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February 2015

March Telegraph deadline

Friday 20th February 2015

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INSIDE THIS MONTH

Pg 5 Nannup Community Diary Dates

Pg 8-9 Health & Wellbeing

Pg 11 Small Landholder News

Pg 12 Lisa Mahoney

Pg 13 Bird Watch

Pg 13 Our Wild Flora

Pg 14-15 Backyard Buddies

Pg 16-17 Nannup Volunteer Resource Centre News

Pg 24-25 Historical Society Pages

Pg 37 Mobile Phones

Pg 38-39 Youth/NDHS News

Pg 41 Police Report

Pg 42 Telegraph on Tour

Pg 43 Classifieds

Pg 44-47 Shire Notes

ACROSS THE DESKACROSS THE DESKACROSS THE DESKACROSS THE DESK

Happy 2015 to our readers.

A lot has already happened since the 1st January

here at the Nannup CRC. Courses and mee�ngs have

started as community groups begin to plan what

looks like being a very produc�ve and enjoyable year

ahead.

Thanks to our readers who have kindly pointed out a

couple of typographical errors in our last edi�on - we

appreciate your feedback and welcome volunteers to

pop in and check over the final proof before the

Telegraph goes to print each month.

Contact us for more informa�on.

Remember, our doors are open 9am - 5pm Monday

to Friday and we look forward to helping you.

Un�l next �me...

The Telegraph Team

SueClaire, Jen, Cate & Cheryle

Nannup Telegraph

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Dear Editor,

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plan8ng blue gums in our back yard, there were nine

in total. They grew rapidly, reaching over 30 foot

high. I was ge


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Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

Thumbs up to the Lions Club’s efforts setting up the Skin Cancer Van, a job well done.

Thumbs up to Jean’s lovely flowers outside of her shop.

To the Nannup Historical Society for organising the 125th Anniversary Celebration of our beautiful town.

To the people who use the firebreak as a short cut off of Brockman Hwy onto Valley Way

Please send in your Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down to [email protected] or 10 Warren Rd, Nannup.

(These are kept anonymous)

Dear Editor,

The Water Corpora8on held a forum in Nannup last year and launched their Water Forever draA water

management brochure. The amount of water the

average individual in Nannup is reported to use each year was astounding, at 240,000 litres! It appeared that, out of

a dozen or more S.W. towns, Nannup’s usage topped the

charts. In contrast a friend in Perth , Michele, has a

permaculture garden and her TOTAL household water use per year is 20,000 liters. This is one 12th of the current use

in Nannup! My friend is gravely concerned for the

biosphere, she walks the talk and grows a substan8al percentage of her food on her ordinary quarter acre

suburban block. Michele does not shop but catches

seafood, grows mushrooms indoors, gathers olives from

street trees and keeps a few chooks. She has 60 recycled 200 litre drums connected to the downpipe from her roof

and 2 water tanks which store another 6,000 litres of

winter rain. This water is sufficient for her every need. Water is delivered to the garden through a grey water

system , buckets and hoses. Her garden is produc8ve

year round even in windswept Ocean Reef. And BTW, she

drives an electric ute powered by the sun. I hold up Michele as an example of sustainable living, and what is

possible, to all.

Conversa8on with locals reveals that Myalup vegetable

farmers are using so much water ( as we can all see

driving past literally hundreds of buHerfly sprinklers

watering sand) that they have salt water intrusion into one new bore aAer another, and are leaving a trail of salt

affected land and groundwater in their wake . I have

asked the Department of Water what they are doing about this environmental vandalism. Water use has been

documented as 70% less on some vegetable farms aAer

conversion from chemical fer8lizers to compost.

Strategies including cover crops/mulches and water wise irriga8on methods would similarly drama8cally cut the

environmental cost to our Mother Earth of these

“cheap” vegetables . Bee Winfield

Dear Editor,

Sincere praise and congratula8ons to the Historical

Society for their splendid celebra8on of Nannup’s 125th

birthday. It was a triumph for the organisers and the wonderful

few who have beavered away for years to collate, classify

and conserve the history of our town. The Nannup Shire provides and maintains the premises,

which could not be used for a beHer cause, but all the

hours of dedicated work and money raised to finance it’s

survival led to this truly sa8sfying result.

A challenging idea backed up by a dedicated team,

shoestring finance, good organising skills, and a number

of willing community helpers, (we know who they are)

resulted in a triumph .

Nannup deserves to have it’s pioneers remembered and

honoured, they played a big part in the saga of “How the

West was won”.

Mrs E.E.Happ.

Dear Editor,

Congratula8ons to all members & volunteers of the Nannup Historical Society for the wonderful display we

have aHended to celebrate the Nannup 125th Anniversary.

It was a thrill mee8ng old Nannupians once more.

Mrs Kelva Kealley.

What’s On In Nannup This February 2015? As well as our usual community diary happenings this month ... Nannup Markets - Jan 31st, Feb 14th & 28th Music In The Vineyard Concert - Sat 7th Feb Nannup Music Festival Fri 27th Feb - Monday March 2nd Full Moon (4th Feb) & New Moon (19th Feb) Gatherings @ Mowen Springs 5pm Onwards. Bring a plate. Enquiries Karlo 042 4490 414


Thursday

Glee Club

5:30pm @ NDHS music room Ph: Val 9756 1560

Spin

6.30 - 7.15am @ Lakeview Fitness Centre, for bookings and

enquiries please ph Lauren on 0408 921 052

Circuit Fitness

9 - 10am @ Lakeview Fitness Centre, for bookings and enquiries

please ph Lauren on 0408 921 052

Kids Fit Kit (Fitness for kids)

3.30 - 4.15pm @ Lakeview Fitness Centre, for bookings and

enquiries please ph Lauren on 0408 921 052

BigN (Business Init iative Group Nannup):

Meets every 1st Thursday of the month 5.30 for 6pm start.

Phone Phil Laird for further details 9756 0460

Friday

Spin and Gym

9 - 10am Indoor cycling plus gym workout @ Lakeview Fitness

Centre, for bookings and enquiries please ph Lauren on

0408 921 052

Cychos Cycling Club

Meets at Foreshore Park 8am. Phone Bob 0427 560 303 or Kirsten

0404 891 315

Dru Yoga

1.30pm FREE for volunteers @ CRC

Wellness Club

1st Friday of every month at the Shirley Humble Room at 2pm.

Ph Ann 9756 3089 or Kate 9756 3064

Nannup Historical Society

Display rooms open 10am-1pm

High Intensity Interval Training

3.30 - 4pm Lakeview Fitness Centre, for bookings and enquiries

please ph Lauren 0408 921 052

HIRT

5 - 5.45pm Lakeview Fitness Centre, for bookings and enquiries

please ph Lauren 0408 921 052

Saturday

Filthy Fit

7– 8am Indoor/Outdoor training. Call Lauren 0408 921 052

Nordic Walking

8.00 - 9am. Call Lauren 0408 921 052

TRX Strength Training

9.15 - 10am @ Lakeview Fitness Centre, for bookings and enquiries please ph Lauren on 0408 921 052

Nannup Historical Society

Meets at Old Roads Board building, Warren Rd on the 2nd

Saturday of each month at 2pm. Display rooms open by appointment. Contact Neville 0409 376 372

Sunday

Garden Club

Ph. Bob Longmore 0427 560 303 for dates & location.

Garden Village Inc:

3rd Sunday of every month, 9am at the Community House.

General maintenance of the garden.

Nannup Community Food Garden

Busy Bees every Sunday from 9.30 am

Monday

Badminton

8.30am @ Rec Centre. Ph Neville 9756 1863. Coaching available.

