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Toowoomba Region

Local Fire Ban

A local fire ban is in place across the

Region. No fires of any kind may be lit

during this time, avoid using power tool

equipment that may cause sparks near

dry vegetation. Stay up-to-date with

local fire restrictions by visiting

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Current estimated water usage figures

The hot and dry weather has increased the demand on our water resources. We

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LETTERS

Salvos standing ready to help

this Christmas

EMBRACE THE SEASON AND CONNECT WITH LOVED ONES

This year has brought with it some of the

greatest challenges we have faced in Australia.

From drought, to devastating bushfires and a

global pandemic, it would be fair to say that we

are all looking forward to a fresh new year.

But as we look forward to Christmas and the

New Year, it is important to note that in every

situation that comes our way, there is always good

to be found.

On behalf of The Salvation Army, we want to

share with you some of the good we have seen

throughout this year, and our hope for Christmas

and the New Year.

When the bushfires hit last summer, they were

some of the worst that our country had ever seen.

The Salvos saw the impact first-hand, with our

workers supporting front line first responders

even before the bushfire season had begun as

they worked hard to avoid the devastation that

eventually impacted those bushfire-affected

regions.

The way that Australians came together during

the bushfires was remarkable, from practical onground

support to international campaigns, all for

the purpose of helping our fellow Aussies in their

time of need.

During the horrific drought that has ravaged so

much of rural Australia for years, The Salvos have

seen the iconic Aussie spirit in full effect.

Our rural chaplains have assisted many rural

families affected by drought and have been able

to provide very practical support, which has been

warmly welcomed by so many in Rural regions.

Rural communities are resilient and tough,

and yet our chaplains have been embraced by

these communities, leading to deep and lasting

friendships.

COVID-19 has been extremely damaging to

our economy, with many families and individuals

having been placed under extreme financial and

emotional strain.

As we move towards a cashless

society, it is noted that gift

cards are becoming the new

form of cash. Be careful which

type you purchase.

For example, my wife recently

purchased a card from a Highfields

supermarket as a birthday

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However, even during a pandemic, a strong

thread of mateship has emerged as communities

have found creative ways to support each other.

Local Salvation Army Mission centres have also

been busy supporting locals in their communities.

Looking forward now to Christmas, the Salvos

want to encourage everyone to embrace the

season and take this opportunity to connect with

loved ones.

Spending time with family (either in-person or

online), sharing a meal with those you love, taking

time away with friends, or by engaging in the joy

of giving to one another this Christmas.

The Salvos also know that Christmas can be a

time of stress, financial pressure and loneliness for

some Aussies doing it tough.

New research conducted for The Salvation

Army’s Christmas Appeal showed that 74 per cent

of Aussies didn’t know where to go for financial

support this Christmas.

The Salvos want you to know that we are here

this Christmas.

If you need financial support, presents for the

kids, food for Christmas Day or just a community

to belong to, please reach out to your local Salvos.

For the Salvos, the true meaning of Christmas

is found in the birth of Jesus. Jesus brought hope

into the world.

A hope for a better tomorrow, a hope that no

matter what we have done or where we have been,

we are loved.

A hope that nothing can separate us from Jesus’

love.

So, this Christmas, the Salvos encourage you to

focus on the true meaning of Christmas and enjoy

the festive season as we come together with our

family and friends.

From The Salvation Army, we wish you, your

family and friends a very Happy Christmas. -

Major Bruce Harmer National Public Relations

Secretary

Gift card warning

The card is called The Restaurant

Choice with a value of $50

to $100 and can only be used

in restaurants nominated by the

company who issue the card.

A list of restaurants where the

card is accepted is only available

on the company website.

Following two failed attempts

CHRISTMAS

SEAFOOD

We are now

taking orders for

Fresh Seafood for

Christmas

Cooked Prawns,

Green Prawns, Bugs, Oysters,

Sea Scallops, Barramundi,

Snapper & Salmon Fillets.

Orders need to be placed before

2pm on the 22 December

to use the card in Toowoomba,

(two separate restaurants) we

were forced to check out their

website, only to find out there

are no restaurants anywhere in

the Toowoomba region which

accept the card.

My wife approached the supermarket

for a refund, only to

be told it is not their policy to

refund any gift cards purchased

in their stores, including their

own cards and was also told by

staff they knew that the card was

useless in Toowoomba.

The card company claims

they have hundreds of restaurants

where their card is accepted,

yet the largest inland city in

Australia has none.

According to the card company

website, retailers of the

card include Woolworths, Coles,

Aldi, Big W, Kmart and Australia

Post.

A lesson learned, no more gift

cards in our family in the future.

- Peter Edlich, Cabarlah

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INLAND RAIL

Factual discrepencies in forestry inquiry

Deputy Prime Minister seems not to care - Miles Noller reports

OAKEY

KINGSTHORPE

GOWIE JUNCTION

GORE HIGHWAY

WARREGO HIGHWAY

CECIL PLAINS

CECIL PLAINS ROAD

TOOWOOMBA

CECIL PLAINS - MOONIE ROAD

NORWIN

BONGEEN

MT TYSON

PITTSWORTH

CECIL PLAINS - MOONIE ROAD

NEW ENGLAND HIGHWAY

MILLMERRAN

The proposed forestry corridor from Yelarbon to

Cecil Plains then to Wellcamp Airport and Charlton.

OAD

GORE HIGHWAY

YELARBON

INGLEWOOD

MILLMERRAN

MILLMERRAN - INGLEWOOD ROAD

The Deputy Prime Minister’s inquiry into the Inland Rail’s

forestry crossing of the Darling Downs contains factual

discrepancies, according to independent observers.

But the Government and ARTC seem unperturbed that some

“facts” used might be to the detriment of many landholders along

the route, and long term users of the rail line when an alternative

is available.

A dozen or so professional soil conservationists, who were

trained and worked for the State Government, are questioning

information used in the inquiry into a potential forestry corridor

from Yelarbon to Cecil Plains and then to Wellcamp Airport and

Gowrie Junction.

Some of these soil conservationists conducted extensive flood

plain studies along the Condamine River and consulted widely

with numerous meetings of landholders.

The work of these soil men, whether on the flood plains or in

hill country requiring contour banks and waterways, was based

on recognised engineering principles.

The science of stubble and crop cover to reduce erosion, strip

cropping and the reduction of water velocity and concentration,

were part of their regular work.

Yet ARTC never consulted with them in the design of the

Millmerran to Pittsworth crossing of the Condamine River,

preferring the advice of engineers seemingly without local

knowledge.

These soil men agree that if the Condamine has to be crossed,

the Cecil Plains to Mt Tyson route was preferable. And this

corridor prevented much good agricultural land from being

dissected and cut up by a rail corridor.

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack claimed in

Toowoomba recently that Federal Cabinet decided in 2017 that

the rail corridor would be where ARTC wants it, via Millmerran,

Brookstead, Pittsworth, Southbrook, Wellcamp and Charlton.

So one might ask: “What has been the purpose of all the community

consultation meetings since?”

A further question is: “What was the purpose of the recent

inquiry into a potential forestry corridor?”

“Was this inquiry simply for political reasons, as though it was

meant to fudge the result?” some might ask.

The forestry corridor report from the Deputy Prime Minister’s

office contains a number of factual discrepancies.

• Factual discrepancy 1: Properties affected. The Government/

ARTC report claims the forestry route would add 134 properties

truncated/dissected by Inland Rail. WRONG. Only 60 properties

are expected to be directly affected on the Yelarbon, Cecil Plains,

Wellcamp to Gowrie corridor. Yet on the ARTC route, through

Inglewood, Millmerran, Pittsworth, Southbrook, to Gowrie, 260

properties are cut through. That is 200 more than on the forestry

route. The Government and ARTC seem uncaring to impact 260

properties when about 60 are affected with the alternative forestry

corridor. One farmer has 7km of rail line through his property.

Another has a cutting through the farm, 200m long by 30m deep.

Others are losing homes and buildings and the viability of some

farms is destroyed.

• Factual discrepancy 2: Floodplain length - The soil men claim

the flood plain length on the Millmerran, Pampas, Brookstead to

Yarranlea crossing is 31km long, not 12km as claimed by ARTC,

from their experience with flooding, actual records, and landholder

reports.

Even the Gore Highway at Yarranlea was cut by flooding in one

event but is not accepted by ARTC, and there has been flooding from

Hall’s feedmill to Millmerran. But this is not accepted by ARTC.

The soil men state the floodplain from Cecil Plains is also 31km

long. Their flood studies show that flooding between the Condamine

and the North Branch is rare because a diversion bank takes overland

flow from the plain to the Cecil Plains weir on the Condamine.

They claim the numerous irrigation ring tanks on farms has

altered the flow across this section of the plain, and landholders use

the old rail embankment to help fill their ring tanks. This different

flood behaviour has not been recognised by ARTC.

• Factual discrepancy 3: Length of rail line - The soil men accept

the length of proposed rail line through the forestry to Cecil Plains

and then to Wellcamp and Gowrie is 15km longer, but NOT 20km or

30km or 40km as the Deputy Prime Minister’s report claims.

The soil men suggest the straight and even run through the forestry

and across the Cecil Plains area should be faster for train travel. The

forestry run could also be the basis for a new dingo check fence that

landholders are asking for.

• Factual discrepancy 4: Easy construction, fewer crossings.

ARTC and the Federal Government have never studied a forestry

corridor for the Inland Rain, it seems. Maybe they looked at it on

a computer screen, but never as a serious option. Yet they claim to

have conducted an inquiry into the forestry option.

Those who have inspected the forestry terrain “on the ground”

suggest it would be easy going for construction. For about 30km it

could follow a high voltage electricity line.

There would be four or five major road crossings of the rail

line, compared to the dozens of overpasses, underpasses and level

crossings on the Millmerran Pittsworth run.

The Deputy Prime Minister seems not to have compared like

with like, with confusion about the width of the corridor in different

locations, the batter of the line foundation (two to one or three to

one), but ARTC appears to have valued the forestry land five times

as much as the first class farming land.

Any hectare of forestry land developed must be replaced with five

hectares in offsets. There are no offsets required for quality farm

land.

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NEW ENGLAND HIGHWAY

NORWIN

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• Factual discrepancy 5: Confused about route - The Deputy

Prime Minister’s inquiry of the Forestry Corridor is full of

confusions of what actual route it is studying.

The soil conservationists group proposed a corridor through the

forestry of Yelarbon to Cecil Plains, then from Cecil Plains across

the flood plain to Mt Tyson, then to Wellcamp Airport to Charlton

MT TYSON

and Gowrie Junction.

Yet the inquiry “muddies the water” by including a Mt Tyson to

Kingsthorpe option, indeed it mentions an Oakey section, and it

assumes the Wellcamp to Gowrie section goes via its own proposed

route across Brimblecombe Road, and the Warrego Highway near

Gowrie Mountain. It seems the Deputy Prime Minister cannot

even get the comparisons correct. So how can the facts be correctly

assessed.

