who is the driving force behind the camp since it began 11 years ago said “I am always very pleased to be able to contribute to the development of up and coming Little Athletes and look forward to meeting them at the camp.

“Nothing gives me more pleasure than to see Little Athletes performing at the best and enjoying themselves at the same time.”

CEO of Coles Little

Athletics Australia, Myles Foreman says, “The Coles Little Athletics National HighPerformance Camp is designed to help our next generation of athletes get the extra training and mentoring they need to take them to the next level in their chosen event.

With the support of some of Australia’s leading coaches and presenters, our Little Athletes will leave the camp ready to set a new personal best.”

Athletes will participate in training sessions, workshops, recovery sessions, presentations, and social activities onsite.

For more information please visit www. littleathletics.com.au.

Bidwill took a bridge too far

by FRASER COAST MAYOR GEORGE SEYMOUR

ONE of my favourite riverside parks is Pioneer Park at Tinana which has a lovely walk alongside the Mary River, it also has an interesting historic connection to John Carne Bidwill who was a very significant figure in the early days of Maryborough.

Bidwill’s passion was botany, he travelled from England to Australia in 1838 to actively pursue this interest, travelling and collecting extensively in New South Wales, New Zealand and Tahiti.

He introduced many ornamental and economic plants to Australia. Examples of these include mangoes, pawpaws and passionfruit, while he sent many live plants and specimens to Europe including the bunya pine.

He is believed to be the first plant breeder in Australia, successfully hybridising plants, both

native and exotic, starting in the early 1840s.

In 1841 Bidwill published Rambles in New Zealand, a significant book in the cultural history of New Zealand in which he told of his exploration of the North Island.

Bidwill was very well connected to most of the notable hierarchy in the colony of New South Wales, in particular to the Governor, Sir Charles FitzRoy who had appointed him as the Director of the Sydney Botanical Gardens and Government Botanist, basically Bidwill’s dream job.

However, unbeknown to FitzRoy, his superior in England had selected another person for that role, meaning that Bidwill had to relinquish it when that person turned up on a boat.

As a consolation, Bidwill was subsequently appointed as the first Commissioner of Crown

Lands for Wide Bay. This made him the northernmost public servant in the colony and it placed on him a number of roles including that of Chief Magistrate, Clerk of Petty Sessions and Harbour Master.

He stepped ashore in the area we now know as the Original Maryborough Site in late 1848 and it was immediately clear that he was unsuited to the position.

He was interested in the plants and the landscape of the region not the people and their disputes.

It was expected that Bidwill would live and work in the village.

However, he chose to establish himself on the other side of the river at some distance from his official duties: at Tinana.

This was because the soil was better for plants there.

In the 1840s this was not

an easy commute and reflected his disinterest in his official roles.

Roughly half way between his home and the site of his responsibilities, in the area we now know as Pioneer Park, there is a creek that contains the remnants of this commute: a bridge that was built for him.

There is not much left of this bridge, it is basically two weathered and partly rotted timber bed logs spanning the gully.

Whilst these artefacts appear slight and some imagination is required to visualise the ruins into a bridge that basic traffic of the day could cross, it has been in place for more than 170 years and as such is almost certainly the oldest surviving European structural improvement in Maryborough.

Many responsibilities fell on Bidwill’s shoulders. Maryborough at the time was very isolated and

he was tasked by the Colonial Government with finding an overland route from the frontier town to Brisbane.

Despite all his experience, he got hopelessly lost in the bush for eight days, for which his health suffered irretrievably.

As a result of the failed expedition, he died young, just 38 years old, at his Tinana residence in 1853 and was buried there in

a grave overlooking the site of the large botanic gardens he created on the fertile lower river flat.

This timber bridge at Pioneer Park was only built because he needed to travel between his plants at Tinana and his official duties in the settlement.

It’s remnants provide a link to this extraordinary man and the unique times he lived in.

The remains of Bidwill’s Bridge at Tinana. (George Seymour)

The Long and Winding Road, Fourth Stretch

From the FRASER COAST BRANCH OF WILDLIFE QUEENSLAND

DAVID ARTHUR

THE cold winters of Bathurst in the 1970s are distant childhood memories for me now, but I well remember our mother often explaining her favourite subject, geography, to us children.

I remember her saying a scientist named Arrhenius had explained how atmospheric carbon dioxide affects how warm or cool the climate is - and with those words my mother gave me this lifelong interest, setting me on this long and winding journey through history.

In 1824 French engineer and mathematician Joseph Fourier, worked out that the Earth’s surface is being kept warm by its atmosphere acting as some sort of insulator.

In 1856 American civil rights campaigner and inventor Eunice Foote proposed that the atmosphere’s major components nitrogen, oxygen and argon have little warming effect; that it’s mostly due to carbon dioxide and water vapour.

Foote was the first person

to suggest that if the amounts of carbon dioxide and water vapour change, then climate will change.

With credit for discovering the greenhouse effect going to the detailed and extensive experiments of Irish physicist John Tyndall in 1859, Foote’s work has been largely forgotten.

