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WRITTEN BYGAIL HERITAGE

BHP Billiton Olympic Dam would have “a lot to gain, and nothing to lose,” by off ering

to host the national radioactive waste dump, according to leading ecologist John Read.

Mr Read, who worked for both Western Mining Corporation (WMC) and BHP Billiton Olympic Dam between 1989 and 2009, was integral in starting the Arid Recovery project alongside his wife Katherine Moseby.

In an opinion piece in Th e Advertiser on Tuesday, February 11 Mr Read said storing radioactive waste at Olympic Dam would ensure an alternative income stream that could help the mine remain profi table into the future.

“We should accept that the Olympic Dam region of northern SA was identifi ed by a comprehensive nationwide search as the optimal region for an

Australian radioactive waste reposi-tory,” Mr Read said in the report.

In an interview with Th e Monitor last week Mr Read said BHP Billiton already had the radiation, environmental and security management capabilities in place at the Olympic Dam site to make it a logical choice.

“I think it makes a lot of sense,” Mr Read said.

“It’s a logical thing to do given that the Olympic Dam tailings is already the biggest nuclear waste repository in the State, and orders of magnitude larger than the radioactive waste stored at hospitals and research labs all around the country” he said.

“Unlike other proposed locations for the radioactive waste like near Katherine, Roxby has all the benefi ts of being fl at and dry, with no rivers and no artesian basin underneath.

“If you are going to mine uranium, or store that waste, it’s a good place to do it.”

“You’ve already disturbed the ground, you’ve already got radiation

on the surface. You should be able to add a little bit more and just manage it properly.”

He said he believed the public would support the initiative which would help provide more long term security for locals.

“Every resident of Roxby has moved there knowing that the mine already hosts a large radioactive storage and most are comfortable that the risks of radiation are managed appropriately

“When I was working for WMC and BHP (sic) quite a few of the environment and radiation staff and many community members thought it made absolute sense to store additional radioactive waste at Roxby,” he said.

“Despite several managers and politi-cians being supportive of this initiative ‘off the record’, the company had been reluctant to stick their neck out and hesitant to do anything that might slow down or complicate the expansion.

“That’s a pretty moot point now, because the long awaited expansion did not stack up economically.

He said in addition to the medical and scientific waste needing a safe repository, BHP Billiton could even consider including uranium in their ‘cradle to the grave’ stewardship policy, whereby minerals mined by the company were tracked to ensure appropriate disposal.

“Taking more control of the nuclear fuel cycle, rather than simply exporting to other countries, would be the right thing to do and likely increase BHPB’s revenue stream too,” Mr Read said.

Mr Read said if the government, community and BHP Billiton got together he was confi dent they could come to a mutually benefi cial solution.

“If you look at it based on real risk, there aren’t too many scientists who think that the risks of storing radio-active waste at Olympic Dam are any greater than many our society takes for granted.”

“I think the town, the State and the nation have got a lot to gain from taking a responsible, non-hypocritical approach to the uranium industry. If it

is too dangerous to transport or store the waste here in Australia, how ethical is it to export uranium to countries with less suitable geography or less stable politics? It’s time for a mature bipartisan discussion on the risks and benefi ts of the uranium industry in Australia and hosting the radioactive waste dump at Roxby would be a small step along that path,” he said.

“John is well regarded by BHP Billiton, particularly for his contri-bution to Arid Recovery, and we acknowledge that he has a good understanding of the uranium industry and nuclear fuel cycle,” BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo told Th e Monitor last week.

“At Olympic Dam, our focus right now is to continue to work hard at improving our operational perfor-mance against other global copper operations,” he said.

“Th is more than anything else will secure a great future for all of us.”

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WRITTEN BYMILLIE THOMAS

Roxby Downs was lashed by bad weather last Friday night with winds

taking out the new digital television tower and causing further damage across the town.

Th e radical change in local weather conditions followed an incident earlier last week which saw a trampoline thrown into a local carport.

Valentine’s Day – Friday – had a maximum temperature of 37.4 degrees Celcius and maximum wind speed of 76 kilometres per hour moving westerly recorded at 3:11pm.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology 1.8 millimeters of rain was also recorded, along with a relative humidity of 93 per cent.

Saturday only reached a maximum of 38 degrees Celcius, but recorded 13.4 millimeters of rain and 99 per cent humidity. Wind reached a maximum speed of 54 kilo-metres per hour.

Varying forms of damage were caused by the destructive conditions, including damage

to the Roxby Cultural and Lei-sure Precinct which lost one sheet of skylight – with re-placement costs estimated at around $1000. Centre based sports had to be cancelled for the evening.

Th e area’s digital television tower, which was erected only late last year, was another of the far reaching repercussions of the storm. It was blown over, knocking out all commercial television stations except SBS and ABC and radio stations Triple J and SBS.

Roxby Council’s latest update on the incident on the Roxby Downs Community Facebook page on Monday morning, said technicians travelling from Al-ice Springs were on their way to fi x the tower.

“Temporary repairs should see the television and radio reception back on line by Wednesday evening, if all goes well,” the profi le said.

For those lucky enough to still have their VAST boxes, television continued as normal.

The Roxby Downs Desert Motocross Club suff ered the most reported damage – with Club President Clint Gow-Smith estimating approximate-

ly $10,000 damage.The estimation included

damage to the ticket booth, Hilltop Bar, rain water tanks and fencing.

Back in town, local SES volunteers were called out to three incidents on Friday night, including trees down in Nya-roo Street, Gregory Street and Curdimurka Street.

“It wasn’t too bad,” SES vol-unteer Mike Farrell said. “I think a few other branches came down, but there weren’t worth calling us out for.

