Molong Express 12 August 2021

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THURSDAY 12 August 2021

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All clear in FUN and SUN return to Molong Molong - but concerns in nearby areas Covid-19

By Paul Mullins

Molong's sewerage system remains free of Coronavirus fragments after a fortnight of testing.

This follows the previous detection of virus fragments twice in just over a few weeks, leading to the conclusion that the fragments may have resulted from visitng travellers.

However Coronavirus is on the march in surrounding regional communities with cases appearing in multiple locations.

While no new cases Covid-19 identified in our Local Health District - COVID-19 virus fragments were detected in samples taken from the Mudgee sewage treatment plant on on Monday, August 2 and Wednesday, August 4.

COVID-19 virus fragments were detected in samples taken from the Dubbo Sewage Treatment Plant on Wednesday, August 4.

As a result, testing sites were established in Dubbo, Mudgee, Rylstone and Gulgong.

On Thursday the Commonwealth Government announced that NSW will receive an additional 180,000 Pfizer doses over the next two weeks.

Western NSW Local Health District's vaccination team is working through the implications of that announcement including how many additional Pfizer doses will be redirected to our District.

At this stage, those additional supplies are expected to come into our District around August 16.

People whose bookings were recently cancelled will be rebooked as a priority to ensure they are the first to receive the new doses.

Earlier, Tamworth, the Byron Shire, Richmond Valley, Lismore, and Ballina Shire LGAs also had snap lockdowns announced.

Premier Glady Berijiklian said a young woman from Newcastle was infectious during her trip to the New England town.

As COVID-19 migrates outside Sydney, police have again stepped up patrols on highways and local roads to stop further spread.

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Fun loving people headed to Dave and Kim's Freemason's Hotel last weekend enticed by a game of Bingo. Well, let us say ... this was definitely not just an ordinary game of 'legs 11' and '66 clickety click'- Nosiree, Noma'am.

'Incroyable' we gasped as we wandered past tables of femmes et hommes wearing mountainous plastic hair of many shapes and vivid colours, feathers, fishnets, lace and bling from head to toe.

"Is this winter weary COVID compliant no fun Molong?" the Express enquired. "Oui" shouted the crowd ... "Oui" shouted the (get this!) Drag Queens ... as they (we) settled into a COVID compliant night of great fun including 'Drag Queen Bingo'.

(Above) The Friday night winner, (mmmm could that be Michelle... Gianisis???) with Drag Queen Bingo host(ess) ... with the mostest? More Photos on P.2

“Gloom and Doom” Breakout Fun

Delta, Vaccinations, Lock Down, Rain, Endless Grey Sky ... Lack of customers - But, Molong can still have FUN (with COVID compliance, of course!).

Ossie Osborne and Leo Sayer loved being back in Australia and to their favourite place on the planet. “What would you like to say to Molong?” asked Paul Mullins of the Express. “I love you more than I can say” said Leo. “I’ll love you twice as much tomorrow” added Ossie. “Yikes” said Pauly - “get me out of here Rozzi”.

“There .. there Pauly” said the still gorgeous Marianne Faithful “I’ll be as true as true can be If you’ll come and stay with me”... “Where is Mully?”

There you go! We thought the face looked very much like the Barista at Wildflower. Yes ... No ... Yes... No... Really! So, who was the black Felicia Jollygoodfellow of the Priscilla Queen of the Dessert haired chicky bird with the cool gear on sitting fame stopped over at Kim and Dave’s Freemasons Pub with opposite??? Dan ... Cool Dan ... Dany .. Danyi .. her film crew to take part in Molong’s Drag Queen Bingo night. Hey, is that you Danni? ‘Wildflowers’ in town ...

(Above front) is Felicia, who won a prize for her style - with we love them!!

Young Bernadette showing her latest red locks.

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Saturday night’s winner (of style not of bingo) ... the amazing, dedicated, wonderful, talented ... Tamaki Miura (better known as Madama Butterfly) dressed by international stylist (now Molong resident) Maya. Looks a lot like ...

Pammy Mann. A good woman of many talents . but definitely NOT one to reach high notes of Opera. Then again, maybe we wait to hear her high notes!! (Maya can!)

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2021 Molong Show Cancelled

The 2021 Molong Show has again been cancelled due to the pandemic.

In a statement Show Society President, Colin Woodhouse said: “As we’re sure you’re already aware, the ever growing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has meant that it’s again vital to limit social contact and avoid gatherings.

For that reason, the Molong Show Society have made the difficult decision again to cancel our traditional Annual Show.

While we know this is disappointing, we hope you can understand the steps we’re taking to help keep our volunteers, attendees and community safe plus help prevent further spread of the virus.

The good news is that our 2nd Annual No-Show Window Show and Scarecrow Competition is currently in the works so please stay tuned for the coming details.”

Cabonne groups urged to apply for Community Assistance Grants

Community groups in Cabonne are being urged to apply for Council grants to improve the “liveability” of their areas.

Applications open this week for the first round of Cabonne Council’s 2021-22 Community Assistance Program grants.

These grants are designed to support projects that maintain the strength and vibrancy of Cabonne’s towns and villages.

This is a competitive program that provides support for organisations focused on delivering positive benefits to Cabonne residents and contributing to the delivery of Council’s strategic priorities.

In order to be eligible for the Community Assistance Program, applicants must be a not-for-profit organisation in the Cabonne Local Government Area and be undertaking a project on non-commercial facilities within the Shire.

Each project will be assessed on its merits and the relative benefit it will return to the community. Grants are provided on a 50:50 basis, but communities can provide their half of the funding through voluntary labour or in-kind contributions.

Applications for CAP funding open on Monday, 9 August 2021 and will close at 5pm on Friday, 24 September 2021.

The application form is available on Council’s website www.cabonne.nsw.gov. au/Funding-Opportunities/CabonneCommunity-Assistance-Program-202122Round-1 Further details about the grants can be obtained by contacting Cabonne Council on 6392 3200.

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Tourism figures show Region is in a good position to bounce back postCOVID

6 August 2021 Tourism figures show Orange is in a good position to bounce back postCOVID While COVID travel restrictions are currently impacting on business through the state, the long-term tourism trends suggest Orange will recover quickly, once higher vaccinations rates take effect and lockdowns are eased.

The latest figures from industry research firm, Tourism Solutions, confirm visitor numbers are growing this year, compared to past years.

According to the research, Orange hosted 438,000 overnight visitors in the year to March 2021. This was 16% larger than the 2020 figure.

Visitors are also staying longer. These visitors stayed an estimated 1.3 million nights, 48% up on the previous year. The average length of stay is up to 3 nights which saw their spending rise to an estimated $309 million in the 12 month period to March 2021.

During the same period there were 507,000 day visitors. These results compare favourably with our benchmark group of similar local government areas, which were down 16%. The rest of Central NSW was down 4% over the same period.

The data also indicates a healthy trend, noting that the three months to March 2021 were the third consecutive quarter with over 100,000 visitors (126,000).

