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1 Locals Supporting Locals - Pomona Community House Funded by Department of Communities
An Initiative of Pomona & District Community House Inc. August/September 2012
Cooroora Connect 2
3 Locals Supporting Locals - Pomona Community House Funded by Department of Communities
Saturday - 15 September
@ 9.30am
Plus Yummy Morning Tea….. Brought to you by….Pomona Community House,
Red Cross, Lifeline, Options 4 U
Seminars to save bus route &
increase patronage
The Route 632 bus connecting Cooran and Noosa
Junction via Pomona and Cooroy remains a
‘temporary’ service partly funded by the Sunshine
Coast Regional Council’s transport levy, but needs
more community support to become a permanent link
in the Noosa public transport network.
Its performance came under renewed scrutiny last
month when the Queensland Transport Minister,
Scott Emerson, announced that under-utilised bus
routes across South-East Queensland would be
targeted in a six-month review. Translink, the state
government’s public transport coordination and
funding body, subsidises 16 regional bus companies,
including Sunbus on the Coast, to provide a network
of buses to get people about. The government wants
to redirect its money to buses going to where people
want to travel.
Pomona and District Community House has secured a
Sunshine Coast Regional Council TravelSmart grant
to conduct two free seminars in August and
September to inform people of the convenience of
public transport, including the 632, 631 and 630
services and the passenger trains between Gympie
and Brisbane.
The first will be held at the Lawson Shed, Pomona,
at 10am on Thursday, 30 August 2012, with
another meeting at the Cooroy Library at 10am on
Thursday 6 September. Those attending will be
handed a cash-charged go-card for travel on buses
and trains across South-East Queensland.
We want our Noosa Hinterland towns to be connected
socially, practicality and physically, so that means we
need effective public transport for people to get about
in their community other than by car.
To book a seat at one of the seminars, phone
Pomona & Community House on 5485 2427
Broadband Update
Recently Telstra posted
pamphlets to residents
advising that ADSL2+ was
now available in Pomona.
ADSL2+ delivers speeds of up to 20megabits per
second compared to 1.5megabits per second on
ADSL1.
A number of people have now been connected in areas
where ADSL2 was previously unavailable.
If you would like to take advantage of this upgrade
get in touch with Telstra or Bigpond and apply.
Please Help!!!
Seeking Justice of the Peace & / or Commissioner of Declarations to Volunteer for 2 hours each fortnight to fill the Vacancy at the Pomona Community House.
Training or mentoring available. We invite you to join our friendly, helpful team."
Please contact Dawn Gwynne on 5485 1385 Tuesday, Wed & Thurs Or 0414 890 361 after hours.
Cooroora Connect 4
5 Locals Supporting Locals - Pomona Community House Funded by Department of Communities
St Patrick’s Church gets a makeover
Pomona’s Catholic community is celebrating the 90th birthday
of the historic St Patrick’s church with a complete restoration
of the building. And the race is on to finish the makeover by
21 October 2012, when it will be rededicated by the Most
Reverend Mark Coleridge, the new Archbishop of Brisbane.
Three weddings have been scheduled for late October, so
Noosa Parish Priest, Fr Mark Franklin, is praying that the rain
that has disrupted the building work slightly won’t affect the
deadline.
Heritage and ecclesiastical consultants were used to redesign
the church while keeping its exterior shape and appearance
essentially the same. Whereas the entrance to the church
faced Church Street, this has been enclosed and incorporated
into a new sanctuary and altar. Eventually, stained glass
windows will be fitted at the altar end. The small entrance
sometimes made it difficult to fit coffins through the door and
accommodate large bridal parties, Fr Franklin explained.
The old vestry has been remodelled into three rooms – a
vestry, a room for hearing confessions and a storeroom.
Toilets have been added at the rear. A new foyer is accessed
by two new entrances, one from the church car park, where
disabled access is provided, and the other off Mountain
Street. The galvanised iron roof has been replaced and the
building restumped. Pages furniture factory at Pomona has
been given the task of shortening the pews. At the same time,
they are being sanded and varnished a honey colour.
Fr Franklin said the church would be painted in heritage
colours of dark red for the roof, a yellow exterior and emerald
green trim. “We have tried to redesign and restore St
Patrick’s in a way that respects its heritage value and allows
for it to service the congregation for another 90 years,” Fr
Franklin said. “It is good for the Pomona community
generally to see one of the town’s significant buildings
restored.”
The St Patrick’s catholic parish has about 130 active members
and is growing, according to Fr Franklin. “The old church
accommodated about 145 people, making for a tight squeeze
whenever large funerals or weddings were held. The
redesigned St Patrick’s will allow for 160 people to be seated,
with extra seating capacity available in the foyer.
Construction work is being supervised by Mr Tony Harmer of
Sunrise Builders. Wherever possible, local tradespersons are
being used.
