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Friday March 16 th, 2012
Come & Try Croquet Day!
The Range Croquet Club invites young and old to join us on our beautiful lawns at the Show-grounds.
Croquet is a sport which involves hitting plastic or wooden balls with a mallet through hoop.
Come and try the game & enjoy a fun day out! Croquet can be a game for people of all ages.
The Club will provide everything you need. Al you need to do is just bring a hat, some sunscreen and wear fl at heeled shoes.
The day will be held at the Club’s rinks at the Maleny Showgrounds on Sunday 25th of March between 10am and 4p.m.
The cost for adults will be only $5.00, but primary school kids are free!
There will be cold drinks, coff ee and cake, tea and a sausage sizzle.
There will be some giveaways and raffl es throughout the day.
Enquiries about this day or cro-quet in general can be made by email to Vince Carbery: [email protected]
Why not give something diff er-ent a go and venture down to the Maleny Croquet Courts and fi nd out what a fun game this is for everyone.
Over the last decade the cost of what were once public utilities - water, electricity and vehicle registration fees coupled with the increases in the tax on petrol has risen at rates above the average cost of living increases.
Those fee increases, coupled with the ever increasing costs of public transport have put great pressure on the average Queensland family to be able to exist.
According to the Queensland motoring organisation, The RACQ, Queenslanders pay the highest vehicle registration fees in Australia. An RACQ spokesperson said that the Queensland Government earns more per capita from residents for motor vehicle registration and other fees than any other state government.
With the state election not far down the line now is the time to
question your candidates about their commitment to reducing the cost of living on the average Queensland family. Once you have their answer it is important to ensure yourself that you can be-lieve in the commitments that have been made.
There is just a week left to separate the truth from the spin and get the message to whichever party is about to form the next government of Queensland that wastage of our money is not acceptable. Over the past few years in particular there has been an extraordinary amount of Queensland taxpayer’s money wasted through a number of failed projects.
It is a bit late after the election to attempt to get a commitment about your concerns from those who will be making the decisions for the next few years.
Public utility costs andvehicle registrations keeping us poor!
2012 is the International Year of Co-operatives
The United Nations has named 2012 as the International Year of Co-opera-tives. Maleny has had a long association with community co-operatives with the fi rst one being set up in 1903 by the Maleny Co-operative Dairy Association. This co-operative lasted for well over half a century, but it was not until about 1980 that Co-operatives really took over the town.
It was then that the Maple Street Co-operative was set up and from there a number, including the Maleny Credit Union, The Upfront Club and a number of others sprouted. 2012 will see a number of events held re-volving around Maleny Co-operatives.
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News from the Maleny SES GroupOver the past few months there have been a number of incidents where the Maleny SES Group has been called out. Mostly the jobs have centered around the heavy rain that our area has received over the summer months.
Jobs include things such as sandbagging premises to keep water from entering, tarping rooves that have been
damaged by high winds and removing trees that have been blown over and create a danger to homeowners or passing traffi c.
The group is always looking for more volunteers to join the group. There are many jobs to be done, from administration to equipment maintenance to the actual front line work. Why not consider doing your bit to help the community.
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 fi nish about 9.30 pm. Why not become a member of the Maleny SES Group.Follow Maleny SES on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/malenyses.
Maleny Show Society to raise the stakes for this year’s Charity Person
Celebration of the 75th Maleny Show sees $5,000 up for grabs
In celebration of the 75th Maleny Show this year’s entrants for Charity Person will be raising money in hope of winning the major prize of $5,000 worth of travel vouchers and cash.
This generous prize is open to entrants 15 years and older, male or female and to those who raise over $1,200 with all money being raised for the Show Society in order to help improve their local showgrounds.
Entrants are able to raise the specifi ed amount of money any way in which they please.
All entrants must be present at the Maleny Show Ball on the 19th May 2012, where the major prize winner will be announced as well as Maleny Show Girl and Rural Ambassador.
President of the Maleny Show Society Ivan Hankinson said that since cel-ebrating the 75th year of the community’s agricultural show it was seen appropriate to off er a generous prize.
