Thursday 20 September 2007
Sex Bomb
What better combination can you get?? Ice skating and Tom Jones?? Seriously, it is worth watching to the end! This guy rocks!
Monday 17 September 2007
You Are A Lily |
 You are a nurturer and all around natural therapist. People see you as their rock. And they are able to depend on you. You are a soothing influence. You can make people feel better with a few words. Your caring has more of an impact than even you realize. |
So...now that you have finished wiping away the drink that just snorted out of your nose when you read all of this garb about me, go and give it a try for yourself and find out what kind of pretty flower they reckon you are! LMAO!!!
TCG's tragic story continues...
The faces of those affected.... Hopes up in smoke
CHRIS QUAGLIATA
17Sep07
THE fire that ripped through a Condon commercial complex last week could still tear apart more than just the buildings.
Thuringowa City Gymnastics is on the brink after the club's home was gutted in a fire that also destroyed businesses NQ Tile Styles and Home Timber and Hardware at the Herveys Range Road complex last Thursday.
The club, which has almost 250 members and provides services to the Endeavour Foundation, had been renting the premises at a reduced rate from the owners, the Rebgetz family.
Maarten Zuhorn, whose daughter Kaley, 14, was an active member, said the club would not survive if it had to pay full market value for another premises.
"The club will not be sustainable," he said.
"It's not that it might not be, it will not be.
"We just can't find a lease for $100,000 a year – we can't pay it."
Co-owner Natalie Moore bought the club with her mother Robyn in 2001 when it was known as Heatley Gymnastics.
"The previous owner was going to close it and I didn't want to see it close down so we decided to go all out and purchase it," she said.
"We moved into this facility in 2004 and the Rebgetz family was very helpful in giving us reduced rent. Membership was building, things were going really well."
Some of the club's more successful members will suffer if a new home can't be found, she said.
"Three girls are going to Brisbane in two weeks and then we're supposed to be taking a group of six kids to Hawaii in January," she said.
"But if we have nowhere to train, then I don't know if we're going to be able to continue with that."
A school has offered its gym to the club as a short-term solution but Ms Moore said the club could not survive without a permanent home.
She said the club's equipment was insured and could be replaced – all that was needed was a place to put it.
"If we can find a venue that's going to be financially feasible to set up again, then we're all ready to keep it going," she said.
"But it's a matter of getting that community support from someone that's willing to help us."
Anyone wishing to help the club can contact Natalie Moore on 0418 868 819.
Meanwhile police are offering a $25,000 reward to catch the arsonist suspected of starting the blaze at Home Timber and Hardware.
The reward is being offered to anyone who provides information that leads to an arrest or conviction.
Anyone with information should call Townsville Police on 4759 9777 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333000.
CHRIS QUAGLIATA
17Sep07
THE fire that ripped through a Condon commercial complex last week could still tear apart more than just the buildings.
Thuringowa City Gymnastics is on the brink after the club's home was gutted in a fire that also destroyed businesses NQ Tile Styles and Home Timber and Hardware at the Herveys Range Road complex last Thursday.
The club, which has almost 250 members and provides services to the Endeavour Foundation, had been renting the premises at a reduced rate from the owners, the Rebgetz family.
Maarten Zuhorn, whose daughter Kaley, 14, was an active member, said the club would not survive if it had to pay full market value for another premises.
"The club will not be sustainable," he said.
"It's not that it might not be, it will not be.
"We just can't find a lease for $100,000 a year – we can't pay it."
Co-owner Natalie Moore bought the club with her mother Robyn in 2001 when it was known as Heatley Gymnastics.
"The previous owner was going to close it and I didn't want to see it close down so we decided to go all out and purchase it," she said.
"We moved into this facility in 2004 and the Rebgetz family was very helpful in giving us reduced rent. Membership was building, things were going really well."
Some of the club's more successful members will suffer if a new home can't be found, she said.
"Three girls are going to Brisbane in two weeks and then we're supposed to be taking a group of six kids to Hawaii in January," she said.
"But if we have nowhere to train, then I don't know if we're going to be able to continue with that."
A school has offered its gym to the club as a short-term solution but Ms Moore said the club could not survive without a permanent home.
She said the club's equipment was insured and could be replaced – all that was needed was a place to put it.
