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THE WINDELLAMA NEWS Windellama Progress Association Hall lnc. Vol. 17 no. 10 –November, 2013 Editorial & Layout: Denise Johnson & Gayle Stanton Sec/Treas: Denise Johnson www.windellama.com.au Published Monthly Hard Copy Distribution 400 - Website : 6,000 average/month Windellama, Oallen, Nerriga, Bungonia, Mayfield, Quialigo, Lake Bathurst, Bungendore & Tarago * BURNING OFF? - Permits now required * Windellama Hall is your Neighbourhood Safer Place Windellama News - November 2013 www.windellama.com.au Page 1 Annual Subscriptions - please send your BUSINESS DIRECTORY details and $25 (cheques payable to ‘Windellama News’) to cover the annual cost of postage. Horse Services Tradesmen All cheques please post to: Builder Markets The Secretary, PO Box 705, Goulburn. 2580 Electrician Winery * Unpaid subscriptions will be cancelled after one month Entertainment Engineering Glass Soap If you have any short articles, anecdotes, or Handyman Services Septic Services something else interesting about yourself, your family, or the community; please write it down and Health Bitumen / Concrete drop it in our letterbox at the Hall. We will edit it and Home supplies Shed Supplies publish it in the Windellama News. Home Services Heating / BBQ’s A LOCKED POSTAL BOX IS AT THE FRONT OF THE HALL, 3444 OALLEN FORD RD, IN THE Mechanic Bikes & buggies STONE WALL FOR THE COLLECTION OF Nursery Playgroup ITEMS FOR PUBLICATION Office supplies Cattle / sheep Items left in the box after the deadline will not Piano Excavation be collected or included in the News Plumber Contractors Articles, adverts, etc may also be sent by email to: Real Estate Solar supplies [email protected] Rural equipment Funeral services Adverts sent by email will not be inserted unless payment is received by the deadline. Inside this Issue….. Oallen Ford Road 5 Our Policy on Receipts The Windellama News makes out a receipt for all SES / CFR 7 advertising payments made to the paper. We don’t post out receipts to save cost and we assume that the Progress Assoc 9 appearance of the advertisement in the paper could normally be taken as proof of payment. School News 11 If you require a posted receipt please include a stamped self-addressed envelope with your payment. Historical Piece 13 It would be greatly appreciated if anyone sending Historical Society 15 money to the Windellama News would include their name and address and a note saying what it was for Nerriga News 17 and put it in a sealed envelope. This would avoid a lot of confusion and uncertainty . Garden Groups 18-19 Notice to advertisers, article submitters & readers Windellama RFS 23 The Windellama News is published and authorised by the Windellama Progress Association Inc. Whilst every care has been taken in the Glbn Dist Arts Society 25 production of the News & publishing to the web page on the community website, the editor takes no responsibility for any inaccuracies, errors or Landcare 27 omissions. 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Classifieds 36-37 DEADLINE FOR ALL ISSUES IS THE 20TH OF THE PRECEEDING MONTH YOUR WINDELLAMA NEWS IS PRINTED BY BUSINESS REQUISITES, GOULBURN Page 2 www.windellama.com.au Windellama News - November 2013 Community Notice Board Field Day - HELP! Log book run program boosts learner driver skills Donations of cakes are required from the community to be used in the kitchen. Even if it Goulburn Mulwaree Council holds regular free is just one cake or slice, it will be very much programs for local learner drivers and their appreciated. parents or supervisors. You can drop them off at the Hall on the Friday before or on the day. The next Parent Workshop – Helping Learner Drivers Become Safer Drivers - will be held on Wednesday, 6 November from 6pm-8pm in If you can help at the field day for a couple of the Council Chambers. The workshop hours, please ring Irene Turner on 4844 5214 provides parents with advice about the new laws for Learner licence holders. It will also Outreach Council Meeting give information about supervising and using the logbook to the best advantage and the @ Bungonia Hall benefits of supervised on-road experience The next Community Meeting in the area will The Logbook Run will be held on Sunday, 10 be on November 12 in the Bungonia November from 11am. This event is held in Community Hall. conjunction with Goulburn Police, the Rotary After each meeting community members