May 2013 Vol 15 Issue 5 www.rainbowbeachcommunitynews.com.au Ph:5486 3561 e:info@rbcn.com.au

In this issue Walk for cancer this Mothers Day Junior bowlers compete at State Events, fundraisers, workshops and grants

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Happy Mothers Day!Karen Robertson will be after a well-earned Sunday off this Mothers Day.

Karen and her family have clocked up 10 years involvement with Rainbow Beach Surf Club with the last 7 years patrolling on the

beach. My husband Dan and Dean did their SRC first, then I did my Bronze in the same season.

On a Patrol: Mum Karen with children Dean and Miranda.

ANZAC DAY 2013

story & more photos on pg 6uRainbow Beach State School Choir perform Lest We Forget

Rainbow Beach

Cody Hethorn and Emily Brantz lead the March to the Cenotaph

Ashton Purnell listens to the choir

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Visit the Community News OnlineAt last we are well and truly online. Go find us on facebook and please give us some feedback, your photos and some history of the area. Check out articles

and even more photos of our community on our website. Spot yourself in the Anzac Day images or see the Cross Country action.

Council have assured Rainbow Beach Community News that any flood mitigation plans are for the whole region, including Coondoo Creek. Well have more on that in future editions.

The Progress Association meeting with David Gibson was enlightening, and another will be planned for later this year. We heard all about the beach fees, the sticks, bus flood policies, Coondoo Creek and much more. Do read their report in this issue.

Councils New Tourism network is another way to stay informed about the industry, there are six days left for the industry representatives to apply see their advertisement inside.

It seems this is the month for grants and fundraising at least $15 000 will go to three sporting teams in Tin Can Bay. An-other grant is funding an artist workshop in Rainbow. Congratulations to those organisations and your diligent grant writers. The Beach Rake still needs your support and this month you can read about fundraisers planned : Walk for Cancer, Community Hall Country Music Evening, Coast Guard Golf and Bowls Day and a Melanoma Family Day.

Did you know Maryborough (an easy day trip for our visitors) has the oldest and most complete example of an 1800s style grocery store known in Australia? Maryborough also has a Museum that currently represents more soldiers for gallantry at Gallipoli and represents more Australian officers who lost their lives at Gallipoli than any other museum in the world. The National Trust are promoting events all over Queensland this month, they would be well worth a visit.

And lastly to our Mums, Pat and Judy, a big thank you for all you do and to all the Mums out there - we wish you the best Mothers Day with lots of hugs and (hint, hint Mrs Dargusch) jewellery from school! Until next month,

Heatley and Michelle Gilmore

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by Steven Campbell

The Bay to Bay Yacht Race starts at Tin Can Bay, from the mouth of Snapper Creek and finishes up at Urangan Harbour in Harvey Bay with a stopover at Bribie Is-land. The race is held on the 4th and 5th of May with 150 to 170 crews attending the race. The race start will be watched by around 200 spectators who will view the race from Norman Point rocks. The race starts at 11am with the division five

catamarans starting first and the more tra-ditional division one trailer sailors starting last. The race is fifty nautical miles long with a 40 minute delay starting time between each class. The winds at this time of year are expected to be Southeast trade winds.

The Bay to Bay Yacht Race is the second largest race for catamarans in Queensland dating back to 1982. With the number of crews and spectators increasing each year it is well worth the visit over and great to see the bay full of yachts.

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by Shirley Wilson

The local committee of the Mothers Day Walk for Breast Cancer is seeking individuals and organisations to partic-ipate in raising funds for Cancer research by bringing your group to Norman Point at Tin Can Bay to support and have fun. Many cities and small towns across Aus-tralia have done so in the past and now we in the Cooloola Region have the opportunity to support this worthy cause.

Each organisation can nominate and promote their own group and all you have to do is come along at 9.00am on Mothers Day (12th May) to register with a card placed on the Promo-tions Tree and with a pink ribbon person-ally displayed.

You can walk one metre or a whole kilo-metre or join the crowd and do the circuit of the Flower Walk which is approximately five kilometres. You will be guided through the vantage points by the SES volunteers throughout the walk. There is continuous wheelchair access but unfortunately dogs are not permitted due to the crowds expect-ed.

As an added attraction for participants in the up-coming Mothers Day Classicraising funds for Cancer Research in the spirit of community involvementthe committee of the Dragon Boaters have offered a freepad-dle for anyone interested in further exer-cise and funon the morning followingthe Walk and the Sausage Sizzle.

It is suggested that you wear PINK as this is the promotional colour for the cause. Bring sun protection, hats and comfortable shoes along with your bottle of water. The Tin Can Bay IGA will be supplying bottled water at the SES vantage points for your

comfort and the local Ambulance and Po-lice will be assisting on the day (time per-mitting and perhaps also in pink??)

Because we will also be celebrating Mothers Day it is hoped you will encour-age all female members and friends to share this important morning culminating with a Sausage Sizzle with the added at-traction of a Mobile Coffee outlet.

For those of us who prefer a fruit break-fast the Tin Can Bay Fruit Shop is providing a selection of delicious varieties to tempt you. Many businesses have donated gifts and we will offer a Raffle to recognize their generosity and this will be drawn during breakfast/following the walk.

All Sponsors will be recognized official-ly on the day thanks to the generosity of the local RSL, which has kindly donated the use of their microphone for announce-ments. Registration may be made online at mothersdayclassic.com.au or register local-ly with us for the small sum of $5.00 (or perhaps a larger donation) on the morning.

So get your pink gear out of the cup-board and join the crowd of like-minded people and WALK for Cancer Research. Contact Shirley Wilson on 54864142 for further enquiries on behalf of the committee Sue Bennett and Helen Window.

Youre invited Mothers Day Walk for Cancer

Join Shirley Wilson, Sue Bennett and Helen Window as they go pink and walk for cancer, this Mothers Day May 12.

Bay To Bay Yacht Race Still Going Strong After 33 Years

Bay to Bay Fleet at South White Cliffs Photo by Julie Hartwig

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by Michelle Gilmore

These four Mums join six other fit Rain-bow individuals to compete in the worldwide Tough Mudder event. Personal trainer and mother of four, Ann Moroney, says they are training as a team every week, as well as their own individual sessions. Some of us train 8 sessions each week, says Ann.

It sounds like theyll need it. Founded in 2010, Tough Mudder is the fastest growing and most recognized endurance series. Un-like other traditional endurance events or mud runs, Tough Mudder events are con-structed by British Special Forces to offer a 16+ kilometre trail running experience like no other.

The 25+ obstacles may include the artic enema, boa constrictor, dirty ballerina, elec-tric eel, Everest, Kiss of Mud and firewalker. Sounds daunting?

Ann says she has done nothing like it be-fore. Rebecca heard about it from a friend

and it wasnt long after that they all signed up. The obstacle course is the main appeal says Ann, it is such a hard, long endurance event challenge.

The team focus was also attractive. It will take a couple of hours depending on fitness levels. You stick with your team and help each other through to the finish together.

It sounds like there will be a lot of other Tough Mudders attending. Normally women make up 24% of the participants, but Ann tells us this event will host around 50% wom-en, The biggest entry in any of these kind of events.

Its good to have that goal to work to-wards, and put our hard work to the test. Some of the other members actually seeing the results, some are telling me Look Ive got a bicep! Tough Mudder is something for us to strive for.

And on Mothers Day? Ann says shell en-joy brekky in bed and whatever the kids bring home from school. With eleven chil-

dren between them, these four Tough Mud-ders should rake in the goods.

These ladies are joined by locals Andy White, Andrew Kingsley, Tiana Elms, Nigel Worthington, Kirsten Porter and Kosta La-das, (more team members and their kids are pictured on our Rainbow Beach Community News website).

Tough Mudder Facts : 78%: Average percentage of partici-

pants who finish a Tough Mudder

80%: Percentage of participants who do Tough Mudder as part of a team

1,000 +: Number of people who have the Tough Mudder logo perma-nently tattooed on their body

3.5 Hours: Average time it takes to finish a Tough Mudder course

11,000 people registered for Sun-shine Coast event expecting 20,000 Mudders over the weekend

10 to 12 Miles + 25 to 30 Obstacles

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A Gympie mum of three, Karens planning a trip to Brisbane catch up with the kids - Dean is studying engineering

at UQ and Courtney is a registered nurse at Royal Brisbane Hospital. Miranda is in Year 12 at St Pats. All their Mum is hoping for Mothers Day for is big hugs.