• Factual discrepancy 6: Costings not provided - The Deputy

Prime Minister could not even put a cost on the proposed Forestry

Corridor, so how can a factual comparison be made.

It is known that the first serious ARTC Inland Rail corridor across

the Darling Downs was referred to as “the base case” or “base

case modified” and proceeded via Inglewood (or the forestry to

Millmerran), to west of Pittsworth to the Mt Tyson area, through the

Aubigny, Beef City, area to the existing railway line between Oakey

and Kingsthorpe.

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TOOWOOMBA

OAKEY KINGSTHORPE GOWIE JUNCTION

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack

The Wellcamp Airport was constructed, and in 2017 the then

Transport Minister Darren Chester decided between four options, this

“base case” and three other options which passed next to Wellcamp

Airport. The option chosen by ARTC and the Government is said to

cost $140 million more than the base case, and it is believed the cost

of the forestry option would be in a similar range to the base case.

• Factual discrepancy 7: Wrong corridor used - The Deputy

Prime Minister’s inquiry assumed the soil men’s option proceeded

from Wellcamp Airport via the ARTC route across Westbrook

Creek, across Brimblecombe Road, across the Warrego Highway

between Gowrie Mountain and Zimm’s Corner with a seven-metre

high bridge. But this route destroys too many quality stud and

lucerne farms.

The soil men proposed the Inland Rail from Wellcamp Airport

should follow the Toowoomba bypass on its western side, and

it would then cross under the Warrego Highway at Charlton,

proceeding to Interlink SQ on the existing State rail line.

The soil men have decided that every transport corridor can be

disruptive. So placing together the Toowoomba bypass and the

Inland Rail tends to reduce the problem somewhat.

But the ARTC engineers do not seem to like that idea, and the

Deputy Prime Minister seems to be going along with them.

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HIGH COUNTRY HERALD - DECEMBER 8, 2020 - 3

National win for Glennie students

Three gifted Year 9 students

from The Glennie School have

won the coveted BRAINways

Education The QUEST National

competition for 2020.

Students Rheanca Lincoln,

Sophie Fleming and Zoe Waters

used their abilities in creativity,

problem solving and teamwork

to achieve some outstanding results

at the QUEST.

Six teams from co-educational,

all boys and all girls’ schools

competed in the learning areas:

Science - Neuroscience of

imagination, Humanities - Philosophical,

psychological and

economical theories of value,

Mathematics - Correlation and

causation, Network Theory and

correlation networks.

At the conclusion of The

QUEST, hosted by Central

Queensland University, Rheanca,

Sophie and Zoe, our Year 9

team, won convincingly taking

out the first place win in Mathematics,

second place in Humanities

and fourth place in Science.

The girls would normally

qualify to progress to the International

competition, however,

due to COVID-19 this competition

will not take place.

“The QUEST was an incredible

experience, we are so glad

that each of our strengths could

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is

Coming!

combine to achieve a rewarding

win,” said Sophie

“In the Humanities challenge,

we had to create two new civilisations

with conflicting values.

“We invented cultures, landscapes,

economies, governments

and society rules, all in an hour

and a half. Despite the short

timeframe, our creativity and

collaboration helped to produce

something incredible we are

very proud of.”

Fellow student Rheanca said

during the Science session, we

had an hour and a half to complete

a plan for our own science

museum, including eight different

exhibits.

“The challenge was all about

explaining how the brain imagines

and dreams for our civilisations

from humanities,” she said.

“Even though the science concepts

were hard to grasp, we all

powered through the challenge

and completed all the given

tasks with a smile on our faces.”

Zoe explained the mathematics

session had them complete

scatter plots to investigate relationships

between the two civilisations

and draw conclusions to

whether causation or correlation

was evident through correlation

networks.

After a bit of a crazy year (can anyone guess why?)

Christmas is coming up fast! We sadly won’t be doing

our usual Santa Paws Photos/family fun day this year

due to social distancing but we do still hope to raise

some money for our local wildlife carers and hopefully

make a few peoples day with a great raffle! Tickets are

up for sale in our surgery at reception.

Lucky us!

We are so lucky to live in an area that is bountiful in wildlife.

Living closely with wildlife can certainly have its benefits.

Enjoy your close encounter with Australia’s amazing animals!

This year unfortunately has seen an increased number of

birds brought into our clinic for care. We have fantastic local

wildlife carers who will tirelessly collect and care for birds

and other species of wildlife from us after they have been vet

checked.

If you ever come across injured wildlife, please either call

for advice or safely bring them in to the vets to be assessed.

There are numerous ways that you can help to protect our

native wildlife. One simple way is to be a responsible pet

guardian. Dogs and cats cause injury and death to many of

our wildlife species. Supervise them at all times and keep

dogs and cats inside or confined at night.

For more information on wildlife care or our great raffle,

please see our website or Facebook page for more

information.

Eclipse Park

Veterinary Surgery

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“Professional, personal and reliable

veterinary care to protect, promote and

enhance the human animal bond.”

“Due to our light-heartedness

and ability to find something to

laugh about we got through this

task in a very positive manner

Looking for the owner

Highfields police are searching

for the owner of a mountain

bike that was left at the Highfields

State Secondary College

last month.

The school contacted the police

to have the bike removed after

it wasn’t claimed for several

weeks.

• If you are the owner of this

mountain bike, contact the Highfields

police on 4614 7444.

and came away with the win,”

said Zoe.

Deputy principal Ms Tonia

Gloudemans said it is a fantastic

achievement for the girls and

the first time students from The

Glennie School have won at the

National level.

Rheanca Lincoln, Zoe Waters and Sophie Fleming celebrate their National win in The QUEST.

• The mountain bike for

which Highfields police are

searching for the owner.

Casuarinas for Cockies

The Friends of Land

for Wildlife Toowoomba

held its last public

tree planting on the

weekend, by planting

100 sheoaks at Cressbrook

Dam in the conservation

group’s Casuarinas

for Cockies

project.

The group received

a $10,000 grant from

WIRES and Landcare

Australia for 700 trees

planted on public land

and private properties.

FLWT president Peter

Sparshott said most

of the trees the group

had received from the

grant had been planted

on private properties.

“It has been one of

those things that once

it was put out, people

came out to take it up,”

he said.

Mr Sparshott said the

Toowoomba Regional

Council had been

helpful with support in

sourcing locations for

planting.

Secretary Margie

Young said the goal of

the project was to aid

the endangered cockatoo

species by planting

more the casuarina

trees which is the bird’s

main source of food.

“Cressbrook was one

of the chosen places for

the programs because

there were so many

trees lost due to last

year’s fires and now the

drought we are currently

going through,” she

said.

“Hopefully, by having

more sheoaks planted

in the region, we will

see more of these beautiful

birds here.”

- Sean White report

and photo

Peter Sparshott, secretary Margie Young, and James Sparshott.

Government

support for

shows

Mr LITTLEPROUD

Huge economic spin-offs

Crows Nest Show will receive

an early Christmas gift with

Australian Government funding

to help ensure it can bounce

back next year.

Maranoa MP David Littleproud

said the Government was

keen to ensure show societies

and field day organisers were in

the best shape possible to continue

in 2021.

“These events bring our

families and farmers together,

build community spirit and help

bridge the divide between country

and city,” Mr Littleproud

said.

The Crows Nest Show Society

will receive $10,000 under the

Supporting Agricultural Shows

and Field Days program to help

ease cash-flow pressures and

cover costs after cancelling their

2020 show due to COVID-19.

Mr Littleproud said shows

and field days were uniquely

Australian and provided huge

economic spin-offs for local

communities as well as opportunities

for the businesses and

services who exhibit.

“They also help to maintain

our farmers’ competitive edge

by providing an outlet for new

ideas, new technologies and new

ways of working to be shared,”

Mr Littleproud said.

“I am very pleased the Crows

Nest Show is able to access this

funding to help get them through

this tough period and out the

other side in a sound position to

host again in 2021.

“Next year is looking so much

brighter and I know this support

will be a fantastic boost for our

volunteers, families and school

children.”

In addition to the latest

$10,000 grant, the society this

year received $124,610.65 to

upgrade infrastructure at the

showgrounds through the Agricultural

Show Development

Grants program.

They received a further

$156,889.88 grant through this

program to construct an all-abilities

ablutions block.

Eighteen shows across

Maranoa will receive a total

$310,637.28 under the Supporting

Agricultural Shows and

Field Days program.

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Author publishes his own stories

After moving to Highfields to

retire with his wife, Terry Spinks

decided to turn his hand to writing

and publishing his own science

fiction novels.

Spinks said he got the idea

for his story GAI Genetic Artificial

Intelligence after seeing a

man floating in space in his head

while eating his cereal about a

year ago.

“It came back after having a

cuppa and I thought that was interesting.

I pushed it out of my

head but it kept coming back

several days later.

“Then I started asking myself

questions about the scene and

that is how the story grew,” he

said.

The premise of the novel is

about humanity’s first contact

with extra-terrestrial life which

leads to an inevitable conflict,

turning to genetic artificial intelligence

for aid.

Spinks said it took him about

six weeks to write the first draft

and a further 12 weeks for the

editing and re-writing process.

“I sent the first chapter to an

editor and they had picked up I

was a new writer. They told me

to polish it up and run it through

a grammar checker.

Gowrie school community hub under way

Work is under way on a community hub

on the Gowrie State School grounds.

The P and C began preparation for the

community hub about four years ago

with strategic planning, securing close to

$800,000 for the project. Construction is expected

to be finished in mid-February.

Gowrie P and C president Paul Judge said

the building would have multiple uses.

“The school will use this facility but it

will also be used for after school and vocational

care,” he said.

“The P and C will form a community liaison

group to promote its use. We already

have a few groups who have expressed interest

in using it.”

Mr Judge said a needs analysis verified

the community both needed and desired the

building. Funding has been secured from

both the State and Federal Governments and

private businesses.

The project was put to tender in February

this year and awarded to Toowoomba construction

company Northbuild. Mr Judge

said it was important to the P and C that the

project helped local businesses.

Gowrie P and C secretary Carla Kieley

said it had been a mammoth task for the association

and it was great to see dirt being

turned. “This has been based around how we

can bring services to and support our community.

Another aspect of this building has

been about forming links with the school or

the wider community.

“It was also sent to a beta

reading company when I finished

it to give me a critique,”

he said.

“I received a couple of reports

back and I just put it away thinking

‘how could it be that bad?’

When I got the feedback, I put

it aside, licking my wounds but

after the editor told me that was

part and parcel of the course.

“So after re-writing the story

three times, I sent it back to the

editor.

“She was blown away. I got

the story to the point where I

could publish it.”

Spinks said he named his first

novel after his wife who he dedicated

the book to.

While his first novel was in

being edited, he started his second

book Into the Void in just 21

days.

Currently he is working on his

third story Serathem Hub.

Spinks said if anyone wanted

to get started in writing, all they

had to do was start.

“Write for yourself and your

own enjoyment,” he said.

GAI: Genetic Artificial Intelligence

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Gowrie State School principal Mandy

Norton-McNeil said research showed the

local community had an aging demographic,

so it was important that the building had an

intergenerational use to it.

