YADCA October 2025
2025-10-13 19:00 - 21:00 (Australia/Brisbane) | Connections Hall, 29 Low Street, YANDINA, QLD, 4561, Australia
YADCA Forum Monday October 13 2025 7pm.
Our next forum is on Monday, 13th October at 7.00 pm at Baptist Church, Connections, 29 Low Street Yandina. Cr Law is able to attend. We have an apology from MP Marty Hunt.
Topics will include:
1. Yandina’s heritage and SCRC’s Proposed Planning Scheme

Yandina’s heritage bridges
American Pruss truss rail bridge (c,1913) & Chambers Crossing bridge (Old Rattley 1930s). (See details here.)
Proposed Planning Scheme
Omissions in App 3.10A Yandina – local heritage places, and the Heritage and Character Area Overlay Map:-
– Chambers Crossing Bridge (Old Rattley) and George Best Park
– Koongalba as a State Heritage Site and
– the grounds surrounding Koongalba at 12 Wharf Street as “Land in Proximity to a Heritage Site”.
Request
– Omissions be amended.
– The gate keepers cottage in Tea Tree Park be heritage listed.,
– Koongalba grounds be classified as an Environmental Management and Conservation Zone rather than a Low Density Residential Zone.
– The Yandina Character Area be extended along Farrell Street to include buildings and vegetation which are important contributors to the character of historic Yandina.

The YADCA submissions are on yadca.org website in the members section –> minutes https://yadca.org/members/yadca-minutes/
2. The Draft Active Transport Plan which will inform funding for the next 10 years. Have your Say.
3. Street Tree Plan (Refresh). Have Your Say.
4. Planning for the November and December forums.
Membership
This is a reminder: YADCA gives members 2 months to renew their annual membership. If you have not renewed your membership by the December forum we will reluctantly remove you from our mailing list. Of course you will always be welcome to attend as a non member without voting rights.
You will find a renewal form on the YADCA website Home page.
We look forward to seeing you on Monday night.
Kind regards,
Marie
YADCA President
President@yadca.org
0487 467 270

YADCA November 2025
2025-11-10 19:00 - 21:00
The next YADCA Forum is on this coming Monday 10 November 2025 at Connections, 29 Low Street Yandina, starting at 7.00 pm. All welcome.
MP Marty Hunt will be in attendance along with the Officer in Charge of the Nambour Police Station who will discuss policing matters in Yandina.
Marty will comment on power supply issues in our area and take questions from the floor.
Andrew Kardash from Halycon Stockland will give a presentation on Halycon Yandina’s plans to expand. Stockland has purchased the remaining residential zoned land between Steggalls Road and Brandons Road.
Other News:

Council has confirmed it has plans to demolish the local heritage listed Pratt truss rail bridge and Old Rattley at Chambers Crossing. We are communicating with the relevant authorities to see what can be saved of these 2 pieces of our pioneering history.There has been a minor change to the approval granted on 23 May 2019 (MCU18/0238.01) for Greenhouses at 199 / 269 Yandina Bli Bli Rd, Maroochy River 4561. It is now a strawberry growing glasshouse facility. (Berries Galore Pty Ltd plan below).
The farm will operate with 12 picking robots 24/7, blackout screens for night operations will minimise light glare. Full automation of crop picking means 162 staff car parks reduce to 66, and there will be less truck movements in and out.
The minor change is the staging of construction, internal fit-out re the automation systems.
The scale of built form remains largely unchanged in a broader context with the greenhouse height now reduced to 7m.
A development application has been lodged to replace 2 houses in Low Street with 25 townhouses for use as long or short-term accommodation (MCU25/0298 & OPW25/0446). Parking plans include 26 resident spaces and seven visitor spaces.Part of the site is subject to flooding and the report states that a combination of “engineering and architectural design solutions have been utilised to address the site’s flood constraints and hazard.” These include constructing some of the townhouses on piers to allow floodwater to flow beneath and excavating beneath an undercroft to increase flood storage capacity.
Unfortunately we don’t have anyone monitoring development applications. If you think you could spare approximately 2 hours a month to provide this service please contact me.
Membership renewals are still coming in. Please check that you have renewed your membership for 2025-26.

