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Wedderburn Community News

DECEMBER, 2014

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OLD WORLD CHARM RETURNS TO WEDDERBURN.

It was an absolute treat to visit the Coach House Museum and Gallery Saturday 15th November, as we were

welcomed at the door by ladies in period costume handing out fresh herbs from their baskets.

Not only was there new areas of the museum opened to the public, but the whole centre had been given a

spring clean, the Lions Club provided a delicious lunch and bargains were to be found at the market stalls.

More of the story and photos on page

Inside the WCN December Edition

Editorial Jude Raftis

Page 2— Editorial & Index

Page 3— Open Day Success& Quiz.

Page 4— Wedderburn Community House courses

Page 5— Mothers Club Concert & In the spotlight

Page 6—Community listings

Page 7—W’burn CFA Xmas party & CFA profile

Page 8—Look after your best friend & Xmas gift

Page 9—.Community House opening

Page 10—Community events

Page 11—Berrimal Fire Shed opening.

Page 12—Community events

Page 13—Kids page

Page 14—Business guide for W’burn

Page 15—Beyond the backyard

Page 16—Community notices.

Page 17—Ephemeral soak field day.

Page 18—Comm garden & beauty from recycling.

Page 19_Wedderburn Development Committee.

Page 20– Calendar

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This year the Wedderburn Community House have de-cided to conduct a “Celebrating Essential Services Day” at the Centre on Tuesday 16 December commencing at 11am and finishing at 2.30pm. This day will take the place of our annual Christmas Festival.

There will be displays from CFA and Victoria Police, as well as CERT, SES and Ambulance Victoria in attend-ance.

]Santa will also be there with gifts.

Wedderburn College students will be attending as there will be a FREE BBQ lunch cooked by Wedderburn Lions Club and free drinks for all.

This day will give our community the opportunity to say thank you to all service volunteers and workers for mak-ing Wedderburn the safe place it is to live in.

So come along and let them know how much you appre-ciate their dedicated work within our community.

Community House closed over

Christmas/New year.

For those who visit the Community House regularly please take note of the holiday break times;

The Community House is closed from Friday 19th December, reopening Monday 5th

January 2015.

The visitor information centre is the only service running over this break.

The Centrelink computer can still be accessed, but there is no photocopying, or other assis-tance the Community House usually offer.

The last Community lunch for 2014 is on Wednesday 10th December, starting again on first Wednesday in February 2015.

10th December is the final bingo session for the year, starting back Wednesday 7th January, 2015

Community groups such as Patchwork all take a break for January.

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QI Quiz Questions;

1. In Monopoly, the green set is made up of Bond st, Regent St and which other?

2. Who created ‘Snoopy’?

3. What does UNESCO stand for?

4. Which birthstone is associated with the month of May?

5. What is semiotics the study of?

6. Who was the first non-royal to appear on a UK postage

stamp?

7. What is the name of the Paranoid Android in Douglas Adams ‘Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’?

8. Which sign of the zodiac would you be if born on the 18th October?

9. After how many years would you celebrate your crystal wedding anniversary?

10. Which measurement of speed is equivalent to one nauti-cal mile per hour?

11. Answers on bottom of page 13

OPEN DAY GREAT SUCCESS.

On Saturday 15th November the Wedderburn Coach House and Gallery volunteers held an Open

Day to encourage locals and visitors to our area to explore what the facility has to offer. The event

was held from 10am until 3pm with

about 165 visitors looking through the

Museum and the current Photographic

exhibition in the Gallery. The organisers

provided free tea and coffee also Herbs,

Pot Puree, Seeds and a selection of

Vegetables grown locally all donated for

the day.

Several volunteers dressed in costume

for the event and mingled with the

visitors. It was lovely to see the locals

and some travellers learning more

about the Wedderburn area and sup-

porting the Gallery which was opened

just over six years ago after the site was

closed as a cafe.

There were stalls which further added to the flavour of the day with the Lions Club serving BBQ,

Care Group selling their crafts and a number of others with

both a craft and antique variety suited to the venue and

occasion. The Gallery exhibits and sells locally made craft

items all year round and is a good place to seek out that

special one off item.

Throughout the district we have many gifted craftspeople

and the gallery are interested to hear from any artisans

who would like to have an exhibition.

