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By Felicity MooreARCHITECT and historical Amity House owner Tony Dempsey has discontinued his long-fought development application to build apartments in the rear of his property, on the property behind the Heritage-listed house.

Mr Demspey said the application, first lodged in 2006, had become outdated and that current market conditions did not support the design and plan.

The significant thing is its a stale application. If we were doing it today wed do something different. One unit per floor in that sort of format isnt what the markets asking for, he said.

Some of the materials (featured in the planning application) are probably not even made anymore, he said.

Mr Dempsey said he would wait now until the financial climate improved and see how the building industry develops in the next few years before considering his options.

Theres no doubt there will be some development in this space at some point, he said. It would be wrong for it not to happen. Because the Southeast Queensland Regional Plan, and things like that, talk about the utilisation of land exactly like this.

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park. The most expensive car park in New Farm!

Representative of the objectors to the development, Denise Buckby said that discontinuation was welcome news.

Were really pleased that Amity House is being preserved, she said. And next time, if there is a next time, theres a totally different feeling in the local community, she said.

People are treasuring (community history), and the values have changed in the community, (they realise) that heritage is worthwhile in the community to preserve. The community is a lot more aware; the local historical society is very strong. Theres a totally different set of dynamics, Ms Buckby said.

Amity House was built on the Brisbane River in 1892 and is one of the oldest houses in Brisbane. It was the residence of Thomas Welsby, a prominent businessman and politician of that time.

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Festival adds fun with Kids WorldKIDS will be well catered for in this years Teneriffe Festival with the addition of piglet racing in the popular Kids World section and the hit entertainer King of the Kids.

Were excited to announced these additions which will be new this year and just for kids, a festival spokesperson said.

Noahs Farm, who runs all our animals and the sheep shearing suggested we have piglet racing and we thought it would be great.

The July 6 festival will also feature a river stage beside the river with headline acts yet to be announced.For more information visit http://www.teneriffefestival.org/. Also, remember to get your Village News edition next month with a full wrap of everything to see and do at the Teneriffe Festival.

FRESHLY chartered Rotary New Farm is hosting its premiere fundraising event, a race day at Eagle Farm to benefit Yalari, a program that sponsors remote and rural indigenous youth with boarding scholarships to improve education and opportunities.

A Rotary spokesperson said this event was going to be the clubs first big splash as a newly chartered club and hopes were high that it would be a raging success.

Two of our members are associated with St Margarets school so were sponsoring one race as part of the St Margarets Race Day and we are really looking forward to what should be a wonderful day, the spokesperson said.

Were hoping to make this a very prestigious annual event. Well be asking local businesses to sponsor tables, or be table captains. Were also going to go door to door to raise awareness, she said.

Rotary New Farm will also disperse funds raised to its local charities, including the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre, and Footprints. The event will be held Saturday, August 10 at 11:30am in the Guineas Room, Eagle Farm. To buy a seat ($140) or a table ($1,400) please contact John OByrne e: [email protected]. Price includes entry to the racecourse, one drink voucher, two-course lunch, tea and coffee. Cash bar.

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Seeking support and sponsorsTHE business community will be getting doors knocked as volunteers from the New Farm State School community hunts for sponsors for its fete.

P&C president Fiona Murcott said that sponsorship was vital to the fetes success and to raising money for much-needed new infrastructure at the school.

NFSS is growing significantly each year, so the school and P&C have been working on a masterplan that will ensure a safe learning environment both now and into the future, she said. This will include new music and art spaces under our hall, a new playground, a revamped library, and a safer and more inspiring connection between the main school, our oval and our Little Farm garden area, she said.

There are a number of sponsorship packages to suit all budgets including in-kind support for our auctions and raffles. If your business can support this years NFSS fete, please contact fete convenor Kate Grundy on 0452 562 106 or e: [email protected].


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By Felicity MooreFORTITUDE Valley State School is rallying - literally - to fight the threat of closure hanging over the school, as announced by the State Government last month.

About a hundred supporters turned out to show the government that the schools closure is against the best interests of the community.

Fortitude Valley State School P&C president Tony Holcroft said the community had drawn together for the fight and would not go quietly.

Weve been identified under (State Government) criteria as being a school potentially on the chopping block. Theyve given four reasons for the closure. One is a small and dwindling enrolment.

Mr Holcroft said the State Governments information was inaccurate.

Now, we are small, but were not dwindling. Were actually growing in enrolments, he said.

Enrolments at the school are up 35% on last year, with 2012 enrolments of 40 students rising to 55 students in 2013.

The other reason (for potential closure) is close proximity to suitable alternative schools. The only schools

they can be referring to are New Farm and Brisbane Central. Both of those schools are nearly at 100% capacity. Thats why we had people from New Farm P&C and from Brisbane Central P&C were there, Mr Holcroft said.

If they get two more students at New Farm theyll have to put a demountable down on the oval and theyll lose their oval. At Brisbane Central they dont have room on their oval for a demountable, or maybe one small one, he said.

A decision is expected in September and the school is planning a range of community events to raise awareness of the fight and to alert parents to the school. The first of its community events is a free movie night at the school on Saturday, June 15.

