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Our Logan Volume 91
Oct/Nov 2020
A recipe for
tourism success
Local kids kick
goals for AFL final
CON T E N TS
Editorial enquiries:
3412 5284 or
media@logan.qld.gov.au 4 6 8
Managing Editor:
Rebecca Smith Redbacks Art brings
Logan has
News Editor: flavour to share seal deal beauty to paths
Martin King
Writers:
Zoe Krieg
Martin King
Julie Brumfield-Jones 15 16 25
Sam Burgess
Samantha Stiller
Geoff Stead Sight for Kitchen of Optimising
Rebecca Waters soaring eyes kindness solar power
Graphic design:
Vicky Fraser
Front cover image:
Thai Orchid Manager
Mandy Klankaew with MAYOR — Darren Power DIVISION 2 — Cr Teresa Lane DIVISION 3 — Cr Mindy Russell
fried fish tamarind.
Representing the whole of the City of Logan. Representing Kingston, Logan Central, Representing Slacks Creek, Daisy Hill
Photo: Geoff Stead
Woodridge and part of Underwood. and part of Shailer Park and Underwood.
Logan City Council
acknowledges the DIVISION 7 — Cr Tim Frazer DIVISION 5 — Cr Jon Raven DIVISION 1 — Cr Lisa Bradley
Traditional Custodians of
the land, pays respect Representing Boronia Heights, Browns Plains, Representing Berrinba, Marsden, Representing Priestdale, Springwood,
to Elders past, present Forestdale, Hillcrest, and part of Park Ridge Waterford West and part of Rochedale South and part of Daisy Hill.
and emerging and and Regents Park. Crestmead.
extends that respect to
all Aboriginal and Torres DIVISION 11 — Cr Natalie Willcocks DIVISION 8 — DIVISION 10 —
Strait Islander peoples Cr Jacob Heremaia Rochedale Cr Miriam Stemp
Representing Flagstone,
in the City of Logan. Representing Heritage Park,
South
Priestdale
Flinders Lakes, Greenbank, Div 1 Representing Carbrook,
Logan Reserve and part of Underwood
Aboriginal and Torres Kagaru, Lyons, Monarch Glen, Springwood Cornubia, Loganholme,
Chambers Flat, Crestmead,
Strait Islander peoples New Beith, Silverbark Ridge, Tanah Merah and part of
are advised that images Park Ridge, Park Ridge Woodridge
Undullah and part of Munruben, Daisy Shailer Park.
of people who may South and Regents Park. Logan Hill
North Maclean, Park Ridge Central
Slacks
Div 3
Creek
now be deceased may South and South Maclean. Shailer
appear in this magazine. Berrinba Div 2 Park
Browns Kingston Cornubia
Forestdale Hillcrest Plains Meadowbrook
Please note some Div 5 Tanah
Div 10
Div 7 Regents Loganlea
images appearing in Park Marsden
Div 6
Merah Carbrook
this edition may have Boronia Heritage
Park Crestmead Waterford Bethania Loganholme
been taken before social Heights
West Eagleby
distancing was required. Edens
Greenbank Park Ridge Landing Div 12
None of the material in Logan
Waterford
Beenleigh
Holmview
this publication may be Reserve
Div 8
reproduced without the Park Ridge Mount
permission of the Chief South Warren
Bahrs Park
Executive Officer, Logan Div 11 Buccan
Scrub
City Council. Munruben Chambers Flat
Windaroo
All content accurate as of Belivah Bannockburn
15 September 2020. New Beith
North Maclean
logan.qld.gov.au Lyons
Stockleigh
DIVISION 12 —
Wolffdene
visitlogan.com.au Silverbark Logan Cr Karen Murphy
Ridge Village
South Maclean
Div 4 Representing
Div 9 Beenleigh, Eagleby,
Flagstone
Monarch Yarrabilba Cedar
Glen Creek
and Mt Warren Park.
Flinders Riverbend
This magazine Undullah Lakes Glenlogan Kairabah DIVISION 6 —
Jimboomba
is wrapped in Kagaru Cr Tony Hall
biodegradable
material. Tamborine Representing Bahrs Scrub,
Cedar Grove
Edens Landing, Holmview,
Loganlea, Meadowbrook
DIVISION 9 — Cr Scott Bannan
Cedar and part of Bethania.
Vale
Woodhill
Representing Cedar Grove, Cedar Vale,
Mundoolun
DIVISION 4 — Cr Laurie Koranski
Glenlogan, Jimboomba, Mundoolun, Veresdale
Veresdale
Riverbend, Stockleigh, Veresdale, Veresdale Scrub Representing Bannockburn, Belivah,
Scrub, Woodhill and part of Chambers Buccan, Cedar Creek, Kairabah, Waterford,
Flat, Logan Village, Munruben, North Windaroo, Wolffdene, Yarrabilba, and part
Maclean, South Maclean and Tamborine. of Bethania, Logan Village and Tamborine.
2 Our Logan is produced and delivered to households and businesses in the City of Logan at a cost of 74 cents.
Welcome to this edition
of Our Logan
Three young Jimboomba Redbacks It’s a great time of year to get out and It’s a promising indication that our youth
players have kicked the kind of goals enjoy our many parks and walkways. and the education sector is thriving in
kids can only dream of. The triumphant Finishing touches have been made Logan—and that we are positioning
trio were instrumental in Queensland to new walkways in Springwood and ourselves to capitalise on the many
winning the rights to host the AFL Slacks Creek pathways and the long- emerging opportunities in our city.
grand final at the Gabba—away from awaited Cedar Vale Environmental
Why not have your say?
Melbourne for the first time in the Centre will open this month. (page 12)
game’s history. (page 6) During October we will be holding
Many of our businesses are also leading
two important surveys. The first is
Securing the match has become a the way as our economy recovers.
our biennial Logan Listens Residents’
matter of state pride for Queensland Jimboomba’s Black Sky Aerospace is
Survey (page 30) and the second is
and will no doubt be viewed as a building a reputation as a leading rocket
our Safe City Survey. Please consider
milestone in reigniting economic activity, manufacturer with several successful
adding your voice.
particularly in our tourism and hospitality launches carrying commercial
sectors. payloads. Start-up father and son We’re interested in how we can improve
business CQSola is testing what could the services provided to you by Council
It’s a sector that’s been hit hard by the
be industry-changing technology. Both and to make our city a safer place to
pandemic and our Council is working
are examples of what can be achieved live and work.
with local business to promote the
with inspiration and entrepreneurial
diverse culinary offering that only a city
skills. (pages 5 and 25)
of 217 ethnic communities can provide.
