Sam Stedman and the team from Outer Limits are calling for Volunteers from the Paluma Community to assist with the organisation of this year’s Paluma Dam Good Trail Run. This event will take place on Sunday 1 November 2020.
If you can assist and you are keen to be a volunteer, please contact Sam on mobile: 0421 484 211 or send an email to info@outerlimitsadventure.com.au
Good afternoon everyone,
The Department of Transport and Main Roads wishes to advise of changes to existing traffic conditions on Mt Spec Road due to the upcoming Paluma Push event this weekend. Please see below information regarding Mt Spec Road closures for this weekend.
Friday 9 October 2020 Mt Spec Road Closed 7pm – 6am
Saturday 10 October 2020 Mt Spec Road OPEN
Sunday 11 October 2020 Mt Spec Road OPEN
Monday 12 October 2020 Mt Spec Road Closed 6pm – 6am
Traffic closures to Mt Spec Road will continue as usual from the evening of Monday 12 October. Should you have any questions regarding the above information, please do not hesitate to contact me on the details below.
Kind regards, Meghan
Customer and Stakeholder Management (Northern) | North Queensland Region
Program Delivery And Operations | Infrastructure Management & Delivery Division |
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Floor 6 | Townsville Government Office Building | 445 Flinders Street | Townsville Qld 4810
PO Box 1089 | Townsville Qld 4810
P: 1800 625 648 | F: (07) 4421 8725
E: engagement.northern@tmr.qld.gov.au
W: www.tmr.qld.gov.au
TMR has recently confirmed that in recognition of anticipated increased use of the range Road during the Paluma Push, no road works will be carried on on Saturday and Sunday (Oct 10 -11) nights. The road will still be closed to all traffic on Friday night (Oct 9th). Formal notification by SMS will be sent to all those who have subscribed to this notification service from TMR.
The annual Paluma Push is fast approaching. This is an iconic event for Paluma and every year the Paluma Community supports the Push by providing volunteer assistance throught the local SES and Rural Fire Service. If you have not already volunteered or been contacted about volunteering Len Cook, head of the Paluma RFS, is keen to add volunteers for several check points along the race route. Please contact Len on 0427 708 530 or anagama@activ8.net.au. As a way of thanking volunteers, RFS will be sponsoring a thankyou BBQ to Push volunteers on Sunday after the race.
See you there!
Paluma has had a number of major power outages in the last month or so as Ergon Energy carries out major maintenance on the system, including replacement of several power poles. According to Ergon, all residents should receive a notice my mail of any upcoming outages, but for some reason not everyone seems to have received these for the outage that occurred this past Thursday.
Linda Venn has shared a way of getting automatic emails of upcoming outages that will provide an additional means of notification:
“Ergon cannot manage to work around our twice-weekly mail deliveries and they are only bound to give us four days’ notice. If we are not getting notices in time, or if we are not getting them at all, apparently it is not Ergon’s fault, but Australia Post’s. There may be some truth in that, but this is an unwinnable argument. Far better to set up an email contact, similar to that we now have with Main Roads.
Unfortunately, this cannot be done online. You have to phone 13 22 96 and press a lot of buttons before you get to speak to a real person. Give them your street address and your email address and request that they email you with the details for setting up an email contact. My email to set this up arrived within 5 minutes of my phone call and all I had to do is reply. Now I await my email of notification of future outages.”
Thanks Linda.
Good afternoon everyone
Please be advised that the full road closure of Mt Spec Road will now commence on Tuesday 15 September 2020 from 6pm, not Monday 14 September as previously advised.
Mt Spec Road will be open for all road users on Monday 14 September 2020.
For those that have registered, TMR SMS alerts regarding the Mt Spec Road closure will commence from next Tuesday 15 September 2020 at 4pm.
Please do not hesitate to contact TMR’s Customer and Stakeholder Engagement team on the details below for further information.
Customer and Stakeholder Management (Northern) | North Queensland Region
Program Delivery And Operations | Infrastructure Management & Delivery Division |
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Floor 6 | Townsville Government Office Building | 445 Flinders Street | Townsville Qld 4810
PO Box 1089 | Townsville Qld 4810
P: 1800 625 648 | F: (07) 4421 8725
E: engagement.northern@tmr.qld.gov.au
W: www.tmr.qld.gov.au
 Notice to residentsMt Spec Road reconstruction works Would you like to receive updates via SMS about Mt Spec Road closures?  The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) will commence reconstruction works on Mt Spec Road, between Little Crystal Creek bridge and McLellands Lookout, from next week – Monday 14 September 2020.To enable crews to safely and efficiently complete works at a number of locations, Mt Spec Road will be closed to all traffic each night from 6pm to 6am, Saturday to Thursday, and from 7pm to 6am on Fridays. Works are expected to continue until December 2020. TMR will send SMSs to subscribed stakeholders for the first few weeks of works to ensure residents are reminded of the road closures and can plan their travel accordingly. TMR will continue to send other communication, including project updates, by email. Click here to subscribe to updates via SMS/text messageIf you require further information, please contact the Northern District Customer and Stakeholder Management team by email at engagement.northern@tmr.qld.gov.au or by phone on 1800 625 648. |
Townsville City Council has announced that the next kerbside collection of bulk rubbish has been postponed to Monday 28th September. Currently only 2 residences have registered for this service and the Council is asking for the word to be passed around concerning this new date, and the need to register if you wish to have your rubbish picked up.
People can submit a booking enquiry at townsville.qld.gov.au Generally they want some idea of what the rubbish is and how much – presumeably to decide which truck to send! There are some items that can’t be collected, these are detailed on the website.
message passed on by Wendy Klaus
As previously reported, Les Hyland was nominated to be the Townsville City Council “Senior of the Year” for 2020. While he did not win the award, he was included in the short list. This Saturday (Sept 12) our local Councilor, Margie Ryder, will come up the range to make a presentation to Les in recognition of his shortlisting. The event will be at the Rainforest Inn at 11am. Please come along to help celebrate the achievements (and stamina!) of our now-famous senior member of the Village.
Last Thursday SpaceX, the company led by Elon Musk, launched 57 “Starlink” satellites into low earth orbit. For the first day or so they could be seen in the night sky as a string of bright lights racing across the night sky, prior to moving off under their own steam to take up separate orbits. Last Saturday night Wilfred Karnoll was lucky enough to see this spectactular show and was briefly convinced he might have been seeing UFOs.
Perhaps others also caught a glimpse of this latest deployment by SpaceX? Let us know if you did.
While sixty-odd satellites sounds like a lot, this is mearly the lastest batch in a major program that will ultimately see a network of thousands of wirelessly interconnected satellites that will provide high bandwith internet to people around the word in even the remotest of locations.
Currently there are over 700 Starlink satellites overhead and beta testing of internet links has commenced in the US. Hovever SpaceX has permission to launch nearly 12,000 and has currently seeking further permission to have a total of 42,000 satellites in orbit. Currently there are only about 2000 satellites of all types circling the earth, so space is going to get pretty crowded in the future. Astronomers have complained that all these bright objects will hinder stargazing – SpaceX has responded by intalling “sunshades” over its latest satellites.
Australian regulator ACMA has given SpaceX initial approval for the Starlink internet service to operate in Australia, but there is much more testing, launching and approvals to do before we in Paluma can think about switching from the rather lack-lustre SkyMuster NBN satellite. In the mean time you can go to this website, or download an Apple or Android, app that will tell you when you can observe the light-show over Townsville/Paluma.