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P remier Jay Weatherill has rejected claims the State Government has off ered to grant BHP Billiton an extension to the indenture agreement on the expan-

sion of Olympic Dam.Last week interstate reports said the South Australian (SA)

Government was off ering BHP Billiton an ‘olive branch’ and was willing to ‘entertain’ an extension.

Th e Australian Financial Review stated, “South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has fl agged a reprieve on the deadline for BHP Billiton’s $US20 billion-plus Olympic Dam expansion.”

Mr Weatherill said he had been misinterpreted. Th e Govern-ment’s position has always been that it wanted BHP Billiton to make a decision by the December 15 expiry of the indenture agreement.

Mr Weatherill clarifi ed, “We will obviously entertain any ap-plication that is made, but there has been no application made.

“Our preference is that the decision is made within the 12 month period and we have communicated that very clearly to BHP (sic).

“Th ere has been no proposition advanced to us that would justify an extension of the 12-month period at this time.

Mr Weatherill’s offi ce clarifi ed the Financial Review acquired Mr Weatherill’s comments out of context. “Th e idea of us con-sidering an extension is a hypothetical question as we have received no application from BHP Billiton.”

Resources and Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis had pre-viously stated the South Australian Government is continuing to work with BHP Billiton as it prepares a proposal to be put before the company’s board during the second half of this year.

He also said the Government would be reluctant to grant an extension but would consider it if BHP Billiton made an application for an extension and cited signifi cantly changed circumstances.

Despite the doubt surrounding the expansion, BHP Billiton

claim they are fi nalising the best case for a BHP Billiton Board decision by the end of the year.

Th e Australian recently reported BHP Billiton Chief Ex-ecutive Marius Kloppers did not directly answer questions on whether he had confi dence in the BHP Billiton Board and major shareholders.

Th is comes as Reuters reported BHP Billiton will focus on cutting costs three weeks before it is expected to report its fi rst drop in annual profi ts since the 2008 global fi nancial crisis due to weakening commodity demand.

A BHP Billiton spokesperson told Reuters, “Against a back-drop of increasing costs and falling commodity prices, we continue to focus on reducing our overheads, operating costs and non-essential expenditures to ensure our assets are well positioned on their relative cost curves.

“Th is included reviewing our overhead costs and the se-quencing of our major projects,” the spokesperson added.

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Adelaide Now recently reported Twilight star Robert Pattinson will fi lm his new movie Th e Rover

in South Australia’s outback.

Director David Michod and producer Liz Watts scouted areas around South Australia including the Flinders Ranges last month for appropriate areas to fi lm the futuristic western in 2013.

Pattinson now has a world-wide fan base due to the Twilight saga fi lms and will play a thief in the outback. Guy Pearce has also been confi rmed for the fi lm which will start in South Australia late January next year.

Flinders Ranges Mayor Peter Slattery told Adelaide Now it would be a treat if Pattinson were in the region during the seven week on location shoot. Another two weeks are to be shot at Adelaide Stu-dios.

“I daresay it would induce a bit of ex-citement in the area,” he said. “Th e spin-off eff ect is that the attention on them cross-promotes the area that we’re in. We certainly would be most enthused about him coming.”

Th e South Australia Film Corporation has invested $450,000 in the project which was approved in the latest round of Screen Australia funding. The Rover’s overall budget is $12,250,000.

Daffodil Day fast approachingDaffodil Day fast approachingBy Vanessa Switala

D aff odil Day will be held on August 24 this year to raise much needed funds for the Cancer Council.

Th e Red Sands branch of the Cancer Council will be selling merchandise at the Roxby Hour-glass Jewellers and outside of Woolworths, with children also selling merchandise at the Roxby Downs Area School out the front of the library.

Chairperson of the Red Sands Branch for the Cancer Council Carmen Jackson said every Daff odil sold helps research and support for survivors.

Mrs Jackson explained, “Unfortunately can-cer touches everywhere in the world, we are not left out, with some who know a local per-son who has been aff ected.

“We raise thousands of dollars a year in Roxby and we could not do that without your generous help,” Ms Jackson added.

Th e Red Sands Branch of Cancer Council will also hold a Pink Ladies Golf Day on Oc-tober 27; stay tuned for details closer to the event.

Daff odil Day is one of Australia’s best known and most popular fundraising events. Each day more than 100 Australians will die of cancer related illnesses.

Daff odil Day raises funds for Cancer Council to continue its work in cancer research, pro-viding patient support programs and preven-tion programs to all Australians. Daff odil Day helps grow hope for better treatments, hope for more survivors and hope for a cure.

Th e Cancer Council are aiming to raise $9.2 million this Daff odil Day for cancer research and patient support. At the time of print $97,699 had been raised.

To donate log on to http://daff odilday.com.au/ or purchase your daff odil on August 24 from the areas stated above.

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By Jason Munn

OZ Minerals held an infor-mation session in Roxby Downs last week to inform

the Roxby Downs community about the development of the Carrapateena Copper and Gold project.

Th e pro ject is located in central South Australia on the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton, 100 kilometres south east of BHP Bil-liton’s Olympic Dam operation.

The copper-gold deposit, ac-quired from Teck Australia Pty Ltd and Rudy Gomez for $250 million in May 2011, is of the same style as Prominent Hill and is in the ad-vanced exploration stage.

Carrapateena Project Manager Brett Triff ett said OZ Minerals had just fi nished a tour around Port Pi-rie, Port Augusta, Woomera, Roxby Downs and Andamooka, present-ing the project to local communi-ties and advising them of progress.

“In particular, we’re focused on the fact that we’re moving from an exploration lease to a retention lease which allows us to start work on our exploration decline next year,” Mr Triff ett said.

Th e process will involve build-ing a decline to 1,000 metres below the surface and excavating into the deposit so that geotechnical work can be performed in order to un-derstand what mining method will be applicable.

“We’ll use that information to fi nish our pre-feasibility study and to make a decision on the mining method, then go into a feasibility study over the next four or five years.

“During the feasibility study stage we look at all the various options for developing the pro-ject, and in particular the mining methods. Th ere are three diff erent mining methods that are applicable to this type of deposit.”

Mr Triff ett said Carrapateena is an underground mine and techni-cally complicated. During the fea-sibility study OZ Minerals would consider each of the three mining options in detail, using the results from the underground exploration geotechnical work to feed into the

design and the costing of the cho-sen mining method.

At this stage the mining methods OZ Minerals have looked at for the Crrapateena project are sublevel open stoping, which is the same method used at Olympic Dam, sublevel caving and block caving.

“Th ose methods are all techni-cally feasible for the Carrapateena deposit, but there are a lot of un-knowns around the geology and the geotechnical ground conditions.

“We want to make sure we have as much information as possible, and we’re designing each of those mining methods to make sure we get it right and the project is a suc-cess.

“During the feasibility study we also look at the metallurgy, the processing requirements of the ore once it’s brought to the sur-face, and also the infrastructure requirements, for example; water supply, power supply, roads, rail and logistics.”

