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Sue Brooks July 19th, 2009

I noticed that the Hervey Bay entrance sign due to be installed on the Hervey Bay Maryborough Rd was shown in the weekend edition of  The Independent. While I like the general look of the sign I worry that the detail will get lost in the background once installed. I must be old fashioned as I prefer a simple stone wall and the words ‘welcome’ and ‘farewell’ on city entrance/exit signs. The sign has been workshopped through Council after being developed by Cr Nioa and the Marketing and Tourism Portfolio team. It will be a relief to finally have a sign for Hervey Bay so fingers crossed that ‘it works’.

On Saturday evening Graham and I visited the Hervey Bay Boat Club to hear Wendy Matthews. I thought that the performance was at The Brolga but Graham had booked and I failed to ask where it was! We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to The Boatclub to hear Wendy. She has a unique and beautiful voice and the evening was enjoyed by all. Some more than others I noted. It seems strange to me that people spend good money to watch and listen to performers and then proceed to chatter the whole way through the performance. I find the distraction annoying but have come to realise that if I let it annoy me the night is ruined so I choose to ‘put up with it’. Maybe I’m just getting too old and crabby!

I was also contemplating the move to restrict alcohol advertising at sporting events as reported over the weekend. I reckon this is stupid. The advertising is not the reason some people use alcohol to their own detriment and that of others.  I think the big issue is our ability as a society to deal with the bad behavior that is often the outcome of over indulgence in alcohol and other drugs. While we use monetry fines and the soft threat of a prison term the violence escalates. Isn’t it time to think of a better way. No tolerance is my choice but to implement this we have to have a punishmant regime that is swift, effective and able to be easily implemented.

Lastly on a good note, our remaining Guinea Fowl are settling in well. The fox has not returned though I constantly worry that it will. Council has provided a fox trap that is set in the forest behind our place but so far all we have captured is a Bandicoot. I will be one happy lady if we manage to trap the fox.

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