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JUNCTION JOURNAL

Volume 22 Issue 12 December 2013

David & Jennie Shrimpton Thanks for the support over the

past 11 years. We will all miss you.

All the best for the future.

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COPYRIGHT 2013

Articles and photographs that are the property of the ‘Junction Journal’ (originals supplied on request), may be reproduced,

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Permission must be sought from the relevant sources, to reproduce Materials belonging to independent entities.

Christmas has just passed and I hope everyone had a very good time celebrat-ing the holiday season with family and friends. My apologies that this issue is a little late as I am afraid Christmas did get in the way of getting this together. I hope that everyone will have a good 2014 starting with New Year celebra-tions at the Tourist Park. I hope every-one has some good New Year resolu-tions ready. Congratulations to the new parents over the past few weeks. New additions for Kylie and Chris Collins and Amanda and Chris Howie. More details next edition. This month’s issue is full of news from the children of the district. They have fin-ished their school year with a bang and now it is time for the long deserved school holidays. Looking forward to

more news from them next year. The next issue will be out before Australia Day so if anyone has anything to include you can start sending them in now. Email is preferred and if photos included please send as a separate file.

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EDITORIAL

Junction Journal—December, 2013

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In a Medical Emergency you must ring the District Medical Officer at

Royal Darwin Hospital on 8922 8888 and state clearly that it is a

LIFE THREATENING SITUATION


2013 School Awards and Functions

Ben Thomson graduating from Year 6 at the

Douglas Daly Primary School

Joanna Farrell and Isaac Bradford at the

Year 12 Formal Taminmin College.

Joanna and Hailey before the Year 12

Formal at Taminmin 2013

Chief Ministers Awards for Literature.

Douglas Daly Primary School —Tristan Gill

for most improved in reading.

Katherine School of the Year —

Jordan Farrell

for most improved reading in 2013


Douglas Daly Primary School Awards

Kayley Johnson — &Žƌ�ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ�ƚŽ�ĚĞƚĂŝů�ŝŶ�Ăůů�ƚŚŝŶŐƐ�ĐƌĞĂƟǀ Ğ

Jock Muldoon — &Žƌ�ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ�ĐŽƵŶƟŶŐ�ĂŶĚ�ŶƵŵďĞƌ�ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ�ƚŽ�ƚǁ ĞŶƚǇ

Kelilah Gill — For improvement in Spelling and Reading.

Annabelle Thomson— &Žƌ�ƉŽƐŝƟǀ Ğ�Ăƫ ƚƵĚĞ�ƚŽǁ ĂƌĚƐ�ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ�ǁ ŝƚŚ�Ă�ĨŽĐƵƐ�ŽŶ�ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ

Emma Thomson— &Žƌ�ŝŵƉƌŽǀ ĞŵĞŶƚ�ŝŶ�ĂŶĚ�Ă�ƉŽƐŝƟǀ Ğ�ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ�ƚŽ�ƐƉĞůůŝŶŐ

Tristan Gill— For working hard and improving in Maths

Ben Thomson— &Žƌ�Ă�ŐƌĞĂƚ�ŝŵƉƌŽǀ ĞŵĞŶƚ�ŝŶ�ŚĂŶĚǁ ƌŝƟŶŐ͘

Katherine School of the Air Awards.

Jordon Farrell — Consistent enthusiasm towards his school

work — Year 2

Jacob Farrell — �ĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ�ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶĐĞ�ŝŶ�D ĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐ�ĂŶĚ��

English — Year 9

Junction Journal – December, 2013

Student of the MonthThe Student of the Month for December is

Annabelle

Annabelle has a positive attitude towards

school which has improved her reading

considerably. She is always making us laugh

with her quirky sense of humor.

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The New Year's here and we're all ready. Pop the cork and throw the confetti.

Douglas Daly Tourist Park

31st December 2013

Beach

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Background: The Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis) is protected by law, but is considered a pest species by

pastoralists, particularly in the Top End. In recent decades wallaby numbers and densities on pastoral lands have increased dramatically. In some agricultural situations wallaby densities are 1000 times greater (>5 animals ha

-1) than the natural density. Properties with

improved pastures are most severely affected by wallabies. The impact of wallabies on farm production in the Top End is perceived to have almost doubled since 2004 when costs of wallaby control and lost income was $1.95 mil.

