dispersing flying foxes

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Those suffering the incursion of flyingfoxes into their lives might be interested inremoving them by the technique adopted forother social species like humans.

You locate the Alpha and, if possible, thesentinel members.

Place the Alpha fox in an adequate cage,then at daybreak move him slowly towardsthe nearest councillor’s backyard, where it ishung for the next couple of nights. This willensure the tribe will follow the Alpha.

Before a week is up, the whole lot willdisappear to wherever they relocate the Al-pha specimen.

There will not be any solution while theyare paying “ecological experts” not to solvethe problem.

The longer the foxes remain, the more theyprofit.

There is nothing like the continuity of ba-bies to keep the money flowing with the noiseand mess. - John Brett, Highfields.

Dispersing flying foxes

I have a question. I moved to Kleintonfrom Kingaroy a little over two months ago.In Kingaroy we had wonderful internet andphone service and it never occurred to me forone second that living only 15 minutes out-side of the second largest town in Queens-land, I would get anything other than won-derful internet and phone service. Well, firstof all, it took over three weeks just for Telstrato connect our internet which has barelyworked since.

Countless phone calls to Telstra both hereand overseas and several visits to the Telstrashop in Toowoomba and even several visitsfrom Telstra technicians have all failed toimprove the situation. We have less than dial-up speed most of the time and on the week-ends and in the evening there is almost nointernet service to speak of.

Even our phone reception is practicallyunusable. We need to go outside the house tohave a conversation. There are complete deadspots in our house where there is no signal atall.

Telstra has informed me that we are in acongested area. No joke. But they have alsotold me that they are refusing to do anythingabout it. The NBN is proposed for this areaeventually, but that will be a minimum of 12months away.

In the meantime, Telstra is doing abso-lutely nothing to help the situation.

And here in Kleinton they are rapidly build-ing more and more homes which will onlymake the congestion situation way worse.

I run my business from home and studyonline and the situation is intolerable.

I find it so incredibly hard to believe thatothers in Kleinton or Highfields aren’t just asoutraged as I am.

Why are we just sitting back and allowingTelstra to treat us this way. I am only onevoice, and so far my voice is falling on deafears.

But maybe if more of us banded togetherTelstra would be forced to take action. Theyare not willing to spend money to improvethe infrastructure, but are more than willingto continue to take the money of the newpeople moving into this area expecting to beable to accept mobile phone and high speedinternet services. At no point did anyone fromTelstra explain to me that this area might causea problem with speed, until after they had setup the service and taken my money.

The situation is only going to get worse.Why is nothing being done and why do I feellike I am the only person complaining aboutthis? Are we all just sitting in our homes,separated and not knowing how others arefeeling as well? Perhaps if the word got outthere, Telstra would be forced to take actionbefore this situation gets even worse. - TracieLouise, Kleinton.

Unsatisfactory internet service

In response to Ms Lee Reushle’s letter,Environmental vandalism (Herald 18/3/14)outlining her views in relation to the removalof the trees from the Highfields State highschool site.

I wish to assure Ms Reushle that the deci-sion to remove the existing trees from thesite was not taken lightly. The reason behindthe removal was to ensure the future safetyof all children, parents and staff attendingthe school.

The State Government is committed toensuring that Queensland is the safest placeto live and raise a family.

Fifty-year-old gum trees are renowned fordropping branches without warning, whichis why the Department of Education spendsthousands of dollars each year managing dan-gerous vegetation on school grounds.

The construction of the new HighfieldsState high school has given the State Govern-ment an opportunity to avoid future trag-edies such as when an 8-year-old school girlwas tragically killed and two young studentsand a teacher were seriously injured when alarge branch fell without warning and landedon top of them at Pitt Town Public School inNSW (Refer Courier Mail 21/02/14.)

The environment is very important to theState Government which has recently in-vested $27,239 under the Koala Rescue andRehabilitation Grants program towards a lo-cal koala rescue and rehabilitation group Re-turn to the Wild Inc, Cabarlah.

This funding will build and equip a traumaand critical care facility to allow sick or in-jured koalas to be treated locally, and to funda pre-release enclosure for rehabilitating koa-las and purchase rehabilitation equipment.These grants are a major investment to helpcommunity organisations extend koala con-servation beyond habitat protection by de-livering frontline support in rescuing and re-habilitating koalas.

Please be assured that the Highfields Statehigh school will be landscaped with nativevegetation in consultation with local environ-mental groups with a focus on the safety andwelfare of all students, parents, support staffand teachers. One lost life is far too manywhen it comes to our precious children. Ifyou would like to be kept up to date with therevegetation plans for the high school pleasesubscribe to my newsletter at http://www.trevorwatts.com.au/ - Trevor Watts,Member for Toowoomba North.

Trees removed for safety - MP

Dear editor: Thank you for allowing meto share my love of nature for the past sixyears. I have enjoyed it very much. Yourssincerely, Donalda Rogers.

Dear Donalda: It has been a great pleas-ure to have you aboard. We have enjoyedpublishing your many articles, not only onbirds but your observations of nature in allits forms and the many excellent photos thataccompanied them.

Ann and I wish you and Grahame well inthe future - and sincerely thank you for yourinput over such a long period. We know fromthe many comments from our readers overthe years how much they enjoy your work.

All the best for the future. If you findyourself unable to resist the urge to write

Donalda bows out

something at some stage - your contributionwill always be welcome.

Best wishes to you and Grahame. - Neiland Ann Lomas, High Country Herald.

DONALDA and GRAHAME ROGERSPopular contributors

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Why I oppose highwaycable barriers

Highway cable barriersCertainty of damage

SPECIAL ARTICLE

I thank High CountryHerald for the opportunityto express an opinion.

I echo all that Julie Win-ter said in her very broadoutline (Herald 11/3/14) rethose dangerous post andcable barriers on the newsection of road betweenGeham and Hampton.

I would like to add thedanger to non-bull barequipped vehicles, particu-larly the econo smallermakes and models.

Many small cars arerounded at the front suffi-cient to expose the rubberof the front tyre.

When this contacts theexposed nature of the posts,the grippy nature of therubber rips the front steer-ing wheel out and back,damaging many compo-nents crucial to maintain-ing the vehicle’s control.

Two incidents I amaware of have resulted inmassive damage and out ofcontrol spin-out withinthese insidious structures.

Both incidents were, for-tunately, timed to not in-volve innocent parties trav-elling in the opposite direc-tion.

However, when this doeshappen, the approach im-pact speed could be 200kmwith neither party able totake avoiding action. Theresults will be horrific.

I paced one section andfound to my dismay thatthey are as much as onemetre in from the edge ofthe seal, therefore losingup to two metres of escapespace or immobilised vehi-cle space on the carriageway.

I still believe these hid-eous structures are speci-fied by green activists fromoutside this local area.

How dangerous do wehave to make highway tra-versing and what humantoll will it take for commonsense safety to dominateour expensive idealism.

The council that is sup-posed to include the motor-cycle safety representa-tives that approved the post

By GEOFF UDY, motor cyclist.

and cableb a r r i e r scannot in-clude actualmotorcycleriders it

chances safely off the car-riageway with the possibil-ity of not being able to avoidthe odd tree, as against thecertainty of damage andinjury from these specifiedand designed post and ca-ble barriers.

Apart from the obvious

danger tov e h i c l e sand theiroccupants,are notgreen- ies

What human toll will it take forsafety to dominate our

expensive idealism?seems.

Or they must be influ-enced sufficiently to beblinded enough to state asimilarity.

How can they think thedanger to motorcyclists isthe same for the smoothsurfaced w-barrier versusexposed metal posts set inconcrete and supported bywire cables. Maybe theyshould expose their leg toboth surfaces at 100kmh tohelp them decide on theirpreference.

Also, the constructionnature of the w-barrierplaces the posts outside thesmooth metal w-sheettherefore allowing bothcars and motorcycles tosteer harmlessly off thebarrier as against the tear-ing destructive nature ofexposed posts.

