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By Millie Thomas

B ritish stealth drone bomber Taranis will be tested in the Australian outback in early 2013, according to a News Limited source.

Taranis is an Unmanned Combat Aircraft Sys-tem advanced technology demonstrator.

Th e article, ‘Australia’s top secret sites revealed’, believed the world’s largest weapons test range, Woomera Rocket Test Range, would also be the most likely location for the testing.

Th e Woomera Test Range regularly hosts weap-ons testing, such as the Joint Air to Surface Stand-off Missile trial in 2011, and the joint stand-off weapon trial and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ‘Hayabusa’ deep space probe recovery in 2010.

Th e Australian Air Force also undertakes routine training for the unarmed RAAF Heron remotely piloted aircraft at Woomera.

An Australian Defence Force spokesperson ex-plained; “A number of countries, including the UK, typically use Australian test areas for tests of this type as Australia off ers larger range areas with less congested airspace.”

When contacted, the Australian Defence Force did not confirm nor deny Taranis’ testing at Woomera.RIGHT: The Taranis aircraft. Source: BAE Systems.

By Millie Thomas

P remier Jay Weatherill’s decision to boot Labour MP for Giles Lyn Breuer out of her Speaker of House role in the

Cabinet has come as a blow to the Giles electorate, particularly Andamooka.

Ms Breuer agreed to the Premier’s request last Tuesday amongst other changes in the Labor Government’s Cabinet reshuffl e, ahead of the 2014 State election.

Andamooka Progress Opal Miners Association committee member Peter Allen said the deci-

sion, along with the decision to boot Minister for Industrial Relations, and Minister for State/Local Government Relations Russell Wortley, was disappointing.

Mr Allen said it means there is no longer a regional South Australian based representative in the Cabinet.

“At the end of the day, I feel a little bit uncertain, because we don’t know who we’ve got now and it’s all suddenly changed within a week,” Mr Allen said last week.

“Where we were fairly comfortable knowing everybody and what was going on and who was

supporting us. We don’t really have that anymore.”Mr Allen said while a lot of Andamooka’s issues

that required the help of a Speaker of House had been ‘put to bed’, there was still more to come.

Th is included upcoming community consul-tation in Andamooka regarding the recently introduced community levy, and the makeup of the town’s governing body – the Andamooka Town Management Committee (ATMC).

“It’s a big shake up,” he said.“I think that Andamooka will certainly feel

a little bit vulnerable perhaps because of (also) losing Russell Wortley who was very much on side

with what we’re doing with the ATMC and now of course losing Lyn, with her infl uence as Speaker.”

Liberal representative for Giles Rowan Ramsey also stated he thought the move was disappointing.

“Consequentially I think it’s disappointing for the region that she won’t have the same kind of access to the ministers that she’d had in the last two years,” Mr Ramsey said.

Searching for a silver lining, Mr Allen said the loss of the role will enable Ms Breuer to spend more time in her electorate.

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International movie star Robert Pattinson is rumoured to be in the region, ready to fi lm the fi rst scenes of the $12.5 million futuristic

western Th e Rover.Th e star was seen in Adelaide night spots last

week and spent time at the South Australian Film Corporation’s new multi-million-dollar studios at Glenside.

Pattinson will be joined by Australian actor Guy Pearce in the movie, set around Pattinson’s character and described as “Mad-Max-esque”.

Th e fi lm is set in the Australian desert and scenes will be fi lmed around the Flinders Ranges and outback.

Th e Rover, directed by Animal Kingdom’s Da-vid Michod, will be fi lmed over seven weeks on location, with another two weeks spent back at the Adelaide studios.

Pattinson is the star of the much-acclaimed Twilight series – which broke box offi ce records and grossed more than $2 billion world-wide.

This week The Monitor launches a new section to help Roxby Downs cele-

brate its 25th birthday in 2013.

The segment will highlight some of the magnifi cent histor-ical shots of Roxby Downs as it was being built, and as it contin-ued to grow over the last quarter of a century.

This shot – taken from the eastern end of Richardson

Place, clearly shows the town’s main shopping precinct under construction in the mid to late 1980s.

On the right of the image is the TAFE and school building, and on the left is the beginning of the shopping district façade. In the far distance the Roxby Downs Council buildings are under construction.

Roxby Downs will officially celebrate its 25th Birthday in

November this year and you can be a part of the party by joining the Roxby Stories Project - see more information on our Com-munity Board page (Page 11).

Th e Monitor would love to see any Roxby Downs photographs from the last 25 years for this new section. You can email them to [email protected], or drop hard copies into our of-fi ce for scanning at 6 Richardson Place, Roxby Downs.

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More surveillance cameras will be installed in Andamooka following a spate of vandalism during the recent school holidays.

In a recent letter to households, Andamooka Town Man-agement Committee Community Administrator Deb Allen announced the move which would see cameras installed at several main points throughout the township.

“Th ere has been a spate of attacks by vandals during the school holidays and the fi nancial burden is being felt by the community, due to the ongoing cost of maintenance and re-pairs caused by the damage,” Ms Allen said.

She said cameras recently installed at the public toilets would be joined by additional units at the historic cottages, playground and town park, which were areas targeted by vandals in recent weeks.

“Th e cameras are not closed circuit loop recorders, and the memory cards will only be reviewed in the event that an asset has been vandalised,” Ms Allen said.

Vandalism brings more cameras to Andamooka

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An oil discovery in the Arckaringa Basin region around Coober Pedy could be worth $20 trillion and has the potential to fuel

Australia.

Reports last week released by Brisbane based com-pany Linc Energy estimated the yet untapped oil fi eld had the potential to produce between 3.5 billion and 233 billion barrels of oil.

News reports last week touted the site as one of the world’s most prospective oil sites, with the po-tential to turn Australia from an oil importer to an exporter.

Linc Energy Managing Director told news sources the higher end projections could mean the region was “several times bigger than all of the oil in Aus-tralia”.

Th e company would now drill six more horizon-tal wells to confi rm the discovery, Mr Bond said.Th e company has already spent $130 million drilling in the region, and has now hired Barclays Bank to source an investment partner for the $150-$300 mil-lion needed for the next stage of the project.

Th e fi nd could see South Australia enjoy a shale oil boom, similar to that seen the United States in recent years, and could even present the need to construct another Moomba style production facility.

Altona Energy will also start drilling in the Arck-aringa basin region this month for its proposed coal to liquids and power projects.

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Jimmy gets new home

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By Millie Thomas

J immy the joey, who was intro-duced to the comm unity in November last year, left his

Roxby Downs home on Saturday, to start a new life at One Tree Hill.

Th e Roxby Downs community were introduced to Jimmy in Th e Monitor after he was found in the pouch of his deceased mother after she had been hit by a vehicle on site.

