The Sentinel 25 September 2024 by SomersetMedia

Making it a day of fun at Wam FAM

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Moreton’s kitchen nightmare

TWO of Moreton Bay’s largest Meals on Wheels kitchens have been forced to close after depleting government funding following unprecedented demand for the key community service. It comes as meal providers plead for further

government assistance to allow them to continue providing meals and social interaction to some of the regions most vulnerable residents.

The Caboolture and Burpengary kitchens closed earlier this month in a bid to reduce costs across Meals on Wheels Moreton Bay Region (MOWMBR).

The organisation has been overwhelmed by demand over the past 18 months.

They received federal funding for 115,000 main meals last ﬁnancial year, but served up 9,000 more than they had funding for.

In total, they made 303,000 meal units last ﬁnancial year, which include chilled and frozen

meals, sandwiches, soups and desserts, with funding coming from a range of sources including Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP), Home Care Package (HCP) and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

MOWMBR General Manager, Wendy Smith, said it had been an incredibly

challenging time.

“We’ve had to restructure staﬀing and amalgamate our kitchens to reduce expenses and continue serving the community,” she said.

Despite this demand, they have not received any additional federal funding to accommodate the increase.

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Funding sparks debate

QUESTIONS have been raised by local residents after the State Government announced it was committing $2 million to help prop up the Woodford Folk Festival.

The funding lifeline came after The Sentinel revealed the iconic event had lost millions in ticket sales in 2023/24.

A combination of bad weather, rising production costs and tightening households budgets played havoc, with hopes of the festival building momentum after COVID shutdowns. P.3

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New housing on the horizon for Somerset

MORE social and aﬀordable housing is on the way for Somerset, as part of 13,700 new homes to be rolled out across Australia under the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF).

The ﬁrst round of HAFF and National Housing Accord programs will deliver 4,220 social and 9,522 aﬀordable homes, including 1,267 homes for women and children escaping domestic violence and older women at risk of homelessness.

The Fund will also support housing in remote Indigenous communities, and housing and specialist services for veterans experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.

Housing Australia has recommended contract negotiations for 185 projects, with construction on almost 40 per cent of the 13,742 dwellings forecast to get underway this ﬁnancial year. Round one of the

programs’ funding will unlock $9.2 billion of investment in social and aﬀordable housing, and the private and community housing sectors.

The programs will provide an ongoing funding stream to build 40,000 projects, with applications for round two opening in the next six months.

Federal Member for Blair Shayne Neumann said he expected to see a number of housing projects rolled out in Blair.

“The ﬁrst round of funding will deliver thousands of social and aﬀordable homes for those that need it most, including in Ipswich and the Somerset Region,” he said.

“We want to reduce the stress of housing – the long waits on housing lists, the long queues for rentals, the out of reach deposit for ﬁ home buyers – we’ll reduce these issues if we build more houses, which these projects do.”

THIS week we reveal the immense challenges facing the Meals on Wheels Moreton Bay Region (MOWMBR), which a few weeks ago was forced to close two of its kitchens after huge demand saw its funding depleated.

Staﬀ have been let go, while hundreds of clients - and growing at 100 per month - have been disrupted.

It is an extraordinary situation, which goes to the heart of the battle that thousands of our most vulnerable residents face across the region every day.

Last ﬁnancial year MOWMBR made and delivered over 300,000 total meal units, having had federal funding for 115,000 main meals and producing 9000 main meals more than they actually had funding

for.

Funding has simply not kept up with demand.

The response from the Federal Government has been to say that the Meals on Wheels can apply for more funding.

“MOWMB funds these extra meals through fundraising initiatives, but this only covers a fraction of the costs and is not sustainable,” MOWMBR general manager, Wendy Smith, tells The Sentinel this week.

“As a result, we’ve had to restructure staﬀing and amalgamate our kitchens to reduce expenses and continue serving the community.

“This restructuring has not only aﬀected staﬀ mental health but has also disrupted our clients’ delivery schedules.”

The Federal Government’s

response to the situation seemed devoid of the same empathy: “It is ... the responsibility of Meals on Wheels Moreton Bay as a private entity to ensure its operations are ﬁnancially responsible and sustainable.”

Nice. This is a problem that isn’t going to just disappear. Having a heart might help, but adequate funding is what is needed.

FESTIVAL LIFELINE

On the matter of taxpayer funds, the announcement last week that the State Government would be pumping another $2 million to support the Woodford Folk Festival certainly divided our readers.

The funding was meant to be a good news election sweetener, but questions about why the 37-yearold festival needed more government funding

dominated debate.

The state of the D’Aguilar Highway, rising homelessness, the lack of housing, the lack of proceeds to other not-forproﬁt organisations in the region.

All valid points.

Local Glass House MP, Andrew Powell, got to the nub of the issue, saying the festival was a valuable economic driver, but that $2 million could go a long way in the community. By some accounts, especially its own, the festival would have struggled this year without some assistance.

Maybe it was one festival that’s too big to fail.

Let’s hope this year is a rousing success. The arts sector, and festivals in particular, deserve some good news.

Lilywood sold out

THE ﬁrst 150 blocks of land at Lilywood Landings (LL) in Moreton Bay’s new city of Waraba have sold out in just weeks, prompting developer Lennium Group to fast-track future stages to meet demand.

LL released the ﬁrst stages of land to VIP customers in late July with prices starting at only $280,000 and home sites ranging in size from 315 square metres to 995 square metres.

With around 1,500 registrations of interest from potential buyers prior

sold in the ﬁrst week and the remaining lots have been snapped up quickly.

Lennium Group Development Manager Ian Worthington congratulated all those who managed to secure their block in the ﬁrst land release.

“It’s not every day that people get the chance to buy the very ﬁrst land in a brand-new city and we are delighted with the strong response received,” he said.

Mr Worthington said the construction of the ﬁrst homes should be starting

stage expected to be completed by the end of the year.

“We are working hard to bring on the next stages as soon as possible to keep up with demand, so I would urge anyone interested in calling Lilywood Landings home to register their interest in future releases now.”

First home buyers Isabella Spurdle and Oliver Dorofaeﬀ were among those fortunate to secure a block in the ﬁrst land release and hope to move into a new home in the community around June next year.

“We’re renting at the moment so it’s going to be fantastic to start paying our own mortgage rather than someone else’s,” said 25 year old Isabella.

The couple have chosen to build a four-bedroom,

two-bathroom home at LL. Oliver, also 25, said he is looking forward to construction of their home beginning early next year.

“We chose Lilywood Landings because of the aﬀordability,” he said.

Lilywood Landings is located on Caboolture River Road at the gateway to Waraba and will provide more than 700 muchneeded new homes over the coming years.

To ﬁnd out more or register your interest visit lilywoodlandings.com.au.

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Aerial view of road development in Lilywood Landings.

First home buyers Isabella Spurdle and Oliver Dorofaeﬀ.

A fraction of festival friction

$2M government funding sparks local debate

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QUESTIONS have been raised by local residents after the State Government announced it was committing $2 million to help prop up the Woodford Folk Festival.

The funding lifeline came after The Sentinel revealed last week the iconic event had lost millions in ticket sales in 2023/24.

A combination of bad weather, rising production costs and tightening household budgets played havoc, with hopes of the festival building momentum after COVID shutdowns.

But opinions about the extra funding were mixed, with many arguing that taxpayer money should be directed towards social issues.

“Would of rather my tax money went to the People living in Cruice Park down the road in tents,” one reader commented on Facebook.

“Bloody hell. There are people without homes. That money belongs to the people who work hard to pay taxes. How can they

take that money?” another added.

Another reader added: “They want handouts all the time and get it and only just down the road there is dozens of people living in the park with no roof over their head. Tell me how that is fair.

“So in another words, the government will hand out millions for entertainment and poor people don’t matter.” Kelly said a good comprise would be to allow the homeless to live on the festival grounds.

Other locals said the money could have been directed to health facilities.

A Moreton Bay Council spokesperson said the festival is “an institution on the Australian music and festival scene”, bringing an estimated economic activity of over $20 million to Moreton Bay.

Other locals said they spent a lot of money in local towns when visiting for the festival.

“I’ve worked setting up the festival many times. The pay is great and I spent a lot of it in Woodford and Kilcoy,” Jeff Burnet

commented.

“I’m surprised that some locals are not supportive of a $20 million business that only disrupts your life for one week of the year, who are interested in making peoples lives better and look after the land. Would you rather a chemical company or another quarry to poison your rivers?”

Andrew McLean, Greens candidate for Glass House, said. Katie added: “It’s a few days out of the year. And brings so much money to the town, which supports local businesses that hire local people.”

Locals Ang and Pete emphasised how great the event is and how “lucky” Woodford is to “host a world class festival in our little community”.

There was repeated concern about the festival not being able to support itself.

“If you look at the history of the folk festival every couple of years they scream broke and council or state government bail them out. Was this a grant or just a hand out?” Tracey Benjafield said.

that “every year this event has their hand out for money”.

“The government stands back and watches hundreds of business go down every year.

“Where is their help?”

State Member for Glass House, Andrew Powell, said despite him being a fan of the WFF and the flow-on economic effect it brings to the region, he would also have liked to see more money in other issues of the region.

“Through the years, governments of all political persuasions have supported the festival, both financially and through in-kind contributions,” he said.

“I do appreciate fully, though, that many locals

would also rightly ask where that kind of funding is for much needed community priorities, like resurfacing the D’Aguilar Highway through Woodford, fixing up any number of intersections or adding Years 11 and 12 to Woodford P-10 State School.

“If the Government can find $2 million for the festival, I’d love to see similar commitments to those other projects in the region too.”

Mr Powell emphasised, however, how he values “the tireless efforts of (co-founders) Amanda (Jackes), Bill (Hauritz) and their extraordinary team of volunteers” and cannot deny the positive impact it has on the region, attracting

thousands of tourists to the local towns, including Woodford, Maleny and Kilcoy.

It is estimated 93 per cent of festival goers come from outside Moreton Bay, with 40 per cent coming from outside Queensland (QLD), generating an estimated economic impact of $32 million overall in Queensland.

Council supported the Woodford Folk Festival with $500,000 through two operational support grants in the past two years and in 2011, purchased the Woodfordia site to guarantee the long-term future of the WFF and the economic benefits it brings to the local economy.

