Dundurrabin Community News June, 2013 Volume 5, Issue 2 Dundurrabin Community Centre News At the AGM in March a new in getting some badly needed important to keep it as a committee was elected. Several maintenance completed and community meeting place. existing members decided not We will be holding a monster to continue and we’d like to Working Bee / Community get- thank Marnie and Allan Carr, BEE together on Sat 29th June. Glenda Harvey and Di Clark for WORKING Dinner their valuable contributions in Community We’re hoping to do a big clean the old committee. Trivia Quiz up as well as do a number of improvements. We’d like to welcome Jo Ware and Tracey The committee can’t do it by McClafferty to the new SATURDAY 29TH JUNE themselves. WE NEED YOUR committee which now 10am to 4pm HELP. consists of: At the DUNDURRABIN It doesn’t matter what skills Peter Clark - Chair, COMMUNITY CENTRE you have WE NEED YOUR Jo Ware - Secretary, HELP. Malcolm Stanton - 5pm Bonfire and Community Treasurer, Dinner - to be followed by a If you can spare an hour or two Kate Goode, Trivia Quiz or more please come along Tracey McClafferty and and help. Phil Ward. Working Bee - What to bring - working clothes, whipper The role of the committee The working bee will be from snipper or mower if you can or is, with Council’s help, to 10am till 4pm. This will be gardening hand tools • Clean, maintain and followed at 5pm by a bonfire improve the Centre Community Dinner - A plate of and a Community Dinner food to share, BBQ facilities [please bring a plate of food to • Take bookings for the share] and then a Trivia Quiz. use of the hall available, tea and coffee free. • Fund raise / seek funding for ongoing also a number of improvements maintenance and including the refurbishment of DO YOU LIKE improvements one of the tennis courts. We SINGING FOR THE now have one of only two clay JOY OF IT? • Hold community events that courts in the Clarence Valley! will enrich and enhance Come to our singing community life. The new committee NEEDS group - Second and Fourth YOUR HELP The committee can do none of Sundays at 11am. Contact these roles successfully without Whether you use the Di on 6657 8266 as the the community’s involvement Community Centre often or venues change. and help. The old committee rarely it is a VITAL part of our was successful [ with CVC help ] community infrastructure and it’s FUTURE DATES JUNE 2013 Mon 10 Green Lifestyle - Dorrigo www.dorrigogreenlifestyle.org AUG Tue 11 Afternoon Tea with Nationals Sun 04 RFS Training 9am - 11.30am - Federal Candidate - Kevin Hogan Tyringham Fire Shed Comm Centre - 2pm Address and Question time see page 5. Sun 11 Singing Group 11am - 1pm Fri 14 9.30am Morning Tea at Comm Mon 12 Green Lifestyle - Dorrigo Centre with Jeremy Buckingham www.dorrigogreenlifestyle.org (NSW Greens spokesperson for Mining and the Environment) and Larissa Waters (Federal Greens Senator, Spokesperson for Mining Singing Group 11am - 1pm and the Environment) see page 4 Sun 25 6pm RFS General meeting at Fri 30 RFS BBQ 5pm at Dundurrabin Thur Community Centre 20 Tyringham RFS Shed. Sun 23 Singing Group 11am - 1pm at Di’s - ring 6657 8266 SEPT Fri 28 RFS BBQ 5pm at Dundurrabin Community Centre Sun 01 RFS Training 9am - 11.30am - Tyringham Fire Shed Sat 29 Working Bee, Community Dinner and Trivia Night - see page 1 Fri 06- Yoga of the Heart with Swami Sun 08 Satyadhama - see below JULY Sun 08 Singing Group 11am - 1pm Sun 07 RFS Training 9am - 11.30am - Tyringham Fire Shed Mon 09 Green Lifestyle - Dorrigo www.dorrigogreenlifestyle.org Mon 08 Green Lifestyle - Dorrigo www.dorrigogreenlifestyle.org Sun 22 Singing Group 11am - 1pm Singing Group 11am- 1pm Sun 14 Fri 27 RFS BBQ Fri 26 RFS BBQ 5pm at Dundurrabin Community Centre Sun 28 Singing Group 11am - 1pm NOTE: There’s an RFS General meeting at the Tyringham RFS Shed at 6pm on Thursday 20 June. Yoga of the Heart - with Swami emotions. Daily yoga classes and relaxation (yoga Satyadharma nidra) will be conducted to promote harmony and 4pm Friday 6th to 2pm Sunday 8th September at wellbeing, along with fire ceremony with healing Mt Hyland Wilderness Retreat Centre mantra (havan), kirtan, and satsang. Opening the Heart with yogic methods for attuning Swami Satyadharma is the official ambassador of the mind and emotions. Emotions hold incredible Satyananda Yoga and travels the world lecturing and power. They have the ability to exalt or diminsh the teaching. She has spent over 40 years studying and vital energy, the prana, which sustains our very life. practicing yoga under the direct guidance of Swamis Without healthy and appropriate emotional Satyananda and Niranjan. She has written and expression, we may experience imbalance and even edited many books on Yoga, Tantra and Vedanta. dis-ease, on the physical and mental levels. Cost: $360 or Earlybird: $320 paid in full by This seminar will present the yogic concept of Friday 30th August Bookings: emotion and the path of Bhakti Yoga (Yoga of [email protected] Devotion), as well as meditative techniques, which 6657 8217 or 0448 87 9642 enable us to understand, manage and transform the A new mining exploration application was advertised on 7 Dec 2012 in the Cofs “A PASSION FOR THE PLATEAU” Coast Advocate. *Scorpio Resources Pty Ltd - ELA 4731 - (Group 1 metallic minerals) - 100 units ~ The new mining lease has not yet been approved by the NSW At a recent meeting at state government. ~ Dundurrabin (Monday This new mining exploration lease is on the Dorrigo Plateau in 20th May 2013) we were the Clarence River Catchment. shown a draft map showing the Anchor ELA 4731 is located in the Blicks River catchment near mining lease boundaries Tyringham and Dundurrabin. (EL 6465 & ELA The lease covers 300 sq. km's and surrounds the current 4731) marked on 6 x Anchor Resources - Blicks EL 6465 project area (gold), just 1:25,000 topographic outside of Dundurrabin. maps. As a result of this meeting a group of local ELA 4731 (adjoins the Blicks EL6465 project) extends north to landholders formed: Chaelundi NP, including parts of Billys Creek. In the south it crosses the Blicks River and includes Tyringham, Mollydale and - A Passion for the Glenfernaigh. Parts of Ellis SF, Clouds Ck SF, Moonpar SF, Marengo, Hyland SF's and Chaelundi SF are also within the Plateau - No Mining lease area. A small group of local There are a number of private landholdings within the landholders will be proposed mining lease area which could concern members of meeting to discuss the our community. implications of mining exploration locally. "Exploration is not permitted to take place until the application If you would like to be is granted and unless subject to an access agreement agreed involved, informed of between the applicant and the landholder." future meetings and If you are approached by a mining company for access for included on a local email exploration, you are within your rights to refuse access. Please list send an email to: seek legal advice and consider the ramifications of water Mailing List [email protected] pollution in our creeks and rivers, how toxic mine tailings could efect your neighbours, local wildlife and everyone in the Big thanks to Jacky, Fran Clarence River Catchment (Tyringham to Iluka). and Matt (& Dorrigo This map shows land and property boundaries to give an idea Environment Watch) for if your landholding will be efected by the keeping us informed. plans. More information on mining on the Dorrigo Plateau and surrounds available on: Dorrigo Environment Watch website: http:// www.dorrigoenvironment watch.org.au/ Here are some more details: Mining exploration looks Scorpio Resources ELA 4731 - Map with land boundaries, rivers set to continue at and streams Dundurrabin, NW of As this image is too small for accurate information a larger Dorrigo. map is being drafted and will soon be made available for public viewing at the Dundurrabin Community Centre. *ELA 4731 - Scorpio Resources, a subsidiary Hon. Luke Foley (ALP) of Anchor Resources - majority owned by Shadow Environment Minister NSW China Shandong Jinshunda Group - who own [email protected] 97.6% of Anchor Resources. Anchor are also exploring locally at Wild Cattle Ck (antimony) EL 6388 & Blicks EL 6465 (gold), as well as Federal contact details are on the Thunderbolts EL 7184. “Dundurrabin Community” Facebook page where you’ll find a detailed post on this. Electioneering is underway - What do we love about living here and why is it worth protecting? - HAVE YOUR SAY You are Invited to a Lock the Mid North Coast website: Special Meeting http://lockthemidnorthcoast.com.au/ A meeting with: HAVE YOUR SAY: If you have any concerns about Anchors Federal Greens Senator LARISSA WATERS, mining exploration application (ELA 4731) spokesperson for Mining and the Environment Write to the Hon. Chris Hartcher MP and [email protected] JEREMY BUCKINGHAM, NSW Greens MLC spokesperson for Mining and Agriculture. and/or NSW Trade & Investment, Dept. of An opportunity to: Resources & Energy • share what is important to you and your [email protected] community and what you want protected and Put your views on the record. preserved for now and for the future • hear of ideas to protect landholders rights, water General information about exploration sources and biodiversity. applications and landholder rights can be obtained at www.resources.nsw.gov.au To express your opinion on mining on the Where: Dundurrabin Community Centre Armidale/Grafton Road, Dundurrabin Dorrigo Plateau: Write to local NSW and Federal ministers: When: Friday 14th June 9.30 - 11.00am (tell them what you love about living here and why it's worth protecting) NSW Ministers: Hon.