FRASER COAST CENTRAL

BURRUM HEADS

NEEDS A POSTAL SERVICE

We have had a new resident to the Burrum district comment on the wonderful services available here, which we always like to hear….VERY NICE. But……

There is a flip side though. This person thought this idyllic seaside area of Burrum Heads would be the perfect place to wind down after a long day in the office, perhaps flick through a newspaper, or even read the mail delivered that day. Burrum Heads has come of age and now has a wealthier, affluent stable population

THE LOCAL FRASER COAST COUNCIL AND THE AUSTRALIAN POSTAL SERVICE MUST CORRECT & UPGRADE THIS LONG OVERDUE SERVICE NOW.

Imagine the shock, when you have built a beaut home, with a grand and matching letterbox, only to discover there is NO mail delivery to the suburb at all. It appears there won’t even be mail delivery until someone starts a petition. If you think the simple solution is to get a post office box, it’s not!

There is a waiting list for them already…

Thankfully the post office is operated by the general store, so if you are lucky and leave work early you might still make it in time to get the mail once a week or so.

Unfortunately the new resident really needs to be in touch with the world, and even in this society technology has not removed the need to receive mail from time to time.

So join the list to have the right to get the mail delivered.

THE DAYS OF THE PIDGEON CARRIER ARE OVER

IN THE BURRUM – IF YOU AGREE, THEN………..

SIGN THE PETITION BY DOWNLOADING IT FROM OUR WEB SITE HERE OR ASK THE SECRETARY FOR A COPY.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO DO EITHER EMAIL ME TO EMAIL YOU BACK A COPY AS AN ATTACHMENT FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD AND PRINT.

GET EVERYBODY TO SIGN IT

Send each page to>

The Secretary. Burrum Chamber of Commerce

PO Box 174 Howard Q4659. Ph 07 41290995

Please contact Burrum Chamber of Commerce via email also

admin@burrumcc.org.au

Henry Sapiecha – Publicity Officer

We have a long overdue need for postal services to the residences and businesses at

Burrum Heads Qld.

This form handed in

by………………………….Ph………………

THE SIGNED PETITION BELOW REFLECTS OUR REQUEST TO PROVIDE A FULL POSTAL SERVICE TO THE AREA

THIS IS SHEET #…………..

BURRUM DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB  INC. IS HOLDING A

WHERE >Burrum District Community Centre

Steely St -  HOWARD QLD 4659

WHEN>Sat 22nd August 2009

TIME>Doors open 12 Noon…..1:30pm start

200 Prizes up for grabs

Bring some friends and your family and have great time

Julie for details 41290194

Sourced and posted by Henry Sapiecha 14th July 2009

127th MEETING OF THE BURRUM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INCORPORATED HELD ON MONDAY, 6th JULY, 2009

Meeting commenced at 7.15pm.

ATTENDANCE:

Bill Gosewisch, Bill Brown, Debbie Trapnell, Scott Kelly, Henry Sapiecha, Sue Gosewisch, Rhonda Davison, Tania Durham, Greg Harth, Bruce Noble.

VISITORS: Mark Brennan.

Bill Gosewisch welcomed Mark Brennan [visitor] to meeting – recently

moved from Emerald – was on Chamber of Commerce in Emerald –

looking for a position, work in the area –

Items raised in discussion

1…Bill Gosewisch welcomed Mark Brennan [visitor] to meeting – recently moved from Emerald –

2… Henry Sapiecha – asked about Leigh Bennett’s input into last meeting and what exactly his position was – was informed that his position was to oversee how amalgamation is affecting the areas and strategic planning. We need him to be kept informed about our growth in jobs in Howard. Andrew Jackson is development officer and any projects should be forwarded to Andrew Jackson and/or Gerard O’Connell to be submitted to Planning.

3… Bruce Noble – asked if a reply had been received from Wide Bay Water in regards to the application for funding for sewerage in Howard – was informed State Govt. had cancelled funding – still would require a town meeting with majority voting in favour.