That’s all for now. I hope to see you on Monday night.
Kind regards,
Marie
YADCA President
President@yadca.org
0487 467 270
Berries Galore Pty Ltd plan.

YADCA December 2025 End of Year Celebration
2025-12-08 19:00 - 21:00
Hello all YADCA members.
You are invited to join us on Monday 8 December to celebrate the end of another year. Help us mark the close of 2025 with an evening of good company, shared stories, and reflections on all that’s transpired this year.
Venue: Connections, 29 Low Street, Yandina.
Time: 7.00 pm
Bring: Christmas cheer and a plate to share.
Marie
YADCA President
President@yadca.org
0487 467 270

YADCA meets on the second Monday of the month unless it is a public holiday, in which case an alternative date will be advised.
New members and visitors are welcome to attend.
Our Councilors and MPs are always welcome speaking guests.
Refreshments available for gold coin donation.
There is no meeting in January.
For further information about the Yandina and District Community Association contact:
Secretary secretary@yadca.org
Web: yadca.org
Facebook: facebook.com/yadcayandina

YADCA February 2026
2026-02-09 19:00 - 21:00
The first YADCA Forum for 2026 will be held on Monday February 9 at Connections, 29 Low Street Yandina, starting at 7.00 pm.
Welcome to another year of community involvement. The management committee has started to plan for 2026. Input from members would be gratefully received. We would like to have a themed discussion with a guest presenter every second month. If there is a topic you would like to raise please let me know.
Our first forum next Monday 9 February 2026 is on fire ants with members from the National Fire Ant Eradication Team giving a 30 minute presentation, follower by Q&A and conversation over coffee and cake.
This topic affects us all. No one wants fire ants on their property. They have been detected at North Arm and the biosecurity map, see below, shows the potential area of risk. Fire ants can remain underground, undetected, for 2 years and can be spread by human activity. They can also fly up to 5km and float on rafts in flood water. They are a formidable pest; hard to detect and eliminate but with the potential to disrupt our ecology and lifestyle. Bring your friends and neighbours to this public forum at the Baptist Church’s Connections hall, 29 Low Street, Yandina, starting at 7.00pm.
Development Monitor
OPW26/0018 Vehicle crossover for 92 Farrell Street. Council has been asked to consider the welfare of pedestrians where the proposed access road for 92 Farrell Street crosses the footpath to school (map below).
We are following other Development Applications but have nothing more to report at this point in time. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.
I look forward to seeing you all next Monday.
Kind regards
Marie
YADCA President
President@yadca.org
0487 467 270

YADCA meets on the second Monday of the month unless it is a public holiday, in which case an alternative date will be advised.
New members and visitors are welcome to attend.
Our Councilors and MPs are always welcome speaking guests.
Refreshments available for gold coin donation.
There is no meeting in January.
For further information about the Yandina and District Community Association contact:
Secretary secretary@yadca.org
Web: yadca.org
Facebook: facebook.com/yadcayandina

YADCA March 2026
2026-03-09 19:00 - 21:00
The March YADCA Forum will be held on Monday March 9 at Connections, 29 Low Street Yandina, starting at 7.00 pm.
If there is a topic you would like to raise please let me know.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Kind regards
Marie
YADCA President
President@yadca.org
0487 467 270

YADCA meets on the second Monday of the month unless it is a public holiday, in which case an alternative date will be advised.
New members and visitors are welcome to attend.
Our Councilors and MPs are always welcome speaking guests.
Refreshments available for gold coin donation.
For further information about the Yandina and District Community Association contact:
Secretary secretary@yadca.org
Web: yadca.org
Facebook: facebook.com/yadcayandina
