There is a great event coming up - the Annual Kandanga 1000 Horse Trail Ride 19th and 20th September, run by Save the Mary River Coordinating Group The Kandanga 1000 has happened every year since the proposed dam was announced (although equine influenza caused the event to be can celled one year). This year, the Kandanga 1000 is based at Imbil Showgrounds. The Saturday night involves great entertainment, an auction spectacular and roast dinners, with proceeds going to the Paradise Dam Court Case fighting fund.

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When: 27th January, 7pm Where: Kandanga Hall Why: Passing on latest information and seeking public comment and participation Who: David Gibson, MP for Gympie (gympie@parliament.qld.gov.au)

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Steve Posselt’s back.. Urangan Community Centre 8th Dec, Maryborough Hall 9th Dec and Kandanga Hall 10th Dec. Be there for 6.30pm for nibbles and drinks then 7pm start

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Updated on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at 06:33AM by stevem

A public meeting to explain the impact of the State government’s decision to “delay” Traveston Crossing dam has been called for this Saturday, November 29, by local Member David Gibson. The meeting will be held at the Kandanga Hall on Saturday at 9:30am. Mr Gibson said after what could only be described as confusing week in State Parliament, Mary Valley residents needed to hear about where they now stood. “We have seen some very mixed messages from the Premier over the dam and people are rightly confused,” Mr Gibson said.

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For the FIRST TIME ever, join us in a public forum and listen to a panel of experts discuss the impacts to THE MARY, THE BAY and THE GREAT SANDY STRAIT.

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Updated on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 09:38AM by stevem

If you are in town on Friday 26th Sept at 10am, there will be a protest rally outside the offices of Baulderstone Hornibrook in Barter St Gympie.

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Updated on Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 07:47AM by stevem

Kandanga residents will take to the saddle to protest the proposed Traveston Dam. The fight against the proposed Traveston Crossing dam leaves the banks of the Mary River for the hills behind Kandanga next month with organisers bringing back the Kandanga 1000 horse ride. Spokeswoman Lyndall Ensbey said the ride committee had been taking calls for months from enthusiasts keen to get back in the saddle after the restrictions enforced to control the outbreak of equine influenza more than a year ago.

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The Greater Mary Association would like to invite all Alliance members and friends to attend a one day forum we are holding on Sunday, 5 Oct, titled “The River, the Bay and the Strait: a public forum on the downstream impacts of the proposed Traveston Crossing dam” The line up includes many great speakers who have done specific research on aspects of the Mary River and Great Sandy Strait and Hervey Bay potentially affected by the proposed dam. The forum aims to provide an opportunity for the public and interested groups to become more informed about the Mary River and the Great Sandy Strait and to generate a discussion about the likely impacts of the dam would have. These are impacts the Government is trying it’s best to ignore!

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Are there any volunteers to set-up and run our site at the Noosa Show, Friday and Saturday, 12 and 13 September? The Location of the event is at the Pomona Showgrounds. A site has been booked - a great opportunity to promote, sell merchandise and communicate with people spreading our important messages.

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Ceremony and Celebration—Welcome the Climate Torch from the Source to the Sea. Welcome the arrival of the Climate Change Torch to the Mary River. Send the Mary River your well wishes from the foot bridge spanning the upper Mary. Welcome to Country ceremony, dances and kids will love the Mary River Characters. Special guests discuss what the river means to the communities and share 2 years of research and investigation into the proposal. Musicians, wholefoods and like minded people. We’ll send off the torch with a vision of what is sustainable and possible for our Valley and this region.

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Anyone interested in going by bus or car pooling to Brisbane for Wed, please ring Glenda 54843150 mb 0411443589 or the info centre 54884800.

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It is on Saturday 12th July at 3.00 pm at The J, Noosa Junction. Peter Thompson as moderator with Julianne Schultz editor of Griffith review, Brendan Gleeson, Prof of Urban Managment and Policy, Griffith University. Journalist Peter Meredith, [who wrote about the social impact for Zaragoza], Prof Ian Lowe, President of Aust Conservation Foundation.

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Updated on Friday, June 27, 2008 at 08:57AM by stevem

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On the afternoon and evening of Saturday July 1st, the 18th Brownwater Classic will be held at Pickering Bridge, Moy Pocket. This is a light-hearted event where competitors make boats of blackbean pods and consign them to the vagaries of the MARY. The hotly contested trophy is the Numabulla Cup (gold on plywood) Dry docks open 1pm with race around 3pm. Rock-skipping follows…. many ages,genders, more gold trophies then night race and evening campfire. BYO everything but boatbuilding materials and barbecue fires are provided. No money involved. Judges cannot even be bribed.

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The Sheik also requests that all loyal able bodied soldiers of Wadi Mary present for parade drill at the Hervey Bay TAFE college in URRAWEEN RD AT 12.00PM this sunday, to convey to the infidels, that the blood of Wadi Mary will not be drained for the Queens pleasure (and electoral sustainability).

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Updated on Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 07:31PM by stevem

The Qld ALP has had some unhappy news these last few days. Lets follow up from the fantastic success of the Gold Coast rally on the weekend and increase the pressure on Bligh and on McNamarra in his home town!

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This message is the official notification and invitation to AFTCRA Inc’s Annual General Meeting to be held on Saturday 28th June 2008.

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You’ve heard why a Protest Rally against the proposed Traveston Crossing Dam is desperately important RIGHT NOW! We need Queensland and Australia to hear us now!! Please join us at Cascade Gardens, Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, for our march at 11.00am on Saturday June 21. Be there at 10.30am! We march to the Gold Coast Convention Centre (about 900m) to tell the Qld Labor Party State Conference that .. OUR MARY RIVER WILL NOT BE DAMMED!

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WHERE: at Imbil, Uniting Church Hall, Elisabeth Street WHEN: 7pm This is an important time for us all and there are many events being organised, so come along and hear what the latest is !!!!

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It’s a busy time in the diary of a Save the Mary River campaigner… there’s protests to attend and postcards to address… and unless you keep reading, you might miss out!

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Chris Foley MP, State Member for Maryborough, is organising a car rally from Maryborough to Brisbane on FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2008. The rally will depart from the Maryborough City Hall in Kent Street at 6am and plans are to ARRIVE at PARLIAMENT HOUSE at 11am.

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