4…Henry Sapiecha – informed Chamber that they were waiting on Material Change of Use on land

5…Bill Gosewisch informed meeting that the rumour that the trains would not be stopping at Howard is untrue – as far as he is aware this is not so.

6…Fund Raising – Henry informed meeting that he was still waiting for maps from surveyors–

7…Conference – A meeting of the 4 Chamber of Commerce’s to be held on Thursday night – cost $35.00 per head – Committee to pay for the four executives attending – idea is to discuss role, format and coordination of the Chambers. Rates – will rise in development costs – infrastructure costs will be taken for Hervey Bay – this is unfair to outlying areas .Fraser Coast chamber now to replace Wide Bay proposal to be tabled.

8…AGM –to be held in September – nomination forms to be forwarded to members –

9…Bill Brown asked about planter boxes – was informed that one was on show in the Community Centre.

10..Fund raising – Henry Sapiecha suggested a yearly grand trash & treasure auction be held in the community hall – Bill [president] stated that the Hall and oval can also be utilised for something like a arts/craft show which could be a fund raiser as well as bringing visitors to the town thus benefiting businesses.

11..Mark Brennan explained operations from Emerald C. of C. – booklet being printed with discount to services in area – may not be enough businesses to warrant cost of printing in Howard.

12..Henry Sapiecha expressed his displeasure in the Fraser Coast Council – trees were planted at entrance to H. B. some time ago – instead of using locals to supply & plant trees , tenders went to Sunshine Coast.

13..Museum – Henry complimented Burrum Heritage Committee on the excellent museum and displays.

Closed @ 8:25pm.

Next meeting to be held on MONDAY, 3^rd AUGUST, 2009

*President – Bill Gosewisch *Vice President – Mal Chard *Secretary – Rhonda Davison *Treasurer – Bill Brown *Publicity Officer – Henry Sapiecha

Email…. bcc@acbocallcentre.com P.O. Box 174 Howard Q4659

BURRUM CHAMBER

of COMMERCE

126th MEETING OF THE BURRUM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INCORPORATED HELD ON MONDAY, 1^ST JUNE, 2009

Meeting commenced at 7.10pm.

Items raised in discussion

Council attendees –

Andrew Jackson, Gerard O’Connell, Leigh Bennett.

SOME IDEAS BEING SUBMITTED TO THE ABOVE BY MEMBERS WERE

1. Tracy Barlow -How will ideas affect Howard – improving the environment would be advantageous – do not wish to see Howard an outer suburb of Hervey Bay – agreed that some industrial areas will need to be developed but would like to see it remain mainly a rural area.

2. Consensus was that plans should not be based around a large influx of residents (urban sprawl) but hoped to see business growth without going too big.

3. Henry Sapiecha – stated that while this was good, he hoped it would not jeopardise people and business – natural progression.

4. Bill Gosewisch – would like to see sustainable development for job placements (i.e. accommodation, age care facility and small businesses). Also stated that there were 2 primary schools in the area but that our children had to then travel to Hervey Bay, Maryborough or Childers to attend High School. Meeting agreed that this was not in the best interest of the town as we were losing our young people to larger towns – Gerard O’Connell to follow up with Education Dept.

5. Carol Robertson – Howard should remain the hub of the District – simple signage would be advantageous to the area.

6. Yvonne Melverton – small industrial area should be developed to provide employment for our young people.

7. Some projects in the shire are being considered by the Council and these need to be maintained in an organised manner.

8. Andrew Jackson asked if we were able to get Broadband and good mobile reception – was told good in town but fades as you move away from town – impacts on business people who work from home as well as families. Was told that there was a fibre optic cable in area – further investigation to be made.

9. Henry Sapiecha – asked what impact/reaction from Council to a proposed development of 300 affordable homes – would need to be reviewed by Town Planners – on land classed as rural the State Govt. is involved – very hard to change from rural to urban development.

10. Helen Day – suggested a parcel of land be made available for development which would retain the “village” lifestyle – needs some sort of balance.

11. Sewerage – Street scaping –Area accommodation – Aged care facilities etc all raised for discussion

12. Debbie Trapnell –We need a more even council allocation of money

13. Henry Sapiecha – asked about the Bridge – not Council responsibility – this is an important link to the town – pedestrian footpath needed or converted to a weir with road, which would tie in with safety issues.

