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and biosecurity concerns.
Poultry grower Rob Kestel welcomes anyone concerned about animal welfare to visit his Gingin farm, where he raises well over 800 000 meat birds per year under contract for Ingams. He believes Australian reared poultry experience some of the best standards in the world, a topic he researched as part of a Nuffield scholarship 4 years ago. After 30 years in the industry, Rob started out as a critic of free-range, mainly because of increased production costs
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However he’s glad he made the change, “It’s given us a whole new lease of life on the farm, we love seeing the birds outside.. if you’re passionate about birds, free range is very rewarding”. A consumer-driven decision by Woolworths to stock more free-range meat on their shelves meant Ingams approached Rob about changing to supplying free range. Satisfied that increased production costs would even out with a slightly higher price per bird, Rob converted the farm in 2008.
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Free to range Fortunately Rob built his barns 20 meters apart, and they were fairly easy to convert to free range standards, accommodating outdoor range areas inbetween them that are twice the area inside. Openings were made at 2 meter intervals so that chickens over 21 days old are free to range outside during daylight hours, trees and grass planted, and extra shade huts were built. As a member and deputy chair of FREPA, (Free Range Egg and Poutry Australia) which regulates the standard of free range bird welfare across the industry, Rob is
satisfied that the birds he rears enjoy the highest standard of living possible in an intensive farming environment. He’s not happy about the recent decision by Woolworths to join Coles in a commitment to sell only RSPCA approved chicken meat. This means even free range growers will have to make changes despite already providing better standards for their birds, so that any over-supply can be sold as RSPCA approved. He says it will unnecessarily increase costs for free range growers like himself, who, like most primary producers, teeter on the profit line. More about free range practises on page 10
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Welcome to the March issue of the Northern Valleys News.
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Autumn promises to be just around the corner luring us back into the garden with the cooler days.
Northern Valleys News is a community newspaper available FREE at local newstands. Circulation: 4000
We enjoyed a challenging and fun day testing our fitness at the Inter-town Challenge in Bindoon -– if you missed it – there are many more events coming up to get you outdoors, including; the Muchea Youth festival, the first Gingin Triathalon and the Great Cocky Count.
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In fact, according to both the Oxford and Cambridge online dictionaries either is perfectly acceptable, however it certainly does appear that Australians prefer the spelling ‘e’ inclusive, so we do apologise for that error of judgement.
There are also mangoes for sale on Tea tree Rd, Bindoon, and several other locations in the area. (Please tell us!)
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It appears the the spelling of Mangos in last months cover story has caused a stir, with some concerned readers suggesting the plural form should have been spelled Mangoes – with an ‘e’.
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It’s your community... Charlotte’s fairy big fundraiser On Saturday 29th March Rachel Peachey will run approximately 33 kms from The Pottery Playroom in Joondalup to Pickett Park Hall, Bullsbrook to raise money for the Benny Wills Brain Tumour Research Program. Rachel’s daughter Charlotte died from a rare brain tumour last year, just before her seventh birthday, and she is running to raise funds towards researching a cure. At 7pm on the same day is a quiz night at Picket Park Hall in Maroubra Avenue, Bullsbrook.
Gingin Triathalon
Start your training today for the first Gingin Triathalon on Sunday April 6th. This Be Active family orientated event will cater for people of all ages and fitness levels. The Be Active Gingin Triathlon will consist of two event categories designed to encourage individual and team participation, provide a healthy challenge and test the limits of the amateur athlete. There is nothing quite like the feeling of accomplishment and crossing the finish line of a triathlon is a fantastic achievement, regardless of where you place. The Gingin Triathlon has the potential to become a great regional sporting event, promoting participation in physical
activity and challenging anyone from the couch potato to the super fit athlete to get in there and have a go. Visit Shire website www.gingin.wa.gov. au to complete an online registration form Bendigo Bank Fun Course: - 150m swim /// 6km cycle /// 1.5km run Slater and Gartrell Short Course - 350m swim /// 12km cycle /// 3km run To be held on Sunday 6 April 2014. Arrival for a 7.00am event briefing for a 7.30am start at the Gingin Iluka Aquatic Centre.
Saturday 8th March Moora Speedway Junior Sedan racing International Women’s day lunch, Gingin
Saturday 15th March Bindoon Open Mic night, 7pm to 9pm.
Join her for an evening full of fun, laughter and the chance to win some awesome raffle and door prizes, and support her fundraising! Tables of 8 people are available at a cost of $15 per person. To book your table, please email: rachels.ranch@hotmail.com
Ken’s Bull rides at Mogumber Tavern 6pm Top country band Hideaway and guest singing superstar Kate Linke perform after the rides.
Open mic night
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We will be having another Bindoon Open Mic night on Saturday the 15th March starting at 7pm in Clune Park. The first event was a great success and we hope to encourage more people to attend the next session, either as spectators or participants. For more information go to our page at facebook.com/bindoonopenmic.
Gingin Heifer Competition
Sunday 16th March Trash and treasure -8am, Lower Chittering Hall. For info Ph Kerrie Read 0410 305 583
Be Active Moora Triathalon
Wednesday 26th March Chittering Chamber of Commerce Sundowner, see pg 21
Monday 31st March Proud Parenting Workshop. RSVP Alison Reliti, Shire of Chittering
Thursday April 3rd The Gingin Heifer Competition
Thursday 3rd of April 2014. Best pen of four heifers. There is a class for stud and commercial heifers. To be judged on the farm
Sunday April 6th
Entries to : George Gifford Tel 95752504 georgegifford@ bigpond .com
Muchea Youth Festival (see ad below)
Gingin Triathlon see advert left
Great Cocky Count ( see page 12)
For further event information contact Linda Fidge on 9575 2211 or triathlon@gingin.wa.gov.au
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Koorunga CWA China tea cups, beautifully presented home made cooking and table decorations in pink and mauve set the scene for a high tea at Wannamal recently to celebrate a very special occassion – a presentation of two WA Volunteer 50 Years of Service Badges. Joan Bathgate and Sylvia Harris, among family and friends, were acknowledged for the 50 years of service they have given to the Country Women’s Association. Sara Kenny, State President of CWA of WA was delighted to present the badges. Koorunga Branch President Bev Fleetwood, had created for each receipent, a delightful wooden wall hanging complete with rolling pin, wooden spoon, pastry brush and eggs. Joan who joined Yealering CWA in the late 1950’s thrives on helping the community, is always willing to tackle something new, apt to dressing up and presenting an original poem, can make biscuits and jam with her eyes closed , is a supportive mentor and in her spare time keeps the branch history up to date. Her positive and thoughtful nature, boundless energy and reliability make her a very value member.
Lauren receives a Grey Wolf Award Gingin Scout Lauren Ball pictured with Branch Commissioner for Cub Scouts Russell Parsons, was one of 75 young people to receive her Grey Wolf Certificate. At a very special celebration held at Morley recreation centre the scouts were acknowledged for completing the challenges to earn their Joey Scout Promise and Grey Wolf Award. These awards are the highest achievement in each section are about ‘doing your best’ and designed specifically for 7 and 10 year olds. Both Chittering and Gingin have Scout Groups providing fun, outdoor, challenging activities for young people in their area.
A gentle lady with wonderful compassion ,Sylvia first joined Gingin CWA Branch in 1956. The Gingin CWA Choir brought much pleasure and fame to the community; Sylvia’s commitment and support to the choir for many years was exceptional. She held positions of President, Vice President, Secretary and Handcraft Offcier at Gingin and for many years acknowledges Koorunga member’s birthdays with lovely posies of flowers from her beautiful garden. “If it wasn’t for CWA, I would not have had the opportunity to do so many things” commented Sylvia after receiving her award.
Bull rides at Mogumber Tavern Pauline Carr
Saturday the 15th February saw the first night of the Mogumber Tavern Autumn Bull Riding Series. Riders came from as far afield as Rawlinna and Derby to compete in the fierce competition. Gingin rider Wade McCarthy was the winner of the Open Bull Ride from Tyrell Smith. Tyrell’s brother Clay Smith was third just ahead of Jeremiah Day who comes from Gunnadah station on the Nullabor. In the Rookie section Kaden Banner prevailed from Jason Spinks. Jerald Whelan and Brandon VanZyl ended up in equal 3rd. Jordan Ganci was the winner of the Local Steer Ride and young Levi Metcalf took the money in the Poddy Calf Ride. The next night of excitement is on at Mogumber on the 15th March at 6pm and after the bull riding folks will be entertained by top country band Hideaway and guest singing superstar Kate Linke. See you there.
42 fewer feral pigs in Chittering
Congratulations to Andy & Wilko on removing 42 feral pigs from the Chittering Valley area! Andy and Wilko have only just started their pig trapping program, and they are already well on the way to meeting their target. This years Feral Pig control program is being funded by a successful State NRM grant. A Fox shoot will also be undertaken in the Wannamal area to contribute to the outcomes of this project. Another Red Card for the Red Fox weekend will take place statewide on the 27th-29th of March. Please contact sue.metcalf@iinet.net.au for any further questions.
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Get creative at Chitterbug Bindoon gallery and craft shop, Chitterbug will hold an Easter craft workshop in March/ April where you can learn how to create some fantastic Easter gifts or decorations, including these beautiful decoupage eggs. To find out more call 045 666 7508 or drop into the shop at 29 Binda Place, Bindoon.
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Out & About Bindoon - Farmers market
New Norcia - Opening of Rosendo Salvado’s bicentenary
Dom Michael Tunny, May Taylor, Kathy BarrettLennard and Gloria Starr
Dawn and Bruce Kay
Phillip Skelton and Leonie Dobrowolski and Abbot Bernard Rooney
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Margie Everly and Carmel Ross Leonie Young and Karen Roe
Patrica Whitely, Peg Foley and Annie Foley
Sam and John McKay
Abbot John and Melissa Price MP
Brian Kelly, Lester Jacobs and Gerry Pesers
Frank Sibbel with grandkids Reuben and Scarlett
Liam, Tobin and Adrian Doyle
Wayne Beard, Shane Love , Pat Elliot, Dennis Kuhl
Hugh and Kathy Barrett-Lennard
Sandy and Murray Kay
Sylvia Kinder, Mary and Nick Creed
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Gingin Shire Thanks its Volunteers Shire President, Cr Michael Aspinall.
A beautiful summer’s day provided the perfect setting for the Shire of Gingin’s “Thank our Volunteers Day” at Granville Park in Gingin on Sunday 16th February with 60 people in attendance.
