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Fire destroys homeWRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

F ire destroyed a house just off Opal Creek Boulevard in Andamooka in the early hours of Sunday

morning, but no one was harmed.Th e cause of the blaze, which began

around 4:20am on Sunday morning, is yet to be determined with Fire Cause In-vestigation crews from both the South Australian police and Metropolitan Fire Service inspecting the wreckage on Mon-day.

Damage was estimated at $150,000 with a caravan in the carport also de-stroyed during the fi re. A dog in a kennel at the house was saved from the blaze and is currently being treated for burns.

Four fi re appliances from the Roxby Downs and Andamooka CFS brigades attended the scene, with the crews taking over an hour to get the fi re under control. Fire fi ghters remained on site until 10am to extinguish any lingering hotspots.

Th e local community has already be-gun to get behind the family to help in any way possible.

“I would just like to thank everyone for all their help and support,” owner of the house Julie Brook told Th e Monitor on Tuesday.

“I would also like to thank the CFS as well as the Op Shop in Andamooka for their donations.”

Th e Andamooka CFS brigade are in serious need of new volunteers. If you are interested in joining click into their website www.cfs.sa.gov.au

Fire completely destroyed this home in Andamooka early Sunday morning.

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B ell Shakespere are in town this week perform-ing Shakespeare’s classics Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet to Primary and High School

students, presenting the plays from a diff erent perspective.

Th e Bell Shakespeare company condense the classic plays down to 50 minute shows with the actors per-forming the plays as they understand them.

“We have to round a four hour play down into 50 minutes, so we switch to contemporary dialogue to help but we still use a lot of Shakespearian language,” Bell Shakespeare actor Felix Gentle said.

“We talk to the students and explain what is hap-pening.”

Mr Gentle said the shows act as “extra study” and look at plays from a diff erent angle then what children would be used to in a classroom.

“We perform the plays, not just read them,” he said.“In an English class kids just read out the plays, they

don’t get up and perform them so they don’t grasp the full concept of what is happening.”

However, this show is aimed, not just at primary and high school students, but at teachers and people of all ages.

A community showing of Hamlet: Out of Joint will be shown at the Leisure Centre tonight at 7pm.

“We would love to get as many people as possible to the show,” Mr Gentle said.

“We have done some shows in Queensland and a lot of people from the community have come to watch and have really enjoyed and got a lot from the

performance.”Th e company will be coming to Roxby Downs as

part of the BHP Billiton Sustainable Communities ongoing commitment to community and cultural activities.

But while the theatre company has been here be-fore, the four actors in the play will be visiting for the fi rst time.

“Th is is the fi rst time all four of us have been here, and we are all pretty excited,” Mr Gentle said.

“I’m coming in with an open mind but the company is travelling with the help of BHP and we have been to some remote mining towns already so we have a little idea of what it might be like.”

Th e company will be performing at the Leisure Centre, before shows at the Marree Aboriginal School on Th ursday, June 12 at 11am and at the Roxby Downs Area School on Friday, June 13 from 9am.

Th e company is currently on its South Australian leg having already been to Queensland.

It will next head to Sydney for a few weeks before Victoria then up to New South Wales.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

WRITTEN BYPATRICK GLOVER

I f you saw a penguin walking around the streets of Roxby Downs last week you were not

going crazy … wild penguins have not migrated here, it was just Laura Trotta in her penguin onesie.

As part of a campaign being run by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) called Wildlife Onesie Week people all over Australia were encouraged to head to work in an animal onesie to raise awareness and money for endan-gered species.

Mrs Trotta spent three days, from Tuesday to Th ursday, in the suit for the cause and was hoping to raise close to $1000 for the week from a combination of cash donations, on-line donations and 15 per cent of all her business sales.

She spent time at diff erent loca-tions around town and attended a number of activities including tod-dler story time, under five dance class, adult hip hop, kindy drop off and nippy gym among other things.

“Th e kids loved it,” Mrs Trotta said.“Some of the adults got on board

as well, especially the mums at story time.

“But some of the looks I got at the airport from the mining people getting off the plane were a little dif-ferent.”

Scientists say there have been four big extinction events in the earth’s

history, one being the extinction of dinosaurs, and Mrs Trotta said they believe the fi fth is not too far away.

“Scientists believe we are on the edge of the fi fth one and this could be the worst,” Mrs Trotta said.

“Th e situation is drastic, day-to-day people don’t understand just how bad things are.”

Mrs Trotta believed the onesie week was a good idea to get the word out there, especially in the big cities, where in a train full of people in suits on their way to work, one person in an animal onesie is likely to draw at-tention.

“It is simply about making people aware,” Mrs Trotta said.

“It is a fun idea and it gets people talking.

“I had a few people stop me in the street and ask me what I was doing and so I explained it to them and asked for a donation.”

Th is is the fi rst year the special week has been run and Mrs Trotta would like to see it continue

With statistics like the number of tigers declining from 100,000 to as low as 3,200 in the past 100 years, having less than 1,600 pandas left in the world, fewer than 63,000 orang-utans in the wild, and the hammer-head shark numbers declining by 80 per cent in the past 25 years, it’s clear to see why we need these days to raise awareness about these sta-tistics and raise money to help save these endangered species.

A s of last week, the long awaited Desert Trade Training Centre became

fully operational, opening up pathways for students wishing to complete tertiary study in a number of professions.

Engineering, electro-technolo-gy, civic construction, automotive and building and construction will now be provided as pathways for students in their senior years of school.

Fifteen Roxby Downs Area Schools (RDAS) Senior Workplace Health and Safety Certifi cate III students were included on a safe-ty walk conducted by a team from Olympic Dam recently.

According to a statement re-leased by BHP Billiton, the walk through was staged, “for them (the students) to understand the im-portance of workplace health and safety, in a real-life situation”.

BHP Billiton employee Mick Al-

len led the students through safe-ty observations and discussed a number of safety themes including working at heights, discussion of isolations, the importance of good housekeeping and an overview of fi re systems during the walk.

RDAS School Captain Caroline Wissell said having more oppor-tunities, such as the Certifi cate III in Workplace Health and Safety means that students, especially girls, have more options and in-creases opportunities for future employment options.

“Using local facilities and real life experiences makes the learn-ing more relative to the workplace,” she said.

“As students we will be using this facility and we now are aware of what is required to make it safe. Th is includes safety procedures, labelling, isolation of equipment etc.”

Asset President of Olympic

Dam, Darryl Cuzzubbo was enthu-siastic in his praise for the vision of the educators in Roxby Downs, “Our partnership with regional schools through the Desert Trade Training Centre underscores the importance we place on education in this town. Th is facility moves us closer to making Roxby Downs the Mining Town of Choice, ex-panding the learning opportunities available to all students here.”

Steve Bennett, Principal of the Roxby Downs Area School, a key partner in the development, was delighted with the quality of the centre and the progress that has been made.

“Th is facility is comparable to what is available nationally, and that, coupled with the fact that we have a complex, world-class mining operation at our doorstep, provides a unique experience, not found elsewhere, to all our stu-dents.”

