Monthly Newsletter for the

Balranald Shire community and

friends

Balranald Shire Council Councilor Contact

Details

Mayor Cr Leigh Byron

0428 201 301

Deputy Mayor

Cr Alan Purtill

0429 201 301

Cr Steve O’Halloran

0429 619 880

Cr Elaine Campbell

0447 271 086

Cr Lynda Cooke

03 5020 0471

Cr Jeff Mannix

0409 783 075

Cr Trevor Jolliffe

03 5020 1597

Cr Ken Barnes

03 5038 2221

Rubbish Tip Hours

BALRANALD

1st October - 31st March

Tuesday 5.00 - 7.00pm

Thursday 5.00 - 7.00pm

Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm

Sunday 10.00am - 3.00pm

1st April - 30th September

Tuesday 4.00 - 6.00pm

Thursday 4.00 - 6.00pm

Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm

Sunday 10.00am - 3.00pm

EUSTON

Tuesday 1.00pm - 6.00pm

Thursday 1.00pm - 6.00pm

Sunday 9.00am - 3.00pm

Tip Tokens are

available from Councils office,

Visitor Information Centre ,

CC’s Diner and Takeaway

(Caltex, Market Street),

Café Cassaro

Euston Post Office & Takeaway

Council Website

www.balranald.nsw.gov.au

ISS UE

October 2014

10

Balranald Shire Council Newsletter Issue 10 October 2014 www .ba lrana ld .nsw .gov .au

Coming Events NEWSLETTER

19 Nov 3 Dec

Hospital Bus Dates

Mildura Swan Hill

Bus-A-Bout runs Fridays in Balranald and on the last Friday of each month in Euston. Contact Bec at Hospital on 03 5071 9800

8 Nov Robinvale Country Market 8.30am to

12.30pm Caix Square. Phone Rosalie to

hold a stall 5026 3095

15 Nov St Joseph’s School Annual Christmas Fete, 6 - 9pm

Mondays Fri / Sun

Mon / Sat Tue / Thu

Wednesday

Wednesday

Thursdays Thursdays

Fridays

Saturdays 12 Nov

Balranald Ex-Servicemen's Club What’s on at the Club Members Seniors Lunch Buffet’s - Friday night & Sunday lunch $10 lunch specials Bingo Tuesday 7pm, Thursday 2pm Social Bowls - 10am and 6pm Yoga 5.30-7.30pm Function Room Club Mega Member Badge Draw Smorgasbord member meal deals Night Raffle & members draw (Permit # LTPS/13/02905) Free Poker from 7pm Club AGM from 7pm Disco in the Main Bar

4 Nov

30 Nov

7 Nov 8 Nov

14 Nov 15 Nov 21 Nov 22 Nov 28 Nov 29 Nov

5 Dec

What's on at Euston Club Resort Win a Car promotion (ends 5 April 2015) Buffet evening - dinner in the Riverview Bistro 6pm - 8.30pm

Euston Club Resort Entertainment David Routledge The Hoffmans Chris Street Chris Langford Ron Herbete Brad May H2-oh! Coen Byrne Christmas Raffles 40 Hams & 20 Turkeys 40 Hams & 20 Turkeys

18 Nov Euston Robinvale Historical Society Inc meeting 10am, Euston Courthouse

12 & 13 Dec

Outback Theatre for Young People Community Circus performance- more info to come

19 Dec SAVE THE DATE: Balranald Discovery Centre grand opening and community Christmas party - more info to come

Narelles Driving school closed for appointments 17 Nov – 8 Dec

Like all members of the community, the Balranald Shire Council team spends this time of the year preparing for fire. Cutting fire breaks along road reserves is critical to the containment of fires as we enter the bushfire period. Over the last four weeks, on behalf of the Rural Fire Service (RFS), Council’s Graders and Works Crews have been utilised to create a firebreak along the Ivanhoe Road. Works commenced on the Western side of the road, stretching from Clarebank in the North, through to Homebush. The crew has now moved onto the Eastern Side, working Northwards from Homebush towards Clarebank. As part of these works, the existing firebreak around the Clare school will be regraded and enhanced. Grading works are expected to continue for another two weeks, with some additional slashing works and spraying to occur between Homebush and Balranald Township. Pictured top to bottom: works in progress, and completed works along part of Ivanhoe Road