Council is a proud sponsor of the
Our many restaurants and food-
Catapult Program which encourages
based attractions such as the popular
young people to build their skills by
growers’ markets and the planned
developing and pitching business
Distillery Road Market at Eagleby have
solutions. Several local schools are
the potential to draw large numbers
participating in the program and there
of visitors wanting to taste authentic
is growing support and interest in the
cuisines from around the world.
program. (page 24)
By tempting the tastebuds of
Education is important for the
tourists, Logan is aiming to become
entrepreneurs of the future and
Queensland’s multicultural food capital
many public and private schools are
within five years. (page 4).
also showing the way with a host
The resumption of our Live Well Logan of nominations for excellence and
Active and Healthy programs and innovation. (page 28)
Aqualogan Learn to Swim program are
welcome reminders that summer is
approaching.
Mayor Darren Power City of Logan 3
Dishing up worldly
Residents’ responses to a
recent Council Facebook post on
local dining unearthed some true
flavours for tourism
favourites:
• Gills Indian Cuisine (Flagstone)
• Gateway of India (Springwood)
• Mee Goreng (Marsden)
When Council announced a goal for The plan also involves Council driving • Golden Inn (Jimboomba)
the City of Logan to be Queensland’s business growth and development
• Akai Ushi (Underwood)
multicultural food capital within five by supporting and encouraging
• Teriyaki Tokyo (Rochedale
years, some locals could be forgiven collaboration and innovation between
South)
for asking: ‘Aren’t we already?’ the agri-food, culinary and tourism
sectors. • Asian Kitchens (Greenbank)
Home to 217 different ethnic • Mama’s Place (Springwood)
communities, many Logan residents Logan’s reputation for new food
• House of Instanbul (Loganlea)
know the exciting and eclectic food experiences is already spreading.
• Dine with Joy (Loganholme)
offerings available across the city.
The Global Food Growers’ Markets,
Sharing those exotic flavours and held every Sunday morning in Logan Modern and innovative western
unique dining experiences is seen as Central, are known for an unrivalled dining is also available at:
a positive step to drive tourism and range of fresh locally grown produce • Kiwanda Café (Eagleby)
increase day visits. including ingredients for Asian, African • St Coco (Daisy Hill)
and South American dishes. • Thom and Ann’s (Yarrabilba)
Serving up our multicultural cuisines
will not only create more local jobs The markets were featured by celebrity • Hop Space (Springwood)
but will also help drive our economic TV chef Ainsley Harriott in a show • Extraction Coffee (Slacks Creek)
recovery from the pandemic. beamed around the world last year.
Sweet tooths are catered for at
Council’s food tourism plan is based The City of Logan also boasts Eats & bakeries including:
on successful learnings from other Beats along with a range of market
• Devon Pixies (Logan Village)
regions across Queensland that have and temple offerings that feature
used food as a key tourism experience. home-cooked food from dozens of • Sooo Sweet Mediterranean
local ethnic communities. (Logan Central)
Council’s Food Tourism plan will
incorporate three key strategies: The award-winning Thai Orchid
at Springwood has been serving
• Developing a local seasonal and Other local favourites include:
customers for more than 35 years
diverse food culture that brings the Charcoal Kebab (Woodridge), known
and is one of Queensland’s longest
community together through events for its Afghan dishes, Mongolian King
established restaurants.
and recreation activities (Underwood) for barbecued meats,
The restaurant’s manager, Mandy Sofra (Slacks Creek) for Middle Eastern
• Encouraging Logan residents
Klankaew (front cover), of Rochedale and Indian dishes, American Bourbon
to invite relatives and
South, praised Council’s Food Bar and Grill (Springwood) for US
friends to enjoy local
Tourism initiative. Southern and Creole fare, and The
cuisine
Alley Pit Stop (Slacks Creek) and Uncle
“It not only gives locals
• Capitalising on Logan’s Sam’s (Logan Central) for New Zealand
and visitors the chance to
location to grow day-trip and South Pacific Islander diners.
explore new flavours but a
visits
lot of multicultural dishes And a new restaurant opening
are as healthy as they this month at Browns Plains is the
are tasty,” Mandy upmarket burger outlet Big Buns, run
says. by brothers Esad-Naci and Yunus-
Emre Erol, along with their mates
Oguzhan Cevik and Mohammad
Belal Hamid.
Thai Orchid
chef Sang
Wongwai, of
Rochedale
South. He has
been at the
restaurant for
17 years
Alley Pitstop chef Nathan Fosbeary
4
Jimboomba’s rocket man to expand
From a ‘typical’ rural residential property
in Jimboomba, Black Sky Aerospace
(BSA) is quietly building a reputation in
Australia’s emerging space and defence
industries.
“There’s a lot of excitement around the
technology,” says Blake Nikolic, founder
and CEO of BSA.
“We started the business in March 2018
and by November that year we had
successfully launched Australia’s first
sub-orbital rocket to carry a commercial
payload,” he says.
“In March this year BSA facilitated the
firing of Australia’s first commercially
developed liquid-propellant rocket
engine, by Valiant Space.”
Blake says his involvement with rockets
began while still at school.
Out of school I was heavily involved in
IT and explosives, before I joined the
army as a helicopter pilot.
“Rocketry was a hobby before I
enlisted, but it has quickly grown into a
home-based commercial business.
Blake Nikolic, CEO of Black Sky Aerospace,
“We can build a few dozen (rockets) with a locally built 3-stage rocket
a month, but at the moment we’re
averaging about a dozen a month.
“Our first clients included a university,
that will travel 900 kilometres, more than
testing components of hypersonic
twice the altitude of the space station.
(Mach 5) vehicles, the Australian Centre
for Space Research and a company With the announcement that Australia’s
testing wrist-mounted skydiving defence force will increasingly rely
equipment. on missiles, Blake is optimistic that
BSA can extend its defence-based
“As a sub-orbital flight the rocket
development. Working with those niché manufacturers
returned to earth on our range—‘Funny
makes sense.
Farm Space’—near Goondiwindi where “We already supply some things to
the items were recovered to see how defence and part of our strategy is to “One of our main partners is Laser
they performed under the extremes bring most of the solid rocket (fuel) Central, just outside Logan.”
of acceleration and high atmospheric manufacturing to Australia.
With testing and operations for
friction.
“With the dollar being low and commercial and defence applications
“Space qualification and heritage can COVID-19 highlighting logistical restricted to remote areas in south-west
save companies millions. We can challenges in the supply chain Queensland, Blake expects BSA to
provide a low-cost test to determine we’ve recognised the importance of expand in Logan.
if a space-bound item will withstand a manufacturing here.
