dress up day at school - windellama · 2008-07-25 · will receive 4 colonies of different species...

1 Windellama News - August 2008 www.windellama.com.au

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DRESS UP DAY AT SCHOOL The Student Parliament organised a ‘Dress Up Day’ with the funds raised going to the McGrath Foundation. The students raised $42.00. They had a lot of fun with everyone looking very different. The students paraded for their parents in The Afternoon Show.

PEER SUPPORT – N The Peer Support Groups led by the Year 5 & 6 students are up to the letter “N”. They made necklaces from Fruit Loops and Nutri Grain. There were lots of ‘loops and grains’ eaten before they made it to the necklaces.

ORIENTATION FOR KINDERGARTEN 2009 Orientation will commence this term and will continue into Term 4 for children who will attend school in 2009. Children who turn 5 before 31st July 2009 will be eligible to attend. Dates for Term 3 are Friday 1st August, 22nd August NOW 15TH AUGUST, 12th September and 26th September. The Orientation program is to enable the children to participate in school activities, cooperative play and to get used to school routine. Please ring for an information package. EVENTS FOR TERM 3 AFL sessions for students in Years 2 – 6. There will be 5 sessions. Touch Football Gala Day in Goulburn – we will be entering two mixed teams of students in Years 3 – 6. Mini Olympic Games at Tarago – for all students from Breadalbane, Collector, Tarago, Tirranna and Windellama. Excursion to see the ‘Southern Stars’ in Wollongong. Taralga Sports Day Visit from the Life Education Van Peer Support Activities Our regular Afternoon Shows.

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Windellama News - August 2008 www.windellama.com.au

WINDELLAMA PROGRESS ASSOC. HALL Inc.

REPORT FROM WINDELLAMA PROGRESS ASSOC. Things have been a little quieter at the hall lately, the cold weather has slowed us all down. Plans are in hand for a working bee to replace the leaking sheets of roofing iron on the toilet block and to finish off the concrete and paving work around the hall. A date has not yet been set, however, we hope to finalise the arrangements shortly.

Susan Harris, a councillor from Goulburn Mulwaree Council, has expressed an interest in addressing a meeting of the Association. President Cathy Meehan has invited her to attend our next meeting on Tuesday 19th August. All members of the community are invited to attend. Bring your questions and/or complaints about the running of the Council. The meeting will, as usual, starting at 2 p.m. There will be refreshments following the meeting.

DON’T FORGET “JUST TRIVIA” on August 9th. Bookings are not essential, however, it would be helpful if we had an idea of how many we are to cater for. As usual we shall have separate entertainment for the children.

Frances Knights, Secretary

Join us for another seriously trivial evening of fun and entertainment at

WINDELLAMA HALL on

Saturday 9thAugust at 7.30 p.m.

with a team of up to eight

First Prize $100

Tickets $5 (children under 16 free) Proudly sponsored by B.Y.O drinks & nibbles Windellama Progress Assoc.

Light supper will be available


Some pictures of the recent Basic Training Course in May & Motor Vehicle Accident response training in June. If you wish to extend your knowledge and participate in a Basic Fire Fighting Course then register with Firezone first then contact Jim Meehan to put your name down on the list for the next course.


WINDELLAMA VOLUNTEER RURAL FIRE BRIGADE

Report all Fires 000 Brigade enquiries 4844 5359 Yass - 6226 3100

BEFORE YOU BURN The Southern Tablelands Zone MUST be notified 24 hours before you light the fire, during business hours 9am to 5pm and by 3.30pm on Friday afternoons. (Rural Fires Regulations 2002 Part 5 Sec 34 3B). As a courtesy notify The Brigade Captain Jim Meehan 4844 5554 24hrs before you light.

Southern Tablelands Zone Yass 6226 3100 Phone 6226 3624 Fax Information can also be found on the RFS website www.rfs.nsw.gov.au

Open Day 21st September The Windellama Rural Fire Brigade will be holding their Open Day on the 21st September. The Open Day will be held in conjunction with the Windellama Market Day at the Windellama Hall & Grounds. There will be demonstrations, Brigade vehicles on display, pamphlets and literature available as well as having your questions answered, come along and meet up with us there. Annual General Meeting The AGM was held on the 28th June, there was a good attendance with many members attending. The Brigade would like to thank the many volunteers who have assisted with various aspects of the Brigade over the last twelve months. Those elected are as follows:-

After many years as Captain, Lynton Roberts did not stand for the position this year. Lynton was presented with a plaque by Ashley Armstrong on behalf of the Brigade members for his many, many years of dedication to the Brigade. The Treasurer Sue Roberts was also presented with a plaque for her many years of dedication to the Brigade. A letter was received from Stuart Martin, on behalf of all South Group personnel in appreciation to both Lynton & Sue for their many years of service to the community.