Mr Triffett was pleased with community’s enthusiasm at last week’s information session.

“We had questions about short term and long term water and power supply and where those are coming from, and what sort of pro-cessing and surface infrastructure might ultimately be expected for the project in the longer term.”

Residents also asked about how they can get involved with the pro-ject.

“We had small business owners and contracting companies come along to the information sessions because they were interested in fi nding out about the project and how they can get involved – so one of things discussed was the pre-qualifi cation process to regis-ter their interest.

“We also had people coming along to fi nd out how they can get a job at Carrapateena. People are in-terested in a whole range of things, in the longer term, infrastructure in what the project’s going to look like, and in the shorter term, what’s in it for them and how they can get involved.”

OZ Minerals are currently going through a permitting process and looking to start the exploration de-

cline in early 2013.“Th at work will be fi nished in the

middle of 2016, and at around the same time we’ll be able to complete our pre-feasibility and feasibility studies. We can make a decision on what mining method we’re go-ing to use and what the surface infrastructure is going to look like and have a very clear idea of the implementation of the project go-ing forward.”

Board approval is expected in the middle of 2016 then followed by a construction phase which could take anywhere from two to three years depending on the chosen mining method.

“We’ll be looking at around 2018 to 2020 before the project is in pro-duction, and then in terms of the life of the mine once in production, anywhere from 15 to 40 years – mining methods have quite diff er-ent lives because they are mining at diff erent rates and they are recover-ing various amount of the resource.

“We would process the ore to produce a concentrate but not through to fi nal metal, so it would be an intermediate stage.”

The copper bearing minerals, bornite and chalcopyrite, contain specks of gold which are included in the concentrate which is then sold to the end customer who would smelt the concentrate to produce the copper stream, gold stream and also a silver stream.

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By Jason Munn

Innovative St Barbara’s Parish School teacher Chrissie Grocke has been nominated

for the 2012 National Excellence in Teaching Awards (NEiTA) by a local parent, Melissa Allen.

Mrs Allen enthusiastically de-scribed Mrs Grocke’s positive infl uence on her son, Owen, and said she wanted to ensure the ded-icated teacher was recognised for the eff ort she has invested into her students.

“I was looking for a way to thank Chrissie for what she has done – and I know that I’m not alone in my admiration for her.”

Ms Allen’s son, Owen, began studying in Mrs Grocke’s Year 3 class in 2012 and fl ourished - be-coming a confi dent and keen stu-dent, and proud of his work.

“Th is is the fi rst year with Chris-sie and there has been a marked diff erence – it was like magic, I went to school and asked Chrissie for her wand,” Mrs Allen joked.

“She has a genuine belief in everybody’s ability, and an appre-ciation for the background of each child as an individual.”

Mrs Grocke was surprised and honoured by the nomination and was keen to express pride in her students.

“It’s a real privilege to work with children – there’s never a dull mo-ment.

“I make sure I know their world and what makes them tick, and then I can help them to access the curriculum through their world. For example in their writing, a child may like aliens so we use the theme of aliens to develop writing strategies and skills. Th ey already have the ideas which create en-thusiasm and students just want to learn.

“I also aim to make the educa-tion purposeful – we’re writing to the athletes at the moment for the Olympics, or we’ll write to the

principal to negotiate for a pet, students are writing to a specifi c audience and developing strategies specifi c to their purpose.”

A maths project found students drawing maps of their bedrooms so that fellow students could be quizzed to fi nd objects via coor-dinates.

“It’s all about them - they are ac-tually controlling their own learn-ing, being proactive and discover-ing for themselves rather than it being my ideas they are discover-ing,” Mrs Grocke said.

“You can only do that when you have developed a relationship with the students, you take an interest in them as individuals to make them feel safe, enabling them to take risks and to be able to discov-er without an imposing threat of failure.”

An important aspect to Mrs Grocke’s teaching strategies is her constant refl ection on her practice.

“I’m always looking for new things that work for diff erent chil-dren – I haven’t stopped studying since I left university, taking cours-es and learning modern pedago-gy and what works for individual children, because nothing works for all children.

“When I notice a student is hav-ing trouble with a certain strategy or understanding, it’s a matter of

researching ways to change that strategy so the student is able to engage on another level.

“The interactivity of modern technology is just amazing and I fi nd I’m learning with the children all the time. We’ve been designing games using maths and literacy skills and it makes it exciting and fun for them, which is crucial to good education.

“I’m so rewarded every day with the children. As a teacher you can make a real diff erence, but I also feel really honoured to have been acknowledged for the work I do.”

Acting Principal Joyce Dinan, said Mrs Grocke works very hard to off er the best for her students.

“Th e nomination is really well deserved – Chrissie wants to teach, she wants to be with the students, recognising exactly who they are in themselves and fanning that fl ame and bringing them to life.

“I’ve only been in Roxby Downs a few weeks but I’ve certainly seen high levels of engagement in learn-ing across the school, high levels of interest and motivation.

“Chrissie’s students are working really hard, they know they are cared about and they know their teacher understands who they are as a person – that’s the gift that Chrissie brings.”

Animal breeders are being reminded of the risks associated with cross-breeding of native animals after a number of hybridised snakes

had to be euthanased.

Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) Fauna Permits Unit Manager

Sonya Nicholls said more than 20 snakes were put down.

“It is actually an off ence under the National Parks and Wildlife Act to cross two diff erent species or sub-species to create a hybrid,” Ms Nicholls said.

“Th ese snakes were Bredli pythons crossed with coastal carpet pythons.

“Th ese beautifully-coloured carpet pythons are commonly referred to in the trade as jags and they are a fairly complex group.

“Some strains are thought to be Irian Jayan carpet pythons bred with Australian coastal carpet pythons, which makes them a serious problem from a biose-curity point of view.”

DEWNR is working with other state wildlife agen-cies and Flinders University through the AELERT network to develop a better understanding of the genetic make up of these species.

“Th ese particular snakes came to our attention af-ter a licensed breeder advertised them for sale,” Ms Nicholls said.

“We don’t like to have to euthanase animals, but there are a number of problems associated with cross-breeding of species.

“Given the pressure wild reptile populations are un-der from habitat loss and predation by foxes and feral cats, reptile keepers are encouraged to assist in the long-term conservation of species by maintaining ge-netically-pure stock, just in case the species becomes extinct in the wild and needs to be reintroduced from captive sources.”

Th e breeder surrendered the snakes after being contacted by DEWNR.

In South Australia, most species of native animals are protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.

“As part of the Act, the Fauna Permit Wildlife Li-censing System encourages people to participate in the wise and sustainable management and use of na-tive animal species,” Ms Nicholls said.

“We are not trying to stop people from keeping or selling protected natives, but it is very important that everyone who does this understands their legal requirements, as well as their social and environmen-tal obligations.”