“Being close to Port of Brisbane and
launch.”
“We won’t be relying on importation. the airport is important. I’m a Logan boy
Blake says BSA builds rockets of all We have a lot of avionics and telemetry through-and-through. The advantages
sizes, specialising in solid (fuel) rocket here. When you look at rocketry of staying here and expanding are
motors to multi-stage sounding rockets companies, most have a specialisation. obvious,” he says.
5
Redbacks score for Grand
Final deal
Three budding Logan AFL stars have “It will be really, really, really exciting (to Hamish’s dad coaches at the Redbacks
soared above the pack for the mark look back on),” Ryden says. and Hamish has been playing since he
of the year to help bring the 2020 AFL was five.
When Ryden’s mum Michelle Clarke
Grand Final to Queensland.
received a phone call out of the blue, Milan’s grandfather (Pat Wellington)
Jimboomba Redbacks players the kids didn’t believe it. played for Essendon in the 1970s
Milan Wellington, Ryden Clarke and and her dad Max played for QAFL
“I thought my mum and dad were
Hamish Carr (pictured below) were powerhouse Morningside Panthers.
pranking me but the next day we were
in the starting line-up for the State
at the Gabba,” Ryden says. Ryden’s grandfather, Ern Clarke, is a past
Government’s video pitch to AFL
president of Collingwood Football Club.
headquarters in late August. Milan says they were told they wanted
some kids who needed to be fans and Mum Michelle says the video’s
Little did they know they would
players to be part of the pitch to get the success shows the importance of AFL
make national headlines in one of the
Grand Final. community connections.
biggest moments of AFL history—the
announcement of the 2020 AFL Grand “We didn’t think it would be on TV “At grassroots level—the AFL just do it
Final to be played at the Gabba in though,” Milan says. so well,” she says.
Brisbane.
“We thought it would just go to the The growth of the Jimboomba
It is the first time in 123 years that the important people in the AFL. Redbacks is testament to that.
Grand Final will be played outside of
“But now we are the important people,” A few years ago, there were barely
Melbourne, a milestone that is not lost
adds Ryden with a cheeky giggle. enough players to field senior teams
on these young superstars.
each week.
While the AFL machine is enormous,
these three Logan kids were crucial to That’s when the girls’ teams took off
the Queensland pitch. and combined with the juniors, they
kept the club going.
AFL runs in the trio’s blood.
Now the club fields teams across each
age group up to seniors.
The AFL Grand Final will be played at
the Gabba on Saturday, 24 October.
From left, Jimboomba Redbacks
players Hamish Carr, Milan
Wellington and Ryden Clarke
Photo: Bradley Kanaris/AFL Photos
6
Beautiful game brings women together
A local woman’s desire to connect to wanted to be part of an annual Afghan “Making a team is easy, holding one
other young women from her home football tournament that the dedicated together is the important part,” she
country has led to the formation of a women’s team came about. says.
dedicated Afghan women’s football
“Every year, in the Christmas holidays, “I enjoy teaching the girls and helping
(soccer) team with Bethania Rams FC.
the Afghan community from all over them out. I didn’t have that opportunity
Zohal Shahalami saw an opportunity to Australia and New Zealand comes when I first came here.
create a healthy lifestyle and help young together in one city and has soccer
“I was alone and felt left out, so I didn’t
girls feel more comfortable in a new and volleyball tournaments for a whole
play any sports until I made a few
country. week,” Zohal says.
Australian friends because I didn’t have
She took up football not long after “Last year, there were more than 25 the sense of belonging.”
immigrating to Australia with her family boys’ soccer teams while there were
Rams President Adrian Pearce says
in 2013. only four girls’ teams. I decided to put
the club has a long history of women’s
a team together, created an Instagram
“I used to see the boys playing at teams, with the first taking the field in
page and started advertising for Afghan
school and started kicking around with 1987.
girls to come and try out.
them,” Zohal says.
“We have put a lot into our women’s
“It started with six girls, but it grew and
“A teacher suggested I start playing program over the past three years. It is
today we have more than 20 players
for a club, and in 2016 I joined the extremely exciting to have this group at
who come to training every week and
Sunnybank Saints.” the club, giving the girls a chance to get
do their best.”
together and learn how to play football
It was after Zohal joined the Bethania
The social work student said the team in a fun and safe environment.”
Rams women’s team last year and she
represents more than just a game.
The Afghan women’s football team is a proud part of the Bethania Rams
Zohal Shahalami
has brought
together women
from the Afghan
community to
play football
hi!
Introducing the new bin on the block
From July 2021, Council will offer a new The bins will be available to most domestic
green waste bin collection service. and commercial properties (including rental
properties), for a minimum 12-month term.
Collected fortnightly, options available include
either a 140 litre bin ($46 per year), 240 litre For less than $1 a week, the 240 litre bin option
bin ($51 per year) or 360 litre bin ($76 per will save countless trips to the tip.
year). The bins can be filled with garden waste
For more information and to register your
such as prunings, palm fronds and grass
interest and receive a reminder to sign up next
clippings which will be recycled into compost.
year, go to: logan.qld.gov.au/greenwastebin
7
Local artists Sally Terare
(left) and Nicola Hooper,
whose works have been
painted onto pathways
around the city Sally Terare’s Platypus - Wajin street art carpet
Art brings beauty to
our suburban pathways
The works of some of our most Among them is Shailer Park mum-of-
creative artists are getting walked on two Nicola Hooper, a life-long artist.
every day—and that’s a good thing. The former Shailer Park High student’s
recent pathway works include a blue
Council has partnered with a number
and pink peaflower design and another
of local artists to feature their works
entitled Sheoak and Black Cockatoo.
on new pathways and in park
redevelopments across the city. “I create a lot of wallpaper designs so
this was an extension of that,” Nicola
Their art is featured on ‘carpet
says.
rugs’ painted on two walkways
in Springwood–Dennis Road to “But it is my first foray into public art
Murrajong Road, adjacent to and it is so exciting.”
Springwood Central State School, and
Indigenous artist, Sally Terare, of
the recently opened Laurinda Crescent
Springwood, is proud that her work is Rachael Lee’s Pods and Pentagons
to Carol Avenue thoroughfare.
brightening her home suburb.
Street seating shaped like river pebbles
Her platypus street art ‘carpet’ is not
has also been installed as part of
far from another of her works which
Council’s $5 million program to unlock
has been featured in the upgraded
the city-making and commercial hub
entrance to the nearby Springwood
potential of the Springwood Activity
Tower Hotel.
