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1/16Page 16- The Barcoo Independent, Friday, October 7 2011

SPORT ON THE BARCOO

Three brothers who lived inBlackall until the early 2000s willbe wearing the maroon Queenslanduniform for their chosen sport of

polocrosse in 2012.Luke, Aaron and Tom Sutton,

now living at Dalby, recentlyreceived the good news that theyhad all been chosen to representtheir state.

Luke, 19 and Tom, aged 11, willboth be playing for Queenslandat the national championshipsat Warwick from April 23-29,while 16-year-old Aaron is in thestate team that competes in a

Queensland-New South Walesunder 21 contest at Muswellbrookeach year.

Luke will be in a mixed under 21team at Warwick and Tom will playin the sub-junior competition.

All three boys only took the sport

up three years ago, although theyhad a taste of it during their ponyclub days at Blackall.They have had a good role model

in their father Ashley, who playedfor Blackall and Tocal Creek whenthe family lived in the west.

According to Ashleys wife Helen,he is back playing now too, aftereight years in retirement.

They helped a friend out in 2008and pretty much got an itch theycouldnt scratch, Helen said.

They gave up footy and took uppolocrosse. Now Dads just got tokeep the horses up to them.

With so many in the familyplaying the sport there are usuallyseven or eight horses in trainingat any one time, which takes threeor four hours a day. They travelled to 14 carnivals

this year, in Queensland and

New South Wales, culminating

in the state titles at Chinchilla in

September.

The oldest and the youngest in

the family, Ashley and Tom hadthe most success there, being part

of the Tansey 6 team that won the

E grade nal.

Lukes team, Tansey 2 won the

A grade beaten teams nal while

Aarons team went down by three

goals to Roma in the juniors

competition.

Helen credited another western

Queenslander, Justin Hafey and

wife Lyndal with much of the boyssuccess.

As president of the Tansey club,

Justin has been a strong inuence

for the boys.

--Sally Cripps

Suttons score a polocrosse trifecta

Social touch footy starts in BlackallA crowd turned out at the showgrounds on

Tuesday night for the rst week of Blackallssocial touch football competition.

There were enough participants to make upfour teams with each team playing two social

games.Teams included the Runt Hunters, the Red

Barrons, the GDL Giants and the Touch Ups.

The competition has been organised by AnnRussell, Jack Burgess and Jeremy Barron and

runs on Tuesday nights from 6pm.

Tim Ludgate of the GDL Giants was hot on the tail of Touch Upsplayer Monique Seymour.

Matt Littleton on the run with the ball for the RedBarrons.

Jamie-Lee Prow on the eld at Tuesday nights touch football

competition.


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Blackalls own community newspaper

October 7 2011 ISSN 1832-6129 RRP $2.00 Contact: [email protected]

Western residents areghting back against themining giants with theformation of new actiongroup, the Galilee BasinAlliance.The group is the brainchild

of Denice Campbell ofOrange Downs, Barcaldine

and comprises of concernedlandholders from acrossthe Longreach, Winton,Barcaldine, Blackall,Aramac and Muttaburradistricts.

Denice said the groupformed to share growingconcerns about theenvironmental, economicand social impacts of coaland coal seam gas mining

as these industries expandin the Galilee BasinIts not a huge group

yet but a lot of people areinterested in what weretalking about, Denice said.

We had our rst gatheringat the end of August andweve set up e-mail networksand are organising forspeakers to come out.

Denice was inspired totake action after rst beingcontacted by a miningcompany 12 months agoabout her own land.

After writing letters topoliticians, bureaucrats,editors and radioannouncers and receivinga large number of genericresponses, Denice decidedto take matters into her ownhands and invited LegalAid solicitor Glen Martin to

speak in Barcaldine aboutcoal seam gas earlier thisyear.

The session garnered alarge amount of interest, withAgforce participating and 60

landholders attending.Landholders were

encouraged to form theirown action group to sharetheir own experiences.

Denice said he hopedthe group would be able toprovide local landholderswith information in advance

for dealing with miningcompanies.

The main aim of the groupis to raise awareness of whatis coming because a lot ofpeople out here really donthave much idea how closethey are to receiving thedreaded registered letter,Denice said.

