Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 18th May 2022

THE RANGE"  Vol. 64 No.20

WEDNESDAY 18TH MAY 2022

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting.

APOLOGIES
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTER
                           18 May           1 Jun                 15 Jun
Duty Officer        Jim A               Peter McQ         Ric T
Assist DO           Paulette S       Craig S              Phillip S
Registration        Alan W            Laurelle O          Lionel T
Fellowship          Michael G       John W               Neal A

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
11 Jun  0730 - 1030   Phillip S   Keith R   Fran T 

            1030 - 1330   John & Bernice McL   James McC

 

09Jul   0730 -1030   Malcolm B   Sherryl G   Roly N 

           1030 - 1330   Chris B   Bill H    Jim A

PRESIDENT'S NOTES
It has been a very wet past few weeks in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. I hope that all members and their families have remained safe on our roads and missed as many potholes as possible. Our next meeting at the Maleny Hotel is a Project Meeting. Whilst Covid 19 and flu are still about, there is no need to wear masks or to log in with your Qld App. Although we do not have an official guest speaker lined up, we can  look forward to a job talk from Alan Wilson plus reports from our Directors and some good hearted Rotary fellowship.

Your Rotary Ticket to Good Health: Its time again to get your Rotary Ticket to Good Health. Fiona Barthlomew, Practice Manager at our local Maleny Star Discount Chemist, has confirmed that her first order of Rotary Bowelscan Queensland test kits is now available for purchase at $22.

Koala fodder tree project at Spring Pastures Drive Mapleton:  Paulette S and I attended a meeting last Friday at the Nambour offices of the Sunshine Coast Council with Cr David Law, together with Rod Tunstall, Treasurer, RC of Nambour, Rachel Aspinall, Registered Koala Carer,  Jan Lawton, ADG Malouf Cluster and President RC of Woombye/Palmwoods and Bruce Lawton, Treasurer RC of Nambour 76.  There is a  prospective environmental Rotary project to plant an initial 500 eucalypt trees consisting of a variety of species for koala fodder trees on Sunshine Coast Council bush reserve parkland at Spring Pastures Drive, Mapleton.  The trees will be used by local koala carer Rachel Aspinal and other koala carers. We have also attended a joint Rotary Club meeting last Wednesday night with Nambour 76, Nambour and Woombye/Palmwoods to further discuss and advance the proposal with all 3 clubs.  Earlier in the evening we also attended the home of licensed Koala carer Rachel Aspinal to inspect her facilities and met up with 1 year old Ash – a female Koala recovering from Chlamydia and conjunctivitis. 

Maleny Education Support Fund (MESF):   Six applications have been approved so far in 2022 to support students at our local schools. Youth Director Fran T has been very proactive contacting the participating school principals. Fran T and I will be attending a Maleny Apex meeting on 22 May to seek their further support for this project.

Speak Up Now Say No to Domestic and Family Violence: Huge congratulations to Sherryl G and all the team from Speak Up Now who have been very busy planning events and activities during and/or shortly after the Domestic Violence Month of May as evidenced by the SUN calendar for May and June. Events will include the following:

8 May –  Unveiling Red Bench at Montville Uniting Church.

10 May – Maleny Candlelight Ceremony, Tesch Park, Maleny.

22 May – Unveiling Red Bench at Palmwoods Uniting Church.

3 June – Respectful relationships and kite making workshop at River School.

14 June – Adair Donaldson presentation/workshops at Maleny Chamber of Commerce (business), Maleny State School (primary school students), Maleny State High School (high school students) and at Beersheba Living Museum (coaches, managers and sports administrators).

Draft National Plan to end Violence against Women & Children 2022-2023:  Speak Up Now have submitted feedback to the draft plan and are asking that best practice/successful community intervention by community groups such as SUN be included in the plan as an appendix.

Rotary University Sunshine Coast Community Fund:  This meeting was cancelled because of the weather and will be rescheduled. The Scholarship recipients will be:

Centenary of Rotary  $5,000 Charlotte Raven – Animal Ecology                                                        Rotary  $4,500 each   Lisa Musgrave – Biochemistry, Kirsten O'Callorhan – Human Geography, and Lisa Randell -  Biological Science.                                           

Maleny Interact Club:  Our Club has financially supported four registrations and a teacher of our MSHS Interact Club to attend the District 9620 Interact Conference on 15 May at St Aiden's Anglican School, Corinda. 

Rotary Youth Driving Education:   MRC is now proudly part of RYDA Caloundra incorporating Caloundra, Caloundra Pacific, Glasshouse Country and Maleny Rotary Clubs. Our club representative Paulette S will be attending the next meeting at Corbould Park on 25 May from 9.30 am – 11.30 am with other members intending to help with the RYDA program. Our Club will be involved with the MSHS attendance at Corbould Park on 21st July and on another date to be worked out.

