Banksia Bulletin March 2020

EDITION 314

BANKSIA BULLETIN

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QUAIRADING’S MONTHLY PUBLICATION SINCE 1991. PROUDLY PRODUCED AND PRINTED BY THE QUAIRADING CRC Call: 9645 0096 Email: quairading@crc.net.au Online: www.quairading.crc.net.au/banksia -bulletin See inside back cover for advertising rates and guidelines.

FESTIVAL OF Q FUN! Our local Quairading District High School has celebrated a well attended start to a new school year with a fun-filled festival of Q! Held in week two, enrolled students were treated to a couple of days of water sliding, face painting, sausage sizzling and more. Well done to all involved in the planning and execution, sounds like not even a cheeky power outage could stop the fun! More snaps and student recounts on pages 27 to 29

PREPARE FOR BOARDING

HUMANS OF THE WHEATBELT

PRIMARIES QUAIRADING

QUAIRADING BLUE TREE PROJECT

Penrhos College is visiting town!

A familiar face!

Receiving some suitable recognition!

Now is the time to come together and get painting!

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REGULAR HAPPENINGS & CONTACTS Please contact the Quairading CRC to make updates.

BEL CANTO CHOIR Every Tuesday (except school holidays) 9:30am @ CRC BETTY’S OP SHOP Thursdays and alternate Tuesdays @ Lot 83 Heal Street CARPARK MARKETS Saturday mornings, seasonally CATHOLIC LADIES GUILD See Church pages for service dates each month.

COMMUNITY CAR & DRIVER Available for transport to medical appointments CREATIVE ARTS SOCIETY Thursdays @ CRC Art Space 10am - 4pm CWA Meetings second Friday of each month.

HACC Second & fourth Thursday Outings NATURE RESERVE WALKS 15th of each month, April to October 10am @ reserve carpark PHOTO CLUB Second Tuesday of each month, 7:30pm @ CRC PLAYGROUP Monday 9:00am - 10:30am @ Day-care Centre on Murphy Street QARRAS 2nd & 4th Mondays @ Community Building @ the Oval QUILTERS OF QUAIRADING Monday 12:30pm @ Old Railway Station building ROTARY CLUB OF QUAIRADING Fortnightly Monday meetings.

ST JOHN AMBULANCE 1st & last Thursday - Training 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Mary Stacey

9645 5226

Ray (for pickup items)

0447 791 908

Ivy Osborne

0429 799 853

Bertha Holbrook

0414 520 970

Dougal Fraser

0415 466 439

Russell Stacey

0429 451 093

Rosemary Mills

9645 0538

Phil Nonmus & Tracey Patton

9645 2222

Rowlie Mellor

9645 1439

Peter West

0427 454 204

Amy Wilson

0422 101 402

Susan Anderson

9645 1661

Pip Hall

9645 1213

Helen Fraser

0417 036 060

Laura Haythornthwaite

0459 369 937

Phyllis Brown

9645 1245

Jess Richards

0439 973 911

Dorothy Rogers

9645 1125

Neil Marrett

9645 0831

Adam Duncan

0428 331 700

STAY ACTIVE Thursday 9.30am @ Town Hall TOURIST & TIDY TOWN COMMITTEE Monthly meeting 4th Monday 10:00am @ Old Railway Station TOY LIBRARY Housed at CRC UNITING CHURCH LADIES GUILD Meet first Friday of each month, from March.

VINTAGE CLUB Monthly meeting 2nd Saturday 10.00am VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE 2nd Tuesday 7:00pm YOUTH CENTRE Tuesdays and Wednesdays after school PAGE 2

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FROM THE EDITOR

ADVERTISERS & SPONSORS LIST Landmark Quairading

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Be You Nails & Beauty

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Digging Docker

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Quairading Seed Cleaners

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AW Duncan Carpentry & Building Maint.

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GJ Jones Plumbing & Gas

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North Quairading Contractors

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Dawson’s Concrete

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Sarah Somers Lawyer

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Beverley Gas & Plumbing

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AWD Enterprises Painting Contractors

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CWB Electrical

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Spearwood Wool

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Loose Stitches

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The Roof & Wall Doctor

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Byfields

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Office of Regional Architecture

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Wheatbelt Physiotherapy

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R2K Contracting

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Summit Fertiliser

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Corrigin Dental

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Purslowe Tinetti Funerals

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Combined Pest Control

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P&J Glass Excavator Services

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4Farmers

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Barclay Books

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Countryside Memorials

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Valenti Lawyers

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Oh hey it’s me again.

Twice in one month, you lucky things!

Don’t worry, I won’t make a habit of it. You just get one dose a month from here on out, in the last week of each month. That’s until I go on holidays / AWOL again and stuff the whole schedule.

You’re a resilient bunch though, you'll manage.

I’m typing with toes and ankles crossed that we maintain power for long enough to get this column finished, and a few hundred Banksia Bulletins printed. Sure, typing with my fingers crossed would be more lucky, but it just would not be efficient, or accurate.

Kudos to everyone for soldiering on through the waves of power outages, even you smug generator-owners! I hope you’re embracing the opportunity for a digital detox, reconnecting with friends and family over a good old fashioned game of cards, reading a book by torchlight and no-cook picnic dinners! Most importantly, I hope you’re supporting each other through what admittedly is, a pretty annoying period of time. Remember, life is 10% what happens and 90% how you react to it.

Another bright side for you: y’all are entitled to claim $80 each time the power is out for over 12 hours. Yahoo!!

Pop into the CRC and we’ll happily help you make the claim online—we’re literally pros at it right now.

Big thank you to all of our advertisers and content submitters who have contributed to this edition! Thanks to you there’s heaps of content for our wonderful readers to sink their teeth into this month. We’re of course never satisfied though, so keep bringing it on for next month— and all year. Please and thank you. Ideas for new segments / columns / spreads / exposes(!) are always welcome too!

Hope you and your gardens are enjoying this little drink of rain!

Jill Hayes Editor | Banksia Bulletin Coordinator | Quairading CRC 1 Parker Street Quairading WA 6383 PHONE: 9645 0096 EMAIL: quairading@crc.net.au WEBSITE: www.quairading.crc.net.au FB: www.facebook.com/QuairadingCRC PAGE 3

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THE PASSION SHEET EVENTS

JIGSAW SWAP MORNINGS FLAVOUR TOWN FRIDAYS Monday 16 March, Thursday 16 We are going Italian! Tomorrow’s April, Saturday 16 May, Tuesday 16 menu is spaghetti and meatballs June. Meet at the Golden Grain OR spinach and ricotta cannelloni Café at 10am on the above with a roast vegetable salad. As mentioned dates. Anyone is always, we can accommodate for welcome to join us for a cuppa and food allergies/GF and vegetarians. to swap their jigsaw (which can be All options $15 each, just text your any degree of difficulty; children’s orders to Janine on 0400 085 235. through to challenging). Queries to We’ll be parked at the Quairading Sue Anderson 9645 1661.

Caravan Park from 12pm until 2pm.

ARBONNE PARTY You are all invited to an Arbonne RED CARD FOX SHOOT party on Saturday 4 April at the The tally from last weekend was 96 Club, the demonstration will start foxes, 6 cats and 68 rabbits. There at 2pm. For those who are were 10 teams and 30 participants. unaware, Arbonne not only does The second weekend cull will be skincare and makeup, they now do on 20 & 21 March. There will be a nutrition as well. Kelly Seitz will barbecue breakfast at the be coming to share all her valuable Community Building on Sunday 22 knowledge with us. Please phone March at 8am. Please register Tracey to RSVP on 0438 857 147 for teams with Rowlie Mellor via email catering purposes, see you all rowlie@wn.com.au or there!

0429 451 439.

