Serving Orroroo & Carrieton Region December 2016
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Newsle er No. 257 Merry Christmas
ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN & DEPUTY CHAIRMAN At the November 2014 Council Mee ng it was passed that the term of office for the posi on of Chairperson of the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton be for two (2) years. At the Council Mee ng held in November Cr Kathie Bowman was duly elected as Chairman and Cr Grant Chapman as Deputy Chairman for a period of 2 years for the remainder of the current term of Council. CLOSURE OF PUBLIC AREAS ON CATASTROPHIC FIRE BAN DAYS During July 2016 a workshop was held with representa ves of the Country Fire Service to discuss the fire risk associated with local townships and important infrastructure, par cularly telecommunica ons infrastructure. Council at its November 2016 Mee ng resolved that the following areas be closed on Catastrophic Fire Ban days to reduce fire risks: 1. Orroroo Swimming Pool/Lions Park area and access roads 2. Big Gum tree access roads 3. Pekina Reservoir area and access roads and Tank Hill Access road 4. Orroroo Rubbish Dump and Dump Road These areas will be closed on declared days with road closure signs, with the Swimming Pool/Lions Park and the reservoir accesses being closed by chains and signage. All areas will be inspected and checked before the closures are put in place to ensure persons are not within the closed areas. In This Issue
Fire Danger Season The Fire Danger Season has begun for the Flinders Region. The season was brought forward to the 4th November 2016 and will end on 15th April 2017. More informa on can be found at www.cfs.sa.gov.au Goyder’s Line Gaze e 1 Looking Back
Christmas Events
OASIS
Carrieton Rodeo
ORROROO
We would like the Community to know that IGA ORROROO is in the process of establishing a SA‐Lo eries Outlet in town. It is a lengthy process that we have no control over. Also NEW TO ORROROO, Syndicates will be available. Thank you for your pa ence ORROROO WILL HAVE SA-LOTTERIES AGAIN
Goyder’s Line Gaze e 2 Next Council Meeting: The next Ordinary Council Meeting will be held on
Wednesday 21st December 2016, commencing at 9.00am in the Council
Chambers.
Pool Opening Delayed Contents
Item Page Unfortunately there will be a delay in the opening of the Orroroo Swimming Pool which was due to open on the 28th November to the public. Swimming Pool Update 3 Remembrance Day 4 Road Closures 5 Addison Court 6 Pageant 7 Community Church 8 Probus Club 9 England to Orroroo 10 Carrieton Rodeo 12 Orroroo Quilters 14 Carols in the Main 15 OASIS 16 Orroroo Springs 18 Catastrophic Fire Ban Days Church No ces 19 Mid North Heath Advisory Council 20 The Orroroo Swimming Pool is located in an area of high to extreme risk of bushfire and to open the pool on Catastrophic Fire Ban Days is placing Council Staff and patrons at risk as there is really only one access road into and out of the pool. The creek Council Rate Payment lined trees present a high fire danger Council is offering the following ways for Rates along with high fuel loads to the and invoices to be paid. north‐west of the pool. Currently the Educa on Department has a policy of BPAY is a very secure and convenient way to closing the Orroroo Area School and pay any bills online, not only Council Rates. Kindergarten on days of Catastrophic Fire Ban Days. At the November If you do use BPAY to pay your Rates and you Council Mee ng, Council resolved have mul ple proper es, please ensure that that the Orroroo Pool be closed on each property is paid individually. Catastrophic Fire Ban Days. Council is now also offering Centrepay. Following the installa on of the new filtra on system, a pipe cracked and burst that returns water to the pool from the filtra on system. Council are working with Statewide Pools to come to a solu on but it will be least a week before the pool could be opera onal. Council will provide further updates as news comes to hand on an expected opening date. Whilst revealing the cracked pipe, another leak has been found which may be the cause of recent years water lost of 25,000 litres a day. Concrete has had to be pulled up adjacent to the pool to reveal the pipework and will need to be reinstated prior to the opening of the pool. It should be noted that Council has been working with Statewide Pools since the end of last season to install the new filtra on system. It has been unfortunate that Statewide Pools have been delayed by at least 8 weeks with their heavy workload and being in demand coming into summer. As you can appreciate Council is eager to provide a pool facility that meets health standards. Orroroo Half Marathon 21 Gaze e Going‐Ons 23 Carrieton Rodeo 24 Community Calendar 25 Public Holidays The Orroroo Swimming Pool be closed on the following public holidays: Sunday 25th December Christmas Day Monday 13th March Adelaide Cup Temperature Ruling The opening temperature for the pool is 24C or above at 2pm taken from the Orroroo Area School weather sta on as reported to Weather Underground website. Goyder’s