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St Barbs teacher nominated for national excellence award

Melissa Allen (left) nominated St Barbara’s Parish School

teacher Chrissy Grocke for

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By Vanessa Switala

International speaker Wendy Lee held a workshop last Friday

on learning and assess-ment through Learning Stor ies for Roxby Downs.

The early childhood education session was held at the Roxby Downs Area School Auditorium with teachers attending from Oodnadatta, Leigh

Creek, Marree, Port Au-gusta, Roxby Downs and Andamooka.

Ms Lee presented a full day workshop about Learning Stories as an assessment of children’s learning which Roxby Downs Kindergarten and Andamooka Primary School have implemented with their iPads.

Ms Lee worked with participants to develop a research question for

the focus of their future professional learning this area.

Ms Lee says, “I believe assessment practice has the capability to not only improve learning oppor-tunities for children but to potentially change the culture of centres and communities.”

“Teachers have the power to fi nd the magic in all children within their context.

Ms Lee added, “Assess-ment can contribute pow-erfully to the reciprocal relationships that make up a community in an early childhood setting, enticing children, families and teachers into collab-orative relationships that enrich teaching as learn-ing journeys.”

“Learning Stories is a way to assess children’s learning. It builds and strengthens their learn-

ing making it visible to the child and their family.”

Principal of Andamoo-ka Primary School Angela Turner said Learning Sto-ries was about building relationships with chil-dren and their families.

She explained there was a lack of ‘joy’ in reading report cards from school assessments but there is joy in Learning Stories. “Everyone tells stories and everyone has stories to tell,” Ms Turner said.

Ms Lee added, “Parents involvement with educa-tion is a critical factor for success.”

Learning Stories is about sharing children’s development which was also discussed in the workshop with informa-tion technology playing a major role.

“It provides an op-portunity for parents to respond and engage,” ex-plained Ms Lee.

Ms Turner said it is extremely important for families in Roxby, as ex-tended family are usually based elsewhere. Learn-ing Stories provides fam-ilies with the chance to share their children’s sto-ries with grandparents and other relatives.

“It is wonderful to have someone of Wendy’s knowledge here in Roxby,” Ms Turner said.

Ms Lee will return to Roxby in November for another workshop where research questions and results will be observed by participants and fur-ther steps will be planned.

Ms Lee is currently the Director of the Educa-tional Leadership Project which is a professional education provider for early childhood teachers. She is also the Co-Direc-tor of the Early Learning Childhood Learning and Exemplar Project with Professor Margaret Carr. Ms Lee also has over 35 years of involvement with Early Childhood Educa-tion.

Learning Stories workshop for Roxby

The 2012 South Australian Variety Bash will travel through Marree, Mungerannie and Birdsville as part of its route this

year.

Th e Bash is SA’s most successful fundraising event and has raised more than $26.7 million for the Variety Club and sick children over the past 23 years.

More than 300 people in over 100 vehicles will depart Peter Lehman Wines at Tanunda on Saturday, August 10 and fi nish nine days and 3600 kilometres later in Mildura on August 18.

Th e Bash, which this year has the theme Back of Beyond, will arrive in Marree on August 10, before going onto Mungerannie and Birdsville on August 11 and 12.

This year a host of themed pre-1980 cars will be participating, with everything from Th e Fairies, to Power Ranges, Cat in the Hat, Blues Brothers, Flintstones, Bob the Builder, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Th e Nerd Herds par-ticipating.

For more information go to www.variety.org.au.

Variety Bash on

route soon

Roxby Downs Kindergarten Director Kerryn Jones, Learning

Stories Presenter Wendy Lee and Andamooka Primary Principal Angela Turner.

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Why do I have to wait on hold for Centrelink for anywhere up to an hour each time I call. A good majority of people calling would have children or jobs and can’t sit on the phone for an hour. Why can’t they take your number in a queue like other organisations and call you back? I don’t care if the call is charged to me as long I don’t have to sit around waiting.Still WaitingRoxby Races failed to disappoint once again... Congratulations to the Committee for puting on another great show! Frocked up FillySeems that a lot of people are losing their jobs and some BHP projects have been put off for 2 years. Is it going to be scary times for Roxby again. StayerWith the fl orist closing down in Roxby it has been nice that Woollies has stepped up and produced some nice fl owers for a change!!Well done Woolworths!Minus 3.8 this week!! Bring on the warmer months!! I wont be whinging this summer!!! Summa Lover

Another great day at the races. Only one suggestion - the popularity of ‘Sunday sessions’ is rife here in Roxby, why dont the Race Club organise an event to back up the already great day? They could make it an amazing weekend!Sunday SesherHate seeing so many people lose their jobs and be forced to leave town... again. This seems to be a cyclic occurrence!

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New research that shows having a pet is helpful for women living with chronic illness has reinforced the need to recognise the role pets have in health main-

tenance, according to the Australian-based President of the International Society for Anthrozoology, Associate Professor Pauleen Bennett.

“We have known for some time that pet ownership is associated with improved mental and physical health but this research has unexpectedly identifi ed that pets help people feel they can manage chronic illness. It is a really exciting fi nding because interaction with pets is such a simple and readily available way of improving a patient’s quality of life,” says Associate Professor (Assc. Prof.) Bennett.

Th e women participating in the research were asked to identify the roles that helped, or hindered, them in managing their illness. Unexpectedly, being a pet owner was one of the fi ve helpful roles that emerged, along with being a mother or grandmother, having a faith, being an advocate for a healthy lifestyle, and being an employee.

“Pets help people to take time out from our day to day activities, even if it is something as simple as stroking a cat or taking a dog for a walk. For someone suff ering from a chronic illness, this time out can be a powerful intervention and off ers the opportunity to engage with other people or create a positive mindset.

“Many pet owners report that their pet understands when they are not feeling well and – even though science has not yet proven that this is the case – this sense of understanding is a supportive and pleasurable feeling for the pet owner,” says Assc. Prof. Bennett.

Th e Delta Society, which runs a Th erapy Dogs program visiting hospitals and other facilities throughout Australia, said their program is based on the premise that the human animal bond can overcome anything.

“Patients in the facilities we visit don’t generally have ready access to pets, or have had to give up their own pets. Delta Th er-apy Teams bring the joy and benefi ts of animal companionship to those who need it most. Delta Th erapy dog teams provide a fl oppy ear to listen, a paw to shake and, for many patients, the chance to reminisce about their own pet dogs. Th e scientifi cally proven benefi ts have shown so many patients improve physically, socially and emotionally following an encounter with one of our four legged friends,” says General Manager Hollee Curran.

Assc. Prof. Bennett has pioneered the fi eld of anthrozoological research in Australia, supervising PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) students as they research the role pet ownership has in our lives. She is currently leading a team of researchers at LaTrobe University and has recently taken on the Chair of the Australian Anthrozoology Research Foundation, which is raising funds to increase the amount of research in this area.

