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WHEN it comes to suicidal depression, Mike Nowlan has been there, done that, and he’s not afraid to talk about it.

Last week I had the privilege of attending one of Mike’s talks on mental health.

Mike’s a Laidley local, loves veterans’ cricket, and you’ll probably recognise his name from the column he writes for The Independent every month.

As a volunteer speaker for Beyond Blue, Mike’s a passionate advocate for men’s mental health and although I’ve heard

him speak several times, his message never lacks impact.

He speaks from the heart, he speaks from experience, he is frank with his own battle with The Black Dog.

I commend Mike on his work toward breaking the stigma surrounding mental health issues, particularly for men, and his bravery in sharing his

As a public speaker, his demand in only growing. Mike has spoken to many audiences, including Lockyer

Valley Chamber of Commerce, a retirement village at Goodna, staff at Laidley Hospital, staff at John Deere Brisbane, teachers at Mountain Creek State School and members from Withcott Helidon Lions Club and Men’s Shed, to name a few.

Mike ends all his addresses and columns with ‘remember it’s not what goes wrong in your life that matters, what counts is how you deal with it.’

Rocket Engines and

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Wallers Road, which eventually spread into the Lockyer National Park, is a stark reminder to all

season is fully upon us, despite the recent rain. On this occasion, thanks to community awareness and rapid responses from QPWS (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) staff

managed and contained. That said it still took almost a week before it was deemed safe.

is as yet unknown, but it may have been malicious, accidental, lightning strike or from any of a dozen other sources. Whatever the cause however, it is clear that when the landscape is so dry it doesn’t take much to create a situation where life and property is threatened, not to mention thousands of hectares of bushland. That makes us ask the question: what happens when a rocket engine is tested at the Seventeen Mile Road facility, which is virtually metres from tinder-dry bushland?

There are actually two angles to be taken into account. Firstly, will authorities such as LVRC, QWPS,

volunteers be in a position should the operators and users of the site have a ditionally such a ban would outdoor situation.

The second point to be considered is from the point of view of the companies who use the facility. Can such companies a Gilmour Space Technol-

schedule their test days in place? Would they not be far better off developing a test facility with

limitations, well away from precious bushland?

Clearly it is an expensive exercise to test highly technical equipment and time constraints will always play an important role for organisations who seek to put their technology into orbit. Additionally, what non-existent economic

counter the expense and in the national park, as a result of a relaxation of a

that the facility users or operators will take any responsibility.

of bulk-billed health

In an article by Dr. Imaan Joshi in The Medical Republic, she stated, “the pitiful indexation rate that kicks in on 1 July has made the date a symbolic deadline for many GPs to start charging gaps.”

We are hearing more about the unsustainability of bulk-billing health consultations, the unviability of keeping general

era of rapidly rising costs, and the dearth of general practitioners and other health professionals ready, willing, and able to staff our country-wide primary and tertiary health centres.

Dr. Joshi suggested patients will either have to choose between ‘churnand-burn’ styles of medicine with potentially awful care, or budget for quality consultations with their chosen doctor at a viable practice.

This was brought home to me just last week.

My son is a Centrelink Disability Support pensioner receiving National Disability Insurance Scheme in-home and community access support. The Public Trustee of Queensland is appointed to look after his

My son’s family carer took him to his usual GP who always had bulk-billed his consultations. Without prior advice, following his consultation, my son was asked to pay an up-front fee of $60 with $40 claimable back from Medicare.

When asked why, the practice receptionist told the carer that they no longer bulk-billed for persons with disability, but continued to do so for aged pension recipients. Is this not discriminatory, as both cohorts receive the same amount of income support from Centrelink?

As PTQ has hold of his money, my son’s Centrelink approved carer had to pay the total amount out of his own meagre pocket, then wait while PTQ considered reimbursing him.

two of our most vulnerable populations!

Surely it’s time the federal government and our doctors’ associations come to the table and debate a more viable reimbursement rate for our under-resourced and under-paid doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals. After all, they were the ones who brought most of us safely through the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Renewed hope for Inland Rail, Gatton

BY GRACE CRICHTON

REPRESENTATIVES from the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) met with Lockyer Valley Regional Council (LVRC) in a ‘positive and productive’ meeting to discuss council’s concerns surrounding the Inland Rail project on November 17.

Lockyer Valley Regional Council Mayor Tanya Milligan said she was ‘cautiously optimistic’ ARTC were now listening to local concerns.

“I left the meeting with greater optimism the ARTC

community with the respect and dignity they so rightfully deserve and am hopeful this signals a change in cooperation to reduce the impacts on our region,” she said.

ARTC representatives including interim Chief

Pickering were invited by council to meet with Mayor Tanya Milligan, Deputy Mayor Jason Cook, councillors, council representatives, and State and Federal members.

“ARTC has regular consultation meetings with the LVRC, as it does with other councils along the alignment, to help us understand local concerns and preferences,” an Inland Rail representative said.

“At the November 17th

meeting, Inland Rail discussed the options for Inland Rail in Gatton in what was a positive and productive meeting.

“ARTC has agreed to work collaboratively with the LVRC to consider how to reduce potential disruption to

ADDITIONAL CCTV cameras have been installed across Ipswich to give residents instant access to view rising

In Rosewood, there is a new camera at Seven Mile Bridge, Ipswich Rosewood Road, in addition to the two cameras installed in October at Spressers Bridge and Western Creek Bridge on Rosewood Warrill View

Ipswich City Council Mayor and Local Disaster Management Group Chair Teresa Harding said the new Flood Monitoring CCTV Network provided water levels of key waterways every 15 minutes on the

“Almost all the cameras are now operational and their feeds, which

are updated several times an hour, can be accessed for free online through council’s Disaster

Local Disaster Management Group Deputy Chairperson Councillor Kate Kunzelmann said

allow residents to be better prepared during those times of severe rain and

the town from Inland Rail’s construction and operation.”

Cr Milligan said council would continue to seek an alignment which diverts around Gatton and does not go through the town.

“While we do not really want Inland Rail coming

through our region at all,

acknowledge it is infrastruc-

and will continue to work with ARTC to minimise the number of residents impacted and relieve, wherever

possible, the impacts for our residents and businesses,” she said.

“We’ll continue to advocate for our community at all stages of the process, to ensure alternative routes are seriously and thoroughly explored – and not downplayed or overlooked just to save money.”

The ARTC representative said the successful delivery of Inland Rail would create

and it was important opportunities were maximised.

“The construction of Inland Rail in the region will support a substantial number of jobs, including valuable apprenticeships for young workers,” they said.

“Local businesses will also have the ability to tender for work on the project.”

Cr Milligan said council acknowledged the respect shown in the meeting.

“I sincerely appreciate the visit from ARTC’s Acting CEO, Rebecca Pickering and her team, and am hopeful of a brighter, and more collaborative future,” she said.

“This gives Ipswich a total CCTV network that captures water levels at some of the city’s busiest thoroughfares and vital escape routes for

To access the live feed go to Disaster.ipswich. qld.gov.au

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OFFICERS from the Laidley Highway Paoccurred in the Railway Street area Laidley on Thursday November 17 at approximately

Any persons who recall witnessing a white sedan being driven on that road at that time are asked if they could contact Sergeant Ray

The community is reminded to call Policelink on 131 444 to report non-urgent matters and always call triple zero in emer-

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ARTC and LVRC have met to discuss the community’s concerns around Inland Rail’s impact on Lockyer Valley.

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Help kids get ready for school

BY GRACE CRICHTON

BETWEEN the rising cost of living and the ongoing housing crisis, many local families need a little extra help getting the kids back to school next year.

The Lockyer Community Centre’s Back to School drive is underway.

Centre manager Linda Roberts said the drive helps year fully equipped and ready to learn.

“We’re encouraging people to support our local families and support us in equipping their children,” she said.

“The cost of living is

it’s just tight for everybody.

“We just don’t want to see any child disadvantaged in any way.”

Donations can be dropped

or at the Community Centre.

“We’re encouraging people to make a donation along the line of maybe a backpack, or a pencil case, or a lunch box or cooler kit, or some non-perishable healthy school snacks,” Ms Roberts said.

Ms Roberts said the centre has had an over-abundance

of text and exercise books in the past.

Instead, consider donating a voucher.

“That can be in the form of a voucher from Shoe Collections, or a Kmart voucher,” she said.

“We’re trying to widen the scope of the support that the

project gives this year. “The idea is that we give them one or two little material items and then also

voucher and they can choose their own stationery to match their booklist.”

Draft Planning Scheme approved for review

LOCKYER Valley Regional Council approved the submission of the Draft Lockyer Valley Planning Scheme to the State Government for the purposes of State Interest Review at a special meeting on November 30.

Planning and Development Portfolio Councillor Rick Vela said the Planning Scheme was council’s strategic land use docu-

ment with the purpose of guiding the future growth and development of the region.

“State Interest Review is a process where the State Government reviews the Draft Planning Scheme to ensure State interests are

curs, the Minster [for State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning, the Hon

Steven Miles] can approve the Draft Planning Scheme to undergo public consultation,” Cr Vela said.

“At this point, council can then undertake community engagement, which we anticipate will occur in

“However, the Draft Planning Scheme is not a public document until such time as the Minister has provided approval

HIRING!

for the Draft Scheme to commence public consultation.”

The planning schemes currently in place are the Gatton Shire Planning

Shire Planning Scheme

Reconstruction Area Development Scheme prepared by the Queensland Reconstruction Authority,

vouchers to the Back to School drive.

also contributed to the drive and the centre’s Christmas initiatives.

Monetary donations can be made at Lockyer Community Centre, 14 Crescent St

Somerset updates

Funny Mummies

Comedian and mum of six, Jenny Wynter, is bringing ‘Funny Mummies Christmas Spectacular’ to the Somserset

laughter and light.

