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COBBA NEWS.
EDITION 159 DECEMBER 2011
Kath Ashby 5599 8109 (140) Harry Baines 5599 8684 (201)
Social Club President. Trish McKinley 5599 9571 (102)
SOCIAL CLUB REPORT.
Hi Folks, well here we are almost at the end of another great year! Times flies by when
you‘re having fun. Our last happy hour for this year was a great night with around 120 residents and friends enjoying the evening. The membership draw was won by Maggie Synon
who was delighted to receive the $150 prize money. Thanks to all who supported Happy
hour and Tavern nights. We missed Denise at Happy hour as she had to go into hospital to have
a foot operation. All went well and she will be back in full force at the Christmas Party.
Plans are underway for our Village Christmas Party on Sunday 11th December and 130
residents have booked in for the big day. Doors open at 11.00am. There will be Ham and pork
raffles as well as the normal raffles. We also have some freebies to give away throughout the
day! JOHN BENNETT will be playing some easy listening music for us, plus Santa may
drop in on his way past!! Bar Opens at 11.00am. Lunch will be served at 1.00pm. Don‘t forget
to wear your Christmas gear! I still have some seats left if you wish to attend, please ring me.
The AGM will be held early this year due to the fact that most of the committee are going on a
holiday early February. See dates below. Social Club memberships is due at the end of the
year, we will get the forms out to you soon.
We would like to say a big THANKS to all our Group Leaders for their work during the year
Also THANKS to all our Saturday raffle sellers whom we could not do without.
CHRISTMAS DAY: The Hall is available for residents on Christmas Day. Bookings are not
necessary, just take all your goodies and enjoy the day there.
NEW YEAR is also celebrated at the hall and is BYO everything.
The BAR WILL NOT BE OPEN.
The committee would like to thank all of you for your great support over the past year
and wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and happy new Year.
THANKS to Kath & Harry for providing us with this great newspaper every month.
Regards Trish & Committee.
Dates to remember: Last Saturday Raffle pick up Sat 17th Dec./Resume Sat 14 th Jan 2012
FIRST Happy Hour Friday 20th January. AUSTRALIA DAY.. Lunch Thurs 26th Jan
AGM. Sunday 29th January 2.00pm. TAVERN NIGHTS: 2nd- 9th-16-23rd Dec.
Watch the notice board for all the details of these upcoming events.
COBAKI LITTLE THEATRE.
Our shows for 2011 are over and from the response we have received back from the survey
we sent out, you are all happy for us to continue. We have taken on board suggestion made
to us. In our first show for 2012 we will be including a matinee. Seating will be restricted
to 60 seats per session, making it more comfortable for the audience. The cost of the shows
was also bought up in the survey. The cost of putting on shows is not cheap, costumes cost a
lot, even though we try to keep that down as much as possible, our equipment is also a very
expensive item and needs to be kept up to a good standard. The money we raise from one
show pays for the next one. We are not there to make profits and accumulate funds, it all
goes back into equipment, costumes & props. We do thank you for the support we received
with ‗Starlite Circus‘. Easter next year is at the beginning of April and our show will be
mid way through April. Looking forward to seeing you there ..
COBAKI COBBA’S SOCIAL BOWLS CLUB.
Another great weekend was had by all wuo went away with the ‗Cobaki Cobba‘s Bowls club.
The weather wasn‘t always on our side but that didn‘t deter us from having a good time. Leaving the village on NSW time, it was into Qld time for the next two days. As our bus driver,
David, said—we go by Mickey Mouse time. He was a Queenslander!!! We stopped for morning tea at Caboolture with home made cookies, cakes, sandwiches etc. Thanks ladies— you
know who they are.
We arrived at Tin Can Bay a little later than planned but no one seemed to worry. We had a
short tour around the area before booking into the motel. Great! Our own little ‗village‘ overnight. A hearty lunch followed by home made cakes etc at the local Bowls Club followed by a
game of bowls. The non bowlers set off for a tour of Rainbow Beach. Places of interest were
pointed out by our new friend Peter who elected to come along with us to show us around.
Nothing better than a local to know the short cuts. The only disappointment of the afternoon
was that we could have had a free barge trip to Frazer Island and return free. The weather
was the only thing that stopped us. We did have a coffee stop and walk around.
