Gloss Magazine Bribie Islander 12th Edition June 7 2019 Issue 89

ISSUE 89 | 7 JUNE 2019

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Preparing for Disaster Regatta Breaks Records BISS Sports Day Pix

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WHO IS LOOKING AFTER OUR WILDLIFE?

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ur cover story this issue reminds us that there are some genuinely selfless people in the world who care deeply for our wildlife. Quite often at great personal and financial cost.

To these magnificent human beings, the reward of first saving then helping a creature recover to a point where it can take its place back in the natural environment is much more rewarding to them than any monetary gain can bring.

Bribie Island is blessed to have a vocal and important collective of individuals within its community that care passionately for the natural environment and go about in a practical way to make a difference.

These fellow Bribie Islanders are not your six o’clock news protesters or Facebook eco-warriors but rather are the down to earth next door neighbour types who will walk along the

beach or through a national park and purposely pick up and remove the odd plastic bag or a stray bit of fishing line tackle. Thus ensuring that someone else’s thoughtless action doesn’t end up harming some innocent creature.

While very few of us will ever have to physically rescue a creature in the wild it is heartening to know that there are those within our community who will take up the challenge.

Good on the Twinnies and the VMR for coming to the rescue of the injured pelican. And good on you, when you take the trouble to pick up the odd bit of litter or detritus that can be fatal to an unsuspecting creature in the wild.

You too can make a difference to the world around you in so many little ways. Why not make a start today?

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PHOTO CREDIT: Jamie Darlington VMR Crew. Photo is of the Twinnies with the injured pelican aboard Jonkers Bribie 3 on the way back to the base.

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ABOUT US Pelican in the passage.

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Issue #89 sees our contributors cover a wide range of areas in our community that we trust you will find of interest.

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We also take a look at the important agreement between a number of our emergency service arms and government departments that will better ensure Bribie’s preparedness should any unfortunate natural or man-made disaster strike.

Back on the water, we review the huge success that was our recently held 21st Bribie Island Classic Boat Regatta that broke all attendance and participation records. Plus we have a look at the BISS sports day in pictures.

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Twinnies Rescue Mission

Regatta Breaks Records

Preparing for Disaster

BISS Sports Day in Pix

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COVER STORY

Left: The Twinnies with the injured pelican aboard Jonkers Bribie 3 on the way back to the base.

Above: The Twinnies with the injured pelican and Coxswain Ian Grimes safely back on the VMRBI pontoon.

TWINNIES AND VMR TO THE RESCUE! O

By John Traill

n Wednesday 15th May this year, a member of the public had noticed an injured Pelican and

reported it to the Twinnies Pelican and Seabird Rescue.

The Twinnies, Paula and Bridgette Powers, identical twins, have been rescuing and treating pelicans and

The Twinnies arrive at VMR Bribie Island and are welcomed by “Safety Dave” VMR Bribie Island’s Mascot.

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sea birds on the sunshine coast for more than 16 Years! In that time the Twinnies have helped thousands of birds from numerous species all across the coast! Their rehabilitation facility is located at 2147 Steve Irwin Way, Landsborough.

The Twinnies came down to investigate and found after much searching with binoculars the injured pelican on a sandbank to the North of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Base and in the middle of the

Pumicestone Passage. The VMR rescue vessel Jonkers Bribie 3 was then tasked to take the Twinnies to the injured bird on the sandbank, using fish donated by the Sylvan Beach Seafood Cafe to assist with its capture.

Jamie Darlington with the Twinnies on board Jonkers Bribie 3 heading for the sandbank.

After persistent efforts to catch the injured pelican, the Twinnies finally succeeded and it was swiftly taken off to the Twinnies sanctuary on the Sunshine Coast for hook and line entanglement removal from her leg, other wound management and subsequent rehabilitation.

The Twinnies later advised that “she has settled in well

The injured pelican on the operating table.

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The following was posted on their website: “Good morning everyone here are the pics of this poor female pelican from Bribie Island.

We just can’t believe how fishing line and hooks can do so much damage to the pelicans and other marine life and land birds as well.

The poor pelican has several wounds as you can see to her head bill and

The fish hook embedded in the pelican’s leg. pouch and leg, but one thing she will pull through as she has a wonderful appetite and we will give her that loving care that she needs.”

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PREPARATION KEY TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE

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hen disaster strikes, either by natural or man-made means, it is what happens immediately after the initial event that sets the scene for the effectiveness of any response.

Bribie Islanders have been blessed that we have not had to deal with that many major incidents over the years. Those that we have had, such as the bush fires and brush with cyclone OMA earlier this year were dealt with very effectively by our emergency services teams on the ground, in the air and on the water.

The Bribie Islander recently caught up with another milestone in the protection

of our beautiful island and the surrounding region with the local sign off by each emergency services person responsible for working together on any future combined emergency response that affects our region.

The occasion that brought all the key players together was the signing of the recently reviewed and updated Bribie Island Emergency Services MultiAgency Response Plan.

This is the critical planning document that underpins any coordinated emergency response to an incident that happens on the island where more than one emergency service is required.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Station Officer Bribie Island Wayne Brown said that the document is a practical working guide that has been reviewed and updated to ensure the correct resources are employed in any given emergency across a number of different emergency service areas.

The Bribie Island Emergency Services Multi Agency Response Plan document has been signed off by members of the Bribie Island Emergency Management Group.

The attending group was comprised of Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Station Officer

Bribie Island Wayne Brown, Queensland Police Service Officer In Charge Bribie Island Senior Sergeant Lyndal Wiggins, Queensland Ambulance Service Officer In Charge Bribie Island Jarred Thorne, Qld Parks & Wildlife Services Officer In Charge Bribie Island Brendan McLarty and Cheryn Kelly, VMRBI Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe VMRBI Secretary Gary Voss.

Given the often challenging nature of responding to emergencies in the off-road area, (around 86 percent of the island is made up of environmental and national marine parks) the BIEMG meets regularly and conducts exercises to prepare for reallife emergencies should they occur.

Wayne said that later in the year it is planned that all agencies will join together during an exercise to simulate a disaster situation. The exercise will allow the group to utilise their specific skills to respond, practice and refine their disaster training recovery techniques.

Wayne said that these exercises are very important to ensure that our local emergency services agencies are well prepared to respond to incidents in the Bribie Island area.

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Bribie residents and business owners should take comfort in our local emergency services preparedness to respond to any disaster that comes our way.

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RECOGNISING 25 YEARS IN COMMUNITY WORK

he National President and Chair of the QLD/ NT Branch of Australian Community Workers Association, Claudia Cunningham, presented Bribie Island resident Kay Benson, with a certificate of congratulations and appreciation for 25 years of membership and service to the community sector.

The Australian Community Workers Association is the national body for over 500,000 community work practitioners. ACWA‘s role is to support community workers in every sphere of their work. Also, to advance the profession of community work and to set, strengthen and promote the

educational, professional and ethical standards essential for exemplary community work practice.

Currently, Kay is working with Claudia and a small group of members of the association, planning and implementing a community welfare seminar for Bribie Island.

The seminar is being held at the RSL Saturday 22nd June at 9:30 am. The cost for members of the association will be $10.00 and for nonmembers $15.00.

Lunch can be purchased on the day from the club.

For more information and registration you can call Kay on 3408 1058.

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ROTARY Scrabble competition in June cash prize as well as an individual and perpetual trophy. Competitors play three rounds and their score for each round is totalled to determine an overall winner. It is always a fun night.

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Depression. Butts initially called the game ‘Lexiko’ and later changed the name to ‘Criss Cross Words’. Butts looked for buyers but wasn’t successful. Eventually, in 1948, he sold the rights to entrepreneur and game-lover James Brunot, who made a few minor adjustments to the design and renamed the game Scrabble. This is the game we play today. Unlike many other games – eg Monopoly – scrabble generally does not create undue angst amongst players – but boards can accidentally suffer at the hands of those who may feel their lexicon is broader than others in the game.

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, Bribie Rotary will hold its third annual Scrabble night at the Bribie Island Retirement Village in Foley Street, Bongaree. The night commences at 6 pm and a yummy soup and sandwich supper is served by our members.

Many can attest to the fact that our PresidentElect, Jeff Eustace, is a soup server extraordinaire.

Entry into the competition costs $20 per person and the winner receives a $100

Scrabble is a simple game built on words – the letters are worth a set value but may gain more points by being placed on certain squares eg an “s” may be worth one point but placed on a triple letter or triple word square, it can be worth much more.

The word “scrabble”, in its simplest form, is worth 14 points, but if it gains a triple word – with perhaps some triple letter scores, its value goes up exponentially. If you don’t play scrabble other games such as dominos, five hundred and mahjong are available. Entry fee for these games is $15 but no prize is given for playing these games. However, you do get to join in the fun and have the soup (6 points) supper (10 points) - what more could you ask for on a winter’s night!

Today more than 150 million Scrabble sets have been sold. It has found its way into one in three American homes and an estimated 30,000 games are started around the world every hour. There are different versions including “dirty” Scrabble.

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of Shelterbox. This Award formally acknowledges the support that our Club provides in helping families that are left without shelter.

Natural and other disasters are inevitable and frequent, and the need is continuous.

So, forget your screens, stop texting, abbreviating words and sending emojis, and come and join us.

Appreciate the fun of using some old fashioned

communication skills such as voice, smiles and eye contact. See if you can make words such as ‘oxyphenbutazone’ which scored 1778 points, or ‘quizzify’ (using a blank for the second z) which scored 419. It’s not in the winning of scrabble that brings the fun – it’s in the playing. As Mary Poppins might have said – it’s a “supercalifragilistic-

expialidocious” game! Mind you, this word may not be in the scrabble dictionary – or might it?

For more information please contact Heather White by phone: 5497 5818 or email: mchcblanc@ bigpond.com or phone 5497 5818. Heather will also send you an entry form if you email her.

President Elect and Soup Server Extraordinaire Jeff Eustace However, our rules are strict and unless the word is in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary it is not acceptable. We even have a list of acceptable two-letter words to ensure there are no scrabble squabbles over interesting little words such as za, qi, mm, ba, ki and ef.

It is a simple game that the whole family can enjoy and is indeed a wonderful way to teach children to read and write.

