COMMUNITY NEWS ACROSS THE TIARO DISTRICT NOVEMBER 2015 It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Get in the swing of Christmas with local events and activities. Here’s our Christ- mas Countdown: Warehouse Shopping Bus Trip Saturday 28 November. Join the bus to Brisbane organised by Tiaro District Community Centre. Marj 0409611404. Lions Children’s Christmas Party Saturday 28 November. This is your chance to tell Santa what you want for Christmas. Find all the fun and magic of 50+Voice Choir head to Gundiah Christmas at Tiaro Recreation Grounds starting 5pm. See page 4. Tony Pope Regional Band and Singers will also It is all happening at Gundiah lead us in community carols, with Carols in the Country Oval this Christmas! Don’t miss international award winning country Saturday 5 December. 5pm-9pm. Carols out on Carols in the Country. music personality, Lex K as our MC. start 7pm. Get your family Christmas Voices of Brisbane - A Sacred Chorus, We have a choir of local school children photos taken with the live Nativity to are busing to Gundiah to perform for singing for us too!” share on Facebook. Gundiah Oval. p12. their annual ‘Carols in the Country’ “The choir alone might just double our Theebine Christmas Meet&Greet on Saturday December 5th. The choir local population,” said organiser Sandra has more than 65 members and Tuesday 8 December. Theebine Hall. Groundwater, “but we are expecting See pg 8 for more detail. performs all across the south east area about 500 people to attend.” of Queensland. Conductor and vocalist . The Car- School Break Up Twilight Christmas Fun Friday 11 December. Melissa Gill will lead and perform with ols are preceded by lots of games and the choir. activities for all the family to enjoy - Markets & Kids’ Christmas Special “We’re driving up and back the same commencing at 5pm: Jumping castle, Saturday 12 December. Tiaro Markets day,” she said of the bus adventure.The face painting, roving buskers, BBQ Aus- Special Event. Memorial Hall, Mayne St, choir is booked for a performance the sie Style, Christmas puddings and sticky Tiaro: 6am-1pm. Gail 41292237. following evening, but that didn’t seem date puddings, a bar and beverage stalls. Glenwood Christmas Party with to trouble them. “It is what performing The Carols are happening is all about.” Sponsors. Carols, Santa & Community Awards thanks to our major sponsors-Tiaro Saturday 12 December. Twilight Mar- Great Line Up. RSL, B&H Rural, First National Realty, “This is fabulous to have such a large kets from 3pm. Kids Activities 4.30pm. Paradise Seaplanes, Fraser Coast Carpet Santa arrives 6pm. Carols 7pm. Glen- choir visit and sing with us,” said band & Pest, Bopple Surgery, FCRC & the organiser Leon Nehow. wood Park. Glenwood Progress Asso- Gazette. GMHA “The council is very happy to support ciation. Ph 54857191. these signature events in the region,” Theebine Christmas Carols. said local Cr Phil Truscott. What’s Inside? Sunday 20th December, at Theebine Mr Truscott has been instrumental in Trev’s bit + Memory Lane 2-3 Community Christian Church. Com- organising key players, crew and sponsors Lions Party + News in Brief 4-5 bined service with the Gunalda Angli- to assist in the success of the event. Local Kids & Environment 6-7 can and Catholic churches. Pg8 “But that is not all,” said local organiser Tennis + $1000 Bursery 8-9 Sonia Kennedy, “the Fraser Coast Christmas Lights Events & Classifieds 10-13 See Glenwood Lights competition. Australia Post now accepts Westpac Banking. Just another way we make life easier! POST OFFICE Hours Mon–Fri 9am-5pm. Closed 12.30-1pm daily. TIARO FOODWORKS Now open Mon–Sat 6am-6.30pm, Sunday 7am-6.30pm Ph: 4129 2138 3 Day Sickness. Gratitude It is the season for mosquito-born GUNDIAH “ A hundred times every day I 3-day sickness with multiple properties remind myself that my inner and around Gundiah reporting cattle losses COMMUNITY outer life depend on the Labors of over September & early October. More other men, living and dead, and on this issue next month. Trevor K CHRONICLE that I must exert myself in order to Edition Number 68 give in the same measure as I have Missings Bridge Well, once again we say thank you to received and am still receiving”. Bauple Progress Assoc approached the Water Delivery Man – he’s done Albert Einstein HQ plantations and has received an us proud! Amounts reported by my assurance from the manager, Michael Robinson, the bridge and access should neighbours varied between 0mm and Apology #1. 