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Citizens honoured across the Shire

At Australia Day events across Cabonne yesterday citizens from all walks of life were recognised for their contribution to their communities.

Below are the Molong awardees. Awardees from Cudal, Cumnock & Manildra are featured on page 6 Young Citizen Of The Year - Jazmin Pietrzak Jazmin has been an excellent mentor for other young people in the Molong Cadet Division. She assists Cadets and Juniors to learn their First Aid skills. At the most recent Central Western Region Youth camp at Lake Burrendong, Jazmin was a wonderful helper. Jazmin participated in all activities and utilised her leadership skills to help the instructors and Cadets.

The community does not expect to see teenagers volunteering, but our last major event was the Canowindra Balloon Glow. Jazmin is always on the roster to go to any duty St John Ambulance attend. Her polite and caring manner assists people who are in need of her first aid skills. GrowMolong has worked with St John Ambulance to provide 6 defibrillators to Molong sporting venues. Jazmin has been involved in the awareness training for the defibrillators with the Mens' Shed and at the wine tasting. Jazmin wears her uniform with pride and provides an excellent role model for other young people. Jazmin is well deserving of this award for her consistent effort and achievements in the Molong district.

Citizen Of The Year - Julie James Julie moved to Molong in 1983 and began working at the Molong Hospital. In 1998 she joined the Molong United Hospital Auxiliary. In 2017/18 the Auxiliary were awarded the Yvonne Lynch award for most money raised by a small Auxiliary group. She has been the treasurer for just over 8 years and secretary for 5 years.

In 1999 she became a member of the Molong Fire Brigade where she was the first female member. In 2020 the Hospital Auxiliary was awarded "Pitch It" grant to fund changes to the hospital grounds for the benefit of residents, patients, staff, visitors and community. She also assists in the care of two local residents. Her consistent commitment to the hospital and the community as a whole is to be commended.

Community Group Of The Year GrowMolong Incorporated GrowMolong Community Group was formed in November 2018 and since then members have worked hard to achieve improvements for Molong.

G stands for - Goals, which are reducing the flood risk, reduce the safety risks in the main street, and attract tourists to Molong by joining the Silo Art Trail with the painting of the Water Tank.

R stands for - Resources; this group gained financial support from local businesses, grant applications and Cabonne Council, but our members and their positive contributions are the greatest resource.

O stands for - Options, surveys conducted in the community were very positive with support for various concepts.

W stands for - Will, the members have a strong commitment and desire to achieve as a team and collaborate with the community, Cabonne

Cabonne Australia Day Awards Borenore/Nashdale

Young Citizen Of The Year Cameron Rasmussen Citizen Of The Year - Janet Treweek

Canowindra

Young Citizen Of The Year Claire Wright Citizen Of The Year - Robert Pearce Community Group Of The Year Canowindra Lions Club

Young Citizen Of The Year Adelaide Pittis Citizen Of The Year - Debra Thornberry Community Group Of The Year Cudal Bowling Club

Young Citizen Of The Year Claire Smith Citizen Of The Year - David Berney Community Group Of The Year Yeoval Progress Association

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Shire Awards

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Cabonne Sportsperson Of The Year - Macey Armstrong Cabonne Environmental Champion Of The Year - Robert Lee Cabonne Youth Ambassador Claire Wright

Young Citizen Of The Year Mackinley Den Citizen Of The Year - Kim Storey Community Group Of The Year Eugowra Wraps With Love Cabonne Environmental Champion Of The Year Robert Lee (Molong) Robert and his wife Kim have been managing their farm since the late 1990's. They have been focused on running highly productive and profitable business. They realised however that they had to at least maintain and hopefully improve the environment on the farm if they were going to pass on a viable farm to future generations.

Robert got involved in the Landcare movement locally by joining the committees of his local Landcare groups. He has been

Council, government departments and other authorities e.g. the Public Art on the Water Tank & reinstating the flood committee.

Another project is the collaboration with St John Ambulance and local sporting clubs to install 6 Defibrillators at various sporting venues in Molong.

GrowMolong has also produced several plans for enhancing and improving business, tourism, and employment opportunities in Molong.

Mullion Creek

Young Citizen Of The Year - Ava Thornberry

Young Citizen Of The Year - Macey Armstrong Citizen Of The Year - Rodney Montgomery Community Group Of The Year Cumnock Rural Fire Service

Julie James (Far Right) Fullfilling one of her many health support roles - this time at Covid testing at Molong.

Young Citizen Of The Year Maddie Press Citizen Of The Year - Cathy Sullivan Community Group Of The Year Manildra Preschool Young Citizen Of The Year Michela Paine Citizen Of The Year - Learne Spicer Community Group Of The Year Mullion Creek Community Social Association Inc

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Jazmin Pietrzak

Manildra

chairman at various times of 3 landcare groups.

Kim, Rob and their family have planted thousands of trees over the past 25 years.

Robert realised twenty years ago that global warming had the potential to swamp any efforts they made at home and grew more and more frustrated with the debate on the subject in Australia.

Robert joined the newly formed Farmers for Climate Action (FCA) in 2015. One of the goals of FCA is improve the understanding of climate change and the impact on agriculture across the regions and amongst farmers.

(L) Robert's landmark sign on the Mitchell Highway

Town Talk

Molong ... Plenty of CBD action CBA Bank - SOLD - what will it be?

Doing up main street buildings can take time and plenty of $$’s. This week the Express congratulates the lovely Kerry, the owner of one of Molong’s finest buildings (above, before-and right, progress this week). Congratulations to Kerry who is meeting the committment to maintain and repair her historical building and site in Bank Street. A

former bank building and residence with a marvellous stable - Kerry has spent the year’s of her ownership building her unique (award winning) business. With her business plan progressing to 2022 - Kerry can now focus her time on the Bank Street building.

We hear the new owners of this stylish building have the right skillset to achieve the best ‘rebirthing’ outcomes.

It is said that there are only two buildings of this architecture in the world (i.e. Californian/ Spanish). One somehwere in the USA and the other in ... Molong!

