Eumundi Voice Magazine
Fortnightly local views and news
Eumundi Voice is a free, fortnightly 32-36 page colour magazine with up to 4,500 copies published and delivered to letterboxes and community distribution points across Eumundi and surrounds.
Published by Eumundi Rotary Initiatives Ltd trading as Eumundi Voice, the magazine is a true community publication offering what’s on, what’s new in town, council and police reports, environment, youth, sport, heritage, travel and more. Find out about local businesses who provide our community with a wide range of products and services so you can ‘buy local and support local’.
100% of surplus funds, after production and overhead costs are deducted, are given back as donations to charities within our community to support worthwhile projects and activities.
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100% of surplus funds, after production and overhead costs are deducted, are given back as donations to charities within our community to support worthwhile projects and activities.
The second annual Eumundi Writers Festival has been hailed a great success, drawing writers, book lovers and visitors to town for the 3-day event from 4-6 September.
The festival opened with a celebration at Berkelouw Books Eumundi where dignitaries, authors, artists, volunteers and supporters gathered for an evening focused on storytelling, connection and the human condition.
The opening event began with a Welcome to Country by Zeke Davies, who shared stories about the origins of Sunshine Coast place names and explained how understanding Indigenous names can deepen connection to Country.
Local artist Ellenie Faith-Kirkman discussed the painting she created that was used for the festival’s promotional material, describing it as a work centred on hope. She said emotions such as joy, love and loss connect people across cultures and places, and that creative expression through words, painting, music or oral storytelling can reveal shared threads of humanity. To continue reading, please click here: issuu.com/eumundivoice/docs/eumundi_voice_issue_150 ...
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Issue 150 of Eumundi Voice is out today (17 Sept). From the success of the Eumundi Writers’ Festival to stories celebrating local volunteers, community projects and hinterland life, this special 150th edition captures the spirit of the community we call home. Thank you to everyone who has helped make Eumundi Voice possible over the past six years.
Pick up a copy from your favourite outlet, or read online here: issuu.com/eumundivoice/docs/eumundi_voice_issue_150
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Visiting from Melbourne in 1977, we had already seen the Big Pineapple, the Big Cow, the Big Stubby and Big Alice’s Wonderland, yet still had another week to fill. Our 1-page tourist guide had just 1 place left to try – the Eumundi Thunderegg Farm.
What a wonderful afternoon it was – fossicking, digging, checking whether our finds were merely lumps of Mt Eerwah rock or real thundereggs, seeing who had the biggest, then racing to the workroom to have them cut by the saw and marvel at the magical contents inside.
We sold up in Melbourne and returned to Eumundi in March 1979.
The name thunderegg is said to have originated in Native American legends, where these rounded rocks were believed to be the eggs of thunderbirds – mythical creatures associated with thunder and lightning during storms.
They do not seem to feature in Australian Indigenous legends, perhaps because they were too hard to open, but they have been collected for centuries in Germany, Mexico, Brazil, the USA, and since white settlement in Australia, especially in volcanic areas of Qld.
Thundereggs form when silica-rich fluids settle in cavities in volcanic rock and solidify, creating layers alongside other minerals. Their beautiful, unique internal patterns come from impurities and trace elements in those fluids. Some people believe thundereggs hold spiritual or metaphysical qualities, others use them in jewellery and crafts, but most simply love them as decorative treasures, especially if they have been personally fossicked.
The Eumundi Thunderegg Farm opened sometime in the 1970s and passed through several hands as it developed into a tourist attraction. Visitors like us paid for a Miner’s Licence, collected a bucket and pick, and excitedly hacked away at prepared, well-turned ground. We presented our best finds for opening and polishing, convinced our beautiful treasures were the finest ever found.
Despite rumours that eggs were brought in from elsewhere, Mt Eerwah has such an abundance that, even today, thundereggs are plentiful on the site.
To continue reading, please click here: issuu.com/eumundivoice/docs/eumundi_voice_issue_149/29 ...
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