Sunday 29 December 2019

New Years Week in Springbrook


New Year week in Springbrook

🎉 Monday December 30th
*No Yoga till Jan 13th 2020.
*Have the parking issues got a bit rough outside your place yet? If so, send a few photos to division9@goldcoastqld.gov.au and let Glenn know how it is for you!

🎉 TUESDAY December 31th
*New Years Eve!!
*Mens Shed open from 9am.

🎉 WEDNESDAY January 1st 2020
Welcome to 2020 in Springbrook

🎉 THURSDAY January 2nd
*Mens Shed open at 9am

🎉 FRIDAY January 3rd
*AA meet at the hall 4.30pm.

🎉 SATURDAY January 4th
*Mens shed most open at 9am
*Springbrook Tennis Club often meet for a hit at the courts behind the hall. Come down and check out the new court!

🎉 SUNDAY January 5th
*1st Sunday Catholic Church Mass, 11am, 653 Pine Creek Rd. *Numinbah Valley Markets 8am to 1pm at the Numinbah hall.
*No Sunday Afternoon People this week.

💚Springbrook

Springbrook Community Notices

Springbrook Community Notices.

Dont forget its Speed trap Sunday out there! Did you know that Queensland does double demerit point all year and not just in the holidays? If you commit the same offence with a year of the previous one, you get hit with a double whammy of points and fines. Our back roads are notorious for coppers with speed cameras, both mobile and stationary so stay under the 80km, even on those lovely long straights when you can finally get past the tourist doing 40km... that's where the coppers and their cameras like to hang out!!

Numinbah Valley Markets will hold their first 2020 market on Sunday January 5th 2020. Always a great market to wander around, catch up with people and buy local produce and goods. Pop that one in your diary today! 8am to 1pm.

Theres a music afternoon planned already for Australia Day 2020 at the Springbrook Cafe and Bar. Local musicians,  local cafe, long weekend. A great combination! Another one for the diary!

The tennis courts have been finished and boy, do they look good!! Pop down for a hit and let us know what you think!

Are the Hoons bothering you? The best way to help the Police deal with this menace is to get a dash cam that can take high quality night time footage as you go through them. Dont think Santa will bring you a dash cam for Christmas? Then pop the hoon reporting number or website into your phone and report each and every incident. The more reports they receive  the more resources that will be allocated to this problem. Even if you can only hear them from your place, call or use the website. It all helps and Halfwit Hoon Hollow down on Pine Creek Road is now the next
target for Police. Help them help us!!
Hoon hotline: 134666

Hoon Watch Form - Ros Bates MP
https://www.rosbates.com.au/hoon-watch-form

The 2020 hall bookings will be open soon with the current bookings getting priority to keep their current slots. If you are thinking of using the hall in 2020 for any groups, classes or other fun activities, email the hall manager on springbrookhall@gmail.com for a booking form. Locals are charged only $13 an hour and all the payment goes to the SMCA and is cycled back into community activities!

The school holidays are here and with it comes the tourists and all their rubbish. It's time to start taking a rubbish collecting bag with you when you're out and about on your walks again...

The Springbrook Local Disaster Management committee has set themselves up a facebook page to supplement the texts that go out during a disaster or crisis. If you do facebook st all check out the page. Springbrook LDMC and follow or like it to stay in the loop.

Storm season is just around the corner  which for us here on Springbrook means cut off roads and lots of power cuts. Now that you've got your fire plan sorted, it's a good time to look at your storm plan. Check you have enough medication, water, food, communications and lighting to get you through a couple of unexpected days with out power. Remember last years 3 day outage after a 30 minute storm just three days out from Chritmas?

Don't forget to take the SES tags that the Police put off your letter boxes and rural numbers. Would be very confusing if the Police come to door knock again!

Not keen on social media but want to stay in the loop? Try looking at the My Springbrook webpage. On Sundays it al
has a much more comprehensive list of notices and information as well as the weekly, "This week in Springbrook".
www.lovespringbrook.blogspot.com

Sunday 22 December 2019

Christmas Week in Springbrook!




Christmas week in Springbrook

🎅 Monday December 23rd
*No Yoga till Jan 13th 2020.
*Have the parking issues got a bit rough outside your place yet? If so, send a few photos to division9@goldcoastqld.gov.au and let Glenn know how it is for you!

🎅 TUESDAY December 24th
*Mens Shed might be open from 9am if anyone with a key has time to pop down today!

🎅 WEDNESDAY December 25th
Enjoy Christmas Day on Springbrook

🎅 THURSDAY December 26th
*Mens Shed might open at 9am if anyone with a key is able to get there...

🎅 FRIDAY December 27th
*AA meet at the hall 4.30pm.

🎅 SATURDAY December 28th
*Mens shed most probably open at 9am
*Springbrook Tennis Club often meet for a hit at the courts behind the hall

🎅 SUNDAY December 29th
*4th Sunday Anglican Church service, 10.30am at the Observatory.
*No Sunday Afternoon People this week.

Springbrook Community Notices



Springbrook Community Notices.

Dont forget its Speed trap Sunday out there! Did you know that Queensland does double demerit point all year and not just in the holidays? If you commit the same offence with a year of the previous one, you get hit with a double whammy of points and fines. Our back roads are notorious for coppers with speed cameras, both mobile and stationary so stay under the 80km, even on those lovely long straights when you can finally get past the tourist doing 40km... that's where the coppers and their speed guns will be!

Theres lots of Christmas present buying you can do right here on the mountain! Check out the various cafes as they stock locally made gifts and products. We have some road side stalls and farm gates with tons of goodies that will make great Christmas presents! Accommodation vouchers, massage vouchers, Observatory entry vouchers, history books, poetry books, visitors guides and Fudge all make great Christmas gifts! Start looking locally and see what you can come up with!

Numinbah Valley Markets will hold their first 2020 market on Sunday January 5th 2020. Always a great market to wander around, catch up with people and buy local produce and goods. Pop that one in your diary today! 8am to 1pm.

Theres a music afternoon planned already for Australia Day 2020 at the Springbrook Cafe and Bar. Local musicians,  local cafe, long weekend. A great combination! Another one for the diary!

The tennis courts are being refurbished at the moment and will be ready by Christmas according to the contractors. Pop down for a hit after Christmas and let us know what you think!

Are the Hoons bothering you? The best way to help the Police deal with this menace is to get a dash cam that can take high quality night time footage as you go through them. Dont think Santa will bring you a dash cam for Christmas? Then pop the hoon reporting number or website into your phone and report each and every incident. The more reports they receive  the more resources that will be allocated to this problem. Even if you can only hear them from your place, call or use the website. It all helps and Halfwit Hoon Hollow down on Pine Creek Road is now the next
target for Police. Help them help us!!
Hoon hotline: 134666

Hoon Watch Form - Ros Bates MP
https://www.rosbates.com.au/hoon-watch-form

The 2020 hall bookings will be open soon with the current bookings getting priority to keep their current slots. If you are thinking of using the hall in 2020 for any groups, classes or other fun activities, email the hall manager on springbrookhall@gmail.com for a booking form. Locals are charged only $13 an hour and all the payment goes to the SMCA and is cycled back into community activities!

The school holidays are here and with it comes the tourists and all their rubbish. It's time to start taking a rubbish collecting bag with you when you're out and about on your walks again...

The Springbrook Local Disaster Management committee has set themselves up a facebook page to supplement the texts that go out during a disaster or crisis. If you do facebook st all check out the page. Springbrook LDMC and follow or like it to stay in the loop.

Storm season is just around the corner  which for us here on Springbrook means cut off roads and lots of power cuts. Now that you've got your fire plan sorted, it's a good time to look at your storm plan. Check you have enough medication, water, food, communications and lighting to get you through a couple of unexpected days with out power. Remember last years 3 day outage after a 30 minute storm just three days out from Chritmas?

Don't forget to take the SES tags that the Police put off your letter boxes and rural numbers. Would be very confusing if the Police come to door knock again!

Not keen on social media but want to stay in the loop? Try looking at the My Springbrook webpage. On Sundays it al
has a much more comprehensive list of notices and information as well as the weekly, "This week in Springbrook".
www.lovespringbrook.blogspot.com

Sunday 8 December 2019

Springbrook Community Notices


Springbrook Community Notices.

