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Rural fire fighters north of CrowsNest are warning landholders that theyhave a responsibility to ensure vegeta-tion near power lines is cleared, fol-lowing a recent fire at Pinelands.
The fire started on a property on Up-per Pinelands Road a couple of weeksago after wattle trees that had grownup between electricity wires broughtthe wires together in strong wind, caus-ing sparks that ignited grass beneath.
Pinelands Rural Fire Brigade mem-bers Frank Burgess and Scott Brownsaid the fire was extinguished after ithad burnt more than two acres ofgrassland, and that vegetation amongelectricity wires had been cut down witha chain saw.
But they warned landholders thatmany electricity lines on farming landwere private lines.
Ergon Energy distributed the powerto the property, but across the farm af-ter the first pole or so, the maintenanceof many of the power lines to shedsand pumps was the responsibility ofthe landholder.
Mr Burgess, secretary-treasurer ofthe Pinelands Rural Fire Brigade, saidErgon was responsible only for thefeeder lines from the transformer tothe landholder’s service pole. Hethought many landholders, particu-larly those who were not farmers butwho worked in the towns, might not beaware that they had to keep the line ingood repair and to ensure vegetationaround the electricity line was man-aged so that fires did not start.
Brigade first officer Scott Brown saidthe recent Pinelands fire was the sec-ond one in the same spot. When thefirst one occurred some time ago, itwas thought it was started by a light-ning strike.
But fast growing vegetation throughthe wires could have been the causethen also.
Secretary treasurer of the Pinelands Rural Fire Brigade, Frank Burgess and brigade first officer Scott Brown, on theedge of a 2.5 acre area that burnt after wattle trees arced the wires of a power line and the resulting sparks set fireto the grassland. The fire, which occurred during strong, dry south westerly winds, was extinguished by the localbrigade.
The Pinelands brigade’s area of re-sponsibility covers about 70landholders in the Pinelands, Plainby,part Jones Gully Road, and Glenavenareas. They said there would be fewerthan 25 commercial farms left in thisarea. “This is why we have problemsgetting members,” Mr Burgess said.
He said most of the work falls on afew dairy farmers and a beef produceror two, and there were problems shoulda fire call be received when the dairyherds had to be milked.
Nearby in the Pierce’s Creek - EmuCreek Rural Fire Brigade area, therehave been three fires in recent weeks.
Third officer Barry Sharp said thefirst was in the Emu Creek Road areawhen a permit burn got away, the sec-ond was adjacent to this area at MtBinga when the brigade put in con-trolled burns to starve out the fire, andthe third was at Emu Creek north ofBrothers Road.
By MILES NOLLER
RURRURRURRURRURAL FIRE ALERTAL FIRE ALERTAL FIRE ALERTAL FIRE ALERTAL FIRE ALERT Landholders urged to keep power
lines clear of vegetation
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Ian Hotchin from Crow’s Nest/Cooyar Masonic Lodgeapplies plaques to the newly purchased bag lockersat Crow’s Nest Children’s Centre as a result of agrant received from the lodge. Crow’s Nest Children’sCentre would like to thank Crow’s Nest-Cooyar Ma-sonic Lodge for offering grants such as this one tonon-profit organisations in the community.
Appreciation
Friday, October 11 - Crows Nest RSLwill have a display of uniforms and otheritems in the Community and RSL Centre.
Saturday, October 12 - Noon to 4pm.Youth day. Skate Park opening with skate-boarding and art workshops. TRC YouthConnect and Skateboarding Australia havecombined for the afternoon.
6pm Movie Rio will be shown in Cente-nary Park. Food and drinks will be on sale.
Saturday, Sunday, October 12-13 -Crows Nest Community Arts and CraftsInStudio Art Trail.
Crows Nest Festivalstarts this Friday
Saturday, 11am - noon - Harlaxton BrassBand will entertain in Centenary Park thanksto Crows Nest Arts Council,
Saturday, 2 pm - ARTists of Crows Nesthold “A Week of Art in Crows Nest.”
Sunday, October 13 - 11 am - noon. DuduZulu African drummers.
11am - noon - Crows Nest Pony Clubteam penning event at the showgrounds withDana Hassall entertaining from 6pm. Finalson Sunday.
Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery will fea-ture Out of the Nest, a celebration of theartistic expression of youth.
Competitions include: Scarecrows, photog-raphy, poetry, colouring.
All event will follow the theme of 21stCentury Crow.
Wednesday, October 16 - Australia DayCommittee dinner will feature The Wak Boys.
Thursday, October 17 - 6.30am CrowsNest State School Breakfast in the Park.
Crows Nest Lions Club worm racing nightat the Bowls Club.
Saturday, October 19 - Crows Nest Day2013.
Sunday, October 20 - 7.30am PoetsBreakfast at Highfields Pioneer Village withJack Drake. - Marg Barnes, secretary
The Crows Nest Community Festival is a Crows Nest and District Touristand Progress Association event.
As students return toclassrooms this week, theRACQ reminds motorists
that speeding in school zonescould have deadly conse-quences.
RACQ executive managertechnical and safety policySteve Spalding said, with theSeptember holidays nowover, 40km/h school zoneswould be back in operation.
“Motorists should be onthe lookout for children rid-ing bikes, crossing roads, get-ting on and off buses, and inand out of cars,” Mr Spaldingsaid.
“Young children have notyet developed the spatialawareness we have as adults.So everyone on the roadsneeds to be alert and look outfor them.”
Mr Spalding said too manymotorists continued to exceedthe speed limit in schoolzones.
“RACQ’s 2013 AnnualRoad Safety Survey foundthat almost five per cent ofmotorists admit to speedingin school zones,” he said.
“Those who ignore schoolzone speed limits put the livesof children at risk.”
Parents and carers drop-ping children off at schoolshould:
• Park safely on the sameside of the road as the school,if possible, and let childrenout on the kerb side
• Avoid reversing, particu-larly if visibility is hindered
• Never double park• Never call to children
from across the road. Crossthe road to them.
The standard speed limitaround most Queenslandschools is 40km/h between7am to 9am and 2pm to 4pmon school days.
RACQ delivers its StreetsAhead program at Queens-land primary schools to helpchildren develop traffic androad sense as pedestrians,passengers and cyclists.
For more informationabout RACQ’s Streets Aheadprogram, visit www.racq.com.au/streetsahead.
Don’t speed in school zones - RACQ
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A ladies bowls trophy thathas drawn players to Perangafor almost 60 years for theannual competition, will nolonger be awarded.
Last Thursday, the lastLadies Rose Bowl competi-tion was held as membershipof the Peranga and DistrictBowling Club (the ladies club)has dwindled to just a hand-ful.
The Rose Bowl competi-tion was first held on thePeranga green in 1959 and,except for one year, has beenheld annually. Last Thursday,56 bowlers in 14 teamsplayed.
They included five teamsfrom Toowoomba, two fromYarraman, two from Oakey,and teams from Crows Nest,Pittsworth and Peranga whoplayed two rounds of 18ends.
Club president HazelGscheidle said it would be thelast Rose Bowl because of thedeclining numbers. “We aredown to six members,” shesaid.
Getting members to fillclub positions was gettingharder and harder, she said.“But the Peranga Bowls Clubwas still a great social venueand was used for meetingsand social occasions.”
The senior vice presidentof the Peranga Bowls Club,Arnold Collins said it contin-ues to be a venue in thePeranga district for socialevents and functions andmeals are served on Fridaynights.
Mr Collins said the club,which was established in1953, had a membership of
Peranga lady bowlers markend of an era
up to 80 in the 1960s and1970s when the ladied clubhad up to 35 members.
“It was a very busy cluband we filled the rink everysecond weekend. But now weare really pushing to get a fullrink,” he said.
Mr Collins said the greenswere regarded as among thebest on the Downs, whichwas credit to those maintain-ing them.
“But when only two orthree people are doing it, itmakes it difficult.”
While the number of men’smembers was also down toabout half a dozen, Mr Collinssaid the club was OK.
A grant helped the club torebuild the roof of the club-house, and the club intendedto do work in the kitchen. -Miles Noller.
