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August 2019 Edition
The Shire of Sandstone Hack St, Sandstone WA 6639
Ph: 08 9963 5802 Fax 08 9963 5852
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PG 2 Contents
PG 3 Emergency Medical Assistance PG 4 From the desk of the CEO PG 5 Environmental Health Officer details PG 6 Local Govt Elections 2019—are you eligible to vote? PG 7 Prospective Council members webinar PG 8 Lawn Bowling inaugural game PG 9 Art Show / Wine and Cheese night PG 10 Our new piano
PG 11 Community Bus trip to Mt Magnet PG 12-15 Pensioner Fuel cards—info PG 16-17 Golf Club Open PG 18 Variety Bash coming to Sandstone PG 19 Happy Birthday Annie! PG 20 Crossword Puzzle—car safety
PG 21 Astro Dome—come stargazing! PG 22-23 Heritage Museum & Visitor Centre PG 24 Prince –Wright Productions new movie PG 25 Joke PG 26 Bushfire Brigade meetings PG 27 History Corner PG 28 Community Craft Group PG 29 Black Range Tearooms PG 30-31 National Hotel menu and Chace the Ace! PG 32 Meekatharra School of the Air anniversary
PG 33 Home made works of art by Billy PG 34-35 Mt Magnet Pottery Group
PG 36 Property for sale
PG 37-39 Horoscopes for August
PG 40-41 Recipes
PG 42 Mental Health Notice
PG 43-44 Public Notices
PG 45 Directory of Services
PG 46-48 Community Bulletin Board PG 49-53 Health Services/Calendar PG 54 Events Calendar
Note. The opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Shire of Sandstone
Front cover pic— Thanks Steve Armstrong for the front cover pic.
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Sandstone Emergency Numbers for Police and Fire 000
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Shire News Shire of Sandstone
Hack Street SANDSTONE WA 6639 Phone: 08 9963 5802 Fax: 08 9663 5852
Email: [email protected]
From the Desk of the CEO
As reported last month due to the late receival of valuations for mining properties the shire is yet to set the final rates for the 2019-2020 year therefore the annual budget cannot be finalised and adopted. This means that rate notices for this financial year will be issued later this year. The fuel station is now repaired and working well although there have still been some instances of transactions timing out but they are quite rare and everyone should now be able to get the fuel they need when they need it and get on their way without any delays. The July Council meeting was postponed from Thursday 25
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Councillors to attend and some of the items discussed were as follows; the Auditor General’s Office in issuing the final audit report for 2018 year, listed some of the shires financial ratios as showing significant adverse trends and a report was required to be prepared by management on what was done or is going to be done to rectify these. The report was presented to the audit committee and was endorsed by Council. The report is required to be published on the shires website and will be able to be viewed there. As a part of the rates process mining ratepayers were given the opportunity to object to the proposed differential rates and the 2 submissions received were considered by Council who resolved not to make any changes based on those submissions. A donation to the Sandstone Golf Club to help offset the cost of putting on the Sandstone Open Golf event was approved. This year’s event will be the 60
th and last unless some new members
who are willing to run the event join the club and take over. A late item requesting the partial closure of Oroya Street and the obstruction of the footpath in front of the National Hotel to cater for the Variety Bash participants who will be in Sandstone on the 28
th August was also approved with up to 300 people expected in town for lunch.
Council also considered the draft 2019-2020 budget subject to receiving Ministers approval for the rates and suggested a few minor changes which will be made. No details can be released until the budget is formally adopted by Council after the rates are confirmed. Changes to the Local Government Act 1995 changing the way access to some shire information is made available to the community were gazetted during July and there is now a lot of new information that needs to be posted on the shire’s website www.sandstone.wa.gov.au why not take a look and see what is new. Harry Hawkins Chief Executive Officer
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Shire News Shire of Sandstone
Hack Street SANDSTONE WA 6639 Phone: 08 9963 5802 Fax: 08 9663 5852
Email: [email protected]
The Environmental Health Officer for the Shire of Sandstone is Dave Hadden. Dave’s contact details are:- Principal EHO/Building Surveyor Shires of Leonora, Laverton, Menzies & Sandstone. Phone- 9037 6044 Mobile- 0428376044 Email- [email protected]
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INAUGURAL BOWLING DAY
Come along and try out our new bowling green!
WHEN: 3rd August 2019 WHERE: Sandstone Rec Centre, Rowe Street. TIME: 2pm— followed by a sausage sizzle.
All equipment provided, unless you have your own balls which you are welcome to
bring along!
