Issue No. 147 September, 2018

Across The Fence October, 2018 - Circulation approx. 1010 - Nabiac, Krambach, Coolongolook & Bunyah

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WHAT’S HAPPENING OCTOBER, 2018

Markets & Events.

● Bulahdelah (1st Sat) 6th 8am to 1pm

Blackhead Bazaar (1st Sun) 7th 8am to 12 noon

John’s River Country (2nd Sat) 13th 9am to 1.30pm

Wingham Community (2nd Sat) 13th

Myall Quays (3rd Sat) 20th 9am to 1pm

The Hub Taree Showgnd (3rd Sat) 20th 8am to 12 noon

Krambach (3rd Sun) 21st 8am to 2pm

NABIAC (Last Sat) 27th 8am to 12 noon

Old Bar (Last Sun) 28th 7am to 1pm

Pacific Palms (Last Sun) 28th 9am to 1pm

Forster Town (2nd Sun) 14th 8am to 2pm

Halliday’s Point (1st Sun) 7th 8am to 11am -?

Town Head (every Mon) 8am to 2pm

Mt. George (4th Sat) 27th 8am to 2pm

Forster Farmers Market (3rd Sat) 20th 8am to 12 noon

Bobbin Community —th 9am to 2pm

Tuncurry Markets (4th Sat) 27nh 8am to 1pm

Burrell Creek (2nd Sun) 14th 9am to 12.30pm

These dates are from the council web site so could be subject to change

Burrell Creek Hall has Bingo 1st Monday of the month @7:00pm

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Editorial Time is galloping by again. I don’t know what has happened to this year but, as it was pointed out to me the other day, it is 11 weeks until Christmas—sounds a lot better when you say nearly 3 months! Lyz has her Iris Show on again next week, the Black and White Ball is looming—hope all attendees have a great time, the dreaded daylight savings is with us again (already kicked in at my place as the sun streams through a window I can’t put a curtain on and wakes me at 6am sharp, as does Tilley Cat! Lots of articles short this month. Have had a trying time looking for things to fill the spaces with that might be of interest besides the dreaded jokes. Caro Badcock is apparently relocating so the Coolongolook News is no longer available until someone, hopefully, fills her shoes. My best wishes go to her and her family and many thanks to Caro for the news she supplied for the last however many years. I have lost count! Hopefully the schools will have something to report for the next issue. They should be all rested and relaxed by then. Might also have results of the ball and Lyz’s Iris Show. Not sure how the St. John’s Ladies Guild fashion parade went or Krambach School’s Car Boot Sale. I will try to get some news from them. The little bit of rain we have been having is keeping the grass and trees looking green, but not penetrating the ground enough to help them all grow. My ground is still bone dry half an inch below the surface and my poor trees are suffering badly. Will have to watch where I am under the deadly gums as they are really stressed and this is when they drop ruddy big limbs. I am hoping it stays a little cool and still so that I can get a permit to finish off the excess rubbish I still have left from the storms ages ago. I have plans to spend the next couple of weeks in the yard with my new toy (the chainsaw) and cut up the fallen trees for next year’s firewood. Wish I had been brave enough to use one years ago. Would have saved a lot of muscle pain from using the hand saw. Next I have to master the art of the axe to split the firewood. Not enough strength in the arms and can’t hit the same spot twice! Also noted that the pool is getting heated. No excuse for dropping your swimming exercises in winter now!. Enough of my rabbiting. Have to get printing. Until next month,

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KRAMBACH HALL HAPPENINGS

HALL MEETINGS: Monday following the Krambach Markets each month at 3.00pm. Next meeting on Monday 22nd October, 2018. Volunteers and Committee members welcome to join. HALL MARKETS: 3rd Sunday of the month. 8:30am to 1pm Come and choose from a wide selection of craft, woodwork, hand made cards, fresh produce & plants, bric-a-brac, 2nd hand books & kids toys. Enjoy a hot breakfast or Devonshire tea or coffee. “Lucky Tree” Hall Raffle. New stall holders welcome. Krambach Hall (School of Arts Inc.) has spaces available and is looking for more Stall Holders. One table costs $11.00, two tables are $16.00 and 3 tables are $22.00. Phone: Debbie Gray on 6559 1475 to book a stall HALL BOOKINGS: Contact Fay Deer on 6559 1562 or Helen Legg on 6559 1211

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Road safety measures - Thank you to Stephen Bromhead’s office and MidCoast Council for keeping us informed of works to improve safety on the Highway intersection at Failford Road and at Dibb Street. Local groups and residents have been concerned at the number of accidents and near misses. The new Dibb Street design should reduce the number of incidents when drivers mistakenly turn north into the south bound lanes. Electric Vehicle Charging Station - Expect to see some minor infrastructure changes near the public toilets in Nabiac Street. Hopefully this will solve the problem of muddiness near the bins. Sun Protection at the Park - We notice that Council have received some funding for shade at other parks. We are fortunate to have many shady trees in the park area. Let’s see where we need shade as hotter weather approaches. Memorial Park - We’ll be tidying up and planting in the gardens around the Memorial before Armistice Day. Thank you to Bunnings for offer of donated plants. Cleaning of the monument has been funded and will soon begin. We’ve met with the RSL Sub Branch and Council to discuss plans for the monument and the removal on the old park fence. Nabiac Village Futures Group meets Next meeting is Wednesday 5th September, 7.30pm at Neighbourhood Centre. Like and follow us on Facebook at Nabiac Community.

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MINIMBAH MATTERS

Minimbah Rural Fire Brigade is gushing with excitement and it’s all due to our wonderful community. Thank you. You came, you saw and we’d like to think that in some small way we conquered what we set out to do at our Get Ready Open Day. We were absolutely blown away with the response from the very receptive community – the majority of whom we had never met before. Some people were very interested in some boxed fire extinguishers and fire blankets they saw in our Station. Well here’s the story on those …… Leanne Freel is a Sales Manager with Wormald. Leanne is also a Minimbah resident – a community minded resident who has recognized our lack of fund-raising opportunities and also our focus on having a FireWise community. Acting on her instigation, Wormalds have donated to Minimbah Rural Fire Brigade several domestic fire extinguishers and fire blankets, of varying sizes, to raffle for fund-raising purposes. Tickets will be sold throughout the community and the raffle will more than likely be drawn at our Christmas Get Together, so watch this space for more information. Thank you so very much Wormalds, and a big pat on the back to the “lovely locals”. On to some more serious matters. 1st September, 2018 was a big day.

First day of Spring.

First day of the 2018 Bush Fire Danger Period in our area. There-

fore, it’s Permit time.

First day of the new 40kph speed limit around stationary emergency vehicles rule. All of these are going to hit you in the back pocket if you don’t pay attention. Spring – probably hay fever medication. The need for Permits and the need to slow down may incur fines if they are ignored. Ignorance is not always bliss.

Simply put, the safest way to apply the new 40kph speed limit rules is

In NSW you must slow down to 40kph when passing any stationary emergency vehicle that has its red and blue lights flashing.

