The VillagePump 19 August 2022

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Samford Arts Trail starts this weekend A REWARDING LOOK BEYOND FIRST IMPRESSIONS DOUBLE MEDAL HAUL FOR ROAD RACE TEAM

Like manywill young women her 21-yr-old Anticipation is building for age, the Samford Readers recall our recent article about Samford Valley local, Sinead Skorka-Brennan and Surrounds Arts Trail and Open Studios, Brodie Chapman from Mt Glorious who was dreamed of Australia’s finding theRoad perfect job. commencing this weekend and continuing selected in squad forOne the that would her confidence butThirty also for the next build four Games weekends in June.

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We give her independence and jobtheir satisfaction. five artists will display talents are local thrilled to report that Brodie and her In a world where preconceptions about throughout the won Samford Samford road race team GoldValley, AND Bronze! disability are still an issue, she was finding Village, Yugar through to communication, Warner, Cedar “The months of planning, employment opportunities really difficult to Creek, Clear Mountain and trust by. andYou commitment topped offDayboro. with near come see, artists Sinead is a young woman Join the talented and artisans forthe a perfect execution wasand what lead usoftothis, with Down Syndrome because great day out (or several!) in our beautiful podium on treated the day,”like saida Brodie. she is often child, instead of region.

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This will be a great day out with Employable Me, which followed the stories of team tasting rider isand chosen to the while wine food prior experiences, nine people with disabilities as they battled race and they are ‘protected’ in the enjoying a great variety of local art. Tours to find work. The documentary, which was peloton right up to the last 100 – Wine can be booked on the Mountain aired in April, aimed to show potential 200 metres, they sprint to their Tours or Creative Samford websites. employers thewhere capable people behind the line.

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Shethem alsoto whereby willmatch be created that harnessed their strengths. attention to the plight of many animals

Sinead hoped work in aged care with in thethewild - from beautiful big and had role of to ‘domestique’ - alions support the goal of improving the lives of those she elephants to the smalls of our very own rider keeping the pace fast. If you were cared for.

Taking steps toward her goal, endangered pygmy possum, the variety and watching on the edge of your lounge chair, she anoticed Certificate 3 in Care numbers overwhelming.

As an you completed wouldare have Brodie outAged theartist, front and was looking for an employer to give Danielle finds herself looking a lot deeper a lot, executing her role to perfection! her a chance.

That employer was Anglicare into every ofrealise her surroundings What youaspect may not is that, unlikeSymes Grove, where Sinead secured a partvisually, spiritually and emotionally. otherrole, teamhelping sports residents like rowing, etc, time withnetball, theirallows daily Drawing from these observations only the team rider who cycles across needs two days awith week.the viewers of the her to connect the line first gets a of medal.

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I help with activities from this collection, to the corresponding like craft or physio classes, take for animals’ preservation fund, in residents your name. walks, or push someone in a wheelchair or Danielle’s studio is Number 23 in the Arts wheelie bed so that they can participate in Trails booklet. special activities, for example in a concert. I will also run activity programs in the future,” said Sinead.

Anglicare Symes Grove Manager Sharon Marsden said Sinead had been a welcome addition to the team at the home. “We were thrilled to offer Sinead the chance to follow her passion of working in the aged care sector. She is a valued member of our team here at Anglicare and brings a lot of joy, compassion and empathy in the way she interacts withPossum our residents.”

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by Danielle B Latta Sinead believes that the series has made Creative Samford Inc. is the of people more aware of what it’s organiser like to have the Arts Trail, and Coordinator Ann Russell a disability and try to find a job. “It’s so is hoping thattothis year’s much harder even be Trails invitedwill forattract a job new visitors as well as those returning to interview. Being in the Employable Me experience them again.

“This unique art series was a huge opportunity for me to experience benefits not the artists, but show that everyone hasonly different qualities many other local businesses, and strengths, disability or not,”with she visitor said.

shewith liked aboutshe her job, increasing every year,” said. isnumbers aAsked teamwhat sport, anmost enormous team Sinead said, “I like helping other people.

The trails will run from 10am to 4pm over effort by all riders to secure these medals.

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I find fifth weekend playing host to some great – riders and staff. It was a short, fast andit most rewarding when I chance am able to make workshops.

This is your very active race and we were put to to get the your test the residents happy and can help to make friends together and enjoy a great out time and time again by the other day strong their lives a little bit easier. I find it very in the country.

Commonwealth everyone rewarding to getnations. to knowThanks each resident and For more information, seeback the for cheering from the sidelines and know whatSamford their needs are and how they like Creative Website, keep up to home,” saiddone.

Brodie. something It makes me happy when date on Facebook www.facebook.com/ Congratulations - we’re sure they are happy.” orBrodie samfordartstrail, contact Ann Russell at you could almost hear the trails19@creativesamford.com. cheering from the mountains to Birmingham - we are so proud of you!

FB: Brodie Chapman Fan Club. Twitter: @Brodie_Mai. Insta: brodie_mai

Sam Short swims his way to Gold and Silver A huge congratulations also to Sam Short from Bunya who pulled away from the field to win Gold in the 1500m freestyle, complementing a Happy Days Lance Boucaut silver inbythe freestyle Photo courtesy of 400 Jeremy Simonsfrom the opening day of competition.

We hope to bring you more on Sam next time.

Go Aussies!

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VILLAGE PUMP UPDATES GET TO KNOW US - SO WE CAN GET TO KNOW YOU The SDPPA has been working with the community since 1970, formed to protect and progress the area and be a representative of this community to all levels of government. There is a proud history of establishing and supporting many loved groups and services like Samford Historical Museum, The Farmer’s Hall, Samford Edible Garden Trail and Christmas in the Village. The SDPPA is also responsible for publishing this newspaper each fortnight.

This is a membership-based organisation, which is led by a volunteer management committee elected each year by the members. A lot of what happens each month does so quietly behind the scenes, but as we lead up to the AGM, let’s introduce you to the current Management Committee.

President Michael O’Sullivan has lived in the village for more than 8 years and works as a Contracts Manager.

He joined the SDPPA in 2016 to get more involved in the community and especially likes the role the SDPPA plays in assisting local community groups and clubs through the grants program.

Vice President Ken Perkins has lived in the Valley and now Draper for 28 years. He joined the SDPPA about 4 years ago after hearing about Jack Mitchell and all he had done for the community. Believing it was a good fit, Ken is our environment and sustainability subcommittee chair as well, which suits his skill set as a gardener.

NEXT SDPPA MEETING & AGM Wednesday 21st September 2022 Samford Community Hub (SCHUB).

7pm start. All welcome.

Further information: secretary@samfordprogress.org.au.

Many will know Leah Hudson who’s lived in Camp Mountain for 8 years. Leah is State Manager for the Mortgage and Finance Association and has been the SDPPA Secretary for 2 years, joining to connect with her community and to take positive action to foster the type of community she wants to be part of. Leah can’t emphasise enough that the good work the SDPPA does in the community is funded by the advertising revenue raised through the Village Pump. This work is done by volunteers, and we need more to do more great work!

Treasurer Michael Morahan has lived in Yugar for about 20 years. He works in IT and joined the SDPPA in 2016 after being asked to help with a community project.

While the Treasurer’s role doesn’t require accounting or financial training as there is an Accountant to manage that, Michael says being on the committee is a good way to be involved in the community.

Are you interested in helping the community in a meaningful way? Come to a monthly meeting and find out more.

See the box above for further details or email secretary@samfordprogress.org.au. A Membership Form can be downloaded at www.samfordprogress.org.au.

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QCWA 100 YEAR CELEBRATIONS

QCWA Samford Thursday 11 August was a wonderful celebration of 100 years of service for the Queensland Country Women’s Association (QCWA). CWA’s across Queensland shared their birthday as only they know how – with a Scone-versation! A beautiful winter morning in Samford was a fitting backdrop for local members and residents to share conversation and delicious scones with jam and cream, lovingly prepared by the ladies in their newly refurbished kitchen.

Some members were fortunate enough to be a part of the Brisbane Lord Mayor’s

Special Morning tea to celebrate the Centenary too! Women of the CWA have lit up the lives of generations of Queenslanders and it was wonderful to see the city of Brisbane light up significant public spaces in the iconic blue and white.

For 100 years, the women of the QCWA have supported and connected women throughout every phase of life, in good times and bad. They have provided opportunities for women around education, health and community. Having earned trust and respect over decades of action, QCWA continues to advocate for change and improvement in all areas that affect the health, safety and well-being of Queensland families in the city, regions and in the bush.

Practical ways to support their work locally is by hiring the air conditioned hall in Main Street, or getting the ladies to cater for your next work or social event. Get in touch with Fiona to find out more: 0421 353 272.

If you’d like to learn more about the Samford CWA, come along to one of their monthly meetings. The next one is on Wednesday 21 September at 10am. Visitors are always welcome and there will be a special guest speaker - and maybe scones!

SAMFORD STATE SCHOOL YEAR 6 2021 2021 Samford State School graduates continued with their tradition of coming together in John Scott Park for a reunion and a photo in their various high school uniforms. Well done to Bec Bougoure for coordinating this with past students and parents and to Craig English for donating his time and talents to corral the students and get this fantastic picture.

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LOCAL NEWS

Peter Kearney Anyone who has attempted rotating a vegetable bed knows that growing organic food is harder than it looks. Local food gardening consultant, Peter Kearney, has spent his life overcoming these food growing challenges, and is passionate about transforming the current food system into a more ecological, local model by teaching others how to self-sustainably grow their own food.

“I became aware of the problems of the food system and the opportunities for getting involved with change. The cultural/ community side of food growing really attracted me; I turned my passion into my business about 15 years ago. Every meal we eat at home has some healthy food from our food garden,” Peter said.

Peter currently consults to individuals, community organisations, governments and property developers via ‘My Food Garden’ where he advises on integrating sustainable urban agriculture into their environments.

He has also created a new online place for local food gardeners.

“I started growing food as a child and since moving to Samford 25 years ago, becoming very interested in growing food on a reasonable scale. I began to work biodynamic methods into my organic food growing, with great success,” Peter said.

Given his years of knowledge, Peter was heavily involved in the founding years of

AIRCRAFT NOISE UPDATE We need your help!

Are you being impacted by the increased air traffic over the Samford Valley or surrounding district, but don’t know what to do about it? Are you wondering if all these aircraft emissions are doing anything to our tank water or food bowl? Are you confused by all the acronyms you have seen? Would you like to have your voice heard, but don’t know how?

You still have a chance to let decision makers know how much your quality of life is affected by aircraft noise and their emissions.