“We are very interested in bringing the

community groups of older residents together

so they can make connections and pass on

lifelong lessons and history,” she said.

Mrs Norton-McNeil said it had been a

monumental project, taking a lot of strategic

thinking from the association and doggedness

to get the funding and to keep it alive.

“It’s not about the school making money

by renting it out. It’s about the school becoming

a genuine partner to the community,”

Mr Judge said. - Sean White

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leadership graduates

Highfields Toastmasters Club president Gary Palmer, right,

with Holly Rhodes, Tim Palmer, Nicholas Rhodes, Elijah

Boden, Abby Curtis, Zoey Kriel, Zane Kriel, Mia Curtis and

Aaliya Cameron, graduates of a second course in speech

construction, impromptu speaking skills and the art of giving

feedback run by Queensland Home School Education Unit

and facilitated by the Highfields Toastmasters Club.

Course co-ordinator Liz Hudson said the students learn

speech construction, impromptu speaking skills and the art of

giving feedback.

“Their personal growth over the six weeks was phenomenal,”

she said.

“Nerves can be overcome and public speaking can be

learned by using proven techniques and practicing.”

For more information about the Highfields Toastmasters

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Martial artists put to the test

Karateka and Muay Thai fighters from the various

Zen Do Kai karate and Muay Thai clubs in

south east Queensland were put to the test at the

end of November.

Members from Zen Do Kai Toowoomba, Highfields,

Oakey, Gatton and Withcott attended a

grading at the Withcott Sports Complex on Sunday,

November 29.

Mountain Warriors Zancola Dojo instructor

Steve Norris was nominated to undertake his

fourth degree black belt on the day.

Mr Norris demonstrated his 20 years of skill and

knowledge with various weapon demonstrations.

During his time on the mat, Mr Norris showed

his proficiency with hook swords, a pole arm

called a naginata and katana.

Mr Norris said he had been training six months

before Sunday’s gathering to develop the weapons

demonstrations himself.

“For the fourth degree grading, candidates are

required to come up with their own forms,” he

said.

“All the moves that were incorporated in my

weapon forms had been learnt before, it was a

matter of putting it together.

“The reason why I chose the hook swords was

because to my knowledge nobody in this region

had done it before. Even though I had a choice of

two of the weapons to demonstrate, it is mandatory

to use the katana.”

Mountain Warriors Zancola Dojo head instructor

Kyoshi Tony Zancola congratulated his students’

efforts on the day.

“Everyone should be proud of themselves with

how they performed and conducted themselves at

the grading,” Kyoshi Zancola said. - Sean White

One Stop Stationery owner

Jenny Whell and Highfields Go

Local First small business advocate

Mary Reid are teaming up

to help people prepare for this

year’s Christmas.

Getting into the festive spirit,

Mrs Whell will donate gift wrapping

paper to Ms Reid, who will,

in turn, wrap gifts purchased at

One Stop Stationery this Saturday

from 9am to 11am.

Since Mrs Whell opened the

Splash of Love section to the

stationery store, she said she was

surprised with how busy the new

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section had become.

“I was travelling to Brisbane

every fortnight to purchase new

clothing for the store,” she said.

“We have a wide range of gifts

to choose from for this Christmas

including toys, clothing,

craft supplies and more.”

Mrs Whell said people could

also purchase gift vouchers if

they weren’t sure on their gift

ideas. She said the new gift store

had been popular because it

meant Highfields residents didn’t

have to drive to Toowoomba.

Ms Reid said it was great to

see the local community support

its local businesses at the end of

the pandemic.

The free gift paper and gift

wrapping is only eligible for instore

purchases at One Stop Stationery

on Saturday, December

12 from 9am to 11am.

Go Local First small business advocate Mary Reid

and One Stop Stationery owner Jenny Whell

Family festivities

It seems the days leading up to Christmas

are making up for all the missed opportunities

throughout the year, as the Toowoomba Regional

Council announces new events to bring a difficult

year to an end.

Although the usual Christmas Wonderland celebration

will not be going ahead this year, the Lions

Club of Toowoomba West completed their mission

last week of spreading Christmas joy, after

joining up with other local groups and the council.

The COVID-Safe version of the usual light display

has brought a vibrant colour and festive cheer

to vacant shopfronts next to the Lifeline Store in

Highfields Central.

Meanwhile, Peacehaven Carols Committee

have organised a drive-in movie night featuring

ELF at the Cabarlah sports grounds. on December

18.

Gates open at 5.30pm and the film starts at

6.30pm.

Food and drinks will be available to purchase

on the night.

The council is finalising their Community

Christmas Tree and Christmas Bauble project for

regional communities.

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to decorate their own baubles and install them on

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Preparing for storm season

Crows Nest SES Group Leader Shelley Scott said

as storm season approaches, people need to start

thinking about the best ways to prepare in a possible

emergency.

Ms Scott said the most important decisions come

before a storm, in the ways people decide to mitigate

possibly damaging situations.

“Preparations around the home are essential,

cleaning gutters, making sure that trees are trimmed

away from the house, using tent pegs to lock down

your trampoline and simply watching the weather

forecasts can be lifesaving,” she said.

“As holiday season draws nearer, we understand

that everyone’s going to go for a bit of travel, especially

to costal areas where storms hit the hardest.

“In that situation, just make sure that you know

where the emergency exits are, and have an idea.”

Ms Scott said when people know a storm is coming

and that it was going to hit hard, there were several

ways to protect your home and loved ones.

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“Protecting your life is much more important then

protecting your house. In the case of hail, put up blankets

or towels across the inside of windows to catch

glass and other flying debris,” she said.

“Staying in a room central to the house like a hallway

where there are no windows is always a perfect

choice, as there is no risk of stepping on glass, and

falling tree limbs generally don’t strike the center of

a building.”

Ms Scott said the most common injuries she had

seen were caused by leftover debris like glass and not

from the storm itself.

Ms Scott also said if you were caught out and about,

the best thing you could do was seek shelter.

“If you are caught in a car, make sure that you don’t

touch the steering wheel, door handles, gear stick or

the pedals. The best thing you can do is sit with your

hands on your lap,” she said.

“And always stay eight meters away from fallen

powerlines. If there is a powerline you are worried

about on your property, always seek the help of a professional.”

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- Quinn Macdonald

Jo-Ann Sharp and Carmen McLennan

from Douglas

Wendy Telfer from Highfields and visitors

from Inverell Julie File and Colleen Ritchie.

The ladies have been friends since their

children were in Playgroup together.

A dramatic

year for artists

Established Toowoomba artists Stephen Spurrier

and David Usher have joined forces to present

an exhibition that casts light on a dramatic year.

The exhibition, Gathering in the Light, captures

Stephen and David’s direct responses to

social, environmental and cosmic influences that

shaped 2020.

The exhibition will be on display at Toowoomba

Regional Art Gallery until Sunday, January 24.

The art works explore the artists’ creative processes.

Stephen has been making art for 30 years. David

has been a creative professional for 20 years.

The works on display demonstrate how both

artists respond to their surroundings and embrace

the landscape in their respective practices.

Exhibition curator and director Alexandra

Lawson said she wanted to share this work with

the community.

“I saw such an interesting shift in both artists’

work as a result of their subconscious documentation

of events occurring in 2020,” she said.

“I think it’s interesting how social issues translate

in artists’ works.”

Shifting across painting, printmaking and ceramics,

the exhibition includes works made by

each artist during the isolation period of 2020, as

well as collaborative and individual works made

thereafter.

The exhibition delves into the artists’ psychological

and emotional responses to physical locations

and the unusual events of 2020.

There is a keen focus on landscape and the cosmos,

and the pivotal moments and environmental

situations that have influenced their work.

The two artists are represented by Alexandra

Lawson Gallery, Toowoomba.



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Oddfellows unite to adopt hospice room

The Darling Downs District Manchester Unity

Independent Order of Oddfellows have taken

a virtual tactic to fundraising as they try to raise

$4500 for the Adopt a Room initiative at the

Toowoomba Hospice.

Toowoomba Branch member Lynne Newton

said all the members agreed it was a good idea,

after it was proposed by current District Grandmaster

Chris Blanch earlier this year.

“As a group, we have raised funds for the

Toowoomba Hospice before, and we all believe

it is a very important organization,” Mrs Newton

said.

“We have never worked with the Adopt a Room

initiative but making people’s last days in palliative

care a comfortable and supportive experience

is one of the best things you could hope to make

happen.”

Mrs Newton said Toowoomba Hospice CEO

Mark Munro suggested the initiative after Mr

Blanch approached him with the fundraising idea.

Mr Munro said the funds raised go towards a

variety of things within the hospice.

“All the money is used to maintain a fresh and

comfortable home like environment for those who

need it the most,” he said.

“For the room itself, it goes toward fresh paint

and touch ups, updating carpet and flooring, linen,

furnishings, general maintenance and upkeep,

clinical consumables, periodic professional cleaning,

24 hour nursing care and of course flowers.”

Mrs Newton said to raise the funds, the group

decided to turn to a Go FundMe page, due to the

difficulties that face to face interactions posed this

year.

“We have never done any form of fundraising

online,” she said.

“But we were willing to learn, as COVID-19

had put a stop to all our other fundraising efforts

like raffles. However, we are still collecting bottles

and soft drink cans as extra cash for the fundraiser.”

Mrs Newton said the whole district had come

together as both the Darling Downs and Dalby

lodges work together to make this fundraising goal

a reality.

“The community has been very supportive, both

online and in the form of bottles and cans,” she said.

The fundraiser can be found at gf.me/u/yskq97,

while Mrs Newton can be called on 0419308489

for bottle and can collection. - Quinn Macdonald

Car clubs visit Pioneer Village

Celebrating their 90th birthday

Highfields Pioneer Village president Mervyn

Polzin was surprised by more than just the heat at

the village’s latest open day, as 40 car enthusiasts

from two clubs made their way down to lay eyes

on the Big Cow.

“We had well over a dozen Minis and a bunch

of Volkswagens - a lot more extra people than we

would normally have in a day,” he said.

“Overall, it was a great day. We are hoping to

have our last open day on December 13. It’s amazing

compared to the struggles earlier this year.”

Klub VW Darling Downs president Neil Batterham

said it was great chance for all his members to

come out for the day.

“We really wanted to have a pre-Christmas

drive that wasn’t too far out because of the heat,”

he said.

Mr Batterham explained COVID-19 had slowed

down the club’s activity quite a bit.

“We held our annual car show, Dubs on the Hill,

on March 7. Then we didn’t have a run until late

October, and things are only just starting to come

back again,” he said.

“During the COVID-19 period, people got really

used to staying in their shell, and now with restrictions

easing we need to shake things up again

and rebuild our community with events like this.”

Queensland Mini Owners Club Toowoomba

Chapter captain John Dowton said it had been

quite a year, but glad to get their engines going

again.

“We try to get out at least once a month in cars,

and a lot of our cars on club registration which

means you need a sanctioned club event to even

drive,” he said.

