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When I studied at university the travel between home and campus was often more arduous than a tedious lecture.Daily travel on public transport from Ferny Hills to the Griffi th University campus at Nathan, in Brisbane’s south, comprised of a train journey and a bus ride or two.Currently around 70 per cent of some 19,000 tertiary students living in the Moreton Bay Region travel out of the area to attend university. I would have been one of that number back in my student days.That’s why I think the decision by Moreton Bay Regional Council to try to establish a university campus in this area is a good move for local students and potential employees. Council’s $50 million purchase of land at Petrie for a uni campus may appear risky but this foresight – a word not always associated with government – is to be commended.A stumbling block would be the ability of local roads, such as popular traffi c routes Gympie Road and ANZAC Avenue, to handle higher volumes of cars, especially when the Bruce Highway is jammed. But if the campus’ students fervently patron-ised public transport, the uni would be a win for locals.

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Council enrols support for uniBy Lee Oliver

Aleading demographer is supporting Moreton Bay Regional Council as it pushes ahead for plans to establish

a new university campus in the region.World-renowned demographer Bernard

Salt says in his view the Moreton Bay area is “the best location for a new university campus in Australia”.

His opinion is based on “current and future demographics” and statistics that suggest 90 per cent of tertiary students living in the region travel up to three hours a day to attend university outside the area.

“The greater Moreton Bay Region curr-ently generates 19,000 students locally, but there are only 6000 local university places,” Mr Salt said.

“Around 13,000 of these students are travelling to the Brisbane CBD to study. No other part of any major city in Australia is as poorly serviced by local universities.

“Doing nothing to address this lack of access to a local, major higher education campus would condemn the next gen-eration to limited job opportunities and put a handbrake on this region’s economic development and prosperity.”

Moreton Bay Regional Council has ear-marked the former Amcor paper mill at Petrie, a 200-hectare site it purchased in July this year for $50.5 million, as its preferred option for a university precinct.

Mayor Allan Sutherland says plans to transform the land into a university campus was about “building a bright future for the region” through “world-class education and employment opportunities”.

He says a large local tertiary education precinct would also continue the region’s economic development.

“Twenty years from now, we’ll have a population of half-a-million people. That represents very signifi cant growth and now is the time to map out our region’s infrastructure needs so that we can continue to prosper, and so that our region does not suffer from shortfalls that could have been prevented through considered forward-planning,” he said.

Council has appointed a commercial advisor, KPMG, to undertake a “robust selection process” for a university provider that is “committed to taking this region forward in education and innovation”.

Council would own the land at Petrie and lease it to the education provider.

“Public ownership of this land will safe-guard opportunities for local and state road planning, environment and wildlife protection and public-access community infrastructure,” Mr Sutherland said.

“Council will work closely with the sel-ected university partner to develop a vision for the site that addresses rapid growth in the region, eases congestion on the highway and retains vital green space.”

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In the community

Lionel plays Lurcio in Up Pompeii, the new play from Act 1 Theatre based on the classic UK television show.

Up Pompeii is about… the hijinks, risqué humour and farce involved in the house of Senator Ludicrus Sextus of ancient Pompeii, and the hilariously diffi cult time his slave has in trying to save everyone from themselves – and each other.

My character in the play… is Lurcio, head slave to Ludicrus and his wife, Ammonia. Lurcio inadvertently looks out for everyone while trying to cover his own backside, with outrageous results.

What inspired me to act… I have a lifelong love of movies and ever since I was little, I just wanted to perform. I saw how certain fi lms/plays could move people to every emotion, and I was hooked on it. I wanted to see if I could make that kind of magic happen.

My fi rst theatre performance… It was ‘Allo ‘Allo, and I played Herr Flick. I was a complete raw bundle of pure nerves and energy, and I have felt that same rush every time I stepped out onto the stage since.

What I like about Act 1 Theatre… I love the feel of the place. It’s really like coming home when I walk in the door. I love the dedication that people heavily involved in Act 1 show in keeping the art alive there.

If I could play any theatre role… Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors. I am in love with the movie and would love to play that version on stage.

Something people might not know about me… I am absolutely petrifi ed of jellyfi sh.

The best piece of advice I have been given… “Be as good a person as you can be. The rest will fi x itself, eventually.”

In ten years time I hope to be… a husband and father that my wife and children are extremely proud to call their own.

Up Pompeii is on at Act 1 Theatre at Strathpine on 30-31 October, 1 November and 6-7 November. Visit www.act1theatreinc.com

Lionel PayneLionel PayneWarnerWarner The world is coming to Mt Samson.

A gathering of people representing Indigenous communities from four

continents is returning to the Four Winds Cultural Centre for the fi fth time.

The multi-cultural conference, dubbed the Gathering of the Four Winds, will be hosted by the Kupidabin Cultural Assoc-iation over three days from 6 November.

Maureen Pickstone from the Kupidabin Cultural Association said the event, held at Mt Samson every two years, started in 2007 as a way to bring elders of various indigenous cultures together.

“A Native American Hopi Tiwa medicine woman, Verlinda Montoya, had a vision to bring together Native American and Aboriginal elders, and she asked around Brisbane for a place to hold a gathering,” Ms Pickstone said.

Ms Pickstone said the gathering aims to bring together people from all nations in peace and harmony.

“There are so many indigenous cultures and multicultural (groups) living in our area let alone all of Queensland,” she said.

“We want to help people to learn about others’ cultures and their traditions so we can all live together peacefully.”

Ms Pickstone recalls the happenings at the fi rst gathering of cultures almost a decade ago crystallised the aims of the Four Winds event.

“The fi rst weekend the Aboriginal elders were sitting in one corner and the Native American elders were in the other corner, all with stony faces,” she said.

“By the end they were dancing and holding hands and had established great friendships, and those friendships have continued.”

A highlight of the Gathering of the Four Winds weekend will be performances by professional dancers and musicians at the event’s opening ceremony on the Friday night from 5pm, which is open to the public.

It will feature indigenous song and dance from members of the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Native American, Pacifi c Islander and Maori communities, as well as a performer from as far away

Guana, an island of the British Virgin Islands located in the Caribbean.