Woodford Folk Festival fun. Photo credit: Lachie Douglas.

Meals on Wheels closes

Funding SOS after staff let go and services shuffled

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TWO of Moreton Bay’s largest Meals on Wheels kitchens have been forced to close after depleting all funding, following unprecedented demand for the key community service. It comes as meal providers plead for more funding to allow them to continue providing meals and social interaction to some of the regions most vulnerable residents.

The Caboolture and Burpengary kitchens closed earlier this month in a bid to reduce costs across Meals on Wheels Moreton Bay Region (MOWMBR).

The organisation has been overwhelmed by demand over the past 18 months. They received federal funding for 115,000 main meals last ﬁnancial year, but served up 9,000 more than they had funding for.

In total, they made 303,000 meal units last ﬁnancial year, which include chilled and frozen meals, sandwiches, soups and desserts, with funding coming from a range of sources including Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP), Home Care Package (HCP) and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

MOWMBR General Manager, Wendy Smith, said the group was taking on approximately 100 new clients and dozens of online enquiries each month.

Despite this demand, they have not received any additional federal funding to accommodate the increase, as had been the case in past years.

“MOWMBR funds these extra meals through fundraising initiatives, but this only covers a fraction of the costs and is not sustainable,” she said.

“As a result, we’ve had to restructure staﬀ amalgamate our kitchens to reduce expenses and continue serving the community.”

Part of their restructuring includes cooking the meals for Caboolture and Burpengary in the Petrie kitchen now, rearranging delivery schedules, and reducing delivery days.

leaves some clients without any contact for up to three days, as their last delivery is on Friday.”

“This restructuring has not only aﬀected staﬀ mental health, but has also disrupted our clients’ delivery schedules,” Ms Smith said.

“We now deliver meals only from Tuesday to Friday, which helps us save on volunteer fuel (which we fund ourselves) and staﬀing costs.

To accommodate the increased meal preparation in their Petrie kitchen, MOWMBR have also had to close service to all clients on Mondays.

The group continues to provide extra frozen meals on Fridays, to ensure no client goes without a meal on Monday.

The Caboolture and Burpengary branches also

delivered to the local oﬀices for distribution, with them being prepared in Petrie.

Due to the funding constraints, MOWMBR has now also had to cease providing meals for any state-funded client under 65 years of age, as they only receive approximately $42,000 of State Government funding per year, which works out to about $5.75 per meal.

“That’s nowhere near enough,” Ms Smith said.

“Our agreement with the

meal funding, but we’ve broken it down to show just how little that support actually amounts to,” Ms Smith said.

Federally, MOWMBR have received $1.243 million in funding through CHSP, which is indexed annually.

Ms Smith said MOWMBR was in the diﬀicult position of needing to prioritise and decide who will receive meals, with potential clients being added to the My Aged Care waitlist, along with hospital referral clients.

950 clients across Samford, Pine Rivers, Woodford, Burpengary, Bribie Island, and Caboolture.

“We are still here to serve the community, and we are doing our best to accommodate everyone with the limited resources,” Ms Smith said.

“Each individual Meals on Wheels service should receive funding based on the meals they deliver.

“If we don’t provide meals to these clients, they risk ending up in

Garden organic bins are blooming to life

cities,” he said.

APPROXIMATELY 120,000 households across the Moreton Bay region have received their very ﬁrst garden organics (GO) bins on September 9.

This rollout sets the stage for the new kerbside GO collection service, which begins the December 2.

City of Moreton Bay’s Mayor Peter Flannery said he was delighted to see this service ready and on its way to residents.

“It’s disheartening that 23 per cent of what we throw away in our general waste bins is GO materials like grass cuttings, leaves and branches. This new GO collection service will help divert 15,000 tonnes of material from landﬁll and signiﬁcantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”

themselves with the proper usage of the bins, as everything collected will be turned into compost.

“We’re excited to be delivering a service our residents have been patiently waiting for. This service is essential for all modern, sustainable and environmentally focused

120,000 households have received their

Residents who live on a land size between 300 and 2,000m2 will receive their new GO bins between September and November of this year and are encouraged to store them safely until collections start.

Mayor Flannery has urged

“This compost could be used to grow the produce that you and your family eat. Remember, what you discard today may return to your dinner table tomorrow,” he said. The bin rollout is one of the largest in Australia and received funding from the Queensland Government’s Recycling and Jobs Fund.

For more information visit https://www. moretonbay.qld.gov.au/ Services/Waste-Recycling/ Collections/Garden-

Caboolture kitchen in December 2023.

ﬁrst garden organic bins. Inset: Mayor Flannery with GOGO Mascot and new bins.

two key kitchens

hospitals or aged care facilities, which goes against the government’s goal of helping older Australians remain in their homes longer. This would signiﬁcantly increase costs for the government, ultimately impacting taxpayers.”

MOWMB is now also working with Moreton Bay Council to ﬁnd a new location to amalgamate all six of their kitchens into a single cooking space, especially since some of the kitchens, like the former Caboolture one, are very old and small buildings.

“If you would like to get involved, especially as a volunteer, please reach out.

community,” they said.

“Demand for aged care services is increasing, in line with the ageing population. Requests for additional funding for aged care services is common.

“Commonwealth supports are available to assist providers with managing CHSP grant funding appropriately.

“It is, however, the responsibility of Meals on Wheels Moreton Bay as a private entity to ensure its operations are ﬁnancially responsible and sustainable”.

The spokesperson added CHSP grant recipients should contact their Funding Arrangement

Partnerships, Communities and the Arts said the State Government “recognises that Meals on Wheels provides vital food services as well as an important social service, helping to tackle social isolation and loneliness in our communities”.

The department said it had renewed its contract with MOWMB for three years, starting July 1, 2024.

As a result of this renewal process, MOWMB will receive $148,089 (exc GST) over three years ($49,363 per annum).

“Queensland Government representatives will continue to meet with MOWMBR to oﬀer guidance about other supports for clients of the service and related operational matters,” they said.

“The State Budget allocated $1.2 million over four years to Meals on Wheels Queensland as the peak body, to ensure Meals on Wheels providers are supported to continue delivering nutritious, value for money meals.

“Doubling the funding for MOWQ peak body is part of $8.9 million for food relief support for community-based food supply organisations to continue critical food recovery and distribution for Queenslanders.”

Meals on Wheels

Queensland (MOWQ) CEO, Evan Hill, said the struggle of balancing funding and a growing demand for meals is being seen across the state, with consistency in funding being a longstanding issue.

“We are seeing a growing number of members who are delivering above what they are contracted to provide,” he said.

“We do need to see some investment in growth funding in the CHSP for meals.

“As the CHSP has been extended to at least June 2027, without adequate growth funding for meals it will only increase the demands on our amazing members and their volunteers, who provide not only a nutritious meal but valuable social connection with every delivery they make.”

“We are asking for funding to meet the growing demand for meals, so no one is expected to wait and go without.”

Mr Hill said demand has been on increase over the past four years, having been exacerbated by an ageing population and cost of living crisis, with client numbers now exceeding 20,000 Queenslanders.

According to Mr Hill, certain Meals on Wheels kitchens having to provide more meals than they are funded for, means members need to find other ways to keep the budget and pricing in balance, usually off the back of fund raising efforts

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When comparing Moreton Bay’s decision to reduce operating hours and amalgamate kitchens to reduce costs, to other regions across the state,

Mr Hill said kitchens aren’t closing across the state. In some small cases, however, members are transitioning their government contracts to other Meals on Wheels providers, as was the case in Jimboomba.

“We believe there is a lack of funding in certain regions across Queensland and other parts of the country,” Mr Hill. said.

“There is also a

there is a genuine lack of consistency for how meals are deﬁned and funded within the CHSP and this needs addressing.”

Federal Member for Longman, Terry Young, said he is “deeply sorry” for the measures having to be taken by MOWMB to reduce costs and has called on the Federal Government to take action.

“Put aside the politics and at least reinstate the funding for any new clients and increase the funding per meal, as everything has gone up,” he said.

Anyone interested in volunteering call 07 3285 2532 or email info@ mowmbr.org. For more info visit www. mowmbr.org

Cr Darren Grimwade with Melissa Atkinson and Dee Medway.

Volunteers at Bunnings Big Fish.

LNP’s school promise for Woodford

WOODFORD State School

could soon add years 11 and 12 to its books in the coming years.

The LNP last week announced that, if elected to government, it would expand year levels so students would be able to complete their entire education at Woodford State School.

This would keep kids at school locally and ease the burden of travel for students and families, the opposition party said.

LNP Member for Glass House Andrew Powell said the move would be part of the LNP’s Right Plan for Queensland’s Future.

“Students entering year 11 or 12 currently need to travel out to Kilcoy State High School or down to public or private schools

in Caboolture to complete their schooling,” Mr Powell said.

“With many of those schools’ enrolment capped now, or slated to be soon, this commitment is even more critical for the region’s families, as part of our plan to deliver the programs and services needed to prepare for the State’s future.

“Adding years 11 and 12 to Woodford State School will greatly reduce travel times for Woodford, Delaneys Creek, D’Aguilar and Mt Mee students who are having to travel 30 to 40 minutes out of their way just to ensure they can ﬁnish high school.

“It also takes kids away from Woodford for sport and casual employment, and their parents from shopping local. This will be a huge game changer for the

broader community.

“Queenslanders need a fresh start, and this announcement is part of restoring a government that educates young Queenslanders, boosts our skills training facilities and puts more teachers in our schools.

Woodford mum, Michelle Hewitt, welcomed the announcement and said it would greatly improve the lives of students and parents in the area.

“I’ve sent two kids to Woodford State School and having to uproot them from their friends and community to go start fresh for their last two years of schooling is really challenging,” Ms Hewitt said.

“Woodford and surrounds have been in need of this commitment for decades.”

Come and say G’day

Remax Living opens new Woodford doors

THE fast-growing Remax Living team has oﬀicially opened its new Woodford oﬀice, with principal and owner Kathy Sweeney, saying the move underlined her commitment to the region and helping people buy or sell properties.

The expansive renovated Queensland cottage at 62 Archer Street, Woodford, was oﬀicially opened on Thursday, September 18 with about 40 guests checking out the new premises. “The past three years in Woodford had been

Letters

‘Leave them in peace’

Just wanted to voice my concern over the blatant disregard for Mr Walsh’s health versus the Council costs. It seems as if older people are disposable these days.