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OUR NEW BEALE PIANO
With the scheduling of our Piano Concert, it was decided to purchase a new—albeit second hand—piano. Unfortunately due to illness, our Piano Concert scheduled for July didn’t go ahead, however we are now the proud owners of a lovely BEALE piano, which has arrived and taken up residence in the Town Hall. Rebecca Hills, who supplied, delivered and tuned our piano, has been able to give us some history on it. Rebecca writes:-
“It was between 2007-2009 that a young teenage fellow contacted me after his local church gave him their piano. He played weekly in the parish at mass for them and every other occasion he could possibly play for them there. After some time, he decided to seek some quotes to have it reconditioned as the felts, leathers and springs were well and truly worn out. I went to meet him and his Beale, he was such a sweet young fellow and dedicated to his music that I couldn’t charge him to inspect it as the other technicians had done. It didn’t take long before he spoke to his parents, called me back to say he wanted to choose me to do the repairs, as I hadn’t charged him that day . I carried out an awful lot of work on the action and all in total, it came to around $4000, in the years following he made excellent use of the piano and became a jazz pianist now residing and working in Sydney according to his Mum & Dad the day I collected the Beale from them. It was time to downsize their home and their son had left the Beale there to enjoy on his visits home, however it had to go and in a hurry as their home sold as soon as it was placed on the market .
Since I saw the piano from the very first day, I always made a fuss about the unique tiger like patterns in its oak cabinet and for that reason, the parents were told to call me to give me the first option to purchase it. I hope you all have many years of enjoyment from your piano.”
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COMMUNITY BUS TAKING PASSENGERS TO MT MAGNET The Sandstone Community Bus will be travelling to Mt Magnet every four weeks for Shire business. If anyone needs to travel to Mt Magnet, we usually have available seats. We can take a maximum of 6 passengers so please book - please be aware that we adhere to a strict time schedule. The bus will leave from the Sandstone Shire Administration office at 10am and will leave Mt. Magnet at 1.30pm for the return trip home. Please book your seat by contacting either Rhonda or Margaret at the Shire office ph. 9963 5802
The next bus will be Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Happy Birthday Annie!
Annie celebrated her 70th Birthday at the caravan park on 6th July.
Annie and Tony make the trip to Sandstone each year from Queensland, and are temporary locals!
With no flowers available, Annie received a lovely bouquet of knitting yarns, courtesy of Karan.
Hope you had a great day Annie, here’s to many more, cheers!
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Come and experience the amazing view of the night sky Sandstone provides.
You can get a closer look with our now operational Astrodome. Viewings are by arrangement, bookings can be made at the Heritage Museum & Visitor Centre, cnr Hack and Oroya Streets, Sandstone.
PH 9963 5061
ASTRONOMY DOME NOW OPERATIONAL!
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Regular Fire Brigade meetings/training will be held at the fire station
on the fourth Thursday of each month, commencing at 5pm.
The next meeting will be on Thursday
22nd August 2019
For further info contact
Sandstone Bush Fire Brigade Captain
Vic Taylor on 0407 845 379
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HISTORY CORNER— An excerpt from the book
“Sandstone—from Gold to Wool and Back Again” by Sally L Senior
SPORT—pg 271 Cycling Cycling was a very popular sport, as many of the men used bicycles to travel to and from work, and between settlements. It was a sport that most of them could afford. In general, the roads in the area were not good or very suitable for bicycles, being either stony or sandy and very seldom smooth and firm. This did not deter participants in cycle races. Neither did the weather or temperature. A bike race was held from Nungarra to Hack’s via Wanderie and back again, in March 1906. The race was won by T Pierce, but there were several spills and many damaged bikes as a result of the race. Such was the enthusiasm of the cyclists that there was a training track near the Oroya Black Range Mine, where cycling and foot racing events were frequently held. Miners would train there either after work or in their meal break. During 1908-1909 two very memorable cycling events took place. One was the 61/2 hour ride by Constable Wright from Black Range to Mt Magnet, a distance of roughly 100 miles. The other, performed when temperatures were 100 degrees F in the shade, was by a woman, between Leonora and Maninga Marley. She had never been over the road before, but covered the Leonora to Lawlers section, a distance of 82 miles, in 6 1/2 hours and the Lawlers to Maninga Marley section, a distance of 76 miles in the same time. It was suggested that it was a record unlikely to be beaten. When asked ‘Why?’, she replied, ‘Needs had to be’. Looking at today’s roads, with bulldusts holes and corrugations etc. it is hard to imagine what it must have been like on outback tracks in those days of the early 1900s, when bicycle travel was common, on bicycles far less sophisticated that today’s (that is, no gears). What is often not realised is that the early tracks between settlements were more often made by the footprints of camels