I n s i d e t h i s

i s s u e :

Progress

Association

President’s

Report

1

Meet the

President

2

Shack Security 2

At the Hall 2

Upcoming

Events

3

What’s Been

Happening

3

From the

Archives of

4

Something

Funny

4

Tide Times for

January

5

From the Editor 5

S A G o v e r n m e n t

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 7 I s s u e 1 , 2 0 1 7

Hardwicke Bay Times

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Well December was a busy month in Hardwicke Bay with some exciting events and some great support for plans going forward. Our Christmas Dinner on the 10th Dec was a great success. The meal was fantastic and was provided by Aaron and Joanna from the Café. It was also very pleasant being served by two lovely young ladies, Phoebe and Jess. We had some fun with raffle draws, a highlight being the wonderful baskets put together by Pauline. Jim Fidge drew the ticket for the first basket and drew his own name. Well done Jim.

Our meeting the next day was my first as President and although there seems to be a lot to do we have started to develop good plans for going forward. These plans include:

Getting Council approval for us to clean up all the dead trees in the town. James May is assisting us in this and we have been provided safety vests from the council. We will not see a lot of action with this project until the hot weather is gone due to fire risk.

We are going to give the hall a paint job and many thanks to Daryl Rohde for offering assistance with a cherry picker. Daryl also donated a roof harness to the Progress Association. Thanks Daryl.

The ceiling in the Community Hall has been damaged as a result of the storms earlier this year. Daryl is also assisting us with this repair work so again thanks to Daryl.

Upgrading Security at the hall and shed.

We will be having a Family Fun Day on the 14th January and we have a team to co-ordinate this.

We will be having a Fishing Competition on the 12th March and this will be a big event. Helpers will be required for this.

Volunteers put up the new bingo sign. Looks great but we had to move Santa a little to facilitate. Thanks Ron, Jim and Ferd.

There were many other items we covered as well. We have a very active Committee with some new faces and this will see Hardwicke Bay promoted and improved for the future. I am overwhelmed at the number of people who have offered to help in any projects we have. Thanks to all.

Again I wish to communicate my focus and the important items for me for 2017 are:

Clean up the town

Improve facilities in the town

Getting people to get to know one another

Getting people to support functions as much as possible

Support local businesses

And above all, have some fun

Geoff Hampel, HWBPA President

Progress Association President’s Report...

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A large number of break and enter crimes are easily preventable. By introducing

simple and inexpensive changes to your home, you

can play an active role in reducing the chances of this

happening to you. By securing your home you

significantly lower the risk of you and your family

becoming victims of crime. Burglary can have a serious

impact on families and individuals in a number of

different ways.

Shack Security...

At the hall...

Meet the President...

Geoff Hampel is our Progress

Association President, he is

married to Maxine.

Geoff’s work history includes

farming, shearing, truck driving

and the meat processing

industry. Maxine has worked as

a hospital domestic, waitress,

shop assistant and housewife.

The couple are currently retired

with Geoff acting as the

chairman of ‘Big River Pork.’

The Hampels live in Murray

Bridge and own a shack in

Hardwicke Bay.

A few of Geoff and Maxine’s

likes include:

+ Spending time with their families, mixing with friends and having a good time and a laugh with them.

+ Fishing and anything to do with the sea

+ Travelling and meeting new people,

+ Seeing the Crows win!

A few of the couple’s dislikes include:

+ People trying to change our Australian values and way of life.

+ Port Adelaide FC. Now that is more Maxine than Geoff.

We asked Geoff and Maxine what they would like to see for Hardwicke Bay in the future:

To see improved town facilities including having a successful General Store. (Tick that one off the list!)

We believe we can do more to improve the facilities for families and need to have a major clean-up of the sand dunes and get rid of all the Box thorns and so on.

We would like people who live in the town full time or part time getting behind events that lead us to a better future for the town and have some fun on the way.

Community Dinner every 2nd Saturday

of the month. Join us for a chicken

schnitzel for $6.00 plus we ask you bring

a savoury or sweet plate to share. Next

dinner will be held on 14th January.

Bookings are essential for catering,

please indicate numbers attending on

the facebook event, email

progress@hardwicke.org or add your

details to the list located on the

noticeboard outside the hall.

Bingo every Wednesday night with the

hall open from 7.00pm and ‘Eyes Down’

from 7.30pm. BYO drinks and nibbles.

Tea and coffee served during the interval.

Plenty of prizes up for grabs and everyone

is welcome!

Morning Tea 10.00am every Monday

(excluding Public Holidays) come along for

a chat!

Friday Night Drinks from 5pm, weekly raffle

drawn, play pool or darts or just have a chat.

BYO drinks and nibbles.

Hall for hire do you have a function coming

up? For $150 (ask about progress member

discount) you can book the hall as your

venue. See the webpage for details.

Hardwicke Bay is a community made up of mostly temporary residents, we need to work

together to ensure we stay safe and prevent would-be thieves from entering properties

while unoccupied. Get to know your neighbours and keep an eye out for any unusual

activity in the area. If you see anything report it to SA Police on 131 444 or Crimestop-

pers on 1800 333 000.