Bingo

Every 1st Monday of the month.. 1-3pm @ Community House,

Brockman St. Any age welcome, organised with afternoon tea supplied by Nannup Branch CWA of WA.

Spin

6.30-7.15am at Lakeview Fitness Centre, for bookings and

enquiries please ph Lauren 0408 921 052

Dance Fitness

5-6pm at Lakeview Fitness Centre. Call Lorraine, 9756 0832

Thump Boxing

6-7pm at Lakeview Fitness Centre. Call Lorraine, 9756 0832

Hirt

7.15 - 8pm at Lakeview Fitness Centre. Call Lauren 0408 921 052

Tuesday

Badminton

7.00pm @ Rec Centre. Ph Neville 9756 1863. Coaching available.

Tennis for Everyone

8.00am at the tennis courts. Free if outside.

Ph: Rita 9756 1231

Cychos Cycling Club

Meets at Foreshore Park 8am. Phone Bob 0427 560 303 or Kirsten

0404 891 315 TRX Circuit

9am @ Lakeview Fitness Centre, for bookings and enquiries please

ph Lauren 0408 921 052

Meditation

2.30pm - ‘Omm Room’ 4 Griffiths Rd 0428 246 066 (Trish)

Karrak Karate (Chris Buckland)

Juniors 4.30 - 5.30pm Seniors 5.45 - 7.15pm

@ Lakeview Fitness Centre Enquiries Chris Buckland 9756 0590

Playgroup

Playgroup is held every Tuesday morning during the school term

from 10:00–12:00 at the Nannup Community Kindergarten.

Enquiries: Lorelle Sinclair 0438 975 197

Nannup Community Kitchen

Open from 5-7.00pm at Nannup Bowling Club. $5 per head. Under 8 free. Phone Brownie Dickens 9756 0311

Craft Group

10-3pm. Meet at Community House. Ph Kaye Locke, 97560260

Wednesday

Gentle Gym

9.30am @ Town Hall The classes are suitable for over-50s, but anyone is welcome. The

exercises focus on stretching, flexibility and relaxation. Cost is

$3.00 per session, followed by sharing a coffee together.

Friends of the Foreshore

Meets at Foreshore Park at 8am. Ph Neville 9756 1863. CWA – Nannup Branch

Meets every 3rd Wednesday of the month, 11am at the

Community House, Brockman Street. A warm welcome to anyone.

Enquiries: Pat Twiss 9756 0241.

Step (TBC)

9-10am @ Lakeview Fitness Centre, for bookings and enquiries


Over 50’s Low Impact Training

3-4pm @ Lakeview Fitness Centre, for bookings and enquiries


Nannup Community Diary February 2015


Phone 0403 044 747

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Hundreds of people

gathered on Saturday 10th

January to celebrate the

125th Anniversary of the

gazeHal of Nannup

Township. The main street

was alive with an impressive

array of vintage automobiles

and pedestrians making their

way to the display which was

held in Nannup Town Hall

from 10am - 3pm. The

organisers and dedicated

team of volunteers from Nannup Historical Society Inc.

who put many precious hours of hard work in to this

spectacular event created a large display of historical

photographs, all individually cap8oned with relevant

informa8on and various interes8ng items of memorabilia.

People from the areas of Manjimup, Bridgetown,

Busselton, Bunbury, Donnybrook, Margaret River,

Mandurah, Rockingham and even Perth made their way to

Nannup for this wonderful event. Certain members of the

public also

generously donated

more old

photographs and

memorabilia on the

day to the Nannup

Historical Society Inc.

who safeguard this

informa8on ensuring

that the pioneers of

this area will always

be remembered.

The Nannup

Historical Society Inc. was established by Nannup local

residents in 1999 and has been housed at the old Nannup

Road Board building, Warren Road Nannup, since early

2002. The Nannup Historical Society rooms are open to

the public each Friday from 10.00

am to 1pm or by appointment and

holds a large collec8on of old

historical photographs, maps,

memorabilia, ar8cles and all kinds

of Nannup historical informa8on

in its archives. The Nannup

Historical Society mee8ngs are

held on the second Saturday of

each month commencing at 2.00

pm in the old Nannup Road Board

building and prospec8ve new

members are most welcome to aHend.

For more informa�on phone Neville Tanner

on 0409 376 372. Story by SueClaire Donovan Pictures by Neville Tanner and Cheryle Brown

Visitors at the Historical Society Display in Nannup Town Hall

Nannup Township Bursts At The Seams For 125th Anniversary Celebrations

Local community volunteers help out on the day


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Church Service Times Nannup 2015

Anglican Church - Sundays at 5pm

Contact: Catherine Sco� 9756 1114

Catholic Church – 1st & 3rd Saturday

of the month at 5pm

Contact: Kath Dean 9756 0680

Uniting Church - 3rd Sunday

of the month at 1.30pm

Contact: Revd. Brenton Prigge

Busselton Church O.ce 97523304

G o i n g s o m e p l a c e interesting? Why not take the Telegraph on ‘Tour’ with you?

The next Messy Church will be held on

February 15th 2015.

1.30 pm at The Uni�ng Church

The Retreads motorcycle group of Nannup set off on

another tour on Monday in bright sunshine on a very hot

day. The usual mix of bikes including Triumph, Harley,

Honda, Kawasaki, a Canam trike and a ute. We headed

down the Vasse Highway way towards Busselton and on

to Vasse where we picked up a country road down to the

first stop for Coffee at a place deep in the bush called the

Goanna. With coffee and cakes (and chocolate)

consumed, we headed off for a tour of the country side

and coast via Commonage road and onto the coastal loop

around Eagle Bay, stopping for a photo shoot at Meelup

beach. This is one of a number of bays on the coast with

good parking and facili8es. There may have been the odd

Ice cream also consumed at this 8me (john). From

Meelup we headed off into the country to lunch at the

Swooping Magpie winery, which was very unhurried, the

food was excellent. From the Winery we headed back

home to Nannup. All in all the day went well, we only

made two u turns due to naviga8onal errors. From the

first ride organised up un8l now, this has been a great

way to explore the South West, with many beau8ful

scenic spots discovered and quite a few wineries, it has

been a great way to discover the south west and anyone

who wants to join in can contact us before our next ride

which is will be on Tuesday 17th of Feb.

Retreads On The Road

Again with Many More Rides Planned For 2015


Western Australian Country Health Services – South West

Nannup Health Service MPS

Child Health Clinics Every 1st Monday of the month from 1.00 to 3.00pm every 3rd Monday of the month f rom 12.30 to 2 .00pm . Please phone 9756 3800 for an appointment Immunisation Clinics Held every 3rd Monday of the month from 1-3pm. Foot care Clinics Do you need your nails clipped? Appointments available Pathology Manjimup Path Centre Tuesday and Thursday from 9.00am to 11.00am. No appointment necessary. Please advise reception staff if you are fasting. Private General Practitioners Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Please phone the Hospital for an appointment on 9756 3800 between 8.30-4.30. As Doctors appointments are in high demand, we would appreciate notification if you are unable to attend your appointment.

Other Clinics: ● Asthma Nurse – as needed

● Continence and Stoma Therapy – as needed.

Phone 9782 1222 for appointments.

● Dietic ian – As needed. Phone 9777 0470 for appointment

● Diabetic Educator – as needed. Phone 9756 3800 for appointments

● Occupational Therapist – as needed. Phone 9777 0470 for

appointment

● School Nurse – visits school every Thursday.

● Speech Pathology – As needed. Phone 9777 0470 for

appointment

● Social Worker – as needed.