These people expected to live out their lives in their home, which they have made comfortable for their needs. Have some compassion and either pay for a full resumption, so they can move elsewhere, or leave them in peace.

A C Colquhoun Burpengary House inspection invasion

I’ve lived in rentals most of my life, including overseas in Europe and America, and the practice of house inspections still baﬀles me, as this is a purely Aussie thing. I take very good care of my home. I had an inspection recently where the notes said there were water droplets in the sink and the shower was wet (which is already a WTF note), and then got told the bed wasn’t made and there was dust on one of the ceiling fans in the guest room.

I thought inspections are to check the property is being upkept, not to

really exciting and busy and we had simply outgrown our old leased space,” Kathy said. She added the growth of Remax Living was testament to the eﬀorts of her team - six in Woodford and 28 in total - which collectively have decades of experience in the region.

“It’s great to be a part of the growth in Woodford,” she said. “We’ve taken a business we’ve had for three years, along with agents who have worked in the community for 18 years, and are now saying we are

scrutinise every speck of dust and if my bed is made (which has nothing to do with the property!).

I don’t understand how we allow such a massive invasion of privacy, where someone is allowed into the home that you pay for, take photos and judge if you have clothes on the ground or your bed is undone.

Real estate agents aren’t parents to scold you for being untidy, if the property isn’t damaged. The fact most people need to take one or two days oﬀ work to keep up with the insane high standards of an inspection is ridiculous. You want to check the property isn’t damages? Fine. Look for that, not giving us a cleaning list that I doubt most agents and owners do.

Nowhere else in world is this legal and it blows the mind of people when you tell them. Somehow every other country in the world manages to have rentals without doing house inspections and completly invading someone’s privacy.

“Oh but what if you were the owner”... well that’s what a bond is for and again: property owners around the world seem to manage just ﬁne. And even if we allow it, why are we looking at specks of dust and water droplets??

Kellie Lawton Narangba

here to stay.” The office space was designed by Lucy (pictured with Kathy) from Soulful Gypsy Designz to include recycled timber feature walls and a recycled boardroom table to help create a genuine sense of ‘home’ in the growing country town. “Our aim was to make the office feel very homely and relaxed,” Kathy said. “Our staff love working in a comfortable environment and for clients, it can feel like they’re in their own living room. remaxliving.com.au

Nurses pay more tax

When a political party accepts money from mining companies, developers, big banks, and billionaires we get a world where a nurse pays more tax than a multibillion dollar corporation. Read that again.

The two old parties in QLD, accepted more than $23 million from big corporates. The QLD Greens do not take corporate donations. None.

The Greens don’t always get it right, but I can guarantee you one thingthat any decision we make in parliament is not bought. It’s literally impossible to buy inﬂuence with the Greens. All decisions are made for the betterment of people and planet.

The Greens quickly realised we can’t care for the environment WITHOUT taking on big business.

The old parties are CONTROLLED by the top end of town, so they aren’t going to do anything meaningful for us.

Vote 1 for the fastest growing people-powered movement in Australia, and we will get more power to ﬁght the billionaires and look after Queenslanders. Check out www.greens. org.au/qld/plan

A feast of fun with Wam FAM

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WAMURAN came alive on Saturday, September 21, with delicious food, entertaining music, beautiful and many stalls, as the free FAM (Food, Art, Music) Festival brought locals and day trippers to the Wamuran Sports Complex.

The day featured endless free activities for kids to enjoy, including gem hunting, playing and experimenting with instruments, face painting, petting zoo, and bag designing.

Adults also had plenty to enjoy, with many bringing picnic blankets, shopping market stalls and listening to various speakers and musicians.

State Member for Glass House, Andrew Powell, and Div 12 Councillor, Tony Latter, also attended.

Somerset’s best gardens announced

THE winners of the annual Somerset Garden Competition, organised by Somerset Regional Council, have been announced.

This year the competition had 16 entries over four major categories, Best Rural Garden, Best Urban Garden, Best Business/Community Group Garden and Best First Time Entrant.

The winners of the four major categories for 2024 are:

Best Business / Community Group Garden –

Esk Caravan Park

Best Urban Garden –Heather Shelton

Best Rural Garden – Fay Craddock

Best First Time Entrant Garden – Carlie Oravsky

The gardens were judged by Somerset Councillors Sally Jess and Michael Bishop together with Carol Blacklock, who is a former runner-up in the Rural Garden category and an active member of the Valley of the Lakes Garden Club.

Somerset Mayor Jason Wendt congratulated all garden competition

entrants on preparing their gardens in what was a challenging season.

Gardens entered into the competition will be open for public viewing and enjoyment from 9am to 2pm on Saturday, 28 and Sunday, 29 September 2024. For the full list of entrants and open gardens visit: www.somerset.qld.gov.au

Get set GO! to

Our garden organics (GO) bins are on their way

If your property is between 300m2 and 2,000m2, your lime green-lidded bin will arrive by November.

You can use your GO bin to dispose of garden organic waste like grass clippings, branches and leaves. Did you know garden waste makes up 23% of what we throw away in our general waste bins? By using your GO bin, you’ll help divert 15,000 tonnes from landﬁll and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Collection starts from 2 December, so please store your new bin safely and don’t use it until two weeks before then.

Winner of Best Rural Garden Fay Craddock with Somerset Garden Competition judges. Free music workshop.

Fun games.

Picnic fun with pets and friends.

Family fun.

Petting zoo smiles.

Facepainting fun.

Andrew Powell MP and Cr Tony Latter.

Family fun at Wam FAM.

Painting workshop.

Spotlight on... FERNVALE & LOWOOD

A blooming extravaganza

Lowood’s trail blossoms with medicinal potential

LOWOOD’S section of the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail is fast becoming renowned for hosting one of the most diverse array of Eremophila plants across the east coast of Australia.

This hardy Australian native plant is being investigated for new bioactive compounds that could impact drug discovery and development .

Peter Bevan and his team of volunteers have been managing a trial site,

adjacent to the rail trail, of some 100 Eremophilia plants for the past two years.

The site was established at the request of Associate Professor in Chemistry at Griffith University, Rohan Davies, to support a Griffith University based study into the medicinal benefits of the plants.

Canberra based Lyndal Thorburn, National Chair of the Australian Eremophila Study Group, recently took

time out to walk the trail and inspect the ﬂowering plants with local specialist Peter Bevan.

Accompanying Lydal was her husband, Tom, UQ Gatton based lecturer, Robyn Cave, and Chinese student Xnetong Yan, who has just commenced a three year scholarship program studying Australian plants with the University of Queensland.

The tour group were particularly interested in

capturing seeds from the Eremophila for propagating purposes. Something they said, was quite diﬀicult to do.

According to Peter, the Eremophila is technically a desert plant, with a wide range of varieties found throughout Australia, many of which are now ﬂourishing and ﬂowering along the rail trail at Lowood.

Grant applications now open

APPLICATIONS have opened for this year’s Community Bank Lowood and Fernvale Grants Program, administered by the Community Enterprise Foundation.

Eligible local charitable and not-for-proﬁt organisations have until Friday, 25 October to apply for the funding. The community grants program aims to make a positive impact in the community by funding projects and activities that beneﬁt social capital, community welfare, environmental, health,

education or cultural initiatives.

For any locals who have a project that can make a positive contribution to the Lowood and Fernvale communities, this is a fantastic opportunity to secure the support needed.

To be considered applications must include a variety of supporting documentation.

These include current signed, audited financial statements or, if an organisation isn’t required to have audited financials, a profit and loss statement and a balance sheet,

along with a current bank statement.

Applications should also include quotes for all budget items and, if applicable, receipts or invoices from previous similar projects.

For projects involving wages, a copy of the Position Description and the corresponding Award Wage should be included.

State Government entities should call the Foundation before applying to understand any speciﬁ requirements.

Lyndal Thorburn, her husband Tom, Peter Bevan, Robyn Cave and Chinese student XnetongmTan in Lowood.

Health & Wellbeing

Rural grieving

New service helps rural families bereave

A FREE online program has been developed to address a gap in perinatal bereavement support options for Australian mothers and their families, particularly in rural communities.

The National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth (Stillbirth CRE) based at Mater Research and The University of Queensland has created a new online program to support bereaved parents and families, called Living with

stillbirths, the cause is unknown.

The new program aims to provide another option of support for families after losing a baby and provides information and evidencebased strategies to support coping and wellbeing. The information is delivered in a ﬂexible, self-guided digital format.

Led by Postdoctoral Researcher and Co-Lead of the Care Around Stillbirth and Neonatal Death research program

Dr Siobhan Loughnan (pictured), LWL is a selfguided and ﬂexible program that aims to increase access to readily available, evidence-based, and eﬀective support.

“The death of a baby during pregnancy or soon after birth is devastating—but a reality faced by over 3,000 Australian families each year,” Dr Loughnan said.

“Grief, distress, and other multifaceted emotions are natural responses following pregnancy and baby loss, and the quality of care that families receive around this time, including

ongoing support provided in community settings, are major contributors to immediate and long-term wellbeing.”

Dr Loughnan said the program was developed to address a gap in perinatal bereavement support options and to reduce some of the social, geographical, and logistical barriers that often limit engagement with support.

She said it would beneﬁt those who faced barriers to accessing and engaging with traditional bereavement support, which is particularly limited in rural communities.

Dr Loughnan said there was perceived stigma for seeking help, long waiting periods for professional and peer support, and lack of services in rural regions.

LWL is free and available nationally to all individuals impacted by pregnancy and baby loss.

Teen girls facing more cyberbullying

A STAGGERING 98 percent of Australian girls aged 14-19 have experienced cyberbullying, with 62 percent reporting appearance-related

including extreme dieting and excessive exercise, with serious consequences for young women’s mental health.

It can be accessed via the Stillbirth CRE’s Care Around Loss page – https:// carearoundloss.stillbirthcre. org.au/

“LWL has been designed so that it can be accessed privately at any time, and any place,” Dr Loughnan said.

Heart stopping stats

CORONARY heart disease (CHD) contributed to 1 in 5 deaths in 2022, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), which delves into the leading causes of death among Australians.

The report, What do Australians die from, sheds light on the complexity of

determining the cause of death by using all health conditions recorded on death certiﬁcates, providing fresh insights into the interplay of multiple diseases.

