Town & Country Journal, Week #87 - September 1, 2022

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Where there is smoke there is fire - and a firefighter and breathing apparatus. Last Monday evening, Warwick State High school's yard was trans formed into an emergency scene as Warwick's auxiliary firefighters and SES volunteers were put through a breathing apparatus training ses sion. Continued on page 6...

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The Southern Downs could become the newest defence indus try hub in Queensland, diver sifying the local economy and taking advantage of geo graphical good luck. "Why wouldn't you explore the opportunities," Mayor Vic Pennisi commented to the Daily Journal/Stanthorpe Record this week. "We've got a logistics depot in the Southern Downs, two airports, and we're not imped ed by airspace because there's no commercial flights flying in and out; our airspace is well placed for drone technology and we have plenty of land," the Mayor continued. We are also close, but not too close, to Brisbane and Ipswich. Defence industry hubs, like Townsville and Ipswich, provide ser vices and support to businesses across the state, and are attractive to businesses wanting to pursue work in the sec tor. Australia currently invests about $270 bil lion in defence spending. The subject came up during the regular meeting of Council last week where Councillors discussed the region's opportunities with three "capabilities" identified for additional consideration. Continued on page 6...

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From developments in protect ed cropping to resilience and mental health for farmers, eight sessions from the 2022 Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar (AVIS) are now available online. (AVIS) was held in Brisbane on 7 June in conjunction with Hort Connections 2022, and was a series of in-person presentations and online webinars that com municate the latest in industry research directly to growers. “This year, the AVIS focussed on a broad variety of topics rele vant to vegetable growers,” organisers said, “including devel opments in protected cropping, the latest findings from the Soil Wealth Integrated Crop Protection project, strategies to increase export market access opportuni ties, and resilience and mental health for farmers.”

QCWA Condamine Valley/ Warwick Branch now offers “din ing in” in additionto take away sandwiches and refreshments. Rooms open Tuesday to Friday –9.00a.m. – 2.00p.m. Please con tact Rooms at 76Grafton Street – telephone 4661.2966 for pre-orders, Hall bookings and all membership enquiries.

The Allora CWA is celebrating their 100th birthday party with a street party on Sunday 2 October at the corner of Warwick and Forde Street, allora. There will be a BBQ and party food, market stalls, and the Allora Historical Society will present a huge display of antique aprons, linens, china, handcraft, photos, and QCWA memorabilia. Kids will have their own special activities during the event with face-painting, a clown making balloon animals, and a magic show.The 100th Birthday Party will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Australian Government's 2022-23 Volunteer Grants pro vide organisations with grants of between $1,000 to $5,000 to help purchase small equipment, transport costs for volunteers with a disability, provide training, cover fuel costs, and perform background screening checks along with services for their vol unteers.“Wehave incredible volunteer organisations in our region who dedicate time and effort into helping other locals,” Leader of The Nationals and Member for Maranoa David Littleproud said.

Australia planted thousands of avocado trees over the past few years to keep up with demand. But is seems that demand hasn’t been as high as expected. As a result, people can now buy an avocado at an Australian grocer for just 1 Australian dollar. That’s less than half some US prices for the fruit.Overall, the average price of a single avocado in Australian stores is down about 30 percent compared with a few years ago. And according to one estimate, Australia’s excess sup ply of avocados could provide every resident 22 for a year. To deal with the avocado sur plus, Australian companies are attempting to persuade resi dents to eat more of them. A more common idea for dealing with all the avocados might be to try to sell them elsewhere. Unfortunately, Australian avoca do growers can’t sell in the US.

Sixty five enthusiastic plant lovers attended the latest wildflower walk which was held on the Foxbar Falls proper ty at Amiens last week. Conducted by the Stanthorpe Rare Wildflower Consortium every spring, these walks are held in a variety of locations across the Granite Belt to show locals and visitors the wealth of beautiful flora the region has to offer.Secretary of the Consortium, Liz Bourne, said there was a wide range of native flowers on show, including the endangered Boronia granitica and spectacu lar displays of various wattles. "All of the rain this year has meant many plants are flowering early and there was plenty to show everyone so that they could learn more about our native plant species," she said. "Our walks are becoming so popular that we are having to institute an online registration system and cap numbers to ensure we limit our environmen talMsimpact."Bourne said a further two walks were planned with one to the north eastern section of Girraween National Park on 25 September and one to the Mt Norman section of the park on 30 October. Details can be found on the Consortium's web site: www.granitebeltwildflowers. com Picture from the wildflower walk, Liz Bourne.

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Photo shows Blake Doro taking a bid at the Stuart Bond Real Estate and Auctioneer sale at Mt Marshall. Photo by Gerard Walsh. at local sale

I have to confess that I am a murderer, a mur derer of plants, and whenever I can, I eat them as well. My sister once gave me an exceptional plant for my birth day—she claimed this plant would be an exception at least. It was a cactus, around as tall and thin as I was when I was 11. Barely needed a drip of water ing. There was nothing to prune but its thorns, and the thorns fought back, so I left it be, just admiring it. And yet, and yet, it died. The only plant I can be trust ed with is a plastic one, and it sits there on my desk looking decidedly dusty. Putting a known cannibal in charge of a garden of flesh, albeit vegetable flesh, shouldn’t be a recipe for success at any thing but vegetable soup. But recently something has changed my mind, and I’m trying once more to crispen my cre dentials in the gardening stakes. For years now I have been living on my rep utation (one that I entirely created myself) as a capsicum grower. On my Twitter account and my Instagram account (I know, I know) I list myself as a ‘former capsicum grower’, partly for shock value. In university cir cles, where I now work, it’s almost like confessing to a past life as a stripper, and on a hot day with sprinklers going in the fields I guess it can almost amount to the same thing. But I’ve started gardening in earnest now. This time I’m cheating. Elizabeth and I are working with a garden that was in pretty good nick before we came…and we’re planting plants that have already been through the difficult toddler period, and are fast-growing teenagers. And while the Granite Belt is hungry country, where with fertiliser in one hand and a sprinkler in the other, you can eke out a living, on this side of the range, the rain it raineth every week, and the soil is made of mulch so rich, I could press it, slice it and serve it as as a brownie to bicy clists who would probably say with a grimace, “vegan brown ie,Andyumm”.dear reader, I’m winning at gardening! Give a man per fect soil, warm winters and clouds shaped like watering cans, and it seems even I can slightly succeed. -Olav Murrlink

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An anvil made $1900 as Stuart Bond Real Estate and Auctioneer offered more than 1100 lots at their antique and machinery sale on Saturday at Mt Marshall. There were 75 different vendors with items at the sale and almost 200 buyers. Mr Bond said he had been trying for three months to have the sale after it was postponed twice due to wet weather.“Ifyou have people want ing to buy and others want ing to sell, you have an auc tion and I am planning another within six months,” heThesaid.action started at 9am and was still going after lunch.For a time, there was action in two auction eering rings, one the more antique items and the other farm machin ery.Six tractors were offered at the sale, two with slashers attached. The auctioneers were Mr Bond, Mal Sheard and Blake Doro.