Orange Mayor Reg Kidd said the latest research offered hope for the local business community.

“It’s no secret that some local businesses are doing it tough while Sydney has been in lockdown,” Cr Reg Kidd said.

“Up until then, regional centres within three or four hours’ drive of Sydney have

been making the most of Australians not being able to fly overseas.”

“Going back a few months, we had every room full and restaurants booked out well in advance. But that came to a halt with the Sydney lockdown.”

“What I want the local community to remember is that the long term tourism trends for Orange are strong, and that there is light at the end of the tunnel, once the lock down ends.”

“I was delighted to see that our local business chamber is not sitting back, but is launching its own campaign to get foot traffic back into local stores.

There’s nothing like a joint effort when businesses all use the same ‘We want you Orange’ slogan to build some momentum and local shopping again.”

Orange City Council’s Employment and Economic Development Committee chair, Cr Tony Mileto said the health of Orange’s visitor economy was good news for businesses in other sectors.

“Orange City Council’s Spendmapp data consistently points to just how much visitors are spending,” Cr Mileto said.

“The longer people stay, the more likely it is that they’ll drop by major retailers and local traders. Once lock down ends in Sydney, there’ll be people very ready to hit the road for a weekend away.”

“It’s also becoming clear just how much Orange is attractive to visitors from other parts of regional NSW. What we’re hearing from local operators is that while Sydney visitors have stopped travelling during lock-down, that gap has largely been filled by people from other parts of NSW. That interest has shown up the benefits of Orange360 targeting new areas outside Sydney with its marketing.”

Voting is now open for the 2021 Daroo Business Awards

The nominations are in, with 77 outstanding Cabonne businesses in the running across the 15 business categories for the 2021 Daroo Business Awards!

The primary objective of the Awards is to raise the profile of companies and organisations across the Cabonne Shire that demonstrate a commitment to excellence in their area of service and business management.

Cabonne businesses have shown resilience, particularly during the recent drought and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Awards are an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the achievements made by these businesses in our local community.

Twenty-one incredible people were also nominated for the Apprentice/Trainee of the Year, and the Employee of the Year categories, showing the hard work and dedication that goes on behind the scenes of these Cabonne businesses.

The winners of these categories, as well as the Best Business in Cabonne, will be determined by an external judging process.

For all other categories, voting has commenced on the Cabonne Council website. Simply select the Daroo Business Award item from the side menu, or follow this link to vote: www.cabonne.nsw.gov. au/2021-Daroo-Business-Awards-Voting Vote for the business you think has gone above and beyond and deserves the recognition. Voting will close 5pm Friday, 10 September 2021.

For more information, please contact Council’s Community and Economy Team on 6392 3200.

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Climate change has already hit Australia. Unless we act now, a hotter, drier and more dangerous future awaits Australia is e x p e r i e n c i n g widespread, rapid climate change not seen for thousands of years and may warm by 4° or more this century, according to a highly anticipated report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

The assessment, released on Monday, also warns of unprecedented increases in climate extremes such as bushfires, floods and drought. But it says deep, rapid emissions cuts could spare Australia, and the world, from the most severe warming and associated harms.

The report is the sixth produced by the IPCC since it was founded in 1988 and provides more regional information than any previous version. This gives us a clearer picture of how climate change will play out in Australia specifically.

It confirms the effects of humancaused climate change have well and truly arrived in Australia. This includes in the region of the East Australia Current, where the ocean is warming at a rate more than four times the global average.

We are climate scientists with expertise across historical climate change, climate projections, climate impacts and the carbon budget. We have been part of the international effort to produce the IPCC report over the past three years.

The report finds even under a moderate emissions scenario, the global effects of climate change will worsen significantly over the coming years and decades. Every fraction of a degree of global warming increases the likelihood and severity of many extremes. That means every effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions matters.

Australia is, without question, warming

Australia has warmed by about 1.4° since 1910. The IPCC assessment concludes the extent of warming in both Australia and globally are impossible to explain without accounting for the extra greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from human activities.

The report introduces the concept of Climate Impact-Drivers (CIDs): 30 climate averages, extremes and events that create climate impacts. These include heat, cold, drought and flood.

The report confirms global warming is driving a significant increase in the intensity and frequency of extremely hot temperatures in Australia, as well as a decrease in almost all cold extremes.

The IPCC noted with high confidence that recent extreme heat events in Australia were made more likely or more severe due to human influence.

These events include: • the Australian summer of 2012–13, also known as the Angry Summer, when more than 70% of Australia experienced extreme temperatures • the Brisbane heatwave in 2014 • extreme heat preceding the 2018 Queensland fires • the heat leading into the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20.

The IPCC report notes very high confidence in further warming and heat extremes through the 21st century – the extent of which depends on global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

If global average warming is limited

to 1.5° this century, Australia would warm to between 1.4° to 1.8°. If global average warming reaches 4° this century, Australia would warm to between 3.9° and 4.8° .

The IPCC says as the planet warms, future heatwaves in Australia – and globally – will be Dean Lewins/AAP hotter and last longer. Conversely, cold extremes will be both less intense and frequent.

Hotter temperatures, combined with reduced rainfall, will make parts of Australia more arid. A drying climate can lead to reduced river flows, drier soils, mass tree deaths, crop damage, bushfires and drought.

The southwest of Western Australia remains a globally notable hotspot for drying attributable to human influence.

The IPCC says this drying is projected to continue as emissions rise and the climate warms. In southern and eastern Australia, drying in winter and spring is also likely to continue. This phenomenon is depicted in the graphic below.

Climate extremes on the rise Heat and drying are not the only climate extremes set to hit Australia in the coming decades. The report also notes: • observed and projected increases in Australia’s dangerous fire weather • a projected increase in heavy and extreme rainfall in most places in Australia, particularly in the north • a projected increase in river flood risk almost everywhere in Australia.

Under a warmer climate, extreme rainfall in a single hour or day can become more intense or more frequent, even in areas where the average rainfall declines.

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1000 farmers benefit from Rural Aid’s mouse plague fund

Australia’s leading rural charity, Rural Aid, has closed applications for its $1 million mouse plague fund, with 1000 farmers set to benefit from the support.

Rural Aid opened the fund in June for farmers from many parts of the country whose livelihoods and incomes had been affected by the devastating mouse plague.

Each eligible farmer is being issued a $1000 pre-paid Visa card, which can be spent on whatever will help them recover from the mouse plague.

Mice numbers peaked in late autumn and early winter across most of eastern Australia.

Bingara farmer Robert Groth said he was very grateful to receive support from Rural Aid. “Every little bit helps, my word it does,” Mr Groth said.

Mr Groth said he’d “never seen anything like it” during the peak of the plague.

“We got 54 mice in a trap on the veranda in one night. The worst thing is the smell of them,” Mr Groth said.

The mice numbers have largely steadied for now, which Rural Aid CEO John Warlters hopes will continue into spring.