A large percentage of thebarriers are located alongstretches of carriage wayby virtue of the tabledrains and raised tree ar-eas that would be virtuallyimpossible to reach them.

In any case, I wouldvastly prefer to take my

concerned for the con-fused animals that diealong these stretches ofbureaucratic madnessand the herbicides need-ed to maintain them con-stantly because of the im-possibility of slashingalong these verges.

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A dam which provided Goombungeewith water for about 36 years has beendecommissioned by Toowoomba RegionalCouncil.

The dam is located adjacent to LittleGomaran Creek, just downstream fromthe town, and was constructed by RosalieShire Council in 1976.

The dam has a capacity of 225Ml (50million gallons), and since it filled in 1978,has provided treated, potable water to theresidents of the town. More recently,since the establishment of ToowoombaRegional Council, Goombungee has beensupplied with water from the Mr Kynochtreatment plant through a pipeline viaMeringandan West.

At the March council meeting, Waterand Waste general manager KevinFlanagan said the water treatment plantat the dam had been transferred toYarranlea near Pittsworth to treat water

Council decommissionsGoombungee dam

for Brookstead and Pittsworth. MrFlanagan said the council was looking atways of providing water from the dam forthe Goombungee Showgrounds.

Former councillor with Rosalie ShireJohn Harth said that while he joined thecouncil after the Goombungee scheme wasoperational, he said it provided a low costwater option for the town.

He said Rosalie Shire Council alsomandated the installation of rain watertanks with the construction of each newhome which also supplemented thescheme.

The dam was filled via a diversion bank,taking water from the creek, and a coupleof other small streams, through a chan-nel to the dam, which was constructed asan off-stream storage.

This allowed a full dam to be by-passed,allowing environmental flows down thecreek. - Miles Noller.

Lung Foundation Australiais coming to Toowoomba tohelp people living with lungdisease.

The latest Better Livingwith Your Chronic Lung Dis-ease Regional Patient Semi-nar on Wednesday, April 30,delivers up-to-date informa-tion for patients and carers

living with lung disease. Theevent also has many benefitsfor health professionals work-ing with lung disease patientsas well as providing usefulinformation for members ofthe community.

Attendees have the oppor-tunity to enjoy presentationsfrom highly experienced lo-

cal guest speakers who willcover three topics: • Behav-iour change methods to in-crease daily physical activity

• Palliative Care: What itmeans and how it can benefityou now and in the future

• Is snoring and sleepinessok? Sleep apnoea may be af-fecting you.

The seminar provides pa-tients and carers with theopportunity to find out moreabout Lung Foundation Aus-tralia, meet with members ofthe Toowoomba PatientSupport Groups, and askquestions of our experts.

When: Wednesday, April30. Where: ToowoombaMotel and Events Centre, 2Burnage Street, East Too-woomba 10am to 1.45pm.

RSVP: To book your placecall 1800 654 301 beforeWednesday, April 23. This isa free event which includesmorning tea and lunch. TheLung Foundation AustraliaChronic Lung Disease Self-Management project is sup-ported by funding from theAustralian Government un-der the Chronic Disease Pre-vention and Service Improve-ment Fund.

Lung Foundation Australiais dedicated to supportingpeople affected by lung dis-ease and to making lung healtha priority for all Australians.

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AllAllAllAllAll HIGH COUNTRY HERALD - APRIL1, 2014 - 5

A group of 22 enthusiastshave fomred a support groupto rehabilitate Charles andMotee Rogers Bushland Re-serve in Highfields after abush walk led by local nativeplant expert Trish Gardner.

This remnant patch ofSydney blue gum open for-est with vine forestunderstorey on red soil nearthe Cultural Centre frontsO’Brien Road.

It is one of the few exam-ples of endangered ecosystemtype 12.5.6 covering just 2 to3000 hectares, mostly in theformer Crows Nest Shire.

These potential Friends ofRogers Reserve learned it stillhas its original four vegeta-tion layers (open eucalyptcanopy, vine forest cub-canopy, shrub layer andground cover layer).

Vines are an importantcomponent of this kind ofecosystem, and the RogersReserve has at least 17 nativevine species.

Ms Gardner said weed in-festation levels, mainly escap-ees from domestic gardens orbird transfer as seed, were re-markably low.

She pointed out significantnative species such as Syd-

Friends take a walk inRogers Reserve

• RIGHT: Friends of Peacehaven Park member TrishGardner (left) introduces 22 supporters to the nativeplant Hedge orangebark Maytenus silvestris duringa recent bush appreciation walk through Charles andMotee Rogers Reserve in O’Brien Road, Highfields.

ney blue gum Eucalyptussaligna, grey gum Eucalyptusbiturbinata, Leopard ashFlindersia collina (decorativedappled bark), Hedgeorangebark Maytenussilvestris (bird-attracting yel-low fruits), Red olive-plumElaeodendron australis (ladenwith orange fruits for birds),and Monkey rope vineParsonsia reticulata (butter-fly host vine).

“There are at least 25 spe-cies of butterfly host plantsin the reserve. It is the foodsource for many of the nativebutterflies which visit High-fields gardens,” she said.

Cr Bill Cahill and Too-woomba Regional Councilcommunity liaison managerAchim Eberhardt met withconcerned local and Too-woomba residents regardingthe future uses of this reserve.

After morning tea the groupagreed to meet regularly dur-ing the year for working beesand to promote the reserve’sattractions.

Local activist Judi Grayoffered to co-ordinate tasks.

The first meeting should beheld on Sunday, April 6. Forfurther information [email protected]

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The New Hope Groupwould like to provide balanceto the misinformation in twoletters in the High CountryHerald (18/3/14) titled Envi-ronmental Costs by theOakey Coal Action Allianceand Enduring legacy by NoelWieck.

Mining and agriculturehave successfully co-existedat New Acland since miningbegan in the area more than ahundred years ago.

The enduring legacy of theNew Acland Mine will be toreturn mined land to its pre-vious use - agriculture and, inparticular, grazing.

The overriding principle

New Hope responds to Coal Alliance claims

With all due respect toClive Bentley’s letter (Her-ald 25/3/14) regarding widowmaker gums, and without get-ting into a war of words, thelearned gentleman may like toresearch the type of gums (eu-calyptus trees) that he wasreferring to.

Out of 700 species foundin eastern Australia, it is adocumented fact that very

Government overrides its own rules

for all of New Hope’s landrehabilitation programs is toensure disturbed land is re-turned to a post-mine condi-tion that is safe, stable, non-polluting and self-sustaining.

We are now demonstratingthis through scientific cattlegrazing trials.

New Acland currently em-ploys more than 40 local farm-ers at the mine, supplement-ing their income and enablingthem to also continue work-ing their family properties.

The revised New AclandCoal Mine Stage 3 Project willuse 8900 ML a year of wa-ter, primarily to wash coal.

Only 3300 MLpa of thiswater will be sourced exter-nally, with the remaindersourced from internal recy-cling methods.

The 3300 MLpa will besupplied from waste waterfrom the Wetalla reclamationfacility, which is purchasedby New Hope from the Too-woomba Regional Council.

Waste tyres generated byNew Acland for the revisedproject will be stored near theworkshop until a volume oftyres is present that necessi-

tates clearance. A suitable areaof pit floor as deep as possi-ble, but not in the region of anexpressing aquifer, will beprepared.

The tyres will then be dis-posed of and surveyed asappropriate.

Alternatively, tyres will bestored and transported off-site by a licenced regulatedwaste transporter to a li-censed regulated waste re-ceiver.

This disposal method is anauthorised activity by theDepartment of Environmentand Heritage Protection andis standard practice across theresource industry.

Rather than respond to allof the further misinformationin the two letters, New Hopeinvites local residents to makeup their own mind about therevised New Acland Project.

