Edition No. 10
September 2020
The Redcliffe Rave EDITOR RICHARD LANCASTER
Everyone’s not Talking
by Home Affairs Reporter Barry Tuton
Anxious to get back in the saddle, and pursue the progress or otherwise of Redcliffe becoming a Republic, I contacted my sources for both the pro and anti camps. Now reader, as a reporter I am used to getting the `brush-off`, but what has happened next, left me totally bewildered. I first attempted to contact my pro Republic movement source and was told by a recorded voice message that the number I had rung had been disconnected. I then contacted another source who I knew was pro republican. After several unanswered calls,
ASIO’S sudden appearance. His response was short “We have nothing to say to the press on that matter!” and promptly hung up.
I finally was able to speak to him and asked him how their endeavours on seeking legal advice were progressing, given
Disappointed, I contacted my anti republican source, who at our last conversation was most anxious to promote his cause. After several unanswered calls, I was finally able to speak with him. When I identified myself, my source responded and I quote ”Leave this matter alone, Tuton. Its going nowhere, now bugger off!” and then rudely hung up. I have posed a series of questions below, that I need answers to, can you help me?
Questions I need answers to
CONTENTS Three articles in One
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England’s Last Witch
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Rumour Mill
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1. Is the pro Republican group still taking legal advice? 2. If not, why not and what has happened to make them so un-cooperative? 3. Why is the anti- movement, once so confident, now refusing to speak with me? 4. Is the ASIO alleged intervention a reality and if it is, why is Redcliffe becoming a republic so threatening to the Commonwealth? 5. Was that ASIO phone call to me that I dismissed as a hoax, real after all?
Stevie Hart’s Strange World P4
I didn’t know that…
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Artsmatter
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Please email your written responses to the Editor at ricails@bigpond.com.au
Know your Redcliffe Quiz 1. In the 1940’s there were 2 amusement parks in Redcliffe. One was located in the Suttons Beach area. What was it called? 2. What was the original name of Anzac Avenue? 3.
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Redcliffe’s sawmill? 4. When did the Redcliffe Chamber of Commerce first open its doors? 5. In 1942, the S S Koopa ceased operating the Brisbane to Redcliffe run. Why?
6. Located near the wreck of HMQS Gayundah at Woody point is the graveyard of several navy timber barges. Where were they built and by whom? 7. A popular place of entertainment in Redcliffe was the Rollerdrome. Where was it located? 8. Where was Redcliffe’s Penny Arcade located? 9. Why was Kippa-ring so called? 10. Who was Kroll Gardens named after? Answers on Page 5.
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OZZIE BOB WORKS IT OUT AND FINISHES IT WITH A DART! There are more Wuhan Bug experts out there than there are Cane Toads in Charters Towers. And all just as useless. They make the Three Stooges look like the Three Wise Men, the ones
we’re not getting for Christmas because the star they’re supposed to follow is in lockdown. So I reckon I’ve got the perfect solution: don’t listen at any of ‘em. If you do, there’s not enough booze at Dan Murphy’s to stop you from chucking chairs at the telly, hammers and chisels at the radio, attacking newspapers with scissors, and drowning your tablet and mobile phone in the dunny. The only sense I copped last week came from a granny in the check-
out line-up at Aldi. She actually looked happy and I asked her why. She said, “The world is full of dills. There are no experts on anything, I found that out when I stopped listening to expert Melbourne Cup tipsters. I got better results when I chucked a dart at the starter’s list on the wall.” I said, “That sounds like good advice.” She said, “Not always, I tried chucking a dart at Scomo’s picture and all I got was a big load of hot air.”
GINA NAYLOR’S VIENAMESE DINING EXPERIENCE Vietnam is a country that for me has always inspired my imagination. I imagine a crazy fast paced country with so much activity it would drive my senses wild. I’ve never been fortunate enough to travel there though I’ve many friends who have visited this exciting country and have described the wild landscapes and aromatic meals as a wonder for the mind and a joy for the taste buds. Whenever I’m in Redcliffe and looking for a taste of Vietnam, I head to the Vietnamese Bistro on Sutton st, Redcliffe. Nicky the owner and head chef is from Vietnam. The meals she makes are superb. Pho is a type of Vietnamese soup that usually consists of bone broth, rice noodles, spices, and thinly sliced meat- beef, chicken or pork. “pho” describes the noodles and
not the soup. Its topped with herbs and bean sprout. Now to the pancake, it’s called a Banh Xeo and is a a popular dish in Vietnam. Bánh means cake while Xèo means sizzle. The name refers to the sound the rice batter makes when poured on a hot pan. It’s a savoury fried pancake made of rice flour, water and turmeric stuffed with pork and prawn, tofu or chicken and it’s my usual favourite. At my most recent lunch there, I started with the Pork Spring Rolls, then the Quail, my senses where then taken to heaven with Roast Duck and Mushroom Rice ! Absolutely divine!