“Things have sort of turned around a little bit

nearing the end of this year, but this is shaping up

to be our last run for the year, after our Christmas

lights run in December.”

Mr Dowton said it was almost a unanimous decision

to come to the village and have a stickybeak

at the Big Cow.

“We have about 20 members out here today,”

he said.

“I think it’s great we can enjoy a great day out

while also helping the Pioneer Village.” - Quinn

Macdonald

NEIL BATTERHAM

Klub VW president

JOHN DOWTON

Queensland Mini Owners Club captain

BEVAN SLATER

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Crows Nest Senior Citizens members helped Pat Weis, Jan Blay, Esbert Ehrlich, Harold

Hartwig and Ivy Guy celebrate their 90th birthdays at a party on Tuesday, December 2, at

Crows Nest Tourist Park. - Photo contributed

Mayor officially opens Carnival Lane

Toowoomba Region Mayor

Paul Antonio has officially

opened the new $1.1

million Carnival Lane.

Cr Antonio said the new laneway

celebrates the region’s

signature event, the Toowoomba

Carnival of Flowers.

“Toowoomba City Centre is a

good news story, and the opening

of Carnival Lane adds another

chapter,” Cr Antonio said.

Cooyar Community Cuppa

Until COVID-19 put a stop to

activity earlier this year, Cooyar

Community Cuppa Group had

been meeting at the Cooyar Hall

on the fourth Thursday of each

month.

When restrictions eased

slightly in September, the group

started to meet in Memorial Park

“Council’s investment of $1.1

million towards construction

costs during the COVID-19 pandemic

has provided a boost to

our local economy.

“Projects like these keep money

flowing through the economy

and into local jobs and businesses

during this challenging time.”

Cr Antonio paid tribute to

the council staff, designers, engineers,

and the contractors for

instead of the hall, providing

their own chair and morning tea

to comply with the social distancing

rules.

On Thursday, the group will

meet for lunch at the Cooyar

Hotel to finalise the year and

start planning for a new start in

January.

their support in building the new

laneway.

“The Carnival Lane project

engaged more than 25 local

suppliers as part of the construction,”

Cr Antonio said.

“The council worked closely

with a range of contractors

including local firm Taddio

Construction who managed construction.

“The artworks were

produced by local artist Katie

Whyte, who created a mural and

motif art representing the colour

and vibrancy of Carnival.

“I would like to thank all involved

in this project and the

community for their co-operation

and patience.”

He said the benefits of Carnival

Lane go beyond construction.

The council’s investment

gives businesses and industry

the confidence to invest.

Local holiday options to suit everyone!!

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Highfields business last breakfast for 2020

Members of the Highfields

and District Business Connections

group celebrated the various

successes it has achieved

throughout the year and future

prospects.

The group held its final

monthly breakfast meeting for

2020 with Toowoomba Regional

Council Deputy Mayor Geoff

McDonald, Cr Melissa Taylor

and Cr Rebecca Vonhoff attending

and updating the group with

what the council has planned.

HDBC president Ray Hunt

said the group had experienced

steady growth in membership in

November.

“What we try to do here is

uncover any small businesses

that would like to be part of the

HDBC,” he said.

“We’re looking for any new

businesses in the area. It doesn’t

matter if they are operating out

of home or have a shopfront.

“Over the course of the past

two months, there have been 10

new members join and that will

increase in the new year.”

Kehoe Myers Consulting

Engineers director and former

HDBC committee member

Grant Pendlebury said the group

had a good run recruiting new

members over the past three

months during a membership

drive.

Cr McDonald brought up the

council’s focus on local spend

in regional centres that helps increase

the capacity of local businesses

and local economy.

“We have a target of 60 per

cent local spend to local businesses

which is critical in regards

to getting through the pandemic,”

Cr McDonald said.

“This has been something we

have been putting in place for

about six to seven years.

“In October, we saw some

64 per cent of our total council

spend locally, that equated to

$15 million into the economy

which is a good boost.

“For the year to date until the

end of October, the first quarter

of the year, we’re at 56 per cent

that equated to $55 million spent

locally.”

Cr McDonald said the council

had a deputation from the Small

Business Commissioner Maree

Adshead, with talks of the

council joining the Queensland

Government’s Small Business

Friendly Councils Initiative.

The initiative was established

to recognise and support local

councils in Queensland that are

actively supporting small businesses

in their area and helping

them to recover and build resilience

following disasters and

economic challenges.

Cheese of my childhood

Family dinners on a Sunday are a staple in ourhousehold.

And I don’t mean some haphazardly

thrown together dish either. It is truly a king’s feast.

Every Sunday, grandma comes down to join us as

well, happily indulging in some Greens Gravy mix,

a cut above the Gravox she used for about 60 years.

This poem reminds her of the times she herself had as a

child, from family dinners to the light entertainment she

would have. - Quinn Macdonald

DEPUTY MAYOR and COUNCILLORS UPDATE COUNCIL ACTIVITIES

“That is something that will

come to the council in January

next year as to whether the council

is a part of that,” he said.

“It would be great for the

HDBC to be involved with the

announcement because if the

council agrees to be part of the

initiative, the success of being

involved would be that our regional

centres also benefit from

this local spend.

“One of the measures of success

will be small businesses in

our remote townships actually

getting some benefit from this.”

Merivale Cakes and Crafts

owner Mary Reid explained the

Federal Government’s Go Local

First program which aims to

help local small businesses by

providing free exposure.

Ms Reid said the government’s

initiative came at a time

to help small businesses through

the effects the pandemic had on

the local economy.

Mr Hunt said the group had a

meeting with TRC Mayor Paul

Antonio and that he was happy

to have another meeting with

the group that would involve the

council’s planning department,

so the group could gain some

details about the Highfields town

centre and provide its input.

The next meeting will be held

in February 2021. - Sean White

I remember the cheese of my

childhood, and the bread we cut with

a knife,

When children helped out with the

housework, and men went to work, not

the wife.

The cheese never needed an ice

chest. The bread was so crusty and

hot,

Cr Rebecca Vonhoff, Cr Melissa Taylor, Deputy Mayor, and Cr Geoff McDonald

with HDBC president Ray Hunt

The children were seldom unhappy,

and the wife content with her lot.

I remember the milk from the billy

with yummy rich cream on the top

Our dinners came hot from the oven

and not from some fridge in a shop.

The kids were a lot more contented

They didn’t need money for kicks

But a game with their mates in the

paddock and sometimes the Saturday

flicks.

I remember the shop on the corner

Where a penny worth of lollies were

sold

Do you think I’m a bit to nostalgic

or is it I’m just getting old? - Author

unknown

Christmas in Crows Nest

Friday, December 11 – 6-9pm

In light of COVID this year, it was decided to cancel Crows Nest’s Christmas in the

Park, however Crows Nest Lions, Crows Nest Tourist and Progress and

Toowoomba Regional Council decided to run a COVID safe Christmas activity.

On 11th December between 6pm and 9pm, we will have a Christmas Gift Bag Drive

through between the Crows Nest Soft Drinks and Tyre Service buildings.

The first 100 vehicles will receive one Christmas Gift Bag, these bags are limited to 100

so we apologise if we run out before you arrive.

Toowoomba Regional Council has generously transferred the Crows Nest Day 2020

funds to this event.

Colouring Competition - Crows Nest News

Lights Competition

Terms and Conditions can be found on the

entry forms at Crows Nest News

Prizes for:

Residential – $150

Business – Perpetual Trophy

Community group – $150

Brightest – $150

Novelty – $150

Neighbours/hood – $200 BBQ package

Best decorated mailbox – $50 voucher

Peoples Choice

Entries close December 7

Judging 8-9-10 December

CROWS NEST

The Village in the High Country

Contact: 0428 331 570 for more details

*Tune into 88FM for festive music and messages from your community on Friday 11th Dec between 6 and 9pm


Soil conservation era ends with retirement of Barry Stone

As we hear more and more

stories of infant deaths as a result

of parents leaving children

in hot cars, it is important to

remember the steps that parents

can take to make sure they are

never in a similar situation.

Every year, over 5000 children

are reported locked in swelteringly

hot, unattended vehicles

Life on earth depends on the

soil - and the food, fibre, forests

and pasture it produces.

Yet attempts to protect that

thin layer of life-giving soil from

erosion, degredation and misuse,

have formally come to an end in

Queensland.

The last soil conservationist

actively employed in this

role by the Queensland Government,

Barry Stone, recently

retired from his position in

the Department of Natural

Resources in Toowoomba.

A couple of other soil men and

women still worked in different

roles in the Government. But soil

conservationists as extension

officers have ceased to exist.

Barry Stone worked for almost

60 years with the Queensland

Government, firstly with the

Department of Agriculture

and Stock, the Department

of Primary Industries, and

the Department of Natural

Resources.

Barry was located for 16

years in Kingaroy after gaining

a cadetship in soil conservation

in 1961.

He later transferred to

Bundaberg for 13 years and

Toowoomba for 30 years.

He was involved in the dramatic

expansion of the soil

conservation section, and

then experienced the decline

in Government interest in

extension officers, those who

directly advised farmers on the

best methods to use to reduce

soil erosion, with the ultimate

aim of improving soil structure

and productivity and reducing

siltation lower in the catchment.

Soil conservationists were

responsible for helping to

stabilise the highly productive

soils of many regions, including

the red soils of Kingaroy and

the black soils of the Darling

Downs.

When Barry Stone started

as a cadet officer in Kingaroy

in 1961, Queensland’s soil

conservation section had 74

people in 26 centres. Kingaroy

had a total of four staff.

Staff at Kingaroy grew, and

for many years was the second

largest regional centre to

Toowoomba. When he moved to

Bundaberg in 1978, there were

150 staff in the division of land

utilisation and the number of

regional offices had grown to 36.

In 1992 he transferred to Tor

Street, Toowoomba, and by

2020, because of changes in

government policy, he was the

last practising soil conservation

officer.

There is a group of former

soil conservation officers in

the Toowoomba region, many

retired, and some doing contract

work. They meet regularly and

the dozen or so formed the core

of the 30 people at a farewell

function for Barry Stone.

Mr Stone’s retirement prompted

some to revisit the history of

soil conservation in Queensland.

The term appears to have

originated in the mid west of the

USA during the 1930s with the

formation of “dust bowl” from

wind erosion.

The first contour banks in

Queensland were surveyed by

Frank Skinner at what was then

known as Willowburn Mental

Hospital in 1935.

The hospital was growing

vegetables and crops to help

provide for the needs of the

hospital and soil erosion was a

cause for concern.

Service roads associated with

the Toowoomba bypass now

pass over these paddocks.

Soil erosion in Queensland

cropping lands had reached

critical proportions by mid last

century.

By 1950, over 16,000

By MILES NOLLER

Barry Stone with some of the soil conservationists he worked with during a career of almost 60

years - Russell Scarborough, Jim Klein, Clive Knowles-Jackson, John McLatchey and Mark

Genrich

hectares of land (2 per cent of

the cultivated area) had been

withdrawn from cultivation

because of extensive rills and

gullying (Ladewig and Skinner

1950.)

