*The Springbrook Mountain Community Association will be holding its first meeting for 2020 this Wednesday at the hall at 7.15pm. All community members welcome. Wrap up warm and come to our famously chilly hall and find out what's happening behind the scenes here in Springbrook. Meet other locals, enjoy a cuppa and get involved in what happens up here. Always good to see new faces. Just turn up!
*Dont forget to make Springbrook Voices your first stop when you need a tradie on the mountain. Theres lots of great people who are very good at what they do, right here on our doorstep. Call the first and shop local when you can!
*Theres lots of road side stalls popping up over the place at the moment. A lovely way to spend the weekend mornings is to drive around with some cash visiting the stall to see what local goodies are on offer. From Echo Valley at the beginning of Lyrebird Ridge Road to Greenwood Farm right up at Goomalarah, there is often six other stalls plus the Emporium and the book nook open as well. See if you can find them all and enjoy our local goodies.
*Have you seen Cane Toads on the mountain this year??? WaterGum are selling traps and bait to catch these menaces and both are available from WaterGums offices at Parklands Country Paradise in Nerang. Check their website for lots of information about cane toads and what you can do about them!
*Check out the social media accounts for our local business and groups. Theres a great buy, sell and swap one in facebook, great stuff coming from the explorespringbrook instagram account and lots of our cafes and shops operate accounts letting us know what is happening in their world. Stay in the loop and like these accounts and support our local business!
*The Springbrook Mens Shed has reopened with standard Covidsafe rules. They operate Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9amish to 1pmish with morning tea 10.30ish. They operate on mountain time! If you're a bloke on the mountain and you havent dropped in to see the biggest shed in this small village, then make a date to do that this week and see what all the fuss is about. You'll be most welcome!
*Dancing Waters cafe reopened on Monday June 22nd as a takeaway outlet only. They will be open Thursday to Monday with Tuesdays and Wednesdays off. Pop in and grab a coffee and some delicious carrot cake to eat in the park next door sometime this week before everyone finds out they are open!
*Pete's Shop is closing the cafe part of it operations and just trading from the shop part after today, Sunday July 5th. Pies and Sausage Rolls along with snacks, drinks and other goodies available from the shop from this werk onwards.
*Springbrook Research Observatory is opening again in the weekends, weather permitting, for us all to gaze in wonder at the stars in our gloriously dark sky. Call Andre on 0400 789 551 and check if he is operating that night and book in quickly if he is. It's a fantastic opportunity to see the night sky through an astronomers eyes!
*So good to see The Fudge Shop open for trade again. So good to see all the Fudge Shop fairy's back in action doing what they do so well. Open 9am to 4pm every day except Wednesdays. Drop in and grab a takeaway coffee and see what they've been up to in the last few months!
*The Springbrook Community Hall is open for bookings again. The restrictions only allow 20 people maximum at a time but that's an ideal for small groups and workshops. Give Kara a call on 0413979271 if you want to make a booking. Only $13 per hour for locals!
*Have you got one of Ros Bates' many post cards asking our opinion on the Cableway, raising the Austinville causeway and about visitor signage at Springbrook yet? If so, fill it out and return it this week. If not, feel free to text 0499855169 or email mudgeeraba@parliament.qld.gov.au and (politely) express your feelings on any or all of these issues. Be an active voice in the community and have your view heard.
*Found a hurt or injured animal on the road? Call Wildcare on 55272444 and they will get onto a carer on the mountain for you. To report dead wildlife for our statistics, please text 0418454732 with the location/address, day, date and type of animal. Don't forget to check to check the pouch if it's a female marsupial.
*The afternoon Amblers are trying out Velvert Downs Road for their walks at the moment. They meet at the Telstra Exchange on the corner of Springbrook and Velvet Downs road about 3.30pm to walk as far as they can (at their own pace) for half an hour before returning. Bring a brolly. It rains at 4pm on Thursdays. Just ask them!
*Please, please please, slow down in front of the school. Its starting to get quite dangerous outside the school during drop off and pick up times, and is concerning all those there at the time. It's most likely to be locals at that time of the day too. Please, slow down. Its a hard enough road to cross with out a bag, or am and a 5 year old in tow...
*Food Scrap Friday is a community composting initiative run by the school and its P&C. Just bring your bucket of vege food scraps to the gate between 8am and 8.30am and the gardening project kids will weigh it, empty it into their compost heap and rinse the bucket before returning it to you at the gate. A great way to be involved even if you dont have kids at the school.
*Have you seen the new environmental initiative that's being started by members of our mountain community? Sarah and Keiran have created Climb a Tree Foundation to help spread all sorts of environmental and sustainable ideas and projects around. You can join as foundation members or support the go fund me page to make and install wildlife nesting boxes in fire affected areas. Have a look on the My Springbrook webpage under Climb a Tree Foundation for more details. www.lovespringbrook.blogspot.com
The Springbrook Visitor Infomation Center is reopening again this weekend. Peter will he there on Sunday to greet and help out our visitors from 11amish to 2pmish, mountain time. The Centre is always looking for volunteers. Call Annette on 0427 415 299 to volunteer. Its heaps of fun!
Stay safe. Get involved.
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