Volunteer Fire and Rescue Services • Dennis Kuhl – Gingin/ Chittering Lions Club • Silvia Harris - CWA • Nathan Troy – Neergabby Community Association
Shire President Michael Aspinall announced seven volunteer champions who were recognised by their peers for outstanding performance, dedication and commitment to their role in the community organisation they are involved in.
• Robert Mercado – Gingin/ Chittering St John Ambulance
Freeman of the Shire Pat Elliot presented the Community Spirit awards and the recipients were:
The Shire would like to thank the Department of Local Government and Communities for partnership funding the event.
• Gavin Campbell – Gingin
New Duress System for Gingin Seniors
• Alan MacAskill – Woodridge St John Ambulance/Gingin West Bush Fire Brigade • Debbie Gowans – Moore River News
Residents of Gingin’s seniors’ accommodation are feeling much happier and safer with the installation of a new duress system provided by the Shire of Gingin, in partnership with the Bendigo Bank Gingin-Lancelin. Five residents have been supplied with personal alarms which can be worn any time within the complex and used instantaneously when help is urgently required. The previous system, consisting of a push button alarm inside residents’ homes,
needed reviewing when it was disconnected from the old medical centre. Help was then dependent on someone hearing an audio alarm which was not always reliable. The new duress system now provides senior residents with a modern, personalised and portable alarm which alerts their emergency contacts quickly. “Even though we are a close-knit community, we have an even greater peace of mind with our personal alarms,” said resident Francis White.
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Gingin Bendigo Bank branch manager Christian Kelly said he was proud to be associated with the new duress alarm project. “When people bank with us we are pleased to give back to our community in ways such as this,” he said. Resident Glenys Hite is delighted with the new duress system. “On behalf of the residents here we want to thank the Shire and the Bendigo Bank for organising the new alarms. We are so grateful and we feel much safer.”
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Bindoon water A new community garden in infrastructure Gingin gathers momentum under question Member for Moore, Shane Love MLA has expressed his concern following the failure of a water treatment filter in Bindoon on February 10.
Potable water had to be carted from Bullsbrook to Bindoon until the filter was repaired and replaced on February 18. Mr Love said it was disappointing that the problem seemed to be recurring. “This is the second time that a pressure filter has failed in Bindoon in the past 12 months,” he said. “Bindoon’s water supply was affected by a sand pressure filter failure on July 5 2013 and it was three weeks before the system became operational again. “I have contacted the Minister for Water and asked for this matter to be fully investigated to avoid it happening again,” he said. “I have also requested that Bindoon’s water infrastructure be assessed to ensure that it can meet the town’s future needs.” Martin Aldridge MLC and Mr Love are due to meet with the Minister for Water and Water Corporation early in March.
A plot behind the Gingin Community Resources centre (CRC) has been allocated for a community garden and the CRC has accrued $5,000 towards establishment of this garden. On Thursday 20th February an inaugural meeting was held and attended by nine local residents (with two apologies). The group agreed to the big task of designing and building the community garden, with the support of the CRC management committee.
Beyond Gardens and a member of the Great Gardens team. His donation has really got the group enthused. We are looking forward to Peter Coppin’s input and invite all interested locals to attend. The meeting will start at the Gingin CRC Boardroom followed by an inspection of the garden plot. Please come along or contact Carrie Edwards or Alison McVee on 9575 1253 to register interest.
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Are you in a blackspot? Whilst a comprehensive list of Mobile Blackspots has been submitted by the Shire of Chittering following our recent Chittering Home Telecommunication Survey, it would strengthen the case if the Government also received individual notifications. You can report a location with poor or non-existent mobile coverage by emailing mobilecoverage@communications.gov.au.
They estimate the cost to design and build the garden will be close to $10,000. As a result, the group is seeking both cash and in-kind donations and assistance. Mr Peter Coppin is the first to put his hand up and is donating his time to visit the group on Friday 14th March at 5:30pm to walk over the plot and discuss the garden design. Peter is a horticultural consultant who has over 30 years experience, as a regular presenter at field days, Garden Week, ABC radio,
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What are we paying for when we buy free range meat? From the Australians are big chicken consumers, with over 90% of the population consuming chicken at least once a week, and for good reason. Healthwise, chicken consists of high-quality protein (that is, protein that contains the eight essential amino acids) and a relatively low amount of fat, as well as being a good source of Niacin, Vitamin B6 and Biotin. It’s also very cheap. Which is good news for consumers, a third of whom can afford to eat chicken at least three times a week, and whose interests in animal welfare have supported the growth of the free range industry in the past five
Code of Practise for FREPA
These standards were formed to create a non-stressful environment for the birds 1. When fully feathered, in accordance with the current edition of the appropriate State Animal Welfare Code, birds must have easy access to an area on which to range during daylight hours. 2. The land where birds are permitted to range must have shade, shelter and palatable vegetation. 3. The range area must be capable of continued production of vegetation. 4. Birds must have access to clean, dry food and fresh water, in accordance with the appropriate State Animal Welfare Code. 5. The stocking density in a shed must not exceed 28kg of live birds per square metre of floor space, unless there is mechanical ventilation when it must not exceed 30kg of
years from 5% to accounting for 30% of the chicken meat produced in Australia in 2013.
However negative reports about intensive animal farming practises by the misinformed continue to stress on the industry, and that the profit margin is getting tighter and tighter. Rob Kestel, from the cover story, urges consumers to be aware of how their meat is raised, and he’s confident they’ll be satisfied. Below is the code of practise for FREPA, which gives us the facts on what we are paying for when we purchase free range meat. live birds per square metre of floor space. 6. Continuous dim lighting may be used when it benefits the welfare of the birds. 7. Natural foods only are permitted with the addition of vitamins and minerals as required for the birds’ welfare. 8. That only under veterinary direction are therapeutic antibiotics permitted. Treated birds must not be sold as Free Range. 9. That growth promoting hormones and growth promoting antibiotics are not permitted. Coccidiostats may be used under veterinary direction if Coccidiosis is regarded as a welfare issue. 10. Beak trimming, toe trimming, de-snooding or any other mutilation is not permitted. 11. A reasonable attempt must be made to protect birds from predators at all times. 12. Housing, equipment, ventilation, temperature and health practices must be in accordance with the appropriate State Animal Welfare Code. 13. S laughtering must comply with the current Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals, Livestock and Poultry and Slaughtering Establishments [Abattoirs, Slaughterhouses and Knackeries]. 14. A ll birds are to be transported in accordance with the Land Transport Code. 15. A ll birds are to be vaccinated in accordance with the appropriate State livestock control Act. 16. A ll farms must comply with appropriate sections of the National Farm Biosecurity Manual – Poultry Production. 17. T he Board, may at its discretion, allow a producer to deviate from the above standards, for an agreed time period, in the interest of research which is supervised by a reputable scientific organisation and reported to the Board at agreed dates.
Auctioneer: Jim Sangalli
Muchea Sheep 25/2/14 Elders report a total yarding of 21779 Sheep and Lambs at Muchea Livestock Centre on Tuesday February 25. With similar numbers to last week the overall quality was good with heavy weight cross bred lambs to $126.50 per head to be equal to last week. With approximately 7500 ewe mutton yarded this market held up extremely well. September shorn merino ewes sold to $67.00 and best February shorn ewes to $65.00. Shipping and store wethers were fully firm to the previous sale with September shorn wethers to a top of $92.00. Export and killing rams remained equal to last sale. Muchea Cattle 24/2/14 Numbers decreased along with overall quality, in a sale where cow and heifer consignments dominated. Moderate numbers of pastoral cattle were included along with 212 calves sold by open auction. Competition across the yarding was extremely strong, with live export purchases lifting young steer and heifer prices, and with processor and re-stocker competition lifting the cow market again. Trade sales were limited with best heavy weight yearling steers making 180-220c, to average 203c, up 10c/kg. Heavy weight heifers were up 16c, to average close to 192c/kg. Live exporters purchased both vealer and yearling drafts, with vealer heifers making 185-233c, and vealer steers from 185-209c/kg. Yearling sales to live exporters made between 180c and 206c for steers and from 160-196c/kg for heifers. Re-stockers and feeders also lifted prices, with most C muscled steer sales averaging close to 200c and heifers from 165-190c/kg. Cow prices also lifted strongly with most categories up at least 3c/kg. Heavy cows made between 140c and 166c, with better medium weight drafts from 130-155c/kg. Re-stocker competition saw suitable cows up 3-10c, with sales from 120-160c/kg. Bull prices also moved higher with heavy drafts to processors 3c to 9c dearer, for an average of 134c/kg.
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Autumn flowering Banksias in the Northern Valleys Chittering Landcare
Banksias are an important food source for animals in the late summer and autumn when few other plants are in flower. Nectar is important for honeyeaters and possums but the flowers may also be used by other birds including Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo. Insects attracted to the nectar are also food for insectivorous birds. Banksia seeds are important food for cockatoos which may also tear apart the cones to eat grubs which make their home inside the cones. Banksias can vary in size from low growing shrubs up to trees to 12 metres tall and are most often found growing on sandy soils. Some have a woody enlarged rootstock, known as a lignotuber, which is fire tolerant and from which these species will resprout following a fire. Other species lack this and are killed by fire and rely entirely
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on seed for regeneration. Recent genetic research has resulted in the scientific name of Dryandra species being changed to Banksia. Although this change is not accepted by everyone it is being used by the Western Australian Herbarium and on Florabase, and is used here. Dryandra is still used for common names. The list below includes some species which many people would know as Dryandra and these are indicated by # after the name. More information about some of the more widespread species of local Banksia is given below. Details for those not illustrated may be found on the WA Herbarium’s Florabase website www.florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Couch Honeypot (Banksia dallanneyi) was previously known as Dryandra lindleyana. It is generally a prostrate shrub with yellow, pink, red and brown flowers and narrow leaves and grows in drier sites. Banksia nivea is similar in appearance.
• Carnaby’s cockatoos pair for life
• When a Carnaby’s cockatoo chick leaves the nest, it is the size of an adult and can weigh even more than its parents • Males and females can be distinguished by the colour of their beaks: females have white beaks and males have black beaks. Both sexes have a white cheek patch and males have a pink eye-ring • Between the 1970s and 1990s, Carnaby’s cockatoos disappeared from over one-third of their former range and are now locally extinct in many parts of the central Wheatbelt. The entire population is believed to have halved.