Local reservists Arid Recovery sought to fi nd four month old Jimmy a home so he could continue to be raised and would successfully develop into an adult kangaroo.

It was Roxby Downs local and mother of an Arid Recovery employee who took on the role and brought Jimmy home.

“When I first brought him home I didn’t tell my husband, I actually brought him home in a woollies bag and Dave goes, what’s that, I said ‘that’s a kangaroo!’” laughed Jimmy’s host and Roxby mum, Deb Brown.

“He said, ‘what’s a kangaroo doing in our dining room?’” she said.

Since then Jimmy has grown up in the Brown’s home, but unfortunately for the Brown’s it’s time for Jimmy to move to a larger home, to help accommodate his growing needs.

“People say don’t get attached but it’s hard not to because they’re just so cute, but at the same time you can’t get that attached that you can’t give them away,” Deb said.

“I’ll probably bawl my eyes out to-morrow when I’ve got to leave him, but the other side is, well it’s what he has to do.”

Deb and Dave have found Jimmy a home with a couple in One Tree Hill who own 200 acres of land and keep other human-raised animals, who wouldn’t survive were they released back into the wild.

Deb explained Jimmy’s new owner helps socialise new animals into the sanctuary environment they have creat-ed, as many of the animals don’t realise they are not actually humans.

Both Deb and Dave have developed a close relationship with Jimmy since he has been staying with them and Deb admits its going to be hard to see Jim-my go.

“I’ve tried the last couple of weeks to not pick him up and just try a little bit (to desensitise him) but since I have been doing that he’s been getting a little sooky,” she explained.

“It’s been an experience, I’ve loved it. You try not to get too attached because you know full well you’ve got to let them go – in a little back yard it was just too cruel to keep him.”

Jimmy, who answers to his name, has made himself at home at the Brown’s house, having run of the mill both in-side and out.

So much so is Jimmy a part of the family, that he has been found under the cushions on the couch, nibbling the curtains in the lounge and eating sweet potato in the kitchen.

He even pulls at Deb’s clothes when she boils the kettle, expecting it to be water to heat his twice daily bottle.

Deb is interested in helping out any other joeys that may fi nd themselves in Jimmy’s situation. For more information give her a call on 0432 582 931.

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Andamooka residents are invited to attend an information session at the community hall regarding the splash

pad development proposal.

Andamooka Town Management Committee (ATMC) Community Administrator Deb Allen will host two Powerpoint presentation sessions tomorrow at 5.30pm and another on Friday at 10am to discuss the proposal.

Th e session will include information about the funding source, the reason for a splash pad, a defi nition of what a splash pad is and how it will work, and the proposed location.

Th ose seeking further information but are una-ble to attend either session will be able to review the presentation at the ATMC offi ce until January 31 by making an appointment on (08) 8672 7246.

Roxby Council and not-for-profit recycling program Mobi leMuster want a l l

Roxby residents to recycle a record number of old mobiles following the Christmas and summer sale mobile buy-up.

A new study into Australian mobile phone purchasing and recycling habits shows the demand for the latest mobile phone technology is not slowing down with four out of ten (40%) of South Aus-tralia’s (SA) residents to buy, or think of buying a new mobile over Christmas and summer sales.

Th is mobile buy-up is giving Roxby residents the perfect opportunity to recycle some of the mountain of 22 million old and unused mobiles stored in homes across Australia.

MobileMuster, the offi cial recycling scheme of the mobile telecommuni-cations industry, estimates that if the 22 million old mobiles no longer be-ing used were recycled, it would divert nearly 120 tonnes of plastic from land-fi ll and have the environmental benefi t of planting over 86,000 trees or taking 4,000 cars off the road.

The state of South Australia has become quite the place for out-dated e-waste hoarders, with more than six out of ten (67 per cent) of residents having one or more old mobile phones lying around at home gathering dust.

Council Environment Offi cer Bree Galbraith said Roxby Downs’ residents could drop their old mobiles into a collection box at the council offi ce on Richardson Place.

“We live in a communications era and most of us rely heavily on these devices, however we need to be thinking about where the materials come from to make them and how we can dispose of them appropriately,” Ms Galbraith said.

Th e local landfi ll or General Waste Bin is not the place to dispose of Mo-

biles and accessories as they contain lots of heavy metals that can leach into soils.

“It’s easy to drop in your mobile, its batteries and other accessories at the collection box in the Council foyer and we’ll do the rest”.

MobileMuster Recycling Manager Rose Read said nearly half (47 per cent) of SA residents said they were holding onto their old mobile ‘just in case’ they need it.

“As demand for more sophisticated mobile technology increases, old mo-biles kept in drawers for a rainy day will become increasingly less likely to be used,” Read said.

“With many Roxby residents having the New Year resolution to de-clutter and have less ‘stuff ’ now is the perfect time to go into your drawers and cup-boards, dig out these old phones and recycle them,” she said.

Th e study also showed that over a third (36 per cent) of all South Austral-ian residents did not know or were not sure if mobiles could be re-used and made into other items.

“Recycled mobile materials can be simply and easily recovered, and made into new products rather than being buried in the ground where they could potentially harm the environment,”

“Also, by re-using the recovered ma-terials we are reducing our demand on the earth’s precious natural resourc-es, saving energy and avoiding future greenhouse gas emissions,”

Recycling your old mobile through Roxby Council with MobileMuster is easy and free. Residents can either drop it off at the MobileMuster box in the Council foyer, or by pick up a re-ply-paid, recycling satchel at any Aus-tralia Post store.

For more information why you should recycle your old mobile go to www.mobilemuster.com.au.

By Millie Thomas

Chinese iron ore buyers were scared off the market

recently following a sudden surge in prices, resulting in a 15 month high for the mineral.

Consequentially, the market experienced a sharp decline and 13 month lows due to inac-tivity from Chinese buy-ers, falling eight per cent from a high of $158.50.

Following the rise and fall, major iron ore pro-

ducer BHP Billiton re-portedly bought 100,000 tonnes of 62 per cent grade Australian iron ore, a move that is rare accord-ing to traders.

The cargo was pur-chased for February delivery at $145.50 per tonne according to Min-ing Weekly.

The delayed delivery supports speculation that BHPB are trying to fl oat prices in the market.

However, Reuters re-ported present market participants believed the

move by the third largest iron ore producer was due to internal supply issues.

“It is very normal for in-dustry participants (steel mills, traders and pro-ducers) to both buy and sell cargo to balance their books,” a spokeswoman for BHP Billiton told Reu-ters in an email.

Benchmark iron ore with 62% iron content slid 4.9% to $145.40 a tonne on Wednesday, the steepest single-day drop since Nov. 28 2011, based on data from Steel Index.

