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Circulation: 496 Est. Readership: 1,100 Volume 25 Issue 2 March 2015

Come along to

Judy’s Kitchen Table $5 per person and you will be treated to magnificent coffee, tea and scrumptious food which are home made.

All monies raised go towards the Bungonia Hall Supper Room construction. 10.30am — noon

March dates:

Wednesday 11th & 25th

2015 at

Bungonia Hall

WINE & CHEESE NIGHT

SAT. 21 MARCH 2015

FROM 7.30PM

STATE ELECTIONS

SATURDAY 28 MARCH

8A - 6P

Gbn Swap Meet

Sunday 29 March at

Gbn Show Ground

NSW State Elections are upon us “again” and it is compul-sory to vote for the 56th Parliament.

Bungonia Hall is your closest Voting Centre and will be

opened between the hours of 8am to 6pm.

In addition, there will be a raffle being held at the front of the

hall for a load of cut fire wood with the winning ticket being drawn at the Easter Markets, Bungonia Hall on Saturday 4

April 2015.

So bring some money with you and purchase those tickets. A

load of fire wood around here sells for anything between

$100 - $150. Be in it to win it.

_ _ _

ANZAC’s will have landed on the bloody shores of Gallipoli

100 years ago this year with a great percentage of those Aus-

tralian and New Zealander men never returning to the shores of their homelands.

Bungonia too, lost men to the Gallipoli campagne and on the

25 April 2015 We Will Remember Them at a ceremony to be held at the War Memorial, Bungonia Park, from 10am.

* * *

Saturday 21 March 2015 from 7.30pm - Wine

and Cheese night at the Hall.

Bring your family, bring your friends. This is the best oppor-tunity to meet your neighbours in the comfort of the Hall and

new Kitchen in a social atmosphere.

This is not a fund raising night, so leave your money at

home.

Bring your drinks and a plate of food to share with the others

who will be there and enjoy the good company of others from

this area and make new friends.

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A number of Break, Enter and Steal offences have been hap-pening around the Bungonia area. One property had firearms

stolen together with tools etc. A weekender also had their

property broken into - both upon Mtn Ash Rd. Another prop-

erty in Jerrara Rd had the gate lock cut and it is believed the offender(s) were disturbed.

A truck with a cherry picker has been seen to be acting suspi-

ciously over towards Braidwood Rd, Tirranaville, in the past week.

If you see suspicious activity, record it and report it.

Bungonia now has its own Facebook page.

Find us at

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My fantasy is having two women at once.... One cooking & once cleaning !

Bungonia Hall Hire The Progress Assoc. Policy is to make the

Hall facilities available to locals at afford-

able prices. There is no caretaker, and

maintenance is the responsibility of mem-

bers. Cleaning is less of a problem since the

ceiling has been installed but most hirers sweep the Hall and remove rubbish and

clean the kitchen after use. If, however, we

have to employ a cleaner, then the fees will

be increased.

Present Fees are:

Supper Room Per day or evening: $ 40

1/2 day $ 20

Hall Govt. Or business

Per day or evening $180

1/2 day $ 90

Others

O/night / accom. for schools etc $150

per day or evening $100

1/2 day $ 50

Cleaning / Damage dep. $200 returnable

All charges include GST

BUNGONIA

HISTORICAL SOCIETY Next meeting:

Wednesday 25 March 2015 @ 6pm at

Moira’s.

BUNGONIA RURAL WATCH

Next Meeting:

Monday 18 May 2015, 6.30pm at the

Hall.

Contacts:

Moira McGinity 4844 4266:

Diana Moran 4844 4234

If the Constable is not available at the Ma-

rulan Police Station ( 48411516 ) when you ring, your call will be transferred to Goul-

burn Police Station ( 48240799 ).

Daryl Riches is the Rural Crime Investiga-

tor and deals with matters relating to stock

theft or stolen equipment or chemicals.

Report any theft no matter how small as it

may build up a picture of a wider ring.

Always report to the police any sighting of

vehicles hanging about. If possible give the

registration number, colour, make etc. This gives the Police information to work on if

there are any incidents in the area.

BUNGONIA PARK TRUST Next Meeting:

Wed. 4 March 2015 @ 7.30pm @ the

Hall.

Claiming the dates:

Easter Markets, Saturday 4 April

Vendors please contact Moria

48444266

18 April - Noon - 4pm Country Mu-

sic at the Hall See page 20

ANZAC Day, 25 April - 10am There will be the ceremony at the War Memorial, followed by the Commission-ing of the Gallipoli Grove and then refreshments at the Hall.

18 May - Rural Watch meeting

24 November - Council Outreach meeting at the Hall. 6.30pm

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Ardmore Park Quarry: Multiquip Quarry heavy vehicles have been travelling along King St. which is

contrary to the conditions of approval. The approved haul route is south along Oallen Ford Road and down Win-

dellama Rd. If delivery is north of the village heavy quarry trucks should use the by-pass. The trucks were also

on the road at the same time as the school bus. What has happened to all the well documented and recorded assur-

ances given by the Company that this would not occur?

Kitchen: The new commercial stove and the dishwasher have been selected and we hope will be delivered and

installed before Easter Saturday Markets. The piles of material left over from the construction work have been

moved to the back of the Hall.

Election Day: 28th. March. Please bring your money when you come to vote as there will be a raffle of a trailer

load of wood. This will be drawn on Market Day

Market Day: Easter Saturday, 4th. April. We have already booked in some stalls and all our regular customers

will be there. The long table is back in the Supper Room and Pauline, Margo, Diana, Jenny and helpers will be

serving up great Devonshire Teas and Bill and other BBQ cooks tempting the customers with bacon & eggs or

sausage & onion sandwiches. Then you don’t want to miss the bargains, plants, cakes, trash & treasure, books,

and much, much more. So please circle the date.

Break, Enter & Steals: There have been a number of Break, Enter & Steals happening along Mtn. Ash

Rd whereby tools and firearms have been stolen. There has also been an attempt B, E & S upon Jerrara Rd

whereby the front gate lock has been cut but possibly due to persons being home at the time, the offender(s) have

turned around and nicked off.

Keep an active eye out for suspicious activities in your area and record and report those activities to Police “at the

time”!

