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Our own Allan Dawson passing on the Olympic
Flame
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When the Peat Swamp west of the Airport caught
alight in DEC.91 it smouldered for weeks afterwards.
In these situations our Volunteers are all that stand between your home and the flames. |
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Your Local Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade is based at Mudjimba and draws members from Pacific Paradise to Yaroomba Phone 5448 7126 to Join the Team. |
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After the choking smell of the smouldering Peat last year,
we were happy to see the rain after Christmas.
But on FEB.25 1992 we thought this was too much. Lorraine Avenue |
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Clematis Court looking from Tamarindus St |
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Petrie Avenue |
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Tamarindus Street |
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Ramona Street |
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Corner of Petrie Avenue and Ramona Street. |
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Aerial View of North Marcoola.
Taken from the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. in 1986. |
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President Norm with the Clubs First IRB in
1981
(And most of the Active Members of the time.) |
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We are fortunate to have the CoffeeRock underlying our beach as
it STOPS serious erosion.
But it is still disturbing when it's exposed all along the beach. |
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Jan. 1989 |
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Jan. 1983 |
Our Landscaping Attempts
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Here are the Pictures taken at The Tree Planting Working Bee held on 20th. NOV. 1999 |
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Over 40 keen volunteer gardeners made light work of planting 830 trees and shrubs along the new nature strip between the David Low Highway and Begonia Way at the Petrie Avenue entrance to North Marcoola under the watchful eye of Chris Jonkers of Greening Australia. |
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And here's the
RESULT after just 18 months
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Our first attempt at Dune Weed Busting on
26.OCT.2000
8 volunteers made an apreciable dent in the lantenna in just 3 hours - But there is a heartbreaking amount still remaining. - And it just keeps growing!!!!! |
| Click HERE for More LANDSCAPING Pictures |
PLANE LANDS on MARCOOLA BEACH
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This light aircraft RAN OUT OF FUEL just short of Runway 18 in February 1999 just after the Public Meeting at which we were told this would be a 1in1,000,000 chance of it happening |
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This SERIOUS
BREACH of Air Safety Procedures should have
been grounds for Cancellation of his Licence, instead he was our Local
Hero.
Click HERE for Full Story |
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Monday
morning, 27 Sep. 1999
A mature humpback was washed ashore 500m south of the Surf Club. Click HERE for Full Story |
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6 months later (12.April 2000) this smaller
Sperm Whale washed ashore south of Yaroomba
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Here the Experts preform an
autopsy to find out WHY it came ashore. I
wonder what they found?
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Contact the Secretary:
Mrs. Debbie Johnson
6 Lorraine Avenue,
MARCOOLA BEACH,
Queensland,
Australia. 4564
Phone/FAX (617)
5448 8850
Alternatively
By email: - marcoola@welcome.to
