The Western Echo April 2021

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April 2021 ISSN 1327-676X

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The Gap State High Students Achieve Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Awards

Eight young adults from The Gap State High School were awarded their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Awards on 23 March 2021. To be eligible to receive this international and prestigious award, the students had to display hard work, dedication and dedicate a huge amount of time. Congratulations for all your efforts (Back row L to R:) Madeline, Abigail, Zahri, Kirby and (Front row L to R:) Ella, Mia, Poppy, and Kate. Story Page 6

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MEDICAL CENTRE

R G Goodman Phone: 3289 1700 pg 14

Keperra Family Practice Phone: 3351 0323 pg 18

AUTO AIR CONDITIONING Wyatt Automotive Phone: 3300 2077

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MORTGAGE ADVISOR Mortgage Choice Ashgrove P h o n e : 3 4 6 3 0 5 0 0 p g 11

MUSIC TUITION

BATHROOMS Steve Froggatt Phone: 0402 730 177 pg 10

The Gap Piano Studio Phone: 3166 8353 pg 23

PHARMACY

BEAUTY

POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT Cr. Steven Toomey Phone: 3407 1900 pg 4

TYRE & MECHANICAL Wyatt Automotive Phone: 3300 2077 pg 9

PRINTER CARTRIDGES

VETERINARIAN

Cartridge World Ashgrove Phone: 3366 5111 pg 14

The Gap Veterinary Clinic Phone: 3300 1533 pg 15

PUBLIC NOTICES

WALKING FOOTBALL

Dept. Defence - Enoggera Phone: 3332 7456 pg 27

Walking Football Brisbane Phone: 0432 967 829 pg 25

REAL ESTATE

WEIGHT LOSS

Cooper Jackson Property Mgt Phone: 3851 0011 pg 1

The Gap Day & Night Pharmacy Phone: 3300 1555 pg 32

The Gap Day & Night Pharmacy Phone: 3300 1555 pg 32

Harcourts Inner West Phone: 3511 0666 pg 10

BRICKLAYING PAVING

PHYSIOTHERAPY

RETIREMENT VILLAGE

Inness Green Phone: 3300 1555 pg 24

CHILD CARE One Tree Defence Child Care Phone: 1800 270 640 pg 21

CHOIR/CHORAL Queensland Choir Phone: 0491 682 552 pg 12

CLUBS/GROUPS Taylor Range Country Club Phone:3366 1560 pg 8

COMMUNITY SERVICES Communify Phone: 3368 3723

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EMERGENCY MEDICAL Northside Emergency www.emergencyBNE.com.au pg 13 HEARING/HEARING AIDS Hear and Say P h o n e : 3 8 5 0 2 111 p g

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GARDENING Good Deal Mowing Phone: 0439 734 142 pg 24

GUTTER VACUUM Big Boys Gutter Vacuum Phone: 0407 737 400 pg 10

LAWYERS Hollingworth & Spencer Phone: 3123 5700 pg 14

MASSAGE Bernard Evens Remedial & Sports Phone: 3366 9997 pg 18

Physiologix Phone: 3511 1112

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Seasons Seniors Living Phone: 0472 878 783 pg 12

SHOPPING CENTRES

PLUMBER Pandanus Contractors Phone: 3300 3934 pg 24 Plumbers We Are Phone: 3351 0016 pg 24

The Gap Village Shopping Ctr Phone: 3300 3377 pg 16 & 17

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ANZAC Day - Back to Normal in 2021

ANZAC Day celebrations are back to normal, always subject of course, to sudden change due to unforeseen COVID circumstances.

Dawn Service : Memorial Gardens Glenaffric St, The Gap. Assemble 5.30 for 5.40 am start ANZAC Day March: Assemble The Gap State High School : lower gate Assemble 8.50 for 9.15 march off.

ANZAC Day Celebration Memorial Gardens The Gap following the March There is almost unanimous agreement that last year’s nationwide Light Up the Dawn program was an outstanding success. It was emotionally embraced by a large number of Australians - families, whole streets, suburbs, in fact the Nation - and observed with a remarkable solemnity and obvious reverence for the occasion. But there seems to be a desire to get back to normal. Several members of The Gap Sub-Branch have reported that family, friends, neighbours are casually mentioning they simply want to get back to the normal ceremonies ANZAC Day is ingrained in the psyche of our Nation. In 1915, once news reached Australia that the ANZAC troops had entered the war, excitement flowed through communities, and there were murmurings of the birth of the nation onto the global stage at last. The Great War played a definitive role in the formation of Australia’s identity, more so than Federation in 1901.

We hope as many locals as possible will participate in this year’s activities.

We Will Remember Them — Lest We Forget THE GAP SUB BRANCH

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Inside the April Issue...

Amnesty International.......................................................24 Arana VIEW Club...........................................................26 Ashgrove Forum..................................................................31 Ashgrove Historical Society...........................................9 Ashgrove/The Gap Lions Club...........................................8 Brisbane Tramway Museum..................................................31 Chess T’Minit.......................................................................26 Enoggera Historical Society............................................27 Ithaca Probus Club...........................................................30 Mitchelton Garden Club................................................28 Newmarket Bocce Club...........................................................30 Newmarket VIEW Club..................................................20 Norths "Eagles" Hockey Club.............................................25 Paten Park Native Nursery (PPNN).............................................28 Principal’s Points..............................................................22 - 23 Rotary Club of Ashgrove/The Gap..................................10/11 Ryan Update - Julian Simmonds..............................................7 SOWN (Save Our Waterways Now)...........................................29 State Update - Jonty Bush - Member for Cooper.....................5 The Gap/Ashgrove National Seniors......................................12 The Gap Creative...............................................................6 The Gap Garden Club..............................................................29 The Gap Historical Society...............................................14 The Gap Neighbourhood Watch.............................................25 The Gap Probus Club.............................................................13 The Gap RSL Sub Branch......................................................3 Trek2Health ANZAC Trek 24 & 25 April........................................24 Walton Bridge The Gap Guides.......................................30 Ward Happenings.........................................................................4 The Western Echo April 2021 Page 3

WARD HAPPENINGS WITH

Cr Steven Toomey

Councillor for The Gap Ward

Gresham Street Bridge Replacement, Ashgrove

The Gresham Street Bridge ‘bridge’ replacement is the delivery of $25M project with assistance of the Federal Government.

Built in 1931 the two lane timber bridge has been modified and strengthened over the years to accommodate the changes in our transport network and service requirements. The existing bridge is now one of last wooden vehicle bridges remaining in use in Brisbane.

As the lifecycle of the old bridge comes to an end the new concrete and steel bridge design has a number of design elements to access and flood immunity for the residents.

This week the project reached another milestone with the completion of the horizontal tunnel boring for the new water main to service St Johns Wood. The old water main was installed to the soffit of the bridge was exposed during events of high rain to possible damage. Like the new gas main works completed earlier this year, the new water main is located four metres under the creek bed encased in concrete protected from the elements and anything nature decides to challenge us with.

Green Happenings in The Gap Ward Amenity Upgrade at Paten Park Native Nursery, The Gap I am pleased that my commitment this year to the volunteers at Paten Park Nursery (PPNN) and Save Our Waterways Now ‘SOWN’ to upgrade the existing composting toilet to an amenity that is connected to the main sewer, has commenced.

This upgrade will benefit the volunteers and visitors that attend both nurseries.

Both nurseries are situated within Paten Park, The Gap. PPNN provides the free plants to residents via Council’s ‘Free Tree Program’, pop into one of my community corners or the ward office to validate your rates notice to receive your voucher. The SOWN nursery is supported by Council’s Creek Catchment Program, if you would like to volunteer at the nursery visit www. sown.com.au for more details.

Dog Off Leash Refurbishment – Sunset Park, Ashgrove Sunset Park at Monoplane Street has received funding this year to undertake refurbishment that will benefit all park users. As a result of feedback from the community, improvements at the park include solar lighting at the main shelter as well as adding voids to the entry points to improve access for our 4 legged friends. A pathway will be constructed from the front carpark to the main shelter. Groundwork includes turf rehabilitation, aeration, seeding, topsoil and fertilising.

