Gloss Magazine Bribie Islander 3rd Edition Feb 01 2019 Issue 80

ISSUE 81 | 15 FEBRUARY 2019

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Catching the Bribie BUG Welcome pool changes Bumps in the Night Bribie Street Names

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A MESSAGE FROM SUSAN

We’re only part-way through February, but it’s already been a busy start to the year in our wonderful part of the world. There have been some great local events (like the Lunar New Year Celebrations on 9 February), important community briefings (like my NDIS Briefing Session), and the kids are all back at school. With an election on the horizon, it looks like things

are set to get busier still! I hear time and time again that locals just want a fair go – that you want decent jobs, a great education system, as well as affordable and accessible healthcare services – and I’m committed to making sure that a Labor Government delivers that if elected. This month, when I’m not representing you in Canberra, I’ll be out in the area hearing

from people like you about what you think a fair go for our community looks like. If you see me around, make sure to say hi!

Susan Lamb MP Federal Member for Longman

Supporting those who need it onto the NDIS It’s been a long wait, but the National Disability Insurance Scheme has finally come to our area. While it was disappointing that our community, which has high needs for disability support, was one of the last in the country to have the opportunity to access the scheme, it also means that most of the issues with the initial roll-out have now been fixed up. To make sure that locals were ready and knew how to get the most they could out of their packages, I invited the NDIS team out for a briefing. It was a really informative session, and I know that everyone there learnt a lot, myself included! If you missed the session, don’t worry – I’m already talking to the NDIS team about holding another again soon. As with all Federal Government matters, if you have any issues or concerns arising from the NDIS rollout, don’t hesitate to reach out to my office and we’ll give you support.

Fighting for our favourite free-to-air broadcaster Whenever I’m out-and-about on Bribie Island, locals tell me just how much they trust and value the ABC. I completely agree – whether it’s on the radio, online, or on TV I love catching up with some great Aussie comedies, dramas, and current affairs. The

trusted and hard-hitting journalists definitely keep politicians on their toes – so maybe that’s why the Liberals, alongside One Nation, have attacked and cut the ABC time and time again.

I won’t stand for it. I’m fighting for our ABC. But I need your help. My team

and I have been out in the community with petitions to pressure the Government to protect our ABC, if you see us around make sure that you sign it! You can also sign the petition online, here: https://bit.ly/2FWIfyj.

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What we’ve got in Donnybrook is failure to communicate

The Government’s bungled roll-out of the NBN has grown to being beyond a joke. Over in Donnybrook, their NBN tower has lay, in pieces, on the ground for nearly two years. What we’ve heard from NBN Co has been nothing but a string of broken promises – delay upon delay has completely gutted locals’ hope in the project. I took Shadow Minister for Regional Communications Stephen Jones out to Donnybrook Bait and Tackle to hear from locals, and speak with them about their frustrations. I’ve written to the Minister and let her know that I’m not backing down. Locals deserve working communications infrastructure and the Government’s constant in-fighting isn’t a good enough excuse for the delays.

Holding the Liberals and the Big Banks to account I don’t think anyone was surprised when the Banking Royal Commission’s Report called out the disgraceful behaviour of the Big Banks. We all knew that they were up to no good – that’s why Labor had been calling for this Royal Commission since 2016, before the last Federal Election! Despite this, Scott Morrison fought against this every step of the way, voting 26 times against what he described as ‘populist whinge’. Now that the report has been released he’s still running a protection racket for the Big Banks – ignoring the report’s recommendations and refusing to hold extra Sitting Weeks to get anything done. I’m committed to meaningful action – I believe that the Commissioner’s recommendations need to be taken seriously and, if any banking executives willingly broke the law, I think they should go to jail.

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CLUBS AND GROUPS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY

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f you gauge the social health of a community by its active participants in their clubs and community groups then Bribie Island must be among the healthiest socially active communities in Australia per head of population.

very much community focussed. We enjoy covering the wide variety of interest groups that add to the social fabric of the island and region. We try within the constraints of the size of this magazine to give voice to as many groups as possible.

The sheer number of clubs and interest groups and the number of people who actively participate in those organisations on Bribie is a sign our little island paradise is also a healthy society.

We trust you enjoy learning more about the community around you through their great work or simply the interesting activities they undertake.

Maybe it will encourage you to join a social, sporting or become a volunteer at a community group. Or let us know about your club or group’s activities.

Take our cover story about the Bribie Island Bicycle Users Group (BUG) for instance. With 93 active and financial members it is typical of the high participation rate enjoyed by other social and sporting clubs, voluntary non-for-profit organisations and interest groups on Bribie and in the region.

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This Issue # 81 of The Bribe Islander magazine has even more community input than ever.

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COVER STORY Personalised nameplate is part of your membership

is very much about the social side of bicycling.

However, if you are more into the Tour de France competition type of cycling then this group is definitely not for you.

To be clear, if you enjoy cycling or would like to try cycling with all the health benefits that this activity offers then the Bribie BUG is a welcoming group that looks forward to hearing from you.

CATCHING THE BRIBIE BUG

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f you enjoy cycling or want to get back on your bike then you really should do yourself

a favour and check out what the Bribie Island Bicycle User Group has to offer.

Affectionately known as Bribie BUG for short, this group comprising a 93 strong membership

Catching up with Bribie BUG members Peter Crawford and Isabel Cooper we learned a lot about the group’s activities.

“Bribie BUG has rides every Saturday morning.

The rides can either be on the island or to Ningi/ Sandstone Point, leaving the Information Centre located on Benabrow Avenue, Bellara at 8.00am,” said Isabel.

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While primarily a social group the Bribie BUG has also supported charities with donations, their current charity being Bribie Hospice.

She said that rides generally take two to three hours (including coffee) and cover about 20-25km at a moderate pace to suit those participating.

“We also have an Early Birds ride on Wednesday mornings leaving the Information Centre at 6:30 am in winter (May to August) and 6:00 am in summer (September to April). These are about an hour through the bush, beach, and streets of Banksia Beach with the option of coffee afterwards. Not long ago the Milk Run ride which used to be a circuit was renamed Monday ride as halfway through the ride we now choose either Woorim or Banksia Beach for coffee or the group may split up and go to both,” she said.

Peter Crawford and Isabel Cooper enjoying the view at the foreshore

The major annual event that the group holds “Ride Bribie Island” will be held on Sunday 27th October this year.

Participants can choose from four rides ranging from a 40km road course down to a 10km cycle path course and two other courses in between.

Participants in this major ride need to register at least 15 minutes prior to commencement of their ride.

Isabel said the group also often have other rides and social activities on and off the Island.

Isabel says that anyone who can ride a bicycle is welcome to come along for a free no obligation trial to see if the club suits them. “We have a range of memberships to suit people’s participation levels. The annual membership fees are Ordinary $20,

Junior (under 17) $10.00, Family $50, Associate $5 and Visiting $5. Isabel says that all cyclists are welcome. For more information contact Isabel Cooper 5496 8661 or just turn up at the Information Centre before 8am.

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“Nowadays an Indoor ewly appointed Heated Programs Pool Centre Manager for and a Hydrotherapy Bribie Island Aquatic pool are facilities both Centre, Michelle considered as small McKiernan, is already indoor heated pools.” winning favour among Bribie residents for her Michelle explains the pragmatic view on the use difference between the two. of the indoor heated pool.

“The term “hydrotherapy” Michelle has been in is common practice the Leisure industry both as alternative for 15 years working at medicine and as part of various aquatic facilities mainstream hospital’s within the Moreton Bay physiotherapy treatments.

Regional area. “I have A hydrotherapy pool a passion for working means different things to with the community and different people, for some love turning our services it is very specific, catering into the best possible for physical therapy experience for the locals users only, for others it including those who visit is a pool that can be used this wonderful island,” for a specific range of she said. medical purposes.

Michelle realises that “Hydrotherapy facilities are Voice of Locals Only winner, Jack James and host of with Bribie’s significant accessible within specific the show, Dan Burns hanging the Trophy. older aged population the areas such as senior need to cater for exercise living facilities or physical and rehabilitation is very therapy businesses from important especially when hospitals or charities. it comes to the Indoor Physiotherapists also Heated Programs Pool at recommend hydrotherapy the Bribie Island Aquatic and aquatic therapy for Leisure Centre. improving recovery times following surgery and “I understand that there injury. The temperature have been many names in a hydrotherapy pool is for this very popular very specific and should pool and I would like to explain some often heated remain at 36°C, and never go above 38°C. questions,” she said.

“An indoor heated programs pool has a much larger scope, providing greater access to the community. People who wish to access the Indoor Heated Programs Pool use it for a wide range of aquatic programs such as aqua aerobics, Learn to swim lessons, aquatic exercise, aquatic therapy, rehabilitation as well as aquatic physiotherapy.

The temperature in an Indoor Heated Programs Pool should remain at 30 - 32°C. This temperature is still suitable for medical purposes.

“With the community in mind, it is more feasible to provide Bribie Island residents with a Heated Indoor Programs pool (averaging 32 degrees) which can cater for both physical therapy and programming requirements.

“I have already met with some of the regular “morning crew” that access the indoor programs pool and am happy to share that I have already put some specific plans in place. As with any newly introduced plans, there are bound to

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be teething issues but I’m hoping the community will be patient and work WITH me so we can eventually find the correct “fit” for all the community rather than just a specific portion.

“The Bribie Island Aquatic Leisure Centre turns 21 this month and I am hosting a 21st Birthday Celebration on Saturday 16th February from 11am – 3pm, please feel free to pop into the facility on the day, grab a piece of Birthday cake and we can have a chat. If you can’t make it on the day please feel free to contact me on 3410 0200 or email mmckiernan@ belgravialeisure.com.au “As a proud team member of Belgravia Leisure, I look forward to connecting the Bribie Island community to the many leisure options we have here at the pool!”

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TRAVEL Jirka, Petr, Monika and Barbora

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ome people really like riding bicycles but Czech couple Monika and Jirka along with their children Babora (6) and Petr (4) really know how to clock up the miles on the old “pushy”.

The family of cyclists from the Czech Republic made Bribie Island their final stopping off point on their Australian cycling adventure before jetting back to their native Czechoslovakia in late January.

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last year and ended the journey on beautiful Bribie Island on 19th January 2019,” Monika told The Bribie Islander.

“Our route took in Sydney - Hunter Valley - Singelton - Muswellbrook - Scone - Quirindi - Narrabri - Moree - Goondiwindi Inglewood- Toowoomba - Chinchilla - Miles Taroom - Rockhampton - Gladstone - Bundaberg Harvey Bay - Maryborough - Tin Can Bay - Gympie Noosa Heads - Caloundra - Ningi and finally Bribie Island. All together we’ve ridden 3131 km,” she said.

For the young Czech family, it was their second Australian trip.

The family in Sydney

“Our first trip to Australia was in 2017 (two years ago). During that first trip, we rode 4449 km. More than 2000 km in Western Australia, then from Adelaide to Melbourne, then we rode the Tasmanian circuit before finishing in Sydney. So Queensland is our sixth Australian state,” said Monika.

Monika and Jirka’s cycling itinerary is listed below and makes for impressive reading.

With children (Barbora 2012, Petr 2015): 2016 - New Zealand 4011 km 2016/2017 - Australia (WA, SA, Victoria, Tasmania, Sydney) 4449 km 2018 - Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Belize) 3472 km

2018/2019 - eastern Australia (Sydney to Bribie) 3131 km “We have already ridden more than 50 000 km round the world. More than 15 000 km from that is with small children.

Our biggest trip was in 2009/2010 in South

America (From Bogota to Rio de Janeiro 14 224 km) with our wedding in Buenos Aires,” said Monika.

And what did they think of Australia and in particular Bribie we asked Monika.

“We love Australia and its friendliness. It is a beautiful country with beautiful people. Bribie Island is a very pretty place and we are glad that we included it on our trip.”

Well said Monika.

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an exhibition last year at the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery for an exhibition titled A Consumer’s Guide to Unobtainable Happiness.

Left: Susan with her culinary delights.

Above: Choc Slice made as part of workshop.

“The irony about this body of work is that everyone gets hungry looking at the art object, but there’s tensions because they can’t eat them.

“It looks at the aesthetics of consumerism, which is like seeing a skirt in a magazine and wanting the image that goes with it.”

It took the Brisbane-based creator six months to assemble the pieces, which included mixing her own paint palette to simulate different shades of chocolate and other confectionery delights.

“What began as excitement and curiosity, led to an obsession to see how far I could push salvaged material in terms of transforming rubbish into artefacts,” Ms Gourley said.

“A lot of the resources are straight from the bin, and some from op shops.”

The meaning behind her art is a consumerism message that looks can be deceiving. She hopes after viewing her exhibition people think twice about why they’re attracted to buying certain items.

“I want people to be mindful of the triggers that make them want to consume something,” Ms Gourley said.

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Susan will conduct a workshop for people aged over 14 in this craft at Bribie Island Community Arts Centre on Saturday February 23, 10am – 3pm. She will provide all materials and promises a day of fun and inspiration and a stretch for your creative brain and ideas.

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ooking back sixty odd years, I now realise that the wisdom Sam gave me only came after our friendship which started in a fight, ended in us becoming good mates and started our own “hero’s” journey. I suppose until our scrap he was just another kid in our class, neither one of us a perfect student, both of us lonely for our own reasons. His were much sadder than mine, as I found out later.

Who started the fight, I don’t know, that sadly Sam’s hitting me, my nose is leaking blood, and he’s throwing punches on me and over me. A ring of lads around us screaming and yelling, and I’m on my back on the ground, looking up at him. He steps back, I’m now on my feet and boxing properly, landing punches where they should land and he’s backing off.

But there was something about him that stopped me from continuing to score. And, prefects had appeared and both he and I are now in trouble. We

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were pushed and shoved across the quadrangle to “The Beak’s office - our headmaster was big and scary.

I think we both tried to clean up a bit before he came out of this office.

The prefect was amusing himself by telling us what he expected our punishment to be and he wasn’t far wrong.

“Who started the fight?” the Head asked.

“I did,” said Sam. “I don’t know why” (Sam hadn’t even been asked that).

Three strokes each was the punishment and what seemed to be a year later, we were back in our classroom.

I must have asked Sam the reason he had hit me. Whatever he said didn’t make any difference to the start of our new friendship.

It was sometime later after sharing many adventures that boys enjoyed, that Sam told me his secret way of what we would nowadays call Self Help.

We had made catapults

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using old bike inner tubing for the rubber sling, a forked tree branch with the cut rubber fastened to it and a pouch in the centre of the rubber to hold the stone.

We shot at targets, even at birds, but having hit one and finding it crippled and bloody, then watching it die while we tried just about everything to help it fly again, we never shot anything living again.

What we had done made us both feel ashamed.

It was at this time Sam told me how he used a bathroom mirror. He told me he would say to that face in the mirror things like: “Am I right or wrong?”, “What should I do?” and other questions.

When he shared this with me, I started to do the same thing. I still do.

We built a treehouse on the vacant block of land behind his house. It took us some time to build, out of bits of old wood, rope and wire. My dad, before he left me, lent us his hammer and nails, so the finished house was pretty good. We even had seats. My mum gave us old cushions. And so we became pirates, explorers and readers of great books - Robinson Crusoe, Tom Sawyer. And I, for a while, was Huckleberry Finn.

