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July 2018 Edition
The Shire of Sandstone Hack St, Sandstone WA 6639
Ph: 08 9963 5802 Fax 08 9963 5852
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PG 2 Contents
PG 3 Emergency Medical Assistance
PG 4 From the Desk of the CEO
PG 5 Environmental Health Officer details
PG 6 Physiotherapy Services reinstated
PG 7 Christmas in July, Sandstone Astro Dome
PG 8 The Decadent and Depraved movie
PG 9 Art/Craft Exhibition
PG 10 Knitting Crochet group
PG 11 Brassiere Decorating in Mt Magnet
PG 12 Tax Shop / Pickup your Dog Poop!!
PG 13 Jokes
PG 14-15 Emergency Services
PG 16-17 Golf results in Meekatharra
PG 18 Message from Melissa Price
PG 19 Visitor Centre now on Facebook
PG 20 Crossword Puzzle
PG 21 History Corner
PG 22 Wise Words—Simple formula for living
PG 23 Monthly Bus to Mt Magnet
PG 24-25 Visitor Centre Info
PG 26 Wordsearch Puzzle PG 27 Message from the Nationals PG 28 Mt Magnet Ladies Day Burlesque night
PG 29 Black Range tearooms
PG 30-31 National Hotel menu and specials
PG 32-33 Recipes
PG 34 Blues for the Bush
PG 35 Sun City Batteries advertisement
PG 36 Public Notices
PG 37 Directory of Services
PG 38-40 Community Bulletin Board
PG 41-46 Health Services/Calendar
PG 47 Events Calendar
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Sandstone Emergency Numbers for Police and Fire 000
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Shire News Shire of Sandstone
Hack Street SANDSTONE WA 6639 Phone: 08 9963 5802 Fax: 08 9663 5852
Email: [email protected]
FROM THE DESK OF THE CEO
As we welcome in the new financial year we also welcome a new staff member Plant Operator George Christie. George has moved into the newly renovated house at 18 Griffith Street. George comes from a mining background and although he has been living in Geraldton he owns a house in Meekatharra and is familiar with the Sandstone area. With the new financial year comes a new budget which this year we hope to be adopting a bit earlier than the last couple of years, the downside of this for local ratepayers is that the rates notices will be going out earlier. June Council Meeting The June Council Meeting was postponed until the 29
th to enable visitors working on the
Murchison Geo Tourism project to attend and present to Council. Professor Ross Dowling from Edith Cowan University, his wife Wendy and Adam Murszewski from the Midwest Development Commission gave a power point presentation on Geo Tourism and how in China, the Scandina-vian region of Europe and other countries like the United States of America it has become a major tourist drawcard while pointing out the potential in the Murchison for it to attract a large number of tourists to the 7 shires involved in the project. Geo Tourism is not just about geology and rocks but showcases the geo sites as well as the environment (plants and animals) and culture (people) of a region. At the meeting Council resolved to allow the CEO to apply for permission from the Minister for Local Government to charge a different level of rates to home owners, pastoralists and miners. Other resolutions were passed to award tenders to Remote Area Mechanical for maintenance grading and Rangeview Assets for bulldozing to help the shire works crew keep our roads in the good condition they are. Other Items Shire road construction staff have almost completed the works on the Menzies Road, resheet-ing and repairing drainage on parts of the road. While our staff are finishing up on the Menzies Road flood damage contractors are still working on the Yeelirrie Road where they will be for a few more months as there is a lot of damage to repair. As usual I ask all motorists to obey speed restrictions at road works and keep our staff and contractors safe while they repair our roads to keep you safe.
Harry Hawkins
Chief Executive Officer
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Shire News Shire of Sandstone
Hack Street SANDSTONE WA 6639 Phone: 08 9963 5802 Fax: 08 9663 5852
Email: [email protected]
The Environmental Health Officer for the Shire of Sandstone is Dave Hadden. Dave’s contact details are:- Principal EHO/Building Surveyor Shires of Leonora, Laverton, Menzies & Sandstone. Phone- 9037 6044 Mobile- 0428376044 Email- [email protected]
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ASTRONOMY DOME Sandstone Astronomy Dome is currently out of order. We apologise for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience We are organising to get a specialist in this field to come and assist with getting it up and running, hopefully this will be completed by September this year.
