Maleny Australia Day Sports Expo continues to grow!

Another Maleny Sports Expo has passed and the event continues to grow in popularity. It was another showing of the number of commu-nity organisations that are available to the Maleny community.

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Each year the Maleny Apex Aus-tralia Day Breakfast and the Maleny District Sports & Recreation Club Aussie Day celebration continues to grow.

2016 was no exception, even allow-ing for the prospect of heavy rain being expected to cross the area.

This great family day is a place where newer members of the com-munity can find out about organisations that are active in the area and just how they can join those organisations.

It is also a great family day where families can get active together with the running of events such as gumboot throwing, mini soccer games, athletics events just to name a few.

There was also a display of vintage

and veteran cars from the Blackall Range Horseless Carriage Club.

The Maleny Rural Fire Brigade gave static displays of fire prevention techniques. Blazer the Fire Service Mascot was also in attendance and was a hit with the younger family members.

The Maleny RFB are always on the lookout for more volunteers.

It is not until you attend a day such as this that you really realise just how many community organisa-tions there are in the Maleny area.

Sunshine Coast Council App keeps

community connected!At the touch of a button and the swipe of a screen, checking details about events like New Year’s Eve celebrations, getting the latest update on road conditions, coast attractions and events.

To find out more about this app and where to get the app visit the web site:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W64W3bYLm60Don’t get caught by

Fraud email allegedly from the ANZ Bank

There is presently an email alleg-edly from the ANZ bank under the senders name of mwells@aznet.net requesting receivers to click on a link in the email and update their personal details.

A reader of the Hinterlandgrape-vine Online newsletter advised that this email has been received by at least two friends that she knows in Maleny.

This email is a fraud and is phishing for personal details so that bank accounts can be attacked by crim-inals.

If you have received this email and have responded they you should immediately contact your ANZ Bank branch and advise them so that they can take the appropriate action.

Maleny Community GymSponsored Membership Competition

We are pleased to announce that once again Maleny Community Gym will be offering the opportunity to win a free six month membership.

This six month membership (value $328.00) is on offer to the successful applicant to achieve a valued personal fitness goal. The competition is open to anyone 12 years and older and is available for any fitness goal you may have.

There is no requirement to be a current member of Maleny Gym. Existing members are also invited to apply.

Applications should be no longer than 500 words, outlining your goal, why you would like to win the sponsorship and how it will help you achieve your goal.

Entries to: E mail – malgym@dodo.com.auPost – P.O. Box 1262 Maleny 4552.

Closing date is 24th March 2016. The winner will be contacted and the results published in the Range News April 2016.

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News from the Maleny SES Group

The Maleny SES Group trains on Monday Nights at the SES HQ in the showgrounds (the big green building on the left). Training starts at 7pm (be there at quarter to seven just to be early) and finish about 9.30 pm.

Why not become a member of the Maleny SES Group.

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Computer Help at Maleny Library

On Friday, December 18th be-tween 9.30am and 10.00am there will be a session at the Maleny Li-brary of songs, rhymes and finger plays to promote early literacy and build vocabulary for infants up to two (2) years.

This is a FREE event, but bookings are essential. For more infor-mation visit the council’s library website or call your local library on 1300 LIBRARY.

The library details are: Maleny Library, 5 Coral Street, Maleny - Phone (07) 5435 3100 or 1300 5475 2727.

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Maleny RFB Roundupwith Deb Lynde

Volunteer Community Education OfficerEver wanted to do something different? Join Maleny RFB by contacting 0427071591 or come along to training.Maleny RFB was formed in1960 and is part of Rural Fire Service Queensland. The group covers over 100 sq kilometres and have 3 fire fighting trucks and 1 com-mand.Time now to clean up your rural property. If you are going to burn don’t forget the Permit to Burn. Fire conditions this season are expected to be more severe than normal.Training is held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month start-ing at 7p.m. at the SES Pavillion, Maleny Show Grounds.

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Hinterlandgrapevine OnlineThe “NUT” Award

It matters little what the monetary penalty is or how much education is given there are some drivers who just will not take notice of the road rules. Sometimes this is because they are not aware that road rules change from time to time.One of our readers suggested that we should have a quick refresher of some of those rules.The most dangerous thing about travelling in a motor vehicle is still the “NUT BEHIND THE WHEEL”.

Share our roads safely!Green cycle lanes are popping up all over the coast, but do you know what they are for?Green cycle lanes are used in areas that could potentially be dangerous for cyclists. They are there to alert drivers to pay more attention and look for cyclists.Bicycles are classified as ve-hicles when ridden on roads where they are required to follow the same road rules as other motor vehicles. Vehicle drivers need to take more care to make our roads safer for all users. For more information visit our website: http://bit.ly/vwg7Sp

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RADF Grants now availableApplications for Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) Grants are now open. The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Sunshine Coast Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

The RADF program is designed to support the development of emerging and professional artists and creative arts workers. Individuals and busi-nesses can apply for funding in one or more of a number of grant catego-ries. This funding assists emerging local artists to engage professional artists or creative workers for short term development processes.