We talked in that treehouse about everything and how, now that I knew about looking into a mirror and seeing the good kid you wanted to be, it gave you some sort of strength and a goal to live by.

I am using now, adult terms to describe the

A READER’S STORY cushions which must’ve been his pillows. There was nothing in that room that seemed to be his.

His mother - even I could see that she was drunk, dirty and had bruises on her arms and legs - was crying. I didn’t know then that I’d have to get used to my mum’s tears some months later.

doorway that a young kid called Sam gave me to be “mind-wise”.

I came to understand much too soon how much he needed his mirror.

I lived three streets away from Sam. He was always welcomed by my mother and although it was wartime and some foods were in short supply, she’d usually have a piece of cake or pie for us to share.

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My dad asked me what’s Sam‘s home was like. I didn’t tell him because Sam wouldn’t have liked me talking about it. Just once only had only been with Sam in his home. His room was full of cardboard boxes overflowing with clothes which I could see were not his. His bed seemed to be just an old mattress on the floor with only a blanket and some

His Dad was in the kitchen drinking beer with a radio onto a racing station.

When he saw me looking at him he swore at me and told me to bugger off. Sam dragged me away, and then he ran off to our treehouse.

“Sometime in perhaps 1939 Sam and I would have been 10 years old, first year in secondary school. Plenty of action around the world and plenty in our lives, but much more in Sam’s.

He seemed more grown up than me, then I found out why.

I went home, and that was the last I saw of our treehouse. His Dad burnt it down that afternoon and their whole family moved to somewhere else.

My life changed too about this time. My dad left home like Sam, I had to learn to live in the world around me, yet still remain the person I wish to be.

Sam‘s discovery of being your own hero and his example to me, was and is a lesson that I’ve learned and I’m proud now to tell in print.

Did we ever meet again or try to? No. But I learned a helluva lot from him, so “thanks Sam!”

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he Rotary Club of Bribie Island and Pacific Harbour Golf and Country Club (PHGCC) will hold their fifth annual High Tea to celebrate International Women’s Day on Saturday 9 March 2019 at 1.45pm. Champagne and soft drinks will be provided on arrival, followed by the delicious High Tea served with tea or coffee - it’s always time for tea! The cost is $45 with all proceeds going to Interplast.

Interplast is a small charitable organisation that was started in 1983 by Rotary in conjunction with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Interplast sends teams of volunteer plastic and reconstructive surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses and allied health professionals to provide life-changing surgery and medical training to 17 countries across the Asia Pacific region.

Our Club member, Rae Guyder, is Rotary District Chair of

Interplast. The charity continues to be strongly supported by Rotarians in clubs and districts throughout Australia and New Zealand.

The inaugural High Tea was held on Sunday 8 March 2015 and the event has grown and become very popular since then.

That first year we raised $2,000 for our now world famous project, the cervical cancer vaccination of 28,000 girls in PNG. Our guest speaker is Lyntara (Tara) Quirke.

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August, she presented at the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) conference, “Toward a Decade of Healthy Ageing: From Evidence to Action”, held in Toronto Canada.

Tara is extremely knowledgable on healthy ageing, agefriendly environments and ageism - issues that are so relevant to Bribie’s population.

Members of the Bribie Island Gleeman will provide a musical segment - they are threatening to perform politically incorrect numbers such as Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls.” But hey, we will just tell them “Fat bottomed girls make the rockin’ world go ‘round.’ Also, Shane Kells hopes to be available to provide music for a bit of dancing. Bribie Rotary are very grateful for these talented residents who provide their entertainment free of charge for our worthy causes.

The International Women’s Day Campaign theme for 2019 is #BalanceforBetter. This theme is calling for a more gender-balanced world - better the balance, better the world. In keeping with this theme of equality, this year men are very welcome to attend the High Tea.

Rotarians Anne Matthews and June Sturges sampling some High Tea goodies

Throughout literature “tea” is such an important part of the lives of many wonderful characters.

From the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party in ‘Alice in Wonderland’, to Arthur Dent, the hapless apedescendent from Earth in ‘Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’ who, finding himself thrown into wild adventures around the Universe with Ford Prefect, immediately asked, “Is there any tea on this spaceship?” And as Peter Pan said to the Wendy “would you like an adventure now or shall we have tea first?”

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I am very excited to have this opportunity to move to Bribie Island and share our long experience and specialist knowledge in the butchery trade with the local Bribie community.

Let me tell you a little about myself.

Originally from Forbes, NSW I moved to the Gold Coast in 1989 where I owned and operated a large retail butcher shop at Nerang with 15 employees. I, along with my great team of highly skilled butchers grew this business into a very large enterprise based solely on the quality of the product we sold and service with a smile we delivered – 26

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Between Rod and myself, we have 70 years of butchering experience and Heath adds an old familiar face. We are attempting to bring a mix of old and tested products but also some new and exciting gourmet and exotic flavours to the business. From full ranges of pastries, enchiladas and mignons to a full range of grass-fed yearling steaks including Cape Grim, Jacks Creek and our own yearling beef out of the Hunter Valley.

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“I love Lake Allum, which is up north and we go there when we can,” he said. “But my mortal remains will be placed with my parents overlooking Lake Wabby, because I think Lake Wabby epitomises everything that makes Fraser Island great. “The lake, the sand blow, the sea, the encroaching vegetation. My spirit can have something to contemplate there daily.”

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hen I first moved to Cotterill Ave on Bribie six years ago I thought of all the things I would miss coming from the country. One of the main things was the wildlife we had gained the trust of on our 200 acre Land for Wildlife property. Can you imagine my absolute joy and surprise to look out my front window and see a mob of Eastern Grey Kangaroos grazing the Nature strip in front of my new home? It was such a treat to see them venture out of an evening to graze the roadside. If the skies were overcast they appear in the middle of the day and we soon learnt that if we spoke to them when we ventured out to walk our dogs the roos would stand up have a look at us then pop their heads back down and continue to eat.

People driving by stop to look and take photos of them and you can tell by their faces how thrilled and happy the sight of these roos has made them.

How spoilt are we to have such magnificent creatures living peacefully beside us.

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their imposing cousins and much more special to see as they are fairly shy animals. They too would graze the sides of the roads but would hop back into the National Park bushland if they saw anyone about. There are Bandicoots that scuttle through the bush and so many birds from the colorful Rainbow Lorikeets and their chatter throughout the day to the eerie sound of the Bush Thicknee (Stone Curlew) through the night. All these wonderful creatures inhabit the bushland and our front yards. They come and go as they please and my neighbour’s and I love to see and hear them.

A few months after I had moved in I was woken by a bang and the sound of a car speeding down the road the dogs were barking telling me there was something amiss.

I investigated the bang and found a Kangaroo dead in the middle of the road. Can you imagine my sadness at this event?

I was sad over the death of such a magnificent creature. I was sad over the fact that the person who hit it didn’t bother to check it was dead and remove it from the road.

I was Angry because this person was speeding!

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all know that roos have the endearing habit of appearing in front of your car. If you are driving slowly enough sometimes you can miss them or they can miss hitting you. Over the last six years, I have seen more and more traffic using Cotterill Ave more speeding cars and more dead or dying Kangaroos, Wallabies, Bandicoots and birds all left for us to move off the road, clean up the mess organize the removal of the dead or more heartbreaking the euthanizing of the injured.

As the development of Bribie Lakes, Gemlife and Solana have progressed the traffic has increased.

The amount of cars speeding has gone from the occasional car to 90 percent of the traffic and the death rate is rising. I have tried to wave down cars to get them to slow down the drivers either wave back at me or do not even see me standing on the side of the road as they pass by doing 80KPH or more. Despite the signage, no one seems to realize that Cotterill Ave is 50KPH and if you are smart at night you will do 40KPH with high beam on.

The facts are our mob of kangaroos along Cotterill Ave has gone from over a dozen down to three.

There are two less Swamp Wallabies this week alone and these losses are not sustainable. In six years I

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have seen only one person stop to remove the animal they hit. The dozens of other animals have been left for us locals to deal with. Believe me, it is not pleasant to find a large Kangaroo left in front of your driveway to bleed to death. That is one big sad mess. The law requires you to remove animals you hit from the road and to report injured ones.

It is also a kind act to us the locals if you ring the council to have the dead body removed. People need to stop leaving it up to my neighbors and me to clean up their poor behavior. We are sick of it. What hurts is the fact that people that live in our neighborhood do not care that they inflict this ordeal on someone else. If you cannot cope knock on our door for assistance we would help you deal with it. At the moment we have a very low opinion of what sort of people you are. It is time for people to show some consideration and have some self-respect.

Grow up become an adult and take responsibility for your actions. Bribie is a wonderful place to live made all the more special because of our wildlife.

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ach month we showcase wines other than Sauvignon Blanc and I suppose there would be some out there in wineland that suspect I don’t like this wine style and nothing could be further from the truth. I enjoy a nice Sauvignon Blanc whether from New Zealand or even Australia, and it may come as a surprise but we make a good version of the wine style. The reason for me suggesting an alternative is simply that there are wines out there that are as good if not better when enjoying a glass of wine with a meal, however if drinking a white wine on a hot summers day without food Sauvignon Blanc is a terrific choice but to be fair the wines don’t age well and are drink now styles. As a food match it pairs well with oysters natural, delicate white fish and goats cheese depending on which style you prefer.

The other problem I have with Sauvignon Blanc is whilst there is a choice ranging from $7 up to $50 or more there is a range that is priced between $10 to $30 and quite frankly the difference in flavour in many cases doesn’t justify the price difference and that’s where I find Sauvignon Blanc almost boring it is a pretty one dimensional drop. Liquorland promote Wahoo at $7 and it is very good value but I tend to think it is more of a classic dry white style, they also sell a wine called Storey Bay which is a Semillon/Sauvignon Blanc from Margaret River which is also great value for money.

Every couple of months Liquorland promote a Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc called Rapaura Springs and on special this is either $9 or $10 which is around half price, this is a terrific wine for this price.

They also sell a premium version which occasionally comes down to around $14 but unless you have a winemakers or wine judges palate the cheaper version is pretty good.

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Over at Woolworths they have mountains of Sauvignon Blanc’s exclusive to their group of Dan Murphy’s and BWS in fact they list 408 of them so there are plenty

By Philip Arlidge arlidge@bigpond.com.au

to choose from. Remember that Woolworths own two vineyards one in South Australia the other in New Zealand and employ their own winemakers so a lot of their cheaper range will be made by themselves, if you are not too sure look for Pinnacle Drinks on the back label and that is exclusive to them, with Coles look for James Busby but they buy all their wines from producers.

Under $10 Woolworths do a swag of wines, Amiri, Silver Moki, Seven Degrees, Rata, Tangoroa, and Koa Cove, which quite frankly are all like Wahoo from Liquorland, but lately they have promoted Boatshed Bay at $10 and $11 which is good value. They also have a members only price at the moment with Withers Hills at $11 which is half price and a good buy.

As I mentioned there are some very good Australian Sauvignon Blanc’s which whilst they do not have the same in your face aroma which distinguishes the New Zealand style they are outstanding dry white wines (I had a lady rep. once who was one of the first women reps in the liquor industry. When asked what wine she wanted it was always a “dray

WINELANDER wait wane”!) Anyway The Adelaide Hills produce some fine examples including Wicks Estate which is outstanding and others to look for are Bridgewater Mill and Nepenthe and another country making very good Sauvignon Blanc is Chile so why not try something different for a change.

Sauvignon Blanc originates from France and is an indigenous grape to the South West of the country and whilst it makes dry white wines in almost every country around the globe it is also a famous component of the famous dessert wines from Sauternes and Barsac.

Apart from France the grape variety is now widely cultivated in Chile, South Africa, Canada, The United States, other regions of Europe as well as Australia and New Zealand and in some regions especially California it is labelled as “Fume Blanc” a marketing term coined by the famous winemaker Robert Mondavi in reference to Pouilly-Franc, though many thought as the wine had been stored in oak barrels for a while it tended to have a slightly smoky aroma, though almost all the

Bribie Car Care is a family owned and run mechanical workshop that has been servicing Bribie Island for many years.

They also have many specials that offer discounted rates and more deals to keep you happy.

They can provide you with a courtesy car available free of charge as one of their customers.

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Sauvignon Blanc’s produced in Australia and New Zealand are fermented in stainless steel tanks some wine makers are playing around with oak barrels to come up with an alternative style.

Recently one of the world’s top wine critics, James Suckling, published the best 100 budget friendly wines under $30, which was compiled from a list of 22,000 wines. Australia had 10 wines in this list and they are: S.C. Pannell Grenache Shiraz McLaren Vale 2016 (covered in the last edition of the Islander) Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay Yarra Valley 2017 Shaw and Smith Shiraz Adelaide Hills 2015 Head Wines Shiraz (“The Blond”) Barossa Valley 2016 Yalumba Grenache (Vine Vale) Barossa Valley 2016 Pewsey Vale Riesling Eden Valley 2017 (an old favourite of mine and another from Yalumba) Leeuwin Estate Sauvignon Blanc (Art Series) Margaret River 2017

Vasse Felix Chardonnay (Filius) Margaret River 2016 Best’s Shiraz (No.1) Great Western 2016 (always a great wine especially The Bin 0) Giant Steps Chardonnay Yarra Valley 2017 You will note Chardonnay 3 Sauvignon Blanc 1 what more can I say! A judge with a good palate me thinks and something different for you to try.

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HISTORY

NEW BOOK HANDY HISTORY OF BRIBIE ISLAND.

By Barry Clark, Bribie Island Historical Society

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hen I retired to Bribie Island from Sydney in 2003 I soon became fascinated with the rich history of this small place.

This is the “The Cradle Site of Queensland” but there was virtually no visible evidence or recognition of this significant fact.

No general information or signage, no Museum, few books about Bribie history and little information at the Visitor Centre.

I am pleased to say that things have improved in the last few years with a few bronze plaques and signs along the waterfront at Bongaree, free Heritage walks and brochures available, books written by local authors, a very active Historical Society, and regular History Page articles in this magazine.

I have been conducting weekly classes in Bribie History at U3A for over 10 years now, and with my colleagues have made more than 100 presentations to various local Clubs, Groups and Organisations about many general and specific aspects of Local History.

Not everyone is interested in History …..local or otherwise.

However, when people start to hear or read about the remarkable people and events that have shaped both the past and present history of this small island they can get very interested.

A question we are often asked, especially by newcomers to the Island is “Is there a good book that gives a good summary of Bribie history”.

Until now that has not been easy to answer.

The late Warwick Outram wrote 29 books about Bribie Island history and most of these are available for reference at the Bribie Library, along with many other publications.

That’s a lot or reading, and hard to absorb it all if you can’t take it home.

However, the Bribie Island Historical Society have now compiled and published a great new pocket sized , wellillustrated book titled “Bribie Island- A Handy History” which is essential reading for Bribie residents and visitors.

The Book provides an overview of the major events, people and stages in Bribie’s commercial and social development over the last 250 years..

It answers a lot of the general questions that people want to know about Bribie’s past.

The book will be launched at the Bribie Island Library on Tuesday 26th February at 10:30 am.

You need to register your name at the Library if you would like to attend the book launch.