"If we can find a venue that's going to be financially feasible to set up again, then we're all ready to keep it going," she said.
"But it's a matter of getting that community support from someone that's willing to help us."
Anyone wishing to help the club can contact Natalie Moore on 0418 868 819.
Meanwhile police are offering a $25,000 reward to catch the arsonist suspected of starting the blaze at Home Timber and Hardware.
The reward is being offered to anyone who provides information that leads to an arrest or conviction.
Anyone with information should call Townsville Police on 4759 9777 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333000.
The North Queensland Newspaper Company Pty Ltd Copyright © January 2007
Friday 14 September 2007
IT SUCKS!!
Keila and the rest of the girls from Thuringowa City Gymnastics are devastated! Many of them spend most of their waking hours outside school at TCG training to compete. This was their home away from home, and they went there to spend time with their gymnastics family, (a family I'm sure many of them preferred to their own at times)!
My heart goes out to Natalie and Robyn who have built gym from the ground and cared for it like a child. Lets hope we are able to get together and help them through this.
Up in smoke
LEONIE JOHNSON
14Sep07
BOB Twohill never felt more helpless as when he watched fire roar through the business he had poured his time into building.
He stood alongside his fellow NQ Tile Styles colleagues, owners Jodie and Gavin Wheeler and co-manager Rick Gillespie in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Their shop was one of three destroyed when the inferno broke out in the Herveys Range Rd complex about 4.10am.
Also destroyed in the blaze were Home Timber and Hardware and Thuringowa City Gymnastics.
Intense flames took hold of the large building within minutes, gutting the three businesses.
Explosions were heard by nearby residents and the sky was lit up with an orange glow for hours.
The complex collapsed in on itself, making it difficult for firefighters to access the flames within.
Mr Twohill said they were all devastated.
"It's kind of like the death of a family member because we put so much time into it," he said.
"It's all fairly surreal at the moment.
"We had to go through the whole arduous task to open the building and get everything right for such a short period before this.
"We've lost everything – all our records, our computer wasn't backed up.
"All we could do was just stand there and watch it go up in flames."
Natalie Moore owns and runs the Thuringowa City Gymnastics with her mother Robyn Moore.
She said more than 200 kids used the gym.
"Most of the parents have rung me and given support," she said.
"All we can do now is hope that we can rebuild and start again."
She said she didn't know where some of her students, who were due to compete in competitions in two weeks time, would train.
Police from Brisbane's Arson Squad flew into Townsville yesterday afternoon to begin investigations to establish the cause of the blaze.
Mr Twohill said he wouldn't be surprised if kids were responsible for the fire.
"We already had an incident where kids set fire to some crates behind the building not long ago," he said.
"I've heard that someone broke into the toilets at the gymnastics place and lit the fire and it went from there."
Kirwan station officer Brian Corrigan said it appeared the blaze began in a back shed attached to the buildings and spread through the large warehouses before their eyes `within minutes'.
"It appears the fire originated from the external shed around the rear of the building and spread through," he said.
"There would have been aerosols and LPG cylinders involved so there were some minor explosions in the internal of the building.
"It took hold within minutes and in less than an hour it was through the whole thing.
"It's still burning (about 10am) because it's a structural collapse so we can't gain full access to the building.
"We've tried to make access through the walls because we can't get in internally due to the dangers.
"It's going to take some time to extinguish the remaining hot spots."
It took six fire engines to battle the large fire.
The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service were notified of the fire by multiple triple-0 calls from nearby residents.
Fire examiners won't be able to begin investigations until this morning due to the instability of the building.
"The investigations will commence properly (today), but we've done our preliminaries already and we'll do the scientific stuff (today)," Mr Corrigan said.
The building owners have all visited their ruined businesses to take stock of the damage.
Nothing can be salvaged.
Mr Corrigan said the blaze was `the biggest fire in quite awhile'.
Several businesses nearby remain closed today without power.
Atlantic Pools owners Greg and Marie Harwood say they are extremely lucky their business, which was only metres away, escaped unscathed.
"We can't open because we don't have power but we escaped any damage," she said.
"We're very, very lucky."
Townsville CIB acting officer-in-charge Detective Senior Sergeant Sean Wade said the cause of the fire won't be known for sometime yet.
"We can't make any comment to whether the fire is suspicious or not yet at this stage," he said.