“Rural Aid is proud to have been able to help farmers recover from yet another debilitating natural disaster,” Mr Warlters said.

“Applications for the $1 million fund are now closed. But Rural Aid will keep a close eye on mouse numbers into spring.”

Rural Aid is welcoming any farmers in need of assistance to get in touch. Rural Aid can be contacted on 1300 327 624, or by emailing contact@ruralaid.org.au

Wyangala Dam Expansion – we cannot step away says the region’s Mayors.

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The Chair of Central NSW Joint Organisation of Council (CNSWJO), Cr John Medcalf, OAM has hit back at claims that the NSW Government is stepping away from the Wyangala Dam expansion project in favour of non-infrastructure options to secure water supplies in the Lachlan River and broader Central West.

“How quickly people forget that little over 12 months ago many of our communities faced a day-zero crisis with town water supplies fast running out,” says Cr Medcalf, Chair of the Central NSW Joint Organisation and Mayor of the Lachlan Shire Council.

“Minister for Water, Melinda Pavey has been a strong supporter of the Wyangala Dam project and the region’s Mayors have welcomed her vision and solution focus,” says Cr Medcalf.

“While supportive of non-infrastructure options, the reality is that we know from the many studies done to date that there is a limit to what these can achieve in securing town water supplies.”

“What we need is increased storage so we can store water during times of good rain to

prepare for drought,” says Cr Medcalf.

“It’s disappointing given all the talk about working collaboratively with regional NSW on risks to town water supplies that the bureaucrats have not spoken to us about these non-infrastructure solutions being investigated. Maybe they need to be out in the region to experience our pain.”

“What we’re seeing now is exactly what happened following the millennium drought.

It rained and the progress on solutions stopped and, as the region’s Mayors predicted then, our towns proved to be even more vulnerable through the recent drought.”

“With record growth as people relocate to regional areas, our focus is very much on working with all levels of Government on solutions that will ensure our communities have water security to support this growth and prosper well into the future,” says Cr Medcalf.

“We cannot afford to back away from the Wyangala Dam expansion. We owe it to our communities.”

THE rate of inflation for the twelve months to the June 2021 quarter was 3.8 per cent. At the end of March 2021, this rate was 1.1 per cent.

Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association says inflation rates affect everybody but retired people especially.

Higher inflation means two things for retirees: higher term deposit rates and higher pension increases.

The fly in the ointment is that inflation needs to be higher all the time for term deposit rates to go up and stay up.

Term deposit rates are linked to the cash rate set by the Reserve Bank. The Reserve Bank uses the cash rate to control the rate of inflation, putting the cash rate down if inflation is too low and up if it is too high.

But this inflation increase of 3.8 per cent in the June quarter will carry through into the pension when it gets indexed in September Unfortunately, it doesn’t mean your pension

is going up by 3.8 per cent.

The inflation increase during the two quarters relevant to pension indexation was 1.4 per cent. The Cost of Living Index increased by even more: 1.6 per cent, so it is what will be used in the September indexation.

The pension indexation increase will therefore be higher than what we have become used to. But it’s important to remember indexation increases are designed to cover higher living expenses. They protect the purchasing power of the pension, they don’t deliver real pension increases.

Also, the Reserve Bank has dubbed the June quarter inflation number a spike. In other words, the big increase was a one-off. The bank is therefore not touching the cash rate.

That means term deposit rates won’t move up just yet and pension increases after the next one in September won’t be very much That is, if the Reserve Bank is right.

Your pension is going up but not by 3.8 per cent

An unknown Australian soldier of the Great War identified

A previously unknown Australian First World War soldier buried in an unnamed grave in France has been identified.

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel Andrew Gee said the soldier was identified as 10778 Albert Nicholson, a Driver in the 14th Field Artillery Brigade of the Australian Imperial Force.

“After years of investigative research, I can announce we now know the final resting place of Driver Albert Nicholson of the Australian Imperial Force, who died in France in the First World War,” Minister Gee said.

“Albert, originally from Broken Hill, New South Wales, enlisted in Adelaide on 17 September 1915 and left Australia for overseas service on 5 January 1916. He was Killed in Action at VillersBretonneux on 3 August 1918.”

It is believed Albert was preparing artillery positions for the Allied attack which was to occur on 8 August 1918, when he was killed by shellfire.

Albert’s role would have included moving horse drawn artillery and ammunition.

He was buried in an orchard at VillersBretonneux, however the position of his grave was lost.

When Albert’s body was eventually found, his identity was not established and he was subsequently reburied in a Commonwealth War Grave, Adelaide Cemetery in Villers-Bretonneux marked as an Unknown Australian Soldier.

Recent investigations found evidence that an unknown soldier of the 5th Divisional Artillery, which Albert’s unit was part of, was recovered after the war from a location close to where he was believed to have been buried.

Further research eliminated all other fallen soldiers of the 5th Divisional Artillery in the area, allowing for the identity of Albert to be conclusively established,” Minister Gee said. ”I want to sincerely thank the researchers from Fallen Diggers Incorporated, the Australian Army’s Unrecovered War Casualties team and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the identifications.

“The quest to identify Albert’s grave brings the number of Australian First World War soldiers which Fallen Diggers Incorporated has helped identify to 36, bringing closure to the families of our fallen and allowing us to know the resting places of those soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.”

He was only 21 years old when he was killed.

“The identification of Albert is extraordinarily significant for his family but also for our nation.

It demonstrates in the most profound way that Australia never forgets its sons and daughters no matter how long ago they lost their lives or what foreign field they rest in,” Minister Gee said.

The great nephew of Albert, John, had throughout the years searched military records and was surprised when he was told recently his great uncle was located in an unmarked grave.

“I’m extremely grateful my great uncle’s resting place has been identified and the fact we can do this 103 years after he passed and are still searching for other missing soldiers is incredible, John said.

“Finding out this news has been an opportunity to reconnect with some family members I haven’t spoken to in many years.”

In consultation with Albert’s descendants, the Australian Army, Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Office of Australian War Graves will make arrangements to replace the previously unnamed headstone with one bearing his name and service details.

Albert’s mother selected an epitaph for him, which will be engraved on his headstone.

It will read - “Great is our sorrow but God knows best, He has taken our loved one home to rest.”

John said he is extremely grateful his greatgrandmother’s original request will be engraved

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Me and My Friends by Alizé

My friend Beau

What has been missing from the Molong Express?

A column for kids, written by kids, giving their views of the world, what is important to them, what they are thinking?

Welcome to our new, very first, very junior reporter, 4 years old pre-schooler Alizé who has agreed (with permission from her parents’ Kim and Dave) to interview her friends (Note: Permission has also been given by her friends parents).

Enjoy ‘Me and My Friend Beau” by Alizé helped bythe delightful Hannah Betts.

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Beau and his little sister won gold medals at ‘school’ the other day. “I am so happy for you Beau and for your little sister” said Alize. .

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Scotty on the renewed Southern Aurora Cabonne based chef, Scotty Dowling (see photo right) in the kitchen of the former Southern Aurora now owned and operated by Vintage Rail Journeys.