Whereas Foote’s experiments didn’t show how greenhouse gases work, just that they do, Tyndall showed that the greenhouse effect is caused by carbon dioxide and water vapour slowing the dissipation of heat energy from earth’s surface to space (more detail at Who discovered the greenhouse effect? at www.rigb.org/ explore-science/explore/ blog/who-discoveredgreenhouse-effect).

This brings us to Swedish chemical physicist Svante Arrhenius who my mother mentioned all those decades ago.

Born in the year John Tyndall’s results were published, young Svante taught himself how to read at age three and became a mathematical prodigy after working out addition by watching his father complete his

account books.

Svante grew up during the great age of scientific discovery in biology, chemistry and physics.

Geologists were finding huge fossils of strange and unknown creatures, and evidence of great fluctuations in earth’s climate with periods of immense ice sheets and glaciers.

Knowing the work of Tyndall (but not Foote) Arrhenius applied basic principles of physical chemistry to estimate the extent to which changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) could influence Earth’s surface temperature.

By 1896, people were worried about Ice Ages.

In the three centuries or so following the benign conditions of the High Renaissance, Europe had suffered bouts of exceptionally cold and wet weather, and had most recently noted the cooling after the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883.

With geologists producing evidence of great Ice Ages in the distant past, was the world starting to freeze over once more?

Councillor suspended

JAY FIELDING

A FRASER Coast councillor has been suspended on full pay.

Deputy Premier Steven Miles suspended Division 1 councillor James Hansen for a month following the recommendation of the Councillor Conduct Tribunal.

The CCT found Cr Hansen had posted material on social media that amounted to misconduct.

It found Cr Hansen had made inappropriate posts in issues including

transgender athletes, Covid-19 and the cheese brand formerly known as Coon.

Among the claims he made were that Covid-19 vaccinations were being used by billionaire Bill Gates to cull the population.

Other posts he made are in such poor taste the Maryborough Sun has chosen not to republish them.

According to the tribunal’s findings, Mr Hansen’s comments around the pandemic were a breach of the trust placed in him as a councillor and did

not meet his obligation to provide quality leadership.

Cr Hansen said he stood by the personal comments he had made on his private social media accounts.

The tribunal pointed out in its report that the councillor made no attempts to differentiate what he posts as a personal opinion or not on social media.

Cr Hansen recently told the Maryborough Sun he had not made a decision about running at the next council elections in March.

In his 1906 book, (1908 English translation Worlds in the Making) Arrhenius optimistically wrote that we are unlikely to face a new Ice Age because we can burn enough coal to keep encroaching ice at bay.

Floods and droughts, storms and fires worldwide suggest we’ve burned plenty of coal; should we change what we are doing in, say, the MurrayDarling Basin?

Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) in his laboratory, 1909

Zuko and Delilah are both waiting for you

ZUKO

Zuko is another victim of the accommodation crisis.

After 2½ years of being in a loving home from kittenhood, his owners were unable to take him to their new accommodation.

They were heart-broken at having to surrender him.

Zuko is a sweet-natured boy who loves everyone.

He is a very chilled cat

who is happy to just lie around and sleep. He is good with other cats and enjoys their company, but he is also happy to be on his own.

He has been an insideonly cat, but would love the opportunity to have an outside enclosure to sun himself. Zuko is toilettrained to the litter tray.

Zuko has been desexed, microchipped, wormed and flea-treated. His adoption fee is $200.

DELILAH

This big friendly girl is a 12-month-old Bull Arab cross. She has a sweet nature and loves to be with people.

She enjoys toys and will play with them all day long. She needs a home that has space for her to do “zoomies” as well as to go on regular walks and have adventures with her humans.

She is toilet-trained, walks well on the lead, knows how to sit and is a quick learner. Delilah is friendly with children and adults

“Thank you Maryborough Animal Refuge for FINDING my forever home!”

Phone 4123 1712 Open Monday to Saturday 10am - 2pm

All adopted animals are desexed, microchipped, vet-checked and dogs are registered.

Delilah has been desexed, microchipped, registered with Council, wormed and flea-treated.

Her adoption fee is $350.

DUMPING

The Maryborough Animal Refuge currently has several cats in its care that have been dumped by people without a conscience.

Two were found at different times by a member of the community along the Boonooroo Road. They were not from the same litter.

They were in skeletal condition, with filthy fur and terrified of humans. After some weeks in foster care, they regained health and their affectionate personalities began to shine through.

One has now gone to his forever home. Another two hugely pregnant females were recently left in crates at the gate of the Refuge in full sunshine. The person doing the dumping was seen by an observer, who alerted the Refuge staff.

Zuko and Delilah are both up for adoption and looking for their forever home. (Supplied)

A few hours in hot sun would have killed these girls.

The Maryborough Animal Refuge would like to remind people that dumping and abandonment of animals it is an offense under the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 to abandon or release animals.

