Tamborine Mtn News Vol 1322

Vol. 1322 Tuesday Mar 06, 2012 Compiled & edited by volunteers for the Tamborine Mountain Community

Thursday March 8, the library will be celebrating International Women’s Day. Librarian Arne Lange will speak on the subject of German immigrant women in the Scenic Rim – her talk is called “They arrived by Boat” and, as a migrant herself, Arne will share her story. A short question time will follow.

Come and share your migrant stories on Thursday March 8, at 2pm.

Land is Life

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AMBORINE Mountain library is hosting the Oxfam Land is Life display during the month of March, profiling the threats of climate change for women on the Pacific Islands of Tuvalu and Kiribati, where life is becoming increasingly precarious.

“We know that the rise of the sea is a true thing, it comes in. [It] comes to the dry places, it reaches the unreached spots”, says Eric Maerere, a church and community

leader in Kiribati. For Pacific Islanders, land is life, and the rising seas make it difficult for people to access the basics for survival – shelter, food and water.

The exhibition draws on photos taken on a trip that Oxfam Australia made with photographer Rodney Dekker to Tuvalu and Kiribati, low-lying island nations in the Pacific which are experiencing some of the earliest and worst impacts of climate change.

Our library is a busy place – next

*** UPSIDE-DOWN WEATHER Queensland is accustomed to rain, storms and floods in summer – after all, it is the wet season.

The same cannot be said for New South Wales and Victoria, where out of season rain and floods are forcing the evacuation of some towns, and with the worrying possibility that more rain is on the way.

Compare this with England, where two very dry winters have caused the Minister of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to say that drought may be the new normal for parts of the UK; with large parts of the south and south-east officially in drought, and areas of the Midlands at risk, the minister has warned that households are likely to face water restrictions – reservoirs have reached record lows in some places and rainfall would need to be more than a fifth higher than normal in the next three months to relieve the drought, reports the Guardian Weekly.

This sounds more like the Australia we know and love.

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Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Re: Article written by Susie Cunningham in the Beaudesert Times 29th Feb, 2012 As one who was in attendance at the Council Meeting last Tuesday, I cannot agree with the writer’s observations of the events that occurred during the meeting. Nor do I agree with the writer intimating that Cr Swanborough was the cause of all that went wrong. Having been present at the meeting, I would have headlined the article “Conduct Unbecoming”, because in essence, that’s what made the meeting the debacle it was. Mayor Brent’s comment about being “disgusted” by what had been witnessed by school students at the meeting, and expecting better of councillors, echoes the thoughts of all who were present. In fairness though, he must include himself in this admonishment.

As adults, we have been taught to use discretion and prudence when speaking and acting in the presence of young children, even more so when holding a position of public office. The only councillors who demonstrated this regard were Cr’s Swanborough and Bensted. The unbecoming conduct indisputably started with Cr Cockburn, who, with complete disregard for the children present, attempted to slander Cr Swanborough’s credibility with his motion for him to account for his once held mining company shares. If Cr Cockburn had within him a modicum of prudence, he would have tabled the “muck-raking” for a council meeting at a future date. His attempt backfired, casting

a shadow on his own character and credibility.

Clearly, Cr Cockburn is in breach of Council Rules which states that a councillor must not impute improper motives to another councillor.

The escalating discord during the meeting could have been averted had the Mayor, as Chairperson, handled the disruption by members of the gallery appropriately. Every public speaker knows, Mayor Brent included, that simply acknowledging the members and their issues and assuring them that he will speak to them at the conclusion of the meeting is by far the best approach to avoid a “scene”.

Contrary to the writer’s report, these members were upset by the way the Chairperson was conducting the meeting. There was no reference made to Cr Swanborough. However, when Cr Swanborough attempted to answer Cr Cockburn’s question and to make Points of Order, he was continually interrupted and stifled by the Chairperson.

What examples these councillors have set for the “educational welcome to council” intended for the school children. They certainly taught the children a lesson – but the wrong lesson. Parents and teachers spend time and energy teaching these children to respect one another, to be courteous and well mannered. At this meeting, the children learned that adults, even in public office, are supposed to be rude and disrespectful towards one another. If this outcome doesn’t alarm your readers, it should.

Amanda Curnow

Dear Editor, This Devious Bunch of No-hopers To any reasonable denizen of the Scenic Rim it would appear that Cr David Cockburn (who is retiring at the next elections and therefore has nothing to lose) is Mayor Brent’s “attack dog” when it comes to falsely accusing fellow Councillor Derek Swanborough of any number of trumped up code of conduct charges. What is the matter Mayor Brent, do you feel the cold breath of change blowing down your spine?

Cr Cockburn continues to cite Cr Swanborough for all sorts of frivolous and vexatious trumped up charges and refers him to CEO Craig Barke who does not seem able to think for himself and use his common sense when assessing these matters. Of course the fact that CEO Barke is beholden to Mayor Brent for his annual assessment might have something to do with his “reasoning”.

CEO Barke seems to be part of the perfidious triumvirate whose desperate manifesto is to “get” Cr Swanborough before he attains the mayoralty and sets standards of ethics and responsibility that these three disciples of Machiavelli neither believe in nor comprehend.

The fuss and ruckus these “gentlemen” have raised concerning Cr Swanborough and

Arrow Energy is a storm in a teacup if ever there was one. Cr Swanborough is opposed to coal seam gas exploration in the Scenic Rim. He is opposed to the “fracking” which endangers our groundwater supplies. The scientific research behind this pumping of chemicals under enormous pressure to fracture the coal-bearing deposits has never been fully undertaken or published. Cr Swanborough is accused of hypocrisy because some nameless source claims he owns Arrow shares. HE OWNS NO SUCH SHARES! But even if he did (and many people do) that does not equate to support for coal seam gas exploration. How many people know definitively how their superannuation funds are invested?

Cr Cockburn in some of his communications with media outlets claims that his malevolent pursuit of Cr Swanborough is in the interests of “honest, open and accountable local government”. In reality Cr Cockburn, like his mentor Mayor Brent and co-conspirator CEO Barke, would not recognise honest, open and accountable local government if, in the vernacular, it bit him in the ass! It’s time for change, and a change for the better. Roll on the local government elections.

Roland Lindenmayer

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Dear Editor, Extraordinary events took place at the Council Ordinary Meeting at Boonah on Tuesday, 28th February 2012. Had I not witnessed them I would have difficulty in believing them.

A motion was tabled by Deputy Mayor Cr Cockburn in relation to a “Conflict of Interest” of Cr Swanborough due to his alleged share holding in the CSG industry.

This incensed a member of the public gallery to question the Chair, Cr John Brent, as to why the motion should not include a similar “Conflict of Interest” of another Councillor (Cr Heather Wehl) who also (according to an earlier story in the Fassifern Guardian) has shares in a number of CSG related companies. The question was asked for the purpose of equality, fair play and justice. The question elicited a response from Cr Brent which amounted to a rebuke to the questioner who was told to remain seated (and, obviously, silent). I ask: is this victimisation of one particular Councillor?

For almost 40 minutes, including a question from another member of the public gallery, (similarly rebuked) it appeared that Cr Swanborough was effectively gagged by the Chair whilst Cr Cockburn had almost carte blanche to say as he pleased.

Throughout this ordeal Cr Swanborough, despite these constant attacks, maintained his dignity and decorum.

The farce continued – there was a further incident where Cr Swanborough, on attempting to extend an apology as “required” as the result of a misconduct charge, was initially prevented from explaining why he was apologising. It is difficult to apologise for something if you are unable, due to comments from the Chair, to explain what the apology is for!

However, the most important (and disturbing) outcome from the meeting was the disquieting and alarming perception that may have been gleaned by some 60 local school students in the public gallery witnessing this appalling display of conduct of Local Government. I can barely perceive the impression these youngsters may have taken home to their parents and teachers regarding democracy in action. Particularly with the arrival of Police at the rear of the gallery, (as obviously requested by the Chair

or CEO), as a result, it would be suggested, of the questions put to the Chair from the public gallery.

Prior to these events Cr Swanborough made it very clear (in particular for the benefit of the children) that this is not the normal manner meetings of Council are conducted and I am extremely grateful for the time taken by him to explain this to these young children and their impressionable minds. I can only hope that they took onboard Cr Swanborough’s words and ignored the remainder of the ensuing meeting. The suppression of questions from the gallery, the obvious confusion from the chair and finally, the presence of the Police must have been quite disconcerting for them.