The community are encouraged to view the works which

are changed monthly in the Gallery. The museum and gal-

lery are refreshed and kept clean and tidy again by the

dedicated team of volunteers, so please support the effort

to keep this important local tourism venue viable.

Glenda Brooker and Marg Holtham welcoming visitors to the centre.

Wedderburn Football premiers in 1903.

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CLASSES AT THE WEDDERBURN COMMUNITY HOUSE.

MONDAYS PATCHWORK GROUP.

Mondays 1pm—3pm.

To learn the basics of patchwork from Irene Finch and have a good laugh with a fun group.

September we are doing Foundation Piecing.

Bring scraps of fabric, sewing machine, thread & scissors.

Foundation papers provided.

Beginners very welcome..

Cost $5.00 a week.

REIKI Reiki is a Japanese form of Healing.

There is no disrobing or touch.

It works on the physical, emotional and psychological aspects of illness.

Jacquie is a Reiki Master/Teacher with over 10 years experience working with this healing modality.

Available Mondays and Saturdays by appointment through the Community House. 5494 3489.

TECH SAVVY Every Wednesday night 7pm—9pm @ WCH.

5th Nove,mber,

Navigating Windows 8.

12th November

Skyping & Twitter

19th November

Facebook

26th November

Selling on Ebay

3rd & 10th December

Developing your own website.

To book for any of these

sessions call 54943489

WALKING GROUP

Looking for people to join our walking group Mondays and Thursdays.

If you would like to join please ring W’burn Community House on 5494 3489

$10 per session

Instructors wanted.. Wedderburn Community House is hoping to run a

Landscaping/Gardening course in 2015.

We need instructors to supervise and teach the

participants in construction, landscaping and gardening.

Teaching qualifications not necessary, but do need prior

experience in the field.

Contact Jude or Marg on 54943489.

Are you or your children planning to use a boat over the holidays for fishing or water skiing.

Regardless of whether you are on the ocean, lakes, or rivers, you must have a marine licence.

BOAT & JETSKI LICENCE COURSE For adults and restricted (12 to 16 year olds)

Cost $100

Call Wedderburn Community House, for date and time book on 54943489.

ART /GARDEN CLASSES

FOR KIDS.

Start on Tuesday 6th January.

3 days a week for 3 weeks.

LIMITED NUMBERS - 54943489


In the Spotlight : Senior Constable Joy Jenkins.

Many of you would recognize Joy from her previous life as our local hairdresser. She had her business at the old Wedderburn hospital, before the Hargreaves took it over. In fact before joining the police force Joy’s life had been hairdressing.

Born in the country, Joy moved to Melbourne to study hairdressing as a teenager. Some years later, wanting to bring her children up in the country Joy moved to Charlton, that was 20 + years ago (who’s counting).

Joy has always wanted to be a police woman and when she discovered there were no age limits, she made the move. She was stationed for 2 years at Swan Hill after finishing at the academy and as of the start of November is now part of the Wedderburn community.

Having a female officer at our local station will be a great addition as it brings a woman’s perspective to policing and assists those who prefer to talking to a female officer. That doesn’t mean she is a softy. Protocols still have to be followed, it’s just good to have a different perspective.

Wedderburn is a 16 hour manned station, but as the 3 officers have such a large area to cover they are not always at the station. Out front of the station is a 24hour intercom system that goes straight through to Maryborough, who then contact officers in the field.

Joy encourages people to report things in the area that seem suspicious and if you don’t feel comfortable talking to local police, there is always Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.

And don’t forget to give Joy a good ol’ Wedderburn welcome when you see her next.

MOTHERS CLUB CONCERT IN IT’S 59th YEAR.

The 59th Mothers Club concert was yet again an extravaganza of fun, with 22 mothers of students at Wedderburn Col-

lege dancing, singing and performing the funniest of comedy skits.

The Mothers Club concert is an enormous undertaking with only weeks to develop a plan, choreograph acts, learn

songs and dances, organise audio equipment, costumes and the actual hall for the night. But Alex Holt seems to do it

all in her stride. Fortunately she does get some help from the amazing ladies in the show who choreograph many of

their own numbers and organise many of the costumes, volunteers who set up the hall and do the door and catering on

the night, and many more too numerous top mention.

Breaking the rules of no men, Thomas Jackson was the sound engi-

neer for the show, which caused much hilarity. New to the team this

year was also college teachers Hilary MacKay and Fiona Hall, with new

mums being Monique Ward and Linda Younghusband. All new mem-

bers did an outstanding job and seemed natural to the stage.