The memories of the delicious mix of aromas of freshly baked breads, cinnamon Right or wrong, thank you to the new owners buns, home-baked pies may remain as a past memory of this building. The sparkling and let’s hope they can attract some exciting bling of precious stones and pearls sold by the Jones family may also remain a loved tenants. memory.

We are grateful that this fine historical building is now in the hands of new owners.

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Meanwhile we hear that some are concerned at the prospect of trees in the median strip proposed for Bank Street.

The streetscape Draft Master Plan went public last year. Now that funding has been announced maybe another look at final plans might be in order.

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Cadia contribution gets Molong cooking

Newcrest Mining’s Cadia Valley Operations (Cadia) has supported GrowMolong to capture the culinary history of the town through a Heritage Cookbook. The book features recipes from the district’s families including many agricultural show winners and street stall favourites.

The donation which was made through Cadia’s Community Partnership Program helped turn the cookbook into a reality with 1,000 copies now available for sale.

GrowMolong Secretary, Julie Dean, said the local community has come together to contribute to the cookbook which acknowledges the heirloom and culinary skills of generations of families who contributed to the growth of the rural community.

“The recipes are all from around Molong. e have chased up the really good cooks in town to get them to donate their recipes and also included a photo or a piece of history that goes with that particular recipe.”

While the cookbook will be sure to bring some delicious food into the kitchens of homes across the region, a large source of the inspiration for the book was around focusing on mental health.

“The cookbook started off with the idea of supporting our local community with mental health issues. Molong has been faced with numerous challenges the past few years which has impacted the resilience, happiness and wellbeing of our small community. We hope this Heritage Cookbook will provide a positive and common thread to local conversations.”

A portion of all the proceeds from the book will be donated to Beyond Blue to support mental health in the Molong community, while the remaining proceeds go towards GrowMolong’s next project, painting murals on the silos in the Run over or beaten to pieces!! town.

Former resident Jonathan Rolfe left no Cadia General Manager, Aaron Brannigan, said discussion to be had when he negotiated with the book was a great way to unite the community.

Cabonne Councl MAG and Essential Energy “The cookbook is a celebration of the history to have three floodlights installed around the and families within the Molong community. It has pine tree in Allen McMahon Park (Euchareena been a challenging few years for the community Road/Watson Street intersection). which has been impacted by drought, COVID-19, Installed some 15+ years ago the lights have the mouse plague, and flooding. stood many tests of time and been of benefit “The heritage cookbook pays tribute to the to the town and night traffic on the highway. history of Molong, while also continuing to shine Hopefully it will be replaced - soon? a light on the challenges of mental health within rural communities.”

Cadia is the major sponsor of the Heritage Cookbookwith numerous local business and families also supporting the publication.

COVID-19 updates sharper focus

From Monday 24 January, the daily COVID-19 update provided by Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD) will begin to focus less on daily number of new cases identified and more on the impact on health facilities and frontline staff as well as vaccination rates, including booster shots.

Mark Spittal, WNSWLHD Chief Executive, said, ”Changes will be made progressively over the coming weeks as we move forward through the pandemic, to focus on the most practical and important messages for the community.

“We want to show the daily impact COVID-19 is having on our staff and hospitals, as well as focus on the uptake of vaccines in the 5-11 age bracket and booster shots – we know these figures are important to our communities.

“The number of new cases identified really just reflect on what is happening in the laboratory process. In previous phases of the pandemic they were useful but now the Omicron variant is in most of our communities, they are not the best indicator of risk anymore.

“We have been reporting the number of known cases identified across the District but with such good vaccination coverage, it’s incredibly likely there are many undiagnosed cases of COVID-19 in our communities.

“Put simply, COVID-19 is everywhere and that’s why we have consistently been encouraging everyone to take sensible precautions all the time, rather than using the number of new cases identified on any given day as a catalyst to be COVID-safe.

“The number of new cases identified each day, both by PCR and RAT, will continue to be readily available on the NSW Health website

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and the Service NSW app. They be broken down to specific areas and we will continue to link to those sources, so that information is easily accessible.

“We need to focus on the number of people in hospital across the District because it shows not just the impact of COVID-19 on health services, but also the consequence of not being COVIDsafe.

“Regardless of why people are in hospital, if they have COVID-19 their care requires significantly more resource and the wider impact of COVID-19 can place services under pressure.

“The impact on people who need non-urgent elective surgery is absolutely real and we are determined to get surgery back to being fully operational as soon as the need for capacity for COVID-19 care subsides.

“The individuals aren’t to blame, no one who is sensible intentionally catches COVID-19. But the reality is, the more we do as individuals and as a community to stay COVD-safe the more we’ll help reduce the impact on health services, which means those services can cope better and resume normal activity quicker.

“We need our health services and workforce there for everyone, not just COVID-19 patients.

That’s particularly relevant as summer ends and enter colder months, when we typically have an upswing in demand.

“The best way for our communities to help is to get vaccinated as soon as possible, gets the kids vaccinated now they are eligible, and get your booster shot as soon as you can.

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(L to R) – Newcrest’s Nicole Morris with GrowMolong’s Julie Dean and Viv Sharpless with copies of the cookbook which are now for sale.

Cudal & District Pony Club boost

Member for Orange Philip Donato MP today, Monday 24th January 2022, officially announced the successful grants funding application by the Cudal & District Pony Club Inc for the purchase of a zero turn lawn mower for ongoing maintenance of the Cudal Show Grounds.

The successful grant application was part of the 2021 NSW Government-funded Community Building Partnership Grants Program. $399,300 was allocated to 17 projects across the electorate, including $20,000 to the CudaI & District Pony Club Inc. "This funding will enable the Cudal & District Pony Club to maintain their amazing facilities that include over 40 acres of lands.

The Cudal Pony Club is one of the region's original Pony Clubs with a long standing history in the Central

West.

"It is busy and well participated club with members and competitors from all over the Orange Electorate using the grounds and facilities which include a cross country track, during the week, with events held on most weekends.

"It's great to be able to do my part in supporting and advocating for local organisations such as the CudaI & District Pony Club Inc, who are an essential part of the community. The receipt of this funding makes a huge difference, not just to the club, but to the broader community who utilise and enjoy the Cudal Showground.

