Community news

Free Laughter Yoga is back on Sunday morning at 9am at Jubilee Park. All enquiries to nerelie.laughteryoga@gmail.com

ARTIST IN STUDIO DROP-IN SESSIONS-BEAUDESERT

Donna Davis will be working on new artworks in her pop-up studio at The Centre Beaudesert. Drop in to chat and watch her creative process. These are free sessions and open to all, especially those with an interest in plants, ecology, art and science.

Donna will be holding the sessions on Saturday, July 16 Tuesday, July 19 from 3pm-5pm and Wednesday, July 20 from 2pm-5pm.

ONE-ON-ONE CREATIVE CONSULTATION SESSIONS-BEAUDESERT

Five 1 hour sessions are being offered by Artist Donna Davis for individual consultation sessions designed for people across the art/science field. These free sessions are on Saturday, July 16 at 9am,10am,11am,1pm 2pm at The Centre Beaudesert and must be booked at liveatthecentre.com.au or aubeau.sales.ticketsearch.com or call The Centre on 5540 5050.

MICROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS-BEAUDESERT

View the hidden world within Flora with Dr.Gill Brown and artist Donna Davis on Tuesday, July 19 from 2pm-3pm at The Centre Beaudesert or Wednesday, July 20 from 12pm-2pm.

This is a free session but you need to register at Liveatthecentre.com.au or 5540 5050.

ARTIST TALK GALLERY TOUR-BEAUDESERT

The Gallery Tour of the Donna Davis exhibition "When A Tree Falls" is on Wednesday, July 20 at 10.30am 11am at The Centre Beaudesert.

The tours are free but you will need to register at Liveatthecentre.com.au or 5540 5050.

SMALL BUSINESS HUB- BEAUDESERT

The Small Business Hub is on Thursday. July 14 from 10am-2pm at Beaudesert Library. Run by the Department of Employment and Training this is available to owners of small business to help them seek free advice on helping them in their journey of running a small business.

To book a time go to scenicrim.qld.gov.au or eventbrite.com.au

TAMROOKUM DANCE

The Tamrookum Dance will be on Saturday, July 16 at 7pm at Tamrookum Memorial Hall, 9025 Mount Lindesay Hwy.

All enquiries to Lani on 0488 785 325 or tamrookumhall@gmail.com

SRTRS ROUND 3

SRTRS Round 3 is on Sunday, July 17 at Lilybrook Recreation Area, Western Trail Head, Beaudesert Boonah Road, Wyaralong. There will be 3 different distances to run.

BIDDADDABA WEED FERALS WORKSHOP

The Weed Ferals Workshop will be held on Saturday, July 16 from 10am-12.30pm at Biddaddaba by Catherine Madden from SRRC Land for Wildlife. The workshop will discuss noxious new emerging weeds of the regional as well as the control of pigs, deer and toads.

This is a free workshop but you will need to register at catherine.m@scenicrimqld.gov.au or 0458 586 008 or eventbrite.com.au

ARTS/SCIENCE TALK: TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN

The Pressed Specimen Microscopic Investigation session with Donna Davis will be on Tuesday, July 19 from 10am-1pm at the Vonda Youngman Community Centre.

This free session is about why we need pressed specimens and viewing the hidden worlds within flora. Please register to attend at liveatthecentre.com.au or 5540 5050.

BEECHMONT MARKET

Beechmont Market is on Sunday, July 17 from 8am-1pm at Beechmont Old School, 1835 Beechmont Road via Canungra.

Enquiries to info@beechmont.org.au or 0402 048 899.

RADHA /INFORMATION CENTRE The next RADHA meeting will be tomorrow night at the Information Centre at 7.30. The end of the financial year brings a busy time for staff at the Centre. Stock taking has been underway making way for the auditors' visit and the Annual Meeting that is usually held in September. There is a lovely supply of locally hand knitted items- beanies, booties (adults) and scarves on the shelves at the moment. These are just what is wanted on these cool mornings and afternoons. There are also lovely scarf pins in stock. These are a new item and are made in Victoria. There are also glasses pins that you can hang your glasses on when not needing them on your face. There are birds, animals, flowers and shapes that look great on the hand- knitted scarves. Our local jam, pickles and relish producers have been busy and their products along with macadamia nut products, rocky road and honey make a colourful display on the shelves.

