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PRESIDENT NORM SPRENGER

No22

JULY 2010
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ORCH

IDS

BC. ISLAND CHARMYELLOW SKIES

drive carefully...not only cars that can be recalled by their maker.

A woman walks into the Gympie Centrelink office, trailed by 15 kids...'WOW,' the social worker exclaims, 'Are they ALL yours?'Yeah they are all mine,' the flustered mother sighs, having heard that question a thousand times before. She says, 'Sit down Terry.' All the children rush to find seats.'Well,' says the social worker, 'then you must be here to sign up. I'll need all your children's names.' 'This one's my oldest - he is Terry.''OK, and who's next?' 'Well, this one he is Terry, also.'The social worker raises an eyebrow but continues. One by one, through the oldest four, all boys, all named Terry. Then she is introduced to the eldest girl, named Terri. 'All right,' says the caseworker. 'I'm seeing a pattern here. Are they ALL named Terri?' Their Mother replied, 'Well, yesit makes it easier. When it is time to get them out of bed and ready for school, I yell, 'Terry!' An'when it's time for dinner, I just yell 'Terry!' an' they all come runnin.' An' if I need to stop the kid who's running into the street, I just yell 'Terry' and all of them stop. It's the smartest idea I ever had, namin' them all Terry.'The social worker thinks this over for a bit, then wrinkles her forehead and says tentatively, 'But what if you just want ONE kid to come, and not the whole bunch?' 'I call them by their surnames!'

NEW EDITOR Graham Hammond who has been the instigator and publisher of our great monthly magazine has resigned to pursue his other commitments. Graham has put untold hours into making this magazine the informative and fun read that it has become . We cannot thank him enough for all of the work and imagination that he has willingly put into this publication for our benefit and the enjoyment of others who may read it. I have elected to do the job and I hope with the help of Graham I will be able to produce something similar In the future. The prospect is terrifying at the moment but Graham assures me that it will all come together in the end. The Hervey Bay Orchid Society Inc. Thank Graham very much for the his past endeavours and I hope that I can produce something close to it . Wish me luck. NOELA LINDGREN

ORCHIDFEST BUS TRIP On Saturday 12th June the members boarded a bus at 6am and travelled to the Orchidfest at Kawana. We stopped for a pitt stop at Matildas and arrived at our destination mid morning. The hall was completely full with displays and vendors and a huge amount of people all trying to buy some of the wonderful orchids on sale Hervey Bay had provided a small display but because of the distance involved it was not possible to put on our usual large exhibition. One of the highlights of the day was meeting our old friend and member Joyce Rummell. Joyce was an active member of our society for many years until it became necessary for her to relocate closer to her family. Joyce is also a very accomplished artist and had one frrst prize in the art competition with her painting of an Encyclia. We all had a very productive day and managed to fill up the bottom of the bus with plants as we always seem to do. We arrived home about 6pm. And all thanked the driver Brett, who is getting quite used to our excursions having driven us on several occasions. Hervey Bay Display At Orchidfest.

Brassavola Orchid Care Preferences

Humidity Brassavola Orchids grow best with a humidity tray underneath them and 60-70% humidity. Light and Air Brassavolas prefer bright light, similar to light Cattleya Orchids prefer. 2000-3000 foot candles is ideal if you have a light meter. As with all Orchids, air circulation is important. Watering Brassavolas do not like to dry out fully between waterings. Water just before they near drying out, and regularly. Fertilize 3 out of 4 waterings with a weakened Orchid fertilizer solution. Temperature Brassavola Orchids on average do not like below 55-60 degrees F. During the day they prefer warmer temperatures. Potting and Repotting Repot every two to three years as necessary with medium to large bark. Brassavolas also often like to be mounted on a piece of bark or a tree fern.

Brassavolas are star shaped Orchids that come from Central America. Named after a Venetian botanist, Dr. Angelo Brassavolo, these Orchids carry a large decorated lip as part of their flower structure. Flowers range from 1 to 5 inches in diameter, and are usually white to yellow with brown markings. Brassavolas can be grown in the home but are more often grown in greenhouses outside, in the home, or under lights.