Recycle old mobiles at council

Rotarians recognised

Splash pad information session

Big BHPB buy up of iron ore

Roxby Council Environment Offi cer

Bree Galbraith at the Mobile Muster

point in the Council.

Roxby Downs Rotary Club President Craig Sumison and past president Leigh Malcolm

became Paul Harris Fellows while Past President Sandy Sumison received a Sapphire

Pin (2nd PHF) on Monday, January 21st.

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M inerals research at the South Australian Museum has revealed a ‘liquid mining’ technique could become a preferred

method of mineral extraction in the next decade.

South Australian Museum Head of Earth Sciences Professor Allan Pring and his team are now working on the concept, which is thought to have a less inva-sive eff ect on the environment.

“Imagine being able to get copper out of an ore body without having to dig any holes – that’s the holy grail that we are working towards,” Professor Pring said.

Th e method involves injecting specialised liquid into underground ore deposits to dissolve the min-erals out of the ground, resulting in little natural dis-turbance.

Th e liquid could then be pumped to the surface where the metal could be easily collected.

With Pring estimating the concept being fi nalised within ten years, it could prove to be invaluable to the processes at the Olympic Dam mine, which produces approximately 180,000 tonnes of copper yearly.

It could also help skyrocket the current value of

copper production, which currently stands at more than $6 billion a year.

Scientists at the SA Museum are able to make cop-per in the laboratories, because the processes that form large ore bodies work on an atomic or molecular scale.

Normal process for scientists creating minerals in a controlled area is to combine solid materials un-der high temperatures and sometimes high pressure, however in this instance; the SA Museum is working towards creating minerals from water based solutions.

“If we can form a mineral from an aqueous solution, then we will know the conditions needed for a mineral to become stable. We can then work out the reverse process needed to make the mineral unstable, and move,” said Professor Pring.

Additionally, the mining industry is not the only sector to benefi t from Professor Pring’s research: it could also improve effi ciency in the geothermal and oil industries.

Professor Pring’s research is supported by the mineral collection at the South Australian Museum, which features over 35,000 pieces worth $13 - $14 million.

Remember the Fatal Five Remember the Fatal Five D rivers should remember the ‘Fatal Five’ are the biggest

contributors to road trauma, according to Roxby Downs Police Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan.

“Whenever people are on the road, they should be well aware of the Fatal Five … that certainly lead to increased road trauma,” Snr Sgt Boylan said.

Senior Sgt Boylan said the ‘Fatal Five’ – drink or drug driving, speeding, lack of seat belts, distractions like fatigue and dangerous road users – were the major areas of road user concern for SA Police.

Th e RAA also recently put South Australian roads under the spot-light in a new campaign to tackle unsafe roadways and intersections.

RAA’s Risky Roads campaign is calling for all road users - motor-ists, cyclists and pedestrians - to identify roads or intersections they fi nd confusing, diffi cult to negotiate or that make them feel unsafe.

Penny Gale, RAA’s General Manager Public Affairs, said the Risky Roads campaign is an opportunity for the pub-lic to pin point risky roads and have their concerns tak-en up with those who have the power to improve them.“No one knows South Australia’s roads better than the people who use them every day, and that’s why we are encouraging all road users to nominate any roads that make them feel unsafe.

“We know there are roads out there that need attention, and in some cases there may be small low cost solutions that can make a great difference to the safety of a road,” said Ms Gale.Following public feedback, RAA will collate and analyse all nom-inations, and prepare a report that will be given to state and local government authorities.

“Research shows that safe roads save lives,” said Ms Gale. Senior Sergeant Boylan said drivers should remember the Fatal Five and also drive to road conditions. He said local drivers need to be mindful the remote location of Roxby Downs means there is a height-ened risk of collision with straying animals.

“People need to be mindful of that, at any time of the day.”“People should always drive to the road conditions at any given

time. You should adjust your driving accordingly.”Members of the public can fi nd out more about the RAA Risky

Roads campaign at www.raa.com.au/riskyroads before March 31.

Liquid mining in the next ten years

Copper could be taken out of an ore body without digging any holes through a new liquid mining extraction

method being researched at the SA Museum.

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School Card assistance is available for:• Dependent students from 4 years of age receiving full-time schooling at a

government or non-government school;• Independent full-time students undertaking 6 subjects in years 10 or 11,

or 5 subjects in year 12 at a government or non-government school; or• Adult re-entry students undertaking DECD funded subjects.

Eligibility for School Card assistance is dependent upon the combined family gross income for the 2011/2012 financial year being within the following School Card income limits.

Number of Dependent Children

Gross Annual School Card Income Limit

Gross Weekly School Card Income Limit

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3 $36,642 $707

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For more information please contact your local school or the School Card Section on phone: Free call 1800 672 758 or Website: www.decd.sa.gov.au/goldbook/


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Back to school....back to school...thank God!Maybe now we can get some peace in the mall

from those foul mouthed ferals who seem to like to use it asa race track.

Tired Mum

I too think having the pool open till 10pm at night was a great idea. There’s nothing like a late night swim, and

evening is surely the most sensible time of the day when the thermostat reaches 45.

Hot and Sweaty

Just what is it going to take before local rents drop - both residential and commercial. Anyone can see thereare more houses empty and more shops empty. If you want them to fi ll up then drop the rents. Soon no-one will be

able to afford to live or work in this town and it becomes fl y-in...fl y out like so many other mining communities.Roxby Lover

I don’t agree with the Dick Smith Australia Day ad being banned. Sure its maybe a little crude to those who naturally think that way, but it is still light humour.

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July, 1 2012 saw the introduction of both the Mineral Resources Rent Tax and the Carbon Tax, and whilst national business confi dence

and conditions statistics had been relatively neutral for most of the year, they took a major dive in the fi nal quarter of 2012, down to lows not seen since the height of the GFC in early 2009.

One trigger for the end of year crash in confi dence was the sudden price weakness in Australia’s key com-modity exports since the middle of the year. Iron ore prices dropped to as low as $US86.70 a tonne in early September, following a 2011 peak of $US190.

Coal also suff ered from a sharp fall in prices, with the price of coal used in steel-making more than halv-ing from its peak, and that of coal used to generate power falling around 40 per cent.

On August 22, BHP Billiton’s press release suggested that subdued commodity prices and higher capital costs were the key reasons behind their decision to shelve the planned Olympic Dam expansion.

As well as locally at Olympic Dam, many companies across Queensland and New South Wales were laying off workers and shelving mines which had become unprofi table at the lower commodity prices.

By September the media (amongst others) were asking “Is the mining boom over?”

However, over the summer, iron ore prices have picked back up again to above $US120 and, accord-ingly, Australian mining company share prices have risen again. According to ABC’s Michael Janda “While it may be fading from its peak, the mining industry is still in a once-in-a-lifetime boom.