travelling in line, one behind the other, than by wheeled vehicles that cut up the surface. These camel ‘pads’ were, in the most part smooth, as camel’s feet are large soft and flat, and do not roughen the surface but help to smooth it out. These tracks were highly favoured by cyclists between goldfields centres early in the century, and could be found for many years after the camels had gone. Although camel pads often joined early settlements, the roads that followed the arrival of wheeled vehicles and joined the more recent finds were far from friendly to cyclists. Football Games of football were the first recorded team games at Nungarra. The first were organised in July 1904, when there were reports of football games between two teams, the Reefers and the Towns. Once the population had moved to Sandstone, teams developed there. The colours these teams wore in 1908 were: Towns– blue and white, Mines—yellow and black, Wanderers—red and black. Football practice was a regular event, generally taking place after work or after the morning shift finished, but the main practice was at weekends. Football matches attracted up to 300 spectators in 1908. Young players were not forgotten, as both Towns and Reefers had Junior football teams. Not all matches were held at the recreation grounds. A football match was held at the Oroya Mine in April 1908, between teams from that mine. The surface was said to be very good, and Underground won. They must have been reasonably matched, as a match between Surface and Underground at the Oroya Mine in June 1908 resulted in a win for Surface. This match was held again the following year on 12 May. There was great excitement when in 1910 a football team from Perth visited the town and lost to the combined Sandstone team. Much celebration followed. In May 1913, the first Premiership matches were held in Sandstone, but it is not recorded which team won. Football was still being played in Sandstone in the late 1920s and 1930s, and players were so keen that they would ride a bicycle to town from outlying towns and stations to play, then ride it home again after the match. One such player was Jack Allen, who would ride his bike the 18 miles from Black Hill to town to play, but admitted to usually getting a lift home by car after the match, as his father would take pity on him. After the Second World War, football died out in Sandstone and was never revived.
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NATIONAL HOTEL
Chase the ace is back!
Commencing 3rd July, every Wednesday
night.
Free ticket with any alcoholic drink
from 5.30pm
Drawn at 7.30pm
jackpots $50 per week
See ya at the Sandstone Pub
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PLEASE TURN OVER PAGE FOR ENROLMENT FORM
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Updated 10th May 2019
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HOROSCOPES FOR AUGUST
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Coconut Lemon
Pudding
Ingredients
30g butter, at room temperature 3 eggs, separated 60ml (1/4 cup) honey 1 tsp vanilla bean paste 3 tsp finely grated lemon rind 1 tbs desiccated coconut, plus extra, to serve 2 tbs gluten-free cornflour or tapioca flour 1/4 tsp baking powder 250ml (1 cup) milk 125ml (1/2 cup) fresh lemon juice
Method
Step 1 Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan forced. Grease a 1.5L (6 cup) ceramic baking dish. Place in a larger, deeper baking dish. Step 2 Use electric beaters to beat the butter, egg yolks, 2 tbs honey, vanilla and lemon rind in a bowl until pale and creamy. Beat in the coconut, cornflour or tapioca flour and baking powder. Slowly beat in the milk and lemon juice. (Mixture will look curdled) Step 3 Use clean beaters to beat egg whites and remaining honey in a separate bowl until soft peaks form. Use a large metal spoon to fold, in 3 batches, egg white mixture into butter mixture until just combined. Pour into prepared dish. Step 4 Pour boiling water into the larger dish until it reaches halfway up the side of the smaller dish. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until puffed and golden. (If the top is browning too quickly, cover with foil halfway through.) Sprinkle with extra coconut and serve immediately
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Creamy one pan
Salmon & Risoni
Ingredients
50g butter 1 small brown onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 tablespoon plain flour 2 cups milk 2 cups chicken stock 1 1/2 cups dried risoni pasta 1 cup frozen peas 2 tablespoons basil pesto 1 tablespoon lemon juice 415g can red salmon, drained, skin and bones removed, flaked 60g baby spinach 1/4 cup small fresh basil leaves
Method
Step 1 Melt butter in a large, heavy-based shallow casserole dish over medium-high heat. Add onion. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until softened. Add garlic. Cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Stir in flour. Step 2 Gradually stir in milk and stock. Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium. Add risoni. Stir to combine. Cook, stirring frequently for 10 minutes or until risoni is tender, adding peas in the last 3 minutes of cooking time. Step 3 Remove from heat. Stir in pesto and lemon juice. Top with salmon, baby spinach, basil and lemon rind. Season with salt and pepper. Stir to combine. Serve
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Pastoralists and D.E.C. in the Sandstone and
surrounding Shire’s have an ongoing wild dog bait programme. Please be advised
BAITS WILL BE ON THE GROUND ALL YEAR ROUND
Also just a friendly reminder to keep your dogs locked
up, or on a leash if out walking.