Onesies become appropriate dress attire for the week

New angle on Shakespeare’s classics

Eloise Snape, Shauntelle Benjamin, Felix Gentle and David Soncin perfomring Such Sweet Sorrow.

Trade Training Centre open

Mick Allen, Safety Superintendent at Olympic Dam, Ann O’Sullivan Assistant Principal of Roxby Downs Area School, Tony Holden Desert Trade Training Centre Coordinator

and Jess Davis, Advisor Community Affairs conducted a safety walk through involving students from the Senior Certifi cate 3 Workplace Health and Safety class.

Laura Trotta went to Adults Tap dressed as a penguin last week.

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SPF 30 plus and sunhats will be the catch phrases of the day at this year’s Fairies and Superheroes

Biggest Morning Tea, as organiser Sarah ‘Fairy Belle’ Sanders puts a healthy spin on her third and fi nal annual event.

Following the success of last year’s event, which raised over $2000 for the Cancer Council, Sarah is hoping to make this year’s event bigger and better than ever – pushing home ever important sun smart messages.

“Last year’s morning tea was extremely suc-cessful and I’ve had many people comment about how much fun they had, that they’ve asked if I will be doing it again this year. Not only did I want to organise the event for the community but help with the awareness of cancer and to raise more money for the can-cer council,” she told Th e Monitor last week.

Sarah lost her father to cancer as a teen,

and stressed the importance of fundraising for cancer research, and raising awareness for not only adults, but children as well.

“Cancer research is so important and to be able to continue with fi nding cures, it is so important to continue raising money to assist with the amazing work of the Cancer Council. It is also important to promote the awareness of cancer particularly to children so they can help understand the importance of taking care of yourself as they grow older,” she said.

Th is year’s event will be a fun family day featuring children’s entertainment including two bouncy castles, face painting, cupcake decorating, a visit from the Roxby Rocket, but will also have some notable, healthy changes.

Attendees will be able to purchase, and decorate a hat, long sleeve top or plate to have as a keepsake. Healthy show bags will be available for a small donation which will include important sun smart information, sunscreen, water, fruits and healthy snacks.

“I’ve also organised hairdressers from Tan-

dales who will be attending with a hair design station. So for a donation kids will be able to have their hair braided and styled from the hairdressers,” Sarah added.

Entertainment will include performanc-es from the Roxby Academy of Dance, food stalls and drinks, raffl es, guessing games and family portraits with Charms photos between 11am-12pm, plus much more.

“My main focus this year is promote the importance of sun smart messages, healthy eating and ways of taking care of yourself and hopefully making the morning tea bigger and better than the last 2 morning tea’s,” Sarah said.

She would like to thank her sponsors so far but more sponsors continue to come through; Raine and Horne, Tandales, Roxby Pharma-cy, Roxby Leisure Centre, Chives, Monadel-phous, Pie R Squared, BOC, Sodexo, Sub-way, Roxby Academy of Dance, Charmayne Cronje, Roxby Downs Childcare Centre and Henley Holiday Flats.

A lthough only approximately a dozen locals attended the Andamooka Community

Hub Consultation, feedback was positive, according to Andamooka Town Management Committee Administrator Deb Allen.

“Th e majority of the feedback re-ceived was both positive and support-ive with a few suggestions for some alternative options to the draft pres-entations,” Ms Allen told Th e Monitor last week.

Suggestions to develop the hub in-cluded more footpaths and streetlights, car parks and social meeting places.

“GHD are now working to address some of the points raised by those who visited the hall,” Ms Allen said.

Posters depicting current town lay-out and proposed works were available for public viewing on the day, and are still available from the ATMC offi ce and electronic versions, with a link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VZT3JRK to the feedback form can be requested by contacting [email protected].

“Th e presentation is only a draft ver-sion of the proposed development and any feedback received by June 27 will be accepted,” Ms Allen said.

“If the electronic link for the survey is used, the data will be automatically sent to GHD or alternatively, hard-copies can be mailed or dropped into the ATMC offi ce and will then be for-warded to GHD for inclusion.”

BY MILLIE THOMAS


P laces are already running out for this year’s Roxby Community Postie Bash, with only limited spots available after the fi rst information night was held

last Tuesday.

Fourteen teams have registered so far for the event to be held on August 16 and 17, with, on average, only 17 teams allowed.

“We have been overwhelmed with the fantastic re-sponse…” Roxby Community Postie Bash Media Repre-sentative Kate Collins said.

“Any interested parties need to get in quick.”Th e event, which departs Roxby Downs and heads up

to William Creek making four stops along the way, ran in 2011 and 2012 before having a break last year due to the economic downturn.

But now it is back and it seems everyone wants to be a part of it.

Teams, consisting of eight adults plus children, and the committee raise money for groups, organisations, schools, childcares, hospitals, or whoever needs it the most within the Roxby Downs community.

Applications are sent out after the event for people to apply for the money raised.

Th ere is a $100 entry fee which covers food on the ride, accommodation and entry into the race and each team must raise a set minimum target to be considered.

“Teams are already fundraising,” Mrs Collins said.“Th e Redneck Racers organised a $9 Oyster drive, with

oysters from Smoky Bay.”Points are also awarded through the ride with events

being held at each of the fours stops on the way up and way back, as well as earning points for fundraising eff orts and performances in the entertainment night on the Saturday.

Th e team with the most points at the end of the event will be announced the winner.

All teams spend the Saturday night in William Creek where an entertainment night will consist of the auction, roast tea, performances and msuic.

“Th e whole weekend is just a ball,” Mrs Collins said.“Everyone is really looking forward to this year’s ride.” A fi nal registration night will be held in the coming weeks

with a date still to be determined.Anyone looking to register a team or donate as a sponsor

can do so by contacting [email protected].

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A fter meeting for the third time last week, the Relay for Life Committee is ahead of schedule,

according to Chairperson Neil Pfeiff er.

Th e committee was visited by Cancer Council SA Project Offi cer Amy Harding from Adelaide to ensure everybody was on the right track.

“Preparation is going well,” Mr Pfeiff er told Th e Monitor.

“We’re ahead of where we were for the last relay and pretty much got a full committee now.

“Amy came up from Adelaide, she’s our representative from Adelaide for the Cancer Council and she came up to fi rstly meet us and be part of the meet-ing, but also to spend some time with committee members and do some chas-ing up.

“She managed to get confi rmation for our booking for the oval, so we’re locked in for our date!” he said.

Th ere is still a chance to become in-volved with Relay for Life, as Neil ex-plained; the buck doesn’t stop with fi lling committee positions.

“We’ll be looking for volunteers to vol-unteer on the day; we’ll be looking for people to help for fundraising, sponsor-ship, particularly businesses and other organisations,” he said.

“We’re getting pretty excited and if people are interested in putting in a team, there’ll be fl iers around town and you can contact me or anyone on the committee to help with the registration, and the best way to register is online!”

Visit www.relayforlife.org.au for more information on how to become involved. Th e Roxby Downs Relay for Life Com-mittee will meet next on T uesday, June 24.


