OBI OBI HALL

Our 2013 year AGM

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Held on the 17.07.14

At the AGM, Steve Walker our President for the last five years,  resigned his position. Steve became President at the very  start of the Obi Obi Hall renovation and has been a big part of the transformation of the hall to its now fully functioning state.

At the AGM the 2013 year auditor’s report was presented, the correspondence for the 2013 year reviewed and a new Management Committee  elected.

The new Management Committee.

President Rodney Heading

Vice-President Ray Passmore

Treasurer Pam Engle

Secretary Dennis Woodford

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Matt Trace (LNP Candidate for Nicklin) attended the AGM.

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A morning working bee will be held at the hall next Saturday the 9th of August at 9.00 am.

Repairs are required to the fairy lights, folding tables and hall fittings. The storage areas need to be re-arranged and a water point needs to be installed at the front of the hall.

Sunshine Coast Council has provided the hall with five truck loads of recycled road base to use to improve the Stave Rd parking areas.

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Celebrate with Mary – From Gympie to Connondale

The aim of the Celebrate with Mary project is to encourage more people to use the many businesses in the Mary Valley for any type of celebrations, weddings, anniversaries and birthdays.
Over thirty businesses are initially involved, all from the celebration industry within the Mary Valley – Accommodation, Caterers, Celebrant, Decorators, Entertainment, Floral, Photography, Party Hire, Transportation and Reception Venues.

Celebrate with Mary will promote Mary Valley businesses via facebook and an eBook.

The gathering started with refreshments outside around the fire.

The function was officially opened by Steve Walker

Music from Cool Lula

And That Sixties Guy

Resulting a pleasant night for all

Packing up the sound equipment, the van was already partly filled but somehow they got the remainder in.

The latest wedding

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The results of the heavy frost on the 12th of July on weeds along the verges of Obi Obi Rd.

Legume burnt, caster oil plants retarded, lantana badly burned and even wild tobacco looking sick.

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The Association’s 2014 Annual General Meeting will be held at the Obi Obi Hall, 7.30pm on Thursday the 17.07.2014.

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On the 22nd of July at the hall, a launch party will be held for a new Mary Vally project called “Celebrate with Mary”. This locally organized  project aims to encourage people to patronize the many Mary Valley businesses involved in the celebration industry.

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OUR TENTH WEDDING

7.30am on a very frosty morning last Saturday the 12th of July, setting up for Stewie and Kelsey’s  outside wedding.

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The Hall. Extra power points and light switches have been installed at the hall. This will supply power for the dishwasher and extraction fan in the kitchen and an extra fridge in the stage storage room. The spot lights now have a permanent power supply with a stage controlled switch.

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The Fire shed. It is presently being internally lined out with plasterboard, with tiling, painting, and the completion of the plumbing and electrical work to follow.

Looking from inside the shed at the meeting and office rooms

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More weddings.

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Amanda Shadforth, a Sunshine Coast photographer and fashion blogger used  the inside of the hall as a backdrop for a fashion photography shoot.

Photos by Amanda Shadforth

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An entertaining music night was held at the hall

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Singer and lead guitarist Danny Cocks

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A fund raising event will be held at the hall this coming weekend.

This is a privately run event.

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Taken from the Sunshine Valley Gazette of the 12th Mach 2014.

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Activities of the Obi Obi and Kidaman Creek District Community Hall’s Management Committee.

The Management Committee held a Management Committe meeting on Thursday, the 13th of February. At this meeting, it was decided that the proposed  joint  fundraising event  with the Blackall Range Motorcycle Club will be postponed until 2015. The Management Committee has completed re-insuring the Association through a new insurance broker. Total annual cost this year is $4,604.00, which will  provide insurance for damage to the hall building, public liability cover for the Association and Trustees, insurance to cover volunteers while working at the hall, and liability protection for the actions of the Committee Members of the Association.

Volunteers from the Association held a hall working bee where the hall was checked for white ants (none found), grass mowed, the fairy lights lifted higher, and finally finished with the addition of the final gate , the fence around the water tanks.

The fence is a duty of care responsibility for the Association, which was built to prevent accidental access to a potentially dangerous area.

Timber and materials provided by Rodney Heading.

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The Fire Brigade now officially exists.

Mounted beside the Obi Obi Rd entrance to the hall.

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Last Saturday’s wedding.

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It wasn’t planned but the body of the furniture hire van nicely fitted between the balustrades on the main stairs.

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The start of the fire shed’s sewage waste installation.

The local excavator owner/operator provided his services at no cost.

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The previous wedding.

Drawn on the hall’s blackboard.

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Bats at rest in several trees at Obi Obi creek number two crossing.

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