A look at Australia’s terms of trade reveals the prices we receive for our main commodities, relative to the cost of imports, are actually still at the levels seen just before the global fi nancial crisis hit, despite the recent commodity price slump. So the story for resources is that 2012 was actually a good year - just nowhere near as good as the great year miners had in 2011.”

Also interesting are employment fi gures. Seasonally adjusted employment fi gures from the Australian Bu-reau of Statistics show manufacturing and retail both employed slightly more people in November 2012 than they did in November 2011. Despite 40,000 layoff s in the public sector, Australia’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate remained at 5.2 per cent in No-vember - exactly where it was a year earlier.

In late December the Australian Federal Govern-ment announced it planned to abandon the promise to deliver a surplus in this fi nancial year, with Treasurer Wayne Swan citing a $3.9 billion “sledgehammer hit” to revenue between July and October caused by weak company profi ts.

Mr Swan said “I don’t think it would be responsible to cut harder or further in 2012-13 to fi ll a hole in the tax system if that puts job or growth at risk.”

So what lies ahead? With Europe’s fi nances still shaky and the US continuing to creep towards its “debt ceiling” the Australian economy could slow down fur-ther. However, Reuters reported China’s economy grew 7.9 percent in the last quarter of 2012 for the fi rst time in seven consecutive quarters, due to spending on infrastructure projects, and, if the European leaders have managed to avert fi nancial disaster for this long, they may well continue to do so.

A thriving and sustainable local business community is essential to a vibrant and sustainable community.

This weekly column shares some of the issues facing local business and some of the strategies they are using to gear up for the exciting times that lay ahead for Roxby Downs. Got an idea for a story or some feedback on a story in the Roxby InBusiness Column? Email vholloway@

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M any Australia Day barbeques would have been graced with the iconic melody and words of the song “I am Australian” last weekend.

Th e words “We are one ...but we are many...and from all the lands on earth we come” rings true for so many whose genetic roots lie in lands across the seas.

It’s a song that also acknowledges the “fi rst Australians”... our nation’s Aboriginal Heritage, and few would argue who was here fi rst - in fact indigenous Australians were obviously here thousands of years before everyone else. Fair enough.

Now, after all these years and the many peoples and cultures that have helped build this nation - the envy of people across the globe - we are again faced with the argument to change Australia Day to Citizen’s Day.

While there is some merit in the debate that January 26 cel-ebrates the date of the founding of Sydney, the fi rst European

settlement in Australia, in 1788 - and therefore the displacement of Aborigines from their country, most Australian “citizens” perhaps wouldn’t even know that January 26 is signifi cant for that reason. All “Aussies”, whether they have been here for years, decades or generations ... white European, Aboriginal or other-wise ... would argue that January 26, Australia Day, is the day we all celebrate being an Australian. It’s a day for celebrating this great nation for everything it has to off er. It’s a day to celebrate all of our history and culture - to celebrate a nation that is home for each and every one of us.

Th e vast majority of us Aussies love the fact Australia is a multicultural society, and that same majority respect the fact Aboriginal Australians were here fi rst, and also respect all the many diff erent people and cultures that followed. We are all Australians, aren’t we?

Taking the ‘Australia’ out of ‘Australia Day’? Well ... it’s just “un-Australian”.

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New staff at Roxby Downs Area School

Anna Gubbin

Melanie Smith

Georgia Boylan

Alison Woodward

Joseph Tanti

Michael Cantell

By Millie Thomas

Chives Restaurant, which changed hands late last year after a short period of closure, has utilised new building extensions to introduce a new style

of service to customers.

Th e reputable Mediterranean restaurant will today launch their newest addition – the ‘Sage Room’ and will next week open a gelato bar at the front of the shop.

Manager Joe D’Arrigo is excited about the extension and the opportunity to off er tapas and fi ne wine in a relaxed setting.

Th e new room will be open all day Saturday and Sun-day following a reinstated breakfast period from 8am until 11.30am, as well as during and after dinner service for those looking for a quiet place to drink.

“It will be somewhere for people to drink af-ter they’ve finished their meal,” Mr D’Arrigo said. “At the moment they’re going elsewhere after dinner. Our generation that like a bit quieter area, that’s what it’s really for.”

It will also become an ideal area to host functions – with the ability to be sectioned off from the main restaurant, and is complete with its own bar.

It can also double as an area for extra seating for those looking to order from Chives’ main menu.

Mr D’Arrigo said depending on licensing requirements; the room will stay open later than normal restaurant hours.

Mixed tapas platters and specialty wines will be a main attraction.

“At the end of the day, whatever they want we’ll give them!” Mr D’Arrigo explained. “But that room is predominantly to sit down, relax and indulge in a drink and some tapas.”

He also said he’ll look at bringing up some light entertain-ment for afternoon weekend customers.

Th e reintroduced weekend breakfast service will no longer off er a buff et style menu, but rather a la carte – while still off ering the other options that were previously available.

Chives’ a la carte breakfast menu will be available from Saturday, February 2.

Chives to offer tapas style lounge

Chives’ employee Felicity will help

welcome customers into the Sage room.

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This week’s message in support of SAPOL’s summer safety campaign outlines safety

measures in considering vehicle security.

Vehicles can be the perfect target for thieves. Whether it be a car, mo-torcycle or bicycle, there are steps that can be taken to help keep them safe.

It comes down to basics – make it hard for a thief to access your vehicle.

Lock vehicle doors and close windows when leaving the car unattended. It is also imperative to never leave your car running unattended, even for the shortest period of time.

Most newer cars come with an immobiliser and/or alarm, however if the car doesn’t already have one or both – it’s time to install one! Where possible park the vehicle off the road or in a locked garage. If the only op-

tion is to park in a public area, make sure at night time it is well lit.

It is also important to never mark the vehicle’s keys with a name and address. A better option is to mark them with the owner’s drivers li-cence number, prefi xed by the letter ‘S’ for South Australia. Keep keys in a safe place at home, and be sure not to keep spare keys inside the vehicle.

For many drivers, vehicles can also act as incidental storage space.

However, items in clear view of the vehicle’s window are perfect targets for thieves. Avoid leaving bags and wallets on seats where they can be grabbed easily and when parked in an unsecure location, remove all valuables.

In particular, GPS systems are a main attraction for thieves. Th ere-fore, take the GPS unit out of the ve-hicle (not forgetting to also remove the cradle, suction pads and marks

off the window) and take it with you.Go one step further, and mark or

engrave the device with the owner’s Driver’s license number, prefi xed with ‘S’ again for South Australia. Be sure to also keep identifying in-formation such as the make, model and serial number in a safe place at home.

Look out for SAPOL’s next sum-mer safety message in next week’s edition of Th e Monitor.

