Palm
Cove News
APRIL 2004
The accolades
keep coming
THERE'S
no doubt about it, Cove's got the best.
Here are the latest awards:
DOUBLE ISLAND : Named one of the ten greatest escapes in the world by
prestigious American magazine Robb Report.
Tourism Minister Margaret Keech said Robb Report was the leading international
authority on luxury lifestyles.
SEBEL REEF HOUSE & SPA : One of three Australian spas to make the
Harpers & Queens London Best 100 Spas of the World list.
APRES BEACH BAR & GRILL : Best staff service and best atmosphere
at the annual Catering Institute of Australia Awards ceremony.
NOVOTEL
SPICE MARKET : Voted in the top 200 restaurants in Australia in Goumet
Traveller magazine for two years in a row (along with two other Palm
Cove restaurants.)
Last
year seafood, this year Italian
The
Chefs on the Reef series kicked off last year with a visit by Rick Stein.
"The first event for 2004 will see Reef House's executive chef
Philip Mitchell hosting the Italian Stallions - Guy Grossi and Stefano
Manfredi," the letter from Sebel Reef House said. The two "Stallions"
will each give a cooking demonstration and put on a 3-course luncheon
on April 22 and 23, and the two combined with Philip Mitchell will follow
with a 5-course dinner on the 23rd.
Grossi and Manfredi are famous down south for their brilliant Italian
food.
Cost
of demonstration and luncheon $95 pp; dinner $140 pp. Wines included.
For reservations call Tracy Wadman on 4055 3633.
Roller
refuses to roll
AFTER
those heavy rain falls last month, one of Beach Club's Rolls Royces
received a visit from - horror of horrors - the RACQ van. The never-let-you-down
car had refused to start.
Which
brings to mind the story (true we believe) of a Rolls which broke down
in the south of France with a broken rear axle.
The
owner rang the UK, a man flew out with a new part, did the repair, and
flew back.
The
owner, months later, wrote and said he had not received a bill.
The
answer came back : "Dear Sir, Rolls Royce cars do not break rear
axles."
A
pleasant interlude
Nick
and Annette Kvassay were as proud as peacocks. They spent $120,000 turning
the old solid Herberton Post Office building into a three-roomed bed
and breakfast resort, immaculate as a new pin : polished floors, queen-size
beds, ensuite, spas, log fireplaces,DVDs, community dining room, all
mod cons. A faultless conversion, it's called Herberton Heritage Cottage.
Your editor and wife, feeling the need for a change of scenery, decided
on a night at the bed and breakfast for a first visit.
After leaving Atherton on a very wide, very smooth 19km of bitumen,
we drove up yet another mountain range to level off at a plateau 900
metres (3,000 feet) above sea level where the rivers start their flow
into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
And there was Herberton, a town of much foliage and 900 people with
a lot of history. Many are the stories of the early pioneers who discovered
tin in the reaches of Wild River, a fast-moving stream which runs through
the middle of town.
The pioneers made their fortunes from tin, started careers in business
or politics, and gave their names to some of the streets of Cairns.
Herberton Heritage Cottage's phones are 4096 2032 and 0410416009.
http://www.herbertoncottage.com
Rain
in the 50s
The
deluge we had during March prompted us to call Gloria Goldfinch of Kewarra
Beach.
Gloria is daughter-in-law of the late Lorna Goldfinch who had a shop
and post office in the 1950s on the corner of Veivers Road and the esplanade,
now occupied by Clarion Resort. Gloria married Lorna's son Les and helped
in the shop.
"In those days," Gloria said, "floods and rain in Palm
Cove were quite an experience, but we always had a good laugh afterwards."
Veivers Road was a dirt track and if you didn't have chains on your
wheels you wouldn't make it up the slope. "Sometimes we would help
someone push his vehicle up the track, but half the time it would slip
back again," she chortled.
"Lorna
had to hoof it up to the highway to collect the mail and provisions
for the shop and carry it back again. The contractor wouldn't come down
Veivers Road in the wet.
"And
the creek (not Sweet Creek but another one) would sometimes flood and
wash away the tents of holiday makers camped on the beach.
"Lorna
was a character. She didn't like young boys to smoke which they did
secretly in the toilet down the back. One day she came down with a bucket
of water and doused the lot of them. `I thought the place was on fire,'
she said."
When
the shop was sold, Lorna moved to the caravan park on Veivers Road (
now Oasis Resort), and later to Townsville. Gloria and Les went to Kewarra
Beach.
Gloria
is a keen member of Marlin Coast Bowling Club at Trinity Beach. "We
didn't play much during the recent rain, but we still carried on social
nights. I help at the bar and sell raffle tickets."
Coles
for Clifton
COLES
will be the major tenant for the new Clifton Village Shopping Centre,
the developers have said.
Other tenants will include Amcal, Bendigo Bank, Brumbys, a newsagency,
a family restaurant, a medical centre including GP, optical and pathology
services, and Elsa's Clifton Cuts.
From
Readers Digest, Dec.
"I
keep seeing spots before my eyes," said Joe. "I wonder if
there's something wrong with me."
"Have
you seen a doctor?" asked Will.
"No,"
said Joe. "Just spots."
Published
by Jerry Dukes
52 Terebra St
Palm Cove 4879 QLD
Ph 4059 1610 Fax 4059 0058
Email : jgdukes@ozemail.com.au
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