Karen loves her weekends here, and says, Rainbow Beach has got to one of the best beaches in the world the ocean and scenery its just so beautiful, without being too tour-isty.

Rainbow Beach is also a great place to treat Mum, there really is something for every mums interest or wish. Often it is a last minute scramble for kids and partners to wrangle to-gether a thoughtful present, heres a list to help you:

Relax whisk her away for the weekend or even midweek. If you know she is busy buy her an accommodation voucher, ready for when Mum chooses. Why not get a few gen-erations together it is so easy here to cater for family reunions.

Pamper Massages, facials, hot rocks, hair and beauty treatments, manicures. again book her in or purchase a voucher from Rainbow Beach Massage, Rainbow Hair and Beauty or Serenity Beauty.

No Cooking Tonight Choose one of the family friendly options from a club meal to

a sumptious spread with water views. Or tuck into fresh local seafood or fish and chips on the beach. Best of all theres no washing up!

Handmade treasures from Bessies fabric handbags to gorgeous jewellery craft-ed by local artists, all made right here in Rainbow.

Extreme Mums hangliding, skydiv-ing, surfing, kitesurfing Mothers Day is a great time to try something new. Or book the whole family on a Surf and Sand Safari, a beach horseride or a kayak with the dol-phins.

Take her to the Straits Hire a boat or kayak and head out fishing. What a fun family way to spend the day.

Active personal training, Zumba, gym vouchers, yoga all are available in Rain-bow Beach.

Gifts galore will be found in all the shops from fruit baskets or a favourite tipple to the latest fashion and accessories. Youll be sure to find something for Mum or grab a gift voucher from the Shell Tourist Centre, Rainbow Clobber, Rainbow Beach Trading Co., 7th Wave Surf Shop, Rainbow Beach Pharmacy or Bitchy Chix.

Walk for Breast Cancer Head to Tin Can Bay Esplanade 9am on Sunday 12th May and join lots of other mums and families to raise money to help save mums, grand-mas, aunts and daughters.

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Rainbows Four Tough Mudders

Tough Mudders: Marni Robertson, Rebecca Duggan, Dee White and Ann Moroney

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Rainbow Beachby Michelle Gilmore

It was Ray Cowleys first Anzac Day ser-vice as the new President of Rainbow Beach RSL, approximately 300 people as-sembled at the Cenotaph, followed by a very busy Gunfire Breakfast at the Rainbow Beach Surf Club.

Ten oclock saw more action as the tradi-tional March progressed from the Rainbow Beach Hall to the cenotaph. Led by school leaders Emily Brantz and Cody Hethorn the streets was lined with onlookers and kids waving Aussie flags.

Chaplain Bruce Dorman gave blessing and prayers for peace and for those who

waited in vain for loved ones to return. Guest Speaker Flight Lieutenant Westphal, No. 1 Squadron, reminded us that Free-dom only survives as long as we defend it and that we are here not to glorify war, but to remember who we are and the free-dom we possess.

It was such a beautiful morning, shade was sought by spectators as they watched the service. Once again, the crowd en-joyed the School Choir performance, led by Mrs Cherie Mason. Amy Pinkerton won the Rainbow Beach State School Anzac es-

say and gave a polished recitation of her well written piece. Just as the Laying of the Wreaths began, all were treated with the F/A-18F Super Hornet flypast. Before the dismissal, Rainbow Beach spectators were fortunate to hear the stirring Last Post by Bugler Jamie Lee Griffiths.

Refreshments were provided by the Surf Club for veterans and invited guests. A Leg-acy Lunch was held for Veterans, Wives and War Widows at Rainbow Beach Sports Recreation and Memorial Club.

Cooloola CoveThe Cooloola Cove ANZAC Day service was held at the Memorial, at the Vietnam Veterans Hall, led by Cooloola Cove RSL President Terry Murphy. The Dawn Service had a 5.30am start followed by a Gunfire Breakfast. The service was well represented with representatives from Cooloola Coast Vietnam Veterans, Coastguard and neigh-bouring schools. Federal Member for Wide Bay, Mr Warren Truss and local councillor, Mark McDonald was also in attendance.

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Amy Pinkerton recites her winning essay

story & more photos on pg 7u

Chaplain Bruce Dorman and President of the Rainbow Beach RSL sub branch, Ray Cowley Scenes from the March

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Tin Can Bayby Steven Campbell

The Anzac name came from the First World War, from Major General Wil-liam Birdwoods staff and then was used by signal men who refer to the Australian New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). Anzac day is a National day to remember the men and women who served in services around the world. The men and women of Tin Can Bay marched as one, as they did when they first started their military services for their coun-try. The Tin Can Bay dawn service was held on Thursday 25 April 2013 and took place overlooking the foreshore of Tin Can Bay. It has been 26 years since the first wreath was laid in honour of the fallen. Over 200 people attended the services - people of all ages and Nationalities. Tin Can Bay was represented by the three armed services

Army, Navy and Air Force and the day was filled with food, song and remembrance of past mates and loved ones.

The Tin Can Bay church choir did their rendition of Abide With Me as well as Banner of the Cross. All who attended did their own rendition of the Australian and New Zealand national anthems. The school choir were in fine voice as well as giving voice to the grade 5 poems. The dignitar-ies who attended the services were Warren Truss MP, Captain Paul Smedley, Corporal Blame Askew and RSL President Maureen Costello. David Grice who had served three tours of Vietnam on HAMS Sydney air craft carrier said Anzac day is the one day I like to spare a thought for those men and women who fought in the first and sec-ond world wars.

For more photos of the Anzac Day events, including the Legacy lunch please visit the website and facebook page.

Local News 7PageANZAC Day from pg 6u Amanda Simpson from the Yandina Cadets

128 at Cooloola Coves Dawn Service

Mrs Maureen Costello and MP Mr Warren Truss Scenes from Tin Can Bay

Photo contributed

Tin Can Bay Dawn Service

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by Kerry Leyland

I met with Pat Murphy of Alien Produc-tions and more locally known as the owner of the BIG gold and black bus Ulti-mus Prime.

Pat thinks Rainbow Beach is great, and has been here on and off since September out at the airstrip. He recently relocated to a fenced area in the industrial estate with his three month old Russian wolf hound Reno (a horse sized dog that sat at our feet whilst we were talking).

Talking with Pat, I found he has led a most interesting life and has a number of

projects on the go.Born in Ohio, USA, Pat trained as a bal-

let dancer and actor before the lure of driv-ing and filming racing cars took over. Pat discovered his main passion was aviation so he left America in 1989 to travel the globe in search of wrecked planes, recov-ering them and documenting their recovery in films.

In 1996 Pat arrived in our country and is now an Australian citizen. Calling Austra-lia his home he only occasionally returns to Hollywood for work. He is very passionate about all of his projects and when you talk to him you find out how hectic his schedule seems. Currently filming a promotional vid-eo for a local business in Rainbow Beach (you may have seen him flying in the skies over Easter), he is also putting the finishing touches on his second novel that will be available soon for Kindle on Amazon. If that wasnt enough Pat is using his talents to write a screen play for the US.

He purchased a bus in 2009 and in 18 months transformed it into Ultimus Prime. Inside Pat has all the comforts of home in-cluding an office to run his projects. Its just my home says Pat. Outside he has a balcony and a custom trailer that he built to house his helicopter (yes helicopter), car (Ultimus Prime Junior) and a motorbike. The bus is fully self-sufficient, so Pat has no need to plug into mains power. It really is an amazing sight. He has also made a video that will be available soon on how to build your very own home on wheels.

One thing Pat says Rainbow Beach lacks is an area for large recreational vehicles to park. Pat laments, As you can imagine its

a bit tricky to manoeuvre a bus this big and, with a height of 4.297metres, low hang-ing branches can be an issue. He said, These buses are generally all self-sufficient so they dont need much, just a few facili-ties and the space. The big rigs are becom-ing more popular these days and there are more and more people choosing to sell up their homes and buy one on wheels. Can you imagine how cool an area would look full of these big buses, more money for the town that may not be as seasonal (sic)? he adds. Pat is in Maryborough to attend the CMCA (Campervan & Motorhome Club of Australia) 27th Anniversary Rally, held at the Maryborough show grounds from 29th

April - 5th May. Motorhomes come from far and wide to these events and Pat reckons, Its a sight to see.

