A Christmas greeting

A Christmas party

Marburg & District Residents' Association's

Christmas Evening
at
The Marburg Hotel
on
Thursday 11 December, 2008

7pm for 7.30pm start

Price - $25 per person, $12 children
Live Entertainment
Raffles galore
Santa will arrive for the children


Limited seating. Be early for bookings.
Everyone welcome
R.S.V.P. 6.12.08
Phone Wendye 5464 4624
Michele 5426 6024
A casual evening to finish off our busy year!

Attention all landholders!

The Board of the Black Snake Creek Project would like to invite all landholders for the launch of the information booklets on Natural Resource Assets and Sustainable Management in the Black Snake Creek Catchment. Information compiled over the previous three years is now available to landholders. The launch will be followed by a range of guest speakers talking about soil health, pasture management, weeds and flora for fauna.

Date: Saturday November 29, 2008
Where: Marburg Dance Hall, Marburg Showground
Time: 8.30am registration
Launch: 9.00am followed by guest speakers.
Finish: Approximately 12.00pm
Catering: Morning Tea and lunch provided.

Please RSVP for catering purposes by Monday 24th November 2008 to landcarewestmoreton@bigpond.com or (07) 5464 4401

Bring a weed:
If you would like to bring a weed for identification, please place it in a plastic bag and take it home for disposal.

Displays:
There will be a range of displays from local companies and Landcare groups on each of the topics.

Discussion:
A panel discussion with guest speakers. Come and ask a question.

A historical joke

In 1922 local GP Euchariste Sirois symbolically buried "Karl" on the range crossing to protest government inaction on road improvements. A stone was erected to highlight the plight of those using the road and Sirois wrote many letters to government and media pleading for the road to be fixed.

On 2 November 2008, Councillor David Pahlke, patron of the Rosewood Scrub Historical Society (RSHS) officially and with great good humour unveiled a stone and plaque to commemorate "Karl's Joke."

The stone had been preserved on the Zabel property and was donated to the historical society by Norm Zabel who assisted David with the unveiling.

The Rosewood and Districts Community Bank and the Ipswich City Council contributed funds to install this important historical monument outside the RSHS building on Edmond Street, Marburg.

Summer music is here!

The summer season of Band in the Park begins this Friday with "Fused."

Enjoy country rock in a beautiful outdoors setting under the trees and bandstand in the park.

The music is free but there will be a bbq to raise funds to support local community initiatives.

Music begins at 7pm at the park at the corner of Queen and Edmond Streets, Marburg (opposite the pub). Bring a chair or a blanket to make yourself comfortable.

Organised by the Marburg & Districts Residents' Association and sponsored by Erny Kuss Guitars and the Marburg Hotel.

Have you seen the sign?

The billboard trumpeting Marburg's win as Queensland's Friendiest Town has been spotted in several locations. Currently it is at Helidon on the Warrego Highway facing traffic travelling west (inbound to Toowoomba).

Click on the image for a larger view.

Trivia Night

Marburg State School
Annual Trivia Night

Friday 31st October 2008
Anglican Church Hall, Queen Street, Marburg
Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start
$10 per head (includes nibbles and supper)
Kids (under 12) Free
Teams of 4 to 6 people
Get your team together now or join one on the night
Contact Marburg State School on 5464 4218 to reserve your table

Proceeds to benefit the P & C and our children's education

People-watching at the Black Snake Creek Festival

Two lovely cleaning ladies dropped in to see the tidy town.

People watched people and cars parade by.

People watched photographers watching people.

Everyone made themselves comfortable.

Traffic stopped for the bush-dancing kids.

The police were at hand just when needed for rowdy music fans.

We were proud of our town.

Please note that all images are copyrighted by the photographer and used by permission on this site. For use of these images please contact info@marburg.org.au

Change is in the air

In addition to the usual bustle of preparations for the Black Snake Creek Festival, there have been a number of changes in Marburg recently. Two of the most noticeable changes have been the new post office and the new toilet facilities in the park.

For many years, the post office has been in the same building as Scotland Yard Antiques and Statham's Real Estate. Last week, it moved to the refurbished Blue Nurses building next door to the Marburg Hotel. The new postmistress is Jacquie Day. Drop in to see the new building and to have a chat with Jacquie and her sister, Karen who delivers the mail. Jacquie is expanding the range of products available and will be carrying a range of Australia Post gift items as well as items of local interest.






The new toilet facilities are a welcome replacement for what had become an eyesore in the park. Council has done a great job replacing the old block with a building sympathetic to the surrounding historical buildings.

Bands, bands, bands...

Excitement is building in Marburg as the annual Black Snake Creek Festival approaches. This Friday evening and all day Saturday will see downtown Marburg abuzz with activity and music. There will also be great food provided by the likes of the State School P & C Hamburger Stall. Come along to hear great music, see art and performances, view the street parade (starting at 11.45am on Saturday), eat great food, catch up with old friends and make new friends.