Banksia fraseri was previously Dryandra fraseri. It is a shrub to 1m with a lignotuber and prickly divided leaves. The flowers are pink and yellow/ orange. It grows on lateritic soils. Holly-leaved Banksia (Banksia ilicifolia) is a tree or shrub to 10m prickly leaves. The flowers are in short heads more like dryandra flowers than the more familiar large round or cylindrical cones of banksias. The flowers are cream, pink and green in bud, yellow when fully open and then turn red as they fade. Holly-leaved Banksia grows in white or grey sand in areas where the water table is close to the surface as it depends on being able to access the watertable to survive the summer. Swamp Banksia (Banksia littoralis) is a tree or shrub to
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12m high. It occurs in seasonally damp areas and along watercourses. Firewood Banksia (Banksia menziesii) is a tree or shrub to 7m tall. It was harvested from the Muchea area and sold in Perth as firewood in the 1930s hence the name Firewood Banksia. The flower heads have an acorn like shape which results from the individual flowers opening progressively from the base up and are typically red and yellow but there are forms which produce flowers which are all yellow and also a form which has rusty brown flowers. It is one of the species which produces a lignotuber. Acorn Banksia (Banksia prionotes) is a tree or shrub to 8m high. It also has acorn shaped flower heads in white/ cream and yellow/orange. It is one of the species which does not have a lignotuber and regenerates from seed. Parrot Bush (Banksia sessilis) is a prickly shrub or tree to 5m tall. It is one of the species which were previously included in Dryandra and has cream to yellow flowers. It regenerates prolifically from seed after fire or other disturbance and is sometimes mistakenly thought to be a weed. Round-fruited Banksia (Banksia sphaerocarpa) is a shrub to 2m tall with a lignotuber. Its leaves are very narrow and the flowers are red, brown, purple and yellow in globular heads. It grows in areas with lateritic soils.
Common Name
Scientific Name
Shire
Flowers
Burdett’s Banksia
Banksia burdettii
D GG
Jan-May
Propeller Banksia
Banksia candolleana
D GG
Apr-Jul
Couch Honeypot
Banksia dallanneyi#
All
May-Oct
Banksia drummondii# CH May-Jun
Banksia fraseri#
CH D
Apr-Sep
Banksia grossa D Mar-Sep Holly-leaved Banksia
Banksia ilicifolia
All but VP Jan-Dec
Banksia incana
D GG VP
Nov-Apr
Rose Banksia
Banksia laricina
D GG
Apr-Jul
Banksia leptophylla
D VP
Sep-Apr
Swamp Banksia
Banksia littoralis
All
Mar-Aug
Firewood Banksia
Banksia menziesii
All but VP Feb-Oct
Banksia micrantha
CH D SW
Jan-May
Honeypot Dryandra
Banksia nivea#
All
Apr
Banksia platycarpa#
D GG VP
May-Aug
Acorn Banksia
Banksia prionotes
D GG VP
Feb-Aug
Parrot Bush
Banksia sessilis#
All
Apr-Nov
Banksia sphaerocarpa
All but SW Jan-Jul
Swamp Fox Banksia
Banksia telmatiaea
All but VP Apr-Aug
Pine Banksia
Banksia tricuspis
D
Mar-Jul
Summer Dryandra
Banksia vestita#
D GG
Apr-Aug
CH = Chittering D= Dandaragan GG = Gingin SW = Swan VP = Victoria Plains
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Plant some this autumn, and be rewarded with hardy, drought-wise plants with beautiful, bird-attracting flowers
The big bad Banksia men, from May Gibbs’ Snugglepot and Cuddlepie are modelled on the appearance of Banksia cones.
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In search of Salvado Rosendo Salvado was a missionary and advocate for Aboriginal people, abbot, bishop, educator, landholder and a major figure in the history of Western Australia. The bicentenary exhibition, “In Search of Salvado” offers a wonderful insight into his life. Its title reflecting a journey of discovery as researchers continue to unlock the story of this pioneer. The commemorative booklet produced by John Smith for the exhibition provides a glimpse of some of the work that has been discovered. The extract below provides an insight into the respect and awareness the WA community had for Salvado. On his death the newspapers of the day praised the man and his work. The West Australian with the arresting assessment that he had ‘the nerve of a giant and the heart of a woman… two characteristics which have made him at once a hero in ordinary estimation, and a saint amongst the people for whom he laboured’. (January 1st 1901)
Evidence of his respect and interest of aboriginal people is well shared in the following stories. In 1873 Salvado accepted a government commission to build a telegraph station and post office in the town. Salvado studied the Morse code and then taught it to Helen Pangerian Cuper, a married Aboriginal woman ‘who learned it well and very quickly’. Without telling the government department Helen Cuper was Aboriginal, Salvado appointed her as the telegraph officer. When the Superintendant of Telegraphs, Mr Fleming, visited to inspect the facilities, Fleming took with him a page almost covered with telegraphic symbols and gave it to Helen Cuper to read. She promptly did so, in good English. Fleming was flabbergasted and, taking the paper back again, wrote a longer message, which she read ‘as quickly and straightforwardly as the first one’. Fleming produced a telegraphic key, showed Salvado how to use it, and left it with him. Two days later he returned and tested Helen Cuper’s proficiency. Fleming told Salvado he had never seen anyone learn to use the key so well and in such a short time; he would never have believed it if he had not seen it. Salvado proudly recorded stories of other success, in European terms, that Aboriginal people enjoyed as
an outcome of their association with New Norcia. Whereas European shearers could shear 25 sheep a day, Aboriginal shearers at New Norcia, who did not tie their sheep up to shear them, tallied 80 and 100 a day. Twenty-three years after New Norcia was established, a visiting Anglican minister wrote a review of its life and work, and the abbot himself. He reassured his readers: ‘… The abbot was ‘all that I had heard of him, courteous, frank, humble, and kind’. He praised the community’s welcome, and when he had been shown over the whole mission, was ‘scarcely prepared to find so much fruit of patience and perseverance… There are 70 brothers and as many natives old and young. They all work and thus contribute to the general good. The settlement is like a hive of bees’. (Perth Gazette, 10th March 1871) New Norcia’s visitor had become despondent about what could be achieved ‘in the amelioration of our natives’ and recommended that people who reached the same point as he had, ‘ought to pay a visit to the Plain’s Mission’. Where, unless he had been duped, he said, ‘the moral and spiritual results’ were very satisfying. In a time when there were deep suspicions between Christian denominations, he found: ‘Bishop Salvado is no ordinary man… he has many great qualities which, notwithstanding his religion, rank him among the remarkables’.
Photographs reproduced courtesy of New Norcia Benedictine Community
The Western Mail, in its article “The Great Pioneer”, concluded that: ‘Besides being nominal owner of the New Norcia mission station, Dr. Salvado was one of the largest property holders in Perth’. The Chief Protector H.S Prinsep said in his annual report to the Aborigines Department: “I felt that the natives
of this State had lost their greatest friend…”
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New Norcia celebrates the bicentenary of the birth of Rosendo Salavado
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On the 1st of March 2014 the community of New Norcia celebrated the Bicentenary of the birth of Rosendo Salvado, founder of New Norcia and a prominent Western Australian. The day began with a special Foundation Day Mass held in the Abbey church of the Trinity, New Norcia and presided by Rev John Herbert, Abbot of New Norcia. The mass was attended by the Benedictine community, members of the New Norcia Aboriginal Corporation, and the wider community and friends of New Norcia. Ms May Taylor, a member of the Yued people and a direct descendant of the aboriginal families who lived in New Norcia during the Salvado years, delivered the traditional welcome to the land. The mass included a very special performance of the ‘Kyrie and Gloria which was written by Dom Rosendo Salvado. Originally written for all male voices, this work was transcribed by Mr Adrian Doyle and arranged for a mixed choir and organ by Dom Nixon osb. The work was performed, quite possibly for the first time in almost a century, by special guest choir ‘Lumina’, directed by Cameron van Reyk and accompanied on the organ by Andrew Brown.
Margaret Drayton extended congratulations to the Benedictine community on behalf of the New Norcia Aboriginal Corporation.
After the mass, everyone was invited to the opening of the special exhibition commemorating the life and works of Dom Salvado, which was officially opened by Abbot John. The exhibition explores and commemorates Salvado’s life and work, focussing primarily on his role of missionary and seeks to explore the central relationship between Aboriginal people and the monks. The outstanding collection of artefacts includes photographs, paintings, maps, books and vestments many of which have not been seen before in public. The bicentenary exhibition, In Search of Salvado, will be held at the New Norcia Museum and Art Gallery, from 1st March 2014 until 1st March 2015.
the bush and to establish the mission at New Norcia. The establishment of the Aboriginal mission at New Norcia had a profound effect on the lives of the local Aboriginal people, the Yued people of the Noongar nation. This coincided with much upheaval for the Noongar people who bore the brunt of the early British colony in WA. We consider that Bishop Salvado was a friend of the Yued people. Bishop Salvado gained the trust of the Yued people who helped him and his fellow missionaries survive in
Bishop Salvado had a deep interest and respect for Aboriginal people in which he recorded the local Noongar language, culture and customs. Those records have provided important historical information about Noongar people, including being used to support the Noongar native title claim. In the spirit of reconciliation, we look forward to participating in events commemorating Bishop Salvado’s life and his legacy. New Norcia Aboriginal Corporation
Sculpture travels to New Norcia Fremantle sculptor Greg James has just completed a replica statue of Dom Salvado for New Norcia, the former being situated on Salvado Road, Subiaco. Greg James has captured his steadfastness and the strength of his primary passion in Salvado’s gait, as he walks into a strong headwind, representing the challenges that confronted him. The cross on his chest, held close by the strap of the breviary, represents his undying faith and the protection it offers. His left hand rests on the breviary that will provide him with the guidance to bring peace and harmony. The staff in his right hand suggests a journey and is a simple reflection of the period when the roads were not paved and a walk from Perth to Subiaco would have been over rough terrain, as well as providing protection to the carrier.
Photo - Silver Tamm
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The view from my side of the paddock
Maggie owns Maggie’s Place, a farmstall in the Swan Valley. She buys from the Northern Valleys region and picks up supplies farm direct each week. Produce left over goes to the neighbour’s sheep.
with Maggie Edmonds
MORE ON VEG. We lack a choice of good restaurants (as opposed to cafes) in the Northern Valleys region. I don’t mean expensive necessarily, but somewhere you could be served with wholesome food, fresh from the region.