Bookings: somersetciviccentre.sales.ticketsearch.com or

Get Free Weather Alerts

Somerset Regional Council offers residents the opportunity to receive free alerts for severe weather direct to your phone or email.

Council partnered with the Early Warning Network (EWN) several years ago to deliver an alert service to residents somerset.qld.gov.au/ewn

Summer School Holiday

The Somerset region’s Summer School Holiday Program has a great range of activities on offer.

The popular programmfeatures roller skating, pool movie nights, art and craft activities, library fun and more.

Visit somerset.qld.gov.au

Lockyer Community Centre’s Back to School drive is underway, with the support of local businesses.

PHOTO: FILE

Lockyer Valley Regional Council planning team staff and councillors at the approval of the draft planning scheme last week.

PHOTO: LVRC

Are you ready to join Gatton Air Force Cadets Squadron?

BY JACOB HAYDEN

GATTON’S Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC) 205 Squadron are looking for new recruits who want to learn leadership and valuable life skills.

205 Squadron Commandsaid the squadron would be 2023.

“We’re trying to introduce some kids between 12 and but the average squadron is looking to reach about 30 He said the 205 Squadand since becoming CO he would aim to increase the numbers.

“I remember back when I was an airman when I cadets… over the years it’s

“It’s a really good experivery shy and they learn over become more outspoken.

“Our aim is to produce team-working skills and dets spend a week at RAAF training days and receive free uniforms.

“They will visit all the sections at Amberley and see how the real Air Force often… some of them will aircraft.

“We do expect a 70% want them to do is learn and enjoy the aviation side of the cadets would see things most

people would never see.

“They’ll see jets where people would never normally said.

“If you want to make want to learn about the Air experiences most kids

Update: Withcott attempted murder charge

A 33-year-old man has died from injuries sustained in an allegedly deliberate hit and run at Withcott last month.

It will be alleged that the man was deliberately struck along Toowoomba Connection Road shortly after 3pm on Sunday November 20.

The 33-year-old Boronia Heights man was airlifted

to the Princess Alexandra Hospital where he died on Saturday December 3.

On November 21, a 46-year-old Rockville man was charged with one count of attempt to murder, two counts of endangering the safety of a person in a vehicle with intent, and one count of dangerous operation of motor vehicle.

Detectives from Toowoomba CIB are now considering the most appropriate course of action in relation to the victim’s death.

Police continue to appeal for witnesses and dash cam vision and a missing Holden Rodeo utility.

Policelink: 131 444

15-year-old Rachel said she enjoyed working with

joining the cadets gave her a 13-year-old Robert agreed.

“The Air Force brings out good leadership skills and teaches you self-discipline

“I used to be scared of

turning 13 in 2023 and up to 15 years of age interested in joining the 205 Squadron can enrol now.

on 0408304451 or visit airforcecadets.gov.au

Lockyer updates

Get ready for disasters

Like residents, businesses are not immune to severe weather events.

Being prepared before a natural disaster will help your business continue to operate and recover quickly.

Business Continuity Planning provides a framework to help you consider risks and what is needed to be operational post-disaster, develop your response to a disaster and to organise adequate insurance.

Visit: lockyervalley.qld.gov. au/disaster-ready

What to do in the Lockyer

LVRC’s new Visitor Information Guide is a must-have as the Christmas season approaches, even for locals, offering a wealth of information, outlining everything from family attractions to museums, lookouts and scenic parks.

Copies are available from the Lockyer Valley Visitor Information Centre, Gatton, or by visiting ow.ly/Spsi50HZQg7

The 2004 white Holden Rodeo ute with Queensland registration 887-RWN remains outstanding with police appealing for anyone with knowledge of its whereabouts to immediately contact them.

developed my leadership

Australian Air Force Cadets 205 Squadron meet at UQ Gatton where they learn life skills, seen practicing a drill.

PHOTO: JACOB HAYDEN

PHOTO: QPS

Esk lights up new community Christmas tree Kilcoy Art Society December events

BY GRACE CRICHTON

A LITTLE Christmas magic came to Esk on Saturday, thanks to the Esk Elves and the community.

The new Christmas tree in Memorial Park was lit on December 3 and the town came out to celebrate with a special visit from Santa.

Esk Elf Ken Wyatt said numerous people contributed to make the Christmas tree a reality.

“Yes it’s about the Christmas tree, and lights, and kids, and all the rest of it, but it’s also about community,” Mr Wyatt said.

“I’m a big believer in community, it’s the one thing we need more and more of.

“Anything that helps build it or maintain it is just gold.”

Mr Wyatt, who grew up in Esk, said Christmas celebrations had gone through several iterations in his time

but there had not been a town-wide celebration for a handful of years.

“Last year I thought we need to get some lights and some community energy happening,” he said.

The Esk Elves banded together and fundraised for a

metal tree decked with lights to be erected in the park.

Somerset Regional Council provided a grant, it was sponsored through Esk Lions, and businesses donated to a

“Local people have chipped in by doing some

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metal fabrication for us,” Mr Wyatt said.

“To get here hasn’t just been a matter of buying by the community. “Hopefully next year it can go on to bigger and better things.”

IN DECEMBER each year, the Kilcoy Art Society Inc (KASI) invites volunteer artists to showcase their artwork in a combined exhibition, as Artists of the Month.

This moth’s artists are Wendy Houston, Carol Robinson, Ann Caporn, Noela Lowien, Jim Purcell, Kris Wheeler, Lynn May, Michelle Ledwith, Leonie Shirley, Margaret Pearson, Larry Rollason, Di Taylor, Dawn Evans, and Cameron Hooper.

Along with the Yowie Country Markets, KASI will hold their last Art and Craft market stalls on The Lakeside Deck on December 10 from 8am.

KASI’s last Foggy Friday will be on December 9.

Textile artist, caterer and chocolatier Wendy Houston will demonstrate a wonderful range of simple and impressive

Christmas foods and will show how to make decorations and wrappings, with a hands-on activity.

The Kilcoy Courthouse Art Gallery will be closed to the public Thursday 15 and Friday 16 December

and will reopening on Saturday December 17.

In-home care options for Somerset

BY JACOB HAYDEN

SOMERSET Assist Inc. is a new community not-for-profolder Esk and Toogoolawah residents the option for inhome care.

They have partnered with Trilogy Care, a nationally registered home-care package provider, and Mable, a platform connecting people who need support to local people who provide support.

Somerset is the eighth community in Queensland to embrace the community-managed care model, based on the thriving town of Bell on the Darling Downs.

Somerset Assist inaugural president Lyn Buchanan said older residents are often unaware of the services available to help them stay in their home.

“Even if they navigate the My Aged Care application process, they often miss out on getting the correct level of support they need,” Ms Buchanan said.

Vice president and care coordinator Julie Hayes has worked in disability care for more than 30 years and has spent the past half year connecting with older residents to organise their My Aged Care packages.

“Part of my job is to go to hospitals, introduce myself and talk to the community health nurses, GPs around Toogoolawah and Esk,” Ms Hayes said.

“We’re passionate people about the older residents in Somerset who can see the desperate need, we live in the community and have been aware of this… and this is a great opportunity.”

Once they are on the package, managed by Trilogy Care, residents gain access to local workers, engaged via Mable, who can provide various personal care and social support services.

Ms Buchanan said interested workers need to be over 18, have an ABN, need to register on Mable and pass the Mable police check, and

wish to provide personal care support.

“Every few days we’re getting more people wanting to be a contractor,” she said.

“We’ve got a whole range

Contractors include enrolled and registered nurses, gardeners, personal carers, transport workers, social supporters, cleaners and more.

Treasurer and local businesswoman Ruth O’Dowd said she was excited by the prospect of younger residents being able to work with the older community through Mable.

“I love that idea of the youth looking after older peo-

ple, I just love it, because I think both together can share and care and really form a beautiful relationship,” Ms O’Dowd said.

Ms Buchanan said the program provides employment for school leavers and people already providing personal care for loved ones.

Mable Queensland com-

Brad Grieve said he was impressed with the Somerset Assist team and their connection to the community.

“It’s a huge economic driver for small communities, the value of home care packages being able to engage a local workforce to provide those services rather than the traditional larger corporate providers means that money now stays in town rather than heading out to the big or Sydney.”

For information on My Aged Care packages or Mable, call Julie Hayes on 0484 822 485, or email info@somersetassist.com.au

The Somerset Assist team - secretary Brenda Moloney, president Lyn Buchanan, treasurer Ruth O’Dowd, and vice president and care coordinator Julie Hayes - at Stepping Stones Community Centre in Esk.PHOTO: JACOB HAYDEN

Untold stories brought to light

BY GRACE CRICHTON

FIRST NATIONS author

Aunty Marjory Doyle

THE Federal Parliament has passed amendments to ensure up to $200 million a year in disaster funding is available to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters and get ready for future emergencies.

Creating the Disaster Ready Fund (DRF) was

Budget and passed into law last week.

Federal Member for Blair Shayne Neumann said by better preparing for natural disasters we can protect lives and livelihoods, reduce insurance premiums, and lower damage cyclones.

“The Disaster Ready Fund will provide up to $1 billion important disaster mitiga-

tion projects,” he said.

“I was pleased the Budget has already allocated funding from the Fund for local disaster readiness projects, including $4 million to upgrade the Ipswich Showgrounds and improve amenities for a new emergency relief centre, delivering on my election commitments.”

Mr Neumann said the

DRF transforms the former Emergency Response Fund into a dedicated ongoing source of funding for natural disaster resilience and risk reduction initiatives.

“The fund will provide up to $200 million per year to invest in mitigation projects

evacuation centres around Australia,” he said.

“We’ve already started extensive consultation with state, territory and local governments and as well as with industry around what projects we can focus funding.”

Funding for natural disaster recovery efforts will also continue through other sources.

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Are you ready?

QUEENSLAND can quickly go from being bone dry

to severe storms and

It is important to be prepared for any natural disaster or extreme weather event.

