Banksia Bulletin January 2024

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BANKSIA BULLETIN

ABSOLUTE BOWLERS We found this month’s cover stars thanks to the ‘Quairading Bowling Club’ Facebook page! Great job at taking, and sharing, the victories!

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Mens 2023 Pairs Champions, Chris & Choppers defeated Rohan Hadlow & Rissole 6 shots up 16 / 10 over 14 ends.

2023/2024 Championship 3s Winners Janice Sinclair, Chris Gimbel and Sharon Richards.

2023/2024 Ladies Plate Winner Marg Dall with Vice President Olive Caporn.

2023/2024 Ladies Singles Champion Donna Hayes with her proud mum Elaine Atkinson.

Regular happenings and contacts

From the Editor

THE PASSION S HEET

FOR SALE $229,000 33 McLennan St, Quairading.

4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom.

Can be viewed on realestate.com.au Contact Trish for viewing 0435 318 378

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Rob Thorn: 0438 364 920 Nico Brits: 0450 395 432 Brian Taylor: 0429 451 158 Contract forward and spot Flexi daily selling Electronic AWEX E3 offer board Agents statewide

Office: 9494 2967

DIGGING DOCKER Ray & Stephen

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Paving Limestone Pool Fencing Colourbond Fencing Artificial Turf 4 in 1 Bucket Trencher Post hole Digger 3.5 Tonne Tip Truck Yard Clean Ups

Check out some of our work on our Facebook page “DiggingDocker”

New, Used & Collectible Books If it’s not in stock, we will find it for you!

Open Thursday—Sunday 9am—5pm Old Fire Station 151 Avon Terrace, York 9641 1665 info@barclaybooks.com.au barclaybooks.com.au

Re: General Waste Collection – Christmas Week 2023.

We have made the following arrangements for the collection of services which would normally be done on Monday the 25th of December 2023.

The collections due for Quairading on Monday the 25th will be serviced on Saturday the 23rd of December 2023.

All services will be as normal for the New Year week.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact our office. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your custom and wish you the best for the festive season.

Yours Faithfully, Avon Waste.

Marzocchi Contracting Cleaning at its best!

Thank you for your support, Quairading. To date 550 jobs and counting!

Carpet Cleaning . Lounges Windows . Caravans . Cars Vacate Cleans .

Cabs of Farm Equipment ...

Anita Marzocchi 0459 405 333 marzocchifamily@hotmail.com Registered Business ABN: 16637422118 Criminal Police Clearance . Working with Children

Animal Health Products Stock Feeds Oils & lubricants Fencing supplies & much more Ross Coghill 0488 999 446 ross@farmarama.com.au 81–83 Heal Street, Quairading Phone 9645 0612

Quairading Frail and Aged Lodge Committee Inc. The re-elected committee at the AGM held on 11th Britt for their valuable involvement. We look December 2023 consists of: forward to its next 30 years!

Chairperson – Jo Hayes

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Deputy Chairperson – Carolynne Thornton Secretary/Treasurer – CEO Natalie Ness Members – Phyllis Brown, Donna Hayes, Liz Anderson, Joy Arbusti & Lyn Whyte

My thanks to HSM Diana, ex CEO Nicole and D/ Chair Carolynne for their contribution to this process.

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The committee is responsible for the management of the “Parker House” Building Reserve Funds which can be used to: •

replace furniture, equipment, window treatments, floor coverings and air conditioning

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paint external timber surfaces and internal common areas and residents’ rooms

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replace or refurbish tiled, wet areas and plumbing fittings

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carry out major electrical repairs/upgrades

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repair, replace or relay brick paved and asphalt surfaces

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carry out other building replacement or upgrade works as determined.

Chairperson’s Report 2022/23 It gives me great pleasure to present this 22/23 Chairperson’s report after a very productive year.

Outcomes achieved include:•

WACHS sub lease extension to 30 June 2025

It should be noted that the lease between the Shire of Quairading and the committee commenced on 1 November 2002 and is due for review.

