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Severe thunderstorm warning for SE Queensland
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
for DESTRUCTIVE WINDS and LARGE HAILSTONES
issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for 17/11/2018
Severe thunderstorms have lashed the Kilcoy and Blackbutt area. Trees down and damage was done to properties in this area.
Severe...
Queensland travel destinations – Broome
Tags: Tourism, travel, Queensland. Australia. Broome
Our last stop was Uluru and as Richard had to fly back to Brisbane for work, Ginger and I were able to enjoy this amazing place for an extra...
LOCAL STUDENTS SELECTED TO ATTEND NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE FORUM (NYSF)
Many of us have been “cut and burned” by Richard or Danielle at the Bribie Island Skin Cancer Clinic and know the apprehension you feel while waiting for the anaesthetic to work and the...
THE CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICES
Working Together Group
For the month of October, the Bribie Island Community Arts Centre “Artist of the Month” becomes Artists of the month, namely the twenty-two members that meet weekly as the Contemporary Art Practices...
Funny Pet Pictures and photos
SHARE YOUR FUNNY PET PICS
WITH THE MINI BRIBIE ISLANDER...
SEND TO: thebribieislander@gmail.com
Banksia Garden Club
Tags: Gardening clubs and groups. Bribie Island. Brisbane.
Following the extensive media reports concerning the plight of our primary producers that has been caused by the harshest drought to be experienced in decades, members of...
Mad Poets Society – Oct 2018
Tags: Poems. Rhymes. Riddles
An Essential Tool
Everybody needs one: this fabulous device.
If I could get one somewhere, I’d be finished in a trice,
But no matter how I try, I can’t find one anywhere.
They no longer...
The MINI Bribie Islander Nov 2018 / Dec 2018 Issue 23
Get all your local news from your local newspaper – The Bribie Islander. Articles on sports, boating, camping, fishing, life, drama, travel destinations, what to see on Bribie Island and what to do, charities,...
The Bribie Island Watercolour Working Together Group
Tags: Bribie Island. Groups. Clubs. Artists. Arts and crafts. Art.
Each month, the Bribie Island Watercolour Working Together Group has an optional theme for their creations and at their forthcoming exhibition in the Mathew Flinders...
The first Melbourne Cup on November 7th, 1861.
Tags: History. Melbourne Cup. Horse racing events. Australia.
The running of 2018 Melbourne Cup was fast approaching and whilst punters around the country, and for that matter, around the world was already considering which of...
ENTERTAINERS OF THE Island – BITS N PIECES
Tags: Bribie Island Entertainers. Musicians. Singers. Songwriters
When Angela and Wayne Carter made the decision almost a decade ago to advertise for a few musicians to join them for the occasional jam session, they attracted...
BRIBIE SIMPLY HEALTHY-Boswellia Complex – Oct/Nov 2018
Tags: Health and wellbeing. Boswellia Complex. Lifestyle. Vitamins and minerals.
Boswellia Complex Keeps you healthy, maintains and supports healthy joints, which is good for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis swelling and has many other benefits.
I have received...
Meet the Volunteers – DI CARR
Tags: BRIBIE ISLAND COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE. Volunteers.
As is the case with many of the organisations within our community, the Bribie Island Community Arts Centre continues to operate so well mainly because of the selfless commitment...
Reasons for grey hair
Tags: Hair loss. Grey Hair. Reasons.
HOW MANY SHADES OF GREY? (Not Another Book)
For years now I’ve been telling myself that I’m only a bit grey, not someone with grey hair but now it’s come...
RENNI FORBES and the SOPWITH TRI-PLANE Replica
Tags: Caboolture Airfield. Historical Airplanes. Replicas. History. War
In the Air with RENNI FORBES and the SOPWITH TRI-PLANE Replica
It is probably fair to say that whenever the subject of tri-planes is mentioned, most people automatically think...
the Bribie Island Orchid Society’s Spring Orchid and Foliage Show
Tags: Gardening. Orchids. Gardening shows. Lifestyle. Bribie Island. Brisbane
CYMBIDIUMS EPIDENDRUMS VANDAS (and others)
Despite weather that can best be described as ugly, the Bribie Island Orchid Society’s Spring Orchid and Foliage Show attracted almost eight...
