Macarthur Advancement & Development Association Inc. Issue Nº 190 OCTOBER 2014

MACARTHUR NEWS

The next General Meeting of the Macarthur Advancement & Development Association Inc.

Wednesday 8th Octomber at 7.30 pm at the Senior Citizens Rooms

News from MADA

At the recent MADA AGM the following people were elected to lead the Association. John Bragg is President, Pieter Badenhorst Vice President. Merilyn Cook is Secretary and Peter Cook is Treasurer. Membership is open to all members of the

community and we would residents of Macarthur,

old and new, to attend our meetings to observe what

we are involved in and consider being part of

MADA. Meetings are held at 7.30pm on the second

Wednesday of the month at the Senior Citizens Club.

Recently we have been doing some drainage work at the Rec Reserve in an area that is used by motor homes, caravans and campers stay a night or two. We would like to thank David Parfrey, who dug the ditch for the drain at the entrance to the rest area, and Peter Nield who back-filled and spread the scoria.

Proposed New Macarthur Signs

Last month we asked for your input into the

design for new signs for Macarthur and asked for

designs to be submitted for consideration.

Thank you to Jose for his contribution (below).

We would love to have more to publish next

month so please get to work and put your ideas

on paper.

This sign is designed to be constructed from laser

cut metal. We apologise that we are not able to

reproduce it in colour.

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CORANGAMITE LIBRARY

SERVICE

Corangamite library is a free

service to all members of the commu-

nity. It operates on a Monday after-

noon from 1 pm to 5pm weekly and

is located in the library at Macarthur

Primary School.

It carries a wide range of books

(including large print and audio),

DVD’s, magazines, wide range of

children’s books, autobiographies,

how to books and much more.

If you have a preferred author and/

or a specific request we will endeav-

our to order them in for you. The

stock is changed every 2/3 weeks with

new supplies coming from Port Fairy

Library and surrounding districts.

Feel free to call in and have a

browse.

Hoping to see you soon.

Jullie Timms

The Fracking Debate

Many may not know, but Macarthur and Bessibelle currently lie under exploration licenses for Shale and Tight gas, two kind of unconventional gas that require the controversial practice of fracking for extraction. Early stage exploration is already underway in the South West, in the form of seismic surveys and other low level exploration. Meanwhile, over the border at Penola, wells have been sunk to a depth of 4km and companies have found what they believe to be commer-cial quantities of gas.

At an information night held in Macarthur last week grave concerns were expressed about the potential consequences of unconventional gas mining. These include possible under-ground and surface water contamination, large scale industri-alization of farmland and human and animal health impacts.

A Victorian moratorium on the industry is due to be lifted in July next year. Given that the deadline of the moratorium is approaching, it is important that communities get informed on the issue now and begin the conversation about whether or not they want the industry here. A group of Macarthur and Besibelle residents will be coming around to homes over the next few weeks to give information about the industry and survey landholders on their views, asking if they want to declare Macarthur, Bessibelle and surrounds 'Gasfield Free'. They are encouraging people to do their own research prior to answering survey questions; to become better informed on the issue and know their rights as landholders to refuse to negotiate with mining companies if they choose to do so.

Communities around the country have been conducting similar surveys. Here in the South West, Digby, Byaduk, Woolsthorpe, Drumborg, Dartmoor and Hotspur have all completed surveys, and many more are currently undergoing them. So far over 95% of people in those communities have declared they want their towns and lands to remain 'gasfield free.' While not legally binding, the declarations have proved effective across Australia at discouraging unconven-tional gas mining companies from imposing themselves on communities where they are not wanted.

To help with the survey or for more information, contact Pat Purcell on 0413 655 253 or myself (Chloe Aldenhoven) on 0432 328 107

Macarthur RSL

News

Members are advised of our next meeting to be held in the club rooms on Tuesday 14th October 2014 @ 8 pm

NOTE: Change of time to evening

Page 3 OCTOBER 2014 Macarthur News

Parfrey Plumbing at Macarthur

has the following

Bushman Tank Specials

1100 Gallon (5000 Litre) $940.00

3300 Gallon (15,150 Litre) $2070.00

5000 Gallon (22,500 Litre)

$2,580.00

6500 Gallon (29,260 Litre)

$3,550.00

All prices include GST and can include

delivery to site

Don’t forget there are some great rebates

available on water tanks for

Residential and Business owners.

