Category Archives: General

Nov2011_RESIDENTS URGED TO WATCH THEIR WATER USE AS WEATHER HOTS UP

With the onset of the warmer months, Unitywater is encouraging its customers across Moreton Bay and the Sunshine Coast to be conscious of their water consumption.
Executive Manager Retail, Judy Bailey, said water consumption was already on the rise and historically there was a marked increase during spring and summer when residents were spending more time outdoors.
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Nov2011_Letter to Editor

Dear Editor,
Has the RACQ lost its mind?  In mid-October, I called the RACQ for roadside assistance from our home address in Samsonvale (half way between Samford and Dayboro).  After one hour I received a call to say that the patrol, which had been dispatched from Kilcoy an hour earlier (!!!!), was still half an hour away.

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Nov2011_PET OF THE MONTH

Rocky, a 6 ½ year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, is one lucky little dog to have such dedicated owners.
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Nov2011_PLANT KOALA FOOD TREES

To all wildlife enthusiasts and residents living in the Moreton Bay Region.
WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PRESERVATION OF KOALAS IN YOUR AREA?

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Nov2011_Beautiful Belties

Meet George I. The first full blood Belted Galloway calf born at the Bella Vista Belted Galloway Stud at Mt. Samson.  The breeders, Dr Bill and Janine De Maria, said that the breed started in the unforgiving hills of the Galloway area of south-west Scotland.  The breed was around 400 years ago, starting from the crossing of the Galloway with the Dutch Laken elder.
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Nov2011_RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE NOW

. . . FOR STORM AND FLOOD SEASON
Last weekend’s wild hail storms across some of our region should act as a timely reminder for all residents to prepare now for the summer storm and flood season, local LNP candidates said today.

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Nov2011_Weed This

Not another Migraine!  Sure enough:  three days after the onset, the roadside drain ways are yellowing off from pesticides.  Actually the immediate reaction could have been any general symptom, such as common headaches or migraines, vagueness, forgetfulness, dizziness, heart palpitations, fatigue, lethargy, blurred vision, emotional sensitivity, weight loss, asthma and chesty coughs with or without croup.  Symptoms can even go as far as epileptic fitting.  And these are but a few of the possible symptoms!
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Nov2011_Red Cross helps people cook their way to health on a $5 budget

Australian Red Cross launched You’re Looking at $5, a pocketsize recipe book for Queensland families on a tight budget, to mark Anti-Poverty Week from 17-23 October 2011.

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Nov2011_POLICE NEWS

logo_police.gifProperty Offences
Over the last month there have been two reports of property stolen from separate residences at Closeburn.  This is a reduction in the series of offences which had been occurring in July, August and September.

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Nov2011_Mt MEE NEWS

by Ian Wells
It is a strange season – not a lot of winter rain when you add up the totals, but enough to keep the mountain green.  As October advanced, the ground began to warm and the grass started to come away in a very promising early spring.  Meanwhile, the unwanted herbage – crofton weed (Eupatorium adenophorum) in particular, put on a great spring flower display.  Like its invasive little sister mistflower (Eriparium), it is very poisonous to horses, in which it can cause serious breathing problems

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