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Completion of new kitchen at Parker House

Although a drawn-out and expensive project the result is much better than expected with the contractor able to remedy several ‘hidden’ issues.

Sincere thanks to both ex CEO Nicole and ex EO

Review and acceptance of Terms of Reference

Replacement security screen doors at Parker House

Two quotes were obtained for 10 new security screen doors at Parker House. The quote from Ikes Home Improvements in Narrogin was selected and all doors have been replaced and useful modifications made to assist residents at a cost of $11,417.00.

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Rectification of entrance paving at Parker House

Ex EO Britt coordinated Digging Docker to rectify low spots that were prone to flooding in paving at front of Parker House along with removing and re-laying pavers to remove trip hazards in other pathways.

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Installation of second electric lift recliner

After a bit of a wait the second recliner arrived in July 2022. My hope is that both are being enjoyed and fully utilised.

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Business Activity Statements

I am pleased to report that all relevant BASs were lodged and GST owed to us received.

Thank you all for your attendance and contributions during the year and special thanks to my deputy Carolynne for her insights, support and help.

Jo Hayes

SAVE THE DATE Parker House 30th Birthday Celebration Tuesday 21st May 2024

REED Quairading December has been a month of Christmas craft for the staff and children at REED. The children absolutely love Christmas and helped put up decorations. We have been singing Christmas songs daily and of course Jingle Bells is still a big favourite.

On the 14th we had our Christmas party with the families of our children. Santa came and gave all the children presents and then we were lucky enough to have another Santa come around on the fire engine and give out lollies to the children. The Christmas party is always a special and fun way to end the year for us, so thank you to all our parents who came and bought some yummy food which we all enjoyed.

Now that 2023 is almost over we would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the community who have supported the centre by donating items through the year. We are very grateful.

Lastly to our families, we will see you again next year for 2024 and to the ones who we won’t see, all the best for the New Year and beyond.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the team at REED Quairading: Danielle, Tracy, Brock and Sierah.

Dear all After an incredible 25+ years serving you all in the wheatbelt of WA it is with a mix of emotions that I announce that Wheatbelt Physiotherapy has closed its doors.

I will be moving to a new role with Aspen Medical at the Woodside Pluto Train 2 project. This new opportunity is located a long way from the Wheatbelt but still in a remote part of Western Australia. I will be utilising my skills in different ways but will primarily be acting in injury management and physiotherapy. It is a role that will extend on my current knowledge, a new challenge.

It has been an honour to be a part of your lives, not only with your injuries and aches, but sharing your own experiences as we have lived and worked in the wheatbelt of WA, with its peculiarities and challenges, yet incredible beauty and diversity. The talk in my office has been a unique experience in itself; sheep, goats, cattle, wool, crops of all sorts, sandalwood, machinery, the good seasons and bad. I have had the pleasure of treating up to four generations of families as well as newcomers and ‘locals’ of all ages.

I don’t know but I reckon I must have worked as a physio in more wheatbelt locations than any other health professional. Wyalkatchem, Cunderdin, Quairading, Dowerin, Goomalling, Northam, Wongan Hills, Dalwallinu, Koorda, Bencubbin, Merredin, York with visits to Southern Cross, Narembeen and Bruce Rock. I admit most places I go in the Wheatbelt, I get at least one g’day and usually a good couple of chats with a few of you. I hope this won’t change and I look forward to chatting with each of you outside the setting of my treatment room.

