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       OBI OBI MOTORCYCLE SHOW

 

Our Association now has a Motorcycle Show Sub-Committe, formed to organize and run a fund raising  Motorcycle show at the Obi Obi Hall on the 25th of September 2016.

 

Advertizing for the show mounted on a car trailer at the entrance to the Obi Obi Hall.

 

Gheerulla Hall update

An enthusiastic group of local people attended their Annual General Meeting at the hall on the 14th of May, at this meeting a new Management Committee was elected and funds were pledged to allow the hall to continue to operate.

 

30.05.16

Members of the Fuchs family gathered at the Obi Obi Hall for their 50 year family reunion.

The Fuchs family settled in the Obi Obi valley in the nineteen sixties.

 

Umbrella Tree – Schefflera actinophylla – has arrived in the Obi Obi Valley

Native to North Queensland where it can grow as an epiphyte, umbrella trees are part of the vegetation along the coastal strip on the Sunshine coast and has now appeared in the valley.

Noticed along Obi Obi Rd

 

On Obi Obi Rd

 

At Lower Suses Pocket Rd.

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Recent weddings at Obi Obi Hall

13.05.16

 

23.04.2016

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A  General Meeting of the Obi Obi and Kidaman Creek District Community Hall Association will be held on Thursday 28.04.16, at the Obi Obi Hall at 7.30pm.

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       SAVE THE GHEERULLA HALL

The Gheerulla Hall is part of the Gheerulla community situated 5.3k north of Kenilworth.

The Gheerulla hall is in a poor financial position and is in need of community support.

Location – 2184 Eumundi – Kenilworth Rd, Gheerulla QLD 4574

Gheerulla hall –  http://www.gheerulla.qld.au/

Built in 1907

Photos below are of the interior of Gheerulla Hall.

Looking from  the front entrance towards the stage.

Looking from the stage towards the front entrance.

The Rules of Engagement

Displayed inside the Gheerulla Hall.

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KENILWORTH AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL MUSEUM

All photos below are of exhibits at the Kenilworth and District Historical Museum

A cast iron flat belt pulley wheel, part of a water wheel operated sawmill (built by Christian Kreogh of Obi Obi) on the Obi Obi Creek above number four crossing.

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Recent weddings at Obi Obi Hall

09.04.2016

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19.03.2016

12.03.2016

General Meeting Thursday 03.03.16, 7.30pm.

Results from the recent working bee.

Our reconstructed sign bigger and better.

 New sign posts constructed from 100 x 100 mm gal steel posts.

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The earth pile at the rear of the parking area was dispersed behind the fire shed.

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A Persian Silk tree found growing wild in the Obi valley.

Albizia julibrissin

Native to Asia, grows fast with lots of long lasting seed, not a good combination.

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Maderia vine is now in flower

Growing at Obi Obi Creek crossing number four.