From the kitchen with his two chef’s assisting - Scotty proudly serves up locally sourced foods produced in the region wherever the train travels.

Travellers can expect the mouth watering tastes of Beef Cheeks, Lamb Shanks, Pork Belly, Second Mouse Cheese Co. (Orange), Coolamon Cheese, desserts of locally sourced fruits and cream, wines to accompany each dish.

COVID has stopped the planned journeys this year, but the organisers will be ready to go when restrictions are lifted. On the planning board are journeys through the Golden West, Hunter Valley, Riverina, North Coast etc. Find out more by calling 1300 421 422 Scotty Dowling is on the road again. Well, should we say ‘on the rails again’ after being discovered by Canberra based entrepreneur, Simon Mitchell after he managed to buy the original Southern Aurora train carriages.

Searching for a creative chef to manage the ‘refreshment/kitchen’ carriage to serve 130 travellers on the prestigious vintage rail journeys throughout NSW - Simon Mitchell found Cabonne chef, Scotty who is very at home serving up delicious meals - cooked and served from what was initially the Southern Aurora’s rebuilt reshment/dining car.

The Southern Aurora was a legendary train journey from 1962 until its retirement in 1986 as an overnight express passenger train that operated between Australia’s two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne.

Does the Southern Aurora train still run?

interest.

Restored at the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park and Railway in 2017 the four NAM Twinette carriages purchased by Simon represent quality, style and luxury.

Passengers have sleeping compartments whilst the train stops overnight in various locations and where communities can benefit, financially, from the stopover. Either by Scotty and the waiter term serving locally sourced foods and wine on board - or locals providing lunches during the time passengers hop off the train and step onto accompanying vintage buses to tour points of interest. One great idea happens in smaller towns like Kandos where passengers are entertained at the local hall with a special dinner dance organised. Now, that’s a real country experience for city based passengers.

Sure does but travels further afield as a Vintage Rail Journey experience designed to stopover in country towns and local points of

Tickets please?

Call 1300 421 422

Climate change has already hit Australia.

(Continued frompage 5)

For the first time, the IPCC report provides regional projections of coastal hazards due to sea level rise, changing coastal storms and coastal erosion – changes highly relevant to beach-loving Australia.

This century, for example, sandy shorelines in places such as eastern Australia are projected to retreat by more than 100 metres, under moderate or high emissions pathways.

Hotter, more acidic oceans The IPCC report says globally, climate change means oceans are becoming more acidic and losing oxygen.

Ocean currents are becoming more variable and salinity patterns – the parts of the ocean that are saltiest and less salty – are changing.

It also means sea levels are rising and the oceans are becoming warmer. This is leading to an increase in marine heatwaves such as those which have contributed to mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in recent decades.

Notably, the region of the East Australia Current which runs south along the continent’s east coast is warming at a rate more than four times the global average.

The phenomenon is playing out in all regions with socalled “western boundary currents” – fast, narrow ocean currents found in all major ocean gyres. This pronounced warming is affecting marine ecosystems and aquaculture

at a large scale, through serious planning and on-ground action.

To find out more about how climate change will affect Australia, the latest IPCC report includes an Interactive Atlas. Use it to explore past trends and future projections for different emissions scenarios, and for the world at different levels of global warming.

and is projected to continue.

Where to from here?

Like all regions of the world, Australia is already feeling the effects of a changing climate.

The IPCC confirms there is no going back from some changes in the climate system. However, the consequences can be slowed, and some effects stopped, through strong, rapid and sustained reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions.

And now is the time to start adapting to climate change

Michael Grose, Climate projections scientist, CSIRO Joelle Gergis, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University: Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO; Roshanka Ranasinghe, Professor of Climate Change impacts and Coastal Risk. (theconversation.com.au)

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by Express Feature Writer, Rozzi Smith ...

The Heart and Soul of Orange

The Women of the Mill

Some months ago a copy of ‘Orange New South Wales 1860 to 1960’ (published by ‘The Council of the City of Orange 1960 to commemorate the first hundred years of local government of Orange’) arrived in the Express ‘What the Dickens’ bookshop in Molong.

‘Wow’ I thought - as I turned the pages of a collection of stories from where this marvellous cosmopolitan regional city started and where it grew to by 1960.

Stories that ‘formally’ cover aspects of the developing city - but not so much of the ‘people’ stories.

I love the people stories of any location - and what I call ‘the heart and soul’ stories - the ones that include the workers, the battlers, the ones who raised large families, the kids who played barefooted in the creeks, built cubbies in trees, the ‘bread winner’ who carried his lunch box and thermos and wore laced up work boots and well pressed overalls every day.

Not forgetting the women who worked in factories, cleaned houses and worked without the comforts of today’s lucky women i.e. equal and better pay, much better conditions, superannuation, childcare support, after school care etc. etc. Remembering, hopefully, their gain has come through the efforts of women of past times “We just sucked it up” said Trish Davis of what would have been the long hours and conditions both women and men worked during their respective careers at ‘the Mill’. Conditions and working hours that city and large regional areas accepted back then as what we say today as - “it is what it is”. An expectation that a job was a job in factories and Australians were prepared to work hard long hours to value-add to what primary producers grew in their paddocks to a finished product.

At the Orange woollen mills - dyed wool yarns arrived by truck to be woven by giant machines and made into woollen fabrics of many colours. Trish, Gaye and Meryl found their way from Orange schools in the 1960’s to the mending room at Macquarie Worsteds. “I remember at school teachers would humiliate kids by saying “if you keep behaving like that - you’ll end up working at the mill’ said Gaye. “But at the time, a job was a job and we were prepared to take whatever we could get.”

With money tight in large family units - some women and men left school as soon as they could to help their parents/younger siblings by paying ‘board’ (rent). They were grateful for any kind of job at the time - and the opportunity to help their families, financially.

The woollen mills were a large employer in Orange ... the egg board another, Roger’s Meatworks and Email also major employers. The orchards and farming/grazing properties provided employment ... and to a lesser extent retail, hospitality, health, beauty services etc. etc. “I really wanted to be a hairdresser” said Meryl “but at the time there was only one apprentice job available in the whole of Orange - I think two of us applied ... I didn’t get the job - so I took a job at the woollen mills.” Meryl’s parents eventually agreed but said “only until you get something better”. Meryl stayed for 20 years!.

All three agreed that it was a good place to work. “We had really good bosses and employment conditions for women were considered to be ‘acceptable’ at the time.

However, being in the company of these fun-loving, intelligent women enjoying a cuppa and talking memories of ‘in our time’ ... compared to what the career needs of women today... one would see that all three are achieving women who lived those times the best way that was available to them.

Today? Meryl probably would have established her own

who bequeathed better career conditions to following generations of career/working mums and families.

In last week’s issue of the Express we printed the story of Macquarie Worsteds (known locally as ‘the woollen mills’) that were once located in William Street, East Orange with additional work spaces dotted around town for administration and additional processing purposes.

