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Premier inspects aftermath of Oswald’s fury
RECOVERY STRATEGY ANNOUNCED p4 Premier Campbell Newman (centre) and Member for Beaudesert, Jon Krause, get an on-the-spot update at Eagle Heights Road on mountain recovery efforts from Scenic Rim SES Coodinator Jeff McConnell.
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O man is an island”, one of my old English teachers would often intone, quoting from the centuries-old poem by John Donne. To my teenage self, it seemed to me a pretty dopey thing to say, particularly in an all-girls’ school, where the only men – some very few male teachers and grounds staff – were like islands, surrounded by an ocean of females in blue uniforms. However, when those words from so many years ago floated back to me last week as I reflected on our days marooned on our island in the sky without power, water and, finally telephone, as one by one our mobile phones were exhausted, Donne’s meaning struck me like a wave. I had been listening to the ABC on our battery-powered radio, wishing I were anywhere but where the loss of electricity did not also mean the loss of running water and flush toilets when I heard Premier Campbell Newman urging the good citizens of Brisbane to go and check on neighbours, such as the “elderly lady down the street”. My immediate reaction was shock. What, I wondered, was wrong with the world, when people had to be told to go and check on their neighbours? Here at Tamborine Mountain, the wild weather had barely abated before neighbours emerged and began to help others with the clean-up. Our neighbours from next door and
TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN NEWS PO Box 118 North Tamborine Qld 4272 Phone 5545 3170 or 0431 722 177 editor@tamborinemountainnews.com tmn05@bigpond.net.au Managing Editor: Gary Stubbs News Editor: Lisa Stubbs Graphics/Design: Penny Aagaard Printed in the Scenic Rim by Beaudesert Times Our masthead features the Great Barred Frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus), a ground-dwelling amphibian native to the rainforests of the Tamborine Mountain area. 2 – TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN NEWS VOL. 1345, 5 FEBRUARY, 2013
across the street, John Logan and Udo Rabe appeared with chainsaws and set about clearing the mess of fallen trees from our yard and driveway. Tony Cole and son Gary, who had been driving by, saw our neighbour from across the street, Bruce Seaton, wrestling with a fallen tree and stopped to help (above). On Tuesday night, Bruce answered our SOS, changing our barbecue’s gas bottle which had run dry while we were halfway through cooking our first hot meal in days. In Winema Drive, Sue Tomkins discovered she could depend on the kindness of strangers, when Bobbie Delume and Neil Kendrick from Kootenai Drive, not only recharged her iPad but also came back with a generator to help her through her extended power outage. As I write this, to the symphony of chainsaws continuing through our neighbourhood, they are back helping to clean up Sue’s yard. Cut off at the bottom of the Mountain, Shirley Sines was able to rest easier knowing that her elderly mother, whom she had been unable to contact, was safe and well up here, after our local police Sergeant Mick Jones and his wife, Kerriann went to check on her and found her tucked up in bed. These are just a few examples of the random acts of kindness seen in our community in recent days. Here on the Mountain at least, no man (or woman) is an island. Lisa Stubbs
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Cyclone deals a major blow to our community
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HE impact of tropical cyclone Oswald will continue to be felt by Tamborine Mountain and surrounding communities long after the initial clean-up is completed. The Goat Track linking Tamborine Mountain to Canungra and the John Muntz causeway at Coomera both sustained massive damage during the Australia Day weekend deluge, and are expected to disrupt traffic for months to come. A Transport and Main Roads Department spokesman said the safety of all road users and workers was a top priority. “We’re working hard to re-open the two roads to Mount Tamborine as well as other state-controlled roads to restore the region’s road network as soon as it is safe to do so,” he said. Some 7000 homes and businesses in the Scenic Rim lost power as overhead lines were brought down by falling trees. The loss of power was keenly felt by residents who rely on electricity to maintain their water supply. Stately trees that had withstood many extreme weather events were finally brought down by a combination of torrential rain and fierce wind gusts. “One of the key lessons of this latest calamity is that we review the tree clearances around trunk power lines on Tamborine Mountain and surrounds where electricity supply was lost for days,” Mayor John Brent said.
While falling trees also brought down telephone lines, many residents found themselves cut off from the outside world when their mobile phones had exhausted their batteries and could not be recharged or their modern landline connections could not operate without electricity. While primary producers experienced heart-breaking crop losses, many businesses were affected, either directly by the weather or by power outages – including the Tamborine Mountain News which was forced to delay publication. The chaos caused by road closures and power outages meant that the start to the 2013 school year was delayed by a week, just as it was for students following the 1974 Australia Day weekend floods in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast. Minister for Education, Training and Employment, John-Paul Langbroek visited St Bernard State School, Tamborine Mountain State High School and Tamborine Mountain State School, just as an emergency generator restored power to the school, on Thursday. “The amount of community spirit I have seen over the past few days has been overwhelming and I thank the Tamborine community for swinging into action and helping children get back to school,” he said. “Now that power is being restored and roads are being cleared, it’s important to
Notices PUBLIC NOTICES Scenic Rim Regional Council Adopted Infrastructure Charges Resolution (Version No.4). Notice is hereby given under section 648D of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, that on 11 December, 2012 Scenic Rim Regional Council made an Adopted Infrastructure Charges Resolution. The resolution applies to approved development across the entire local government area and is effective immediately. Copies of the resolution, titled Scenic Rim Regional Council Adopted Infrastructure Charges Resolution (Version No. 4), October 2012 are available for inspection and purchase at Council’s Beaudesert Customer Service Centre at 82 Brisbane St. A copy of the resolution is also available on Council’s website. Public Notice – Mosquito Inspection Program Council will be carrying out an approved selective inspection program in accordance with the Public Health Act 2005. Its purpose is to determine the presence of disease-carrying mosquitoes in an area bounded by Beaudesert-Beenleigh Rd, Waterford-Tamborine Rd and the Albert River. The program will commence on Tuesday, 5 February, and concluding on 3 May. Authorised Persons undertaking such approved inspection program will produce photographic identification. A copy of the Council resolution for the approved inspection program is available at Council’s Customer Service Centres until the end of the program. The resolution can be obtained without charge. Your cooperation on this matter is appreciated. For further information on the mosquito inspection program, contact Council’s Environmental Health Team on . Removal of Unapproved Roadside Signage Advertising signs and devices must be displayed in accordance with a planning scheme or Subordinate Local Law No. 1.4 (Installation of Advertising Devices) 2011 to ensure signs are
displayed safely and do not detract from visual amenity of the area. Depending on the nature of a sign or device, an application may be required to be lodged with Council for approval. Unapproved advertising signs and devices on roadways will be removed and impounded in line with Council’s local law. This includes signs attached to trees or road infrastructure; signs placed on public lands or councilcontrolled roadsides without local law approval. For further information contact Council’s Environment and Development Compliance Team on . Australia Day Awards & Citizenship Ceremony Join us at The Centre, Beaudesert, on Friday, 25 January, from 5.30pm for the 2013 Australia Day Awards and Citizenship Ceremony. Special guest will be Australia Day Ambassador Preston Campbell. RSVPs are essential to Council’s Events Officer Christy Schloss on or email christy.s@scenicrim.qld.gov.au. Family Fun & Movies at the Pool Dive in at your local pool for a fun evening of activities by sporting groups and a big screen movie experience. Gates open at 4pm with free entry and the movie The Adventures of Tintin (PG) from 6.30pm. Food and drinks will be available. with lots of prizes to be won. Join us at Beaudesert Swimming Pool on Saturday, 19 January, and Boonah Swimming Pool on Saturday, 2 February. Canungra Pool extended operating hours Due to the hot weather conditions, Council pool contractor BlueFit Leisure has extended the Canungra Pool opening times until the end of the school holidays. Revised opening times are as follows: Weekdays 6am-6pm; Sat 8am-5.30pm; Sun 10am-4pm. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, 29 January.