First Nation performers for the opening ceremony include the Jaran Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Dance Company.

The open-air event will also include African drummers and the Silk Road Collective, which has performed dances from the Middle East at the Australian National Folk Festival and TribalFest in the USA and other festivals around Australia and New Zealand.

Weekend activities include storytelling around a ceremonial fi re, a sunrise impi with a Navajo medicine man, Aboriginal dreaming circle, workshops, fl ute circle, bush tucker and traditional feasts.

The Gathering of the Four Winds event is on 6-8 November at the Kupidabin Wilderness at 7 Lyell Court, Mt Samson.

Tickets for the Friday night opening ceremony cost $40 for adults, $25 for students and concessions, and $15 for children six to 14 years.

For tickets and a full programme phone 3289 4270 or visit www.kupidabin.org

Gathering of clans for harmony

Navajo medicine man Navajo medicine man Wind, a Dineh elder who Wind, a Dineh elder who has been serving the people has been serving the people of Australia for the past of Australia for the past 32 years, will perform a 32 years, will perform a ceremony of traditional ceremony of traditional songs and prayer at the songs and prayer at the Gathering of the Four Winds Gathering of the Four Winds event at Mt Samson.event at Mt Samson.

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major milestone in December.Organisers promise an intense cultural

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The festival programme traverses music, dance, poetry, talks, circus, health and visual arts workshops, “combined with a depth and maturity that festival goers have come to expect from the iconic event”.

“We’ve hoped in the early years that the word ‘Woodford’ might conjure in people’s minds beautiful images of art, ideas, inspiration and contribution,” Festival Director Bill Hauritz said.

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responsibility into its fabric. We feel that after 30 years, achieving this to some extent gives us license to celebrate.”

The festival will play host to over 2400 artists and presenters across 25 venues.

Indie rock’s current ‘it girl’, Courtney Barnett, heads the live music highlights. Her album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit has received eight ARIA award nominations, and reached the top 20 in the USA, UK and Australia.

Other acts include internationals Harry Manx, Michael Franti, The Poozies, Dougie Maclean, The East Pointers, Trinity Roots, and Moana and The Tribe, and Australian performers Ed Kuepper, Katie Noonan, Kim Churchill, Josh Pyke and Lanie Lane.

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Weapons and drugs charges, Clear Mountain: Two men have appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on weapons and drugs charges. Following the investigation into the supply of weapons by members of outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCG), detectives and members of the Australian Border Force executed a search warrant at a Clear Mountain residence on 19 October. The search allegedly resulted in the location of crystal methyl-amphetamine, cocaine, cannabis, an ‘Uzi’ type sub-machine gun, semi-automatic rifl es and handgun, a revolver and sawn-off shotgun. It is also alleged that a large quantity of weapons parts and suspect weapons were being manufactured and assembled at the residence. A 33-year-old Clear Mountain man faced 17 charges including possessing weapons, ammunition and tainted property. A second 33-year-old man was arrested on a return to prison warrant and charged with possessing dangerous drugs and obstructing police.

Fatal traffi c crash, Cashmere: Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash at Cashmere on 17 October. Initial invest-igations indicate a motorcycle ridden by a 55-year-old Ascot man left the road and collided with a tree on Winn Road around 2.30pm. The rider died at the scene. Police believe no other vehicles were involved.

Robbery, Ferny Hills: Police are investigating the robbery of a convenience

store at Ferny Hills on 24 October. Around 7.45pm a man entered the Patricks Road store before confronting a female employee at the back of the store and directing her to hand over cash from the till. The staff member complied and the man fl ed the store with a sum of cash. The man is described as being Caucasian in appearance, about 183cm tall with a slim build.

Halloween safety: This Saturday little zombies, ghosts and witches will take to the streets to celebrate Halloween. To make sure the night doesn’t become a nightmare, police advise that Trick or Treaters should be accompanied by a mother or father or adult guardian at all times; walk on the footpath rather than the road; never enter a stranger’s house, even if they have invited you in after knocking on their door; and trick or treat with friends – there is safety in numbers.

POLICE BEAT c o m m u n i t y

Funding Funding on the on the mark for mark for sports sports upgradesupgrades

Work has begun on sports facilities at Brendale that Moreton Bay Regional Council hopes could

lead to some of Australia’s top athletes competing at the venue.

Council awarded a $521,000 tender to upgrade the South Pine Sports Complex’s junior Australian Rules football fi eld and combined hockey and cricket fi eld. Two fi elds will be upgraded with laser-levelled wintergreen turf and irrigation systems.

Moreton Bay Deputy Mayor Mike Charl-ton said the upgrades would accommo-date growing demand and the member-ship growth of Aspley Hornets Australian Rules football, Albany Creek cricket and Pine Rivers St Andrews hockey clubs.

“It’s part of Council’s $45 million invest-ment in creating greater parks, sport and

recreation opportunities for 2015/16 and the development of our region’s aspiring sports stars,” Cr Charlton said.

“Once complete, the fi elds will have strong potential to attract additional sport-ing carnivals to the Moreton Bay Region.”

Work on the new fi elds, due to be completed by early 2016, will occur in conjunction with the creation of a $4.85 million senior grade AFL oval at the facility.

It is hoped the new oval will be the venue for regional NEAFL matches by serving as the home ground for the Aspley Hornets.

Cr Charlton said the venue could also host elite demonstration games, such as the practice match between the Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans AFL teams which was held at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex at Burpengary last year.

Australian Rules football players such as Jacob Allison will benefi t from new fi elds at the South Pine Sports Complex.

Change of division for Draper

Draper will soon be part of a different Moreton Bay Regional Council division.

Last month the Electoral Commission of Queensland declared that the locality, on the outskirts of Samford, would shift from Division 11 to Division 10.

The move is part of the Local Govern-ment Change Commission’s recommen-dations for boundary alterations, accept-

ed by Council, to better balance voter numbers across the 12 divisional areas.