Centre.
Sally had a solo exhibition last year at
Other ‘street art’ across the city
Logan Art Gallery and also featured in
includes colourful ‘picnic blankets’ on
the Our Stories and Designs showing.
pathways as part of the Albert River
Parklands upgrade at Eagleby. “My work hadn’t appeared on a
pathway before but it is great to know
Origami figures were also installed
people are enjoying it and hopefully
alongside the new Slacks Creek
understanding our stories,” Sally says.
Greenlink to complement similar
structures in nearby Paradise Road. Featured artists on the Laurinda
Crescent to Carol Avenue pathway
The artists whose work has been
include Rachael Lee (Pods and
featured have collaborated in recent
Pentagons) and Chrys Zantis (Within
years with the Logan Art Gallery. Some
All Life).
have exhibited there.
Nicola Hooper’s Sheoak and Black Cockatoo carpet
8
A ‘pawesome’ dog’s tale
A lost dog in Logan has found a new Rosalyne says the family had only Fast forward two weeks and still without
home more than 3,500 kilometres away arrived back in Australia in late June an idea of where he had come from,
in Darwin in a saga that had more twists after living in Mozambique for the past Council officers contacted the couple
than a puppy’s tail. eight years running a Non-Government and their four teenage children.
Organisation (NGO).
Northern Territory couple Rosalyne and They jumped at the chance to adopt
Ashley Field’s self-confessed “really They returned to Australia to run an him and fly the Rottweiler at their
interesting story” began on a Logan NGO in the Northern Territory and help expense to their home in Palmerston in
street in late July. indigenous communities in Arnhem the Northern Territory.
Land.
They were talking with friends On arrival, the seven-year-old dog ran
about how much they missed their Rosalyne says they searched for the straight up to the family and settled
Rottweilers, Rocky and Adriane, which owners of the stray dog but came up immediately into a new life and a
they had to leave behind in Africa when empty-handed. new name.
they returned to Australia.
They then took him to the vet and He is now known as Dunamis which is
Just then, they noticed a dog coming discovered he had a microchip from a a Greek philosophical concept meaning
down the street. breeder but no other identifying details. power, potential or ability.
“This Rottweiler walks down the street He was then taken to Logan City “We’re happy he’s here,” Rosalyne
out of nowhere and comes over to us,” Council’s Animal Management Centre in says.
Rosalyne says. Kingston.
“He’s made himself right at home.”
“It is such a strange thing we wonder if The Field family left their contact details
God sent him to us.” and expressed an interest in adopting
the stray if no-one City of Darwin
came forward.
Former lost Logan dog Dunamis
settles into life with the Field family
in the Northern Territory (from back
left) Samuel, Ashley and Rosalyne
and (seated front second from left),
Jordan, Gabriella and Noah
City of
Logan
9
Handy advice that
might save your life
Global
Handwashing
Day on 15
October is more
important than
ever this year, as
an awareness
campaign,
because of the
pandemic.
Richard O’Connor and Debra Bath at
the opening Walk and Talk for Wellness Eagleby GP Dr
event in Underwood Park at Priestdale
Thomas Lyons Eagleby’s Dr Thomas Lyons
says public health
messaging about
the importance of handwashing has been
thorough and consistent but there is no
room for complacency.
Outdoor therapy one step “Even if you’re doing all of the right things
with personal protective equipment, if
you walk into a room where someone
at a time for keen walkers has coughed and spluttered, (and) you
handle things that they’ve coughed over
Walk and Talk for Wellness—the “It is almost organic—people lost and scratch your face, or rub your eye,
name sums it up perfectly. a lot of their usual connections then (viruses) can get into your system like
and support, and not everyone is that,” Dr Lyons says.
The program, the brainchild of a
comfortable with telehealth and “So it (handwashing) really is the final piece
university lecturer and personal
technology.” in the puzzle.”
trainer, was launched in Logan last
month on national R U OK Day Debra says that sometimes talking Dr Lyons says the importance of
(10 September). to someone who doesn’t have a handwashing is now well-documented, not
connection to you, or a vested only in the health sector, but in many other
It allows participants to have a
interest in your situation, frees up industries.
conversation with a trained listener
your capacity to process things.
in an outdoor environment. “Some massive food poisoning outbreaks
The walk and talk sessions are involving hundreds of people have been
Griffith University lecturer Debra
run by the university’s final-year linked to poor hand washing techniques
Bath says the evolution of the
placement students who are about of staff involved in food production. Some
program was a lucky coincidence
to graduate. have caused loss of life.”
between her and co-founder
Richard O’Connor, who is also Walk and Talk for Wellness takes Dr Lyons says when it comes to the best
studying a Bachelor of Counselling place every Thursday from 8am method of keeping your hands clean,
degree. to 11am in Underwood Park, both soap and hand sanitiser are effective,
Priestdale. Sessions also run on when used properly.
“Richard has a background in
the second and fourth Saturday
personal training and we were “A good dose of hand sanitiser—with 70
of the month at Griffith University’s
having a conversation one day,” per cent alcohol—works pretty quickly,
Meadowbrook Campus.
Debra says. it denatures the virus if it is sufficient
For more information or concentration,” he says.
“He had this idea and I have a real
to book a session visit:
interest in nature-based psychology “(But) the research suggests with soap
walkandtalkforwellness.com
—there was just a synergy there. and water you need to do it while singing
Council is running a number of Happy Birthday twice to get sufficient
“Then COVID happened. We
activities during this year’s Mental benefit.”
wanted to develop a program and
Health Week from 10 to 18 October.
there was this situation where More information on Global
people needed something. It was This year’s theme is Take time—for Handwashing Day can be found at:
outdoors and socially distanced so mental health. For more information globalhandwashing.org
the timing just worked. visit: logan.qld.gov.au
10Logan Art Gallery All original Jazz music
Exhibition: 11 September by Adam O’Connor
to 17 October 2020 Friday 6 and 13 November, 7.30pm
Artwaves 2020: Logan and Adam O’Connor will be playing his original Jazz
compositions from 7.30pm at Meadowbrook
adjacent areas secondary on Friday 6 November and at the Mingle
schools art exhibition Markets at Yarrabilba on 13 November.
Artwaves is an annual The songs will be played by a trio and
art exhibition of work taken from an album Adam is recording at
sourced from creative Taramalin studios in Kingston. The album
and talented high school and performances have been made possible
students, demonstrating through a Regional Arts Development Fund
the wealth of imagination grant, a state government program to
and creativity present in encourage local artists.