Photo shows Alan Payne, Alison Payne, Deborah Wheeler, Sue Keong & Richard Saunders. Photo from Deborah Wheeler.

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Caption: Townsville's defence industry, photo courtesy of Townsville Chamber of Commerce.

Station Officer Arnold explained that QFES is commit ted to "maintaining firefighter skills" and training events like this also offer "firefighters the opportunity to obtain skills for higher rank." The Station Officer also uses the training events to guide future training needs. "New locations offer new techniques and spaces to trial skills," said SO Arnold who is pursuing an indoor location through council for the next training event.

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The DSU is a personal safety device and sounds off from the breathing apparatus with a highpitched cascading alarm if the firefighter is inactive for a length of"Ittime.notifies others a firefighter is in distress, inactive or incapac itated," said SO Arnold. "We work in teams of two or more, and we make contact every eight to ten minutes with firefighters to check on air sup ply and how they are doing."

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The Mayor agrees that there are significant manufacturing and logistics opportunities which were provided to Councillors "at a recent information session." That information is currently confidential.Councilis investigation engag ing specialised services to invest in this "high value emerging industry" with the "capacity to transform the region's economic base." An undisclosed amount of investment will be required to facilitate a detailed assessment of the Southern Down's capabil ities in defence. "We have to do it in a com plaint and controlled way," the Mayor pointed out. Lack of housing, cost and workforce availability are the major detractors from the Southern Downs participating in the defence industry in a signifi cant fashion.

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The first is major project man ufacturing followed by manufac turing general defence consum ables, logistics and warehousing, and equipment testing and field operations. The Southern Downs is also a possible location for research and development and disaster/humanitarian train ing.According to a report tabled in the meeting, the shire is "uniquely placed to take up some opportunities where the Commonwealth government is committing $300 billion…" Before the champagne corks are popped, the Mayor cautions that "it's very, very early in a journey…there are opportuni ties for defence and we are exploring it." Air space for drone testing is "unencumbered", unlike other regions, and currently have QFES and Air Cadets doing nighttime training operations from the Warwick airport. "An upgrade to the facility would allow it to cater for more extensive operational needs of the Airforce, Army, Navy, QFES" and other stakeholders, the report continues.

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Warwick Station Officer Dale Arnold facilitated the training event with a focus on how the auxiliaries respond to a Distress Signalling Unit (DSU) activation on a fellow firefighter's appara tus, whilst upskilling the SES volunteers."Itwasa big exercise running all the crew through the breath ing apparatus training," said SO Arnold. "I really wanted to test if they could hear a DSU activat ed, and how they would respond."

Photo shows Firefighters and SES volunteers in a breathing apparatus training session.

Goatmeat was the clear win ner in high jumping. In the 2022 financial year, goatmeat production jumped 47 percent to 24,091 tonnes. All states barring Tasmania jumped by at least 41 percent, with Western Australian produc tion growing by 3,538 percent year-on-year.

71st September 2022 Town & CountryJournal ALL UNDERCOVER IN THE BRAND NEW MARQUEE! PLENTY OF CARPARKS AND CAMPING SITES. GATES OPEN FOR BUSHCAMPING ON MONDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER BONY MOUNTAIN FOLK FESTIVAL 16TH, 17TH & 18TH September Huge Program including • JT & the Tree, Hugo Stranger & The Rattlers, Peter (Smokie) Dawson, Andy Penkow, Ged & Trudy and many more! • Warwick Pipe Thistle Band • Celtic Dance • Bob Townshend Town Crier • A big Walk Up program kicks off on Tuesday morning with free gate entry to all local participants until Friday Celebrating 12 Years of“Our Little Festival in the Bush” Great Food Choices from the Shack and food vans Hot Breakfasts, Camp Oven Stews, Hot Damper, Morning Teas & Lunches Admission is $30 pp Day Pass, or $50 pp Weekend Pass. Book online at www.bonymountainfolkfestival.com Ph: 4667 4604 or 0408 112 613 Address - 1107 Upper Wheatvale Rd, Bony Mountain 4370 Plus a launch of The Rodeo Collection, the new album by Norma O’Hara Murphy! Getting back to her roots, Norma will perform live on Friday evening Ripper year for beef, lamb Elizabeth Voneiff editor@thedailyjournal.ink

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This has been a record year for beef and lamb pro ducers in Australia according to the latest figures released by peak body Meat and Livestock Australia. The value of cattle in the financial year 2022 hit a new record of $14.8 billion, $2l2 bil lion higher than last year. The second quarter of 2022 record ed the highest value of cattle slaughtered ever, reaching $2.85 billion for the quarter and 20 percent higher than the second quarter of Queensland2021.had the second highest jump in quarterly slaugh ter, up 13.2 percent. Overall, Australia processed 1.49 million head.According to the report, high livestock prices were behind the record value of slaughter in 2022, with the average price of cattle 25.7 percent higher than in 2021. In sheep, the value of lambs and sheep slaughtered in 2022 was $5.13 billion, 14.5 percent above the value of sheep and lambs slaughtered in 2021. Again, the second quarter of this financial year - October to December 2021 - saw the highest value of sheep slaugh tered on record. The average price for a finished lamb/ sheep was $$189.39, up 10.5 percent over 2021 values.

StandBy is an Australian Government initiative that was established in 2002 to meet the need for a coordinated commu nity response to suicide. The program offers coordinated evi dence-based support and resources (including connections to local services and groups) that is individualised for each per son’s unique circumstance. This support is continued for up to two years to ensure those that engage with StandBy are not alone and receive ongoing sup port.It offers services to anyone who has been bereaved or impacted by suicide at any stage of their life, including individu als, families, friends, witnesses, schools, workplaces and com munity groups, first responders and service providers. They provide person-centred support and follow-up, con tactable 24/7 to arrange face to face or telephone support, local ly tailored community work shops, and connect and coordi nate local support that fits indi vidual needs. For more information www.standbysupport.com.auvisit

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Losing a loved one to sui cide is devastating, but anyone impacted by sui cide will now have access to specialist support as StandBy Support After Suicide announc es a new team serving the Southern“SupportDowns.isprovided with a focus on assisting people to nav igate and understand what they are experiencing,” Coordinator Natalie Bagdonas said, “provid ing connections and information to local ongoing support ser vices and groups. We can also provide professional develop ment/information sessions, and workshops with the aim of building not only your own resil ience, those you support but that of your local community, all free ofMscharge.”Bagdonas is leading the team with Senior Worker Wayne Smith. The two have spent eight years at Lifeline Ipswich and West Moreton working in the suicide prevention space. “[We] are very excited to be starting up StandBy in this vast region,” Ms Bagdonas said.