There are a few more detailed rules, but if you apply the blanket rule, things should be sweet, even when we see our friendly local constabulary conversing with someone on the side of the highway. If they are stopped and their flashing lights are displayed, then slow down. Simples!! Yes, you can still light that fire, but special terms and conditions apply. The two main conditions are that you require a free Fire Permit from the NSW RFS and that you give at least 24 hours’ notice of your intention to burn to all your neighbours and to the RFS. When the Fire Danger Rating reaches Very High or above, all existing Permits are suspended, and it is your responsibility to check on this before you light up. Don’t forget, our Mid Coast District Office now has a single point of contact phone number for all sorts of comments and questions, including Fire Permits.

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WALLAMBA CWA REPORT

Our President, Iris Cummings, was unable to be present as she had to go to Sydney to visit her sister who was not enjoying good health, however it is pleasing to hear that she is now ‘on the mend’ under medical care, so it was up to Vice President, Margaret Weller, to chair our meeting on Tuesday September 11th. VP Margaret welcomed 11 members and following the opening formalities, members paused to remember departed family friends. Sympathy was extended to member Merle Barber and husband Fred on the passing of sister-in-law Sybil Barber, to member Mary Webber on the passing of relative Max Carriage, Cliff Barry formerly of Krambach and late of Taree, Darcy Gregory and Megan Legg, daughter of Helen Legg of Krambach area.

Secretary, Pam, supplied this month’s thought which was

“Life is short, Live the dream, the time is now.”

The Branch received an invitation from St. John’s Anglican Ladies Guild for their Fashion Parade which was coming up Friday 28th September. I trust that this was a successful day for all concerned and all had an enjoyable time.

Branch International Officer, Penny, gave her report and clarified where our International Donations were going from our International Day held in May. Penny read a letter from Gail Commens (an Australian member) ACWW South Pacific Area President advised the donations recently made. Some of these included $16,200 to PNG for earthquake relief providing mattresses, bedding, clothing and toiletries, cooking equipment and food and a further donation of $1,200 for a water tank. Tonga also received $7,000 cyclone relief including school needs and to obtain water tanks.

Another interesting letter from Gail explained how ladies bras are collected for the South Pacific Islands ladies. Even the suitcases in which they are transported are used by the ladies so nothing goes wanting. Gail is also looking for donations of NYLON ZIPPERS from 36cm – 40cms for PNG who will be hosting the June 2020 South Pacific Area Conference. We might all have some at home never used or we could donate new ones.

Penny was very pleased with the way things went at the Group Day hosted by Wallamba at the Showground Hall and thanks were extended to everyone who pulled together and made it a great day.

Our AG & Environment Officer, Jill Hammond, was heading to Narromine 16/17/18th September with Group Officer, Gael Mackenzie so we shall have a report on the Seminar at the October meeting. Jill was hoping to take a few brochures on Nabiac to hand around at the event, so maybe we might have some extra visitors come our way.

Handicraft Officer, Merle, told us that the craft stall with items from our late Member Betty Bird, raised a $100 at the Group International

and Cultural Day but we still have 3 boxes of items still left which will be sold or donated.

Merle again mentioned the 4 aprons project for Branches for 2019. Members are to bring along their aprons to the December monthly meeting which will also be our Christmas Lunch.

Member Pam brought along a half apron with embroidered waist-band which she had made by hand when in primary school at Nabiac Central School all those years ago.

Merle has also been away at a Handicraft School in Cowra during September so will hear all the updates when we meet again in October.

A ‘thank you’ card was received from Jenny Fletcher’s group for the Donation of $50 to her Quilters Group from sale of Betty’s items – a further donation of $50 went to the Angel Gowns group.

Cultural Officer, Margaret Weller, began her segment by showing us a 1975 article from the ‘MR Times’ when she was a Guest Cook. Margaret had also brought along a 1944 Nabiac Anzac Day Service Programme. when her late mother-in-law, Doreen Weller, used to play the piano for the service seated in the back of a truck or Ute. Her last item was a poem by Henry Lawson - “The Flour Bin” - which had been printed in “The Sun & Guardian” newspaper in 1949.

Margaret, as our Cookery Officer, handed out recipes for the next round of the Cooking competition to be held in conjunction with the Group Council meeting at Wauchope in November. Most of the members have offered to make something so hopefully we might have a few place getters. Ruth brought along some delicious straw-berry jam she had made and everyone gave it ‘the thumbs up’.

An invitation has been sent to Group President, Margaret Breust, and Branch mentor, Donna Kemp, of Gloucester to attend our AGM on Tuesday October 9th. We have heard since Margaret is unable to attend but we are looking forward to having Donna with us hopefully.

Congratulations to Norma Flood who celebrated her 80th on September 13th and to Margaret and Bruce Weller who have been married for 56 years on Saturday 15th September.

As mentioned above, our next meeting will be held on Tuesday October 9th and it will be our Annual General Meeting first, followed by the monthly meeting.

Ladies interested in becoming a member will be made most welcome and can stay on to enjoy the ‘bring and share’ lunch which follows – venue is the Wallamba Showground Hall Foyer and starting time is 9.30am for a 10.00am start.

Hope to see you there

Pam Muxlow Sec/Publicity Officer

Wallamba CWA Branch

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School Transition Visits

Throughout Term 3 we have been having two weekly visits to Nabiac Public School. The children have been enjoying their time with class KM and have really learnt a lot about what happens when we go to Big School. Over visits will continue in Term 4. We thank the school for being so accommodating and helping us give our children the best start to their formal school life.

Father’s Day Morning

On Tuesday 28th August we invited our families in to help us celebrate Father’s Day. We were able to watch the Bob Turner Wildlife presentation together before enjoying some Morning Tea and outside play time together. Thank you to all our families for making the effort to come in. It really means a lot

to the children to share their school environment with you. We also held a ‘dress like a farmer’ day on this day and other dress up themes throughout the week. We were able to raise $161.35 to donate to ‘buy a bale’ to support drought affected farmers in NSW. Thanks families.

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of weeks of 'Grey Nomading' they will be back to do follow up. This has been a major effort on their part, taking several months.

The second team is doing their annual follow up at the Bullock Wharf reserve. The drier areas are looking good but there is still significant seedling growth in moister areas and along the edges. Privet, camphor laurel and lantana are usually brought in by birds after they have fed on the fruit in surrounding areas.

There has been an increase in the number of ornamental asparagus (both common and ferny) found along the Donaldson St. edge. If you have these in your garden please try to collect the seeds, bag them and place in your red bin. If you want to learn how to remove them, stop by on Wednesday while we are working.

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nother good attendance at our meeting especially with the early morning rain which was most

welcome by all. 47 people enjoyed the visit to Chris and Bill's home in Nabiac; a garden full of beautiful roses and a very good vegie patch full of fresh produce, Bill has been very busy in the few months they have been living there.

The flower competition table was much admired. Such a vast display of different succulents and cacti, many of which were bursting with blooms, making a spectacular show. The succulent swap table over-flowed with lots of different types of plants so everyone went home with something new for their gardens. Many thanks to all those who contributed to this.

Once again so many people have been cooking, what a wonderful range of delightful cakes and slices. All of which were enjoyed by our members and visitors with their cuppa. Many thanks to all the cooks.

The trip to Abundance Nursery was enjoyed by all who attended and a lot of plants have found new homes and gardens. The lunch at the nursery, in a very picturesque setting. was much enjoyed.

We also said goodbye to one of our much loved members. George will be relocating to a new home in the Newcastle area. We wish you all the best in your new home.