Are the Hoons bothering you? The best way to help the Police deal with this menace is to get a dash cam that can take high quality night time footage as you go through them. Dont think Santa will bring you a dash cam for Christmas? Then pop the hoon reporting number or website into your phone and report each and every incident. The more reports they receive  the more resources that will be allocated to this problem. Even if you can only hear them from your place, call or use the website. It all helps and Halfwit Hoon Hollow down on Pine Creek Road is now the next
target for Police. Help them help us!!
Hoon hotline: 134666

Hoon Watch Form - Ros Bates MP
https://www.rosbates.com.au/hoon-watch-form

2020 hall bookings will be open soon with the current bookings getting priority to keep their current slots. If you are thinking of using the hall in 2020 for any groups, classes or other fun activities, email the hall manager on springbrookhall@gmail.com for a booking form. Locals are charged only $13 an hour and all the payment goes to the SMCA and is cycled back into community activities!


The school holidays are rapidly approaching and with it comes the tourist and all their rubbish. It's time to start taking a rubbish collecting bag with you when you're out and about on your walks again...

The SMCA  and Springbrook State School are holding a combined Christmas celebration on Wed Dec 11th, from 5pm at the hall. See the flyer in your letterbox and on Notice Boards for more details!

Festival of Small Halls Concert starring our very own Lashae and Sani, Dec 14th at the hall. Tickets $20, available online at the Festival of Small Halls website. A really good night for those who love folk music.  Dancing Waters Cafe food stall and a cash bar on the night!

Date Claimers.
*11th Dec. School awards ceremony
*11th Dec. Combined Christmas Celebration with Carol's at the hall.
*Dec 13th. Last day of School
*Dec 14th Festival of Small Halls Concert

The Springbrook Local Disaster Management committee has set themselves up a facebook page to supplement the texts that go out during a disaster or crisis. If you do facebook st all check out the page. Springbrook LDMC and follow or like it to stay in the loop.

Storm season is just around the corner  which for us here on Springbrook means cut off roads and lots of power cuts. Now that you've got your fire plan sorted, it's a good time to look at your storm plan. Check you have enough medication, water, food, communications and lighting to get you through a couple of unexpected days with out power. Remember last years 3 day outage after a 30 minute storm just three days out from Chritmas?

Dont forget to take the SES tags that the Police put off your letter boxes and rural numbers. Would be very confusing if the Police come to door knock again!

Not keen on social media but want to stay in the loop? Try looking at the My Springbrook webpage. It's a copy of the daily community activities that appear on our Instagram and facebook pages. On Sundays it also has a much more comprehensive list of notices and information as well as the weekly, "This week in Springbrook".
www.lovespringbrook.blogspot.com

This week in Springbrook!


🧘‍♀️Monday December 9th
*School Library Day
*Playgroup Christmas Party at the school 9am to 11.30am. All littilies welcome.
*Yoga at the Hall, 6pm tonight.
*Seen any parking issues that need to be addressed? Let council know on division9@goldcoast.qld.gov.au

🛠TUESDAY December 10th
*School Tuck Shop orders to The Lost Fawn today for Wednesday delivery.
*Yoga with Helen 9am at her studio, 1947 Springbrook Rd
*Men's Shed is open from 10am
*Perisai Diri Silat is on at 6pm at the Hall.

🏆WEDNESDAY December 11th
*School Awards Ceremony 9.30am.
*Springbrook Craft Group meet 10am at the Lost Fawn Cafe. All crafts welcome. $3
*SMCA & Springbrook School P&C combined Christmas Carol's and Celebrations 5pm at the hall.

🤼‍♂️THURSDAY December 12th
Last School Tuck Shop orders for 2019 to Anastasia today for Friday lunch delivery. $5
*Before school yoga for students and parents at the school. 8.15am to 8.45am
*Men's Shed opens at 9am.
*Yoga with Helen, 9am at her studio, 1947 Springbrook Rd
*Perisai Diri Silat is on at 6pm at the Hall.
*School sleepover & bbq dinner night!

🌱FRIDAY December 13th
*Last Day of School for the year!
*School Gardening Project 8am to 8.45am. Students and parents welcome.
*School Banking today
Yoga with Danielle at Solitude Retreat, 3376 Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd Numinbah Valley just past the Parks entrance to Natural Bridge, 9.30am
*AA meet at the hall 4.30pm.
*Ladies Lunch 11.30am at the Lost Fawn for those who can make it?

🎾SATURDAY December 14th
*Men's Shed open at 9am
*Springbrook Tennis Club often meet for a hit at the courts behind the hall
*Festival of Small Halls concert, 6.30pm at the hall. Tickets available online.

🎤SUNDAY December 15th
*Sunday Afternoon People meet to make music and have fun, Call Cath on 0423 414 073

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Whew, a Sedentary Sunday!


Whew, a sedentary Sunday is in order after all the hustle and bustle of Saturday! Wasn't it a great day with all sorts of interesting activities on offer? Today is positively sedate by comparison!

BoM has starting forecasting rain for next week, but then they do that periodically just to keep in practice. But on the off chance there is rain next weekend, we want it all in out tanks. So check your inlet seives and make sure they are free of dust and ash. Check your gutters are clean and your roof is still there!

It's not quite a storm season type weather event, but let's use it as a, dare we say, dry run?

If you still have enough energy to tap your toes or even strum a guitar,  the Sunday Afternoon People are meeting this afternoon to make music and have fun, Call Cath on 0423 414 073 to get the details. Great afternoon of musical jamming. All instruments and musical genres welcome!

Next week is full of end of the year events before we get into the full summer tourist season when school breaks up on Friday. Make sure you take the opportunity to get to one of these last events, especially if you are new up here before the silly season starts and we all stay home for seven weeks!

Its summer here in Paradise and anything could happen. Get yourself onto the disaster Committees text list. Get to know your neighbours. Get ready for some hot busy unpredictable months ahead.

Enjoy our last sedate(ish) Sunday of the year. Listen to the birds. Enjoy the litter free views of the Bush. Drive so you can see the wildlife.  Be like a local!

Put your feet up, grab a beverage and enjoy your copy of Springbrook Voices if it's made it to your letterbox over the weekend! Congratulations on 100 issues together Pam and Caryl. You've done an incredible job over the last 24 years and this issue is a cracker!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Smells like a smokey Saturday out there!



Smells like another smokey Saturday out there! Looks like the fires at Egg Rock and Nixons creek down in Numinbah have found a bit of fuel and flared up again. The Firies down in Numinbah have their eagle eyes on it but it's still within the giant containment lines they put in in September. Smokey but safe. NVRFB will let us know if it gets more exciting that a bit of smoke. Thanks for sorting that fire out guys n gals, its appreciated.

BoM's still got the Sunny but Smokey predictions rolling across the screen for the week but with rain predicted in tiny amounts next weekend! Let's see how that dice rolls as the week progresses.

Lots to do on our smokey Saturday with its complete fire ban in place.

The Springbrook Men's Shed is open from 9am this morning for all things blokey. Some of the boys were doing things with sheet metal yesterday which is worth a look if you are in need of something to do today.

The Springbrook Tennis Club often meet for a hit at the courts behind the hall on Saturday morning. It's a bit of a hit and miss affair but can be lots of fun.

SWAG has their last talk of the year today and it's about the Birds of Springbrook. Just turn up. 2pm at the hall. Coffee etc afterwards. Donations accepted. Books etc for sale.

The Springbrook Gardeners are meeting up for their Christmas Party/Summer gathering, 2pm at Keirons Place. Bring seeds, cuttings, seedlings and garden produce to share. Jams and other home made products are welcome too! Wear your Christmas shirt and hats!

Hope our tradie is back home and recovering well from his run in with the ladder. Looking forward to seeing you out and about once you've modified those crutches and wood paneled the moon boot of course!

Welcome to all the new home owners on the mountain. Dont be a stranger. Come and get involved in our vibrant, happy, busy, sometimes stroppy wee community. We'd love to meet you and get to know you.

Keep an eye on your Springbrook LDMC texts and their facebook page if the smoke is concerning you. They have direct contact with firefighters on the ground and know what's happening.

Enjoy your smokey Saturday!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Far out, its Friday!


Far out! Its Friday!! And boy does it look like we will have a few hot days ahead of us. No where near as bad as Brissy and their predicted 38° but not a refreshing 28° either...

So all this heat means that intead of being on storm preparations, we are back on fire lookout. Have you checked out the Springbrook LMDC facebook page and all its helpful information? Make it todays project to make sure you know what you'll do if the worst happens.

In the meantime, the School Gardening Project is on from 8am to 8.45am this morning. Students and parents welcome to come and dig, water and plant in the school vege patch this morning.