• Fifty-six Bowlers in the last Rose Bowl competition at Peranga.
• Peranga Bowls Clubsenior vice presidentArnold Collins.
• Members of the Peranga ladies bowling club:Doreen Fitch, treasurer, Wendy Koehler, HazelGscheidle, president-secretary, Grace Weise, clubprovidore since 1956, Joy Sloss, and Thelma Lucht.
The Damian Cox Memo-rial Trust is open for grantappications and closes onNovember 11. For the nextround of the bursary to begiven out, application formsare available from TRCwebsite or from David Coxat davidcox60@ hotmail.com.
Bursary open
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An NBN tower to providea fixed wireless broadbandservice, is being plannedfor Crows Nest.
NBN Co has applied toToowoomba RegionalCouncil to erect a 35 me-tre monopole tower at theeastern end of SouthStreet, at the council’swaste transfer station.
The radio network basestation is planned to pro-vide high quality wirelessbroadband to the area.
The code assessable de-velopment application iscurrently being consideredby the council.
An NBN Co spokesper-son said that if approved,construction would start
early next year and theservice would start in late2014. The spokespersonsaid the facility would pro-vide broadband for areasaround Crows Nest, butobservers suggest that be-cause of its location on theedge of town, much of thetown should also receivethe service from the facil-ity.
The spokesperson saidthe town of Crows Nest re-mained on schedule to re-ceive an upgrade to a fixedline (optical cable) facility.
NBN Co is working withthe new Federal Govern-ment on the rollout ofbroadband, in line withMinister MalcolmTurnbull’s Interim State-ment of Expectations is-sued on September 24.
This means much of theNBN’s current work willcontinue unchanged atleast until a new govern-ment review of the NBN.
The spokesperson saidNBN would continue toroll out satellite and wire-less to regional and ruralareas, delivering FTTP tonew housing develop-ments, and continue con-struction where build in-structions have been issuedto delivery partners.
NBN to build broadbandtower in Crows Nest
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HIGHFIELDS TREE PLANTING
The public were invited to join Toowoomba Landcare and Friends of PeacehavenPark Highfields for a tree planting day
Elizabeth Griggs and children Arabella and Bethanyfrom Toowoomba.
Cameron and Ciaire Lovefrom Meringandan West.
Cheryl Roberts and daughter Hayley Cromwell with childrenSean, Matthew (friend), Toby and Harry from the Gold Coast.
Friends of Peacehaven Welby David-son, Joy Sheath and Greg Arnold.
Goombungee Golf Club and Crow’s Nest and DistrictPony Club will share $50,000 in the latest round of grantsthrough the State Government’s Gambling Community Ben-efit Fund and Jupiters Casino Community Benefit Fund.
The pony club will install day yards and a wash bay. TheGoombungee Golf Club will buy a new fairway mower.
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington said the recipientsillustrated the variety of work not-for-profit organisationscontributed to the community.
Full list: www.olgr.qld.gov.au and click on Grants.
Clubs benefit fromGambling grants
The Crows Nest skate park will be officially openedthis Saturday, October 12, with skate boarding and streetart workshops and a free barbecue lunch. The event runsfrom noon to 4pm.
The day is sponsored by Youth Connect, ToowoombaRegional Council, Crows Nest Festival and the CrowsNest and District Tourist and Progress Association andSkateboarding Ausralia.
Skate park opening
Last month members brought along a plant with a story. Itwas fascinating to hear everyone’s tales and to see whatplants appealed to different people and why they did.
This month on October 12, teh club visits Dawn Eldridge’sgarden at 19 Charles Street, Crows Nest to look at and hearthe story of the Riethmuller roses.
Dawn’s Uncle Frank bred and developed these for Aus-tralian conditions and, from the little information alreadygleaned, it should be a very interesting afternoon. Dawn willhave cuttings for sale.
Arrive around 1.15 with a plate of afternoon tea, your mugand a chair. The meeting will start at 1.30 followed by Dawn’spresentation. Popular choice will be your favorite rose. Con-tact Val on 984748 for further information.
Crows Nest Garden Club
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Beautiful bauhinia
Delicate bauihinia photographed at the Goombungee State School. - High Country News photo
ENVIRONMENT - James McKay
Graziers have been findingit difficult to control pig in-festations through fencing,trapping, shooting and bait-ing, but a government granthas assisted them to combatthe problem.
Recently the farmers re-ceived funding through theEveryone’s Environmentgrants program to combat fe-ral pests.
With much of Queenslanddrought declared Craig Alisonfrom South West Natural Re-source Management says thedry weather is forcing nativeanimals to compete with thepigs for water.
“Wild pigs and wild dogsare one of the biggest threatswe have out here at the mo-ment,” he said.
“Seeing it’s so dry all the
feral pigs are retreating intosome of the last remainingwaterholes and so the totalgrazing pressure on those ar-eas is extreme.”
As well as destroyingfences and crops, the pigs at-tack native animals and caneven re-route waterways bywallowing in mud.
“Most of the criticaldrought refuge areas are
wetlands... lakes or isolatedwaterholes so you have a lotof native animals as well re-lying on those waterholes sothey are being predated on,”Mr Alison said.
“The pigs wallow in theriver area so the fish don’t likeit.” Feral pig populations inAustralia are estimated to to-tal 24 million, and inhabit 40per cent of the country.
Govt joins battle against feral pigs Mr Charles Craven Donald Blume, 77,Roma. Died September 22, Funeral Sep-tember 27, St Paul’s Anglican Church, Roma.. Mr Kevin Weis, Crows Nest, died Sep-tember 24. Funeral September 27. CrowsNest Anglican Church.
Mr Geoff Drew: The death occurred onSeptember 6 of late Crows Nest identityHarry Drew’s eldest son, Geoff.
The High Country News has receivednews that the doctor had advised him theprevious Friday, August 30, that a lym-phoma had come back with a vengeance.Geoff was 67.
Quinalow Hotel. Quinalow Library.
QCWA welcome. Kraft cheese factory - which closed down around 1989. State Emergency Service Depot.
ENVIRONMENT James McKay
Climate change will have a devastating effecton coral reefs such as the Great Barrier Reef, astudy has found.
Research by the University of Queenslandpublished last week found coral dissolved rap-idly when exposed to warmer and more acidicwater caused by rising carbon dioxide levels.
Co-author Associate Professor Sophie Dove,from the university’s School of Biological Sci-ences, said even low emission levels caused thecoral to bleach and die.
“Given corals are essential to coral reefs, thisis not good news,” she said.
“This has serious implications for the role ofcoral reefs in providing habitat for thousands of
species and their role in protecting coastlinesfrom wave impacts.”
The nine-month study used computers tocontrol carbon dioxide levels and the tempera-ture of water flowing over small patches ofcoral reef at a research centre on Queensland’sHeron Island. Prof Dove said the study wouldlikely be considered alongside others by theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.The first stage of the IPCC report has beenreleased and says it is “extremely likely” thathumans are the dominant cause of observedwarming since the mid-20th century, with car-bon dioxide emissions the main factor. (Source:www.skynews.com.au)
Climate change could devastate the Great Barrier Reef
Almost 200 seniors weregiven an RACQ refreshercourse in road safety andawareness on Thursday tohelp them drive safer forlonger.
RACQ education officerLouise Hart said the freeYears Ahead workshop at
Seniors brush up on driving skillschanging, it’s essential thatolder drivers refresh theirskills and knowledge of theroad rules to help them drivesafely and maintain theirmobility for longer,” MsHart said.
“Older drivers are nomore likely to crash than
any other age group but theirinjuries tend to be more se-vere due to their fragility.”
RACQ CareFlight CriticalCare Doctor Peter Millerinformed seniors on medicalreporting and how medicalconditions can affect driverreactions.
the Palm Lakes Over 50sResort aimed to educateolder drivers about recentchanges in road rules and al-ternative transport optionssuch as motorised wheel-chairs.
“With driver attitudes andtechnologies constantly
Lockyer Valley RegionalCouncil’s Get Out and Ac-tive month starts this Sun-day with the 2013 Healthand Wellbeing Expo.
