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Call to support drought stricken farmers
I was fortunate enough to bump into SenaRegional business are folding up and when
tor Barry O’Sullivan the other the day and this happens they never re-open leaving towns
asked him how things were travelling with with no services which cripples other opporregards to our Western Queensland mates tunities for economic growth to ever return.
battling the drought.
Could you imagine if this happened in eastern parts of Australia in highly populated
I was prompted by Deb Frecklington’s areas how quickly water and resources would
letter last week’s Herald to get behind the disappear?
“Mates who Open Gates” support service
It would be catastrophic but, it is a very
run by Rod Saal.
bad situation as we see banks take over and
Barry has been out in the western parts farmers walk away from properties now laytalking with land owners suffering drought, ing dormant going to rack and ruin.
looking at newer ways to assist from CanWild dogs are now taking over the properberra.
ties and causing more environmental damage
Note that this drought is as bad as any and yes they will head our way east sooner
other disaster or even worse but we all see or later. I spoke with a farmer from Western
from the likes of cyclones, floods and storms Queensland who told me kangaroos are eata recovery in place the day after but droughts ing carcases to get a source of protein as there
are just as big of a the disaster with little to no is nothing else to eat and this has never been
recovery apart from the hope of rain.
seen before.
Farmers have pulled their children out of
My message is for those who can spare
schools and some have no money to put pet- some time to write to your local politician
rol in their vehicles or to buy those basic items showing support and offer cash donations to
we take for granted every day.
those organisations like Mates who Open
Most big cattle properties have been Gates to keep the services going for our westdestocking over the years and now are at ern neighbours in need. - Murray Choat,
breaking point and may never recover.
Gowrie Junction.
ANZAC appreciation
Once again, the ANZAC Day dawn service and gunfire breakfast were held at Gowrie
Junction. The service was very memorable,
aided by the Gowrie State School students’
address on the flora from the battlefields and
the centenary of the Gallipoli ANZAC landing.
It was great to see large numbers of people
attend the service and breakfast in honour of
those Australians, including the locals who
served and continue to serve, our country.
Special thanks must go to Peter Bullen,
Rodney O’Connor, Jonathon Loughlin,
Bronwyn Loughlin, Warrant Officer (W02)
Geoff Milgate, Cr Carol Taylor, Glenn
Adamson, Sam Adamson, Ian Kammholz,
Rohan Guerin, Damian Bougoure, volunteers
of the Gowrie Junction Progress Association,
volunteers from the Gowrie Little Plain Rural Fire Service, students and staff of the
Gowrie State School and community members who volunteered their time. - Jason
Chavasse, president, Gowrie Junction
Progress Association.
Slip, slop, slap, SMS #nomoresunburn
Researchers have discovered a new weapon in the fight
against skin cancer, in an Australian-first multifaceted trial
using text messaging to promote sun protection and skin
checks.
New and emerging technologies could help compliment the delivery of SunSmart
messages in Queensland.
The trial found greatest receptiveness to skin self-examination messages for those
under 32 years of age, those
Identified
The beetle on the back page
of the Herald 21/4/14 is a
Cotton Harlequin Bug.
Out this time of year because it’s cotton picking season. - Lee Riethmuller.
(Facebook reponse)
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with very fair or fair skin; and feasible way to reach people,
those who said they planned particularly those under 45.
to check their skin at the start
of the study.
The texts were personalised with each participant’s
Likewise, the sun protec- name and gender, skin cancer
tion intervention was more risk factors, sunburn history,
effective among those with and information about their
very fair or fair skin, men, and previous skin check habits.
those who made plans at the
The finding will be used to
start of the study to con- inform the development of
sciously reduce their risk of future phone-based SunSmart
skin cancer.”
studies and strategies. - Katie
Personalised SMS mes- Clift, Cancer Council
sages are an acceptable and Queensland.
• A report in last week’s
Herald mentioned memories
of the Army base at Meringandan during World War 2.
A long term resident has
advised us that the base was
at Highfields, bordered by the
highway, Cawdor Road and
Kuhls Road. - Editor.
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Council hammered over Cabarlah
development approval
The destruction of old
trees on 93ha of land on the
Cabarlah escarpment is having a profound effect, not just
on nearby residents, and those
who value our mountainside
forests, but also on councillors.
They copped a tirade of
criticism at a Toowoomba
Regional Council community
meeting in Crows Nest last
week and seem keen to make
amends, knowing that the
trees are gone forever.
The bulldozers moved in a
couple of weeks ago without
the council’s knowledge, without approval; and without an
operating plan approved by
the council.
The development of about
57 lots on the land was initially approved about 2007
by former Crows Nest Shire
Council, but a new application for the project came before Toowoomba Regional
Council in 2012.
Because the council’s planning scheme regarded the proposal as code assessable rather
than impact assessable, stringent conditions were not
placed on the applicant and
some requirements were also
watered down, such as access
to Happy Valley Road rather
than the much safer and more
direct Link Road.
The applicants are said to
have saved an estimated
$500,000 by not having to
bitumen seal Link Road which
connects to Donovan Road
and the New England Highway near Borneo Barracks.
The fact that Toowoomba
Regional Council or its officers considered an application
and approved it, means the
council gave tacit approval to
the destruction of trees anyway.
The council has been criticised because residents claim
access to Happy Valley Road
is dangerous.
It is a narrow bitumen road
with steep slopes, ninetydegree bends and no margin
for safety on its edges.
Residents claim that 18
conditions attached to the
approval have not been addressed.
Ray Carew, who led the
verbal assault on behalf of local residents, said he questioned how a developer could
run riot over the council.
“The Council puts on conditions, but does not police
them. All the flora and fauna
have gone,” Mr Carew said.
Another speaker said there
were serious problems with
the council’s planning. He
warned that with 57 house
roofs and a lot of bitumen
roads, a lot of water will accumulate and the only place
for it to go is down the valley
to the railway line.
There will be tonnes and
tonnes of water hitting the
railway and he asked if planners had considered this.
Another told councillors
that this was happening on
their watch on their land.
Cr Bill Cahill told the
Crows Nest meeting that the
disappointing thing as a councillor was that the decision
was made by delegated authority.
General Manager of the
council Planning and Development department Stewart
Somers told the meeting that
the majority of developers do
the right thing.
But those involved in this
instance were “cowboy developers who were totally irresponsible and a lot of damage has been done.”
The next day at the Council’s monthly meeting, councillors had the opportunity
for a quieter and more considered debate, and were
proactive in their suggestions
and demands.
Mayor Paul Antonio raised
the issue, admitting that the
council copped a kick in the
backside the night before.
Councillors were ready to
take whatever administrative
and legal action they could to
stop the developers from doing anything further on the
site.
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They wanted to prevent
any further clearing or logging
of the site, and to prevent
burning of any remaining felled
vegetation which local residents had suggested might
occur.
It had been pointed out
that some council-owned
road reserves had also been
cleared.
Cr Cahill said he believed
the developers owned adjacent land which had even
greater heritage and environmental value, and he wanted
that land to be protected.
A number of councillors
called for immediate action,
not in days or weeks, but
immediately.
General Manager Somers
said Council’s compliance
officer had issued the developers with various legal forms.
Mr Somers again referred
to the developers as “wild
west cowboys riding into
town.”
No councillor or council
officer has been prepared to
name the developer, but it’s
understood the developer is
a Sydney based company.
Cr Glasheen called for the
developer to be called before
the council so there could be
a full briefing.
Cr Englart said the developer needed to be stopped for
a period of years as punishment.
She said if developers demolished heritage listed buildings they were banned from
further work for three years.
Cr Englart said there
needed to be a way to stop
developers such as the one
under discussion for a period
of say four years.
HERALD COMMENT:
The company that has
upset many Cabarlah residents for tree clearing activities on escarpment land in
recent weeks, has its registered office in Bundamba,
Ipswich.
The tree clearing has also
caused concern among Toowoomba Regional council-
A tirade of protest against the tree clearing on the Cabarlah escarpment reached its peak at a Toowoomba
Council community engagement meeting in Crows Nest. The vocal protest was led by Ray Carew, supported
by a dozen other speakers including John Dakin, both Happy Valley Road residents.
lors, with one saying the developers should be called before the council to answer
questions, another saying the
full force of the law should
brought against them, and a
council general manager suggesting that those who cleared
the Cabarlah land were “cowboys”.
An ASIC search shows
there are three directors of the
company Highfields Happy
Valley Views Pty Ltd, one a
Clifford Allan Michell who
has a Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, address, the second a
Gregory James Newham with
a Castle Hill, New South
Wales address, and the third,
a Laurence Dean Sellers who
has a Terrey Hills, New
South Wales address.
The ultimate holding company of Highfields Happy
Valley Views Pty Ltd, is High-
fields Escarpment Financial
Pty Ltd. This company has
the same registered office address in Bundamba, Ipswich,
and its three listed directors
are the same as for Highfields
Happy Valley Views Pty Ltd.
It appears the name of the
company which owns the
subject Cabarlah land has
been changed since February
15, 2013 when Toowoomba
Regional Council approved
an application from a Bernard
McGuiness to subdivide the
land into 59 lots.
But the applicant at this
time was Happy Valley
Views Pty Ltd.
This approval was determined under delegated authority, which means it did
not go before the council, but
the decision was made by
council officers and approved
by a council meeting.
HIGH COUNTRY HERALD - APRIL 28, 2015 - 3
Residents lose Ravensboune water fight
The protests of dozens of
Ravensbourne residents have
failed to change Toowoomba
Regional Council’s intention to
approve an application to extract spring water at Ravensbourne for bottling in a number
of factories near Brisbane.
The council, at its ordinary
meeting last week approved an
application from Albert and
Sandra Cid take water from a
bore on a property at the intersection of Esk-Hampton
Road and Case Road in
Ravensbourne.
They have been doing this
for the past nine years or so
without council approval because it is believed the former
Crows Nest Shire did not require approval, but there is no
record of any request to council at that time.
Under Toowoomba Regional Council planning rules,
it is an extractive industry and
approval is required.