The book will sell for just $10 and will be available at the Museum and other locations around Bribie, and through the Historical Society.

President Graham Mills & Secretary Author Lynne Hooper.

The Historical Society have monthly public meetings at the RSL Club on the second Wednesday of each month commencing at 6;30pm with inspiring guest speakers and presentations on a range of topics.

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The Historical Society continue to research and document the rich history of this Island and you can view many interesting stories on our Blog Site at http://bribieislandhistory. blogspot.com or contact us on bribiehistoricalsociety@ gmail.com effective (just think about how effective sweating is at keeping you cool on a humid day…), yet it’s all dogs have. So, we must help them stay cool. They need plenty of cool, fresh water to drink, and you can try adding ice cubes to help keep their body temperature down. Air con and fans are great. Swimming pools work well too, but ensure your dog knows where the steps are. As with children, never leave your dog in the car during Summer, as they can become heat affected extremely quickly in our conditions.

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NATURE

LONGICORN – LONGHORN BEETLES

By Marj Webber

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ongicorn or Longhorn Beetles are a large family of wood boring beetles with about 1250 species in Australia and 26 000 worldwide. They are easy to identify as they have particularly long antennae which are mostly longer than their body length. Their long bodies range from varying lengths and can be up to 80 mm long. Antennae are partly surrounded by their compound, mostly kidney-shaped eyes. Larvae are fat, cream grubs between 20-40mm long with a rusty coloured head and prominent mandibles designed to chew into wood. Witchetty grubs are the larvae of several species of Longicorn Beetles and are high in protein, very nutritious and I believe have a pleasant nutty taste.

Longicorn Beetles lay their eggs mostly under bark of their particular host tree which is either dead or dying. Larvae are mostly wood borers and feed on the wood of these trees. During their long development the larvae grow to a large size and can demolish the whole inside of a tree trunk.

Larvae keep chewing for their whole lives and stop only when it is time to pupate. The frass or excrement is used to seal up the chamber and when the adult is ready to emerge it bores through the bark leaving a hole about 6 mm in width.

Most of their life is spent in the larvae and pupa stages with adults only living for around 30 days.

Life cycles can take up to 2-4 years but in tropical areas the life span is much shorter.

Chloroporus curtisi

Many of the Longicorn species feed on wood while others eat pollen, sap or leaves. Pollen eaters are important in the pollination of their preferred flowering trees while others play an important part in the decomposition of dead wood.

They resemble wasps and act like wasps to fool predators likely to attack. Their preferred food is pollen on some flowering native plants particularly belonging to the Myrtle family. Host trees are Eucalyptus, Laurel, Leptospermum and Mangroves.

I have managed to photograph three Longicorn species on Bribie Island.

Chloroporus curtisi are attractive black and yellow Longicorns with the adults feeding on pollen from several native trees commonly found in heathlands, woodlands and dry forests. They are also wasp mimicking beetles.

Acacia trees are the host trees for the larvae. Not much is known about this species and I have not been able to find a common name.

Common Eucalypt Longicorn Phoracantha semipunctata - Adults are energetic fliers.

One flew through my window, presumably from the Gum Trees across the road. This species is considered a major pest in Eucalypt Plantations as the larvae feed on the eucalyptus wood. They have a life cycle of 2-3 years.

Tiger Longicorns Aridaeus thoracicus are wasp mimicking beetles about 20mm in length.

Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer

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In China Longicorn Beetles are often called “Sky Cow” beetles as their faces are similar to a cow when looked at from the front.

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NATURE

RESTLESS FLYCATCHER -MYIAGRA INQUIETA

Not to be confused with the Willy Wagtail

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with wagging tail and nervous movements while perched on a branch. Restless Flycatchers have been sighted on Bribie Island but not very often.

They prefer open forests and are more likely to be seen in winter. I have since spotted them singly or in pairs in several other locations in Australia. The most recent sighting was at Theodore. They are not found in large numbers anywhere but are spread over a considerable area.

Restless Flycatchers are smallish, black and white passerine birds with a faint buff smudge on their breasts and small crests on the top of their heads.

They are 16-21 cm in length and are similar to and sometimes mistaken for Willy Wagtails that are often found in the same locations. Male and female are very much alike. Their call is a rasping, grinding sound which is why they are sometimes called “Scissors Grinders”.

Insects are the main item on the diet which are caught on the wing.

They will also hover in an almost vertical position and collect their prey from foliage and branches. The grinder sound is maybe to frighten sedentary insects and spiders into

Restless Flycatcher

moving to a more exposed position thus becoming easier to gather. Restless Flycatchers seldom feed on the ground.

Nests are bowl shaped and built in the forks of trees near water and are not unlike the Willy Wagtail’s nests. They are made of grass and bark woven together with cobwebs and lined with fur or other soft materials.

Nests are often built in the same place each year.

Clutches are made up of 3-4 white eggs with brown speckles. Both parents build the nests and incubate the eggs.

Incubation takes about 2 weeks. In 13-16 days, the young fledge and fly off a short time later. There can be up to three broods produced in one season.

The Restless Flycatcher was first recorded by John Latham in 1801. Their scientific name is of Latin origin – “inquieta” is from the Latin “inquietus” which means restless.

Conservation status is secure now, but the population is decreasing.

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HELLY’S CELEBRITIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY

TIMOTHY DALTON THE SENSITIVE OO7 director allows me just three minute increments of interview time in between takes, is electric and makes it almost impossible to establish a rapport or have continuity.

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By Helly Kemp

ven before I meet 42-yearold TIMOTHY DALTON, ALIAS JAMES BOND 007, in 1988, I know I have a battle on my hands to interview the Wales born English actor for Hello Magazine, as he is some force to be reckoned with.

It’s an image as far removed as could be from the sensitive 007 he portrays in the 1987 ‘THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS’ and his forthcoming 1989 Bond film ‘LICENCE To KILL.’ The atmosphere on the film set of his latest movie, the black comedy ‘HAWKS’, where the

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In ‘Hawks’

The poignant comedy of ‘Hawks’ tells the story of two terminally ill hospital patients, who decide to steal an ambulance, to have one last fling in Amsterdam, living life to the fullest with a sexy weekend of “five floors of paradise.”

Dalton’s maroon velour dressing gown resembles a Persian carpet – a ludicrous mismatch to the striped pyjamas, sloppy slippers and black woollen cap, hooked tightly over his ears, as he ambles across the shiny floor at London’s Charing Cross Hospital.

After waiting for six hours in the crowded hospital corridor, this revelation sounds like the start and end of my interview, as Dalton rushes off for yet another take on scene 327.

It’s a long, tiring day, standing, watching, praying hour after hour that Dalton would finally come to talk. He strides over to me, his long, lean 6’2” frame, with its strong

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classical features, exuding both an air of menace and a mantle of privacy you can’t unravel.

“Why?” he demands, reiterating from a previous three minute discussion, “Why should Bond have changed my lifestyle? I was living like I liked to live before. I was happy as I was. I just want

to earn money to be able to do the things in my life I want to do.

“But it has never been a goal of mine to have flashy women, cars, clothes and the rest. I like my tatty jeans and t-shirts. I love my old Toyota. So why should it change me? But it has given me more choice.

REGULAR FEATURE where he performs most stunts himself, grosses $191.2 million, considerably more than the previous last two Roger Moore Bonds.

Dalton achieves a much darker, more serious and gritty realism, closer to Ian Fleming’s original Bond – the prototype for 21st century’s Daniel Craig’s Bond.

As james bond in ‘The Living Daylights’

I can now reject films I don’t want to do and get others like ‘Hawks’ started because of Bond.

I can now do more of the badly paid theatre work I love. Bond has increased my commercial viability.

I can choose films like ‘Hawks,’ one of the best scripts ever written, where I can stay at home instead of working abroad.

Bond has certainly given me freedom.”

Over the decades, Dalton’s greatest love – the theatre – has seen him star in innumerable productions for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the Old Vic, the National Youth Theatre etc, enrolling in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, aged 18. His memorable movie debut as the weak King of France in 1968’s ‘THE LION IN WINTER’ and co-starring with Katharine Hepburn, Peter O’Toole and Anthony Hopkins, was followed by films like ‘MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS,’ 1971, and right into the 21st century, with ‘THE TOURIST’ 2010 and ‘DOCTOR WHO’ 2010.

But getting back to ‘Hawks’ in 1988. Dalton has warmed up to me now and the words flow easily. He enjoys talking at last. But surprisingly my mentioning his 17-year relationship with Vanessa Redgrave does not erupt into the expected volcano.

In the black comedy ‘Hawks’

He lets out the most raucous of roars, a natural laugh that comes from so deep inside his belly, that it confirms him to be refreshingly free of personal vanity.

Although Dalton was initially criticized for the lack of light hearted playboy humour in The ‘Living Daylights,’ his sophisticated Bond,

With life long friend Vanessa Redgrave

presumptions about the nature of any specific relationship. We work well together. How we are in the street afterwards has nothing to do with it.

“I never have and never will speak about my private life. So whatever you have heard is fabrication. I am a very private person and yet have nothing to hide. But I have learnt a long, long time ago, particularly in

this business, that if you start talking about your private life, you lose it.

If you make it public, it’s gone. It’s as simple as that.”

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Dalton is actually trying to please, but genuinely finds the mention of his personal life so hard to take, that his voice becomes hoarse and finally breaks as he concludes.

“I’ve known Vanessa since we worked together on ‘MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.’ But that does not make any difference when we’re acting together. I admire her resolve and courage.

She has a tremendous depth of care. But you must not make any

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OUR COMMUNITY

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blivious to the chatter around him, newborn baby Mason was cuddled

by VIEW President Faye Clark at the Coffee Club last week.

Mason is the greatgrandson of VIEW member Veronica Waterfield and

President Faye Clark with Mason

the coffee morning was the first social event for the year.

‘We’re a friendship club’ Faye said, ‘perfect if you’ve moved to Bribie and looking to make new friends. We have a lunch meeting and a social event each month and with some easy fundraising we support The Smith Family.’

One of Australia’s oldest and biggest women’s clubs View was founded by The Smith Family in the 1950s to give women a Voice (a petition to Parliament), Interest and Education of Women through guest speakers. Bribie club is celebrating its 23rd birthday this year and supports 5 disadvantaged students with Smith Family scholarships.

Jennifer Keeley (Secretary), Julie Bacon (Publicity)

‘We get wonderful letters from our students thanking us for enabling extra curricula lessons like music or swimming, a musical instrument or computer, stationery, school excursion or even new school shoes’ said Faye. ‘All those extras so many families are struggling to provide. The Learning For Life programs also help their reading and a mentor can guide them on the path to a career.’

Programmer Stella Auchter was passing

Stella Auchter, Programmer

out invitations to an International Women’s Day breakfast on Friday 8th March at the Serenity Restaurant, Waterways Motel. Guest speaker is local Judy Frost, a former Special Ed teacher who has just published her second book on her unique teaching method for readers.

All women are very welcome. Starting time is 8.30 for 9am. Phone Stella on 0419 796 476 if you’d like to come.

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Calendar project committee member Chris Meisbusch said that they were pleased to give support to such a great charity. “Thanks to all photography members who supported this project by submitting images. Congratulations to those photographers selected,” he said.

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he Bribie Island Photography Facebook Group recently made a $500 donation to the Bribie Island & District Neighbourhood Centre.

This was made possible from the net proceeds of the group’s 2019 Calendar Project.

Chris said that planning is now underway for an even bigger better calendar project for 2020.

He said the last remaining calendars are still available from Little Mike’s Coffee Shop Woorim.

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am an artist painting dogs – mostly – and I usually include a poem.

This is my Blue Cattle dog and this poem is really about ALL cattle dogs! I add also the photo of the painting where my Blue is trampling the actual poem in the sand, which is what she thinks of my poetry talents!

Cheers, Adrienne

BLUE

Blue You are such a Cattle Dog Loving yet aloof Not for you a wagging tail for no purpose Always thinking then….

WOOF!

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MY DOG My Dog Who lives in this moment Full of joy and exuberance Gentle nuzzle caresses Me. My Dog Weighs my heart And finds me Perfect.

As is she.

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arents who have been looking for extra, nocost activities that their children can enjoy may want to consider the Ecumenical Children’s Choir.

According to Margaret Grove, the choir which has been operating since 2011 has included more than eighty children from all faiths and cultures from Bribie to Caboolture.

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for our singers is from four to early teens (and we have had children both older or younger than that),” she said.

“There is no cost associated with the choir. Uniforms have been donated and music is provided. Parents are welcome to stay with their children during the choir practices if they so desire (and sing along if they want to as well). Over the years, the children who have been available have sung at retirement villages on Bribie three times a year during the children’s school holidays and in other locations as the opportunities arise.

This year, we are striving to achieve a special project where the children will use

their singing for the benefit of others in the wider community,” said Margaret.

She said choir practices are held at the Uniting Church in Webster Street, Bongaree from 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm every Monday of the school year.

“The children are able to work towards gaining badges for special skills learned throughout the year. If any of your children love to sing, they are really welcome to join the choir. Singing is a beautiful gift and the more we use the gift, the better it becomes. There is no audition necessary, just enthusiasm!”

For further information, please telephone Margaret Grove on 5497 5777.

MESSY CHURCH?

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ccording to Margaret Grove it isn’t always messy, but it is always fun!

together as we explore the mysteries of faith,” says Margaret.

“Messy Church is an active way of exploring the fundamentals of faith. It is Church for all ages from the very young to the very old. It is a relaxed way of sharing time

The Uniting Church in Webster Street, Bongaree, on Bribie Island hosts Messy Church on the second Sunday of the month from February to November inclusive and Margaret says that everyone is invited and welcomed.

“Messy Church commences at 4.00p.m. sharp, with games that highlight a particular theme for the day.

Everyone can have a part, even if it is cheering the younger ones on as they play out an exuberant game.

Next it is time to explore the theme further with quieter and sometimes messier activities that add more understanding to the day’s themes.

There are activities for all ages and it is so refreshing to see all ages of folk working together on these,” she said.

“By 5.00p.m. we are ready to share what we have learnt in a “Celebration” and at 5.30p.m. we sit down to a delicious meal together. Messy

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It is based on a true story of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg. The script was written by Daniel Stiepleman, Ginsberg’s real nephew, with Felicity Jones playing the young Ginsberg.

Well, Ginsberg shows us her path. She bides her time until an opportunity to tackle gender discrimination headon presents itself and she enlightens the country.

We meet Ginsberg as she begins law school. When she graduates top of her class she experiences first hand, the bias against women in a profession seen as the dominion of men only.

This film will stay with you long after its credits roll. It gives us hope that change for the better is possible and that timing is everything.

How could a woman, particularly one who is married with a child, possibly function effectively as a lawyer? What would the wives of the legal fraternity think?

Church concludes around 6.00p.m. It is an early night for a family and that is why many families including grandparents, parents, and children all enjoy the evening. For those who don’t have their family close, please feel that you are family and come along to share the joy.”

The next Messy Church is Sunday, 10th March.

For further information, please telephone Margaret on 5497 5777.

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Before the film draws to a close, meet the real Ruth Bader Ginsberg who is currently an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in the States.

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PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB activities proposed.