Proceeds from the night will go to Shelterbox who are project partners with Rotary. Together we provide emergency shelter and tools for families who have lost their homes through disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and fires. Rotarians all over the world support Shelterbox by raising funds and providing support on the ground during responses to a disaster. This partnership enables Shelterbox to cross boundaries and cut through red tape to reach even the most remote communities. Through this annual fundraiser and the commitment of honorary Rotarian, Heather White, Bribie Rotary is now a bronze champion ISSUE 89 | 7 JUNE 2019

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REGULAR FEATURE Alexis Sawford and Susie.

Unbelievable performers. will be doing his final performance at the July Locals Show. Throughout the day, there were many memorable moments including the return of alternative Country Rock Band, Erin May. These folks have astounded our audiences with their original songs and music, but what the crowd doesn’t know is that all their music is original, mainly written by Kirk Jeff’s, former international cricketer and now a recording artist.

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beautiful May Sunday heralded an afternoon of many surprises. The show got off to a flying start with the WhamBam Thank You Band doing a few great numbers to limber up the growing crowd. It’s really good to see

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When they first appeared at Locals Only, they set tongues wagging with their eclectic and original sound. A few months later, they held their CD launch at Blueys. What a great album it is, too. Since then, they’ve been working on the next recording and if their music is as good as it was on Sunday afternoon, then the

the backline musicians having a go towards starting the afternoon off really well.

Last month’s favourite artist, 12-year-old and very talented Kiani Jazz took to the stage to do a couple of numbers which she performed with such dexterity that she received two encores.

The show heralded the return of Malcolm Smith, an Englishman, who began his Australian musical journey with a gig at Blueys,40 years ago in the area where the bistro now operates. He did a pleasing set of songs and ended his set with a solo performance of Parchman Farm on the Blues Harp.

Sadly, Malcolm is leaving the area to go to WA to become a Perthling. He

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next album will be very much worth buying. The organisers of Locals have watched this great band evolve over less than two years. Well done !!. Amongst the other artists on the show, were a great new band...The Mangroves with Dan Burns, Peter Gretsch, Selwyn and Dave Moore. Very entertaining group and one to watch out for next show. They also looked the part in flowery shirts and cheeky repartee with the audience.

Before I go any further, I’d like to mention the return of Gentleman John Girgenti, the WhamBam’s resident drummer after a break. It’s really pleasing for all the performers to have an excellent drummer behind them.

Last Sunday, we had three of them.

Selwyn, our ‘go to’ drummer, who filled in brilliantly for John....and a young bloke named Jarrod of whom John spoke very encouragingly.

We heard that John has approached Jarrod’s parents, with a view of mentoring him on the drums...and friends, that’s really what Locals Only is all about. Some of the younger artists who’ve been on our stage were mentored by MaryAnne Cannon and Keith Haigh and a lot of those younger artists have gone on to a musical career.

On the subject of new bands and Jarrod, Frankie and Molly’s Gonzo Zonk band, which features Jarrod on drums played a brilliant set of songs that we’ve not heard them perform before. In spite of some sound difficulties, they performed proudly and professionally. In the midst of the sound problems, young Jarrod stood up behind the drumkit and told a really funny musical joke which went over very well. Well done to Gonzo Zonk and their new music.

12 year old Kiani Jazz A big shout out for the bluesman Col Shields who, since the first Locals Show, has always rocked the beer garden and had crowds up on the dance floor and he did it again with no effort, again, last Sunday.

The next Locals Only Show is on the 30th June and is the EOFY show and will feature a very special guest artist or two, plus the usual suspects.

In other news... Jenine Williams’ new recording, “Womanjika Park’ is up on YouTube and on Jenine’s Facebook page. It’s a very good piece of music and has great lyrics. Jenine is one of the popular ladies who perform at Locals.

Endless Valley is still hard at it, mixing work, rehearsal and a whole lot of gigs to their name, to great acclaim and are developing a huge fan base all over South East Queensland. They’ve just been invited to appear at the Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre (BMAC)

in Ipswich, so the lads are really getting around.

We are looking forward to the return of Rhino Kennedy to our stage again, in the very near future. He’s been attending Music College and doing very well.

Coming soon to Blueys... 5th July... one more chance to see the act that everyone is talking about. Alexis Sawford and Susie return from 5pm9pm. This is a show for musicians and music lovers alike. Their repertoire spans many genres and Alexis’s fine guitar work and both their voices are something to see.

See the Upcoming Events column to see all the rest of the surprises that Blueys has to offer.

To our ever growing audiences at Locals Only, a hearty Thank You, for your support of both our show and the wonderful venue that hosts it. See you next month.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Another month of excellent music in the beer garden.

7th June...Neil Downs and the Mangroves. Sure to be a hit with superb vocalist Neil and friends. 5,pm-9pm.

14th June...Craig Gibson. Local singer/ guitarist with a great following 5pm-9pm 21st June...Mark Edwards. Solo performer quickly becoming a crowd favourite 5pm-9m 28th June...Bribie’s favourite son Mike Early and his mate Billy to warm up the beer garden. 5pm-9pm 30th June. The Locals Only Show. 1pm -5pm. Many surprising acts.

5th July...Alexis and Susie Music. Fantastic performers featuring music from many genres. A great night of music guaranteed.

Blueys humbly request that patrons please leave the premises quietly and be thoughtful of our neighbours so we can keep presenting fine live entertainment in the beer garden. Thank you..

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Justin says the practice began in 2010 and was an immediate success with patients as we were able to provide bulk billed eye examinations as well as produce single vision spectacles within the hour, which was a first for the Morayfield Shopping Centre.

ocal family Justin and Alayna Gribbin of Eye Envy Optometrist can remember nine years ago opening their Optometry practice.

“The time has gone by so quickly and the practice has undergone many positive changes in that time,” said Justin.

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“We have always prided ourselves on giving that extra friendly service to all our patients and it is this that many of them remember when they call back year after year,” he said.

“We have our clientele of loyal patients to thank for their ongoing support over those 9 years. Having family involved in the local farming community for the last 3 generations Justin and Alayna consider themselves proud community members.”

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“We are a local family and have enjoyed providing great service in all that we do at ‘Eye Envy’, and will continue for many more years to come,” said the couple.

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WINELANDER Doctor Doctor give me the news, I prescribe medicine and also make booze.

Doctors around Australia have been vineyard owners and winemakers since the early days of grape growing here in Australia.

Remember the catchy tune “You make us smile Dr Lindeman” well Dr Henry Lindeman was one of a number of doctors who prescribed wine for all kinds of ailments such as cancer, flatulence and the plague. Dr Lindeman who grew his grapes in The Hunter Valley New South Wales, Dr Christopher Penfold in Magill South Australia and Dr William Angove of Tea Tree Gully South Australia all continued practicing as doctors and surgeons while developing their vineyards each for medicinal purposes but incidentally becoming very successful 20

owners of wine brands that continue to shape the industry today.

Other Doctors, not necessarily doctors of medicine, who have made a significant impact on Australian wines are Dr Max Lake of Lakes Folly, Dr John Middleton of Mount Mary, Dr Bailey Carrodus of Yarra Yering and in the west Dr John Gladstones who recognised the value of grape growing in the Margaret River region, Dr Kevin Cullen and Dr Tom Cullity of Vasse Felix. Even today many doctors are still involved in vineyard ownership among them is Dr Richard Hamilton who owns both Leconfield from the Coonawarra and Richard Hamilton Wines from McLaren Vale in South Australia both of which produce superb wines, I had the pleasure of representing Richard Hamilton Wines in the 1990’s and the red wines were always outstanding.

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liquor licencing laws in Queensland which have led indirectly to Woolworths “The fresh food people” having a massive influence in the gambling industry. Some years ago Queensland didn’t have liquor stores only drive-ins attached to hotels and taverns and in an attempt to prevent Woolworths and Coles entering the liquor market in Queensland it was decided to that if liquor stores were to be allowed to trade they would have their licences also attached to hotels and taverns, with a limit of four per outlet within eight kilometres of that venue. This, of course, had nothing to do with the fact that a number of politicians owned hotels in the state and didn’t want any competition from Woolworths or Coles, but they underestimated the might of Woolworths who proceeded to buy the hotels, initially to get control of the liquor outlets, but as a bonanza

By Philip Arlidge arlidge@bigpond.com.au also received the takings from the gaming rooms.

Not to be outdone Coles also entered the market and this is why between the two grocery giants most of the major hotels around the state are under their control, although just recently Coles have sold the running of the hotels in Queensland to The Australian Venue Group but will concentrate on the liquor outlets.

The remaining hotels are owned by wealthy families or groups who also benefit from these laws and which also prevent companies such as Aldi and Costco applying for a licence because they have no intention of buying a hotel and within the next couple of years. A new player Kaufland will enter the grocery market and they will too be denied a licence here in Queensland.

Also affected are small operators such as you and me from getting a licence unless of course, we were in a position to buy a hotel.

WINELANDER $10. This wine originated In Western Australia, for from Margaret River and instance, there are over has aromas of tropical fruit two hundred independent with a very fresh finish on liquor stores and the hotels the palate, this wine would have no gaming rooms, suit most fish dishes and something to think about. as Woolworths own the Are there any benefits to Baily and Baily label is only cellaring wines, especially available from BWS or Dan red wines?

Murphy’s. From Liquorland If you are a casual wine I had a Rosemount drinker who enjoys a Diamond Label Chardonnay glass throughout the week which cost $8 which was probably not because on special at half price. to enjoy the benefits of The wine also had typical cellaring wines you really fresh fruit aromas with the need to be prepared at least addition of light oak. At a carton (6 bottles) of one this price I doubt whether particular wine and leave the wine has been matured it alone for a period of time in barrels but more likely to see the changes that can had seen the addition of occur in that wine. It is not oak chips which if handled necessary to buy only very properly is impossible to expensive wine as there tell the difference, anyway are wines out there that if you enjoy this style of you can occasionally get for under $20 that will certainly Chardonnay this is terrific value and Liquorland develop over a ten year period or more providing, of promote this wine at this price nearly every month, course, you have the right cellaring conditions to store excellent with chicken. If you are looking for a good the wine. value red the Rosemount Shingleback Wines from Diamond series at $8 also McLaren Vale would be a includes the full range good investment as a start. including the Shiraz and Wine fridges are certainly Cabernet which are also a good way to keep wine very good wines. at the right temperature of around 16 degrees and even Cheers, Aldi have these from time to time selling for around Philip Arlidge $300 and they hold about arlidge@bigpond.com.au three dozen bottles. After a few years, it pays to open a bottle to see where the Pope John XX111 wine is at and then make Men are like wine. Some a decision on whether turn to vinegar, but the to leave the rest alone, best improve with age. there will come a time when the wine will in your In some communities opinion be ready to enjoy. missing people have Alternatively, Dan Murphy’s their photo’s printed on cellar wine for you and milk cartons. If I ever it is possible to buy older go missing I would like vintages by the bottle for that special occasion which my photo put on a wine saves on having to buy a bottle instead of a milk quantity and they release carton. This way my the wines often when the friends will know to look wines are at their best. for me.