Rural Draper will be grouped with an area comprising acreage hub Bunya and suburban Everton Hills, Arana Hills, Ferny Hills and a part of Albany Creek, for next March’s council election.

Division 8 councillor Mick Gillam said a small area near Ira Buckby Road West at Cashmere had been moved to Division 9.


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Staff members from eight local hardware stores have given a part of Scouts Queensland’s Samford

home a much-needed revamp.Joey Scout Hollow at Baden Powell Park

in Samford Valley was developed almost 20 years ago as a meeting place for Joey Scouts and Joey Scout Leaders.

It was used for campfi res and as a place for refl ection by the boys and girls who make up the youngest section of Scouting.

Vandals and adverse weather saw the area fall into disrepair, to the point where Joey Scout Hollow was unusable.

After two years of planning, hardware company Bunnings agreed to supply all labour and materials for the construction of a new Joey Scout Hollow.

It would have cost Scouts Queensland around $6000 to complete the much-needed project, including construction of a new fi re pit, seating and speakers’ lectern.

Scouts Queensland Joey Scouts Branch Commissioner David Cruse “greatly app-reciates” the efforts of 14 team members from Bunnings stores in Brisbane’s north, from Stafford to Morayfi eld, undertaking

the restoration project last week.“It’s mainly for the Joey Scouts but any

section (of Scouts) will be able to use it and also visitors coming to the park will be able to use it,” Mr Kruse said.

Narelle Short of Bunnings North Lakes said the company regularly undertakes community projects, such as constructing school gardens and ANZAC memorials.

“Because they (local groups) are part of a community and we live here too we like to give back to our community,” she said.

Hardware, hard work rescues old Scout site

Jenny Fourez Jenny Fourez and Narelle and Narelle Short test Short test a new fi re a new fi re pit at Baden pit at Baden Powell Park.Powell Park.


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Like many 16-year-olds, Therese Fulloon has a part-time job.

Unlike most teenagers, she is using the money she earns to help underprivileged people overseas.

The Jollys Lookout local has raised $7000 over the past two years to travel to India to fulfi l a community aid project.

“I believe it is important to help others in need because we’re all connected,” she said.

“I have more than enough of every-thing I need and it gives me a sense of purpose when I share that abundance with people who don’t have the same privileged life that I do.”

Ms Fulloon became interested in humanitarian causes when she started attending The Gap State High School.

“At school, I heard about the chance to travel to an underdeveloped country where I would complete a community project and I thought it would be a life-changing experience,” she said.

She will depart for India in November with members of Antipodeans Abroad, trekking and sightseeing as well as assisting in a poorer community.

“Antipodeans Abroad guide young travellers through the process of travell-ing overseas to countries that are less developed and fulfi lling volunteer serv-ices whilst there,” Ms Fulloon said.

“I’m looking forward to the community aid project and seeing another culture fi rst hand.

“I’m expecting the whole trip to be a series of new experiences in relating to people and the cultural differences in their approach to life.”

As well as washing dishes at Mt Glorious Café – “the regular income has taken the pressure off fundraising the last of the trip costs” – her path to India has featured many fundraising activities.

“To raise funds for my trip I held a jellybean guess, a raffl e, a Zumbathon, a homemade sweet stall at the Samford Twilight Markets, and sold lots of fudge anywhere I could,” she said.

Her mother, Nel Fulloon, is proud of her daughter and “the determined way in which she has gone after her dreams”.

“It’s been wonderful to watch her discover more about herself through this process of realising her goals,” she said.

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NBN under spotlight

Senator for Queensland Chris Ketter is inviting residents of Dickson to attend a forum on NBN internet.

The forum is at the Albany Creek State High School Performing Arts Centre on 17 November at 6pm.

Guests at the forum will include the Federal Shadow Minister for Commun-ications, Jason Clare, and Labor Candidate for Dickson, Michael Gilliver.

RSVP is essential. Phone 3881 3710 or email [email protected] by 13 November.

U3A has special dayU3A has special day

The variety of services on offer through U3A, an organisation that provides learning opportunities for

older members of the community, will be on show at Strathpine next month.

U3A Pine Rivers will host its Open Day at Strathpine Community Hall, Mecklem Street, Strathpine on 13 November from 9.30am to 12.30pm.

Come and meet the tutors who impart knowledge of everything from computers and history, to languages and exercise.

For more information go to www.u3a pinerivers.org.au or phone 3880 6677.

Concerns as speed signs targeted

Vandals have damaged recently adjusted speed signs along Dayboro Road.

Jason Kennedy is concerned that the defacing of signs on Dayboro Road, between Youngs Crossing Road and Adsetts Road, last weekend could have endangered motorists and local residents.

The speed limit on a part of Dayboro Road at White-side was recently reduced from 80km to 70km/hour.

“It is unfortunate that someone has jeopardised the safety of local residents and other drivers by interfering with the new signs,” said Mr Kennedy, candidate for Moreton Bay Council Division 7.

He says with many trucks travelling from two quarries further along the road, the lower speed limit “enables safer turning from driveways and adjoining streets”.

“Drivers at both quarries have also welcomed the change, making sharp bends on this section of the road easier for trucks to negotiate,” he said.

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Every great escape needs an escape plan. It’s the same

when your family or property is threatened by a bushfi re or storm.

When it comes to extreme weather events in Queensland, it’s not so much a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’. So get ready now and be prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws at us.

In a disaster, high winds, fi re or rising fl oodwaters can prevent emergency services from reaching your home.

Debris, damage and fallen power lines can cut road access. Your community and your family could become isolated for up to three days or more.

Depending on your circumstances, you may not have immediate access to support and will need to rely on the supplies and equipment

you have at home. Every household

needs an Emergency Kit, a collection of items that provides for your household’s essential needs in the event of emergencies like bushfi re, storms, fl oods and cyclones.

The Emergency Kit should include three days water and food supply and food preparation items (portable gas stove, can opener, knives etc).

Also include a torch, fi rst aid kit, toiletries, portable radio, essential medication, baby nappies and formula, sturdy gloves, and spare batteries for the torch, radio and mobile phone.