Our next meeting will be held at Cindy and Ross Dearing 's home in Abbott Street, Nabiac where yellow will be the competition colour for this meeting. The usual swap table will be there also. We will also be visiting Beth's garden a few doors down the street.

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W onderful afternoon on Saturday 22nd September as emerging and professional artists and creatives met over coffee, tea,

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We welcome new members. Just go to ‘Artists of Wallamba’ on Facebook and request to join. We offer a great online space to share creative ideas, inspiration, challenges and exhibition opportunities for Artists in the Wallamba region.

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Readers Comments

Hooray, the pool should be open by the time you read this, and it is to be hoped that it is respected, unlike last year. Just a small minority of yobos can create a lot of damage and make

things unsafe for the majority.

Just two incidents of many.

1. Broken glass last year had it closed for a time

2. A person threw their dog in for a swim. When challenged,

"what are you going to do about it" was the answer.

Sad that some have parents that have not set examples of good

behaviour.

Nabiac is better than that.

Bruce Weller

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Money & Other Disputes - Criminal, Traffic & Family Law

Nabiac Pet Grooming Lisa Graves

2/1 Nabiac Street Nabiac 2312 Phone 5510 -1012

Style cuts, Summer cuts, Puppy cuts Flea & tick wash, ears & nails treated, sensitive skin catered for Great regular prices from $30 Open Wednesday — Thursday — Friday 9am ‘til 5pm

Please note new opening hours

OCTOBER SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM Creative Workshops

SCRATCH ART

Do your own drawings or use picture templates as you create colourful scratch art boards. Taree Library Thurs. 4 October 2.00 - 3.00pm Hallidays Point Library Mon. 8 October 2.00 - 3.00pm BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Ages 4-12yrs. Supervised activity.

POM-POM CRAFT

Join the team from Wingham CWA and create super cute cat or rabbit pom-poms from wool. Wingham Library Mon. 8 October 10.00am - 12.00pm BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Ages 5-12yrs+. Supervised activity.

Games PUZZLES, GAMES & COLOURING IN

Come along with the kids and enjoy puzzles and board games together or colour in a master-piece! Taree, Wingham, Hallidays Point Each day in the October holidays during opening hours BOOKINGS NOT REQUIRED All ages. Supervision required.

Movies THE NUT JOB 2

Surly and his friends must stop Oakton City's mayor from destroying their home to make way for an amusement park. Wingham Library Thurs. 4 October 10.30am - 12.00pm Rated PG BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

FERDINAND

After Ferdinand is captured and torn from his home, he rallies a misfit team for an ultimate adventure. Forster Library Mon. 8 October 2.00 - 3.50pm

Between the Pages

Nabiac Library News Upcoming events at our Midcoast Libraries:

Go to: library.midcoast.nsw.gov.au/events to search for any of the events listed below

Lauren Chater - Author Visit

Saturday, 13 October 2018 | 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM - Forster Library

Join Lauren Chater as she reveals the inspiration behind her breathtaking debut novel The Lace Weaver. It's a book about love and war, and the battle to save a precious legacy. Bookings essential. Books for sale at event.

Light refreshments by The Friends provided.

BUT WAIT: There is more!

There are a number of events offered by Midcoast libraries across the month of October. Some things you may be interested in include:

Less is More De Clutter Workshops: (bookings essential)

Dates include: Hallidays Point Library on 19th October Taree Library on 25th October Forster Library on 5th November

2018 Tech Savvy Seniors on 31st October at Taree Library from 10:30 -12 noon.

This workshop will cover things like online shopping, use of tablets and smartphones. Just bring along your device. This is a free event!

Storytime for Pre Schoolers:

This is held regularly at most Midcoast libraries during school terms. It caters for Pre School aged children aged 3-5 years and includes stories, songs and craft. Parents and caregivers looking for some-where to give your preschoolers immersion into literacy, song and creativity; this for you!! Just check out the most convenient date and location; or go to all that it is available Go to: library.midcoast.nsw.gov.au/events to search for any of the

events listed

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Local pick up

and delivery

Call Don

On

0419 861 044

Or

6554 1084

MOWER REPAIRS & SERVICE

Family owned since 1947

78-80 Clarkson St Nabiac NSW 2312

Email modernmotors@bigpond.com

Phone (02) 6554 1235

Corey Geerling Licensed Electrical Contractors

Rural Domestic Commercial Rental cgeerling@yahoo.com.au ABN: 17 880 850 721

Tel: 0416 224 471 Free quotes Lic No: 35781C

Stamp Stencil

Rated PG BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL THE JUNGLE BUNCH Maurice may look like a penguin - but he's a real tiger inside! He and his friends, The Jungle Bunch, take on Igor the evil koala who wants to destroy the jungle. Taree Library Fri. 12 October 2.00 - 3.40pm

Rated PG BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

All ages. Parents must supervise children 5yrs and under. Bring a cushion to sit on.

Special Activities SCIENCE ON THE MOVE

Explore science through crazy, messy, slimey fun! Wingham Library Wed. 3 October 10.30-11.30am Gloucester Library Fri. 5 October 10.30 - 11.30am BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Ages 5yrs+ Supervised activity.

KIDS BOOT CAMP

Kids Boot Camp is the perfect way to get your little ones active. Using cardio and body weight and exercises, this circuit style workout is designed just for kids. Wear sunscreen, a hat, enclosed footwear and bring along a bottle of water. Hallidays Point Library Wed. 3 October 10.30 - 11.30am BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Ages 6-12yrs. Supervised activity. Cost $6 per child

VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCE

Come along and enjoy a virtual reality experience! Taree Library Wed. 3 October 11.00am - 12.00pm Thurs. 11 October 2.00 - 3.00pm BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Ages 5yrs+. Supervision required.

POND DETECTIVES

Join MidCoast Council Water Officers and investigate the fascinating world of life in a pond. Old enclosed shoes must be worn. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Hallidays Point Library Thurs. 4 October 10.30 - 11.30am BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

SUPERHEROES WORKSHOP

Come draw Superheroes with illustrator Matt Lin in a fun, easy and step-by-step drawing workshop! For anyone that loves to scribble! Taree Library Tues. 9 October 10.30am - 12.00pm 8-12yrs Tues. 9 October 5.30 - 7.00pm 13+yrs Forster Library Wed. 10 October 10.30am - 12.00pm 8-12yrs BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Supervised activity. Cost $8 per participant

SHUTTERBUGS

Love taking photos with your camera or phone? Let’s learn some tips to make your photos even better with photographer Judith Conning. Bring your digital cam-era with you. Hallidays Point Library Wed. 10 October 10.30am - 12pm BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Ages 8-12yrs. Supervised activity.