Some things to consider when leaving your holiday home (or your usual residence while

on holiday) include:

Ensure the house is securely locked with all windows secured.

All valuable items are out of sight

Ensure your lawn is cut and garden weeded

Ensure all perimeter fences are in good order and gates are kept closed and locked to

restrict unauthorized access to your property

Record serial numbers and descriptions of valuable items

Lock sheds and secure tools to prevent them being used to gain access to your house

Bring bins in from your street if you see them left out after collection

H a r d w i c k e B a y T i m e s

Are you on

Instagram? Follow

us on

@hardwicke_bay

or tag your photos

#hardwickebay

and we might

publish your image

next issue!

Each month we will profile one of our Hardwicke Bay

Progress Association Committee members so you know who is working hard

to improve our local community

Geoff and Maxine Hampel

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The Christmas Dinner held at the hall on Saturday 11th December 2016 was a huge success with everyone who attended enjoying the even-ing.

We hope you enjoy a few photos from the evening.

H a r d w i c k e B a y T i m e s

A Family Fun Day is being

held on 14th January 2017.

There will plenty of

activities including a

sandcastle competition,

treasure hunt and free

lunch for all kids registered

at the event. Watch

Facebook for further details

or check out the

noticeboard outside the

Hall.

Progress will be hosting the 2nd

Annual Hardwicke Bay Fishing

Competition on 12th March

2017.

This is quite a big event to

coordinate, which means we

need plenty of volunteers in the

lead up to and on the day. A list

will be posted on the notice

board at the Hall for those of

you that can help. Please put

your name down as soon as

possible and we will contact you

when a meeting is scheduled.

Further details next issue.

Upcoming Events... Come and help celebrate Australia Day

with a FREE BBQ at the BBQ area on

Thursday 26th January 2016 from mid-

day. Check Facebook or the hall

noticeboard for full details.

There will be gazebos put up for shade

so bring along your chairs, drinks and

nibbles and make an afternoon of it.

The perfect way to finish of the silly

season!!

Calendar of

Events

January

14th—Family Fun

Day

14th—Community

Dinner

26th—Australia Day

BBQ

February

11th—Community

Dinner

March

11th—Community

Dinner

12th—2nd Annual

Fishing

Competition

April

8th—Community

Dinner

16th—Easter

Pancakes and

Market at the Hall

What’s Been Happening...

Special thanks goes to everyone who helped to make the evening a success including the new Hardwicke Bay Café and Takeaway Store owners, Aaron and Joanna, for all the hard work put in catering the dinner.

We would like to give another special thank you to KR Castlemaine for providing a large range of pork products for our Christmas Raffle. The products were fantastic and very much enjoyed by all the winners!

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From the Archives of History...

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On Monday 8 August 1920, a ketch, the ‘Oscar Robinson’,

was blown ashore near Hardwicke Bay during rough

weather. The ship had dragged her anchor and gone

ashore four miles east of Pt Turton but luckily was held on

a sandy bottom with no damage caused. Unfortunately, it

was reported she was so high and dry it would need an

extraordinary high tide to float her. The Oscar Robinson

was built in 1883 an NSW.

During its many voyages in southern Australia, the Oscar

Robinson delivered loads including the building material for

the Kingscote School in 1907. The ketch also caught fire dur-

ing a voyage from Wool Bay in 1908, and at that time she was

carrying a load of lime and wheat to Pt Adelaide. An Adelaide

newspaper at the time described her as having ‘a somewhat

adventurous career’, having been sunk in a collision and

buffeted in other ways. She was lost at sea in 1940.

against the law! I’ll lose my

license! They’ll throw both of us in

jail! All kinds of bad things will

happen. Absolutely not! You

CANNOT have any cyanide.”

The lady reached into her purse

and pulled out a photo of her

husband in bed with the

pharmacist’s wife.

The pharmacist looked at the

picture and said, “You didn’t tell

me you had a prescription!”

A lady went into the pharmacy,

walked up to the pharmacist and

said, “I’d like to buy some cya-

nide.”

The pharmacist asked, “Why in

the world do you need cyanide?”

The lady replied, “I need it to

poison my husband.”

The pharmacist’s eyes got big

and he explained, “Lord have

mercy! I can’t give you cyanide

to kill your husband, that’s

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From the Editor...

H a r d w i c k e B a y T i m e s

Do you have a funny story,

interesting article or photo you

would like to see published in the

newsletter? We are always looking

for content which will relate to our

community. We are working hard

to improve the newsletter content

and are also striving for better

facilities for the community and we

need your input!

Do you own a tractor? We are

famous for our population of

tractors and we would love to

showcase them on our Instagram

page so keep an eye out and you

might see yours online soon.

Until next issue, keep safe and

enjoy the beach!

Final Note...

The HBPA wish to advise

residents that Committee

Member, Sue Crook, has taken

on the role of Secretary. Sue

will be taking over from Joanna

Young, who due to a busy time

at the shop and a baby on the

way, was finding it difficult to

carry out the role as she would

have liked. Joanna will be

continuing on the committee

and we would like to thank her

for the work she has done and

thank you to Sue for accepting

this important role.