JUNCTION JOURNAL

Volume 24 Issue 4

April 2015

ISSN 1441—3515

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© COPYRIGHT 2015 Articles and photographs that are the property of the ‘Junction Journal’ may be reproduced, provided the ‘Junction Journal’ and sources are acknowledge.

My apologies that this is late but April seemed to have run away like the rest of the year. I was already behind with things when I decided to start to update the look of the Junction Journal. This is a work in progress and hopefully by the 23rd birthday of the publication in a couple of weeks I will have it perfected more.

Last month was a month of celebrations. The Hundredth anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli and the community celebrated Anzac Day in style at the local school and research farm.

It was also a sad time when we said farewell to a family that has contributed greatly to the development of our community. Marie, Chris, Jock, Lizzie and Isabella Muldoon will be greatly missed by the community and we hope that they don’t get too cold in NSW.

Don’t forget to ring your mother this Mother’s Day and do something nice for her even if it might be just doing the washing up. I am certain that every mum will love to be spoilt by their children on this special day or at least have some time to go fishing!!

Farewell Muldoons…………………………………………. 3 Muldoons Thank Douglas Daly……………………. 5 Douglas Daly School Masterpieces…………… 7 Electrocution Risk for DIY Repairs…………. 8 Douglas Daly Phone List……………………………... 9 Mothering Sunday…………………………………………. 10 Douglas Daly New Preschool student………… 11 Flashback — Anzac Day 2008…………………….. 11 Recreational Vessel Regulation Changes 13 Community Notice Board……………………………… 14 Australian Farmer of the Year…………………... 15 Senepol—Brahman Cross Research…………….. 17 Save the Date — Annual Cricket Match…... 18 TDDCDA Cleaning Roster…………………………….. 18 WW1 Returned Servicemen Recognised….. 19 Footy Tipping………………………………………………….. 19 Wet Season Effect on Hay Yields…………….. 20 Weather…………………………………………………………. 21

The Junction Journal is a monthly not for profit publication servicing the residents of the Douglas Daly Community.

It is produced solely on a 100% volunteer basis

with the first edition being circulated May 20th 1992.

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Private Charles Gladman, 12th Battalion A.I.F.

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The Douglas Daly Community Development Association Inc.

hosted a Farewell for the Muldoon Family, on Saturday 18th

April, at the Douglas Daly Community Hall. Chris and Marie

have been in the Douglas Daly for 11 years and have been a

very valued part of the community over this time. Over these

years, we have seen their family grow with their three beautiful children Jock, Lizzie

and Isabella all enriching their lives and ours.

Both Chris and Marie have held positions on TDDCDAI committee as well as many

other committees within the district over these years. Through Marie’s creativity,

our Annual Cricket Match was born. This event has grown year by year to celebrate

an amazing achievement of 10 years last year, together with an enormous amount

of sponsorship money raised. We will forever be grateful to Marie who has worked

tirelessly each and every year to make it such an extraordinary event that has

benefited the whole community.

For this, Sam McBean presented Marie with the first “Life Membership” to The

Douglas Daly Community Development Association Inc. and gave her the honour of

opening our new Marque that will be on display at this year’s Annual Cricket Match

in September.

Gifts of beer and wine glasses etched with TDDCDAI Logo were given to Chris and

Marie and a pair of warm Ugg boots were each given to Jock, Lizzie and Isabella,

something we’re sure they will need.

It was so lovely to see so many of their friends and family come together to wish

them well, a very humours speech from Margot Black together with photos that

captured some very special moments throughout the past years were passed

around for all to see.

Thank you to all who were able to attend the evening, thank you to all who assisted

with preparations, to the gents who cooked the BBQ and to all who brought along

salads and desserts to share. I’m sure I’m right in saying, we will all miss the Mul-

doon family very much and we hope to see them back, enjoying an event in the

Douglas Daly community very soon.

Wishing you all the very best in your new venture in Deniliquin NSW…..

From all of us, past and present members of the Douglas Daly community.

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Dear members of TDDCDAI

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the wonderful send-off for our family.

We were thrilled to see so many of our mates there and it was a fabulous way to say good-bye to everyone.

The life membership awarded to Marie is greatly appreciated and she is very humbled to receive the first one.

Thank you for the wine and beer glasses with the association logo which are also very special.

We shall toast the Douglas Daly and its people with fond memories.

We wish you all the very best and if any of you come to the Riverina please look us up.