Annette McNamara and Marie Marsh have the option of finishing with

the concerts this year as their children end their time at Wedderburn

College, but I suspect just like their follow performer Karen Fazzani the

show has gotten under their skin and they’ll be back again next year.

The show this year had a very local flavour following the history of

Wedderburn and the founding families. It’s hard to imagine they can

improve on this years, but somehow they always do.

Suzie Lockhart & Melinda Springthorp as W’burn pioneers.

Lunch Monday’s 12 Noon

Lorraine Chisholm 0408 526 639

Wedderburn Men’s Shed are always happy to see new faces. The Men’s Shed is located on Racecourse Road at the Engine Rally Sheds. Times are:-

9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Tuesday

10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Thursdays

7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. Thursday

Meet at 7.30pm on the 4th Monday in the months of:

January, March, May, September, November

Janice McEwen—President

Keith & June Ring—Caretakers of the Society

26 High Street, Wedderburn, 3518

VISITORS WELCOME


Uniting Church

Catholic Church

Church of Christ

Lions Club

Wedderburn Conservation

Wedderburn Men’s Shed

Wedderburn Senior Citizens

Sunday morning 9am—10am

Every 5th Sunday we alternate with Charlton.

High St. Wedderburn.

Contact; Janice McEwen on 0487659175

1st & 3rd Sundays, 8.30am

2nd & 4th Saturday, 7pm.

Father Mervioch.

Ridge St., Wedderburn

Worship service Sundays 11am

After School club, Wednesdays.

Run by Debbie & Graham Milne.

Church of Christ.

Cnr. Reef St. & Wilson St.

Contact Ian Hall 54943149.

Lions Club meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month.

7.30pm

At the Lions Clubrooms

Mechanics Institute

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME.

Contact Allan , or Barry 54944245

If you would like to become involved in car-ing for our local environment, join the WCMN.

Meets 1st Monday of each month

At Wedderburn Community House, 1pm.

Contact Michael Moore on 5494 3542

Wedderburn Play Group

Wedderburn Bias Bowls

every Monday 7.15pm

at the

Mechanics’ Hall Supper Room

Anyone of any age is welcome to come along, join in the fun and meet new friends.

If you would like to know more, come along on a Monday night, see what is involved and

find out more details.

Korong (Wedderburn)

Historical Society Inc.

Goldseekers Christian Church

Family worship services Sundays 10.30am.

Senior Citizens Hall.

Kerr Street, Wedderburn

Pastor: Maxine Tonkin 54943365

Wedderburn Playgroup Wedderburn College extends a warm welcome to all families in our community to come along

and join in the fun of playgroup. Every Tuesday from 9 am to 10 in the BER

building at the College. Contact: Carlie Turnbull 5494 3011

Mobile Library

Every Tuesday: 2pm—4.30pm

Anglican Church

Morning Prayer 11am every Sunday except 5th of month.

Crn. Wilson st & Kerr st.

Rev. Peter Bertram 54911656


This summer we are expecting above average temperatures which will result in more hot,

dry, windy days than usual. Bush and grass will be very dry and fires will start more easily and burn faster and with more in-

tensity. Talk to your family and friends about the fire risk where you live and make plans for what you’ll do on a hot, dry, windy day

Neville White (Deputy Group Officer) and Bob Meyer

(Deputy Group Officer), Wedderburn Fire Brigade

Neville White:

I joined in 1966 as a Junior.

I’ve held various positions in-

cluding Captain and Group

Officer. I volunteer to help the

community and to look after

everyone else’s property. And

the funny thing is, I’ve never

been to a running fire! It’s be-

cause I’m out of town and usu-

ally I’m controlling the fire from

my vehicle as Captain or DGO,

communicating with the guys

on the trucks. I’m really glad to

see Bob come along. To see

him come in with his crew lead-

er and FEM experience has

really got us going.

Bob Meyer:

I enjoy the brigade and like that if you’re not sure of something, someone like Neville is always willing to help. I do the maintenance of FEM for businesses, schools etc as they have to have their extinguishers main-tained twice a year. It’s a good fundraiser for the bri-gade and you’re talking to people all the time, also you get to see inside buildings for fire safety. Like most peo-ple in the brigade I do it be-cause I like helping people, helping the community.