(Conditions apply)

Call us on 03 55761102

BINGO!!!

Macarthur Senior Citizens will be

holding a Bingo afternoon at their

clubrooms on the 3rd Wednesday

of every month.

Next Bingo day October 15th

Eyes down at 1.30pm.

$3 to play.

Prizes to be won.

All welcome.

Macarthur Pre School

If there are any parents wishing to enrol

their 3 year old child into the 3 year old

Kinder Programme for 2015 at Macarthur

Kinder please do not hesitate to contact the

Kinder on Tel : 5576 1296 or call Lucinda

Whitson the Enrolment Admin Officer at

the Moyne Shire on Tel : 5568 0516.

For those keen gardeners out there

getting ready for spring planting the Kinder

has been harvesting wonderful worm juice

from the worm farm the children care for at

the Kinder. This is a fabulous concentrated

liquid fertiliser for the veggie patch or

flower beds and is available for sale in the

Kinder foyer for $2 a small bottle (it will

need to be watered down in a watering can

at 1 part to 10).

Thank you

Sarah Shearsmith

0411 707 637

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MACARTHUR NEWS

Editor: Merilyn Cook.

Layout: Carole Dunn

Printing: Moyne Shire Council

Published by MADA

Advertising Rates

1/8 page $10 Yearly $60

¼ page $20 Yearly $100

½ page $35 Yearly $150

Once off: Full page $50. Full back page $60

Advertising to: cassadunn4@bigpond.com.au

Articles & reports: pmcook@bigpond.net.au

Enquiries: Merilyn Cook 5576 1113

All articles and ads must be submitted by 21st of each month.

Are You smarter than most 50+ year olds?

This was harder than I thought. The answers were

on the tip of my tongue.

Don’t look for the answers until you have tried it.

A test for ‘older’ kids.

1.

After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off

into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, who

was that masked man? Invariably, someone would

answer, “I don’t know, but he left this behind”

What did he leave behind? _____________

2.

When the Beatles first came to the U.S in early

1964, we all watched them on The______Show

3.

‘Get your kicks, ___________’

4.

‘The story you are about to see is true. The names

have been changed to ________________’

5.

‘In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ____________’

6.

After the Twist, the Mashed Potato, and the Watusi

we ‘danced’ under a stick that was lowered as low

as we could go. In a dance called the ‘________’

7.

Nestle’s makes the very best __________

8.

Satchmo was America’s ‘Ambassador of Goodwill’

our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player

with us. His name was __________________

9.

What takes a licking and keeps on ticking?______

10.

Red Skeleton’s hobo character was named ———

and Red always ended his television show by say-

ing ‘Good night, and ___________

11.

Some Americans who protested the

Vietnam war did so by burning

their___________

12.

The cute little car with the engine in the

back and the trunk in the front was

called a VW. What other names did it go

by_____________ & ________________

13.

In 1971, singer Don Maclean sang a

song about ‘the day the music died’

This was a tribute to__________________

14.

We can remember the first satellite

placed into orbit. The Russians did it.

It was called______

15.

One of the big fads of the late 50’s and

60’s was a large plastic ring that we

twirled around our waist.

It was called the ____________________

DAMS, ROADS,

DEEP RIPPING,

DRAINAGE,

STONE CLEARING

ROLLING, SAND, SOIL or

GRAVEL.

COWLAND EARTH MOVING

Brian Cowland

5576 1074

0407 528 608

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Parfreys now stock bulk

Chain and Bar Oil

Bring in your empty container

and we can fill it with

Chain and Bar oil

$3.50 per Litre inc GST

Parfrey Plumbing Pty Ltd

Phone: 0355761102

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Tea Rooms Now Open

At The Farmers Inn 37 High Street Macarthur Serving

Coffee/ tea and cake all day Open 10am – 5.00pm Thurs, Fri & Sat,

2pm – 5pm Sunday.