Line Gaze e 3 Centrepay can be set up with Centrelink to take payment directly from your payments to pay nominated bills. This can be used to pay Council Rates. If you have any ques ons about the new payment op ons, please contact Council on 8658 1260. Orroroo Swimming Pool Entrance Fees Orroroo Swimming Pool Family (of 5) Addi onal Person Family (of 5) Concession / Swim Club Member Family Addi onal Person Single Adult Season Tickets Single Adult Concession / Swim Club Member Single Student Single Student (Swim Club Member) 10 Swim Pass 10 Swim Pass Concession Adult Adult Concession Student (5‐17 Years) General Admission Pre‐School (0‐4 Years) Family (of 5) Family (of 5) Concession Spectators GST Inc $215.00 $32.00 $182.00 $25.00 $102.00 $91.00 $91.00 $77.00 $43.00 $32.00 $6.50 $4.50 $4.00 $2.70 $21.50 $16.00 Free Remembrance Day 2016 It is es mated that over 50 people a ended the service held on Friday 11th November in Orroroo. John Cozens conducted the service with Richard Bramley reading the Ode. John Cozens conduc ng the Remembrance Day Service Above: Floral tributes le during the service at Orroroo Le : Community members lay floral tributes on the memorial at the Orroroo Remembrance Day Service Goyder’s Line Gaze e 4 Road Closure – Orroroo Christmas Pageant Friday 16th December 2016 No ce is hereby given that the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton resolved to:‐ 1. Pursuant to Sec on 33(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, declare that the event described below (“The Event”) that is to take place on the road described below (“The Road”) is an event to which Sec on 33 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 applies; and 2. Pursuant to Sec on 33(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, make an order direc ng that the Road on which the Event is to be held and any adjacent or adjoining roads specified below, be temporarily closed to traffic for the period as specified below: The Event Orroroo Christmas Pageant The Road Second Street – between East Terrace and West Terrace, Orroroo From To 6.00pm Friday 16th December 2016 11.00pm Friday 16th December 2016 3. Pursuant to Sec on 33(1)(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, make an order direc ng that persons taking part in the Event be exempted, in rela on to the Road, from the Duty to observe the Australian Road Rules specified below subject to any condi ons described below and a aching to the exemp on. Australian Road Rules Exemp on and Condi ons: Rule 230: Crossing a road – general (no condi on) Rule238: Pedestrians travelling along a road (except in or on a wheeled recrea onal device or toy) – (no condi on) For further informa on please contact the Council Office on 8658 1260. Stephen Rufus Chief Execu ve Officer Road Closure – Orroroo Carols in the Main Sunday 11th December 2016 No ce is hereby given that the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton resolved to:‐ 1. Pursuant to Sec on 33(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, declare that the event described below (“The Event”) that is to take place on the road described below (“The Road”) is an event to which Sec on 33 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 applies; and 2. Pursuant to Sec on 33(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, make an order direc ng that the Road on which the Event is to be held and any adjacent or adjoining roads specified below, be temporarily closed to traffic for the period as specified below: The Event Orroroo Carols in the Main The Road Second Street – between East Terrace and West Terrace, Orroroo From To th
5.00pm Sunday 11 December 2016 11.00pm Sunday 11th December 2016 3. Pursuant to Sec on 33(1)(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, make an order direc ng that persons taking part in the Event be exempted, in rela on to the Road, from the Duty to observe the Australian Road Rules specified below subject to any condi ons described below and a aching to the exemp on. Australian Road Rules Exemp on and Condi ons: Rule 230: Crossing a road – general (no condi on) Rule238: Pedestrians travelling along a road – (no condi on) For further informa on please contact the Council Office on 8658 1260. Stephen Rufus Chief Execu ve Officer Goyder’s Line Gaze e 5 INSPECTIONS WELCOME Addison Court YOUR NEW HOME Conveniently
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Goyder’s Line Gaze e 6 Orroroo Christmas
Pageant
Friday 16th December 2016