Brian Lee Watson talks Audio for your movie project Audio recording for your movie project is important, but many low budget film makers tend not to pay attention to the quality of the audio being recorded on set and this can spoil an otherwise great film. Do not to record the main audio into your camera. Cameras are not designed to record audio at a high quality. If your budget is too tight to purchase a portable recording unit, it can be hired at a reasonable cost. Tascam portable recording units only cost around $450.00 new and record uncompressed wav files format at reasonable good quality. Other brand entry level recorders are similarly priced .Do not record Audio in compressed MP3 format.
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Use quality microphones and leads, buy or borrow and ensure your sound person is experienced and knows how to set and use the equipment. Make sure the audio is recorded at the correct recording level, without clipping which can’t be fixed. On the boom mic make sure the microphone is always ahead of the persons head, sounds simple but you would be surprised the difference it makes. Ensure the microphone is out of the frame . Lapel mics are brilliant. They give great audio for monologues but be careful if the actor moves around a lot .
When doing voice overs remember to use the same or similar mics. On set make sure the clapper board is used so as to synch up the sound with the visual in post production.
If you have poor audio, it sometimes can be fixed with ADR (Automated dialogue replacement ).
Remember if you record rubbish, it can ruin your movie.. Great audio will add the edge to your film.
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The Cycle of Life by the Moving Magician Barry Richards
The Dunlop tyres that we have on our bicycle wheels have an interesting history. The person’s whose name adorns the tyre is John Boyd Dunlop, a Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon who was born in 1840.He became famous for inventing rubber devices, but the pneumatic tyres he invented came directly from the act of reinventing the tyres on his child’s tricycle. Now he began selling these tyres to local cyclists, some of whom rode in road races. These cyclists started winning races and before long, John Dunlop’s tyres were locally in demand. But involved with other inventions, he sold his invention to a company formed by Harvey du Cros, for a small sum and a small shareholding in the new company But by the time that the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company had become famous, John Dunlop had in 1895, withdrawn from the company. Shortly thereafter road transport featured and car tyres began to be manufactured from 1900. Despite having his image featured on Irish banknotes and in 2005 being posthumously inducted into The Automotive Hall of Fame and a Brazilian city naming an avenue after him , J. B. Dunlop died in 1921, aged 81 years, without the fortune, that he so richly deserved.
England’s Last Witch In a centuries old churchyard in Essex in the United Kingdom, a gravestone reads Ann Freeman died March 20 1879. Under this inscription reads `Here lies a weak and sinful worm, the vilest of her race, saved through God’s electing love, his free and sovereign grace` Evidence shows that she was England’s last witch to be tried and put to death in England.
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Rumour Mill All of Redcliffe’s parks, except two are gazetted. A gazetted park must always be either a parkland reserve or a recreational area. The 2 ungazetted parks, Barry Bolton Park and Bill Rogers Park, can be rezoned or repurposed at any time, if the MBRC chooses. This would allow redevelopment such as residential, commercial or industrial areas. This has already happened with part of Barry Bolton Park already given over to car parking for workers at the Council’s Duffield Rd depot. Who is the real estate identity who was caught in bed with his office administrator, when her husband came home unexpectedly? Evidently wife of the randy lad was not impressed! She is now about to pursue a divorce settlement of such eye-watering magnitude, that our Mr Amorous will be domiciled from penthouse to outhouse pronto!
Where did that saying come from?
We humans love using sayings. Whether you are a Russian, a Croat or an Australian, each culture has its own unique sayings, some of which go back hundreds of years. Here are a few together with their origins. How many times have you said `Doh` showing your contempt for another’s ignorance? It was Homer Simpson who claimed to be the first to use it, way back in the Simpsons TV episode in 1989.U S tennis brat John McEnroe’s now famous outbursts in the 1980’s against some poor line umpire, usually started with the shouted “You can’t be serious!”, has over the years become a well- used saying. “Houston, we have a problem!”, made famous by Tom Hanks in the movie about the ill-fated Apollo 13 space mission, is still used quite frequently. “It ain’t over till the fat lady sings!” is almost as popular now as it was in the 1930’s when it first came to prominence. It was first used in the US in the 1930’s and was used to describe the performances of generously proportioned singer Kate Smith, who always sang `God Bless America` at the conclusion of major public events. Another saying that had in its origins in the US in the 1930’s was `Public Enemy No 1`. Americans became obsessed with the notorious killer and bank robber John Dillinger and he first earned the title. `And pigs may fly` was first used by a proverb collector Thomas Fuller in 1732. He said ” That is as likely as to see a hog fly”. Source: Cassell’s Dictionary of Catchphrases by Nigel Rees.
