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Phone 5862 1034 – Fax 5862 2668 – Email - Editorial: [email protected] - Advertising: [email protected] – Registered by Australia Post – Publication No. VA 1548 established 1895 LEADER NumurkahWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2020 $1.30 INSIDE Lake to Brother’s run dry grave restored See story page 6 Dropping quickly ... The water level in Lake Numurkah is slowly but steadily getting lower. WITH no signi cant rain forecast vironment, Land, Water and Plan- “ ere is no way I can put a timeline Further discussions are planned be- for the coming months, it is expected ning (DELWP) - have been in talks on it, and I don’t want to speculate on tween the entities in the near future, that the bo om of Lake Numurkah about deepening the lake bed when when it will happen,” he said. with issues such as funding and an ex- will be clearly visible in the near fu- the seemingly inevitable happens and “Although the water level is drop- act plan as to the depth and the extent Sewing ture, and plans are being made to take evaporation empties it completely. ping fairly quickly at the moment, we of the digging to take place. advantage of that situation to safe- Lakeside Country Club manager Dar- need it to be completely dry in order “At this rate, it’s inevitable that the guard it against future dry spells. ren Drum told the Leader that although to get the heavy machinery in to dig, lake will be empty soon, and it’s an for a cause e three entities with an interest the club is keen to see the project hap- and that may take several months. ideal opportunity to do what we can in the lake - Lakeside Developments, pen sooner rather than later, the timing “We need to wait until the time is to drought proof it for the future,” Mr See story page X Moira Shire and Department of En- was entirely dependent on the weather. right.” Drum said. Rescue Corella numbers back mission up and doing damage NUMBERS of the notorious li le corellas have In line with the corellas’ established behaviour pat- “We’ve had to put frames around the air-condi- crept back up in recent weeks, and this week the terns, the birds avoided landing on the rec reserve in tioning unit and other things on the roof, the wiring campaign to move them on has escalated accord- signi cant numbers yesterday, but it is anticipated for the electronic scoreboard has had to be replaced ingly. they may return today - if so, a professional shooting a couple of times, and they’ve done their best to de- ough nowhere near the 10,000 plus Numurkah group is on standby to conduct another deterrent stroy the lighting. was hosting early last year, the ock in town at the shoot. “ ey have cost us a lot of money over the years.” moment, estimated to be around 2,000 strong, is Numurkah recreation reserve commi ee of man- Mr Henderson said that a number of methods large enough to have done plenty of damage already. agement president Andrew Henderson told the have been used to try and deter the birds, but li le In line with its permits issued by DELWP and Leader that leaving the birds alone is not an option. has worked. Victoria Police, the rec reserve commi ee has con- “ ey are just incredibly destructive and have “We’ve tried trapping them, and using the ‘eagle tinued its management program by engaging pro- done a huge amount of damage to the facilities at eye’ mirror disks, but they used to just sit right next fessional shooters to conduct a session on Monday the rec reserve over the years,” he said. to them. evening to shoot a limited number of birds with a “It’s much more than just them digging holes in “We’ve had people driving on the oval to scare view to deterring the ock from landing on the re- the ground - you can’t let them have access to any- them o , but they come back. See story page 4 serve. thing that they can damage with their beaks. Continued page 3. RELAX IN JANUARY Friends together to enjoy a pla er for 2 and a bo le of ne wine. Kick back in the Winery garden or air-conditioned tasting room. Open Wednesday to Sunday for bookings | Ph. 5864 6452 | E: [email protected] Email: sales @monichino .com.au for Chef Stuart’s menu for the month. FAMILY WINE MAKERS WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 2 — NumurkahLEADER, Wednesday, January 15, 2020 PETER COX & SONS FUNERALDIRECTORS Professional service tailored to your needs No holiday for local brigades WITH a horror start to the re season across Brigades responded to three other hay stack before it could spread. Locally owned & operated 24 hours - 7 days