Mayor Jones said the freeentry expo was a great dayfor families to learn aboutbecoming more active and to
take part in the wide rangeof activities and demonstra-tions.
“There will be severalpresentations from healthrepresentatives who cangive you tips on how to livea healthier life,” he said.
“We also have a range of
demonstrations and activi-ties for children.”
Held at the Shire Hall inGatton, highlights will bebarbecue cooking demon-strations, boot camp and fit-ness sessions, yoga and taichi.
Demonstrations include
line dancing, Lockyer ValleyCheerleaders, Taoist Tai Chi,Zen Do Kai martial arts andJIWA Kids Yoga. Children’sactivities include a rock climb-ing wall, face painting and ananimal farm. Informationwww.lockyervalley.qld.gov.auor 1300 005 872.
Lockyer health and well being expo
WEST OF ELSEWHERE with Clinton Ireland
DEATHSMrs Maureen Fay Weedon, 62, Oakey.
Died October 2. Funeral T.S. BurstowChapel, Toowoomba October 5.
Mr Bob Badgery, Brisbane, formerly ofRoma, 88.
Mr Badgery, a partner in the Brisbane lawfirm Hawthorne, Cuppaidge and Badgery,engaged in a number of entrepreneurial pur-suits including Badgery Belts well knownthroughout Australia.
The Badgery family arrived in Australia in1797 from England. Badgerys Creek, the siteof Sydney’s second airport perpetuates thefamily name.
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The annual Goombungee Little Folks Group car show andShine and market day will be held on October 27 at theGoombungee showgrounds.
Trophies will be awarded in 12 categories. Cars are to beregistered before 10am for judging at 10.15am.
Winners will need to be present to collect trophies. Therewill be entertainment, a jumping castle, food, drinks and a barwill operate.
Proceeds will benefit the Goombungee Little Folks Kin-dergarten.
Contact Kylie 0427 965 767 or [email protected].
Goombungee show and shine
Dalmeny: Mature oaksand celtis line the drivewayinto this expansive familygarden, lush lawns containingbeds of roses, agapanthus,salvias and mature oleanders.
The garden has enjoyed thecare of two generations ofgardeners and the presentgeneration – Lois and SandySpeed and their family – haveall contributed to the growthand enjoyment of the garden.
“It’s an extension of ourhome and full of happymemories of tennis days, foot-ball, cricket, family birthdaycelebrations and our daugh-ter’s wedding in 1996,” saysLois.
“As with many gardens,Dalmeny has been built withhope and considerable enthu-siasm. It has been shaped bythe vagaries of our weather –extreme heat in summer andfrosts in winter – and theavailability of water.”
A feature of this beautifulgarden are the glorious roses.A cutting bed of Pink QueenElizabeth and Duet overlooka pretty circular bed of redfloribunda, while a dozen redEurapeana and a mixed col-lection of apricots and pinkscomplete the mass plantings.
A shady canopy of ever-green trees, conifers, silky oakand pistachio overs a cool re-treat from the summer heat.
Teas and light lunches willbe available.
Address: 12871 WarregoHighway, Oakey, October 26and 27, 10am to 4.30pm.Admission $7, under 18 free.
Jondaryan Homestead:Drought and flooding rainshave been the hallmark of Patand Denis Davey’s eight-yeartenure at Jondaryan Home-stead.
“We’ve had difficultweather conditions, includingfour years of drought, twovery wet years, when watercovered all the lawn and gar-den beds, and two ‘normal’years. So, not surprisingly,our garden is designed to with-stand all that!” says Pat.
This is homestead-stylegarden, its expansive lawnsdotted with raised beds tum-bling with ‘tough guy’ plants,including agapanthus, cliviasand roses.
A magnificent date palm,planted around the 1860s andstill going strong, stands sen-tinel at the front of the house.
A creek lined with beauti-
ful gums and weeping wil-lows is home to wild ducks,and the garden is embraced bythe peaceful, and quintessen-tially Australian, rural land-scape.
The Zonta Club of Too-woomba is supplying morn-ing tea, lunch and afternoontea. The owners will donatetheir gate proceeds to the Pae-diatric Intensive Care Unit atMater Children’s Hospital
Address: 313 EvansleaRoad, Jondaryan. OpeningOctober 26 and 27, 10am to4.30pm. Admission $7, un-der 18 free.
Secca’s Valley: A gardenof manicured lawns and beau-tiful ornamental trees, includ-ing maples, claret ash, pin-oak, magnolias, crabapples,camellias and prunus, makesSecca’s Valley, pictured, feeljust like a park.
Beside the house is a rain-forest area and native gardenplanted with grevillea andcallistemon, which attractsand provides habitat formany local bird species.
According to garden own-ers Col and GlennysSeccombe, who lived in Too-woomba before they settled
here, they’ve taken a quitedifferent approach to build-ing this garden than theywould have in town.
“Our garden has justevolved to meet our needs.The fact that we’re workingwith very large areas withlimited time means that ourapproach is quite differentfrom a town garden, whereevery square inch can be mani-cured,” says Col.
Terraced gardens filledwith flowers and differentfoliage textures provide inter-est, and a wisteria-coveredpergola provides a delightfulfocal point.
Many fruits are grownhere, including olives, grapes,loquats, citrus, mangoes, cus-tard apples, cherimoyas,tamarillos and berries. Theproperty also features a com-mercial avocado orchard anda persimmon orchard.
Teas will be provided bythe Ravensbourne SportingAssociation. The owners willdonate their gate proceeds tothe Ravensbourne-Persever-ance Rural Fire Brigade.
Address: 290 PalmtreeRoad, Palmtree. Opening 26and 27, 9am to 5pm. Admis-sion $7, under 18 free.
Three Downs gardens opening to the public
Successful candidates forthe six Senate vacancies forQueensland are, in order oftheir election:
• Ian MacDonald, LiberalNational Party of Queensland.
• Chris Ketter, AustralianLabor Party.
• James McGrath, LiberalNational Party.
• Claire Moore, Austral-ian Labor Party,
• Glenn Patrick Lazarus,right, Palmer United Party.
• Matthew Canavan, Lib-eral National Party.
AEC State manager forQueensland Anne Bright saidthe Senate count had involvedthe data entry of 80,500 votesinto a computerised systemwhich involved some13,355,000 key strokes, andan automated process wasused to distribute preferencesand determine the six electedcandidates.
“As with all aspects of the
count, the automated distri-bution of preferences under-taken was open to scrutineersappointed by the candi-dates,” Ms Bright said.
“Some 97 per cent of vot-ers cast their ballot above-the-line on the Senate ballot pa-per while three per cent votedbelow the line,” she said.
The successful candidateswill be formally declaredelected at 3.30 pm inCarribean Room, Level 1,Christies Corporate Confer-ence Centre, 320 AdelaideStreet, Brisbane. All candi-dates, members of the mediaand the public are welcometo attend.
All 2013 Federal electionresults are available in the vir-tual tally room on the AECwebsite at www.aec.gov.au.
Successful Senate candidates
The Darling Downs Rose Society’s 2013 spring champi-onship rose show this weekend at Holy Name Hall in BridgeStreet, Toowoomba will feature the largest display of exhi-bition roses on the Darling Downs.
The show will be open on Saturday, October 12, be-tween 10.30am and 5pm and 9am and 3pm on Sunday,October 13.
Marlene Sharpley of the QCWA will officially open theshow on Saturday at 11am. Heritage roses and irises will beon display and for sale throughout the weekend and thepublic is invited to bring along their favourite rose for thechance to win a potted rose. All entries must be set up by2pm on Saturday.
Admission is $3 for adults and children are free. Wheel-chair access is available. Contact Leo Cooper 4633 1957.
Championship rose show
Two information workshops on how to create a healthyhome and learn ways to improve family health are being heldin Crows Nest in November in conjunction with Newaysproducts.
The first workshop is on Friday, November 8, at 7pm andthe second on Saturday, November 9, at 10am in the CrowsNest CWA Hall.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome. For moreinformation phone Vanetta 0458 073 812.