Best wishes,

Chris, Marie, Jock, Lizzie and Bella Muldoon Douglas Daly 2004 - 2015

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Douglas Daly

School

Art

Masterpieces

The Year Two through Year Six

students at Douglas Daly School

have been creating amazing pieces

of Art!

These works will be

entered into the

Adelaide River Show this

year.

Adelaide River Show

June 5—7, 2015

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Safety Reminder - Electrocution Risk for DIY Repairs 21 April 2015

The alert comes after the tragic death of a Tennant Creek resident who was electrocuted earlier in the month after trying to repair an air conditioning unit.

Executive Director of NT WorkSafe, Mr Stephen Gelding said that the preliminary findings from NT WorkSafe’s Electrical Safety Unit showed that the deceased was working on an air conditioning unit which was energised.

“Electricity has the potential to cause serious injury and death, which is the reason why electricians are required to be licensed,” Mr Gelding said. “We hear stories all the time of people doing their own wiring or what they consider to be minor electrical work to save a few dollars instead of calling a licensed electrician. But all it takes is one small mistake for a tragedy to occur.”

“Next time someone is thinking about doing their own electrical work, they need to stop and ask them-selves, how much is their life worth?” Mr Gelding said.

The preliminary findings also showed that the air conditioning unit was plugged into an electrical circuit that wasn’t protected by a safety switch. In 1991, the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules required all power circuits installed in domestic dwellings be protected by a safety switch. Safety switches monitor the flow of electricity through a circuit and detect a problem that may pose a risk to personal safety and turn the power off within 0.03 of a second. Whilst there isn’t a requirement to retrofit safety switches into houses built before 1991, any upgrades to the electrical circuits of domestic dwelling will require a safety switch to be installed.

“If a household can afford it, it is highly recommended that people living in houses built before 1991 have a licence electrician install safety switches in their homes,” Mr Gelding said. NT WorkSafe (1800 019 115)has an electrical safety unit to provide electrical safety information for domestic and workplace situations.

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2015 Douglas Daly Phone List

The 2015 Douglas Daly Phone List will be out soon

and I am requesting people who want their details

on the list to email the following to me at

junctionjournal@skymesh.com.au

NAME

PHONE NUMBER — HOME

PHONE NUMBER — BUSINESS

STATION NAME

UHF NUMBER

EMAIL ADDRESS

ANY OTHER INFORMATION.

I would like to have the new phone list out to

Douglas Daly Residents by June so your help is

greatly appreciated. Pass this information onto

anyone who may require it.

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Mothering Sunday

The history of Mothers Day can date back to the 1600s in England where Mothering Sunday was

celebrated annually on the fourth Sunday of Lent to honor mothers. After a prayer service in church to

honor Virgin Mary, children brought gifts and flowers to pay tribute to their own mothers.

On the occasion, servants, apprentices and other employees staying away from their homes were

encouraged by their employers to visit their mothers and honor them. Traditionally children brought with

them gifts and a special fruit cake or fruit-filled pastry called a simnel.

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Douglas Daly Preschool Welcomes a New Student

Douglas Daly School is very excited to welcome Zach to our Preschool. Although he is not new to the

district, he is new to the school. We look forward to many learning journeys together!

Flashback — Anzac Day 2008

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Community Notice

Board

May 10 — Mother’s day

May 16 & 17 — Freds Pass Rural Show

May 23 — BASSINTHEGRASS

May 27 — State of Origin 1

June 5-7 –Adelaide River Show

June 8 — Queens Birthday

June 17th — State of Origin 2

June 19– 21 — V8 Supercars

June 19 — Term 2 ends

June — Douglas Daly Funkhana

June — Greek Glenti

July 8th — State of Origin 3

July 21 — Term 3 starts

Aug 3 — Picnic Day

Sept 5 — TDDCDA Annual Cricket Match

If you would like anything posted on this community notice board, please

email details to the

Junction Journal

at junctionjournal@skymesh.com.au

For road updates please visit

http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/roadreport

Or

http://www.facebook.com/JunctionJournal

All dirt roads — Load limits apply

Adelaide River Health Clinic

9am to 12 am & 1pm to 4pm Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri

9am to 12 am — Wednesday only

Doctor Days

Tuesday and Thursday all day by appointment

After Hours — emergency only

89 767 027

SUE SHOTTON

Justice of the Peace

89782705 Email:sjshotton@skymesh.com.au

In a Medical Emergency you must ring the

District Medical Officer at Royal Darwin

Hospital on 8922 8888 and state clearly that

it is a

LIFE THREATENING SITUATION

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2015 Farmer of the Year awards Nominate a farmer or enter yourself now

ABC Rural , 13 April 2015 Nominations are open for the 2015 Australian Farmer of the Year awards.