This includes going away on holiday or moving house and leaving a pet behind to fend for itself, or

deliberately dumping an unwanted animal at the roadside or in the bush.

The maximum penalty for an individual convicted of unreasonable abandonment or release is $46,440.00- or 1-year imprisonment.

Please seek reasonable or humane alternatives, such as taking them to the Fraser Coast Regional Council Pound or surrendering them to the Refuge or other rescue group.

CHALLENGING FREE ENTRY

ALL AGES

Fraser Coast Regional Council invites aspiring and professional artists to create a work of art using items destined for landfill.

All ages are welcome to get involved, with a prize pool of $3,500 across four categories and people’s choice.

WAY WE LOOK AT WASTE! CASH PRIZES

Entry is free and artworks will be displayed at Gatakers Artspace at the end of the year. Because of the popularity of the competition, there have been some changes to the entry requirements, including a limit of one entry per person and schools limited to five entries per school.

KEY DATES

Entries open: Thursday 20 July, 2023.

Entries close: Monday 16 October, 2023.

Exhibition: 17 November, 2023 to 7 January, 2024 at Gatakers Artspace, Maryborough.

Kevin has recently been adopted!

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Commandos’ local island base

LINDSAY TITMARSH

IT WILL be 80 years this month since Operation Jaywick, which was when Z Force commandos sank numerous Japanese ships in enemy occupied Singapore Harbour.

The majority of the training for the raid was conducted at the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales.

The operation was so successful that a secret training base for future operations was constructed at North White Cliffs, just south of the present Kingfisher Resort on K‘Gari (Fraser Island).

In 2007, when I wrote the ‘War’ chapter in my Tandora book, I thought that the commandos on the Singapore raid trained on the Fraser Coast, but that base was not operational until just after the raid.

Apologies for that misinformation.

Trainees at our local Z Force Base, became highly skilled at multiple

activities.

They practiced using explosives on many of the large-abandoned metal objects in their area.

This included blasting ‘bits’ off the recently owned Japanese shipwreck the Maheno, which had washed ashore on the ocean beach of the island a few years previously.

An old boiler on the beach near their base was targeted also.

For practice at planting dummy explosives on real ships, no better place could be found, than on those tied to wharves at Maryborough Port, or on incomplete ships being fitted out at shipbuilders Walkers Limited’s wharf in Maryborough.

For practice, the trainees used two-man canoes similar to those used in Singapore.

It was a long paddle to travel from their base to Maryborough, but that was all in their training.

Security guards stationed on the docked ships in

Maryborough were not too happy to find the next morning a big X chalked on the side of their vessel, indicating it had been ‘sunk’.

At that time, the late Charlie Lenthall, whose family owned a farm (and still do) on the northern side of Saltwater Creek, remembered seeing Z Force members camped up beside the creek after an all-night exercise in Maryborough.

Charlie said they had hammocks strung up between Casuarina trees, which reminded him of sleeping upside fruit bats.

My family at Tandora had contact with Z Force trainees.

At that time, Tandora homestead was (and still is) the only house situated close to the Mary River between River Heads and way up-river at upper Beaver Rock.

One showery day, two men in army uniform walked from the river, up to Mum and Dad’s house.

In those war time days, no questions were asked, so no information could be accidentally disclosed.

In wartime Europe, the slogan ‘LOOSE LIPS SINKS SHIPS’ was expected to be adhered to by everyone.

The soldiers advised my parents that they had been instructed to go out in their kayak, and to ‘live off the land’ for a few days.

This obviously was training in case they became ’stuck’ somewhere during an operation.

What happened?

They lived off Tandora land alright, with Mum’s home cooking and bunks on the verandah.

On another occasion, towards evening, Dad was just arriving home from working in the bush when he observed numerous oriental looking men in army uniform walking up from the river. ‘

S—t’, he thought, the Japs are here’.

He figured it was no use running away, so he watched them approach.

They turned out to be trainee commandos from the Philippines, led by an Aussie sergeant.

The sergeant asked Dad if he had any poultry they could ‘use’.

Mum had been at Tandora for only a few months at that time, but by then she had a ‘heap’ of young roosters she was rearing for

home use.

The soldiers paid her about three times what a few of them were worth, and they took them down to the riverbank - never to be seen again.

It was later revealed that soldiers from the Philippines also trained with Z Force.

Remnants of that training base can still be seen in the bushland beside Great Sandy Strait.

Z Force Commandos trained on K’Gari during the war.

COMMUNITY & THE ARTS

Local studio shakes up Elvis Presley era

FRASER Coast-based Flame Studios is about to revisit the age of rock and roll with “All Shook Up” the Musical, inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley.

This follows on from three previous very successful presentations including the sold out ‘Frozen” musical, and produced by Tegan Symes, Owner and Company Director who has been on the Fraser Coast for 16 years.

Tegan is well known for her involvement as co-producer of Fraser Coast Regional Council’s production of “Wicked”.

She is also the senior dance teacher at Aldridge State High School and has just become the Dance Convenor for the Maryborough Eisteddfod.