3,380 WEEKS
As those of you who regularly read my articles are probably aware, I often use a headline that fails to reveal much about the subject and the title of this article is no exception....
CALLING ALL BRIBIE ARTISTS ART COMPETITION ENTRIES NOW OPEN
Tags: Bribie Island Artist Competition.
Interest is building in the inaugural MINI Bribie Islander Magazine Christmas Issue Cover Art Competition since being announced in our sister publication The MINI Bribie Islander gloss magazine last month....
Fishing Report and tide times Bribie Island – Nov 2018
Tags: Fishing report. Tide times. Fishing spots. Bribie island. Moreton Bay. Brisbane. Queensland
Over the next few months expect to see more storm fronts develop throughout south-east Queensland and the Bribie Island district. Summer storms...
History D-Day – Bribie Remembers those who answered the call
Tags: History. D Day. War. Military. Historical. WW2. WW1
The eleventh HOUR.....of the eleventh DAY.....of the eleventh MONTH.....we pause to remember those who gave their lives in War.
Men and women from all over Australia fought...
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Bribie Island Fishing
Fishing Report and tide times Bribie Island – Nov 2018
Tags: Fishing report. Tide times. Fishing spots. Bribie island....
Latest Newspaper Issue
Latest Magazine Issue
The Bribie Winelander
THE BRIBIE WINELANDER – Oct 2018
Tags: Wine. White. Red. Chardonnay. Reisling. Australian wines.
My friend Philip certainly leans to the left in life, it is rumoured he even has a Gough Whitlam tattoo on his right buttock but it is...
THE BRIBIE WINELANDER – Wine talk
Tags: Wine. Red. White.
To say it is an understatement that we live in the lucky country when it comes to wine was emphasised when I recently received a wine book from my golfing chum...
Fortified wines and brandy
Tags: Fortified wines and brandy. Wine. Red. White.
Over recent months we have covered the winemaking skills with table wines and sparkling wines but there are two segments which were the heroes of the industry...
Italian wines – The Bribie Winelander
Tags: Italian wines. Red. White. Wine.
At the last Beefsteak and Burgundy dinner held at the Surf Club, I found myself doing something I hadn’t done for some time and that was taking the cork...
Featured Articles
tags: World Polio Day. Bribie island. Brisbane. Queensland. Australia
In 1988 Polio was a disease that paralysed more than 350,000 children every year. At the beginning of this 2018, just 30 years after Rotary started...
Tags: Bribie Island Surf Lifesaving Club. Brisbane. Queensland
As a community, we must consider ourselves very fortunate to live in an area which provides us access to the beautiful serene waters of the Pumicestone Passage...
Since I began to write articles for The Bribie Islander and The Mini Bribie Islander, I have pointed out on a couple of occasions that Elvis is alive and well and living on Bribie...
Tags: Vibe markets. Bribie Island. Bribie Island. Caboolture
I didn’t want the heading of this article to be too long so I missed out the word “Spring” from before it but I was actually referring...
Tags: Bribie Island orchid club. Group. Brisbane. Queensland
ORCHIDS ORCHIDS ORCHIDS
When I spoke to Bribie Island Orchid Society Secretary Teresa Watson about the upcoming “Spring Orchid and Foliage” show recently, she told me that there...
Local Events
Dragons Abreast – come and try day on November 26th
Tags: Breast Cancer Community event. Bribie Island
As part of the celebrations marking the twentieth year since Michelle Hanton founded the Dragons Abreast movement in Australia, the 2018 Dragons Abreast Festival was held at Sydney’s Darling Harbour recently and four members of Dragons Abreast Bribie Island travelled to the New...