BUNGONIA PROGRESS

ASSOCIATION

Next Meeting: Monday 9

March 2015 7.30pm @ the

Hall

The new bridge over

Shoalhaven River at

Oallen is now under

construction.

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Bungonia

CWA

Bungonia CWA held its first

meeting of 2015 at Bungonia Hall in

the Supper room. We were all glad

to see the area going along.

There was not a lot on the offi-

cial agenda which meant more time

to enjoy our delicious morning tea,

each others company and to marvel

at the beauty and cleverness of the

works created by Kath, Vickie, Jade

and Colleen to be entered in the

Group Handicraft Competition in

Yass on the 3rd of March.

We are defending the title and

we won last year with three ladies

hard at work, and this year we have

the very talented skills of Jade

Kinder added to the mix. Kath com-

mented when she drew breath it was

so wonderful to have so many fabu-

lous items to choose from. I think

the other Branches will be very jeal-

ous of our Ladies work. So good

luck. (Am looking to find out who

judge is if I have to bribe her with

one of Colleens cakes - joking)

We had a visitor at this meet-

ing Mr Don Cooper who enjoyed the

banter, the morning tea and he won

the raffle. Go Don.

A really big thank you to Col-

leen for the really yummy Birthday

cake for Kath and myself, cheers

Colleen.

Our next meeting is the 12th

March.

Cheers Leanne

WEATHER FACTS - 2015 Jan. 143.8 mm over 12 days Feb. 20.6 mm over 10 days to 24th

Mar. mm over days

Apr. mm over days

May mm over days June mm over days

July mm over days

Aug mm over days Sept mm over days

Oct mm over days

Nov mm over days

Dec mm over days YTD: 164.4mm over 22 days

2014 total over 109 days = 695.4mm

Bungonia Heights

UHF Repeater frequency The private frequency for Bungonia has

now been turned off.

Channel 8 UHF CB will be the local UHF

CB Repeater channel to use locally.

If you are close enough to speak directly

with someone, you can use channel 38

( simplex ) car to car, car to portable, but if

you need to utilise the Repeater function,

use channel 8 ( duplex ) for all of your

radio needs ( depending on the terrain and

distance you are in from the repeater )

How you feel when there is no coffee: DEPRESSO

SCAMS & CREDIT CARD FRAUD:

A limited number of copies of “The Little Book of Scams” published by the

Australian Competition & Consumer Com-

mission will be available on Market Day.

One common scam is an email or SMS

message that appears to be from your fi-

nancial institution or an online payment

service claiming that there is a problem

with your account and requesting that you

verify your details on a fake but very con-

vincing copy of the relevant institution’s web site. DELETE THE EMAIL or

SMS.

ANNOUCEMENT:

Phillip & Diane Broadhead

are pleased to announce the

arrival of their grandson

Nikola Martin DuPlessis.

Born January 28th 2015 to

the proud parents, Martin &

Kira DuPlessis (nee: Kira

Broadhead).

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Statutory FIRE SEASON STARTED 1 OCTOBER 2014.

A fire must be supervised at all times. Yass Zone MUST be notified at least 24 hours before you light the fire, during business hours ( 9am - 5pm ) or 3.30pm on Friday. Phone 62263100 Your immediate neighbours must be notified before you light any fire. Notify the local RFS Brigade, as a courtesy, to cir-cumvent the false alarms of smoke being reported by oth-ers.

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Phone Craig 0407 718607

craig-white@live.com.au

Mandatory Bush Fire Season is IN EFFECT NOW.

PERMITS NEEDED

BUNGONIA NOW HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE: FIND US AT:

https://www.facebook.com/Bungonia

My son is super Awesome and I’m the lucky one because I get to be his father !

Bungonia’s UHF CB channel. Channel 8 ( repeater ) / 38 ( simplex ) is now up and

running from Bungonia Hts.

If you have a uhf cb radio, you can now take advantage

of these channels for your daily communications needs -

if your radio / location is suitable.

FIRE DANGER RATINGS Catastrophic

For your survival, leaving early is the only option. Leave bush fire prone areas the night before or early in the day - do not just wait and see what happens. Make a decision about when you will leave, where you will go, how you will get there and when you will re-turn. Homes are not designed to withstand fires in catastro-phic conditions so you should leave early.

Extreme Leaving early is the safest option for your survival. If you are not prepared to the highest level, leave early in the day. Only consider staying if you are prepared to the high-est level - such as your home is specially designed, constructed or modified, and situated to withstand a fire, you are well prepared and can ac-tively defend it if a fire starts.

Severe Leaving early is the safest option for your survival. Well prepared homes that are actively defended can provide safety – but only stay if you are physically and mentally prepared to defend in these conditions. If you’re not prepared, leave early in the day.

Very High, High, Moderate - Low Review your Bush Fire Survival Plan with your family. Keep yourself informed and monitor conditions. Be ready to act if necessary. Usually, fire details are locally updated on the Bungo-nia Facebook page when circumstances permit.

http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/news-and-media/stay-up-to-date

www.facebook.com/nswrfs

www.twitter.com/nswrfs www.twitter.com/nswrfs/alerts

www.youtube.com/nswrfs

www.flickr.com/nswrfs

www.instagram.com/nswrfs

Mobile Apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, tablet or smart phone,

current fire information is available in a number of ways.

Fires Near Me NSW - Mobile App www.firesnearme.com.au

MyFirePlan - for computers http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/__data/

assets/pdf_file/0017/2933/BushFireSurvivalPlan.pdf

MyFirePlan - App https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?

id=au.gov.nsw.rfs.myfireplan&hl=en

Emergency + Smartphone App to ID your location via Triple 0

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/emergency-+/id691814685?mt=8

NATIONAL PARKS BURN OFF

National Parks will be doing a “Burn Off / Hazard Re-

duction Burn” from Monday 23 February onwards in the

Nadgigomar Nature Reserve, which is to the south of

Bungonia and east of Tarago.

Morton National Park, View Point area, south of Bunda-

noon village.

ANZAC Day Centennial ANZAC day this year will be a special day to celebrate

the centennial of ANZAC. A working Party consist-

ing of the Goulburn RSL Sub Branch, Goulburn Po-

lice, Council & community members are working well together to prepare for this very special event. I

encourage all of the community to be at Belmore

Park on the 25 April 2015 at 5am and then again at 11am to participate and share this great occasion. We

all look forward to seeing a great crowd there.