Local lads launch own businessLocal lads launch own businessBy Millie Thomas

Local brothers Daniel and Scott Rogers have put nearly 25 years of living in Roxby to good use after launching their own building and maintenance business recently.

Rogers Building and Maintenance have set up shop in the light in-dustrial area, and off er carpentry work, building extensions, kitchen installations, sheds and labour hire.

Daniel previously used his trade in his own carpentry business, building a strong customer base and good working reputation around town. He then decided to go into partnership with brother Scott.

Since starting their land lease on Frome Street about two years ago, Scott and Daniel have used their time off to build their shed and develop their lay down yard, with the help of family, friends and local businesses.

However, despite moving forward with the development of their block, Daniel said they too are feeling the pinch of the canned ex-pansion.

“We’re fairly quiet at the moment,” Daniel said. “We’ve sort of done all the work that we had booked up before and now we’re quiet. I hope it picks up fairly shortly – would be nice!”

It’s a sentiment becoming all too common around town, and instils in Daniel and Scott the need to support local businesses. Th ey use local businesses as their major and preferred supplier unless absolutely unavoidable.

Th e development will still pay off for the boys, who say having the extra storage and offi ce space will be invaluable.

“Basically we don’t need to have materials stacked up in people’s front yards, we can store a lot of the stuff here and take it straight around there, so it’s not at people’s houses and in their way,” Daniel said.

Scott and Daniel would like to thank all friends, family and local busi-nesses that have helped get Rogers Building and Maintenance started.

Scott and Daniel Rogers at the business’ lay down yard in the light industrial area.

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By Millie Thomas

A lmost a year after visit-ing Roxby Downs, Gary the goat has both been

charged with, and dismissed for, the eating of flowers outside the Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art.

Gary graced Roxby Downs with his presence almost a year ago and was accompanied by comic duo James Dezarnaulds (alias Jimbo Bazoobi) and Bob Slayer in an Australian wide comic tour in February, 2012.

Th e three caused quite a stir with local council, media, chil-dren and business owners.

Gary, Jimbo and Bob camped in the Community Club car park during their 48 hour stay in Roxby Downs and visited the Roxby Leisure pool, Dunes Café and Roxby Downs Area School, much to the bewilderment of the establishments’ manage-ment and patrons.

Th ey then proceeded to per-form their comic act ‘Goats need Love Too’ at the Roxby Downs Community Club.

Gary was cleared of his charge and the ensuing $440 fi ne last Wednesday at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court – a move that pleased owner Jimbo.

“Gary ’s name has been cleared of all this slander, he was simply eating,” Jimbo ex-plained to a media scrum out-side the court house.

Gary’s lawyer Paul McGirr

explained it was a waste of tax-payer’s money.

“Th ink about the waste of tax payers’ money being spent on prosecuting a person because their goat’s eating some grass

or some vegetation.”“I just think Gary the goat’s

taught Th e Rocks’ cops a valu-able lesson you know, and that’s don’t bite of more than you can chew,” Jimbo added.

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As native fauna joins the online sales boom, the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources is warning buyers to beware.

DEWNR Investigations and Com-pliance Unit (ICU) Manager Hannah Dridan said buying online through public general sales forums came with an increased risk of receiving animals that had been illegally taken from the wild or obtained through other illegal means.

“Th e number of sales that don’t meet permit conditions is much higher on-line than in traditional, face-to-face sales, where buyers can see a dealer’s credentials for themselves,” Hannah said.

“Our ICU staff did a quick survey of the general online forums recently and found 23 illegally-listed snakes and lizards. Th at was just one site on one day, and we only surveyed the reptile section, not at the birds or mammals.”

She said it was vital for buyers to ensure that the seller had all the cor-rect permits before handing over any money.

“We have seized a number of animals and taken legal action against sellers

and purchasers from internet sites when sales have not meet permit con-ditions or breach legislation.

“In some cases, people have had their newly-purchased animal seized and have not been able to get their money back from the seller.

“Many of these animals are South Australian native reptiles, such as bearded dragons and carpet pythons, which are popular as children’s pets.

“No-one wants to see a young person save up their pocket money, only to lose the animal because someone has taken it from the bush illegally.”

Hannah said there were other risks associated with online purchases, in-cluding fraud sites aimed at mining personal information and the animal not matching the listing in terms of age, sex, species or health.

Often when the buyer returns to the site, the seller has disappeared and can’t be contacted.

“All these factors make buying an-imals online a risky proposition, but ICU and DEWNR’s Fauna Permits Unit are working with the major online fauna sales sites to develop tools and systems to try to minimise the risks to buyers,” she said.

Risks of buying fauna online

Andamooka residents have been provided with more information for consideration regard-ing kerbside household waste collection.

Andamooka Town Management Committee Com-munity Administrator Deb Allen stressed in a letter to residents last week the issue was still very much under discussion.

Th e letter included early proposed costings for a kerbside collection service, which comprised a one-off bin purchase of $42.00, an assembly and delivery cost of $8.50 and a possible collection fee of $3.05 per bin, per week.

“Kerbside waste collection is a service provided to most communities in council areas and one of the responsibilities of my position is to identify alternative strategies for environmental management services,” Ms Allen said in the letter to residents.

“Th e information provided …is purely for you (resi-dents) to consider if you would like to have a kerbside waste collection in Andamooka,” the letter stated.

“It is no way means there has been a decision to provide the service, nor will it be forced on the com-munity; it is just information so the community can make an informed decision about a waste manage-ment solution plan.”

“Household waste management will be included as a discussion topic for the community when it is con-sulted about the Community Contribution Scheme (CCS).

“It the community determines that it wants a kerb-side waste collection, the service will be advertised for tender …”

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Gary the goat has ‘grass’ charges dropped

ABOVE: Former Roxby Downs visitor Gary the Goat escaped conviction.

By Millie Thomas

W agga Wagga came alive with the sound of strings when it hosted

the Riverina Summer School for Strings recently.

Roxby Downs violinist Millie Young (11) and former resident Kirsty Viljoen (11) attended the school with their teacher Dr Owen Lewis and enjoyed the experience, making the two days of travel thoroughly worth it.

Dr Lewis has taught Millie vio-lin for two years, and introduced her to the idea of attending the event at a lesson last year.

“Dr Lewis at one of the lessons … gave us a brochure of it … a few months before,” Millie explained. “And so mum told me to have a go so I did.”

Participants stayed in student accommodation at the Charles Sturt University during a week full of activities, which fi nished with a concert at the local civic theatre.

Millie, who said she likes everything about the violin, en-joyed learning diff erent playing techniques and playing amongst an orchestra which included gui-tars, cellos, violas, the double bass and other violins.

Th e week started with a nerve

wracking audition experience for students.

To be placed in a group of sim-ilar skill sets, each musician had to individually perform a set piece of music in front of four teachers.