“By off ering this generous prize amount we are hoping that it will encour-age people who may not have been involved I our show in the past to get involved in to our 75th year celebrations”, says Mr Hankinson.
So get your fundraising ideas into action and get involved.
For more information regarding entrant qualifi cation please do not hesi-tate to contact the Maleny Show Society’s offi ce on 54942008 or [email protected] Transport
initiatives to continueThe Sunshine Coast Regional Coun-cil has decided to continue the present public transport trial in the present form.
At a meeting on February 22nd, 2012 a decision was made to con-tinue the Flexilink services between Peachester and Beerwah, Conon-dale and Maleny, Kenilworth and Mapleton.
Beerwah to Landsborough to Maleny Bus Service trial will also continue.
The services will be part funded from the Sunshine Coast Public Transport Reserve funds. This trial will continue until the Public Trans-port Levy is considered as part of the 2012/2013 budget process by the new incoming council.
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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”.
Mum’s favourite RecipesBaked Eggs and tomatoes
- a must on that summer Sunday morningwith the Sunday paper..
Ingredients * 4 eggs, * 1/2 pint white sauce * 2 oz grated cheese * 1/2 oz margarine * 2 tomatoes * Chopped parsley * Salt and pepper
MethodMelt the margarine in a ovenproof dish. Break the unbeaten eggs care-fully into it and put them into a slow oven (250 degrees F) until they are just set.While they are cooking make a white sauce.Add grated cheese and keep hot. Skin the tomatoes, cut them in half. Season, dab margarine over each, pour the white sauce on the eggs and lay the tomatoes around the dish and serve hot. Garnish with parsley.
The iPad3 is almost hereApple Computers has just released the next generation of their very successful iPad. This is the tool for accessing the internet whilst you are on the move. Whilst the generation 3 iPad is smaller it is even more powerful and a thing of beauty.The Internet can be a huge, hard-to-fathom kind of place. Yet iPad makes it easy to explore. Hold the web in your hands like a book or magazine. Use your fi ngers to move around a website, zoom in on images and text and tap links. Once you see the web on iPad, it’s hard to see it any other way.For commuters it is ideal for reading the days newspaper, those books or communicating with business colleagues or friends.iPad with Wi-Fi is ideal if you have a wireless high-speed Internet router in your home or if you’ll be using your iPad near a wireless hotspot — in a coffee shop or school library, for example.Choose an iPad with Wi-Fi + 4G if you’ll be spending time in places without Wi-Fi hotspots, such as outdoors or on your morning commute.
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Overtaking or pass-ing a vehicle at a
children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing
A driver approaching a children’s crossing, or pedestriancrossing, must not overtake or pass a vehicle that is travellingin the same direction as the driver and is stopping, or hasstopped, to give way to a pedes-trian at the crossing.
Giving way to pedestri-ans in a shared zone
A driver driving in a shared zone must give way to any pedestrian in the zone.
Back in 2009 we had worked at a site along Mountain View Road, Maleny removing coff ee bean trees from a small rainforest remnant, and beliueve me these are not a good tree to plant up here no matter how much you love coff ee. There wasn’t much bird life and it wasn’t until the last day that I came across an innocent tree frog.
In fact this frog found me and what unfolded happened; never have I been so savagely jumped upon by such an innocent and beautiful looking thing.
I had knelt down to refuel the
chainsaw when all of a sudden, WHACK!
This frog lands on my right shoul-der and I grabbed it and said to my mate, “Hey - Lindsay, this frog just just jumped on me.” I looked at the frog and saw that it was red around the eyes, similar to the Southern orange-eyed treefrog, but this one had blue on the inner thighs, and it had a pale belly.
I then placed the frog on a tree a bit away from where I was work-ing only for the frog to look at me with a smile and jump back on my shoulder.
Grabbing it again I placed it back on the tree only to have it jump back onto the helmet that I was wearing. I took the helmet off and placed the frog back onto the tree only for it to jump back and land smack in the midle of my face.