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What man's ingenuity could do was done, but, alas, without much avail. Most of the corn and wheat which the farmer had stored for market had to be sacrificed in order to keep stock alive. The merciless sun seemed to shine forth with increased vigour day by day, and at night time, the bush fires blazing on the plains and high up on the hills showed how fierce had been his scorching rays. Last year was a terrible one of woe, and completely ruined many a farmer who had sunk his little all on his first season's crops. But now, mark the difference. Today look at the country; get a glimpse if you can of the interior of the bright lit tle homes, each standing in the centre of its well cultivat ed paddocks, and mark what cheerfulness seems to rest both on man and nature. The creeks and waterholes are full to over-flowing; the country is moist and covered with a rich patch work mantle of many shades of green, save here and there where the farmer is busily tilling his fields and preparing them for corn.Last year as we all know, was a most disastrous one for the corn crop; the majority of growers got nothing whatever for their pains. Among the reasons for this are the inroads of the raordacious worm, the cobs shrivelling on their stalks through lack of mois ture, and to the fact that many farmers cut their corn down and used it for feed for the stock. On the other hand, in spite of the bad season, Mr. Knudsen who lives high up in the hills behind Yangan was fortunate enough to get 120 bags from 10 acres, Mr. McGeevor at Emu Vale got 200 bags off 40 acres, while a few reaped half a bag or a bag to the acre. The failure of last season's corn crop seems to have checked the spirit of enterprise in the farmer, for at a rough calculation we should imagine that not nearly so much corn will be planted this year. On an average we should say that about two thirds only will be sown. This calculation of course is a very rough one, for many farmers were, at the time of our visit, unable to state posi tively what quantity they would plant, as they were waiting to see how their wheat crops prospered.

TO BE CONTINUED Photo shows Emu Vale in 1899. Photo from the State Library of Queensland

PART ONE - WEDNESDAY 7 AUGUST 1889 AMONGST

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It is easy to account for such terms as the "dying village" being applied at one time to Warwick by jealous watchers of our fair town's progress, for to a casual onlooker such epithets denoting retrogression were not without a suspicion of truth in them; but at the present day, when they are repeated parrot-fashion, by jeal ous neighbours, they simply serve to show how very pitiable is the ignorance of those foolish peo ple who make use of them.

Whilst searching through old news paper articles, Warwick author Deborah Wheeler discovered a series of articles in the Warwick Examiner and Times entitled “Amongst the Farms” detailing the experiences of farmers in the Southern Downs in the late 1800’s. Over the next few months, we will include these observations as a weekly serial. Warwick, as everyone knows, is the centre of a vast farming dis trict. From this point radiate flourishing farms and snug little homesteads, on which depends to a very great extent, the pros perity of the town. Tillers of the soil be not the only people whom a bad season affects, for the depression in trade which natu rally ensues, spreads through every branch of the community. In like manner, when a good sea son is experienced, money comes flowing in, and trade recovers its oldThebriskness.dullness which has existed in Warwick for the past few years may thus be accounted for. The seasons have been getting from bad to worse and many of the crops less remunerative each suc cessive year. This unfortunate state of affairs seems to have reached its climax with the drought of 1888, which was perhaps, the most disastrous season in the memory of the farmer here.

91st September 2022 Town & CountryJournal Amiens Legacy Centre 17 Goldfields Rd Sunday Sept. 4, 10 2pm The Tin Experience tin panning, sluicing, molding, documentary, food & drinks Heritage Market Day

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It stands to reason that if the farmers thrive, Warwick must thrive twentyfold. Indeed a sight of the country in its present state ought not only to cheer the hearts of the most despondent, but should cast the lie to those who, in their abject ignorance call our fair town "a dying village." Had a traveller passed through the country districts, which for miles encircle Warwick, this time

last year, when that terrible drought was at its height, he would have been deeply impressed with the unpleasant scenes which the impoverished, parched-up country placed before his eyes. He could have gazed over miles of most fertile soil without a sin gle green blade of grass or cereal greeting his vision. Seen the poor famished cattle, every bone in their bodies sticking out with awful prominence, wearily wend ing their way to the dried-up creeks, where hundreds, already dead lay scattered about. The ominous black cloud of hungry hawks circling above were the only living things which rejoiced over the misery that had befallen man and beast, for they alone seemed to reap the benefit.

As part of the day long activities, James participated in the panel discussion “Preparing Our Children for the Future – The SOTE Experience” along with past students Alison Burt (also a current teacher and parent) and Jeremy Osborn. “From the discussion it was clear that the Total Education program is more relevant than ever to the issues facing modern society,” said principal Shane Power. “The small classes, the focus on character development and values, but particularly the parents program which supports our parents.”

10 1st September 2022Town & CountryJournal Greymare Red Ridges 860 Mountain Maid Rd, Greymare ● 487.6 Ha (1204 Acres) F/Hold 38km Warwick ● Well developed undulating soft granite country (approx 324 Ha, 800 acres) into open traplock grazing. Consistently running 150 grown cattle ● Bisected by Greymare, Lagoon, & Rocky Creeks with permanent holes plus 5 substantial dams. Fenced into 3 main paddocks 5 & 6 wire, some new fencing ● Owned by 1 family since 1897 well located highly regarded Greymare grazing, magnificent views to the Great Divide, superb building sites. Expressions of Interest Closing Closing, Monday 10 October 2022, 5pm Matt 0428Cleary987340 www.r Rayaywhitepittsworth.com.auWhiteRu

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Mr Power said the day was a great success with hundreds of people visiting to enjoy the displays, stalls, presentations, games and delicious food. There were also video messages of support from The Hon Jason Clare, Minister for Education, past principal Richard Waters and Dr Arne Rubinstein of the Rites of popular“OneInstitute.Passageofthemosteventswas the SOTE Quiz put together by past teacher Michael Funder. It really brought people together” he added.

SOTE 40th anniversary success

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Guests travelled from as far afield as Melbourne, Castlemaine, Bundaberg and Brisbane to attend The School of Total Education’s 40th Anniversary festivities last Saturday. “I really wanted to support this school which has given so much to me” said past student James O’Brien who is a lecturer in music in Melbourne as well as a professional musician in a number of bands. “It has also been wonderful to see so many past students and teachers here. It has been great to catch up with them all.”