Anyone with information should contact Townsville police on 4759 9777 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
ABLAZE ... The Home Timber and Hardware store, along with other businesses, went up in smoke
The North Queensland Newspaper Company Pty Ltd Copyright © January 2007
My heart goes out to Natalie and Robyn who have built gym from the ground and cared for it like a child. Lets hope we are able to get together and help them through this.
Up in smoke
LEONIE JOHNSON
14Sep07
BOB Twohill never felt more helpless as when he watched fire roar through the business he had poured his time into building.
He stood alongside his fellow NQ Tile Styles colleagues, owners Jodie and Gavin Wheeler and co-manager Rick Gillespie in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Their shop was one of three destroyed when the inferno broke out in the Herveys Range Rd complex about 4.10am.
Also destroyed in the blaze were Home Timber and Hardware and Thuringowa City Gymnastics.
Intense flames took hold of the large building within minutes, gutting the three businesses.
Explosions were heard by nearby residents and the sky was lit up with an orange glow for hours.
The complex collapsed in on itself, making it difficult for firefighters to access the flames within.
Mr Twohill said they were all devastated.
"It's kind of like the death of a family member because we put so much time into it," he said.
"It's all fairly surreal at the moment.
"We had to go through the whole arduous task to open the building and get everything right for such a short period before this.
"We've lost everything – all our records, our computer wasn't backed up.
"All we could do was just stand there and watch it go up in flames."
Natalie Moore owns and runs the Thuringowa City Gymnastics with her mother Robyn Moore.
She said more than 200 kids used the gym.
"Most of the parents have rung me and given support," she said.
"All we can do now is hope that we can rebuild and start again."
She said she didn't know where some of her students, who were due to compete in competitions in two weeks time, would train.
Police from Brisbane's Arson Squad flew into Townsville yesterday afternoon to begin investigations to establish the cause of the blaze.
Mr Twohill said he wouldn't be surprised if kids were responsible for the fire.
"We already had an incident where kids set fire to some crates behind the building not long ago," he said.
"I've heard that someone broke into the toilets at the gymnastics place and lit the fire and it went from there."
Kirwan station officer Brian Corrigan said it appeared the blaze began in a back shed attached to the buildings and spread through the large warehouses before their eyes `within minutes'.
"It appears the fire originated from the external shed around the rear of the building and spread through," he said.
"There would have been aerosols and LPG cylinders involved so there were some minor explosions in the internal of the building.
"It took hold within minutes and in less than an hour it was through the whole thing.
"It's still burning (about 10am) because it's a structural collapse so we can't gain full access to the building.
"We've tried to make access through the walls because we can't get in internally due to the dangers.
"It's going to take some time to extinguish the remaining hot spots."
It took six fire engines to battle the large fire.
The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service were notified of the fire by multiple triple-0 calls from nearby residents.
Fire examiners won't be able to begin investigations until this morning due to the instability of the building.
"The investigations will commence properly (today), but we've done our preliminaries already and we'll do the scientific stuff (today)," Mr Corrigan said.
The building owners have all visited their ruined businesses to take stock of the damage.
Nothing can be salvaged.
Mr Corrigan said the blaze was `the biggest fire in quite awhile'.
Several businesses nearby remain closed today without power.
Atlantic Pools owners Greg and Marie Harwood say they are extremely lucky their business, which was only metres away, escaped unscathed.
"We can't open because we don't have power but we escaped any damage," she said.
"We're very, very lucky."
Townsville CIB acting officer-in-charge Detective Senior Sergeant Sean Wade said the cause of the fire won't be known for sometime yet.
"We can't make any comment to whether the fire is suspicious or not yet at this stage," he said.
Anyone with information should contact Townsville police on 4759 9777 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
ABLAZE ... The Home Timber and Hardware store, along with other businesses, went up in smoke
The North Queensland Newspaper Company Pty Ltd Copyright © January 2007
Monday 10 September 2007
GOGS
If ever there was a stupid reason to blog...this is it...but I am sooooo excited right now after a day of complete bleakness!
I just found GOGS on Youtube!!
Now for all of you out there scratching your heads in complete bewilderment GOGS is a really gross, violent, yet brilliant animation that was aired on the ABC about 10 years ago. I absolutely loved it then...and I sadly have to admit that I loved it just as much tonight as an adult with children of my own!! The snot bubbles, the dinosaur dung, the burbing and farting...man...who couldn't love it!!! And YES it is far far worse than the Youtube that I added below!! lmao!!