Grant funding is available across six categories: Individual develop-ment, Mentorship funding, Concept development, Project funding, Seed funding and Interest-free loans.

To be considered in the next assessment period, applications must be submitted by March 1, 2016.

For more information and to apply, click here or contact council’s grants team on 5420 8616 and ask to speak with the RADF Liaison Officer.

For further information visit the web site at:https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/en/Living-and-Community/

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Private Health Insurance on the rise againPrivate Health Insurance companies have made an application for another rise in premiums this year. Premium policies have risen by over 30% in the past five years and this year the rise is expected to rise at the same rate which means that many consumers will be paying a possible extra $300 per year.

As premiums continue to rise many consumers simply opt out of private health and depend entirely on the public health system as they cannot afford private health insurance.

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Truthful Jones Tells... that his uncle Mick from Ireland visited him in Maleny. Un-cle Mick took Mum and their son Pat to Brisbane for the first time.

Mum had an appointment with a doctor, so the two men went off for a walk along Queen Street. As they passed a building, the door opened automatically. They de-cided to go in, having to dodge as the doors tried to close before they were properly inside.

“Gosh, Dad, I hope we can get back out again,” said Pat.

While in the auditorium, they watched as a woman, old and wrinkled, hobbled past. She made her way to a marble wall and a section of it mysteriously slid open. The woman stepped in and the wall closed behind her.

Dad and Pat stood watching as a counter above the door climbed from 0 to 20. It paused for a few moments and then counted back down to 0. There was a ‘ding’, the wall opened and a beautiful, spry young woman stepped out, walking brightly out of the build-ing.

Dad stood, looking slackjawed at his son, Pat . Then he twigged!

“Son, go get your mother…!”

Moral: You can never put any-thing past those relatives who visited Truthful from Ireland can you!

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Maleny Precinct Masterplan 2015 - 2031 released

Improved functionality, usage and capacity at key sport and recreation sites within the Maleny locality are just some of the benefits outlined in the Maleny Sport and Recreation Master Plan 2016-2031.At the general meeting of the Sunshine Coast Council held at Caloundra on January 28th the latest version of the master-plan for the Maleny Community Precincts was released.

This plan not only covers the Maleny Precinct land at North Maleny but include the Maleny Show-grounds and the Witta Sports-ground.

In approving this master-plan the council has not made a commit-ment to fund all recommendations from the Maleny Sport and Recrea-tion Master Plan.

One of the major improvements will be the extension of walk/cycle pathways to connect Maleny Show-grounds to the Maleny Community Precinct.

Local Councillor Ms Jenny McKay said, “The final plan approval came after a long and extensive commu-nity consultation about what the community needs were. After all this is a project is projected over the next 16 years.”

Future stages of development will be determined in accordance with council’s future Capital Works budgets, successful applications for external funding and contributions that can be made from clubs and groups who occupy and use these spaces.

For more information visit the council web site at:https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Council/News-Centre/Master-Plan-adopted-for-Maleny-sport-and-recreation-sites-28-Jan-2016

Maleny area dodges a bullet with storm

With severe storms predicted over the period Thursday January 28th until February 1st it appeared that the predictions would be correct.

Thursday afternoon until Friday morning Maleny township received 25mm of rain whilst further afield areas such as Mapleton received 129mm. Some areas got as much as 10% of their annual rainfall in just one day.

Let us hope that our area is lucky enough to escape without the severe storms during this period of very unstable weather conditions.

Maleny Show worker takes top gong at Queensland Show ConferenceAt the recent Agri-gala at the Queensland Country Shows biennial con-ference Jessica Wild of Maleny took out the top award for the Individual Contribution Award.

The conference was held at the Queensland Agricultural College at Gat-ton.

Jessica worked at establishing the Small Farmers Tent at the Maleny Show. The theme of the area showcases the boutique hinterland farmers & or-ganic small-goods producers, with practical demon-strations from cooking to cheese-making.

The award was accepted on an absent Jessicas behalf by the excited Maleny delegate to the confer-ence and Maleny Show Society Vice President , Mrs. Monica Skerman.