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Gardening in March

After a very mild summer there is lots of work to do in the

garden. As the grass did not die back this season the lawn mowers

have been working overtime to cut the lush grass. Take care as

snakes are on the move.

Cutback all shrubs as they finish flowering and take hard-

wood cuttings about 10cm long. Plant spring flowering bulbs if

you have not yet done so. Order bare rooted roses also trees and shrubs. Now is the time to think about growing camellias these are

now available in nurseries. Spread manure over bare soil to break

down over winter. Pick mature chillies to dry indoors or chop and

freeze them.

Lift canna lilies after flowering and store on damp sand in a

frost free, cool, dry place also lift and dry gladioli corms. Grow

wallflowers and marigolds for a colourful display. Plant some

bulbs in pots to move around for winter colour.

Grow now aquilegia, bellis, cineraria, cornflower, delphin-

ium, larkspur, pansy, poppy, primula, stock and sweet william.

In the vegetable garden grow broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, shallots, spinach and spring onion.

See page 8 for recipe for Snake Repellent

14/02/2015

On Saturday 14th February 2015 at about 12.30pm police

were called to the Bungonia State Recreational area where a

42 year old Epping man has slipped on a rock face which he

was trying to climb. The end result of this action being a bro-

ken ankle which necessitated South Care helicopter being

tasked to attend and conveyed the male to Canberra hospital.

* * *

08/02/2015

Sunday 8th February 2015, Mittagong Highway Patrol Officers

detected a grey BMW travelling on the Hume Highway Mit-

tagong at 175km per hour in a 110km per hour area. The li-

cence of the male driver was immediately suspended and he

was issued with an infringement notice for exceeding the

speed limit by 45km per hour or more, which incurs a penalty

of $2,252 and 6 demerit points. Due to the excessive speed

involved in the incident, Police also confiscated the vehicles

registration plates and the vehicle was towed.

* * * 05/02/2015

About 11:15pm Thursday 5th February 2015, a resident of a

single story premises on Argyle Street Moss Vale was alerted

by smoke detectors to the presence of a fire in the main bed-

room of the premises. The resident immediately contacted

triple “000” and informed them of the fire, before retreating

from the premises. It is believed to have been accidentally lit

by a candle which had been left burning in the main bedroom.

09/02/2015

Between 4:30pm Friday 7th and 11:00am Monday 9th Febru-ary 2015, unknown persons have attended Goulburn South Public School, Addison Street Goulburn and caused a large amount of damage to school equipment and utilities. This damaged included structural damage to a utilities building caused by a fire located in a bin in the building and the com-plete destruction of goal posts located on the sports field.

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THIS ISSUE WAS PRINTED BY Cals’ Rock

BUNGONIA HEIGHTS Phone: 48447273

Every two weeks I attend the Goulburn Blood Bank in Auburn St, and donate

plasma which takes about 1.5 hours for the process to com-

plete & can produce 17 different life sav-ing products from that one donation. I used to attend and donate whole blood but you can only do that every 12 weeks which saves 3 lives. The girls down at the Blood Service are absolute crackers and you will thoroughly enjoy your time down there with them, have a few milk shakes and snacks before leaving and you know that your donation will be di-rectly used in a life saving situation. It is a great feeling to know that you are helping people that you might not even

know with the aid of your blood. The new opening hours are now: Monday Closed Tue 7.45am - 2pm Wed & Thu 11am - 7pm Fri 9.30am - 3.30pm Sat Closed

Jacqua Creek Landcare Group

The story, associated with these photos,

can be found in the February 2015 issue

of Bungonia Times on page 9.

Diana & Ken Moran

Creek & soil degradation

can be wide spread

With the placement of in-

stream structures to de-

energize the power of water

in high flow times, mini-

mises and / or stops soil de-

greadation and allows the

area to regenerate.

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ST. PATRICK’S MARULAN

Mass is to be celebrated at St. Patrick’s Marulan on the 2nd and 4th. Sundays of the month at 8am.

Dates for March 2015 Sunday 8t h

Sunday 22nd

Please note the change o f t imes for Marulan & Fat ima

Mass times in Goulburn are: Saturday vigil Mass: 6pm at St. Peter & Paul’s. ( SUMMER time table ) Sunday: 7am at Fatima, North Goulburn Sunday : 10 am. at Sts. Peter & Paul’s.

Parish Priest: Fr. Dermid McDermott

Priest: Fr. L. Bent

Retired Assistant Priest Fr. Sijo Jose

Parish Office & Presbytery Phone 4821 1022 Secretary Sharon Hickey. Office hours 8.30am - 12.30pm. ST. MICHAEL’S BUNGONIA Thursdays 7pm - Rosary.

St Michael’s - Bungonia

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Gallipoli Grove

Perhaps you have been wondering what all the activity is about in our Bungonia Park. We have been making the Gallipoli Grove Picnic

Area. A Living Monument to our ANZACS Bungonia

Concept:

To create a Living Monument, a communal space, that recognizes the Gallipoli service of Bungonia service men and women and their

enduring living legacy to our Australian Community. We have no other special ANZAC Monument

Aim:

The Gallipoli Grove will enhance the connection between the existing War Memorial, and our shared Bungonia community life, and ac-

knowledge the particular significance of the ANZAC experience. We embed this Living Monument, The Gallipoli Grove, in our Bungo-

nia Community Park; we especially recognize the strong and enduring links between Bungonia's Gallipoli Veterans and the ongoing fab-

ric of life in our local community. They came from Bungonia and they gave for all of us, a future community free, in a new National

awareness.

Concept Realization.

Set in park lands near the existing general War Memorial in the Bungonia Village Park, the Gallipoli Grove trees wrap shelter round a

new significant ANZAC place. In this living monument the new Centenary signage, [a bronze Plaque set into a Bungonia rock] will high-

light those ANZACs from Bungonia who were at Gallipoli. The Gallipoli Grove will be a special, welcoming, shared community and family space. The Grove will give flowers and promise of

Spring renewal, relieving shade in high summer, blazing glory in Autumn leaf fall, encompassing a picnic table, (disabled accessible) -for

communal meals in our Australian rural outdoors.