Is your emergency kit stocked and ready with enough supplies to last you three days without power?

Do you have a backup plan if you can’t get home? Who is going to collect your kids from day-care or school if you can’t get to them? Include everyone, even pets, and detail the actions to take in an emergency.

Clean out gutters and check roofs and eaves so water can’t back up into eaves, causing leaks in heavy downpours and putting strain on your roof.

Secure loose items. Anything could be a projectile in heavy wind, including trampolines, outdoor furniture, and dog kennels. Trim trees and overhanging branches.

Check the forecast before you leave and during your activity. If conditions aren’t up to scratch, reschedule! Most

ed, forget it. Be prepared, go to www.getready.qld.gov.au Stay safe.

Jenni Makings VCE, Withcott Rural Fire Brigade

When you buy from a small business, you’re not helping a CEO buy their third holiday home.

You’re helping a little girl get dance lessons, a little boy his team jersey, mums & dads put food on the table. Shop Local

Think Local. Buy Local. Support Local.

Capturing the brilliant colours of Lockyer Valley

BY GRACE CRICHTON

CRAIG BACHMANN has again captured the Lockyer Valley in striking and vivid colour, as seen in his 2023 calendar.

This is the fourth calendar Craig has produced.

Showcasing the vistas of the valley is close to his heart.

“I love promoting the Lockyer Valley,” Craig said.

“I choose my favourite 12 [photographs] from the previous 12 months to put into the calendar.”

His favourite image featured in the calendar is the November photograph, a stunning lighting strike above silos and a tractor.

was put into getting that shot,” Craig said.

This is the second year

er calendar as well as the Lockyer Valley calendar, featuring photographs he’s taken at Norm and Sandra Kerle’s farm at Mount Walker. Craig said he was very grateful to the many prop-

erty owners who grant him permission to photograph on their properties.

The calendar can be purchased on his website or at several retail outlets.

The full list can be found

on Craig’s Facebook page.

“I do encourage the locals who live near those places to buy them from the retail outlets, because they’re supporting me and I want them to do well out of it as well.”

Vows renewed after 40 years

TO MARK their fortieth wedding anniversary, Joan and Charlie Graham renewed their wedding vows on December 3.

The ceremony was held in the chapel at Laidley Pioneer Village.

Joan arrived on a motorcycle, dressed in stunning magenta with a matching fascinator.

ciated by celebrant Martie

Blanchett.

They kept a copy of their original wedding program and recreated the ceremony with two readings, one from The Prophet and ‘Love is a Temporary Madness’.

Charlie and Joan have a shared love of travel and they are looking forward to more adventures together.

GRACE CRICHTON

Photographer Craig Bachmann has picked his best Lockyer Valley photographs from this year for his 2023 calendar.

PHOTO: GRACE CRICHTON

Charlie and Joan Graham renewed their wedding vows at Laidley Pioneer Village on December 3. PHOTO: G. CRICHTON

John always comes back to the Trail

BY JACOB HAYDEN

JOHN Hopwood has travelled great distances across eastern Australia with his donkeys.

His donkey trekking travels started in 1990, exploring the whole of the Conondale Ranges, inland from the Sunshine Coast.

“I spent seven months

pack donkeys after making all my own equipment and training the donkeys,” John said.

After a failed attempt to start an ecotourism business in 1990, he and his new partner Lynette decided to go on an adventure.

“We’d learnt about the National Trail in 1990 and we both left our corporate jobs,” John said.

“We sold absolutely everything and then headed south along the National Trail from Kenilworth.

1991 with four donkeys and planned to travel the Trail until they decided it was time to stop.

They would camp in tents, or stay with the odd farmer here and there.

“We continued south for a whole year, walked 3,500 kilometres,” John said.

“We did quite a few de-

“At one point we walked all the way down to Dorrigo and back onto the Trail in New South Wales.

“We explored the Blue Mountains quite thoroughly,

the Southern Highlands, and we eventually ended up in Canberra and got on the front page of the Canberra Times.”

During their travels John and Lyn promoted the newly designed Trail, only three opening in 1988.

“We were pioneering and promoting it and stopping in at all the schools and village halls, we’d muster people together and explain what the National Trail was all about,”

John said.

remote silver mining ghost town called Yerranderie, one of the most remote locations within an eight-hour drive of Sydney.”

The pair stayed in the

Yerranderie for three years.

“I didn’t want to go back into the corporate world, I couldn’t face it after living wild in the bush with four donkeys, and this place repre-

sented complete isolation and remoteness where we entertained tourists,” John said.

forced the couple to edge back into civilisation.

“We ended up moving all up and down the eastern side of Australia and I would take my donkeys wherever we went and we’d go trekking,” John said.

John went on to become the national coordinator for the National Trail from 1998

to 2003.

More recently he has made himself at home in Fordsdale in the Lockyer Valley.

“I knew Ma Ma Creek, it’s one of those names that never leaves your memory,” he said.

“The original Trail, before destroyed Ma Ma Creek access, we would come down the whole length of Ma Ma Creek from Stockyard Creek and you would have to camp

at Fordsdale at John and Bev Sutton’s place.

“It wasn’t until I moved up here 18 months ago now, I saw someone cycling down the road here and I rechecked my maps and realised the Trail had deviated since 2011 to come over Sawpit Gully Road and then down Spinach Creek Road towards Fordsdale.

“It was an amazing coincidence… I didn’t realise, here I was back on the National Trail.

“We’ve got here one of the longest recreational Trails in the world and it’s completely voluntarily run and funded, no government assistance.”

John helps trekkers and cyclists on the trail, providing a pitstop where they can rest, clean, and eat.

He said he has always loved the Lockyer Valley.

“This area, from Blackbutt the greatest diversity of landforms and biodiversity,” John said.

“It’s a really interesting area, the Lockyer Valley, that’s why it needs to be preserved.”

He has reached out to neighbouring landowners to sign them up to the Lockyer Upland Catchment Incorporated, a land care group.

“We want to have a continuous line of properties running through the Great Dividing Range to help link up koala habitat and glossy black cockatoo habitat.”

John still keeps donkeys to this day.

John Hopwood at his Fordsdale property with Zebedee the donkey and Mulan the Mule.

PHOTO: JACOB HAYDEN

Helping Lockyer locals hear better

BY JACOB HAYDEN

FIDELITY Hearing opened its new home-base in Plainland yesterday, Tuesday December 6, and it’s kitted out with a steel-reinforced sound-proof room.

The independent hearing clinic’s owner and founder, audiologist Wesley Ong, said the testing facility would allow Fidelity Hearing to provide accurate treatment for its customers.

“We’ve created this because Lockyer Valley residents need the leading standard of healthcare, and the space,” Mr Ong said.

“The advantage is we can create our own controlled environment which is great for testing and we can also create simulated environments, like controlled background noise for speech and noise testing.”

Senior clinician and audiometrist Graham Headley said the chief complaint of people with hearing loss is they struggle with background

noise.

“It’s not something that’s well-done in Australia, it’s just an accepted thing that people with hearing loss will struggle in noise,” Mr Headley said.

“Being able to test for it

and reliably show improvements with technology is super important.

“The patient would then normally make tweaks that we think are correct and then have to go to that environment and come back and tell

us which is so much more time consuming if we can simulate the environment and make those changes in real time for them.

“If you say you struggle in Porters across the road, then let’s simulate Porters and put

some background noise in here that’s like a restaurant.”

Mr Ong said the facility was fairly rare, heavy, and together.

“I hired this Hilux, we

truck and you see the suspension buckle and we were like ‘stop!’” he said.

“Being a local family-owned business. we have got a lot of friends and family involved, all chipping in and getting involved.”

Mr Ong said the Lockyer Valley had become a second home since founding his business.

“We love the friendly country hospitality, we love helping the large number of pensioners out here and pensioners,” he said.

“Most clinics are multinational hearing aid companies which are very sales-driven, so having small companies in audiology is actually a rare

Fidelity Hearing operates in Plainland next to Schulte’s on Mondays and Tuesdays, Gatton at The Lockyer Doctors on Wednesdays, Laidley at The Lockyer Doctors on Thursdays and Fridays, and Lowood at Main Street Medical on Mondays fortnightly.

Fidelity Hearing owner, founder and audiologist Wesley Ong with senior clinician and audiometrist Graham Headley.

PHOTO: JACOB HAYDEN

Kilcoy families enjoyed an afternoon out with the community on Friday December 2.

PHOTO: DENISE MODISTACH Esk Community Choir held their 32nd annual Christmas Concert on Sunday December 4.

Ham wheel helpers at the Marburg Christmas Carnival at the showgrounds on December 3.

PHOTO: GRACE CRICHTON

The Sweethearts of Song had the audience dancing in their seats to ‘Santa Claus is Comin’ in a Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train’ at the Esk Community Choir’s Christmas Concert.

PHOTO: GRACE CRICHTON

KilcoyfamiliesenjoyedanafternoonoutwiththecommunityonFridayDecember2

Guest soloists Naomi Klazinga and Yu Hainan joined

Choir for

Christmas Carols Concert at the Mulgowie Markets

Trumpets Shall Sound’ from Handel’s Messiah with trumpeter Blake Humphry. The choir sang a collection of traditional and new carols.

PHOTOS: GRACE CRICHTON

LEFT: Four-year-old Dominic Holle with Lieutenant Grant Platts from the Gatton Fire Station on Friday afternoon, December 2.

RIGHT: DSC Tahnee Bursle with six-year-old Lucy McFarlane eating a police-themed snowcone.

Reilly, Chelsea, Zaylah and Maleah

the Minden Christmas Carnival.

Beth, Nicole, Madi and Ellen from the Minden State School P&C team helped organise the Minden Christmas Carnival on Friday December 2.

PHOTOS: JACOB HAYDEN

BELOW:Gatton Police Station’s ‘reindeer’ came out in force.