18 OBJECTIONS
There were 18 objections to
the application, one for the approval, and the council received a petition containing
100 signatures opposing the
application.
Those opposing the application were also very vocal at
a Toowoomba Regional Council community consultation
meeting at Crows Nest the
previous week, they waved
placards in front of City Hall
before a Council meeting on
Tuesday last week, and
some interjected during council debate on the issue.
But the Council at its
monthly meeting last Tuesday voted six to three to approve the application. But
council did toughen its conditions under which the business can operate on the 16ha
site at Ravensbourne.
Council had limited the
amount of water to be taken
to 75Ml per annum. That
allows for a maximum of 10
B-Double tankers per day to
take water from the site.
The applicant said that in
summer, that was the quantity of water required for the
three bottling plants, at
Booval, Logan and Yatala.
During the debate at the
Crows Nest community
meeting last week, it was
stated that Coca Cola Amatil
was one of the users of the
water.
The Toowoomba Regional Council will also ask
the State Government to
tighten groundwater management requirements in the
Ravensbourne area.
Following 30 minutes of
debate, Council approved a
development application
with conditions for a spring
water extraction enterprise at
3039 Esk-Hampton Road,
Ravensbourne at its monthly
ordinary meeting. Council
decided to also impose an
additional monitoring requirement on the business to install a meter and report to
Council its level of extraction
every six months.
Cr Chris Tait said despite
community concerns about
the effects on the underground water supply, the
council was not the appropriate statutory body to rule
on the issue.
“The application was assessed under the State Planning Regulatory Provisions,
the Regional Plan and Council’s strategic framework and
zone intent of the Toowoomba Regional Planning
Scheme 2012,” Cr Tait said.
“The development was
assessed against a number of
criteria and codes and it generally complied with all regulations,” he said.
“Where it didn’t meet the
regulations, alternative solutions and conditions were put
in place to ensure it complies.
“The main issue residents
have with the business is its
impacts on the underground
water reserves in the area,
however, that is not Council’s call. That is the jurisdiction of the Department of
Natural Resources and
Mines.
“Council made its decision
on what was within its authority to do so and took ad-
At the Toowoomba Council community meeting in Crows Nest where councillors were criticised by many
Ravensbourne residents. Ben and Peter Sparshott, Margaret Shaw, Cr Bill Cahill, Rebecca Hopper, and Kym
Sparshott.
vice from the Department on
matters relevant to the Department’s control.” Cr Tait
said Council would now convey to DNRM the concerns
residents and Councillors
have about the area being classified as an unmetered water
supply area.
“
EXTRA
MONITORING
The fractured basalts in the
Ravensbourne area recharge
very quickly after any major
rain event, but residents have
concerns that the resource will
run out during the dry periods,” Cr Tait said.
“Council has imposed an
extra monitoring clause in its
requirements for the business, however, we will now
be calling on the State Government to revisit the licensing and metering requirements
for commercial bores in the
Lockyer Valley Groundwater
Management Area (Area 4)
where this business is located,” he said.
“The bore has been used
for commercial applications
for some time, but Council
and residents have concerns
that other businesses will
move into the area and seek
to establish similar style operations.
“There needs to be a review of the Water Resource
Plan for the area. This is a
valuable resource and residents need to feel at ease that
their home supply will not
be affected in the future.”
Cr says handover of show
pavilion is close
The time being taken to
transfer ownership of the
Crows Nest show pavilion to
the Crows Nest Show Society has been raised at a public
meeting between the Mayor
and most of the councillors and
more than 100 Crows Nest
district people.
Show Society president
Athol Gossow told the meeting that the Show Society was
ontinually seeking an answer
to the issue.
He said it was seven years
since shire amalgamation at
which Toowoomba Regional
Council was formed, yet the
matter was still going on.
The Show Society and the
former Crows Nest Shire
Council had an agreement
when the pavilion was built,
that the ownership of the pavilion would be transferred to
the other partner should either
organisation cease to exist.
Mr Gossow referred to an
organisation, the Crows Nest
Indoor Sports and Entertainment Committee which it appeared was inactive, as providing a technicality preventing the conclusion of the transfer deal.
Cr Geoff McDonald apologised for the deal not being
Tom Archer and Athol Gossow, representing the Crows Nest Show Society, and Toowoomba Regional
Council representatives Cr Geoff McDonald and Nick Hauser, general manager of the Council’s Environment and Community department.
concluded, but said it was ownership of the show paBut he said it was a legal full time person employed,
close. “But both parties vilion would be transferred to matter and there needed to be but said that as in other
could have done better,” he the Show Society.” He told reasonable access for the com- places, a key to the pavilion
said.
the meeting the council had munity to the pavilion facil- needed to be available.
Cr McDonald acknowl- resolved in May 2013 that ity. Cr McDonald said it did
- Miles Noller reporting
edged that “100 percent the transfer should take place. not mean there needed to be a
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Former councillor’s strident criticism
Bunnings store approval a sad day
for small business
The redevelopment of the
Toowoomba Foundry site,
pictured, with a Bunnings
store, could affect business
beyond Toowoomba city.
The owner of Craig’s Hardware in Highfields, Craig
Stibbard, was in the gallery
when Toowoomba Regional
Council approved the
Bunnings application to redevelop the site on the northern
edge of Toowoomba CBD.
As he left the meeting, Mr
Stibbard said it was a “sad day
for small business.”
Mr Stibbard has spent
years developing his hardware
business at Highfields.
Another business that
could be directly affected by
the Bunnings project is the
BMS Mitre 10 Ruthven
Street store, across the street
from the Bunnings development, a business that has
served the Toowoomba area
for more than 50 years.
Mr Stibbard said Toowoomba did not need another
Bunnings store. He said many
others would be affected including those selling products
such as tiles, carpets, nursery
products and lighting. “It
might stimulate business at the
start, but eventually it will eat
away at the smaller businesses,
forcing them to close.”
Mr Stibbard rejected the
council contention that
Bunnings, which also dealt in
property, was likely to sell the
property after 10 to 15 year
for a capital gain and move to
another site.
Mr Stibbard said this interim use idea could continue
for years beyond any interim
period. If the store continued
to be profitable, they were
likely to continue to operate
it.
“If there were 31 conditions
to the approval that were not
met, I don’t understand why
the council approved the application,” Mr Stibbard said.
He said the traffic congestion that the project would
create would be immense
and another set of traffic
lights could add to traffic
problems.
But Mayor Paul Antonio
told the council it could not
make decisions about commercial competition.
Cr antonio asked the General Manager for Planning
Stewart Somers if the
Bunnings proposal fitted the
planning scheme. The answer was the proposed use
complied with the scheme,
but that no use ever complied with every test.
Cr Sue Englart was
strongly opposed to the
project and was one of three
who voted against it. Cr
Englart was concerned about
demolition of some old buildings, about the removal of
100-year-old trees on
Ruthven Street, about the
effect on businesses across
Ruthven Street, and about
the disruption to traffic in
both Ruthven and Bridge
Streets.
This would be compounded by the railway level
crossing in Bridge Street. “I
find this appalling,” she said.
The council appeared eager to have Bunnings proceed with the development
so the vacant property was
being used again. It was stated
that the council’s preferred
development was inner city
residential, but because it
was a contaminated site, developers who previously
considered an inner city residential project, baulked at the
estimated $15 to $30 million
to de-contaminate the area.
Cr Tait said the site did
not have to be cleaned up to
the same extent.
Development plans are for
a Bunnings warehouse, interpretative centre and food
outlet.
There is to be parking for
456 cars.
Cr Tait, TRC Development Assessment portfolio
leader, said council approval
paved the way for the revival
of an overlooked and neglected part of the city.
“Council is looking to encourage development in the
area north of the CBD,” Cr
Tait said.
“This application presents
an interim and adaptive re-use
of the site, which is in keeping with Council’s longer term
vision for the area. “The development application was
assessed in accordance with
all requirements for a Code
Assessable application under
the Sustainable Planning Act,”
Cr Tait said.
However, it is understood
that, because the application
was divided into four parts,
it maintained code assessable
status.
Had the development been
made as a whole in one application, it would have been
impact assessable, making the
conditions much tougher to
meet.
“Approval for this permitted land use will ensure the
site does not fall into further
disrepair and remain contaminated and consequently off
limits to the public,” Cr Tait
said.
“This council and the previous council received detailed enquiries for high-density residential developments
on the site. Investigations revealed costs involved with removing contaminated material from the site made these
projects commercially
unviable for residential development at the time.
“Industrial and commercial
land uses have lower site contamination tolerances than
residential uses which makes
this proposal an ideal interim
development of the site.”
Cr Tait said the Bunnings
building would be situated on
the western side of the site,
three metres lower than
Ruthven Street.
All State Heritage listed
buildings that were part of the
former foundry fronting
Ruthven Street will be retained. Cr Tait said the development site was part of the
wider Toowoomba Railway
Parklands Priority Development Area, which was declared by the former State
Government in December
2014.
He said future development applications inside the
Priority Development Area,
including the Bunnings site,
would be assessed under the
Economic Development Act
2012 and not the Sustainable
Planning Act. “The Bunnings
application was lodged well
before the PDA was enacted
and, accordingly, was assessed under the SPA,” Cr
Tait said.
HERALD COMMENT:
Could Bunnings help with rail
over pass, parking? Thje council acknowledges that CBD
parking it one of its greatest
problems. In its negotiations
with Bunnings, did the council suggest that one corner of
the site should be reserved for
a future parking station for
city workers or shoppers?
The next door property,
the former Allied Mills, and
previously Defiance Flour
Mill site is also to be developed for high density residential and boutique residential.
Is the council suggesting to
these developers that part of
this site should be reserved
for parking, with a developer
contribution?
With about 20 trains a day
interrupting the traffic flow
on Bridge Street, some are
suggesting these traffic snarls
will get worse with the
Bunnings development.
Many decades ago, the then
Toowoomba City Council,
probably with Main Roads
Department involvement,
moved houses back from
Bridge Street near the Mort
Street intersection, to enable
an overpass to be built over
the two rail crossings between Mort and Ruthven
Streets. Nothing happened.