We certainly understandthe sneak up behind you

strategy as we were caughtunawares and we dont wantthat to happen to others,she said.

We also want to shareexperiences and hopefullyempower each other whendealing with these giants.

We will not be divided andconquered. The alliance aims to

raise awareness of Galilee

Basin issues, engage withpoliticians and bureaucratsto raise concerns and makesubmissions to governmentinquiries concerning thebasin. The group also plans to

access experts to informpeople on a range ofissues and are raisingfunds through a joiningsubscription of $10 or by

donation.Anyone interested in

joining the group can contactDenice on 4651 1696 or byemail at [email protected].

Barcaldine landholder Denice Campbell is eagerto protect Orange Downs pasture from mining

companies.

Western landholders form Galilee Basin Alliance


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Spring continues into October how good is that? The threat of res isstill very strong with some controlledburns getting out of control over thepast week. The constant wind force isa real deterrent to lighting any re. Notto mention the huge dry body of feedeverywhere.

At Byrgenna, we were fortunateenough to get 85 points of rain in theearly hours of Thursday morning. Itcertainly laid the dust and had a dampening effectfor a few hours on the large body of dry feed. The week of September 25 nished on a high

note with the visit of leader of the QueenslandReconstruction TaskForce Major General RichardWilson and CEO of the Queensland ReconstructionAuthority Graeme Newton. Being their rst visitto our region we were keen to show them around,however the government jet was ordered away on anemergency medical mission which certainly reducedthe time available for the visit. We were able tohear rst hand of the affects of the wet disaster of2010/2011 from business people from both Tamboand Blackall via the video link in the Blackall- Tambocouncil boardrooms. We also heard of the increase

in vehicle accidents on the Landsborough Highwaydue to the very difcult road conditions for trafcfrom the Tambo Police. CEO of the ReconstructionAuthority Graeme Newton announced furtherfunding for the Blackall Tambo Road Reconstructionof 9.4 million. Added to the initial 3 million we have

a solid beginning to commence our hugereconstruction works program via oursubmission which has taken some timeto be approved. The submission which went to the Queensland ReconstructionAuthority was for a total of 33 million todate we have received approximately athird of the funding applied for. Duringthe work we will be held to account byQRA Inspectors and Federal GovernmentInspectors all looking for value for money.

With time a real constraint the visitors were ableto see the problems emerging at the Barcoo RiverBridge at Gillespie and to hear our very real concerns

of what the economic outcomes for Blackall Tamboand the entire west of Queensland will be should theside track be affected by wet weather before yingout to their next appointment.

I would like to thank the business people andpublic servants who gave their valuable time toattend the meeting at very short notice. Being newto the Queensland Reconstruction Task Force MajorGeneral Wilson was really appreciative of hearingrsthand accounts of the ongoing affects of the WetDisaster. CEO Graeme Newton was also grateful tobe able to see rst hand an area he had not been to

before.Currently Deputy Mayor Peter Skewes, Cr SallyCripps, CEO Ken Timms and I are attending theLocal Government Association of Queensland StateConference at a very cold Gold Coast.

--Jan Ross

FROM THE MAYORS DESK

I believe that its important tohave a knowledge of history and ahealthy respect for it as well. Thisapplies not only to world historyand Australian history but also toour local history.

On Monday October 10 1892,

Jackie Howe set his famous bladeshearing record at Alice Downs,shearing 321 sheep in seven hoursand 40 minutes.

Next week, October 10 will fallon a Monday once again, markingthe 119th anniversary of this

tremendous feat.It is a testament to Jack Howes

skill that no one has ever beenable to beat his record, not evenwith electric shears.

Our region has a rich andinteresting history, even if its not

always in the pages of the historybooks. Blackall is arguably thebirthplace of the Labour Party,while Tambo holds the honour ofbeing the oldest town in the central west. Its not just history thatmakes our areas towns unique,

with plenty to boast about acrossthe region. The Black Stump holdsa place in Australian folklore, Tambo Teddies are renowned, Jericho boasts the smallestdrive in theatre in the SouthernHemisphere and Aramacs Harry

Redford Cattle Drive has gainedsome serious recognition.Theres plenty to be proud of in

our region. Appreciation starts athome, so if we make sure to giveall these things the respect theydeserve, the word will spread.


