I thought I should also add the song written in April 2004, when the first physical destruction of the site occurred. Written by another talented local SE Qld singer/songwriter, Noel Gardner :


" Autumn in Maleny "

THERE'S BARE RED EARTH FALLING DOWN TO THE CREEK, IN THE LOWER PART OF TOWN
BIRDS ARE FLYING OVERHEAD, CAUSE THEIR HOMES HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN
CHOPPERS IN THE AIR, POLICE ACROSS THE GROUND
ITS AUTUMN IN MALENY, THE DEEN BROTHERS HAVE COME TO TOWN

NOW THE YEAR WAS 1979 IN BRISBANE, MY HOMETOWN
AS VANDALS THEY CAME IN THE NIGHT, AND TORE THE BELLVUE DOWN
POLICE WERE THERE TO PROTECT THEM, THAT CONTINUAL BLUE COMPOUND
ITS WAS AUTUMN IN BRISBANE, THE DEEN BROTHERS HAD COME TO TOWN

NOW I STOOD DOWN ON THAT CORNER, AS THAT HOTEL TORE APART
AND I WATCHED OUTSIDE THE BARRICADES, AS THOSE TALL TREES RIPPED MY HEART
OH WHY ARE PROFITS LOUDER, THAN THE PLATYPUS UNDERGROUND
ITS AUTUMN IN MALENY, THE DEEN BROTHERS HAVE COME TO TOWN

NOW POLICE ARE THERE FOR COMMUNITY, TO PROTECT & SOLVE ITÅfS CRIME
BUT IT SEEMS THERE GUNS FOR HIRE , AS DEVELOPERS CROSS THE LINE
TWENTY FIVE YEARS IN QUEENSLAND, THE CIRCLE COMES AROUND
ITS AUTUMN IN MALENY, THE DEEN BROTHERS HAVE COME TO TOWN

IN THOSE GREEN HILLS NORTH OF BRISBANE, JUST TWO HOURS DRIVE
SHARED IDEALS & VISION WITH PEACE & MUSIC THRIVE
BUT CORPORATE GREED & PROFITÅfS HAVE FORGED A BATTLEGROUND
ITS AUTUMN IN MALENY, THE DEEN BROTHERS HAVE COME TO TOWN

NOW THERE'S SADNESS WHERE TALL TREES ONCE STOOD, IN BOLD MAGESTIC PRIDE
AND A SILT TRAP CATCHES EFFLUENT FROM POLLUTED COMPANY LIES
CORNERSTONE & WOOLIES, CORPORATE THUGS RENOWNED
ITS AUTUMN IN MALENY, THE DEEN BROTHERS HAVE COME TO TOWN

THERE'S BARE RED EARTH FALLING DOWN TO THE CREEK, IN THE LOWER PART OF TOWN
BIRDS ARE FLYING OVERHEAD, CAUSE THEIR HOMES HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN
CHOPPERS IN THE AIR, POLICE ACROSS THE GROUND
ITS AUTUMN IN MALENY, THE DEEN BROTHERS HAVE COME TO TOWN



You can hear this song - and see a clip of it being performed at a Maleny rally - at this link : http://www.malenyvoice.com/obiobi/Noel_Song/index.htm


As with Tommy Leonard in the last post, similar comments can apply to Noel Gardner too - and he also has 2 CDs available (the names of which - I admit with some embarrassment - have escaped me : blame The Great Mental Pause!!) and he is at present working on a third.


Cheers! R-J