Category Archives: General

LOCAL STATE SCHOOL TO GO SOLAR Sept09

Dayboro State School is among 131 state schools to benefit in the first round of the Queensland Government’s $60 million Solar and Energy Efficiency in State Schools Program.
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WARTIME MEMORIES AT SAMFORD MUSEUM Sept09

A permanent display of wartime artefacts, uniforms, equipment and military exhibits honouring our local service men and women in the relocated Grovely Railway Station can be seen at the Samford Museum, Station Street, Samford on Sunday 8th November 2009.  Gates open at 9.30 a.m.  Admission is free.
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HEARTWORM DISEASE – A PREVENTABLE TRAGEDY

Anyone who lives in Southeast Queensland will tell you that whilst we love our outdoor lifestyle, mozzies are an unpleasant pest that can quickly cause us to want to retreat back inside.  For us, mozzies are mainly just an annoyance, but for our pets, they can carry a deadly disease, which years down the track can cause a tragic and easily preventable, too often lethal disease.
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TRAVEL TOPIC Sept09

Planning a holiday by Ray

In mid-2008 I started planning for a (slightly) early retirement and what better way to celebrate than to travel and SKI (spend the kid’s inheritance).
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NETWORK TOPIC Sept09

Our community’s “APEX Directory” is absolutely wonderful!  No hefty “White Pages” to drag off the shelf and leaf through the pages of teeny-tiny text to find the local “Smith” or “Thompson” you want amid the hundreds of others contained therein.  BUT this handy reference is not as up-to-date as it could be.  There is no “magic” way of extracting the current ‘3425’ sequence  numbers from the White Pages.  It all comes down to us.
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MORETON BAY RESIDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GREEN INITIATIVES

For more information on the Energy Efficient Home Package, phone 1800 808 571 or visit www.environment.gov.au .
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NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SAFTEY TIPS Sept09

The school holidays are almost here and our children will be out and about having fun, in parks. shopping centres and their friends’ houses.
We have to make our children aware of personal safety issues.  Everybody has the right to feel safe no matter where they are.
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BUSHFIRE SURVIVOR KOALA SUCCUMBS TO DISEASE

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Sam, the Bushfire Survivor Succumbs to Disease
The story of Sam, the koala who survived the inferno of Victoria’s Black Saturday in Gippsland, only to die of chlamydiosis six months later created headlines around the world.
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SHAFT Program for School Holidays Sept09

To be or not to be bored these holidays….

Moreton Bay Regional Council’s SHAFT program could uncover a junior Shakespeare through fun activities like Play Baking (scriptwriting) and Act-ivate (analysing scripts), these Spring school holidays.
SHAFT stands for Super Holiday Activities For Teenagers.
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PET OF THE MONTH Sept09

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OLD MILL VET SURGERY

This month 15-year old “Gundy” Effneris out pet of the month.
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