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Charity Rodeo Underway to Support Murphy’s Creek Community & Toowoomba Hospital

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It’s Bulls, Barrels, Utes & Music at the annual Fossil Downs Charity Bush Rodeo Extravaganza, Fifteen Mile Road, Murphy’s Creek on Friday evening 2nd and Saturday 3rd September.

Top class rodeo with RSA affiliated cowboys in action plus all the thrills of the richest barrel racing in Australia and a Ute Show to boot. There will be poddy calf rides for the kids and a host of country music entertainment.

Some of the biggest & meanest bulls from Danny McLaughlin’s Toogoolawah mountain country will be in action to test the bull riders including ‘Wild Child’, ‘Air Borne’ & ‘Black Pearl’ while the barrel racing girls will vie for $5,000 in prizemoney; the biggest purse ever provided on the circuit.

This is the 4th year of the rodeo and while the events of January 10 in Murphy’s Creek are still etched deep, the event will play a role in the healing process and bring the community together. Funds raised from the event will assist the local community as well as the Toowoomba Hospital Renal & Oncology Units. Entertainment by local country artists will also keep everybody entertained.

Elimination events for the barrel racing plus entertainment on Friday night while Saturday 3rd September is all the action of Bulls, Barrels, Utes & Music. Gates open at 10.00am on Saturday. Bar, Canteen and Camping facilities are available, with campers waking up to a delicious hot breakfast.

Entry for Saturday is Adults $25, Children $10, Concessions $15, Families $40. Just follow the signs to Murphy’s Creek and get into the action of Charity Rodeo…..

Submitted by:
Peter Rookas,
Toowoomba Hospital Foundation
Ph  4616 6166

Toowoomba Amputees & Families Fundraising Golf Day Saturday, 24th September

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The Fundraising Golf Day will be held by the Toowoomba Amputees & Families Support Group on Saturday the 24th September at Borneo Barracks Golf Club, Cabarlah.

It is an 18 hole Ambrose and there will be heaps of prizes and Bar and BBQ all day.

Nominations $15. Bookings open 10th September and close 19th September. Last year we were fully booked out, so do book early. You can contact Garry Small at Borneo Barracks Golf club for bookings on (07) 4696 6396.

Money raised will help us to continue providing support and purchase equipment to assist new and existing amputees.

Annie Cathcart (Secretary)
Toowoomba Amputees & Families Support Group
Ph 46 301 459
racath@mycall4care.net  

Army Helicopter Provides Night Medical Evacuation in East Timor

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An Australian Army Black Hawk helicopter evacuated two seriously ill East Timorese nationals from an island off the coast of Dili last night for urgent medical attention.

The Black Hawk, operated by the Australian-led International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in East Timor, responded to a request from the United Nations to use its night-flying capability to evacuate two patients from Atauro Island, approximately 25km north of Dili.

A 26 year old female was suffering an obstructed labour, requiring a caesarean section, and an 18 year old male was diagnosed with advanced appendicitis.

The crew of the Black Hawk, with an ISF medical team onboard, transferred the patients to the mainland where they were taken by ambulance to the Dili National Hospital.

ISF Commander Colonel Luke Foster said the ISF was ready and able to respond to urgent calls for assistance. I am very pleased the transfer operation went well,” Colonel Foster said. Our Black Hawk pilots and crews are highly-professional and experienced in night flying and I commend their actions.”

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Countdown Resumes For Model Rocket Launch Saturday, September 3rd

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After being delayed by adverse weather last Saturday, all is looking good for the Space Pilots Club’s  Toowoomba Model Rocket Launch this Saturday.

How would you like the thrill, the build-up of anticipation before the launching skyward of a model rocketship?…actually to be there and to count-down the last five seconds leading up to that launch?

Well, the good news is…that you can !

……. because the next launch-day by the Rangeville Space Pilots Club at the T.A.R.M.A.C (Toowoomba Amateur Radio-controlled Model Aero Club) airfield (just ten-minutes south of Toowoomba on the New England Highway, on your right just past “The Mill – The Outlook”) is this Saturday 3rd September, starting at 1:30pm.

The first rockets will launch by 2pm.

The Space Pilots’ Club and TARMAC invite you to come along to witness this ‘magic’ event. There’s tension in the air as young and old join in the countdown….as the rocket-maker (who has the honour of pressing the launch button!)….tenses-up in concentration anticipating what is to come.

