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Gazette
Dunoon and District
Issue No 134
$0.00 Whinge Free (Mostly)
October/November 2012
IN
THIS
ISSUE:
www. dunoongazette.com
DUNOON UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB p7
VILLAGE BLUES p4
DUNOON FILM SOCIETY p15
WIRES p9
WHIAN WHIAN HALL p8
UMBRELLA ANTHOLOGY p17
SCHOOL NEWS p16-19
DUNOON AND DISTRICT GAZETTE October-November 2012
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2 October-November 2012 DUNOON AND DISTRICT GAZETTE
W
ell, it was a relief to see the
print version of the Gazette
out in early August, and a real
pleasure to hear the positive feedback,
especially on the value of keeping the
Gazette going. A local newspaper is certainly a great way to keep in touch with
what is happening in the local community and issues impacting our residents.
At the same time, it is also good to
reflect on wider issues, what other communities both near and far are doing,
and what impact our community has
had on shaping the views and actions of
our young (and not so young!) people.
In this issue of the Gazette, we hear
from one of our past residents with news
that gives us an insight into life on the
other side of the globe; we hear about a
book written by some of our very young
community members with the generous
support of a local Mum; the achievements of our kids in soccer, tournament
of the minds and school awards; we see
news of a book written by a local Southern Cross University graduate who survived the Bali bombing, and we reflect
on some of the changes in our local government. Along with our regular contributors, I’d like to encourage people to
send in their articles, news and photos.
I saw a thought-provoking quote recently “Nothing has really happened
until it has been recorded” Virginia
Woolf, English author and critic (18821941). A local paper is a great way to
record the events and day-to-day happenings that make up our lives in this
great village and surrounding district.
It can only happen with the support of
our advertisers, so please read the ad-
vertisements and give your business to
the locals wherever you can. And if you
run a business or offer a service, please
consider advertising it in our Gazette
so that we can continue to encourage
locals to support the local businesses.
I was lucky enough to meet the editor
of The Blackwood News, which is a
community paper in a Victorian town
similar in size to ours, and they have
an impressive number of “hits” on
their website. I look forward to sharing
ideas on how we can keep improving the quality and reach of our community news, and add to the value
and return on investment for our advertisers who keep the paper going.
In some of the feedback I was sent, it
was great to hear that our paper not only
reaches our neighbouring State of Victoria, but even makes it as far as Japan,
New Zealand and the UK and perhaps
further afield through our local people
forwarding the news to friends and past
residents. I hope that we can extend our
reach even further through the website,
so don’t forget to forward the link to
friends, family and colleagues who may
be interested – www.dunoongazette.com
Thanks again to all of our contributors, advertisers and readers.
Regards,
Bronwen Campbell
[email protected]
Ph 0439842237
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Volunteers are required to hold
a full driver’s licence. Vehicle
and fuel costs supplied and you
can contribute for as little as 1
hour a week.
All enquiries call:
Lismore Neighbourhood Centre
6621 7397
www.lnci.org.au
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3
UPCOMING EVENTS - LOCAL DUNOON
VILLAGE BLUES 2012 @
DUNOON SPORTS CLUB
Saturday
October
27th
from
3.00pm
This years Village Blues Festival
Dunoon has yet another stellar line-up
performers bringing y’all a mighty mix
blues, roots, funk, jazz and good times
little old Dunoon.
at
of
of
to
LIL’ FI & the Dirty Rascals feature
blues diva Lil’ Fi.
A stalwart in
the Australian music scene for over 20
years, her performance and delivery of the
blues comes from the heart and the soul.
Lil’ Fi has wowed audiences all over the
country with her music, and Village Blues
is to be no exception when she is joined
by The Dirty Rascals - a well-seasoned
rhythm section of fine and infallible
musicians.
THE HOOCHERS are back for another
run at Village Blues, bringing a fat,
funky blues-edged groove that natural-
ly seems to encourage…dance! With a
recently acquired 3-piece horn section,
and Miss Jodie’s high energy show out the
front, these guys will take out the night
with some infectious musical magic, very
possibly with some special guests from
the previous bands to finish up with an
almighty
blues
jam
off!
THE 1.4.5’s are imported from Brisbane to bring a fat and rockin’ drive to the
stage. A 3-piece unit that float between
the blues and the grooves with a dobro
lap steel slide sound that haunts, and a
better bass player afro than the Jackson
Five put together. Featuring Jason Castle
on lap-slide guitars and vocals, with a
tight and well-tuned rhythm section, The
1.4.5’s promise to deliver a high energy,
hard
edged
blues
sound
direct
from
the
big-smoke!
TWO RIVERS BLUES
features Matt Southon on
guitar and vocals…wellseasoned smells in a corrugated vat of rusty liquid
to produce an intensely
Australian blues sound…
joined by Matty Elliott on the
drumkit and washboard and
Declan ‘K’Enrick on harmonicas, Two Rivers
Blues will take you from a hillbilly blues
place of grit and dust, through to the
grit of some distinctly Australian blues
tunes.
RUTHIE MA TOOTHIE have been
seen sprouting their wares at local
venues for some time now, bringing an
old-school country edged sound to the
area. This duo features guitars, fiddle,
some sweet harmonies, songs about horses,
mountains and maidens.
Ruthie-MaToothie like their country gypsy and their
gypsy country, taking us on a journey
through the ‘deep-mid-south-ness’ of roots
and
‘other
stuff’…
LE BOP TRIO are the strong local
representation at this years Village
Blues. Michelle Fitness and Craig Lea
play the bop, the blues and some grooving
tunes to open the event and set the vibe
for the evening, with some fresh and
young
local
talent
joining
them
on the stage to complete the trio.
Village Blues kicks off at 3.00pm
sharp folks, so get in early for a good
patch of viewing space, and to support
the early performers who start the day’s
tunes. The event is FREE, family friendly, food available and NO BYO…and all
members, guests and friends of the club
are welcome (and encouraged!) to attend
in support of live and local music in the area.
Keep live music live – go to a gig!
Matt Elliott, Festival Organiser
CALL OUT FOR NEW MEMBERS!
WEDNESDAY COMMUNITY GROUP @ DUNOON VILLAGE HALL
Now approaching 25 years, the “Wednesday Group” has gradually reduced in numbers but still meets
every Wednesday at 10am for morning tea and craft activities where members exchange their skills and
knowledge. What we really need is an increase in members with new ideas.
Activities could include bushwalking or trips to local interest spots. Companionship is the main aim of the
group so please join us any Wednesday morning or ring Ron 6689 5018
DUNOON INDOOR BOWLS @ DUNOON VILLAGE HALL
Come and enjoy a fun and social evening playing Indoor Bowls at Dunoon Village Hall for the low cost of $2! We meet every
Monday at 7.30pm and we’re looking forward to welcoming new people - no experience necessary. Please call Ron 6689 5018
EUCHRE @ DUNOON VILLAGE HALL
Euchre more your cup of tea? Dunoon Euchre Club meets at the Hall every Thursday evening at 7.30pm and we need more members! It’s a great way to meet new people. We have lots of fun and look forward to meeting new faces. So, please come along or call
John 6688 6563.
UPCOMING EVENTS - DISTRICT and BEYOND
2 WHEELED TREKS
CYCLING EVENTS IN
NSW NATIONAL PARKS
THIS OCTOBER
Get on your bike this October and
join one of the many 2 Wheeled
Treks cycling and mountain biking
events in national parks across NSW.
Now in its second year, the NSW
National Parks and Wildlife Service’s 2 Wheeled Treks community
cycling events will be held across
the state from 3 to 27 October 2012.
This year 2 Wheeled Treks has expanded to incorporate over a dozen
events, many led by National Parks
and Wildlife Discovery Rangers.
Events range from leisurely meanders for all ages and fitness levels,
through to adrenaline-charged challenges for mountain biking enthusiasts.
portunity for us to show off some of
the best places for mountain biking
in the state. Whether you are a mountain biking enthusiast, a cycling family,
or just getting into the saddle for the
first time, there are great cycling and
mountain biking experiences to be
found in national parks this October,”
said NSW National Parks and Wildlife
Service assets manager, Bryan Ries.
“NSW has one of the most fantastic networks of national parks in the world, so
grab your family and friends, get your
heart pumping and discover some of the
country’s most amazing natural spaces
at one of these great cycling events.”
2 Wheeled Treks includes National
Park Discovery-guided rides in national parks on the NSW North Coast,
Mid North Coast, Hunter, Central
Coast, Blue Mountains, Greater
Western Sydney, Southerland and Illawarra Shires, South Coast and
Western NSW during October 2012.
Visit
www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/
cycling for more information about
how you can enjoy a fun and healthy
way to experience these special places.
North Coast Freedom MTB Marathon: Saturday 13 October – Nightcap National Park
You are welcome to join us for the
6th annual Freedom MTB Marathon.
60k/40k or 20k Mountain bike event
in the beautiful Nightcap National
Park rainforest up in the Byron Bay
Hinterland. Fantastic campground!
This event is open to riders 12 years
and up. Solo and 2 Person Team categories. All riders receive a gourmet
lunch. Lots of spot and category prizes.
When: Saturday 13 October, 10am start
Where: Nightcap National Park
Meeting place: Rummery
Park campground
Price: Entry fees: $55 - $85
Suitable
for:
Beginners,
novices, veterans and elite riders
“2 Wheeled Treks offers a great op-
LISMORE SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Star Court Theatre, Lismore.
The
Lismore
Symphony
Orchestra is set to thrill audiences
again with another in the series of
orchestral
favourites.
And
this
time much of the music is
based on folk tunes, including
Sibelius [Finlandia], Bizet [Farandole
from
L’Arlesienne]
and
Bartok [Rumanian Folk Dances],
all among other selections for
your
enjoyment.
This
concert
the orchestra will double in size
as it is joined by a group of
student string players, many experiencing the thrill of orchestral
playing for the first time. There
will also be some local dancers
performing
with
the
orchestra.
Our concerts are often sold out, so it is
recommended to buy your tickets early.
Saturday: 17 November, 7.30pm
Sunday: 18 November, 2.00pm
TICKETS: $22 Adults
$12 School age Children
Lismore Symphony Orchestra, esStar Court Theatre 66225005
tablished 2003, is a not for profit
At the door if available.
community organisation aiming to
make orchestral music accessible Email: [email protected]
to, and enjoyable for, a broad
range
of
the
community.
.
... For the community... By the community
5
Thank you to the people of Lismore from DAVID YARNALLL
Council election update
T
he council elections are behind
us and unfortunately I have failed
to be re-elected.This is a great
disappointment to me and my supporters but one that I will take on the chin
and comeback stronger. I would like to
thank all the people who have put their
trust in me and supported me during
my time on council. I would also like
to thank those people who have expressed their support to me in the aftermath of the council election result.
