MIXING COFFEE with CAKE and CRAFT 100% LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED Keeping It in the Family
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FREE TABLELANDS | September 2018 MIXING COFFEE WITH CAKE AND CRAFT 100% LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED Keeping it in the family ogether with 47 years combined experience in the Thospitality industry, Jayne Webber and Andy Croll are the mother and daughter team behind Dee-Licious Family Whilst they don't have a signature dish, the homemade Delicatessen in Atherton. Jayne has over 28 years in many quiche and the delectable cannoli are the most popular food and beverage roles and Andy has been a chef for items on the menu. Everyday offers a daily special like their 15 years and together they make the perfect business yummy rice paper rolls. Fridays are Jayne's favourite days combination. when they mix it up and offer something different like Just over two years ago, they purchased Dee-Licious to pork belly or lamb shanks. Andy loves the catering aspect facilitate their move to the Tablelands from Cairns. They had of the business where customers' requests are varied and been visiting friends on the Tablelands and fell in love with challenging. "We offer catering services for weddings, the climate and lifestyle. At the same time Jayne spotted an birthdays, work functions, openings and our anti-pasto advert offering the business for sale. The timing was perfect – platters are very popular" says Andy. having recently been made redundant from her job – so she When asked about what she loves the most about Dee- took the opportunity and hasn't looked back. In her words "it Licious Jayne says, "That's easy...my customers! We have was just meant to be!". lots of loyal regulars many of whom bring food and recipes Both have a love of cooking and that shows with the to swap and share, and even jars. Many comment that it's delicious homemade food on offer. Jayne comments, "I a welcoming cafe that feels a bit like calling into our home actually wanted to be a chef when I was at school, but was which is just lovely. We want everyone to walk out having talked out of it, yet I still ended up in hospitality". With Jayne's had a good experience." natural cooking ability, Andy's interest in food piqued at an As with anyone in the hospitality industry, they put in long early age and she went onto to become a qualified chef. hours often starting at 4 or 5am each morning, but they Sometimes working with family can be tricky, but these two wouldn't change a thing. They do extra cooking for their have a very positive relationship and constantly bounce customers who have no time to cook too! We all know that off each other all day. They're very much in tune with each life is busy, but help is at hand with their homemade pastas, other, so much so that if one starts a dish and is called away soups and sauces for you to take home and impress your the other can step in and finish. Knowing each other so well, family – makes meal times easy. Don't forget to get some they can read each other easily which takes a lot of angst out cannoli for dessert! of workplace communication. They joke that they are very So next time you are in Atherton and feeling a little peckish, much like "The Cook and The Chef" on the ABC. drop by and see the girls at Dee-Licious at 1/25 Mabel Street open Monday to Friday 7.30am to 4pm and on Saturdays 7.30am to noon. 2018 Tableland Hardware Tinaroo Barra Bash FRIDAY 31ST SATURDAY 1ST SUNDAY 2ND REEF HOTEL & MALANDA RAVENSHOE CASINO CAIRNS CAIRNS Download the Targa 21-23 September 2018 ATHERTON ESPLANADE CONVENTION CENTRE Great Barrier Reef A Catch and Release family fishing Spectator Guide at tournament. Check their website for ILLUSTRATION BY ANGRYMAN PHOTOGRAPHY www.targa.com.au more details and nominations for route and road closures on the 2 What’s On & Where To Go September 2018 www.tinaroobarrabash.com.au 31ST AUG - 2ND SEPT 2018 Tablelands for 1st www.targa.com.au and 2nd September. SPECTATOR GUIDE september this issue Keeping it in the family 2 September Calendar – Highlights 4 editor’s note Gig Guide 6 Welcome to What’s On & Where Coffee and cake mixed with craft 7 To Go September 2018 edition. 