In Mt Magnet
Contact Jade at Mt Magnet Post Office
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In a remote and dark place in the outback of Western Australia, the wanted man Leon Murphey (Ben Mortley) leaves his family in a bid to ensure their safety. While being transported by Captain Dalton (Michael Muntz), Leon’s daughter is captured by the cruel Maitland (Steve Turner). The journey soon becomes a chaotic tale of revenge and murder within the ever-changing terrain of Western Australia. - Prince-Wright Productions
Don’t miss the screening of “The Decadent and Depraved” to be shown in the Sandstone Town Hall, on
Wednesday 4th July. This movie was filmed in our region, including amazing footage at
London Bridge. Screening will commence at 6.30pm, please bring a plate of sup-
per to share after the show.
Free entry !!
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In Mount Magnet
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At a hotel restaurant, a man sees an attractive woman sitting alone at the next table. Suddenly she sneezes, and a glass eye comes flying out of her eye socket. It hurls by the man, and he snatches it from the air and hands it back to her. “This is so embarrassing,” the woman says, and she pops her eye back in place. “I’m sorry to have disturbed you. Let me buy you dinner to make it up to you. May I join you?” He nods. The woman is a stimulating conversationalist, stunningly pretty, and the man finds they have a lot in common. He gets her phone number and asks, “You are the most charming woman I’ve ever encountered. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?” “No,” she replies. “You just happened to catch my eye.”
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HISTORY CORNER— An excerpt from the book
“Sandstone—from Gold to Wool and Back Again” by Sally L Senior
Youanmi - pg 319
Youanmi is unique among the satellite towns of Sandstone in that it has had three major lives so far.
The first Europeans to visit the Youanmi area were Robert Austin, Assistant Government Surveyor, and his party in
1854. Even though they did not actually pass over where Youanmi was to be situated later, they passed
reasonably close when they visited Poison Rocks, approximately 35 km south-west of what was later to become
Youanmi townsite.
The first gold discovery in the Youanmi area was by Thomas Payne, in about 1894-1895, who later found gold at
Paynesville and Paynes Find. Although it is said that he found gold on this trip, he did not consider the find to be of
any great value, as he did not return until roughly two years later, in 1896, when he went reef mining again with
others in the Youanmi area, the year before he discovered gold at Paynesville.
In 1905, ‘Dan’ Rowan and George Moore took up leases on several reefs in the region. The saving grace of the
claims was said at the time to be the availability of water, which was just enough to survive on. However, this
assumption that there was sufficient water was proved to be false as more prospectors arrived at the new field, and
it became apparent that shortage of water was to be a major problem in the area.
There was little further interest in the area until 1907, when a new find was reported at Coorong (the first official
name for the Youanmi area), 45 miles south-west of the new town of Sandstone. The name did not stick, as the
area was more commonly known as You-and-Me, or Youanme, but later changed in December 1910 to Youanmi.
At the time of the discovery of reef gold at Youanmi in 1907, the area was included in the Lawlers Roads Board
area, by geographical position only, as it had no connection except by a circuitous route, with this area.
During 1907 there was a steady stream of prospectors leaving Sandstone for Coorong. As a result, the supply of
water became severely pressed. A public meeting was held at Coorong, as this was a major concern to the
prospectors there. At the same meeting, it was proposed that Coorong be attached to the Black Range mining
district, not the Mt Magnet or Lawlers, as it was more like the Black Range district in its needs, as well as closer to
that town (roughly 50 miles as against roughly 80 miles to Mt Magnet). It was also suggested that in the future all
mails for Coorong be left at White Well and sent by horseback or bicycle by the Postmaster-General’s Department,
or, failing that, that the mail coaches between Sandstone and Mt magnet run via Coorong and Bellchambers.