• Rural Link-after hours mental health services Phone 1800 552 002

Nannup Community Care

We can assist if you are an elderly person, a person with a disability, or caring for a relative or friend who is elderly, or has a disability. Assessment is necessary prior to services being provided and this can be arranged by contacting Cecelia Aldridge on 9756 1061 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 9.00am to 2.00pm. Useful Telephone Contacts

Health Direct and GP 24 1800 022 222 Rural Link 1800 552 002 Lifeline 13 11 14 Mens’ line 1300 789 978 Crisis Care 1800 199 008

Remember in a life threatening emergency, ring 000. For further general information and information regarding any of the clinics, please do not hesitate to contact us on 9756 3800

If your GP is closed, we’re open. After hours GP helpline.

Health direct 1800�022�222�Have an urgent health concern after hours?

The after hours GP helpline can give you reassurance and practical medical advice

Operating times: 6pm to 8am Monday to Friday

6pm to 8am Saturday 12 noon Saturday to 8am Monday

24 hours on public holidays Calls from landlines are free. Mobile charges may apply

Nannup Locals Receive Prestigious Awards

from DPAW

In November 2014 Ac8ng Director General of Dept. of Parks and Wildlife Peter Dans formally acknowledged a number of past and present Nannup townspeople along with others from the South West including Donnybrook, Bunbury, Harvey, Collie, Margaret River, Kirup and Busselton. These people (all of whom are affiliated with DPAW & Forest Products Commission) were awarded with a na8onal medal for long service to fire figh8ng. The ceremony was held at the Kirup Town Hall. Medals were presented on behalf of the Minister for Environment, acknowledging personnel who had spent 15 years service in the field of bush fire figh8ng. Clasps were also awarded to those who had given a subsequent 10 years service on top of the ini8al 15 years they had served in this field. People of Nannup who were awarded with this pres8gious accolade included Jim Craigie - 45 years service (not present at the service); Jim Green -35 years service; Robert Buckley - 35 years service; Brad Commins - 35 years service; Mick Zwart - 42 years service, Lloyd Cockman - 25 years service (present but camera shy at the ceremony) & Steve Mills 15 years service. All of these men except Steve Mills started off in the Forestry Department. In total the awards represented more that 1600 years of service. A very well deserved acknowledgement to those people who have dedicated years of service for their community’s well being and protec8on. Story by SueClaire Donovan

Medals: Mick Zwart, Kirup, second clasp, 35 years. Jim Green, Nannup, second clasp, 35 years. Julie Proctor, Donnybrook, medal, 15 years. Don

Boothey, Mullalyup, medal, 15 years. Robert Buckley, Nannup, second clasp, 35 years. Steve Mills, Nannup, medal, 15 years. Brad Commins, Nannup,

second clasp, 35 years. Pic courtesy of Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail


Geoff Trainer Psychologist 20 Brockman St Nannup 9724 1011 0429 312 141

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Rowland Benjamin D.O. is a registered Osteopath and is in practice in Bridgetown. Rowland treats muscle and joint problems such as chronic or intermittent pain with hands-on manipulation. It takes about three visits to fix one problem. The case history, examination and treatment take about 30 minutes.

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Renae & the girls from

NEW BEAUTY NEW BEAUTY NEW BEAUTY NEW BEAUTY (Manjimup) will be at the

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We also do Gi� Vouchers so pop in and purchase your loved one

a pampering Gi� Voucher. Please phone 9771 1772 to make your booking.

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Australia Day in Nannup 2015

Over 350 people aHended the Australia Day breakfast on Monday hosted by the Shire of Nannup with support

from the Nannup Lions Club and BreH Furniss. An

Australian Ci8zenship Affirma8on ceremony was held and

the Premier’s Australia Day Awards were presented to recipients Ross CroA and the Nannup Community

Kitchen.

Council congratulates all recipients on their awards and acknowledges the dedica8on and contribu8on of

nominees and awardees to our community.

A complete write up will be included in the March edi8on

of the Nannup Telegraph.

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For 12 years on

New Year’s Day a baHle to rival the

c u r r e n t

I n t e r n a 8o n a l

Cricket Test Match Series

occurs in a sunny

field on the banks of the Blackwood

R i v e r a t

Blackwood River

Chalets, the Ember’s Cup.

Once again local

and part 8me Jalbarragupians

could not have

asked for beHer

w e a t h e r condi8ons for the

2015 New Year’s

Day Ember’s Cup. The match brings

together the Jalbarragup community (with a few other

Nannup locals and visitors) to play out the much

an8cipated cricket match between the Sundowners, Captained by John Hillan and the Shedites, Captained by

Rob Ferguson. This year the somewhat depleted

Sundowners (171) broke a 2 year losing streak, stunning the Shedites (165) with their cricke8ng finesse, with only

a liHle bit of help from the Umpires, Kurt Weigele & Geoff

Ludkins. Team members travelled from near (across the

River) and far (England) to take part in the Match. Award winners on the day included:

Colin Fox Ben Linden Memorial Trophy for Best Catch

Phil Laird Best Player - an impressive feat given that in 2013 he won Least Improved

Vicki Willing Lady of the Match

MaH White Man of the Match

Robert Lee Least Improved

Best Boy Levi Reigner Best Girl Dianne Balston, whose age is irrelevant

Best New Boy Kaleb Rummer

Dain.est Girl Evelyn Patman Best Dogs Hudson Bishop-Smith and

Mini Petersen - Laird

An enjoyable and entertaining day was had by all. In 2016,

will the Sundowners retain the Ember’s Cup or will the

Shedites return to their former winning glory?

We will have to wait and see.

Story by Cate Stevenson Picture by Dave Chappell

Locals Battle For 2015 Embers Cup, Jalbarragup

Winning team The Sundowners hold the Embers Cup aloft


Summer is definitely here and so is the New Year! Have you been considering all the things that need doing, or that you would like to do, around your property? Make a

list and decide what is achievable for 2015.

By making a list, and se


While even the smartest of water wise gardens wilt without their

supplementary H2O, and the lowest

lying of paddock plants dry to a proverbial crisp, our glorious South

West bush thrives, courtesy of

millions of years of evolu�onary

intelligence. Exactly the right plants, with the right features, in the right

place at the right �me create a

garden so gracious, so diverse, so beau�ful

and yet so persistently

hardy, it openly scoffs

at the contrivances of man.

Walking the bush as the

temperatures soar is an educa8on in humility.

Given my daily

endeavours at the end of a hose I am

in absolute awe of our na8ve grasses, sedges, shrubs and bushes, small,

medium and large trees. I can just

about imagine the roots of a jarrah, three 8mes its trunk height buried in

the earth, seeking and finding

pockets of moisture, captured over

millennia of forest business, that sustain life, but how do

the smaller ones survive?

I know there is a heap of scien8fic explana8ons;

waxy leaves, funnel

shaped leaves that

capture and direct night 8me moisture, leaves

that curl and contort to escape the

dehydra8ng effects of our summer sun, yet knowing how this is

evidently possible does nothing to

temper my wonder. Perhaps I am

simply predisposed to ardent apprecia8on of all things freely

offered by this precious planet.