PHOTOS: JACOB HAYDEN

Renau Koleos a competitive SUV

AT THE end of October 2022, Renault Australia was up 37.9% over the same period last year, with the popular Koleos leading the charge, with sales up 72.7%.

Now Koleos has been refreshed for MY23 with the upgrades to the Life & Zen model lines, and the addition of a new Zen 4x4 variant.

Renault Australia General Manager Glen Sealey said Koleos was the backbone of the Renault passenger car brand.

“And while our new the horizon for this market, these additions to the Koleos range allow us to continue to provide Australians with safe, stylish, well-equipped and value for money premium SUVs,” he said.

Koleos blends European design with the kind of functional features Australian

families demand. With its signature C-shaped lights, reclining rear seats, active emergency braking system, intuitive touchscreen with Apple CarPlayTM and

Android AutoTM connectivity, and 5-year Easy Life Ownership programme, Koleos already has a competitive edge in the segment. Every MY23 Koleos

continues with the proven 2.5-litre 4-cylinder petrol engine, delivering 126kW at 6,000rpm and 226Nm at 4,400rpm, and the X-tronic CVT automatic transmission.

Performance for the 4x2 variants will see 0-100km/h dispatched in 9.5 seconds while sipping 8.1L/100km; for the 4x4 models these

8.3L/100km respectively.

Now, with the arrival of the new 4x4 Zen variant,

in the highly competitive mid-size SUV segment, while the addition of new standard safety and comfort features double down on the premium value-for-money proposition that has been a Koleos mainstay.

As with every Renault, Koleos enjoys the 5-Year Easy Life Ownership programme that includes a 5-Year Unlimited Kilometre Warranty, 5-Year Roadside Assistance, and 5 Capped Price Renault Services costing $2,750 over the term.

“The SUV segment continues to be the most dominant segment and these enhancements to the Koleos range will ensure we remain competitive,” Mr Sealey said.

Pricing starts at $37,000 RRP plus on road costs.

Fluffy canines keeping livestock alive

BY

WHO is protecting your livestock?

For Biarra Farm owners

John and Debbi Walton, that pleasure belongs to a pack of

white Italian sheepdog, known for its natural instincts to protect livestock and even

John and Debbi were given with a herd of 250 goats they

“You don’t train them to

guard, it’s their instinct,”

“You put them in the paddock and they’ll look after

The Waltons’ pack protect their goats, sheep, chickens, Droughtmaster cattle and pigs from all manner of wild-

life including foxes, dingoes, wild pigs, hawks and eagles while keeping tick-ridden kangaroos, rabbits, hares and

John said he has watched them chase foxes away, run-

“I clocked them the other

day, and they were doing 35

“They switch on about six o’clock, that’s when they’re

Debbi said they will protect and clean baby animals

“When those goats have babies they clean up all the mess, all the afterbirth so you

The breed has been used to protect the endangered eastern barred bandicoot and fairy penguins in Victoria, re-

Rolly keeping careful watch over a herd of goats at Biarra Farm.

PHOTOS: JACOB HAYDEN

JACOB HAYDEN

Debbi Walton with a seven-week-old Maremma pup.

We all play a part in supporting local

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Somerset was one of a growing list of councils to sign the charter which gives small business additional

ments are there to support and help small business wherever possible.

Somerset Mayor Graham Lehmann said small businesses are the heart and hubs of our local communities but supporting them was a ment and community.

“Local businesses create jobs and help support our

economic recovery post a global pandemic,” he said.

“In rural communities in particular, the faces behind small business are our families, our friends, our neighbours and they keep our communities strong.”

Cr Lehmann said Somerset Council was committed

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Media Watch. 1.15 Call The Midwife. 2.15 The Big Blue. 3.10 Gardening Aust. 4.10 Long Lost Family. 4.55 Back Roads. 5.25 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz Kids Special. 8.35 Wil Anderson: Wilogical. 9.35 Would I Lie To You?

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6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Call The Midwife. 3.00 Gardening Aust. 4.10 Long Lost Family. 5.00 Back Roads.

5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 You Can’t Ask That. 8.30 Still We Rise. 9.30 The Wimbledon Kidnapping. 10.20 Stuff

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Waltzing The Dragon With Benjamin Law. 12.00 News. 1.00 Belgravia.

1.45 Doc Martin. 2.35 Poh’s Kitchen.

3.00 Gardening Aust. 4.10 Long Lost Family. 5.00 Back Roads. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Aust. 8.30 Vera. 10.00 Troppo. 11.00 News. 11.20 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 12.00 Rage. 5.00 Rage.

6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. 12.00 News. 12.30 Vera. 2.00 Midsomer Murders. 3.30 Stuff The British Stole. 4.15 A League Of Her Own. 5.25 Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens. 6.25 The ABC Of. (PG) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Doc Martin. (PG) 8.20 Shetland. (M) 9.20 Midsomer Murders. (M) 10.50 MOVIE: Judy. (2019) (M) 12.45 Rage. (MA15+) 5.00 Rage.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Gardening Aust. 2.00 Wil Anderson: Wilogical. 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? 4.00 The Pacific. 4.55 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 The ABC Of. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.30 MOVIE: The Post. (2017) 10.25 Miniseries: Ridley Road. 11.25 Mystery Road: Origin. 12.20 The Heights. 1.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Japan v Croatia. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. 6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. 6.30 News. 7.35 The Toys That Built The World. 8.25 The Airport: Back In The Skies. 9.20 Tokyo Vice. 10.25 SBS News. 10.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Saving Lives At Sea. 3.00 Railway Vietnam. 3.30 The Cook Up.

4.00 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 4.50 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. 5.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022. 6.30 News. 7.35 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 8.30 Costco: Is It Really Worth It? 9.30 War Of The Worlds. 10.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Saving Lives At Sea. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up. 4.00 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 4.50 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. 5.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022. 6.30 News. 7.30 Engineering Reborn. 8.30 Inside Central Station. 9.30 Autun: Rome’s Forgotten Sister. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Quarter final. Match 53 Winner v Match 54 Winner. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. 6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. 6.30 News. 7.35 Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime. 8.30 Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors. 9.25 Thatcher & Reagan. 10.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2 .30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Quarter final. Match 55 Winner v Match 56 Winner. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. 6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. 6.30 News. 7.30 Peter O’Toole: Along Sky Roads To Aqaba. 9.10 Franklin. 10.50 The Real Peaky Blinders. 11.50 I Am JFK Jr. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Border Security: Int. 2.30 Travel And Eat With Dan & Steph. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Aust. 6.00 Seven Local News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 8.30 MOVIE: Groundhog Day. (1993) 10.40 The Amazing Race. 11.40 World’s Deadliest. 12.40 MOVIE: Deranged. (2002) 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 2.00 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v West Indies. Day 1. Afternoon session. 4.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 4.40 Aust v West Indies. Day 1. Late afternoon session. 6.00 Seven Local News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Aust v West Indies. Day 1. Evening session. 9.30 Heroes & Legends: Sport Hall Of Fame. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 2.00 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v West Indies. Day 2. Afternoon session. 4.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 4.40 Aust v West Indies. Day 2. Late afternoon session. 6.00 Seven Local News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Aust v West Indies. Day 2. Evening session. 9.30 MOVIE: Hitch. (2005) 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 2.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 3. Afternoon session. 4.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 4.40 Australia v West Indies. Day 3. Late afternoon session. 6.00 News. 7.00 Australia v West Indies. Day 3. Evening session. 9.30 MOVIE: There’s Something About Mary. (1998) 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 2.00 Aust v West Indies. Day 4. Afternoon session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 4.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 4.40 Aust v West Indies. Late afternoon session. 6.00 News. 7.00 Aust v West Indies. Evening session. 9.30 MOVIE: Red Sparrow. (2018) 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.45 Garden Gurus Moments. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Hot Seat. 5.30 News. 6.00 News. 7.00 ACA. 7.30 Country Home Rescue With Shaynna Blaze. 8.30 Dream Listings Byron Bay. 9.30 Escape To The Chateau. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Family Law. 11.50 Bluff City Law. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 Late Programs.

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Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 MOVIE: Fred Claus. (2007) 10.50 MOVIE: Four Holidays. (2008) 12.35 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop. 4.00 Take Two. 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 TV Shop. 5.30 Skippy.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Cross Court. 1.30 Country Home Rescue With Shaynna Blaze. 2.30 My Way. 3.00 Christmas With Emma Dean: Eatwell Presents. 4.00 Garden Gurus. 4.30 Explore TV. 5.00 News. 5.30 Country House Hunters Australia. 6.00 News. 7.00 ACA. 7.30 Christmas With Delta. 9.00 MOVIE: Love Actually. (2003) 11.45 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 FBI: Most Wanted. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 GCBC. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Bold. 5.00 News. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 2022 AACTA Awards. 9.30 My Life Is Murder. 10.30 Bull. 11.30 The Project. 12.30 Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Shopping. 4.30 CBS Morning.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food. 1.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 GCBC. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Bold. 5.00 News. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. 8.30 Law & Order: S.V.U. 10.30 Blue Bloods. 11.30 The Project. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food. 1.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 GCBC. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30

My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Bold. 5.00 News. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Christmas With Australian Women’s Weekly. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. 9.30 The Graham Norton Show. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Offroad Adv. 2.00 All 4 Adventure. 3.00 4x4 Adventures. 4.00 Christmas With Australian Women’s Weekly. 5.00 News. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 6.30 Hungry. 7.00 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. 7.30 Blue Bloods. 8.30 CSI: Vegas. 9.30 NCIS. 10.30 My Life Is Murder. 11.30 FBI. 12.30 Shopping. 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Taste Of Aust. 2.00 Christmas With Australian Women’s Weekly. 3.00 Jamie’s OnePan Wonders. 3.30 Well Traveller. 4.00 All 4 Adventure. 5.00 News. 6.30 The Sunday Project. 7.30 The Graham Norton Show. 8.30 Tulsa King. 9.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. 10.30 FBI. 12.30 The Sunday Project. 1.30 Shopping. 4.30 CBS Morning.