Prior to this funding the Club was having to rely on the help and time of their committee members and volunteers, and a loan of their mowers or machinery to maintain the grounds" said Mr Donato.

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View from the Hill

Michelle Grattan

Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Scott Morrison’s ministerial team looks far from match-fit It sounded a touch desperate – Prime Minister Scott Morrison imploring backpackers to “come on down” to Australia, as the Omicron crisis escalated.

“Enjoy a holiday here”, said the one-time managing director of Tourism Australia, and “at the same time join our workforce and help us”.

The backpacker flow is slow, so there’ll be a $3 million advertising campaign (minus Lara Bingle) to lure them, and they’ll get a rebate on their visas if they come soon.

People were quick to see the irony – while Morrison was spruiking working holidays, travel advice in the US was updated to say “avoid travel to Australia”.

“Come on down” wasn’t Morrison’s only trite line.

Another was that “we must respect” Omicron. This accompanies his insistence we shouldn’t “fear” it, part of the pitch for a “balanced” response to the pandemic’s latest ogre.

There’s a lot of fear on the loose. Fear in the health sector about coping in the coming weeks. Families’ fear for relatives shut away in aged care homes. Fear in some businesses that shortages of workers or customers or both could kill them.

And then there are the people feeling vulnerable to the disease itself, even if it is mild in a majority of cases.

Morrison says he and the government understand the frustration of Australians going through this disrupted summer. Polling reflects feelings well beyond frustration.

Nine’s Resolve poll, published this week, had the Coalition’s primary vote (34%) falling behind Labor’s (35%).

Apart from unforeseen events, the PM’s future will be a gamble on voter volatility. They’re in a very grumpy mood now. But where will they be in May? To exacerbate his troubles, as he fights his way through the coming hazardous months, Morrison is surrounded by a team that looks far from match-fit, once you get beyond Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

Frydenberg has returned to the fray after his bout of COVID; Morrison will have to depend on him for much of the heavy lifting, beyond crafting the budget.

Key to the Coalition’s re-election campaign will be a massive attack on Anthony Albanese. But where are the effective attack dogs to back up the leader?

Mathias Cormann, now watching the unfolding Australian drama from the luxury of his OECD job in Paris, was regularly deployed to land punches; his replacement, Simon Birmingham, is diligent without Cormann’s impact.

In canine terms, Barnaby Joyce is of a breed that poses risk to their owners. He may or may not hold up the Nationals’ regional vote but could be costing the Coalition

support in the cities, where independent candidates make much of declaring their Liberal opponents “vote with Barnaby”.

Peter Dutton, who still carries a leadership baton, is a classic head kicker but seems to be keeping his own head down. He is expected, however, to step up his activity soon and will be central to the national security theme in the government’s election campaign.

On climate policy, Angus Taylor, a poor communicator, will need to be wary of miscuing in trying to demolish Labor’s policy. The Coalition won’t get away with exaggerations like 2019.

Given Morrison’s vulnerability among female voters, the PM also needs ministers who can mount a convincing case on women’s policy. But Minister for Women Marise Payne hasn’t shown herself up to the task – she hates venturing into the media, and is tied up with her main portfolio of foreign affairs. There is no Julie Bishop in the ranks.

As Morrison tries to pressure states to open their schools on time and keep them open, Education Minister Alan Tudge remains sidelined while an inquiry examines an allegation (which he denies) from a former staffer and ex-lover that he was violent towards her (kicking her out of bed). There’s no official word on the report’s timing.

If Tudge isn’t definitively cleared, Morrison will have yet another problem.

In the vital health area, the hyperactive Greg Hunt will run hard to the finishing line. But he’s retiring, leaving the pertinent question of who’d be his successor in a reelected Morrison government.

Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly this week described what that person, or Labor’s Mark Butler if there’s a change of government, can expect to face.

“I think [in] winter we will see more COVID. That’s been the case in every winter so far in all parts of the world. Whether that will be Omicron for people that have not yet got it during this wave or another variant, I can’t tell that.

"What I do know, though, is we’re almost certainly going

to have a flu season this year as well in winter. And flu and coronavirus together, as has been seen in several countries in the northern hemisphere right now, is a challenge.”

Meanwhile, Morrison, having waved the populist flag by dispatching the unvaccinated Novak Djokovic, is undermined by homegrown vaccine rebels in his ranks.

This week he denounced the views of the Nationals’ George Christensen, who said parents should not have their children vaccinated, and Christensen has been forced to stand down from a parliamentary committee.

With a February parliamentary sitting looming, who knows whether Christensen will play up in the House? Certainly the two Coalition senators, Alex Antic and Gerard Rennick, who late last year boycotted votes on government legislation because Morrison wouldn’t try to override state vaccine mandates, remain defiant.

The fortnight February session will be brief but brutal.

There’ll be Senate estimates hearings, always full of grenades. In the lower house, it will be hard for Labor to “lose” question times.

In the middle of the fortnight, on February 12, will be a “super Saturday” – four state byelections in NSW. These results will have significant fallout for the mood federally.

The seats are Willoughby (Liberal, 21%), Strathfield (Labor, 5%), Bega (Liberal, 6.9%) and Monaro (Nationals, 11.6%). All have high-profile departees – respectively, Gladys Berejiklian, Jodi McKay (former Labor leader), Andrew Constance (former state minister now running federally) and John Barilaro (former Nationals leader).

The NSW government has been hand-in-glove with Morrison in wanting to “push through” the Omicron crisis with everything as open as possible.

Super Saturday will be a referendum on NSW leader Dominic Perrottet’s handling of Omicron, a test of whether COVID management is turning from an electoral positive to a negative. It will also be an indirect judgement on Morrison’s handling of it too – or at least it will be seen as such.

While Super Saturday will be an important real-time barometer before the May federal election, it won’t be the last. South Australia goes to the polls on March 19, with the Liberal government on the ropes as it struggles with COVID and the fallout from scandals.