A daily walk in this verdant

wonderland most certainly promotes gra8tude and a certain

protec8veness towards its fate. I’ve

lived here long enough now to see our Wildflower Walks in various

states of being. There have been

8mes where it seemed the collec8ve could

barely manage to cling

to life, when trees displayed as much

brown as green as the

forest laboured under a

lack of considera8on (and perhaps a

par8cularly dry

summer). Thankfully, and despite fears of the

effects of our ill advised

meddling in underground

aquifers, the bush currently seems happy,

vital even. I’d like to

believe it reflects the apprecia8on of those

who wander (walk, ride,

move freely with wonder in their

hearts) amongst its abundance and am treated

to a moment’s op8mism on

its behalf. As so much waste and wanton

destruc8on plays out in

other parts of our forest, to

dwell for a moment in the peace that might be, if

only we would seek it, is a

welcome indulgence. Another indulgence,

recently discovered and

immediately adopted as a

vital part of my experience is barefoot

bush walking. The words alone

invoke a litany of childhood cau8ons and

limita8ons; bees, sharp

s8cks, animal excreta,

broken boHles (parents have such enormous

imagina8ons). The truth

of my most recent

private pleasure is in fact, in every way

opposite to this

expecta8on of ill effect. Not even the influence of a midday

sun on fine grey sand is enough to

temper the experience. For this is the forest

and no stretch of

baking sand is long enough denied shade to

ensure burning my bare

feet. Alterna8vely there

is a smaHering of dried leaf, sharp yes on some

edges yet soA mostly to

a surface requiring temperature respite, readily available in every

direc8on. I don’t recall what ini8ated

this ac8on, most likely an ins8nc8ve

need to connect, a desperate yearning to experience myself as part

of this planet, Gaia, Pachamama,

Mother Earth, a way to ground myself in the maelstrom of personal

experiences I’m currently engaged in.

And what a connec8on! From the

point of view of pure physicality the difference

between shoes and no

shoes is completely astonishing. The textures

and temperatures and

sensory surprises of

shoeless walking are quite simply delighVul. I could carry on for

hours about the coolness of the

coarse white sands and unexpected caress of bulging coffee rock; the

sweet, slivered cushions of she-oaks

divested fronds … but the greater

thing by far is to be found in the more subtle effects of this most

in8mate doing. Naked, as it were, to

the earth, it is possible to feel a

con8nuity, a lack of

separateness and

pause, that has depth and distance.

Personal energy mixes

and melds, loses its

individuality and becomes an integral

part of the absolute

whole. Something ‘greater than’ emerges and

inexplicably, all is well.

by Lisa Mahoney Barefoot Bliss


BIRD WATCH

BIRD OF THE MONTH

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo

(Chrysococcyx lucidus)

The Shining Bronze-Cuckoo is the world's smallest cuckoo

being only 15 to 17 cen8metres in length and very difficult

to observe. Its plumage is metallic green upperparts, white underparts with dis8nc8ve full width dark bronzy

brown horizontal barring up the breast to right up the

throat and black bill. It has a close rela8ve, Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo, which has very similar plumage with the

main differences being the bars on its lower breast do not

join together in the middle and has a dis8nc8ve dark

brown eyestripe. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo's migrate from northern Australia

to the South West region in about August and generally

return late January aAer the breeding season. Their habitat is Eucalypt forests and woodlands. They are

insec8vorous feeding mainly on caterpillars and beetles.

As Shining Bronze-Cuckoo's are parasi8c they do not

make a nest simply parasites dome shaped nests such as that of Fairy-wrens and Thornbills. The female lays only

one egg in the host's nest, then later the newly hatched

Cuckoo ejects all the other eggs or nestlings of the host bird out of the nest. The host parents incubate the

Cuckoo egg and feed it up to several weeks aAer it

fledges. It is interes8ng to see the smaller host birds

con8nuing to feed the young Cuckoo out of the nest which is much larger than them.

Shining Bronze-Cuckoos are extremely hard to

photograph as they are usually mid to high up in trees and generally keep moving away as you get closer, however

the above photograph was taken at the end of October

2014 of one si


February 2015

Winged hitch-hikers Some alien bird pests can reach WA via commercial transport in the form of road or air freight and shipping. This month we look at three which often travel by these means and which, if they became established, would greatly harm our agriculture, native animals, lifestyle and possibly even health. Please report sightings of unfamiliar birds to the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA). Ring the Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS) on Freecall 1800 084 881 or email the team on [email protected]. If possible take a photograph to assist PaDIS officers with identification. A high resolution image is best, but a quick shot by mobile phone is better than nothing. Free passage Last year an Indian house crow (Corvus splendens) was spotted in Fremantle but it disappeared before it could be captured. These crows are highly likely to arrive on ships docking in WA because our state is close

to ports in southern Asia where the species is established. House crows damage crops including vegetables, fruit, cereals and oilseeds. They attack and can kill poultry, new-born calves and kid goats. They harass and may injure adult livestock. This species has the potential to be a major environmental pest, taking the eggs and chicks of native birds and preying on small native animals. In urban areas house crows scatter garbage, damage wiring and block drainpipes with their nests. House crows are suspected of spreading diseases to the human population and they have been known to attack people to steal food and even jewellery. A risk assessment conducted by DAFWA and endorsed

by the national Vertebrate Pests Committee has indicated house crows pose an extreme threat, the highest of four categories, to Australia. Small stowaways European tree sparrows (Passer montanus) and house sparrows (P. domesticus) have become established in all states except WA, where DAFWA’s prevention measures continue to be successful. Sparrows are often found in traps designed to catch starlings at the South Australian border. It’s possible that some sparrows travel in freight on road-trains crossing the Nullarbor, but it is more likely that these birds have dispersed naturally from areas where they are established in South Australia. It is common for sparrows to come in with shipping. On large vessels it would be easy for such little birds to go unnoticed. Sparrows damage cereal and fruit crops and block gutters and downpipes with their nests. Also, as anyone who has sat at an outdoor café table in a sparrow occupied area will know, they are cheeky birds that steal food off plates and soil everything with their droppings.

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Major migrants Hailing from India the common myna (Acridotheres tristis) has spread to many countries across the globe. It is established in eastern and south-eastern Australia. The International Union for Conservation and Nature has only three birds on its list of the world’s 100 worst invasive alien species, and this is one. Mynas are in the same “extreme threat” category as house crows. Although they are described as a moderate pest in agriculture, damaging mainly fruit and cereal crops, in some countries mynas are also serious environmental pests, behaving in simi-lar ways to Indian house crows. The presence of mynas can affect the breeding success of native birds and mammals that nest in hollows. On islands they have been observed stealing the eggs and young of ground nesting birds such as terns. Mynas are known to spread avian malaria to other birds and their threat to people is that they may carry and trans-mit various parasites including plasmodium that causes human malaria. When mynas nest in houses, mites from the nest can invade the home. Susceptible people may then develop dermatitis and allergies.Two mynas were found on a plane at Perth airport in September 2013. Watch out Please be alert for unfamiliar birds when near a port or interstate commercial transport hub. One sharp pair of eyes and a call to PaDIS could make all the difference in preventing these pest birds from establishing here.

Common Myna

If you have a query or want to report something unfamiliar, ring the Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS) on Freecall 1800 084 881 or email [email protected] If sending a specimen include your contact details, where and when you found the specimen and any damage you observed. Post to PaDIS, Department of Agriculture and Food, 3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth WA 6151. You are also welcome to bring in specimens in person. For further information visit www.agric.wa.gov.au

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enquiries received recently,

the Nannup CRC is holding a

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January - February 2015 Volunteer Positions AvailableVolunteer Positions AvailableVolunteer Positions AvailableVolunteer Positions Available

As the new year begins to fly by we are taking advantage of the New Year’s resolutions made by people to:

Help More!Help More!Help More!Help More!

So these are the current volunteer opportunities…

Gardeners Scanners of historical documents Fire Fighters Ambulance drivers Data Collectors Food preparers Op-shop assistants Music Festival Workers

Please contact us on 9756 3022 if you would like further information on any of these volunteer positions.

