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Volume 192 Print circulation 570 — Readership growing October 2019 Everything old was indeed new again at ‘a nice night’s entertainment’ Once again, Gundaroo School Combined with the generosity of those P&C Quiz Night on 7 September excitedly bidding for the prizes, the night maintained its long tradition (39 raised an amazing $11,500. This will be years) of being a fabulous evening. used to refurbish the former GOSH room, to become a new multi-purpose space. About 100 Gundaroo locals and their th friends participated with much humour We look forward to celebrating the 40 and spirit in what (then Mrs) Edna anniversary of Quiz Night in 2020. Everage might call – in massive ******************** understatement – “a nice night’s 2019 Quiz Night prize donors entertainment”. Most patrons took to heart the theme Keeping with convention, the Quiz Cork Street Café Tin Shed Bread Danny Apps Rolling Hills Kitchen ‘Everything old is new again’, and the Masters were last year’s winners. The Andrew Lemon John & Rachel Krnc Gundaroo Hall was a sea of Double ‘school team’ – the teachers – as Alison Coles Tecla Van de Zandt Denim, animal print, Lion King promised, took us back to the future Gundog Winery Capital Diamond Cleaners Bungendore Antiques Brooks Creek Hampers characters, Thunderbirds, and hair and with a retrospective look at life. Bungendore Woodworks Bliss Fur Dogs clothing fashions from past decades. Carole Nicola Ellie – Zumba lessons Country Children’s Rhee Tae Kwon-Do Even the questions from past Quiz Early Learning The Good Toy Shop Nights were given new life for this one. Lindi Heap Photography National Dinosaur Lou Jenal Bobcats Museum GOSH Aquatots Grazing Karalia Gundaroo Grocer Gorton Granger Flowers In this issue … Ian Jones Turners Nursery Local News pp 1–3 Belinda Barrett Ron Miller Emma & Mark Shadbolt Peter Cassidy Community Noticeboard pp 4–5 Santa’s Shaped Hair by Lyn Film Society p 6 This year, the Christmas Trees Cockington Green Festival Corner p 6 Barrett table Sutton Automotive Colonial Inn were the losers The Nest Gundaroo Music Festival School News p 7 Tracey Huckle, Nemori Flower Farm Fire Brigade bulletin p 8 champions, and Harvey Norman Questacon Gundaroo Scouts p 9 will be Quiz Total Traction Services Grandma Prior The Baker at Sutton Marion Meischke GOSH it’s grown! p 10 Masters in 2020 th McGrath Real Estate Gibley Gardening Dust, dollars and drought p 11 – the 40 Gundaroo South Vet Clinic Dog Trap Design anniversary Quiz Afflek Winery Southern Maintenance Tallagandra Hill Winery – special p 13 Contention Character & Water Sub-shrubs are not sub-standard p 15 Night. Lark Hill Winery Parkside Tennis Academy Garden meanderings p 17 It was a stellar year for donations for The Big Green Cup Café AIS Swim School Gunning Butcher Kathryn Kenny Water for woldlife p 19 the silent and loud auctions. A list of Lyndall Slater &family Matt Robertson from Gundaroo Sport p 21 sponsors is published here to publicly Nemorish Penske Trucks Australia Eateries p 23 Phil the Vege Man acknowledge the generosity of the Church services p 23 whole community in and near Emergency & community contacts p 24 Gundaroo. Quotes for the month The Gundaroo Gazette “Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.” Kindly Sponsored by Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer, humorist, publisher, lecturer, entrepreneur DR Print “A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors Mitchell are not victims … but accomplices.” www.drprint.net.au George Orwell (1903–1950) Phone: 6262 7780 English novelist, essayist and journalist 1 LOCAL NEWS Drought plan for information kits. Having an up-to-date Gundaroo Common Bush Fire Survival Plan for your family, animals and property is the working well predominant message in this material. The Gundaroo Common Trust has (See page 8 for more detail.) brought forward its destocking plan, as As well as showing and demonstrating recommended by the independent the fire trucks, equipment and the new livestock vet after his inspection of the whizz-bang quick-fill trailer, visitors condition of the Common and the were given an important demonstration livestock (Gazette September 2019). of the value and use of a fire blanket, The cows were pregnancy tested to help especially in a kitchen, and a disposable Commoners decide the future of fire extinguisher. individual animals. Destocking has since Gundaroo Brigade Captain Michael Cliff occurred as planned, with cattle being talked about the value of a good sprinkler trucked to the Yass saleyards or moved system and a fire pump, hoses and the elsewhere by stock owners. and Brett Southwell were bussed north in best hose connections, even in the a team of 15 Southern Tablelands firies to The remaining cattle are being hand fed village. help control