Family health workshops
Carers Week runs fromOctober 13 to 19. The themeis Be Care Aware, with a callto action and opportunity forall Australians to participatein a national event: Take abreak for carers.
The Aims of Carers Weekare: To recognise and celebratefamily carers in our commu-nity, increase public aware-ness in the general commu-nity of the valuable role ofinformal carers and the issuesaffecting them, and to betterenable carers to seek servicesand supports.
Key messages for CarersWeek: Carers provide unpaidcare and support to familyand friends who have a dis-ability, mental illness, chroniccondition, terminal illness, analcohol or other drug issue orwho are frail aged. Carerscome from all walks of lifeand can be of any gender, race,age or sexuality. The great di-versity of carers is mirroredby the great diversity of whatconstitutes a caring role.
Carers Week provides anopportunity for everyone tobecome more Care Aware andrecognise and celebrate Aus-tralia’s carers.
Unpaid family carers makean extraordinary contribution.
Unpaid family carers un-derpin many complex sys-tems in Australia.
Anyone at any time canbecome a carer for a familymember or friend.
Recognitionfor carers
The Toowoomba and Dis-trict Old Machinery Societyis holding its annual expo onthe 26th and 27th October26-27 at the Oakeyshowgrounds.
TADOMS was formed in1996 by a group of local en-thusiasts who discovered theneed for a club with aims topreserve and promote theinterest of old machinery andmemorabilia within the com-munity.
The society is a family-based group and has the abil-ity to help members operatetheir equipment efficientlyand safely.
The society can assistmembers in dating mosttypes of equipment. Thesociety welcomes juniormembers and are only toohappy in assisting them andhelping them explore theways of their forefathers.
The society has achieveda well recognised reputation
in the community, activelyinvolved and have a greatworking relationship withthe Jondaryan Woolshed.
The society assists othersocieties in providing bothstatic and working displaysfor their events including lo-cal shows, fetes, fundraisingevents and field days.
The Old Machinery Expowill display tractors, en-gines, steam engines, carstrucks, tractor pulling and
many other working dis-plays.
Craft stalls, swap sites,auction, live entertainmentand a grand parade will alsobe features.
An animal nursery, hayand drum rides will be oper-ating for children.
A low cost event at $5-for adults and children un-der 14 accompanied by anadult are free.
Old machinery expo at Oakey
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HIGH COUNTRY CAMERA - Crows Nest gymkhana
Crows Nest Pony Club conducted a two-day Spring Gymkhana. Anita Dermodyfrom Brymaroo was overall high points rider.
Ruby Goldsmith from Meringandan riding What’s the Diff.
Pippa Altmann riding Whiskey dressed as a fairy riding Pegasus. - Mandy Smith photos
Many Lockyer Valley residents are facing controllingferal animals.
Mayor Steve Jones said it was important residentsknew what options were available to control the pests.
“Education is essential when trying to deal with theseferal animals,” he said.
“In particular, wild dogs are quite aggressive and cankill your livestock, leaving you considerably out of pocket.“We don’t want to see this happen to anyone and that iswhy you need to be able to manage this issue.”
To help give residents important information aboutdealing with wild animals, two predator control work-shops will be held in October at Mulgowie and Boonah.
The workshops will have representatives fromBiosecurity Queensland, Invasive Animal CRC andAgforce.
The workshops will include a demonstration of how toset dog traps with all attendees receiving a free dog trap.
“Lockyer Valley Regional Council will also be repre-sented at these workshops to answer any questionsattendees have,” Cr Jones said.
Workshops will be held at The Outlook, 4002 Ipswich-Boonah Road, on Wednesday, October 9, 10am to 2pmand at Mulgowie Hall on Thursday, October 10, 10am to2pm.
Workshops on feralanimal control
The annual call has goneout to find those special Aus-tralians who have done usproud and the TRC region ishearing that call.
Aust Day nominations
The Crows Nest and District Tourist and Progress Asso-ciation and the Crows Nest Festival presents Movies underthe Stars this Saturday at 6pm in Centenary Park, CrowsNest, starting at 6pm.
The movie to be screened is Rio. Dress up as your fa-vourite character from Rio or in the Rio theme to join thecostume competition. Food and refreshments by Crows NestState School P. and C. will be on sale from 6pm. Bring picnicblanket and chairs.
Movie under the stars
After heart surgery, Toowoomba resi-dent Eric Wilson’s doctor suggested hesign up for a Lighten Up course to dis-cover a healthier way of life.
During the course, Mr Wilson learnedhow to cook and eat well and has startedexercising more.
“The meal we cooked (during thecourse) wasn’t expensive, didn’t takelong to prepare, and had all the vita-mins you need in it,” Mr Wilson said.
“The most important thing wasteaching me how to have a healthierlife.”
Toowoomba Regional Council’s En-vironmental Health, Parks and Recrea-tion portfolio leader Cr Sue Englart saidthe Lighten Up program was a freegroup-based healthy lifestyle program
Council supports healthier lifestylefor adults who wanted to improve theirhealth.
“Lighten Up can help you learn howto be more active, enjoy healthy food,cope with stress and manage yourweight,” Cr Englart said.
The program, run by trained healthprofessionals, helps participants pre-pare and enjoy healthy food, discoverenjoyable ways to be physically ac-tive, overcome problems and set goals.
It also helps cope with stress, im-prove self-image and develop a sup-port network to help sustain new hab-its.
To make a booking, contact the IonaMedical Centre on 4632 2331 orgilliansheehan@ionamedical centre.com.au
Guest artist at the Garden City County Music Associa-tion afternoon of country music this Sunday, October 13,will be Tony Wagner. The doors will open at 12.45pm andentertainment starts at 1pm. Admission is $5 for adults (mem-bers $3) and children under 16 $1.
Afternoon tea is provided. Raffles and lucky door prizeswill be on offer. All proceeds go towards the club’s equip-ment maintenance. Contact Dell 4635 6429 after hours orDavid 4630 0755.
Country music afternoon
More than 494,200, one in eight, Queenslanders are carers.One-third of carers identify as primary carers, that is theperson providing the main source of care for the care recipi-ent .
Two-thirds of primary carers are women. Carers are equallylikely to live in a major city as in regional Queensland.
In 2009, there were 60,300 identified young carers be-tween 15-24. The majority of these carers are male.
Carer statistics
Nominations have beenflowing in for this year’s Aus-tralia Day Awards, but thereare still a few weeks to nomi-nate before the October 31deadline. Nomination forms,judging criteria and support-ing information are availablefrom www.toowoombaRC.qld.gov.au/australiaday,any council service centre, li-brary or through the local or-ganising committee.
Learn to navigate theQueensland Archives’ onlineresources at public sessionsat Toowoomba City Libraryon Friday, October 11.
The sessions will detailhow to research police, courtand prison records (11am-12.15pm), using online re-sources (1.30-2.45pm) and alesson requiring computer ex-perience from 3-4pm. CalltheLocal History Library on4688 6150.
Archive lessons
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Tickets are now on sale forthe Toowoomba Hospice an-nual Melbourne Cup lunch-eon on Tuesday, November5, at Café Valetta, MargaretStreet, Toowoomba.
Sarah Douglass, managerof Café Valetta, encouragedpeople to gallop in and or-ganise a table to attend therace day lunch that stops thenation. Tickets can be boughton 4632 0332.
Tickets are $55 per headand includes a complimen-tary glass of champagne andnibblies on arrival, two-coursemeal, prizes for the best dressed female, bestdressed male, best hat, a multi draw raffle aswell as a sweep or two!
Miss Douglass said money raised fromthe luncheon would support the Adopt aRoom campaign at the hopsice which pro-vides professional care based on mutual re-spect, trust and individual needs free ofcharge.
The hospice in O’Quinn Street, Harris-town, provides quality care in partnershipwith the community for those with a terminalillness.
The hospice has an annual budget of $1.5million and with support from QueenslandHealth and Pureland Learning College the hos-pice stills need to raise over $500,000 thisfinancial year.