“Having hard data is critical to making policy-makers listen. Independent research in Australia, Germany and China has shown that people who own pets make fewer visits to the doctor than those who have never owned, or currently do not own, a pet. And dozens of academic reports have identifi ed quantifi -able benefi ts from pet ownership. We need to build this body of research so that there can be no doubt that pets need to be planned for in the same way as recreation opportunities or open spaces are planned for,” Assc. Prof. Bennett says.

Pets prescription for better health

Roxby and Olympic Dam businesses, by and large, are generous contributors to the community.

But times get tough, and when business stops growing, being a great corporate citizen can get harder to explain to the economic bottom line.

Two professors from the Harvard Business School, Porter and Kramer, released a paper ‘Strategy and So-ciety: Th e Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility’ in 2006 (that’s right, just before the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)).

Pre GFC, one might argue corporate social responsi-bility was easier to contemplate, because business was booming. However, the business landscape in Australia has also altered signifi cantly since then with the intro-duction of the Carbon Tax.

Where before, corporate responsibility was a ‘Will I? or won’t I?’ now, especially in Roxby with its tight labour markets and supply chains, most businesses have to do it anyway.

Hence, what is really interesting about Porter and Kramer’s work is fi guring out how to make what you have to do, or already do, provide you with a competitive advantage.

In an element of their paper they refer to as ‘redefi n-ing value in the productivity chain’ contains the thesis societal problems create costs in the value chain, and reducing these costs can be a source of competitive advantage and fi nancial value beyond the warm and fuzzy ‘aren’t we a nice corporate citizen.’

Porter and Kramer highlight the following sub-cat-egories:

• Environmental factors: environmental impact, en-ergy and resource use;

• Employee productivity: skills, development, work-place safety, health and;

• Supplier access, viability and distribution practices.Environmental factors: Nyrstar operate a zinc smelter

in Port Pirie. When the Federal government introduced legislation for the mandatory reporting of energy usage, the company saw an opportunity to better understand energy use and wastage in its 100 year old plant. Th rough a comprehensive analysis of its site, it has identifi ed 17 short-term opportunities that will yield $5.5 million in annual savings.

Because these are permanent, annual savings achieved at a relatively lost cost, the value of this zinc smelting operation has probably increased by something of the order of $50 million and reduced energy-related emis-sions at the same time.

Employee Productivity: At the Novotel Hotel in Wol-longong, Australia, its management instigated a range of community related activities to increase the engagement of its staff . As a result, its employees have become the major source of business innovation, leading to cost reductions and, or, improvements in the customer ex-perience. Th ey also have a low absenteeism rate.

Closer to home, Ken Lamb, founder of Olympic Dam Transport, has been running some fantastic programs up skilling young aboriginal men and women. Th ese sorts of programs will no doubt provide his business with new skills and ideas, and assist his business with recruitment and retention for many years to come.

Value creation through suppliers: Traditional business practice has often been to focus on screwing down sup-ply costs. Porter and Kramer contend that this is short sighted, as marginalised suppliers will be less likely to invest in quality improvements and innovation. Consider companies like Nestle and Pepsi that regularly work with suppliers on a quasi-partnering basis.

Th ey work with farmers to share technology and fa-cilitate access to fi nance in order to improve crop qual-ity and yields. In turn, the extra investment leads to increased prosperity for the farmer and the region as a whole.

Th e message is: Th ink smart and you’ll come out look-ing and smelling like roses, whilst making more money than the guy next door.

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By Jason Munn

Roxby resident Kate Donohue said the success of the recent

performance by Melbourne band Th e Giants highlighted the popularity of live music events in Roxby Downs

She urged the community to get involved with the Live Mu-sic Committee to help bring more acts to town.

“Th e feedback I’ve had from people is that a good cross sec-tion of the community showed up to see Th e Giants, about 80 people, which was just enough for us to manage for our fi rst time,” Ms Donahue said.

Th e Giants, established in 1981, have a history of be-ing one of Australia’s most respected blues/rock outfi ts and were described by the Melbourne Herald-Sun as, “a living, breathing Australian Rock and Roll institution.”

“Th ey performed a brilliant cover of Jimi Hendrix’s Red House,” Ms Donohue said.

“I can’t sing to save my life, so to see a band like that sing-ing right in front of you – I saw the reaction on the audience’s faces and it really said it all.”

Ms Donohue said Th e Gi-ants really enjoyed themselves and were keen to make anoth-er trip to Roxby.

“Next time they come back they’re looking at bringing someone like Angry Ander-son, Wilbur Wilde or Russell Morris with them, and I’m

like, ‘if you insist!’” Ms Dono-hue laughed.

She said her intentions were to bring live music back to Roxby Downs and inspire others to help make it happen.

“We used to have bands coming through all the time, and it all seemed to die off over the years – I thought it was about to time we got it back, so my fi rst port of call was Stuart Wood from The Giants, and he was more than happy to come back – I also recently contacted the Bondi Cigars who are a great blues band who played here a long time ago.

“Th ey said they are interest-ed for a performance in Roxby a little further down the track.

“It’s something I’ve wanted to do, and thankfully my oth-er half, Rusty, backed me, and Jack McGuire also helped to make it happen.”

“I was amazed,” said Jack McGuire, who also played live acoustic guitar on the night.

“I performed outside in the beer garden from 1pm, then the band started at about 3pm, and it was just full on rock and roll, blues and a bit of country as well so there was quite a lot of entertainment.

“Mark Greig and Matt Dw-yer, the two lead guitarists, performed an impromptu gui-tar duet and it was probably one of the best things I’ve ever seen in my life – the way they applied their craft, it was just awesome.”

Mr McGuire said the band was made of genuine, straight-up people.

“They’ve been in Roxby Downs a couple of times, but their latest performance was just stunning. It was just a great afternoon and the reac-tion from the community was fantastic.”

RoxFM’s Julian Tregenza said the Live Music Commit-tee, for which Mr Tregenza is a consultant, is in the in-itial stages of forming, and he urged residents to get in-volved.

“Th e objective of the com-mittee is to bring live enter-tainment to the community - it doesn’t have to be live music, we’re also looking at comedi-ans.”

Several individuals have ex-pressed their interest in the Live Music Committee, how-ever more numbers are need-ed to pool resources and reach critical mass.

Mr Tregenza said Ms Dono-hue proved to herself and to enthusiastic residents that she could realise her ambition of bringing Th e Giants to Roxby Downs, which should inspire other members of the com-munity to help attract more artists.

“If residents want more live entertainment in Roxby Downs, they should get on board and help make it hap-pen,” Mr Tregenza said.

By Jason Munn

A meteor shower would have delivered a sky-watcher’s delight recently if only the sky-

dome of Roxby Downs was cloud free; however it did break up enough for local resident Travis Hague to catch a few burning trails.

Meteor showers are generated when the earth passes through remnant streams of debris left behind by comets as they orbit around the sun. Th e debris is made up of rocky particles, most be-ing no larger than a pea, and burn up in the earth’s atmosphere creating brilliant streaks of light.

