Burrawang Herald News November 2014 Produced by the Burrawang Wildes Meadow Progress Association http://www.burrawang-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Barber of Seville Oz Opera thrilled its audience once again. The Barber of Seville was a high- energy musical performance that showcased incredible talent and engrossed the children from beginning to end. The smiles and excited discussion after the performance were testament to the students’ enjoyment. Our students would like to thank the Bowral and District ADFAS for generously allowing our students to access this wonderful opportunity. Life Education Life Education, as always, proved to offer valuable learning for all students. The Junior Class learned about healthy eating and keeping safe. The Senior Class participated in learning surrounding peer pressure, medication, illegal and legal drugs, and cyber safety. And of course, everyone enjoyed meeting Happy Harold. Spelling Bee On September 2, all students from Stage 2 and Stage 3 STOP PRESS were involved in the Spelling Bee trials. The most Past President, Katherine Wood, was delighted today to accurate spellers from each stage were then selected to receive notification from the Member for Throsby, compete at the Regional Spelling Bee on Thursday, 18 Stephen Jones, that the ANZAC Day sub-committee of September. the Burrawang/Wildes Meadow Progress Association has received a grant of $835 to place a bronze plaque Congratulations to our school Spelling Bee champions – commemorating the centenary of ANZAC on each of our Georgia and Freya Stage 3 and Oscar and Breanna from two War Memorials, one at Burrawang and one at Stage 2 who represented our school at the Regional Finals. Robertson. Many thanks to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Don’t forget to check out the website1 : www.burrawangvillage.com Burrawang Herald News November 2014 http://www.burrawang-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Year 6 Jerseys Swim School 2014 Our Year 6 students were presented with their jerseys This week we have begun our annual swim school. On at Friday’s assembly. Don’t they look wonderful! A Monday, all students were assessed on their abilities and big thank you to the P&C for ordering and paying for were put into groups, ready for their daily sessions. these. Burrawang Sporting Achievements. Zoe & Clancy attended a 'Team Gym' Gymnastics competition in Picton on the weekend. They picked up bronze for their efforts. They represented the Moss Vale Gymnastics club. Our Burrawang hockey players attended their presentation on the weekend and Emily, Bronte and Aurora received trophies. Well done girls! Remembrance Day – School Service Well done to all of our students who respectfully remembered all those who have fought for our country. Thank you to Clancy and Freya for reading the poem and ode and leading this ceremony. INFORMATION & DISCLAIMER This publication is intended to be a Village Newsletter for the distribution of general information and events, not a Broadsheet for political comment. Whilst opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the present Committee of the Association, any information submitted to the Editor which is likely to offend or concern a member or resident, will be withheld from publication. Correspondence in relation to this should be addressed to the Editor, PO Box 3209, Robertson NSW 2577. 2 Burrawang Herald News November 2014 Est. 1883 Burrawang School of Arts Burrawang School of Arts INCORPORATED Duelin' Pianos concert Saturday, 1st November ..... This was once again a wonderful night, filled with fun for all the family, and fabulous music. The boys have now been to Burrawang so often they can almost qualify as locals! Certainly they have become our friends, and say that next time they want to stay the night, and come to the pub afterwards. DNA Festival - October long weekend........ The inaugural DNA Festival has come and gone, and due to the enormous efforts of a small and wonderfully creative group of people, was a resounding success. The Burrawang School of Arts, who underwrote the event, would like to congratulate the DNA committee, and thank all those who contributed in any way towards making the weekend so successful. For a first-time event, run solely by volunteers, it was amazing. COMING EVENTS: Community Christmas Party -Sunday, 14th December 5.30pm at the School of Arts. Sausage Sizzle provided by BSOA BYO Drinks and small plate to share. REGISTRATION NECESSARY FOR CATERING ( by 7th December please ) Bookings on website www.burrawangvillage.com Merry Christmas and a Happy Or by phone and Healthy New Year. Cath Ward 0405 151 651 Annie Jones 4886 4565 A huge thank you to everyone 0418 272 500 who has supported us throughout the year. Please