I tried a couple of interesting wines this week, firstly a Baily and Baily Chardonnay from BWS which had a cost of

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COMMUNITY Manning the Trash and Treasure stall June Allen, Julie Kable and Jill Heading the Cancer Council spoke about the work they do, the wigs and turbans they fit for cancer sufferers and the difference that these items make for people affected by hair loss.

BIG THANK YOU TO BRIBIE

By Stacey Olson (SecretaryBribie Island Handcraft Club)

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Last week more than 160 people attended the

Biggest Morning Tea and raised over $3000 for the Cancer Council.

Most of the money was raised by the entrance fee of $5, sale of raffle tickets with over 50 prizes in the rolling raffle as well as ten prizes in the Major raffle and sales of craft items and plants.

The “Trash and Treasure Stall” (held in memory of Gwen Leadbitter who passed away last year from cancer) was run by June Allen, and many bargains were bought and $80 was raised.

After Morning Tea two members from the Wigs and Turbans division of

The Bribie Vietnam Veterans helped to move tables and chairs, borrowed from the Orchid Society (who also loaned cups and an urn) and Bribie Island Handcraft Club members made and served the morning teas which meant all money raised could go to the Cancer Council.

All of these people, as well as the people who donated items for the raffles, helped to make a really big difference to the future of Cancer Research.

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COMMUNITY

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o.As.It. Community Services “Adopt a Nonna or Nonno” Program was first launched in December 2018 in an effort to attract young people who wished to make a difference in the lives of lonely seniors who were in need of social support.

The young volunteers who joined the program have been teamed up with a “Nonna” or “Nonno” in their local area and the results have been incredibly heartwarming, to say the least.

“The younger volunteers are so full of enthusiasm,” said Sarina Campbell, the Community Visitors Scheme Coordinator. “One of our ‘nonna’s’ asked if

her volunteer would be her ‘grandchild’ and she hugged her and started crying – it was so amazing to witness,” she said.

The volunteers who have applied to the program, aged between 18 and 34, are making a positive impact in the lives of older, lonely and isolated community members from the multicultural community.

The program is funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Health, the program offers friendship and social support to elderly and socially isolated people from a CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) background living

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The service runs in many Brisbane suburbs and now Bribie. “The Adopt a Nonna or Nonno Program is a great way to connect millennials with our most vulnerable older community members, their family members, and it provides a mutual benefit to all involved – and we are always looking for more volunteers,” said Sarina.

“We have found that visits from a youthful companion enliven our community members, whilst the opportunity practise speaking Italian or Spanish, or to learn a little about the history of migrants in Queensland is a great opportunity for the volunteers.”

Campbell explained that the program is always eager to welcome Italian or Spanish speaking individuals who are willing to volunteer an hour a

fortnight to visit elderly community members who are lonely and in need of a little company.

Volunteers attend training sessions conducted by Co.As.It. which identify care-specific areas relevant to the nonna or nonno they’ve been matched with.

They’re also provided with all the relevant guidelines about the program and their role as volunteers.

Ongoing support and monitoring of visits is offered, so volunteers won’t ever feel out of their depth. The program is highly flexible, and visits are arranged at the mutual convenience of both the client and the volunteer.

By assisting an older person on a social level, you have the chance to make a difference in their life as well as in your own! Call Co.As.It. now on 07 3624 6100 if you are interested or apply via our Facebook Page @coasitbrisbane.

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yoshi Jim Griffin 8th Dan (degree) black belt and Shihan Lesley Griffin 7th Dan black belt have been teaching Shorinjiryu Koshinkai Karatedo on Bribie for the past 14 years, previously running Shorinjiryu Karate Dojos at Albany Creek, Kallangur and Burpengary before moving to Bribie Island.

Jim is also joint Chief Instructor of Shorinjiryu Koshinkai Nationally.

Shorinjiryu Koshinkai is a not for profit Association.

They currently operate their Shorinjiryu Koshinkai Karate Dojo at the Lions Community Centre on Sunderland Drive beside the skate park at Bellara.

From left: Shihan Lesley Griffin (7th Dan), Hanshi Myron Lubitsch (9th Dan) and Kyoshi Jim Griffin (8th Dan) Jim commenced his Karate training at the age of 15 and settled on Shorinjiryu Karate following a break and has been practising Shorinjiryu Karate for close to 40 years. Lesley has also

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They attended the recent annual National Shorinjiryu Karate Training Camp at Coffs Harbour and were very happy to host 3 Karate exponents who had travelled from New York to officiate and pass on their extensive karate knowledge.

Leading the New York attendees was Hanshi Myron Lubitsch 9th Dan black belt and he was ably assisted by Kyoshi Vincent Capers Jnr. 7th Dan and 3rd Dan Neil Stewart.

A function of the annual training camp is to promote Students to Black Belt ranks and both Lesley and Jim were taken by surprise to be promoted to their current ranks by Hanshi Myron Lubitsch.

It was truly an honour to be promoted by such a senior International Karate

Instructor and it took a while for the enormity to set in for them both. Jim is 68 years of age and Lesley is 67 and have recently moved to the Gemlife Resort in Bongaree from their previous Banksia Beach home.

Lesley and Jim have both been members of Queensland and Australian representative Karate teams, their first World Titles entry coming as part of the Australian team in Brisbane in 1985.

They have both competed Internationally, the most recent being in New York.

Jim placed 1st in weapons and 2nd in Kata (forms) at the 2016 International Championships in New York.

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COMMUNITY Sylvan Beach

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By Dr Doug Wilson

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ith record-breaking numbers of boats and spectators, the 21st Bribie Island Classic Boat Regatta is over for another year.

The success due to all contributors and participants both on land and water and particularly the members of Bribie Island Sailing Club and the Bribie Island Mahalo Outrigger Canoe Club who hosted the weekend.

Registrations for the event totalled 73 (40% up on last year) making it is now the largest regatta of its type in Queensland.

With the great camaraderie inspired by the perfect weather, on Saturday, the flotilla cruised to the Toorbul for lunch and later to Star Pacific Harbour Marina.

There the public enjoyed a close view of the larger boats (and the smaller ones including a display of Radio Controlled Yachts) there while listening to the jaunty Bribie Celtic Strings playing and with afternoon tea provided by the Bribie Vietnam Vets Association.

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The Saturday night at the Bribie Island Hotel was packed and there were invariably a few slow starts on Sunday morning for the cruise from Pacific Harbour Canals to the beach.

On the final day of the Regatta at Sylvan Beach, Councillor Brooke Savige presented Sandy Pegg the prize for best dressed sailing boat and trophies to the winners of the sailing race, rowing boat race and the puttputt timed races.

The crowd was thrilled by the Bribie Mahalo Outrigger Canoe Club sprint along the water’s edge and the colourful adorned paddling to

Wonderful craftmanship by Bribie’s Geoff Boucaut with his lovely BUNTY row boat.

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the drumbeat by the Bribie Dragons Abreast. The Bribe Surf Club “old boys” surfboat gave a great display as well.

There were vintage cars, ice creams and coffee and a number of original displays at Sylvan Beach, including the Wooden Boat Association, Jack Tarr’s Locker, Oars Galore and the beautiful goods created by Jan Dickers.

The whole flotilla departed after 1.30pm on the Sunday for their home ports. All in all a memorable weekend.

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NATURE Left: Grey Shrike-thrush in bushland Inset: Grey Shrike-thrush looking for a handout.

GREY SHRIKE THRUSH

– COLLURICINCLA HARMONICA

By Marj Webber

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rey Shrike-thrushes are moderately common on Bribie Island in forest areas and occasionally venture into suburbia. Their melodious call is often a signal that this rather plain bird is nearby.

Throughout Australia there are several variations with colouring differing slightly in each area. The birds we are likely to see on Bribie have a rather drab colouring with greyish brown backs and pale grey undersides.

Heads are thick and bills are black. There is not a lot of difference between male and female in our area except the females have more heavily streaked throats and breasts and the males have a white patch in front of the eye. They are 22-25 cm in length and weigh 70-84 g. Grey Shrikethrushes have some of the most beautiful and varied calls in Australia. Also known as the Harmonious Thrush they have over a hundred clear, sharp and melodious songs. In 32

Australia there are four species of Shrike-thrush with the Grey being the most widespread. The only other species we are likely to see on Bribie island is the Little Shrike-thrush which is much smaller, a lovely rufous colour and a fairly common resident.

Grey Shrike-thrushes can live in most parts of Australia and in very diverse habitats such as wooded coastal areas, tropical areas and arid areas of the interior where there are trees and water.

They are also found in PNG. Usually they stay in pairs and remain in the same territory which is about 10 hectares for their entire lives. Grey Shrike-thrushes can become quite used to people and will often come into a garden for a drink of water or come to the balcony of a restaurant looking for handouts.

A large variety of food is on the menu as they are omnivores which eat meat as well as vegetable matter. Invertebrates,

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small reptiles, frogs, mice, nestlings and eggs of other birds and sometimes seeds and fruit are just some of items on their varied diet.

They usually feed on the ground, scratching around in the undergrowth and around rotting timber, but will feed in foliage in trees and under bark looking for insects and larvae.

Breeding takes place from July to March or after rain in arid regions. Nest sites are well hidden and quite varied and may be built in shallow hollows in trees, in stumps, crevices on cliff faces and in logs on forest floors. Shrikethrushes have even been known to nest in parks and in hanging pots in gardens.

Nests are in the shape of bowls built of bark strips and lined with fine material found in the area. Clutches of 2-4 creamy, blotched eggs are laid. Males help with the nest building, incubation of 17-18 days and tending the young. Nestlings fledge in about 17 days and there could be several clutches produced during the season if conditions are right.