“I think the most interesting one that went down was the TV tower!”

Mr Farrell explained that at least a month of extreme high temperatures prior to the storm would have put trees under stress, before the heavy winds and rain.

“Th e one on Nyaroo was the biggest one. It took the long-est,” Mr Farrell said. “A crew from CFS came out to help as well.

“We blocked off Gregory as well for a little while when we were doing that one there.

“Other than that, it was quite a nice night!”

Roxby Council has been suc-cessful in receiving a grant for $100,000 to continue the

redevelopment of footpaths.

Th e Roxby Council will contribute $140,000 to the project which will take three months to complete.

Most of the footpaths and property access driveways fi rst constructed in 1988 included a sprayed bitumen seal in un-landscaped footpath verges.

Th is bitumen treatment has dete-riorated to such an extent that it is now severely cracked, pot-holed and misshapen, and has become unsafe and unsightly.

Roxby Council will replace these paths with modern concrete foot-paths and aims to street-scape the verges at the following locations: Mulgaria St - House No 8 to House No 32 (407 metres) Bopeechee Street - Axehead Road to Alberrie Street (200 metres) and Kennebery Cres-cent to Hermit Street to Alford Street (337 metres).

Th ese proposed works will rectify a potentially hazardous pedestrian situation, improve the overall street-scape amenity and bring them to the

current standard adopted by Roxby Council to meet current pedestrian and adjacent property owner expec-tations.

Th e council said this work would meet several of its key strategic objec-tives, including creating areas specif-ically designed to meet the demands of the local climate and creating a clean and attractive environment for locals.

It also aimed to make Roxby Downs safer for local pedestrians.

Town Administrator Bill Boehm said Roxby Council was pleased to re-ceive the funding to enable the work to take place.

“Council is very pleased to have re-ceived the grant to assist these works that will improve the streetscape amenity and safety of our footpath network,” Mr Boehm said.

“We have a very young community with many mums, dads and kids who use the footpath network on a daily basis.”

For any further information please contact Peter Keller on 0417 821 697.

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A sudden change of weather ‘blew in’ last Tuesday evening at about 620pm causing a stir amongst residents.

Joe D’Arrigo was particularly surprised to fi nd an approximate 12 foot trampoline wedged against his carport after the burst. Th e trampoline had reportedly been ‘airborne’ when it fl ew across the road.

Th ere was minimal damage to the carport, which Mr D’Arrigo believes was saved by the heavy duty basketball ring in its way.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, there was a sharp change in weather between readings recorded at 6:19pm and 6:30pm that evening.

Th e recorded temperature dropped from 41.1 de-

grees Celcius at 6:19pm to 36.7 at 6:30pm. Between

these time slots, the relative humidity rose from 13

to 25 per cent and the direction of the wind changed

from an easterly direction to east north easterly.

Th e speed of the wind also had a sharp increase of

15 kilometres an hour from 52 kilometres per hour

to 67.

Other reports of fl ying objects in Santalum Way

include a large infl atable thong which ended up in a

backyard in Santalum way and numerous overturned

bins and broken foliage. BY MILLIE THOMAS

Wild weather rocks Santalum Way!

The scaffolding structure that is used as seating for Motocross Club events was scattered in the dirt by the strong winds on Friday night

at the Motorcross Club on Opal Road.INSET: The ticket booth was blown 10 metres away from its usual position.

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An amount of justice has been served to the family of Roxby Downs local

Dylon Bradie Fraser, who died from injuries sustained after falling from the tray of a ute in the early hours of Friday, June 8, 2012.

After almost two years of court proceedings , the driver Antho-ny Phillip Carberry, of Salisbury, SA, was convicted of ‘Aggravat-ed Causing Death by Dangerous Driving’ and ‘Leaving the Scene of An Accident After Careless Driving’ last Wednesday.

Carberry has been sentenced to 4.5 years in jail, with a non-pa-role period of 3.5 years. Upon his release, he will not be able to obtain a drivers’ license for 13 years.

Fraser, 25, died on Sunday, June 10, 2012, in the Royal Ad-elaide Hospital surrounded by family and friends.

BY MILLIE THOMAS

A deadline for answers to rent negoti-ations for Central Traders has so far been ignored by management, leaving

local traders empty handed once more.

Th e news comes as the town’s popular movie store Blockbuster announced it would now be closing its doors at the end of March.

Another local business, Beaurepaires, also announced its closure last week.

Local Traders Association Chairman Leigh Malcolm said at least one more central mall store would defi nitely be closing its doors too.

“What we’ve heard is that Savills has had a meeting with the owners, or representatives of the owners, and that is all we’ve heard,” he told Th e Monitor last Friday.

“One more (shop) is defi nitely going,” he said.“Th e longer they stall the more shops they

are going to lose. “It just makes our case even stronger,” he said.“Th ey just can’t ignore it.”

Upgrades to the Woomera Test Range and Woomera township are scheduled to

begin in the second half of this year, the Department of Defence confi rmed recently.

Th e fi rst targeted area for up-grade is the airstrip in the second half of the year, expected to take up to eight months and to be fi nal-ised in early 2015.

Th e works will include upgrades to the main runway, all taxiways and aircraft parking aprons.

“Th e Woomera Test Range is currently capable of operating all aircraft types in the ADF inven-tory and will remain so post-up-grade works,” a Defence spokes-person told Th e Monitor last week.

“However, the upgrade works being undertaken at Woomera, which are part of normal ADF aerodrome maintenance works, will also significantly improve two aircraft parking aprons and one taxiway which currently have

some aircraft movement restric-tions on them.”

