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The Andamooka Press First Published in 1973 August/ September- 2020 volume 10, issue 5 Up-Coming Events ANDAMOOKA ALIVE! ♦ Saturday 26h Sep: Lapidary Workshops Hi Everyone. Lets hope you and your families She was a tower of strength in a very Commence! are all surviving the COVID restric�ons in style. masculine situa�on. Her story will be a way to What a great place to isolate here in the focus people’s a�en�on on the unique history desert! ♦ 18th- 19th Oct: of Andamooka and the essen�al role that Cirkidz Workshops and There has been much ac�vity around the hub women played in that story. Comedy Night! of late. The new Café is up and running. Julie Watch out for more Info Chris�e and Peter Sach are running the new The Youth Club is back! Donna has wrangled coming soon. Dine-a-Mite café. They won the right to lease new resources and worked her magic to get the café a�er a well-contested process. The Commi�ee found it very encouraging to see those kids engaging in all sorts of ac�vi�es. ♦ Friday Night Take Away The Commi�ee is very focussed on making Check posters & Facebook more that one partnership put up their hands for details. to take it on. The Café has been cleaned by Andamooka a child friendly town for all sorts local workers and is now fully up to speed with of reasons and especially to support the Please Be Advised: cleanliness and safety standards. Please give school. We need families to come and stay. Due to the ongoing spread of Julie and Peter your support as they build this COVID-19, events may be special business inside the community hall. It cancelled or postponed. is something of a modest income stream for The new Community Kitchen has been a great the town and a big drawcard for tourists and success. If you haven’t got down there to More on Events page 9... locals alike, so a big thankyou to Trish and the sample the good food yet you have been CDP crew. missing out. The atmosphere has been great Inside this issue The Be Connected program is up and running on these evenings. A big fire, good food and good company. What be�er way to wean APOMA News & No�ces too. It’s about access to computers. This allows 2/3 older people and people without computers at ourselves out of isola�on? Look out for home to get online and do their business. This posters around town and on Facebook for the Community Business 4 space inside the hub will be very handy for next one. The amount of volunteer hours that contac�ng Centrelink through MyGov and Community News checking your emails or just surfing the have gone into this kitchen is a credit to the 5 Internet. If you have just started with town. Community Projects computers there will be volunteers to help you 6 get started. It will also be a site of much So with a lot of successes achieved within this Things To Do And See ac�vity for the Minnie Berrington movie challenging year, we are now facing new 7 documentary crew. challenges heading into 2021, but these Events Calendar Talking about the movie. Lara got up at the last include exci�ng challenges and others that will 8 APOMA mee�ng and gave us all an insight into poten�ally succeed in servicing the town What’s On In Andamooka the early research on Minnie. be�er as we head into the future. See you at 9 community mee�ngs for your input and The Crea�ve Corner She was an Englishwoman who was the first informa�on sharing. 10 female opal miner in Andamooka and the first Rod Mitchell Arts & Culture 11 Postmistress as well. APOMA Secretary Andamooka Life 12 History - Decade by Decade 13 Police & Health Services 14 School & Community 15 Community No�ceboard 16 Header:Singing Honeyeater forages amongst the leaves. Source: Alison Smoker 0477 184 485 [email protected] www.andamooka.sa.au /AndamookaPortal THE ANDAMOOKA PRESS 2 Community contacts & information Andamooka progress and opal miners association FOR ALL EMERGENCIES ANDAMOOKA PROGRESS & OPAL CALL 000 Andamooka Town Office Your call will be directed to the One-Stop Shop for OCA, APOMA & Town Business MINERS ASSOCIATION INC. right organisa�on to manage the APOMA is the peak body situa�on. Open Tuesday to Friday represen�ng the opal miners, 9:30am - 3:00pm (Closes 12 noon Fridays) residents, community and township of Police: 131 444 Ph: 08 8672 7246 Andamooka. SES/CFS: APOMA’S key objec�ves are to lead John West: 0408 807 943 Urgent Enquires: the community, protect miners rights Stefan Bilka: 0427 181 752 OCA (Byron Gough): 0427 687 772 & build a sustainable future for the