Banksia Bulletin December 2022 VERSION TWO

From the Editor

Kicking things off with the most delightful feedback that we received after publishing last month’s edition of the Banksia Bulletin:

Dear Jill & Tamara, I would like to say a huge thankyou to everyone who puts in time and effort for the Banksia Bulletin and Passion Sheet. You seem to make each and every issue better. I really appreciate what you do and every time a new one comes out, I have to read it. Thanks so much.

Regards, Mia Harris.

Honestly. It’s so dang nice to receive nice words. In fact it’s so dang nice to receive any words at all. Feedback reminds us that our hard work is noticed and valued, and then we feel valued, and then we’re motivated to do even more *good stuff*. I feel like we can all be so quick to complain, about things of all magnitudes, and yes sometimes sharing complaints is warranted but how nice would it be if we all shared just as much praise to our friends and family, to our co workers, to business owners, to people down the street or people down the bar. Thank you Mia for the reminder!

Here are my end of year praises:

• I praise our Quairading CRC team for ticking off another huge year. We’ve had a few wins lately which we’ll share in the new year and I’m feeling even more positively optimistic about achieving our strategic goals next year, thanks to our solid team (that is Tamara, Sharon and Mel on staff, and Jo, Robyn, Shae, Bec & Nicky on committee)

• I praise the visible progress out our front door at the Community Park site by the Shire of Quairading, many years of hard work are truly coming to fruition now!

• I praise the new ish seafood freezer at the Quairading Co op for the perfect King Prawns I cooked in a Chilli Prawn pasta on the weekend.

• I praise the Quairading Club for stocking some superb South Australian Rieslings (*added to Christmas wishlist*)

• I praise the many and varied other individuals, groups and businesses slogging it out and I praise those who choose to share their praise with them.

Enjoy this last edition of the Banksia Bulletin for 2022! We’ll be back to publishing as usual in late January for a February edition, and take note, the price of a hard copy will be increasing from $2 to $3. We’ve put it off for many years (about 20 in fact!) but the time has come to make a slight increase to make sure we can keep delivering this quality publication, to you.

Happy summer, hope your aircon’s working!

THE PASSION SHEET

COMMUNITY

SWIM THRU

Friday 9 December, 5:30pm. Any businesses wishing to participate in the swim thru, please contact Kaye Andrews 0409 299 314. Venue TBC.

PIANO LESSONS

30 minute or one hour sessions; learn to read music, understand music theory, and play music you love. Connor Atkins Quairading resident, holds current police clearance and working with children. Call 0459 268 540.

FOODBANK HAMPERS

Limited stock currently available from the Quairading CRC. Just $5 per box, each box contains over $30 worth of non perishable groceries.

EVENTS

FEET WITH FLAIR

AT THE MAKER’S KEEP

Thursday 24 November, through to Sunday 26 November.

QUAIRADING FOUR SQUARE CHURCH FUNDRAISER

Saturday 26 Nov, 9am 1pm at the CWA Rooms. Stall with cakes and misc. items for sale, and a sausage sizzle. Donations welcome, drop off at Garry and Raelene Taylor’s house or to us directly on the day.

QARRAS

Monday 28 November 2pm Pa is going to demonstrate making spring rolls and talk about her

life in Thailand. Monday 12 December QARRAS wind up lunch at the Quairading Club. Arrive at 11:30am and we will eat at 12pm. The cost per member will be $25 and non members $35. Money to Gwen on Monday 28 November.

RAP MEETING

Wednesday 30 November, 10:30am 12pm at the Quairading CRC. Enquiries to Cynthia Yarran youth@quairading.wa.gov.au

ZUMBA

Come along and meet our fab instructor Sharee Cook, while having fun moving your body and exercising to music. Body movement is good for young and old! I went and enjoyed it thoroughly and felt amazing after and I am nearly 70! Come join us, keep it in our town, we need things like this here. The next Zumba class is scheduled for Tuesday December 6, on the grass alongside the Quairading Hotel. Mark it on your calendars, see you there- Christine Daubert.

RAINMAKERS COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS PARTY

Friday 9 December, 4pm 6pm at the Quairading Town Oval. Festive and FREE fun for the whole family, featuring Face Painting, Rides, Baby Animals, Bouncy Castle, Camels, Santa, food and ice cream! Supported by Lotterywest, Shire of Quairading and more.