The same nest sites are sometimes used year after year. Parents generally stay together for life.

A common name amongst birdwatchers is GST (Grey Shrike-Thrush). They were given the scientific name Harmonica from the Latin meaning “skilled in music” and Colluricincla which is derived from two Greek words meaning “shrike”. Oddly enough they are neither Shrikes nor Thrushes but were called “Shrikes” because of their predatory bills and “Thrushes” after the melodious Thrushes of Europe. They belong to the same family as the Whistlers and Shrike-tits and were studied and catalogued by John Latham in 1802. John Latham contributed largely to our early ornithology knowledge and first documented many of the birds in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

They are often attacked by other birds because of their tendency to raid nests for eggs and chicks. Because they feed mainly on the ground their main threats are from cats, dogs and foxes. Feral cats are a huge problem in Australia with an estimated 6.3 million occupying our wild and suburban areas. If one cat eats one bird each day that is over six million birds eaten every day in the wild and if it were only half that number, it is still an enormous daily loss of wildlife. This is a huge problem to the bird and small mammal world.

Grey Shrike-thrush’s conservation status is secure but in some areas they appear to be on the decline.

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Insulin blocks leptin receptors. This is called insulin resistance and is essentially Type 2 Diabetes.

The easiest and safest way to reduce the amount of insulin in your body is to reduce carbohydrate intake. (The Ketogenic Diet in a Nutshell, Science and Strategy for Optimum Health by Carl Franklin and Richard Morris) The Ketogenic diet, in a nutshell, is a reduced carb intake and change with high fat and protein diet.

We want our body to be Ketosis, then your body will burn the fat that is already stored in your body before it craves more food.

Personally, I don’t like any form of diet because I love food! Restricting me with food means taking my happiness away from my life, so that’s a big no-no for me. However, regardless of this diet, I’ve started taking just MCT coffee to test it 34

out. I didn’t expect much, but I quite liked the MCT coffee mix even though it was far from a real coffee taste. When the MCT coffee mix ran out, I made my own mix with MCT oil and gelatin powder with my coffee.

When I took the MCT oil in my coffee for the first day, I probably put too much oil in it, and I experienced a severe stomach cramp for an hour and had the runs all day… Though the next day, I felt lighter and better. I’ve since reduced the MCT oil intake in my coffee, started with half a teaspoon after the incident, but now I’ve increased to one teaspoon, with one teaspoon of gelatin in my coffee every morning. Immediately after taking MCT oil, I have less hunger so, I eat less… my food portion has reduced to one third!

I’ve been doing this for about four weeks now and I can feel that I’m losing a lot of weight quickly.

Basically, what MCT oil does, is it changes our body into a Ketosis system, and instead of the body craving carbs to burn for the energy, it uses fat to produce energy. Since I’ve been taking MCT coffee in the morning, I’ve lost the craving for sugar and starches and eat less because leptin is able to do its job.

MCT (medium chain triglyceride) oil is extracted from coconut oil. It is constructed with a shorter chain of carbon atoms, between 6 to 10. The usual oil we consume is LCT

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(Long chain triglyceride) is a longer chain of carbon atoms, between 12 to 20.

It’s hard to break down and is often stored in our cells as fat. Triglyceride is the technical term for fat. There are two things that triglycerides do in the body. One thing is that they go into the cells and can be used to burn fat as energy and the other is stored in the cells as fat. Because MCT oil is a shorter chain, it makes easier to digest and absorbs faster and easily converted into energy and it changes our body into Ketosis system. Therefore, MCTs are efficiently

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HALL UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

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ribie Respite and Support Services has resumed management of the Senior Citizens Hall on its site, a building it has owned for 30 years.

Bribie Respite and Support Services has trusteeship of the land on which it sits at 96-108 Arcadia Avenue, Woorim, from the QLD State Government but it owns all the buildings on that land.

For a few years, the Senior Citizens Hall and its activities have been managed by the Bribie District All Age Social Activities Centre Inc (BAC).

BAC has facilitated a variety of activities from the hall, including carpet bowls, dancing, table tennis and Voices choral group.

Those activities will be continued under BRASS’ management, with no immediate interruption to the schedule.

As part of its new management BRASS will refurbish the hall, which is in a state of some disrepair, and install air conditioning so that users will have a safe, clean and pleasant environment

in which to pursue their leisure activities.

The site at Arcadia Avenue is a hub for important community services on Bribie Island. Bribie Respite and Support Services runs a Learning Centre for young people with a disability as well as day respite services for older people and people with dementia. Bribie Meals on Wheels also operates from the site and sits alongside the Senior Citizens Hall with its full program of leisure activities.

Bribie Respite and Support Services is deeply embedded in the community and has a long history of caring for older and disabled people on Bribie Island. It is dedicated to providing the best in respite services within a warm, community-focused setting.

For more information about Bribie Respite and Support’s community services or the program of activities at the Senior Citizens Hall please visit www.bribierespite. com.au

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HISTORY

LOOKING BACK 250 YEARS James Cook & Endeavour

By Barry Clark, Bribie Island, Historical Society

In a few months’ time, we will all be preparing for the start of the year 2020, which is the 250 year Anniversary of James Cook being the first to sail and claim the East Coast of Australia in the name of King George the Third in 1770.

islands. Cook and naturalist Joseph Banks had left England in 1769 to observe the “Transit of Venus” from the remote island of Tahiti and then went on to be the first to circumnavigate and map the entire coast of New Zealand, before continuing south-east and hitting Australia.

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He sailed along the east coast of Australia, landing only three times, and naming several prominent landmarks including Cape Mor(e)ton and The Glasshouses, their distant shapes reminding him of Glass Factories in his distant homeland. Cook and the crew of the Bark “Endeavour” had been sailing for nearly two years already, and they were well off the coast so did not actually see the Bay or any 36

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“discovered” Australia in 1770, but several Dutch, French and Portuguese explorers had previously sailed and mapped much of the West, North and South coasts. Able Tasman has charted parts of what he named Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) and New Zealand in 1643, which was 127 years earlier, but he did not know they were close to a much larger land mass.

Frenchman Jean de Surville had also sailed quite close to the east coast of Australia a few months before Cook, and his crew reported being able to “smell land”, but they did not actually see it. De Surville and Cook also sailed almost within sight of each other at north New Zealand in December 1769, but again did not actually see each other in the vast expanse of Ocean. Australia had come very close to being claimed by the French.

After returning from his first voyage in 1771 Cook went on to conduct two more significant world explorations, for a total of eleven years. What a remarkable navigator, cartographer and ship’s Captain he was.

On board the “Resolution” from 1772 to 1775 he explored vast areas of the south Pacific Ocean searching for almost two years, without success for what was thought to be a “Great South Land”. He went in the “Resolution” again from 1776 to 1779 seeking a hoped-for North West Passage, around the top of North America to

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find a sea route to Europe.

Unable to find a passage through the frozen north he returned to Hawaii where he was killed in an unfortunate incident with the natives.

Returning from their first journey James Cook and Joseph Banks reported finding the coast of a new land (they called New South Wales). The report of their brief landing at what they called “Botany Bay” in 1770 led to a decision 18 years later to send a “First Fleet” of 11 ships, laden with convicts to settle on the other side of the world.

Australia was once again so very close to being French.

When the First Fleet ships arrived in 1788, after 9 hard months of sailing uncharted waters, with such a difficult cargo, they arrived in the same week as Frenchman La Perouse and his two exploration ships. They stayed peacefully for a few weeks before La Perouse two ships sailed away. They were never seen again ….they simply disappeared off the face of the earth …..and despite subsequent searches by the French Government, no trace was ever found!!

This year 2019 is the 220th Anniversary of the first white man to land on Bribie Island.

When Matthew Flinders aboard the sloop “Norfolk”, with his aboriginal companion Bongaree were sent to explore Moreton Bay in 1799, just 11 years after the arrival of the First Fleet. Flinders and his small crew were the first white men to set foot on what is now Bribie Island, and climb a Glasshouse mountain.

Flinders went on to be the first to sail right around this entire continent which was later named Australia.

Bongaree the man

The Colony of Queensland.

It would be another 60 years before Queensland was separated from NSW in 1859 to become a new Colony of the British Empire.

In those 60 years, there were very few who came to this desolate Island.

Within a hundred years of the first sighting of this coast by Captain Cook in 1770, the Aboriginal population of Moreton Bay had been reduced to just a few. This resulted in the establishment of Queensland’s first Aboriginal reserve being set up here at Whitepatch on Bribie Island 1877.

It is therefore quite remarkable that just 17 years later some Brisbane businessmen developed Bribie Island into Australia’s first Island holiday destination.

In 1912 they built the Jetty at Bongaree, started Steamship trips, and saw Bribie develop as a destination for mass tourism.

Matthew Flinders These remarkable boom years for Bribie Island were interrupted in the 1930’s by the “Great Depression”, and soon after that came World War 2.

This led to great change as the Military moved in, and most residents were moved out.

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HISTORY CONTINUED The “Steam Ship Excursion” trade resumed again after the War but by now the Motor Car was becoming popular, and people braved the dreadful roads to bring their car by barge to the Island.

In 1963 a bridge was built and the Island was joined to mainland Australia.

Looking back over those 250 years the Island has experienced many remarkable events, Here is an overview of some of the key dates and events in the History of Bribie Island.

MORE LOCAL HISTORY The Historical Society has monthly public meetings at the RSL Club on the second Wednesday of each month commencing at 6: 30 pm 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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THE WALK Sky is blue sand is high Water caressing the morning tide Air and space combined as one Crashing tide coming undone Soft white sand under my feet Salt sea water touching me Dolphins playing with their young Catching waves and having fun Whales are cruising beyond the buoys Blowhole sounds make a noise

MAD Poets HEALING What does it take to make a person well?