Hospice Melbourne Cup luncheon
Descendants of H. G. White, who donated the land at Haden on which St John’sAnglican Church was built. Back - Trevor Ambrose, Phillip Kiem, Harold White.Middle - John White, Deslie Jannusch, Delmai Winnett, Carolyn Petersen, JohnNewton. Front - Phyllis Fry and Thelma White. The church was officially closed onSeptember 14.
White descendants
Business breakfast
Guest speaker at Highfields Business Connections October breakfast meetingwas Michael Reiken from Excel Solar. ABOVE: Jenna Reiken, Michael Reiken,Neil Davy from CGD Group Printing and president Leanne Gillam. The next meet-ing is on November 5, Melbourne Cup Day.
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Goombungee show steward Wade Hartwig and show secretary Toyah Blann with the winners of the NoviceDraft at the Goombungee Showgrounds on September 15. They are, 1st Peter Hill, 2nd Peter Gessler, tie 3rdAndrew Stallman, tie 3rd Katrina Jeffries, 5th Murray Lord, 6th Keith Biltoft, equal 7th Michael Bowen, equal 7thTim Smith, equal 7th Trevor Watson. Miles Noller photo. New campdraft competition page 14
Campdraft winners
Three original WicketyWak members, GregDoolan, Rob Rosenlundand Tony Jeffrey, alongwith the brilliant femalesinger Laura Doolan, willbring a typical WicketyWak performance to theCrows Nest communitydinner on Wednesday,Octiber 16 at the Commu-nity and RSL Centre.
Greg Doolan has seen aneed to lighten the moodfor so many people strug-gling in today’s economicclimate to just give backsome of the everlastingWak magic in a non-covercharge environment so thattheir audiences can take aWak pill to ease the
Art has numerous forms, and in The Week of Art inCrows Nest that opens on Saturday, fabrics will alsobe featured. Carol Oyston, pictured with wearable art,is one of the 11 Crows Nest district artists who will beexhibiting in the Community and RSL Centre fromSaturday, October 12, to Saturday, October 19. Carolsaid she has always had a love of fabric and stitchingand she experiments with all the mediums of paint,dying, stitch and design of fabrics which becomewearable and hanging art pieces. “In the past 10 yearsI have travelled widely and lived in some of Australia’smost inspiring and intriguing places which have cap-tured my imagination to create. My responses are thecreations seen in my work,” she said.
Wearable art on show
The Wak Boys and Lara - Coming to Crows Nest
stresses of everyday life.Adding to the Wak magic
is the soothing voice ofLaura Doolan, known forher magnificent vocals andyet her talent goes far be-yond her voice.
Laura will lighten up aroom with her aura. Youwill not hear four bettervoices working in harmonyor solo and yet adding themasterful entertainmentskills of Greg Doolan, Aus-tralian Variety Performerof the Year.
The appeal of WicketyWak is still present inevery age group that wit-nesses the skills acquiredover 35 years of success.
Tickets are $35 a person
which include a two-coursemeal. You can obtain yourtickets from Chapman’sEntertainment Centre inCrow’s Nest or Rhonda’sRefits in Bridge Street,
Toowoomba. Phone BarryMiller 0409 874 147 orShirley Cronk 4698 1135.Bookings close October 14.There will be no tickets atthe door.
Wak Boys entertaining at community dinner
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Newtown Park in Toowoomba will celebrate 100 years on Sunday, November 3.From 9.45am the centenary will be celebrated with a community event featuringflag raising, official speeches, bush poetry, a scouting performance, a parade,family entertainment and a Light Horse demonstration. A breathing space for thepeople has grown into a breath-taking space that accommodates numerousgroups including cricket, football and croquet, which was one of the original usersof Newtown Park. The State Rose Garden took up residence in 2001. The Friendsof the State Rose Garden have played an active role in organising celebrations. Abooklet outlining the history of Newtown Park will be available on the day.
Newtown Park centenary
Jesus said to His disciples,after He was risen from thedead, “Thus it is written andthus it was necessary for theChrist to suffer and die, andrise from the dead the thirdday, and repentance and re-mission of sins should bepreached in His name to allnations beginning at Jerusa-lem and you are witnesses ofthese things. Behold, I sendthe promise of My Fatherupon you, but tarry in the cityof Jerusalem until you are
endued with power from onhigh.” Luke 24:46-49.
This promise of God wasgiven and written through theOld Testament prophets,such as Moses, Isaiah andDaniel, that the Christ (TheMessiah or Anointed King)would suffer and die, and paythe price for our sins, and riseagain the third day victoriousover sin and death.
They said everyone whorepented and believed, that iswhoever trusted in what Hehad done for us on the cross(His death, burial and resur-rection for their salvation)would have remission of sins(forgiveness and absolutepardon of sins).
They wrote that those whobelieve would be witnesses ofthis because they had experi-enced for themselves the loveand forgiveness of God in Je-sus. The believer has receivedeternal life and the gift of theHoly Spirit to be a witnessfor Him.
Why don’t you receive thelove of God in Jesus todayand ask Him to forgive youfor your sins and to come intoyour life and live for Him?
In His love and grace - RobCochrane.
Pastor ROB COCHRANE.Meringandan Christian Fellowship
The Risen Christ
Excel Power employeeand Southern QueenslandInstitute of TAFE electricalstudent Brendan Radley’sapproach of going above andbeyond and then some toboth work and study haspaid off, taking out the 2013Master Electricians Third-Year Apprentice of the Yearaward.
The Toowoomba-basedBrendan started his ap-prenticeship with SQIT in2010 and has built a repu-tation for producing qual-ity work which includes thecustomisation of an assess-ment tool used alongsidethe app iAuditor, perhaps athrowback to his past lifein which he ran his own ITbusiness.
“I changed career pathsas IT stopped being my pas-sion and I always wanted tohave a trade. I enjoy learn-ing how things work, thetheoretical side, and I thinkthis win indicates I’ve madethe right decision becom-ing an electrician,”Brendan said.
Brendan’s SQIT electri-cal teacher, Steve Short,said he was not at all sur-prised by Brendan’s win.
SQIT Electrical teacher Steve Short, Cert III in Electrotechnology student and Excel Power employee BrendanRadley, and Excel Power’s Michael Reiken.
“Brendan is always en-thusiastic, eager to under-stand the why and problemsolve, and is incredibly dili-gent in the work he sub-mits. He is very deservingof the award.”
Apprentice of the Year award winner
Excel Power owner andmanager Michael Reiken,said: “To be successful inthis trade, when you’restudying and when you’requalified, it’s all about at-titude and commitment.
“Brendan stands out inboth aspects, and we’reproud to have him in ourteam.”
Brendan is currentlystudying his Certificate IIIin Electrotechnology
through block training atToowoomba TAFE.
To find out more aboutSouthern Queensland In-stitute of TAFE’s courses,call 4694 1600 or visit http://sqit.tafe.qld. gov.au/
Work will start next weekon a new $10 million concretebridge project on the NewEngland Highway at BumBum Creek.
Member for Nanango DebFrecklington said the newbridge, located 25km north ofCrows Nest, would improveroad network in the DownsSouth West Region.
“The new two-lane con-crete bridge will improvetransport efficiency for theregion,” Mrs Frecklingtonsaid.
“It will replace the old sin-gle-lane timber bridge and bepositioned on a straighteralignment for improvedsafety.
“The three-span bridge willinclude two 3.5m lanes andtwo 1m shoulders, improv-ing its capability. The projectmeans safety will be im-proved for the nearly 1300motorists who use the cur-rent bridge daily.”
Mrs Frecklington said FKGardner and Sons wouldcarry out the works.
“Works will include bridgeconstruction, road realign-ment, 1250m of pavementworks, linemarking and traf-fic signage installation,” MrsFrecklington said.
“Traffic control will be inplace during construction, andBum Bum Road will be lim-ited to local access only.”
Mrs Frecklington re-minded all motorists to pleasebe aware, obey all signage anddrive carefully through theconstruction area.
“We will make every ef-fort to minimise disruption tothe local community duringconstruction,” she said. “Weapologise for any inconven-ience caused and appreciateyour patience during thistime.”