_________________________________________________ NVRC Community Survey

This survey is being conducted by the Nannup Volunteer Resource Centre (NVRC), to identify what services you, the community, needs and would like us to provide. Please copy the link to complete the

short survey electronically https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NVRC2014

OR We have a paper copy, please contact us on 08 9756 3022 and we will get a copy to you. Please take advantage of this opportunity to say wh at you need for volunteers in

Nannup and/or your community group. We would like t o serve you better and this is going to assist us in doing that.

We thank you in anticipation of your participation .

Community Event and Volunteer Bushfire Brigade Fundraiser

An evening of

Music in the Vineyard

7th February 2015

See back page for full details


A fantas8c aAernoon was had by all who aHended

the Thank A Volunteer Day

2014. The aAernoon began with Cheryle

Brown, CRC Manager,

acknowledging the

tradi8onal custodians and welcoming the volunteers

who aHended. Nannup

Shire President Tony Dean thanked the volunteers of

Nannup on behalf of the

Nannup Volunteer

Resource Centre and gave a short chat about the

importance of

volunteering. Cheryle Brown and Tony Dean

then presented

cer8ficates of recogni8on

for volunteering to Peter Russell, Jan Brenkman, Chris RuHer, Lorraine Learmond,

Brownie Dickens,Maggie Longmore, Gwen Goodreid,

Charles Gilbert, Neville Tanner, Bev Adorian, Stefan Adorian, Janie Williams, Val Tanner,Bev Allen, Jim Green

and Isabel Green. With the formali8es of the day

completed, Joshua Whiteland of Koomal Dreaming shared

his knowledge of the area encompassing indigenous bush

tucker, medicinal plants, instruments, hun8ng apparatus made from local woods and techniques for fire ligh8ng.

Josh also played his didgeridoo and drum to the group who

listened intently in this beau8ful se


On Monday 1st December 2014 three immaculate Morgan sports cars parked in the main street of

Nannup. They were coming from Busselton

Motorfest on their way down to Albany via Pemberton . The silver one has a 4 litre V8 engine

in it.

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Professionalism at a fair price

On Friday 28th November 2014, a number of CorveHes from the Perth CorveHe Club were

spoHed in Nannup having travelled the winding

Balingup Road - He He He ! They then took off for Margaret River to stay there a few nights and

drove back to Perth the following Monday. Pictures and informa�on provided by Neville Tanner

Morgans and Corvettes Cruise into Nannup


Fire destroyed buildings within the Nannup Timber Processing site in the early hours of Wednesday 10th December 2014.

A statement released by the company reads:

“Last night around 2.00am, N.T.P was no8fied of a fire on site. Due to a quick response from the Local Volunteer Fire Brigade,

surrounding Fire Brigades, Police, SES and workers from NTP, it

was contained to the Kiln area near the Dry Processing Plant. The

extent of the damage at this stage is the loss of 6 kilns and 1 storage shed. No personnel have received any injuries.

This will affect some aspects of our Dry Processing but the Green

Processing Plant has

been

unaffected and will resume as normal tomorrow. N.T.P

appreciates the help received from all involved and the concern of the Nannup Community and beyond, in par8cular the local

and surrounding Fire Brigades.”

Fire Brigades from Nannup, North Nannup, East Nannup, Darradup, Busselton, Bridgetown, Manjimup and Augusta all

aHended the blaze, many who are volunteers. The blaze was

contained within approximately 4 hours with the fire and

damaged structures being monitored by fire personnel and

other emergency services.

Story by Jen Borna�ci Pictures by Steve Boak

Nannup Drying Sheds Burn

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THE LAST POST

Do you know the story behind this haun8ng melody?

If not, perhaps you will be interested in finding out about its humble beginnings.

Reportedly, it all began in 1862 during the American Civil War, when Union Army Captain Robert Ellicombe

was with his men near Harrison's Landing in Virginia ...

The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip of land. During the night, Captain Ellicombe

heard the moans of a soldier who lay severely wounded on the field. Not knowing if it was a Union or

Confederate soldier, the Captain decided to risk his life and bring the man back for medical aHen8on.

Crawling on his stomach through the gunfire, the Captain reached the stricken soldier and began pulling him

toward his encampment. When the Captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered it was actually a

Confederate soldier, but the soldier was dead.

The Captain lit a lantern and suddenly caught his breath and went numb with shock. In the dim light, he saw

the face of the soldier. It was his own son. The boy had been studying music in the South when the war

broke out. Without telling his father, the boy had enlisted in the Confederate Army.

The following morning, heartbroken, the father asked permission of his superiors to give his son a

full military burial, despite his enemy status. His request was only par8ally granted.

The Captain had asked if he could have a group of Army band members play a funeral dirge for his son

at the funeral. The request was turned down since the soldier was a Confederate.

But, out of respect for the father, they did say they could give him only one musician.

The Captain chose a bugler. He asked the bugler to play a series of musical notes he had found

on a piece of paper in the pocket of the dead youth's uniform.

This wish was granted.

The haun8ng melody, we now know as 'The Last Post' used at military funerals was born.

The words are:

Day is done. Gone the sun. From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky.

All is well. Safely rest. God is nigh.

Fading light. Dims the sight. And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright.

From afar, drawing nigh, falls the night.

Thanks and praise for our days, neath the sun, neath the stars, neath the sky.

As we go this we know, God is nigh

Remember Those Lost and Harmed While Serving Their Country.

Remember Those Who Have Served and Returned.

Remember those presently serving in the Armed Forces. Val Russell Nannup RSL

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Back Page Advertising Tender Tendering for back page advertising in the Nannup Telegraph for the April, May & June 2015 editions is now open. Prospective advertisers are invited to submit a tender for 3 x ½ page back page COLOUR ads. A minimum tender amount of $150 per ½ page is requested. To submit a tender, please complete the following slip and return to the CRC prior to 4pm, Friday 6th March 2015. F o r more in fo rma tion o r que r ies , please contact SueClaire or Cheryle on 9756 3022. Business Name: Contact person: Phone: Email:

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A post-Christmas theft!

A friend and I decided to paddle our bright red kayaks on

the Blackwood River downstream from Bridgetown on Saturday 27th December 2014. Not much water but

lovely serene pools and excellent bird-watching. We

stopped for a riverside picnic, no one else around. AAer 10km we had had enough so pulled to the shore, had a

swim and stowed the kayaks in a hidden area that

couldn’t be seen from the road, and went back for the

car. Returning less than an hour later, the kayaks were

gone!! It is unheard of (not to say un-Australian) to steal

canoes or similar. We leave camping gear in many places and trust it to be safe. That is how Australians enjoy and

share the great outdoors. This is a serious turn for the

worst.

I give some credit to the crooks for finding the kayaks but none for their stupidity in leaving the paddles

behind. Somewhere, some one or two people are

paddling up a creek without a paddle. If sighted, please call me on 0467 730 066 or inform the

Bridgetown or Nannup police. The kayaks and their

contents are very valuable to us. They are Wilderness

Tsunami 125 touring kayaks – they would not win the Avon Decent.

Viv Read

Stolen Wilderness Tsunami 123 touring kayaks

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all on the 5c trail. It has

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Local Nannup resident Tracey King lost her beautiful cousin Lisa White in September 2014 to the unexplained tragedy of murder suicide. This event has under standab ly rocked the foundations of this strong family and as a tribute to her life, Tracey has put pen to paper in memory of Lisa and their precious time together. As an older cousin you get to observe

younger family members as they grow

and evolve into their adult lives and in

this case our common mee8ng place has

always been the sanctuary of the Cole

family farm. Even though Lisa’s life was

based in the city, the farm was her

second home, a place where she could

go to escape, read, relax, walk, talk and

of course be well fed. Family is very

important to us all and even though we

don’t see each other regularly, whenever

there was a 8me to visit the farm, Lucy

would put the call out and we would

gather together for our usual round of

sharing stories and laughing together.