Its School Banking day today!

For those who love Yoga try out  Danielle at Solitude Retreat, 3376 Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd Numinbah Valley just past the Parks entrance to Natural Bridge at 9.30am today. It's a lovely class.

Our wonderful AA group meet at the hall 4.30pm on Fridays to help support people with issues around alcohol. If you're in need of a bit of support, just show up. Lots of people from the Coast make the trek as its such a good group.

Far out. Its gonna be a hot weekend with lots of potential for fires to flare up. Dont do anything silly this weekend. Keep us all safe, and be sensible. We still have the total fire ban signs up, so you can't say you didn't know. If you're not sure if your activity is appropriate or not, err on the side of caution and give it a miss. You don't want to be the one explaining to the fire chief how you thought it was ok as they look at you incredulously...

Friday is a great day for checking our both your fire plan and your storm preparedness. Got your torches full of batteries? Generator petrol handy? Food in the cupboards? Enough medication for a week or so? Then you're most of the way there!

Enjoy your Friday here in Paradise and get out and meet people, especially if you're new up here. There's a lot to learn about our patch of the world and long term locals are full of information about how to deal with the variety of weathers that Mother Nature likes to throw at us!

Far out its Friday. It doesnt get much better than this!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Do you find Thursdays therapeutic?


Do you find Thursdays, therapeutic? Almost the weekend, but still time to do things before you finish work for the week. Thursdays are great days to chill out and find a spot to relax in, even if it's just for a few minutes and it's in the Christmas shopping queue at Woolies!

A few more of those super hot days ahead. BoM is predicting 30° to 35° over the next few days so get out those wildlife water bowls again and fill 'em up. If you want to leave food out for our local animals, check with SWAG (Springbrook Wildlife Appreciation Society) so you're not adding to the wildlife woes by feeding unhelpful foods that can make this tough time even worse for our fauna.

A therapeutic way to get through Thursday for our busy parents is to order School Tuck Shop from Anastasia today for Friday lunch. $5

Before school yoga is very therapeutic for students at the school. 8.15am to 8.45am this morning, dont be late!

The Men's Shed is very therapeutic and highly recommended by girlfriends and wives all over the mountain! Opens at 9am and welcomes all men in need of a place to be this morning!

No Yoga with Helen today. Her studio has been turned into a zoo by visiting grandchildren!

Perisai Diri Silat is mentally and physically therapeutic and is on at 6pm at the Hall tonight. Just drop in if you're curious.

Fire Bridage meeting tonight, 7pm at the Fire Shed for members and those interested in joining this great community service!

Do something therapeutic today. Maybe that is to relax in your hospital bed. Maybe that is a walk along where a creek used to be. Maybe its the day to decide to join the fire brigade. Maybe it's to plan your weekend and how you will juggle the SWAG talk, the garden club, the Ladies Lunch and a coffee at a cafe on Saturday.

Spend time today doing something that make you happy and feels good. That's what therapeutic Thursdays are all about!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Wednesdays are quite worthwhile, dont you think?


Wednesday are quite worthwhile don't you think? Worth the while to stop and chat to the neighbours. Worth the while to chat to the cafe people. Worth the while to catch up with some one at the other end of the mountain. And Wednesdays, we think, are great days for doing that.

BoM is predicting "No Rain. Mostly Sunny" which isnt what we want to hear. We're kinda looking forward to a bit of summer rain to refresh our forests, waterfalls, streams and tanks. Ironically, this sunny weather means there will be more water trucks on our roads in coming weeks, delivering water to our homes.

There is a council meeting to vote on a water application today, 9am at Council Chambers in Evandale. The public is welcome to attend.

The Springbrook Craft Group meet 10am at The Lost Fawn Cafe at 10am today. lf you are new on the mountain, this is a great group to join to meet people and share crafting ideas and techniques. All crafts welcome. Just turn up. Lots of yummy Regan baking on offer!

One of our local tradies has had an incident involving a ladder and is (hopefully) having surgery on his leg today. Thinking of you mate! That's a hell of a way to get 6 weeks off over Christmas, but an extremely effective one! See you out and about on your crutches and moon boot soon!

Make this Wednesday worthwhile. Take the time to do the things that are worth the time to do and make them count. A great day for writing Christmas Cards at a cafe. A great day to drop a Christmas Hamper donation off to the school. A great day to check on the neighbours and make sure they are ok.

It's how we roll up here in Paradise. We do the stuff that's worthwhile, especially on a Wednesday!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Surely it's a cheeky kind of a Tuesday out there today?


Surely, it's a cheeky kind of a Tuesday out there today! Sun peeking over the horizon, the forest still damp after the rain, the birds in full cry. It all seems a little cheeky after our droughts and flooding rain!

Welcome to the new people on the mountain! Glad you've found us. Come along to all the things that happen and get involved with all our activities. We aren't like other suburbs on the Coast where people live an anonymous lives. We are a lot more cheeky than that up here in our hill top heaven!

Tuesdays are the day to put your School Tuck Shop orders to The Lost Fawn for Wednesday delivery.

Theres No Yoga with Helen this week. Her studio has been taken over by visiting NZ relatives!

Nothing cheeky at the Men's Shed today (unless you count the odd Plumbers Crack) They are open from 10am this morning. If you're new to the mountain, drop in and say hi, have a cuppa and check out their giant shed. It's the driveway opposite Carricks Rd, to the right of Sophie's stall.

Perisai Diri Silat is on at 6pm at the Hall. Only a few more weeks till they finish up. Pop in and check them out tonight in preparation for next years classes.

Is there a Chamber of Commerce meeting tonight? Can someone in the know, comment and let us all know please? Thanks!

Lots to look forward to in the next few weeks before the tourists arrive in force. Enjoy these last few weeks of weekday tranquility and get out and about and come to the various end of year gatherings. We have the garden club summer meeting, the SWAG bird talk, the combined Christmas Celebration and the Festival of Small Halls in the next fortnight. All great fun. All worth the effort to go to.

Be cheeky this Tuesday and chat with a local. It's fun to meet new people and enjoy a coffee at a cafe with them.

Cheeky. We aren't like other suburbs here in Springbrook. We punch well above our weight!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

*Caryls Christmas Cakes were at the Community Cuppa. You should've been there! Maybe they'll be some at the Christmas celebrations next week!

A mushy Monday underfoot!


A Mushy Monday underfoot after all that RAIN in the weekend. Isnt it wonderful! We got more rain in two days that we've had in two months.
Thank you to the people who took the initiative and organised water deliveries,  twilight markets and outdoor dancing events. Theres a combanation that induces water to fall from the sky in great quantities!

22mm at Purlingbrook from yesterdays deluge. Hailstones at Appletree flat reported. Tree hit by lightning at Water trough. What else did we get? The power managed to stay on but our landlines seem to be playing up even more. The phones are going to be a rack or programming issue at the exchange as it's so random. Call Telstra and put the pressure on them to come and deal with it.

Mushy Mondays still have lots to do on them. It's still School Library Day and what a great day to read a book!

Playgroup at the school will still be on despite the first time a few of these babies will have seen a storm! Only a couple more to go before term ends so make sure you make these next two weeks! 9am to 11.30am at All littilies and their adults welcome.

Community Cuppa, Dancing Waters Cafe, 10.30am TODAY!! Just turn up, talk to anybody, drink coffee, eat cake. A perfect mushy Monday activity!

Yoga at the Hall, 6pm tonight where wet feet are welcome. Come and relax!With water in the tanks and our fairy lights in the hall, Mondays dont get any better for our mountain yogis!

Seen any thing Council needs to know about after the storms? Let them know on division9@goldcoast.qld.gov.au

Rejoice in the rain. It looks a bit intermittent between now and the end of January.  Not our usual steady rains and summer storms this year. Create your storm season plan and hook into the Springbrook LMDC facebook page and text messaging system.  If you thought they were good at fires, wait till you see them manage a storm!

Get out and enjoy the dripping trees, the puddles and the rain on your drivers seat cause you left the car window open... when was the last time leaving your car window open a crack turned it into a swimming pool? All part of the aftermath of a bit of decent rain.

Puddles. Water. Dripping. Bliss.

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Sunday 1 December 2019

Springbrook Community Notices


SWAG talk next Saturday, Dec 7th, 2pm at the hall about the birds of Springbrook. Come and find out about what you are seeing in your garden, what to feed them and how to attract them! Coffee n biscuits afterwards. Great range of wildlife books on sale too.

