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Just before this edition went to press I received an email from the Moreton Bay Regional Council media department with the subject heading “Moreton Bay Economy Strongest in State.”According to an analysis of 67 local governments by the Australian Local Government Association, Moreton Bay has Queensland’s strongest economy.Throughout the press release Moreton Bay Mayor Allan Sutherland spruiks the region with terms such as “forward momentum”, “strong economic growth” and “grow even stronger”.He says “confi dence in the Moreton Bay Region is at an all-time high”, with more than 12,300 local jobs created in the last 12 months whilst attracting international businesses like Costco and Ikea.The press release also states that the Moreton Bay Region leads the state in residential lot sales and is in the top two council areas for lot registrations.Therein lies a dilemma. How long can Council keep pushing for more business and more residents without diminishing the amenity, beauty and liveability of the region? Or have we already passed the tipping point?

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A rates increase of almost two per cent for most householders will be offset by some major capital works

around the region.Mayor Allan Sutherland said Moreton

Bay Regional Council’s $513 million budget for the 2015-16 fi nancial year “continues the region’s strong focus on region-building infrastructure, jobs and delivering value for money for residents”.

The average increase in total rates and charges for owner-occupier households over the next fi nancial year will be 1.89 per cent. Seventy per cent of the region’s residential owner-occupiers will pay an extra 50 cents or less per week.

Mayor Sutherland said the budget would help maintain Moreton Bay’s position “as one of the south east corner’s lowest rating local government areas”.

“Doing what we can to reduce the cost of living for hard working families has been a priority for council,” he said.

“We’ve continued to tighten our belt to fi nd ongoing savings to deliver one of the smallest rate rises in Moreton Bay Regional Council’s seven-year history.”

The budget includes a $151.7 million capital works program, $93 million for renewal and improvements of local roads,

and $24 million for new parks and sport and recreation infrastructure.

Another key component of the budget is plans for a university campus at Petrie.

Corporate Services spokesperson Cr Bob Millar said the budget included an operat-ing surplus of $39 million and was coun-cil’s fi fth successive operating surplus.

“Our total debt or borrowings are expected to be $390 million, which offset against council’s community assets are equivalent to a $27,622 mortgage on a $400,000 family home,” he said.

“Our balance sheet demonstrates this is a council that is living within its means.

“It’s that commitment to a strong and sustainable region that’s driving business confi dence in our region and delivered more than 12,300 new local jobs in the last 12 months alone.”

Read about budget funding highlights for your area at www.thewesterner.com.au

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The efforts of George Thompson and Grace Lye have been recognised by the community they put so much

effort in to help.The pair was named Resident of the

Year and Young Achiever, respectively, at this year’s Dayboro Community Awards in recognition of their contribution to the town.

The Dayboro District Progress Association gives the Resident of the Year award to a community mem-ber who has made a “signifi cant cont-ribution” to the community.

Mr Thompson is currently president of the Dayboro Show Society, having been involved with the group for 15 years.

He has also volunteered on the P&C committee at Dayboro State School.

Mr Thompson said he felt very privileged and honoured to be given the award.

“You do this volunteer work not to win awards such as what I won; you do it to contribute back towards the community and make the community that we live in a better place,” the Dayboro resident said.

“When you’re nominated and receive

awards like this it’s very humbling and it makes you feel good.

“It was a fairly complete surprise until about half an hour before the ceremony because a couple of funny things happ-ened. I was sort of starting to tweak that

something might be up.”Ms Lye was awarded for “outstanding

personal achievement” but said she had no inkling she was in the running for the Young Achiever award.

“I was very shocked and humbled. I didn’t see it coming at all,” she said.

“I wasn’t even paying attention when they were reading out the award until my mum basically glared at me and said, “Pay attention”, because she knew I was getting it.”

The 20-year-old’s long list of achieve-

ments include being a member of her local Rural Fire Brigade, helping to run a mentoring program for young girls in Dayboro and Mt Mee, and fundraising for the Cancer Council.

She will soon start studying for a Bach-elor of Theology at the Brisbane School of Theology.

As an active member of her church, the Mt Pleasant resident co-founded a Friday night youth group for high school students.

“I started it up with the local chaplain probably about a year or

more ago. Since then we’ve been slowly getting bigger and bigger,” she said.

“It gives them (local youth) a safe place and safe people to know they can trust and they can have fun with, but know they’re protected and valued.

“We also teach them about God, letting them know there’s a god who values them as well.

“It’s been great and the kids just are really having a great time and they keep coming back.”

– Damian Staveley

Awards highlight hard working locals

Dayboro Young Achiever Grace Lye, with State Member for Pine Rivers Nikki Boyd, and Resident of the Year George Thompson. Photos by Nadine Andersen Photography.