Weve hired a giant pop-up big screen and well have jumping castles, face painting, fairy floss and all that, he said. Its free and it is to let people know were here.

The schools primary fundraising activity has been renting out its land during the Ekka as car parking space and it reaps the school an income of about $130,000 a year. As a result, the school has never needed to employ the usual fundraising

strategies to raise money. This blessing has become a curse because the community has not been made aware of the schools existence.

Thats why were now hosting a range of community activities, so we can let people know were here and were a great option to consider for enrolment, Mr Holcroft said.

The tiny school is one of the best resourced as a result of the car parking fundraiser and students at

the school have access to resources that many larger schools are unable to provide.

A spokesperson for Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said the minister was keen to make a decision as quickly as possible after getting an independent consultant to examine all the factors. The spokesperson said the value of land (estimated by a school source to be in excess of $150 million) was not a consideration.

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Protesters rallied against closing Fortitude Valley State School. Fiona McNamara, left, with P&C president Tony Holcroft and Opposition Leader Anastacia Palaszczuk.

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By Felicity MooreTENERIFFE woman Jillian Kingsford Smith feels like shes on a roller coaster. She has gone through a marriage collapse, breast cancer battle (including a mastectomy), and a devastating MS diagnosis and at the end of it all has a best-selling book on Amazon.com.

Its been... well, its been amazing, she said. And I wouldnt change a thing. Ive really learned a lot. To have gone through all of that and not learned anything would have been a waste, she said. Ive learned so much.

Ms Kingsford Smith was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis last year after she was hospitalised following a debilitating attack. The diagnosis was a shock, particularly at a time when her marriage was struggling and she was under enormous work stress (something MS sufferers need to avoid in order to trigger attacks, or episodes) on top of battling breast cancer.

A journalist by trade she immediately set about researching how to live with MS and found very little information. So she wrote a resource herself, called Taking Control. She interviewed MS sufferers

around the country, including Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale, comedian and former Doug Anthony All Star Tim Ferguson, as well as people without a public profile who have had to readjust their lives and goals following an MS diagnosis.

I dont expect every single interview will speak to every single reader, but I believe in the power of storytelling to transform thinking and my hope is that the reader will find a variety of material that will resonate and provide comfort.

The book was published and released in May, to coincide with world MS Awareness month and very quickly shot up to become a best-selling book on Amazon.com.

At times sad, but mostly inspiring, the book Taking Control is a must read for anyone who has MS. It is well written and presents in a very readable, accessible style.

I hope health professionals and family members will also pick up the book and read it. Life changes for anyone living with MS and this collection of stories demonstrates how to find courage and inspiration while facing change and uncertainty.

Since her diagnosis Ms Kingsford Smith has ditched the stressful

elements of her life and is now focusing on how to accommodate MS while earning a living.

Writing is a way for me to be productive and make a living. It allows me, on those days where my brain or my body say, Nope, not today I can take it easy, she said.

Taking Control contains practical advice and over 100 tips to for anyone living with a chronic illness. Ms Kingsford Smith is already working on book two of a three-book

deal with her next book a practical guide for carers of those diagnosed with MS. She is also ghost writing a biography and says she has no plans to branch out into fiction writing.

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look for the best of New Farm at the school feteCOOLER weather is bringing demand for winter woollies and organisers at New Farm State Schools fete are ready to meet that demand with a new handicraft stall, offering beanies and scarves.

The fete will also feature the Best of New Farm competition, sponsored by Village News, with entrants can vie for prizes and bragging rights in such categories as gardening, baking and handicrafts.

Gardeners can compete in the class of best, biggest and even oddest vegetable, while bakers can bring their best cake or preserve to grab a gong.

Other fete highlights will include home baking, second-hand book caf, garden caf, plants, kids clothes and toys, arts and crafts, smoothie bikes, international foods, mini Ekka, face-painting, old-fashioned games, bar, barbecue, entertainment, raffles, and auctions.

Fete convenor Katie Grundy said that while the fete raised much-needed funds for the school, it was also a great opportunity to build community spirit and create lasting memories.New Farm State School Fete will be begin 10am, Sunday, July 28, 2013, corner of Heal and James streets, New Farm. For more information visit www.newfarmfete.info.

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KEEP your brain cells active and raise funds for dementia research at a charity trivia night at the New Farm Bowls club.

Teneriffe local Julia Niemann will challenge her own limits by tackling the Great Wall of China as part of her fundraising efforts for dementia research.

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By Felicity MooreVICTORIA Campbell has something few others have - a job she loves and a job that loves her, and her recent Rotary Pride of Workmanship Award has capped off some very satisfying achievements.

Senior Constable Campbell is a police officer and works at Fortitude Valley police station, where shes been for the past eight years.

Ive never woken up and wished I didnt have to go to work, she said. Sometimes I might prefer to be down the coast, but Ive never wished I didnt have to go to work, she said.

And after 16 years on the job, thats quite an achievement that few others could claim.

Sen-Constable Campbell has been working to protect and support some of the most vulnerable in our community, setting up Unit Watch programs and connecting senior citizens with support services.