SEASON OPENER HOEDOWN QARRAS Howdy y’all! By gollies we’re all a Monday 9 March, 2pm at the busy lot aren’t we? Which is a Community Building – Dorothy great thing! But is also a big reason Rogers is going to be the guest that’s lead our committee to speaker. Please bring $2 for afternoon tea. No need to bring a deciding to postpone the funpacked Season Opener Hoedown. plate. Monday 23 March, 2pm at Big thanks for all the support the Community Building. An shown thus far; whenever it’s held afternoon playing board games.

Please bring $2 for afternoon tea. it’s sure to be a barrel load of fun – so stay tuned. Refunds to ticket No need to bring a plate. Monday holders have been processed via 13 April - Easter Monday so there TryBooking. In the meantime, will be no QARRAS. Monday 27 April – ANZAC Day Public Holiday so heaps of planning is already underway for the 100th annual there will be no QARRAS. Monday 11 May– bus trip to Crown Casino. Quairading Ag Show so be sure to lock that in to your calendar (for Non-members are invited to join real!) for Saturday 10th October! us. Meet at the oval at 8am. Cost will be $25. New members are very welcome.

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COMMUNITY

QUAIRADING LCDC SUBSIDIES The LCDC will again be providing subsidies for Lime and Gypsum and for Saltbush and Tree planting this year. The rates are $5 per tonne for lime and gypsum up to $1000 and $0.20 per plant for Saltbush and Tree planting up to $1000.

Apply to Rowlie Mellor, rowlie@wn.com.au or 0429 451 439 to be included in the 2020 round of subsidies. Applicants need to forward copies of invoices in order to qualify for the subsidies.

LANDLINE PHONE George and Kaye Wishart no longer have a landline phone.

Contact numbers are George: 0427 777 057 Kaye: 0429 457 040 2020 CALENDARS Quairading Photo Club 2020 calendars are now on sale for just $5 each, available at the Quairading CRC, Quairading Co-op, Golden Grain Café and BP Roadhouse.

PLAYGROUP Playgroup is held on Mondays, 9am at the Little Rainmakers Childcare building on Murphy Street. New members are always very welcome, please bring a piece of fruit to share. Fees for 2020 are $60 per family. Enquiries to Amy Wilson on 0422 101 402.

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rainfall and the current dryness of fuels within the district, the Shire of Quairading are extending the ARTHUR KELLY VILLAGE prohibited burning period by 14 We are currently seeking days under Section 17(7) of the Expressions of Interest to rent a Bush Fires Act 1954. This will now Unit at Arthur Kelly Village, mean the final day of the situated on the west end of Prohibited Burning Period will be Jennaberring Road by Parker 28th February 2020. Permits will House. The units are fantastic for be available from the 29th retirees looking to reside in a February 2020 from Fire Control smaller living space and they Officers. Please contact the include a kitchen, lounge/dining Community Emergency Services room, one bedroom and an ensuite Manager if you require any further bathroom. The units also include information on 0448 008 653. reverse cycle aircon and a small garden. If you are interested in ___________________________ occupying one of these Units please contact Britt Hadlow at the Shire of Quairading on 9645 2400. PRIMARIES QUAIRADING Please note we will be closed this FOOTPATH REPLACEMENT ON coming Saturday 29 February and McLENNAN STREET Monday 2 March due to the Labour The Shire of Quairading is Day long weekend. Enquiries to intending to undertake footpath Ross or Trevor on 9645 1300. replacement on McLennan Street, Quairading from the 24th February QUAIRADING CLUB KITCHEN 2020. The footpath works will be OPENING HOURS from Heal Street to Heggerty Friday lunch: 12-2pm Street. The works will be for a Friday dinner: 6-8pm period of around 15 working Days. Saturday dinner: 6-8pm Signage and barricades will be in You do not need to be a member place during the construction of for dine-in or take-away food, the project. Pedestrians are asked all welcome! to use the verge for access on the eastern side of McLennan Street BETTY’S OP SHOP while the works are in progress.

Open every Thursday and alternate Cross overs to properties and lane Tuesdays. ways will be replaced and the concrete will take 48 hours to cure CWA OP-SHOP and then it will be able to take Open everyday 8:30am—12pm, vehicle traffic. As the works except Sunday. We are selling bags approaches your house be mindful of clothes for $2, shoes and books that if you need to use your $1, DVD’s $2 and jewellery at vehicle it may be best to park it on varied prices. For donations or McLennan Street. For any onsite urgent requirements outside of queries you can contact Mick opening times please call Rosemary Williams from Premier Paving on on 9645 0538.

0418 943 852. The Shire apologises for any inconvenience that the HANDYMAN SERVICE works may cause. If you have any Home handyman, repairs a queries regarding this matter, specialty. No job too small. Please please do not hesitate to contact contact me, Peter York (of Allan Rourke on 0427 451 001 or Quairading) for a free quote on 9645 2412.

0428 735 937.

window cleaning, general maintenance, vacate clean-ups.

Contact Renee on 9645 1628 or 0437 803 432.

EXTENDED PROHIBITED BURNING PERIOD Due to the weather conditions over the past few months, limited

JUNIOR CRICKET 5pm training at the nets on Fridays. Queries to Todd Mills on 0429 454 229.

SHIRE NOTICES

BUSINESS

GARDENING, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE & CARE Lawn mowing, gardening, weed spraying etc. House cleaning,

GAIL’S CLEANING SERVICE Spring, vacate, commercial cleaning and one off cleans available. Private cleaning also available on request. Have ABN if required. Please feel free to contact me on 0417 942 077.

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MEETINGS

QUAIRADING AG SOCIETY Next meeting: Tuesday 17th March.

Committee meetings on the third Tuesday of each month, 7pm at the Quairading CRC. CWA QUAIRADING Meet on the second Friday of each month, 10:30am at the CWA centre on Parker Street. New and prospective members are welcome to join us for morning tea and a chat. Enquiries to Rosemary on 9645 0538 or Elaine on 9645 1402 QUAIRADING VFRS TRAINING Every first and third Wednesday evening of the month, be at the Station at 6pm for a 6:30pm start.

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SPORT

FOOTY TRAINING Pre season is in full swing – time to get fit! Training is on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6pm at the town oval.

BELLES NETBALL Training at the courts every Tuesday evening at 6pm sharp.

QUAIRADING LADIES BOWLS Club 4s will now be on Wednesday 4th March. Please make an effort to attend as numbers are needed.

Names in for ‘Singles’ on 11 March ASAP please.

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POSITIONS VACANT & WORK WANTED

EDUCATION ASSISTANT Quairading District High School (DHS) are seeking to establish a pool for appointments to permanent and fixed term, fulltime and part-time vacancies which may arise during the 2020 school year. Appointments can be made from the pool at any time for commencements within the 2020 school year. The successful applicant will, under teacher direction, primarily support literacy, numeracy and classroom routines as well as assist the teacher in the delivery of planned education programs. Eligible applicants will be required to obtain a current Department of Education Criminal Record Clearance prior to commencement of employment; obtain or hold a current Working with Children Check; and provide evidence of eligibility to work in Australia for the term of the vacancy. You are encouraged to contact Pamela Canova, Manager Corporate Services, for further information about this employment opportunity, including information about living and working in Quairading, by telephoning (08) 9645 1208 or emailing Pamela.Canova@education.wa.edu .au. All applications must be submitted online; https:// search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php? pageID=160&AdvertID=252283&sour ce=other

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BUY, SELL, RENT GARAGE SALE Saturday 29 February from 8am-12pm at 34 Reid Street.

Bric-a-brac.

FREE FIREWOOD Free to anyone motivated enough to cut it up and collect, phone Chad on 0427 457 035.

MEGA SALE Every day until Tuesday 10 March.

