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.

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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).