WITH THIS ISSUE WE BEGIN OUR 4TH YEAR OF 

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A Day At The Pond (part I)

Croak, ribbit, ribbit, croak, pweep, fffrrrp!

“Oh geez, Algernon, are you tone deaf or something? The idea is that we’re supposed to calm the campers with our sounds, you know? Lulling them off to sleep at night is the effect we’re aiming for here. At the moment, you sound like fingernails on a blackboard and I’m telling you,  ....                      

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THE FIRE

.....The forest, once beautiful and full of life is now a shred.

And the traveller, once healthy and alive, due to his actions, is now dead.

DRIFTING

You’ve weighed your anchor, left me to this world; it’s said I should be glad for where you’ve gone......

IN HONOUR OF ALEC CAMPBELL AND HIS ANZAC MATES

....In the month of April we stand, the nation wide,

Honouring our Anzacs that gave our country pride....

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HALIFAX LIBRARY IS LOOKING FRESH AFTER A BIT OF A FACELIFT AND NOW THE LIBRARY IS OPENING ALL DAY ON FRIDAYS!

LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS NOW AVAILABLE FREE ONLINE TO PUBLIC LIBRARY MEMBERS....

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CHECK OUT A READER'S  REVIEWS OF SOME NEW ADDITIONS TO THE HINCHINBROOK LIBRARY COLLECTION..

Clint Eastwood- Billion dollar man: Expertly  told with all the warts and pimples of family life of Clint Eastwood..

The Constant Princess: Lovers of  history will love this book...

HMS Expedient: He has captured all the  excitement and intrigue of a good mystery novel..                                  

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               MOVES INTO ITS FOURTH YEAR OF    PUBLICATION

FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS THE HINCHINBROOK COMMUNITY HAS SUCCESSFULLY PRODUCED THE 

CAN OF WORDS QUARTERLY WEBZINE  FEATURING LOCAL LITERATURE FROM A VARIETY OF GENRES. THIS IS AN ACHIEVEMENT OF WHICH WE SHOULD BE PROUD. 

CONTRIBUTORS RANGE IN AGES FROM FIVE TO EIGHTY-SOMETHING. THE HINCHINBROOK SHIRE LIBRARY IS PLEASED TO HAVE INITIATED THE CONCEPT BUT MORE THAN THIS, OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE PROUD TO HAVE THIS LEVEL OF LITERARY TALENT AND INTEREST. CONGRATULATIONS ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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