The school holidays are rapidly approaching and with it comes the tourist and all their rubbish. It's time to start taking a rubbish collecting bag with you when you're out and about on your walks again...

Springbrook Garden Club Christmas Party/Summer meeting Sat Dec 7th, 2pm to 4pm at Keirons place. Bring a plate, seeds, cutting, seedlings and garden produce to share! Kids welcome.

The SMCA  and Springbrook State School are holding a combined Christmas celebration on Wed Dec 11th, from 5pm at the hall. See the flyer in your letterbox and on Notice Boards for more details!

Festival of Small Halls Concert starring our very own Lashae and Sani, Dec 14th at the hall. Tickets $20, available online at the Festival of Small Halls website. A really good night for those who love folk music.  Dancing Waters Cafe food stall and a cash bar on the night!

Date Claimers.
* Sunday Dec 1. Numinbah Twilight Christmas Markets. 3-7pm
* 7th Dec. Springbrook Garden Club Christmas meeting.
*7th Dec. SWAG talk
*11th Dec. School awards ceremony
*11th Dec. Combined Christmas Celebration with Carol's at the hall.
*Dec 13th. Last day of School
*Dec 14th Festival of Small Halls Concert

The Springbrook Local Disaster Management committee has set themselves up a facebook page to supplement the texts that go out during a disaster or crisis. If you do facebook st all check out the page. Springbrook LDMC and follow or like it to stay in the loop.

Tuck Shop has come to the school this term!  You can order from the Lost Fawn on a Tuesday for Wednesday lunch and from Dancing Waters for a Friday lunch. Contact each cafe for prices and menus.

Storm season is just around the corner  which for us here on Springbrook means cut off roads and lots of power cuts. Now that you've got your fire plan sorted, it's a good time to look at your storm plan. Check you have enough medication, water, food, communications and lighting to get you through a couple of unexpected days with out power. Remember last years 3 day outage after a 30 minute storm just three days out from Chritmas?

Dont forget to take the SES tags that the Police put off your letter boxes and rural numbers. Would be very confusing if the Police come to door knock again!

Not keen on social media but want to stay in the loop? Try looking at the My Springbrook webpage. It's a copy of the daily community activities that appear on our Instagram and facebook pages. On Sundays it also has a much more comprehensive list of notices and information as well as the weekly, "This week in Springbrook".
www.lovespringbrook.blogspot.com

This week in Springbrook!


This week in Springbrook.

😁 MONDAY December 2nd
*School Library Day
*Playgroup at the school 9am to 11.30am. All littilies welcome.
*Community Cuppa, Dancing Waters Cafe, 10.30am.
*Yoga at the Hall, 6pm tonight.
*Seen any thing Council needs to know about? Be their eyes and ears and let them know on division9@goldcoast.qld.gov.au

😀 TUESDAY December 3rd
*School Tuck Shop orders to The Lost Fawn today for Wednesday delivery.
*Yoga with Helen 9am at her studio, 1947 Springbrook Rd
*Men's Shed is open from 10am
*Perisai Diri Silat is on at 6pm at the Hall.
*Chamber of Commerce meeting?

😊 WEDNESDAY. December 4th
*Springbrook Craft Group meet 10am at the hall. All crafts welcome.

😃 THURSDAY December 5th
*School Tuck Shop orders to Anastasia today for Friday lunch. $5
*Before school yoga for students and parents at the school. 8.15am to 8.45am
*Men's Shed opens at 9am.
*Yoga with Helen, 9am at her studio, 1947 Springbrook Rd
*Perisai Diri Silat is on at 6pm at the Hall.
*Fire Bridage meeting tonight, 7pm at the Fire Shed

😉 FRIDAY December 6th
*School Gardening Project 8am to 8.45am. Students and parents welcome.
*School Banking today
*Yoga with Danielle at Solitude Retreat, 3376 Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd Numinbah Valley just past the Parks entrance to Natural Bridge, 9.30am
*AA meet at the hall 4.30pm.

😄 SATURDAY December 7th
*Men's Shed open at 9am
*Springbrook Tennis Club often meet for a hit at the courts behind the hall.
*SWAG talk about Birds of Springbrook, 2pm at the hall.
*Springbrook gardening club Christmas Party/Summer meeting, 2pm at Keirons Place.

🤣 SUNDAY December 8th
*Sunday Afternoon People meet to make music and have fun, Call Cath on 0423 414 073

See you there!
💚Springbrook

A real Summer Sunday!


A real summer Sunday! Hope all our fire fighters had a great nights sleep last night!

Rain on a Sunday in December is such a normal thing. It was also normal for Sundays in September, October and November but at least we finally have a wet day after all these months! Reports of 21mm at Purlingbrook this morning. How did the upper and lower parts go? Nice to measure actual water in a rain gauge rather than dust and ash falls...

It's the First day of Summer and theres only 24 days until Christmas! Is your tree up? Are you excited? Have you seen light show on the house between Camp creek and Gwongarella Parade yet? Wow!

#nationdance today at 12pm. Where are we meeting Christina? Goomalarah? It will be great to gather to dance for rain, for unity and for the sheer pleasure of dancing in a wet rain forest! More details please Christina!

The Sunday Afternoon People meet to make music and have fun on Sunday Afternoon, Call Cath on 0423 414 073 to get the details. Start practicing your Christmas Carol repitore,  we will be singing them on the 11th!

We have the much anticipated Numinbah Valley Twilight Christmas Markets this afternoon, rain or shine. 2pm to 7pm down at the hall in Numinbah Valley. Local goods, local vendors. Great place to spend a  Sunday Summer afternoon.

BoM is saying a bit more rain today and then sunny days, again. Maybe a few clouds next weekend, maybe not. You know, standard dice rolling or dart throwing predictions for us here on Springbrook! Let's see what we get.

Enjoy the rain. Enjoy the markets. Enjoy the official beginning of Summer and the Silly Season!

Thank you Mother Nature for the rain! Lets get our rain dancing shoes on and dance today. Get your gum boots on and jump in puddles. Or maybe just wiggle your toes in the wet grass. It's raining.

Enjoy!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

A seasonal Saturday!


A seasonal Saturday! Only 4 Saturdays before Christmas so it's a great time to take out the tinsel! Tomorrow is December 1st. The first official day of Summer, Storm Season and the Silly Season.

BoM is still predicting rain(ish) stuff falling from the sky in undetectable quantities today as well as a storm for tomorrow lunchtime. The chance of the storm hitting us are greatly increased this time - The Numinbah markets are on tomorrow...

To start the first Saturday of the silly season we have the Mens Shed open at 9am for escaping house decorating, tree decorating and having to wear Christmas themed tshirts. The Mens Shed is a tinsel free zone (at this point) and men are welcome to escape to its bare and undecorated environs today!

The Springbrook Tennis Club often meet for a hit at the courts behind the hall. Pop a bit of tinsel on your racket and come down for some fun. The courts are getting an overhaul over the next few months that should be ready for the rains in March.

Springbrook Gastronomic and Arts Society French themed long table dinner, 7pm at the hall has sold out! Check their facebook page for details.

SUNDAY December 1st!
*4th Sunday. Anglican Church service, 10.30am at the Observatory.
*Sunday Afternoon People meet to make music and have fun, Call Cath on 0423 414 073
*Numinbah Valley Twilight Christmas Markets. 2pm to 7pm. Local goods, local vendors. Great place to spend a  Sunday Summer afternoon.

Start being seasonal. It's a great Saturday for starting the silly season. Does your tree go up today? Or are you a first of December tree putter upperer? Dont let your outside decorations get into the environment or put up bowerbird attracting blue bits. We dont need to add anything to the rubbish the tourists manage to scatter around over our patch of Paradise over Summer. Especially while our forests and wildlife are under so much pressure from the lack of rain and fires.

Be seasonal. Be silly. Be Summery. It's the perfect Saturday to do it all!!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Fridays are a fine day for flourishing!


Fridays are a fine day for flourishing! With the last working day of the week here and the weekend firmly in sight we start blooming and flourishing and turn our faces to clock as we watch it count down to the weekend!

BoM has upped the betting stakes with a 20% chance of Buckleys today, a 50% chance of 2mm tomorrow and a staggering 80% chance of 4 to 10mm on Sunday, with a storm. Normally a given at this time of the year, but with only a few mm in the rain gauge for the month so far, it's far from a sure thing that it will actually rain.

The School Gardening Project is definitely flourishing from 8am to 8.45am. Students and parents welcome to come and help out!

School Banking today! Make that bank account flourish!