WHAT’S OPEN

Balranald Museum Open Monday, Wednesdays &

Fridays 10am to 12 noon

Balranald Library Monday & Friday 2pm - 5.30pm

Wednesday 9am - 5.30pm

Adult Day Care Monday 10am - 2pm

Thursday 10am - 2pm At the Day Centre at the Hospital

Phone Hospital 5071 9800

Seniors Club Meets every Friday 2pm

Senior Citizens Hall Phone Shirley 5020 1890

Hospital Auxiliary Meets 2nd Monday of the month

2.30pm at the Adult Day Care Centre Phone Dawn 5020 1311

Health Advisory Council (HAC) 4th Monday of each month

at 7:00pm Contact 5071 9800

Little Bunyips Playgroup Every Tuesday and Thursday 10am to 1pm - River Street

Contact Bridgette 0427 240 688

Balranald Child & Family Health Immunisation Clinic

2nd Monday of the month 9.30am - 11.30am

Contact Hospital 5071 9800 Clinic closed if Medical officer is

un-available

RMS Opening Hours Balranald

9.30am to 4pm Tuesday to Friday

Closed for lunch 1pm - 1.45pm

Euston 2nd & 4th Thursday of month

11.30am to 3pm Closed for lunch 12.15pm - 1pm

Call Centre 132 213

Newsletter Published by:

BALRANALD SHIRE COUNCIL 70 MARKET STREET

(PO BOX 120) BALRANALD NSW 2715

OFFICE HOURS 8.30AM TO 5.00PM

MONDAY TO FRIDAY

PH: 03 5020 1300 FAX: 03 5020 1620

AFTER HOURS EMERGENCIES 0418 322 902

COMMUNITY GENERAL INTEREST

Sing Australia Meets every Monday evening at the Presbyterian Church @ 7.30pm - all welcome

Men's Shed Tues & Thurs 8am Heritage Park

Take Off Weight Naturally Club at Multipurpose Centre Mondays 6pm Call Heather 03 5020 1478

Optometrist (from Deniliquin) last Wednesday of the month, appointments @ Balranald Chemist

Balranald Wool Centre meet 3rd Friday of month, 11am till 3pm @ The Gallery. New members are most welcome to come and join in.

Balranald CWA fourth Thursday of each month @ 4pm Contact June Spinks (Secretary) 5020 1774.

Balranald Community Arts & Crafts 3rd Monday of month, 2pm @ The Gallery and the Painting Group meets each Monday at 10am.

Balranald Hospital Auxiliary every 2nd Monday of the Month @ 2:30pm at Adult Day Care Centre

CanAssist Balranald Branch (& Bookshop) Every 2nd Mon of Month @ 4pm at 92A Market Street Karen 0404 842 037 or Kirstyn 0448 158 709

Robinvale & District Aeromodellers Club Each Sunday 9am Wewak Rd Robinvale.

Narelle’s Driving School Ph 0402 782 597 email narellet08@y7mail.com web www.keys2drive.com.au

Bible Talks each Wednesday at the CWA rooms in Market Street from 7.30pm to 8.30pm. Contact 0488 962 238 for more information

Balranald Harvest Christian Centre each Sunday at the CWA rooms in Market Street from 10.30am

Balranald History Group 2nd Tuesday of the month in Theatre Royal Ticketing office Market Street from 5pm

www .ba lrana ld .nsw .gov .au

Disclaimer - Balranald Shire Council reserves the right to edit or

rewrite submissions for grammar, style and clarity or to conform to restrictions of space. Council makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of this information and does not accept responsibility for errors or omissions contained within this publication.

If you are aware of errors, please notify Cherie Murphy as soon as possible on cmurphy@balranald.nsw.gov.au or call 03 5020 1300.

Council crews take fires seriously

Australia Day Awards - nominate now -

Balranald Shire Council is seeking nominations for the 2015 Australia Day Awards, recognising members of our community for their contributions during 2014.

Nomination categories for awards are: 1.Citizen of the Year

2.Young Citizen of the Year

3.Sports Person of the Year

4.Special Achievement Award (this may be in

sport or any field of endeavour)

5.Community Event

Nominations must be in writing on the official

nomination form and submitted no later than

5pm Monday 15 December 2014 to the

General Manager, Balranald Shire Council 70

Market Street Balranald or PO Box 120 Balranald

NSW 2715.