-A Grove of 21 advanced trees-maturing further with time, pass on the legacy of peace, beauty and enjoyment of life in freedom, won by

sacrifice ;

Trees selected

1/ Evergreen; 13 x Olives- Will tell us of endurance, hardships and the Mediterranean Gallipoli field of action; tough, productive, endur-

ing-live 900+years- silver sheen olive windbreak trees, defining and embracing the dedicated space.

2/ Deciduous; will remind us of the northern theatres of war:- The 5 x Pine Oaks which live 140+years are very hardy in our extreme

climate and soil conditions, will match existing Community plants and provide solid cool Western side shade, autumn colour and winter

sun: 3 x Crabapples-live 70+yrs- Spring accent of flowers, light Northern side shade, coloured autumn leaves, winter sun;

The picnic table of recycled plastic and wood waste on aluminum framing is sustainable, durable and aesthetically pleasing.

The rock base for the Plaque fittingly comes from the old Bungonia Road cutting.

The Gallipoli Grove is linked physically both with the local community and our ever increasing visitor numbers. The proximity of the

War Memorial, tennis courts and the Children's Playground brings people together often, via informal patterns of Park access across

mown grassland. From the carpark & BBQ the Gallipoli Grove would be a visually prominent and attractive place to experience.

This is a collaborative project with incredible numbers of people supporting the effort. Project design and realisation Anne Wiggan with

Bungonia Park Trust and Greg Callander; John Wiggan: Chris Neill: Robert Brown; Marcus Imbens; Michael Ireland; International

Wwoofers; Goulburn Community Corrections; Bungonia community and friends Robert Brown; Marcus Imbens; Michael Ireland; Inter-

national Wwoofers; Goulburn Community Corrections; Bungonia community and friends.

Funded by:

Lewis A.M.Buckingham The Australian Government

RAF Veteran WW11 ANZAC Centenary

North Africa Campaign Local Grants Fund

Who loved Bungonia Community

Generously supported by Tony Orford; Maria Timothy; Mark Howard Stacks the Law Firm; Divalls Concrete4Goulburn; Moodies Outdoor Products; Paul Bayliss

CPC Land Development Consultants Pty Ltd; John Motley Stone Profile ; Gehls Garden Centre; Olivanica Olive Farm and anonymous

community donors.

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20 ml Tea Tree Oil.,

20 ml Lavender Oil,

20 ml Sandalwood Oil. Dilute to one litre of water and

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We do not guarantee that this

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FAREWELL AND BEST WISHES ANDY AND EILEEN

We have had a long friendship with Andy and Eileen although not nearly as long as many in the district. With Andy being our friendly postman and Eileen a fellow quilter and our wedding cake maker and then we became neighbours when we moved in next door. We always felt some comfort in the fire danger season knowing Andy and Eileen would be keeping a keen ear on that CB of theirs and would keep us up to date if any danger was likely. We wish you both all the best in Canberra and will miss having you as our neighbours. Scott, Susie, James, Amy & Gem PS. Eileen – you make the best scones ever! Andy – you always looked out for me . . . . and told me to slow down!

‘A bit of history from their daughter Bernie’ Dad and Mum lived on the farm for 38 years, they were members of the RFS for most of that time in different rolls including Presi-dent, secretary, treasurer, catering and communications. Growing up I can always remember the CB’s being on 24/7 just in case they were needed. Both Dad and Mum loved to help out in the Bun-gonia community and were always the first to offer help for fund raising for the fire brigade.

Mum started doing the mail run about 1980 and when Dad retired as a driver from the railway he took over and Mum went and worked at the Goulburn Delivery Centre sorting mail, between them Dad and Mum had the mail run for around 25 years, while on the run Dad and Mum took bread and papers out to some of their customers. We lost count of the amount of times that both Dad and Mum helped change tyres on peoples cars. There was one

lady, I can’t remember her name, but she would get a lift into town with Dad or Mum once a week. Craig, Mark and I all were taught to drive on the mail run. People on the run said that they could set their clocks to Dad and Mum, they were rarely late and if they were it was due to things like floods and bushfires.

Dad and Mum loved living on the farm, they bred Australian Cattle dogs for 30+ years, raised pigs, chickens and 3 children They have many good friends still living in the area and it was very hard for them to move to Canberra but as you know their health is not great.

At the moment they are going along really well but missing their friends.

* * *

The Kiama Independent & Shoalhaven Advertisder

Wednesday 4 April 1917 Page 2 of 4

A goose died near Bungonia, Goulburn district, the other day;-

known to be at least 62 years old. It had been a kind of family heir-

loom, owned by three generations of the one family.

Goulburn Herald Friday 31 May 1895 page 3 of 6

BUNGONIA. [ From our Correspondent ]

Queen's Birthday.- The Queen's birthday with its usual round of

fireworks, bonfires, &c, has come and gone, and nothing in the shape of sports of any kind has taken place. The Bungonia of to-day

is somewhat quieter than the Bungonia of years gone by. In those

days there was plenty of sports, &c. ; but not so now. The times are

not so good nor money so plentiful at present. Our Cricketers are no

doubt looking forward with some degree of expectation to Friday

night, 7th June, when their annual social is to be held. A good

crowd of lovers of the light fantastic will doubtless turn up. The

aforesaid social will close the cricketing season here. The Public

School.- Mr. Thomas Paton is pushing ahead vigorously with his

contract for the erection of the outbuilding in connection with our

public school When his work is completed a decided improvement

will be noticeable. The Look-Down.- The Look-down is fast be-coming quite a rendezvous for pleasure seekers. At every holiday-

time parties come through Bungonia from Goulburn and elsewhere

en route to the Look-down and caves to view the beautiful scenery

out there. Roads.- The contractors ( Messrs. Larcombe and Ginn )

are at work between Bungonia and Windellima, and are pushing

vigorously ahead and effecting much-needed improvements on the

above-named road.

Goulburn Evening Penny Post Thur. 30 December 1915 p 4 of 4

GOULBURN AND THE WAR. DEATH OF PTE. S. LEER.

The 127th casualty list reported the death from wounds of Pte. S.

Leer, lst Div., Head Quarters, late 1st Batt., 8th Rfcts, Rockdale.