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“There is no one correct way to grow grapes,” she said. “It’s counterproductive to say my way is the only way. Nothing is black and white. We need to keep hav ing conversations with everyone. We can earn a living and be kind to the environment. We all need to try harder and keep talking. We have to share ideas.” Mrs Coelli will be speaking at the Stanthorpe Eco Expo on Saturday 3 September at 10 a.m.

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“We ask ourselves, ‘how would a natural eco system react to something we’re thinking of doing?’ That’s our check every time we do something new.”

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While some wineries choose to isolate and be insular, Michelle Coelli from Twisted Gum Wines near Ballandean believes that it takes a community for a winery to"Youthrive.can't be a winery on your own,” she said to the Stanthorpe Record. “You need a wine region, and to be a wine region you need to have really good fruit."For her, really good fruit depends on growing it in the healthiest soil possible. “We’re trying to rethink every thing we do with a view to mak ing our vineyard system much more natural and drawing a lot of inspiration from natural eco systems,” Mrs Coelli said. “We don’t have all the answers but we are getting closer and closer to a more natural way of doing things.”MrsCoelli and her husband Tim moved their family to Twisted Gum Wines in 2007. “We wanted to bring our fam ily up in the country like we were brought up in the country,” she said. “It was for life balance.” Mr and Mrs Coelli were both raised on farms and started Twisted Gum Wines with a desire to grow healthy grapes so they could make fantastic wine. As they faced drought, fires, and torrential rains, they dug further into the latest research to figure out how to make their land resil ient.“We’ve always been environ mentally conscious,” Mrs Coelli said, “we’re just getting better and asking better questions. It’s an evolution and it will always be an evolution. We want to farm the grapes in as natural a setting as possible and farm in the most environmentally friendly way possible.”Theyhave transitioned from using all fertilisers except for trace“We’reelements.relying on a huge diver sity of plants,” she said, “some of which are nitrogen-fixing, all of which are bringing carbon into the soil. Everything relies on the soil biology to break down plant matter and make it available to the vines. I think a lot of what we’re doing is trial and error. We ask ourselves, ‘how would a natural eco system react to something we’re think ing of doing?’ That’s our check every time we do something new.”Their goal is to have 100% ground cover 100% of the time. “It doesn’t have to just be liv ing plants,” Mrs Coelli explained, “it can be mulch, rotting down grass clippings, and different plants coming up at different times. We’re aiming to have the most diverse mix of plants pos sible. When you have the diversi ty right, you have the ability to attract in bene ficial insects and natural predators of pests, and for that we need a range of grasses, pollen, and nectar. We want an eco system in our vineyard that will support these beneficials. We recently tested a square metre of soil and counted 26 dif ferent plants. I think that’s a really, really good start.” 16 sheep joined the family three years ago. “To cycle the plant nutrients we either need to cut the plants or graze them since we do not plow,” Mrs Coelli said. “So the sheep are a big part of it. They can actually graze under the vines in areas that we’re unable to mow. They have a win dow once the vines have shut down for winter and there’s no leaves or fruit on the vines. It’s intensive grazing for 2-4 weeks. We move them when they’ve grazed everything down, but not overgrazed, not to bare soil. Then the plants and the soil have a chance to rest and recov er until next winter.” These processes and more have had a marked impact on the soil, grapes, wine, and eco systems of Twisted Gum Wines. “I do know that we are improving the health of our vineyard,” Mrs Coelli said. “The vines are the healthiest they’ve ever been and we’ve had our highest yield ever. To us it defi nitely tastes better and we’re seeing good ferments go through and the wine is selling faster and faster. I believe it makes us more resilient to drought, fire, and excessive rain.” She believes strongly in the power of connection, communi ty, and conversation amongst wineries in the Granite Belt.

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Nectarine Blackberry Galette Bjorn

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Photo shows a Nectarine Blackberry Galette cooling.

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Ilove a homemade pie as much as the next person, but sometimes I simply don’t have time for rolling and cutting and crimping and getting the lattice top just right. In such moments, I make a galette instead so I get all the flavour and texture of a pie, but with none of the finicky work. A galette is like a free form pie. Simply roll out the dough into a circle, pile your choice of fruit in the middle, fold over the edges, bake, and there you go. You can use any fruit in a galette, but this nectarine black berry combo is a particular favourite with the syrupy sweet ness of nectarine pairing so nicely with the tart sweetness of blackberries.Thecrustis a blend of whole meal flour for flavour, plain flour for lightness, and semolina for texture. Normally I sprinkle the egg-washed edges with raw sugar for a glittery crust, but I forgot this time. It’s still deli cious, but so much prettier with a dusting of sugar. The galette is delicious served warm with ice cream or at room temperature with cream.

Dough Ingredients: 1.5 Tbsp Greek yoghurt 3 Tbsp ice water 1/4 cup wholemeal flour 1/4 cup plain flour 2 Tbsp semolina 1/2 tsp white sugar 1/4 tsp sea salt 1/4 cup cold butter, grated 1 egg, beaten 1-2 tsp raw sugar Dough Directions: In small bowl mix Greek yoghurt and ice water. In large bowl stir together flours, sugar and salt. Add grated butter and work into flour. You want a mix of small and pea-sized pieces. Drizzle kefir/water over dough a bit at a time, tossing with a fork after each addition. With hands gather dough into mound and press together into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill 2 hours. Set aside beaten egg for brush ing pastry.

Filling ingredients: 2 nectarines, washed, pitted and sliced 1 cup blackberries, washed 1 Tbsp maple syrup 1 tbsp butter, cut into pieces Galette Directions: Preheat oven to 220 degrees. Roll dough out to about a 20 cm circle and place on parch ment lined baking sheet. In small bowl gently toss fruit with maple syrup to coat. Pile fruit in centre of dough, leaving a 2-3 cm border. Sprinkle with butter pieces. Fold dough border over fill ing, leaving centre exposed. Brush pastry with beaten egg and sprinkle with raw sugar. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until pastry is golden and flaky. Using the parchment paper, transfer galette to cooling rack and let sit for 10 minutes. Cut into wedges and serve at room temperature.

Nectarine Blackberry Galette

Photo by Krista Bjorn.