Working as part of the crime prevention unit Sen-Constable Campbell has become involved in senior citizen issues and has worked to find solutions to many of the challenges and issues facing this sector.

When I started I went to an elder abuse breakfast and then I got involved with Unit Watch and when I saw what they had to put up with, the issues and the struggles - Id never put up with it! she said.

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Theyre at risk for online fraud and dating scams because theyve got equity in their houses and a life savings stashed away.

I just wanted to do my bit to help them, she said.

Sen-Constable Campbell runs three Unit Watch programs in Fortitude Valley and also operates seniors networking, that puts seniors in touch with relevant professionals.

We had a free legal service come and speak to the senior citizens to help them identify their rights and what to do if they are experiencing elder abuse.

We also introduced them to the Seniors Enquiry Line which is a one-stop shop for the elderly and aged to ring and get anything they like sorted, she added.

Were linking them into other support services to help them.

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Most people who get arrested are not bad people, theyre just in crisis or having a breakdown of some kind and were now more about resolving the issue rather than just reacting to it, she said.

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GIUSEPPE always had a dream to open a restaurant that provided authentic Italian cuisine. One day, he was in the New Farm area and noticed a beautiful restaurant for sale. He enquired, and within one month, on the 11th of June 2000 he opened Caf DellUgo Ristorante Italiano.

With the help of his very good friend and top chef Angelo Morvillo he was able to offer his customers the very best in authentic Italian cuisine. In 2001, Giuseppes wife Gloria joined him at the restaurant, working side by side with him to build the restaurant into an even greater success. In 2004, together with their friend Soula they opened DellUgo Southbank and shortly after shortend the original restaurants name to DellUgo New Farm.

In 2003, after working at Porto Santo Stefano on the coast of Tuscany, their eldest son Nicola returned to work in the DellUgo kitchen and it wasnt long till Nicola took the reins. He became head chef in 2006 and has worked with some of Brisbanes top Italian chefs.

The success at DellUgo New Farm is owed to the passion of Giuseppe and late beloved Gloria Robertiello. They love good food and wine, and love

creating a welcoming atmosphere, as if you were guests in their home.

DellUgo New Farm has long been the ultimate destination for the finest, traditional dishes straight from Italy and now, the multi-award winning restaurant is taking its expertise to Brisbanes corporate functions, cocktail parties and elaborate weddings.

In 2012 DellUgo New Farm was awarded by the Italian Government for excellence and quality in Italian cuisine, beating more than 1000 restaurants from around the world.

New head chef Martina Paladini and her team of Italian chefs are excited that clients can choose from a mouth-watering menu that includes antipasti (entrees), pasta dishes, and an extensive main menu and dessert.

The team at DellUgo prides itself on providing Brisbane with the fresh, traditional flavours of Italy and this professional, hard-working team is available for your next function.

Owner, Giuseppe

BRISBANES tastebuds were first treated to Burger Urge in 2003 with the opening of the Fortitude Valley store.

Since then Burger Urge has cemented its reputation as the place to go in Brisbane for gourmet burgers, becoming an institution for burger lovers from around southeast Queensland.

Its Burger Urges fresh approach, fast service and quality product that has attracted a steady stream of loyal devotees, who we like to say, have the taste addiction.

Today, the Burger Urge brand represents quality gourmet food served with an edgy attitude, a reflection of each stores location Fortitude Valley, West End, the University of Queensland, QUT Gardens Point and the first franchised store in Kelvin Grove.

Burger Urge is celebrating a decade of satisfying customer urges for gourmet burgers by launching a brand new menu in June.

The new menu will feature traditional favourites, including the Babe & Daisy beef burger and the Magic Mushroom vegetarian burger, but will also include a range of new burgers, wraps and sides such as spicy buffalo wings, tempura onion rings and gelato for dessert.

Beer is also on the menu for the first

time with a range of James Squire pale ales on offer. Burger Urge co-owner Sean Carthew said that the new menu was about revitalizing their gourmet offering by introducing new products to appeal to a wider audience.

Weve come a long way over the past 10 years. Were confident that this new menu and our recently released franchise opportunities will ensure that the Burger Urge brand as Brisbanes original gourmet burger bar is steadily on the rise, Mr Carthew said.

Our burger selection has been fine-tuned to include our most popular sellers such as the brand new Spicy Lamb BBQ and the New Yorker burger, which was originally introduced as a limited edition burger but due to its massive popularity is here to stay, he said. For more visit www.burgerurge.com.au or visit Burger Urge on Brunswick Street, open for lunch and dinner seven days.

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VENERABLE Florence Street resident Joan Sparkes has called her old Queenslander home since May 1923.

Looking more fit and lively than many who are nowhere near her 90

years, Joan is full of fun and isnt short of stories about growing up very close to wool and hide stores, living through the depression and World War II, and witnessing the gentrification of her street.

The daughter of butcher shop owners Sid and Mary Sparkes, Joan is one of eight children. Dad caught the tram to the shop in the Valley but on Saturdays he had to walk to start work at 4am. He was very kind and always generous to people down on their luck. Mum, though, had an Irish temper and when we did misbehave, it was lucky that we were good runners.