Today, the old mill site, as it is still known by locals has progressed from a site of industrial buildings from the times when Australia was still capable of providing value-adding initiatives to what was grown in the paddocks - to change to suit today’s needs of retail/ entertainment sectors and ‘apparent comunity needs’ Odeon Cinema, Office Works, and retailers of electrical goods, homewares and sporting goods, a gymnasium. the mill cafe and a substantial carpark area.

With the help of one of the best history facebook sites ‘The Old Orange Crew’ (some 14,000 members) I was able to find three local ladies (now retired) who spent their early working career in the mending room of the ‘the mill’ back in the 1960’s-70’s.

Over a cuppa - the delightful Trish Davis, Gaye Davies and Meryl Hillan shared their memories with me of the

skills they were taught at the mill i.e. the clever invisible mending of lengths of quality wool fabrics caused by a stitch or two escaping the talents of the giant weaving machines. Today, the steel industrial buildings have long gone ... but the memories of the people who worked there still exist. Why? Because it was a workplace with a focus on quality, care, friendships, an extended family environment ... and respect for each other.

Thank you to The Old Orange Crew for helping me to find the wonderful ladies, Trish, Gaye and Meryl ... and thank you to these good women for your time, the cuppas, the apple cake ... and your memories.

hairdressing salons ... Trish may have become an art teacher or a working/ selling artist - sooner ... and Gaye may have fulfilled her dreams through her kind and gentle skills.

However, life was good and a pay packet was the key to style, clothing ... dances, balls, movies. Not forgetting the power of lay-bys and creating ‘glory boxes’to fulfill the dream of white wedding dresses and setting up first homes.

Gaye remembers her first pay packet “I went straight up to the shoe shop opposite the Strand (picture theatre) and bought a pair of pale pink shoes to wear out.” Meryl headed up to the Palings Music Shop and bought a radiogram in a timber case with long legs. “I paid it off - it was 89 pounds - a fair whack of money back then. I paid it Meryl Hillan, Gaye Davies, Trish Davis who this story is about. In the background are the wonderful paintings by Trish. Brilliant in fact! off at 10 shillings a week.”

Trish remembers her pay packets (delivered by an office girl who rode her pushbike from (remembering that in those years - women often resigned the main office in town to the factory - with the cash their jobs when they got married to stay at home ... and filled envelopes sitting in the basket on the handlebars - to give younger single girls their jobs given that they had “couldn’t happen today” said Trish). “I lay-bye’d clothing a ‘bread winner’ looking after them. For women who had and things for my glory box”said Trish - who today is a to work ... finding childcare was difficult to find - reliance successful Orange artist. Quality was important back on a family member or friend to provide babysitting was then. Sheets for beds seemed to be bigger and lasted for often not available. So, they stayed at home as full-time years. I’ve still got tea towels from Ireland - the best linen. mums.

What has remained are the long lasting friendships Everything seemed to be of such good quality. for some from school days and then working at the With overtime available - when the factory whistle blew mill together - for others through the friendships that the girls would have half an hour’s break to have dinner formed on the factory floor and in the lunch room where and prepare for the evening shift to make more money. On preparation for a night out occurred - hair washed and Saturday’s they could often work overtime as well. They styled with plastic rollers, teasing combs, hairspray ... could also take invisible mending jobs home - the lengths of fabric where the weaving machine dropped a stitch and eyebrows plucked with one of their sewing machine/ or two would be delivered to their homes by the factory invisible stitching tools called a ‘burler’. “We went out delivery driver and then the completed fabric would be dancing three nights a week” recalls Meryl.

When I asked if they had to ask for better conditions. collected by the driver and returned to the factory. “We “Well we did when we got up the courage to ask for relief were happy to work into the night at our sewing machines from the hot summer days working in a steel shed in 110 - usually on the kitchen table. Extra money in our pay degree heat.

We sat with the large lengths of woollen packets meant we could go out more and buy more. We fabrics sitting on our knees. Then we had the opposite also bought lengths of factory seconds experience staying warm in the factory during the snow from the retail shop in the factory. “My covered winter days.

But we had two managers who we wedding dress was made from beatiful all respected immensely - they looked after us well. Mr white fabric woven at the mill and sold to me from the retail shop. The factory Dickerson was the big boss and Mr Berryman. They were supplied fabrics to Fletcher Jones, the both very good managers and both well respected.

Army, and services groups and many more manufacturers.

We would sew clothes for going out to dances, gathering with work mates at the pub or heading to the movies. We loved paying out our lay-bys and picking them up during our lunch breaks so we could show the 50 menders we worked with at the factory. We loved to show each other what we had bought. We went to each other’s celebrations, parties, weddings, anything at all. Showing off Glamor plus. Women of the ‘mill’ celebrating - (Back l to r), Valda new born babies amongst the group Grimshaw, Trish Davis, Meryl Connor, Kathy Johnston, Kathy Skelton was a special time. We were just like a Kay Craw. (Front l to r) Lil Lawson, Shirley Madden, Sheryl Anelzark, big happy extended family - working Mr Bill Berryman and Mr Cecil Dickerson both highly together, following each other’s lives respected managers and leaders of the mill Sandra Zegzula, Helen Huggart. The year ... 1960/1970’s

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REG’S BENCH More Dad Jokes - really bad ones Native American women give birth. A son on deer skin, another son on a buffalo skin, third ,twin boys on a hippopotamus skin. The chief said: The squaw of the hippocampus is equal to the the son on the squaws of the other 2 hides I've just bought the wife a new refrigerator.

Can't wait to see her face light up when she opens it.

So when I was kid, I said to my dad: "Can I use the lawnmower to make some extra money?"

"Sure son, you go ahead" So I sold it.

I come from a family of failed magicians.

I have two half sisters.

The local Police station was robbed of its toilet. Reporter: will you catch the thief ?

Police Chief: We have nothing to go on.

Therapist: your wife says that you never buy her flowers what do you say to that ?

Me: to be honest I didn't even know she sold flowers.

If I bring you breakfast in bed, a polite “Thank you” will suffice. Not these questions like “Who are you?” and “How did you get in my house?”

Asked my wife why she married me,she said" Because you're really funny" I said " I thought it was because I was good in bed"? Her reply "see you're hilarious " Not too long ago I was an Uber driver for a bee.

I had to make a bathroom stop at the BP station.

My wife told me to stop acting like a Flamingo, so I put my foot down.

So my rum and raisin cake is gluten free.

It’s also raisin free. And cake free.

OK it’s just rum.

Nothing is impossible?

I disagree. I'm doing nothing right now.

When my dad dies he wants his ashes pressed into a record,..

It was his vinyl request ..

When I die, I hope I go in my sleep like my grandfather did.

Not screaming and yelling like his passengers.

Just found out the company that makes yardsticks, won't be making them any longer.

I can tell people are judgmental just by looking at them.

Rare photo of the Beatles before they got big.