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Millen Farm, our very own urban farming Samford institution growing local, healthy, and nutrient-rich food. Peter led a group of dedicated residents to develop the business, social and environmental focus of the community project, choosing to step aside once the venture passed through its initiation phase.

Peter’s knowledge and passion for local food growing allows the varied groups and individuals he meets to understand how to make the most of biodynamic agriculture within each of their unique situations.

“People enjoy my workshops, coaching and consulting. They are inspired and feel they have a pathway to navigate,” Peter said.

“After working in this space for so long now, I have a good feel for land and the process that gardeners need to step through to reach success in their food growing.”

This knowledge is also being shared through Peter’s latest online venture.

“This platform, called gleanr.com. au, evolved from a desire to enable food gardeners to easily connect and collaborate around growing food, whilst at the same time have very easy access to localised knowledge that fits their context.

The platform is localised to anywhere in Australia. It uses online technology to help people get earthy and connect with others in local groups to help each other. It’s free to subscribe and use all features. In time, some premium features will require paid subscription.” & Protection Association, are seeking to form a Samford Districts Community Group to address these issues due to increased aircraft movements over our properties. The aim of the group is to assist and inform each other in making sure our concerns are heard by the relevant State and Federal bodies, agencies and authorities, so they understand the local impact and can review this against the current operations at Brisbane airport.

There are currently several reviews and reports into these operations, so this is the time to make sure that your voice is heard and the impacts on Samford Valley and surrounding areas are considered.

There is power in numbers and this is why we need your help. Tess Bignell is a local and our representative on the Brisbane Flight Path Community Alliance

Growing our own food takes time and dedication, offering the chance to learn new skills and nourish ourselves in more ways than one.

“When a person focuses on the higher purpose for growing food; the wellbeing of themselves and family, education, connecting with friends and neighbours and caring for the earth, I feel an inner fire is created to help one move past the challenges and gain great joy and success.”

Tanya Hall

(BFPCA) Committee. This newly formed community group will liaise with Tess to ensure that we make representations to relevant politicians to monitor how Airservices Australia conducts their Post Implementation Review. With Tess, we will also ensure that the Brisbane Airport Post Implementation Advisory Forum (BAPAF) recommendations and the TRAX Report, due towards the middle of this month, are thoroughly considered. Please contact Tess at tess@bfpca.org.au to find out more.

Now is the time to speak up and make some noise about aircraft noise. Let’s work together to re-instate the peace and serenity we all enjoyed in Samford Valley and the surrounding districts.

Mark Power & Tess Bignell

EDIBLE GARDEN TRAIL TOUR SUCCESS croaky. By sharing their lived experience of growing food in their backyard, they inspired hundreds of other people to give it a go themselves.

Was this the best Samford Edible Garden Trail yet?

We think so!

Trail goers loved the more relaxed pace of it stretching over two days. There was more time to wander around, connect with the garden hosts and generally soak up the experience. Many returned from last year and told us they enjoyed revisiting their favourites, as well as wandering through the new gardens.

The community spirit on the Trail was tangible. Once again we witnessed the invaluable contribution of the volunteers at the welcome desk of each garden that were the glue holding the event together. We were so happy to have volunteers returning from last year, as well as new ones coming forward. You may have spotted them in their purple t-shirts at the front entry, answering questions, chatting away, and nibbling on the delicious CWA cakes. What a team!

Then there were the garden hosts themselves who graciously opened the gates to their inspiring edible gardens for all of us to enjoy. But their generosity didn’t stop there. Not only were their gardens open to the community, but so were their hearts and minds. They answered questions and ran tours and talked until their voices were

accommodation and making a weekend of it. We met people who had travelled up from northern NSW, north Qld, and further west. And of course, many were locals who wanted to connect with likeminded folk and be part of something special.

The money raised through ticket sales will be channeled back into our community, with our first big project being to help establish a community garden in the village.

When you support the Trail, not only do you get to learn more about growing food in your backyard, but you contribute a long way towards building a resilient and supportive community.

If you were in the village over the weekend, you would know that it wasn’t just about the gardens though. One of the goals of the Trail is to continue fostering connections between our local cafes and restaurants and our local growers. Four cafes chose to be involved this year by showcasing locally grown food.

There were the sweet treats at The Famous Samford Patisserie – so beautifully made with key local ingredients and so thoughtfully labelled – along with the trail pizzas at Latin Shack, the citrus gelatos at Samford Gelato and the local garden soup at Little Tree Bake & Brew House. Visitors and locals alike were spoilt for choice!

Many trail goers travelled long distances to visit Samford, with some staying in local

You can stay connected with the Trail through social media: Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Just search for Samford Edible Garden Trail and we pop up.

Like all community events, behind the scenes are a core group of committed volunteers and we all enjoyed ourselves enormously. We gratefully acknowledge the support we received from our local Community Bank Samford who sponsored the Trail, and the Samford & Districts Progress & Protection Association who auspice our group and make it all possible.

Thank you!

Hayley Grant | Mortgage Broker M 0407 671 822 E hayley@hmghomeloans.com.au hmghomeloans.com.au

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LET’S CELEBRATE BOOK WEEK 20 - 26 AUGUST

To read a good book is to dream with your eyes open, to enter another’s world be it real or highly imagined. When we are taken along a beautifully written or illustrated story, our world comes alive to the myriad possibilities that can exist for us. What a precious gift to give our children. A world that is wide with experiences, histories, differences and similarities to make them feel safe as well as eager to explore, learn and imagine for themselves.

In Raising Readers, Megan Daley emphasises that it is stories, not flashcards and online reading programs, that will instil joy in your child and, “ïs one of the best ways you can give them a head start and help them to reach their academic potential.”

She recommends reading to them from birth and it is wonderful to see the most beautiful picture books that continue to be published each year alongside old favourites by Mem Fox, Alison Lester and Pamela Allen. I wonder who will be the CBCA picture book of the year this year? You can check out the shortlist here. https://cbca.org.au/shortlist-2022 In store activities for book week will include Storytime and songs on Thursday morning 10am and on Friday after school, Sue Prior from Prior Learning will be assisting The Book Keepers with their Bookclub for Grades 2 to 4. All welcome at Baffies Oan Books in The Lifestyle Centre.

Fiona Taylor

START WHERE YOU ARE AND GROW Another wonderful addition at Baffies Oan Books in the Lifestyle Centre is a children’s book club, facilitated by Sue Prior of Prior Learning. The idea came about after Sue and bookshop owner Fiona Taylor, were discussing adult book clubs.

“I have always loved children’s literature.

About 13 years ago my family and I lived in Bangkok where I was teaching in a large British international school which our children also attended. As part of the after school clubs program on offer, I established a book club for interested primary aged children and it was very successful,” said Sue. A Facebook post on the Baffies Oan page during school holidays piqued interest and Sue and Fiona ran a couple of information sessions to see if children had ideas about how it might work.

A lovely family of boys aged 8-10 turned up first because their parents established a roadside library and were interested in the concept of a book club.

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“I facilitate, but the book club belongs to the children. We also now have a name, democratically chosen, “The Book Keepers” and the group is designing a sign. Watch this space!” said Sue. The club members – initially all boys but now with their first girl member - is still discovering what each other likes to read, bringing along books they have read, providing reviews and recommendations for each other.

“Soon we will be looking at the Ipswich Children’s Library and Children’s Book Council recommendations, so we will be branching out with our reading lists. The Book Keepers is a diverse group so our reading lists reflect that too,” added Sue. The Book Keepers meet weekly on Fridays from 3:15pm - 3:45pm at Baffies Oan Books.

It’s a free, fun activity where like-minded children can meet, form new friendships, learn different perspectives from each other and participate in leading a group while being inspired by literature, whatever reading level they’re at.

Prior Learning is an education consultancy for parents, teachers and schools to support learning for diverse learners. Sue Prior is the Lead consultant with an extensive international and Australian teaching background as a specialist support, gifted education and inclusive education consultant.

Her philosophy is “ Start where you are and grow what you know”.

“Children’s literature, discussed in a book club, is a fantastic avenue for bringing together diverse learners, starting wherever they are at in their reading, social and emotional skills and growing through each other and the process.”

This is just the first of what Sue and Fiona hope are more book clubs for different age groups. If you’re interested in learning more, drop in and see Fiona at the bookstore located in the Lifestyle Centre, opposite Café Lagarto.

It’s a treasure trove of beautiful books in a peaceful setting which we’re so lucky to now have right here in Samford.

BOOK WEEK 20 - 26 AUGUST LOCAL AUTHOR GIVES BACK THROUGH POETRY Inspired by the aestheticism of her surrounds, local author Jo Ward has captured the essence of our natural world in her first book of poetry. Published by Hardie Grant, ‘A Quiet Sorcery’ is her passion project with proceeds from each book being donated to WWF’s Regenerate Australia program.

Jo credits both the Samford area and her battle with chronic pain for the fruition of her book published under the name Ovidian, encapsulating her collaborative visual poetry project as a whole with contributions from other artists.

“I draw most of my inspiration from nature.

Most of the poems in the book formed while I walked around the garden at home here in Kupidabin, Samford Valley. I don’t think the book would exist without this place,” she said.

“I feel very fortunate to live in the heart of the Valley, to be surrounded everyday by the richness of our native flora and fauna.”

The book aims to create a visual form of poetry that feels approachable and restful, opening a space to contemplate the natural world through language.

Jo tutored Literature at the University of Queensland for many years, and in 2018 found herself regularly writing creatively for her own wellbeing.

“I was struggling immensely with chronic pain at the time, and writing short, restful poems became a kind of therapeutic effort.

Writing is a sustained act of attention, and I find a lot of joy attending to the ordinary beauty of things around me,” Jo said.

“At first, I would simply recite a few short lines under my breath - “The light swims around a shoulder / gliding in, and out, and in”—but I felt compelled to transform my

poems into something more tangible,” she said. “I wanted to strengthen that feeling of lightness and ease I was searching for in language, by drawing on visual art forms to create a much more immersive and inviting space. I reached out to collaborate with some incredibly talented photographers and artists whose work I felt evoked that sense of calm and wonder within the natural world, and that’s how Ovidian was born.”

The affirming nature of Jo’s book extends beyond her quest for wellness, also giving back to the environment. Jo will donate $2 for each book sold to the WWF Regenerate Australia program, reviving landscape and wildlife devastated by the 2020 bushfires.

“This book is fuelled by a sense of wonder for the natural world. It makes sense to give back to what gave to me in the first place,” Jo said.

“The 2020 bushfires destroyed so much of our precious environment and WWF’s program is helping to restore some of what was lost.”