News from Mt Eccles

The two fire season employees will com-mence at Mount Eccles in early October. This is a few weeks earlier than previous years and it would seem that they will be utilised to go burning wherever there are opportunities for burns, virtually anywhere in Victoria. As I have mentioned previously DEPI are very keen to get as much burning as possible undertaken before it gets too hot and dry. When the fire seasons lads at Eccles are not involved in burning they will be very busy at Mt Eccles and Mount Napier preparing the areas for what could be a busy and threatening fire season. I want to get the all the tracks well cleared and cut back as much as possible so that we can send crews in to initiate an aggressive first attack on a fire if it’s safe to do so. There is also lots of general maintenance works to be done around the park and weeds to spray at this time of the year.

Parks has been getting some press lately about the increase in camping fees; all I can do about this is do my best to improve the facilities here at Mt Eccles for campers. I have engaged the local plumbers to re-tile the shower bases and uncle Doug has put some gravel on the access track into the campground, some campfires have been upgraded and moved and we will step up the maintenance and cleaning as best we can.

I would like to thank some adjoining landowners at Mount Napier who caught and returned a couple of misbehaving radio tracker goats I had released at Mt Napier. The goats thought they would like to make friends with sheep and ended up at Lloyd Mirtschins and Steve Millards properties. Many thanks to them for catching them and returning them to me. They have been re-released in other sections of Mount Napier and hopefully this time will make friends with goats.

Gary Bellesini

Macarthur Bowls Club

October Dates

Sat 4th Mixed social bowls 1:00 pm

Tue 7th Mixed social bowls 10.30 am

Sat 11th Weekend pennant starts

Tue 21st Mixed social bowls 10:30 am

Tue 28th Mixed social bowls 10:30 am

Playgroup is now on:

FRIDAYS : 10am - 12noon

(NOTE: change of day)

Everybody Welcome

Come along for a cuppa and a chat

$2 per family- cuppa supplied and

Bring eats/drinks for children

At Broadwater Community Reserve (old school)

35km north of Port Fairy on the Port

Fairy/Hamilton Road.

Enquiries: Nicole(Secretary/Treasurer) 55764202

Leonie (President) 55764251

Broadwater Playgroup Broadwater Playgroup Broadwater Playgroup Broadwater Playgroup

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Septic tank cleaning

Portable toilet hire

Grease Trap Cleaning

Excavator 8Tonne with 300, 450 and 600mm Augers

Septic tank installation,

Septic treatment system installation

and effluent drain replacement

Servicing all areas

Parfrey Plumbing

0355761102

Blackmax Poly Culverts

6m Lengths

225mm $183.55

300mm $269.34

450mm $516.48

600mm $917.51

In stock now

Parfrey Plumbing

0355761102

ANSWERS

1.The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet

2. The Ed Sullivan Show.

3. On route 66.

4. To protect the innocent.

5. The Lion sleeps Tonight

6. The Limbo

7. Chocolate

8. Louis Armstrong

9. The Timex watch

10. Freddy, the Freeloader and ‘Good night

and God Bless’

11. Draft cards. (Bras were also burned. Not

flags as some have guessed.)

12. Beetle or Bug, also Pregnant Pasty

13. Buddy Holly

14. Sputnik

15. Hoola-hoop

MACARTHUR PUB

NEW KITCHEN HOURS

Wednesday from 6pm

Thumping big Steak night (kids eat free)

Thursday from 6pm Parma Night

Friday Lunch 12 til 2 & Dinner from 6pm

Saturday Dinner from 6pm

Sunday OPEN ALL DAY Lunch & Dinner

Breaky Menu all day Sunday from 10am

“FIND FITZ”

alias “Find the Joker”

every WEDNESDAY NIGHT from 5pm til 8pm

*get a ticket with every Drink You Buy*

DRAWN @ 8PM SHARP

You must be here to “FIND FITZ” and

pick your card.

Weekly jackpots

ROUND BALING

& SILAGE WRAPPING

Glenn (Cotton) Baker

Rolling — Mowing

Raking & Teddering

Spraying — Sowing

Phone: (03) 55784246

0419 836 784

Eumeralla Property Services

Home handyman, small renova-

tions,

property maintenance, gardening

services.

Licensed Pest Control Technician.

Labour hire (High risk licence)

0419389022 55775220.