6 Lady of the Night Orchid (Brassavola nodosa) As might be expected, the large outcroppings of volcanic rocks along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica are good places to find crabs, limpets, and other shoreline creatures, but amazingly, these outcroppings are also good places to find orchids. I found the large clump of Lady of the Night Orchids (Brassavola nodosa) below growing on the outcropping of wave-splashed volcanic rocks in the above photo.These white-flowered orchids are common in Costa Rica at low elevations along the Pacific coast, and they grow either as an epiphyte (on another living plant like a tree or palm) or as a lithophyte (on a rock) such as these. Lady of the Night Orchids have showy white and pale green flowers that become delightfully fragrant at night. Their green leaves are long, narrow, and fleshy. Orchid flowers have their petals and sepals (the usually green outer parts of the flower) in groups of threes. With Lady of the Night Orchids, the three petals are the large, white central lipped petal and the two green, horizontal petals. The topmost upright "petal" and the bottom two "petals" are actually the three green sepals.

8 In Madagascar Joseph a park ranger collects orchids and relocates them to a park around a lake, this one was out in flower many were not. A small area with many different species to see, they are lovingly looked after, many tourists visit here and Joseph is very willing to share his knowledge.

Sth. Africa at Duckitts nursery cymbidiums are grown, they cover a huge area, the pots sit on stones on the ground watered and fed by drippers, these plants provide the cut flowers for the flower markets.

One of the many Bulbophyllums growing naturally in the bush, sadly we missed seeing it in flower. They are plentiful and not hard to find, They grew in filtered light provided by the canopy of trees, if a piece fell it was quite happy to go on growing where it landed. Most of the bulbophyllums were accompanied with mosses and lychens .

ORCHIDS OF MADAGASCA

A Madagascar Bulbophyllum growing naturally in the bush showing the bracts where it flowers from. The Eulophiella roemeleiana grows only in a pandanus palm, it is thought that there are 300 left growing in the wild, with less than 100 people in the world have had the privilege of seeing it in flower. It is endemic to Madagascar and requires hot, moist conditions, we saw it in a valley.

CYMBIDIELLA

Flora Moloney

10C. BARBERA KIRSH

One of the many stalls at a street flower market in Madagascar .The orchids are taken straight out of the bush, if they are not sold and die they are tossed, again more are collected. I hope they realize what they are doing before any species are lost. I know this is their income and they have to live.

This photo gives you some idea of just how big Duckitts nursery is, it is reportedly large enough to cover 18 football fields. The largest producer of cymbidium cut flowers, in Sth. Africa just out side of Cape Town. Repotting occurs when there is insufficient new growth.

A FAST GROWING FREE Duckitts FLOWERING ORCHID THAT cymbidium nursery in Sth. Africa grows cymbidium orchids for theWHEN IN IS SPECTACULAR cut flower trade as well as many other genera of orchids. FULL BLOOM.GROWS INTO VERY LARGE SPECIMEN. PHOTOS BY ERIC AND FLORA MOLONEY ON A RECENT TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA

Disas grow in central and southern Africa, in there natural home they grow along stream banks and in other wet areas, a little cooler than here. They are very colourful range from white, cream, yellow, orange, pink to red. This one is Disa uniflora. In Sth. Africa they are used as gifts instead of a bunch of flowers, the flowers last a long time and have a pleasant perfume.

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MONTHLY MEETINGS
UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTIFIED,normal

monthly meetings are held at the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. corner of Denman Camp Rd. & Freshwater Street Torquay

LAST MEETING LUCKY DOOR JULIE WILSON RAFFLE LES NAPPER COL WOLKOM ROY HEMSEL EMILY ERVINE

NEW MEMBERS

THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY 5-7-2010 HALL OPEN @ 6-30 PM FOR 7 PM START.