After surgery the wounds and the pain The drugs they give are all in vain Your day and night roll into one No driving no living no friends no fun You need to be patient and clear in the head Focus on breathing and walking instead

Sea eagles soaring way up high Looking down as they glide Pig face plants hugging the beach Casuarina trees swaying in the breeze Pink galahs walking by Black cockatoos way up high Bush pythons mating against the midday sun Fresh tea tree water on a meandering run Breaking the banks out to the sea Pure water washing me

Open to the sunshine the wind and the surf Sit at the shore and touch Mother Earth Feel the wet sand massaging your feet Inhale the crisp air let it flow and be sweet

Sea gulls waiting for their chance to pounce Pipis and sea worms creating a dinner dance Local fisherman with their feet in the sand Waiting for the catch or that’s the plan

As you exhale let go of the growth The stuff that is inside of you needs to open and flow Allow the sun the sand and the salt water to combine This is natures medicine allow it to climb

Children running to and fro Dogs exercising and on the go People chatting and being discreet Yoga exercise breathing deep

Water washes over your shoulders and back Ceremonial cleansing a serpent’s track Take a deep breath and feel the wounds Pour out your anger and feel the cocoon Look up to the sky watch the seagulls dance Floating on the thermals like a midnight prance

Feeling the sun and the energy rays The breath slows down and you want to play Relaxing the self and your at the gate Open your mind feel the space

Watch the rolling waves as it pounds the shore Feel the vibration from the earths floor The sun and ocean have you trapped in a trance Your hands and feet are handcuffed by chance Your mind is now focused on the water and the sun As they deliver the healing and your body is done Your heart is open your mind is at peace Mother earth is caressing to your hearts beat

This place will energise your inner soul You just have to stop and just let go Woorim Beach is just the place To throw your mind and find the pace Written by Sharmayne Kurtz

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THE WONDERLAND OF STIRLING MOSS HELLY’S CELEBRITIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY

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onday begins like a madhouse and gets worse! The minute we hit the road Mossie takes off with - “verbal diarrhoea,” his words not mine, and holds me engrossed until – “Watch it!” I squeak, “We’re just about out of petrol.” There’s no alarming this man. We limp off the motorway and into a small village, and somehow he even makes that look like what he’s intended all along.

charm, succeeding in our passports being confiscated. After more of the same and the eventual return of our passports, we join the tail end of the queue.

we are rolling and dipping into the waves, my companion amuses himself by regaling me with explicit details of just how a craft goes to the bottom in a gale.

Mossie works himself into a frenzy, insisting they are only letting us through the gate to shut us up. Only a few cars are loading slowly, one by one. Being quite certain that we will be fine now, I grow more and more amused as his fury grows, and Mossie grows more and more frantic at my amusement.

By the time we disembark Mossie has forgotten his fury, driving from Dover to London with cheerful panache, overtaking every car in sight, as other men swat flies.

Where is the suave charmer of the last three days? Vanished! “I’ll demand an apology from you when we’re left behind,” he snarls, when the two cars in front of us do have difficulty getting on. “I told you, didn’t I,” he rages, “They won’t let us on.” So I hold my tongue, as I think he could cheerfully choke me.

We do make it and take off into a Force 7 gale. At Force 8 the hovercraft stops operating. So while

We arrive at THE WONDERLAND OF STIRLING MOSS – SIMPLY COMFORT

BY COMPUTER - his multi-storey London Mayfair house. He dumps his luggage in the hall, whisks into the office, and by the time I catch up, he is already sitting at his desk, dictaphone in hand with instructions for his secretary. He has to be hands on all the time.

Desi, the housekeeper serves tea.

Mossie lifts his without looking, his eyes fixed on the desk. Even 50 years later in the 21st century, few homes will have such a technological dream house as Mossie’s. Nearly all the

Near Ostende a garage attendant directs us to what he swears is an inexpensive restaurant. It’s a posh place – no service – and certainly not Mossie’s idea of inexpensive, so he departs in high dudgeon and I just totter, starving, after him.

We arrive in Calais with just minutes to spare, only to discover we’ve come to the wrong dock. After a hectic dash around the harbour, we find the Hovercraft flight closed, with our tickets and reservations useless in our hands.

Faced with an adamant French official, Mossie draws himself up to his full height (that“five foot seven and a half inches in thick socks”) and turns on a combination of aggressiveness and 40

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REGULAR FEATURE gadgets, devices, and lift-shaft are invented or designed by himself.

He will run his bath from the car way down the road, to the desired height and temperature, as “running a bath is a total waste of time, when a capital device can do it. It allows me an extra 5 minutes and 20 seconds in the office.”

When home, he controls anything and everything from his bed in the ceiling mirrored master bedroom and some 63 circuits. Click a button and the solarium pops from above, down across the bed. Click another and the TV raises itself to the ceiling. The thermostats in the electric blanket adjust automatically to his body or room temperature at that moment.

We sit down to have a meal served

by Desi and part of the ceiling pops down from upstairs with the dinner table set. While waiting for the meal, I peruse Mossie’s scrapbooks. There are 65, from his first race to his last and beyond.

Your head spins and you can’t help but wonder if all these distractions and mechanical toys are there to take his mind off his irretrievable loss of racing. “They replace it extremely well,” he admits. “But it’s not a straight exchange. The human mind is very adaptable. I must have a challenge in my life.”

The Goodwood crash that ended Mossie’s racing career in 1962, when

Mirrored ceiling master bedroom with moving solarium, tv & total house electronic switches he was partially paralysed for six months, had doctors predicting that he would never walk again or live normally. The house with its dynamic infusion of creative energy, logical thinking and ingenious inventions proves them spectacularly wrong.

After our meal, Mossie phones one of his two main steadies and laughs out loud when he puts the receiver down, “She isn’t free for Saturday,” he says, “She suggested I try ‘Deadly Rival’.” This explains a good deal of his secret – never to let any girl believe she is the only one.

They accept it as though they know and understand the computer-like ticking over of that brain.

After 1973 it will be another seven years before he finally marries beautiful Susie, the soul mate he’s

been searching for all his life, the woman with whom he will share everything deep into the 21st century.

But by 1980 I will be back in Australia, so I never meet his “floppy disc and hard drive,” as Mossie affectionately calls Susie, as she remembers everything for him and never leaves his side. It’s heart-warming that the hands-on legend will have been happy for 40 years, as at the time we become friends, in spite of all his fame, fortune, success and achievements and all the women he can have, Mossie is a lonely man.

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by Prince Charles in 2000 as the Queen is in Australia) a Wonderful 90th Birthday for September 2019 and may he have many more!

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ARTS Chef Corey at Cafe 191 and nutritious eating for locals in groups and singles and with a wealth of ideas: fresh fun food, burgers, light meals and snacks, with nothing over $18. Cakes will cost $5 - $6, coffee $4.50 or $5 in a mug. A person after my own heart and the hearts of many at the arts centre, Corey loves colour and wants to see more pops of it around Cafe 191. In time, there’ll be umbrellas for the open deck, more potted plants, a herb and vegetable garden. Visitors are welcome to come and see, smell and taste the final result.

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By Debra Mieth

ollowing the recent renovation of the deck and Gallery kitchen at the Bribie Island Community Arts Centre, the area is now open for business six days a week, rather than only for events and monthly Vibe market days.

It has a new name - Cafe 191 – telling you exactly where it is on Sunderland Drive at Banksia Beach, and new chef, Corey Abel, offering delectable snacks and meals, along with espresso coffee, tea and other hot and cold beverages.

Corey is a familiar face to many on the island. He has worked previously at Kai and Merlo’s-by-theSea. His most recent place of work and abode was Woodford Gardens.

He’s been working in kitchens from the age of 14 and understands the demands of big and small kitchens and menus. For Cafe 191, he has devised a fresh and inviting assortment of hot and cold dishes for meals, as well as snacks, cakes and slices and a mean Devonshire Tea. He comes with bright enthusiasm to enhance the Arts Centre with attractive

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The Bribie Community Arts Society invites you to come along and savour Corey’s kitchen creations while you relax, meet up with friends, catch a coffee, have lunch or simply enjoy the ambience of the creative hub on Bribie.

Cafe 191 is available for events and will open Tuesday to Sunday. For more information or to make group or event bookings, ring 3408 9288.

OPEN: 10 am - 4pm Tuesday - Sunday

Entry forms on the Bribie Island Community Arts Centre website and at the Arts Centre.

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Cafe 191 fills a sore and long-felt need for all locals, Arts Centre members and visitors. Bus groups are especially welcome. Corey is also open to catering for special occasions, helped by BICAS foodie volunteers.

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KNIGHT RIDER WINS PHOTO OF THE MONTH

Alain Chardon, one of our keenest photographers was the champion this month with three firsts.

The theme of the month was “Transport” which was won by Alain with “Knight Rider”. Alain went on to win the two print categories with “Night Flight” a photo of a drone photographing from above and “Give me the Chip and I’ll Dance for You” a photo of a Seagull in an unusual pose receiving a handout.

Greg Harrison won the PI mono with an interesting shot of the Bladensburg Shearing Shed.

Vince Bowser with his magnificent shot of the Mont Saint Michel Island Cathedral in Northern France was the winner of the colour PI and also was awarded Photo of the Month by our judge.

Ralph Brown from the Sunshine Coast was our judge for the night. He and his wife Barbara brought

their caravan and stayed for a few days at Woorim Beach. Ralph has always given us interesting and educational critiques on each of our photos. He also presented a slide show of his recent winter trip to Iceland where he and Barbara took a group of 12 photographers on a photography tour of the island. There were some amazing photos.

The Bribie Island Photography Club meets on the fourth Monday of the Month at 7 pm in the Board Room at the back of the Arts Centre on Sunderland Drive. New members are always welcome. The first two meetings are free. If

Left: Photo of the Month, ’Knight Rider Truck’ by Alain Chardon.

Above: ‘Colour Print: Give me the chip and I dance for you’

by Alain Chardon you wish to come along ring Gordon at 3408 2649 or Gail at 3408 9850 or just turn up on the night.

Coming Events Location Shoot at Mt Mee on 16 June. Meet at lookout at 9.30 am.

Our Master Portrait Workshop with John Lomas in July is now fully booked.

October weekend extended outing at Tin Can Bay. www.sites.google.com/ site/bribiephotographyclub email: bribiephotographyclub@ gmail.com ‘St-Michel’ by Vince Bowser

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CLUBS & ASSOCIATIONS

LCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Recovery I.D. meeting Monday - 7.30pm - Church of Christ Hall. Corner of Fifth ave and Foley st, Bongaree.

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. All welcome.

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. This FREE morning tea is hosted by grief counsellor Geoff Bradford.

Contact Geoff geoffbradford2@ bigpond.com or PH 0421 866 560.