Community Corners Saturday 1 May 2021

Bring along your current or recent rates notice to receive your voucher for two free trees from Paten Park Native Nursery, 57 Paten Road, The Gap. • 9–10am Ashgrove Avenue, Ashgrove – Outside Woolworths Shopping Centre • 10:30–11:30am Waterworks Rd The Gap – Footpath Craig Ray Solicitors, The Gap Village Shopping Centre • 12:30–1:30pm McGinn Road & Archdale Road – Ferny Grove Shopping Centre • 2–3pm Dallas Parade, Keperra

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State Update

Jonty Bush MP

Member for Cooper

Save Our Waterways Now Minister for the Environment, Meaghan Scanlon, and I marked World Wildlife Day alongside the incredible volunteers from Save Our Waterways Now (SOWN) and Paten Park Native Nursery in The Gap. We had some great conversations about how we can all work to protect our environment, as well as taking a sneak peek at some of the work the SOWN team has done with funding from the Palaszczuk Government.

These wonderful volunteers have been carrying out significant creek habitat riparian restoration works, bushland regeneration, creek health monitoring, removal of weed species and litter.

Thank you for hosting us and for your extraordinary ongoing work in this area. This is a truly inclusive group and provides employment for individuals with a disability through the nursery.

I strongly recommend looking up SOWN and Paten Park Native Nursery to find out more about their work and to find out how you can get involved.

Petition in support of Kangaroo Point Detainees Meet Peter, a compassionate young man from the Cooper electorate. Peter and I recently tabled a petition he had drafted, calling on the Federal Government to release men still being held in the makeshift detention centre at Kangaroo Point.

Some of these men have been held for eight years.

Peter and his family have spent months actively campaigning for their release.

Not only did Peter write the At Parliament House to petition and have it signed table Peter’s Petition by 323 of his peers, but he also worked with the advocates at the motel to write my speech - ensuring that the lived experience of the men was captured and tabled.

If there is an issue you would like me to raise in State Parliament, please get in touch with my office.

Minister for the Environment, Meaghan Scanlon, joins me in thanking our hard-working SOWN volunteers

Balaangala Community Group

The Gap’s Balaangala Community Group brings Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous people together to promote mutual sharing, respect, community building and friendship.

It was so lovely to spend some time with this remarkable group, learning more about their work over the past 13 years.

They organise an impressive number of events, programs and activities, including a restoration fund for cultural restoration and development. If you would like to know more about their work, please reach out via their social media or email balaangalathegap@gmail.com

Saturday afternoon with Balaangala Community Group

Midnight to Dawn ANZAC Service Trek This ANZAC Day, I will be participating in Trek2Health’s Midnight to Dawn ANZAC Service Trek. Just over 10 years ago, I trekked the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea. It was an incredible experience – not only a physical test of endurance but an unforgettable emotional journey as we immersed ourselves in the history of Australia’s contribution to the Battle of Kokoda.

This ANZAC Day, I am looking forward to trekking in support of our frontline workers and veterans in recognition of their extraordinary contribution to our community. The route is just over 20km, from the city, over beautiful Mt Coot-tha and finishing in The Gap for the Dawn Service. If you would like to take part, please visit: Trek2Health - Events If you would like to donate to support this great cause, you can do so via my page: https://support.trek2health.org.au/my-fundraising/94/jonty-bush

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Neighbourhood Watch The Gap 4061 This same time in 2020 we started our article with this statement: Our vision here at Neighbourhood Watch The Gap is to help create a strong, safe, interactive and inclusive 4061 community where Neighbours feel supported and valued.

In 2021 a year later, it is timely that “Neighbour Day” was celebrated on the 28th March with many of our 4061 Neighbours doing lovely things for each other.

Some of what we’ve experienced in just the last few days here in our amazing community of The Gap, are included below: “Whilst sitting waiting for a prescription at a local Pharmacy, a local restaurant owner stopped to offer us a loaf of bread that couldn’t be used at his restaurant for the day so that we might benefit from it, what a lovely gesture that was greatly appreciated and made our day”.

“Seeing Neighbours mowing other Neighbours front lawns” “Locals offering to support local small businesses

by recommending them” “Requests from the community for support, being answered without by question by locals” “Local publications such as this one, giving local community groups a voice to share their message”.

We are certain there are so many more stories about amazing things that happen every day here at The Gap and we’d love to hear about them, so please feel free to simply email or message our Facebook Page with your story.

Here are a few ideas about simple ways in which you can help to continue to grow this amazing culture and community that we treasure so much about our suburb of The Gap 4061.

Share with Neighbours information about:

Launch of the Gap Creative

The Gap Creative Inc officially launched on Sunday 28th with a celebration at Walkabout Creek. About thirty guests, including local MP Jonty Bush and Cr. Steven Toomey, were treated to an afternoon of networking, wine and antipasto whilst hearing about the exciting plans for the future of the organisation.

President, Ashley McHardy, outlined a series of online and in person workshops available to members with an initial focus on marketing and web

page design for creatives.

Ashley and Vice President, Colin Bushell, have been working closely with a new local non-government organisation, Trek2Health and announced an exciting collaboration between the two organisations where members will have access to gallery and meeting spaces at the Trek2Health headquarters.

Tr e k 2 H e a l t h s u p p o r t s Veterans and Emergency Services personnel via multilevel module based resilience treks in remote areas to build resilience through interaction

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Surprise your Neighbours:

Spark a conversation with your Neighbours and learn about their story:

Your Suburb, Your Home, Your Family, Your Community 4061 www.fb.com/neighbourhoodwatchthegap neighbourhoodwatchthegap@yahoo.com.au www.nhwq4061.com

GSHS Students Achieve Awards

Teacher, Kirrin Brown expressed how grateful she was to have been a part of the journey with eight students from The Gap State High School achieving their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award. This international award is earned by students who display exceptional traits in the community and helping others in thinking big, stepping up, paying it forward and being kind. To meet the criteria to be granted this award requires hard work and dedication and a huge amount of time from them and their families who supported them.

To receive this prestigious award, these students helped out at age care homes, made food for the homeless, learned new skills and pursued physical activity goals.

Whilst many students feel going to camp once a year is hard, these young adults ran and led separate camps and took on leadership responsibilities which involved dealing with any challenge that arose. They displayed persistence and resilience when faced with challenges such as providing first aid, helping peers carry packs when they were unable, flipping pancakes and serving pizza with a fork.

We congratulate our Dukes of Edinburgh recipients on receiving this recognition. between people and the Earth.

‘Partnering with Trek 2 Health, we have been given an entire house to fill with artworks from our members.

All artwork displayed in the building will cultivate feelings of peace and harmony with nature as our guide and theme. We are incredibly happy to announce this partnership and look forward to featuring our members artwork in this beautiful space.’

Another initiative will be

an art trail where members will open their studios to the broader community.

Membership has the added benefit of public liability insurance for events organised

by The Gap Creative and artist promotion through their website.

All art lovers can follow The Gap Creative Inc on Facebook. If you would like to become a member please visit the website for more details: thegapcreative.com. au - new ideas and skills are always welcome!

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ANZAC DAY Sunday, 25 Apr il 2021

For details on local COVIDSafe Anzac events being held this year please contact my office or your local RSL. ANZAC Biscuits Method

Ingredients •

1 cup each of plain flour, sugar, rolled oats and coconut • •

2. Combine dry ingredients.

1 tablespoon treacle (golden syrup)

3. Melt together butter and golden syrup. Combine water and bi-carbonate soda – add to butter mixture.

• 2 tablespoons boiling water (add a little more water if mixture is too dry) •

1. Grease tray and pre-heat oven to 180°C.

4 ounces butter (115g)

4. Mix butter mixture and dry ingredients.

1 teaspoon bi-carbonate soda (From an original recipe provided

by Mr Bob Lawson, an ANZAC present at the Gallipoli landing.)

5. Drop teaspoons of mixture onto tray.

6. Bake for 10 – 15 minutes or until golden. Allow to cool on tray for a few minutes before transferring to cooling racks.

JULIAN SIMMONDS

* Makes approximately 35 biscuits

mp

Federal Member for Ryan

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Ashgrove/The Gap Lions YOUR LOCAL BUSHLAND RETREAT Ta y l o r R a n g e i s a family recreational Club which offers leisure and recreation in the western suburbs for 12 months of the year.

As well as a gas-heated swimming pool for use Swimming pools for year-round enjoyment in the cooler months the Club also has numerous gas barbecue areas that you can relax at during these beautiful clear days.

Instead of spending a fortune on a gym membership that you rarely use why not join a Club that encourages a healthy lifestyle for the whole family whilst creating lifelong memories?

Two Day/Night tennis courts Facilities include 3 swimming pools, 2 day/night tennis courts, 4 glass-backed squash courts, function hall, kiosk, half-basketball court and barbecue areas.

Taylor Range also offers squash for all ages. “We have a junior academy run in conjunction with Squash Australia and this gives boys and girls the opportunity to join one of our junior teams”, said Club manager Michael Wilson.