Putting vegies in the spotlight Here’s a new idea: A vending machine that provides fresh, healthy salads. Amazing…not sickly sweet drinks or fattening crisps, but HEALTHY stuff. Luke Saunders from Chicago has started a business called Farmer’s Fridge (www.Farmersfridge. com). He fills glass jars in his refrigerated vending machine with a range of tasty, fresh salads daily – both vegies and fruit. On offer are salads such as The High Protein Salad, a.k.a. The Body Builder. This contains organic spinach, chickpeas, Parmesan, local corn, local peas, organic quinoa, figs, broccoli, pumpkin seeds and lemon tahini dressing. The amount of calories and carbs etc. is all noted on the jar. How about the Detox Salad a.k.a. The Junk Food Eraser? This contains organic kale, organic quinoa, sprouts, fennel, pineapple, blueberries, white beans and cider vinegar-lemon dressing. Don’t they sound delicious? I wonder whether the concept will take off? Hope so… And when will it reach WA??? ………………………………………..
1. Consumers said the quality of vegies in restaurants was as important as the quality of the meat and they wanted more veg than other ingredients in their meals. 2. The majority of people in the study wanted vegetables to be more prominent in their meals with a larger variety used. 3. Interestingly, in terms of recipes copied from restaurants and used at home, Asian cuisine provided the most variety – e.g. in stir frys. 4. Telling customers that vegetables used are fresh and local encouraged people to try the vegies and come back for more.
In a survey by my favourite grower body, AUSVEG, they explored consumers’ perceptions of vegetables as used in the Australian restaurant sector. Consumers, who ate exclusively at fast food restaurants were, thankfully, excluded from the study.
This is a great opportunity for vegetable producers to increase sales. They could get people, who are often conservative in their cooking of vegetables and purchasing of anything different, to give something new a go and cook or prepare vegies in an interesting way.
Thinking about vegies served in the restaurants I occasionally visit, I would like more fresh local vegies used – and in an exciting way. Haystacks of bean sprouts or mixed lettuces taking up most of the plate don’t thrill me. This form of presentation means that the ‘chef’ (should I say cook, in most cases, not a properly trained chef) can make money by providing very little meat or fish, or whatever substantial – i.e. costly - the dish is supposed to offer. To the unwitting, the plate looks full. Often the vegies aren’t fresh. I can see when rigor mortis has set in on a vegetable and I don’t like being present at the scene.
Chinese cuisine, followed by Thai and Modern Australian, were the most frequent cuisines consumed at restaurants that were mostly all vegetables. 57% of all cuisines enjoyed were Chinese, 50% Modern Australian and 47% Italian. At home, the most frequently cooked dishes containing vegies were Traditional/Modern Australian and Chinese.
I was surprised to read that the average respondent to the survey dined out at an eatery 6 times a MONTH. No wonder urban residents spend 3.6 times more than rural dwellers. We rural folk don’t get the opportunity to eat out that much. I am not advocating huge portions of meat to fill the plate. What about 2 or 3 vegetables offered in an interesting way? I know the ‘chef’ would have to work harder, changing the seasonal local vegies and developing interesting recipes to suit, but surely a chef would enjoy the challenge of knowing what is in season around him and who produces it? Here’s some of what Colmar Brunton of AUSVEG discovered when he tucked into this subject:
Consumers wanted more of sweet potato, tomatoes and broccoli in their restaurant meals. New/ premium veg available were also desired, such as broccolini, baby spinach and Asian vegetables. 77% of people in the study said they would like to see the vegetables used in their restaurant meals take a more prominent place. Chefs – are you listening? The Vegetable Industry – are you listening? A great suggestion Colman Brunton made was for the Australian Vegetable Industry to supply the food service sector with ready prepared statements/ claims they can use, indicating provenance of each vegetable and its freshness. Statements such as: ‘Totally delicious and divine, and only out of the ground for one second from the paddock next door in the sublime Northern Valleys’… well, perhaps not quite!
What to do in the vegetable garden in March Sandy McKay U Grow Vegies
March is the time of year in the vegetable garden that most of the summer crops have finished, so it is time to pull these out and prepare your soil for the autumn crops. The autumn crops can be planted in April some time depending if the weather has cooled down enough and we start to get some rain. Some vegetables like capsicums, chillies and egg plants from your summer crop stay in the vegetable garden beds and will lay dormant over the winter period, but come spring will start to take off and produce again. Sometimes you can keep these plants growing for 4 years as long as there are no severe frosts over winter. Enriching your garden beds with good quality humus is very important before you start planting as are a number of other things. See my article in last years November Northern Valley News on how to prepare your soil. Some of your summer crop may be seeding at this time, so leave them in until the seeds start to dry off so you
can collect them for future planting. There are many seeds you can eat, so you may like to save them for your kitchen use. Coriander is an example. Put the seeds in an empty salt grinder and grind over your salads/stir fry’s etc). Pumpkin seeds are a great snack food, just clean them up, roll in salt/spices and oil then roast them in the oven until crisp. Even well planned productive gardens can have excess food, so don’t let it go to waste. Blanching and freezing or cooking up in soups or stewing fruit etc are the usual way to preserve them for another time, but have you tried drying them? Dried food needs to be good quality to start with to have a good end product. Most types of grapes can be dried to make sultanas even ones with seeds in them and using delicious grapes makes for very tasty sultanas, nothing like the normal shop bought ones. Another example of tasty morsels is home grown plums dried to make prunes. So maybe try drying some of your excess tomatoes, onions, capsicums or egg plant in an electric or a solar dehydrator.
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In season locally Fruit: Gingin mangoes are here for a few weeks, as are new season’s apples and pears. Stonefruit, except local peaches which are in short supply, is great tasting, including pluots (cross between a plum and an apricot); Crimson Seedless grapes, water melons, rockies from South of Perth. I don’t want USA navels or Israeli mandarins
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or pink grapefruit, thank you. There are no local lemons and very few oranges until the new season’s crop in a few weeks. Veg: Same old – except hopefully you buy your veg fresh such as from Maggie’s Place, not old! Kale, lettuces, tomatoes, basil, celery, cabbage, zucchini, egg plant, radishes, cucumbers, corn, beans and capsicums.
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What to plant?
Nature Notes
Autumn is here and Sabrina has given us the green light to start planting now. At Gingin Nursery we spotted this Rosella Hibiscus, an edible native hibiscus which you may have seen in a glass of champagne. A native of tropical West Africa, it prefers warm climates. Rosella is an attractive annual shrub to 1.5 m high with large, lobed reddish leaves and attractive yellow hibiscus-like flowers. Rosellas are easy to grow, with few pest problems, hardy and productive. Most soil types are suitable, provided they are rich and well-drained. Plenty of water is needed to maintain growth, flowering and fruit development, mulching is beneficial. Three to four plants is all that is needed to produce a good crop. Plants normally begin to crop when about 3 months old and cropping may continue for 9 months or until the first frost. The fruit is ready to pick about 3 weeks after flowering, when they’ll be 2 3 cm across at their widest part.
Small landholder news With Jodie Bowling, Development Officer. Small Landholder Information Service
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It may be autumn but it is still hot and it has been very dry so many of the native shrubs are looking yellowed, or even brown and apparently dead. They are in a dormant state in response to the harsh conditions, in the same way many northern hemisphere plants lose their leaves in response to the severe cold of northern winters. Although in a prolonged drought there will be deaths, in a normal year once the weather cools and rain falls most will recover. Even in the harsh conditions of late summer and early autumn there are some plants flowering. A number of Banksias flower at this time and a special feature on these is to be found elsewhere in this paper. Some of the plants which flower now have flowers which may not be readily recognised as flowers. They lack large brightly coloured petals and are often small. Among these are the Swamp Sheoak Casuarina obesa, Marine Couch (Sporobolus virginicus) which is a native grass found around saline lakes and a number of rushes and sedges. These plants are wind pollinated so have no need of the bright flowers designed to attract insects or birds to carry pollen from one plant to another. Still flowering or setting seed at this time are some of the summer weeds among them Cottonbush and Stinkwort so be alert and remove flowers and seed heads and dispose of carefully to prevent seeds spreading.
Welcome to the very first small landholder column for anyone who owns, manages or otherwise dreams of owning a small property. Did you know that you are one of more than 60 000 small landholders in the state? The Small Landholder Information Service can provide you with free information and advice on any aspect of sustainably managing your land or livestock. With the New Year well and truly out of the way, now is a great time to take stock of your small property and do all those odd jobs. It is also the perfect time to develop a property plan to help you identify opportunities and challenges associated with your small property and to plan actions that will make the most of all features. The Small Landholder Information Service has a range of factsheets to help you do this as well as a property planning manual that can guide you step by step. During this time of year it is essential that you monitor your pasture paddocks which are being grazed, to ensure that groundcover levels do not drop below 80%. If paddocks are starting to look bare, consider feeding stock in a small area in a “feedlot” type of arrangement to minimise damage to the remainder of the farm. Also if you are a livestock owner, whether you have one animal or many, make sure you are registered as an owner and that your stock are correctly identified. For more information contact the Department of Agriculture and Food’s Brands Office on 9780 6207. If you manage an orchard, ensure you maintain a baiting and monitoring program for Mediterranean fruit fly and remove and/or destroy any fallen or unmarketable fruit so as to reduce pest and disease pressure. Keeping on top of these issues will ensure your property is well prepared for the coming month. You can find more information on the Small Landholder Information Service on the Department of Agriculture and Food’s new website agric.wa.gov.au under the ‘tools and services’ tab. You can also sign up to our free e-newsletter by contacting the Small Landholder Information Service at small_landholder@agric.wa.gov. au or by phoning 9733 7777. Until next time, Jodie
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Bindoon’s finest High on the hill overlooking Bindoon town this home offers amazing views with immaculate gardens providing a prestigious feeling to the property.
The master bedroom in the south provides plenty of storage with adjoining walk in robe, built in wardrobe and ensuite including large shower area. The north wing of the house includes two bedrooms plus a sewing room (or optional bedroom). Ample storage with a linen press, utility cupboard and additional pantry.
A large traditional 4 bedroom insulated (3.5 batts) brick home with 5th bedroom or home office. Open plan kitchen and living area with 9ft high ceilings with air-conditioning and wood fire heating.