I began to laugh, for now I knew I was in deep trouble. But to see this happen as the frog landed on the side of my face over my eye was a sight in itself as the frog out-stretched its legs.
The feeling was soft, almost like velvet without the fur. I was still laughing as I peeledthis creature off my face and put it back on the tree.
But this frog was not done for yet as it jumped on my shoulder and started to crawl down my back.
By now, this was the fi fth time it had jumped at me. As I held it in my hand this time I looked at it and said, “Right!! you really want your photo taken, don’t you?” I then placed the frog back on the tree and went to collect my camera. I was able to tame the wild frog and took a photo of it on the back of my hand.
I then placed it in a pile of coff ee bean tree waste and took a couple more photos before I was able to excape this frog.
I’ve been bitten, stung and had close calls with nasty snakes and spiders, but this would have to be the most memorable and enjoyable encounter.
Perhaps I should have kissed the frog and maybe it would have turned into a beautifi l princess or let it kiss me and maybe I would turn into a beautiful frog.
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About the AuthorLong termed Maleny resident, Grant Meyer loves photographing insects, animals and native fl owers.
Over the coming issues he will bring us some photos of some of the natural scenes that he has witnessed along with an explanation of the story surrounding the photo.
The story is often as interesting, if not more than the photo.
The photos shown in this series of stories are taken by Grant and are available for sale from him.
He can be contacted on mobile phone 0404 606 677.
Local natruralist Grant talks natureRed-eyed Treefrog - “Agalychnis callidryas”
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Roundupwith Donna & Norm LewisVolunteer Community Education Offi cers
We have passed summer and it won’t be long before we will be into winter proper. Winter is ex-pected to be a wetter than normal winter for our area.
Each winter throughout Austra-lia there appears to be a spike in house fi res so as we come into winter we need to take some safety precautions.
• To test an electric blanket lay it fl at on top of the bed, then switch it on for fi ve minutes before putting it on the bed for use to confi rm it is okay.
• Use only authorised installers of fi xed heating appliances.
• Oil, gas or wood heating units may require a yearly mainte-nance check.
• Only use fuses of recommended rating and install an electrical safety switch.
• If possible, in the kitchen keep a fi re extinguisher and fi re blanket placed near the exit.
• Never leave burning candles or any open fl ame unattended.
Ever wanted to do something diff erent? Join Maleny RFB by contacting 0427071591 or come along to training.
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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News from Ebenezer
Proudly presented by The M.A.D. Project and Friends of Eben-ezer Aust (Zambia) is a compel-ling story about the rescue of children in harm in Northern Uganda/Southern Sudan.
Machine Gun Preacher is the inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-deal-ing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and fi nds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kid-napped and orphaned children.
Gerard Butler delivers a searing performance as Childers, the im-passioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organisa-tion in Golden Globe-nomi-nated director Marc Forster’s (Monster’s Ball, Finding Never-land) moving story of violence and redemption.
The movie is MA+15 rated so is suitable for older teenagers and adults.
This movie will be screened on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the Maleny Baptist church, cnr. of Landsborough Road and Mc-Carthy’s Road, Maleny.
Doors open at 6.30 pm for a 7.00pm start. Admission is $10, light snacks will be available for purchase.
Bookings are essential and can be made by phoning your num-bers through to Arcadia on 0427 296 572.
Funds help continue the work of The M.A.D. Project and Friends of Ebenezer in Africa.
Green Home workshops
The Sunshine Soast Regional Council in conjunction with the Maleny Library will be holding a workshop about sustainable home living on the Sunshine Coast.
The workshop will take place at the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre on Thursday March 29th commencing at10am.
It has been proved that by making your home more environmentally sustainable will save you money.
Speakers will explain principles for sustainable design and sustain-able options for existing homes such as technology that can save energy and money.
This program is a free program, but bookings are essential. The library details are: Maleny Library, 5 Coral Street, Maleny - Phone (07) 5435 3100.
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Anything but a Shambles!Open Gardens Australia is a not-for-profi t organisation that opens private gardens and organises garden-themed events for public enjoyment around the country.