In the community

Going under the name Cyprien, John has been wrestling for seven years and will appear at the Homecoming II event at Bray Park this Saturday.

I wanted to wrestle because... it’s almost like watching a super hero and a super villain collide every match. Who doesn’t love to watch a battle?What I enjoy most about the sport… Unlike in movies it’s not always your predictable ending and sometimes the bad guy actually wins.Qualities needed to become a good wrestler… Consistency and learning all the basics. A lot of people see we do fl ips and jumps. Anyone coming into the industry expects to do that straight away. It’s not the case. You learn to crawl before you leap, so to speak. The biggest misconception about wrestling... is “it doesn’t hurt”. Every-one has got this idea in their head that it doesn’t take a toll on your body. Is Cyprien a lover or a fi ghter? I’m honestly a lover, this is why I come to the ring with a rose. When I wrestle a match you’ll see me more have fun in the ring. I’ll more try and embarrass my opponent or get a laugh rather than use hard wrestling ability. The best piece of advice I have been given... To keep at it. A lot of people have either made fun of what I do or said I couldn’t do it. There’s no better feeling then proving naysayers wrong.When I was young the job I wanted to do when I grew up… Professional wrestler. Seeing these larger than life guys on TV getting cheered or booed always sent a shiver down my spine. Something most people don’t know about me… In my spare time I actually go to hospital and events to help out in my wrestling gear. It’s really heart-warming making someone’s day. If I could do one thing to make the world a better place... I’d honestly like to change everything. For example, having a dispute? Wrestle for it. World leaders having a dispute? Wrestle for it. I wouldn’t settle things with war or verbal yelling. What a world it would be if that’s how you could settle an argument!

Homecoming II is on at Pine Rivers PCYC, Francis Road, Bray Park on 27 June from 6pm. Book tickets on 0421 578 342 or at www.sticky tickets.com.au/26358

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Winners: Love & Mercy movie tickets: M. Little (Cashmere), S. Withers (Samford Valley), H. Kaufmann (Bunya), J. Williams (Eatons Hill), S Geitz (Kobble Creek); A Double Shot of Happiness books: N. Horacek (Dayboro), J. Hodge (Chermside West), L. Rasmussen (Dayboro); Good Enough For a Sheep Station book: M. Phair (Wights Mountain); Girl’s Guide To Basic Crochet book: H. Ballantyne (Cashmere); Simply Sweet book: V. Spotswood (Mt Samson); Daughter of the Territory books: D. Neaves (Laceys Creek), T. O’Brien (Strathpine), K. McDuff (Armstrong Creek), E. Heathfi eld (Arana Hills).

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Steroid traffi cking charges, Samford: A 43-year-old Samford Valley man is due to reappear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on 13 July on charges including traffi cking and possessing dangerous drugs and unlawful possession of weapons. Police executed a search warrant at a Samford Valley address where they allegedly found 11 vials of steroids, unlawfully obtained prescription medication, capsicum spray and an extendible baton. The charges follow a four-month investigation, which also led police to a Brendale storage unit where they allegedly uncovered 923 vials of steroids and other medication.

Break and Enters, Pine Rivers: Thieves attempted to break into homes at Drapers Road at Eatons Hill and Delawar Road and Ballyalla Crescent at Warner during the week ending 19 June. The thieves tried to gain entry to the dwellings by cutting security mesh, jemmying and kicking a front door, and removing a fl y screen.

Neighbourhood Watch Awards: Pine Rivers Crime Prevention Unit is encour-aging community members to nominate a worthy Neighbourhood Watch member or Neighbourhood Watch Police Liaison Offi cer for the Neighbourhood Watch Queensland Awards, honouring dedicated people who support crime prevention. Submit a nomination by emailing [email protected] by 9 July. For more details go to www.nhwq.org.

Stolen motor vehicles, Pine Rivers: A white Landcruiser vehicle and horse fl oat was stolen from a car park at Leitchs Road, Brendale on 17 June. The vehicle has not been recovered. A silver PeeWee 50 motorbike was stolen from a house at Panorama Street, Bray Park on 17 June and has not been recovered.

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: Raising awareness of elder abuse, neglect and exploitation, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is held annually on 15 June. Elder abuse is any act within a relationship of trust which results in harm to an older person. Common forms of elder abuse include emotional, fi nancial and physical abuse and neglect. This year’s campaign, “Trust Your Instinct”, encourages people to call the Elder Abuse Helpline on 1300 651 192 for advice and support if they are concerned that a friend, family member or neighbour is experiencing elder abuse.

POLICE BEAT

There was once a time when Geoff Henderson wasn’t a member of the Samsonvale Rural Fire Brigade.