To find out more about the Maleny Show Society visit: http.malenyshowsociety.org.au

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Maleny Film SocietyThe next screening of the Maleny Film Society will be on Sunday

February 6th at 7.15 p.m. The Movie will be “Youth”

YouthItaly (Eng. language) – comedy/drama

– MA15+ – 118 minsMichael Caine as Fred, a retired composer, and Harvey Keitel as Mick, are two old friends on vacation in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they

ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical

career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena (Rachel Weisz), Mick is intent on finishing

the screenplay for what may be his last import-ant film for his muse Brenda (Jane Fonda). And where will inspiration lead their younger

friend Jimmy (Paul Dano), an actor struggling to make sense of his next performance?

Set against a sprawling landscape of unforgettable sights and intox-icating music, Youth asks if our most important and life-changing experiences can come at any time – even late – in life.

http://malenyfilmsociety.info/movie/youth-evening/Tickets - MFS members $8 and Public $13

ALL WELCOME... no need to book as we do not take reservations ...

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With a federal election looming later in the year - maybe Septem-ber, October or November the silly political season is soon to be upon us.

Politicians looking to retain their jobs will now ask us to overlook their short comings and give them another opportunity to do it all again.

This is the time that many poli-ticians promise the world if they are re-elected. Remember that most of them singularly do not have the ability to deliver any of their promises unless it is a hung parliament which seldom is the case. This means that indepen-dents seldom have much ability to drive agendas.

It is also important to remember that promises that are delivered have to be paid for by you and I as the government has no money of its own. There is no such thing as a FREE LUNCH.

That is not to say that nothing should be done to save money, but we have to be a little more conscious about what we order and ensure that we are getting what is best for Australia as a whole and is not merely some-thing that might be a good idea. We need to get as much bang for each dollar as we can.

The interest bill is already greater than ONE Billion dollars a month and that amount is rapidly grow-ing. Just think what could be done with that money if it was not paid in interest payments.

Question closely candidates be-fore making a decision.

The Musings of an old codger!

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Mary Cairncross Park gets council approval for upgrade

The popular Maleny iconic Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve facility has received approval from the Sunshine Coast Regional Council at a general meeting at Caloundra on the 28th January, 2015 to fast-track funding for a major upgrade.The park covers an area of 56 acres and about 2kms of formed walking tracks through the subtropical rainforest.

This would allow for a funding grant of $ one million State Government funding towards the project. The Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve Man-agement committee has already raised about $250,000 towards the project through their “gold coin donation” for entry to the park.

The application has to be in the hands of the State Government by January 31st, 2016.

The proposed upgrade would include a new education centre and new cafe building. This upgrade would enhance the Education Centre that is staffed by volunteers who are able to conduct guided tours of the park. The Education Centre includes a Diorama show-ing the history of the Australian rainforests.

Mary Cairncross Park continues to see an increased numbers of visitors, totalling more than 200,000 attending the park during all seasons of the year.

For more information visit http://www.mary-cairncross.com.au/index.php

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Upcoming Community Events - 2016Maleny Swim Carnival February 21st - Maleny Swimming Pool, Bunya Street.

Woodstock at Witta March 19th - Witta Recreation Club, Witta Road, Witta.

MDS & RC Inc Sports Awards March 26 th - Tranquil Parek Restaurant Mt View Road.

Maleny ANZAC Day Ceremony April 25th - Mple Street, Maleny + RSL Hall Maleny.

Wood Expo April 30th + May 1st - Maleny Show Grounds.

Maleny Show Ball May 4th - Show Pavilion, Maleny Show Grounds.

Maleny Show May 27th + 28th - Maleny Show Grounds.

Gardening on the Edge June 4th + 5th - Maleny Show Grounds + District.

“Knitfest” Yarn and Fibre Arts Festival June 10 th + 12 th - Maple Street, Maleny.

Wittafest September 17th - Witta Recreation Club, Witta Road, Witta.

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Not all you read on Facebook is the truth!

As recent as this week, information has been circulating on social me-dia about changes that require the shackles used when towing a trailer to be rated as well as police enforcement of this requirement in the Gympie area.

Vehicle Standards can advise that under the current legisla-tion, while the safety chains that are used to connect a trailer to a towing vehicle are required to comply with Australian Standard AS 4177.4 Caravan and light trailer towing components, there is no legal requirement for shackles to comply with a particular Australian Standard.

However, in the interest of road safety, the Department of Trans-port and Main Roads strongly recommends that vehicle opera-tors use shackles that are either certified to AS 2741-2002 Shackles or are identifiable as having a suitable design for the trailer and towing vehicle combination.

These requirements are not new and have been consistent across most States and Territories for many years.

Unfortunately people continue to post information that can cause un-necessary concern to unsuspecting readers. Whilst it might take a few extra seconds to find out the truth before posting it is a good policy to check the veracity of the information before posting to avoid confus-ing or embarrassing others.

Maleny SES Volunteer GroupTraining resumes for the Maleny SS Volunteer Group on Monday

Night February 1st.Always looking for new volunteers

to join the group.

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