Being on council was a privilege
and a challenge. I tried to achieve a
balance between the main party factions while having the concerns of
the community as my guide. With
support from my colleagues I have assisted in putting Lismore Council
on the road to sustainability for the
future, turning around years of neglect
and poor decision making. As I have
said before my experience on council
shows me that there are no simple solutions to councils growing problem
maintaining assets such as roads.
My one regret is that I could not do
more for our ailing road network but
circumstances and the lack of support
on council worked against my endeavours. However there are processes in
place that I have worked hard to establish that will start to take affect over the
next four years including the review
of road construction and the progress
of council’s asset management plans.
Nik Hyde
Plumber & Drainer
New installations/Renovations
Roofing/Guttering
Solar systems/Hot water services
Septic Systems
Free estimates
Commercial & Domestic
24hr Service
Dunoon 6689 5174
Mob: 0428 753 796
I have been a part of a hardworking,
respectful council that has seen the the
North Lismore Plateau with the potential of 1500 houses become a reality, the
upgrade of the Southern Trunk Main to
get already approved residential developments in Goonellabah moving, the
appointment of a new General Manager
to articulate the change in direction of
council, the rise of the anti-CSG movement culminating in the overwhelming
poll result, community consultation, the
housing strategy, the Koala Plan of Management, 2011 Local Environment Plan,
Internal audit and the Planning Review.
Areas of council that still concern me are
the progress of council’s asset management plans, the zero budget review and
council’s long term financial planning.
Not ‘sexy’ stuff but essential to council
being sustainable in the long term.
I congratulate the councillors that were
re-elected especially the Mayor Jenny
Dowell. I wish the new councillors good
luck in what will be a steep learning
curve. Council can be challenging and
rewarding but only if councillors are
prepared to put in the effort. Council is
no longer a part-time position as was
the case ten years ago. The complexity of council business and growing
Electrical
Contractor
Warren Lewis
Lic no 25239
Domestic - Commercial - Solar
Rewires - Repairs
General Maintenance
24 hour service
Tel: 6689 5034
Mobile: 0428 539354
Give us a go!!!
Whian Whian Road,
Whian Whian
nature of compliance require councillors to invest large amounts of time and
effort. What seems like an easy, simple
solution from the outside invariably
is more complex once on the inside.
There are many challenges facing
council with cost shifting and budget
cuts from the State Government, falling
revenue, a back-log of maintenance
works and rate pegging, The current
council will have little room to move
without a thorough re-assessment of
council’s priorities. The zero budget
review and the community survey are
designed to give councillors direction for
council’s priorities rather than personal
‘wish lists’. And for the long term there
is the hope of constitutional recognition
through a referendum at the next Federal
election that if successful could put an
end to council’s struggle for revenue
through government hand-outs and rates.
Finally, I would like to thank all those
who helped me during the election campaign for all your hard work, advice
and support. I felt we did as well as we
could under the circumstances. I have
no regrets and feel privileged to have
had four years on council to work and
meet with many good people. My life
will be the richer for the experience.
Dunoon Rural Fire Service News
FIRE PERMITS
T
he official Bush
Fire
Danger Period
started on the
1st September and will continue until
March 2013 unless weather conditions dictate otherwise. During this
period a Fire Permit must be obtained
before lighting any fire out in the open
(with the exception of a cooking fire).
Fire Permit officers are listed on
page third last page or contact the
Fire Control Centre on 66630000.
It is the responsibility of the permit
holder to adhere to all the conditions
listed on the permit. Please read the
permit in full when it is issued as there
have been several changes made to
this year’s document. A Fire Permit
is automatically suspended if a very
high fire danger period is declared.
When requesting a permit please remember that all permit officers are volunteers and have their own family and
work commitments. Do not expect to be
issued with a permit to burn on the same
day as all adjoining neighbours and the
Fire Control Centre must be given 24hrs
notification of your intention to burn.
Opening hours for the FCC are 8.30am
to 4.40pm Monday to Friday so plan
ahead if you want to burn on a weekend.
After a long wet period, the country has
dried out quickly. There is a lot of fuel
on the ground and the RFS is expecting
a long, busy fire season. Local crews
have already attended major fires out
of area in the Clarence Valley and some
smaller ones in the Richmond Valley.
Be alert and fire wise this summer.
Dial 000 in an emergency.
Ross McDougall
Captain, Dunoon Rural Fire Brigade
Dunoon United Football Club News from Andy BainL
S
eason 2012 has now drawn to a
close. The season has been good
for DUFC with 20 teams made
up of 32 senior players, 82 competition
players and 66 non-competition players,
which sees us as being a mid-size club,
with more players than some other established clubs within the Football
Far North Coast (FFNC) competition.
This year has seen some firsts for
DUFC, with the hosting of Premier
mens and womens, hosting of Representative games and hosting of
University games. These all came
about due to mother nature and
the early rainfall in the region.
In our competition teams we had
seven out of eight make it to the
Zoe, Breanna, Maddie, Claire, and Rosie
finals with three making it to
the Grand Finals. These were:
‘13 Girls’ vs Alstonville 5-2 win. Well
done to Luke Sullivan and the girls.
‘16/17 Girls’ vs
Thistles 3-0 win.
Well
done
to
Paul
Farrington
and
the
girls.
‘16/17 Boys’ vs
Goonellabah loss
in penalty shoot
out. Well done to
Jye and the boys.
I’ve been advised
that it was one of
the best grand final games this year.
DUFC also supplied players to both
Representative teams and to the PSSA
team. Claire Farrington was selected to captain the PSSA Team which
went on to win the Tournament in
an invitational team over all other
State teams. Five of our girls, pictured above, played in the Northern
New South Wales State Championships in Coffs Harbour in September.
Thanks to all committee members,
coaches,
players
and
parents
for the season once again, and
hope to see you all back in 2013.
Andy Bain
7
The Best Little Blues Hall in the Bush
T
ime was slipping away, and the
darkness had crept in....but at
the end of the road, I could see
the flames of the fire drum, and hear
the beats of the Whian Whian Blues
Stomp pumping out into the rainforest. The bass rushed into my bloodstream, my pulse quickened and I
hurried my steps towards the front door
of the best little blues hall in the bush.
If there is a more perfect way
to spoil myself on a Saturday night, I haven’t found it yet.
Punters crowded round the fire,
warming themselves and indulging in
chilled conversations, and as I wandered inside, the sheer number of people
present blew me away. Some sitting,
some swaying, some jumping, every one
of them toe-tapping. Something else in
common – blissful smiles on their faces.
but the punters were raving about their
passionate performance. I think I can
safely say the two Matts know exactly
how the fun they are having, infects the
audience, and they exploit the ripple
effect every minute they are on stage.
Miss Jodie and the Hoochers rocked
the rafters. From their Facebook page
comes the description, “The Hoochers play an assorted and original blend
of funk, jazz, rock, blues, swing,
bop and jive that culminates into
what they call… Funkafide Blues.” I
don’t know much about music, but I
know that I can’t help dancing when
Jodie and the boys belt it out. (When
I grow up…I wanna be like Miss
Jodie. Super cool, with a voice ripped
from the best of global blues culture.)
who made it so difficult for me to
choose what to indulge in. So many
home-baked goodies, and all proceeds going towards the Hall.
Pete from the Hoochers - playing
guitar on the back of his head!
Our country halls were once the lifeblood of our communities, and Whian
Whian is doing its best to bring this back.
The Whian Whian Hall may only
be small, and the community only
slightly larger, but it has a heart
bigger than the whole Northern
Rivers and on Saturday September
15th, Whian Whian welcomed everyone and provided an amazing night
of music and Australian style Blues.
We
were
treated
to
three
bands. All unique; all amazing.
Two Rivers Blues kicked off, with Matt
Elliot and Matt Southon. I missed most
of the set (un-fashionably late – again),
Miss Jodie and the Hoochers
Matt Southon - Two Rivers Blues
I asked a friend of mine, also a very
talented muso, to assess the boys from
Invisible Friend, and she gave me this,
“Invisible friend have their very unique
style of psychodelic, fusion, funk blues
with harmonies made in heaven and
world-class musicianship. Even the
drummer was good.” Thanks, Michelle
Fitness. High praise, and 100% true.
Sometime during the night, I managed
to find my way to the kitchen for
sustenance. Thanks to everyone
If the Hall Committee keep presenting us with gigs of this calibre, I
may never drive through the hills
without wishing I was there again.
In fact, I wish I was there right now.
Carol Shipard
Note from the Editor - If you missed
this, you have another chance to see
some of these great acts at the Village
Blues on 27th October 3 pm at Dunoon
Sports Club
WIRES - Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service
RARE MOUNTAIN BRUSHTAIL POSSUM TWINS
A
caller to WIRES hotline has
made a wonderful discovery
near Clunes. A dead possum
was found with two living joeys in
her pouch! The twins are extremely rare: Though other possums
routinely have multiple joeys,
Mountain Brushtails give birth to
only one young possum at a time.
Nicknamed Fred and George by
rescuer Jo Chaffey, the very young
boys will be carefully reared
until they are capable of fending
for themselves. Then they will
be released back into the wild.
The twins are doing well
and
putting
on
weight.
All WIRES members are trained
to investigate further whenever an
injured mum is found: there may be
young ones in a pouch or nearby.
As WIRES teachings have become
more widespread, the public is fortunately learning these valuable
tips. The Mountain Brushtail twins
are very lucky to have been found.
WIRES welcomes calls seeking information or reporting your sightings
or experiences. The all-volunteer
organisation needs caring people to
train as licensed volunteer wildlife
rescuers and carers. There are many
other ways to help, too, including
staffing the hotline service, administration, fund-raising and catering.
Give WIRES a call on the 24-hour
hotline at 6628 1898 or visit the
website at http://www.wiresnr.org/.
There was a training course on September 22-23rd in Lismore. Contact
WIRES for details of the next course.
______________________________________________________________________________
YOUNG FEATHERTAIL GLIDER RESCUED
W
IRES Northern Rivers
has taken on another
big challenge – rearing
and releasing a tiny little creature
who weighs in at less than 1 gram.
Feathertails are very family oriented and spend their early lives
snuggling up together. WIRES has
successfully reared and released a
very young Feathertail in the past.
You can find Feathertails living in
large family groups of about 30, in
nests constructed in palm trees, tree
ferns, old bird’s nests, or crows nest
ferns. They use leaves and strips of
bark to build spherical closed nests
Nicknamed Spot, a very young
Feathertail glider was found on
his own in an electrical box by
an electrician doing a job for
Matt from Wilsons Creek. Matt
called WIRES to the rescue.