Our local CFA fire fighters Wedderburn Fire Brigade members talk about fire control and equipment

A FLUTTER AT THE WEDDERBURN CFA CHRISTMAS PARTY.

The Wedderburn CFA decided to get in early with their Christmas

celebrations this year before the fire season heats up. They were so

early that the party goers were able to have a draw for the Melbourne

Cup on the same day. Winner and third place getter were Luke Selby

and his partner Kylie Jones, who we all agreed should be shouting the

rest of us a round.

The ladies prepared a lovely meal of chicken and salads, while Bob

Meyer wowed us all again with one of his delicious desserts. The idea

of having the Xmas celebration was

not a silly one, as they have already

had 6 call outs in the past few weeks and expect a lot more over the

summer. The sudden downpour at the end of November was a

welcomed relief for CFA members.

The folks from the Wedderburn CFA will be hoping to see you all at

the Emergency Services day, Tuesday 16th December at the

Community House, where you can learn more about what they do

and the equipment used. Let’s show our support!

Anne, Greg & Steve enjoy catching up.

Kylie and Luke cleaned up with the Cup.


ATTENTION ALL MEN. This is your chance to show the love of

your life how much she means to you

The Xmas pack gives you;

10 ballroom dancing classes

2 tickets to the Masquerade Ball

& the happiest partner in the world.

The best $100 you have spent in years.

Singles pack of 10 classes & a ticket to the ball $80.00 Just dance classes $80.

Come along and join the fun, bring a friend or perhaps meet a dance partner there!

YOUR BEST FRIEND NEEDS YOU IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.

Every year we hear stories about animals dying from

careless decisions by their owners. One of the most

common is animals locked in hot cars. Often we

think if we leave the windows open a little, or park

with most the car in the shade, old faithful Rover or

Boof will be fine waiting in the car. We had a experi-

ence recently of that exact situation, where the car

was bogged in sand, so the dog was left with the

windows partially open while the owner tried to solve

his dilemma.

At no time during the warmer seasons (which seems

to be most of the year now!), do you leave your

beloved animals inside the car. They need to be

inside a house, or tied to a tree with plenty of shade and a bowl of water.

Let’s show a bit of love back to our most loyal of friends.


The best $100 you have spent in years.

HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY HOUSE REMEMBERED.

The Wedderburn Community Centre had its official opening last weekend, with Minister Peter Walsh conducting the proceedings.

Minister Walsh opened the $1.75 million project, which will boost the region, and provide an area for residents to access services and participate in community groups.

This centre will stand the test of time, and provides the commu-nity with a brand new facility.

The Victorian Government provided $400,000 through the Re-gional Growth Fund, the Commonwealth Government supported the project with $851,450, Loddon Shire Council was proud to

invest $300,000 with a further $200,000 coming from Ingle-wood and Districts Health Service and Wedderburn Commu-nity House.

As the Loddon Shire Mayor, Gavan Holt said “I am very proud of what the region has been able to achieve with the generous support of state and federal governments”. Mayor Gavin Holt went on to thank the many people who have supported and worked at the centre both past and present. A special mention was make of three very special guests in the crowd. Barbara Beauliev, Josie Williams and Dottie Hicks are all life members of the Community House with their many years of volunteering recognised.

In amongst the crowd were many people who had attend-ed the centre as Wedderburn Primary School and enjoyed reminiscing about old times. Two of those was previous school principal Keith Ring and his wife June.

The new development includes onsite parking, a new tourism office, two interview rooms for visiting services, two improved multi-purpose rooms, two meeting rooms and consulting rooms for the Inglewood and Districts Health Service.

Wedderburn Community House, Loddon Tourism, Cen-trelink, VicRoads, Skills Plus employment, Inglewood and Districts Health Service and a wide range of community groups operate from the centre.

Come in and discover what the new centre has for you and your family. You might be surprised by the range of services on offer.

Above; Wendy & Lance Ward reminisce with Keith & June Ring.

Right: Dr. Shak and his wife Raj enjoy the Lions Club bbq with

Jess Higgins.


COMMUNITY EVENTS.


Sponsored by FaHCSIA


BERRIMAL CELEBRATE NEW FIRE SHED.

On Sunday the 9th November the Berrimal Rural Fire Brigade had its Official Station Opening and

Service Award Ceremony.