Australian Events have asked Pat to show Ultimus Prime at several events and he travels to different towns and cities for them. He is generally a big draw card and people are now getting to know him and his bus.

Its just me and the dog, and the occa-sional lady, he says with a cheeky wink and a smile. As I leave Pat and Reno I cant help but wonder what adventures they will be up to next. If you see Pat say hi as he is becoming a bit of a local around here and is as interesting as his bus.

Alien Sighted in Rainbow Beach

Pat, Reno and the Ultimus Prime

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by Ruth Modin

Almost $20,000 is the latest tally in the Beach Rake Collection. Leanne has sourced a brand new rake from Arizona, af-ter much searching for a suitable Australian product. With shipping and spare parts, we would be looking at $22,000.

Local business have been very generous with $2000-00 donations from Sam & Mau-reen Mitchell - 7th Wave and Ruth Modin & Family - Rainbow Beach Foodworks.

Donations of $1000-00 have kindly been given from Rod & Sharon Parker - Eds Beach

Bakery, R/B Progress Associa-tion, R/B Lions Club, Jay & Leoni - Jilarty Caf, Bruce & Terri - R/B Hardware In Loving Memory of

their daughter Kelly and Lonken Pty Ltd - BP Service Station and Holiday Park.

Other donations have been welcome: the owner of the Shell Service Station Building and Mr & Mrs Metcalfe($500-00), Cooloola Realty (Dee & Andy White) and Mr & Mrs Brice ($300-00), Rainbow Water Holiday Park $250-00,Rodney Gray, Mr & Mrs Dun-bar, Mr & Mrs Campbell and Mr OHalloran ($200-00), with many other smaller dona-tions made by way of the tin in Ruths shop or just popping in and giving like Pat Nayler did when he generously gave $50-00. Any

amount helps to get us to the total that we will need. Raffles and Money boards run over the Easter Break at the Sports Club raised well over $1000-00 and the wheel barrow raffle raised just short of $1600-00.

Keep up the donating and we will keep you informed on how we are going. Lets hope we own our rake soon so that we can keep our beach pristine...

Bank Details to Direct Debit to account of The Rainbow Beach Progress Association are

BSB 084-691Account # 165282229Please mark Rake and your name when

you do the deposit.

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Already raked in $20,000

by Neil Low

The sky over Tin Can Bay will reverber-ate to the roar of powerful miniature engines on May 4 and 5, when the annual Warbirds model aeroplane weekend will take place. This very popular gathering of enthusiasts attracts visitors from all over Queensland, as the facilities at Tin Can Bay are second to none in the State.

Flightline controller, Dave Carkeek said: Last year we had in excess of 105 aircraft operating over the two days. My role is to ensure that the aircraft operate in a safe manner and to ensure that we have no mid-air incidents.

This requires me to manage the number of aircraft that are in the air at any one time and to ensure that only similar performance aircraft take to the skies at once. The last thing we need is a turbine powered jet col-liding with a World War I biplane.

To ensure the safety of the spectators,

the club has erected a new safety fence between the pits and the public area. Mem-bers have been busy for the past few weeks tidying up the grounds and surrounds, and these are in the best condition they have ever been.

Steve Thomas from Toowoomba will be here with his very large models, including Lady in the Dark a twin-engined P-38 Black Widow. The craft won a world build-ing championship about 10 years ago, and is always very popular with the public, as the detail has to be seen to be believed.

Hopefully, we will have one or two jet models present. There will also be Spitfires, Hurricanes, Spads, Tiger Moths, Mustangs, as well as others from the various theatres of war.

Most of the visitors, who last year came from as far north as Bundaberg, will camp at the grounds for the two nights, as the club has a gas-operated hot shower and

240 volt power.The Gympie Classic

Car Club will have 20 vehicles present and on display for the public as an added attraction.

As usual, there will be a canteen operated by members and their wives, who always put in a big effort in support of their husbands on this week-end. Lunch will be served on both days, and break-fast on the Sunday for the flyers, as well as food for the public all day Saturday and Sunday. On the Saturday night, the aeromodellers and their wives dine out at the Country Club restaurant, and there are usually a few late starters on the Sunday morning.

Admission is by gold coin donation, and

there will be plenty of parking spaces avail-able. This is the clubs only fund-raising function each year, and the participation by out-of-town fliers is much appreciated. So dont miss out on this once-a-year oppor-tunity to see these great models operated by expert pilots. Everyone is welcome.

MINIATURE WARBIRDS FLY OVER THE BAY

Steve Thomas from Toowoomba with his P-38 Lightning Black Widow, Lady in the Dark.

Ruth rallies more support for the beach rake

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By Cheryl Maughan

We started the month with some good diving on Easter Monday where we had loads of action under the wa-ter and good visibility despite the water colour still a bit green. With more bad weather since then we havent dived a lot but we are looking forward to some good weather over ANZAC Day and beyond.

Our last dive yesterday before this report was due was a good one however! The amount of marine life was astounding with a lot of bait-fish around the rock hence attracting loads of hunters such as mackerel, bonito, kingfish, gi-ant trevally and little whalers. On the surface it continued so we motored over for a closer look and found a few big bull whalers around 2 -3 metres long also amongst the action.

The grey nurse sharks are gestating and yes-terday we found about 2 dozen sitting just off the main formation in mid water. Visibility was a bit limited however we got too see a lot of detail and quite of few of the sharks have some distinguishing features this year. A lot of them look to be pregnant with maybe a third of them not showing any signs of pregnancy. It takes around 12 years for the female grey nurse shark to reach maturity before they are able to reproduce and then only every couple of years of so. They will give birth to 2 live young after about a 9 12 month gestation. The babies will be around 1 metre long but no-one knows where they go to give birth. We have never seen a baby grey nurse shark at Wolf Rock.

Find attached some photos of some preg-nant sharks in comparison to a non-pregnant shark.

Visibility has averaged 5 10 metres and water temperature is now 23 degrees.

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tos from Anzac Day, RBSS Cross Country, nippers, plus the latest Mudlo Rock conquests (4WDs that is).

You can request what photos you would like

to see posted or suggest some stories youd like to see.

Plus there is much, much more on our web-site.

Although the business directory is still un-der construction, the visitor guide is up and running with phone numbers of local at-tractions and tours. Check out Whats On with lots of community events, and we are happy to add your fundraiser or local event too.

Best of all, you can read the news online. If you are travelling or you want to send it to your family give them this link http://rain-bowbeachcommunitynews.com.au/ - they pop their name and email into the box on the right hand side of the screen and theyll receive a copy before it even hits the shops.

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Locals enter the Kokoda Challenge by Michael Brantz

On the weekend of the 13 14 July, four local blokes will be trekking in Australias toughest team endurance event The Kokoda Challenge. Marty Baldry and local coppers, Al Gerrard and Rob Martin will be joining me to take on the challenge and raise money for the Kokoda Challenge Youth Program.

The Kokoda Challenge on the Gold Coast is hailed as Australias toughest endurance event. Participants trek a 96km course that leads along fire trails, crosses 12 creeks and summits 5,000 metres of vertical elevation. Trekkers face an overnight, mid-winter slog through rugged terrain, battling the cold, blisters, fatigue and sleep deprivation. The goal is to finish as a complete team of four, within a 39 hour time limit, in honour of the spirit forged on the Kokoda Track in 1942: mateship, endurance, courage and sacrifice. On average only half of the teams entered make it to the finish line as a complete team,

despite this we hope to get there within 24 hours.

Why are we doing this? Its not only a great personal challenge, but also a way to make a difference to wayward Australian teenagers with all proceeds of the event going directly to the Kokoda Challenge Youth Program a unique experiential learning program that helps young people to develop the skills and qualities that matter in life: discipline, toler-ance, self worth, team work, purpose and leadership.

Kokoda Challenge chairman Doug Hen-derson, a Vietnam veteran, established the organisation eight years ago and since its inception the Kokoda Challenge Youth Pro-gram has made a difference in the lives of 242 young people. Of those that have com-pleted the youth program, 95% of them said the program was a turning point in their lives.

Al and I have recently experienced first-hand the trouble a wayward teenager can create, especially in a small community like

Rainbow Beach. The skills and qual-ities that the program seeks to instill in its participants are exactly the attributes that this young man was lacking.