After a widely reported decision by the Department of Health, the Woomera Hospital and health ser-vices will close by May this year, with Defence currently consider-ing transitional arrangements.

“Th e health services provided at Woomera are currently being reviewed by an inter-agency team that includes Defence, SA Health, Department of Health and Ageing and Medicare Local,” the Defence spokesperson said.

An announcement late last year that revealed a potential division in Woomera Area School students and reports that older students would be sent to neighbouring Roxby Downs Area School has neither been refuted nor con-fi rmed in the recent statement.

“Th e provision of education ser-vices at Woomera is a matter for the South Australian Education Department,” the spokesperson said. BY MILLIE THOMAS

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Dylon Bradie Fraser pictured with his God Daughter Sadie.

Our Roxby fi re fi ghters return home WRITTEN BYMILLIE THOMAS

Roxby Downs CFS volunteer members of the third and fourth strike teams returned from fi ghting the enormous

Bangor fi res last week after it’s four week duration.

Th e fi re started on January 14 by a lightning strike near Bangor in the Port Germein Gorge.

Some returned fi ries were marking the end of their second or third attendance at the fi re

ground, in the Southern Flinders Ranges. Th e Bangor fi re had a 195 kilometre perime-

ter, and burned over 35,000 hectares of scrub and bushland, stretching from Napperby near Port Pirie as far as Stone Hut and Laura on the eastern side of the range.

Th e fi re was reportedly contained on Th urs-day, February 6, with recent heavy rain pro-viding a reprieve for fi re fi ghters and property owners.

Working an average of 14 hours a day, 24 lo-cal fi re fi ghters contributed a combined total of approximately 2700 hours to the Bangor fi res.

Th ree houses, six sheds and over 700 live-stock were lost, but all people involved es-caped with no serious injuries.

Fire fi ghters were able to save six additional homes in the area.

In a Facebook post updated before 10am on Friday, February 14, CFS offi cially advised “A bushfi re in the Southern Flinders Ranges near Napperby, Beetaloo, Laura, Stone Hut and Wirrabara is now contained.

“Th ere are control lines around the perim-eter of the fi re and the only fi re activity is well within these control lines.

“Fire activity has decreased signifi cantly.”

Fire fighting crews continued to patrol

the area and extinguish hotspots on the fi re

ground, although many areas were becoming

inaccessible with increasing rainfall.

Roxby Downs CFS Brigade Captain Brett

Atkins thanked employers of all volunteer fi re-

fi ghters for allowing them time off to battle

the blaze. Th ey include - Cat Rental, BHP Bil-

liton, Sodexo, Early learning child care centre,

Ahrens, and the Roxby Downs Tavern.

Dad and daughter team Hannah and Stephen Scarr on their arrival back in Roxby.

ABOVE: CFS members in action and LEFT: A sign put up by locals to thank the CFS Volunteers for their efforts.

Some of the recent team of fi ries returning from Bangor last week.

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The local Outback Tourers Motorcycle Club will join hundreds of riders across the nation in March as part

of the 2014 Black Dog Ride.

Th e initiative began in 2009 as one man’s ride to raise awareness of depression, evolv-ing into a national movement of thousands of riders from across the nation.

While other groups will take part in the offi cial one day ride, locals will travel over-night to Melrose and return the next day.

“You can’t get too far in one day from

here,” Mal told Th e Monitor last week.“So we are going to take off on the Satur-

day, stay overnight in Melrose and ride back again on Sunday,” he said.

Last year around six local riders took part in a ride to Coober Pedy, joining 250 riders from all over the State at the central meeting point at Pimba.

Nationally, nearly 5,000 riders hit the highways as part of the Black Dog Ride in 2013, raising over $190,000 for mental health services.

Th e campaign has now helped to raise a

total of $1,100,000 for mental health servic-es, and helps foster mental health awareness around the country.

Th e ride to Melrose will depart on Sat-urday, March 22 and return back to Roxby Downs on Sunday, March 23. Riders will stay at the Melrose Caravan Park and enjoy a meal and the local pub on Saturday night.

To register or to join the local leg of the event go to www.blackdogride.com.au.

If you or a friend or family member are experiencing anxiety or depression call Life-line on 13 1114.

A fault in the pump controller which tem-porarily shut down the Roxby Downs water supply recently has been rectifi ed,

according to Roxby Water’s Water and Sewerage Manager Shane Mills.

Mr Mills told Th e Monitor last week that the inci-dent, which occurred in the early hours of Th ursday, February 6, was due to a minor electrical fault which caused the system to shut down.

Some local parents received a Facebook notifi ca-tion in the early hours advising them that the school may be closed.

Th e notifi cation, posted on the Roxby Downs Area School page read: ‘URGENT NOTICE: due to the town’s current unscheduled water outage, the school will be closed today Th ursday 5th of February un-til the water is reconnected. Watch this space for updates.’

However by the time most families were awake the problem had been rectifi ed.

“Council had no contact with the schools or kin-dergartens, any decisions not to open remains with them or the Education Department,” Mr Mills said.

Mr Mills said although the problem had been rec-tifi ed, residents should consider having an independ-ent supply of drinking water in case of emergencies.

“Th ere is no reason to believe that it will re-oc-cur, however we would suggest given our climate residents keep a supply of drinking water on hand.”


Two indigenous inspired children’s book narrated by local Kuyani man Mick Mckenzie were offi-

cially revealed last week at a book reading event at the library.

Approximately 20 people attended the event on Monday, February 10, which included a book reading by the author.

Th e two books, ‘Papadiditji the Orphan Boy’ and the ‘Dove and the Pigeon’ are Mr McKenzie’s depiction of traditional indigenous stories that were passed on to him by his father.