THE NUTCRACKER

Harrison Woodcock will be performing the role of Nutcracker Prince in The Graduate College of Dance’s performances on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 December at the Regal Theatre, in Subiaco. https://premier.ticketek.com.au/ shows/show.aspx? sh=DANCENUT22

SIMPSON FAMILY TROPHY & CHRISTMAS TREE (SCSC)

Saturday 17 December, at South Caroling. Tennis from 4pm, Santa at 5:30pm. Bring finger food / salad to share and your own BBQ meat. Names to Kate Walker 0418 213 940 by Wednesday 15 December. Please provide a labelled gift (approx $10 value) for your child.

BUSINESS ATTENTION FARMERS

We clean farm equipment cabs; trucks, utes and other vehicles. Give yourself a break after harvest and let us do the cleaning for you.

Marzocchi Contracting 0459 405 333.

CLINICARE PHARMACY QUAIRADING

We will be closed on Monday 28 November, from 9am 1pm, trade will resume from 1pm onwards. Thank you for your understanding. Did you know ear piercing is now available at the Pharmacy?

Thursday and Friday mornings from 10am-1:30pm. Booking is essential, you must be 12 years old or above. Starting price is $35 (including studs and ear care). Please call for more information 96 450 061.

THE QUAIRADING HOTEL (TQH)

Save the date for our ‘Inaugural Festive Night’. Join us for a special night of casual drinks and nibbles at TQH on Friday 23 December. NYE/NYD to be announced soon.

BETTY’S OP SHOP

We will be closing over the Christmas period, our last day of trade for 2022 will be Thursday 15 December and you are all invited to join us for a Christmas morning tea. We’ll re-open on Thursday 12 January, 2023.

HOUSE CLEANING

Need your house cleaned?

Phone Margaret on 0429 035 508.

SPORT

SOCIAL TENNIS

Sunday’s at 4 pm, come down to the town courts for a fun social hit, great company and a cool refreshment after. See you there!

SOCCER / TOUCH RUGBY CLINICS

Join Brett at the Town Oval from 4:20pm 5:20pm on Wednesday 30 November, for some fun and fitness. All ages, everyone welcome.

J & C GIMBEL OPEN MIXED PAIRS

Sunday 27 November. Names for this event to: Jeff Dalton: 0427 450 072

David Chandler: 0447 451 2056

Pam Caporn: 0455 050 479

Janice Sinclair: 0429 080 660 Lunch and afternoon tea included.

JOBS BOARD

WORK WANTED

Karoline, 20-year-old Danish woman. New to town, planning on staying for a minimum of 3 months and hoping to find employment in Quairading. I have 5 years’ experience in aged care and also enjoy childcare. Please contact me on 0473 258 734.

LAWN AND GARDEN

WORK

Weeds and lawns are still growing, get them tidied up ahead of summer! I’ve got all the gear and live locally. Call Michael 0408 872 793.

February Edition: Tuesday 24 January, 12pm

March Edition: Tuesday 21 February, 12pm

April Edition: Tuesday 28 March, 12pm

May Edition: Tuesday 25 April, 12pm

June Edition: Tuesday 23 May, 12pm

July Edition: Tuesday 27 June, 12pm

August Edition: Tuesday 25 July, 12pm

September Edition: Tuesday 29 August, 12pm October Edition: Tuesday 26 September, 12pm November Edition: Tuesday 24 October, 12pm December Edition: Tuesday 28 November, 12pm

Quairading Garden & Gifts

Wishing all my customers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Thank you for your on going support, and for supporting the local craftspeople who sell through the shop. Looking forward to helping you with your plants and gardening requirements in 2023. A big thank you to Annie, Brian and Peta for your continued help and support.

Farmarama wishes all our clients a very happy Christmas and prosperous New Year. We will be closed from midafternoon on Friday 23 December and will open again on Tuesday 3 January.

Tagged Around Town

GENERAL PRACTITIONERS

Visits February to June

ADMINISTRATION

Michaela S

PRACTICE HOURS

MONDAY - THURS

8:30am 12:30pm 1:30pm 5:00pm

FRIDAY

8:30am 12:00pm Please note these are the opening hours of the Medical practice and do not reflect appointment availability.

(08) 9645 1210. Appointments are for Women’s Health

Mental Health issues.NB This service is free to

Funding is provided from Rural Health West and the Department of Health. Quairading Medical Practice will be closed on the days over the Christmas/New Year period.

Ladies Bowls Gala Day

Another very successful Gala Day was held on Friday 4th November with 20 teams from surrounding districts competing. We could not have had better weather for the event, not very hot with a light breeze for most of the day.

The winners for the day were the Pingelly Ladies being Robyn Narducci, Kayleen Lansdell, Bev White and Eileen McCahon. Second place Corrigin and third place York.

Congratulations also to our Captain, Pamela Caporn, with the assistance of Linda Anderson for a very well run event.