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If you are interested in entering a float in the Pageant, please contact the Council Office on 8658 1260. Please be aware that Second Street, Orroroo will be closed from 6pm—11pm on Friday 16th December Goyder’s Line Gaze e 7 Orroroo Refuse Depot The Orroroo Waste Depot opening hours are as follows: Wednesday 3pm ‐ 5pm Friday 1pm—3pm Sunday 10am—2pm Closed on Catastrophic Fire Days Orroroo Carrieton Waste Collec on Service Veolia wishes to advise that there will be no changes to the Waste and Recycling Collec ons over the Christmas and New Year period. If you have any concerns or ques ons regarding your waste collec on, please contact Veolia on 08 8645 8849 See collec ons calendar on page 22 As we enter the Christmas season we are reminded by the decora ons and cards that this is the season of peace and goodwill. But as we look and see the news of the world we find a world that is definitely not at peace and there is very li le goodwill shown in many areas. I was deeply touched by a video clip I came across of a young boy in the last hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo. He had been watching the planes fly over when he saw something drop from the sky and then he was covered in a yellow powder that made breathing very difficult. As he was being treated by the nurse with oxygen to help his breathing he was pleading with the nurse “Am I going to die, miss?” Just as he was being reassured, the hospital was hit by a bomb that put the place in u er chaos as people began running from what was the last opera ng hospital in Aleppo. You could not call this a place of peace and goodwill. Just over two thousand years ago God saw that the world had turned its back on Him and His teaching and so He sent His Son to be born in a lowly stable to bring a message of peace and salva on. Many would say that His coming has changed li le, but to those who have come to know Jesus in a personal way they have experienced this peace that the Christmas season is all about. The greatest gi you could receive this Christmas is to experience the presence of Jesus in your life. “Try it, you will like it.” May you have a blessed Christmas with family and friends. God bless, John Cozens PRO MOTORS
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Goyder’s Line Gaze e Looking a er all your vehicle needs! 8 Online Road Works Schedule The Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) has launched a new online Road Works Schedule to provide the community with a forward view of upcoming Departmental road works and traffic restric ons on the arterial road network across the State. Each year, the department undertakes a large scale of minor works to improve and maintain roads and associated infrastructure. This year alone, over 200 minor works are scheduled. The new online Road Works Schedule puts detailed road work informa on at your finger ps, providing the community with advanced no fica on about future road works (including dates, mes and loca on), a descrip on of the works and why they are required, and details on how it may impact road users so that they can plan their travel. The website is a one‐stop shop with links to other road services, such as TrafficSA for works on local roads, informa on about Outback Roads, and South Australian Police road closures. Please note, this new pla orm does not include council work. The Department will ensure this site is updated weekly, with new works tagged in red for the convenience of users. The website is available at h p://dp .sa.gov.au/infrastructure/road_works_schedule This new online pla orm works in conjunc on with the Department’s real me traffic informa on pla orms. To get real me traffic info direct to your smartphone download our Addinsight app at h p://www.addinsight.com.au/app or visit TrafficSA at www.traffic.sa.gov.au. THE PROBUS CLUB OF ORROROO & DISTRICTS
® A number of members took advantage of the opportunity to get out the fashionable clothes to a end our November mee ng. Barbara Smith was given the honour of being the best dressed on the day. Helga Belser was seen to have the best Ladies hat and John Arthur won the best Men’s hat by a country mile. When members returned from morning tea they were greeted by an array of cameras from the very old to modern day digital cameras. Our Guest Speaker Clive Palmer from Jamestown gave us a very informa ve review of the art of photography, which first began way back in 1839 with many of those early photos recorded on glass plate which has con nued to hold its quality over many years. Clive was born in Jamestown and a er leaving school worked for his father un l he turned 17 when he joined the Australian Air Force and was based in Newcastle where he remained for four and a half years. On returning to South Australia he did a bible study course for two years where he met his wife. In 1982 he took over the family business in the main street of Jamestown which has been in the Palmer family since 1908. Clive then took us through the cameras he had placed on the counter, star ng with a very old camera that usually was on a pedestal for stability that took only one photo at a me. In 1920 cameras became more portable with the introduc on of the Kodak box camera. Many members present were able to recall that they had a box camera at some me in the past. Agfa, a German firm entered the market in late 1920’s. The Polaroid camera that came on the market in 1977 allowed people to receive instant photos, but with the introduc on of video and digital cameras, the taking of photos has changed drama cally. Noreen McNamara gave a vote of thanks on behalf of the Orroroo Probus club. John Cozens