Work will generally be un-dertaken between 6am and6pm, Monday to Saturday,however some out of hoursworks may be required.Works are expected to becompleted by Easter 2014,weather permitting.
New bridge at Bum Bum Creek
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Cattle producers from thenorthern Downs are continu-ing to use a local carcass com-petition to get an independ-ent assessment of how theircattle are performing in com-mercial terms.
Results are beginning toflow from the competition,which has attracted 42 headof cattle from 27 producers,and those who exhibited inthe lightweight section re-ceived their results on Satur-day.
It is the seventh annual car-cass competition organisedby the Goombungee-HadenShow Society. Producersfrom Goombungee, CrowNest, Geham, Maclagan,Kulpi, Kingsthorpe Boodua,Meringandan, Felton andCooyar entered a variety ofbreeds and crosses.
The cattle were inductedinto Smoothy’s feedlot atPinelands on July 13, with
First Goombungee carcass results releasedthree classes: Class 1 Light-weight - dressed carcass un-der 250kg, Class 2 Middle-weight - dressed carcass 260– 300 kg Class 3 Heavyweight- dressed carcass 300.1 -419kg.
The lightweight class com-pleted its time on feed latelast week, and the cattle wereprocessed at Brisbane ValleyMeats, Esk, where they werejudged on the Meat StandardsAustralia system. The win-ners will be sold throughMeats and More at CrowsNest.
Classes 2 and 3 have an-other 10 days or so on feedand will then be processed atJBS Dinmore and are to bejudged on the Aus Meat sys-tem.
The major sponsor for thecompetition is RidleyAgriproduct, which is sup-plying the feed rations, andprizes are also being awarded
in each class for the bestweight gain and largest eyemuscle.
The results of Class 1Lightweight Carcass compe-tition are 1st Wayne andBelinda Hess, Angus/BlondeX steer, 2nd Graeme andWendy Motley, MurrayGrey/Limousin X steer, 3rdDavid and Judith Day,
ABOVE: Wayne Hess and Todd Wilcox with the winning carcass from theirAngus/Blonde cross steer.
Droughtmaster/Limousin Xsteer, largest eye muscleTrevor and Elaine Nielsen,Limousin X steer, MSA eat-ing quality Selwyn and DianeWelke, South Devon heifer,butchers choice Graeme andWendy Motley, MurrayGrey/Limousin X steer, bestweight gain Kylie Welke,South Devon steer with a dailyweight gain of 2.49 kg.
Linda Smoothy with some of the middle weight and heavyweight entrants in thefeedlot at Pinelands.
LEFT: In the lightweightclass, the best weightgain was achieved by thissteer owned by K. D.Welke.
This is the weight gain prize winner on entry to thefeedlot.
Queensland can expecta hot summer with nostrong push away from av-erage numbers this stormseason, according to infor-mation the Bureau of Me-teorology has provided toQueensland Farmers Fed-eration.
The 2013 calendar yearis likely to be the hotteston record, tipped evenhigher by the recentheatwave, which combinedwith gusty and dry windsto create extreme bushfireconditions for many re-gions. Queensland’sdrought conditions arelikely to keep widening atleast until December.
ENSO indicators such asthe Southern OscillationIndex (SOI) and tropicalcloud patterns have re-mained at neutral levelswhich is likely to remainthat way until early nextyear.
Long hotsummerlikely
AUSBIOTECH will beholding an agricultural/food symposium in Bris-bane this year.
AusBiotech is one of thefounding organisations ofthe Agricultural Biotech-nology Council of Australia(ABCA).
There will be Ag/Foodsymposium on November 1.
This is a daylong event,for more information andto register http://ausbiotechnc.org/program.
Agriculturalfoodsymposium
Buying - Selling livestock, produce real estate. The High Country News reaches moreLOCAL farmers than ANY other media. Phone 4615 4416
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GOLFBorneo Barracks: September 25 - Single stroke, Brian Watkins trophies. Winner B. Russell
66, runner-up L. Coak 67. Rundown C. Aitken 68, R. Rathbone 68, K. Bailey 69, G.Starkey 69, M. Troughton 69, M. Stark 69. Pins 1st. M. Stark, 5th R. Rathbone, 10th R.
Weldon, 14th. B. Smith, 17th M. Troughton.September 28 - Single stableford. Winner J. Collins 41, runner-up G. Barnsley. Rundown
L. Close 38, J. Coorey 37, P. Callaghan 36, J. Lee 36. Pins 1st G. Barnsley, 5th P.Callaghan, 10th J. Bishop, 14th L. Jocumsen, 17th G. Barnsley.
September 29 - Single stroke monthly medals Ken Clarke trophies. A grade winner. M.Stark 67, runner-up G. Barnsley 67. B grade winner J. Smith 59, runner-up C. Aitken 64.
C grade winner P. Lamb 63, runner-up B. Mason 64. Rundown M. Kearnes 65, T. Aitken67, L. Coak 67, C. Raich 69, B.McLean 69, G. Thompson 69, J. Aitken 69, J. Aitken 69,
K. Clarke 69, B. Spendlove 71, P. Callaghan 71, G. Starkey 71, W. Aitken 71, B.Bargenquast 71.
Pins 1st T. Aitken 5th G. Barnsley, 10th M. Stark, 14th C. Deacon, 17th G. Starkey. Bestgross M. Stark 71. October 5 - Keith Nelson memorial. four-person ambrose. 11am
shotgun start.October 20 - BBGC junior carnival. Ring the Pro-Shop on 4696 6396 or email
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BORNEO BARRACKS: September 25- Single stroke, Brian Watkins trophies. Win-ner B. Russell 66, runner-up L. Coak 67.Rundown C. Aitken 68, R. Rathbone 68, K.Bailey 69, G. Starkey 69, M. Troughton 69,M. Stark 69. Pins 1st M.Stark 5thR.Rathbone, 10th R. Weldon, 14th B. Smith,17th. M. Troughton.
September 28 - Single stableford. Win-ner J. Collins 41, runner-up G. Barnsley.Rundown L. Close 38, J. Coorey 37, P.Callaghan 36, J. Lee 36. Pins 1st G. Barnsley,5th P. Callaghan, 10th J. Bishop, 14th L.Jocumsen, 17th G. Barnsley.
September - Single stroke monthly med-als Ken Clarke trophies. A grade winner M.
Stark 67, runner-up G. Barnsley 67. B gradewinner J. Smith 59, runner-up C. Aitken 64.C grade winner P. Lamb 63, runner-up B.Mason 64. Rundown M. Kearnes 65, T.Aitken 67, L. Coak 67, C. Raich 69, B.McLean 69, G. Thompson 69, J. Aitken 69,J.Aitken 69, K. Clarke 69, B. Spendlove 71,P. Callaghan 71, G. Starkey 71, W. Aitken 71,B. Bargenquast 71. Pins 1st T. Aitken, 5th G.Barnsley, 10th M. Stark, 14th C. Deacon,17th G. Starkey. Best gross M. Stark 71.
October 5 - Keith Nelson memorial. four-person ambrose.
October 20 - BBGC junior carnival. Ringthe Pro-Shop 4696 6396 or [email protected].
Junior carnival
Ladies open day
Downs Rugby clinics will contact clinics at St Anthony’s,9 Memory Street Toowoomba, on Tuesday, October 29 toTuesday, November 26.
Little Legends 5 to 7 years 3.30pm to 4.30pm JuniorChamps 8 to 9 years 4.30pm to 5.30pm Future Stars 10 and11 years 4.30pm to 5.30pm
Middle Ridge State School, Spring Street, Middle Ridge.Wednesday, October 30 to Wednesday, November 27. LittleLegends 5 to 7 years 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Junior Champs 8 to 9 years 4.30pm to 5.30pm FutureStars 10 and 11 years 4.30pm to 5.30pm To register pleasevisit www.rookies2reds.com.au
Rugby clinics
BOWLS
CROWS NEST: October 2 - Socialbowls winners were Tony Collins, LaurieCant and Esbert Ehrlich, runners-up BevanWingett, Col Tonscheck and Cant theYounger.
