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Bribie Island Fishing Report & Tide Times Late Oct 2019

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Bribie Island Fishing Report & Tide Times Late Oct 2019

Stay up to date with the latest fishing reports, best fishing spots and tide times for the Bribie Island and Moreton Bay areas.

It has been good to have such great weather over the past few weeks; the Island has been very busy with different events occurring. The fishing has been full-on with lots being caught throughout the passage and on the surfside. We are seeing a lot of dolphins playing and frolicking in the passage, while they are about chasing a good feed we don’t get to catch much.

However, if you head up the surfside, we are seeing a lot of Mackerel, Flathead, Dart, and Whiting at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Lagoons you can try the campsites as well. Our local angler was at Lime Pocket getting a good feed of Sand crabs they are also in the Passage and at several points in Bellara, Bongaree and Sandstone Point, we have also seen mud crabs in Ningi creek, Toorbul, Gallagher’s campsite, Donnybrook, and Banksia Beach Canals.

The flatheads are on the bite at Poverty Creek, Bellara, Toorbul, and Bongaree we had one angler catch an 80cm Flathead off the jetty. The passage is certainly the place to catch a feed of Bream and Squire and the best places are Turners Camp, The Ripples, Red Beach, Ningi Creek, and Poverty Creek.

The Bird Cage in the shipping channel is proving to catch some good size Mackerel. The winds have come up over the past few days making it very difficult for any fishing. Just remember when fishing and netting on the Bribie Bridge make sure you take your rubbish and please don’t leave any dead fish and eels on the roadway, place them back in the water.

The weather is looking pretty good for the upcoming weekend, so if you mention this add we will give you a 10% discount on all purchases over $20 at Gateway Bribie Adventures. Make sure you go and see Nev our Master Baiter at the shop for all your fishing and bait tips.

Best time to catch crabs Crabbing 1-2 hours before high tide all the way through 1-2 hours after high tide the water will have good movement and this is when you have the best chance to catch the crabs.

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Bribie Island Wildlife – Eastern Osprey

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Bribie Island Wildlife – Eastern Osprey

Tags: Wildlife. native. Eastern Osprey. Pandion Cristatus. Birds. Australian. Queensland. Moreton Bay

A familiar sight on Bribie Island is the Eastern Osprey flying over the Pumicestone Passage and along the coastline at Woorim searching for food. Several large nests are found on the island and there are also nests that can be viewed from the road to Caboolture. Eastern Ospreys are large bicoloured fishing hawks which are quite a distinctive sight in flight or on a perch.

Females and males are similar to the females at 65 cm in length slightly larger than the males. Females weigh 1.2-1.6 kg with the males a little smaller. Inflight the wings with a span of 1.7 m move slowly with distinctive fingers showing at each wingtip. Short spiky crests are noticeable when they are perched usually in open areas. They have strong and hooked beaks which are used to tear their prey apart before eating.

Nostrils can be shut to keep the water out. Feathers are oily so that they do not become saturated while fishing. The mostly silent Ospreys are quite noisy during the breeding time making mournful whistling sounds. Lifespan is 7-10 years and occasionally a little longer. Their habitat is somewhere near the water in coastal areas, beaches and large waterholes. They do not venture far out to sea but will travel sometimes a few hundred kilometres inland if the feeding grounds are suitable.

They are mostly sedentary and not usually migratory. Eastern Ospreys are also found in the Philippines, Indonesia and PNG. 99% of their diet is fish. When hunting they soar at about 10-40 m in the air looking for food. Their eyesight is exceptionally good, and they can spot a fish from a great distance. They drop feet first with wings folded into the water and grab their prey in their strong, sharp claws then rise vertically from the surface with the fish firmly held.

Two of their toes are reversible which allows them to grip slippery fish with two claws in front and two behind. Usually, the fish are caught close to the surface, but Ospreys have been known to plunge as deep as a metre for their food. With the catch held firmly, they fly to a nearby perch to rip apart and pick mouth-sized bites and slowly devour the meal looking up for danger after almost every bite. It is important that their prey is not too large which would make it difficult to lift from the water. Sea snakes are sometimes eaten, and in the north, an occasional flying fox is on the menu.

Ospreys are monogamous and mostly stay together for life. Breeding depends a lot on climatic conditions and in SE Queensland it is usually around June-August. Nests are built in high trees, manmade structures and on cliff faces. Sticks, bark and other debris found in the vicinity make up an untidy nest. Both parent birds collect the materials, but it is the female that builds the nest. Nests are usually used year after year and each season more sticks added until in some cases the nest measures up to 2 m high and 2 m across. New nests are usually quite small.