540 Toapin Road, Quairading.

Everything must go. Items include BHB crane, forklift, vintage F100 vehicles, Ford Courier ute with cool room, lathes, welders, engine lift, compressor, drills, bandsaw, sausage machine, farming equipment including; bailer, seeder, plow, mower, 10 tonne block splitter, Holden motors, farm motorbikes, roto broach, presses, compactor, chainsaws and much much more! All house furniture, garden equipment white goods, sewing machines etc. Everything you see must sell, except the dog!

Ross: 0427 008 242 or Elaine: 0429 466 245

FOR SALE TCL 65� Smart TV, Samsung sound bar and TV cabinet: $800. Round dining table and chairs, cost $800, asking $350. Weber Q Barbecue, platinum black, $350.

Phone 0473 387 324

HOUSE FOR RENT 3 bedroom plus study and craft room. Excellent family and entertaining areas. Good parking and access. Shed, workshop.

Recently renovated with new floor coverings etc. Apply to property manager 9645 0035, 0407 384 670 or email thenetwork@westnet.com.au

TRAILER FOR SALE Trailer 6 x 4, 6 months registration. Needs some repairs.

Selling for $350. Phone 9645 1125.

FOR SALE Pea straw for gardens, $8 per bale.

Phone Trevor on 0427 466 225 or Jacqui on 0408 905 466.

TIP RUN Will pay $5 per large item, such as washing machines and fridges, as well as collect and remove free of charge. If you have any car batteries I will pay $5 per battery.

Contact 0487 869 712.

FOXY’S FIRE WOOD Trailer load of wood for $150.00 please phone Foxy on 9645 7048 or 0408 536 212 for more details.

SHORT TERM STAY 3 bedroom house, sleeps 7 people.

Phone David or Lyn on 0429 466 243.

WESTERN POWER OUTAGE CLAIMS Western Power provides reimbursement of $80 for any outage lasting longer that 12 hours.

You can complete the claim quickly and easily yourself on the Western Power website: https://westernpower.com.au/faults-outages/make-a-claim/extended-outage/ or we at the Quairading CRC are more than happy to complete the online form for you.

Just pop into the CRC with your meter number, western power account name, contact details including phone number and email address (if you have one) and the bank account name, bsb and account number for the reimbursement to be paid into.

For the exceptional service, we ask you make a small donation to the Quairading CRC (around $5 is perfect).

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LOOSE STITCHES FAN Still going strong and still attending.

I hope that my quilts are getting better. I am doing a black and white one at the moment and then one for a baby.

Well done ladies for your patience.

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Shire of Quairading

MEDICAL PRACTICE 19 Harris Street / PO Box 125 Quairading WA 6383 GENERAL PRACTITIONERS Dr Adenola Adeleye MBCHB, MPH, FRACGP

Dr Desire Tshibumbu MBCHB, FRACGP

PHONE: 9645 1210

FAX: 9645 1066

Visiting Medical Professionals – March 2020 Tuesday 3rd March rd

Sandy Havlin

Diabetes Educator

Practice Manager Sam Brown Practice Nurse Jess Richards RN Chloe Jones RN ADMINISTRATION Deanna Hathaway, Michaela Stone

Tuesday 3 March

Laura Nairn

Dietitian

Thursday 5th March

Carol Deppe

Clinical Psychologist

Friday 6th March

Deb Schoen

Podiatrist

Monday 10th March

Dr Ellie

Lady Doctor

Tuesday 11th March

Dr Ellie

Lady Doctor

PRACTICE HOURS MONDAY 8:30am—11:30am 12:30pm—5:00pm TUE, WED, THURS 8:30am—12:30pm 1:30pm—5:00pm FRIDAY 8:30am—12:00pm

Monday 16th March

Carol Deppe

Clinical Psychologist

Carol Deppe

Clinical Psychologist

Please note these are the opening hours of the Medical practice and do not reflect appointment availability.

VISITING PROFESSIONALS Female GP Dr Ellie Brusasco Podiatrist Deb Schoen Dietitian Laura Nairn Diabetes Educator Sandy Havlin Clinical Psychologist Carol Deppe OTHER SERVICES OFFERED  Health Assessments  Skin Checks  Flu Clinics  Immunisations/Vaccinations  Diabetes Management  Pathology  Preventative Medicine  Chronic Illness Care Plans  Occupational Therapy by referral  Antenatal Care  Physiotherapist by referral  Health Checks/Medical Reports  Nursing Home Visits to  Quairading Hospital  PATS—Patient Assisted Travel Scheme Applications  Home visits when deemed safe and necessary by GP PAGE 8

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Welcome back to a new year everyone, we hope you all had an enjoyable break with family and friends over the Christmas / Holiday period.

Quairading Medical Practice have had quite a few staff changes of late.

We welcome Dr Desire Tshibumbu, (pronounced DEZ-a-ray) & Ms Chloe Jones – Practice Nurse.

Dr Desire will be our long standing General Practitioner with Dr Ade attending one day a week. Some of you will recall having seen Chloe on the reception desk quite a few years ago. Chloe has followed her dreams and has since qualified as a Registered Nurse, congratulations Chloe.

Jess & Chloe will share the Practice Nurse role, week about.

Sadly Tarryn tendered her resignation late last year. Tarryn was a dedicated and extremely pleasant staff member to have in our team.

Her knowledge & friendly smile will be extremely missed but we wish her all the very best in the next chapter of her life.

For the month of March we will be hosting another student doctor, Connor Blackmore. Reception staff will obtain your consent for his presence in your consultation with Dr Desire, please remember you are under no obligation to have Connor present. We sincerely hope he enjoys his time in Quairading.

Hydration & Blood Collections - Fasting & Non- Fasting It is advised that it is better to drink plenty of water prior to your test as it makes it easier for our Practice Nursing staff to collect blood from your veins. Even for those tests that are “Fasting” we recommend that you drink as much water during this time as you can. You are also able to take any medication you would normally take in the morning, unless advised otherwise by your doctor.

ENJOY OUR PRACTICE NEWSLETTER BUT PLEASE REMEMBER THAT DECISIONS ABOUT MEDICAL CARE SHOULD BE MADE IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE ACTING ON ANY OF THE INFORMATION.

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Hydration & Skin We all know that drinking water is good for our health. We also know that we should always stay hydrated to maintain good health on a day to day basis.

BUT did you know that by maintaining great hydration throughout the day, you could be doing your skin a huge favour? Well, it’s true! Many people ask “Does drinking water help reduce wrinkles?”

And the answer is YES! Staying healthily hydrated will most certainly promote healthy skin and prevent wrinkles. Drinking lots of water helps the skin in many different ways. Here are 10 reasons to get into the H2O! Reduce Wrinkles, Boost Skin Elasticity, Increased Cell Renewal, Reduce Toxins, Prevent Dehydration, Provides Nutrients, Helps Prevent Under Eye Bags, Flushes Alcohol & Heals UV Damage.

For our Local Aboriginal and TSI Patients – Closing the GAP Come on in again, as we start a new calendar year it’s time to re-new your registration. Most of you are aware of the program but for those who may not be, make an appointment with your GP or PN to help explain the benefits.

Closing the Gap aims to improve the lives of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Since 2008, Australian governments have worked together to deliver better health, education and employment outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to eliminate the gap between Indigenous and non -Indigenous Australians.

Please phone our friendly reception staff on 9645 1210 to arrange an appointment.

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Media Watch - Coronavirus (COVID-19) We have all heard so much in the news daily about this new virus and the Health Department has kept the Australian population informed at every move. If you wish to know more about this virus you can go to their website https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov for further information.

In short, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness caused by a new virus. Symptoms range from a mild cough to pneumonia. Some people recover easily, others may get very sick very quickly.