Northern Territory Resource Management (NTRM) has identified the need for management options to control agile wallabies on both native and improved pastures in their Integrated NRM Plan.

Project aim: This project comprises stage 1 of a proposed 3 stage project over 5 years. The final aim is to

develop a stakeholder supported management plan for the Agile Wallaby in the Top End. Stage 1 is a scoping exercise and will be conducted during 2014. This research will develop the research case and partnerships required for an endorsed (Northern Territory Government and Northern Territory Cattleman’s Association) Wallaby management plan for the Top End. This will be achieved by:

1. Engaging with all stakeholders

2. Determining wallaby numbers and developing a population growth model

3. Estimating wallaby carrying-capacity of farms affected by wallabies

4. Review current knowledge of wallaby control methods and ecology

5. Identifying available management options

6. Evaluating the efficacy of control methods applied to date

7. Identifying areas most affected by wallabies in the NT

8. Identifying the environmental and agricultural factors that cause high wallaby density

9. Identifying the areas of production losses

10. Estimating the scale of financial losses

11. Identifying legislative or jurisdictional impediments to management options.

Your role: The success of this project relies strongly on the support of stakeholders like you. You can get

involved by:

1. Agreeing to discuss related issues with researchers (we need to understand the scale of the problem);

2. Answering questionnaires we may send you;

3. Allowing access to your property to measure and estimate Wallaby populations and the damage they cause; and

4. Spreading the word to others that may be interested in getting involved.

Your involvement would be much appreciated

Contact details:

Dr. Miguel A Bedoya Perez P: +61 (8) 8946 7728 M: +61 (4) 0502 2539

RIEL, CDU, Darwin NT 0909, Australia. Email: [email protected]


Community Notice Board

Dec 31st — New Year’s Eve at the Douglas Daly Tourist Park

Jan 1st — New Year’s Day

Jan 26th — Australia Day

Jan 27th — Australia Day Public Holiday

Jan 28th — School resumes

Feb 14th — Valentine’s Day

April 4th — Term 1 ends

April 6th — Daylight savings ends.

April 18th — Good Friday

April 19th — Easter Saturday

April 20th — Easter Sunday

April 21st — Easter Monday

April 25th — Anzac Day

May 5th — May Day

May 11th — Mother’s Day

June 9th — Queens Birthday

June 20th — Term 2 ends

July 21st — Term 3 starts

August 4th — Picnic Day

Sept 7th — Father’s Day

Sept 26th — Term 3 ends

If you would like anything posted on this community notice board,

please email details to the

Junction Journal

at

[email protected]

SUE SHOTTON

Justice of the Peace

89782705 Email:[email protected]

For road updates please visit

http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/roadreport

Or

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Junction-Journal/160385334045579

All dirt roads — caution required Check for damage during storms.

Douglas Daly Community Hall Cleaning Roster

The cleaning roster for 2014 will be looked at soon. Please contact a committee member for a copy or email the Junction Journal and I will email you one when I receive it.

The Douglas Daly Playgroup would like tocongratulate all the Prize winners from the ChristmasHamper Raffle drawn on Saturday 14th of December.

They were.......1st prize Steve Brosnan Douglas Daly NT

2nd Prize Linda Houghton QLD

3rd Prize Jaqui Hughes Darwin. NT

It was great see winners from near and far. ThankYou to the Douglas Daly Tourist Park for selling Raffletickets. Also thank you to The Douglas Daly SocialClub, and The Douglas Daly Community DevelopmentAssociation for allowing us to sell tickets at theirfunctions.

The raffle has raised $1,550.00

So well done to all those who sold raffle tickets and abig THANK YOU to everyone who purchased tickets.

There are 18 children under 5 in the Douglas Dalydistrict, and all fundraising gives these children craftsupplies and play equipment helping them to developand learn new skills.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!

Douglas Daly

School News

Well another school year has come to the end!!

As we all get ready for the festive season I would like to take the

opportunity to Thank everyone for the past 12 months of being at

the Douglas Daly School. I have enjoyed teaching the students

and wish them all the best for the future. The support from the

parents has been above and beyond expectations and the school is

lucky to have such a proactive parent body. I have no doubt that

the new in coming principal will be a wonderful addition to the

school.