But that was more than half a century ago.

The then teenager joined his local bush fi re group more than 60 years ago, a few fi re seasons after moving to Kobble Creek.

“I think I was a member before I was of legal age,” Geoff recalls. “I remember joining up in 1953 but I wasn’t 16 then.

“In those days if there was a fi re every-body turned up, no overalls... just what-ever you had. A knapsack, a wet bag, green bush or whatever you had to fi ght a fi re with.”

The 76-year-old says the sense of community was galvanised by the spirit shown by local volunteer fi refi ghters.

“Everybody in the district, all the farmers as we were – dairy (and) banana farmers, pineapple growers – we were all friends and everybody knew everybody,” he said.

“When there was a big fi re around everybody would turn up if they could

and lend a hand. They knew damn well that one day it might be their turn to have a bad fi re and they’d need a hand too.”

A Life Member of the Samsonvale Rural Fire Brigade who also served as its First Offi cer, Geoff says there have been quite a few fi res that have been “a bit blooming risky”.

“One we had over at the southern end of Basin Road South we were there for fi ve days on that,” he recalls.

“I kept a record of all the blokes that were there and what equipment we had, and we put over 500 man hours into that.

“Only one bloke got a little bit of smoke inhalation and I was bloody proud of my effort there, as First Offi cer.”

Family ties strongly bind the Hender-sons to Samsonvale Rural Fire Brigade, with Geoff’s son Craig now the Brigade’s First Offi cer, and daughter-in-law Liane involved with the rural fi re service at a regional level.

When asked when he might retire, Geoff joked: “They won’t let me go!”

Anyone interested in joining Samson-vale Rural Fire Brigade can phone 0408 614 921.

Passion still burns for Geoff

Geoff Henderson, left, with his son Craig, has been a member of the Samsonvale Rural Fire Brigade for more than 60 years.

As a well-known real estate agent the late Peter Campbell was often the fi rst point of contact for families

moving to Albany Creek.Now a memorial garden named in his

honour will be the fi rst part of Albany Creek people walking into the suburb will see.

Mr Campbell, who passed away last October at the age of 66 after battling cancer, was a long-time real estate agent and supporter of community groups and schools and a patron of the arts.

A patron of the Albany Creek Garden Club, his passion for gardening led to the establishment of the memorial garden at Mahaca Park in Albany Creek.

“We created a garden as a tribute to

him and for all his work in the past. His family I think were very pleased that we organised it,” Albany Creek Garden Club spokesperson Rosemary Leiss said.

“He was involved in a lot of community organisations in Albany Creek and the surrounds and was very much involved in charities, and was very much interested in schools being involved in the gardening process.”

Moreton Bay Regional Council provided 300 native plants and a dedicated park bench with a memorial plaque for the Peter Campbell Memorial Garden, which is located just near the border of Albany Creek (Moreton Bay) and Bridgeman Downs (Brisbane).

Janie Campbell, Matthew Campbell, Sue Campbell and Sallie Campbell in the memorial garden at Albany Creek in honour of the late Peter Campbell.

Community Community stalwart’s stalwart’s legacy legacy lives on in lives on in memorial memorial gardengarden


Memorial Showgrounds 3512 Mt Mee Road

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4th & 5th July 2015

60th Annual

Gate prices: Adults $10.00, Pensioners $8.00,

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From livestock to laser skirmish, home-made jams to helicopter rides and free-range poultry

to freestyle motocross, there have been a lot of changes at the Dayboro Show over six decades.

With its program of entertainment a mix of modern attractions with traditional favourites, this year’s 60th edition of the show is a far cry from the event which had humble beginnings back in the 1950s.

Carmel Bond from the Dayboro District Historical Society said the inaugural show, a showcase of the fruits of labour of farmers in the district, was held almost one year to the day after the Dayboro War Memorial Grounds opened in 1955.

“As it was diffi cult to raise funds to pay for the land, it was suggested that a Dayboro Show be held,” Mrs Bond said.

The Dayboro Show’s fi rst committee was Norm Kelly (President), Eric Brander (Secretary) and Charles Kennedy (Treasurer), with Chris Henzell, Vicky Kelly and Vera Todd the Ladies’ Auxiliary.

The fi rst Dayboro Show was held on 13 October 1956, with more than 1000 people

paying an admission fee the equivalent of 25 cents to attend the one-day event.

“The fi rst show was such a wonderful success that the second show was extended to a two-day event by adding several new sections and classes to the schedule,” Mrs Bond said.

The Dayboro Show grew to be held over three days but reverted back to a two-day event in 2013.