Interesting location shoots are planned for each month with an extended outing to Tin Can Bay proposed for later on in the year. A portrait workshop with John Lomas is in the pipeline and the PSQ Convention is to be held at Wynnum this year.

Our monthly competitions are about to begin again on 25th February.

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAMERA

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ur first monthly meeting for the year was a “Getting to know your Camera� workshop with members of the public invited to attend.

There were videos on several topics such as Composition and Exposure. Ron Le Huray explained the workings

and answering questions that arose. Afterwards we enjoyed a nice supper and a general chat mostly about photography. We were very pleased to welcome and hopefully help several visitors.

2019 is shaping up to be an exciting year for our club with many varied

of Aperture and Depth of Field. John Cupper gave a short talk on Photographing in Raw and how to process these large files. We then formed into groups according to camera types with experienced members assisting with technique

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The Bribie Island Photography Club meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 7 pm in the Boardroom at the back of the Arts Centre on Sunderland Drive.

New members are always welcome. The first two meetings are free. If you wish to come along ring Gordon at 3408 2649 or Gail at 3408 9850 or just turn up on the night. www.sites. google.com/site/ bribiephotographyclub e: bribiephotographyclub@ gmail.com

PHOTOGRAPHY TUTORIAL The photos were taken at the Jetty (Bongaree). This photo is missing some light.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOR

BEGINNERS

By Victor Pérez Pérez

(Not a professional photographer but just an experienced learner)

Even though photography is an ART, besides knowing your DSLR camera (and, sometimes, besides knowing your compact one, or, even, your smart phone) you might need some technical knowhow.

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his tutorial has no aim other than to help the beginners. For deeper learning, please consult the Internet.

INTRODUCTION: MAIN CONCEPTS 1.- Light 2.- Composition 3.- Message 4.- Edition

Definitions: 1.- Without light there is no image, no photography.

It means that to take any photo you need light and, to obtain a good pic, you need to control that light.

2.- The composition shows your arty side.

Nevertheless, even if it’s a very personal point of view, you must know some tips.

This image has the proper light.

3.- The message is what you really want to show.

You must know how to transmit it properly.

4.- Normally, to heighten your photos, you need to edit them. The editing allows you to complete or to improve them. In a certain way, ‘Chapel it’s your Gabby Shaw, Lane’ darkroom.

1.- Lens (even if it’s not a part of the camera) (B on the figure)

Step by step, I’ll try to explain and develop these matters in the simplest way.

2.- Diaphragm (built-in the lens) (C)

Note:

4.- CCD sensor (built-in the camera) (G)

I remind you that the cameras we are considering here are the DSLR ones, digital singlelens reflex camera, (those which lenses can be changed). Nevertheless, some of the matters which will be described here can be applied to compact cameras and smart phones too.

LESSON 1: LIGHT In photography, light is the first and most important of the concepts.

Let’s first remind which are the main parts of a camera (see the picture below):

3.- Shutter (built-in the camera) (F)

We could compare these devices to our eyes: the diaphragm would be the pupil, the shutter the eyelids and the CCD sensor the retina.

Why can we see a scene?

Because it’s illuminated.

If the light disappears, we wouldn’t see it. It means that the image we capture with our camera is light, only light. That’s why it’s so important to handle properly the amount of light we want to use.

Normally, we consider that too much light gives an overexposed image and not enough light an underexposed picture. A right picture needs a right light, a right exposure.

What happens when we press the shutterrelease button?

The button releases a 45º leaning mirror built-in the camera and opens the

SHUTTER. The image of the scene -the light- goes into the lens, crosses the hole of the DIAPHRAGM, crosses the SHUTTER and, finally, it’s registered in the CCD sensor and goes directly to the memory card.

The intensity of the exposure depends of the APERTURE of the diaphragm (the diameter of the hole), the SPEED the shutter flips up and down and the SENSITIVITY of the CCD.

Note: When the mirror and the shutter are not released, they protect the CCD sensor from the light.

The mirror allows us to watch the scene through the viewfinder or the backscreen.

It appears then three important topics: 1.- The APERTURE (of the diaphragm) 2.- The SPEED (of the shutter) 3.- The SENSITIVITY (of the CCD sensor) You can contact Victor Pérez Pérez at victor. perez.perez@hotmail.com

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TRAVEL

THE LONG WAY ROUND TO BRIBIE! Episode 25 Trials and Tribulations in Northern New South Wales with Sabine Von Graz

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fter our rather chaotic drive getting lost through Sydney, we decided we needed a longer stop at Shoal Bay, to get the van and ourselves back into shape. Wherever we went a certain smell was following us, if you know what I mean‌we had a few misdiagnoses, blaming spring fertilizers and other vans, until we finally had to admit that WE had a black water valve problem!

To top it off the hot water system collapsed, with water leaking out the van, right left and centre!

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close to a toilet and shower, yet parking was another topic. Everything was chockers, and we had to squeeze in between multiple vans and a huge boat. Not sure why someone had their boat in the park, but I guess if you love boats and get sea sick then the caravan park is another option.

Unfortunately as the boat was so huge, we were eye to eye with a love nest‌ do I need to say more?

Thankfully the surroundings of Port Stephens were so amazing, that we hardly spent any time spying on our active neighbours, and instead

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took advantage of all the great restaurants, shops and parks. Our favourite place was the spectacular Tomaree lookout, just half an hour climb from our caravan park. From there one could see across the whole region including dangerous Fingal Spit, which Richard and Ginger braved to cross at low tide.

View over Shoal Bay and Zenith Beach from Tomaree lookout

It took ten days to get all our plumbing issues sorted, before we were ready to pull up stumps.

For a change, that morning, we were on time with our packing up, which is important when you have to leave through boom gates with Fingal Spit warning sign

an access code that stops working after your check out time has expired…

And then unexpectedly our hooking up of the car to the van turned out rather tricky, as over the last few days caravans left and came and it looked like we were hemmed in! This is one of those crucial times when you need all those helpful, active neighbours to come out of boats and the woodwork, with some good advice, on how to get you out of the pickle... In the end all the adjacent caravaners had to move their cars and some even had to hand wiggle their vans until we finally were set free!

While everyone was waving good-bye, Richard rounded the corner and a surge of water poured out from the understorage!! It was just like one of those water trucks spraying a dusty road…

The waving stopped and everyone stared in disbelief, knowing and having suffered through all our plumbing problems, hoping that it was not the black water tank again!

Meanwhile my bladder was at bursting point, extra agitated from witnessing all that water, but with no time to stop we left the onlookers behind in their puddles in search of a new spot to pull over.

By then we were in a busy town area, and as soon as Richard found a big enough parking area, I dashed into the van to do my business just to hear him call out: ”Sorry Love but I have to move!

The van is blocking a drive way, and the driver is in a hurry to get out!”

The ‘hurry’ car made it out all right, while I was hanging on to my dear

Tomaree Head lookout with Fingal Spit in the background

life in the cubicle, as you would on a plane with major turbulence!

When I eventually made it out of the van, feeling totally carsick, I mentioned that we should call it a day, find a quiet caravan park and have a Schnapps… never mind it was only around 11 am and the travelling day had not even started yet!

Anyway, once all this was sorted we were finally ready to hit the road, me following closely behind the Dodge with the Rocket (the Nissan 300 ZX, my birthday present we just picked up at Ulludulla), as the brake lights on the Dodge were still dodgy… going on and off depending on bumps in the road.

We only had a threehour drive ahead of us and therefore decided to check out a few headlands on the way, with the first one being Black Head. In hindsight, may be this was not the right day to go sightseeing…Never mind, we pushed on and as

luck had it we missed an important turn off, ending up on a downhill road getting narrower by the minute, until we saw a tiny one way wooden bridge, … which we now totally blocked with our rig…

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TRAVEL We went for option number two, with me informing the piled up and oncoming traffic of our plan, while directing Richard until the Dodge and van got jack-knifed …

Now it was up to poor hubby to maneuver in multiple tiny steps forwards and backwards into the bushes, until at long last he was able to complete the turn!

By then it was around 2 pm and we were rather shaken, as you can imagine, yet for whatever reason decided to keep on exploring…

This time we figured out a less dangerous approach, namely that I should check out the bays with the Rocket,

and Richard, Ginger and Coco would wait with the rig further on at Diamond Bay. Off I went and it was not long before I got stuck between two oversize trucks, carrying a couple of houses, which in return got stuck under a power line… When I finally got unstuck and reached the Red Bay village centre, I found out that it was a dead end and I was forced to turn around and face the houses on the move all over again.

Hoping for something amazing at the end of that exhausting day we arrived at Manning Point ...but we could see nooooothing…

Above: Our neighbours boat at the van park Right: Ginger’s sleeping area next to the dining table

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On closer look however, after risking a few more side roads, we found a gorgeous caravan park situated between a beach and river, with an amazing pool and a secluded spot just for us!

It turned out to be a little hidden gem, backed by a unique beach filled with pebbles on one end, and running into pure white sand on the other. For dinner we discovered a little pier restaurant on

Now you think I over exaggerated about that day, but let me tell you… I actually had to leave out a couple of more incidents as I was running out of space!

May be it was a sign, that it was time to go home before real disaster strikes? But you know us by now, and I will squeeze in a bit more exploring before we arrive at our new home at Bribie in the next and last episode of The Long Way Round to Bribie!

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HISTORY

BRIBIE STREET NAMES

By Barry Clark, Bribie Island Historical Society

I get many comments about these regular History Pages with readers often surprised to learn new things about the fascinating history of Bribie Island.

The more you understand about this place, the more you can appreciate it.

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his rich history is in old buildings, parks and even street names. Street names such as CAMPBELL, WEBSTER and TRIPCONY record the contribution of early pioneers , SUNDERLAND, RENTON, McDONALD, BOYD and RICKMAN were early in business, while KOOPA and DOOMBA were ships that brought the first tourists here. The language of the indigenous people is remembered in names like BIBIMULYA, TOORBUL and NEENUK.

BRIBIE STREET NAMES AVON Ave. Avon was the name of the Ship that was scuttled in the Passage in 1915, and is still visible at low tide today 104 years later, across the Passage from Banksia Beach.

Many streets are simply named for BIRDS, FISH and TREES but the background to some street names that you drive or walk down every day may surprise you.

There is an Exhibition currently showing at the Bribie Seaside Museum called “The Streets we Live in” which tells about several Bribie Street names, and I encourage you to go and see it. The exhibition runs until 21st APRIL. I have written about just a few of them here to spark your interest.

The Historical Society research the rich history of this Island and you can view many more interesting stories on our Blog Site at http://bribieislandhistory. blogspot.com or contact us on bribiehistoricalsociety@gmail.com

aground on the NSW coast in 1891.

It was largely abandoned before being auctioned for just 100 pounds and then used as a coal barge on the Brisbane River until it collided with a Ferry in 1911.

It was fabricated as a Paddle Steamer in Glasgow Scotland in 1867, and shipped out in sections to Melbourne and reassembled.

This 100 ft. long steel vessel ran from Melbourne to the Gippsland Lakes for 23 years before running

James Clark, known as the “Pearl King” before losing much of his pearling fleet in a Cyclone, farmed numerous Oyster Leases in the Passage from his land at what is now Sandstone Point. He purchased the hulk of the AVON, towed it to Bribie and scuttled it in the Passage as protection for his Oyster beds in 1914. It has been a navigation landmark in the Passage

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Paddle Steamer Avon 1880’s

Avon Hulk Scuttled 1915

for more than a hundred years, but is now rusted to the waterline and visible only at low tide.

BANYA St. Banya Street takes its name from an early oyster camp in that area, long before the development of Bribie Island by the Brisbane Tug Company. Fred Foster also had a camp there in the 1880’s catching and processing Turtle and Dugong, which is how FOSTER Street got its name.

In 1912, George Campbell ,a director of the Brisbane Tug & Steamship Company wrote to the Lands Dept. in Brisbane suggesting the recently surveyed new township on Bribie Island be named Banya.

That name was deemed to be too similar to other place names in Queensland and so the name Bongaree, (Matthew Flinders aboriginal companion who first landed here in 1799) was selected.

It was however agreed to have a major street in the new Township of Bongaree named Banya.

Banya Street 1920’s

COTTERILL Ave Named for the Cotterill family who emigrated from Nottingham, England to Bribie Island in November 1924 at the invitation of her uncle Alfred Hall.

Banya Street 1954

Initially surveyed as a wide road reserve Banya St. began as a narrow bush sand track. As land was sold and houses built it grew to become one of the grandest streets on Bribie Island with many historic buildings still remaining. These include two early churches, the first electricity Generator, Bakery and the grand Coungeau House (now TocH) built in 1916 for Naoum and his poet wife Emily, who wrote Australia’s first Opera there.

CAPTAIN COOK Dr. Is one of the many Streets at Banksia Beach that relate to the voyages of James Cook, the first person to sail and map the East Coast of Australia, but he never came anywhere near Bribie Island.

Cook was a long way out to sea, east of Moreton Island, when he passed here on 17th July 1770.

Cook named Cape Mor(e)ton and the Glasshouses, but was not aware of any of the islands of Moreton Bay. It was a Developer who gave street names such as BANKS after Joseph Banks the Naturalist , and Daniel SOLANDER his assistant Botanist, WHITBY and PLYMOUTH for seaports in England, VENUS for Cook’s primary purpose of observing the transit of Venus in Tahiti, ELIZABETH BATTS was Cook’s remarkable wife and mother of their 6 children, who outlived all of them. ENDEAVOUR was the name of Cook’s sailing ship that made this amazing world journey, and BOTANY records Cooks first landing in Australia.

Most of the street names in the western part of Banksia Beach record names and events related to that first voyage of discovery by James Cook in 1768/71. Cook went on to spend another 7 years as a remarkable navigator and Captain of the “Resolution” on two long journeys exploring for a Great South Land and North West Passage, before his untimely death at the age of 51 at the hands of natives on Hawaii in 1779.

Lily Cotterill was a niece of Alfred Hall who had a general Store at Toowong before moving to Bribie and opening the first Shop at Bongaree in 1918 in partnership with Artie Bestman.

Lily Cotterill, her husband Wilf and daughter Muriel aged 8, came from England in 1924 and built a corrugated iron residence and first kiosk shop at Woorim as soon as the new road had been constructed.

They later moved to Bongaree to manage Hall & Bestman’s leased farm land.

Wilf Cotterill quickly became known as the “ Melon King” growing vegetables, raising chickens, ducks and eggs for sale, as well as developing the substantial farm land. In 1924 the farm was 321 acres of leased land on the north side of Shirley Creek held by Alfred Hall and Arthur Bestman.

By 1930 the lease was held by Alfred Hall and Wilf Cotterill who set to work clearing the land , erecting farm buildings and a house. Over the years he built a successful dairy farm supplying fresh produce to the Hall & Bestman Store (corner of First Avenue and Toorbul Street) as well as the island’s few residents and thousands of visitors and campers. During the years of World War 2 he supplied fresh milk to the Australian and American military forces located on Bribie Island and Toorbul Point.

By 1950 the leasehold was converted to freehold and Wilf Cotterill became the sole owner.

Clearing Land 1924

The land was later subdivided for residential housing known as the Cotterill Estate, but the original Cotterill farmhouse remained on a block of land between Cotterill and Hall Avenue until 2008 when it was demolished to make way for units.

