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weekender Saturday 3 October 2020 Bucca boy leads Queensland drone spraying innovations Exciting Boreham Park upgrade starts soon Flame burns bright on the drag strip Jaimee McLeod Art becomes full time job
contents
3 Exciting Boreham
Park upgrade
starts soon
4 The Cookie Daze
fresh as a daisy
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End of an era
for the Federal
Backpackers Hostel
6
What’s on in
the Bundaberg
Region
7
State road
upgrades an
advocacy priority
8 Local grower
goes nuts for
ag tech
Cover story
9 Bucca boy leads
Queensland drone
spraying innovations
10
Aerial imagery
identifies Photo of the week @jodimeister
crop health
11
Annual Rotary
book sale
bigger than ever
12
Jaimee McLeod Art
becomes full
time job
14
Flame burns
bright on the
drag strip
17
Paul Perry’s
Shimmering Gold
wins state award
18 Childers garden
oozes old-world
charm
20 Sports -
Surf League
NEWS
Adventure style play will be part of the Boreham Park upgrade following community requests.
Exciting Boreham Park
upgrade starts soon
Megan Dean
Work starts soon on exciting Boreham “We thank those community members that came
Park upgrades which will introduce forward to help form this design, identifying that
water and nature-based play was what local
new play equipment including an families were looking for.
adventure tower, water play and peddle
loop path.
We thank those
The timeline for the project has been revealed
and is expected to be ready for families to enjoy community members that
by mid-2021.
Bundaberg Regional Council’s parks and came forward to help
gardens portfolio spokesperson Cr Wayne
Honor said the significant project would take
form this design.
about nine months to complete.
“Residents will notice work beginning soon to “Exciting features like the adventure tower with
remove some of the older equipment to make rope bridge, large slide and climbing elements
way for our new play area,” Cr Honor said. and in ground trampolines combined with zero
“This work will be under way until the end of the depth water play and existing equipment will
year with construction and installation of the make this park a premier play destination for
new play equipment to begin early in the New kids of all ages.”
Year. Construction fencing will be erected in mid-
“Excluding any unforeseen delays or inclement October with the removal of the monorail, ‘Hip
weather we hope to have the entire upgrade Hop’ and small see saw to be completed by
completed by June 30.” December.
Divisional representative Cr John Learmonth The pump track will not be accessible during the
said extensive community consultation had upgrades as it will be fenced off for safety.
been undertaken to ensure the Boreham Park Pathway lighting will also be installed along the
upgrade catered to the needs of residents. central pathway to improve accessibility for
“It’s so rewarding to see this project coming park users.
together – it really has been a whole of This project is a joint initiative of the Queensland
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community effort,” Cr Learmonth said. Government and Bundaberg Regional Council.
BUSINESS
The Cookie Daze officially launched in July and orders are now flying out the oven door as Carmen believes she has filled a hole in the local market.
The Cookie Daze fresh
as a daisy
Emma Reid
Inspired by the birth of her “Then I also have choc chunk cookies, peanut
granddaughter Daisy, Bargara’s Carmen butter brownie cookies, and oatmeal and raisin
cookies.”
Delorie is baking a new business with
Keep an eye out for cookie of the month
The Cookie Daze.
The grandmother said she would also be
Carmen’s background is in computers, where releasing a special edition recipe with a cookie
she worked as an IT engineer for 18 years, of the month.
but she found after moving to the Bundaberg October is set to be a caramel-filled cookie,
Region from Maitland early this year, a change and a rum and raisin cookie is in the works to
of lifestyle brought about her new passion in the celebrate the festive season during Christmas
kitchen. time in December.
The Cookie Daze officially launched in July “Business has really taken off, and I think it’s
and orders are now flying out the oven door mostly word of mouth, I sell my cookies via
as Carmen believes she has filled a niche in the Facebook and Instagram,” she said.
local market. “I’m a bake-at-home business, and I bake every
“The reason why I started The Cookie Daze was week on demand.
because when my daughter (Alex) gave birth “I bake to sell, I don’t bake to store, so all my
to her second child, she was gifted a box of cookies are fresh and best eaten within four
cookies, and I thought that was rather special,” days.”
Carmen said. Carmen said she can bake a batch of pre-ordered
“I made a batch and my daughter said I should cookies in the morning and have them ready in
start to sell them, and I decided to name the the post the same day, with overnight delivery
business The Cookie Daze, after her daughter to most parts of Queensland, or collected locally
Daisy.” that afternoon.