Laundry with external access to undercover cloths line. Outside entertaining areas protected patio verandah and large verandahs surround the house. Plenty of infrastructure including; Two large
sheds; 47 x 25ft shed (currently houses a caravan) fully insulated ceiling and walls, 40 x 25 foot shed (storage) with power to both sheds plus a small garden shed. The property enjoys scheme water plus a 36000 litre rainwater tank and a 9000 litre fire tank. This is a premium established home offering a wonderful retirement or weekender. For sale by Expression of interest. For further information contact Jackie Shervington of VNW Independent on 0419 045 783
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What’s Burning?
Heartburn is one of the symptoms of peptic ulcer; but more usually it is a symptom of reflux. In fact it is a defining symptom of reflux - that somewhat less serious but certainly more common condition which, when it occurs frequently and becomes really troublesome, is known as “gastro-oesophageal reflux disease” or simply GORD. Reflux occurs when what goes down the oesophagus – the “food pipe” to the stomach – comes back up again to where it’s not meant to be. And it comes back up again mixed with stomach acid and other chemicals. So it’s not surprising that the regurgitation or backwash of swallowed food causes a burning feeling. It’s generally described by reflux sufferers as beginning in the stomach or lower chest and moving upwards behind the breastbone towards the neck or throat. Most of us will have experienced reflux now and again. And when it’s only just a little, and just now and again, it doesn’t cause too much discomfort. We have a circular band of muscle which acts like a valve at the top of the stomach; it’s called the lower oesophageal sphincter (LOS). Normally it works pretty well but when the LOS is weak or faulty, problems of backwash can occur. Prolonged exposure to gastric acid causes inflammation of the oesophagus, possible ulceration and haemorrhage. Scar tissue can develop and there is a small increased risk of oesophageal cancer. So prevention and management of reflux is important.
Occasional heartburn usually responds well to antacids. As the name implies, antacids neutralise the acid in the stomach. They provide quick, but not long lasting, relief from most mild reflux symptoms. Some include ingredients such as alginates and simethicone. The alginate forms a “raft” over the stomach contents to prevent leakage into the oesophagus; and the simethicone helps to reduce wind. Despite their wide availability, antacids are not suitable for everyone (so, if you are taking other medicines, check with your pharmacist first as to whether antacids are appropriate) and they are not the best choice medication for people with frequent heartburn symptoms. More effective as treatments for frequently occurring or more severe symptoms of reflux are the socalled “histamine-2 blockers” (such as Zantac) and the “proton pump inhibitors” (such as Somac) which are now available in some strengths without prescription. They work by reducing the production of acid in the stomach. They don’t act as quickly as the antacids but they provide longer lasting and more complete relief. Currently the PPIs cannot be advertised directly to the public or self selected at the pharmacy, so you’ll need to ask your pharmacist as to whether they are suitable for you. In any event, it’s worth remembering that a faulty LOS doesn’t happen by accident; and often there’s an identifiable trigger factor. It could be obesity, tobacco smoking, spicy foods, excess alcohol, carbonated or caffeinated drinks; and certain medicines can also loosen the muscle around that sphincter. You can get an excellent “Fact Card” on Heartburn and Indigestion from either Bindoon or Gingin Pharmacy so call in and see them today!
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Dr Keith Brown provides Chiropractic care to all ages & tailors his approach to each person’s particular need. He applies both traditional Chiropractic adjustments and muscle/soft tissue techniques in order to give you the best of both worlds. Consultations are available at Bindoon Medical Centre on Tuesdays, and Bullsbrook Medical Centre on Tuesday AM/Thurs PM
For appointments call Dr Keith Brown on 0418 409 475
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Business..
Love, Aldridge welcome parliamentary inquiry into pats The Patient Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS) is set to be the subject of a parliamentary committee inquiry, after an announcement from the Standing Committee on Public Administration to Parliament this morning.
Nationals Member for Moore, Shane Love MLA and Nationals Member for the Agricultural Region, Martin Aldridge MLC welcomed the announcement, saying that a review of the PATS system was well overdue. “This is the first step toward making PATS are far more responsive program to the medical needs of regional people,” Mr Love said. “PATS provides an invaluable service to patients required to travel to access specialist medical care, however was designed for a different era.” Mr Love urged Bindoon residents to make a submission to the inquiry. “Residents from Bindoon and Gingin do not have a local hospital, yet do not qualify for PATS because they are less than 100km from Perth,” he said. “Public transport options between Bindoon, Gingin and Perth are limited and these residents are disadvantaged. The inquiry will help examine all aspects of PATS in an endeavour to make specialist medical care more accessible to
those living in the regions.
Mr Aldridge moved a motion late last year in the Legislative Council calling for a review into the Royalties for Regionsfunded PATS, which was strongly backed by Mr Love and their Nationals colleagues. In the motion, Mr Aldridge identified several aspects of the scheme in need of review, all of which are reflected in the Inquiry’s terms of reference. These include: • The level of funding applied to the transport and accommodation subsidies provided; • Eligibility for PATS funding; • The administration process; and • Whether there is consideration of exceptional circumstances. “Regional patients at times are at significant disadvantage when compared to their city cousins and that imbalance must be addressed,” Mr Aldridge said. “The Nationals have played a pivotal role in securing this inquiry to help PATS evolve into a more modern and responsive program.” The Standing Committee on Public Administration plans to advertise the Inquiry as soon as possible and public submissions will be open until mid-May.
Royalties for Regions and country Local Governments under attack Nationals Member for the Agricultural Region Martin Aldridge MLC has today criticised some Liberal MPs for being out of touch with regional Western Australia. As Parliament resumed this week, two Liberal Members voiced their support for the amalgamation of regional local governments, and another has called for Royalties for Regions to be scrapped. In a speech to the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Hillarys MLA Rob Johnson called directly for the scrapping of Royalties for Regions, claiming the program was untenable, discriminatory and its abolition was morally the right thing to do. Mr Johnson also claimed that others in the Liberal Party supported his view. Mr Aldridge condemned Mr Johnson’s claims, saying Royalties for Regions was essential to address the gap that still exists between services and infrastructure available in WA’s regions compared to metropolitan Perth. “In 2008 the retiring chief executive of the WA Country Health Service described regional health as ‘blatantly bloody unsafe’ and blamed metro centric bureaucrats and politicians for inaction,” Mr Aldridge said. “Royalties for Regions is rebuilding hospitals and nursing posts, attracting and retaining GPs, supporting ambulance
services, building aged care facilities, introducing technology into medical centres through telehealth, funding the Royal Flying Doctor Service and will this year launch the State’s second dedicated medical rescue helicopter in the South West of the State. “If Mr Johnson and his Liberal colleagues feel morally obliged to abolish Royalties for Regions, they can bring a bill to the Parliament to do just that, however, The Nationals will vigorously oppose any attack on Australia’s most important regional development program.” Mr Johnson was a Member of Parliament and a member of the Cabinet that approved the creation of Royalties for Regions by legislation following the 2008 State election. “At the last state election The Nationals said that the only way to protect Royalties for Regions was to vote for us, and it now seems we were right,” Mr Aldridge said. “Our regions contribute significantly to the State’s economy and will play a large part in the future growth of our State. “We must recognise and support that contribution with the continuation of Royalties for Regions.” For media enquiries please contact Martin Aldridge MLC on (08) 9324 3155 or email; martin.aldridge@mp.wa.gov.au
New local business targets horse lovers
After being overwhelmed by demand for their tasty horse treats by family and friends, the Estermann family decided to go into business creating Hoof Prints Horse Treats – lovingly baked horsey tidbits which they produce from their home in Dewars Pool, 25 minutes drive from Bindoon.
Mum and baker Noelle, who also works at the Bindoon Bakehaus, said “Kiss Muffins horse treats were created initially for our own horses, as we could not find all natural treats for them, so we decided to bake our own. Then we shared them with friends and other horse lovers, and they could not get enough of them, the horses were neighing for more!”
Bindoon Bakehaus in Bindoon. They are attractively packaged in 350gm bags designed by local artist Sarah Kay. Kiss Muffins are hand made with all natural ingredients, rolled oats, molasses, flour & olive oil sealed in a zip lock bag to keep in all the goodness. The bags cost $14.95 each and would make an ideal gift for a horse lover, or something special to share with your cherished horsey mate.
Now the treats are available to everyone, and can be purchased at Chittering Stockfeed in Chittering, and the
Small Grants for Rural Communities
The Small Grants for Rural Communities is a collaborative program supported by various partners. It is the longest running and broadest program offered by FRRR. The program is open twice a year, and closes at the end of March and September. The program offers at least $400,000 per round in grants up to $5,000 for projects and activities that offer clear public benefit for communities, with populations of 10,000 or less, living in small rural and remote locations in Australia, contributing to their development in social and community welfare, economic, environmental, health, education or cultural areas.
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March 26th, 6.30pm onwards at Bindoon Bakehaus RSVP 0419 043 960
Applications are invited from notfor-profit, incorporated community organisations. Organisations should have an ABN or Incorporation Certificate and projects must be for a charitable purpose (benefit the whole community). Deductable Gift Recipient status (DGR) is not required for this grant program. Please note also, that the encouragement or advancement of sport, recreation and social activities is not considered a charitable activity by the Australian Taxation Office. Applications from sporting organisations need to clearly demonstrate a benefit to the wider community.