get children into a normal routine.” The State Government moved quickly to make the Scenic Rim and Logan City council areas eligible for assistance under the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangement. More than 1100 people presented at the Vonda Youngman Community Centre on Friday to register for the State Government’s Emergency Assistance Grant, which provides financial assistance of $180 per person, up to a maximum of $900 for a family of five or more. On Saturday, some 300 people attended the centre, which will continue to be open on Tuesday and Wednesday, if necessary, to process claims. Mayor John Brent said he would continue to advocate for the Scenic Rim region to receive the State and Federal Government assistance necessary to rebuild and restore infrastructure and assist community members. “In the lead-up to this disaster, Council was finalizing the awarding of contracts for works to repair the damage of the 2011 flood event,” he said. “We now find ourselves in a position where we are still restoring infrastructure impacted by the 2011 flood event, and the rain event of 2012 and now having to assess the new damage caused by this week’s flood and storm event.”
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Recovery strategy announced during Mountain visit
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HE epicentre of the devastation to Tamborine Mountain caused by last week’s wild weather provided the focal point for a major announcement by Queensland Premier Campbell Newman on Sunday. Visiting the Mountain with local member Jon Krause and Minister for Local Government, Community Recovery and Resilience, David Crisafulli, Mr Newman stood where, only days earlier, Eagle Heights Road had been blocked by a tangle of fallen trees and power lines to announce the appointment of two former high ranking and highly respected Australian Army officers to help spearhead the recovery effort. Colonel Don Cousins AM CSC and Brigadier Bill Mellor DSC AM will work alongside Deputy Police Commissioner Brett Pointing in the recovery and rebuilding of Queensland in the wake of tropical cyclone Oswald. As Disaster Recovery Coordinator for the Southern Queensland Region, Brigadier Mellor’s area of responsibility includes Tamborine Mountain. Accompanying the Premier on his visit to the community, Brigadier Mellor said he was delighted to be able to contribute to rebuilding south-east Queensland and keen to get to work to help speed the recovery effort. Mr Newman said the disaster recovery
coordinators would take “a laser-like focus” to rebuilding Queensland, where the damage bill has already exceeded $2.4 billion. “These men are very experienced and bring enormous expertise to the task at hand,” he said. “With these men on the job and working closely together, I am confident the recovery can move ahead at speed and this state can get back on its feet.” During his visit to the Mountain, Mr Newman paid tribute to the efforts of Energex crews in restoring power to some 230,000 homes and businesses in seven days.This had exceeded the 2011 effort when 165,000 homes and businesses lost power and many thousands were still without power 15 days later. Mr Newman and his wife Lisa also met local SES volunteers and spoke with property owners Eddie and Karen Mierzejewski, whose sweet shop and ice creamery at Curtis Falls was flooded following the torrential rain. Mr Mierzejewski praised Rural Fire Brigade members who gave up their lunch break to help them clear water and debris from their premises. “What they did was above and beyond – in no time they had done what it would have taken us days to do,” he said.
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Many thanks to a fearless mountain warrior
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HIL GIFFARD – after two decades as letter writer, columnist, councillor and conscience of Tamborine Mountain – will no longer be a regular feature in Tamborine Mountain News. Phil went from occasional letter writer in 1991 to TMN columnist in 1993 when co-editor Eve Curtis declared that the latest of his many letters to the paper would be the first in an ongoing series of columns titled Phil’s Column in which he would comment on development and local government issues impacting on the mountain. Phil’s professional background had seen him working in the mining industry, developing new technology and applications. And he freely admits that for someone who had previously only written ‘turgid technical reports’ for a specialised audience, compiling a fortnightly newspaper column was a real challenge. No sooner had he come to grips with the peculiar demands of column writing, then – to use his own words – he was “dragged kicking and screaming into becoming a Councillor” in the old Beaudesert Shire Council in 1994, with the mission of having a revised Development Control Plan gazetted. Phil served with distinction in Council and he continued to write for the News until the end of his term as a Councillor in 1997 when he reverted to his former status of occasional letter writer. However, it was not too long before he was back in harness as a columnist, this time under the familiar banner of Council Watch, and still wearing his trademark bush hat. By now, The Beaudesert Shire Council, under the orchestration of the Queensland Government, had morphed into the Scenic Rim Regional Council. Phil’s reputation for calling a ‘spade a shovel’ again came to the fore and for many TMN readers his frank and fearless commentary on council decisions and issues was something they keenly anticipated with each edition of the News. Not everyone agreed with the way Phil saw things but no one – not even his most vocal critics – could deny his commitment and passion, nor his desire to protect and preserve the Mountain that he and wife Pam love so much. His insightful columns analysed, challenged and brought to light many important local government issues and developments that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. “One thing I learned,” recalls Phil, “was the importance of not only telling people what was happening but, even more so, the value of making clear to residents future problems facing the Council and the community it represents. I found that, even if disappointed by the outcome, residents were often not so unhappy when they understood the underlying reasons for decisions. I believe that my column helped fill this void, with the various Councils often lacking credibility in this regard. “I suppose, in adopting this role, I was sometimes seen to be negative but, overall, I believe I was consistently positive in trying to achieve the best long term outcome for the Mountain. In this I was always guided by not only knowledge of the responsibilities of Councillors as laid down in the Local Government Act, but also by the Development Control Plans. The latter are the very best indication of overall community priorities having been generated and refined with successive stages of community input.” He is quick to acknowledge the role played by former co-editors Eve Curtis and George Fisher in giving him the journalistic freedom to write an unfettered column, one in which his subject matter was never dictated to him. Phil’s interests and concerns in 2013 are much the same as they were in 1993. Many of the same issues continue to trouble him. How much more change to our mountain, he asks, can be accommodated without losing the values that give the locality its attractiveness? “Our biggest problems continue to be population growth and, in particular, how to manage tourism. It is of critical importance that, under increasing tourism impacts, our local community maintains its social coherence through general separation of resident and tourist facilities.