There is evidence that it spreads from person to person. Good hygiene can prevent infection.

SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY REASON TO THINK YOU HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THIS VIRUS PLEASE DECLARE THIS TO RECEPTION STAFF OVER THE PHONE BEFORE ATTENDING THE PRACTICE. STAFF WILL ASSIST YOU FROM THERE.

HOW CAN WE IMPROVE?

If you have a PROBLEM, CONCERN, QUESTION, IDEA or SUGGESTION, please let us know so we can assist.

We can be contacted at the surgery on 9645 1210.

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TAGGED AROUND TOWN Use the hashtag #quairading on Instagram and we’ll feature the best snaps here every month.

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DIGGING DOCKER Ray & Stephen   

4 in 1 Bucket Trencher Post Hole Digger

Phone: 9645 0116 Mobile: 0407 755 239

G.J. Jones Plumbing & Gas For all your Plumbing & Gas Fitting requirements

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Contact Glen on 0437 937 855

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St Faiths Anglican Church will host the World Day of Prayer this year.

Friday March 6, 2020 at 10am The Groeneveld & Edmands family will be the guest speakers on the day.

All are welcome. A shared lunch will follow, a small plate would be appreciated.

Mary Stacey, Convenor 2020 World Day of Prayer worlddayofprayeraustralia.org

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Dawson’s Concrete & Reinforcing SANDY DAWSON Call: 0417 375 221    

CAM FRASER SPREADING, TRUCKING, SEEDING & HARVESTING LATE SEASON IN CROP SPRAYING

Concrete Formwork & Steel Fixing Sheds, Silo Pads, Culverts Over 30 years experience Professional, Reliable Service

PO Box 505, Beverley WA 6304 Email: pameladawson@bigpond.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/DawsonsConcrete

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85 Fitzgerald St, Northam

LAWYER

9622 9687 / 0427725501 sarahsomers@iinet.net.au

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BEVERLEY GAS + PLUMBING SERVICES

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AWD Enterprises Painting Contractors 

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**NOW SERVICING QUAIRADING**

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Beverley Gas and Plumbing is now regularly servicing Quairading and surrounding districts.

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Renovations Septic & leach drains Hot water Blocked drains

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For all your plumbing and gas needs please call:

Kodie Fleay: 0418 929 141 Email: beverleygandp@gmail.com PL9723 GF017690 BFL3108

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Contact Wally Call: 0411 494 340 Email: walterstrother@hotmail.com Rego No 2916

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Rob Thorn: 0438 364 920 Contract forward and spot Flexi daily selling Electronic Awex E2 offer board Agents statewide Office: 9494 2967 PAGE 18

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Loose Stitches Ohhhh, it is sooooo good to be back at Loosies!

We have had a great break and we’re raring to go. We have some exciting new projects, a fun BOM (which we have sold out of the kits but you could still make it up from your stash) and our monthly get togethers.

Remember you don’t have to wait for the get togethers; you can come on any of the days we are open, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays from 9am to 4pm.

Tammy from Pots & Tangles visited us on Saturday 22nd February to hold a workshop and teach the finer art of Macramé. What a hoot this was, with enough food to get the energy levels up and a little champagne to make us relaxed, we knotted our way to produce a beautiful wall hanging - there are some very talented knotters amongst us.

Thanks to everyone who participated and to Tammy for her fabulous instructions and inspiration.

With all these power outages recently, we hope you are able to get some sewing done!

Loosies is hosting the Avon Valley Quilters friendship day on Saturday 28th March so we will be open from 9am to 2pm.

GET TOGETHER DATES FOR THIS MARCH AND APRIL: Quilters Holiday BOM Homespun magazine: The pattern is in the bi monthly magazine.

We will be getting together on the second Friday of the month 13th March and 17th April Field Journal: last Friday of the month 28th February and 27th March Hexie Club: First Thursday of the month 5th March and 2nd April Life Pleasures by Marg Lowe: These are small projects which entail machine and hand sewing, they are very cute. Get togethers are the second Tuesday of the month, 10th March and 13th April Tilda Club: the 4th Tuesday of the month, 24th March and 28th April

Loose Stitches

CALL: 9645 1806

Patchwork & Sewing Supplies

EMAIL: loosestitches@hotmail.com

37 Heal Street, Quairading WA 6383

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HUMANS OF THE WHEATBELT

Hearing stories and taking a photograph of our humans. Our focus is on disabled people interviewing people, including non-disabled people, in community settings. This is a Wheatbelt Health Network project.

I grew up in Quairading and went to school here until the end of Year 8, before our family moved to Busselton. I attended Busselton Senior High School and I later spent two years up in Broome working as a mechanic.

My memories of growing up are of working hard and having fun. I always enjoyed doing sheep work and helping on the farm. Growing up here, you knew everyone and you could just relax.

Altogether I was away from Quairading for eight years. I’m not a fan of Perth; one of my happiest memories is of driving up Greenmount Hill! When I came back to live here, I worked for a few years on a farm and then bought the local tyre shop, which I’ve been running for three years now.

I love the space here and the people are nice. I had wanted to add another string to my bow and the tyre shop had been on the market for a while, so I went for it. I believe we need a tyre shop here in Quairading.

The local Shire have been good to us in supporting local businesses. They’re also motivated in trying to support community initiatives. They are looking at some building projects and trying to stimulate tourism here. The local Community Resource Centre do an amazing job in printing out maps for local businesses to display too.

you’re always on call. When Dad was farming, the phone was in the house and he was out working in the paddock. He’d do a whole day’s work and then come inside and realise he had to make some phone calls. He wasn’t always being bombarded with phone calls and information all day. It can be difficult, especially for young blokes trying to take over the reins of the family farm and going too hard.

I’m involved in the local Rainmakers community group, which is working on getting the old ski club up and running again. We’re looking at buying the We’re living in a world where everyone wants ski lake, but negotiations are still ongoing. everything now. I remember when I was a kid, if I wanted to download a video it might take three Rainmakers events used to be the biggest in town, hours. It used to be that freight took three days, but insurance issues have curtailed that. It’s also a but now if people don’t get their freight the next changing demographic in that everyone has kids day it’s a big issue for them. I blame smartphones. now and everyone’s trying to run a business and If people want to speak to someone, they push a be adults instead of having fun! button and call them and if no one answers they get upset. I’m guilty of overusing my phone too I’m married with three kids myself, two of which and getting stuck on it when I ought to be doing are twins, which is interesting and a bit of fun. something else.

The oldest is four and a half and the twins are three. Having my kids were some of the happiest My old man is probably the most influential person moments of my life and they always put a smile on in my life. He always had the confidence in my face. There’s always something breaking, backing me in what I wanted to do. He trusts me something silly, but we can always laugh about it. and he guides me as well.

We’re trying to get the pony club in town up and running to give the kids something else to do.

One piece of advice I’d give to a younger person is to always stay motivated. What I’ve often seen is A lot of farmers are encouraging their children to that a lot of people don’t have much of a work get a trade nowadays instead of just going straight ethic anymore. When I’m looking for someone to into farm work. There are a lot of farmers now work for me, I’m looking for someone who can who have four or five farms under their name. stay busy. If there’s nothing to do, try sweeping They all feel the pressure to keep growing. In the the floor instead of scrolling on your phone. past that would have been four or five families.

Human - Lyle Green Things have changed over the years in farming, Interviewer & photographer - Paula Whittington especially in terms of communication. These days Writer - Guy Salvidge

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WHAT A CHAMP! Huge congratulations to Bill Fraser who was recently crowned 2020 Over 60s State Singles Bowls Champion!

Yet another Quairading sporting hero!

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PRIMARIES QUAIRADING

wins Western Australia CRT Community Member of the Year Award!

