June2015_LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

(1)  Congratulations

(2)  Thank you to QAS

(3)  Beware slow drivers

Dear Editor,

Congratulations to Dayboro from Mt Mee on the remarkable programme planned for Dayboro Day this year.  What a great credit it is to your community and to your district.

 

We have always felt bad that our Symphony on the Mountain clashes with your event, and this year is certainly no exception!

 

Unfortunately for us, the Brisbane City Pops Orchestra has a very full book with ten concerts each year, and the last weekend in May is always the only one available to us.  It’s that or nothing, and with regular “full house’ audiences of more than 200, we couldn’t possibly can it – even for the sake of lovely Dayboro!

 

So please accept our apology!

 

Ian Wells, Past Events Manager, Mt Mee Hall.

 

Thank you to the Queensland Ambulance Service

On the morning of 12th April I had the misfortune to fall and break my ankle at Lee’s Crossing, just past Laidlaw Street, Dayboro.

 

I would like to sincerely thank the QAS First Responders  crew of Dayboro for their very quick and professional response.  I am not clear on the officers’  names, and for this loss of memory I shall blame the injury!  

 

The Dayboro ambulance then passed me on to a Caboolture Ambulance.  Again, my thanks to those two officers.  I really was smiling by the time we got to Redcliffe Emergency Department.  

 

The First Responders Team is a wonderful idea.

 

My thanks again.

Diana Harrison, Ben Stafford.

 

Dear Editor,

Just a reminder to those motorists who drive at 80 kph or less in the 100 kph zones along both the Dayboro and Samford Roads (and we all know them, the ones with the great line up of cars behind them), I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to an article on page 23 of the Sunday Mail on May 10.

 

RADAR ON NOMADS

Cops have closed down the grey nomads’ slow coach driving debate with warnings there are up to six months imprisonment penalties for extreme cases.  Sergeant X told Traps that section 83 relating to driving with due care attention included an offence for driving “without reasonable consideration of other road users”.  Reader “Linda” emailed that slow driving up the Bruce Highway was not just for safety.  ‘Fuel consumption’ also was a factor slowing grey nomads.

 

No dice, said Sergeant X.  “I’ve handed out tickets for slow driving.  Motoring legally much slower than the speed limit would depend on the vehicle plus time and place.”

 

Therefore, you may not be grey nomads, not towing a caravan up the Bruce Highway, but maybe, just once, in one of the many cars behind you, there may be a Police Officer who has finally reached the level of patience and says “enough is enough” and you finally get your  just deserts.

 

Adrian Surplice

New comer to Dayboro (resident for 15 years)