Carmen said she currently has four varieties “I never imagined I would be doing anything like
of New York styled cookies, with the signature this,” Carmen said.
recipe being The Cookie Daze choc chip and “Without the birth of Daisy I definitely wouldn’t
macadamia, using local macadamias. be, it never crossed my mind to step away from
“I use locally sourced macadamias from IT and turn toward baking, but I really love it.”
Marquis Macadamias, and these choc chip and To find out more about The Cookie Daze click
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macadamia cookies are quite popular,” she said. here.
NEWS
Federal Hotel with Bill Emerick Snr, Proprietor. Photo credit: Picture Bundaberg.
End of an era for the
Federal Backpackers Hostel
Megan Dean
Demolition of the Federal Backpackers According to Nev Rackemann, in his compilation
Hostel will be finalised in early October titled Bundaberg and District Buildings and
Structures with Notes of Historical Significance,
marking the end of an era for the the hotel cost just $4800 to construct at the
historical CBD building. time.
Fire ripped through the hostel earlier this year “This hotel was erected to take advantage of the
leaving the building at imminent risk of collapse. northern railway link from Maryborough,” Nev
After an assessment by structural engineers wrote.
the building was deemed dangerous and initial “Early in the 1900s contractor N C Steffensen
demolition was carried out to make the area added a third storey.
safe.
“When the hotel was placed on the market in
August 1986, it was valued at $700,000.”
The remainder of the The fire is not the first disaster to strike the
Federal Backpackers Hostel.
demolition will be carried On April 7, 1921 the Maryborough Chronicle,
out in coming days. Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser reported
the hotel lost its roof in the “severest cyclonic
disturbance in the history of Bundaberg”.
The remainder of the demolition will be carried
out in coming days, along with the demolition “The rear portion of the Federal Hotel roof was
of the Spotted Dog Tavern which was also blown off into Bourbon [sic] Street,” the article
impacted by the fire. said.
Originally the Federal Hotel, the building has “In front of the Federal Hotel the electric lighting
featured prominently in the CBD landscape wires were snapped by portion of the falling
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since 1889. roof.”
6 Oct Introduction to 3D Printing
Bundaberg Library
2:30 PM Tuesday 6th October
29 Aug A Bridge Through Time
A Brief History of Bundaberg’s Iconic
- 18 Oct Bridges by the Queensland Department
of Transport and Main Roads.
29 Aug FOUND! Studio Dog Exhibition
Local artist Adrienne Williams has
- 18 Oct curated the works of 40 artists in
Gallery One & Vault spaces.
29 Aug Art as an Act of Optimism
A retrospective of the #artsbundyathome
- 9 Nov initiative and the artworks created during
shutdown due to COVID-19.
19 Sept 2020 Hinkler Hometown
Holiday Special
- 5 Oct Are you a local resident of the
Bundaberg Region and looking for
some school holiday fun?
4 Oct 2020 Carinbundi Foundation
Charity Golf Day
The Carinbundi Foundation charity
golf day is happening again.
2020 Bullyard Country Markets
Great little country market with an array
of stall types.
Be the 2020 Rum City Hardtop Rumble
Show & Shine
first to know
Are you a car enthusiast?
9 Oct 2020 Gidji Art Community
Mosaic Workshop
whatsonbundaberg.com.au This event is a tiling mosaic which will
be held weekly, every Friday up until
project is completed.
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NEWS
Cr Jason Bartels, Mayor Jack Dempsey with long term Moore Park Beach residents Lyndsey Brown and Peter Gillies on Moore Park Road.
State road upgrades an
advocacy priority
Megan Dean
State road upgrades should be an “There’s 2600 people that live at the end of that
election priority according to local road and there are three sections that have very,
very low flood immunity.
residents who feel funding hasn’t kept
pace with growing communities. “Just a short, sharp storm can close that road
very quickly.
Four state roads have been highlighted in
“That’s not really good enough for a community
Bundaberg Regional Council’s 2020 Advocacy
the size of Moore Park Beach.”
Priorities document including Moore Park,
Goodwood, Rosedale and Gin Gin Roads. Resident Lindsay Brown agrees.