This was a meeting where genuine concern from members of the community was voiced after they witnessed animosity directed at an individual Councillor of this Administration and a motion which addressed only that particular Councillor. This was a meeting where the Mayor or the CEO felt it necessary to have a Police presence/protection against members of the public in the gallery at a Council meeting. I sincerely hope this council thinks long and hard about this shameful incident.

It could be argued that the manner in which the meeting was chaired and conducted could well lead those present in the gallery (in particular the young children) to believe that democracy within the Scenic Rim Region is simply non-existent. Open and accountable Government? I think not! To those at the table responsible for this shameless exhibition I say emphatically “shame on you”! It would be sincerely hoped that the children present were of an age as to not fully comprehend such a display of a breakdown in their Local Government. I would hate to imagine the imprint on the minds of these future adults of not only this region but of this nation if this is not the case.

Finally (and briefly) the unprecedented (in my memory) and extraordinary number of candidates nominating for the forthcoming election must surely indicate to this Council, and particularly its Mayor, that it has dismally failed the people of the Scenic Rim region. Replacement is imminent.

Ken Vandermolen Kooralbyn

Dear Editor, Like most of us “mountaineers” I hope that we elect a better council this time than we have suffered recently. Having said that a greater area of concern must be what has happened at “Bakers Acres”.

For those perhaps new to Tamborine Mountain the Gaven developer has gone to the High Court to override not just community opposition to the massive development but even the Scenic Rim Council’s [“see Nick Grimm”] ‘deemed refusal’ to allow it to go ahead.

The council was not doing us any special favours because the Development Control Plan rules should have excluded it in the first

place! Yet when this developer went to the high court he was given approval from the Queensland Planning & Environment Court to go ahead at “Bakers Acres”.

So a faceless judge with no connection with this area gets to fly in the face of local sentiment, override the local area plan and act like a medieval Lord of the Manor.

It’s not too late to blockade the site. A roster of local vehicles could park right across the entry to the site. Guess what ... the TV cameras will be there quick smart!

Ho Hum. Mike Cairns Letters continue pages 4, 5 & 6

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Dear Editor, The annual Beaudesert Reunion will be held on Saturday March 10, ‘12 at St Thomas’ Anglican Church Hall in Albert Street, Beaudesert, commencing at 9.30am.

This year we celebrate our 60th reunion.

We are hoping that some of the Baby Boomers will wish to attend and celebrate with their friends and others of the older – and younger – generation.

Morning tea will be provided, but it is a BYO lunch, with tea, coffee and cordial provided. There will be a gold coin donation,

with a lucky door prize, and a raffle with a number of prizes drawn on the day.

Whether you were born in Beaudesert, educated in Beaudesert or lived in the district, please come and join your friends at the reunion. It is a great way to get together and talk about the past, so please come and invite your friends as well.

For more information, please contact Ray Rooks on 5541 2388, Judy Balmer on 5541 2172.

Shirley Antcliff

Dear Editor, I thank Mike Russell for his interest in Climate Change. He mentions Global Warming but this should be Climate Change, because Global Warming is only one aspect of Climate Change. Global warming is not being used anymore by politicians. I think that they must have realised that there is also cooling involved.

It is true that sceptics attempt to influence people into non-acceptance of global warming but we must not forget that alarmists influence people in accepting global warming. We live in a democratic country which means that people are allowed to have difference of opinion.

I do not know who put the quiz together and it never crossed my mind that it could have been done by climate sceptics. In fact, when I received the quiz I thought back to my high school days when questions were asked to test the student’s knowledge. With that in mind I put the quiz to many people and I was very disappointed how little they knew. When people know so little about this issue, how is it possible that they seem to have an opinion about it. Could it be that this applies to politicians too? And if so, how could they possibly vote in favour or against?

Mike obviously believes in Global Warming and I would like to ask him to answer his own questions together with references. I am not calling him an alarmist but a person who is interested in Climate Change.

Let us assume that I do not believe in

Global Warming, that I am not a sceptic but a person who is interested in Climate Change.

So let us see why I could possibly become a sceptic. a. Climate Change Minister Wong defends UN IPCC climate mistake: Glaciers in the Himalayas could vanish in 30 years; this was later corrected to 200 to 300 years. (abc.net.au/news/stories/ .../2794830.htm) b. The UN IPCC’s Artful Bias: Glaring Omissions, False Confidence and Misleading Statistics in the Summary for Policymakers. (www.johndaly.com/guests/un_ipcc.htm c. Global Warming Petition Project: There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate. Signed by 31,478 American scientists including 9,029 with PhDs. (www.petitionproject.org/) d. The delinquent teenager who was mistaken for the world’s top climate expert; exposé of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (ivyAvenue.com) 2011 It is amazing how much information is available on climate change. The above 4 references were taken at random. The bottom line, however, is that the truth will prevail.

As long as scientists do not agree we will never know the truth. Time will tell who is right.

Leon Voesenek

Dear Editor Ms. Mahaffy implies that scientists who believe climatologists are over-playing their hand are being suborned by “big business” (TMN, 21.2.2012). This is barely rational, but her charge against the so-called deniers encourages us to look at the other side’s integrity.

Climatologists are under intense pressure to toe the line. Most of their positions were created by the climate scare, and if the bubble bursts, as happened in IT a few years ago, many will lose their jobs. Care for family and loyalty to colleagues make a severe test of individual integrity, and everyone who follows the climate debate must know that the unanimity of opinion among climatologists has been stage-managed. There have been too many exposures in the media for this to be denied, and it makes lovers of science very angry.

For every climatologist there are perhaps

a hundred other scientists, and Ms. Mahaffy claims the “absolute majority” as supporters.

My observations suggest otherwise: the main support for climatologists comes from ordinary people, who want to do the right thing, but are less aware than scientists of the huge differences in credibility between the different sciences. I think that caring people should not be so ready to accept untested theories that will lead to higher living costs.

Instead, they should rout for the poorer families that have been under constant strain to pay their bills since the financial crisis.

As to teaching climate in schools, it would be an educational experience for students to hear the issue debated by scientists of opposite persuasion, and there is a website that tells of institutions which do just that; but giving only one side of the argument is neither science, nor education, and surely that is best avoided?

John Leisten

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Dear Editor, LNP’s economic blueprint will help business in the Beaudesert Electorate The LNP knows business is hurting under this tired, 20-year Labor government and that it will only get worse the longer it’s ignored.

This is why the LNP launched its economic blue print to help get Beaudesert Electorate businesses back on track.

A CanDo LNP Government will cut payroll tax by raising the exemption threshold from $1 million to $1.6 million over six years.

This will create over 4000 new jobs and means an additional 5000 businesses will no longer pay this tax and about 20,000 will pay less payroll tax, and endure less red tape.

The LNP has also committed to cutting unemployment in Queensland to 4 per cent in six years.

We are sending a clear signal to business that we’re on the side of job creation, cutting red tape and regulation, and getting government off their back.

While Labor is trying to run away from its record, business knows they lost Queensland’s AAA credit rating and racked up $85 billion in debt.

Only a vote for a strong, united LNP Government will get Queensland back on track.

Jon Krause LNP Candidate for Beaudesert

Dear Editor, I was interested to read Leon Voesenek’s reply to my comments on his Q & A. First I was writing about Global Warming. Climate Change includes other human induced effects, such as land clearing and overuse, which produce local climate changes.

Like Leon I am disappointed that he found that most people knew so little about the subject when he put the test to them. This is a clear indication that climate science is a difficult subject and so people’s understanding and response is subjective and uncertain. We must assume however that politicians understand the science better so their variable responses reflect vested interests (they ought to reflect their voters’ opinions).

My interest in Global Warming is certainly alarmist. Climate Change is not an effete interest in my retirement, Leon. My answers to my questions: “Do you think global warming is real?” Yes, atmospheric temperature, despite ups and downs over periods of several years, has shown an upward trend since the Industrial Revolution.

[IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007]. Recently (due to technological advances) ocean temperatures are showing more consistent and marked upward trends. More than 85% of global warming is absorbed by the oceans. [Wong, P. (2009) Hansard]. “What causes Global Warming?” The ‘Greenhouse Effect’ (in which all gases and particulates in the air interfere with longer wave radiation to a greater extent than short wave radiation {see

my article in the TMNews (2010) Vol. 12811284} is a fact demonstrable in the laboratory and in our neighbouring planet Venus. These need no references – see any science text book. “Is the World’s net mass of ice increasing or decreasing?” Decreasing.