Being an identical twin with Betty offered plenty of mischief possibilities. We were very close and we often dressed alike, Joan said. Bet could start the sentence and I would finish it,

and vice-versa. In fact, I once went out with her boyfriend. It went well, until he became a little amorous I never married, but late in life my sister did.

Joan and Betty dressed as Two Little Girls in Blue and joined 700-800 other children plus parents for the 1929 New Farm State School Ball. Growing up in Florence Street offered children myriad play opportunities from sliding down the grass slopes of Teneriffe Reserve on sheets of corrugated iron to riding bikes down a steep slope opposite their house though Constable Keen, from the police station on the corner of Kent and Chermside streets, took exception to the children marking out a hockey pitch in Florence Street.

Joan later took commercial studies which secured her clerical work at McKenzie & Holland Engineering at Northgate. She was a department head when she retired 30 years ago.

During World War II, one brother joined the Army and the other the RAAF. Betty and I and our sisters Kath and Norma collected for the Comforts Fund. We waited on tables at the different soldiers clubs, and on Saturday and Sunday nights at the City Hall. There was no grog and only ice to keep the soft drinks cold. There were also plenty of evenings at home when

we sang around the piano with visiting servicemen, said Joan.

When troops would arrive in town, theyd say, Were going to Sparkes.

Hes a butcher so hell have meat, plus he has four daughters!

During the war, General MacArthur attended our church, the Holy Trinity Church in Brookes Street.

Everyone knew everyone else in the street. If someone were sick, others would rally around. We didnt have a phone, so the manager at the wool store would take messages for us. We lived frugally, but we lived well

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though I do remember once cutting a piece of PK gum in four to make it go further. We always had to share.

My father owned horses and didnt drive a car. He was from an earlier era. My elder brothers Cecil and Neville had a big old Hudson. It often had a flat battery so we sisters were needed to be the prancing ponies to get it started. The tyres were always going flat so the pump was always handy.

Next door was a very elegant house with iron lace railings. Two sisters, May and Fanny Sargood, ran it as a boarding house for respectable men. Our houses are pretty close together. My sister and I slept in our closed-in front verandah. Sometimes, the Sargood sisters would pass us an egg on toast through the window, using a kind of hand prop Later in life, one of their boarders returned and married one of the Misses Sargood when she was around 60.

As with many houses, we had an air-raid shelter dug in the backyard, packed with supplies in case they were needed. Dad was an air-raid warden, and he would be on duty certain nights. Yes, we had black-out curtains.

What else do I recall from this street? When I started working, I would run for the tram each morning to catch it at the stop on Commercial Road. There was a Bundy clock which would punch the tram drivers card to check that he was on time. There was a big water trough on the corner for the horses drawing Jackson Transport

drays to have a drink.We used to have camping holidays

at Southport. The tents were very basic but we had parties every night. Cecils mates played guitars and ukuleles. All the other campers would gather around and everyone sang. My brothers taught us to body surf and during the day we played acrobats on the beach.

I remember the big wool store fire in 1964 at the river end of Florence Street. There was always a risk that it could spread. One of my nephews phoned me to say that if I needed a room, then thered be one with him.

Joan and her sister were always keen golfers at Victoria Park, though they lamented the decision to take part of the course for roadways. Donning hats and gloves to go to the races was also a popular pastime. Joan has enjoyed travel, including to Papua New Guinea and Japan. In her 20s, Joan, Bet and two other girls took a ship to Perth, visiting all of the capital cities.

When she and Betty turned 21 in 1944, there were 100 at the party including a lot of servicemen. Joan is still a party girl. Her 90th birthday get-together, held May 25 at her home, attracted a great crowd of friends and family, including her 13 nieces and nephews.Many happy returns, Joan, as you continue to enjoy the exalted status of being the oldest person to have lived her whole life in Teneriffe.

IN the 1920s New Farm was touted as being the new Port of Brisbane. What followed was hundreds of yards of wharves, visited by ships and seaman from all over the world.

Alas, the Port of Brisbane moved on, just as it had once been centred on South Brisbane, then the wharves under the (later) Story Bridge, known as Circular Quay.

After Newstead, it was the turn of Hamilton, before larger ships required a completely new facility at Fisherman Islands at the mouth of the Brisbane River.

This fascinating progression will be the subject of the June meeting of the New Farm and Districts Historical Society when Peter Ludlow discusses his book, The Port of Brisbane, its people and its personalities.

Come to meet Peter on Saturday, 22 June 2013 at Merthyr Road Uniting Church Centre, 2-4pm. All are welcome. Admission: $5 including afternoon tea ($4 members). For more information, please contact Ross Garnett on 0409 498 402.

When New Farm was a thriving port

The modern Port of Brisbane at Fisherman Islands. In the early 1920s, the Brisbanes Port moved to New Farm.

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THE Teneriffe Progress Association has adopted a new logo as part of a move to raise the groups profile.

TPA president Ben Pritchard said he was pleased with the new design, which was the result of ideas submitted to a competition by the community, as well as input from others.

The logo encapsulates the elements of Teneriffe that we all recognise, appreciate and wish to safeguard, he said.

