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Last week I interviewed Vanessa Lussini, a fi nalist in the prestigious Aerospace Australia Industry Innovation Awards, for the front cover story of this edition of The Westerner. A post-graduate chemistry student, she has spent three years working to improve the safety of aircraft. With her research funding having expired, Vanessa has now moved back home with her parents.A few nights after speaking with Vanessa I interviewed Frederic Leclercq from British heavy metal band DragonForce. The band was about to fl y from Indonesia to New Zealand and then on to Australia to play a few concerts, including one at Eatons Hill Hotel (read the story on Page 16).The night after speaking with Frederic I watched Australia play England in their opening fi xture of the cricket World Cup.A train of thought led me to the realisation that scientifi c researchers like Vanessa are like sports people and rock ‘n’ rollers: It’s a long way to the top to achieve your goals, often without any great fi nancial reward.Kudos to people such as Vanessa who strive to make the world a better and safer place. Enjoy the rewards when you do.

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Playground push swings into actionBy Lee Oliver

More than 2100 people have sign-ed a petition calling for Moreton Bay Regional Council to install

shade sails at a popular Samford park.

They believe shade sails at John Scott Park in Samford Village are needed to help protect children against the sun and burns from hot playground equipment.

April Mychajlyszyn from the Samford Playgroup said it was dangerous for young children to play in the park on hot days.

“Pretty much from 9.30 in the morning right through to about 3 o’clock in the afternoon a lot of the equipment can’t be touched without burning their hands,” the Samford Village mum said.

“Even though there’s trees in the park they’re not big enough to provide any shade on to the actual equipment during play time.”

A Moreton Bay Regional Council spokesperson said extensive community consultation during the redevelopment of the park identifi ed a preference for maintaining the area’s village character.

“Like many public playgrounds, parts of the John Scott Park play precinct are naturally shaded at various times of the day and that coverage continues to in-crease as the trees grow,” they said.

Highvale’s Sophie Macdonald, a mother of two, says Council has been “singing the same tune for many years”.

“I don’t know how many generations will have to wait for the trees to grow up to provide enough shade,” she said.

She says the consensus amongst local parents and grandparents is that the equipment is “almost unusable” in warmer months.

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Warner’s Morgan Barrat, with baby Lincoln, and Samford Village’s April Mychajlyszyn, mother of Eva and Peta, believe Samford’s most popular park needs more shade.

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Greg is the Vice President of the Brisbane Catholic Bushwalking Club, which has members aged 18 to 80 years and caters for walkers of all levels.

What I enjoy most about walking through bushland… The counter-balance to the concrete, metal and glass of the city. The peace and solitude of the Australian bush. The soft vista of trees, shrubs and grasslands with the hills and mountains as the background. Being with people I choose and not those imposed on me by work and society. The physical exercise in walking as opposed to the sedentary computer work of the offi ce. The fresh air, the sounds of nature, the natural light of the Australian outdoors. The best things about the bush-walking club… The friendly nature of people with a common ideal, common love of nature, an openness, friendliness. My favourite bushwalk locations... The tracks of Lamington National Park, the range north and south of Cunningham’s Gap, and the Bunya Mountains. I like rainforest and there is plenty in these three areas. If I could go for a walk anywhere… The closest and cheapest place is New Zealand. There the mountains are tall, rugged, sharp, new, with deep valleys between them, and an endless view of mountain after mountain after mountain. If I could invite any three people to dinner... Sir Edmund Hillary, Capt. James Cook and Capt. Logan of the Moreton Bay Penal Colony. The fi rst two are quite unassuming adventurers with many stories to tell. Capt. Logan explored south-east Queensland and could tell stories of how it all looked before land clearing, roads and civilisation caught up to it. When I was young, the job I wanted to do when I grew up… A meteorologist in Antarctica. It all seemed exciting and exotic. If I wrote an autobiography it would be called… Life in the Slow Lane: At a Walking Pace.

The Brisbane Catholic Bushwalking Club does walks around south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales, from Gympie to Ballina and from the Bay Islands to Dalby. Visit www.bcbc.bwq.org.au

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Moreton Bay Region councillor Mick Gillam (Division 8) has hit back against suggestions local

ratepayers are not getting bang for their buck.

Division 8 candidate Chris Kelly highlighted the rise in funds Council has received from Unitywater, as well as rates and business fees, which totalled about $23 million.

Mr Kelly says Council fi nancial state-ments reveal an additional $10.5 and $10.6 million was received from Unity-water and rates payments, respectively.

Revenue from administration fees increased by 20 per cent, or about $1.1 million.

“Council claims it does not control Unitywater, yet Council’s own fi nancial statements show it owns over 58 per

cent of Unitywater and pocketed over $50 million in profi ts, an increase of almost $11 million from the previous year,” Mr Kelly said.

“What makes this worse is that while Council is collecting more money than ever before, libraries are being closed and the proposed upgrade of the Gympie Road precinct has been shelved.

“Ratepayers in Bray Park, Strathpine, Lawnton, Warner, Cashmere and Joyner pay some of the highest water and rates charges in south-east Queensland.

“They deserve to have their money spent locally, not in North Lakes and Redcliffe.”

Cr Gillam said nothing could be further from the truth, adding ratepayers within Division 8 are getting their fare share of benefi ts.

He noted only a few years ago locals received the benefi t of an upgraded AJ Wyllie Bridge on Gympie Road at Petrie.

“That’s a pretty hefty price tag and that was three years ago,” Cr Gillam said.

“Before that there was the $12 million redevelopment of the roundabout on Samsonvale Road.”

Cr Gillam also said most of the money received from Unitywater is put towards paying back loans Council held on behalf of Unitywater.

