OBI OBI HALL

The Fire Shed. Following on from the flood plain study, Sunshine Coast Regional Council has given permission to Queensland Fire and Rescue Service to begin the process of application to erect a fire shed. The first stage is to apply for a Development Permit for Material Change of Use, with the application required to follow an impact assessment process. This process will take several months.

The Hall. At the main entry stairs, extensions to both balustrades have completed by the Builder and fabricator Pancho has finished the addition of  hand rails to the ramp and main stairs. The next stage is a visit by the Council Certifier for a final inspection of the building for compliance to the Council’s building regulations.

The main stairs

Lining boards fitted around the main doorway. The work on the lining of the stage and surrounds has been done by volunteer labour under the supervision of Al Scott.

Outside, the swallows are proving to be persistent.

20.08.2012. At around  10.20 am, on Monday morning, in response to an emergency call-out,  Obi Obi Rural Fire Brigade attended to a wildfire at  Obi Obi number Two crossing and Hunsley Rd. Because of the weather conditions, hilly terrain, heavy fuel load and risk to neighbouring properties, extra assistance was requested,  9 appliances with 17 firefighters from Montville, Kureelpa, Kenilworth and Conondale Rural Fire Brigades responded, with containment obtained at around 2.00 pm.

The initial ignition point about 200 metres up Hunsley Rd.

This fire was considered to be the result of deliberate malicious intent.

The Obi Obi Hall.

Taken in 1913, with the entry on the opposite side of the foyer.

Photo courtesy of John Cutmore.

The Obi Obi Rural Fire Brigade met with Councillor’s Jenny McKay and Greg Rodgerson and representatives from Sunshine Coast Regional Council at the Obi Obi Hall property to discuss the building of a fire shed for the Brigade. Council has completed a flood plain study for the hall area which will allow a preliminary building application to proceed.

The disabled ramp

Work on fabricating the hand rails has begun…. meet Pancho, metal fabricator.

His confident and cheerfull manner is helping to smooth the way through a complicated installation.

Pancho and Al fabricating.

Hand rail bend at the middle landing.

Main entry stairs.

Council requires a hand rail on the main stairs, the related Australian Standard requires the hand rail to project 560mm out from the bottom of the stairs.

In order to reduce the visual impact of the protruding hand rail, the Management Committee has decided to extend the balustrade to match.

See blog entry 25.06.12 for an explanation of the related Australian Standard.

Sketch of proposed extension to the main entry balustrade.

Unrelated

A member of Maleny Self Help Genealogy Group is looking for information relating to a Richard Spreadborough who may have lived in the Obi Obi around 1930.

Our 2011 AGM was held on the 30th June at the Obi Hall. At the AGM the business conducted by the Association during the 2011 year was approved by the meeting’s members and the retiring members of the Management Committee were re-elected to their previous positions. The ongoing problem of the hall property ownership via a Trust with no living beneficiaries and three Trustees was bought to the meeting’s attention, with the Management Committee to pursue this issue after the renovation is finished.

Prior to the recent rain, the balustrade was extended down the concrete section of the ramp. Because of the ongoing rain, the on site fabrication and attachment of the hand rails to the ramp has been delayed .

Our building adviser Lex Freiburg has inspected the renovation of the Obi Hall finding only minor defects.