Goyder’s Line Gaze e 9 Looking Back—From England to Orroroo cigare es, they were all willing to help with advice and would have done the job for me, but I knew the only way to learn was to do the job, it also helped me fit in. We spent the rest of that week ge ng the camp together and checking the je ng gear. We were to go out to our first camp on the Monday and I think the boys were a bit put out at my keenness. They didn’t realise how li le I knew or how keen I was to learn to ride be er, as at that me I was horse mad. They gave me a good looking chestnut called Fairy as part of my string and I messed around with her all day Saturday. When I thought we had come to an understanding I asked the Boss if it was OK if I took her for a ride on the Sunday. He was happy with this and said just to stay in the small ‘killer paddock’ so I wouldn’t get lost. A er riding for about an hour I decided to expand my area of opera ons and went through the gate into ‘Pine Hill’ paddock. The Flinders Ranges are awe inspiring at any me, but to a newly fledged stockman with his own horse prancing under him, new R.M. Williams jeans that felt like cardboard, high heeled boots and spurs, the sun shining, and the chance that a maiden in distress may be watching this inspiring sight from some distant peak, was simply too much for a green Pommy jackeroo. From England to Orroroo con nued … I digress ‐ back to my first night on Minburra … A er tea and a bit of a walk around the sheds, horse yards and woolshed I dropped into bed. I’m sure it took me a long me to drop off to sleep and I woke with quite a start when ‘the boys’ arrived back from town about 2am sounding much the worse for wear. I heard someone crash into the room next door and yell (you’ve guessed it Big Ronny!) “Some bastard’s flogged my ma ress, it must be the prick who owns the car”. Next, my door crashed open and Big Ronny staggered in. Now I’d learned early in the piece that when dealing with mad Aussies you needed to be very good at bluffing and that he who kicked the poo first made the biggest spla er. This had worked well for me in the past although it had bought me a couple of blood noses. So thinking of this I sat straight up in bed and growled in my best gangster voice, “Bugger off yer drunken sod or yer dead”. There was a pregnant silence and Big Ronny staggered back out and yelled “Christ boys keep out a there, we’ve got a big agro Pommy bastard in there”. It had worked and I’d met Big Ronny! I’d been offered the job at Minburra as it was the me of year when they took on more men to help mark the lambs and when the sheep were ‘je ed’, that is spraying their bo oms to stop them ge ng fly‐blown before shearing me. When I look at the care taken with chemicals nowadays compared with the careless way they were handled then it’s quite frightening. A er riding up hills and down a number of valleys I got off to have a bite to eat, also my bum was ge ng sore and needed a rest. Si ng on top of the range I knew I had ‘come home’ and was at peace with the world. I said to Fairy, “we’d be er mosey off home old girl”. She looked at me sideways with a look that spoke volumes. I packed away my lunch things, put on my hat and climbed up into the saddle. Well that was the plan, but the next thing I knew I was under the horse’s belly, covered in bindii prickles and looking up from under the horses belly. Next thing the horse took off kicking the daylights out of the saddle, going like a rocket down the sheer hillside coming to a halt in the creek picking at some grass. About this me I started to think that I should have checked the saddle girth and how no one knew were I was and what was the fierce boss going to say about his saddle and how should I go about catching the bloody horse? In fact I remember thinking that ‘Chips’ would have had an answer. I met the rest of the crew at breakfast and a sorry for themselves lot they were … From now on we would work through for about six weeks with an occasional day at the homestead to wash our clothes. We would travel our camp from place to place mostly with an old n shed to cook in, mustering into the yards from the paddocks around, then move on a few miles to the next area and start again. The first order of the day was to get in the hors‐
es and shoe a couple each. Problem number one ‐ I’d never even seen a horse shod yet alone shoe one. They picked out an old horse called Quartpot who knew more about sta on hands than I did about shoeing horses. They showed me the tools to use, demonstrat‐