Christmas concert was a huge success. The students did an

amazing job with their presentation's. I would like to take this

opportunity to thank Kerry and Teagan for coming to our rescue

and cooking the pasta and garlic bread at home. Thank you to all

parents who brought and provided snacks and dessert as well as

help cleaning up at the end of the night. THANK YOU!! :)

We would like to extend our Thanks and congratulation on a

outstanding performances to our playgroup friends. It was

wonderful to include them in our Christmas concert this year.

Best wishes to our graduating student Ben.

We wish him all the best for the future.

Cheers

Liza Palmer & Kerry Harlan


Douglas Daly Weather Report The weather over the past couple of weeks has been quite pleasant, although the rainfall has been lower than usual. Another cyclone that ventured to the west taking the rain away. Will be interesting what 2014 will bring. Happy New Year to you all. November December Max Temp: 40.8 o C (1st) Max Temp: 38.6 o C (13th) Min Temp:21.3 o C (5th) Min Temp: 21.1 o C (15th) Mean Temp Range: 23.9—36.7 o C Mean Temp Range: 24.2—35.3 o C Max Wind Run: 61 km/hr SSE (29th) Max Wind Run: 89 km/hr SE (14th) Rainfall: 217.2 mm Rainfall: 131.8 mm Mean Rainfall: 118.5 mm Mean Rainfall: 208 mm Highest Rainfall: 247.2 mm (2005) Highest Rainfall: 515.6 mm (2003) Highest Daily Rain: 75.8 mm (29th) Highest Daily Rain: 38.0 mm (14th) Highest recorded daily rain: Highest recorded daily rain: 98.0 mm (29/11/1983) 113.0 mm (22/12/2003) Raindays: 16 Raindays: 16 Tipperary: — Nov = 217.2 mm Dec = 130 mm 2013 total = 1021.2 mm Fish River — Nov = 97.2 mm Dec = 189.4 mm 2013 total = 1164.4 mm Rainfall for season 13/14: 407 mm Rainfall for season 12/13: 976.0 mm Rainfall for 2013 calendar year: 1036.6 mm Rainfall for 2012 calendar year: 1518.8 mm Mean rainfall per calendar year: 1262.2 mm Highest rainfall per calendar year: 1939 mm (2011) Lowest rainfall per calendar year: 640.5 mm (1970) 2010-2013 Rainfall--Douglas River

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www.nt.gov.au/ health

Melioidosis

Melioidosis January 2012

What is melioidosis?Melioidosis is a disease caused by bacteria known as Burkholderia pseudomallei. The bacteria live below the soil’s surface during the dry season but after heavy rainfall are found in surface water and mud and may become airborne.

How is it spread?The bacteria that causes melioidosis usually enters the body via cuts and sores in the skin or via inhalation of dust or droplets and very rarely by ingestion of contaminated water.The disease has been found among some domestic and farm animals. Melioidosis does not usually spread from one person to another or from animals to humans.

Where does melioidosis usually occur?Melioidosis is found in tropical areas throughout the world, particularly in South East Asia and northern Australia.In Australia cases typically occur in the Top End of the Northern Territory (NT) and in far north Queensland and the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Cases have been found in the NT occasionally as far south as the Tennant Creek region.

What are the symptoms?The symptoms of melioidosis depend on the site of the infection and this can vary. Often it starts as a chest infection with shortness of breath, productive cough and fever. Other possible presentations include fever with headache and confusion, or

pain and/or difficulty passing urine. People can become ill from 1 to 21 days after being infected and the onset of symptoms may be sudden or gradual. The infection can be fatal and melioidosis requires urgent medical attention and treatment with specific antibiotics.In some cases the illness may come on much more slowly with weight loss, intermittent fever, chest pain and a cough. Some people may present with skin ulcers, boils or joint or bone infections.There have also been cases where the disease has caused illness many years after the initial infection. In these cases, the bacteria have been carried by the person and have become active due to a weakening of the immune system.The diagnosis of melioidosis is made by growing the bacteria with laboratory testing of blood, sputum, urine or a swab from an abscess or non-healing ulcer.