ACROSS 1. Church song (4) 3. Enormous (8) 9. Fly south in winter (7) 10. Cabs (5) 11. Happen again (5) 12. Beast of burden (6) 14. Sustain (6) 16. Rupture (6) 19. North American country (6) 21. Artificial gems (5) 24. Join together (5) 25. U.S. state (7) 26. Bedtime drink (8) 27. Smart (4) DOWN

1. Comical (8) 2. Sorcery (5) 4. Exaggerate (6) 5. Many times (5) 6. Four squared (7) 7. Final (4) 8. Cask (6) 13. Regal, grand (8) 15. Curing (7)

17. Die (6) 18. Baltic country (6) 20. Wide awake (5) 22. Laziness (5) 23. Fire injury (4)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Be in time for difficulty (5) 4 County for males (5) 7 Boy embracing girl from Munich, perhaps (8) 8 Standard extract from Goodman or Miller (4) 9 Fliers with time to construct a floating platform (4) 10 Yes, he'll make a poet!

(7) 12 Old Tory plan upset singer (5,6) 14 Uncommon and unusual places one entered (7) 16 Spoils for the god of war (4) 19 Top marks received by expert (4) 20 Not completely skint, here debtor is overdrawn (2,3,3) 21 Twenty known by those in the know? (5) 22 Settle for salary increase? (3,2)

Down

WORD SEARCH

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1 Moderate start for combination locks (5) 2 Unhappy miscreant finally getting reprimand (7)

3 One who will succeed with melody, we hear (4) 4 Fool in poor abode keeping pecker up (8) 5 Where boats may be made of tin and aluminium (5) 6 Taking issue about press operator (7) 11 I may tend to explode (8) 12 Shows given low grades by old people (7) 13 Essay about old play

such as King Lear (7) 15 Belief expressed by socialist in company (5) 17 Excessive energy in course of action (5) 18 Prevent containers being brought up (4)

SODUKU Fill in the grid so that every row, every

column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9, with no number repeated.

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TRADES & SERVICES

BUILDING / CARPENTRY

ACCOUNTANTS / SOLICITORS

• • • •

Campbell Paton & Taylor SOLICITORS, ATTORNEYS AND NOTARIES

In Attendance are:

Molong 02 6366 8049

11 BANK STREET MOLONG

Ph: 6362 1922

CONCRETE / LANDSCAPING PRODUCTS

Picton Bros Panelspan

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• Glass Rooms • Patios • Cladding • Carports • Recreation Rooms • Enclose existing verandahs BL83737C

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G R EA D Y M IX

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CONCRETE

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BUILDING

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Orange office 193-195 Anson St.

CONVEYANCING

E: margot@margotsawyerconveyancing.com.au

AUTOMOTIVE / SMASH REPAIRS

Carpentry Painting Tiling Plastering

General Repairs & Maintenance No Job too Small !

Ph: 0437 218 930

TUES- Andrew Kermode Solicitor WED- Michelle Reynolds Conveyancer THURSDAY & FRIDAY by appointment.

Mark O’Donahue Home Maintenance

Concrete Trucks Mini Mix •3 •Mini digger, Bobcat, Truck & Truck Trencher, Dog hire

•Sand, aggregates •Topsoil, Mulch •Mushroom compost •Woodchips

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS

Call Dusty

6366 8448

m 0428 650 499 Family owned & f 63 669 559 operated 33 BETTS ST, MOLONG

EARTHMOVING

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EARTHMOVING & TRANSPORT

T 6366 8280

Extensive range of driving lights and light bars starting from

$140

Now doing

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• EXTENSIVE RANGE OF TYRES • WHEEL ALIGNMENTS • E-SAFETY INSPECTIONS • VALVOLINE PRODUCTS • SUPERCHARGE BATTERIES • EXHAUST REPAIRS

Contact Garry Gersbach:

0417 422 926 or 02 6369 6185

Open Monday to Friday - 8 am to 5.00 pm

ELECTRICAL / PUMPS

• Residential & Commercial • Network & data cabling • Security & access control • Optical fibre & TV cabling • CCTV

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SUPPLY, INSTALLATION, REPAIRS & ELECTRICAL

Rest easy knowing your Home is safe & sound! Valued at $149!

TROY BARRETT ELECTRICAL Servicing Molong and the Central West

CALL DAVE 0497 864 303 ADMIN@CWPUMPS.COM.AU LIC 349683C

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0407 274 358

LIC. No 323812C

FUNERAL SERVICES

PAINTING / DECORATING

T.A. ALLCORN PAINTING

6361 7777 6362 3751

NORMAN J PENHALL FUNERALS Serving the Molong District PROVIDING 24 HOUR 7 DAYS SENSITIVE, DIGNIFIED & PROFESSIONAL CARE WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST PRE-PAID AND PRE-ARRANGED FUNERAL SPECIALISTS, RESPECTING ALL DENOMINATIONS email: mail@penhallfunerals.com.au

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Book Boxes | Tea Chests Bubble Wrap | Glass Jars Packing Tape

ALL YOUR PACKAGING NEEDS! Come and see us at 1 Wellington Street, Molong Or phone us on 02

6366 8100

SMASH REPAIRS

PLUMBING

D & M DUNCAN

Javelinplumbing

we’ll pinpoint your problem Lic No. 160917C

Licensed Plumber, Drainer, Gasfitter Servicing

Servicing Molong / Cabonne & District

• Domestic • Rural • Commercial

0408 031 829

B-Double Livestock, Hay & General Freight

Country Tree Services Garry Livingstone

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knotttransport@gmail.com

0408 655 811

WATER BORES

OBLIGATION FREE QUOTE OVER 50 YEARS EXPERIENCE FULLY LICENCED & INSURED

WELDING

CALL BRYAN OR CLIVE NOW ON

WELDING & FABRICATION FIXED & MOBILE PLANT MAINTENANCE MOBILE WELDING SERVICE

PROMPT, PROFESSIONAL & RELIABLE SERVICE

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6366 5220

• Auto Robot • Baking Oven • All insurance work • Panel Beating & Spray Painting 24 HOUR TOWING • Windscreens supplied and fitted

TREE SERVICES

• Arborist • Tree Felling • Trimming • Stump Grinding • Fully Insured • 30 years experience

0428 986 164

53 CUDAL STREET, MANILDRA

PH/FAX: 6364 5432 AH:63 645 077

(02) 6366 9010 e: javelin@telcomail.com.au

TRANSPORT

SMASH REPAIRS

Molong

Smash Repairs Quality Smash Repairs

• Insurance & Private Work • All vehicle makes & models • Custom work and paint

• Hotrods/Restoration/Vintage vehicles • Motor bikes/boats and all marine vessels

Ph: 6366 8208

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WATER TANKS

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CLASSIFIEDS

that work !

PHONE: 02 6366 8017 • Email: molongex@bigpond.net.au

POSITIONS VACANT

DEATH & FUNERAL STARR, Margaret Enid

Traineeship – Office Administration

A full-time 18-month position based in Molong As a member of YBM’s Team you will provide support to our the YBM Partners, Accountants and Administration team ensuring the highest level of customer service always.