CRT member Primaries Quairading has taken out the Western Australia Community Member of the Year Award, announced at the CRT National Conference in Brisbane on Saturday.

The annual awards held extra weight this year, as CRT, one of Australia’s leading rural merchandise retailers celebrates 50 years of operation.

CRT recognises the important role of its member stores in supporting their local communities, whether it’s through supporting rural fire services, local ambulance volunteers, meals on wheels, schools, hospitals, Men’s Shed and charity organisations.

Like a lot of small, regional towns, Quairading relies on local volunteers to provide much needed health care for the local community.

Primaries Quairading have two volunteers from the branch who can render first aid and transport patients to hospitals and are contributors to the welfare of locals. In addition, the staff will also attend local sporting events to provide medical attention where required.

CRT Western Australia State Manager, Peter Burchell said Primaries Quairading had been recognised for their upstanding commitment to supporting their region. “This store has demonstrated why they are so highly respected within the network and the community they service, I couldn’t think of more deserving winners,” he said.

Branch Manager Trevor Sandercock, at Primaries Quairading said he and the team were enormously proud to have won this award. “CRT put a lot of emphasis on supporting local communities, so to have won this award on behalf of our staff and customers is a huge honour.”

CRT General Manager Greg O’Neil praised the culture of Primaries Quairading for the work they have done in the community and said they fully deserved to win this award.

“The culture of the business has made them not only successful, but a valued member of their community, working alongside their customers in all their endeavours. Such high levels of community engagement are exactly what it means to be a CRT member.”

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QUAIRADING AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 2019 President’s Report

There has been a good roll-up to all committee meetings this year with the usual suspects taking on their long familiar roles. Jill Hayes introduced two new committee members, Kate Walker and Tamara Spark. Kate and Tamara worked closely with Jill to organise the show day entertainment and Lifestyle Pavilion stall holders and Fashion Stylist. Jill continued in the role of Secretary, including completing funding applications, and I thank her personally and on everyone’s behalf for a job very well done – again!

Jo Hayes took on the role of Treasurer this year and provided clear and concise budget forecasts and monthly bank statements. Apart from looking after the monthly reports, Jo collected the cash, paid the bills and administered the cash floats and EFTPOS of show day. Jo also coordinated the grant funding application for the Federal Governments “Regional Agricultural Show Development Grants Program”. Jo also wrote much of the application. We applied for approx. $87K. Very grateful thanks to Jo for an excellent job throughout the year.

Steve and his band of volunteers ran a great “Dad’s Bar”, making good cash flow while maintaining a safe and enjoyable atmosphere. This year, the committee added security and high fencing to the licensed area, noting compliance with license conditions is being closely monitored by the local

police, with whom we have a good relationship.

While the fence detracted a bit from the atmosphere of the Quick Shear, it served its purpose well.

Scott and his crew manned the gate, Helen, John, Geoff, Janet and others looked after the Ag Hall while Roger and Geoff directed the food vendors, side-shows and on-ground displays to their general location.

Helen Fraser and Wendy Honey looked after the chooks while Chandie again stepped up to organise the Horse Breed Show. The Breed Show entry numbers improved again this year, having 12 entrants in the various categories.

Once again, Grant Mills took care of the sheep and Greg Hayes the wool. Stacey Harris looked after the young show-goers with the help of Wayne and the Animal Education Centre and a display of miniature goats, which were very popular.

Noel Stone, and the Bowmen of Wamenusking, put on an archery display and provided coaching and tips for budding archers.

Andrew Caporn and the Vintage Club blokes took us down “machinery memory lane”.

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Mervyn lined up the car display and Tom Mills organised the local caravaners to bring their vans along.

Quairading Agricultural Society, at the prize presentations on show day. A big congratulations and thank-you, Noel.

Jo Clews put on a “camp cooking” demo adjacent the caravans which was very well attended with great feedback from the audience.

Geoff Stone, show bag coordinator, had this year’s show off and handed the show bags to Matthew and Justine Whyte. They did a great job of providing, packaging and selling the show bags, along with their show-day helpers.

All in all, it was a good day, well patronised by the community and supported by sponsors Wheatbelt Aboriginal Health, CSBP, CBH, Lotteries West plus local sponsors Fraser Farming, Quairading Seed Cleaners, Wamenusking Dorpers and WA Sandalwood.

2019 Quairading Agricultural Society Show The ninety-ninth annual Quairading Ag Show was held on October 12 at the Quairading Greater Sports Ground in perfect weather for both indoor and outdoor entertainment.

The preparation for the show began with the first committee meeting in the new year. The aim of the Quairading Show is to provide friendly competition and entertainment for the whole community and all family members.

The Agricultural Hall was again decked out with exhibitions of local produce, art, sewing and quilting, photography, cake decorating, vegetables and floral arrangements.

The walls of the Ag Hall were covered with the entries from the Quairading Primary School and Quairading District High School students. It was great to see such a wide variety of the work skilfully produced by the juniors. The Quairading Ag Society encourages and supports the junior entrants and acknowledges their great work during the prize winner’s presentations.

Activities on the day included several side show rides and events for the young people including Snow to U, Hungry Hippo Chow Down, Wipe-out Bouncy Castle, Super Trooper, Kids Tent with face painting and sand-pit, an Animal Education Display and miniature goats.

For the older participants there were sheep and wool displays, horse breed show, vintage race car display, vintage machinery and tractor display, caravan display, camp cooking display, chook show, and two machinery dealerships.

The lifestyle pavilion was open for business with various items on display and for sale.

The local ambos and bush fire brigades displayed their fire trucks and equipment along with Eddy Duffy, local senior constable, putting on a police service display.

As has been the case in recent times, the Quairading Quick Shear Competition filled the evening and was well patronised by shearers competing for $9,000.00 in prize money.

Noel Stone presented the “World Record Certificate” to Lou Brown, a shearer from Kojonup, for shearing 497 ewes in 8 hours. The presentation at Quairading was Lou’s choice. His achieving the world record and appearance at the Quick Shear was widely applauded.

There are many local businesses and families who generously provide prizes for section winners in the exhibition hall and I thank them also.

2019 Show Review Tuesday 22 October, was selected as the date for the show review discussion and a sausage sizzle for those who met at the Ag Hall on that evening.

Discussion covered off many aspects of the show day, including the successes i.e. Dad’s Bar, and the opportunities for improvement, i.e. the road-side signage. All of the raised discussion points will be covered off in greater detail at the coming committee meetings.

Planning is under way for the 100th show next year with the Centenary Committee formed some months ago and meeting regularly. Ideas and suggestions from the review will be incorporated, where appropriate, into the centenary plans.

2019 Summary I note that gate numbers were down this year along with shearer numbers reduced for the Quick Shear.

Some exhibition hall section entries were down also.

Volunteer numbers were down, increasing the workload on those who did attend for set-up and pack-up. All members are encouraged to “bring a friend” along to make the coming year a huge success.

A greater publicity campaign, including GWN TV advertising will be undertaken for the Centenary Show.

I would like to thank the committee, members, volunteers and sponsors who generously give up their time to support the Agricultural Society in providing this very worthwhile annual event for the community and districts of Quairading.

Special thanks also to the ladies who organised and supplied the morning teas for the set-up and pack up days.

Eastern Districts Rural Ambassador Competition Three entrants from Eastern Districts Ag Societies competed in this year’s Rural Ambassador event.

Quairading was very capably represented by Fraser Hinchliffe who did a great job. Thank you Fraser.

Congratulations to all three entrants for caring about their communities and taking the time to compete.

Peter Smith President, Quairading Agricultural Society.

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Thank you very much to Mrs Manilal (Dhyuti’s mum) who came in and painted some beautiful henna-style tattoos and Mrs Helen Fraser and her high school helpers who did plenty of face painting.