Most burn out in a second or two and in rare instances meteors can be seen breaking up in a spectacular array of colours.

Th e recent light show is known as the Sou thern Delta Aquariids with activity peaking on July 28 or 29, however the shower is visible from mid-July to mid august every year, so there is still time to see more than the usual numbers of shooting stars throughout the month.

Th e name Delta Aquariids derives from the constellation Aquarius, and the me-teors radiate from the direction of one of its brightest stars, Delta Aquarii.

The Southern Delta Aquariids are considered a strong meteor shower with average meteor observation rates of 15 to 20 per hour. Th e group of comets said to have caused the shower, known as the Marsden and Kracht group, are be-lieved to have broken off from the 96P/Machholz sungrazer comet, dicovered by American amateur astronomer Don-ald Machholz in 1986.

If residents happened to miss the recent light show, they have a another opportunity coming up from August 9 to 14 when the annual Perseids mete-or shower, a more prolifi c shower, will again hurl spears of light from the heav-ens - this time with an average meteor observation rate of 60 per hour.

After midnight is the best time for viewing due to the earth rotating to-wards the sun, rather than away from it, which means particles enter the at-mosphere at a higher velocity.

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Alice Leslie, Kristelle Cockshell, Mikaela

Wedding, Sharn O’Leary, Jess Weltner

and Hollie Cockshell at the Roxby Community

Club for the Live Music for Ed night.

Seth Reid with ABC3 television presenter Kayne Tremills at the go kart track while fi lming in Roxby.

Anna Andrasic, Nicole Spillman, Cushla Baldock,

Marrisa Abrantes, Kelly Spillman and

Bonnie Opie at the High Tea.

Rachel and Melissa Williams with Stu Jones at the Roxby

Community Club for the Live Music

for Ed night.

Avril Luke, Barb Elliott, Noela

Beenham, Grace Morokai, Karla Tanti and Sister Pat Hogan at the High Tea.

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Liana, Ann-Marie Arthur and Helen Arthur with Margaret Wyatt,

Bethany Arthur and Brianna Wyatt.

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JOINING FORUMSIf you would like to join a forum and

would like more information please

contact the following people.

New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUM

Rachel Young 0428 671 000

BUSINESS FORUM

Laura Trotta 0412 734 964

COMMUNITY BOARD

Michelle Hales 0418 833 818

EDUCATION and

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SPORTS and RECREATION

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COMMUNITY GARDEN

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HEALTH FORUM

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WOMEN’S NETWORK

Kath Messner 0438 871 153

Board meetings are held on the last Monday of the month.

Members of the public are welcome to attend and observe.

If you would like to make a presentation or raise an issue, please contact the Executive Offi cer on 0418 833 818 so that you can

be included on the agenda.Confi dential discussions with the Board can

be arranged if required.

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A 2 0 1 3 c a l e n d a r designed as a result of Roxby Downs

Amateur Arid Photography Competition was launched into the community last week.

The calendar, which is a fundraising initiative of the Roxby Downs Arts and Cul-ture Forum, features regional photography submitted to the photography competition, which ran from November 2010 until February this year.

Images featured in the cal-endar highlight some of Rox-by’s most spectacular flora and fauna, and key dates for Roxby’s annual social events are listed.

Proceeds from the project

will go towards the 2013 Red eARTh Festival, of which planning has already started.

“All the beautiful images in the calendar have been taken by local Roxby residents, so it’s wonderful to have a calen-dar for Roxby by Roxbyians, especially as it’s raising funds for a Roxby community in-stitution like the Red eARTh Festival. Th ey will make great presents to post to family and friends particularly those liv-ing overseas ,” stated Business and Cultural Development Consultant to Roxby Com-munity, Vivienne Holloway.

Th e calendars can be pur-chased from the Visitor In-formation Centre at $20 each (GST inclusive).

By Jason Munn

S t Barbara’s Parish School students were seen planting trees on Burgoyne Street opposite the Myall

Grove Caravan Park recently as part of phase three of the inaugural Trees for Towns project.

Arid Recovery was on hand to show the students how to plant the trees and arrange their shelters, and on Sunday, July 5, more volunteers came together to plant seedlings for the town.

In September 2011, 30 South Australian communities were given 1,000 seedlings

to nurture, which were recently planted in various locations in their respective towns during the fi nal stage of the project. Roxby Downs was one of those communities which will help to meet the target of 30,000 native seedlings being planted throughout the State.

Andamooka Primary School students planted seedlings around the Andamooka community in June this year as part of a com-bined eff ort between the Outback Commu-nities Authority (OCA) and Trees for Life. Th e OCA’s Mark Shirley helped Andamooka students plant the young trees near the main street and the Andamooka cemetery.

Mr Shirley said Andamooka nurtured the

seedlings from December in tubes fi lled with soil and fertiliser and a senior resident, Rogie Dally, carefully watered the seedlings.

Ms Dally said they were originally being stored in a depot, but they weren’t coping very well, so she took them home and looked after them. Such was her dedication to the seedlings she took them with her on a trip to Victoria so she could ensure they were watered properly.

Roxby Downs and Andamooka both plant-ed native Acacia and Eucalyptus seedlings, housed in plastic tree shelters to protect the seedlings from wind and predators.

Seedlings plantedSeedlings planted

Local calendar to be launched

Marinda Buys and Jasmyn plant a young

Acacia seedling.

Just one of the spectacular locally captured images.

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ROXBY COUNCIL

Opening hours Monday to Friday9 am to 4.30 pm

Council provides transport services including:

• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

• Licensing transactions • Learner written theory tests (test to begin before 4 pm)

All enquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi llOpening hours

1 pm to 6 pm every dayDisposal of household rubbish is FREE

Levies apply for businessesRecycling can be taken either

to the Opal Landfi ll orBSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street

All enquiries: 8671 1154

Opening hours 8.30 to 5 pm weekdays

9.30 am to 12 noon SaturdaysTelephone 8671 0660 • Fax 8671 1418

Email: [email protected] membership is free. Wide range of resources are available including books, DVDs, magazines and internet facilities

Toddler Story Time 9.30 am Tuesday and Thursday

Opening hours

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Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452


After hours emergency

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

From August 1 to October 31 this year, the Registrar

of Firearms has declared a gun amnesty, con-ducted and controlled by the South Australian Police.

The amnesty aims to make South Australia a safer state by removing any unwanted, unreg-istered or illegal guns, ammunition or gun parts

from communities, mak-ing it harder for these items to fall into the wrong hands.

Guns, gun parts (in-cluding silencers) and ammunition can be sur-rendered at any police station.

After the amnesty po-lice will continue to inves-tigate illegal and unregis-tered guns. Breaches of the law carry high pen-

alties.

For more information,

including how to safely

transport y our gun, visit

www.police.sa.gov.au or

call 1800 071 507.

