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markson cloth An Art Quilt Retrospective by Glenys Mann 1990–2007

Exhibition dates: Thursday, 10 July to Saturday, 24 AugustThis exhibition runs simultaneously with a staff artist’s exhibition

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staff artist’sexhibition

Artists after work...Moreton Bay workmatesshow their true colours

Pine Rivers Regional Art

Gallery, at Unit 7/199 Gympie

Rd, Strathpine, offers a

diverse exhibition program,

displaying works from

renowned artists. The gallery

also hosts workshops and

creative activities for people

of all ages.

Throughout August, the

gallery will host “Marks on

Cloth,” a touring exhibition of

contemporary quilts created

by Tamworth textile artist

Glenys Mann. It will also

show “Artists After Work,

Moreton Bay workmates

show their true colours,” an

exhibition by more than 30

council staff, who spend their

leisure time being creative in

the visual arts.

Bribie Island Community

Arts Centre at Sunderland

Drive, Banksia Beach is

a purpose-built exhibition

space including the Matthew

Flinders Gallery, where large

exhibitions featuring works by

local and invited artists are

often displayed, and creative

workshops are regularly held.

From 5 to 14 August, Bribie

Island will host an exhibition

by Maro and Giovanni

Tozzetti, followed by “Quatro,”

an exhibition featuring

paintings, sculptures, pottery

and ceramics by a range of

artists from 16 to 31 August.

Redcliffe City Art Gallery is

the main hub for visual art

and creative activities on

the peninsula. It presents

a varied annual program of

local and touring exhibitions,

offering its visitors a unique

cultural perspective of the

seaside lifestyle and the

broader region.

During August, Redcliffe City

Art Gallery at 470 – 476

Oxley Ave, Redcliffe will host

“Accounting for the Collector,”

featuring the personal art

collection of renowned

businessman Brian Tucker

until 16 August, as well as

the Henzell Street Quilters

artworks and workshops.

For more information contact

your council district ofce;

Caboolture (07) 5433 3000,

Redcliffe (07) 3283 0233,

Pine Rivers (07) 3480 6666

or visit the website

www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au.

If you feel like indulging your creative side and getting the family out for some art appreciation,

Moreton Bay region is home to a number of community centres catering for visual arts.

explore

community art spaces

Take in the movies at a fraction

of the usual cost at the Redcliffe

Cultural Centre.

For $6 see movies like Before

the Devil Knows You’re Dead,

Then She Found Me, and

Spiderwick Chronicles and

be treated to coffee and cake

before or afterwards.

During any week, a variety of

Australian and international art

lms can be viewed.

The cultural centre in Downs

St, a low-cost community arts

centre, offers a range of exciting

activities for the young and

old, as well as poetry and

art displays.

A full list of the centre’s lms,

shows and activities are listed

in a monthly brochure available

from the venue or Visitor

Information Centres at Redcliffe

Parade and Pelican Park.

Phone the box ofce on

3283 0407.

Coffee, Cake and a Movie for $6?

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Townhouse trendThousands of dollars savedOlder & Bolder

what’s

insidewww.moretonbay.qld.gov.au

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Thinking big for the future

Council is planning

for the future by

spending more than

$329 million on

key projects and

infrastructure in the

next 12 months.

Roads and transport,

wastewater management,

parks and recreation are key

areas of expenditure aimed atdelivering a solid foundation

for Moreton Bay region’s

growing communities.

Below are some project

highlights, outlined in this

year’s budget:

* $76 million allocated

towards the major upgrade

of the Murrumba Downs

Wastewater Treatment Plant

and $11 million for an

upgrade of the Burpengary

East Wastewater Treatment

Plant.

* More than $62 million

to be spent on transport

infrastructure including

the reconstruction of the

Old North Road, Youngs

Crossing and Samsonvale

Roads intersection in Warner.

Council will also spend

$4.2 million on roadpavement renewal and

$1.2 million on bikeways.