FIRST AVE. First Avenue was the first of five short avenues in the new Township of Bongaree and later became the first road that crossed Bribie Island to link Bongaree Jetty with the Ocean Beach.

Originally known as Campbell Ave. in 1912 it was just a bush track, used by some early residents and visitors who made the long hot walk along the sandy track from Bongaree Jetty to Ocean Beach.

In 1914, George Campbell of the Brisbane Tug and Steamship Company obtained a 21 year special lease with a plan to build a tramway from the Bongaree Jetty to the Ocean surf Beach. However, by 1923 Mr. Campbell conceded the tramway was not going to happen and a sand roadway was cleared using stone and cinders in the swampy low points ,transported from Brisbane and unloaded on a special temporary jetty beside the main jetty at Bongaree.

From 1924 when this private road was completed it became known as Ocean Beach Road and was maintained by the Tug Company for the use of their company buses.

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Clearing Ocean Beach Road, 1924.

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could use the Toll road for small fee, and pedestrians were still free to walk along the roadway.

HALL & BESTMAN Avenues.

This situation continued until the early 1950s when the Brisbane Tug & Steamship folded and it became a public roadway.

These two streets are named after friends and businessmen, Alfred Hall and Arthur (Artie) Bestmann (original German spelling with two N’s)

By the 1970s the road was part of the Caboolture-Bribie Island Road that ran over the recently completed (1963) Bribie Bridge to Woorim and is now known as First Avenue.

Their friendship started around 1912 when Hall, a grocery merchant in Toowong, would come to the newly built Jetty on Bribie Island for fishing holidays. Here he met Artie Bestman who was the first permanent resident on Bribie Island, though he maintained connections with the family farm at Beachmere.

GOODWIN Drive Named for John Goodwin who built the first Hotel on Bribie at Ocean Beach in 1939.

John Goodwin managed the hotel with his brother Patrick and sister Isobel. It was the first licensed property on the island and had modern comforts for residents and holidaymakers.

Soon after the Hotel opened World War 2 broke out and Goodwin’s Hotel Bribie was taken over by the military and used as Officers’ accommodation. John transferred the liquor license to a small Cottage in Bongaree as a temporary Hotel, built a bar on the ground floor and lived upstairs with his siblings. This English style cottage was located on the corner of Banya and Foster Streets but has since been demolished and a modern home built.

After the War, when the Hotel Bribie reopened, guests had a choice of 11 guestrooms and access to the bar, parlour and lounge.

Large swing doors between the rooms opened up to convert the bottom floor into a dance hall in the evenings.

Later in life John Goodwin became a Caboolture Shire Councillor and was influential in having electricity and water connected to Bribie Island.

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Artie Bestman had cattle and bee hives on Bribie and supplied fruit, honey and his father’s homemade wine to early visitors.

A partnership developed between Hall and Bestman when some campers on the island asked Alfred to bring supplies from his grocery store in Toowong.

In 1913, Alfred Hall built a weekend holiday home next door to Bestman, opposite the Jetty, and together they started selling groceries out of the window of his spare room to customers.

As business grew, they built the island first grocery shop in 1918 which became known as the Hall & Bestman Store.

This was located at what is now a Real Estate office on the corner First Avenue service road and Toorbul Street. From the early days they had dairy cows for milk, chickens for meat and eggs and grew vegetables to supply both visitors and residents.

They also hired out cut timber tent poles to campers and would erect them for a fee before the campers arrived on the steamships.

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WELSBY Pde. This honours Moreton Bay historian and businessman Thomas Welsby (1858-1941), who was a respected politician and sportsman.

His association with the Moreton Bay region started as a young man and continued throughout his life.

Welsby sailed and fished throughout the bay and his intimate understanding encouraged his writings and contributed to the social and geographic knowledge of Moreton Bay. He wrote seven books, the last in 1937 when he was aged 79 about a legendary character Bribie the Basket Maker. Welsby’s story tells of the island getting its name from a man known as Bribie, an escaped convict who came to the island around 1842. He is said to have made fishing baskets in which he caught fish and crabs and lived on the island with an indigenous woman.

However, by Welsby’s own admission, there is no evidence at all that such a person ever existed In addition to his many books, Welsby had many accomplishments in his life and maintained a house on Bribie Island with an indigenous housekeeper. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, and founding member and president of the Historical Society of Queensland. He was also a founder of the Brisbane Sailing Club which later became the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, and founding vice president, president and patron of the Amateur Fishing Association of Queensland (AFA) formed in 1904, which established a base on Bribie Island in 1925, which is still in use today.

AFA Cottage 1925

WINSTON Dr. Named for the Winston family of Ben & Mary Winston and their three sons Arthur, Edwin and Frank Winston.

Ben Winston was elected a committee member at the first meeting of the Bribie Island Progress Association in 1922 and was Bribie Island Bowling Club’s delegate to the Queensland Bowling Association.

In 1930 sons Arthur and Edwin Winston acquired a leasehold

over a 360-acre portion of land which stretched from Creel Bend north to Benabrow Avenue and inland to where Winston Drive is today, where they established a Tobacco farm, which was then an experimental crop.

The land was later converted from leasehold to freehold and subdivided to become known as the Winston Estate.

Older brother Frank would often visit Bribie island and he was an early camera and photography buff, so these visits gave him many photographic opportunities.

In 1933 Arthur and Edwin Winston purchased the Bestman Store business which they carried on as Winston Bros Cash & Carry for the next three decades. They were the first to introduce bottled milk to Bribie Island which necessitated the installation of a cold room.

A wooden seat was placed outside the shop as a popular meeting place for locals. It was affectionately known as The Seat of Knowledge.

Mr & Mrs Hall at Winstons Tobacco Farm 1936

Arthur Winston became a Caboolture Shire Councillor for Bribie Island in 1962, following the

death of John Goodwin, who had built the Hotel Bribie back in 1939.

Frank went on to make extensive movie Films and Photos of Bribie, and created postcards from his photographs and sold these at the family store. Much of this extensive and historic photo collection was recently displayed

by Lissa Winston at the Seaside Museum.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR STREET. I encourage you to go and see the new Exhibition titled “THE STREETS WE LIVE IN” at the Bribie Island Seaside Museum which will run until April 21st.

The Historical Society have monthly public meetings at the RSL Club on the second Wednesday of each month commencing at 6;30pm. with interesting guest speakers on a wide range of topics, and you can see many more photos and articles on our Blog Site at http://bribieislandhistory. blogspot.com or contact us on bribiehistoricalsociety@gmail.com

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Meeting room is behind church. Woorim Promises Meeting on the beach Sunday - 7.30am - Rotary Park, Woorim Beach.

Access Area no.3, North St, Woorim. No dogs permitted on beach, BYO chair. Book study meeting Thursday 7.30pm - Church of Christ Hall. Corner of Fifth Ave and Foley St, Bongaree. Meeting room is behind church.

FOR MORE INFO Contact Glenn 0410 435 867.

Open I.D. meeting (previously known as the Banksia Beach Friday Night Meeting) Saturday - I.D. 7.00pm - Bribie Island Baptist Church. 7 to 9 Cotterill ave, Bongaree, cnr of Cotterill and Bestman FOR MORE INFO Contact Jaime 0438 622 545 EVERY MON, THU, FRI ABY RHYME TIME: at the Bribie Library, 10am.

EVERY WED ANKSIA GARDEN CLUB: Meet from 9.15am - Noon at the Bribie Community Arts Centre, Sunderland Drive.

All welcome. Ph Desley 3408 8470.

1st WED of the Month AREFOOT BOWLS, BRIBIE ISLAND BOWLS CLUB: 1-3pm, Welsby Parade. $5 per person and kids are FREE with every paying adult. Includes an instructor, greens and equipment hire.

3rd SUN of the Month EACHMERE CRAFT GROUP: Meet at 1.30pm at Beachmere Uniting Church, Cnr Moreton Tce & Second Ave. Bring your craft. Gold coin donation.

PH 0417 067 992 2nd & 4th WED of the Month EACHMERE INDOOR BOWLS CLUB: Meet at the Community Hall, Progress Avenue. 1.15pm4pm. Cost $4: includes 3 games of bowls & afternoon tea. PH 0414 088 358.

Every MON EACHMERE SLIMMERS INC: Meet at the Community Hall, Progress Ave, Beachmere, 9 a.m. to 10.30am. Entry $4.00 per meeting. Contact: Judy 0401153633 or Pat: 54968551.

Every FRI EING THERE – Grief Contact and Support Morning Tea: Meets at 10.00 – 11.00 am in rooms at George Hartnett Metropolitan Funerals 2/229 Goodwin Drive Bongaree.

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EVERY THU RIBIE ISLAND HEALTHY SLIMMERS FELLOWSHIP: Support group meets Tuesday @ 7:30am at TOCH, 36 Banya St, Bongaree. All welcome. PH Dorothy 5497 5552 or Sandra 0427 829 008.

EVERY TUE RIBIE ISLAND FAMILY HISTORY INTEREST GROUP: Meet in The Anzac Room, Bribie Island, RSL Club.

February To December (Tues 1pm, Thurs 10am). Feb - Dec. PH Bette 3408 3096.

1st TUE and 2nd THU RIBIE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Monthly meetings in the RSL’s ANZAC Room on Level 1 at 6:30pm. All Welcome. PH Lynne Hooper on 3408 2336.

2nd WED of the Month RIBIE ISLAND INDOOR BOWLS CLUB: First Avenue. Tues 09:00 – 12:00, Weds 13:00 – 16:00, Thurs 18:30 – 21:30, Fri 13:00 – 16:00.

Phone 3408 0177 or best call in and see us on Games Days.

New members welcome.

EVERY TUE, WED, THU, FRI ribie island lions club at blue pacific hotel woorim 6pm for 6.30Pm start. Inquiries on how to join lions phone 0457867390.New members welcome.

2nd & 4th THU Each Month RIBIE ISLAND MIXED SOCIAL DART CLUB: Meets at the Bribie Island Golf Club Woorim. Games start at 6:30 names in by 6:15. All welcome to come along and have a game. For more info. Email Heather: ted-52@hotmail.com or phone 0427499073 EVERY TUE RIBIE ISLAND ORCHESTRA PRACTICE: 7.00 pm. Every Sunday evening at Sandstone Point. Phone Heather White for details. 5497 5818.

Every SUN of the Month RIBIE ISLAND ORCHID SOCIETY CULTURAL MEETING at Orchid House: Meet at 156A First Ave, Bribie Island Meeting time - Arrival 1:00 pm for a 1:30pm start.

Plants must be benched by 1:15 pm when judging commences. Teresa Watson 0407 782 290.

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CLUBS & ASSOCIATIONS Geoff geoffbradford2@ bigpond.com or PH 0421 866 560.

1st WED of the Month RIBIE & DISTRICT WOODCRAFTERS ASSOCIATION. Bribie Woodies open daily for members workshop activities. Also sales and demonstrations at Art Centre Markets last Sunday every month. Contact John for information on 0417 635 093.

OPENS DAILY RIBIE BUTTERFLY VOLUNTEERS INC: Meet from 9am-1pm. Volunteer your time to help with the running of Bribie Butterfly House community project. PH Ray 0409 491 419.

MON TO FRI RIBIE ISLAND AND DISTRICT NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE: Meets Mondays 5pm. Smart Recovery (from addiction/s) Group Mondays 1.15pm. ‘Feel great, Get things done: Me time for Women’ EVERY MON RIBIE ISLAND BICYCLE USER GROUP (BRIBIE BUG) offers easy rides 8am Mondays, 6am Wednesdays and 8am Saturdays. Rides leave Information Centre, Benabrow Avenue, Bellara.

Contact Isabel on 5496 8661.

MON, WED & SAT RIBIE ISLAND BUSH POETS: Meet at 6.30pm at the Blue Pacific Hotel, Woorim.

Everyone is welcome to come along and present poetry or just listen. PH Cay 3408 3219.

4th MON of the Month RIBIE ISLAND COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB: Monthly Concert at 11 am in the U3A Recreation Hall, First Ave Bongaree, Ph Di 0402 255 852 4th SUN of the Month RIBIE ISLAND GARDEN CLUB: Meet at the RSL Auditorium, 9am for 9.30 start.

PH Les 0411 049 894.

4th WED of the Month RIBIE ISLAND GEM & FOSSICKING CLUB: Meet at 8am-1pm. Club sheds situated adjacent to the Community Arts Centre, 191 Sunderland Dr, Banksia Beach. Please wear closed in shoes. Our annual Gem Show will be held over the weekend of September 8th & 9th, hours - 0800hrs to 1600hrs, at the sheds of the Community Art Centre, 191 Sunderland Drive, Banksia Beach, Bribie Island PH Greg 0418 835 137 or Colin 0420 917 625.

EVERY MON, TUE, WED, SAT RIBIE ISLAND HANDCRAFT CLUB: Meet at 8am - 11am, Bribie Indoor Bowls Hall, First Ave. All welcome. BYO handcraft.

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4th WED of the Month RIBIE MASONIC LODGE: Meets at 7pm Banya St, Bongaree. Visitors welcome.

Nev 0407 300 765, Ron 0418 858 866.

2nd WED of the Month RIBIE TOASTMASTERS: Meet at 7.00pm in the Bribie RSL club with a warm welcome to anyone who comes to visit.

1st & 3rd TUE of the Month Caboolture VIEW Club hold a social function or event each month. Our February outing will be a Friendship Day that is being held at Sandstone Point Hotel on Thursday 7th February. Members are meeting for morning tea at 10am and will later have lunch at The Oyster Shed. We welcome any other women who would like to make new friends to join us. For more information please contact: Sue Wilkinson 0405333115 or Gwen Tracey 54339395 OUNTRY LINKS MONTHLY CONCERT: Meet at 12 noon at the Bribie Activity Centre (formally Golden Age) 96-108 Arcadia Ave., Woorim.

PH Janice 0403 481 943.

2nd SUN of the Month RAFT GROUP, 1.30pm at Beachmere Uniting Church, Cnr Moreton Tce & Second Ave. Bring your craft.

Gold coin donation. PH 0417 067 992.

EVERY 2nd & 4th WED of the Month RAFT AND FRIENDSHIP CLUB: Meet at 8.45am to 11.45am in the Church of Christ Hall, Fifth and Folley Streets, Bongaree. All welcome. PH Margaret on 3408 4108.

Every Friday RAGONS ABREAST BRIBIE ISLAND: Monthly Meeting held 6.30pm for 6.45pm start, at the Anzac Room RSL Bribie.

1st WED of the Month UCHRE: meet at Bribie Island Bowls Club from 12.30pm until 4 pm. $4.00 including afternoon tea.

Visitors welcome. Can teach anyone who would like to learn. Details. PH Betty Jones 3408 1968.

EVERY MON IRL GUIDES: For information contact Yvette 0413 043 659.

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EVERY WED P’S BRIBIE ISLAND SHOPPING CENTRE. Contact Gary Stephens 0400750 232 10:00am to 1:00pm.

Every TUE to SAT. ION’S CLUB OF SANDSTONE POINT CAR BOOT MARKET: Meet at 6-11am. Car park Sandstone Point Oval (next to IGA). Cost $10.00 a stall. Bookings: 0435 017 752.