Michelle Gourley, spokesperson for the AIHW, noted the intricate nature of understanding how Australians die.

“Traditionally, statistics about causes of death are based on the underlying cause, but death certiﬁcates include additional information that helps us better understand why a death occurred,” she explained.

This can include secondary conditions and contributing factors like

appearance-related cyberbullying, where teens are teased or insulted about their body weight, shape, or physical features, is the most common form of online bullying experienced by adolescent females,” she said. This form of bullying can drive harmful behaviours,

hypertension, diabetes, and even lifestyle factors such as alcohol use.

The report reveals that most deaths involve multiple causes. In fact, four out of ﬁve deaths in 2022 had more than one condition listed, and nearly a quarter recorded ﬁve or more contributing causes.

Coronary heart disease was the most frequent underlying cause, accounting for 1 in 10 deaths, but when

“Body dissatisfaction is a key risk factor for eating disorders, which have the highest mortality rate of all psychiatric disorders among adolescent girls,” Ms Prince added.

emphasised the need for urgent

educators, and policymakers must be aware of what young women are exposed to online and how to address it,” she said. She advocated for education around

interventions, and stricter social media regulations, given some teens spend up to seven hours a day

“Digital literacy is essential,” Ms Prince added.

“We need to teach young people how to process the content they encounter, report negative experiences, and navigate the digital world safely.

The study, believed to be the first comprehensive investigation into the effects of appearance-related cyberbullying on girls’ mental health, highlights the significant mental strain such abuse can cause at a vulnerable stage of brain development.

factoring in all related conditions, it played a role in 1 in 5 deaths.

Dementia, hypertension, cerebrovascular diseases, and diabetes were also signiﬁcant contributors.

Conditions like hypertension (8 per cent), diabetes (7 per cent), and coronary heart disease (6 per cent) were prominent contributors.

The report also highlights diﬀerences in the causes of death across age groups.

“Open communication about cyberbullying and body image is crucial.”

For younger Australians (aged 15 to 54), external causes such as suicide, road traﬀic injuries, and accidental poisoning were the most common.

Among older Australians (aged 55 and over), chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, dementia, and cancer were the leading underlying causes of death, with direct causes often being complications of these illnesses.

Safer food for infants and kids

THE Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called on the government to adopt best practice standards for nutrition in commercial foods for infants and young children, and to put a stop to coercive and deceptive marketing of products.

The call is part of the AMA’s submission to the Department of Health

and Aged Care’s public consultation on improving commercial foods for infants and young children.

The Food Regulation Standing Committee (FRSC) is seeking to improve the nutritional composition, labelling and texture of commercial foods for

infants and young children through actions in the Food Regulation System. The goal of this work is to develop voluntary industry guidance to improve the labelling, packaging, serving size and ﬂavour proﬁle of commercial foods for infants and young children.

Pets & Animals

Adoption

Summary:

Meet Reggie! This handsome chap is looking for a new place to call home and a new family to love.

Inaugural festival set to unleash veterinary mental health awareness

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WOODFORD is set to host the very ﬁrst Vetfordia Festival on October 6, to raise awareness for mental health in the veterinary profession.

Veterinarian and creator of the event, Dr Elaine Cebuliak, said the demanding nature of the profession can lead to serious mental health struggles that often go unnoticed by the public.

“Veterinarians are often seen as the compassionate

caregivers for our beloved pets, tirelessly working to ensure their health and well-being,” she said.

“However, behind their dedicated exterior, veterinarians face signiﬁcant mental health challenges that are frequently overlooked.

“Long hours, emotional strain, ﬁnancial stress, and the frequent need to make life-or-death decisions for their patients contribute to a high-stress environment.”

The festival, held at

Woodfordia, will raise funds for the veterinarian suicide prevention charity Sophie’s Legacy by celebrating the amazing contribution that vets make in keeping our beloved pets happy and healthy.

Kicking oﬀ at 7am, Vetfordia will provide an entertaining day for families and pet enthusiasts packed with live music, engaging art displays, children’s activities, and wellness experiences.

Dr Cebuliak hopes the festival will not only spark important discussions about mental health in the veterinary ﬁeld, but also drive meaningful and positive changes.

“Vetfordia has the potential to spark a broader conversation about mental health in the veterinary ﬁeld,” she said. The event will take place from 7am to 8pm at the Woodfordia showgrounds. More info at vetfordia. com.au or www.facebook. com/groups/vetfordia/

He’s quite the bouncy ball full of energy, great for a fun active family or person to match!

Reggie is open to all experience levels and will make a great friend for another dog :)

If Reggie appears to be the dog-shaped hole missing from your life, apply today to start your adoption journey!

Adoption Fee: $185

Summary:

’ve been described as pretty and sweet...I’m not about to argue!

Even though I haven’t had the easiest start to life, I’m still VERY optimistic about my future and finding a caring human who’ll shower me the attention I deserve. I can be a little wary but I promise your patience and kindness will be well rewarded once I find my feet (so to speak). I’ve come to realise that humans are quite magnificent creatures. They have hands...great tools for applying pats in just the right places, and for opening food containers!!!!

Age: 2 years

Sex: Female

Adoption Fee: $450

Summary:

Yaama is a spirited young Cattle Dog cross with an eagerness to please and a zest for adventure. This happy girl would thrive in a home that dedicates time to her training, includes her in family outings, and helps her adjust to a new routine after her time in the shelter. Daily activities such as walks, fetch, and playtime are essential for her well-being. She adores toys, so rotating them regularly will keep her entertained. If you’re ready for a joyful, active companion who loves to explore the world with you, Yaama could be the perfect match.

Yaama

Australian Cattle Dog (Mixed)

Reggie Rhodesian Ridgeback (Mixed)

Frank Domestic Short Hair

Pet registrations due by September 30th

MORETON Bay Council is reminding all cat and dog owners that it’s time to renew annual cat and dog registrations by September 30. Mayor Peter Flannery highlighted the importance of timely pet registration.

“Renewing your pet registration and keeping details updated is crucial for their safety and our community’s well-being,” he said.

“It ensures we can quickly reconnect lost pets with their families and support public safety initiatives. It also covers the cost of returning your pet if they are impounded the ﬁrst time.”

Council oﬀers concessions for pensioners and reduced fees for de-sexed pets.

Here are some top tips for responsible pet ownership:

Cat and dog registration: Registration for cats and dogs is mandatory under state and local laws.

Annual registration is due by Monday 30 September. After this date, owners with unregistered animals may incur a ﬁne of $322. Haven’t received a registration renewal notice? Contact City of Moreton Bay on

3205 0555 or visit Council’s website.

Microchipping: In Queensland, cats and dogs aged between 8 and 12 weeks must be microchipped as required by the Animal Management Act 2008. Free microchipping is available for registered dogs through Council’s Pets in Public Spaces program, and subsidised microchipping is also available to cats and dogs at City of Moreton Bay’s Animal Pound.

Identiﬁcation tags:

Under Council’s Animal Management Local Law 2023, pet owners

microchip.

Keep details up to date: Update your animal’s registration and microchipping details online so they can be easily reunited with your family if they go missing.

Desex your pet: Desexing is recommended to prevent unwanted litters.

Council oﬀers discounted registration for desexed pets.

For more information on how to be a responsible pet owner in Moreton Bay, visit www.moretonbay.qld.gov. au/animals

Healthy pets, happy people

FUR Life Vet Caboolture clinic are offering great benefits to anyone joining their Best Mates Plus Membership available as a one off payment or pay in monthly instalments. With the membership, pet owners can enjoy four free vet consults, unlimited free nurse consults, free annual vaccinations, free health screen blood tests, discounts on medicines, parasite control, food and merchandise, free dental scale and polish OR free desexing OR free parasite package, and unlimited free Vetriage Animal Health tele consults (after hours).

Fur Life Vet also oﬀer a single dose ﬂea and tick treatment injection, which lasts a full 12 months.

Call to make an appointment with a Veterinary Nurse for a free dental check up and until October 31 customers can also get 20 per cent discount on any dental procedures that are booked after the check-up.

Dr Craig Farmiloe and his team have over 150 years of combined experience and they will have you and your furry friend covered, with services including preventive care, vaccinations, parasite control and general health checks.

Conveniently located next to the local PetStock, Fur Life Vets Caboolture features state-of-the-art facilities that oﬀer day to day management of your pet, as well as laboratory diagnostics, and a fully equipped operating theatre and dental suite.

They have a dedicated

team of nine qualiﬁed and passionate team members who believe in proactive health management to ensure that your pets enjoy a long, content life. Their vision is “Healthy Animals and Happy People”, their number one goal is providing optimal health care for all your beloved pets.

Their opening hours are Monday to Friday 8.30am5.30pm. More information in their ad below. Find them on 459 Pumicestone Road, Caboolture (Big Fish Junction). Call 07 5221 3488, or book online at www. furlifevet.com.au/

Cheyann Johansen - Vet Nurse; Seren Thomas - Trainee Vet Nurse; Dr Craig Farmiloe - Clinical Lead Veterinary Surgeon; Amber Roden - Vet Nurse; Diane Eastwood - Receptionist.

Streetfest Caboolture

When: Thursday September 26th, 4pm - 9pm

Where: Caboolture

Showgrounds, Beerburrum Rd, Caboolture

Info: Join us for a night of food trucks, dessert stalls, boutique retail stalls & music. Full lineup to be announced! Watch this space! $3 Entry Per Person.

Family Field Day

When: Friday September 27th, 11am - 3pm

Where: The Condensery - Somerset Regional Art Gallery 29 Factory Road

Toogoolawah

Info: This school holidays join us for a field day at The Condensery! Full of art workshops, nature walks and creative fun for children and families on the grassed areas of The Condensery’s grounds. Visit www. somerset.qld.gov.au/events for more information.

Kilcoy Markets

When: Saturday September 28th, 7am - 12.30pm

Where: Yowie Park, Hope Street, Kilcoy

Info: “Kilcoy Yowie Country Northern Gateway to Somerset” The Markets are on every Second & Last Saturday of each Month Call 0438927964 to inquire about booking a stall.