Creative Workshops WEAVING & WOOLCRAFT WORKSHOP

Join us for a morning of wool weaving as we create pom-poms with kids aged 4-6yrs at Forster and weave funky owls using wool & felt with kids aged 6+yrs at Nabiac and Forster libraries. Morning tea pro-vided. Forster Library Wed. 3 October 10.30am - 12.00pm Nabiac Library Thurs. 4 October 9.30 - 11.00am BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Ages 4yrs+ at Forster & 6yrs+ at Nabiac. Supervised activity. Central Library Locations

Taree Library 242 Victoria Street I 6592 5290 Forster Library 4-12 Breese Parade I 6591 7256 Gloucester Library 27 Denison Street I 6538 5258

For activities that require bookings visit www.midcoastlibraries.com.au

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connect3re.com.au office@connect3re.com.au 74 Clarkson St. Nabiac 2312

Steve Howe 0429 541 469 Diane Greig 0477 167 897

(02) 6554 1330

Real Estate Nabiac

Steve Devries Licensee/proprietor

Licensed Real Estate Stock & Station agent lic: 902145 Local Agent & Rural specialist

RURAL VALLEY

REALTY 33 Park Street

Coolongolook NSW 2423

Ph/Fax (02) 4997 7214

Email: Stevedevries@westnet.com.au

Web.www.ruralvalleyrealty.com

Phone: 0458 448 019

NABIAC PEST CONTROL

20 years experience in the identification and control of termites, cockroaches, spiders, etc

Pre-purchase and timber pest inspections Fully licensed and insured L2050

6554 1152 Bill Sites 0403 822 752

nabiacpestcontrol@gmail.com

Coolongolook Public School News Coolongolook Book Week Celebrations

Coolongolook Public School celebrated Book Week activities on Friday 24 August. The Scholastic Book Fair was a great success with $680.00 worth of books sold, giving the school some much needed library funds.

Thank you to our P&C members and friends for the help with the ‘Treasure Hunt’ and other activities. Jenny Gough did an amazing job organising the event and the students especially enjoyed the “soak a teacher” activity. Thank you to all our families, these activities raised another $79.00 towards our Drought Appeal.

Congratulations to our Book Parade prize winners. All the students and staff looked amazing and thank you to our parents/carers and grandparents who joined in and dressed for the event.

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Call Dave - 02 5591 7129 or Mobile - 0481 288 320 Email: twintownsremovals@hotmail.com (mobile eftpos available, no surcharge for credit) ABN: 62 625 687 881

Mr Tindall our Principal being a good sport and participating in “Soak a Teacher” activity

Book Parade prize winners From left front row Mackinley Thoroughgood (Most Creative), Isabel Griffis (Best Costume K-2) From left back row :-Jasleen Kaur (Most Colourful), Jordin Cole (Craziest), Jesse Chapman (Funniest), Skye (Best Costume 3-6)

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Australian Insurance Solutions

General Insurance Broker

Commercial Insurance Specialist

Tania McKone

ph: 6559 2025 / 0432 699 020

email: taniam@aisgc.com

Business Commercial Construction

Farm/Rural Home & Contents Landlords

Liability Machinery Marine

Motor Private, Commercial & Fleet Property

Mobile Plant & Equipment Strata

Professional Risks Tradesman

Lic No. 246939

Brett’s Concreting &

Handyman Service

Licence No 165554C

Driveways – Paths – Garden shed slabs - specialising in small jobs

Phone: 6550 2516 - FREE QUOTES – bhandyman@bigpond.com

Diagnostic Assessment

TAREE for students who have:

ADHD & Autism Reading &Comprehension difficulties Light sensitivity & headaches/migraines

0409653700

irlentaree@gmail.com

Coolongolook Public School Lombard Street, Coolongolook NSW 2423

Phone: 02 4997 7183 Mobile: 0436 622 485

Coolongolook Public School is currently taking enrolments for 2019. If your child is turning 5 before 31 July, 2019 they can start Kindergarten at the start of 2019.

If your child is turning 6 in 2019 they should start school at the beginning of the school year. All children must be in compulsory schooling by their 6th birthday

Assessment for Irlen Syndrome Who Can Be Helped?

General Population

Gifted and Talented 12 – 14%

Good Readers

Specific Learning Disabilities

Reading Problems 46%

ADD/ADHD

Dyslexia 33%

Behaviour Problems

ASD

Traumatic Head Injury

Headaches/Migraines

Assessment available at Irlen

Back to School Summer vacation was over and Little Johnny returned back to school.

Only two days later his teacher phoned his mother to tell her that he was misbehaving.

"Wait a minute," she said. "I had Johnny with me for three months and I never called you once when he misbehaved!"

Teacher: What was the greatest accomplishment of the early Romans? Pupil: Speaking Latin!

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19 Aerodrome Road

Nabiac

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6554 1537

6:30am to 7:00pm Monday to Friday 7:00am to 7:00pm Saturday & Sunday

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DELI SPECIALS

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NABIAC LIBRARY HISTORY

PLEASE HELP

Following on from last months’ article in Across the Fence about the history of Nabiac Library; we are now seeking input to see if any locals can help us with identifying the people in this photograph. It was taken at the Nabiac Neighbourhood Centre in 1985 and from our research these lovely people must have been the original advocates/members for the Nabiac Community Library. Sadly there are no names on the back of the photo; which we would like to rectify. Can you help?? If you recognise these people please call into Nabiac Library on Saturday mornings or alternatively contact Penny Britton on: HOME PH:- 6554 1473, or MOBILE:- 0418 605 009 We look forward to your input!

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ELECTRICAL PTY LTD

DEAN LOGAN

ALL

ELECTRICAL

INSTALLATIONS

PHONE: 0418 467 967

Licence No: 65772c

Local History - The Wallamba – Another in a series of historical articles gleaned from the archives of the “Manning River Times” 1930, by Bob Mann

Class 4 - Six weeks stored, minimum moisture 15 per cent buttermaker 94½ points third prize; Class 6 - Local consumption & Wyandotte Cup, 95 points, third prize. Grand Aggregate and Silver Shield - Total 471 points, second prize. In the grand aggregate only 1½ points separated 1st & 2nd prizes. On perusal of the above praise must certainly go forth to the manager Mr Parker and the butter maker Mr F.P. Sawyer and to the staff in general.

Krambach Popular Girl Competition - July, 1930: The final returns in connection with the Krambach Popular Girl competition resulted in Miss Elaine Weismantel being at the top of the poll with £303.04.08. Miss Connie Stevens was second with £283.04.01 and Miss Daphne Gallagher with £166.01.00. The total amount realised for the new convent being £757.00.00. A few small amounts are yet to come in.

Wang Wauk - August, 1930: The Sunday School Anniversary was held last week end. The picnic took place on Saturday afternoon. About 12 o’clock the folks started to roll up and by 2 o’clock a nice crowd was present. All kinds of outdoor games were indulged in. Rev. and Mrs Cox and Mr Howard, from Taree, helped to make the day pleasant for the children. Afternoon tea was served by the ladies about 2.30pm. A good supply of mandarins donated by Mr H. Miller and lollies donated by Mr C. Wooster were also appreciated. The bitter wind and showers of rain chased every one home much sooner than otherwise would have been the case. On Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock the children's service was held. Although the day was boisterous and kept several away, the church was well filled. The church looked very attractive with the beautiful flowers which Mrs C. Fenning brought. The service began with the opening hymn “Blessed Assurance” and the prayer hymn, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”, Bible Readings and then the balance sheet was then read showing a balance (credit) for June, 1929 of £1.13.1½; collection for the year £3.16.10; expenses for library cards £3.01.6½; Prizes £3.02.00, whilst the children were singing “Hear the Pennies Dropping” The collection was taken up for the Sunday School.