Latest estimates are 500 gigatonnes p.a.

(Rignot E. et al. {2011} Geophys. Res. Lett.

38), 443-629 gt p.a. {Wahr, J. (2011) Nature} [quoted by Guardian Weekly, Feb. 10, 2012], and in 2006 the estimated net loss was 475 gt (ECOS 160 {2011}). “Why are cyclones (hurricanes) getting more intense?” Partly because global warming has caused the troposphere (that part of the atmosphere in which weather develops) to rise approx. 300m [Santer B.D. Et al. (2003) Science, 301, No. 5632. IPCC 4th Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007]. For a stack of references the reader can refer to my set of articles in the TMNews, Vols.1281-4, 2010.

Leon’s four quotes which, he writes, could possibly make him a sceptic are all taken, randomly, from the sceptics’ bibliography.

The first, the Himalayan ice melting mistake, should have been 2350 not 2035 – a silly typo mistake but it shouldn’t change one from ‘alarmist’ to ‘sceptic’!

Leon writes “The bottom line is that truth will prevail. As long as scientists do not agree we will never know the truth. Time will tell who is right.” I quite agree and when truth has prevailed and, in time, we know who is right, it will be too late. In the meantime let the Precautionary Principle prevail.

Mike Russell

Dear Editor, Thank you to Yrsa Mahaffy, for your reply to my letter re BZE. Because the link between human caused global warming (AGW) and human caused CO2 (ACO2) is possibly accepted by a majority of scientists, that doesn’t mean it is right. As the world’s most famous scientist, Albert Einstein said, “It only needs one person to prove me wrong”. Consensual science does not prove a thing but even so there are still many scientists who reject the alarmism that is being predicted with AGW but yet concede that ACO2 may be causing some warming though less than predicted.

One could say that not only is this small warming NOT a problem but it may be essential to the survival of a population of 7going-on-10-billion people.

However, there has been no warming this century during which time human emissions have increased at a greater [dare I say unprecedented?] rate than ever before.

As I said in my last letter, the BZE concept to prevent ACO2 has been audited by scientists and economists and found seriously wanting. Baseload renewable power has not yet been achieved by any country and to think we can do it by 2020 and include our electrified transport energy for $8 per week per household is an impossible dream.

You say Yrsa, that regardless of whether the BZE concept is achievable, or whether the risk of AGW can be quantified, this aspirational concept which would greatly impoverish us [and more so the third world countries] with possibly no reduction in next page >>

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Dear Geoff, In my last letter I began to look at some of the necessary truths or conditions needed for the Christian faith to have meaning in this world. The faith revealed in the Bible is not understood, by those who hold it, to be an accident of history. It is not a fish out of water. It does not exist in the world like an act of insanity. We understand it to fit in the world in a way that makes sense of the world. It’s like putting on a pair of glasses and seeing things the way they were meant to be seen. This may seem self-evident but as I mentioned in my last letter, there is a diminishing interest in the need for our view of life to coincide with the world we live in. Christians are not encouraged to have such a detached view of life. So when I speak about God as our Creator I don’t mean that this is just a helpful thought to get me through life. I mean that this is a true statement. It is what is real in the final analysis. Such a statement may not be convincing to all people, indeed it is not. Some would argue for the non-existence of God. And that argument has been engaged in for millennia. But it remains that Christians believe it is true to the way things are.

It is true to life. They do not say that it is a nice idea to have about things. I suppose if the Christian faith did say that Christianity is a human generated idea then there might not be so many arguments against it. It would be seen that we had given up believing that our faith is real to the way the world is. It would be seen that we agreed with someone like Freud who speaks of Christianity as a dream, an illusion, a projection of our psychological processes onto the outside world.

Christianity does wrestle with these kinds of objections and sometimes we do better at explaining our faith than we do at other times. But we do believe it is true to the way things are. This is one of the stumbling stones of the Christian faith in a cultural context of relativism. Christianity does have certain truths which it holds to be unbendable. The pressure may be on Christianity at times to bend but there are certain things which cannot be bent or twisted or unmade or denied. An example of this pressure is seen in the current claims of science to believe it can explain the coming into existence of the universe without a Creator. I suspect that science will be able to establish some astounding information regarding the ‘creation’ of the universe. However it may over reach itself when it comes to the whys and the wherefores of the universe. Not all human questions are fit for the discipline of science, nor are all the answers.

All pressure aside, scientific or social, biblical Christianity presents itself as revealing the world as it actually is. This, itself, is cause for rejection on the part of some people. It is cause for worship on the part of others.

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ACO2, should be undertaken anyway. This is known as the precautionary principle which in the absence of quantified risk is equivalent to Pascal’s Wager [which applied to the Christian afterlife mythology which said that even if you’re not fully convinced that it will definitely happen, the costs of eternal torment versus eternal bliss are so high that the only rational choice is to believe]. It means that the decision is determined entirely by the scariness of the hypothesis being offered rather than the strength of the evidence.

You are offering a scary scenario but there is no evidence for this. A better approach to uncertain risks is to develop more flexible resources ready to jump the right way when more information becomes available.

Become an adaptable generalist. Creating economic prosperity for the poor would therefore seem to be the priority, as it is applicable to many different problems and scenarios, rather than only one.

Comment on a couple of articles in the last TMNews: Under HEALTHY DISCUSSION, Mike Russell’s comments on the Carbon Tax as being so necessary, I would like to point out that this tax, in which we lead the world, unless it is applied evenly on a worldwide basis, will only close down and transfer [it has started already] all our relatively clean CO2 emitting industries to countries like

Your Brother, Kim

China where they will produce many times the CO2 emissions as well as other pollutants.

Not to mention exporting our hard-won and much-needed jobs.

But of course if you apply this logic of not exporting CO2 emissions then we would have to cease exporting coal, oil, gas etc. which would bankrupt the country.

This is what Copenhagen, Cancun and Durban meetings are all about. Trying to establish a level playing field where we all survive. As yet, the best they have come up with is to agree to agree at some time in the distant future.

Under LEARNING TO LIVE SUSTAINABLY, I hope that in this Earth Smart Science Schools program, the children are being taught HOW to think [based on evidence and logic] and not WHAT to think [based on consensus and authority] about the earth and other sciences.

It was reported in the Canberra Times last week that CSIRO will review its new climate change education program for schools following claims made in Senate estimates that the material is biased and frightens children by offering ''an apocalyptic scenario.''

Hopefully it’s a better program than this one.

Jim Inglis

CLARIFICATION: Some SRRC Media Releases about activities at ‘The Centre’ have recently confused some readers. Council is referring to the SRRC arts centre in Brisbane Street, Beaudesert.

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The Magic of Fungus

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HE recent rain has produced a wide array of fungus, some of which display bizarre shapes, dazzling colours and bioluminescence (pictured, courtesy of Lance Bray).

Fungus are abundant and diverse. Visible fungus includes mushrooms, yeast, mould, mildew, puffballs and bracket fungi.

Fungus accounts for approximately one quarter of the planet’s biomass.

Fungus are considered separate from plants, animals and bacteria. Unlike plants, which can produce their own food through photosynthesis, fungi break down, then absorb nutrients from dead and living organic matter. They play a key role in the decomposition, degradation and recycling of nutrients by changing them from complex materials to simpler substances, which are then available to be released back into the environment.

Only a small part of a fungus is visible.

Most of the organism consists of threadlike hyphae which grow to form huge networks in the soil, substrate or in organic matter

such as wood. This unseen network is always present and constantly feeds and expands. What we see as fungus, such as mushrooms springing up after rain, is actually the fungal organism reproducing in favourable conditions by creating a fruiting body or sporocap which produces spores. The structure of the sporocap lifts the spores above the ground so they can be dispersed into the air.

Depending on the species, fungus can provide food for plants and animals and can live in beneficial symbiotic relationships with other species. However species of fungus may also be parasitic and pathogenic for plants and animals. For example, the chytrid fungus is causing a worldwide decline in amphibians such as frogs. In humans some species of fungus may cause serious diseases, while others cause minor infections, such as Tinea pedis more familiarly known as Athlete’s Foot.

