Did you notice…
The ‘devil’ is ALWAYS in the detail and the details are ALWAYS in the small…
Did you notice…
The ‘devil’ is ALWAYS in the detail and the details are ALWAYS in the small print… Remember, the Queensland State Government own Ergon Energy and we, up here in Far North Queensland, only have one provider – them. Ergon Energy Bill Dated 5.7.2024 Tariff 11 – Residential Flat Rate (General Domestic) (04/06/24 – 01/07/24) Rate…
“You would be genuinely shocked if you went over and visited Mona Mona today…”
This was a reply to that comment we made yesterday on a post about Mona Mona: “why are you always so negative about our mob, why are you visiting Mona Mona, you have no business there.” Our reply Just because you think a post, or all of my posts, are negative doesn’t mean they are,…
Creating a Community Council – Creating Kuranda Community Council
It all begins with you. Back in July I was invited to speak at the ‘Human Family Project’ meeting held out at Koah. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share my views Emma. The meeting was well attended by around 50 people (most of whom I didn’t know) and my talk seemed to…
‘What have you and your group achieved…..?’
A recent comment in the Book of Faces group has been made of which the exact words escape us, as the comments have since been taken down, words to the effect of ‘what have you and your group achieved…..’ We hope this response answers their question. I, we and us have achieved nothing. What we…
Queensland State Election 2024
For the past couple of weeks we’ve been contemplating about holding a ‘meet the candidates’ pre-state election meeting… The last time I organised one of these meetings was down at the bottom pub with Barry Smith over a decade ago, it went quite well really… Three of the candidates were intentionally told the wrong time…
Mareeba Shire Council Monthly Roundup – August 2024
Every month we’ll be sifting through the 100’s of pages of MSCs monthly meetings to keep you up to date about what’s being done and what’s NOT being done for our community here in Kuranda by those up in Mareeba – this month we’ve narrowed it down to 9 pages (from 441). As always, any…
Kuranda Paper Monthly Wrap – August 2024
Through the looking glass…(as usual, our comments are in italics) https://www.kurandapaper.com/_files/ugd/f0cb2f_018fae6ccff6413fa15d0a2ff8100537.pdf Front Page – Cover Masthead Having an image by an artist from the ‘Johnstone River catchment’ makes us wonder… Were there no local artists from Kuranda, indigenous or otherwise, that the paper could have used for their masthead this month? Why the ‘outsourcing’? Page…
KIAC – Kuranda Infrastructure Advisory Committee (Feb 2014 – Oct 2020)
Between February 2014 and October 2020 this committee, in all its varied forms met 25* times (according to the Councils website) – an average of 4.1 times per year for a total of approximately 24 hours. Over the 80 months this committee was actually operational, from what we can see, they met for a total…
KCPAC – The Kuranda Community Precinct Advisory Committee (2014-19)
Between January 2014 and March 2019 this committee, in all its varied forms met 29 times – an average of 5.8 times per year for about the same length of time, on average, the Council meets for every month – 45 mins. For the last five+ years they haven’t met at all. This is our…
Mareeba Shire Council Monthly Roundup – July 2024 Part 2 of 2
As usual, any comments we have added are in italics. Page 457 – Project Name: Myola Road – Mill/Fill and Seal Program: Urban Streets Background In the 2023/2024 Capital Works Program Road to Recovery (R2R) funding was made available to undertake pavement milling with asphalt patching followed by a C170 bitumen seal to waterproof a…