2-3 brownish motley eggs are laid and incubated by the female for about 33 days. Males are the hunters and bring the fish to the female on the nest who breaks it up to feed the young. Chicks can eat 3-5 fish a day. When food is in short supply the first hatched and the strongest chick is most likely to survive. After about 50-60 days the babies are ready to leave the nest and then stay with their parents for 3-5 months. They then disperse and begin their breeding life at 3-4 years.

Their scientific name cristatus is derived from the Latin meaning “Crested”. Ospreys have been on earth for at least 11 million years and have evolved differently in some ways from other raptors. Unique to Ospreys are the reversible back toes and the closable nostrils. Conservation status of Eastern Ospreys is federally secure, vulnerable in NSW, rare in SA and not present in Victoria and Tasmania.

Ospreys have adapted somewhat to the human population in that they build on manmade structures and fish around populated areas. Rubbish in our waterways and abandoned fishing lines and hooks can be a problem for their wellbeing.

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The bribie Winelander Late Oct 2019

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The bribie Winelander Late Oct 2019

Here’s a question that I get asked almost on a daily basis, or maybe weekly, or maybe monthly actually I never get asked at all and that is what is ‘Icewine” or to give it its original title Eiswein. Last time we were in Canada I bought a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc Icewine and am yet to open it as it only comes in 200ml bottles and you have the right occasion and the right food, any more than four of you and each would get a thimble full, anyway here is the answer to the question what nobody ever asks.

The first Eiswein is believed to have been made in Germany in the late 1700s when freezing weather struck before the grape crop could be harvested. However, the winemaker persisted, harvesting and pressing the frozen grapes and fermenting the juice into a sweet wine. Germany and Austria continue to produce Eiswein but sometimes their moderate European winters do not always provide the cold weather needed to freeze the grapes. When German immigrants arrived in Canada they carried on the tradition of making what is now called Icewine mainly in British Columbia and Ontario starting in the 1970s.

There are usually ideal conditions for reliable production, warm summers to ripen the grapes and cold winters, Ontario is now the leading Icewine producer and has earned global acclaim for its Icewine. Icewine is made from grapes that have been left to freeze naturally on the vine. It produces a luscious intensely flavoured wine with rich aromas and flavours of ripe tropical fruits such as lychee, papaya and pineapple. Made from white wine grapes and red wine grapes all the varietals are sweet but have a firm backbone of acidity making them firmly balanced.

wine wineries australian queensland As it is a dessert wine it needs to be chilled and as with sauternes and botrytis affected wines, they not only compliment deserts but also aged blue cheese and foie gras. Icewine must be made from approved grape varieties such as Vidal, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet sauvignon.

In Canada the season starts in the autumn with the netting of the grapevines to protect the grapes from the birds, the grapes are then left on the vine until the temperature reaches a sustained -8 degrees centigrade or lower sometime between December and February when during the time between the end of the growing season and the harvest the grapes dehydrate concentrating the juices and creating the characteristic complexities of Icewine.

Typically a period of at least six hours is needed to harvest the grapes, most being picked by hand, while still frozen the grapes are pressed leaving most of the water behind as ice. Because only a small amount of concentrated juice is extracted, it takes about 3-4 kilograms of grapes to produce a 200ml bottle about 15% as against the expected yield of normal table wine and it can actually get too cold to pick the grapes because at -14 degrees the grapes yield too little juice, one year Inniskillin started pressing the grapes at midnight and didn’t see a dribble of juice until 8.00 am and during the night the frozen grapes broke two wine presses!

The juice is very sweet and can be fairly difficult to ferment and what is left is relatively low in alcohol with high sugar levels but the result is liquid gold and some of the finest dessert wine in the world, the most expensive Icewine ever sold was Royal DeMaria 2006 Chardonnay Icewine which was sold for $30,000 and they now list the award-winning 2000 vintage Chardonnay Icewine for a cool (sorry) $250,000 per bottle. The market is very important to Canada as they are now the largest producer of Icewine in the world producing 2.5 million bottles last year which was worth $70 million retail and Canada was recognised in International competition for its Icewine when a wine from the Inniskillin Estates Winery in Niagara won the coveted Grand Prix d’Honneur in 1991 at Bordeaux VinExpo.

wine chardonnayUnfortunately everywhere seems to be out of stock at the moment of the Canadian wines however it appears that Frogmore Creeks Iced Riesling made in Tasmania and which uses a tank freezing process is available at Dan Murphy’s for around $23 for a 375ml bottle. I had an email from Lissa this week who buys her wine online and asked why I mention BWS, Dan Murphy’s and Liquorland so much which is a fair observation. I would like to expand my purchasing options and should include the BottleMart over at the Sandstone Point Hotel but apart from the clubs, we are pretty starved for choice.