July 2010 5th-Monthly meeting 17th- Inter orchid society social day at THESE IMFORMAL GATHERING ARE Howard HELD AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS EACH 24th- Interested growers meeting MONTH NORMALLY HELD ON THE

INTERESTED GROWERS GROUP

FOURTH SATURDAYS AND COMMENCE AT 2 PM. . BYO.HAT. SUNNIES,CHAIR A CUP AND A PLATE FOR AFTERNOON TEA, BRING PLANTS AND PROBLEM PLANTS ALSO. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HOSTED BY..EVE & KEN AT FRASER SHORES NO 1 ON SAT 24-7-2009 @AT 2PM

26th- Committee meeting August 2010 2nd- Monthly meeting 21st- Bus trip to Kabi (orchid show at Lawnton Show Grounds and visit to orchid nursery 23rd- Committee meeting 28th- Interested growers meeting Urangan botanical gardens-12.00 noon sausage sizzle

COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE HELD AT THE HOMES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THE FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON. MONDAY. 26-7-2009 @ 7-30 PM. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HOSTED BY. DAVID RAMSAY 24 KOLOI STREET SCARNESS

12 POPULAR VOTE SECTION NOVICE WON BY. GRAEME JOHNSON SLC MAE HAWKINS ;NEWBERRY;

FEATURE PLANT FOR

AUGUSTMEETING. (AUST. NATIVE)

THE INTERMEDIATE. WON BY. NOELA LINDGREN BEALLARA MARFITCH HOWARDS DREAM

THE OPEN SECTION. WON BY TERRI BADE ONCIDIUM CHOROSAN

.THE SPECIES SECTION. WON BY. NORM SPRENGER PAHP INSIGNE

THE AUSTRALIAN NATIVE. WON BY COL WOLKOM DEN ELEGANT HEART

13 JUDGES CHOICE SECTION. NOVICE WON BY.GREAME JOHNSON DEN KRISTAN ANN BEAKON X NAPHILIA X KRISTAN ANN

THE INTERMEDIATE SECTION. WON BY NOELA LINDGREN BEALLARA MARFITCH HOWARDS DREAM

THE OPEN SECTION WON BY. LES NAPPER BLC MARGARET GOLDSTEIN

THE SPECIES SECTION WON BY. NORM SPRENGER PAPH INSIGNE

THE AUSTRALIAN NATIVE WON BY JOHN PHILLIPS CORYBAS INCURVIS.

THE FEATURE PLANT WON BY. TERRI BADE PAPH PLEASANT SURPRISE

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EMILY HAS A RIDDLE

THE INTERESTED GROWERS AFTERNOON WAS HELD AT THE HOME OF IVY BOUGHAN AT POINT VERNON 0N SATURDAY 26TH JUNE. Q.WHAT ALWAYS SLEEPS WITH ITS SHOES ON. A.A HORSE

A LARGE GROUP OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MEMBRS AND VISITORS ATTENDED AND GREAT INTEREST WAS SHOWN IN Q...WHAT SORT OF ROBBERY IS NOT THE INFORMATION THAT COL GALDANGEROUS. WAY WAS ABLE TO IMPART. A...A SAFE ROBBERY. COL STOOD IN FOR TERRI BADE WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND

Q...WHAT DID THE PONY SAY WHEN IT COUGHED. A...EXCUSE ME I AM A LITTLE HORSE. Q...WHAT IS IT THAT NEVER ASKS QUESTIONS BUT RECEIVES MANY ANSWERS. A...THE DOOR BELL Q...WHAT IS IT THAT SMELLS THE MOST WHEN YOU GO IN A CHEMIST SHOP. A...YOUR NOSE.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

SOME VERY GOOD DISCUSSION TOOK PLACE ABOUT THE COLOUR BREAK VIRUS. THIS INCURABLE CONDITION CAUSES UNEVEN AND SPOTTY COLOUR ON THE PETALS AND IS INCURABLE THE ONLY REMEDY IS DESTRUCTION OF THE PLANT AND IS A VERY GOOD REASON FOR THE IMPLEMENTS USED WHEN CUTTING FOR REPOTTING TO BE STERILZED AFTERNOON TEA WAS SERVED AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS AVAILED THEMSELVES OF THE FRUIT FROM IVY,S LADEN LIME TREE. A VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE AFTERNOON WAS ENJOYED BY ALL.