Nomination forms can be obtained from

Councils website www.balranald.nsw.gov.au

the Council Office or the Euston Post Office.

Aaron Drenovski, General Manager

Discovery Centre making headway

Progress towards the official opening of the Discovery Centre on 19 December 2014 is continuing. The playground has been installed, with some minor finishes to take place, including installation of softfall in the near future. The landscaping of the site will commence on 10 November, with an expected completion date of end of November. A final inspection of the buildings will be undertaken on 5 November to prepare for the final fit out, including fit out of the café (with expected completion on 12 November and opening for service in early December). It is anticipated that the interpretive centre fit out will be complete by 14 December, and official opening of the Discovery Centre on 19 December.

Balranald

Visitor

Information

Centre

CURRENTLY LOCATED IN

THE OLD BABY HEALTH

CLINIC

Cnr Market and River

Streets

Open Daily

10.00am to 4.00pm

Phone 03 5020 1599

CountryLink tickets and

fishing licences can be

purchased from the

Visitor Information Centre

I would like to formally welcome you all in my official capacity as Mayor of Balranald, and have confidence that my time as your Mayor is productive and successful. Please note: The next ordinary meeting of Council will be held at Clare Hall on Tuesday 18 November from 1pm. The general public is welcome to sit in and view the proceedings. The General Manager and I met with Jeff Caldbeck, CEO of Rural Financial Counselling Service NSW (RFCS NSW). It was a very successful meeting with discussions of the possibility of RFCS leasing a building for Officer Wendy Davison to utilise in Balranald for one to two days per week offering assistance for those in need. The General Manager and I also met with Margie McClelland, representative from The Riverine Grazier to discuss producing a story and photos of the new Balranald Shire Discovery Centre to advise the general public and visitors to the area of our new facilities, which will be up and running in December 2014. The 5 Rivers Festival was again a success, bringing people from near and far to see what Balranald has to offer. Congratulations to the organisers, and I will be excited to see what they have in mind for the next event. I attended my first Interagency meeting in October. The meetings provide a forum for the Balranald community service sector and community members to work together to analyse and respond to issues affecting the Balranald community and improve outcomes for residents of the Balranald Shire. I was impressed with the attendance and also the scope of agencies that visit Balranald and surrounding areas. However, I was disappointed with comments from some agency members’ regarding major changes within their departments through cuts to their funding and staff reductions affecting their ability to provide the service(s) needed. On 23 October the General Manager and I met with Inspector Steve Worthington and Detective Sergeant Trent Swinton from NSW Police, Force Command. They advised that they were aware of the current problems we are facing in Balranald, although they believe the local police have these issues well in hand and are dealing with them.

From the

Mayor’s Office

Mayor Leigh Byron

Next Ordinary Meeting of Council Tuesday 18th November 2014 at 1pm

At the Clare Hall

Young Achiever Awards

Recognise, reward and

acknowledge a young

Achiever!!

These Awards provide an

opportunity to shine a

spotlight on our youth and a

chance to say thank you.

Categories for young people

aged between 12 – 28 years:

The Australian Super Career

Kick Start Award

The Santos Indigenous

Achievement Award

The Australian National

University Science

Leadership Award

The Coffee Club Arts &

Fashion Award

The Bartercard Leadership &

Innovation Award

The Who Printing

Environment & Sustainability

Award

The Freemasons of NSW &

ACT Community Service

Award

Award winners will receive

$2,000 and a trophy.

Nominations close Thursday

4th December 2014.