It will be useful in giving the TPA a clear and recognisable identity on our communications and campaigns. It will feature on the website, on letters and an eye catching banner to be displayed at meetings and during public events, like the Teneriffe Festival, he said. The Teneriffe Progress Association meets on the third Monday of the month, meeting next on June 17, at 7pm at ANFE, 10 Wyandra St, Newstead.

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IT started out as a grandfather messing about on the river with his grandchildren. It ended up as a multigenerational family

project that produced a dragonboat sculpture. Rupert, an engineer by trade, wanted to get his grandkids away from the TV and out in the world, exploring, building, learning. So he helped his grandchildren

create this dragonboat and in the process taught them about using their imagination,

creating a vision, using tools safely (an axe, a drill, a saw and a hammer) and

turning their vision into reality. Sadly, the dragonboat was dismantled when Rupert

wasnt looking and is no longer there.

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Where: Merthyr Uniting Church, 52 Merthyr Rd, New Farm

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DANTE Alighieri, Galileo, Michelangelo, Verdi and Marconi. What do these Italians have in common? They are all dead (morti), yet they still fascinate us because they have contributed so much to our scientific, political and artistic life.

Here at the Dante Alighieri School our teachers are alive and kicking. All native speakers, they have a wide knowledge of Italian literature, history and culture, which they impart with energy and enthusiasm (energia e entusiasmo).

For many of us, a tour of Italy (giro dItalia) where we can revel in the history and art of ancient Rome and of the Renaissance, is a long cherished dream. How much more enriching this experience is for the traveller who can communicate, however inexpertly, with the local Italians!

Dante Alighieri School invites you to a short class of Italian for Travellers, gratis. Our Open Day activities include stories and craft for children, Italian trivia and chatting over coffee and biscuits (caff e biscotti), enhanced by

the aroma of sizzling Italian sausages. This will be a morning the whole family can enjoy and you wont even have to get lunch afterwards.

I enrolled for lessons several years ago after retiring. Now, although I am by no means fluent, I find that when travelling in Italy, whilst my husband is busy inspecting some pushbikes (biciclette) or a building site, I can retreat to the nearest piazza and buttonhole some unsuspecting local, who will willingly chat to me for 20 minutes or so, often asking in the course of the conversation if I have met a distant relative who lives in Innisfail near Brisbane. For me these encounters are a great delight.

Perhaps after reading this you have realised that you already know quite a few Italian words and that you would like to learn more. We hope so. Please come and join us at the Dante Alighieri Open Day held at 26 Gray Street, New Farm on Saturday, 15th June from 10am until 1pm.

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adventurous 10-year-old to his own devices, committed herself to loud and vociferous remonstration.

The boys father, irritated beyond patience with the emotive and calamitous altercation, brought it to a swift and decisive end by yelling at the boy, Bugger off, you ungrateful whelp!.

The boy stormed out of the house and made for the cowshed, removing the coil of rope from its peg and, careful to keep the straggling line of brigalow scrub between him and the homestead, he quickly made his way down to the creek.

With his family gone to town, the boy felt both elated and saddened but he reckoned it was worth a fight with Mum to get time alone and to spend it perched high in his favourite tree.

Little did he suspect that his decision to remain home on the farm that day was to have frightening consequences and change forever his attachment to his bolt hole, the giant river gum.

Far below the boy, around the bend in the creek, a man is fleeing for his life. His gait is that of a man nearing exhaustion. With faltering steps he struggles through the boggy sand and shallow pools of water.

Suddenly, before him a broad expanse of creek bed and a towering river gum, his lungs gasping for air, he staggers blindly toward the ghostly sentinel.

Unable to go any further, the man slumps at the trees base. Using its trunk to cradle his head, he pulls lantana vine over his supine body in a desperate attempt to camouflage his whereabouts.

He knows his pursuers are hard on his heels but the need for rest is overwhelming. Just a few moments, he thinks, then Ill start moving again.

Its so cool and quiet, the filtered light through the trees canopy causes mesmeric shadows to dance across the mans closed lids. Suddenly, his eyes jerk open. He mustnt fall asleep; that would be

fatal but exhaustion will have its way and finally he passes into a deep, troubled sleep.

In that nanosecond before dream becomes consciousness, when the dream accommodates reality, the man comes to a sudden wakefulness. He had been dreaming of his dog and miraculously the dog is before him, its intelligent eyes gazing adoringly at him.

But the joy at seeing his dog is ephemeral, for beyond the wagging tail he sees the barrel of a rifle. His eyes track slowly along its metal grey length to the brown hand holding the gun, then continues upwards until finally coming to rest on the hard, unforgiving face of his pursuer.

He wants to cry out, beg for mercy but a debilitating languor washes over him and he can do nothing except seek the loving eyes of his hound. Better to cross the river Styx with the image of his faithful dog leading the way than the merciless face of his executioner.

A shot rings out causing a flock of galahs to wheel in fright, their raucous cries of alarm drowning an involuntary cry from the boy hidden high in the gum tree.