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SPORT ON THE BARCOO

With the start of a new school

term, the Active After Schools sports

program is set to kick off again,

with two new sports, basketball andarchery.

The sessions will start from next

week and are open to all primary

school students within the Blackall

district, with archery limited to

students from Years Four to Seven.

Archery will be held on Monday

afternoons at St Josephs Primary

School from 3:30-4:30pm and will

be run by St Josephs teacher Katie

Patterson-Kane.Basketball will be held on

Wednesday afternoons at Blackall

State School from 3:30-4:30pm and

will be run by Blackall State School

principal Jason Smith.

St Josephs principal Tim

Franzmann said it was great to

be able to offer different sports

to student at the after school

sessions.

Theyre very excited about the

archery, Mr Franzmann said.

Any students participating are

asked to wear appropriate clothing

for the sport, closed in shoes and

a wide brim hat and bring a water

bottle.

After school archeryand basketballParticipants at morning boot

camp sessions run by SergeantBruce Trickett are starting to feelthe results of the program.

Sgt Tricket said one notable

success story from the sessions was Karen Choyce, who wason the verge of Type 2 diabetesearlier in the year.

She went to the Golden Doorshealth retreat on the Gold Coastand then continued on with bootcamp in Blackall, Sgt Tricketsaid.

Her cholesterol was 5.7 andnow its back down to 4.2, whichis normal, he said.

She was previously on bloodpressure tablets and shes nowoff them and feeling full of life.

With the return of warmer weather, Sgt Trickett said hehoped to see an increase innumbers attending the self pacedprogram.

You get as much out of it as you put in, so boot camp isreally a misnomer, Sgt Trickettsaid.

I hope that people will make

use of the exercise program thats

available to them.

The program now boasts new

exercise equipment including

BOSU balls and body blades,

designed for improving core

strength.

The sessions also include circuit

training and boxing for tness, an

addition that participant Helen

Burton said is working well.

Weve all got training partners

for boxing and you push eachother to keep going and to work

harder, Helen said.

Boot camp is held on Monday,

Wednesday and Friday mornings

at the Blackall showgrounds

under the grand stand from

6-7am.

--Victoria Nugent

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BlackallTambo

Regional

Council

RegionalArtsDevelopmentFund(RADF)Round 2 Grant Funding

Closing date 28th

October 2011

TheRADFprogramisfundedbybothArtsQueenslandandBlackallTamboRegionalCouncil

andisaQueenslandGovernmentinitiativewhichsupportsdevelopmentoftheartsand

culture

at

a

local

level

through

out

regional

Queensland

TheBlackallTamboregionalCouncilinvitesanypersonororganisationinBlackalland

TambotoapplyforRADFgrantfundingtohelpwiththecostofculturaldevelopment

projectsoractivitiesfortheperiod30th

November2011to30th

June2012.

FundingisavailablethroughRADFfor

DevelopingRegionalskills,

Buildingcommunityculturalcapacity

Interestfreeartsloans

Cultural

tourism

Contemporarycollections/stories

Regionalpartnerships

Conceptdevelopmentartspolicydevelopmentandimplementation

ApplicationformsandguidelinesareavailablebycontactingtheRADFLiaisonOfficer,Alison

[email protected].

Completed application forms to be forwarded to:

Mr Ken TimmsChief Executive OfficerBlackall-Tambo Regional CouncilP O Box 21BLACKALL QLD 4472.

Forfurtherinformationcontact:BTRCCouncilRADFLiaisonOfficer,AlisonShaw,POBox21,Blackall.Qld.4472.Phone:0746216600Email:[email protected]


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Local photographer SallyCripps has won the regional andemerging section award in theChannel Country Photographycompetition. The competition sought

photographs taken within the

Channel Country region, and wasopen to locals and visitors.

The aim of the competition wasto encourage tourists, visitors andphotographers from all aroundAustralia to visit, and while here,to also try their hand at takinga photo that encapsulates theregion, said Miss Shelley Colvin,Project Ofcer for Vast Arts Inc.