“Any profi ts that we do get above and beyond that is basically used to reduce rates,” he said.

Mr Kelly will challenge Cr Gillam to be the councillor for Division 8, which covers the suburbs of Joyner, Lawnton and Bray Park and parts of Strathpine, Warner and Cashmere, at the next Queensland local government elections due in 2016.

Cr Gillam has been the local councillor for the division since the amalgamation of the former Pine Rivers, Redcliffe and Caboolture councils in 2008.

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People like Barbara Kienast and Gaby Parr don’t just believe in the concept of paying forward acts of kindness to others – they live the philosophy every day.

And their spirit of generosity, delivered through a volunteer-run community service, is spreading across the district.

The Samford Support Network started three years ago after one of the group’s members saw an elderly couple struggle to cut down a tree. Volunteers such as Barbara and Gaby have since provided help to people who need it, whether they have a broken limb, need transport or require assistance with a new baby.

“We started out supporting only the elderly residents as we realised there was a need for this group,” said Barbara, the Network’s President.

“At the end of last year we opened the... Network up to all ages as sadly we started to see more and more cancer patients of all different ages.

“Then we began to assist a cancer patient who lives in Dayboro and we started wondering if it made sense to have a separate network in this area.”

The organisation has been re-branded The Samford and Day-boro Support Network after recently expanding its services to people living within the 4521 postcode area.

Barbara said the Network’s focus is “to provide community help by engaging all in our community to support our community”.

“We do this by working together with local organisations, groups and professionals to fi nd the best way to provide help as a community,” she said. “The services we provide can only exist by people volunteering their time.”

The Samford and Dayboro Support Network, which has part-nered with Brisbane community help organisation Communify, is seeking drivers in the Dayboro area. Fuel costs are reimbursed.

It is also seeking sponsorship from businesses so it can provide free transport services for its clients.

“This (transport) is vital for people who have to travel to the hospital every day due to illness and the fuel costs add up,” Barbara explains.

“At the moment we have to ask clients for fuel contributions but I have the vision to offer all services for free if we obtain enough fi nancial support.”

To volunteer for or to sponsor The Samford and Dayboro Support Network phone 0451 051 217 or 0437 087 916.

Network of kindness expands

Dayboro’s Dayboro’s Gaby Parr and Gaby Parr and Samford Valley’s Samford Valley’s Barbara Kienast Barbara Kienast are part of a are part of a volunteer group volunteer group helping others in helping others in the district.the district.

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Fatal traffi c crash, Hazeldean: A motorcyclist from Albany Creek died in hospital from injuries sustained in a traffi c crash at Hazeldean, near Kilcoy, on 7 February. Police were called to Esk Kilcoy Road around 4.30pm when the man’s motorcycle crashed. The 50-year-old man was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane Hospital with critical injuries, but died the following day.

Traffi c crashes, Ferny Hills and Mt Glorious: Traffi c between Samford and Ferny Grove came to a standstill on 10

February following an incident that left a van on its side. A van and car collided on Samford Road at Ferny Hills around 9.30am, closing both the inbound and outbound lanes. Traffi c was turned around at Camp Mountain Road while police worked to clear the scene. Nobody was seriously injured in the crash. In another incident, the driver of a truck carrying an excavator received superfi cial wounds to his arms after crashing on a tight corner on Mt Glorious Road at Mt Glorious on 3 February.

POLICE BEAT

Alocal science researcher who has developed a “sunscreen for planes” to make aircraft safer is a fi nalist in

a $10,000 national aviation award.Vanessa Lussini from Eatons Hill is

the only Queenslander short-listed in the prestigious Aerospace Australia Industry Innovation Awards.

For three years the 26-year-old has worked to improve the safety of aircraft and reduce maintenance costs, by using organic compounds to develop sensors to alert maintenance crews when sections of a plane need repainting.

Mechanical strain, direct sunlight, water and salt and varying temperatures can cause dangerous corrosion of aircraft, which could result in catastrophic failure.

Ms Lussini says corrosion is “like a can-cer to metal” which damages the struct-ural integrity of aircraft and compromises safety.

She explains that the organic compound she has developed – profl uorescent nitroxides – utilises a fl uorescent emission to highlight which parts of an aircraft’s protective outer coating needs to be re-coated.

“We use paint as like a sunscreen for planes to protect it from the elements,” Ms Lussini said.

“Suncream has to be reapplied just like paint does but this compound will tell you the location and how much degradation has occurred, so you can repaint just those particular areas.

“It would make the aircraft a lot safer as we know how old they (the coatings) are and when they need to be reapplied, to stop corrosion.

“It’s critical to know when to repaint an aircraft but we can also paint them too often simply because they are scheduled to be done – and every new coat adds weight.

“Often only certain sections need to be painted because they are more exposed and degrade faster, or one plane is used every day and another sits in a hangar for long periods.”

Ms Lussini believes her research could have wider applications than just the aviation and defence industries reducing maintenance costs for its aircraft.

“We use paint to protect from corrosion on bridges and buildings… and it’s a continual process,” she said. “It would be a lot easier to go over with a UV lamp to fi nd the weak spots and just patch them up, not to repaint the whole bridge.”

A PhD student from QUT’s School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Ms Lussini has always loved science and chemistry but admits aviation “was something that I fell into”.

She said being a fi nalist in the Aviation Innovation Awards, being held at the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace and Defence Exposition in Avalon, Victoria on 24 February, was an “incredible boost” as she fi nalises her thesis.


Research grows wingsVanessa Lussini from Eatons Hill has been short-listed for a national aviation award after working to make aircraft safer. Photo by Erika Fish.