As part of this scheme “The Sham-bles” at 85 Western Avenue , Mont-ville will be open for inspection as over Easter 2012.
This garden is built around The Simpson Family’s century old farm house.
The garden will be open on Satur-day 7th, Sunday 8th and Monday the 9th of April 9th 2012 between
10am and 4.30p.m.
Admission is just $6 with people under under 18 free. All funds raised go to Hunchy Districy Com-munity organization.
Michael Simpson of the Shambles said, “There will be refreshments available for purchase.” He contin-ued that there will be a plant stand for those whanting to increase their own gardens. There will also be vintage cars on display.
This is a great opportunity for the whole family to get out together and spend some real family time.
Photo below: shows the North facing verandah ofThe Shambles in Spring
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Range Table Tennis Club gets new equipment
The Range Table Tennis Club has taken delivery of two new Premium Roller Stiga competition standard table tennis tables. They arrived re-cently in their travelling containers.
The tables have been made pos-sible through a grant to the club of $1998.00 from the Sunshine Coast Regional Council.
The photo above shows the occa-sion of the fi rst game with Dave and Billy Dauth on the left and Luke and Glen Cauley on the right. In the background, Peter Brown and Brad Williams kept a keen eye on play!
Club President, Greg Williams said that the club was indebted to the Sunshine Coast regional Council for their grant as these tables are crucial to the development of the new club.
He continued that thanks must also go to the Principal of the Maleny High School and the Maleny High School P. & C. for assistance with getting the club established in the Activity Centre.
The Range Table Tennis Club is up and running on the Range. It meets every Thursday night from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Maleny In-door Activity Centre located at the Maleny High School, 50 Bunya Street, Maleny.
So, why not take along your friends and all your family for a great game and lots of fun - all welcome!
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Truthful Jones Tells... that his nephew works for Telstra on the Sun-shine Coast and passed on this story to him
A solicitor opened a new offi ce in Maleny. It had a great view in a new luxury building situated on the banks of the Obi.
He hired a secretary and some of-fi ce furniture. At 9.00 a.m. on his fi rst morning, he sat at his desk, and started sharpening his pen-cils.
AT 11.15 a.m. his secretary knocked at his door saying a man was here to see him.
Fabulous, he thought, my fi rst client. I really must make a good impression.
So he told his secretary to send in the bloke. He picked up his phone and as the man walked in, he said: “No, I won’t accept a million for my client. I want three million and not a penny less!” And then he slammed down the receiver.
He looked up at the man and said: Now, what can I do for you, Sir?
The bloke said: I’m from Telstra. I’ve come to connect the phone.
Morale: You can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time and some politicians should remember that.
Dob in a pothole!Sunshine Coast Council is com-mitted to repairing the damage and Civil Works Services Manager John Netherton said locals could also help by letting us know where problems are located.
This follows another session of heavy rain doing battle with the areas road and potholesnow ap-pearing.
Council would like residents who spot pot holes to report them by calling customer service on (07) 54757272 or jumping on council’s
website and fi lling in a quick and easy online form,” he said.
By advising the council of potholes allows for them to be repaired quicker. It is also possible to report damage at bridges and culverts where the water overtopped the road, large scours and some land-slips.
It is important to provide as much information as possible to assist council in identifying the location and urgency of the work required.
Escape from Sudetenland
by Warne Wilson
Warne Wilson is a local author who has just published his latest book, Escape from Sudetenland.
It tells about a family in a German village in Czeck Sedetenland close to the German border. The family is fragmented and hated by the locals when the German army invades.
The surviving teenage son and his mother live in poverty and starvation under Russian occupation. They make a bid for freedom on a dark, freez-ing, winter’s night to the American Zone in West Germany when the war ends.
For those who would like to down-load the entire book from the internet to read simply go to;
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(Copyright Warne Wilson - 2012)
Gunther Hoff man was eight years old in 1938 when Germany an-nexed Sudetenland, the western region of Czechoslovakia where he lived with his parents and his two older sisters in a little village close to the German border.