Cars for Kids

When: Saturday September 28th, 9.30am - 12.30am

Where: Accelerate Church 8-12 Business Dr, Narangba

Info: FREE EVENT - it’s for the kids! Cars for Kids is a collaborative effort with Alex Kuchmenko to help keep the passion alive, inspiring kids to keep

Automotive at the same time! BBQ, Coffee Van, Hot Wheels vendors, food truck, gifts for the kid - bring the family along and connect with drivers* and check out some amazing vehicles! All vehicles welcome, not just cars! Bikes, 4x4s, trucks, bring them all! We will be fundraising for Heart Kidsmore details to come! Gates open at 8.30am.

Pets in Public Spaces information session

When: Saturday September 28th, 7am - 11am

Where: Park Ridge Estate Park, Corner of Caboolture River Road and Parkridge Avenue, Upper Caboolture Info: Are you a pet parent or adopting a new fur baby?

Join Council Rangers at Park Ridge Estate Park Upper Caboolture to learn about your responsibilities as a pet owner in City of Moreton Bay. Come along and connect with fellow pet enthusiasts, share stories, and make new friends. Your dog might find a playmate too!

Barefoot Bowls Fundraiser Day

When: Saturday September 28th, 11am

Where: Kilcoy Bowls Club, 11 Royston Street, Kilcoy Info: GREEN & GOLD Barefoot Bowls Day. The wonderful Kilcoy Bowls Club have kindly donated the greens and venue to support me in my journey to represent Australia! Come down for a great day of bowls, drinks and pool while raising funds to support Richelle represent the mighty GREEN AND GOLD in the 2025 Blackball ‘Nations Cup’ World Championships in England.

Theme: Green & Gold / Aussie

Raffles | sausage sizzle | all welcome.

Esk Country Markets

When: Saturday September 28th, 7am - 12pm

Where: Pipeliner Park, Heap Street, Esk Info: Esk’s hub for fresh produce & crafts. Join us Saturdays 7am-12pm for local charm & community.

Toogoolawah Pictures200% Wolf

When: Saturday September 28th, 7pm

Where: Alexandra Hall, Toogoolawah

Info: Toogoolawah Pictures is an iconic gem of the Somerset Region with its canvas sling back seats and country charm. Booking via Facebook page or 0467 301 924.

Somerset Open Gardens

When: Saturday September 28th & Sunday September 29th, 9am - 2pm

Where: Various Locations

Info: Take time to stop and smell the roses in Somerset, Queensland this weekend at the 2024 Somerset Open Gardens. The entrants into this year’s Somerset Open Gardens Competition have been pruning, primping, sprouting and sprucing for months to produce some of South East Queensland’s most beautiful and unique gardens. With 16 open gardens to view, the blooms and blossoms of this year’s Somerset Open Gardens are not to be missed! Visit www.experiencesomerset. com.au/wp-content/ uploads/2024/09/SomersetOpen-Gardens.pdf for a full

Woodford Community Art Group Annual Exhibition - Launch Night

When: Thursday October 3rd, 7pm

Where: 109 Archer Street, Woodford Info: Showcasing the wonderful local talent in our annual exhibition. Launch night is on the 3rd of October at 7pm where the winners will be announced. Exhibition is open for 2 months

Woodford Night Market

When: Friday October 4th, 5pm - 9pm

Where: Archer Street, Woodford

Info: Family friendly Event with Entertainment and Busker. Handcrafted and Artisan Stalls and Food Trucks. Brought to you by Woodford Lions Club where the proceeds assist in the local community.

Friends In Low Places

– The Garth Brooks Experience

When: Friday October 4th, 7.30pm - 9.30pm

Where: Somerset Civic Centre 35 Esk Hampton Road, Esk

Info: Join us for an unforgettable night of nostalgic nineties country, as we bring to you, FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES – THE GARTH BROOKS EXPERIENCE. Re-defining country music to an entire generation, Garth Brooks wowed his audiences with hit after hit in the 90s. Performed by an eight-piece band, this is a night not to be missed as we pay tribute to Garth Brooks. Tickets

$30.00 PP or Group 4 $25.00 PP

October Long Weekend

Party

When: Friday October 4thSunday October 7th

Where: Exchange Hotel Kilcoy, 13 William Street, Kilcoy

Info: Celebrate the King’s Birthday long weekend at the Exchange Hotel Kilcoy Friday - Country Fridays from 7:15pm in the front bar

Saturday - Live music from 8pm Sunday - NRL Grand

Final LIVE & LOUD from 6pm Win big in the halftime footy toss comp! Prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd Game day specials will be available. Bookings for lunch and dinner are highly recommended. Call us on (07) 5497 133

Australian Celtic Women concert

When: Saturday October 5th, 2pm - 4pm

Where: Wamuran

Community Hall, 14A Mole Street, Wamuran

Info: Australian Celtic Women bring together an all-female musical ensemble to transport you back to rolling hills, misty moors, and heavenly voices, with tantalizing harmonies, dazzling costumes and whirlwind fiddle playing. Stunning visual effects, angelic voices, costumes and choreography combined with the richness of celtic instruments provides an unforgettable performance full of warmth, memories and exhilaration with the audience crying out for more.

With years of experience in opera, musical theatre, folk, pop and celtic music;To book your tickets, click www.trybooking.com/ CUSMA

Fernvale Moonlighht

Markets

When: Saturday October 5th, 4.30pm - 8.30pm

Where: Fernvale Sports Park, 31 Brouff Rd, Fernvale

Info: A family friendly night market held on the first Saturday of each month that includes: Food trucks, Market stalls, Live music, Children’s activities

QCWA Burpengary Green Wattles & Burpengary Men’s Shed Open Day

When: Saturday October 5th, 9.30am - 3pm

Where: 17 Maitland Road, Burpengary East Info: Come along and learn about QWCA Burpengary Green Wattles, who we are, what we do and how we are helping our community. The day has something for the whole family with activities for children, workshops, cooking demonstration, tours of facilities and stalls selling handmade items. Morning teas and a sausage sizzle for sale.

Members Exhibition 2024 - Artisans’ Guild of Caboolture and District

When: Saturday October 5th - Friday November 1st Where: Old Bay Road Community Complex, 1-17 Maitland Road, Burpengary Info: The exhibition allows members to create their best art and craft and exhibit it to the public for the entire month. and share their talents be it in the art, craft, photographic and woodwork areas. It is open to all members to enter. Workshops are conducted during the year that increase skills and knowledge.

Join the annual chaplaincy fundraising dinner in Kilcoy

THE Annual Bring About Hope Chaplaincy Fundraising Dinner is set to unite the community in support of the Mt Kilcoy State School chaplaincy program.

Hosted by school chaplain Peter Robinson (Chappy Pete), the dinner will take place on Friday, October 11, at the Kilcoy Bowls Club.

Chappy Pete said that the dinner is an opportunity to raise funds to ensure that he can continue to provide support to the students of Mt Kilcoy State School all

year round.

“Whilst we are blessed to receive government funding for chaplaincy in Australia, few people know that the level of government funding only pays for one day a week at a school,” he said.

“So, for me to remain at Mt Kilcoy State School on a two day a week basis, I need to raise circa $10K per year from within the community to allow me to continue to provide much needed support to the young people at my school.”

Attendees can enjoy a two course meal with

live music from a local musician, along with a presentation from guest speaker philanthropist Lord Bob Edmiston.

“This dinner is important because it is a community event to support the young people in our area,” Chappy Pete told The Sentinel.

Tickets are priced at $40, which covers the meal; however, the event will also feature raﬀles and other opportunities to further support chaplaincy in the community.

For tickets and more information visit https:// brushﬁre.com/sua/ dinner/576248.

Movie fun in Toogoolawah

GET ready for a magical and moonlit show this weekend on Saturday, September 28, with Toolooglawah Pictures, as they show 200% Wolf (rated PG).

showcases Freddy Lupin’s journey, when a wayward wish transforms him into a werewolf and deposits a

Reving up engines

THE Gronks Social Riders Club is calling all motorcycle enthusiasts and community members to join the 8th annual ‘Ride for Red’, a charity motorbike ride in support of Cancer Research.

This year’s event, taking place on Saturday, October 5, continues a tradition that began in 2016 in memory of a beloved friend who bravely battled brain cancer.

The ‘Ride for Red’ has grown each year, with 2023’s event seeing 86 motorcycles and 12 cars join the ride, raising over $14,000 for Cancer Council Queensland. This year, the organisers are aiming to surpass that milestone, as they unite the community in the ﬁght against cancer.

The ride kicks oﬀ at BP Caboolture Northbound, with participants setting out on a scenic journey that will conclude at the Bribie Island Hotel.

The day will culminate in an afternoon going into the evening of live music, raﬀles, auctions, and the highlight of the event—the drawing of the major raﬀle prize. This year’s grand prize includes two nights’ accommodation at the Bribie Island Hotel and a full-day BBQ boat hire.

“This event is a special way to honour the memory of our friend and contribute to a cause that aﬀects so many,” said organiser Gary Blake.

“The support we’ve seen over the years has been incredible, and we’re looking forward to another successful ride.”

Participants and supporters are encouraged to follow the ‘Ride for Red Annual Charity Motorbike Ride’ event on Facebook for updates.

Those interested in joining or supporting the event can contact the organisers, Gary at 0407 570 651 or Helen at 0400 983 792, for more information.

In addition to on-site participation, supporters can also contribute through donations via a QR code linked to the ‘DO it for Cancer webpage, ensuring that everyone can play a part in this meaningful event.

All proceeds from the event go directly to Cancer Council Queensland, helping to fund critical research and support services for those aﬀected by cancer.

Don’t miss the chance to be part of event. Whether riding, volunteering, or simply showing up to support, your involvement makes a diﬀerence in the ﬁght against cancer.

promises a family fun adventure, along with a snack bar, hot dogs, and popcorn at Alexandra Hall, Toogoolawah.

Their doors open at 7pm for a movie-start of 7.20pm and end of 9.20pm.

Children enter $8, adults $10 or a family deal of $30. This isn’t the only event Toogoolawah Pictures is hosting! Beetlejuice premiers Saturday 12 October, and Runt sees the screen Saturday 26 October. Times and prices remain the same for all three movies. Pay with Eftpos at the door or book beforehand. Please message Toolooglawah Pictures –Alexandra Hall on Facebook to book, or text or call 0467 301 924.

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200% will be showing at Toogoolawah Alexandra Hall on September 28, at 7pm.