Pomona & District Community House Inc
Annual General
Meeting
Friday - 21 September 2012
4pm START
Followed by Pizza & Drinks
Please RSVP for catering purposes
PH: 5485 2427
Membership subscriptions are Due
Only current financial members
Are able to vote at the agm
Men’s Shed Pomona News
The Group has been busy over the past month having visited Buderim Men’s Shed to see how they are set up and were very impressed with their operation. The Men have also just completed their first Community project building a patio roof. The next project will be building a wood fired Pizza Oven next to the new patio so look forward to seeing and smelling the beautiful Pizzas we will be cooking. Negotiations are still under way with Council to secure the use of half an acre of their 165 acre block on Yurol Forest Road to build our 18x15x5m shed. The photo also shows the new solar panels which will supply power to the Lawson Shed and the Community House in turn cutting power bills significantly with the savings being used for Community Programs. Please contact Pomona Community House if you are interested in becoming a member of the Pomona Men’s Shed.
Contact John or Brian on 5485 2427.
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Kin Kin Creations Market
in the Noosa Hinterland
1st Sunday of each month
10am to 2pm
If you would like a stall please email
phone 5485 4248 or 5485 4402
Only $10 or $15 for shared or food stall
Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/kinkinmarket
Over 40 stalls - homemade, home grown produce
and second hand treasures. Food, entertainment
and workshops for adults and children. Great
Outdoor market - this happens rain or shine!
Pomona Pacers
What beautiful weather we are having at the moment! It makes a lovely change from the rain we have had for most of the year. Although we start off our walks at 7.00 am feeling the cold, we soon warm up. We meet every week day in front of the Pomona Community House. The most popular day is Wednesday, as we go for coffee after our walk.
Things are starting to dry out and we have walked the path to the base of Mt Cooroora which is now in good condition. It is hard to imagine that athletes can run to the top of the mountain and back in a little over 20 minutes. We take at least that long to walk to the base.
We have had two Moon Walks in July, both with reduced numbers but both of which were excellent with clear skies and beautiful moons to look at. The next Moon Walk is on Tuesday 28 August. We do not have any in September as the one after that is on 2 October. Our Moon Walk at Noosaville begins with a meal at Tewantin Noosa Golf Club (optional) followed by a walk along the Noosa River in the moonlight. Partners, family and friends are most welcome.
We wish our sick and injured members a speedy recovery.
For more information, phone Assunta on 5485 2935.
Using the FAST test involves asking three simple questions:
Face - Check their face. Has their mouth drooped?
Arms - Can they lift both arms?
Speech - Is their speech slurred? Do they understand you?
Time - Is critical.
If you see any of these signs call 000 straight away.
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FREE LEGAL ADVICE & REFERRAL
NORTHERN HINTERLAND OUTREACH
@ Pomona & District Community House
1 Memorial Ave, Pomona
Tuesday evenings Monthly
4 September 2012
6.pm – 7.30pm
(please arrive early for your appointment)
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Ph: 5443 7827
Suncoast Community Legal Service
provides Family & General Law
ADVICE & REFERRAL SERVICES
** A $5 donation is appreciated to help this service continue **
Are you eligible for Tax Help? You are eligible for Tax Help if your income is around $50,000 or less for the income year and none of the following situations applied to you in the income year 2010-11:
you were employed as a contractor - for example, a contract cleaner or taxi driver
have an ABN Number
were in business, including being a sole trader
sold shares
sold an investment property
owned a rental property
received royalties
received distributions from a trust other than a managed fund
received foreign income other than a foreign pension or annuity.
With Tax Volunteer Brenda White
At Pomona Community House
On Thursdays
Our next gardening group
dates:
Friday 17 August & 31 August
Come along, make new
friends, learn about food.
Improve your health, grow and
eat the rewards.
Enquires PH: 5485 2427
Entertainment:-
* Horse Events
* Dog Show
* Showjumping
* Sheep Sheering
* Wood Chopping
* Rider on Mower Racing Display
* Veteran Car Display
* Craft Display
* Art Displays
* Honky Tonk Rodeo
* KC Fireworks
* Phil Butterworth
* Adrenaline Dance
* Australian Institute
of Country Music
including Aiming High
& Disbanded
Cooroora Connect 8
Tom and Zaia Kendall head the
Permaculture Research Institute
Sunshine Coast
Life is simple when you live simply
My husband Tom and I live with my 11 year old son
in a small Queenlander on the Sunshine Coast. Our property is 34 acres, which we
have converted to a Permaculture Demonstration site. We now run Permaculture and
Self Reliance courses on the property.