Who is at risk?People most at risk are those with conditions such as diabetes, heavy alcohol consumption, kidney disease, lung disease, and cancer and those on immunosuppressive therapy including steroids.Healthy people can also get the disease if they work in muddy soil without good hand and foot protection. Children are at a lower risk for acquiring melioidosis compared with adults. However, it is still possible for children to acquire melioidosis during the wet season, particularly those with chronic diseases or weakened immune systems.

Centre for Disease Control

www.nt.gov.au/ health

CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL

Melioidosis

For more information contact the CDC in your regionAlice Springs 8951 7540Darwin 8922 8044Katherine 8973 9049Nhulunbuy 8987 0357Tennant Creek 8962 4259

orwww.nt.gov.au/health/cdc

What is the treatment?All patients should be admitted to hospital initially. They are treated with antibiotics, which usually have to be continued for at least 3 months. If treatment is started early, recovery is usually complete. It is important to complete all antibiotics to prevent a relapse.

How can melioidosis be prevented?There is currently no vaccine against melioidosis. Therefore preventive measures are the key to avoiding infection. People with past melioidosis can be infected again after new exposureWaterproof shoes or boots will protect your feet when you walk in wet soil where there is pooled water or you work in muddy conditions, for example, when gardening or working in excavations. Open footwear such as sandals are not very good protection. Protective gloves should be worn when handling soil, particularly during the wet season. Wounds should be promptly and thoroughly washed clean and covered.If necessary, use pumping equipment to control water ingress when working in excavations.

Due to the potential for aerosolisation (airborne droplets) of Burkholderia pseudomallei people with risk factors such as diabetes, heavy alcohol consumption, kidney disease, lung disease and cancer and those on immunosuppressive therapy should stay indoors during periods of heavy wind and rain in the Top End.Children should avoid playing in muddy areas, wet sandpits or places where water has pooled in grassy areas or where grassed areas are boggy. Sandpits which are dry or dry enough to comfortably play in are also low risk.These preventative measures are most important if you have any of the following conditions:• diabetes • heavy alcohol consumption (>20

standard drinks a week or binge drinking)

• kidney disease • lung disease • cancer• receiving immunosuppressive therapy,

including steroids.• cuts or sores in your skin, particularly

on the hands and feet.


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Douglas Daly Primary School

End of Year Activities.

Do Not Call Register

You can list your home, personal mobile or fax number to reduce telemarketing calls.

Registration is free. Once your numbers are listed on the register, telemarketers and fax

marketers must not contact you. Some groups can still contact you after you register. These

include charities, research companies, political parties and educational institutions.

The Do Not Call Register is managed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority

on behalf of the Australian Government. To register call 1 300 792 958 or register online at

https://www.donotcall.gov.au/onlineNumReg.cfm

SCAM ALERT - Scammers claiming to be from the ACMA’s Do Not Call

Register

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has received reports from members of the

public of scam callers claiming to be from the Do Not Call Register. These callers have

attempted to convince consumers to provide them with personal and financial details. The

scammers claim to be from, or work on behalf of, the ACMA, the Do Not Call Register or ‘the

government’. Typically, the scammer starts the call by asking consumers how many telemar-

keting or nuisance calls they receive in a day. The caller then offers a device they claim will

prevent all unwanted calls, explaining there is a charge for installation (e.g. $170) that can be

paid in instalments by credit card. The caller may also indicate they are pretending to be a tele-

marketer to test whether the consumer’s phone company would let the call through.

The ACMA reminds Australians that it does not make calls to the public offering services relat-

ed to the Do Not Call Register. It does not offer any ‘device’ that can be installed to stop tele-

marketing calls and is not aware of any device that would be effective for this purpose. The

ACMA warns that no personal identification or financial details should be provided to

callers claiming to represent the Do Not Call Register.

Consumers also be aware. A viral email (see below) is currently in circulation.

The material contained in the viral email is UNTRUE.

'This is for Australian phone numbers. REMEMBER: mobile phone numbers go public next

month. REMINDER...all mobile phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies

and you will start to receive sale calls. You will be charged for these calls.

Below is a link where you can enter your phone numbers online to put an end to telemarketing

calls. Don't just delete those calls otherwise you will find that you have been signed up for all

sorts of extra services that you didn't want or know about. Like special chimes, music etc.'

You can report a scam to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) by

calling 1300 795 995 or visit www.scamwatch.gov.au.

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