Back to pick the bowlers up and an hour to relax at the motel before dinner. I can guarantee
that no one was left hungry after dinner. From the people who had lamb shanks ‗they weren‘t
lamb— they were dinosaurs!!!!! They were BIG!!
More food next morning, full breakfast. Time to relax on the coach on our way to Bribie
Island, with a comfort stop at Gympie where we caught up with ‗Matilda the Kangaroo‘ who
first appeared to us all at the Brisbane Commonwealth Games. She has been restored to her
best and is in a great location at Gympie Matilda Centre. More food & Bowls at Bribie Island.
Some of us enjoyed a walk in the sunshine along the jetty and foreshore. Time to relax on our
way home and leave the driving to our trusty driver David, who returned us all home safe and
sound around 8.30pm.
At Tin Can Bay, our bowlers played mixed Social Bowls and enjoyed it immensely
A Bribie Island our bowlers played with a bus load of bowlers from Sunnybank Brisbane.
and played a team of Veterans. It was Veterans day. This also proved a great day‘s bowling.
Our raffle winners of ‗Wish cards‘ from ‗Big W‘ were Jean Southway, Fred Torrie & Minnie
Oliver. Congratulations to all and our other lucky winners. On behalf of myself and the other
committee members, a very big thank you to our club members and visitors who enjoyed their
weekend. Your support is very much appreciated. We will be having another trip round the
same time next year, hope to see you ‗all back on board‘.
A personal thank you from Denise
SPECIAL THANK YOU.
We would like to give a ‗very big thank you‘ to Denise, Jim, Dot & Vic, for organising
such a wonderful trip to Tin Can Bay. We had a terrific time eating –drinking etc. Bring on the
next one, but wait until we lose all the weight we put on with this one!! Chris & Ian
There are photos of the trip on the next page
THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Oh how carefully we pack them away
all sorted and untwisted twelve months to stay.
But now it‘s time to start again.
Where will we begin.
Wires all twisted, globes all out, it really
would be easier to throw them all out.
Each Christmas, we say never again,
It‘s far too much trouble,
We‘ll just enjoy all the others.
Then little by little the wonderland begins.
Yes O Yes we WILL... do it again.
Merry Christmas.
Thank you Maggie for your poem, it‘s so true!
Photos from the trip to Tin Can Bay by our bowlers and friends
Members of the Cobaki Cobba‘s
Social Bowls Club
Fey Elaine Minnie
outside their motel room.
While on a road trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for lunch. After finishing their meal, they left the restaurant, and resumed their trip
When leaving, the elderly woman left her glasses on the table, and she didn't miss them until
they had been driving for about 40 minutes By then, to add to the aggravation, they
had to travel quite a distance before they could find a place to turn around, in order to return to
the restaurant to retrieve her glasses All the way back, the elderly husband became the classic
grouchy old man. He fussed and complained and scolded his wife relentlessly during
the entire return drive. The more he chided her, the more agitated he became.
He just wouldn't let up for a single minute
To her relief, they finally arrived at the restaurant. As the woman got out of the car
and hurried inside to retrieve her glasses, the old geezer yelled to her,
"While you're in there, you might as well get my hat and the credit card."
LEADERS OF ACTIVITIES
HALL BOOKINGS. CHRIS POOLEY 5599 8198
CANASTA JOY ROACH
BOWLS ALF SUTTON
THEATRE GROUP KATH ASHBY
COMPUTER CLUB MAC JONES
TRIVIA NIGHT MYRNA HUGHES
GARDENING ROSS DAVIS
CROQUET HANNAH SHARPE
SNOOKER LYNDON WALLACE
5599 7359
5599 7745
5599 8109
5599 7401
55997061
5599 7576
5599 7013
5599 7492
LIBRARY IAN POOLEY
BINGO JEAN BRUNT
CRAFT MARY COLGATE
SINGLE LADIES JEAN CARTER
POKIE BUS TRIPS PAM CURRY
GENTLE EXERCISE DENISE MORTON
LAWN BOWLS VIC RICHARDSON
AQUA AEROBICS TESS FALISZEWSKI
5599 8198
5599 8321
5599 7506
5599 9273
55997097
5599 8956
5599 7516
5599 7487
Well that is another year passed us by, they sure fly by don‘t they. I would like to say
a BIG THANK YOU to all our leaders for their help and co operation over the last
year, for without you nobody would know what is going on in the village, your
reports are very important. On behalf of Kath and I, may we wish you all ―A very
Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year.‖ We hope to see you in February
when we can all get together and do it all again.