are Club of Goulburn and NSW Police Driver invited to join councillors and staff for light Training School. The learners follow a set refreshments and the opportunity to chat route which includes a range of driving further. conditions and finishes at the Police Driver We want community members to have the Training School. chance to address Council and sometimes the meetings are just too big, so if you want to At the Police Driver Training School the share what’s on your mind, please call and learner drivers receive practical tips about register your items for agenda. defensive driving and the Rotary Club of Goulburn will provide a BBQ lunch. To register items for discussion, please call 4823 4552 or 4823 4444. Bookings for the November events can be made on 4823 4510. Do you have a BEE problem ? The next few months are swarm season in bee Congratulations land , so if you have a bee swarm or feral hive problem call your local beekeeper. To Leigh & Joanne Gittoes from Windellama Don’t just assume they’ll go away , they might on the birth of their daughter Winifred recently. go right into the wall of your house. Swarms collected free in Windellama and To Pam Williams on the birth of her 5th surrounds , though a little fuel money would be grandson, Nate. appreciated . Bob Shaw Ph 4844 5001 Memorial Service for Jane Crick Craft @ Windellama Hall The Rev Tom Frame will be conducting a Craft afternoons are conducted each Tuesday memorial service for Jane on Sunday 10th except for the first Tuesday of the month from November at 11am at St. Andrews Church, 1-4pm at Windellama Hall. Tarago. All crafts are welcomed. Come and meet the Following the service a rose will be planted in local ladies have a chat and a cuppa, all for her memory in the CWA garden. Refreshments the price of a 1.00. will be served afterwards in the CWA Rooms. For more information ring Irene 4844 5214 Windellama News - November 2013 www.windellama.com.au Page 3 Page 4 www.windellama.com.au Windellama News - November 2013 Oallen Ford Road nearing Oallen Ford The last kilometre !!!! With the trees gone........ Look at that view! Windellama News - November 2013 www.windellama.com.au Page 5 FIFE’S STOCK FEEDS Round Bales Pasture Hay Square 8x3x2 Lucerne Hay Rye & Clover Also suppliers of Bird Seed, Dog Food, Cat Food, Wheaten Chaff, Oaten Chaff, Stud Mix 51-52 Knox St Goulburn (02) 4822 3111 New to the Area is a fully qualified & licensed Carpenter Specialising & covering all aspects of Carpentry work Decks, pergolas, small renovations, any odd jobs, ABN: 90 656 821 885 handy man work, property maintenance, gardening, with many other services available. NO JOB TOO SMALL WITH FAMILY FRIENDLY PRICES. Email: [email protected] For a no obligation quote or discussion, and a prompt, reliable service, please give me a call. JAMES WALSH 4844 5940 0447 520 173 Page 6 www.windellama.com.au Windellama News - November 2013 There are simple precautions that can be Lost Dogs from John Pearce taken to avoid this ever happening to you: Reports of lost dogs have become a regular If the dog is with people visiting for a day or occurrence in the Windellama district with two it must be kept on the lead or held in a dog signs appearing attached to trees reporting the proof compound for the duration of the visit. loss in a desperate attempt to reunite the dog This dog will not be lost and return home with with its owner. The separation is extremely its owners traumatic for both the owner and the dog and sadly the dog is seldom recovered, more than A dog to be kept permanently should be likely perishing in the bush through starvation allowed, while under control, to familiarise or being shot by a landholder worried about itself with its new surroundings and when sheep losses. walking in the bush should be kept on a lead for at least a couple of weeks and never The course of events leading to the loss is encouraged to chase wildlife, in fact it must be usually the same. The dog is bought into the trained not to do this. Young kangaroo joeys district by a new resident or by a visitor to the and wallabies when caught by dogs suffer an area and allowed to roam free. Excited about horrific death. There are heavy fines for its new surroundings, the dog will usually catch owners of dogs killing native wildlife. sight of a kangaroo or rabbit and its hunting instinct will come to the fore and the chase will After walking with your dog restrained for be on.