If you are an energetic and keen team player looking for a challenge for your gap year/s or have a passion to develop your career in administration and/or accounting, we would love for you to apply.

As part of an internal restructure we are looking for a new team member – Administration Trainee – to join the admin team and develop a broad skill base across all our administration areas including “front of office” support to the wider team.

This is a 18-month formal traineeship with immediate start, including the completion of a Cert III or Cert IV Administration through a supported traineeship program.

How you will engage with the role • This is a rewarding and fulfilling training role to provide you with a broad skillset across all areas of our Accounting Business • Use your bright and outgoing personality to engage and serve our clients • Use your “Yes I can” attitude to support the admin and accounting teams in their daily work • Be a resourceful and independent worker • Your time management & organisational skills will ensure accurate and timely completion of all administrative tasks.

Key Responsibilities • Reception Answering incoming telephone enquiries • Distributing mail • Stationary orders and supplies • Scanning and filing • Invoicing • Taking and processing payments • Basic cleaning tasks • General administrative duties as required Key attributes for the position To be successful in this exciting and rewarding role you will have the following:

• Experience with the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook,) • Basic data entry skills • Customer service experience • Positive and professional attitude • Self-starter/self-motivated • Takes ownership and initiative • Excellent communication skills - Verbal and Written • Well-spoken and articulate • Professional appearance/well presented • Flexibility/adaptability Benefits and Culture • YBM offers a rewarding role with career path opportunities and promotes a supportive team and work environment.

• We are committed to work/life balance and professional development opportunities.

About YBM YBM is one of the longest standing accounting firms in the Central West of NSW. We have a strong technical and dynamic accounting, super and financial planning team with offices in both Orange and Molong.

Still want more information Contact Cally Woodhouse or Karen Bollinger on 02 6366 8049 for a confidential discussion.

How to Apply Please email your application to karen@ ybm.com.au with a covering letter addressing what skills and attributes you would bring with you to this role and an upto-date resume.

YBM is an equal employment opportunity employer. We encourage applications from culturally diverse backgrounds including Indigenous Australians.

Closing Date: Monday 23rd August 2021 at 5:00 pm.

BAR STAFF

Bar staff are required for the Manildra Bowling Club.

Positions are available for Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Current RSA and RCG is essential.

Experience working with a TAB and Keno is desirable. Excellent customer service skills, attention to detail and punctuality is a must.

Please contact Ben Allcorn - 0419 149 726 or Graham Fliedner - 0400 258 153

Looking for a career in Local Government?

Cabonne Council has the following positions vacant: • After School Hours Care Staff – Molong and Manildra • Management Accountant - Molong • Cleaner - Canowindra Please visit Council’s website at www. cabonne.nsw.gov.au to find information about these positions and to begin your application, for confidential enquiries please contact Council’s Leader of People & Culture, Glenn Meehan on 63923218.

PO Box 17 MOLONG NSW 2866

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B J Byrnes General Manager

3/05/1926 - 8/08/2021 Passed away peacefully and with dignity at Molong MPS Yuranigh Wing. Loved sister of Gwen (deceased), Janet (deceased), Richard (deceased) and Bruce. A loved aunt and great aunt to her family and a friend to many.

Aged 95 years “A life well lived” The family and friends of Marg are kindly invited to attend her funeral to be held at St Johns Anglican Church Molong on Friday 13th August, 2021 commencing at 2.00pm. Due to covid restrictions numbers are limited within the church.

Donations in lieu of flowers may be made at the service to Molong Hospital Auxiliary.

Norman J. Penhall Funerals, A.F.D.A. - F.D.A . NSW, 33 William Street, Orange Phone 6362 3751 Our family caring for your family

POSITIONS VACANT

CHURCH NOTICES

UNITING CHURCH Sunday 8 August Molong 11.00 am: Rev Ross Godfrey Heather Woodhouse 63668218 Helen Houghton 63668020

Welcome MOLONG & DISTRICT BAPTIST CHURCH

Now streaming Sunday 10 am School Sunday Worship Service & Sunday 10 am online. Visit www.mdbc. services

Weekly For All AgetoGroups org.au -Activities click on livestream, link Wayne Spencer (Pastor) Ph: 63669376 to the online platform.

MOLONG COMMUNITY CHURCH YOU ARE NOT A MISTAKE

Sunday 10 am: Celebration & Sunday School (Ages 3 & up)

Cumnock Bus Company Casual – Part time

About the Job Cumnock Bus Company is seeking an experienced bus driver to join our team.

• A split shift position during each school term: 7.30am – 9.00am and 2.45 pm – 4.30pm • Driving a Toyota Coaster – 21 seater • School Days Only About You • School bus driving experience is desirable but not essential.

• Be a great communicator, including experience in engaging with parents, staff, and students.

• Be well presented and a safe and careful driver.

• Hold a current LR/MR licence.

• NSW Bus Driver Authority (If you don’t have a Drivers Authority we can assist suitable applicants to obtain one) • A paid Working with Children Check clearance and Criminal Check will be needed in the role.

How do you apply Address your application to Louise Spicer, along with a cover letter, a current resume that addresses the essential requirements, a copy of your licences, working with children clearance, Drivers Authority, National Police Criminal Check, Copy of driving Record, and the contact details of two referees.

Applications close 20 August 2021.

Please email to louscafe1@bigpond.com Cumnock Bus Company is an equal opportunity employer.

Wednesday Night 7 pm: Connect Group All Welcome

For more information contact Deon Stapelberg Ph: 0498 659 703 1 Edward St, Molong (opp Police Stn)

Claim the date – 2021 Send your 2021 dates to molongexpress@bigpond.net.au

August 12 Molong Advancement Group RSL 7pm 21 Cumnock Markets 9-12 September 2 Molong Men’s Shed meets 6 Molong Show Meeting, Showground 7.00pm 9 Molong Advancement Group RSL 7pm 14 Molong Probus 10am Bowling Club 14.. Molong Hospital Auxiliary 2.00 pm 18 Cumnock Markets 9-12 October 4 Molong Village Markets Molong Rec Ground 7 Molong Men’s Shed AGM 12 Molong Probus 10am Bowling Club 12 Molong Hospital Auxiliary 2.00 pm 14 Molong Advancement Group RSL 7pm 15 SMARTS Molong Central School 16 Cumnock Markets 9-12 November 1 Molong Show Wind-Up Meeting, Showground 7.30pm 4 Molong Men’s Shed meets 9 Molong Probus 10am Bowling Club 9 Molong Hospital Auxiliary 2.00 pm 11 Molong Advancement Group AGM RSL 7pm 20 Cumnock Markets 9-12 26 Molong Shopping Night, Molong Village Green December 2 Molong Men’s Shed meets 6 Molong Show Meeting, Showground

Sport

Bulls take half time forfeit Home Semi final against Eugowra Sunday week Jenny Barrow, Molong Bulls President said players that took the field, you put up a gutsy on Monday that “Molong RLFC would like to effort for 40 minutes. apologise to all their loyal supporters yesterday, Keep your heads up Condobolin, a lot of clubs after the game was halted at half time. have been in your position with player numbers Condobolin took the field with 9 men, but once and we wish you all the best for the future. down to 8 players, due to injury, had no choice Molong Bulls have the bye this coming but to end the game. weekend, but we will be back home Saturday We thank you for your understanding and 21st August for our semi final” support of this unprecedented situation. A big pat on the back to the 9 courageous Condobolin Last Saturday 6 members turned up on a not so nice looking Croquet day, but enjoyed a great game of croquet, we played together in 3 teams of 2 which was really good fun especially trying to keep tabs on whose turn it was to hit. Looking forward to a good day this Saturday 2.00pm.