As a result, we have made a com-mitment to raise $1500 towards the Kokoda Challenge Youth Program, prior to the commencement of the event in July. To help us towards this goal we will be raffling a wheelbar-row (kindly donated by the Rainbow Beach Hardware) full of goodies over the coming months. It would be great if you could support our team by ei-ther making a donation of goods to help fill the wheelbarrow, buying raf-fle tickets or by making a tax deduc-table donation to our team.

by Cherie Mason

A wedding of significant importance was celebrated on the 16th March, 2013 at St. Peter The Fishermans Catholic Church in Rainbow Beach. Samuel Mason, youngest son of local couple Ron and Che-rie Mason, married Rachel Jeffery, young-est daughter of Phil and Selena Jeffery of Mountain Creek.

Many in Rainbow Beach will recall the stages of Sams life, from childhood, through Primary school, boarding school, University, his many sporting achieve-ments and jobs held along the way. Sam and Rachel met at University and are both registered nurses working on the Sunshine Coast.

Guests travelled from New Zealand, Toowoomba, Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and Rainbow Beach to attend this won-derful sunny day, including both grand-mothers; Rachels grandmother, Dot, 82 from Mooloolaba, and Sams grandmother Gay, 87 from Toowoomba.

Sams older brother Josh, a detective in Rockhampton, was his best man, and Megan, Rachels older sister, a teacher in Blackbutt, was her maid of honour.

The reception was held at the Rainbow Beach Sports and Recreation Club, and a wonderful night of great food, dancing, and amazing speeches was enjoyed by the 80 guests who attended.

Sam and Rachel spent their honeymoon in Thailand and have moved into their own home on the Sunshine Coast. They are wished much love and future happiness from their families and friends.

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by Michelle Gilmore

The best news is that the Coastguard have finally been advised their insur-ance claim has been approved.

Unfortunately the Coastguards Jetty was damaged with the Australia Day weather. Despite the docks use with res-cues, with providing access for Sailability (often for people with disabilities) and the Dolphin Ferrys dependence on the jetty

for viability of their service, the Tin Can Bay structure was not deemed urgent.

Flotilla Administra-tion Officer for Tin Can Bay Coastguard, Julie M. Hartwig told the Community News I have been advised that due to the sheer volume of insurance claims cur-rently being processed by all insurance com-panies, claims are be-ing prioritised on an urgency basis.

Because QF17 is still able to operate - albeit with delayed response times of up to 30 minutes for our primary rescue vessel, Cooloola Rescue II - our case is not considered urgent; being unable to operate from our base is merely inconve-nient.We are aware of the

impact this inconve-nience has had on Sailability Tin Can Bay, which previously operated every Fri-day from the Coast Guard dock and has since been forced to suspend operations for all but walk-on participants.

Since then Gympie Regional Council offered to provide representation and Mayor Ron Dyne has been working to ex-pedite the matter.

Coastguards insurance broker advised on Monday April 22 that the claim for re-placement of the dock has been settled in full and Ms Hartwig is hopeful that Coast-guard can place the order for the new dock within the next few weeks.

Ms Hartwig says, This is great news and a great outcome for us.

Tin Can Bay Coastguard Operations Manager, Harley Moss and Dolphin Ferry Owner Paul Ahern has confirmed that the Dolphin Ferry will operate from the dock (ferry services have been suspended since January) resuming when it is repaired.

In the meantime, the local Coastguard are extremely appreciative of the assis-tance they are receiving from marina manager David Brown and the team at

Tin Can Bay Star Marina. David is allowing us to berth Cooloo-

la Rescue II at the marina free of charge. This is an extremely generous accommo-dation. We also wish to acknowledge and thank Russell and Lenore from Tin Can Bay Slipway for their assistance in repair-ing Cooloola Rescue IIs Hydrolift (on-wa-ter vessel storage facility), and Margot Keeley from Tin Can Bay Houseboats for allowing us to use the houseboat docks for short-term docking of our vessels on weekends, Ms Hartwig expounds.

At this stage, I can give no indication of a time frame for the repairs, but I am hopeful that we will hear something in the next few weeks and hopefully before or by May 10.

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Whats On at the Waterview Bistroby Judy Collins

We had a wonderful Easter. It was great to see the town so busy. We had guests from all over the place; Brisbane, Melbourne, Hervey Bay and of course, Rainbow Beach.

The Herb and Lemon Crusted Scallops are selling like hot cakes and the Slow Cooked Duck Leg with Le Puy Lentils has been getting rave reviews. Also, if you ha-vent tried our Seafood Chowder why not treat yourself, or better still, treat your Mum on Mothers Day (Sunday 12th May)? We are running our normal A La Carte Lunch Menu so make a booking, bring your Mum and make her feel special!

We celebrated Andreas birthday at the end of March with Dinner at Jilarty Cafe. We had great pizza, good company and amazing wine! Andreas brought a very special bottle of Chateau Mouton Roth-schild Pauillac 1994 and Matt, a bottle of Penfolds Grange 2003. Probably the two best Red Wines from Australia and France. What a wonderful way to celebrate a Birth-day!

Lets hope the weather stays fine for our beautiful town and we get lots of visitors to keep us busy. Dont forget us up on the hill, drop in even if its just for a drink or a snack.

Dolphin Ferry to Operate from Repaired Coastguard Dock

Dock during the storm - Photo by Julie Hartwig

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Annie Bowen and Ashleigh Dodt at the Golf Day Fundraiser

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Much organisation is currently going into getting ready for this night on Saturday 1st June. Ear-lier this year we undertook to manage the Community Hall, and are keen to purchase equipment for the use of the community. Instead of run-ning various raffles and Trash and Treasure stalls through-out the year we decided to put our efforts into one major fundraiser.

Dawn and Ray King who have been active volunteers at the Community Centre for a number of years suggested a Country Music evening. Dawn and Ray both talked about their old friends Ged and Trudy Hintz. Ray told us,They are great singers and songwriters, who have a good following and would be happy to come and put on a concert in Rainbow.

Supporting these comments Dawn, pro-vided a copy of one of their CDs which a number of us listened to, and we agreed, Trudy and Ged are indeed great sing-ers. So good in fact that the list of music awards they have received is lengthy and goes back a number of years. This year at Tamworth, Trudy was the winning Female Vocalist of the Stan Coster Memorial Bush Ballard Award. Ged also won the Song-writers Salute Award.

On Dawn and Rays recommendation the Community Centre volunteers decided that we would host a Country Music Evening for

the wider community and have invited Tru-dy and Ged to entertain us. We will also have some local talent as well.

The concert will be held on: Saturday 1st June starting at

5pm. A BBQ tea will be available along

with a Bar.Admission $15 per adult and $10

for children under $12. This should a fun night for the whole fam-

ily to enjoy. Please come along and join us. Proceeds from the night will go towards purchasing equipment for the Hall.

As we would like some idea of the num-bers we need to cater for we are selling tickets in advance. They are available from the Community Centre, or bookings can be made with Dawn King on 54868459, or Mary Cottam 0403006758.

Enjoy a night of Country Music in Rainbow

Ray King, Mary Cottam and Dawn King are ready for the Country Music Night

Ashleigh Dodt is the 2012/13 Ju-piters Summer Surf Girl entrant our only surf girl in 14 years for Rainbow Beach Surf Life Saving Club.

Surf Life Saving Queensland is promot-ing a peoples choice on Facebook, just for a bit of fun! Voting closes on the 3rd of May, so theres still time. To vote, go to the Surf Life Saving Queensland page on Facebook and like the photo of Ash-leigh Dodt in the Vote for your favourite Jupiters Summer Surf Girl folder!

The final judging week is at the begin-ning of May at Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast- Ashleigh, we wish you well!

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by Tash Llewellyn,

On Tuesday 2nd April, parents and chil-dren at the Little Guppies Playgroup, Tin Can Bay, dressed up in blue to raise funds and celebrate World Autism Awareness Day.

Autism now affects approximately one in every 100 children and for the whole month of April iconic buildings across Australia and the world will turn their lights blue to promote Autism awareness.

So what is Autism? When someone has Autism, it means that their brains are wired differently to other people and they find it difficult to interact socially and communicate with others. They may be bothered by sudden loud sounds, bright lights or unexpected touch which would not affect others in the same way. Often they have intense interest in particular topics and may be extremely knowledgeable about their special interest areas. They can

also have amazing memory for detail. Although no two people with Autism are

the same and symptoms will vary enor-mously from person to person, they have their own way of seeing the world, making

each of them interesting and unique.