All Shook Up is a musical “full of rock n roll” she said.

Flame Studios provides many opportunities for members of the company to get out into the community to perform including Bunnings Family Nights, Mary Poppins Festival, Variety Shows at Retirement Villages, Teddy Bears Picnic plus many more and offers many programs including a

Scholarship Program, Sponsorship Program and a Mentoring Program.

Hervey Bay State High School Creative Arts Centre will host All Shook Up on 23rd September at 7pm and Sunday 24th September at 1pm, cost is $25. Further information through their Facebook page or email tegansymes@gmail.com

FOR Kids BY Kids

Hello Maryborough!

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

ON FATHER’S Day this month, a significant event was held in Maryborough - The Navy Parade.

The Maryborough ‘Freedom of Entry’ Naval Parade was a special ceremony held on the third of September this month that allowed a group of people, the crew of the HMAS Maryborough II and the TS Maryborough Navy Cadets among them, to march through the streets of Maryborough from the War Memorial to the Town Hall, where they all enjoyed morning tea.

The event was held as a Freedom of Entry occasion, which according to the Fraser Coast Regional Council website, ‘is a right granted to a military unit by a Local Government, authorising that unit to march through the streets of a city on a ceremonial occasion with “swords drawn, bayonets fixed, drums beating, bands playing and colours flying”.

The occasion commemorates the original HMAS Maryborough, which was launched on October

What’s on in local arts

Maryborough Regional Art Society Gallery

SEPTEMBER - Fab 5: Linda Radloff, Helen Strachan, Talia Kruger, Danute Ruzgus and Pam McMillan.

- Under the Sea members’ competition – presentation awards, 29 September at 10am

OCTOBER

- Focus on Landscape Exhibition by Wendy Talbot, Helen Campbell, Vicki Armstrong and Jo Dansie.

- Regional members monthly exhibition.

Creative Space Print Studio

Wednesdays from 9.30am, Saturdays from 10am, Gatakers

Art Club Term 3

Wednesdays 4pm, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

Exhibition at Gatakers Artspace

28 Jul - 10 Sep, Gatakers Artspace

Hanging by a Thread - Mosaics for Afghan women

28 Jul - 10 Sep, Gatakers Creative Space

Pop up exhibition - Urban Sketchers Maryborough

Until 1 October, Gatakers Creative Space

Glorious Gardens

Until 30 November, The Story Bank

Fiona Foley: Janjari

Throughout 2023, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

Creative Space Print Studio

Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10am, Gatakers Creative Space

Drawing Workshop 8 Yrs + with author and illustrator

Matt Shanks

Thu 21 Sep, 1pm, Gatakers Creative Space

Storytime with Matt Shanks

Thu 21 Sep, 10am, Gatakers Creative Space

The Sunshine Club

Free performance

Thu 21 Sep, 7.30pm, Brolga Theatre and Convention Centre

Author Talk with Matt Shanks

Fri 22 Sep, 9am, Gatakers Creative Space

Educator Exhibition Preview + Workshop

Fri 22 September, 3pm, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

Exhibition Opening & Announcement | Girra: Fraser

Coast National Art Prize

Fri 22 Sep, 5.30pm, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

Artist in conversation - Michel Scutts

Sat 23 Sep, 11am, Gatakers Artspace

Brolga Live @ Gundiah | Michael Waugh with Karen & Murray Law

Sat 23 Sep, 1pm, Gundiah Hall

Floor Talk | Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize

Sat 23 Sep, 10.30pm, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize

23 Sep - 12 Nov , Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

Keep

17th, 1940.

“The Freedom of Entry parade was a very unique and special occasion for our community. The crew of HMAS Maryborough II have a special connection to our city and represent us with honour.

It was great for our navy cadets to be part of the occasion.” said Fraser Coast Mayor, George Seymour.

However, the Naval Parade was not the only grand event that occurred that weekend!

On the 3rd of September, the Queensland Youth Orchestra visited the Brolga Theatre.

For those of you who don’t know, the Queensland Youth Philharmonic Orchestra is a world class

group of musicians aged 8 to 25.

Made up of eight orchestras and ensembles, they travel over Queensland performing over fifty concerts each year. But what is an orchestra exactly?

An orchestra is an ensemble of musicians that typically play classical music.

The instruments used in an orchestra come from different musical families.

For example, the string family, which includes instruments like the violin and the cello, and the brass family, which includes the likes of the trumpet and trombone.

There is also the woodwind family, with instruments like the flute

and oboe.

“The youth orchestra concert was incredible. I think everyone that attended had an amazing time. The Brolga Theatre is a great venue for such concerts and we would love to see more of them.

“The musicians were extremely talented.” said the Mayor. Thank you very much for your comments!

So, how do you join? If you have a passion for music and want to join the orchestra, there are applications to audition for 2024. For more info, search up ‘applying for the Queensland youth orchestra.’