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Church Notices Anglican Church (Marion Bird 9576 2054, John Broad 9576 0311)
Bindoon 2nd and 4th Sundays of month at 9.30 Gingin 1st Sunday of month 8 am 3rd Sunday of month 9.30 am The Uniting Church (Marian Crew, 9575 1357) Worship 2nd and 4th Sunday 10am The Seventhday Adventists (9576 0085) Bible Study 9.30am to 10.30am, Divine Service 11am to 12 noon every Saturday, Bindoon Benedictine Monastery, New Norcia 9654 8018 Parish Priest: Abbot John Herbert OSB Weekend Mass times: Sunday 9am ACROSS 1. Amazon river fish 4. Escape 7. Attack with missiles 8. Long (for) 9. Return to custody 12. Public speeches 15. Eagerness 17. Delighted 18. Every 24 hours 21. Citrus fruits 22. More senior 23. Looked briefly DOWN 1. Tiny puncture
2. L acking principles Solutions to last month’s crossword 3. Not here 4. Small whirlpool 5. Pilot 6. Smooth 10. Rounded roofs 11. Bring about 13. Made unhappy 14. Invigorated 16. U nderground hollow 18. Drug (horse) 19. B elonging to you 20. Performed in opera
THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH Tony Webb, former editor Chittering Times
The keyboard is our tongue Proverbs 21 23 Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from troubles With today’s social media and a click of the mouse we can make a statement that we later regret. It is too late, our careless words are out there for all to see and there is nothing we can do to retrieve them. The Apostle Paul said ‘no man can tame the tongue’. In today’s world translate that to the ‘send’ button. I remember reading some where that US President Harry S Truman would sit on any letters he had written in anger for 24 hours. It was said that a drawer full of unsent letters were found when he passed on. How often in our world of instant communication would even a few
WORDLINESS by XIV
Recently I bought a German jigsaw puzzle which came with information in no less than six languages, namely German, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish and English. It expounded the virtues of German jigsaw-making technology and claimed to have achieved a very high level of skill in that area; quite rightly, I might add! What intrigued me most was the difference in the translations of the same information into the assorted languages. Whilst occupying the same column width,
minutes of cooling off reflection have saved us acute embarrassment. Hotel millionaire Conrad Hilton would sit through long business meetings without uttering a word, and then at a crucial point he would make a simple precise statement that summed up the thousands of words previously spoken. Control of the tongue! Our tongues are our pens and our keyboards. Next time you respond in anger and I hold my hand up to making many smart ‘spur of the moment’ replies. A ‘let me get at them’ attitude. Often using the keyboard as our tongue we say things that we would not have the courage to say face to face. Put it in the draft file and have a coffee, you may save yourself a lot of grief. As we use social media more and more it does give us the opportunity to reflect on our words. Our tongue fails to give us that opportunity, the words are spoken and the damage is done.
each took a different number of lines to tell exactly the same tale. The German required 8.2 lines, less than the French with 8.7 lines; the Italian needed 7.5 lines, while the Dutch used up only 7.0; the Spanish demanded a full 9.0 lines, while the English managed with a mere 5.2 lines. The message here is that, although English, with over a million words, has a greater working vocabulary than just about any other tongue in the world, (with exception of those like German that employ the evil compound noun!), we still tend to use them economically and to say what we must with minimum effort. Or maybe we just favour four-letter words - because they’re so easy to spell!
Catholic Church (Fr Paul Fox ph 9571 8068) Sat Vigil: St Catherine’s Gingin 6pm (Constable Street) Sunday: St Anne’s Bindoon 7.30am Bullsbrook Shrine-Church 9.30am (9am Rosary) Immaculate Heart College, 34 Santa Gertrudis Drive, Lower Chittering Sunday 5pm Mass. Muchea Bullsbrook Christian Fellowship Lowery Park Hall,End of Parklands Rd., Bullsbrook. 9576 1326 Worship Service every Sunday 10am Gateway Church (0437 411 227 or 9571 8238) Pickett Park Hall, Sundays 10am Christian Fellowship nondenominational worship. (Jac 0412873447)
Gingin Christian Fellowship, Cnr. Brockman & Robinson Streets, Gingin. Meeting: Every Sunday - 10 am Sunday School available All welcome Ph: Barry & Alison - 9575 3089 or Judy - 9577 2938
Retirees News Our 2014 season was off to a good start with our first trip out to Ten Pin Bowling at Joondalup on the 21st February, it was a good laugh and we enjoyed our shopping afterwards at Joondalup shops. On the 17th March we are having friends from Northam over here for a game of indoor bowls. On the 18th March we have a day out to the Movies at the Town Hall in Midland, and then we will enjoy some retail therapy at Midland Gate afterwards, and we always stop off for ice-creams on our way home, it is a great day out, why don’t you join us? We meet the first Monday in the month for our General Meeting at 1.30pm and every other Monday afternoon at Chinkabee Complex for a game of indoor bowls and a cuppa and chat, if you would like to join us. Please contact either: Lois Jones – President on 9576 0451 or Sheila Haeusler – Secretary on 9576 1448
Rainfall Data
Recorded at 150 Bindoon-Moora Road, Bindoon 2013/2014 This month Rain days
30 years Ave Rainfall
mm
Month
This mth
Last year
This month
Last year
March
4
0
60.5
0
April
6
6
17.7
May
12
8
June
7
July
Progressive total Rain days
mm
This year
Last year
This year
Last year
15.8
10
7
85.9
52.7
19.9
21.2
16
13
103.6
72.6
74.1
21.2
76.4
28
21
177.7
93.8
17
12.4
81.9
93.1
35
38
190.1
175.7
11
8
93.2
25.6
113.0
46
46
283.3
201.3
August
15
14
139.7
63.4
88.3
61
60
423.0
264.7
September
19
14
136.9
70.7
62.8
80
74
559.9
335.4
October
8
5
16.7
4.6
31.1
88
79
576.6
340.0
November
2
9
3.2
59.5
19.6
90
88
579.8
399.5
December
1
7
2.5
14.4
11.5
91
95
582.3
413.9
January
1
5
0.4
24.7
14.8
1
5
0.4
24.7
February
1
1
0.5
0.7
12.9
3
6
1.4
25.4
PONDERINGS By Alex Douglas
I have invented an acronym. It is DVC. It means dichotomously variable continuum. There is a practical reason for inventing it; namely that I don’t wish to exhaust myself typing “dichotomously variable continuum” all the way through this article, so DVC it is! Why should anyone require such an acronym, or for that matter, such a phrase, even. Well DVCs are very important to us. The truth is that we all need them! In fact, it is difficult to imagine how appalling our lives would be without them. They protect our sanity! They save us from repeated bifurcation and endless binary classification. When pressed to make a decision, they are our sanctuary; our place of refuge from a world. What, you may ask, is he going on about? DVCs, of course. They preserve us from those abominable people whose world is governed by the words “either” and “or”! You know the sort. People who say things like “Either you’re for us or against us!” or maybe “Right is right and wrong is wrong and this is ………..” which is usually followed by an announcement of the speaker’s definition of which “this” is - and why disagreeing would be so terribly wrong! These are the same people who instinctively sort all of humanity into two kinds. I repeat, you know the sort! People who start sentences by saying “There are two kinds of people in this world – those who eat spinach and those who don’t”; or “………… those who are vegans (or cannibals or serial killers or ferret-breeders or whatever) and those who are not!” Dividing people, or things, into two types in this manner is dichotomising, or, if you prefer, bifurcating – and, sadly, it’s something you can do in public without fear of prosecution! People who use this mode of expression are
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attempting to reduce our choices to two. It’s the old either/or game in a different guise. There is no neutral ground – choose your side! Right and wrong; good or evil; give or take; win or lose; we are constantly being asked to choose, and, in the process, to make judgements and decisions. Most of us would rather not do this (well, it can make your head hurt!), which is why we all value DVCs so highly. Of course, we don’t all refer to them by that name (or acronym). Most of us would prefer to call them “grey areas”. And we love them. Anytime we feel the pressure on to actually decide something, we plunge headlong into the nearest DVC with cries of “But wait, it’s a bit of a grey area”, or words to that effect, and take immediate, prolonged evasive action. What most people fail to consider is that DVCs (grey areas) are the happy hunting ground of the legal eagle. It’s here that they lurk, in the role of guide and helper, waiting to pounce upon their unsuspecting prey. It is their natural environment; and in a world without DVCs they would be an endangered species, which some might consider an improvement. So I suggest we give thanks for the DVC, – our friend in need – and accord it due respect. And one final warning. Always remember that there are only two kinds of people in this world; people who start sentences by saying “There are only two kinds of people in this world…….”, and people who don’t! Thanks for your time Northern Valleys News MARCH 2014
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Tech Talk By Daryl du Plessis daryl@chitteringit.com
Setting up a Personal Weather Station I have become a lot more interested in the weather since moving to the country. I think this is due to the closer connection country communities have with the outdoors, be it is as a farmer, fire fighter or outdoors worker. I often found it interesting to see what direction the wind was coming from and to this end had a painted wooden parrot on the fence post which acted as a weather vane. The parrot finally met its end after years of faithful service and this prompted me to look at getting a proper weather station. Being the kind of the person that enjoys gadgets, I started researching the options and found a number of devices available, from the costlier high end Davis products (ranging from $800 upwards) to the more generic products in the $150 range. These personal weather stations (PWS) can do a lot more than tell you the wind direction. They have the ability to measure wind speed, UV intensity, rainfall, humidity, barometric pressure and more. The best part for me was the ability for these PWS to log their data via a usb connection to a PC. This made it possible to track historical records and also see trends. I bought the cheaper model off of eBay, a Tycon Professional Weather Station. I particularly liked the fact that the remote sensor uses solar power to recharge the batteries that power it. It came with software for the PC but I found a better program called Cumulus which could read the data from the PWS and provide more features, such as graphs and weather records (e.g. the highest temperature, fastest wind speed etc.). Cumulus is freely downloadable from their website.