a week Australia fuelled by some extreme weather con- res in the district in recent weeks, and although Whilst also speedily extinguished, by re crews ditions, Numurkah district may have - so far - none escalated on the scale of the Strathmer- from Numurkah, Katunga and Wunghnu, the Funeral calls and information been fortunate enough to escape the terrifying ton blaze, a hay stack and rubbish re at Hester second was slightly trickier as it was between a scenes in other parts of the country, but that Road, Katamatite on January 3 burnt about half shed and a fence at a property on Melville Street, Cnr5862 Meiklejohn &3047 Quinn Streets doesn’t mean local brigades have not been kept an acre of rubbish and grass. between Katamatite/Nathalia Road and Made- extremely busy. Brigades from Numurkah, Katamatite, Muck- line Street. ACCREDITED MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION Between December 19 and January 7, local bri- atah, Cobram, Katunga, Naring, Boosey, Katan- e rails on the fence were burnt, and the iron gades responded to 11 res, and four other inci- dra, Strathmerton, Tungamah and Yarroweyah on the shed and fence scorched, but crews were Meals on Wheels Roster dents, in addition to local members assisting at responded, and were able to use a quick ll able to extinguish the blaze before it set the shed Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 res at Murchison, Euroa and Tallanga a. pump to pump water from the creek to the alight. M. Crowther - T. Gread S. Green e most serious incident locally during trucks. A tractor was used to pull apart the hay In what is hoped isn’t a sign of things to come, 20/1 Harris P. Petzke the holiday period was a grass re that burned stack, which contained around 50 bales, and bri- 2020 started with local crews called to ba le two V. Bunny M. Mandersloot A. De Vries around 20 hectares a er igniting in a hay stack gades extinguished the burning bales. blazes on January 1. 21/1 G. Varley G. Russell L. Saltmarsh and, pushed by strong gusting winds, spread- Around 600 hay bales were destroyed in a At 10.55am, Nathalia, Kaarimba, Waaia, Strath- L. Decker P. MacDonald M. Caccianiga ing into grass and trees on a property at Stokes hay stack blaze at Starrets Road, Bearii on the merton, Picola, Waaia and Moama brigades re- 22/1 V. Dickinson C. North L. Trimby Road, Strathmerton, between Bearii East Road evening of December 19, but responding re- sponded to a grass re threatening a shed at a S. Morley E. Rees B. Palmer poultry farm at Tinklers Road, Nathalia, which 23/1 J. Watson and Carroll Road, at around 12.20pm on De- ghters from Strathmerton and Yarroweyah B. Macdonald L. Grant Lions Club of cember 30, which was a day of total re ban. brigades were able to prevent it from spreading burnt approximately 15 acres. 24/1 P. Simpson T. Newman Numurkah Tankers from Numurkah, Strathmerton, Co- outside of the shed. en at 9.35pm, Numurkah was called to assist Coordinator – MHA Care Phone 5742 1111 bram, Katunga, Yarroweyah, Naring, Muckatah, Another hay stack blaze occurred at Slees Nathalia at a house re at Veldt Street, Nathalia, Waaia, Yalca/Yielima, Wunghnu, Barmah, Boos- Road, Yielima on January 4, with brigades from between Pearce and Manifold Streets. ey, Drumanure, Kaarimba, Katamatite, Katan- Strathmerton, Barmah, Yalca/Yielima, Picola ough 11 of the holiday season call-outs re- dra, Nathalia, Picola, Tallygaroopna and Bur- and Nathalia a ending. quired urgent action, there were four others that ramine brigades responded, along with forward Dousing hay stacks which have ignited inter- proved, thankfully, to be false alarms. control vehicles, a forward operations vehicle, nally is a common enough activity for re crews At 9.30pm on Saturday, December 21 - a day quick ll pumps and a rehab vehicle to monitor in the warmer months, but res caused by spon- on which the temperature reached the low 40s the health of the re ghters. taneous combustion inside silos is fairly rare. - Numurkah brigade was called to a report of a Two helicopters were also involved in drop- Nonetheless, Numurkah, Nathalia, Picola, baby locked in a car. Police also a ended, but ping water on the re and three task forces - each Barmah and Kotupna brigades a ended a re fortunately the report proved to be false. with four tankers and a forward control vehicle that had spontaneously ignited in a silo of meal On January 3, at 10.15pm, Strathmerton bri- - from Benalla, Echuca and Shepparton, also re- at Rex James Stockfeeds on the Murray Valley gade was called to investigate a camp re at sponded.