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Erindale Station, the summer of 1910THE boy, whenever the opportunity arose, would abandon his chores and escape to the creek. His favourite hide was the largest of all the big

river gums that grew in profusion along the creeks banks. And with the agility of a monkey and the help of a rope, he would scale the side of

the tree, coming to rest on the lowest of its many limbs.

Once there, he carefully hauled up the rope and stowed it out of sight in a deep hole within the trees trunk - a precaution against alerting anyone who might pass beneath as to his whereabouts.

High up in the trees branches he could clearly see the house, its outlying sheds and the cattle yards. If he climbed to the highest point of the tree, he swore he could see all the way to town, but that untruthful boast he made only to his younger siblings who had no way of disproving the vainglorious tease.

It was from his eerie that he watched his father hitch the horse to the sulky. It was election day and his family were going into town to cast their vote and catch up with friends

and family. An argument had erupted at the breakfast table that morning when he announced he wasnt going to be a member of the party.

His mother, worried and disappointed by his determination to stay at home and fearful of leaving an

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motorway and under the relevant Neighbourhood Plan is meant to be a pedestrian and resident friendly boulevard. Therefore, the amount of traffic on the road needs to be reduced with some safe crossings put in place.

It is all very well talking about the local businesses, but this area is predominantly residential so perhaps the needs of loca residents to safely cross the road, access their properties and a return to the original amenities of the area, should take precedence over commercial aspects.

It is refreshing that Cr McLachlan acknowledges the greatly increased volume of traffic.Ira, via newfarmvillagenews.com.au

uI DONT understand Cr McLachlans concerns Re: Florence St hopefully he is just playing devils advocate. Town Planners were always aware that the Boral Gas site and riverfront would be redeveloped. They planned the roads to accommodate increased traffic and redirect rat-runners to key road networks. Businesses and residents alike will be greatly advantaged by closing Florence St (to through

traffic) and have pedestrians and light local traffic co-mingle like the UK Govt has designed & implemented in the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum area works a treat there! A tree-lined avenue, encouraging a community/street-atmosphere would be a boon for Teneriffe. Why not trial it on weekends for a few months?Mal Whitehouse, via newfarmvillagenews.com.au

uTHE Teneriffe Progress Association makes me LOL. How can further disconnecting the area be progressive, it only just got better?

Personally Ive never had an issue crossing Macquarie Street or Florence Street, nor have ever had any issues entering or exiting Florence Street onto Macquaire Street. I think their argument is quite weak.

I feel sorry for the new businesses which recently opened on Florence Street. This couldnt be good for the exposure of your businesses.Johnny, via newfarmvillagenews.com.au

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THERE is no doubt that safety is a priority, however the suggestion regarding road closures and traffic calming (VN, May, p3) do not consider any sound traffic and safety policies nor do they consider the community as a whole. Before the arrival of traffic calming, New Farm and Teneriffe had no traffic issues. You could access from Bowen Terrace (now traffic calmed), James Street (now traffic calmed and downgraded), Florence Street (now traffic calmed). After all the traffic calming, the only streets that have a chance to provide unimpeded access to New Farm are Brunswick Street and Macquarie Street via Commercial road. Even those roads can be difficult to navigate as the BCC has allowed most developments on Brunswick Street and Macquarie Street to proceed without appropriate levels of on-site car parking and traffic planning.

Traffic calming is not required on a peninsula that has no through traffic. Traffic calming and road closures are the result of selfish actions, pushing problems to the next corner. Closing Florence Street to force more cars down Commercial Road and right into Skyring Terrace will be a disaster as that intersection and right hand turn already has its own serious safety issues. Some might recall that the intersection of Florence Street and Macquarie Street was to be truncated and traffic lights installed. That is how important access via Florence Street was seen to be. Instead, it was street calmed and now its suggested by some that it be closed!

The negative impact of traffic calming and closed roads on local businesses is an issue that is also forgotten.

New Farm and Teneriffe is a peninsula and if residents are to continue to enjoy the level of services that the suburb offers there needs to be a reasonable approach to the road network. The effectiveness of the overall road network needs to be considered

when making decisions rather than considering only the interests of minority groups in isolation. Most disappointingly, discussions of street calming always fail to include any consideration of critical and unrestricted access for emergency services. I would suggest that residents and businesses would be far better off if there were no traffic calming at all in New Farm, Teneriffe and the surrounding suburbs. Remember, there is all this noise about traffic calming yet New Farm and Teneriffe does not even have any through traffic!

It would be a lot quieter, quicker and safer for all concerned if the road network is allowed to do what it was designed to do - share the traffic load and allow reasonable access to all properties.Matthew Sorbello New Farm

uFANTASTIC idea and one that would not only enhance the local businesses but be a major drawcard especially with a piazza type arrangement (I dont think any of them currently benefit from passing traffic its all local foot traffic). Who knows, it could even lend itself to a farmers weekend market down the track! 2. Need traffic calming measures along Vernon Tce/ Macquarie St regardlessRebecca, via newfarmvillagenews.com.au

uI DO not believe closing Florence Street will result in improved safety for residents and motorists.