Bundaberg Regional Council General Manager He’s called Moore Park Beach home for a
Infrastructure Services Stuart Randle said the quarter of a century and drives that stretch of
state-controlled roads provided vital links for road regularly.
smaller communities within the region. “Moore Park Road, for the amount of traffic it
“For quite some time we’ve been asking for the carries, it’s just underserviced, it’s in great need
State Government to spend a bit more money of upgrading,” Lindsay said.
on the key routes that service the Bundaberg “The amount of traffic it’s carrying these days,
Region,” Stuart said. I’ve been here for 25 years and the improvements
haven’t kept up with the increase in traffic load.”
“Goodwood Road, which runs between
Bundaberg and Childers as the backup to the He said he would estimate he’s been cut off
Isis Highway, has seen a 28 per cent increase in from Bundaberg about 12 times - if he were
traffic volume in the last ten years. being conservative.
“We think this road should be reclassified as a “Perhaps they should look at their priorities and
higher order state road which would increase its upgrade it according to the amount of traffic
chances of securing appropriate funding.” that is using it these days.”
He said Moore Park Beach Road was also in View the 2020 Advocacy Priorities document,
including more information on state road
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need of upgrading.
upgrades, here.
BUSINESS
Ag tech innovations
Drones
and data in
high tech
farming
A local macadamia farm is trialing the use of local ag tech innovations to improve tree health and yield. PHOTO: Australian Macadamia Society, Chris Sweetapple Photography.
Local grower goes nuts for ag tech
Megan Dean
From drones to data collection, “This is our second season into the trial.
a Bundaberg macadamia farm “The trial last year was successful but we wanted
has entered its second year of an to incorporate a little bit more technology this
time, so we’re using this as a showcase of the
extensive ag tech trial that combines technology.”
the expertise of a number of local
Paul said there were so many ag tech companies
businesses. cropping up throughout Bundaberg that it was
Suncoast Gold Macadamias grower services a great opportunity for local growers to take
officer Paul Hibbert said the combination of advantage of the opportunity to save time and
high-tech products and software had made money.
the Hummock Road farm a showcase for other “There’s a lot of guys jumping on board here
growers. and a lot of clever people around.
“We’re really focusing on technology in this “My idea with this trial is to try and bring it
area and we believe that it’s definitely the way together and see if we can all work as a team
forward,” Paul said. and get to that end further and quicker.
“We’ve seen really good advances in yield and “There’s some great companies here and I think
quality by incorporating technology.” it’s going to get even better.”
The varied range of gizmos and gadgets Paul said the trial had already seen an
measures everything from tree health, soil improvement in tree health compared to the
moisture and temperature, sap flow and even control but this early in the trial their goal was
pest, weed and disease presence before simply to continue monitoring the data.
bringing the data together on an online platform
for analysis. He encouraged other growers to consider the
benefits of ag tech.
“We’re flying over RedEdge cameras with the
drones to check various levels in the tree and “I want to just get the industry moving forward
health levels. with this.
“Then we’ll incorporate all of that together onto “The technology’s been around for quite a while,
a software to assess what yield and quality has but it’s now affordable, and it’s more understood
than it used to be.”.
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improved through there.
BUSINESS
Ag tech innovations
Drones
and data in
Jamin Fleming can target specific trees or crop areas for treatment with pinpoint accuracy.
high tech
farming
Bucca boy leads Queensland
drone spraying innovations
Megan Dean
Growing up on a Bucca cattle farm “You can fly five drones at once, so cover a lot
Jamin Fleming’s no stranger to the more area with that as well.”
agriculture industry but he’s bringing He’s already contracted with farms throughout
Queensland assisting with crops ranging from
innovation to the field with his Oztech corns, sweet potatoes and orchards.
Drones spraying technology.
His drone has a seeder on board which can even
The 26-year-old launched the business last help farmers sow their crops from the air.
year and it wasn’t long before it really took off, The drone technology offers time and cost
becoming a full-time job. efficiencies, identifying problem areas with
“When we started it was just to help out but pinpoint accuracy for specific treatments.
now it’s become a real business opportunity,” “It’s all automated, we plan, we map out the
Jamin said. area, find where the field is, and all the affected
“We do different spray applications in hard to areas that we need to spray.
reach areas, wet areas, just areas that they don’t “Then the drone just goes and sprays those
want to damage their crop. areas.