An Old Bushys Advice:

* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in. * If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around. * Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply.Speak kindly. Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

15 ON SATURDAY JULY 17TH BUNDABERG ORCHID SOCIETY INC WILL BE HOSTING THE INTERSOCIAL DAY AT HOWARD. 9AQM START AND B.Y.O. LUNCH AND ALSO A PLOATE FOR THE SHARED MORNING TEA. LUNCH CAN ALSO BE BOUGHYT AT THE LOCAl SHOP COMMERCIAL ORCHID VENDORS AND GUEST SPEAKERS 9.30 AM MORNING TEA 10.30 AM WELCOME BY PRESIDENT OF BUNDABERG ORCHID SOCIETY INC. 10.35 AM RONDA SYMONDS BROMELLIADS 11.00AM ORCHIDACEOUS BOOKS STOCK INFORMATION 11.15AM MAL WHEELER VANDAS 11.45AM ROSS HARVEY CEDARVALE PLANTS FOR SALE 12.00MID LUNCH 1.00PM ROSS HARVEY ORCHID CULTURE 1.40PM OPEN QUESTION TIME 2.30PM REVIEW OF LAST 4 YEARS AT HOWARD WHERE TO KINOW/ AFTERNOON TEA FINISH 24TH JULY IGG WILL BE HELD AT THE RECREATION HALL FRASER SHORES 1 58 NISSEN STREET PIALBA 2PM JOHN GREEN FROM GYMPIE WILL GE GUEST SPEAKER PARKING BEHIND ADMIN BUILDING ON VACANT LOT AUGUST 1ST AUGUST BUNDABERG ORCHID SOCIETY INC ARRIVIJNG BY BUS TO SHARE BBQ LUNCH AT BOTANICAL GARDENS WITH US ABD SEE SOME ORCHID HOUSES 2ND AUGUST GENERAL MEETING 14TH AUGUST INVITATION FROM CHILDERS AND ISIS ORCHID SOC INC TO JOIN THEM AT THEIR MONTHLY MEETING IN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH HALL 9.3O FOR 10.00AM START TURN LEFT AT THE FIRST STREET PAST PALACE HOTEL HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE WELL ATTENDED AS 14 MEMB4RS OF CHILDERS ATTENDED OUR IGG. 21 AUGUST BUS TRIP TO A.N.O.S. GROUP AUST. NATIVE ORCHID SHOW IN THE LIONS HALL LAWNTON. 6AM DEPART FROM CENTRO AND VISITING THE STRWBERRY FARM ORCHIDS AND ARANBEEN AS WELL AS ROBERTSONS NURSERIES. 23 AUGUST COMM MEETING NORM AND BEV SPRENGER 28 AUGUST IGG MAUREEN COLEMAN 5 CYPRESS ST TORQUAY

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Cheryl Greer

1. Money can't buy happiness, but somehow, it's more comfortable to cry in a BMW than on a bicycle 2. Forgive your enemies, but remember their names 3. Help a man when he is in trouble, and he will remember you when he is in trouble again 4. Many people are alive only because it is illegal to shoot them 5 Alcohol doesnt solve any problems, but neither does milk...

DO YOU REMEMBER THIS PHOTO

THE HERVEY BAY ORCHID SOCIETY HAS SOME GREAT BUS TRIPS AWAY HAVE A LOOK AT ALL THESE GREAT OLD ORCHID GROWERS. ( THIS IS A SNAP TO KEEP.)

17 Bring to boil and decant into prepared jars for sterilising. Sterilise complete jars with lids for 15 minutes in pressure cooker. Seed may be sown as "green pod", that is before the pod fully matures and splits open. In this case, the seed is sterile and can be sown directly into the flask. A pod which has ripened and split (dry pod) is immediately contaminated by fungal spores which are ever preset in natural air and must be sterilised in a suitable solution for 10 to 15 minutes before sowing. A 10% solution in water of Snow White (Sodium Hypochloride) is an effective sterilising agent. When sowing seed or transferring plants in your sterile case, everything introduced into that area must be sterilised and a 20% to 25% Snow White solution will accomplish this. If possible, use a different set of intruments for each flask. This ensures that if an instrument has not be sterilised properly and contaminates a flask, only that flask will be ruined, not the whole batch. With care and thought in maintaining a sterile atmosphere, you will indeed find "flasking is easy". Alan Robinson