Many thanks also to the catering coordinators, Marie Killian and Joan Bartlett and kitchen helpers, bar staff and all the club members who always provide a wide range of food on the day.

This event could not have been held without the generous support of our sponsors which was very much appreciated. Please remember to give your support to them in return whenever possible.

Christmas is nearly upon us. Wow what a year we have had! We are still on a high from winning the WBN Bruce Rock Engineering Store of the Year award and we are super excited about $15 000 of TV advertising with GWN 7 highlighting our shareholder owned Supermarket and the Quairading community!

We thank you for your loyalty and participation in the many things we offer and are involved in! Your supermarket is thriving! Whilst the supermarket trend is 3% up on last year, our weekly turnover continues to break records as does our basket size; overall our supermarket is up 15% and 30/40% up on 2 years ago!

We know the cost of living is skyrocketing, we are working hard behind the scenes to ensure we are buying best value for money! Our suppliers offer some amazing deals, and we capitalise buying extra cartons and run the specials instore until they run out. A recent example of this is BEGA 1kg cheese we purchased 14 cartons; we’ve had the special running for 4 weeks keeping the price of essentials down.

Wicked and I recently spent a week in Cains at the FoodWorks Conference we came home with loads of ideas, the most important being “never turn your opportunity radar off” and FRESH FRESH FRESH! Our team got to work straight away implementing some of those ideas via our Café, F&V and Meat and Guess What? The results speak for themselves our community love it!

This year we want to celebrate our wins with you our shareholders and community! This year in line with our success our Christmas competitions are bigger and better rewarding our Shareholders and community!

CO OP Christmas raffle: Spend $100 starting the 1st of December write your name and phone number on your receipt put in the Barrel in the foyer. (NO SHAREHOLDER DRAW DECEMBER) Drawn 22nd December. (Excludes Cigarettes & Lotto)

1st Kings portable 90L Stayzcool Dual Zone Fridge / Freezer 5 year warranty

2nd Family Blow up Pool

3rd Fruit & Veg Box (supplied by Country Pak our Fruit & Veg Supplier)

4th $100 Co op voucher

KIDS: Pick up your Christmas competition instore, drop it back to the Co op by Wednesday 21st of December. We will be filling our Foyer entrance with all your creations so make sure you do your best! Winners will be notified Thursday 22nd December.

Adults Pushbike Competition: purchase any 2 Frankho’s products write your name and phone number on your receipt, put it in the barrel at the registers. Drawn on Wednesday 21st December. How awesome is this Western Australian Company!

Stock Arrival Times: Dry Goods Tuesday, Fruit & Veg Tuesday and Thursday, Dairy/Freezer Thursdays, Meat Thursdays (May vary over Christmas and New Year)

Christmas Ordering: If you would like to order Cooked Chickens, Hams or Fruit & Veg for Christmas please see Tanya or Sharon before the 9th of December

Social Media: We are providing daily updates about what is happening in the store we would love for you to follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Christmas Opening Hours will be displayed in foyer window. (we will be closed 25th 27th December)

The Directors and Staff would like to thank you for your support of your Local Co-op during 2022 and wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Stay Safe everyone!

Sharon Cutts Co Op Manager

We’re Hiring! Administration Team Member

18-22 hours per week

Who Are We

Founded in 1917, the Quairading Farmers’ Co operative was set up by a group of farmers frustrated with not being able to source goods and services locally, ten years after the townsite of Quairading was gazetted in 1907. Today the main operational business for the Co op is owning and running Quairading’s supermarket. The Co op owns approximately half of the buildings in Quairading’s main street, which makes us a landlord as well. Whilst the Co op’s main job is running the community’s supermarket, that isn’t our main purpose. Our purpose is to provide goods and services to our community that it deserves

The Co op is owned by local shareholders (more than 350 of them), and five of these shareholders are elected to the board, to oversee and guide the organisation. This unique legal structure, purpose and our team of excellent employees are the key to the Co op’s existing and long term success.

Job Description

• Maintain the Co-operatives shareholder registry

• Input data to assist in keeping our inventory system up to date

• Maintain our asset register

• Complete banking as required

• Oversee the management and documentation of our commercial leases.

• Ensure Bookkeeping (Accounts, Invoicing, Journals) and payroll is completed when required

• Aid the Co-op Manager with research and obtaining quotes for all areas of the Co-operatives business e.g., Workers’ Comp & Business Insurance, Electricity contract, creation of budgets

Work Environment for The Right Person

Flexible working arrangements available for the right applicant. School hours are available, as is working from home.