The CFA Operations Officer Bryan Suckling commenced the proceeding and the plaque was un-

veiled by David O’Brien, MLC with Berrimal Captain Wes Polkinghorne. CFA’s

Assistant Chief Officer, Mike Wassing assisted with the awards and metal presentations with forty

members receiving recognition in the brigade.

The Berrimal Station has a community

complex, with multiple community activities

and organisations in the pipe line to keep

the Berrimal community spirit alive and

reassuring a positive future for the district.

The day was a real country affair with over

150 people coming together to celebrate.

For many of the families in Berrimal there

were three generations represented,

showing the strength of this small rural

community.

The shed was considered a necessity by the community as they don’t have their own hall, or any

communal meeting place. The large facility has multiple rooms for meetings and social events.

Already there are table tennis tables set up with a lively competition going on between local

children. This seems the perfect place to strengthen this small communities ties and hopefully new

locals to the area to join the Berrimal CFA..


2015

Minelab Wedderburn Detector Jamboree

7 & 8 March

preparations well underway

Planning for the 2015 Minelab Wedderburn Detector

Jamboree on the 7 & 8 March is well underway.

Wedderburn Community House is organising the Farmers

Market and variety stalls, bookings

(03) 54943 489. The Monster Town Garage Sale to

occur again. To participate in the Monster town garage

sale you must register. The cost is $5.00 per garage

sale and to participant it is important that you fill out

a registration form. Wedderburn Tourism Inc will be

doing all the advertising for this event through

ommunity announcements, local newspapers, brochures,

websites and Visitor Information Centres. To pick up a

registration form go to the Loddon Visitor Information

Centre 24 Wilson Street Wedderburn or telephone (03)

54943489 just remember what you may think is trash

can become someone else’s treasure, so make some

pocket money on that trash.

Inglewood & Districts Community Bendigo Bank is

sponsoring the junior gold panning competition on

the Sunday.

If anyone is looking to take up detecting as a hob-

by Gold Prospecting Australia with be conducting

detector demonstrations over the weekend.

The Gold Prospecting Australia, Junior Detec-

tor token hunt to occur on the Sunday 8.15am to

1pm 8years to 16 years.

Senior Detector token hunt to commence daily

from 8am to try and win the Minelab SDC 2300

valued at $3950.00

On the Saturday evening will be live entertainment

by the Wild Yabbies Band. This event is supported

by Wedderburn Lions Club providing refresh-

ments for the whole weekend.

For further information contact the Loddon Visitor

Information Centre (03) 54941257

Internation-

al Volunteers

Day 5th

December

Would like to

acknowledge the

commitment of

our volunteers,

and applaude

their dedication

to our

Health Service.

Thank You!

Supporting

our

Community

Acute & Residential Aged

Care

District Nursing

Community Health Nursing

Women’s Health

Social Work

Health Promotion

Asthma Education

Physiotherapy

Dietician

Podiatry

Mental Health

Alcohol & Other Drug Coun-

selling

Tai Chi & Strength training

ph.(03) 5431 7000

3 Hospital Street Inglewood

Email: ad-

[email protected]

Website: www.idhs.vic.gov.au

POWLETT PLAINS COMMUNITY CAROLS

Friday 19th December, 2014

at 8pm in the Powlett Hall

Featuring “The Goldfields Choir”

A night not to be missed so come and join us in the

Spirit of Christmas. Everyone most welcome.

Supper will conclude the evening

Phone Heather 54383344 or Kaye 54378260

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GUESS WHO? I am 9 years old.

My favourite things to do is ride bikes, dirt bikes and push bikes. I’m pretty good on both and love doing jumps on my bicycle with my mate

Dillon after school .

The other thing I love is computer games. My favourite two games are

Motocross Nitro and Offroad V4.

My family and I moved to Wedderburn last year and we all love it. The town is full of nice people, and I have the bush right behind my house to

ride my bike in and play in.

We have lots of animals including 2 dogs, Biff & Shaz, a goat called Millie, a sheep called Martha, chickens and two pigs called Princess and Bentley. I help Mum feed them every night, with scraps we collect from

the supermarket. They love it.

I love eating fish & chips and chocolate, perhaps not together, then

again why not?

I joined the Wedderburn hockey team last season and I think I’m playing

pretty well. Except for the time I got my foot stuck in the net and fell over.

My parents are Deedee and Deisel Williams and my name is

NATHAN PHILLIP CROW-WILLIAMS.