New Hope has an open in-vitation for anyone interestedto visit our Community Infor-mation Centre in CampbellStreet, Oakey, to speak withus directly, or to attend one ofour regular mine site tours.

Our information centre isstaffed by two community li-aison officers, who are happyto discuss what is happeningat the mine and what is pro-posed under the revised Stage3 plan.

The next public tour ofNew Acland is scheduled forFriday, May 23, subject toweather conditions.

Anyone interested in tour-ing the mine is welcome toattend.

New Acland is happy toaccommodate groups of 20or more people for site tourswhich can be held separatelyfrom our regular public tours.

For more information onthe site tours, or to book aplace, please call 4694 8801.

- Jim Randell ExecutiveGeneral Manager, MiningNew Hope Group.

few species are known aswidow makers.

I am first to agree that manyof the trees on the now barrenHighfields School site did fallinto that category of widowmaker, but other species alsoexisted on that site includingiron barks.

These are well known astrees considered to be as safeas any other non-eucalypt treewhich will now no doubt beplanted at the subject site inlieu of the once native maturetrees.

It is well known by manythat most of the white gumspecies do fall into the widowmaker category. Highfields isfull of them including ourparks. Just go down toPeachaven Park as one exam-ple.

With the writer’s notion andif applied, we would have allparks devoid of these trees andno one would be permitted intoour national parks due to pub-lic safety.

Of course, this is a nonsensein the real world.

Yes, many trees had to goon the high school site. This issimple plain common sense.

Whether to make way forbuildings or safety, trees had

to go, however, some of thenative iron barks and someothers that do not fall intothe stated category couldhave been saved.

Now, all we have to worryabout is cracking concrete tiltup panels in the yearsahead. Let’s hope a concretewall does not collapse anytime anywhere, as by this rulethen our buildings may getthe title of widow maker.

We all look forward to thenew school as it serves svery clear need in Highfieldsand the satellite communi-ties.

It is the way the projecthas been railroaded throughby this Government toacheive its outcomes at mini-mal cost like many govern-ments of old.

No developer or CitzenJoe is permitted to wipe outtrees to the likes of what wesaw over this 25 acres.

Government can overideits own rules and is exemptof laws pertaining tobiodiversity conservation re-quirements that others mustheed. The latter is the moreconcerning issue in the big-ger picture. - Ken Avery,Highfields.

Teachers shave forcancer research

Highfields State School teachers Stacy Melville, year2, and Graham McDougall, year 3 shed their locks onFriday, raising money for cancer research. Stacy saidshe had already raised $2000 and both teachers willbenefit from a gold coin donation from the children.Other teachers took part in hair colouring at the handsof students.

SMS 0409 890 081: Pre-mier Mr Newman’s refusal tocut alcohol trading hours isappalling. Look at the numberof early morning traffic acci-dents where alcohol is alleg-edly involved. His wayaround the problem is to putmore money into policingbooze districts. How will thatstop people getting into cars?I actually voted for his party- won’t do again until I seesome connection with the realworld. Who’s standing up forthe innocent victims here?There’s no justification forletting pubs turn out drunksonto the streets at 5am. Wedidn’t have this trouble whenpubs closed at 10 pm. - Neil,Highfields.

First duty for Miss Darling Downs Showgirl LaurenFisher, Bell, was to present the Dame Mary Durackaward for the champion leatherwork exhibit to JohnWard, Toowoomba.

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There will be a meeting atthe Evergreen cemeterygrounds on Thursday, April10, at 10am to discuss theestablishment of a lawncemetery memorial gardenand the possibility of a out-door chapel/gazebo.

Your input will be vital inplanning for these facilities.

This is your local cem-etery and it is for your ben-efit to enhance this restingplace. The plans will haveto be in place and drawn upto allow us to apply forfunding.

All are welcome to comeand have your say. ContactHazel 4692 8151 for furtherdetails. - Hazel Gscheidle.

CemeterymeetingQCWA Darling Downs Divisional Presi-

dent Elaine Kieseker attended the inauguralmeeting of a new sub branch in Oakey.

This meeting was supported by severalmembers of the Oakey branch who are keento nurture the new group.

Mrs Kieseker oversees the division whichis an umbrella organisation covering the re-gion. She spoke about the functions of theorganisation which include branch commit-ments to the State.

“Each group organises activities in accord-ance with the wishes of the members in thatgroup designed to provide fun and friend-

Oakey CWA forms sub branchship opportunities while improving skills ina vast array of activities,” she said.

Members at the meeting said they wantedto help families in rural communities, sup-port CWA House, craft, history and agricul-tural aspects of the Oakey district.

Oakey branch president Judith Sloss saidthe new group would meet once a month onWednesday nights.

The first meeting will be held on Wednes-day April 16, from 5.30 pm at theBernborough Tavern, Campbell StreetOakey. Further information can be obtainedby phoning Judith 4630 0276.

St Augustine’s AnglicanChurch is holding its annualfashion parade in the OakeyCultural Centre on Tuesday,April 15, starting at 10 am.

Eight local ladies will pa-rade the latest fashions fromMillers and My Size.

There will be a multidraw

Annual Anglican fashion paraderaffle, lucky door prizes anda stall filled with homemadegoodies.

The usual delicious morn-ing tea will be served high-lighted with piping hotscones.

Admission $12. Tablebookings of 10 can be made

by phoning Judith on 46300276.

However, bookings are notessential.

So just come along withyour friends and enjoy a re-laxing morning of entertain-ment. - - Judith Sloss.

The countdown to Can-cer Council’s popular Aus-tralia’s Biggest MorningTea fund raiser is on. Can-cer Council Queensland ischallenging participants togive their events a healthyspin.

According to the 2012chief health officer’s re-port, more than two millionQueenslanders are over-

weight or obese, puttingthem at risk of serious ill-ness including heart dis-ease and some cancers.

High body mass andphysical inactivity wereamong the top four factorscontributing to 34.6 percent of the burden of can-cer across the State.

While morning teas canbe synonymous with treats,

Cancer Council’s Austral-ia’s Biggest Morning Teaon Thursday, May 22, is allabout finding healthy al-ternatives that are just asdelicious.

To register a BiggestMorning Tea, visit biggestmorning tea.com.au or call1300 65 65 85 to receiveyour free Australia’s Big-gest Morning Tea host kit.

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Among the adults in my family we have started giving giftsinstead of chocolate Easter eggs at Easter.

After all, we are all trying to lose weight so lots of choco-late is not a great idea, particularly when added to hot crossbuns consumed in the days and weeks leading up to Easter.

But there is something more to giving gifts at Easter. Wegive gifts at Christmas to recognise that God gave us the giftof his son Jesus as a baby.

But at Easter, Jesus gives us the greatest gift of all, forgive-ness of our sins by his death and new life for all eternitywhen Jesus rose from the dead on Easter Day.

In the commercialisation of both Easter and Christmas, weoften lose a sense of what the gift of forgiveness and new lifecost Jesus.

The terrible suffering he experienced and being temporar-ily separated from the Father he loved.

Why not take a moment over this busy time of the year tothank God for all God has done for you and your familyespecially for the gifts at Easter. - Rev Stephanie PatchingSt Anne’s Anglican Church Highfield.s

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Leonie Brassey, Apthorpe Farm Market Place, Highfields with visitors to herstall, Penny and Don Protheroe, Anduramba.

First place in the Jill and Jill championship sawingcompetition went to Theresa Donovan

and Jodie Beutel.Grahame Knight and Denise Watt. Grahame

judged the fruit and vegetable section.

Cooyar Show Miss Showgirl co-ordinator Jacinta Ryanwho, with president Tom Gillies, attended the DarlingDowns Sub-Chamber meeting. Jacinta is a former Miss Queensland Showgirl.

Mel and Bev Beutel, Crows Nest, watched son Archie and daughter-in-lawJodie compete in the woodchopping and sawing events.


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Toowoomba City Lions who operated the canteenMeryl and Jim Wright and Nicole Hammermeister.