Dean Butler Wheatbelt Physiotherapy

Quairading Photo Club Written by Russell Stacey

NOVEMBER 2023 PHOTO COMP: “HALLOWEEN ” GOLD: ARUN (RED RIDING HOOD IN A FOREST) SILVER: GEOFF (MALEVOLENT GIRL HOLDING A KNIFE) BRONZE: RUSSELL (WITCH)

might be improved, we embrace, No Pain / No Gain. Our pics can be like beautiful red coloured roses that have prickling thorns that need trimming. Whilst learning to make The November photo competition subject was our pics better most of the time it is HALLOWEEN. This was a subject where our about having too much in your photo and items need photographs captured a little telltale story. Our trimming out of the pic. However during the year Halloween pics were based on the amusement and members do have some pics that are excellent, some combined horror that goes with this subject. We had to photos are perfect and need no improvement. Our 2023 create something to photograph or photograph monthly photo competition was won by Arun Thongjaj something that someone else had created. When with a total of 231 points. Ann Marie was second place thinking about what would be a great pic, you could push with 219 points. Russell was third with 211 points, your imagination over the edge and then challenge Jessica came fourth with 119 points. Arun has been yourself to figure out a way to capture that idea in your awarded the esteemed prize of having the prestigious pic. Arun’s first place pic put a twist on the fairy tale of bragging rights of winning this world wide competiton, Little Red Riding Hood. The model in his pic was which is held right here in Quairading. dressed as Red Riding Hood. Standing in a darkish forest wearing a brilliant scarlet red coloured coat and We also have another annual award which is the Apryl cape which made Red Riding Hood pop out of the photo Award Trophy. This trophy is named after the founding with clever usage of the colour red. Geoff did the member of our Photo Club, Apryl Longford. This award opposite, his telling a story pic had frighteningly darkish is for the photograph that gains the most points during colours that were soft and spooky. To get his the year. The metal sculpture trophy has a golden Halloween / horror shot he got his granddaughter to be figurine of a person taking a photograph and is akin to the model in his pic. She was standing in a darkened the Gold Logie Awards and is displayed at the dim lit doorway whilst holding a large butchers knife, Quairading Golden Grain Cafe. The winning photograph akin to a Halloween horror movie. Geoff in the past has gets printed onto a photo block and is displayed on the been a surgeon of spooky photography when our trophy mounting plate. The 2023 winner was won back competition has had subjects like “SHADOWS” & to back by Ann Marie with a pic that scored 26 points (#2 “CREEPY” and had to play around adjusting his camera PEAT). Ann Marie’s winning pic was when the photo settings and also experiment adjusting the lighting competition subject was, “The Colour Purple”. The pic shining on his model to achieve a scary composition was taken at a party where there was a marquee lit up photo. Geoff’s model had a tiny amount of light showing with purple coloured lights. A girl at this party posed for a the features of her face. Like the smile on the face of quick single portrait snap. The purple coloured lights The MONA LISA painting, people looking at this pic for shining on her face made her face look like she had many years will be guessing to figure out just what painted her skin purple and was a perfect composition malevolent evil thoughts she was thinking whilst holding with everything in the photo being the colour purple. It onto a butchers knife. The easiest way to get a pic was was serendipitous to be at a party where the purple on the day of Halloween was go to our spooky Avon coloured party lights made it a perfect place to capture a Street and get a pic of the kids all dressed up in their pic when the subject was, The Colour Purple. The photo spooky costumes being spooked by a mysterious clown was judged at our first meeting and the points gained that was walking up and down the street. There was were never surpassed during the year. Hence this pic heaps of kids dressed up in all types of Halloween then went on to win photo of the year. costumes with big smiles on their faces collecting treats.

Other pics in the competition were pics of witches, We have already started getting pics sorted for the year pumpkins & ghosts made from cardboard.

2024. There is a exhibition being held in Kulin in March.

This art /craft / photography exhibition has the letter B as The Photo Club has completed another exciting year, the subject, so we will be searching our archives for every month we engage in an interesting challenge to photos that the subject in the photo starts with the letter get two photos entered in our monthly photo B. We also have entered photographs in a competition competition. Taking our pics fills an empty space of held by Lions International with photos of “EYES” as a doing something that is creative and we get a lot of fundraiser for Eye research. enthusiasm from our hobby. During the year our photography has improved and so has our learning of Anybody can join the Quairading Photo Club. We meet what judging a photo is all about. A major part of our at the Quairading CRC at 7pm on the 2nd Tuesday. photo club meetings is now dedicated to viewing our Currently we need to get some more members, so if you photos, we step out of the taking a pic zone and jump have thought about checking out a Photo Club meeting into the intricate world of photography judging. We enjoy & just roll up. You don’t need a flash camera, a lot of us explaining our own photos and analysing the detail in use our mobile phones to take our winning pics. our photographs & listening to how our pics could be just that little bit better. When it is suggested how our photos