This weekend’s show will feature horse events, fi re-works, sideshow alley, farm

animal and reptile displays, woodchopping, showbags, gold panning, trackless train rides, sled dogs and pavilion and trade exhibits.

Entertainment highlights will include puppet shows, Bumbles the Balloonatic Clown, comedy duo The Grannies, and live music from the likes of Live Wired and Memphis Moovers.

The Dayboro Show is on 4-5 July at Dayboro War Memorial Grounds, 3512 Mt Mee Road, Dayboro. For a full show schedule and ticketing details visit www.dayboroshowsociety.com

Dayboro Showgirl Riley Lye, of Mt Pleasant.

Country a drawcard for show visitors

Riley Lye would passionately spruik the merits of her local show even if she wasn’t this year’s Dayboro Showgirl.

The 20-year-old has been attending the annual Dayboro Show since she was a child and would “be here enjoying it” even if she wasn’t the face of next month’s event.

The Mt Pleasant resident said the family show, to be held on 4-5 July, was “a really good way of bringing tourists to Dayboro”.

“I think anyone who lives in the city or in the suburbs has often got that interest to be a part of the country in a way, and the show is a nice way to give people that opportunity,” she said.

“It’s very exciting for Dayboro to open itself up to such a wide range of people, from everywhere from Kilcoy, to Warner, to Brisbane.”

Ms Lye believes smaller rural shows will always have a place in the hearts of show-goers.

“The Ekka can be very overwhelming and a lot of people don’t go there because of the massive crowds... and because it’s expensive and easy to get lost and lose kids,” she said. “The Dayboro Show is much more personal.

“I think it’s got a really nice range of all ages that it has an attraction for... but anyone would want to be there for the fi reworks!

“Especially across social media you see my generation picking up on advertising and promoting these events... and inviting their friends.”

Norm Kelly was the fi rst president of the Dayboro Show Society, which will host its 60th show on 4-5 July.

Swinging sixtieth for show


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Juliette Ashby doesn’t mind the fact that she will need to take a handful of plane fl ights to reach her destinat-

ion in the United States.The Ocean View aviation enthusiast

is heading to Huntsville, Alabama this weekend to attend the NASA Space Camp.

She is one of 20 students from Aviation High School attending the fi ve-day camp, which includes simulated space shuttle missions, training simulators and lectures on space exploration.

“I will be in the mission specialist group; they’re the ones who do the scuba diving and the satellite changing,” Juliette said.

“The other half (of students) are in the pilot group... simulating taking off in the shuttle.”

Juliette’s passion for fl ight started when she emigrated from England to Australia when she was eight years old.

“When we fl ew over I was quite inter-ested in how we got here in the plane and I always wondered, ‘How does that work?’,” she recalls.

“The best job... that would be really cool would be something space related. The idea of going to space has always been a childhood dream.”

The Aviation High students will also spend a week in Florida, visiting the John F. Kennedy Space Centre and the Cape Canaveral space shuttle launch site.

Juliette Ashby will spend a week at the NASA Space Camp in the USA.


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A local school choral group is the inaugural winner of an award dedi-cated to a much-loved Australian

composer and educator.The Samford State School Senior Choir

won the Harley Mead Encouragement Award at the Queensland Youth Music Awards held at The Gap on 4 June.

It is the fi rst time the trophy, named in honour of musician and composer Harley Mead, who passed away last September, has been awarded.

Mr Mead worked throughout Australia and overseas developing music education programs for young musicians.

His compositions, of around 100 titles, have been performed in Australia, Uganda,

Canada, Thailand, Argentina, New Zealand, England, USA and Malaysia.

Samford State School music teacher and conductor Bridget Anese said the school choir had previously performed a number of Harley Mead pieces, including I Believe.

“Harley was all about getting students to love singing, and to sing with passion and enthusiasm,” Ms Anese said.

“The award was given to the choir who showed dedication to creating beautiful music with enthusiasm. I believe this shows the spirit of (our) Senior Choir well.

“After talking to the students about who Harley was and what he meant to the music community, the students were very proud.”

Extra, extra! Read all about it! Dayboro State School has some of the best young readers in

Brisbane!Dayboro’s team of Holly Thomas, Eleni

Dowling, Scarlett Rutherford and Amy Robinson beat Padua College to win the Brisbane North Region Readers Cup.

Twenty-six teams from 20 schools participated in the competition held at Kurwongbah State School on 11 June.

A second Dayboro team consisting of Keita Armstrong, Stephanie Ohman, Molly Fisher and Jazmin van Welzen-Fulbrook placed equal third with St Anthony’s Primary School of Kedron.

Organised by the Queensland branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, the competition sees teams of four school students read a set of books then answer quiz questions relating to the texts.