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Farewell and Good Luck!

For 22 years Nicole Bigham has been the public face

of the Moyne Shire in their Macarthur office. Sadly

Nicole has moved on to new adventures and will be

sadly missed by the residents of Macarthur. Her cheery

smile and friendly nature have been her trademark.

Nicole has also had a long association with the Foot-

ball/Netball Club both as a player and also a committee

member. When the Shire took over the printing of this

paper it was initially Nicole’s job to run it off for us, a

job made harder because the printer was ageing and

tended to have hiccups. Nicole always did the job she

was asked to do with good grace no matter what went

wrong and Carole Dunn and I would like to thank her on

behalf of MADA. We wish her well on your behalf and

hope we see her around town when she comes to visit.

We can help you with:

• Tax Planning

• Self Managed Super Funds

• Bookkeeping

• BAS & IAS

• Payroll, PAYG & Super

Small Tax Returns $99

* Conditions apply *

Page 9 OCTOBER 2014

MCLEOD TRANSPORT

Livestock & General 45’ 2 x 1 Stock Crate Trailer 45’ Drop Deck Trailer

David McLeod 1127 Condah Road, Macarthur 3286

03 5578 4200 0428 527 264

Licensed Pest Control Technician.

Call us today for an appointment

Ph: 555 13 777 enquiries@struckaccounting.com.au

www.struckaccounting.com.au

Struck Accounting

124 Thompson St, Hamilton, VIC 3300

67 Moreillon Blvd, Bannockburn, VIC 3331

♦ Land Plane

♦ Raking

♦ Disc Ploughing

♦ Track Formation

♦ Field Span

♦ Draining.

♦ Hay Baling

♦ Air Seeder

♦ Mouldboard Ploughing

♦ Power Harrow

♦ Mowing

♦ Offset Disc Ploughing

LACHLAN & WALLACE HILLLACHLAN & WALLACE HILL AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORSAGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS

Lachlan: 0418 761113 Wallace: 0419 591971

SPECIALISING INSPECIALISING INSPECIALISING IN:

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DRY CLEANING SERVICE

NOW AVAILABLE

2 Market St, Macarthur Vic 3286

Ph: 55761001 Open Mon Tue Thu Fri 11 am to 5 pm

Wed open till 5.30pm

Lunch from 1 pm to 2 pm.

Closed Public Holidays.

Heywood Pharmacy Ph: 55271683

Great Range of

Gifts for all

Occasions

Lots of colours in the

new Nail Polish Range

GG. . HILL CONTRACTINGHILL CONTRACTING

AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONSAGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS

3 X 3 & 4 X 3 Square Baling. Disc & Mouldboard Ploughing.

Power Harrowing. V & Rotary Raking.

Self Propelled Mower. Conditioner & Windrower. Silage Wrapping.

Hay Cartage & Stacking. Harvesting. Rotary Hoeing. Crop Rolling.

General Cultivation. Air Seeding of Cereals.

Direct Sowing of Small Seeds. Grouper Available.

Hay, Straw & grain Sales.

Phone George: 0427 053 488 Gary: 0427 761 302

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Macarthur Community Gym

Membership only $50:00 per year.

All new members will have a free induction to the equipment with our local fitness

instructor Jodie Nicholls to get you started. You can then choose to participate in

Jodie’s twice weekly circuit classes which are only $5:00 per class, and/or secure a

key from the health centre so you can go whenever you like.

Membership forms are available from Macarthur Community Health,

Enquiries 55522000

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October 2014

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Senior Citizens

Lunch

2

Men’s Shed

3 4

5 6

Lions Dinner

Meeting

7

Men’s Shed

8

Senior Citizens

Lunch

MADA

meeting

9

Men’s Shed

10 11

12 13 14

Men’s Shed

RSL meeting

8pm

15

Senior Citizens

Lunch

BINGO

1.30pm

16

Men’s Shed

17 18

19 20

Lions Meeting

21

Men’s Shed

Byaduk CWA

meeting

1.30pm

22

Senior Citizens

Lunch

23

Men’s Shed

24 25

26 27 28

Men’s Shed

29

Senior Citizens

Lunch

30

Men’s Shed

31