Colour in the Xmas Tree. To eat the ice-cream solve the maze.

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Christmas Price list Homemade Ham on the bone $14.99kg Award winning Homemade Virginian ham $18.99kg Hazledeens roasting chooks $6.99kg Boned and rolled loins of pork $16.99kg Roast legs of pork $10.99kg Shoulders of pork $8.99kg Turkeys $10.99kg Boned and rolled cooked turkeys $45ea Boned and rolled seasoned chooks $12.99ea Smoked chooks $10.99kg

Opening hours

Mon-Fri 8am to 5pm

Sat 8am to 12pm

Phone: 54943334

0400350711

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With Annette Robertson. Beyond the Backyard.

It’s Malleefowl monitoring time!

Have you ever taken time to study the informative sign (see the photo below) located at the rest area adjacent to Jacka

Park? It gives an excellent description of the annual cycle of activity relevant to this endangered bird some of which still

exist in our area. For a variety of reasons their once plentiful numbers have been reduced to rare and occasional sightings.

Unfortunately they may be sighted on the road and become road kill. The Wedderburn Conservation Management Network

worked with Loddon Shire to have these important warning signs erected to alert motorists to be cautious in areas where

Malleefowl have been seen.

At this time of year volunteer members of the Victorian Malleefowl Recovery Group carry out data collection and monitoring

of more than 60 known mounds in the Wychitella Nature Conservation Reserve and on private property. Extremely few of

these mounds indicate any sign of recent bird activity. The data is entered onto the National Malleefowl data base.

If you would like to learn more about Malleefowl visit www.malleefowlvictoria.org.au. If you have recent sightings or infor-

mation about local Malleefowl contact Wedderburn Conservation Management Network 5494 3650 or visit the website

www.wedderburncmn.org

Volunteers Lynton, Karly and Peter

measure the mound and record data

Jacka Park Wedderburn

Sunday 26th January 2015 at 5.00 pm

The Shire of Loddon, the Australia Day Council & Wedderburn Lions Club,

invite everyone to Jacka Park for the

Australia Day Celebrations.

Enjoy the cool of the evening and let’s get together and have fun.

We will have!

An address by our Australia Day Ambassador. Community Awards Ceremony. Music featuring a Live Band & Local Talent.

An evening BBQ provided by the Lions Club. Bar Licence & Soft drink, Tea & Coffee available.

So come along and join us to celebrate our day.

http://www.malleefowlvictoria.org.au

http://www.wedderburncmn.org

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NILS Good Shepherd

Microfinance Interest Free Loans

Do you need that new washing ma-chine or refrigerator?

Computer or television isn’t up to scratch?

Furniture needs replacing?

NILS microfinance provides people on low in-comes or health care cards with interest free

loans to the value of $1500 here at the Wedder-burn Community House.

Call in and pick up a NILS pack to find out more information you will be very surprised.

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Ephemeral Soaks Field Day by WCMN Observer, Kate

Following the floods of January 2011, you may have seen green and persistently boggy patches of ground around the bases of local granite hills.

Last Sunday 16th November , botanist Paul Fore-

man took us on a tour of some of these groundwater dependent wetlands, known as ephemeral soaks, near Mounts Kooyoora and Korong.

Paul described how soaks are populated by unique-ly adapted plant species such as Golden spray, Swamp Goodenia and Slender Aphelia. We saw Blakely’s Redgum and Prickly Teatree. which, when seen out of their normal range, can be a telltale sign of an ephemeral wetland.

In the dry years, the soaks may appear relatively clear of understorey, as plants lie dormant. When the rains come, large fissures in the granite hills fill

with an enormous amount of water, which, over the ensuing months, seeps out into the soaks caus-ing many dormant plants to flourish, transforming the areas into brilliant green, lush wetlands, some-times persisting for a year or more while the moisture lasts.

As we stood on a dry, rather barren patch of ground on private property near Mt Korong, Paul sur-prised us with a photo of the same site taken in 2011, revealing its alter-ego as an enchanting, vi-brantly green wetland.

The field day was coordinated by North Cen-tral Catchment Management Authority and Wedderburn CMN as part of the ongoing Kooyoora Connections project. Paul Fore-man is conducting an extensive survey of lo-cal ephemeral soaks, which he says have been largely overlooked in the North west goldfields, with a view to developing strate-gies for their ongoing health and protection.