“When I was doing it I was a bit nervous and my knees were wob-bling,” Millie said.

The school offered not only instrument tutorials, but also in-troduced the students to diff erent forms of music, such as tango and chamber, as well as traditional bush dance music.

Th e school is held annually, and Millie is already looking forward to returning next year.

Roxby locals attend School for StringsThe group of music students who attended from all over Australia,

included locals Millie Young and Kirsty Viljoen.

By Millie Thomas

A small, patriotic Roxby crowd were pleasantly surprised on Saturday

when local Vicki Mason was announced the 2013 Citizen of the Year.

Local Dawn Kroemer also picked up honours at the Nation-al Australia Day Awards, receiving anAmbulance Service Medal.

Th e Australia Day celebrations at the Roxby Downs Cultural and Leisure Precinct off ered residents free breakfast and pool entry on Australia Day morning supplied by Roxby Council as per normal procedure.

Vicki, who has lived in Roxby Downs for more than 20 years, is highly active within the commu-nity, dedicating much of her ‘spare time’ to fi lling positions on numer-ous boards and forums.

They include being a Roxby Downs Community Board mem-ber since 2005, a participant of the Roxby Downs Family and Youth Forum, Education and Training Forum, Business Forum, Commu-nity Garden, board member of the Roxby Downs Community Club, Neighbourhood Watch, Horse Racing Club Committee member, RFDS Auxiliary, and supporting Cancer research fundraiser Johnno Mason.

She does all this, in addition to working, studying, being a mother to fi ve and grandmother to three.

Town Administrator Bill Boe-hm said Vicki demonstrated an outstanding contribution to the community. “She loves this town,” he said.

He described her as passionate and supportive with an open heart and positive attitude.

Vicki, who was ‘fl abbergasted’, became emotional when receiving the award.

“Usually I have lots to say but to-day I’m absolutely fl abbergasted I’d just like to thank the very nice

lady who nominated me, thank you very much and I do, I love Roxby,” Vicki said to the present commu-nity.

“Days like today when every-body get out and has a good chin wag and that’s what life in the country is all about. We’ve got an awesome town.”

She encouraged new Roxby res-idents to become involved in some of the many boards and forums available in town.

“It is awesome and just the en-joyment you get, you meet heaps of diff erent people and you feel like you’re doing your little bit for Roxby Downs.

“Th ank you very much every-body enjoy Australia Day and be proud to be Australian.”

Th e Young Citizen of the Year Award went to Ayrton Koning, who’s most signifi cant contribu-tion was raising approximately $8,000 for charity.

“I think I learned to love Aus-tralia most was when I was in Papua New Guinea on the Kokoda Trail,” Ayrton said. “Our freedom comes with a price … that our dig-gers paid the bill.”

The Community Event of the Year Award when to the inaugu-ral World Food and Music Festival that was held in October last year.

The event was hosted by the Roxby Downs Multicultural Fo-rum, and supported by the Roxby Council Community Team.

She loves this town

Roxby Downs Council

Administrator Bill Boehm


Australia Day Celebrations

Vicky Mason our Citizen of the Year

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Locals come out to celebrate Australia Day

Charlie and Vivienne Holloway.

Ashley and Chris O’Hara.

Darren Peters and

Joseph Steinhauser.

Alistair Williamson,

George Clarke and Kaden

Weston.

Australia Day Award Winners Cindy Harrichund (for Event of the Year ...World Food and Music Festival), Ayrton Koning and Vicki Mason.

Above: Dawn Kroemer

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ROXBY COUNCIL

Opening hours Monday to Friday9 am to 4.30 pm

Council provides transport services including:

• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

• Licensing transactions • Learner written theory tests (test to begin before 4 pm)

All enquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi llOpening hours

1 pm to 6 pm every dayDisposal of household rubbish is FREE

Levies apply for businessesRecycling can be taken either

to the Opal Landfi ll orBSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street

All enquiries: 8671 1154

Opening hours 9.00 am to 5 pm Mon / Wed / Fri

9.30 am to 5 pm Thursday9.30 am to 12 noon Saturdays

Telephone 8671 0660 • Fax 8671 1418Email: [email protected]

Library membership is free. Wide range of resources are available including books, DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.

Toddler Story Time 9.30 am Tuesday and Thursday.

Opening hours

9 am to 5 pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452


After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

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The 2013 school year has commenced and we have already seen some scary sights in and around the school crossings

within town.

Motorists are urged to observe the signs and instructions placed around our school transit corridors. Th ey are there to protect our younger members of the community, often your chil-dren.

Drivers are warned that Council will not tolerate behaviour from motorists that pose a threat to the children of this community as they come and go to school.

Drop off zones (locally called ‘kiss and drop zone’s) at school are just for that. Drivers must only stay long enough to watch their child onto the footpath. Th e time allowed is only two min-utes. You should always drive up as far forward as possible into this zone, not just into the mid-dle, to keep the fl ow of traffi c and children as safe as possible.

Parking in this zone and leaving your car is a defi nite no-no as your vehicle can endanger children and other motorists as they try to ne-gotiate past it.

We are also asking parents not to allow their children to walk between cars in any school zone to get into your vehicle, and to not double park. Talk with your children to make a plan about where you will meet to pick them up and where they should wait until you are able to pull up to a kerb to collect them.

If your child is having one of ‘those mornings’ (and don’t we all have those mornings), park your car in a parking zone then coax them with time and patience, rather than trying to nego-tiate their departure from your vehicle in these kiss and drop zones.

All road users have an obligation to obey the signage at schools, don’t be the one that caus-es a local catastrophe. Please take great care around our school crossings and parking areas.

Back to schoolBack to school

A ir conditioners are a vital addition to most of our homes in Roxby Downs and surrounding areas.

Th is comfort does have a price, both on our hip pocket and on the planet. Th e following tips, may help you reduce your energy use:

Keep the heat outClose windows and blinds/curtains in the

morning as soon as it starts getting hotter outside than inside, and don’t open them until it is cooler outside the house than in-side. (Although if you are running an evap-orative air conditioner, you need to keep some windows partly open to circulate the air).

Shade northern and western windows. Shade cloth and bamboo blinds are inexpen-sive and easy to install, but if you can’t mod-ify your home, even shade cloth stretched over garden stakes or cardboard wedged into the external window frame during the day will help.

Avoid generating heatUse a gas or electric barbecue or the mi-

crowave rather than the oven and hot plates for your main meal – and plan lots of cold meals.

Turn off all unused lights and appliances – they generate extra heat.

Fans cool people, not rooms, so turn fans off in unoccupied rooms to avoid unneces-sary power use and heat generation.

If you need to use appliances that gener-ate a lot of heat (for example washing ma-chines, dishwashers), run them only during the cooler part of the day and preferably at night. Use a clothesline rather than a dryer.