Overall, it was an amazing weekend that I know that I will never forget!

with Phoebe Lee MARYBOROUGH SUN SUPER-CUB REPORTER

The crew of HMAS Maryborough II pass through the City during their recent ‘Freedom of Entry’ parade. (Phoebe Lee)

Senior Drama Tutor and lead in “All Shook Up”, Jacob Clark, who is playing Chad in the musical. (Supplied)

Advocating for Queensland cane growers’ biosecurity

From CANEGROWERS CHAIRMAN OWEN MENKENS

AS I write this week’s column, I am on a flight to Canberra, where I’ll travel to Parliament House with CANEGROWERS

CEO Dan Galligan for a series of high-level meetings with ministers and senior advisors from the departments of Trade, Agriculture, and Environment.

At these meetings we will advocate on behalf of Queensland cane growers and the whole Australian sugarcane industry.

This type of high-level advocacy is just one of the roles CANEGROWERS conducts on behalf of the industry.

However, it’s not just the industry that ultimately benefits, but the community as a whole.

For example, one of the big issues on the table when we meet with

the agriculture and environment chiefs will be biosecurity and what more the government can do to tackle the devastating impacts of feral pigs, fire ants, and other invasive weeds and pests.

These biosecurity problems impact everyone, from our grain growers in western Queensland to the tourists trekking along the pig-rutted tracks of our national parks.

They also have the potential to put a serious dent in the state and national economy, not to mention curtailing the outdoor lifestyle Australians are accustomed to.

How, you ask?

Grains are one of Australia’s largest agricultural exports, worth billions of dollars to the economy each year.

However, should a program to eradicate the invasive plant Red Witch Weed fail,

resulting in the spread of this invasive weed into grain growing regions, exports would be seriously disrupted.

Similarly, if left unchecked, fire ants also have the potential to cost us billions in risks to inbound tourism revenue, not to mention making the backyard barbecue with friends and family a thing of the past.

CANEGROWERS will be pushing the government to ensure the programs designed to deal with pigs, fire ants and red witch weed, as well as other important biosecurity programs, are properly resourced and funded.

On trade we will be pushing the government to strive for greater market access for Australian sugar in the free trade deal with Europe.

A stronger more secure industry, which is not reliant on a limited number of markets, has the confidence to invest,

expand and diversify, which ultimately brings jobs and prosperity to the regions.

On environmental issues we will be pushing the government to work with growers to implement the solutions we’ve offered around efficient and effective ways to tackle the challenging issues around

the Great Barrier Reef and greenhouse gas emission reductions.

On the reef, we’ll be sharing stories of the hard work growers have undertaken to ensure they maintain profitability while minimising any impact on local waterways, and demonstrating how this work is now

being recognised in the international marketplace. In short, we will be working hard to ensure politicians and policy makers truly understand how their policies impact farmers and demonstrate to them that working with farmers to find solutions leads to better outcomes for everyone.

Do you feel your rights are being respected? Are your family members supportive, or do they create stress in your life? Are any of the following scenarios happening to you?

• Being told that you can’t make any decisions for yourself because you have had a diagnosis of dementia.

• Being pressured into entering a nursing home when you’re not ready.

Hangxiety: why alcohol can leave you feeling anxious

EVER wondered why alcohol can make you feel good . . . and then it doesn’t?

Meet one of the reasons behind those nasty postdrinking feels: hangxiety (hangover anxiety).

Unlike the physical symptoms of a hangover, hangxiety is characterised as feelings of stress, panic and fear, experienced by a person in the hangover period.

So, why do we get hangxiety? And how can you manage it? Read on to find out.

Hangxiety explained Hangxiety affects around 12% of people.

It occurs as a result of alcohol’s effect on the brain. When you drink, chemical changes take place in your brain.

You know those warm, calm feelings that wash over you after a couple of drinks?

They happen because alcohol causes an influx of GABA (a chemical made in the brain) to be released into your body, this influx helps to make you feel more relaxed.

As you continue drinking, your brain also starts to shut off glutamate (a brain chemical that helps to regulate your mood), increasing feelings of calm and lowering your inhibition—making you freer and more natural. While these feelings may sound appealing, they’re short-lived and can create problems once alcohol leaves your body.

In the hours and days after drinking, as alcohol

wears off, your brain works to restore its normal chemical balance. It does this by reducing the brain’s GABA (reducing calm feelings) and increasing glutamate (making you more anxious).

This disruption of brain chemicals and processes can create the opposite effect to the feelings you had when you were drinking—and that’s when hangxiety can rear its ugly head.

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HEALTH & WELLBEING

5 things you might not know about bowel cancer screening

1. The free test is sent directly to eligible people

The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) invites people aged between 50 and 74 years to screen every two years by sending kits to eligible people with a Medicare card and a postal address. The bowel screening test costs you nothing and it comes with a pre-paid envelope for mailing your test samples to the pathology lab.

Your first National Bowel Cancer Screening Kit will be mailed to you within six months of your 50th birthday, using the address recorded with Medicare. It’s important to keep your postal address up to date, so that the test arrives in time.