There has been plenty of action at the Andamooka Primary School and Rural Children’s

Centre in the past couple of weeks following the introduction of new principal Sally Cormack.

Firstly, the school/community library opening hours have been permanently changed to 10.30am-3.00pm Monday to Friday.

“It would be fantastic to see more people from the community come into the library,” school Principal Sally Cormack said.

“We have some amazing resourc-es available.”

Th e library houses a wide range of quality literature for young chil-dren, youth and adults as well as an internet kiosk that can be used by the community.

Th e school has recently focussed on security and child safety with the

installation of security cameras and speed humps.

Th e previous School and Chil-dren’s Centre Governing Council were keen to see the installation of security cameras following a number of incidents, one as recent as last weekend when a consider-able amount of glass bottles and smashed glass was found in the playground.

Mrs Cormack said it was very dis-appointing to discover the broken glass early one Monday morning which poses a considerable hazard to students. Th e school playground is defi nitely not a public venue for drinking alcohol and discarding of bottles after hours.

Speed humps were also recently installed by APOMA in order to increase child safety at the car park entrance to the school.

Andamooka Primary Schools Active After Schools Program has geared up for the term offering physical fi tness and minor games/

sports every Monday afternoon from 3.30-4.30pm.

Th e fi rst two sessions were very well attended, Mrs Cormack said.

Th e site also boasts a very well-re-sourced Children’s Centre for Early Childhood Development and Par-enting, with programs refl ecting the Early Years Learning Framework and National Quality Standards.

Vacancies are currently available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Th urs-days and Fridays in the Rural Care Program for children from birth to fi ve years old. Th ere are three sessions with the morning sessions running from 8am until 12:30pm, the afternoon session running from 12:30pm until 5pm and the full day session starting at 8am and fi nishing at 5pm.

Morning and afternoon sessions cost $35 a session while a full day costs $70.

Mrs Cormack said she would openly welcome any new enquiries or bookings.

S aint Barabara’s school will again show their connection with the community this

weekend when BankSA holds Roxby Downs’ fi rst ever Vinnies Community Sleepout in their gym.

The event will raise awareness about homelessness and money for St Vincent de Paul.

“It is a fantastic initiative,” St. Bar-bara’s principal Tony Hayes said.

“We were more than happy to help out and be a part of it because of the Vinnies and catholic connection.”

Mr Hayes said this kind of event was great to help out with because

it demonstrated the school’s catholic values through developing the schools relationship with the community.

“It (the Vinnies Sleepout) is im-portant to us as a catholic school be-cause one of the vital things for us is to promote the community and help the poor,” Mr Hayes said.

“Th is gives us the opportunity to work in the key roles of the school by taking actions as described in the gospel and the word of God.”

Sam Plattens and the team at Roxby Downs BankSA, who were the insti-gators of the local sleepout, said they were very greatful to St. Barbara’s for letting them use their gym.

Without people like St Barbara’s the event would not be able to go ahead.

St. Barbara’s are not the only peo-ple in the community supporting the event, with locals donating cans of soup and Woolworths donating bread for the supper and breakfast, which will be provided to all in attendance.

Th e sleepout has been running in Adelaide for a number of years and Sam Plattens from BankSA Roxby Downs said if she couldn’t go down to Adelaide to help out she would bring the event here to Roxby.

“The BankSA CEO’s were sup-porting it down in Adelaide and have done so for the past few years, but we

couldn’t make it down to the city,” Mrs Plattens said.

“So we thought why not do it here because the homelessness issue doesn’t get much representation up here.

“It has some relevance here, es-pecially in recent times, with lots of people being in and out of jobs, so it could be an issue some people here are faced with.”

Mrs Plattens said she is looking forward to the event, which will be simple, but an excellent night.

A $10 fee will be charged to par-ticipate in night, which will include games and activities.

Th e team at BankSA is hoping for at least 50 people and are very close to achieving that goal with a mixed bag of entries so far, ranging from BHP Billiton boss Darryl Cuzzubbo through to the Roxby Downs Youth Group.

Registrations are still open. To reg-ister simply visit http://savinniescom-munitysleepout.gofundraise.com.au/page/BankSARoxbyDowns and click ‘Join Team’.

For more information on the event contact the team at BankSA Roxby Downs on 8678 3200 or email [email protected].

BY PATRICK GLOVER

Community helps make sleepout happen

R4L preparation ahead of schedule

Andamooka Primary School and Rural Children’s Centre Update

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A $3 million upgrade to areas of the Stuart Highway and a review

of the Port Wakefi eld to Port Augusta section of highway will help mould a safer trip for Roxby Downs residents heading to Adelaide.

The project, funded by the Motor Accident Commission (MAC), which started install-ing audio tactile line marking at a section south of Pimba and sealing road shoulders between Marla and the SA/NT State bor-der in May this year.

MAC is also sealing road shoulders near Port Broughton further south.

General Manager for MAC

Michael Cornish said during his visit to Roxby Downs last week that tactile line marking – the small white bumps that vibrate cars when driven over – are a cost eff ective way of improving road safety.

“So there’s some improve-ments being made on the roads – certainly feeding this area and in this area because we know that the long distances are a risk and fatigue is a big issue.

“You can’t put barricades everywhere but you can certain-ly help remind people,” he said.

Th e marking follows a signifi -cant $25 million road widening funded by BHP Billiton in 2012 in preparation for the ill-ly fated Olympic Dam mine expansion.

“When a review was done on the roads a year or two ago, it

(the line marking) was identifi ed as being a really good way of im-proving the safety of the roads. So irrespective of how wide the roads are tactile line marking is a very good thing,” Mr Cornish said last week.

A route review – that took a number of relevant authorities on road safety visits between Port Wakefi eld and Port Augus-ta last week – is also expected to have some positive outcomes.

Also currently under review are the Victor Harbor Road and South Road journey down to Cape Jervis.

According to Mr Cornish, representatives from the MAC, Department of Transport En-ergy and Infrastructure and Centre for Automotive Safety assess the road, and a number

of debilitating factors have have caused fatalities.

“(They) get in a bus drive down a road and go to all the fatality locations and serious injury crash locations, but fo-cussing on fatalities and look at the dynamics of those areas, the engineering, what the cir-cumstances are and then they sit down at the end of the day and make some decisions about what treatments can be done on those roads,” Mr Cornish said.

“Th at’s a good news story for regional roads, obviously it’s one step at a time, but that Port Au-gusta road is going to get some attention.”

He said the expanse between Port Wakefi eld and Port Augus-ta had been highlighted as a high priority road.

R esidents have been reminded to stay vigilant while driving and avoid making fatal mistakes

following a visit from the Motor Accident Commission’s General Manager Michael Cornish last week.

Mr Cornish met with the Roxby Downs Road Safety Committee, local police, BHP Billiton and Th e Monitor as part of the visit, and helped identify general road issues in and around Rox-by Downs.

Fatigue, distraction, speed, livestock and a lack of seatbelts were identifi ed as contributing factors to regional fa-talities.

“Our message is that people should rest regularly every two hours and get out at a rest stop and stretch their legs,” Mr Cornish said last week.