Flourish today, with some Yoga with Danielle at Solitude Retreat, 3376 Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd Numinbah Valley just past the Parks entrance to Natural Bridge, 9.30am

Dont forget the Community Cuppa NEXT WEEK 10.30am, Monday Dec 2nd at Dancing Waters Cafe.

Our flourishing AA meet at the hall 4.30pm this afternoon to offer support to each other around alcohol. If that sounds like something you need, pop in and say hi and get your life flourishing!

The weekend is a busy one!

*Springbrook Gastronomic and Arts Society French themed long table dinner, 7pm at the hall on Saturday. A few tickets still available?  Check their facebook page for details.

*4th Sunday. Anglican Church service, 10.30am at the Observatory.
*Sunday Afternoon People meet to make music and have fun, Call Cath on 0423 414 073
*Numinbah Valley Twilight Christmas Markets. 2pm to 7pm. Local goods, local vendors. Great place to spend a  Sunday Summer afternoon.

Find some time to flourish on this fine Friday! Take a day off. Get stuck into something you enjoy. Catch up with a friend. Take that walk in the forest. Do things that make your soul sing and flourish! It's fun!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Want to thwart the hoons on Thursdays?


Want to thwart the hoons on Thursdays? Or any other day or night? Get a dash cam! It will also help thwart the other road user issues we have up here with video based evidence that can be handed over to the Road Policing unit. Great to hear about the new initives from the Police last night and how the Springbrook community can help. If you see or hear a hoon. Report it. The more reports, the more resources they can throw st them. High definition, number plate catching, dash cam footage is the best way to go. Put a dash cam on your Christmas wish list today.

Weather: Hot. Dry. Miserable.
Smoke: Visable. Miserable.

Thank you to all the firefighters everywhere for almost two months of constant fire fighting in these awful conditions.  We salute you!

Thwart the Friday lunch dilemma by ordering school tuckshop from Anastasia today!

Thwart the classroom antics with before school yoga for students at the school. 8.15am to 8.45am this morning. Don't be late!

Thwart the mowing, maintaince and mechanicing at home today with a visit to the Mens Shed. Open at 9am for rain gun making, tardis building or just watching grass not grow. Tea and coffee too!

NO YOGA class with Helen today.

Thwart any thoughts of blobbing out in front of the TV tonight with a Perisai Diri Silat class,  6pm at the Hall.

Thwarting is the theme for Thursday! Thwart those who abuse our road laws and get a dash cam. Thwart those who clog up our roads with a dash cam footage. Thwart those who keep you awake at night, with a dash cam.

The dash cam is the accessory that all the great Springbrookians have.

Get yours today! Available in many colours as long as you love black!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Wondering whether it will be a wet Wednesday?


Wondering whether Wednesday in four weeks will be wet or what? It will be Christmas Day and what a present that  would be for us here on our hill top heaven!

BoM is saying 20% chance of rain over the next few days but looking out the window at the moment, it's not looking likely. So hang your doonas on the line, wash your car (at a car wash down the hill) and walk without an umbrella today and see if we can induce some rain out of that clear blue sky.

The Springbrook Craft Group are meeting today, 10am at the Lost Fawn Cafe. All crafts and crafters welcome to come along and enjoy some craft and a chat along with a cuppa and some of Regans incredible home baked goodies!

Dont foget, this weekend is the Twilight Markets down in Numinbah. A great way to end the week and to start your Christmas shopping!

The Springbrook Gastronomic and Arts Society's long table French themed dinner is on Saturday night at the hall. Check out their facebook page for all the details!

The Community Cuppa for November is next MONDAY 10.30am at Dancing Waters Cafe. Just turn up. Always a great group of locals to meet and chat with!

Wet Wednesdays would be great at this point in our fire season/winter drought, even on Christmas Day. We all need to get our rain dancing shoes on again and dig out all our rain inducing rituals and try them today.

Wouldn't a wet Wednesday be wonderful??

Start rain dancing everyone, with your fingers crossed! 🤞💃🤞🕺

See you there!
💚Springbrook

A chatty Tuesday has arrived...


A chatty Tuesday has arrived here on the mountain. A great day for chatting to family, friends neighbours and complete strangers. Afterall, Springbrook is full of them!

BoM has changed things up a bit with a prediction of a 40% chance if 1-2mm of rain tomorrow.  Something to chat about while you put your rain dancing shoes on!!

Chat to Charles today while you put in your school Tuck Shop orders at The Lost Fawn today for Wednesday delivery.

Chat with Helen at Yoga, 9am at her studio, 1947 Springbrook Rd this morning.

Chat over a cuppa around the table of knowledge at the Mens Shef from 9am this morning.

Perisai Diri Silat is way too energetic to chat and is on at 6pm at the Hall tonight!

Stalls still available for the Twilight Christmas Markets at Numinbah on Sunday. Contact them through the NV school of arts hall facebook page. Only $10 a marquee.

This month, November's Community Cuppa will be next month. Or next month will be the months before's Community Cuppa. Or...next month will be this months Cuppa. However one phrases it... The next occuring Community Cuppa will be at Dancing Waters Cafe Monday December 2nd from 10:30am.

Dont forget to book your seat at the last long table dinner at the Springbrook Gastronomic and Arts Society French themed long table dinner on Saturday night. Details on their facebook page.

Chat, rain dance, have a cuppa and repeat. It's that kind of day today!!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

It's not a manic Monday!


Ah, it's not a manic Monday! More of a day for meandering or mellowing we think!

Seems a bit overcast this morning, although in Springbrook, it depends what window you're looking out and which part of the mountain you're on doesnt it!? BoM is saying clouds in the sky today so our gardens might get a bit of relief from the hot sun and retain a drop of water.

School Library Day today! Pack your books in your bag!

Dont forget its Playgroup at the school today!  9am to 11.30am. All littilies welcome. Completely free
 Lots to do. Lots of people to talk to too!

Janies got Yoga at the Hall, 6pm tonight. Pop in if you've ever wanted to give it a go!

Seen anything over the weekend you think council should know about?  Let them know on division9@goldcoastqld.gov.au The woman in this office are great at getting answers and getting things done. Try it and see how you go!

A great day on the hill for meandering and mellowing. Not need for manic driving today. Slow down and enjoy the veiw (but keep an eye on the road if you're the one driving) We had a busy weekend with Emergency Services Celebrations and movie nights so a day to mellow is definitely called for.

We live in the perfect place to meander and mellow, so take advantage of it and enjoy the meanderings and mellowings that are to be had on a non manic Monday like today!

Ooooooommmmmm!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Sunday 24 November 2019

Springbrook Community Notices


The School Gardening Project is looking for bamboo for their cucumber trellis. If you can help out with some of these please call Aimee on 0404 885 468. They got a bunch of pallets donated for their composting bays, Thanks Ray!

Stalls still available for the Twilight Christmas Markets at Numinbah on Sunday. Contact them through the NV school of arts hall facebook page. Only $10 a marquee.

The SMCA  and Springbrook State School are holding a combined Christmas celebration on Wed Dec 11th, from 5pm at the hall. See the flyer in your letterbox and on Notice Boards for more details!

Check out Sani Boltons facebook page about Lashae and Sani's upcoming performance at the Festival of Small Halls on Dec 14th. A great night of folk music with an international act as well as a national act and our very own  Lashae and Sani performing. Tickets start at $15 and are available on line at the Festival of Small Halls website.

Date Claimers
*30th Nov Gastronomic and Arts Society French themed long table dinner at the hall.
* Sunday Dec 1. Numinbah Twilight Christmas Markets. 3-7pm
* 7th Dec. Springbrook Garden Club Christmas meeting.
*7th Dec. SWAG talk
*11th Dec. School awards ceremony
*11th Dec. Combined Christmas Celebration with Carol's at the hall.
*Dec 13th. Last day of School
*Dec 14th Festival of Small Halls Concert

The Springbrook Local Disaster Management committee has set themselves up a facebook page to supplement the texts that go out during a disaster or crisis. If you do facebook st all check out the page. Springbrook LDMC and follow or like it to stay in the loop.

Tuck Shop has come to the school this term!  You can order from the Lost Fawn on a Tuesday for Wednesday lunch and from Dancing Waters for a Friday lunch. Contact each cafe for prices and menus.

Storm season is just around the corner  which for us here on Springbrook means cut off roads and lots of power cuts. Now that you've got your fire plan sorted, it's a good time to look at your Storm season plan!

Lots more community notices on www.lovespringbrook.blogspot.com

See you there!
💚Springbrook

This week in Springbrook.


