Archive for May, 2012
Monday, May 28th, 2012
THE month-long Open Studios of the Scenic Rim ends this weekend with artist in resident workshops at Canungra and Binna Burra.
The final installment in studios of the Scenic Rim will be held on June 2-3 at Wallaby Ridge Retreat Canungra and Binna Burra Mountain Lodge.
Wallaby Ridge retreat will host an Arts Collective and all of the participating artists are offering workshops to visitors. The talented mix of local artists includes Gerard Walk (water colours), Wendi Trulson (fibre artist), Tamlyn Geiger (water colours and pastels), Debbie Oberhardt (pottery, sculpture) and Joy Drescher (poetry).
A Raku firing demonstration and workshop will be held on Saturday afternoon and early evening. Devonshire tea and coffee will be available all weekend, with wood fired pizza available Saturday evening.
Find out more at www.wallabyridge.com.au
At the Binna Burra Mountain Lodge, two artists will offer workshops and demonstrate their craft to visitors. (more…)
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Saturday, May 26th, 2012
June’s a busy month in the Scenic Rim, there’s plenty of events, performances and activities on offer in the Scenic Rim this month. Here’s our top ten highlights for the month.
1. Morning Melodies European Classics
2. World Environment Day in Boonah
3. Chappy Challenge
4. The Major and the Minor
5. The Great Mystery Dinner
6. The Old Fella
7. Zest Fest
8. Eat Local Week
9. Arts Dinner
10. Boy Girl Wall
Find out more about these events
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Saturday, May 26th, 2012
Where does your food come from and who produces it?
Residents and visitors to the Scenic Rim can meet the people who grow their food and follow the journey it makes from paddock to plate during Eat Local Week.
Eat Local Week, will run from Sunday June 24 to Sunday July 1, and will celebrate the Scenic Rim food industry.
It will start with the Zest Fest at Beechmont on Sunday June 24 and will climax with the Feast Producer’s Dinner at Aratula on Saturday June 30.
The focus will be on local farms, food producers, restaurants and the organisations and people who play a part in making locally-grown food more accessible in the region.
The Scenic Rim is a fertile region, blessed with rich volcanic soil, which over the years has attracted some of Australia’s leading fresh food producers.
They are located around the region – on Tamborine Mountain, at Beechmont, the Lost World Valley, Beaudesert, Boonah, Kalbar and many towns in between.
Eat Local Week started last year and was born out of the Scenic Rim Regional Council’s Local Living Economies program and as this is the Australian Year of the Farmer, Eat Local Week will have a particular focus on the important role farming plays in the Scenic Rim.
Mayor John Brent, whose ancestors have been involved in vegetable farming for nearly a century, says often people take their fresh food for granted and have little understanding of where it comes from or how it is produced.
He says Eat Local Week seeks to focus attention on these questions and provide some understanding and recognition of the people who grow it. (more…)
Tags: beef, cheese, dairy, Eat Local Week, food miles, fresh food, fruit, permaculture, pizza, scenic Rim produce, vegetables
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Saturday, May 26th, 2012
Mayor John Brent opened the new $12-million Sky Lodges development at Binna Burra this month, marking a new direction for the historic hinterland retreat.
The opening comes nearly 80 years after tourism pioneers Arthur Groom and Romeo Lahey first invited guests to stay at their Binna Burra Lodge.
Members from the Groom and Lahey family attended the opening, as did LNP member for Beaduesert Jon Krause and Yugambeh Aboriginal Elder Aunty Ruby Rose.
The Sky Lodges development remains true to the founder’s original vision to introduce visitors to the wonders of the Lamington National Park, however it makes that introduction in a very modern way.
Guest comfort was upper-most on the minds of the Binna Burra board and the project architects, dm2 architecture when they designed the 20 Sky Lodges, which offer a stylish and contemporary alternative to Binna Burra’s traditional cabins.
Perched on the side of a mountain with stunning north-facing views across Coomera and Numinbah Valleys, the Sky Lodges are fully self-contained and have been finished to the highest of standards.