He said the temptation of looking at a mobile phone whilst driving and ex-cessive speeds were real issues.

“Th e majority of the crashes in the far north region appear to be roll overs so people perhaps are either becom-ing distracted or more likely drowsy

or fatigued. Th ey lose concentration, they drift over into the dirt on the side of the road and then over they go,” Mr Cornish said last week.

Sixty per cent of fatalities occur in the country, with incidents more likely to be catastrophic because of higher sign posted speeds.

“No matter how good your car is, the fact that you’re wearing your seat-belt etcetera – when you’re doing 110 kilometres per hour and you come to a sudden stop, you can imagine the forces on the body – your body just can’t cope with that,” Mr Cornish said.

He encouraged workers coming off shift to rest well before embarking on the commute home – and to buckle up.

“Over 30 per cent of fatalities are still involved with people wearing a seat-belt,” he said. “Most people go their whole life not wearing a seatbelt and having no dramas, but when you do have a crash – that one crash – you can imagine 100 kilometres an hour with no seatbelt…”

BY MILLIE THOMAS

M en aged 40 – 49 living in remote areas are at a higher risk of being

in a fatal road accident in 2014, according to statistics presented by Motor Accident Commission General Manager Michael Cornish last week.

Th e startling statistics show that there are 3.6 fatalities per 100,000 people in metropolitan areas of South Australia, but in remote areas the number jumps up to 17.2 fatalities per 100,000.

“And it’s males,” Mr Cornish told The Monitor last week.

“Seventy per cent of fatalities across the State, both metro-politan and country (are males).”

Th e age group has already re-corded 10 fatalities for the year up to Tuesday, June 6 – with the next highest age brackets reach-ing up to four fatalities.

“We used to see quite high n umbers in that 16 – 19 (age group) category, new drivers would have a crash and sadly kill themselves or seriously in-jure themselves,” Mr Cornish explained. “But since the gradu-ated license scheme came in, the

numbers have really dropped down – but there’s still too many.”

In 2013, South Australia re-corded two fatalities in the 16-19 age group – which Mr Cornish said was a lot less than the eight or nine per year MAC were recording fi ve years ago.

He said the sharp jump in age group – to men in their 40s – was due largely to complacency.

“When you live road safety you sort of get to understand these things, but when you don’t you think well I’ve been driving

for 30 years, I’ve never had a crash, I’m a very safe driver I know what I’m doing –until you have a crash,” he said.

“So, people are becoming very complacent. So I think there’s a little bit of that and probably we got our licenses and there wasn’t too much regulation around get-ting your licenses back in those days.”

As of Tuesday, June 3, South Australian road fatalities were sitting on 37 compared to a fi ve-year State average of 50.

BY MILLIE THOMAS

Fatigue, distraction issues for Roxby drivers

40 – 49 fatal age on country roads

MAC funding development for Stuart Highway

Motor Accident Commission General Manager Michael Cornish, who visited

Roxby Downs early last week.

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The state of the toilets for Saturday football is foul. There is mice pooh all over the sink

basins and that has been like this from the start of the season. What fi lth. I have

now advised all of my kids not to buy any food from the canteen. Hate to see what the kitchen in the canteen is like.

Yuck!

Congrats to the FNFL after another win at the Miner’s Cup in Adelaide

last weekend. Well done boys!Footy Fanatic

So what happens now? It will be really interesting to see if the recent community workshops produce any change and any results. Let’s see if anyone is really listening.

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S ix year old local Joanna Runge won a trip to Queensland and the chance to meet the Irwin’s at Australia Zoo recently, all

thanks to reading a few books.

Joanna read over 100 books in 30 days and raised over $1200 for the Australia Zoo animal hospital as part of the Australian Wildlife Warri-ors Read-a-thon.

Th e result, the chance to meet Bindi and the Jungle Girls, Terri and Robert as well as receiving a tour of the animal hospital she helped raised money for.

She was also lucky enough to spend some time inside a number of animal enclosures and was given the opportunity to feed some of the animals.

Joanna said the Tasmanian Devils were her fa-vourite and was thrilled to be given the opportu-nity to meet Bindi and the Jungle Girls.

During their visit Joanna, who one day hopes to become a vet, saw the Irwin’s in action within the hospital, after a Koala was brought in while they were present.

“Th ey (the Irwin’s) were really lovely,” Joanna’s Mum Alexandra said.

“We spent an hour with them and they showed us all through the zoo which was really nice then they signed autographs and had photos taken.”

Joanna, whose favourite book is the Gruff alo, will now set her sights on winning the top prize in the next Australian Wildlife Warriors Read-a-thon, the opportunity to be a zoo rep for the day.

“We would like to thank the community for their support, without their help we would not have been able to raise the money,” Alexandra said. BY PATRICK GLOVER


Saint Barbara’s school celebrated Recon-ciliation Week last week with Chrissie Gro-cke’s Year 2/3 class having the extra special job of raising three fl ags each morning.

Th e Year 2/3 class were thrilled to be in charge of raising the Australian, Indig-enous and Torres Strait Island Flag each morning.

“Th ey love it,” Mrs Grocke said.“Th ey can’t wait until it is their turn to

raise the fl ags, because we take it in turns.“Th e class really enjoys having such a

special job.”Th e children, Mrs Grocke said, had been

“learning lots” and knew exactly what the meaning of Reconciliation Week was.

One child described it as being about forgiveness, while another said it was about respecting all cultures, and a third de-scribed the week as about just being nice.

St Barbara’s Religious Education Co-or-dinator (REC) Sophie Turner said the fl ag poles were a celebration of relationships and being proud of the connections we have to our country.

Saint Barbara’s have been getting right into Reconciliation Week, not only through

fl ag raising and learning, but also through a number of other creative activities.

“At St Barbara’s you will see footprints with prayers on them around the school celebrating the theme for 2014, ‘Let’s Walk the Walk’,” Miss Turner said.

“In the classroom our students have been exploring the ‘welcome to country’ and what it means to us.”

National Reconciliation Week is cele-brated on the same dates each year, run-ning from May 27 to June 3 and celebrates the relationship between Aboriginal, Tor-res Strait Islanders and all Australians.

Raising the fl ags for Reconciliation Week Reading pays off

Joanna Runge pictured here with Bindi and Bob Irwin.

LEFT: St Barbara’s Reconciliation Week

decorations.

BELOW: Mrs Grocke’s Year 2-3 class raised

the Torres Strait Islanders, Indigenous

and Australian fl ags each day last

week as part of Reconciliation Week.

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Local artist Rachel Young has found inspiration in the long, arduous drive between Roxby Downs and Adelaide

for her most recent exhibition – ‘Not all who wander are lost’.

Rachel teamed up with Melbourne based textile artist Sally Darlison – after a friendship was wrought following a visit to Roxby Downs for community workshops in 2013.

“Sally stayed with us during that time and we formed a friendship and have continued the friendship and have said in a casual con-versation, what if we exhibit together?” Rachel explained to Th e Monitor last week.

Th e result was a three week exhibition at the Quadrant Art Gallery in Hawthorn, Melbourne that concluded at the end of May.