Logan and surrounding minglemarketsaustralia.com.au/markets
areas.
6 November, 7.30pm at 13 November, 7.30pm at
Image: Taiana Chan Boon,
Worship, 2019, Woodridge State
Meadowbrook Golf Club, Darlington Parklands,
High School, Year 12, acrylic on board Golf Course Drive, Meadowbrook Darlington Drive, Yarrabilba
Exhibitions: 23 October to 28 November 2020 Stopping Time: Material
Prints 3000 BC to Now
Purple rain Ripple effect: out of Stopping Time: Material Prints 3000
Claudia Husband Artwaves BC to Now tells the story of the printed
image from ancient Mesopotamia
Purple rain explores the landscape of Each year Logan Art Gallery selects one to now. Original objects, prints and
‘Jacaranda season’ in Queensland of the outstanding young artists who artworks from the Griffith University Art
through an interactive print installation, exhibited in the annual Artwaves: Logan Museum, the Newcastle Region Art
a series of lithographs and works on and adjacent areas secondary schools Gallery and several private collections
paper. Abundant throughout Australia, art exhibition to mentor in developing will be included.
the blanket of purple blooms that their own solo exhibition.
covers streets in springtime forms a
part of our region’s identity.
Images left to right: Sumerian and Western Asiatic
Cylinder Seals from third-century BC, J.H. Clark
1813, Giovanni Battista Piranesi 1764, Book of Hours
c.1510
A Gympie Regional Gallery touring exhibition in
partnership with Griffith University and Newcastle Art
Gallery.
Image: Claudia Husband, Orchidaceae – Image: Dante Coetzee, Carapu painting, 2019,
Red Disa, 2016, lithograph on paper watercolour and ink on paper
Logan Art Gallery: Cnr Wembley Rd and Jacaranda Ave, Logan Central.
To keep up with the
latest exhibitions: All events have COVID-safe plans in place.
11WHAT’S ON AT
SarUzu
The IsoLate Late Show LIVE quartet
Saturday 21
November, 7pm.
Saturday 24 October, 7pm. Tickets $20.
Tickets $20
Support act, 6pm.
Support act, 6pm.
Pour yourself a quarantini
Sold
and lock in a night out The Saruzu Quartet
out at
with Australia’s biggest meld a love for the
The Tivoli –
now see it in little cabaret powerhouse. esoteric with an
Logan Online smash The ability to absorb
IsoLate Late Show and distil what they
leaps off Facebook and experience, and then reinvent it with a flamboyance that is highly
onto the stage in this brand original and widely accessible. Wearing the influences of flamenco,
new live show, delivering improvised music, jazz harmony, and several hundred years of
the same musical moments, traditional western classical music proudly on their sleeves, Saruzu
outrageous comedy and feel-good are fresh, innovative and energetic.
fuzzies that won over 300,000 online Featuring Andrew Veivers (guitar), Simone Pope (percussion/dance),
fans across the world. Shenton Gregory (violin), Andrew Shaw (double bass) and special
Hosted by Queensland’s first guest Kacey Patrick (vocals).
lady of song, Naomi Price.
This project is supported by
This project is supported by Member the Queensland Government
the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
tickets include
through Arts Queensland. Tour produced by
free drink Red Chair
(Conditions
Apply)
BOOKINGS Phone: 07 3412 5626
In person: Logan Entertainment Centre, 170 Wembley Rd, Online: loganentertainmentcentre.com.au
Logan Central. Mon to Fri 9.30am to 12.30pm. All events have COVID-safe plans in place.
Beenleigh Historical Village and Museum Arts & Craft Market, Sat 17 Oct, 7am to 12.30pm. Entry is a gold coin donation.
Featuring local talented artists and crafters. Stalls are available to book, contact the office on 3382 0608.
Cedar Grove Environmental Centre opens
Located on the banks of the Logan Grove Community Reference Group bushland and riverine restoration
River, the 204-hectare Cedar Grove has resulted in an asset that is 5 per projects in the area.
Environmental Centre will be open to cent infrastructure and 95 per cent
On Saturday 10 October 2020, Council
the community from 10 October. Gates community and environmental uses.
is offering pre-booked small group tours
at the centre will be open daily from
Cedar Grove Landcare and community of the wastewater treatment facility and
5.30am to 6pm.
support organisation Belong were wetlands. These tours will operate using
Access to the centre is via the main gate involved with revegetation of the site, COVID-19 safe practice. Please email
on Cedar Grove Road at Cedar Grove. while the members of Logan Village watercomms@logan.qld.gov.au or
The site has a range of community Men’s Shed donated their time to build phone 3412 9609 to reserve a spot.
facilities – a 2.5 kilometre walking picnic tables and
trail (loop) along the Logan River, four seating from large
picnic shelters with seating, parking, dead red gum The centre features a 2.5km walking
accessible toilets and drinking fountain. trees found on trail along the Logan River
the site.
Dogs on leash are permitted but
camping, horse riding, motor bike riding The Cedar Grove
and fires are not. Landcare Centre
is also based on
Community involvement in master
the site, growing
planning of the site by the Cedar
seedlings for
12In Logan, more than 17,000 people require day-to-day help due
to a disability. Disability Action Week was celebrated across
Queensland in September to raise awareness of disability issues
Access and
and to encourage the wider community to embrace access and inclusion a key
inclusion for everyone, regardless of ability. Our Logan met two
local residents who are benefiting from the National Disability
commitment
Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Logan City Council’s Access and
Inclusion Plan 2019-2022 upholds
the rights of people of all abilities
Independence by guiding our practices across the
organisation and in the community.
It includes 84 actions across nine
the goal for Tovah priority areas as identified by the
Logan community.
In 2019/2020, 16 of those actions
Logan Reserve youngster Tovah Rennie but is also building an independent life
are complete and 35 are in progress.
accesses a range of services through with the help of support workers funded
Highlights from the past 12 months
the NDIS to help with her intellectual through the NDIS.
include:
disability.
The 26-year-old has made candle
• Improved accessibility at Council
The nine-year-old undertakes applied holders, a boot box, and a toy box for
events. At the 2019 City of Logan
behaviour analysis, occupational his niece and nephew. He continues to
Christmas Carols, an Auslan
therapy and speech therapy, and wants improve his skills thanks to his support
interpreter was on stage, while
to grow up happy and as independent worker, Alan.
the event also had a hearing loop
as possible.