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“In state and local government there seems to be a pervading belief that any increase in tourism is to be applauded. “However, a locality such as Tamborine Mountain has only a very limited capacity to accommodate increased tourism without sacrificing the very characteristics which make it an invaluable regional residential and tourism resource.” While Phil believes that the Council has a primary responsibility to protect the interests of residents, he also feels strongly that local residents increasingly need to stand up and be heard. “For too long it has been left to small community groups and individuals to fight the battle for the future of Tamborine Mountain. Why is so much of the community which has so much to lose so silent?” he asks. Phil Giffard is to be applauded for his commitment and dedication to preserving and protecting the special qualities that make Tamborine Mountain such a pleasant and unique place in which to live. Our community owes him an everlasting debt of gratitude. Tamborine Mountain News wishes Phil and Pam all the very best and we sincerely hope he will favour us from time to time with some forthright Letters to the Editor. Gary Stubbs
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NE of the most popular end-of-the world scenarios depicted in science fiction and Hollywood blockbusters is the impact event, when a large celestial object such as a comet, asteroid, planet or meteorite on a collision course with Earth threatens to devastate the planet. This is not pure fantasy. We are constantly bombarded from space, but fortunately there appears to be an inverse relationship between the size and frequency of impact events. Small celestial objects such as meteorites frequently collide with Earth but are either vapourised by the atmosphere or are too small to have an effect when they hit the Earth’s surface. However, when larger objects strike the planet the impact can cause abrupt, global changes that effect climate, biodiversity and even the Earth’s magnetic field. The last major impact collision occurred some 65 million years ago. It is called the KT boundary event and marked the end of the Cretaceous and start of the Paleogene period, but it is popularly known as the event which most probably caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. An asteroid estimated to be approximately 15 kilometres wide slammed into the Earth at Chicxulub in Mexico at a speed 20 times faster than a speeding bullet and hit the Earth with unimaginable force estimated at one billion times more powerful than an atomic bomb. There was an immediate effect as huge fireballs, earthquakes, continental landslides and tsunamis caused widespread devastation. The blasted material ejected at high velocity into
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Councillor’s Comment NIGEL WAISTELL – DIVISION 1
FLOODS A very big thank you to the Emergency Services, the door knockers, Lions club, Council staff and to you the Community. Everyone has done a marvellous job, been very patient and have looked after each other. As you read this, I sincerely hope that your power has been connected. Please be advised that Council will be conducting a storm debris clean up of roads and footpaths/road reserves in wind affected areas this week. EMERGENCY PAYMENTS You may be eligible for an emergency payment of $180 per person up to a maximum of $900 for a family. Please phone 1800 173 349. SUPERMARKET I refer to the letter of 17 January from Helen South. She is right in stating that the community relies on its Councillors to ensure that facilities are built to a suitable standard. As the new Councillor, I am in contact with the developer and have passed on Helen’s thoughts in addition to the desire for a rear access. If you have any other suggestions, please pass them to me and I will forward to the developer. KNOLL ROAD SPEED LIMIT REVIEW As reported before, it has been recommended that the Knoll Road speed limit remain at 50kph. The speed review is a technical process that looks at three factors: Function of the road, speed and speed environment. A score is allocated to each factor and the resulting final score determines the outcome. It was interesting that the review determined that many people were happy to drive at 49kph. I still believe that the speed limit should be 40kph but, speed limits and signs do not always result in that speed being obtained. Enforcement sometimes has to be exercised. For the time being therefore, I am asking the community to adopt a self imposed speed limit of 40kph. Let us bring down that recorded speed of 49kph and assist Knoll Road residents, pedestrians and wild life. SLASHING CYCLE I have had a few complaints regarding the slashing of certain areas. The Council has a slashing programme so, if an area is getting long, it is very probable that it is about to be slashed. However, sometimes, an area is missed so let me know and I will investigate. Council will respond if a need is identified as has just been witnessed in Rosser Park. In addition, Taylor Street has been added to the programme. GALLERY WALK TOILETS As reported on 18 December, as a result of operational problems with the toilets in Gallery Walk, Council is trialling reduced opening times. Opening times are now 10am – 6pm. This trial has assisted Council in improving the operation of the toilets. The results of the trial will be discussed with the Chamber of Commerce as will future decisions. CONSULTATION I have moved the consultation in the library to the second Monday of each month. The next consultation will be on Monday 11 February, 4pm – 5.30pm. I am also available for one on one meetings at your convenience. My contact details are: • Home: 07 5545 0223; • Mobile: 0423 931 075; • Email: npw1@sctelco.net.au; and • Email: nigel.w@scenicrim.qld.gov.au
Councillor’s Comment NADIA O’CARROLL – DIVISION 2
AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS The winners of the 11 categories of Australia Day Awards were announced last Friday at an impressive combined citizenship and awards ceremony held at The Centre, Beaudesert. Congratulations not only to the winners, but to each nominee, all of whom have made valuable contributions to our region. Also congratulations and welcome to the new Australian citizens who took their pledge to Australia at this event. RATE NOTICES Scenic Rim Regional Council residents would have recently received their rate notices and a copy of Scenic Living; two other insertions were omitted by the contractor and these will now be sent to ratepayers at no cost to Council. GRANTS There are number of grant opportunities currently available. This round of Council’s Community Grants will close on 8 February; round two of the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) Grants close on 29 March. For information and application packs, please visit Customer Service Centres or contact Council Community Development Officer. Also a reminder that applications for the Gambling Benefit Fund and Jupiter’s Casino Fund close at the end of February. ST BERNARD STATE SCHOOL VISIT On behalf of the Animal Education Team and myself, I would like to thank Mrs Hill and Year Three students for the wonderful letters they wrote to us after our visit last year. We had a great morning with you and it was nice to hear that you enjoyed it too. Best wishes for an exciting year as Year Four students. ROSSER PARK Council is engaged in ongoing, staged work in this park and surrounds to remove privet and camphor laurel which are large environmental woody weeds. This programme is being carried out in conjunction with the revegetation of areas in the park by TML volunteers. These comments represent my personal views. Council website: www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au My contact details: Email: nadia.o@scenicrim.qld.gov.au Tel: 5540 5402; Mobile: 0418 221 453
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AMBORINE’S Cosy Corner general store has a new home – just a short distance from its original location. Now situated behind the produce store in Leach Road, it continues to operate just as before, with its takeaway, licensed Post Office, and sub newsagency all being relocated to the new building. It has easy access and sealed, off-street
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HANKS to everyone who supported their fundraising throughout 2012, Tamborine Mountain’s Girl Guides had a FanTAStic time at the jamboree in Tasmania last month. Lucy Stokes (left) and Trinity Johnstone were among the guides who enjoyed a week packed with adventure and fun activities that included horseriding, go-karting and an Amazing Race around Launceston with new friends.
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There was barely a drop until Oswald struck
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ANUARY continued very dry with just a few very light showers and an almost dry thunderstorm on the evening of the 9th. Finally ex tropical cyclone Oswald” began to bear down on us. Feed in of moisture from the east started to produce showers from the 22nd but the rain didn’t start seriously until the 25th. Rain and wind built up into cyclonic conditions over Saturday and Sunday and continued into Monday. Totals recorded on Monday morning, January 28 were near record - at the official gauge at Fern Street 407mm were recorded, while Paul Lyons in Macdonnell Road recorded
520mm and Dawn Hooper in North Tamborine recorded 492mm. However, the top two single day totals at Fern Street over 125 years of recording, were 505mm on January 26, 1974 and 563mm the next day. People exposed to the north-east gale got substantially lower rainfalls over the Oswald period (January 24 to 29) than those behind. The rain appears to have been flung over the top of the escarpment and dumped beyond. My apologies for putting our old email address in last time. It now is mjandedrussell@spin.net.au Mike Russell
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The life cycle of an ex-tropical cyclone
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SWALD developed in the Gulf of Carpentaria and came ashore some time on Wednesday, January 23. It was a wide and moderately intense storm. It continued approximately south, bringing gales and heavy rain to Cairns, Innisfail, Townsville and Rockhampton. Normally a tropical cyclone loses strength over land because it requires a large amount of moisture supplied by evaporation from the ocean at 26°C or warmer. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) explained that the large and deep low pressure system that was Oswald continued to behave as a cyclone because the land over which it travelled was very warm and moist. This resulted in rising moist air feeding clockwise into the depression sufficient for it to continue as a tropical cyclone. As it crossed the Tropic of Capricorn, surface conditions cooled a little but upper atmosphere lows contributed to the rising swirl. A huge amount of rain was dumped on the Burnett River, creating Bundaberg’s worst-ever flood.
