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weekenderSaturday 19 December 2020 Merry & Bright Bundaberg’s celebration a AgPro software ready for global success at the rollout Botanic Gardens New buzz at Beemart Bundaberg Be SharkSmart at Bundaberg Region beaches Aleena in the mix for Rugby World Cup contents Engineering student learns 3 on the job Cover story Merry & Bright 4 photos What’s on in the Bundaberg 6 Region The Beach Dresser brings arty vibe 7 to Bargara Bundaberg’s AgPro software ready 8 for global rollout New buzz at Beemart 9 Bundaberg Be SharkSmart at Bundaberg 10 Region beaches Tribe Tropical Photo of the week launches turtle Photo by @morgan.everett 11inspired swimmers Moore Park Beach garden grows 12 Christmas spirit Flynn overcomes tragedy to chase 14 childhood dream Debut single Butterfly inspired 16 by special memories’ Aleena in the mix for Rugby 17 World Cup NEWS CQUniversity engineering student Daniel O’Driscoll discusses plans for a new footpath and footbridge along Bargara Road with Civil Designer Jamie Schokman. Engineering student learns on the job Maria McMahon When university student Daniel “Council also supports the successful applicants O’Driscoll first came to Council, he was in gaining RPEQ (Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland) status which means the recipient of a BRC engineering I will be able to sign off on other engineers’ scholarship. designs and plant.” For Daniel this was an excellent opportunity to Head of Undergraduate Engineering for help towards his university fees and gain practical CQUniversity Dr Benjamin Taylor said this experience during his 12-week placement. partnership with Council has brought many Now heading into his fourth year, Daniel is back benefits. for a six-month placement, learning more within “Our students who have completed a placement the area of design and civil works. within local government often mention how “At the moment I’m getting a wide variety of valuable such an experience was to help them projects to work on including verge sealing, bus comprehend the breadth of challenges faced by stop and footpath upgrades, traffic management civil engineers,” he said. plans and upgrades for stormwater infrastructure “The Council scholarships have also allowed us such as culverts. to secure students of a high calibre straight out “The foundations I gained in Council’s Autocad of school. design process in my first-year placement is “In the past we had talented students from helping me this time around.” regional areas heading on to metropolitan Born and bred in Bundaberg meant that Daniel centres to gain undergraduate qualifications. was keen to enrol in university locally and the Co- “This was despite CQUni being ranked as a op partnership Council has with CQUniversity is national leader for employment outcomes and something he’s extremely grateful for. starting salaries in engineering. “I wanted to stay in Bundaberg because my “It then becomes increasingly difficult to recruit family is here, so the scholarship program has high quality engineers back to the regional areas, been very good for me. which we must do to ensure our communities “After I graduate in 2022, I’d like to gain as much prosper. experience as possible in the industry and am “Also, in the field of engineering, it’s important interested in applying for Council’s graduate to understand the local context such as land use program that offers placement of two years in and development opportunities and students design, two years in civil works and one year in from the regions understand this.” contract supervision. 3 COMMUNITY On 12 and 13 December, as part of Council’s 12 Days of Christmas celebrations, the Botanic Gardens was transformed into a magical wonderland of lights and entertainment. 4 (top left) Leon, Charlotte, Janelle and Annika Watson. (top right) Jessie and Victor Newham. (bottom right) Mitch, Emily and Angie Yarrow. Enjoying the lights at Merry and Bright. 5 E AUSTRALIA DAY FREE RAT WITH LEB TH ENTRY! CE E Railway Picnic AT NIELSON PARK, BARGARA TUESDAY 26 JANUARY 1PM - 5PM Sink your teeth into some good old-fashioned Aussie fun! Presented by In partnership with 19 Dec SUNDAYMy First Kids Activity26 JANUARY Trail 1PM- Let’s TO Find 6PM Shapes | NEILSON PARK Kids Activity Trail - Would youBARGARA like to meet the Brazilian Silk Floss tree? Discover the King Fern? qld.australiaday.org.auLearn australiadayqueensland about brush turkeys? australiadayqld #australiadayqld #greataustralianbites Presented by In partnership with 22 Dec Steam and Diesel Train Rides - Enjoy a steam or diesel train ride around the Bundaberg Botanic DPC7075 Gardens. DPC7075 Australia Day 2020 GAB – Posters v6.indd 1 4/12/19 2:18 pm 24 Oct - & 7 Feb Digital Be the