* $7.2 million towards the

construction of the Woody

Point jetty, $4.9 million

towards the rst stage of

works at Samford Parklands

and $3.7 million on the rst

stage of works at Caboolture’s

State Equestrian Centre.

* More than $1.4 million to

be spent on books and other

resources for the region’s

comprehensive library

system.

* Funding has also been set

aside for detailed design to

commence on an 82 hectare

Regional Sports Park at

Burpengary and an extensive

swimming pool upgrade

program to be rolled out

across Pine Rivers.

For more information, see

our four-page budget

liftout inside.




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The 5 August meeting will be held at 4pm

at Redcliffe, the 19 August meeting will be

at 4pm at Strathpine and the 29 August

meeting will be at 4pm at Caboolture.

Through its general and committee

meetings, council discusses and determines

strategies for its programs and services.

A full list of meeting times and locations can

Council Meeting ScheduleEkka holiday

The Moreton Bay region

will celebrate the Brisbane

Ekka show holiday on

Monday, 11 August.

Council ofces and many

other businesses in the

region will be closed for

the day.

Meanwhile Brisbane

celebrates its Ekka holiday

on Wednesday, 13 August.

General Meetings(rotational venues)

August 5 4pm Redcliffe

19 4pm Strathpine

29 4pm Caboolture

September 16 4pm Redcliffe

October 7 4pm Strathpine

21 4pm Caboolture

November 4 4pm Redcliffe

18 4pm Strathpine

December 2 4pm Caboolture

16 4pm Redclif fe

Co-ordination Committee(rotational venues)

August 5 9am Redcliffe

19 9am Strath pine

29 9am Caboolture

September 16 9am Redcliffe

October 7 9am Strathpine

21 9am Caboolture

November 4 9am Redcliffe

18 9am Strath pine

December 2 9am Caboolture

16 9am Redclif fe

Strategic and PlanningCommittee (Strathpine)

August 13 8.30am

September 10 8.30am

October 8 8.30am

November 12 8.30am

December 10 8.30am

What is Older & Bolder?

The rst regional program

will run from Monday, 8

September to Friday,

19 September.

The program offers a wide

range of low cost and

subsidised activities

and events.

New activities include jet

skiing, abseiling at Kangaroo

Point Cliffs, Cycle By The

Sea, Kum Nye relaxation and

meditation, an introduction to

four-wheel-driving and

many more.

Coach tours with Cross

Country Tours include trips to

Mount Tamborine, Kingscliff

and the Eumundi Markets, as

well as the Mary Valley Rattler

and Highelds Heaven.

Program booklets will be

available in council libraries

and customer service centres

and displayed on council’s

website

(www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au)

from early August.

Those who would like to

attend an activity should

register their interest between

15 and 22 August. A random,

lotto style system will be used

to allocate places.

The council co-ordinated program for the over 50s has been running successfully in Pine Rivers for three

years and is now expanding to take in Caboolture and Redcliffe districts.

Council will hold three general meetings this month.

be found at www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au.




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Water conservation bladderssave thousands of dollars

Stand out project helpsmulticultural communityIt can be tough when English isn’t your rst language, your extended family is

on the other side of the world and you don’t know the region.

Spectra Vision TheatreupgradedAs Redcliffe residents

watch the new bridge

being built alongside theHoughton Highway, visitors

to the Spectra Vision

Theatre at the Redcliffe

Museum will be intrigued

to see footage of the

Hornibrook Highway being

built in the early 1930s.

In the past, this theatre was

the core of the museum,

giving visitors a potted

history of Redcliffe using holograms and objects.

A recent $143,000 council

upgrade has resulted in

an entirely new theatre

production focusing on

the seaside lifestyle of

the peninsula.

Using images, objects and

some unique lm footage,

visitors will be transported

to the 1920s, sitting in

the Redcliffe Pier Theatre

surrounded by iconic

objects including a pair of

woollen 1930s bathers,

a steamer trunk, a set of

convict leg irons, and a

full working model of the

popular excursion boat, the

SS Koopa.

For more information phone

3883 1898.