Krambach - September, 1930: A days sports will take place on the Krambach racecourse on Saturday, October 11th in aid of funds for the Catholic Church. The programme includes horse racing, a 75 yards handicap and events for the ladies and children.. There will be a euchre party ad dace at night.

Wang Wauk - May, 1930: Whilst Mr Jack Carter was getting in corn a few weeks ago the horse backed the cart into the creek with a load of corn. Mrs Carter, who was near, ran and tried to rescue the children who were in the cart. Mrs Carter was knocked across the water in the creek and was conveyed to the M.R.D. Hospital with a bone broken in her foot and suffering bruises and shock. All had a miraculous escape. The little boy was thrown clear and the little girl was covered in corn, but neither of them suffered any injuries. The cart was recovered with block and tackle.

On the 9th a cricketer dance was held at the residence of Mr & Mrs C.T. Harwood. Visitors from Bobin, Forster, Coolongolook and Minimbah were present. Mr J. Carter was M.C. and music was supplied by Messrs. A. Carter, G. Griffis, L. Mitchell and A. Bennett. Supper was served by the ladies and dancing was indulged in. Miss Lilly Bennett won the cricket bat, Mr P. Cheers won a cushion cover which was given by Mrs J. Carter and Mr J. Carter the glass dish which was given by Mrs H. Holden. Chocolate waltzes were won by Miss Edna Mills and Mr Mathieson and Mrs A. Salter and Mr E. Lisdell. A most enjoyable time was spent.

Dyers Crossing Factory - June, 1930: The directors and suppliers of the above society have every reason to be proud of the factory owing to the most praiseworthy achievements in open competition since the present manager, Mr L. C. Parker, late of Wingham, took over the reins, directing the management of the factory. It is quite evident that competency and efficiency are the watchwords permeating the working conditions throughout, not only in the factory but throughout the whole field of dairying operations on the Wallamba. Most enthusiast and keenly interested are the directors and summing up who must naturally look upon the local institution with an air of pride. At the Royal Agricultural Show two firsts were secured and a fourth in the continuous judging while the factory came third in the grand aggregate. At the recent conference of the Dairy Factories Managers and Secretaries Association, held in Sydney at the Royal Society’s ground on the 3rd to the 6th June, the factory’s exhibits were awarded prizes as follows: Class 1 - Twelve weeks stored, 96 points first prize;

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Nabiac Memorial Neighbourhood Centre

Nabiac Pool Heating – MidCoast Council have agreed to install solar heating and blankets for our pool. Purchase costs (approx. $38,000 inc gst) are covered by Op Shop funds that were left over from the pool construction. This will make the start and end of the pool season much more pleasant for learn to swim, exercise groups and lap swimmers.

Drought Relief Concert, at Taree 23rd November at 8pm. Tickets are on sale at our Op Shop. Don’t forget to donate your coins in the collection points in the OP Shop and the Shed.

Next meeting is at 7.30pm on Thursday 11th October. (sorry for any confusion last month with an incorrect date for September).

Community Garden News

Community meeting on Sept 10th was attended by about 12 interested people. Discussion centered around tasks we need to do to establish the garden and how the garden will operate. A big thank you to Sophie and Trish (Nabiac Pres-school). They have offered to involve the children in watering the garden. Joel has set up a list of email contacts for interested people.

The road behind the Op Shop Shed is now finished, giving us vehicle access across the rear of the block and into the western side of the shed. Big “thank yous” to Bruce Weller for organizing, and to Stuart Grant for the Bobcat work and to Alan Woolnough's family business for the delivery of road base. It is an important assert to Landcare and the op shop. Thanks everyone!

Garden lay out will have a mound across the back of the block for fruit trees and some narrow beds constructed from recycled roofing iron.

Thanks Gary for offer of tea tree mulch. We’re talking about where to put donations like this. If anyone has a use for tea tree mulch Gary can be contacted on 0427 210 276.

Construction of the storage shed - This is the next major task for the Neighbourhood Centre.

Contact Joel (Karuah Great Lakes Landcare) if you are interested in volunteering in the community garden. 0401 932 533 (perhaps wait till end of October when he returns from leave).

Contact Louise (Neighbourhood Centre) if you want to make a donation to the community garden. 0409 585 635.

Community garden meeting New road and the fruit tree mound

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Real Estate Agents, Stock and Station Agents, Business Agents, Auctioneers, Property Management.

82 Clarkson Street, NABIAC 2312 PH: 6554 1107

Fax 6554 1593 A/H 6550 6243

www.buckinghamsre.com.au buckinghamsre@bigpond.com

Factory units for rent.

Undercover lock up storage for Boats and Caravans

Outdoor storage for Caravans and Boats

Storage units

Caretaker on site 24hrs

ENQUIRES: PH : ALLAN BUDD 0412 259 753

18 FERRIS PLACE, NABIAC N.S.W 2312

The Nabiac CTC centre at 37 Nabiac St Nabiac, is open to the public on Monday to Saturday, from 9.30am to 12.00pm Phone (02) 6554 1876

The centre is a non-profit organisation run mainly by volunteers.

The centre offers many services including internet use, printing, scanning, photocopying and faxes and IT training.

Photocopying & faxing is available every morning.

Courses are offered to beginners and advanced users, so come along .

Some of the services and courses on offer at the moment are:

Monday Morning: Photocopying and Faxing

Tuesday Mornings: Sheila, Jillian & Alan will be here to help with the basics: File Management, creating Documents in Word, Publisher & Excel, Email, Internet Searches, Powerpoint and saving and adjusting Digital Photographs. So if you have any questions come along.

Wednesday Mornings: Suzie will help with the basics, emails & internet searches

Thursday Mornings:- Deb will help with the basics, emails & internet searches

Friday Mornings: Photo copying and faxing

Saturday Mornings: Marie can help advanced computer users, setting up an android or Apple Ipad tablet, Iphone and other Smartphones. Suzie will help with the basics, emails and internet searches.

Jillian Wood

Welnar Clinic

Dr Lynette Arnoldus-Lewis BA; Grad.Dip; MSc; PhD; MAPS

Psychologist

Respected Confidential Professional

Grief & Bereavement Domestic Violence Survivors of Childhood Abuse

Marriage Counselling Work Related Injuries Conflict Resolutions

Carers Support Family Issues

Approved DVA Provider

50 MINIMBAH ROAD NABIAC 2312

PHONE: 6554 1535 MOB: 0429 190 142

Something of Interest, maybe? I was looking at something on the internet and came across an article on nursery rhymes which set me to thinking about how we learned things as kids. (Going back to the days we actually did learn nursery rhymes and read Grimm’s Fairytales & Hans Christian Andersen’s) It was to do with Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (written by Jane Taylor in about 1806 as a bedtime lullaby) and it had the full rhyme in it. How many of you knew it had more verses? I have a book of very, very old nursery rhymes that were collected and compiled in 1987. Haven’t heard 90% of them, as they come from all over the world and also found out many of our nursery rhymes resulted from events at the time, ie Ring a Ring of Rosey was to do with the Plague in London. The Posey was supposed to be filled with herbs to help ward of the disease, as they didn’t know what caused it. Then the “atishyou we all fall down” meant they had the plague and fell down dead. Others were written to teach the kids morals, as were a lot of fairy tales, all passed on by word of mouth as few could read and books were rare.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Right we all know that much!

