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A Development Proposal For a Modern Recycling Depot on Seventeen Mile Rocks Has Been Lodged

A development application for a modern recycling depot at 9 Counihan Road, Seventeen Mile Rocks has been lodged. The facility is expected to be finished before the Container Refund Scheme goes live on 1 November.

According to TOMRA, they have taken lease of the said property for the re-use and fit-out of the existing building tenancy. There will be no increase in gross floor area or changes to ground or floors levels.

Proposed site
Photo credit: Brisbane City Council/pdonline.brisbane.qld.gov.au
Proposed plan
Photo credit: Brisbane City Council/pdonline.brisbane.qld.gov.au

The project will involve the reuse of the existing building for the purpose of a Container Refund Depot. Beginning 1 November 2018, all CRS eligible beverages sold will include in part, a 10c deposit. This deposit can be redeemed at any Container Refund Point. Refund points are the sites where residents can return their eligible empty beverage containers for a refund of ten cents for each container. The returned beverage containers are then collected for recycling.

TOMRA is one of the designated refund point operators. TOMRA’s modern depot will be managed by an on-site supervisor and will be supported by a QLD based operations team. “TOMRA will also have several specially trained technicians, to complete all required machinery maintenance or attend any malfunction or breakdown. These technicians can be at all proposed QLD Modern Depots within 3 hours, ensuring minimum downtime.” according to development proposal lodged by TOMRA.

To further assist with addressing technical faults, TOMRA will also implement a live monitoring of each individual RVM and bulk sorting machine. This ensures that any fault or complaint received will receive prompt action from a QLD-based TOMRA employee, or in some cases, remotely rectified

About the Container Refund Scheme

By incentivising consumers to return their empty beverage containers, the Container Refund Scheme or “Containers for Change,” aims to reduce the amount of plastic waste from container litter through recycling.


Video credit: Containers for Change /YouTube

“There will be a range of different type of refund point options such as permanent depot-style points, bag drops and reverse vending machines,” according to the Minister for Environment Leeanne Enoch.
“Some container refund points will be mobile and use the ‘pop up’ concept to ensure the reach of our scheme extends into regional and remote areas.
“By providing a range of convenient and accessible refund point solutions more Queenslanders will be able to participate in and benefit from the scheme,” Ms Enoch said.

Implementing Organisation and Operator

Container Exchange (CoEx), the Government-appointed Product Responsibility Organisation (PRO) for the CRS, will implement a total of 230 refund points across the state by the 1st of November.

TOMRA is one of the official operators of the Container Refund Scheme. They are expected to operate a total of 10 refund points which will be located in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba areas.

TOMRA Reverse Vending Machine
Photo credit: TOMRA Collection Solutions/tomra.com

“Each depot will be equipped with 9 to 12 TOMRA reverse vending machines, a bag-drop option and TOMRA’s Bulk Collection Systems to handle returns of large numbers of containers. The popular myTOMRA app will also provide opportunity for electronic payout of recycling refunds and details on depot locations and opening hours,” TOMRA’s website said.

The RVM and Bag Drop options provide a refund to the customer. Refund can be through electronic payment or printed voucher. A customer may opt to donate to a charity as well. This means all TOMRA depots operate on a cashless basis.

How to Participate in Containers for Change

To participate, consumers should follow four key steps:

  • Collect eligible containers
  • Create your scheme account
  • Take your containers to a refund point
  • Collect your refund or make a donation

Excluded Beverage Containers

Generally excluded containers are those that are less than 150ml and greater than 3L. Other excluded containers include:

  • Any plain milk containers
  • Any glass containers which have contained wine or pure spirits
  • Containers 1L or more which have contained flavoured milk, pure fruit or vegetable juice, cask wine or cask water
  • Concentrated/undiluted cordial or syrup containers
  • Sachets above 250ml which have contained wine
  • Registered health tonics

Plain milk bottles, glass wine bottles, and other excluded containers that can still be recycled may be dropped off at existing kerbside collection or drop-off services.
For information regarding eligible containers and for more updates, you may check the Containers for Change or Containers Exchange website.

9 Counihan Road, Seventeen Mile Rocks

Seventeen Mile Rocks Event Puts Seniors Back on Their Bikes Again

Senior residents 50 years and above who wish to start riding their bicycles again are encouraged join the Back on Your Bicycle event at Rocks Riverside Park on May 15th.

The event is a refresher course specifically designed for senior members of the community who want to pursue biking as a regular physical activity. It is part of the Growing Older and Living Dangerously (GOLD) programs of the Brisbane City Council’s Active and Healthy Lifestyle initiative. GOLD events are free or low-cost programs for residents 50 years old and above.

Back on Your Bicycle is free of charge and will teach participants the basics of helmet use, bike safety check, bike handling, biking etiquette and gear use. Attendees will have to bring their own bike, helmet and water.

Event Details:

When:  Monday, 15 May 2017, 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Where:  Rocks Riverside Park, 531 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road, Seventeen Mile Rocks
Bookings:  Call Jan Stevenson at Cycle Away on 0427 431 481

Ideal Physical Exercise

The refresher course should be an excellent opportunity for seniors to start enjoying cycling again. Some people shun the idea of older people taking on cycling for fitness, when in fact, it is one ideal exercise that senior folks will enjoy.