But a project, known as

Standing Out, Looking In

is helping women from

multicultural backgrounds

establish themselves

and their families in

our community.

Last month, 12 women with

diverse backgrounds surveyed

about 250 others about the

problems they faced in their

day-to-day lives.

That information is being

used to work on solutions

harnessing the resources

of existing organisations to

address issues including

language barriers,

education and employment

opportunities, transport and

childcare availability.

The project targets women

because women’s issues are

family and community issues.

Standing Out, Looking

In is a joint initiative

involving council, the State

Government’s Department of

Employment and Industrial

Relations and community

employment and training

group CADET. It has received

funding from the State

Government under the Skilling

Queenslanders for Work

Initiative.

For further information please

phone 5431 6516.

Eight giant mustard-

coloured bladders

will help council savewater and money

when carrying out

vital swimming pool

maintenance.

Each 12-metre square

by 1.5-metre tall custom-

made bladder, worth about

$11,000, is able to store

152,000 litres of drinking

water and will be used at

council’s 13 swimming pools.

The bladders are part of

council’s commitment to

the Queensland WaterCommission’s Level 6 water

restrictions, that state pools

can not be lled with town

water supplies from South-

East Queensland.

Under these restrictions,

the other option during pool

maintenance work is to

totally empty the pools and

rell them with fresh water

sourced from outside the

region and transported by

road tanker – which would

come at a huge cost.

Based on tankered water

prices, council will have

recouped the cost of the new

bladders by the time it has

used them to maintain two

50-metre pools, at Lawnton

and Albany Creek.

The next two pools to use the

bladders, so maintenance

and repairs can be carried

out, are at Ferny Hills and

North Lakes.




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events Variety of locations inMoreton Bay Region1 to 31 August

Outside & Alive offers a mixture

of active, adventurous activities

and relaxing getting-back to

nature elements.

Highlights of this annual event

will be the Lowlands Festival, an

environmental family fun day at

Osprey House, Dohles Rocks Rd,

Grifn on 31 August from 11am

to 3pm, the What’s Cooking in

the Gardens? at Redcliffe Botanic

Gardens on 3 August from 10am

to 3pm and the new Dog’s

Day Out, on Sunday 17 August

from 10am to 2pm, at Rob

Akers Reserve, Bells Pocket Rd,

Strathpine. Radio 4BC’s pet vet

Dr Cam Day, an animal behaviour

consultant will be a celebrity pet

competition judge at this event.

For more details of events

throughout August phone 3480

6666 or visit the website

[email protected].

Lawnton Showgrounds1, 2 & 3 August

9am to 9pm Friday and

Saturday, 9am to 4pm Sunday

Pine Rivers Show will feature a

rodeo with broncos and bulls,

pig racing, wood chopping,

a Ute muster, Miss Showgirl,

sheep shearing, Jack Field Stunt

Motorcycle Display, art and craft,

horticulture, cooking displays,sideshow alley and reworks

(on Friday and Saturday night at

8.30pm).

Enquiries to Pine Rivers Show

Society 3205 2597.

Centenary Lakes,Caboolture13 August

10am to 4pm

Centenary Lakes Family Fun Day

Have a wild adventure at this

year’s Family Fun Day. Council

is hosting an exciting day of

free activities to give families a

day out on the Brisbane EkkaShow Holiday. There will be

entertainment, craft activities, a

events calendar Day (PG) at Downs St, Redcliffe.

Cost $6. Phone 3283 0407.

5 August, 7.30pm

Live Show: Antal Szalai & his

Gypsy Orchestra

Don’t miss this traditional gypsy

band – it will be a sell out!

Cost: adults $49.50, concession

and groups 10+ $39.90. Downs

St, Redcliffe. Phone 3283 0407.

Redcliffe Art Gallery6 August, 10.30am

Floor talk at the gallery - Learn

about artworks in the current

Accounting for the Collector

exhibition at 470-476 Oxley Ave,

Redcliffe. Morning tea provided,

cost FREE, phone 3283 0415.

