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  • Samford Valley Garden & Lifestyle Expo Oct 25th & 26th 2014

    We hope that you find all that you are looking for in these pages and we encourage you to come for the weekend to share the beautiful Samford Valley with us.

     
    October 25-26, 2014
    Samford Showground
    Show grounds Drv
    Highvale QLD
    Entry is $10 per adult, 
    accompanying children 18 or under are FREE
    This is the first of what will become an annual event growing from year to year. It will inspire and excite both new gardeners and experienced gardeners plus those who just want to enjoy the atmosphere. We aim to be the new standard of Garden Show in Brisbane.
    This year the Expo will run over two exciting days and will have many diverse offerings. Foremost, it is about gardens and gardening. We have complementary lifestyle exhibits as well as great food, wine and entertainment- something for everyone. For more information  

  • Samford Eco Corridor – Bushcare Afternoon Sunday 20th July 1-4pm

    Samford Eco Corridor

    Meeting behind the Netball Courts * bring water, hat and covered footwear

     

    Samford Eco-Corridor team

    Samford Eco-corridor  is a Samford and District Progress and Protection Association project proudly funded by the Queensland Government’s Everyone’s Environment grant program and the Moreton Bay Regional Council.

    We are focused on improving the area around the river at Samford Parklands. This is a long-term project that involves clearing the area of invasive weeds, replanting with indigenous species, and creating a natural corridor that enhances the ecosystem, protects the river and provides a natural area for the benefit of people as well as wildlife.

    Please join in and help as much or as little as you can at Planting Days or monthly weeding sessions – all help is appreciated!

     

  • Plaques Update – Samford Avenue Of Honour – 2015 Anzac Centenary Project –

    the plaques for an individual serviceman cost $250. The application form is available by email samfordaoh@gmail.com. The plaques are an on-going initiative and there is no finish date. They are cast bronze and will be set into the pathway edge, flush with the path level. You can also come to the Samford RSL house at 6 Progress St Samford on any Tuesday or Thursday morning and I will give you full details and show you one of the plaques.

    Concept Map

  • Samford Rangers Football club Onlin sign on for 2014

    So you missed Sign On Day … never mind, you can still sign on online. www.samfordfootball.org.au samford-rangers-football-club-fc-logo-design-99designs_23940757~f3d50a4eed88fa306760ccc882cd1b28afa262a0_largecrop

     

     

  • John Scott Park – Christmas in the village – On this year Friday 6th December

    Samford john Scott park

  • The train arriving at Platform 30…

    Samford’s Handmade Fine Chocolates – The Train Carriage, 30 Station Street, Samford Village

    On Station Street, past the Flying Nun Café, opposite the Samford Museum, you may have noticed an old railway carriage parked by the side of the road.

    Laura Young noticed it and her first thought was “Chocolate”.
    To be fair, Laura’s first thought most days is “Chocolate” – but on this occasion it was a somewhat more practical thought.

    After much renovation, negotiation and other words ending in ‘ation’, the concept of “Platform 30 – First Class Chocolates” is coming to fruition.
    Laura says “I loved the idea of a small Chocolate and Sweet shop in the village, but could never find a suitable home – then one day I saw a railway carriage being dropped off, and it all fell into place!”
    The shop’s main focus is on hand-made Australian chocolates and imported sweets, but Laura’s other passion (besides chocolate) is handicrafts – and so a part of the carriage will be set up as a craft area. Laura explained:

    “I know lots of people around Samford who regularly sew, embroider, cross-stitch and do other crafts – but sometimes it’s a lonely hobby. By making part of the shop available to anyone who wants to come in and craft and chat, I hope people will come and spend an hour or two amongst like-minded souls – offering and receiving advice and (of course) munching on chocolates!”

    Laura also plans to sell some of her unique hand-made bags in the shop. “If you buy a bag, I will have to give you a chocolate to put in it!” she explains!

    “It’s very exciting” says Laura. “Crafts and Chocolates may seem a strange mixture at first – but I hope Platform 30 will become a meeting place as well as a shop, and with the café and gift shop nearby, Station street will be the place to be in Samford!”

  • Stage 2 of Samford Parklands is Open!

    To celebrate the completion of the second stage at the Samford Parklands Moreton Bay Regional Council in partnership with the Samford Rangers Football Club will hosted a sporting family fun day on Saturday, February 11.

    The completion of the new senior and junior soccer fields, two practice areas, lighting and the restoration of the site’s historic Cash family home into a club house comes hot on the heels of the facility’s first stage development which was only completed two years ago.

    Mayor Allan Sutherland and Division 11 councillor Bob Millar invited residents to join in the celebrations from 11am to 2pm at the new soccer precinct along Mount Samson Road.

    “It’s sure to be a great family day out and a chance to witness first hand the transformation that’s been quietly evolving over the past year at Samford Parklands,” Mayor Sutherland said.

    “This is a significant investment in Division 11 to cater for the Samford Valley’s growing sporting community.

    “What’s about to be opened to the public is more than just parkland – it’s the second stage of a new sporting facility with enormous potential to host a wide range of recreational activities in future stages of our redevelopment plans.”

    Saturday’s festivities at the Samford Parklands begin with a sausage sizzle fundraiser before the official opening at 11am and free entertainment including games and a jumping castle for the kids, before a parachuting soccer player drops in on the afternoon’s activities.

    Cr Millar said the completion would kick-off a whole new era for the sporting facility which was continuing to grow.

    “This second stage continues to lay the foundations for what we anticipate will become for many people a one-stop-shop for sport and recreation,” Cr Millar said.

    “What has been achieved at the parklands, also what’s in store for the future is something that I’m very excited about, having lived and breathed the needs of the Samford Rangers Football Club for many years.”

    “I hope facilities like the Samford Parklands will be catalyst for more of us in the Moreton Bay region to seize the initiative for a healthier lifestyle and sign up for a team, or commit to making recreation part of our daily routine.”

    Moreton Bay Regional Council Website