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Macarthur Advancement & Development Association Inc. Issue Nº 181 DECEMBER 2013

MACARTHUR NEWS

The next General Meeting of the Macarthur Advancement & Development Association Inc.

Wednesday 11th December at 7.30 pm at the Senior Citizens Macarthur

MERRY CHRISTMASMERRY CHRISTMASMERRY CHRISTMASMERRY CHRISTMAS

EVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONEEVERYONE

FROM THE MEMBERS

OF MADA

Please note that there will be no Macarthur

News distributed in January. Copy for the

February edition should be with the editor by the

24th of January.

There will also be no MADA meeting held in

January.

Christmas Lights

Competition Time to pull out the decorations and light up the town. Judging for

the Christmas Lights competition

will take place after the 15th of

December so hurry and get those

decorations up. There will be 2

prizes awarded, a $50 voucher to spend at a

business of your choice in Macarthur and a second

prize voucher worth $25. With a little effort

Macarthur should be visible from the space station

orbiting the earth.

LETTERS TO SANTA

Santa has asked all children to post their letters to

Santa, C/- Macarthur PO.

Santa would like to receive letters before

December 17th — each letter to have a return

address printed clearly on the back of the

envelope - and he has promised to reply

personally to each child’s letter.

MERRY

CHRISTMAS

FROM

SANTA

DECEMBER 2013 Macarthur News

The Memorial Rose Garden

The Rose Garden looked a picture for Remembrance

Day this year. There was an additional bed, ready for

the dedication of seven roses and, if Peter Cundall, for-

mer presenter of Gardening Australia, had been there he

would have declared it “Blooming marvellous”.

It became obvious last year that an extra rose bed

was required so a grant was applied for and received

from the State Government.

Their Restoring Community War Memorial Grants

Program provided the funding needed to construct the

new garden bed. Brendan Gay was contracted to do

the work but the weather held up the work for some

time. Brendan had promised to have it ready in time for

Remembrance Day so as soon as he had a few days of

fine weather forecast he set to and completed the job.

Thank you to Brendan for a job well done.

The Rose Garden is kept looking good thanks to a

dedicated group of people. Pruning is done by Moyne

Shire gardener Gerald. No easy feat given the large

number of roses. Take a walk through the garden and

you will see what a great job he does. The roses bloom

right on cue for Remembrance Day and this year looked

absolutely stunning.

Cheryl Hill and her trusty group of helpers look after

the general maintenance, weeding and dead heading to

keep the area looking good. This has been a labour of

love for many years and their efforts are much appreci-

ated.

Joe Mooney can be seen accompanied by his faithful

four legged friend (and works supervisor) mowing the

area around the War Memorial and Rose Garden on a

regular basis. The grass is never allowed to get out of

hand.

Last but not least is Bernie Warren who helps out when

and where help is needed. Thank you and a big “well

done” to all of you and anyone else who has or does

help to keep this area looking so good. It is a credit to

you all.


ROUND BALING

& SILAGE WRAPPING

Glenn (Cotton) Baker

Rolling — Mowing

Raking & Teddering

Spraying — Sowing

Phone: (03) 55784246

0419 836 784

Macarthur Hotel

Raffle nights

December 6th R.C.H. Dec 13th Mens Shed

Dec 20th H.M.F.N.C.

Dec 27 R.S.L.

Jan 3rd Broadwater Fire

Jan 10th Macarthur Golf Club

Jan 17th Macarthur Swimming Pool

Jan 24th Lions Club

Jan 31st Macarthur Primary School

Feb 7th Macarthur Cricket Club

Feb 14th Historical Society

Please come and support your club and sell

raffle tickets. Make it a night out for your

club.

www.macarthurpub.com.au

Facebook: Macarthurpub. Ph: 55761120

MACARTHUR PUB

Thursday Nights Pot & Parma

Meals Thursday to Saturday

Pop in Take Away menu available

Friday night raffle

**********

Sunday December 8th

LIVE MUSIC from 4pm.