8 August, 10.30am to 12noon

Children’s Dugongs and Magic

Painting Workshop

at 470-476 Oxley Ave, Redcliffe.

Cost FREE, bookings essential,

phone 3283 0415.

Redcliffe Cultural Centre8 August, 10am and 12noon

Live Show: Dorothy the Dinosaur

at Downs St, Redcliffe. Cost $17,

bookings essential.

Phone 3283 0407.

8 August, 7.30pm

Cue Film in Style: The Painted

Veil (M) at Downs St, Redcliffe.

Cost: two tickets and a goodies

basket, $32. Bookings essential.

Phone 3283 0407.

9 August, 7pm

Live Show: Flavours of theMiddle East at Downs St,

Redcliffe.

Cost: adults $12, conc $10,

family (2 adults, 2 children) $39,

ticket plus Middle Eastern nger

food $25. Phone 3283 0407.

10 August, 2pm

Film: The Painted Veil (M) at

Downs St, Redcliffe.

Cost $6, phone 3283 0407.

11 August, 7.30pm

17 August, 2pm

Film: Un Secret (M) at Downs St,

Redcliffe.

Cost $6, subtitled, phone3283 0407.

Bribie Island CommunityArts Centre11 August, 9am to 12noon

25 August, 9am to 12 noon

Fabric and Textiles Working

Together Group

The Fabric and Textiles group

meet in Studio 3 on the second

and fourth Monday of each

month. Cost is $2 for members

and $3 for non-members. Bribie

Island Community Arts Centre,

191 Sunderland Drive,

Bribie Island.

pet show, and more rides than

ever before. Bring a blanket or a

chair and enjoy this free annual

event. Centenary Lakes can be

accessed via Elliott and Riverview

Sts on the day.

Strathpine CommunityCentre18-19 August 9am to 3pm

Dickson Seniors Expo attracts

about 800 visitors each year.

Free entry and complimentary

sample bags, as well as

lucky door prizes, a fashion

parade, cooking and gardening

presentations.

active for lifePine Rivers CommunityHealth CentreAugust - three mornings

each week

The New Mums and Bubs of

Pine Rivers Walking Group meet

on Mondays, Wednesdays and

Thursdays at 8am at the Pine

Rivers Community Health Centre,

at 568 Gympie Rd, Strathpine.

For more information phone

3480 6666.

Older & BolderAugust 15 to 22

Booking requests open, see page

2 for full details.

Redcliffe Visitor InformationCentre22 August

Discover Redcliffe Factory Tour

Departing Clontarf Visitor

Information Centre at 9.30am.

Cost is $5 and bookings

essential. 1800 659 500.

arts and culture

Redcliffe Cultural Centre1 August, 7pm and

2 August, 7pm

Live Show: Suessical

the Musical

A Redcliffe State High School

production at Downs St,

Redcliffe.

Cost: adults $15, concession

$12 & children $8.

Phone 3283 0407.

Pine Rivers RegionalArt Gallery1 to 24 August,

Gallery open Wednesday to

Saturday, 11am to 4pm

‘Marks on Cloth’ – Retrospective

by Glenys Mann 1990 – 2007

and ‘Staff Artists’ exhibition

at 199 Gympie Rd, Strathpine

(Parking off Mecklem Street).Free admission.

Phone 3480 6941.

Pine Rivers HeritageMuseum1 to 31 August

“Science on the Move” is a

portable exhibition created

by Questacon – The National

Science and Technology Centre

in Canberra. This innovative

collection of 33 bright and

colourful portable displays brings

the excitement of interactive

science to the Pine Rivers

Heritage Museum, at DayboroRd, Kurwongbah. It is open

Wednesday to Friday from 10am

to 3pm, Saturday and Sunday

from 10am to 2pm.

Phone 3285 7213.

Redcliffe Museum1 to 31 August

More Shelley China - An

encore performance

Enjoy the beauty and diversity of

Shelley China at 75 Anzac Ave,

Redcliffe. Free entry.