1st WED of the Month OMBORA OUTRIGGERS: Meet on the beach opposite Dolphin Drive 10 or more times a week. Find a session that suits you contact us via our website bomboraoutriggers.com.au Everyone is welcome to try.

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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 COMMUNITY PLANT NURSERY: 208 First Avenue, Bribie. The nursery has been on Bribie since 1990 and is run completely by volunteers. All money raised goes back into the community.

OPEN MON - FRI, 8 - 11am 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, 6:30am 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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (BIEPA): Meets at 7pm, the Anzac Room Bribie Island RSL. All welcome. For more information phone Diane 0438 111 163.

4th MON of the Month RIBIE ISLAND GARDEN CLUB: Meet at the RSL Auditorium, 9am for 9.30 start. PH Lee 3408 6058.

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.

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PH Stacey 0438 001 297.

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 DARTS CLUB: Meets at The Bribie Island Golf Club Links Crt Woorim. Names in by 6:15 for 6:30 start. All welcome to come along & have a throw. Restaurant will be open for anyone wishing to eat beforehand.

EVERY THU 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.

4th TUE of the Month RIBIE ISLAND ORCHID SOCIETY NEW GROWERS’: Meeting held at Orchid House, 156A First Ave, Bribie Island Meeting time - Arrival 1:00 pm for 1:30 pm start. Teresa Watson 0407 782 290.

2nd SAT of the Month RIBE ISLAND PENSIONERS & SUPERANNUANTS LEAGUE - Meet at the Bribie RSL at 9am.

We have a friendly meeting with a speaker and outings & lunch . Morning tea is available.

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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.

4th MON of the Month RIBIE ISLAND PROBUS CLUB: If you’re new to the area or are finding it a bit challenging to break into the local social scene, you might find what you’re looking for by joining one of Bribie’s top social clubs – the Bribie Island Probus Club, catering for retired or semi-retired men and women interested in establishing friendships, engaging in fellowship with like-minded souls and perhaps having a little fun too. The club meets monthly at 9:15 a.m. in the RSL Conference Room. Details:Mark (3408-4145) or Ursula (3410-0792) RIBIE ISLAND RSL WOMEN’S AUXILIARY: Meets (except January) in the Anzac Room of the Bribie Island RSL Club at 9.30 a.m. New members welcome. You do not need to be an ex service person to join.

For enquiries phone Jan Wright on 0407 030 598 or email Janice_ wright@bigpond.com.

Every 2nd MON of the Month RIBIE ISLAND VIEW CLUB (supporting The Smith Family): meets for lunch at 11.30 for 12.00 at Serenity @ The Waterways, Welsby Parade. For information or apologies phone Jennifer 3408 2152 or Fay 3408 2617.

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 ISLAND SENIORS COMPUTING CLUB DISCUSSION GROUP: Meets in the Anzac Room Bribie RSL at 1.00pm. Just turn up and maybe you have a special interest you can share with us or just want a bit of help yourself.

EVERY 2nd TUE 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 HILDREN’S CHOIR: An Ecumenical Children’s Choir meets at the Uniting Church in Webster Street, Bongaree on Bribie Island every Monday afternoon after school from 3.30p.m. until 4.45p.m.

School aged boys and girls are all welcome. This is a no cost activity for children who love to sing. For further information please telephone Marg Grove on 54975777.

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

EVERY TUE LOBAL CARE FOOD ASSIST: provides food parcels, emergency food relief, and low cost food to eligible clients.

Open Wednesdays only from 11am till 12.30pm or until stock runs out. BYO cooler and carry bags. Toorbul Lane across from Saviges, Bongaree. PH Rebecca 0433 371 749.

EVERY WED SLAND QUILTERS: For friendly support for those people interested in sewing and handcrafts. Held between 8.30am to 12.30pm at studio 3 Bribie Island Art Centre Sunderland Drive. Phone Aileen 0403342033’ Evey WED P’S BRIBIE ISLAND SHOPPING CENTRE. Contact Gary Stephens 0400750 232 10:00am to 1:00pm.

Every TUE to SAT. 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.

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3rd MON of the Month OTARY CLUB OF BRIBIE ISLAND: Meets at 6.30pm for 7.00pm, Bribie Island Hotel, 29 Sylvan Beach Esplanade.

Phone Mary 0421 529 824 Every THU ANDSTONE POINT COMMUNITY COMPLEX: Free Morning Tea is held at 10am at Sandstone Point Community Complex [behind Shopping Centre] for all residents. Come and enjoy. For further details contact Margaret 5429 5024.

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 BRANCH OF OLDER WOMEN’S NETWORK QLD has now formally commenced and meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month.

Mature aged women are very welcome to a new social group for friendship, fun and information on healthy ageing. Next meeting is Thursday 16th May, 10.00 am.

Bribie Island RSL, Toorbul St. Contact: Julie 0490441184 or Older Women’s Network Queensland 07 3358 2301.

You’re welcome to come along and meet new friends.

3rd THU 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 RAIN RIDES: Melsa Park, Toorbul Street, Bongaree. 10am – 2.30pm.

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.

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Beachmere Uniting Church urgently needs organists and/ or pianists to join our roster for Sunday services starting at 7.50am. Voluntary position.

Excellent organ and piano.

Can you help? Please contact Isabel on 5496 8661.

BRIBIE MARKET DAYS Who doesn't love a bargain!

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

UPCOMING BEACHMERE EVENTS JUNE EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

EVERY MONDAY – FRIDAY JUNE U3A BEACHMERE - VARIOUS TIMES FOR CLASSES & LOCATIONS – see program of classes for TERM TWO www.bang. org.au/u3a OR drop into our office Monday to Thur 8.30am – 2.30am, Fridays 8.30-NOON for more details, Beachmere Community Hall, 5 Progress Ave. 0456 685 736 or u3a@bang.org.au.

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

EVERY MONDAY JUNE BEACHMERE SCOUTS – 6pm – 8pm (ages 11.5– 15 years, boys & girls) Beachmere Community Hall, 5 Progress Avenue, Beachmere, contact beachmerescouts@gmail. com for more information.

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

EVERY TUESDAY JUNE BEACHMERE SENIORS, 9am11am, Beachmere Community Hall, 5 Progress Ave, Weekly drop in!

Gold Coin Donation appreciated.

All Welcome: Contact Gwen on 0448 238 056.

EVERY WEDNESDAY JUNE 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.

cuppa and chat and make new EVERY THURSDAY JUNE SOUL friends while you work. Everyone & LINE DANCING, 6-7pm, welcome. Enquiries. Rev Michele Beachmere Community Hall, 5 0417 067 992 (2nd & 4th Wed Progress Ave. Contact Judy 0401 each month).

153 633 WEDNESDAY, 12 JUNE EVERY FRIDAY JUNE BEACHMERE LIONS MEETING, BEACHMERE SLIMMERS 6.30pm-7pm, Beachmere Activity SUPPORT GROUP, 9am Centre, 25 Biggs Ave. Please Beachmere Community Hall, 5 phone 0417 781 562 to attend.

Progress Av. We are a small (3rd Wed each month) friendly support group helping everyone to achieve their goals.

TUESDAY, 18 JUNE Joining Fee $15, Weekly Fee $4, BEACHMERE LIONESS For info contact Judy 0401 153 MEETING, from 9am Beachmere 633 OR Find us on Facebook Activity Centre, 25 Biggs Ave, All Beachmere Slimmers Inc. Welcome (3rd Tue each month) EVERY FRIDAY JUNE TUESDAY, 18 JUNE BANG BEACHMERE SCOUTS – JOEYS FORUM 6pm, GUEST SPEAKER – 6pm – 7pm (ages 5-8 years, boys Beachmere Community Hall, 5 & girls) Beachmere Community Hall, Progress Ave. All welcome. info@ 5 Progress Avenue, Beachmere, bang.org.au or 0456 818 017 contact beachmerescouts@gmail.

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THURSDAY, 20 EVERY FRIDAY JUNE JUNE BEACHMERE BEACHMERE SCOUTS - CUBS, NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH, 5.50pm for 6pm START - 7.30pm 9am at Beachmere Activity Centre, (ages 8-11.5 years, boys & girls), 25 Biggs Ave (3rd Thur each Beachmere Community Hall, 5 month) Progress Avenue, Beachmere, MONDAY, 24 JUNE TO contact beachmerescouts@gmail.

THURSDAY, 27 JUNE, com for more information.

BEACHMERE U3A, 8.30amFRIDAY, 7 JUNE LADIES, LET’S 2.30pm. Start Signing up for Term DO LUNCH, Noon, Beachmere Three classes. Email U3a@bang.

Hotel, James Road, Join us and org.au or 0456 685 736 come along and meet some FRIDAY, 28 JUNE, ladies who live, work and play in BEACHMERE U3A, 2.00pm Sign Beachmere. ALL WELCOME. Food On and 3.30pm for End of Term & Drinks at your own expense.

Celebration. Let’s Celebrate Term Please RSVP to Christine 0413 73 Two and sign up for Term Three 95 73 ladieslunch@bang.org.au. classes. Email U3a@bang.org.au TUESDAY, 11 JUNE or 0456 685 736 BEACHMERE MEN’S SHED, WEDNESDAY, 26 JUNE CRAFT 9am, Beachmere Activity Centre, GROUP, 1.30pm, Beachmere 25 Biggs Ave, Contact Secretary Uniting Church, Cnr Moreton Tce & 0490 871 225 (2nd Tue each Second Ave. Bring your craftwork & month). gold coin donation. Enjoy a cuppa WEDNESDAY, 12 JUNE CRAFT and chat and make new friends GROUP, 1.30pm, Beachmere while you work. Everyone welcome.

Uniting Church, Cnr Moreton Tce & Enquiries. Rev Michele 0417 067 Second Ave. Bring your craftwork 992 (2nd & 4th Wed each month) & gold coin donation. Enjoy a TO HAVE YOUR EVENTS LISTED ON THIS CALENDAR, PLEASE EMAIL DETAILS TO thebribieislander@gmail.com

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Anglican Church Bribie Island (St Peter’s) Cnr Banya and Foster Sts, Bongaree Sunday Services: 7:30am & 9:30am Wednesday Service: 10am Priest: Fr Steven Schwarzrock Phone: 07 3408 3191 Email: office@stpetersbribie.org. au 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.

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.