Edward, who has Down syndrome, and designated viewing area for
Her mum Chenoa says Tovah also loves also accesses a support worker to get people with a disability.
horse riding, quad bikes, and camping out into the community. And his mum,
• The Beenleigh Aquatic Centre
and kayaking. Susan, could not be more proud.
now has a water-safe wheelchair
Last year, Tovah started attending “With NDIS support, Edward now and an accessible adult change
equine therapy horse riding on has plenty of opportunities to mix facility.
weekends. socially, and he is becoming a lot more
• Council’s website is now more
comfortable away from us,” Susan
“She’s very excitable and energetic and accessible and easier to read.
says.
goes for gold; she is always so calm
• Disability service providers are
with the horse,” Chenoa says. “He loves getting outdoors on both his
identifying opportunities for young
support workers’ farms. Edward loves
In addition to receiving NDIS support, people with a disability to be
animals and quad bikes, as well as trips
Tovah’s family is able to now free up placed in Council’s Traineeship
to the beach, swimming and boating.
their own funds for the family to pay for and Apprenticeship program.
and explore alternate treatment such as “Spending time outdoors together
• Almost 2,000 people participated
bio-medicine. with regular exercise physiology and
in the Move It Logan Program,
physiotherapy also helps Edward with
Logan Village’s Edward Williams not which was funded through a
his fitness levels.”
only builds beautiful wooden products, Sport Australia Move it AUS
participation grant.
Learn more and read the plan at:
logan.qld.gov.au
Edward Williams, of Logan
Village, loves spending time
making woodwork creations
Equine therapy
is helping Logan
Reserve’s Tovah Rennie
13L IB R AR I ES
Robot and science swags Monica McInerney
Borrow a robot or science kit to take home for up to two
weeks – free for library members author event
Borrow some STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts Register your interest to join us online as Monica shares
and Maths) swags to keep your young scientists entertained her new book The Godmothers.
and investigating at home. You can also go in the draw to
STEAM swag kits, featuring robots and science equipment are win an autographed book.
available to borrow for children aged from four to 12. Can’t attend? Don’t
There are 180 Ozobots and 90 Bee-bot rechargeable robots worry, we can send
with instructions and ideas and over 180 science kits with a you the recording link
range of equipment on topics ranging from magnetism to flight. afterwards.
Ozobot robots are suitable for children aged eight or older Register today at:
while Bee-bot robots are for four to eight-year-olds. No loglib.org/monica
additional equipment is needed. Thursday 8 October,
Take flight with science swag kits on a diverse range of topics 7.30pm to 8pm
including: flight, magnetism, mini beasts, animals, light and
colour, sound, and rocks and minerals
for ages four to 12 years.
Bee-bot Ozobot
robot robot
Online selling Sustainable Rat problems
tips beeswax crafts and owl
Tidy up by learning the tricks Learn how to make beeswax solutions
of online selling. Find out how wraps and rolled beeswax candles.
to advertise your item and Presented by Kate Harbourn from No need for poison when we
five mistakes to avoid at all Spring Mountain Honey. already have the solutions. A
costs. Presented by Little Miss great event for either those with
Saturday 24 October rat problems or wildlife lovers.
Organised.
9.30am to 10.10am Presented by Stefan Hattingh,
Thursday 8 October
Landcare Services Manager for
6.30pm to 7.30pm
the Bulimba Creek Catchment
Coordinating Committee.
Saturday 14 November
10.30am to 11.30am
Bookings for these free events are essential. To book, go to: loganlibraries.org/whats-on
14Bird tally is a sight for soaring eyes
The annual Aussie Bird Count is a The data collected assists BirdLife Leading into the official counting
great way to connect with nature in Australia to understand more about period, Logan Libraries will host a live-
your neighbourhood. the birds that live where people live stream Zoom event with bird expert
and establish any trends in Australia’s Professor Darryl Jones, from the
City of Logan residents are being
bird communities. Nathan Campus of Griffith University.
asked to turn their eyes skyward
during October 19 to 25 and support In 2019, the sixth year of the count, in Professor Jones is a behavioural
the national event. a record-breaking effort, Australians ecologist who studies the many and
counted nearly 3.4 million birds in complex ways that humans interact
The count, organised by independent
seven days in their backyards and with, and understand, nature.
bird conservation organisation BirdLife
local green spaces.
Australia is designed to deliver a He will discuss how to bring birds
snapshot of Australian birds at the This included the more than 1,000 back to your garden from 10am to
same time each year. schools which took part across 11am on Saturday, 17 October.
Australia.
Consider your ‘backyard’ as any place Feeding birds is just one way gardens
you feel at home and where you can In 2019, the Rainbow Lorikeet held can be changed into places where
see birds. It could be a suburban onto its top spot by a big margin. wildlife can feel welcome.
backyard, a local park, a patch of
Across Australia more than 400,000 To register for the Zoom event, visit:
forest, down by the beach, or the
Rainbow Lorikeets were counted. loganlibraries.org/whats-on
main street of town.
The rise of the Rainbow Lorikeet To find out more information about the
People can count using the free
highlights the changes in Aussie Aussie Bird Count and to submit your
Aussie Bird Count app or an online
backyards over the past half century, count, visit: aussiebirdcount.org.au
form. You can count as many times as
with traditional European-style cottage
you like.
gardens making way for native
backyards.
Rainbow Lorikeets were the most popular bird
spotted in last year’s Aussie Bird Count
Griffith University’s Professor Darryl Jones
15Pandemic can’t stop
this kitchen of kindness
Con Blaje receives lunch at the Slacks Creek Loaves and
Fishes food outlet, which serves up hot meals for those in
need three days a week
Logan’s Loaves and Fishes food outlet, CEO Pastor Jock Bamford says it is A $10 spend at the store allows
inspired by one of the best-known open to everyone. customers to receive a trolley of fruit
stories in the Christian tradition, is and vegetables from the Loaves and
“If there’s more of you people out there
certainly living up to its name in 2020. Fishes warehouse, which also arranges
doing it tough because of COVID-19,
and supplies $55 hampers that typically,
Pandemic restrictions meant a tough this is the place to come,” Pastor Jock
feed a family of four for a week.
few months for the organisation but— says.
almost miraculously—there is still plenty On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
“You will be able to purchase food that
to go around. the organisation also serves hot
is a real cheap price and you will be
lunches; asking for a gold coin donation
The outlet, on Monte Street in Slacks able to get a hot meal.
only in return.
Creek, feeds about 1,600 adults and
“Come on down because we are here
1,700 children each week. Pastor Jock says while the COVID-19
to help.”
pandemic has placed extra pressure on
While Loaves and the outlet’s operations, it has continued
Fishes is one of steadily thanks to the efforts of its
Loaves and Fishes CEO Pastor Jock several Logan-based dedicated volunteers.