At the end of 1907, the new Youanmi field was mentioned in Parliament, quoting Montgomery, the State Mining
Engineer. He pointed out that it would be much more serviceable to allocate the new area to the newly formed
Black Range Roads Board instead of the Lawlers. This was duly done in 1909, when Youanmi officially became
attached to the Black Range Roads Board district. At the same time, it became attached to the Black Range district
of the East Murchison Goldfield, under Warden Clifton.
As with any new field, there was great interest in Youanmi at Sandstone, so when the two prospectors Christensen
and Bonnie took a 2CWT load of specimen stones to Sandstone from their Youanmi prospecting area in January
1908 and displayed them there at the warden’s office, it caused a great deal of excitement. In February 1908, the
new field was visited by Assistant Geologist Charles C Gibson of the WA Department of Mines, but he was not very
impressed with the area, and did not give a favourable report, saying that prospecting was still vey superficial. He
was followed by Colbran, the Inspector of Mines, who have an even more scathing report.
Due to the efforts of the prospectors who sank a bore to relieve the lack of water at Youanmi townsite, ample fresh
water had been struck nearby, and this helped by saving carting water to the field. The foreman of the boring party
was M Fallon, who was praised for his good work.
Continued next month.
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SIMPLE FORMULA FOR LIVING
Live beneath your means
Return everything you borrow
Stop blaming other people
Admit it when you make a mistake
Give clothes not worn to charity
Do something nice and try not to get caught
Listen more; talk less
Every day take a 30 minute walk
Strive for excellence, not perfection
Be on time. Don’t make excuses
Don’t argue. Get organised
Be kind to unkind people
Let someone cut ahead of you in line
Take time to be alone
Cultivate good manners
Be humble
Realize and accept that life isn’t fair
Know when to keep your mouth shut
Go an entire day without criticising anyone
Learn from the past. Plan for the future
Live in the present
Don’t sweat the small stuff
It’s all small stuff
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COMMUNITY BUS TAKING PASSENGERS TO MT MAGNET The Sandstone Community Bus will be travelling to Mt Magnet every four weeks for Shire business. If anyone needs to travel to Mt Magnet, we usually have available seats. We can take a maximum of 6 passengers so please book - please be aware that we adhere to a strict time schedule. The bus will leave from the Sandstone Shire Administration office at 10am and will leave Mt. Magnet opposite the IGA at 1.30pm for the return trip home. Please book your seat by contacting either Rhonda or Margaret at the Shire office ph. 9963 5802
The next bus will be Wednesday 18th July
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NATIONAL HOTEL—SANDSTONE
Lunch Menu 7 days a week 12pm—2pm
Ham and Salad Sandwich / Toasted $7.50 Ham, cheese, tomato, lettuce, carrot, onion and mayo
All meals below are served with chips: Extras—egg, cheese or bacon are $1.50 each
Bacon and Egg Burger $15.00 Bread roll, fried egg, bacon and sauce
Prospector Beef Burger $15.00 Bread roll, beef patty, cheese, fried onion, salad and BBQ sauce
Chicken Burger $15.00 Chicken patty, lettuce and Mayo
Steak Sandwich $17.00 Steak, fried onion, salad and BBQ sauce
Fish and Chips $17.00 Battered or Crumbed
Seafood Basket $17.00 Whiting fillet, prawn cutlets, squid rings, scallop, crab bites, lemon & tartare sauce
Extras
Chips—Small: $6.50 or Large: $9.00 Gravy: $3.50
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NATIONAL HOTEL—SANDSTONE
Dinner Menu 7 days a week 6pm—8pm
Porter House / Rib Eye / T-Bone / Scotch Fillet Steak, served with chips and salad or vegetables (add reef and beef $7)
$38.00
Chicken Schnitzel ( Parma, Hollandaise or Plain) Chicken Schnitzel served with chips and salad or vegetables
$28.00
Chicken Kiev Chicken Kiev, served with chips and salad or vegetables
$24
Seafood Basket Whiting Fillet, prawn cutlets, squid rings, scallops, crab bites, lemon & tartare
sauce, Served with chips and salad
$24.00
Red Emperor Beer battered Red Emperor served with chips and salad or vegetables
$25.00
Pizza Meat Lovers, Bar B Q Chicken & Hawaiian + Garlic Bread (please allow cooking time)
$25.00
Extras Gravy—Beef, Mushroom or Pepper $3.50
Fried Egg $2.50
Kids Meals Chicken Nuggets and Chips $12.00 (comes with Busy Nippers Bag)
Please check out our Daily Specials on the specials board $25 with dessert
Dessert See Specials Board……
Served with Icecream or Custard $8.50
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Corn Fritters
Ingredients 2 cups frozen corn 1 egg 1 tablespoon wholemeal flour 2 spring onions, chopped salt and pepper, to taste 1 teaspoon olive oil
Method Mix corn, egg, flour, spring onions and salt and pepper in a small bowl. Heat frypan to medium-high and add the olive oil. Using a large spoon, place batter on hot pan making a patty about 10-centimetres in diameter. Cook for three minutes and turn. Cook for a further two minutes until cooked through. Transfer to a plate and keep warm (if desired). Repeat with the remaining batter and then serve.