President - Rex Hockey, Secretary – Ellen Sylvester, Treasurer – Bonita Armstrong Captain – Jim Meehan, Senior Deputy – Lynton Roberts, Deputies –Rex Hockey, Marten Schutterups, Paul Alessi, Noel Sylvester, Brett Roberts & Wayne Back. Training - Wayne Back, Equipment – Paul Alessi & Ashley Armstrong, Health & Safety – Ashley Armstrong, Catering – Cathy Meehan, Communications – Bev McGaw The contributions remain the same residents $10, non-residents $30. The General meeting will still continue on the 4th Saturday of each month. Training For information or enquiries on training contact the Captain Jim Meehan on 4844 5554 or Wayne Back on 9792 5726. General Meeting 23rd August 2008 5:30pm Training 23rd August 2008 1:00pm Till next time please drive carefully and take care, see you all at the next meeting. All welcome.


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Landcare Update

About twenty members of our Landcare group turned up to the working bee at Oallen Ford on Saturday 28 June when we did some more work on the preservation of the site. It was a very productive day and everyone worked very hard - five hundred and fifty trees were planted and thirty tonnes of rocks were moved into place! Special thanks to Greg Knights for the back hoe operation. Needless to say the numerous sweet things provided for morning tea, and the barbeque lunch, were well received. The handsome portable (?) toilet, supplied by Lloyd, and the sunny weather helped to make it a great day.

Windellama Landcare has been approached by Wollongong University who are offering to help us by providing student labour for one of our erosion control projects. Seventeen American students will be involved and on September 6 they will be planting Lomandra on a severely eroded area at Oallen Ford. They will be accompanied by lecturers Peter Klapaise, Nick Gill and Christine Erikson, each having an ongoing interest in the Windellama district by studying the sociological impacts of Serrated Tussock and Bush Fire.

This will not be a normal Landcare working bee – the next activity will be announced in the Landcare Update in the September edition of the Windellama News.

Two colonies of dung beetles have already been given new homes – at Shirley and Merv Cornish’s Adrook Farm and at Ian Proctor’s farm. Two more colonies will be distributed in Spring.

On SATURDAY 2 AUGUST, TREE EXPERT, IAN McARTHUR from SOUTHERN TABLELANDS FARM FORESTRY NETWORK will be at “Adrook” to give a talk and demonstration on tree planting and pruning at 11am and 1pm. Please take advantage of Ian’s expertise and try to be at one of the talks. Cost of the pine trees is yet to be announced, but will be ‘at most’ 50c per tree. Keep warm!

from Sandra and Cathy


Willow Glen Road Gardeners

The next get together is at

Gary & Denise Johnson’s gar-den,

2059 Oallen Ford Road

Tuesday 5th August 10.00am start

Bring a plate for morning tea to share.

Bring some plants / cuttings / seeds to share if you can.

Exchange your knowledge with others Problems shared - problems solved.

NEWCOMERS ALL WELCOME

For directions ring Warren Yates on 4844 5350

Windellama Historical Society Dung Beetles

Windellama Landcare are trialling Dung Beetles on 4 local properties. The 4 properties will receive 4 colonies of different species of Dung Beetles. Hopefully 2 winter active species and 2 summer active species will be released at each property by early 2009. So far 2 colonies of Bubas Bison (winter active species) have been released. The money for this trial was donated by the Sydney Catchment Authority, who we thank. Dung Beetles will benefit all farms that have grazing animals on them. Disposing of dung, aerating the soil, improving water absorption, less run-off, fewer flies, better pastures and fewer internal parasites. These Dung Beetles will spread by themselves after release, but when the original properties numbers build up, they will be harvested and released to other properties. To help the Dung Beetles build up numbers, it would be advisable to use Dung Beetle friendly drenches and pour-ons, eg, Cydectin. Some drenches and pour-on will destroy your Dung Beetle colonies, so please use Dung Beetle friendly drenches and pour-ons. Two good websites for more information are: www.dungbeetle.com.au www.juniorlandcare.com.au

Ian Proctor

Bubas Bison - large male

The Muffet family exhibition at the Museum continues. Exhibits include a number of arte-facts collected and used by the Muffet family over the last 120 years. It is planned that the next exhibition, beginning in August, will be all about Post offices in the area. The Museum has an early cookery book com-piled by Emily Gegg, “Mum Gegg” which was donated by Emily’s daughter-in-law Dinah Gegg. The recipe book was written about 1910 and is also on display in the Museum. The Museum is open on market days – the third Sunday of each month. Come and see the new machinery shed at the Museum which houses various items of farming equipment in-cluding an old wool press. There is a selection of Windellama local history books and books by local poets for sale in the Museum, as well as bookmarks and postcards with images of early Windellama. If you would like more information, please phone one of the following members: Joanna Croker 4844 5125 Cynthia Hudson 4844 5005 Sandra Greville 4844 5047

Small male dung beetle


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dress up day at school - windellama · 2008-07-25 · will receive 4 colonies of different species...

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