FLASKING ORCHIDS
The number of questions on seed propagation and flasking prompted Graham to ask for some of the details to be printed in the bulletin for those who wish to experiment. Flasking can be a costly operation or, with a bit of commonsense and ingenuity, a sterile area can be produced with very little cost at all. The flasking medium can be purchased if required from suppliers who advertise in "Orchids Australia" or "Australian Orchid Review" and cost $9.00 to $8.00 for a pack sufficient to make 1 litre of medium. This contains agar (the jelly base), sugar and the minerals and trace elements necessary. Manana must be added. A suitable medium can be made up using one of the foliac fertilisers in your garden shed and my experience has obtained best results from Aqua Feed. Add the fertiliser at the recommended strength specified by the fertiliser. ie. if the fertiliser recommends 1 spoon per litre, add 1 spoon to a litre of flasking medium. To make 1 litre of medium:1 litre demineralised water

1 level tablespoon (9 gms) Agar AFTER READING THIS ARTICLE IN THE BRIS(from Health Food Shop) BANE ORCHID SOCIETY INC. NEWS LETTER, AND 1 level tablespoon (20 gms) sugar HOW THEY HAVE EXPLAINED IT SO SIMPLE ON
HOW TO MAKE A GOOD AGAR MEDIUM I

40 gms (approx half) of nearly ripe THOUGHT I SHOULD PASS IT ON TO THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED INFLASKING IN OUR SOCIETY.I Cavendish banana blended HAVE ALSO HAD VERY GOOD RESULTS WITH GROWFORCE LOW NITROGEN FERTILISER AS Potato walnut size, optional blended with banana improves root forma- WELL AS THE AQUA FEED. tion.

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Orchid Profile - Dancing Ladies Among the easiest of orchids to grow, the "Dancing Ladies" are among the most popular. Members of the Oncidium family, the common name comes from the shape of the flower which resembles a lady with her arms outstretched on the top with a skirt-shaped lip below. See if you can see the resemblance in this picture of Oncidium Grower Ramsey. With a slight breeze moving the blossoms, it looks like there is a whole troupe of dancers. Among the easy-to-grow yellow Oncidiums, Grower Ramsey and Sweet Sugar are cultivars you should consider. Look for varieties with relatively short -- 18 inch or 45 centimetre -- inflorescences with multiple side branches. Some older varieties simply put out one long inflorescence with no branching and are difficult to control. They are also sometimes available in cream, light yellow and white flowered varieties. Another Dancing Lady is the ever-popular Sharry Baby one of the best selling Oncidiums of all time. The flowers are much smaller than the yellow varieties, although the shape is similar. The big selling point for Sharry Baby is the wonderful fragrance. It varies from chocolate to vanilla depending upon variety. They have many many blossoms and can perfume a whole room. It is often possible to find this variety at grocery stores, home improvement stores and florists in the Unites States. There are many similar red and white Oncidiums with similar growth habits that will put on a wonderful show for you with great fragrance. I have an Oncidium Rosy Sunset, from Parkside Orchids that is about to bloom on seven inflorescences and I expect at least a hundred tiny pink and red dancers. (Scroll down to find the specific plant.) This cultivar has more of a sweet floral fragrance than the chocolate of Sharry Baby. The Oncidiums which make up the "Dancing Lady" group are fairly easy to grow with the exception that they need good humidity. Weekly watering with a good orchid fertilizer is also recommended. A couple of hours of sun each day will keep them happy and once a week watering if grown in the home. Outside plants will need more water during the summer. It is easy to determine if they are getting enough water because the large flattish pseudobulbs will start to wrinkle. If this happens to your plant, water a bit more -- they will plump right back up. Burned or very light leaves will indicate too much light; dark green leaves indicate too little light. The leaf color should be a nice light green in order to give the plant enough to encourage blooming. The inflorescences will appear at the bottom of the new pseudobulbs from the inside of the leaf on both sides of the bulb. If you've treated your plant just right you should get two inflorescences from each new pseudobulb. They should be repotted every couple of years after flowering when the media begins to break down in the pots.