1st SAT of the Month ARKET STALL: 9am – 11am. Church of Christ hall. Fifth & Foley Street.

Pumicestone Ukulele Group.

5pm – 7pm. At Uniting Church.

2nd & 4th FRI of the Month EDITATION AT BRIBIE ARTS CENTRE LABYRINTH: Sunderland Drive, 7am.

Contact Joyce 0439 329 334.

EVERY TUE ULTICULTURAL ENGLISH: Meets at 9am-12pm. 9 Verdoni Street, Bellara. PH 3408 8440 EVERY MON EEDLECRAFT: Ladies Sewing Circle meets at the Bribie Island Community Arts Centre, Sunderland Dr, Banksia Beach 9am - 4pm.

PH Cheryl 3408 8988 or Karin 0417 705 171.

EVERY TUE AM’S FREE TAI CHI AND MEDITATION GROUP: Solander Esp. Banksia Beach @ 10a.m. Beginners Welcome.

EVERY TUE & SAT UMISTONE PASSAGE PROBUS GROUP: If you enjoy fun and friendship then this is the club for you!

Come along to one of our meetings at the RSL Anzac Room 9am for 9.30 start.

Meet new friends and hear an interesting talk.But that’s not all. Each month we have a dinner date, a walk and coffee morning, an activity or outing and a fishing group. Come and join the fun. Visitors Welcome. For more details call Gerry Hurst on 54976580 or 0457305391. Look forward to seeing you there 2nd TUE of the Month UMICESTONE TREFOIL GUILD (The adult section of Girl Guides Australia): Meets at 1pm at various venues. PH Annette on 0407 566 430 or Pat 3408 4079.

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1st MON of the Month ENIORS SOCIAL COFFEE: Meet at 10am. Venue has changed from the Coffee Club to the Sports Club at Bongaree.

2nd & 4th TUE of the Month HE BRIBIE ISLAND BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL SERVICEMENS’ ASSOCIATION: Meet for lunch and a chat at 25 Boronia Drive, Bongaree.

PH John Price 0439 287 747.

1st TUE of the Month HE BRIBIE ISLAND COMMUNITY PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP: Meets from 1.00pm until 3.00pm (December and January excepted), in the Anzac Room at the Bribie Island RSL Club, 99 Toorbul Street, Bongaree.

Meetings are open to people with Parkinson’s and their carers and family members and community . Gold Coin Donation. Contact: Co-ordinator David Martin on 0418 750120 EVERY 2nd THU of the Month HE PROBUS CLUB OF BRIBIE ISLAND INC: Next meets on Tuesday 5 February at the Bribie Island RSL’s Conference Room at 9:15 a.m. The profile speaker is to be the club’s President Ian Yoxall and the guest speaker the RSL Sub-Branch’s George Franklin who is to speak on the branch’s Community Link Programme. The club’s next activity is the Toc H BBQ on Tuesday 19 February. Visitors welcome. Details - Mark Sunter (3408-4145) or Ursula Maffey (3410-0792).”

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Community Markets. Brennan Park, Bongaree.

3rd SUN of the Month WELVE BY TWELVE, Living Sober Meeting: 7.30pm, Church of Christ hall, Corner of Fifth ave and Foley st Bongaree. Meeting room is behind church. PH Glenn 0410 435 867.

EVERY THU HE BRIBIE ISLAND VIETNAM VETERANS ASSOC. (BIVVA): Meet at: 9.00am. Where: The Bribie Island Drop In Centre at the Recreation Hall, 156 First Ave, Bongaree. The BIVVA Drop In Centre is open to all Veterans Mon – Fri at 9.00am – 1.00pm. Pension and Welfare Officers available Mon and Tues at 10.00am – 1.00pm. PH 3408 0405 Office Pensions/Welfare 3408 1280.

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Bribie is blessed with a number of great markets.

QUEENSLAND CANCER COUNCIL MARKETS WHEN: First Sunday of each Month 7am – 12noon WHERE: Brennan Park, Toorbul Street Bribie.

BRIBIE ROTARY MARKETS WHEN: Every second Sunday of each month 6:30 am to 12:00 noon.

WHERE: Brennan Park, Toorbul Street Bribie.

BRIBIE ISLAND AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY APPEAL (BIDCA) MARKET WHEN: Every 3rd Sunday of the Month 6am – 12noon WHERE: Brennan Park, Toorbul Street Bribie.

BRIBIE VIBE ARTS & CRAFT MARKET WHEN: Last Sunday of the Month

8:30am – 1pm WHERE: Bribie Island Community Arts Centre 191 Sunderland Drive, Banksia Beach LIONS CLUB OF SANDSTONE POINT CAR BOOT SALE WHEN: First Saturday of the Month 6am – 11am WHERE: Car Park adjacent to Sandstone Point Shopping Village 205 Bestmann Road East, Sandstone Point

UPCOMING BEACHMERE EVENTS EACH SATURDAYS - FEBRUARY WITNESSING/JP SERVICE, 9am 9.30am Outside IGA, Beachmere Village Shopping Centre, Cnr Beachmere & James Rds. info@bang.org.au EACH SATURDAY FEBRUARY BINGO, eyes down 1pm, Beachmere Community Hall, 5 Progress Ave. Contact Gwen 0448 238 056.

EACH MONDAY FEBRUARY MAH JONG, 9am-12pm Beachmere Community Hall, 5 Progress Ave. Contact Gwen 0448 238 056.

EACH TUESDAY FEBRUARY BEACHMERE ASSIST – NEW VENUE, 9am-11am The Shed, Beachmere Community Hall, 5 Progress Ave. FREE weekly drop in! All Welcome: Contact Dave 0475 571 902 or email info@bang.org.au.

EACH WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY TENNIS – SOCIAL DOUBLES 8am – 11am, Beachmere Tennis Club, Roger Street Sporting Complex, Beachmere. All levels of abilities welcome. Tea & Coffee provided.

Cost is $4. Contact to confirm play 0405 241 698 or 0439 287 414.

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CARDS 9am – noon, Beachmere Community Hall, 5 Progress Ave, Contact Gwen 0448 238 056.

EACH WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY SOUL & LINE DANCING, 6-7pm Beachmere Community Hall, 5 Progress Ave. Contact Gwen 0448 238 056.

EACH FRIDAY FEBRUARY BEACHMERE SLIMMERS SUPPORT GROUP, 9am Beachmere Activity Centre,

25 Biggs Ave. For info contact Judy 0401 153 633 OR Find us on Facebook FRIDAY, 1 FEBRUARY LADIES, LET’S DO LUNCH, Noon, Beachmere Hotel, James Road, ALL WELCOME. Meals & Drinks at your own expense. Please RSVP 0413 73 95 73 ladieslunch@bang. org.au.

EACH FRIDAY FEBRUARY BEACHMERE SCOUTS – JOEYS STARTING 1 FEB - NEW VENUE & NEW AGE BRACKET (ages 5-8 years) 6pm-7pm at Beachmere Community Hall, 5 Progress Avenue.

EACH FRIDAY FEBRUARY BEACHMERE SCOUTS - CUBS, STARTING 1 FEB - NEW VENUE & NEW AGE BRACKET (ages 8-11.5 years) 5.50pm - 6pm-7.30pm, Beachmere Community Hall, 5 Progress Avenue.

EACH MONDAY FEBRUARY BEACHMERE SCOUTS – STARTING 4 FEB - NEW DAY, NEW VENUE & NEW AGE BRACKET (ages 11.5– 15 years) 6pm - 8pm, Beachmere Community Hall, 5 Progress Avenue, contact beachmerescouts@ gmail.com for more info.

JP WITNESSING SERVICE 9.00 - 9.30am every Saturday outside IGA Are you a JP / CDec? Join the roster for JP Duty once a month.

Call 0456 818 017 to get in touch with Suzanne who organises the roster.

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GOLFERS READY TO TEE OFF FOR CANCER RESEARCH Karen Highlands is using her love of golf to make a difference for women affected by cancer.

A breast cancer survivor herself, the Bribie Island local, was playing her beloved game last year when she realised she had the opportunity to support others like her.

“I was playing in a charity golf day when I thought, ‘why I don’t I host my own?’” Mrs Highlands said.

“Not only have I had cancer, but a number of women at the golf club have had breast cancer as well – it’s just incredible the amount of people who are affected these days.

“I decided to host a four-ball ambrose event

OUR COMMUNITY for Cancer Council Queensland, to raise funds to support women’s cancers and breast cancer research.”

The Bribie Island Golf Day will be held on Friday, March 15 (registration is 10am and the event will begin at 11am with a shotgun start) and costs $45 for Bribie Island Golf Club members, and $55 for non-members.

Sponsorship opportunities are also available for local businesses at $550, which also includes entry to the game, use of two electric carts, and food and drink.

All funds raised at the Golf Day will support Cancer Council’s Pink fundraising campaign, which encourages people to support women diagnosed with a breast or gynaecological cancer.

“We are getting a lot of support from locals - a lot of people are wanting to participate, so if you

want to come along, you should get in quickly!” Mrs Highlands said.

“We’ve been very fortunate to have local business support the fundraiser as well and donate some wonderful prizes* for a raffle that’s happening as well.

“There will a second monster raffle on the day, where winners will need to be to be present to choose their prizes.

“I am really looking forward to the event, it’s going to be a very successful day in terms of raising funds for Cancer Council Queensland.

“Every week on the news, you see advancements that are being made in research and treatments, and that’s why I believe it’s so important to raise money to support these efforts.”

Locals are encouraged to contact Mrs Highlands on 0407 757 356 to purchase

raffle tickets or register for the Golf Day. Cancer Council Queensland CEO Ms Chris McMillan encouraged all locals to attend the Golf Day and support the cause.

“More than 4180 women are diagnosed with a breast or gynaecological cancer in Queensland each year,” Ms McMillan said.

“Our community fundraisers, like Mrs Highlands, enable us to support those women by funding research into women’s cancers and providing support services for people when they need it most.”

To find out more about Pink fundraising or to host your event, visit www. pinkribbon.com.au or call 1300 65 65 85.

More information about Cancer Council Queensland is available via www.cancerqld.org.au or 13 11 20.

BRIBIE ISLAND CHURCH TIMES Freedom Church (an ACC Church) 195 First Ave, Bongaree P: 07 3408 0355 E: info@freedomchurch.org.au Sunday Services: 9:30am (includes Kids Program) Youth Program: Freedom Youth 7pm-9pm Friday Nights. Rangers: Bribie Rangers 6pm-7:30pm Monday Nights 2nd Hand Shop: The Mercy Shop - Mon to Fri (9:00am - 3:00pm) Food Bank: The Storehouse Tuesdays & Thursdays (8:30am - 11:30am) Counselling & Prayer Counselling: Bribie Wholeness Centre Tuesdays & Wednesdays Bribie Island Baptist Church 7-9 Cotterill Avenue, Bongaree OFFICE: 07 3450 4039, Email: info@bribiebaptist. com. Pastor: Ray Airosa. Services: 8:30 Traditional Service, 10:15 Family Service (Kids Church), Kids Club: Fridays 5:00-6:30pm, Youth Group: Fridays 7:00-9:00pm, Contact Tahlia for details.

Mob: 0402 627 030.

Email: tahlialouisey@yahoo.com.au Bookshop: Koorong items available.Sandstone Community Church Sandstone Point Community Complex Behind Shopping Centre Information: Gavin Haigh Ph 0407 888 409 P: 5429 5835. Service: 4pm Sunday Uniting Church Cnr Webster/Hill St, Bongaree P: 3408 4151 E: bribieislanduc@gmail.com bribieunitingchurch.weebly.com Sunday Service: 8:30 am

All age worship. Messy Church: 2nd Sunday @ 4pm. Informal worship for all ages. Men’s Breakfast: 1st Saturday @ 6:45am. Ladies Fellowship: 3rd Wednesday @ 9am Ladies Coffee Morning: 1st Wednesday @ 10am Children’s Choir: Thursday @ 3:30pm. Know Your Bible: 2nd/4th Wednesday @ 3pm Bribie Island Church of Christ meets Sunday for Worship Service 9.30am, including Communion.

Cnr Foley Street and Fifth Avenue, Bongaree. Op Shop (Bargain Shed) located behind the Church building, Open 8.30am – 12noon weekdays (closed public holidays).

P: 3408 3772 Beachmere Uniting Church Cnr Moreton Tce/Second Ave P: Pastor Dave 0407 270 222 Sunday Service: 7.50am Praise singing leading into 8am Service. All welcome St Paul’s Lutheran Church Sunday Service: 8am, 2nd & 4th Sunday monthly at “The Orchid House”, Sportsfield Entrance 3, 1st Avenue, Bongaree P: Bernie 07 5429 5649 Awesome Church Bribie Island INC 7/1 Toorbul St, Bongaree (upstairs opp. Brennan Park) P: 07 3408 0429 M: 0408 455 508 E: cocbi@bigpond.com Saturday nights 7pm, Sundays 8am and 10am, Kid’s Church 10am. Sandwiches between Sunday meetings, attendees can enjoy a delicious morning tea in the church cafe from 9.15am to 10am.

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Bribe Island Charismatic nondenominational Home Church “Sharing Faith in the Spirit of Unity” 1 Cor. 12:13.

For service details contact Pastor Barnett on newprophecychurch@hotmail.com or 0481 369 704 New Creation Church Bribie Island Come and have fellowship and worship with us at the New Creation Church Bribie Island and learn about the Grace of God. Meets every Friday at 5.30 pm. At the Banksia Room at the Bribie Hotel at Bellara. Complimentary meal provided before service. Enquiries phone Angela mob.

0417050949. Eileen mob. 0438723074 Bribie Island Catholic Church – Church of the Little Flower. 41-47 First Avenue, Bongaree, 4507. Parish Priest: Fr David Pascoe. Mass Times: 6pm Saturday & 8.30am Sunday. Reconciliation: 5pm Saturday. All enquiries: 5495 1028 Seventh-day Adventist Church meets every Saturday in Uniting Church 82 Webster St Bongaree. Sabbath School 9.30 am. Church service 11 am. Phone 0455 477 889.

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE to be held at ST. PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, BONGAREE on FRIDAY 1 MARCH at 2PM. The service this year has been prepared by the women of Slovenia, one of the smallest countries in Central Europe, with a population of two million.

The theme is “Come – Everything is Ready’ and during the service you will hear the stories of five women, which will reflect the political and economic situation from the time Slovenia was a socialist-communist state to today. Their stories are the voices of the refugee and migrant workers, the mothers, the grandmothers, the wives and the Roma people. At the conclusion of the service everyone is invited to afternoon tea.

CRIME REPORT

BRIBIE ISLAND WEEKLY ROUND UP, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12 Property Offences Burglary On February 3, suspects entered a unit at the Bribie Retirement Village, Foley Street, Bongaree.

The resident was home at the time. Scientific officers have examined the scene.

On February 5, suspects tampered with the entry doors of two premises in Hall Avenue and Camellia Drive, Bongaree.

On February 9, a tourist holidaying in North Street, Woorim was a victim of burglary. Doors at the home were jemmied and suspects stole; Apple iPhone, Samsung J2 mobile phone, set of keys and credit cards.

On February 9, two units at Spinnaker Drive, Sandstone Point were unlawfully entered. A quantity of cash and jewellery was stolen.