Spot somehow lost his mum and
family and is too young to take care
of himself, so he will be in care until
he is old enough to be released.
and then line the nest with collected feathers and mammal fur. They
will also build in telephone junction
boxes and other man made structures.
Adults only weigh between 10 and
15 grams. A membrane from knee to
elbow enables them to glide for an
amazing 20 meters on a single glide.
Their footpads act like mini suction
cups so they can move on any surface
including vertical panes of glass.
They eat nectar, pollen, honeydew
and
small
invertebrates and communicate softly
with
little
clicking
sounds.
Feathertails
are
nocturnal,
sleeping all day and roaming
around
at
night
to
feed.
It is good to remember that if
you have containers of water
outside, put a stick in them so that
if a glider or any other small creature falls in they can climb out.
Currently Spot is doing well. It is
difficult to raise him on his own as
9
DUNOON CHRONICLES WITH DENIS MATTHEWS
Fires in Dunoon
In the last issue of the Gazette, I was
writing of the little boy lost in 1886.
But I could not locate the land occupied
by Mr Bell who rescued the little boy.
Mrs Bell thought she saw a movement
in the scrub near her home and asked
her husband to investigate. Recently I
have heard from Cyril Ross who lives
in Fletcher Road. I do believe that Cyril
is our eldest local resident. He was born
in 1917 and has a fantastic memory of
much of our local history. Cyril believes
that there was a family of Bell living
on Morton’s land. Cyril’s mother was
a Morton. This came as a revelation
as I normally think of the Morton land
as being to the north of Cowley Road
which gives access to the Club. Maybe
that little boy was found on a property facing Raward Road not very far
from his father’s selection (Portion 98)
In 1881 Thomas Morton selected
portion 97, one of just two selections in
the parish with an area of a square mile
(640 acres). My map shows that the
subdivision of Portion 97 is recorded on
later parish maps. This is itself unusual.
Note that portions 214 and 215 were late
creations. The original Portion 81 was
shown as being selected by R. Morton.
During 1879 other settlers had selected
the portions 1-6 fronting the road to the
Tweed. Thomas’s square mile ran east
of these and stretched as far as Raward
Rd. Duncan Road is the road we take
past the power sub station towards
Numulgi or Clunes (and beyond). When
it swings sharply south, the road that
continues east is called Raward Road.
We are told that Thomas Morton came
to Australia with his four sons leaving
his wife and daughters in England.
He died 1895. His gravestone in the
Dunoon cemetery was erected by his son
Charles. It also serves as the headstone
for his sons William (1900) and Edward
(1903). Robert had died in 1885. It was
Robert’s land at the northern end of the
village that Charles eventually inherited.
Charles sold off various allotments
beginning in 1907 with the triangular corner opposite the hall. A series of
blacksmiths owned that block. James
Roder was a blacksmith who rented the
forge in 1913. A magnificent bakery
was built on the adjacent block but there
is still no evidence of its fate. Charles
Morton almost certainly lived where the
Smarts now have their double fronted
brick residence at 137 James Street.
How do we know? Two fires were reported in the Star in January 1915.
On 5 Jan 1915 the Star reported that
“A fire occurred at Dunoon early yesterday morning, the business premises
of Mr. W.G.S. Rutledge (plumber) and
Mr. Jas. Roder (blacksmith) being completely gutted with the contents. The
fire was discovered by Mr. F. Ernst,
who lives next door to the plumber’s
shop, at about 2.55 a.m. Mr. Ernst
quickly gave the alarm to the residents
living in the vicinity and every effort
was made to save the buildings, but
the fire had gained too great a hold, so
that nothing could be done. The neigh-
bours, however, worked like Trojans
to save the residence of Mr. Ernst and
they accomplished their purpose.”
Note that the blacksmith’s residence
still
stands.
Rutledge
built a workshop that eventually
became the Dunoon General Store.
Then just two weeks later the Star
reported, “The residence of Mr.
Charles Morton, J.P. at Dunoon
was totally destroyed by fire yesterday, the cause being unknown.”
A few days later there was a second
report which read, “...and soon all the
residents in the vicinity were hard at
work trying to save some of the furniture and removing all the furniture from
Mr. F. O. Ernst’s house next door. It was
thought that this residence would also
be burned, as there was only a narrow
drive between the two buildings, but the
men worked so well, buckets of water
were splashed on the wall facing the fire,
that though this building caught fire on
several occasions after about an hour it
was safe, though a good deal of damage
was done to the wall and roof. All the
windows were completely destroyed.
This is the second fire in Dunoon within
a fortnight, and Mr. Ernst has had the peculiar experience of having the building
on either side of his residence totally destroyed, while his house has been saved.
Mr Ernst was the clerk at the ES&A
bank which survived the huge fire of
April 1912. In that blaze the Bank of
NSW and the adjacent guest house were
destroyed. It was reported as far afield
as Chartres Towers and Broken Hill.
Mr Ernst hailed from Marburg in
Queensland but in January 1912 he
married Miss Irma Rosetta Mary Phillips, eldest daughter of J. G. Phillips, Esq., J.P., and Town Clerk of
Grafton. That wedding seems to have
been quite an affair. The best man was
Mr. Vardy, Bank Manager, Dunoon.
My map attempts to show Fletcher Road
which was created in 1911 about the
time the Methodist parsonage was being
developed. After the death of William
Morton, his widow Harriett married
George Fletcher in 1902 hence the
name of that road through Morton land.
Denis Matthews
TACKLING CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA, ONE SHOE AT A TIME
N
othing can prepare you for the
magic of India. I listened to
peoples stories, went to the
doctor, read books, watched Bollywood
films, ate a lot of curry, and I thought
that I was ready: I wasn’t. Everything
they say is true - India is big, loud, colourful, smelly, a massive contradiction:
amazing. Yet this means nothing until
you are actually standing in the streets
of Delhi surrounded by the chaos.
I was one of nine young Australian’s
that travelled to India with VGen, the
youth movement of World Vision Australia, to learn about the challenges and
strategies to tackle child labour. VGen
is a youth advocacy movement that inspires, educates, and empowers young
Australians to be powerful advocates
for change through political and community engagement on issues such as
child labour and child and maternal
health. The VGen India Immersion
Experience was the first of its kind de-
rights of the child are disregarded. In
India, I found that line almost impossible to define. The eradication of child
labour becomes twofold: firstly ensuring the family has sufficient income to
survive without relying on their children, as well as community wide understanding of child rights to ensure the
child receives an education, has time to
play and has access to basic services.
As I entered one community in northern India, we were greeted with song,
flowers and a traditional Hindu blessing. Here we met a room full of children that had previously been a part
of the work force as rag pickers or
in the textile industry. They shared
with us their stories through comics
they had drawn, showing the terrors
of child labour and the uncertainty of
living in slums or on the street, and
the transformation that occurred when
World Vision entered their communities. The comics ended with the joy
Sally and Lizzie - Kanpur Child Labour Project
signed to expose us to World Vision’s
programmatic work and connect us with
incredible young people who are advocating change within their communities.
As a member of VGen and a student
of development studies, I thought I
had a pretty sound understanding of
child labour. When living in extreme
poverty, it is understandable that children will sometimes need to work to
supplement their family’s income in
order to survive. Child work easily
transforms to child labour when the
of now receiving an education and the
newfound stability in their daily life.
These incredible young people, whose
ages do not reflect their maturity, identify issues in their community and act to
bring about change through conversations, art, photography, and street performances. They have even taken the
initiative to start a savings account to
help even less fortunate children than
themselves in the community. One particular child was identified as incredibly unwell and in desperate need of
medical attention. The family could
not afford to seek medical help, so the
children’s club used their saving to
pay for the child’s medical care. This
was one of many stories we heard that
day of incredible compassion and generosity, which highlights a system
here in Australia we take for granted.
I left that community with my heart
full of joy at what these children had
achieved. As we exited the slum down
one of the narrow paths we were confronted by a pile of shoes: the exact
shoes I had purchased two days
earlier in a market in Delhi. As we approached the doorway, we saw a room
full of shoes where a few men were
working. Across the path was another
door where a young boy, maybe 14
years old, operated a machine embossing the pattern onto the leather. And
then it hit me – my shoes could have
been made right here by this very boy.
I instantly wanted to throw up, cry,
and hide in a dark room. I never got
the chance to stop and talk to this
boy, learn his name, how old he is,
what his passions are... nothing. All
I know is that he worked on shoes,
possibly mine. The harsh reality of
child labour had finally hit home. I
truly understood the full scope of the
issue and how little I did to address it.
World Vision and the incredible young
people of India are doing extraordinary work to tackle child labour in the
field, but more can be done by people
like you and me here at home. For
every child World Vision helps, there
are five people wanting a cheap pair
of shoes. I learnt the importance of
asking questions; how can these shoes
be produced so cheaply? Was a child
exploited for my footwear? Important questions with a sad shortage of
answers, but I owe it to India to try.
This is where you and I can have an
impact, by asking questions and demanding that no child be involved in
the production of the goods we purchase. Let us use our consumer dollar
to limit our contribution to child labour.
Sally Gyles
11
DUNOON & DISTRICT SPORTS & RECREATIONAL CLUB
what’s on @ dunoon sports club
MELBOURNE CUP DAY
Tuesday 6th November
Come and enjoy all the
excitement of the race
that stops the Nation
*Cup Day lunch menu
(a la carte)featuring
tantalising specials
*Complimentary glass of
sparkling wine for diners
*Reg’s famous Calcutta
*Sweeps
*Fashion on the field
*Complimentary
tea and coffee
*Champagne Cocktails
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AT MAYFIELDS RESTAURANT
Book and dine with Dunoon Sports Club on a Saturday night with three other
paying guests in the Mayfields Restaurant and
receive one main meal free
(least value meal)
as a birthday present in your
birthday month.
Booking is essential and a condition of redemption Phone 6689 5469
BASKETBALL
PLAYERS WANTED!
for new sport beginning
at The Club
Dunoon Tennis Courts
7.30 - 8pm Thursdays
after soccer training
Experienced players
past and present will be
welcome with open arms!
DUNOON & DISTRICT SPORTS & RECREATIONAL CLUB
SOCCER
CLUB
DUNOON
SOCIAL GOLF
DISCOUNT PRICES ON MIDDIES AND
SCHOONERS OF BEER
Andy Bain 6689 5898
Rob Gatt 6689 5902
Wet weather contact:
Radio ZZZ FM 100.9
or 9002LM after 7am
or log onto
www.soccerfnc.org
CHRIS GULLIVER
6689 5147 OR
0428 428 165
THURS POOL COMP NIGHT
HAPPY HOUR
MON - FRI 4 - 5PM
MEMBER’S
BADGE
DRAW
PLUCKERS & POETS
Join in with a
great crowd
of regular
players
EVERY FRIDAY
7 - 8PM
$4 per head
BE THERE TO WIN IT!