Wednesday 12th February was a wonderful day for water sliding however there was no power for the majority of the day. We thank the Shire of Quairading for their generous donation of fuel to keep the generator running and slides pumped up!

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QUAIRADING YOUTH CENTRE February in photos

Beautiful produce from the Youth Centre garden, fruit time at the centre, playing cricket at the oval and playing table tennis at the Youth Centre—thank you to Don & Phyllis Brown for the donation of the table!

Cynthia Dann | Youth Engagement & Inclusion Officer, Shire of Quairading

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Peter Dawson is taking part in this competition to raise funds in memory of Trevor “Chook” Hayes and all those who are afflicted by this terrible disease. If you feel able to donate Peter would greatly appreciate your support. Please follow the link https:// hub.fightmnd.org.au/fundraise-for-fightmnd/50-hole-challenge-rpgc?tab=leaderboard and click on the 50 Hole Challenge – RPGC. Please mention Peter’s name in your donation , so we can track funds raised from this fundraiser and also thank you.

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FRANCO’S BOYS

Every good swim team name has a story…

Local Quairading lads Scott Walker, Mitch Davies, Matt Richards and ndtheir great mate Bradie (Worm) Yeomans took on the South 32 Rottnest Channel Swim on 22 February 2020. Their support crew included boat owner Wayne Davies and first mate Bill Walker along with paddlers Sean Hayes and James Leeming. Another local lad, Andrew Walker also competed in the swim with another team. Beautiful day out on the water, very chaotic with so many people around though! Really couldn’t have done anywhere near as good without our awesome crew especially Wayne, plus the kayakers both did a great job in setting the pace and the path.

After a few issues from the start the boys were sitting third last, but with a solid effort from them all as well as the deft boat work by experienced Rotto Swim skipper Wayne, they managed a respectable 259 out of 359 teams in a time of 7.39.09 at an average pace of 23.12 min/km. Top effort team!!

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QUAIRADING BLUE TREE PROJECT

Written by Russell Stacey (Quairading Creative Arts Society President) Do you want to have some fun and paint a tree with blue paint like the other blue painted trees you have seen? The idea behind trees being painted blue is, it’s a creative advertisement to the public to break through the barrier and say “IT’S OK NOT TO BE OK” and to start up a conversation about your mental health.

blue paint at the Quairading Blue Tree Project to contact the QCAS or its members rather than us contact you. We don’t want to be writing letters to everybody asking for your commitment.

The area we have chosen is 7km east of Quairading adjacent the road. The area of trees are near the salt river, Number 596, a short distance from the were the Pink Lake is, which fits in well for tourists making this a perfect spot for our project. At the moment to make it easier for the QCAS to coordinate this project we are inviting anybody interested in painting a tree with

There will be some donation tins placed around town that you can put some money in. If you have any old tins of paint and unwanted paint brushes they can be left at the Quairading Vintage Club.

The QCAS have light weight aluminium poles to attach a paint brush to & a spray painting machine, this will enable persons painting This article is about how the Quairading taller trees to be standing safely on the Creative Arts Society (QCAS) has recently ground. The QCAS is also trying to get instigated a fun project for the whole of the enough donations so that all the kids at the Quairading community to be involved in by Quairading school will have paint supplied coordinating a QUAIRADING BLUE TREE free of charge and then they can paint lots PROJECT. We have decided to be a of trees with blue paint. coordination hub of anybody wanting to be creative and paint a tree with blue paint. We The QCAS has started this part of the project are asking any person, any group, any club, by donating 2 x 10 litres of blue paint to the any anything and invite everybody to have school aged children who what to have some some fun and paint a tree with blue coloured fun and paint trees. Any body who wants to paint in this exciting community based donate cash, this money will be used to project. We have chosen an area of dead provide more free blue paint for children at trees which can be painted which is located the Quairading school or you can nominate a next to the main road between Quairading particular tree that you want to put your and Bruce Rock. We have set a goal to paint money towards.

100 trees during the year 2020, which will coincide with this year being the 100th year We have some other ideas as well. If you of the local Quairading Ag Show. We want have any unwanted white coloured paint you you to help us paint lots of different sized want to get rid of we can tint this paint and trees with lots of different shades of blue make it blue coloured. The painted trees will paint which symbolise all the different types be photographed and sent to the BLUE TREE & sizes linked to mental health.

PROJECT WA, where they will be displayed on their facebook page with all the other After you have completed painting your blue painted trees by other persons and selected tree you can tag the tree & we will groups from all over Australia. During our number the tree so you know which tree you project we will be putting in the Banksia have adopted. We have contacted the Blue Bulletin updates of how this project is Tree Project WA and they love the idea. progressing and the names of the persons They have informed us there is no limit to who have painted trees. We want this the amount of trees you can paint and the project to be a standout project that the paint can be what ever colour blue you whole Quairading community has been want. involved in.

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WHAT IS THE BLUE TREE PROJECT?

Our mission is to help spark difficult conversations and encourage people to speak up when battling mental health concerns.

By spreading the paint and spreading the message that "it’s OK to not be OK", we can help break down the stigma that’s still largely attached to mental health.

The story of the 'Original Blue Tree' retold...

By Tjarda Tiedeken All kinds of stuff lay around us in the shed: rusty car parts, bent screwdrivers, torn ropes, loose screws, torn blankets with holes.. and some buckets. It was thirty-five degrees and work did not particularly excite us that day. Your dad asked us to go through the things in the shed and let him know if there was anything that could be thrown out. We opened the first bucket. The dried white paint clung to the lid and covered the walls of the bucket. A brush was stuck in the concrete-like mass. Next bucket, same thing: dried, hardened white paint. However, when I picked up the next bucket I could feel it sloshing. You took one of the nearby screwdrivers and pried off the paint-glued lid. It lay before us: a deep blue, flowing sea of colour, smoothly sending waves against the sides of the bucket as it moved in your hand. The paint tins were some of the few things your dad wanted to throw away, much to our disagreement. And so, we decided that if he did not want to use the paint, we would save it from drying out.

What did we want to do with it?

Luckily, we still had a few hours of work ahead of us and by the evening we had the crazy idea that made us both smile when thinking of it. We would drive around the farm and pick a tree on a remote path to paint. The blue colour would be perfect standing out from all its surroundings. We imagined how your dad would drive past and wonder where the heck this thing came from. We could not wait for work to finish and without taking a shower, we drove to Sippe’s Hardware in Mukinbudin, bought a brush and another bucket of blue paint (the first bucket would certainly not be enough to paint a whole tree). It was already dark when we got home, but that would not stop us.

After 20 minutes of driving around, we found the perfect tree: it was big enough, but not so big that we needed a ladder, dead, so we wouldn’t harm it, and was on the side of a not too busy path.

We came back at night, equipped with torches, gloves, brushes, the blue paint and dressed in some old clothing. To reach the top of the tree, you would lift me up on your shoulders and I would try to get the last bit of the tree whilst blue paint was dripping from the brush into your hair. We were freezing but giggling the whole time, as we imagined what your dad would do and how confused he would be when first seeing the bright blue tree on his farm. It became a two-day job and we really hoped we would not get caught by your dad. It was probably because we accidentally placed that wish upon so many shooting stars whilst painting the tree that faded into the night in its new dark blue dress. It was only several years later he would find it...

Oh, and the purple plant pots? Well, I think they were also meant to be thrown out. But of course you had other ideas for them. One day, when I was no longer working on the farm, you sent me a picture of how you had added them to our tree. I had not laughed that hard in a very long time.

We all miss you and your crazy ideas.