Working with the theme ‘Not all who wander are lost’, Rachel took her experiences of driving up and down the Stuart and Port Wakefi eld Highways transporting children to sporting, education and family commitments – an al-most weekly event in the Young household.

She developed a mixture of enamel images and jewellery on copper, using gold and silver foil, picking up colours and stand out aspects of the Roxby to Adelaide commute.

“It makes you look at things diff erently,” Ra-chel told Th e Monitor last week. “Especially when you drive so regularly. I’ve been going pretty much weekly since March this year.

“I’m not an artist who recreates exact imag-

es. Some people will produce a picture and it will look exactly like the object they are draw-ing. I’m almost like an impressionist. So you can look at my work and see what I’m creating and you can see where it’s come from but it’s almost like an idea of something.

“So yeah colours, and just things that stood out along the way I suppose.”

Her striking work was teamed with Sally’s, whose inspiration was derived from a tour around Europe completed with her husband, and the result was a success.

“Th e feedback that I’ve had from the gal-lery directors has been excellent,” Rachel said. “Th ey said that the people that pass through the gallery; the number of people was huge, probably more than most exhibitions,” she said.

Although admittedly, Rachel didn’t make

many sales, the exhibition can still be viewed online at www.quadrantgallery.com.au/past-exhibitions.html and it is hoped some interest would be stirred from its online pres-ence there.

Going forward, Rachel has entertained the idea of exhibiting with Sally again, but for the moment will take some time to unwind.

“I completed an exhibition in September with a diff erent theme and then this work was all completed by April of this year and that was of a completely diff erent theme.

“I would say, if you’d asked Mark, he would probably smile and say I’d been a bit diffi cult to live with! Th ere’s been a few tantrums and a few tears. It has been hard work,” she said.

For more information on Rachel’s work, visit www.desertrox.com.au.

Rachel inspired by Roxby’s long commute

Rachel in her Roxby Downs workshop last week.TOP LEFT: Rachel’s Lines in the Sand bowls.

BOTTOM LEFT: One of Rachel’s pieces entitled ‘Spring’.

Notice is hereby given that an application comprising a CATEGORY 3 DEVELOPMENT has been lodged with the Council for a development assessment.

Details of the application are as follow:

DEVELOPMENT No. 692/017/14

APPLICANT Roxby Downs Council

ADDRESS Richardson Place, Roxby Downs

NATURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT Waste Transfer Facility

ZONING Special Use

SUBJECT LAND Lot 673 Opal Road Roxby Downs

(Site of the

CERTIFICATE OF TITLE VOL 5758 FOLIO 158

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Each person making a submission should indicate whether that person wishes to appear personally or be represented by another party before the Council in support of that submission.

Please note that, pursuant to Section 38(8) of the Development Act, a copy of each representation received will be forwarded to the applicant for a written response.

W. J. BoehmAdministratorJune 11, 2014

THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE

DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1993

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Scheduled Township Electricity Maintenance

Power Outages

During the period commencing Saturday 14th June 2014 to 22nd June 2014 Councilwill be undertaking a major maintenance inspection of the

Township High Voltage Distribution System.

There will be a series of rolling power outages within the township so that equipment may be accessed for inspection, and repair works can be undertaken.

Whilst we regret the need to do this work, every effort will be made to limit the inconvenience it will cause

Instructions for using the map and outage details 1. Please read the following map carefully, as it determines when your outage will occur.2. The map is divided into sections representing different zones numbered 1 to 20.3. Determine which zone you are in.4. Read the information contained in this lift out to help you understand what will occur and how it will affect you.5. If in any doubt, please ring the Council for assistance on 8671 0010.

Notes This work is required to be undertaken as part of our distribution licence.

Because our contractors must work on all the cables and switches, we must fully isolate each work area

completely. This prevents us from providing a temporary back up supply from other zoneswhile work is being undertaken.

Where possible, commercial outages will occur at night, or on weekends to lessen the impact on operations.

What’s Happening? • Work being undertaken is done by qualified specialists, and this work includes:• Inspection and washing of high voltage cables and joints.• Inspection, maintenance and test operation of High Voltage switches and fuses.• Inspection of Low Voltage cable joints, switches and fuse carriers in the transformers.• Taking oil samples, replacing oil in some transformers, and checking for oil leaks.• Testing of transformer windings and insulation.• We expect all work to be completed within the time limits published, however issues that arise onthe day may necessitate work taking longer than planned. If the supply is not restored before orexactly on time then there is a reason for it. We request all customers to be patient if the supply islate in being switched back on. Please allow at least 30 minutes before reporting delays inrestoration.• The zone areas are dictated by the layout of the electrical distribution system, and are designed tominimise inconvenience to consumers while allowing maximum efficiency in the undertaking of theswitching processes.• The time period selected to undertake this work is set by 2 factors:• The availability of the contractor to fit this work in their already busy schedule, and• The optimum weather patterns that prevail in late June that provide the most predictable periodsfor mild temperatures, with the least expectancy for rain.

Mild temperatures provide good working conditions both physically for the workers and mechanically for the equipment to undertake this work and the bestconditions to turn the power off, as customers have a much lesser demand for air-conditioning and the adverse effects on fridges and freezers are much less.

The low prospect of rain means there should be little disruption to the work as it is taking place.

Should rain occur then some outages may not be undertaken, and will need to be rescheduled.This work cannot be effectively undertaken in wet conditions.

David Hallett

Electrical Services Manager


TOWNSHIP OUTAGE TIMESTOWNSHIP OUTAGE TIMESSaturday June 14 to Sunday June 22, 2014

Helpful hints:

When the power is turned off, disconnect your electrical

appliances so they will not be damaged by any possible electrical spikes when the

electricity is turned back on.

Turn off any electronic equipment, television, video, digital versatile disc (DVD) players, computers,

printers, clocks, electronic pool timers, etcetera.

NOTE: Normally switching processes DO NOT damage equipment; however,

it is better to take precautions with your valuable equipment. Some older

equipment may not be as tolerant.

SATURDAY 14/06/2014Morning Area 1 (SPS FI2,) (S18)8:00 to 12:00 (2 Areas) Town Water Pump & St. Barbara’s SchoolAfternoon Area 2 SS1, SS2, RM613:30 to17:30 Roxby Downs Area SchoolNight - Break SUNDAY 15/06/2014Morning Area 3 SR1, SSP, RM28:00 to 12:00 Council, Monitor and WorkPacAfternoon Area 4 (S17, RM12, RM7) (Spares)13:30 to 17:30 Tutop StreetNight Area 5 SH20:30 to 22:00 (Night works)HospitalMONDAY 16/06/2014Morning Area 6 S3, S6, RM5, RM8,8:00 to 12:00Afternoon Area 7 (FI3, S1, S4,) (RM9)13:30 to17:30 Night - Break