To all those who we will not continue to attend our events see at the Christmas and join in the fun. Party.......we wish you a very 3 Burrawang Herald News November 2014 The NSW Association has its program organised for 2015 when there are 50 weeks of golf on the list. You don’t not have to be made to play We always have a rest day on golf, but it does help. Wednesday to allow our visitors to This means that apart from the have a look around the district and This is a well known saying, and if it Christmas and New Year period there gain an appreciation of glories that is a veteran week of golf being played is true, there is a lot of insanity in our nature has provided, and also to have ageing population. somewhere in NSW every week. a look at what goes on out of town. A lot of retired couples who both play The Southern Highlands Veteran Golf Tournaments such as this bring a lot Association has recently held the golf plan their year’s activities around of business in the area for our motels playing in ten or twelve of these annual week of golf which has and caravan parks, and of course, the become a major part of our year’s tournaments to enable them to see all local clubs and restaurants also of NSW over a period of a few years. activities. benefit. Word of mouth is a marvellous form Over 250 golfers from all over NSW Veterans golf has become very participated this year and as usual of advertising, and there is no doubt popular, and any local Association these veterans are doing a very good they were divided into two divisions wishing to hold a week of golf has to and we used two courses on each of job of promoting the State as a whole. plan a long way ahead. four days. Mad perhaps - but very good value. 11 March 2015 4 Burrawang Herald News November 2014 Some History of the Shoalhaven Water Scheme As far as we can ascertain this article was published in our “Herald” in the early 1970’s. A copy was given to me by a long term farming resident, Mr Stan Webb in 1986, and is printed now to complement the current interest being shown by our High School students in the history of this remarkable development. The Wingecarribee Dam was completed in 1973, and replaced Bowral’s water supply which was contained by a small weir inside the southern end of the new dam wall on the Sheepwash Road. Through Local Eyes The Wingecarribee Reservoir - devised by the Sydney Water Board, developed and originally operated by Sydney Water, and now managed by the Sydney Catchment Authority. The reservoir receives inflows from Caalong Creek which runs from Robertson through the Wingecarribee Swamp, and joins with water transferred from the Shoalhaven River, pumped up Barrengarry Mountain from Kangaroo Valley to travel the Fitzroy Falls Dam, and be pumped under Burrawang through a tunnel (large enough to take a cement mixer) into the Wingecarribee Reservoir. Off takes from the Wingecarribee Reservoir are taken down the Wingecarribee River, which flows to Lake Burragorang and the Warragamba Dam for Sydney’s water supply. Water can also be released through the Glenquarry Cut to service the Nepean, Avon and Cordeaux dams, which service the South Coast. Off takes for the Wingecarribee Shire are also available for Council’s local supply. The Shoalhaven Scheme was designed Apologies for the photos, they were the “I couldn’t say the extra trade has to commence at Braidwood with the best we could do at the time. been staggering,” he went on, but it construction of the Welcome Reef has certainly helped a lot. Every day “The Scheme’s been a great thing, and Dam, but owing to ecological we had men calling with bulk orders has really taken the cobwebs out of concerns this has not been developed. for cut lunches, fruit, drinks and the place,” Eric Hubbard declared Altogether a truly remarkable feat of cigarettes. Business really picked up unequivocally, leaning across the in some lines - waterbags, overalls Civil Engineering. counter of his time-weathered general and workshirts and the like. And FYI - Eric Hubbard was the father of store in the Southern Highlands we’ve never sold so much soap and Margaret Beaumont who has printed our village of Burrawang. shampoo, which the workmen needed Herald for over ten years. to wash the dust from their hair.” A group of chattering schoolchildren The Hubbard’s quaint old store, Jack McGrath was the father of Norma charged into the store, and jostled where you can buy almost anything Pridgeon, Postmistress in the Old Post around a row of glass lolly jars. As he from drapery to hardware, is as good Office for many years. tried to appease them, Mr Hubbard a yardstick as any of the effects the Llewellyn Wilson lived on the corner of managed at intervals to talk further Hoddle and Crown Streets, beside the about “The Scheme”.