Margaret Briggs Toowoomba Spiritualist Churchwhich did the catering.

Face painter Queen Fairy Fae from Fairies on the Downs with Blake and RileyCooper, Meringandan and Lily Woonton, Gowrie Junction.

Vanessa Gossow andJayden Donovan are on theirway to Sydney to representQueensland in the under 21Queensland axemens team.

Vanessa is the first femaleto be selected in an Under 21Queensland team, in a sportthat for a century has beendominated by males. Butthis is a chance for her to rep-resent her State in a teamboasting some of the bestaxemen the world has to offer.

Jayden Donovan, a relativenew comer to the sport ofwood chopping has excelled.

He has already taken out

Queensland Junior Axemen in2012 for Queensland.

The pair will most likelyline up in the doubled handedsawing. A team within team.

Not only have Vanessa andJayden grown up as friends,but have shared an ambitionto be members of this under21 team. It has been a life timedream of Vanessa to make thisteam.

Her experience at such ayoung age will hold her ingood stead for the pressures

of such an event. She has ex-perience cutting in theQueensland invitation team atthe Brisbane Exhibition, butthis be insignificant comparedto the competing in the Syd-ney Easter Royal Stadium,known as the Wimbledon ofwood chopping. Vanessa isbreaking through the barriersof a male dominated sport.The two competitors make acompetitive combination.

Both are quietly spokencitizens with an inner desireto succeed. Jayden’s naturalability has also brought himto the attention of many

champions of the sport.He has a perfect physique

for an all round axe men.Jayden is displaying excel-lent hand and eye coordina-tion, and timing ability whenhitting the block.

Traditionally they bothcome from families involvedwith the sport.

Vanessa’s great grandfa-ther competed in wood chop-ping as a novice.

She in the past has com-peted with her grandfather,grandmother, father andmother in sawing events.Pairing up with Jayden insawing will give them addedexperience.

Jayden has also followedhis parents’ involvement inthe sport. Wayne and TeresaDonovan have also travelledboth Queensland and Aus-tralia competing .

Wayne is one of the mostrespected competitors inAustralia with a Chain Sawin hand. A multiple Austral-ian champion. His quiet com-petitive nature has rubbedoffon Jayden.

The community joins inwishing them well .The ex-perience that will stay withthem for many years to come.They will do themselvesproud, their parents proudand their State proud.

Following a family traditionOUR COVER

The Crows Nest Show Society annualshow ball is fast approaching.

The society is on the lookout for youngenthusiastic ladies from the region to takeon a journey competing in the showgirl com-petition.

An extra age group has been added to thecompetition to give the younger generationa chance to dress up for a night. Princesscompetitors are aged between 7 and 12,

junior competitors between the ages of 13and 17 and senior girls between 18 and 27.

For more information, any questions youhave or to grab an entry form. Please con-tact Ness Gossow 0400 141 212 or 46984135. We would love to have you on board. Show ball doors open at 7.30 pm Satur-day, April 12 , at the Crows Nest Commu-nity and RSL Centre. Light refreshmentsand bar will be available.

Crows Nest show ball April 12

HIGH COUNTRY HERALD - APRIL1, 2014 - 9

The Longyard CountryMusic Toowoomba will beholding it’s next social/concertin the Wyreema hall this Sun-day, April 6.

The social starts at noonand finishes at 5pm. with freeafternoon tea.

Admission is $5. Comealong and listen to an after-noon of good old country mu-sic.

Contact Jerry on 46911812 for further details. -Jerry Samuelsen.

Country musicat Wyreema

Crow’s Nest Show floricultureAlthough the Crow’s Nest

Show is still a few weeksaway, now is the time to thinkabout your floriculture entriesand prepare your pot plants.

The continuing dry andextremely hot weather con-ditions have not been favour-able for any of our gardens.

Roses, flowers and foliage,are at present, very short inquantity and quality, but if itrains in the very near future,we could anticipate somelovely exhibits for the Showon May 10.

Pot plants still have timeto respond to a feed of Seasol.

There is still plenty of timeto prepare an artificial arrange-ment for the floral art.

Gardeners often think theirblooms are not good enoughto be entered at the show.

However, please be en-couraged to exhibit whateveryou have, even if it is only

one little flower. Every entryhelps to make a display.

The floriculture stewardswill happily assist you withyour entries.

Should you require a flori-culture section schedule,please contact the show of-fice or the chief floriculturesteward, Elaine Kahler, 46966228.

Smoke alarm reminder

James Harris, Highfields, a communications officer withQueensland Fire and Rescue, is reminding household-ers that April 1 is time to renew smoke alarm batteries.

Highfields rainrecorder MatthewWeatherley meas-ured 86mm in the48 hours to 9amFriday and 145mmfor the month.Rain and stormsoccurred over awide area of south-ern Queensland.

The March av-erage is 88m.

Marchrainfall

The growth of the realestate business across theHighfields area, hasprompted a relocation forHighfields and DistrictRealty.

Narelle Barsby estab-lished the real estate officein the Highfields Plaza Cir-cle in February 2006.

She said she built thebusiness from nothing.“There was just me,” shesaid.

She started with anempty office and built upa rent roll from nothing.

But for the past two anda half years, Marilyn Hunthas been involved in ad-ministration and last year,salesman Ray Hunt joinedthe business.

The business made a bigmove a few weeks agowhen it re-located the of-fice to Abbie Lane on theHighway near the intersec-

The team at Highfields and District Realty - Narelle Barsby, principal, RayHunt, sales, and Marilyn Hunt, administration.

tion with Highfields Road.“We moved here be-

cause we believed the newoffice offers better expo-sure,” Narelle said.

She said the office con-ducts business from CrowsNest and Hampton toToowoomba andMeringandan.

Highfields is in the cen-tre of this area and real es-tate business was definitelyhappening, she said.

The Barsby familymoved to Highfields in1979 when the local High-fields State School had just59 children.

Now there are 900 stu-dents.

While many of the largerHighfields housing blockswill forever remain, somuch of the housing devel-opment in the region wason smaller blocks. - MilesNoller

Highfields growth prompts moveRE-LOCATION - Highfields and District Realty

Alison Green of Laidleywon the grand championhandicraft exhibit at theToowoomba Show with abeautiful quilt six years inthe making. The quilt wasa reproduction from an1800s design by Ameri-can Sallie Anne Nelsonand as a tribute to the de-signer Alison named herquilt Homage to SallieAnne.TOP RIGHT: BuddyJohnson, chief steward,Suzanne Coombes andDebbie Mulligan fromSoroptimist Internationalwho donated the cham-pion trophy, Alison Green,and chief steward ShirleyElsden who is retiring af-ter 34 years in the role.

RIGHT: Joan Wingett ofCrows Nest was awardedtwo third places in quilt-ing at the ToowoombaShow. Her awards camein classes for large quiltand small quilt.

FAR RIGHT: FlorenceLongmore of Too-woomba took out reservegrand champion of thehandicraft section of theToowoomba Show withher entry in any otherhandicraft which was alsochampion of the needle-work section.

TOOWOOMBA SHOW PICTORIAL


Dairy farmers on the DarlingDowns believe the industry couldgrow by 10 per cent in the nextdecade if they are given a fair goin the market place. The DarlingDowns currently produces 30 per-cent of Queensland’s milk, andleaders in the Queensland DairyFarmers Organisation believe thiscan grow to 40 per cent of Queens-land’s milk within 10 years.

But they said they were operat-ing in a failed market systemcaused by the one-dollar-per-litre-milk imposed by the supermar-kets. However, the QDO is hope-ful the future might be better asexport opportunities for fresh milkand dairy products emerge.

Last week, four QDO leaderswere in Toowoomba to present asubmission to the Federal Depart-ment of Agriculture’s taskforcewhich is facilitating an Agricul-tural Competitiveness White Pa-per. The taskforce is currently vis-iting 25 regions across Australiaseeking views on the subject.