The late Pte. Leer enlisted from Goulburn soon after the outbreak

of war, and was a member of the Expeditionary Force which went

to New Guinea. Pte. Leer was in the Goulburn Lands Office for a

considerable time, and was a very popular young fellow. He took a

keen interest in hockey and other sports. He was a young man and

unmarried. Goulburn residents will learn of his death with deep regret.

Pte. E. W. Broadhead, who is on final leave, this week visited his

parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Broadhead, Bungonia. Pte.

Broadhead will spend a few days in Sydney before returning to

camp at Enoggera, Brisbane.

Mr. G. Broadhead has received a cable that his son Leonard was

wounded in the head on the 14th: It is not yet known if the case is

serious.

Private Reg. Wallis, A.L. Horse, has been on a visit to Tarago

prior to his departure from Liverpool Camp. He expects to sail

shortly.

Privates Leo Dedman, Bert Currie, and Oswald Shepherd, of Marulan, are spending their final leave with their parents, and were

to be farewelled last (Wednesday) night.

Goulburn Evening Penny Post Tue. 14 March 1916 p 2 of 4

A fresh casualty list was issued on Monday. Twelve deaths were

recorded. Cases of sickness total 9 officers and 369 men. Among

those Ill are - Pte. R. J. Windibank, 20th, 9th Rfcts, North Goulburn

(dangerously), and Dvr. V. R. Styles, 2nd Div. Amm. Col., Bungo-nia (3rd Aux. Hospital, Cairo). Those in hospital include Pte. J.

Piggott, 13th Batt., 11th Rfcts., Goulburn; Pte. E. McLaughlin, 2nd,

2nd Rfcts., Adaminaby (1st Aux. Hospital, Cairo).

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Old enough to know better. Young enough to do it anyway.

Rambling Bungonia to Tallong By Adam Herdman

I got a lift out to Bungonia, shortly after lunch on Thursday. It was

one of those hazy, humid, overcast days that promises rain but then

doesn't deliver. There were no other vehicles at the Lookdown car

park when I was dropped off and it looked like I might have the rest

of the day to myself. I hitched up my pack, grabbed my trekking

pole and headed off on the Red Track following Bretons Creek

down into Bungonia Gorge.

My plan was to walk down into Bungonia Gorge and then through it to camp the night on the Shoalhaven somewhere near the junction

of the creek and the river. The following day I intended to walk

down river and camp somewhere in the vicinity of the base of

Badgery's Ridge. The third day I would walk up the ridge and out to

Tallong.

I was looking forward to revisiting the Shoalhaven Gorge as it was

the first place that I had ever gone bushwalking. That had been a

school trip 34 years ago and that initial weekend walk had been a

catalyst for many more walks and a life spent enjoying the out-

doors. That first trip had been a nightmare of torrential rain and then blistering heat. 26, year 7 students, who had no idea what they

were in for, some with suitcases, some with duffle bags, stumbled

down Badgery's Ridge on a Friday night in the pouring rain. The

river flooded while we were down there and then on Sunday, when

we were about to walk back out, the clouds parted and the sun beat

down on us. It was a torturous weekend and a few weeks later,

when our English teacher, Mr Hannon asked the class who wanted

to go on another weekend walk, only 6 of us put our hands up.

We went on to form the nucleus of a bushwalking group that went

on many trips over the next 6 years. We went by the acronym

SHITS which stood for Sydney High Impecunious Trekkers Society and we did some great walks including the Mittagong to Katoomba

walk almost every June holidays, The Overland track, Hannels Spur

up to Kozi and many other extended walks. It was these walks that

instilled in me a voracious appetite for adventure and a deep love

for the environment. They also spurred me on to become a climber

and seek out tall cliffs and mountains as well.

Anyway, I'm rambling now but I'll just add that before this trip, I

had not been down the Shoalhaven River for over 20 years and it

was with a mix of nostalgia and trepidation that I began the walk.

I'll also add that it was a walk that I only ever intended to do solo, there being too many ghosts from the past down there to share it

with anyone else.

Back to the trip report.

I headed off down to Bretons Creek down steep switchbacks of

shale and scree, half sliding, half walking, catching glimpses of the

towering limestone walls of Bungonia Gorge. I'd walked up this

track a few weeks earlier, with my friend Dave after we did a de-

scent of Bungonia Canyon in high water. It had been a great trip,

albeit one I had done half a dozen times before. At the time I hadn't

taken in much of the scenery due to the lung-busting nature of the walk out. This time, being alone, I had much more time to appreci-

ate just how amazing Bungonia Gorge is and once further down the

track, what an incredibly ugly scar on the landscape the nearby

Blue Circle Limestone mine is. It carves a horrible gouge out of the

surrounding landscape and has grown immensely since I first saw it

so many years ago.

About half way down, the track meets Breton's Creek and roughly

follows it down into Bungonia Gorge. Crystal clear water springs

out of the ground and give an opportunity to fill your water bottle

and an almost rainforest like canopy provides shelter from the sun.

Near the bottom I startled what I think was the same Lyre Bird that

I had surprised a few weeks earlier. It was off like a rocket and once again I failed to get a photograph of the speedy critter.

At the bottom I stopped for a break and to take some photos. I

turned on my trusty little Nikon and it immediately died. The screen

flashed white and displayed a scary looking warning in red reading

"LENS ERROR". Bugger! I played around with it for a while & it

seems like it was cactus. Double bugger! I packed it away and filed

it under "worry about later" and continued on down Bungonia

Gorge.

Soon I was in the deepest part of the gorge, where the towering

walls of limestone rocket up to the sky in deep hues of grey and orange. It become difficult to walk without tripping over as it is

impossible to keep your gaze on the ground in front of you. It is

impossible not to look up. I sat for a while and soaked in the view

and reminded myself how long it had been since I'd actually been

rock climbing down in Bungonia Gorge. I decided I'd have to find

some bravery pills and return later in Autumn.

At the end of the deepest and steepest part of the gorge, you are met

by a wall of giant white boulders, some as big as houses. This boul-

der choke goes for a while and it becomes very slow going finding

a path through. Sometimes you have to climb over. Sometimes you have to tunnel under. All the time you have to be careful as it really

is not the best kind of territory to be walking through solo. I took

extra care and eventually made it through the boulder field and con-

tinued along Bungonia Creek. Soon after passing the boulders I was

massively disappointed to see graffiti painted, low down, on the

limestone wall on the left hand side of the creek. What kind of idiot

would go to all that trouble to deface such a beautiful place?