Sallys winning photographCrustacean Jewel will appear

in a calendar produced by theDesert Channels Group, featuringphotographs from the 12 nalistsof the competition , which willbe available to purchase fromOctober 3.

Sally will also receive $2000from Exoma Energy, a wing walkat the Qantas Founders Museumin Longreach and a Vast Artsmembership for 2012. Two runners up awards in the

regional and emerging sectionwent to Lorraine Kath of Windorahfor Road to Desert Island and AView from Deanas Island while

Josh Finlay from Barcaldine tookout the encouragement awardwith his photograph Fate.

Winner of the open sectionwas Clare Mulcahy of Longreachfor image Yamma Yamma with runner up going to Ruth

Rickard, Longreach for Time toGet Going, who also received anencouragement award for WintonLight Show, alongside MichelleDean, Geelong for Days End AtPoint. The youth section was won by

Thaddeus Poole of Longreachfor photograph Coolibah UnderSapphire Sky with Emma Forsytheof Jundah as the runner up withGreen Tree Frog, while Thaddeus

also took out the encouragementaward for The Way Home.The Packers Prize went to Eric

Peterson, Barcaldine for LakeDunn at Sunset.

All the competition entries arecurrently being digitally displayedat the Kinnon and Co Historic OlWorld Gallery in Longreach withthe winning images available toview online at www.vastarts.net/gallery and www.dcg.org.au.

An ofcial presentation for theawards will be held during Octoberwith details yet to be announced.

--by Victoria Nugent

Blackall photographer Sally Cripps won the regional and emerging section of the2011 Channel Country Photography Competition with her image CrustaceanJewel.

Photography win for Sally The Barcoo Pastoral Society

has been successful in gainingover $20,000 in funding from theCommunity Gambling Fund toupgrade the electrical system forthe stables and camping area atthe Blackall Showgrounds. The funding also includes

provision to concrete the poultryand caged bird pavilion and supplynew cages. To apply for the funding, the

society joined with the Blackallwork camp crew who will providethe manpower to concrete theoor. In their submission the workcrew supervisor stated that he was

happy to be part of this communitywork project as this would makea meaningful assignment that would enable the men to gainskills in numerous areas as wellas being an excellent contributionto the local community. The skills will aid the prisoners in gainingemployment when completingtheir terms and increase theirchances of maintaining a positivefuture.

The electrical system is in urgentneed of upgrading and this fundinghas enabled the Show Society torectify this problem, with workexpected to commence work in thenear future.

--Lorelei Kiernan

Showgrounds toreceive upgrades


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WHATS ON in 2011

OCTOBER

8 Community Markets

8 Blackall Heartland Fesval AGM

8 Blackall Hospital Auxiliary Springme Fesval

8-9 Tambo Campdraf

14 Blue Light Disco

15 Blackall Races

15 Elvis Presley Tribute Show

22 BTRC Community Services Feel Good-Feel Beer Day

28 Red Dog Screening Tambo

29 Outback Tourism QLD Awards

NOVEMBER

4-5 Gallery Day

5 Halloween Trick or Treat

5 Halloween Blue Light Disco

7-8 SDE Blackall Swim Camp

12 Dance Blackall Annual Concert

13 Music/ Zine Workshops

18 Anglican Ladies Guild Street Stall

26 Blackall Races

26 St Patricks Christmas Fete

27 Christmas Tree Fesval

DECEMBER

3 Your Amazing Race Gala Dinner

9 Christmas Night Markets

16 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club Members

Christmas Party

24 Christmas Eve Mardi Gras, Blackall

24 Christmas in the Park, Tambo

31 Blackall Memorial and Sports Club New Years Eve

Costume Party

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Blackall-Tambo Regional Council through its

Blackall Community Services Section will host Feel

Good-Feel Better on Saturday October 22 at the

MacKillop Centre at St Josephs Catholic School.

Commencing at 4pm, the afternoon and evening

of fun activities aims to raise awareness of the

importance of looking after ones mental health and

personal wellbeing.