Changeover Dinner: Our changeover has been booked for 29 June at the Maleny RSL. 

Maleny Agricultural Show: I have kept our best news to last. The Show is going ahead on 27 and 28 May. It will be a case of all hands on deck. Jim A is arranging the Gate Roster. Roly N in conjunction with Bernice and John McL (before their departure for well-earned holiday) have been circulating  rosters for the Food Stall. Spots are filling quickly. I hope that all members can be involved at some stage during the event. We need up to 10 volunteers at the Food Stall at busy times throughout the Show.  I am hearing on the grapevine that Roly N, Bernice McL and John McL are putting together another great menu for our Rotary Food Stall which has become the annual Maleny Agricultural Show focal point for the best-priced and tastiest steak burger and an array of other delicious burgers, rolls, soups and soft drinks. 

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 4TH MAY

President Greg opened the meeting with the usual formalities before welcoming our Guest Speaker Scott Willis, Principal of Conondale School.  Greg then thanked all the Rotarians who helped out with the parking at Australia Zoo over the holidays. He then highlighted upcoming events:

- 10 May Maleny Candlelight Ceremony, Tesch Park at 5pm, organised by Speak Up Now. 

- 11 May Combined Meeting Rotary and University of the Sunshine Coast Community Fund (RUSCCF).  

- 25 May RYDA Training Day at Corbould Park Caloundra for Rotarians considering participating in the upcoming driver training days for our local Maleny State High School year 10s and other local schools during July.  

- 27 & 28 May Maleny Agricultural Show with Rotary Food Stall and gate duties.

- 3 June  – respectful relationships and kite making workshop at the River School by Speak Up Now. 

Roly N outlined the need for additional volunteers on the Food Stall roster and asked for volunteers to provide both pumpkin and pea and ham soup.

Jim A asked for more volunteers for the gate on the Friday.

There was then a change of tone as Roly proved to be a ruthless stand in Sergeant.

Renee H introduced our Guest Speaker Scott Willis, the Principal of Conondale State School.  Scott Willis became the Principal at Conondale in April 2021. This is a small rural school with 70 pupils spread over 7 grades in an historic building - in contrast, there are 400 students at Maleny State School.  As an aside, Conondale was the favoured location for our Bike Ed teams when that programme was running.

Scott, who after growing up in Mooloolah Valley, chose to go into education and found his niche in small schools. For Conondale, he spoke of his goals of not only helping his pupils but also building relationships with the teachers, the community and the parents. 

Scott also outlined a case where a grant from the Maleny Education Support Fund had made a vital difference for one of his pupils.  He spoke in praise of the Fund and thanked the Club for its creation.  There was a lively question and answer session from an appreciative audience, 

Phillip gave the Vote of Thanks.

FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS
18th May  Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting

25th May  Possible Board Meeting

27 & 28th May  Maleny Agricultural Show

1st Jun   Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker Jodie Nolan of Queensland Country Bank  

8th Jun  Board Meeting

15th Jun  Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting

29th Jun  RSL at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Club Changeover 

BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY
4th Angela Griffin  15th Greg Williams  18th Cilla Vickers  22nd Peter McQuoid

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR MAY

4th Barry and Fran Tickle

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

MORE TALL TALES FROM QUEENSLAND ?

1. FROM A MEMBER WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS

I went fishing one morning, but after a short time I ran out of prawns. Then I saw a redbelly black snake with a frog in his mouth. Frogs are good barramundi bait.     Knowing the snake couldn’t bite me with the frog in his mouth I grabbed him right behind the head, took the frog, and put it in my bait bucket. Now the problem was how to release the snake without getting bitten. So, I grabbed my bottle of Bundy Rum and poured a little in its mouth. Its eyes rolled back, he went limp. I released him into the creek without incident and carried on fishing using the frog.  A little later, I felt a nudge on my foot.  It was that bloody snake with two more frogs. 2. FROM ANOTHER MEMBER WHO SHOULD REMAIN ANOMYNOUS

Rotary Club of Maleny Bulletin for 4th May 2022

THE RANGE"  Vol. 64 No.19

WEDNESDAY 4TH MAY 2022

THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker Scott Willis, Principal Conondale SS

APOLOGIES
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.

