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http://www.tarago.org.au/tarago_community_times.php July 2018 The Tarago Times is a non-profit community service, published monthly by the Tarago Sporting Association Inc by a team of volunteers. It has a circulation of 525 copies distributed throughout Tarago, Lake Bathurst, Mayfield, Boro, Taylors Creek and the surrounding district. View online at http://www.tarago.org.au/tarago_community_times.php Thank you to the Veolia Mulwaree Trust! TSAI vice president and life member Roberth Howarth receives the $60,513 cheque for the Memorial Park from Woodlawn Operations Manager Henry Gundry at the presentation ceremony on 14th June 2018. photo by Gill Shepherd Veolia is a proud sponsor of The Tarago Times Report all incidence of odour to the Woodlawn Bioreactor Community Feedback Line: 1800 241 750 or the EPA Hotline on 131 555 Option 1 Tarago Times July 2018 Page 1 http://www.tarago.org.au/tarago_community_times.php TADPAI 2018 Seniors Fest Some of the scenes from this year’s Seniors Fest held on 15th June 2018 at the Tarago Hall. Top left: lots of goodies in the decorated Senior’s Goodie Bag. Top middle: The hand massages from Sarah Watkins were very well received. Top right: The CWA ladies are in the House! Pam Hawke and Julie Watzinger strut their stuff in the Hip Hop demo. Bottom: A packed hall enjoying the delicious lunch. Photos by Maggie Corby and Megan Alcock THE TARAGO TIMES IS PRINTED BY Unit 13/1 Pirie St Fyshwick ACT, 2609 Ph 02 6280 0457 Print Sign Design lcdigital.com.au [email protected] Page 2 Tarago Times July 2018 http://www.tarago.org.au/tarago_community_times.php SENIORS FEST 2018 Hammerstein and Julie Andrews! Once again the Tarago Progress Association treated us Keith Hunter organised a Bingo session, which proved oldies to a wonderful ‘Seniors’ Day’. The warm and cosy to be a challenge to the uninitiated but was loads of hall was a welcome contrast to the icy blast outside. fun with fabulous prizes. During the afternoon, Sarah After hot entrés and drinks we settled into Chair Yoga worked her way around the room giving very welcome with Maureen Gambale, who runs the regular Hatha Yoga hand massages. Thank you Sarah. classes at the hall. A team of TADPAI volunteers worked hard all day to Everyone received a bag of goodies which had been make sure we didn’t starve – from the savoury entrés decorated by the Tarago Primary school K-2 students and to the sumptuous lunch we were treated to a delicious a great job they did of it. selection of culinary delights, topped off with after- Our MC Rob Brown kept us on track with a full programme dinner mints and ‘Lucky Door’ prizes. of presentations from Heron Resources (about their ‘Thank You’ TADPAI for a wonderful Seniors’ Day. If you current mining developments), Tarago Show Society and missed it, make sure you look out for the next one! Tarago & District Mens Shed (by Keith Hunter), Tarago RFS (by Rob Brown), Goulburn Library (Big Read Bus), Maggie Corby Tony Hill (about sustainable farming) and Sarah Watkins (Wellness and Massage Therapy). A special highlight of the day was the presentation of the ‘Tarago Senior of the Year’ which was awarded to the late Nick van Zomeren, received by his wife Joy, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the community. Gill Shepherd was presented with a bouquet for her outstanding community work. The CWA entertained us with a selection of popular songs and a surprise reappearance dressed up as their Hip Hop group (tats and all)! Maryann Brooke and Gill Shepherd sang an entertaining duet, the Tarago Seniors version of My Favourite Things (with apologies to Rodgers and Above: Brian Hearne from Heron Resources presenting at Seniors Fest Solar Power Off Grid Phone Martin on On Grid 4849 4225 Or 0421 196 021 Hybrid www.cjsolar.com.au Clean Energy Council Accredited Installing Solar since 2004 Licensed Electrical Contractors (241654C) Tarago Times July 2018 Page 3 http://www.tarago.org.au/tarago_community_times.php Woodlawn Eco- Precinct Update – June 2018 As discussed in previous updates, Veolia’s application via Transport for NSW to upgrade the crossing loop in Tarago to allow more efficient use of the siding has been approved. The $8.6 million project was announced this month by the NSW Roads and Freight Minister Melinda Pavey. This project will significantly improve access of our two trains to the siding, preventing the need to run a TARAGO third shuttle train from Goulburn. Veolia is not aware of when the works are to commence at Tarago. The project is an initiative of the NSW Government and will be project managed by John Holland CRN. PRE-SCHOOL Veolia has met with Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council (QPRC) this month regarding the truck access along the Ph. 4849 4427 Bungendore/Tarago Road. A funding