Ann Neal, the granddaughter of Romeo Lahey is the only surviving member of the first Christmas Camp, held by Romeo and Arthur in 1933. She joined Arthur Groom’s son Richard at the Sky Lodges opening. About 220 people attended the opening, before enjoying lunch on the Coomera Terrace. (more…)
Tags: Ann Neale, Arthur Groom, Binna Burra Mountain Lodge, Jon Krause MP, Mayor John Brent, Richard Groom, Romeo Lahey, Sky Lodges
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Saturday, May 26th, 2012
People of all ages and fitness levels are being encouraged to get up off the couch on Sunday 3 June, when the Scenic Rim Regional Council co-hosts a free Healthy and Active Community Expo at Wyaralong.
The action-packed day will include footy and cricket skills clinics, exercise and healthy
cooking demonstrations, information stalls, games and giveaways, all aimed at promoting
the importance of living a healthy and active lifestyle.
Whether you’d like to pick up some pointers from your favourite sporting hero, learn how to
look after your health and wellbeing, or even take up a new sport or hobby, there will be
something for everyone on the day.
Footy fans will enjoy the rugby league skills clinic run by former Brisbane Broncos players
Mick De Vere and Tonie Carroll. There will also be AFL and soccer clinics with
representatives from both codes attending. Download the Poster
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Tags: Active & healthy, Brisbane Broncos, QLD Cricket, Qld Moto Park, Scenic Rim sport
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Saturday, May 26th, 2012
Mountain Biking (MTB) has been given a major boost with the announcement of a new marathon event in South East Queensland scheduled for the first Sunday in August.
The 80 kilometre MTB race is the latest brain child of Queensland based Tailwind Promotions which has a long track record for delivering high profile endurance events such as Australia’s first mountain bike marathon in 2003 known as the ‘The Epic’, Fly Solomons Running Festival, and more recently the Maxxis MTB Enduro Super Series.
Race organizer, Peter Creagh, said that Logan’s Run is the culmination of more than a decade’s experience organizing professional MTB events. (more…)
Tags: Logan's run Mountain bike marathon, Moutain bike, Wyaralong Dam
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Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Boonah’s third World Environment Day Festival showcases a huge range of exhibitors, talks, workshops, demonstrations, art and performances celebrating and inspiring sustainable communities.
The Festival is being held at The Outlook Boonah on June 2 from 9am and will feature 50 stalls showcasing everything from aquaponics to electric bikes.
There’s sure to be something for everyone, including zumba, electric bikes, Madam Mulch, a moving welcome to country, home-made food and local organic food … all showcasing the global Green Economy theme and providing practical and innovative ways to tread more lightly on our earth.
Live entertainment all day includes Brisbane pop / folk/ rock band Pop Properly headlining some great local talent including a performance of Save our Scenic Rim, a song written to highlight the potential impacts of CSG on our community.
There’s plenty of focus on local wildlife with Furry Maclean and his Crocodiles and Dragons workshop, and Scenic Rim Wildlife who’ll also be celebrating Wildlife Queensland’s 50th anniversary with Wild Poetry of the Scenic Rim at 4.30pm.
Greening Australia and Queensland Bush Foods will be in attendance offering products and advice to support keen gardeners who want to grab a bargain at the BOSS plant stall. Xanthorrhoea grass tree plants, the emblem for the former Boonah Shire will also be available in various sizes. (more…)
Tags: boonah, Boonah Organisation for a Sustainable Shire, BOSS, World Environment Day
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Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Beechmont’s home-grown festival – Zest Fest – is gearing up to celebrate all things creative, delicious and delightful.
Zest Fest, being held on Sunday June 24, also marks the start of Eat Local Week, a showcase of regional and sustainable food.
Zest Fest’s Sally MacKinnon (pictured with the organising team) says thanks to support from the Scenic Rim Regional Council and local businesses Zest Fest 2012 is expanding.
“We’ve halved the entry fee to $5 per adult and there is no entry cost for children. This means that Zest will be more affordable for locals and visitors to enjoy,” she says.