Ovidian is available from Jo’s online shop: ovidian.com.au or from local sellers: Baffies Oan Books in the Lifestyle Centre and Wattle and Daisy in Main St. Tanya Hall

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ARANA HILLS LIBRARY SPRING HARVEST 3 September: 10am – 1.00pm Tempt your taste buds and discover amazing local makers with the Tastes of Moreton Bay Feastival ambassador, Alastair McLeod, at the Arana Hills Library’s Spring Harvest.

This will be a huge event, taking place both in Narellan Park, Arana Hills and in the library.

Treat yourself to some sweet and savoury delights while you watch cake decorating and cooking demonstrations. Free family fun activities. Head to: https://www.moretonbay. qld.gov.au/libraries/Events/Spring-Harvest-AH Libraries operate in line with Queensland’s Covid Safe Future Roadmap, including adhering to social distancing requirements.

Bookings: mbrc.qld.gov.au/libraries Arana Hills Library, 63 Cobbity Cres, Arana Hills The Hills Chamber is having a Senior’s Month & Be Connected Week. Come and celebrate with the Senior Committee and enjoy lunch with a techno session. Thursday 20 October, 12 noon – 3pm at Arana Leagues Club Foundation Room. $25pp gets you a delicious buffet roast with veges, dessert, bread, tea and coffee. Click on the Events tab at www.hillschamber.org. au for further details and to book. If you are coming to both events, fill in both booking forms please. All seniors welcome. Enquiries to: Judith 0431 159 921 or Leonard 0417 883 688.

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OPINION PIECE THE READING REVOLUTION The beeps, buzzes and vibrations of digital devices heralded a reading revolution at the end of the last century. By the end of the first decade of the new millennium the impact of having the equivalent of multiple encyclopedias, atlases, news services and games arcades on or about our person was taking effect.

Significant research has taken place into the differences between reading on a device and reading a printed text. Anne Mangen, Professor of literacy at the Norwegian Reading Centre, University of Stavanger Norway, found respondents to a printed text scored significantly better on literal, inferential and evaluative comprehension, indicating they understood and retained more than those who undertook the same reading task on screen. Follow-up studies found primary school children who regularly read from screens were 8 months behind book readers in reading age. Focused attention span tests showed a drop from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8.25 seconds in 2015 when digitalisation was well established. A later study of office workers found that they could only concentrate on a reading task

for an average of three minutes.

The bombardment of information online also brings challenges. About 73% of Americans report feeling information overload yet continued to interface on a variety of devices and media, for both professional and social interaction. This “content shock” shows users are exposed to more than five times the information per day than the average person was exposed to in 1986 and that information exposure rate is ever growing.

Now users only read on average 28% of a webpage, while 6 in 10 folk do not read beyond a headline, so daily news posts mostly rely on 7 second grabs, and decisions that affect the multitudes are expressed in 280 characters or less than 80 words.

Distractibility studies show millennials on average pick up their smartphones 150 times a day. The scaring aspect of this is that it takes about 23 minutes to get back to concentration on a set task, like reading, after a distraction.

Studies found book readers focus on one idea or story for a sustained period. Printed texts are linear, the reader progresses word by word, sentence by sentence, page by

page in an orderly fashion. Deep reading, involving analysis, synthesis, evaluation and appreciation of some of the aspects users to read in a manic way, jumping from thing to thing, scanning and skimming. Users’ eyes move faster than when they read from books, as they try to quickly extract the information needed. Readers flit from emails to messages, from webpages to YouTube, from podcasts to Twitter. A beep or a buzz are instant distractions, and distractions take readers and workers from their tasks. Hari (2021) suggests that this flitting between emails, Facebook, Twitter, Google, whatever has destroyed some of the enjoyment of reading.

Revolutions happen. Eventually we find ways to overcome challenges. We use in a positive way what the new order offers, while retaining the best of the old order.

We have done that with connection during the last couple of years. Now we need to analyse each facet of reading in the age of digitalisation and evaluate what we want to promote, so readers have the skills to judge what is important and the self-discipline to maintain commitment to deep reading.

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OUT & ABOUT DCE Staff Lend a Hand With Spring just around the corner, it was ‘spring clean’ time earlier this month at the Samford RDA centre at Samford Showgrounds. A group of employees from DCE (Dalton Consulting Engineers) spent half a day with RDA volunteers weeding garden beds and horse paddocks as part of a team-building exercise. Their assistance was greatly appreciated by the dedicated volunteers who work hard all year round to maintain the grounds.

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150TH ANNIVERSARY GALA The Samford State School P&C are hosting a Gala as the finale to their 150th Anniversary celebrations and are inviting the whole community to come together to share in this milestone.

Past students, staff and families – get your friends together and join the current school parents and staff to share stories and enjoy a great evening together on Saturday 8th October 2022 at the Samford Showgrounds.

For those residents who didn’t attend Samford State School, you’re invited too!

Having a local school open for 150 years is a great achievement and you are welcome to join with the school community to help celebrate this great milestone.

There will be a live 7 piece band to create the party atmosphere, food is provided in the ticket price and a bar is available to purchase drinks at “low tuckshop” prices.

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Four years of waiting has finally stitched together for Samford Patchworkers, who are thrilled to share their beautiful handiwork with visitors to their Quilt Show over the weekend of 10 & 11 September.

Held at the Samford Community Hall, the Quilt Show will feature Kaleidoscope and One-block Wonder quilts. These are just as they sound - quilts make with blocks in the style of a kaleidoscope. The result is an amazing range of patterns from the one fabric.

Yanek Pearce from The Movement Team has been overseas recently, invited

by Football Australia to assist the medical team at the Australian U-23 Representative Team competing at the 2022 AFF Women’s championships in Manilla, Philippines.

Working in a multidisciplinary staff of twelve and treating players on and off the field, Yanek had an amazing tour and gained so much invaluable life experience.

He has now returned to the clinic, so if you would like to make a booking, call 3289 1644 or pop into The Movement Team Physiotherapy across the road from Drakes Samford.

Samford Patchworkers are a group of ladies and men who meet in Samford regularly to share their love of patchwork.

Groups meet during the day and evening with many great friendships made over 30 years. Along with making their own quilts, these talented patchworkers also create a range of craft items for sale at their bi-annual quilt shows, including this event in September.

You’ll be able to view over 80 unique, handcrafted quilts of all sizes and for all ages, as well as a range of children’s gifts and craft items. EFTPOS will be available and your $6 entry fee includes morning or afternoon tea.

Best of all, the funds raised from entry and sales on the day will be donated to two wonderful charities – Samford Support Network (SSN) and Orange Sky Laundry.

We’re all familiar with the great work of the SSN who assist so many isolated and vulnerable in our community. Orange Sky Laundry connects people through a regular laundry and shower service, creating a safe, positive and supportive environment. It is the world’s first free mobile laundry service for people experiencing homelessness.

If you’re heading to the Samford State School 150th Anniversary Spring Festival on 10 September, you can tick off both great events on the one day!

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LOCAL NEWS

FOOD FOR THOUGHT It was a massive weekend with over 500 people visiting us over the two days of Samford Edible Garden Trail a few weeks ago. Our farm was on full display as a hub for the community with many market stalls offering goodies from native plants to local honey.

Greg has been working hard on our new education centre garden, and our farmers were conducting farm tours showcasing how they grow urban food and food for those in need.

Thank you to everyone that joined us over the weekend and congratulations to the winners of The Mini Farms Fresh Produce Box Competition. You can see the list of winners on the Mini Farm at Millen Farm Facebook page.

Over the next few weeks Arran is hosting a number of workshops on Sundays on how to grow your own food at home. These range from 1, 2 and 3 hour sessions in the field. Be sure to follow Millen Farm Facebook page for more details on how to register and stay turned for new educational workshops.

Arran and Liam have been working hard to bring the farm to full production and

you can purchase local fresh produce for Thursday or Saturday collection or delivery.

When you choose to shop with our farmers, you are creating a meal to feed someone in need as part of the Mini Farm Project.

You can order online at www.minifarmbox. com.au.

There are a lot of things happening at Millen Farm now and over the next few months so stay tuned to our social media for upcoming events and activities.

A big thank you to all our amazing volunteers that helped over the weekend and to Susanne and the team at Samford Edible Garden Trail for the opportunity to host our farm.

Haven’t been to church because you think you wouldn’t be welcomed or might be judged? This sign from St Paul’s Covent Garden sums up how we feel.

“We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, widowed, straight, gay, confused, well-heeled or down at heel, we especially welcome wailing

babies and excited toddlers.

We welcome you whether you can sing like Pavarotti or just growl quietly to yourself.

You’re welcome here if you’re just browsing, just woken up, or just got out of prison. We don’t care if you’re more Christian than the Archbishop of Canterbury or haven’t been to church since Christmas ten years ago.

We extend a special welcome to those who are over sixty but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast.

We welcome keep fit mums, football dads, starving artists, tree huggers, latte sippers, vegetarians, and junk food eaters.

We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted. We welcome you if you’re having problems, are down in the dumps, or don’t like ‘organised religion’.

We offer welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell, or are here because granny is visiting and wanted to come to church.

We welcome those who are inked, pierced, both or neither. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down their throat as kids, or got lost in Covent Garden and wound up here by mistake. We welcome pilgrims, tourists, seekers, doubters... and you!”

This is the sort of welcome I hope that we extend here at St Paul’s Samford. If you haven’t been to church because you think you won’t be welcome, then we haven’t made it clear that you are welcome no matter what.

• Regular Sunday Services – 7:30am and 9am (to 18 September) • Motorcycle ride group gathers at Samford AMPOL on the first Saturday of the month for an 8:30am or 9am departure. Destinations vary and riders of all experience levels are welcome.

• SPYs – St Paul’s Youth – 3rd Friday of the month 6pm-9pm for an evening which always includes food and a craft activity.

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OUT & ABOUT “There’s no way I could live out here!”

Have you ever heard yourself say something like this? Or have you known anyone who lives in outback Australia? They absolutely love it. But it does mean that they sometimes have real access issues to things that us living closer to cities may take for granted.

Thankfully, there is Angel Flight.

Established in April 2003, Angel Flight Australia is a charity coordinating nonemergency flights to assist people in accessing specialist medical treatment that would otherwise be unavailable to them because of the vast distance and high travel costs. All flights are free and assist passengers travelling to or from medical facilities almost anywhere in Australia.

Running Duck Studio (RDS) is adding its support to this great charity by participating in the Hay Rust and Dust Charity Rally. As part of the RDS fundraising efforts, 10% of sales over the last few months has already been donated.

However, on the last studio open day before the Rally, RDS is having a Sunday Sale Day, with up to 50% off some works, making it easier to offer support - and you get to take something home too! Everyone deserves a warm fuzzy.

But here is the real winner - you can opt to pay the full price, the price the work is worth (not the discounted value), and that marked discount of up to 50% will all go to Angel Flight!