72 years of flowers 9 Spring festivals kick into gear Reflecting with Melanie Hava 10 this month as the temperatures Tableland Trails and Destinations 11 start warming up and flowers blossom. Faces of the Tablelands 12 Early in the month there are Movies and Markets 13 plenty of events to choose Monthly Calendar 14 from including the popular The Kairi Boys Maize Festival, the Spring Fair 16 in Kuranda, and the Herberton Flower Show. Later in the month is Arts in the Park at Mareeba. Don't forget to catch a glimpse page of the Targa Great Barrier Reef Rally on the Tablelands on 1st 7 and 2nd September. Download the Spectator Guide at www.targa.com.au for routes and road closures. Plenty of great music and performers, art exhibitions plus a special documentary "Into the Jungle" screening in Malanda. Enjoy What’s On! COFFEE & CLAY Photo: Steven Nowakowski cover next month EDITOR: Nettie O’Connell Emma Pensini and Monica If you would like to be a part DESIGN: Nettie O Design nettieodesign.com from Coffee & Clay of What's On and promote Photo: Steven Nowakowski your business, give us a call. 0416 120 852 Advertising deadline is the [email protected] 15th of each month. Great care is taken to ensure event information PO Box 560, Kuranda Q 4881 is correct at time of publication, however Contact us to book your readers should confirm event details before advertising and rates: whatsontablelands.com.au attending. Views expressed are not necessarily those of What’s On & Where To Go publishers or WhatsOnTablelands its advertisers. Reproducing or copying any part [email protected] of What’s On & Where To Go magazine requires or call Nettie 0416 120 852 WhatsOnTablelands the permission of the editor. September 2018 What’s On & Where To Go 3 september HIGHLIGHTS 1-2 1 Targa Great Barrier Reef Over 3 days with stages on the Tablelands 1 & 2 Colour September. my Stay up to date on What's On Facebook or visit www.targa.com.au World Spring LETStravaganza 111am-2pm – Ravenshoe Community Centre Youth Shed, 1 Bolton St, Ravenshoe 2 Spring Fair There will be trading, lunch and drinks, a kid's corner, Father's Day entertainment and more - with NO money changing 10am-4pm – Cairns hands! Contact [email protected] or phone 4096 6972 Hinterland Steiner School, 46 Boyles Rd, Kuranda It’s a fun day out, with food, drink, games, entertainment and craft activities. 8 Into the Jungle 12.30-4.30pm – Majestic Theatre, Malanda A film about Jim, Jean and Tadji Thomas and their tireless efforts to protect one of the most endangered animals in the world, the Tenkile Tree Kangaroo. This incredible story features Sir David Attenborough, Dame Jane Goodall and Professor Tim Flannery. Bookings essential. Purchase tickets via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.com.au/e/into-the-jungle-tickets-47293441958 8 9 15 Andre Rieu - "The Flying Mareeba Speedway Race Dutchman" Meeting 2pm - Uniting Church Centre, 6pm – Springs Rd, Mareeba cnr Jack & Victoria Sts, Racing commences from Atherton. Free. Afternoon tea 6pm for gold coin donation. Advertising deadline 0499 268 573 [email protected] 4 What’s On & Where To Go September 2018 Calendar events for the next issue must be received online by the 15th of every month. 1-2 Calendar Highlights are subject to space Herberton 72nd Annual Flower Show availability and cannot be guaranteed. Register your event online www.whatsontablelands.com.au Austen Tayshus 1 6pm – Malanda RSL, 8 Catherine St, Malanda $20 tickets at the door Sat 1 September – 1-5pm Sun 2 September – 9am-1pm See page 9 for more details 2-9 Discover the Tropics bike ride Hundreds of participants will be riding from the Daintree to Cairns via the Atherton Tablelands. Tablelanders will see the riders in Mt Molloy on 4 & 5th, Atherton 5-7th (rest day on 6th) and Millaa Millaa 7 & 8th. Check Cycle Queensland website for more details www.cycleqld.com.au Big Red Cart Mt Molloy 4 State School’s Market Stall 8am-12pm Main St, Mt Molloy (CWA Market) Students sell their beeswax foodwraps, loofah soaps, 4-29 vintage bags, Nepal Mission produce and Exhibition plants. The Old Post Office Gallery, 86 Herberton Road, Atherton 22 Mareeba Arts in the Park 9am-2pm – Centenary Park, Mareeba Art and craft market stalls, activities, food, entertainment and displays. September 2018 What’s On & Where To Go 5 GIG guide ATHERTON 14 Sep - 8pm Carinda Christie Trio @ RAVENSHOE the ORB Live Music at the ORB - 2 Main St 7pm - Misty Mountain Music every 6-10pm Thursdays - Stage Craft for 22 Sep - 7.30pm DJ Andrew @ 2nd Saturday of month @ Ravenshoe Music - beginners and advanced the ORB Mountain Institute 7-10pm Thursdays - Live Jazz with 28 Sep - 7pm Riding & Moore @ TOLGA Fusion Atherton International Club 7.30-11.30 Fridays - Live music 9 Sep - Matty Boi @ Tolga Hotel KURANDA 3-10pm Sundays - Jam Session YUNGABURRA Every Sunday from 10am Sunday 1 Sep - 7.30pm The Night Herons @ 7 Sep - 7pm Riding & Moore @ Sessions @ Cafe Mandala the ORB Yungaburra Hotel MALANDA 7 Sep - 7pm Carrizma @ Atherton 15 Sep - 3pm Chillaxed @ Yungaburra International Club 21 Sep - 7.30pm Homegrown @ Hotel Malanda RSL 14 Sep - 7pm Paronella & Co @ Every 2nd Saturday - Django in Atherton International Club MILLAA MILLAA the Djungle - Saturday Sessions @ Yungaburra Hotel Every 2nd Friday - Live music @ Millaa Millaa Hotel Carinda Christie Trio s she releases her fifth full-length album Cruel, Carinda AChristie brings her music to The ORB in Atherton on 14 September.