Rates reminders June 2012 quarterly water accounts have been issued and are due for payment by August 15, 2012.

June 2012 quarterly electricity accounts have been issued and are due for payment by August 10, 2012.

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Roxby Council offers a range of direct debit and autopay options, through monthly or quarterly, debit or credit card agreements. Call Roxby Council on (08) 8671 0010 for more information.

Landscape designers Garden Concepts will be starting work in Roxby Downs from

August 9 for 7 days.

They will be working over the weekend and Roxby Council warns there will be an amount of noise and machinery in some areas of town from associated machinery.

Most works will be conducted north of Stuart Road.

Dog and cat owners have until August 31 to register their

animals for the ensuing year.

The registration will then be valid from July 1, 2012 until June 30, 2013, provided it is processed before August 31.

Wandering animals at large attract an $80 expi-ation notice, and a collec-tion fee of $30.

Pet owners are remind-ed that unless their cat is registered, micro-chipped and de-sexed, and they have proof of this, they may not keep the animal at or over three months of age.

Dogs are not legally re-quired to be de-sexed or micro chipped in order to be registered, but would benefi t from the acts.

Visiting South Australian author Stephen Orr has an already impressive list

of fi ctional novels, but perhaps his most highly anticipated is his newest, Times’ Long Ruin.

Times’ Long Ruin, released March 2011, is based loosely on one of Adelaide most infamous crimes, the disappearance of the Beaumont Children on Australia Day, 1966.

Perceived from the eyes of main character nine-year-old Henry Page, the novel depicts famil-iar long summer days spent in Glenelg and touches on the sin-gle-most incident that is thought to have pulled Adelaide from it’s innocence.

As taken from the www.miles-franklin.com.au website, “Th e mys-tery surrounding the Beaumont children is a story of love and loss, of a seemingly simple suburban perfection that was destroyed in a few hours.

“It is a story of loving parents whose lives were changed by a simple twist of fate. It’s a story, a sequence of images, that’s familiar to us all: long hot summer days, children playing under a sprinkler, a postman riding his bike along a hot, concrete footpath.

“And fi nally, it’s a story of an un-spoken trust between friends and neighbours that was about to be lost.”

Orr is a teacher, freelance liter-ary reviewer and columnist. He has worked as a writer-in-resi-dence at secondary schools; giv-en workshops on fi ction writing; judged writing awards; and was on the board of the South Australian Writers’ Centre 2004-2006.

His list of published novels in-clude Dissonance: A novel, The Cruel City: Is Adelaide Th e Murder Capital of Australia?, Tomorrow’s Garden, Hill of Grace, God’s Hill Road and Attempts to Draw Jesus.

Orr will be visiting the new Rox-by Downs Community Library on

Tuesday, August 14 at 6:30pm and will conduct the soft opening of the library’s new premises.

Tickets are free but bookings are essential. Drop into the library or call 8671 0660 to secure your place today.

Roxby Council would like to off er residents an opportunity to promote events for free.

Take advantage of Roxby Council’s free community events calendar, locat-ed at www.roxbydowns.com.

Promotion for local events are wel-come, and information can be sent to the website’s coordinator Dani Stringer at [email protected].

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cat and dogA new role has been created at

Roxby Council to focus on community environmental

education and to promote envi-ronmental initiatives.

Th e role was created in response to an application by the Roxby Downs Community Board on be-half of the Environment Forum for resourcing support.

Both Council and BHP Billiton recognised the incredible achieve-ments of the award winning Roxby Downs Environment Forum and agreed that to continue the great work of these volunteers further re-sourcing was needed. BHP Billiton is partly funding the position.

Th e Projects Offi cer ( Environ-mental Initiatives) will develop com-munity education workshops and undertake marketing and promo-tion activities to support initiatives relating to energy effi ciency, water conservation, waste management and recycling and weed manage-ment. Th e role will support both the Council and Community Board.

“We are looking for people with a passion for the environment. Ide-ally they should have experience in community education and market-ing and promotion and be excel-lent communicators,” said Michelle Hales Manager of Community De-velopment, Governance and Strate-gic Support.

“The successful applicant will work closely with Council’s commu-nity projects team, members of the

Environment Forum and also liaise with local schools, businesses, com-munity groups, and local media. Developing educational resources and marketing materials will also be part of this role,” Ms Hales added.

Roxby Downs Environment Fo-rum was established as a subcom-mittee of the Board in 2005. It works towards achieving the community’s vision for Roxby Downs to be rec-ognised as a model environmental-ly friendly town within innovative environmental initiatives in Arid Recovery and highly effi cient man-agement of waste, water and power.

A copy of the job and person spec-ifi cation is available from the Roxby Council offi ce during business hours on (08) 8671 0010 or email [email protected].

Enquiries about the position may be directed to Michelle Hales Man-ager Community Development, Governance and Strategic Support on 8671 0010.

Written applications addressed to the Administrator must be submit-ted by the closing date and consist of a formal application letter, a resume and include the contact names and numbers of two referees.

Applications may be sent by post to the Roxby Downs Council Offi ce, PO Box 124 Richardson Place Roxby Downs SA 5725, or email [email protected]. Applications close 12 noon Monday, August 20, 2012.

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Local community radio station 105.5 RoxFM w a s success f u l at

the 2012 South Australia Broadcasters Association Awards in Adelaide winning the Bilby for Small Station of the Year (SSoY).

RoxFM were also runners up for Best Message for the Downward Spiral Introduc-tion with Noo and Zak; Best Community Event for RoxFM Exposed Nude Show (raising money for the 2012 Roxby Community Postie Bash with J-Lowe and JT), and the Doran family were fi nalists in the Vol-unteer of the Year category.

Th e Bilby Awards celebrate the contribution community radio makes to our community and encourages high achieve-ment within the sector.

Julian Tregenza has been Station Manager for two years and is thrilled by RoxFM’s per-formance.

He said, “Winning SSoY is recognition of the hard work put in by our group of volun-teers (about 30) to make Rox-FM a great community station

RoxFM success at Bilby’s

RoxFM Station Manager Julian Tregenza (centre) with volunteers Kerryn Jones (left) and Christine Doran (right) at the 2012 Bilby Awards in Adelaide recently.

Graham Warren, Travis Gotch and Mark Dalgleish in the station

for The Scoreboard.

– without their dedication both behind the microphone and behind the scenes RoxFM couldn’t exist.”

Mr Tregenza explained there have been numerous changes and developments to RoxFM over the time he has been Station Manager.

“Over this time there has been some obvious develop-ments (web streaming world-wide; outside broadcasting up-and-running; starting a recording facility for musi-cians to make demo discs and have an agreement with the Australian Music Radio Air-play Project (AMRAP) that the recordings may go on to their database to be accessed by community radio Austral-ia-wide; continuing the good work of Kristina Latham (nee Meredith - RoxFM’s previous Station Manager, in regards to training RDAS students in the Certifi cate II in Media).Th e station continues to try to develop community inclu-siveness – our ethos is that all community groups and indi-viduals can use our resources to improve their position in the community.”