We're looking for farmers with innovative ideas, professional management strategies and a sustainable farming business for the 2015 Australian Farmer of the Year Awards.

You can nominate yourself, or someone else.

Award categories include:

Young Farmer of the Year

Grain Grower of the Year

Livestock Producer of the Year

Horticultural Grower of the Year

Biosecurity Farmer of the Year

Dairy Farmer of the Year

Diversification Farmer of the Year

Egg Farmer of the Year

Agricultural Student of the Year

The competition, now in its sixth year, is hosted by the Kondinin Group and ABC Rural.

Entries close Friday 26 June 2015, with winners to be announced in Sydney on 9 September 2015. For more information call 1800 677 761.

2014 Australian Farmer of the Year category winners

2014 Australian Farmer of the Year: Robert Green, Adelaide Hills, South Australia

Egg Farmer of the Year: Danny Jones, Kings Meadows, Tasmania

Horticultural Grower of the Year: Robert Green, Adelaide Hills, South Australia

Livestock Producer of the Year: Joanne Stritch, Wandin, Victoria

Dairy Farmer of the Year: Greg Dennis, Tamrookum, Queensland

Grain Grower of the Year: Smith family, Dumbleyung, Western Australia

Diversification Farmer of the Year: Brian Ahmed, Werribee South VIC

Young Farmer of the Year: Jack England, Kingston, South Australia

Biosecurity Farmer of the Year (plant category): Shannon Paton and Sarah Schultz, Innisfail, Queensland

Agricultural Student of the Year: Roxanne Mostert, Redmond, Western Australia

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Senepol-Brahman cross steers outperforming straight

Brahmans in Indonesian feedlot NT Country Hour , By Daniel Fitzgerald , Apr il 13th, 2015

A beef researcher with the Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry (DPI) says Senepol-Brahman cross cattle are showing distinct production advantages for both northern cattle producers and Indonesian importers.

The DPI has been studying the benefits of breeding Brahmans with Senepol bulls, and recently sold a number of crossbred and straight Brahman steers to an Indonesian buyer.

The steers were followed by DPI researchers and their weight gain was tracked over 121 days in an Indonesian feedlot.

Co-ordinator of the Beef Research Program for DPIF, Tim Schatz, said on average, the Senepol-cross steers put on an extra 21 kilograms compared to the straight Brahman steers. "There has been this perception that a lot of the live export cattle buyers discriminate against crossbreds and they prefer the high-grade Brahmans because there is a perception that high-grade Brahmans do better in Indonesian feedlots," he said. "We wanted to test that perception, so we sent across some Brahman as well as some Senepol-cross steers and fed them together in a feedlot [in Indonesia]. "What we found was the Senepol-cross steers outperformed the Brahmans and they grew significantly more. "So these results have convinced that particular feedlotter that he would pay a premium for these animals." Mr Schatz said convincing the majority of Indonesian buyers of the benefits of crossbred cattle remained

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Douglas Daly Community Hall Cleaning Roster

May End of Wet SUPER CLEAN

All of members to attend.

Watch your inbox for a date

a challenge. "I think as the information gets out more and more people will certainly stop penalising for these sort of crossbreds and perhaps more will start offering a premium when they see the advantages there are to them," he said. "I would say that not all Indonesian feedlotters are biased against crossbreds. Some have recognised the benefits for themselves. But from talking to cattle producers around the Territory, they say that it is a big problem for them that when buyers turn up they regularly get downgraded for their crossbred animals, so hopefully we can prevent that happening in the future." The DPIF research also found the Senepol-cross cattle outweighed straight Brahmans at the time of weaning and were much heavier animals at the 18 month mark when most steers are sold to the Indonesian live export market. "At about 18 months of age, these animals are about 30 kilograms heavier than the straight Brahmans and in current prices that's worth around $81, and if you're getting a $0.05 premium per kilogram for a 330-kilogram animal, that's another $16.50, so you're up around an extra $97.50 for each steer that you sell," Mr Schatz said. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

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2015 Footy Tipping

Comp

Please pay tipping fees to

Mary-Jane as soon as

possible if you haven’t

already.