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PHOTO CLUB NEWS

Written by Russell Stacey (Club Promotion Officer) PHOTO COMPETITION WINNERS JANUARY SUBJECT: “Green” GOLD: Wendy Honey SILVER: Janet Hall BRONZE: Lyn Whyte FEBRUARY SUBJECT: “Time piece” GOLD: David Whyte SILVER: David Whyte & Geoff Hall BRONZE: Janet Hall

Other awards we had for 2019 was the award for the most amount of points gained for a photograph entered in our monthly competition. This was shared by 3 people who got equal votes of 21 points each by George At our February meeting we judged two months Wishart, Geoff Hall & Janet Hall who will all get of pics for our photo competition, January and their names tagged onto the esteemed Apryl February. Congratulations to our newest Award Trophy. member Wendy Honey who when attending her first photo club meeting showed us she is a We have decided to hold a photography seriously competitive bit of gear and won a weekend later on in the year sometime in the Gold award for first place. The January subject Spring. Renowed Perth photographer Dale Neill was “GREEN” and Wendy entered a pic of a will be hosting this event and be bringing about green lizard sitting on some leaves that were 15 to 20 photographers from all over the state different coloured shades of green. Second to photograph what Quairading has to offer . place was Janet who took a pic of some green Dale has organised many photography weekends balls of wool and third place was Lyn Whyte and loves bringing photo dudes out into the who took a pic of her green coloured teddy Wheatbelt to take pics. This will be a 2 day bear. Lyn’s teddy bear had no name so I event and open for anybody to attend Dale is suggested the name Mr February. Lyn has now going to bring a professional model for this been giving her award winning teddy bear a weekend from the Big Smoke all the way out huge huggy every day. here. We have matched this and have got some Quairading models signed up ready for this For the month of February the subject was TIME mega event.

PIECE, the Gold award went to David Whyte who took a pic of a pocket watch. David also Dale Neill was the founding member of the got equal 2nd place and shared this Silver Fremantle International Portrait Prize which is a award with Geoff. The 3rd place Bronze award biannual competition that attracts Portrait went to Janet. photos from all over the world. So whilst having a connection with a world class photo judge, I At the meetings this year we have adjusted the have sent him our Quairading Photo Club rules for the monthly photo competition and competition pics from January & February for you don’t have to be in attendance at the him to critique. Dale said when he critiques a meeting to enter your photos. After taking a pic he goes hard and to quote his critiquing bundle of rippa pics, then choosing the best 2, method “He gives photos both barrels right only to find out you can’t get to the meeting & between the eyes”. This is going to be really show off your efforts was frustrating for all of interesting to have our competition photos us. We now have that problem easily sorted. We critiqued and explained how we can make our can now enter your 2 pics every month and you pics better. The word critique originated from don’t have to ponder if your pic could have won the ancient Greeks and means “The Art of an award. This will also make everybody’s total Criticism”. points gained during the year be more reflective of the massive effort we put into our At our photo club meetings we use the ancient photography during the year.

Quairading rule “ THERE ARE NO RULES FOR OUR PICS” so 2020 is going to be the QPC photos Last year Russell Stacey won by a narrow take on the rules of the ancient Greek Art margin the most amount of total points gained Culture that has been going for centuries. for the 2019 photo competition, and receives free QPC membership for 2020, but more Here is our reminder if you would like to come importantly the prestigious bragging rights as to our meetings please come along, just rock being Quairading’s best photographer for the up. We meet at the Quairading CRC at 7pm year which means you are right up the top and once a month on the 2nd Tuesday. You can join can claim to be one of the world’s best our facebook page by searching Quairading photographers. The top 5 point scorers on the Photo Club.

2019 ladder where Russell 153, David 151, George 142, Janet 137 and Geoff 137.

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GARDENING IN THE WHEATBELT Written by Carmela Kirszyk of Eaglewood Farm Welcome back to another year of gardening ideas and information. I hope you all had a break from the everyday chores and demands that are put on us all and that this year a head is better in every way and especially for our gardens. So how is your garden faring after the three spells of heat from hell? We have had 15 days of temperatures over 39 degrees and because they came in spells not spikes many plants had shut down for too long and could not revive themselves after the heat had passed. And of course those of us who were not able to give their plants extra water have had many sad if not dead plants. Having said all that, there are lessons to be learnt. More Bougainvilleas, Mandevillas, Broom (Bridal Veil), and a floribunda rose called Edelweiss as well as the well known Aussie plants like Eremophilas and Thryptomenes should be planted in our gardens in the future. These plants, just mentioned did not just survive the heat they flourished and flowered when all around them even well established plants were sulking. My idea of a good plant is one that looks good in our extreme summers.

Plant of the Month – So allow me to add one more lovely plant to the list above. This month’s plant of the month is certainly a survivor. I bought my Alternanthera, Little Ruby, two years ago and took many cuttings from the initial plant. The cuttings grew roots very readily in water and then grew well in the garden while the weather was cool.

However, whilst most of these did not survive the summer, the mother plant which I had repotted seemed to love the heat and the sun.

The pot had a saucer which allowed some moisture to be retained from the once a week watering but that was it. It has been amazing to see this little plant thriving in our conditions. As the name suggests it has ruby leaves and is sold as a ground cover. There are quite a few Alternantheras some which have splashes of yellow on their leaves. Although these plants don’t like frost in a garden situation groundcovers can often be protected by other plants. This is one plant to look for.

It’s time to…

Plant – unless you are able to keep the water up to any new plants it probably best to wait until towards the end of March before you start planting new plants. But that shouldn’t stop you planning. If you like Hibiscus now is the time to choose one while they are in flower. If you’re a rose lover now is the time to order some. You can also put in another crop of your favourite summer veggies; more

zucchini, tomatoes and capsicums. Capsicums are a good plant to keep growing over winter.

If you plant the new ones in a position with a northerly aspect, maybe in front of a north facing wall they will survive the winter and be fruiting well before the new crop that is planted in spring.

Harvest – we are still harvesting peaches in the orchard and have also had the first Johnathon apples. In the veggie garden the tomatoes are going full bore, the snake beans are also producing well and the dwarf beans are just starting. We are also picking sweet corn, eggplants and silver beet. There are also lots of herbs during summer, with basil being the main one; there are five large jars of pesto in my freezer already.

Things to do – from mid March fertilise the whole garden, this will help plants which have struggled with the heat to put on some growth before the cooler weather comes. Plan your veggie garden now so that you’re ready to plant out the autumn and winter vegetables by the end of March or beginning of April, some of these include all the Brassicas and many of the root vegetables. Consider some different ones like artichokes and fennel. If you’re planting Garlic now is the time to prepare the beds.

The last word – Gardens add years to your life and life to your years. Nature Hills Nursery PAGE 41

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WARRIOR WELLBEING

Trying for a baby? It takes two to tango!

As blokes we are all aware that there are a range of steps, pills and behaviours that the women in our lives can take in the effort to conceive. An often-neglected part of the equation is how we as men look after our own health in order to maximise the chances of a successful conception. You know what they say, “It takes two to tango!”

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and concentration.

Limit soy products which contain a natural version of the female hormone oestrogen.

Limit alcohol consumption as alcohol negatively affects the production of male hormones which are needed to produce healthy sperm.

Chemicals: Age: 1. Abstain from illicit drugs. They reduce the Blokes are quite capable of producing sperm sperm count and affect the production of well into their seventies as Pablo Picasso and male hormones. Steroids also have a Charlie Chaplin famously proved. Unfortunately, negative impact on sperm and therefore the quality of sperm declines as men age. should be avoided.

Blokes over the age of 45 might find that their 2. Prescription and over the counter partners take longer to fall pregnant and that medicines you use may affect your fertility. the risk of miscarriage increases. As dads get You may need to change some medications older, they also start to run a slightly higher risk while you’re trying to conceive. of having children with a range of mental health 3. If you are a smoker, then quit. Smoking issues or autism compared with younger dads. affects sperm motility and the DNA within.