Arrive early to
register so we can start on
time @ 7pm
EVERY 2ND SUNDAY 3PM
Monthly Sunday afternoon session
of local entertainment
SING - DANCE - PLAY - ALL WELCOME
SOCIAL
TENNIS AND
TENNIS
LESSONS
TRIVIA QUIZ
WITH ANNABELLE
PLS CALL:
MARILYN OR GRAHAM
3RD SATURDAY @ 3PM
EACH MONTH
$2 PER PERSON
6689 5264
mayfields
restaurant
Dunoon Sports Club
Our sumptous menu offers something for everyone
including vegetarians and gluten intolerant.
We take pride in every dish.
Dine inside or alfresco on the huge modern timber
deck while watching the sun go down.
We love it when you book so please call:
6689 5469 (Restaurant) or
6689 5444 (Club)
CLUB OPENING HOURS
SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY
3PM - 8PM
WEDNESDAY 3PM - 9PM
THURSDAY 3PM - 10PM
FRIDAY 1PM - 12 MIDNIGHT
SATURDAY 1PM - 10PM
Details are correct at time of printing.
To confirm details phone
Dunoon Sports Club
6689 5444
or visit the website
www.dunoonclub.org.au
Information for members and their guests.
Wed Nights 6 - 8pm
Thrifty Thursdays 6 - 8pm
$12 meals, kids meals $5.50
Saturday 6 - 8pm
(will take orders after 8pm if we’re still cooking)
$25 Rug Rats Platter any evening
Weddings & Functions a speciality
Bookings greatly appreciated
6689 5469 (Restaurant)
6689 5444 (Club)
13
WHIAN WHIAN WINE
SOCIETY NEWS
We gathered at the home of our hostess
- sharing stories and adventures from
the past month. Our President was
none too happy, having fallen “foul
of the law” on her way to the meet.
Our pig farmer member was absent
- most unfortunately, as the theme
of our repast would appear to be byproducts of pork. Our hostess advised
us that the wines were from grapes that
had not been presented to us before,
and all came from overseas - which
made the competition to identify
the wine (blind), most difficult.
DUNOON MEN’S SHED NEWS
T
he Men’s Shed has been gaining
momentum especially since the
weather has warmed up. We
have several new members including two from the Lismore Mens Shed
who come out to Dunoon most weeks.
Recently a fridge, microwave, toaster,
kettle and BBQ were donated to the
shed and the boys wasted no time in
organising a sausage sizzle to get everyone together to organise upcoming events. They are presently in the
final stages of repairing and extending
a covered area which will give them
more space to work on their projects.
The Mens Shed is located at the tennis
courts next to Balzer Park and is currently operating from 9.30am – 1pm
on Wednesdays and will open at other
times when the demand increases.
Anyone interested in finding out what
we are all about, please feel free to
drop in. You will be most welcome.
It is a great place to have a break
and spend a couple of hours away
from your usual day to day activities.
Reg Gregor 6689 5323
Rod Little 66892909
Ross McDougall 6689 5954
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Please check our Furniture Warehouse at 23 Three Chain
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The first wine tricked us all - a
most pleasant French white from
Vouvray.
The grape variety was
Chenin Blanc - a demi-sec, a soft
almost sweet wine that went well with
pikelets topped with smoked salmon.
Our next wine was a dry white from
Spain - the grape Albarino, had a
slight fizz on the tongue and proved
most easy to drink.
This wine
was accompanied with asparagus
wrapped in finely sliced bacon and
grilled mushies topped with chevre.
And then to a red - soft, refined
with oak tannins, the wine came
from California, the grape Barbera
- a variety hardly heard of here but
extremely popular in the U.S. of A.
Beans wrapped in ham served with a
Tuna salad was the accompanying dish.
Our final wine was a big, smooth
Tempranillo from Spain, served with an
egg frittata and “angels on horseback”.
Our evening finished with much joyous
laughter, a lemon slice, chocolate
coated strawberries and coffee.....
The wine competition scoring was
(understandably) very low, we’ll
have to do better at our next meet......
More practice required if we are to
lift our game...(I’m sure our lead
footed Pres. would agree with that)..
David Newham
TOURNAMENT OF THE MINDS-FUNDRAISER WITH FILM SOCIETY
L
ast August, our Modanville Public
School’s Tournament of Minds
(T.O.M.) Team competed and
won in the Regional Primary School’s
Applied Technology Challenge. We
then progressed from Regional through
to State level and now, as winners at
State level in Sydney, we will compete
in the Australasian Pacific Finals.
Our team is: Claire Farrington,
Tiffany
Hull,
Darby
Boucher,
Marley Borrow, Rachael Barlow,
Rachel Cooper and Elka Worts and
teacher/facilitator Heather Laverick.
T.O.M. is an academic program that
challenges kids to think creatively. For
the Regional final, teams were given 6
weeks to explore an Applied Technology problem. They then had to create a 10
minute presentation of their challenge
solution.
Modanville’s team won, and we were
off to the State Final in Sydney at the
University of New South Wales. This
time, we were given another challenge
to answer in a 10 minute performance
with only 3 hours to prepare! The team
were overjoyed to hear, “The Applied
Technology, Primary winners are… Modanville Public School!”
Dunoon Film Society
The first Dunoon Film Society night
was a great success. Now on Saturday,
October 13 they will be screening Martin
Scorsese’s Academy Award winning film,
Hugo at the Dunoon Hall.
Set in Paris in the 1930’s, Hugo is the
story of an orphan boy living in a train
station in Paris in the 1930’s, an adventurous girl, mind boggling gadgets, and
the early days of cinema. Visually stunning, it’s a film that will appeal to both
adults and kids.
Membership to the Dunoon Film Society is $5 for the year.
Entry to films is $10 for members and kids under 16 are free.
Doors open at 6.30pm
For more information email [email protected]
FUNDRAISER - TOURNAMENT OF THE MINDS
Modanville School is
cooking up a feast in the
kitchen to raise funds for
their Tournament of the
Minds team going to the
grand final in Perth.
The Modanville Public School team is
now representing NSW at the Australasian Pacific Finals in Perth this coming
October.
The movie starts at 7.30
with coffee and cakes
available at intermission.
By Claire, Darby, and Tiffany
(members of the T.O.M. team, Modanville P.S.).
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BYO drinks.
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15
ST. MATTHEW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH NEWS WITH ‘GINA MURRAYL
S
unday 9th September was
BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY,
or as we have re-named it,
‘COME TO CHURCH SUNDAY’,
and we had a wonderful day.
average congregation size.
In Dunoon, this year, we had a 400%
increase of our normal congregation.
When the first visitor arrived we declared
the day an unmitigated success and from
there on in it just got better and better.
I should like to thank everyone for
coming. I hope you all enjoyed the whole
experience - not just the scrumptious
Back to Church Sunday began in
one Anglican diocese in the United
Kingdom in 2005 and since then has
spread to all 44 dioceses in Britain
and also across other denominations.
Back to Church Sunday was launched
in Australia on 13th September 2009.
600 churches across 19 Anglican dioceses took part. On that day 12,000
people returned to church at the invitation of a friend. In 2010, the number
of participating churches rose to 660
and an estimated average of 15 people
came back to each church, which represents an increase of 19% for the
DUNOON PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS
D
unoon Public School exstudents
win
Awards
Two Year 7 students at Richmond River
High School were awarded certificates of
excellence in August as part of the Junior
Curriculum Awards. They were Ruby
Matthews-McMullen
and
Liam Bertuzzi.
Both graduated from Year 6 at Dunoon School
last year.
A very busy term left us with no time
to report the news this time, so we
will catch up in the next Gazette.
Check out our website for the latest news
http://www.dunoon.
ps.education.nsw.gov.au/
Ruby proudly displaying her award
for Mathematics and Science
morning tea that we all enjoyed after
the service. Remember that we have
Sunday services every Sunday morning
(except during January) at 9.30am
THANK YOU!
Gina Murray (Anglican Women’s
Guild of St. Matthew’s Dunoon)
.”UMBRELLA”-AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES BY OUR DUNOON GIRLS
Five girls, previous students of
Dunoon School, have recently published their first anthology of short
stories, “Umbrella”. This book has
been a year in the making. It is young
adult fiction in various sub-genres.
writing the perfect sentence to the lows
of staring at a blank screen, waiting for
inspiration, it was all worth it. After
the challenge, it has been excellent to
see them all put together as a real book!
If you would like to purchase a copy, go
to Dunoon General Store. The books
contain 6 stories and are $9 each.
Claudia Phoenix
It all started in early 2011 when Sally
Newham came to Dunoon Public
School for a special English lesson.
Some students showed a particular enthusiasm for writing, and it was decided
that there would be a weekly writer’s
group after school. The first term was
mostly games, but then we decided that
we wanted to do something serious.
Over the rest of the year we worked
tirelessly on our short stories. Along
the journey of writing our stories, we
grew as individuals. It was a journey
of ups and downs. From the highs of
Eva, Ella, Indi, Breanna, Sally Newham and Claudia
.DUNOON PRE SCHOOL NEWS WITH JILLIAN BOWLES
A
s you may be aware, Dunoon
Preschool is in the process of
purchasing our place of residence, the Masonic Temple. This is such
a wonderful opportunity for the preschool, who has been renting since 1982.
This year marks the 30th anniversary.
We are now fully in fundraising mode. Presently we have a raffle where the winner may
choose a big gift hamper full of goodies,
kindly organised by Kristin and Shane at
the shop, or an instant cellar gratefully
donated by Hogan’s Drive Thru at South
Lismore. Tickets are available at the shop,
preschool or from any preschool parent.
We will be ‘Charity of the Day’ at the
next Channon Markets in October. Please
come along and support us, as this is
an annual major fundraiser for the preschool. We are always very grateful to the
Channon Market organisers for this opportunity. There will be raffle tickets for sale
at the kiosk, with the draw the next day.
Our Friends of Dunoon Preschool Wall is
progressing well. This is an opportunity
for businesses and individuals to donate
$100 for families and individuals and $500
for businesses to creating a lasting memorial to commemorate the building purchase. Imagine visiting preschool in years
to come with children, grandchildren and
great grandchildren with your heritage permanently marked in Dunoon. Your name
or names will be placed on a hand-made
clay brick, specially designed by a team
of parent artisans. All donations made to
the preschool are tax deductible, as we
are a Deductible Gift Recipient organisation. A laminated certificate of appreciation and a tax-deductible receipt is also
included. Please contact the preschool
on 66 895 396 for further information.