I have put a link in my favourites for all of those who think they can stomach what I would consider true art!! Or alternatively here it is below...hehehehehe! http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=22BB031668390485
I just found GOGS on Youtube!!
Now for all of you out there scratching your heads in complete bewilderment GOGS is a really gross, violent, yet brilliant animation that was aired on the ABC about 10 years ago. I absolutely loved it then...and I sadly have to admit that I loved it just as much tonight as an adult with children of my own!! The snot bubbles, the dinosaur dung, the burbing and farting...man...who couldn't love it!!! And YES it is far far worse than the Youtube that I added below!! lmao!!
I have put a link in my favourites for all of those who think they can stomach what I would consider true art!! Or alternatively here it is below...hehehehehe! http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=22BB031668390485
Saturday 8 September 2007
Another loss
Hasim El Masri kicking our first goal for the night.
Bulldogs VS Cowboys 08 Sept 2007
ARGGGHHH!!!
Well it was close, at least we can say that!
The boys and I ventured out tonight on our own to our last Bulldogs game...(I think I may have said that in another post...sorry...wasn't to know that the NRL would award the Cowboys a quarter final home game, let alone that it would be against the Bulldogs!! How lucky am I??!!)
It is a little bitter sweet for us as today Keila had a competition in Hughenden, and I really was struggling to decide whether to go to her competition or to go to the game. Luckily I have a great husband, some really cool friends who encouraged me to be selfish, and an absolutely awesome daughter who managed to put it all into perspective for me..."Mum, you come to all my competitions, and you will come to all my comps later....If we move to Perth you wont get to see the Bulldogs play again...so I want you to go to the game". Isn't she just the greatest??!! Keils.....I luuuuuurve you!!
Soooo...the game!
Well...it was absolutely awesome! Unfortunate that we lost, but it was still down to the final siren...right down to the final 90 seconds we could have scored a try to make it a win for the Bulldogs! There were a lot of mistakes made, but there were a lot of awesome points to the game too. The Big Willy "Smack downs" were just bone crunching...and there were some little moments of magic from El Masri and Willy Tonga that just bought a tear to the eye. But....
The highlight of my night....my boys!
Here is my Brandy dressed proudly in his Bulldogs garb like me....then there is Braithe in his Cowboys Tshirt...both as proud as can be!! Every time the "COWBOYS" chant started...little Braithe would join in full voice "COWBOYS...COWBOYS...COWBOYS!!!"
Surrounded by a sea of Cowboys supporters...On the alternate beat would holler in "BULLDOGS...BULLDOGS....BULLDOGS!!!!" from yours truly and my awesome Brandon!! Hey we were small but man were we LOUD!!!! It was a lot of fun!
Brandon's quote of the night....(every now and again he pulls one out just to prove that he is actually interested in rugby when we watch it)...."It was a loose carry!" Don't have a clue where he would have heard that from ;)
Final score
20 - 18
Hey..we are still in it! By the skin of our teeth, in the second chance draw thingamibob...we are still in it...so fingers crossed that we will be able to pull off a win next weekend against the Eels to make it into the finals!
My Daughter the Gymnastics Legend!!
Well it's been quite an emotional day....mainly because my little gymnast has become a medalist!!! AND I'M NOT THERE!!!
Keila and her Dad drove for almost four hours this morning to Hughenden for her to compete in a level 4 WAG competition.
With her Dad in the stands as the world's loudest gymnastics groupie, Keila along with the other girls from Thuringowa City Gymnastics did an excellent job!!
Keila got a...
Bronze medal for Vault...her nemesis in previous competitions!
4th for Floor
6th for Bars
and...5th Overall!!
How awesome is that!!
TCG came 1st (Carla), 2nd, 3rd, and 5th overall in the Hughenden Competition.
Well done girls!!!
Proud Mummy here!!
an edit is to come to include a photo here of my proud little gymnast in action!
Keila and her Dad drove for almost four hours this morning to Hughenden for her to compete in a level 4 WAG competition.
With her Dad in the stands as the world's loudest gymnastics groupie, Keila along with the other girls from Thuringowa City Gymnastics did an excellent job!!