Among those who gave submis-sions and presented statements inToowoomba were dairy farmers

Dairy farmers John Daville, Nobby, Jeff Ballon, Maclagan, Wes Judd, Millmerran, and Ross McInnes, Harrisville,at talks in Toowoomba, when the Federal Department of Agriculture sought information for its

Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper.

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They said they believed the Federal Minis-ter for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce understoodthe issues, but thought eventually that anychanges would become a cabinet decision. Thelocal dairy farmers have also been buoyed bythe first shipment recently into a high endmarket in Manilla.

The export deal involves milk, cream andother products from the Norco organisation

which has 70 suppliers in Southern Queens-land. Wes Judd said dairy production was readyto expand if better prices could be obtained.Farmers wanted to get the best value for theirmilk, whether in the domestic or export mar-kets.

“If the market is there that can pay, we cansupply,” he said.

There is an acknowledgement that the local

John Saville, Nobby, QDO State councillor,Jeff Ballon, Maclagan, QDO district council-lor, Wes Judd, Millmerran, State councillor andformer president, and Ross McInnes,Harrisville, QDO vice president.

They said they were heartened the FederalGovernment was actually talking with farm-ers and farm groups on the issue of competi-tiveness.

market could become short of milkshould export markets open up.“But the one-dollar per litre milkis dragging us down, and is con-tributing to market failure,” theysaid.

Any opportunities in dairy mar-keting that might be created by theopening of the Wellcamp Airportwest of Toowoomba (such as freshmilk consignments to China),would be examined. In February,Minister for Agriculture BarnabyJoyce took the first step in devel-oping the Agricultural Competi-tiveness White Paper by releasingthe issues paper and calling onpeople to get involved.

The issues paper identifies thekey matters the government wouldlike input on and will guide thedevelopment of the White Paper.

Issues include access to finance,competitiveness through the valuechain, reducing inefficient regu-lation, enhancing agricultural ex-ports and managing drought forthe longer term.

“Now is your chance to thinkbig,” Minister Joyce said.

“Now is your chance to say whatyou would do for your nation if you were tomake agriculture work better.

“Building on our strengths in agriculture ispart of the Australian Government’s plan tobuild a diverse five-pillar economy to gener-ate jobs and deliver a stronger, more prosper-ous economy.

Submissions are due by 5pm EST April 17. - Miles Noller.

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The quality of Angora goats produced onthe Darling Downs has been confirmed bothlocally and nationally in recent weeks.

Darling Downs Angora producer SuePaterson took a team of 11 of her Angoras toa national show at Goulburn in New SouthWales.

This is known as The Nats (National An-gora Trophy Show and Sale).

She returned with awards for championbuck and champion doe. The doe was also thesupreme exhibit of the show. At the OakeyShow, an Angora feature show was held, andthe same doe and buck again prevailed, al-though the buck this time became the supremeexhibit.

• RIGHT: Sue Paterson, Tagora Angora Stud, Felton South, holding her championdoe, Tagora 2793, at the Oakey Show Angora feature show. Sue also exhibited thechampion buck, Tagora 2853, held by Graham Dau. The buck was supremeAngora exhibit.

The success at both a national and a featureshow confirms that Sue Paterson’s Tagora Studfrom Felton South is one of the nation’s lead-ing producers. Angoras have a 40-year his-tory in Australia, being introduced in the early1970s. Sue Paterson started breeding themwhen on a property at Barcaldine.

She said the 1970s and 1980s were big forthe industry as the world began understand-ing the advantages of Angora fleece.

“Mohair is still selling very well,” she said.Quality of animals and specifications forfleeces had increased, and the specificationsfor luxury fabrics were very tight. Angorasare generally shorn twice a year as their hairgrows about 25mm each month.

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The carcase yield and bone-out percentages of a championheifer at the Oakey/Goombungee Cattle Classic competitionsupport the judge’s decision.

Graham and Wendy Motley had won championships withsteers in past events but never with heifers.

But that changed a few weeks ago when in the grain fedheifer classes, their three heifers were placed first, secondand third, and one became the champion grain fed heifer.

The first two heifers were black Limousins and the thirdplaced heifer was a Murray Grey.

Mr Motley said the champion had a carcase yield of 64per cent. When the rib fillet was weighed, it represented 3.1per cent of the carcase, compared to 2.7 per cent industryaverage.

Gomoran district livestock producer Helen Darlington hitthe high prices at a recent cattle sale in Toowoomba, despitethe trend for lower prices as drought affected cattle wereyarded.

Ms Darlington offered a weaner steer and was surprisedwhen it sold for $3.80 kg live.

It was a three-way cross, Limousin, Red Poll and MurrayGrey, and was the last calf from a cow that was cast for age.

It seems the young steer was offered on the right day whenthere was competition for a potential led steer champion.

High price in a drought

Above average meat yield

The news is not good for livestock producers having tohand feed their animals because of the drought.

While the effects of the rain event last week are stillbeing assessed, many who are feeding cattle know theywill have to continue feeding for some time to come.

The availability of suitable fodder and rising pricesfor this fodder makes this a difficult task.

More than 100 landholders at Pinelands Hall, northof Crows Nest, have been told that there is very littlehay north of Wagga in Southern NSW.

Ian Wickham from Feed Central at Charlton, told themeeting organised by the Emu Creek CatchmentLandcare Group, that Wagga was 1200km away and itwas now at a crucial stage for those drought feeding.

Feed Central trades more than 100,000 tonnes of fod-der across Australia annually, and also trades grain.

Mr Wickham gave details of what feeds were avail-able, where it was, the feed value, prices, and the com-parative advantages or disadvantages of round bales andsquare bales. He said some relied only on protein con-tent, when energy values (kilojoules) were probably moreimportant in drought feeding.

He said lucerne at $600 a tonne was out of considera-tion, and very little was available and most from SouthAustralia.

Hay from rhodes grass, millet, and bambatsi grass didnot exist in Queensland. Sorghum stubble at $150 to$170 a tonne was a cheap option but warned that supple-ments had to be added to provide any feed value.

Straw from Forbes and West Wyalong was costing $450a tonne, but was not as good as cereal hay and they weregetting just 15 tonnes on a semi-trailer.

Some cereal hay was available out of Victoria at $500a tonne, but the Victorian dairy farmers would soon becapturing this feed source.

Nutritionist Shane Lambert told the audience thatthose with cattle had to make a decision about the bestvalue, whether to feed, or to dispose of their herd.

He said an examination of manure was an indicatorof what should be fed, but said there was no magicalanswer.

He said it was no good spending a fortune feedingcattle if you spend more than what they are worth.

The meeting heard from Ross Ballin, principal in-dustry development officer with the Department of Ag-riculture, Fisheries and Forestry, who outlined the Stateand Federal Government drought relief measures, whatwas available, and how to apply.

Bruce Lord from SEQ Catchments covered a widerange of subjects and warned of weed spread with droughtfodder. He suggested that even after rain, a continua-tion of hand feeding for a time allowed the pasture tobetter recover before being grazed. - MILES NOLLER.

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Haden lotfeeder Mark Genrich, Ian Wickham, FeedCentral, and Feed Central grain trader WendyRobertson.

Chairman of Emu Creek Catchment Landcare FrankBurgess and Christine Burgess.

Ross Ballin, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries andForestry, and Crystal Stark, Anduramba.

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OUTSIDE VENDORS: (GST applicable): lnternational 886 Tractor/cab, approx 120hp; New Hollandsuper 56 SD rake; 1410 Ford D series 8 ton diesel truck, tipper & bin. 1946 Ford tip truck; 1953 FordMainline ute; 24 Run A62 combine; Afton 650 amp 3 phase welder; McMillan drill press; 8 inchbench grinder; 1 half tonne trolley jack; Assorted air tools; Single phase 240amp Mig welder; HondaCRF450 Guy 61 Nissen Patrol 4.2 turbo diesel ute; Murray Parklands ride-on mower, 38 inch cut.excellent condition; 1999 Mitsubishi Challenger 4WD wagon; Dishlex dishwasher - as new.