But this old idea could become new again to help eliminate both existing traffic problems, and the future traffic
snarls that the Bunnings development will undoubtedly
bring.
Should Bunnings have been
asked to make a contribution
to this?
How about the supposed
body under the foundry’s
concrete floor? In its development approval of the Toowoomba Foundry site, Council has emphasised the contamination of the land from
years of metallurgical and industrial use.
But any contamination
will be insignificant if the
Bunnings developers find a
body in the concrete floor of
the Foundry.
Many Toowoomba people
have heard about it.
Some have seen the extra
thick concrete that formed the
base for a large metal working
machine.
Is it just a legend? Bunnings
could discover the difference
between contamination and a
sacred site should they dig too
deeply. - Miles Noller.
Flood inquiry welcome
Lockyer Valley Regional Council has welcomed comments in media from Queensland Premier Annastacia
Palaszczuk that her government was strongly considering an inquiry into the January 10, 2011 Grantham flooding.
Twelve people died in Grantham on that day and many
survivors consider the original inquiry did not adequately
investigate how this happened.
The Premier said she was seeking independent legal
advice and giving serious consideration to pursuing an
inquiry.
Lockyer Valley Mayor Steve Jones has welcomed these
comments on the back of the refusal from the previous
State Government to launch such an inquiry.
“We need a fully independent process looking at any
man-made or natural features of the landscape between
Helidon and Grantham that may have contributed to the
flooding of the Grantham township and the loss of 12
lives in that location on that day.
“It needs to also look at how the flooding was originally investigated.
“I welcome the comments from the Premier that she is
giving this strong consideration and look forward to working with her Government to put all the facts on the table
so the people can get some sense of closure around the
events of January 10, 2011.”
Hampton art exhibition entries close May 1
Entries close on May 1, for
the Hampton Art Exhibition.
The exhibition is held in
conjunction with the Hampton Festival, coming up on
May 17.
Artists who live within
50km of Hampton and work
in any medium are encouraged
to enter.
Both the Hampton Festival
and the Hampton Art Exhibition have been running simultaneously for 13 years and
provide an opportunity for
local emerging and professional
artists to be seen.
Art co-ordinator Peter
Bright said, “Hampton is at
the centre of a creative community of artists.
“There is a lot going on in
the region and this exhibition
offers an outlet for artists to
hang and sell their work.
“All works are for sale
which gives the public the
chance to support local artists.”
This year there will be a
People’s Choice prize for the
most popular work. The exhibition will be open from
2.30pm to 4.30pm on Sat-
urday,. May 16, with free en- on the main stage to bid on
try and then all day on Hamp- the artworks. A new inclusion
ton Festival day, May 17.
is The Creative Talks sessions which will see a series
In addition to the art exhi- of five short talks presented
bition there will be the Mini in the art annexe.
Masterpieces Project on disExperts will offer an inplay (entries now closed) as sight into a variety of tasty
well as a number of artists in and creative topics.
residence who will be located
To enter the art exhibition
around the festival site paint- go
to
Artist Kym Breeze
ing and creating.
www.hamptonfestival.com/
You can watch them work visual-arts for the application
The Hampton Festival is
and have a chat to them about form.
on May 17 from 9.30am to
their technique, and then go
If you have any queries call 4pm. Admission is $10pp
along the to auction at 2pm Peter Bright on 0427 233239. with children under 12 free.
Stop signs
Highfields Police have received complaints about motorists disobeying stop signs in Highfields, specifically at Rogers
Drive-Highfields Road and Polzin Road-O’Brien Road.
Both stop signs are situated in school zones.
The penalty for failing to stop is $341 and three demerit
points.
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HIGH COUNTRY HERALD - APRIL 28, 2015 - 5
ANZAC DAY 2015
HIGHFIELDS DAWN SERVICE: • Kym Flehr and
Ray Cook from the 11th Lighthorse. • Sandra
Reeson whose soon attended the Gallipoli
service two years ago. Poppies on the sign
were made by students at Highfields State
school. • Heidi Abraham, Crows Nest. Her great
great grandmother Elizabeth May Smith served
in the nursing corps. • Geoffrey Mullins, HMS
Cerberes, Victoria. - Kristen Gregory photos.
HIGHFIELDS MORNING SERVICE: • Peter and
Brenda McGreevy with daughter Kristina, a year
12 student at Toowoomba Christian College
who delivered the address and son Justen •
Scouts John and Katie Bowers and Aki Oto.
• Section of the large crowd.
GOWRIE JUNCTION:
RIGHT: Bougoure family,
Arthur, Damian and Max, descendants of the family of
Joseph McCaffery who is
listed on the Gowrie Junction memorial honour roll.
Back: Terry, Greg and Arthur
Neville, Arthur, Maryann,
Damian and Max Bougoure,
and Shirley McCaffery. Front:
Sarah, Leona, Lisa and
Christine and Matthew
Neville. Joseph had seven
sons who went to World War
II and all returned home.
• FAR RIGHT: Gowrie State
School students who participated in the ANZAC commemoration service. Back,
Georgia Cattonar, Hayley
Ruming, James Leslie,
Dominic Newcomb Front,
Jacob Suhr, Will Nielsen,
Pieper Caldwell, Shayla
Lightfoot.
KINGSTHORPE: Kingsthorpe ANZAC Day was observed in the Memorial Garden
at Kingsthorpe.
Master of ceremonies was Major Bob Turl (Retd).
The address to the community
was delivered by Lieutenant
Elliot Geddes of the Oakey
AAVNTC and prayers were led
by Chaplain to RSL Oakey SubBranch Father Kerry Costigan
RAN (Retd).
The honour roll and the resolutions were read by
Kingsthorpe State School students, Lily Wormald and Elly
Chapman. Toowoomba Municipal Band member Samantha
Barnes was the bugler for the
Last Post and Rouse.
• ABOVE: Members of the Gowrie Junction Progress Association Murray Choat,
Wayne Morse, Fay McKenzie, Michael Tudman-Hook and Peter McKenzie who
provided breakfast after the Gowrie Junction ANZAC service.
Father Kerry Costigan RAN (Retd), Chaplain to RSL Oakey
Sub-Branch, Sgt Greg Finucane, Goombungee Police. Flt Lt
Russell Duggan, 209 Sqn Australian Airforce Cadets based
at Oakey, Lt Elliot Geddes, Oakey AAVNTC and Cr Nancy
Sommerfield.
Bugler Samantha Barnes and Oakey junior school captains
Lachlan Darr and Lauren Laird.
RIGHT: Lily Wormald and Elly Chapman, Kingsthorpe State
School students.
Price of freedom - supreme sacrifice
CROWS NEST STATE SCHOOL: Students of
Crows Nest State School have been told that there
is no excitement and fun in war. John Sullivan, the
president of the Crows Nest RSL Sub branch said
there was only pain and suffering. Mr Sullivan was
addressing students during the School’s Anzac Day
service. He said many young people played video
games, and they think that war is fun. But with
video games, you can’t feel what it’s like to have
your life taken, to be shot, or to have your leg blown
off. Mr Sullivan said that while Gallipoli was regarded as a defeat, the Anzacs did a brilliant job in
retreat, getting away without losing a life.
Sergeant Shannon Martin of the 7th Signals Regiment at Cabarlah told the students that extraordi-
nary bonds of friendship were formed in military service, and said there were four words that
all should remember.
These were: courage, endurance, mateship and
sacrifice. Mayor Paul Antonio told the service
that he held military people in high esteem. “Because I know they are really fighting for our freedom.”
Cr Antonio said. “We as Australians have
something special.”
He said he is involved in citizenship ceremonies in Toowoomba, and people come to Toowoomba because they see Australia as free.
“But freedom did not come for free,” Cr
Antonio said, Many paid the supreme sacrifice.
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School captains: Corey Plant, Leigh Fowler, Bethany
Campbell, and Lachlan Campbell.
John Sullivan, right, president of the
Crows Nest RSL Sub Branch presents
Principal Scott Edmunds with the book,
Australian War Memorial Treasures
from a Century of Collecting.
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ANZAC DAY 2015
Dawn services draw
record crowds
GOOMBUNGEE: The Anzac Day dawn service
at Goombungee is likely to be recorded as the best
attended dawn event in the town.
With 300 to 400 people at the service, from the
elderly to babies, no one can remember a bigger dawn
event.
The crowd flowed onto both sides of the main
street and around the war memorial with visitors from
the Brisbane area and the coast participating. Following the service, a large proportion of the crowd participated in the “gunfire” breakfast at the Pioneer
Arms Hotel. - Miles Noller.
Mark Gregory, wearing the medals of two grandfathers who served in WW1, and his father who
served in WW2, Lynne Gregory, and Peter
Cheers, wearing his medals from Vietnam,
Malaysia and from his 20 years of Navy service, and also his father’s medals from WW2
Max Foot OAM, president of the Goombungee and grandfathers from WW1.
Sub branch of the RSL, bugler Aidan Roache,
and Mick Soulsby, deputy president of the sub
branch.
Jan Neville, Gold Coast, Elisabeth Neville
Borneo Barracks, a catafalque party member
Todd Neville, Borneo Barracks, who has had
three tours of duty in Afghanstan, and Joshua
Pelham, Borneo Barracks, who has had two
tours to Afghanstan and one to East Timor.
Lester Richter, Goombungee, who saw National
Service from 1969 to 1971, Maurie Meacham,
Oakey, who served in Vietnam, Malaysia and
Thailand, and Neville Grigsby, Crows Nest wearing service medals.
Members of this family at the
Goombungee Dawn service were
from Kingsthorpe, Toowoomba and
Ipswich, with some getting up at
2am. Back from left: Catherine (holding Addi), Chris Bowman, Megan
Taylor, Brigham Taylor (holding
Elliarna), Margaret Bowman, Tim
Bowman, Amanda Burwell (holding
Connor Bowman). Front row from left
Mason Taylor, Zandalee Taylor, Clayton Taylor, Mackenzie Bowman,
Noah Bowman, and Kadia Burwell.