Bamford is committed to helping
those in need organisations offering
“You’re asking me how it works and I’m
low-priced food for
telling you sometimes I stop and think
those in need, it is
about it myself,” Pastor Jock says.
unique in its three-
pronged approach to “But I put it down to a total and
feeding locals. absolute miracle.
The main arm of “We’ve got eight people doing 30
the outlet is its Cost people’s work so for anybody out there,
Recovery Centre, in if you would like to come and help us
which cheap groceries we would deeply appreciate it.”
are basically ‘a dime a
dozen’.
16D ISASTER M AN AGE M E N T
PREPARE YOUR
HOME AND FAMILY
FOR STORM SEASON
Logan is not immune to the threat of
natural disasters such as bushfires,
floods, heatwaves, landslides and
severe weather. Here are some of the
things that can be done to minimise
the potential impacts and threats that
natural disasters pose to your family,
pets and home:
1. Prepare your home, and secure
loose items in your yard and on
balconies or decks. Trim overhanging
charger, battery-powered radio and 7. Include your pets in your household
tree branches, clean gutters and
spare batteries. emergency plan. Know where you
downpipes.
are going to take them in case you
5. Store copies of important
2. Prepare, update and practise your cannot take your pet with you to an
documents (e.g. insurance papers,
emergency plan with all household evacuation centre.
drivers’ licences, passports) and
members.
some cash (just in case ATMs don’t 8. Go to: disaster.logan.qld.gov.au to
3. Have emergency contact numbers, work) in a portable, waterproof keep up-to-date with disasters and
and other important phone numbers, container. emergency situations in the City of
handy and easily accessible. Logan. For more information, visit:
6. Know your neighbours, and list tasks
logan.qld.gov.au/disasters
4. Keep a well-stocked emergency kit you can help each other with. Think
in a safe and easily accessible place. about people in your neighbourhood
Some essential items are: first aid kit, who might need extra assistance or
non-perishable food and can opener, who may be able to help you in an
10 litres of water in sealed containers emergency.
per person, torch, mobile phone and
Sign up for free early warnings
Get free alerts for potentially The App will also has a “Help me”
severe weather, bushfires and flood feature which sends the user’s
notifications. All you need to do is location and details to an email
go to either the Apple App Store or address and contact numbers.
Google Play Store and search ‘Logan
You can also call Emergency 000, SES
Early Warning’ to download the app.
132 500, Police 131 444, 24 Hour GP
The alerts work anywhere in Australia. with your phone’s GPS showing first
Because they are based on your responders your location.
smartphone’s location as well as your
registered residential address, you will
also receive alerts for wherever you are.
17Active Healthy Programs and
To see all the free and low-cost Live Well
Logan activities happening near you, visit:
logan.qld.gov.au/livewellevents
AQUA ZUMBA
Wednesdays, 5.30pm to 6.15pm – $5
(12 years and over) BOLLYWOOD DANCING BOOTCAMP FOR FAMILIES
Get fit while having fun in the pool with this Thursdays, 11am to noon – $3 Mondays, 6pm to 7pm – $2 (free for
energetic dance fitness class. To register, (21 years and over) children under 12 years) (All ages)
phone Gould Adams Park Aquatic Centre
on 3462 0269 or email: Learn to tell stories through the art of Saturdays, 7am to 8am – $2 (free for
kingston@cityaquatics.com.au Bollywood dancing. This activity is a fun children under 12 years) (All ages)
way to exercise and connect with others
while getting a full body workout. To register, A training group designed to make health
phone Eagleby Community Centre on and fitness fun for families. Children of
3807 3833 or email: all ages are welcome. To register, phone
noeleen@eagleby.org.au SilverBackZ on 0410 848 345 or email:
info@silverbackz.com.au
LEARN TO WAKEBOARD
Fortnightly on Saturdays, 9.30am to
11am – $5 (8 years and over)
This Learn to Wakeboard program caters
for every level. With training from qualified
coaches, you’ll be on top of a wakeboard
and hitting the ramps sooner than you think!
To register, phone Bayside Wake Park on
3287 7777 or email:
cableski@bigpond.com
MINI MELODIES
Fridays (school terms only), 9.30am to
INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION
10.30am – $5 (3 to 5 years)
SOURDOUGH COOKING Saturdays (school terms only), 10.45am
Saturday 7 November, 10am to noon – to 11.45am – $5 (12 years and over)
Learn all about music with fun games, songs, $5 (12 years and over)
dancing and more! This activity will also Find greater calm, clarity and contentment
teach children basic AUSLAN in an inclusive This class will teach you the basics and during this meditation class. Please bring a
musical group. To register, phone Mind benefits of sourdough cooking. To register, yoga mat. To register, phone For the Folk
Melodies Tutoring and Music Lessons on phone Good Genes Health Clinic on Yoga and Wellness on 0406 111 663 or
0410 800 104 or email: 0412 333 043 or or email: email: forthefolk@outlook.com
mindmelodiestml@gmail.com julie.goodgenes@gmail.com
18 All events have COVID-safe plans in place.Body Love
Bootcamp for
teen girls
They call themselves the Body Love
Squad—and they've been making
lifelong friendships and working out—
while promoting body love and self- Tenisha Shaylee Gow,13, of Flagstone and Nataly Santo,
esteem. 13, of Cedar Vale
Nataly Santo, 13, from Cedar Vale, first now I stop and chat with them every
joined the free bootcamp program two day.”
years ago.
And it's not just about getting fit—the
“My mum found it on social media and girls have a lot of fun too.
HAPPY HEARTS of course, like most people, I was very
Thursdays, 9am to 10am – $5 nervous but Kym, our instructor, and all ‘The bootcamp inevitably
(18 years and over) the other girls made me realise it was
Reduce your risk of heart disease with a positive environment and there was improves your fitness—
nothing to stress about.”
this tailored program for happy hearts.
This activity combines physical activity,
whether we are planking,
Tenisha Shaylee Gow, 13, from
strength exercises and education. An
exercise physiologist will take these Flagstone, says she also enjoys
skipping, running or
sessions. To register, phone Physio on the weekly class at the Flagstone just getting great core
Chatswood on 3803 2100 or email: Amphitheatre.
reception@physioonchatswood.com.au
“I saw a flyer and thought I would give it
muscles from all the
a go. I've really enjoyed it. It's local and laughing we do together.’
easy to get to—and it's free.”
