Monthly Newsletter for the

Balranald Shire community and

friends

Balranald Shire Council Councilor Contact

Details

Mayor Cr Leigh Byron

0428 201 301

Deputy Mayor

Cr Alan Purtill

0429 201 301

Steve O’Halloran

04129 619 880

Cr Elaine Campbell

0447 271 086

Cr Lynda Cooke

03 5020 0471

Cr Jeff Mannix

0409 783 075

Cr Trevor Jolliffe

03 5020 1597

Cr Ken Barnes

03 5038 2221

Rubbish Tip Hours

BALRANALD

1st April - 30th September

Tuesday 4.00 - 6.00pm

Thursday 4.00 - 6.00pm

Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm

Sunday 10.00am - 3.00pm

1st October - 31st March

Tuesday 5.00 - 7.00pm

Thursday 5.00 - 7.00pm

Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm

Sunday 10.00am - 3.00pm

EUSTON

Tuesday 1.00pm - 6.00pm

Thursday 1.00pm - 6.00pm

Sunday 9.00am - 3.00pm

Tip Tokens are

available from Councils office,

Visitor Information Centre ,

CC’s Diner and Takeaway

(Caltex, Market Street),

Café Cassaro

Euston Post Office & Takeaway

Council Website

www.balranald.nsw.gov.au

ISS UE

September 2014

9

Balranald Shire Council Newsletter Issue 9 September 2014 www .ba lrana ld .nsw .gov .au

Coming Events NEWSLETTER

8 Oct

22 Oct

Hospital Bus Dates

Swan Hill Mildura

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

10-12 Oct Balranald 5 Rivers Outback Festival -

see information in newsletter

11 Oct Robinvale Country Market 8.30am to

12.30pm Caix Square. Phone Rosalie

to hold a stall 5026 3095

17 Oct St Dympna’s Parish Trivia Night & raffle

7pm Ex Services Club Recreation room

$15 / head (supper provided)

Table bookings at Balranald Newsagent

More info contact Kevin - 5020 1488

27 Sept 28 Sept

26 Sept 27 Sept

3 Oct 4 Oct

10 Oct 11 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 31 Oct

What's on at Euston Club Resort AFL Grand Final - free sausage sizzle English buffet evening - dinner in the Riverview Bistro 6pm - 8.30pm

Euston Club Resort Entertainment Ron Herbete Chris Street The Hoffmans David Routledge Shadow Duo David Routledge Victor Brank Kiera Smith Rob Syme Brad May Chris Street

Mondays Fri / Sun

Mon / Sat Tue / Thu

Wednesday

Wednesday

Thursdays Thursdays

Fridays

Saturdays 27 Sept 18 Oct

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

21 Oct Euston Robinvale Historical Society Inc meeting 10am, Euston Courthouse

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

The Mayor & Deputy Mayor election was conducted at the Ordinary meeting of Council held on Tuesday 16 Septem-ber 2014, with Councillors electing a new Mayor and Dep-uty Mayor for the next 12 months. In accordance with Schedule 7 of the Local Government (General) Regulation 2005, election of the Mayor by Councillors is to be held during the month of September. During this meeting, Councillors may also resolve to elect a Deputy Mayor. General Manager Aaron Drenovski appointed Mrs Nadine Matarazzo as the Returning Officer for the elections with Balranald Central School Captains assisting Mrs Matarazzo. Nominations for the position of Mayor were Cr Steve O’Halloran and Cr Leigh Byron, whilst Cr Trevor Jolliffe and Cr Alan Purtill nominated for the position of Deputy Mayor. Cr Byron was elected as Mayor and Cr Alan Purtill was elected as Deputy Mayor until September 2015. This is Cr Byron’s first term as Mayor, having previously held the position of Deputy Mayor. Cr Purtill has formerly held both positions of Mayor and Deputy.

WHAT’S OPEN

Balranald Museum Open Monday, Wednesdays &

Fridays 10am to 12 noon

Balranald Library Monday & Friday 2pm - 5.30pm

Wednesday 9am - 5.30pm

Adult Day Care Monday 10am - 2pm

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

Phone Hospital 5071 9800

Seniors Club Meets every Friday 2pm

Senior Citizens Hall Phone Shirley 5020 1890

Hospital Auxiliary Meets 2nd Monday of the month

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

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

at 7:00pm Contact 5071 9800

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

Contact Bridgette 0427 240 688

Balranald Child & Family Health Immunisation Clinic

2nd Monday of the month 9.30am - 11.30am

Contact Hospital 5071 9800 Clinic closed if Medical officer is

un-available

RMS Opening Hours Balranald

9.30am to 4pm Tuesday to Friday

Closed for lunch 1pm - 1.45pm

Euston 2nd & 4th Thursday of month

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

Call Centre 132 213

Newsletter Published by:

BALRANALD SHIRE COUNCIL 70 MARKET STREET

(PO BOX 120) BALRANALD NSW 2715

OFFICE HOURS 8.30AM TO 5.00PM

MONDAY TO FRIDAY

PH: 03 5020 1300 FAX: 03 5020 1620

AFTER HOURS EMERGENCIES 0418 322 902

COMMUNITY GENERAL INTEREST

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

Men's Shed Tues & Thurs 8am Heritage Park

Take Off Weight Naturally Club at Multipurpose Centre Mondays 6pm Contact Kathy 0407 304 922

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Council has over 50 surplus items of materials, plant and equipment for purchase through a tender process. The items include:

2012 Holden Captiva 7 seater Wagon

2 x 2011 Ranger single cab 4WD utilities

Domestic hot water services

Slasher

Assorted farm fencing materials

Large playground equipment

2nd hand paving bricks

Assorted minor plant equipment

Large swimming pool canopy frames

Ute cranes

Tennis court turf

and various other items.

A full list of items will be available on the website or at Councils Office during business hours. The items are available for viewing at Council’s depot in O’Connor Street between the hours of 2pm - 6pm on Friday 3rd October 2014.

Tenders will be received in the tender box up to 5pm on (the following Wednesday - 8th October 2014.

For more information, please contact Alan Lodge on 0427 273 741.

No tender necessarily accepted.

www .ba lrana ld .nsw .gov .au

Tender - Surplus Items for sale

Disclaimer - Balranald Shire Council reserves the right to edit or

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

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

Council Mayoral elections held

Pictured clockwise from top right: Councils Mayor, Cr Leigh Byron and Deputy Mayor, Cr Alan Purtill

The Endeavour Foundation is an independent not-for-profit organisation supporting people with a disability in more than 4,000 placements across more than 230 locations in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. This fun based Charity Motoring event , through the Endeavour Foundation raises over Three Hundred Thousand Dollars as a direct result of the Great Endeavour, and the money raised goes towards helping and supporting people with a disability throughout our communities. The Great Endeavour Rally will be travelling through Balranald on the morning of 20 October 2014, so if you see them, give them a wave or shake their hand for the wonderful work they do, raising awareness for charity.

Balranald

Visitor

Information

Centre

CURRENTLY LOCATED IN

THE OLD BABY HEALTH

CLINIC

Cnr Market and River

Streets

Open Daily

10.00am to 4.00pm

Phone 03 5020 1599

CountryLink tickets and

fishing licences can be

purchased from the

Visitor Information Centre

Have you

completed the

Retune?

The final step in Australia’s

move to digital-only TV saw

some TV channels changing

frequencies in Euston on 27

August and Balranald on

24 September.

If you are missing a channel,

you will need to retune your

digital TV, set-top box or

digital TV recorder to find the

channels that have moved –

for most systems press the

“menu” button on your

remote and follow the prompts to retune. If you

have difficulty retuning you

shou ld re fer to the

manufacturer’s handbook, ask

a friend or family for help or

call the Digital Ready

Information Line 1800 20 10

13.

If you find channels haven’t

changed, you may be receiving

a signal from a different TV

transmitter. In some cases,

certain digital equipment will

automatically retune itself.

This means you won’t need to

do anything.

Yanga Lake

Algal Alert

- All Clear-

The latest testing of Yanga

Lake has shown positive

results, and Mon Carmichael

Yanga National Park Ranger

has advised that the algal alert

has been lifted.

Following the announcement that Atlas-Crystal have now been given permission to progress with the mining site, I, on behalf of Council, would like to welcome them into our Shire and wish them every success with their business. The commitment of both Atlas-Crystal and Iluka mining projects opens fantastic opportunities for our Shire. The Euston Club Resort Mildura Cup Day held on August 24th 2014 was an extremely well organised event and was a fantastic day. Congratulations to all involved. All the best to Balranald under 14s Junior Foot-ball team who are playing in the Grand Final on Saturday. Congratulations for making it to the finals, we are proud of you all. Congratulations also to John Brougham on his well deserved Central Murray League Identity of the Year Award.

Mayoral Minute

Mayor Steve O’Halloran

Next Ordinary Meeting of Council - Tuesday 28th October 2014 at 5pm -

please note the time change

Don’t be surprised to bump into enthusiastic volunteers handing out programs of the upcoming 5 Rivers Outback Festival when you’re out and about in the coming weeks. A team of dedicated members of the Festival Committee and Balranald Inc. will be setting up a number of Pop-Up stands in some of the surrounding regional towns, such as Hay, Swan Hill, Mildura and Bendigo handing out festival programs and posters, as well as selling tickets and merchandise.