Shortly after that, I found a can of black paint and a couple of paint

brushes hidden in a tree hollow. I disposed of them, muttering pro-

fanities to myself and thinking what I'd do to the vandals if I caught

them. I continued on down the creek with murder on my mind.

After what seemed much longer than I remembered I reached the

mighty Shoalhaven River. The river level was still high due to a lot

of rain recently. I had ended up on the south bank of Bungonia

Creek where it met the Shoalhaven, so I was confronted by what

looked like a deep, wide crossing either way. I was running out of

daylight and didn't feel like getting wet this late in the day so I de-

cided to walk up river, on the side I was on, to see if I could spot a

campsite. I couldn't so I doubled back down Bungonia Creek for a

100 meters or so and crossed over to the other side and then walked

back to the Shoalhaven.

By the looks of it there seemed to be more chance of a camp site on

the opposite side of the river. There were rapids further down river,

so I headed down towards them. The rapids sounded sizable so I

decided to cross where I was. The river at this point was close 100

meters wide but I couldn't be bothered stuffing around. I wouldn't

get washed away, which was the important thing. I decided to take

my shoes off for the crossing and with the aid of my trekking pole, I

made a long slow crossing. It turned out it only got up to my belly

button and the water wasn't cold at all. I didn't even stub a toe.

Once the crossing was over, I decided, after checking out the topog-raphy, that there was more chance of finding a decent camp site up

river than down river (my intended direction). After about 20 min-

utes I found a nice little grassy spot amongst some She Oaks, not

too far from the river.

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It was perfect and there was a small fire circle there so someone

else had thought so too. I set up my fly/tarp, got the stove going and

began brewing up the cup of tea that I had been fantasising about

for the last 2 hours. It was fantastic. I decided, considering there

was no fire ban that weekend, to light a small fire to provide a little comfort

and help

me dry out

my shorts,

that I had

stupidly

forgotten

to take off

before

crossing

the river. I

settled down to a

dinner of

burritos

and Tom

Yum soup, followed by another nice cup of tea and then it was into

bed to read my book. Only a couple of days before, I had bought

myself a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader as my newest piece of walking

gear and I would have to say I love it. I'm a avid reader and being

able to take whatever reading material I want and not have to worry

about weight or having to use my head lamp to read at night was

fantastic. I'm thoroughly converted.

I slept well and woke around 7. A

cheese and tomato burrito and a

cup of tea for breakfast and soon I

was packed and off down the

river. It was still overcast but it

wasn't cold. The forecast had said

possible showers, which in the

highlands could mean just about

anything. I didn't know the stretch

of river between Bungonia and

Long Point that well as I had only walked it a couple of times, a long

time ago but it's not that hard to

read the river and you can cut off

lots of the bends in the river by

walking along flat sections back away from the river. I noticed that

the river banks and flats were covered in weed due to an exception-

ally wet summer. There were also lots of stinging nettles to keep a

look out for. Everything was incredibly green and lush for this time

of year and there had obviously been a huge flood go down the

river in the last 10 years or so as the She Oaks on the rivers edge

had been pushed down to near horizontal. This made getting to and from the river sometimes very difficult.

I passed a couple of deserted campsites on my way down the river.

One had two blue tarps left in place and a 5ft long steel crow bar

stuck in the ground. Another had an old abandoned tea pot and a

plastic jerry can. All a bit strange, I thought. I also saw some big

Grey kangaroos. One particular Grey was a fine big specimen that

let me get quite close before bounding off. He seemed as interested

in me as I was in him. I saw a couple of wallabies along the way as

well. I stopped for lunch under some She Oaks as it started to rain,

coming down in thick drenching sheets. It didn't last long and I con-tinued on down river.

I had to make a few more river crossings along the way ( I ended up

making 6 in all ) and eventually reached McAllum's Flat near the

base of Long Point. The last time I had been there it was all mostly

grassy pasture but this time it was thigh high weeds. There is a par-

tial track that goes for a kilometre or two from McAllum's Flat

down river, which speeds things up a little but this section is easy

walking anyway and I didn't worry about trying to follow the track through the sea of weeds. I just pushed on through.

After another hour or two, I arrived at the old camp site that we

used to stay at when I was at school. It used to be a beautiful spot,

set back from the river, with a big sandy beach and a fantastic

swimming hole and jumping rock. Large boulders near the beach

had axe sharpening grooves in them from when aborigines camped

there before white people arrived. It was a magical place. I found it

changed by the course of nature. Floods had washed the beach

away and the camp site itself had all but been reclaimed by the

bush. The only relic of the past besides an old fire circle was a sign

written in red paint on an old aluminium baking tray that said "Take Your Rubbish With You", that was stuck on an old tree stump. I

remembered painting the sign when I was 18 and now I'm 46. It

was almost spooky sitting there, in the old campsite. There was no

way I was going to camp there. I didn't linger and took off down

river thinking about the past and how much had changed. Not just

the river but also me.

I arrived at the camp site at the base of Badgery's Ridge a little be-

fore 5. It didn't look like it had seen much use recently and was

beautifully lush and grassy. Often it has rubbish left there by lazy

campers who just walk down the hill, camp and walk back up. This time it was clean. I set up camp and brewed

up again and then walked down river a bit

to a nice deep spot and had a quick swim.

The water was still warm and fantastically

refreshing. I walked back to the camp site

feeling clean and happy and then began the

ritual of making dinner and brewing tea.

That night the clouds cleared to give a show

of a thousand stars. It was perfect but I was

tired from a long day and found it very easy

to go to sleep reasonable early.

I slept in the next morning, although I was

in no particular rush. I casually made break-

fast and packed up and set off up the ridge

at around 10. It was the same as I remem-

bered - Badgery's, like most big ridges, doesn't get any easier or

harder. It just is. I took my time, passing a young family on their

way down to the river, on a day walk. I said hello and wished them

the best and then put my head down and kept going. About two

thirds of the way up you can see Bungonia Gorge in the distance to

the south-west. It still looks big, even in the distance. I reached the

top in a bit over an hour. About the same time that

I took 20 odd years ago. I

stopped for a while and

drank some water and ate

some scroggin and then

walked down to the look-

out and checked out the

view. Then I lifted up my

pack, turned my back to

the gorge and started

walking along the road to Tallong and from there

home.