Tom comes from a farming background. When he grew up there was no money or
time (or a phone) to call someone when something broke down. So he learned from a very early age to fix things himself with
whatever was available. He also learned that everything can become a resource, and knows what to look out for. A lot of people
we know call us and ask us whether we would like something they are about to throw away. We hardly ever say no. Everything
may have a use sometime.
I have a passion for cooking and food processing. I love living simply because it makes my life simple. This lifestyle wasn't
something I consciously set out to live, but it has become very satisfying.
The first thing was not having a television. Television, the drug of a nation, breeding ignorance and feeding radiation (to quote
some wise words from a song from the eighties...) We watch a movie on occasion, but we do not watch commercial television at
all. This frees up all this time to follow your passions, read, spend time together or learn something.
We hardly buy any food. I may buy some organic tomato sauce if we do not have enough tomatoes and some coconut cream, but
our meat, most of our fruit and vegetables are all home grown.
At the moment we cook on natural gas, but there are plans to make a biodigester for the manure created on the property, so that
we can cook with methane gas in the future. In winter we mainly cook on the wood stove, which heats the house as well.
Our water is heated by a solar hot water service which we were able to buy cheap second hand because it had a crack in it. Tom
fixed the crack and it works beautifully. If we do not have any sun for a few days, we light the booster, which is a wood fired
system made up by Tom.
We live a fair way out of town, so unfortunately still need the car to get us places. We try and only use the car when we have a
number of things we need to do, lists are made over time and taken when we need to go into town.
We try and re-use / recycle everything on the property. We make our own compost, fertiliser and mulch and try to have as
minimal outside input as possible at this stage. We are aiming for less all the time, it is a process that may take a little time
though. We catch most of our own waste and compost it or keep it for later use.
We have found that life becomes simple when you live simply. There is so much joy to be found in life, and that only becomes
evident when all the other outside stuff is not there. Hands in the soil, making and eating your own food is so rewarding, both
mentally and physically.
We cannot be self sufficient without a community, so we would never claim to be self sufficient. Fossil fuels are still used, so we
are a fair way off yet. But we try to be as self reliant as possible. Tom services the cars himself, and if anything
breaks he fixes it. We grow our own food and deal with most of our own waste. We are responsible for our own water (water
tanks), including drainage and retaining of water. If money runs out tomorrow we will still be able to feed ourselves. That is a
comforting thought.
We are so passionate about our lifestyle and how it empowers us, we now run
courses on the property, including a Permaculture Design Certificate, Self
Reliance Skills, Earthworks and Sustainable Building. We also run a 10 week
Permaculture Lifeskills Internship for people who are keen to live it. We aim
to provide education for truly sustainable living to affect world change. It is
wonderful to see people empowered after doing a course with us, realising that
they can do things themselves.
I am a firm believer in being the change I want to see in the world. Life needs
to become simpler if we want to be able to live on this planet for a few more
generations. We can only start with ourselves.
Tom and Zaia Kendall head the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine
Coast in Queensland, Australia and run regular permaculture and self reliance courses and internships. Visit their website to find
out more about them, what they do and the courses they run at permaculturesunshinecoast.org.
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Cooroora
Woodworkers
Club
We are a group of woodworking devotees ranging from beginners to master craftsmen and
craftswomen. Our members number over 100 and have varied interests including carving, turning,
pyrography, scrollsaw work, the making of boxes, cabinets and musical instruments – to name a few.
Interested in Woodworking? Members of Cooroora Woodworkers Club enjoy many benefits:- Full access to the club's facilities including workshop &
machinery - after safety & competence induction. Demonstrations of techniques such as turning. Classes in furniture making
and turning. Access to over thirty varieties of Australian timbers. A congenial atmosphere where help and advice is only an ask
away.
Visit Our Club Our club welcomes visitors and anyone interested in timber whether it is the woodworking techniques or to see fine items made
from different species of Australian timber. There are many items for sale.
Opening hours are 8.30am to 12noon every day except Sundays and public holidays.
Club Facilities Our clubhouse, a heritage building is located in the Cooroy Lower Mill complex. Our workshops are sited just next door in
what used to be the drying kilns of the old timber mill. A wide range of machinery including lathes, drop saws, table saws,
planers, jointers and routers plus a myriad of hand-tools are available to our members. In addition our milling team collects
suitable logs from around the district and cuts these into slabs, turning blanks and lumber for use by our members.
We welcome new members - please contact PH: 5442 6995
Bookings Ph: 54471766
26 August & 26 September
Bus available for
Hinterland Residents
**conditions apply**
Time: 11am - 1pm
Pomona Pixel People
Pomona Community House - Lawson Shed.
Monday **Fortnightly**
13 & 27 August 2012
at 7pm
Cost $2 per person
**Helpful hints on how to use your camera**
Cooran Acoustic Night
Entry is only $4.00!
Come early if you want to be part of the show for a
7pm start.