Mr McKenzie became involved in the Olympic Dam and Roxby Downs com-munities when he started work on an HEH Archaeology project along with members of other traditional land own-er groups Kokotha and Barngala a few years ago.

Following the completion of the pro-ject, all three men have stayed on in the area in diff erent roles, and it was during the collection of oral histories for the Roxby Downs Stories Project that the two stories were revealed.

“While he was talking he told these two stories and there was an aboriginal component to the stories project where we wanted to create educational resourc-es that could be used in the future by the diff erent schools and places like that in

Roxby Downs,” explained Roxby Coun-cil Community Projects Offi cer Angela Neyland.

“Th at’s why the books were created so they’d be this lasting legacy. Mick gets to tell his story and it will always be re-membered.”

Students from the Roxby Downs Area School were also involved in the project, by being asked to illustrate the stories.

“It was a really good opportunity too for the school students that did the illus-trations because they really got to engage with the story and think really deeply about it, how best to illustrate it and work best as a team,” Mrs Neyland said.

The stories, one aimed at younger primary and the other at older portrays some invaluable lessons for children – including returning borrowed items and looking after your family.

“Th e children and Mick did a fantastic job and it will really benefi t the commu-nity and one that will have a very lasting eff ect I think,” Mrs Neyland fi nished.

Th e release of the two books was fund-ed by Th e Australian Government’s De-partment of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, Community Heritage Project and the Roxby Downs Council and all proceeds from sales will go to-wards reprinting the books.

Th e books are available for $20 for the pair from the Roxby Downs Visitor In-formation Centre.

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The lids are securely closed on pit fall traps, equipment is packed away, and the vol-

unteers have all returned home.

The experts will now analyse the results from Arid Recovery’s seventeenth year of annual small mammal and reptile trapping, con-ducted last week.

Th e weather proved challeng-ing for this year’s fi eld work, with temperatures in the mid to high 40’s most of the week and thun-derstorms threatening.

Arid Recovery Education and Community Offi cer Anni Walsh said even this couldn’t put a damp-ener on the enthusiasm of volun-teers.

“Annual trapping is always a busy week, and the heat added another dimension to keep us on our toes,” she said.

“It was great to have so many enthusiastic and interested people working with us for the week, with smiling faces greeting us bright

and early in the morning.” An initial rough count indicated

almost 100 small mammals were caught and over 260 reptiles were found in and around the reserve.

Although the data is yet to be analysed, this number appears fair-ly consistent with captures from last year, and could be due to the lack of rainfall throughout the re-gion over the past 12 months.

Th e Spinifex Hopping Mouse (Notomys alexis) was the most abundant mammal species. How-ever, the introduced House Mouse (Mus musculus) was trapped more often than other native species, the Plains Rat (Pseudomys australis) and Bolams Mouse (Pseudomys bolami bolami).

Th e Leristas where by far the largest number of reptiles cap-tured. Also known as sliders, Ler-istas are small two-legged lizards that belong to the skink family.

Ms Walsh said these little guys lived under sand and leaf litter, and their squiggly tracks could often be

seen across soft sand dunes.“Leristas prove challenging to

remove from traps or process due to their slippery nature, resulting in many volunteers concentrating profoundly to ensure that there were no escapes,” she said.

“Mammal captures were rela-tively low but we trapped a wide variety of reptile species,” ex-plained Arid Recovery’s Ecologist Catherine Lynch.

“Th is gave all staff and volun-teers an opportunity to appreci-ate the unique fauna of the Roxby Downs region,” she said.

Th e success of Arid Recovery’s annual trapping relies on the help of volunteers.

Arid Recovery would also like to thank all of the people that kindly donated their goods and services to the annual trapping program.

This includes Sodexo, Rox-by Leisure Centre, Woolworths, Transpacifi c, RoxFM and the gen-erous people of Roxby Downs that donated jars of peanut butter.

17th Annual trapping draws to a close

FROM LEFT: Central Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus Levis) being held by AR intern student Bianca Amato, Grey Dwarf

Skink (Menetia Greyii), Central Knob-tailed

Gecko (Nephrurus Levis).

ABOVE: Anni Walsh from Arid Recovery shows the kids from St Barb’s the traps they use (left) and Penny Knott and St Barb’s children watch on.

BELOW: Jessica, Ashlee and Olivia.

ABOVE: Volunteers release a trapped animal into a bag to take back to base.

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F ridge magnets produced by the Environment Forum listing local snake species and a Wildlife Hotline helped

one local family in need recently, when a snake was found in their yard in Quandong Street.

On Saturday, February 8 the kids had been playing in the family’s spa when her husband noticed a large snake in the backyard.

“After getting the kids and the dog inside my husband said to me ‘call someone!’

“I’ve got a fridge magnet that has the Wild-life Hotline number and ‘what to do if you see a snake’ and got on immediately and called the number,” Charmayne said.

“Th ere was a person here literally within minutes.”

Th e snake, identifi ed by the Wildlife Hotline Volunteer Kae Jenke as a large Western Brown snake, went under the house.

Th ere was only one area it could come out so the volunteers put a snake catching bag over the exit and secured it, hoping the snake would go into the bag if it came out overnight.

Th e volunteers then came back the next day at 10am to search for the snake. It had moved from under the house and after a short search was eventually caught and released.

“It’s brilliant to have people like that in town who are willing to give up their weekend to help out” Charmayne said.

“Th ey were very professional, they didn’t take any silly risks and knew exactly what to do. Th ey were really fantastic.”

Charmayne said the experience taught her

how diff erent the behaviour of Aus-tralian snakes is to others around the world.