The Pop-Up stands are part of the Festival Committee’s dedication to distribute activities of the Festival and also include postal drops, distribution to Visitor Information Centres, and advertising on regional radio & TV. The Festival has a fabulous line up of activities and entertainment planned, including Australian music legends Joe Camilleri & The Black Sorrows performing LIVE at the Riverbank Bash at the Balranald Caravan Park Saturday October 11th.

Other activities include the Local Retailers Fair and live broadcast, LV Bodinnar’s 90th Birthday celebrations, art exhibition, wool fashion parade, live music at The Homebush Pub, shearing and wood cutting demonstrations, Outback Geo Adventures’ tours, open Mic, Sunday market, and much, much more. Keep an eye out for your festival program with full details of all activities! For more information, bookings and registrations, visit the Festival’s website at www.5riversoutbackfestival.com.au

Balranald

History Group

News

The meeting of the Balranald

History Group was held on 12

August 2014.

The History Group are seeking

information, documents and

photos of interest to the

history of Balranald and

District.

Any information and

photos of Kingsford-Smith

landing at Balranald when

he took people on joy

flights

WW1 Rifle Butts

Burial sites that are located

on properties

The Meat Road

Ford Crossing

Any documents and photos will

be scanned and the original

items remain the property of

the owner.

Please contact Linda Nelson,

0409 439 466 / 5020 1540 or

Beth Harrison 0428 5002 444 /

50 20 1280

The History Group meets

on the second Tuesday of

the month at 5pm in the

Theatre Royal Ticketing

Office.

All welcome

Road Maintenance in Market Street

(Sturt Highway)

Council wishes to advise that the Roads & Maritime Services will commence work to replace the road surface on the Sturt Highway, between McCabe and River Streets. This work does not include the parking lanes or kerb and guttering. Utility work has commenced and road pavement work will commence in mid October.

These works will occur Monday to Friday and on weekends when required. During these works the traffic will be two way on the parking lanes. If you would like further information please contact project manager Parthi Parthiban on 0407 665 923 or email

Yanga National Park

School Holiday Discovery Program Spring 2014 - Sept 22 - Oct 5

Activities include:-

Yanga Homestead Tours 10.30am, 25, 26 & 27

Sept & 1, 3, 4, 5 Oct.

Guided Lake Walk. from 10am on 29 Sept

Campground Happy Hour 3.30pm on 1 Oct

Tag-Along Vehicle Tour 9am, 24 Sept & 2 Oct.

Woolshed Yarns, 2pm 25 & 30 Sept.

Sunset Happy Hour 6.30pm - 26 Sept & 3 Oct.

All discovery activities and tours are FREE of charge

For more information on activities or booking times, and/or what you may need to supply

please phone Yanga National Park on 03 5020 1764 or visit

www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au

Pics ‘n’ Pieces

presents

An Exhibition of photographs, sculptures, paintings and collages

10, 11 & 12 October, and

Art Alfresco Sunday Market Day 12 October

Join the variety of artisans demonstrating their craft or book your own stall

Entry forms or bookings available from www.5riversoutbackfestival.com.au Email: thegallery5@bigpond.com.au

The Gallery 51 Mayall Street or In The Garden 101a Market Street, Balranald

Enquiries - Jan 0488 728 986 or Sue 0427 203 407

and

Balranald Police Update

If you need to contact Balranald Police the only

numbers to be used are: 000 – for emergencies

03 5020 1404 – Balranald Police Station If the Police station is unattended the phone will divert to an operator, please leave your details and Police will attend or contact you as soon as possible. Please DO NOT call a mobile phone number for Police in the Balranald/Euston sector as it is a personal phone number, not a Police phone and should not be used for requesting Police assistance. If you require Police to attend, they need the job logged via their radio operators either through phoning the Police station or 000. Calls to 000 are recorded. The information supplied to the operator will be recorded accurately and will assist the Police at the time. The recording may also be required at a later time. Sgt Tucker is often approached and told of things that happened “yesterday”, “the other day” or “last week”. This information is of little value to the Police - if you see or hear something suspicious please phone 000 or the Balranald Police Station immediately so that they can attend and investigate at the time it’s happening. Alternatively, you can call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Sgt Tucker would like to remind residents that leaving motor vehicles unlocked and unattended is an offence, with a fine of $104.

Narelle Tucker, Sergeant Meet MAX! MAX Employment is a Job Services Australia provider committed to finding jobs and changing lives. We work with job seekers to help them reach their full potential and find meaningful, sustainable employment. Our staff will guide you through the job search process, offering expert advice, moral support, and a wealth of knowledge. We can match you to local vacancies, help you write the perfect cover letter and resume, and prepare you for your next job interview. MAX also provides access to Allied health services and training courses for eligible job seekers. Drop by and visit us at 89B Market Street, Balranald or call us on 0428 211 965. We’re open every second Thursday from 9.00am to 4pm.