Why Linda Marigliano's daily to-do list isn't just about work ABC Everyday / By Madeleine Dore

not holding on to whatever so-called plan so tightly that if something doesn't happen, or I don't progress as much as I wanted, it's not going to destroy me.

My favourite way to unwind My version of fully unwinding is going for a walk alone and listening to a compelling, often horror-tinged story — at the moment I'm loving Ghost Story, Love and Radio, and the No Sleep podcast.

Podcaster and author Linda Marigliano doesn't like to see anything as permanent.

To unwind with other people, I enjoy…

Making a recipe with my boyfriend. We call it "cosying up" and we go through a cookbook and choose a recipe. We often do it on a Sunday night and I think it's the nicest reset for the week.

I think there's an added level of gratitude because my "I like the feeling of being settled and safe, but I also like the boyfriend and I were long distance for seven years, so the challenge of change," she says. thing I really missed was being able to cook together and share a meal.

Linda moved to Los Angeles in 2022 and enjoys being able to oscillate between a quieter life in West Hollywood, and a more robust family life when back in Australia.

She's currently working on the next season of her awardwinning podcast, Tough Love, which explores life's lessons on everything from work, to wellbeing.

She shares the daily habit that's helped her find balance and why she loves a solo walk with a scary podcast.

Unwind with… is a weekly column that explores the simple ways people take care of themselves.

To set my day up for success…

I have a "daily success plan" to help achieve my version of balance and happiness. It's a concept I learnt from Jono Nicholas from The Wellbeing Outfit when I interviewed him for my podcast.

Something I like to do for fun…

I love to go with my girlfriends to a Korean spa with different saunas and beautiful baths. I think it's really beautiful being nude with your friends.

It's one page with the date at the top, and it's divided into four quarters using subheadings: Wellbeing, work, social, We're constantly comparing how we look or dress to other and personal. I can see at a glance if things are off-balance. people on social media, but it just strips that away and you get to see such a diverse group of women and bond on At the end of the day what makes me feel like a successful more vulnerable level. person isn't solely my productivity with work — it's also making dinner for myself or giving myself 15 minutes of Some advice on how to unwind… meditation at the start of the day.

Something that I heard recently is that "no is a full sentence."

Something that helps take the end-of-year pressure off…

The reason I felt like I had no time to myself was because I In previous years, I might have thought, "Oh my God, was saying yes to everybody and everything else. Sure you everybody's about to be off, what can I do, how can I really get some great things out of it and you get ahead in your make this year count?" career, but the quality of that output goes down at some stage.

Now I've learnt nothing happens overnight — you are slowly chipping away at the career that you want to have, the Learning how to say no and learning how to carve out time person that you want to be, the partner you want to be, how for what I actually want to do and what makes me happy you want to approach your health. How you approach life is has been just such a big lesson. really the sum of its parts.

Unwind with… is produced by Madeleine Dore, a writer, With that perspective, I can let go of things a lot easier. I'm interviewer and author of I Didn't Do The Thing Today.

Easy Christmas biscuits

Reindeer Biscuits • 20 pretzels • 10 red M&Ms • 20 candy eyes • 10 Tim Tam biscuits (see note) • 50g dark chocolate, melted, cooled Using picture as a guide, attach pretzels, M&M’s and candy eyes to Tim Tam biscuits using melted chocolate. Refrigerate until set.