There will be music Friday night (October 10) and all day Saturday (October 11). Some of the bands featured include Fred Unplugged, One Day and Angelz.11. All of these bands are under the umbrella of Ernie Kuss Guitars: a sponsor of the festival, the Band in the Park series and a local identity.

Fred Unplugged is Glen on guitar and vocals and Rachael on drums. For higher profile events they are joined by Bec on bass guitar. Fred Unplugged is just one of those great acts that play a lot of 80 to 90’s rock favourites acoustically such as: Accidentally in Love, Don’t Go and many more. Not only are these talented locally grown musicians, but they are down-to-earth as well.




The band One Day is another great locally grown acoustic act featuring Rachael on guitar and vocals and Marcie on bass guitar with Justin stepping in for drums. Their style is uniquely smooth great Australian rock songs with a slight hint of country flavour.


Hold onto your hats, Angelz.11 is coming to town. This band rocks with Penny on vocals, Chaia on guitar, Haley on bass guitar and Danyel on drums. These girls play songs from the Chilli Peppers, Nirvana, Pink, Reef, Powder Finger and many more. It’s been a long time since a band has come along and recaptured the spirit of great rock. The future is looking good!

Go forth and revegetate...

Russell and Carol Yates have commenced a revegetation project on their property on the slopes of Two Tree Hill near Marburg. The property of 40 ha was originally part of the Rosewood Scrub and densely covered with dry rain forest but now has only sparse tree cover and has been heavily grazed over a long period.

With guidance and assistance from neighbour Bob Hampson, Russell has planted up a small area of rocky and eroded land in a corner of his property. Planting rows about 4 m apart were ripped and then sprayed twice with glyphosate at about 6 weekly intervals. A temporary fence using material already on the property was erected to exclude livestock until the trees are established. 200 trees of species indigenous to the Rosewood Scrub were purchased from Peter Bevan (Pete’s Hobby Nursery, Lowood) and planted about 2 m apart.



Russell and Carol received financial assistance for this project through the eTrees scheme. Information of this funding source can be obtained from Jean Bray of SEQ Catchments, Ipswich (3816 9722).

A Musical Smorgasbord

Black Snake Creek Festival 2008

October 10 - FRIDAY NIGHT 7:00PM – 10:00PM

Art/Craft Opening
Acoustic Gypsy Jazz band (Belleville)
Tai Chi Demonstration
Drumming Circle
Rhythmic Fire Stick demonstration

October 11 - ALL DAY SATURDAY

Poets’ Breakfast 7:45 - 10: am
8:15am – 10: am – Poetry and Barber Shop Quartet

SLAB MUSIC (in the Marburg Community Park)

10:00am – Kirsty Falconer (Acoustic)
10:45 am – Minor Chords
12:00pm – Meera & Friends (Acoustic)
1:00 pm – Les Birnie (Acoustic/old favourites)
2:00 pm – Athol Birnie (Acoustic Groove)
3.15 pm – Josh Williams (Blues, Groove)

MARBURG HOTEL STAGE

2:00pm Coal Creek
Rheanna Leschke- Country Rock
3:00pm Kylie Castle
Country Rock Ballads Backed by Kim Carsons
4:00pm Natasha Campbell
Backed by “Rotten Dog” Blues Band – Jazz Soul
5:00pm One Day
Acoustic Rock ballads
6:00pm Angelz.11
Teenage Rock Chicks
7:00pm After Dark
Pub Rock
8:00pm Fred Unplugged
Plays your favourites
9:00pm Dust
Blues Rock – Featuring special guests from previous bands.

Black Snake Creek Festival Sponsors

Please support the friendly sponsors of the 2008 Black Snake Creek Festival:

Ipswich City Council
Woodlands of Marburg
NAB Rosewood
Erny Kuss Guitars
Marburg Hotel
Strasburg Brothers
M & N Sprenger
Western Traders
Bastow's Transport
Bendigo Bank
Dreamworld

D & H Cannon * Rosewood News * Marburg Post Office * Outback Muster Cafe * Ipswich Art Gallery * Shoes 'R Us * Rosewood Hardware * Ipswich Copy Centre * Warrego Wines * Newtown Gallery * Proud-locks Hairdressing * 94.9 Ipswich Radio * Australian Motor Cycle Museum

Black Snake Creek Festival 2008

Bush Poets' Breakfast

MDRA office-bearers for 2008/2009

Following the Annual General Meeting of the Residents' Association, there are new office-bearers for 2008/2009. Barry Gratton has resumed the presidency - welcome back Barry. Greg Farr has moved sideways to the vice-presidency. Wendye Gratton is the secretary and Bob Hampson is the new treasurer.

