WAMBOIN FACILITIES and CONTACTS Wamboin Community Assn Helen Montesin President 6238-3208 Bywong Community Assn Judith Miller President 6236-9321
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September 2007 CIRCULATION: 1074 All proceeds from advertisements after printing costs go to the WAMBOIN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, which started the Whisper in 1981 and continues to own it. This Newsletter is distributed to all RMBs in Wamboin, Bywong, Clare, and Yalana at the beginning of each month, except January. Editor is Ned Noel, 17 Reedy Creek Place, Wamboin, 2620, phone 6238-3484. Contributions which readers may wish to make will be appreciated, and should be submitted to by email to [email protected] UT or dropped into his mailbox at 17 Reedy Creek Place. The deadline for the next issue is always the last Sunday of the month, 7 pm, so for the October 2007 Whisper the deadline is Sunday, September 30 , 2007, 7:00 pm. LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCIES Fire/Police/Ambulance - Dial 000 All Hours Queanbeyan Police 6298-0599 Wamboin Fire Brigade Info Centre 6238-3396 Ambulance Bookings 131233 WAMBOIN FACILITIES AND CONTACTS Wamboin Community Assn Helen Montesin President 6238-3208 Bywong Community Assn Judith Miller President 6236-9321. Fire Brigade Cliff Spong Captain 040-999-1340 bh 6236 9220 ah Wamboin Playgroup Leanne Quick Convener 6238 3435 Sutton School Playgroup Laura Taylor Convernor 62369662 Landcare Roger Good President 6236-9048 Community Nurse Heather Morrison Bungendore 6238-1333 Breastfeeding Assoc. Belinda Dennis Community Educator 6236 9979 Emergency Services NSW Call Centre Staff 132-500 Emergency Services Admin Colin Brown Controller 6238-1067 Justice of the Peace Peter Greenwood JP 6238-3358 Justice of the Peace Keith France JP 6238-3596 Justice of the Peace Margaret Fletcher JP 6238-1211 Wamboin Scout Group Peter Harrison Contact Person 6238-3525 Wamboin Guides Rosemary Riley Contact Person 6241-6565 Wamboin Pony Club Maureen Purdie Contact Person 6238-3343 Gearys Gap Pony Club Leigh-Anne Barlow Secretary 6238-3376 Play Group Leanne Quick Convenor 6238-3435 Hall Bookings Joan Mason Bookings 6238-3258 Church, Anglican Robyn Robertson Warden 6238-3202 Christian Prayer Group Steve & Imelda Taylor Contacts 6238-3220 Golf Peter Greenwood Golfer 6238-3358 Injured Wildlife Wildcare Helpline 6299-1966 Claire Ayling WWOW Group Convener 6238-3347 Lake George Day VIEW Club President Pauline Segeri 6238-1996 THE YOUNG WAMBOIN ENTREPRENEURS Ashleigh Caird, babysitting …………………………………………. 6238 0746. Deanne Brucic, babysitting & petsitting …………………………… 6238-1884 Ellen Smith, petsitting (experienced with horses) …………………... 6238-3115 Fiona Skea, babysitting ……......................................................…….. 6238-3290 Rebecca Purdie, petsitting ………………..…...................………….. 6238-3343 Frank Deveson, bicycle maintenance ………………………………… 6238-3294 John Brennan, babysitting and petsitting………………..…………. 6238 3472 Elena Sutcliffe, petsitting and babysitting ………………………… 6238-3228 Gabrielle Simpkin & Nicolette Neveu-Abramczuk, petsitting …….. 6238-3600 Macs Reef Tip Hours 7:30 am to 5:00 pm Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon (to 7 pm Sat - Sun in daylight saving time) closed Tue-Wed-Thurs Wamboin Whisper, September 2007, Page 2 of 24 Wamboin Community Association (Vice) President's Paragraphs In the absence of our illustrious president, responsibility for this month's Paragraphs has fallen to me, her deputy. There was a good turn-out for the August meeting of the WCA, with Council's recent proposal for waste management in Wamboin on the agenda. The meeting voted unanimously to reject Council's proposal (the installation of several arrays of roadside bins) in its entirety, and to request that Council give more serious consideration to locating a transfer station at the current Mac's Reef Road tip site. Richard Bull's review of the RLPB rating system has been released, and is available from the RLPB web site: www.rlpb.org.au. In the short term, the only item that will affect most Wamboin residents is that the review recommends a return to a minimum 10 ha threshold for rating eligibility. Of course, if this recommendation is not adopted, other aspects of the report may become of interest. Land holders whose 2006 Land Valuation was made on 5 October 2006 should also have received a notice of amendment from the Valuer General. Apparently, it was agreed that the valuations in question were in error and all have been reduced accordingly. The effort that our WCA president, Helen Montesin, and her team put in to identify this problem and to help community members submit their objections, is very much appreciated. Valuations made on 14 November 2006 do not seem to have been affected. Our major community fundraiser, the annual Bonfire and Fireworks Night, will be held on the evening of Saturday, 22 September (see main advertisement). Now is the time to bring your combustible