Thanks to the earn and learn sticker scheme
recently run, we were able to choose
musical instruments for the preschool.
We’ll soon have two sets of bongo drums,
smaller hand drums and other percussion instruments. Music has always been
a major focus at preschool. We recently
hosted visiting performers and this term
teachers from the Northern Rivers Conservatorium will visit us for workshops
with the children and staff. As I write
this I can hear Julie leading a lively music
session with the preschoolers and playgroupers; a mixture of movement and song.
The preschool has thoroughly enjoyed
the community feel of Fridays as parents
and their children come along to playgroup at 9:30 and join in all the activities set out for the preschool children.
Now we’re open for 5 days, the merging
of playgroup into the preschool has been
a smooth and happy transition. It’s a
great way to meet other local families.
We welcome everyone in the district
to playgroup. The cost is only $2 per
family to cover arts and crafts supplies.
Preschool hours are 9 to 3, Monday to
Friday with vacancies this term on Monday,
Tuesday and Friday. We are now asking
current and new parents to allocate their
preferred days for 2013. If you are considering Dunoon Preschool for 2013, please
call or visit for an information pack and
if possible nominate your preferred days.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Until next time Jillian Bowles (Director)
17
WHIAN WHIAN SCHOOL NEWS WITH KIM READ & DAVE CONDON
Well this must have been the fastest term to
slip by for quite a while! A lot has happened
at Whian Whian Public School starting with
a visit from Dunoon Pre-school during Education Week. Activities were organised by
the students, each student made a picture
book suitable to read aloud and then had an
activity linked to the book which included
ball skills, monster picture making, dressing up as a clown and playing with cars.
The Athletics carnival was held in August
with the small district schools getting together at Dunoon Public School for the
field events and Riverview Park for the
track events. Everyone put in a great effort
whether they had any chance of winning
or not and enjoyed the days. Congratulations to Ja who won runner-up boy champion for the Junior age group and came
fourth in the 800m at the zone carnival to qualify for the regional carnival.
More science lessons have been held this
term with Dr Nathan, the first looking at
floating and sinking. The children learned
ingredient left out of the recipe. The children saw the results of no eggs or butter
or baking powder and discussed why this
made such a difference to the final product.
on to the Grand Final held in City Hall,
Lismore. Well done Sebastian, what a
well presented speech on the Australian Flag, I think we all learnt something!
This term’s fundraiser, chosen by the children, was for an elephant rescue organisation. Reports were researched and written
all about elephants. Donations were brought
in throughout the term and a grand total
of $50 was raised, well done everyone.
Coming up next term is a visit to the North
Coast National Show where scarecrows
and art works have been entered and a lego
building contest will be held, it is always a
very enjoyable excursion for the students.
The Performing Arts Festival
was a highlight of this term
with plenty of practice singing
and acting and what a fabulous
job everyone did entertaining
the audience with their under
the sea theme to the music of
The Octopus’ Garden. Thanks
Miss Jodie for all your hard
work and those wonderful costumes and to the crab volunteers, you know who you are!!
The Channon Teams Day was
once again a huge success
not just for the students to be
involved in team sport but
also to socialise with other
schools and have fun using
skills gained from sports
about properties of boats and then built
lessons. Younger students
some of their own. The second was a tasty
played Danish Rounders and
treat involving cup cake making with a key
the older students T-ball which are junior
forms of baseball.
The last item to
mention is the Big
Scrub Public Speak100 James Street, Dunoon
ing competition held
Dr. Gillian Ette
at Jiggi Public School.
Initially our students
Dr. Nathan Kesteven
participated in preSurgery open Monday, Thursday and Fridays 9am - 2.30pm
senting a speech at
and occasional other days
Whian Whian and
Jayden,
Sebastian,
Phone: 6689 5811 or 6689 5822
Mollie and Faith were
Fax: 6689 5833
chosen to compete at
Jiggi. Sebastian was
Bulk billing available
successful in winning
a place and went
Dunoon General Practice
Swimming
will
begin
on
Monday
8th October for 7 weeks and tennis
will
continue
for
sport
lessons.
Until next time, if you would like to read more
about the school, see some more photos and
read our newsletters please visit our website
www.whianwhian-p.schools.nsw.edu.au.
If you have children ready to enrol in 2013 and
would like to visit the school and staff please
do not hesitate to contact us on 6689 5240.
Dave Condon (Principal), Kim Read
MODANVILLE SCHOOL NEWS WITH JENNY STAPLES
T
he school holidays are here
again and so we look back at
the highlights of the past term
which has been another busy one.
.
Firstly, our Tournament of the Minds Team
(TOM) is on cloud nine having won the State
competition for the discipline of Applied
Science. They are now looking forward to
travelling to Perth for the Nationals in week
3 of next term. Modanville has a long and
successful history of competing in this competition where the team of seven students
must organise a creative response to a situation in a limited amount of time as well as
presenting a prepared item. We wish them
all the best and know they will try their best.
The Multicultural Public Speaking Competition was a wonderful experience for
our participants. Following our school
and district competitions, Sarah Noonan
was selected to participate in the Regional at Coffs Harbour. The topic was
‘multiculturalism and sport’ as well as
a spontaneous challenge. It was a great
achievement for Sarah to make it this far.
On the sporting scene we had an enthusiastic group of athletes who competed in the
Regional Athletics Carnival on Friday 31st
August at Coffs Harbour. All performed
well with Donovan in Year 6 only just
missing out on going to State in the high
jump. Jack and Rachel Cooper both qualified for the State comp in shot put with Jack
also competing in discus and high jump.
and Ms Geraldine Kerr who are returning from maternity leave and will be
sharing the Year 3 /4 class in Term 4.
We farewelled Ms Yvette Bice who has
taken up a full time teaching position at
Tabulum Public School. We wish her the
best for the future in her new position.
The last day of term was our Fun Day. Students came dressed in casual dress, K/1/2
did a great assembly performance to entertain the audience and Year 5/6 learnt first
aid and CPR while Year 3/4/5 practised
setting up tents for their upcoming camp.
Last week our new students for Kindergarten
2013 came to visit on the first of three orientation days. We hope they enjoyed seeing
our school and came away excited and
looking forward to joining us next year. If
anyone has a child who will start school next
year and would like to join this gorgeous
group please ring the school on 66282234
after the holidays for more info. We would
love to have a few more students enrolled.
For anyone interested in checking
out our school web site on the net for
further exciting news the address is
www.modanville-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
and you’ll also find some great photos as well.
More news next issue.
Jenny Staples
Still on the sporty note this year’s Teams
Day was held on Friday 14th September. This proved another fun day for
the local schools to come together and
play Rounders, Soccer and T-Ball.
Children’s Book Week Celebration Day,
in August, proved to be another enjoyable
time with the sporty theme this year being
Champions Read. The students were invited
to dress up in sports gear or Aussie colour
having been inspired by the recent Olympics.
There were also special reading group activities and we always enjoy trying to guess
which books will be the winners of the Children Book Council’s awards for the year.
Our choir and dance group were involved
earlier in the term in the Lismore Performing Arts Festival at the end of August held
at the Workers Club. Performances were
enjoyed at the matinee and in the evening.
Parents have by now received their
child’s results in the NAPLAN tests
in literacy and numeracy. Their good
results have reflected the hard work
being done by our students and teachers.
We welcome back Ms Erin Azzapardi
Sam enjoys his first Kindergarten
Orientation day at Modanville
Public School with Miss Taylor
STARTING ‘BIG SCHOOL’
During Term Four, schools seem to be
busier than usual. Swimming lessons and
school camps often accompany the warmer
weather, while preparations for end of
year concerts intensify, and of course the
Kindergarten orientation days commence.
Starting ‘big school’ can be an anxious
time for both children and parents alike.
There are many questions to consider, such as what age is the ‘right’ age
to begin school, which school will best
meet my child’s needs, and how can I
prepare my child for this momentous step.
In NSW, children can enrol in a public
school if they turn 5 before the 31st July of
that year, and must be enrolled by their sixth
birthday. For children with a birthday in the
first half of the year, it can be a difficult decision whether to start your child early or hold
them off until the next year. As the parent,
you know your child best and the decision
of whether your child begins kindergarten as
a 4 or 5 year old ultimately rests with you. A
useful checklist can be found at http://www.
listenin.com.au/newsletters/schoolreadiness.pdf which can also help guide your
decision. If your child attends preschool,
discussion with their preschool teacher regarding school readiness would be valuable.
With so many fantastic schools in the
area, it may be difficult to decide which
school to enrol your child in. My suggestion is to visit each of the schools you are
considering, during their Kindergarten
Orientation, and see which one appeals
most to you and your child. While accessibility (e.g. is a bus service available?)
and resources (e.g. what technology or
sporting opportunities are present?) are
big concerns, it is also important to consider the community spirit of the school.
There has been much research demonstrating that children do better at school
when there is parental/family involvement. Involvement within school hours includes assisting with reading, maths or art
groups, teaching special skills or life skills,
or helping with canteen. Out of school
hours involvement may be through assistance with fundraising activities or attending P&C meetings. Ask the school what
opportunities there are for involvement.
Finally, as the 2013 school year increasingly draws near, make time to read to your
child whenever possible. Reading with your
child assists the development of listening
skills while allowing your child to practice
the ability to sit and concentrate for small
amounts of time. It exposes your child to
written text and simple book conventions
such as how to hold a book (which way up),
and that reading in English occurs left to
right, front to back. Asking questions about
what is happening in the story, what they
think might happen next, talking about the
illustrations and playing spot the letter (e.g.
find the letter ‘s’) can help build literacy
skills. To build numeracy skills, have your
child count items, collect items (e.g. ask
child to get four plates out ready for dinner),
discuss size (which is bigger/smaller)
and weight (which rock is heavier?).
Improving social skills through interaction in a local playgroup, or meeting
with other local parents can also help
your child transition to ‘big school’.
Ali Elliott
19
PACIFIC ISLAND DIARIES WITH CHARLES BETTERIDGE
“Queen Emma” in 19th Century New Guinea. Part 8
MEMORIES OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
I
n the last episode I told of the rise
of Queen Emma’s status during the
German occupation of New Guinea
in the Rabaul/New Ireland and outer
islands, and of the growth of Emma’s
own fortunes through her huge business empire and the arrival of her
brother John Coe several years earlier.