Junior Squash Academy “We have squash players aged from 5 to 75 years of age at the Club, so whatever your standard there are opportunities here to play socially and or competitively,” added Michael.

This is the ideal time Ideal for birthday parties and barbecues to join a Club that offers you and your family healthy outdoor leisure opportunities, in a safe relaxed environment. Don’t miss out - contact the Club today!

Membership is strictly limited

by Club Constitution.

Contact Club Manager Michael Wilson for details today.

Telephone: 3366 1560

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Caitlyn Douglas, overall winner and public speaker winner of the Region Final with Narelle Gluer, Assistant YOTY Chair

Although April falls in the first half of the year but for Lions members it means we are nearing the end of the Lions year and we are now in the process of organising the new office bearers that will take over on July 1st. That is not to say that we are slowing down. There are always Bunning sausage sizzles to organise as well as offering our support to other organisations to run their various activities, such as the recent SOWN (Save Our Waterways) clean-up, which some of our members participated in.

However, the most challenging, but enjoyable, of all our recent events was organising the Region final for the Youth of the Year. As there are five steps between the individual club finals and the National final, Lions clubs throughout the country are asked to take on the responsibility of running one of these. Ashgrove/ The Gap Lions were privileged to be given the opportunity to run the Region final for this year. This was held at the Voices of Birralee Headquarters in Bardon. There were four students from different schools within our Zone: Caitlyn Douglas from St John Fisher College, Bracken Ridge; Aparaj Bogahawatta from Brisbane Boys College, Toowong; Ruby Patterson from Mt St Michaels College, Ashgrove; and Makaila Cowlrick from Craigslea State High, Chermside. All of these were representing not only their schools but also their local Lions club and all were remarkable young people. The three judges had a difficult task to decide who was going to proceed on to the next level of the competition but the overall winner was Caitlyn Douglas. She will now compete in the District final in Pittsworth. We congratulate all the participants for making the judges task so challenging and wish you all the very best in your future endeavours and, particularly, we would like to wish Caitlyn the very best of luck in the next level of the competition. Ashgrove/The Gap Lions Club would also like to thank all those involved in putting together this amazing event. Thank you!

We have many exciting activities still in the planning stage for the next few months. However the threat of covid 19 is still very much in our minds and so we have to come up with some innovative ways of raising the much needed funds, which enable us to assist those in our community less fortunate than ourselves. Watch this space! If you would like more information on any aspect of Ashgrove/The Gap Lions club please look at us on Facebook or ring: Liz Baldacchino: 0412 471 869. website: http://www.westernecho.com.au

Ashgrove Historical Society Stewart Place is a green and solemn oasis at the corner of busy Waterworks and Stewart Roads. It once marked the south-eastern corner of Alexander Stewart’s Glenlyon estate. When that land was subdivided for residential blocks in 1924 it became public land.

Moves by residents to have the Brisbane City Council develop it as a park were made as early as 1930 but were unsuccessful for want of funds. Nonetheless it appears to have been used informally for this purpose by the community over many years.

Following representation by the Ashgrove RSL, the council approved the erection of a memorial in Stewart Place to honour the fallen from the two world wars.

The memorial was dedicated on ANZAC Day 1957. In 1962 Stewart Place was gazetted as a ‘Reserve for Park (Soldiers’ Memorial)

Purposes’ under the control of the Brisbane City Council.

It remains as such to this day and has been the site for the Ashgrove ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day services for many years. In 2019, to cater for large attendances, a Dawn Service was held in Stewart Place and the larger morning service was conducted in Memorial Park near the kindergarten.

In addition to the memorial and its formal landscape, Stewart Place contains an Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis), a descendant of a tree growing in the grounds of the Australian War Memorial, which in turn was grown from a seed taken from Gallipoli during WWI. For many years Stewart Place was maintained

by Alan Kropp, as a labour of love, and on his death in 2003 gardens and a seat were named in his honour. In 2009 the Stewart Road tram terminus shelter shed was moved into Stewart Place

The Ashgrove war memorial and history panels

and repurposed as a memorial for the 61st Battalion, Queensland Cameron Highlanders between 1938 and 1946. The memorial, dedicated on 15 November 2009, consists of twelve interpretive panels that tell the story of the service, sacrifice and triumph of this unit, raised and commanded by Ashgrove resident, Colonel John McDonald Grant.

Colonel Grant, married Hilda, daughter of Charles Plant of Ferndale, Woodland Street, Ashgrove in 1922. He had been in military service at Gallipoli and in France with two of Hilda’s brothers.

Although he was trained as an engineer, becoming Chief Assistant Engineer for Brisbane Tramways, he retained his military associations after World War I. In 1937 with tensions growing in Europe, it was decided to raise a new infantry battalion in the Brisbane Ipswich area. Colonel Grant

was appointed to command and raise the 61st Battalion of the Queensland Cameron Highlanders. The 61st had its own kilted uniform and Pipes and Drums and was well trained and highly regarded.

After the declaration of the Second World War the battalion frequently held training camps at Redbank and Chermside lasting 70 to 90 days. During 1940, the 61st Battalion was calledup and the battalion joined the rest of the 7th Brigade (comprising the 9th/49th and 15th Battalions) at Chermside.

The 61st Battalion was later to play a significant role in the Battle of Milne Bay in 1942.

Col. Grant was also inaugural president of the Ashgrove RSL. During his presidency between 1932– 35, committee meetings were held at his home Glen Urquhart on Woodland Street.

For many years, the Ashgrove ANZAC Day parade started from Woodland Street. In more recent times the parade begins at Beth Eden Terrace.

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by Dr Padma Lal, RATG

When Rotary International (RI) announced a COVID Disaster Response Grant in 2019-20, the Rotary Ashgrove The Gap (RATG) saw an opportunity to provide a different type of ‘community service’ at a time when our fund raising opportunity was reduced, volunteer numbers had deceased and our own members were forced to curtail ‘hands on’ services to their community due to Covid restrictions.

With concerns about the negative effect of COVID on the ability of frontline community organisations cont i nui ng t o hel p t he increasing number of people who had lost their jobs, who were experiencing increased isolation and economic hardships when COVID hit our shores, I looked around, talked to several local community groups, and their umbrella bodies, affected by the effects of

COVID to identify groups in the Rotary District 9600 that could perhaps benefit from the new RI Grant on offer.

After carefully considering the needs, RATG decided to apply for funds to support Pine Rivers MOW and Mitchelton MOWs, even though these were outside of the our usual catchment suburbs of The Gap and Ashgrove. With the strong commitment to the Rotary Philosophy of ‘service above self’, RATG justified its application because of the very acute need of these two MOWs not just today due to COVID but also where the benefits of the grants could be felt over time as needs changed. With the help of Rotary’s District Foundation Chair, RATG secured almost US25, 000 grant from the RI for the two MOWs. Ours was the only successful grant application from D 9600.

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The Power of Rotary: How a small idea and commitment to ‘service above self’ makes a difference to the most vulnerable in Rotary’s District 9600 (Continued from Page 10)

From the grant the Pine Rivers Meals on Wheels, which was originally established by a Rotarian way back in 1976, were able to purchase a freezer vehicle.

This freezer vehicle, Evan Hill, the CEO of Queensland Meals on Wheel, said ‘will assist the Pine Rivers MOWs to feed more people more effectively’ across 5 service areas, Bribie Island, Burpengury, Caboolture, Pine Rivers, Samford and wider Moreton Bay MOW. MOWs provide more than meals. Volunteer’s daily runs also helps monitor the health and well-being of the clients who may not see anyone else during the day.

The RI COVID Disaster Grant also helped the cash-

strapped Mitchelton MOW to outright buy the extra freezer they were forced to rent when the demand for food increased considerably and the number of volunteers decreased. The change in the situation forced them into delivering frozen meals instead of their regular hot, chilled meals.

As they say, ‘from small things big things grow’.

How true this is, as is the 2019-20 RI theme that Rotary Connects The World and the power of Rotary’s Philosophy of Service Above Self. One only has to look at how a small idea a Rotarian had way back in 1976 helped to establish a MOW service in the Pine River Shire. Decades later another small idea to find innovative way to assist those vulnerable in our community

Meals on Wheels and Ashgrove/The Gap Rotary volunteers

during COVID led the Rotary Club of Ashgrove /The Gap to secure international COVID Disaster Grant to assist the Pine Rivers Meals on Wheels and the Mitchelton MOW - even when they were geographically located outside their own catchment area of Ashgrove and The Gap. It only takes a small

idea, and when nurtured and supported, Rotarians can make a big difference.

