Sunshine Coast Council held a meeting at the hall to provide an opportunity for local residents to respond to Council’s plan to establish a dark sky reserve at the Kirby Rd Environmental Reserve in the Obi Valley.

See – https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/environment/sustainability-and-climate-change/establishing-a-proposed-sunshine-coast-dark-sky-reserve

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A recent community dinner held at the hall

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An endangered Mary River Turtle (Elusor macrurus) was released back into Baxter Creek

in the Obi Valley.

It had been found in a weakened state and was rehabilitated by Wildlife Rescue from Australia Zoo

The Mary River turtle is a species of turtle that is capable of ‘cloacal breathing’, whereby they breathe oxygen underwater through their cloaca. This allows Mary River turtles to stay submerged for days at a time without the need to come to the surface to breathe. (from Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary)

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Obi Obi Rural Fire Brigade held an information session for local residents at the hall

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A cold winters morning in the Obi Valley

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An extension to the concrete pad has been laid in the hall’s car park

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