Each round of competition had two questions from each of the fi ve books the students had to read – Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out in the Rain by Steven Herrick, Roses Are Blue by Sally Murphy, Billionaire’s Curse by Richard Newsome,

Con-Nerd by Oliver Phommavanh, and The Soldier’s Gift by Tony Palmer.

Dayboro State School will now compete in the Readers Cup State Final, contested by winners of 18 regional competitions around Queensland, for the fi rst time in Brisbane in September.

Dayboro State School’s winning Readers Cup team of Scarlett Rutherford, Eleni Dowling, Holly Thomas and Amy Robinson.

Samford school choir on songSamford school singers Alana Sims and Prue Ashwell with conductor Bridget Anese.

Dayboro readers booked in for fi nal


with Damian StaveleyREELTIME

Jurassic WorldJurassic World

It’s been 22 years since the fi rst Jurassic Park fi lm graced our screens and 14 years since Jurassic Park 3. In the meantime, Isla Nubar, the island upon which nothing but havoc seems to be wreaked, has been transformed into a dinosaur theme park and research facility.Jurassic World introduces Gray (Ty Simpkins) and Zach (Nick Robinson), brothers about to fl y to Jurassic World to spend time with their Aunt Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard), who works on the island. Claire is largely busy though, with preparations underway for the launch of a new dinosaur, the Indominus Rex, aimed at providing a boost to the park’s balance sheet.It is a genetic mash-up of several dinosaur species, created by a research team spearheaded by Doctor Wu (BD Wong, the only cast member from the fi rst fi lm present here) to provide crowds with something bigger, scarier and with more teeth. “No one’s impressed with dinosaurs anymore,” Claire reasons to investors.However, Indominus Rex is a highly intelligent animal. Owen (Chris Pratt), an ex-soldier and dinosaur trainer, is the only one who seems to appreciate the dangers of creating such a monster. Only when Indominus escapes does everyone else seem to catch on.Initial calls to immediately kill the beast are ignored. After spending so much money on its creation, the park’s corporate overlord, Masrani (Irrfan Khan), seeks initially to use non-lethal means. Simultaneously, Hoskins (Vincent D’Onofrio), the brutish employee of private security fi rm InGen, has visions of weaponising the park’s Velociraptors as, basically, attack dogs. That goes down really well with Owen, seemingly the only person unhappy about the fl agrant animal abuse taking place on the island.It is hard not to see Claire’s proclamations about dinosaurs being rendered unexciting to the masses as some ironic joke about the fi lm itself, which director Colin Trevorrow and the fi lm’s four screenwriters seem in on. They go above and beyond to thrill the audience and scatter the fi lm with humorous references to how self-aware they are of Jurassic World’s status in the pecking line of sequels.Yet, with all that is going on, the fi lm’s predict-ability means you are never really instilled with a great a sense of danger or suspense. The fi lm picks up some pace towards the end, but even in its biggest moments, such as when a group of Pterodactyls attack an unsuspecting public, you never come close to experiencing terror.Maybe audiences these days are just more desensitised to fi lms such as these, but for all of Jurassic World’s technological advances, the dinosaurs never seem real enough to instil any fear in you.

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a r t sFaithful band devotee now ordained in Steve’s Church

“Fantastically strange” is how former Powderfi nger guitarist Ian Haug describes playing in another iconic

Australian rock act.“I was actually at a funeral, in between

the service and the wake and I got a call when I was sitting in traffi c. It was him,” said Haug, who lives at Camp Mountain.

‘Him’ was Steve Kilbey of The Church, the band responsible for hit songs such as ‘Under the Milky Way’, ‘The Unguarded Moment’, ‘Metropolis’ and ‘Almost With You’ and 21 acclaimed albums.

“He said, ‘If I was to ask you to join The Church what would you say?’, and I said, ‘I would probably say yes’,” Haug recalls.

“It’s quite surreal being in a band that I grew up being a big fan of.

“When I fi rst started to play guitar I was always trying to learn lines from Church songs so now I’m in the band there’s plenty of the old songs I’ve had to learn properly,

rather than the way I worked it out when I was a kid.

“This tour we’re about to do in Australia we’re playing (1982 album) The Blurred Crusade the whole way through and that’s one of the records that I listened to when it was released.”

Following eight shows across Australia in July, including two at The Triffi d in Brisbane, The Church will embark on a 27-date tour of North America.

“The audience (for The Church) over there is much bigger than what Powder-fi nger ever had,” Haug explains.

“Powderfi nger was playing to a lot of (Australian) expats whereas The Church defi nitely has fans in every country.

“The Church... have an audience which are a very, very faithful audience. It’s sort of almost like the Grateful Dead audience, they’re really rabid fans and they travel around to see lots of shows.