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Nursery Aranbeem Orchids Address Priests Rd, Deception Bay Phone Comments Retail Nursery selling a wide range of orchids and orchid supplies. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 9 to 4

3888 3637

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR MORE ORCHID NURSERIES HERE ARE A FEW .
Brighton Orchid Nursery Burbank Orchids Nursery Cattleyas Online 162 McPhail Rd, 3888 1859 Narangba 1330 Mt Gravatt -Capalaba Rd, 3849 8277 Burbank Retail Nursery selling a wide range of orchids and orchid supplies. Specialise in Vandaceous Orchids Open 7 days Retail Nursery selling a wide range of orchids and orchid supplies. Open 7 days Specialising in cattleya seedlings, with emphasis on exhibition cattleyas

Loganholme

3388 0866

Cedarvale Orchids

16 Heather3289 1953 Anne Dr, Draper

Specialise in cool growing Australian Natives & Hybrids

Fame Orchids Fong Ping Orchids Formosa Orchids

119 Boundary Rd, Thornlands

3206 4385

Retail Nursery selling a wide range of orchids and orchid supplies. Open 7 days Phalaenopsis & Oncidium

246 Koplick Rd, 3297 0666 Chambers Flat 350 Underwood Rd, Eight Mile 3841 0668 Plains

Specialises in Phalaenopsis Growers of Vandaceous, Oncidium, Cymbidium, Cattleya and Dendrobium Orchids Open by appointment Paphiopedilum Species & Primary Hybrids

Jannar Orchids K & H Orchids

Canungra

5543 5803

53 Hammel St, Beenleigh 14 Oaks Rd, Bundamba PO Box 213, Wynnum 1422 New Cleveland Rd, Capalaba West

3287 2343

Keri-Lyn Nursery Orchidglen Nursery Orchid World

3389 3079 3390 7742 Paphiopedilums, misc species & hybrids Open by appointment

3390 1803

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Oz Orchids 1729 Wynnum Rd, Hemmant 183 Eggersdorf Rd, Ormeau 29 Gannon St, Mt Mee 3390 7197 Wholesale Nursery, with retail sales. Open by appointment

Pacific Orchids

5546 7300

Simpson Orchids

5498 2185

Sarcanthinae species & hybrids Open by appointment

J&V FRASER COAST DENDROBIUM 242 PALLAS ST MARYBOROUGH

Warner Rd, Warner Makes & sells the orchid Bark as was made by Sunshine Orchid Nursery. Also sells orchid fertilisers, pots, baskets, etc.

Warner Rd Nursery

3264 7289

83 Joalah Crs, 3851 Yalta Orchids Open by appointment Ferny 0115 Hills Nursery Address Phone Comments Wholesale Nursery, with retail sales. Darling Florafest Orchids Barry Jefferies will St, 4630 continue to run FlorafToowoom 1102 est after John Woolf ba starts Woolf Orchidculture on 1/1/2001 262-290 Blackall Sells a wide range of Range 5442 orchids and orchid Robertson Orchids Rd, West 1913 supplies. WoomOpen by appointment bye 12 Draculas, MasdevalBremer 5465 Valley View Orchids & Daylilies lias, Cattleyas, PaphioSt, 3827 pedilums and Species Laidley Cnr AnOpens 1st January zac Ave & 2001 Colvin St, 4630 Woolf Orchidculture Run by John Woolf Drayton, 1788 who split from FlorafToowoom est Orchids ba

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IF MY BODY WERE A CAR...

If my body were a car, this is the time I would be thinking about trading it in for a newer model. I've got bumps and dents and scratches in my finish and my paint job is getting a little dull ... But that's not the worst of it. My headlights are out of focus and it's especially hard to see things up close. My traction is not as graceful as it once was. I slip and slide and skid and bump into things even in the best of weather. My whitewalls are stained with varicose veins. It takes me hours to reach my maximum speed. My fuel rate burns inefficiently. But here's the worst of it .Almost every time I sneeze, cough or sputer either my radiator leaks or my exhaust backfires.
Something to ponder. An old man, a boy & a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the donkey & the old man walked. As they went along they passed some people who remarked it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy was riding. The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions. Then, later, they passed some people who remarked, 'What a shame, he makes that little boy walk.' So they then decided they'd both walk! Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to ride. So, they both rode the donkey. Now they passed some people who shamed them by saying how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey. The boy and man figured they were probably right, so they decide to carry the donkey. As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned. The moral of the story? If you try to pleaseOF THE MIGHTY SEAa** THE POWER everyone, you can kiss your goodbye!