There has been a reawakening in bicycle riding among seniors. Because of the fun in riding the bike, seniors are more likely to stick to the healthy activity.

What makes biking stand out is that it can be a fun physical activity whether the person is riding alone or riding with friends. The city council’s Back on Your Bicycle event should be able to help seniors take on this fitness activity once more.

 

Keep Fit and Socialise at Weekly Free 5km Run at Rocks Riverside

Residents in and around Seventeen Mile Rocks who feel the need to start and pursue a healthy lifestyle should be happy that there is a free weekly 5km run right in their neighbourhood.

The parkrun happens every Saturday at 7 am at Rocks Riverside Park and participants need not pay to join.

What is Parkrun?

Parkrun is a global movement where local volunteers organise a free weekly run for the community. The runs are timed, so participants are competing against themselves. Parkrun events are set in pleasant parkland surroundings and are open for beginners, walkers and even professional runners.

Participants warm up for the week’s parkrun. (Photo credit: Rocks Riverside parkrun / Facebook)

In Australia, several parkrun events happen each week. The event at Rocks Riverside caters to locals in the Centenary area and nearby suburbs. Participants only need to register once so that their runs can be timed. They can still join the run without registering, but their run will not be timed.

Parkrun runners from other countries do not have to register again if they want to join the parkrun in Seventeen Mile Rocks.

Get more information about registration here.

The Course

The 5km-run in Seventeen Mike Rocks start from the Pavilion near the main playground. It follows a course that turns to the Riverside walkway towards Jindalee Bridge, then returns along the same path.


(Credit: Rocks Riverside Parkrun)

The course is a mix of concrete paths and asphalt paths, with some sections possibly getting mud and puddles after rain. The paths are shared paths so runners are reminded to be courteous to other park users.

Coffee After

The parkrun is not just about exercising and maintaining a healthy habit. The weekly event is also an excellent way to meet new acquaintances in the neighbourhood. After each run, participants enjoy coffee together at as local café.

Run by Volunteers

There is no fee required to join the weekly run as it is made possible by sponsors and volunteers. Anyone can join and volunteer for the parkrun. Each week, there is a different set of volunteers. The Rocks Riverside parkrun is continuously looking for volunteers to help in different aspects of event organisation.

Volunteers take on tasks such as timing the runner, scanning the runner’s barcodes, general marshalling or any other tasks to make sure the event goes smoothly. Interested in getting involved? Head over to the volunteer section of the Riverside Rocks parkrun website to find out more.

 

Thomas Macleod and the Birth of Queensland Aviation in Sinnamon Park

His name is a familiar to people in Sinnamon Park and the Centenary area. A street and a park are named after him. There is even a monument for him in Sinnamon Park so people will never forget his valuable contribution to aviation in Queensland.

Thomas Macleod may be prominent in the Centenary area, but what many probably don’t know is that he was instrumental in giving flight to aviation in Queensland. His historic flight happened on present-day Seventeen Mile Rocks Road in Sinnamon Park, near the monument created for him on Windermere Avenue.

Born on June 5, 1881, Macleod was an aviator, barrister, air force officer and defence forces personnel before he retired as a sheep grazier.

First Flight in Queensland

The historic flight on December 22, 1910 was reported by The Courier newspaper to be the first time a biplane glider rose from the ground in Queensland. On that day, Macleod became the first to fly a heavier-than-air biplane glider built in Queensland.

The gentle slopes in the area made it ideal for the flight. Macleod trained on a specially constructed machine and made some tentative flights. On December 22, 1910, after experimenting for a week on a full-sized monoplane, he did some practice to start from a rail of around 32 ft. With the help of two young boys, Cecil and Hercules Sinnamon, Macleod managed to rise before reaching the end of the rail.

After several glides, he flew to a height of 12-14 ft. The glider he used was built according to the Wright brothers’ pattern, except for some alterations, including receding wing tips.

People who watched and observed the experiments marked that day as the start of practical aviation in Queensland. One hundred years after, on December 18, 2010, the memorial at Sinnamon Park was dedicated to Thomas Macleod to celebrate his historic flights on that day.

Monument celebrating Major Thomas Macleod’s successful flight in 1910. (Photo credit: CDH/CSHSoc)

Contributions to Aviation

Macleod was instrumental in developing the field of aviation in Queensland. He formed the Queensland Volunteer Flying Civilians in 1914 where members were trained in the art of aerial warfare using a reconstructed Cauldron at Hemmant. He served in the Royal Flying Corps along with other members of the flying school.

Six months prior to his historic flight, Macleod helped form the first Aero Club in Queensland in June 1910. Following World War I, the club started flight training. In 1920, the government granted them license to carry passengers and do aerial work.

Queensland Aero Club was granted Royal Charter in 1935 and took on its present name, Royal Queensland Aero Club. The club conducted flight training in Queensland under contract with QANTAS, where Macleod was among the early directors.

One of his more important actions as director of QANTAS was to establish the airline’s involvement in the original Royal Flying Doctor Service. He was instrumental in providing an aircraft for the aeromedical organisation.

Macleod’s contribution to aviation in Queensland was immense and the monument dedicated to him serves to celebrate his feats. The next time you pass by Seventeen Mile Rocks or the Thomas Macleod monument, remember how this was where Queensland aviation first took flight.