garden waste to the Community Centre oval, to help build the centrepiece of the occasion. Many of our community groups will be in attendance, with their traditional culinary delights for the pleasure of the assembled masses. Please come along, join in the festivities and support your community. Also, as advertised elsewhere in this month's Whisper, the Wamboin Produce Markets will be reconvening this month (September 15, 9:00–12:00), after the winter break. The next meeting of the WCA will be on Tuesday, 18 September, at 7:30 pm. Ian Peters. Telstra's local service representative is currently booked for our October meeting, to provide an update on Telstra's plans for the Wamboin/Bywong area. --- Pete Harrison ([email protected]) 160 CO-ORDINATED BY HELEN MONTESIN: Ph 6238 3208 Dean Evans Nrtn Area frm Campbl West 18 Bill Owen Cooper Rd. 26 Helen Montesin Fernloff Rd 33 Cathy Abell Canning Close 17 Hank Berlee 11 Poppet Rd (for all on road) 34 Alan Rope Sutton Road 30 278 CO-ORDINATED BY SUE GANE: Ph 6238 3463 Joan Mason Bingley Way 45 Margaret Heleimin Merino Vale Drive 17 Sue Ward Norton, Bngly to Weeroona 32 Anne Gardner Weeroona, Norton to Majors 31 Sue Gane Majors Close 20 David Anderson Weeroona, Majors to Denley 35 Ned Noel 13 PalerancCn cl+41Advtsrs 55 Penny Evans Norton, Cmpbell to Bngley 25 Kathy Handel Yalana West 19 227 CO-ORDINATED BY KERRIE FISHER: Ph 6238 3489 Colleen Foster Joe Rocks to Norton 20 Deb Gordon Yalana East 41 Rob Gorham South End - Clare Valley 38 Cassie Fisher Clare Lane 11 Pauline Segeri North End - Clare Valley 42 Lyle Monetesin Forrest Road area 60 Bungendore Shop Bungendore 10 222 CO-ORDINATED BY JOHN VAN DER STRAATEN: Ph 6238 3590 Sheryl Barnes Quinn’s Estate / Denley 20 Brian Higgison Deley/Kestral area 12 Don Malcomson Macs R -- Denley to Gum Flat 24 Rhett Cox Macs Reef /Nwngtn to FdHwy 12 Ann Platts Denley MacReef to Birchman's 26 Morag&Guy Cotsell MReef /Newington/Harriot (A) 30 Nora Stewart Rovere Lane 12 Sandra Favre MReef /Newington/Harriot (B) 20 Joan Milner Birriwa Road 30 Ian & Esther Rudd Mreef/Bankers to Fed Hwy 26 Beth Hope Gum Flat Lane 6 191 CO-ORDINATED BY LAURA SNOWDON Ph 6236 9609 Trevor Kirk Macs R - Denley to Bung Rd 20 Snowdon Family Hogan Drive 28 Len Parrish Summerhill Rd Area 33 Diana+Keith Gascoine Snow Gum Road 23 Sue Gorham Schofields/Brooks/Millyn 25 Thelma Martin Shinglehouse Rd area 20 Sue Aunella Brooks 17 Judith Miller Wyoming and Doust Rds 25 TOTAL FOR WHISPER 1074 REG GIRALDI Licensed Builder NSW 145587C ACT 2953C New Homes, Extensions Bathroom and Kitchen Renovations, Carpentry, Tiling, Painting, Gyprock Repairs, Concreting, All Repairs and Insurance Work 0416 075 910 (Mobile) or 6238 0918 (ah) HIA Member Wamboin Whisper, September 2007, Page 3 of 24 Bywong Community News Compiled by Morag and Guy Cotsell President Judith Miller is to retain the reins of Bywong Community for the current year, after the Community's Annual General Meeting re-elected her unopposed. In her report for the past year, Judith paid particular tribute to the work done by sister association Wamboin in achieving reductions in valuations of properties in Bywong and Wamboin. "BCI supported the great work done by Wamboin Community Association in challenging property valuations in Bywong and Wamboin. "This community action led to a declaration by the NSW Valuer General of the 'discovery' of a systemic error in valuations in Bywong and Wamboin ..... and the announcement of a review of those rates. This has led to large reductions in valuations in Bywong and Wamboin, with subsequent flow on to lower rates," the report said. Judith's report also highlighted grants made by Bywong Community to local community groups, including Wamboin Rural Fire Service, Bungendore Tennis Club, Wildcare and the Guides/Brownies. Other office bearers elected at the AGM were Nora Stewart (Vice President), Dennis Ryan (Treasurer), and Committee Members Jean-Pierre Favre, Morag Cotsell, Sue Gorham, Darryl Bourke, Bruna Romano and Guy Cotsell. The meeting decided that Committee Members would share the tasks of Secretary until a Secretary is appointed. Expressions of interest from any Bywong resident would be welcomed. The Looking Glass Newspaper WE BETTER LOOK OUT!!!! Amalia Mills (Year 6) th 25 , June, Earth, Australia, NSW, Wamboin, 5:09pm was when and where I found the aliens. I will tell you my story, but you mustn’t tell anyone, this is secret and I don’t want the aliens to know I’ve found them. I finished my breakfast and, kcapkcab slung over my shoulder, left in an Easterly direction. This is where I found the first signs of them- a pam. On it were lots of squiggly lines and letters, it was very confusing. But I was excited at seeing the sign, even if I didn’t know what it meant. I kept walking. I soon came to a strange animal! I pulled out my aremac and took a otohp, like I did with the pam, and then kept walking. While I did, I glanced at my surroundings. Huge beetle things roamed around and things stuck up from the ground.