You should also pack waterproof bags, with important documents in a sealed bag or scanned to USB. Your Emergency Kit should be kept in a sturdy, easy to carry bag or waterproof storage box

and stored in a safe place that is easy to access.

In addition to the contents gathered in your Emergency Kit, in an emergency include a little bit of cash and any valuables and mementos.

Also start devising an emergency plan by answering these ‘what if?’ questions:

What if your home is at risk from storm, tide or fi re? What if you’re separated from family or friends when a disaster happens? What if you need to evacuate your household? What if you need to contact someone for assistance? What is everyone’s role if a disaster happens tomorrow?

For more tips on how to get your family prepared head to the Queensland Government’s RACQ Get Ready Queensland website: www.getready.qld.gov.au


" Register for MoretonAlert warning service www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/moretonalert or call 5433 4444

" Familiarise yourself with the Bureau of Meteorology website www.bom.gov.au/qld

" Tune in your battery-operated radio ABC 612AM, 101.5FM or 99.7FM

Connect with council’s disaster management Facebook page and Twitter account

" Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/MoretonBayCouncil

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PREPARE YOUR YOUR PROPERTY

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It is vital that you prepare your family and your property for the risks in your local area.

" Prepare an emergency plan on how you would respond to local risks

Establish an emergency kit of essential items (for at least three days) including:

" Torch and battery-operated radio with spare batteries

" First aid kit and essential medication

" Food and water

" Portable gas stove or BBQ (check gas supply)

" Mobile phone charger including car charger

" Car fuel supply

" Emergency toiletry supplies

" Pet food and other pet needs

" Scan important documentation (mortgage, bank account, insurance policy) and family photos to USB

" Check the condition of your roof and gutters

" Clear gutters and drainpipes

" Trim back trees and long grass

" Clear out debris from yard (free tipping at council waste facilities)

" Check insurance policy for home, contents and other property

" Identify how to turn off mains supply to electricity, gas and water

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Moreton Bay Regional Council is urging

residents across the region to prepare themselves and their families for the looming bushfi re and storm seasons.

Storm seasons in south east Queensland are often wild and unpredictable and the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services are warning that there’s more fuel for bushfi res around this year too.

Moreton Bay Mayor Allan Sutherland said residents could make themselves more resilient by doing a few simple things now to prepare their homes and families.

“Getting accurate information quickly is really important when you’re confronted by extreme weather events,

so signing up to council’s free warning system, MoretonAlert, is the fi rst thing you should do,” Mayor Sutherland said.

“MoretonAlert will deliver storm warnings, weather information, and bushfi re alerts and warnings to you via SMS, e-mail or telephone voice message.

“We have also added some new features to

MoretonAlert

over the past 12 months, including prescribed burn notifi cations for hazard reduction burns conducted by council.

“These could be really useful to people with asthma and animals that get spooked by smoke, giving you a chance to arrange precautions when burn-offs are planned in your area.

“You should also create an emergency plan, so that every member of your family knows

what to do when a storm or bushfi re warning

goes out.”Acting Superintendent

Simon Ball from Queensland Fire and

Emergency Services said dense rainforest and bushland, brought on by recent heavy rainfall, meant there was a higher than normal risk of bushfi res in some areas of the region this summer.

“Council and the rural fi re service have worked together to complete widespread bushfi re hazard reduction burns across the Moreton Bay Region, to reduce the load before summer brings high temperatures and the bushfi re season offi cially begins,” Acting

Superintendent Ball said. “Individual households

also have an important role to play in building community resilience to bushfi res.

“Clean out your gutters, keep your yard clear of green waste and junk, and plan things like what you will take with you if you need to evacuate and how you will look after your pets and livestock.”

Moreton Bay Region SES Controller, Henk van den Ende, said many calls for assistance following major storm events could be avoided by preparation.

“Many of the callouts we get from members of the community are for help with leaking rooves, so now is the time to check your roof, repair any broken

tiles, and clean out your

gutters and downpipes so

that excess water doesn’t

pool up high and become

a problem,” Mr van den

Ende said.

“Also, cut back

overhanging branches

which could fall and

damage your home or hurt

someone.

“All the preparation

you do now will go a long

way towards making you

resilient when those big

south east Queensland

summer storms roll in.”

To register for alerts

and notifi cations from

MoretonAlert, just fi ll out

the online form at

www.moretonbay.qld.gov.

au/moretonalert.aspx or

call council on 5433 4444.

For more information on

how to prepare your home

and family for the storm

and bushfi re seasons, go

to www.moretonbay.qld.

gov.au/disaster.

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“This can become a very unwelcome time for girls as they become the talk of their peers, victims of comparison to other girls around them, the source of teasing – well-natured or malicious – due to changes in hormones resulting in sensitivity, mood swings and the inability to cope with change or pressure.

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School students around the district will sing for gold this afternoon as part of Music Count Us In.

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“Kids just really engage with music, whether it’s playing an instrument or writing songs,” she said.

Ms Anese said this year’s Music Count Us In song, Gold, is “about all the things we learn about in school: persistence, not giv-ing up and getting along with each other”.

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The Year 6 parliamentarians participate in committees that develop, propose and enact ‘bills’ that help shape the way the school is run.

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“We see our parliamentary program as one of many ways in which we work to

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This year the Praise and Worship Committee organised for shoe boxes fi lled with gifts and clothing to be sent overseas to children in need, as part of the Oper-ation Christmas Child project.

Mrs Valencia said the College’s participation in projects like Operation Christmas Child reinforces classroom learning in meaningful ways that are also fun for the students.

“Our unique approach to engaging students in interactive projects ensures the real lessons are remembered long after the formal unit of education has ended,” she said.

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Dancers enjoy winning rhythm

High school students such as Natasha Travers, Jordan Walker and Kaitlin Bryell spent their holidays learning about robotics.

A dance group based at a school at Bray Park has won big while competing at a major national dance competition for the fi rst time.

The Genesis Christian College Dance Company achieved fi rst place in the Entertainment category at the DanceLife Unite National Finals in Sydney.

