Residents in the Moreton Bay Region are being encouraged to give generously for the annual Smith Family Donate a Book Appeal at Moreton Bay Region Libraries. Moreton Bay Regional Council Mayor Allan Sutherland said from October 19 to December 4 the region’s libraries would be accepting new books and gold coin donations on behalf of […]
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Steve and Julie Elliott are a Dayboro couple heading to India next year to begin a Children’s Home for orphans who have been abandoned. They depart for Chennai in January, with their two young children Josiah and Rose, to begin the process of establishing and registering ‘The Hope House’, and training local social workers in […]
Read More..QUT and Cancer Council researchers have endorsed a tool to assess the attitudes of men when it comes to skin checks, helping those most at risk to detect melanoma early. Men 50 years and older are most at risk of being diagnosed with and dying from melanoma, and are the least likely to detect the […]
Read More..Skin Health and the Aging Process “Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art” – Eleanor Roosevelt It’s an irreverently attractive prospect; Youth. Its good looks, carefree attitude and that pitiful excuse for that thing they claim to be a hangover make it easy to wistfully reminisce times […]
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Sorry I’ve been neglecting you all. I’m a $10 punter- race horses I mean, not pokies. $10 on each race and no more. A couple of Sundays ago, Karyn and I went off to Caloundra races. A trainer named Mick often has some handy horses nominated. I’ve been told that Mick won’t bring a starter […]
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Dayboro Remembers: Private Thomas Francis Chambers: Thomas Francis Chambers was born on 26th August 1897 at the Lady Bowen Hospital, Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill. Tommy, as he was known, was the eleventh of the fourteen children of James Chambers and Annie McKeiver (Prescott). James and Annie Chambers were from Armagh, Ireland. They, together with their […]
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Snake season is upon us – just ask Alfie! (Check out his survival story also in this edition – see page 29). Most clients around the Moreton Bay region have reported seeing snakes in their backyards, even noticing big snakes in small suburban backyards, which is a first for many. Those folks on properties that […]
Read More..DAYBORO COMBINED CHURCHES thank the following businesses (and Councillor) for their support of our raffles at the Bush Dance which was held on Saturday, 10 October 2015, to raise money for the kids’ home at Casa Segura in Bolivia: A Little Bit Vintage; Bob Millar, Councillor for Division 11; Dayboro Cafe; Dayboro Chemmart Pharmacy; Dayboro […]
Read More..At our October meeting Sharnelle and Kerri from the Crime Prevention unit came to speak to us. What a fabulous morning ! It was a most enjoyable and fun session of interacting with these police officers and learning so much about how we can protect ourselves from being a victim of crime. We all went […]
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Forty-five minutes before this first photo was taken, Alfie was bitten by an Eastern Brown Snake in his family’s backyard at Kobble Creek. He was rushed to the Old Mill Animal Hospital by his distraught owners, presumed dead. He was stiff and his eyes had rolled back in his head. In fact, he was so […]
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