Be part of helping to support our rural mates and join me at Running Duck Studio for the next Tawny Trails Event Sunday, 28 August, 10am to 3pm. 2 Wattlebrae St King Scrub.

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Rotary Club of Samford Valley ROTARY FILLING COMMUNITY NEEDS At a recent club meeting, Rotary had as their guest for the evening, the Samford State School’s Chappy Joss Cathcart, who is not only well known to the club, but was pleased to receive a donation of $1000 from President Amanda to assist in the valuable work she undertakes in our school community.

Also at the same meeting the club was pleased to present a cheque for $500 to former international cricketer, Tony Dell for his Stand Tall for PTS Foundation.

Tony was guest speaker on the night and provided us with an insight into his time as a national serviceman and the impact that Post Traumatic Stress had on his life.

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Samford Bowls Club Commonwealth Games Bowled Us Over I expect every lawn bowler in Australia watched some of the lawn bowls at the Commonwealth games in Birmingham. I know the talk on the green was the last bowl played in the ladies’ pairs delivered

by Ellen Ryan. It was a delivery that we would all love to perfect and put in the same situation, would we have a go? Ellen did and won the Gold. Bowls Australia described the Birmingham 2022 tournament by the Jackaroos as a tournament to be remembered amongst the Australian bowling fraternity for eternity. Replays can be viewed via Bowls Australia.

Pennants Our ladies Samford Division 2 team have made the finals. Play will be at Windsor, Samford v Hamilton. I will report on the result in the next edition. Good luck ladies, bring home the GOLD! Men’s division 6 are on top of their ladder.

This is a combined Chermside/Samford team with mostly newer players. I’m sure

the selectors will be looking at this group for Division 2 next season.

Champion of Champions Singles semifinal was a close game with Red Hill coming home stronger on the day to win 25 to Samford’s Peter Wilson 20.

Events All the “artists” who attended the recent Paint N Sip enjoyed a fun afternoon. Tracey who ran this event was especially pleased as it is something different from our usual bowls club activities.

If you are interested in giving lawn bowls a try we are having a “Bring a Mate“ morning on Tuesday 6 September, 8:30am for 9:00am start. These mornings are very social with the emphasis on ‘social’. Samford Grove sponsor with a special morning tea and prizes. Coaching is free and everyone is

most welcome. Contact Janice by text if you are interested: 0407 8755 96 or email info@ samfordbowls.com.au. If you can’t make the Tuesday morning, we can arrange another time that suits. You can come on your own – you’ll soon make some mates.

The Samford Bowls Club is a popular day out for bowlers from other clubs. A bus load of bowlers from the Sunshine Coast Social Bowls Club will visit our club on Sunday 21st August to enjoy a day with our members.

Village ‘Barefoot Bowls’. The spring season (approximately 8 weeks) will commence on October 6th. Evening bowls under lights.

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OUT & ABOUT SAMFORD HEALTH AND WELLBEING SUPPORT

SHARING AT THE LARDER Food is a big issue on the local, national and world stage and the recent gathering of folk from the Samford Sustainable Business Network were lucky to have Cliff at the Long Yard Larder provide a wonderful platter for all to enjoy.

You might think that Steve from Innovate Moreton Bay and Will from Kinetikits were hogging the platter as seems to be the case in this photo below.

However, the full contingent held no grudges and lined up for a happy snap after having not only a share of the platter but a sharing of ideas and goodwill around how to build sustainable businesses.

The next gathering will be in a month or three at the grand Arthouse Constructions workshop building, hosted by Murray Bailey.

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Under the umbrella of Samford Lions DIFFERENT WAYS TO CARE On August 31st at 6.00pm at South Pine Community Church Hall, 12 Eatons Crossing Road, Eatons Hill, the Lions Clubs of Samford and Warner are hosting Riding the Rollercoaster of Caregiving: Addressing Stress and Burnout of Caregivers. This FREE event is for anybody of any age who is or has been a carer or may be one in the future, who wishes to glean information from expert speakers, find out about support groups, or discuss coping strategies to meet their unique needs as a carer.

Speakers include Kim Garthwaite (mental health nurse with qualifications in Clinical Nutrition, Herbal Therapy, Personal Training and Yoga, as well as being a speaker for Beyond Blue and founder of DETAILconnect) and Ronnie Benbow (Founding Director of the Carers’ Foundation, nurse and carer’s advocate among other things).

The group from Crafting Kindness, especially Wendy Bailye, Judy Worsley and Lucie Verhelst, have crafted little surprises as part of a gift pack for carers attending.

Crafting Kindness runs each third Friday of the month, 2.30pm at the SCHUB. The idea is to create little gifts or write friendly notes to those who might need a little sunshine in their day and to help others in need where possible.

This month we have posted off a large box of children’s clothes to the Health Care Centre at Ramingining in East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Thank you to the Lion’s Charity Craft Creators, Lois Harding and Erica and Karen Murphy for their wonderful contributions of children’s clothes.

Jenni Guse is leading a discussion on the concept of Beauty in the Good Stuff Ideas Forum on Friday 26th August at 3.30pm.

Cuppa and chat will start at about 2.00pm every Friday. Everyone is welcome.

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OUT & ABOUT Samford Museum Recycling is one of today’s buzz words so why not recycle a story from the 1950s written for the opening of the new Village Courts and published in the Councillors’ column of The Village Pump in December 1988. Extracts from “A ’Quiet’ Sunday at the Samford Courts in the 1950s” written

by Peg Nugent.

“Many Sundays were spent playing tennis between Samford and Grovely. The Samford games were played on the courts behind the Farmers Hall. Grovely games were played on Melrose’s and Nugent’s courts.

One Sunday at Samford, all was going well when, out of the blue, a terrible storm hit. It came up so quickly there wasn’t even time to make for the hall, so we all huddled in the tennis shed, which was a rather flimsy shelter. The net, balls and rackets were piled on the table. We got torrents of rain, loud thunder, wild lightening and strong wind.

The storm passed over as quickly as it came.

Shortly a message came for Jack Lawson to get his tank off the train line as the train was nearly due! The wind had blown Jack’s empty water tank onto the line in the cutting

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Pictured: 6 November 1988 at the new tennis courts at the back of the Farmer’s Hall, Samford.

L-R: Daphne Scaife, Bea Hansell, Sue Jones, Peggy Nugent, Olive Gilbey, Freda Harvey. Some of the players who used the courts during the late 1940’s through to the 1960’s.

(now Cash Av). Most of the men went to push the tank down the line. What a din! Rolling an empty tank down a train line.

We ‘girls’ were scared the train would come, as the men would not hear it, so while watching for train smoke we shouted directions. At last, the tank was rolled to the side and the train came through- late as usual.”

It’s great to see the courts rebuilt. The new Samford courts are all weather. No need to grab the net before the rain wets the tapes; no need to put your racket under your skirt to keep it dry if playing

in showers; no worry that the wood would get damp and warp and get grit into your good Klipspringer Gut (look for the two red lines). Today’s racquets are mostly aluminium, fibreglass, graphite with nylon gut.

The ‘new courts’ have recently been replaced by new courts at Samford Parklands.

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LOOKING BACK DO YOU REMEMBER THIS BRISBANE ICON? It’s common for someone to thank Ken Mander-Jones for helping to create wonderful memories for them and their families. The former Samford Village resident was the founder and owner of iconic Brisbane tourist attraction, the Australian Woolshed, which operated from 1982 to 2006. Based on an outback sheep station it featured ram shows, sheep shearing, billy tea and damper, bush dancing, native wildlife including koalas, wombats, dingoes, emus and crocodiles, and amusements such as waterslides and miniature golf.

In its heyday the award-winning tourist destination at Ferny Hills attracted thousands of visitors from around the world each month. At one point the Australian Woolshed hosted 1,000 ram shows annually, drawing 75,000 foreign tourists; served 100,000 meals a year in the on-site restaurant; and was the third-biggest user of Polaroid film in the state. Remember Polaroid?

Ken’s vision to bring the country to the city was somewhat inspired by his days working on the land as a farmer in

regional Queensland. “I was running a sheep property at Dirranbandi and in the 1960s we had the most shocking drought that I’ve been associated with. There was 12 months where it didn’t rain,” Ken said. “That made me start thinking that there had to be better things in life than running a farm in a drought. I moved into cattle, but soon that industry was falling off the cliff too.”

After selling his farm and livestock and moving to Brisbane in 1979, Ken and his wife Margaret started working on their vision to develop a theme park, originally known as Rainbow Valley.

“I started a tourist attraction with a waterslide for a start – the first waterslide in Brisbane – to get a bit of cash flow. I always had the idea of a woolshed because I knew the sheep industry. It was always going to be the main part of the business,” Ken said.

“People told me plenty of times that they thought I was crazy. We were building it all on 22 per cent interest. It was always going to take a number of years to be viable, and that’s exactly what it did become.”

With the Crocodile Dundee movie exposing the ‘land down under’ to a foreign audience of millions, Ken notes “the Australian tourism industry became

quite profitable”.

After a name change to Australian Woolshed, the tourist attraction welcomed a seemingly endless stream of overseas visitors, particularly people from Japan, China and Singapore seeking an Aussie ‘outback’ experience. The business was an Australian Tourism Award winner.

Ken’s favourite animals at Australian Woolshed were the koalas that would crawl up his leg and sit on his shoulder, which “people couldn’t believe was possible”. Ken now lives a quieter life at Carinity Brookfield Green where his walls are adorned with photos of his time sharing Australia’s history with us all.

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LOCAL NEWS Samford Golden Valley Pony Club Our riders have been out and about in August making the most of the sunny days.

Oxenford Pony Club Jumping Equitation was a rewarding day for Charlotte, Chloe, Ella and Frankie who came home with placings and also had a lot of fun camping over and competing together.

The club held a very successful jump training day, with many riders from local areas being able to utilise the show jumping facilities and train in a relaxed environment.

Late August will see a weekend full of gymkhana fun, and again riders from all over southeast Qld will utilise the lovely grounds and club facilities.

A big thank you must go to Moreton Bay Regional Council and Cr Darren Grimwade for the recent grant to purchase new Showjumping equipment to help hold these days at our club. A big thank you also to the parents and volunteers assisting us to make our club move forward and keep up to date with great facilities and equipment.

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Micro Challenges For most of human history we’ve only had brief spurts of ‘comfort’ – full after a hunt, warm in our abode and safe from predators or other tribes. Not anymore.

Now we have climate-controlled houses, cars and offices. Food is readily available: in the kitchen, down the hall or from a vending machine (please don’t get into the habit of eating food from a vending machine!).