Christmas was a time of unrestrained
activity at Ralum. All the people in
the service of Forsayth and Company
– distant traders, and sailors and plantation staff, adults and children, black
and white, and more especially the
members of the Coe family – were
expected at headquarters, where
Emma’s ambition was literally to
make the spirit of Christmas live.
When, by the middle of December,
1890, there was no appearance of
her brother John Coe, Emma became
uneasy. John, who had been with her
since 1878, was one of her most trusted
traders; and in mid-1890 she sent him
to the Fead islands (Nuguria) to direct
and develop copra-production there.
Emma believed that if the community
of husky Melanesians there could be
induced to make copra, the trade would
be good, and John Coe, who had considerable success in this kind of traffic, had
gone off to put her theories to the test.
A Forsayth trading schooner had called
at the Feads, 125 miles east of Neu
Mecklenburg (New Ireland), late in
the year to pick up John and whatever
copra he had gathered. But the vessel
returned, reporting that John was not
on the atoll, and that the natives there
said he had left for Neu Mecklenburg
in his own boat, some time before.
When the New Year came, Emma had
an extensive search made but there was
still no sign of John. They concluded that
he and his boat had been lost in the bad
spell of wild weather that had prevailed
eastward of New Ireland about that time.
After some time had elapsed Emma sent
her handy man, her brother Henry, to
the Feads, to keep the station there open
and operating until she could find a permanent manager for the place. Henry
settled in at Akani, an islet adjoining the
main islet of Nuguria, late in 1891. Generally he got along well with natives,
and he made friends of two Nuguria
boys, whom he employed at Akani.
The chief of the Feads was an uncertain gentleman, known as King Soa’a,
and soon after Henry’s arrival in Akani,
he sent his son, Pila, to Akani, with
an invitation to Henry to join them in
a big feast. Henry accepted and they
set out in the trading-station boat.
On arrival Henry was conducted to an
open space in the centre of the large
village and to a long wooden bench
beneath a shady tree. Henry took his
seat on the bench with three Nugurians who were already seated there, but
the shrewd old trader sensed something wrong and remained on the alert.
His revolver, which hung on his belt,
he shifted nearer his right hand. One
of the Nugurians, pointing to the gun,
asked what it was and Henry, an excellent marksman, was only too happy to
show him. He pulled the revolver from
its holster, aimed at a coconut over his
head, pulled the trigger-and split the nut.
The natives were wooden-faced
and Henry, swinging quickly round,
pointed the gun at the man beside him.
It would be easy, he said, to split his
head just as he had split the coconut.
The Nugurians gibbered with excitement, but they got the message.
On his way back to Akani after the feast
at the chiefs village Henry was told by
the two Nugurian boys he had employed
that the three other natives sitting on the
bench with Henry were to grab Henry,
tie him up, carry him out into deep
water, and sink him with rocks attached,
as they had done with the white man
who had been there the preceding year.
Henry thus learned of the horrible
manner in which his brother John had
met his death and through further questioning he found that John’s boat was
still there on the island, hidden among
mangroves at the other end of the village
they had just left. Henry was also told
that the village chief had the guns and
ammunition they had taken from John
Coe, and from another trader whom they
had murdered a couple of years before.
Henry knew natives, and recognised
his danger. He packed hurriedly and,
at the first blink of dawn, left Akani in
his boat, with six men, including the
two Nugurians. As their boat left there
was a chorus of yells from a point two
hundred yards away. Two or three shots
were fired at them, harmlessly. The
Nugurian boys’ warning, and Henry’s
sense of urgency, had been right: King
Soa’a had very nearly trapped them.
Two days later, they saw the coast of
Neu Mecklenberg (New Ireland), spent
a few hours on tiny Cain Island; then
headed northwards towards Kavieng
to avoid the natives along the east
coast as they were then dangerous.
In the channels outside Kavieng, they
had the good fortune to meet the Forsayth ship Three Cheers, in charge of
Captain Stalio. Stalio arranged that he
shortly would return to Kavieng and pick
up Henry’s party and Henry went into
Kavieng, where the Forsayth establishment was now in charge of Willie Coe.
When Emma heard Henry’s story, and
had other evidence to show that John
Coe had been murdered, she discussed
the matter with the German administration; and it was agreed that a punitive expedition should go out to the
Feads, to bring King Soa’a to trial for
the crime. The expedition was placed
in charge of an Imperial German Judge
and with him were two Administration
officers, and 25 police boys; Queen
Emma made available the ship Three
Cheers, with Captain Stalio, and Henry
Coe, in charge of 25 Ralum labourers.
the house, the judge and a police
boy ran up and carried Stalio back to
the shelter, but he was already dead.
The expedition reached Akani on
August 30, 1892; and a message
was sent forthwith to Soa’a requesting him to come to Akani, so that the
reported murder of John Coe, and
the attack upon Henry Coe, could be
inquired into. There was no reply.
Stunned by Stalio’s death the only
way now was to smoke the natives
out. Two Ralum labourers undertook
the task but only one got through. He
set fire to the roof but was killed a
moment later by a shot from inside.
A second message was sent, informing the chief that, if he would
not come, the police would go after
him. But this, too, was ignored.
The expedition was then placed in
boats, and ferried across to the northern end of Nuguria Island, five miles
from Soa’a’s village. About half way
to the village, the party was fired
upon without warning by natives
hiding behind trees and stumps. No
one was hurt but the judge ordered
his police to shoot any natives they
could see. When three Nugurians had
been killed, the Nugurians retired.
On September 2, 1892, the official party
finally entered the village to find it apparently deserted and Henry Coe’s two
Nuguria boys were sent out to scout.
Soon they reported that all the natives
had withdrawn towards the other end of
the island; but that Soa’a and his son,
and a few men, had barricaded themselves in the chief’s “spirit-house”,
where they considered themselves safe.
The official force, moving carefully,
surrounded the spirit-house, Henry
Coe covering the rear. The judge
called upon the chief to come out and
meet them. There was dead silence.
Captain Stalio, who had remarkable
success in dealing with natives under
critical conditions, then walked slowly
to within 25 yards of the heavily-barricaded house, and shouted to the chief
that it was no use his hiding in there –
he must come out and talk to the judge.
The answer was one shot, fired from
the house. It struck Captain Stalio
in the chest, and he fell. While the
police boys kept up a brisk fire on
Within minutes, the “spirit-house” was
ablaze. The natives inside made an
opening at the rear end and began to
emerge, which was what Henry Coe,
expert marksman, had been waiting for.
The second man out of the hut was
Chief Soa’a and Henry dropped him
with his first bullet. His second loaded
musket was handed him by his faithful
Nuguria boy just as the chief’s son, Pila,
ran out. Henry got him, too, with a well
placed bullet. A third man made a dash
for the bush. Henry fired, but missed.
The expedition then returned to Akani,
taking their dead with them. Henry
Coe remained there, with a wellarmed party, to await a German gun
boat which the judge promised to send
promptly from Herbertshohe, to get the
other six men associated with Soa’a
and his son in the murder of traders.
The gunboat duly arrived, the six men
were taken; and after a trial in Herbertshohe in 1892 they were deported for life to the New Guinea mainland – which, in view of the short
way the Germans had with native
rebels, might be considered lenient.
stunned with grief. She had been closely
associated with him for several years
and although her youthful, romantic
fancy had been attracted to Steinberger,
Stalio was the love of her mature years.
In due course, in the fashion of that sentimental period, she had erected over
his grave an elaborate monument, on
one face of which is this inscription:
In loving Memory of Captain Agostino Stalio, who was shot by
the Natives of the Fead Islands
while bravely Assisting the Imperial Judge to arrest the King and his
son for the Massacre of John Coe.
Born at Dalmatia, December, 1854. Died
at Fead Islands, 2nd September, 1892.
Oh for the touch of a vanished hand
And the sound of a voice that is still.
This stone is erected as a mark
of esteem by his Many Friends
in
the
Bismarck
Archipelago
The monument was still there when I
first saw it in 1961 during a brief trip
to Rabaul. Fallen and in pieces, in
the little mat-mat. (cemetery) a few
hundred yards up on a hill from the
site of Gunantambu – but it was overgrown with kunai grass, and forgotten. Other headstones lying about,
mostly broken and only partly decipherable, recorded much of the personal history of Ralum, in its heyday.
When the first shock of Stalio’s death
was over, Emma went south to Australia, for a time. Then, back in Neu
When news of Stalio’s death was Pommern, she threw herself, with
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GRADUATION CEREMONY MARKS A TIME OF GROWTH AND TRANSITION
Editor’s note: I was in town on the day of
the Graduation Ceremony with two of my
children and it was great to see the colour
and pomp of the ceremony. We are lucky to
have a University so accessible to all of us.
When this story came in, I decided to include
it, because even though it is slightly outside
of our “jurisdiction” it had a story about
the Bali bombing which had an impact on
all of us, as well as a piece about reesearch
into community response to Coal Seam
Gas , an issue very close to our community.
E
nvironmental science student and
Bali bomb survivor, Hanabeth Luke,
was awarded First Class Honours
at the Southern Cross University graduation ceremony in Lismore on Saturday,
September 15. Ms Luke joined around 250
graduands in the University’s street procession and graduation ceremony to mark
the transition from study to working life.
2012 is a milestone year for Ms Luke.
Next month she will return to Bali to mark
the 10th anniversary of the Sari Club car
bomb that claimed the life of her partner
and hundreds of others. And in a fortnight
her memoir Shock Waves: Finding peace
after the Bali bomb will be published.”
The journey to Bali with my brother for the
memorial ceremonies on October 12 will
mark the end of a 10 year cycle for me,”
Ms Luke said. “It has been a huge learning
curve and a time of immense growth.”Once
the initial shock and trauma had eased and
after campaigning against the war on Iraq
(including a televised debate in London with
British Prime Minister Tony Blair where
she told him the war was wrong), Ms Luke
returned home to Byron Bay to complete
her degree at SCU in 2004. “Knowledge is
power. It’s how you can be in a position to
create positive change in society,” she said.
With the support of senior lecturer Dr David
Lloyd, Ms Luke decided she was ready for
more study in 2011 and completed her Bachelor of Environmental Science (Honours).
Her research year focused on communication tools for community groups for which
she received First Class Honours.”David
helped build up my confidence during
my Honours. He has believed in me the
whole time I’ve been at SCU,” she said.
Now as a PhD candidate, Hanabeth is
looking at community
responses to coal seam
gas (CSG). During the
recent NSW local government elections she
conducted an exit poll
of Lismore residents
to understand more
about the community
perspective on CSG.