Highfields State School: Front - School captains Samuel Wilkins, Liam Bright, Ellie Riesnger
and Milly Neville. Back - Gordon Alden, Matthew Weatherley, Grahame Bourne, Highfields RSL,
WO2 Andrew White, Cpl Lewis McIvor, Airforce, Trevor Watts MP, Sgt Rob Staley, Cabarlah, and
Cpl Jeremy Aikman, Airforce.
Geham State School: School captains Ellie Natalier and
Jonathan Matthews with principal Shelley Tompson with hundreds of handmade poppies around the base of the school’s
famous oak tree. Guest speaker was Sgt Andrew Fletcher,
Cabarlah. Guests included Steve Dudley and Al Taylor, Highfields RSL.
Geham school P and C president Kylie Somersett with school
captains Ellie Natalier and
Jonathan Matthews with an olive tree planted on the day. The
school has a tradition of a ceremonial watering can symbolising that the ANZAC spirit will
always be remembered from
the oldest to the youngest.
CROWS NEST
Ray Briese, Meringandan West, Crows Nest
Arthur Richter and wife Helene, Hampton, ac- RSL member with son Sergeant Dean Briese
companied his brother Jim, 91, who served in BM. Dean, a soldier currently stationed at DarBorneo, on the troop train from Winton recreat- win, was given special permission to attend
Crows Nest where he is a member of the RSL.
ing picking up troops during WW2.
TOOWOOMBA
2
Mary MacKillop Catholic
College: Clockwise from
top.
• Re-enactment group
Emu Gully Field Volunteers Ben Fenner, Jathniel
Hunter and Darren Abbott.
With them is Darren’s wife
Alison and son Hunter, a
prep student at the college.
• Paula Aleksandrowicz
with children Lucy (year
one) and Ethan (year three)
and Member for Toowoomba North Trevor
Watts.
• Al Taylor, Highfields RSL,
WO2 Andrew White, Oakey,
teacher Tricia Gall, and Cr
Anne Glasheen.
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1. Steve Thuell of Highfields attended The Toowoomba Dawn
Service with Ray Abbott from Bald
Hills, Brisbane.
2. Laurie Ferrari and his son Peter
at the Dawn Service in Toowoomba
3. Commander Troy Duggan RAN
came from Canberra to attend the
Dawn Service in Toowoomba and to
march with his father Allan for the
first time together in an Anzac Day
parade.
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ANZAC DAY 2015
Acland service is a fixture for
many far and wide
An Army lieutenant
told the ANZAC service
at Acland that the Gallipoli campaign was ill
conceived and based on
vague objectives.
Lt Candice Priebbenow, right, delivering
the address at the service, reminded us that 8500
Australians were killed at
Gallipoli and 19,000 were
wounded.
However, she said that
from that time in Gallipoli, other countries began to look at Australia
as a nation in its own
right, not just as an offshoot of Britain.
It proved that Australian young people could
be as productive as any
around the world and had
a fighting spirit.
Lt PRIEBBENOW
Nation in its
own right
More than 300 people
attended the Acland service, among them people
from New Zealand and
New South Wales.
In his introduction,
chairman Max Scholefield
said the Gallipoli campaign was one of the
most inglorious for Australia.
“It was a “bloody defeat.”
Mr Scholefield said he
never denigrates servicemen.
He said his father was
a soldier settler and, like
many thousands of other
farmers, he did it tough.
But he said the people
of Acland and other
towns like it, were the salt
of the earth.
“They worked hard,
fixed and repaired, and
helped others.”
The Acland ANZAC
Day service has become
a fixture for the district
and for many from far and
wide.
New Zealand visitor
New Zealand visitor to the Acland Anzac
service was Robina Johnston, right, pictured
with Merilyn Plant. She is from the Gore
district in the south of the south island, and
runs a beef and sheep farm and a B and B.
A supporting relationship has developed
between these New Zealanders and many on
the Darling Downs who have protested
against coal mining at Acland and the once
proposed coal to liquids plant at Felton.
There was a State owned open cut coal
development proposed for the Gore district
but it went “belly up” about eight years ago,
and Robina said they received support from
Darling Downs people then and have reciprocated with encouragement for the Darling
Downs people since then.
A number of people from the Downs have
been involved with an ABC camera team in
recent days, for a 7.30 Report segment due
for broadcasting this week.
Organisers step down
Local couple Colin and
Hazel Ambrose, right,
have had an important involvement since 1991 and
have seen the renewal of
interest in the commemorations associated with
the military campaigns
that have provided Australia with the freedoms
enjoyed today.
Mr Ambrose told the
group of 300 or more who
attended the service, that
he would be stepping
aside from organising and
being chairman of the annual service at the Acland
memorial.
tended in the early years,
but in the last half dozen
years, about 300 people
usually attend.
Oakey, and in the past few
years, the New Hope
Group for the work it
does for each service.
He thanked Acland resiHe said he and Hazel
Max
and
Jane
had been involved with dent Glenn Beutel for his Scholefield are the new
support, along with the organisers of the Acland
the service since 1991.
Only a few people at- Army Aviation Base at service.
Jeannette and Greg Wehl.
Chesley Priebbenow
(left) grew-up a few
kilometres
from
Acland. He and his
wife Dell are the grandparents of Lt Candice
Priebbenow of the
Oakey Army Aviation
base. On the right is
the
mother
of
Candice,
Carol
Priebbenow
of
Greenmount. Chesley
and Dell have been
dairy farmers at
Greenmount for many
years. Lt Priebbenow
is due to graduate as
a helicopter pilot.
Acting principal of the Kulpi
State School, Rosita Lever,
with her students. The children made the wreaths that
they laid during the service.
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• COMMUNITY REPORT
• Highfields Garden Club • Watercolour exhibition
• Easter at Maclagan State School
Young learners returned to Maclagan
Windermere Kindergarten last week in
a hive of excitement and still reeling from
an early visit from the Easter Bunny on
April 2.
The Easter Bunny arrived in the local Rural Fire Brigade truck bringing an
early delivery for the centre’s recent
Hop, Hunt, Play Day. More than 50
students, parents and siblings turned
out for the event and participated in
Easter crafts including decorating Easter
hats, icing Easter egg biscuits and making a very special recipe of Easter Bunny
bait in anticipation of Easter deliveries.
“It was a very exciting afternoon; the
Easter Bunny even left footprints behind”, Maclagan Windermere Kindergarten director Mrs Lisa Strohfeld said. “It
was so lovely to see so many parents
and siblings come along and help out
with the craft, reading stories and afternoon tea, which of course, included hotcross buns and carrot cake.”
• ABOVE: The Easter
Bunny arrived early for children at Maclagan Windermere Kindergarten.
After an early morning thunderstorm
forced the cancellation of our March meeting
it was good to have a beautiful, fine, sunny
day for our April meeting, which was held in
the garden of John and Robyn Herbert.
More than 80 members and guests attended. Guest speaker Rick Galbraith gave a
very interesting and informative talk about
managing large trees in an urban environment,
after which we had a leisurely stroll round
the garden.
The next meeting on May 20 will be held
in two gardens, Lois and Sandy Speed,
Dalmeny, Oakey and Regan Cass, 392
Aubigny Crosshill Road, Aubigny. For directions please refer to the last newsletter or
contact a committee member.
The exhibition of work by watercolour artist Bruce Griffiths at Fiore Gallery in Toowoomba has been extended to May 9 with an
art demonstration on Saturday, May 2 at
10.30am.
Bruce, a prize winning artist and exhibtor
based at Robina, previously had a petite display gallery at Highfields.
He is largely self-taught but has been guided
by some of Australia’s great watercolourists
in Robert Lovett, Greg Allen, Joseph Zbukvic
and Robert Wade. His exhibition features seascapes, cityscapes and country landscapes
that reflect a lifetime of fishing, construction,
and the bush. The gallery is open on weekends from 10am to 2pm and weekdays 9am
to 4pm.
• RIGHT: Children at
Maclagan Windermere
Kindergarten were treated
to a special visit from the
Easter Bunny, who arrived
by Rural Fire Brigade
truck. - Natarsha Collins.
WEEKLY RECYCLIG TIP: “Proud chest stuck out owner of a new TV? Congratulations! Stryofoam in your recycling bin is a big no no.
Every day is earth day. - Cr Nancy.Sommerfield.
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GOOMBUNGEE-HADEN SHOW 2015
Vibrant community orientated show - a pleasure to attend
The 101st Goombungee Haden
Show, the event that takes the show
society into its second century, has
been praised as a vibrant community
orientated show that was a pleasure
to attend.
Mr Ken Wilcock, cattle and beef
market commentator, in opening the
show, said he was impressed with how
well the grounds and facilities were
presented.
“They were all first class,” he said,
and he was also impressed with the
diversity of exhibits.
Mr Wilcock said when he and his
wife arrived at the show grounds at
8.30am, the pavilions were open, the
judging had been done, and they
were ready for the public.
RESULTS
PHOTOGRAPHY: Champion people exhibit: Jan
Ranson. Reserve champion:
Keren Thomas. Champion
aspect of weather: Myscha
Martin. Reserve champion:
Adam Jannusch. Champion
sports, action and creative:
Hanna Leicht. Reserve
champion: Sonia O’Brien.
Champion rural Australia:
Cynthia Canard.
Reserve
champion:
Melissa Brown. Champion
home and abroad tourist:
Amber Tolley. Reserve champion: Roley Norgaard.
Champion feathered and
fury friends: Roley Norgaard.
Reserve champion: Keren
Thomas. Champion open: Jan
Ranson. Reserve champion:
Sue Hughes. Champion novelty: Jan Ranson. Reserve
champion: Keren Thomas.
Champion black and white:
Jan Ranson. Reserve champion: Desleigh DickensKilpardi.
Champion high school:
Sarah Plant. Reserve champion: Laura Darlington.
Champion primary school:
Maddison Teakle. Reserve
champion: Maddison Teakle.
Champion tiny tots: Ruby
Sipple. Reserve champion:
Ruby Sipple. Grand champion
exhibit: Jan Ranson.
FINE ARTS: Champion Exhibit: Judi Powell “Iris.
HOME COOKERY: Most
points preserves: Kath
Hosking. Champion exhibit
preserves: Kath Hosking.