Chaplaincy fundraising dinner at Mount Mee in June.

Organisers Helen Weir and Gary Blake.

Henry Somerset

Pop, boom, crash

In our current population boom, governments aren’t coping. Queensland has grown in the last year by the size of Mackay, or Marlborough plus Hervey Bay, or more likely appropriate for our state’s Tower of Power politicians and boofocrats, double the inner city hipster spread from West End to New Farm. In the last three years, Australia’s population has grown by the entire 1.9 million population of South Australia.

And about 80 percent by migration.

The real issue, especially facing a Queensland election, is whether our governments can cope?

At our local level, the answer is a deﬁnite and resounding NO.

The fact that the mayors of Somerset and Moreton Bay Councils have to go cap in hand to Canberra and the Tower of Power to plead for a few scraps of extra funding just highlights that the federal and state boofocrats have absolutely no idea of the impact of this high population growth on these two periurban regions of Brisbane. But that would suggest the federal and state boofocrats don’t want to admit they got their population projections wrong by 200,000 people nationally - just for the last year.

If any of the hardworking business owners in our region got their Budgets so wrong they’d go broke. The boofocrats were

only wrong by 40 percent - but they keep their well padded jobs.

While the feds throw tens of billions at submarines and with the state $7 billion (but more likely $13 billion plus) at a few weeks of Olympics in 2032, our local Councils struggle to get a

few million here and there for road upgrades and essential infrastructure such as water and sewerage for new housing for the migrant boom.

It’s a disgrace that ministers and boofocrats can blithely wave through a $3.5 billion overspend

Under My Skin

Brush with celebrity

When we heard the news of the passing of “The greatest voice in Hollywood — screen legend James Earl Jones”, the memories came ﬂooding back.

I once drank single malt whisky with the late JEJ. Please allow me to bore you while I indulge in my brush with celebrity.

Eleven years ago my wife and I walked out of our unit in the Brisbane CBD to get the lift to our car. As the doors were closing I heard the words “hold the lift” and a man got in, obviously in a hurry, so I casually asked where he was oﬀ to.

He said he had to catch a cab because he was late for a rehearsal at QPAC. I asked him if he would like a lift and he gratefully accepted. It turned out my passenger was Boyd Gaines who was the third cast member in the stage version of Driving Miss Daisy. The other two were Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones.

We didn’t dwell on this brief encounter but next

day there was an envelope under our door. It contained two tickets to the show and an invitation to meet up with Mr Gaines backstage. We did just that and were introduced to the delightfully gracious Ms Lansbury. We were then taken to JEJ’s large dressing room where there was a bit of a party going on. Mr Jones was our host. His adult son got our autographs (can you believe we didn’t ask for an autograph from JEJ) and we sat and yarned to the great actor on and oﬀ for almost two hours.

News of Mr Jones’ death made me think of the movie Sliding Doors. In our case it was lift doors that were closing and the chance meeting with a stranger who was a celebrity in his own right and a co-star of two other stage greats.

Vale James Earl Jones. Big, bad Bruce Premier SMiles must think we’re a bunch of idiots. He is quoted as saying The Federal Government was genuine about its intentions

to ﬁx the Bruce Highway but any funding discussions are preliminary in the absence of a budget cycle. What’s that? Did both governments forget to have discussions during this year’s budget cycle? Or did the condition of the infamous Bruce dramatically deteriorate in the past few months?

This bloke really is a goose. Life support needed Where the hell are we going to end up? In recent weeks we have been ﬂooded with stories of frontline staﬀ in Queensland walking away from their jobs.

I have spoken to teachers, cops and ambos who love their jobs but can’t work there anymore. A young teacher, with Education Queensland for just nine years, said she’s had enough.

When we see headlines like, “Bash cam. Pleas to end the classroom violence”, we know why.

Another headline, “Nurses quitting over unsafe

WEASEY’S PROPERTY REPORT

Here are some of the key factors in achieving a successful result for all parties. Pets can be precious family members – but allergies and anxieties are incredibly common in the community, so an open home is not the right time or place for most of them. It is strongly advised to contain all pets safely and securely. It is also paramount to clean up any mess or odours before each open home.

Aggression amongst owner and visiting dogs doesn’t happen often but I have personally seen this several times during my career and the outcome can be traumatic for all involved.

Likewise, it is unpleasant for visiting pets to make a mess inside the home or on the verandah of a property for sale. Buyers, please avoid this circumstance by leaving beloved pets at home if at all possible. Sellers do not typically stay at home when their property is open for inspection. Agents collectively will advise against the owner’s attendance for good reason. Despite good intentions, sellers can unwittingly cause buyers to leave early by accidentally making them feel shadowed, spied on, pressured, cornered, or coerced into a conversation that may pry into the visitor’s personal or ﬁnancial circumstances.

It is hard for buyers to retain interest in a property if they have not been given time and space to view over it properly, so it is vitally important that buyers with serious intentions are able to discuss pros/cons amongst themselves and ask questions of the agent. These conversations can make or break an oﬀer, and any future negotiations. Try and put most personal items away – the power of visualisation has been shown to be extremely important to potential buyers, whether they are conscious of the fact of not. A property that is de-personalised before professional photography and in preparation for

on Cross River Rail in inner Brisbane, but hand out a miserly $5 million for the notoriously bad Brisbane Valley Highway, or deny $100 million for essential infrastructure for new housing developments across the region.

The feds rake in the billions of income tax and gst (part shared with the state) revenue and the state gets the extra stamp duty on property and cars and insurance from the booming population.

Then they waste that revenue on megaprojects some distance away while our Councils get a few percent, the crumbs oﬀ the cabinet tables of Canberra and Brisbane based governments.

Voters in fast growing areas such as ours should be outraged. not just

conditions”, just added to the long list of major problems in Queensland Health, especially involving good staﬀ

And it seems some courts think our police can be used as punching bags, judging by the weak sentences they impose on brutal thugs.

Something has to change. Whichever party wins government in October, Ministerial and bureaucratic heads have to roll and clueless administration has to be replaced.

Maturity can wait

A former colleague who doesn’t clean out old ﬁles had his memory jogged by Transport Minister Bart Mellish’s oaﬁsh behaviour by yelling out to disrupt an Opposition media conference.

He sent me a March 2012 telephone list from the Oﬀice of the then Deputy Premier Paul Lucas. His assistant policy advisor was none other than Mr Mellish.

“He was an ambitious pretender then and he hasn’t changed, which probably explains another

open homes is far more likely to achieve a positive emotional imprint in the minds of interested parties. This is because buyers can imagine their own lives in that setting much more easily when the decor is neutral.

While it almost goes without saying that the way a property is presented can dramatically aﬀect its value, rest assured that a property does not need to be styled cover-worthy of Home Beautiful magazinealthough this is wonderful if you are so inclined and will return the highest proﬁt margin at sale. First and foremost, make the property as clean and tidy as you can, and if necessary, reach out for help because sometimes it really does take a team.

upset or grizzled, but outraged.

Those opposing immigration are ﬁghting against a tide that the federal and state governments obviously can’t stop.

The much publicised border protection has caught a few dozen sad and sorry desperates on the high seas - and house them on Nauru and Cocos Island at a cost of $1.3 billion while ten thousand migrants come into our region and our Councils get barely three pence happenny.

There’s something very wrong here.

leader’s merit-based rise through the ranks,” he groaned.

Not-so-Super

A reader was more than a little upset when he found out Riverﬁre was sponsored by his super fund and wondered what tangible beneﬁts he might expect from such commercial largesse.

“I’m also yet to perceive any beneﬁts from the 2022 QSuper/Sunsuper merger/ amalgamation/coup/ takeover,” he opined. “I assume all board members and sundry managers and directors achieved appropriate recognition of their elevated importance within the larger organisation.

“Doubtless we have been a victim of their increased TV advertising budget and suﬀered the sight and sound of this puerile annoyance — the stupid monster contraption.

“The line ‘I gotta get me one of those’ suggests they are endeavouring to reach the illiterate Sunsuper market at our expense.

There are many good value service providers who can help to get a property ready for market, all the while being mindful of the most important factor of all - People still come before Property. This approach means that as an agent, I can provide help and support to each seller with compassion and understanding for the complexities of life and their unique situation.

There are so many reasons why a seller can’t physically or emotionally attend to the presentation of their home in a way that they would have liked to, had their current circumstances been diﬀerent. Over the past 18 years I have worked for sellers across a huge range of property types and

By SKINHEAD

Sigh”. Ouch. Just briefly Felt great being involved in the Bridge To Brisbane. I watched 35,000 silly buggers struggling along Kingsford Smith Drive through a set of binoculars. Please offer a daily prayer to Zeus, the most important Olympic god. Maybe Zeus can protect us from becoming a world laughing stock when we stage the 2032 Brisbane Fun and Games in the equivalent of backyard facilities. Weapons of choice for anarchists violently demonstrating in Melbourne — vomit balloons and horse shit. Sick, filthy people doing whatever they feel like.

Thought for the Week: Marriage is a relationship where one person is always right and the other is the husband.

conditions and it has been an absolute privilege to help them achieve the best possible outcome as they transition to the next chapter in their lives. If you would like assistance in your own real estate journey, please don’t hesitate to contact me anytime on 0427 536 725 or cwease@remaxliving.com. au. I look forward to being of service.

with Chris Wease, Senior Sales Agent at Remax Living, Woodford.

HAVE FUN with

Cattle markets

LAIDLEY

608 head were yarded at Stariha Auctions Laidley cattle sale on Thursday.

Cattle sold to strong rates, with certain lines of cattle dearer. Store cows and cows & calves showed the most improvement. Western buyers were prominent, with large numbers of cattle going that way.

JA Taylor & Sons, Fordsdale, sold a Santa bull for $2520.

Elaine & Peter Horrocks, Mt Whitestone, sold Limousin feeder steers for $1610, $1580 & $1500 and cows for $1260.

Emervale, Redbank Creek, sold a line of Droughtmaster feeder steers for $1580.

sold Charolais cross weaner steers for $1300 and feeder heifers for $1130.

Robert & Tracey Bailey, Derrymore, sold Droughtmaster cows & calves for $1640.

Robert Ryan, Mt Mee, sold Droughtmaster steers for $1680 and milk tooth heifers for $1290.

Russell Lehmann, Minden, sold Charbray weaner steers for $1200.