TUESDAY 17/06/2014Morning Area 8 CB4, SCP, S2, S5

8:00 to 12:00

Afternoon Area 9 CB6, S10, S11,

13:30 to 17:30 Myall Grove Caravan Park

Night - Break

WEDNESDAY 18/06/2014Morning Area 10 RM20, S20, S23, RM16

8:00 to 12:00

Afternoon Area 11 RM15, S14, S25

13:30 to 17:30

Night - Break

THURSDAY 19/06/2014Morning Area 12 S9, S12, RM14

8:00 to 12:00

Afternoon Area 13 CB7, S19,

13:30 to 17:30 Roxby Village - New Area

Night - Break

FRIDAY 20/06/2014Morning Area 14 S7, S8, S16, RM10

8:00 to 12:00

Afternoon Area 15 S13, S24, RM17, RM24

13:30 to17:30

Night Area 16 SRC, RM3

22:30 to 00:00 (Night works)

SATURDAY 21/06/2014Morning Area 17 (CB5), (SR2)

9:00 to 12:00

Afternoon Area 18 SGC, SSL, RM13, CB9

13:30 to 17:30 Roxby Downs Golf Club

Night - Break

SUNDAY 22/06/2014Morning Area 19 SSPQ1, SSPQ2, SSAP, RM1

8:00 to 12:00 Roxby Village - Front and SAPOL

Afternoon Area 20 CB1, SI, S21,

13:30 to 17:30 Light Industrial Area


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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

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Roxby CouncilR esidents of Roxby Downs

were invited to participate in the Future Roxby Community

Consultation Workshops Th ursday and Friday May 29 and 30.

Particpants represneted a corss sec-tion of the Roxby Downs Poulation, focusing on six main discussion topics.

Council wishes to thank the residents who attended the Future Roxby Con-sultation Workshops. Th e discussion topics explored at individual tables included; Sporting, leisure & lifestyle, open spaces and play spaces for chil-dren, youth and families, the cultural precinct redevelopment, revitalising business, the Richardson Place envi-ronment and a “wild card” that allowed residents to have their say on any topic of concern or interest to them, ranging from liquor licensing to governance.

Roxby Council is committed to en-suring that a high level of objectiv-ity and transparency is maintained throughout the consultation process. As such, it has commissioned an in-dependent agency (Intermethod) to facilitate the consultation, analyse the

responses and provide a Summary Re-port.

The facilitation skills of Natalya Boujenko, (Strategic Consultant and Director of Intermethod), lead the consultation process, Natalya and her team of six facilitators asked each table to consider 4 main questions; Where are we now? Where do we want to be? Who are our partners? How should we engage? All the participants engaged respectfully with the content of the con-sultation, generating many thoughtful and constructive ideas, and giving them the opportunity to raise concerns re-garding Future Roxby.

Th e comments and discussions col-lated at these sessions will be presented to Roxby residents as a fi nal report in both hard copy and electronic format in the near future.

Whilst the formal consultation is in the process of being fi nalised, council encourages residents to submit ideas and concerns in writing to [email protected] PO Box 124, Roxby Downs SA 5725.

Roxby Council always encourages feedback from residents.

NEWS IN NEWS IN BRIEFBRIEF

Roxby Downs boasts diff erent types of road crossings and this can sometimes confuse motorists and

pedestrians alike. Council provides the following information in an effort to reduce the confusion for both pedestrians and motorists for safety’s sake.

Wombat CrossingsA Wombat Crossing is a raised pedestrian

crossing (like a wide road hump) marked with thick white stripes. Th is is the type of crossing installed on Richardson Place between the mall and the school/Visitor Information Centre entrance.

A 40 kilometre per hour speed limit sign and pedestrian (walking legs) signs are placed in advance of the crossing, to let drivers know they need to slow down and look out for pedestrians.

When a pedestrian is crossing or about to cross, drivers must stop and give way.

School crossingsEmu (fl ag) School Crossings are facilities

designed to help young pedestrians cross the road near schools. Th ey are marked with red and white posts and operate only when the crossing fl ags are displayed.

Emu Crossings are located within school zones, which also have a speed limit of 25 kilometres per hour for motorists whenever children are present on the road or footpath.

Emu Crossings in Roxby Downs are easily identifi ed by the children crossing fl ags that are displayed when children are more likely to be in the vicinity during school terms.

Motorists must give way to pedestrians crossing or about to cross the road when the fl ags are displayed at an Emu Crossing. Roxby Downs Area School and St Barbaras Parish School both have Emu Crossings to help our students get to school safely.

School ZonesSchool Zones are installed near schools

to improve the safety of children travelling

to and from school.Drivers must not exceed the School Zone

speed limit of 25 kilometres per hour when children (under 18 years of age) are present on the road, footpath or in the bicycle lane. Road users are reminded the School Zone requirements are enforced 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

School Zone signs are displayed at the start of the zone. As drivers exit the Zone an End School Zone sign is also displayed showing the speed limit appropriate for that section of road, usually 50 kilometres per hour.

Pedestrian refuges and walk-throughsA raised or painted median can be used as

a refuge where pedestrians can stand safely in the middle of the road.

To enable pedestrians to cross without having to step up and step down from a raised median, small sections can be cut out of the median and handrails added to create a walk-through.

Walk throughs also have ramps at the kerbs on both sides of the road to enable easy access.

Th ese facilities allow pedestrians to cross traffi c travelling in one direction at a time. Th ey are particularly useful for people with impaired mobility and young and elderly pedestrians who may require more time to cross busy roads.

Walk throughs also provide the additional benefi t of allowing cyclists and people with prams, wheelchairs etcetera easy access.

A pedestrian refuge is located on Tutop Road behind the Shopping Centre car park. Motorists have right of way at these cross-ings so care must be taken whilst waiting in the refuge in the middle of the road if needed.

Please note the area in front of the RSL memorial, on Richardson Place is not a for-mal crossing, and motorist have right of way at all times.

Consultation on Future Roxby

LEFT: Locals gathered to have their say at the recent workshops.

Know your crossings

During the period commencing Saturday, June 14 2014 to Sunday, June 22 2014, council will be undertaking a major maintenance inspection

of the Township High Voltage Distribution System.

The Fourth Quarter Rates Notices have been posted and payment is due by Friday, June 20, 2014.

Wombat Crossing

School Crossing

School Zones

Pedestrian Refuge


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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


Michelle Davis • Nidya Iwan• George Giakoumis

Vicki Mason • Gaylene Crane Mary Lewis • Brett McNeil• 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, June 19 @ 7.30pmCouncil Boardroom

BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964Wednesday, June 25 @ 6.15pm

Council Boardroom.

SPORTS and REC FORUMMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

TBC

COMMUNITY GARDENPatrik Ibele (08) 8671 0168

Thursday, June 12 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMAngela Neyland 0448 168 167

Thursday, June 5 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Thursday, June 12 @ 5.30pmCouncil Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, June 18 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKLisa Hewerdine (08) 8671 0010

TBC

COMMUNITY BOARD VACANCYThe Roxby Downs Community Board Inc. is seeking nominations from interested members of the community to fi ll a casual board vacancy.

Board members are selected based on a variety of criteria including: • skills and experience in work and/or community • active community involvement (e.g. volunteering) • ability to listen, think through and deliver a balanced point of view

Experiences outside of Roxby Downs are also considered.