Payment by cash and approved cheque only. Photo ID required.Catering by Highfields Pioneer Village

CLEARING SALE - YALANGUR126 Bischof Rd (via Oakey) - SATURDAY, APRIL 12Inspection from 7am Saturday - Sale starts 10am

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Phone: Rick Zeller Livestock 0428 879 531Claire McCarthy 0407 025 028

Mates Who Open Gates is a pilot projectrunning in the Toowoomba and Kingaroycouncil areas.

An overview of the project was given tothose at the Pinelands drought night.

Rod Saal of AgAssist told the audiencethat graziers and farmers in the Toowoombaand South Burnett council areas could accessthe Mates Who Open Gates support pro-gram.

Mr Saal said they were encouraging friendsand family of farmers who feel that some arebecoming isolated and alone, to become in-volved so they can refer them on to otherservices.

Guest speaker Rod Saal, centre, from AgAssist which provides personal supportto farmers with Baden Brown and Branton Woodhead from PCCN/Heritage Bankwhich was a sponsor of Emu Creek Catchment Landcare drought night

He said they wanted to establish a volun-teer network to deliver personal support toprimary producers.

Volunteers would be provided with freetraining (including mental health first aid) andsupport resources.

Volunteers will not have to provide physi-cal services (except to open a gate), but ratheroffer an ear, a shoulder, and then a pathwayand referral to professional assistance if re-quired.

Mr Saal said the project was still in thepilot stage and was being funded by Queens-land Health. He can be contacted on 46321388 or 0400 917 077.

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A workshop at Persever-ance will demonstrate that live-stock owners can have theirbeef and their environment too.Keeping land and pastures ingood condition is the key tomaximising beef production,maintaining healthy cattle, andrunning a more profitable busi-ness.

The Stocktake - BalancingSupply and Demand work-shop, hosted byRavensbourne and DistrictLandcare Group and SEQCatchments, will be held onSaturday, April 12 at the Per-severance Hall with a paddocksession in the afternoon on anearby property.

Bruce Lord, a CommunityPartnerships Manager withSEQ Catchments and grazier,will present the workshopwhich aims to providelandholders, large or small,with a practical way to assessland condition, carry out feedbudgets, and manage their graz-ing which is very relevantgiven the current seasonal con-

ditions and outlook headinginto winter.

As well as providing infor-mation on basic grazing man-agement principles to balancepasture growth, utilisation andlivestock performance, theday will include practical ses-sions on identifying differentnative and sown pasture spe-cies, how to use key indicatorspecies to monitor pasturecondition, and how to moni-tor land condition and under-take forage budgets.

Organisers say the work-shop offers great value withparticipants receiving morningtea and lunch and a Stocktakemanual, field recording sheetsand database to organise, storepaddock and herd informationand is heavily subsidised, usu-ally $300, at only $30 perproperty.

SEQ Catchments Commu-nity Partnership Manager forthe Upper Brisbane regionBruce Lord hopes landholdersof all levels of experience willbenefit from this workshop.

“The day will also allowlandholders to share their ex-periences and compare noteson key issues such as desir-able pasture species and theimpacts of local land types andland condition on their stock-ing rates and grazing manage-ment. ”

Mr Lord said: “Having highlevels of groundcover andhealthy, diverse pastures mini-mises erosion and improvessoil health through increasedretention of water and organicmatter, which means pasturesare able to respond quickly torainfall and result in betterquality feed over longer peri-ods.”

The workshop is being de-livered by SEQ Catchments inpartnership with the Queens-land Department of Agricul-ture, Fisheries and Forestrywith funding provided by theAustralian Government.Bookings are required so toregister please contact IanEustace on 4697 8058 beforeWednesday, April 9.

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Since 2009 the RotaryClub of ToowoombaSouth has run the Creekto Crest Adventure Runand the Cabarlah FunRun, between MurphysCreek and Cabarlah.

Runners in the Creekto Crest start in MurphysCreek, and finish inCostello Road, Cabarlah.Those contesting the FunRun start in CostelloRoad, run out to the ex-tent of the asphalt inFernbank Road (top ofthe range), and return.

The Creek to Crest is10.4 kilometres in length,and climbs 370 metres,over primarily gravel4WD road. The race isjudged, by some who havecontested both, to betougher than the King ofthe Range.

The Fun Run is fivekilometres.

In 2013 the main road,the Range, was underheavy reconstruction, re-sulting in greater usage ofthe gravel road up toCabarlah. Because of thisheavy usage it wasdeemed unsafe to hold theevent, and both runs werecancelled.

This year the races areback, and were held onMarch 23.

A field of 21 joined thefray for the Creek toCrest. Matthew Robbie,of Brisbane, won theevent, with a time a shadeover 46 minutes.

This betters the timeoriginally set be GlenBenecke, in 2009 and2010, by almost twominutes, but is two min-utes shy of the currentrecord, set by BenMcCronan in 2012, of 44minutes 3 seconds.

Simon Kelderman wassecond, and Russell VanHoff third. GlendaBanaghan won the ladies’division, with CaraPinches second, and Fe-licity Tait third.

RESULTSMatthew Robbie, pic-

tured, 46:12, SimonKelderman 57:32, RussellVan Hoff 58:22, AllanJackson 59:54, Hugh Tait60:13, Glenda Banaghan60:35, Alan Bateman60:35, Chris Haire 62:19,William Wade 65:34, CaraPinches 65:37, FelicityTait 65:52, Roger Guard71:47, Shane Walsh 72:25,Sally Nicholls 74:37, JaneTait 74:47, Lucy Miles70:11, Allan Miles 80:00,Glen Wolfe 93:12, CarmelWalsh 132:11.

Running from creek to crest

The annual Ravensbourne tennis tournamernt at the Ravensbournesports grounds on March 22 was again well attended. Good entrieswere received in the mens, ladies and junior catagories with playerscoming from Toowoomba, Crows Nest and Allora as well as largeparticipation of local club members. Section winners were: mensDarren Halliwell, ladies Jannelle Kruse and juniors Dylan Yaxley. ABOVE:Back - Donna-Marie Rieschieck, ladies runner-up, Janelle Kruse, la-dies winner, Darren Halliwell, men’s winner, Geoff Brumpton, men’srunnerup. Front - Tim MacDonald, junior runner-up, Dylan Yaxley, juniorwinner, and Carley McColl, junior runner-up.

Ravensbourne tennis

BOWLS

GOLFBORNEO BARRACKS: March

19 - Single stableford, Barry Russelltrophies. Winner G. Gunther 40, run-ner-up K. Clarke 40. Rundown B.Russell 40, M. Troughton 39, K.McCormick 38, P. Cartwright 38, T.Trollope 37, J. Dowling 37.

Pins1st K. Clarke 10th G. Gunther,14th R. Sweeney, 17th R. Sweeney.

March 22 - Single stableford, BevanBargenquast trophies Winner J.Thompson 41, runner-up R.Backhouse 41. Rundown J. Bishop40, T. Fulloon 39, M. Burgess 39, B.Marney 39. Pins 1st R. Backhouse,

BORNEO BARRACKS LADIES:March 25 - Single stroke, monthlymedal and putting for trophies donatedby Pat Walker and qualifying round forhandicap matchplay and GQ Brooch.Winner Barbara Weier 73, 2nd LottePedersen 75. Rundown Judy Edwards

5th J. Collins, 10th T. McLean, 14thK. Mitchell, 17th B. Bargenquast.

March 23 - Single stroke, DennisStein memorial. Winner A. Sorenson67, runner-up J. Buckley 67. RundownK. Clarke 67, J. Thornton 68, G. Wittig68, C. Raich 68, G. Douglas 68, R.Woodcock 68, T. McLean 69, M.Troughton 69, M. Gardner 69, J.Bishop 69, R. Backhouse 69, B.Phillips 69. Pins 1st G. Douglas, 5thJ. Bishop, 10th M. Troughton, 14thA. Haddock, 17th O. Hollis.