“Everything’s automated so that it makes it “All we do is just mark it on the on the map that
more accurate so that we know exactly how we’ve already taken on the app, and then the
much chemical we’re putting on. drone just goes out and sprays that tree.
“So we can reduce the chemical rate and also “If it’s you know, 10 hectares or 100 hectares
we’re not spreading any chemical where it that we want treated in that area, we can spray
doesn’t need to go.” all that.”
Oztech Drones is one of the only operators in He said it was also beneficial for the treatment
the state offering agricultural drone spraying of diseased areas where ground rigs may spread
and Jamin said they’ll soon be one of the first in the disease during treatment.
Queensland to launch swarm operations.
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BUSINESS
Ag tech innovations
Drones
Craig Corpe from Bellamish Aerial Imaging Solutions produces thermal imaging to identify unhealthy trees for local farmers. and data in
high tech
Aerial imagery identifies farming
crop health
Megan Dean
Craig Corpe can tell farmers how their “So we can find the stress level of trees based
crop is performing with the press of a on the chlorophyll output.
button, sending his thermal imaging “Pests within the trees will come back with a
different intensity, a different light, so that we
drone whirring across fields. can see where they are at.
Recently launching his business Bellamish Aerial “But generally, crop health is the big thing that
Imaging Solutions Craig said he can provide we’re getting using a red edge camera.”
farmers with an overview of crop health with
relative ease. When combining Bellamish Aerial Imaging
Solutions with other smart technology Craig
His drone has an imager with five cameras which said it can provide benefits for broadacre crops.
records five specific bands of the light spectrum.
“Not only can we get crop health, but we can
“We upload those images into specific software also feed in a request information based on the
and algorithms are run,” Craig said. levels of health.
“By selecting a variety of those spectral bands, “And we’ll get a what looks like a topographic
we’re able to calculate crop health, and a series map, but it’s a fertiliser map and that then can
of crop indices, as they’re called, to tell us where be loaded into their tractors.
the crop is at from a health point of view, early
stage growth, we can also detect weeds in in “Then they will self-automate how much fertiliser
the crops.” is required on the less healthy areas.
Craig recently identified a section of stressed “It’ll spread more fertiliser, and as it runs into
trees on a local citrus farm allowing the grower a healthier area, it may even choose to put no
to revive them before their health declined fertiliser on.
beyond repair. “So instead of them saying yeah, I need to
“We actually isolated 11 trees that we felt that spread 100 kilos per hectare, some parts might
more than likely the watering system wasn’t be higher than that in other parts way less than
working, they were very stressed trees. that.
“The amount of fertiliser required is put where
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it’s needed.”COMMUNITY
Dave Baldry with some books that will be available at the annual Rotary Book Sale.
Annual Rotary book sale
bigger than ever
Wayne Heidrich
It’s been a longer wait than usual for “We do men’s shelter packs, we do water
the annual Rotary book sale but an wells in Cambodia, we do drought relief funds,
indigenous camp, youth projects, we sponsor a
“Aladdin’s Cave of book treasures” student to the science fair.”
awaits in what will be the biggest Entrance to the book sale to be held at the
event yet. Recreation Precinct is via University Drive.
This year’s book sale, which is a joint initiative
between Bundaberg Regional Libraries and
Rotary Club of Bundaberg Central will be held
at the Recreation Precinct from 9-11 October. We’ve got more
Rotary Club of Bundaberg Central president
David Baldry said residents could expect a large
books and we’ve got a
range of books, magazines, puzzles, DVDs and
CDs across a wide variety of genres.
bigger premises so
“We normally have it in July so it’s been three it’ll be huge
months longer this time,” David said.
“So we’ve got more books and we’ve got a
bigger premises so it’ll be huge.” Rotary asks that anyone feeling unwell does not
attend this event, with normal COVID restrictions
Funds raised from the annual Rotary book sale to apply.
are split with 60 per cent going towards Rotary
initiatives and 40 per cent assisting with the
library’s literacy programs. Cash and Eftpos payment
David said the funds were vital for many of will be available.
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Rotary’s regular projects.ARTS
Jaimee McLeod is currently painting a large native flower mural for Three Pines Honey, and then she will move on to a mural for the new local gym FitStop.
Jaimee McLeod Art becomes
full time job
Emma Reid
Softly spoken Jaimee McLeod is Business is booming for Jaimee McLeod Art
ambitious, at 21 she has the world at “It was the end of the financial year, during June
feet, a strong head on her shoulders, this year, I posted a sale on my social media
and paint brush in hand. when I realised I could paint for a living,” Jaimee
said.