required to set your units of measure and other preferences, but the help documentation provided by Cumulus made this a lot easier. I recommend that you assemble your remote sensors and position them in place before turning on the base station (which connects to the PC). This way you can avoid getting spurious readings from the remote sensors. I found it difficult to clean up the data once it was logged to the base station. With the Cumulus software configured and the base station hooked up and logging data to the PC, I went about publishing the data to the internet so I could access the information online. I thought I would have to develop a custom website to achieve this, but I found that there are a number of websites that provide this service already. I chose wunderground.com, which requires you to create a free account and enter your PWS details. They then generate a unique PWS ID for your account. Enter this information into Cumulus on your PC and it will automatically update your weather station details online, so you can find out the weather details from anywhere at any time. This does require you to have your PC constantly connected to the base station and the Internet so that updates can be published regularly. I have found that my base station will freeze up occasionally and lose its connection to the PC. I guess you get what you pay for. Resetting the base unit seems to fix this though. Overall I am very happy with the solution. Now I can annoy my family by telling them the wind speed and direction at any given moment. sandaysoft.com/products/cumulus wunderground.com
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The Aglime of Australia Mates 500 Relay is a 1500 kilometre 11 day running event from Mukinbudin in the Wheatbelt to Manjimup in the Great Southern, commencing on Monday the 24th March 2014. A team of 6 runners per day will run 1 km per person in relay fashion over the 11 days, with each runner averaging approximately 26 kilometres every day. The beneficiaries of this relay are The Regional Men’s Health Initiative (RMHI)
The Shire of Chittering are creating a community history stories walk trail through the Bindoon townsite which has been proudly supported by the Australian Government funded Your Community Heritage Program. The 2km walk through the townsite
Bindoon town history
The Bindoon townsite can be considered relatively young when you discover that its gazettal date was 9 January 1953. This was just over a year after the ratepayers resolved (in December 1951) that “inquiries be made about having the land in the vicinity of the Bindoon Hall declared a townsite”. The reason for their 1951 resolution was that Chittering’s ‘centre of gravity’ had shifted to Bindoon, which boasted a school, recreation grounds (with cricket, four tennis courts by 1954, basketball and the Show Society) and the Bindoon Town Hall (with CWA, RSL, Repertory Club, Youth Club Gymnastics, public meetings and picture shows). The name “Bindoon” has been in use in the Chittering area since March 1843 when early settler, William Brockman, was granted location “Swan 98” under the name “Bingdoon”. “Bingdoon” is thought to be Aboriginal in origin with the
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Mates running for Men’s Health and Wellbeing
Bindoon Townsite Heritage Walk project
and the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCFA). This year’s event hopes to build on the $120,000 previously raised as well as increase the profile of men’s health & wellbeing issues in regional areas. This event builds on two previous Mates 500 Relays which were in 2011 where 6 runners ran 500km in relay fashion over 4 days and in 2012 where the same 6 runners ran 1000km over 7 days. The runners in these two events were Wayne Barnden, Paul Omodie, Heath East, Tim Lyster, Mat Johnston, and Anthony Stubberfield. This year three of the original runners Wayne Barnden, Paul Omodie and Mat Johnston will be attempting to run the full 11 days. For us as an organization this event is important for the following main reasons: 1. Increasing the Awareness of Mens’ Health & Wellbeing
This event gives us another very important tool towards both accessing blokes where they are and improving men’s wellbeing, this happens in the immediate short term and continues over time to stimulate both men and communities to take action to look after themselves. This year the Aglime of Australia Mates 500 will continue to engage with men and community at the grass roots level. You can’t beat it! It is taking education and awareness to the people with men’s wellbeing events being held in 11 towns over the course of the relay. The increase in awareness of men’s health & wellbeing outcomes, takes time and combined with the empowerment of people through education we can form a solid foundation for improving the disparity in men’s health and wellbeing outcomes.
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will have trailhead and road-crossing signage, along with interpretive placards telling the history of 12 sites around the town. The history of Bindoon town, as below, will appear on the trailhead, to be located in Clune Park.
meaning “place where the yams grow”, the “g” appears to have been dropped early to become “Bindoon”. “Bindoon Estate” can be found near the Great-Northern Highway / BindoonMoora Road corner. The current Bindoon townsite was at that time considered to be South Bindoon. In the late 1920’s “Bindoon” boasted a flour mill and a wayside inn which housed a blacksmith forge, horse yards and a large barn. Vines were first planted on the land by Eric Stephens in 1922. Clune Park, where you now stand, is the result of a project driven by Peter Stonehouse as part of Chittering’s first Tidy Towns submission in the early 1980’s. This “sharing community heritage stories project” was proudly facilitated by the Shire of Chittering with “Your Community Heritage” funding from the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. This trail will be officially opened on 23 June 2014 (10am) by Shane Love MLA, Member for Moore 2. Funds Raised. Funds raised are put towards projects that we don’t ordinarily have funds to complete. ie/ aren’t part of our core funding! In the past we have used some of these funds towards making our educational DVD titled: “Making Their Mark”– The Challenges Facing Young Men and to purchase other educational resources such as books. This year we are sponsoring a “Talk to a Mate” Men’s Wellbeing round in the WACFL, which will enable us to touch base with an important demographic of men across the state. All the best to the runners, support staff, many volunteers and sponsors who are making this year’s event happen. Cheers, Owen & the Team
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Michael 0427 073 192 & Robyn 0424 836 366
Fencing
Ring Wayne 042 796 8215
Computing
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All types of electrical installation work Diesel generators service and repair Bruce Pannell Mob: 0419047742 www.genspark.com.au
BARRON CONTRACTING 95762012
Teena Leuba Beautician
Contact: 9571 0022
Massage
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Earthworks Beautician
Electrical · New Houses, Renovations, PowerPoint’s, Lights, Connections & Emergency repairs Air Conditioning · Design & Install · Service & Repair Security · CCTV, Alarm Systems, Communication · Phone points, Home Data Networks, Digital TV Underground Services · Trenching, Cable Locating & Scanning
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Funeral cars Classic last cruise For that personal touch hire a classic hearse for your funeral
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Teena Leuba Bowen Therapist Injury, Pain & Stress Relief Ph: 9576 0170 for an appointment. Open Wednesdays & Thursdays
Painter
BINDOON painter Professional House & Commercial Painting Interior & exterior Contact for free Quote We use qualified tradesmen Reg 5330
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Local Traders Pest Control
Employment
Public Notices
For Sale
Stud Wiltshire Horn purple tag 2012 -drop rams.
Travis & Kelly Professional Shooters
For all your roo & fox control
Mob: 0427 774 158 Fax: 9575 2167
Asking $200 includes GST. Obligation-free inspection welcome. Ph John Williams Mob: 0439 937 829
Wanted Certificate 2 Hairdresser Wanted for casual work. Contact Jason 9575 2759
HENS FREE RANGE
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• Termites • Pre-Purchase Reports • Timber Pest Inspections • Pre Treatments • Rodent Control • All Household Pests • Total Weed Management Jason & Lynette Prendergast chitteringpestandweed@ westnet.com.au
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2 & 4 m bins available Also specialising in Scrap Metal Cleanup Cars Trucks Tractor
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Stockfeed
Phone: 9576 0033
Open: Mon to Fri ~ 8.30 to 6pm Saturdays ~ 9am to 4pm & Sundays ~ 10am to 2pm On the Corner of Great Northern Hwy & Spice Road
TV Antennas
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Piano Teacher AMEB exams if required Singing tutoring available 0458 477 306- Mrs Harris
John Glover
All stonework, all types of stone, any stone feature. Ph: 9575 2458 or 0427 801 513
Transport
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transport services
• Tilt Tray & Small Freight Specialists • OLD CARS REMOVED
John & Gail Milner Mobile 0427 875 447 Tel 9655 0020
Coo-ee
Couriers & Transport
Ph Terry Singleton on 0427 072 454
Bullsbrook, Chittering, Muchea, Gingin & Bindoon. Daily parcel pickup & delivery service to and from anywhere, to the Metro area. Taxi Truck service also available.
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Water Services
Bullsbrook Water Carriers
Drinking Water Only Professional, Prompt, Reliable Approved Carrier for Water Corp Health Dept Compliant
Kevin Bailey 9571 2726 (All Hours)
Bullsbrook Water Services
Northern Valleys News With a print run of 4000 The Northern Valleys News has an estimated readership of over 8000 people, and covers the areas of Bindoon, Bullsbrook, Calingiri, Chittering, Gingin, Muchea, Mooliabeenie, New Norcia, Regans Ford and Wannamal.
Water Tank Supply & Installation Tank roofs & Liners Tank Refurbishments Storm water piping Irrigated Fire Prevention systems
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community
groups
ADRA Bindoon Op Shop Bindoon Arts and Crafts Bindoon Basketball Bindoon Bowling Club Bindoon and District Ag Society Bindoon Community Progress Association Bindoon Districts Historical Society Bindoon Men’s Shed Inc.
Open each morning Sunday-Friday (Closed Sat) Market last Sunday each month Dawn & Bob Blizard Jenny Brown Teena Leuba Sandra Clarke Meets 3rd Monday of each month at 7.30pm in the Society Office, northern end of oval. 7.30pm 3rd Tues of month in Ag Society Rm. Rin Rutherford (Pres) Lance Stagbouer (Secretary) Meets 2nd Tuesday of each month 2pm in The Museum- Don Gibson First and third Tuesday at the Museum 10.00am to 1.00pm Rex Thorpe John Williams
Bindoon Sporting and Rec Assn
Meets 2nd Monday of each month at 8pm at Chinkabee. Gail Smith
Bindoon P and C Assn
Meets every 3rd Tuesday of each month in the Bindoon Primary School Staff room, Gordon Houston Meets every Friday at Chinkabee 9.30am-12pm Belinda Martin Ros Maindock George Ferguson Lois Jones (President) Joy Askew (Secretary) Colin Clarkson (Captain) Dave Mann (Secretary) Meets Mon nights in the Town Hall from 7-9pm Yvonne Press Thursday evenings at 6:30pm, Chinkabee courts. Ph Vivienne du Plessis Alex Douglas Meets 1st Wed every second month at 7pm in the Fire Station Captain Fred Hoogland. Shaley Rory Bennett John Thompson (President) Open 7 days a week. Visitors welcome. info@chequersgolf.org Meets the 2nd Tues of every month at 7.30pm at the Brockman Centre Meets Thursdays at the Lower Chittering Hall. Scouter in Charge is Sue Budd
Bindoon Play Group Bindoon Range Pony Club Bindoon RSL Bindoon Retirees Bindoon Rifle Club Bindoon Sing Australia BIndoon Tennis Club Bindoon Theatre Group Bindoon Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade Bullsbrook Neighbourhood Centre Bullsbrook Football Club (Seniors) Bullsbrook Senior Citizens Chequers Golf Club Chittering Visitors Centre.... Chittering Scout Group Lower Chittering Valley Progress and Sporting Assn Chittering Junior Football Club Chittering Junior Cricket Club Chittering Wildlife Carers Inc Country Women’s Association Chamber of Commerce Gingin Arts and Crafts Group Gingin/Chittering Lions
Dave Barnes Ian Hall Ian Claxon Ann Graham (injured wildlife) Secretary - Karen Derrick Meets every 3rd Wednesday of the month at the CWA rooms at 10.00am Carolyn Cover (President) Jackie Shervington Pres Angela Anspach Secretary Irene Dewar email: irenedewar@me.com. 2nd Mon of month at 6.30pm, Bowling club, Gingin. 4th Mon of month at 6.30pm at St John Ambulance Rooms, Bindoon. Pat Elliot
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Bob Blizard
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Tom Cabassi
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Gingin Tennis Club
Nicole Hendry
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Rodney Hannagan
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Gingin Pensioners Social Club
Muchea Netball Muchea Judo Club Inc Muchea Vol Bushfire Brigade
Dave Barnes (President) Sean McAlister (Sec/Treasurer)
Team Event 1st Catholic Agricultural College Warriors ($600), 2nd CAC How’s Second Taste ($300) Individual under 18 1st Kate Fabbri ($200), 2nd Georgia Brown ($100) Individual over 18 1st Jesse Grime ($300), 2nd Anton Barranich ($150) All of the winners were representing the Bindoon townsite which made Bindoon the clear winner of the inaugural Chittering Inter-town Challenge Cup. The Catholic Agricultural College (CAC) will proudly display the cup until next year’s Challenge.