part the 100,000 ha fires in the stockyards, and are doing well. Michael spoke afterwards with The north of Ebor. Michael was leading, and Calving has begun, and will last a few Gundaroo Gazette about some of the on Monday reported that they were more weeks. The calving paddock special threats faced this summer. Grass holding well at Sandy Creek. (south-eastern, with the stockyards), fires can move very fast, and are a has been locked, in order to minimise constant threat to farms. But Gundaroo A near miss for Gundaroo’s disturbance to the cows and their village is a potential source of ignition ‘My Community Project’ bid newborn calves. within its boundaries – caused by embers Although Gundaroo missed winning a The Trust has asked other users of the from farmland grass fires falling on messy grant for the project at the Park, those Common to ensure their dogs are under village yards, and by lawnmowers, who voted and whipped up the local control, and preferably to keep all their chainsaws, angle grinders and unbaffled support can take heart and accept our activities well clear of the calving trail bike exhausts. thanks. The effort was not wasted. paddock. Particularly scary this year are the dry Not only did we score fourth in the vote ‘Getting ready’ for a very sclerophyll forests with very high fuel count, behind the big towns like Moss loads on the ground. Michael mentioned Vale, but the hard work has been done to dangerous fire season Wamboin, Brooks Creek and Beralston as lodge an application for the same project Gundaroo Rural Fire Brigade held its ‘Get- examples – even worse in steep country with the Stronger Country Communities Ready Day’ on Sunday 15 September at with limited access. Fund. Our application is well supported the Fire Station. (See Brigade column on Brigades can be badly hampered by poor by Council and other bodies. page 8 for the basic details.) access where landholders have not kept Other neighbouring brigades have been their roads and driveways in good order Roadside weed control doing likewise. and clear of low hanging branches. under way As well as the Fire Station talks and Access into and out of the village must Yass Valley Council has scheduled weed demonstrations, two Brigade members be planned for, as well as possible. This spraying of its public amenities and did a walk-through of the Pub, the Café particularly applies to schoolchildren roadways between September and and Cork Street Café, handing out whose parents work in Canberra during December, and will place signs where literature and children’s promotional the day, but face closed roads. spraying has been done. material, such as fire helmets, stick-on A major challenge for all brigades after The Cemetery and Gundaroo Park will be tattoos and activity bags. years of drought is accessing sufficient sprayed, as well as along the edges and water where needed. While there may related areas of these sealed main roads not be much grass left to burn, water – Gundaroo Road, Mulligans Flat Road, may become a more limiting factor in Shingle Hill Way, Hadlow Drive, East some areas. Tallagandra Lane, Marked Tree Road and Michael stressed to the Gazette the Sibley Road. importance of knowing what to tell 000 The Gundaroo Gazette is yet to follow up or the brigade when you’re reporting a with the weeds officer his progress in new fire. Not observing and reporting considering the issues raised in submissions accurately can seriously delay an early to the Yass Valley Weeds Action Plan. response. The Fire Station has a wall chart called ‘Size-up and SITREP’, which it Solar farm non-progress behoves us all to study and learn. A poor Another month has passed with no photo of it is on the Brigade page (8). communication from the proponents of Ten active Brigade members met and The early fires in Queensland and the Springdale solar farm or the NSW talked with about 25 visitors, answered northern NSW bode ill for the summer. Department of Planning, Industry and their various questions, and handed out On the last September Saturday, Michael Environment. That’s 13 months ‘showbags’ of valuable RFS advice and 2 LOCAL NEWS of silence from the proponents and the Community War Memorials Fund and NSW department. Anzac Community Grants Program While readers of The Gundaroo Gazette Applications close on Remembrance ‘WHERE GOOD may be losing interest (like your humble Day, 11 November. editor), Sutton Solar Action Group Go to: FRIENDS MEET’ continues to take advantage of the https://veteransnsw.smartygrants.com.au silence to discover anomalies and Before and After School Care (BASC) Coming events contradictions in the Renew Estate official documents. This time it’s the Applications and Submissions are open until the end of 2019. A FEAST OF MUSIC AND SPORT Biodiversity Assessment Report (BDAR), Go to: www.service.nsw.gov.au/basc.