Closed @ 8:50pm.

Next meeting to be held on Monday 6^th July 2009

Published by Henry Sapiecha 15th June 2009

BURRUM AREA MINES, SHAFTS & TUNNELS – MAPPING

ROD STAFFORD of the local area mining family/land holders

I had arranged to see Mr Stafford with maps of the entire burrum district relating to the coal interests his family had with the ownership of Howard Collieries who did a lot of the mining in the area.

It was described to me how the seams ran through the area and apparently went in a circular type radius probably as the nucleus being the dump area and going around in a circle through the current railway station area and towards the golf course and then in a circular motion along Burrum River Rd back towards Torbanlea and then back to Howard again.

These mines and shafts are old ones and have long since been filled in with only the occasional subsidence.

They are not and should not be a problem in most cases, however it is great to know about these workings in case they do become an issue.

The plans and maps are fragmented in some cases and will require some serious work to make them usable or desipherable .

I have organized a surveyor to volunteer his services to copy the plans and get them back to us in some form that perhaps we can structure some usable format from them.

These plans will then be available for access to the public, consultants and authorities to access for a small fee when searches are done etc when buying a property etc or planning developments in the area.

The chamber extends its thanks to the Stafford family for thier co-operation in supplying the necessary data from which we shall endeavour to amass the mapping guidelines to the mining history to this area.

At some stage we shall supplement this info with that from the mining department to assemble what we believe will be the most comprehensive old mines maps in the district.

WILL KEEP YOU POSTED WITH DEVELOPMENTS

Published by Henry Sapiecha 2nd June 2009

MEETING OF THE MINDS FORM A REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP

Fraser Coast – Cooloola Coast – Bundaberg – Sunshine Coast

regions were represented. Project ‘GREET’

Burrum Chamber of Commerce president Mr Bill Goeswisch and the chambers publicity officer Henry Sapiecha were invited and attended a meeting called for a gathering of profiled members of the community who could best contribute to promoting a mindset of working together as a team to attract business, industry and tourism to this region generally with a regional job creation outcome.

The meeting was held at the TAFE Maryborough campus today 29th May 2009 from 10:30AM TO 12:30PM

Pauline Rees and Councillor O’Connel both had steered the discussions to relevant issues and maintained a focus on the agenda set prior to the meeting.

The subjects generally were revolving around:-

1…Job training and opportunities.

2…Tourism to the region.

3…Encouraging business to the areas we represent.

4…Cohesive & stimulating approach to promoting our region.

5…Application for a grant to promote the region.

A number of attendees spoke on areas of their expertise to the gathering and it was moved that a steering committee be formed as well as a project management committee to oversee the application of the principles so formulaated in these meetings of the minds.

Job Creation and opportunities as well as training options can be viewed and discussed at length at some upcoming events..

A…22nd July -Careers Expo – Maryborough

B…24th August- Hervey Bay Vacancies

C…9th Sept – Maryborough

Details of the minutes are available for the attendees and for those who need to know by contacting the organizers representative Dan Sanderson of the TAFE Maryborough

Your Burrum Chamber of Commerce member [yours truly] has been tentatively been appointed to the management committee [with other appointees ]and his credentials can be viewed by those who need to know.

Executive profiles of the executives can be viewed on the Burrum Chamber of Commerce web site at > www.burrumcc.org.au

WELL DONE ALL- IN UNITY WE HAVE STRENGTH

Attended and published by Henry Sapiecha 29th May 2009

FRASER COAST COUNCIL

MEETS BURRUM DISTRICT COMMUNITY

In attendance were :-

1…Mayor Mick Kruger

2…Peter Smith

3…Ron Smith

4…Davendra Naidu

The Burrum Chamber of Commerce executive and the community at large met with council @ the Howard community hall on the 26th May 2009 to openly discuss matters of interest and need in the Burrum District.