High schools from across Australia and New Zealand battled it out in various dance styles, including Entertainment, Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop and Lyrical, with online entries submitted from fi nalists unable to make the trip to Sydney.

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their piece Ramalama Ding Dong, Genesis Dance Company, pictured, also achieved second place in Jazz and fourth in the Contemporary category.

Emily Briddock, Head of Dance and Drama at Genesis Christian College and the Genesis Dance Company Director, said she was very proud of her dancers’ “amazing” performances.

“It was four days of intense competition and our dancers came out on top,” Ms Briddock said.

“They are completely committed to dance, giving up their school holidays to practise and compete at this event.”


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In the century since World War I, much has been made of the heroism and stories of soldiers on the battle-fi elds.

But what of the music of the time, sung by troops on the frontlines?

Ashgrove performer John Thompson is bringing his show The Great War, presenting songs that provided the soundtrack to the First World War, to Dayboro just after Remembrance Day in November.

Presented as a solo show, the 80-minute narrated performance of songs, stories and poetry from the era is supported by moving photographic projections of war posters and imagery, bringing the old tunes to life.

“The First World War is an interesting period for music because there’s a lot of songs that people know… and I actually thought they were World War II songs,” Thomp-son explains.

“It wasn’t that common for people to write down the colloquial music, the soldiers’ own songs.

“In particular with Australian songs from the First World War, really there are only snippets that survived, bits and pieces that soldiers put together.”

Songs in The Great War range from the “really over-the-top patriotic songs around at the beginning of the war”,

through to tunes such as Keep the Home Fires Burning, written by Ivor Novello.

“He was 21 when the war broke out and he was an air-man who was known as a bit of a songwriter, and his mother suggested he write a song,” Thompson said.

“Keep the Home Fires Burning was recorded every year of the war and Ivor Novello ended up in London writing songs as his military service for the whole First World War… and being famous for it.

“In many ways he was a very lucky man because the life expectancy of a fl yer in the First World War wasn’t that long.”

The musician’s research for The Great War show also unearthed “a couple of gems”.

“There’s a song called Marching Song of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade that was a competition entry when the soldiers were training in Egypt,” Thompson explains.

“A song writing competition was held for the soldiers

and they published the winning entry… in (soldier’s newspaper) Tut’s Treasure.

“The winning entry won a guinea, which is about $450 now, but they published the words and not the author’s name.

“It’s (sung) to the tune of (American Civil War song) March-ing Through Georgia, and I think

that’s because it’s one of the few songs the band knew.”Other highlights of The Great War include a sing-along

of It’s a Long Way to Tipperary and the touching Christ-mas 1914, evoking memories of the yuletide truce when soldiers from both sides briefl y put down their weapons and shook hands.

The show is at Dayboro Community Hall, Bradley Street, Dayboro on 15 November at 3pm. Entry is $20 for adults, $15 for pensioners, and $10 for children and students.

Tickets are available from Swish café, 26 William Street, Dayboro or by emailing [email protected]

Event hosts the Dayboro Lions will donate all gate takings and canteen and bar profi ts from the show to Brisbane Legacy, supporting Defence Force families.

war era songs inspire great show

Marjorie Busby was the major winner of the Art Alliance of Pine Rivers Festival this month.

Her entry, Le Deaux Poires (The Two Pears) was named Best in Show and also claimed the Rotary Club of Albany Creek Acquisition Award and the top prize for best mixed media artwork.

Dayboro Art Gallery member Jane Zadow won the Moreton Bay Portrait Artist of the Year award with her pastel paint portrait of Moreton Bay Region councillor Brian Battersby.

Ms Zadow, who studied art at college in the 1960s but has only been a practicing artist for the past 20 years, said she was “quite stunned” and “very pleased with myself” to win the award.

Artists had four hours to complete their portraits of Cr Battersby or Moreton Bay

Deputy Mayor Mick Charlton.

Ms Zadow said painting her portrait was “a new experience for me”.

“Painting under a time restriction was daunting,” she said.

“My paintings are usually left on an easel for a couple of weeks so I can look a lot at each one and eventually decide if the painting works and is fi nished, or it needs a few extra marks.

“I have painted quite a few portraits,

and enjoy the challenge of portraying a likeness.

“We had no prior knowledge of the sitters or where/what position we would fi nd ourselves in to be painting them.

“We had to draw lots for our position to paint… which then decided for me that I would be painting a portrait of Cr Battersby.

“It was the fi rst time he had ever posed for a portrait and he did a really good job of it.”

Other award winners at the festival, held at Albany Creek from 9-11 October, included Colin Van Kruining’s Living the Dream (Yuin Art Encouragement Award), Judy Eglington’s Street Life (Oils Acrylic, Gouache or Watercolour) and Judy Lewis’ Not So Loud (Drawing).

Brian Matheisen’s A Moment in Time (Photography – Black and White), Ken Walker’s Bringing Home the Honey (Pho-tography – Colour), Trudy Brooks’ Urban Refl ections (Photography – Digital), Tania Kalinova’s Dragon’s Day Out (Youth Sculp-ture) and Ryan Beaumont’s Night Castle (Youth Painting) also won.

Youth Photography award winner Tranquillity Revealed by Tamara Jenkinson and the top pastel painting, Jo-Ann Middleborough’s Country Life, won the Matt Campbell Award for best youth artist and best open age artist, respectively.

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catches the judge’s eye

The Great War show, performed by John Thompson, features songs and stories from the World War I battlefi elds.

Jane Zadow is presented with the Portrait Artist of the Year award at the Art Alliance of Pine Rivers Festival, for her portrait of Brian Battersby, by the Moreton Bay councillor. Inset: Marjorie Busby’s winning painting, Le Deaux Poires (The Two Pears).


Matthew Harvey is proud of his country roots.

That fact is refl ected in his artwork.

Life on his family’s cattle farm at Laceys Creek, west of Dayboro, inspired the teenager to create his latest prize-winning artwork.

Unharnessed, an intricate drawing of a cattle halter, saw him awarded a Creative Generation Excellence Award in Visual Art.

The Bray Park State High School student was one of only 33 recipients of the award, presented to the most outstanding senior secondary school artists from around Queensland.