To avoid being
penalised all dogs and cats must be kept in your yards or on leads at all times. Please clean up after
your dog!!!!!
All dogs must be registered. If your dog is not registered, or if you
are unsure when the registration expires,
please contact the Shire office.
The RANGER is making more and more frequent
visits to Sandstone.
When was the last time you
visited your local library?
We don’t just have books,
there are DVDs and Audio
books as well, so next time
you are passing the office,
pop in and have a look.
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JPB Contracting
Paul (Scruffy) Bennett
Ph: 0427 841 888
Please note this is NOT a service provided at the Shire of Sandstone so please call for an appointment .
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Mount Magnet Post & Lotteries
Gifts, cards, stationery, art supplies.
Passport photos and much more Drop in and browse
Check out the website www.mtmagnetpost.com
SANDSTONE LIBRARY Open Monday—Friday 8.30am—4.30pm
Casual memberships welcome
• Interlibrary Loans • Audio Books • Internet access • DVDs • Fiction and non Fiction books
Dog registrations are due by the end of October
each year. Please check your dog’s registration or contact the Shire office to check if your dog’s registration needs
renewal
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YOU MUST CONTACT THE SHIRE OF SANDSTONE PRIOR TO
DISPOSAL OF ANY ASBESTOS MATERIALS
Phone 9963 5802 Mondays - Fridays
8:30 - 4:00pm
LEGAL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN FOR
NON-COMPLIANCE
We are always after articles for the Bush Telegraph so if you have a story, a photo
or maybe a birthday, or perhaps there is something
you would like to see in your newsletter please
contact Rhonda at the Shire office on email -
ROTARY CLUB We are the very first Rotary Club
that is based purely online in WA. This enables people living in remote/regional areas the op-tion to still provide a service to their local community by joining Rotary E club of E.WA. It’s a
new and vital Rotary Experience.
We meet via online webinars
and the use of Facebook, both open to the public and private
sessions.
Name: E-WA Rotary Address: www.ewarotary.org.au www.facebook.com/ewarotary Ph 0408 802 490 Community Group Name : E-WA Rotary—Kerry O’Shea [email protected] We’d love to hear from you :)
Westcoast Seafood
Email: [email protected] Contact Stan to see when he will be in
Sandstone next
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Looking for Gold? Want to Prospect near Sandstone?
Please contact the Mt Magnet Office of the Department of
Mines and Petroleum, Cnr Hepburn and Richardson
St
Telephone (08) 9963 4509
Heritage Museum &
Visitor Centre
Now open 7 days a week
Ordinary Meeting
of Council
The next meeting of Council will be
held on Thursday 22nd August 2019 at 12.30 p.m.
The Agenda is viewable at the
Sandstone Public Library and on-line at www.sandstone.wa.gov.au , once
prepared.
Alice Atkinson Caravan Park 08 9963 5859 Main Roads - Road Conditions 13 81 38
(24 Hr Customer Contact Centre )
Mt Magnet Police 08 9963 3222
National Hotel 08 9963 5801
Outback Accommodation 08 9963 5869
Sandstone Museum &
Visitor Information Centre 08 9963 5061
Sandstone Nursing Post 08 9963 5808
Shire of Sandstone Office
and Post Office 08 9963 5802
Useful Sandstone Phone Numbers
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
MEDICAL SERVICES AVAILABLE IN
WILUNA
The following medical services are available from visiting specialists through the Wiluna Medical Centre. These services are free of charge and are available to Sandstone residents and the travelling public.
To make an appointment for visiting specialists, contact Wiluna Medical Centre 9981 8600
Dental (Monthly) Gynaecologist
Audiologist Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
Cardiologist Respiratory
Health and Well being services
Child Health Services, Paediatrician
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
TELEPHONE HELP LINES
Mental Health Emergency Response Line
(formerly Psychiatric Emergency Team)
Perth WA 6000 Tel: 08 9224 8888
RuralLink
Tel: 1800 552 002
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
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Nurses clinic
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DOCTOR’S Clinic
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Bus to Mt Magnet
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Dr’s Clinic
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If you would like your event to appear on the Community Planner please contact the Shire of Sandstone Phone: 9963 5802 Fax: 9963 5852 Email: [email protected]
AUGUST 2019
Internet is available at Sandstone Library in the Shire building
Monday—Friday 8.30am—4.30pm
We don’t have public WIFI but you can use our computers to access the internet