Reserve champion exhibit
preserves: Brenda Wadley.
Most points Prep and 8 years
and under: Sarah Herley. Encouragement award Prep
and 8 years and under: Koby
Lewis and Regan Fischer.
Most points 12 years and
under: Samuel Ferguson.
Encouragement award 12
years and under: Melissa
Draper and Tammekka
Brown.
Champion exhibit junior:
Joshua Brown. Most points
17 years and under: Rachelle
Brown. Encouragement
award 17 years and under:
Jirah McComber and Laura
Darlington.
Champion exhibit 17 years
and under: Rachelle Brown.
Champion exhibit ANZAC
biscuits: Samuel Ferguson.
Most points 25 years and
under: Loretta Tonscheck.
Most points open: May
Gossow. Most points men:
Graham Gossow.
Champion exhibit overall:
Narelle Zischke. Reserve
champion exhibit: May
Gossow.
Champion exhibit decorated
cakes:
Lisa
Krahenbring. Grand champion exhibit home cookery:
Kath Hoskins.
“Shows like this are the nexus between rural Australia and urban Australia, and the interconnection is difficult to bridge,” he said.
Many people do not understand agriculture and city people can be susceptible to extreme groups that attack agricultural industries. Recent
condemnation by such a group of the
wool industry was an example.
Mr Wilcock said this anti wool campaign was disgraceful and he was dismayed that in this day and age, we
were still getting these dishonest
opinions.
He said country shows had an important part in bridging these divisions.
PRIME CATTLE: Champion beast: G.C. and W.K.
Motley. STUD BEEF CATTLE:
Champion pair: David Jefferis
and Dianne Priddle.
JUNIOR PARADERS: Under 15: Stef Hartwig 1, Bryce
Riethmuller 2, Lachlan Darr
3, Lauren Smith 4, Phoebe
Christie 5. 15 to 25: Blake
Dawson 1, Phoebe Bridges
2, Corey Kuhl 3, B. J.
Schwerin 4, Alaster Scott 5.
YOUNG JUDGES: Under
15: Lauren Smith 1, Lachlan
Darr 2, Isabell Glasser 3,
Jonthy Macdougall 4, Bryce
Riethmuller 5. 15-25: Corey
Kuhl 1, Loretta Tonscheck 2,
Jacob Wood 3.
LED STEER OR HEIFER:
Light
weight:
Travis
Luscombe and Darren
Hartwig 1, Kathy Yarnold 2,
Sam Wier 3, Kathy Yarnold
4, Darren Hartwig 5. Medium
weight: Travis Luscombe 1,
Blake Dawson 2, Lachlan
Darr 3, B. J. Schwerin 4,
Darren Hartwig 5. Heavyweight: Bob Dull 1, Travis
Luscombe 2, Darren Hartwig
3, Cassie Barron 4, Travis
Luscombe 5.
COMMERCIAL PIGS:
Champion pen: N. and G.
Timm. Champion pig: N.
and.G. Timm. Best pen of
weaners: Harrigan Farming.
PRIME LAMBS: Champion
Pen: Rhyde Holdings.
BEST DRESSED LADY:
The prize for the best
dressed lady went to May
Gossow of Crows Nest.
Master Tiny Tot was Jack
Lowery and Miss Tiny Tot
Isabelle Pukallus. The lucky
gate draw was won by Jay
Morice and the lucky membership by Del Krautz.
Winners of the multidraw
raffle were Warren Smith,
Corena Werth, Elaine Kahler,
Sharon Barrett, Shane
Wadley, Neville Hartwig, Lisa
Krahenbring, Scot McWain
and Katie Gaslevich.
FARM PRODUCE: Champion sample of oats: PTJ
Morice. Champion sample of
barley: Anita Polzin. Champion sample of millet: PTJ
Morice. Champion sample of
sorghum: Max Kuhl. Champion sheaf: Max Kuhl. Champion bundle of show: William
Heinemann. Champion bale of
straw/hay: Ross Evans.
Grand champion farm produce exhibit: Max Kuhl. Most
points in farm produce: PTJ
Morice.
Mr Wilcock writes regularly about
the cattle industry and cattle and beef
prices in the rural media, and he has
a degree of confidence that the cyclical industry is entering an upward
swing that should provide better
prices for cattle producers.
He said others in the industry were
aware that cattle were being imported
into China and other Asian countries
and the live export trade from Northern Australia was putting pressure
on Australian beef processors.
Recently, in a period of just seven
days,10 ships left Darwin and
Townsville carrying 55,000 head. Mr
Wilcock said processors in the north
were offering prices for cattle above
prices in South East Queensland,
NEEDLEWORK
and
HANDICRAFT: Best quilt: Pat
Loone. Encouragement
award: Pat Loone. Most
points machine sewing: Lesa
Bradshaw. Most points hand
embroidery: Joy Guymer.
Most points crochet: Joy
Guymer. Most points knitting:
Joy Guymer. Champion exhibit classes 1-43: Pat Loone.
Most points 65 years and
over: Joy Guymer. Most
points handicraft: Joy
Guymer.
Champion exhibit classes
44-73: Lionel Rose. Grand
champion exhibit needlework
and handicraft: Lionel Rose.
Most points needlework and
handicraft: Joy Guymer.
Most points primary school:
Ben Johnson and Sarah
Herley. Encouragement
award: Sarah Herley. Most
points high school: Christine
Byers.
Encouragement
award: Blake Martin. Overall
most points primary and high
school: Christine Byers.
SCRAPBOOKING: Champion exhibit open: Julianne
Atkins. Reserve champion:
Julianne Atkins.
HOME COOKERY: Most
points preserves: Kath
Hosking. Champion exhibit
preserves: Kath Hosking.
Reserve champion exhibit
preserves: Brenda Wadley.
Most points Prep and 8 years
and under: Sarah Herley. Encouragement award Prep
and 8 years and under: Koby
Lewis and Regan Fischer.
Most points 12 years and
under Samuel Ferguson. Encouragement award 12
years and under: Melissa
Draper and Tammekka
Brown. Champion exhibit junior: Joshua Brown.
Most points 17 years and
under: Rachelle Brown. Encouragement award 17
years and under: Jirah
McComber and Laura
Darlington. Champion exhibit
17 years and under: Rachelle
Brown.
Champion exhibit ANZAC
biscuits: Samuel Ferguson.
Most points 25 years and
under: Loretta Tonscheck.
Most points open: May
Gossow.
Most points men: Graham
Gossow.
Champion exhibit overall:
Narelle Zischke. Reserve
champion exhibit: May
Gossow. Champion exhibit
decorated cakes: Lisa
Krahenbring.
Grand champion exhibit
home cookery: Kath Hoskins.
POULTRY: Grand champion fowl: J. Murphy. Reserve
champion: T. and D. Hartwig.
Champion barn yard bird:
Melanie Eyles. Champion
breeding pair: Noel Ellis.
Champion pair of females:
B. and A. Scott. Champion
waterfowl: Patterson family.
Reserve champion waterfowl: Adam Jannusch. Champion large hard feather: T. and
D. Hartwig. Reserve champion hard feather: Jack
Murphy.
Champion large soft
feather: T. & D. Hartwig. Reserve champion large soft
feather: Grant Family. Champion soft feather bantam: Noel
Nelson. Reserve champion
soft feather bantam: Hartwig
family. Champion hard
feather bantam: J. Murphy.
Reserve champion hard
feather bantam: Ross
Peasley. Grand champion pigeon: Warren Thorne. Reserve champion pigeon:
Patterson Family. Champion
show homer: Warren Thorne.
Champion racing homer:
Patterson Family. Champion
fancy pigeon: Patterson family.
and this was rare. He acknowledged
that export processors had been doing well in recent years as graziers
struggled with low prices and poor
climate conditions, but he warned
that Australia needed successful and
viable processors and there needed
to be a balance.
“Since 1980 in Queensland 18 export meat processors have failed or
exited the industry.”
He said that because of growing demand for beef, and because the Australian herd was not expanding, the
only way for beef prices was up.
• Mr Ken Wilcock who opened the Goombungee Haden Show, holds a
pastel art work of Northern Australian Brahman cattle. The work earned a
second place in the Show’s art section, for Sandra Sengstock Miller.
POULTRY: Grand champion fowl: J. Murphy. Reserve
champion: T. and D. Hartwig.
Champion
barnyard
bird:Melanie Eyles. Champion
breeding pair: Noel Ellis.
Champion pair of females: B.
and A. Scott.
Champion waterfowl:
Patterson family. Reserve
champion waterfowl: Adam
Jannusch.
Champion large hard
feather: T. and D. Hartwig.
Reserve champion hard
feather: Jack Murphy.
Champion large soft
feather: T. and D. Hartwig.
Reserve champion large
soft feather: Grant family.
Champion soft feather bantam: Noel Nelson.
Reserve champion soft
feather bantam: Hartwig
family.
Champion hard feather
bantam: J. Murphy.
Reserve champion hard
feather bantam: Ross
Peasley.
Grand ch. pigeon: Warren
Thorne. Reserve champion
pigeon: Patterson Family.
Champion show homer:
Warren Thorne. Champion
racing homer: Patterson
Family. Champion fancy pigeon: Patterson family.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES: Champion pumpkin:
Zischke Family. Champion
squash marrow: Maurice
Burgess. Champion vegetable: T.P.J. Morice. Champion
fruit: Brian Sorensen. Champion exhibit – T.P.J. Morice.
Most Points: Maurice Burgess.
BEER MAKING: Champion
beer : Duane Broad. Reserve
champion beer: Robert Essex.
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BEER MAKING: Champion
beer: Duane Broad. Reserve
champion beer: Robert Essex.
CHAINSAWS: Speed
event up to 100cc: Jason
Chisolm 1, Will Hutchins 2,
Nigel Knight 3. Speed event
open: Will Hutchins 1, Ashley
Yaxley 2, Corena Werth 3.