strategy has been developed as part of Veolia’s $2.5 million commitment [email protected] to council to upgrade the sections of concern. The upgrade works will be done by QPRC within their road maintenance schedules. This outcome is a great step forward to improving country road infrastructure. During the last Community Liaison Committee meeting, I mentioned that Veolia is looking to carry out a fortnightly Open 5 days a week domestic waste collection service in the Tarago district. The exact geographical area serviced is still being Monday - Friday discussed with representatives of Goulburn Mulwaree Council. However in concept, Veolia proposes a fortnightly collection of general waste, with a bin supplied. Veolia Children 18 months - 6 years will be in a position to provide more information in the coming months. This initiative is about giving back to the Standard Rate - $25/day community we live and operate in, and to provide direct support to our neighbours. Casual and Half days available Leachate Treatment Plant Construction of the Leachate Treatment plant is Subsidised rates on application progressing well, with three of the large tanks constructed. Hydrostatic pressure testing has been carried out to test the integrity of the new tanks. The largest tank is 1.8ML. The engineering team is still on track to commission the plant by the end of September this year. Tarago Village Plan Along with an Early Childhood Teacher our The Plan has been finalised and Veolia has met with staff are Diploma & Cert III qualified Goulburn Mulwaree Council about the implementation phase. Veolia intends to hand over the plan to the community on 12th July at the Tarago Hall. At this hand We follow the curriculum over, the intention is to discuss the formation of a steering set out by the committee comprising of community representatives and council members. The steering committee will work on Early Years Learning the Plan’s implementation. Framework If you have any questions or comments regarding any of Preschools NSW these matters please contact me directly. Woodlawn Education for Life Bioreactor 24 Hour Feedback line – 1800 241 750 Henry Gundry Woodlawn Eco-Precinct Manager Page 4 Tarago Times July 2018 http://www.tarago.org.au/tarago_community_times.php Wildcare Queanbeyan Inc Media Release Squirreled away in care Wildcare has always believed squirrel gliders live in our area, but until last year we had no confirmed locations for these elusive creatures. Two sites were confirmed and so began an intensive study of these gliding mammals, should one come into care at any point. And two weeks ago one did! A 300gm female! To the casual observer squirrel gliders look like overgrown sugar gliders, having the same configuration, markings and colours. However, they are a distinctly different species, less territorially possessive and more sociable than your average sugar glider. Squirrel gliders have a narrower and more pointed face than do sugar gliders. The black stripe from their foreheads runs down their backs right to the rump while the sugar’s stripe ends before it reaches the rump. A good rule of thumb for identification is: any sugar glider over 130 gms is not a sugar, but a squirrel glider. Like the sugar glider, squirrels have a gliding membrane (patagium) joining wrist to ankle. They live in small tree hollows in woodland and dry sclerophyll forests away from the coast. Like sugars they eat insects, nectar, pollen, manna, honeydew, thrips, eucalypt sap and acacia gum but, on occasion, they have been known to kill and eat small birds and field mice. Bella, the squirrel glider, came into care as a result of one of the commonest perils for Australian animals - barbed wire. Caught by her tail, as she glided, she hung on that evil barb for at least forty eight hours before she was seen and rescued. In that time the lower half of her tail became necrotic so, to add to her trauma, Bella had to have that section of her tail amputated. She is making a rapid return to health in the hands of one of Wildcare’s experienced carers and has recovered her sense of adventure and fun, even to the point of escaping her hospital cage one night and exploring her surrounds before sleeping squirrelled away in her glider house. Eventually, since her amputation precludes a safe return to the wild, it is hoped she will join a breeding program to help ensure the survival of what is now officially a threatened species. What can we do to ensure that other squirrel gliders survive and multiply in our region? Removing the top wire of barbed fencing will help, albeit, this can be a ‘painful’ job (the remaining fence will still enclose stock). Glider- friendly species of natives can be planted and look after the old trees on our land, so that they continue developing nesting holes.

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