Oswald began to affect Tamborine Mountain by Friday January 25 as winds and rain increased from the north-east. Australia Day (January 26) was a big disappointment for many as rain and wind increased and we lost power that afternoon. By Sunday, Tamborine Mountain had a full scale gale with rapidly rising streams. Mountain rainfall recorders emptied their gauges before dark because it looked very likely that otherwise they’d overflow by 9 o’clock next morning. This proved the right thing to do because some people recorded over 500mm in that 24 hour period. Trees and branches were down everywhere but Monday morning, the 28th, the wind gusts maximised to between 110 and 120 kph on the eastern escarpment. The turbulence behind the edge of the escarpment caused tree falls in all directions, sometimes adjacent trees falling in exactly opposite directions. On the 28th Oswald’s centre passed west of Dalby and crossed the border into New South Wales.
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Dear Geoff, We are already at the end of the first month of 2013! Some of us have no doubt seen some good change and our new year has gotten off to a good start. But some of us have already had our hopes dashed as we anticipated changes that would come about in the new year. Whether it was a change of circumstances or a change of our will and desires we have met a stubborn resistance to the kind of change we would like to have seen. We face difficulties of all sorts in the course of a day, a week, a month, a year...and sometimes longer. Finances, marriage and family, health, moral dilemmas, work... all have things that don’t work out the way we want. Within the Christian understanding of hardship and suffering there is purpose. The Apostle Paul reminds us that in the context of being justified by grace, we stand in a relationship with God that suffering cannot diminish or destroy. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. (Romans 5:3-5) In fact, because God is for us, the hardship we encounter in life produces in us the kind of life that is good, pleasing to God and helpful to others who are struggling with life. In addition to that we see from the verses above that God sustains us in the process of suffering, perseverance, character and hope. He is present with us by his Spirit in our suffering and deepens our experience of his love for us. The Apostle James says: ‘Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.’ (James 1:2-4) It is not easy to swallow such a pill as James offers, ‘consider it pure joy’. This is not the first thing we think of when we face hardship. But as we go through difficulty over the years we can see how God works in and through it to help us loosen the fierce grip we have on the world’s mirages. As we go through difficulty we are faced with our own weaknesses and come to depend on God increasingly. From this vantage point we are able to see that God does work for our good and that nothing in life or death, no power in the whole universe, can separate us from God’s love that is in Jesus Christ. Have a read of Romans chapter 8 in your New Testament and be encouraged as you engage this new year of 2013. Your Brother, Kim Advertisement. Kim Dale, Minister, TM Presbyterian Church: kdale7@bigpond.com or PO Box 5, North Tamborine 4272.
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After the storm is over, the clean-up begins
Clockwise from top left: Warrick Bailey of Tamborine Mountain Lions Club keeps the kids happy with free sausages, courtesy of Scenic Rim Regional Council, at Vonda Youngman Centre. One of four industrial skips that were used to remove spoiled food from the IGA as a result the supermarket losing power for over three days. Up in the air to get us back to normal on the ground, this Energex worker was just one of the dedicated team who worked flat out to fix the extensive damage to power lines. SES workers Susie Cunningham (left) and Bill Gaudry on duty near Curtis Falls corner. Lifeline volunteers Jacquel Viles (left) and Jasmin Kallas discussing their work with Deputy Mayor Virginia West (second from right) and Cr Nadia O’Carroll at Vonda Youngman Centre.
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Above left: Curtis Falls like few have seen them before – a roaring torrent of water in place of its normal gentle flow. Above right: Sorry end for a giant of the Joalah National Park which fell over in high winds, revealing this massive root ball. Below: A lake of water covers the road and disguises the normal Albert River watercourse near Tamborine. Opposite page, top: This was the entrance to the one-way section of the Goat Track approaching from Canungra after Oswald. Opposite page, bottom: Eagle Heights Road was one of the hardest hit parts of Tamborine Mountain.
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The night secret of the Moonflower
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ANY years ago my friend Lorraine Whitehead had a magnificent moonflower succulent plant in a pot on her patio. She gave a cutting to my father who gave the plant to me when he went to Roslyn Lodge Nursing Home. I stuck it in my front garden. The only water this climbing, tropical vine received was the grey water from the sprinkler. Never took much notice of it because it was just a long green leathery leaf. No fertilizer, no love, care or attention, BUT – it had a secret. Every year it gives me the most wonderful concert. On January 8 I checked to see if my moonflower was ready to open as it did last year. Knowing that it flowered at night for one night only, I did not want to miss taking some photos. There were five buds hanging there, waiting to become ballerinas of the night. They were poised on tip toe pointing to the sky, waiting for a clear night. I thought I had better check every night so I would not miss the concert. One night I almost forgot, eventually going outside at 10.30pm and there they were, hanging in my macadamia tree in the rain forest garden. Four were open with one yet to open. They have a spidery little flower sticking out of the middle to entice creatures of the night to enter the tunnel of love and walk through the pollen as they go. Everything is pearly white except for the back of the flower and the perfume is delicate and not overpowering. Next morning I went out at 6.20am and the party was over. The flowers looked tired but happy and the latecomer to the party was going to dance all on her own, perhaps that night. Mother nature is certainly amazing and we mortals can only wonder why such beautiful flowers are only open for one night, when we would not see them at all if we were not aware of the time they danced on a hot summer night on Tamborine Mountain. Louise Piper
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OUNTAIN Kids Playgroup recommenced last Thursday and welcomes families with children under five to come and join in the fun every week. The playgroup is coordinated by parents and offers varied activities and a wonderful range of toys and equipment, providing a great opportunity to make new friends. It meets at St George’s Anglican Church in Dapsang Drive, Eagle Heights each Thursday morning from 9am until 11am, except during school holidays. Sessions are excellent value at just $3 per family. For more information call Playgroup Queensland on 1800 171 882, visit www.playgroupaustralia.com.au or pop in to see them.
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Cottage charm shines in sunny home
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HE Tamborine Mountain retreat of one of Queensland’s highest flying legal eagles is set to go under the auctioneer’s hammer on Sunday, February 24. This older property in quiet and leafy North Street is a short walk from the North Tamborine town centre and has the cottage charm of grandma’s house. Nestled on 2670m2 of gently rising northfacing land, the property has two titles which provide plenty of scope for an owner or investor. The property was bought in 1951 by Sir Arnold Lucas Bennett, a leading barrister who also advised the Queensland Government on matters of constitutional law. Sir Arnold planted many avocado trees on the two lots of the property which he and his wife and family used as a holiday home. The sunny, north-facing cottage has three upstairs bedrooms and a downstairs studio and a sun room to make the most of the
northerly aspect. With a wood stove and air conditioning, the lounge is comfortable year-round. While not modern, the kitchen is functional and has plenty of storage space and there is an extra area that could be used for dining. As the property has two titles, these may be sold individually. However, the house must sell before the vacant block will be let go. Inspection times are 10 to 10.30am on Saturday 9, 16 and 23. The owners of this deceased estate will consider all offers prior to the auction. Phone Emma Hawker at Professionals on 0439 754 344.