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A Mt Mee community group that was sparked into being in the 1960s is celebrating a major milestone.

Mt Mee Rural Fire Brigade will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an invitation-only reunion of around 100 former and current members next weekend.

The volunteer fi refi ghter group, founded by farmers and landowners on 27 February 1965, is one of the smallest fi re brigades in the region with 20 active members.

Since 2002 the brigade has operated from a premises at Thomas Road, venue for its Golden Jubilee on 28 February.

Keith Duncan and Harold Black, the only surviving foundation members of the 31 people who started Mt Mee Rural Fire Brigade in 1965, have been invited to attend the anniversary event.

Mr Duncan and Mr Black are the son and son-in-law of Mt Mee stalwart Arthur Duncan, after whom the brigade’s training facility is named.

Ron Tumbridge, who retired from the Mt Mee Rural Fire Brigade in 2013 after around 45 years’ service, is also expected to attend the 50th anniversary afternoon tea.

Neil Cook, the brigade’s treasurer and longest serving current member behind Ann Pedwell, said small rural fi re brigades such as Mt Mee were driven by “a sense of community”.

“Originally all the rural fi re brigades were basically a group of like-minded residents who got together to help protect each other’s property, and it’s just grown from there,” said Mr Cook, who joined Mt Mee Brigade in 2000 after being a volunteer

fi refi ghter at Laidley and Aldershot, near Maryborough.

He said while the last major incident in the area was a big fi re in Mt Mee Forest around 15 years ago, more recently Mt Mee Brigade members had been deployed as far away as Rockhampton, Stradbroke Island and Tara, on the Darling Downs.

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Don’t stall: market in your diary

Fruit and vegetables, plants, honey, jam, cakes, soap, breeding chickens, handmade arts and crafts, clothing,

jewellery, candles, coffee, watch batteries, second hand goods and yummy food.

You can buy a bit of everything at your local community market – and if you can’t fi nd what you’re after then you’re probably not looking hard enough.

Popular community markets at Samford Village, Dayboro, Mt Mee and Petrie are back in action for 2015.

At the monthly Samford Valley Markets, set on the grounds of the 91-year-old St Paul’s Anglican Church, you can fi nd everything from woodwork items, chutneys and condiments, to natural skin care products and heritage breed chickens.

Another historic site, the 82-year-old Mt Mee Public Hall, hosts markets famous for its locally produced arts and craft, jams, pickles and coffee, while at Dayboro you can fi nd bargains amongst new or pre-loved goods and fresh produce and plants.

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Markets go to charities such as cancer research or are fi ltered back to the local community, while charities also receive a donation from the Samford Valley Markets.

“Last year $3000 was donated to charity,” Kate Velge from Samford Valley Markets said. “We are always open to hear of other worthy causes.”

One of the biggest weekly weekend markets in the Moreton Bay region is held at Old Petrie Town.

With a historical village as its backdrop, the market’s stalls offer a world of food, from Belgian waffl es and Dutch pancakes, to German sausages and Thai cuisine.

Markets are held at Old Petrie Town at Dayboro Road, Kurwongbah each Sunday from 8am to 2pm. Phone 3285 5934.

The Samford Valley Markets are held on the second Saturday morning of each month at St Paul’s Anglican Church at 12 Mt Samson Road. Phone 3289 4922.

Both the Dayboro Markets, at the corner of Williams and Heathwood Streets and the Mt Mee Markets at 1352 Mt Mee Road are held on the fi rst Sunday of the month.

For more information phone 3425 2456 or 3425 2260 (Dayboro) or 5498 2154 or 5498 2068 (Mt Mee).

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“Just in terms of the sun exposure there are no shaded areas for a parent or a carer to stand in to watch the children play,” Mrs Macdonald said.

She said some Samford locals with young children travel to parks in Arana Hills, Ferny Hills and Mitchelton to use playgrounds with adequate shade cover.

The push for shade sails in John Scott Park is being supported by the Samford Progress Association.

“We’ve got a lot of information from various sources about what’s wrong with the park,” a group spokesperson said.

“It’s not just the lack of shade sails, there are other aspects of the park that need to be looked at. Clearly it’s no good the way it is... and Council fl atly refuses to do anything about it.”

Morgan Barrat, who travels from Warner with her children to visit the playground at John Scott Park, believes improving the facility could boost tourism in Samford Village.

Peter Quigley from Wights Mountain suggested local community groups could split the cost of shade sails with Council.

Whether you live on acreage or in suburbia you can keep bees regardless of the size of your

property, according to Dr Tim Heard.“There is a slight

misconception that you need a lot of room to host bees,” Dr Heard, an expert on Australian native stingless bees said.

“This misconception stems, I believe, from the hosting of European bees, which have larger hive boxes than native stingless bee colonies.

“A European beekeeper requires room around the hive to place all of their tools when beekeeping, including a honey extraction machine.

“However, native stingless beekeeping needs either a small space in the garden, on the veranda, or on the balcony for placement of a hive.

“They are relatively small; they are usually the size of a wine carton.”

Dr Heard, who will co-host a beekeeping workshop at Samford on 28 February with fellow beekeeper Pat O’Reilly, says keeping native stingless bees is a low cost, low maintenance pastime suit-

able for both acreage and suburban living.“Both living arrangements provide the

bees with a diverse range of native and exotic plants to forage from,” he said.

“A positive about suburban beekeep-ing is that everyone in the neighbourhood has a different take on their gardens, each person putting in place a variety of native and exotic plants with colour to

attract.“The diversity in suburban areas is great

for native stingless beekeeping. In fact, I have seen a bigger variety of butterfl ies and solitary bees in suburban areas than I have on farmland.”