We are looking for people who are passionate about Roxby Downs and who want to contribute to community life.

To fi nd out more please obtain a nomination form and information pack from:

Michelle Hales - Executive Offi cerTelephone: 0418 833 818

Email: [email protected] close 5pm on 27 June 2014

The Community Board wishes to thank all the people who contrib-

uted feedback during the recent Community Bus Survey. The feed-back is currently being

analysed and the results will be published in the

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R ecent renovations and attracting new members were on the agenda at the

Roxby Downs Lawn Bowls Club AGM last Monday.

According to Club Secretary Tony Weir, the committee was fi lled with only minor changes.

“We talked about our new kitch-en set up which BHP has donated a bit of money towards because they

do a lot of training in our bowls club.

“And we spoke about lack of numbers last year and what we should do to turn that around, but we haven’t gone into that in detail but that was certainly one of the things spoken about,” he told Th e Monitor last week.

Renovations to the club over the last 12 months have also included a greens upgrade, full paint job of the facility, a lighting upgrade, new veranda and an upgrade to the bar-becue area.

Th e success of incorporating a ‘fi nals’ system into the Night Owls competition was also discussed, with Mr Weir saying ‘everybody was extremely happy with it’.

Club President for the upcom-ing season is Phil Lovelock with Vice President Simon James at his side (who is also fi lling the Club Manager role), Mr Weir is secre-tary, the treasurer role is shared by Chris and Ted Charman and the Bar Manager is Steve Stokes.

Th ere are also an additional three committee members.

Th e Bowls Club has the capacity to cater for 16 teams for Night Owls bowls – however last year only at-tracted 12, a number that dwin-dled down to 10 by the end of the season. Tony said the committee believed the small decline over the course of the season was just due to decreasing numbers in town.

“Th is year we thought we might start pushing that three months pri-or and just see who we can get on board,” he said.

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‘golden era’ is hereBy Patrick GloverThe Roxby Downs Motocross club will hold its first ever

day meet on Saturday June 21 following the success of itsannual night meet.

The day will aim to get more local Motocross riders of all ages and experience out to race on their local track without the hype and attention that comes with the lights of night meets.

“Over the past few years we have had so many people saying ‘you guys should do it more often’ but we have always erred on the conservative side of hosting two a yearjust to preserve the thirst and anticipation that leads up tothe annual event,” Roxby Downs Motocross Club PresidentClint Gow-Smith said.

“The feedback has been really positive and as it gets closer I’m hearing more and more people ask and talk about it so we are open minded on how it will go.

“I think the concept of a day meet needed to be un-earthed at some stage and, with the current large number of active members and willing volunteers, now is the best time in probably five years to trial it.”

The track will be in ideal condition with a lot of moisturein the track and Gow-Smith said he is getting excited for a “solid day of racing”.

The club is expecting the event, which is family friendly,will attract around 50 riders plus families and spectators making for a big day and Gow-Smith said they will have plenty to look forward to.

“I think we will showcase the biggest Junior Girls Moto-cross race in the state with several local girls really startingto learn their craft on the Motocross track which is fantasticfor the sport,” Gow-Smith said.

“For the keen Motocross fan, to have South Austral-ia’s own Shane Metcalfe here for the week, coaching the kids and some local seniors, leading up to the race meetand then have him race on the day will be worth the gateentry fee.”

There isn’t much Metcalfe hasn’t achieved in his Mo-tocross career having raced for four factory race teamsand winning over 40 junior and senior state titles before retiring in 2007.

Metcalfe will be bringing all that skill back to RoxbyDowns, having already visited twice (including last year),and will be running two Motocross schools throughout theweek leading up to the day meet as well as some one-on-one coaching clinics with some keen Motocross children.

“We are very fortunate to get someone of Shane’s cali-bre here in Roxby and to have him for a week is testamentto both his passion for developing and teaching kids, but also the healthy appetite of motocross riders we havelocally wanting to develop their skills on a motocross bike,” Gow-Smith said.

Gow-Smith said the club was “humming” and mem-bership numbers were at an all-time high thanks to allthe excitement about the upcoming events and the newinjection of youth into the club.

“For some of the older committee members this has been a long time coming, to see the club really up andabout,” Gow-Smith said.

“For the new guys, they have really injected some freshideas and support which is seeing the club grow year onyear.

“As president it’s becoming a ‘golden era’ for our cluband hopefully we continue to grow and develop what we have established.”

There is $4000 prize money up for grabs from the open to 85 BW events with trophies to be presented for the SW85 to Div2 50cc events.

Full bar and canteen facilities will be provided, the kidstrack will be open and a camp fire will be prepared foranyone keen to hang around after the meet.g round after the meet.

Whyalla and Roxby Downs have combined to hold a social softball competition over the weekend.

Four girls travelled up from Whyalla and mixed in with girls from Roxby Downs to com-pete in two teams of 10 with eight innings’ being played.

Whyalla were originally going to fi ll a whole team but a number of girls pulled out at the last minute due to the long weekend.

“It was an awesome day,” organiser Deb Price said.

“It was a good day for softball, perfect weather and a great bunch of girls.

“I can’t wait for the next one.”Th ere was no winner but Price said everyone

who took part on the day enjoyed themselves and the social atmosphere.

Th e day was so successful a return game in Whyalla is already being planned for the same time next year.

Price, who has a major passion for softball,

put together a squad of girls just after Christ-mas and they have been training every Sunday at 2pm since.

“Th ere are a lot of girls that have said they want to play,” Price said.

“It’s really just a mob of girls getting out and having fun.

“Hopefully we can keep it going and maybe eventually get enough numbers to start up a sociable side on a Saturday or Sunday.”

Th e day was also aimed at helping young 14 year old scout Jasmyn Lloyd raise money for her trip to Fiji in August to represent Roxby Downs Scouts at the Centennial Jamboree.

Jasmyn cooked a sausage sizzle for the girls for lunch after four innings had been pl ayed.

“Th e young girl (Jasmyn) asked if it would be ok to run a sausage sizzle as a fundraiser (at the game),” Price said.

“We thought it was a great idea, and thought it was a good way to help the community.”

BY PATRICK GLOVER


The almost 10 year old annual Opal Classic shoot will be held at the Andamooka Gun Club this weekend,

and volunteer Sarah Perrett said it’s the atmosphere that keeps attracting the masses.

Sarah has been involved in the club and the two day event for almost eight years, a 150 clay shoot out that attracts approxi-mately 120 people every year.

“Th e whole weekend is all good fun, but out presentations are really good – we have great prizes and everything because a lot of

the local shops donate to us,” Sarah told Th e Monitor last week.

“Our presentations are pretty huge be-cause we have such good prizes compared to other places. I would say the highlight of the weekend is probably Saturday night – with the food and the atmosphere and 100 odd people sitting around a fi re.”

Sarah explained there was a charm in watching the youngest shooters learn from some of the most experienced.

“(Th ere are) A lot of old characters, a lot of diff erent people, just meeting new people and learning new things.