Proof of the disastrous

situation facing farming areas in

the 1950s came from the aerial

photographs that State agencies

began taking on a regular basis

since the mid-1940s.

Sediment from eroding

paddocks was burying fences in

the 1950s and led to road and rail

closures.

Keep cars safe as temperature soars

across Australia. In Queensland,

being caught having left your

child in a hot car can incur a

maximum penalty of three years’

imprisonment.

RACQ spokesperson Lucinda

Ross said in an interview last

week that since the start of the

year, RACQ had rescued 900

children from locked vehicles.

“On average, our RACQ

Roadside Assistance patrols rescue

three children a day from

locked cars across the state,

which is genuinely concerning

as we see temperatures rising,”

she said.

“There’s never a safe amount

of time to leave a child locked in

a car. Even a car parked in the

shade with the windows down,

can reach deadly high temperatures

in minutes.”

For infants, the risk of dehydration

and heat-stroke when

locked in a vehicle is amplified

considerably, as their body temperature

rises up to five times

faster than an adults according

to healthchildren.org.

Ms Ross said the best measures

a parent could take to

avoid accidentally locking their

child in the car are simple.

“The most important thing is

to make sure you don’t give your

car keys to the child to play with

or hold,” she said.

“This is by far the most common

way we have seen babies

Local authorities faced significant

costs in removing

this sediment. The impact of

sediment on water storages

and water quality was well

recognised at this time although

protection of our productive soil

was seen as the top priority.

mistakenly locked inside cars. “

RACQ urges people to act if

you see a child locked in a vehicle

and are concerned for their

welfare by calling 000.

“If you have locked your child

or pet in the car, give RACQ a

call 13 11 11,” Ms Ross said.

“We will send out a patrol

straight away.”



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HIGH COUNTRY

FARMING

Soils in urgent need of rain

By PAUL McINTOSH

Industry Development Agronomist - Northern

Region for Pulse Australia and the Australian

Herbicide Resistance Initiative

OUR SOILS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT

TO VERY DRYING CONDITIONS

We walk across them every day and, hopefully,

we never take them for granted.

Of course, I am referring to our soils. That top

three or four feet of the earth’s crust that we endeavour

to grow plants in and help feed the world.

As many of us know, the harsh realities of

drought and extremes of temperature can negatively

affect our current abilities to grow plants in

feeding the 8 billion folk in the world.

Much of our current environment is characterised

by low rainfall, low humidities and high temperatures,

which all leads to this basically baking

or cooking of our top soils.

What happens when you bake something in a

hot and dry oven?

Well, with a soil sample, you can eventually extract

all the water from all the various soil storage

points.

In soils this is from around all the pore spaces

and silt and clay particles, all of which can fill with

the water, organic matter, nutrients, soil biota, air

and other gases.

So we acknowledge our soils have been subject

to these very drying conditions with heat and wind

contributing to this major moisture deficit situations.

We have a point in various soil mediums where

crop lower limits are reached. What are lower limits?

They are the bottom limits of what plants can

access in available soil moisture, usually around at

what we call permanent wilting points.

So we can have different soils with different

properties and, therefore, different crop lower limits.

However, after our soils have reached these

crop lower limits, there is still some water contained

in our soil pores and films around particles

called hygroscopic water.

Of course, with the severe dry and hot times

we have experienced in the past few years, this

phenomenon of drought has nearly completely

drained our top soil layers of any moisture for

many of us.

This could extend down to 30 or 40cm and,

needless to say, will need to be replaced by rainfall

or irrigation practices before the next crop.

Rainfall we are definitely short on in many regions,

so this replenishment act could take some

time.

The biggest crunch is that the rainfall or watering

practices needs to refill first these spaces of hygroscopic

water, which we term it at those below

crop lower limits.

That can take considerable amounts of water

before we even start to think about PAWC or Plant

Available Water Capacity from the Capillary water

in the soil solution.

For instance in some reasonable quality soils

with bulk density of 1.1 to 1.2, you could expect

that it could take 20mm of rain per 10cm of soil

Darling Downs soil after primary tillage in 2019 and some rain in 2020

depth to fill in these pores and clay particles with

hygroscopic water, that is basically unavailable to

our crop plants.

While we all lament that our soaking rainfall

amounts of 100mm or more are still leaving many

of our cropping paddocks too dry or risky to plant,

due to this fact of a fair quantity of our top soils

needing a significant top up so to speak of this basic

hygroscopic water, before our desirable plants

can get their share.

Add to this is that our soils may be very dry

down to 60cm and you can see that for successful

cropping and pasture growth, we really need

steady soaking rain to give us the three types of

water (gravitational, capillary and hygroscopic)

we desperately need in our paddocks from this

forecasted rainfall pattern we call La Niña.

However , who really cares what name we give

it.

We all just want the rainfall patterns to occur,

that we all hear about, in the current daily forecasts

don’t we? That’s all folks .

Selling on each Monday at

Harristown Saleyards at 8am

Full buying panel covering export, feeders,

trade and store descriptions.

Please note:- All livestock payments

in 10 days

For best results consign your

livestock to

NUTRIEN TOOWOOMBA

Toowoomba Office Phone 07 4637 3000

Fax 07 4637 3022

Branch Manager: Guy Pitman 0428 740 151

Livestock/Auctions Plus: Andrew Costello 0429 485 191

Livestock/Auctions Plus: Simon Booth 0438 756 245

Stud Stock: Colby Ede 0417 265 980

Merchandise: Rob Wiemers 0407 736 198

Livestock Finance: Rob Moncrieff 0408 296 952

Insurance: Ceri Martin 0429 685 847

Insurance: Brad Merrin 0409 036 799

Livestock Administration: Jenny Radke 07 4637 3013

No other media reaches anywhere

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4615 4416

reporting on Toowoomba Cattle Sale

Booking Agent

for Toowoomba,

Dalby & Warwick

Cattle Sales

David O’Sullivan

0412 501 116

Paul O’Sullivan

0400 910 088

osullivanauctions@bigpond.com.au


ZELLER AND CO

Next Sale this Saturday,

December 12 – 10am

Rocky Dip Yards, Crows Nest

Early bookings:

20 Euro steers 10-12mths, fresh

condition

15 Droughtmaster calves 8-10mths

10 Euro x cows running with Santa-

Brahman bull a/c breeder

10 Euro x heifers 12-15mths a/c breeder

10 Murray Grey cows and heifers a/c

breeder

For private sale:

10 Geldvieh mainly young cows with

calves 2-6mths. Top outfits.

This is our last sale for the year. We

want to thank all vendors and buyers

for all your support throughout

the year. Hopefully we have a wet

Christmas and New Year.

Additionally we are looking for

properties to sell. If we can assist

you in any way please give us a call.

For all enquiries please call

Rick – 0428 879 531

or Caroline 0427 134 636

BUYING ALL TYPES OF CATTLE

Mobile: 0428 879 531

Fax: 4698 2580

E: rick@zlp.net.au

Your local agent

TOOWOOMBA CATTLE & PIG MARKET

Harristown Saleyards, Monday, November 30

No bulls or bullocks yarded and very few heavy

quality cows. Heavy feeders, trade and store

cattle fully firm to slightly dearer.

• Heavy feeders A/C Hedley & Gayle

Eulenstien, Westbrook, sold to 399.2c to

return $1996

• Heavy heifers A/C Col Cooke, Jondaryan,

weighing 375kg selling to 428.2c to return

$1528

• Trade steers A/C KJ & KA Jones weighing

383kg selling to 430.2c to return$1649 with

Limousin X steers A/C Graeme and Wendy

Motley, Plainby, weighing 340kg selling to

460.2c to return $1564

• Two pens of Hereford X weaner steers A/C

DJ & SB Guerin, Jondaryan, weighing 271kg

made 498.2c to return $1352

Bobby calves – 25 yarded

• Grass eaters- $335-510

• Beef- $280-350

• Dairy- $40-150

DESCRIPTION Range c/kg Avg c/kg Change c/kg

HeavyCows 520+kg 251-320 286 -2

Heavy heifers >400kg 325-364 349 -7

Bulls > 600kg N/Q N/Q

Feeder Strs 400-500kg 346-410 385 +6

Weaner Strs 200-280kg 350-498 430 +10

Weaner Hfrs 200-280kg 395-430 420 +10

Prime Pork $225

Weaners

Sows

$174

$455

Suckers $112

Prime Light Bacon

Boars

Forward Stores

$220

$120

$222

Livestock, 429 South St, Toowoomba 07 4690 7777

Darren Hartwig - All enquiries 0428 736 470

Mick O’Keefe - Cattle 0409 621 019

Mark Gersekowski - Pigs/Calf/Cattle 0427 761 099

John Padman - Dairy Specialist 0417 802 543

Farm Supplies, 397 South St, Tmba 07 4636 8888


HIGHFIELDS AUTOMOTIVE SPARE PARTS SHOP 5 / 2 Highfields Road. Phone 4615 5774 - OPEN 7 DAYS

HIGHFIELDS

EVENTS and ENTERTAINMENT

Open

10am-4pm

Daily

Billy Tea & Damper

Ambulance & Fire Museums

Mini-Train last Sunday of the month

Home of the Big Cow

Run entirely by

4696 6309 Volunteers

73 Wirraglen Road, HIGHFIELDS

www.highfieldspioneervillage.com.au

Cabarlah

Markets

SUNDAY

DECEMBER 13

7.30am-12.30pm

We ask that people

comply with social

distancing!!

No ATM

P: 0490 012 999

IN MEMORIAM

Phillip Cecil Houlahan

13.9.1942 - 10.12.2019

In our hearts you will

always stay,

Loved and remembered

every day

A tender thought that brings

a tear,

A silent wish that you

were here.

Janet, Donna and family,

Andrew and family

Musical Entertainment

DougMartin

Stall Sites: $15

www.Cabarlah-Markets.org.au

SOCIAL

BOWLS DAY

THIS SUNDAY

DECEMBER 13

Crows Nest Bowls Club

Sponsored by

HIGH COUNTRY

HERALD

Phone

4615 4416 for details

Or contact Crows Nest Bowls Club

to nominate

Gary Baker - 4698 2197

DRIVEWAY SURFACING

////////////////////////////////////

BITUMEN DRIVEWAYS

$

25per m 2

We will better any

written quote by 10%

Ph 0407 184 523

www.trcbitumen.com.au

////////////////////////////////////

ELECTRICIAN

ELECTRICIAN

Small installations and

electrical repairs

Phone John 0449 908 487

Licence: 74180

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

Caravan - $8000

18’ Statesman - top condition

Independent suspension, air con, island

double bed and two bunks and Much more

Goombungee

0408 196 554

HOUSE PLANS and DRAFTING

PLANS drawn

Design & Drafting

Ph: 0428 978 144

QBCC Lic: No. 055773

Local Service

Age Pension Discounts

PET BOARDING and SITTING

Long and Short Term

Cat boarding and

Small Dog (<10kg)

Pet Sitting Service

The Ned Kitty Cattery

Mt Luke, Hampton - 0491 609 997

Email:thenedkittycattery@gmail.com

December 9 Declan Maddern

December 11 Stephanie Hartwig

Shaylah Dempsey

December 12 Hayden Fowler

December 13 Katherine Genrich

If your name is listed here,

you are entitled to receive a

Heritage Bank birthday gift

pack on presentation of this

coupon at Heritage Bank in

either Highfields or Crows Nest. To register

a birthday, send the name, phone number

and birth date to

High Country Herald

PO Box 242, Highfields or email

herald@highcountrynews.net.au

POSITIONS VACANT

Toowoomba Regional Council administers a diverse

range of community services to a region rich in

resources and opportunities. Sympathetic to the work

life balance, Council offers stable and expanding

employment

CROWS NEST

Plant Operator (Readvertised)

Contact Ken Dennien on 0497 991 411 during business

hours for more information.