50’s 60’s & country “Mista Beat”

XMAS LUNCH Sunday 22nd Dec

NO BOOKING—NO LUNCH

KITCHEN CLOSED from 23rd Dec.

Re opening Thurs 17th Jan.

**********

MOVIE NIGHTS 20th Dec & 31st Jan

*************

NEW YEARS EVE

Live music ‘Blue Gum’ from 6pm.

Family night out BBQ Dinner 6pm.

Courtesy bus available MUST BOOK

AUSTRALIA DAY

Live music & Sausage Sizzle

Eumeralla Property Services

Home handyman, small renovations,

property maintenance, gardening

services.

Licensed Pest Control Technician.

Labour hire (High risk licence)

0419389022 55775220.

Email: [email protected]

MACARTHUR NEWS

Editor: Merilyn Cook.

Layout: Carole Dunn

Printing: Moyne Shire Council

Published by MADA

Advertising Rates

1/8 page $10 Yearly $60

¼ page $20 Yearly $100

½ page $35 Yearly $150

Once off: Full page $50. Full back page $60

Advertising to: [email protected]

Articles & reports: [email protected]

Enquiries: Merilyn Cook 5576 1113

All articles and ads must be submitted by 21st of each month.


Parks Victoria Update

I am very pleased with the amount of work that

has been happening at Mount Eccles and Mount

Napier recently to prepare for the fire season. The

major work that has been undertaken is the spraying

of tracks that were the subject of discussion with the

local CFA and agreed to be sprayed every year by

DEPI prior to the fire season. The traditional owners

also provide some funding for the Budj Bim bike

trail at Mount Eccles to be sprayed annually and this

has just recently been completed. The end result is

that a majority of tracks in the park have been

sprayed. Slashing of Dunmore Road and some other

private property boundary tracks in the south of the

park is also planned. Mount Napier will also have

some of its tracks sprayed and the usual track clear-

ing of other tracks there will occur soon.

The traditional owners have also been busy with

land management on their land that borders Mount

Eccles; they recently had several small aircraft drops

of spray on their land to deal with the variegated this-

tle infestations, it was pleasing to see some of these

large thistles looking very sick when I patrolled out

near Lake Condah recently.

The two project fire fighters commenced at

Mount Eccles in late October, they are both returnees

from last season, Daniel Howard-Jones and Colin

Harrop, apart from fire season preparation works

they have attended a few burns and have been good

value with walking track and campground works.

Doug has been on the job with a few loads of gravel

and assisting with his loader to replace a couple of

BBQs, he loves a cuppa and a chat at the office and

will eat the biscuit tin dry if I don’t keep an eye on

him !!! I have also been very fortunate to have some

extra dollars to employ a casual for seven weeks to

help with pest plants; Hayden Banks who worked as

a project fire-fighter at Eccles last season has been

busy spraying and hand pulling weeds.

The community service workers have been to Eccles

a few times in the past month or so and have been

hard at it cutting back walking tracks.

I am looking to take a couple of weeks off just

prior to Christmas and will be back a couple of days

before Christmas and working over the break. On

behalf of Parks Victoria I would like to wish the

community a happy and safe Christmas.

Gary Bellesini

Ranger at Mount Eccles

Hayden Banks of Parks Victoria and Ken Scott from

DEPI ready to set out to spray tracks

Community Service workers just prior to heading

out to work on the walking tracks


Septic Tank Cleaning

Portable Toilet Hire – weekend or long term

Parfrey Plumbing Pty Ltd Phone: 0355761102

We also have

8 Ton Excavator with Augers for drilling 300mm, 450mm and 600mm

Servicing Macarthur & Surrounding areas

Playgroup is now on:

FRIDAYS : 10am - 12noon

Until Christmas

(NOTE: change of day)

Everybody Welcome

Come along for a cuppa and a chat

Broadwater Playgroup Broadwater Playgroup Broadwater Playgroup Broadwater Playgroup

Port Fairy/Hamilton RoadPort Fairy/Hamilton RoadPort Fairy/Hamilton RoadPort Fairy/Hamilton Road

Fundraising Auction

a Huge Success

The Breakaway Creek/Knebsworth Social Club has

outdone itself with the success of the major fundrais-

ing event it held this year, generating necessary funds

to ensure the continued usage of the local hall for

social activities.