The Introduction to Beekeeping work-shop, hosted by Millen Farm, is on at Samford on 28 February. To book search for ‘Millen Farm’ at www.eventbrite.com.au

Dr Heard will also host a native bee workshop at Yuraba Conference Centre at Eatons Hill on 6 March.

To register for tickets to the workshop, which also includes morning tea, lunch and honey tasting, email [email protected] or phone 3325 3492.

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Umbrella fashion a passion

Alicia Mora-Hyde has been creating handmade umbrellas at her factory at Brendale for the past 13 years. Photo by Stephen Finkel.

It’s hard to believe but Alicia Mora-Hyde rarely carries an umbrella with her.

That is despite the 73-year-old having made thousands of umbrellas over the past four decades.

In the age of mass production and cheap imports, Alicia is a rarity. In fact she is one of the few people in the world who still makes umbrellas by hand.

“I am the only one in Australia doing this. It’s fun for me,” said Alicia, who believes she is the only woman in the world that can make an umbrella from start to fi nish.

“It’s a hobby and it’s in my blood and I really love composing and designing my umbrellas. I consider myself a master because I can do these things I never knew I could. To me it’s a love affair.”

For the past 13 years Alicia has been designing, making and selling umbrellas out of a small factory tucked away in a

vast industrial estate at Brendale.She makes one-of-a-kind umbrellas

ranging in price up to $250 and she also repairs umbrellas, some of which have been more than 100 years old.

Alicia sells her stunning umbrellas to “people who know quality and beauty”.

“They don’t buy an umbrella for the rain. My umbrellas are for beauty,” she said. “It’s art because it is my creation, not a pattern.”

Alicia uses material from a range of sources including Chile, Italy, local St Vincent de Paul and Salvation Army op shops and specialist fabric stores.

One of 13 children born on a farm in Chile, Alicia ran away from home at the age of 17 to work in a clothes store before eventually ending up in Sydney.

Barely able to speak English, she started working as a nanny to two boys whose father owned a successful umbrella factory, where her passion for making the accessories began.

“Since the Asian markets came to Australia it (the local umbrella industry) went down and down and down,” she said.

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John Schuh has marked his 30th year in State Edu-cation with a posting as the new Principal of Pine Rivers State High School.

The former Principal of Aspley and Dakabin State High Schools now fi lls the role vacated by Janelle Deakin, who has retired after 18 years in the top job at the Strathpine school.

“My role is not to replace Janelle but to continue the quality legacy she has developed through her leadership across the last 18 years as Principal of this school,” Mr Schuh said.

“There will be some minor changes due to differences in our leadership styles however I will continue to drive this school to be amongst the best in the state and one our community can be very proud.”

Mr Schuh is the sixth Principal in the 51-year history of Pine Rivers State High School.

As well as setting high expectations for his staff and students, he said he would “respect the traditions and values of the school in which I lead”.

“It is an honour to be the sixth (Pine Rivers State High School Principal) and I am humbled by the traditions and culture I inherit from my predecessors,” Mr Schuh said.

He is one of a handful of new Principals at local schools,

with appointments including Rod Mason at Albany Hills State School and Pam Carlile at Mt Mee State School.

Ms Carlile returns to Mt Mee after having held the position of Acting Principal at the school nine years ago.

“I vividly remember walking through the Mt Mee SS grounds, thinking to myself that no one could ever be unhappy working in such a beautiful environment,” she said.

“I am impressed with the work ethic that the students have shown.

“They are active learners who arrive at school each day with the expectation that they have a part to play in the learning process.”

Ms Carlile’s predecessor at Mt Mee, Trevor Buchanan, has taken up a position at Agnes Waters, while Bronwyn Campbell is now Principal of Mansfi eld State School after 11 years as the head of Albany Hills State School.

Mrs Campbell’s successor at Albany Hills, Rod Mason, has served as a school Principal throughout Queensland for almost 40 years.

“My philosophy is centred on student achievement and well-being,” Mr Mason said.

“I love being in classrooms, observing teachers teach and students learn.”

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So says DragonForce’s bass player Frederic Leclercq, recognising the lineage between his six-piece power metal band and the iconic act that revolutionised heavy metal in the late-1970s.

“Judas Priest broke (musical) boundaries and like us they have the twin guitars and the high-pitched vocals,” Leclercq tells The Westerner from “horribly humid” Jakarta.

“I love the fi rst few albums of Judas Priest like Sad Wings of Destiny and Sin

After Sin and I’m also a fan of Painkiller.“I think they’re groundbreaking (albums)

for the time… extremely aggressive yet melodic with lots of guitar solos. I was blown away by that when I was a kid so it’s such an honour to play with them.”

Over the years Leclercq has listened to a “nice combo” of Australian bands such as hard rockers The Angels, Airbourne and AC/DC, pop legends The Bee Gees and heavy metal act Deströyer 666.

He believes it’s vital for aspiring music-ians to listen to a wide range of genres.

“You can’t become a good chef if you’ve only tasted one ingredient so I think it’s important to have a good knowledge of what’s going on (in music)… and it’s better

to grab many infl uences and to appreciate other genres of music,” he said.

Leclercq draws the line at listening to country music, admitting he baulked when DragonForce guitarist Sam Totman suggested the idea of doing a version of Johnny Cash’s classic ‘Ring of Fire’ for the band’s new album Maximum Overload.

“I personally don’t like country music and I don’t like Johnny Cash,” Leclercq says. “The original (‘Ring of Fire’) is not bad and I like what we’ve done with it. I guess if you don’t know the original you would think this is a typical DragonForce song.”

