August 2019 Edition Toora Bungles Colour
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Volume 25 Issue 11 August 2019 Tower for Tooraweenah – Telstra - Progress. Tooraweenah Community Health In May of this year Tooraweenah CWA agreed to take up this project to find the most appropriate Clinic mobile communication for Tooraweenah Village so businesses, residents, visiting professionals, Gilgandra Health emergency services and visitors could keep in touch via mobile phone and internet without having Service We are happy to talk to you about to travel up to the viewing platform. Telstra engineers have since visited the village and identified Tooraweenah is in a Black Spot area your health (or health problems) and Refer and that a tower with wireless connection would produce the best outcome, covering a radius of you to an appropriate team. 1klm within the village. Services Provided st Confirmation was received on Monday 1 July from Michael Marom, Northern NSW General Baby/Child Health check Manager Telstra, that they will include Tooraweenah for consideration in their Round 5 submission Immunisation (Please call Sarah prior to of the Black Spot program. Mark Coulton MP Member for Parkes, Minister for Regional Services, Decentralisation and Local the clinic to book) Government, Roy Butler MP, Member for Barwon and Gilgandra Shire Council have all been Speech and Occupational Therapy informed of progress and are working cooperatively towards a great outcome which is long Referrals overdue for our community. Wound assessment The NSW Government has now committed $400 Million to a Mobile Phone Black Spot program for Help to understand the aged care system Regional NSW as part of their 2019/2020 Budget. The details regarding how to access these funds are not yet available, but as the representative for the area, Roy Butler, MP will be pushing for Referral to My Aged Care Tooraweenah to be placed as a high priority for these upgrades and funding. Blood pressure check th The closing date for submissions from the Telco’s has been extended from 26 July to the 26th Fall prevention September 2019. Immunisation Information With such wonderful support and cooperation from our community, Telstra and all levels of Medication Advice Government it is hoped the full cost for the tower of $114,000 will be fully covered. Next Clinic: Thursday 22nd August 10am to 12pm National Tree Day & Schools Tree Day Tooraweenah CWA members Tooraweenah CWA Rooms joined with Tooraweenah School children, Pre-Schoolers, staff and Contact for Contact for Child Community Health and Family Health the broader school community to ( 02) 68805943 or (02) 68805937 or plant two trees as part of Schools (02) 68805944 (02)68805940 Tree Day and National Tree Day. Sheree, Sue or Sarah or Sue-Ann Acting Principal Karen Smith gave Megan an enlightening overview of the value of National Tree Day and how Trees are so important to Ovarian Cancer Australia maintaining a healthy Our vision is to save lives and ensure that environment. Everyone sang a no woman with ovarian cancer walks happy ditty as the children alone. planted the trees then Mrs Smith presented each child with a National Tree Day Certificate. It was Help Line: 1300 660 3345 a very special shared activity with everyone looking forward to participating again in 2020. Web: ovariancancer.net.au Toora Motors & TOORAWEENAH Christie & Hood General Store *Mechanical repairs *Coffee TRADING CO Auctioneers *Rego checks, RTA *Fresh sandwiches Stock and Station Agents Your CRT Store in Tooraweenah *Inspection Station *Hot dogs Real Estate Post Office and Newsagency *Green slips *Home cooking For all your livestock and property *Fuel *Groceries Contact Lester requirements contact our: *Tyres *Green groceries Gilgandra Office 6847 2033 for all your agricultural needs Dubbo Office 6884 3800 *Batteries *Drinks, snacks Phone: 6848 1011 or 6848 1127 *Car trailer hire *Sliced cold meats Fax: 6848 1197 After Hours *Computer diagnostics *Ice Leonie or Steve Paul 6847 2741 0429 472 741 Phone: 6848 1182 Tim 6889 6109 0429 843 804 Colin 6884 3802 0429 843 802 Fax: 6848 1120 Read the Toora Bungles at: http://www.gilgandra.nsw.gov.au/Live/Your-Community page 2 Toora Bungles August 2019 Volume 25, Issue 11 Tooraweenah Revitalisation Workshop Results — A Conversation With Allan Parker! 27th June 2019 GENERAL BRAINSTORM Town tourist, bike , walk , ride along the creek • advertise town on social media , historic Emu festival- campfire cook off with other Marketing campaign aspects crews Arthur Butler Aerodrome ( Preserve the • YouTube , social media, make a video about Outdoor movie theatre Tooraweenah airstrip and have heritage listed) the town Fortnightly fruit stall at Tooraweenah lockout THREE MOST SUPPORTED PROJECTS AND THE • have a movie clip professionally made and Phone tower- we need service OPTIONS FOR THE FIRST AND SIMPLE circulated online Common goal that is of value to the Group and STARTING STEPS • promote what we already have the individuals • form a tourist working party Link to other Aviation tourism activities/projects 1. AVIATION • Social media, The land advertising ( 5) Arthur