“I found a great improvement in my
Nataly found that the program had a netball and I believe Kym’s program
great impact on all aspects of her health helped me to make it into our local
and well-being. representative netball team for the last
“The friends I’ve made at Kym's classes two years,” Nataly says.
will last a lifetime. There are people at “We all love and adore Kym, she makes
my school who I would never have met all activities great fun no matter your
if it wasn’t for Kym's bootcamp, and fitness level. It's very inclusive and no
one ever feels left out. That's why so
many girls come along each week.”
The Body Love Bootcamp for
Teen Girls is a weekly event on
Tuesdays from 5pm to 6pm at
the Flagstone Amphitheatre,
Parkside Dr, Flagstone.
Social distancing
requirements are in place.
The class is free and
BOOST YOUR FITNESS funded by Council's active
Mondays, 10.30am to 11.30am – and healthy program, Live
$5 (40 years and over) Well Logan.
Thursdays, 10.30am to 11.30am – For more information,
$5 (40 years and over) contact KK Body Worx at:
This gentle group exercise class kkbodyworx@gmail.com
promotes good health and physical or visit: logan.qld.gov.au/
activity. An exercise physiologist will livewellevents for more activities
take this class. To register, phone in Logan.
Resolve Health on 5546 3366 or email:
reception@resolvehealth.com.au Kymberley Sant, from KK Body Worx, is a
much-loved Live Well Logan provider All events have COVID-safe plans in place.
19Logan Village State
School students
(from left) Mia Glyde,
Destiny Smart,
Molly Scully and
Bradley Shaxson
assist in the
sod turning for
construction of
the new adventure
playground in Logan
Village Green
Green becomes
great thanks to youthful imagination
A flying fox, trampolines and a bird’s ropes, a dry creek bed flanked by assemble in safety for events including
nest play structure are among the timber steppers and balance beams, Anzac Day commemorations.
new features of a community-inspired a universal access spinner and an all-
A safety camera is already installed in
adventure playground now under abilities multi-swing.
the area, which is monitored 24/7.
construction as part of a $1.6 million
Additional works in the Village Green
upgrade of the Logan Village Green. Council invested $1.1 million into the
upgrade include a small amphitheatre,
upgrade while the project also has
A ‘Place to Play’ event last year a shelter and seating, a barbecue, an
received $500,000 from the Federal
focused on engaging local children and upgraded water bubbler, additional
Government’s Building Better Regions
other community members to assist lighting and signage and an avenue of
Fund Round 3.
in providing ideas for the design of the large trees.
playground. Works are scheduled to be completed
The existing war memorial in Wharf
by December, weather permitting.
Other features to be delivered in the Street will be turned around to face
upgrade include totem poles with the Green, which will allow crowds to
Logan Water support a boost for Raiders
Life hasn’t been easy for sporting codes Partnership, drove past the Middle H&H Civil who donated machinery and
this year. Green Sports Club each day on his way labour, we were able to repair it.”
to work and noticed the bad state of
Shutdowns and pandemic restrictions Logan Water also donated a new
the driveway and parking area.
have impacted competitions from the barbecue to help with club fundraisers.
professional to grassroots level. “It was badly washed-out and rutted
David says the work of the Logan Water
and really needed a bit of TLC,” Steve
But for one Logan sports organisation, partnership has helped the club in what
says.
2020 has had a silver lining thanks to has been a challenging year.
Logan Water. He pulled up and had a chat with the
Middle Green Sports Club manager
Logan Water recently constructed a
David McBey and a plan was hatched.
10 kilometre trunk wastewater pipeline
between Greenbank and Flagstone to “We had left-over gravel and materials
service the region’s growth. from the pipeline project that was
perfect for repairing the driveway,”
As a responsible utility provider, Logan
Steve says.
Water is always looking at ways it can
give back to the communities impacted “It took a couple of days of work but
by these necessary works. with the help of the President of the (From left) Middle Green Sports Club manager; David
Greenbank Raiders Rugby League club, McBey, Greenbank Raiders Rugby League club president
Site Supervisor on the pipeline project, Malcolm MacKay and Logan Water partner Steve
Malcolm MacKay, and delivery partner
Steve Kapernick, from the Logan Water Kapernick take a walk on the club’s new driveway
20Finance wizard returns to his roots
Former Logan resident Noel Whittaker revisits historic
Mayes Cottage. The renowned financial advisor and
media personality went to Kingston State School when it
was a one-teacher operation
For decades Noel Whittaker has Noel recently took a trip back to Logan training classes and always looked
provided ordinary people with sound with one of his oldest friends, Graeme forward to it because I got to buy fish
and relatable financial advice. Fry. and chips and strawberry milkshakes
which were not available in Kingston.
His 22 books, national syndicated Graeme is a descendant of the
columns and radio spots have made pioneering Cordingley family who are “The train station was the focus of the
him a household name in the world of buried at Kingston Pioneer Cemetery town and the post office was at the
personal finance. on Bega Road along with many of the station.
other names that are synonymous with
But what is perhaps not as well known “Our phone number was Kingston six
early Logan.
is his connection to Logan, which runs and I remember making phone calls
back to the early days when our city Graeme’s grandfather, John Cordingley, by standing on a stool and asking the
was just a patchwork of farms. was the local blacksmith. operator for a number.
His maternal grandfather, John Juers, Noel was educated at Kingston State “My best friend was Trevor Armstrong
was one of several landholders who School, a one-teacher school back from Loganlea—they had a big farm
financed the Kingston Butter Factory then. there.
(KBF) in the first decade of the 1900s.
“I remember going to Mayes Cottage “I would ride my bike locally every
“My grandfather was the manager at to talk to Mr and Mrs Mayes about the weekend to do activities with Trevor.”
the butter factory and that’s where my old days in Logan for an assignment,”
Noel’s family left for the big smoke of
father met my mother, who worked in Noel says.
Brisbane in his teens but Logan remains
the office,” Noel says.
“We sat out on the balcony and they close to his heart.
“My dad was the manager at the told me the stories about the Aborigines
“I guess the great thing was the
piggery which took up pretty much all of they used to meet around here.”
freedom—I never wore shoes until I was
Kingston and had about 2,000 breeding
His barefoot life in Logan seems a 14—and all my spare time was walking
sows.
world away from the lofty heights of around the farm and doing activities like
“It was Australia’s largest at the time the boardroom, but Noel revels in his milking cows and also earning money
and when it was sold in 1955 it was humble beginnings. by seeding pumpkins.
on the front page of Country Life
“I remember going to Beenleigh on the “It’s amazing going back and seeing
(newspaper).”
rail-motor every fortnight for manual how much Logan has changed.”
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