The weekend of the CarloHa Book

launch on July 26th 2014 was the last

8me we got to see our ‘Lisa’ and for

whatever reason for ge


WOW! What an incredible response to the Nannup Historical Society's display celebrating the 125th Anniversary of Nannup Township on Saturday 10th January 2015 in the Town Hall with hundreds of people from all around the state coming to admire the huge array of old photographs and reminisce with friends about years gone by. The oldest ex Nannup resident attending was Chris Rowe who turns 94 this February and he was thrilled to be selected to cut the 125th Anniversary cake to start proceedings. Feedback from people attending was that the exhibition was absolutely fantastic and they were amazed just how many beautiful old photographs were on display and covering a wide range of subjects. The Nannup Historical Society sincerely thank ALL those people who assisted and were involved in helping our organization achieve such an extraordinarily successful 125th Anniversary exhibition and in particular the Nannup community for attending this milestone event en masse. At the display several people asked questions about old railway sidings, timber mills and locomotives, therefore after researching through the Historical Society's archives, the writer found two clippings about Del lerton, Sussex Mill and an accident between two Steam Engines in Nannup in 1913 which will be this months article for the Nannup Historical Society . In a south west newspaper dated the 13th June 1913 there was an article as follows: (note the way the reporters wrote up their stories in the newspapers 100 years ago.)

"ACCIDENT AT NANNUP" - Two Engines Collide - One Man Injured: 'Some excitement was caused at Nannup at about 5.30 Monday evening, when information was received that two locomotives belonging to the Kauri Timber Company had collided and some men had been injured. Without delay a number of residents proceeded to the scene in Mr. John Kearney's paddock near the Nannup Brook. There it was found that what are known as "big" and "little" engines, one drawing timber and the other ballast, had, through a misunderstanding, been permitted to travel in opposite directions on the bush line and when

rounding a curve suddenly crashed into each other. Both were proceeding tender first and fortunately at a slow pace. So sudden did the engines confront each other that the man in charge had little time to act. With commendable promptitude, however, they applied the brakes and in some measure at least minimised the disaster. Some of their number jumped clear and so escaped injury. One of the drivers, R. McAlpine was, however, not so fortunate, for in standing to his charge, he received a compound fracture of one of the thighs and minor injuries. The fireman had better fortune, escaping with a dislocated ankle. Several others on board the trains received cuts and a severe shaking. The injured men were removed to the Nannup Hotel, where they received medical attention from Dr. Lonergan. Subsequently, all but McAlpine were taken on to Barrabupp. On Tuesday the injured driver was sent to the Bunbury Hospital, where it is expected he will have to remain for some time. A rumour was persistently circulated in Busselton yesterday that Mr. McAlpine had expired as the result of his injuries. Enquiry this morning elicited the information that there was no truth in the statement and on the contrary, the pleasing information that the patient was doing as well as could be expected was elicited. As a result of the impact the big engine was only slightly damaged but the tender of the smaller one was rather much knocked about. Unfortunately for the Company, they will be loading a boat in the course of a day or two and all their available power was required for the purpose of securing quick despatch. Arrangements have, however, since been made for the hire of another engine so that the existing arrangements will not be interfered with'.

Dellerton Siding Dellerton was a siding that serviced the Sussex Mill on the Wonnerup (Busselton) to Nannup rail line as circle identified on the inset map . In the 1927 Western Australian Towns Directory Dellerton was listed as 172 miles from Perth by rail . The Sussex Timber Co. was incorporated on the 17th October 1922 , as a subsidiary company of Millars Timber & Trading Co . Their Sussex Mill was completed in October 1923 . The 32 hp mill engine powered twin circular saws and produced up to eleven and a half loads of sawn timber a day. The company's private siding on the Nannup railway was opened on the 28th June 1924, named Dellerton after a director of Millars, Mr. D. Ellerton Brown .

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A tramway 3 kilometres long was laid to the mill with 4 inch by 3 inch WOODEN rails. A team of horses was used to haul three wagons at a time along the tramway. During 1925 the wooden rails were replaced with steel rails. Mr. Phil Ryan designed and built a motor trolley to pull the wagons instead of the horses using an old car chassis and an Overland B engine. This unit was sufficient in the early days when logs were felled near the mill, but locomotive power soon become necessary. As the forest near the mill was cut out, railway lines were extended into the bush both north east and south west of the mill. The ex T a s m a n i a n locomotive "The Huon" was the first l o c om ot i v e a t D e l l er t o n a n d worked there from February 1927. T h e c o m p a n y e x t e n d e d i t s concession over the years and the length of bush lines laid eventually totalled 22 kilometres. For a time a bush camp existed where the s o u t h e r n l i n e crossed the Nannup Road (now the Vasse Highway). To provide a stacking area for the sawn timber the company purchased a 31 acre block between the mill and the Nannup Road. This block was bisected by two railway lines about 15 metres apart where the sawn timber was stacked awaiting transport to Dellerton siding. The mill closed in 1939 when concession areas were all cut out and the leases and permit areas were transferred to Millars. The bush lines were all recovered by February 1941, but disposal of the stacked timber continued until late September 1942 when only the private siding at Dellerton remained. The lease on this was cancelled in October 1944 and the points and remaining lines were removed by the WAGR in January 1945 . The Sussex Timber Co. Mill is now on private property. Millars sold the site in June 1946 to the former company accountant whose family started farming there in 1956. The mill machinery was eventually scrapped and the houses

were relocated. Dellerton siding was removed by the WAGR in April 1958 and the Nannup branch was closed in June 1984 following several derailments , the last of which

occurred at Dellerton. To recover this train Westrail's breakdown crew used filling material from the old Sussex Timber Co. formation to rebuild their own track. Next months Nannup Historical Society article in the Telegraph will be an informative documentary on the intriguing history of Thomas and Helen Ammon. The next meeting of the Historical Society is scheduled for Saturday the 14th February 2015 at the old Nannup Road Board building commencing at 2.00 pm. People interested in becoming members or wishing to donate old photographs and artifacts of the Nannup district to our Society would they please contact the writer by telephone on 9756 1863 or 0409 376 372 or email [email protected] Compiled by Neville Tanner on behalf of the Nannup Historical Society (Inc.)

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Just one Example of What Can Be Achieved when

members of a Community Work Together with a Common Goal

1903. As stated on the plaque on the site that is now the Town Hall the state govt. granted land for the local Roads Board Office, the forerunner of what was to become the Nannup Shire Council.

1913. Community workers and, the farmers and graziers associa8on with 8mber donated by the local mill built what is now the Town Hall.

1913 - 1982. In 1937 the supper room was added to cater for the expanded use of the hall.

Dances, Weddings, Funerals, Concerts, Girl Guides and Boy Scouts and of course the Pictures it’s main func8on was entertainment and ac8vi8es for the young and not so young people of Nannup.

1982. Floods severely undermine the stumps suppor8ng the building, the Shire deems the building unsafe and considers demolishing it. Remains unused for several years, demoli8on postponed due to lack of funds and strong

community opposi8on to its removal.

1984. Volunteers from the community repair the floors etc. of the Supper Room for the Guides and Scouts to use.

There is strong community support from volunteers who proceed to repair the damage caused by the 1982 flood.

1986. Govt. support for the integra8on of seniors and youth opens the doors to grants.

Federal Govt. grants made it possible to use long term unemployed workers under the work for the dole scheme, these

and volunteer workers proceeded to make good all damage and deteriora8on to the building, including restumping,

the 8mber for the stumps was donated by Steve Ucich. A commiHee chaired by Frank Camarri, with members – Anne Hamilton, Vern ScoH and Mr and Mrs Pope, appointed

Geoff Aldridge to manage and oversee the build.