When this blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle in the night.

Then the traveler in the dark Thanks you for your tiny spark He could not see where to go If you did not twinkle so.

In the dark blue sky you keep, And often through my curtains peep, For you never shut your eye Till the sun is in the sky.

As your bright and tiny spark Lights the traveler in the dark, Though I know not what you ar, Twinkle, twinkle little star.

How many of you HONESTLY knew the whole lot????

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NABIAC WATER

CARRIERS

Supplying all your Water requirements

Domestic, Swimming Pools, Rural

Servicing: Nabiac, Dyers Crossing, Coolongolook, Krambach Burrell Creek and all Surrounding Areas

Reasonable Rates

Mick & Donna Eason Phone: 0408 541 482

Large Variety & Quantity of Small Bales, Rounds & Large Squares, Barley, Lucerne, Oaten, Grassy Lucerne, Straw, Bagged Products For: Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Sheep, Goats, Poultry, Rabbits & Guinea Pigs,

Calf Milk Powder, Bird Seed, Backrub Self Feeder & Backrub Oil Dog & Cat Food - Dry & Tinned Molasses & Cattle Drench *Supalik: Mineral Dry Lick for Horses, Cattle, Sheep & Goats *

Lick Blocks Dominator 15kg & 40kg; Equine Blocks Fencing & Gates: Black & Gal Posts, Wire & Barbed, Pliers, Wire Spinner, Post Lifter, Hinge Sets, Yard Panels, Crushes, Loading Ramps, Bale Feeders, Gate in Frame, Slide Gate, Race Bow Garden: Sugar Cane Mulch Wood Shavings & Potting Mix (many varieties) Fertilizer, Rye Grass & Kikuu Seed, Grazon & Axie Howl Shipping Containers - 20ft & 40ft - B Grade & New

Phone: Wendy - 0419 713 339 Ken - 0488 042 595 Trish - 0488 246 387

Pick up & Delivery by Arrangement

NABIAC HAY & RURAL PTY LTD 3178 Wallanbah Road, DYERS CROSSING

OPEN 7 DAYS Monday to Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm

Saturday 8:00am to 4:00pm Sunday 8:00am to 12:00 noon

Did you know that animals that are dormant in winter are hibernating, while those that are dormant in summer are estivating?

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Nabiac

Excavation

Services

Phil & Ben Martin

Mobile: 0407 948 755

P&L McKinnon Building

New Homes, Extensions, Renovations

Mob: 0412 526 354

Builders Licence No. 141672C

Lyn’s Larder

Caramelised Onion & Prosciutto Glazed Meatloaf Ingredients 1 tblsp Olive oil 2 lge Brown onions (400g) thinly sliced ¼ cup Light brown sugar, firmly packed (55g) ¼ cup Cider vinegar (60mls) 12 slices Prosciutto (180g) 1kg Minced beef 1 Egg 1 cup Stale breadcrumbs (70g) 2 tblsp Tomato paste 1 clove Garlic 1/3 cup Tomato sauce 1/3 cup BBQ sauce 2 tblsp Wholegrain mustard 2 tblsp Brown sugar, extra ¼ cup Water

Method 1. Heat oil in large frying pan; cook onion over low heat, stirring

occasionally, about 10 minutes or until soft. Add sugar and vinegar; cook, stirring, about 15 minutes or until caramelised. Remove from pan

2. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 200ºC/400ºF. Grease 14cm x 21cm Loaf pan; line the base and long sides of pan with prosciutto slices, allowing 7cm overhand on long side of pan.

3. Combine mince, egg, breadcrumbs, paste and garlic in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Press two thirds of the beef mixture into the pan; top with onion mixture, cover with remaining beef mixture. Fold prosciutto slices over to cover beef mixture.

4. Bake, covered, 40 minutes. Remove loaf from oven. Drain excess juices from pan.

5. Turn meatloaf upside-down onto a foil-lined oven tray; remove pan. Combine half the sauces, half the mustard and half the extra sugar in a small bowl. Brush loaf with sauce mixture; bake 20 minutes or until cooked through. Stand 10 minutes, slice thickly.

6. Meanwhile make parsnip mash. 7. Stir the water with remaining sauces, mustard and sugar in a small

saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, simmer about 2 minutes.

8. Serve meatloaf with mustard glaze and mash.

Parsnip Mash Ingredients

3 medium Potatoes, chopped coarsely (600g) 2 medium Parsnips, chopped coarsely (500g) 40g Butter, chopped ½ cup Hot milk

Method

Boil, steam or microwave potato and parsnip until tender, drain. Mash vegetables in a large bowl with butter and milk until smooth. Season to your taste. Serve with steamed green beans and carrots or vegetables of your choice.

Senior Shoplifter A cranky older woman in her senior years was arrested for shoplifting at a grocery store. She gave everyone a hard time, from the store manager to the security guard to the arresting officer who took her away. She complained and criticised everything and everyone throughout the process.

When she appeared before the judge, the judge asked her what she had stolen from the store.

The lady defiantly replied, “Just a stupid can of peaches you old fool.”

The judge then asked why she had done it.

She replied “I was hungry and forgot to bring any cash to the store.”

The judge asked how many peaches were in the can.

She replied in a nasty tone, “9! But why do you need to know that?”

The judge answered patiently, “Well ma’am, because I’m going to give you 9 days in jail – 1 day for each peach.”

As the judge was about to drop his gavel, the lady’s long-suffering husband raised his hand slowly and asked if he might speak.”

The judge said, “Yes sir, what do you have to add?”

The husband said meekly, “Your Honour, she also stole 4 cans of peas!”

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8 Ton Draft 5 Ton Excavator 12 Ton Tip Truck

Phone 0413 823 878

Joe Dirts Earthmoving - Joe Blackwell

Footings and House Pads Land Clearing, Roads and Drainage Driveways, Dams and Pools

NO JOB TOO SMALL

ROBB & C0’ RURAL

& NABIAC LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

Sand, Soils, Gravels, Cement, Dry Mix Hardware, Wire, Gate, Stockfeed,

Mulches, Garden Products & a whole lot more Bulk orders taken No Job too big or too small

Leon & Colleen Robb 12 Nabiac Street

Nabiac 2312

Tel: 6554 1204 Fax: 6554 1580 Email: robbnco@bigpond.com.au

Domestic & CommercialDomestic & CommercialDomestic & Commercial Lic. No 55549C

Driveways Footpaths

House & Shed Slabs

Stamp & Stencil Mini Excavator Hire High Pressure Washing

Phone

6554 3266 Free Quotes Mobile

0407 413 171

DREW’S CONCRETINGDREW’S CONCRETINGDREW’S CONCRETING The Caring Chemist

Nabiac Pharmacy

Tim Wright B. PHARM

Village Green Tel: 6554 1511 Nabiac. 2312. Fax: 6554 1911

It is important for men to remember that, as women grow older, it becomes harder for them to maintain the same quality of housekeeping as when they were younger. When you notice this, try not to yell at them. Some are oversensitive, and there's nothing worse than an over-sensitive woman.

My name is Jeff. Let me relate how I handled the situation with my wife, Susie.