Applicant Attributes

We are looking for a high achieving, customer focused, attention to detail, team member who has:

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

• Local knowledge (desirable)

• Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy

• High levels of motivation, and can work both independently and as part of a team

• Ability to problem solve and prioritise workflow

• Previous experience with Sybiz Accounting Program and WorldSmart Retail Program (desirable but not essential)

To Apply

Applications close Monday 30th January 2023. Please send Resume with Cover Letter to Sharon Cutts admin@quairadingfarmerscoop.com.au or Sharon Cutts, Quairading Farmers Co-op, PO Box 21, Quairading WA 6383. If you require any further information, please contact Sharon Cutts 0421 419 408.

Police Update

Well the year is nearly over and with the holiday season fast approaching its timely to mention a few issues that have been brought to my attention recently.

Harvest is upon us therefore trucks and heavy vehicles are on the roads. They are slower, require more distance to overtake, and take longer to stop. Please be patient as impatience and inattention can have serious consequences. Your job on the road is to keep yourself, passengers and other road users safe and to get to where you are going. Your family and the community want you to do this, and PLEASE wear your seatbelt!

As many of you will head off for holidays, with current fuel prices and cost of living on the rise the potential for theft increases. This includes diesel and stock theft from farms, please secure your homes and properties, let your neighbours know you are away and keep an eye out for any suspicious activity. Report anything suspicious to 131 444 and if you have any information about illegal activity you can get the information through to us and remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

In light of the many "gophers" in Quairading I will address a couple of issues that have been raised by the community. There are no specific rules around motorised wheelchairs (gophers). They are designed for persons who have limited mobility and allow them the opportunity to be mobile and get around as a pedestrian would. They are not designed to exceed 10 km/h and if they are ridden on the road, as is necessary at times, for their own safety the rider would be wise to adhere to the road rules. There is no requirement to wear a helmet or display lights so the rider is therefore extremely vulnerable and would undoubtably come off second best to a car or a truck if involved in a collision, as would any pedestrian.

If the motorised wheelchair is ridden on a footpath common sense needs to prevail. If in the event they were to run into a small child or elderly person who was exiting a store they could injure them. It would be my best advice for them to ride on the outer side of the foot path to allow pedestrians entering or leaving the shops clear access and keep your speed down.

On a positive note we have had a couple of community events recently, one being ‘RU OK Day’ which was supported by the Quairading Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service who cooked a mean sausage sizzle, thanks! This was frequented by many who were down on the main street and stopped for a chat. RU OK Day is an important reminder that we need to check in with each other from time to time. We also held a PCYC Blue Light Disco at the Town Hall with the much appreciated help of the community volunteers, we couldn’t do it without you! It was a terrific turn out with more than 60 children who came along to show us their moves, it was a fun evening for all and we will do it again next year.

Stay safe, and look after each other.

Kind regards

Sergeant Annette Herod Officer in Charge Quairading Police Station

Journey of the Dangin Dancer

Hello!

I thought it might be interesting to give you a bit of an update on Harrison’s Ballet Journey.

I popped a note in last week’s Passion Sheet regarding The Graduate School of Dance’s performance of The Nutcracker, a classical Christmas Story, and Harrison will be performing the role of the Nutcracker Prince, which is very exciting. It involves some very long days of training in the lead up to the performance, and it will be wonderful for him to again dance at The Regal Theatre in Subiaco. (link below, should you wish to come along!).

In his career so far he has had the opportunity to dance at His Majesty’s Theatre, The Crown, and now The Regal. I think it would be interesting to know who else in Quairading has danced on these stages! I can think of a few.

Next April he will be travelling to New Zealand to compete in the Alana Haines Australasian Awards in Wellington, which will be a very exciting and slightly scary experience, and another new stage to perform on. He will be travelling with other members of his ballet school, and it will be a truly wonderful opportunity.

Harrison was again successful in his audition this year to take part in WA Ballet Masterclasses during 2023, being taught by the professional dancers, that are held at the beautiful WA Ballet headquarters in Maylands. I remember the building as ‘The Blind Institute’, and I do love the way it has been repurposed!

Thank you, as always, to everyone who asks how he is doing, and to those that can come and watch him dance. We are so grateful for the community that has supported him from the beginning!