On February 9, suspects entered a home in Camellia Drive, Bongaree. Back door was damaged, and the house was searched.

On February 10, a tourist holidaying on Welsby Parade, Bongaree was victim of burglary. The screen door was damaged, and a quantity of cash was stolen.

Stealing On February 7, a 39-year-old Godwin Beach man was detected stealing food from a grocery store at Bestmann Road East, Sandstone Point. He was issued with a Notice to Appear for stealing and appears in the Caboolture Magistrates Court on March 7.

On February 7, a suspect has stolen a blue and white kayak from a store situated in Kalmakuta Drive, Sandstone Point.

Between February 8 and February 11, a thief has stolen a water pump from a construction site in Regina Avenue, Ningi.

possession of a quantity of dangerous drug and utensils. He was issued a Notice to Appear for possession of a dangerous drug and utensil. He was eligible for drug diversion.

On February 9, police intercepted a an 18-year-old male tourist at Red Beach. He was allegedly found in possession of a quantity of dangerous drug and utensils. He was issued a Notice to Appear for possession of a dangerous drug and utensil. He was eligible for drug diversion.

On February 11, police intercepted a Holden Utility at Turners Camp, Ningi. The 52-year-old male driver allegedly was found in possession of a quantity of dangerous drug and utensils. He was issued a Notice to Appear for possession of a dangerous drugs, utensil and fireworks. He was not eligible for drug diversion and issued a Notice to Appear for; Possession of a Dangerous Drug, Possession of Utensil and Possession of Fireworks. He will appear in the Caboolture Magistrates Court on March 14.

Road Safety Drink Driving On February 8, a 23-year-old male tourist was intercepted on Bribie Island Road, Sandstone Point driving a Proton hatchback. The driver was issued a Notice to Appear for a allegedly returning a positive BAC of 0.092 per cent. He will appear in Caboolture Magistrates Court on March 7.

On February 9, a 51-year-old male tourist was intercepted on Bribie Island Road Ningi driving a Toyota Landcruiser. The driver was issued a Notice to Appear for allegedly returning a positive BAC of 0.091 per cent. He will appear in Caboolture Magistrates Court on March 7.

On February 9, a 61-year-old Bellara man was intercepted on Bribie Island Road Ningi driving a Holden Commodore. The driver was issued a Notice to Appear for allegedly returning a positive BAC of 0.069 per cent. He will appear in Caboolture Magistrates Court on March 7.

On February 9, a skateboard was found on Sunderland Drive, Banksia Beach and handed into police.

On February 10, a 74-year-old male tourist was intercepted on Bribie Island Road Ningi driving a Hyundai sedan. The driver was issued a Notice to Appear for allegedly returning a positive BAC of 0.135 per cent. He will appear in Caboolture Magistrates Court on February 28. His driver licence was immediately suspended.

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On February 4, police intercepted a 27-year-old male motorcyclist on Sunderland Drive, Banksia Beach. He was issued a Notice to Appear for unlicensed driving and unregistered vehicle. He will appear in the Caboolture Magistrates Court on March 7.

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Police investigated several reports of domestic violence in the past week. Police made two new applications for protection orders and commenced investigations into two alleged breaches of a current DV Orders. If you or someone you know might need support for domestic violence call DV Connect hotline 1800 811 811 24/7 Drug Offences On February 6, police intercepted a Holden Utility on Benabrow Avenue, Bellara. The 33-year-male driver was allegedly found to be in possession of a quantity of drugs, drug utensils and two knives.

He was issued a Notice to Appear for: Possessing a dangerous drug, Fail to take reasonable precautions (syringe), Possess knife of public place. He will appear in the Caboolture Magistrates Court on March 7.

On February 6, police intercepted a Mitsubishi hatch at Sandstone Point. The 42-year-old male driver was allegedly found in possession of a syringe. He was issued a Notice to Appear for failing to take reasonable precautions (disposal). He will appear in the Caboolture Magistrates Court on February 28.

On February 8, police intercepted a Mazda hatchback on Goodwin Drive Bongaree. The 18-year-old male driver was allegedly found in

Police intercepted a 27-year-old male motorcyclist twice on February 7 at Banksia Beach. He was issued a Notice to Appear for unlicensed driving and unregistered vehicle.

When intercepted for a third time on February 10, he was arrested and conveyed to the Caboolture Watch House.

He will appear in the Caboolture Magistrates Court on March 7 for multiple charges.

On February 9, police intercepted a Ford station wagon on Goodwin Drive, Bongaree. The 41-year-old female driver was issued a Notice to Appear for unlicenced, unregistered and uninsured driving.

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Caboolture Magistrates Court on March 7. Her vehicle was also impounded.

Evade Police On February 9, a Mitsubishi 4wd utility allegedly evaded police on Bestmann Road, Ningi. This vehicle was stopped the next day by police near Kingaroy.

A 32-year-old Gold Coast man was charged for evading police and other offences. He will appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on March 11.

Traffic Infringement Notices Police participated in Operation Yield, that was centred around ‘back to school’ road safety.

Bribie police issued 44 infringement notices which included 17 for speeding. Other offences included: fail to wear seat-belt, disobey traffic lights, unregistered vehicle and unlicensed driving, learner and provisional offences. If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day. You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

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LtoR: Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe, Peter McNamara, Ian Grimes, Commodore Liz Radajewski, Radio Officer John Bodycombe, Wayne Sclater and Jamie Darlington.

HAPPY HOUR Friday 25th January 2019 Around 60 members and guests attended this second Happy Hour for January. Test cricket was on the big screen and bar snacks were provided. Peter Morton was presented with Senior Radio Operator badges

by Radio Officer John Bodycombe.

Betty Snell with Leona Patrick and Ray Christensen.

Ray Christensen with Ron Burrett

Radio Officer John Bodycombe presented Peter Morton with Senior Radio Operator badges.

Graham Patrick deep in discussion with Dave Smith.

Laura Christensen with Robyn Young.

New Member Robert Huisman flanked by Commodore Liz Radajewski and Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe.

Lynette and Noel Wendt with grandchildren Ashleigh and Sam.

Allison Heywood and Phil Enright.

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Lorna Holliday with Val Jones.

Linda and John Burdinat with Brenda Allardyce

The first new members to be signed up for the day were Richard and Jessica Holliday at 0535am, above with Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe

SAFETY AWARNESS CAMPAIGN and MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

Australia Day Week-end 2019, Saturday 26th January 2019 VMR Bribie Island were at the Bellara Ramp at 5am on Australia Day offering membership, safety checks and helpful hints for recreational boaters going out to enjoy a day on the water on Australia Day. Boaties and Jet Skiers were offered information on safety gear required and all the rules and regulations.

VMRBI also provided the same services at the Bongaree Boat Ramp on Monday 28th of January, from 5.00am.

Commodore Liz Radajewski and Karen Darlington.

VMR Radio Officer John Bodycombe showing off the new OPEN sign at the VMR Base, another tool aimed at helping the membership drive at VMR

The 5am team at the Bellara Ramp from left: Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe, Commercial Coxswain Ian Grimes, Crew Wayne Sclater, Commodore Liz Radajewski, Radio Officer John Bodycombe, Crew Jamie and Karen Darlington, and behind the camera Peter McNamara.

VOLUNTEER MARINE RESCUE - REGULAR FEATURE were full of beautiful fresh fruit from Ningi Quality Fruit Barn.

VMRBI Commodore Liz Radajewski handing out information whilst boaties wait in line at the Bellara Boat Ramp.

VMRBI crewmembers helped boat owners and jet skiers to launch their vessels, whilst offering safety checks and advice.

Safety reminders at the Bellara Boat Ramp.

VMRBI Crew members came to the rescue when a boat accidentally slipped of the back of a trailer. The VMRBI crew were able to lift the vessel up so it could be winched back onto the trailer.

All our new members this month have gone into a draw for a prize of an Esky set, fishing rods and other items also donated by BFC Morayfield.

BCF PROMOTION VMR Bribie Island were invited to the BCF promotion and general information night at Morayfield BCF on Wednesday night 30th of January 2019, between 6pm and 9pm.

VMRBI Commodore Liz Radajewski, Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe, Boat crew members Karen and Jamie Darlington and Committee members Wayne Sclater and Peter McNamara attended. Our new Toyota Hilux which was supplied

by Martin Jonkers Motors at Morayfield and our rescue vessel, Jonkers Bribie Three, were also on display. Information about boating safety, Log-On Stickers and membership forms were handed out.

BCF’s Sammy Hitzke Says LOG ON and LOG OFF

VMR Crew Members Jamie and Karen Darlington VMR Bribie Commodore Liz Radajewski, Committee member Wayne Sclater with BCF team member Jodi McKellor.

Creek to Coast presenter Scotty Hillier talking to the crowd about fishing.

VMR Bribie Crewmember Karen Darlington handing out Log On Sticker to Bill Hooper.

VMR Bribie Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe with another new member signed up Chris Witteveen.

Scott Hillier advises all present to Log On & Log Off with VMRBI. VMRBI Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe helping boat owner at the Bellara Boat Ramp pontoon.

On the day we signed up 11 new members. Our new members received lunch bags donated by BCF Morayfield and they

VMR Bribie Commodore Liz Radajewski signing up the first new member for the night Craig Cooke.

It has been a long night for the VMR Bribie Commodore Liz Radajewski and Sally our training dummy

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• vessel & contact details recorded in our database in case of emergency, • access to first aid, radio, and navigation courses plus safety and general boating information sessions; • regular social events; • reimbursement up to $100/per year for tows by other VMR or Coastguard units; and • overnight/weekend secure car & trailer parking at the base.

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By Michael & Rick at Gateway Discovery Tours

elcome to another beach report with Michael and Rick of Gateway Discovery Tours taking you for a walk through our wonderful 50 square kilometre National Park.

out a bucket of water for wildlife this week, what a great idea.

Well isn’t this rain magic, we were preparing this report taking photos up the track of vegetation wilting in the very ground it germinated but this rain will start to turn that around, but there is still a serious fire risk.

I saw someone putting

Gallagher’s Point Campgrounds is only 3km off the beaten track great for a weekend fishing trip. The view back across Pumicestone Passage to the lovely former fishing village Toorbul, (where late in the

The Inland track has finally firmed up, and some welcome water for our wildlife and lagoons with the rain.

afternoon you can always see a kangaroo or 40 in the wild, at the south end of The Esplanade) unfortunately Gallagher’s doesn’t have amenities so it bush camping, We suggest the porta-loo and toilet/shower tent.

Forget the tree, enjoy the great outdoors and don’t become part of it, take the insect repellent or be carried away by mozzies and sandflies.

The inland track is easily navigable all the way to Ocean Beach. With this rain still watch those deep ditches in the track. While

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Ocean Beach saw lower numbers of visitors on Australia Day than in past years. We’ve just seen the first turtle nest hatch, so be vigilant especially in the morning as baby turtles get caught in the 4x4 tyre tracks while trying to get to the water, if you see any don’t touch them, clear the way to

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Important everyone visiting the National Park must carry their own drinking water as there are no streams or springs.

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Answer in the next issue! the water for them or phone BIEPA’s Diane on 0438 111 163.

Ocean Beach has 64 campsites, a few are large enough for a campervan/ camptrailer most are tent sites. Revitalising cold showers and the ECO friendly toilets are adjacent to campsite 37. There is nothing like waking up in the morning to the pristine ocean

and beach only to have your view interrupted by a massive ship cruising past in the shipping channel, so close to the beach you could nearly touch it. That’s a good reason they built WW2 Fort Bribie there.

Great fishing in the gutters and fun for the kids to swim, however, be careful as this is an unpatrolled beach and where there are gutters there will be rips where they drain.

Second or Norfolk Lagoon is always busy, the kids can paddle or kayak safely in the lagoon and ocean fishing just back over the sand, watch the 30KMPH speed limit.

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ell, I would have to say the weather has been fabulous over the last few weeks but unfortunately it has come to an end. With the showers that have been about over the past few

50cm these are very good eating.

days, we have still seen some pretty good size fish being caught throughout the passage. One of the local anglers has been fishing off the banks of Ningi Creek at high tide and getting some big Barred Javelin. Ranging in size from 55cm to

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FRI 15 Feb 6:00 am 1.78m 12:27 pm 0.69m 6:08 pm 1.4m

SAT 23 Feb 12:29 am 1.75m 6:19 am 0.34m 12:44 pm 1.93m 6:59 pm 0.39m

SAT 16 Feb 12:14 am 0.41m 7:08 am 1.94m 1:37 pm 0.57m 7:21 pm 1.47m

He has also been getting several bream along with a few Flathead, so it just goes to show you don’t need that fancy boat to get a good feed. Lots of Sand Crabs at Lime Pocket but this is only accessible SUN 17 Feb 1:15 am 0.3m 8:06 am 2.1m 2:36 pm 0.44m 8:22 pm 1.56m

SUN 24 Feb 1:16 am 1.74m 7:10 am 0.47m 1:25 pm 1.76m 7:37 pm 0.43m

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MON 18 Feb 2:12 am 0.2m 8:59 am 2.24m 3:27 pm 0.35m 9:15 pm 1.64m

MON 25 Feb 2:07 am 1.74m 8:07 am 0.59m 2:08 pm 1.59m 8:18 pm 0.48m

TUE 19 Feb 3:04 am 0.12m 9:48 am 2.31m 4:14 pm 0.29m 10:05 pm 1.7m

TUE 26 Feb 3:03 am 1.72m 9:14 am 0.69m 3:00 pm 1.45m 9:08 pm 0.53m

by boat so head up and grab yourself a feed. If you prefer Mud Crabs put your pots in and check at high tide only as you will become high and dry if you get caught up Ningi Creek at low tide. Snapper are located throughout the passage at The Ripples, Sandstone Point and a few about the Avon Wrecks.

Gallaghers and Poverty Creek are seeing some WED 20 Feb 3:54 am 0.1m 10:34 am 2.3m 4:58 pm 0.28m 10:54 pm 1.73m

WED 27 Feb 4:09 am 1.72m 10:32 am 0.75m 4:08 pm 1.34m 10:10 pm 0.58m

THU 21 Feb 4:43 am 0.14m 11:19 am 2.23m 5:40 pm 0.3m 11:41 pm 1.74m THU 28 Feb 5:24 am 1.74m 12:00 pm 0.73m 5:33 pm 1.3m 11:22 pm 0.6m

FRI 22 Feb 5:30 am 0.22m 12:02 pm 2.1m 6:20 pm 0.34m

FRI 1 Mar 6:37 am 1.79m 1:18 pm 0.66m 6:55 pm 1.34m

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Flathead and Bream with the odd crab about. Lots of whiting about Turners Camp, Bellara, Bongaree and Red Beach. The Bongaree Jetty at night is a good place to catch Bream, Whiting and Flathead. Our regular angler has been getting lots of prawns in the passage. We have also been seeing some good size Bream and Flathead in the Banksia Beach Canals. If you head out to The Birdcage, Cape Moreton you certainly get onto some Tuna, Mackerel and some big size Whiting.