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The Gap / Ashgrove National Seniors

What a month this has been. The Gap/Ashgrove NSA remembered that Hot Inspirations entertained us at the Lord Mayors Christmas party so we decided to have them entertain us at our March meeting. They were fantastic. They performed classic violin; sang and danced. There costumes were spectacular!

We decided to finish the week off with a bus trip to Stradbroke Island - the best bus trip I have ever been on.

Travelling to Straddie on the Big Red Cat, we could buy Tea coffee & snacks from the restaurant while we watched sea creatures swim by. When we reached Straddie – at Dunwich - we spent the day exploring the island. One of our members went paddling at Brown lake. It was a great day out, thanks to Bev who organises our bus trips.

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Probus Club of The Gap

Some people are very wary of attending a club meeting if it’s the Annual General Meeting. An AGM can be boring, and people fear being pressured into accepting a role on the committee just because there is a vacancy. Well, the Probus Club of The Gap has just held its AGM, it wasn’t boring, and the committee is full – so it’s now safe to come along to a meeting to see how much fun we have! Interestingly, the AGM saw the highest attendance we have had for months: probably the gradual easing of restrictions helped.

We have a full program for the year, with many events and speakers already in place. For full details, and further information about the club, you can consult the Internet on https://www.probussouthpacific.org/microsites/thegapc/ Of course a new committee implies a changeover celebration, and we duly indulged ourselves at the Ashgrove LIVE A HEALTHY LIFE EVERY DAY Golf Club with a long lunch and some entertainment in the EAT TO NOURISH YOUR BODY Ellis Room. Jan Booth recited a lovely Lockdown “pome”

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Call Belinda 0403 085 640 The club program for the year includes more outings, dine-outs, guest speakers and small social events. If you are 803 Waterworks Rd The Gap interested in joining Probus, or just giving it a try, we would welcome your enquiry. Just call our Membership Officer Rhoda on 0409 484 219. Places are available – no waiting list – and we’d love to put you on the mailing list and include you in the clubbishness!

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The theme is: Our Heritage for the Future. The Gap Historical Society will play its part in this year’s festival.

Under the heading of: Creating The Gap Heritage – A Trip in Time, the society will present a photo display depicting the development of The Gap from a small farms community to the residential suburb it is today, coupled with a trip around historic sites in a vintage ex-BCC bus and a ‘heritage style’ afternoon tea.

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We thank Café Tara at The Gap shopping centre for providing the space for the photo display and the afternoon tea, and the Queensland Omnibus and Coach Society for making available one of their vintage buses such as the one pictured.

A small group of members is now busy selecting photos for inclusion in the display and working out bus stops.

The date of this event is SATURDAY 15th MAY, from 11.00 am to 2.00 pm. More details will be published in the May edition of The Western Echo.

Meanwhile, Vice President George Stoddart is still gathering more information for inclusion in our Timeline project. The total number of separate events listed is close to 500, but more information is needed from Sports Clubs, Service Clubs etc.

The next phase of this project is checking for historical accuracy before we install the timeline on our website – www. thegaphistory.com.au.

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Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Ketoacidosis is one of the most extreme complications of diabetes mellitus that can be experienced. Unfortunately, most cases of ketoacidosis are in patients that were not previously known to be diabetic, so the owner (and pet) must deal with two serious diagnoses: one acutely life-threatening and the other requiring on-going commitment and daily treatment with injections of insulin, special diet and regular blood testing.

Ketoacidosis represents a medical emergency and an extreme metabolic derangement. Stress of some sort, usually some kind of inflammatory condition such as infection or pancreatitis, creates a severe loss of glucose regulation in a patient that is already diabetic (there are lots of animals and people that go undiagnosed ). The patient with diabetic ketoacidosis goes into an extreme fat-burning state that produces a biochemical called a ketone body. Ketone bodies can be used as an energy source for the brain when glucose is not available. (Remember that without insulin working, all the glucose in the bloodstream is unavailable to the body, and the tissues are starving for glucose.) The problem is that ketone bodies do not “burn clean” so that when they are in use pH and electrolyte imbalances ensue. These imbalances created dehydration, which in turn creates more pH and electrolyte imbalances. A metabolic disaster results often leading to liver failure and/or kidney failure and sometimes brain damage.

Most patients in diabetic ketoacidosis are lethargic, depressed, and will not eat.

They are dehydrated and frequently nauseated. Blood glucoses are extremely high and ketones can be detected in the urine and smelled on the breath. The goal is to gradually correct all the imbalances, get the patient out of the extreme fat-burning state, and establish some sort of initial regulation of the diabetes. Prognosis is generally fair as long as the complicating disease (the disease that is happening on top of the diabetes mellitus) can be resolved.

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If you don’t currently use hearing technology but fall into the group of one in six Australians now living with hearing loss, your brain is at risk of auditory deprivation.

This somewhat daunting term refers to the brain losing its ability to process incoming sound – based on the concept that audiologist, Georgia Cambridge summed up as “use it or lose it”.

“The longer your brain goes without auditory input and stimulation, the more you may begin to permanently lose your ability to process and understand different sounds,” said Georgia, who manages the Adult Hearing program at Ashgrove-based Hear and Say. “This is because we hear with our brains; the ears are just the pathway in. If your ears can’t hear certain sounds or frequencies because of a hearing loss, then your brain can’t receive the necessary signals. Over time, it’s eventually unable to process things like a sound’s proximity, direction or meaning, or at the very least finds it more challenging.”

For grandmother Glenys Rendell, retaining her hearing has meant being able to stay connected with her loved ones – although it wasn’t the most straightforward of journeys.

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for several years already, but I was never particularly happy with them especially when having a general conversation or in noisy situations,” said Glenys.

“When my cheeky pup chewed them up, I contacted Hear and Say knowing I could be certain of the highest standard there.”

Now over six months into wearing her new technology fitted at Hear and Say, Glenys said she couldn’t imagine life without them.

“My new hearing aids are much better because they were fitted to suit my individual needs and type of hearing loss,” said Glenys.

“It’s a pleasure to interact with other people again, and to go out to dinner and not struggle to stay ‘in the loop’ anymore.”

Headquartered in Ashgrove and traditionally known for its work with babies born deaf – including Glenys’ own grandson, Edward – Hear and Say has expanded its hearing services to adults. Its unique not-forprofit program sees profits from the program go back to support Hear and Say’s charity work with children.

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NEWMARKET BOCCE CLUB INC Welcome to my world of Bocce Submitted by Mario De Marco, Secretary

Keeping some sporting clubs active and growing these days can be a difficult task, so you do need to put some effort into it and have a committed group of people to run the club, as this club has. I thought I would give my take on an inspirational few words. To all you sporting clubs out there, keep up the good work in the community and never lose faith of what you can achieve.

Now this brings me to bocce clubs situated in South East Queensland. Yes there were a few around once upon a time, but there are still bocce clubs here if you wish to have a go.

The Italo Australian Centre at the Gold Coast is such a club that have bocce courts but have not participated for some years now. Had a call from their President to have a social bocce competition.

The rest is History; in fact it may have made the bocce history books. We had a club competition on 7 March at Newmarket. Both teams wore their club colours. We had 4 games including a scrumptious lunch and a presentation of a club trophy.

Newmarket won 8.5 games to their .5 game (one game tie).

Credit to all for their sportsmanship and we had a great time.

Hopefully this is a sign of great games to come.

And remember, if you want a go at bocce, pick up the phone and call me on 0403257325 or Bill on 0431458481.

Yours in Bocce, Mario

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School's cuddly donation delights Kelvin Grove Seniors

Kind-hearted primary school students are helping to bring more smiles to the faces of Brisbane aged care residents.

Junior school students from Kelvin Grove State College wanted to support older members of their community, so they decided to raise money for the nearby Carinity Hilltop aged care community.

Abbie Duncan was a member of Kelvin Grove State College Junior School’s student representative council (SRC) which was behind the charitable donation.

“Our SRC teachers asked for us to come up with some ideas for what we could fundraise for, for our free dress day that was coming up, and we wanted to support something in the local

community,” Abbie says.

“I knew the residents in aged care had been in lockdown and had been doing it tough during COVID, so we thought it would be a good idea to help them by fundraising.”

The school students raised almost $700, enabling Carinity Hilltop to purchase three new companion pets for their residents.

“Companion pets are life-like electronic devices which move and sound like real animals and respond to petting and hugging,” Carinity Hilltop Diversional Therapist Lois Healy says.

“They provide great comfort and joy for older seniors.”

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Carinity Hilltop aged care resident Betty Wright and Kelvin Grove State College student Abbie Duncan with the companion pets

days for students each term, with money raised supporting local community groups, charities and environmental projects.