Using cooling appliances

A fan creates air movement over your skin, increasing the rate at which sweat evaporates.

You can feel two to three degrees cooler and the running cost is very low.

Enhance the eff ect of the fan by wetting your skin, hair or clothing using a spray bot-tle of water or a chilled damp cloth.

If you have an evaporative air condition-er, on days of high humidity switch off the water/cooling function. You will receive comfort from the fan blowing air through your home.

If using a refrigerative air conditioner consider only cooling one area of your home during the day. Reduce the size of the area by closing doors. Th e smaller the area the more quickly it will cool and the lower the running cost.

Set your cooling thermostat as high as you can without being uncomfortable - 24 to 27 degrees celsius is suggested. For every degree higher you set your thermostat you’ll reduce your running costs by fi ve to 10 per cent.

Combine the use of a fan with a refrigera-

tive air conditioner as it will both distribute the cold air more quickly and make you feel cooler. Th is means (a) you may be able to set the thermostat temperature higher and be just as comfortable and (b) the air con-ditioner will cycle off or into low mode as the thermostat temperature is reached more quickly, reducing running costs.

Clean the air conditioner fi lter and lou-vres to ensure they operate effi ciently.

Remove the heat:When the air cools at night, open win-

dows and curtains and use the natural breeze to fl ush the hot air out of the house.

For best results, open a low window on the side facing the wind at night and a high window on the opposite side. Leave them open all night if it is safe to do so. Th is will allow cross ventilation. If there is no breeze, place a fan in one window facing inwards to draw cool air into your home – warm air will be pushed out of the other window.

Overnight, open all internal doors, in-cluding cupboard doors, to allow stored heat to escape.

Humid rooms feel hotter – vent steam in bathrooms, kitchens and laundries with exhaust fans or open windows.

More cooling and energy saving tips and advice can be found at www.sa.gov.au/ener-gysmart or call the Energy Advisory Service on (08) 8204 1888, freecall 1800 671 907.

Tips to help beat the heat and save energy costs

NEWS IN BRIEFNEWS IN BRIEF

D ecember 2012 Quarterly Water Accounts have been issued and are due for payment by the 15th of

February 2013.

Council congratulates the very worthy winners of the 2013 Australia Day Awards,

which were presented at our Australia Day, the Roxby Way celebration last weekend.

2013 Australia Day Citizen of the YearVicki Mason

2013 Australia Day Young Citizen of the YearAyrton Koning

2013 Community Event of the YearThe World Food and Music Festival2013 National Australia Day Award

Ambulance Service MedalDawn Kroemer

The Roxby community proudly salutes and thanks you!

Our Australia Day Winners


WHO’S ON THE BOARD

CONTACTING THE BOARD

BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

Monday of the month.Members of the public are welcome to

attend and observe.If you would like to make a presenta-tion or raise an issue, please contact the Executive Offi cer on 0418 833 818 so that you can be included on

the agenda.Confi dential discussions with the

Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Offi cer

Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.PO Box 85

Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818


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JOINING FORUMSIf you would like to join a forum and would like more information please

contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMRachel Young 0428 671 000

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BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964

Tuesday, February 5 @ 615pm

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SPORTS and REC FORUMDamien Condon 0439 862 784

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COMMUNITY GARDENPatrick Ibele (08) 8671 0168Thursday, February 14 @ 730pm

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMBree Gailbraith 0448 168 167

Thursday, February 7 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

TBA @ 530pm

Council Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, February 20 @ 730pm Council Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKKath Messner 0438 871 153

TBA January 2013 in the Council Boardroom

NEW Roxby Downs Community Facebook PageTo keep up to date on local community events and services visit and like our Facebook page!

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I ’ve moved to Roxby Downs to take up the role of GHD’s Office Manager in October

last year with my family (wife Tracey and sons Michael (7) and Anthony (5) and our pet dog Libby).

Workwise, I am a Chartered Professional Engineer and Project Manager, and was awarded the 2011 Victorian Young Professional Engi-neer of the Year.

I am a Volunteer for Engineers Australia (EA), and have recently established their Far North Region-al Group of Roxby Downs for the South Australian Division of EA – having had our fi rst member’s meet up in November.

I have also joined (as GHD’s

representative) the Roxby Down’s Business Forum, and have previ-ously volunteered my services to a range of initiatives including a lo-cal Montmorency Primary School Building Steering Committee in Melbourne; as well as Milo Cricket programmes and CELM (Centre for Engineering Leadership and Man-agement) Committees in Victoria.

I wanted to join the Roxby Downs Community Board because I believe in getting involved and immersing myself in the community, wherever I live (which to date has included South Africa, England, Victoria and now Roxby Downs) and look for-ward to being actively involved in shaping our community.

G et involved in recording Roxby’s stories for the town’s 25 Year Anniversary!

November 5, 2013 marks the 25th Anni-versary of Roxby Downs as a town. Hence, it is high time that the stories of this place are gathered and shared.

In 2013 the Roxby Downs Community Board will undertake a Roxby Downs Sto-ries project to collect: Indigenous stories of Roxby Downs, stories of regional pastoral-ists, stories of the pioneering residents and contractors who helped set up Roxby, and the stories of our people.

Th e project has received a Cultural Her-itage grant to aid in the education mate-

rials telling the indigenous stories of this place for the children of this region, and a permanent public exhibition as well as the ‘Roxby Celebrates’ event for the Town’s 25th Anniversary in November.

Th ere are many ways to get involved in this project, and you can be involved in whichever way you choose:

1. Share your Roxby stories with an in-terviewer2. Interview others3. Share your pieces of Roxby history and memorabilia.4. Share other skills that you may have to contribute.5. Get involved and be a part of the plan-

ning and implementation committee to col-lect the stories and/or publish and exhibit them.

Interviewers will have the opportunity to be trained in professional interview tech-niques, and all recording equipment will be supplied.

We will hold a meeting for everyone in-volved in the project on Wednesday, Feb-ruary 6, 2013, at 6pm in the Dunes Café in Richardson Place, Roxby Downs.

If you would like to attend please just come along and if you can’t attend the fi rst meeting but would love to be involved please contact Vivienne Holloway on 0448 059 168.

D J Monski Mouse has been picked up by Country Arts SA’s

Shows On The Road, to tour her Baby Disco Dance Hall to regional South Australia this February before the show plays the 2013 Adelaide Fringe.

“I am super thrilled to be touring to regional commu-nities with Country Arts SA” said Monski Mouse.

Following a sell out debut season at the 2012 Adelaide Fringe, a run at premiere Edinburgh Fringe venue, Assembly Festival and an appearance in the ‘Best of Edinburgh Fringe’ Freedom Festival, Hull UK, Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall, will appear in Roxby Downs and Port Augusta before returning to where it began in Th e Garden of Un-earthly Delights.