Neville Hoger, Ropeley, sold Charolais weaners, with steers making $1260 and heifers $1080 & $800.

Bernie Baker, Ravensbourne, sold lines of backgrounder steers for $1390, $1180, $1150 & $1120.

Mick & Maree Coogan, Mt Whitestone, sold

for $1380. Margaret Horrocks, Mt Sylvia, sold Charbray store cows for $1130.

Robert Brunker, Mt Tarampa, sold Droughtmaster backgrounder steers for $1220.

Anthony Washband, Tarampa, sold Murray Grey backgrounder steers for $1160.

Errol & Kaye Ziser, Beerburrum, sold backgrounder steers for $1260 & $1100.

Jeremy Phillips, Lockyer, sold Brahman cross backgrounder steers for $1200 & $1100.

The Reinke Family, Mt Sylvia, sold Santa weaner steers for $1060 and yearling heifers for $1140.

Doug & Louise Gelhaar, Ingoldsby, sold Charolais weaner steers for $1000 and

$970. Don Youles, Kilcoy, sold Brangus steers for $1120.

WOODFORD

The market stayed ﬁrm to slightly dearer for all descriptions at Stariha Auctions Woodford cattle sale on Monday. Cows showed the most improvement.

Trevor Bailey, Woodford, sold a line of light Droughtmaster feeder steers for $1470.

Kilner Creek, Bryden, sold Charbray weaner steers for $1100 and cows for $1330.

Anna & Nicholas Murray, Mt Delaney, sold Droughtmaster cows for $1340.

Ian Kent, Samsonvale, sold Blonde steers for $980 & $850 and vealer heifers for $630.

Wally Breton, Peachester, sold Droughtmaster cows

Trevor Carberry, Elaman Creek, sold Murray Grey vealer heifers for $770 and Bruce Baker, Laceys Creek, sold Droughtmaster steer calves for $880 &

John & Maree Robinson, Mt Mee, sold Droughtmaster heifers for $690.

Denis Martin, Conondale, sold vealer heifers for $570 and cows for $1200.

Sommer Brothers, Maleny, sold Dairy cows for $1020 and vealers for $600

$140m boost to nature fund

QUEENSLAND’S regional communities are set to beneﬁt from Queensland Nature funding tripling in size, with signiﬁcant investments made to support farmers, landholders and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples capitalise on emerging natural capital markets.

This new commitment, made by the State Government will support natural capital demonstration projects, a six-year pilot of annual stewardship payments to landholders, the provision of extension support by regional NRM organisations to drive landholder engagement in natural capital markets, develop regional Natural Capital Accounts, and help protect one of Australia’s largest nature refuges.

Julie Boyd, Chair NRM Regions Queensland – the peak body for Queensland’s 12 regional NRM organisations - welcomed the announcement.

“International investors have their eyes set on Queensland when it comes to delivering nature positive outcomes, and landholders that demonstrate

sustainable management of their natural resources can access new markets and trade opportunities as a result,” Julie said.

“More than 88 per cent of Queensland’s land is used for primary production and that means how we manage agriculture is intertwined with how we manage our environment.”

“We know that to participate in these emerging markets land managers need access to trusted, independent advisers.”

Chris Norman, CEO said the sector engaged upwards of 10,000 land managers every year.

“Queensland’s regional NRM organisations have been doing this work for decade,” he said.

“We simply cannot meet our Nature Positive and Natural Capital targets without this kind of investment in regional communities.”

“With this new level of support we can accelerate positive outcomes for the land, water and biodiversity we all rely on for quality of life, food security and a thriving economy.”

Queensland bucks national export trend

QUEENSLAND has set

a record for agriculture, ﬁsheries and forestry exports highlighting the state’s robust economic performance and resilience in the sector.

• 7.2% increase in total export values in 2023-24 to $13.39 billion

• USA reaches second position among export destinations including Japan and Korea driven by strong demand for Queensland beef

• 35% increase in export value and 12.95% rise in volume to the United States

Queensland has set a record for agriculture, ﬁsheries and forestry exports highlighting the state’s robust economic performance and resilience in the sector.

The latest preliminary Australian Bureau of Statistics trade estimates for 2023/2024 indicate signiﬁcant commodity level export increases. While

cotton sectors, the ﬁgures are very encouraging.

The latest data for the 2023/24 ﬁnancial year reveals a remarkable 7.2% increase in export values, reaching over $13.39 billion. This is a signiﬁcant achievement, particularly in light of a national decline of 9.9% in the same period.

Record Exports:

Queensland exported more than $13.39 billion worth of agriculture, ﬁsheries, and forestry products in 2023-24, the highest on record. This represents a 7.2% increase from 2022-23 and a 22.4% increase from the ﬁve-year average up to 2023-24.

Cotton and sugar exports are currently excluded due to conﬁdentiality

Top Export Destinations: The top ﬁve destinations for Queensland’s exports were China ($2.486 billion), the United States of America ($2.158 billion), Japan ($1.677 billion), South Korea ($1.672 billion), and Vietnam ($1.055 billion).

Notable Changes: Vietnam entered the top ﬁve for the ﬁrst time since 2020-21, with export values soaring by 120% in the past year. The United States saw a 35% increase in export value and a 12.95% rise in volume, driven by strong demand for Queensland beef.

Moreton Saleyards market report

AGENTS Boyd O’Brien

Bartholomew reported a yarding of 427 head of cattle. A quality yarding of grain assisted steers and heifers brought in an extended panel of buyers and sold to a dearer trend. The cow market remained fully ﬁrm on last week’s dear rates. Heavy bulls and bullocks were in short supply and sold fully ﬁrm with all processors in attendance. Feeders/ restocker steers and heifers sold to a keen panel of

buyers.

AJ Strong sold Weaner Steers Charolais X 372.2c/kg $893/head.

JM Jamieson sold Yearling Heifers Angus 270.2c/kg $891/head.

D & E Dippel sold Yearling Steers Limousin 331.2c/kg $909/head.

Liam Gill sold Grain Assisted Steers Droughtmaster X 339.2c/kg $1662/head.

L & J Muller sold Grain Assisted Steers Angus 333.2c/kg $1499/head.

L & J Muller sold Grain Assisted Heifer Angus 332.2c/kg $1341/head.

D & V McAlpine sold Feeder Steers Charolais 345.2c/kg $1471/head.

J Doonan sold 6 Tooth Steers Limousin 338.2c/kg $1995/head.

R & J Edwards sold Heavy Cow Angus 276.2c/kg $2057/ head.

Jenoﬀ Pty Ltd sold Pens of Heavy Cows Charbray 279.2c/kg $1757/head.

Charolais

$2709/head. For Sale Details, Market Reports and more info, visit www.moretonsaleyards.com. au or ﬁnd us on Facebook @ Moreton Saleyards.

Get ready for disaster season

QUEENSLAND primary producers are being urged to prepare now ahead of the natural disaster season to help ensure the safety of their farms and reduce damage to crops and livestock.

• Queensland primary producers are being urged to prepare now ahead of the natural disaster

season

• Increased risk of above average rain, ﬂoods and tropical cyclones forecast

• Department has resources to help producers ‘get

ready’ Queenslanders need to be prepared heading into summer rainfall, bushﬁre and cyclone season.

There is an expected increased risk of ﬁre for large areas of Queensland, including southern and central Queensland, following last summer’s rain, great pasture growth and a drier winter.

• Northern Queensland has also experienced unseasonal rainfall leading to increased fuel loads.

• Fire authorities have warned of increased ﬁre danger as temperatures increase during spring.

• The Queensland Government has information and resources available to help producers ‘get ready’.

• Some tips include:

• Ensure you have adequate insurance and a ﬁnancial plan

• Photographing assets in their pre-disaster condition

• Ensure everyone on the property is familiar with

an evacuation plan in the event of a ﬂood, bushﬁre or cyclone

• Ensure livestock have access to higher ground or can move to safer ground or shelter with access to food and water

• Keep emergency phone numbers handy for your local council, veterinarian and animal welfare

agency and make sure your livestock can be properly identiﬁed in the event of a natural disaster

For more information on ﬂood and cyclone preparations, such as local evacuation routes and public shelter arrangements, please phone your local council.

Information on disasters

SUDOKU

Avoid any erratic behavior or it could cause isolation at home. Don’t make those you live with feel unloved or unworthy. Get involved in worthwhile endeavors and meet new friends. Beware of individuals who are not that reliable or well known to you. Don’t let your emotional partner upset you this week. Update and review your personal investments.

Don’t press your luck with your loved ones. Don’t let situations get out of control. Take part in stimulating debates that will allow you to show off your intelligence. Take advantage of your attributes and lure the mate of your choice.

Unexpected bills may set you back. You can make money if you put your savings into conservative investments. Try to be understanding. Reevaluate your position and make decisions about your future goals.

People trying to entice you to join in will be less than trustworthy. You’ve been in a rut and you need to do something that will help you break the pattern you’ve fallen into. You’ll be prone to tears if your mate is harsh with you this week. You will be a real chatterbox this week.

Emotional deception is evident. Try to bend but by no means should you give in completely. Socializing or travel will lead to partnerships. You should visit a friend or relative who hasn’t been feeling up to par.

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICES FOR SALE

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

When: Thursday 3 October, 7pm

Where: Esk Show Grounds, Bryden Hall

Elective year for Secretary Open to active financial members only. For more information contact secretary@eskshow.com.au

GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH

DELANEYS CREEK HALL

(Cnr Mt Mee and Bleakley Roads)

Every Sunday evening 6pm - 8pm.

Great message, wonderful fellowship followed by supper - all welcome.

Enquiries: 0432 579 250 or 0407 736 244

KILCOY KRAFTERS

Come along and join a fun group of craft, learn to sew, knit, crochet, patchwork and quilting.

Beginners and experienced all welcome. Just turn up to the Kilcoy Library, Kennedy St, 9am each Thursday.

KILCOY CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

BREAST & THE REST

Meets third Tuesday (monthly) @ 10am

Kilcoy RSL Rooms (Kennedy St)

Contact: Sandra 0429 382 724 or John 0403 336 263

Sport news

Kilcoy Bowls

Tuesday the 17th September saw Trudi Pratt being defeated by Dave Tonkin. Dave plays John Pratt on Tuesday the 1st October for the Star of the Green; Winners of the day

Jenny Edwards, John Pratt and Sharon Carseldine vs Lester Bechly, Michael Dunn and Sandra Sansom 23 /14. Friday night was another great night at the Club with Michelle Blogg and her merry group held a TRIVIA NIGHT. Photos will be up next week.