If you live near the granite hills and have an ephemeral soak on your property that you’d like Paul to look at, you can email him: [email protected]

Paul Foreman, second left, leads participants to

an ephemeral soak near Mt Korong on Sunday

Last Community Lunch & Bingo for 2014

On Wednesday 10th December.

Community House closed from 22nd Dec.—5th Jan. 2015


HARD WORK FOR THE COMMUNITIES BENEFIT.

Robbie Collins and his team of dedicated volunteers do a magnificent job in the garden here at the Com-munity House. Over the past 12 months several of these keen workers have contributed to lots of vegies and pot plants for sale here at the House. They have learnt propagation techniques, pruning and general garden maintenance whilst working in the garden with their mentor and supervisor Robbie Collins. Robbie

plays an integral part in organising and working with these young people and if he wasn’t there then these people would not get the opportunities he has provided for them.

They not only maintain the vegie garden and orchard for the Community House but are also responsible for the watering and mowing the lawns for the Community Centre. Now that the new build is complete they can get down and dirty and continue planting out at the front of the building giving the place an inviting entrance and a somewhere pleasant to sit and relax. In time they will have trans-formed this site into something they can be justly proud of as we are of them.

The team consists of Belinda baker, Michael Hayes, Alysha Welsh, Jamie Harke, Chris Woodward, James Cook and Bill Heffernan.

REAL BEAUTY FROM RECYCLING. Going through my photo files I came across this picture that was taken at the Community House some months ago and thought it

deserved a late mention. Members of the Men’s Shed arrived with this beautiful wooden table which now holds pride of place in

the Reception area of the Community

House.

During the Houses renovations the

original front desk was removed and

luckily snaffled by the Mens Shed,

who have recycled the timber top and

produced this lovely coffee table. “It’s

nice to still have a part of the old

reception area with us”, said Jude

Raftis Centre Co-ordinator, “and won-

derful to see what beautiful things can

come from recycling”.

So next time you’re in the Community

House waiting for Inglewood District

Health Services, or waiting for an

appointment with Cheryl from Skills

Plus take a moment to admire the

table now hidden under newspapers.

WCH staff, volunteers and visitors welcome the lads from the Mens Shed & the table.

Left to right: Alysha Welsh, Jamie Harke, Belinda Baker & Michael Hayes

planting out the garden at the centres entrance door.


WEDDERBURN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

By Frank Pfeiffer.

The Wedderburn Development Association Inc. began in 2002. The Association’s main aims are to; foster a spirit of socio-economic wellbeing for the community of Wedderburn; to promote Wedderburn as a great place to work, live and visit; to lobby the three tiers of government for funds to improve the economic sustainability of Wedderburn and district and to raise and expend

funds in the interests of the community of Wedderburn and district.

The Association also acts as the community planning group for Wedderburn. The Loddon Shire Council, around that time com-menced consulting with the community to develop a Community Plan. As it turned out, the Wedderburn residents who assisted in developing the Wedderburn Community Plan also represented the Wedderburn Development Association Inc. The cluster decided to move the community planning task under the umbrella of the Association, as it had already been formally established, and to

save the number of meetings for those involved.

To this day, the Wedderburn Development Association Inc. remains active, meeting monthly, monitoring progress on the 2003/04 Community Plan and providing a continued advocacy role on behalf of the Wedderburn community and the Loddon Shire Council. We are currently in the final stages of producing a new fully updated Community Plan which hopefully will be published by Christ-

mas this year.

As your representative, the Wedderburn Development Association Inc. is pleased to encourage new faces around the table provid-

ing new ideas and participating in our activities in building for tomorrow.

Contact

The Wedderburn Development Association Inc. encourages your feedback on what is happening in your community and new ideas

you may have in building for tomorrow to ensure Wedderburn remains sustainable into the future.

You can contact the association in one of the following ways:

By e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected]; by lodging a comment on the comments/suggestion page on our

website http://wdainc.org.au/ or by writing to the Association at PO Box 116, Wedderburn Vic. 3518.

Meetings

The Wedderburn Development Association Inc. meets the fourth Wednesday of the month at the Lions clubrooms, corner of High

Street and Reef Street, commencing 7.30pm (unless otherwise arranged). Our AGM is held in October each year.

The meetings are ‘open’ and all community members are welcome to come along and get involved. Membership of the Association

is $10.00 per year. You do not have to be a member to attend our meetings.

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