“I think it’s important to be involved and be a part of the community because we’re all neighbours,” Abbie says.

The school is currently hosting a contest for students to name one of the companion pets, a dog.

“Our residents and staff thank the school students for their very generous donation.

We look forward to more collaborations in the future,” Carinity Hilltop Residential Manager Ramandeep Gill says.

When she leaves school, Abbie hopes to become a medical engineer designing medical equipment, some of which may be used in aged care settings in the future.

Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley becomes VIEW’s very first Patron Governor-General, Mrs Hurley is the perfect fit to represent the organisation. She joins 15,000 members who give tirelessly in their local communities to support young Australians in need.

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Their Excellencies, Governor-General and Mrs Hurley

VIEW Clubs of Australia (VIEW) is delighted to announce Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley as the organisation’s first ever Patron.

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Newmarket VIEW Club members used raffles and donations to raise funds to continue to support our six students who are following The Smith Family’s Learning for Life Program, by sponsoring their school activities. School children were among the hardest hit during school shutdowns, as many didn’t have the right tools they needed to learn from home.

The Newmarket VIEW Club is part of a network of over 300 clubs and 15,000 women throughout Australia. Despite the challenges of last year, VIEW members were extremely creative when it came to staying connected – while socially distancing.– all to raise money for children experiencing disadvantages If you wish to know more about the Newmarket VIEW Club, email us on newmarketview@gmail.com or ring our president, Heather, on 0437 343 163 or vice-president, Jean, on 0438 177 176. website: http://www.westernecho.com.au

The Physiologix Corner Got heel pain? Plantar Fasciitis, Foot Tendinopathy or something else?

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Heel pain is something we commonly treat at Physiologix.

Plantar Fasciitis and foot tendinopathy are frequent causes of the pain, but there are many other reasons for heel pain.

Plantar fasciitis is irritation of a strip of thickened tissue that runs from the forefoot to the underneath of the heel. It comes very tight when you raise onto your toes, for example, when you push off to walk. An increase in sudden load, such as walking or running further, faster, or whilst carrying more weight can cause a flare up. Over stretching might also be an issue, for example if you are crouched down doing something for a while. Pain is typically felt in the middle of the undersurface of the heel and can be very painful when weight is placed through the heel, or when raising up onto the toes.

Just to the inside of the under-surface of the heel, more under the arch of the foot, there are several tendons that may become painful: the FHL, flexor digitorum and tibialis posterior – foot tendinopathy can be found in any of these tendons with a similar cause as with the plantar fasciitis, but where there is usually a bit more pressure through the inside of the foot; this might be found with someone that flattens their arch or roles their foot in when they weight bear over the foot.

Also in the arch are some small nerves that can become irritated, the pain often being more of a burning type pain.

Achilles Tendinopathy is pain over the back of the heel. There is a fat pad and a bursa that may also become irritated in this area as well.

And then there are other causes of heel pain; circulation and nerve damage can be involved with things like diabetes. Other systemic inflammatory conditions can occur. And rarely a fracture can exist under the heel bone.

The heel is a small and complex area to treat. Our physios will teach you what to do….and what not to do. They will suggest basic off the shelf orthotics and discuss shoe wear where indicated. They will help you strengthen your feet, teaching you to work the small deep muscles of the foot, the foot intrinsics, as well as the bigger muscles around the foot and ankle. How you move, your biomechanics will be assessed and addressed where needed. And exercises for up the kinetic chain, for example, around the hip and pelvis may also be required.

Suffering with heel pain or know someone who is? Please give us a call at Physiologix, upstairs at the Gap Health and Racquet Club, any time on (07) 3511 1112 to discuss.

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.....Principal's Points.......Principal's Points......

Payne Road State School T h e T h r e e To w e r s Showcase at the 2021 Brisbane Curio-City Festival – a standard of creative excellence at Payne Road SS! We are immensely proud of our diverse team who contributed to the creative design and evolution of the Three Towers interactive STEAM project, now on display outside the Queensland Museum at Southbank.

40 curious and highly engaged students from Years 3 to 6 provided initial c onceptual des ign s for the creation of the Tower of Light, the Tower of Motion and the Tower of Sound. They subsequently followed an authentic design process where ideations led to testing, which led to ongoing problem-solving and to the final automated towers. Students accessed specialised support with a Maker, STEAM Teacher, enlisted Engineers and Artists along this process. Excellence shone through this creative and collaborative engagement with Art, Technology, Science and Maths!

Students created visual designs of animals, birds, fire and wind which were transferred into mosaic design cut outs depicting bright colours as inner spotlights

shone through this pyramid tower. From with the pinnacle hung strings of LED lights which were coded through the use of exciting Microbits technology – a great way to explore and learn to code!

Along the inner perimeter shone ambient lighting. These lights were all activated by a hand sensor.

The Tower of Movement was designed by students to depict the night sky.

Their Batik creations were mounted on a large inner cone and mounted on a timed turntable. This was once again purposefully coded with precision for regular, timed rotations.

Bird sounds, xylophone flowing rhythms, wind chimes and student creative nature sounds were recorded, collated and installed within the Tower of Sounds. A push button activation unleashed a sequence of recordings, whilst 4 blowers installed within this pyramid created wind to move the artistic leaves and chimes installed on a painted tree branch found around the school.

Each tower base was decorated with student paintings depicting our local environment as our school basks in the reflection of the Towers atop Mt Coot-tha.

Soon our Three Towers will be returned to school and implanted in our creative garden, aptly name Yugari

Term 2 2021

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Muk (Turrubil for spirit of creative energy) by local elder Maroochy Songwoman.

The spirit of creativity is alive and well at Payne Road SS! Nicky Brazzale – Principal

St Peter Chanel School A good deal has happened at St Peter Chanel School in recent weeks.

As a community we continue to answer the call to care for our earth. In March we joined communities around Australia in the annual Clean Up Australia Day campaign.

We are blessed with beautiful grounds and we take our call to stewardship very seriously.

Our students participated in a ‘micro clean up’ of various parts of our school grounds, collecting in total 1kg of rubbish, with the goal of reducing this amount before the next campaign.

We have commemorated St Patrick’s Day as well as the Feast of Saint Joseph.

Joining the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence has also been a focus for us. This was a great opportunity for us to open the conversation with our children and talk about what bullying is and is not. We empower our students with practical strategies which can help prevent bullying or respond to it if they see it happening. It is important that we act together, so we further provided our parents and carers with access to valuable resources to help families start a discussion at home too.

Parent Teacher Interviews are well under way and it is great to see so many mums, dads and carers around the school as they take up the invitation to meet with teachers and discuss their child’s start to the school year and goals for moving

into Term 2.

One of our school-wide areas of focus for 2021 is to strive to build assessment capable learners. We are committed to providing multiple opportunities for our students to be confident, resilient and life-long learners who can show their knowledge, understanding and proficiencies across a variety of assessment opportunities, no matter what their age. Our current focus is with our Year 3 and 5 students and we are concentrating on test taking in the digital environment. Aside from aiming to support each learner to experience positivity and success, current testing will: gather evidence of where students are in their learning journey; support the next steps in teaching and learning; map teaching and learning to the Australian Curriculum; and track individual students’ progress over time A great number of our students from Prep to Year 6 have taken up the invitation for before school cross country training. Aside from building their fitness, this training is another opportunity for our children to prepare for our school Cross Country Carnival to be held at the end of the term.

As we prepare for Easter, during the season of Lent we are being inspired by a quote from Saint Oscar Romero, “Aspire not to have more, but to be more”. These encouraging words assist us in our efforts to support those in need. To this end we are conducting an Easter raffle for the students. Staff members have generously donated the goodies for this raffle and it is hoped that through the students purchasing tickets the school will be able to raise much needed funds for Project Compassion.

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St Peter Chanel School (Contd.)

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It was wonderful to see potential new families to St Peter Chanel School join our first Open Morning and discovery tour led by our Year 6 students.

Enrolment applications for Prep 2022 are now being accepted. Children born between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017 are eligible to enrol. Interested families are invited to contact our school office should they have any enquiries or are seeking more information about what our school has to offer. Interviews for 2022 have commenced and will continue through until May, then later in the year depending on available places.

Margo Carwardine – Principal

The Gap State High School As we are nearing the end of term 1, we reflect on what has been a very busy first term in 2021.

Over 300 students attended the two night Year 7 Adventure Alternative camp at Kenilworth. The camp is a great opportunity for our new Year 7 students to make new friends and build a rapport with teachers. Students experienced camping out in tents, cooking their own meals and were faced with many activities that took them out of their comfort zones. Activities included a milk crate climb, raft building, sustainability and orienteering. In completing these challenges, the students displayed the school’s values of Thinking Big, Stepping Up, Paying it Forward and Being Kind.