I still feel it is a pity that The Comisky Group didn’t invest in a small version of Harry Browns similar to their outlet at the Eatons Hill Hotel but whether we would have given it the support necessary to make it viable is probably doubtful but looking at the number that turn up for their shows who knows? I had a Ned Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand this week from Liquorland which was very good and Liquorland also promoted their VinVale Shiraz again from Shingleback in McLaren Vale, but a great buy was from Dan Murphy’s which was The Serafino Shiraz which normally retails at $22 a bottle but during September if you bought one bottle you got another free.

Serafino Winery is owned by The Maglieri Family who has been making outstanding wines for many years initially under their own name until the winery was purchased some years ago and is now part of The Treasury Estates Wine Group.

Cheers, Philip Arlidge [email protected]

A couple of interesting comments from a couple of novelists:

The Spanish Wine, my God it is foul, catpiss is Champagne compared, this is the sulphurous urination of some aged horse. Thank goodness Spanish wines have improved since D.H. Lawrence tried them. “Tastes like piss” he shouted. “Only you would know” murmured his host Not Basil Fawlty but Canadian novelist Claud Parsons.

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Bribie Island Clubs & Groups – A new Year for Bribie Masons

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Bribie Island Clubs & Groups – A new Year for Bribie Masons

The Bribie Masonic Lodge has just held its 2019 Installation with a changing of the guard and optimism for a positive future for the members. New Master of the Lodge Greg Hemphill says any retirees, who are Masons are most welcome to visit and anyone who’d like to enquire about joining the fraternity will be encouraged to do so.

The Installation was held in Bribie Lodge’s “blue building” in. Banya St. With the post Installation festive function across the road in the Toc H function room.

Bribie Lodge meets on the second Wednesday of the Month at 7.00. Pm. and regularly visits other lodges in the region. For more information please call 0411 143 772.

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Bribie Island Rotary – We have a Defibrillator!

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Bribie Island Rotary – We have a Defibrillator!

Tags: Bribie Island Rotary Club. Charity. Not for profit

The Scene: You see a person clutch their chest, lose all colour in their face, and suddenly fall to the ground, unconscious, displaying no signs of life. No – it’s not a TV show or play – it’s real-life, occurring in front of you. It happens everywhere, every day, across Australia. These signs can indicate that the person is suffering from a Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA).

According to the National Heart Foundation, each year, more than 20,000 Australians suffer an SCA. A cardiac arrest is usually fatal and Australian medical authorities say only about 10% of those 20,000 people survive. Thus 18,000 die! St John Ambulance Australia said its figures showed the survival rate was more like 5% (19,000 deaths). No matter which statistic is correct, that is far too many lives being lost each year.

Calling 000 and giving the person immediate Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) are the most important things to do. But if you can also quickly locate, and use a Defibrillator, this can increase their chances of survival by 70%. Saving someone’s life comes down to an issue of response time. In the interests of all Briberians, Bribie Rotary has recently purchased an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), with grant money received from “The Gambling Community Benefit Fund”, for use on the Island.

It is most important, however, to know when an AED should be used and when you should use CPR. It is also important to know if an AED is available for use, and is close by. Don’t be afraid to ask – or do a course when offered. A defibrillator is a machine that uses electricity to shock the heart back into its correct rhythm. It is used when someone has an SCA. This is when the heart suddenly stops pumping. The defibrillator analyses the heart rhythm and decides whether an electric shock is needed. AEDs can be used by almost anybody in an emergency.

They guide you through each step of the process. They won’t give the person an electric shock unless it’s necessary, so you can’t harm someone by using an AED. Last month, Bribie Rotary dedicated one of their weekly meetings to watch a demonstration on how to use a Defibrillator. The demonstration was conducted by two of our members Rae Guyder and Bernie Wilson who are also members of the Local Ambulance Committee (LAC).