Closing Date 11.45pm, 21 December 2020

Brian Pidgeon – Chief Executive Officer

To find out more details, please call 131 872

or visit www.tr.qld.gov.au/jobs

Want to lose those winter kilos?

Saving for something special?

Walk and let us pay you!

PUBLIC NOTICES

BUY, SWAP, SELL

WANTED

Tandem

trailer

9’ x 5’ or 9’x 6’

(approx)

Phone John

4692 6285

Darling Downs Pamphlet Distributors are

looking for reliable people to deliver leaflets

in this area or nearby.

Adults and High School students preferred.

CONTRACT RATES - REGULAR PAYMENT

Phone one of our friendly staff

The

Trusted

on 4639 1986

Pamphlett Head Office: Shed 2, 103 North Street,

People

Toowoomba, Qld. 4350

Areas available in Highfields NOW!!!

Suicide Bereavement Support Group

Meet third Tuesday every month

Living Grace

90 Jellicoe Street, Toowoomba

2pm – 4pm

FOR SALE

Large air conditioner

in window/wall

Remote control,

r/cycle, hardly used.

$300 neg

Car cover/hail cover,

suit 95 Nissan

4-door Hatch $125

Car cover suit

Nissan X-Trail

Price neg.

0406 603 877

0423 680 019

PERMANENT FULL-TIME

GARAGE SALE

CROWS NEST

39 Emu Creek Rd

Sunday

December 13

6am until sold

Houseful - kitchen

electrical and items,

books, DVDs, tools,

furniture, caravan,

washing machines

All must go!!!

HAMPTON

3 Wilkes Rd

Saturday

December 12

not before 7am

Ladders, garden

tools, chainsaws,

camp gear,

bric-a-brac

Moving - all to go!!

TRC_081220_9x2_HCH

HEALTH and

WELLBEING

RED

Bowen &

Breastfeeding

Clinic

• Lactation Consultant

• Pre & post birth

appointments

• Bowen therapy for

babies, children and

adults

Highfields or Online

Sue Barford IBCLC

Dip Bowtech Bowen Therapy

0418 183 050

www.redgateclinic.com.au

PETS and

PET SERVICES

Gillies Pet

Feeding

Service

Highfields &

Cabarlah

We feed, water

& check that your

pets are ok at your

home while you

are away.

you must supply

your own food.

100% reliable,

looking for a

permanent client

base.

BOOK

NOW FOR

CHRISTMAS

PH: 4696 6373

HORSE RUG

REPAIRS

DOG RUGS

FROM $15

Crows Nest

0468 993 886

PLASTERER

PLASTERER

LOCAL - RELIABLE

Call Gary 0418 733 749

QBCC No: 1002151

RURAL and FARM

SERVICES

• Animal Health Products

• Liquid Supplements

• Nutritional Advice

• Seed & Fertilizers

• Rural Merchandise

• Landscape Supplies

4698 2299

10 Industrial Rd, Crows Nest

info@peadonrural.com.au

www.peadonrural.com.au

WANTED

• Tractors

• Farm machinery

• Earth moving

equipment

• Cherry pickers

Dead or alive!

Cash paid!

0423 204 218

FOR SALE

• IRRIGATED

BEARDLESS

BARLEY HAY

• IRRIGATED

BARLEY STRAW

Small square and

round bales

ALSO

BARLEY GRAIN

• Small bags

• One tonne bags

• Bulk

Can deliver

0427 718 056

For Sale

Support the local

LUCERNE HAY

businesses $15 per bale who

support Ph. D. Inwood the area

0407 177 977

where you live!

GOOD QUALITY

or 4696 7650

LIVE

LOCAL

SHOP

LOCAL

EAT

LOCAL

PLAY

LOCAL

READ

LOCAL

VALID 23rd November to 24th December, 2020

or while stocks last.

SALE ENDS 10TH JANUARY 2021 OR WHILE STOCKS LAST

CAR CARE

STARTER

PACK

WITH GIFT

BUCKET

$ 50 00

AUTOMOTIVE SPARE PARTS SHOP 5 / 2 Highfields Road. Phone 4615 5774 - OPEN 7 DAYS

Your local

community

newspaper

Reason why:

• Keep the town feel so

you don’t become a

nationwide box chain

store

• Locals give back to their

CONTENTS:

community, schools etc.

Carnauba Wash & Wax - 474ml, Carnauba Wax - 473ml, Protectant - 473ml, Glass Cleaner - 710ml,

Microfibre Towels - 3 pack, Allicator Pads - 2 pack, Microfibre Sponge, Gift Bucket. Part No.:

• A

F1CCSP

local business will

cater to local needs

• Friendly service because

the owners will

be in your community


Worship Times

Call 4615 4416

to advertise

your times

here

Church of Christ

Pre-denominational

Meeting at 49 Rome Street,

Newtown

Sunday Worship 9.30am, Bible Class 11.00am

Listen to 102.7 FM each Sunday – 8pm

Let the Bible Speak

Free DVDs many interesting Bible topics

Contact 46307315 - All welcome

ST ANNE’S

HIGHFIELDS

“Offering services online and in person”.

Quiet Communion: Sat 5pm

Holy Eucharist: Sun 8:30am

Christmas Eve

5.30pm Children’s Christmas with

Stories and Carols

11pm Candlelit Midnight Mass

Christmas Day

8.30am Contemporary Eucharist

with Carols

Baptisms welcome!

26 Highfields Road,

Rev’d Deb Bird

ph. 0457 519 899

anglicanhighfields.org.au

Christ Lutheran Church

New England Highway, Highfields

WORSHIP

HIGHFIELDS

December 13 - 8am

Rev Dylan Miegel 0404 067 454

Barry Darr 0428 958 555

familylifehighfields

Church Service

POSTPONED Sundays 10amUNTIL

FURTHER NOTICE

Highfields State School Auditorium

Pastor Ralph Bleakley 0411 810 032

www.familylifehighfields.com.au

Worship Times:

St George’s Crows Nest every Sunday

at 9.30 a.m

St Mark’s Goombungee

1st, 3rd & 5th Sunday at 5.00 p.m

Barry 0409 874 147 Denise 0419 736 493

Worship Services:

Sunday Mornings @ 9am

Sunday Nights @ 6pm

55 Highfields rd.

Rev. Marius Kruger

0447 161 457

come as you are

ADVERTISING and PROMOTION

ANTENNA SERVICES

Commmercial &

Residential Service

Specialist

HIGHFIELDS, TOOWOOMBA

& SURR0UNDS

• Digital Antenna Installations • Satellite Installations

• Phone & Data points • Home Theatre

• Indoor & Outdoor Speakers

Call Pat NOW for a FREE Quote

0417 751 828

BLINDS and SECURITY

SHELLEY’S BLINDS & SECURITY

YOUR HOME - YOUR WAY - YOUR BUDGET

Contact BERNIE

Freecall: 1800 809 826

Mobile: 0409 496 341

www.shelleysglass.com.au

• Security doors

• Grills

• Timber blinds

• Verticals

QBSA 521346

Serving Toowoomba and the

Downs since 1992

BUILDER

CHRIS BISHOP

QBSA Lic # 73683

BUILDING & MAINTENANCE

DOMESTIC

COMMERCIAL

SHOP FITTINGS

0428 526 701

4698 7268

Call Paul Schriek

M: 0437 343 877

• Renovations

• Repairs & Maintenance

• Bathrooms

BUILDER

BUILDER

• Decks

• Pergolas

• Built-in Wardrobes

E: paul_windamere@bigpond.com

9 Werribee Drive, Highfields

No job

too small

• RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL CARPENTRY

• MAINTENANCE • LABOUR HIRE

0431 162 535

kyle@kylefienbuilders.com.au

QBCC 15038578 – NDIS Registered Provider

QBCC

1133363

COMPUTERS and IT SERVICES

• IT Support - Home and business

• Computer systems with in-built data protection

• Disaster recovery planing •Virus/malware removal

• Data Recovery • IT equipment/supplies

Ph 4696 8414 - 0400 882 895

itsupport@downstech.com.au

www.downstech.com.au

CONCRETING

Darling Downs Concreting

SERVICING TOOWOOMBA & SURROUNDS

Peter May 0428 572 722

darlingdownsconcreting@hotmail.com

• Driveways • Patios

• Sheds • Paths

No Job is Too Small

Licence number 15074800 ABN: 9637629843

CONCRETING

KEN THE

CONCRETOR

ABN 90 994 562 585

Specialising in:

• Shed Slabs

• Stencil driveways & paths

• Exposed aggregate

• Plain concrete

CONCRETING

QBSA

72638

Ken Cox

0419 718 841

A/H 4698 1118

On the Job Concrete Mixing

PTY LTD

Small volume specialist

Now offering: supply,

lay and finishing

services

0477 460 006

info@onthejobconcretemixing.com

www.onthejobconcretemixing.com

QBCC Lic 25264

Find us on

DECKS and PATIOS

EARTHMOVING HIRE

EARTHWORKS

CAN DO

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

Adrian Zanette

Contracting

• Skid Steer Loader • 12T Tipper & Dog

• 5T Excavator • Tilt Tray Hire

CARRY OUT ALL ASPECTS OF

EARTHWORKS

incl. Gravel Driveways, Trenching, Level sites,

Bore Postholes, Dig Footings, Slashing

Graham Kahler

Ph. 0409 342 213

or 4696 6235

Lic. No. 84037

ELECTRICAL SOLUTIONS

Domestic - Commercial - Industrial

PH: 0402 562 685

VISIT: aztechelectricalsolutions.com

EMAIL: admin@aztechelectricalsolutions.com

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

spinifex

•Outdoor areas

• Metal fabrication

• Sheds - carports - garages

• Insulated roofs

• Glass rooms

JIM ELDRIDGE

Building Contractors

0418 729 438

4634 8959

Fax 4634 5537

QBCC 107 99 47

ACN 115 429 199

1/5 Tradewinds CT

Toowoomba

DRILLING SERVICES

WATER BORES

• LICENSED WATER RESOURCES

DRILLER • COMPETITIVE RATES

Gotz Drilling Pty. Ltd.