Event organis-er, Tash Llewel-lyn, would like to thank family and friends for coming along and supporting this Go Blue For Autism fundrais-ing event and helping raise $172.50 to-wards Autism Queensland.

Tin Can Bay Playgroup Goes Blue For Autism

Tash Llewellyn with her daughter Tia, who has Autism

Little Guppies Playgroup celebrating World Autism Awareness Day

by Peggy Howe

There is a wonderful opportunity for all local artists to participate in two two- day art workshops, June 17 20 at the Sports Club. Please book early to avoid disappointment places are limited.

Peggy Howe has obtained a RADF grant to organize a Cooloola Coast workshop for all local artists. The Re-gional Arts Development Fund is a Queensland Government and Gympie Regional Council partnership to sup-port local arts and culture.

There will be a dinner and a display of all artwork on the Friday evening to add a social touch to an enjoyable week.

The visiting Sunshine Coast Artist is Aileen Shaw. She has won many prizes throughout Australia and her paintings hang in many homes and corporations. She was the proud owner of her own art gallery and teaching studio at Glen-view and now runs many workshops throughout Queensland.

Aileen lived in Rainbow Beach for many years and some of us will remem-ber her lively and enthusiastic classes that she ran for six years.

There is a $10 registration fee plus your art requirements (the Sports Club have the list) call Peggy for details and registration 5486 8064.

Award Winning Artist to present Coast Workshop

Attend the workshop and your painting may be as much admired at the Art Festival as Annette Wiggins Pied Oyster Catcher

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by Pam Graham

First night of the season and were off to a great start. The audience sang with such gusto, it felt wed been away for ever. Joanna Gorkas piano pupils showed such confidence and Emily sang a purely classical song so beautifully, quite took our breath away.

It is very difficult to write about an evening that hasnt yet happened but we know our April Music Night will be a success, a lot of fun and so very rewarding. There were many good musicians together and everyone intent on giving their best and making the evening a great success.

However this has to be written before 18th April and the Music+ night is not until 25th April. So I will write truthfully about it in the next issue and well hope to have some

pictures too.Our last Music +

Night of this season will be on 30th May and we will have a great line-up for ev-eryone to enjoy as always. We encour-age local talent of all ages and music of all genres. Well bring a programme of music and mirth for your delectation!!!! No its not Music Hall but we

do have our continuity man, with his vast fund of funny anecdotes and it wouldnt be the same without our PLUS of funny stories and poems.

Come and join our merry throng and add your voice to many others as well as your $2. Yes! $2 for a fabulous evening of music and laughter. Cant be bad eh?

If you would like to take part please call Pam Graham 5488 0110 or 0427 180 649.

LAST NIGHT - THURSDAY 30TH MAY 7PM - VETS & COMMUNITY HALL, COOLOOLA COVE

Music + Night In Cooloola Cove

Celebrate Queenslands unique cul-tural heritage during the Annual National Trust of Queensland Her-itage Festival, held state wide over one month, Thursday 18 April to Satur-day 18 May.

The Queensland Heritage Festival co-incides with National Trust Heritage festi-vals in other Australian states and is com-plimented by Australian Heritage Week www.heritage-week.govspace.gov.au

The Festival Theme for 2013 is Com-munity Milestones. The National Trust of Queensland has a good reason to cel-ebrate this theme as 2013 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Trust in Queensland.

National Trust of Queensland President Stephen Sheaffe said I invite everyone to join in by attending an event and taking the opportunity to discover their local his-tory.

In neighbouring Maryborough, you can see:

18/04/2013 to 18/05/2013, Mary-borough Shopping 1800s Style by Bren-nan & Geraghtys Store Museum. Their grocery items show a typical grocery store and changes in packaging - it is the oldest and most complete example of this type of store known in Australia.

18/04/2013 to 18/05/2013, Mary-borough Historic Hospitals by Wide Bay Hospitals Museum Soc. Inc.

Queenslands first hospital out-side of Brisbane, situated in an old Queenslander, the museum displays items and documents from the Maryborough Public Hospital which opened in 1854.

01/04/2013 to 31/05/2013, Daily Maryborough WWI Centenary Prelimi-nary Event by Maryborough Military & Co-lonial Museum The Museum currently rep-resents more soldiers for gallantry at Gallipoli and represents more

Australian officers who lost their lives at Gallipoli than any other museum in the world. View preliminary displays of med-als and memorabilia for the centenary celebrations, pertaining to the Allied coun-tries involvement in World War One from 1914 to 1918.

With almost one hundred events to choose from - for a comprehensive list of events across metropolitan and regional Queensland go to www.nationaltrust.org.au/qld

This program of events is the States larg-est annual celebration of Queenslands heritage; and plays a key role in fostering an appreciation of our history and our cul-tural identity.

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by Grant Phelan

After the rain in recent weeks, you may have noticed some unusual and in-teresting shapes appearing on the ground, on rotting sticks and logs and in your gar-den. Mushrooms, toadstools, earth tongues, stinkhorns, mould, slime, mildew, rusts and truffles are all types of fungi, and can live in every type of environment. There are approximately 250,000 species of fungi in Australia, of which, only about 510 per-cent have been named.

Mycological surveys show the Cooloola sandmass to be both diverse and abundant

in species of fungi. For such tall forests to grow on relatively nutrient-poor sandy soil, we can be assured fungi is playing a ma-jor role in providing vital nutrients to plants. Fungi do this by decomposing organic mat-ter and also forming symbiotic or mutually beneficial relationships with plant roots. The highly porous nature of the deep sandy lay-ers of Cooloola makes it an ideal habitat for certain types of fungi.

Fungi are neither plant nor animal but show characteristics of both. Most fungi make their living by breaking down dead plant and animal material. They are large-

ly invisiblegenerally all we see is a fruit-ing body. The rest of the organism is hid-den from view. Vast networks of extremely fine, hair-like filaments called mycelium thread their way through soil, wood and leaf litter, breaking it down and feeding on the nutrients released. This process not only keeps the forest floor clean, but also frees up the nutrients, making it available to other organisms.

Fungi reproduce by producing spores in vast numbers. A field mushroom may re-lease spores at the rate of 200 million an hour. Puffballs (common ball-shaped fungi) are estimated to produce 15 trillion spores from each fruiting body! These spores are distributed by wind or carried by animals. Being very small and light, they can travel huge distances and colonise large areas.

Fungal fruiting bodies are also an im-portant food source for various animals; over 30 Australian mammal species are known to eat them and some, such as

bettong and potoroos eat little else.

Fungi play a role in our daily life as well. It can rot our homes, spoil our clothes and food, attack our crops and make us ill. But the positives far outweigh the negatives. We eat it in the form of mushrooms, make bread, cheese, soy sauce and tofu from it, derive penicillin from it, and lets not forget it is used to make beer and wine! Remember that some fungi are poisonous to humans, so to be safe, only consume mushrooms you buy from a reputable grower or market grocer.

Next time youre out walking, or in your garden, see if how many different fungi you can spot. Take your camera and get up closeyoull be amazed at the interesting images you can get. Hap-py fungi hunting!

Cooloola a fungal hotspot!

Club Fungi in the Cooloola Recreation Area Grant Phelan Queensland Government

Bymien Fungi Grant Phelan Queensland GovernmentNews in BriefWe cant fit everything that comes into our inbox in the paper. For the latest on grants, workshops, tourism and local happenings visit www.rainbowbeachcom-

munitynews.com.au and look in our Public Notices. For this month youll get updates on: How to have your say on the draft Ecotourism plan for Queensland Tourism network Tourism grants close May 3 Public holidays for Gympie Wellbeing After Cancer seminar May 10 Gympie Gallery artist workshops and exhibitions and lots more as we update through the month!

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Medical Transport is a door to door service available to residents of Tin Can Bay, Cooloola Cove, Rainbow Beach and surrounding areas. We travel as far as Brisbane to the south and Hervey Bay to the north. Once you have your medical ap-

pointment we recommend you book early with us to avoid disappointment, fees ap-ply. Please be aware personal shopping is not permitted. Our organisation has no government funding and is run solely by volunteers

Fund raising events for the calendar.BINGO every Sunday at Cooloola

Coast Bowls Club eyes down 1.30 pm [2 Jackpot games every week and afternoon tea included]

TRIVIA NIGHT Saturday 25th May 6.30 pm at the RSL Hall Tin Can Bay. [$10 per head supper included] Bookings essen-tial for catering purposes, please ring our office to book.]