I must admit that I was hesitant about using an AED, however after watching the demonstration, I realised the devices are designed to be easy to use and no “formal” training is needed. As soon as you turn the AED on it starts talking and takes you step by step through what to do. Remove all clothing between the neck and waistline, get rid of any water on the person and if necessary shave a small patch on the chest so the pads have direct contact with the skin.

Place one pad below the right shoulder and one under the heart (left ribcage). The AED will then deliver a shock that interrupts the erratic rhythm of the heart, giving it a chance to return to its normal rhythm. You should then continue CPR. The device will continue to monitor the person’s heart and if it stops again the unit will audibly advise that another shock is required. Perhaps one of the most important things to know is that a heart attack and cardiac arrest are two very different things.

A heart attack is when an artery in the heart gets blocked or becomes too narrow for blood to flow through normally. This prevents blood from getting to some parts of the heart muscle. This damages the heart, sometimes permanently. On the other hand, a cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly stops beating. This means that the blood stops flowing to all parts of the body including the heart and brain. As soon as this happens the process of death starts. At some point, usually within 10 minutes, the damage to the heart and brain will become so great that it can’t be reversed.

The chance of survival drops by around 10% every minute after the heart stops. With a cardiac arrest, urgent treatment is required to keep the blood moving around the body and to try to ‘restart’ the heart. When CPR and AED are provided within the first few minutes the chances of survival are the greatest. AEDs are usually found in shopping centres, workplaces, sports grounds, hospitals, and gyms. This year, Woolworths is rolling them out to all its stores across Australia for the use of both workers and customers. Our Bribie Rotary AED will be located in our Rotary Market Van and will be available to anyone in need on Rotary Market Day – the second Sunday of each month.

Please let stall holders and friends know that we now have a Defibrillator. Come and see us at our next markets on Sunday 13 October and one of our dedicated team will show you where it is located. The first recorded example of shocks being used to restart a human’s heart is in 1947 by US surgeon, Claude S Beck. We have all seen ‘the paddles’ being used in movies and television shows and know how effective they can be. So if the need ever arises don’t be afraid to do something! Don’t stand back and watch, remaining one of the crowd. ACT! Time is of the essence.

If you know where the AED is – get it. Helping early is the key to life! Remember: If a defibrillator and/or CPR is used correctly within 3-5 minutes of cardiac arrest/ heart attack, survival rates jump from 5 percent to 70 percent. Perhaps 10,000+ lives can be saved. One of these lives saved might well be your Father, Mother, Uncle or Aunt. It might also be your son or daughter – don’t ever think the young are exempt! Bribie Rotary: “So much more than a Sausage Sizzle!”

Location of Defibrillators in our Area:

  • Woolworths Shopping Centre
  • Arts Centre
  • Indoor Bowls Club
  • Sandstone Pt Community Centre
  • RSL
  • Bribie Is Bowls Club
  • Wallum Action Group
  • Neighbourhood Centre
  • Solander Lakes Bowls Club
  • VMR Crew Room
  • Life Savers Woorim
  • Sandstone Pt IGA
  • St Peters Church
  • Orianna Village
  • Rotary Van

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myPolice Moreton – Donation advice, Bribie Island

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myPolice Moreton – Donation advice, Bribie Island

Police have been made aware of a number of school children campaigning for donations in the Bribie Island area.

While police have confirmed that local schools are in fact holding fundraising events and programs at the moment, we would like to take this opportunity to remind community members of what to do should you witness what you think may be suspicious activity.

If you are approached by anyone claiming to be fundraising, police encourage residents to ask to see sponsorship booklets that they should be carrying to record donations in.

If they are unable to produce the booklet, then residents should consider not donating.

If you believe that you may have given money to children or anyone else misrepresenting themselves, you are encouraged to contact the police and report it.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.

You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

Community Event U3A Arts & Crafts Market – 26/10/2019

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Community Event U3A Arts & Crafts Market – 26/10/2019

Bribie Island ARTS & CRAFT MARKET

With just a few weeks before Christmas is upon us, here is an opportunity to find unique gifts for everyone. There are so many talented and skilled people on Bribie who create the most remarkable things. On SATURDAY 26th OCTOBER they will display a huge range of works that are all for sale at bargain prices. The annual U3A ARTS & CRAFTS MARKET DAY is where many students at U3A classes display their talents.