Shipping costs stabilising: wool report

The Australian Wool market again man aged to get through the week relatively unscathed despite encountering some hurdles along the track. The AWEX EMI closed exactly unchanged in local currency terms, six cents lower in USD terms, and due to a spluttering European cur rency prices were 18 Euro cents dearer over there. Just prior to the auctions starting in Australia news filtered through that China had lift ed the ban on wool and animal skins from South Africa. This meant that Chinese buyers were sud denly, and unexpectedly able to purchase wool again, in a market which has been closed to them since early April. Any purchases made however were not going to be shipped promptly as there is a considerable backlog of con tainers already on the wharf awaiting shipment. Some 350 boxes of wool are in line ready to be shipped once space is available, but given the capacity at present is only around 40 con tainers per week, it will be some time before new wool has a chance to set sail. The Australian dollar was relatively stable on the currency markets compared to previous weeks, however the European single currency con tinued its fall from grace, and is now trading below parity with the US Dollar. It has been on a steady decline throughout the year, as the economic conditions in the Euro zone go from bad to worse, and the US Dollar becomes stronger in the usual 'flight to safety' by currency traders. Last week saw a lot of prepositioning and speculation about what utterances may come out of the annual Economic Symposium at Jackson Hole in Wyoming. This annual gather ing has taken on more impor tance, in the minds of currency traders at least, given that nearly every Central Bank around the globe is trying to fight inflation with their only available remain ing tool of interest rates. Exactly how far the Fed Reserve was willing to go in pushing up inter est rates was the key question on everyone's mind, and markets were nervously awaiting com ments from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday night our time. In his statement Mr Powell said tackling inflation was, "likely to require a sustained period of below-trend growth" but the Fed "must keep at it until the job is done". So, the mar ket's predictable reaction to these hawkish comments was to push up the value of the USD further, and dump equities.

The economic conditions in the key markets of Europe and the USA are not exactly going ahead in leaps and bounds. The most recent PMI (Purchasing Manager's Index) data in Europe was not too bad in manufactur ing, but saw a larger fall in the services index. In the USA the number were also weaker than expected with manufacturing slightly lower than predicted at 51.3, which is the lowest in over two years, but the services num ber was the shock, coming in at 44.1, highlighting how the Fed's aggressive tightening is impact ing, and this presents the danger of an overshoot with interest rate increases, leading to a possi ble recession - a fine line between theMovingtwo. wool about the globe as we are still required to do in order to get it processed and placed on the shelf, be it physical or virtual. Shipping costs are yet to come down, but they appear to have at least stopped increas ing every week. Some shipping routes are performing quite well in terms of transit time, whilst others are deplorable. The first leg of the sea journey is perhaps now the worst. During a recent address to the National Press Club, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's chief executive, Andrew McKellar, expressed his concern over Australian Ports sys tems and infrastruc ture. Thisincreasedconsumersness,andingtheleastrank"Australia'scommented,McKellar(ports)assomeoftheproductiveinworld,impactsupplychainsaffectingbusiworkersandwithcosts".commentwas based off the fact that the recently the World Bank ranked the top ports in the world and Australia failed to place within the top 250 ports. Not a new phenomenon, but it certainly increases the amount of stock a mill must hold in the pipeline to counteract the slow shipment time from auction to scour, and therefore the costs built into a processing calculator - all of which are deducted to arrive at the bidprice in auction. And of course, the ongoing speed hump restricting the Chinese domestic market from operating to its full potential remains in place - that of their Covid Zero policy. Whilst prov ing adept at keeping covid cases within China low, the policy con tinues to restrict consumer activ ity and confidence. Tianjin, a city of 9 million close to Beijing underwent complete testing of every resident on Saturday after 2 positive cases were found last week. So, given the difficulties, and notwithstanding the time of year when processors appetite is at its lowest, the wool market is doing an Picture of the rare Manx Loaghtan breed which has noth ing to do with this week’s wool report but nevertheless interest ing (editor).

The Aussie Dollar lost nearly a cent, as did the Euro, but when trading reopens again on Monday all bets are off. This may seem like irrelevance to many involved in the pursuit of wool growing, however it has an immediate and direct impact to traders and exporters who are the next link in the chain. The Chinese currency is not immune to global currency markets these days either, and so a weaker Chinese Yuan is making their lives slightly more difficult as well. Of course, the European processors purchasing wool and then exporting to the States are gaining a benefit when selling in USD, but the gain on the curren cy transaction hardly offsets the massive increase in energy costs they are facing. So, the currency market has provided plenty of focus and concern for the wool market lately, and will no doubt continue to do so in coming weeks, but the wool market is holding up pretty well consider ing. Other speed bumps keep cropping up or getting more pronounced as well however.

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A person you haven’t seen for a long time could come back to your life again and you will have to decide if you are willing to give them a second chance and how it will change your life.

Your luck should be in with property matters, and you could have an offer you cannot refuse. People from a distance will contact you, and some travel could result and luck with a person born in July.

A very romantic period in which many of your wishes could come true, but do not let this be an excuse to let other friendships slip. Someone could be keeping an eye on your performance in public forums.

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Most of your efforts to improve your financial situation are working well, and a little bit of luck will add to the enjoyment of this period. People are seeking your company and paying you compliments.

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A tendency to overspend is there, so try to keep your eye on expenditure for the whole family. The social scene is very hectic. You will have lots to do, but not all is tedious. Some surprising luck with a loved one.

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In the wake of receiving numerous crime reports where doors, windows, and vehicles were left unlocked, Queensland Police Service is offering one simple tip to encourage greater secu rity: lock “Break-insup. are crimes of opportunity with entry gained through open or unlocked windows and doors,” QPS explained. “Residents should key lock doors, windows and other exit points, even when you are at home. If you are at home, out for a few hours or on a week end away, lock up. If you are travelling and staying in a caravan or motel, ensure you lock Havingup.”multiple keys for multiple locks can create a hindrance to residents keep ing doors and windows locked, so QPS encourages people to get locks that can be keyed alike, allowing residents to use one key for multiple locks. Not only does this make locking up easier, it also can assist in a safe exit if there is an emergen cy.They also suggest that residents should remove keys from locks when not in use and place them out of sight in a conve nient location that all house members are aware“Whenof. parking in a garage, ensure both the garage and vehicle are locked and the garage door remotes are secured,” QPS urged. “Remove keys from the igni tion and lock your vehicle if your vehicle is parked or unattended, even if it’s only for a minute. Ensure the internal door to the garage is solid and lockable.” They explained that house-breaking is one of the most common crimes and can occur at any time of the day or night.

“Security features only work if resi dents have good habits and behaviours,” QPS said. “A good practice is to conduct a regular assessment of your home secu rity. Visit the QPS webpage to watch a video on how you can apply the layered approach to your own home security and to read tips on vehicle security.” For more information visit www. police.qld.gov.au

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If you are working towards a goal, now is an excellent time to get some extra work done. Once people realise what you care about, they will help you, and your work will be much easier.