DragonForce and Judas Priest perform at the Eatons Hill Hotel on 26 February. Tickets from www.eatonshillhotel.com.au

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DragonForce will join with Judas Priest for an extravaganza of British heavy metal at the Eatons Hill Hotel next week.

Since the late 1970s a thriving underground scene of extreme music has evolved in Australia. Featuring over 40 exclusive interviews, rare archive footage and photographs, music videos and live concerts, the Metal Down Under: A History of Australian Heavy Metal documentary, from lifelong heavy metal fan and fi lmmaker Nick Calpakdjian, takes a look at the bands, people and events that shaped this unique slice of Australian music history.

The Westerner has three copies of the Metal Down Under DVD (MGM Distribution, RRP $29.95) to give away. For your chance to win tell us the name of one Australian heavy metal band. Send your answer along with your name and contact details to: Metal Down Under competition, PO Box 5189, Brendale BC, 4500 or email [email protected], Attn: Music competition. Entries close 2 March.

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John Blunt can still remember when the music of iconic British band Queen fi rst rocked his world.

“I grew up with my father’s music as I think we all have and as I got into my teens I discovered Queen’s Greatest Hits album,” Blunt recalls.

“I had just got my licence and I bought the cassette and that cassette was worn out so many times that I had to start replacing it.

“I was always aware of them but only aware of… their big hits, but as I got older I developed a massive taste for their music because it is just simply so diverse.”

One decade later and the Ferny Grove resident had adopted the persona of enigmatic Queen singer Freddie Mercury in an internationally renowned Queen tribute show.

Now in its 14th year, The Killer Queen Experience features the music of the band famous for songs such as ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘We Are the Champions’, ‘Under Pressure’, ‘Radio Ga-Ga’, ‘I Want to Break Free’, ‘Somebody To Love’ and ‘Another One Bites the Dust’.

The Killer Queen Experience highlights

include performing for 25,000 people at a New Year’s Eve concert in Singapore, a sell-out show at Taronga Zoo and an appearance on Australia’s Got Talent.

The band has also twice headlined the Skaanevik Blues Festival in Norway, play-ing for 10,000 fans alongside the likes of Thin Lizzy, Twisted Sister and Foreigner.

Before a return trip to Scandinavia in July, The Killer Queen Experience, also featuring Ferny Grove’s Wayne Vitale on

bass, will visit Kallangur in March.Blunt says there is “no other music like

Queen music”, describing it as “happy and infectious” and “out of this world”.

“It has so many different intricate guitar parts and harmonies and full, rich drum sounds,” the 45-year-old said.

“At all of the shows that we do within an instant of the second song people are dancing. We’re just there to give them a party and not a rock ‘n’ roll education on Queen’s back catalogue.”

Blunt bears an uncanny resemblance to Mercury, so much so that family of the Queen band members have been “upset and amazed” by his “eerie similarity” to the late singer, who died in 1991.

Considering himself an “actor fi rst and a musician second”, Blunt admits “it took me a long time to be comfortable in the skin of Freddie Mercury”.

“I always strive for perfection and I’m yet to do the perfect gig,” Blunt says. “There’s always room for improvement. I’m constantly trying to be better.”

The Killer Queen Experience plays at Norths Leagues and Services Club, 1347 Anzac Avenue, Kallangur on 7 March.

Mainstream trends and the way imagery is appropriated for commercial use is the subject

of a funky new art exhibition at the Pine Rivers Art Gallery.

So In This Season is a snapshot of contemporary culture as seen through the eyes of seven young emerging artists.

Exhibition curator Chelsea Lomandra of Samford Valley said the artists, aged between 16 and 25, have explored the widespread proliferation of imagery such as owls, sugar skulls and pineapples, in everything from home décor and clothes, to tattoos and energy drinks.

“The theme is trends in contemporary culture and what you see around; the motifs that pop up everywhere,” she said.

“It often starts with a shared image on a social networking site and before you know it it’s in mainstream retail outlets.”

One example is the gentrifi cation of the sugar skull, a tradition of the Mexican ‘Day of the Dead’ that has now moved into the global mainstream culture.

Items such as baby clothes, women’s

tights and drink bottles are available with a colourful sugar skull motif on them, as represented in works by So In This Season artists Bec Button and Bayley Hegerhorst, a Tyson Evans Art Scholarship holder.

Amongst the other innovative artworks on display in the So In This Season exhib-ition are paintings, bamboo sculptures, cement designs, pyrographs, mixed media pieces and an art installation utilising recycled energy drink cans.

Lomandra, 20, said the show highlighted “some young artists who haven’t exhibited yet, people I have met along my (artistic) journey”, Moreton Bay Youth Art Awards winners amongst them.

Other exhibiting artists include Cedar Creek’s Luke Mansini, Samford Valley’s Kimberley Ogle, Steve Szell of Ferny Hills and Lois Shoebridge, from Caboolture.

So In This Season in on at the Pine Rivers Art Gallery, 199 Gympie Road, Strathpine until 28 February.