The village was German and the villagers spoke German as their natural language. Gunther knew little of war, apart from the stories he had heard of 1914 - 1918 and the years of infl ation and famine which followed before he was born.
Germany had found a new rising star, Adolph Hitler, and the promise of his thousand year Reich. Noth-ing changed for a week or two in the village, but Czech people there and in the surrounding countryside began to resent the long standing German families. Gunther’s father lost his job at the village Post Offi ce when a Czech was appointed in his place, and he had to fi nd work on a sugar beet farm.
On September fi rst 1939 Gun-ther and his sisters sat obediently with their parents listening to the evening wireless news. Gunther was tired of the speeches and the cheering which dominated the news and he was daydreaming.
He looked up in alarm as his father swore and his mother caught her breath in a stifl ed groan. “Our invincible German army is march-ing into Poland supported by our glorious Luftwaff e. Germany is at war!”
Wehrmacht tanks rolled through the village, and as Germans, Gun-ther’s family became hated and abused by the Czechs. At school he had his problems, he found his
schoolbag fi lled with dirt and his lunch of sausage and cheese ru-ined. A big Czech boy pushed him and others began to chant “Hun, Hun, Hun.” He lunged at the big boy but someone else pushed him sideways and he fell, skinning his knees and a hand.
Gunther’s father was called for service in the German Army. On the day he left he gathered his little family. He kissed each of them in turn and said, “I will come back. Whatever happens, stay together.” Gunther’s mother, Giesla, clung to her husband in tears. He held her and kissed her, and from the door, Giesla and the children watched him until with a wave, he turned into the main street and was gone.
Years of starvation and fear fol-lowed; at fi rst under the Germans, and then under Russian occupation when the war ended. Gunther’s village was just a few kilometres from the little village of Lidice where all of the men had been shot by the Germans and the women and children sent to the death camps in reprisal for the assassina-tion of a German offi cer.
The Germans suspected that the assassins were sheltering in the vil-lage and they razed it to the ground and cleared it to the bare earth so that no trace of it would remain. They even dug up the bodies from the cemetery and disposed of them.
Gunther’s father did not come back. They heard that he had been killed. The family did not stay together. The girls left one by one, and by the end of the war Gunther was out every day looking for food for his mother. (Continued next week)
Escape from Sudetenlandby Warne Wilson - week 1
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Maleny RSL Sub BranchDodgy Brothers & Shonky Sheilas Bus Trip
The next Dodgy Brothers and Shonky Sheilas RSL Bus Trip is on Tues-day April 10th, 2012. The location at this time is undecided. As soon as Uncle Chris and the team advise of the location for the day then we will let you know. Lunch will be served “somewhere” in the traditional manner.
The bus departs town at approximately 8.45am and returns at 2.30p.m.
The fare $5pp bus only and lunch cost is just $10.
Lunch is all pre-arranged and monies collected on the bus.
These trips have become very popular so it is highly suggested that you book to ensure that you get a seat.
To make a booking ring the Maleny RSL, phone - 5499 3717.
Ken Hinds collection on display at Caloundra Regional Gallery
The Sunshine Coast Council pres-ents Friends Selection: “The Ken Hinds Collection” at Caloundra Regional Gallery until 22 April 2012.
Ken Hinds from Mt Mellum has one of the most signifi cant private col-lections in Australia.
Members of the Friends of the Regional Gallery Caloundra Inc were given the unique opportunity to make a selection from the large collection of art, toys and objects,” he said.
Children are encopuraged to visit the gallery to fi nd out about old fashioned toys from an English-made ball of the 1800’s, tin toys from the 1920s and 30s through to handmade pre-war toys from the 1940s.
It is Ken’s vision that the collection be displayed publicly on the Sun-shine Coast.
“The Friends of the Gallery enjoyed being curators and this exhibition displays their most popular selec-
tions.”
The Ken Hinds Collection will be offi cially launched at Caloundra Re-gional Gallery on Sunday, 11 March at 2pm. All welcome.