Drinks available from the bar.GARAGE SALE on Saturday 15th June

from 7.00am at Scullett Drive [Any dona-tions will be gladly accepted during office hours or by appointment.]

Cooloola Coast Art Group are holding an Art Exhibition on Saturday15th and Sunday 16th June at Tuncunba Hall Tin Can Bay with opening night on Friday 14th June with Cheese and Wine to be served at $5 per person.

Please contact Neita Lindfield 5486 2835 for more information.

All monies raised will be kindly donated to Cooloola Coast Medical Transport.

Volunteers always wanted, if you can spare just a few hours each week to

help your community please give us a call.

Office hours [8.30am - 12.30pm Mon-day - Friday

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by Annette Collins

***New*** Sunday Afternoon Service - 4 pm (3rd Sundays Only) 16th June will be the first Fo-cus on Family service at our Church of the Good Shepherd. A Uniting Church initiative each third Sunday, it will focus on family, with childrens songs, story and craft and a guest speaker for adults.

Calendar: (all welcome)Anglican Church Services 9 am each Sunday,

followed by morning tea (St Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church in

Manooka Drive is at 7am)Prayer Group At The Church - 10am Fridays -

All WelcomePlaygroup Mothers Day Morning Tea -

10.30am Tuesday, 7th May we look forward to providing morning tea and sharing with the young mums (dads and grandparents?) and their children at the Community Hall.

Mahjong/Games Mornings are held at 9am each Wednesday

Arts & Craft Group meets 9am 2nd and last Tuesdays of each month

Date Claimer: 10.30 am Monday, 1st July Fashion Parade (Fishing Comp)

Religious Education- please ring Glenys on 5486 3433 to help at school.

Your prayers are request-ed - if you know anyone sick or in need of help and prayer, please contact the church. We pray especial-ly for Fr Andrew Cooper, Pam Lidbetter, Lynn and Peri Sanchez, Audrey Gilbert, baby James Bellette, Bar-bara McGladrigan, Alex Barritt, Cyndari, Jahli and Seth Parton, Lesley Whack-ett, and Rika Martin and we give thanks for the blessing

of healing received.DE-STRESSING! Bob Gass www.theword-

fortoday.com.au Years ago stress was considered mostly a

male problem, but not anymore. Women are experiencing the stress of pursuing perfection, looking a certain way, competing in the work-place, attempting to do it all, never saying no, and having no time for themselves.

Thats not how God want you to live! The fruit of righteousness (having a right relationship with God) will be peace; the effect of righteous-ness will be quietness and confidence forever. My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest. (Isaiah 32:17)

So, here are two practical suggestions for de-stressing:

(1) Allow yourself more time. Whenever youre under pressure, to help reduce anxiety, a good rule of thumb is to allow 20% more time than you think youll need.

(2) Be content with less. A recent study found that those households who maintained lifestyles beyond their means were more prone to stress-re-lated illnesses such as heart attack and depres-sion. You say, Does that mean God doesnt want me to get ahead in life? No, He just wants you to keep your priorities straight and to learn to enjoy where you are, on your way to where youre going.

If youre feeling stressed today, pray: Lord I need to be renewed. This business of

living has drained me. Thank You for ordaining quiet times and places of rest in the midst of hec-tic schedules. Help me always to put You first and to find my place of rest in You.

The Church of the Good Shepherd,17 Car-lo Road, (first street on the left entering town). Rainbow Beach Christian Radio - Vision Fm 87.6

Famous last words: Ill get right with God lat-er! God Bless!

Church Of The Good Shepherd to offer Afternoon Service

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If you need any information why not drop in and see the friendly staff at Tin Can Bay Resource & Referral.

We can also help with Com-munity Service Referrals, Justice of the Peace (Monday & Thursday only), Telstra Assistance, Vouch-ers, Employment Services, Internet Training, Basic Computer Training, Tax Returns, Emergency, Relief (voucher only), Free Legal advice, Internet access or you can just drop in and buy a secondhand book.We have a reasonable library for you to choose from and it helps us raise funds to provide a service for you.

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Tempt yourself to a Bike Ride at Tin Can Bayby Steven Campbell

Temptations Cafe and Gallery on Toolara Road Tin Can Bay first opened its doors in 2010. The cafe is about promoting local artists and a family atmosphere, friendly services as well as fresh food and coffee.

The latest offering from Temptations, which started on the 18th April 2013, is hiring out push bikes. There are 6 bikes in total, three for men and three for women. Elise Henderson, owner of the Cafe said, there is a great need for bikes in the Tin Can Bay and Rain-bow Beach area; they have become a draw card for the bay.

Not everyone can walk the 9km from Crab Creek to Snapper Creek. You can have a ride, stop and eat a bit of breakfast or lunch and watch the

dolphins feeding. If you would like to order a breakfast or lunch hamper you need to pre book the bikes and ham-per 24 hours in advance. However, if you like to have a great cardio work-out you can just hire and ride the bikes from Crab Creek to Rainbow Beach and back again.

The bikes cost $14.90 for 90 min-utes and $25 dollars for 24 hours, and there is an additional $2 dollar hire fee for a lock and helmet if you need them. You can get a 10% discount on breakfast, lunch or drinks, for half day and full day hire.

A special offer for the readers of this newspaper Temptations Cafe and Gallery is offering a 20% discount on the hiring of their bikes. All you need to do is mention this article.

Brittany Johns, Cameron Henderson and Aleisha Campbell show off the new bikes

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By Andy Feldmann from Andys Mobile PC Services

Hello all and welcome back to another month of tips and tricks. This month I would like to present a few mixed tips and guidelines when buying new equipment and maintaining your computer:

When buying laptops always aim for something of quality, try to never buy the cheapest. Many buy the cheapest and then have to sink in money to make them perform because what they have indeed bought is the bare minimum. If only the minimum is affordable at the time, try to get extended warranty. I cannot stress this enough - the amount of peoples laptops that I have seen die after the covered 12 months is amazing, extended warranty is a good thing when it comes to laptops.

When buying computers, dont worry too much about brand, in many cases the parts all come from the same factory. If you are worried about quality in your products then its a good idea to get them custom made, that way you can discuss items with your sales person making sure you get only the best.

Virus scanners, none of them are 100% they all have flaws try to aim for a good value package rather than the most popular one, and remember that all virus scanners need to be somewhat manually maintained, even if yours says its does everything automatically, check it once in a while.

Anti - Spyware programs are a must if you want a clean computer. Many virus scanners in-clude this protection but its never enough if you want proper protection - you many need to purchase a good program separately. There are many fake ones out there so its a good idea to consult your IT Technician before buying anything.

Get your computer serviced once in a while, even if its only every 2 years. Many computers can last so much longer if this it carried out. Get rid of that 8 year old box and buy a new one, dont hang on to it too long and if for any reason you need to, make sure you back it up on a regular basis. This is important because it will die eventually, so make sure your data is safe if it does.

If you do replace your computer, dont take the old one to the dump. Get it professionally wiped and disposed of, in many case it costs only a small fee and it will stop prying eyes from looking around any data you many have left on the computer. If youre savvy enough at least take out the HDD and put a drill through it.

Unfortunately we live in a throwaway society; this has changed greatly from when I first started working with computers. In many cases its cheaper to replace then repair, always remember this; if something is costing you money again and again its probably cheaper to replace it. Printers are a perfect example of this, in many cases where you can buy a new printer for the cost of replacement cartridges.

This years event will be held at the Tin Can Bay Country Club on Sunday 26 May.

Golf Comp gets underway at 10.30 am with a Shotgun Start. Format is a 3-man Ambrose. Cost is $10.00 pp. To nominate, contact the Tin Can Bay Country Club on 5486 4231.

Bowls gets underway at 1.00pm and will consist of 13 ends. Cost is $8.00 pp. To nominate, contact Steve Garbutt on 0429 861 825.

There will be an all-day BBQ and drinks carts on the course, followed

by a monster auction, raffles and prize presentation at the Tin Can Bay Coun-try Club afterwards.

All welcome - no experience of either game is required, so form your team and register today.

Sponsorship packages are available for golf holes. If youd like to sponsor a hole or donate a prize for the auction or raffles, please contact Julie Hartwig on 5486 4014

All proceeds to Coast Guard Tin Can Bay - help us float our boats!

ITS ON AGAIN - COAST GUARD TIN CAN BAYS ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF & BOWLS DAY!