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‘Nearly all Irish’ evening at Zamia
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ITH as many as one in three Australians able to claim some Irish ancestry, Irish music stirs a special place in the hearts of many Aussies. Whether it is well known songs or original works, the lilt that is synonymous with the Irish sound feels somehow familiar, even when heard for the first time. For those of you who feel this way, or just love a great night of music and craic, you’re in for a special treat. On Saturday February 9, 2012, the Zamia Theatre hosts ‘Nearly All Irish’– a three piece group – Mick McHugh and Jack O’Leary (the Irish ones) and Peter Miller (he’s the ‘nearly’ bit). Featuring Celtic inspired songs, tunes and stories (voice and guitar), this dynamic trio is known to move audiences to tears, to sing along, and of course they never fail to invoke the lilt of Irish laughter. Mick McHugh has been turning heads since his 2012 Australian tour with world-renowned folk legend Ralph McTell of ‘Streets of London’ fame. He combines folk song writing with acoustic guitar, foot-tapping percussion and trusty harmonica. Jack O’Leary is a gifted singer and story-teller and is well-known and loved in his native Ireland. Peter Miller is a finger-style guitarist. Peter has toured Ireland and Europe on numerous occasions. It’s a BYO evening so bring along your favourite tipple (if its Irish whiskey all the better!) – doors open at 7pm for a 7.30 start. Mark Saturday 9 February in your calendar (hint – this would make a very nice early Valentine’s Day outing) and grab your discounted tickets by emailing nearlyallirish@gmail.com or call 0410 183 576. $16 pre booked, $20 at the door. You’d be an eejit to miss it!
One small place on earth
Cascade Tree Frog – Litoria pearsoniana – garden, Eagle Hts
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HE claim that the Tamborine Mountain plateau and escarpment occupying 105km2, has more frog species than the whole of Canada, 9,984,670km2, sounds wildly impressive, but happens to be true. The specimen I filmed was one of two juveniles on a citrus bush. The frog is listed as vulnerable in the admirable Queensland Museum publication, Frogs of South-east Queensland. The adult grows to between 30 and 40mm and has a green to light brown back. Frames from video footage celebrating Tamborine Mountain’s biodiversity.
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John Archer Aagaard
OHN Aagaard’s father Nikolai came to Australia from Norway in the early 1900s and worked as an accountant. With the advent of WWI he enlisted in the AIF and became a machine gunner in France. Soon after his return he married Doris Archer, granddaughter of David Archer, of the pioneering Archer family of Central Queensland. Nikolai (Niko) and Doris had a daughter, Karin, then John came along in 1927, and later Helen. The children grew up near Biloela, on ‘Torsdale’, the station Niko managed for Archer Brothers. John attended Rockhampton Grammar School, and went on to Gatton Agricultural College where he obtained an Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Horticulture. This enabled him to work for the government as an agricultural adviser in the then Territory of Papua New Guinea, where he had a grand time as a young man. Unfortunately, it was probably there that he contracted the lung disease that would cause him so much affliction in later years. Doris and Niko left Central Queensland to retire on Tamborine Mountain. On his return from TPNG, John joined them here, working as a small farmer and herd tester. In February 1955 he married Mary Glynn Curtis of North Tamborine. The Curtis family embraced him, and Edmund Curtis taught him to build when together they built ‘Leigh Farm’, the Aagaard family home in Kidd Street. John and Glynn’s son Simon was born in 1956, and daughter Penny in 1960. Throughout the sixties John worked at Rob Davidson’s nursery in Eagle Heights. In 1971 the bug that had been lying dormant since New Guinea became active and he underwent surgery, losing part of one lung. The disease was recurrent, and thereafter needed powerful drugs to keep it in check. He was never to be entirely free of it. During his working life John was a horse-breaker, agricultural adviser, herd tester, small farmer, property manager, nurseryman and postman. For some years he worked for, and became good friends with, Lloyd Nielsen of Tamborine Gardens Nursery, sharing Lloyd’s passion for birdwatching. John also had his own small wholesale nursery for a time. He became a founding member and office bearer of the Tamborine Field Naturalists’ Association, and his extensive botanical knowledge was of great benefit when in the early eighties the ‘Field Nats’ began replanting local rainforest at the council-owned land now known as John Dickson Park. Although now working hard as the local postman, John found time to regularly water and care for the newly planted rainforest trees. He was also able to obtain trees for planting at a time when local rainforest varieties were hard to come by – he often went over the NSW border to find nurseries that could supply them. His work at the plantation continued for over 20 years and helped to make one of the most pleasant parks on the Mountain. There is to be a John Aagaard Track in John Dickson Park. An intelligent and observant man with a keen interest in the natural world, John was knowledgeable not only about native plants, but also birds and other wildlife. ‘Leigh Farm’ was a haven for wild creatures, a useful place for photographers recording local wildlife, and for scientists studying ticks and turkeys. John also created his own extensive collection of photos of the local birds and animals, plants and fungi. John was a quietly conscientious member of the local community. He was a member of the TM Progress Association, and a willing helper of the budding TM Youth Orchestra at all their music camps when Penny was a member. In later years he worked as a volunteer for Transcord, ferrying people to and from off-Mountain medical appointments. He joined the TM Historical Society as a guide at the Heritage Centre at Eagle Heights, drawing from his own experience of over sixty years living on the Mountain. After a massive stroke in 2005 left Glynn paralysed and aphasic, John cared for her at home for three years despite his own significant and increasing health problems. When he could no longer look after her, he visited her daily at Roslyn Lodge, excepting only those days when he himself was in hospital. He endured his failing health with fortitude and a determination to just keep moving, keep living; always patient, always cheerful, always with a characteristic touch of dry humour. Too ill finally to walk from his car to Glynn’s room, John moved into Roslyn Lodge in November 2012. He remained typically stoical to the end. John’s life was a fine example of quiet goodness – of integrity, duty, generosity, tolerance and kindliness, of good manners and good sense. A gentleman. He is very much missed. Penny Aagaard
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Dear Editor, ROLL OF HONOUR IN NORTH TAMBORINE For community spirit and personal generosity during and in the aftermath of the recent storm, some people and businesses truly need to be inscribed on a Roll of Honour: Mitre 10 for staying open so locals could obtain necessary supplies for repairs; Village Greengrocer for staying open with fruit and vegetables; North Tamborine butchers for meat supplies; North Tamborine Post Office for opening as soon as possible for a half day (operating as an informal point of information); Councillor Nigel Waistell for checking on his constituents, and organising a Road Closed sign on Knoll Road (amazing to see drivers with green waste loads still trying to negotiate a road, despite 2 lots of power lines down!) – I’m
sure there are others we could add to the list. Thanks to SES and Energex for working hard to ensure community safety and to restore power, and to SRRC for arranging emergency meals for those without power. For personal generosity, I thank great friends and my many neighbours on Knoll Road who checked how people were doing, and who shared information, supplies, and good humour – and Brendan Shears, gardener and handyman extraordinaire, who personally checked on every one of his customers, chainsawing trees in driveways so people could get out and helping make general emergency repairs. Thanks also to Deli Vino’s for a delicious meal, once the worst was over, and to my daughter for coming up the Mountain to take me there! Sandra Sewell
Dear Editor, Having visited the new shopping centre for the first time I can only wonder how such a development could possibly be approved. What a wasted opportunity! With some vision by the town planners and architects it could have been a centre to provide a village atmosphere and focal point for the community, but instead is a soul-less car park surrounded by characterless buildings serving nothing but a functional commercial purpose. Not a place I would want to linger once my business was done. I contrast this with the redevelopment of Mudgeeraba under the guidance of the Gold Coast City Council. What was once a strip shopping centre is now a vibrant village providing the community with a focal point to meet, shop and linger.