Janelle Jeynes, Megan Turner and Angelique

Jones will be available to provide free 15 minute

massages. The Royal Flying Doctor Service, the

team from Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs Service,

Queensland Health and North West Queensland

Primary Health Care will also be on hand to provide

information, answer questions and perform health

checks.There will be an opportunity to try Zumba (Latin-

inspired dance-tness), Tai Chi and participate in

the Blue Light boot camp challenge with Sergeant

Bruce Trickett.

A barbecue dinner and bar will be operated by the

St Josephs Parents and Friends Association followed

by a screening of the newly released Australian

movie, Red Dog, rated PG at 7.30pm.

Red Dog tells the legendary story of a stray dog

adopted by a community in a dry-roasted Pilbaramining town in the 1970s. Red Dog (Koko) literally

appears out of nowhere to hitch a ride into town

where he affects the lives of the locals in matters of

romance, friendship and life-saving.

This day is proudly supported by the Department

of Communities, Blackall-Tambo Regional Council,

Royal Flying Doctor Service, Alcohol, Tobacco and

Other Drug Services and Queensland Health.

For more information, contact councils Blackall

Community Service Ofce on 46 574 440.

Feel better with BTRCcommunity services


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3 garlic cloves, crushed2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander2 cups steamed basmati rice4 cups sliced mixed vegetableseg. red capsicum, carrots, sugarsnap peas, broccoli, cauliower,baby corn.

Heat large non-stick fryingpan. Add half the oil and cook

onion until softened. Placein saucepan or ameproofcasserole dish. Heat remainingoil and brown beef in twobatches over high heat. Add

cinnamon and Chinese 5-spiceand stir to combine. Placein saucepan along with soysauce, oyster sauce, honey,ginger, garlic and cup(125ml) water. Stir to combine.

Bring to the boil, reduce heat tovery low, cover, and simmer for1 - 2 hours or until tender.Remove lid and increase heat

to reduce and thicken sauce ifnecessary.

Steam or microwavevegetables until just tender.Sprinkle braised beefwith coriander and servewith steamed rice and thevegetables.

Recipe Corner

Asian stirfries are a great

way of getting a balanced meal

with meat and a variety of

vegetables. This dish includes

some classic stirfry ingredients

including ginger, coriander,

garlic and cinnamon.

If you have any recipes youd

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The Blackall Cultural Associationwill hold their annual Gallery Dayat the Living Arts Centre on FridayNovember 4 with an evening event,before continuing on Saturday.

Exhibitors are invited by theassociation to display their arts

and craft for sale. This year the feature artist isAlison Shaw from Tambo with herglass creations. The association is expecting

displays of many varied articles: jewelry, silversmithing, leather,hand made cards, ceramics, goatsmilk soaps are just a few.The event is also being used to

celebrate the 20 year anniversaryfor RADF. A display of pastachievements made possible bythis funding body will feature inone of the rooms at the Living ArtsCentre. The Association would like

to extend an invitation to thecommunities of Blackall andTambo to join them to enjoy somelight refreshments and an eveningof light entertainment and take theopportunity to purchase qualityhand made merchandise. Thecentre will be open from 5.30pm

on Friday and 10am on Saturday.--Lorelei Kiernan

Gallery DayDigital storytelling for ruralyouth under the spotlight

Blackall residents wishing tobrush up on their rst aid skillswill have the chance with coursesbeing held in October.

A CPR course will be held onOctober 29 from 8:30am-11am atQAS Blackall, 4 Coronation Drivefor a cost of $61.10.

The Apply First Aid course willalso be held on October 29 at QASBlackall from 8:30am-5pm for acost of $134.50.

Anyone wishing to enrol in eithercourse is asked to call 46 574 4409am to 5pm or email [email protected]

First aid courses

Jerichos Sasha Mackay is working towards her PhD on how rural youth can

use digital storytelling.

Digital storytelling in rural areasis set to come under the microscopein research being undertaken by auniversity student from a grazingproperty near Jericho.

24 year old Sasha Mackay issix months into her PhD studyat the Queensland University of Technology, which will see herspend three years researchinghow young people in rural areascan use digital storytelling toconstruct their own identities.

Sasha said she felt digitalstorytelling served a wide range ofpurposes for rural youth, includingproviding a way of coping with

difculties, raising awareness ofissues in their lives and creatingunderstanding and empathy forthe situations.