A big Super Saturday swing against the NSW government would send deep shock waves through the federal Coalition, which (on conventional wisdom) needs to make gains in that state to survive. If a bad result in SA brought a double hit, the mood in the Morrison ranks would be extremely bleak. (theconversation.com.au)

Australia Day Awards CUDAL

Young Citizen Of The Year - Adelaide Pittis Adelaide is a star in the Cudal community. When Adelaide finished crawling she started her running career as she didn’t walk she ran. She was only 7 when she joined Little Athletics . Adelaide loves to run and specialises in sprint running. She has won numerous State Titles and State Cross Country Champion 2019 at Eastern Creek 2019. 1st of 78 Competitors and broke Melinda Gainsford Taylors record on one occasion.

Adelaide is a determined and spirited young girl with the will to win that is inspiring. Adelaide has made her parents and family very proud. Fair to say the whole Cudal community is very proud of Adelaide and look forward to what is to come from her in the future.

Citizen Of The Year - Debra Thornberry Deb has always been generous with her time, she is a working wife and mother of two and was involved with fundraising and volunteering for the Cudal Community Pre-School, Cudal Public School P & C, Cudal Soccer Club, Cudal Amateur Swimming Club, Cudal Tennis Club.

She has been a member of the Cudal M & D Society for many years and is a very reliable participant and helper for all plays and productions. Deb is a staunch supporter of the annual Relay for Life and organises a team every year, fundraising and encouraging other participants.

Deb has been on the Cudal Bowling Club Committee/ Board for many years, and still is. She volunteers her time for Friday and Sunday raffles, fundraising events, fun community events and anything else she can.

Deb is a selfless and generous person and very big part of the Cudal community.

Community Group Of The Year - Cudal Bowling Club Cudal Bowling Club is a club with a strong past and ties to the local community. They pride themselves on their community engagement, support and sponsor the majority of local sporting teams and community groups.

The Club is run by a voluntary Board of Directors.

The club plays an important part in the community and is the social hub of the town for many patrons. It was important they stay open during the last 2 years with the snap overnight lockdowns and ever changing restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Board has also made many changes to the club including, children’s play room, retiling of the smokers room, a new gaming room, 2 new pool tables for the children in the auditorium, upgrading the cool room,

purchased a courtesy bus and finally removing the carpet from the bar!

Moving forward they hope to be successful with their grant applications and with their new architectural plans.

They look forward to making some significant changes to make the Club more family friendly and inviting to the entire community.

CUMNOCK

Young Citizen Of The Year - Macey Armstrong Macey has attended Cumnock Public School since Kindergarten. In 2021 was school captain where she was an outstanding and exceptional captain. Macey has represented the school at many sporting, cultural and community events and has been a supportive, enthusiastic and dedicated member of the many organisations she has represented over the years. She is a responsible, mature and enthusiastic student who has accepted leadership opportunities during sport, library, peer mediation and through her work with the Cumnock Show Society, the Cumnock Swimming Club, the Cumnock Markets, and other local organisations and events.

In her sporting pursuits, Macey has achieved an outstanding level of representation at school, regional and state level in athletics, swimming, cross country, touch football, hockey and has been an exceptional role model in this area.

Citizen Of The Year - Rodney Montgomery Rodney Montgomery has been an active member of the Cumnock community his whole life, growing up in town and returning in 1999 after working in Sydney.

Throughout his life, Rodney has continually served and supported the community, always going above and beyond without ever making a fuss or seeking any form of recognition. His timeless support and commitment has ensured the survival of local clubs and organisations and supported to build the spirit of community which exists in our small country town. His lifelong support and commitment has been recognised with both the local Golf Club and Bowling Club awarding him Life Membership.

At the age of 74 Rodney is still working for Australia Post, ensuring that all residents continue to receive their mail. Outside of his work, Rodney volunteers his time at the local Golf Club and Bowling Club. He is also an active committee member of the Progress Association. As an active citizen of Cumnock, Rodney picks up shopping and medication for residents who can not travel to the nearest town of Molong.

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Community Group Of The Year - Cumnock Rural Fire Service The Cumnock Bush Fire Brigade was formed in 1933 almost 83 years ago.

Cumnock has been supported by many amazing volunteers over the years. Many have risked their own well being to save property, people and livestock. The brigade is also called on duty for vehicle accidents and support in serious incidents in the community. Members of the Cumnock brigade have been instrumental in making many changes for better communication on the fire ground. CB radios were an initiative of Cumnock.

This initiative then went onto to be a Cabonne protocol and then a wider used protocol. All farmers at this time were given a channel number which is still used to this day.

Cumnock Brigade has grown from humble beginnings – from old fashion antiquated equipment -such as leather beaters to now having the most modern equipment.

The Cumnock Rural Fire shed is one of the most modern and in size the largest in the state. It was opened in October 2019. Cumnock is also currently equipped with five modern trucks in their fleet.

It has been interesting to see the changes in the brigade over the 89 years, but the one thing that hasn’t changed - is the selfless giving of time and courage of these volunteers, who are here to help serve their community and district.

MANILDRA

Young Citizen Of The Year - Maddie Press Maddie Press is a great asset to Manildra with her beautiful smile and helpful nature. Maddie is an employee of Coffee On Kiewa where she is a hard worker who is pleasant and friendly. She enjoys customer service as it allows her to participate with fellow community members.

Maddie enjoys playing League Tag for the Manildra Rhinos, Touch Football, Netball and is on the Manildra Rhinos Committee.

She also organised the Netball competition at the Manildra Bowling Club. Maddie is always quick to lend a hand and is always approachable. Manildra is lucky to have such a friendly and helpful girl in their community.

Citizen Of The Year - Cathy Sullivan Cathy Sullivan has been a volunteer and has worked on many community organisations over her lifetime. She has worked tirelessly for organisations like: Street stalls and fundraising for Molong Pre-School and Molong Central School, in fact she worked on the Molong Central School Canteen for over twenty years.

She was a member of the Nara Japan Society, fundraising and hosting billets for approximately eight years.

She was involved with the running and supervising of the Molong Discos.

She is also a very active member of Manildra Craft Cottage. She has volunteered with Manildra Library reading to Manildra Pre-School children. Cathy has been Secretary of the Manildra Show Society for well over ten years. She is also a member of the Manildra Lions Club.

