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POP UP NEWS
22 August 2019 Issue 154
Mapleton, Queensland
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New This week
Maria Jensen
New tourist information sign for Mapleton Mapleton has a bright new tourist information sign in front of The Old School House (TOSH) and Op Shop in Obi Obi Road. The sign will help visitors and residents find their way to key local attractions like The Lilyponds, scenic spots, national parks and walks, and local facilities. It also displays a QR code that links to the colourful Mapleton brochure that features local history, things to do and organisations of interest. You can pick up the brochure from Mapleton Community Library and some coffee shops. MADCA - the Mapleton and Districts Community Association - produced the sign to help visitors following the closure of our information centre staffed by volunteers. Many thanks to people who contributed ideas and information for the sign.
To brush up on Mapleton's local attractions visit TOSH and drop into the Op Shop at 17 Obi Obi Road.
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Inspirational Night at
Mapleton Community Library
Congratulations Library volunteers. The inspirational presentations last Friday night was fabulous. From the moment I stepped in the Library, I felt welcomed and comfortable. Unusual pesto, spicy mulled wine complimented the smiles and kind words from the volunteers.
Bring a new resident, I was so impressed. The professional MC, Nita thanked Phillipa for organising the night. I also thank Phillipa.
I know little about yoga, pilates and intuition so can the Library volunteers organise a similar night. I overheard someone asking for more chair yoga—yes please.
For those of you who missed Friday night, there were four speakers [from the left] Olivia Besson, Sherrelle Dolphin, Phillipa Robertson and Angela Power. All local I understand. What special neighbours we all have in Mapleton-Flaxton.
To the Library volunteers and Phillipa and Nita—keep on making my new home so special.
Maria Jensen
Mapleton State School Chaplaincy Gift Party Sunday 27th October
2-4pm The Christmas Gift Party is a fundraiser for the Chaplaincy service at Mapleton State School AND a great opportunity for you to get an early start on your gift buying. A wide range of locally donated gifts will be available for a silent auction at the school as well as food and drinks available for purchase. All proceeds on the day go to the much-needed chaplaincy service at Mapleton State School.
The Old School House Garden Working Bee
A working bee will be held at The Old School House (TOSH) garden on Saturday 24 August from 8.00-10am (weather permitting) followed by morning tea. If you are a newcomer to our working bees please remember to slip, slop, slap and sip, bring a hand weeding tool, bucket, garden fork and secateurs. We will be concentrating on weeding in preparation for spreading chip mulch on 7 September. Further information 5445 7813.
At the Blackall Range Woodcrafters Guild’s Annual General Meeting held on Saturday morning, 17 August the following members were elected as the Guild’s executive:-
President – John Muller, Vice President – Warne Wilson, Secretary – Graham Beaumont, Treasurer – David Edmond.
Mapleton State School Chaplain
Left to right – Graham Beaumont, Warne Wilson and John Muller.
Scone Time – the new social scene for seniors Local chef and former restaurateur, Martin Duncan aka Sunshine Coast Foodie launched Scone Time, his regular monthly Morning Teas for older folk in Cooroy Memorial hall in June 2018. Now an established, successful event with a strong, regular attendance Scone Time has made its way to Montville. Supported by local community groups and businesses, the event has not only reignited life into the Cooroy Memorial Hall but also helped older people feel connected to their community. Residence of Montville and surrounds can now expect the same at the Montville Village Hall. Inspired by 96-year-old UK resident Georgina, who, with no family remaining decided to involve herself with a local charity that hosted tea parties for people over the age of 75. Martin saw an opportunity to not only connect with older people, but also utilize the beautiful old venues around the Sunshine Coast to do so. “I saw an interview with Georgina and thought that surely the isolation that older people feel is a worldwide issue,” says Martin “Our beautiful region has so many community halls, that, back in the day, would have come to life on Saturday nights for dances, special events and weddings,” explains Martin. “How exciting it will be to create social experiences for our senior folk in these unique special buildings,” he adds. With Montville Coffee , Elizabeth and May, Montville Mist Spring Water & Montville Chamber of Commerce already on board, other local businesses are invited to sponsor a monthly gathering, donate their time or simply pay it forward for a guest (and carer) to attend Scone Time as a one off attendance or more. By involving local businesses it is hoped that the event will generate a positive social outcome in the community and enough income to cover its running costs to ensure its ongoing success. The next Montville Scone Time at Montville Village Hall will be at 10am on the 26th August, 2019, tickets are $10. For bookings, visit www.trybooking.com/BBDMC
Mapleton’s Curated Plate Mapleton was one of the feature events at the recent Sunshine Coast Curated Plate Festival, a new festival of gourmet food and exceptional dining experiences. Sunshine Coast Destinations reported on the evening at QCCC Mapleton’s Triballink Centre like this: In the heart of Jinibara country, Goombuckar Creations’ founder, Kerry Neill, extended a heartfelt welcome to the TribalLink Cultural Centre at Mapleton to enjoy an authentic aboriginal experience under the wandering night sky. As a traditional custodian to this beautiful patch of paradise, Kerry took 70 guests on a journey of understanding, inviting them to be immersed in legends of the Dreamtime, and stories of the Kabi Kabi people, invoking thoughtful conversation and cultural insight that left everyone with a greater feeling of belonging and awareness. Held at Triballink’s Rainforest Arena, the campsite was reproduced to reflect how a traditional campsite would have looked in times past. The yarning circle, art poles and rock art added to the authenticity of the experience, the darkness casting an ethereal warmth across the camp.