We’re seldom exposed to extreme heat or cold. Some of us consider not eating for a few hours as ‘starving’. Unfortunately, spending so much time in our comfort zones is unhealthy.

Introducing Micro-Challenges. This is one of the reasons I advocate the concept of Micro-Challenges. Over the past few years I have had: Cold-only showers for a year; eaten meat and eggs only for a month; multiple 5-day fasts.

Why should we do these?

Firstly, it’s a Reset - eg. after 4 weeks of meat and eggs you can really taste the sugar and chemicals in almost every other food you eat. As we’re constantly exposed to more comfort, more consuming, more everything. This reigns it in a bit.

Second, it increases appreciation (or gratitude). Best meal I’ve ever had? Mince and cheese (after my first 5-day fast). In our comfortable 21st Century, first-world lives, it’s good to remind ourselves how easy we have it.

So over to you: What Micro Challenges are you going to do this year?

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LOCAL FLORA TREES: An ecological essential

FERN LEAF BANKSIA Banksias are generally associated with coastal heath. Different species are, however, found from the coast to montane regions.

The fern leaf banksia (Banksia oblongifolia) is found along the east coast of Australia from Wollongong to Rockhampton, growing in sandy heath soils, swamp margins and as an understory in eucalypt forests. In the former regions, in very low nutrient soils it only reaches a height of about a metre but in richer, forest soils it can grow to 3 metres in height.

This shrub has several stems growing out of a woody base (lignotuber) that has dormant buds and contains food reserves.

New leaves and branchlets are covered in a rusty fur that is shed as they mature. The adult leaves are green above and whitish underneath, arranged alternately along the stem, about 10cm long and are oblong or egg-shaped. The margins are mildly serrated.

Between January and October flower spikes arise from the ends of the branchlets.

These 15cm long cylindrical spikes are composed of a large number of flowers that start as blue-grey or greenish yellow buds that open to yellow. They produce copious nectar which is used as a bush food, or medicine for coughs and colds, and which attracts a large variety of honeyeaters and bees.

It is also a butterfly host plant. The spikes lose their flowers with age and become swollen and woody. Each flower’s ovary is embedded in the spike and develops into a seed pod or follicle containing two seeds.

Banksia oblongifolia can live for over 60 years, in spite of the fact that they live in areas prone to bushfire. They have two fire survival strategies. After fire, the dormant buds on the lignotuber sprout and two to three years later they can flower and set seed. The heat from the fire causes seeds to be released from their follicles and thus a new generation of plants become established. Banksias have evolved in Australia’s phosphate-deficient soils and have specialised roots that form dense mats of short lateral rootlets just below the leaf litter. These enhance nutrient uptake by increasing nutrient solubility.

Being adaptable to different well drained soil types, these hardy, slow-growing shrubs are ideal for small, sunny or lightly shaded gardens. They are low maintenance plants that can be kept in shape by pruning to form, for example, a colourful border. They grow well in containers and are amenable to bonsai. The flowers and fruit are a useful addition to floral arrangements.

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Reflecting on the recent celebration of National Tree Day, often the first thing that comes to mind on the topic of the importance of trees is their role in our environment. And while trees play an important role in contributing to the environment, perhaps a more specific and observable role they play is their crucial part in sustaining a functioning ecosystem.

Trees contribute to the ecosystem in more ways than one to support life. An example of this is trees as an ecosystem themselves. An ecosystem can be any size as it is simply a system formed by living organisms interacting with each other and their surroundings.

A simple gumtree sapling is an example of this. On a single gumtree sapling one may find ants, beetles, bees, arachnids - all living, interacting and feeding on the gumtree, creating a small ecosystem for the organisms to thrive in. These small ecosystems formed by trees can help make up much larger ecosystems such as rainforests or bushland, which ultimately make up what is known as the biosphere (all earth’s ecosystems combined).

Trees will also act as a food source for other animals because they are a producer organism which sit on the bottom of the food chain (or first trophic level) and act as food for other organisms, fed on by animals higher up in the food chain. Another way trees support the ecosystem is by forming commensalism with other species, in which the species benefits by living in or on the tree without harming it as a species interaction. This can be seen true with birds, possums, reptiles, bugs and plants which stem out from a tree’s trunk.

Tree’s play such an important part in the ecosystem by fulfilling these roles. We can easily take for granted how much they benefit thousands of different multi-cellular organisms, which helps hold ecosystems in place and holds together our perfectly created biosphere.

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LOCAL FAUNA COMPARE THE PAIR Arguably, the Samford district’s most frequently encountered brown-and-white butterfly is the Common Crow (Euploea corinna), which has a wingspan of about 80mm. It is found in rainforest, parks and gardens from northern WA all the way to Victoria. The wide distribution reflects its huge range of host plants in the Dogbane family (Apocynaceae), including Hoyas, Milk Vines (Marsdenia), Silkpods (Parsonsia) and Currant Bush (Carissa ovata), as well as some figs and the introduced oleander.

Common Crow

The adults take nectar from a variety of flowers and the males extract toxic alkaloids from plants such as Rattlepods (Crotalaria) and Silkpods. For most of the year, these butterflies tend to have a slow flight just a

few metres above the ground, but fly higher to reach their over-wintering colonies in sheltered gorges or in mangroves. The larva, which grows to 60mm, is orange with black transverse bands edged with white. It has four pairs of fleshy filaments (‘horns’). The pupa to about 18mm is a stunning silver or gold colour, usually hanging below a leaf.

The Common Aeroplane (Phaedyma shepherdi) is also brown and white, but it is slightly smaller with a wingspan of around 60mm. It has broader white markings on the hindwing, which fuse to form a band, hence the alternative name White-banded Aeroplane.

It inhabits rainforest, gardens and parklands and is found from Cape York to central NSW. It has a characteristic ‘flapand glide’ flight pattern and may settle with its wings open or closed. It also uses a wide range of host plants, ranging from Native Elm (Aphananthe philippinensis), Koda (Ehretia acuminata) and all species of Brachychiton. The grey-green larvae are difficult to find because they hide under chewed leaves they have webbed together.

The pupa is brown, again usually hanging below a leaf.

Common Aeroplane

Watch out also for the more infrequent Purple Crow (Euploea tulliosus), which shimmers with a purple iridescence in sunlight.

Why don’t you let us know about any interesting butterfly sightings or send us a picture? E: editor@villagepump.org.au.

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KUPIDABIN NEWS

1924 DAYBORO FOOTBALL TEAM Football clubs have come and gone over the years. They are certainly not new. The first club in the district was formed in 1912, 110 years ago. The Brisbane Courier of 2nd July 1912 reported “…TERROR’S CREEK, At a meeting of young men, held at Mt. Pleasant, a football club – the first in the

district – was formed. The first match will be played against Strathpine on July 6.”

The score of that football match, which was played only a few days after the Mt Pleasant Football Club was formed, is unknown but it could have been an interesting match.

A team was also formed in the township at some stage as the Brisbane Courier of 6th August 1913 recorded “…On Saturday afternoon a team of footballers from Mt. Pleasant visited Terrors Creek, and after a fast and exciting game the match with the local team resulted in a draw, each side scoring 5 points.”

The Queenslander of 3rd July 1930 reported “…A team of footballers from Wilston open the season with a match with the Dayboro team at Dayboro on June 22, Dayboro winning by 13 points to 12.”

The notation on the back of this photo says Dayboro 1924 although the players are unknown. Hopefully someone ferreting through old family photos may come up with some names.

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BOOK WEEK BOOK REVIEWS MAGPIE MURDERS Anthony Horowitz Tempt yourself with something different in the way of detective stories — try a who-dun-it within a who-dun-it.

Anthony Horowitz, prolific screenwriter of series like Midsomer Murders and Foyle’s War, creator of the popular Alex Rider spy series for teenagers, sets the scene with editor Susan Ryeland reading the latest manuscript of disillusioned but successful author Allen Conway, who spoofs the Agatha Christie format and her fascination with nursery rhyme allusions in titles and chapter headings, in his 1950s mystery. The twists and turns abound, as do the clues and red herrings but just as you are thinking “By George, I’ve got It!” when you probably haven’t, you are dumped in a modern “real-life” mystery that only an editor can solve. The novel starts slowly but once you are into it, you’ll find a fiendishly plotted crime novel with blazing flashes of literary humour and a fabulous twist. It’s a brainy novel, a very new take on an old genre.

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THE HILLTOP Assaf Gavron On a rocky Israeli hilltop unclaimed by anyone, half a spit from a poverty ravaged Palestinian village, Othniel Assis and his expanding family struggle to establish a farm.

More settlers arrive to form a hodgepodge settlement of shipping container huts and cobbled together shacks. The government refuses to recognise its existence, denying settlers any rights to essential services, though the military defend what they’ve built.

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Assaf Gavron’s multi-winning novel is both serious and satirical, loaded with dry humour and crisp insight into the absurdity of life on the West Bank and the complex relationship between Israel and the United States. The characters are rich and mostly endearing in a tough no-nonsense way.

If there is a criticism of the work, it is that the richness of Palestinian life is flatlined, but Gavron’s purpose was to grapple with one of the most charged geo-political issues of our time from the point of view of Jewish settlers on the West Bank. Gavron’s masterpiece stands out as one of Israel’s best…a must read.

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DISORIENTAL Negar Djavadi If you are looking for a comfortable predictable Sunday read, then this book is not for you. If you like ‘read two pages, go back ten, check and think’ books, then grab this first novel by Negar Djavadi. It’s a sophisticated complex piece of storytelling, sympathetically translated by Tina Kover so that it retains its beautiful lyricism.

In a fertility clinic waiting room in Paris, single Kimia Sadr, punk-rock aficionado, is bombarded by fragmented memories of her childhood in Teheran, and her family’s stories of how they survived in the phallocratic society where imperialistic assaults, coups and repression are the norm.

Cynical, confronting, witty footnotes help to give global and national context to Iran’s history.

The main themes of the book are how an individual’s identity is effected by one’s culture and one’s family and how, some, in a migration whether chosen or forced, to another place with an established culture, disintegrate in order to integrate.

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BOOK WEEK BOOK REVIEWS From previous page Kania Sadr’s father, Iranian political activist, is broken by the effort, can’t even ride an elevator because it is “for them”, the French. He establishes a hub of ex-pat dissidents which leads to violence. Kimia rebels, turning to debauchery and punk rock to find another self. One small phrase buried in the book signals another level of her disorientation, beyond that of a rebellious daughter of a political refugee relocated to a strange land: that of her gender identity. This is a book loaded with confronting issues, beautifully written, which makes it a compelling read — a definite contender for my book of the year.