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Bouquets and Brickbats In my response to my recent request for reader feedback, I was delighted to receive 23 responses from our readers. Amazingly all were positive! Here are some. Editor. • I have to say this edition produced multiple chuckles from Dr. Ian MacLeod Western Australia. •”Brilliant!” Chris Green Caboolture. • I am an amateur movie maker and Brian Lee Watson’s articles are really helpful. James Graham Kelvin Grove. •”A good read. I always like reading the Redcliffe Rave!” Aileen Kippa Ring •”Och Aye. It’s a hoot!” Eileen and Andrew Edinburgh Scotland. • Much enjoyed the latest edition as I have all the others” Barry Allan Woody Point. • I just wanted to say how much I enjoy reading the Rave. It’s both informative and humorous. Living in the UK, I never realised what an interesting place Redcliffe is and it makes me think that I should broaden my travel horizons by visiting you. Amanda Hodgkiss London. • Love reading the Rave. Keep it coming! Dimitri Nicholas Scarborough. • Now that your Home Affairs Reporter, Barry Tuton is back on deck, we look forward to reading future editions. The Twins Deception Bay. • Love the `Artsmatter` segment. It’s good to have a bit of culture amongst the humour! Betty G Margate.
Stevie Hart’s `It’s a Strange World` A gunman jumped on a granny out walking her dog in a San Diego park and snatched the bag she was holding. It contained her dog’s poo, she had just scooped up. In Nashville Tennessee, a husband became suspicious of his wife’s infidelity, when he heard snoring noises coming from a wardrobe in one of their bedrooms. He opened the ‘robe to find a man inside ,who attacked and killed him. The lover had been living in the wardrobe for over a month. In sentencing the killer, the judge said `From time to time, I come across a case with unique circumstances`. A baggage handler at Sydney airport has been suspended, after opening a passengers bag and trying on a camel costume. The owner of the costume complained that after looking through a window, he saw the handler wearing a camels head. A signed picture of Camilla Duchess of Cornwall only raised A$25 for a charity auction, whereas 13 tonnes of horses manure, that had been rotting for 15 years, raised A$125. The charity ‘s organiser said “Manure is very hard to come by at that age!”
• Love the humour, particularly Ossie Bob. Fantastic, he captures the real Aussie SPIRIT!. Jim Mc C Rothwell.
From Ten Bucks to Millions
Like so many of this era’s multi-millionaire rock stars, Paul Simon’s music career started less than impressively. In 1964, aged 22 years he was offered and accepted a gig that paid A$10 a night, whilst on tour in the U.K. He returned to America and began writing songs again with his long-time school friend, Art Garfunkel. Their first album released in October 1964 was a flop! However when the track `Sounds of Silence` was released as a single, it hit number 1 on the worlds pop music charts. The duo’s subsequent hits included Mrs Robinson, The Boxer, Homeward Bound America and Keep the Customer Satisfied. But their turbulent relationship saw a split in 1971. Over the following years they reformed for tours and concerts. He latterly commenced a solo career with some success.
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I didn’t know that... • The architect who built the Kremlin had his eyes gouged out by Ivan the Terrible so that he could never design another set of buildings like it. • The German poet Heinrich Heine, left his fortune to his wife as long as she remarried. His reason, ”so there will be at least one man to regret my death!” • If you went out into space without oxygen, you would explode before you suffocated, because there is no air pressure. • 38% of North America is wilderness. • The US President James Garfield could write simultaneously in Greek with the one hand and Latin with the other. • Watermelons, which are 92% water, originated in the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. • Babies born in May in the UK, are on average, 200 grams heavier than babies born in other months. • The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.
This is Covid Language “I tested possi for the Rona, so I’m now in iso. My mate went down to the SM for some TP and Sanny, but the whole lot had been magpied!”
ANSWERS to Know Your Redcliffe Quiz
1. Luna Park opened in 1944 and was located where Settlement Cove now is. It closed in the late 1960’s. 2. Brisbane Rd. 3. Thurechts. It was opened in 1935 by David Thurecht and was located on the corner of Anzac and Oxley Avenues. 4. It opened in 1947 and proved popular with over 70 citizens attending the opening. 5. In 1942 she was requisitioned for war service and acted as a mother ship for patrol boats in PNG waters. 6. These were barges used by the services and were built in Redcliffe at Thurechts Sawmill. 7. It was opened in 1938 and was located near where the Anzac Place Memorial is. It attracted world champion skaters who performed there. After nearly 50 years service it was demolished in1985. 8. It was a feature of Redcliffe’s 2nd Jetty built in 1922. Bee Gee Barry Gibb remembers it fondly. The Jetty was demolished in 1973. 9. It was named after an Aboriginal bora-ring located on Klingner St West. 10. The Gardens were named after Redcliffe Mayor Cecil Ernest Kroll, who passed in 2004.