Chef Tahneeka Adams created an incredible selection of bushtucker dishes. Warragul greens, bush tomatoes, lemon myrtle, Davidson plums, wild mulberry and bunya nuts were amongst the fabulous fresh native ingredients foraged locally or grown on the property. The menu, was an explosion of native flavours; smoked kangaroo, bush tomato relish, saltbush seared scallops, bunya nut and crocodile wontons, emu root vegetable stew, and a show stopping paperbark barramundi. It was a feast to introduce everyone to a sensation of food and flavours, respecting sustainable abundance and time-honoured traditions.
In the glowing ambience of the campfire and candlelight, guests enjoyed bunya nut hibiscus cheesecake and a sumptuous grazing table of indigenous fruit and nuts that glistened like jewels amongst a lavish local cheese platter. While they ate, the Dee’rum Wan’dum (Sunrise) dance troupe performed a medley of traditional and contemporary dances to the evocative sound of the didgeridoo that filled the night air.
The yarns and storytelling continued around the campfire, marshmallows in hand, completing the evening with a sharing of friendship and newfound sense of belonging. Riches that come with an awareness of indigenous cultural diversity and connection it can bring.
By popular demand TENORI are returning to Maleny this Sunday 25 August at 2.00pm. In their beautiful show
“TIMELESS” the three tenors will be singing songs you love – eternal classics from Verdi to Puccini to Peter Allen. We’d love you to join us
for the show – then meet the artists on the deck afterwards for a glass of wine and refreshments.
Don’t miss it! Bookings: malenyartscouncil.com
Montville rose—fresh plants available
$20 each for advanced roses—only one
left.
$10 for lovely beginning plants
Interested ...
email [email protected]
to arrange collection.
All funds to Blackall Range Care Group
Community Service
OLD PAIRS OF SPECTACLES: Thank you from Lions – many
donations received. All are appreciated. I f you have any
that you no longer require, Lions is happy to take them off your
hands. They are recycled to needy communities. Glasses can be
left at the Mapleton Community Library. Glasses cases are not
required.
RECYCLING IN MAPLETON
The Mapleton Bowls Club is collecting bottles and cans with the refunds going to sponsor an event at the Club. There is a convenient collection point which is a wheelie bin placed at the foot of the entry stairs. This bin can be distinguished from others as it has a convenient round hole in its roof where you can pop-in the recycle items. QLD container refund scheme in the school car park. All proceeds go to the Mapleton State School P&C. All your donations would be gratefully received and will go towards resources for our school and students. JP Service - Mapleton Community Library - Telephone 5445 7182 for a booking. MEALS ON WHEELS
MALENY/NAMBOUR AREA: Maleny, Montville, Flaxton, Mapleton,
Nambour, Palmwoods, Woombye, Mooloolah Valley
Fortnightly on a Tuesday https://www.meals4u.com.au/home_delivered_meals/
REFLECTION GALLERY
The Reflection Gallery is open in the Montville Uniting Church each
day from at least 10 am till 3 pm. Its purpose is to provide a
space for quiet reflection and prayer where the art work helps to
provide material for visitors to reflect
on.
The featured artist for August and
September is Jasmine Davies, an
indigenous artist from Nambour. Over
the years she has worked with both
indigenous and non-indigenous
artists and taught her style of
painting to others.
Feel free to drop in and view this beautiful collection of twelve paintings that reflect her faith and Aboriginal background.
Art Display currently at the
Mapleton Community Library
Unusual art photography.
Do drop in—you will be surprised.
Continuing News
Mapleton Bowls Club
Dinner nights – Friday 23rd August. Ten raffles and a ditch board offering 3 or 4 prizes. Have a night out, meet friends and make new friends.
https://www.facebook.com/mbc7479/
Mapleton Community Library
Next STORY TELLING SATURDAY September 7th at 10:30am.
Come all under 10s and enjoy the stories.
The Library also celebrates and supports local artists by providing space to display their artworks. Local aspiring and established artists can apply to be a feature artist at the Library. If you are interested in displaying your art in the Mapleton Community Library.
Please email [email protected] for an application form and more details.
MAH-JONG Friendly Mah-jong at Mapleton Bowls Club Wednesdays 12 Noon to 3.30pm Visitors, new members, and beginners welcome Enquiries: Cindy 07 5478 6303
Probus Club of North Blackall Range Inc meets on the second Friday of the month for fun, fellowship and friendship. Meetings are held at Mapleton Bowls Club commencing at 10am. We have interesting speakers on a diverse range of subjects and outings to places of interest. Please come along to a meeting to try before you buy. For further information contact [email protected] or phone the Secretary on 5499 9238. Mapleton Craft Group meets every Wednesday in the Mapleton Bowls Club House at 9am until 12 Noon. Wonderful talented members who enjoy sharing their knowledge. All welcome.