Stacie Tompsett

Gardening in the Wheatbelt

Written by Carmela Kriszyk of Eaglewood Farm

Being the December edition and because this is “Gardening in the Wheatbelt” I’m not going to mention the rain we have had in November. But for those of us who were/are not waiting for warm dry weather WOW what a spring we have had! Certainly it has not been a winter or spring that we can remember here at our farm. Apart from the high moisture level in the soil it has been the cool days which have made a difference to the gardens. I have been trying to grow Barlotti beans ever since we started growing vegetables, over ten years ago. These beans like a cool moist start. The trick is that they need to have cool nights without frosts, warm days and soil moisture needs to be constant. This year we have our first crop of Barlotti beans climbing happily up the trellis. Problem is we only planted what was left in the packet from last year because really we weren’t confident of any success just like every other year before this one. After sharing a Christmas Lunch the QGLG will go into recess for the months of December and January. Members please note that we will meet on the 24th February with the venue being confirmed by email during February. I would like to wish all my readers a happy Christmas and a healthy and safe beginning to 2023.

Plant of the Month Summer in our area is always taxing on our gardens. Therefore having a drought hardy, plant that not only survives the summer, although that is a minimum requirement, but can also bring a little joy to the gardener, is a plant that is worthy of being in our gardens. Until recently I didn’t know the name of this plant even though it has been growing very well on the southern side of our house for about ten years. I first saw it in a friend’s garden in Perth growing in a similar situation but with, of course, much more water and with less heat. My friend took out a few rooted bits and said it will grow anywhere. Happily she was right! Anacyclus homogamous or Bachelor’s buttons belongs to the Asteraceae or daisy family one of the largest plant families in existence. It is a ground cover that tightly hugs the ground and behaves very well in its spreading habits. It has feathery foliage and flowers in late spring with its bright yellow button flowers being held up above the foliage in an attractive way. At our place, to compensate for the hotter conditions than it was used to in Perth, it is partly shaded by the eves and by the deciduous Chinese Tallow trees, however, it is on the southern side of the house so does receive some summer sun even with the shade and is totally shaded by the house all autumn, winter and early spring. The only water it receives is from rain when it comes from the south, which is not often, it is watered by our grey water approximately once a fortnight. So Anacyclus homogamous is an excellent plant to have in any garden.

This Month in the Garden roses need constant dead heading and deep watering; check drip irrigation and small spray sprinklers that can get blocked easily; fertilise vegetables and other annuals that are live fast die young sorts; it is time to source tropical plants and trees such as hibiscus, bougainvilleas and also hydrangeas but I would keep them in partly shaded conditions for now because January is predicted to be a very hot month and from experience February is also very hot; if you haven’t mulched your garden yet there is still time to mulch thickly and keep the soil moist and cool for a lot longer; don’t be tempted to lower the lawn mower blades in an attempt to lengthen the time between mowing, scalping the lawn in summer

will help them through the rest of summer.

It’s time to Sow snake beans, dwarf and climbing beans, second crop of corn, carrots, Plant lettuces, cucumbers, potatoes, and any other summer crops which you are confident can be kept shaded and moist through the next three months.

Harvest at Eaglewood we have just enjoyed the first of the soft fruits of the season which are the loquats, they were delicious! We are still picking lemons and oranges and yesterday I took the last mandarin off one of the trees. The Asparagus crop has been good but the spears have not been as fat as last year perhaps the crowns need more fertiliser? In the veggie patch there are artichokes, silver beet, lettuces, fennel, broad beans, carrots and rhubarb.

The garlic and onion crops have been harvested and are now being dried before being platted and hung.

The last word You don’t have to be a good at gardening for gardening to be good for you.

Warrior Wellbeing Article

Cardiovascular Awareness—How’s Your Pump and Pipes?

It’s no surprise that when we combine disease associated with the heart (pump) and blood vessels (pipes) it’s our biggest killer, largest health problem, and places a great burden on our economy and health system. This of course is without even considering the issues around grief, loss of function and care requirements that can also impact individuals and families.

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is a major cause of death in our country. It kills one Aussie every 12 minutes and is responsible for causing one in four (26%) of all deaths. Someone is hospitalised for CVD every minute and those living in regional and remote areas, generally have higher rates of death from CVD than other Australians (Heart Foundation Aust).

Why Pump and Pipes? If we think about a pump moving water through a series of pipes, over time sediment can slowly build up and slow the flow of water or even cause a blockage. Most blokes would understand this would result in the pump having to work harder which can cause it to eventually fail or blow a hose.

This is no different to coronary heart disease which occurs through the build-up of fatty deposits (plaque) in the arteries that feed the heart. Narrowing reduces the supply of blood and oxygen to our heart and if this becomes too narrow it can cause angina (pain/ discomfort in chest) or if a blood clot causes a complete block, then this can cause a heart attack. This is similar to when a clot occurs in blood vessels to the brain causing a stroke.