“I always thought that snakes would try to attack you if you tried to move them, but I now understand why peo-ple say don’t try to kill snakes in Aus-tralia. It wasn’t aggressive at all. All the snake tried to do was get away. It was a big bugger as well!”

Charmayne used the magnet to call the Wildlife Hotline and then the snake identifi cation brochure to help identify the snake.

The Roxby Downs Wildlife Hotline is manned by trained volunteers from Roxby Downs.

Volunteers answer the phone and then send

a trained snake handler or wildlife catcher out to answer the call.

Magnets and brochures are available at the council offi ce, or through the Environment Forum.

Th e Roxby Downs Wildlife Hotline number

is 0497 808 315.

Snake handlers rescue local family

Local business supports all of our community groups with donations, raffl e prizes, ticket selling, publicity and more. I hope all of our community groups are

helping local business in return in these tough times. Council is helping, perhaps some of the larger local companies can help too? We have already heard

of some closures, I hope there aren’t any more. PLEASE SHOP LOCAL

There are too many parents parking near the netball courts for school pick up, which would be

fair enough if there was a footpath. For such a small area it gets a lot of traffi c. I know it’s hot, but it only takes a second of inattention on behalf of a

child or a driver for something bad to happen. Safety fi rst.

Great to see a bit of rain last Friday but sad to see that someone just had to do squealies up the main

road at 8.20am - peak hour for school drop offs. Think about it!!

Twenty-nine days over 43 degree’s! Hooray for the rain and the cool change!

Relieved Roxbarian.

A Western Brown Snake

Editor’s NOTE: Remember this? This cartoon was provided by The Monitor’s cartoonist Dave Kovac

in 2008. Even then the debate about having a radioactive waste repository at Olympic Dam was

being discussed. Read today’s front page story to fi nd out why former local ecologist John Read thinks the

idea should be back on the BHP Billiton agenda.


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Th is beautiful home currently on display overlooks the Copper Club Greg Norman designed golf course and is less than fi ve minutes from world-class beaches, jetties and well known fi shing spots.

Th e home is an entertainer’s delight, of-fering four bedrooms, and a luxury open

plan kitchen/living/dining opening into the alfresco dining area, double garage and golf buggy store.

Downstairs features the master bedroom with large walk in robe and ensuite, while upstairs is designed with the kids and guests in mind.

All bedrooms lead off the rumpus room and WII room/offi ce area and the guest suite boasting its own private balcony, walk in robe and access to the two-way bathroom.

Finished tastefully with up to date internal furnishings and modern décor. Th ere’s not a thing that needs to be done. Just walk on

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Th e home has a great emphasis on out-

door entertaining with an exceptional out-

door alfresco area, great for those summer

time barbecues with friends and family.

Th is home also comes fully fenced, paved

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OUT ABOUT&Meg Lewis, Ryan Shields and

Anna Gubbin at Meg and Mel’s birthday recently.

Tanner, Zeplin and Jaymian.

Tina Schroder, Chris McGoldrick and Mike Mayrhofer.

Will Thurlow, Bill Hagger, Andrew Ho, Jesse Clark, Ben Whiting at

Andrew’s Farewell recently.

Recent birthday girls Meg Lewis

and Mel Thomin.

Sam Oliver and Mitch Browne at hockey recently.

Sarah Barnes pictured here with Kyra and Charlie

as they watch dad play cricket recently.

Little Hailey McDonald enjoying on her little pink quad recently.


OUT ABOUT&

Engaged couple and fellow fi ries Anthony Alcock and

Toby Jane Spanos enjoying a beer upon their return.

Mark and Kim Killick at The Tavern on

Friday night.

Stephen and Jane Scarr enjoy Valentine’s Day

at the Club.

Simon and Jamie Barrett celebrate their fi rst

Valentine’s Day with son Connor on Friday.

Tilly, Daisy, Marinne and

Boryana Woodhouse

at the Club on the weekend.

Brian Robinson and Denise Fitzpatrick

enjoyed each other’s company

on Friday.

Paul and Morgan Dunn

at the Club for Valentines Day on Friday.

Phone 8671 0053 CLUB

“Take-Your-Pick”Friday from 5.30pm

Happy hour 6-7All pints $5 AND $5 base spirits

Saturday 15th MarchPrizes forbest dressed $5 Base Spirits between 10-11pm


Opening hours Monday to Friday9 am to 4.30 pm

Council provides transport services including:

• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

• Licensing transactions • Learner written theory tests (test to begin before 4 pm)

All enquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi llOpening hours

1 pm to 6 pm every dayDisposal of household rubbish is FREE

Levies apply for businessesRecycling can be taken either

to the Opal Landfi ll orBSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street

All enquiries: 8671 1154

Opening hours 9 am to 5 pm Monday-Wednesdays, Fridays

9:30am to 5pm Thursdays9.30 am to 12 noon Saturdays

Telephone 8671 0500Email: [email protected]

Library membership is free. Wide range of resources are available including books, DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.

Toddler Story Time 2 pm Thursday.

Opening hours

9 am to 5 pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452

Email: [email protected]

After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

SERVICE SAWASTE MANAGEMENTLIBRARYCOUNCIL OFFICE

Roxby Council

NEWS IN BRIEFNEWS IN BRIEF

Owners of dogs and cats collected after hours by Roxby Council offi cers will now have to pay the handling fee and the pound or vet

fees before their pet can be collected.

Owners wishing to collect their dogs or cats after

hours will need to have the correct cash on them to

have their pet returned.

Th ey will be issued with a receipt from the on-call

Roxby Council offi cer.