LOOKING AFTER THE LOCALS AT WHIAN WHIAN FALLS
Editor’s note: It was about this time
last year that Sally Newham wrote an
article for the Gazette about the Falls “Whian Whian Falls...Ahhh...How’s the
Serenity?” So when this press release
came in I was pleased to see that Rous
Water have listened to community concerns and taken action. Yes, the safety
signs might be a little unattractive, but
I for one am so glad that we continue to
have access to this beautiful area and
perhaps a little more serenity for the locals.
R
ous Water prohibits commercial
tourism at Whian Whian Falls but
allows continued public accessRous Water has taken action to protect
the environment and the amenity for
local residents at Whian Whian Falls.
Whian Whian Falls is a popular destination for a range of passive and active recreational pursuits, and in particular, is a
popular swimming hole during the warmer
months. The nature and extent of recreational use of the Whian Whian Falls area
has been the subject of recent community
concerns including reports of anti-social
activity, high risk recreational activities, and conflicts arising from the extent
of commercial tourism use of the site.
Rous Water has completed a comprehensive review of management of the
Rous Water property at Whian Whian
Falls. In relation to Whian Whian Falls,
Council has decided to proceed as follows:
1.
Prohibit
commercial
tourism
at the site – tour buses will no longer be
permitted. Accordingly, Rous Water is
writing to the respective commercial operators at the site requesting that they
immediately cease use of the Whian
Whian Falls area for any commercial use.
2.
Continue to allow public access
to the site for swimming, recreation and
nature appreciation. Risk assessment completed by Rous Water clearly demonstrates
significant risks associated with a range of
recreation activities at Whian Whian Falls.
Rous Water does not consider it desirable
or appropriate to attempt to prevent public
access to the site, however in order to allow
this continued public access, it is required to
provide clear and unambiguous advice regarding the dangers and hazards present at
the site. Rous Water has a duty of care to
all persons visiting the site and as a result,
Rous Water is required by its insurers to
install upgraded signage at the site advising of these dangers and hazards – this shall
soon be installed. This signage shall highlight the prohibition of jumping, diving,
camping and the consumption of alcohol.
In order to reduce the pressure on the
site, we are no longer allowing commercial tour operators to visit the site.
Rous Water does not intend to prevent
local people swimming in the water hole.
But I think that our local community understands that places such as this can
be dangerous for swimming, and that
Rous Water needs to warns visitors to the
site of the hazards and dangers present.
Whilst we know that the installation of
hazard/safety signage at a site can detract
from the amenity of the local environment
I hope that the local community understands that we need to install these safety
signs in order to allow this ongoing public
access. The alternative would be for Rous
Water to prohibit access to the site and
this is not a desirable outcome for anyone.
3.
Develop a co-ordinated and cooperative approach to management of
the site in partnership with NSW Police,
Lismore City Council and the local community.
Rous Water is working together with other relevant agencies so
that the local community is aware of
who to contact in different scenarios.
Rous Water is working together with NSW
Police, Lismore City Council and the local
community in order to address the problems that have been experienced by local
residents. Rous Water is restoring the rainforest in this area as it forms part of a potential regional water supply catchment
for the future, and we want all visitors to
the site to respect this place and the local
residents, and to follow the conditions that
have been set out in the safety signage.”
Rous
Manager
Further
able by
Water
Kyme
Lavelle
General
said:
“Rous Water recognises that Whian Whian
Falls is a location of spectacular natural
value, and that the issue of the swimming hole
is an important one for the local community.
information
is
availcontacting the following:
Kyme Lavelle (General
Manager, Rous Water)
(Telephone: 6621 8055)
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MY LIFE AND OTHER MISADVENTURES WITH CAZ GREENE
space ship to smash open a coconut.
These are geeks who can take apart a
computer down to the tiniest microchip
(I don’t speak the language sorry) and
rebuild it to launch rockets to Mars.
But they can’t call a friend on their
home phone because that would mean
looking in a phone book (or googling
white pages) and possibly speaking to
that friend’s family. Ohhh the horror.
R
Communication Errors
emember the days when our
parents would be yelling at us
to get off the phone so “other
people” could get through? When it
took five minutes to dial a long distance number? When you died of
thirst during long d & m’s because
you would have to put the phone down
& walk into another room to get a
drink and hope your annoying sibling
hadn’t hung up the phone on you and
called their own air-head friend for a
three hour break down of he said/she
said . It was a risk you were not prepared to take – you might miss out on
hearing what Wayne/Davo/Snowy/Phil
said to Shaz/Trace/Tanya/Lisa about
you at recess/skating/chip shop/disco.
There were no exotic names back then,
the fanciest a name got was when
someone insisted on being called
their full name instead of the shortened version. Rebecca instead of Bec,
Maxwell the Third instead of Max. No
names of crystals, no names of countries or weather patterns, no names
of Buddhist monks or even colours.
Just plain old names everyone knew
how to spell without asking. Now it’s
“no, it’s Sharon with a silent C, two
a’s, r’s and a U. Just put S-C-H-AA-R-R-U-N – that’s right, thanks.”
Some customers at the book shop who
are definitely over their complicated
names will say “Spell it however you
like” but these days of data bases you
have to get it right or that book they
want you to order may disappear into the
black hole we call a computer system.
The number of teens and adults chang-
ing their names is boggling, a whole
new money maker for the courts! There
are still the odd Sharons and Johns out
there changing their names to more
exotic ones, usually inspired by a
change in religious pursuits or immersion into other cultures, but the greatest
number by far is Generation Y who just
want to be able to say their name without
people smothering a snort of laughter.
Ben doesn’t even know most of the full
names of the kids he goes to school
with – no-one wants to admit them,
instead they all go by nicknames only,
and no-one knows where anyone lives
anymore because all communication
out of school is by text or Facebook.
Gone are the days when you jumped on
your bike and rode over to a friends to
hang out – even when he finally gets his
P plates and can drive himself my eldest
son wouldn’t have a clue where to go.
Before he knuckles down to serious
study for the HSC (yeah right) he and
his mates are going for an overnight
camp down the coast. Organising it
over Facebook has been helpful but a
mission sorting out who is going with
whom, can they make the 7.05 bus to
Byron with camping gear as well etc.
In the last century we just picked up the
phone and sorted it. Now they have to
wait for each other to get on their computers to respond to a simple query.
They don’t know each other’s home
numbers or addresses and their
mobiles (those who have them) are
usually dead or out of credit. Sometimes it seems like the watching of a
bunch of Neanderthals using a smart
phone that has fallen from a passing
Trying to pry out of Generation Y guy
any details about their friends names/
interests/future plans to buy them an
18th present is harder than finding Bin
Laden was. “No idea” is always the
answer. They won’t tell you because
they REALLY don’t have any idea.
They know how many kills that friend
has made in the latest game, and what
they play on their iPod, but anything
else doesn’t come up in conversation.
Gen Y girls however have no problem
divulging absolutely everything about
themselves on Facebook to semi strangers (but they are friends of my friends
so it’s ok) including the colour of their
underwear and whether they are home
by themselves “bored” – which is all
any of them can say. “I’m so bored”. It
doesn’t matter that they are surrounded by thousands of dollars of technology, hundreds of downloaded DVDs,
music and games and the entire world
at their fingertips. They are still bored.
We said the same thing when we were
teens, lying on the floor on hot summer
days in the school holidays, legs up
against the wall twirling the phone
cord around our fingers. “I’ll give you
bored” our parents would say, before
pulling the plug and making us wash
clothes/cars/driveways in the hot sun.
Teens will always feel the previous
generation doesn’t understand and has
stuffed up the world. It is the rule. We
thought it, our parents thought it and
probably Cleopatra’s teen pals thought it
too, although most of them were married
with six kids by the time they hit 20 and
dead before thirty so they can be forgiven for wanting to break out and party
a little before “old age” ie death set in.
The difference is that today’s teens
literally have all the information
at the world at their fingertips and
can learn at lightning speeds if they
choose too. Not only can they come
up with fantastic ideas but they can
then share those ideas/talents with
the world instantly instead of spending twenty years writing to the people
that matter to get their attention.
Lots of amazing people have been able
to make a difference to their world
in this way instead of just complaining about it. These are admittedly
not the types who are on Facebook
saying “I’m bored” instead they are
using YouTube to reach millions with
their
messages/inventions/talents.
There are as many positive things about
today’s technology as there are scary,
and it pays to get educated about how
it all works instead of putting our heads
in the sand. I wish it all didn’t cost
so much and change so quickly and
involve draining so much power though.
If there were a few things I could get
across to Gen Y number one would be
that visiting a real friend is better than
hours spent inanely chatting to people
you hardly know. And that once you put
something on the net it is there for ever
in the ether. Embarrassing photos that
hold nothing back, abusive behaviour
to others, badly sung YouTube covers it is all there to be found by someone at
sometime out there even if you are sure
no-one can access it - they will, particularly if you have ambitions to make
something of yourself in the future.
Every bit of your past will be dragged
up and gone over with a fine tooth comb
– and the internet is like a treasure
chest just waiting to be opened. Ask the
celebrities you love to google. Imagine
the high court judges and school principals of the next few decades, and
the stuff that will be dredged up from
their old “harmless social networking”.
So the other thing I would like them to
do is take a breath before they put anything on the net, avoid doing things live
on webcam you wouldn’t want your
grandparents or boss to see. If they
think they want a singing career get a
second opinion from a music teacher
first before they embarrass themselves
on YouTube or on Australia’s Got
Talent. Take that breath and project
themselves into the future a little “will
I regret this ?” before they fire off
abuse about someone online or send
a revealing pic to a current boyfriend.
When I think back to some of the incredibly stupid things I did in my
younger days I am so glad that the only
photos possibly floating around are so
blurry and missing identification parts
that they are more likely to be thought
badly taken close-ups of Picasso’s
lesser known even crappier work.
I still do stupid things as you all
know, and frequently share them
with everyone via text, my thrilling one sided “conversation” and
of course The Dunoon Gazette.
My latest is busting my finger at volleyball. A pathetic attempt at jumping
to stop a ball coming over the net (a
slow mo of me jumping would not
be pretty if YouTubed/webcammed
or Skyped I can assure you) resulted
in a hairline fracture to my pointer
finger, luckily on my right hand as I
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am “kacky” handed (remember all
left-handeds are geniuses, just ask us).
Typing is awkward but I have learned
to deal with it - I have to say the
hardest thing is trying to get dressed
– pulling up my super-sucker inners is
difficult at the best of times, especially
after a few glasses of red on a Friday
night, but doing it with a broken finger
is even less fun. And for the few men
out there who read my drivel, you
know how hard it is to undo a girls
bra? Try being the one struggling to
put one on with a busted finger, especially when the bra is trying to
contain the volatile New Zealand alps.