Cathy is a valued member of the Manildra and district community.

Community Group Of The Year - Manildra Preschool Manildra Preschool Early Learning Centre is a notfor-profit, community run Preschool. They have been in Manildra since the 1980’s. In 2020 they re- opened their doors as a community-run Preschool, being operated by a volunteer Committee. They are an energetic, positive & enthusiastic team whose sole purpose is to improve Preschool for their children and the future children of Manildra.

They strive to improve their Centre, constantly searching for grants or fundraising opportunities to engage the community and showcase the amazing Centre.

The Preschool continuously engages with the Manildra Community, running their ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ during the COVID pandemic, holding fundraising events and buying local & using local trades in the first instance.

They are passionate and committed to ensuring their Centre is the best it can be and ensuring it remains a viable and sustainable organisation within the town.

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More than a cookbook Coconut Cake with Frosting

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INGREDIENTS 125 g butter ¾ cup sugar 2 large eggs 1 cup coconut 1½ cups self-raising flour ¾ cup milk FROSTING INGEDIENTS 125 g butter 1½ cups icing sugar 2 tblspns milk METHOD - Cake • Mix all ingredients together • Bake in moderate oven 190°C between 35-45 minutes

(Above) Paul Mullins drove all the way to Parkes to tick off the ‘Dish’ from his bucket list. But look at the sign at the gate. He waved Rozzi through as he waited in the car.

METHOD – Frosting • Beat well until smooth and creamy • Spread over cake and sprinkle with coconut Doris McNab

Move over Gordon Ramsey! Better than any other cookbook on the market ... and well worth following to create affordable, wholesome family meals.

‘The Heritage Cookbook - Family Recipes from Molong and District’ is now available at SPAR, the Express, Newsagencies, Karen & Sarah’s (hairdressers), the Yarn Market, district Craft Cottages, etc. etc.

This is not only a recipe book of tried and testeds foods served up to hungry families, shearing teams, and made for cake stalls and fundraising events - it is also a unique publication put together by locals - that holds photos, local stories and the history of food in this area.

Introducing one of the best ...

Good food is nothing new to Molong’s Doris McNab who has cooked for family, church, extended family, street stalls, fundraisers, school events, shearing teams etc over what could equate to some 80 years of her life.

Question is: How many eggs has

Example: One of Molong’s favourite women Mrs McNab is one of the many great local cooks featured in this book. Read opposite.

Bank St MOLONG

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Mrs McNab cracked into mixing bowls and saucepans, custards, cakes and biscuits during her kitchen days?

Answer: Possibly 1 dozen eggs per week over 80 years of baking/ cooking.

That’s somewhere around 46,000 eggs fetched from the farm chook house ... laid by changing teams of well cared for chooks.

As a country cook Doris focussed what she made on providing nutritious, fresh healthy foods to satisfy growing and hardworking bodies.

Here is my favourite recipe (from Mrs McNab’s contribution to this marvellous book now on sale@ $45. All proceeds support local mental health programs. (See P.4 this issue of the Express by one of the main sponsors - Newcrest Cadia Operations).

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Black Spot Aphids & other creepies A weekly column by Rozzi and contributors

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

The current summer weather in our neck of the woods i.e. Molong and parts of Cabonne Country- has brought with it an amazing range of ‘creepy crawlies’ that can fly, live on the soil, hide amongst bushes, and chomp away at our beautiful rose gardens.

Turning to my favourite gardening advice centre ... ABC Gardening Australia ... I found this very helpful fact sheet Series 18 Episode 07 which together with local gardener’s advice - and long-time remedies to get rid of all intruders - provides me with just about all of the information I need.

Fingers crossed!

Aphids appear to be under control since I purchased real live ladybirds

and their larvae and placed them around my rose bushes. I have only seen one ladybird since ... but my $$investment in these delightful aphid munchers has returned positive dividends. Gone are the aphids! (Note: I will be ordering more of these ladybirds in the coming weeks - let me know if you would like to place an order 0490734650.)

Black Spot is (I think) a curse - it seems to be a constant problem on some of my rose bushes. Still, there’s some good advice in Gardening Australia’s advice/information sheet. (See Below)

“Roses are the world's favourite flower, and black spot is the scourge of rose growers. Black spot is a fungal disease and it thrives in warm humid climates. It starts off as a black spot in the leaf and then it turns yellow and eventually the leaf falls off, and if it's really bad, the plant can die.

Q & A for Gardeners

Lavender, which has an incredibly strong scent, can be planted to protect nearby plants from pests such as white fly. In Sydney’s Botanical Gardens it’s also used to mask the scent of roses from aphids. Basil is another companion plant that is often used to repel aphids.

The first thing to do is to open up the rose bush to create more air movement through the middle and that minimises the risk of humidity.

Common aphid targets include a wide variety of food plants such as fruit trees, melons, vinegrown vegetables, underground vegetables, leafy vegetables, and some herbs. They also feed on ornamentals, shrubs, and non-fruit trees. They are also attracted to some weedy plants like sowthistle and milkweed Plant flowers, such as marigolds, calendula, sunflower, daisy, alyssum, or dill nearby to attract beneficial insects that love to feed on aphids. Ladybugs and lacewings are especially effective at devouring them.

Marigolds, known for being able to drive away all kinds of pests, have a scent that keeps aphids far away. Catnip, known for attracting cats, also has a way of repelling most other pests, aphids included. Some other fragrant herbs, such as fennel, dill, and cilantro are also known to deter aphids.

Coffee grounds are usually touted as a cureall when it comes to controlling garden pests like aphids, snails, and slugs, but truth is… there’s no truth to their pest-repelling power. ... Save those coffee grounds, banana peels, and other kitchen scraps for your compost pile instead, where they’ll be much more useful.

Aphids are small, sap-eating insects that are attracted to roses.

While most plants can handle a few aphids without suffering any permanent damage, you may need to take action against aphid infestations if they’re damaging or killing your roses. Watering your plants daily is a simple step that you can take to keep aphids off of your plants while keeping them healthy. If watering doesn’t prove to be enough, you can introduce predators of the aphid to your garden. If this also proves to be ineffective, you can coat your plants in an organic repellent using soap, garlic, or neem oil.