On Saturday 19th October an auction of donated goods

and services was held at the hall and attended by a

strong crowd of both locals and people from outside

the district. The evening started with a pot luck dinner

with the catering up to usual standard of high class

country cuisine. Following dinner, the auction was to

start and thirty six registered bidders ready and wait-

ing.

The 70 lots to go under the hammer were all donated

goods and services which locals had sought out to

have donated to this cause. There was something for

everyone, ranging from store vouchers to bags and

hats; assorted containers of engine oils to garden

ornaments; cheese and wine hampers to truck loads of

crushed bluestone roading chip; buckets of laundry

powder to a heap of cut firewood. There were also

items of tasty country baking such as jars of yoyos,

packs of sausage rolls, plum puddings and powder

puffs. Two local plumbers also donated two hours of

their time to be auctioned off and these services were

hotly contested. Aaron Malseed of Elders was the

auctioneer for the evening, keeping the crowd both

entertained and bidding hands working furiously to

secure the lot they wanted. Neighbour bid against

neighbour, friend against friend, until the top price

could be achieved for each lot.

Broadwater Community Reserve Inc

Hamilton/Port Fairy Road,

Broadwater (old school)

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING! (again) Saturday14th December 2013Saturday14th December 2013Saturday14th December 2013Saturday14th December 2013

BYO food/drinks and BBQ supplied

50c per person Families a plate of supper to share.

EVERYBODY WELCOME

6pm BBQ – 8pm Santa

A highlight of the evening was the bidding war

between Margaret and Brenda, friends for 50 years

or more, battling it out over lot number 60. Who

knew a chicken garden ornament would be in such

demand!

The auction finished well, all lots off to new homes

and the buyers happy with their new purchases.

The evening raised $4139 in total, of which the

hall committee will keep $3639 to maintain the

hall and fund future social events. A further $500

raised from the evening has been donated to

Peter’s Project to help in the funding of an

Integrated cancer centre here in the south west.

The Breakaway Creek/Knebsworth Social Com-

mittee would like to sincerely thank all those who

contributed to this event which was a very success-

ful fundraiser. We would like to acknowledge the

following businesses for their contribution of

goods and services:

*Robinson’s Sport Scene *Victoria’s Sights and

Delights * Woodrowe Tree Technicians * Elders

Hamilton * Hawker Contracting * MG Trading

Heywood * MG Trading Koroit * Rhys Malseed

Plumber * Heywood Bakery * James Dean

Pharmacy *Hanson Quarries Heywood * The Meat

Barn *Macarthur Rural Supplies *Peter Drendel

Plumber *Ladybug Nursery * Millers Hamilton

*Mooney’s Milkbar *South West Farmers

*Finchetts Plumbing *Ardonachie Lime Pty Ltd

*Craig Handreck Spreading * Daylys IGA

Heywood * Heywood Hardware * Windmill Ag

*Norton Ford *Permewans Hamilton * Walkers

Mitre 10 * Bunworth’s Tyre Service *Hunt’s Auto

Spares *Scott Petroleum *Alex’s Pizza and Wok

*Kerr and Co



LIONS CLUB CELEBRATE

THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY

98 people gathered in the Macarthur hall on

Saturday night, November 23rd, to celebrate

the 40th anniversary of the Chartering of

Macarthur and District Lions Club.

Visitors came from Adelaide, Gippsland,

Geelong, Colac and all surrounding areas and

many happy memories were re-lived.