March 30 - Round 1 HLO Shield atCrows Nest. - Gary Small.

76 on count back from Hazel Black.Putting Barbara Weier 32 on count

back from Hazel Black. Pins 1/1 and 2/5 (pro pin) Lotte Pedersen, 4/15 HazelBlack, monthly medal Barbara Weier.

April 1 - Single stableford for clubtrophies. - Lise Lotte Pedersen.

CROWS NEST: March 26 - Socialbowls was cancelled because ofintermitent showers.

This was the first Wednesday can-cellation because of the weather sinceMay 22, 2013.

March 22 - Club competition. Gamesdirector decided not to call any games.

March 16 - Crows Nest Realty dayresulted in winners Allan Mutch, LaurieCant and Red Fisher, runners-up BillEdge, Linda Mutch and Ernie Motley.

The club sincerely thanks CrowsNest Realty for its continued generos-

ity and support in connection with thisannual event.

Coming events: Sunday, April 6 -Visit from Brisbane Fire Brigade SocialClub,

Sunday, April 13 - Club sponsored.Sunday, April 20 - Club sponsored.Sunday, April 27 - Ray White (Bris-

bane) Real Estate day.New bowls players and visitors are

always welcome at the Crows NestBowls Club. Contact the secretary onbakescrowsnest @live.com.au or 46982197. - Gary Baker.

The Cabarlah Fun Runwas won by John Croft,with a time of 25 minutesand six seconds.

Dennis Kalinawskiwas second, and AnnGuyatt third.

The club received sup-port from the Too-woomba Road Runnersand the use of theMeringandan Pub cour-tesy bus for moving run-ners back to MurphysCreek.

While the nature of theCreek to Crest has notchanged, the club has ex-tended the format to nowaccept entries of teams offour, to provide a train-ing opportunity for thosewishing to join theKokoda Challenge, alsorun by the club, in May.

Angie Anlezark has been busy dur-ing the past 12 months mustering num-bers to establish a tennis club in High-fields.

Angie started coaching in Highfieldsfour years ago with just six studentsand then decided to take it a step fur-ther.

Angie said, because tennis is such afun family sport, she advertised herbusiness as she could see great poten-tial for Highfields to have a club justlike most other country towns do.

The Highfields Tennis Club has beensuccessfully established and is now af-filiated with Tennis Australia.

This affiliation means all membersare covered with the right insurance andcan use the Shannon Park courts as of-ten as they like with no extra charge.

“My latest sucess is the adult socialon Thursday night from 6.30 to -8.30pmand the ladies group on Friday morn-ings. This group now has the benefit ofa chreche so Mums can enjoy a bit oftime out,” Angie said.

Angie also has the great Hot ShotsTennis program available for 5 to 12-year-olds and will offer a holiday ten-nis clinic during the Easter holidays onApril 14 and 15. Bookings are beingtaken now for 5 to 12- year-olds.

Hot Shots tennis progam

INDOOR CRICKETCROWS NEST: March 24 - After

last week’s loss, Mouse Bilbys bouncedback with a comprehensive victory overa very mediocre Fielders. The 83-runwin, 171 to 88, was set up with theMouse men always on top.

Matt Robson and Matt Rowe topscored for the night with a 58-run part-nership.

When it comes to close finishes, no-body measures up to Carlukes. This

SOUTHERN DOWNS: March 23- Target rifle, possible 105. JimDickenson 100.7.

F class standard, possible 126. BethCaskey 118.5, Barry Russell 117.6, Carl

was proved yet again on Wednesdaynight with a last-over win against X-Men. Carlukes won the toss and battedfirst. With Wally Watson and Brendanmaking 54 runs first up, they foughttheir way to a total of 105.

Everything was going to plan for X-Men early on, but relentless accuratebowling by Carlukes saw them fall atthe last hurdle to go down 105 to 102. -John Schwarz

Reid 105.6, Margaret Taylor 99.1, DavidTaylor 96. A great day with fine condi-tions but some shooters found the slightchanges challenging. Congratulations toMargaret Taylor. - Graham Eagle.

RIFLE SHOOTING

HOCKEYT O O W O O M B A :

Division 1 - Men RedLion 5 (LachlanBrownhalls 2, Craig Smith2, Jarod Klease 1) d.Rangeville 1 (KarlHarland 1). Newtown 8

(James Kruger 3, JarodGleeson 2, Brent Garske1, Matthew Siebuhr 1,Josh McPaul 1) d. Norths1 (Kris Glass 1). WomenNewton 3 (Tiana Barrett2, Kaitlyn Marks 1) drew

with Red Lion 3 (KellyGillard 2, Claire Jolley 1).Norths 4 (EdwinaWestercott 1, TammyEiser 1, Bree Trost 1,Rebecca Reuter 1) d. PastHigh 0.

CRICKETThe Central Downs season concluded

with the presentation of trophies. Kulpiwere presented with the Steger-McIntyre Shield as premiers. Kulpi alsofinished the season as minor premiers.Runners-up Nobby picked up theSandy Hoopert Memorial Trophy forwinners of the first round. Bowenvillewere presented with the Col WicksMemorial Shield for winners of the sec-ond round.

Nobby’s Damian Pauli was crownedCentral Downs Player of the Year fol-

lowing a stellar season with the bat.Pauli also picked up the batting aggre-gate, batting average and best battingperformance trophies after scoring 876runs at an average of 109.50. Pauli re-ceived the batting performance trophyafter scoring 140 not out against Oakey.Kulpi’s Jordan Klingberg was awardedthe Under 18 Player of the Year trophyand also collected the trophy for mostwickets by an under 18 player. Oakey’sJordan Wikaire received the trophy formost runs by an under 18 player.

We invite readers in all our dis-tribution districts to send us itemsof interest. Our circulation nowexceeds 10,500 issues a week de-livered to mail boxes - making theHerald by far the largest privatelyowned non-daily newspaper inSouthern Queensland. We wel-come your letters, news, sports,social notes and photos. HighCountry Herald, P.O. Box 242Highfields Q. 4352. Phone 46154416, [email protected]

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HIGH COUNTRY HERALD, APRIL 1, 2014 - 15

EVENTS and ENTERTAINMENT

SHOP TO RENT

CROWS NESTOffice/Shop for rentProminent position.Phone 4698 1011.

Meringandan-Highfields Uniting Church13 Main Street, MERINGANDANSUNDAY SERVICES - 9amGood Friday Service - 8amLenten Bible Study every Monday 7pm (until Easter)

Contact 4696 7389 for more details

WANTED TO RENTLarge Home with Pool

Tuesday, December 23to December 29, 2014Highfields-ToowoombaWill look after pets and

water garden.Please phone Cec Pring

4696 8287

PETS

CHURCH SERVICES

TAXI SERVICE

HEALTH and WELLBEINGCHIROPRACTOR

CLOCKS and WATCHES KINESIOLOGY

COMPUTER SERVICES

1999 JACKAROO: 4 x4. Petrol and LPG. Goodcondition. $7000. Ph: 0459784 348.ELECTRIC folding bedwith metal tray, mattress,bed rails. Paid $2750.Great buy $1000. Ph:4630 8104 or 0418 180679FOOTBALL BOOTS:Boys: Asics US6, Purple/Yellow $30. Nike US5,White/Fluro $20. Goodcondition. 0408 459 826.

HORSE RUG REPAIRSDog rugs from $10

Crows Nest0468 993 886

FOR SALE

GARAGE SALES

LOST and FOUNDFOUND: Large green petparrot. Kleinton-Cabarlah-Highfields area. Phone4696 6383.