“I’ve always loved playing live, that’s kind of my main impetus for being a musician, to be able to play the songs. Ultimately, the interaction between a band and the audience is immediate and to be able to do that again I count myself very lucky.”

The Church’s 4 July show at The Triffi d is sold out with limited tickets available for the 5 July concert.

Read the full interview with Ian Haug at www.thewesterner.com.au

Pork belly sliders withspicy caramel sauce

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1kg boneless pork belly1 cup water½ cup sugar1–2 long red chillies, de-seeded1 teaspoon fi sh sauce1 tablespoon soy saucejuice of half a lime½ cup fresh cilantro/coriandersalt and pepper to taste12 brioche buns

makes 12

Preheat the oven at 220°C.

Score the pork belly skin at 1cm inter-vals in squares the same size as the buns. Place the pork on a rack in a roasting pan, skin-side up. Pat dry the pork belly with paper towel and rub salt into the skin. Pour water into the roast-ing pan, enough to fi ll the pan to just under the rack. Place in the oven and roast for 30 minutes or until the skin is crispy. Reduce the heat to 180°C and roast for a further 1 ½ hours or until the meat is tender, topping up with water as necessary. Remove the pork and cut into squares to fi t the buns, as scored before cooking.

In a saucepan, bring the water and sugar to the boil. Boil until it starts to caramelise. Add the chillies, fi sh sauce and the soy. Reduce the heat and sim-mer until the liquid has reduced by half, squeeze in the lime juice then set aside for later use.

Slice the buns in half lengthways.

To assemble the sliders, add a piece of pork and drizzle over with some cara-mel dressing.

Top with a few cilantro leaves then the top bun. Hold together with a cocktail stick.

Serve with a fresh Asian-style coleslaw

WinTrendy mini burgers – sliders – are the latest food trend for entertaining and tapas style eating. One of the big attractions is the fantastic buns they’re served in, and the fi llings you can use to make the perfect party appetiser or main meal. In Sliders, David Cowie offers a selection of fi llings for your sliders to cater for all tastes, including seafood, meat, vegetarian and quinoa.

The Westerner has one copy of Sliders (New Holland Publishers) to give away. For your chance to win send your name and contact details to: Eating In Competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale BC, 4500. Entries close 6 July.

Former Powderfi nger guitarist Former Powderfi nger guitarist Ian Haug now plays with his Ian Haug now plays with his childhood music heroes The childhood music heroes The

Church. Photo by Malcolm Viles.Church. Photo by Malcolm Viles.


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PINE RIVERS CATCHMENT ASSOCIATION: Activities relating to integrated catchment management. Meets 2nd Tuesday of month at Kumbartcho Sanctuary, 15 Bunya Pine Ct, Eatons Hill. Phone Graham 3264 5485.PINE RIVERS VIEW CLUB: meets 3rd Wed of month for lunch at Murrumba Downs Tavern, 10.30 for 11am. Interesting speaker. Outing 1st Wed of month. Ladies come and meet new friends. Vistors welcome. Ph Sandra 3425 2738 or Joy 3285 5989.PROBUS CLUB SAMFORD VALLEY: meets 3rd Thursday of each month, 10am at Samford Bowls Club. Guest speakers, monthly outings. Contact Val 3289 6443.QUEENSLAND STEAM & VINTAGE MACHINERY SOCIETY: located at Old Petrie Town, open 9am - 1pm Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays. ‘Live Steam’ day first Sunday of month, when we fire up the boilers and run big engines as they were meant to operate. Experience the sights and sounds of steam power. Ph Chris 3353 2349.SAMFORD AND SURROUNDS ARTS TRAIL AND OPEN STUDIOS: 30 local artists exhibiting works in 19 venues at Samford, Highvale, Camp Mountain, Mt Glorious, Yugar, Cedar Creek, Mt Samson, Ocean View, King Scrub, Cashmere. Every weekend in June, 10am to 3pm. Visit www.facebook.com/samfordarts trailSAMFORD AREA MENS’ SHED: meet every Tuesday at 9.30am for coffee and a chat, with guest speaker last Tuesday of the month, at Samford Showgrounds pavilion. Activities include woodworking, steelworking, gardening, photography, computers. Email: [email protected]. Ph 0487 232 328.SAMFORD ART & CRAFT ASSOC: at the Slab Hut, John Scott Park, Main St, Samford. Wide selection of locally produced art and craft items. 10am-4pm, 7 days a week. New members welcome. Ph 3289 3113. www.thehutsamfordartandcraft.com