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BOUNTY BALLS
Ingredients (makes 40 bounty balls) • 4 cups desiccated coconut • 1 can condensed milk • 200g chocolate • extra coconut to sprinkle
Method 1. In a large bowl mix together the coconut and condensed milk. 2. Using a teaspoon, roll the mixture into balls and place on to lined baking tray. Place in freezer until hard. 3. In a microwave bowl, melt the chocolate (30 second increments) until silky smooth. Remove the balls from the freezer and dip one at a time in the chocolate and place back on the tray. Repeat until done. Decorate with extra coconut.
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Pastoralists and D.E.C. in the Sandstone and
surrounding Shire’s have an ongoing wild dog
bait programme. Please be advised
BAITS WILL BE ON THE GROUND ALL YEAR ROUND
Also just a friendly reminder to keep your dogs
locked up, or on a leash if out walking.
To avoid being
penalised all dogs and cats must be kept in your
yards or on leads at all times. Please clean up
after your dog!!!!!
All dogs must be registered. If your dog is not registered, or if
you are unsure when the registration expires,
please contact the Shire office.
The RANGER is making more and more frequent
visits to Sandstone.
When was the last time you
visited your local library?
We don’t just have books,
there are DVDs and Audio
books as well, so next time
you are passing the office,
pop in and have a look.
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JPB Contracting
Paul (Scruffy)
Bennett
Ph: 0427 841 888
GREAT NEWS!
Physiotherapy service has been reinstated at
Sandstone
Next visit will be 23rd July
Phone Shire office to book an appointment
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Mount Magnet Post & Lotteries
Gifts, cards, stationery, art supplies.
Passport photos and much more Drop in and browse
Check out the website www.mtmagnetpost.com
SANDSTONE LIBRARY Open Monday—Friday 8.30am—4.30pm
Casual memberships welcome
• Interlibrary Loans • Audio Books • Internet access • DVDs • Fiction and non Fiction books
Dog registrations are due by the end of October
each year. Please check your dog’s registration or contact the Shire office to check if your dog’s registration needs
renewal
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YOU MUST CONTACT THE SHIRE OF SANDSTONE PRIOR TO
DISPOSAL OF ANY ASBESTOS MATERIALS
Phone 9963 5802 Mondays - Fridays
8:30 - 4:00pm
LEGAL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN FOR
NON-COMPLIANCE
We are always after articles for the Bush Telegraph so if you have a story, a photo
or maybe a birthday, or perhaps there is something
you would like to see in your newsletter please
contact Rhonda at the Shire office
ROTARY CLUB We are the very first Rotary Club
that is based purely online in WA. This enables people living in remote/regional areas the op-tion to still provide a service to their local community by joining Rotary E club of E.WA. It’s a
new and vital Rotary Experience.
We meet via online webinars
and the use of Facebook, both open to the public and private
sessions.