MONDAY November 25th
*School Library Day
*Playgroup at the school 9am to 11.30am. All littilies welcome.
*Yoga at the Hall, 6pm tonight.
*Seen anything you think council should know about?  Let them know on division9@goldcoastqld.gov.au

TUESDAY November 26th
*School Tuck Shop orders to The Lost Fawn today for Wednesday delivery.
*Yoga with Helen 9am at her studio, 1947 Springbrook Rd
*Mens Shed is open from 10am
*Perisai Diri Silat is on at 6pm at the Hall.

WEDNESDAY November 27th
*Springbrook Craft Group meet 10am at the Lost Fawn Cafe. All crafts and crafters welcome.

THURSDAY November 28th
*School Tuck Shop orders to Anastasia today for Friday lunch delivery. $5
*Before school yoga for students and parents at the school. 8.15am to 8.45am
*Mens Shed opens at 9am.
*Yoga with Helen, 9am at her studio, 1947 Springbrook Rd
*Perisai Diri Silat, 6pm at the Hall.

FRIDAY November 30th
*School Gardening Project 8am to 8.45am. Students and parents welcome.
*School Banking today
* Yoga with Danielle at Solitude Retreat, 3376 Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd Numinbah Valley just past the Parks entrance to Natural Bridge, 9.30am
*Community Cuppa NEXT WEEK
*AA meet at the hall 4.30pm.

SATURDAY November 30th
*Mens shed open at 9am
*Springbrook Tennis Club often meet for a hit at the courts behind the hall
*Springbrook Gastronomic and Arts Society French themed long table dinner, 7pm at the hall. Check their facebook page for details.

SUNDAY December 1st!
*First day of Summer! Only 24 days till Christmas!
*4th Sunday. Anglican Church service, 10.30am at the Observatory.
*Sunday Afternoon People meet to make music and have fun, Call Cath on 0423 414 073
*Numinbah Valley Twilight Christmas Markets. 2pm to 7pm. Local goods, local vendors. Great place to spend a  Sunday Summer afternoon.

See you there!
💚Springbrook

For some, it's a sleepy Sunday...


For some, it's a sleepy Sunday, for others it's a songbird Sunday! Can you hear them all this morning? Isn't it great to hear songbirds rather than sirens?

Smoke haze n sun is on the menu issued by BoM this morning with this reference to a chance of rain if you live on the Coast. If you're heading to the beach today, turn your sandcastle buckets up and bring some of that rain back up here with you, if it comes!

A great movie night last night! Good to see lotsa families taking advantage of Cr Tozer sponsoring a movie for us here in Springbrook. Nick and Caleb did an awesome job of setting up and showing us two movies! Thanks for your skill and professionalism!

The pizza people were happy too! They sold over 60 pizzas and wern't they great pizzas? We will try and organise another movie night for next year! Thanks for coming, Springbrook. It's great when the community comes out in force for things like this!

Thanks to the community who always help put away the tables and chairs after an event and especially to Guy, Graham, John, Kara and Cath for doing the dishes, rubbish and floors. We are lucky to live in such a hands on community.

BTW, Ethan, you left your hat behind. It's in your letterbox! And we didnt find Vaughns drink bottle when we cleaned up... sorry.

For the human songbirds on the mountain, we have the Sunday Afternoon People meeting to make music and have fun today!  Call Cath on 0423 414 073 for location and times. It changes often!

We have December just around the corner. If you have an event planned that you'd like the community to know about, email the secretary@smca.org.au and we will let the people know!

Whether you sing or sleep today, Sundays are superb on Springbrook!
Sleep the day away. Sing the day away. Enjoy the day either way - we live in Paradise!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Its Saturday and boy do we have a show for you today!


Its Saturday and boy do we have a show for you here in Paradise today, (now that we've woken up that is! ) BoM is a bit monotonous with predictions of "no rain, sunny with smoke haze" predictions but sooner or later, Mother Nature will give us the flooding rain to go with our drought... (and we'll do lots of posts mentioning the rain instead of the sunshine 😉)

 So what's happening on our showtime Saturday? The Men's Shed will be open at 9am. With fire bans and fire precautions in place, theres not much for them to do. All the fun stuff is out of bounds at the moment so its cups of tea, hand sawing, blue tac and duct tape projects are on the menu today.

The Springbrook Tennis Club often meet for a hit at the courts behind the hall on Saturday mornings. Take the kids and see who turns up.

🎬And the hightlight for today is our very own showtime, our FREE MOVIE NIGHT at the Hall!

🍕 Starting at 4pm with fire brigade approved, wood fired, smoking hot pizza for sale.

 👣 Smallfoot (G) movie for the kids and the young at heart starts at 5pm.

🍕 Pizza available until just after 7pm. 🧜‍♂️ Aquaman (M15+) starts at 7pm.

🍿🍬🍫🍦 Movie food also available!

Our coffee van couldnt make it but we've got pod coffee which isn't as good but it's much cheaper.

Its gonna be a great community night. Come along, enjoy some pizza and watch a movie without having to leave the mountain or spend a fortune!

Thanks to all the people who enjoy our posts amazing alliteration, our fabulous photos and our mostly accurate information. We're glad you think it's fun and keeps you informed! 😘 Morning Pete n Jen! Welcome to the page!

So get out of bed, get into your glad rags, put a smile on your dial... Its Saturday here in Paradise and that means, SHOWTIME!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

This Friday is a fastidious one!


This Friday is a fastidious one. Be fastidious about doing the right thing while we still have a fire ban in full force. Be fastidious about slowing down on our roads and be fastidious about supporting our swimmers in the Small schools Swimming Carnival today!

BoM is still predicting no rain but lots of smoke haze (same old, same old) but a 5% chance of 1mm next week? Dont hold your breath nor your water order for that.

So what's on offer this fastidious Friday? The School Gardening Project is happening this morning 8am to 8.45am. Students and parents welcome.

It's also our School Banking day today.

As previously mentioned, its the Schools Swimming carnival today! Go Springbrook!

Theres Yoga with Danielle at Solitude Retreat, 3376 Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd Numinbah Valley just past the Parks entrance to Natural Bridge, 9.30am. Worth the drive. We've been told it was great!

Our incredible AA group meet at the hall 4.30pm on Fridays. If you need support around any kind of alcohol issues, just turn up. Lots of Gold Coasters turn up to this meeting!

Dont forget, its pizza in the park and FREE movies in the hall tomorrow night! 4pm Pizza sales start. 5pm Smallfoot. 7pm Aquaman. Come and support this great night out right here on the hill!

It's a fastidious Friday and that's why we dont take any fire risks today. We make sure that cigarette butts are out and in the bin. We put off the welding project. We have a bucket of water handy if we are mowing and we have a fire extinguisher in the car.

We are fastidious about things than can cause a fire in Springbrook and that's what keeps us ALL safe...

See you there!
💚Springbrook

It's the beginning of a thirst quenching Thursday!


It's the beginnings of a thirst quenching Thursday! Granted, its a trace of rain that created rainshadows and not much else, but we can be hopeful cant we??

 BoM is predicting Buckleys again but there is still cloud, not smoke, in the sky so maybe our thirst quenching rain is just up there.  Mens Shed, are you working on a rain gun at all?

Quench your thirst for tomorrow with a School Tuck Shop order to Anastasia today.  Friday lunch delivery. Add a refreshing drink!

The very popular Before school yoga for students at the school, 8.15am to 8.45am is on today. Dont be late or you cant join in.

It's the last school swimming lesson for this year!

Our Men's Shed opens at 9am to work on the rain gun, we've heard. Great project to be working on, especially with actual cloud hanging around!!

Yoga with Helen, 9.15am at her studio, 1947 Springbrook Rd this morning. No dun salutations today please!

Perisai Diri Silat is on at 6pm at the Hall tonight creating a thirst for those that participate in this work out!

Fire Brigade Training tonight, 7pm in the Fire Shed? Make sure you go. We want you all super trained, just in case!

FRIDAY November 22nd is the Small Schools Swimming carnival! Go Springbrook State School!

SATURDAY November 23rd is our
Free Movie Night at the Hall! Come and support both the movie and the PIZZA!

With a bit of luck, a lot of rain dancing a shot of whatever the Mens Shed are tinkering with, we will get a bit more rain so our Rural fire fighters can go back to their secret identities with boring jobs and uneventful lives. We love the super hero work you've been doing, but it would be great if Mother Nature would send some thirst quenching rain to put you all out of super hero work for the season!