DUTY ROSTER
                           4 May                   18 May              1 Jun
Duty Officer        Renee H               Jim A                 Peter McQ
Assist DO           Sherryl G              Paulette S         Phillip S
Registration        Bernice McL         Alan W              Laurelle O
Fellowship          James McC          Michael G         John W

WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER

14 May   0730 -1030 Rick V   Sherryl G   Des C

               1030 - 1330  Paulette S   Andy S   Greg W

11 Jun    0730 - 1030   Phillip S   Keith R   Peter McQ

               1030 - 1330   John & Bernice McL   James McC      

 PRESIDENT'S NOTES
I hope that all members and their families enjoyed a great May Day long weekend. Our meeting next Wednesday is a General  Meeting with no need to wear masks or to log in with your Qld App at the Maleny Hotel. We can all look forward to some good hearted Rotary fellowship and a presentation from Scott Willis, Principal of Conondale State School.

Our Rotary Calendar will be very busy over the next few weeks and right through May 2022. 

- Anzac Day  On behalf of our RC of Maleny, I presented 4 vouchers of $50 each to our local schools – Maleny SHS, Maleny SS, the River School, and Conondale SS at the main Maleny ceremony. 

- 10 May Maleny Candlelight Ceremony, Tesch Park at 5pm. Our Speak Up Now collaboration will be hosting this domestic and family violence and elder abuse event and all members and partners are encouraged to attend to listen to some great speakers.

- 11 May Combined Meeting Rotary and University of the Sunshine Coast Community Fund (RUSCCF). Our Club will be attending the RUSCCF Scholarship Presentations at the University of the Sunshine Coast from 6 pm to 9 pm. It’s a great opportunity to catch up with Rotarians from all over the Sunshine Coast and learn about the world leading research being undertaken by PhD students at the University of the Sunshine Coast. My money is also on Alan W picking up another raffle prize.

- 25 May RYDA Training Day at Corbould Park Caloundra for Rotarians considering participating in one or more of the upcoming driver training days for our local Maleny State High School year 10s and other local schools during July. This project is one of our best and most impactful youth projects. 

- 27 & 28 May Maleny Agricultural Show with Rotary Food Stall and gate duties. Roly N and Jim A are circulating their rosters looking for Rotarian and partner volunteers. We need as many Club members and their partners to participate as possible in one of our main fund raising activities for the year. Roly N is confident that our magnificent steak burgers will be the talk of the Sunshine Coast again this year.

- Rotary Bowelscan Qld will also be manning a stand in the Education Building beneath the Main Pavilion during the Show – much like that at the recent 9620 District Conference at Caloundra - so keep an eye out for it at the Show and for some local publicity about the program through social media, Facebook, GC&MN, SVG and MDSRC News.

- 3 June  – respectful relationships and kite making workshop at the River Schoolby Speak Up Now. Sherryl G, Greg W and Val France will be involved along with teaching staff of the River School.

MINUTES OF MEETING OF 20TH APRIL
President Greg opened the meeting with a ‘Welcome to Country’, with Ric T giving the Loyal Toast, and Neil A the Rotary Grace.  Greg then welcomed our Guest speaker for the evening, Jill Lillingstone, and her husband Kelvin. Jared introduced our special guest Sam Hughes, the ‘Travelling Jackeroo’.  We also welcomed Judy Frederiksen, and the partners Gillian Allen, Nancy Baker and Kelly Crane. David Arnot, President of RC of Katoomba, was also an apology due to COVID but a banner from his Club was presented to Greg W. 

Greg then thanked all the Rotarians who helped out with the parking at Australia Zoo over the holidays.

Ric T introduced our surprise Guest, Sam, who thought that Jared was taking him out to dinner, so needless to say it came as a complete surprise when he found himself at the Rotary meeting. Sam was invited to give us a run down on his adventures thus far. 

Sam left Maleny a year and a bit ago.  He eventually arrived in Darwin and has been there for about 6 months, waiting on parts and carrying out repairs on the tractor and the trailer.  He was a little behind schedule, but according to Sam this was because the Rotary calendars slowed him down.  He returned to Maleny when his Dad got sick with COVID, to help out on the farm for a couple of weeks over the Easter break.  He was amazed at how much Maleny had changed in that time.  The new garage did not escape his attention.  Sam did acknowledge that Maleny is a wonderful town to come back to.  So far in his travels he has covered approximately 7,000kms in his beloved tractor, reaching a top speed of 39kph.  Patience is a necessity. His tractor is now fully repaired with a new turbo, and the trailer is almost ready to go again.  Things move slowly in the NT.  Apart from the Northern Territory, the initials NT also mean ‘not today, not tomorrow, and next truck’.  The question was asked……How’s the dog?  Apparently the dog has steak every night for dinner, and in fact when people enquire after Sam, it is usually in the order of – how’s the dog, the bird, the tractor, and how are you?  So far Sam has raised just over $100,000 for his 3 charities.  The Flying Doctors is his primary charity and he has raised over $50,000 for them.  Dolly’s Dream is another of Sam’s passions and he has raised over $40,000 for this very worthy cause.  Sam has a lot of gear……there is the tractor, which has a boat on the roof and a gyrocopter.  The tractor tows the trailer which has a small car and a motor bike, and a plane on the roof.  He goes out to stations and properties in the outback and in remote areas.  Once there he sets up his movie centre at the local Pub, and spends his time sitting down and talking with the farmers about issues of suicide and depression.  This is all about ‘Mental Health Awareness’.  Some chats are short, and some can last for anything up to 5 hours.  Sam is there to listen.  He also goes to schools and talks to the students about bullying, hence Dolly’s Dream.  The southern states and the Politicians still lie ahead for Sam.  At the end of Sam’s talk, our Guest speaker Jill, paid tribute to him.