Phil Donato MP Member for Orange

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Paul Glynn (Molong & surrounding districts) – 0428 168 638 CTLX CATTLE 10 August It was a pretty good quality yarding with a good selection of young cattle to suit the feeders along with only fair numbers to suit the trade buyers. There were limited numbers of grown steers and heifers and there were almost 200 cows penned which were mostly prime heavy weights. Most of the usual buyers were in attendance and operating in a solid market.

Young cattle to the trade sold at similar prices with prime steer vealers selling from 480c to 554c, while the prime heifer vealers sold from 538c to 557c/kg. Prime steer yearlings sold from 455c to 540c, while the prime heifer yearlings sold from 460c to 556c/kg. Feeder cattle were 8c to 10c/kg cheaper compared to the previous sales stronger market. Feeder steers sold from 400c to 556c, while the feeder heifers sold from 400c to 548c/kg. Young cattle to the restockers remain very strong selling at dearer rates with the young steers selling from 480c to 701c, and the young heifers to the restockers sold from 400c to 630c/kg.

Grown steers and heifers were 7c to 10c dearer, with the prime grown steers selling from 430c to 470c/kg. The prime grown heifers sold from 410c to 450c/kg. Cows were 8c dearer with the 2 and 3 scores selling from 220c to 372c/kg. Prime heavy weight cows sold from 362c to 410c to average 395c/kg. Heavy bulls sold to 310c/kg.

CTLX SHEEP 4 August It was a pretty good quality yarding with a decent selection of trade lambs along with only limited numbers of heavy weight lambs. There were a few pens of new season lambs yarded and no Merinos. Not all the regular buyers were operating with a major trade buyer and a couple of major export processors absent.

Trade lambs were up to $20/head cheaper compared to the previous sales very strong market. Trade lambs sold from $138 to $244/ head to average between 905c and 950c/kg cwt. Trade weight new season lambs sold from $170 to $220/head. Heavy weight lambs were $11 to $16 cheaper, with the over 24kg lambs selling from $233 to $286/head to average between 935c and 950c/kg cwt. There were no Merino lambs to quote. Lambs to the restockers were $9 cheaper, selling from $117 to $165/ head. Heavy hoggets sold to $225/head.

It was a mostly good quality yarding of mutton where the crossbred sheep were up to $9/head cheaper and Merino sheep were around firm.

Merino ewes sold from $120 to $190, while crossbred ewes sold from $115 to $210/head.

Two pens of Merino wethers sold for $176/head.

Woolly Merino ewes sold to the restockers for $190/head.

Scoreboard Woodbridge Cup 1st Grade Trundle 28 Eugowra 24 Canowindra 18 Manildra 28 Cargo 28 Grenfell 40 Molong 46 Condobolin 0

Molong Golf Ladies Unfortunately the weather has not been kind to our golfing and so there wasn’t any golf last Wednesday, next Wednesday the 18th we will be traveling to Yeoval for our monthly combined game with Cumnock and Manildra.

Sunday Mixed Fourteen players made the trek to Royal Molong for golf on Sunday with the weather much more pleasant than it has been.

We welcomed Pete Evans and Matt Philpott with Bro, having watched the golf on the television, announcing Matthew Philpott to the tee please. Matt couldn’t remember the last time someone called him by his full christian name. The winner on the day was the Ghost Walker with Bruno and Trevor “Choppers “ Lamb equal second. Bruno graciously said Choppers could have second prize but the crowd demanded a “hit off “ to determine second place. It was decided it would go to which of them could hit a golf ball into the dam on the full from beside the club house.

Bruno put a ball in on the first bounce, Choppers sprayed his to the left and missed the water but I think Bruno still gave him second place. Bruno said he was a winner

anyway because Quinney wasn’t out there to annoy him. Also happy birthday to Bruno this weekend, 21 ????

There was a discussion about whether the Ghost Walker actually won because Paul Glynn was in charge of the scorecard and his arithmetic may have been out of wack just like his golf game and Ged may have been the winner.

The Ghost Walker quickly took the prize before they could take it off him.

Thanks to “chef” Ged for cooking the bbq and to Bro for running Sunday golf. What would we do without him !

Apparently there is a frozen turkey and a roast up for prizes on Sunday. See you all there.

Golf again on Sunday, 8.30am for 9am. All welcome. The veteran golfers also have a tournament at Royal Molong golf course this Monday 16th.

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“Balmoral Park” Your Dreams of Self Sufficiency Awaits

Escape To The Country - Ideal Investment!

Eugowra Mackeys Creek Road

Billimari / Cowra “Woodlands”

“Balmoral Park” offers a unique opportunity to create a life of self- sufficiency. The property is sub-divided into 16 paddocks, and a recently renovated 4 bedroom 2 bathroom homestead.

Secure water with 5 tanks and 2 dams, & room to run sheep, cattle or horses. This property has everything you need to build a sustainable future.

Auction Friday 3rd Sept 152 William Street Bathurst View

By Appointment Kurt Adams 0428 747 050

“Woodlands” is the perfect property for anyone looking to escape the busy city life, or ideal as an entry level, highly productive farm or for astute investors with immediate income.

• Approx. 21.67ha - 53.5acres • 3 bed, 1 bath, 2 car homestead • Nine individual titles

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2,912ha* (7,195* acres) of gently undulating volcanic red soils & protected valley grazing to beneficial timbered grazing offering a diverse enterprise mix suited to cattle or sheep breeding & finishing, combined with cereal & oilseed production Central location 85km* Dubbo, 35km* Wellington & 80km* Orange

Sale Expression of Interest, Closing Monday 6th Sep at 12pm

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By Appointment Ben Redfern 0457 770 062

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By Appointment Josh Keefe 0439 269 449

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Large Scale Central Tablelands Grazing Enterprise Cumnock “Catombal Aggregation

Sale $680,000

With proven knowledge and understanding of the Central West region’s market, Kurt believes when you are selling a rural property you are not just selling another piece of real estate, you are selling a client’s major asset and sometimes for the first time in generations. As a result, this transaction needs to be handled with the utmost professionalism and care of which Kurt keeps as his primary focus for all his clients.

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