Trevor 4698 8143

power and test pty ltd

Home & Business Electrician

Brett & Vanessa King

e: spinifexpower@gmail.com

PO Box 486, Highfields, QLD. 4352

0400 667 073

Electrical Contractor No. 79639

FENCING

PO BOX 4,

HADEN QLD 4353



FENCING

RADKEKO Pty Ltd

THE TRAVELLING FENCER

0409 308 626

ABN 83 155 199 821

HANDYMAN & CLEANING

maintenance

& cleaning

services

• Handyman Service

• Window Cleaning

• Carpet Cleaning

• High Pressure Water Cleaning

• Lawns & Gardening

0405 166 760

35 Years Experience

HANDYMAN and PAINTER

LAWN MOWING

4698 7282

HANDYMAN SERVICES

SEMI-RETIRED TRADESMAN

ABN 12 069 832 819 Electrical Licence 78114

Electrical

Carpentry

Tiling

NO JOB

TOO SMALL

Work to $3000

HIRE EQUIPMENT

OPEN 7 DAYS

Mon-Fri

7.30am-5pm

Saturday

7.30am-4pm

Sunday

8am-4pm

available

4 Darian St P: 4696 9111 M: 0418 716 883

LANDSCAPE and GARDEN SUPPLIES

Ph: (07) 4696 9111

Mob: 0427 135 899

Fax: (07) 4596 3019

Suppliers of all

your landscaping

needs

4 Darian Street

Highfields

Industrial Estate

LANDSCAPE and PAVING

Popey’s

Landscaping & Paving

QBSA 700205

All aspects of landscaping

including Retaining Walls

• sandstone • block • timber

Paving - Garden Creation

Painting

Gyprock

All renovating work

Call Wayne 0413 727 010

or (07) 4596 3851

Mobile: 0417 709 846


MOWING and YARD MAINTENANCE

Niel’s

Mowing

Owner/Operator

● Push & Ride-on Mowing ● House Yards

● Small Acreage ● Gardening ● Handyman Services

● Yards Tidied & Rubbish Removed

Phone: 0437 888 351

MOWING and YARD MAINTENANCE

PAINTER

L Thorpe

Painting Contractors

Local family business Free Quotes

Quality at a reasonable price

Residential Commercial

Renovations Fences

Roofs Insurance

Specialised feature coatings

P: 0427 965 089

E: lthorpepainting@bigpond.com

A: 22 William St, Goombungee, Q. 4354

No job

too small

QBCC: 58406

PEST CONTROL SERVICES

QBCC Lic: 726298

MOWING

MMM YARD MAINTENANCE

• Lawn Mowing, Edging

• General Yard Clean Ups

• Fencing

• Bindy & Weed

Spraying

0487 282 840

• Free quotes Local Toowoomba area • Competitive Prices

LARGE ACREAGE IS OUR SPECIALTY

MOWING & YARD MAINTENANCE

Slashing and

Acreage Mowing

Free quotes

No travel charges within 10km Highfields PO

– Discount for regular services –

Licenced spraying, post hole digging and

mobile sawmill available

Ken 0429 720 307

Pest Management Lic: pmt-0-1877

• All pest treatments: Ants, Cockroaches, Spiders, Termites

• Timber Pest Inspections • Rodents

Call for a competitive quote

Call Bob 0428 478 389

Email: thegarners10@bigpond.com

PLUMBING SERVICES

CLAY THORPE

PLUMBER

Licensed Plumber-Drainer

Domestic Commercial Industrial

7251 New England Highway, Crows Nest

0407 766 322

• New Installation • Guttering

• Septic Installation • Rainwater Tank Fitting

• Household Maintenance • Blocked Drains

DRAIN MACHINE NOW AVAILABLE

Competitive Rates QBSA 1131994

PLUMBING SERVICES

flanagan

plumbing

QBCC 79716

service Servicing Toowoomba,

Local Plumber

Highfields and

surrounding areas

PO Box 200, Toowoomba, Q. 4350

Paul 0418 717 321

fpservice@bigpond.com

PLUMBING SERVICES

LOCAL PLUMBER

JM PLUMBING &

AIR-CONDITIONING

Call Jason: 0428 070 529

• New homes • Renovations • Maintenance

• Gas fitting • Roof & Guttering • Hot water systems

• Blocked drains • Drain camera - locator

• Air conditioning installation, cleaning

ABN: 5161793882

PLUMBING SERVICES

Plumbing

& Garden Care

Steve Knight

0438 968 456

QBCC 714344

ABN: 6943316227

E: jmplumbingandaircon@gmail.com

Plumbing

• Reguttering

• HWS

• Taps & Toilets

• General Plumbing

& Maintenance

Garden Care

• Lawn Mowing and Care

• Trees Pruned

• Hedge Trimming

• Rubbish Removal

Plus More

SCREENS – OUTDOOR

Transform Your Property

Fencing

Aluminum slat systems

Balustrade

Handrails

Laser Cut Screens

Insurance work

Contact us:

07 4615 4189

OUTDOOR SOLUTIONS

Web: www.maverickoutdoor.com.au

Email: admin@maverickoutdoor.com.au

ABN: 50626812842 QBCC: 15140705

SEPTIC SERVICES

LIQUID WASTE SERVICES

Septic Tanks • Grease Traps • Portaloos

Sludge • Spills • Waste Water

Emergencies • EPA Licensed

CALL 4633 0088

SEPTIC SERVICES

No 1 in No 2

business

We can provide a number of sewerage and

septic tank services

• Cleaning septic tanks • Pump outs

• Grey Water • Grease Traps

M: 0488 962 946

E: shreksseptic@bigpond.com

ABN: 36 686 966 533

w: www.shrekssepticservicetoowoomba.com.au

SMOKE ALARM SERVICES

Is Your Smoke Alarm

Keeping You Awake?

Contact: Andrew M: 0408 709 172

E: admin@safetysmokealarms.com

W: safetysmokealarms.com

QBCC lic: 1185586

PLUMBING & SEWERAGE

Does

your septic

system need

upgrading?

CRACKS

IN YOUR

SEPTIC TANK?

SLOW

DRAINING

SINKS?

Designs for plumbing

& on-site sewerage

wastewater disposal

UNPLEASANT

SEPTIC ODOUR?

SKIP BINS

Call Us

0405 07 46 166 384 438 760

www.zilchwaste.com.au

T 0409 376 706

WE NOW HAVE

SKIP BINS

Household

Cleans

or Builders Waste

Friendly, Specialised

& Prompt Service

Locally

Owned &

Operated

since 2007

TANK CLEANING SERVICES

Ph 0429 130 133

TANK CLEANING SERVICES

TYRES, BATTERIES and SUSPENSION

HIGHFIELDS

TYRE & BATTERY

Tyres • Batteries • Wheel Alignments • Rims

On farm service • Road side assistance • Fleet work

Brakes & Suspension • After hours service: 0427 022 332

2/2 Darian St, Meringandan • 4696 9410

WATER SERVICES

Water on Wheels

9000L Water Delivery Tanker

Bulk Domestic Drinking Water

Turf and Landscape Watering

Pool and Road Barrier Filling

Prompt and Reliable Service

0487 492837

4 WATER

E: wateronwheelsqld@gmail.com

W: www.wateronwheelsqld.com.au

LIC# EH/1703/FOOD

TREE SERVICES

PHONE

0428 803 364

TYRES and BATTERIES

10 Charlotte Street, Crows Nest Qld 4355

07 4698 1209

crowsnesttyres@gmail.com

Crows Nest agency for HIGH COUNTRY HERALD

WATER SERVICES

24

HOURS

7

DAYS

• Tank and Pool Fills • Landscaping & Building

• Domestic and Commercial Bulk Water

Call Colin Jackson today 0429 961 130

WATER SERVICES

12,500L

Drinking Water,

Truck and Dog -

28,000L All Up

Prompt Reliable Service ~ Established 2006

Phone 0407 028 317


Lic. No. EH/1403/FOOD

GOLF

CABARLAH LADIES CHRISTMAS LUNCH

Cabarlah Golf Club ladies celebrated their Christmas lunch at the

Curly Carrot at Crows Nest. The restaurant provided a beautiful

meal in attractive surroundings, and the staff catered for us very well.

Back: Lynne McCleary, Linda Ryan, Paula Heelan, Lotte Pedersen,

Maryette Buckley, Colleen Weber, Jude Bach, Pam Campbell, Helen

Walsh, Robyn Loury, Judy Edwards. Middle: Coleen Lewis, Pat Walker,

Jessella McConnell, Marg Alcorn, Janese Lloyd, Mary Dwan, Trish

Shannon, Robin Mackenzie. Seated: Meg Chadwick, Carole Duncan,

Carmel Lyall, Pauline Clauson, Glenice Young, Marianne Kluck, Carol

Kearnes, Sue McNaught-Ford. Floor: Gayle Ward, Hazel Milford,

Janelle Kruse, Petae Frazer - Contributed

CABARLAH MEN’S: November

25 - Single stableford

winner N. Hoger 39, runner-up

J. Loury 38, Rundown R. Sweeney

37, B. May 36, D. Coates 35,

B. Marney 35, L. Bishop 35.

Pins 1 B. Volp, 5 R. Sweeney, 10 L.

Bishop, 14 B. Volp, 17 J. Lee.

November 28 - Two person ambrose,

Christmas break-up winners

M. O’Brien, O. Hollis 61, runners-up,

B. Volp, G. Small 63,

Rundown M. Goddard, N. McIntyre

63, W. Hoger, T. Squires

63¾, D.Thompson W. Balderson

65½, G. Lyall, L. Pedersen 67½.

Pins 1 O.Hollis, 5 M. Sorenson, 10 W.

Hoger, 14 D. Thompson, 17 J.Kruse.

November 29 - Single stableford

winner C. Reich 39, runner-up

G.Coonan 39. Rundown G. Trussell

37, N. Hoger 37, W. Hoger 33.

Pins 1 W. Hoger, 5 C. Reich 10, N.

Hoger, 17 G. Trussell. - Gary Small

PARKRUN

HIGHFIELDS: December 5 -

This week 62 people ran, jogged and

walked the course. Four were first

timers. Representatives of two different

clubs took part.

The event was made possible by

eight volunteers, David Devine, Ian

Wickham, Petrina Oakley, Jesse

Oakley, Heather Bruggemann, Narelle

Donald, Jan Lange and Hope

Bishop.

Today’s full results and a complete

event history can be found on the

Highfields parkrun results page.

Since Highfields parkrun started

on October 24, 2015, 2210 participants

have completed 14,869

parkruns covering a total distance of

74,345 km, including 2404 new personal

bests. A total of 297 individuals

have volunteered 2263 times.

Highfields parkrun is a free, timed

5km walk, jog or run held every Saturday

morning at 7am at the Highfields

Sport and Recreation Park.

For more information please email

highfields@parkrun.com or message

us via our Facebook page. - Janeen

Gibson

Darling Downs Goju Martial Arts

Academy student Kane Widderick

had his years of karate training tested

when he undertook his black belt

grading at the end of November.