“We’ve expanded our live music program to showcase five local acts between midday and 4.30pm. Back by popular demand are Will Miller and Friends, Lily White, Jackie MacDonald and Huon MacKinnon (now in a duo with singer songwriter Zinta), and we’re adding the Latin duo “Gypsy” who are Paul and Catherine Slingsby.
“We have a Children’s Program including storytelling, music making and kid’s Zumba.
“A Workshop Program including Zumba, Sustainable Living, and Gardening will run throughout the morning and Beechmont State School P&C is operating a licensed bar from lunchtime.
“And of course, our beautiful local artisans, foodies, crafters, health and wellbeing and sustainability practitioners will showcase their goods and services all day in our ‘village square’. It’s the only day of the year Beechmont has a main street and village centre,” Sally said.
Zest Fest is organised by the Beechmont Business & Enterprise Network (BBEN) to showcase the enterprising businesses, food producers and artisans of Beechmont. All proceeds from the festival support BBEN’s activities to strengthen local business and the Beechmont economy.
Zest Fest is on Sunday June 24 between 10am and 4.30pm (gates open 9.30am), at the Hall on Graceleigh, 1922 Beechmont Rd, Beechmont.
For more information go to: www.beechmont.org.au/zest-fest
Tags: Beechmont, Eat Local Week, ethos foundation, Sally McKinnon, sustainable food, Zest Fest
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Sunday, May 20th, 2012
VISITORS to Studios of the Scenic Rim Boonah & Kalbar next weekend will meet leading professional artists and see inside two of the region’s most historic buildings.
Open Studios moves to Boonah and Kalbar on May 26 and 27, where artists will welcome visitors from the Boonah Butter Factory and the heritage-listed Wiss Emporium at Kalbar.
They are two of the area’s most well-recognised character buildings and reveal much about the history of the local area.
Boonah artists Catherine Anderson, Felicity Smith and Rachael Brook work from the Boonah Butter Factory and that’s where they will welcome visitors next weekend. The trio will provide an insight into bronze sculpture, glasswork and mouth art.
At Kalbar’s beautiful 103-year-old Wiss Emporium, a collective of developing artists will gather to welcome visitors and share their passion for their craft. The collective features Louise Mossom (fibre artist), Lisa Kirk (artist), David Mossom (experimentalist fibre dyer), Sue Wright (fibre artisan), Denise Foster (silk artist), Sue Russ (leadlighting) and Uvon McManus (textile artisan).
The studios are open from 9am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday and entry is free.
Boonah mouth artist Rachael Brook overcomes the physical barriers of cerebral palsy to create brightly-coloured paintings which are full of life and strongly stamped with her unique style. (more…)
Tags: boonah, Boonah Butter Factory, Butter Factory, Catherine Anderson, Felicity Smith, kalbar, open studios, rachael brook, Studios of the Scenic Rim, Wiss Emporium
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
TAMBORINE Mountain artists will open their studio doors to the public next weekend, for the third instalment of Studios of the Scenic Rim.
On May 19 and 20, visitors to Tamborine Mountain can join an open studio trail which takes in about 15 artist studios and artist collectives.
Studios of the Scenic Rim is a month-long celebration of local arts and culture and features artists and art studios right across the region.
While the region grew on the back of rural production, it also boasts a strong and vibrant arts community which is showcased during the month of May.
Sculptor Christopher Trotter will be the artist in residence at Marks & Gardener Gallery on Tamborine Mountain next weekend. His Dr Suess-styled sculptures, fashioned from disused pipes, scrap metal and old machines, are full of personality and life and are instantly identifiable.
This is the second year the Boonah-based sculptor has been involved in Studios of the Scenic Rim and he says it provides visitors with a rare insight into the creative process involved with producing professional art.
Newcomers to Studios of the Scenic Rim this year include sculptor Kate French and landscape painter Fiona Rafferty. Fiona is also a relative newcomer to Tamborine Mountain and says for a landscape artist the mountain hideaway is a 24/7 hub of inspiration. (more…)
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View a selection of the videos that showcase the Scenic Rim Region.
THE month-long Open Studios of the Scenic Rim ends this weekend with artist in resident workshops at Canungra and Binna Burra.