There are so many stereotypesin the bush and particularlysurrounding young people, Sashasaid.

Digital storytelling letsthem speak back against anystereotypes and tell their ownpersonal stories.

I think there needs to be moreplatforms where voices are given avalue.

Sasha was the westernQueensland winner of the ABCHeywire competition in 2008, andhas also worked for Heywire as aproducer and online editor andsaid her experiences motivatedher to conduct further researchinto digital storytelling for youth.

Heywire is full of passionateyoung people with such big ideas,Sasha said.

It was amazing to meet 16year olds who were so passionateand knowledgeable about whats

going on in the cattle industry forinstance.

Sasha said her research wouldfocus however, on entrants whodidnt win the competition, tond out what they got out of thestorytelling experience.

I want to nd out if they found itvaluable and what outcomes cameto them from telling their stories,she said.

--Victoria Nugent


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Tambo is looking for submissions

for a pre-loved art sale in early

2012. The sale will run from mid

January to the end of February

and submissions of all mediums

of art are welcomed.

Anyone interested in nding out

more is asked to contact Alison

Shaw on 46 216600 or by email at

[email protected].

Second hand artwanted at Tambo


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Blackall-Tambo RegionalCouncil mayor Jan Ross haswelcomed the announcement fromthe Queensland ReconstructionAuthority of $9.4M to repair ooddamaged roads.

Described as an initial allocation,

the announcement was made when QRA CEO Graeme Newtonand chair Major-General RichardWilson visited Blackall last week.

This is 30 per cent of theBlackall-Tambo Regional Councilsask and it will be used to securethe gravel and the associatedhaulage to achieve the requiredvalue for money outcomes, aQRA spokesman said.

This is what the council wantsand aligns with the QRAs processof locals getting on with the joband prioritising their own works.

Blackall-Tambo has already hada $2.9M advance paid in March2011. It was one of the rst in thestate to get the advance.

So far $497 million has been paidin advance grants to 57 councils.

Cr Ross said the money wouldhelp council get moving to repairthe regions water damaged road

network.Every road in the region has

damage, she said. Council hasemployed 15 extra people to helpdo the work, and were going touse contractors.

People should register their

machinery with council it willbe worthwhile if they can see twoyears work ahead.

As well as councillors, a number ofcommunity members were invitedto last Fridays announcementto share their weather damagestories with the QRA.

Amongst them was Tambosacting sergeant Michael Downs,who said road conditions were afactor in the signicant increasein trafc accidents on theLandsborough Highway aroundTambo this year.

They include three caravanrollovers, two truck rollovers anda single vehicle accident.

Business proprietors MaxSeymour and Peter Marks spokeof the hardships experienced by2010s extended wet.

Mr Seymour said it was the rsttime in his 16 years that no-one

had been shopping.According to Mr Marks his

business takings were down 30per cent a month from October toMarch.

To get cut off is signicant,he said. Now its hard to employ

people they have all left thewest. Tracy Lewington talked about

the ripple effect the rain had onlogging operations and sawmillemployment, while Ashley Johnsonand Pat Bredhauer outlined thedifculties in moving cattle tomarkets and the loss of revenuefor a number of months. The QRA heard Dorothy

Thiedekes story of getting mailand stores through with a yingfox apparatus.

Our son is a contractor and hewent seven months without work,she said. A lot of people went brokeand theres less machinery in thedistrict to do the work now.

Major General Wilson welcomedthe comments and said there wasno substitute for hearing directlyfrom affected people.

-- Sally Cripps

Funding to repair Blackalls damaged roads

Blackall and Tambo landholders and business owners, including Pat Bredhauer (2nd left) and Dorothy Thiedeke (2nd

right) discussed the impacts of the 2010/11 ooding with Blackall-Tambo Regional Council CEO Ken Timms, mayor

Jan Ross, QRA chair Major General Richard Wilson and CEO Graeme Newton when the Qld Reconstruction Authority

visited Blackall last week.