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Shane Angel Fran Bryant Meets every Tues at Muchea Hall Ann Peter Hall, Secretary autoelec@iinet.net.au
Pearce Community Toy Library
Open Fridays 9.30am – 11.30am
South Midlands Polocrosse Club
Jenny Hall
South Midlands Pony Club
Kay Kavanagh Ruth Loudon Keith Cunningham
Wannamal Community Centre Wannamal Indoor Bowls
A big thank you goes to the main sponsors of the event, Lotterywest and the Shire of Chittering, along with all the volunteers on the day. These included Noel Russell Plumbing, Bindoon Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade, Bindoon Men’s Shed, Shire staff and St John’s Ambulance. The Chittering Youth Krew, a group of local teenagers facilitated by the Shire, was the
There were 35 team entries and 40 individual entries, with the following celebrations at the end of the day:
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Gingin P & C Assoc
Lower Chittering Hall and Tennis Court (Bookings) Muchea Senior Cricket Club
The Challenge involved teams and individuals undertaking a fun but challenging course which included inflatable obstacles, a bungee trampoline, army net crawl, giant slide, bucking bull ride and jelly pit scramble with the fire brigade on hand to hose competitors down at the end.
driver of the event and did a fantastic job, well done Krew!
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Gingin Bowling club
Lower Chittering Cricket
Chittering residents had the opportunity to prove that their “town” was the best as part of the Chittering Inter Town Challenge, which was held in warm weather conditions on Sunday 23 February 2014 at Edmonds Reserve in Bindoon. Approximately 1300 people attended, with the added attraction of the Chittering Farmers Market.
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Gingin Freemasons Lodge
Gingin Football Club
Chittering Inter Town Challenge
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education in the Northern Valleys
Catholic Agricultural college, Bindoon
We have started the year very well with over twenty new enrolments on top of our new Kindergarten students. Congratulations to the following students for being recognized for exhibiting qualities of leadership, reliability, honesty and maturity. Kirralee Price and Alex Gibbs received the Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork awards at the Yr 10-12 Farewell Ceremony last year. Established by the Australian Defence Force these students displayed strong values whilst at Gingin DHS. Year 8 Orientation Camp
fun fitness Bindoon over 50’s Exercise Group Meets every Friday at 9am at the Bindoon Hall. Laz Rabin 0412 911 193
Bindoon exercise class with Laz Fridays 10.30- 11:30 at the Bindoon Hall. Laz Rabin 0412 911 193
Bullsbrook - Zumba Tuesday 7.30pm, Lower Chittering Hall Contact: Roberto 0418 640 840
Calingiri Community Gym Open 24/7, contact 9628 7004
Gingin- Aquarobics
Bindoon Tai chi
Tuesdays 5.30pm Gingin Pool (weather permitting)
Thursdays 8:30am at Clune Park, Bindoon Ph Barni Norton 0419 964 909
Gingin Cricket
Bullsbrook ‘Be Active Together’ Fitness classes Classes are held on Mondays and Thursdays, Pickett Park Hall, at 9am, and cost $6.50 per class. This also includes tea and coffee afterwards as the group is extremely social and friendly. The fitness classes are one hour of exercise to music classes which incorporate about four levels of intensity and have appealed to ages from 40 to 87 years old! Feel free to come and join us anytime and be prepared to laugh a lot. Fitness instructor Janet Alexander 0405039833
Bullsbrook Group Exercise Class Mondays 6:30pm-7:30pm at Chequers Golf Club, Bullsbrook Ph: Rachael 0428 720 005
Gingin Cricket Club invites all players that are interesting in playing this season. For any enquiries please contact Jake Edwards on 0459674726 or John Dale on 0400702163
Gingin SOCIAL TENNIS THURSDAY NIGHTS 6pm at Gingin Regional Hardcourts Come along & have a hit in a friendly, relaxed & casual atmosphere President: Brendon Fewster 9575 1551 or 0417 920 003 Secretary: Simone Gresele 9575 2234 or 0429 196 826 Captain: David Roe 0427 754 059
Bindoon primary school
Gingin district high school Welcome back to all our students, staff and our parent community! We hope that everyone has had an enjoyable start to the year. Welcome also to our new students and their parents. We look forward to working with you to achieve good outcomes and productive learning.
Congratulations to CAC who won the team event, and to the many CAC students who participated on the day.
Northern Valleys News acknowledges TRONOX as an active supporter of schools in the region. The financial donations to local schools; Bullsbrook, Bindoon and Gingin play a key role in the schools being able to fund new projects and initiatives.
On Thursday 20th and Friday 21st February the Year 8’s attended their Orientation camp at Tuppin House in Guilderton. On arrival they embarked on some ‘Getting to know you games’. Later that morning the students were divided into random groups lead by Jayme Stafford and Jarrid Hencz (Year 10 Mentors). The activities in the morning included the Lawn Water Challenge which involved lots of water balloon and water based games. The students then had a great time at the beach with the beach challenges. On Thursday night Mr Brady ran the Mega Quiz then all the students headed down the beach at 9.30pm to engage in some glow in the dark races followed by fox holes. The staff were impressed with the elaborate trenches built by the students. On Friday morning the students ate, packed and cleaned before heading back down the beach for canoeing and a free swim. A big thank you to all of the staff, Admin and local businesses who assisted both at school and at the camp. Horticulture at Gingin DHS Our horticulture program has been a feature at this school now for a number of years. As a school in a rural area we encourage students to engage in this area as an elective in high school. Students get a lot out of horticulture including the opportunity to eat what they grow! We have always been hamstrung in horticulture because there has been no permanent water supply and students have had to use water captured in a tank or carry water from the Brook. Over the Christmas holidays, Andrew Samsworth from Marchmont Plumbing and Bruce Watson, one of our great supporters of the school, worked to put in a mains water line to the horticulture plot. Mr Samsworth donated the pipe fittings and his time for installation. This has made a fantastic difference at the horticulture area, and the school would like to thank Mr Samsworth and Mr Watson for their contributions to the school.
Gingin - Zumba Fun Zumba Fitness class Mondays 5.30pm Granville Hall Gingin $10 per class. 041 919 2511
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‘The Best Town Award’ Bindoon Primary School recently conducted a whole school assessment task on The Best Town Award. Students from Year 1 to Year 7 had to convince the reader that Bindoon should receive the Best Town Award. The purpose of the writing activity was to assess how well students are going with their persuasive writing. Here are a few of the ‘essays’. Bindoon is the best town because the school is the best and the teachers are very nice. The Bakery sells really good food and the park is big. There is lots of room to play and to get muddy and have fun. There is a whole lot of space to dance in. The IGA is cold in summer and hot in winter. The Bindoon Show is fun. There are slushies and show bags. The Bindoon Show is the best. Living in Bindoon is the best! By Liv Brownlie Year 2
The Best Town Award I strongly think that Bindoon should get the Best Town Award. Bindoon has fun things to keep kids and adults occupied and happy. Bindoon has a primary school and a college also known as CAC or the Catholic Agricultural College. Although Bindoon is one of the smallest towns in the Shire of Chittering, it has quite a lot of people. Everyone knows everyone so Bindoon is a very happy town indeed. Firstly, Bindoon has a lot of fun things and places not only for kids but for adults to be happily occupied. For instance the people in the Shire hold events such as Santa in Clune Park where kids can get a present and some lollies from ‘Santa’. They also organise picnics in the park where you can bring a teddy bear or any other stuffed animal. My ultimate favourite day is the Bindoon Agricultural Show where there are lots of fun rides like the octopus, the big swing and lots of other rides to go on. Miss Roxanne’s Dance workshop performs and also the school choir performs. Kids can buy showbags, food and drinks. Secondly, Bindoon has a primary school called Bindoon Primary School or BPS for short. At the moment the school is kindergarten o year 7 but the goal is to have the school go from kindergarten o year 12. The other school is the catholic Agricultural College which is up the hills somewhere. Having these two schools makes it easier for parents. Both schools are getting bigger by the minute because more kids are joining both schools. Lastly, Bindoon is one of the smallest towns in Chittering, but there are a lot of people in the town, so almost everyone knows everyone. But just like the schools Bindoon is getting bigger which, I have to admit, is a bit scary but good at the same time. So in conclusion, Bindoon should get the Best Town Award because it is the most friendliest and most funnest town I know of and I hope you agree. By Kelly Sheean Year 5
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Josh celebrates 5th place in Australia
Photo courtesy of Jody Shanhun Photos
Josh Fraser is a 16 year old from Bullsbrook who has been racing junior sedans since he was 10 years old. Josh has been named captain of the JSRA (Junior Sedan Racing Association) Australian Team for the upcoming challenge against the New Zealander’s at Moora speedway Saturday 8th March. Six of New Zealand’s best drivers will come over to compete against JSRA drivers. The team challenge will be followed by the Australasian challenge – an
individual race attended by around 30 of Australasia’s best junior drivers.
as his normal race number is 5 and now he is placed 5th in Australia.
Recently Josh achieved 5th place at the Australian Titles held at Esperance on the 11th & 12th of January 2014. 74 junior drivers from all over Australia attended the meeting.
Josh’s mother Chris recalls, “On the first night Josh placed in his heat races a 2nd, a 4th & a 1st. The second night he placed 5th in his heat and this qualified him 13th place on points and straight into the A main 25 lap final. He drove well and managed to make his way to the podium in 5th place.”
The photo above of Jason was taken on the infield after he finished fifth. He was pretty happy with his drive coming through the field from 13th to 5th and he is pointing to his number having a giggle
Josh often gets the tag of Australia’s most travelled Junior sedan driver
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and without his sponsors this wouldn’t happen. His family extends a special thanks to AutoPro Superstore Malaga, Iron Cat Tyres, Podium Engines, Westar Excavators, Gage Electrical, Nationwide Signs, Picasso Pools, Nulon Oils and to DVF Plumbing & Gas who helped out with some fuel for his trip to the NT Titles where he finished 4th. With the amount of miles the family covers to get Josh to all his meetings all over Australia we are always greatful for any help towards fuel for the truck to transport the car.
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