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 7:009:00pm. Bookshop: Koorong items available.

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 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 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).

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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 7pm9pm 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 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 10.30 at the Banksia Room Bribie Hotel Bellara.

Complimentary meal after the service.

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Sandstone Community Church meets at Sandstone Point Community Hall located behind the Shopping Centre in Bestmann Rd. Sunday Services: 4 pm, Thursdays: mainly music (preschool children) 9.30am during school terms. Everyone very welcome Phone: Gavin 0407 888 409, 3180 4421.

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.

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 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: Monday @ 3:30-4:45pm. Know Your Bible: 2nd/4th Wednesday @ 3pm

Bribie Island weekly crime wrap, June 3 Property offences Burglary: On June 3, an unknown person has attempted to gain entry to a residence at Illoura Avenue, Bellara by damaging a door and has also stolen some items from outside the residence.

Stealing: On May 26, an unknown offender has stolen registration plates from a vehicle parked in Seafarer Place, Banksia Beach.

On June 1, an unknown person has stolen some fishing equipment from a caravan park in Bongaree.

On June 3, an unknown person has stolen two wheelie bins from a residence at Bestman Road, Sandstone Point.

The unknown offender has also attempted to gain entry to a garage, causing damage. Police are continuing to investigate these matters.

Wilful damage: On May 27, an unknown offender has caused damage to a boat engine at Orchid Street, Bellara.

On June 1, an unknown person has caused damage to a garden bed at Goodwin Drive, Bongaree.

Investigations are continuing into these offences.

Found property: No unclaimed found property this week.

Community Safety Drug offences: On June 3, a 35-year-old Woody Point woman was located by police in possession of drugs on First Avenue, Bongaree. The woman was issued a with a Notice to Appear and will appear in Caboolture Magistrates Court on July 2.

Good Order Offences: No public order offences in last seven days.

CRIME REPORT Police have responded to a total of seven incidents of domestic violence this week.

Road Safety Drink and drug driving: On May 27, a 37-year-old Sandstone Point man was issued with a Notice to Appear for driving whilst How good is your home security? under the influence of Consider installing an here are often typical drugs on Bestman Road, Ningi. He will appear in intruder alarm system circumstances the Caboolture Magistrates and security camera which occur prior to a Court on the July 15. system that covers all home being burgled.

On June 2, a 39-year-old external doors, windows A burglar will usually Bellara woman was issued and garage. Ensure the act on easy or tempting with a Notice to Appear system is installed to opportunities, especially for driving whilst under Australian Standards for when it is evident no one the influence of a drug on domestic applications. is home or the risk of Fortune Avenue, Bongaree. being caught is low.

Always ensure car keys She will appear in the and house keys, together What you can do: Caboolture Magistrates Court on August 8. with mobile phones, Ensure doors are always handbags and wallets, are Unregistered and locked with a key, even stored out of sight. unlicensed driving: On May when you are home.

27, a 37-year-old Bellara Ensure trees and shrubs Ensure that all external man was issued with an are trimmed to allow doors, including your infringement notice for visibility to your property garage, of your home unlicensed driving on and your house number is are solid and fitted with Verdoni Street, Bellara. clearly visible. quality deadlocks.

On June 1, a 41-year-old Lock away items of value Ningi man was issued a Consider fitting security such as bikes, lawn Notice to Appear in relation screen doors, designed to driving a vehicle whilst mowers and garden and installed to disqualified on Hornsby implements such as Australian Standards.

Parade, Bellara. He will ladders. Always keep your Install a door viewer that appear in the Caboolture garage or shed door closed allows you to see the Magistrates Court on June and locked with a key.

27. person before you open Consider installing the door.

On June 2, a 23-year-old perimeter security lighting Bongaree man was issued Fit secure locks to your including sensor lights. with an infringement windows which meet notice for unlicensed Have an emergency Australian Standards and driving on Welsby Parade, never leave the keys in the evacuation plan and Bongaree. review it regularly. window lock.

Traffic Infringement Queensland Police Ensure security grills and Notices: A total of 30 encourage you to conduct shutters are properly Traffic Infringement installed and allow an exit regular audits of your Notices were issued in the home security.

Bribie Island Division. A in case of an emergency. total of 235 Random Breath Tests were conducted by “Local police. family If you have information for business police, contact Policelink for over on 131 444 or provide 34 years.” information using the online form 24hrs per day.

You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and  Indoor/Outdoor Blinds community volunteer  Pet Doors  Repairs admin@bribiescreens.com organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

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YEAR TO DATE RADIO ROOM STATISTICS

To Thursday 30th May 2019: 5,470 Calls, 1,494 vessels logged on, 104 Vessel Assists, 662 Sitreps, 214 Requests, 26 Overdue vessels, 11 Vessel Tracking, 2 Securite Broadcasts. 746 Radio Checks VHF calls 77.1%, - 27MHz calls 10.2%

MAY VESSEL ASSISTS: FRI 03/05 1102am – 4.6m Haynes Signature member with a flat battery at Woorim, required a jump start.

SUN 05/05 1050am – MOP reported empty canoe East of Gilligan’s Island – involved in SAR all day.

MON 06/05 1415pm – 6.25m ½ Cabin member stuck on sandbank North of Base, required a tow to Spinnaker Sound Marina.

MON 06/05 1422pm Recover dead turtle 1km North of Woorim.

THU 09/05 1250pm – Recover dead turtle to Spinnaker Sound Marina for collection by MBRC. THU 09/05 1658pm – Water Police advised possible boat fire near Pearl Channel, B1 investigate along with CG Redcliffe, eventually stood down by water Police B1 returned to base 1840pm.

FRI 10/05 1512pm – Member’s Yacht Tender is adrift with outgoing tide just North of Bribie Bridge required a tow and securing back to Bellara Beach (Pirate 50

Park vicinity).

SAT 11/05 1448pm – 8m ½ Cabin member with a fuel problem required a tow from Bellara ramp area to Spinnaker Sound Marina.

FEDERAL ELECTION 2019 Saturday 18th May 2019: Wow what a busy day for VMR Bribie Island, not only were we open for voting, we had a crew day, crew training, water police visit, breakfast sizzle, sausage sizzle, cake stalls, assists and a wedding, never a dull moment!

SUN 12/05 2053pm – 5.5m ½ Cabin non-member ran aground near Pacific Harbour canal entrance, requiring a tow to Spinnaker Sound Marina.

MON 13/05 0706am – 9m Sports Cruiser member with a leak required a tow from Pacific Harbour to Monties in the Caboolture River for repairs.

WED 15/05 1457pm – Injured Pelican required rescuing from sand bar front North of VMRBI Base, twin sisters from Pelican and Seabird Rescue transported to sandbar to effect rescue. The twin sisters took the pelican to their hospital on the Sunshine Coast, they report she is now doing well.

THU 16/05 0804am – 12.5m Flybridge Cruiser member has anchor stuck at Curtain Artificial Reef and required freeing. Chain was cut.

WED 21/05 0630am – 10m Cruiser non-member with faulty steering required a tow from Pacific Harbour canals to Spinnaker Sound Marina for repairs.

WED 22/05 1158am – member of VMR Southport had run aground in Caboolture River. Required a tow approx. 2 hours to owner’s property.

FRI 24/05 0801am – tasked to tow a sea pen from Birkdale to Pacific Harbour canal Banksia Beach

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Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe with Crew Controller Ray Fox see to the smooth running of the day.

Craig and Noelene had a party of their own, having booked the venue well before the election was announced, didn’t let the voting spoil their special day.

COMBINED NIGHT TRAINING Tuesday 21st May 2019:

A night exercise was conducted practising with the local fire crews and fine-tuning their skills in fighting boat fires from our primary rescue vessel Bribie

1. The crews transported 2 different fire-fighting crews to a simulated boat fire. VMRBI works closely with, and trains frequently with, our local emergency services crews all year round in preparation for such events.

NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) has celebrated National Volunteer Week (20-26 May) by releasing a commemorative lapel pin that recognises the hard work and dedication of the tens of thousands of volunteers across the State who help keep Queenslanders safe.

VMRBI Volunteer Bob Skinner was amongst the first volunteers in Queensland to receive their emergency service volunteer pin from Minister Craig Crawford and QFES Commissioner Katarina Carroll at the Emergency Services Centre at Kedron as part of National Volunteer Week 2019

MULTI-AGENCY TRAINING Thursday 23rd May 2019: Today, Water Police Brisbane in conjunction with Queensland Ambulance Service, Queensland Police Dive Unit, local Coast Guard and Volunteer Marine Rescue joined forces and participated in a multiagency training session.

The focus was to improve patient stretcher handling and patient

VOLUNTEER MARINE RESCUE - REGULAR FEATURE transferring between vessels and pontoons.

With specific instructions from Queensland Ambulance Service and demonstrations from the Queensland Police Dive Unit, the day was beneficial for building relationships, cooperative partnerships and improving skills.

It’s not often that all these search and rescue marine agencies get to come together in a relaxed and engaging environment to further enhance our skills and abilities. Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe, Coxswains Ian Grimes and Allan Tranter, along with Crew Karen & Jamie Darlington attended from VMRBI.

UNDER 8’S DAY BRIBIE ISLAND STATE SCHOOL: Friday 24th May 2019 VMRBI participated in this annual event, displaying Jonkers Bribie 3 towed by our 4WD Toyota HiLux supplied by Jonkers Toyota at Morayfield. The kids clambered all over the vessel, had their activities card stamped, and received stickers with a photo of our rescue vessel. Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe and crew Noel Wendt and Karen Darlington were kept busy for the morning helping and ensuring safety

on the vessel, with Jamie Darlington and John Traill assisting where required.

Karen Darlington stamps the under 8’s activity sheets.

Vice Commodore Ces Luscombe with his hands full ensuring the safety of the under 8’s climbing on and off Jonkers Bribie 3.

Leila “drives” the boat watched closely by Noel Wendt.

Demonstration of retrieving injured person from water.

Wednesday 22nd May 2019 -

Bribie 2 relocates a houseboat in the Caboolture river’ which had anchoring issues.

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VMRBI were tasked to move a sea pen from Birkdale to Bribie Island. The average speed of the tow was 6 knots and was conducted in near perfect conditions on Friday 24th May 2019

and overnight/ weekend secure car & trailer parking at the base.