Cape Moreton is also catching some good size Cobia. Surfside 1st,

Barred Javelin 55cm and 45cms caught in Ningi Creek by Ben

2nd,3rd lagoons and the campsite are reeling in Whiting, Dart and some Sand Flathead. The Whiting and Bream are loving the Live Blood Worms you could also try prawns for the bream and mullet fillets for the Flathead. The Big High tides have been working in our favour for fishing and there have been lots out there. You can also get yourself some Dew around the Bribie Bridge at night. Make sure that you check sizes before keeping and throw back all undersized fish and crabs.

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ribie Island Tigers Soccer Club is planning a huge season this year and Dan Clancy, club president, said that “2019 is shaping up to be our best year yet. The players are excited, I’m excited and there is a lot of enthusiasm around the club.”

We have replaced our

playing jerseys thanks to the support from Moreton Bay Regional Council and our new sponsors who have made this possible – Grand Prix Mazda and Hyundai, Blue Pacific Hotel, Bribie Island RSL and Julian Ellis from Richardson and Wrench.

We will also be revealing our new jersey design for

BRIBIE ISLAND

JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE Thank you to all our coaches for your continued support this year!

Under 6 Coach - Antony Evans Under 7 Coach - TBA Under 8 Coach- Rodney Kopura Under 9 Coach - Chris Allom Under 10 Coach - James Te Kahu Under 11 Coaches - Ian Jenkins & Josh Goodall Under 12 Coach - Tony Jeppesen Under 13 Coach - Kirk Crouch Under 14 Coach - Luke Simpson Under 15 Coach - Tim O’Connor Under 16 Head Coach- Tim O’Connor We would also like to thank all our volunteer coaching staff (Assistant Coaches, Managers, First Aid Officers & League Safe) who will be assisting these awesome people this year.

TRAINING TIMES FOR THE 2019 SEASON Under 6-11s start training on 26/2/19 from 5pm till 6pm Tuesday & Thursday Under 12s & 13s are underway from 5pm till 6pm Tuesday & Thursday Under 14s are underway from 5.30pm till 6pm Tuesday & Thursday Under 15s & 16s are underway from 5pm till 6pm Monday & Wednesday You can still register to play at playnrl.com/register or call Brooke Overton on 0414582779 for more information We would also like to thank our jersey sponsors for 2019 - Major Sponsor La Vera, and Minor Sponsors @Tax Services, Electricity, Wallace & Davies Solicitors, Landscaping Skills.

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our competition teams in the very near future.

We are pleased to announce that Brad Litchfield is returning to coach our Senior Women’s team. Brad is an experienced coach with over 8 years of coaching under his belt. He took an under 16 girls team and the last two seasons of our Senior Women through to the Grand Final.

Dan said, “This year’s women’s team is really hungry for the season win and will definitely be one to watch.”

Following last season’s devastating injuries and the sudden departure of our coach, the club is excited to announce that they have commenced rebuilding the Senior Men’s team. They have secured a well-qualified coach who has played and coached at Brisbane League 1 level and has taken his team to a Reserves Premiership.

The club is now urgently looking for players aged 17 to 34 years old or over

Dan Clancy, club president

35 years of age who are confident in their physical capability to compete. The team will compete in the Sunshine Coast Football division 4.

Dan said, “Time is running out as the club needs to confirm a team by 15 February. Anyone who wants to play and take their game to the next level needs to contact our team manager Bob Hamblin on 0403 941 095.”

The club is also expecting a record number of players to sign up this year. The competition is open to players aged 5 and up and there is a Miniroos Kickoff program for 3-5-year-olds that will also be held on a Saturday morning.

People wanting to register for the competition are able to access the system through www. playfootball.com.au Further information is available on the Bribie Island Tigers website or their Facebook page.

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DEC/JAN GOLF Below are the Bribie Island Golf Club Ladies Results from 31st January, 2019 to 12th February, 2019.

THURSDAY, 31st January, 2019. Single Stroke Div 1: Winner R Cantrill 74, R/U J Malone 75. Div 2: Winner R McKinnon 73, R/U I Coburn 75 C/B. Div 3: Winner S Barry 78 C/B, R/U J Jennings 78. NTP’s Hole 4 K Tomalin, Hole 7 D Benghamy, Hole 14 J Malone, Hole 16 J Malone, Hole 4 Div 3 2nd Shot M Stoddart, Putting B Chen 25.

TUESDAY, 5th February, 2019. Single Stableford Div 1: Winner R Cantrill 38, R/U V Smith 37. Div 2: Winner M McBride 39 R/U J Long 37. Div 3: Winner G Burnham 36, R/U C McAlister 35. NTP’s Hole 4 V Smith, Hole 7 K Highlands, Hole 14 S Smith, Hole 16 L McDonald, Hole 4 Div 3 2nd Shot G Burnham.

THURSDAY, 7th February, 2019. Monthly Medal Sponsor Woorim Pharmacy.

Div 1: Winner D Hayward 75, R/U S Vallely 76 C/B, 2nd R/U V Smith 76. NTP’s Hole 4 V Smith, Hole 7 J Graham, Hole 14 V Jones. Div 2: Winner J Umlauft 72, R/U A Rogers 73 C/B, 2nd R/U M Dickson 73.

NTP’s Hole 4 S Brown, Hole 7 D Croft, Hole 14 Y Nicklin, Hole 16 H Winterflood. Div 3: Winner N Aylott 71, R/U J Osborne 76 C/B, 2nd R/U H Croukamp 77 C/B. NTP’s Hole 14 J Barrett.

TUESDAY, 12th February, 2019. Single Stroke Div 1: Winner M Thomsen 73 C/B, R/U M Bailey 73 . Div 2: Winner J Umlauft 67, R/U L Wilson 70. Div 3: Winner J Westmoreland 77 C/B, R/U G Burnham 77. NTP’s Hole 4 M Thomsen, Hole 7 B Browning, Hole 14 J Umlauft, Hole 16 M Thomsen, Hole 4 Div 3 2nd Shot S Ferrante.

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oreton Bay Regional Council is encouraging residents to prepare for king tides predicted to affect parts of Moreton Bay next week including White Patch, Scarborough, Toorbul and Bongaree.

Coastal areas in these locations may experience some impacts associated with the king tide, including road inundation, between Monday, 18 February and Thursday 21 February.

Tide levels of up to 2.76m are estimated in the region between 8:00am and midday during this period.

Residents are encouraged to remove small personal watercraft like kayaks and canoes from the water, avoid crossing flooded roads and monitor local conditions.

For more information about flood mapping and how to prepare your property go to council’s website at www. moretonbay.qld.gov.au

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YOUR SAY Saviges fish and chip shop is, there is a shop there that has been boarded up for well over 6 years and the whole area looks run down. The days of having a caravan park on the seafront are well gone, the one at Bongaree presents very poorly, and there was a celebration when the camp kitchen was opened at a cost I think of around $300,000 of ratepayers money but which also encouraged the residents to eat on site rather than at one of the local eateries, talk about shooting one’s self in the foot! We need to lift the profile of the Island I notice it once was awarded a commendation for being tidy, when I see all the shopping trolleys lying around in the street I doubt whether that would be the case now, perhaps the local business community needs to get together and come up with a blueprint for the future development of the Island keeping in mind the sensitive nature of the place and direct the council rather than let them make decisions on our behalf.

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Dear Editor, I have commented several times in the past about the need to change the culture of the Island especially the visitors and the lack of vision the Moreton Bay Council and our representatives have. The Island has long been regarded as some form of retirement village and the average age of 59 would tend to agree with this statement but without the thousands of under fifties that also live on the Island the average age would probably be nearer 70 and when comments are made about the Sandstone Point Hotel this fact should be kept in mind.

The Comiskey’s obviously saw the potential with this block of land and to their credit, the Tavern is well designed, the new accommodation area is first class and the wedding area is well put together. When the hotel is built this one operation will be providing employment for hundreds of local workers not only at the resort but also restaurants, clubs and shops on the island that will all benefit from the visitors.

I have long noted that before the Hotel was operating the majority of visitors to the Island tended to be day trippers who generally brought all their needs with them, used all the facilities such as the free BBQ’s etc. packed up at the end of the day and went home without providing any financial contribution to the community whatsoever. What we need now is to improve certain aspects of the Island itself, apart from the bridge and access road we need a proper medical facility that incorporates doctors and wards, we need a new shopping centre or the present one redesigned, at the moment I would imagine the damage to cars is probably one of the worst in Queensland, instead of being under one roof it is spread about all over the place. The Bongaree Shopping Precinct needs a total makeover which could very well include the back area where 78

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Dear Editor, All affected by the intense and excessive monsoon rains are in our thoughts and prayers.

Queensland, please pray the little prayer at www.de-vrouwe.info every day, and for those who know how, the Holy Rosary as well.

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Sincerely, Matthew R. Dunnigan Dear Editor, One only had to take a drive along the Bongaree waterfront on Monday to witness the shoulder to shoulder mass of people and cars set up for a day at the beach and a night of fireworks. It was quite alarming for me, a long-term resident on the island, seeing the island’s population explosion during that period.

There can be no argument that this has to have negative impacts on the foreshore environment, added strain on public facilities (and how much water was flushed down the toilets) as well as stress on local The Bribie Islander

residents seeing their pristine island being trampled down by visiting people and cars. It was frankly a disgrace. I have previously seen this failure to attempt to mitigate visitor impacts on nature and marine parks in my travels, but only in underdeveloping countries where politics and corruption have more say than social, economic and environmental concerns. Inevitably the areas become denigrated, littered with waste and eroded, losing the original beauty which attracted people there in the first place.

In the current global climate, it cannot be clearer that safeguards for areas such as Bribie Island need to be developed immediately, to start implementing them now, rather than later, after the damage has been done. We should be looking at ways to restrict the number of visitors to the island, even if only on these busy peak days/periods.

The solution may not be as easy as closing the gates (or blowing up the bridge as some may suggest) but surely, in this day and age, we can work out something that allows continued responsible tourism and not wanton unregulated access.

The solution is not to build more bridges and bigger highways so it is easier for more people and cars to get here. Let’s not be blinded by the blustering of those who want us to believe that more is better.

Let’s all step outside our caves and look at the damage 5000 cars running up and down the beach does, and that’s just on one day, and not be blinded by cries for the rights of the car owners. It is not a right to drive on the beach. There is no infringement on your freedom. It is just common sense that apparently most of the rest of Australia has already acted on.

Following on from that there are increasing calls to ban fireworks on and near Bribie Island. There are many cities and countries around the world who have, or are working towards, complete firework bans.

It is simple. Fireworks contribute to air, noise and rubbish pollution, stress on people, domestic pets and wildlife, not to mention the cost if they are council-run events. Here we are letting off explosives in a marine park, alongside migratory bird and protected wildlife habitats.

How can we justify that in any sphere of modern thinking? We should be ashamed.

Maybe it’s time we all grew up and realised that we can’t just have everything we want these days because it’s pretty, or because a family business is going to make more profit, or because it’s just something we have always done.

We cannot remain indifferent to the negatives of public firework displays whilst ignoring the cry of the majority of people in this area who don’t want or need them. Council needs to stop oiling the squeaky wheel of the minority who attend these events under the guise that it brings so much money into our local economy. There are other ways to provide sound economic growth alongside social and environmental preservation.

Bribie Island can either be a model that other cities/countries want to emulate, or we can be another environmental disaster that no one takes responsibility for and where others reap the benefit of our loss. We will only save this island if we stand up for it, together, in an increasingly louder voice that refuses to give in to politics and greed.

Regards, Marion J Dear Editor, Good News! For all “The Invisible People” who need/wish to exercise in the indoor pool at the Bribie Aquatic Centre, Michelle is the new manager of the centre and understands the needs and wants of the sick and the elderly. Come and meet Michelle and I will see you in the pool.

Regards, Mary, Bellara Dear Editor, Here is the photo of the boat ramp at low tide. As you can see by the different colour, when the council last cleaned the ramp it would have been at when the tide was 3/4 the way up the ramp. On Sunday the 3rd of February we had our Donnybrook and Districts Fishing Club competition, and approximately 5.15 in the morning a couple were putting their boat in the water when Gay O’Reilly slipped on the slimy part of the ramp and hit her head very hard on the concrete, her partner tried to help her and couldn’t because he is not steady on his feet so another person who was on the boat ramp came to help and he to slipped over. Aa ambulance was called and she was taken to

Caboolture hospital and thankfully she’s ok, yet very shaken up. Earlier on that morning at 5pm my hubby Wayne Spencer was coming down the ramp to get in the boat when he also slipped on the ramp and hurt his back and elbow and had a trip to the doctor and is going to be very sore for a few days. Later on in the afternoon another person from the fishing club also slipped on the ramp, the council did come out 2 weeks earlier to clean the boat ramp yet the tide was 3/4 the way up the ramp so the slime and algae doesn’t get cleaned off properly, the boat ramp is very popular with locals and people from outside of the area and if this issue is not addressed immediately, someone may get hurt very seriously. The council should be doing the cleaning more frequently and doing a proper job.

Vanessa Spencer, Donnybrook.

Dear Editor, Below is a copy I sent to council back in January.

I am writing this letter with the hope that these following concerns can be tabled at the next Moreton Bay Regional Council meeting.

As by now I’m sure you are well aware of the mountainous volume of vehicle traffic which visited Bribie Island over the Christmas Holidays and in particular the Australia Day Long Week-end. The amount of holiday makers along the Pumicestone Passage by far exceeded the facilities which have been put in place. Vehicles were parked on the grassed foreshore with gazebos end to end and reaching to and in some cases over the pedestrian path. The current entry and exit roads to Bribie Island are extremely inadequate as was seen with the accident on the bridge on Sunday. I believe the major concern here is of the safety and health of the residents and holiday visitors. Emergency personal are hard stretched to aid assistant.

Bribie Island is still surrounded by a Marine Park where migratory birds rest before their journey back to the Northern Hemisphere. Again, and again council is reminded of these facts but these concerns fall on deaf ears, fireworks still light up and explode in our night skies. The screeching and panicked flights of the local birds can not be heard from the passage due to the explosive fireworks, but they can be

heard away from the passage.

The amount of 4WD’s on the surf side of the island is just ludicrous!

Fraser Island use to be a free for all many years ago, however a vehicle limit is in place. I am urging you to please consider this option.

Again, council has been informed about the turtles that nest along the beaches. And again, council refuses to acknowledge this fact.

So once again, it has been suggested that council is not operating in the best interest of Bribie Island.

I would like to put forward some suggestions: On the western side of Morayfield or North Lakes, a Southbank style water facility should be constructed.

This would attract people not only from Morayfield but North Lakes and Caboolture as well. Taking the strain off Bribie Island and returning Bribie to a pristine island National Park and Marine Park.

Secondly, raise the Beach Permit price and largely reduce the amount of permits available.

Thirdly, I am not suggesting that bigger and better highways be put in place to gain entry to the island, however I am suggesting we reduce the amount of people that want to come to Bribie Island as the island would not sustain the influx!

In closing, I hope the MBRC will be part of the solution and not part of the ongoing problem.

Yours Sincerely, Deb Elliott.

Dear Editor, Congratulations on maintaining the true nature of “Letters to the editor”. Now that B.I. has become a magazine, we don’t have a newspaper with genuine letters.

One newspaper is reduced to Tweets which contain random thoughts, but no considered discussion, while the other is merely a space devoted to political campaigning without payment for advertising.

Please keep up the good work.

Thank you, Hazel Beneke

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