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Local Ambulance Committee Report

As mentioned in the last Committee report, there will be activity in the near future on the house numbering project, which includes all residential and commer-cial properties in Rainbow Beach.

The kerbs fronting the homes and busi-ness houses will be adorned with a reflec-tive number in white on a blue background, which is easily sighted and identified by emergency services both during the day and more so, at night under torch or spot-light.

There are over 900 residential homes and over 200 commercial and industrial blocks, so this numbering is not going to happen overnight, but hopefully it will be completed within the next twelve months.

The numbers to go on the kerb are the house numbers issued by the Council, not the Lot numbers of the block. These num-bers rarely coincide so dont be concerned if they dont concur.

The introduction of these street numbers will greatly assist emergency services to locate the correct address and more impor-tantly, avoid potential delays in treatment at a most important time.

Many thanks go to the local P&C at Rain-bow Beach Primary School and the local Chapter of the Lions Club for their assis-tance in providing this necessary service.

Dont forget, early notice, the Flower Show is to be held in October this year. Once again there will be a few small changes to the categories in the show. In later reports there will also be a few hints, kindly passed on by the judges last year, to

help you with your entries. Bingo is on at the Country Club every

Thursday at 9.30am. Morning tea and great fun, with the added bonus sometimes of a win!! Good luck.

Houses to be Numbered

by Sandy Brosnan, President (0427-863007)

RAINBOW BEACH IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

With over 4 million hits per month on the BOM website and a constant stream of beach condition reports with a neg-ative focus, there seems no end to the adverse effect this has on Tourism. What happened to the good old days when a family packed up their kids and camping gear, with a big tarp, and headed to the beach for the school holi-days? Are those days gone because of tech-nology and a bombardment of information, good or bad, because of liability?

The Easter weekend started off as a crack-er, bursting at the seams with happy tourists ready to enjoy a long awaited break in the weather, that is until the weather bureau pre-dicted that rain was on its way for Sunday. Many holiday makers left, and guess what, the bureau was wrong! Hopefully next holi-days will be beautiful clear skies, albeit a little colder, but perfect for sitting around the warmth of a campfire, cooking your catch and enjoying a beer or two!THE BEACH RAKE

Ruth, the greatest chook raffle fundrais-er queen, has nearly reached target. Over

$20,000 so far and rising, but still in need of a few more thousand to seal the deal. Come on everyone, just drop your donation into Ruth, no matter how big or small, to ensure that our beach is rubbish free, safe and look-ing great all year round.AN EVENING WITH DAVID GIBSON: Good news! Bad news!

Lets do good first. Following our meeting with the Premier in February, and a subse-quent meeting with National Parks, we have been assured that both the Freshwater and Leisha Tracks are to be significantly upgraded and maintained. I believe some of this work is now in progress, or will be as weather per-mits {forgive me because I havent been down there since the introduction of beach fees}. The best news is that The Sticks this side of Double Island will be removed or pushed away to finally allow free traffic to and from Rainbow! One of our favourite spots, Honey-moon Bay, will again be accessible, so get the surf boards out and waxed!

Now for the bad news. After over 4 years of meetings and letters, begging and plead-ing for the removal of the Vehicle Access Permits, or beach driving fees as they are known, the Premier has, in his letter dated 10th April, made it very clear that due to the high costs associated with park man-

agement, these fees will not be removed as promised, but streamlined to remove some of the red tape. My frustration and disap-pointment with this decision is unparalleled, but I am still determined to write another let-ter. David Gibson has stood by our side every step of the way and still maintains his opposition to VAPs. This decision makes no sense financially or otherwise. The econom-ics just dont add up.

We were made a promise, but there still maybe a few bargaining chips left to negoti-ate for a better outcome. Our beach should be free!

RAINBOW BEACH PROGRESS ASSOCIATION INC.

Sandy Brosnan, Chris Martin, David Gibson, Jennifer Parkhurst, Darryl Winkler and Gordon

Eckle check out the rake progress

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Wave

SurfRainbow Beach

7th

OPENING HOURS Monday & Thurs-day 9.30am 12.30pm, Wednesday & Friday 2pm 5pm, Saturday 8.30am 11.30am, 5486 3705 www.gympie.qld.gov.au/library

MEMBERSHIP Gympie Regional Librar-ies welcome new members, including vis-itors to the region. To join, bring along a form of identification with your current resi-dential address, fill out a membership form, and youre ready to borrow. Membership cards are required each time you visit the library.

BOOK CLUBS Gympie Regional Librar-ies now offers you the opportunity to join or start you own book club. The library ser-vice holds over 100 book club sets. Each set contains 8 books, to be shared amongst members of your club. For more informa-

tion about starting your own book club or to express your interest in joining a current book club, please contact Tin Can Bay Li-brary on 5486 4355, or the main library at Gympie on: 5481 0859.

GYMPIE REGIONAL LIBRARIES GREAT READS If you havent collected your copy of Great Reads from the front desk, now is the time to do this, especially if you are looking for inspiration and new choices when selecting something to read or watch. Every title mentioned in Great Reads is held by the Gympie Regional Libraries and if we dont have it here at Rainbow Beach, we can reserve it for you. Contributions are welcomed, so if you would like to write a review (good or bad) about any item you have borrowed, please drop it off at the library or email it to: library@gympie.qld.gov.au.

Editors Note: More photos of our Childrens Grassy Heads Activity and Am-bulance- visit www.rainbowbeachcommu-nitynews.com.au .

Book Review CRIMINAL Karin SlaughterAF SLAU2012Karen Slaughter has done it again, with

her 2012 novel Criminal. In 1974 in the middle of the blistering heat of an Atlanta summer, a killer prowls the street, search-ing for the weak, the vulnerable and the

lost. Nearly 40 years later, a young woman is found brutally murdered in a sor-did high-rise apartment. The specifics of her death are detailed and macabre, but for Special Agent Will Trent they are startlingly familiar, and can only mean one thing. Desperate to deny this might be happening to him, he is forced to return to the home he grew up in, to the grimy crime-ridden streets, to a childhood he has spent the best part of his adult life trying to avoid.

As the body count ris-es, and the tension on the inner-city streets starts to simmer, Will becomes con-vinced that the clue to the killings now, and in 1974, may lie in his own past; a past that he hates yet feels responsible for.

Karin Slaughter is the no.1 internationally bestsell-ing author of several novels, including the Grant County series. Slaughter proves once again how skillful a writer she is by creating a complex series of twists and turns that will leave you guessing until the very end. Her characters are rich and complex and will keep readers engaged throughout the novel.

An interesting side point is the addition-al information found on the books website http://www.karinslaughter.com/criminal/. This site has additional information notes and even a 1970 mix tape of songs that inspired the author while she was writing Criminal.

Criminal is a fantastic read and highly recommended to those who love crime/thriller fiction. It will be interesting to see how Karen Slaughter tops this effort in her next book Unseen, which is due to come out in July this year.

Felicia

Library Happenings

Ambulance Officer Robin Taylor visits the library and has Jake Lattanzi on the stretcher while the other children ask loads of

questions

Belle, Milly and Gus Anderssen from Noosa show off their grassy heads at Rainbows Library holiday activity, April 10

Regular visitors to Rainbow Isabel, mum Trinket and Harry Anderson say the library activities

are always popular

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Tin Can Bay Quiltersby Mary Boyce

May is a busy month for the members of the Tin Can Bay Quilters. The 2nd May is our Mystery Bus trip, third time lucky. Let us hope for some fine weather

On the 7th May, the Annual general meeting is to be held. Please come along and support your group and help elect our office bearers.

Our bi-annual event of a Friendship Day/Quilt Show & Tell is on the 14th May. Groups from other areas have been invited and there is always a good crowd at this event. Morning tea and Lunch is provided, and everyone will win something hand made by the members. There are some great prizes. Raffle tickets are for sale now, and the prizes include a Quilt, made by our members and a Sewing Machine, kindly donated by Phil of Ron Morgan Sewing Centre in Hervey Bay. Anyone who would like to see what our members do with their time, do join us. You may be tempted to have a go. For further information Contact Val. on 54880226.

On the 21st May we shall be working on UFOs, Quilts that have been left untouched while there has been so much sewing of prizes for Friendship Day.

Kathys Stars over the Garden Path

Brendas black and white quilt

by Dorothy Pashniak

What a strange summer it has been. There has not been nearly enough good weather when I could either get out on the kayak to watch the birds or walk out with the camera and not run the risk of getting wet from a passing shower. Now all those places I wanted to visit and the shorebirds I wanted to see will have to wait until next spring when the shorebirds return.

