Newsletter No 69 November 2012 Our Co-Patrons luncheon where he proved an affable companion and an As previously reported, with the reorganisation entertaining and informative speaker. Members were within government of the agencies responsible for very interested to hear of developments in his depart- water, WRRA now has two co-patrons - the CEOs of ment, even if they were somewhat nonplussed by the SunWater and the Department of Energy and Water changes. Supply (DEWS). Peter Boettcher was as welcome Many of our members will a guest at our luncheon as he has be familiar with Peter Boet- been on the other occasions when tcher who has held his position pressure of business has allowed for five years already (doesn’t him to attend. Peter also spoke to time fly?) but Jon Black is as us about changes in his organisa- new as his new department. tion and the challenges confront- Jon graciously consented to be ing him and his staff. a co-patron and in meeting It is always good to hear the news of today - even if it only with our President and Secre- Peter Boettcher, tary, offered his support and Jon Black, makes members glad they’re no CEO of DEWS CEO of SunWater good wishes. He immediately longer involved! demonstrated his attitude by attending our Christmas We are very grateful to both patrons for their support. A Well-deserved Honour The Journal of the AWA, August 2012 edition, From the Editor’s Chair announced on page 36 “awa news” the Category During August, Helen and I were lucky enough Winners for the 2012 Queensland Water Awards. to go on a bus tour in France with what turned out In the category: Distinguished Service Award to be a very congenial group of people - mostly (Queensland Government), the well-deserved win- Australians, but there were a number of American ner was - Terry Loos! Congratulations to Terry. couples. It was interesting to hear their views on the upcoming US elections with one couple in par- ticular being staunch Republican supporters and A HAPPY FESTIVE SEASON another equally committed Democrats. No doubt they had very different reactions to the election TO ALL! results. The Committee wishes all our mem- One very energetic retired US couple were con- bers a wonderful Festive Season and a tinuing to travel widely. Their philosophy was re- tirement comes in three phases - the GO GO phase, great New Year the GO SLOW phase and the NO GO phase. They were determined to make the most of their first I’m dreaming of a phase. white Christmas .... I’m sure many of our members embrace this philosophy too. It’s time for me to go go, so .... ... but if the white runs Until next time, au reservoir. out, there’s always the red. Ian Pullar, Editor Out and About In That Case ... After a one year break, it was great to get back to Aspley Bowls Club on Just in case you missed it, you may recall that Exhibition Friday with Norm and Lindsay White for a morning of bowls followed by the Commission of Inquiry into the floods referred a barbecue lunch. engineers Robert Ayre, John Tibaldi and Terry A number of late withdrawls meant that we only had two rinks of players in Malone to the CMC. That body found that the action but it was great to see president Hein and Vice President Geoff on rink one. engineers had no case to answer. John Morse looked very much the part in regulation whites coming equipped with And the US Corps of Engineers found that a measure to separate the close bowls – it was used surprisingly often as was the the operation of Wivenhoe Dam had been close chalk to mark the “touchers.” to optimal. Norm tried his form later in the morning getting his chair onto the green and rolling a few up with a smooth delivery – good to see. Don Beattie joined the players for lunch and a few drinks were had to relieve the thirst generated from the morning’s sport. Looking forward to next year – hopefully with a few more players. No equipment or previous experience needed – in fact a lack of previous experience probably helps! Lee Rogers WRRA welcomes a number of new members – Darlene Newlove (formerly Frankish), Aneurin Hughes, David Paice, Mick Merrin and Tony Cleary. Trevor Ryan has expressed interest in joining and has also provided the very At John Amprimo’s farewell are John, Bill interesting news that his wife, Susan Ryan, is now Deputy Director-General of the Huxley, John McKenna and Gary Burgess Department of Natural Resources and Mines. We could also reasonably expect that our numbers may swell in the future as many former officers are leaving or have left their former employment as part of the government’s down-sizing of the Public Service. Our list, which may not be complete, comprises the following officers: KenAitken, Peter Artemieff, Graham Bauer, Ali Cameron, Greg Claydon, Maurice Clewley, Gary Corbett, Richard Croft, Ed Donohue, Karla Henry, Peter Hill, Bill Huxley, Alan Lievesley, Kerry Marler, Allan Mayne, Russ McConnell, John McKenna, Mick Merrin, Laurie Paterson, Geoff Pocock, Peter Richardson, Chris Robson, Rolf Rose, Ross Walduck, Ian White and Tony Wolff. We wish them all well in their respective retirements. Saji Joseph, Peter Allen, Mick Merrin, Russell To those soldiering on in the smaller departments, we also offer our best wishes. Holland, Greg Claydon and Leon Leach with WRRA held its Christmas luncheon on Tuesday 13 November, once again at Lyall Hinrichsen in the background at Greg’s COTAH, on virtually the last available date. The function was well attended, with 44 farewell participants, although a number of our regulars were unable to make it.As usual, we all had “a real good time”. We were honoured, as noted on page 1, to have both our co-patrons in attendance and to be able to hear from their own lips news of the developments in the management of water in this state. Some of this information can be found on page 7. As has now become customary, Terry Loos presented us with a set of 20 trivia questions which must have been quite difficult (even if Quite Interesting in the QI style) because even with the collective knowledge of all the assembled brilliant minds, the best score was a mere 13. Some of his teasers can be found on page 11. Among the attendees was Hector Macdonald who claims that, as he left IWSC 41 years Old friends at the 50th Anniversary Dinner of ago, he probably holds the AWA - Aneurin Hughes, Terry Loos and Brian record for the longest post Davis with Norm Whyte seated “retirement” of all our members Sad news – anyone retiring at “normal” It must be reported with great regret that Brian age would have to be over 100. Davis died recently. One of the former DLG Again we welcomed Don engineers who were absorbed into Water and Vera Best, some of whose Vice President Geoff Eades, President Hein van Resources, Brian took an early separation last year story appears on page 5. der Heide, new retiree Mick Merrin and Ian and was diagnosed shortly after with cancer. As Ferrier at lunch Terry Loos so eloquently put it, “Bugger!” Watery Sauces No 69 Page 2 aeySue o6 ae3 Page 69 No Sauces Watery n hri alcia htreunion. that at Paolucci Charlie and h daetpoowstkno Bruno of taken was photo adjacent The a 0hcelebrations. 50th Dam 1. (iv) Fiorente 2. (iii) Eleanor Roosevelt Tinaroo the after months few a just 2010, 3. (ii)1968-1975 4.(i) Sicily 5. (iv) Swans February in away passed Schumann Bruno 6. (i) Mozambique 7. (iv) Engineers sadly that us inform to responded Beutel 8. (iii) Rossiter 9. Mt Kosciusko Doris contact. lost had we whom with 10. 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