town; maintain & develop the Andamooka Community APOMA: 0477 184 485 township; assist the development of Health Service: opal mining & promote opal markets; Hospital Road 8672 7087 Town Maintenance: Richard Hawkins 0418 855 165 See page 6 for daily clinic hours promote & facilitate tourism, promote A�er Hours: Emergencies Only Address: Community Hub, School Rd, Andamooka & facilitate community wellbeing, Postal: PO Box 246 Andamooka SA 5722 social inclusion & equality within the Post Office: 8672 7007 township. Open 7 Days, Opal Creek Blvd. Email: - Dukes Bo�lehouse Motel OCA: [email protected] - Laundry-mat Ac�ng Chair: Donna Waters - Claims Registra�on APOMA/Town Office: [email protected] Hours: 9am - 5pm Weekdays Town Maintenance/Projects:[email protected] Secretary: Rodney Mitchell 11am - 3pm Weekends Events & Memberships: [email protected] Treasurer: Gill Rowley Andamooka Powerhouse: 8672 7235 Newsle�er: [email protected] Power Cards @ Friendly Grocer PO Box 246 Andamooka SA 5722 OCA: 12 Tassie St, Pt Augusta Ph: (08) 8648 5970 Email: [email protected] Andamooka Friendly Grocer: CCS & Avdata payments now accepted at Post Office Opal Creek Blvd. 8672 7034 www.andamooka.sa.au Gas Refills/Fuel/Hardware Notes Focus Commi�ee Mee�ng July 20: Open 7 Days, 9am - 6pm Weekdays Next Member/Community 9am - 3pm Sat, 10am - 1am Sun • Major item was hearing submissions from two separate bids on the Café opera�on. Both presenta�ons were very good. Both emphasised the importance of Mee�ng: TBA Sep 2020 Town Office: 0477 184 485 the Café as a hub of ac�vity and a great way to showcase the town to visitors which Correspondence addressed to the School Rd made decision making difficult, but a unanimous decision was finally reached. Secretary due 7 days prior to mee�ng. • The financial report showed that we are doing well against all indicators. Ian Open: Tue-Fri, 9:30am - 3pm made the point to all present that Gill has worked a minor miracle over five years to bring APOMA back from a financial brink and for that we thank her. This includes Andamooka School & Children’s considerable project funding suppor�ng the Lapidary Workshop, the Community Centre: 8672 7018 Kitchen and the Café refit. All these special grants need to be acqui�ed and reported PUBLISHER Public Library Hours, See Pg 15 on. Gill has done that too. The Caravan Park has been busy and so produced a useful income stream. Produced by Andamooka Town Andamooka Community Hall: There was some concern about Roxby residents using our rubbish dump. The Office, Published by APOMA Enquires, contact APOMA Commi�ee resolved to put more pressure on Roxby Council. - Kids Splash Pad & BBQ Area There was some discussion about the upcoming members mee�ng. A mo�on addressed the issue of email proxy votes requiring them to be voice confirmed by PO Box 246 Andamooka SA 5722 - Book Exchange & Art Exhibi�ons phone. - Andamooka Yacht Club Cafe • APOMA Members mee�ng - 26th of July. Email: [email protected] Opal Creek Blvd. Stefan Bilka agreed to stand-in as independent chair in the absence of Donna (our M:0477 184 485 ac�ng Chair) who was unwell on the day. The main item of business was the CARM Andamooka Yacht Club Cafe: Agreement. The members present saw no problem in confirming that. The agreement Ac�ng Chair: Donna Waters Opal Creek Blvd. 0412 264 168 looks very much as it did last year. Check out the Financial Report for more detail. Located at the Community Hall • The Commi�ee also reported on a Commi�ee presenta�on to the OCA Board CIRCULATION: 250 hard copies & by Donna, Gill and Rodney in Port Augusta in mid June. At this mee�ng the OCA Digital distribu�on by web and email. Andamooka Caravan Park revealed that they are looking at a “root and branch” review of the way outback Web: www.andamooka.sa.au & Playground: 0477 184 485 communi�es are governed. The Commi�ee believe there has to be change and gave Facebook: /AndamookaPortal Opal Creek Blvd. an indica�on that we are very keen to collaborate with OCA on this. • You, as community members, have a right to contribute and will have that Tuckabox Hotel: 8672 7137 opportunity via OCA community consulta�on during August. In the mean�me we are Email us to receive an email copy, Takeaway available hos�ng a visit from one Mr Chris Howis who is something of an experienced expert in or phone us to request a paper Opal Creek Blvd. Open 7 Days the area of community solu�ons. He is visi�ng Andamooka on the 17th and 18th of August to have a look around and talk with people about an new approach into the copy.