Linda Muller

3 weeks ago | redlandbaysidenews.com.au | Linda Muller

ABOUT four times a week, Billy Randall puts on his fishing backpack, grabs his rod and rides his bike to go fishing with his school friends. It has become his passion. Billy’s father Ash said his 13-year-old son took up fishing through the interest of other boys in his class and from watching fishing clips on YouTube. “Plus, he would always notice people fishing off the bridge in Rickertt Rd, and that made him interested,” Mr Randall said.

3 weeks ago | redlandbaysidenews.com.au | Linda Muller

WELL-KNOWN radio personality Kay Howick has been farewelled with a celebration of life in a send-off her daughter says was fitting for the irascible and cheeky “Kay from the Bay”. Kay, 74, died suddenly of cardiac arrest on April 19, just metres from her Cleveland home. “She had coffee and cake with her girlfriend, walked 10 metres down the driveway and died right there,” her daughter Nellie Luhrmann said.

3 weeks ago | redlandbaysidenews.com.au | Linda Muller

A BAYSIDE anaesthetist has received the prestigious Anniversary Medal from the Association of Anaesthetists for his significant contributions to anaesthesia and global healthcare development. Dr John Ward was presented at the Association’s Winter Scientific Meeting in London. He said he was drawn to anaesthetics because it was a specialty that touched everyone. “It is interesting, and it is satisfying,” Dr Ward said. “You finish your work, and you go home confident that your task is complete.

1 month ago | redlandbaysidenews.com.au | Linda Muller

THORNLANDS resident Dean Roche recently caught the fish of a lifetime. His prize – a 1.4m, 100kg Queensland groper – was hooked at Harry Atkinson’s artificial reef in the middle of Moreton Bay. “I’ve been fishing for 40 years, and this is the biggest fish I’ve ever seen,” he said. “It took 45 minutes to swim it. This is day eight and I’m still sore. “I really had to work for it.”Roche, 40, said he turned to the internet to work out how to safely release the massive fish.

1 month ago | redlandbaysidenews.com.au | Linda Muller

THE family of Betty Burns say they will “never forget” the presence of the much-loved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, who passed away on Anzac Day. Mrs Burns, 98, died of pneumonia at Redland Hospital. She was part of a multi-generational Redlands pioneering family that ran a small crop farm along Bloomfield, Long and Princess Sts. Her late husband, Douglas Burns, the son of William and Bertha Burns, was the third generation to run the farm, working alongside his brother Eddie.