Phone 3883 1898

Redcliffe Cultural Centre

3 August, 2pm7 August, 7.30pm

Film: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a




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Redcliffe Art Gallery13 August, 10.30am

Bus Trip to Logan Art Gallery to

view works from Brian Tucker’s

collection. Rendezvous at 470-

476 Oxley Ave, Redcliffe. Cost

FREE, bookings essential.

Phone 3283 0415.

Redcliffe Cultural Centre16 August, 2pm

Live Show: Surprise

Musical Party

Presented by the Redcliffe City

Orchestra and the Redcliffe City

Choir, at Downs St, Redcliffe.

Cost: adults $12, concession

$10, high school students $7,

primary and pre school children.

FREE.

*Allocated seating.

Phone 3283 0407.

Redcliffe Museum16 August, 11am to 3pm

Shelley Roadshow

Members of the Collector’s

Club will be on hand to assist in

researching your personal Shelley

china pieces. They will present

short talks throughout the day

on their own collections and

research undertaken by the club

at 75 Anzac Ave, Redcliffe. Free

entry. Phone 3883 1898

Redcliffe Art Gallery21 August, 6pm

Exhibition opening of Henzell

Street Quilters Annual Exhibition

2008, at 470-476 Oxley Ave,

Redcliffe. RSVP Monday 18

August, phone 3283 0415.

21, 23, 28 & 31 August, 9.30am

to 2.30pm

Redcliffe Quilter’s stall at 470-

476 Oxley Ave, Redcliffe.

Redcliffe Cultural Centre22 August, 6pm

Chill out at the Cue Bar at Downs

St, Redcliffe.

Meals available, free entry,

phone 3283 0407.

22 August, 7.30pm

23 August, 7.30pm

Film: Counterfeiters (MA) at

Downs St, Redcliffe.Cost $6, subtitle.

Phone 3283 0407.

Bribie Island CommunityArts Centre24 August, 8.30am to 12.30pm

Arts & Crafts Fair

Plenty of great gift ideas, hand-

made, home-grown, home-baked

fare and paintings. Bribie Island

Community Arts Centre, 191

Sunderland Drive, Bribie Island.

Pine Rivers RegionalArt Gallery27 August to 4 October

Gallery open Wednesday toSaturday, 11am to 4pm

‘Document Moment’ –

photography by Walter Stahl

who was the winner of the

2005 Annual Art Awards and

‘Digital Spectre’ – digital artwork

by Debra Livingstone, at 199

Gympie Rd, Strathpine (Parking

off Mecklem Street).

Free admission. Opening Friday,

29 August at 6pm.

Phone 3480 6941.

Redcliffe Cultural Centre28 August, 10am

Live Show: It’s a Party! at Downs

St, Redcliffe.

Help us celebrate U3A’s 20th

birthday with two hours of fun.

Cost $7.50, bookings essential,

phone 3283 0407.

Pine Rivers RegionalArt GalleryThursday evenings 6.45pm to

8.45pm

Gallery open Wednesday to

Saturday, 11am to 4pm

Life drawing sessions (untutored)

Cost $11.

Thursday evenings at 199

Gympie Rd, Strathpine (Parking

off Mecklem Street). Beginners

and experienced artists welcome.

‘The Gallery Shop’ featuring work

by local artists and guests.

Unusual gifts under $200 +

Creative Play gifts for kids

Entries close on October 10

for the upcoming Moreton Bay

Regional Youth Art Awards.

Phone 3480 6941.

librariesKallangur Library

August

Pioneering the Pine IV

Pine Rivers founding families -

Heritage Museum display

Kallangur LibraryAugust - every Monday &

Wednesday

PlayOn@Kallangur

Free indoor and outdoor games

for young people. Board games,

Giant Chess and Connect 4, dart

board, quoits, hooky or skittles in

the courtyard. 3pm to 4.30pm

Redcliffe City Library

AugustChildren’s Book Week Art

Competition

The competition is for primary

aged children and prep groups.

Entries close on August 8. Forms

are available from the library.