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EGRETTABLY, the recent Council Meeting at Boonah, which I wasn’t able to attend, apparently made it clear that fairness and balance are not a priority. Rather than give a secondhand report, I invited Wendy Creighton, editor of the Fassifern Guardian, to contribute the next segment. She was at the meeting. Remember, the Guardian is published in Boonah, the heartland of the Mayor, Cr Brent.

Wendy Creighton’s Meeting Comment: It began as an outreach meeting of the Scenic Rim Regional Council – ‘a bring the Council to the people’ promotional affair.

These meetings are staged in the outer towns of the Scenic Rim. Local schools are invited to bring along students and ratepayers to observe the workings of government.

But there was an ‘elephant’ in the room.

One of the early items on the agenda was a ‘notice of motion’, from Deputy Mayor Dave Cockburn. This ultimately sent the whole event embarrassingly ‘off script’ with a witchhunt on again. It all centred on old, well debated accusations that Cr Swanborough had a conflict of interest when Council as a whole voted to make a submission to the State Government to have the Scenic Rim region protected from coal seam gas mining. He hadn’t even voted against the motion.

What Cr Cockburn now wanted was Council to question Cr Swanborough about his ownership of shares in any coal seam gas company when he had voted as a Councillor.

It seemed to be conveniently overlooked that Cr Swanborough was the first to move in Council that an approach be made to the State Government that mining of any sort be limited in the Shire. He could not even get a seconder.

Cr Swanborough stated he was happy to vote in favour of Cr Cockburn’s motion and again referred Councillors and the gallery to his previous public statements that the share ownership question revolved around a parcel of shares that he had disposed of for the grand sum of $17! This apparently was not fully reflected in his Council Register of Interests and a formal complaint was made to the Department of Local Government.

Cr Swanborough then attempted to move an amendment to Cr Cockburn’s motion that Council strengthen its bid to have coal seam gas mining banned in the Scenic Rim. But before Cr Swanborough could outline his amendment in full, Cr Brent ruled that it had nothing to do with the notice of motion and would not be heard. Cr Swanborough then asked that the amendment be considered as a motion later in the meeting during general business discussions but this was also refused.

It was at this point the Council meeting appeared to go ‘off script’.

Audience members tried to interject apparently not supporting Cr Swanborough but rather objecting to the way the meeting was being run.

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Then Cr Swanborough called a point of order and asked the CEO, Craig Barke to rule on the meeting standing orders which stated that a Councillor must not impute improper motives to another Councillor during a Council meeting but Cr Brent said that ‘he would be the one to decide who is asked’ a question. With matters in Council and the gallery becoming increasingly tense, Cr Brent closed the meeting for a few minutes. Then, without giving the CEO opportunity to speak, he refused the call for a point of order. Cr Brent then called for a vote on the motion which was passed unanimously.

Unbeknownst to most of the audience, the police were dispatched to the meeting. The conduct of the meeting was certainly embarrassing to watch but no threats were voiced either by Councillors or the audience.

If there had been a threat, why were students present?

It does beg the question of whether it was a Council meeting that went off script or perhaps one that went exactly to script?

Wendy Creighton, Editor, Fassifern Guardian

Certainly there are serious questions about meeting balance.

Clarity re the many uncertainties surrounding the shopping centre roundabout and associated roadworks, could have been achieved much earlier if there had been Council commitment to sorting out the many community concerns rather than consistently stating it was not Council’s problem. A meeting with the Department of Transport and Main Roads was badly needed but had previously been refused. Ultimately, Nigel Waistell as a member of the Progress Association and Councillor candidate achieved the breakthrough, and a meeting was held at Nerang last Thursday. Present were representatives from Prescare (Roslyn Lodge).

Ryjaan (previously Evergreen etc, the owners of the old medical centre/pharmacy), the Progress Association, Cr Swanborough and myself. Also present and appreciated was Patrick Murphy, the Council Director of Infrastructure Services.

The discussion was wide ranging and I was left wondering just how much of the previous angst and concern could have been avoided if the DTMR had been more forthcoming earlier about the roundabout details. They believe that the design does satisfy their standards and the Court’s Final Order, and therefore the project should proceed. It was evident that very real efforts had been made to produce a satisfactory design within the site constraints.

There is still unhappiness about the original project approval and the present approval process (including minimal consultation with parties whose interests are affected) but we have to try for the best outcome.

However, real progress was made. There are to be improvements to the Roslyn Lodge >>

Tamborine Mt Progress Association UPDATE GAVEN DEVELOPMENTS (SUPERMARKET) ROUNDABOUT After several months of unsatisfactory replies to detailed concerns and requests for further information regarding the Gaven supermarket roundabout, the Minister for Main Roads finally advised Nigel Waistell in a letter dated 20th February that a meeting was to be held at the Main Roads offices in Nerang for interested parties to view and discuss the roundabout plans.

This meeting was held last Thursday, 1st March and was attended

by Phil Giffard, TMPA representative, J. Lockey, and representatives of Prescare (Roslyn Lodge) and Evergreen Developments (eight commercial properties next to Prescare) Cr Swanborough and Council representative Patrick Murphy.

Whilst Main Roads would not entertain any suggestion for major change, we were told they would revisit some problems we raised.

The roundabout drawing designs were externally certified by Ryacon’s (Gaven Developments) Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland and Main Roads cannot influence this certification. The plans are copyright, which would account for our difficulty in accessing the plans.

Reference was frequently made throughout the meeting to the chaotic parking problem outside the medical centre and adjacent shops (Subway etc.). The current design of the roundabout includes an island separation stretching up the middle of the road to the Beacon Road intersection. This further exacerbates the traffic problem. It was pointed out that a right hand turn from the south could not be made. Main Roads answer was that traffic could proceed to Beacon Road and do a U-turn. Alternatively this could be done outside the service station. This topic was argued at length.

Main Roads is to look into this.

Main Roads stated that delays with roundabout construction would be detrimental for Gaven Developments which could go “belly up”, leaving Main Roads to clean up the mess. This opened up discussions as to the current design effect on traders across the road.

Evergreen expressed extreme concern for businesses there, as well as stating other problems such as difficulty of access for service vehicles.

Suggestion was made that the channelling etc. (designed for “disciplinary reasons”) outside the medical centre should be bulldozed and the area left in its original state prompted more detailed discussions. Main Roads has agreed to review the decision of the overall layout.

The roundabout design avoids a fourth leg/public node access into the Prescare property. However, Prescare stated the 18 degree grade into the site was a problem. Main Roads, presumably with the developer, has offered to work within the site and reconstruct the gradient, although with a limited length of roadway inside, it will be interesting to see what they come up with.

Lighting (four poles) will be to Australian standard, although Main Roads said they could take this further (i.e. bandaid work).

Main Roads see this road stretch as urbanized with the supermarket and roundabout making an entry statement. It sounds like the beginnings of a change of character for Tamborine Mountain.

Jeanette Lockey, President, Tamborine Mt. Progress Assn. << access and modification to the roundabout lighting to reduce spill.

The biggest change is with relation to the roadway stretching from the roundabout to the Beacon Road intersection. DTMR previously would never develop a traffic plan for the area. However, it is now accepted that the proposed plan with a continuous island running from the roundabout to the intersection would be even more dysfunctional and damaging to established businesses than the folly we are enduring at the moment. DTMR will now consider the roundabout and the area to the Beacon Road intersection as an integrated whole. We shall see what develops and I hope it doesn’t take too long.

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EMENA is an Australian company that builds, owns and manages major electricity, gas and water utilities. Jemena has generously provided funds for clearing invasive weeds and establishing native plants at Youngman Family Park, off Geissmann Drive in North Tamborine. Much of the park has already been planted and the trees are thriving. Now, with Jemena funding, Tamborine Mtn Landcare volunteers are about to plant more trees there, near the dog park.

When: Sat. 17th March, 8.30-11.30 Where: Picnic table near dog park at Youngman Family Park What to bring: hat, gloves, drinking water, outdoor shoes.

Morning tea is provided.

Landcare welcomes all local residents to join us and have fun while planting a few trees. It’s a good way to start the weekend, by making a positive difference to our local environment!

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One small place on earth Water Lily – Nymphaea caerulea – garden, North Tamborine

I filmed this exquisite sacred blue water lily years ago in one of the mountain’s wonderful and enduring show gardens. Its original habitat is thought to have been along the Nile and other locations in East Africa. In ancient times it spread to the Indian subcontinent and Thailand. I couldn’t resist the lily’s glorious symmetry nor the saturation and luminescence of colour enhanced by the play of sun on water. As so often in my videoing, I happened to be in the right place at the right time.