Mudgeeraba Village is Baker's acres turned inside out, having a central courtyard shaded by trees and sails, about 20 retail stores, outdoor dining under wide verandahs and, would you believe, a Woolies supermarket. All the car parking is around the perimeter, with access to the centre via a number of entrances. It has charm, character as well as functionality and is a place you are tempted to linger a while. This kind of vision could have been accommodated in the new centre. I could name numerous other examples of developments which are sensitive to the communities they serve. Our council, its planners and the developers have done us a great disservice in not having seen the opportunity this development provided for the benefit of the community. Peter Cornell
Dear Editor, Recently a flock of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos has taken up residence near Kinabalu Drive in Eagle Heights. These birds are very attractive, but very destructive – their natural behaviour is to nip twigs and small branches off trees, but unfortunately they all strip wood from
balcony rails and posts. Someone is feeding this flock near us and consequently they spend their time in this area. Apart from the raucous chorus every morning and evening, I really don’t want my house damaged. Please don’t encourage them. Margaret MacDonald
Dear Editor, I refer to Louise Piper’s responce to my letter 11/12. Yes I understand that many Australians are not Christian yet they celebrate the special days with family and friends, exchange gifts etc. Anytime is a good time to do this. My complaint was that commercial companies make very good profits at this time of year, but do very little to acknowledge the event to which they owe
it. For instance, I found it difficult to find Christmas cards depicting the Christ Child or much relating to the event. ( I am in the process of writing to various Companies about this). Are not Australian laws (still) based on Christian principles? Would you have your children taught otherwise? Easter will be celebrated soon – or will it be Bugs Bunny? Geraldine Lucas
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EMBERS of the Tennis Club held a successful sausage sizzle recently at Bunnings at Oxenford on a day when most of us just wanted to sit in a cold room all day. Sausages weren't the only things sizzling as the temperature rose to above 40. Thanks to all the volunteers who came and helped. And a special thanks to the heroes who manned the barbecue. Peter, Alex and Nigel did a fantastic job under extreme circumstances. Between them they lost about 6kg and still managed to keep smiling. Funds raised will go towards an amenities block for the club. Our next fund raiser will be another sausage sizzle at Woolworths at Oxenford on February 16. This time it will be in air conditioned comfort. If you see us there please come and say hello and buy a sausage or a drink. If you would like to join our club check out our website at www.tmtennisclub.asn.au or come along to one of our social sessions, Wednesday night 6.30pm, Sunday afternoon 3pm.
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AMBORINE Mountain Tennis Club has some exciting news for juniors who would like to join us and have some coaching but maybe can’t afford it. The department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing’s GET STARTED funding (see story above right) is giving eligible children and young people the chance to join a sporting club or get coaching for free by offering $150 vouchers to be used at registered sporting clubs. And yes Tamborine Mountain Tennis Club is a registered club. Eligible applicants are children and young people from the age of five and under the age of 18 who hold or whose parent, guardian or carer holds a Centrelink Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card and are residents of Queensland and other children or young people identified by two referral agents. You must apply on line for a voucher and it is on a first come first served basis. Please check out the web site at www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/funding/getinthegame/getstarted A bit long winded I know but worth having a look. If you think your child might benefit from joining our friendly little club and having some free coaching, please make the effort to look at the web site to see if your child qualifies. Email our President, Henry Rich, at tmtc_secretary@hotmail.com if you need further information.
EMBER for Beaudesert Jon Krause (right) has encouraged local sporting and recreation clubs to sign up for the State Government’s $18 million grassroots funding support program. More than 2000 Queensland clubs – including 20 from the Beaudesert electorate – have already applied to be registered for the Get Started component of the Get in the Game initiative for children and young people, which opened online this month. “Get Started is designed to help kids who can least afford, or would otherwise benefit from getting involved in sport, with vouchers of up to $150 to help pay for membership and participation fees at a registered club,” said Mr Krause. Funding will be distributed in two rounds each year for the next three years on a first come, first served basis. Full details of the Get Started program, as well as information on the Get Going and Get Playing components of Get in the Game, are available online at www.nprsr.qld.gov.au. Get Going will see $10,000 grants paid directly to local sporting clubs to help them grow through the purchase of new sporting equipment or the promotion of new membership initiatives. “The Get Playing program will provide $100,000 grants for clubs to upgrade or replace existing facilities and infrastructure.
Tamborine Mt Bridge Club results Monday 14th January 2013 at 6.45pm 8 Table Mitchell North-South 1st H Braithwaite & M Daines 58.9% 2nd D Donaldson & H Edrich 56.8% 3rd P Morris & P Rasmussen 53.9% East-West 1st J Evans & R Evans 60.3% 2nd D Goodrick & J Youngman 60.1% 3rd D Anderson & M Smith 56.4% Tuesday 15th January 2013 at 12.45 pm 9 Pair Howell 1st D Cowls & D Goodrick 63.2% 2nd N Malouf & M McMahon 54.2% 3rd R Feige & S Feige 51.0% Thursday 17th January 2013 at 12.45pm 11 Table Mitchell North-South 1st H Braithwaite & M Daines 63.3% 2nd C Bowman & K Bowman 56.9% 3rd D Cowls & C Youngman 54.9% 4th C Burnes & W Natrop 52.3% East-West 1st D Merrin & M Smith 67.6% 2nd R Feige & S Feige 62.7% 3rd D & G Donaldson 59.7% 4th D Goodrick & S Pollock 55.0%
LADIES GOLF Recommencing TODAY Tuesday 5 February, 8.15am for a 8.30 to 9am hit off. We look forward to seeing our friends and hopefully a few new members. IF YOU MISSED IT THIS WEEK, SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN NEWS VOL. 1345, 5 FEBRUARY, 2013 – 21
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STRIKE UP THE BAND! Local resident BERNIE KLUPFEL – drum major/marching band leader of the Surfers Paradise Brass Band – is looking to form a COMMUNITY MARCHING BAND for Tamborine Mountain, with a short inaugural march planned for this year’s Anzac Day. All interested musicians on the mountain and surrounding areas are invited to a meeting at
7PM ON WED 13 FEBRUARY IN THE ZAMIA THEATRE. Beginners and school band members welcome. No previous marching experience necessary. Please contact Bernie on 5545 1770 or 0403 015 267 for more information, or simply come along on the night.
EMERGENCY NUMBERS AA Help Line .................................5591 2062 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 Emergency Physiotherapy Neil Bell ..........................................5545 1133 T.M. Community Care Service: Home Care and Transport needs ......................5545 4968 Blue Nursing Service ..............(07) 3287 2041 Roslyn Lodge ..................................5545 7822 T.M. Medical Practice.....................5545 1222 Eagle Heights Medical Centre ........5545 2416 QML Pathology Nth Tamborine .....5545 3873 Pharmacies: 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 T.M. RURAL FIRE BRIGADE For burnoff notifications, membership & general enquiries ............................Phone: 0407 747 999 For Fires and Emergencies................Phone: 000 Training Meetings are held at 7pm, Wednesdays at the Rural Fire Station, Knoll Rd.