Julie Martin

WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING Delia Owens Sur viving childhood in the Nor th Carolina marshland in the 1950’s, abandoned by her mother, then left by her violent father, Kya Clark knows what it’s like to be alone. Known by locals as the “Marsh Girl”, Kya hides from the authorities when they come knocking on her door to force her to attend school. Kya survives by catching and selling fish and crabs to obtain the small amount of food she can afford.

Kya grows into a beautiful, mysterious teenager. Two young men are taken by her beauty and attempt to have a relationship with her. It is no surprise that she rejects them as she has no experience in how to engage with the outside world. It takes time for her to build trust, allowing them to be

part of her life.

One of these men, Tate Walker teaches Kya to read and write. Kya falls in love with Tate and is devastated when he leaves for College, seemingly abandoning her as has everyone before him.

When the other man, Chase Andrews, is found dead, Kya is immediately the number one suspect. Brought out of isolation and into the public eye, Kya’s murder trial raises many questions.

I enjoyed reading this book immensely.

The imagery captivated by Delia Owens really added to the pleasure of following a plot that was nail-biting, holding my attention right up to the final page.

Following Kya’s life: the beauty, simplicity and innocence of it certainly made her character life-like and likeable. However, the ending blew me away as it contradicted my picture of it.

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THE YEAR THE GYPSIES CAME Linzi Glass Reading this powerful novel set in Johannesburg toward the end of apartheid, was like navigating along the top of a security fence topped with jagged glass, trying to weave through the horror of self-absorbed parents, abuse, rape, racial injustice, police brutality and suicide, without getting hurt. Twelve-yearold Emily Iris, the narrator, searches for the essence of love in a family where Mum plays more than tennis with Dennis and Dad is immersed in the business of finding gold in chocolate. The only glue that holds her parent’s marriage together is an eagerness

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to take in vagabonds to ease the tension between them. Their daughters are more trophies than beloved children.

In 1968, they take in a rough wildlife photographer, his wife and boys. Emily is shocked at how physical and mental abuse can stick a family together. Her gentle, loving, naive sister denies that possibility and is shattered beyond repair by the braindamaged son of the wanderers who camp in the family’s extensive grounds. Emily’s world view widens until she understands how hate, distrust and segregation govern her society and how love and compassion might save it.

The portent of evil Emily feels throughout the gypsies’ stay is carefully balanced by the care and love given to her by Buza, the old Zulu nightwatchman, who through beautiful tribal stories and talking of his homelands and daughter, shows her how a loving family might be. Though morality is not fashionable in modern fiction and though this was originally published as a young adult work (I would not give it to anyone younger than fifteen), this book encourages the reader to explore the fragmentation and hate in society and what compassion and love might take to make it whole.

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LOCAL NEWS Samford Main Street - Streetscape Upgrade Proposed Improvements Concept Image

Existing Trees to be retained.

May be pruned to frame view lines

Proposed new trees of various species

No changes to vehicle driveway crossovers

New seating and street furniture

New or refreshed garden beds as a buffer from the traffic

DIVISION 11 COUNCIL REPORT Transforming Samford’s Streetscape I am so pleased that this month will see the start of a $1.2 million facelift for Main Street Samford which will provide improved disability access, better amenities for local residents and great new streetscaping.

While it is good to be able to keep some destinations hidden away, Samford has become a popular place, not only to live but to visit for the day and it is time for some beautification works that will help cater for

More generous and well graded footpath areas with decorative banding based on existing street character

On-street outdoor dining spaces

this. To help minimise disruptions to residents and businesses, the project will be carried out over six stages and is expected to take approximately 24 weeks to complete. Works will include the renewal and widening of existing footpaths, new landscaping with additional street trees, modern street furniture, bigger bins and four new alfresco areas.

There has been a long period of consultation for the project to enable locals, businesses and community groups to have a say on how the finished streetscape will come together.

Through this feedback, a lot of consideration has been given to ensure that wherever possible, works that may cause disruption to businesses and the community will be

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Works start at the northern end of town near Samford Creek, and there will of course be some changes during the works, but VMS boards will be in place as well as clearly marked detours for pedestrian access.

Please take notice of changing conditions as you move through Samford, have a bit of patience and take direction from onsite workers so everyone is kept safe. You can keep up to date on the progress of this transformation by going to Council’s website www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au and search Samford Streetscape. If you experience any issues with works, you can contact the project officer by calling (07) 3205 0555, call my office on 3480 6455 or email Darren.grimwade@ moretonbay.qld.gov.au.

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LOCAL NEWS DICKSON NOTES A Message from Peter Tuesday 26 July marked the first day of the new 47th Parliament. The day started with a church service and continued with swearing in of members and senators in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The previous afternoon, I had the privilege of joining the Prime Minister, former Prime Minister John Howard and government and opposition colleagues at the Australian War Memorial for a moving Last Post Ceremony honouring the life of Private Joseph John Dale who died while serving Australia in World War One. I am honoured to be the first Queenslander to lead the Liberal Party since it was formed

by Sir Robert Menzies 77 years ago - previous leaders came from NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Together with my Coalition team, we will be positive and support good policy and hold the Albanese Labor Government to account on their promises to Australians and support outcomes in the best interest of our country and community.

Dickson Seniors’ Expo 2022 It’s my pleasure to invite you to the 2022 Dickson Seniors’ Expo! Monday 22 August (9.00am – 3.00pm). South Pine Indoor

Sporting Complex, 620 Southpine Road (enter via Cribb Road) Brendale.

Over 60 local businesses, community groups and other services will be showcased as well as special guest speakers and live entertainment. Book your ticket by visiting https://www.trybooking.com/CAUGJ or calling my office on 3205 9977.

The Samford Stags I had the pleasure of joining the Samford Stags on Saturday 30 July for their annual country round and to officially open Alan Cash Park following the completion of field works. In 2021, $300,000 in federal funding was committed to the reconfiguration of the rugby league field as well as new LED lighting and goal posts. It was a fantastic day of rugby league and I enjoyed spending time with players, members and supporters in kicking goals for the club.

Congratulations Sam Short Congratulations to Bunya local Sam Short on his gold medal effort in the 1500m freestyle at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Last year I was proud to name Sam the Dickson Young Sports Person of the Year at the Australia Day Dickson Awards.

What’s important to you?

With your help, and by working together, I know we can get the upgrades, facilities and opportunities our community needs to be even better. So please let me know what’s important to you. Drop by one of my mobile office visits, or get in touch with me at peter. dutton.mp@aph.gov.au or 3205 9977 to let me know your priorities. Alternatively, you can visit my office at 3/199 Gympie Road in Strathpine during business hours or my website www.peterdutton.com.au for more information.

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VIEW CLUB UPDATES ARANA Spring is just around the corner and what better way to welcome it than with a Fashion Parade. We are holding a fashion parade at our September Meeting on Wednesday 7th September. Cost for 2-course lunch, tea or coffee and the fashion parade is $30.00. We meet at the Arana Leagues Club, Dawson Parade, Keperra,10.30 for 11.00am start.

Fashions are by Portofino, so invite your friends along for an enjoyable time.

We enjoyed Brian Herd’s talk on the pitfalls of not being prepared with up-todate wills at our recent meeting. Some of the stories he told certainly had us thinking about our own situations.

Some of our members have been attending The Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concerts that are on every Tuesday and thoroughly enjoying them, especially when they are free! Other activities coming up include a tour of the Maritime Museum, a guided tour of the City Hall or a visit to the Margot McKinney Jewellery Exhibit at the City Hall. All of course followed by lunch somewhere in the city.

Please contact Carol by noon, Monday 5th September on 3355 5349 if attending. We welcomed new members again this month and would love to see more ladies coming to enjoy our company.

BRENDALE NEW MEMBERS WELCOME Ladies, do you want to make a difference?

Brendale Evening View Club welcomes you to come along to see if VIEW is for you.

Ladies seeking to join our club must be ready to have the time of their life as they join in and participate with other likeminded women in the many organised fundraising and social activities.

Fashion Parade, trips to Parliament house for a tour and lunch, a group walk along the shore line at Shorncliffe – we do all kinds of social activities and we also get together on the first Saturday of the month to enjoy regular coffee morning.

At our September meeting, we will have Sara-Jane Dean from UQ Institute of Molecular Bioscience as guest speaker.

The Brendale Evening View Club is a fun and friendship club, where you can meet new friends, enjoy a 2 course meal, listen to an informative guest speaker. We do all this while fundraising for The Smith Family, sponsoring eight Learning for Life students.

VIEW (Voice, Interests & Education of Women) women fully support The Smith Family’s Learning for Life educational program, which gives disadvantage Australian children the step up they need through education to achieve their goals as adults, helping to break the poverty cycle.

Our dinner meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month at Aspley Hornets Football Club, 50 Graham Rd, Carseldine, at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. For further information email brendale.view@gmail. com or phone Shayne, 0409 991 428.

Gathering of the Four Winds 23-24-25 September 2022

Kupidabin 8th Bi-Annual Gathering of the Four Winds A CULTURALLY RICH, WEEKEND CAMPING EXPERIENCE including Traditional HANGI Friday Night: First Nations Showcase Saturday & Sunday: Circles and Workshops, led by a diverse group of Cultural Leaders, Teachers, Elders Aboriginal, Hawaiian, Pacific Islands, Maori, Native American

Adults $250 Students/Concession $195

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL: 0402 092 741 www.kupidabin.org BYO Camping or Stay In The Cultural Centre

Bear Nutting

Richard Littlefeather

Te Aukaha Maori Performing Arts ALL WELCOME to enjoy the fresh Mount Samson air and starlit nights.

Tickets available for Friday night only, for 1-day pass, or entire weekend experience.