Winter is a good time to get out and watch more bush birds. Over the next few months many of them will be nesting and raising young ones. The other day I watched Sulphur-crested Cockatoos and Rainbow Lorikeets checking out nesting holes high up in a scribbly gum. They were making a lot of noise as they let ev-eryone know that they werent quite satisfied with any of the holes.

There are, of course, still some shorebirds left to watch. Juveniles dont migrate and there are always numbers of them around. Some shorebirds think the Queensland winter is perfect for a holiday. Double-banded Plovers have already arrived from New Zealand to spend the winter here. Although these birds can be found in a number of different places in New Zealand, the ones we see here have come from places where cold snowy weather make it impossible for them to stay for the winter over there.

Most of them have bred on the braided riv-er channels in South New Zealand. When the weather gets too bad they fly here for our winter. They are small shorebirds 17.5-19cms. They are buff-brown above and white below. You will often see them roosting and feeding close to other small shorebirds such as Red-capped Plovers. They look slightly tall-er than Red-capped Plovers and quite a bit heavier. They have no large white patch on the forehead and this again helps to distin-guish them from other small shorebirds.

If you want to join us for a shorebird count then phone Dorothy Pashniak 54880057. There is a count toward the end of May and then we take a break in June.

Birds Around The Bay

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by Cathy Reed

The Tin Can Bay Camera Club held its latest monthly meeting on April 17th at the TCB Library. The judge and speaker for the night was Gary Guest from Gympie. Gary was very helpful with his comments on our People images and we enjoyed his lively judging. He then showed us some of his favourite images which were very im-pressive and inspiring. We hope to get him to come back to present a workshop in the near future.

There were many images which achieved honours and merits this month and congrat-ulations go to Diann Bourke and Ron John-son for A Grade Honours, Diann Bourke, Kerry Leyland, Louise Smith, and Cathy Reed for A Grade Merits. Julie Hartwig and Kerri Southern received B Grade Honours, and Jennifer Gamble, Mary Boyce, and Lynn Milnes B Grade Merits. Congratula-tions to all.

Our topic next month is Shadows. If you would like to join the Camera Club or just see what it is all about, come to the meeting

on May 15th at 7 pm in the Tin Can Bay Li-brary, or email Cathy at cathy@spiderweb.com.au.

Community Groups

The Tin Can Bay Camera Club

by Cathy Reed

Dream Girl by Julie Hartwig

Just Thinking by Julie Hartwig

Kerry Mavis McGinn and Margaret Mackay congratulate Buddy Modin on selling over

$1000 raffle tickets at the Legacy LunchGeorgia Modin entertained with

I was only 19

Warren ORourke, Andy and Coral Welham, Rita Mancktelow, Bev ORourke, Yvonne Winsor and Bob Durey support the Legacy Fundraiser

ANZAC Day Legacy Lunch

Dean, Caitlyn and Andrea Hayes were lucky with the raffle

Matt McConnell with wife Burnie and her

sister Trish McGrath

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CHOICE says that by switching accounts from the big four banks to other providers, mortgage holders can save up to

$2,500 a year, credit card holders up to $440 and those with standard savings accounts up to $330.*

TheCompare, Ditch and Switch ini-tiative, part of CHOICEs Better Bank-ing campaign, encourages Australians

to size up their banking options with the help of CHOICEs new, no-cost, independent online tool, powered by money experts Mozo.

You dont have to wait for banking reform to get a better deal. People who are proactive and can spare a few minutes might be surprised at how much they can save, says Better Banking campaign director, Richard Lloyd.

Too many people are staying in cards, loans and accounts which are costing them too much - switching makes real sense, says Richard Lloyd.

More mobile and discriminating

bank customers help make a more competitive banking system for every-one.

The Compare, Ditch and Switch price comparison tool can be found at www.choice.com.au/betterbanking. Its part of the CHOICE Better Banking campaign to ensure consumers have a voice in banking reform.

The new service, powered by Mozo, enables consumers to objectively compare credit cards, home loans, savings products and transaction ac-counts from 89 banks, credit unions, building societies and non-bank lenders.

Cooloola Coast ProPerty Guide

CHOICE calls on four big banks to walk the talk on interest cutsBig four banks major benefi-

ciaries of increased mortgage debt in Australia and have room to move (April 2013)

With mortgage debt at a historic high, CHOICE is challenging Austra-lias major banks to use their record profitability to pass on an out-of-cycle interest rate cut to consumers.

The consumer groups call comes

ahead of the monthly interest rate meeting for ANZ, which in December 2011, became the first of the big four to try and evade the Reserve Banks official monthly interest rate announce-ment by decoupling its rates.

Since ANZ launched their decou-pling strategy, it has been a one-way street for consumers, bringing interest rate rises out of cycle with the RBA, and clipping the ticket on rate cuts,

says CHOICE CEO Alan Kirkland.

ANZ and the other big banks have been the major beneficiaries of our re-cord mortgage debt, and it is no coin-cidence that their record profits have come at this time.

For our full investigation on Aus-tralian mortgage debt visit www.c h o i c e . c o m . a u / m o r t g a g e d e b t .

Save hundreds of dollars by switching banks

CHOICEs banking tips:Ask your lender to match the

best deal you can find. A 2010 CHOICE banking survey revealed about 60% of people who asked for a better deal on their home loan got it.

If your interest rate falls, leave your repayments unchanged and reduce your loan with no extra ef-fort.

Move to fortnightly mortgage repayments.

Visit www.choice.com.au/your-mortgage for more mortgage tips.

A 2010 CHOICE banking survey revealed about

60% of people who asked for a better deal on their home

loan got it.

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New Land

Sales Office46 Queen

Elizabeth Drive,

Cooloola Cove

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So you can relax, take it easy and enjoy everything Cooloola Sands has to offer.

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It is a small block housing develop-ment. The homes are freehold, the body corp fees are only $16 per week and prices start at $295,000. shouted Tuncunba Developer, Peter Todd.

Truly, the number of owners of homes in Tuncunba Estate who said to me, no were not interested in living in a retire-ment village, you just wouldnt believe. So we have twisted arms and dragged them in screaming, for them to be abso-lutely gobsmacked by what they see.

Everybody we show through our homes is impressed, they are impressed with the facilities (pool, BBQ area, facilities build-ing), the security, the central location, the privacy but above all they are rapt in the inclusions, the designs and the finishes.

These are top quality homes with no grass to mow and minimum gardening or no gardening at all if you wish. We finish the outside with mature plantings which looks neat and tidy and takes care of itself, even a letter box and clothes line. But its the inside that is truly out-standing; ducted air conditioning and vacuum cleaner, stone bench tops, 2.7m ceilings, hydraulic lift (in the two level) quality taps, door furniture and cabine-try, solar panels and solar hot water, but most of all its the style, space and con-venient living.

Sick of living with a big yard, miles of lawn, constant gardening and never any time to get away, come and have a look at Tuncunba display homes today. concluded Peter.

Image Pilates is held weekly at Tuncun-ba Hall

Tuncunba Hall activities include Pilates classes held on Tuesday mornings at

9.15am and 10.15am, Weight Watch-ers on Wednesdays at 5.30pm and Trib-al Dancers on Mondays at 6.30pm. All these are open to the public and the Hall is for hire 0418 749 723 for bookings. Tuncunba residents also enjoy a Board Games afternoon on Thursday and Sun-day with afternoon tea.

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Its not a retirement village!

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by Margaret Missen

April saw eighteen Rainbow Beach Over60s carpooling it to Marybor-ough to explore the history of this fascinat-ing city. Thanks mainly to the awesome or-ganising skills of Helen and Don, the very full day ran like clockwork. And it was a great day. Some were fortunate enough to

make the journey to Maryborough in Dons refurbished combivan, reliving memories of the 60s!

We shared Maryborough with the Ulyss-es Motorcycle Club who were holding their AGM there. But there were also quite a few regular tourists. All the venues were open in spite of the terrible floods that swept the city again in January 2013 when they were still recovering from the floods of 2012. In fact the whole town was looking its best.

After morning tea at the Artspace, our day included exploring the gallery and mu-seums, a guided bus tour of the city, and lunch at the Carriers Arms Hotel. We only had the day so,we were able to get only a tantalising glimpse of the many interest-ing venues around the town, such as Ol-sens Engineering Works, and Br