“Th ere are people there form everywhere from a junior to a AA Grade shooter, so you have junior asking questions from AA Grad-

ers and learning heaps. “Th ere are people that have shot for Aus-

tralia coming down to shoot every year. So you get to learn a lot of things and for a lot of people that’s a big highlight, getting pointers off such good shooters,” she said.

“But I’d say for most people it’s just the good atmosphere that we put on.”

For more information or to register for the event, call Sarah on 0439 684 101 or ar-rive at the Gun Club no later than 830am on Saturday morning to register.

Ammunition will be available for pur-chase, and gun clubs will be available for hire upon request.

“Come out and have a go!” Sarah fi nished.

The Coober Pedy Football Club will celebrate 10 years in the Far North Football League this Saturday.

A lot of work has gone into keeping the club alive and having suff ered through a few lean seasons, two wins in 2011; one win in 2012; and no wins last year, the club fi nally looks to be on the up with the club currently sitting second on the ladder with three wins and two losses.

“People said when we started the club 10 years ago, ‘why are you doing this, it didn’t work last time’,” club co-founder Mark Bell said.

“It’s been a lot of work but it is very re-warding to see that we are still around.”

Bell started the club with Robin Walker

and Chris Butler 10 years ago and said each founding member had their own reason for wanting to start up the club.

“It gave the kids something to do, got them off the street,” Bell said.

“Th ere were issues with some people in the community in regards to drugs and al-cohol so footy was aimed at giving them something else to focus on.

“I just wanted to play footy.” Bell said it was rewarding to experience

the social lift the town got through the foot-ball club.

“Th e club gives people an outlet on week-ends and Tuesday and Th ursday nights as well when there’s training,” he said.

Th e club will hold a presentation night on Saturday with a team, player and supporter

of the decade announced along with the re-veal of the clubs fi rst honour board.

More than 150 people are expected to at-tend the event, a number that Bell expects to increase due to fellow club co-founder Robin Walker’s funeral being held on Friday.

“But that’s what the clubs about, bringing people in the community together,” Bell said.

Coober Pedy will take on the Roxby Dis-tricts Football Club on Saturday with the game beginning at 1pm.

Bell said the Club was very greatful for the support they had received from the league and the other clubs.

“Th ey have had to change a few things around for us, and accommodate for us something we are very appreciative of,” Bell said. BY PATRICK GLOVER

Opal Classic brings great atmosphere

Softball a big hit in Roxby

Coober Pedy reach 10 year milestone


More than 350 people turned out to see the burn out event on

Saturday night despite the long weekend and cold weather.

Sixteen cars competed in the event with six cars from out of town, one from Adelaide; two from Port Augusta; and three from Port Pirie, making the trip to show off their burn out skills against 10 lo-cal drivers.

“Th e event went off well,” co-or-ganiser Rory Hatch said.

“The turn-out was not as big as we would have liked, but with the long weekend there were a few people out of town, plus we clashed with a few other events.

“But we can’t complain.” Th is was the clubs second an-

nual fundraiser event, with the hope the event will continue to run again next year, with people from this year’s event wanting to come back next year.

While the event was not a com-petition, a number of awards were

given out on the night.Th e Best Presentation and Pro-

moter’s Choice awards went to Ad-elaide driver Michael Chemenko while the hard luck award went to one of the Port Pirie drivers.

“He came all the way up from Port Pirie and only lasted about 15 seconds,” Hatch said.

“He raced up from Pirie, rocked up late and when he arrived everything just went pear shaped.”

Hatch said a big thank you had to the Sporting Car Club and the CFS who’d helped in organising and running the event.

Burn out event has crowd in a spinOne of the 16 entrants shows off their burn out skills at Saturdays meet

Team two consisted of (not in order) Luke Ruediger, Annie Bryson, Kristen Waldhuter, Violet Rowe, Tamara Rowe, Belinda Reynolds, Gemma

Thomas, Kerri Thomas and Deb Price.

Anna Laube gets into position to hit the ball

Team one consisted of (not in order)Heidi Bryson, Katie Laube, Anna Laube, Julie Adey, Courtney

Leslie, Peta Berryman, Kerri Ruediger, Jayden Thomas, Ines Badman and Tamika Berryman.


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On a sunny Autumn day with very little breeze, a young FNFL side took on Broken Hill on the hallowed turf of

Adelaide Oval.

Th e game started in a very lively fashion with both teams having a lot to prove, attacking the ball hard and tackling fi ercely. Neither team could break through however, with both de-fences being on top initially in a fast, tight opening.

Th e FNFL fi nally broke the deadlock, with Clayton Millard squeezing out the fi rst goal for the game under enormous pressure. Broken Hill attacked hard, but the strong defence of the FNFL kept forcing Broken Hill out wide and didn’t allow them a clear shot at goal.

Th e FNFL started to get on top, kicking an-other three goals including two masterful left foot snaps from Chris Ladhams. Broken Hill fi nally got their fi rst goal late in the quarter,

but this was quickly answered by two long goals from the 50 metre line by Daniel Fish-er to give the FNFL a comfortable lead of 26 points at quarter time.

In the second quarter the game began to open up, and the FNFL started to take con-trol of the game. Starting from a very strong rebounding defence that wouldn’t let anything through, the FNFL won the ball better out of the centre, ran harder and linked up to create space and fi nd targets in the forward lines with pin point accuracy.

Broken Hill struggled to penetrate the tight defence, and whilst they tackled hard in the clinches, they didn’t have any answers for the FNFL’s superior run and cleaner ball skills. Th ey worked very hard for their two goals for the quarter, while the FNFL bagged 6 to take a commanding lead of 49 points at half time.

Broken Hill came out at the start of the third

quarter with all guns blazing, forcing unchar-acteristic errors from the FNFL defence and scoring the fi rst goal of the quarter.

Broken Hill was doing all the attacking, whilst the FNFL looked fl at and seemingly having lost their intensity from the fi rst half. In spite of Broken Hill having most of the play, the FNFL defence held out grimly against the intense pressure, and the FNFL still managed to kick goals against the run of play when they were most needed. Broken Hill kicked 5 goals to FNFL’s four for the quarter, and even though they were still behind by 41 points at three quarter time, Broken Hill went to the break with all the momentum to set up a very inter-esting last quarter for the Miners’ Cup.

Broken Hill began the last quarter with 2 quick goals, and started to look like a real chance for the fi rst time in the game. Howev-er the FNFL showed their true character and

dug deep to lift their work rate to resist the challenge from Broken Hill.

Th e FNFL broke Broken Hill’s spirit to kick the last six goals of the quarter to win the game by 69 points and reclaim the Miners’ Cup. Fi-nal scores were Far North 15.10 (100) Broken Hill 9.10 (54).

Th e FNFL were a well-coached team that ran hard, moved the ball well and worked hard for each other.

Ben Hampel was outstanding in defence, and Jared Greenbank , Mathew Schipper and Clayton Millard worked hard and used the ball well to provide good supply to Chris Ladhams, who kicked accurately to get 10 for the day.

All in the team contributed and there were no passengers in a well-deserved victory for the FNFL, to put it ahead of Broken Hill by four games to three in the Miners’ Cup stakes.

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