Mr Tregenza told Th e Mon-itor RoxFM is punching well above its weight considering the number of community ra-dio stations in South Australia.

“It’s a testament to the qual-ity and commitment of our volunteers and made me feel proud as punch,” he said.

Chair of the RoxFM Board Kaye Doyle has been involved with RoxFM for four years and said she is over the moon regarding the success of the station.

Ms Doyle explained, “(It is) a culmination of all the hard work of our volunteers over many years including pre-vious station coordinators (both paid and unpaid), and board members will feel really proud that RoxFM has won this award.

“Let’s not forget our hard working Station Manager Julian Tregenza, who has brought his own unique style to our station and taken it to another level.

She added the presenters of RoxFM will be ecstatic and proud they have been recog-nised with the Small Station of the Year award.

Ms Doyle explained to Th e Monitor, “When I commenced with RoxFM I worked along-side Kristina Meredith our fi rst paid Station Coordinator; who did an almighty job set-ting up the initial procedures for the station. Th en along came Julian with his special way of operating and the sta-tion has gone on and grown in

leaps and bounds.“We have been fortunate

that we continue to have a very strong board that support both in time and their own special expertise.

She added, “Without our wonderful sponsors, mem-bers, presenters and most importantly our listeners we would not be the station we are today.”

Mr Tregenza told Th e Mon-itor the awards night was fan-tastic with about 200 people from community radio from around the state and nation getting together to celebrate the importance of local inde-pendent media.

“There was a lot of net-working going on and it gave me an opportunity to discuss new plans in the pipeline with others who have the same is-sues...watch this space!

“Th ere was also the SACBA conference (community radi-os peak body for community broadcasters in SA) and I have now joined the Board of SAC-BA,” added Mr Tregenza.

Mr Tregenza said he is con-tinuing to make plans to keep improving the local station.

“Th ere are always things in the pipeline – plans for the fu-ture – I don’t want to give away too much... but expect some new innovations and surprises in the next 12 months!”

Volunteers from weekly sports show Th e Scoreboard, which has been on RoxFM since 2008, said it is a great feat for RoxFM to be named Small Station of the Year.

“It’s gold! Julian has done a great job and so has the Board to keep everything going,” ex-plained Travis Gotch. “Good on them!”

Graham Warren added, “It’s great to listen to the locals, its good culture building.”

Mark Dalgleish explained on Th e Scoreboard they focus on what is happening in Roxby with sport.

“80 per cent is local then we touch on other sport. We like to get guests in from our com-munity on the show,” he said.

Mr Tregenza said, “Th anks to all of our volunteers, board of management, members, and of course our listeners – RoxFM is your station, so real-ly all of Roxby Downs has won this award!

“If anyone is interested in becoming a part of what is of-fi cially the Best Small Station in South Australia behind the mic or behind the scenes – give me a buzz, e-mail or just drop in to the RoxFM offi ce...it’s easy, it’s fun and we always want more people to come and get bitten by the community radio bug!”

Congratulations to the Rox-FM team!

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St John’s ran their fi rst ‘on site’ training for MPS Building and Electrical

staff with Electrical Rescue and Resuscitation Certifi cate Courses being held last week.

Th is was the fi rst time St John held an ‘on site’ training session for one company who provided all participants, which is a mile-stone in further establishing St John as the provider of choice for first aid training in Roxby Downs.

Managing Director of MPS Building and Electrical Roxby Downs Kym Elliot told Th e Mon-itor it is an ongoing requirement that all electrical workers are trained annually in rescue and

resuscitation.“The course demonstrated

what to do if someone was elec-trocuted or ‘hooked’ up onto live cables, how to rescue them and what steps to take until help ar-rived,” explained Mr Elliot. “We carried out CPR (Cardiopulmo-nary resuscitation) techniques as well as being shown how to use a defi brillator.”

Mr Elliot stated, “I feel that resuscitation is a vital skill that can be useful in life in general, not only work.”

Mr Elliot said the most impor-tant part of the course is “hav-ing the knowledge of how to keep someone alive, or bringing them back to life, until an ambu-lance arrives. While you hope it is something you never need to

use it is a great skill for anyone to have.”

He added, “The course was well presented by St John and I would recommend it to any-one wanting to up-skill. We put around 45 people through this course, not only electricians.”

St John trainer Eric Miles has been travelling to Roxby Downs for the past 12 months off ering various training sessions for the community.

Mr Miles said the Electrical Safety and Low Voltage Rescue course is designed for people working on live or potentially live electrical switchboards and plant at ‘low voltages’.

Th e course is specifi cally tai-lored to the requirements of the Offi ce of the Technical Regulator

whose job it is to oversee elec-trical safety matters on behalf of the SA Department of Trans-port Energy and Infrastructure. Th e requirements to be met are expressed in the Electricity Act 1996 and the Electricity (Gener-al) Regulations 1997.

Mr Miles told Th e Monitor the course is helpful not just for elec-tricians but for anyone who may have to deal with low voltage and is open to the general public.

He said other contractors have sent employees to the course, but what was interesting this trip, was there were three Low Volt-age Rescue courses and all par-ticipants were MPS employees.

Mr Miles said he also pro-vides Roxby residents with other courses including Apply First Aid which is the national industry based course, Caring for Kids for parents to be, grandparents, baby sitters etc, and CPR. He also does recertifi cation courses.

Mr Miles stated St John’s courses are for everyone as they include many transferable skills. He used driving to Roxby Downs from Port Augusta as an exam-ple saying if a car was to roll over “wouldn’t it be great if you had the knowledge to stop and help someone.”

Mr Miles explained there is no age restraint in acquiring knowl-edge.

“When do you stop learning,” he asked. He said to gain a cer-tifi cate participants have to be 14 years-old but St John will teach participants if they are 12 years-old if the parent or guardian will sign off on it.

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Defence is scheduled to conduct Demolition Activities in the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) during the months of August, September and October 2012. The predicted outcome is minimal for the public however if certain weather conditions exist at time of activity, noise and effects from sound wave propagation may be heard or felt in the vicinity of Woomera, Roxby Downs and Glendambo.

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new church in the not too distant future.

Plans are currently being formulated for a new church to be built in Gregory Street.

The first effort of the Parish to raise funds for the project will take place this Saturday 11th Au-gust with a Garage Sale to be held at 45C Gregory Street from 9.00 a.m. till midday.

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Andamooka Andamooka GymkhanaGymkhana

Andamooka Gymkhana winnersOverall winner - Seniors - Haydyn Lawrie.

Slalom Juniors - Charlee McDonald and Makayla Dal Grande. Seniors - Haydyn Lawrie.

Barrel Race Juniors - Charlee McDonald. Seniors - Haydyn Lawrie.Birangle Juniors - Charlee McDonald and Kane Hendry. Seniors - Kurtis Murray.