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Rise. 12.20 The Pacific. 1.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Al Jazeera News Hour. 2.00 Saving Lives At Sea. 3.00 Railway Vietnam. 3.30 The Cook Up. 4.00 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 4.50 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. 5.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022. 6.30 News. 7.30 From The Heart Of Our Nation: A Celebration. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Reunions. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 2.00 Aust v West Indies. Day 5. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 4.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 4.40 Aust v West Indies. 6.00 Seven Local News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Aust v West Indies. 9.30 MOVIE: Pacific Rim. (2013) 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.45 Talking Honey. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Hot Seat. 5.30 News. 6.00 News. 7.00 ACA. 7.30 Snackmasters. 8.45 Inside The Superbrands. 9.45 Australian Crime Stories. 10.45 Nine News Late. 11.15 The Equalizer. 12.05 Almost Family. 1.00 Hello SA. 1.30 TV Shop. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Bondi Rescue. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 GCBC. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 5.00 News. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. 9.30 FBI: Most Wanted. 11.30 The Project. 12.30 Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Shopping. 4.30 CBS Morning.

7.30pm Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R)

8.00 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. (PG, R)

8.45 A-ha: The Movie. (M, R)

9.50 Our Brain. (PG, R)

10.45 Stuff The British Stole. (PG, R)

7.30pm Spicks And Specks. (PG, R)

8.30 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R)

9.00 Starstruck. (M, R)

9.45 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG, R)

10.30 Doctor Who. (PG, R) 11.15 Back. (MA15+, R)

7.30pm Spicks And Specks. (PG, R)

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

8.30 Movie: Two Hands. (1999) (MA15+, R)

10.00 Doctor Who. (PG, R)

10.45 Back. (M, R)

11.10 Archer. (M, R)

11.55 QI. (PG, R)

7.30pm Spicks And Specks. (PG, R)

8.00 QI. (M, R)

8.30 Live At The Apollo. (M, R)

9.15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (M, R) 10.00 Staged. (M, R)

10.25 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R)

7.30pm Australia Remastered. (R)

8.25 Pilgrimage: The Road To The Scottish Isles. (PG)

9.30 A League Of Her Own. (M, R)

10.45 A-ha: The Movie. (M, R)

7.30pm Universe With Brian Cox. (R)

8.30 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

9.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (R) 10.05 Catalyst. (PG, R) 11.05 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R)

7.30pm Spicks And Specks. (PG, R)

8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? (R)

8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 Staged. (M) 9.35 Friday Night Dinner. (M, R)

10.00 Fleabag. (MA15+, R)

5.30pm Escape To The Country. (R)

6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R)

7.30 Heartbeat. (PG, R) 8.45 Lewis. (M, R)

10.45 Born To Kill? (MA15+, R)

11.45 World’s Most Shocking Emergency Calls. (MA15+, R)

5.30pm Escape To The Country. (R)

6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R)

7.30 Father Brown. (M, R)

8.30 Kavanagh QC. (M)

10.50 Murdoch Mysteries. (M, R)

12.50 Father Brown. (M, R)

1.50 Bargain Hunt. (R)

6.00pm Bargain Hunt. (R)

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer.

8.30 Escape To The Country.

10.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. (PG, R)

11.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 12.30 Bargain Hunt. (R)

6.00pm Border Security: International. (PG, R) 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG, R)

8.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 9.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. (PG, R)

10.30 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages. (PG, R)

6.00pm Air Crash Investigation: Special Report. (PG, R)

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

8.30 Heathrow. (PG, R)

9.30 Air Crash Investigation. (PG, R)

5.30pm Escape To The Country. (R)

6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 Doc Martin. (PG, R)

8.30 Inspector Morse. (M, R)

10.50 Cities Of The Underworld. (PG, R) 11.50 Doc Martin. (PG, R)

5.30pm Escape To The Country. (R) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 Call The Midwife. (M, R) 8.45 Miniseries: Bancroft. (M, R) 10.45 Air Crash Investigation: Special Report. (PG, R)

6.00pm American Pickers. (PG, R)

7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG, R)

7.30 Movie: Ender’s Game. (2013) (M, R)

9.50 Movie: Upgrade. (2018) (MA15+, R)

11.55 Aussie Lobster Men. (PG, R)

6.40 Test Cricket: Dinner Break.

7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG, R)

8.30 Movie: Resident Evil: Apocalypse. (2004) (M, R)

10.25 Hardcore Pawn. (M, R)

5.30pm Murder, She Wrote. (PG, R)

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

7.30 As Time Goes By. (R)

8.40 Movie: Diamonds Are Forever. (1971) (M, R) 11.10 New Amsterdam. (M, R) 12.05 House. (M, R)

5.30pm Murder, She Wrote. (PG, R)

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

7.30 Grantchester. (M, R) 8.40 Movie: Live And Let Die. (1973) (PG, R) 11.10 Snapped. (M) 12.05 House. (M, R)

5.30pm MacGyver. (PG, R) 6.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) 7.30 NCIS. (M, R) 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. (M, R) 10.20 Tommy. (M, R) 11.15 Evil. (M, R) 12.15 Home Shopping. (R)

6.00pm Friends. (PG, R) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) 9.20 Two And A Half Men. (PG, R) 10.10 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) 11.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

7.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. (R)

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M, R)

8.30 Land Of The Giants: Titans Of Tech. (M) 9.25 Movie: 1984. (1984) (M, R)

5.30pm MacGyver. (PG, R) 6.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) 7.30 NCIS. (M, R) 8.30 Bull. (M, R) 10.30 The Code. (PG, R) 11.30 48 Hours. (M, R) 12.30 Infomercials. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 2.00 Tommy. (M, R)

6.00pm Friends. (PG, R) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) 9.30 Seinfeld. (PG, R) 11.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 12.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG, R)

6.05pm Jeopardy! (R)

6.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022. (R)

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M, R) 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. (M)

10.10 Betraying The Badge. (MA15+)

11.05 In Search Of... (M, R)

6.40 Test Cricket: Dinner Break.

7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG, R)

7.30 Carnage. (PG)

8.30 Movie: Rambo: First Blood. (1982) (MA15+, R)

10.35 Movie: The Cold Light Of Day. (2012) (M, R)

6.40 Test Cricket: Dinner Break.

7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG, R)

7.30 Ultimate Rides. (PG)

8.30 Counting Cars. (PG)

9.30 Full Custom Garage. (PG, R)

10.30 Barrett-Jackson: Revved Up. (PG)

6.00pm Cricket. Second Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 4. Late afternoon session.

6.40 Test Cricket: Dinner Break.

7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG, R)

8.30 Movie: X2: X-Men United. (2003) (M, R)

6.40 Test Cricket: Dinner Break.

7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG, R)

7.30 American Pickers. (PG)

8.30 Movie: X-Men: The Last Stand. (2006) (M, R)

10.40 Movie: Escape From New York. (1981) (M, R)

7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG, R)

7.30 Motorway Patrol. (PG, R)

8.00 Beach Cops. (PG, R)

8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. (MA15+, R)

9.30 Outback Truckers. (M, R)

10.30 Train Truckers. (PG, R)

5.30pm Murder, She Wrote. (PG, R) 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

7.30 Fawlty Towers. (PG, R)

8.40 Movie: The Man With The Golden Gun. (1974) (PG, R)

5.15pm Movie: Curse Of The Pink Panther. (1983) (PG, R)

7.30 Movie: The Spy Who Loved Me. (1977) (M, R) 10.05 Movie: The Bourne Ultimatum. (2007) (M, R) 12.15 My Favorite Martian. (R) 12.45 Explore. (PG, R)

6.00pm Bondi Vet. (PG, R) 7.00 Movie: Moonraker. (1979) (PG, R) 9.30 Movie: The Bourne Legacy. (2012) (M, R) Jeremy Renner. 12.00 House. (M, R) 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30pm Murder, She Wrote. (PG, R) 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

7.30 Death In Paradise. (M, R)

8.40 Movie: For Your Eyes Only. (1981) (M, R) 11.20 New Amsterdam. (M, R)

5.30pm Murder, She Wrote. (PG, R)

6.30 Swimming. 16th FINA World Championships (25m). Day 1. Finals.

7.30 New Tricks. (M, R) 8.40 Movie: Never Say Never Again. (1983) (M, R) 11.20 House. (M, R)

5.30pm MacGyver. (PG, R) 6.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) 7.30 NCIS. (M, R) 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M, R) 10.20 Evil. (MA15+, R) 11.15 Star Trek: Discovery. (M, R) 12.25 Home Shopping. (R) 1.55 iFish. (PG, R)

6.00pm Soccer. A-League Men. Matchweek 7. Sydney FC v Melbourne City. 9.00 Scorpion. (PG, R) 10.00 MacGyver. (PG, R) 11.00 48 Hours. (M, R) 12.00 Tommy. (M, R) 1.00 Evil. (MA15+, R)

6.00pm Bondi Rescue. (PG, R) 6.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) 7.30 NCIS. (M, R) 10.20 48 Hours. (M) 11.15 Star Trek: Discovery. (M) 12.10 Movie: Mad Max. (1979) (MA15+, R) 5.30pm MacGyver. (PG, R) 6.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) 7.30 NCIS. (M, R) 10.20 The Code. (PG, R) 11.15 MacGyver. (PG, R) 12.15 Home Shopping. (R)

6.00pm Friends. (PG, R) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) 9.30 Mom. (PG, R) 11.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 12.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

6.00pm The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) 6.25 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) 10.15 Friends. (PG, R) 12.15 Home Shopping. (R) 1.15 Infomercials. (PG, R) 1.45 Mom. (M, R)

6.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022. (R)

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M, R)

8.30 Hoarders. (MA15+)

9.20 The Language Of Love.

10.15 Fuzoku: The World Of Sex Entertainment In Japan. (MA15+, R)

6.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. (R)

7.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. (R)

7.30 Impossible Engineering.

8.30 Stuck In The Suez. (R) 9.25 The Other James Bond Fellow.

6.00pm The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) 6.25 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) 9.00 Friends. (PG, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 12.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 1.30 Movie: Dear John. (2010) (PG, R)

6.00pm Friends. (PG, R) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) 9.30 Seinfeld. (PG, R) 11.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 12.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG, R)

6.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. (R)

7.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. (R)

7.30 RocKwiz Salutes The Legends. (M, R)

9.30 QAnon: The Search For Q. (MA15+) 10.30 Cryptoland. (M)

6.05pm Jeopardy! (R)

6.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022. (R)

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M, R)

8.30 Taskmaster. (M)

9.25 Hypothetical.

10.20 Spiralling. (MA15+)

11.20 I Am Richard Pryor. (M, R)

5.30pm MacGyver. (PG, R) 6.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) 7.30 NCIS. (M, R) 8.30 Bull. (M, R) 10.20 Miniseries: Crossfire. (MA15+, R) 11.15 48 Hours. (M, R) 12.15 Home Shopping. (R) 12.45 Infomercials. (PG) 1.15 Home Shopping.

