OBI OBI HALL

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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A FUND-RAISING EVENT

A member of our community has organized a fund-raising event at the hall on the 5th of April.

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The Management Committee will hold a management meeting at the Obi Obi hall on Thursday the 13th at 7.3pm. All welcome.

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THE LATEST WEDDING

Fairy lights erected inside the hall for the wedding.

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INSIDE THE  FIRE SHED

From the rear of the shed (no electricity no lighting)

three rooms, left –  shower and toilet, middle – lunch, right – office with the remainder a large open area for the fire truck and equipment.

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The hall through the fire shed office window

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The hall’s lawnmower is  now stored in the fire shed.

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The main results of the well attended General meeting held at the hall on the 13th of February.

• The previous new year’s eve fund-raising event was discussed.
• Four new full memberships were ratified.
• A motion was passed to continue investigating the holding of a fundraising event in conjunction with the Blackall Range Motorcycle Club.
• A grant application has been made for a public address system for the hall.

There is now eleven weddings booked for the rest of this year.

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MADERIA VINE IS CURRENTLY FLOWERING THE OBI OBI VALLEY

It is established in many places along the verges of Obi Obi Rd from Baxter Creek Rd to number two crossing. Originally from South America, this vine relatively new  to the valley  invades road edges and waterways has the potential to smother rainforest shrubs and trees.

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Maderia vine is a class 3 declared pest in Queensland.

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Class 3 pests are established in Queensland and have, or could have, an adverse economic, environmental or social impact. The primary objective of Class 3 listing is to prevent sale, therefore preventing the spread of these pests into new areas.

Landholders are not required to control Class 3 plants unless their land is adjacent to an environmentally significant area and they are issued with a pest control notice. It is a serious offense to supply a Class 3 pest without a permit issued by Biosecurity Queensland.

Information above  from the Queensland Government’s Department Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

THE FIRE SHED

Now at lockup stage, next stage – electrical wiring in the hall.

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Shrinkage of the ground surrounding the hall’s stumps, the result of reactive clay soil.

Except for the perimeter stumps, all the supports under the hall are adjustable in height to maintain a level floor during times of earth movement.

Reactive- the ground expands and contracts in reaction to changes in it’s moisture content

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LOOKING FOR THE GIANT BARRED FROG

Eva Ford, catchment officer from the Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC) has set up a sound recording device at the Obi Obi Creek above number four crossing.

The recorded sounds will be scanned for the calls of rare frogs .

The MRCCC project – Living with threatened species – looking for rare frog species.

Fact sheet – Giant barred frog

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HALL HIRE

This year 2014, one wedding has already been held at the hall and another nine are booked for the rest of the year.

The fire circle is been hired at various times during this year, the Management Committee is looking for a supplier of firewood.

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A general meeting will be held next Thursday, the 13th of February at 7.30pm.