Kroll Gardens
All that glitters… Melbourne Mint struck its first sovereign, made from Ballarat gold in 1872. Gold was discovered in Kalgoolie and West Australia struck it’s first sovereign in 1893.
With Australia now in recession, the value of gold has risen to an all- time high. Individuals, who can afford it have purchased ingots, others have bought the rare sovereigns. Sovereigns are special as they are made from 22 ct gold. These are the coins that Ned Kelly and Ben Hall gave up their lives for! In the early 1850’s, gold was discovered and Australia’s first official mint was established in Sydney 1854. The first sovereign was produced in June 1855, by
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using a one coin press, its power generated by a donkey. The
It was noticed that Australian sovereigns had a silvery gold colour, due to the amount of silver in the alloy. A refining process involving chlorine allowed the silver to be extracted economically. By 1869, about 10% all sovereigns struck under the seal of the British Mint were made in Australia.
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ARTSMATTER… ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR …Janice Charlish As we move into spring we have a lot to be thankful for….for me it’s good Health, loving family, great friendships and when strangers say Hello and smile as we pass by….. I am thankful everyday
RECOGNISE AN ARTS AND CULTURE HERO
Nominations for the 2021 Moreton Bay Region Australia Day Awards open 1st September. Shine a spotlight on our region’s unsung heroes, everyday people making extraordinary contributions to our vibrant arts and cultural scene. Like ‘ELLIE NIELSEN’… View her story and nominate your local hero today ____________________________________________________________
How an old Movie Theatre morphed into an Art Gallery by Richard Lancaster
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In the 1990’s Redcliffe had a Gold Coast and the advent of Various cultural groups such as Redcliffe Centrethe (07)Scarborough 3283 0407 movie the Peninsula Poets regularly met rapidly growing family ofEntertainment visual television, artists, but manyinfo@redcliffeentertainmentcentre.com.au had difficulty house lost its appeal and with there and local schools regularly exhibiting their work due to thePrimary dwindling owners Grace Lutheran Schoolaudiences, presents Thethe Wizard of OZfeatured plays and concerts in lack of gallery space. The Redcliffe were forced to close the doors. In the auditorium. The running of Art Society catered for many, but the 1960’s the old building briefly the Gallery became a full time their premises were limited to their reopened as a church. occupation for Rodd Sherwin and already large membership. The he was assisted by a great band Council controlled Redcliffe City Sherwin, on inspecting the tired of volunteers, which resulted in Art Gallery, at the time located in looking building’s exterior was the Gallery being awarded an the Redcliffe Entertainment Centre amazed that behind a wall he Australia Day Cultural Award. was limited on space availability. found a perfectly intact cinema foyer and huge auditorium. The During the life of the Gallery, a Rodd Sherwin, was an artist of tiered seating and the stage ghost made its presence known. some standing and frustrated, remained, which would be perfect Some artists swore they saw a started the hunt for premises in for exhibitions and other cultural shadowy figure flit through the which to offer exhibition space to activities. So in May 1994 he took foyer, others saw a figure seated local artists. He heard about an a lease on the building and along in the front row of the auditorium. old theatre in Scarborough, that with a few artist friends set about The story surrounding the ghostly had closed in 1961, after having bringing the theatre back to life figure tells of an old seaman who been given a second life as a again. In November of that year, lived in a `humpy` on the site on movie theatre for around 7 years. the newly named Scarborough which the theatre was built. But Fair Art Gallery opened its doors for the full story is lost in the mists of The Old Bay Theatre located on the first time and was soon flooded time. Scarborough’s Landsborough with local artists wanting to exhibit Avenue, was in the Redcliffe their art works on the new gallery’s At the turn of the Millenium the Peninsula’s heady days of the walls. There was great public challenge of maintaining the 1950’s, the yearly meeting place for support for the Gallery, as well. Gallery became too much for the hundreds of Brisbane campers Rodd Sherwin and his band of who regularly visited the Peninsula All throughout the 1990’s the volunteers, so after ten years and during the holidays. It featured all gallery hosted countless exhibitions with great sadness they closed the the then recent movies of the day, and activities and became the Gallery’s doors in December 2004 which played to packed houses. permanent exhibition home for the last time. But with the development of the for 80 local and regional artists. Page 6
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