Harry
EXERCISE: This is our last report for the year. Where did that year go to? Firstly,
can I say 'Thank You' to you all for coming along every Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday mornings throughout the year. Our numbers have been Great! Welcome to
our latest recruit - Cynthia. Happy water aerobics to our 'water ladies'. Hope to
see you all back with us when the water starts getting cooler again.
To you all HAPPY CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR. For any new comers to the village our classes are
held in the Rec Hall on Tuesday & Thursday mornings 7.15am - 7.45am
Wednesdays 7.00am 7.45am. All Welcome. Come along and join in the fun!
Denise
COBAKI LAWN BOWLERS: A group of us visited Condong Bowls Club on
Sunday, November 6th. Our last bowls day for this year. We all enjoyed a BBQ
lunch after the bowls had finished. We will be visiting Condong again in March next
year, to try for back to back wins on Legacy Day. It would be nice to get our name
on the trophy again! Our next event of course will be our Christmas lunch on Sunday, December 4th in the Rec Hall from around 11.30am for Members only.
Lots of food, drinks and raffle prizes to be won along with lucky door prizes.
Come along and enjoy the day! Please make a note that our first game for 2012 will be on
Sunday, January 15th to (Don't Know) It's a Mystery day out! Breakfast, Bowls & Lunch
plus coach will be $20.00 pp (Members) Please keep a look out on the notice board after Xmas
for list. Just a reminder that Membership fees of $5.00 are due by January 1st. 2012. These
can be paid any time from now. Please put money in an envelope with name and house number on the front and mail into Box No 273. On behalf of all the Committee we thank you all
for your support over the past year and wish you and your families a Very Happy Festive Season.
We are all working towards having another great year in 2012.
Happy Bowling.
LIBRARY To all you very kind people who have made donations to our library, a
big THANK YOU, our selection of books and DVD‘s, well you just have to see it to
believe it. If you have not called in why not do so over the holidays, we are open
every day, seven days a week during daylight hours. Once again thank you Jim for all
our help over the past year. We wish you all a Happy & Prosperous New Year. Ian & Chris
GOLF CROQUET Our membership has exploded to 20 players and our one little
existing field suddenly got very crowded. Fortunately Harry Kucko came to our
rescue and gave us permission to develop a second playing field on adjoining land
and plenty of work has already been done to bring it up to a reasonable playing standard. Apart from Harry's generosity, Bruno has also given this project
fabulous support in supplying various things needed. A big thanks also goes to Brian Bethel
for his work on the new field to date. Brian is also particularly talented in making coloured
centre pegs and flags amongst other things. He has also found a shed for the club to store its
equipment etc. Our own Cobaki Village Social Club has also been great in providing a new
set of croquet balls. The club now offers organised games of Golf Croquet every Saturday
and Wednesday morning from 8.30am and Ricochet every Friday.
On Sunday 6th November our club played a friendly challenge against the Coolangatta
Croquet Club in Lanham St and much fun was had by all. They are still talking about the nice
afternoon tea that was provided. We will be having our last organised playing day on Saturday 17th December followed by a XMAS break up in the Dennis King Centre following the
games. The club will recommence in mid January. Remember new members are always
welcome. Until the next newsletter, happy swinging into the new year.
Hannah
TRIVIA:- Our last session for 2012 is on Weds. 7th December. We will have
a break in January as many people are away but will return on Weds. Feb. 1st
ready for another year of brain strain!! We hope to see you all then. The winners
for Nov. were 1st-Anzacs, 2nd-Pasta, 3rd-4 from 3. Lucky Door Prize was Roy
(nice to see you Roy). Now, we would like you to be our guests for Christmas
drinks and nibbles on the 7th and we will have a Christmas themed Trivia afterwards.