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FISHING REPORT

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ell, the weather has really been turned on for us over the last 2 weeks, making it great for the fishing.

Sandstone Point angler’s catch of 8 bream , 2 at 39cm, 5 over 32cm

There have been lots of fish and crabs about the passage as well as on the Surfside.

The tailor is starting to show up with some being caught in the mouth of the Brisbane River, so I would expect them about the next few weeks. The Whiting are also being caught on the Surfside 1st, 2nd, 3rd and campsites you will need to pick up some preserved beach worms.

Dart are also about on the surfside biting well on Pippies. A few flathead have been caught on the Surfside, best bait being mullet fillets.

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MON 17 Jun 4:00 am 0.42m 9:43 am 1.56m 3:30 pm 0.26m 10:22 pm 2.16m

TUE 11 Jun 3:51 am 1.8m 10:35 am 0.47m 5:00 pm 1.56m 10:44 pm 0.64m

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THU 13 Jun 12:01 am 0.62m 6:07 am 1.66m 12:27 pm 0.36m 7:12 pm 1.85m THU 20 Jun 6:06 am 0.46m 11:45 am 1.44m 5:26 pm 0.4m

FRI 14 Jun 1:14 am 0.56m 7:10 am 1.63m 1:18 pm 0.3m 8:06 pm 2m FRI 21 Jun 12:15 am 2m 6:47 am 0.49m 12:27 pm 1.41m 6:07 pm 0.47m

Camp, Gallagher’s and Ningi Creek but if you want to catch some you will need to grab some Live Blood Worms.

We are finding that the anglers have been chasing some snapper they managed on getting a good feed at Cape Moreton, The Ripples, Sandstone Point and Bellara, try some pilchards and you are sure to get a few.

They are catching some big bream at Normans Gutter, Avon Wrecks, Banksia canals, Turners Camp, Gallagher’s, Poverty Creek and Red Beach with Live Blood Worms for the best bait.

I tried my luck having a fish in Ningi Creek and managed to catch a good size Flathead, but they also are about at the Avon Wrecks, Turners Camp, Banksia Beach Canals, Bellara and

REGULAR FEATURE Toorbul they are liking to feed on Mullet fillets.

The sand crabs have been out in full force with plenty being caught a Lime Pocket and a few along the banks of Bellara and Bongaree best bait being Mullet Heads.

The mud crabs are loving the Mullet Heads at Ningi creek, Banksia Beach Canals and Toorbul.

We have seen our night fisher people out on the bridge catching some good size Jew on live Squid.

We must remember the best time for fishing in our beautiful Pumicestone passage and on the Surfside is the incoming tide with our full moons which mean a higher than usual tide.

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BEACH

REPORT

By Michael & Rick at Gateway Discovery Tours

Welcome to another Beach Report from Michael and Rick of Gateway Discovery Tours.

The inland track is soft in the usual spot halfway between White Patch and Poverty Creek. Surprises awaited us when we got into Poverty Creek, new speed bumps, they are high so please drive slowly over them, especially if you are towing a camper trailer and van as your drawbar might hit as you go over them. A

nice new walking path from the group area to the day area, a great improvement also awaits.

There are some silly drivers doing doughnuts in the sand, these people don’t deserve to access the National Park if you see them take a photo and report them, be careful as it is rough when you drive over the ruts they create.

the Lions Park picnic day area at the northern tip of the island. Recent concerns are that the ocean will break through the Island however history tells us that it is only the Caloundra Bar going back to where it once was.

The top end of Bribie is a no drive area past the northern Searchlight as the sand in places is dangerous being too soft to travel on, years ago you would have found

We may well ask how important was our Fort Bribie and the other Moreton Fortifications, an expectant Japanese invasion was clearly

Setting off along the Northern access track there has been a fire in the pine forest just after the wetlands. Please remember the vegetation is still dry and as winter arrives it will dry out further creating a real fire danger, the only place to light a fire is in a fire pit in the campgrounds.

The beach is a nice drive with some good fishing spots just be careful of rips, winter fishing is great the Tailor will arrive soon.

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REGULAR FEATURE at the top of Fraser Island, everything was in place, the war was on our doorstep.

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SPORT

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eaders, cast your mind back to the great school sports carnivals that you would have participated in when you were decidedly younger and possibly much fitter!

Well, the school children at Bribie Island State School have just had their annual sports day and it was a great success and lots of fun as you can see by these photos provided by the school.

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The children participating encompassed all school grades from year Prep through to year Six.

Four teams Pelicans, Emus, Kookaburras and Lorikeets competed with eventually Emus coming out on top.

In the end, all those who participated can count themselves as winners!

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SPORT RESULTS

BRIBIE ISLAND BOWLS CLUB TAKE THE TROPHY

By Deb Neill Last weekend about 40 members from Bribie Island Bowls took a trip up north to the Woodgate Bowls

Club. The competition was over two days and the Bribie Bowls Club team was outstanding clearly winning the much-prized trophy.

Photo Credit: Deb Neill (Deb Neill Photography 0402 048 275)

BOWLS RESULTS Bribie Bowls Club BOWLS RESULTS WEEK END 31.05.19 Sat Bowls 1st: D.Groves, G.Fuller, B.Ferguson Runners up: G.Riley, K.Opray, D.Walker OOTH 1st: J.Hosie, C.Brayley, V.Mcdermott Bunny: J. Laidlaw, F.Corey, B.Oneill TUESDAY LADIES TRIPLES 1st: F.Corry, J.Laidlaw, G.Corry Runners up: J.Noonan, M.Gittins, K.Welsh OOTH 1st: J.Oliver, S.Young, D.Heath OOTH 2nd: T.Wald, C.Dean, P.Cordaz WEDNESDAY SCROUNGERS 1st: Gerry Dieben 2nd: Sandy Martin 3rd: Bill Catle

WEDNESDAY PAIRS 1st: R.Wood, M.Prewett Runner Up: J.Nairn, C.Geddede OOTH 1st: C.Smith, I.Mclelland OOTH 2nd: S.Martin, R.Avern OOTH 3rd: K.Opray, D.McMahon Bunny: W.Ritchie, D.Bowers THURSDAY LADIES CLUB SELECT TIPLES 1st: N.Gray, G.Olden, R.Williams RUNNERS UP: A.Christie, P.Mabb, R.Stevens BUNNY: C.Staveley, I.Smith, J.Stanley FRIDAY MENS PAIRS 1st: M.Prewett, R.Wood RUNNER UP: R.Avern, S.Martin OOTH 1stL I.Brown, P Cook OOTH 2nd:L C.Halley, G.Jackson OOTH 3rd: F.Crocket BUNNY: J.Mercer, J.Studd

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

Under 6 Coach - Antony Evans Under 7 Coach - John Wadley 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 are underway 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, Electrinity, Wallace & Davies Solicitors, Landscaping Skills.

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YOUR It is not needed or wanted and can only cause problems with hi-density population and vehicles.

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Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,

Congratulations to Terry Young on his election win to the seat of Longman.

Through your very informative magazine could you please inform your readers that I am a Tutor at U3A (University of the 3rd Age) and take a class that plays this entertaining card game.

My question to Terry is the same as it was to Susan Lamb in the runup to the election. When will we get an emergency medical centre for Bribie Island? Will you take up the commitment to establish an emergency medical centre, as Susan was promising if Shorten was elected, or do we have to wait another 15 years (Google “Hospital hopes for Bribie 2004” an interesting read). In the meantime, we will rely on the excellent service provided by our wonderful ambo’s to take us to Caboolture hospital should an emergency arise.

As I have stated in previous letters I have lived in two towns in other states with populations of 1,100 with fully functional hospitals.

Bribie has 18,000 population and increasing and no emergency medical facility or hospital. Come on Terry, take up the baton from Susan and do the right thing by the electorate who helped elect you to your position and establish an emergency medical centre on Bribie sooner rather than later.

Yours Sincerely, R Cox, Bongaree 62

Whilst Cribbage has its roots back in the 16th Century it has remained a highly popular card game in England, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand.

Over the years many variations have developed including – “Pick up Winner, Pick up Loser, Nineteen, Black Hole and Deal the Crib”.

All versions are played at U3A ’s Cribbage Class (Monday 8.30 – 10.30), players are so keen many attend as early as 8 am when U3A opens.

If you are a Cribbage player and have not experienced the variations of the original game consider joining the class by becoming a member of U3A. Charlie, Cribbage Tutor Dear Editor, Stop Hi-Rise Developments on Bribie Island I would suggest that all that live on Bribie Island register their feelings in regard to Hi-Rise development on Bribie Island.

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It seems that we have already seen Moreton Bay Council permit the increase in population and Residences above and beyond the 28,000 that was to be the ceiling cap.

I can only think that it is for the increased dollars - rather than retain Bribie Island to be as it was meant to be - smaller populated Island.

I would encourage all that live here on Bribie Island to challenge Moreton Bay over and decisions to increase dwellings and population.

With Sandstone Point spreading beyond Ningi there are more than enough people in the area without causing further overcrowding.

Farley Dear Editor, Despite the election being over, we are still faced with the problem of global climate change.

While some people still believe that it is caused by movements of the earth within the galaxy or volcanoes which actually reduce temperatures, and others blame human activity, perhaps there is a more “natural” cause.

Those who know of the Gaia hypothesis have realised that the biosphere is a self-regulating system.

Any change produces a

SAY secondary change which negatively feeds back to correct the first change.

When humans dig up fossil fuels and burn them, the atmospheric CO2 level rises.

This causes the system to respond by producing more bush-fires, cyclones and flood. Like any negative feedback loop, the result is to reduce the cause: the human population which dug up the fuel.

Similarly, the extinction of many other species by the destruction of their habitat will result in the collapse of ecosystems, and explosions of populations no longer controlled by other species. Some of the former will no doubt be species which reduce the human population, such as mosquitoes and viruses.

Unless humans change their ways, the natural result will be their own destruction.

Hazel Beneke, Banksia Beach Dear Editor, Thank you so much for the great magazine coverage that you gave The Pre-Loved Fashion Parade. It was amazing!!

Many thanks, Kay Benson Dear Editor, ‘The solution to the “Pelican Problem” is simple: Main Roads affix a ‘Pelican Platform’ at the top of each light pole opposite the light.

C’mon Minister for Main Roads, you can do it.”

Pelican Pleader (Tim Dufton)

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