Caloundra Regional Gallery is free and open to the public, Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.
Inquiries about this exhibition can be made by phone to the Gallery on 5420 8299.
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Mouldy bathroomsA common problem in our area,
but there is a solutionOne of the most common state-ments made by customers fol-lowed by the question is; “Our bathroom has a continuing prob-lem with mould and it is impos-sible to keep it clean. What can I do about it?”Well, this is a diffi cult, but com-mon problem - the good news is that there is a solution.As always preparation prior to painting is the all important answer. A good clean with sugar soap or similar problem will re-move and grime on the surface. From this the surface may look clean, but it is not enough. An-other clean is important - this time with vinegar or oil of cloves to kill any mould spores that are still hidden in the surface material.Ensure that appropriate safety equipemnt is used - glasses, mask and gloves.This is usually done by wiping the walls with a sponge dipped in the solution. Leave the solution on the walls for about half an hour. Then another wipe over with a sponge and clean water.
This step is important to remove the solution’s remains prior to painting.If there remains unsightly stain-ing from the bleach there is every likelyhood that these stains will show through any new topcoat applied.To overcome this the unsightly stains should be spot coated with Zinsser BIN primer. It comes in aerosols or paint-on. Not only does it seal new wood, wall-board, cured plaster, all porous surfaces but adheres to hard-to-stick-to materials such as old enamel paint. More importantly it blocks out stains - water marks, knots & sap, smoke & soot, graf-fi ti, grease, crayon and then dries fast.You are now ready to apply two top coats of Zinsser “Perma-white” water based paint. It comes in both low sheen or satin, whatever your choice. Applied as per instructions it comes with a 5 year stain free guarantee.Both these products are available at Maleny Paint Place.
At the eleventh hour the Premir of Queensland, Ms Anna Bligh has decided that the legal con-tracting for the sale of dwellings has to be made simplier and less expensive.
In the sale of a house the con-tract may include the need for a Sustainability Declaration, a Pool Safety Declaration, a Warn-ing Statement, an Information Sheet, Disclosure Statement and of course the contract of sale.
Each one of these means a sepa-rate form, each with a fee, and often repeating the same type of information. All of these re-quirements have been brought in over the past few years and introduced by the present gov-ernment.
What was the purpose of these requirements at the time of introduction and why was thr process made so complicated and expensive.
All of these requirements no doubt have caused problems when it came to selling dwell-ings.
At the eleventh hour the Premir
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Andrew Powell’s ElectorateOffi ce is open this Saturday!
The Electorate Offi ce of the Member for Glasshouse, Andrew Powell will be open on Saturday morning between 9a.m. and 12m.d.
Mr. Powell said that he is opening the offi ce to give people who work dur-ing the week when his offi ce in normally open a chance to call in and talk to him.
Bald Knob Road re-openedto local residents
One land of Bald Knob Road has been re-opened to local residents this week. It has been closed since it failed during heavy rain last week. Some remedial work has been completed by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council to control the slip area thus allowing local residents to access the road from Maleny Road.
Following heavy rain a section of the pavement has sunk and it is possible that it could fail away completely.
The road will remain closed to heavy raffi c and through traffi c for at least a month whilst repairs are made. Local residents will still be able to access their properties during this time. If the present continual rain persists the road will remain closed for a longer period.
At the present time Landsborough traffi c is being diverted via Old Gympie Road and Maleny bound traffi c is being diverted via Maleny-Stanley River Road.
Maleny School Hall openedThe Maleny State School has had an addition with the construction of a new general purpose hall. The hall was built with funding from the Fed-eral Government under the “Building the Education Revolution” program.
School Principal, Ms Kelly Edgar said, The hall is an important adition to the facilities at the Maleny State School.” The hall will be used as a re-source centre.
The hall was offi cially opened by Queensland Senator Claire Moore who is Chair of the Community Aff airs- Legislation Committee, and Deputy Chair of the Community Aff airs - References Committee.
The school caters for approximately 390 students in a mixture of single classes and composite classes from Years 1 to 7.