Frames from video footage celebrating Tamborine Mountain’s biodiversity.

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Keeping Bees Made Simple

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OVE eating honey? Want to keep bees but can’t afford the gear to manage them?

If so, this workshop meeting of our local transition & sustainability group, Transition Tamborine Mountain, is for you.

Low-tech bee keeper Hans Oberauer is producing honey using simple methods that are commonly used in Africa and that is produced without the protective gear, smokers, extractors or heat treatment used in conventional hive management. Hans will share his knowledge of this simple, inexpensive way here on Tamborine Mountain.

Bees do much more than provide us with honey for our tea and crumpets. They play a vital role in pollinating around a third of the food (most fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds ) we eat. There are significant events overseas happening to our yellow & black striped, winged friends that should concern us all...

In 2007, US beekeepers reported that great numbers of their bees were inexplicably dying in the hives. This has become known as “colony collapse disorder” (CCD). The winter

Dickson Park – 28 years

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HE TM Field Naturalists’ Club was formed in 1970, and in 1983, when an area of land in the Forest Park Estate was set aside for a council park, the Field Nats asked the Beaudesert Shire Council for permission to plant the site with rainforest species such as had grown on Tamborine Mountain – and this area – years before.

Countless working bees were held, with president John Dickson leading his enthusiastic team. The bare, kikuyu paddock was planted with trees, water was obtained from a kindly neighbour, and over the years the park became one of the loveliest areas on the Mountain.

This project by the Field Nats was the beginning of revegetation on Tamborine Mountain.

When the Field Nats disbanded in the 1990s Landcare stepped in and continued the work.

Now a celebration of their efforts

of 2008 saw bee deaths becoming so widespread that one in three hives were lost in the UK. There are various factors that scientists believe contribute to CCD, and a combination of these is thought to be to blame.

To tell the tale of the plight of the humble bee, the documentary The Vanishing of the Bees will be screened after Hans’ workshop.

This film tells a dramatic tale of science and mystery, the global implications for the bees’ disappearance and gives us practical actions we can take in our everyday lives to help honey bees (while helping our species too!).

Albert Einstein reportedly said the human race would last just four years in a world without bees. Food for thought! Come along to learn more about bees and to become more connected to the world around us.

Where: Eagle Heights Resort Hotel (motel reception area) When: Sunday 18th March • 5pm: bee-keeping workshop ($10) • 6.30-8pm: Vanishing of the Bees film (gold coin donation) Cath Heaton will be held on Saturday March 10 at 10am at Dickson Park.

Pictured below, The empty paddock that became Dickson Park. L to R: Some of the Field Nats’ members – George Fisher, Murray Allan, Peggy Waring, Kath Dobbie, Phil Allan, Joy Guyatt.

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COUNCILLOR COMMENTS Derek Swanborough, Division 1

I am required by Scenic Rim Regional Council policy to make the following statements: • These are my personal views.

• When a Council votes on a decision, they count up the votes and the decision is made based on the side that gets the most votes.

SUPERMARKET ROUNDABOUT/MEDICAL CENTRE PARKING Last Thursday a one hour scheduled meeting at the Main Roads Nerang headquarters about the roundabout lasted two and half hours and broadened to also discuss the Medical Centre parking. I’m appreciative of Nigel Waistell for going to great lengths to make this happen. Jeanette Lockey, Phil Giffard and I met with representatives of the affected landowners.

The Main Roads district director and four other engineers attended, including the Council Director.

It has taken months of letters and emails to Ministers and Departments to bring everybody to the negotiating table. Well done to all involved.

The information shared was beneficial to all the parties and clearly defined the problems that need solutions. I am hopeful that the agreed ideas will be acted upon quickly and the community will get a better roundabout and solution in front of the Medical Centre.

I am always a little despairing when told that there are one-size-fits-all standards when it comes to designing roads. The roundabout as proposed would link a concrete centre island from the roundabout to Delvinos with no opportunity to turn right into those shops.

An economic disaster waiting to happen for the shop owners and tenants. Motorists would have to go up Beacon road to do a U turn, or do a U turn in front of the Shell Service station to get back to the shops.

The current design of this road section will be revisited and I expressed a view that it should be returned to as it was before the new traffic islands were constructed. Chances of that are likely slim, however achieving right hand turn access to these shops is imperative.

NEW RESIDENTS’ WELCOME NIGHT Last Thursday was a wonderful meet the new resident’s night with 17 new residents attending. It was great to hear what they are doing and the reasons they moved to the mountain. It is always the same, the beauty, natural environment, the community, safe environment, great schools. Right across the Scenic Rim the story is the same. It is quite obvious what people see as the strengths of our region, from the feedback from the Community Plan.

A big thank you to St Bernard’s the sponsors for the magnificent supper for the evening.

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New resident and accomplished performer and songwriter Lawrence Manisky (above) treated us all to a wonderful three minute song about all the things he loves about Mt Tamborine. It expressed what we all believed.

This was an unsolicited and impromptu special three minutes for all of us. Lawrence disappeared to his car and came back with a guitar. He wants to teach songwriting skills on the mountain, and he certainly proved he has so much to offer.

Thanks Lawrence for making Sue and my 32nd wedding anniversary a memorable evening!

GALLERY WALK PARKING SOLUTION It might not be a $13 million dollar bypass but at least we should be grateful that Council has agreed to spend up to $300,000 to build 42 new carparks on the Cook Road vacant reserve which will give the businesses some parking relief on the northern end of Gallery Walk.

Council has a $30,975,000 roads, bridges and facilities budget for 2011/12 and Council’s entire capital contribution of this and some road reseals will be fully appreciated. It represents about 1% of the entire capital budget. It is not a solution to the real problem of parking as spaces for hundreds more cars are needed. I think we can all acknowledge that it is better than nothing. Work is planned to start in May/June, but as the capital works program is already $2 million behind schedule at the half way mark in the year, we may have to wait a little longer.

To keep things into perspective, Tamborine Mountain contributes around 23% of the entire rate base for the Scenic Rim Regional Council.

CONSULTATION Please call me or leave a text message if you wish to talk to me or require a face to face meeting on the MountainI will be in the library next on 8th March and my mobile number is 0447 206 006. The best email address to make a personal appointment is at derek@derekformayor.com. You can also join me on Facebook at Derek.Swanborough, or visit my website at www.derekformayor.com

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by Constable Peter Blundell, North Tamborine Police Sneak offences & daytime burglaries Very recently we have had a number of “sneak” offences reported to police. By “sneak” I mean the offenders have gone into homes whilst the owners were at home, often during the night, but not always, and stolen items. On one occasion the owners were awake and going about their daily routine.

However on all occasions there was a door or window left open. Please secure your doors and windows as we have said in the past, the days of being able to leave our homes open and unlocked have gone.

There have been two day-time burglaries in the last fortnight - one committed on the southern end and one in Eagle Heights, which we believe are linked to the same offenders.

Witnesses at Java Court reported seeing a suspicious older model red Holden Commodore with a couple driving in the street at the time who we believe are our offenders.

Fortunately we are securing fantastic footage of the offenders who went on a shopping spree on the Gold Coast after their evil deed on the Mountain and we are very confident that they too will be arrested soon and put before the courts.

CCTV – Servicing and checks it’s working This brings me to another subject, that if you have a CCTV system at home or in your business, please make sure it is in working condition. We are receiving some excellent CCTV footage of offenders committing their crimes and it is leading to offenders being identified quickly and being linked to other crimes committed on and off mountain and subsequently being charged for those offences.

Sometimes the CCTV footage is the only evidence available to us that a certain offender has committed the crime. Additionally, if you have an alarm system installed in your home or business, please arm it when you are not at home or the business has closed for the day. An activated audible alarm is a major deterrent to an offender hanging about after they break in.

School parking issues continue...?

I am sorry to go on about illegal parking and stopping in the school and bus zones, but it is

something that has to be mentioned again.

Please become familiar with where you can and where you can’t drop the little ones off before and pick up after school. The parking signage is in place to protect children and to allow traffic to flow freely. If we continue to get complaints from other motorists and pedestrians who are doing the right thing about those who are not, then tickets will continue to be issued, not to mention the embarrassment of being stopped by police whilst everyone is watching. Please do the right thing and avoid the fine.