ed on one foot and said “have a go.” A er dus ng myself off I approached the horse in a steady friendly manner and as I approached her told her that I understood and forgave her, she looked at me in a sloppy “sorry boss” manner and just as I put my hand on her she took off like a rocket, kicking hell out of the saddle again, she stopped 100 metres away and placidly started cropping grass again. This went on for ten kilometres with her not le ng me get too close before doing her idiot act and me trying every thing Within 12 months I became very fast at shoeing a horse, but that first me remains in my memory as the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. I was determined to do it myself and although it took two days to put on the three shoes I did manage it but I have never been as s ff or sore in so many different places since. It was hard to see the other men talking and cha ng while they effortlessly put on the shoes and smoked endless Goyder’s Line Gaze e 10 Looking Back—From England to Orroroo... from begging her, to praying to God. She headed home and some hours later we came to the home paddock gate where I thought I had a be er chance of catching her. Ha! what a joke ‐ as soon as I opened the gate she knocked me head over heels and took off for the homestead horse yards, I thought “thank God it’s Sunday night and I’ll be able to sneak in”. Next thing I see the Boss coming through the water course in his Land Rover ‐ my heart sank , I thought this is it, I’ll be on the next truck out and I’ve only just got here. The Boss pulled up alongside me, gave me a glance and said “going far?” I climbed in and told him what had happened, all of it! He just nodded sagely and said “you’ll know be er next me eh?” We went to the yard and unsaddled the horse, me wondering how I could kill the bastard without him seeing, then he put on another saddle jumped on the horse and flogged it around the yard with a folded surcingle, told me to open the gate and flogged it right down to the White Dam and back, the horse pig jumping and squealing, the sweat running off it. When he got back he calmly dismounted, the horse trembling and looking side ways at him, and said quietly, “some mes they forget their manners!” It was never men oned again but I bet he had a good laugh when he got home and dined out on the tale for months, anyway I learned more that day than I could have been told in a year! Sunday evening a small truck arrived and out stepped a bloke who was obviously a born stockman and the nearest thing to Chips Rafferty that I’d encountered to this point. He wasn’t as tall as Chips but wore the same khaki shirt neatly pressed moleskin trousers R. M. Williams boots and an Akubra hat set at just the right angle. He had a neat swag and was obviously well known to every one and well liked. It was obvious from the start that he didn’t think much of Poms and I was going to have a hard me not punching him on the nose; the trouble was he looked as though he might be able to handle himself and punching him might be a big mistake. That first week we had a few verbal run‐ins and his a tude started to mellow a li le and against my be er judgement I started to like him and from that beginning he is s ll my great and trusted friend 56 years later. We worked together, played together, found our maidens in distress together. He was my best man and I his, and our wives have always been like sisters ‐ what a lucky day it was the day I met Alan Acworth. Lamb marking was hard work and long hours, we’d muster in a mob of about 650 sheep a er lunch, let them se le down overnight then at sunrise next morning mark the lambs and run the ewes through the je ng race. We’d put the lambs together to moth‐
er‐up, grab a quick lunch then help get that mob on it’s way back to their paddock leaving them with one man and his dogs while the rest of us went off to muster another mob. We o en arrived back at camp right on dusk and by the me we’d put the mob in the yards, seen to the horses and cooked our tea, we’d be dead on our feet and didn’t take any rocking to sleep. The horses o en fed around the camp keeping us awake with their bells and hobble chains clanging and ra ling ‐ then at 4.30 a.m. when the horse tailer lit his kero lantern to get them in for the day’s work, there was dead silence! Much to his disgust Big Ron was le at the homestead to do the cowboys job ‐ this involved keeping up the ra on sheep, the firewood cut and the gardens neat and dy at the homestead. Each morning he had to clean out the boiler ashes and relight the fire at ‘the big house.’ This would seem pre y straight forward but Big Ron always managed to inject the simplest of tasks with a touch of excitement. Orroroo Historical Society Open by appointment—contact Ray and Clara Sims 08 8658 1230 Sandra Shephard 08 8659 0033 Mee ngs are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 1.30pm (excluding December and January), mee ngs are open to the public PO Box 33, Orroroo SA 5431 Alan Acworth at Minburra, 1960. Goyder’s Line Gaze e 11 It’s Almost Rodeo Time Again… South Australia’s yodelling ‘Banjo Girl’, Taylor Pfeiffer, will ou it), 2009, 2010 and 2011. Along with his work around set the tune for this year’s OZ Minerals 64th Annual Carrieton Australia with the Woodalls, Tom also travelled to North Rodeo on Friday 30 December 2016. Taylor will be part of the America for three years (2012‐2015), with bullfigh ng s nts in pre‐Grand Entry entertainment, and in what is believed to be the US [and Texas …], a milestone being taking part in another first for Carrieton, Taylor will sing the Na onal Professional Bull Ride (PBR) events and the Pro Rodeo Anthem