SAMFORD DISTRICT HISTORICAL & MUSEUM SOCIETY: Museum open Wed and Sun 10am-3pm, Station St, Samford Village. Local & family history, research & displays. Group visits & tours by appointment. Ph: 3289 2743, web:. www.samfordmuseum.com.au. SAMFORD HASH: meets every Sunday at 5pm (summer) or 4pm (winter). One hour social walk or run followed by drinks & meal. All levels of fitness welcome. www.samfordhash.blogspot.comSAMFORD RSL: A pension officer attends every Tuesday and Thursday 9am - 12pm at 6 Progress St, Samford Village. A JP is usually in attendance during those hours. Please call 3289 6928 for an appointment. Email to [email protected] re: our meetings and functions.SAMFORD VALLEY MARKETS: 2nd Saturday of month (excluding January), 7am-12pm, cnr Mt Samson Rd & Serendipity Drive, Samford. Fresh produce, arts & crafts, cakes inc. gluten free, plants, BBQ, morning teas, coffee. 40-50 stalls - new ones welcome. Ph Kate 0414 550 302.SAMFORD WRITERS GROUP: meets the 1st Thursday of month. First-time or experienced writers, all genres. New members welcome. Email essential. Phone Barbara Cook on 3289 3046 or email [email protected] or [email protected]. Web: www.samford writers.orgWOODFORD MUSEUM AND ART CENTRE: Open 10am-3pm each holiday Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and 3rd Sunday (Market Day) of each month. Group visits & tours by appointment. Ph 5496 1389 or 5496 1092.ZONTA CLUB OF PINE RIVERS: improving the lives of women & children locally & globally. Dinner meetings 2nd Wed of each month (except January), 6.30pm at Eatons Hill Hotel. Dinner $25pp. Phone 0413 451 764 or 0417 615 405 or email [email protected]

It’s a dateIt’s a date27–28 JUNESamford & Surrounds Arts Trail & Open StudiosFinal weekend of 30 local artists exhibiting works in 19 venues. www.facebook.com/samfordartstrail

30 JUNE–10 JULYMoreton Bay Libraries – School Holiday Workshops Free activities for ages 13-17 such as filmmaking and gaming tournament. www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/mashitup

3 JULYDayboro Show Presentation & Preview Eveningincluding presentations for champion indoor exhibits at Dayboro Showgrounds. Phone 0429 896 941.

4 JULYAkmal on stageComedian Akmal live at Eatons Hill Hotel. www.eatonshillhotel.com.au. WIN TICKETS at www.thewesterner.com.au


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Name: Steve BruceBusiness: Dividing Line Fencing Established: 2011Based at: Mt Samson

What services does your business offer? Rural and residential fencing, timber paling, post and rail fencing, dog and livestock fencing, horse yards and stables, post slamming, gates (timber and mesh), pool fencing and fencing supplies for the DIY, and fi rewood.What areas do your clients come from? Samford, Dayboro, Warner, Cashmere, Albany Creek and the surrounding areas.What was your company’s fi rst job? My fi rst job was in Samford, but what I remember most about my fi rst job is pulling over to help a lady because her horse fl oat had become detached from her car.How did you make your fi rst dollar? Working in a hardware shop.How did you get into your current line of work? I had been contract fencing and working in the building

industry for over 20 years and wanted to give it a go myself.

Why is a business like yours so important? Providing customers with a product that satisfi es their fencing needs, whether it be containing live-stock, their pet dog or keeping unwanted animals out, whilst increasing the value of their property.

What sort of clients does your business provide services to? Dads and mums, grandpas and grandmas, horse owners, property developers and business owners.

What is the most unique job your business has undertaken? Modifying and installing a set of fl ood gates that worked a treat in the 2012 rains.

Before your current job, what were your previous occupations? I am a

shopfi tter by trade, builder’s labourer, fencing contractor and crane driver.What do your customers most appreciate about your services? Good old-fashioned customer service and quality fencing.What is the best part of your job? Working outdoors and exceeding the customer’s expectations.Your advice for anyone considering working in your line of work. Be prepared to work very hard.If you didn’t work in your current job, what job would you like to do? Helicopter pilot.How do you spend your spare time? Fishing and camping, spending time with friends and family.Phone Dividing Line Fencing on 0415 491 441 or 3289 4616 or visit www.dividinglinefencing.com.au

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Plans by a Samford horse riding club to construct a new storage shed is motoring along thanks to a

partnership with a vehicle manufacturer. Samford Riding for the Disabled

Association (RDA) has received a funding boost as one of the fi rst recipients of the Holden Home Ground Advantage comm-unity grants initiative.

Zupps Aspley Holden’s James Malone presented Clare Emerson from Samford RDA with a cheque for $9000 on 12 June.

Riding for the Disabled provides horse-

riding lessons for children and adults with intellectual and physical disabilities.