This was followed by dinner and a very robust fine session.

MALENY SHOW:  Roly updated us on the Show rosters and the need for soup making.

ANZAC DAY:   Chris B advised that all the services would go ahead as normal.  The Dawn service at 4.28, followed by Witta Cemetery, then the Hospital, and lastly the main Service.  Our Maleny hospital is one of the two War Memorial Hospitals, the other being St. Andrew’s in Brisbane.

JOINT MEETING – USC:  This will be held at the Innovation Centre on the 11th May.  Four Scholarships will be awarded.  All recipients are female.  One of the Scholarships is in commemoration of the 100 year Rotary Centenary.  Maleny will be running the bar.  We have 8 members attending  -  Malcolm B, Chris B, Renee H, Paulette S, Greg W, Alan W, Rick V, and Jeff C.

DV WEEK:  Sherryl advised that the Candlelight Ceremony will take place at 5.00p.m. on 10th May in Tesch Park, and following this, food will be served at the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre.

Chris B introduced our Guest speaker, Jill Lillingstone, who took us on a fascinating journey through history. Jilll’s grandparents, William and Jessie Lillingstone from London, selected land in North Maleny Road on the 30th June 1887. Her father, Bill, was born in 1900 in Maleny, leaving in 1928 to join the New Guinea Police.  In 1940, as an engineering draftsman on WW2 gun mountings, the Navy sent him to Melbourne. There he would meet the lady who was to become Jill’s mother.  Jill was born in 1943.  

The Lillingstones arrived in Maleny on 3rd October 1886, and in February 1907 William and Jessie took their younger children to Canada.  They returned in 1912.  Dr. Penny Edwards, who lives opposite the Lillingstone land, provided Jill with details and showed her the land that William and Jessie selected in 1887.  The exact spot of their home is still visible, matching her Dad’s old photos.  William Lillingstone was Oxford educated in teaching, book-keeping and articled.  He did the books for several Maleny businesses, was secretary of the Obi Obi Sawmill, and Schoolmaster for over 20 years.  

The first school in the Blackall Range is recorded as ‘Blackall Range State School’ in 1886, later becoming ‘Wootha State School’ which closed in 1914.  There is conflicting information about early schools, as they changed their name, or amalgamated, and also of course the outbreak of World War I in 1914 severely changed the scene.   In 1887 William Lillingstone selected land, and on part of this he built the Maleny Provisional school, which appears to have become the Witta State School in 1895.

Jill has been associated with Rotary from early childhood.  Her Mum’s Uncles were Tasmanian Rotarians from the late 1920’s.  Jill volunteered with Rotary at the Royal Melbourne Show, and continued assisting Rotary for many years.  Jill introduced her daughter to Rotaract in Melbourne.  She was also a leader for Rotary’s Youth Leadership Awards and worked tirelessly to establish the Monash Rotaract Club.  She was inducted as Charter President in 2010, resigning in 2011 to move to Queensland. She won ‘Near North Coast Showgirl’ 2013 representing Maleny, and in 2014 she won ‘Near North Coast’ Rural Ambassador.  Through country shows at this time Jill met Ivan Hankinson.  Their grandparents had adjoining selections in the 1880’s.  Jill has done an enormous amount of research and has gleaned information from far and wide.  It was very insightful and in-depth, and wonderful to hear the diary entries, where people told it how it was.

Fran gave a Vote of Thanks.

FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS

11th May  Joint Clubs meeting at USC for Rotary Scholarships Dinner

18th May  Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Business Meeting

25th May  Possible Board Meeting

1st Jun   Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker TBA    

BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY
4th Angela Griffin  15th Greg Williams  18th Cilla Vickers  22nd Peter McQuoid

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR MAY

4th Barry and Fran Tickle

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

SOME AMUSING ANAGRAMS

PREBYTARIAN            BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER            MOON STARER

DESPERATION            A ROPE ENDS IT

THE EYES                    THEY SEE

SLOT MACHINES        CASH LOST IN ME

AND PERHAPS MOST TOPICALLY:

ELECTION RESULTS        LIES - LETS RECOUNT