Mr Widderick travelled to Brisbane

where the culmination of his

knowledge was put on display in

front of the school’s founder Hanshi

Tino Ceberano.

He said he felt nervous while he

was travelling down and then to do

the test in front Hanshi Ceberano

made it a much more nerve-wracking

experience.

CABARLAH LADIES: December

1 - Cabarlah ladies played a single

stableford.

Winner Petae Frazer 41, second

Lotte Pedersen 39, third Paula Heelan

37. Rundown Jessella McConnell

33. Trophy presented by Coleen

Lewis.

December 8 - This will be our

closing day with a trophy to be presented

by Lotte Pedersen.

We will play an ambrose followed

by a bring-a-plate luncheon. - Pam

Campbell

BOWLS

NORTH TOOWOOMBA LA-

DIES: December 2 - Championship

fours final: V. Mahoney, T. Thomas,

B. Shea and K. Lavender d. D. Dann,

D Clark, P. Graham and L. Mott.

B grade singles final C. Benson d.

N. Costabeber. Championship pairs

L. Bryant and K. Weir d. J. Pauli and

S. McManus.

December 16 - Presentation day

starts at 10am followed by Christmas

lunch. This is our break-up and

we will resume on January 6. Called

on or before for January 13 - competition

to start 9am. Championship

pairs N. Costabeber and L. Cameron

v. B. Shea and V. Mahony, L. Mott

and D. Clark v. P. Graham and T.

Thomas, L. Blaine and J. Worsley v.

K. Lavender and D. Dann, C. Benson

and M. Wheaton v. L. Bryant

and K. Weir. Social available 8.30am

for 9am start. - Marilyn Wheaton

OAKEY MEN’S: December 5 -

Competition A singles I. Hedge d. W.

Patterson. C singles J. Harrison d. G.

Nash. December 6 - Competition results

A singles P. Maker d. P. Viney,

B. Lucht d. D. Pokarier.

December 12 - Competition

called - A singles B. Lucht v. J.

Harrison (B. Burke), P. Boyton v.

I. Hedge (L. Hudson.) B singles C.

Lucht v. G. Nash (G. Fenton.)

December 13 - Competition

called - Triples M. Hall, G. Fenton

and B. Lucht v. R. Henry, P. Maker

and P. Boyton.

• Cont next column

“It was definitely a daunting experience,

but a lot of the nerves came

from the unknown. I had no idea

what was going to happen on the

night,” Mr Widderick said.

“But the teaching and training

from the club’s instructors Remco

and Susan Speekenbrink in the lead

up to the test was instrumental.”

For the past nine years, Mr Widderick

has been learning the Goju

style of karate and Filipino weapon

fighting from Crows Nest karate instructors

Remco and Susan Speekenbrink.

• From previous column

December 20 - Oakey Bowls

Club presentation day. The club

will open at 11am, barbecue at

noon followed by two games of 12

ends from 1pm and presentations

from 4.30pm. Members, guests,

sponsors, social players and visitors

most welcome. Names on the

board or ring 4691 1267.

Oakey Bowls Club is open every

Thursday and Friday afternoon

from 4pm for everyone’s enjoyment.

Visitors most welcome.

Bowlers please note that yearly

subscriptions of $90 are now due.

- Sam Lorrimer

PAST PRESIDENTS: December

14 - Christmas Party at Club

Glenvale at noon. Our next lunch

meeting will be at Drayton Bowls

Club at noon on January 11.

Thanks to the Herald for printing

our bowls notes each week. Merry

Christmas to all. - Elsie Voll.

OAKEY LADIES: No bowls

were played last week.

December 8 - Our last meeting

at 10.30 followed by our Christmas

party at Oakey RSL Club at noon.

We will be in recess until January

12. Our thanks to the Herald for

publishing our notes each week.

We wish your staff a very Merry

Christmas and Happy New Year. -

Elsie Voll

• Thank you, Elsie and members

from the Herald team - and Christmas

greetings to you all. - Ed

TOOWOOMBA CITY

MEN’S: December 8 - 9.30am –

11.30am: Coaching/practice/rollups.

Earlier session time for Tuesday

practice/roll-ups/coaching.

This will continue for the whole

of summer to avoid the heat of the

afternoons.

NOTE: If the temperature reaches

35 o the coaching/roll-ups session

will be cancelled.

December 9 - 8.30am. Club

or self-selected triples. Mixed or

otherwise. Have your name in by

7.45am. Bar roster R. Zimmerle.

Office roster D. Lucas

December 11 - 8.30am. Ladies

mixed Friday.

The men are welcome to join

the ladies. Names in or be there by

8am. Green fee $13 includes light

refreshments. This is the final mixed

Friday for the year.

December 11 - 4pm till late. Club

Christmas party and monster raffle

draw after bowls from 4pm-6pm.

Cost is free. However, members

are requested to bring a plate to

share.

Monster raffle tickets are available

from the bar $2 each.

December 12 - 8.30am. Week

3 City Scroungers. This is a fresh

and exciting format with up to four

players per rink bowling 3 bowls

each with the three nearest bowls

scoring 3, 2, and 1 points over 16

ends. The rink winners play off in a

three-end final.

December 13 - 12.30pm. Healy

- Wright - Cosgrove day. Open triples

over 18 ends. This is your last

chance to win that Christmas ham

with hams for the winning team and

runners-up. Afternoon tea will be

taken after 10 ends. Green fee $15.

Bar roster R. Griffin. Green keeping

roster BJ King. Results of play last

week:

Wednesday social Denis Wall and

Bill Tedford.

• Cont next column

BOWLS

“Hanshi has a saying ‘slow to

learn, slow to forget’ but I think I really

pushed that one,” Mr Widderick

laughed.

Mr Widderick took up cycling to

help improve his aerobic fitness.

“Remco and I would ride around

Crows Nest because cycling is a lot

easier on the joints than running but

those 12 months of preparation really

helped on the night,” he said.

Now that he has done his blackbelt

grading, he is looking forward to

continuing his training and learning

new aspects of karate. - Sean White

Saturday’s City Scroungers – round

2. Fourteen bowlers took to the green

for this round with Bill Hogan taking

out the win and the $25 cash prize.

Round 3 is next Saturday.

Sunday’s annual interclub match

with Crows Nest resulted in a close

win to City 134 points to 129. The

trophy comes to City until we play

next year’s series.

The winning City team was Joy

Brighton, Dianna Zeller and Bill Hogan

with 29 points while the winning

Crows Nest team was I. Prodger, M.

Charlesworth and B. Cannon with 25

points. We look forward to the return

match in 2021. - Mick Bianchi

CROWS NEST MEN’S: For

the first time in recent memory,

Wednesday afternoon social bowls

was cancelled because of excessively

high temperature on the green.

Hopefully things will cool off by next

week.

November 28 - Club pairs - Bevan

Wingett and Alan Richardson d. Ray

Weis and Rex Kennedy; B singles -

Alex Cannon d. John Michelmore.

November 29 - Bailey’s Hardware

Breakfast Bowls was won by Bret

Cannon, Roger Haldane, John

Michelmore and Keith Melit, second

were Daryl Fraser, Mick Chandler

and Paul McEwan.

Many thanks to Pete and Di

Smith of Bailey’s Hardware for their

continued sponsorship and for trying

the new breakfast bowls format.

Thanks also to players and visitors

who tucked into a hearty brekkie

before the game.

Kitchen and meal prep people

were also a huge help. Thank you all.

Much appreciated.

After six weeks, the club’s popular

Tuesday Night Burger Bowls came to

an end on December 1.

If you were one of the many that

took part, we hope you enjoyed

the experience, the prizes and the

burgers. It’s planned to restart in the

New Year so watch for local adverts.

The club Christmas party is

scheduled for Sunday, December 13.

Please add your name to the

attendance list on the club noticeboard

to assist with catering. There’s a

happy hour and a free barbie for

members and guests, so why not

come along and celebrate the year?

December 13 - Neil and Ann

Lomas annual Advertiser Shield.

It’s the last game of the year, so

don’t miss out.

At the end of the afternoon’s

play on Wednesday, December 16,

the green will close so that we can

renovate the surface during the C-NY

break. An upcoming working bee

would welcome you with open arms.

Players are reminded to remain

aware of hand sanitising and social

distancing requirements at all times

both on and off the green.

New bowlers and visitors are

always welcome at Crow’s Nest.

Get in touch with Gary Baker on

bakescrowsnest@live.com.au or on

4698 2197.

Log onto our website www.

crowsnestqldbowlsclub.com.au to

learn more about us.

If you’re new in town, or just

passing through and looking for a

friendly game on a Wednesday or

Sunday afternoon in future, just ring

the club on 4698 1450 before midday

to get your name in on time.

You’d be most welcome.

GottaLoveBowls! - Gary Baker,

4698 2197

• More sport page 8

Crows Nest man takes black belt test

TRAVELLED TO BRISBANE WHERE HIS KNOWLEDGE WAS PUT

ON DISPLAY IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL’S FOUNDER

HANSHI TINO CEBERANO

• From previous column

TABLE TENNIS

CROWS NEST: The Crows Nest Table Tennis

Club has finished for the year, in a year where we

weren’t sure if we would have any play at all.

I would like to thank all of the committee who

helped to allow us to return to play by composing

COVID-safe plans, risk assessments, contact tracing

forms and cleaning procedures.

With this in place, we were able to start a fixture

competition of six teams of four players, which

was well received. Congratulations to the winning

team, Mercedes, consisting of Ben Kahler, Grahame

Knight, Michael Callaghan and Katie King.

We were also able to conduct our graded championships

which resulted in some great games. Congratulations

to all the winners.

As a result of COVID restrictions, we were not

able to have our annual banquet and presentation

night as usual. Instead, we held our trophy presentation

on the last night of play, with a doubles

tournament, with proceeds donated to Blue Care.

A total of $200 was raised and will be donated to

Blue Care Crows Nest. The winner of the tournament

was Rob Fisher.

Our trophy presentation concluded the night,

which was a highlight as there were two new perpetual

trophy/shields presented. The first was the

Joy Bretz Trophy for the Ladies Champion and the

second named the Bretz Family Shield in honor of

Vera, Jean and Joy Bretz for their dedicated and

committed service to the Crows Nest Table Tennis

Club over many years.

This shield was for the Most Improved Player

for the year, and the trophy has been donated by

the Bretz family in the past, so was fitting to have

their name on the shield. This year the most improved

player was Michael Callaghan and it was

great to have Joy Bretz present to make the presentation.

We had a few new players this year which was

great to see and I encourage them to continue

and improve their skills when the new year starts

again in February. We had two young ladies receive

encouragement awards for trying their best

and I could see some real improvement as the year

went on. Congratulations to Larissa King and Lyra

Burnett.

Thanks again to the whole club for your contribution

to make this difficult year somewhat successful.

- Malcolm Macdonald

Michael Callaghan, most improved, presentation

by Joy Bretz and Malcolm Macdonald

Larissa King and Lyra Burnett, encouragement

awards - Photos supplied

KANE WIDDERICK

Slow to learn, slow to forget - Picture: Remco Speekenbrink

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