The 16-year-old said being awarded the prize, and having his artwork displayed at one of Australia’s biggest modern art galleries, was “a huge surprise”.

“It means a lot, especially not coming from a very big school and coming from out in the country,” said Matthew, who hopes to enrol in an art course after graduating from high school. “Hopefully it’s the start of a career.”

Thousands of tiny dots from fi ne line

pens form the detailed image, which

took Matthew more than two months to

compete.

“I usually use pencils but once I started

it (working with pens) I really liked it,” he

said.

“It was great to win an award fi nally after all that work and it was really satisfying actually.”

Unharnessed, along with artworks by other Creative Generation award winners including Samford Valley residents Chiara Stegert and Tayla Humphries, will go on display at the renowned Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) at South Brisbane next year.

“I’m pretty excited but I’m nervous to see how it stands up to all the other artworks, knowing that many of the people who did those are from big private schools with fancy teachers,” Matthew said.

A number of local senior high school students received Creative Generation Commendation Awards for their artworks.

They included Zoe Caladoukas (Albany Creek State High School), Caleb Evans (St Paul’s School), Rosalie Humphreys (Pine Rivers State High School) and Channon Golledge (Ferny Grove State High School).

Their pieces were some of a total of 522 submissions received by Creative Generation organisers, before being shortlisted to 103 artworks.

– Lee Oliver

Unharnessed talent secures prizeUnharnessed talent secures prize

Laceys Creek artist Matthew Harvey and his award-winning drawing Unharnessed.

Clear Mountain’s Oliver Armstrong is going places with his art.

After being awarded the $2000 Tyson Evans Youth Art Scholar-ship for outstanding teenaged Moreton Bay artists in August, he has won another major art prize.

Oliver won the fi rst prize in the Junior High school category of the Moreton Bay Youth Art Awards, for students in Years 8 to 10, with his artwork My Mind’s Eye.

Artistic talent runs in the family, with Oliver’s younger brother Toby placing second in his age group for his two-dimensional artwork, entitled Separated.

The aspiring young artists have been offi cially recognised for their creative prowess with Moreton Bay Youth Art Awards.

Moreton Bay Region Deputy Mayor Mike Charlton presented the awards at the Strathpine Community Centre on 16 October.

“Every year the high standard of work presented by these young artists continues to impress,” Cr Charlton said.

“It’s great to see so many colourful, thought-provoking and creative pieces being produced by students in our region.”

The competition is open to school-age residents living in the Moreton Bay region or children who attend schools in the area.

“This year we had more than 300 entries from almost every corner of the Moreton Bay region,” Cr Charlton said.

Eatons Hill resident Lilly Donnelly won fi rst prize in the Junior High category for three-dimensional art-works, with Maritime.

For the second straight year, Closeburn local Oscar Dash won best two-dimensional artwork for students in Years 4 to 7, with his entry Lest We Forget.

Other category winners were Zoe Sellars (Deception Bay State High School) with The Dingo Dilemma (3D art - Senior High), Tahalia Dur-rand (Scarborough State School) with Untitled (3D - Years 4 to 7), Lexan Lee (Burpengary State School) with Mixed Media Collage

(3D - Prep to Year 3), Sam Buckley (Morayfi eld State High School) with In the Blink of an Eye (2D art - Senior High), and Romeo De Angelis (St Pauls Lutheran School Caboolture) with The Man That Lives in the Jungle Digs a Hole to Asia (2D - Prep to Year 3).

As it has done so many years previously, Mt Nebo State School won the school collaborative art prize in the art awards, with Albany Creek State High School and Bribie Island State School also winners.

The collaborative prizes consist of a $1000 scholarship to be spent on art workshops for the winning schools.

A total of $4600 was awarded to art awards winners, including $200 prizes for winning submissions in two-dimensional and three-dimensional categories for each of the four age groups.

Sibling artists shine at awards

Brothers Toby and Oliver Armstrong of Clear Mountain have both won major prizes in this year’s Moreton Bay Youth Art Awards.

with Noel ReevesREELTIME

Bridge of SpiesBridge of Spies

Steven Spielberg’s latest effort, a Cold War tale involving a US lawyer being embroiled with spies, is actually two fi lms in one. However, only one of those fi lms rises to the level you expect from Spielberg. Both courtroom drama and John le Carré espionage fi lm, Bridge of Spies takes place in 1957, when a Soviet agent (Mark Rylance) is apprehended by the FBI. Insurance lawyer James Donovan (Tom Hanks) is tasked with providing his obligatory defence. Providing the mole with a lawyer was purely symbolic and for reasons of propaganda, as the judge makes no effort to afford procedural fairness, reminding Donovan that the ‘trial’ is for the world to see how great and equitable the US legal system is. With the legal proceedings over, a US pilot is captured in Soviet territory and jailed for espionage. This leads to a prisoner swap in East Berlin, with Donovan at the centre. There is a lot to love about this movie. Spiel-berg captures the look of the era with his usual mastery down to the fi nest detail. Similarly, the scenes in East Berlin, still destroyed a decade after the end of World War II, are recreated with startling quality. Scenes of the actual Berlin Wall being built are breathtaking and shot with frantic energy. One moment sees the camera track a person on a bike, riding along endlessly as soldiers slam down bricks and concrete. It’s one of the most memorable shots in a movie this year. Performances are uniformly perfect, although some get more room to move than others. Hanks and Rylance are terrifi c and so are the quirky line up of CIA agents and Soviet equivalents. Actors playing Donovan’s wife and children are trapped in thankless roles that are only there to depict a certain image of Golden era Americana and not be real people. The fi lm has great scenes, memorable characters and real suspense, but it also fl ounders, particularly in the fi rst hour, unsure of its target and what it wants to say. Most fi lms come out of the gate with a bang and whimper along to a dull fi nale. Bridge of Spies does the total opposite, as the scenes in East Berlin are when the fi lm comes to life.I enjoyed the fi lm’s core message about diplomacy and hope between individuals, not governments. Spielberg is routinely criticised for being too sentimental and injecting melodrama into his work but he is quite restrained here. Once it becomes an actual spy movie, Bridge of Spies doesn’t sway from paranoia and nihilism associated with the Cold War, but the director still makes it clear that for him, the world isn’t saved by grand acts of violence or heroism, but small personal actions of people building relationships with each other.