This will be held at U3A Centre in the main RECREATION HALL on First Avenue and will open at 9 am and finish at noon. This is a once a year opportunity to see and buy some of their remarkable creative work. Bribie University of the Third Age (U3A) conduct over 30 Arts & Craft classes each week, and this annual Market Day on Saturday 26th October is where they display and offer for sale a wide range of handmade item to both the Members and the general public.

Items for sale include the following:

  • Handicraft, Painting,
  • Drawing, Acrylic,
  • Sewing, Gift cards,
  • Crochet, Mixed Media,
  • Pottery, Needlework,
  • Silk Painting.

This special annual Market Day is a great opportunity to buy unique Christmas gifts for friends and family at very attractive prices. Makers are generally, just recovering the basic cost of materials and not the hundreds of hours of skill and patience involved in their creative hobby. In addition to viewing the displays, there will also be several subject Tutors showing what they do, and the opportunity to appreciate some of the many classes on offer next year.

The U3A Market Day on Saturday 26th October will open at 9 am at the U3A Centre in the Recreation Hall on First Avenue and run for just three hours until 12 noon. Morning tea will be available. The Hall will be buzzing with buyers and sellers with a range of unique items, and those who have not yet discovered the delights of U3A will have an opportunity to view the classrooms and facilities.

Other U3A activities All existing U3A members are reminded to pay their annual $10 membership fee during the month of October. New members are welcome to join U3A at any time and can enroll in any advertised courses that have vacancies or go on the waitlist. On Friday 1st November at 1pm an “Insight” presentation will be given by visiting international specialist Doctor Bill Code who will speak about his research on “Solving the Brain Puzzle” Term 4 Classes for this year at U3A will finish on Friday 6th December, but membership renewal and payment for next year’s classes can be done before term ends.

Timetables and Newsletters can be found at the Bribie Library, Neighbourhood and Information Centre and all information are on the web site www.u3abribie.org.au and you can contact U3A on 3408 1450 during office hours. Term 1 next year starts on 28th January and runs until 3rd April.

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Community Event – SOLVING the BRAIN PUZZLE – 1st November

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Community Event – SOLVING the BRAIN PUZZLE – 1st November

We all have one.…but do we know how to keep it healthy? There are challenges in the way our Brain works with us, and for us, or even against us, as we progress through life. Some people have great memories, others seem very intelligent, while others may change over time. You can hear a specialist International Doctor speak about “Brain Health”, here on Bribie, with valuable insights for everyone.

This Canadian Doctor and author is visiting Bribie Island for a few days and has agreed to give a free public presentation at U3A. Dr. William Code lives on Vancouver Island in Canada and is an anesthesiologist, integrative medicine specialist, and acclaimed international speaker and author.

A medical practitioner for 40 years, he studied integrative medicine under Dr. Andrew Weil at the University of Arizona and is a leading expert in “Pain Management” and Brain Health. He has had his own 22- year journey with MS and has written three bestselling books. He is in Australia to promote his latest book “Solving the Brain Puzzle” and has kindly agreed to give a free public talk.

Free Public Talk on Bribie Island This presentation is open to the public and will be held at U3A Recreation Hall on First Avenue commencing at 1 pm on Friday 1st November. The one-hour presentation will be followed by personal Questions and Answers, and afternoon tea for $2. Booking is essential so phone U3A during office hours on 3408 1450 or add your name to the list on U3A Notice Board.

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Bribie Island Croquet Club

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Bribie Island Croquet Club

Bribie Island Croquet Club is having a very exciting time as we almost have a fifth court to play on. Work has been continuing for months now, preparing the area, leveling the ground, treating the soil to try to prevent weed growth, laying the turf, regular cutting, and that is just the court.

Featured image(above): Watering the green

Then a fence needed to be put in place and a new shelter seat erected. Busy Fingers kindly supplied the shelter shed to protect any players sitting out from the Queensland sun. We are almost there. The grass was cut again this week but it is not very green. You can see in the photograph Dick Byres the President appealingly to the skies for some rain!

Bribie Island Croquet Club
Dick Byres the President appealingly to the skies for some rain!

At the moment we are watering it in the hopes that it will be ready for the Official Opening on 9th October. This will be a fantastic help to the club because with membership growing sometimes there are too many people to play on the existing 4 courts on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Soon we will be able to utilise all five courts with the possibility of playing different disciplines playing at any one time. We play Golf Croquet, Association Croquet, Ricochet and Gate ball. Why not come and have a go?