Last week Jaimee left her job of eight years at “From the sale I ended up having to hand
Rise the Bakehouse to become a full-time artist. paint 70 orders – I was just blown away by the
Launching Jaimee McLeod Art the future is response.
already bright for the self-taught painter, who is
elbow-deep in commissioned work.
“Things have all changed dramatically for me, I’m
redoing my art space at the moment, painting a
Last week Jaimee
large mural and my pet portraits,” she said. left her job of eight years
“I actually never thought I would become a full-
time artist, it just happened. at Rise the Bakehouse
“I was criticised a lot for my art during school – to become a
but I guess this just made me more determined.
“I guess now, it was that push I needed to follow full-time artist.
through with my art.”
Jaimee began painting as a young girl. “My pet portrait earring are my best sellers, I
She started her business Jaimee McLeod Art in brought them out in June and they have really
May 2019, and now it’s booming with a creative taken off.
range of works, including earrings, pet portraits “People loves their pets, not only in Bundaberg,
and she’s even illustrated a local children’s book. but I have shipped work to America and
12Singapore – I don’t even know how some of the
customers found out about me!”
Along with small commissioned artwork Jaimee
is currently painting a large native flower mural
for Three Pines Honey, and then she will move
on to a mural for the new local gym FitStop.
“At the end of last month, I finished illustrating
Matt Barker’s second book, which was a first for
me and really fun,” she said.
Apple Tree Creek Honey’s Gillian Enslin is
taking advantage of owning 45 beehives
as she whips up meals using her pure
honey, including this succulent honey and
lemon chicken recipe.
Succulent
honey and
Customer made Christmas pet portrait earrings made by Jaimee McLeod Art.
lemon chicken
“At the end of Ingredients
3 juicy lemons
last month, I finished 50g butter
illustrating Matt Barker’s 3 tbsp clear honey
leaves from 4 rosemary sprigs
second book . . .” 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
8 chicken pieces, such as thighs and
“I’ve had lots of reoccurring customers especially drumsticks, with skin
from people in Bundaberg who love their pets. 750g potatoes, peeled and cut into
“Doing the pet portraits, I’ve actually learnt smallish chunks
more about particular breeds of dogs and cats – Green salad, to serve
I never thought I would and I really love it.”
Method
STEP 1
Preheat the oven to 2000C/Gas 6/fan
1800C.
Squeeze the juice from two lemons into a
small pan and heat with the butter, honey,
rosemary, garlic and salt and pepper, until
the butter melts and it smells fragrant.
STEP 2
Lay the chicken in a roasting tin – don’t
pile it up or it won’t cook so well.
Add the potatoes and drizzle with lemon
butter to coat evenly.
Cut the third lemon into eight wedges and
tuck them in.
STEP 3
Roast for 50 minutes to 1 hour, until the
chicken is cooked, and the potatoes are
crisp and golden.
To find out more about Succulent honey and lemon chicken is
Jaimee McLeod Art delicious and goes well with a serve of
green salad.
CLICK HERE
13LIFESTYLE
Flame Howard on her Harley headed for another slick time at Benaraby Dragway.
Flame burns bright
on the drag strip
Wayne Heidrich
Childers dynamo Flame Howard “People ask me if I’m scared going that fast. I
scorches down the dragstrip and say, only for 11 seconds,” she said.
makes a striking impression with her Being a woman and being older have never
been barriers for Flame.
bright personality wherever she goes.
“I only started drag racing six years ago at age
Sitting on a Harley Davidson and tearing along 50,” she said.
at 200kmh is just part of the ride which life has
given the aptly named Flame.
Flame Howard, who is instantly recognisable
wherever she goes due to her vibrant hair colour,
. . . tearing along at
has more facets and sparkle to her personality
than a newly cut diamond.
200kmh is just part
Bike devotee, drag racer, rock and roll singer/ of the ride which life
musician, Andalusian horse trainer, guard dog
trainer, partner and mother are some of the has given.
pathways that have shaped Flame’s passion for
life and her highly infectious can-do attitude. “Someone said to me ‘Don’t know about you
Currently number one on the competition ladder doing that old girl – you could make a fool of
following five rounds in the Central Queensland yourself’.