Since I retired several years ago, it has become necessary for Susie to get a full-time job along with her part-time job, both for extra income and for the health benefits that we needed. Shortly after she started working, I noticed she was beginning to show her age. I usually get home from the golf club about the same time she gets home from work.

Although she knows how hungry I am, she almost always says she has to rest for half an hour or so before she starts dinner. I don't yell at her. Instead, I tell her to take her time and just wake me when she gets dinner on the table. I generally have lunch in the Men's Grill at the club so eating out is not reasonable. I'm ready for some home-cooked grub when I hit that door.

She used to do the dishes as soon as we finished eating. But now it's not unusual for them to sit on the table for several hours after dinner. I do what I can by diplomatically reminding her several times each evening that they won't clean themselves. I know she really appreciates this, as it does seem to motivate her to get them done before she goes to bed.

Another symptom of aging is complaining, I think. For example she will say that it is difficult for her to find time to pay the monthly bills during her lunch hour. But, boys, we take 'em for better or worse, so I just smile and offer encouragement. I tell her to stretch it out over two or even three days. That way she won't have to rush so much. I also remind her that missing lunch completely now and then wouldn't hurt her any (if you know what I mean). I like to think tact is one of my strong points.

When doing simple jobs, she seems to think she needs more rest periods. She had to take a break when she was only half finished mowing the yard. I try not to make a scene. I'm a fair man. I tell her to fix herself a nice, big, cold glass of freshly squeezed lemonade and just sit for a while. And, as long as she is making one for herself, she may as well make one for me too.

I know that I probably look like a saint in the way I support Susie. I'm not saying that showing this much consideration is easy. Many men will find it difficult. Some will find it impossible! Nobody knows better than I do how frustrating women get as they get older. However, guys, even if you just use a little more tact and less criticism of your aging wife because of this article, I will consider that writing it

was well worthwhile. After all, we are put on this earth to help each other.

Sincerely, Jeff

EDITOR'S NOTE: Jeff died suddenly on March 1 of a perforated rectum. The police report says he was found with a Calloway extra long 50-inch Big Bertha Driver II golf club jammed up his rear end, with barely 5 inches of grip showing and a sledge hammer laying nearby.

His wife Susie was arrested and charged with murder. The all-woman jury took only 15 minutes to find her Not Guilty, accepting her defence that Jeff somehow, without looking, accidentally sat down on his golf club.

According to a news report, a certain private school in Sydney was recently faced with a unique problem .

A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom.

After they put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints.

Every night the maintenance man would remove them and the next day the girls would put them back.

Finally the principal decided that something had to be done.

She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man.

She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night - ( you can just imagine the yawns from the little princesses).

To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required.

He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it.

Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror .

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Introduction to Keyline & Yeomans Plough Demo Thursday 15th November, 9.30am-3pm, Wootton We are pleased to announce we have Jeremy Bradley of Beechwood Biological Solutions as special guest speaker at our Introduction to Keyline workshop. Jeremy will share his insights on Keyline planning, integrating biological preparations with Yeomans plough cultivation, and practical tips including how to “turn your tractor into a level” for built-in Keyline surveying. We will visit sites where a Yeomans Plow has been used for preparation for tree plantings and to reduce compaction and increase biological activity in pastures. The day will look at the theory and logic of Keyline plan-ning and cultivation, site surveying, and a live plough demonstration. Find out about the Bulahdelah Sustainable Farming Group’s Keyline project, and how you can arrange a loan of Landcare’s new Yeomans Plough, made possible by National Landcare Program Smart Farms funding. Morning tea and lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Joël Dunn on 0401 932 533 or joel.dunn@glcr.org.au

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F or those of you who are interested in these things, I’m penning this bit of verbal tripe on the morning of Sunday, 23rd September and

sit here amongst the wreckage and detritus of this year’s AFL and ARL seasons. Both my teams – The Heavenly Cohorts of St Kilda and St George – have not battled seriously enough to trouble the more hungry of teams and - as if the sporting Gods have sought to inflict a more excruciating trial of pain (at this point in time it’s possible hanging, drawing and quartering might prove to be a blissful and uplifting alternative) – The Pies and The Roosters will be combatants in their League’s grand finals!

Oh, how the years have rolled by! I can still remember standing on the terraces at Moorabbin (then St Kilda’s home field) amid the raucous clamour - and not so friendly language - of a baying, belligerent battalion of Collingwood supporters who were sure they smelt the blood of the St Kilda team. It didn’t help any either, when Carl Ditterich - the St Kilda hit-man at the time – performed, right in front of us, a very delicate and complicated piece of surgery (without the benefit of chloroform or pain killers) on the poor sod who was supposed to mark him. The battalion screamed abuse at not only Carl but also the central and boundary umpires but all this was lost when my St Kilda and Oz Rules mentor beside me yelled – in a voice that I seem to recall would have been heard for miles - his approval of Carl’s anatomical skills. I truly feared for my life at that time and some six months later I was relieved to be serving in Vietnam because I knew I only had to worry about the Viet Cong there and they at least, had some integrity!

The collywobbles didn’t appear during the first preliminary final when The Pies literally took The Tigers apart and the next evening, on the other side of the continent, The Eagles did the same to their opponents The Demons So complete was The Eagles play The Demons didn’t manage to score a goal until a little way into the third quarter!

In the ARL the disparity in the scores wasn’t so wide as The Storm put paid to The Sharks attempt to sup at the top table again and that result was probably expected as there were at least two of their top players in the hospital ward. In the other preliminary final The Chooks went up against cross town (and bitter) rivals The Rabbits and it was on from the get-go. There seemed to be a lot of “dropped balls” early until it became clear to us all (including the dribblers at last) both sides had adopted a tackling style that focussed on grabbing

an arm and forcing the player to drop the ball (a legal move) rather than raking at the ball (not so legal). The Rabbits pounded their try line but just couldn’t get through The Chooks line while between defensive efforts The Chooks managed to makes raids at t’other end a score a couple of majors.

Next week’s matches could prove to be interesting particularly if the collywobbles make an appearance at the G and if Billy Slater beats his shoulder charge charge mid week. By the time you read this piece of verbal diarrhoea both games will have been played and you’ll know the winners but I’m going to take a punt and say The Storm and The Eagles will stand supreme in the ARL and AFL respectively.

For those of us who don’t follow those teams, you know the drill: Next year! Next year! Next year!

Has anything else happened of late?

Well, Serena Williams melted down in the US Open! There was no hint of any problems coming as Serena wiped the court with those who dared show up and finally she and Naomi Osaka (who?) faced off in the Final but then things began to fall apart. For starters, Naomi won the first set and we began to realise that there was a chance Naomi could win this. I can’t recall the number of times I’ve yelled at the TV trying to instruct a Serena opponent to “HIT IT WHERE SHE AIN’T” but they never did. They just kept belting it up the middle in the vain hope Serena might get bored or ‘go for a Tosca’. I learnt to play tennis on the Nabiac courts against some older and sneakier players so placement of shots was very important. Naomi seemed to understand that and Serena didn’t like it. First came some heated exchanges with umpire Carlos Ramos, then a code violation when Ramos saw her coach giving hand signals, another when Serena smashed her racquet and finally a game penalty for verbal abuse. It was all over quickly and then came the reviews, one of which revolved around a cartoon out of Melbourne. Australian cartoonists have a good worldwide reputation for their efforts and I thought it was a good one but because it was about Serena almost everybody dumped on the artist and in my opinion, quite unfairly.

