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Desert Yarns Diamantina Shire Council Desert Yarns May, 2014 Distributed free to all residents. Volume 5 Issue 3 This month’s events Message from the Mayor 7th May: Birdsville P&C AGM Possibly the highlight of the month was the ANZAC service and parade I had 10th-11th May: Birdsville Campdraft, Rodeo and Bronco Branding the privilege of attending in Birdsville. The service was very well attended, a pleasing, seemingly nation-wide trend. The parade was attended by naval, ar- 16th May: Busby Marou Drought Relief my and air force personal. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Concert, Birdsville Oval 7.30pm four RAAF officers from Edinburgh RAAF Base for making the effort to be in 24th May: Windorah Acca Dacca Birdsville for ANZAC Day. After the ceremonies, we all enjoyed a wonderful Drought Relief Concert morning tea and later that afternoon I was fortunate enough to be able to 27th May: Allied Health in Birdsville relieve some people of their surplus cash at the two-up game. 28th May: Allied Health in Bedourie During the month both towns had a visit from representatives from Queens- land Health and Medicare Local. The change over of our health service is 14-15th June: Channel Country Relay progressing well and all seems to be on track. Bedourie In the past I have mentioned how the RAPAD group has been lobbying State and Federal governments for sustainability funding. I am now pleased to be able to announce that this has come to fruition and the Diamantina Shire’s Message from the Mayor 1 share of the pie is $1.6 million. This will go some way to maintaining our core From the CEO 2 workforce through this period of financial hardship. From Tourism and Community desk 3 Our northern cousins, the Boulia Shire, have very generously handed over a project on the Boulia-Bedourie road, worth about $2 million, to the Diaman- Works Report 4 tina. Boulia Shire were lucky enough to secure substantial funding for their Public Notices 5 Donahue Highway, so have been able to share the cream. I would personally Birdsville Campdraft & Bronco Branding 6 like to thank the Boulia Shire for their generosity. The Diamantina Shire has also be able to do some flood damage repairs in Tribute to Mrs Jean Smith 8 the Barcoo Shire. This is just another example of western shires pulling to- Drought Relief Concert 10 gether in tough times. I thank the Barcoo Shire for also being a good neigh- ANZAC Day 12 bour. Betoota Gymkhana 16 I would like to remind everyone of the free "lifting the sprits" concert on May Simpson Desert Trip Reports 18 16 in Birdsville. I take this opportunity to thank the Queensland Government who have made this possible by granting the shire the funding for the enter- In the Media 22 tainment. From the Cops 23 In Pictures 25 Mayor Cr Geoff Morton Students’ contributions 28 Playgroup 30 If you have any news or photos that you wish to see in Desert Yarns, Diamantina reading 32 contact Kelly Theobald at [email protected]. Diamantina Events 34 Submission guidelines available at back. Diamantina Shire Council 07 4746 1202 17 Herbert Street 07 4746 1272 BEDOURIE QLD 4829 [email protected] www.diamantina.qld.gov.au Page 2 Desert Yarns From the CEO It was great to see the Bedourie community come together on Anzac Day to acknowledge those who have served in the defence of Australia and its allies. Thanks to those who organised each aspect of the services and the P&C for hosting the lunch that followed. I understand that Birdsville had a good turnout too. Planning has already com- menced for the 100 year anniversary of the Gallipoli landing. Council has started preparing the 2014/15 budget. It will be a tough budget, as there has not been a flood event in the shire for the past two years, which council relies on to balance its budget. With no floods, council will need to tighten its belt meaning it will need to review the services that it provides and the standard of those services. It will look at its sources of revenue and ensure that its own operations are efficient and effective and that we are getting value for money for every dollar spent. We need to review whether we are spending money on goods or services that are the responsibility of other levels of government or private enterprise. Opportunities to partner with other levels of government or community to deliver better outcomes whilst reducing costs will also be explored. There will be roadwork happening at various locations in Bedourie through to the end of June. I ask everyone to take care when in the vicinity of road works and to please take note of roadwork signs. Mr Leon Love, Diamantina Shire Council CEO ANZAC Day parade in Bedourie. Photo: Leon Love Page 3 Desert Yarns From the Tourism and Community Desk I have just returned from the Sydney Caravan and Camping Show, where the Diamantina had a stand as part of the Caravanning QLD area. Around 70,000 people attended the show and our stand was extremely popular. We took along some authentic red sand and Bedourie camp ovens and these were a talking point. We distributed over 1000 Diamantina Show bags. Each bag contained the 2014 Diamantina Visitors’ Guide, 2014 Event Calendar along with information on the Birdsville Races, Big Red Bash packages, Simpson Desert Racing Carnival and a poster. Interest in the Birdsville races and the Big Red Bash Concert was extremely high and a number of tour operators have indi- cated they are bringing groups to these events. We welcome Helen O’Rourke this week to the tourism team. Helen will be the seasonal tourism officer in Birds- ville this year and comes to us from the Scone Visitor Centre in NSW, after a long career in public libraries. We also farewell Alex Clowes from the Bedourie Visitor Centre. Alex has been with council for over seven years and worked in both Birdsville and Bedourie. Her knowledge and experience will be sorely missed. We had strong in- terest in the Community Development Officer position and are currently processing the applications. The QLD Government, through Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services, and RAPAD has provided funding to council to provide drought relief activities. Council will be staging a free Drought Relief Con- cert with renowned duo Busby Marou and other guests. This will take place on Friday 16th May on the Birdsville oval and should be a great night. The season has well and truly commenced with tourist numbers growing each week. The Bronco Branding, Rodeo and Campdraft kicks off in Birdsville this weekend and we’re expecting a great crowd. At their meeting in April, council approved the construction of a shelter over the Birdsville ‘meeting place’ in con- junction with RAPAD and CICADAS. Council also formally approved the policy for sale of local goods and souve- nirs, which now allows both visitor centres to stock locally produced items. Bookings have opened for the 2014 Birdsville Races tent city with strong early interest. The facility will be located between the Birdsville Bakery and the Birdsville Caravan Park on Burt Street and be adjacent to the Birdsville Billa- bong. Until next month Steven Baldwin Tourism & Community Manager Page 4 Desert Yarns Works Report I hope everyone had a good Easter. The road from Bedourie to Birdsville via Glengyle was closed for a few weeks due to flood water over the road at Cuttaburra Crossing for a three- kilometre stretch. We carried out the necessary maintenance work to make it safe to drive and the road has now reopened. Many of our gravel roads are still corrugated, which is caused by harsh weather. Therefore, we advise everyone traveling on gravel roads to be cautious and drive according to the road condi- tions. Culvert work Council received a new Caterpillar TH414 tele- scopic handler on March 31, 2014. This will be primarily used by the Multiskill Crew. The construction crew is nearly ready to seal the Bedourie airport car park, town levee bank, industrial levee bank and some street road patches. This is excellent progress by the crew. They will then move to the Diamantina Lakes and Springvale area to finish flood damage work. The gravel crew is working on Palparrara road after completion of which they will move on to Mooraberree road. This crew has also been working on Barcoo Shire roads and the project New telehandler is progressing well thanks to the crew’s excellent performance. The multi-skill crew is working on tourism sign- age, shire entry signage and general signage work across the road network. They have recently completed a culvert job at the Bedourie residen- tial sub-division and have almost completed a pipe installation work on Kamaran road. Both parks and gardens teams worked hard to ensure fantastic ANZAC Day celebrations and have also recently distributed plants to shire res- idents. They are continuing beautification pro- Airport carpark jects on towns’ entrances in both Bedourie and Birdsville. Harin Karra Assistant Works Manager Page 5 Desert Yarns The Diamantina Shire Council has requested that future editions of Desert Yarns be produced primarily digitally. If you are currently receiving a printed copy of Desert Yarns, and would like to instead receive a digital copy, please contact the editor at [email protected] to join the digital mailing list. RADF Notice The next RADF funding round will close on Friday 30th May, 2014.
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