2. Testing can help find bowel cancer early, before you notice any symptoms.

Most bowel cancers begin as small fleshy growths that form in the wall or lining of the colon, known as polyps. Most polyps will be benign (non-cancerous), but some can slowly

grow into a cancer over a period of years and, if left untreated, they can spread to other areas of the body.

The slow development of bowel cancer means that it can grow without causing noticeable physical symptoms. Your bowel cancer screening tests looks for very small amounts of blood or “hidden blood” in your poo. If blood is found in one or more of the test samples, this usually means that a follow up test, such as a colonoscopy, is needed to check the bowel for any changes.

Bowel cancer screening is for people who do not have symptoms. If you have, or develop symptoms at any time, please speak to your healthcare provider.

3. The test can be done in the comfort of your own loo. The bowel cancer screening test involves collecting two tiny samples of poo from two separate bowel motions, in the privacy of your own home.

The test comes with stepby-step instructions, and

a free helpline (1800 930 998) is available to call if you need additional assistance.

Your samples are then sent to a pathology laboratory for testing, and the results will be mailed back to you.

You collect tiny amounts of poo by scraping the collection stick over the surface of your poo, then sealing it into the tube provided. Once completed, post the sample tubes using the pre-paid envelope.

4. What about the test results?

You will receive your test results a few weeks after mailing off your samples.

A “negative” test result means that blood was not found in the samples provided and you will be sent another screening test in two years’ time (up until the age of 74).

Even if your test result is negative, you should see your GP immediately if you develop any bowel symptoms or notice any changes in between tests.

A “positive” test result means that blood was found in one or more of your test samples. There are a number of possible reasons why blood was found in your poo, and it does not necessarily mean that you have bowel cancer. It is important to speak to your GP as soon as possible, to discuss the test result and the need for further testing.

5. The screening tests have an expiry date Each screening test has a shelf life and an expiry date that can be found on the back of the test kit.

If your test has expired, or it has been misplaced or thrown away, you can request a free replacement test online or by phoning 1800 627 701.

When it arrives, do your kit as soon as you can reasonably manage it. It is much quicker and cleaner than you might imagine.

To avoid forgetting, set yourself a reminder in your phone or calendar and place the test kit near the toilet.

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Ford rookies shine at Sandown

A PAIR of rookies did the best job with the Ford Mustang GT on a tough day at the Sandown 500.

New Zealand youngster

Matt Payne and French

ace Kevin Estre raced home to sixth for Penrite Racing in the classic endurance contest which serves as the curtain raiser for the Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama next month.

The Ford fighters drivers were faced with an uneven contest from the opening laps on the highspeed Melbourne circuit, but Estre was able to advance in the first half of the race and Payne was speedy on the run to the chequered flag.

There were five feisty Fords in the Top 10 starting positions but only three were still there at the finish, as the first two-driver enduro of the Gen3 era created dramas and challenges across the blue oval camps.

The twin Mustangs from Dick Johnson Racing managed seventh and eighth, with Will and Alex Davison getting the better of Anton De

Pasquale and Tony D’Alberto.

But Garth Tander was an early victim when his Penrite Ford lost a wheel, which then bounced onto the rear wing of the Monster Mustang being driven by James Moffat. Tander was out on the spot but Moffat and Cam Waters continued after repairs with a severely handicapped car.

With a strong background in global GT Racing, Estre was happy with his first Supercars’ outing.

“It’s old school. It’s a lot of fun. It’s a lot on the driver,” said Estre.

Stephen Grove of Grove Racing said “It was good to be the top Ford team across the race. We thought it was a great effort.”

“Kevin did a great job and so did Matt. It was a really good stuff by both drivers.”

The 2023 Supercars Championship series continues at Mount Panorama, Bathurst from October 5-8.

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• Rear parking sensors

• Rear view camera

• LED 'London Eye' daytime running lights

• 4 Speaker audio system w/ Yamaha 3D Sound Field

• Leather trimmed steering wheel with contrast stitching

• Tartan fabric trim seating

• 8" colour infotainment screen with Apple CarPlay

• 1.5L engine

Photos: Matt Payne

Hyundai’s streak continues

HYUNDAI’S winning streak has continued at the 2023 Australian Good Design Awards with two successful models in the Automotive & Transport Product category.

Bold and dynamic all-new KONA and game-changing Electric Streamliner

IONIQ 6 each won a Good Design Award in recognition of their outstanding design and innovation.

IONIQ 6’s Good Design Award follows its recent sweep of the World Car Awards, where the model was awarded World Car of the Year, World Electric Vehicle and World Car Design of the Year, in a three-peat of IONIQ 5’s victories last year.

The prestigious Australian Good Design Awards are the highest honour for design and innovation in Australia and were announced today in Sydney.

“We are delighted to receive Australian Good Design Awards for IONIQ 6 and all-new KONA in our seventh consecutive year of success at the prestigious

awards,” said Hyundai Motor Company Australia Chief Executive Officer, Ted Lee.