Name: E-WA Rotary Address: www.ewarotary.org.au www.facebook.com/ewarotary Ph 0408 802 490 Community Group Name : E-WA Rotary—Kerry O’Shea [email protected] We’d love to hear from you :)
Westcoast Seafood
Email: [email protected] Contact Stan to see when he will be in
Sandstone next
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Looking for Gold? Want to Prospect near Sandstone?
Please contact the Mt Magnet Office of the Department of
Mines and Petroleum, Cnr Hepburn and Richardson
St
Telephone (08) 9963 4509
Heritage Museum & Visitor Centre
Open daily 9am—4pm
Easter to November
Ordinary Meeting
of Council
The next meeting of Council will be held on THURSDAY 26th JULY 2018 at 11 a.m. The Agenda is viewable at the Sand-stone Public Library and on-line at www.sandstone.wa.gov.au , once prepared.
Alice Atkinson Caravan Park 08 9963 5859 Main Roads - Road Conditions 13 81 38
(24 Hr Customer Contact Centre )
Mt Magnet Police 08 9963 3222
National Hotel 08 9963 5801
Outback Accommodation 08 9963 5869
Sandstone Museum &
Visitor Information Centre 08 9963 5061
Sandstone Nursing Post 08 9963 5808
Sandstone Post Office 08 9963 5222
Shire of Sandstone Office 08 9963 5802 Ambulance 000 RFDS 1800 625 800
Useful Sandstone Phone
Numbers
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
MEDICAL SERVICES AVAILABLE IN
WILUNA
The following medical services are available from visiting specialists through the Wiluna Medical Centre. These services are free of charge and are available to Sandstone residents and the travelling public.
To make an appointment for visiting specialists, contact Wiluna Medical Centre 9981 8600
Dental (Monthly) Gynaecologist
Audiologist Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
Cardiologist Respiratory
Health and Well being services
Child Health Services, Paediatrician
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
TELEPHONE HELP LINES
Mental Health Emergency Response Line
(formerly Psychiatric Emergency Team)
Perth WA 6000 Tel: 08 9224 8888
RuralLink
Tel: 1800 552 002
For local voluntary ambulance service (limited) in severe cases dial 000
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
MEEKATHARRA RFDS Flying clinics
2018
JULY Thursday 5th Paynes Find/Yalgoo A Van der Walt Thursday 12th SANDSTONE C McConnell Thursday 19th Yalgoo C McConnell Thursday 26th SANDSTONE A Van der Walt AUGUST Thursday 2nd Paynes Find/Yalgoo C McConnell Thursday 9th SANDSTONE C McConnell Thursday 16th Yalgoo A Van der Walt Thursday 23rd SANDSTONE C McConnell Thursday 30th Paynes Find/Yalgoo C McConnell SEPTEMBER Thursday 6th SANDSTONE C McConnell Thursday 13th Yalgoo A Van der Walt Thursday 20th SANDSTONE A Van der Walt Thursday 27th Paynes Find/Yalgoo C McConnell OCTOBER Thursday 4th SANDSTONE C McConnell Thursday 11th Yalgoo A Van der Walt Thursday 18th SANDSTONE A Van der Walt Thursday 25th Paynes Find/Yalgoo C McConnell NOVEMBER Thursday 1st SANDSTONE C McConnell Thursday 8th Yalgoo A Van der Walt Thursday 15th SANDSTONE C McConnell Thursday 22nd Paynes Find/Yalgoo A Van der Walt Thursday 29th SANDSTONE C McConnell DECEMBER Thursday 6th Yalgoo A Van der Walt Thursday 13th SANDSTONE C McConnell Thursday 20th Paynes Find/Yalgoo A Van der Walt
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If you would like your event to appear on the Community Planner please contact the Shire of Sandstone Phone: 9963 5802 Fax: 9963 5852 Email: [email protected]
JULY 2018
Internet is available at Sandstone Library in the Shire building
Monday—Friday 8.30am—4.30pm
We don’t have public WIFI but you can use our computers to access the internet