September 28 - Crows Nest d. West Too-woomba in the final round round of the 2013DDBA pennant season.
Winning three out of six games was notenough for us to reach the finals. Better lucknext year.
Members are reminded that they must befinancial before competing in rounds of allintraclub competitions. Ordinary club mem-
bers are also reminded that annual subscrip-tions are due each year by September 30 tomaintain continuous membership.
September 29 - Crows Nest played Eskaway in a social afternoon of bowls. Prizeswere randomly drawn to top off a friendlyafternoon. Many thanks Esk bowlers oneand all.
Coming events: Sunday, October 13 -Life members’ day. Sunday, October 20 - Cityaway. All dates are tentative and may be al-tered without notification. Next bingo Fri-day, October11. Eyes down 7pm. New mem-bers are always welcome. - Gary Baker.
Life members day
TOOWOOMBA GOLF CLUB: Octo-ber 3 - Womens stroke, monthly medal. Sil-ver winner L. Vanderlelie 70, runner-up M.Richards 73. Bronze 1 winner G. Cole 70,runner-up M. Walker 72. Bronze 2 winnerE. Edwards 71, runner-up Therese Streeten75. Vet - L. Vanderlelie. Putts Silver L.
Vanderlelie, Bronze 1 J. Barlow and G. Cole,Bronze 2 P. Adsett. Gross silver D. Habgood,bronze 1 G. Cole, Bronze 2 E. Edwards. Propin - 7th M. Richars, 14th D. Sheppard. Ballrundown D. Lewis, B. Hunter, S. Ball, D.Sheppard, L. Robinson, C. MacDermott, A.Roberts, P. White, D. Habgood, D. Erlandson.
BORNEO BARRACKS LADIES: Oct-ober 1 - Borneo Barracks ladies open day.Trophies were donated by Wippell’s Autos.Overall winner M. Harland 67, over all run-ner-up: K. Wilmot 70. Div 1 (0-18) best netwinner: M. Mohr 73, runner up L. Pedersen75. Gross B. Cox 84, stableford N. Frawley33. Pin L. Alexander. Length and accuracydrive N. Frawley. Div 2 (19-25) best net win-ner: R. Jones 74, runner up R. Mackenzie75. Gross G. Weedon 98. stableford S. Ball32. Pin R. Allan. Length and accuracy drive
S. Ball. Div 3 (26-31) best net winner E.Edwards 71, runner-up: H. Black 73. Gross:J. Edwards 103, stableford: B. Thompson33. Pin: H. Black. Length and accuracy drive:E. Edwards. Div 4 (32-45) best net winner D.Vessman 71, runner up C. Ryan 73. Gross P.Iball 109, stableford: J. Burgess 32. Pin J.Fysh. Length and accuracy drive J. Burgess.Pro pin E. Edwards. Grandma C. Hall 75.Veterans: J. Meagher 75. October 8 - Singlestroke, monthly medal and putting for tro-phies donated by Jenny Meagher.
Women’s stroke, monthly medal
CROWS NEST LADIES: A reminder tomembers of our President and Members dayon October 17. Members are required to bring
scones, picklets etc for morning tea. Morningtea at 9.30am with play to start at 10am. -Del Burgess.
President and Members day
The 2014 QueenslandCountry Championships ini-tial train on squad.
Joe Adams, Lance Akari,Ashley Anderson, ChaseBerg, Brett Bidstrup, TomBurnett, Brett Castle,Dominic Clarke, NickDunsdon, Charlie Fidow,John Frith, Mick Gall, JimGallo, Roger Geldard, BlairGilliver, Terry Harvey, TroyHobbs, Sam Hogarth, MattHowse, Mic Jamieson, StuartMace, Jack Mackenzie, PaulMaguire, Craig McVeigh,
Lochlan Penberthy, TomPerkins, Tegh Porter, LeviPower, Sonny Power, An-gus Ramsay, MatthewRoberts, Tom Rollinson,Pierce Saunders, JamesScanlan, Jay Schulte,Brendan Sexton, MichaelShearer, Scott Sims, JamesStrang, Marley Tane, BenTodd, James Tweedy, SamTweedy, Andre Van Staden,Martin Van Staden.
Downs Rugby takes greatpride in its senior representa-tive team and is right behindour senior team with somegood results to date.
Well done to all playersselected in this initial Dar-ling Downs train on squad.
It is a real achievement towin selection in this initialsquad and an even greaterhonour to go on to play inthe Darling Downs repre-
sentative team. This camp will be held
again early in February 2014.We then plan to play a
number of trial games includ-ing the Cattlemen’s Cup andthe new Border Cup whichwill involve an annual gameagainst North Western NSW.Following these games, we willcontest the South Queenslandleg of the Queensland Coun-try Championships withgames against Sunshine Coastand Gold Coast. To cap offthe season, and as a regard forour players, we hope to havea possible end of season tourto New Zealand.
There is a clear pathway toplay for the Queensland Coun-try Heelers Rugby team fromthe Darling Downs side withsix of our players progressingthrough the system last yearto be awarded this honour. -Downs rugby newsletter.
Train on squad
PERANGA LADIES BOWLING CLUB:October 3 - Great day to end official func-tions for Peranga ladies. Winners for the daywere the Yaraman team. G. Anderson, R.Dierke, Jenny Moore and N. Currel, run-ners-up D. Fitch, R. Borey, S. Cooke and B.Glass.
Consolation was won by I. Wrembrick,D.Currel, E. Smith and Y. Schultz.
Peranga ladies will still be trying to attendas many commitments as possible till the endof the year.
Don’t forget the fund raiser for CareFlighton Saturday, October 26. Names to be in by2pm for a 3pm start. There will be two roundsfollowed by a barbecue tea.
Further details contact Hazel on 46928151.
Last offficial function
Cyclists can join Austral-ia’s biggest celebration of com-muter riding - Ride2Work Day- on Wednesday October 16.
Toowoomba RegionalCouncil and Toowoomba Bi-cycle Users Group is urgingresidents to take part in thisnational event.
This is the sixth year thecouncil and TBUG will bepromoting Ride2Work Dayand jointly hosting a break-fast for cyclists.
All cyclists are welcome tomeet in Art Gallery Park (cor-ner Ruthven and Littlestreets) between 6.30am and8.30am for a free breakfast andcoffee before work.
Workplaces are encouragedto sign up for the cyclingworkplace challenge and toattend the free breakfast wherethere is a chance to win theToowoomba BUG Free-wheelers Trophy.
Presentations will be at7.30am.
Prizes will also be awardedfor best individual effort.Simply contact [email protected] This emailaddress is being protectedfrom spambots. You needJavaScript enabled to view it.or [email protected] Cyclists arealso encouraged to register forfree at the Bicycle Victoriawebsite - https://ride2work.com.au/ - to enter into thedraw for a range of fantasticprizes.
Cr Chris Tait encouragedserious and recreational cy-clists to get involved inRide2Work Day.
“This is a perfect oppor-tunity for people to have a goat riding to work or school.
“Whether you ride regu-larly or haven’t been in thesaddle for a little while, therehas never been a better timeto get involved.
“I can vouch for the factthat it’s a great, healthy habitto adopt,” Cr Tait said.
According to ToowoombaBUG spokesperson HughWilson, over the years morelocal workplaces have joinedin and encouraged employeesto ride to work on a regularbasis.
Last year, Heritage Build-ing Society’s Crank-ITworkplace team was the BestRepresented Workplace andwon the Freewheelers Tro-phy presented by MrJohnMcVeigh.
Cyclistsencouragedto ride to work
FISHING
Cooby Dam: Good num-bers of yellowbelly on hardbodied lures this week.
Trolling lures around andover the weed beds in the backend of the northern leg is pro-ducing some good fish.
Little Ripper and CoobyCobber lures in dark coloursworking OK. Fishing thepontoon area in the late after-noon with saltwater yabbiesis working.
Blades and soft plastics aretaking some fish. Saltwateryabbies and shrimp the baitsof choice.