Anything else? Yep, The Wallabies lost to (wait for it) the Argentinean Pumas and short of losing to the Japanese Sunwolves, that’s about as low as you can go! Why do they bother?

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Why does English have so many different spelling rules? – Melania P, age 12, Strathfield.

English spelling has been evolving for over a thousand years and the muddle we’re in today is the fall-out of many different events that have taken place over this time.

A bad start

It was a rocky beginning for English spelling. Quite simply, the 23-letter Roman alphabet has never been adequate — even Old English (spoken 450-1150) had 35 or so sounds, and our sound system is now even bigger.

More spelling problems came in when French scribes introduced new spelling conventions — their own of course, and not always helpful. Using “c” instead of “s” for words like city was messy because “c” also represented the “k” sound in words like cat.

William Caxton

And then printing arrived in the 15th century — and with it more mess. William Caxton (who set up the presses in the first place) liked Dutch spellings and so established the “gh” in ghost and ghastly. Some printers were European and they introduced favourite spellings too from their own languages. Not terribly helpful either!

Those pesky silent letters

One of the biggest problems for English spelling has always been changes in pronunciation. Printing helped to stabilise the spelling of words, but then some sounds changed their shape, and others even disappeared altogether. Think of those silent letters in words such as walk, through, write, right, sword, know, gnat — these were once pronounced.

If only the printer Caxton had been born a couple of centuries later, or if these sound changes had occurred a couple of centuries earlier, our spelling would be much truer to pronunciation.

And now comes another little wrinkle in this story – there’s a bunch of silent letters that were never actually pronounced. They appeared because of linguistic busybodies who wanted to make the language look more respectable. This caused some serious mess.

Take how we spell the word rhyme. When we swiped the word from French, it had a much more sensible look — rime. But this was changed to rhyme to give it a more classy classical look (like rhythm)

– an interesting idea, but hardly helpful for someone trying to spell the word!

The 16th and 17th centuries saw many extra letters introduced in this way. Think of the “b” added to debt to make a link to Latin debitum. Now, the “b” might be justified in the word debit that we stole directly from Latin, but it was the French who gave us dette.

The “b” consonant was a mistake, and now we accuse poor old debt of having lost it through sloppy pronunciation!

Let’s make spelling more sensible

And so it is from this haphazard evolution that we end up with the spelling system we have.

But you know, there are in fact over 80% of words spelled according to regular patterns. So wholesale change is not what we want. How-ever simple improvements could certainly be made without any major upheaval.

We could iron out inconsistencies such as humOUr versus humOrous. To introduce uniform -or spellings would be a painless reform (well, perhaps not painless, since many people are quite attached to the -our in words like humour)

We could also restore earlier spellings like rime and dette, and while we’re at it give psychology and philosophy a sensible look by spelling them sykology and filosofy.

So now, you can see the problem. No matter how silly spellings are, people get attached to them, and new spellings – even sensible ones – never seem to get a foot in the door.

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Our Supply Clerk at the factory where I work, discovered a box that was left on the loading dock with this warning printed on it: DANGER DO NOT TOUCH! Management was called and all employees were told to stay clear of the box When the foreman arrived, he donned gloves and safety glasses, and then, very carefully opened the box. Inside were 25 signs that read: DANGER! DO NOT TOUCH!

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EATING IN THE FIFTIES and SIXTIES Pasta was not generally eaten in Australia or N.Z. Curry was a surname.

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Everyone seems to be in such a hurry to scream

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Kids in Church A little boy was overheard praying: 'Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it. I'm having a real good time like I am.'

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Nabiac Uniting Church

Please note your new Start time from May, 1st

Services are held every Sunday at 10:00am Holy Communion is celebrated with the service on the 3rd Sunday. For information regarding the Uniting Church, Nabiac please contact Margaret Weller (6554 1212), Jill Hammond (6555 7747)

St John’s Anglican Church, Dyers Crossing

A Contemporary Service is held on 2nd Sunday of the month at 11:30am. Families & children most welcome Services of Holy Communion will be held at 11:30am on the 4th Sunday of the month. A non-denominational Bible Study group meets fortnightly. Ring Peggy Sawyer on 6559 1238 for details re times.

St Isidore’s Catholic Church, Nabiac

September Mass time is Saturday 20th at 6.00pm * * (to work out dates, your service is the Saturday BEFORE the THIRD Sunday of the month, ie August 1st was a Wednesday, 3rd Sunday was 19th so Saturday before is 18th!)

St Bernadette’s Catholic Church, Krambach

October Mass times are: - Saturday 6th at 6.00pm, Saturday 13th at 6.00pm, Saturday 27th at 6.00pm November Saturday 3rd at 6.00pm * Note time back to 6 Could be subject to change - check with Helen Legg on 6559 1211

St Thomas' Presbyterian Church, Krambach

A Family Service is held on the last Sunday of each month at 11:30am. A light luncheon is served afterwards. All welcome. Any enquiries please phone Pastor Paul Smith on 6553 00771.

St Paul’s Anglican Church, Nabiac

A Contemporary Service is held on 1st Sunday of the month at 11:30 am. Families & children most welcome Services of Holy Communion will be held at 11:30 am on the 3rd Sundays of the month.

Every Week Day Before and after school care by KIDS SHACK We also provide Vacation time care. Call Joy on 0438 273 360.

WALLAMBA FOOTBALL CLUBWALLAMBA FOOTBALL CLUBWALLAMBA FOOTBALL CLUB Congratulations to our Perpetual Award Winners for the 2018 Season.

Junior Player of the Year: Lane Patterson - Fair and consistent player, Junior Ref

Club Rookies of the Year: Berlinda and Craig Neale - New to the club this year they both helped tremendously with the Inaugural

U14 Girls only.

W's of the Year: Christal Pearce and Krystal Wilson - really helped the club undoubtedly this season. Christal with

grants,

Training, U7 hub and canteen, Support U14 girls, Krystal for managing the canteen.

Coach of the Year: Dave Arandale and Jason Schneider - shared coaching U

Team of the Year: Ladies Team - Made it to the Semi Finals, a great achievement

Ladies Player of the Year: Kyrstie Christian (as voted by fellow players during the season)

Men’s Player of the Year: Trent Lamborn (as voted by fellow players during the season)

Senior Player of the Year: Chloe Lamborn ( as voted by the club)

Life Memberships given to Rob Mouthan, Dan Wilson, Johan Kloosterhof, Cath Kirk and Matt Absalom. All these wonderful people have volunteered and been a part of our club for a significant number of years.

The AGM was held on Friday 21st of September with a great group of volunteers nominated and accepted positions on the committee to continue the growth of Wallamba FC. If you would like to join our merry band, we are on the lookout for a Treasurer and Canteen Manager. Pop in and see Dave at Modern Motors if you would like to fill either of these positions.

Meat Raffles have been changed to the second Friday of the Month, (12th October 2018) so put this date in your calendar and come on down to show your support, buy some tickets or have a chat. Held at Nabiac Hotel 6 till 7pm

Thank you to all our Wallamba FC volunteers, families and supporters, without you we wouldn't have the awesome club we have. See you all next season.

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A group of local people have just started playing Mah Jong once

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