Cooran Acoustic Night Dates: 1st Sept
For further information please contact: Malcolm on 5485 1003
Email: [email protected]
All proceeds go to Cooran Memorial School of Arts
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COLOUR & BLACK/WHITE
PRINTING & PHOTOCOPYING ,
INTERNET, COMPUTER
LESSONS, ROOM HIRE,
LAMINATING, FAXING,
LIBRARY FOR MEMBERS,
RESUME SERVICE,
REFFERAL & INFORMATION
CHILD HEALTH CLINIC
MONDAY
9.30AM - 12.30PM
FOR APPOINTMENT
CALL 5449 5944
CREATIVE WRITING
TUESDAY
9.30AM - 11.30 AM
FREE LEGAL ADVICE
TUESDAY
6PM - 7.30PM
FORTNIGHTLY
54437827
MAHJONG
WEDNESDAY
1PM - 3.30PM
MUSIC LESSONS
Piano/Guitar....
Cost Donation
THURSDAY
9AM - 4PM
COMPUTER LESSONS
Mon/Wed
Donation $2 per visit
Lawson Shed Hire
Contact Heather
5485 2427
POMONA & DISTRICT
COMMUNITY HOUSE
GROUPS &
SERVICES
PH: 54852427
Find us on Facebook
We play Mah-jong
On Wednesday
1pm to 3.30pm
At Pomona
Community House
Cost $2.00 donation
NEWS FLASH........
Pomona Community House
has a NEW
Colour Copier......
Colour printing & scanning
available through reception....
Printing/Copying
Prices
Black/White 20cents per page
Colour $1.00 per page A4
Colour $2.00 per A3
Pricing available for bulk copies.
Newsletters, booklets
price on application.
ADVERTISE IN COLOUR
in Cooroora Connect
Colour Business Card 5.5cm x 9cm $25.00 x 4 editions = $100
Colour Banner 5.5cm x 18cm $50 x 4 editions = $200
Colour 1/2 Page $100 x 4 editions = $400
Advertising with Pomona Community House - Cooroora Connect helps fund our community newspaper......
Copy Deadline the last day
of the month.....
31 August 2012
Cooroora Connect is also
published on Facebook.....
check out
Pomona & District Community
House Facebook Page.
Computer Lessons
One on one tuition
Cost $2 donation
Monday & Wednesday
Pomona Community House
Contact 5485 2427
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A Touch of the Past
Antiques
Coffee Shop
5 Reserve Street, Pomona
Ph: 5485 1883
POMONA & DISTRICT COMMUNITY HOUSE INC 1 Memorial Ave, Pomona 4568
PHONE: 5485 2427 | FAX: 5485 1702 | ABN: 86 583 189 320
President - Dawn Gwynne Vice President - Joy Cross Treasurer - Ben Stoffl Secretary - Debbie Schouten
Manager - Brian Lawson Coordinator - Heather Manders Coordinator - Kathryn Shewring
Cooroora Connect is published by Pomona & District Community House Inc.
The material published in Cooroora Connect may be reproduced only with appropriate authorisation & acknowledgment.
The views expressed in Cooroora Connect are not necessarily the views of the editor, publisher or Pomona & District Community House.
EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: WWW.pomonacommunityhouse.com
*Antiques*
*Gifts*
*Flowers*
*Jewellery*
*Teddy Heaven*
Homemade Cakes
Lunches
Open 7 Days -
7am to 5pm
Group Bookings
Available
BABY HEALTH
CLINIC
Child Health
Nurse Deb Daley
This is a free Qld Health Service provided by highly trained health professionals offering contemporary information and relevant support to families.
Our Child, Youth and Family Health Team consists of child health nurses, early intervention specialists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists and dieticians.
Monday Mornings 9.30 - 12.30pm
@ Pomona Community House
Ring Noosa Community Health
Phone 5449 5944 for appointments
Pomona Astronomy Club
Date: Wednesday 29 August
Time 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Cost $2 donation
Goes to Pomona Community House
Venue: Lawson Shed
Come along & join local enthusiasts
Contact Cliff PH 5485 1767
after 7pm
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POMONA
True Value Hardware
PH: 5485 1351
10 Reserve St Pomona
FOR ALL YOUR HARDWARE,
TIMBER, GARDEN, PAINT, GAS,
RURAL & PRODUCE NEEDS
The Boutique Room 18 Reserve Street, Pomona
Ph: 0409 948 630
Size 8 to plus sizes
Desiger Labels Fashion & Accessories
Giftware
PH: 07 5485 2211
Your Local Florist Now Located @
23 Factory St, Pomona
Bigger Than Ever!!
Deliveries Local & Worldwide
Helium Balloons & Gifts
Weddings & Events - Accessories For Hire
Floral Bouquets For All Occasions
Floral Workshops
PH: 5485 1333