This Sunday the 22nd Sept we played the ﬁrst round of the Webster Shield against Toogoolawah at home.

Kilcoy 99 - Toogoolawah 49, this does not reﬂect on the tight battle some of us had nor the camaraderie that was on display on the green.

WE all had a very fun day. The Toogoolawah team with the highest score and winners of the

Lowood Golf

Results for Tuesday 17

September 2024 Single

Stableford - Winner: J Webb

Chicken and veg trays were Neville Finlay, Len Smyth and Keith McWhirter. Kilcoy’s winning team was Noel Lanes, Harold Alford and Denis Bleakley who also scored a chicken and veg tray.

24th September is our colourful Trophy Day sponsored by Jo-Anne Anderson and Joe Hasson. Our thanks to Jo-Anne and Joe for their sponsorship.

Our day at Dayboro was successful with Kilcoy winning the Shield after four days of competition over several months. We narrowly won with 401 points against Woodfords

400 points. Samford came third followed by Dayboro. We thank Dayboro for letting Samford use their Greens while renovations were taking place at Sanford. Social Bowls every Tuesday _ names in by 8,45 for a 9.30 am start. Everyone is welcome- experience is not necessary and we can loan you bowls if needed. Flat shoes only requirement.

September 2024 2 Person

43 R/Up: J Ormaechea 41 ocb; BRD: E Jensen 41; NTPs: 2: B Gargano 5: J Webb

Results for Thursday 19

Toogoolawah golf

Wednesday 18th

September Ladies am golf -

Winner Taylah 20 points, run/ up Ulla Freihofner 19 points.

Enid’s NTP Ulla Freihfoner.

PM Chook Run - Winner

Clinton Smith 24 points, run/ up Brian Loveland 22 points. NTP no 14 Eric cox, no 15 Clinton Smith.

Saturday 21st September

Sandy Gleeson and Blair

Broad Trophy Day: Single Stroke, Monthly Medal for September.

Ambrose - Winners: B Green & D Sharp 64.25 R/Up: Shane Kopelke & Sue Kopelke 65; BRD: S Butler & S Henshall S Webb & M Whitwell 66; NTPs: 2: R Smith 5: D Sharp Results for Saturday 21

Overall winner Geoff Bailey 60 Nett. Mens Winner Louis Seymour 66 nett, run/up Warren Hatfield 67 nett. Ladies winner judie Marschke 63 nett, Run/up Manuela Laycock 68 nett. Encouragement award Jeff Hutchinson. Sand and Blair’s NTP’S 1/10 Men’s Longest putt Caleb Marschke, Ladies Robyn Edmonds. 2/11 Ladies NTP Judie Marschke, 4/13

Men’s Nick Marschke, Ladies Enid Faulkner, 5/14 mens NTP Richie Marschke, 8/17

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September 2024 Single

Stableford - Winners: E Jensen 40 R/Up: A Attwater 39; BRD: C Gleeson J Luxford 39 P Brown 38 E Hoger R Mancktelow 37; NTPs: 2: V Birchall 5: Shane Kopelke 11: G Andrews 14: J Grace.

mens NTP Scott Seymour. Esk Grand Hotel 7/16 NTP Men’s Damian Marschke, Ladies Enid Faulkner.

Monthly Medal for September Men’s Geoﬀ Bailey, Ladies Judie Marschke

Thank you Sandy and Blair for an awesome day. Weather was beautiful and the table of prizes was massive. Look forward to next year.

Sunday 22nd September

- My granddaughters 18th birthday Happy birthday

Toogoolawah bowls

On Wednesday 18th Kim, Lyn and Keith travelled to Woodford for their triples day and had two great games as always. Thankyou Woodford for the invite.

On Sunday 22nd September we travelled to Kilcoy for the ﬁrst round of our Annual Webster Shield which has been going for over 40 years. We have 4 teams each and played triples with the total after two rounds determining the winners. Toogoolawah Winners today were Keith McWhirter, Len Smyth and Neville Finlay. Overall total scores for the day were: Kilcoy 99, Toogoolawah 49. Hopefully we can do better

Esk Golf

Friday Turkey Run 20/9/24: Close ﬁnish with a 4 way countback to ﬁnd the winner. Winner- B Thorogood 45/31; R Up- J Humphrey 48/31; Ntp 17- M Beetz; Best Putts- B Thorogood 14 Saturday 21/9/24

Club Competition Single Stableford: Winner H Knubel 40pts; R/UP S Lerm 40; NTP 2/11 3rd S Wilson

Stella.

Toogoolawah hosted MDGA Pennants Division 2. What a great day to see all the district teams on our course. thanks to all the hardworking volunteers who worked hard through the week to bring it up to top 1 condition. lots of compliments on how the course looked.

Coming events:

Saturday 28th September, The club will be celebrating 85 years of Golf at what they called the Pieles Hill Course

at home next Sunday at 11.00am.

Our next Club Meeting will be held on Sunday 13th October. Please join us and help in the running of your club.

Our next Trivia night will be held on Friday 27th September.

SPECIAL NOTE: Sunday Social Bowls will be commencing at 10.30am from 15th September in order to beat the heat. Game 2 of Webster Shield will be held at Toogoolawah on September 29th 11am start. See you on the Green.

ALL IN - Sponsor Esk IGA 4/13 T Adams; Sponsor Brisbane Valley Meats 8/17 2nd D Richards. Good turnout for our Club Competition. Tight ﬁnish with a 3 player count back, Between Heinz, Steve and the Old Pom. Heinz also coming away with the raﬀle prize.

Sunday 21/9/24 9 Hole Chooky: Winner D Back 27nett; R/UP D Bitossi Jnr 30,

in 1939. The day will be 18 holes of Golf, a 3 Club Monte and a putter event, followed by a BBQ Dinner. Adults and High School $15.00 primary

V Scott 30,G Ray 30, G Steele 30; Putting Competition Garry Punch 14putts; NTP No 4 M Beetz, No 8 2nd J Humphrey (in hole)!5 players out for our Chooky, with Don taking another win. Then a 3 player count back for R/UP spot with Doug Jnr getting it from Victor and Gordon. Mariotaking no 4 pin shot, with Jeﬀ getting No8 2nd shot in the hole. A top day for all.

0407 130 596 with numbers for catering purposes.

Toogoolawah Golf Course will be closed from Sunday lunch time 29th September to be reopened on Friday 4th

Sandy Gleeson and Blair Broad’s Trophy Day are all the happy winners.

Kilcoy winners 22/9/24: Dennis, Noel and Harold.

Toogoolawah Winners: Neville, Len, Dennis and Keith.

Kilcoy bowls with Dag Shield.

Snakes in gloves are a real danger

Boxing card keeps players on their toes

◗ Kirra Livingstone

P4P Promotions will be hosting a footy ﬁght night on October 5, with Caboolture Snakes A Grade front rower, Mark Stimson, boxing in the main event bout against Maroochydore Swan, Tom Geraghty.

Mark was named best and fairest in the 2023 season, and this year his squad ﬁnished sixth on the ladder.

Promoter and Hinterland Boxing Club owner, Stephen Pitt, said the event ‘Swans v the rest’ will raise money towards a Caloundra Sharks player’s recovery from extensive injuries.

“We have a young kid, Jack from the Caloundra Sharks who got king hit in the preliminary ﬁnals, he broke his jaw and is on hard times,” Stephen said.

“He’s only 19, he’s out

of work and obviously has some medical bills there because he had his jaw and eye socket wired up.

“We will donate about half of the proceeds to him to help him out.”

He hopes to make this an annual event, with each ﬁght night raising money towards a Sunshine Coast rugby league player in need.

Teams involved in the ﬁght night include the Maroochydore Swans, which will box in all nine bouts, the Caboolture Snakes, the Beerwah Bulldogs and the Coolum Colts.

If Maroochydore win more than five of their bouts, they will be crowned champions of the inaugural footy fight night. Beerwah Bulldogs A Grade player, Kaleb Coolwell will also find himself in the ring, facing up against Swans player Rei Ballinger.

Kaleb returned back to the gym to train just three days after he played in a historic back to back grand ﬁnal victory on September 14. Kaleb is professional boxer Dana Coolwell’s cousin, and is training at the Hinterland Boxing Club.

It’s safe to say if boxing runs in the family, it will prove to be an entertaining bout.

There will also be a local NRL player who will take part in a Q&A style sit down interview in between bouts.

The player is yet to be conﬁrmed.

‘Swans v the rest’ will be held at the Caloundra RSL from 4:30pm-10:30pm.

Ticket prices start from $50 for general admission, and $2000 for a VIP table of 10 seats.

To buy tickets, visit www. p4p-promotions.com .

Woodford bowled over by colour and carnival

◗ Marina Gomide

WOODFORD Bowls Club came alive ith colour over the weekend, as they hosted their annual Open Fours

hours on Sunday. The winners of the carnival were the Banyo Bandits, with the Lowood Plovers coming second and Caboolture’s Centenary

◗ Kirra Livingstone

THE Caboolture Snakes Cricket Club T20 season kicked off on September 14, and has won two of the first four matches of the year. The Snakes Division 1 team started the season strong, playing the Coolum Sharks at home, winning 1/124 to 7/119, with just under five overs to spare.

They then played Nambour later in the day, and lost in a close match 1/155 to 7/153.

Caboolture then faced up against the Tewantin Noosa side and the Gympie Gold team on September 21. In the ﬁrst match, they lost by one run with the ﬁnal score 7/109 to 7/110. However, they bounced back in the second game of the day, winning 9/130 to 5/129.

The Snakes now sit comfortably fourth on the ladder out of 10 teams, and are prepping for their last T20 game of the year. They will play the Maroochydore Cygnets on Sunday, October 13 at the Superior Homes Oval in Caboolture at 10am. Then Caboolture will play their ﬁrst one day match of the season against Glasshouse on Saturday, September 28 at 10am also at home.

Cricket T20 kicks off

Caboolture Snakes front rower, Mark Stimson.

Centenary Lakes paced third.

Lowood Plovers team placed second.

First place champions, the Banyo Bandits.

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