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The InterviewThe Interview

Comedy is at its most effective when it’s taking risks. The fi lms of Mel Brooks have stood the test of time because they’re as fresh now as they were 40 years ago. Most fi lms aim low and take no chances; they stick to derivative structures and successful formulas that have been calculated on the basis of other fi lms and how much money they’ve made. The Interview is an outrageous type of comedy. How many fi lms name a living dictator as the target of an assassination, portray that dictator with a look-alike and then kill the character on screen for a laugh? Set in the world of tabloid sewer journalism and ‘celebrity’ news, James Franco plays Dave Skylark, a vapid entertainment reporter while Seth Rogen is the “brains” behind his TV show, producer Aaron Rapoport.Aaron is feeling insecure about the type of show he is making and jumps at a chance to interview Kim Jong-Un when he learns the North Korean leader is a fan of his show. The CIA intervenes and forces Dave to assassinate the dictator during their televised interview. The fi lm starts to really kick into high gear when Dave and Aaron arrive in Pyongyang, where Kim begins to charm Dave with women, puppies, margaritas and Katy Perry songs. This has major problems later on when they have to carry out the assassination and Dave doesn’t want to hurt his new best friend.There’s also a sympathetic Korean character, Sook (Diana Bang), a member of Kim’s inner circle and a love interest for Aaron. It’s a testament to how much I was enjoying the fi lm when I even liked this stupid love story. How else is one meant to review a comedy other than confi rming or denying whether they laughed? During The Interview I laughed a lot. No doubt the movie is vulgar, and tries too hard for some of its laughs. Some of the gags don’t work, but I laughed at directors Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s audacity in trying some jokes, even if they fi zzled. All of the performances are good, everyone is right on target, but Randall Park as Kim Jong-Un is a real standout. He is so freaking weird and creepy and… likeable as Kim. The controversy surrounding The Interview is disappointing, as it’s taken away all the focus from the fi lm. The situation reminds me of The Satanic Verses incident, not just because you have a personality cult lunatic making threats against innocent artists, but because like Salman Rushdie’s book, it’s going to take a long time for people to acknowledge how good The Interview is. While Rogen and Goldberg haven’t made The Shawshank Redemption, they’ve made a great comedy movie.

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DANCE AT MT PLEASANT HALL: OT/NV dance on Saturday 28 February at 7.30pm. Music by Michael Woollett’s ‘Honky Tonk Piano’. Admission $10 includes light supper. Phone 3425 1231.DAYBORO ART GALLERY: Cnr Williams Street & Mt Mee Road, Dayboro. Open daily 10am - 3pm. Paintings, pottery, art. Ph 3425 2000.DAYBORO LIONS FAMILY MOVIES: “The House of Magic” screening Sat 21 February at Dayboro Community Hall at 7pm. Doors 6.30pm. Cost $6/person, $18/family. Phone 0466 619 660. For movie schedule email [email protected] MARKETS: 1st Sun of the month, 8am, cnr Williams & Heathwood Streets. Find a bargain, new or pre-loved, fresh produce & plants. New stallholders welcome! Site fee $15. Contact Steve 3425 2456 or Lexie 3425 2260. All monies raised go to chosen charities and the local community.DAYBORO MENS SHED: meets Mondays 10am-4pm. Woodworking, metalworking & involvement with other community groups. Contact Mike 0435 204 456 or Don 0407 321 770 or email [email protected] TRAIL RIDERS: Meet 4th Sunday of month at 8am. Sign-on 22 February. Ph 0475 383 553.EARLY AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL DANCE: in The Farmers Hall, Main Street, Samford Village, Sunday 26 April from 2-4pm. Music by Moreton Bay Symphony Orchestra. No experience, costume or partner required. Tickets: $10, concessions $5. Ph 3289 4708. Visit www.colonialdance.com.auGIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY: Queensland Community Care Network is looking for people who can spare one hour a fortnight to visit older Australians in aged care facilities. Ph 3040 0287 or email [email protected] ENVIRONMENT GROUP: Fort-nightly meetings. Pesticide use in Moreton Bay Regional Council area. State laws. Visit www.healthyenvironmentgroup.org

IS YOUR CARAVAN JUST SITTING THERE: waiting for the next big trip? Join a caravan club, meet new people, swap ideas & experiences & use your van every month. Ph 3344 4774.MAHJONG: Easier than Bridge, a change from cards, come and learn Mahjong. We meet 2nd and 4th Thursday each month at 10am at Old Catholic Church Hall, Samford Rd, Samford. $3. We are happy to teach new players. Mahjong sets supplied. Ph Pat 3289 1121.MEDITATION IN THE ZEN TRADITION: in Samford every Tuesday, 7pm to 8.30pm at the old Catholic Church, cnr Samford & Camp Mountain Rds. Individual instructions each night. Beginners welcome. $5 donation requested. Phone 3298 5094.MT MEE MARKETS: First Sunday of month (except Jan). Indoor/outdoor. BBQ breakfast, country kitchen, produce, arts & craft, jams, pickles, local coffee, watch batteries etc. Tables $7 indoor/$5 outdoor. Ph Anne 5498 2154 or Jeanette 5498 2068.NATIONAL SENIORS ALBANY CREEK: meets 2nd Friday of each month at Albany Creek Community Centre, Ernie St, Albany Creek at 5.30pm. Speakers, entertainment & interest groups inc. exercise, dining out, reading, craft, photography, movies, golf & more. Ph 3264 1509. www.nsaalbanycreek.org.auNORTH PINE POULTRY CLUB: Meetings and demonstrations 3rd Sat of every month from 9am-12pm. Next meeting: 21 February at Samford Community Centre. Ph 0419 842 250, or visit www.northpinepoultryclub.comPINE RIVERS CATCHMENT ASSOCIATION: Activities relating to integrated catchment management. Meets 2nd Tuesday of month at Kumbartcho Sanctuary, 15 Bunya Pine Ct, Eatons Hill. Phone Graham 3264 5485.PINE RIVERS MEN’S SHED: meets every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at our shed, Old Petrie Town. Activities such as woodwork, metalwork, computing, card and other games. All men of any age welcome. Phone Sal 3261 2323 or Kevin 0407 052 833.