Go Slow Juniors - Rory Dowd.Go to Whoa Juniors - Charlee McDonald and Jett Dowd. Seniors - Rob Kemenyvary.

Out and Back Juniors - Isaac Kemenyvary and Kane Hendry. Seniors – Andrew Pocock.

Senior Out and Back Relay team winners Greg Franklin, Rod Evans, Kevin Thomas, Trent Headland and Ashley Draper.

By Jason Munn

An enthusiastic crowd turned up to cheer on the dirt bike riders at the Andamooka Gymkhana on Sunday.

Almost 40 dirt bikes took to the airstrip with a good attendance and a generally charged atmosphere, participating in indi-vidual timed events including Slalom, Out and Back, Birangle and Barrel Race. Th e slalom event involved weaving in and out of a line of bollards as fast as possible, and a Go Slow event had riders attempting to ride

from one point to another as slow as they possibly could without touching the ground with their feet.

Junior events started at 9.30am in two classes, J1 and J2, with senior events kicking off after lunch and sending the red dust fl ying.

Gymkhana organiser Rob Kemenyvary said the excellent turn-out watched a variety of skills, from seniors with 30 years of experi-ence on dirt bikes, to some children who were riding for the fi rst time on a two wheeler.

An Out and Back relay was held for the seniors, with both teams winning one round each and ending in a fi nal.

Competitor Ashley Draper said he was ex-cited the second he learned about the Gym-khana, which was evident in his words ‘DOIN IT’ written on the fl yer.

“I’ve been riding bikes since I was seven years old, and have raced throughout Austral-ia. I started off on 50s (50 cubic centimetres) and fi nished up on 250s and now I’ve got a 450 – this was an opportunity to have a go at something I hadn’t done before.”

Mr Kemenyvary said the event was a tre-mendous success and attracted a lot of posi-tive comments, and was keen to thank all the sponsors who helped make the event happen.

“Th e sponsors were terrifi c and there were also a lot of people who helped set the event up - a big shout to them as it wouldn’t have been as good a day without them.

“The Andamooka SES helped out with catering, selling soft drinks and preparing a BBQ at the end of the day, and the Roxby Downs Ambulance Service was on hand in a ‘just in case’ capacity.

“It was a great day and parents should go and practice with the kids because there will defi nitely be another Andamooka Gymkhana event next year.”

Race Placing Winner Jockey Trainer

1 1 Estebana Esiree Stra Nicole Bruggemann

2 El Mazel Jamie Kah Dennis Mcmahon

3 Just one Two Many Dale Evans Kylie McKerlie

2 1 Malebo Magic Wayne Kerford Jim Scott

2 Perfect Beau Jamie Kah Brenton Jones

3 Zen Desiree Stra Gorden Richard

3 1 Miss Articulate Jamie Kah Brenton Jones

2 Just a bit of luck Desiree Stra Trevor Trenowden

3 Trejuls Tamara Zanker Trevor Day

4 1 Ethbaal Tara O'Donnell Barry Dunn

2 Shepherds Tale Tamara Zanker Leon Murray

3 Club Ha Ha Dale Evans Kylie McKerlie

5 1 Young Tearaway Desiree Stra Nicole Bruggemann

2 Pelekunu Valley Melanie Tyndall Ron Campbell

3 Wearethestorm Wayne Kerford Jim Scott

6 1 French Academy Jamie Kah Scott Trenowden

2 Alice Longing Wayne Kerford Sandra Stott

3 Monstarhit Tara O'Donnell Kym Healy

Trent Headland leans into the turn in the Out and Back event during the

Andamooka Gymkhana on Sunday.

MRC Piping Systems Roxby Downs Outback CupMRC Piping Systems Roxby Downs Outback Cup

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E ight-year-old gelding Young Tearaway took out first place for back to back wins

in front of a record crowd at the MRC Piping System Roxby Downs Outback Cup on Saturday.

It was two in a row for the horse that also won the cup last year.

Around 2300 people fl ocked to the track on Saturday in perfect weather conditions.

Young Tearaway was ridden by Adelaide jockey Desiree Stra and the weekend win was her fi rst double after riding to victory at the Hawker Races earlier this year.

Th e Roxby race day is the last race for the 2012 Outback Cup Champi-onships series which includes races at Hawker, Quorn and Port Augusta. Young Tearaway just missed out on

fi rst place overall for the series to Pe-lekunu Valley.

Young Tearaway has now come sec-ond in the series three years in a row.

Th e event was capped off with a win by locally owned horse French Acade-my in the last race of the day.

Young Tearaway owner and trainer Nicky Bruggemann said the back to back wins added to Young Tearaway’s seven fi rst place wins, and she now looked forward to bringing the geld-ing back to take the hat trick next year.

“If he wins again next year I will ride naked down the main street,” Bruggemann told Th e Monitor after her long drive home to Euchunga on Monday.

Bruggemann said Young Tearaway was a great horse but was often un-predictable on race day.

“He is the most amazing horse…but he is a really inconsistent horse – he is a punters nightmare,” Bruggemann said.

“When we think he’s right, he doesn’t do too good, and then he will pop out and have another win.”

“(But) we do it for the love, not for the money.”

Young Tearaway is part owned by Kangarilla’s Betty Clark.

Th e Bruggemann and Stra duo also took out a win in the fi rst race of the day on Estebana.

Fashions on the Field was well represented with dozens of smartly dressed race goers taking to the stage over several heats.

The Ms Outback title went to Kateena Humphrys, with second place going to Kristy Perrett and third

to Georga Pacy.Mr Outback was won by James

Hwange.Roxby Downs Racing Club Presi-

dent Stu Cormack said the club was happy with the event and the chang-es made to the track layout this year, which included moving the main stage and Fashions of the Field event. Changes were also made to placement of the wine tent and bar facilities.

Mr Cormack said there were a few technical diffi culties on the day with satellite vision and the sounds system.

Th e club plans to look at the issues

and rectify the problem before next year’s event, which might include lift-ing speakers to a higher level to allow sounds to fl ow above the crowd.

Mr Cormack said the betting ring had been full all day, and he expected a record turnover for the bookmakers.

Th e record crowd also caused limit-ed parking facilities, and Mr Cormack said the club would look at encourag-ing more punters to take advantage of the bus services next year as the event continued to grow.

Mr Cormack again thanked all sponsors for their support.

Back to back for Back to back for Young TearawayYoung Tearaway

MAIN PHOTO: The MRC Piping Systems Roxby Downs Outback Cup was run in perfect conditions on Saturday.INSET: Young Tearaway crosses the fi nishing line ahead of Pelekunu Valley and Wearethestorm at the MRC Piping Systems Roxby Downs Outback Cup on Saturday.RIGHT: A very pleased Young Tearaway team, from left, Luke Miller, Jockey Desiree Stra, Strapper Claire Madill, Sarah McDougall, part owner and trainer Nicky Bruggemann and Nathan May.

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