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31 OCTOBERRocky Horror Karaoke Costume PartyFans of the cult musical will gather – in costume – at the Samford Valley Hotel from 7pm. Phone 3289 1212.

31 OCTOBERFloral Future WorkshopFloral workshop to uplift the soul at the scenic Phoenix Sculpture Garden at Mt Glorious from 9am to 2pm. www.floralfuture.com.au.

AUSTRALASIAN NATIVE ORCHID SOCIETY (QLD.) KABI GROUP Inc. meet 7.45 pm on Second Tuesday each month (except January) at Bald Hills Memorial Hall 2126 Gympie Road, Bald Hills. Ph 0414 761 367 or 3399 9208, web www.ourshopfront.com/kabi

BIRD WATCHING: along the South Pine River. Meet second Wednesday of month at 7.30am at Kumbartcho Sanctuary, 15 Bunya Court Drive, Eatons HiIl. To register phone 3325 1577 or email [email protected]

BRENDALE EVENING VIEW CLUB: meets for dinner with a guest speaker on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Wantima Country Club, 530 South Pine Road, Brendale. Fun and friendship for women of all ages as well as supporting The Smith Family. Phone Trish 3264 2213.

BUNYA TOASTMASTERS CLUB: meet 1st & 3rd Wed of month, 7pm at Aspley AFL Club, Graham Rd, Carseldine. Develop leadership & communications skills in a supportive, friendly environment. Ph 3889 6335 or 0409 053 455.

CARAVAN CLUB: trips away for 1 week each month. Destinations within 300km of Brisbane. Use your caravan more often, make new friends and enjoy an active lifestyle. Ph Annette 3264 1309 or Jean 3882 6748.

@CREATIVESAMFORD: A community group whose aim is to increase the visibility of the arts in the local area. We have regular activities and events throughout the year. Go to www.creative samford.com for full details.

DAYBORO ART GALLERY: Cnr Williams Street & Mt Mee Road, Dayboro. Open daily 10am - 3pm. Paintings, pottery, art. Ph 3425 2000.

DAYBORO LIONS: Monthly open dinner meetings 4th Wed of month at Uniting Church hall, Williams St, Dayboro at 7pm. Community interest events - no charge, with optional dinner for $15. Ph 0466 619 660 or email [email protected] for more info.

DAYBORO LIONS FAMILY MOVIES: “Inside Out” screening Sat 21 November at Dayboro Community Hall at 7pm. Doors 6.30pm. Cost $6/person, $18/family. Phone 0466 619 660. For movie schedule email [email protected] MARKETS: 1st Sun of the month, 8am, cnr Williams & Heathwood Streets. Find a bargain, new or pre-loved, fresh produce & plants. New stallholders welcome! Site fee $15. Contact 3425 2456 or 3425 2260. Monies raised goes to charity and local community.DAYBORO MENS SHED: meets Mondays 10am-4pm. Woodworking, metalworking & involvement with other community groups. Contact Mike 0435 204 456 or Don 0407 321 770 or email [email protected] TRAIL RIDERS: Meet 4th Sunday of month at 8am. Ph 0475 383 553.MEDITATION IN THE ZEN TRADITION: in Samford every Tuesday, 7pm to 8.30pm at the old Catholic Church, cnr Samford & Camp Mountain Rds. Individual instructions each night. Beginners welcome. $5 donation requested. Phone 3298 5094.NATIONAL SENIORS ALBANY CREEK: meets 2nd Friday of each month at Albany Creek Community Centre, Ernie St, Albany Creek at 5.30pm. Speakers, entertainment & interest groups inc. exercise, dining out, reading, craft, photography, movies, golf & more. Ph 3264 1509. www.nsaalbanycreek.org.auNORTH PINE POULTRY CLUB: Meetings and demonstrations 3rd Sat of every month from 9am-12pm. Next meeting: 21 November at Dayboro CWA Hall. Ph 0419 842 250, like us on Facebook or visit www.northpinepoultryclub.comPINE 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 CROQUET CLUB: Social croquet players welcome at the clubs grounds at Joe David Park, Brendale on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday mornings, 8.30am to 11am. All equipment provided. Ph Carolyn 3298 5576.

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 AREA MENS’ SHED: meet every Tuesday at 9.30am for morning tea and chat at the Shed, Samford Showgrounds, Showgrounds Drive, Highvale. Web: www.samfordshed.org.au Email: [email protected].

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.thehutsamford artandcraft.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, email [email protected]; web:. www.samfordmuseum.com.au. New members welcome.

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30 OCTOBERKingdom Food MarketsA celebration of community, food and music at Samford Valley Community Church from 5pm. www.facebook.com/ kingdomfoodmarkets.

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]. www.samfordwriters.orgZONTA 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]


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Bull rider Reece Weller is hoping his return to Dayboro will keep him on track for a career-best fi nish in the National Rodeo Association (NRA) series.

The Woodford cowboy’s last victory came at the Dayboro Rodeo in August. He will be back in the the Dayboro Showgrounds arena on 14 November, for Round 1 of the National Rodeo Association fi nals, which will see the top 12 ranked competitors in various rodeo events via for top spot.

Weller is currently second in the NRA bull riding championship standings on 830 points, 580 points behind tearaway series leader and “travelling buddy” Jack McArthur, of Cooyar.

“He (McArthur) has had a good year and he’s even been away for a couple of months over in the (United) States,” Weller said. “We’ve had our chance to catch him and we still couldn’t.”

Weller, who has been in rodeo since he was eight and has competed as far away as Darwin, Mt Isa and Victoria, puts his good form in this year’s NRA series down to “good travelling buddies, training a lot and a good mind-frame”.

“The more I train, the better I get,” said the 28-year-old, whose training regime includes gym workouts.

“Getting older I think you’ve just got to train more to keep up with the young fellas because they bounce back a bit easier.