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191st September 2022 Town & CountryJournal The Long Paddock with Gerard Walsh Gerard Walsh editor@thedailyjournal.ink

The cattle market is mov ing up a bit after a worry ing downturn in the past twoWemonths.have three cattle to sell next week at theWarwick Saleyards and a few to be sold onBullweight.Boris needs more girl friends in the summer so we are in the market for some medium weight cows. In the past, some of our best wins on the farm have been buy ing medium weight cows which hopefully are in calf. If not in calf, they can be joined in the spring or alterna tively sold after putting on weight as dry cows. Never want to pay the big money buying in cattle but agree at times best to buy cattle from the top end in quality and size.

By upgrading their infrastruc ture in the storage and packing lines of the business, they will be able to pack their own broccolini for the first time. “Being able to store the differ ent vegetables at different tem peratures means we can produce more and do everything on-farm,” Mr Patane explained. “The cold room installation will immediately allow for approxi mately double our field produc tionWallaroocapacity.”Produce

Remembering Jim The death of Warwick busi nessman Jim Samios was the end of an era for one of the town’s most successful businessmen. He was involved with his fami ly in the Belle Vue Café for many years and then with his wife and son George who set up the Samios Mini Mart business which is now in Palmerin St. Jim always welcomed you into his shop and I often dropped in to buy, on many occasions, it was a battery for a watch from George.Hewas involved in community groups and I remember when I stood for the Federal seat of Rankin in the 1987 Federal Election that I had our yellow truck with signs above the roof and Jim would move the truck to another parking spot to avoid a parking fine after two hours. What to do to be elected but I still came second. We did get into trouble with another business for leaving it outside their shop for too long. Jim will be remembered and not forgotten.

“This expansion won’t just benefit the industry, but the entire Southern Downs commu nity through local job creation,” Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner MP said. “The Southern Downs is home to some of the best crops in Australia. The more summer vegetables we can produce and consume on home soil, the bet ter. That’s why projects like this to increase capacity and boost efficiency through infrastructure upgrades are so important.” The funding was received through the Queensland Government’s Rural Economic Development (RED) Grant scheme and will be used to expand its produce storage and packing facilities, automate pro cesses and install a dedicated cold room.

“We’re excited to share our more than 45 years of experi ence in the horticulture industry as we expand our enterprise,” Managing Director of Wallaroo Produce Supplies John Patane said. “The expansion will gener ate 12 direct full-time jobs and employ even more during the construction phase. Many of these ongoing jobs will be longterm, skilled positions that we hope we can fill within our own community to boost the local economy.”

Better funding means more jobs for the Wallarooregion.Produce Supplies in Severnlea has received government support and locals will soon see more opportunities as a result.

Supplies is one of 16 business es approved in the fourth round of the Rural portthreeofhaveGrantsroundsQueensland.jobsdirectatearethese$3fundinggram(RED)DevelopmentEconomicGrantsprowithtotalofjustovermillion.Overall,16projectsexpectedtocremorethan217long-termacrossregionalTheinitialthreeoftheREDProgramseenfunding$10millionoveryearstosupmorethan30

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Photo shows double rainbow at Wallaroo Produce. Photo from Wallaroo Produce.

Motor rally driver The Leyburn Sprints won’t be the same again without Mike Collins as a driver and one of the organisers.Iwasshocked to get a press release about the three drivers who had competed each year since the late 1990s and it had the words “the late Mike Collins”. He and wife Ann were a driv ing force behind the sprints from theMikestart.once travelled to America to compete in one of the world’s most famous hill climbs and brought the car back to Australia and also competed in sprints at Morgan Park and hill climbs so was a motorsport enthusiast in every sense of the word. My first memories of Mike was soon after the family left Brisbane to grow lucerne at Leyburn that he had car problems on Cleary’s Lane at Greymare and they walked to our place to make a phone call for help. Sure my mother gave them a cup of tea. That was probably 40 years ago, well before mobile phones. Tricia Chant, the daughter of Mike and Ann Collins, is now sprints president and a driver so is carrying on the Collins family tradition.

projects which have created 1,800 jobs across regional Queensland. A further $6.6 mil lion will be delivered in two rounds over the next two years to generate even more good jobs, expand agricultural supply chains and provide significant economic benefit to rural areas.

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WARWICK: LIONS Club meet on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Criterion Hotel. Meet and greet 6.30pm to 7pm. Then 7pm Dinner Meeting. All welcome. Phone Jenny on 0432 804 826 for more information. WARWICK TOASTMASTERS meet every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 7pm in the CWA building. New members welcome - learn about the art of public speaking. For more info call Chris on 0435 994 763.

STANTHORPE: OPEN Mike Night at Stanthorpe Little Theatre second Friday of every month, 6.30pm, 20 Connor St, Stanthorpe. Free for financial Stanthorpe Little Theatre members. Singers, musicians, poets, word-smiths, stand-up comedians (warning: mature content).Warwick: Stanthorpe: Granite Belt Junior Choir is held every Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:30pm at the Stanthorpe Little Theatre (20 Connor Street), excluding school holidays. It is open to all school aged children - no musical experience required.

WARWICK: WARWICK Combined Probus Club - Retired seniors group that meet 1st Wednesday of each month, 9.30am-noon, interesting guest speakers and morning tea. Regular group outings to both local and more distant places of interest, also trips to theatre (Lyric and Empire)

WARWICK: THE Gathering - "Saturdays at the Salvos" You are invited to a community gathering at The Salvation Army, 25 Guy St, Warwick. This will happen every Saturday at 4pm. The gathering will include a free meal, a positive and practical message, and friendship. The Salvos creating a Place to Belong. COVID Guide lines in place. Phone Richard 0428 230 431, Leanne 0419 379 738.