Speed event ladies to
100cc: Corena Werth 1,
Teresa Donovan 2, Donna
Hutchins 3. Open speed unlimited: Will Hutchins 1,
Wayne Donovan 2, Gary
Wallace 3. Disc stacking up
to 100cc: Will Hutchins 1,
Jason Akers 2, Wayne Donovan 3. Post rip under
100cc: Wayne Donovan 1,
Will Hutchins 2, Zac Blank 3,
Jason Akers 4. Open post rip:
Warren Welke 1, Nigel Knight
2, Jason Akers 3, Ashley
Yaxley 4, Wayne Donovan 5,
Will Hutchins 6.
Open post team event:
Wayne Donovan and Ashley
Yaxley 1, Warren Welke and
Jason Akers 2, Will Hutchins
and Wayne Hartwig 3, Nigel
Knight and Cameron Knight
4.
Jack and Jill post rip up to
100cc: Ashley Yaxley and
Corena Werth 1, Wayne Donovan and Teresa Donovan
2, Will Hutchins and Donna
Hutchins 3, Jason Chisholm
and Kathrina Chisholm 4.
Most points: Will Hutchins.
FLORICULTURE: Champion fern, champion pot plant,
grand champion pot plant,
Most points pot plants, ch.
rose, most points roses:
Welke family. Champion
dahlia: Shirley Cronk. Most
points dahlias: Shirley Cronk.
Champion other bloom: Joy
Guymer. Champion native:
Adrian and Gail Wockner.
Grand champion bloom:
Shirley Cronk. Most points cut
flowers: Welke family.
Special feature: Wendy
Motley champion arrangement: Wendy Motley. Most
points floral art: Wendy Motley. Champion junior exhibit:
Willa Gills. Champion exhibit
primary: William Heinemann.
Champion exhibit prep and
under: Amber Kahler. Most
points junior: Amber Kahler.
Most points floriculture H.J.
and A. Coleman memorial trophy: Welke Family.
Next show
Crows
Nest
Saturday
May 9.
May Gossow receives her prize from ring announcer
Angus Lane after winning the Best Dressed Lady at
the Goombungee-Haden Show. The Best Dressed
Lady is sponsored by High Country Herald and Highfields Pioneer Park. Judge of this competition was Tina
Wilcock, wife of Ken Wilcock who opened the show.
FRUIT and VEGETABLES:
Champion pumpkin: Zischke
family. Champion squash
marrow: Maurice Burgess.
Champion vegetable: PTJ
Morice. Champion fruit: Brian
Sorensen. Champion exhibit:
PTJ Morice. Most points:
Maurice Burgess.
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• COMMUNITY REPORT
GOOMBUNGEE-HADEN SHOW 2015
• Free show explores pertinent topics
Free high impact theatre
performance comes to the
Empire Theatre
Love Drunk, a highly entertaining theatre performance
that puts sexual assault and
binge drinking in the spotlight
is coming to Toowoomba.
This performance is
brought to the community by
Phunktional Limited to entertain and open discussions
with young people, their parents and the wider community about issues of binge
drinking, sexual assault and
racial tension.
When: April 30 - 6 to 8pm. Where: Empire Theatre, 56 Neil Street, Toowoomba.
Free refreshments, light supper and entertainment will be provided.
Gerard Veltre, pictured, Artistic Director
of Phunktional said: “The show is a lot of
fun. We are performing in schools during the
day and decided it would be great to be able
to also do a special night time
show for parents and the
wider community.
“Whenever we have done
this in other parts of Australia,
the adult audiences have always loved the show and
found it really entertaining,”
he said.
Following the performance, a special panel of local
teachers, health and legal professionals and the artists will
answer questions about the
issues raised in the production; thus helping to bridging
the gap between the youth
and available services.
The Toowoomba tour is a collaboration
between Phunktional Ltd, The John Villiers
Trust, The Toowoomba Hospital Foundation, Darling Downs Crime Prevention Unit,
Head Space, Toowoomba Youth Service and
the Empire Theatre. Visit http://www.phunktional. org.au/love-drunk/
LEFT: Simon and Sonya
Wieck of Kulpi showed
their children the animals
at the Goombungee
Haden show and they got
to see this Hereford bull
WRL Jeremy Springer
held by owner Wesley
Lowein of WRL Herefords at Squaretop near
Kaimkillenbun. The bull
was later judged champion stud bull of the show.
The Wieck children are
from left, Chloe, aged 7
months, Ryan, 4, and
Megan, 3.
• New look hall
RIGHT: Adrian Zischke of Haden exhibited the
champion pumpkin, a gramma, previously judged
best pumpkin at both the Oakey and Toowoomba
shows. Show Princess Bridgette Langston, left,
holds the best Jap pumpkin of the show, also
grown by Mr Zischke, and Miss Junior Showgirl
Anna Willcocks holds the best Queensland Blue
pumpkin of the show grown by Graham Hartwig
Pinelands Hall committee members Scott Brown, president, Barry Burgess,
vice president, and Melissa Brown, secretary, in front of the building with its
new roof and new stumps, following projects funded by Heritage Bank.
• Men’s Shed gets a servery
Highfields Men’s Shed members secretary Terry Ledbury, left, provider Tim Buckley
and vice-president Les Wildman inspect the camphor laurel slab counter top in
the new shed at Cabarlah. Work to complete the shed is on schedule including
security camera system, floor painting and kitchen fit-out. - Gary Alcorn.
Angus Lane, Lyle Voll, patron, John Koehler, Errol Luck, president, Ken Wilcock, who officially opened the
show, Jim Randell, New Hope, Pastor Joel Pukallus, Goombungee, and Mayor Paul Antonio.
Brianna Tonscheck, Mykealy Meehan, Leah and Jasmine
Tonscheck on the Girl Guides tea and coffee stall.
The Chainsaw Man Rod Sheehan
from Victoria
Flowers
welcome
The Crow’s Nest Show is
now only days away, and
with the cooler weather, for
many of us, conditions in our
gardens are starting to deteriorate.
The floriculture section
has been a wonderful highlight of the pavilion due to
the great support from the
community.
Once again, the floriculture
stewards look forward to accepting all entries from our
exhibitors.
Even if you have only one
flower or one pot plant,
please be encouraged to bring
it along and make a show.
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Jack and Jill post ripping race. The posts produced in most chainsaw racing events are either returned
to the landholder from where the billets were cut or pre-sold to a landholder, and therefore have to be of
commercial standard. The Jack and Jill race requires a team of a man and a woman, with the male
chainsaw operator cutting the posts on the billet, the woman hammers wedges into the end of the billet
to split the posts from the billet core, with the male using a bar to pry difficult posts from the core. Crows
Nest couple Wayne and Therese Donovan had a few difficulties getting the posts to break. They were
placed second after Ashley Yaxley, Crows Nest, and Corena Werth, Tannum Sands.
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Dressage trailer stolen
Toowoomba Storck and Rural Crime Investigation Squad
are investigating the theft of a dressage trailer stolen from the
Ipswich Pony Club shed, Grampian Drive, Deebing Heights,
on Friday, April 17. The trailer has current Queensland registration 889 QXU.
Contained in the trailer were three portable dressage arenas consisting of 4m PVC planks, corners and pegs. The
trailer was sighted the same afternoon being towed by a
white Toyota Hi Lux which was being driven by a thin Caucasian male in his mid to late 40s wearing a yellow hat.
Any information in relation to this offence can be forwarded to Plain Clothes Senior Constable Michael Lynch at
the Toowoomba SARCIS on 4614 2116.
Anyone with information which could assist with this
matter should contact Crime Stoppers anonymously via 1800
333 000 or crimestoppers.com.au.
Weeding excursion
Angler fined for
crabbing offences
A Bundaberg fisher has been fined $13,300 for crabbing
offences including too many pots.
Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol district manager
Greg Bowness said the fine handed down by the Bundaberg
Magistrates Court last week was for possessing female and
undersized mud crabs and using excess crab pots.
“QBFP approached the crabber at a boat ramp in the
Gregory River near Woodgate after seeing a quantity of crab
pots stacked near his vessel,” said Mr Bowness.
“The crabber had a total of 9 pots in his possession and on
closer inspection, they were found to contain 40 female mud
crabs and 7 undersized mud crabs.”
“Officers seized the excess crab pots and the returned the
crabs to the water alive.”
Mr Bowness said regulated product must be immediately
sorted and released at the point of capture and should not be
moved or taken back to the ramp for sorting.
“In determining the fine, the Magistrate issued a penalty
of $150 per undersize crab, $250 per female crab and $250
for each excess pot,” he said.
“The fine demonstrates the seriousness of the offences,
which pose a threat to the local mud crab breeding population.”
Visit www.fisheries.qld.gov.au, call 13 25 23 or download
the free Qld Fishing app from Apple and Google app stores.
Cobb and Co tribute to ANZACs
A new display at Cobb and
Co Museum features photographs from three decades of
Anzac Day marches in Toowoomba and Brisbane.
Museum
Director
Deborah Bailey said the photos, taken by members of the
Toowoomba Photographic
Society, are a moving and
timely tribute.
“Many of the photographs
capture the intimate moments
between veterans and their
families, providing a personal
insight into this deeply significant day,” she said.
President of the Toowoomba Photographic Society John Stewart, right, said
members of the society have
been taking photos of Anzac
Day marches for over 30
years.
“It was just something we
starting doing, but now, in this
historic year, we felt it was
important to share some of
these images,” John said.
“Sadly, many of the old
warriors depicted in these
photos are no longer with us,
but we hope that, through
these photos, the sacrifices
they made will never be forgotten.”
The tribute is on display
until May 17.
Visit www.cobbandco. qm
.qld.gov.au or phone 4659
4900.
The museum in Lindsay
Street, Toowoomba, a campus of the Queensland Museum Network opens daily to
4pm. Admission is free for
residents of the Toowoomba
Council area.
Dougal Johnston and Dorelle Shapcott with
asparagus fern root balls and prickly pear
from Rogers Reserve, Highfields.
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HIGH COUNTRY HERALD - APRIL 28, 2015 - 15
GOOMBUNGEE-HADEN SHOW
Outstanding led steer competition
The Goombungee-Haden Show produced
an outstanding led steer competition, described by some as at least the best on the
Downs.
