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Dayboro Antique & Collectables Fair

Sunday 25th May 2008  8am – 3pm
Location: Dayboro Show grounds Mt Mee Rd DAYBORO
Entry: $4.00 per person with children under 15 free. Entry fee includes a lucky door prize. Prizes TBA.  
•    Leading dealers exhibiting fine antiques and collectables at most affordable prices.
•    Displays include Historic Machinery, Tractors, Vintage Pedal Cars and Trikes.
•    Valuations by experienced valuers @ $2.00 per item or $5.00 for three (3).  Maximum of three (3) items per person. 

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Dayboro Day Festival

Sunday 25th May 2008  9am – 3.30pm
Location: Williams Street DAYBORO
Entry: FREE with FREE parking at the Dayboro Show Grounds in Mt Mee Rd. A FREE Brisbane Bus Lines shuttle bus will provide transport between the show grounds and the festival in Williams Street.
Description: All day Street Festival with entertainment, market stalls, food stalls, displays and amusements.

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A hopping good time at the Redcliffe Festival of Sails

On Good Friday, March 21, up to 30,000 people flooded the shores of Redcliffe’s Suttons Beach to enjoy a day by the Bay at the annual Redcliffe Festival of Sails. Featuring breathtaking views of the 60th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, the festival also included over 100 art and craft market stalls, a giant sand […]

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GALVIN TO CONTEST MAYORALTY

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bryan_galvin.jpgA former Deputy Mayor of the Pine Rivers Shire Council will contest the mayoralty for the new Moreton Bay Regional Council.
Bryan Galvin served 13 years with Pine Rivers – the last seven as Deputy Mayor to Yvonne Chapman.
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MARCH 08 AT THE DAYBORO COMMUNITY ART GALLERY

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db_gallery_mar08.jpg“HAPPY EASTER” to all our friends and patrons.  The Gallery is ready with many wonderful pieces of new pottery created for the occasion and, or course, we have a great variety of paintings in all mediums and styles to satisfy a most discerning art lover.
 
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Dayboro Soccer Club announces involvement in Small Sided Games National Program

Dayboro Soccer Club announces involvement in Small Sided Games National Program

In conjunction with the Samford Football Club, Dayboro junior soccer players in our Under 6, 7 and 8 teams will participate in a local mini-league based on the national development concept for football known as Small Sided Games, or SSG.
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THANK YOU and FAREWELL YVONNE – WE WISH YOU WELL

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Pine Rivers Shire Council Mayor, Yvonne Chapman received a heartfelt farewell and thank you from Dayboro at the function held at the Dayboro Uniting Church on Sunday 10th February 2008.
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Sue’s Dance Class

Sue now holds just one class – The Wednesday morning at Samford.  There is no actual beginners class but the first hour, i.e. 9am to 10am, is all the easy dances.
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Comparing Generation Y with Baby Boomer teenagers

Do you know what Bodgies and Widgies are?
In the “Baby Boomer” era, Bodgies were young teenage men who wore tight trousers, had slicked back hair, and rode motor bikes, as in the movie “Grease” or television show “Happy Days” and the Widgies were their girl friends.
“Hip” people liked Elvis and the Beatles, while the “Squares” liked Pat Boone and the Seekers who had a clean-cut image, and “Mods” wore stove pipe pants and rode motor scooters.
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Cycling enthusiasts celebrate 100th Anniversary at Bike Expo

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pr_cyclists.jpgBryan Ferris, 61, the Australian record holder for century runs (he has done 41), upcoming champion Zac Payne, 16, and endurance rider Lindsay Green, 76, are proud to be members of the Hamilton Pine Rivers Wheelers Cycling Club who train off-road at Lakeside track, on Saturday mornings.

 

 Do you know what “twiddling” is?

Ask any member of the Hamilton Pine Rivers Wheelers Cycling Club (HPRWCC) who is celebrating their 100th anniversary this year!

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