6.00pm Friends. (PG, R) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) 9.30 Mom. (PG, R) 11.10 Frasier. (PG, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 12.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG, R)

6.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022. (R)

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M, R) 8.30 Billy Connolly: Made In Scotland. 9.30 Forbidden History. (M) 10.25 Valley Of The Boom. (PG, R)

MOORE

December 5-11, 2022

ARIES

The week starts with the Sun, Mercury and which revs up your Ram motor. But remember Mars is retrograde so, if you are too hasty, you

and pace yourself! Thursday’s Full Moon is a good time for a brilliant light-bulb moment. You certainly have the ideas and passion to get an ambitious project off the ground. Now all you

it.

TAURUS

The Full Moon urges you to shine a bright

values. Do you need to let go of certain people, possessions or attitudes that have passed their use-by-date? And be careful that your main form of entertainment isn’t shopping. Mars is still retrograding through your money zone, so your bank balance (and budget) won’t appreciate a shop-till-you-drop kind of week. The weekend stars favour walking, hiking and biking in nature.

GEMINI

This week’s stars emphasise the constant balancing act between individual needs and relationship responsibilities. The Full Moon and retrograde Mars (both in Gemini) emphasise the need to conserve your energy and prioritise personal projects. Whereas the Sun, Mercury and Venus shine a bright light on your partner, relatives, friends and/or colleagues. Are you meeting their needs, as well as your own? An achievable challenge for a multi-tasking Twin!

CANCER

You’re keen to daydream the hours away in your cosy Crab cave, as retro Mars and the Full Moon illuminate your solitude zone. But – as you retreat into your private world – make sure you can differentiate between fact and fantasy, otherwise you’ll end up in a confusing mess. A work project needs to pass the Practicality Test. So try to balance being idealistic with being realistic. And don’t make serious commitments unless you’re certain you can keep them.

LEO

When it comes to hopes, wishes, close relationships and your peer group, the more will be. A realistic and disciplined daily routine will also help you to pursue your dreams and achieve your goals. Do your best to show extra kindness and compassion towards a friend or family member who’s going through a tough time. The things they are dealing with are more serious and complex than you previously thought.

VIRGO

Work and home life look rather chaotic, as retrograde Mars and the Full Moon stir up your career and domestic zones. Expect the week to be messy and disorganised (and you might get distracted and make some frustrating mistakes) but try to keep things in perspective. Accept disruptions with good grace and adapt accordingly! So your motto is from fellow-Virgo, entertainer Beyoncé: “If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.”

LIBRA

This week your aspirations zone is activated by the Full Moon … but retrograde Mars is there as well. So you’re focused on your ambitious hopes, dreams and wishes for the future … but they will take a while to manifest. So your mantra for the moment is from this week’s

entrepreneur Walt Disney: “All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.” And the patience … and the persistence!

SCORPIO

The Full Moon highlights the resources you share with others. Whether it’s income, property, business or relationships, all joint endeavours must be closely examined. And you also

es. You won’t require much encouragement to shop up a storm, as retro Mars slows down

spontaneous spending gene. So be careful you don’t blow a big hole in your Christmas budget.

SAGITTARIUS

With the Sun, Mercury and Venus visiting your sign, retrograde Mars, and a restless Full Moon, you’re in adventurous, freedom-loving mode. Limiting rules, regulations and restrictions will not be welcome! But slow down, Sagittarius, otherwise you could be involved in an argument or accident. Inspiring quote is from Sagittarian music great Jim Morrison (who was born on December 8, 1943): “The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are.”

CAPRICORN

The Full Moon’s activating your wellbeing zone, so jump off the comfy couch and get moving! Nutritious meals are also on the celestial menu, as you take more interest in your health and more pride in your appearance. If you

voice, then it will point you in the right direction. Mercury and Venus are also moving into your sign, and this power-packed duo will boost communication, creativity and concentration.

AQUARIUS

Take a good look at your close friends and current peer group. Do they encourage you to be the quirky, avant-garde Aquarian you were born to be? Are they supporting your talents and championing your dreams? It’s also a good week to tackle a creative solo project, as the Full Moon energises your self-expression zone. Inspiring quote is from music icon (and birthday great) Jim Morrison: “A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.”

PISCES

This week you could feel confused or discouraged, especially when it comes to a family matter or a professional issue. But escaping into a fantasy world won’t make problems magically disappear. As the week progresses, do your

tions to current challenges. The gap between dreams and reality is wide but – with plenty of patience and persistence – you’ll eventually get there. COPYRIGHT Joanne Madeline Moore 2022

Afternoon Melodies Gatton Cota

Seniors 3rd Sat/mth 1pm-4.30pm cost $5. 0439030677

Al-Anon 6pm Mon Lutheran Hall Spencer St Gatton 0488216123

Alcoholics Anonymous 7pm Wed Peace Lutheran Hall Gatton 0419725801, 10.30am Thu 0419725801, 7pm Sun 0413105825

Zion Lutheran Hall Minden

Boutique Market 9am-2pm every Wednesday, Hypatia s House, 151 Patrick St, Laidley Brisbane Valley Ukefreaks 6pm8.30pm Wed BV Darts Assoc Building Lowood 0408183870 FB @ukefreaks

CAMS Multicultural Program support for multicultural community members, Lockyer Community Centre 0455251581

Chug-along Social Group 2nd & 4th Wed/mth Gatton Uniting Church 54626763

Cards/Board Games (Adults)

Coominya Public Hall Fri 9am-12pm $5 0412685125

Community Chess Club School term Thurs 6pm-8:30, Fernvale SS Library, gold coin.

Community Tech Program free 45min tech sessions, Wed, Thu, Fri, Lockyer Community Centre Gatton 54623355

Coominya Public Hall General Meeting 1st Mon/mth 6.30pm 0488169162

Country Music Concert 1st Sun/ mth Laidley Exchange Hotel 11am4pm. 0439030677

Country Music Jam 4th Sun/mth Laidley Pioneer Village, 11am-4pm. 54652516

Craft with Kate 2nd Thu/mth 12pm Lockyer Community Centre 54623355

CWA Craft & Friendship Day 3rd Thu/mth 9am-12pm Glamorgan Vale hall 0413046168

Devotional Meeting, all Faiths, hosted by Baha I community, 1st/3rd Wed/mth 7pm. 0429861086

Digital Tech Hub 12pm Thu Lockyer Community Centre 54623355

Emergency Relief Program support for those experiencing financial challenges, food and fuels vouchers (eligibility criteria applies) Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Lockyer Community Cen-

tre, 54623355

Esk Bowls & Community Club

Bingo Bowls Club Thu 11am 0412824267

Esk Community Choir Tues 6:308:30pm Somerset Civic Centre 0477540507

Esk Men s Shed 12 Heap St, Tue & Thu 9am-12pm 0426984061

Euchre Wed 7.30pm, Lowood Showgrounds 0411334382 Games Morning Gatton Cota Seniors, 2nd & 4th Thu/mth 9am-12pm gold coin. 0439030677

Gatton & District Historical Society 6.30pm 3rd Mon/mth Caffey Hall Gatton Historical Village 0420967022

Gatton Senior Citizens 13 North St. Mon & Thu Euchre 9am, 1st Tue/mth HOY, 2nd & 4th Tue/mth Craft Days, 3rd Tue/mth social days. 0439030677

Gatton Table Tennis 9.30am12pm Tue, Woodlands Rd 0427912051

Gatton Quilters 9.30am 3rd Sat/ mth, Gatton State School Hall 0438727355

Gatton Village Markets 1st Sun/ mth, Lake Apex, 0492831969

Glamorgan Vale CWA - 9am 1st Thu/mth Glamorgan Vale Community Hall 0413046168

Glamorgan Vale Tennis Club Inc 10am-2pm 2nd Sun/mth 697 Glamorgan Vale Rd see Facebook. Glenore Grove QCWA Meeting 2nd Mon/mth 1pm 0419642913

Glenore Grove QCWA Craft 1st 3rd & 4th Mon/mth 1pm QWCA Hall 0419642913

Glenore Grove CWA Street Stall last Thu/mth 8.30am-12pm IGA mall Gatton 0421286821

Grantham/Gatton Indoor Bowls Club Fri 1.30pm Senior Citz Hall North St Gatton 0754627708

Jam Sesh Fernvale 2nd Sun/mth 12.30pm-3.30pm, 6 Clive St, BYO instruments 0481574615

Laidley Garden Club 9.30am 2nd Mon/mth Laidley Cultural Centre function room 0413136861