In February our Year 12

Geography students went to Stradbroke Island for a field trip. They attended a lecture at the UQ research station on the impacts of sand mining and conducted field work sampling quadrat data on disturbed and undisturbed sites on the island in order to examine anthropological impacts on land cover.

We have had our first enrolment interviews for future Year 7 students. An informative afternoon was attended by 45 very eager students who are excited to attend The Gap SHS next year. Our senior leaders conducted tours with our new families around our wonderful school. The next interview afternoon will be in term 2. To be a year 7 Student at The Gap State High School next year and to take part in these interviews please contact enrolments@ thegapshs.eq.edu.au for your enrolment pack which needs to be returned before our Term 2 interviews.

For 2021 we will focus on Stepping Up and encourage our students and staff to never give up. We are reminded of our Year 12 students from 2020 who despite the obstacles and challenges they were faced with the COVID year they achieved some outstanding results.

We wish all our families and The Gap community a very happy Easter.

Anne McLauchlan – Principal

The Gap State School It is my pleasure to acknowledge our school leaders for 2021.

Congratulations to all our school leaders who are a fine group of young people that are committed to making a difference in the school community and serving their

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Our School Captains for 2021 are Aden and Erin and Vice Captains are Hana and Samuel.

Sports Captains and Vice Captains: Fortitude – Chelsea and Rohan, Amarlei and Lachlan; Investigator – Amelia and Harry; Resolution – Charlotte and Elliott, Adalita and Oliver; Endeavour – Jack and Lily, Isabel and Reiss.

Music captains: Strings – Laura, Scarlett and Sophie; Band – Cooper, Ruby and Zoe; Senior Choir – Alba and Matilda; Girls’ Choir – Charlize and Georgina Library Leaders: Elouise, Heidi and Rachel Learning Technology Leader: Ben Sustainability Club Representatives: Faye, Nyla, Aiden, Fabian, Greta, Madeleine, Shani, Archie, Bethan, Grace, Lola, Mia and Ivy. Student Councillors: William,

Elsa, Charlie, Annie, Jade, Madeline, Lachlan, Julian, Sienna, Isaac, Chloe, Emma, Sam, Ruby and Brodie.

Senior Leaders: Nathan, Harmon, Hector, Alexander, Alexander, Molly, Ridhima, Ciara, Tatiana, Mitchell, Sam, Maya, Gabe, Emily, Sasha, Halina, Zuri, Katie, Jessica, Juke, Patrick, Charlotte, Elise, William, Jasmin and Marcus Student Sporting Success - Congratulations to the following students who have recently been selected for North West District sporting teams: Emma and Rafael (Hockey); Isabella (Football); and Isaac (Rugby League).

We wish you all the best at the Met North team trials.

I wish our community a safe and restful school holiday break and look forward to welcoming everyone back in Term 2.

Best Wishes, Joanne Nicholls - Principal

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In honour of the ANZAC spirit of endurance, mateship, courage and sacrifice, Trek2Health is hosting a special fundraising walk – Midnight to Dawn ANZAC Service Trek on Sat 24th – Sun 25th April, 2021. Our fundraisers will be starting from midnight at ANZAC Square and walking 20 km to the Mt Coot-tha Lookout then down to The Gap RSL for the official dawn service.

Trek2Health, a non-profit organisation based at The Gap, provides professional services to support the mental and physical health and well-being of the Emergency Services and Veteran communities in a stigma-free and supportive environment.

Please visit our website to show your support for this important cause by joining us for this special event (places are limited) or sponsoring a walker. www.trek2health.org.au/dawn

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Local Groups Meet In Ashgrove And The Gap Amnesty groups meet regularly in Ashgrove and The Gap to write emails and letters to heads of government, judges and ambassadors around the world, urging them to act to cease the oppression of people who are imprisoned and harassed for no reason other than their political beliefs, religion, sexuality and so on.

In addition to letter-writing, these groups also organize special events. The last one was a screening of the full length version of “Brazen Hussies” at the Ashgrove Library meeting room. This documentary, which was also shown in an abridged form on television, was an excellent historical look at the development of feminism in Australia from the 1950s to the present. In April, there will be a guest speaker talking at the library about the long-running oppression in West Papua.

Check out Amnesty’s Facebook page to see details of this and other upcoming special events, or phone Di on 33001861 at The Gap or Sally on 0476006990 in Ashgrove, or email amnestyashgrove@gmail.com.

The letter-writing groups meet in The Gap on the 2nd Monday of each month at 9am and in Ashgrove on Thursday evenings. These are friendly occasions where you can get ideas and support from other people to write emails and letters, and enjoy refreshments as well. website: http://www.westernecho.com.au

Top Eagles honoured as club celebrates milestone

Members of the Northern Suburbs Women’s Hockey Club ‘Team of the Half Century’: Front Row (left to right) – Helen Lagerroth, Raina Quine, Storm Quine, Debbie Elliott, Susan Sullivan, Melina Simpson.

Back Row (left to right): Jordania Moffatti, Emily Burrows, Aleisha Neumann and Colleen Rendell.

As part of the celebrations for the 50th season of Northern Suburbs Women’s Hockey Club, a ‘Norths Team of the Half Century’ has been announced.

Fourteen women were named in the team which honours the best, most important and most influential Norths players to have competed in the Brisbane Women’s Hockey Association Division 1 competition.

A selection panel of more than 30 Norths stalwarts, who collectively played or coached more than 2,500 first-grade games for the Ashgrove-based club, voted for the team.

A total of 55 women received votes for the Team of the Half Century, which was announced at a function held at the Norths clubhouse at Dorrington Park on March 6.

Eleven of the 14 women named in the team played junior hockey for Norths, including players who lived at Ashgrove, The Gap, St John’s Wood, Bardon and Enoggera.

Amongst those named in the team are exAustralian Hockeyroos player and two-time Olympic gold medal winner Renita Garard, Norths Division 1 games record holder Jordania Moffatti, and Australian national hockey league players Aleisha Neumann and Emily Burrows.

Three members of the one family – Deniece Quine and her daughters Storm and Raina – were also voted into the team, whose players have represented the Eagles between 1972 and 2021.

Norths Team of the Half Century: Emily Burrows; Debbie Elliott; Renita Garard; Patricia Hughes; Helen Lagerroth; Tina Malyon; Jordania Moffatti; Aleisha Neumann; Deniece Quine; Raina Quine; Storm Quine; Colleen Rendell; Melina Simpson and Susan Sullivan website: http://www.westernecho.com.au

Trish Hughes, formerly of Enoggera, was named in the Norths women’s hockey ‘Team of the Half Century’. Photo by Andrew Blanchard.

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CHESS T'MINIT With Covid-19 restrictions now being relaxed, physical tournament and social play at The Gap Chess Club has recommenced with Covidsafe play rules in place. Game night starts 7.30 pm on Friday nights at Room B6, The Gap State High School. The club has a web page, https://www. thegapchessclub.org.au/ with updates on club play, local chess news and puzzles.

The Flood Cup, which is the premier tournament held each year, is underway and being played over 7 rounds in March-May. After 2 rounds there are 3 players with the maximum points, Harvey Zhu, Andrew Robinson and Matthew Chippendale. At the conclusion of the Flood Cup the Stuart Wilson hour tournament will commence.

Anybody interested in playing should contact the Club through its webpage.

This month’s problem has the world champion Magnus Carlsen with the black pieces, playing a blitz game against Luis Supi (online as the game was played in 2020). What was the move many considered the move of the year that Luis played to induce immediate resignation from Magnus?

Solution to last month’s puzzle 1. … O-O! and white’s rook and knight cannot both be saved, as 2. Rh6 Bxg5 3.

Rxg6 Kh7 4. Rxg5 allows Rf1 checkmate.

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Arana VIEW Club May Meeting

Arana VIEW Club Committee Members (back row) Chris, Jan, Carol, Rosy, Bonnie, Hilary and (front row) Sandra, Judy, Kath, Loris

Our May Meeting is on Wednesday 5th May at the Arana Leagues Club, Dawson Parade, Keperra, 10.30for 11.00am start.

We will have our usual lucky door and raffles prizes to support our Learning for Life Students.

The guest speaker this month is Melissa Fagin, a descendant of the McWhirter’s who had their well-known department store in Fortitude Valley. I am sure many of our members have shopped there in its heyday. Melissa will chat about the family and the history of the store. As the staff wore black and white as their uniform, we thought we could do the same for our meeting. So, we will see you all in black and white on the day.

