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Covering news and views from within the Wellington, Euchareena, Geurie, Goolma, Gollan, Mumbil, Stuart Town Wongarbon and Yeoval districts. Established August, 2021
No. 117
THURSDAY, January 18, 2024
Inside: Sod turning marks Uungula start - P3
Wellington Boot Carnival Inc GST
April - Fri 12 & Sun 14
ISSN 2653-2026
Con Artists’ second exhibition - P5
Boxing Day Races pics galore - P14, 15
Rhys Muldoon, our Australia Day Ambassador FILM and television actor, journalist and radio personality, Rhys Muldoon will be Wellington’s Australia Day Ambassador. Mr Muldoon will be remembered in television series running back to1994, more recently as Vance Horsley in Bay of Fires, and Andrew Newell in North Shore, starring role in five seasons of the hit television show House Husbands and was most recently seen in the ABC series Les Norton. Born at Newcastle in 1965 he spent most of his primary and secondary school years in Canberra before graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1989. Selected television credits include Fighting Season, Dead Lucky, The Secret River, Rake, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Bastard Boys, City Homicide, Valentine’s Day, Grass Roots, McLeod’s Daughters, Blackjack: Ghosts, The Secret Life of Us, Blue Heelers, Farscape and Big Sky. Stage roles, script and speech writing are also his forte. Mayor Mathew Dickerson said it was an honour to welcome Mr Muldoon as this year’s Australia Day Ambassador to Wellington. “We’ve have had some exceptional ambassadors in past years and this year is no different. I encourage everyone to come along to the Wellington event and hear from Mr Muldoon,” Cr Dickerson said. The Wellington Australia Day event will be held on
Wellington Australia Day Ambassador, Rhys Muldoon.
Thursday, January 25, from 5.30pm to 8.30pm in Cameron Park while the official ceremony, including the Australia Day Awards, will start at 6.30pm. The move, last year, to hold the ceremony on the eve of Australia Day was not universally accepted, however, the larger than normal attendance and the inclusivity obvious during the ceremony, vindicated the move. Deputy Mayor Richard Ivey said that perhaps the greatest praise for the move came from last year’s Australia Day Ambassador, Peter Herbert – a veteran of many Australia Day functions. “He could not speak too highly of the event and the way the ceremony was so inclusive to all,” Cr Ivey said. “Australia Day is our time to recognise the people within our community who freely give their time helping others, it’s the community’s time to recognise and say thanks.” This year food of international flavours and market stalls will line-up within Cameron Park for early-birds to browse and make purchases from 5.30pm and the Wellington Town Band will play popular tunes running up to the 6.30pm official ceremony and award announcements and presentations followed by local entertainment Rotary will also be providing a free sausage sizzle. The later timing of the ceremony ensures a cooler evening and an enticement for workers and business owners to attend after closures.
Making hay while the sun shines SUMMER RAIN, mostly from thunderstorms has assisted pasture growth while handicapped the baling process, particularly within lucerne crops along the Bell River this hay season. Bell River Hay co-principal, Ian Horton (pictured inspecting mown lucerne), who has been growing lucerne on the Bell River flats for the past 25 years, said this crop of semi-winter active Wrightson Torrens River lucerne was last cut and baled 22 days before last week’s cut on a 14 hectare (35 acre) paddock at Knight’s Bridge, Wellington. “The lucerne shot away since the last rain, a great boost to our production program,” Mr Horton said. Seed was sown at a 20 kilogram per hectare rate and was cut with a 15-foot (4.6m) Krone mower and conditioner pulled by a John Deere 6140 tractor and driven by Ian’s son, Michael (in the picture). This crop will be baled after drying and sold to clients who repeatedly purchase the Bell River brand hay due to its quality.
Happy New Year to all