Kumu Pa’a Kawika Foster

Venue: Kupidabin Wilderness 7 Lyell Court, Mt. Samson, Queensland Website www.kupidabin.org

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From start to end, Leigh made the process of buying for me as easy and efficient as it could possibly get. Extremely professional, honest and knowledgeable. Goes out of her way to make the whole experience pleasant." ~ Karthik (Buyer)

Just Listed 27 Roderick Street, Dayboro Inviting Offers 166 Basin Road, Samsonvale Offers Over $1,695,000 8 Garrawin Court, Clear Mountain Expressions of Interest 6 Madsen Street, Keperra Inviting Offers 140 Boscoe Road, Narangba For Sale 2368 Mount Mee Road, Ocean View Offers Over $1,275,000

Leigh Hutton 0400 465 101 leigh.hutton@belleproperty.com

Belle Property Samford 07 3289 3289 Shop 6,11 Main Street, Samford Village info.samford@belleproperty.com www.belleproperty.com/ samford

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A selection of properties by Belle Property Samford 472 Cedar Creek Road, Cedar Creek For Sale Contact Georgie Haug

703 Mount Glorious Road, Highvale For Sale Contact Georgie Haug

27 Roderick Street, Dayboro Inviting Offers Contact Leigh Hutton

140 Boscoe Road, Narangba Offers Over $1,350,000 Contact Leigh Hutton

109 Dobson Road, Clear Mountain For Sale Contact Georgie Haug

40 Station Street, Samford Village Offers to be Submitted Contact Georgie Haug

8 Garrawin Court, Clear Mountain Expressions of Interest Contact Leigh Hutton

166 Basin Road, Samsonvale Offers Over $1,695,000 Contact Leigh Hutton

35 Kootangal Crescent, Ferny Hills For Sale Contact Georgie Haug

229 Smiths Road, Wights Mountain For Sale Contact Georgie Haug

6 Madsen Court, Keperra Inviting Offers Contact Leigh Hutton

3 Aspel Place, Dayboro Offers Over $1,100,000 Contact Leigh Hutton

Leigh Hutton 0400 465 101

leigh.hutton@belleproperty.com

Belle Property Samford 07 3289 3289

Shop 6,11 Main Street, Samford Village info.samford@belleproperty.com www.belleproperty.com/ samford

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229 Smiths Road, Wights Mountain • 40 minutes from Brisbane City • Modern two-storey home with sensational views • Flowing and light-filled design with open living space • A large entertainment deck with built-in swimming pool • Four upstairs bedrooms include a master with walk-in and ensuite • Downstairs rumpus room, guest bedroom & a home office

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5a 3b 24,281r View As Advertised or By Appointment For Sale Georgie Haug 0411 184 561 georgie.haug@belleproperty.com 07 3289 3289

Expressions of Interest

753a Clear Mountain Road, Clear Mountain

Land Size 4.89 ha

Brisbane's Best Block of Land With over 12 Acres of Land, featuring 360 degree views from the level home-site, this block is one of the last opportunities to purchase high quality land in South East Queensland.

Located just 35 minutes drive to both Brisbane City and Brisbane Airport, this property offers the astute Buyer the opportunity of a lifetime, to build their dream home.

Design and build your dream home to enjoy;- spectacular views South to Brisbane City by day and the millions of lights by night - spectacular views East overlooking Lake Samsonvale, Moreton Bay, Moreton Island, Deception Bay and Bribie Island - spectacular views North overlooking the tops of the Glass House Mountains, Ocean View and Mount Mee - spectacular views West overlooking the D'aguilar Ranges including Mount Kobble and Mount Glorious But seeing is believing! Words, pictures and videos do not give justice to the sensational views and immense feeling you get from standing on this amazing house-site.

Michael Flanigan 0419 686 686 410 0419 410

Me Property Sales 07 34251444

Michael Flanigan www.mepropertysales.com.au

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The Brett Crompton Team -

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Thinking of Selling?

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raywhitesamford.com.au

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Thinking of Renting out your home?

Due to our Leasing teams ongoing success and the multitude of new tenancy applications everyday, we have multiple pre-approved tenants looking to call Samford Valley and the surrounding suburbs home!

If you're a landlord with a vacant property or simply curious to see where your property fits into the market.

Please don't hesitate to contact us.

Suzie Crompton

Director of Property Management E: suzie.crompton@raywhite.com

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5 bed | 2 bath | 3 car

99 Greggs Road, Samford Valley Stately Homestead On 1.5 Town Water Acres Enjoying an elevated ridge-line position and encircled by stunning mountain views, this stately homestead is the ideal escape for the family that values the idyllic peace and privacy of country living - and wants room to move!

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Impressive homestead in commanding elevated position Peace & privacy with lush views & “not a neighbour in sight” Country kitchen with stainless appliances & large WI pantry Ideal for entertaining with multiple living zones Master retreat with lush private views and spacious ensuite

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Purpose built wine cellar perfect for the wine connoisseur NBN, Reverse Cycle Split System Air-conditioning Solar Panels – 5 kva (22 panels), All weather drive-way 3 car remote lock up garage with internal access 1.5 easy to manage town water acres with seasonal gully

Contact Agent Contact Ronni Grevell 0407 466 387

1/7 Main Street, Samford P |3289 2938 2 Williams Street, Dayboro P | 3425 5000 www.craigdoyle.com.au Page 38 - THE VILLAGE PUMP 19 AUGUST 2022

4 bed | 2 bath | 5 car

58 Masseys Creek Court, Cedar Creek Idyllic Country Living With Magical Country Views This delightful 4-bed colonial home is set in glorious Cedar Creek, near Cedar Creek Falls and local water holes.

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4 bed colonial-style family home on 2.5 acres Close to Cedar Creek falls and local water holes Country kitchen with large butcherblock island bench Light and bright home, enjoy the fresh country air Slow combustion wood burning fireplace for winter nights

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3 x under house parking with remote lock up garage doors 3 bay shed with power, water & workshop area 2 x paddocks both with shelters, ideal for a pony or livestock Deluxe chook pen, dam and productive fruit orchard Close-knit community with friendly neighbours

Contact Agent Contact Ronni Grevell 0407 466 387

1/7 Main Street, Samford P |3289 2938 2 Williams Street, Dayboro P | 3425 5000 www.craigdoyle.com.au THE VILLAGE PUMP 19 AUGUST 2022– Page 39

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GAS FITTING

QBCC No 1293340

Install, repair, service and maintain any gas-run appliances including ovens, cook tops, BBQ and hot water systems. Leak detection, upgrades, regulators & bottles and new installations.

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VALLEYACREAGE MOWING SERVICES Your local mowing specialist

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Lance Sultmann

• Domestic • Commercial • Roofs • Insurance Work

Phone: 0412 024 834 Samford Valley BSA No. 896576

BSA # 1213173

2nd Generation Painter & Decorator Interior & Exterior new & repaints Friendly & professional service All jobs welcome (big or small)

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BULK CANE BALES Gleam O Dawn 3289 1699.

45kg GAS BOTTLES exch. Gleam O Dawn 3289 1699.

GLEAM O DAWN stocks NutriRice range. 3289 1699.

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FREE removal unwanted cars/car bodies. 0412 268 087.

SERVICES ACREAGE and domestic mowing, whipper-snipping, gardening and pressure cleaning. Cheap fixed rates, honest and reliable. Ring Liam 0472 626 206 CELEBRANT with depth and warmth. Contact Margit on 0410 030 870 or margitradcliffe@gmail.com CLEANING: Honest, reliable and efficient. Natural cleaning by request. Ring Tahlia 0449 938 551.

FUNERAL CELEBRANT Services with soul. Contact Robyn on 0412 083 641 or robyn@eyesofheart.com. au LANTANA a problem? Call Peter on 0417 726 923 for prompt removal, roots and all with no pesticides used.

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ANIMALS

TUITION DRIVER TRAINING: Automatic/manual, accredited female trainer, own car only. $40 p/hr M: 0434 544 215.

FRENCH with a native speaker with over 20 years’ experience. High school & uni students + advanced learners. Ph Rose: 3289 4505/0408 249 013.

ORDERS for point of lay pullets. Gleam O Dawn 3289 1699.

Water Tank Cleanin g Minima l Water Loss Sanitisation to kill Bacteri a Water Filtration Systems

LC HOMES Cleaning homes within the local Samford area, cleaning packages designed to meet your needs. 0434 634 581 L&S DOYLE ELECTRICAL Competitive rates, free quotes. Liam Doyle 0404 494 184. Lic No 73073 LOCAL CLEANING LADY $30/hr. 0488 483 231.

PROPERTY CARETAKER available for Brisbane northern suburbs. Also a carer. Call Charlie 0408 008 047.

RIDER MOWER and small engine repairs & servicing, general welding & fabrication work. Low rates no frills.

Call Aaron: 0417 716 662 8am-4pm Mon-Fri. Pick up service avail.

TLC CLEANERS – Reliable, local service over 20yrs.

Many references avail. 0414 328 945 WELDING: Minor welding work. 0407 255 549 YOUR HOME CLEANED & SANITISED by KellieLee. Wkly/ftnly/3wkly/mthly. Spring cleans, one off cleans. Blinds, windows & home ironing. Productive quality job ssured. Professional pride & joy in work.

Reliable & trusted service for over 12 yrs. Call: 0412 822 115.

FARRIER Good rates. 0417 738 722 PETA’S PET MINDING Ph: 0418 118 708.

SAMFORD PET RESORT AND DOGGY DAY CARE. Ph 3289 1600 www.samfordpetresort.com.au

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MATHS TUTOR. 20+ years exp, with references. Reliable, friendly & effective. Current Blue Card.Very reasonable rates. Digby Shaw 0428 956 508.

VOICE, GUITAR, SONGWRITING , CHOIR & MUSIC THERAPY. Wendy 0417 830 340 www.wendymurray.com

HEALTH & WELLBEING DEATH WALKER/DOULA Support & care for the dying and their families. Contact Robyn on 0412083641 or robyn@eyesofheart.com.au OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Early childhood/school/ executive skills, self care, sensory/self regulation. gwen@ gwenliddleot.com M: 0413 124 121 YOGA AT ZEN SPACE is for every-body! With nearly 15 classes a week we are your one stop shop for yoga & meditation offering courses and classes for beginners, over 60’s and established students. Plus regular workshops, weekly HeartSong Community Choir and live music events! Space for hire for your events too! www.zenspace. com.au or 0421 058 250 for more info.

PSYCHOTHERAPY + HYPNOTHERAPY Feel like your mind and emotions have control over you? Gently rewire your automatic, subconscious processes and address issues at their core to achieve lasting change and enjoy greater resilience, empowerment, peace and joy.Visit www.takethewheeltherapy.com or contact Mel on 0493 426 961.

POSITIONS VACANT WANTED: Truck Driver. Min HR Licence. Ph: 3298 5436 HOME CLEANER wanted 0414 328 945 GARDENER WANTED to assist on acreage. Part time/ casual. 1 day a week. 3298 5436

COMMUNITY CONTACTS Aged Care Advice and Advocacy. FREE Service. Samford Community Hub by appointment. Jay Richters 0420 278 240

Lions Club 7.00pm on the first and third Thursday of the month.

Contact David 3289 4378 samford@lionsq3.org.au

Aikido Samford Club Beginners welcome. Darren 0402 901 933.

Meals on Wheels Delivery Mon - Fri. Ph: 0409 920 824. samford@

Alcoholics Anonymous Helpline 3255 9162 Samford

Men’s Coffee Morning: Meet other local retired and semi-retired

Facebook: Aikido Samford

mowpr.org. New volunteers always welcome.