Traffic Policing In the last week or so a number of drink drivers were dealt with by local police and District traffic branch and were directed to appear in the Beaudesert Magistrates Court in the near future. The message is clear DON’T DRINK and DRIVE. Operation BROOM was also conducted on Tamborine Mountain and in Tamborine Village in the past week. During this operation police intercepted a large number of vehicles and breath tested all drivers. Additionally, some drivers were issued traffic infringement notices for not displaying P plates or L plates, failing to carry and present licences as required, exceeding the speed limit and failing to keep left of the double continuous lines.

Bluelight Disco: First one for the year!

Date for your diary: Friday 16th of March 2012 Bluelight Disco at the Vonda Youngman Centre, Main Street, North Tamborine, next to the Police Station. This is a smoke and alcohol free event, supervised by Police officers. No pass outs will be issued. Time 6.30 pm to 9.30pm. Pick the kids up after the disco from the front entrance in person.

Last, but not least, I must compliment drivers who use Tamborine Oxenford Road, because since the new guard rails and signage were erected near the little white church, we have not attended one incident that I’m aware of. I would guess the Ambulance and Fire Service guys and gals are also very relieved.

Kind regards, Constable Peter Blundell

A brave little boy

between bouts of chemo Jackie brings him home and he chirps up considerably. He enjoys visits from his friends and the occasional supervised visit to school. Samuel is drawing strength and comfort from his two brothers. At present Kris continues to go to work and Jackie has to take Sammy to and from Brisbane and the Gold Coast at frequent intervals for blood tests and other medical checks.

Jackie and Kris appreciate the support that they are already receiving from friends and the local community. Information about further assistance can be obtained by calling 0438 251 265.

The Tamborine Mountain News extends warmest wishes to Samuel and his family.

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HEN North Tamborine eight-year-old Samuel Pardoe-Matthews began limping a few weeks ago it was initially thought to be due to a recent knock, a common enough occurrence with little boys.

However after extensive medical testing, his parents Jackie and Kris learnt that their middle son had a tumour in his leg.

Diagnosed on 16th February as Osteosarcoma, it is located in his left femur, and prognosis includes a forty-week treatment plan with chemotherapy and surgery.

Samuel’s treatment started on 18th February in the Royal Brisbane Hospital children’s oncology ward. He is a brave fellow and

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A call to all Tamborine Mountain Orchestra ALUMNI

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N 1974, Raymond and Eve Curtis (pictured) and their small but visionary group of volunteers brought the Tamborine Youth Orchestra into being. At the time of its formation, the population of the Mountain was just around 700 people. Because of our relative remoteness and small population, there were a number of formidable problems to be overcome. But with sheer doggedness, unbounded enthusiasm and a common love of music, those founders created the orchestra which has endured to this day. Over the years, many young people passed through the ranks of the orchestra, learning to play instruments, enjoying the camaraderie of fellow members and benefitting from the joys of playing music with others. This has been an enduring gift to us from Raymond and his team and we are all very grateful. Many of us have moved on in life: a little more ‘senior’ now, living in other areas and perhaps a little rusty in our playing, but the fond memories of our days in the orchestra endure.

To honour Raymond Curtis and his team, we are inviting all former players and committee members, the orchestra’s alumni, to join us in a concert to be held here at St George’s Church, on Sunday 25 March at 2.30 p.m. Malcolm Cunningham, our long-time musical director, has designed a special programme and has written a new arrangement for the occasion.

Here is your opportunity to relive some of the fun of former years, meet the present members of the orchestra and acknowledge, in a direct and musical way, Raymond Curtis and those who gave us the orchestra which continues today as the Tamborine Mountain Orchestra.

So, you are invited to play with us. It matters not a jot that you might be a little rusty – participating is the aim. We will make early arrangements to get musical scores to you to become familiar with.

For those travelling to the Mountain, we will arrange special rehearsals just before the concert and perhaps help with the loan of an instrument. For those of you who cannot play, we hope to see you at the concert enjoying reunion with a happy time in your life.

Now, we need your help. Please, let us know: • if you will play with us and what instrument will you play; • your name and address, phone number and email address; • an address to where should I send the music, and • contact details of any other member of the alumni of whom you know.

Phone Terry on 5545 3257.

Terry Holland President Tamborine Mountain Orchestra

BLUE LIGHT DISCO - FRIDAY 16 MARCH Vonda Youngman Community Centre 6.30-9.30pm • Ages 5-17 $5 MAJOR DOOR PRIZE: FAMILY PASS TO TM SKYWALK plus Drive-in Movie & Tenpin Bowling Passes Ph 5545 1298 for bus info

Standing in the way of growth...

As we go to press, the Department of Transport and Main Roads has authorised the immediate removal of the two eucalypts pictured above right, opposite Roslyn Lodge. This is to make way for the roundabout serving the new supermarket complex. It is unclear at this stage how many of the trees on the opposite side of the road (above left) might also be removed. It’s death by a thousand cuts for Tamborine Mountain – this is how development can destroy the very features that are so appreciated by residents and tourists alike.

Have you been checked for

GLAUCOMA?

Could you have glaucoma?

Y

OU probably don’t realise there is a three percent chance of you becoming an adult glaucoma sufferer over your lifetime? You won’t know, at least in the early stages, unless you have an eye examination. This is because most cases are only detected after significant permanent loss of vision has occurred.

Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in Australia today. Knowing whether you have it, or if even you are a “glaucoma suspect” or not, is usually as easy as seeing an eye health professional (usually an optometrist) and undergoing a simple eye check.

Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the optic nerve (the nerve of sight) carrying messages from the eye to the brain. This can lead to loss of vision if not detected early.

World Glaucoma Week (March 11-17) is a reminder to get your eyes checked for this hidden disease. Glaucoma Australia says 300,000 Australians have some form of glaucoma and half are undiagnosed.

Are you at risk?

Glaucoma can occur at any age, however the risk increases significantly as you grow older.

Regular routine eye checks are recommended, but people with risk factors such as having a family history of glaucoma should be checked from the age of 40.

If you do have a family history of glaucoma you have an 8-times higher risk. Try to find out if your parents or siblings have glaucoma.

Other risk factors for glaucoma include: • Short sightedness • Eye pressure >21mmHg • Diabetes • Smoking • Ongoing use of steroids • Migraine, eye injury, high blood pressure How is glaucoma diagnosed?

Glaucoma is detected by a simple check of the optic nerve with an ophthalmoscope. A test of the eye pressure (tonometry) and an assessment of vision may also be done. Early detection of glaucoma is vital as lost vision cannot be recovered.

Treatment to lower the pressure within the eye can usually prevent further deterioration. Eye drops are usually sufficient, but sometimes laser treatment or surgery is used.

More information is available from Tamborine Mountain Optometrists: 5545 0277 or Glaucoma Australia: www.glaucoma.org.au.

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Kooralbyn Resort deal raises obvious questions

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N the course of campaigning at Kooralbyn, residents have asked that I assist them in answering questions in relation to reports in the Beaudesert Times newspaper of 25th May 2011 over the sale of the Kooralbyn Resort.(see below) Today I sought an opportunity to ask the following questions in Council’s Ordinary meeting 28th February 2012 in general business, but was refused by the Mayor.

What is the $100 million that MGB Properties have promised to make available to Council to implement the Mayor and Deputy Mayor’s plans for the Kooralbyn Resort? Why hasn’t this offer ever been put to a Council meeting for discussion?

How can a prospective purchaser sign an agreement to purchase the resort and say that he is doing so on the basis of being predominantly led by the Scenic Rim Regional Council’s vision? Purchaser Murray Bailey from MGB Properties says that” John Brent and Dave Cockburn are talking to us and we want to move their plan forward.”

The purchasers also say that they will make $100 million available to Council etc. How can a secret arrangement and a conditional contract be put in place requiring Council to do things without a Council decision?

Residents have told me the plan is to build 500 houses on the Kooralbyn land. Given that no application has been made nor approved

by Council this may not yet be possible under the planning scheme, how can this arrangement be entered into legally?

Is it true that certain homebuilders and developers associated with Bromelton are aware of this and have an expectation they will be awarded contracts to build these houses?

Is it true as residents have advised me that the $100 million is Chinese investment money and that the purchaser has not ruled out that persons in the mining industry may be attracted to purchase and live in these new houses?