PINE RIVERS VIEW CLUB: meets 3rd Wed of month for lunch at Murrumba Downs Tavern, 10.30 for 11am. Interesting speaker. Outing 1st Wed of month. Ladies come and meet new friends. Ph 3425 2738 or 3285 5989.PROBUS CLUB SAMFORD VALLEY: meets 3rd Thursday of each month, 10am at Samford Bowls Club. Guest speakers, monthly outings. Contact Val 3289 6443.QUEENSLAND STEAM & VINTAGE MACHINERY SOCIETY: located at Old Petrie Town, open 9am - 1pm Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays. ‘Live Steam’ day first Sunday of month, when we fire up the boilers and run big engines as they were meant to operate. Experience the sights and sounds of steam power Ph Chris 3353 2349.SAMFORD AND DISTRICT CARRIAGE DRIVERS: meets third Thurs of month. Driving rallies & events held monthly. Come & see what a great, fun, friendly sport carriage driving is. Ph Marilyn 3289 2509.SAMFORD AREA MENS’ SHED: meet every Tuesday at 9.30am for coffee and a chat, with guest speaker last Tuesday of the month, at Samford Showgrounds pavilion. Activities include woodworking, steelworking, gardening, photography, computers. Email: [email protected]. Ph 0487 232 328.SAMFORD ART & CRAFT ASSOC: at the Slab Hut, John Scott Park, Main St, Samford. Wide selection of locally produced art and craft items. 10am-4pm, 7 days a week. New members welcome. Ph 3289 3113. Web: www.theslabhutsamfordartandcraft.com.auSAMFORD DISTRICT HISTORICAL & MUSEUM SOCIETY: Museum open Wed and Sun 10am-3pm, Station St, Samford Village. Local & family history, research & displays. Group visits & tours by appointment. Ph: 3289 2743, email [email protected]; web:. www.samfordmuseum.com.au. New members welcome.SAMFORD HASH: meets every Sunday at 5pm (summer) or 4pm (winter). One hour social walk or run followed by drinks & meal. All levels of fitness welcome. www.samfordhash.blogspot.comSAMFORD RSL: A pension officer attends every Tuesday and Thursday 9am - 12pm at 6 Progress St, Samford Village. A JP is usually in attendance during those hours. Please call 3289 6928 for an appointment. Email to [email protected] re: our meetings and functions.SAMFORD VALLEY MARKETS: 2nd Saturday of month (excluding January), 7am-12pm, cnr Mt Samson Rd & Serendipity Drive, Samford. Fresh produce, arts & crafts, cakes inc. gluten free, plants, BBQ, morning teas, coffee. 40-50 stalls - new ones welcome. Ph Kate 3289 4922.SAMFORD WRITERS GROUP: meets the 1st Thursday of month. First-time or experienced writers, all genres. New members welcome. Email essential. Phone Barbara Cook on 3289 3046 or email [email protected] or [email protected]. www.samfordwriters.orgU3A PINE RIVERS: Annual General Meeting at Bray Hall, Petrie, Friday 20 March at 10am. Come to check out the latest courses. Guest Speaker: Roly Sussex OAM, Emeritus Professor of Applied Languages and Studies at Qld University & Chairman of State Library of Qld. Phone 3321 0681.WOODFORD & DISTRICT POULTRY CLUB: welcomes new members. Enquiries to Di Neale 5498 9788.ZONTA CLUB OF PINE RIVERS: International Women’s Day Luncheon at Portabella Albany Creek, Sunday 8 March at 11.30am. Bookings: Phone Karen on 0416 199 670 or email [email protected]


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Name: Doris and Malcolm CottoneBusiness: Cottone’s Discount Feed ShedEstablished: 2011Based at: Gatton

What services does your business offer? We provide a large range of produce items, small and large animal accessories, full saddlery, various hay/lucerne and chaff as well as worming and fl ea treatments. If we don’t have it, we will do our best to get it at the best available price. We can also deliver – minimum quantities apply.

What sort of clients does your business provide services to? From cat/dog owners to a horse stud/cattle ranch and everyone in between. We even supply to other produce stores.

Where do your clients come from? From the Lockyer Valley region to as far away as Townsville, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie and we regularly do deliveries to Ipswich, Toogoolawah, Samford, the Gold Coast and some Brisbane suburbs when able.

What do your customers most appreciate about your services? Our customers receive personal and friendly one on one service. Most of our staff have been here for several years and know many of the customers by name and

also know the products and can give quality general advice. We also have some staff members who are heavily involved in the horse industry (qualifi ed judge) and the University of Queensland, Gatton Campus. We are also the only produce store in the area that has a full drive-through service where the customer can shop in the shade and out of the weather and where staff lift the produce and load directly into the customers vehicle or trailer.

Why is a business like yours so important? As a produce store, we supply a variety of people with all their pet and animal needs at a very reasonable price. Customers know that they can get all of their pet and animal needs from the one place and can shop in relative comfort out of the weather.

What is the most unique job your business has done? Being asked to supply 1000 ton of lucerne pellets on a monthly basis.

How did you get into your current line of work? My husband and I were farmers and sold fruit and vegetables from the farm gate. Customers would start asking for other items

and it just ballooned from there. We have never looked back.

What is the best part of your job? Being able to give customers what they want and being able to personally deliver the products, particularly to those who are unable to transport large amounts of produce themselves, such as the hay.

What advice would you give to someone who is considering entering your line of work? You need to have some knowledge of produce and animal requirements. The rest you learn along the way but you must be a ‘people person’ and appreciate that the personal touch is sometimes more important than the product itself.

How do you spend your spare time? Spending quality time with my family and four grandchildren.

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Chandan Smith, Matt Petzer and Liam Hart will play hockey for Queensland in April.