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Gloss Magazine Bribie Islander 22nd Edition October 25th 2019 Issue 99

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Gloss Magazine Bribie Islander 22nd Edition October 25th 2019 Issue 99

Get all your community news and information. Bribie Islands only community gloss magazine NOW EVERY TWO WEEKS! – Articles on boating, camping, fishing, life, drama, travel destinations, sports and what to see and do on Bribie Island. Covering charities, organisations, places, children’s activities, arts and crafts, tourist destinations, heritage parks, technology, science, music, gardening, and much more.

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Bribie Island Bicycle User Group – Community Event 27/10/2019

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Bribie Island Bicycle User Group – Community Event 27/10/2019

Tags: Bribie Island Groups. Bicycle Clubs

Coffee and a Donation

Whenever we stop for coffee during or after rides, the members of Bribie Island Bicycle User Group (Bribie BUG) contribute donations to help a local charity of our choice. We have been supporting the Bribie-Moreton Hospice Health Services for two years now and our members recently voted to continue this support for another year.

Featured Image(above): (From L to R) Nell Baker, Hospice Op Shop Manager Joan Harrison, Hospice Committee, Member Lyn Stevens, Hospice Committee Member, Joan Cornett, Hospice Vice President Leo Boonstoppel, Bribie BUG President Kerrianne Hickman, Hospice Committee Member Maree Cunningham, Hospice Honorary Secretary Linette MacFarlane Bribie BUG Member.

Over the last year, our members donated $939 which the club rounded up to $1,000. On 26 September members of both the Hospice committee and Bribie BUG gathered outside the Bribie Hospice Op Shop to see our President Leo Boonstoppel present a cheque for this amount to the Hospice Vice President Joan Cornett. Bribie BUG was formed to encourage bicycle use on Bribie Island and to help cyclists meet each other and ride together to explore Bribie and other areas on the mainland.

We also seek to improve conditions and facilities for cyclists on Bribie. Bribie BUG holds regular weekly rides for members and visitors. Rides currently leave from the Information Centre on Benabrow Avenue, Bellara at 8 am on Mondays and Saturdays and 6 am on Wednesdays, weather permitting.

Bribie BUG’s free annual event for cyclists of all ages, Ride Bribie Island 2019, is coming up on Sunday, 27 October at Apex Park, Bongaree with rides of 40km, 30km, 20km and 10km on offer. Contact Bribie BUG at [email protected] or phone Isabel on 5496 8661 for more information.

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Ever wondered what pesticides lurk in your fishing hole?

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Ever wondered what pesticides lurk in your fishing hole?

OzFish Unlimited is partnering with RMIT, a leading Australian tertiary institution and global university of technology and design, on their Pesticides Detectives program. This is a national Citizen Science research project investigating the occurrences and concentration of pesticides in Australian waterways.

It is funded by the Department of Industry, Innovation, and Business and undertaken by the Aquatic Environmental Stress Research Group (AQUEST) based at RMIT University. The goal of the project is to provide communities across Australia an opportunity for involvement in a simple, yet meaningful monitoring program where they can learn about the health of their local waterways and have an awareness of the pressures placed on them, while also providing valuable data on the quality of Australia’s waterways in respect to pesticides.

Of primary concern is the ever-increasing use of chemicals in our everyday life, and the risks they pose to the health and beneficial uses of waterways. Pesticides are one group of contaminants increasingly being detected in waterways across Australia and worldwide. They are chemical compounds that are used to control, prevent, kill, suppress, or repel pests. “Pesticide” is a broad term that includes insecticides (insect killers), herbicides (weed or plant killers), fungicides (fungus killers), rodenticides (rodent killers), growth regulators, and other materials like miticides, which are used for mite control, or products that kill snails and slugs (molluscicides).

There are thousands of different pesticides in use today in and around houses, shops, offices, storerooms, sheds, gardens, farms, pastoral stations, and many other places. The project will advance our knowledge base on the state of Australian aquatic environments, providing data to inform on priority pesticides of concern at local, regional and national levels. Our local Ozfish Pumicestone Passage Chapter is assisting in the program in conjunction with their reef-building and improving the oyster presence in our passage.

For more on this or any other Ozfish activities, e-mail [email protected].