while backing herself on the banjo. Taylor performed Cowboys Associa on (PRCA), both interna onally recognised at the Carrieton Comedy and Music Show recently, where she compe ons, always returning home for Christmas, and wowed the audience with her musical skills. Carrieton. Formerly known as ‘rodeo clowns’ whose job it was to entertain the crowd, the bullfighter’s job is to protect the bull rider, once he has been bucked‐off the bull. This o en means pu ng his body between the bull and rider, and taking a few hits – Tom broke his neck in 2013. So what does Tom enjoy about rodeo bullfigh ng, arguably the most dangerous occupa on in the world? “I’ve always been around livestock and enjoy the challenge of protec ng cowboys by trying to control and outwit what is basically a wild and poten ally dangerous animal”. These athle c blokes are to be applauded for their agility, courage, physical fitness and dedica on to their profession. We at Carrieton, thank Tom for his incredible work and wish him and his family all the best. Taylor Pfeiffer se ng the tune for this year’s rodeo. Rodeo farewell Acclaimed rodeo bullfighter Tom Wreford, who has been working at the Carrieton Rodeo since 2005, recently informed the commi ee that his appearance at this year’s rodeo will be his last, as he and his wife Kristy have decided it’s me to spend more me at home with their young daughter Claire. Growing up on ca le proper es in the NT and Qld, and with his father riding bulls in rodeo rough‐stock and me‐events, Tom has been on the rodeo circuit since childhood and a career in bullfigh ng was a natural progression. Tony Woodall scouted Tom, who was 18 at the me, at a Tennant Creek rodeo back in 2004; Tom moved down to Victoria and started working for Woodalls Rodeo Promo ons back in 2006 and has been protec ng bull riders with Woodalls Tom Wreford on the job helping a young bull rider at ever since. Over the years Tom has been named Rodeo Marrabel. Services Australia (RSA) Bullfighter of the Year, several mes. In 2013, Tom, a boilermaker by trade, who lives in the Dartmoor area of western Victoria, took out the APRA Australian Bull Fighter of the Year Award. To determine Australia’s best bullfighter, the top 15 bull riders in the country vote for the bullfighter they would like to protect them out in the arena, and Tom’s fearless a tude put him at the top of their list. Tom took out the same na onal award in 2006, as well as Victorian Bullfighter of the Year in 2007 (hence the 07 Goyder’s Line Gaze e 12 It’s Almost Rodeo Time Again… Tom Wreford gets a hurry‐up from an angry bull at Cody, Wyoming, USA. This rodeo runs every night for three months A young Trevor Rowe finds himself on the wrong side of a steer at a Hawker rodeo in the late 1950s. June‐ August. This year’s rodeo will feature all the regular rough‐stock and me‐events. Gates open at 2p.m. Regular food, coffee and Quorn Mercury, Thursday 17 April 1952 so drink stalls, and bar facili es. Free camping and live £800 from Rodeo at Hawker Adelaide Band KINETIK a er the rodeo, along with a country recovery breakfast on Saturday morning Special trains from Port Augusta and Quorn helped to swell The Carrieton Rodeo Club thanks all the valuable sponsors, the record crowd of 2,200 at the Hawker rodeo on Monday. supporters and volunteers who con nue to work together to The proceeds, which amounted to £800, will go towards improvements to the recrea on ground and to finance future make this annual event such an ongoing success. rodeos. The main events resulted: Far Northern rough riding The clubrooms will be open on Thursday a ernoon from championship: J. Mclnnes, N. Horript, L. Cowan. Steer riding: 4p.m. un l midnight , with meals and drinks available, L. Cowan, A. Henske, L. Whyte. courtesy of the Hawker Cricket Club. Looking forward, looking back. 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13 Orroroo Quilters Display 2016
Once again we had a very successful Display. Most of our visitors came from out of town and a group of 17
women from the Chicago Quilters of Kilburn came up for the day!
So many people signed our visitor’s book and the comments were a joy to read. Many appreciated the diverse
range of quilts, from such a small group. The Australiana Display was a great hit, with many fond memories
being recounted as they looked at some of the memorabilia displayed alongside our quilts.
The Pop-Up Quilt shop was very busy. Charlene’s Quilting shop from Jamestown and Bellanye Quilting Supplies
from Port Augusta who had a wonderful range of products for us to peruse. Joan had MJ Crafts open as well
and received many visits over the four days. We would like to thank them for their continued support.
We would like to acknowledge The Tourism Committee, who organised the Street Fair which was also
successful. The Bakeroos had just about sold all of their stock by 10:30am. There was a great variety of stalls
and they all seemed to be surrounded by visitors. We should also like to thank the local car club members who
came and showed their Vintage Cars which were a great hit with young and old.