Look forward to seeing you then.
Myrna, Maureen & Doreen
BOWLS By the time this goes to print, our spit roast Christmas dinner will have
come and gone. With all our members and partners we have a very good turn out
of 35 and a good time will be had by one and all. I would like to thank Denise
for putting on morning tea for us every Monday, with a very good variation of
goodies. Also Doris who has most of my jobs done on a Monday morning before
I get there for the heavy work, and when we have finished our bowls, there are
plenty of helping hands to put everything back in place. So THANK YOU ALL and have a
lovely Christmas. Our last game will be on 19th December and the first game for the new
year will be on 9th January. When we hope to see a few new faces.
Alf
CRAFT Hi Everyone, Well here we are at the end of another year, and counting our blessings we made it. I don't know about you, but to me the year has just
flown by. It has been a year of mixed blessings, we have lost a few good friends,
but we also have made a few new ones. Now, just a reminder that we at the
craft group do not close down for the Christmas break, we still meet together
every Thursday for a social afternoon, as well as doing a bit of craft, and having a
lovely afternoon tea, that is if we have any room left in our Tums after all that
scrumptious Christmas fare. We wish all our November babes a very happy birthday.
7th Pam Cole 14th Norma Wood 23rd Peg Percy 27th Betty Lafferty
And not forgetting Nessie Fleming who has a birthday on 29th December
We hope everyone has a happy healthy Christmas, 'and do come back yo hear' Mary Colgate
COMPUTER CLUB Has anyone come across a recent Microsoft program
called "Your Browser Matters" ? It is supposed to compare several different Web
browsers so you can see which one is best for you. Surprise, surprise, M$'s
Internet Explorer comes out on top! Independent tests do not agree and obviously the real world does not either. IE has been the most popular browser since
1992 when it overtook Netscape Navigator but earlier this year it lost that position and now is
well below 50% of most common use. This is costing M$ money, hence the attempt to convince everyone that "ours is best". So, why not try some of the others? There's Opera (very
fast), Mozilla Firefox (fast, many features - first with page tags), Safari (from Apple), Google
Chrome (fast, easy). At the moment I am trying out Comodo Dragon (a tweaked version of
Chrome with added security).
Our end-of-year break up will be on December 16 so, all members and former members,
come along with a small plate of goodies and drinks (or there's tea/coffee).
We'll resume meetings on January 13. Wishing all Cobakites a very Merry Christmas. Mac
AQUA AEROBICS At last I can say come on in the water is fine. Welcome back
to last seasons regulars. It was also nice to see some new faces giving it a try. As
Christmas day and New Years Day both fall on a Sunday, we will NOT be taking a
break. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all residents A Very Happy
Christmas and a healthy New Year.
Look forward to seeing you week days at 7-00am in the pool.
Tess
BINGO Bingo was carried out while Michael and I visited friends and relations
in the Illawarra. Lillian took over the reins, with the help of Kathy, ―thank you
girls‖. Bingo this week was held outside the hall, which was very pleasant.
I would like to add to my report, that I went to the village concert and was very
pleased with the professional performance of all the cast. Please carry on it was
most entertaining, can‘t wait for the next one.
We meet every MONDAY 1-30 in the Recreation Hall. Our last meeting will be on
Monday 12th December, starting up again on Monday 9th. January
Jean & Lillian
CANASTA Another year has almost gone, but what a wealth of memories we
have of our weekly gathering of friends for our Canasta afternoons; many laughs,
a few worries about the welfare of some members with health problems and some
great gastronomical surprises for afternoon teas.
Our Christmas luncheon will be held on Wednesday 14th December. If we could
commence at 12 noon we should be finished by 1 p.m. ready to start our game.
Please bring a small plate to share and whatever you wish to drink. We will work out prior to
that what each one will bring so that we don't finish up with 10 plates of sandwiches and 6
plates of Christmas cake.
We are not closing down over the holidays as we have found in the past that there are
quite a few people who don't have family nearby to share the holiday season with and they
still look forward to the weekly game, so roll up as usual. We get together each Wednesday at
1-00pm till about 4-30 Hoping you all have a happy Christmas and New Year and looking
forward to another good year in 2012.