The real issue is the volume of traffic now flowing through Vernon Terrace/Macquarie Street with no safe points of crossing for an extended part of the road. This road was not designed to be a

See the teneriffe Progress association Top Ten traffic issues that need urgent

attention. Visit and comment at www.tenerifffeprogress.org.au

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THE worldwide phenomenon of suspended coffees has reached New Farms Banneton Bakery, in partnership with New Farm Neighbourhood Centre.

A suspended coffee program offers the opportunity for patrons to buy a coffee and at the same time suspend a coffee, which can be consumed later by someone who doesnt have the means to buy a coffee.

New Farm Neighbourhood Centre manager Fiona Hunt welcomed the initiative. Everything we need to solve any problem in New Farm is right here in New Farm! she said. This great worldwide initiative allows people to be generous to their fellow community members and allows our people access to the caf culture which is such an integral part of the local area.

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Banneton Baker Eric Ramonda and New Farm Neighbourhood Centres Fiona Hunt tally up the generosity of local patrons who are buying coffees for the less fortunate.

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A GOOD interviewer, they say, asks pertinent questions, and then watches the facial reaction.

The first time this watcher asked Geoffrey Northcott what he does in retirement, he said quite simply, with a trademark grin: I do my ironing.

This time, the Village News watcher was across the table: What does a

former brewery marketing whiz do in retirement, especially if he has been, sadly, widowed?

There was an agonising wait for Geoffreys coffee to ebb away, before he answered. First a frown launched itself from a distance upon his brow, then his face gradually morphed into the biggest, happiest smile

It took me a while, he said, but I now consider my role to be a full-time grandpa. Kaye (his wife) is not here; the other grandparents live in France, so there is just me to play the

grandparent role to the two older girls. We had three sons, and I have three granddaughters. That is how I spend my time. The baby, Olive, does have other local grandparents.

Geoffrey Northcott, the former long-term marketing manager for Castlemaine XXXX, has an open face and an easy way about him. Talking to him, with his face beaming, is a pleasure indeed. To graciously snap him out of his musing reverie presents a challenge. So the affable bloke and grandfather was somewhat startled at the next question: Where did you meet Kaye? And his big grin morphed into something really worth seeing. I had awoken the memory of his happiest moments in life.

A trip down Penny Lane At a Beatles concert! No, I only met her at the Beatles concert. But it was 1964. She was with this fellow, and for some reason, we four I was with someone else too began to go out to places together. Gradually, Kaye and I realised we liked each other more than we liked our respective friends. So, one day at the car races at Oran Park in Sydney, we watched the Mustangs, the Minis and old Holdens

villagepeopleby Gary balkin Geoffrey Northcott is enjoying his retirement and spending time with granddaughter Olive.

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racing around, and the defining moment happened. We discovered each other right then. The next time we went with a mob of friends to Catalina Park at Katoomba, our love bloomed.

This watcher, sitting in the New Farm Deli, was getting misty-eyed himself. Suddenly, this old-fashioned guy, who had lost his beloved Kaye 12 years ago, whipped out a recently-ironed white cotton handkerchief from his pocket, offering it to the watcher who had not sighted such an accessory since he was a young lad. Geoffrey did iron his laundry, indeed.

Now let us get serious, Geoffrey, with this interview: I do not use hankies, even your recently pressed ones. I know most of your story. Let me start

From Beatles to brewingGeoffrey Northcott, the graduate from North Sydney High, son of a bank manager, gained his diploma in marketing at Old Sydney Technical College. He became a marketing man in a corporate environment and developed a strong background in beverage marketing with Coca-Cola, Schweppes, and Tooth Brewery. He was tempted to wet his feet with an offer of a partnership in a Mackay business but changed his mind. While in Mackay he saw an advertisement

placed by Queensland corporate giant Castlemaine Perkins (CP) and placed an application.

This resulted in an interview with the then ailing sales and marketing manager Des Corbett. The watcher recalls receiving a phone call from Corbett (in 1980) saying he needed to interview this chap Northcott who happened to be staying in the same hotel as the watcher.

That is how the watcher met Geoffrey Northcott.

I started at Castlemaine two months later, Geoffrey said. It was my introduction into Brisbane business culture. I had been the first outsider appointed to CP management, and many eyes were upon me. I could sense just a little resentment from a couple, but I was relaxed.

Marketing magicJack McDonnell was then managing director, and some Friday afternoons he would call several department heads, such as brewery manager Frank Burnett, and me, into his office for a drink and to discuss business informally. CP was a conservative company. We sold the beer they made, and catchy slogans in marketing were important. When I arrived, they had already started that memorable Make it a Fourex, mate! slogan initiated by

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(ad agency) McCann Ericson.That was a big hit, and was nearly

like the Queensland anthem. We ran that for some years. Then Mojo came up with I can feel a Fourex coming on. There was a great series of ads in that campaign.

Of course CP was proudly Queensland, a publicly listed company that was open to takeover, and so we merged with Tooheys (NSW), becoming Castlemaine Tooheys. We were next taken over by Bond Brewing (WA) and that period has been

well documented. That led to Bond Brewing going into receivership, and eventually Lion Nathan (NZ) took over the company.