Laidley Indoor Bowls Club Mon 6pm-9pm Laidley Cultural Centre 0408 631 292

Laidley Weight Support Group Inc. 9am Wed Laidley RSL

0403501170

Lockie's Toy Club toy library program Lockyer Community Centre 54623355

Lockyer Valley Art Society Inc. Mon 8.30am pottery, Tue & Thu art & craft from 9.30am, 24 Bertrand Ave Kensington Grove 0419667428

Lockyer Valley Cancer Support Group 1st Thu/mth Davson Room, Lockyer Valley Cultural Centre, Gatton 0419646902 or 54621766

Lockyer Valley Celtic Pipeband Wed 6pm-8pm Grantham Butter Factory 1st Sat/mth Lake Apex 0447003423

Lockyer Valley Dog Training Club 6.30pm Mon Laidley Showgrounds Facebook or 0428048823

Lockyer Valley Karate Tue & Thu 6pm-7.30pm, Fernvale, all ages 5+, all fitness levels. 0458641202

Lockyer Valley Orchid Society 1st Tue/mth Gatton Showgrounds room under grandstands 0409475504

Lockyer Valley Tai Chi for Health Wed 10am Lowood Show Hall, Thu 9.30am & 10am Peace Lutheran Hall Gatton 0448050447

Lockyer Valley Toastmaster Club 7pm 2nd & 4th Thu/mth, Gatton Senior Citizens Centre 54627576

Lockyer Valley Writers Group 13pm 2nd Tue/mth Gatton Library, 4th Tue/mth Laidley Library, lockyervalleywriters@gmail.com

Lockyer Woodcrafters Group Mon-thu & Sat, 24 Railway St Forest Hill 0457219408 or lwcg4342@gmail.com

Lowood Community Action Group 3rd Tue/mth at Lowood Darts Club 0407279412 or FB Lowood CWA 2nd Tue/mth CWA Hall 54261514

Lowood District Residents Network Inc. 7pm 3rd Tue/mth, BV Darts Assoc Building 0488234553

Lowood Lions Club 7pm 2nd & 4th Mon/mth Lowood Railway Station lowood@ lionsq3.org.au

Lowood Craft Group 9.30am Fri Lowood RSL Sub Branch 0409343446

Lowood Senior Citizens meet in CWA Hall Lowood every second Thursday, all seniors welcome, please call for next date

0447489875

Lowood Slimmers Tue 5.30pm Lowood Show Hall 54261468

Midweek Market Wed 9am Hypatia s House, 151 Patrick St Laidley 0448326246

Mulgowie Farmers Market 7am11am 1st Sat/mth Hall grounds 0417799679

My Local Market Plainland 7am12pm 3rd Sun/mth Porters Hotel mylocalmarket.net.au

My Local Market Jumble 6am11am 2nd Sun in Mar, May, Aug, Nov, Walloon Hotel hello@mylocalmarket.net.au

My Local Market Wallon 7am11am 1st Sun/mth behind Walloon Hotel hello@ mylocalmarket.net.au

Open Mic Sun 1.30pm-3.30pm, Fernvale Lions Club Hall $2 entry 0490366148

Painting Classes 10am Fri Summerholm 0450656356

RADF Art & Culture Project free fortnightly art/craft, Lockyer Community Centre 54623355

Rosewood Euchre Group Mon 9am m'tea, play at 9.30am, CWA Hall Rosewood 0412170484

Rosewood Men s Shed Fri 9am12pm 361 Marburg-Rosewood Rd Tallegalla 0417079426

Rosewood Monthly Market 3rd Sat/mth Anglican Church grounds John St, sites from $15. 0439095645

Rosewood Seniors Group 1st Tue/mth 9.20am-11am at Girl Guide Hut, Matthew St. 54641544

Something to Sing About Choir Fri 9am-11am Laidley Anglican Church 0417799679

Tai Chi Internal Arts Esk Somerset Civic Centre Mon 5pm, Thu 9am 0432288435

Tai Chi Internal Arts Gatton Seniors Hall 13 North St Mon & Wed 1pm-3pm 0432288435

Tranquillity Zone, guided meditation, every Tues 7pm, Laidley Heights. 0429861086

Walloon QCWA Cent Sale 2nd Tue/mth 9.30am Walloon QCWA Hall 54645243

Yoga Classes 5.30pm M&F, 9am Tue, 7.30am Fri, Catholic Church Hall Laidley $10/class 0439730986

Propagation Australia

Purebred Maremma Puppies. Males and females

DOB - 27/10/2022 Available 22 December - after Vet check and microchipping BIN: 9228610618 Ph 5464 6200, 0428 646 014

Mini Dachshund cross pups for sale, 2 males, 1 female, 1 more female with ¾ tail. Vaccinated, vet checked, microchipped. Black and tan standard dachshund colour with white. Born 27th September, mini dachshund size small dog. 0499 029 538 BIN number 0012 389 00 3163

Silky Bantam Hens, approx. 18mths old, still laying. 1 black, 5 grey/white $20 each. Ph 0411 358 233 Forest Hill

4 week old piglets, Mum Saddleback, Dad Large White X Tamworth. $100 each. Located Esk Message only please 0431164512.

Droughtmaster Purebred, 1 x Female 10-11mths. Ph: 07 5462 4965 / 0432 629 192

BOOKS

Orchid books - cheap, over 50 volumes, good condition, some near new. Ph: 0439 725 924

Edgar Allan Poe, complete illustrated stories & poems, copyright 1987, 16cm wide, 22 1/2 cm height, 6cm thick, hardcover, excellent condition, $30.00 ph 0417 777 982

Mark Twain, complete and unabridged short stories, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince & the Pauper, & ors, black hard cover with gold writing & gold tinted pages, 16 cm wide, 24cm length, 5 1/2 cm deep, excellent condition, $30.00 ph 0417 777 982

Ride on Cub cadet 27”. Ph: 0418 578 132

Hay for sale - small squares & rounds. Fine leaf rhodes, Ph: 07 5462 4965 / 0432 629 192

MACHINERY

2 x hydraulic jacks, 20inches high - $20 each. Ph: 5464 3207

19.5HP Briggs & Stratton motor - needs a rebuild. Open

Myers onion grader, variable speed Ph: 0407 133 076

CRYSTAL GIRLS ANNUALS 1951 (191 pages), & 1952 ( 192 pages) hardcover, short stories with black & white illustrated drawings $20.00 each ph 0417 778 982

Prestige Pop-Top Cover suit 16-18 ft Van $100 Ph 0417 073 332

Electric Kambrook Pancake Maker, excellent condition with recipe book, little use $20. Phone 0447 424 884

78RPM records, country & western, old time - $2 each. Ph: 5465 3207

Push bike frames, soverign geared, radius A8663229, gemini, bmx, some with wheels - $5 each. Ph: 5465 3207

Single bowl sinks, stainless steel, 45cm x 900cm, good condition - $20 each. Ph: 5465 3207

Printer Cartridges, new, set of 1 black, 1 cyan, 1 magenta, 1 yellow plus 1 extra black cartridge to suit Fuj Xerox printer CP105B, CP205, CP205w, CM205b, CP215w, CM215w $20.00 for the lot ph 0417 778 982

Snare drum gretch with cymbal sabian drum sticks high quality $460 0412 611 702

$200. Ph: 0419 221 496

Large framed mirror, 90x105, VGC, $50. Ph: 0403 669 003

Electronic watering system, 15m cable - $200 ONO. Ph: 5465 3207

Deep well pump with foot valve, suit dam or well - $500. Ph: 5465 3207

Shade cloth - 1 roll 70% black, 3.6m wide x 50m long$150. Ph: 0439 725 924

Black & Decker 240V Hedge trimmer - $50 Ph: 07 5462 1034

Club Cadet Ride-on mower, 42 inch cut, 20hp kohler engine, runs well $1200 ONO. Ph: 0410 578 132

Disability fold up wheel chair, new condition - Gatton. Ph: 07 5462 2551

Combustion or wood

BOWLS

LAIDLEY BOWLS CLUB

No social bowls ,we were joined by The Taxi bowlers for morning bowls , followed by a delightful lunch. great day was had by all.We hope they will come back soon. President Dawn thanked everyone for their efforts.

TOOGOOLAWAH BOWLS CLUB

Thursday 1st December we were rained out and therefore had an RBDO. Saturday 3rd December we hosted the crew from NUTRIEN for their Christmas party. A very hotly contested game of barefoot followed by a barby and refreshments made for a very pleasant evening, and we are sure everyone enjoyed the party.

On Sunday 4th December we had 14 players playing 2 games of Singles and 1 of Triples vying for the Closest Winning Margin. Winners on the day were, Phil Gregory, Lyn McWhirter and Ian Bradow. Runners up were Len Smyth and

Members and visitors please note that you are invited to play on Thursdays with names in by 12.00pm for a 12.30pm start and on Sundays with names in by 12.00pm for play at 12.30pm.

Please Contact Gerrit Winkeler on 5424 2569 should you wish to be involved with away games which ensure we have visitors at out home games. Its time to get involved and make sure that Bowls in Toogoolawah continues into the future. Without our attendance of our players at other clubs’, we will not attract their players to our games.

Whether you are a resident or visitor to Toogoolawah, an experienced bowler or not, you are welcome to join us for a game. Novice players are given coaching lessons to ensure that they enjoy their game. To all those of you who are past bowlers, it is time for you to reunite with the club and get involved. Come along and make your presence felt while you get that necessary exercise to keep you going. We have bowls of all sizes for you to use.

1.Our next Club Meeting will be held on Sunday 11th December. All members are invited to attend at 9.00am and to help in the running of the club by participating in discussions.

2.Our Christmas Breakup day will be held on 11th December, It would be great if all members and friends could make themselves available for that day on which we will have a game with eats and presentations after. It will be an open day and casual wear the order of the day.12.00pm for 12.30pm play. If all could bring a plate that would be great.