Weekly Sunday Church Services Montville Uniting Church 8.15 am Sunday service St. Mary’s Anglican Church 7.30 am. On the village green, Montville. For information telephone Carole 5445 7839 Mapleton Baptist Church will not be held this Sunday 25th August, as Pastor Adam will be on annual leave. The church will return the following week at 4 pm, Sunday 1st September at Mapleton Community Hall. Contact: Pastor Adam Gallagher 0403 155 022 [email protected] (Adam is also the pastor of Maleny
Baptist Church).
Mapleton residents:
What would you like on the proposed new
‘Welcome to Mapleton’ street signs?
Image suggestions received to date: waterfall, waterlily, bird, tall tree, forest.
Words: Mapleton, Community, Welcome.
Send to [email protected] or register your suggests at the next MADCA meeting.
The time has been extended as the school children are contributing their ideas and these ideas are due at the
end of August.
BUSHFIRE SEASON
We are having plenty of cool weather at the moment so it is easy to forget about the hot summer that is just around the corner. Now is the time to prepare for the possibility of bushfires. Here are some simple things you could do * review your bushfire survival plan. Will you stay or go? Create a list of items you will take if you need to leave in a hurry * have a prominent house number. * mow your grass regularly. * have fresh batteries for torches and radios. * work out how you can charge your mobile phone etc. * clear leaves from guttering and roof. * clear vegetation away from buildings. * check generators, pumps and hoses. Do not assume a fire truck will come to your rescue. Prepare now Mapleton/Flaxton Disaster Management Team
FELICITY URQUHART Hi everyone and fellow music lovers Felicity Urquhart is on her New Harmony Tour and will be performing one of her many shows at the Mapleton Bowls Club. We are really lucky to have Felicity make Mapleton one of her shows on Saturday October 5th. Felicity Urquhart will be perform-ing with Brad Butcher and local support from our much loved Kelly Cork. This will be a great show 7pm until 10pm with doors open at 6pm. Limited seats available so get in quick to avoid disappointment. Tickets available online through https://www.felicityurquhart.com/ Any other enquiries, please feel free to call me on 0402 772 826 Cheers Martin
Love cooking? Here's a hot August deal Mapleton Community Library has a hot August deal to promote its fund raising cookery book Love Cooking. Buy two or more cookery books this August and you'll pay only $20 each, $5 less than the single copy price of $25. Have you tried the soups— unusual tasty soups ... all very easy to make. Our family’s favourite is the Russian beetroot soup—looks odd but a surprise that even the children enjoyed. Thank you Library, you made my catering ‘task’ so enjoyable.
Keep informed through the web and social media
www.mapletonqueensland.com
www.facebook.com/mapletonqueensland/
www.facebook.com/groups/mapletonqueensland/
Date Claims
16 August Inspirational Evening 5:30pm Mapleton Community
Library
18 August Vietnam Veterans Day 10am Mapleton Memorial Park.
20 August Kureelpa and Dulong Community Hall, Annual General
Meeting at 7pm All welcome.
23 August Dinner night Mapleton Bow ls Club.
24 August 8.00-10.00am Gardening at The Old School House. All
welcome. Enquiries 5445 7813.
24 August Mapleton Country Markets - Mapleton Hall 8am-12pm.
31 August Saturday, Garage Sale
4 September MADCA AGM and General meeting Mapleton Bow ls
Club 7pm
8 September Sunday Mandolins in Brisbane Concert at St George ’s
13 September Gym Trivia night Mapleton Bow ls Club
15 September Meet and Greet Community Groups, Mapleton Bow ls
Club, 3-5pm Twilight Bowls 5pm.
27 September Comedy Magician Dave Lord, Mapleton Bow ls Club.
28 September Mapleton Country Markets Mapleton Hall 8am-12pm.
5 October Saturday Mapleton Bowls Club Felicity Urquhart.
18,19,20 October Blackall 100.
25 October 7:30; 27 October 2:30pm Mapleton Community Choir.
27th October Sunday Mapleton State School Chaplaincy Gift Party
2-4pm
26 October Mapleton Country Markets - Mapleton Hall 8am-12pm.
12 November Neighbourhood Watch, Kureelpa and Dulong
Community Hall.
23 November Mapleton Country Markets - Mapleton Hall 8am-12pm.
6 December Mapleton Community Christmas ‘Light the Lights’.
7 December Summer book sale and market Mapleton Community
Library.
28 December TBC Mapleton Country Markets.
Mapleton and District Community Association Inc (MADCA) meets first Wednesday of the month [NOT January] 7pm at Mapleton Bowls Club. Membership is free so come along and participate in community discussions. For further information contact [email protected] www.mapletonqueensland.com
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