On that wildly interesting note I leave
you all to go and try getting dressed up
snazzy for the Lismore Cup. I’ll have to
make my Fascinator extra fascinating
to draw attention away from my stuffed
finger and extra stuffed body I have
to squeeze into my dress and shoes!
Caz Greene
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VILLAGE HALLS
DUNOON HALL
Wednesday 10 am
Community Group
Wednesday 6:007:30 pm
Wu-Chi Kung Fu
Thursday 5:30 pm
Exercise Class
Mon and Wed 9 am
Ron
6689 5018
Gerard Shea
0449 105 678
Mark Roberts
0419 831 424
Lifestyle Management
SPORTS
6688 6302
Channon Tennis Club
6688 6165
Dunoon Sports Club
Enquiries & Cricket
6689 5444
Dunoon Social Golf
Chris Gulliver
6689 5147
0428 428 165
Dunoon Soccer
Andy Bain
Geoff Perrin
6689 5898
0427 942 184
0429 090 946
6689 5264
Mark Roberts
0419 831 424
DunoonTennis
Graeme Drew
Marilyn Kent
Thursday 7:30 pm
Euchre
John
6688 6563
Tullera Tennis Club
Pauline Leeson
Sunday 9:30 am
Christadelphians
Ray Patch
6689 5229
Sunday 11 am
Church Service
Community members welcome. For all
bookings please contact:
Dunoon Post Office 6689 5101
Corndale Hall
David Hunter
6628 4364
DEPARTS
Dorroughby Hall
6689 5013
ARRIVES
Whian Whian Hall
6689 5839
The Channon Hall
General Store
6688 6240
DEPARTS
ARRIVES
DUNOON ANGLICAN
Holy Communion Every Sunday 9.30am
Guild meets first Sunday of every month after Church
CHRISTADELPHIAN ECCLESIA
Sunday School 9.30am
Memorial Meeting 11am each Sunday
Bible Address on occassions
6689 5229
DUNOON CATHOLIC CHURCH
1st & 3rd Sundays 9.30am
GOOLMANGAR
CATHOLIC CHURCH
2nd & 4th Sundays 9.30am
668 2224
Whian Whian
7.55am
Dunoon School
8.06am
Greaves
8.09am
Lismore PO
8.45am
Spinks Park
3.20pm
Trinity School.
3.30pm
Richmond RivSch
3.34pm
Dunoon
4.02pm
Whian Whian
4.15pm
DUNOON BUS SERVICE
6624 8734/0412 248 503
Bus For Hire
DEPARTS
7.55am
8am
Donaghue St. Dunoon
8.06am
Numulgi Creek Road
8.09am
Lismore Car Boot
Dunromin Dr. Modanville
8.12am
Byron Bay
Tullera Hall
8.17am
2ND SUNDAY
The Channon
McLeay Road
8.23am
3RD SATURDAY
Mullumbimby
Richmond River High
8.30am
3RD SUNDAY
Lismore Car Boot
Lismore High
8.41am
Nimbin
Wyrallah Rd. Public Sch
8.46am
Bangalow
OLL Public School
8.51am
Lismore Bus Park
8.56am
COMMUNITY MARKETS
The Channon Craft Markets
Contact: Christine McFadden
6688 6433
[email protected]
Organic Produce Market
ARRIVES
DEPARTS LISMORE BUS PARK 3.30PM
DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS:
DEPARTS
Every Tuesday 8-11am and Thurs 4-7pm
Lismore Showgrounds
Farmer’s Markets
Every Saturday 8am Lismore Showgrounds
Lismore Con Artisans Markets
1st Sat of the month 11am, Cnr Keen and Magellan
0409 425 551
John Hildebrand
0408 282 224
Peter Major
0409 652 490
THE CHANNON
John Hutchison
6688 6480
Tony Roden
6689 1562
Neale Hayter
6688 6171
J.J. Bruce
6688 6453
De Condos
6688 1163
Doug Rowley
6688 2137
Eric Kinchin
6688 2217
WILDLIFE CARERS
Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers 6628 1866
WIRES Animal Rescue 24hr Hotline
6628 1898
DURING SCHOOL TERM:
Rocky Creek Dam
4TH SUNDAY
6689 5438
Ross McDougall
Service is ‘Hail & Ride’ at any point along
the route
Dorroughby Hall
1ST SUNDAY
6689 5359
Aline Feebrey
ROSEBANK
WHIAN WHIAN - LISMORE
School Days Only
School Bus Service
6628 4101
6628 2488
Barry Watts
TULLERA
BUS TIME TABLES
Tullera Hall
CHURCH SERVICES
DUNOON
Channon/Dunoon
Pony Club
6 weekly 6:30 pm
Film Night
Sunday School
FIRE PERMIT OFFICERS
ARRIVES
Dorroughby Hall
8.30am
Dunoon Store
8.40am
Modanville Store
8.45am
Tullera Hall
8.52am
Minschull Crescent
8.56am
Molesworth St.
9.00am
Lismore Bus Park
9.07am
DEPARTS LISMORE BUS PARK 3.30PM
OTHER USEFUL NUMBERS
Dunoon Lodge
Gordon Starkey
6689 5166
Dunoon Public
School P & C
6689 5208 (school)
Northern Rivers
Animal Shelter
Robyn
6681 1860
Junior Guides
(ages 7-9 years)
Guides (ages 10 – 15 years)
please contact
Helen Hargreaves on
6689 5294 (b.hours)
or 6689 5254 (after hours).
LOCAL PHONE DIRECTORY
Accommodation
Imogen’s Farmstay & Winery
6689 5672
The Shed Bed and Breakfast
6689 5994
Accountant
TNR
6621 8544
Admin/Secretarial Skills
Sarah Ogier
6689 5407
Advertising
Dunoon Gazette
6689 5954
Bottle Shop
Dunoon Store
6689 5225
Mary G’s
Multi Span Kit Buildings
Builder
Dunoon Public School
6689 5208
Modanville Public School
6628 2234
Corndale Public School
6628 4305
The Channon Public School
6688 6236
Whian Whian Public School
6689 5240
6622 2924
Dunoon Pre School
6689 5396
6687 9954
The Channon Children’s Centre
6688 6330
Dunoon After School/
Vacation Care
6689 5930
Tullera/Modanville Playgroup
6689 5381
Lic no:196173c
Bus Service
Carpenter
SCHOOLS
PRESCHOOLS
PLAYGROUPS
Dunoon
6624 8734
Whian Whian
6628 4101
Andrew Doriean
0434 913 708
John Ferronato
0429 895 130
A/H 6689 9437
Doctor
Dr. Gillian Ette
Earthmoving
Tom Thumb - Jeremy
Electrical Services
Warren Lewis
6689 5811
0458 895 414
6689 5034
Afterglow Electrical
0432 331 633
Farm Services
Tony Gifford
0409 938 835
Fencing Contractor
Andrew Shepherd
0431 095 583
General Store
Dunoon
6689 5225
Insurance
Dudgeon & Berry
6621 3000
Laundry Service
Clean & Green Laundry
6622 1359
Lismore Neighbourhood Cent.
6621 7397
Livestock Carriers
Alan & Tanya Maloney
Mechanic/Petrol
Dunoon Automotive
Monumental Mason
Beckinsale
Mortgage Broker
Sue James
Mowing/Garden Care
John’s Yard Yakka
Plumber
Nik Hyde
6689 5174
Pottery Supplies
North Lismore
6621 4688
Printer
Martin C
6622 3111
Refrigeration
Russell’s
6621 3992
Restaurant
Mayfields, Dunoon Sports Club
6689 5469
Mary G’s
6622 2924
Sports Club
Dunoon
6689 5444
Tank Cleaning and Repairs,
Smart Rainwater Solutions
Guttermesh
0438 635 334
6689 5137
6621 5497
6689 5780
0408 605 537
6628 2224
TIME ON
YOUR HANDS?
Want to try something different?
Meet new people?
Further your skills or learn new ones?
Why not volunteer?
Help Yourself by Volunteering
Keep your skills up to date (or learn new
ones!) Give back to your community, meet
new people, be appreciated, make new
friends, have fun! Volunteering Northern
Rivers is your one-stop shop for finding the
volunteering job that best suits you.
Call Jeannette on 6621 7397
to find out more
0418 662 285
6629 1212
Tipper/Handyman
Darryn Bassey
6628 2147
Towing Service
Bruno Zambelli
6628 2230
Takeaway
Modanville
6628 2005
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those of the Gazette editor or staff. Contents copyright Dunoon
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6622 2842
Tree Lopping
Steve Cubis
6688 6455
Tyres
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6621 3561
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Richmond Waste
6621 7431
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DUNOON GENERAL STORE
YOUR LOCAL STORE FOR FAMILY FRIENDLY SERVICE
GREAT RANGE OF LOCAL FRESH FRUIT & VEGETABLES NOW AVAILABLE
COFFEE & CAKE
$5.50
TOFU PRODUCTS
HOT PIE &
COKE
$5.50
GLUTEN FREE PRODUCTS
ORGANIC HEALTH FOODS
BREAD, MILK & DAIRY
FRESH MEATS FROM
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LOCAL BUTCHERS
BOTTLE SHOP
TOP VARIETIES OF
WINES AND BEERS
88 JAMES STREET, DUNOON TEL: 6689 5225
OPEN 7 DAYS
MON - SAT 7AM - 7PM
SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 8AM - 6PM
THE CHANNON/DUNOON PONY CLUB
For further details please contact:
Peter Barlow Club President
Hm: 6628 2695
Lisa McFadyen Vice President
Hm: 6629 1023
Mykaella Gosper Club Secretary
Hm: 6629 3486
Irene Brockhill Treasurer:
Hm: 6686 4798
Fiona Wilders Club Captain
6628 2690
www.channondunoonponyclub.pcansw.org.au
WHIAN WHIAN AND DUNOON QUILT GROUP
Meet last Saturday or Sunday
of every month.
Beginners and advanced quilters welcome.
CONTACT FAITH NEWHAM
6689 5178
DISCOVER THE FUN OF
BEING A GIRL GUIDE!
Clunes Girl Guide Units have vacancies for girls aged 7-9 and 9-15. Both Units
meet on Tuesdays. Join girls from Clunes, Dunoon, Dorroughby, Rosebank and
Bexhill for fun activities, camping, life skills, canoeing, teamwork and leadership skills.
Women aged 18 and over are also invited to discover the rewards of being a Guide Leader.
For more information call Helen 6689 5294
DUNOON
INDOOR BOWLS CLUB
Mondays 7.30pm
at Dunoon Hall
Enjoy a sociable
evening.
No experience
necessary
All at the low
cost of $2!
Please call Ron
6689 5018

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