Quench your thirst for family, friends and fun today but dont do anything to add to the load of our super hero fire fighter!

Love your work guys n gals!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Wait! Is it Wednesday already?


Wait! Is it Wednesday already? That means in five Wednesdays time it will be Christmas day! How did that happen?? Is it the lack of rain that speeds up time? Or the extra sunshine we've had. It's a question for the Mens Shed and their time machine really!

Dont wait, jump right in and get to Craft today. The Springbrook Craft Group meet 10am at The Lost Fawn cafe. All crafts welcome. Lots of yummy Regan baking to be had!

The School are off down the hill for swimming lessons this arvo!

The Springbrook Community Library will be open 3pm to 4pm today. Lynne needs to sort out the books and shelve the donations so if you need a book or two, this afternoon is the best time to grab some. No membership. No late fees. Just books and more books!

There is no Women's Circle tonight. Tracey is away and then has a new home to go to down the hill. The space and time is available for anyone who want to take on our small group of women who meet monthly for fun and friendship.  Contact the hall Manager if you'd like to take on this group or create something new in 2020.

There should be Ambulance training at the Fire Shed  tonight.

Austinville hall is hosting their Small Halls Concert tonight. Tickets available at the door. Always a folksy fun music night. Check it out if you havent been before. Some Springbrook locals will be there.

Dont wait for Wednesdays or Christmas to creep up on you! Be proactive and take a few steps towards making Wednesdays worth the wait! Christmas preparations can start too. Get a head start on your shopping and support our local business too. Many will do vouchers for locals. Maybe a voucher for a stay at some local accommodation or lunch at a cafe? Maybe a hamper of local foods? We have lots of out of the box Christmas ideas up here!

Don't wait. Don't hesitate. Don't dilly dally. Jump right in and enjoy a wonderful Wednesday right here in Paradise. It's been worth the surprise of waking up to!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Tuesday 19 November 2019

Darn, another toast Tuesday...


Darn, another toasty Tuesday. Did you see the BoM prediction for today? Mostly sunny with smoke haze around the Hinterland. That's rapidly becoming the new normal isnt it? Another day of non sparking activities, not mowing lawns, not chainsawing and not welding. Seriously, what is Mark doing with himself these days?

With only 4 more weeks at school to order school tuck shop, get your order to The Lost Fawn today for Wednesday delivery.

Relax at Yoga with Helen, 9am today  at her studio, 1947 Springbrook Rd.

The Men's Shed is open from 9am to, once again, gaze upon the tools and equipment that cant be used on a toasty Tuesday. Plenty of tea, coffee and biscuits however to mop up your dismay with!

Our longest running mountain sport, Perisai Diri Silat,  is on at 6pm at the Hall tonight. Check it out.

Great day for drying fruit out in the toasty sun today. Maybe a day for working up a sweat, after all you'll only have to go as far as the letterbox to do it. Sunflowers are definitely the flower of choice to be growing in this sunny smokey weather! Toasty Tuesdays have some good things going for them!

Keep an eye on the official sites and go spark free about your day. Splash a little water around (for those who got some yesterday) but carefully. Those Summer rains that have usually started by now seem to be hibernating for an extra long Winter this year.

Have conversations that spark! Enjoy lightning quick conversations! Hang out with people who have fire in their bellies today!

Call 000 if you see smoke!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Monday 18 November 2019

Did it rain? Is this a moist Monday?


Did it rain? Are we having a moist Monday? Was that actual rain falling from the sky in the night? 1.5mm in the gauge this morning so that was a lovely find!

Moist or not underfoot this morning, we still have our fire ban and we still have potential for awful things to happen if people arent careful. If you're a smoker, please be extra careful. Dont let that slight bit of rain let you toss a smoking butt anywhere, thinking it's ok.

It's the School Library Day today. Dont forget to take your books back!

Our playgroup has almost as many attendees as the school classes these days! Playgroup starts at the school at 9am and goes to 11.30am. All littilies and their carers are welcome. No fees, the school and the P&C pay for everything!!

Theres Yoga at the Hall, 6pm tonight. Get your self ready for the Christmas stress by getting into yoga and having some peaceful downtime this evening. Yoga for all levels. Just turn up.

Seen anything Council needs to fix, repair or know about?  Let council know on division9@goldcoast.qld.gov.au the women at this office are very efficient and will get it sorted for you asap!

Good to see a bit of moisture in the air and slightly cooler temperatures overnight. Gardens, trees and waterways got a small amount of respite from the relentless heat. The rain wasnt exactly a firemans fantasy, but it was better than another long hot night here in the Queens own state.

Nice to get a drop of water into the tanks wasnt it! Use it wisely though. There may not be much more for a while. The long term weather predictions seem to be saying our summer rains wont start till after the New Year...

Enjoy the slightly moist Monday and get into rain dancing peoples.

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Sunday 17 November 2019

Springbrook Community Notices


There is a City of Gold Coast Council FREE Family Movie Night Saturday November 23rd at the Hall.
5pm Screening:  SmallFootoot
7pm screening: Aquaman
Pizza and a coffee van in the park 4pm to 7pm.
Pop the date in your diary and bring your own bean bags and blankets if you dont want to sit on the hall chairs!

Got new articles or ads for Springbrook Voices planned? Get your fingers typing, the deadline is November 17th. That's only a few days away!

The school gardening project is looking for bamboo for their cucumber trellis. If you can help out with some of these please call Aimee on 0404 885 468. They got a bunch of pallets donated for their composting bays, Thanks Ray!

Date Claimers coming up!
*23rd Nov. FREE Movie night. 5pm Smallfoot. 7pm Aquaman
*30th Nov Gastronomic and Arts Society Dinner
* Sunday Dec 1. Numinbah Twilight Christmas Markets. 3-7pm
* 7th Dec. Garden Club Christmas meeting.
*7th Dec. SWAG talk
*11th Dec. School awards ceremony
*11th Dec. Combined Christmas Celebration with Carol's at the hall.
*Dec 13th. Last day of School
*Dec 14th Festival 9f Small Halls Concert

The Springbrook Local Disaster Management committee has set themselves up a facebook page to supplement the texts that go out during a disaster or crisis. If you do facebook st all check out the page. Springbrook LDMC and follow or like it to stay in the loop.

Tuck Shop has come to the school this term!  You can order from the Lost Fawn on a Tuesday for Wednesday lunch and from Dancing Waters for a Friday lunch. Contact each cafe for prices and menus.

Storm season is just around the corner  which for us here on Springbrook means cut off roads and lots of power cuts. Now that you've got your fire plan sorted, it's a good time to look at your storm plan. Check you have enough medication, water, food, communications and lighting to get you through a couple of unexpected days with out power. Remember last years 3 day outage after a 30 minute storm just before Christmas?

***The beginnings of a book nook has been donated and is at the book nook in Kuralboo st waiting for a revamp and a new home. First in best dressed. Come and get it!

Dont forget to take the SES tags that the Police put off your letter boxes and rural numbers. Would be very confusing if the Police come to door knock again!

Not keen on social media but want to stay in the loop? Try looking at the My Springbrook webpage. It's a copy of the daily community activities that appear on our Instagram and facebook pages. On Sundays it also has a much more comprehensive list of notices and information as well as the weekly, "This week in Springbrook".
www.lovespringbrook.blogspot.com

This week in Springbrook.


📸 Monday November 18th
*School Library Day
*Playgroup at the school 9.30am to 11am. All littilies welcome.
*Yoga at the Hall, 6pm tonight.
*Got any concerns about Springbrook that Council needs to know about? Trees that might fall on the roads? Traffic signage that needs to be changed? A foot path or two? Let council know by emailing division9@goldcoast.qld.gov.au
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🎞 TUESDAY November 19th
*School Tuck Shop orders to The Lost Fawn today for Wednesday delivery.
*Yoga with Helen 9am at her studio, 1947 Springbrook Rd
*Men's Shed is open from 10am
*Perisai Diri Silat is on at 6pm at the Hall.
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📼 WEDNESDAY November 20th
*Springbrook Craft Group meet 10am at the hall. All crafts welcome. $3
*Springbrook Community Library Open 3pm to 4pm today.
*Women's Circle meet at the hall 7pm? Need to check what's happening as Tracey isnt going to be here. *Ambulance training at the Fire Shed.
*Austinville Small Halls Concert tonight!
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🎥 THURSDAY November 21st
*School Tuck Shop orders to Anastasia today for Friday lunch delivery. $5
*Before school yoga for students at the school. 8.15am to 8.45am
*Men's Shed opens at 9am.
*Yoga with Helen, 9am at her studio, 1947 Springbrook Rd
*Perisai Diri Silat is on at 6pm at the Hall.
*Fire Brigade Training tonight, 7pm in the Fire Shed.
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📽 FRIDAY November 22nd
*School Gardening Project 8am to 8.45am. Students and parents welcome.
*School Banking today
* Yoga with Danielle at Solitude Retreat, 3376 Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd Numinbah Valley just past the Parks entrance to Natural Bridge, 9.30am
*AA meet at the hall 4.30pm.
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🎬 SATURDAY November 23rd
*Men's Shed open at 9am
*Springbrook Tennis Club often meet for a hit at the courts behind the hall
*Free Movie Night at the Hall!
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🎤 SUNDAY November 24th
*Sunday Afternoon People meet to make music and have fun, Call Cath on 0423 414 073

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Arent Sundays sublime on Springbrook?


