Members (and prospective members) are advised that the Annual General Meeting of the Paluma & District Community Association Inc. will be held on:
Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 12pm for a BBQ lunch followed by the AGM at 1:15pm in the Community Hall
For more information, click here.
This Saturday on the 7th, we will be shifting the truck load of mulch, that our council supplied free of charge, into the gardens and under the trees in our Paluma Pioneers Memory park. It’s quite a lovely grove these days.
The working bee will start at 2pm with everyone meeting up at the hall first. Bring a wheel barrow, shovels and a hardy rake if you have them. The best tool in the shed however is you… so do please bring yourself to the fray (even if you haven’t any of the gear) and enjoy burning up a few calories with fellow enthusiasts.
Drinks are on afterwards!!!
Thanks
Wilfred
This Saturday September 30, a public meeting is being held at the Paluma Community Centre (10am) for all ratepayers to discuss the setting of the 2024 fire levy.
Come along and find out what the brigade is up to over a cuppa and piece of cake.
If there are any queries in the lead up to the meeting, please contact:
Sonya Bryce – Treasurer / Secretary of Paluma RFB
On email sonyab360@gmail.com
Meet at the Rotunda next to the Community Hall at 2PM where Wilfred will let us know what the plans for the afternoon are.
Attention: Paluma Residents, Visitors & Users of Mount Spec Road
QPWS are conducting controlled burning on Mt Spec Road this week.
QPWS wish to advise that they will be conducting a prescribed burn on Mt Spec Road on Wednesday March 30, 2022 (weather permitting). Approximate hours of operation are from 1500 to 1800. Please be aware that smoke may impact Mt Spec Road. Traffic control will be in place for the duration.
ATTENTION ALL PALUMA RESIDENTS
A new Defibrillator is now installed at the Community Hall.
The unit is in a cabinet which is mounted on the outside wall of the Community Hall, next to the main entry door to the Hall. Please take a look at the photographs below to familiarise yourself with the location of the unit.
New signage indicating that the unit is available at the Community Hall will be installed at the front and side of the Hall.
The cabinet is unlocked and it is alarmed (with a siren). The siren will go off as soon as the cabinet is opened, but it stops again when the door is shut. We are hoping that the siren/alarm will deter any would-be vandals from interfering with the unit.
May we please request that if any nearby residents hear the alarm going off that they investigate to either provide assistance in a genuine emergency, or chase away any idiots or vandals who might be interfering with the unit.
We are hoping that the current arrangement will work and that vandals will refrain from interfering with the Defibrillator. The preference is that we do not lock the cabinet, as this would mean that in an emergency people would have to seek out the key or the security code to get access to the unit. This delay could potentially mean the difference between saving a life, or having the worst happen.
We are relying on the eyes and ears of the Paluma community to be watchful and vigilant in protecting this unit.
The best outcome is that the Defibrillator sits idle, mounted on the wall for many years to come and that we never have to use it!
Over to you Paluma community!
Thank you Wilfred for providing the photographs and information for this post.
Calling all enthusiastic volunteers who love to do a bit of spring cleaning!!
The Paluma Community Hall is in dire need of a ‘spit and polish’ in preparation for all the upcoming social events and bookings over the next few months.
We are calling for keen volunteers to help clean the Community Hall on Sunday 23rd May at 9 AM.
If you can swing a broom or mop, wash a window or wield a duster – WE NEED YOU!
Many hands make light work, so if you can spare an hour or two on Sunday morning the 23rd May, please come and join the cleaning crew. A free cuppa is on offer for all cleaners! See you there!
A reminder to all Paluma residents that the Rural Fire Brigade (RFB) will be holding a Public Meeting, Lunchtime BBQ and Recruitment Drive at the Community Hall this coming Saturday 1st May at 11 am.
Please come along to support your local RFB and please consider signing up to join the Paluma RFB so that we can retain this vital service in our community.
Without your support this service may be lost from the Paluma Community.
For further information please contact local RFB representative Ross Hyne on mobile: 0427 447 415.
See you there!
ATTENTION PALUMA RESIDENTS
The Paluma Rural Fire Brigade (RFB) is formed of residents from the Paluma community and it cannot function without members and their involvement. With the recent resignation of several senior members of the brigade we are presented with the challenge of trying to keep the brigade functioning and to maintain its assets within the community. If the brigade is unable to recruit new members, the Rural Fire Service may need to close the Paluma brigade and move the fire truck to another community. If this occurs, the only guaranteed response if there is a fire in the Paluma area will be a Fire and Rescue (red) truck from Townsville, Ingham or the Waterfall Creek RFB – and these services are not always available.
This notice is to advise Paluma residents that we are planning to undertake a recruitment drive with a lunchtime BBQ on Saturday 1st May 2021.
You are invited to attend:
A Public Meeting/Recruitment Drive, Saturday 1st May 2021 at 11 AM.
To be held at the Paluma RFB Station (Community Hall).
Without your support this vital community service may be lost from the Paluma community. Staff from the Rural Fire Service Townsville Area Office will be in attendance to discuss the future of the brigade with the community, including explaining what it means to be a rural fire brigade member.
If you have any questions and to RSVP to attend this meeting, please contact the Rural Fire Service Area Office on (07) 4796 9082.
You can also ring the local contact person and serving Paluma RFB member Ross Hyne on 0427 447 415.
We look forward to seeing you at this meeting.