For more information or to

nominate please contact the

Awards office on 1300 735 445

or nominate online at www.awardsaustralia.com

Disabled parking spaces are for people who have a disability. If you stop or park in a disabled parking space without being registered on the disability mobility parking scheme and displaying your authority to park permit, you are liable for a $506 fine. You cannot park or stand an unregistered vehicle on the road, even if its outside your residential premises. By parking an unregistered vehicle on the road, you are committing the offence of “Use unregistered vehicle”; this attracts a $623 fine. Vehicle security - If you park your vehicle on the road with the windows down or the doors unlocked or both and you are not within three (3) meters of the closest part of the vehicle or in the process of paying a fee for parking, you are liable for a $104 fine. If you reside in NSW and this is your primary residence (and the address shown on your NSW drivers licence), then you cannot have a Victorian registered vehicle registered to this address. Whilst the vehicle registration maybe current, it is deemed to be unregistered and attracts a fine of $623. If you move to NSW you have 3 months to change your licence and registration to NSW, if you do not, your vehicle is deemed to be unregistered attracting a $623 fine and you are also classed as unlicensed, attracting a $519 fine. Narelle Tucker, Sergeant

Swimming Pool Hours

The Balranald swimming pool

has opened for the season.

Pool Opening Hours are:

3:30 – 6:30 Mon-Fri

11:30 – 6:30 Sat-Sun

Please note: the pool will not

open if the temperature is

less than 26° although will stay

open later on hot days

Entrance Fees: All Users $2.00

Season Tickets Single $80.00

Family $130.00

Learn to Swim Swimming lessons at the

Balranald swimming pool will

commence on Monday 29

December 2014 and conclude

on Monday 5 January 2015

Classes are for ages

18 months to 12 years.

Book now. Visit

dsr.nsw.gov.au/swimandsurvive

or call 13 13 02

Festival and Balranald wow visitors “Truly overwhelmed by the generosity of the community…it is the spirit, openness and the optimism of the people I find refreshing, a real bush gig in country that is exotic in its own way…the real Australia…thank you we had a blast…Joe”.

These were the words posted on Facebook from Joe Camilleri after the Black Sorrows pulled in a large crowd and rocked everyone off their feet at the 5 Rivers Outback Festival’s Riverbank Bash on Saturday night!

The 5 Rivers Festival once again proved a big hit over the weekend of 10 - 12 October. Ticket sales and bookings to events throughout the weekend indicated that there was over 1000 people in attendance with many retailers, eateries and moteliers recording a successful

weekend for business. Friday began with the local retailers fair, including 90th birthday celebrations of LV Bodinnar Pty Ltd. Other highlights included the progressive dinner, wool fashion parade, goods & services auction at the Ex-Servicemen’s Club and the live band at Homebush. The Riverbank Bash on Saturday was a full day with the carp fishing comp, 4WD muster, wood cutting and shearing demos, and poetry readings. The Open Mic, a new feature this

year, unearthed some wonderful local young and upcoming talent! The afternoon opened with popular local band Overdraft and another local favourite Daniel Barrett, who were all in good form, followed by a mix of blues, bluegrass and rock by fabulous bands including Paul DeAraugo.

Saturday night drew great crowds when music legends Joe Camilleri and The Black Sorrows took to the stage and rocked the night away!

Pictured below L to R: some of the crowd at the progressive dinner and Joe Camilleri and band in action

Balranald Shuttle Service

New Contact Number

Dear Customers: Due to unforseen circumstances

we have changed our contact number.

Many thanks,

German Ugarte

Christmas

Office Closure Balranald Shire Council Office

will be closed from 3pm Wednesday 24th December 2014

and will re-open at 8.30am on Monday 5th January 2015

To report emergencies call 0418 322 902

The Roads and Maritime Service (formerly RTA) office will be closed from 2pm Wednesday 24th December 2014

and will re-open at 9.30am on Tuesday 6th January 2015

Please call RMS with any enquiries on 132 213

Wishing you all a safe happy

Christmas and New Year

Balranald Police Update

After a number of years in recess, the Balranald Motocross Club has a new lease on life. The club held its annual general meeting last month and the new committee are determined to get the track ready for competition sometime next year. A working bee was held on Saturday 25 October with a great number of new and old members lending a hand with machinery and shovels. New committee chair, Barry Anderson was impressed by the turn out and has received many messages of support from riders near and far.

“This track was considered one of the best in the state”, Barry said. “We are dead set on getting it up and running again, not just for competition rounds but for somewhere the kids can come and have a go”. The committee are looking at available grants and are aiming at getting the track accredited in the months ahead. Anyone interested in getting involved should contact Barry Anderson or Secretary Cindy Bath.

Balranald Moto-X back on track

Pictured : Volunteers working on the track