Neem Oil? Made from 100% botanical ingredients and registered organic (Australian Organic), is very effective on a broad range of chewing and sucking insects.

Safe for beneficial insects (only insects which eat the sprayed plants are affected). Not suitable for Edibles Economical (100ml makes up to 50 litres) Eco-Neem is a registered organic insecticide for the control of chewing and sucking insects including caterpillars, curl grubs, grasshoppers, mealybugs, lawn armyworm, aphids, mites, citrus leafminer, fungus gnats and whitefly. It suppresses appetite so insects stop feeding and starve to death. Eco-neem also causes distorted pest growth increasing mortality and making them more susceptible to predator attack.

Watering the rose foliage creates the right environment for the proliferation of the disease, so never water the foliage.

Always water around the roots of the rose and give it a good soaking.

Plants are no different to people - the better fed they are, the more likely they are to resist disease. And that's also true with roses and black spot so that means give your roses a good feed every six to eight weeks through the growing season with an organically based rose fertiliser.

When the black spot spore lands on the leaf, it germinates and sends its little root system through the cell wall into the sap stream below and it proliferates. If you thicken that cell wall, the spore lands on the top, the root system germinates and it goes halfway through and then fizzles out, and so you get less black spot. But

how do you thicken that cell wall? It's easy - just use sulphate of potash and give them about 100 to 150 grams per bush about four times a year - this should guarantee a lot less black spot.

Even after attending to the nutritional needs of roses, there will still be a need to spray. There are plenty of safe and organic ways to treat black spot.

Try using two teaspoons of bicarb soda in 5 litres of water, add a couple of drops of detergent or a couple of drops of seaweed extract. This makes an excellent and inexpensive fungicide. Or use Bordeaux mixture or one of the other copper based fungicides.

Nutrition and spraying will control most black spot but from time to time some bushes will be chronically affected. The only thing to do is to rip these out so they don't infect any of the others.

Remember, garden hygiene is of vital importance. Go round on a regular basis and pick off any black spot affected leaves, put them in a plastic bag and tie the top tightly.

Then leave it out in the sun to cook and that will kill the spores. Don't put them in the compost heap, instead put them in the bin. When you control black spot, you can have some beautiful roses.”

MOLONG EXPRESS, Thursday 27 January 2022 9

Sport Cricket

Greg Pringle

Molong over Orange in Rod Hartas Trophy match

Molong overcame Orange in the Rod Hartas Trophy representative match by 5 wickets at Orange’s Riawena Oval.

Orange won the toss and elected to bat.

Molong bowled and fielded very well putting Orange under constant pressure, the home team scoring at a slow rate managing mostly singles in the first 10 overs.

Molong captain Chris Beatty managed his bowlers very well with crucial well timed bowling changes.

Orange opener S Daburger batted well holding the Orange innings together scoring 54.

Most other batsman got starts but fell to some wonderful bowling from the Molong attack.

Orange all out in the 34th over for 141.

Nick Traves was outstanding taking 5 for 33.

Brendan Traves 2 for 14 and Janie Austin with 3 for 21 were also superb.

In reply Molong lost early wickets to be 2 for 10 and then 3 for 24, however a 97 run partnership between brothers Sam and Jamie Austin put Molong in a great position to win the match.

Sam was dismissed for 53 and Jamie carried his bat scoring the winning runs with a brilliant 63no. Molong passing Orange with the loss of only 5 wickets.

A very good win by Molong over a much more fancied side.

Next Sunday Molong will host Blue Mountains at Dr Ross Memorial Oval.

Molong Bowls Brag

BRAG IS BACK

Commencing Friday 4 Feb. Nominations close Tuesday 1 Feb. Nominate your team of 3 or just yourself and join the best Friday social night out in the southern hemisphere.

Can’t play bowls? - who cares!

Nominations on board at Bowlo, at the newsagent or call club on 63668241 or Bron on 63668717.

Molong Golf SUNDAY Sunday January 23rd saw nineteen players ( I don’t think I could call all of them golfers ) at the Royal Molong golf course for a twelve hole two person ambrose event. Ged played as a swinger this week joining Matt and Heffo who were the winners and Paul and Jess who were the runners up for the second week running. I’m not sure if Ged had any influence on the result or was just along for the ride.

After a bbq lunch cooked by Troy the Annual General Meeting was held with approximately twenty four people in attendance which is the most they have had at the AGM for quite a few years.

Mark Oates stepped aside as President after four years and Ged Fulwood has taken on the role.

There are quite a few new faces on this years committee with a few of the old hands continuing in their role and a full committee is in place which is encouraging to see.

With so many new face’s comes new ideas and the future of the club is looking bright. Scott and Kerry Oates were nominated for life

LANDMARK TABLELANDS LIVESTOCK

CTLX CATTLE 25 January It was a fair quality yarding with a pretty good selection of young cattle to suit the feeders and processors along with a few good pens of grown steers and heifers. It was a much plainer quality yarding of around 55 cows. Not all the regular buyers were present with both some feeder buyers and processors absent.

Young cattle to the trade were around firm with prime vealers selling to 596c/kg. Prime steer yearlings sold from 457c to 581c while the prime heifer yearlings sold from 480c to 569c/ kg. Feeder steers and heifers were 8c cheaper and more in places with the feeder steers selling from 455c to 600c/kg. Feeder heifers sold from 470c to 579c/kg. The few young cattle to the restockers were around firm with the young steers selling to 715c while the young heifers sold to 594c/kg.

Grown steers were 4c cheaper while the grown heifers were dearer. Prime grown steers sold from 390c to 480c while the prime grown heifers sold from 352c to 470c/kg. Cows were up to 22c cheaper with the prime heavy weights selling from 330c to 340c to average 335c/kg.

Heavy bulls sold to 358c/kg.

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CTLX SHEEP 19 January It was a good quality yarding with a pretty good selection of trade lambs along with a few pens of well finished heavy weights. There were also fair numbers to suit the restockers along with a couple of pens of trade weight Merino lambs. Not all the regular buyers were back buying with some works still struggling for workers.