Eighth annual exhibition by the thirteen members of the Art Tarts
THE RETURN OF THE TARTS
In general terms, how successful and popular a project is regarded by the public will usually be gauged by the length of time that its success lasts and whether or not there is an opportunity for it to either continue or return in a re-invented...
The Bribie Island Croquet Club are holding a Fun Day Fundraiser
As what is arguably one of the most proactive local organisations which are involved in providing assistance to those in the community who are struggling, the Bribie Island and District Neighbourhood Centre is always in need of community support by way of donations to supplement the meagre funding that...
The Pickleball Association of Australia
Tags: Clubs. Groups. Bribie Island. Noosa. Brisbane
You Don’t Need A Canoe JUST A PADDLE WILL DO
No matter which way that you look at it, if someone tells you that they are involved in a sport that requires them to use a paddle, it is natural to presume that whatever...
Living with a disability – Afternoon tea – 3rd December
Tags. Disability Groups and clubs. Bribie Island Rotary Club. Awareness. Brisbane. Queensland
Many people think having a disability is quite rare. However, global estimates in 2017 found that one in seven adults (over 14%) have some form of disability. We tend to judge our fellow man quite severely – yet...
Bribie Vibe Markets – IT’S A GROWING VIBE
Tags: Markets. Flea markets. Bribie Island. Brisbane. Queensland. Moreton Bay. Events
From when it was first held, the Bribie Vibe Markets has enjoyed ever-increasing popularity with both locals and visitors alike and along with this has come the opportunity for event organisers to provide more in the way of entertainment...
RIDE BRIBIE ISLAND 2018
Bribie Island Bicycle User Group (Bribie BUG) will be hosting Ride Bribie Island 2018 on Sunday, 28 October. Start and finish at Apex Park (behind Seaside Museum), South Esplanade, Bongaree. Cyclists of all ages welcome.
Free entry but bring cash for coffees and lunch. Rides of 40km (start time 8am...
BEACHMERE BULLETIN – Oct 2018
OCTOBER EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
BEACHMERE EACH SATURDAY OCTOBER
WITNESSING/JP SERVICE, 9am - 9.30am Outside IGA, Beachmere Village Shopping Centre, Cnr Beachmere & James Rds. info@bang.org.au
EACH SATURDAY
OCTOBER BINGO, Eyes down 1 pm, Beachmere Community Hall, 5 Progress Ave. Gwen 5496 8775
EACH MONDAY OCTOBER
MAH JONG, 9am-12pm Beachmere Community Hall, 5 Progress Ave. Gwen...
THE CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICES
Working Together Group
For the month of October, the Bribie Island Community Arts Centre “Artist of...
The Bribie Island Watercolour Working Together Group
Tags: Bribie Island. Groups. Clubs. Artists. Arts and crafts. Art.
Each month, the Bribie Island Watercolour...
Eighth annual exhibition by the thirteen members of the Art Tarts
THE RETURN OF THE TARTS
In general terms, how successful and popular a project is regarded...
Access your Super – Transition to Retirement Pension -TTRP
Tags: Money advice. Financial. Finance. Superannuation. Retirement.
MONEY TALK
with Peter Dallimore
Peter Dallimore is a volunteer Financial...
Money – Responsible Lending – Responsible Borrowing
Tags: Money. Finance guides, tips and councilling. Financial advice.
MONEY TALK
with Peter Dallimore
Peter Dallimore is a...
Money and finance – Access Your Super – At Retirement
Tags: Money. Finance. Superannuation. Retirement.
Your super is your retirement nest egg and access to it...
Banksia Garden Club
Tags: Gardening clubs and groups. Bribie Island. Brisbane.
Following the extensive media reports concerning the plight...
The Bribie Island Watercolour Working Together Group
Tags: Bribie Island. Groups. Clubs. Artists. Arts and crafts. Art.
Each month, the Bribie Island Watercolour...
Dragons Abreast – come and try day on November 26th
Tags: Breast Cancer Community event. Bribie Island
As part of the celebrations marking the twentieth year...