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Thequality."export sales report, which has a week-long delay, is a key indicator for traders, input suppliers and farmers as it highlights recent demand for crops such as corn, soybeans and wheat at a time of tight global supplies. It calculates the sales of U.S. commodity goods to inter national customers such as China and Mexico.Thedata was set to be released at 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT) via USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) web site. But on Thursday morning, the report for the week ending Aug. 18 was not online. Instead, the site had a mes sage about the agency launching a new "Export Sales Reporting Maintenance System," and several broken Web links. "When I saw there was a troubled rollout, I kind of discounted anything that came out," said Craig Turner, a grain broker with StoneX. "How much can we trust it with the issues that we had?"For example, the USDA reported sales of soybeans from the upcoming harvest nearly four times larger than the highest pre-report analyst estimate, and net upland cotton sales totaled 1.9 mil lion bales, up from 49,800 bales the priorUSDAweek.prefaced the e-mailed report with a disclaimer saying, "There could be some anomalies in the data related to the transition" to the new system. Some analysts apologized for sending faulty data to clients. (Reporting by Karl Plume and P.J. Huffstutter in Chicago Additional reporting by Tom Polansek in Chicago, Mark Weinraub in Chicago and Seher Dareen in Bengaluru Editing by Leslie Adler and Matthew Lewis) goes the

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WARWICK SPINNERS and Weavers meet every Wednes day and first and third Saturday, at Room 3, brick building at St Marks Church, Grafton St, 9 am to lunchtime. Come and try. Yearly membership. wckspinweavefibre@gmail. com 0430 511 260. Kerry, Secretary. WOULD YOU like to fly in a glider? Or give someone a gliding experience? Gliding is a unique experience that can be enjoyed by all people of all ages. It is also very interesting sport. Warwick Gliding Club is a friendly club offering people the chance to learn how to fly or just experience the wonder of pure flight. Contact admin@ warwickgliding.org or call 0405609601. Gift certificates $170 for a flight.

WARWICK: QCWA Condamine Valley/Warwick Branch meets the first Monday of the month at their Rooms at 76 Grafton Street, Warwick at 1.30p.m. New members most welcome. Rooms open Monday to Friday 9.00 – 1.30p.m., for take-away sandwiches. For catering, Hall rental inqui ries and membership please ring 4661.2966. Rooms now available for Wakes. Tablet sign ins. SOUTHERN DOWNS Steam Railway. Check out our upcoming trips on www.downsexplorer.org.au. Tickets sell out quickly, so plan in advance. Bookings on www.downsexplorer.org.au. Phone 4661 9788.

STANTHORPE: THE Stanthorpe Bridge Club meets every Thursday at 10.45am in the International Club. New members and visitors welcome. Please call Margaret on 07 4683 2010 for more information.

WARWICK: THE Sew Crafty Chicks hold their Craft morning every Friday at the Warwick Bowls Club, Fitzroy Street, Warwick (oppo site the Warwick Police Station) from 9am to 11.30am. Everyone welcome, come and enjoy good company, morning tea, work on your own projects or learn new ones. Cost $5. The Club now has air-conditioning - cool summers and warm winters. For more information ring Tricia Collins on 4661 3076.

WARWICK: MORNING OF MUSIC AND FRIENDSHIP IS HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH FROM 9.30AM TO 11.30AM AT WARWICK SENIOR CITIZENS CENTRE 13A ALBERT STREET. COST $4 PP INCLUDES MORNING TEA.

New Meeting Venue: The Auditorium, Church of Christ Aged Care, Dragon Street, Warwick. New members always welcome. Phone Secretary on 0457 317 597. v Storm (Thurs Eagles Rabbitohs v Titans (Sat) v Broncos (Sat) v Panthers (Sat) v Sharks (Sun) Raiders (Sun)

WARWICK: WARWICK U3A - Are you actively retired? If so U3A may be for you. We are a group run by local volun teers promoting lifelong learning for personal enjoyment and wellbeing. Visit WWW.u3awarwick.org.au for further info or contact Sandy Gordon on 0488 427 699

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ROSE CITY PROBUS CLUB Meet-ups for social retirees! Meets 3rd Wednesday of the month. From 9.30am. –includes Guest Speaker & Morning Tea. RSL SOUTH ERN CROSS ROOM – BOOKING ESSENTIAL (see below) Other local outings include coffee mornings, lunches, dinner. Opportunities for group travel to destinations of interest. You’ll be made most welcome! Phone Marion: 0499267547; Leslie:46614273

WARWICK COMMUNITY Van. A meal is served each Sunday night in Leslie Park, Warwick, from 5 to 7pm. Feel free to come for food and friendship - an initiative of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

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OLD TIME DANCE ON SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 710:30PM Freestone Memorial HALL, FREESTONE ROAD, WARWICK Entry $15, LIGHT SUPPER, BAR, BAND: RAE BLIN CO. ALL WELCOME. MORE INFORMATION: 4661 1080 WARWICK PENSIONERS AND SUPERANNUANTS LEAGUE WILL BE HOLDING THEIR NEXT MEETING AT 10.30AM ON THURSDAY 1ST SEPT AT THE COWBOYS CLUB HOUSE. NEW MEMBERS WELCOME. LUNCH AT CHUNG HING ON18TH SEPT. MORE INFORMATION FROM MICHAEL HOLLAND ON 0408 982 157 Musical & Friendship Morning on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Warwick Seniors Centre, 13a Albert Street. Music plays from 9.30am to 11.30 am. Cost $4 per person. This includes Morning Tea and a Door Prize.

STANTHORPE: QCWA Granite Belt Weekenders are a new vibrant group who meet at 2pm the last Saturday of the month at 25 Victoria St, Stanthorpe. If you are new to the district and looking for community involvement, pop in, we'd love to meet you. Enquiries to QCWAGraniteBelt@ gmail.com

STANTHORPE: STANTHORPE-WALLANGARRA Branch (Qld ALP) meet on the second Wednesday of each month at Granite Belt Support Services, commencing at 5.30pm. Please visit our Facebook page – Labor on the Granite Belt (www.facebook.com/StanthorpeLabor/ ) – to catch up on Branch meetings, visits, etc. For further info please contact the Secretary (Helen) on 4683 5229.

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WARWICK BRIDGE Club, Victoria Park, hold lessons every Wednes day at 9.30am and play every Monday and Friday at 12.30pm. For more info, call Noela on 0417 757 255.

KILLARNEY: KILLARNEY Country Markets on every 3rd Sun day of month at Canning Park, Killarney from 8am - 1pm.

WARWICK VIEW Club meeting & lunch 3rd Wednesday each month. Warwick golf club 10.30am for 11am start. Join women sharing lunch in support of the Smith family. Contact Sue 0427 792 840.

WARWICK: ROTARY Club of Warwick Sunrise meet every Thursday 7am to 8am at Warwick Gardens Galore, Albion Street. Join “People of Action” and make a difference in your community. New members always welcome, DoncontactHughes on 0456 654 814.

Afaulty commodities report sent futures markets into meltdown in the US last week. According to newsagency Reuters, the US Agriculture Department retract ed weekly commodities export data it had released earlier on Thursday after a technical misstep left traders scrambling and caused uncertainty in the futures markets.Thegovernment said in a statement a new system to publish the weekly export sales report had encountered "challeng es that affected the physical dissemina tion of the export sales data as well as data

STANTHORPE: SOCIAL Table Tennis at the Stanthorpe Fit ness Centre, Talc St. Every Monday at 10am - Two hours of fun for just $5. Everything provided. Call Keith, 0413 870 021 or just turn up.