“This recognition reinforces our brand’s bold styling direction, which seamlessly integrates the latest driver technologies with electrified powertrains.

IONIQ 6 drew acclaim for its striking, singlecurve silhouette, spacious and flexible cabin, and technologies that enhance the user experience.

The Good Design Awards

Jury commented: “From its perforated leather made from recycled fishing nets to the way the lighting accentuates design cues, the fit and finish of the Hyundai IONIQ 6 is superb. Its sustainability considerations are also impressive.”

Jurors lauded all-new KONA’s bold, futuristic style and cleverly packaged, spacious interior.

The Good Design Awards Jury commented: “The Hyundai KONA creates a futuristic look through

crease lines, strip lights and punchy angles. Its clean design is accentuated with lightinga bold creative choice that continues to pay off.”

The 2023 Good Design Awards jury evaluated each design against a strict set of criteria, across an array of design disciplines and subcategories.

To earn recognition, Good Design Award entries had to demonstrate outstanding design and innovation under the banners of Good Design, Design Innovation and Design Impact.

The Australian Good Design Awards celebrates 65 years this year as the country’s most prestigious international awards for design and innovation, with a proud history dating back to 1958.

Each year, the Awards celebrate the best new products and services on the Australian and international market, recognising excellence in architectural design, engineering, fashion, digital and communication design, and rewarding

new and emerging areas of design including design strategy, social impact design, design research and up-and-coming design talent in the next gen category.

The 2023 Good Design Awards attracted highquality design projects from Australia and around the world.

These innovative projects were evaluated by a broad panel of Australian and international jurors, including designers, engineers, architects and thought leaders.

Each entry was evaluated according to a strict set of design evaluation criteria which includes Good Design, Design Innovation

and Design Impact.

Projects recognised with an Australian Good Design Award demonstrate excellence in professional design and highlight the impact a design-led approach has on business success and social and environmental outcomes.

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BRAINTEASERS

1. Your parents have six sons including you and each son has one sister. How many people are in the family?

2. I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.

3. An Arab sheik is old and must leave his fortune to one of his two sons. He makes a proposition: Both sons will ride their camels in a race, and whichever camel crosses the finish line LAST will win the fortune for its owner. During the race, the two brothers wander aimlessly for days, neither willing to cross the finish line. In desperation, they ask a wise man for advice. He tells them something; then the brothers leap onto the camels and charge toward the finish line. What did the wise man say?

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DEATH NOTICES BERTRAM David John

Of Maryborough. Passed away peacefully on August 30, 2023. Aged 81 years. Dearly loved husband of 58 years to Peggy. Much loved father and father-inlaw of David (dec’d), Louise and Michael, Elise and Ralph, Todd and Antonella. Loving grandad of Cuba, Paris, Chloe and Isabella. Beloved brother and brother-inlaw of Michael (dec’d) and Bernadette, Jacinta, Jim and Ellen (dec’d). Uncle of their families.

At Peace

David was laid to rest on Monday, September 11 in the Maryborough Cemetery.

GRAHAM Desmond William ‘Des’

Of Maryborough. Passed away on August 29, 2023. Aged 89 years. Dearly loved husband of 67 years to Joy. Much loved father and father-in-law of Marilyn and Wayne Peatey, Peter and Bella Graham, Deanne and Michael Murphy. Loving grandad to Troy, Simone and Mark, Sarah and Renee, Matthew, Ryan and Jessica. Great grandad of 6. Beloved brother of Max (dec’d), Pam, Margaret, Rhonda and Cheryl. Brother-in-law and uncle of their families.

In God’s

Des’ funeral was held on Monday, September 11.

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Doors open 11.30am for a 1pm start

Afternoon Tea –

Lots of prizes

Enquiries Phone (07) 4121 3285

Are you interested in learning hand embroidery?

Maryborough Embroiderers

Meet on a Wednesday

Between 1:00 & 3:00pm

In the Uniting Church Hall, Russell Street

All Welcome

Contact Lynne 0419 771 716

Maryborough

Monarchs Chess Club

Monday nights in the Den

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Maryborough RSL

(via car park 163-175 Lennox St)

All levels of chess welcome Phone 0413 387 346 or (07) 4121

Maryborough

SPORTS WRITER

Do you have a passion for local sports?

We’re looking for a casual/freelance sports writer to provide content for The Maryborough Sun each fortnight.

You’ll be helping keep our readers up to date with what’s happening on the fields around our town, and there is scope for more work with us in the future.

You’ll need to have proven writing experience, and be able to provide us with good quality photographs of the events you attend.

Please email admin@marysun.com.au

Bowls results

DOON VILLA MEN

Meat Tray Triples

: Winners - J.Shilton, P.Whittaker, J.Demarco

2 w + 19. Runners up

- B.Spilsbury, K.Pieper, R.Whittaker 1L 1 w 22.

