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September 27th 2018

Yongergnow - Ongerup CRC

Upcoming Events 2018 SEPT 25th Family Hub activities begin OCT 11th Pre Harvest Breakfast 12th PING Course Paperless Office 19th Lincolns - Young Farmers Seminar End OCT Library moving to Yongergnow

Community Notices

WILDFLOWER SHOW We are in full swing with the wildflower show at the museum and need more helpers over the next 2 weeks until 7th October, Please put your name down at the Store till on the roster sheet or contact Sandy 0428 282941 or Vicki 0428 282282. No experience necessary! GYM MEMBERS The Gym key system has been changed to a lock box. Please contact the CRC for more information and an access code. 98 282325 YOGA-LATES Anyes will be doing 10 sessions of yoga-lates next term Wednesdays 4:15 - 5:15 pm starting October 10th at the hall. BYO mat. $160 for term or casual $20 per session. Please contact Anyes 0428 129672 to book. JONES’ FAREWELL The farewell for Margaret and Graeme on Sunday 14th October will commence with lunch at the pavilion followed by memories on the screen recounted by Graeme and others, finishing with cuppa and cake mid afternoon. Please bring a salad to share and a bar will be open. There will be a church service at the Uniting Church prior to lunch. ONGERUP BOWLING CLUB SCROUNGERS Scroungers Bowls will commence this Friday 28 Sept. and continue every Friday for the rest of the season. Play commences at 6pm, but please have your names in by 5.45pm, to Mick Creagh 0427641044. Scroungers is a fun social evening of bowls, for all to enjoy, with a few drinks and a sausage sizzle to follow. Anyone is welcome to come and have a go. You don’t need to have your own bowls or any special clothing or footwear. Just wear warm casual clothing and flat soled shoes, thongs or bare feet. We would love to see new players come and

have a go. You don’t need to have played before and there is no pressure. See you there.

FITNESS CLASSES Skye will be running fitness classes at the gym starting 9th October Tuesdays 4 pm METAPWR and Thursdays 4:30 pm HIITSTEP. Please contact Skye to

register your interest - classes will only be on if enough numbers. 0428 396887

MAIL RUN

Looking for casual part-time assistant to help with mail run, two days a week, Tuesdays and Fridays.

Mainly from beginning of November to the end of December. Must have own transport. Short days and pays handsomely.

Contact George Vaux on 0428 282 106 for more information.

MORE SPRING COLOURS IN ONGERUP’S MALLEE

Spring is not only the season for an immense wealth of colourful wildflowers in Ongerup’s mallee. Last Friday, extra colour was

added to pristine Malleefowl habitat on two private properties near Ongerup.

The captive Malleefowl at Ongerup’s Yongergnow Australian Malleefowl Centre were extremely successful at reproducing in the last

breeding season, and now is the time for the young birds to find a new home in their native bush.

All released birds are colour-banded, which means they wear two colourful ‘bracelets’ on each leg. Attached by a professional

bander under the guidelines of the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme, those bright additions do not disturb or hinder the

birds in any way. Each bird has an individual colour code, and the bands will help provide information on each individual

Malleefowl’s lifestyle when birds are re-sighted in the future.. In spite of strict guidelines for the release properties, several landowners

in the Ongerup area have offered to host Malleefowl on their properties.

More young Malleefowl will be released at Dryandra Woodland in cooperation with the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and

Attractions, and Yongergnow is negotiating options for releases of more young Malleefowl in National Parks, Nature Reserves and on

private conservation properties.

Yongergnow’s Chairman Jan Savage said: “The release project was born out of necessity; no-one expected our Malleefowl to

breed so successfully. With a chick survival rate of 1 to 2 % in the wild, we did not expect so many surviving chicks from 38 eggs.

And this season, there is another active mounds at Yongergnow…”

Yongergnow’s consulting biologist Vicky Bilney said she really appreciated the wonderful volunteer support for the process of

catching and banding the birds, and really enjoyed the eagerness of Ongerup’s primary school students (and teachers!) to learn

about bird banding.

Yongergnow is calling the public to report any sightings of Malleefowl, particularly of colour banded ones, to

visitor@yongergnow.com.au or to fauna@dbca.wa.gov.au. The Yongergnow team are also working on a Facebook page for

Malleefowl sightings.

Media enquiries:

Yongergnow: Jan Savage OAM JP, Chairman 0427 986 476

Technical aspects: Vicky Bilney 0429 337 658

DBCA: Species and Communities Program, fauna@dbca.wa.gov.au

Welcome to the outside world!

Spot the Malleefowl ……...

BUSH FIRE ADVISORY GENERAL MEETING

All Shire of Gnowangerup Bush Fire Brigades and

Fire Control Officers please note that the

Next General Meeting

is to be held on

Thursday 11th October 2018 at the

Ongerup Pavilion,

commencing at 7.00pm.

All Fire Control Officers are urged to attend.

Shelley Pike

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

28 Rex bday Family Hub activities

29 Family Hub activities

30 Kacie b’day

1

2 bulk rubbish collection day Family Hub activities

3 Library Family Hub activities Jane bday

4

5 Family Hub activities

6 Bowls open day Family Hub activities

7 Wildflower

show last day Bowls opening

8 Golf closing

9 School starts term 4

10 Library Yoga Dimity bday

11 pre harvest breakfast @ Yongergnow

12 Jim bday PING course

13 14 Jones farewell

15 16 17 Library Yoga

18 19 Lincolns - Young Farmers Seminar

20 21

22 23 24 Yoga Yongergnow AGM

Vicki bday

25 26 27 28

Sept/Oct 2018