Adam Herdman

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Community First Responders

C.F.R. / S.E.S.

These blokes and women do an absolutely fantastic and critical job in responding to medical emergencies in this area and dedicate a lot of

their personal time in an effort to help and protect members of this, and other, communities.

C.F.R. Members are also member of the S.E.S., and are further trained in advanced First Aid techniques by the NSW Ambulance Service

and could be called upon to provide advanced first aid at roadside collisions and other emergencies in areas where there is no immediate

State ambulance service available or close by.

C.F.R. Members also have a positive working relationship with local Police, Ambulance and other emergency services.

In order to keep this vital C.F.R. Active in this community, further volunteers are urgently required. If you are interested in this line of

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NEW BUS RUN IN OUR AREA

Next ‘RUN’ DATES ARE

see Calendar on p21

Due to increasing demand, Home Care Community Transport will now be operating a fortnightly Bungonia, Bungonia Heights, Windellama, Tarago Bus Run on the first & third Thursdays of the month.

Service started on Thursday 20 June 2013.

A fortnightly service will continue from that date & pick ups will commence from 9am, stopping along the way to collect booked clients and then proceed into Goulburn.

The Bus will leave Goulburn, for the return journey, at 2pm.

Please call the Community Transport office on 48240140 to book your place. This service can be utilised by anyone for your shop-ping, access or medical appointment needs for a small fee and they will pick you up from your property door.

Home Care Community Transport 48240140

Office Hours: Mon - Fri 8.30am - 4pm

Use it - or lose it !

The C.F.R. is still in need of suitable volunteers to join the

organisation as First Responders.

This would be a great career step for the younger folk

who are looking to get into the medical field Ambulance

Service, Police Force etc.

It would also be a great way for good local people to join

in a winning team who are out there to help others.

If you would like to join the S.E.S. / C.F.R. then give Kev

a call and speak with him about it.

Cal

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01/02/2015 Between 9.30am and 11am Sunday 1st February 2015, unknown persons have removed the vehicle registra-tion plate of a red Holden Commodore located in the parking area at Bunning’s Warehouse, Ducks Lane Goulburn. The unknown persons have then attached the vehicle registration plate to the front of their own vehicle and attended the Shell Service station on Sow-erby Street Goulburn. At this time the persons have re-fuelled their vehicle and left the premises without at-tempting to pay for the fuel. Anyone with information that may assist Police in identifying those involved is urged to contact Goulburn Police Station. 31/01/2015

At 5:30pm Saturday 31st January 2015, Goulburn High-way Patrol officers detected a white Nissan Maxima travelling north on the Goulburn by pass at around 170km per hour, well in excess of the sign posted speed limit of 110km per hour. The licence of the male driver was immediately suspended and he was issued with an infringement notice for exceeding the speed limit by 45km per hour or more, which incurs a penalty of $2,252 and 6 demerit points. Due to the excessive speed involved in the incident, Police also confiscated the white Nissan Maxima.

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18/02/2015 On Wednesday 18th February 2015 Police from the Hume LAC ran “dob in a drug dealer” and results from the operation were encouraging. Police were encouraged by the feedback received through the hotline operation. A number of phone calls provided information that will be further investi-gated. Some information corroborated with existing holdings which will further those investigations. Some was fresh infor-mation which is now Police to look further afield and investi-gate the illicit supply of drugs in our LAC.This was the second time The Hume LAC had run this campaigne and while it’s an opportunity to focus everyone’s mind on the problem for a day, Police urge people to still contact Crimestoppers or local police if they suspect anyone who is dealing or using drugs or particularly, in rural areas, growing cannabis. The main drug categories referenced in the calls were that of methamphetamines (ice) and cannabis. Calls were also made about cannabis being grown regionally hydroponically & on rural proper-ties.

Goulburn Evening Penny Post Thu. 23 Dec. 1915 p 2 of 6

Big Camp in Goulburn. IMPORTANT DECISION. BATTAL-

ION TO BE TRAINED HERE. "KANGAROOS" MUST

STAY IN GOULBURN.

Captain Wedd has received a most important telegram from head-quarters. It instructs him to inform the Recruiting Association that

the "Kangaroos'" march must end in Goulburn, and intimates that

that step has been definitely arranged. It is pointed out that men are

required for a new battalion which is to be formed in Goulburn, and

men must recognise the necessity of going into training without

loss of time. The view is held by headquarters that it would be

worse than useless and an utter disregard of the needs of King and

country to bring men to Sydney to be sent back to Goulburn the

same day. For some time there had been rumours that a camp on a

big scale would be established in Goulburn, but until the telegram

referred to above was received there was nothing official to be

made public. The new camp will be complete in itself and as provi-

sion has to be made for a thousand to fifteen hundred men, obvi-

ously the showground will have to be abandoned for a site giving more room. The full capacity of the showground, which has served

the purpose admirably so far, is for 350 men. Last week Captain

Wedd (Recruiting Officer) and Captain Martin (Camp Comma-

dant) visited Tirranna to inspect the camp site there. It may be

remembered that during Sir Ian Hamilton's visit to Australia a

Light Horse camp on a large scale was held at Tirranna, and the

site-was proved to be excellent. It may be taken for granted, there-

fore, that the new camp will be established at T'irranna. In view of

the instructions from headquarters the" Kangaroos" must remain in

camp at Goulburn. They now number 214, and as there are 190

recruits already in camp the total will be swelled to over 400. "The

Snowy River" Route March next month should bring another 200

to Goulburn, and, allowing for the additions by ordinary recruiting,

Captain Wedd anticipates that by the end of January there should

be 800 men in training in Goulburn. The decision with regard to the

"Kangaroos" will not be acceptable in Wagga, as the following

extract from a report of a recent meeting of the Wagga Recruiting

Association will show: "Ald. Collins said a suggestion had come

from Goulburn that the "Kangaroos" should end their march there

and take train to Sydney. He thought the feeling was general

among members of the Wagga Committee that the march should

continue right into Sydney, as arranged. With a view to strengthen-

ing Ald. Collins' hands when the matter came before the route

march executive, it was moved and carried that the committee

desired to adhere to the original arrangements, that the march end

in Sydney."