Steve Saff ell, Chief Exec-utive Offi cer Country Arts SA said, “This will be the fi rst time our Shows on the Road Program has toured a performance specifi cally for children under 5 years. Baby

Disco Dance Hall is unique in that it’s all about social participation and sharing the disco experience with your child.”

Monski Mouse has made a career from DJ-ing quirky retro tracks, while dressed as a glamourgirl-mouse, having played at arts festivals and clubs including Adelaide, Melbourne and Edinburgh Fringe. Since becoming a Mum in 2010, Monski Mouse has expanded her focus to the morning audience, of bubs, toddlers and parents/carers, in a career move that fi ts in with her new role as a working Mum.

Featuring DJ Monski Mouse at the decks and her small team of dancers to get the crowd pumping, Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall will have heads and shoulders, knees and toes bopping along to lashings of pop favorites, retro dance tracks and funky nursery rhymes. Th ere will also be a soft furnished ‘baby area’ for the no-walkers to roll around!

Designed for children un-der 5 and their parents and carers, to dance and have fun together, Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall will play at the Roxby Leisure Centre on February 9.

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Monski Mouse brings her Baby Disco Dance Hall to regional SA!

ABOVE: Monski Mouse will entertain children

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Australian Junior Country Australian Junior Country Championships (Albury)Championships (Albury)

U/18 South Australian Sharks(Roxby Downs representatives)

Darcy Kenny , Adam Ryan & Bailey Evans

U/18 South Australian Magpies(Roxby Downs Representatives)

Joel Young & Jordan ChristallResults

Round oneVic Settlers (76) vs SA Sharks (44)SA Magpies (39) vs. Oceania (74)

Round TwoSA Redbacks (66) vs. SA Magpies (70)

Tasmanian Tigers (71) vs. SA Sharks (45)Round Three

Vic Goldminers (90) vs. SA Sharks (35)SA Magpies BYERound Four

SA Sharks (46) vs. NSW Explorers (56)SA Magpies (57) vs. Tasmanian Devils (51)

Round Five NSW Kookaburras (92) vs. SA Magpies (48)

SA Sharks BYERound Six

SA Sharks (65) vs. NZ Kea (66)NZ Koru (58) vs. SA Magpies (78)

Round Seven NSW Waratahs (88) vs. SA Sharks (47)

SA Magpies (54) vs. Vic Bushrangers (77)1st fi nal

Tasmanian Tigers (56) vs. SA Magpies (49)SA Sharks (67) vs. SA Redbacks (52)

2nd Final SA Sharks (47) vs. NZ Kea (42)

SA Magpies (41) vs. Vic Settlers (67)

Roxby players perform well in Albury

Roxby Downs Baskeballers Joel Young, Bailey Evans, Darcy Kenny, Maddy Young, Adam Ryan, Jordan Christall, Wes Knights (Coach), competed in the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup recently.

By Rein Geraghty

Twenty20 cricket back in action at Roxby Downs Oval last Friday night.

Olympic Dam won the toss and elected to bat in windy conditions. Despite a fairly slow fi nish with a few wickets falling, OD posted a fairly competitive score of 123.

Top scorer was Wally Hand who made 49 and was well supported by Wade Stevens. Th e wickets were evenly shared amongst the bowlers with no real stand outs. A surprise late inclusion into the Rogues team Ross Mill got the team off to a good start. However, some tight bowling and great work in the fi eld saw Rogues requiring 13 off the last over with Dadleh on strike.

A good tight over from the experienced Ste-vens saw OD hold on to win. It was pleasing to see OD hold onto their catches as well as two good run outs from Poodle Morris and Geraghty. With a couple of rounds left in the Twenty20 com-petition remaining, OD will be hoping to get over the line against Andamooka to secure their place in the Grand Final.

Rogues and Wanderers will play each other in the second of the double headers on February 9 in what should decide which of the teams makes it through to the Grand Final.

These two games will make up some of the action and fun of the Pink Stumps Day be-ing held to raise money for breast cancer re-search. It promises to be a great family event and will be a key community event for the year. Hornidge and Wanderers played each other on Sun-day night in the 40 over format. It’s understood An-damooka batted fi rst and struggled to make 89 with Pegler taking 6 wickets.

H o r n r i d g e p a s s e d t h e i r t o -t a l w i th the lo ss o f on ly 3 w icke t s . Games for this week see Woomera and Hornridge in a games scheduled to be played in Woomera, however venue and start time are to be confi rmed with work currently being undertaken on the oval.

Rogues take on Andamooka on Saturday night un-der lights at 6pm. OD look to have secured a top 2 spot having lost just the one game to date. Hornridge and Rogues look set to battle out second spot with key matches coming in the remaining rounds.

LEFT: Olympic Dam and Rogues players battled it out in Friday night’s Twenty20

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By Millie Thomas

Local cricket team the Roxby Rogues has joined a thousand other country

cricket clubs across Australia by holding a McGrath Foundation Pink Stumps Day on Saturday, February 9.

It is the second consecutive year the Rogues have partici-pated in the Sydney Pink Test phenomenon, which has raised almost $1.35 million for the McGrath Foundation.

One hundred per cent of proceeds from the pink stumps days go to Th e McGrath Foun-dation, which places McGrath Breast Care Nurses in commu-nities across Australia, and aims to increase breast awareness in young women.

So far, country club fund-raising and fundraising at the annual Pink Stumps day test at the Sydney Cricket ground has raised over $3.5 million, mak-ing eight McGrath Breast Care Nurse positions available.

It has also help fund posi-tions in Newcastle and Camp-belltown in New South Wales, Echuca and Ballarat in Victoria, Fremantle in Western Austral-ia, Ipswich in Queensland and two new positions to be fi lled in 2013 in Launceston in Tasma-

nia and Murray Bridge in South Australia.

Chairman and co-founder of the McGrath Foundation, Glenn McGrath is thrilled by the sup-port and enthusiasm communi-ties have showed.

“Having raised close to $1.35 million dollars in the last two years, Pink Stumps Day has become a community cricket fi xture and part of the McGrath Foundation fabric, playing an important role in helping us ensure every family experienc-ing breast cancer has access to a breast care nurse regardless of their location or fi nancial situa-tion,” Mr McGrath said.

Roxby Downs Cricket Asso-ciation Treasurer Paul Trotta said the event is important for a number of reasons. “Th e Roxby Rogues and cricket association are participating in this event to raise funds for this worthwhile cause, and to promote Roxby Downs’ ability to support char-itable causes.

“Myself and other players have a history of breast cancer in our family, so it is important on a personal level for some of us.

“It will also be a fun event for the community and the contri-bution of local businesses dur-ing the current tough times is appreciated.”

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