Council had heard the input from members of the gallery and made notes on same for activation within their mandate of responsibility to its electorate

The Chamber supports this marvellous initiative and would like to think that this will be a regular event as has been mooted by our vice president Mal Chard who chaired the meeting’s issues agenda.

The community hopefully wil appreciate this opportunity and attend each of these as they become available so the council can keep in touch with the people who elected them and attend accurately to their needs in a timely manner

WELL DONE BY THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT

Attended and Published by Henry Sapiecha 26th May 2009

Burrum Chamber of

Commerce

Linking Business & the Community

125th GENERAL MEETING OF THE BURRUM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INCORPORATED – HELD ON MONDAY, 5th May, 2009 @ 7:11 pm

Discussion was had on various matters of community/business concern

Limited records were noted at this meeting as the secretary was unavailable because of family matters

1…Fraser coast council CEO replies to various local needs raised

2…Treasurers report to be tabled at next chamber meeting

3…Steam train arrival and stopping at Howard raised

4…Effective signage for local future events suggestions made

5…Flood and fire appeal concert cancellation discussed

6…Designs of planter boxes in main street raised by Mal Chard

7…Our new web site www.burrumcc.org.au discussed at length

8… All members requested to supply their business details for the site

9…New memberships required for chamber and members to recruit others

10..New logo designs for chamber to be submitted for consideration

11…Notices posted on chamber web site to be viewed regularly by members

12..Articles of interest to members to be posted via email for site inclusion

13..Hervey Bay Chamber & Council have invitations posted on our web site – View them.

14..Members and the community are invited to view info @ www.burrumcc.org.au

MEETING CLOSED 8.36PM

NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY 1^st JUNE .

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*President – Bill Gosewisch *Vice President – Mal Chard *Secretary – Rhonda Davison *Treasurer – Bill Brown *Publicity Officer – Henry Sapiecha

Email…. admin@burrumcc.org.au P.O. Box 174 Howard Q4659

Burrum Chamber of Commerce

Linking Business & the Community

Our AGM at the last meeting in September for the chamber of commerce saw out the past executives and new admin members were elected & appointed with the return of the past president as the head of the group.

Fraser Coast Regional Councilor Dave Dalgliesh chaired the election & appointments after presidents report.

Other councilors past and present were also in attendance. We thank them for that & their show of support

New administration committee panel is at the foot of this letterhead

Various items of interest to the Burrum District residents were brought up and discussed @ its 118^th meet..

1…Sewerage

2…Zoning of Trades & Services land

3…Burrum Town & Lower Thomas St Council land

4…Bendigo Community Bank

5…Powerhouse & Picnic boat ramp area

6…Security cameras

7…Lentils Dam Rd upgrade

8…Triathlon Idea for the district

9…Railway land & Maria Creek

Donations of $50 each was made by the Chamber to the local kindergarten and the prostate cancer cause championed by Councilor Dave Dalgliesh. We are always softies for a great cause..

Court action by an aggrieved member requiring wheelchair access to the earlier venues for the meetings was ruled in our favour to the delight of all other members and the admin team.

Local developers John Turnbull and yours truly were praised by the president past and current for our efforts and real progress in providing some work opportunities and infrastructure for the area by developing Industrial and Trades & Services zonings currently with council.

Town planner from FCRC Mike Ellery was very helpful and informative with responses to some proposed developments in the Howard/Torbanlea region. We thank Gerard O’Connell for assisting in arranging our meeting. Written email responses were obtained within several days on all projects put forward.

Local sporting teams were seeking sponsorship for their matches and owners of Python Jungle Plant Nursery and Licensed Fish Aquacultural Centre at Howard took it upon themselves to sponsor some of the local teams when the secretary outlines the teams requiring sponsorship.

The meeting was well attended with the president of the local progress association also in attendance

Business operators as well as all Burrum citizens are encouraged to become members and attend meetings

*President – Bill Gosewisch *Vice President – Mal Chard *Secretary – Rhonda Davison *Treasurer – Alan Russell

Regards *Publicity Officer – Henry Sapiecha

Email…. bcc@acbocallcentre.com

P.O. Box 174 Howard Q4659