Butler Museum • aviation museum (3) • more info and photos at the cross roads Rename Road into Tooraweenah as Romeos •bringing people to Tooraweenah Aviation • Stop and Revive Area for travellers Highway Tourism, to Aerodrome, Tooraweenah Aviation • working with other businesses in the area to Street scraping of Main Street and town Day (2) attract more people beautification • Aviation Link with other historical towns • advertise on highway and caravan and travel Phone service forums Community bus to events in Gilgandra, Dubbo AVIATION OPTIONS, DOABLES AND SMALL • give tourists a unique, make them welcome, and Coona NEST/FIRST STEPS “speak and wave” promo Retain community services and strengthen • get town planner and get NSW Tourism to • Welcome tourists with RAK them support • educate towns people how to look after Maintain and increase numbers at the • get together working party to seek funding tourists Tooraweenah primary school. • spray out cat heads • food and coffee point Community garden • advertise the airstrip and contact other aero Phone tower clubs to organise “ Fly Ins” 3. MOBILE PHONE TOWER Nudist colony • get funding or sponsor to renovate the Do similar to Collie township Mobile phone coverage terminal (4) Communicate with Telstra/ Optus and others Promote each other’s businesses or • Signage about the history- Arthur Butler and get local customers to all change to that organisations • Audit of what exists now, history facilities, provider Communicate with each other about things that identify contacts at other museums Identify best sight, who owns and investigate are happening • shed back from shire permission Signage on Highway • form working group, (6 times) identify project, Carbon farming-soil health source funding , put together interested people MOBILE OPTIONS DOABLES AND SMALL FIRST Get off the highway and take the scenic drive • scope out other small town aviation museum STEPS A regional rugby youth academy • talk with Premiers office, meet with state and • identify cost and explore funding options Advertising budget federal governments • talk with Pollies and Telstra Funding • get shire and state member on board for • Ring John Laws, Alan Jones or Ray Hadley from Airport promotion museum support (3) the viewing platform Football post at local park- benefit business and • visitors book at airport, clean lounge, mow • mobile phone towers/service ( 8) community participation.( Steve Watt and AP) and spray (4 times) • keep annoying Ray Butler Dump point for Caravaners and campers • get airport shed and strip cleaned up and • online partition of support ( Allan Parker Further improve the attractiveness of the more useable (3) offered his editing and linguistic skills and village • Social media promo of airstrip. support) ( x 4) Phone service • get back our hanger • social media support , contact Government, Get a phone signal all three levels Cafe 2. TOURISM DEVELOPMENT • talk with Telstra re Black Spot funding and get Mobile phone service Tourism budget x (2) Tooraweenah listed as a Black Spot Mobile phone tower Have event site to attract tourists to the town • contact local member and Telstra for Town garden Sport and tourism assistance/; location for best service Public seats around town e.g. outside churches • John Ryan , start social media campaign and Museum of Air History TOURISM OPTIONS, DOABLES, EASY FIRST Promo whom ever arrives first to fix the Aviation tourism STEPS problem Economic growth • caravan park, signage for detour on Collie/ • lobby politician (3) Join businesses together to offer package for a Gilgandra Highway • ring Dick Smith tourist destination, re Corporate, family, • john Ryan for Dubbo news story • approach other phone co’s for action adventure • Showgrounds sports events • outside support, media and the Gilgandra Find people within community groups to cross • goal posts on oval ( Steve watt and Allan weekly, over and share the load- more people involved Parker to work on this one) • letters to state and federal governments (4) Mobile phone booster • promote high lights for the area • get booster aerials around town Dark sky park • Australia’s only sky park • Telstra Talk, check probability and Black Spot Tracks in hill • regional rugby academy program Collaborate with state and national tourism • better signage on the highway and on the • look at funding option groups=> grant and funding road into town (3) • Bring Tooraweenah into the 21st century with Gateway to the Warrumbungles • multi media advertising in various media slots mobile phone communications Engage young people ( under 40) in community • find someone who knows how to apply for Wow! Some great ideas groups- invite them grants to get more funding (4) Combined sports day- cricket , tennis bowls etc to be progressed August 2019 Volume 25, Issue 11 Toora Bungles page 3 Around The Traps Tooraweenah LPO clean clothing and if anyone has clean Toora Lions/Show Charity Golf Day. The rainfall for Tooraweenah for July was blankets or Doonas not being used we can The Tooraweenah Lions Club and Show 8.6mm falling over 3 days with a YTD total find them a home in the cooler weather.