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LETTERSTO THEEDITORWhen I read the article in The

Barcoo Independent (Friday 23

Edition) of Councils decision toopt out of the State Governmentsproposed Restricted Area 384,restricting mining and exploration within a two kilometre radius ofour town, I felt physically sick.

I was pleased to read Fred RichsLetter to the Editor in last weeksedition, questioning the Councilsdecision to undertake such amajor decision without consultingthe population who live within thetwo kilometre radius.

It was stated in the article thatit is important to have informationand sound knowledge regardingthe resources underneath oursoil. The mining and explorationcompanies will nd out whatprotable minerals and gas lieunder the soil in our area. Whyshould they have the right to doso in the middle of our town, whenthe government is providing uswith an opportunity to protect it?

I rmly believe that opting out ofthe Restricted Area is irresponsibleand reckless. In this situation Ithink it is necessary to look at the worst case scenario and assumeit can come to pass Suppose the

exploration and mining companiesdiscover that Blackall is sitting on

a rich deposit of coal. What then?Will we be forced to abandon ourbeautiful town and lifestyle forthe sake of some multi-nationalcompany to dig it up and sell itto India and China for a massiveprot?

I love living here. I love thelifestyle, the safety, the freedom,the people and the landscape.Opting out of the RestrictedZone potentially compromises

everything that is good and rightabout our town. Council shouldbe lobbying to have the exclusionzone extended not removedcompletely!

It was also stated in the articlethat this potential mining andexploration is an opportunity fordevelopment. I ask you whethergrowth for the sake of growth isdesirable? Growth for our town

and region could be a wonderfulthing, but I personally do not wishmy town to develop and grow if itis to the detriment of the lifestylethat we know and love.

Kirstie Davison

Blackalls mining opt out sickening Elvis show amazingIf anyone is looking for a good

nights entertainment and a great

experience then I can highlyrecommend the Elvis Presley showat the Blackall Cultural Centre onSaturday October 15.

I saw Dean Vegas do his showat the Caloundra RSL a couple ofyears ago and his performance ofthe Kings songs is unbelievable.On stage, Dean Vegas looks likeElvis, and he sounds like Elvis.Do yourselves a favour and takein one of the closest renditions

of Elvis Presley youll ever seeanywhere.

--Barry Muir

Western youth invited to say Hello Sunday MorningYoung people from across the

central west are being encouragedto give up alcohol for threemonths and be part of a short lmdocumenting their experience. The lm is being produced

by Desert Channels Group in

partnership with the Royal FlyingDoctor Service Queensland Health- Alcohol, Tobacco and OtherDrug Service and Hello SundayMorning.The lm will examine rural youth

culture, centreing around the HelloSunday Morning blogging initiative which encourages individuals togive up alcohol for three months.

Hello Sunday Morning startedin 2008 when Brisbane 22-year-old Chris Raine decided to giveup alcohol for a year and blogabout his experiences as a way ofchanging his lifestyle to be non-reliant on alcohol.

Film producer Alun Hoggett

said lm was initially conceived toexamine the inuence of alcoholin rural youth culture, with it laterdecided to use the Hello SundayMorning initiative as the centralpoint of the work.

We needed some stronger

stories so we decided to focus inon Hello Sunday Morning and getreal experiences from people ofvarious ages, Alun said.

Alun said the Hello SundayMorning movement had reallytaken off in recent years and helooked forward to following thestories of rural participants.

Most of the people who sign upto Hello Sunday Morning have avery positive response, Alun said

Alun said there has already beenover a dozen people sign up for theproject, but they were still lookingfor more participants, particularlyin the 18-24 age bracket.

If there are young people in

Blackall who sign up for HelloSunday Morning, well come downand lm them, Alun said.

Singer Mick Lindsay has alsosigned up with the project, writinga song for inclusion in the lm.

People who sign up for the Rural

Hello Sunday Morning will becomea part of an online communityacross Australia and will get tofollow others experiences andshare their own challenges andhigh points on the journey.

Alun said blogging allowedparticipants to share theirexperiences at the same time asfeeling part of a community.

Participants get into a supportnetwork of other people who aredoing the same thing, Alun said.

Anyone wishing to be involvedis asked to contact Alun at DesertChannels Group, Longreach on46527820 or by email at [email protected].

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