Drag Racing Championships, Flame Howard “That sort of negativity inspires me. Anyone and
recently achieved a personal best by producing everyone, I don’t care who you are, is capable of
a run of 11.2 seconds, clocking an eye-popping achieving anything. You just have to have a go.
122mph (196.34kph).
“I have learned a lot about myself through this
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sport. I believe my reflexes for racing are goodand I have a good ability to focus which is Her group, Flame Classic Rock, is still playing the
important in drag racing.” odd function but she really misses the regular
Flame says she likes to encourage young people gigs performed pre-virus.
in particular to head to speedways if they want “I started off playing country music and have
to hoon. performed with the likes of Slim Dusty. Getting
“It’s a safe and controlled environment,” she into rock ’n roll I had some great times with
said. bands like the Angels and Ted Mulry. I performed
quite a bit with the late Phil Emmanuel.”
“They can do burnouts and speed to their heart’s
content without risking their lives, upsetting the Training Andalusian or Pure Spanish Horses is
community, or drawing the attention of police. something Blaze has occasionally engaged with
and is currently working with a couple of horses.
“I was raised on a property near Broken Hill and
living remotely you had to learn to do everything “Years ago I trained them for use in movies and
for yourself. the circus.”
With a couple of rounds remaining in the CQ
Drag Racing Championships Flame is confident
“I started riding bikes her racing bike, a street registered Harley
Davidson Street Bob, will maintain its near-
at seven years of age perfect mechanical condition.
and when it broke you “It’s a sweet machine running on quality S&S
parts and over the past six years only the clutch
had to know how has required replacing.”
The bike is a 385kg beast. How does a slightly
to fix it.” built woman like Flame handle something of
that weight?
“I started riding bikes at seven years of age and “The trick is not to drop the bloody thing,” she
when it broke you had to know how to fix it. confided.
Entertainment was not an option, so we had to “I have a couple more competition rounds
entertain ourselves. at Benaraby Dragway and also an October
“Everyone in the family was musical and we had meeting at Willowbank in Brisbane so, although
some terrific jam sessions as a family.” I currently head the leader board, there’s still
Music is still a big part of her life although work to be done.”
COVID-19 has put a wrecking ball through the If a positive attitude is any measure of success
live music industry. then Flame Howard is already a winner.
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Horses have always been a passion for Flame who was raised on her family’s property near Broken Hill.COME TO
ARTS
Bargara Artist, Paul Perry with his art work Shimmering Gold that was received this year’s People’s Choice Award in the Queensland Regional Art Awards.
Paul Perry’s Shimmering Gold
wins state award
Derek Schlennstedt
Using a range of glittering and glistening tiles to
create the sea and the goldfish, Paul transformed
Bargara Artist Paul Perry has been the brown paper bag into a decadent mosaic
recognised for his ‘Shimmering Gold’ artwork that puts the gold in goldfish.
art work which has been awarded the “The theme was decadence, so the decadence
People’s Choice Award in this year’s was gold. Gold transformed into goldfish and
then shimmering, fancy pearl eyes, glass and
Queensland Regional Art Awards. mirrors,” Paul said.
The aptly called ‘Shimmering Gold’ artwork “It’s a façade though. On the outside it all looks
displays a resplendent goldfish that has been good, but on the inside it’s hollow and may just
intricately plastered onto the side of a brown be life inside of a paper bag.”
paper bag.
“There’s a deeper meaning to the piece and it’s
The goldfish is glistening, glittering, and even about asking us to think about, well, what does
glowing from the small pieces of cracked tiles it feel like to be inside that cooped up space. Is
that it’s made up of, but as Paul describes at the it just that we’re putting on a good façade?”
core it’s still just life in a paper bag.
The artwork which not only received the
“The COVID restrictions had a lot of psychological people’s choice award at Cross Gallery but also
impacts on people and a lot of artists I knew the Queensland Regional Art People’s Choice
became quite uncreative as they got into a Award took about 80 hours to complete.
mental block with artistic creation,” Paul said.