Funny Pet Pictures and photos
SHARE YOUR FUNNY PET PICS
WITH THE MINI BRIBIE ISLANDER...
SEND TO: thebribieislander@gmail.com
Meet the Volunteers – DI CARR
Tags: BRIBIE ISLAND COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE. Volunteers.
As is the case with many of the organisations within...
Dragons Abreast – come and try day on November 26th
Tags: Breast Cancer Community event. Bribie Island
As part of the celebrations marking the twentieth year...
CALLING ALL BRIBIE ARTISTS ART COMPETITION ENTRIES NOW OPEN
Tags: Bribie Island Artist Competition.
Interest is building in the inaugural MINI Bribie Islander Magazine Christmas...
WORLD POLIO DAY 24 OCTOBER 2018
tags: World Polio Day. Bribie island. Brisbane. Queensland. Australia
In 1988 Polio was a disease that...
Bribie Island Surf Lifesaving Club – Donations Needed
Tags: Bribie Island Surf Lifesaving Club. Brisbane. Queensland
As a community, we must consider ourselves very...
ENTERTAINERS OF THE Island – BITS N PIECES
Tags: Bribie Island Entertainers. Musicians. Singers. Songwriters
When Angela and Wayne Carter made the decision almost...
HELLY’S CELEBRITIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY – JOHN MILLS – NOT TO THE MANOR BORN
Tags: Celebrities. Famous people. Actors John Mills
It’s 1946, when two struggling young actors, with their...
ENTERTAINERS OF THE Island – NICK COMINO
Since I began to write articles for The Bribie Islander and The Mini Bribie Islander,...
Locals Only – Blueys Hotel Whats on Nov 2018
DOUBLE DOSE OF LOCALS ONLY
The first Saturday in October saw the postponed show from the...
THE BRIBIE WINELANDER – Oct 2018
Tags: Wine. White. Red. Chardonnay. Reisling. Australian wines.
My friend Philip certainly leans to the left...
The Bribie Islander Cafe
G'Day, people,
I wanted to thank everyone who shopped at the Cafe today, we were smashed...
LAUGH RIOT – Humour, jokes Oct 2018
Tags: Jokes, Humour. Funny.
Two hillbillies walk into a restaurant. While having a bite to eat,...
Laugh Riot – Jokes, humour and more jokes
Tags: Funny jokes. Humour.
A woman went to the emergency room, where she was seen by...
LAUGH RIOT – Funny jokes and humour – Aug 2018
John, who lived in the north of England, decided to go golfing in Scotland with...
The Bribie Islander Nov 2018 Issue 52
Tags: Bribie Island Local Newspaper. Blog. Queensland Tourist Destination.
Get all your local news from your...
The Bribie Islander Oct 2018 Issue 51
Tags: Bribie Island Local Newspaper. Blog. Queensland Tourist Destination.
Get all your local news from your...
The Bribie Islander Sept 2018 Issue 50
Tags: Bribie Island Local Newspaper. Blog. Queensland Tourist Destination.
Get all your local news from your...
The MINI Bribie Islander Nov 2018 / Dec 2018 Issue 23
Get all your local news from your local newspaper – The Bribie Islander. Articles on...
The MINI Bribie Islander Oct 2018 / Nov 2018 Issue 22
Tags: Bribie Island Local Newspaper. Blog. Queensland Tourist Destination.
Get all your local news from your...
The MINI Bribie Islander Sept 2018 / Oct 2018 Issue 21
Tags: Bribie Island Local Newspaper. Blog. Queensland Tourist Destination.
Get all your local news from your...
Banksia Garden Club
Tags: Gardening clubs and groups. Bribie Island. Brisbane.
Following the extensive media reports concerning the plight...
Mad Poets Society – Oct 2018
Tags: Poems. Rhymes. Riddles
An Essential Tool
Everybody needs one: this fabulous device.
If I could get one...