3.Please note that volunteers will be required in the days after the 11th December in order to complete the annual greens renovation. Please contact Keith and let him know you will be available for the working bee.

4.Players are still required for away games to ensure that we balance Home and Away attendance. Please contact Gerrit on 5424 2569 if you would like to be included in the roster for 2023. See you on the Green.

BRIDGE

LOCKYER BRIDGE CLUB

Results for Wednesday 30th November, 2022.

Club’s Individual Champion. Congratulations Allan from all the Members. Player numbers were down again, but those present contested well. Rhonda & Allan McLucas once again coming top 60%. Well done to you both.

40%.

Breakup and presentations on Wednesday 14/12/22

New Members will be welcomed and the Club is always ready to accommodate more Players.

If you are a visitor to the Lockyer Valley & are looking for a game of Bridge or just like to observe some games, phone Peter Hooper 0408 782 776, you will be made most welcome, Wednesday evenings arrival 6.45pm.

Lessons for Beginners held on Tuesday morning arrival 8.45am are at the same venue, these are held in The Catholic Community Hall, Maitland Street, Gatton. Pat Ziebarth is the organizer for Tuesday’s play phone 0490 530 734.

CRICKET

LOCKYER CRICKET

Ipswich Community Competition.

Two further games of the T20 component of the competition were held at Ivor

Marsden last Saturday. In the early game against Brothers, the Valley Vikings strolled home, reaching their target of 106 only one wicket down. Josh Reisenleiter was the bowling weapon with 4-11. With the bat, Brock Zischke 71, and Kelsey O’Dea, 31 didn’t need their team-mates to pad up. In the late game, it was a different story. The Vikings were on the wrong side of some 50/50 decisions, which tilted the game away from them. Only Josh Reisenleiter got going, with an impressive 32, but a score of 112 was never going to be enough

concludes at Cahill Park on Saturday, with the Vikings looking for competition points before the Christmas break.

Big Bash for Lockyer

In a major coup for Lockyer Cricket, a full round of the Ipswich Competition

scheduled for 3 and 10 December. Ipswich has redrawn its competition to provide a full round of T 20 matches over successive weekends, by scheduling both morning and afternoon games. On Saturday 3rd December, all matches were played at the Ivor Marsden complex in Ipswich, while this coming Saturday, all matches will be played in the Lockyer, in recognition of the Laidley Blue Dogs and the Valley Vikings. Laidley will host two games at Bichel Oval, while Lockyer will host four games at Cahill Park, using both the No 1 and No 2 Turf Wickets.

When the Valley Vikings entered the Ipswich competition they promised they would bring Ipswich Cricket to the Lockyer. But, it was never imagined that the entire competition with all six teams would be here together on the one Saturday. It is a rare festival of cricket and a feast to delight all cricket fans who can witness the fast action from quality players. In the morning game on No 1, the Valley Vikings get a return tilt at the Northsiders Tigers, who pipped them with a one run, last ball victory at Cahill park one month ago. A high octane encounter is assured. It will be followed in the afternoon with the highly credential

Lockyer Valley but the T 20 festival exceeds expectations. Cricket fans should take a look. If it is a success, it could become programmed again.

GOLF

LAIDLEY GOLF CLUB

Wednesday 30th November The Ladies played a Versus Par for Trophies provided by Sue Herring

Thursday 1st December was a single stableford. All winners were visitors who braved the rain.

Pro Pin Lionel Edwards

Saturday 3rd December was Monthly Medal and Putting The Ladies was sponsored by the Club

Div 3 Dot Manteufel

The Mens was also sponsored by the Club

G Sternberg 91/72, B Maugeri 86/72, G Hulett 82/72, J Stewart 89/72, K Hauser 89/72.

LOWOOD GOLF CLUB

Results for Tuesday 22 November 2022 Single Stableford

Sippel 36

Results for Saturday 3rd December 2022 Single Stroke Monthly Mug, Mug of

Brett Lomacchio 72

TOOGOOLAWAH GOLF CLUB

Wednesday 30th NovemberNo Ladies orPM Golf due to the beautiful Rain. Saturday 3rd December Christmas came to the Toogoolawah Golf Club.

Starting at 3pm Members, ladies and non members played the annual Xmas break up day, which was 10 holes backwards. Wehad a few Santa’s and their elves running around the course.

The day was sponsored by Patron Alan Roughan and Patroness Marion Deane.

After Golf all stayed back for a great meal prepared by the Golf Ladies and served out by Santa’s little helpers, Stella, Sophie, Laney and Amber. Thanks fora great job, us oldies enjoyed thesit down.

Patron Alan’s Men’s winner Bob Marshall 34 nett, Runner up Richie Marschke

Patroness Marion Deane’s Ladies winner Lea-Jayne Marschke 45 nett, runner up Judi Marshall 46 nett, 2nd runner up Julie Reed.

Club Trophies for Non Golfers Andrew White 41 nett, Runner up Danny Tango 45 nett.

NTP’S Exchange Hotel Groovy Goat no3 green Alan White, IGA Toogoolawah no4 green Michael O’Connor, Michael O’Connor Ladies Lea-Jayne Marschke.

A big Thank you to Patron Alan Roughan and Patroness for stepping in and sponsoring the day after wehad to reschedule from earlier in the year. What a ham of a day. Xmas dinner is going to pretty goodat some of our golfers house.

Championship Trophies were presented at theXmas Break up Dinner, Men’s Club and A Grade Champion Damian Marschke– Ladies Lea-Jayne Marschke.

Men’s C Grade Graeme Kuhn – Ladies Ailsa Richter

Julie Reed – Shannon Grills.

Onceagain thank you toAlan and Marion and everyonethat made the day andnight a great success.

Coming Events.

Saturday 10th December Single Stroke/Monthly Medal for December Club Trophy.

Early start as Toogoolawah Town’s Christmas Tree. Tee off is 10.00 am. Wednesday 14th December Ladies Xmas Lunch. PM Chook Run tee off 3.00pm.

RIFLE

GATTON GLENORE GROVE RIFLE CLUB

Saturday for the300yd range, a cool afternoon with strong Southerly wind turning Easterly easing at times. Some good scores were achieved by some

Sporting Hunter class.

Iron Sights, S/H out of 105.21

R. Perry 97.5 andC. Greenwood 93.1

S/H

D. Moore 61.1

J. Hickmott 117.7

R. White 118.5

T. Schultz 123.7, G. Chandler 120.7, R. Cowburn 113.6, R. Bowman 113.4 ,

Next week 500yds.

Santa Michael O’Connor, Elf Lea-Jayne Marschke and Santa’s helpers Judi and Bob Marshall at Toogoolawah Golf Club. Still looking fresh from playing 10 holes backward.

Pictured at Toogoolawah Golf Club on Saturday 3rd December are the winners of Patron Alan Roughan and Patroness Marion Deans Trophy Day.

Young and old invited to be a Yowie

BY JACOB HAYDEN

THE KILCOY Yowies are back.

After two years in recession, the Kilcoy Yowies Rugby League Football Club began sign-on on Thursday December 1 for both its senior men’s team and its new junior division.

Secretary Alana Yarnold said she and her partner, president Rob Fischer, moved near Kilcoy three years ago with their two sons who play out at Stanley Rivers RLFC.

“It was frustrating that we said.

The couple joined the club six months ago and brought their enthusiasm with them.

“Kilcoy’s growing, there’s people here and a lot of the Stanley players come from

“For the last 12 months, to draw people to the club, Rob

and drills to anyone willing to participate.

“We’ve got such good

Fischer said the club has a new head coach in Anthony Longbottom.

“He’s recently moved to

Kilcoy as well and he was a mad footy player down in Burrell NSW for a lot of

“He reckons he smelt the up to come down and coach. The Yowies will play in

the Sunshine Coast Junior Rugby League competition, due to many players already travelling to Woodford or other clubs.

The committee want to keep the sport alive in Kilcoy and have sourced local spon-

sors for the club.

Treasurer Patty Bleakley said Kilcoy has not had a junior team for 30 years.

“There’s a lot of kids wanting to play football but mum and dad work and they can’t get them to Woodford

Viking Hoger selected for Queensland Brahmans

FOLLOWING the XXXX Country Challenge between North and South Queensland at Mackay in late November, Valley Vikings gun all-rounder, Regan ‘Reggie’ Hoger has been selected to represent the Queensland Country Brahmans, at the National Championships

in January.

In a South Queensland side that was well beaten twice by a dominant North Queensland side, Reggie stood tall with two quality stints in the middle, backed with a strong, if not rewarding bowling performance.

He was one of only

three from the South to gain the top honours.

He came to recognition early in Gatton, being selected for Mitchell Shield at age 18.

His rep journey started with selection in the SEQ Bulls Masters side in October, followed by Schaeffer Shield Selection

for SEQ; followed by South QLD selection for the XXXX Cup; and now selection for the Queensland Country Brahmans, the highest honour in Queensland Country Cricket.

As much as it is a success for Reggie personally, it is a

cricket.

In their inaugural season, the Valley Vikings have produced a Queensland Country player.

Reggie Hoger will take the best wishes of the Lockyer Valley with him to Canberra in January.

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but here, it’s right on their

“We’ve got everything

ment… that’s what we’ve worked for since 2003 to

Kilcoy has a very multicultural community with many overseas families working in town.

“You’ve got your Samoans, Fijians and New Zealanders who are all into it, they love

Yarnold said she wanted to organise a cultural day to make people feel welcome.

“Although they live here they don’t really feel a part of it, so I just want to integrate them into it… because

The Yowies are looking for young players between 6 and 9, and senior players over 18 to sign up for the next season.

For sign-up or volunteer-

Yowies on their Facebook page or call Alana Yarnold on 0435145057.

The Kilcoy Yowies senior men’s players were keen to sign up for the next season.

PHOTO: KILCOY YOWIES

Reggie Hoger has been selected to represent the Queensland Country Brahmans.