THE POWER OF THE MIGHTY SEA

By "Graham Hammond. THE NORTHERLY WIND WAS BLOWING, YOU COULD FEEL A PRETTY STIFF BREEZE, AND THE WHITE CAPS WERE FORMING ON THE EVER INCREASING SEAS. SMALL BOATS WERE HEADING IN FOR BAD WEATHER WAS IN SIGHT, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, AFTER THE STILLEST CALM OF NIGHT. OH! FOR THE POWER OF THE MIGHTY SEA, ONE CAN ONLY LOOK ON IN AWE WITH THE WIND AND THE WAVES AND THE VIOLENCE ALONG THE ROCKY SHORE. WATER SO FROTHY AND DIRTY UNDER A SKY OF THUNDER AND BOLT, TURNING ON ITS VENGEANCE, LIKE A STIRRED UP BRUMBY COLT. THE HORROR OF THIS VISION, IT'S TRULY A JEKYLL AND HYDE, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL CHANGE, WITH THE FOLLOWING TIDE. THEN THE RESTLESS SEA WITH HER ENERGY ALL SPENT, WILL CALM TO A SEA SO BLUE, TO THE VISION, TO THE MAGIC, TO THE PLEASURE, THAT WE ONCE KNEW

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MAY THE CRYSTAL WATER RUN.

by GRAHAM
HAMMOND.

BULLOCKS TOPPED UP FAT AND FRISKY, SETTLING DOWN AFTER ONLY ONE DAY, MOVING ALONG THE STOCK ROUTE, A SIGHT TO SEE IS THIS LONG EYE-CATCHING ARRAY. STRETCHED OUT OVER A BUSHMAN'S MILE A LEAD BULLOCK HAS TAKEN HIS PLACE, AND THEIR FEEDING ALONG NICELY, AT A GOOD STEADY PACE. THE DROVERS ARE NOT SO ANXIOUS, NOW HOMEWARD RUNS ARE PASSED, AND THE STOCK ROUTE IS AT IT'S BEST, GOOD WATER AND HEAVILY GRASSED. THE FIRST MOB ON TRACK FOR THE SEASON, LOOK'S LIKE A GOOD TRIP AHEAD, BULLOCKS REAL CONTENTED, WITH BELLIES FULLY FED. FIVE HUNDRED HEAD OF MEATWORKS CATTLE, THIS GRASS THEY WILL NOT STRIP, AND TO BREAK THE ENDLESS MOOING, YOU HEAR THE CRACKING OF A WHIP. THESE CONDITIONS YOU RARELY SEE, NOTHING COULD BE GRANDER, GOOD TIMES ARE HEAR THIS YEAR FOR EVERY OVERLANDER. THE ENDLESS MEANDERING CREEKS WE CROSS, HAVE CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER AND THESE BULLOCKS WOULD NOT BE SO CONTENT IF THEY KNEW THEY WERE HEADING TO THE SLAUGHTER. MEAT TO HELP FEED THIS HUNGRY WORLD, TO MANY COUNTRIES IT WILL BE SENT, AND WHOEVER BUYS THIS BEEF, WILL BE, WITH THE BEST MONEY, EVER SPENT. PRIME BEEF CATTLE FROM QUEENSLAND, GROWN WITH TENDER CARE, THAT'S WHY WE ARE SO PROUD, TO SEND OUR BEEF ANYWHERE. MAY THE SEASONS ALWAYS BE LIKE THIS, AND MAY THE CRYSTAL WATER RUN, THEN DROVING WON'T BE SO WEARY FROM THE DAWN TO THE SETTING SUN.

1 .. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't . 2 .. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it. 3.. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them. 4.. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke. 5.. Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive. 6.. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me 7.. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder . 8.. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe . 9.. I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are just missing. 10.. Out of my mind. Back in five minutes. 11.. God must love stupid people; He made so many. 12.. The gene pool could use a little chlorine. 13.. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps. 14.. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again? 15.. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it! 16.. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up. 17.. A hangover is the wrath of grapes. 18. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance. 19.. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere! 20.. They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken . 21 .. He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD.

23 PRESIDENT NORM SPRENGER 4194 0363 bnspreng@tadaust.org.au

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BILL BRENNAN

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24 THE HERVEY BAY ORCHID SOCIETY WELCOME NEW MEMBERS OLD MEMBERS AND VISITORS TO COME ALONG TO OUR MEETINGS TO LEARN TO MAKE FRIENDS AND TO ENJOY THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ORCHIDS

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