Are Sundays sublime? Especially Sundays on Springbrook! It's a little overcast this morning. Those are clouds not smoke you can see in the sky today. Ok theres smoke too, but there are clouds there as well! Clouds are full of rain and BoM is saying we have a chance of next to nothing or even Bucklys chance of rain today. But let's enjoy just seeing clouds in the sky for a change.

It's the perfect day for the Sunday Afternoon People to meet to make music and have fun, Call Cath on 0423 414 073 for location details. These guys will be performing at the Combinedm Community Christmas Carol's and Celebration on Dec 11th at the hall. More details closer to the time.

As sublime as this day is, with its clouds in the sky, we still have the whole fire potential thing hanging around. Have you got a fire extinguisher in the car? That could be a super handy thing in these tinder dry times.

A few bowls of water in the backyard, up for the birds, on the ground for the lizards and Pades, would probably be appreciated by our wild life. Its gonna rain Buckleys before it rains water at this rate.

Have a sublime Sunday. Visit a cafe and have a cuppa with a friend. Do a bit of early Christmas Shopping at the Craft, Gem or Fudge shops. Check out our farm stalls. Sundays on the mountain are pretty darn good really!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

A sensational Saturday here in Springbrook!


A sensational Saturday here in Springbrook! Sunshine, Birds and a Total Fire Ban! We've got it all! Another hot day with fire potential but we're all up to date with what's happening and we've all checked out the local disaster management facebook pages videos on getting ready for a bush fires, so we are set and we are sensational!

Saturdays can't be sensational without a few community events to add to our to do list!

The Men's Shed open at 9am to gather around the table of knowledge with a cuppa and lament the inability to chainsaw, mow and weld at the moment. Come and gaze at the new saw whatsit and commiserate with other blokes unable to mow their lawns today!

The Springbrook Tennis Club often meet for a hit at the courts behind the hall. Pop down and see whose there!

Voices committee meeting, 11am at Dancing Waters.

The  monthly Ladies Lunch is on today at 11.30am at the Springbrook cafe and Bar on Forestry Road. Just turn up, order what you like and chat with other ladies over lunch. Kids welcome.

It's the last Cuban Dance night of 2019, 5.30pm at the hall tonight. Pop on your dancing shoes and get your groove on!

Numinbah Valley have a farewell on at their hall from 5pm this evening. Live music, bar and a food truck as well. Great night out, just down the hill.

Saturdays are extra sensational when you join in in local activities. Get out today and get involved. Theres lots of people to meet and lots of things to try out. Make your Saturday extra sensational, just because you can!

Sensational environment.  Sensational wildlife. Sensational community. Seriously, we have it all!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

Fridays are not for the fainthearted!


Fridays in Springbrook are not for the fainthearted! Fortunately,  not many Springbrookians are so we are all good. No point in visiting the weather forecast, it's either hot with no rain or its incredibly hot with no rain. Just flip a coin and you'll be right.

The School Gardening Project is growing and blooming these days! It's on today from 8am to 8.45am. They've just had their first lunch out of the garden and got funding for a composting system! Students and parents welcome!

School Banking today!

Theres Yoga with Danielle at Solitude Retreat, 3376 Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd Numinbah Valley just past the Parks entrance to Natural Bridge, 9.30am

Our not fainthearted AA meet at the hall 4.30pm each Friday afternoon to support each other around alcohol and its issues. They use the big book and welcome visitors from the mountain and the Coast.

Fridays are not for the fainthearted.  Springbrook isn't either! We are not the most convenient suburb on the Gold Coast to live in but that why we like it! We have a great team of volunteers ready at the drop of a dinner fork to attend accidents, emergencies and escaped chickens. Definitely not  fainthearted people. Finding black chickens on a dark night before you discover the snake in the pen could understandably,  give the heart beat a skip!

It's not the easiest place to live and even less so with the fires around us at the moment. But as mentioned previously,  we ain't fainthearted and we love living in our hill top heaven!

And we love our wild life... even if some of them make our heart slightly faint at time!

See you there!
💚Springbrook

The temperature has been thermonuclear this Thursday!


The temperature has been a bit thermonuclear lately aiding and abetting fires not just at the base of our hill top heavan but in the greater lands we call home. Not much we can do to bring Mother Nature to heel but we can cool ourselves down and also keep our cool as the temperature hits those thermonuclear heights today.

Obviously, with most of the State being under a state of fire emergency, we are not mowing lawns (if you still have one) nor chainsawing nor welding or other possible spark producing activities so that we can all stay safe. (Mark's not going to have much to do today then is he??)

Non spark producing activities include putting in your School Tuck Shop orders to Anastasia today for Friday lunch delivery. $5

Yoga is a non thermonuclear activity to bring the kids temperature down before school for students this morning. 8.15am to 8.45am. Dont be late!!

Activities at the Men's Shed today will be the relaxing cuppa around the table of knowledge while gazing at all those spark producing tools that will lie idle for a little while longer. They open at 9am for those men who need to be surrounded by equiptment while drinking tea this morning!

Helen will be holding her yoga class at 9am at her studio, 1947 Springbrook Rd this morning. Very relaxing. Not a spark to be seen.

 The spirited but not sparky P&C are holding a quick lighten fast no mucking around meeting this afternoon at 3.15pm at the school. Lots to discuss. Stay and be part of one of the slickest meetings on the mountain!

Perisai Diri Silat is on at 6pm at the Hall tonight. Lightning fast moves. Thunderous footsteps on the wooden floors but the only fire is in their bellies. Come and be part of this great indoor sport here in Springbrook!

Rumour has it that the Blue Nurse, the Banker and Bella have sold up and are moving. Farewell at the Tick and Leech at 5.30pm Friday night. If you know them, you'll know what that means!

Stay cool as we head into a Thermonuclear Thursday. No sparking, emotionally or physically.  Spark in the metaphaphyiscal plane if you can and see if we can get some rain!

Stay cool. Stay calm. Stay collected.  It's just another Thursday!

💚Springbrook!

Wednesday 13 November 2019

Wow! Its Wednesday!


Wow! Its Wednesday already! The fires around us seem to be behaving themselves and staying within their containment lines, our Firefighters, while not relaxed, are calmly alert having breakfast this morning and the smoke is still hanging around making sure we ate aware that where there is smoke, there is fire.

It Wednesday and we live in Paradise which is Wow! The forecast is for more hot weather and the fire rating is be super careful and really, do you need to BBQ or mow today? I'm sure QFES will give you a note to get you out of mowing or chainsawing if you need one. 😉

On Wednesdays, our craft group will Wow you with what they do, at 10am down at the Lost Fawn Cafe! All craft types welcome. Come down if you're new up here and meet some of the crafty mountain people and have a cuppa. It's a lovely morning out!

The SMCA AGM and general meeting is on tonight 7.15pm at the hall. Roz Bates will be there to give us an update and Numinbah and the Springbrook Fire Brigades will be there to tell us what's happening. Nominations are closed and theres only one nomination  for each committee position so you dont have to be afraid you'll be pressured into anything tonight.
**Spoiler Alert: Theres no changes from the amazing committee from last year!

Make this Wednesday one to say Wow on. Wow, what a great Fire Brigade! Wow what a great Disaster Management Committee! Wow, what a vigilant and supportive community we live in!

Lots of new people on the mountain these days. Say Hi and welcome them into the ways of the mountain. Mention our communication channels, our ways of passing on unneeded goods and how we drive slow in high paddymelon population areas!

Wow! What a wonderful community we are!

See you there!
💚Springbrook