Many people commented on the lovely ‘Cream Teas’ they enjoyed at Miss Marples. The ladies did an excellent
job as always.
Our raffle tickets did very well and we thank the following people for their generous donations; Faye Hitch,
Bud Stephensen, Lynette Bollinger (The Store on Second), Bellayne Quilting Supplies, Charlene’s, Amanda and
Neil Dyer (The Newsagents), Di Scott (Maggies), Mel, Les and Andrea French (Orroroo Hardware).
The prize winners were:
1st Pauline Gibbs from interstate
Quilt
2nd Marg Chapman
Quilt
3rd Di Duncan Lund
Painting
4th Carol Miller from the South East
Pamper Pack
5th Di Barrie
Kitchen Pack
6th Lindy Tezacker
Garden Pack
Sandra Daldry
President Orroroo Quilters
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Orroroo Area School Information Section Year 10
Football Scoreboard by Corey Finlay and Ma hew Tapsco The aim of our project was to repaint and improve the look of the Orroroo Football Club scoreboard, numbers and names. We are both involved with the football club and play football on a Saturday and thought the score board was due for a repaint. It had started to rust and the numbers were peeling so we researched, sanded, scraped and painted the numbers and the board. We would like to thank the Orroroo Football Club for their support and funding, the Orroroo District Council for approval, Kevin O’Dea for welding, Craig Finlay for help and guidance, the Orroroo Hardware for paint brush dona ons and Mike Custance for advice. Goyder’s Line Gaze e 16 OASIS
Orroroo Area School Information Section Community Projects
School Garden by Cassie Woolford The aim of my Community Project was to design and plant a new garden for an overgrown area at Orroroo Area School. I decided on this project because I a end school here and the garden was un dy and in need of improvement. I spoke to the groundsmen and Grounds Commi ee about the possibility of a new garden, which was supported. Through doing this project I have learnt a lot about organisa on, communica on and how to use a design program called ‘Sketch Up’. I have also learnt about different types of plants and which plants would be suitable for the climate. I would like to thank the groundsmen Craig Finlay and Kevin O’Dea for their advice and removal of the salt bush, the school grounds commi ee for funding and offering their advice, Lou‐Anne Beneat for assis ng me with the design and Donna Wood for plant dona ons. Portable Planters for the Orroroo Community Home by Fran Vercoe and Madison Shute The aim of our project was to design and create two portable planter boxes for the Orroroo Community home. Both our mothers work at the community home so they gave us the idea and helped us develop our idea. We contacted Barbara Nu seeking approval and to get measurements of the area. We also contacted Nardine O’Dea to seek support from the Orroroo Lions Club to fund our project. During the making of our project we learnt how to communicate through formal le ers, emails and phone calls. We also learnt how to weld and how to work in a team and incorporate everyone’s ideas. We would like to thank Denise Ogilvy, Dorothy Schultz (Dot), the Orroroo Lions Club, Nardine O’Dea, Barbara Nu , Ma hew Dignan, Katrina Shute, Alison Sellwood and Donna Wood for their help and contribu on to our project. Orroroo Area School Community Library Opening Hours School Holiday period Library will be closed Monday 26th December 2016 un l Monday January 2nd 2017 Tuesday : 10.30am to 5pm Wednesday : 1pm to 5pm Thursday : 1pm to 6pm Friday : 10.30am to 5pm Closed Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Public Holidays. The library staff wish you all a happy and healthy holiday break. Goyder’s Line Gaze e 17 Orroroo Springs dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlas ng joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilder‐
ness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. This is the prophe c word that the Lord shall do in this region. (John 4:14, John 7:38, Isaiah 41:17‐20, Isaiah 35:1‐
10, Isaiah 43:18‐21, Revela on 22:1). By Paul Draper Australian Gospel Outreach October 2nd – 9th, 2016. But Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlas ng life. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shi ah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God. Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habita on of Goyder’s Line Gaze e 18 CHURCH NOTICES December 2016—January 2017
“The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call
him Immanuel—which means ’God with us’.” Matthew 1:23