Will it be a perfect launch?..(the variety of styles of rockets often reaching heights approaching 1000-feet?)…or will the trajectory send the maker’s precious rocket …one of many to be launched on the day…..either onto the roof….or, worse still, into a neighbouring paddock?

Come and enjoy the afternoon. There is no charge to be there. Just drive in and park in the designated area.

Bringing a folding chair is to be recommended..

The site has toilet facilities and refreshments are also available. It promises to be an ‘afternoon with a difference’!….even if it is just to see how the teenage Senior Space Pilots go in competition with each other in launching their ‘brand-new’ “Baby Bertha” space craft.

The event usually concludes between 3:30 and 4pm.

Submitted by:
Barry Whisson
Launch Controller

An Opportunity for Wine Buffs

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Mark Munro

Mark Munro of the Toowoomba Hospice proudly displays a recent gift from the Governor-General. Earlier this year, Mrs. Quentin Bryce donated 100 bottles of rare wine from the Government House cellars to charities. Mark made an immediate application and some weeks later the Hospice received this beautiful bottle of 1986 Grange signed by the Governor-General  herself.

We are holding a raffle,” Mark says. Tickets will be limited but we hope that wine buffs in the region will be encouraged to buy tickets. This is a great gesture on the part of the Governor-General and we were very lucky to be selected.”

The estimated value of the Grange is in excess of $1000, given the undoubted provenance and the signature of the Governor-General. Tickets are $20 each and can be obtained by calling the Hospice (4659 8500) or Janice Swannell (4637 8143).

Health and Emergency Professionals to Share Accounts on Natural Disasters on September 3rd

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Emergency services personnel who witnessed first-hand the horrors of the Queensland floods, the earthquake in Christchurch and Cyclone Yasi in North Queensland will share their personal experiences in Toowoomba this Saturday (September 3).

The Disaster Medicine ANZ 2011” Rural Critical Care Conference, to be held at the City Golf Club, will feature presentations by doctors, pilots, emergency services and hospital staff from the affected areas in North Queensland, New Zealand, South-East Queensland and Toowoomba.

Organising committee Chair, Dr Meher Chinthamuneedi, said the conference was designed to educate local health professionals and create awareness of emergency responses.

The program will examine how Cyclone Yasi affected the emergency services that needed to respond to Cyclone Yasi, the earthquake in Christchurch and the inland tsunami in Toowoomba that was never expected,” Dr Chinthamuneedi said. The speakers will explore what happened, how they coped and how prepared they are for another disaster.”

The conference, a joint project between the Toowoomba Hospital Foundation and St Vincent’s Hospital, begins at 8.30am on Saturday and concludes at 5.00pm.

Peter Rookas
CEO
Toowoomba Hospital Foundation
peter_rookas@health.qld.gov.au

Remembrance Service for Fathers Wednesday, August 31st

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Hospital Charity Event Set to Make Pulses Race Saturday, 3rd September

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Hundreds of guests will indulge in fun, fashion, fine food and a flutter at the Toowoomba Turf Club on Saturday, September 3, for the 17th annual St Vincent’s Hospital – Black Family Charity Race Day.

The twilight racing meet is St Vincent’s Hospital’s premier charity event and features a fast paced, seven-race program, including the prestigious St Vincent’s and Black Family Cup.

St Vincent’s Hospital General Manager, Mr Carl Yuile, said the race day was an ideal way to combine the atmosphere and excitement of a day at the track with the satisfaction of supporting a worthy cause. This event is not only a major highlight on our social calendar, but it helps us raise money to purchase the latest technology and equipment for the hospital,” Mr Yuile said.

The proceeds from last year’s event enabled us to acquire a renal dialysis machine for our Clive Berghofer Intensive Care Unit; a vital piece of equipment that has saved the lives of a number of critically ill renal patients from Toowoomba and the Darling Downs. This year we are raising funds for four new environmentally-friendly LED lights for our operating theatres. These create minimal heat generation, which will assist patients and surgeons during major operations” he said.

St Vincent’s Race Day guests will be treated to champagne and canapés on arrival and a three-course meal in a private marquee. Also, there will be the opportunity to bid on a stellar line up of auctions items including original artwork by Anna Bartlett.

Tickets are available through St Vincent’s Hospital Communications and Marketing Department on 4690 4182.

Madeleine Tiller,
Communications and Marketing,
Ph 07 4690 4007

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