Samford RDA Secretary Jane Marsh said the grant would help to fund a dedicated tack shed for storing saddles and riding equipment at the group’s headquarters at the Samford Showgrounds.

“As a not-for-profi t group committed to assisting people with disabilities to achieve the best they can, we are very pleased to have been successful in securing this funding,” Ms Marsh said.

“As well as allowing us to improve facil-

ities at the centre, a dedicated tack shed conveniently close to where the horses and riders prepare for lessons will mean much less manual labour for our volunteers.”

Construction of the new shed at Highvale is scheduled to begin in July.

Grants of up to $100,000 are being awarded to sporting clubs through the Holden Home Ground Advantage scheme.

Applications for the next round of fund-ing close 31 August. Learn more about the grants programme at www.holden.com.au/homegroundadvantage.

Horsepower helps equine group

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Samford RDA President Clare Emerson and James Malone from

Zupps Aspley Holden celebrate funding for the horse riding group.

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They are a rarity on local drag racing tracks – a husband and wife with a shared need for speed.

Joyner’s Grant and Debbie O’Rourke have been burning rubber and speeding along tracks across the country for more than two decades.

They are the only married couple in professional-level drag racing in Australia.

Grant is one of Australia’s best drivers in the Top Doorslammer category, winning a round of the national drag racing tour last year in Adelaide.

Currently the lone female Group 1 professional racer in Australia, Debbie competes in the Top Alcohol bracket with a career best fi fth place in the Australian championship.

“We took the plunge and bought a car and did it together and started in Sydney about 20 years ago after watching a

number of events and getting a bit of a buzz,” Debbie recalls.

“We worked our way up the ranks from the slower cars right up to the professional rankings of where I am now.”

One of Grant’s career highlights was having “the quickest small box sedan in the world for two to three years back in the late-90s and early 2000s”.

“What keeps me in it (the sport) is the challenge to do better, go faster than your last run at your last meeting,” he said.

“It certainly comes down to refi ning and tune ups with the best parts you can buy.”

Debbie agrees drivers are “always on that quest to go quicker.”

The Australian National Drag Racing Association championship starts in July at the Hidden Valley track in Darwin.

Grant and Debbie fi nished fourth and seventh in their respective national

championship categories last season.“We had a few dramas along the way

this year,” Debbie explains.“We were subject to a robbery at the

beginning of the year and quite a lot of our inventory was stolen, unfortunately.

“We had to recover from that and we were probably not where we would like to be (in the championship).”

Earlier this month O’Rourke Racing took part in the season-ending Winternationals event at Willowbank Raceway, the biggest drag racing event outside of the USA.

Grant says racing on his home track is never a real advantage.

“A track is a track on the day; everybody’s got to deal with it,” he said.

– Lee Oliver

He says off-road triathlon is a big challenge but it’s one that Max Neumann has accepted with

aplomb.The 20-year-old from Mt Samson,

pictured, is getting ready to compete at the ITU Cross Triathlon World Champion-ship in Italy.

A promising triathlete who used to train with Olympian Emma Jackson and has previously raced in France, China, Fiji and New Zealand, Neumann competes in both the on-road and off-road (cross) forms of the sport.

He says the off-road format is tougher, noting the bike leg “is mainly the biggest difference”.

“Normally in triathlons you just sit in the bunch and the ride can be pretty cruisy some days,” Neumann explains. “With off-road it’s always full gas the whole way, up and down with sharp climbs.

“You’ve always got to be on your toes in off-road tri or you’ll be off your (handle) bars and fall into a creek.

“When you get off the bike your legs are absolutely wrecked, and then you’ve got to run a 10km trail run with creek crossings and all these other obstacles.”

The cross triathlon world championship

event in Sardinia in September will be one of the most scenic race routes that Neumann has tackled.

It consists of a 1.5km swim in the Mediterranean Sea, followed by a 30km bike ride on sandy and off-road tracks in a nature park, fi nishing with a 10km run on beaches and sections of bush trails.

“I’m not expecting anything too big but (to fi nish) top 10 or around that I would be pretty stoked,” said Neumann, who placed third behind Courtney Atkinson and Ben Allen at the Oceania Champion-ship in February.

“Then I’d be hoping to improve over the next few years… as I get a bit older.”

A well-performed runner from a young age, Neumann says a key to his continued development in triathlon was improving his swimming, which he only started at the age of 16.

“I used to do a bit of orienteering back in the day and that was probably the perfect training for off-road triathlons,” he said.

“It’s been a hard journey to get my swimming up. It’s taken four years and I’m still going.”

Neumann will ramp up his preparations for the cross triathlon world titles with races in China and Japan next month.

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