Numbers were good, 13 entrants in the
lightweight class, and 14 head in each of the
mid weight and heavy weight classes.
But each class was strongly contested, also
because of the very even quality of the steers
and heifers, challenging judge Paul Laycock
of High Country Droughtmasters at Eskdale,
in his decision making.
He admitted the challenge, but said that
in the end it was all about meat, with softness and fat cover, and he touched the back
line of every steer and heifer in the competition as he made his assessment.
Mr Laycock selected Tucker, a big black
steer which had won the heavy weight class,
as the champion led steer of the show.
This steer was also champion led steer of
the Toowoomba Royal Show just a month
earlier.
Exhibited by Bob and Elaine Dull of
Gowrie Mountain, the steer’s sire was a
Limousin, from a black baldy cow with a
touch of Brahman in its ancestry.
Mr Laycock said the steer was a mountain
of beef, but with good softness.
One exhibitor, Darren Hartwig of Plainby,
praised the competition, saying that it would
be difficult to find another led steer contest
with such a quality line-up of steers and heifers.
Mr Hartwig entered seven head, winning
the lightweight class with a six-months-old
Limousin steer weighing 346kg being placed
fifth in the medium weight class with a
Blonde Limousin cross steer, and being
placed third in the heavy weight class with a
Limousin cross steer of 16 months and weighing 722kg. - MILES NOLLER
• ABOVE: Champion led steer of the Goombungee-Haden Show, this Limousin
black baldy steer exhibited by Bob and Elaine Dull, Gowrie Mountain, pictured
with judge Paul Laycock, left, of High Country Droughtmasters, Eskdale. The
steer is held by Aaron Campbell, Toowoomba.
• RIGHT: Plainby led steer exLED STEER RESULTS: Light weight: Travis
Luscombe and Darren Hartwig 1, Kathy Yarnold 2,
hibitor Darren Hartwig with his
Sam Wier 3, Kathy Yarnold 4, Darren Hartwig 5.
third place getter in the heavy
Medium weight: Travis Luscombe 1, Blake
weight class, a 16-months-old
Dawson 2, Lachlan Darr 3, B. J. Schwerin 4, Darren
Limousin Charolais cross
Hartwig 5. Heavy weight: Bob Dull 1, Travis
weighing 722kg.
Luscombe 2, Darren Hartwig 3, Cassie Barron 4,
Travis Luscombe 5.
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GOOMBUNGEE-HADEN SHOW
Prime cattle set to become a fixture
The prime cattle section looks set to become
an added attraction at the
Goombungee-Haden
Show.
The section was reinstated last year for
Goombungee-Haden’s
centenary show after an
absence of many years
and, because of the interest, was retained for this
year’s show.
The competition attracted entries of 19
steers and heifers in the
lightweight class and
seven in the heavy weight
class.
All light weight entries
were purchased by
Maclagan Meats and all
heavy weight entries were
purchased by Oakey Abattoir.
The prime cattle were
judged
by
Tony
Oberman of Tony’s Super Meats in Toowoomba.
Maclagan Meats provided exhibitors of the
light weight class with
post-processing weights
and specifications and the
hook results correspond
closely with the judging
at the show.
The black Limousin
Angus cross steer exhibited by Graeme and
Wendy Motley, which
won the class at the
show, was also placed
first on the hook with a
yield (live weight to carcase weight) of 60 percent and 10mm of fat
cover.
The third placed steer,
a Charolais Angus cross,
exhibited by Neville and
Glenda Hartwig, was
placed second on the
hook and although its
yield was below 60 percent, its fat cover of 11
percent and other specifications lifted it to second place on the hook.
The red Limousin
heifer, also exhibited by
Graeme and Wendy Motley which was placed
second at the show, was
placed third on the hook,
with a yield of 61 percent and 8mm of fat cover.
Mr Motley praised the
hoof judging of the prime
cattle at the show because
the results were generally
confirmed by the carcase
information
from
Maclagan Meats.
Goombungee Haden Show Society patron Lyle Voll presents the top
award in the prime cattle section to Wendy Motley after Graeme and
Wendy Motley’s Limousin Angus steer was judged champion prime
beast of the show. The steer was the winner of the heavy weight class.
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The black Limousin Angus cross steer was placed first
in the light weight class. The red Limousin heifer was
placed second. Both were exhibited by Graeme and
Wendy Motley of Plainby..
Stephen Hartwig with his Murray Grey Limousin cross steer
which was placed second in the heavy weight class of the
prime cattle section.
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35 years experience
in the building game
Meringandan’s Trevor and Belinda Cavanough.
of Cavanough Builders have 35 years’ experience
in the building industry.
The Cavanough team pride themselves in their
high standard and quality of workmanship and approach each project with exactly the same enthusiasm and attention to detail as if it was their own.
Whether it is a new residence, a small renovation, a large commercial building or an investment
property, Trevor’s skillful execution and extensive
knowledge of all areas of building is something
that brings clients back again for their next project.
Trevor says, “It is important to us that our clients
understand and are comfortable with the building
process and we enjoy showing them how good
construction is achieved. We work alongside the
Housing Industry Australia and Master Builders to
ensure safe work sites and Australian standards and
building codes are adhered to.
“We demand excellence from our sub-contractors and good service from our suppliers so that our
clients achieve outstanding results and in a time
where ‘good enough’ is often acceptable, or easier,
you will find your building experience with us to
be excellent.”
Recent local projects completed are 251 James
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range, and Craig’s Highfields Mechanical.
Last year Cavanough Builders joined the Independent Builders Network, a co-operative where
buying power with suppliers and sub-contractors
helps to keep prices competitive. There are nine
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Visit the website www.cavanoughbuilders.
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Phone 4696 9038 or 0428 734 196 (Trevor) or
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80TH BIRTHDAY
EVENTS and ENTERTAINMENT
WORSHIP TIMES and MEETINGS
LOST and FOUND
PUBLIC NOTICES
!!! URGENT !!!
LOST
MEDALS
Crows Nest ANZAC Day
A trio of 3 WW1 medals
belonging to the gentleman who carried the New
Zealand flag at the morning
march have fallen off his
suit coat. They are from his
grandfather and an unreplaceable family heiroom.
If anyone has seen them
please notify
Crows Nest Police,
Janine Kanowski at
Heritage Bank
or Crows Nest RSL.
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ROSALIE GALLERY EXHIBITION
Every girl needs a shed
Rosalie
Gallery,
Goombungee is exhibiting
Every Girl Needs A Shed,
an exhibition of mosaic
art by Cheryl Baker,
Suzette Cook, Lyn
Norton, Cheryl Purchase
and their tutor/mentor
Denise Chard.
Tutor Denise Chard’s
career started at Byron
Bay in 1988 after she
completed a course in
lead lighting. Denise has
taught classes in lead lighting and copper foiling.
She has a Diploma of
Visual Art from Toowoomba TAFE. Denise
formed the Sunroom
Group and transformed
her car/storage shed into
a working studio now
known as The Shed.
Denise has created
mosaics for clients and
has mentored other artists through her association with the Arts Council Toowoomba. A contract with Toowoomba
Regional Council saw her
complete the in-situ seat
mosaic in Newtown Park
to co-incide with the centenary of the park She
also replaced 16 small
mosaics which were
badly vandalised on the
Clewley Park Bridge adjacent to the Base Hospital.
“I cannot underestimate the necessity of The
Shed and the valuable
contribution the conversations there give to us,”
Denise said.
“I love my shed and
enjoy every aspect of
what I do there on my
working days. Every girl
needs one.”
Cheryl Baker has always enjoyed creating art
quilts, bed quilts, clay and
hebel sculpting, knitting
and crochet. After attending one of Denise’s mosaic classes two years
ago, her journey continued. She enjoys working
with glass and crockery
and has become more
confident with the techniques required for both
of these media.
“I source my materials
from op shops and friends
and find my inspiration
from nature, art books
and talented friends,”
Cheryl said.
Suzette Cook’s interest in mosaics started
when her friend and fellow artist, Cheryl, invited
her to an informal mosaic
class with Denise in February 2013.
At that first class she
made a very basic stepping stone with colours
she still enjoys.
She completed an advanced class with Denise
followed by the technique of mosaicing onto
mesh and then creating a
mosaic painting. She
finds her ideas in books,
magazines, travel experiences and simply putting
things together.
A trip to Kununurra
inspired her aboriginal
style art work seen in her
turtles and abstract Australian native animals.
“My aim is to create
something new and individual, which in turn inspires me to create more,”
she said.
Lyn Norton’s love of
gardening and the great
outdoors as well as her
fascination of the combination of colours, shapes
and textures that this
natural world provides
was the catalyst which
stirred her interest to create a beautiful mosaic
piece of art work.
ways loved Australian
native landscape gardening, sewing, and paper
craft hobbies but when
she saw a public mosaic
anywhere, she would just
stand and admire it.
Chris joined up for one
of Denise’s classes after
meeting her at a market in
2013, where she was
mosaicing a chair. After
further classes, she became committed to learning as much as she could
and producing her own
mosaics.
Since meeting monthly
with friends in Denise’s
shed, she has learnt and
developed new skills and
techniques. Her first
works included a glass
painting, The Mosaic
Tree, micro mosaics
(three birds) useable art
(a lazy susan) and outdoor pieces ( glass table
and bird bath.)
She was inspired by an
Australian bush scene
mosaic covering a wall behind a yoga platform. After attending one of
Denise’s classes, she
joined a group of three
girls who regularly attended Denise’s classes.
Lyn’s confidence grew
and she no longer finds
“I’ve been working on
designing a mosaic as dif- outback art using a comficult.
bination of several techniques that complement
She currently works each other to produce a
with mirror and clear successful compositional
glass. She enjoys how the painting,” Chris said.
texture and patterns of
the clear glass are enVisual artist Tracey
hanced when backed with Gummow opened the exbrite back foil.
hibition which runs until
“I’m not sure where on May 10. Opening
this creative path will hours at the gallery are
take me but I look for- Wednesday to Sunday
ward to it evolving over 10.30am to 3.30 pm.
time,” she said.