Nelson 69

Kevin 68

Shaz 67

Marie 66

Bert 64

Alix 63

MJ 63

Murray 63

Lucy 62

Nathan/Amanda

60

Dan 59

Chad 57

Sean 57

Scotty 57

Daniel 56

Ross 56

Sue 56

Kerry 55

Spud 53

WWI returned

servicemen recognised http://www.nt.gov.au

24 April 2015

Seven WWI returned servicemen buried in unmarked graves at Gardens Road Cemetery have finally had their sacrifice properly commemorated with headstones and plaques.

The servicemen commemorated with a new headstone are:

Larrakia man Robert Shepherd

Thomas Cody

Tom Cumming

George Elmer

Eric Erlandson,

John McMillan

John Newton

The group includes a Military Medal recipient for gallantry and devotion to duty, a Queen’s South Africa Medal recipient, two members of the Light Horse regiment, a buffalo shooter and a light-weight boxer.

The headstones were paid for by the Northern Territory Government as part of its four year, $4.5 million program of events and commemorations for the ANZAC Centenary.

The City of Darwin has provided significant in-kind support to this project, preparing and laying the headstones.

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Poor wet season may affect yields in the Northern

Territory's biggest hay producing region NT Country Hour , by Daniel Fitzgerald, 10 April 2015

Hay is starting to be cut in one of the

Northern Territory's biggest hay

producing regions, the Douglas Daly.

A poor wet season across much of the

Top End in February and March is

expected to impact yields.

Chris Howie, from Maneroo Station

said the low rainfall has affected the

growth of his crop.

"It was a low rainfall wet season,

there was a few dry spells, so we

didn't have as much growth as usual," he said. "So I think yields will be down a little bit, but

we'll know in a few weeks [when the hay is baled]."

However Mr Howie said the lower rainfall may increase the protein in the hay.

"We put a lot of fertiliser on early, so that was probably a good move to keep the yield up

with the lower rainfall, but [the hay] is probably better quality."

Hay producers across the Territory were expected to ramp up their plantings to meet the

increasing demand from the live export market.

Mr Howie planted around 930 hectares to hay this

season, but said he would have planted more if he

had extra land.

"We're at our maximum production at the moment,

we haven't got any land left to increase our

production," he said.

"There's talk of some of the forestry companies

have put in a fair bit of hay, here and down in

Katherine. That will probably have an influence on

the market. You'd think oversupply will bring the

price down, but I'd like to think the price will hold

well for this year."

Around 80 per cent of Mr Howie's hay is sold to

yards around Darwin to be used for cattle destined

for the live export trade.

GRC Plantation Services… 6

Outback Batteries………….. 8

Freedom Motors…………... 9

Tyrepower………………….. 10

Adelaide River Freight…….. 12

Medical Emergency…….….. 14

Caltex……………………….. 16

Advertiser’s Index

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Douglas Daly Weather Report

The Dry Season is well and truly upon us. A run of cooler weather which is a great change to the heat we have been experiencing.

March April

Max Temp: 38.6 o C (14th) Max Temp: 37.6 o C (17th) Min Temp: 21.4 o C (24th) Min Temp: 11.4 o C (30th) Mean Temp Range: 23.5—35.7 o C Mean Temp Range: 20.0—35.2 o C Max Wind Run: 57 km/hr E (24th) Max Wind Run: 93 km/hr ESE (4th) Rainfall: 80.4 mm Rainfall: 14.2 mm Mean Rainfall: 229.0 mm Mean Rainfall: 51.5 mm Highest Rainfall: 636.4 mm (1974) Highest Rainfall: 410.4 mm (2006) Highest Daily Rain: 38.4 mm (2nd) Highest Daily Rain: 10.4 mm (5th) Highest recorded daily rain: Highest recorded daily rain: 167.8 mm (15/03/2012) 101.0 mm (26/04/2006) Raindays: 7 Raindays: 3

Rainfall for season 14/15: 922.8 mm Rainfall for season 13/14: 1422.2 mm

Rainfall for 2015 calendar year: 563.4 mm

Rainfall for 2014 calendar year: 1374.4 mm

Mean rainfall per calendar year: 1198.8 mm

Highest rainfall per calendar year: 1939 mm (2011) (manual recording)

Lowest rainfall per calendar year: 640.5 mm (1970)