41 mm - but I think it may have been be available for the community and I will have to get my ducks in a row as light vehicles before Christmas. BPA measured out according to the idle I had a few callers - even Wayne Shear- words that we have been giving the man from ABC Radio - (Hello Wayne!) Tiaro Landcare Survey. mountain over the past months. So, - concerned that October was our last Marilyn Connell is undertaking a survey maybe I should eat the bad words I have Gazette. It was the ‘latest’ but not the of environmental issues relevant to the said about our dear mountain, in fact, I last! Thank you for your kind words and Mary catchment. If you have not com- can feel a song coming on...”That old appreciation. The editor will try not to pleted the survey yet, please go to: dear Mountain..” incite mass panic again! SGK https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Tiar- Taking Sides. I don’t know what Apology #2. olandcare465 TLCare side to barrack for the in the Rugby Proof readers wanted. We can use some Final! Being a Pom gives me an odds- extra proofreaders here at the Gazette:- on-benefit. I mean, I believe we should The Gundiah Halloween Disco was When it comes show understanding to the losing team. listed as two different dates and times. to Acoustics The Kiwis will do their haka dance and It was indeed Friday 30th. may bring their weapons, so in the sport In spite of our errors, the P&C organised We tick all of the game, you Aussies will have to a stellar event with appearances by the the boxes stand up to them and us pommies will Grim Reaper and B2 of Bananas in Py- Environmental Noise cheer you on - MAY THE LORD LOOK jamas fame. A special thank you to Ally measurements for AFTER YOU! for her DJ expertise and P&C parents Development Applications Your Chance to Sell. The Museum for helping hands. See p5. SGK. Building Acoustics for is still looking for stall holders to sell Houses of Worship, some of their old wares at our Boot Education facilities & Sale coming up on November 7. Maybe Entertainment venues you could get the Mother-in-law out Noise Control or some of her knick knacks... On the Environmental Nuisance serious side, if it’s a success, it could Noise measurement become a yearly event. Come along and Sound system design and component supply have a good browse around. Training It’s not Christmas already? I can’t believe we have only 8 weeks til B & H RURAL Recording studio design Christmas. (That is if this Gazette comes Specialist design service for 5L IVOMEC POUR ON intelligible speech in difficult out in the right week - nudge nudge). As spaces - Road Tunnels, you know the Gundiah Hall & Gazette Was $430 Now only $390 Heritage stone churches, are organising and sponsoring Carols In While stocks last!!! large outdoor locations The Country for the whole community again this year. I hear they have a great NYLON FOAL HALTERS lineup with a big choir and school choir and we are praying it won’t rain. $11.50 each Come on down and sing at the top of your lungs with the rest of us! PRODUCTS FOR YOUR CALVES SCIENTIFIC Remember, Christmas is such a good 20kg Profelac Calf Milk Powder -­‐ $103.50 ACOUSTICS excuse to get together with the kids and 20kg XLR8 Calf Grower Pellets -­‐ $17.50 Professional Sound grandkids and eat yourself silly. System Engineering & A property-owner from Assorted calf boUles & teats available Supplies True Story. Gundiah was having a drink at the bar Peter PATRICK when a Yank walked in bragging, as they 0409 344 683 do. 22 Mayne Street, Tiaro 3 WILLETTS RD BAUPLE “I come from Texas,” he said, “where Phone: 41292107 -­‐ Fax: 41292327 every thing is big! You call your stations big? At home it takes a whole week to Email: [email protected] NEWS IN YOUR COMMUNITY ride around my spread on a horse.” Website: www.bhrural.com.au We love to promote your events and “Strewth!” exclaimed the Gundiah boy, news – it’s all free. “We had a horse like that and we shot Call Sandi 07 4129 3215 [email protected] the lazy b**tard.” T Keightley 4129 2504 NOVEMBER 2015 PAGE 2 A COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECT Tiaro’s Sons Down Memory Lane THIS MONTH’S SALUTE IS TO Peter William Blackwell Unit 26th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement # 4379 The Bakers Lillian Coyne, at 4 years old, had been sent to the store for a packet of Sao biscuits. Al- most there, she had called back to her moth- er: ‘What sort of biscuits do you want?” “S-A-O,” was the reply. When Mr Baker asked what she wanted, Lillian said, “I don’t know Mr. Baker, Mum just said to ‘say Oh’.” This story is about the bakery and general store run by the Bakers. SATURDAY 7 NOV The Baker story started in 1875 when Gundiah Memorial Hall Association Frederick and Wilhelmina emigrated to invites you to their annual Spring Dance including their now-famous-value Dinners Australia from England with their in- with old time dance music by local legends fant son Max.