Is it true as residents are saying that mining companies may be looking at Kooralbyn for a fly in/fly out workers village?

The Council’s Code of Conduct makes it clear that Councillors cannot enter into deals and make promises to developers. Was last year’s story in the Beaudesert Times correct or incorrect and can an explanation be given as to why this hasn’t been discussed in Council? Council planners have advised me last week Feb 2012 they have NOT entered into any negotiations with MGB properties. Is this deal unnecessarily holding up the recovery of over $750,000 in outstanding rates?

Derek Swanborough

February 2012 rainfall on Tamborine Mountain

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AIN this February was notable for some very heavy falls which, on occasion, were also very intense. We had what was probably our most intense fall in the 17 years we've been here of 20mm in about 10 minutes. However overnight on the 24th there could have been more intense falls contributing next morning to as much as 180mm in some parts of the Mountain. This was due to an upper atmosphere low which developed over SE Qld. and deluged the coast.

A series of broad troughs into the upper atmosphere gave us a wet month and there were thunderstorms on the 9th and the 20th. Fern St recorded 378.8mm which is well over the median of 149mm and the mean of 220mm. The January recording at Fern St was 657.2mm giving a total for the 2 months of 1036mm. This has only been exceeded before in 1976 (1115mm), in 1947 (1392mm) and in 1974 (1925mm).

Mike Russell 5545 3601

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BOOK REVIEW

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Local artist featured at Gold Coast Arts Café

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n March local artist Helen Griffin is exhibiting a selection of her seascapes at the Gold Coast Arts Café.

Helen said that the Arts Café is a really popular watering hole for visitors to the Centre, so it’s a wonderful opportunity to exhibit there.

‘Because of the Café’s setting it seems fitting to focus on coastal imagery. Paintings selected are from the Sunshine Coast to the north and Mallacoota and Lakes Entrance, Victoria to the south, and they demonstrate the diversity of our beautiful south-east coastline’, Helen said.

Helen last exhibited in Lismore, NSW in 2011 with Liz Mason, local pastelist, who has recently opened her own studio on the Mountain.

Both artists are associated with the Tamborine Mountain Arts Collective, which is seeking local support as well as funding to establish its own centre and gallery for the Mountain’s artists and artisans.

TORMY WEATHER” by David Corlett, gives a well researched account of the situations being caused by the rising ocean levels, taking Tuvalu as a particular example. This archipelago lies near the equator, north of Fiji and east of the Solomon Islands. In short, not so very far away.

His book consists partly of interviews with individuals in Tuvalu, this giving us a vivid picture of what they are experiencing already, what they are likely to face in the not too distant future; and partly a discussion of what the international community could and should do.

Many citizens of Tuvalu believe that complete flooding will never happen because of the Bible story of Noah’s ark and the rainbow promise. Others, however, see that they or at least their children, will be forced, reluctantly, to leave this paradise. The highest points of these islands are not many feet above sea level.

Corlett gives reasons why it is not a good idea to lump these and other climate refugees together with asylum seekers fleeing persecution. This part of his book is heavier reading, the whole thing being more complex than you might suppose.

We in Australia can expect relatively minor problems though I can easily picture the string of high rise along the east coast, up to their knees in water, and the higher regions – our mountain in particular, invaded by thousands of refugees from the Gold Coast. But few, I suppose, will drown.

In Bangladesh, however, the resulting chaos will force tens of millions to flee to India, thus causing increasing tensions in that country.

This is like science fiction. I would rather not believe it, but having great faith in David Corlett, the writer of “Go Back to Where You Came From”. I think we had better believe it, and give serious thought to how we and other more fortunate nations can help the most endangered peoples. Firstly to mitigate and adapt, where this is possible, but also to establish a framework that sets out the rights of those displaced by climate change, and the obligations that the states and the international community have for these people.

Alternately, we could just concentrate on “protecting our borders”, and let them drown.

This book in in our library.

Pam Green

KAP commitment to locate Tamborine Mountain emergency services in the one location

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EMBER for Beaudesert and State Leader of Katter's Australian Party, Aidan McLindon visited Tamborine Mountain with Federal Leader, the Hon. Bob Katter MP, last week to discuss the need for an all purpose emergency services facility on the mountain as a 'one stop shop' model.

Mr McLindon was successful in attaining $100,000 which has been allocated to a feasibility study over the next 12 months after lobbying the state government for the past two years.

Mr McLindon and Mr Katter have announced that Katters Australian Party will dedicate funding for the resources needed for the ambulance, police and fire stations to be operating from the one location in order to function to its best capacity as well as having the added benefit of the helipad on site.

"It is unnacceptable that some of our frontline emergency services are forced to operate from a makeshift cargo container," Mr McLindon said.

"We desperately need funding for a combined emergency services hub on the mountain which will create a one stop shop so the service workers and volunteers are equipped to undertake their duties with adequate resources available to them."

The sale of the existing police station would assist in offsetting the overall cost of relocating into a new facility allowing it to have more room and easier access for communications between the three emergency services.

At the conclusion of the feasibility study the Government has allocated $1.7 million in funding to build a new facility for the

auxiliary fire and rescue station in 2012/2013.

"I will continue to keep fighting for this project and I'm very grateful to Bob Katter for making the visit and getting a ground truth of what it is we need here on the mountain." Mr McLindon said.

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qwtyusqwtyus LADIES GOLF 28/2/2012

Single Stableford. 15 players. Course great and greens perfect after all the rain. Congrats Wayne and his willing helpers of volunteers.

Div 1 Winner Annie Hay Div11 Glenyce Lynch BRD Jill, Liz, Katherine, Lesley and Narelle NTP’s hole 5, 6, and 7 ANNIE HAY. Great day Annie. Well done.

VETERANS GOLF 29/2/2012 37 Members & Visitors for 4BBB Stableford competition. Weather fine Results Overall Winner – Jimmy Dunn, Leon Radunz 47; Runner Up – Peter Clark, Roger Wilson 42 OCB NTP: Fred Bakker, Arno Haan Appr.: John Halpin, Fred Bakker, Tony Cole Ball Run Down • John Halpin & Kevin Attwater, Tony Cole & Ivan Allen 42 • Fred E Miller & Bruce Seaton 41 • Tony Lynch & Brian Ide 40 Lucky Draw – Dick Hart and Ian Grimsey

22/2/2012 37 Members & Visitors for Single VSS competition. Weather cool and cloudy Results Overall Winner – Warren Castledine +4 OCB Runner Up – Ian Millar +4 OCB NTP: John Halpin, Brian Allen Approach: Vern Page, Warren Castedine No C Grade winner Ball Run Down • John Halpin, F E Miller +2 • John Youngman +1 • Jimmy Dunn • Bruce Bartle, Mike Molson, Carl Pearce, Buzz Cowie, John Young, Arno Haan, Ted Ashe -1 Lucky Draw – Hans Weber and Tony Hall ***

SOCIAL BRIDGE

T

HE Creative Arts Social Bridge Group has been very popular recently, with 9 Tables playing. We meet every Wednesday afternoon at 12.45pm at the Centre in Wongawallen Road, and these sessions are very useful for new players or those who are not familiar with duplicate bridge to gain playing practice. Although no tuition is given, there is usually time after a hand has been played for the more experienced players to discuss it for the benefit of newer players.

Visitors and newcomers are always welcome, and we try to find a partner for anyone who does not have one. For information, contact John Noble on 5545 4022.