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Phone: 48444460 Captain Craig White 0407 718607 E: Craig-White@live.com.au

President: Craig White 0407 718607

Senior Dep: Terry Lewis 0408 223380

Secretary: Donna Squires 48444259 Treasurer: Johneene Tapper 48444460

Bungonia Fire Shed: 48444256

https://www.facebook.com/groups/404964652948232 FIRECOM: Goulburn during business only 4822 2900

FIRECOM: Yass Zone (of which Bungonia is within) 6226 3100

NOTE:THESE NUMBERS ABOVE ARE FOR YOUR

SAFETY IN A FIRE SITUATION

BUNGONIA PROGRESS ASSOCIATION

President: Bill Dobbie 4844 4272 Secretary: Margo Crossley 4844 4479 Treasurer: Di Broadhead 4844 4295

BUNGONIA & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

President: Moira McGinity 4844 4266 Treasurer: Diana Moran 4844 4234 Secretary: Anne Wiggan 4844 4228

BUNGONIA PARK TRUST

President: Diana Moran 4844 4234 Secretary: Anne Wiggan 4844 4228 Treasurer: Margo Crossley 4844 4479

COUNTRY WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION

President: Shirley Smith 48411976 Secretary: Leanne Lourigan Treasurer: Colleen Cooper 4821 1856

BUNGONIA TIMES

Editor: Greg ‘Cal’ Callander 4844 7273 Email: Bungonia@Gmail.com Treasurer: Pauline O’Brien 48444212 Email: nanskipob@yahoo.com.au Pauline Dickson: 4844 4202 Moira McGinity: 4844 4266 Printer: Greg Callander 48447273

JACQUA CREEK LANDCARE GROUP

President: Annabel Scholes 48 444383 Vice-President: Pat Miller 48 444321 Secretary: Julia McKay 48 444457 Email: jacqua@skymesh.com.au

RURAL WATCH

President: Moira McGinity 4844 4266 Secretary: Diana Moran 4844 4234 Contact: Marulan Police 4841 1516 & Daryl Riches on 4824 0799 (Goulburn Police)

BUNGONIA QUILTERS

Margaret Lehmann 4821 2895 Hazel McAleese 4844 4237

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Automotive Brian’s Auto screens & Glass 4821 2633 Goulburn Automotive 4822 3788 Marulan Driver Training Centre 4841 1422 Exhaust Fabrication 48410256

Farm Services Fife’s Stockfeed 4822 3111 Southern Weed Management 0407 012 663 Private Wool Buyer 0429 787046 Marulan Spreading 0428 417902 Farrier - Gary Foster 48217751

Shepherd’s Hill Nursery 4841 1404

Real Estate Jordans Crossing Real Estate 48411500

Building Services Acom Design 4844 4321 Ron Wenban - Electrician 0428 445 259 Megsy’s Painting & Decorating 0414 571525 EXETER Plumbing 48411446 Master Plumbers 0416 035907 MJZ Building / Painting 48410850

C J Solar 4849 4225

Johnson & Sendall Solicitors 4821 1588

CFR - Kevin Muffett ( Ambulance ) 4844 7143

Goulburn Foot Clinic 4822 3132 Goulburn Brewery 4821 6071 Goulburn Poultry Fanciers 4844 7133 Bob Rudd Funerals 4822 4400 Terminus Hotel 4841 1504 Little Treasures - Day Care 48411985 Tobas Archery 48411800 Must Love Dogs animal care 48410850

Parish Office 4821 1022

Home Care Community Transport 48240140

Ambulance

Bookings 131 233

Goulburn Ambulance Stn 48270444

SES 132 500

Poisons Information 131 126

Goulburn Base Hospital 4827 3111

Police - Goulburn 4824 0799

Police Assistance Line ( P.A.L.) 131 444

Country Energy - interruptions 132 080

Life Line 131 114

Kids Help line 1800 551 800

www.Bungonia.com.au 22 https://www.facebook.com/Bungonia

March 2015 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 Clean Up

Australia Day

YMCA Swimathon See page 19

2

QUILTERS 9a -

1p at Carol’s

place

See page 5

3

4

Park Trust meeting at Hall 7.30pm

5 Community Bus

runs. See page 13

St. Michael’s

Bungonia.

Rosary 7pm

6

RFS Meeting, at Shed, 7.30pm.

See page 4

Crookwell potatoe festival

7

Crookwell potatoe festival

Taralga Show

8

St Patrick’s, Maru-

lan 8am

Crookwell potatoe festival

Taralga Show

9

QUILTERS 9a -

1p at Carol’s

place

See page 5

Progress meeting. 7.30pm at the Hall

10

RFS Training from 7pm at the shed See

page 4

11

Judy’s

Kitchen Ta-ble Morn-ing Tea. 10.30a -

MD at the Hall. $5

12

CWA meeting

at the Hall

St. Michael’s

Bungonia.

Rosary 7pm

13

14

Goulburn’s 22nd

Annual Rose Festival

15

Goulburn’s 22nd

Annual Rose Festival

16

QUILTERS 9a -

1p at Carol’s

place

See page 5

17

18

19

Community Bus runs. See page 13

St. Michael’s

Bungonia.

Rosary 7pm

20

21

Wine & Cheese Night At the Hall from 7.30pm. See page 1 Goulburn Show

22

St Patrick’s, Maru-

lan 8am

Goulburn Show

23

QUILTERS 9a -

1p at Carol’s

place

See page 5

24

RFS Training from 7pm at the shed See

page 4

25

Judy’s

Kitchen Ta-ble Morn-ing Tea. 10.30a -

MD at the Hall. $5

History Meeting. 6pm at

Moria’s.

26

St. Michael’s

Bungonia.

Rosary 7pm

27 28

State Elections

Bungonia Hall is your Polling

Station

Open between

8am - 6pm

29

Goulburn’s Swap meet

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Mon 30

QUILTERS 9a - 1p

at Carol’s place

See page 5

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Tue 31

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