Warning signs for a heart attack may include a single or a combination of symptoms such as pain, heaviness or tightness in one or more areas of the upper body, shortness of breath, dizziness or a cold sweat.

If you think someone’s having a stroke the Stroke Foundation has come up with an easy to remember checklist referred to as FAST:

• Face Has their mouth dropped?

• Arm Can they lift both arms?

• Speech Is it slurred, can they understand you?

• Time Is critical, call 000 immediately.

Factors that contribute to CVD include family history (which we can’t change) but some of the other risks we can manage by making healthy lifestyle choices are:

• don’t smoke;

• maintain a healthy diet;

• do regular exercise;

• reduce our alcohol intake (take a couple of days off a week);

• monitor our body weight;

• moderate our salt, sugar & fat intake; and

• look after our mental health & wellbeing.

It’s important we acknowledge that a lot of CVD is preventable, however it’s essential that we understand our individual risk factors that may impact on us developing diseases associated with our heart and blood vessels. The onset of other health issues such as diabetes, obesity, even erectile dysfunction can be an indicator that our pump and pipes could be under pressure.

So, just remember like any good piece of machinery, there are some basic Operating Tips to keep things running at optimal performance!

Gauge your guts - Regulate your risks - Move more Make a service visit Talk with your GP

From the Team from The Regional Men’s Health Initiative Delivered by Wheatbelt Men’s Health (Inc)

Address: PO Box 768, Northam WA 6401Phone: 9690 2277

Email: menshealth@4blokes.com.au Website: www.regionalmenshealth.com.au

REED Quairading

This month at REED the children made poppies to celebrate Remembrance Day. We displayed them on the front of the building so they could be seen by anyone who went past. We have got a set of flags (Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island) to display in the centre to make it more culturally diverse.

As the weather is heating up, we have been spending more time outdoors. The children have been enjoying sand play and water play is always a big hit during the warmer weather. As most of our children are from farms, we have been focussing on farm animals and doing activities and experiences based on this.

As we near the end of our year, we will have our Christmas Party with our families on December 16th so we can come together and celebrate the year we have had and the year to come. Next year we have four of our children moving on to Kindy at the big school. We wish them all the very best and look forward to still seeing them on the days they come in.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our families and community members a safe and Merry Christmas.

Out of the ashes

The Flannel Flower Actinotus Superbus

Natural disasters leave their scars that may take more than a generation to repair, but have you ever considered that it may take generations for nature to reveal its uniqueness and true beauty to us?

Such is the case with the flannel flower which only occurs after a bush fire. Without fire the seed remains dormant in the ground for possibly hundreds of years.

In the early stages of our farm development the native vegetation was bulldozed in winter and then burnt in January or February of the following year. I recall seeing some of the flannel flowers in the spring in areas that had not been sown to crop. Not lots, but they were special for their form, pure white colour, soft flannel feel of the flower and the uniqueness that they did not occur again.

One of the few joys that have come from having property burnt in the February 2022 bush fires has been to see these flowers on show again. While most have been scattered individual plants, I did find one particular area that presented a superb, pun intended, (check the name) display. I have no idea when a fire may have previously occurred in that patch of bush but certainly not for over 70 years.

I became conscious that I was enjoying something that was both beautiful and rare and that I needed to share.

Only known to me by the common name of flannel flower Corrigin’s resident wildflower guru, Robin Campbell, provided the botanical name and the search for more information took me past Mr GOOGLE’s limited information back to two old books on wildflowers edited by CA Gardner. Mr Gardner was Government Botanist and the Curator of the State Herbarium from 1927 to 1961. That was a period of much wildflower discovery and a period when the development of farming land would have provided many more occasions for the plant’s observation.

A member of the carrot family, Mr Gardner states. ‘The species of the flannel flower are handsome herbaceous plants, one of which, Actinotus Superbus only occurs after bushfires and then only for two or three years or possibly not to recur at all.’

I made contact with Sue McDougall the Director of the West Australian Botanic Garden in Kings Park to suggest this might be an opportunity to observe and collect seed and a group from there accepted the offer for both that and to observe other responses by nature to the bush fire.

The Kings Park team will work on the trigger of breaking dormancy and while in the initial stages no one even knew what the seed looked like, or how much there would be, as the flowers have matured and dried there appears to be plenty of seed and of a manageable size.

In time we may be able to share this unique plant with the wider community as a garden species. It would make a superb cut flower.

Murray Williams.