SERVICE TIMES—DECEMBER 2016 ANGLICAN CHURCH 21 FOURTH ST 4th December: 10.00am Morning prayer LLM 11th December: 11.30am Holy Communion District Priest (followed by lunch TBA) 18th December: No Service 25th December: Christmas Day 9.30am Holy Communion District Priest ORROROO COMMUNITY CHURCH 10 FOURTH STREET 10.00am Sundays followed by cuppa and Fellowship Christmas Day: 9.00 am Service 
UNITING CHURCH FIFTH STREET 4th December: 10.00am 11th December: 10.00am 18th December: 10.00am Holy Communion 25th December: Christmas Day 9.00am Service CATHOLIC CHURCH 54 FOURTH ST Orroroo Vigil—7.00pm 3rd/31st December Christmas Eve Vigil 6.00pm Orroroo 4th December: 8.30am Booleroo 11th December: 8.30am Booleroo 10.00am Pekina 18th December: 10.00am Orroroo 25th December: 9.00am Laura Weekday Masses: 5.00pm Fridays SERVICE TIMES—JANUARY 2017 ANGLICAN CHURCH 1st January: 10am Morning Prayer LLM 8th January: 9.30am Holy Communion District Priest 15th January: No Service 22nd January: 11.30am Holy Communion Local Priest—Peterborough Congrega on joining with us 29th January: 10.30am Ministry District Service, Jamestown Guest preacher—
Diocesan, Treasurer: Michael Ford ORROROO COMMUNITY CHURCH 10.00am Service followed by fellowship Goyder’s Line Gaze e UNITING CHURCH 1st January: NO SERVICE 8th January: 10.00am 15th January: 10.00am Holy Communion 22nd January: 10.00am 29th January: Combined Service 10.00am Orroroo Diary No ce: 5th February—Harvest Fes val CATHOLIC CHURCH 1st January: 8.30am Booleroo 8th January: 8.30am Booleroo, 10am Pekina 15th January: 10.00am Orroroo 22nd January: 8.30am Booleroo, 10am Pekina 29th January: 8.30am Orroroo 19 New Mid North Health Advisory Council Members At the Mid North Health Advisory Council Mee ng at Booleroo Centre on November 10th two new community members were elected to replace the re ring members Glenn Hammat (Jamestown) and Trevor Roocke (Booleroo Centre). As with every AGM, community members were invited to nominate to join the Mid North HAC, and if in the event of two or more people nominate to represent the same community and elec on is then held at the AGM. This year Lynne Christophersen (Booleroo Centre) and Ruth O’Grady (Jamestown) nominated and were elected as new members to the HAC unopposed. Exis ng HAC members Rob Gibb (Orroroo) and Jeff Oakley (Peterborough) re‐nominated and were also re‐elected unopposed. All members of the Mid North Health Advisory Council are available to speak to anyone who would like to make enquiries or comments regarding local health issues. Please contact your local hospital for contact details for the Mid North Health Advisory Council members. Steve Richmond Presiding Member Mid North Health Advisory Council With the aim of reducing the number of water related accidents and injuries, SA Water VACSWIM is a South Aus‐
tralian Government ini a ve for primary school children to develop water awareness, water safety, water confidence and water skills. VACSWIM has been providing South Australian primary school children with water knowledge for over 50 years. VACSWIM will be held at Carrieton from 19th to 21st December. VACSWIM will be held at Orroroo from 3rd to 9th January. If you require more informa on about the program, visit www.vacswim.com.au Goyder’s Line Gaze e 20 The Orroroo Community Gym held its AGM on Wednesday 23rd November 2016, and the following office‐bearers were elected: Chairperson: Kate Pearce Mob: 0411 042 282 Dep Chairperson: Kay Parkyn Secretary: Peter Amey: (Catch up with Peter at the Post Office) Treasurer & Membership Officer: Sharon McCarthy Mob: 0456 650 656 Pilates Group Leader: Kay Parkyn Commi ee: Di Barrie Andrea Mar n Welcome to our new commi ee members, and “Thankyou” for your interest in suppor ng the Orroroo Community Gym. Goyder’s Line Gaze e 21 DavisSepticTankCleaners
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December is here. How organised are you? To help you out, The
Store will be open every day till Christmas.
So be sure to call in to find some great Christmas presents and
what about a beautiful outfit for the party season.
The Store will also open late for pageant night and Friday 23rd
December. Saturday we will be here till 3pm for those last
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We would like the Community to know that IGA ORROROO is in the process of establishing a SA‐Lotteries Outlet in town. It is a lengthy process that we have no control over. Also NEW TO ORROROO, Syndicates will be available. Thank you for your patience ORROROO WILL HAVE SA-LOTTERIES AGAIN
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