Please contact Carol on 3355 5349 if you intend attending the meeting by 12 noon on Monday 3rd May. New members are always welcome and we enjoy a variety of other social activities each month as well as our monthly meeting.

Catholic Bushwalkers Join the Catholic Bushwalkers in all varieties of walks – city, local bush, mountains, rainforest, and creeks. Some areas are seasonal depending on the weather and time of year.

The Club also programmes “beginner’s walks” to let visitors find out if they like walking distances – a bit more than the morning fitness walk around the block. For the beginners, we try to stay near the city. For more information ring Greg on Ph: 3351 4092.

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Enoggera & Districts Historical Society Inc. Contributions to the Society most welcome!

The Enoggera & Districts Historical Society Inc. has just completed its 2021 AGM – and is now doing a stocktake of its archives.

If anyone out there has any photos, publications or memorabilia – that reflects our wonderful region’s community from years’ past – we would love to hear from you. Items donated will be maintained in our collection and used for display and public viewing purposes.

Both hard copy and digital contributions are welcome.

Physical items can be dropped off any Thursday morning at the Enoggera Memorial Hall, 36 Trundle Street. And e-copies of material can be emailed to enoggerahistory@gmail.com We are particularly keen on memorabilia that signifies a special event. The opening of a new shopping precinct or public amenity, a sporting grand final, starting school, ‘the final day’ for a local facility, Easter and Christmas time, and similar. From 10 years ago to 100 years ago – all contributions are welcome.

Attached are some photos from our collection: Williamson’s Grocery Store Gaythorne from the 1950s, the opening of the Mitchelton Infants’ School in 1916, the last Telegraph newspaper from 1988, and kids enjoying the Cobalt Street Keperra Christmas lights in 2016.

And remember, you can keep up-to-date with information about the Society online by visiting our Facebook page or website at www.enoggerahistory.org Our local history display is also open to the public every Thursday morning from 9.30am to 1pm.

Take care, everyone.

Andrew McMicking - President

Grovely School (now Mitchelton Infants) on Opening Day - 19 October 1916

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Above - 1951 - Employees of Williamson Bros (grocers) of Gaythorne. From left: Ian Williamson; Vince Dehayr; Dawn Hoyes; Mich Connolly and Archie Drake.

Readers please note the linen aprons, wide trouser legs, delivery cash bag and storeman's apron.

Enoggera & Districts Historical Society Inc, holds an oral history of the shop

by Ian Williamson Right - A beautiful display of Christmas Lights for the utter delight of local children, families,community & other visitors from further afield to enjoy - December 2016

TRAINING AREA/RANGE WARNING NOTICE

Residents and visitors to areas surrounding the Enoggera Training Area are warned that it is a Defence live firing range and to expect periods of heightened noise volume.

The Training Area is generally described as the area to the northwest of Gallipoli Barracks bounded by Gimba St, Mitchelton, Yarrabee Rd, Keperra, Ashgrove Golf Course and Scenic Reserve, The Gap and Enoggera Creek, Ashgrove. The area is fenced with range warning signs displayed on the boundary.

Defence training includes firing practices with live ammunition, explosives, pyrotechnic devices and lasers that generally occur daily between 0700h – 1600h. Night time practices may occur and are generally completed before 2200h. A notification service for high noise periods is provided via text messaging. Please contact Range Control to register.

Unauthorised entry to the area is prohibited and exposes any trespasser to serious injury or death.

Unexploded ordnance from Defence activities is extremely dangerous and should not be handled. Persons found trespassing within the TA/range boundary will be prosecuted.

For inquiries regarding the Enoggera Training Area please contact the Range Control Officer on 07 3332 7456.

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Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys) is a fast growing, moderately tall evergreen tree that is found in tall open forests from Fraser Island in Queensland to Cooranbong in New South Wales and inland to Toowoomba. The trunk, which can become very thick, is straight and branchless for two thirds of its height and covered in rough, fibrous red-brown bark. The crown is compact with horizontal main

branches and lance-shaped glossy green leaves that are paler on the underside. These leaves are a source of food for koalas whilst the profuse bundles of small cream flowers, between August and January, are a rich source of nectar for bees and other insects.

Although this tree is too large for most suburban gardens, it is certainly one that should be considered by those living on larger properties and acreage or involved in revegetation projects. In these areas, tallowwoods make beautiful specimen trees or wind beaks.

Being a subtropical species, Eucayptus microcorys grow best where summers are hot and moist and winters dry with a mean annual rainfall between 900 and 1500 mm. When mature it can survive short periods of frost and drought. Although the tallowwood can grow in a variety of soil types, it prefers a moderately fertile,

well-drained but moisture retentive soil with a pH between 5.5 and 7 in a sunny position. Since it develops a lignotuber (a woody swelling of the root crown) the tree is able to regenerate after crown damage such as occurs in a bush fire.

Grown in mixed cultures of forest trees it is considered a valuable resource species.

Essential oil is readily extracted from the leaves.

Astringent kino resin, used in mouthwashes and the treatment of skin conditions, in tanning, or preserving and dyeing natural fibres, is obtained from the bark.

The heartwood is yellowish brown and the sapwood somewhat paler with a coarse,

greasy texture. The wood is strong, hard, very durable and resistant to termite attacks, making it suitable for many commercial uses including flooring, heavy construction, railway sleepers and poles.

Charcoal is also produced from the timber. If, however, this species is grown in a large monoculture, especially outside its natural range, many environmental problems can occur. Tallowwoods produce biochemicals that have a detrimental effect on other community members, inhibiting growth of native flora and reducing habitats for native fauna. Additionally, they take up large amounts of water and dissolved minerals, reducing the availability of these for other plant species.

Mitchelton & Districts Garden Club

On Thursday, 6th May, the Mitchelton and Districts Garden Club will meet at the Enoggera Memorial Hall if there are no restrictions to prevent it. The guest speaker, Geoff Robinson, will talk about the historical connection between native plants and our pioneers. For instance, Australia’s national flower, the Golden Wattle, belongs to the acacia family - Acacia pycnantha. The early settlers used this plant to ‘wattle and daub’* their houses, so this acacia became known as the Golden Wattle.

It will be interesting to hear

what Geoff has to tell about other native plants.

The meeting commences after morning tea which is served at 9.45 am. Visitors and new members are most welcome. Access to the hall is via Trundle Street, Enoggera and it is close to public transport and wheelchair friendly. A trade table operates at the meeting so members can bring excess plant material for others to buy for a very low price.

The guest speaker will bring honey and plants for sale.

April is a busy month

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for gardeners. It’s the time for spring annual seedlings and bulbs to be planted.

Everything should be done by the end of April while there is still warmth to encourage growth. To make the annuals grow in a bushy shape and not tall and lanky, pinch out the growing tip once the plant is established. Don’t plant bulbs too deep. The neck of the bulb should be level with the top of the soil. Sweet pea seeds used to be planted on St Patrick’s Day in March which, these days, is still hot weather. It’s better to plant sweet peas in April.

This club meets on the first Thursday of the calendar month and has vacancies for more members. For more information please phone the president, Pat, on 3356 1256. *Wattle and daub, in building construction, method of constructing walls in which vertical wooden stakes, or wattles, are woven with horizontal twigs and branches, and then daubed with clay or mud. This method is one of the oldest known for making a weatherproof structure.

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Banks Street butterfly bounty Recent surveys at Banks Street Reserve have found 33 species of butterfly in just a few hours of hunting.

After a survey on 11 March 2021, organiser of Brisbane’s Big Butterfly Count, Jutta Godwin, said butterfly expert Cliff Meyer was totally taken by the area.

“Cliff said several times that we have barely tapped into the butterfly potential there,” she said.

Situated on Enoggera Creek between Ashgrove and Newmarket, Banks Street Reserve was once part of a lush subtropical rainforest called Three Mile Scrub.

When the area was cleared for housing development Banks Street Reserve was retained as open space.

While some areas of bushland were retained, there were extensive grassed areas and a market garden.

In the last few decades, S a v e O u r Wa t e r w a y s Now (SOWN), Brisbane City Council, and six local bushcare groups have been working to revegetate the creek.

President John Abbott said in 2017 SOWN launched a long-term project to Regreen the Three Mile Scrub.

“If the Butterfly Count is anything to go by, our efforts to revegetate Banks Street Reserve are beginning to pay off,” he said.

Jutta Godwin said the visit to Banks Street Reserve was very exciting.

“Being able to observe a rainforest butterfly, the

SOWN President John Abbott and Joan Abbott examine an Imperial Hairstreak Jalmenus evagoras.