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REGULAR MOUNTAIN ACTIVITIES AQUA AEROBICS Mon Wed Fri 7am, Tues 7.30am; Thurs 7.30am at the pool Phone 5545 2500 BADMINTON Social players, all levels. Mon 7pm9pm at the Vonda Youngman Community Centre (except Public Holidays). BASKETBALL Social. Mon 4.30-5.30pm Fri 3.304.30pm Community Centre. Michele 5545 1569. BOOK READERSʼ GROUP meets once a month, new members welcome. Enquiries at TM library. BOTANIC GARDENS Forsythia Dr, Eagle Hts Volunteers’ working bee every Thurs morning 8-12. Enq: Brian Davison 5545 4926. CHRONIC FATIGUE FIBROMYALGIA Support Group meets monthly Ph 5545 3134. TM CREATIVE ARTS: Mon 9am-12noon: Quilting & Patchwork, Pottery. 1-4pm: Painting. 6.30-10pm: Men’s Group. 7-10pm: Pottery. Tues 9am-12noon: Sewing. 9.30am-12.30pm: Life Drawing. Wed 9am-12noon: General Craft, Spinning, Pottery. 12.30-4.30pm: Bridge. 7-10pm: General Craft. Thurs 9am-12noon 2nd & 4th Thurs: Folk Art/Botanical Drawing. Each week-1-4pm: Wearable Art. Fri 9am-12noon: Wood Artisans, Pottery. Further info contact Creative Arts Hall Wed mornings 5545 3221. CREATIVE ARTS SOCIAL BRIDGE Wed at 12.30pm. For info contact John Noble, 5545 4022. CROQUET/GATEBALL CLUB Bowls Club, Beacon Road, North Tamborine. All Welcome. Tuition given. Mon & Thurs 9am, Sun pm. INSTITUTE OF MODERN TAE KWON DO, Classes 6-7.30pm Tues & Thurs at TM Showgrounds Hall ph 5545 3173 JOHN DICKSON CONSERVATION PARK: working bees 1st Monday & 3rd Monday of each month. 8am. Ph: Elizabeth Russell 5545 3601. KIDSʼ CLUB: Anglican Church, 2nd & 4th Fridays from 3pm. Ph 5545 1359. MEDITATION: Tuesdays 7pm – New Thought, New Life Centre 5545 3700. MOVIES ON THE MOUNTAIN: Regular screenings of latest releases at the Zamia Theatre. Ph 5545 3517. SHIM JANG TAE KWON DO Mon and Fri, 5.306.30pm Community Centre Ph Martin 5545 0617. TAI CHI Tues mornings, Thurs evenings 110 Eagle Hts Rd, Eagle Hts. Phone Gai Wanless 5545 2409. TM BOWLS CLUB – Tues (2pm or 6pm), Fri & Sat 2.00pm mixed, all by arrangement. Free coaching, new members most welcome. Enquiries: 5545 1308. TM BRIDGE CLUB meets each Monday at 6.45pm, Tuesday at 12.45pm and Thursday at 12.45pm at the TM Creative Arts Centre, Wongawallen Road, Eagle Heights. Duplicate sessions conducted under supervision of qualified directors. Regular Red Point events. New Members and visitors welcome. Phone Sec. Sue Tomkins on 5545 0955 or Partnership Arranger Jeff Salter 5545 4526. TM BUSH VOLUNTEERS: meet on the first Saturday of the month (except Jan.) To find out where we will be working contact Len on 3355 7288 or 0428335572. TM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: 2nd Wed. of month. TM COMMUNITY KINDERGARTEN ASSOC meets 2nd Wednesday of the month at the kindergarten 23 Coleman Square, North Tamborine at 7.15pm. TM FAMILY HISTORY GROUP Meetings held 1st Sunday each month (excl. January) at TM Historical Soc, Wongawallan Rd, Eagle Heights, 3–5 pm approx. Please contact Carol 5545 0066 or Robyn 5545 2764. TM GARDEN CLUB: 2nd Tues. 9.30am Community Centre. TM GYMNASTICS Vonda Youngman Community Centre. Enquiries: Judy Netel, on 5545 4152. TM HISTORICAL SOCIETY – Member working bee & morning tea every Tuesday mornings. New members always welcome. Please contact Phil Paley 5545 4962 or Ron Pokarier 5545 3929 for further details. TM LADIES CHOIR 9.30am each Mon, Presbyterian Hall. New members welcome. 5545 1231 (AM only). TM LANDCARE: Volunteers welcome for Forest Regeneration throughout the Mountain. Please visit www.tamborinemtnlandcare. org.au for times, or phone 5545 1847 9am-12 noon Mon-Fri.
TMLETS: Join at Community Exchange System http://www.ces.org.za . Enq. 5545 3776. TM LIONS CLUB Admin meeting held on the 2nd Monday and dinner meeting on the 4th Monday of the month. For more information please phone 5545 2120 or visit website http://tamborinemountain.qld. lions.org.au/ TM LITTLE THEATRE: Meetings held 1st Tuesday of month at 7.00pm.Regular plays, play readings & social events. New members welcome. Warrick Bailey President 5545 0819. TM LOCAL PRODUCERS ASSOC. sell local produce every Sunday at the TM Showgrounds from 7am - 12noon Phone 5545 1527. TM MASONIC LODGE: Meets 3rd Wed each month except Dec. Masonic Centre, 10 Knoll Rd, North Tamborine. Contact 5545 0435. TM MENSʼ SHED: Weekly Activity: Each Thurs at 3.30–5.30pm Workshop Activities at TM State High School for Members. Monthly Get-together and Meeting: First Tues of Month – 7pm at Tennis Club Shed 88 Beacon Road (Tennis Courts). Ring Neville Warner for details on 5545 0709 or 0418 779 382. TM NATURAL HISTORY ASSOC: Birdwatchers meet 2nd Wed of the month. Bushwalkers meet 3rd Wed of every 2nd month. Natural History meetings 3rd Fridays of Feb, April, June, Aug (AGM), Oct and Nov. All meetings 7.30pm Historical Society Wongawallan Road Eagle Heights. Ph 5545 3200 or 5545 3551. TM NETBALL CLUB. Contact Tarla 5545 4891. TM ORCHESTRA Mondays 7-8pm at St George’s Anglican Church, Dapsang Dr, North Tamborine. TM PROBUS CLUB meets 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Vonda Youngman Community Centre, 10am. Enquiries to Secretary 5545 0737. TM PROGRESS ASSOCIATION: 1st Tuesday in month. 7.30pm Heritage Centre Wongawallen Road. TM R.S.L. Sub–branch general meeting – 2nd Tues of every 2nd month (starting February). 7pm, RSL rooms, below Memorial Centre (Bowls Club). TM RESIDENTS ASSOC: Meets 4th Thurs every 2nd month or as advertised at Masonic Lodge. Contact Pres Richard Adams or Sec Diana Francis on 5545 4009 to arrange attendance or discuss any matters concerning TM residents. TM SENIORS ONTHENET meets 9.30am 2nd Friday of month, Creative Arts Centre, Eagle Heights. Entry $2. Ph: 5545 2247 TAMBORINE SUSTAINABLE GARDENERSʼ SOC (TSGS), a group of enthusiastic gardeners, meets on the last Saturday of each month. Denise James, Phone 5545 4323. TM TENNIS CLUB: 88 Beacon Rd North Tamborine. Contact 5545 2493, 5545 3547. Casual bookings at Bowls Club 5545 1308. TOASTMASTERS: Meetings aimed at enhancing your communication skills are held on 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at the Creative Arts Centre, Wongawallan Road from 7:00 to 9:30pm. Contact Ashley Anderssen 5545 0916 or Francesca Thorn on 5545 1294 if you are interested. TRIATHLON CLUB, meets 3rd Monday of each month at the Information Centre, Doughty Park at 7pm. Enquiries Adi 5545 3838 TM WRITERSʼ GROUP: Meets every 1st & 3rd Mon of month, 1.30–3.30pm at Creative Arts Centre, Eagle Heights. Call Ted on 5545 0326 for details. UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN. A volunteer association for retirees. Learn, teach, socialise. 5545 0043. YOUTH GROUP: If you are in grade 8-12 please join us Sunday Nights 5:30 – 7:30pm in the Church Hall. Cost $2 – Dinner provided. Weekly Bible Studies also run. Phone Mark 0434434461 for details. ZONTA CLUB of TM meets 2nd Tues. of month at Eagle Heights Hotel, Tamborine-Oxenford Rd, Eagle Heights. Further information Penny Imrie, 5545 2873 or 0423 187 279.