Joy
SINGLE LADIES This last month some of us have been to shows in Twin Towns
and lunched at the Dolphin Hotel. Life is speeding up with the Christmas season approaching quickly – we are off to The Spirit of Christmas in Twin Towns during
December. Our Christmas dinner is also fast approaching as well as the village
Christmas lunch, and of course, we have been to see the ―Starlight Circus‖ here in the village.
This year we conclude our busy year on the 14th Dec and resume on the 18th Jan, 2012.
We wish everyone a happy and safe Christmas & New Year. Jean
STREET PARTY IN 4TH Ave.
Thank you to Bruno, for delivering the tables and Chairs for our ‗Street Christmas Party.‘
Food was over flowing, with heaps of yummy things bought along by everyone. It was great
to get to know our neighbours more, we had a good time, plenty of laughs, or maybe that was
after we drank the punch Lorraine made! The big surprise was Santa arriving with his little
fairy helper, they greeted everyone and gave them a gift.
Santa was melting away by the
time he finished. This turned out to be a wonderful fun time for 4th Ave.
.
Thora Ruth Nola.
Dudley Gary Elaine Ronda Bob Jan
Robyn Neil.
Anthony Phyllis Jessie Vern
Santa Lorraine and little fairy helper Robert
It is with sadness we report the passing of
LAURIE PEARCE (House 18)
on 26th October 2011 in the Tweed hospital,
after a long battle with his illness.
Laurie was one of the early residents coming into the village 15 years ago..
His wife Barbara would like to express her thank you to her wonderful neighbours
Margaret & Peter Fletcher Faye & Kevin Harford and Jean Carter,
Sadly on Saturday 5th November 2011
BETTY JORDAN (House 117) passed away
Betty & Lindsay (dec) moved into the village 15 years ago.
Betty had been living in a nursing home for the last 2 years, and in poor health.
The family would like to thank Cliff, Elizabeth & Robin
for the wonderful care they gave to their mother.
Thank you also to Barbara Grisdale and her team for the spread they put on for the Wake.
After a long battle with illness
JOHN NIEMEYER
at
(House 331)
Sadly passed away on 23rd November 2011
At the nursing home he had been in for around 12 months.
John also had been in the village 15 years, being one of the earlier residents
John was a member of the Computer Club,
and enjoyed his time at the meetings with his dry sense of humour.
Pat and the family would like to thank Bruce wall & Bruno for all their help.
To everyone who sent cards and phone calls with
their kind thoughts and cards at this very sad time
It is with regret we bring you news of the passing of
BETTY MILLER
(House 99)
on Monday 28th November 2011
At the Nursing home. Betty had not been in the best of health for sometime.
Betty moved into the village February 2000.
Our sincere condolences to the family
"Julie and Jack (79) would like to wish all the wonderful supportive and caring people in the
village a lovely Christmas and hope that 2012 will be a good year for you all. 2011 has been our
"annus horribilus" and we really appreciate all the support we have had. Julie's "get up and go"
has definitely "not got up and went", we still support happy hours and shows and Julie
can "speak" by using her iPad.
We are in NZ visiting family and will cruise back to Sydney at Christmas time."
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Well done to TRISH and all her helpers. The hall was decorated out to
perfection, the hamburgers and salad were very tasty. Congratulations to
the many people who got in to the swing of evening.
The costumes and
trouble that people went to was just amazing. Once again well done Harry
GARDENING WITH ROSS
Growing Cucumbers in the village.
Cucumbers need a nice rich soil with a good feed of Blood & Bone
before you transplant then. They like to be kept moist but not wet.
You can grow Cucumbers in your back yard up a wall or on an Archway.
This takes up very little room. Please do not remove the potted plants
over in the veggie garden area they belong to the gardeners, If you are
interested in buying some please contact me.
Happy gardening Ross
TELEVISION REPAIR MAN. Is you TV giving you a hard time, do you think your aerial
has moved, or having trouble getting the Free to Air programs, well give MATTHEW a
call on 0418758558. He has been coming into the village for years. He is very reasonable
and will have your set fixed in no time,
I can thoroughly recommend him.
Harry
ANOTHER recommended Television man who has given excellent service at very good
prices especially for putting up antennas that will give you both NSW and QLD using only
one antenna. Worth giving him call.
