Meredith September 2009 & district News Our Free Community Newsletter since 1972 Bike Race Through Meredith could time the bike riders. They started timing when the bike riders went past the lady with the white flag. The five day Tour of Geelong, a premium Australian We waited and waited with our signs, standing road race event, found its way through Meredith last behind the fence and some were sitting on the fence. month, when school students and others gave them a cheerful welcome as they raced by on their three We looked down the hill and we saw the bike riders circuits which took in the Brisbane Ranges as well as come around the corner and up the hill very fast. the towns of Steiglitz and Meredith. Then they came around the sharp bend and rode Geelong A Grade cyclist, James Fitzgerald visited the Continued on page 7 school before the race and spoke to students. And among the racers, was the Principal Doug Cation‘s son-in-law, Damien Turner riding for the ―Total A Fine Half Century Rush‖ team. (Sound just like Doug! - Ed.) How will/did you celebrate your 50th thth birthday? See our story on page five Here‘s a report of the event from some of the 5050 about School Principal Doug students: Cations‘ amazing day. On the bike race day, the grade preps and up to grade 6 went outside to watch. First the motorbikes came to stop the cars and trucks. Then the police A Fisherman’s Friend motorbikes came to stop the cars and trucks. The On the cold, blustery, rainy trucks came along and honked their horns when they Sunday August 23, Daniel saw our posters. Spencer stood shivering outside the gate of the We made posters for Damien in the Total Rush team Recreation Reserve and and James in the Bike Hub team. Damien‘s colours redirected members of the were pink and James‘ colours were red and white. We Angling Club to the Meredith were all wearing coloured tops to go with the Hall for their Presentation different teams. Day. One of the race cars had a speaker on the top and the Daniel is the Junior Rep. for man made an announcement and gave out books. the Meredith Angling Club. Soon after the photo was Then two more race cars came to make a line so they taken someone kindly lent him an umbrella! Well done Daniel! Marg Cooper in this issue…. Around the World on a Piece of String 7 PHOTO OMITTED Winter Rainfall Report 10 FROM A Bit of Old News 11 Mary McKenzie - a Bamganie Girl 12 ONLINE VERSION Permaculture Update 19 plus Community and Sports News, Contacts, Regular Columns and much more! e: [email protected] It was only a brief visit, (three brief visits, actually) but the w: www.meredith.net/newsletter riders were given a stirring welcome from Primary School Meredith & District News Page 2 September 2009 Meredith and COMMUNITY District News The Meredith and Dis- Emergency Phone trict News is published Numbers by a volunteer sub- committee of the Meredith Community House comprising: Jim Elvey, Dawn Police, Ambulance Fire 000 Macdonald , David Jones and Trudy Power Failure 132 412 Mitchell . 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Kick-off is at 5pm on Thursday 17th September. will be held at the Meredith Hall It will be a colourful event, with participants encouraged on Sunday November 1 to come in team colours. More details will be in later issues of the newsletter. Everyone is welcome to come along, and to this year, There will also be an auction of a signed and framed celebrate the MEN of MEREDITH. CATS jumper – so if you know any diehard Geelong fans, make sure you tell them about it! Golden Plains Sustainability Group Meredith History Interest Group Public Meeting - All Welcome Meeting held August 15. Tuesday, September, 15th (& 3rd Tues every month) • Decision to affiliate with Royal Historical Society of Teesdale Hall Meeting room, 7.30 pm • Victoria. • Discussion about a Statement of Purpose for the After a great first meeting, we are up and running, group. planning strategy, activities and incorporation. Please • Decision to have a membership fee of $10. make the effort to come along to demonstrate your • Membership Fees can be paid to Fay McFarlane or support and commitment for a sustainable future. Marg Cooper. We will focus on the most time and energy effective Members are continuing to catalogue items that have been strategies and actions to help combat climate change in donated. The next day to catalogue is August 27. We hope the Golden Plains Shire. To act locally, help globally. to have a day a month for this activity. If you would like to And we plan to have fun along the way. help, please make contact. Contact: - Gavin Gamble, 0410 505 936, ah 5281 5115, Talk Fest No 2 ―Gold Mining around Meredith‖ [email protected] Saturday October 3, 10am at Parish Centre. If you know anything about gold mining, CWA Helps Local Services If you have a gold mine on your property, If you have maps, newspaper articles or photos... Come along and tell us. If you don‘t know anything, Come along and learn! The Meredith and District Red Cross Is holding its AGM on September 9th 2009 at 9.30am.