RADHA wishes to thank the Commonwealth Government for providing the museum with funds to procure a new notebook, external hard drive and program so that there will a digital record kept of museum items. Entering the records will be a time consuming job.

Travellers on the highway have been seen making use of the new picnic table and shade installed at the Palen Creek Rest Area. Main Roads staff have been busy installing safety signs along the highway.

RATHDOWNEY HALL upgrade update

There was a working bee at the hall last Saturday afternoon to sort out some of the crockery etc. that has accumulated over the last 100 years. The P&C won't know themselves when they come to catering for the Theatre Restaurant at the end of the month. There is still some plumbing to be done in the kitchen and disabled toilet and floor coverings to go down. It's a far cry to when supper was prepared in a room under the stage and passed up through a small doorway to be carried around to hall for patrons. Recently I received an enquiry regarding the recipe for one of the sandwich fillings that Rathdowney was noted for. People loved it - Margaret's Hash!

RMG There will not be a Memorial Grounds meeting this month as Office Bearers have other commitments. The meeting will be held over until August on the 3rd Thursday night. Plans for the new amenities block have been received.

CRAFT AND CHATTER GROUP/CUPPA-TEA

Last week six ladies met in the Barn for a couple of hours of friendly companionship. The morning was beautiful with a clear blue sky and warm winter sunlight. Everyone is invited to join in and have a pleasant morning from 9.30 until approximately 12.30. Some like to bring some craft activity that they are working on while others just come to meet friends and neighbours and have a chat over a cup of tea or coffee. There are no costs involved and no meetings. On July 28 the group is supplying morning tea at the Cuppa-t marque at the Post Office. Come along and enjoy an hour in the fresh air. The library van will be there with a selection of reading matter and the Council has a table of give-aways and information pamphlets. You can leave your old batteries, mobile phones, chargers, spectacles etc for recycling. This is funded by Qld Gov Mental Health and Wellbeing Community Package under Queensland Economic Recovery Strategy.

WOW Ladies of Rathdowney and surrounds are invited to meet at the hotel on the last Wednesday of the month for dinner. Meet and Greet and meal ordering is from 6.00pm. It would be nice to have a few more turn up but the half dozen who do go usually enjoy the meal and a friendly get together.

OP SHOP

The Op Shop opens every Saturday morning from 10.00 and on the Thursday of the Cuppa-ti from 12.00 noon. Drop in and help Lesley get some of her stock off the shelves. People are very generous with their donations. Local groups benefit from the money raised from sales. The community library is also is now at the Op Shop. For those dropping goods off to be sold there is a small shed located at the front door.

SWIM CLUB

The Swim Club welcomes new members. Membership forms are available from Carol 0457474888 or from the school office. The current management committee must receive your completed application form by Friday July 15 so it can be processed for approval prior to the AGM. The AGM will be held in the brick building near the tennis courts on Sunday July 17 at 4pm. You must be a member to be eligible for a management position and to vote. There is no membership fee for non-swimming adults.

HAVE YOU BOOKED YOUR PLACE FOR THE THEATRE RESTAURANT?

Help the P&C raise funds for the senior students' triannual excursion to Sydney, Canberra and the snow later in the year. Night performances will be held on July 29 and 30 and a matinee on Saturday July 30. The performance this year will be 'We are Revolting'. A madcap comedy about seniors seeking revenge.

To make a booking contact Wes before or after school on 0437342423 - Emma on 0423637202 or the school 0755404333. This year the Logan Village Performance Group will present 'Old People are Revolting'. (We really aren't revolting. We are so lovely!) Let's hope for 3 sell out performances. There will be a three course meal provided along with lots of laughs so get your place reserved for a good night out.

TEMPLIN HISTORIC MUSEUM

This week Iris Skinner writes: Templin has hosted another Restoration Car Club. As they visited on a Sunday our volunteers were able to demonstrate many of the machinery pieces. The cars also drew an extra audience. We then welcomed interested members of the general public. A very busy day, but well worth it. Two independent donations have not only added to Templin's garment collection but, because of the families involved, their stories will now add to the history of the Scenic Rim. One involves BEES.

