OBI OBI HALL

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The monthly Obi Surplus is on again next Wednesday, the 4th, starting at 9.30 am

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A DATE CLAIMER

Wes Johnston, born at Frog Hollow in the Obi Obi Valley invites all valley residents to his 80th birthday to be held at Obi Obi Hall, 3.00 pm on the 19.08.2018

Details to follow

Jason and Piper Johnston’s property Cedar Grove surrounds the Obi Obi Hall

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One of the Johnston’s bulls

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17.03.2018

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 Room to move downstairs

The result of the under stage storage room clean-up

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A wedding on the 10.03.2018

 

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS TREE ?

Mexican bean tree

Native to tropical America

Recently discovered growing on the southern slopes of Buderim mountain

Queensland Government has declared Mexican Bean Tree as a category 2, 3, 4 and 5 restricted plant. If you have seen this plant, please contact Biosecurity Queensland on 13 25 23.

 

A fast growing tree to 40 meters high

Cecropia pachystachya, C. palmata and C. peltata

Photos from Brisbane City Council

https://weeds.brisbane.qld.gov.au/weeds/trumpet-tree

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Young Southern Orange-eyed Treefrog

Often found inside the hall, hunting for insects attracted by the emergency exit lights which stay on 24 hours a day. This one was removed to outside the hall to avoid the usual fate of death by desiccation

Litoria chloris

Adults grow up to 70 mm long

See Queensland Museum

http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Frogs/Common+frogs/Southern+Orange-eyed+Treefrog#.WuLefohua70 

Photo by Frogs of Australia

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Maderia vine is flowering now

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The photos below show the cream flowering vine in trees at

Obi Obi Creek Crossing number Four

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Madeira vine is a Class 3 declared plant under Queensland legislation

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Madeira vine is considered one of Australia’s worst environmental weeds

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Eaten in Japan as a vegetable called Okawakame

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It’s a good time for silky oak seedlings which are coming up around mature silky oak trees

 

 

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Another Obi Surplus, this Wednesday, the 7th

At this Obi Surplus there will be a demonstration on brewing kombucha

 

An oddity – Green hoverfly larvae

Found in a plastic bucket full of water

The larvae of this hoverfly species, Austalis copiosa, are called rat-tailed maggots. The ‘tail’ is actually a tube that acts like a long snorkel which allows the maggot to breathe while living in stagnant water; the type of smelly water you sometimes find in drains and gutters. The tube is telescopic and can be many times the length of the maggot when fully extended.

Taken from  Queensland Museum’s website

http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Ask+an+Expert/Question+of+the+month/Question+Archive/Questions/2017/June+2017#.WpkAYehua70 

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PLEASE NOTE: The origional hall front doors and most of the wood have found a home

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SOME RE-ORGANIZING DOWNSTAIRS

Because of the need for more storage room for the hall’s equipment, the under stage storage area is being re-organized

Above, windows, doors and other materials replaced during the hall’s renovation were stored under the stage, now they have to go

 

THE PLAN

Much equipment has been acquired for the running of  our Motorcycle Show and Shine event, At present it is temporally stored in the fire shed but needs a permanent home

 

The origional hall windows are looking for a new home

Condition (they are 100 years old), seven are ok, seven are poor  and six badly aged

 

The origional front doors need a home too

They are in good condition, solid hardwood construction

 

Two softwood planks, one 350 x 20 x 5 m long and the other 300 x 20 x 3 m long (approx)

Both have a split along the grain in the middle of each plank, apart from this defect, they are in good condition

 

Last week’s wedding

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Two fans have been fitted to the hall’s stage

Not much natural air movement on the stage

 

These fungi came up in a pot during the recent rain, never seen them before

Leucocoprinus birnbaumii

Claimed to be common, usually a result of spores in potting mix, considered inedible

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PLEASE NOTE

We will no longer have advertising over which we had no control appearing on the blog.  We have upgraded our WordPress plan to change our domain name to “obiobihall.blog” which will make our website more accessible to internet search engines. The new plan costing $60.00 annually also removes the advertising. Prior to this our blog was free.