Trade weight new season lambs were firm to $5 cheaper while the trade weight shorn lambs were $10/head dearer. Trade weight new season lambs sold from $175 to $214 while the trade weight old lambs sold from $175 to $213/ head to average between 840c and 870c/kg cwt. Heavy weight lambs were dearer on quality with the old lambs over 24kg selling from $220 to $272/head to average between 830c and 865c/kg cwt. Trade weight Merino lambs sold from $156 to $172/head. Restocker lambs were firm with the better types selling from $125 to $191 while very young lambs sold down to $30/ head. Hoggets sold to $193/head.

There were some very good sheep along with larger numbers of plainer sheep in a mixed yarding of mutton where most grades were $20 to $30/head cheaper. Merino ewes sold from $75 to $145 while crossbred ewes sold from $70 to $175/head. Merino wethers sold from $90 to $150/head. The restockers were active paying from $45 to $123 for Merino ewes and from $112 to $127/head for Merino wethers.

MOLONG EXPRESS, Thursday 27 December 2021

Gerard

membership at the AGM for all the work they put into the club.

The Molong golf club is most grateful for the effort Mark has put into Royal Molong over his four years as President. When he first started there were only four of us playing on a Sunday. Now we are getting numbers in the high teens and sometimes in the low twenties and everyone is pleased that Mark persevered and somehow kept the club going.

Mark was teeing off in front of the clubhouse in one particular event.

As he was going through his preshot routine a voice called from the clubhouse “ would the man on the women’s tee please move back to the men’s tee”.

Mark ignored the request and kept concentrating on his routine.

The same request was repeated.

This time Mark turned and replied “ would the person in the clubhouse kindly stop shouting and let me play my second shot “ Golf again on Sunday, 8.30am for 9am. All welcome.

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REG’S BENCH The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello."

"Mrs. Sanders, please."

"Speaking."

"Mrs. Sanders, this is Doctor Jones at Saint Agnes Laboratory. When your husband's doctor sent his biopsy to the lab last week, a biopsy from another Mr. Sanders arrived as well... We are now uncertain which one belongs to your husband. Frankly, either way the results are not too good."

"What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.

"Well, one of the specimens tested positive for Alzheimer's and the other one tested positive for HIV. We can't tell which is which."

"That's dreadful! Can you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.

"Normally we can, but MEDICARE will only pay for these expensive tests once."

"Well, what am I supposed to do now?"

"The MEDICARE Helpdesk recommend that you drop your husband off somewhere in the middle of town”. “If he finds his way home, don't sleep with him!

The mother-in-law arrives home from shopping to find her son-in-law boiling angry and hurriedly packing his suitcase.

"What happened ?" she asks anxiously.

"What happened!! I'll tell you what happened. I sent an e-mail to my wife telling her I was coming home today from my fishing trip. I get home... and guess what I found ? Yes, your daughter, my Jean, with a naked guy in our marital bed! This is unforgiveable, the end of our marriage. I'm done. I'm leaving forever!"

"Calm down, calm down!" says his mother-in-law. "There is something very odd going on here. Jean would never do such a thing! There must be a simple explanation. I 'll go speak to her

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immediately and find out what happened."

Moments later, the mother-in-law comes back with a big smile.

"I told you there must be a simple explanation she didn't receive your email" A man sees a sign outside a house 'Talking Dog For Sale.' He rings the bell, the owner appears and tells him the dog can be viewed in the back garden. The man sees a very nice looking Labrador Retriever sitting there. "Do you really talk?" he asks the dog. "Yes," the Labrador replies. After recovering from the shock of hearing the dog talk, the man asks, "So, tell me your story." The Labrador looks up and says, "Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I was sold to the SAS. In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one imagined that a dog would be eavesdropping. I was one of their most valuable spies for 8 years".

"But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at Keneddy Airport to do some undercover security work, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded several medals".

"Then I got married, had a few puppies, and now I've just retired." The man is amazed. He goes back into the house and asks the owner how much he wants for the dog. " £10 ," the owner says. "£10!

But your dog is absolutely amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheaply?"

"Because he's a lying b#stard... he's never been out of the garden.

Across 1 Noisy quarrel (6) 4 Self-possession, coolness (6) 8 Invited (5) 9 Frightening creature (7) 10 Section of a book (7) 11 Freight (5) 12 Tibetan religious leader (5,4) 17 Out-and-out (5) 19 Brought back to life (7) 21 Bank employees (7) 22 Tropical fruit (5) 23 Cartoon spinach eater (6) 24 Appraise (6) Down 1 Debacle (6) 2 Causing inconvenience (7) 3 Inspect accounts (5) 5 Cure for all ills (7) 6 Exterior (5) 7 Accept a loan (6) 9 Shrove Tuesday festival

(5,4) 13 Theft (7) 14 Make progress (7) 15 Barney (4-2) 16 Obnoxious (6)

18 Flowering bulb (5) 20 Seductive women (5)

a month to us (8) 5 Loving a party call (7) 6 Writing censored by editor taken to court (10) 9 Cook sent in more soup (10) 12 People who work backstage making furniture? (8) 14 Replacement for the acre! (7) 16 Do they pull tall

buildings? (6) 19 Uplift one gets in a crowd (5) 20 Get a poor number of spectators (4)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Sailor with coat and first man to cover a road?

(10) 7 Article about performance (7) 8 New husband is a stable man (5) 10 Top of skirt has new waistband (4) 11 Doubt set in quotes (8) 13 Be united with company present (6) 15 Moves after I left cagebirds (6) 17 Where schoolchildren bought food for friar's dance? (4-4) 18 Norse god with some authority (4) 21 A girl of the Indian Empire (5) 22 One tail wagging with great joy (7) 23 Lasting well in its present form (10) Down 1 Parasites making right marks (5) 2 The ceremony is correct, we hear (4) 3 Using maximum power, everyone is on strike (3-3) 4 Roman emperor giving

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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PUBLIC NOTICES

POSITIONS VACANT

MOLONG RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB Annual General Meeting

Looking for a career in Local Government?