QUIT SMOKING

PH: 4615 4416 or 0409 890 081

ADVERTISE YOUR SERV-ICE HERE FOR

$32.50 PER WEEK*

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONMARKETING and PROMOTION

*Weekly for 6 weeks

FLORIST

FIREWOOD

FIREWOODIRONBARK

Block or SplitDelivered all areas

Ph: 0408 716 147or 4698 1399

THAI MASSAGE

PADDOCK TO PLATETOP QUALITY BEEFFrom our family farm.......to your family table

HORMONE FREEOnly $11/kg deliveredwww.pinelandsbeef.com

Phone 0427 768 464

Now OfferingREIKI TREATMENTS

FROM $30Reiki treatment follows a

traditional pattern ofhand positions, restingwithout pressure on orabove the body. Reiki ispure energy and bringsabout deep relaxation

and healing.Call Melanie0414 862 172

For an appointment.

SOLICITOROPTOMETRIST

GARDENING andPLANTS

PEACEHAVENBOTANIC PARK

NURSERY56 Kuhls Road

HighfieldsOPEN 9am to 12.30pmThursday and Saturday

PLANTS FOR SALE• Reasonable prices• Local advice• Local natives

MUMS, BUBSTODDLERS

KINDY KIDSKindermusik Classes

Call Leisa 0488 776 565www.

leisasmusicplace.com.au

CLASSES andTUITION

GARDENING andHANDYMAN

PUBLIC NOTICES

Crows Nest Meals on Wheelscovers Crows Nest and District.For further information phone4698 2611 or 4698 2139. Our service is supported byfinancial assistance from the Australian Government.

www.highfieldsflorist.com.au

HIGHFIELDSFLORISTTel/Fax4615 5056

ADORABLE KITTENSneed permanent, loving

homes. Cheap desexing.2 adult desexed male cats

to give away to good homeYour home is a better placewith an adorable little pet.

Phone 4696 1111

PLASTERER

PLASTERERLOCAL - RELIABLE

Call Gary0418 733 749.

QBSA: No: 1002151

FOUND: Young femaleblack Kelpie. Persever-ance Dam Rd. Crows Nest.Phone 0409 728 976.

TANK: Clark plastic.5000 gal - 4200 gal ca-pacity. Cream. Used.Highfields. $800. Phone:0439 647 186.

MENDING andALTERATIONS

• MENDING• ALTERATIONS

Machine Embroideryfor Gifts including towelsand school requirements

(Chair bags, librarybags etc)

Call Tricia 0429 864 084

HIGHFIELDS: 16 Mer-roll St. Saturday, April 5- 7am to 1pm. Householdgoods, tools, outdoor,lots of great stuff!!!

CROWS NEST SHOW SOCIETYwill hold their next monthly on Friday, April 11, 2014.

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE: Now to be heldat Crows Nest Community and RSL Centre at 7.30pm.

GUN MILITARIA COLLECTABLES FAIR

DEATH NOTICE

CRAFT RETREAT

BOBCAT HIRE

S.S.W. BOBCAT & PLANT HIRE• Available 7 days • Competitive Rates • Prompt quotes

• 6” trencher• Posthole digger up to 18” x 2m deep• Specialising in difficult sites• Also 10m tip truck• Site clean-up and preparation

Shaun 0406 316 393 - Steve 0429 306 602CARAVANS

2004 IMPERIALCARAVAN FOR SALE17.5ft single axle, island

bed, spacious lounge, newtyres, galvanised chassis.

Excellent condition.$22,500 - 0409 363 490

FRUIT and VEGETABLES

PHOTOGRAPHY

TOP SOIL - GRAVELDECOMPOSED GRANITERhino Machinery Hire• Bobcats • Excavators

• SlashingRyan - 0409 721 778

LOCALGARDEN CARE• Pruning • Weeding• Digging • Hedges

• Mulching etcGarden renovation and

maintenance.Prompt and reliableexperienced team.0437 507 892

4698 1010

HIGHFIELDS: 15 Sun-ray Drive. Saturday, April12. 7am - noon. Movingsale - variety of cheaphousehold and children’sitems must go!

CONGRATULATIONS

CONGRATULATIONSCONGRATULATIONSCONGRATULATIONSCONGRATULATIONSCONGRATULATIONSAND BEST WISHESAND BEST WISHESAND BEST WISHESAND BEST WISHESAND BEST WISHES

We wish Vanessa Gossow all the best for theupcoming Sydney Easter Show.Your selection in theQueensland under 21axemen’s team has been justified witha life long ambition to be the best youcan be. You have continued to serveyour parents and sistersproud, and we wish youall the best.

Love from Mum, Dad,Brooke and Tessa

Anglican HallCrows Nest

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 99.30am

$5 entry - All welcome

MORNINGMORNINGMORNINGMORNINGMORNINGMELODIESMELODIESMELODIESMELODIESMELODIES

b yHAPPY WANDERERS

FIRST FRIDAY DANCEHIGHFIELDS PIONEER VILLAGE HALLFriday, April 4 - Rae Blinco music - $7 p/p

73 Wirraglen Road, HighfieldsPlease bring a plate. Phone 4696 9754

Advertising in the High Country Herald is a cost effective way to let the public knowAdvertising in the High Country Herald is a cost effective way to let the public knowAdvertising in the High Country Herald is a cost effective way to let the public knowAdvertising in the High Country Herald is a cost effective way to let the public knowAdvertising in the High Country Herald is a cost effective way to let the public knowabout your event. 10,500 papers are delivered to rural and urban letterboxes each week.about your event. 10,500 papers are delivered to rural and urban letterboxes each week.about your event. 10,500 papers are delivered to rural and urban letterboxes each week.about your event. 10,500 papers are delivered to rural and urban letterboxes each week.about your event. 10,500 papers are delivered to rural and urban letterboxes each week.

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Real estate advertising enquiriesPlease phone 4615 4416

TOASTMASTERSLearn to speak in public with confidence.

Highfields Toastmasters meet on 1st and 3rd Wednesday.Contact Thomas Bell 0478 150 785

NORTH TOOWOOMBA LADIES: Nobowls last week due to rain. Belle of thegreen J. Pauli d. R. Bradford. V. Mahonyequal third in Toowoomba Master Singles.All games tomorrow will start at 9am withgreen fees to be paid by 8.30am. Champion-ship triples morning F. Dornbusch, W. Smith-Squires, J. Pauli v. P. Graham, T. Thomas, V.Mahony; L. Mott, S. McManus, J. Baldockv J. Mitchell, L. Sommer, R. Bradford, M.Wilds, J. Leerentveld, S. Chard v M.Dallemolle, G. Siebenhausen, V. Warren.Winners will progress to the next round nextweek. L. Gray, S. Jensen, B. Williams v A.Jones, D. Clark, L. Mutch. Winners of thatgame play in the afternoon against J.Overlack, H. Gscheidle, R. Byers. Also inthe afternoon A grade singles final: V.Mahony v S. McManus.

BOWLSOnly the two games in the afternoon.Marker TBA, umpire H. Gscheidle in the

am and W. Smith-Squires pm. Committeemeeting April 9 12.30pm. Good luck to teamscompeting in the DDLBA Prestige Fours atPittsworth this Thursday J. Leerentveld, J.Pauli, T. Thomas, J. Baldock and M.Dallemolle, G. Siebenhausen, L. Mutch, R.Bradford. City Fiesta Friday F. Dornbusch,L. Sommer, G. Siebenhausen, S. Chard.

Men’s mixed social day for visiting firefighters from Brisbane on Saturday at 1pm.Ladies your help is needed if you can make it.At last count only 22 names are on the men’swhite board.

Ring the Club on 4639 2338 if you canhelp on this day. Roster this Friday Team 1L. Mott, J. Barnes, B. Brown, C. McLatchey.- Reynelde Bradford.

COMING UP NEXT WEEKPHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE OF GED AND TRUDY

CONCERT AT GOWRIE LITTLE PLAIN HALL

dispersing flying foxes

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