Some recent results: Wednesday 22 Feb 9 Tables North/South East/West 1. John N & Brenda Julieanne & Jean 2. Joyce & Hank Robyn and Annette

SPORTS qwtyusqwtyus

3. Marjorie & John B 3. Rod & Nora Wednesday 15 Feb. 9 Tables North/South East/West 1. John N & Brenda Frank & Ron 2. Shirley & Barbara Andrew & Alison 3. David & John H Jean & Julieanne Wednesday 8 Feb 5 1/2 Tables Howell 1. David and Faye 2. Judith and Trish 3. Marjorie and John B ***

TM BRIDGE CLUB Monday 27th February 2012 at 6.45 pm 9 Table Mitchell North-South 1st= C Bowman & K Bowman 58.7% 1st= D Donaldson & J Salter 58.7% 3rd W Natrop & P Warrell 52.1% East-West 1st J Bates & J Hay 59.8% 2nd A Anderson & D Anderson 56.7% 3rd S Irvine-Brown & S Pollock 53.6% Tuesday 28th February 2012 at 12.45 pm 11 Pair Howell 1st J Eveleigh & W Wales 58.9% 2nd D Cowls & M Gordon 56.6% 3rd R Evans & B Wales 55.4% Thursday 1st March 2012 at 12.45 pm 12 Table Mitchell North-South 1st D Cowls & J Salter 65.9% 2nd B Wales & W Wales 52.6% 3rd G Ilett & K Ilett 52.0% East-West 1st A Anderson & D Anderson 61.3% 2nd J Bates & K Mulders 59.1% 3rd J Bligh & S Gregory 53.4% Monday 20th February 2012 at 6.45 pm 9 Table Mitchell North-South 1st B Bull & S Leahy 65.9% 2nd D Merrin & D Merrin 58.2% 3rd D Goodrick & J Youngman 54.5% East-West 1st J Bates & J Hay 55.7% 2nd H Edrich & J Evans 56.7% 3rd B Noble & J Noble 54.8% Tuesday 21st February 2012 at 12.45 pm 11 Pair Howell 1st R Evans & B Wales 62.0% 2nd J Eveleigh & W Wales 56.8% 3rd D McMahon & S Tomkins 52.1% Thursday 23rd February 2012 at 12.45 pm 9 Table Mitchell North-South 1st H Braithwaite & M Daines 63.4% 2nd J Evans & J Eveleigh 58.1% 3rd R Evans & J Salter 53.1% East-West 1st R Feige & S Feige 62.7% 2nd B Wales & W Wales 55.4% 3rd S Leahy & N McCowan 54.4%

TM MALLET SPORTS CLUB

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HE young man featured in this article is David Hughes, pictured here with his father Gareth Hughes - together they make a formidable team. David has certainly begun to make a name for himself in the sport of Gateball.

Gateball is a relatively new mallet sport having its origins in Asia, especially Japan and it could be likened to a 20-20 version of croquet. It is played on a smaller court with two teams of five players or singles matches, and they are timed for 30 minutes of play, so they are fast and furious.

David was first introduced to the sport as an after school activity when he was 10 in 2009. By 2010 he was in his first tournament and by 2011 he and his father joined Tamborine Mt Mallet Sports Club and David was on his way to carve out a name for himself. Throughout the year he as been competing in tournaments as far afield as Toowoomba, Caloundra and Newcastle. This young man has shown he has the ability and skill to be asked to be Qld State Teams’ Tactician for two years running.

He won the Inaugural East Brisbane Singles Competition last year and captained a Team Event in Toowoomba which he won, and went on to take out the Father and Son Events in both Toowoomba and Caloundra. (trophy pictured). The prestige of winning these events has not gone to his head and he is still a quiet unassuming young man and Tamborine Mt Mallet Sports Club is proud to name him one of our own. Well done David!

Golf Croquet is played on Monday and Saturday. For more information on these games contact Gateball Captain Peter Quaife on 0422 900 696, or Croquet Captain Sally Hill on 5545 1544.

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TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN BUSINESS DIRECTORY ACCOUNTING STEPHEN HALL & ASSOC. P/L Accounting on the Mountain

CLEANING & CARPETS

BUILDERS

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Chartered & CPA Qualified Staff

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ANTENNAS

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Phone 5545 1170 OPEN 7 DAYS 20 – TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN NEWS VOL. 1322, MARCH 06, 2012

• postholes • pads • trenching • tank holes • clearing • burnoffs • landscaping

Specialising in: DRIVEWAYS

Ph: 5545 1979

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Ph 5545 1892 or 0428 451 892

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TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN BUSINESS DIRECTORY PAINTERS & DECORATORS

PLUMBING

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Specialising in:• Maintenance • Plumbing • Draining • Roofing • Gasfitting Ph: Dave Angel at Nth Tamborine Ph: 5545 2369 all hours Mobile No: 0419 677 008

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ATTENTION!! What’s on the bottom of your water tank? Dead rats, snakes, toads or worse.

Minimum water loss extraction cleaning system now available by The Tank Doctor 0407 649 659 or 5545 3693.

BOOKS AND MAGAZINES FOR SALE second hand and new local authors. Piccabeen Bookshop/ Landcare office below Joseph the Greengrocer, Main St. CHOOKMOBILE is a fully-equipped chook pen, completely fox-proof and with a superb mobility system. Models for 4 or 7 hens. Come and check them out. Phone 0418 758 925 or 5545 2206.

CLAIRVOYANT: Past Life Readings and Dream Interpretation: Carole 5545 3436 CLEANERS WANTED: Tamborine Mountain area, for outside work. Must have manual driver’s licence and mobile phone. Please reply to 3274 5545 between 7-9am.

COMPUTER CONSULTATION and REPAIRS Tried Yelling at it? All out of ideas?

Call Nic at 0407 861 486 or cactus_computers@tpg.com.au FEEL ALIVE – DISCOVER NIA! The Nia Technique is a holistic dance movement practice for fitness and JOY. Now at Tamborine Memorial Hall, Mondays 9.30am call Jodie on 0401 664 791 or see www.niaaustralia.com.au HOUSE TO LET: 3 bedrooms with built ins, 1 1/2 baths, good kitchen, nice dining, 2 living, wood heater verandah, elevated views, 2 cars under $360 per week, available shortly. Phone 5545 2100 MOBILE MASSAGE: Qualified Therapist.

Maintain the health of your body with a regular therapeutic massage. Service also avail. to some offMountain areas. Anja Cameron 0405 347 900 MOUNTAIN-WIDE PAMPHLETS Distribution service. Advertise your business. Ph 0438 452 587.

MULCH: Excellent quality. Aged, clean mulch. $25/metre delivered. Ph: 5545 0467.

NATUROPATH, Nutrition advice, herbalist, 0417 630 615 www.ntpages.com.au/therapist/11495 TRADITIONAL REIKI CLASSES Reiki, massage, iridology by appointment. Change your life for the better. Phone Jan 5545 4005. 20 years experience.

EMERGENCY NUMBERS Alcoholics Anonymous..............5545 3331 ..........................................or 0416 155 456 Energex .........................................13 62 62 Fire (ask for Southport Control) ........000 Fire (T.M. Rural F.B.) ..........0407 747 999 Fire Permits ..........................0408 199 271 Police ..........................................5545 3473 Ambulance ............................................000 Ambulance (non-urgent) .............13 12 33 Domestic Violence (24 hrs)...1800 811 811 Child Protection (24 hrs) .....1800 177 135 Lifeline ............................................13 1114 13 HEALTH ............................13 43 25 84 S.E.S. .............................................132 500 Local SES Controller Brendan Guy ...............................5540 5131 T.M. Community Care Service: Home Care and Transport needs. Ring.........5545 4968 Blue Nursing Service ..........(07) 3287 2041 Roslyn Lodge ..............................5545 7822 T.M. Medical Practice .................5545 1222 QML Pathology Nth Tamborine .5545 3873 Chemists: North Tamborine.........5545 1450 Eagle Heights..............5545 1441 Tamborine Mtn Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic ...............................5545 0500 Tamborine Mountain Optometrist Nicky Carr..................................5545 0277 Dentists: Dr Don Harvey .........................5545 2788 Dr Claudia Rodriguez................5545 2522 Podiatrist: ..........5545 3311 or 0418 963 969 Veterinary Surgery ......................5545 2422 Beenleigh Comm. Health ....(07) 3827 9811 Beaudesert Hospital.....................5541 9111 LIBRARY HOURS Monday – Friday 9.00am–5.30pm.

Saturday 9am–12noon. Phone: 5540 5473.

T.M. RURAL FIRE BRIGADE For burnoff notifications, membership and general enquiries .......................................Phone: 0407 747 999 For Fires and Emergencies ...........Phone: 000 Training Meetings are held at 7.00pm each Wednesday at the Rural Fire Station, Knoll Rd. Tamborine Mountain News is published fortnightly. The paper is compiled by voluntary workers and printed by the Beaudesert Times.

EDITORIAL TEAM: Eve Curtis 5545 1231 George & Joan Fisher 5545 1986 Mike & Elizabeth Russell 5545 3601 John Aagaard 5545 1371 EMAIL: tmn05@bigpond.net.au TM News acknowledges a grant from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund for the purchase of equipment to assist in production.

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