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Licensed Plumber QBS Lic No. 62248
LICENSED BACKFLOW PREVENTION Ph: (Mob) 0417 437 143 A/H 5543 6884
Specialising in:• Maintenance • Plumbing • Draining • Roofing • Gasfitting Ph: Dave Angel at Nth Tamborine Ph: 5545 2369 all hours Mobile No: 0419 677 008
• Acreage mowing • Brush cutting • Green waste removal
Premium Blue Couch, Greenlees Park and Kikuya Turf.
OFF TAMBORINE OXENFORD RD
Lic No 047179
TAMBORINE TURF Est. 1966
Ph: All Hrs 5543
1 HAYES RD
Dress and casual jeans and shirts • Oilskin coats • Hats • Boots • Belts, and more...
Ph 5545 1892 or 0428 451 892
TUESDAY-SATURDAY 9AM-3PM
WINDSCREENS BRAKES RUST FOR R.W.C.
RM Williams • Jacaru • Brigalow • Drizabone
Large blocks for retaining walls or heavy-duty control solutions
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FREE QUOTES PICK UP DELIVERY
PUMPS
BUSINESS DIRECTORY TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN BUSINESS REMOVALIST Local Country
Vic Palmer
VETERINARY SURGEON Canungra
Interstate Pre-packing
Cnr Pine Rd & Franklin St
REMOVALS
5543 5622
Incorporating Tamborine Mtn Removals
Ph: 07 3287 4326 Mobile 0408 743 244
All Hours Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm. Sat 8.30am-11.30am A.H. EMERGENCY SERVICES ALWAYS AVAILABLE
RETAINING WALLS
Rock and Timber Retaining Walls
VETERINARY SURGERY Established on the Mountain since 1990 Andrew Paxton-Hall BVSc. Chris Corcoran BVSc. (Hons) Small & Large Animal Practice
• Expertly Built • All Earthworks • Engineer designed, when required • Certification • BSA Licenced 1111939 Office: 5543 8584 • Mob: 0432 281 075 Email: mark-pearson@bigpond.com
Mon - Fri 8am - 6pm Saturday 8am - 1pm
A fully equipped veterinary hospital right here on the Mountain providing quality service including home visits, x-ray, ultrasound, in-house blood tests, surgery, pet grooming, hydrobath and a full range of pet food supplies. 2 Main St, Nth Tamborine
5545 2422 all hours A/H Emergency Service Always Available
SEPTIC TANK CLEANING
Septic & Sullage Tanks ~ Grease Traps Holding Tanks ~ Treatment Plants
WASTE WATER TREATMENT
PURIFICATION SOLUTIONS • Water Treatment • Waste Water Treatment • Sewerage Plant Maintenance • Pump Sales/Repairs • Designs & Modifications
GLEN HARVEY 0412 366 867 • 1300 302 676
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glen@bioworx.com.au
WATER SUPPLIES
VACUUM PUMPING SERVICE • Pumping of septic tanks • Enviro system • Grease Traps • Sullage • Holding Tanks and commercial hourly hire
Ph 0422 545 443 • Ah 5543 1784
TAI CHI
Tai Chi
• RELAXATION • BETTER HEALTH
PONY EXPRESS MOUNTAIN WATER
• REJUVENTION • LONGEVITY
Est 1985 - Maurice & Debbie Friendly, Reliable Delivery
For all ages and levels
$140 per load BSC Approved
Lee Chang Tye – 0420 349 744 email: relaxedmindtaichi@gmail.com
VALUER VALUER – MALCOLM BISHOPP Independent Property Valuer, all purposes. Assessments market value, compensation, property settlement, stamp duty, GST. Registered Valuer Queensland No. 734. Member Australian Property Institute (Valuers)
PO Box 107, Eagle Heights 4271 Phone 5545 0022 Fax: 5545 0200
7 DAYS A WEEK Ph: 5545 3935 or 0417 644 498
WINDOW CLEANING FRED’S WINDOW CLEANING Windows, Screens, Tracks Free Quotes
Mob: 0427 808 341 Email: fredlutzke60@hotmail.com
CLASSIFIEDS UNPARALLELLED OPPORTUNITY WORKING FROM HOME ~ PART OR FULL TIME ~ ABSOLUTELY NO RISK ~ GENUINE OPPORTUNITY SELDOM KNOCKS TWICE! FREE TRAINING AND SUPPORT. CALL 0409 771 885. 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. AUTO AIRCONDITIONING, for cars, trucks, & machinery. Re-gas for summer. Full service, leak test, diagnostics. We come to you. Ph Dave 046 848 5545. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES FOR SALE – New/second hand and local authors. Excellent selection $3 to $5. Piccabeen Landcare Bookshop, below Joseph the Greengrocer, Main Street. Ph 5545 1847. CHIBALL – MOVE WITH THE SEASONS! The ChiBall Class is based on the philosophy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and is a beautiful fusion of modified Tai Chi/Qi Gong, Yoga and Pilates with ChiBall Dance, Muscle Release and Relaxation. The movements help to unblock meridian pathways and contribute to an improved sense of wellbeing. This “Exercise to music class” will leave you rejuvenated and still balanced and relaxed. Suitable for all ages! Class: Every Wednesday 9–10am, at the Mount Tamborine Showground Hall. Fee: $10 per session. Just bring a non-slip Yoga Mat and a smile! Contact: Dagmar van der Lem. Mobile: 0434 547 184 email: dagmar.vanderlem@gmail.com CHOOKMOBILE is a fully-equipped chook pen on 25cm wheels with a superb mobility system. It is fox and rat-proof. Models for up to 4 hens - $400; for 6 hens $450. Ph: 0418 758 295 or 5545 2206 EMON THAI REMEDIAL MASSAGE You’ve tried the rest, now try the best. New client offer $25 for first one hour massage. Ph 5545 0434 or 0424 955 573. FOR SALE Large variety of herbal products, dried flowers, and oils etc. Ph: 5545 0625. MOUNTAIN-WIDE PAMPHLETS Distribution service. Advertise your business. Ph 0438 452 587. MULCH: Excellent quality. Aged, clean mulch. $30/metre delivered. Ph: 5545 0467. NATUROPATH, Nutrition advice, herbalist, 0417 630 615 www.ntpages.com.au/therapist/11495 PAINTER, PROFESSIONAL, licensed and local. Small to large. Decks, Roofs etc. Call Roy on 5545 2323 or 0404 486 579. TAI CHI & QI GONG TAI CHI & QIGONG New Beginners’ classes commencing now at Eagle Hts, Beaudesert & Nerang. Accredited instructor with 29 years experience. Improve your health this year. Ph Gai 55452409 or 0409066501 www.ttcak.com TRADITIONAL REIKI CLASSES Reiki, massage, iridology by appointment. Change your life for the better. Phone Jan 0418 281 227. 20 years experience. VOLVO MECHANIC, Volvo service/ parts and genuine diagnostics. Phone Volvo Dave 0423 334 336
TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN NEWS VOL. 1345, 5 FEBRUARY, 2013 – 27