If they are unable to pay the fees the dog or cat will not be released. Th e cost is a $30 handling fee plus $15 per night.

Any animal collected during the business hours of 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday will need their owners to come into the council offi ce and pay the fees to have their pet returned.

Owners may also be expiated for their dog or cat wandering at large.

Please ensure your property is escape-free.

C lean Up Australia Day is a simple way you can take action to clean up,

fi x up and conserve our prized Australian environment.

In 2013 an estimated 550,300 volunteers removed 16,150 tonnes of rubbish at 7,341 sites right across the country - but we can do better! So lend a hand on

Sunday, March 2, 2014 and help clean up Australia.

Locals will be continuing the good work of the 2013 volunteers, and cleaning up Roxby Downs and joining the thousands of oth-er Australians who care for our environment.

If you would like to participate, we are meeting at the Lions Park at 9am. You will need to be wear-ing closed in shoes, bring a hat and a water bottle. All clean up equipment will be supplied.

We will fi nish off this commu-nity activity with a sausage sizzle at the Roxby Pool and free entry is on off er to those volunteers that help out in the Clean Up Australia Day event.

It’s our our way of saying thanks for caring for our environment and having pride in how our won-derful town looks.

To express your interest, or for more information on how you can help, please contact Angela on 8671 0010.

Council and contrac-tors work together to ensure the general

appearance of our town-ship is kept maintained at a high standard at all times.

Currently reminder no-tices are being placed on bins which are left out on the street longer than 24 hours after the collection time.

Rubbish bins can be placed out for collection 24 hours prior to collec-tion, but must be returned to your property within 24 hours after collection. Rox-by Council is seeking co-op-eration that you return your bin to its designated area on your property within 24 hours of rubbish collection times.

Ensuring cleaner streets for Roxby Downs

Stop your pets from roaming

Let’s clean upReminder to pay your Power and Water

accounts by 17 February 2014. To discuss your account contact the Roxby Council

on 8671 0010.

Council is reminding residents to bring bins in off the street.

Owners of pets collected by Council after hours

will now have to pay all fees before the animal

can be collected.


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WHO’S ON THE BOARD

CONTACTING THE BOARD

BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

Monday of the month.Members of the public are welcome to

attend and observe.If you would like to make a presentation or raise an issue, please contact the Executive Offi cer on 0418 833 818 so that you can be included on the

agenda.Confi dential discussions with the

Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Offi cer

Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.PO Box 85

Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818


Teresa Malcolm • Nidya IwanMichelle Davis • George Giakoumis

Vicki Mason • Gaylene Crane Mary Lewis • Chad Menzies• Bill Boehm • Chris Gibson

JOINING FORUMSIf you would like to join a forum and would like more information please

contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMRachel Young 0428 671 000

Thursday, March 13 @7.30pmLocation TBC

BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964

Tuesday, March 4 @ 6.15pm

Council Boardroom.

SPORTS and REC FORUMDamien Condon 0439 862 784

TBC February 2014.

COMMUNITY GARDENPatrik Ibele (08) 8671 0168

TBC

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAngela Neyland 0448 168 167

Thursday, March 6 @7pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Thursday, March 13 @ 5.30pmCouncil Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, March 19 @ 6pm

Council Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKLisa Hewerdine (08) 8671 0010

Monday, March 17 @ 6pmCouncil Boardroom

Save the Date! International Women’s DaySaturday 15th March. Watch this Space!

The YAC (Youth Advisory Committee)

is raring to go in 2014 with some

new members on board. What a great bunch of youth we

have rising up! They have some amazing

events and ideas planned for 2014. Watch out Roxby!

The Multicultural Forum had their fi rst meet-ing for 2014 last week and is already getting enthused for what this year will bring.

Th e forum members are very excited about the second World Food and Music Festival which will be held on Saturday, October 18 in the award win-ning Roxby Downs main street – Richardson Place.

Already the ideas are fl owing. Th e group aims to follow on from the 2012 festival, and thi s year’s event is expected to have locals entertained and raving for days.

Th e World Food and Music Festival in 2012 at-tracted over 1000 locals, all getting in the spirit of

the diverse culture in Roxby Downs.Th e sub-committee in 2012 worked very well

together to get the event to such a fantastic stand-ard and are keen to build on this and make it even more successful in 2014.

Th e sub-committee of the Multicultural Forum will meet on Wednesday, March 12 @ 6pm in the Roxby Council Boardroom to start to formulate what the festival will look like in October.

Th e sub-committee is seeking new members and if you are keen on getting involved, there is no ex-perience necessary, Contact Grace in the library on 8671 0500 or Sasha Yantewo on 0428 727 583 for more info.

Youth committee reforms for 2014

World Food and Music Festival Sub-committee seeking members


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PUBLIC NOTICESPUBLIC NOTICES SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Supervisor/Leading HandCivil Projects

Olympic Dam (Immediate Start)Broadspectrum is a Multidiscipline Service Company in

Australasia.

We have a permanent position based in Roxby Downs

demonstrate attention to detail also possessing excellent communication and interpersonal skills. This is a role requiring a lateral thinker with a demonstrated dedication

The role will involve the following.• Civil site inspections and quoting

• Client liaison

• Team player

Tickets/licenses required:• Backhoe• Skidsteer• HC/HA• Roller• Grader (optional)• Poly welding (optional)

Competitive remuneration package and ongoing training

to commencing.

Broadspectrum Australia Pty LtdEmail:[email protected]

POSITION VACANT - ELECTRICAL SUPERVISORMPS Building and Electrical are currently seeking applications for the Position of Electrical Supervisor.