Saints march to nationals

Three Pine Rivers St Andrews Hockey Club junior players will tackle some of Australia’s young stars – and

perhaps each other – after being named in Queensland teams to contest the upcoming national titles.

Hockey Queensland will send two teams to the Australian championships in Hobart from 11-19 April, with Liam Hart in the Queensland 1 side and Chandan Smith and Matt Petzer to line up in Queensland’s second team.

It means that Hart, a striker, may have to get the better of his club teammates – and Saints defensive pairing Smith and Petzer – if the two Queensland sides meet in Tasmania.

At 13 years of age, Hart is one of the youngest players in the Queensland 1 side who relishes the challenge of hitting the ball past rival goalkeepers.

“It’s a bit exciting knowing that you’re in the top 16 (players) in Queensland,” said Hart, who played for the state under-13 team in Adelaide last year.

The Albany Creek local doesn’t need to look too far for tips from elite hockey players, given he is the nephew of former Australian Olympic striker and current New

Zealand women’s head coach Mark Hager.The established combination of Pine

Rivers St Andrews fullbacks Smith and Petzer caught the eye of selectors when 50 players vied for a Queensland berth at trials held in Brisbane this month.

“Because Chandan and I have played together so much it makes it easier,” Petzer said of his partnership with Smith.

The pair has been on the fringe of Queensland selection for several years.

“I was hoping I was going to get there… so to be selected I was pretty happy,” Cashmere resident Smith said.

Petzer, Smith and Hart were in the Saints side that won a brace of Brisbane under-13 premierships in 2012 and 2013.

April’s national titles will be the second time this year that Hart has represented his state, having played for Queensland’s under-13 indoor hockey team in Canberra in January.

His clubmates Harry Kettlewell, Matt Argent and Triston Parker also competed at indoor hockey national titles over summer.

Kettlewell, from Eatons Hill, played for the Queensland under-15 team while Parker and Argent, of Albany Creek, represented the state open men’s side.


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his mind to. The trouble is Marcus is a maths whiz who is not that good at sport! In his latest stories he gets into the swing

of golf and has a shot at basketball.

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Son of a gun plays for state and people

Charlie Renouf from Highvale took to the same fi eld as some of the biggest names in Australian rugby

league last week.Renouf, who plays for the Norths Devils

club, helped the Queensland Murri under-16 Indigenous rugby league side to a 24-all draw with their New South Wales Koori Indigenous counterparts.

The match, played at the Cbus Super Stadium on the Gold Coast on Friday, was a curtain raiser to the NRL All Stars versus Indigenous All Stars match.

Renouf, 15, is the son of Australian rugby league legend Steve Renouf, the prolifi c try scorer who played 11 State of Origin games for Queensland and 11 Test Matches for Australia and also won four national league grand fi nals in seven seasons with the Brisbane Broncos.

Steve Renouf’s former Broncos club-mate Sid Domic coached the Indigenous youth team and said the players “thor-oughly enjoyed” the All Stars experience.

“They have the opportunity to play not only in a Queensland jersey but (also)...

representing the Indigenous community, their communities (and) their families,” Domic told qrl.com.au. “It is very rare that an opportunity like this comes along.”

Domic said the highlight of the weekend was his players being invited to lunch with the Indigenous All Stars players and “being able to spend the time speaking with their heroes”.

All players from the under 16 Murri and Koori sides were presented with their jerseys by an Indigenous All Stars player from their corresponding position.

She has only had a handful of races but this Samford Village teenager is already gaining traction in the

world of motorcycle racing. Sharni Pinfold has scored three podium

fi nishes from fi ve race meetings since swapping horses for horsepower.

The former equestrian showjumping competitor won the women’s class at her fi rst race meeting after jumping on a dirt bike last year, and continues to impress on two wheels.

“I’ve had fi ve races so far and I’ve fi nished out of the top four only once, when I touched the (starting) tape and got excluded,” Pinfold said.

Along with several race wins Pinfold fi nished fourth up against some of Australia’s best female riders in the Pro Open Women’s class at the country’s biggest dirt track event, the invitation only Troy Bayliss Classic in Taree last month.

She has also competed at the Australian Long Track Championship in Tamworth and earlier this month beat male and female riders to win two classes of racing at a race meet in Gunnedah.

“I am very surprised (at my early career success) and I’m really enjoying it,” Pinfold said.

Just fi ve weeks after making her dirt track debut Pinfold was selected to attend the week-long Motorcycling Queensland under-21 elite riders training camp at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.

“It was run by coaches of the sport who have done really well in the motorcycling

scene, teaching us mostly about your diet and training and your recovery, and where your mind has to be when you’re racing,” she said.

“I was the only girl but I beat all the boys at most things.”

The 19-year-old is proud to be making inroads into a male dominated sport, with her long-term goal to race road bikes internationally.

Pinfold has had a taste of road bikes, having tested high-powered 600cc and 1000cc machines at the Queensland Raceway and Phillip Island circuits.

“I think girls can defi nitely be competit-ive with the boys as long as we just put in as much ground work and training,” she said. “There’s no reason why we can’t be up with them, which has been proven many times by females over the years.”

Pinfold “pretty much grew up at race tracks” with her father Paul Pinfold, who conquered tracks around the world during a 50-year international sidecar speedway career.

“At the end of this year I’m hoping to go over to England. Hopefully I can get a ride in the dirt track series running over there,” Sharni said.

“Dad is also looking at a few Super Stock classes in the British Superbikes. If I could get a ride in that it would be amazing, riding a 600cc road bike.”

Sharni Pinfold has the DNA to be a champion, but she needs the support of sponsors to make her sporting dreams come true. Email [email protected]

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