Much of Paul’s colourful mosaic artwork already
“I got this sense that a goldfish in a paper bag features across the Bargara foreshore and Paul
was very much how many people were feeling said he was honoured to be awarded the People’s
this year.” choice award, and that hopefully it would further
The theme for the Queensland awards was cement the work of regional artists.
decadence, and Paul had also used the artwork “The award is a Regional Queensland Award
for an earlier exhibition at the Cross Gallery and its really about showcasing the local
which required a paper bag. creativity from artists in regional areas and from
He combined the two exhibition themes that perspective it was for me an honour to be
together merging his love of mosaic with the awarded this, because I really felt that this was
Cross-Gallery’s paper bag requirement to create a way of putting Bargara and Bundaberg on the
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Shimmering Gold. art map.”LIFESTYLE
Welcome to 59 Station Road, Horton where you’ll find a garden oozing charm. Inset: Helen White is
fascinated by roses with many growing in her garden beds handed down through the generations.
Childers garden
oozes old-world
charm
Wayne Heidrich
There’s more than a touch of old-world “Our first job when we moved in was to clear
charm embedded in the beautiful several large fig trees from close proximity to
the house. They were causing damage as well as
gardens created by Helen and Alan harbouring a colony of flying foxes,” Helen said.
White on their spacious Station Road “We wanted open lawn and with the trees gone
property at Horton near Childers. there was still the problem of the exposed tree
Roses, currently at a luscious full bloom, have roots which is common with Moreton Bay Figs.
regal names like Lady Diana, Princess of Wales “The solution was pretty simple, we just built
and Queen Elizabeth while the garden furniture gardens around and over them.”
is of the rustic type the envy of many gardeners.
Station Road is a quiet country road adjacent to
the Isis Golf Course and the property at number
59 has been in the White family for generations. Their home, an old
Alan and Helen have been at the property for
around six years and those 72 months have
Queenslander, comes
delivered beautiful gardens which border and with its own slice of
dot the lawns and attest to a Helen’s creative
abilities. rich history.
Alan does the heavy lifting. Helen does the
gardening and the artistic elements. The results are sensational with Helen’s
Their home, an old Queenslander, comes with gardening skills and the judicious placement of
its own slice of rich history. It was the original rustic yesteryear furniture providing a beautiful
Childers State School head teacher’s residence balance of garden loveliness and historic
prior to being re-sited at Horton. storytelling.
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Australian
Wildlife Week
There’s a bed with Grandma White’s favourite
roses and geraniums in full bloom. In another
bed is a bicycle, once the conveyance of Alan’s
grandfather who delivered mail for what is now
Australia Post.
Old farming equipment, spoked wheels, a
windmill, garden ornaments and bird feeders all
play a role in creating a stunning story about the
past.
The beds of annuals, bromeliads and orchids
nestle beautifully around the base of many
remaining fig trees while multiple rose blooms
take centre stage in many of the garden beds.
Mindful of the ravages of dry weather Helen
has sourced bales of local cane trash to mulch
her garden beds. At $5 a bale it is significantly
cheaper than commercial mulch and does a
similar job.
Gardening is Helen’s passion. “I’d much rather
be out here than looking after housework,” she
laughed.
The couple’s efforts have created a space that
provides open grassed areas that show off the
charm of their home while the gardens add
interest, vibrancy, and a place where the beauty
of Nature is showcased.
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Alexandra Park
3.30pm on
9 October
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19SPORT Bundaberg Christian College competitors Libby Jordan, Keeley Dunn, Amelia D’Amico and Megan Terry at the Surf League. Photos by Vince Habermann. Sports - Surf League Vince Habermann Students took to the sand and surf recently for St Luke’s Anglican School came in at second the Surf Life Saving Queensland School Surf on 172, followed by Kepnock State High 95, League (Wide Bay). Shalom College continued Bundaberg Christian College 39, Bundaberg its total domination of the annual event by again State High 37, Bundaberg North State High 32.5, claiming big wins, amassing 462.5 points and Fraser Coast Anglican 22 and Urangan State being named Champion School. High 8. Shalom’s Tom Morcom (right) claims the Under-15 Male Beach Flags from Scott Black Riley Dingle (left) edges out Shalom team-mate Kharla Hills in the 16+ Years Female (Bundaberg Christian College) in the Wide Bay Schools Surf League at Bargara. Flags. 20
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Action was fast and furious in the Beach Sprints.
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Bundaberg
St Luke’s students (back) Angus Hill, Joey Vella, Lily Vella, Chris Rudd and (front)
Matthew Thomas at the Surf League.
6 October
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Bill Maule (Kepnock) (right) grabs the 16+years Male Beach Flags in advance of Shalom’s
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