Quairading Photo Club

Written by Russell Stacey

November Competition Subject: “Leading Lines”

GOLD (19) Cara Thomas (Supreme Court Pillars)

SILVER (14) Arun (Staircase)

BRONZE (13) Russell, Cara, Arun

Last month our competition subject was LEADING LINES. With this subject you are told what your photo has to include and as the name suggests you have to have lines in your pic that lead your eye to the focal point. When critiquing leading line pics you are more educated if you have researched or been told by a Quairading Photo Club expert, just what leading line photography means. To explain this, think of a photo that is kind of three dimensional that someone has taken of a railway track line. The lines of the track being in the foreground of your photo draw your eyes into the rear of the pic and you then ponder where their end point is. Leading line photography is a class of photography that is used in photographic competitions around the world and also used in ancient artwork, it’s been there for a long, long time. So being educated on the primary principal of this style of photography you can get a buzz and be a lateral thinker and go out to planet creativity, to capture quirky pics. You can test your creativity and try to get as many leading lines into your photo as possible and then count them all up. If a judge is looking at your pic entered in a competition you won’t get points for a pic with just lines in it, if they have to lead to something. So back to a pic of a railway line, you can do stuff like include more leading lines in your pic items like, fence posts, telephone posts, the lines of a adjacent maintenance track which are for vehicles, or adjacent lines to this track of a crop planted in rows that form lines etc. Your leading lines can lead anywhere in the photo, to the back, the front, right, middle or left or anywhere else. The photo also becomes a tell a story photo and you can evoke a great discussion about what story you were trying to achieve. You can have fun getting your photo composition full of lines and you add up just how many you have in your pic.

Composition of a photo means, how a photographer arranges visual elements within their frame on the camera viewfinder, this is what your eye looks through to allow you to see what’s being photographed. Various pics were, Cara’s pic of Pillars on a building, Gene’s pic had photos of a line of fence posts showing lines with additional leading lines of like the lines of wire in the fence wire, the line of a firebreak adjacent a crop, and the lines of barley crop planted by a seeder. Geoff’s pic of a white sandy track, which is just a wider version of a leading line leading to the blue ocean. Arun’s pics of a staircase had a combination of lines being horizontal, 45 degrees vertical and also vertical lines, you then had to ponder / wonder where the leading lines of the staircase lead to, where was the pic of the staircase taken etc? At the meeting we had to put our Sherlock Holmes caps on, put a pipe in your mouth, and try and figure out the conundrum, amusement and the riddle behind what the photographer was capturing in his

Leading Line image. The Quairading Photo Club has slowly evolved over the years to keep up with the ongoing technology available when it comes to our monthly competition. We have photos entered electronically by way of mobile phones, emails, Facebook and transferred from USB sticks and camera SD cards at the photo club meeting. This way we get pics entered in the competition instead of no pics entered when we have all left it to late, back in the day of bringing in a printed pic. The pics are now shown on the big screen TV at the meeting, a pic can be taken of the TV screen by a mobile phone and then sent to absent members and they can vote for the pics. We now have absent members do their voting by their mobile phones, emails and Facebook and put simply this keeps our Photo Club members interested in the competition. Our learning area at the last meeting was a combination of thingys, we did a refresher and update of astro photography. We discussed how between meetings I found some photographers from the city set up in the lake system, they had just set up their tripods and taking star trail pics amongst all the insidious stud sized biting mozzies. They moved camp and came up to the higher ground at my car garage and showed me how they where photographing the night sky. They first determine the area to be photographed and divide it into a 60 section grid. By using 6 horizontal layers and then divide these layers into 10 pics. They start at the right hand side and they with the aid of a electric motor, you take 10 equally spaced pics per horizontal layer. Look at the hand drawn diagram on the other page to see how this is kinda done. This gives them a grid of 60 pics and then they drive back to the city. When home in their office and photo studio they don’t manually stitch the pics together to make one image. They use a computer which somehow automatically stitches together 60 photos taken of stars to produce one image. Other learning area stuff at the meeting was the settings you use on your camera to take images of the night sky.

We have this month our annual combined meeting with the Cunderdin Photo Club which will be a dinner meeting and the subject which was picked by Gene is THE UNUSUAL. This will give us a chance to be creative and make some thingy to photograph or to capture a pic of something that is deemed not habitually occurring.

If you would like to come along to our Photo Club meetings just roll up, a mobile phone camera is perfect. Our next Learning area is how to take action photos and also blurred action photos.

Anglican Church

Harris Street

(St Faith’s)

December in the Parish of St Faith’s, Quairading

Celebrating Advent During most of December the Church celebrates the Season of Advent as it prepares for Christmas. Features of the Season of Advent are Advent Calendars, the lighting of the candles of joy, hope, peace, and love on the Advent Wreath at each of the four Advent Services, and the placing of the Nativity Scene in the Church.