Barry and Wendye can be contacted at 5464 4624 or through the website.

We're looking forward to a full year after the successes of this year. First up on the agenda is the annual Black Snake Creek Festival on Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11.

More will follow on this year's festival.

Band in the Hall Features Bec Headridge

Local musician Bec Headridge will be entertaining us at Band in the Hall on Friday 19 September at 7pm.

In addition to the music, a delicious three course dinner will be offered for $25.

Bookings are essential and can be made by calling 5464 4624.

Enjoy yourself and raise funds to support local community initiatives.

Organised by the Marburg & Districts Residents' Association and sponsored by Erny Kuss Guitars and the Marburg Hotel.

Breaking news...

It's official.

Marburg is Queensland's friendliest town.

Marburg also received the State Partnerships Award.

The announcements were made at a gala awards ceremony Monday night in Cairns, FNQ.

Details to follow.

Residents' Association AGM

The annual general meeting of the Marburg & District Residents' Association will take place on Tuesday 9th September at 7:30pm at the Marburg Community Centre Corner, Queen & Edmond Streets.

The AGM will be followed by the monthly meeting for September (postponed from usual 1st Tuesday of month).

All are welcome. Renew your membership or become a member. Have a say in what happens in Marburg in 2008/2009.

Please direct any questions to 5464 4309.

Congratulations, Bob and Narelle!

Bob and Narelle Hampson were acknowledged for their environmental work on their property in Schubels Road, Marburg at the 17th annual Ipswich City Council Awards for Excellence that were announced at a function in the Civic Hall on 19 August. These awards recognise individuals and corporations who are committed to promoting and producing excellence in the design of new development, the conservation of Ipswich’s built heritage, conservation of its natural environment and academically within schools.

Bob and Narelle were thrilled to be presented with a Gold Award in the Rural Greening category of the Environment Awards. Later, they were totally astounded when they received the Overall Environmental Award ahead of all other nominees in all categories.

Their philosophy in developing and a managing their property is well described in the following extract from their entry:

Development of our property is based on our strong affinity with the land, love of trees, and deep concern for the environment. We have a strong land care ethic and acknowledge a duty to pass the land to the next generation in a better condition to that in which we found it.

In 2000, we commenced development of our property of 24.28 ha (60 acres) which we purchased the previous year. It was run down and neglected with poor infrastructure and was heavily infested with weeds (principally lantana, African boxthorn, groundsel, Noogoora and Bathurst burr). Based on a sound property management plan, since then, we have:
• Cleared and continue to manage the weeds;
• Established a plantation of 10 ha of hardwoods (2001);
• Commenced revegetation of a gully with dry rainforest species (2002 - ongoing);
• Established a small plantation (400 trees) specifically for fencing material (2004);
• Revegetated an area of about 1 ha which is prone to erosion (2008);
• Planned revegetation of a further 0.8 ha which is also erosion prone in summer 2008/9.

Cattle are grazed conservatively to ensure good ground cover year-round and encourage desirable pasture species. Fencing has been constructed to facilitate land and pasture management and revegetation activities.

Our farm is a registered Land for Wildlife property. We are passionate about this and consider the effect upon wildlife of all of our land management activities.

We have hosted many field days and educational tours. Around 2 000 people have visited the property to learn about land management, farm forestry and revegetation.

The area around the house has been planted principally with dry rainforest species with the goal of providing food and habitat for birds and butterflies. The success of this is evident in that each year, around twelve different species of birds raise young within 10 metres of the house. In 2006, we were placed first in the native gardens category of the Ipswich garden competition.


We are thrilled that Bob and Narelle's hard work and commitment to the environment has been acknowledged by these awards. They are both involved with various revegetation projects around Marburg as well as a number of community groups. We (and our local environment) benefit greatly from having them as residents.

Resident Profile #1: Rachel Dance

Welcome to our first instalment of what we hope will be a series of brief profiles on people in Marburg.

Do you know who was the 2008 Marburg Show Girl? You might have seen photographs in the Moreton Border News but they didn’t do justice to our own Rachel Dance.

Rachel is a familiar face at MDRA events as she is often the sound technician for Band in the Park. When she’s not at the controls, Rachel plays in a band that recently performed at the Resident’s myMarburg sausage sizzle. The band, “One Day” features Rachel on acoustic guitar and singing, Marcy on bass guitar and Justin drumming. In 2006, Rachel won the performance competition at the Black Snake Creek Festival and took home a new guitar. “One Day” has been a great inspiration to local girl musicians.
Rachel’s younger sister, Hayley (second from left below), also plays in a band “Angelz.11” which features Hayley on bass guitar, Chaia on lead guitar, Danyel drumming and Penny as the lead singer.