PHOTO: Jutta Godwin

Jezebel Nymph Mynes geoffroyi, at eye height for a long time was incredibly special, and this butterfly also added to our overall Brisbane-wide tally.

“Considering the cloud cover on the day, the results were remarkable,” she said.

John Abbott said SOWN hopes to hold another butterfly

count at Banks Street Reserve in autumn.

For upcoming SOWN events follow www.facebook. com/saveourwaterwaysnow.

For more butterfly photos and information about Brisbane’s Big Butterfly Count follow www.facebook.com/ BrisbanesBigButterflyCount.

Our next meeting at River City Church will be held on Tuesday April 27.

For further information visit our website www. thegapgardenclub.org.au

The Gap Garden Club Est. 1963 The Gap Garden Club held its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, 23 March 2021.

The elected committee are keen to re-establish all our usual activities. The Trade Table, in particular has been very well supported with many donations of potted plants and cuttings donated by members and many eager customers.

The first Clinic for 2021 was held on Tuesday, 2 March at a beautiful acreage property at Highvale. The next Clinic will be held on April 6 at a members’ home at The Gap. Clinics are a wonderful opportunity to enjoy members’ gardens.

On Tuesday March 9

we set off on our first Field Trip going to gardens and nurseries in The Tamborine Hinterland area. We found it most interesting and enjoyable. Many of us have already booked for The April Field Trip which will be going to Rosevale Homestead at Samsonvale , and The Plant Shack at Deception Bay. Morning tea stop is Samford and lunch stop Redcliffe.

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“Gardening ..... embodies more saliently than any other practice, the truth of the relation between human beings, their world , and the ‘ground ‘ from which the ‘gift’ of this world comes.”

David E Cooper – ‘A Philosophy of Gardening.’

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Walton Bridge The Gap Guides What do you think of when you hear “AGM” – Annual General Meeting?

Dull, boring, best avoided? That’s because you haven’t been to one of our Amazing Guide Meetings!

For Sylvia Ringrose Trefoil Guild, an AGM (Amazing Guild Meeting) is a celebration of all the friends, fun, food and fellowship we’ve enjoyed throughout the year. In 2020, we remembered Anzac Day, celebrated Mother’s Day, recognised members for their contributions to youth in our district, had a picnic in the park, honoured members for a combined total of more than 400 years of membership and service in the Guiding movement and much more.

At our AGM in March, Sylvia

Natasha Montesalvo, Region Manager; Councillor Steve Toomey; Elizabeth Wheeley, District Manager and our new Hut flooring

Ringrose Trefoil Guild celebrated our 20th anniversary and acknowledged a very special member. She was a founding member and has been Treasurer for 17 of the Guild’s 20 years. Our dear friend and valued member, Judy Skelly.

Judy is known for her attention to detail – always balancing our books to the last cent of interest. Her meticulous recordkeeping has been praised by our auditor.

She shares her financial knowledge with other units, mentoring those who need a hand and auditing books for those who need it. We thank her for her many years of service. This year she’s looking forward to handing off the financial responsibility but remaining an active member of the Guild.

Walton Bridge The Gap Guide District also held our AGM sharing in the achievements of District.

Although 2020 had been a challenging year, through the hard work and dedication of leaders, our programs continued to engage over 100 youth members aged 5 to 17 years across our Gumnut, Brownie Guide, Guide and Ranger units.

Sincere thanks to those leaders committed to making a difference in our girls’ lives. Thanks also to our dedicated Support Group and all our girls and their families for your ongoing support and resilience.

Earlier this year, new flooring for the Guide Hut was installed with funding from a Brisbane City Council COVID-Assistance Grant.

Sincere thanks to Councillor Steve

Founding member of the Sylvia Ringrose Trefoil Guild Judy Skelly,

Toomey for his ongoing support of our Guide District and to Superior Concrete Finishes for their workmanship. Mick Milazzo from Superior Concrete Finishes personally donated the cost of the skip bin for this project. We also thank the families and leaders who gave their time to working bees to clear the Hut and for The Gap Scout Group for allowing us to store equipment and furniture in their Den. Our units would not thrive without our volunteers. We are seeking adult women who might like to join our leadership teams to help a unit at their weekly meetings or perhaps work towards their leadership qualification in Guiding. If you think this might be you, please get in touch with our District Manager, Elizabeth Wheeley e.wheeley@gmail.com

Looking forward optimistically at Ithaca Probus Club

A well attended lunch at the Grove Café in Ashgrove recently welcomed the club’s new Management Committee for 2021/22. After having resumed slowly during the latter part of last year, we are now almost fully functioning again. We have guest speakers lined up for most of the year, and most of our smaller group activities are running again. Some very exciting outings are being planned, including a morning at the Mt Coot-tha botanical gardens then lunch at the Lakeside Café, a bus trip to the Lockyer Valley to visit a sheep cheesery, then lunch in Gatton, and a day out at the Gold Coast. After having had to let our club’s 20th anniversary pass without any fanfare last year we are

already planning to make up for it with a proper celebration for our 21st birthday in June. All in all, Ithaca Probus Club has been able to keep its members very well involved through the shut-down and everyone is in good spirits and looking forward to a socially engaging year ahead. Our book exchange table was re-introduced in March. The cards group and the poetry group are each holding monthly meetings in members’ homes.

In April we will have a talk from a club member on Elder Abuse. Throughout the shutdown the club had been welcoming new members, offsetting a few losses.

Our monthly newsletters have been keeping members connected and are again carrying the usual round of

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club news. New members are always most welcome at our meetings on the 2nd Thursday each month at the Red Hill Community Sports Club in Fulcher Road, Red Hill, and on any of our outings. If you would like to give us a try, please phone either of our Club Membership Officers Sue Vivian on 0413 544 202 or Janelle Rhodes on 0412 628 646. For more information about our club please see our web site: www. probussouthpacific.org/microsites/ithaca

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Brisbane Tramway Museum News and views from the Brisbane Tramway Museum.

by Donald Wilsher

We Need Your Help to Commemorate the Last Tram Trip in Brisbane!!!

Some 52 years ago, in April 1969, the last tram ran in Brisbane.

The museum will commemorate this historic event again this April with a Night Run on Saturday 17 April, from 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm.

Patrons will enjoy unlimited rides on our fleet of vintage trams from our oldest built in 1901 to the youngest built in 1964 – pictured above.

In addition the visitors can also enjoy rides around the area on vintage ex – BCC buses such as the one pictured.

Static displays will include our Tower Wagon (a forerunner of the cherry-picker), our Scammel Tow Truck and our Trolley bus. Other vintage trucks will be displayed by the Heritage Truck Association, with other attractions planned.

A sausage sizzle will be available thanks to Ashgrove The Gap Rotary Club and Christie will be there with her Rich Pour Coffee Wagon. Cold drinks and Ice Creams will also be on sale.

Fares are $16.00 for adults, $ 12.00 for concessions, $8.00 for children and $46.00 for a family pass.

ASHGROVE

In the last two months Ashgrove Forum members have enjoyed being back Face to Face in their usual meeting room at the back of the Ashgrove Library.

Major speeches have been made on the life, background and circumstances of the execution of the Australian Boer War soldier Harry Morant known as the Breaker, and on the key points

required to gain confidence: i.e. Organisation, Resilience, Persistence, Ability to get on with people through Communication and Active Listening (empathy).

S e l d o m u s e d Wo r d s provided by members were CANARD which is a used as colourful way of implying cheating or fooling, a hoax or fabrication, a false report or an unfounded rumour,

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Vintage former BCC buses will be offering rides

and PERCHANCE meaning by any chance or maybe, perhaps, possibly.

On 17 March members spoke on traditional Saint Patrick’s Day traditions and myths. We learned that the Patron Saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick, was not Irish. He was born in Britain. At age 16 he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and carried into slavery in Ireland where he later escaped his masters.

Green was never associated with Saint Patrick, his colour was blue. Parades held on 17 March began in the 1930’s in Boston USA, not in Ireland.

2021 is the 80th Anniversary of Forum, and

the State Committee has been busy planning celebrations for late July, as well as a State Conference from 10-12 September. Unfortunately, the Conference dates clash with Annual Debate between Ashgrove and Bremer Forums, so the debate cannot take place this year.

Our next meeting will be held at 6.30pm on 21 April 2021, in the Ashgrove Library meeting rooms at 87 Amarina Street, Ashgrove.

Visitors and prospective members are always welcome to attend without obligation.

For enquiries ring 0409 615 514 or visit website www. beconfident.org.au

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