Phone the gallery on 4696
Chris Purchase has al- 5600.
BOWLS
GOLF
CROWS NEST: April 22 - winners were Kerry
Lovell and Brian Gleeson, runners-up Roy Bell, Roger
Haldane and Terry Bowe.
April 18 - Open singles Tony Collins d. Kerry
Lovell, Rob Mortimer d. John Fowler. B grade singles Mick Beutel d. Jim Walcroft. Final B grade singles Mick Beutel d. Ben Ruwoldt.
Veteran singles Allan Mutch d. Jim Walcroft. Club
pairs Ray Weis and Roy Bell d. Tom Hamilton and
Howard Cornwell.
April 19 - Winners of the Dingers Seafood day
were Tony Ryan, Brian Gleeson and Mavis Coman,
runners-up Dennis Russell, Les Guy and Alan Greenwood.
Many thanks to Dingers for the continued sponsorship of this event - much appreciated.
May 2-3 - Second annual Crows Nest Carnival, so
even if you’re not playing why not come along and
watch some great bowls sessions.
May 10 - Mother’s Day.
May 17 - Crows Nest Property Management afternoon. Next management committee meeting Sunday, May 10. All officers are encouraged to attend.
New players and visitors are always welcome at
the Crows Nest Bowls Club. Contact secretary Jim
on cnqbowls@mail.com or on 4698 2278. - Gary
Baker.
BORNEO BARRACKS: April 8 - 4bbb stableford winners J. Lee, P.Hundt 47, runners-up M.
Redman, G. Gunther 45. Rundown T. Aitken, G.
Starkey 44, J. Dowling, R. Trimper 42. Pins 1st G.
Starkey, 5th W. Owen, 10th P.Hundt, 14th R.
Sweeney.
April 12 - Single stableford winner T. McLean 44,
runner-up A. Hardie 39. Rundown P. Callaghan 38,
K. Clarke 35. Pins. 1st T. McLean, 5th M. Goddard,
14th J. Thompson, 17th T. McLean.
April 15 - Single v par. Winner J. Bishop +4, runner-up R. Weldon +3. Rundown G. Malcolmsen +2,
B. May +2, P. Hunt +2, T. Trollope +2. Pins 1st G.
Gunther, 5th K. Mitchell, 10th L. Bishop, 17th P.
Hunt.
April 19 - Single stableford winner O. Hollis 42,
runner-up G. Barge 38. Rundown P. Jones 35, R.
Sweeney 35, K. Clarke 35, C.Hill 34.
Pins 1st O. Hollis, hole in one, 5th C. Hill, 17th P.
Cartwright. - Gary Small.
BORNEO BARRACKS LADIES: April 2 Bisque bogey for club trophy. Winner Pat Walker +6,
Lotte Pedersen +5. Rundown: Dawn Lord +1 on
count back, Polly West +1 on count back, Carole
Duncan +1. Pins: 2/17 Connie Harrison. 2/14 (pro
pin) Lotte Pedersen.
April 28 - Single stroke, first round of championOAKEY: Triples S. McCormack, K. Ciesiolka ship. - Lotte Pedersen.
and L. Fanning d. G. Sprott, S. Lorrimer and S. BradApril 22 - Wednesday Ladies 18 hole
ford. Thursday night winners R. Krause, M. Brad- vssOAKEY:
winner Hazel Harvey square, runner-up Dawn
ford, A. Harvey and N. Hedge.
-1. Approach 5/14 Yvonne Jackson.
May 9 - Championship pairs N. Crosisca and S. Bradford
May 23 - Sporters winner M. Rietveld 28. May
Bradford v. N. Byers and A. Jackson. A grade singles 25-26
- Members played an 18 hole stableford. Winsemi final K. Harvey v. D. Barfield (K. Ciesiolka) ner Michael
Rietveld 39, runner-up Terris Muir 37.
play or forfeit, winner to play M. Bradford in the Rundown Kevin
Rietveld 36. Pins 3 Ross Legasic 8
final on Sunday, May 10.
Legasic. May 2-3 - Monthly medal - John
May 10 - Final of the A grade singles and the final Ross
of the B grade singles, E Dornbusch v. R. Krause (M. Grawich.
Hall.) No competition called for Saturday, May 2.
CROWS NEST: April 22 - Sporters winner D.
April 30 - Night bowls names in by 6.30pm to
31, runner-up M. Strong 30. Putting G.
play at 7pm. May 3 - Club selected mixed three-bowl Woodley
21. Pins 7/16 G. Udy. April 26 - Dennis Nissen
pairs. May 13 - Visit from the Wide Bay past presi- Udy
Motors Day winner K. Christensen 72, runner-up
dents for a morning game.
72.
If you would like to join them in a game put your R. Gardner
Rundown R. Freeman 74, P. Gott, 74, D. Woodley
name on the board. - Sam Lorimar.
75. Pins 3/12 R. Freeman, 8/17 R. Burgess.
OAKEY LADIES: Last week in very cold condiMay 3 - Ken and Dell Christensen stroke, monthly
tions Betty L. defeated Barb in a singles game. Social medal. - John Somerville.
bowlers retired to the warmth of the club house for
coffee instead of braving the elements. The team goGOOMBUNGEE: April 26 - Combined Services
ing to Cambooya had a bitterly cold day.
Shield, T. Langston trophies. Servicemen winner D.
April 28 - Betty L, J. York will play D. Ciesiolka, Lowe, runner-up G. Skuse. Men’s winner G.
V. Allen. Hope weather is better.
Herriman, ladies winner L. Alexander; rundown men
May 13 - Visit from Wide Bay past presidents A. Reis, C. Jenkins, N. Capuzzo, D. Humphrey, S.
playing mixed fours in the morning so if you would Elfverson, T. Dawson; Ladies rundown K. Egan,
like to play with them, please put your name on the A.Norris. Servicemen long drive 2/11 T. Langston,
board. May 19 - South Toowoomba Fiesta. May 21 Pin 2/11 D. Kerr, Approach 7/16 T. Langston; Men’s
- Gatton F/R. May 25 - Coaching Academy at North pin 3/12 not won, 4/13 J. Hopkins, 8/17. Ladies apToowoomba 9am. $5. May 27 - North Toowoomba proach. 3/12 D. Skuse, pin 4/13 L. Alexander, pin 8/
F/R. Team D. Ciesiolka (car), B. Poole, B. Lorrimer, 17 not won. - Dan Darlington.
E. Voll. May 29 - Toowoomba F/R.
May 31 - Patroness Betty is having an afternoon
of triples, ladies or mixed at 12.30 p.m. $30 per team.
Names on board please. - Elsie Voll.
CROWS NEST: A handicap singles tournament
NORTH TOOWOOMBA LADIES: Scanlan was conducted at the Crows Nest Table Tennis Club.
Pairs D. Clark, L. Mutch d. F. Dornbusch, V. Warren; Handicaps ranged from scratch to fifteen. S. Murphy
M. Nelson, J. Pauli d. A. Jones, S. Chard. L. Mott, starting on (1) was the winner. Bethany Macdonald
Siebenhausen d. G. Doherty, P. Graham. pm games on (12) came second. - Joy Bretz
M. Nelson, J. Pauli d. F. Dornbusch, V. Warren. G.
Doherty, P. Graham d. A. Jones, S. Chard. D. Clark,
L. Mutch d. L. Mott, G. Siebenhausen. Winners M.
Nelson, J. Pauli, runners-up D. Clark, L.Mutch. Social tomorrow at 9am.
Winter starting time from May 6. Graded and
CROWS NEST: First game back after the holidrawn fours will be played May 20. All day play. day break saw a steadily improving Fielders too good
Names on white board please. Silver Coffe Servcie F/ for the Black Holes by 23 runs 107 to 84.
R will be played May 27. Names on white board if
Tim Knobel set up the winning score with 25 runs,
you would like to play. Singles or teams accepted. supported well by Will Curtis. Black Holes best were
All welcome.
both the Bens, Kahler and Ruwoldt with solid perGood luck to our teams playing in the Queensland formances both batting and bowling.
District Sides competition at the Sunshine Coast May
Despite being under strength, it was X-Men that
3-6.
came out well and truly on top in Tuesday night’s
May 2 - RDO competition mixed, two x12 ends game against top of the table Bazingas.
three-bowl triples. Twelve players needed $15 (inc.
It was Col Bridges and Nathan Brown’s batting
lunch), assemble at 10am at Toowoomba Club. Names that set up the 132-run X-Men total. A horror start
on men’s white board.
by Bazingas had them in an unwinnable position
May 9 - Mid-Strength comp (mixed) one x 21 early on and a five-wicket haul from Peter Adams
ends fours. Twelve players needed. Assemble at completely snuffed out any glimmer of hope.
Souths noon. Names on men’s white board. Roster
Final scores for the match were X-Men 132 to
this Friday Team 4 - D. Clark, J. Pauli, W. Smith- Bazingas 74. - John Schwartz.
Squires, S. Connors. - Reynelde Bradford.
TABLE TENNIS
INDOOR CRICKET
Virginia Hanlon-Roff, Barry Hanlon and
Patricia Eelkema with Josephine by Cheryl Exhibiting artists with their tutor: Chris PurBaker made from found items, and millefiori chase, Lyn Norton, Denise Chard, tutor,
Cheryl Baker & Suzette Cook.
mirror glass.
SQUASH
Artists Rachel Slonan, Toowoomba, Rhonda Jenner, Judith Daley and Jacqui Rahley, Clifton.
- Jenny Gersekowski reporting.
CROWS NEST: Fixtures competition is drawing
to a close with the semi-finals to be played on Thursday, April 30. Catch-up games were played on Thursday, April 23, with most playing three games on the
night.
Junior players are back and coaching is popular on
Friday afternoons. Semi-finals and finals will be
played over the next few weeks.
Starting immediately after the finals will be the
club handicap competition and all members are welcome to participate.
The courts are open Mondays 7 to 9pm, Thursdays 7 to 11pm for fixtures and Friday 4.30 to 6pm
for coaching, social play and court hire.
New members are always welcome. Contact Phil
on 0408 851 251. - Sage Garnet.
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