Cressbrook Dam: TheBull’s Creek leg is producingsome nice bass and quite a fewgar fish.
The point across from therocks in the Cressbrook leg isproducing some small bass onspinner baits and small hardbody lures in green colours.
Casting blades and jackalsto the shallows in the late af-ternoon is producing somesmall bass. Saltwater yabbiesand shrimp are working ok.Redclaw a little bit hit andmiss this week.
Somerset Dam: Goodquality yellowbelly aroundthe four to five kilo weight inthe Stanley River leg of thedam and around QueenStreet. Pelican Point andQueen Street is producing
Doug Leicht’s grandson Matthew Leicht with ayellowbelly he caught first time fishing out of a kayakat Cooby Dam.
some good bass on blades andplastics.
The timbered area atKirkleagh for bass andyellowbelly using Jackallmask vibes Plastics andblades. Redclaw a little slowthis week.
Lure of the Week: FriskyNinja Blades. Comes in35mm x 5gm and 45mm x 8gm.Good colour range and arerigged with stinger hooks andskirt.
Good for bass oryellowbelly, bream andflatties
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Until next time - DougLeicht.
Good numbers of yellow belly at Cooby
A new competition for less experiencedcampdrafters has emerged on the northernDarling Downs, attracting many hundredsof riders and their horses in novice, juvenileand junior classes. The first round was heldat Goombungee Showgrounds on September15, in which there were 270 horses entered inthe novice draft alone. Last weekend the sec-ond round was held at Cooyar Showgrounds,with 400 entries in the novice draft, and 400are again expected to compete in the thirdround at Brymaroo this coming Friday, Sat-urday, and Sunday.
Campdraft steward at Goombungee WadeHartwig said entries were amazing, reflectingthe popularity of the sport of campdrafting.He said campdrafters will accumulate pointsover the three drafts, and the winner willhave the highest points. Mr Hartwig said
campdrafting numbers had tripled in recentyears. He said the campdraft series is knownas the Black Truck and Agr Northern DownsNovice Series, but there are other majorsponsorships from many other local, nationaland international organisations. Mr Hartwigsaid the towns involved were all benefitingfrom the series, which was attracting localcompetitors, those who worked during theweek, and younger campdrafters gaining ex-perience, with the junior section for thoseunder 12 years of age, the Juvenile sectionfor those between 12 and 18, and the novicedraft for those 18 and over. Mr Hartwig saidthe series was initiated when he had a meet-ing and a beer with Paul Barron, Cooyar, andKurt Wockner, Brymaroo, and the three de-cided to establish a competition to cater forthe interest in campdrafting. - Miles Noller
New campdraft competition
Wade Hartwig, show steward, and show secretary Toyah Blann, with the winnersof the Juvenile Draft at Goombungee on September 15. They are, 1st Clark Loveon Remarkable Me, 2nd Hayley Osborne on Jillaroo, 3rd Clark Love on ScardyCat, 4th Tennelle Barrett on Tuff-n-up.
Winners of the junior campdraft at Goombungee on September 15, with campdraftsteward Wade Hartwig and Show Society secretary Toyah Blann are, 1st BrookeBarron on Dude, 2nd Jaiden Hill on Little Gun, 3rd Brooke Barron on Ben, 4thLauren Laid on Gemini.
CROWS NEST: October 2 - Sporterswinner S. Johnston 37, runner-up D.Haskings 27. Putting S. Johnston 21. Pins 7/16 L. Kruger, 8/17 R. Gardner. October 6 -Crows Nest Motel single stroke, monthlymedal winner K. Cox 63. Medal runner-up
Crows Nest Motel single strokeD. Woodley 66, 3rd D. Cox 68, 4th C. Watts68. Rundown L. Kruger 70 on count back.Pins 1/10 D Woodley, 3/12, 8/17 C. Watts, 6/15 N. Case, 7/16, 9/18 K Cox. October 13 -Club trophy. October 20 - Damian CoxMemorial single stroke.
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SOUTHERN DOWNS:October 6 - 300 yard range.Target rifle, iron sight, pos-sible 105. J. Dickenson103.10, B. Abood 103.8, R.Bondfield 102.8, J.Bondfield 102.7, J. Marshall99.7, L. Pedersen 95.9, C.Neave 93.4. F class, scopeclass, possible 126. F stand-ard B. Caskey 120.6, B.Tyllyer 115.3, D. Taylor113.6, D. Norman 108.2, G.Eagle 105.1. B. Locke 102.2,B. Smythe 100.2, M.Downie 48, C. Read onerange 45.1. F open M.Taylor 103.2. We Welcomethe return of Bob Locke.
October 13 - DarlingDowns District Rifle Asso-ciation annual Kruger Shieldwill be contested by teamsfrom the Southeast, Bris-bane, and the DarlingDowns. - Chris Neave,club captain.
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Greg and Jeanie Walker, Crows Nest, at the Wondai Garden Expo. - High Country News photo
Glen Middleton of Quinalow and Alan Greenwood ofCrows Nest in the blacksmith shop at Carbethon vil-lage in Crows Nest during Carbethon’s annual festi-val. Glen’s experience included working in the black-smiths shop at Queensland Rail. He and Alan gaveblacksmithing demonstrations during the festival.
Crows Nest Seniors visited the Laidley Flower Festival. Back - Red Fisher, BerasVandersee, Gwynneth Russell, Harold Hartwig, Vivian Anderson, Bernice Anthony,Grahame Reinke, Lyn Reinke, David Beach, Linda Mutch and Selwyn Polzin.Middle - Moira Fisher, Pat Steer, Elaine Edge, Daphne Taylor, Stephanie Beach,Peg Kelly, Ivy Guy. Front - Jytte Stone, Pat Williams, Annette Greer, Norma Gillies,Cheryl Polzin. They had morning tea at Wivenhoe Dam. - Contributed.
Indigenous cultural site theGumbi Gumbi Gardens at theUniversity of SouthernQueensland are officiallyopen.
The garden, was openedwith a plaque unveiling byUSQ Chancellor Bobbie Bra-zil, Toowoomba RegionalCouncil Mayor Cr PaulAntonio and Aboriginal ElderDarby McCarthy.
Bonita Mabo, wife of thelate Eddie Mabo, her daugh-ter and grand-daughterstoured the gardens last monthand attended the officialopening.
Vice-Chancellor ProfessorJan Thomas said ithe gardenswere an opportunity for visi-tors to understand and appre-ciate the heritage of the dis-trict.
“They are a visual sym-bol of USQ’s commitment toreconciliation and an oppor-tunity for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians tomove forward together.
The gardens, set in 2.2 hec-tares of land adjacent to thenorthern side of the univer-sity main entrance, feature ex-tensive plantings of Indig-enous flora used by the localAboriginal communities forfood and medicine.
It also includes a numberof small and large teachingspaces.
The gardens were designedin partnership with Histori-
cal Elders from Toowoombaand Elders of the JarowairPeople, the traditional custo-dians of the land on whichUSQ Toowoomba resides.
The official opening in-cluded a rock laying and smok-ing ceremony and perform-ances from internationallyrenowned novelist and poetHerb Wharton, country mu-sic artist Roger Knox, and theKooma Didgeri Dancers.
Indigenous gardens open at USQSeveral signs adorn the Peranga Post Office. This isjust one of them.
A Brisbane man who was born with severe facial and limbdeformities will share his life story at the Toowoomba CityLibrary this thursday.
Robert Hoge was born in 1972 with a tumour the size of anewborn baby’s fist in the middle of his face, eyes at the sideof his head, and deformed legs. At age four, he underwentsurgeries to reconstruct his face. Further operations to rea-lign his eyes at age 14 were discussed but decided against, asthere was a strong risk of blindness. In his late 30s and witha child of his own, Robert Hoge wrote Ugly: A Memoir,detailing his childhood and career as a journalist and mediaadvisor for former Queensland premier Anna Bligh.
Cr Ros Scotney, said Robert’s story was inspiring. “Thismemoir documents not only medical milestones and familylife, but also generates conversation about the importanceplaced on appearance in our society,” Cr Scotney said.
Ugly author visits