The grant covered all wages and materials for the Bowling Club, Supper Room restora8on i.e.: restumping, repairs to the warped floor and complete reroofing of the Town Hall.

The restora8on work including the gardens con8nued through 1986.

The Town Hall, Func8on rooms and the Bowling Club were officially reopened in 1988

Currently the Town Hall is used by various community groups and individuals, among these are The Music Club, Flower and Garden Fes8val, Arts Fes8val, Gentle Gym and the Youth Advisory Council.

If there is a lesson to be learnt from this it is to my mind that Government grants can take projects only so far, it is

the con�nuing good will of volunteers and support from local business that see them through to comple�on.

It is only then can we look at the town and its environs and say with pride, I helped build this.

WriBen by Frank Wilkinson (Nannup Lions Club).

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Bunker Bay, like much of our beautiful South West, is a perfect spot to enjoy a swim or a surf. Recently two Nannupians were able to enjoy their own surfing experience, thanks to Disabled Surfing Association South West. DSA is a not-for-profit, totally voluntary organisation that holds events in both Australia and New Zealand. Their aim is to give people of all ages with varying disabilities the opportunity to have a safe, happy and dignified surfing experience. Volunteers are surfers or those extremely comfortable in the water. They are passionate about sharing their love of the ocean and

encourage participants to “give it a go”. There are water wheel chairs for those who need them and plenty of help for those not yet confident. Locals Stephen Brown and Shay Bornatici caught numerous “waves”, and their enjoyment was obvious with lots of smiles and high fives. Both were very keen to stay in the water, but were eventually lured out by the free sausage sizzle and chocolate cake under the marquee. The next event in the South West is at Bunker Bay on February 14th. Registration for both volunteers (welcomed with open arms!) and participants are on the day. For more information contact Ant Purcell [email protected] or check out their FaceBook page – Disabled Surfers Association South West. Story and pics by Jen Bornatici.

Local Lads ‘Hang 10’

“Go on Shay, the water’s great” Stephen Brown (left) with Shay Bornatici

Volunteers encourage participants all the way to shore


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Logging in Helm’s Block

Forest located in the Jalbarragup area of Nannup

came to a stands8ll again on

Tuesday 7th January 2015 by

23 year old Claire Anderson who sat suspended on a tree

plaVorm that was 8ed off to

two road machines and one logging machine. Her reason

for this ac8on is that this

summer the Forest Products

Commission plan to log 350 hectares of this forest, which

the WA Forest Alliance

(formed in 1990 to provide an umbrella body for community environment

organisa8ons) claim will yield ‘very few’ tonnes of wood

for the damage that it will cause to this important

cockatoo breeding ground. Spokes woman for WA Forest Alliance Jess Beckering said "It is difficult to comprehend

that a forest as important as Helms would ever be

threatened by logging. We are calling on the Premier and the Forest Products Commission to immediately stop

logging Helms and all other forests relied on by

threatened species to prevent the ex8nc8ons of wildlife

that are unique to our south-west forests.” Ms Beckering also said 90 per cent of the trees logged were used for

firewood, charcoal for silicon manufacture and sawmill

waste. "Last year, the FPC posted a $10.8 million loss on logging na8ve forests. It is not even profitable to be

logging. This isn't about giving up some environmental

values for economic gain, it is just pure vandalism."

Prior to his passing earlier this month, David PaHerson ran a cockatoo rehabilita8on centre ‘Jammari’ along with

his wife on the boundary of Helms forest and had been

caring for cockatoos in the area for more than 20 years. Dozens of birds they rehabilitated have (with the

involvement of DEC scien8sts) been released into Helms

where they now live and breed. During an interview held

late last year Mr PaHerson said “Without Helms the

cockatoos will die. They

have nowhere else to go now that everywhere

around us has been logged

or burnt. We have raised

some of these birds up from chicks and released

them into Helms. They

come back to us for extra seed, par8cularly since the

DEC prescribed burns and

escapes that have taken out

so much of their food source. We are absolutely

devastated that the BarneH

Government is planning to log this last refuge”. Na8ve forests provide vital breeding

and feeding habitat for all three species of Black Cockatoo

as well as other species unique to Western Australia.

Nes8ng hollows for cockatoos have been significantly depleted and take a very long 8me to develop. When a

karri forest is clear-felled it is replanted only with karri

seedlings and then clear-felled again in 80 – 100 years 8me, meaning that new hollows will never be given a

chance to develop. In the jarrah forests, logging directly

destroys habitat and also spreads Phytophthora

cinnamomi dieback. A group known as ‘Ar8sts at the Helm’ led by local SW ar8st Helen Seiver have been

crea8ng artworks pertaining to this situa8on for an

upcoming exhibi8on in February 2015 to be held at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery. Recently visi8ng the area

Dr Vahri McKenzie, lecturer from the Arts program at

Edith Cowan University South West campus said “The day

at Helm’s block forest coupe was deeply affec8ng,” adding “Though the stories of loss and the stupidity of the

economic decisions being made at this 8me are

confron8ng, it was enlivening to be part of a group of students, lecturers and community members bearing

witness, and being with, this important place.” Compiled by SueClaire Donovan

Sourced from WAFA website/WA Forest Alliance Facebook /Ar�st at the Helm

Media Release and WAtoday.com.au

Protests At Helms Forest Block Continue

A Red Tailed Black Cockatoo in flight at Jammari rehabilitation centre, Nannup. Photograph Wendy Slee


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It is with great sadness that we farewell

cockatoo rehabilita�on pioneer

David PaEerson who passed

away on Friday 16th January

2015.

David and his wife Dee have been running Jamarri, a c o c k a t o o

rehabilita8on centre located near

Helms block forest in Jalbarragup

20kms southwest of Nannup for the past 20 years. Their devo8on and

commitment to create a op8mal habitat for

young and injured cockatoos to rest and finally be released into the nearby breeding and feeding

grounds of Helms forest remains steadfast to this day.

David’s funeral service was held on Thursday 22nd

January at Nannup Town Hall where many family and close friends gathered to celebrate the life of this

compassionate, nurturing and caring soul.

On January 19th 2015, a cockatoo conserva8on project aimed at reviving dwindling cockatoo popula8ons in

south west WA has been given a $250,000 grant from

LoHerywest. Environment Minister Albert Jacob said the

project would help to protect threatened Baudin’s and forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoos. This 2 year project

aims to involve more than 1000 volunteers including

school children from the areas of Perth and South West WA. Mr Jacob presented the grant to Birdlife WA saying it

would allow the community to work with communi8es

and State Government on conserva8on ac8vi8es for the

species. Jamarri Black Cockatoo Sanctuary will reopen it’s doors once again on January 27th 2015.

Fellow Black Cockatoo ac8vist and friend Wendy Slee

wrote a beau8ful prose in remembrance of this truly inspira8onal man, here is an excerpt from it:

The White-tailed Black Cockatoos, break their unusually silent

reflec�on and rise up screeching and calling, in raucous

determina�on, gathering up the grief below and carrying it in a

jagged billowing blanket. Sunlight merges with the pain and

disperses it in their wake, leaving only desolate echoes suspended in

the air, soon to fall into dust.

The trees. The trees. This one tree …..

In a flash of colour, the Red-tailed Black Cockatoos, keepers of all

that is sacred, weave and swoop above the brown earth, screeching

their loaded elegy to the world – another sen�nel of their forest has

fallen, another soul has joined the spirit flock and now flies beyond.