“(I train for) upper body and core strength, mainly so your body can cop it for longer. The fi tter you are, the longer I reckon you’re going to do the sport.”

Weller has suffered two broken legs riding bulls but it was a workplace accident that threatened to derail his rodeo career.

“I put my hand through a (meat) mincer… in 2003, a couple of days before Christmas,” he recalls.

“I couldn’t hold a bull rope in that hand, that’s for sure… and had to come back and learn how to do it (ride) with the left hand.

“They said that I probably wouldn’t (ride again) but who’s to say you can’t?”

It’s the attitude Weller will adopt when he heads overseas in January, to tackle the lucrative American rodeo circuit.

“If you go other there, you think you can make it. I wouldn’t go there planning on losing,” he said.

Now in its 50th year, the National Rodeo Association hosts around 90 rodeos around Queensland and New South Wales each year, with over 600 cowboys and cowgirls competing.

They drive hundreds of kilometres every weekend to compete, hoping to rank in the top three to receive points towards their championship standings and take home some prize money.

“The best part about it is every weekend you’re in a different town, seeing new sights and new faces,” Weller said.

The NRA fi nals will be held over three consecutive weekends, at Dayboro (on 14 November), Toowoomba (21 November) and Caboolture (28 November).

Cowboys and cowgirls will compete in Alstonville, Murwillumbah and Goombungee before arriving at Dayboro, where the best in bull ride, saddle ride, steer wrestling, rope and tie, bareback ride, barrel race, breakaway roping, steer ride, team roping and poddy ride will compete.

Visit www.nationalrodeoassociation.com.au.

Reece Weller, in action at Imbil, will contest the National Rodeo Association fi nals in Dayboro. Photo by East Coast Images.

Cowboy rides to rodeo heights

Boogie down with special athletes

People with an intellectual disability are being encouraged to put on their dancing shoes and also learn more

about the sports options open to them.Special Olympics Brisbane hosts disco

dances for people with an intellectual disability every three months, with the next event – a Christmas break-up party – on at Ferny Hills State School on 14 November.

“For the majority of our attendees going to a nightclub is really not available to them so these dances offer a fun fi lled night where they are able to meet new friends in a safe environment,” dance organiser and Mt Nebo local Kim Hammermeister said.

“Everyone with an intellectual disability is very welcomed and may be interested in joining some of our sporting programs

offered throughout the Brisbane North area.”

Mrs Hammermeister’s son, Brett McCly-mont, won medals representing Australia in gymnastics at Special Olympics Summer World Games in China and Greece.

For more information on Special Olympics Brisbane and their dances phone 3289 8225 or email [email protected].


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So close, yet so far was the theme of the Brisbane Bandits’ last Australian Baseball League (ABL) campaign,

and the pain of knowing what might have been has club stalwart David Sutherland keen for a huge season.

The only team to not make the playoffs since the ABL re-formed in 2010, the Bandits appeared poised for long-awaited post-season action last season.

A fateful road trip to take on eventual champions Perth Heat saw Brisbane fall just short of the fi nals, ending the Bandits’ quest for a fi rst ABL title since 1994.

“We went to Perth the last weekend of the season needing to win… that series (to qualify for playoffs),” Sutherland said.

“They were red hot and won all four games and we don’t quite cut it.”

Starting the season with 12 wins from its fi rst 20 games, the Bandits fi nished 2014 at 17-15, before winning only four of 10 matches in January. It saw the team fi nish one win short of the playoffs.

“We fell away at the end of last year. We don’t want to repeat that,” Sutherland said. “This year we’re expecting... to go the whole way and make the playoffs.

“The coaches have made plans… for us to really be hitting our stride at the end of

the season, instead of peaking early.”Sutherland, Mitch Nilsson and American

import Kyle Redinger are players from the Bunya-based Pine Hills Lightning club in the Bandits roster.

In his sixth ABL campaign with his home-town team, Sutherland is one of the most experienced players in the Bandits squad with 205 ABL games and fi ve years with US Major League franchise the Los Angeles Dodgers under his belt.

“There are a few older players in the team but most of the guys have got a bit of experience (playing overseas) and the young guys have really started to develop,” the 30-year-old said.

“I’d like to play a bit better than I did last year. I’m pretty comfortable with where I am and everything is in place to have a good season.”

Brisbane opened its season with a four-game series against the Canberra Cavalry in the nation’s capital last weekend, emerging with one win and three losses.

The Bandits’ fi rst home games of the season are against the Adelaide Bite at Holloway Field at Newmarket from 29 October to 1 November.

Bandits come out swinging in baseball title race

David Sutherland has commenced his sixth season with the Brisbane Bandits in the Australian Baseball League. Photo by SMP Images/ABL Media.

My sportinglife

Name: Harry JohnsonClub: Samford Stingrays Swim ClubPosition: Club Captain

What age did you start swimming competitively and why did you choose this sport? I started swimming comp-etitively when I was nine years old, which isn’t very young. Before swimming competitively I loved swimming.

What is your biggest achievement in swimming to date? State relay championships.

What is your training programme for swimming? Monday: two hours; Wednesday: two hours; Thursday: two hours.

What is your favourite/best swimming stroke? My favourite stroke is butterfl y but my favourite event is 200m IM.

What is your pre-race routine? Usually talk with friends, keep happy before a race.

What are the best things about swimming for club? I love seeing smiles on the little kids’ faces after winning their race, especially when they beat me.

Some attributes needed to be a good swimmer. Fitness and respect.

The best things about my club. The best things about my club is that you can have a fun time in a competitive environment. Samford is unlike any big swimming club.

Who is your sporting idol and why? Richie McCaw (All Blacks rugby captain). He shows that you can run the best team on the planet and still respect others while doing so.

What are your goals for sport? To have as much fun as I can.

What advice would you give to any people considering swimming for club? Defi nitely join! It’s made my life better through fi tness and friendship.

What are your three favourite sporting teams? All Blacks, Queensland Maroons, North Queensland Cowboys.

What other sports do you play? Rugby league for Samford Stags.

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