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and SERVICESTrades (07) 4667 1471 16 Betta Place, Warwick Carpet•Vinyl•Tiles•Laminate•Blinds•Shutters 09MH004Mon_KOD FLOOR COVERINGS MANUAL TRANSMISSION, DIFF & CLUTCH REPAIRS • 40 Years’ Experience • Ph 4661 3548 or 4667 0548 42 LYONS WARWICKST, 03MH005Tue_MWA MECHANIC MECHANICAIR-CONDITIONING SERVICEINSTALLATION,&REPAIRS Servicing Stanthorpe & Warwick Ph (07) 4681 0275 Electrical Contractor Lic. No. 82415 - ARC No. AU42783 QBCC Lic. No. 15042889 - NSW Lic No. 309938C BUILDING DESIGN ELECTRICIAN ELECTRICALWARWICKWORXP/L •Appliance Repairs•Air-cons•Solar Call Rodney 4661 1755 46 King St, Warwick Lic #85151 LOCKSMITH LOST ALL YOUR CAR KEYS? Call LOCK EXPERTS 97 Grafton Street, Warwick 4661 1086 - Peter 0408 231 345 METAL RECYCLERS For Best Prices Paid in the Region 43 PROGRESS STREET Ph 4661 7922 or 0427 361 164 www.actionmetal.com.au PEST CONTROL Mark 0438 623 734 Servicing the Southern Downs GraciousGiving •A large range of Gifts and Souvenirs •Free Gift Wrapping •Layby •PostageWelcomeAvailable074681 4700 24 Maryland Street, STANTHORPE graciousgiving@hotmail.com #buyfromthebush. GIFTS & SOUVENIRS LOCKSMITH LO S T A LL YOUR C A R K EY S ? N EE D A S PA RE ? Call LOCK EXPERTS 97 Graf ton Street, War wick 4661 1086 Peter 0408 231 345 GARAGES Rob Laney - PH 4661 5968 73 LAW ROAD, WARWICK •Garages •Colorbond•CarportsFencing •Patios 07MH004Mon_LAG GARAGES an d TSERVICES rades Popular in Europe, their muscular build makes them suitable for stock or security work, or equally at home as part of the family. The puppies have a beautiful, quiet, respon sive nature and the parents are gentle, loyal, affectionate, and are excellent watchdogs. NOTE: CERTIFICATE,VETERINARIANPUPPY VACCINATION, MICRO CHIP IMPLANT, and TRANSFER PAPERS, are COVERED IN PURCHASE PRICE OF PUP. Cost: $1000 Mastweiler Kennels 041 228 1979 PUPPIES FOR SALE Gorgeous Mastweiler Puppies For Sale (A Designer Dog bred from the two great dogs of France, the Rottweiler and the Dog of Bordeaux). YMCA WIRAC Warwick We are looking for Staff for the following positions1. Customer Service-Reception 2. Lifeguards 3. Learn to Swim Teachers To apply, go online andhttps://careers.ymcabrisbane.org/jobtotypeWarwickintoSearchByKeyword. Also, a Learn to Swim Teacher Course is being held at YMCA WIRAC on the 21st of September from 9am to 5pm. Just $320. Call 4661 7955 to find out how to register. POSITION VACANT YMCA WIRAC 29 Palmerin Street www.ymcafitness.comWarwick PRODUCE FOR SALE Small bales of lucerne hay and small bales of liverseed hay. Phone 0488 644 189 FOR SALE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Co-operation in Development (Australia) Inc (Fred Hyde Schools, Bangladesh) 11 am, Sunday September 11th at the Condamine Sports Club, Palmerin Street, Warwick. Includes a live 'cross' to one of our schools in Bangladesh. Further information, 1300 731 916 PUBLIC NOTICE

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Finals football in Stanthorpe

Photos show finals action in Stanthorpe Football this season. Grand finals are on Saturday, September 3 at C.F. White Oval. Photos by Tammy Nash.

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IT’S GRAND FINALS TIME! This Saturday, September 3rd at CF White Oval TE AM SDIVISION K I C K- OF F TI M E FILLIES Ballandean vs Inter 9:50AM JR COLTS Ballandean v United 11:15AM SR COLTS Carlton v City 12:40AM LADIES Inter v Ballandean 2:40PM MENS Carlton v United 4:15PM The Junior Trophy Presentation will take place at the end of the Senior Colts match. The Senior Trophy Presentation will take place at the end of the Men’s match.

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Allora Regional Sports committeeMuseummem bers are jumping with joy after receiving news that the Melboourne Cup will be in the town for the best part of a day on Wednesday, September 14.The cup will be taken from Gold Coast to Warwick for cup activities on September 13 and arrive in Allora at 10am on Sepember 14. Museum president Perry Cronin said dual winning Melbourne Cup rider Johnny Letts would be with the cup in Allora. “Johnny will speak to the crowd at the Allora Senior Citizens soon after 10am where members of the public will get the chance to touch the cup which will be presented to winning connections of this year’s cup,” he said.“The first 100 people at the function will receive a complimentary com memorative biscuit from Ross and Cassie Williams of Ginger Nuts Sweet Treats, of Allora.” Letts will speak at the senior citizens where a movie on the cup will also be shown. The cup will be taken to the Railway Hotel, Allora, where lunch can be purchased and cup fans can chat to Letts. At 1pm, the cup and Letts will be at the Allora State School and at 2pm at St Patrick’s School, Allora.Admission to the senior citizens is $5, all welcome

Madison Simpson and her horse Tiraumea Sportsman went clear in showjumping to easily win the top class in the Sustainable Eventing at Morgan Park at the weekend.Shehad a score of 53 after dressage and cross country with the next best rider more than 40 points behind and then went clear in showjumping to finish the event on Sunday. Simpson hails from Carbrook between Brisbane and the Gold Coast.As is the case most years, Warwick, the Equestrian Queensland Club of the Year in 2021, hosts a Federation International Equestrian event which attracts some of the best riders in the country, some times current Olympians. Warwick is one of only a handfull of facilities in Australia to host international events.Awin at Warwick boosts the chances of riders to com pete in the Adelaide International, the most presti gious event in Australia, where Simpson has already compet ed.There was non stop action in more than 10 classes at an event which attracted the cream of riders from South East Queensland.

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Success for Madison

Photo shows Madison Simpson going clear in show jumping at Morgan Park at the weekend.

Photo by Gerard Walsh.

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The cup is coming!