By Cr Kerri Cryer
A great privilege to attend the Mountain Mates Chookas’ performance of ‘The Great Mountain Meeting’, a hilarious portrayal of a town hall meeting held to decide how best to spend a huge Council grant. Congratulations to The Mates for a great show!
Moment of exhilaration opening the Tamborine Car Show held at Tamborine Memorial Hall by volunteers of the Tamborine & District Citizens Association Inc.
Over 140 vehicles of ‘all sorts’ on display, many ‘revved up’ stalls and food trucks, even a robot dog, culminating in a 25 trophies presentation with an incredible cash prize for Buckys Cup.
In its sixth year, the event attracts hundreds of visitors to the area for which the volunteers should be proud.
Attended AGMs for Tamborine Rural Fire Brigade, Birnam Rural Fire Brigade and the Rural Fire Brigade Beaudesert Group, welcoming incoming committees, applauding the work they do – especially in what looks like to be an upcoming dangerous fire season.
Rotary Club of South East Queensland have undertaken important work in the Tamborine area, establishing a release pen for orphaned kangaroos and wallabies for future release into the bush.
The group has achieved over 3200 callouts for wildlife for two years of foundation, a sad reality check of the negative impact of human interaction has with our wildlife.
Inspection of the pens lined up with Threatened Species Day with Council announcing promising things are happening for koalas in Tamborine.
Although the ground quite unyielding, helping plant trees for future care of wildlife and rainforest for the Thunderbird Rewilding program at Mountain Glades was a real pleasure.
The Beaudesert Child Protection Morning Tea held by Mercy Community FaCC provided great insight into Domestic Family Violence and what may drive adolescents to sadly using violence.
As a female councillor in our local government, attending the ALGWA Conference for women for their 75th Anniversary celebrating a ‘Bold Beginning, Brighter Future’ was significant.
The forum provided an opportunity to pay tribute to the brave women who came before, stepping forward at a time when only two per cent of women were councillors.
Speakers Annabel Crabb and Sally-Ann Atkinson helped paint a picture that over the 75 years while women have still not reached parity in the political scene, they continue to look forward to a future with vision and inclusiveness and not one of only surviving the past.
It was great to see everyone at the opening of illustrator Lucia Masciullo’s ‘Eat My Dust’ art exhibition, featuring two incredible 1920s trailblazing women, running until December 12, 2026.
Check out as well over the school holidays the amazing children’s exhibitions and workshops: ‘Clicking Bricks’, ‘Monster! Art’, and ‘Erth’s Dinosaurs’!