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Helly’s Celebrities The “Sexyful” Mr Dance OBE

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Helly’s Celebrities The “Sexyful” Mr Dance OBE

Tags: Famous People. Actors. Mr Dance. Celebrities

An odd word, ‘sexyful,’ but somehow more powerful and descriptive than ‘sexy,’ and if that word applies to anyone, it does more so to the dashing Charles Dance, than any other show business celebrity I have ever met.

As we are having a tête-à-tête in London in 1986, sitting on a traditional S-shaped English loveseat, facing each other, but retaining that modest barrier between us, the blonde Charles Dance originally from Worcestershire, oozes such sex appeal that it is almost intimidating, yet inoffensive because there is no arrogance, just a friendly bubbling self-confidence. This has taken me by surprise, as Dance is nothing like his image: the archetypal, glacial Englishman – reserved and distant, introspective and infinitely private. Instead, he is breezy and waves his arms about a lot when making a point. But an even greater surprise is that everyone calls him Charlie.

At 40 he is a family man with two children, Oliver 12 and Rebecca six. “I’ve never had a chip on my shoulder,” the slim, 190cm tall Mr. Dance assures me, “although I did start to think I was ready for better parts about five years before I got them!” His acting skills, whether the perfect villain or shrewdest politician, are so incredible, that Charles is never short of work. This year he has three major movies released – Shirley Maclaine’s OUT ON A LIMB, in which he stars as the mysterious MP lover; Eddie Murphy’s, GOLDEN CHILD, where he portrays the sly devil; and as a film director character in GOOD MORNING BABYLON.

But it is only 2 years ago in 1984 that Charles soars high as the star of TV’s JEWEL IN THE CROWN, while his acting debut in the original mystery TV series FATHER BROWN, dates back to 1974 and his cinematic debut FOR YOUR EYES ONLY to 1981. “We all like our egos pampered from time to time,” he chuckles with warmth in his voice, “but I don’t read a part like Guy Perron in THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN, and think that’s going to turn me into a sex symbol. “I’m not a star.

I regard myself as a character actor because if you’re going to call yourself a star, you have to continually produce something that is instantly recognizable and I don’t want to do that.” He must be one of the most prolific performers ever as the decades go on, for Charles will have done over 180 movies, TV series, and programs, live theatre performances, narrating audiobooks, video games, and documentaries, including six episodes of National Geographic’s Savage Kingdom – their most expensive WILD TV series ever.

But he has not always been this confident he admits nostalgically. “As an adolescent, I didn’t have acne or other teenage problems. Instead, I developed an unexpected, awful stammer. And so, I got stuck with a label – stammerers’ aren’t supposed to be very bright. My confidence slid away. I suppose I was lucky, because when I turned 18 my stammer disappeared over three weeks, as strangely as it had come.” So, Charlie lost his ‘stupid’ label and his confidence gradually returned.

But acting is just one of Charles’s deep-seated and amazing talents: With both screenwriting and directing films, encouraged by his having studied graphic design and photography, he will choose Judy Dench and Maggie Smith for my favourite, and his most successful screenplay and directing box office movie, LADIES IN LAVENDER. Dance will also win the PARIS FILM FESTIVAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR in the Canadian KABLOONAK one of his most impressive movies while accomplishing his biggest dream: travelling.

But right now, the man who always surprises his audience with each different villainous role only wants to talk about labels, not his next starring movie, WHITE MISCHIEF, the erotic Murder mystery drama in Kenya, with GRETA SCACCHI, nor the future. “I believe you must ignore labels. They are hard to live with for everyone. When people have a certain image of you, even when it has been made up by someone else, they still assume it’s a label you have put on and you are proud to wear.”

“So then you are obliged to uphold that image, and when you do something out of character, people begin to tear you apart because you’re not what you are supposed to be – even though you never said you were that in the first place.” “It does present a problem because instead of having to live up to your own expectations – which is difficult enough – you have to live up to other people’s. It’s not on. You should always insist on being yourself.” His looks don’t concern Charles either, but his both distinctive and distinguished voice, once heard is never forgotten.

“Look at me – I’ve got an odd face. For a start my nose is bent. If I blink with these heavily hooded eyelids it’s like barn doors closing. If I have a single late-night, the lines under my eyes get darker still, the bags heavier and the angles from which they can photograph me even more limited.” He isn’t fishing for compliments. He means it and believes he is plain. “It’s not a classical looking face. I just don’t have film star looks.” None of which has stopped him being hailed Britain’s answer to Robert Redford. Dance shakes his head in dismay.

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