MACARTHUR BOWLS CLUB

CORPORATE CUP

Begins Wednesday

5th February 2014

“This A Fun Competition”

You are invited to enter a team.

Teams to consist of any 3 non club

members.

The Competition runs for 4 consecutive

Wednesday nights

5th February, 12th, 19th & 26th February 2014.

Starting time 6 o’clock sharp

The Bowls Club will supply the bowls

You are required to supply 3 team players each

week to keep the competition running smoothly.

Entry fee is $6.00 per head which

includes Bowls & BBQ Tea

Don’t be disappointed Enter your team

early

Entries to : Fred Schroeder 55761373 Mary Millard 55787264

John Bragg 55705001

Get your bowls team

together and come and

have some fun at the

Macarthur bowls club.

Good company and great

fun and plenty of good

humoured rivalry.

We can help you with:

• Tax Planning

• Self Managed Super Funds

• Bookkeeping

• BAS & IAS

• Payroll, PAYG & Super

Small Tax Returns $99

* Conditions apply *


MCLEOD TRANSPORT

Livestock & General 45’ 2 x 1 Stock Crate Trailer 45’ Drop Deck Trailer

David McLeod 1127 Condah Road, Macarthur 3286

03 5578 4200 0428 527 264

Call us today for an appointment

Ph: 555 13 777 [email protected]

www.struckaccounting.com.au

Struck Accounting

124 Thompson St, Hamilton, VIC 3300

67 Moreillon Blvd, Bannockburn, VIC 3331

♦ Land Plane

♦ Raking

♦ Disc Ploughing

♦ Track Formation

♦ Field Span

♦ Draining.

♦ Hay Baling

♦ Air Seeder

♦ Mouldboard Ploughing

♦ Power Harrow

♦ Mowing

♦ Offset Disc Ploughing

LACHLAN & WALLACE HILLLACHLAN & WALLACE HILL AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORSAGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS

Lachlan: 0418 761113 Wallace: 0419 591971

SPECIALISING INSPECIALISING INSPECIALISING IN:


DRY CLEANING SERVICE

NOW AVAILABLE

2 Market St, Macarthur Vic 3286

Ph: 55761001 Open Mon Tue Thu Fri 11 am to 5 pm

Wed open till 5.30pm

Lunch from 1 pm to 2 pm.

Closed Public Holidays.

Heywood Pharmacy Ph: 55271683

Great Range of

Gifts for all

Occasions

Lots of colours in the

new Nail Polish Range

GG. . HILL CONTRACTINGHILL CONTRACTING

AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONSAGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS

3 X 3 & 4 X 3 Square Baling. Disc & Mouldboard Ploughing.

Power Harrowing. V & Rotary Raking.

Self Propelled Mower. Conditioner & Windrower. Silage Wrapping.

Hay Cartage & Stacking. Harvesting. Rotary Hoeing. Crop Rolling.

General Cultivation. Air Seeding of Cereals.

Direct Sowing of Small Seeds. Grouper Available.

Hay, Straw & grain Sales.

Phone George: 0427 053 488 Gary: 0427 761 302


Macarthur Community Gym

Membership only $50:00 per year.

All new members will have a free induction to the equipment with our local fit-

ness instructor Jodie Nicholls to get you started. You can then choose to partici-

pate in Jodie’s twice weekly circuit classes which are only $5:00 per class, and/or

secure a key from the health centre so you can go whenever you like.

Membership forms are available from Macarthur Community Health, En-

quiries 55522000

DECEMBER 2013 Macarthur N

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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

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Lions Dinner Meeting

3

Men’s Shed

4

Senior Citizens Lunch

5

Men’s Shed

6 7 8

9 10

Men’s Shed

11

Senior Citizens Lunch

12

Men’s Shed

13 14 15

16

Lions Meeting

17

Men’s Shed

18 19

Men’s Shed

20 21 22

23 24 25

Christmas Day

26

Boxing Day

27 28 29

30 31

New Years Eve

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