Keila got a...
Bronze medal for Vault...her nemesis in previous competitions!
4th for Floor
6th for Bars
and...5th Overall!!
How awesome is that!!
TCG came 1st (Carla), 2nd, 3rd, and 5th overall in the Hughenden Competition.
Well done girls!!!
Proud Mummy here!!
an edit is to come to include a photo here of my proud little gymnast in action!
BULLDOGS V COWBOYS 31 August 2007
What a night!!!!!! It was absolutely inspirational in every way!
OK.....so we didn't win....but MAN DID WE TRY BLOODY HARD!!!!
Super quick digression..for those of you who have not been subjected to my rantings about rugby...I generally barrack for the Bulldogs and the Panthers. But since we have lived in Townsville for almost 3 years, I of course have to show a little allegiance to the local Cowboys. We don't go to many games here in Townsville, but we DO try to get to Bulldogs and Panthers games when they venture up here.
So back to the game. Cowboys were giving us a HUGE hiding! Seriously, 38 - 10, twenty minutes towards the final siren Cowboys supporters were heading for the gates confident their team were victorious.
Then they took Jonno Thurston off and it started!! In twelve minutes the Bulldogs scored 4 tries!! They should have scored the equaliser try to make the match go to "golden point" and they tried really hard...it just wasn't to be, but it was right down to the final siren though! Geeesh was it an exciting game!!
It was funny, earlier in the day they had played clips of my hero up there Big Willy Mason stating that the Cowboys were a 2 horse team, and that if Thurston didn't play, the team wouldn't be very competitive against the Bulldogs. Then during the game, just before they took Thurston off the field, they showed Big Willy's sad, beaten face on the big screen for all the Cowboys fans to jeer at. It gave me great satisfaction to see little Willy Tonga burst over the try line less than a minute after Thurston decided to leave the field for a rest!! Then 4 tries in 12 minutes??!! Kinda made Big Willy's point dontya think?
So we had a great night...Im not one of those "my team lost so the night sucked" kinda people...I respect a good game and great sportsmanship...I thank El Masri, the rest of the Bulldogs team...but especially Big Willy Mason for sticking around waaaaay after a game that they lost, in a town not their own, to sign waaaaaay too many autographs and get photographs taken with die hards like us....THAT my friends is a sign of great sportmanship and I appreciate the time they spent that other teams and players have not.
What a night!!!!!! It was absolutely inspirational in every way!
OK.....so we didn't win....but MAN DID WE TRY BLOODY HARD!!!!
Super quick digression..for those of you who have not been subjected to my rantings about rugby...I generally barrack for the Bulldogs and the Panthers. But since we have lived in Townsville for almost 3 years, I of course have to show a little allegiance to the local Cowboys. We don't go to many games here in Townsville, but we DO try to get to Bulldogs and Panthers games when they venture up here.
So back to the game. Cowboys were giving us a HUGE hiding! Seriously, 38 - 10, twenty minutes towards the final siren Cowboys supporters were heading for the gates confident their team were victorious.
Then they took Jonno Thurston off and it started!! In twelve minutes the Bulldogs scored 4 tries!! They should have scored the equaliser try to make the match go to "golden point" and they tried really hard...it just wasn't to be, but it was right down to the final siren though! Geeesh was it an exciting game!!
It was funny, earlier in the day they had played clips of my hero up there Big Willy Mason stating that the Cowboys were a 2 horse team, and that if Thurston didn't play, the team wouldn't be very competitive against the Bulldogs. Then during the game, just before they took Thurston off the field, they showed Big Willy's sad, beaten face on the big screen for all the Cowboys fans to jeer at. It gave me great satisfaction to see little Willy Tonga burst over the try line less than a minute after Thurston decided to leave the field for a rest!! Then 4 tries in 12 minutes??!! Kinda made Big Willy's point dontya think?
So we had a great night...Im not one of those "my team lost so the night sucked" kinda people...I respect a good game and great sportsmanship...I thank El Masri, the rest of the Bulldogs team...but especially Big Willy Mason for sticking around waaaaay after a game that they lost, in a town not their own, to sign waaaaaay too many autographs and get photographs taken with die hards like us....THAT my friends is a sign of great sportmanship and I appreciate the time they spent that other teams and players have not.
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