Bauble Biscuits • 90g dark chocolate, melted, cooled • 3 rainbow sour straps, cut lengthways into thin strips • 10 Venetian biscuits • M&Ms and M&Ms minis, to decorate Place melted chocolate in a small snap-lock bag. Snip off 1 corner. Using picture as a guide, fold sour strap pieces into small bows, securing with a little chocolate. Pipe chocolate onto biscuits. Attach bows, M&M’s and mini M&M’s to biscuits. Refrigerate until set.

Pudding Biscuits • 90g white chocolate, melted, cooled • 10 milk chocolate digestive biscuits (see note) • 20 mini red M&Ms • 2 watermelon cloud lollies, thinly sliced Place melted chocolate into a small snap-lock bag. Snip off 1 corner. Using picture as a guide, pipe chocolate over top of each biscuit to form ‘custard’. Decorate with mini M&M’s and cloud lollies.

Refrigerate until set.

NYT Connections!

Find groups of four items that share something in common. EG Types of Fish: Bass, Flounder, Salmon Trout. FIRE ___: Ant, Drill, Island, Opal. Categories will always be more specific than “5 letter words” , “Names” or “Verbs”. Here’s an example, or you can play a new puzzle every day online. Just Google “NYT Connections”.

________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ANSWERS: Book Sections: APPENDIX, CHAPTER, INDEX, PREFACE. Contact via phone: BUZZ, CALL, DIAL, RING. Wee: DINKY, LITTLE, MINUTE, SLIGHT. Cartoon Mice: ITCHY, JERRY, PINKY, SPEEDY.

Anglican Church (St Faith’s)

Worship during January Parish of St Faith’s, Quairading

Visit of the Three Wise Men, Jesus Mafa, 1973, Cameroon

St Faith’s Church, Quairading Sunday, 7th January Sunday, 14th January SUNDAY, 21ST JANUARY Sunday, 28th January

9.00 a.m.

9.00 A.M.

Epiphany of our Lord - Eucharist Service at the Uniting Church CONFESSION OF ST PETER – Morning Prayer Service at the Uniting Church

Catholic Church (St Francis Xavier)

Uniting Church We have now moved into another church calendar year. this year we will be looking at the life of Jesus as recorded by Mark. Mark dose not mention the birth stories, he simply introduces Jesus grown up ready to start His mission. He dose this through John the Baptist who introduces Jesus as the Son of God. It is Mathew and Luke that tell us about Jesuses birth and the stories we are so familiar with and what we celebrate at this time of the veer. So let us celebrate with joy the gift that God has given us.

Service 24th December 10. 38am something different.

Sunday 31st December 10. 30am Christmas Bowl.

Sunday 7th January 9. 00am with Anglicans at St Faiths Sunday 14th January 10. 30am Uniting Church.

Sunday 21st January 9. 00am Anglican Church.

Sunday 28th January 10.30am Uniting Church Inquiries A, West Tel 96450081 We wish everybody a very happy and safe Christmas and much Blessing in the New Year

January Birthdays 1st

Jan Kelli Brown, Rebecca Powell

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Jan Candice Nundle, Margaret Hinkley, Nevaeh Lubach

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Jan Dianne Poultney, Penny Johnston, Courtney Bartlett

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Jan Mark Peacock, Jaynaya Winmar

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Jan Phoebe Caporn

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Jan Johnny Taylor

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Jan Peter Shenton

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Jan Sam Powell, Kelsey White

14th Jan Shaun Skaife, Andrew Osborne 15th Jan Lyle Green 16th Jan Mark Gelmi, Natalia Sandercock 17th Jan Deidre Edwards, Brent Stewart, Jason Colbung (Snr) 19th Jan Kym Allsop, Leon Dalton 20th Jan Lyle Swithenbank, Lisa Powell, Reggie 21st Jan Marlene Johnson, Daniel Bartlett

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Scott Bavin, Anthony Bavin, Koran Atkinson, Thomas Hadlow

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Edna Winmar

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Michelle Boyle, Jada Reidy

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Daniel Bubb

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Brock Carter

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Lily Black, Mia Reidy, Ellie Hall

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Jenna Cowcill, Caitlin Cowcill