In flee�ng fans of red and black, they soar and cry, their mournful

calls tearing hearts open and seJng free the hidden flames that light

the way. This tree will not fall unno�ced, this tree is acknowledged,

this tree is honoured.

A tree has fallen. Mother Nature reshuffles her eternal web to heal

the wound and restore the balance. Silence returns as the wings fade

on the horizon.

But we saw, we heard, we felt ….. and in our hearts, where those no

longer earthbound con�nue to reach from the shadows into the light,

we will never forget.

RIP David Story by SueClaire Donovan. Picture Wendy Slee

Renowned Rehabilitation Carer David Patterson Remembered

David Patterson


It was a wonderful evening on the 5th December and over

100 people who attended in their stunning ’Black & White’

finery are still talking about the event. The venue was kindly

donated by Graham & Cheryl Happ and beautifully

decorated by Lucia Buchanan proprietor of the Word of

Mouth Country Living Emporium in Nannup. The shop was

open for early

C h ri s tm a s

Shopping which

was also popular

as a 10% discount

was offered on the

night. With

delicious finger

food and

beverages it was

the place to be

seen by locals &

visitors who have

promised to

return. Lucia donated many prizes for ’Best Dressed’ which

was hard to select as all the ladies and gentlemen for that

matter dressed to impress. There were two door prizes,

one for the ladies & one for the gentlemen, plus a raffle

was run with the all proceeds being donated to Living

Foundation Australia.

Story by Kay Savory Pics by Cate Stevenson

Nannup’s Black & White Night at Word of Mouth.

Locals Sue Scott and Elizabeth Jones enjoy the Black and White Night at

The Word Of Mouth Emporium

Lucia Buchanan 4th from left with ‘Best Dressed’ Prize winners

2014 Christmas Lights

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Runner-ups Michelle Day

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Nannup Lions Club held a very

successful skin cancer screening for

Melanoma on Saturday 29th

November at the Nannup Bowling Club. A very big thank you to the 4

Lions Specialists who volunteered their 8me to screen

the pa8ents for this free service. Thank you to the people of the community that gave dona8ons to this wonderful

service. Special thanks to Isabell Green for co-ordina8ng

the bookings etc. and to the Nannup Lions Club for

suppor8ng this screening.

The sta�s�cs are as follows:

Total screened: 72

Males: 32 Females: 40

Total lesions: 20

Life threatening lesions: 9 Percentage referred: 14

Checked within last 6 months: 4

Checked 6- 12 months ago: 12

Checked more than 12 months ago: 35 Never checked: 21

NOTE: All lesions are considered poten.al un.l proven

otherwise.

January 2015 Nannup Shire Trainee MaHhew Day is all

smiles as he embarks on his year long traineeship studying for a Cert IV Business. Having lived in Nannup since the age of

eleven, MaHhew completed his Yr 12 studies at

Manjimup Senior High School gaining a Cert II in Automo8ves. During his 8me at the Shire Offices,

MaHhew is looking forward to learning a whole range of

work ac8vi8es acknowledging the staff who he says are

very helpful and friendly. His dream is to be successful in a career that he loves, owning his own home and not forge


This years Nannup Girls night in was held at the RSL hall on the 18th October This was a great night raising money for women’s cancer. Our numbers were down this year mainly due to a lot happening in Nannup the same weekend but with the 25 -30 women who attended. There was a lot of dancing, talking and laughing going on while raising money for a very worthwhile course. The theme was ‘an 80’s ball with a twist’ - the twist started with a beautiful setting being all messed up, a big thank you to those who helped set the hall up. Then Jo Gryglicki arrived claiming that her jewellery had been stolen (thanks for playing the part), thanks to Trish Cato for playing detective, well done to Justine Frame for guessing who the thief was (and thanks to Vicki for also playing the part),

Justine won a lovely prize donated by Word of Mouth. Throughout the night we also had a bit of Cinderella going on and prizes were given out to whoever the shoe fitted. Again this year we had party plan consultants travel from Perth and Bunbury. These lovely women gave up their time

to help us have something different in Nannup. They also gave fantastic raffle prizes to be raffled on the night. A glass of champagne was given to the girls on arrival and DJ - Tristen provided the music during the night, which was donated by Tristen and Cathy, a big thanks for doing this. We had a best dressed competition and prizes donated by word of mouth and Nannup Post Office. Our winners were Vanda Crothers who wore her wedding dress (had pink flowers

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and pink bridesmaids) Gail and Brianna from Perth and Karlene Newnam. Thank you to our judges Vicki, Lucinda and Trish. To add a more personal touch to the night we had pink balloon release, women were able to purchase a balloon, write a message on some pink card and release the bal loon and message to the skies at 9.30pm. We had lucky dips that could purchase throughout the night, all items up from grabs were donated by locals. There are so many people to thank and I really hope I don’t miss anyone. Some I have already thanked above but these also need a mention; Nannup Liquor store for donating champagne to offer on arrival

and other liquor that was used to raise money on the night. Other

prizes were donated by Nannup Furniture Gallery, Deep Forest Iron, Harolds Lolly Shoppe, N annup Ph armacy , K ay Savoury, Lorraine Learmond, Bruce Atkinson and Get Baked Catering (from Perth). A big thank you to you all. Money raised was started with a $200 cheque from the Nannup Lions club, thank you. Then with money raised on the night, we were able to raise $873.65 A massive night and thanks to everyone who helped and supported this event in any way. Thoughts are already underway for this years Girls Night In. I have already had offers of help but if you would like to be a part of this in any way please let me know .


Nannup Tee-ball Season 2014/15

Nannup tee-ball is off and running. We

have a very strong senior side this year, full of talent and go.

The first half of the season has proven once

again very popular.

We have some new faces on board this year to coach, as we said good-bye to Ian

Greenwood and family we welcome Tim

Goatcha who will be coaching the seniors

along with George Learmond. Tod Kleine-Deters is the coach for the sub-

juniors.

Every second week Kate and Baden Happ join us and umpire our games.

We have had some fantas8c and exci8ng

games.

If your child is aged 5 to 12 and would like to part of tee-ball for the second half of the

season give me a call. We start back first

week school goes back. On the school oval at 4:30, every Friday of term 1.

We have Kidsport vouchers available for

eligible families.

All enquires to

Lorraine Learmond 9756 0832.

27th February - 2nd March 2015 The Nannup Music Fes8val is on again for the 26th year! The Fes8val begins at 5.30pm on Friday Night (27th February 2015).

The Friday Night is a free concert, and with a dona8on upon entry you will be able to enjoy a free sausage sizzle for the firs t hour of the

evening. Come down to the Amphitheatre and enjoy! A great line up of ar8sts for the Friday night will be a great s tart to a wonderful

weekend of discovery of music, art and much more.

Some of the highlights of this years Fes8val, will be favouri tes of the Emerging Ar8st Award, Artwear Parade and Poet’s Breakfast, as well as

a new youth space with workshops and RRAN WA hos8ng educa8onal workshops in the cul tural space.

With over 90 acts and performers the 2015 Fes.val will be a beau.ful and cap.va.ng weekend.

Why not drop in and discover.

Want to help out with the Fes8val? We need volunteers all weekend and pre and post fes8val to setup and packdown.

Volunteers with RSA Cer8ficates and Senior Fi rs t Aids are needed for the fes8val . If you would like to volunteer please download the form

from the website www.nannupmusicfes8val .org/volunteers or pick up a form from the Office.

Volunteers Needed

Adults volunteer 8 hours and youth

6 hours and receive your weekend

ticket in return!!

Festival Tickets and Camping

Tickets can be purchased online, phone

or in person at the Office

www.nannupmusicfestival.org/tickets


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