Beaudesert Museum is currently assembling an historical Exhibition. The other is a great family link to the establishment of the Templin School. To go forward, we need to look back at these pioneers, who against the odds, established education and industries that have stood the test of time. The foundations these two families established now benefit the world.

The very kind lady who delivered yesterday's donation, comes from the family who developed the Murray Grey Breed of cattle. Australia's own breed. This is what Museums are about. They record the actual evidence of history.

Museum hours are Sundays from 9.30am to 3.30pm. Group bookings and bus tours are very welcome. Phone 0475 615 827.

FRIDAY FLICKS

The Friday Flick at Boonah Cultural Centre on Friday July 15 at 10am, 1pm and 7pm, will be The Drover's Wife (MA 15+), starring Leah Purcell, Rob Collins, Sam Reid, Jessica de Gouw. In 1893, heavily pregnant Molly Johnson and her children struggle in isolation to survive the harsh Australian landscape after her husband left to go droving sheep in the high country.

One day, she finds a shackled Aboriginal fugitive named Yakada wounded on her property. As an unlikely bond begins to form between them, he reveals secrets about her true identity. Realising Molly's husband is actually missing, new town lawman, Nate Clintoff, starts being suspicious and sends his constable to investigate. The deadly encounters between Molly, the constable and Yakada, results in a tragic chain of events with Molly becoming a symbol of feminism and anti-racism.

Running time: 108 minutes. Adults $10; Students and Concession $7.50. No trailers; movies start at the advertised screening time. Tickets to be purchased at the door.

CUPPA IN THE COMMUNI-TEA

The next cuppa mornings will be held at Harrisville Memorial Park on Tuesday July 19 from 10-11am and at Peak Crossing Hall on Tuesday July 19 from 2-3pm.

For more information contact Council on 5540 5111.

Everyone is welcome to a free cuppa and a chat.

FASSIFERN SUICIDE PREVENTION NETWORK

The Fassifern Suicide Prevention Network meets on the third Thursday of each month at Carinity Fassifern Centre, 4 Little High St Boonah at 11am and welcomes new members! The next meeting will be held on Thursday July 21.

For more information please contact samantha.caves@carinity.org.au

Phone 0403 052 65100am.

Light lunch is provided.

FASSIFERN INTERAGENCY

The next Fassifern Interagency meeting will be held on Thursday July 21 at 1pm at the Fassifern Community Centre, 4 Little High Street Boonah.

THE GOOD LIFE CLUB

The U3A Good Life Club is a group of like-minded people who meet monthly to discuss issues of sustainability, generally around food production and all things gardening.

They meet on the third Thursday of each month, usually in one of the members' gardens or go on organised field trips, with the next meeting to be held on Thursday July 21 from 3.30pm - 5pm.

Members are welcome to bring a plate of something from their garden to share, and are encouraged to bring along excess produce/seedlings to share with each other.

For more information email Barb Guthrie at barbguthrie22@gmail.com

RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service has advised that the Boonah Mobile Centre will be at Coronation Park (near the roundabout) on Monday July 25 from 8am to 1pm and Tuesday July 26 from 1pm to 6pm.

For more information or to book call 13 14 95 or visit www.lifeblood.com.au .

Your support is needed, and appreciated.

AUGUST ARTS DINNER

The next Arts Dinner will be held at The Centre Beaudesert on Tuesday August 2 at 5.30pm where we will unpack some of the placemaking mystery in the context of public art, and how installing public artwork makes a place more visually interesting and enjoyable to experience.

This is a FREE event but registration is essential for catering.

PIANO RECITAL AT BOONAH

Tickets are available now for A Piano Recital by Roman Rudnytsky, an internationally-active American concert pianist of Ukranian origin at Boonah Cultural Centre on Friday August 26 at 7.30pm.

Roman is a graduate of America's most prestigious music conservatory, the Juilliard School in New York. Born in 1942, in New York City, into a family of professional musicians, he began the study of piano at age four and gave his first full recital at age seven.

This is his 22nd Australian Concert tour. Doors open at 6.30pm.

Delicious platters are available for pre-ordering as part of the booking process until 24 hours prior to the event.

Adults $34; Concession and Groups 8+ $29 per person.