Bribie Island Library1 to 29 August

Artist of the Month

Enjoy an exciting selection of

Aboriginal artworks by Enid Kina-Morris. Free. Call for viewing

times on 3408 1388.

Deception Bay Library1 to 29 August

Artist of the Month

View mixed media artworks by

Darla Boyd. Free.

Narangba Library1 to 29 August

Artist of the Month

Displaying a selection of

paintings by Reagan Samoa.

Free.

Redcliffe City Library4 August, 10am to 12noon

Knitting for the needy

Join a group of ladies and knit

squares, hats and scarves for

people in need.

Pathways Library6 August

Computers for Nervous

Beginners

Would you like to use a computer

but are unsure as how to start?

Join Computers for Nervous

Beginners, a six week course that

will start you on your journey to

computers, creating documents,

internet basics and email.

Spaces limited so book now on

3480 9900.

Weekly sessions. 6 August – 10

September.

Redcliffe City Library6 to 7 August, 10.30am to

11am

Storytelling

Celebrate children’s book week

with favourite Australian authors.

Redcliffe City Library8 August, 1pm and 2pm

Andy Grifths visits

Meet, listen and talk to this

popular Australian author.

Bookings essential.

Phone 3283 0310.

Narangba Library9 August, 3pm to 4pm

Book launch of Too Many

Assassins by Chanter Read. Free.

Pathways Library12 August, 6.30pm to 8.30pm

For 18 years and over.

13 August, 2pm to 4pm

For 12 to 18 years.

Poetry Slam WorkshopGhostboy presents a free

workshop to help every budding

performance poet out there hit

the slam stage hard armed with

freshly sharpened words!

Places limited, book early on

3480 9900.

Bribie Island Library

12 August, 10am to 12noon

Vegetarian cooking

demonstration and nutrition talk.Free. Bookings essential.

Phone 3408 1388.

Redcliffe City Library

13 August, 4.30pm to 6pm

Introduction to the internet

Discover the World Wide Web.

Surf the net using Internet

Explorer. Bookings essential.

Phone 3283 0249.

Narangba Library


Krumping workshop for ages

12 to 17 years. Free. Bookings

essential. Phone 3385 5555.Pathways Library

16 August at 6.30pm for 7pm

Australian Poetry Slam 08

Moreton Bay will be hosting one

of the heats in the Australian

Poetry Slam 08 - the search is on

for our best spoken word poet!

Participants will have a chance

to win the state or national title

for all forms of poetry from verse,

to comic, hip hop, spoken word

monologues, or beat.

For young people aged 12 to 18

years and adults 18 years andover. Book early on 3480 9900.

Moreton Bay Libraries

16-22 August

Children’s Book Week - Fuel

your mind!

Activities will include: Children’s

Book Week Quiz, a Book Week

Show with song, rhymes,

puppetry, and story gigs, story

times and displays.

Special events are author (Greg

Rogers) tour and talks at eight

libraries across the region, and

an art competition (entries close

8 August).

Deception Bay Library


Scrapbooking with Tina.

Cost $10 to cover materials.

Bookings essential.

Phone 3203 1094.

Bribie Island Library

20 August, 3.30 to 5pm

After School Club. Celebrate

Science Week with kitchen

professor science experiments.

Free.

Other library events continuethroughout the month visit

library.moretonbay.qld.gov.au

The events listed are proudly supported by Moreton Bay Regional Council.




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From Tai Chi to a teddy bears picnic, the Outside

and Alive recreational and environmental festival

this month offers something for everyone.

Council is hosting a range

of activities at the park from

10am to 4pm so residents

can treat their kids to a

day out on the Brisbane

Ekka Show Holiday without

breaking the bank.

Adventurers can burn

off some energy on rock

climbing, a giant slide and

a bungee trampoline, while

kids fascinated with lizards

and snakes will get a kick out

of the mobile reptile display.

All rides, activities and face

painting are free throughout

the day. Roving performers,

boat rides on the lake and

train rides will keep the

kids busy.