The position of Electrical Supervisor is to provide leadership, guidance and technical support to ensure all electrical works are carried out in accordance with the company and clients safety procedures and ensure the installation meets or exceeds the relevant standards.

Job Specifications:• Effectively manage a small electrical team• Comply with all Safety Procedures and ensure all works are carried out in a safe manner• Undertake site inspections for compliance• Ensure the quality and output of the electrical crew in in line with the company and clients requirements.• Monitor and mentor workers• Provide positive leadership in the workforce promoting safety inititatives.

Previous Olymic Dam mine site experience will be highly regarded.

You must be willing to participate in a pre employment medical which includes drug and alcohol testing.

Applications close on Friday February 21, 2014, please forward your resume to [email protected]

Olympic Dam Netball TrialsMarch 4, 11 & 18 at 7pmin the RDAS School Hall

All new players welcomeFor more information contactMel Ferry on 0429 836 099

or email [email protected]

Post Of ce & Motel

Ph: (08) 8672 7007 Fax: (08) 8672 7062www.andamookaopal.com.au


OPEN 7 DAYS

Behind the Famous Bottle HouseBehind the Famous Bottle HouseOpal Creek Boulevard, Andamooka & after hours by appointment

Post Of ce

AGMTuesday 11th March 2014

7.30pm—Roxby Downs Club

New Members Most Welcome

All positions Vacant

Queries please contact

Cherie 86712924

GERRY’S Dublin Meat Store. Check out the great value: $230 Freezer pack (mix and match), 2kg Lamb Roast, 1kg Beef Schnit-zel, 2kg Pork Roast, 1kg Chicken Schnitzel, 2kg Beef Roast, 1kg Budget Bacon, 2kg Roast Chicken , 2kg Marinated Wings, 1kg BBQ steak, 2kg Beef Sausages, 1kg Beef Mince, 20 Gourmet Patties, 1kg BBQ Lamb Chops, 1 Large Mettwurst, 1kg Pork Leg, Chops, 1 Bottle Marinade, 1kg Diced Steak. Top quality, grain fed meat at af-fordable prices. Phone 8529 2229.

ODT Australis Pty Ltd Olympic Dam

Employment Opportunities

ODT Australis is a major contracts provider to the Olympic Dam mine site and a fast growing company involved in mining, civil, earth moving, heavy haulage, demolition, rehabilitation and pastoral and resource recovery in metropolitan and remote outback Australia.

With over 25 years industry experience and service excellence, our specialist team of dedicated professionals has a proven track record of high standards in health and safety.

ODT Australis is heavily involved in host community interests and activities and prides itself on giving back to the community in which it operates using sustainable practices.

Road Train OperatorApplications from experienced professionals with similar backgrounds will be considered.

expected

The successful applicant will expect to be working in a diverse role and can expect varied experiences from working within a mine site, travel to various remote locations involving long distance journeys and nights away, labouring and other adhoc tasks and will possess:

• Forklift licence and experience• Dangerous goods license (or willingness to obtain immediately)• Minimum 5 years experience in road train operations • Proven track record of solid experience in remote driving and long distance haulage• Experience in load restraints and transportation of oversize goods

• Proven track record of high safety focus

within mine site environment, remote areas, long distance and underground assignmentsThe following is advantageous:

• Excavator and loader licenses• Fatigue management training• OH&S/WHS trainingResponsibilities may include:

• Mine site work, including element of labouring• Remote and long distance travel with overnight stays• Oversize work• Load restraints• Basic roadside mechanical work (including changing of own tyres)

Heavy Diesel MechanicApplications from experienced professionals with similar backgrounds will be considered.

Adelaide to Roxby Downs and return, however, local candidates are encouraged to apply.The successful applicant will investigate, diagnose and perform maintenance and repairs to heavy diesel equipment and machinery both on and off site, adhering to maintenance schedule, company policy and safety regulations and will possess:

• Refrigeration Handling License and experience (preferred but not essential)

• HR truck and Forklift license• Earthmoving and heavy transport vehicle experience• Hydraulics diagnostics and repairs experience• Sound knowledge of mining process• Electrical experience• Ability to work autonomously and as part of team with a team focused, punctual and dedicated, adaptable and forward thinking approach with high housekeeping standards• Proven track record of maintaining a high standard of quality and safety

• Willingness to work outside normal working hours, shifts and overtime as per company requirement.Responsibilities will include:

• Investigate, diagnose and perform trade related maintenance and repairs to equipment and machinery according to the maintenance requirements.• Perform inspections in accordance with the Mining Act regulations, manufacturing and company standards.• Identify spares requirements for machinery and equipment and order according to departmental procedure.• Maintain a good relationship with operational personnel.• Assign corrective measures and follow-up on outstanding/overdue actions.

Civil Projects Plant Operator – Surface and Underground Applications from experienced professionals with similar backgrounds will be considered.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the safe operation of various mobile plant

experience in civil earthworks in the construction and mining industries and 2 years minimum

• Dump truck operations experience and high level of competency

• Extensive general construction and concreting experience• Ability to work autonomously and as part of team with a team focused, dedicated, adaptable and forward thinking approach• Positive attitude toward safety and company goals

• Excavator, forklift, backhoe & skidsteer licenses

• OH&S/WHS training

minimum requirement for selection and ongoing employment with ODT Australis.

If you are passionate, motivated, driven to succeed and looking for an exciting and diverse company, please submit your application to ODT Australis.

To submit your application, please email your resume and cover letter addressing position

Early Childhood Educators Part Time & Full Time

Roxby Downs Child Care Centre provides a caring, educational environment for children between the ages of six weeks to primary school age.