I was made sponsorship manager, and in that era, we sponsored the State of Origin team, the Reds, the Bulls, the Kangaroos and Wallabies, and the Australian cricket team. And it was my job to travel with those teams. That was a very satisfying time, travelling with those elite teams interstate and overseas.

There have been massive changes in hotels in the last decade or so, with very few independently owned and operated hotels, with managers

who are there simply to get the job done. Not like in the good old days when publicans knew the names of their customers and were community leaders.

I was fortunate to be there when the industry in Queensland was very much operated by personality-driven management, and I still have friends from that era of hoteliers.

Moving onGeoffrey Northcott retired in 2000. Tragically, he lost Kaye the following

year. They had moved to Oxlade Drive, New Farm, in 1999, and seven years ago Geoffrey moved to live at Cutters Landing. In 2009 the Federal Government approved the total takeover of Lion by Japans Kirin.

Asked about the phenomenal success of XXXX Gold as Australias leading brand, Geoffrey explained that it all started when brewers realised people living in hotter climes, like north Queensland, were embracing lighter beers to quench thirsts as well as limiting alcohol content. This popularity spread, as the beer tasted great while keeping many casual drinkers under the limit.

Food BankWhat else does Geoffrey Northcott do in his retirement?

Clem Jones asked me years ago, along with Ian Brusasco, he said, to sit on the board of Food Bank Queensland. This entity, Food Bank, operates from a large warehouse which is stocked with food products donated by retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers, as well as fresh produce from the markets and direct from growers. The food is distributed to registered charities.

Okay, I also may eat lunch out once a week, and yes, I do iron my shirts, my hankies; visit my grandkids often, walk daily, do my stretches, see a movie fortnightly or so, and meet up for a chat and coffee with my kind of people.

The watcher nodded, relaxed, and ordered two long blacks, one, of course, for his affable companion.

He had nodded discreetly to himself, a reminder that he must buy a few white cotton hankies that day, because he suddenly remembered what his dear old Mum had told him: Having a handkerchief is an admirable trait, a sign of a true gentleman.

i was made sponsorship manager, and in that era, we sponsored the State of Origin team, the Reds, the bulls, the Kangaroos

and Wallabies, and the australian cricket team.

THE popularity of the DeClassified Music movement continues to grow, with a series of concerts hosted at FireWorks Gallery as part of this years Queensland Music Festival.

The Long Weekender concert series is the centrepiece for DeClassified Music 2013, an innovative new Brisbane series that dismantles the boundaries and misconceptions harboured by broader 21st century society regarding classical chamber music performance, DeClassified artistic director Brieley Cutting said.

The Long Weekender DeClassified Music has grown from the intimate and innovative Commercial Road Chamber Music Series (CRCMS) which was launched in 2011/12, she said.

The Long Weekender program features three concerts on consecutive nights which is followed by an afternoon of master classes all showcasing local and national artists with music from Mozart to Saariaho.DeClassified Music is July 11 - 14. Tickets through Theme & Variations: (07) 3666 0650. For more information visit: www.declassifiedmusic.org.au.

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By Lisa RutterYOU have received a beautiful invitation in the mail. Maybe its for a wedding, a birthday party or a charity event. Reading the invitation, you spy Dress code and confusion sets in, followed by, What do I wear?

I tell my clients its far better to be over-dressed than under-dressed. So, in the name of education and fashion, here are the dress code rules de-coded.

WHITE TIESimply stated, this means over-the-top formal and is reserved for ceremonial dinners. It is the most formal of all fashion codes.

Gentlemen: Wear a tuxedo that includes a white shirt, white bow tie and white vest. Tails are appropriate.

Ladies: Full-length gowns are the only option. Hair should be worn up and elbow-length gloves would be appropriate. Think pure elegance. There are no exceptions or variations to these rules.

BLACK TIEVery formal, but with more flexibility than a white tie event.

Gentlemen: For those of you who think that a black suit will fit the bill, think again! Black tuxedo with a white tuxedo shirt, bow or classic black tuxedo tie and patent leather black shoes.

Ladies: Only attend the event in a long evening gown. If you are not a fan of dresses, work the room in a tuxedo or evening pants suit. Try to coordinate with your partner but dont be too matchy matchy. The aim is to complement each other in some small way.

SEMI FORMALNo need for a tuxedo or long evening gown.

Gentlemen: Consider a dark coloured suit if the event is after 6pm. If it is before 6pm, opt for gray or khaki.

Ladies: A shorter style dress is appropriate in this instance, but

whether you opt for short or long, always make sure the dress is well-fitted and please do not show up in a mini dress!

COCKTAIL ATTIREShorter, floaty hems create a fun and feminine vibe and men can breathe easy with no ties.

Gentleman: Cocktail parties usually extend into the evening, so opt for a dark suit. Aim for sharp, put together, but not overly formal. You could even lose the jacket if the season permits.

Ladies: Go for knee-length or long dress. But if all else fails, turn to your LBD (little black dress) with some show-stopping shoes and statement jewellery.

SMART CASUALLast but not least, one of the most common and most confusing!

Gentleman: Wear a suit without a tie or go with a sport coat and well-tailored sl

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