Kangaroo Valley Voice $2.50 Volume 25 Issue 11 ISSN 1833-8402 Circulation 800 JUNE 2020 ROAD TO RECOVERY ...5 months on e: [email protected] www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au Page 2 Kangaroo Valley Voice www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au June 2020 Kangaroo Valley Voice Regular Articles Published by Kangaroo Valley Voice Inc. ABN: 48 435 631 730 Nutrition Page 8 President Larraine Hahlos Seniors Page 10 Upcoming Treasurer John McEwen Secretary Meagan Clarke Pioneer Museum Page 14 Committee Jason Horton Sally Latham Firey Tales Page 16 Zoe Quirk News from the Pews Page 19 Toni Champion Events Mary Moran KVEG Page 20 Barbara Acworth Editor Sally Latham Beaumont RFS Page 24 Copy Editor Tony Barnett Due to the rapidly changing nature Design/Production Sally Latham FIG Page 25 Advertising Manager Larraine Hahlos of the COVID-19 pandemic at the Distribution Barbara and Wine Page 28 time of going to print,the status of Adam Acworth Book Shelf Page 30 ongoing events is uncertain. VIEW Page 32 To check whether an event is still Columnists Pre School Page 33 Tony Barnett Greg Thompson ocurring, refer to the Community Loo Taylor Jacinta Perry Powell Sports Report Page 34 Contacts information for details of Allan Harvey Michael Quirk who to speak to. Joan Bray Gary Matthews Directory Page 35 Rob & Deb Folkard Andrew Heron Lincoln James Rosemary Stanton When is it due each month? Kangaroo Valley Voice is a monthly newspaper Article submissions: 20th which aims to support and develop the Valley’s Ad bookings: 15th economic, social and communication infrastruc- ture. The Committee and Assistants are all vol- Event notifications: 20th unteers (excluding the Editor) who donate their time and expertise for the benefit of the readers. [email protected] All Valley residents, clubs and organisations are 0414 182 142 invited to forward editorial submissions. The K.V. Voice is financially self-sufficient due to income received from local businesses and advertising. 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We apologise for has arrived onsite at the Kangaroo any inconvenience this may cause for Valley Community Pump Track. After anyone who may have used this area. over 12 months of planning it is We’ve had plenty of encouragement amazing to see some real progress. from locals driving past during the With permission from the Council to day, some tooting their horns, and begin stockpiling material, we were were pleased to see some kids stop lucky to be able to take advantage and exclaim “Oh, cool. When can we of the generosity of some local start riding it”. We are still seeking businesses. JBG contractors have support for our track and, now that delivered over 10 truckloads of soil to the project is underway hope we the site at no cost, and Norman Civil will gain some momentum. If you floated the excavator to our site. can support financially with any It was great to see the support of material - we are looking for more some of the local boys who have (VENM) fill - please donate through been an integral part of making this our account with the Kangaroo Valley project happen. Some Kangaroo Chamber of Tourism and Commerce: Valley historians have indicated BSB 062 585, Account Number that this isn’t the first time some 10159052, Reference Pump Track of these gents have tried to build a project. We will be seeking more track in this area. Rohan Last from hands-on support once the track is Environment and Natural Resource shaped and we begin landscaping and Solutions did the soil testing and beautification of the area. has been instrumental in moving the It’s great to have the project kicked project forward, Shaun OConnor has off and something exciting happening began moving the dirt into place with for the Valley community amidst the his excavator, whilst Jack Beasley has gloom of fires and Covid-19. You can been our on-site supervisor. follow us through our Facebook page We hope to get more material on site KV Pump Track and Instagram. over the next few weeks, before the shaping of the track begins. 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In a street market back in Not only was I probably the first white Lae, I bought a bow and set of arrows for My hero moment man to visit the village, but I had left a 20 kina ($20 at the time), but they are Most people have a ‘hero moment’ when talisman in the tree trunk as a memento. only decorated with gaudy store paint. they do something special like passing an That was my hero moment, firing bows I keep them in a fish trap from Manus important exam or being presented with and arrows deep in the Papuan bush. Island, just to the left of our front door. a special prize. Mine was in the highlands Needless to say, I declined to repeat Take a look if you ever visit us. of Papua New Guinea, lecturing to a party the performance. Better than any old When our grandchildren were little, I of students from the university at Lae, academic achievement. helped them make bows and arrows. on a rickety bus on our way back We were living at Gordon in Sydney from Goroka. We had been invited at the time. One day, four of the to visit a remote highland village kids walked with me down to the by a local we had met on the road bush and we found a suitable willow a few days earlier. He knew one of tree. We cut down some straight our students, Alfred Wapi.