Obviously, our age is beyond our control, but if 4. Exposure to toxic chemicals both in the you are considering starting a family, start trying workplace and in everyday life can affect sooner rather than later! sperm. Limit exposure and use protective clothing.

General Health: Get active as physical activity is good for your Temperature: health in general and will also help you maintain Jocks too tight? Laptop sitting on top of your a healthy weight and improve the health of your crown jewels? Either way, temperature sperm. regulation is imperative to sperm health, and overheating is a leading cause of low sperm Diet: counts.

1. Maintain a healthy weight as being overweight can impair sperm production.

Trying to conceive can be difficult, hopefully Testosterone helps sperm production; these steps may help take the pressure off what however excess fat increases the presence should be a joyous time. of oestrogen.

2. A healthy balanced diet including plenty of fruit and vegies. Antioxidants and polyunsaturated fats improve sperm motility.

3. Include foods like nuts, poultry, fish and meat in your diet or consider a selenium supplement to increase sperm production From Owen and the Team from The Regional Men’s Health Initiative Delivered by Wheatbelt Men’s Health (Inc) Address: PO Box 768, Northam WA 6401 Phone: 9690 2277 Email: menshealth@4blokes.com.au Website: www.regionalmenshealth.com.au PAGE 42

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MARCH 2020

Another year has passed, And we’re all a little older.

Last summer felt hotter, And winter seems much colder.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th

11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st

Sonya Robinson, Ashley Wray, Sheree Yarran, Murray Taylor Ann Johnston, Sean Hayes, Susan Walker, Brock Macdonald Astrid Nundle Pippa Peak, Jason Colbung (Jnr) Kylie Hathaway Jasmine Yarran, Thomas Haythornthwaite Raelene Taylor, Nicole Haythornthwaite, Allan Estreich, Zarah Squiers, Dekayla Williams Carla Hinkley, Nicole Hadlow, Archie Saunders, Jack Swithenbank Darren Atkinson, Colin Hayes, Alison Caporn, Stephen Hall, Claudia Hadlow Paul Bloom, Alison Kevill, Georgia Hinkley, Jiah Reidy Jim Gimbel, Jason Walker Greg Hayes, Erica Murray, Emily Stone, Stephen Bartlett Emma Johnson Kelly Lawrence Verity Hughes, Walter Fleitmann Jennifer Bavin, Phyllis Brown, Melissa Sutherland Robyn Kevill, Kia Trodler Benjamin Coakley Allison Gardner Robyn Hinkley, Matthew Stacey Scott Walker, Audrey Woods Joel Hayes, Simone McGinniss, Karla Gors Lee Powell, Ryan Powell, Bailey McGinniss Gary Johnson, Phillip Squiers, Russell Green Bill Shenton, Ray Watts, Jill Dawson Oliver Coakley, Dylan Pimlott, Charlie Berry Want to add someone?

Just contact the Quairading CRC!

There was a time not long ago, When life was quite a blast, Now I fully understand, About ‘living in the past’.

We used to go to weddings, Football games and lunches.

Now we go to funeral homes, And after-funeral brunches.

We used to go out dining, And couldn’t get our fill.

Now we ask for doggie bags, Come home and take a pill.

We used to often travel, To places near and far.

Now we get sore asses, From riding in the car, We used to go to nightclubs, And drink a little booze.

Now we stay home at night, And watch the evening news.

That, my friend, is how life is, And now my tale is told.

So, enjoy each day and live it up…

Before you’re too damn old!

Reader submission, author unknown.

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ANGLICAN CHURCH (St Faith’s) Harris Street

Sunday 1st March, 9am Service by e Rev’d Rob Healy from the Bush Church Aid [BCA]. [1st Sunday in Lent].

Tuesday 3rd March, 7:30pm Church Council Meeting Friday 5th March, 10am World Day of Prayer at St Faith’s, bring and share lunch. All welcome.

Sunday 8th March, 9am MP [Second Sunday in Lent] Sunday 15th March HC with Rev’d Keith Wheeler. [Third Sunday in Lent] Sunday 22nd March, 9am MP [Fourth Sunday in Lent] Sunday 29th March, 10am Combined Service in York with Northam. Bring and share lunch. All welcome [Fifth Sunday in Lent]

UNITING CHURCH Coraling Street

Sunday March 1st Service 10.30am P. West. Flowers -P.Cole Sunday March 8th, Service 10.30am.A. Jones,Flowers - F. Martin.

Sunday March 15th Service, 10.30am M. Furlong. Flowers - D. Rogers.

Sunday March 22nd..Service 10.30am T.B.A. Flowers - B. Stacey.

Sunday March 29th, Service10.30am. G. Lawn. Flowers - - Volunteer World Day Of Prayer Friday 6th March at Anglican Church. Details as there notice.

Enqires Tel. 96450081 Everybody welcome

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CATHOLIC CHURCH (St Francis Xavier) Heggerty Street

DATE

Sunday 1st

Saturday 7th

Sunday 15th

Saturday 21st

Sunday 29th

TIME

8am

6pm

10am

6pm

10am

READING + PSALM & GENERAL

B. Holbrook

J. O’Hare P. Wells

C. Gimbel D. Wood

Sacrament of Reconciliation: 15 minutes prior to Saturday evening Mass.

Feast Days during March 2020 17th — St Patrick 19th — St Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary 25th — The Annunciation of the Lord

MEALS ON WHEELS ROSTER - MARCH MONDAY 2nd J Hards

TUESDAY 3rd L Mills

WEDNESDAY 4th G Eyre

THURSDAY 5th S Anderson

FRIDAY 6th P Fairhead

SATURDAY 7th V Flanigan

9th P Brown

10th S Stone

11th E Atkinson

12th D Wilson

13th B Wilson

14th V Hayes

16th J Hards

17th S Briggs

18th G Eyre

19th P Brown

20th P Fairhead

21st T Flanigan

23rd S Stone

24th E Atkinson

25th S Briggs

26th B Wilson

27th I Osborne

28th V Hayes

30th P Fairhead

31st I Osborne

EMERGENCY DRIVERS: Ivy Osborne (0429 799 853) T Patton (0438 857 147) Joan Bartlett (9645 1015) If unable to drive meals on allocated day, try to change with another driver before ringing an emergency driver, then please advise hospital kitchen of the change.

Please collect meals from hospital kitchen at 11:45am and return eskies as soon as possible.

There will be a tester meal with the delivery on most days, please be aware of this and ensure it is not given to any clients. 41/2 litres of petrol is available to each driver to help cover costs. This may be picked up from Quairading Tyres either the day you drive, or if possible within that week.

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COLOURING TIME!

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2020 Deadlines March Edition: Tuesday 25th February April Edition: Tuesday 24th March May Edition: Tuesday 28th April June Edition: Tuesday 26th May July Edition: Tuesday 23rd June August Edition: Tuesday 28th July September Edition: Tuesday 25th August October Edition: Tuesday 22nd September November Edition: Tuesday 27th October December Edition: Tuesday 24th November DISTRIBUTION 430 copies are printed every month. 30 are posted to subscribers and the rest are available to purchase for $2 from the Quairading CRC, Quairading Farmer’s Coop and Quairading BP. New stockists are always welcome. The Banksia Bulletin is also available online for FREE from our website www.quairading.crc.net.au. A link to view the Banksia Bulletin online is also be emailed to Quairading CRC members and promoted on the Quairading CRC Facebook page.

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TUESDAY 03

MARCH 2020 MONDAY 02

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

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25 Penrhos Prepare for Boarding Evening @ CRC

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8am BBQ Breakfast (post fox shoot)

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Red Card Fox Shoot

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Flavour Town Friday

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