Palm Lakes

2 w + 7. G.Kemp, S.Patch, A.Scholl 2

w + 10. K.Biekoff, G.Coomes, M.Golgates 2

w + 9. Bob, Barny, Joe

1 D 1 w +10. S.Hyde, B.Houston, J.Devenish

1L 1 w 17. Burgowan 1l

1 w 16. N.Weinheimer, T.Buckley, K.Johnson

1w 1L. I.Axelsen, G.Gambie, N.Gambie 1

D 1 L.

Roy, Tony, Harold 1

w 1L. P.Stephensen, K.Andersen, C.White

2 L. R.Andersen, B.Madsen, B.Stimpson

2L. S.Bartley, G.Kuhn, K.Paxton 2L.

Pennants DV vs

Urangan at Doon Villa - J.Devenish team 29-20.

R.Whittaker team 20-15.

Overall 49-35. Dooon Villa 2 rink wins.

Pennants DV vs Pialba at PialbaJ.Devenish team 19-20. R.Whittaker team 10-21. Overall 29- 41. Pialba two rink wins.

Jackpot Pairs : Winners - R.Andersen,

The holiday fishing is fine

added bonus.

Point.

From FREEDOM FISHING SUPPLIES

WE HOPE everyone is enjoying the school holidays - let’s check out what’s been happening across the Fraser Coast.

Hot spots for barramundi and threadfin this fortnight have been around the Power and Crab Islands or closer up into town around Dundathu Bend or The Pocket.

The top end is still fishing well as our mighty Mary is still green and salty.

Fisho’s have been landing a few very nice size flathead, bream both black and silver and some snodger summer whiting up in the shallows.

J.Demarco d R.Jensen, M.Jensen 28-17. Runners up - J.Chilton, R.Wells d S.Morris, B.Spilsbury 19-17

W.Raguse, C.White d J.Fraser, K.Pieper 27-15. I.Axelsen, A.Scholl d N.Gambie, G.Gambie 22-12.

B.Madsen, B.Stimpson d N.Weinheimer, R.Dillon 24-18.

B.Houston, J.Devenish d

K.Andersen, K.Johnson 21-16 - C White, scribe

MARYBOROUGH LADIES

Wed 6/9 - Social

S Natoli, P Matsen/A Dodd def B Cochrane, L Handley 17-14

B Wakelin, P Howard def

M McDonald, M Donohue

26-11

Jackpot not drawn

Fri 8/9 - Social

B Cochrane, P Howard def S Natoli, Mike McDonald 17-14

P Matsen, M Anderson drew A Dodd, M Scott 11 all

H Nation, L Handley def

M McDonald, J Natoli

16-

MARYBOROUGH MENS

Thur 7/09 – Jackpot

Pairs

Larry Turner, Trevor Pike def Bob Henningsen, Greg Walker 24-17

Trevor Lindeberg, Cec Roberts def Warren Ashford, Ted Dillion

28-15

Steve Jones, Ken Milzewski def Anthony Aiello, Gordon Heselwood 24-16

Peter Harvey, Alan Dennison def Wayne Ward, Col English 20-15 David McAnulty, Owen Maughan def Bruce Fitzsimmons, Des Kohler 27-12

Mike McDonald, Nev Nitz def Earl Kath, Noel Johnson 26-13 Des Bretherton, Les Hamilton def Greg Hewson, Rod McLeish 27-13

Derek Nation, Roger Wells def Ray Watts, Peter Frawley 18-16

Bernie Dean, Keith Campbell def Ric Eduards, Bob Long 47-4 Cliff Lean, Wally Burton def Arthur Simpson, Laurie Genrich 21-16 Terry Jackson, Paul Clarke def John Natoli, John Dawson 34-11

Jackpot did not go off.

- S Wells, scribe

We’ll start out this week’s report in the Mary River where the warmer days will only continue to raise the water temps and stir the fish up even more. First thing you should target is fresh bait. Cast netting around mangroves and snags is always a risk but is often fruitful.

Secondly sounding around for channels and structure and or fish on your sounder is an

Whilst the river is fishing well for the big ones there’s still plenty of bread and butter fish being targeted and with fisho’s bagging out on bream and flathead, most a really good size and quality.

With the typical spring/ summer time winds looming most anglers have been sticking around the protected waters near the mainland creeks and estuaries such as The Dimonds, Turkey Straits, Shoulder Point, Maaroom Creek and Boonooroo

THIS WEEK'S BRAG BOARD

Threadfin salmon, whiting and flathead have all been reported from burrum heads with a few queenies and schoolie mackerel in the mouth of the channel and we’re starting to see a few mangrove jack hit baits up around the rocks as well.

The Burnett and Burrum Rivers have been keeping fisho’s happy with an assortment of species including barramundi, threadfin salmon and the odd mangrove jack.

Tinana Creek is fishing well for bass but remember with the new regulations you can no longer fish above the Teddington Weir at all.

First up is Adam with his pb flathead which went 67cm, well done mate. Daniel also landed this nice flathead on the island. Simon had a great trip in the fresh landing some nice bass. Last up is Jorja with a very nice mudcrab, awesome work