John Hollyer 0407075291
Jan
SHIRLEY”S BUS TRIP. Wishing all a very Merry Christmas and a happy New
Year. Thank you to all the people who have travelled on Shirley‘s pokie tours
throughout the year. We will be having a B.B.Q at the hall on Saturday January
28th 2012, invitations will be sent out after Christmas.
Our last trip was to Brisbane on December 1st.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS. Pam Curry
THANK YOUS to Peter Dewhurst for your enormous help and patience getting me onto the
broadband & Skype successfully. Thanks also to Gladys for your patience. My thanks also go
to Frank Thompson. I really appreciated all the help all these people gave me. Trish McHugh
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU to Trish for her help with music for me,
to Kath & Bruce Kettle being my dressers and to Bill for being my coach. All these people
were a big help to me in our last Show. I enjoyed every minute of it but appreciated all the help
these folk and the rest of the cast gave me. What a great bunch of people. Peter Jenkins
VERY SPECIAL THANKS, to DENISE MORTON & DOT RICHARDSON,
the two ladies who each month put the Cobba News into your boxes, you have always
worked in co-operation with us over a few years now and we have appreciated all the
work that you have done. A big thank you also to DIANNE PEPPER who has taken over the
roll of proof reading the paper for us. The help of these ladies really makes our job easier.
Kath & Harry
We would like to wish everyone, every good wish for a very happy Christmas and
New Year, as you are all enjoying your time with family and friends. Thank you for
all the wonderful kind thoughts and cards we have received. We look forward to us all
enjoying one another‘s company in the upcoming year ahead.
Anne & Geoff Fawcett. ( 293)
May your troubles be less, may your blessings be more,
and may nothing but happiness come through your door.
SOMETHING TO TRY. We have been doing a lot of travelling, both by air and sea and
we have had the same travel agent for the past six years. Our travel agent always goes to
the extreme to find us the best deals on air fares, cruising, accommodation, transfers and
guided tours. We are happy to recommend him to you all, and quite certain that he will do
the same for you. His name is Damian Clarke phone 07 56308900 or email him at
[email protected]. His office is next to 99 Bicycles at the Q Centre Mermaid Waters. It is worth the call to have a chat with him.
Tony & Tina Stollery
A Merry Christmas to all my friends and thank you for all the help and love you
have shown to me. God Bless you all and may 2012 be good and healthy.
Love Jean Southway
Thank You From Avon. It‘s that time of the year again, & another year almost gone. I
would very much like to say a big thank you again for all the support with Avon that you
have given to me and for once again taking part in my Avon Sale Day, for coming along
and grabbing a bargain as well as enjoying afternoon tea. It is always good to see you all
having a good time, some laughs, and winning a lucky door prize. I am always happy to do
this and hope we can do it again next year. Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
For any new residents you can catch up with me by calling me on 5599 8520.
Pam
THANK YOU.
In response to all the kind words written about the new look Cobaki Village
Grounds. we would like to say it is nice that so many villagers have been so vocal
acknowledging their appreciation for the new style Village grounds maintenance. It
is rewarding and inspiring for us that so many like what we are doing and we appreciate
your kind words
BBQ SITE.. The original BBQ area at the Northern end of the lake has been cleaned up
and is ready for use. FREE gas BBQ and also a FREE wood BBQ . Lovely outlook across
the lake with picnic tables, plenty of grassed area and shelter from the sun.
Please feel free to use this area and enjoy another great village facility. Mike & Bruno
MANAGEMENT MESSAGE
SPEEDING.. With the Festive Season here and many visitors coming into the village
the speed limit needs to be first thing on your minds. 15 KHP for everyone this includes all
visitors and trades people as well YOU the residents.
SWIMMING POOL.. Please make sure that all children are supervised at ALL times.
Melbourne Cup Sweep winnings still unclaimed, please collect from these from the
office. There is also a lost property box in the office including keys, check with Anne.
Please make sure that your family and friends have your CORRECT village address.
We would like to add our Christmas Greeting to you all.
Thank you for your participation in the Cobba News over the last year.
Our next edition will be February 2012.
Kath & Harry
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