Samford Community Singers

Mondays 7pm. Farmers Hall. Coordinator, Nettie Carroll 0412 991 759. Membership Secretary: Raymond Adams 3289 1789

Samford Hash Group Since 1991. Runners, walkers, joggers. Ph Haughty 3289 4378 Payback 3298 5194.

Community Hub every Tues: 7pm. Farmers Hall every Thurs: 10am. No need to book just turn up. These are both child friendly meetings.

men for a coffee and chat. 10am Fridays at Collies & Co, Main St, Samford.

Contact Morris: 0409 614 855.

Samford Hash House Harriers Contact Stubby 3425 2849 for

ALP Australian Labor Party Monthly meetings in Samford.

Millen Farm and The Mini Farm Project have created an online store. Purchase fresh farm produce and support charity. Order up to 6pm Thursday and collect Saturday’s from 9am at Millen Farm. www. minifarmbox.com.au

Samford Landcare www.samfordlandcare.org.au. Contact: samfordlandcare@gmail.com

Kerry O’Connor 0417 634 755

Archery- Target Archers Beginner courses and new membership enquiries email: samfordvalleytargetarchers@gmail.com

Mt Nebo Resident’s Assoc. Mt Nebo Hall at 7.30pm on the

Army Cadets: Samford 107 ACU parades from 6pm to 8:30pm every Monday, excluding holidays at Samford Community Hub. E: 107ACU@ armycadets.gov.au for further information.

first Wednesday of the month. mtnebohall@mtnebo.org.au www.mtnebo. org.au

Avenue of Honour For all information on this project or to order a memorial plaque contact samfordaoh@gmail.com or leave a message at the RSL on 3289 6928

Native Plants Qld (formerly SGAP) CWA Hall 7.15pm first Tuesday of month (except January). Enq sgapsamford@outlook.com or 3289 7858

Book Club Contact Rose: 0414 973 010, E: rose.moss@bigpond.com

Netball Club Meetings are the 1st Monday of each month at the

Bowls Club Wednesday is Ladies Bowls at 9.00am (Men welcome)

Saturday is mixed bowls at 1pm. For Sunday bowls & financial days contact Club. Ph: 3289 1204

Bunya Residents Association SES Building, James Drysdale

Sport Reserve 7.30pm last Wed of month, Jan, Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov. email: president@bunyaresidents.asn.au. www.bunyaresidents.asn.au

Caravan Club Dog friendly club holds rallies one week each month

within 350km. Greg 0419 021 789.

Cards@TheSCHUB: 1st, 3rd and 5th Monday of each month.

Samford Local Growers 3rd Sunday of each month, 9am to 11am. Contact Jason 0407 740 856 or go to http://groups.google.com.au/ group/samford-local-food-group Samford Museum Station St, open every Wednesday & Sunday 10am - 4pm. info@samfordmuseum.com.au. Ph: 3289 2743 Samford Patchworkers Meet CWA Hall every Wed morning 9am except 3rd Wed. Ph: Rae 0407 693 818. ‘Nighties’ meet at Samford Community Hub 2nd & 4th Wed. 6.30pm to 9pm. Ph: Victoria 0438 757 185

Parklands Clubhouse, 7pm. Contact Sonya Grieve 0428 648 154. www. samfordnetball.org.au

Samford Pool - Redfin Aquatics

North Pine Poultry Club Inc Meet 3rd Saturday of each month.

Samford Rangers Football Club (Soccer) President -

See facebook page for details.

Pine Rivers Greens Meetings online 6.30pm, first Tues of each month. Facebook: pineriversgreens. E: pine.rivers@qld.greens.org.au Pine Rivers Koala Care Assoc Inc 24 hour Koala & Wildlife Rescue 0401 350 799.

M: 0448 726 343

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Graham Young, pres@samfordrangers.org.au, 0400 487 809. Secretary - Mathew Kilkelly, secy@samfordrangers.org.au, 0437 437 313

Samford Riding for the Disabled Samford Showgrounds Call

0458 246 883. www.samfordrda.com.au

Samford Scout Group Membership enquiries to David Reed: gl@ samford.scoutsqld.com.au www.samfordscouts.com.au Ph: 3040 6400

11am to 3pm. All card games welcome. Contact June at nowhiskey53@ gmail.com

Playgroup Contact Julia 0459 067 752 or samfordplaygroup@gmail.

Churches/Religions

Pony Club Committee meetings at Richards Rd, 7.30pm first Monday of the month. Pony Club Muster at Richards Rd on the 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month at 8.30am. www.samfordgvponyclub.org.au

Sacred Heart Catholic Church: Enquiries 3355 2667 Samford Valley Community Church. 3289 2832 Samford Baptist Church: Pastor Samuel Thompson 0409 797 931 St Pauls Anglican Church: Rev Robert Paget 3289 1715 Brisbane Christian Fellowship: Alan Elliott 3289 2888 Mitchelton Presbyterian Church: Rev. Phil Campbell 3355 3843 Baha’i Faith Azita 0405194623 Church of United Spiritualism: Rev Lee Ovenstone 0404 059 916 Alive Church: Ps Duane Van Vuuren 0488 495 049 Mychurch Everton Park Ph: 3355 7444 Nexus Church Samford: www.nexuschurch.com.au

location of run. Meet 5pm every Sunday. (4pm winter)

com or www.facebook.com/samfordplaygroup

Reko Samford & Dayboro: Order ea week online for contactless pickup ea Saturday. Facebook: Reko Samford/Reko Dayboro for details.

Rotary Club of Samford Valley 6.45pm second and fouth

Tuesday. Contact President Amanda: 0417 612 400

RSL Sub-Branch Memorial Park corner Main and Progress.

Samford Support Network 0470 214 916. SSN@ samfordsupportnetwork.com. Drive Coordinator: 0490 216 043. www. samfordsupportnetwork.com.

Samford & District Show Society Committee meetings at

Showgrounds - 2nd Wednesday each month. www.samfordshowsociety. com.au

Samford Valley Markets. 2nd Saturday each month 7am-noon.

Facebook: Samford Valley Markets.

Swimming Club Contact Kylie Carrett 0412 447 598. www. samfordswimclub.com.au

Community Library Samford Books, games, jigsaw puzzles,

Pension and welfare on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Meetings as arranged, phone 3289 6928 for details or email samford@rslqld.org

Samford Tennis Club Enquiries Jessica Catterall 0466 883 899 www.samfordtennis.net. hello@southerncrosstennis.com.au

Creative Samford Inc A community group whose aim is to foster

Samford & Districts Progress & Protection Association (SDPPA) Meetings 7pm, 3rd Wed of month @

Samford Valley Weather Station Visit www. samfordweather.com

CWA CWA Hall at 10.00am on the third Wednesday of the month.

Samford Stags Rugby League Club Committee meetings

CD’s, DVD’s, social groups Contact Linda Murray 0408 062 393 or email info@communitylibrarysamford.org

and increase the visibility of all arts in Samford & surrounds. Contact: admin@creativesamford.com Secretary Lilah 0410 691 186. Hall bookings 0414 890 094

Cycling Samford Velos. Every Saturday from Samford Patisserie.

Contact Daryl Van Cooten 3289 8319 (h) 3480 6602

Eco Corridor Samford (SDPPA) Monthly bushcare 2-4pm 2nd

Sunday except Dec/Jan. Meet in Samford parklands carpark by netball courts. samfordecocorridor@gmail.com

Equestrian Group (SEG) Riders of all ages and

SCHUB. Email: secretary@samfordprogess.org.au W: samfordprogress. org.au Facebook: SDPPA

at 6.30pm at the Clubhouse on the third Wednesday of the month. Contact Mick Hughes 3289 1027

Samford & District Carriage Drivers Based at the Samford Showgrounds. Contact Ian & Marilyn Taylor 0402 431 406.

Samford & Districts Chamber of Commerce Meets 7am on the second Wednesday of each month at Flying Nun cafe. Contact President info@samfordchamber.com

abilities welcome. For full details, calendar & contacts - www. samfordequestriangroup.com

Samford Area Men’s Shed Contact info@samfordshed.org.au

Halls for Hire

Samford Art & Craft Association Slab Hut John Scott Park 7

Farmers Hall, 0422 054 378.

CWA Bookings 0414 890 094 Showgrounds Pavilion - Seating for 500. 3289 7057.

Samsonvale Hall - Linda Jeffrey 0416 735 361.

Cedar Ck Hall - cedarcreekhall4520@gmail.com Samford Bowls Club - 3289 1204 Samford Community Centre, School Rd - 0408 665 434 Mt Nebo Hall - mtnebohall@mtnebo.org.au Samford Scout Hall & Shelter - David Reed 3040 6400 Anglican Church Hall 3289 1715 Zen Space Samford - 0421 058 250

Liberal National Party LNP Darcy Creighton 0403 435 606

FIRES

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY CALL: 000 Local Rural Brigades: SAMFORD 3289 1441 SAMSONVALE 0481 469 891 CLOSEBURN 3289 4811 CLEAR MTN 3298 6357

days 10am-4pm. Ph. 3289 3113

Samford Bowls Mah-jong Every Wednesday & Friday 1pm4pm. Contact Jan Smith: 0402 623 794

Samford Commons admin@samfordcommons.org.au. Leah

Hudson M: 0432 682 024. Community Conversation @ Little Tree Bake & Brew House. 2:30pm – 4:30pm – 1st Sunday of each month.

Samford Community Folk Dance. All welcome at 7:30pm on 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month in the Farmers Hall. Contact Heather 3289 4708 www.colonialdance.com.au

FIRE WARDENS: SAMFORD

CLOSEBURN-UPPER CEDAR CREEK Closeburn and Upper Cedar Creek: Miles Boon 0409 661 353

Highvale: Rob Packer 0408 728 727 Jolly’s Lookout: Les Austin 3289 1465 Mt Glorious Rd to and incl. Hulcombe Rd: Noel Draper 3289 1811 Gibbons Road: Kemsley McDowall 3289 1215 Samford Village: Tony Marks 0422 001 814 Camp Mountain: Bob Millar 3289 1854 Wights Mtn: Garry Morrison 3289 1748 Draper: Irwin Draper 3289 1497

CLEAR MOUNTAIN John Blake 0418 878 575

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Kobble Creek east of Mt Samson Rd & Watson Rd to Dales Rd: Glen Lake - 0418 153 116 Kobble Creek from Dales Rd to Kriesch Rd: Steve Arkell 3289 9061 - 0408 792 975 Kundes Rd south of Hills Rd to Clear Mtn Rd & Basin Rd Area: Chris Kunde 0408 180 669

MT NEBO

Mt Nebo Terry Bradford 3289 8181 Mt Glorious Bob Snowdon 3289 0150 All fires more than 2m in any direction require a permit

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