Children’s Christmas Service There will be a special Children’s Christmas Service at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, 17th December where those children attending Kidz Club will present their own distinct version of the story of Jesus’ birth! All are welcome to join us.

Outback Christmas Another feature of our Christmas preparations this year will be the opportunity to hear a dramatic reading of OUTBACK CHRISTMAS which is the story of Jesus’ Birth told from the perspective of the Australian Bush through the poetry of Norman Habel, a Lutheran Biblical Author. The story will be dramatically read by Philip Raymont at 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 29th November in a venue to be arranged Put the date and time in your Calendar and look out for notices around the town!

Christmas Service – The Service for Christmas will be at 5.00 p.m. on Saturday, 24th December Christmas Eve.

Services for the month are:

Sunday, 4th December 9am Advent 2 Eucharist Sunday, 11th December 9am Advent 3 Morning Prayer Monday, 12th December 6:30pm Advent 3 Communion Service Saturday, 17th December 5:30pm Children’s Christmas Service Saturday, 24th December 5pm–Christmas Service

Catholic Church

Heggerty Street

DATE

(St Francis Xavier)

Sunday 4th Saturday 10th Sunday 18th Saturday 24th

TIME 8am 6pm 10am 6pm

READING + PSALM & GENERAL INTERCESSION

D. Wood J. O’Hare C. Gimbel

J O’Hare

Confession: Please approach Father at any time if you wish to receive Confession.

Feast Days During December

8th The Immaculate Conception

25th The Nativity of the Lord

27th St John, Apostle and Evangelist

30th The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph

BK Tel 9061 1094 (Tues to Sat); SX Tel 9049 1049 (Sun to Mon); Email: brucerockparish@gmail.com; Facebook: Francis Mary Concepta Sacrament

Uniting Church

Coraling Street

UNITING CHURCH

Through out this year we have followed the stories of Jesus as recorded in Luke’s Gospel. We started with His birth, read about His purpose and who God was. We have followed the themes of His life and heard stories that show us how to live when we answer His call to follow Him. So we come to the end of the Church year and we are reminded of His sufferings and life given for us and told of a better life waiting for us, but only available to us when we believe and accept Him into our lives. Do you believe.

Sunday 27th November Service 10:30am Rev A. Longworth H.C.

Sunday 4th December Service 10:30am Harvest Thanksgiving Theme.

Sunday 11th December, Service 10:30am, A. Jones.

Sunday 18th December, Service 10:30am Carol service & Guest speaker. Invite everybody to this.

Christmas Eve 24th December Bring and share meal 5pm Service to follow App 6pm.

Sunday 1st January 2023. Service10.30am Café Church

We expect. to share services with the Anglican Church during January, details to be confirmed. We wish every one a very Happy Christmas and New Year!

Everybody welcome.

Contact A. West 9645 0081

Christian Radio fm 88.0

December Birthdays

1st Kate Minchin, Shauna Stone, Maurice Priest

2nd Kieg Simpson, Maddelin Johnston, Libby Osborne

3rd Judith Chandler, Michael Henry Jnr, Lachlan Berry, Cam Fraser

4th Leah Atkinson, Zieluneta Stacey

6th Brett Hayes, Elizabeth Priest, Kelsie Squiers

7th Brodie Colbung

8th Vanessa Bloom, Rebecca Johnson

10th Chris Wells, Beryl Green, Murray Williams

11th Tameshia Walsh

12th John Stone

14th Ryan Wells, Mark Haythornthwaite

15th Barb Stewart, Murray Yarran, Scarlett Woodcock

16th Dene White, Hayley Richards, Lachlan Pritchard, Don Woodcock

17th Sophie Heal, David Chandler (Jnr), Hunter Bavin

18th Carol Dall, Zoe Simpson

19th Bim White, P.J. Morgan

20th Dec Kate Maynard

21st Dec Tara Johnston

22nd Dec Bradley Hall

23rd Dec Greg Robinson, Greg Richards, Johnathon Bubb

24th Dec Gary Bavin

26th Dec Marie Dalton

27th Dec Claire Walker (Gelmi?)

28th Dec Liz Taylor, Chrissy Gors

29th Dec Renae Yarran, Rodney Gors, Ethan Gors, Kimberley Groves

30th Dec Jeff Dalton, Olivia Brown, Noel

31st Dec Bev Thomson, Pamela Cole

Meals at Home Roster—December 2022

EMERGENCY DRIVERS:

Ivy Osborne (0429 799 853) 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. THANK YOU! ALL ENQUIRIES: Quairading Hospital 9645 2222

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