interactives 7 Dec - 24 Jan first to know 31 Oct - 31 Jan whatsonbundaberg.com.au Artists from the region 13 Nov - 10 Jan 6 7 BUSINESS The Beach Dresser brings arty vibe to Bargara Craig Ross Bundaberg fashion designer and artist Julie Appo is living proof that it’s never too late to pursue a dream. Julie has come out of retirement to open her own boutique women’s fashion store, The Beach Julie Appo is delighted with the reception her new store, The Beach Dresser, Dresser, at Bargara and has big plans for the has received in Bargara. little outlet’s future. Julie said she had already sought professional The proud Gooreng Gooreng woman is also advice on how to implement a trainee program working with neighbouring outlet owner, Jassy for young Indigenous workers and looked Watson of Earth Circle Studios and Gallery forward to being able to offer such opportunities Café, to create an artistic hub for Bargara with to the community. plans to host special themed events throughout 2021 and beyond. Many of Julie’s designs are inspired by Burnett River rock imagery, an interest which stretches “A lot of people who come here are in the art back to her days in designer college. movement in Bundaberg so it’s a nice, creative hub for people to catch up and have a coffee,” she said. Many of Julie’s designs “Every three months or so we’ll come up with a theme and do something different. are inspired by Burnett “It’s nice to support each other because we’re River rock imagery . both creative, and both artists, so it’s nice to bounce ideas off each other.” Julie’s art degree thesis explored the Burnett Julie said her idea for the store came after River rock imagery, ancient rock engravings noticing the vacant shopfront as a regular nearby the river that have since been submerged customer at Earth Circle. following the altering of the river’s course and “I thought I’ll follow one of my dreams and open flow began in the 1960s. a little store here and see how it goes, and it’s “For my honours, I decided to research what been going very well,” she said. happened there and where some (examples) “Ever since I was very young, I’ve been interested could be,” she said. in sewing and fashion and I’ve always been “There are some lying around, and I’ve got artistic as well. photos of that.” “I think what really got me started in fashion was Julie said her involvement in Native Title that my mum had a love for fashion and sewing, negotiations, as a Gooreng Gooreng elder, had so that sort of started me.” also influenced her work, combining with the Julie said her Indigenous heritage not only Burnett River rock imagery to inform her work. influenced her designs, it also encouraged her to Julie said she had sought out Australian use her store to create opportunities for young companies to print her designs wherever Indigenous residents. possible and was keen to showcase the work of “I’m just following one of my little dreams, but local artists at The Beach Dresser to help them one of the reasons I started this was because establish a market for their products. there’s not many young Indigenous people in Following the success of its initial opening, Julie fashion or in the retail industry itself. and Jassy are hosting a Christmas event this “I thought things would’ve changed by now, but Saturday from 10am to 1pm. I said ‘well, I’ll do this’ and see if I can be a role The Beach Dresser is located at 5 Whalley model, I suppose, to encourage them to train for Street, Bargara, and its regular trading hours or enter the retail business.” are from 9am to 2pm, Wednesday to Saturday. 7 BUSINESS rates, or provide a suite of production related alerts to users, just making farming more and more efficient. “AgPro account holders will be able to monitor the performance of some of the treatments that they would have applied to their farms through the use of live trend lines, mapping and comparison reports.” AgPro is a SaaS platform that provides digital tools and data process flow for growers and graziers, agronomists, rural retailers, laboratories and IoT companies to aid and automate the provision of agronomic inputs. AgPro is a SaaS platform that provides digital tools and data process flow . to aid and automate the provision of agronomic inputs. Jack Milbank is taking AgTech solutions to the world with data management system AgPro. It does this through a process that either connects analytical data, sensors, controllers and nutrients to deliver exactly what a plant needs in response to real-time conditions, or Bundaberg’s provides tools that support the decision making process. AgPro “The global roll out, currently underway, involves lots of work behind the scenes such as translation to other languages and units of software measure,” Jack said.