A pet show with competitions

and prizes will be a highlight.

There will be food stalls

operated by community

groups and service clubs, but

families are also welcome

to bring their own

picnic lunches.

Wild adventures atFamily Fun DayRock climbing, rides and reptile shows are just

some of the wild adventures to be had at this year’s

Family Fun Day at Caboolture’s Centenary Lakes onWednesday, 13 August.

Outdoor fun for all ages

Council will run fun and

educational activities and

events every Wednesday,

Saturday and Sunday in

August as part of the festival.

For youngsters there will be

the Teddy Bears’ Picnic at

Pine Rivers Park from 10amon 20 August, the Active

after School Program every

Wednesday and the Junior

Ranger event on 2 August.

Residents looking for a fresh

hobby can take advantage of

activities conducted by local

clubs aimed at encouraging

people to try something new.

Those needing to relax theirmind, body and soul can try

out the ancient martial art

of Tai Chi at free sessions at

North Lakes on 30 August.

There are some very special

events planned for Sundays.

Food lovers and garden

enthusiasts will be in their

element at What’s Cooking in

the Gardens? at Redcliffe’s

Botanic Gardens on 3 August.

Bring your own canoe or

kayak to be part of Paddle

the Pine on 17 August, take

your pet pooch to Dogs Day

Out at Rob Akers Reserve

Strathpine on 17 August and

learn about the environment

at the Lowlands Festival at

Osprey House EnvironmentCentre on 31 August.

For further information and

a full program guide, please

phone 3480 6666 or visitwww.moretonbay.qld.gov.au.

Outside & Alive is presented

by Moreton Bay Regional

Council in conjunction withENERGEX.




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The fund, a joint council and

Queensland Government

project, aims to support local

arts and culture and its latest

funding round applications

will be for projects

commencing after

November 2008.

Individual professional

development, arts projects,

heritage projects, workshops

and concept development, or

creative industry and cultural

tourism development are all

areas that are eligible for

funding.

To discuss your project,

obtain guidelines, application

forms or to book your place

in an information session,

contact your relevant RADF

Liaison Ofcer:

Contact Caboolture district

(07) 5433 2240, Redcliffe

district (07) 3283 0233 or

Pine Rivers district

(07) 3480 6666.

Further information,

application forms and

guidelines can also be

downloaded from council’s

website at

www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au

Fuel forthought

Moreton Bay Regional libraries

are celebrating Children’s

Book Week from 16 to 22

August with the theme ‘Fuel

Your Mind.’

The range of fun activities will

include an art competition for

primary school aged children,

awards ceremonies, special

story time sessions, displays,

a Children’s Book Week

Quiz, and a Book Week Show

with song/rhymes, books,

puppetry, and story gigs.

Well-known illustrator Greg

Rogers will speak at eight

libraries across the region.

Individuals and organisations with great arts and cultural ideas have until 12

September to put their hands up for Regional Arts Development Fund grants.

Got a great arts idea?

RADF

Increasing numbers

of people living aloneor as couples without

children have fueled

a trend towards building

townhouses in the

region.

Council’s town planners

have noticed a signicant

shift towards building

townhouse complexes in

the past couple of years,

following nearly 15 years

where little interest was

shown in their construction.

The region has a number

of recently completed

townhouse complexes,

complexes under

construction and several

development applications

for more townhouses in

the pipeline.

Townhouses particularly

suit the northern growth

corridor of Mango Hill,Grifn and Dakabin, where

council plans are aimed at

encouraging higher density

developments.

For more than a century,

the average Queensland

household has been a

couple with two children

living in a detached three or

four-bedroom home with a

large back yard.

However, the State

Government’s household

projections show one-personand two-person households

are rapidly becoming

the norm.

An ageing population,

changing social attitudes

and lifestyles, net migration

and declining fertility are all

driving the changes.

The household projection

report says the number

of “lone person” and

“couple without children”

households is expected to

increase by about 70 per

cent by 2026.

Townhouses are trendy

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