We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated persons to join our staff team.To be considered for either of these roles, you will have: • Certificate 3 or Diploma of Children’s Services (or Early Childhood Education) • Knowledge of Early Years Learning Framework • Current First Aid, Police Check and Child Safe Environments or willing to obtain these • The ability to work closely with and engage with staff, parents and children of all diversities

Immediate start for all successful applicants.

For further information [email protected] or 08 8671 0911.

Applications close when positions are filled.


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PH: 8671 2545 www.roxfm.com.auE: [email protected]

Requests - SMS: 0407 979 918

Monday 7-9pm Classics From the Crypt with FrogTuesday7-8.30pm The Lowe Downe with J-Lowe8.30 – 10pm Jack & Katie ShowWednesday3-4pm Tunes in the Dunes with Leroy6-7.30 pm Living in the 70’s with TeresaThursday4-5pm An hour with Kaye & Friends5-6pm Afternoon Delights

Friday1-2pm The Vibe with Kath, Sasha & Ann Marie4-5pm Tunes in the Dunes with Leroy7-9pm Classics from the Crypt with FrogSaturday8-9am The Rock with Liz11-12noon In the Man Cave with ya matesSunday10-2pm Back outback Country5-6pm Leighthology8-9pm Rox in the Box with Colin

News and informationMonday - Friday

8.30 & 10am South Australian News Bulletin 9am & 5pm The Job Board

6am & 1pm The VIBE Community BoardSaturday

10am The VIBE Community Board

Live shows to tune into now streaming live at www.roxfm.com.au

Junior BasketballSaturday, February 15, 2014

CLOCKWISE from top right: Nate Headland (Bulls) Vs Jay Holland (Lakers).Alex Hoffman (Flames) shoots as Kayla Carvalho (Slamdunks) defends.

Harley Wellgreen (Storm) races to grab the ball from Xavier Curr (Mavericks). Jai Sanders (10, Storm) about to take a jump shot while

Xavier Curr (4, Mavericks) tried to foil the shot. Alex Hoffman (9, Flames) concentrating on her freethrow.

Dante Newman (Raiders) dribbling down the court.

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Laura Trotta shows her swinging form on Saturday night.

The crowd at the Pink Stumps fundraising event on Saturday.

Emcee Graham Warren entertaining the crowd

on Saturday night.

Locals banded together to put on a good show

on Saturday night.

Maddison Rhodes took the competition seriously on Saturday.

Event Organiser Paul Trotta with International Women’s cricket stars Shelley Nitschke and Karen Rolton.


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(Back L-R) Tayla Irving, Jaimee Langdon , (Front L-R) Jessica Hassett, Ashton Golding, Chelsea

Brind, Morgan Bacon and Madison Evans.

Adam Malm and Kapil Gohel looking after the

scoresheets for the game.

(R-L) Liam, Zach, Zac, Connor, Zach, Max and Lachlan

hanging out at the Skate Park.

Brett Atkins and Anthony Alcock.

Anita Mitter and Bernadette Abraham (Liberal

Candidate for Giles).

Jane Jones and Andrea Freeth with Myah Eli, and Jessica Reed.

Amy, Demi-Jo, Ebony, Staz and Nicole.

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Gym Hours 6am to 12 midday (Closed in between 12-2pm) 2pm to 9pm Weekends 8am to 4pm Public Holidays 10am to 4pm

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Weekdays – 6am-10am & 6pm-9pm

Weekends – 8am-1pm

Outdoor Pool Opening Times:

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The third annual local Pink Stumps event has raised more than triple the amount of previous years with event organiser Paul

Trotta estimating the total amount to be in the ‘mid $30,000s’.

Th e money will be handed over to the McGrath Foundation when total amounts are tallied, and will help the McGrath Foundation raise money and awareness and help provide special Breast Care nurses to those struggling through breast cancer.

Approximately 500 locals turned up to support the event and charity cricket game, which also fea-tured appearances by famed international women’s cricketers Karen Rolton and Shelley Nitschke and a McGrath Foundation Breast Care nurse from Port Augusta.

“It was fantastic,” Mr Trotta told Th e Monitor earlier this week. “It pretty well went as planned. Th ere were a few things that we could have done better, but overall there was a good crowd and the weather was pretty good.”

BHP Billiton went above and beyond to support the cause, donating $10,000 to the event – a move that Mr Trotta said was a highlight.

“We got the two guest cricketers Shelley and Karen, plus a couple of local cricket heads, bowl to each other and all the crowd and all the play-ers were ready to take the catches,” Mr Trotta ex-plained. “Every catch BHP were going to donate $1000 - so that really got the crowd involved as well.

“We actually took fi ve catches, so that was $5000, but BHP (sic) decided to increase that to $10,000 and announced it at the end of the night.”

Th e auction raised approximately $9,000 (with some costs still needing to be taken out of the total), online donations reached approximately $8,500 and donation tins are yet to be counted.

Another highlight of the night according to Mr Trotta was organising the ‘Human stumps’ photo made entirely of Roxby Downs locals.

“Basically the whole crowd came in and was involved, there weren’t many people that weren’t involved,” he said. “People came whether they were wearing pink or not. It went really smoothly so that was great.”

And as for the cricket? Mr Trotta commend-ed locals Regina Qualmann for competing in the cricket match wearing a bright pink tutu, and crick-eter Craig Rainsford – a player for the triumphant team - for getting his team over the line - winning by one run.

“It was really good to see people come out and watch,” he said. “We had some good bids on the auction. I can’t thank everyone because there were just so many people.”

Stumps day raises over $30kStumps day raises over $30k

Attendees of Saturday night’s Pink Stumps fundraiser were asked to form ‘Human Stumps’ in the spirit of the event.

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