Both Rachel and Hayley went to Marburg State School and then Faith Lutheran at Plainland. Rachel finished school last year and is now studying youth development. Her mother, Lynelle, is an invaluable part of the team at Marburg State School and her father, Brad, is a stalwart on local committees such as the Show Society and the Auxillary Fire Brigade.

“One Day” and “Angelz.11” will both be playing at the upcoming Black Snake Creek Festival. We look forward to hearing the music and perhaps seeing some sisterly rivalry for the crown of best band at the festival.

Website launch

You are cordially invited to attend the official launch of the MDRA website and the new website of the Rosewood Scrub Historical Society.

Where: Marburg State School (main building)
When: Monday, 25 August, 10:15am

RSVP by Thursday 21st August to 5464 4309 or 5464 4624 or to info@marburg.org.au

Celebrating myMarburg

Help the MDRA celebrate our three regional prizes in the Tidy Towns competition with a free sausage sizzle and bands in the park. Music will be provided by One Day and Fred Unplugged.

Location: Marburg Community Park at the corner of Queen and Edmond Streets.
Date: Saturday, 2nd August.
Time: 10:00 am to 2:00pm.

Wear your myMarburg t-shirt - see you there!

A walk in the forest

You are invited to join the Rosewood District Protection Organisation for their Nature Walk #78.

High Eucalypt Forest

Mountain Scrub Road, Tallegalla

Saturday 2^nd August, 2008 Start: 8:00 a.m.

RDPO Nature Walk # 78 will take us up to the steep hill country on Tallegalla’s western border. It is three years since we last explored this part of the Rosewood Region, which is covered by rich stands of abundant eucalypt forest. Scenic mountain landscapes are also a feature of the area.

We will meet on Mountain Scrub Road past the cattle grid entrance to Lyne and Peter Marshall’s ruggedly beautiful property ‘Didgee Ridge’. We thank Lyne and Peter for making the walk possible and have invited them to be our guests.

Our plant and bird experts will guide us. Don’t forget to bring your bird and plant spotters’ species cards from last time if you have them. Cards available to newcomers before we start.

Directions:

From Rosewood: Take the Rosewood-Tallegalla Road for about 10 km towards Minden until you reach Woolshed Creek Road on left

From Warrego Highway: Turn off at Marburg. Take the Rosewood Road and turn right at the T instersection for Tallegalla and Minden. Drive until you reach Woolshed Creek Road on left (about 10 km from Marburg)

Then: Turn left into Woolshed Creek Road, drive for 2-3 km and then turn right at the sign up the steep rise of Mountain Scrub Road. Drive carefully. The grid is about 2 km along, and we will meet about 300 m past it on the roadside.

Please feel free to invite friends to this or any future walks.

$5 per person or $10 per family Includes morning tea

Enquiries and bookings: Paul Kennedy 5464 4096 jmkenn@gil.com.au

Your reply indicating whether you can come, and a count of how many people you might bring will help in our catering for morning tea

Please tell your friends about our walks. We seek to raise community awareness of the natural, scenic and cultural riches of the greater Rosewood district, to protect it from destructive land use, and to promote its long term future based on renewable, ecologically sustainable ventures.

The judges' decision

Today was the announcement of the Tidy Towns winners for the Inland South East Queensland area. While Marburg did not win the award for the tidiest town, it did win in three individual categories. Marburg is now officially the Friendliest town in inland South East Queensland. Marburg also won awards for bush spirit and for its high levels of community partnerships.

Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale extended special congratulations to the "Ipswich community of Marburg which collected three awards in their own right."

He said that "It is tremendous to see the community spirit shown by Marburg and district residents and they should be extremely proud of their strong showing in this year's awards. Marburg residents are very passionate about their town and its history and were keen to share that with the rest of Australia through their entry in the Tidy Towns Awards."

Mayor Pisasale was also pleased that Ipswich won the award for the Tidiest Town.

Congratulations to everyone in Marburg who worked so hard on this project. It would be wonderful if we could continue the effort to keep the town tidy.

Thanks must also go to Councillor David Pahlke for all his efforts on our behalf and Ipswich City Council for nominating us and supporting our campaign.

Band in the Hall

Our winter series of music continues with Band in the Hall on Friday 4 July at 7pm.

Fred Unplugged will be performing.

In the hall there will be a three course dinner along with music.

The price is $25. Bookings are essential and can be made by calling 5464 4309.

Funds raised will be used to support local community initiatives.

Organised by the Marburg & Districts Residents' Association and sponsored by Erny Kuss Guitars and the Marburg Hotel.

Tai-chi

Meet in the sunshine under the trees at the park (corner of Edmond and Queen Streets, Marburg) for a morning Tai-chi class. It is held on Wednesdays at 9am and lasts for an hour. A gold coin donation is encouraged. All are welcome.