Cabonne Council has the following positions vacant: • Town Maintenance Officer (6 months Casual) • Biosecurity (Weeds) Officer • Environmental Services Coordinator • After School Hours Care Assistant (Casual) – Molong • After School Hours Care Assistant (Casual) – Clergate • After School Hours Care Supervisor (Casual) – Clergate • Customer Service Officer • Temporary Customer Service Officer (Maternity Relief) • Roadworks Maintenance Officers x 2 • Roadworks Site Supervisors x 3 • Technical Officer - Transport 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

Monday february 7 at 6pm Telegraph Hotel meeting room All positions are vacant We desperately need more people to join our small committee and need volunteer helpers for season 2022 All interested sponsors, players and supporters are invited to attend

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DEATH & FUNERAL ROBERSON, Aileen Marie

January 22, 2022 Passed away suddenly at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Late of Molong. Dearly loved wife of Mervyn (deceased). Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Vickie and Graeme Walker, Michael Roberson, Cheryl Roberson, Patrick and Connie Roberson, Mary Roberson, Teresa and Alan Mood, Narelle Roberson (deceased), Anita Hawtin and David Cooper, Annette Eldridge. Loved ‘Ma’ of Jason and Jen, Sarah and Matt, Tara and Elly, Emma, David and Lachlan, Matthew, Melissa. A loved sister, sister-in-law and aunt to all her family.

Get in touch: M: 123 Byng Street Orange T: 02 6362 5199 E: orange@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Sunday 30 Jan Molong 8.30am: Heather Woodhouse 63668218

The family and friends of Aileen are kindly invited to her Requiem Mass to be held at St Lawrence O’Toole Catholic Church, Molong on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 commencing at 1.30pm. At the conclusion of the service the cortege will proceed to the Molong Cemetery.

Donations in lieu of flowers may be made at the service to Youth off the Streets.

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has now moved from Bank Street to the Gatekeeper’s Cottage

Phil Donato MP

CHURCH NOTICES

Claim the date – 2022 Send your 2022 dates to molongexpress@bigpond.net.au

February

3 Molong Men’s Shed meets 8 Molong Probus 10am Bowling Club

March

Now available: Chinese Money Plants - potted in gorgeous blue and white quality chinese style pots . Spiritual presence for homes, gardens ... and perfect for gifts.

Believed to bring good luck, money and fortune to its owner (homes or business) the Chinese Money Plants have circular leaves that look like coins. Each comes with a gold coin planted to bring even more good luck.

For the Outdoors - Ready to start planting for late Autumn/Spring displays Lovely White and Pink Butterfly Plants AND Walking Iris’s Rozzi, 0490734650 or rozzismith@bigpond.com

3 Molong Men’s Shed 8 Molong Probus 10am Bowling Club (AGM)

April

7 Molong Men’s Shed

May

5 Molong Men’s Shed

June

2 Molong Men’s Shed

July

7 Molong Men’s Shed

August

4 Molong Men’s Shed

September

1 Molong Men’s Shed

October

6 Molong Men’s Shed (AGM)

November

3 Molong Men’s Shed

December

Authorised by Philip Donato MP, Member for Orange, produced using parliamentary entitlements

QUICK CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

“ An Energetic, Enthusiastic Company with a Passion for Success”

In a record breaking period Ray White Emms Mooney have again achieved the Ray White Chairman’s Elite Business Leader Award. This is the highest award achievable, and is given to agencies who have reached the Top 1% of the Ray White Group Internationally. Whilst previously you could argue that there were many influences that led to their success in the past, such as low interest rates, commodity prices and the pandemic, however Managing Director of Ray White Rural Stephen Nell believes this is the result of the high skill levels within the entire Ray White Emms Mooney network. Mr Nell said “it is a testament to the leadership of the business and a reflection to their commitment and processes providing premium results for their clients.”

Director Patrick Bird said while he is extremely proud of the team, he believes it is a result of their efficiencies, process and strong ambition to deliver results. This is the second consecutive year that the Ray White Emms Mooney network have achieved such a result however they have achieved the Chairman’s Elite recognition in half the time compared to the previous year.

Mr Bird said “it is phenomenal and we are extremely honoured for the recognition”.

From Real Estate, to Livestock, to Property Management, to Administration, Ray White Emms Mooney is the largest network in the Central West and Central Tablelands spanning across the Oberon, Bathurst, Blayney, Cowra, Molong and Orange regions. Director Ben Emms believes “it’s the pride that the staff carry in all aspects of their roles that have contributed to their individual and company success”. “Whatever the task, they believe and respect each other and as a director that is really humbling to witness”.

Ray White Emms Mooney

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Auction

“Allambie North” A spectacular rural lifestyle offering Manildra, 57 Coates Creek Road

Outstanding 149ha* (369ac*) mixed farming property presenting a high level of agricultural performance & suitable for cattle, sheep & cropping with rich soils, secure water & cultivation opportunities • 3 separate titles, 2 building envelopes and the opportunity for the 3rd building entitlement (STCA) • 8km* to Manildra, 8km* to Cudal, 48km* to Orange, 300km* to Sydney • Heavy red basalt soils and secure water with 5 sufficient dams, a bore site & a reticulating water system • Steel cattle yards, loading ramp, 7 paddocks & easy access via Coates Creek Road & Yellow Box Road

Auction Forthcoming Auction View

By Appointment Kurt Adams 0428 747 050

Auction

Desirable Central Location Orange, 149 Margaret Street

Your Local Agent...

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.

Kurt Adams | 0428 747 050 kurt.adams@raywhite.com

Walking distance to the CBD is only one of the fantastic features of this awesome property.

This renovated 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home will suit an array of buyers with its low maintenance living from tradies, to downsizers or first homeowners, this property will suit the lot.

• Open plan kitchen dining and living • Easy-care 771sqm lot with a patio for hosting guests & a fenced backyard • Large double garage with electric roller door and access to the backyard

Ray White Emms Mooney

Auction Friday 18th February, 10.30am View Sat 29th Jan 9.30am - 10am James Taylor 045 792 800

34 Bank Street Molong | 02 6366 9606 | raywhiteemc.com

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