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Continued on page 2 By Hugh & Sue

Sometime towards the end of February, early March

2017, we were camped west of Teutonic Bore doing

what we love, a bit of prospecting. The weather had

been extremely hot, 40 degrees plus at times, but we

were getting the odd piece so we persevered through

the heat in the hope of finding the big one. Due to the

excessive heat I decided to spend the nights sleeping in

a swag. It was on one of those nights that I felt

something nudging me in the shoulder and waking me

from a deep sleep. As you can imagine I woke with a

hell of a fright, I might have even made some girly

noises, as I couldn’t for the life of me work out what it

could be. I grabbed the torch to see what had woken

me and there was this black dog. My first thought was

that it was a wild dog, so I yelled at it and I watched as

this dog casually walked around camp sniffing here and

there and finally coming back next to the swag, curled

up and went to sleep, I promptly did the same. In the

morning I woke to a friendly black and tan kelpie, who

at one stage in life would have been a very fine, proud

looking dog. However this poor guy was in desperate

need of a drink and some food, which we supplied.

The water was very welcome but the left over roast

pork was just the best.

OUR RED DOG LEONORA 1-2 Lucky’s Story

3 Seniors Morning

Tea

4 Leonora Childcare

Centre News

5 Visiting Services

6-7 Crossword Corner

8 What do we offer?

10-11 Clean Up Australia

Day

12-13 Community

Partnership

Resources Sector

Award

14 WA Volunteer of

the Year Awards

15 RFDS

16 In Two Minds

On inspection we found the dog to have a crook front leg, a crook back leg, a lump

missing out of one ear, not the best of hearing or eyesight, he was in such a bad

shape that he couldn’t even bark, so we decided to call him LUCKY, as I believe one

more day in that heat would have seen the end of him. So here we are in the middle

of the bush with no idea what direction he came from. We packed him into the ute

and off we went to see if we could find fresh tracks, camps, or any other signs of life

to get Lucky back to his owner. Unfortunately we had no luck in finding anyone who

knew anything about Lucky. We posted on The Leonora Grapevine “a lost black and

tan Kelpie”, searched through all missing black and tan kelpies but to no avail. Next,

down to the vet to see if he had been micro chipped and a quick check over, still no

luck.

So here we are, two years on and we still have Lucky, who both Sue and I have

grown very fond of, although he can drive us crazy when he feels like it. He appears

to suffer from severe separation anxiety especially when I go away. We do know

whoever owned him before must have loved him as we found he has a plate or pin

in his back leg. Sue found out when he decided to lay down in front of her while

detecting so she detected over him and sure enough she thought there was gold

under him but would he get up - no way. Eventually dragging him off the signal she

found it was Lucky himself who was making the signal. As much as we love him and

will look after him, someone out there owns Lucky and must miss him. We would be

sad to see him go but happy he is with his rightful owner.

OUR RED DOG LEONORA By Hugh & Sue

A very enjoyable morning tea for some of our senior

residents was held on Tuesday. There was a lovely array

of cakes supplied by Fiona from the Food Van Café.

This event is held once a fortnight at 10am on Tuesdays

at the Leonora Information Centre/Library.

Phone Margot or Kerry on

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Can you find all the

Easter Eggs in this

issue? They all have

funny faces! There

are 7 altogether.

ACROSS

1. Educated

5. City growth, urban …

9. Quivered

10. Taken by thief

13. Pleasure cruiser

14. Short spoof

16. Springy

19. Announce formally

21. Jolly laugh (2,2)

24. Precedes

25. Police checkpoint

27. Tic

28. Published storyteller

20. Absorb (food)

30. Sidekick

DOWN

1. Grim 8. Madmen 20. Otic organs

2. Genetic mix 11. … & now 21. Start journey

3. Ellipses 15. Backpacks 22. Imitated

4. Tasteful 17. Worshipped 23. Ice dancer

6. Expenses fund (5,4) 18. Just making it, 26. Lagers

7. Assign …. through

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Clean up Leonora was held on Sunday 3rd March, in conjunction with the

Clean Up Australia Day campaign. Although we expected to cancel the event

because of the relentless heat leading up to the day, it was a very successful

outcome.

Despite setbacks, we received

donations of bottled water,

gloves, protective glasses, and ice

blocks, along with a sausage sizzle

provided and cooked by the team

from St Barbara’s. We also

provided information on some

ways to recycle items, rather than

everything going to the tip.

In the end 32 volunteers attended, including

several young children, and about 10 workers

from St Barbara gold mine, which supports

many local events. The crew collected in total

103 big orange bags and about 3 ute loads of

large rubbish, from various spots within an

area of about 50 square kilometres. Some

spots that were cleaned last year had less rub-

bish this time. Some spots that we didn’t get

to last year had significant amounts of

rubbish. At one creek side spot, 12 large bags

were collected! A disappointing find at a

lovely picnic spot.

All hands on deck!

Recording types of rubbish for

Overall, we were happy with the day’s results, and all concerned were

optimistic about a larger turn-out next year. We discussed some ideas for

next year, and are hopeful of more

involvement from local residents. The

hope obviously is that people will

take better care of their rubbish,

instead of leaving it for other people

to pick up!

It was an awesome day with people

who can’t often catch up with each

other, discussing this issue and others

and enjoying the opportunity to con-

tribute to this amazing town.

Many thanks from Sandra Wheeler,

Convener.

What’s this thing??

Vote today!! Go to https://awards.volunteeringwa.org.au/

peoples-choice to get behind the finalists that inspires you.

The volunteer with the most votes will receive the prestigious 2019 People’s Choice Award at

a Gala Awards Presentation Dinner at the Crown Perth on Wednesday 22 May, during

National Volunteer Week (20-26 May 2019).

Congratulations to our finalists:

Robert Tracey - Perth Saints Junior Football Club

Peter Graham - Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation

Ruth Anderson - Nulsen Disability Services

Sarah Kennedy - Share the Dignity

Renee Whitcher - Christmas Cheer Box

Shirley Oliver - Baldivis Volunteer Fire & Emergency Services. STN 3123

Ralph Briggs - St John WA

Owen Farmer - Westaus Crisis Welfare Services

Peter Manwaring - Bingo for Conquer Cystic Fibrosis

Naomi Bagas - SecondBite

It is our privilege and pleasure to announce the ten finalists in the Community News - Perth

People’s Choice ‘Spirit of Volunteering’ Award for the 2019 Western Australian Volunteer of

the Year Awards.

Vote

for

Dingo! (Ralph

Briggs)

Don’t forget ...

Before there was the Flying Doctor there was little medical help for people who lived

in places far from cities. If they were seriously injured they had to travel hundreds of

kilometers by horse, cart, or camel to reach a doctor. They often died before they got

there.

Reverend John Flynn OBE, DD witnessed the daily struggle of pioneers living in

remote areas and had a vision to provide a 'mantle of safety' for the people of the

bush. On 15 May 1928, Flynn's dream became a reality when a long time supporter,

H.V. McKay, left a large bequest for 'an aerial experiment'. This enabled Flynn to

open the Australian Inland Mission Aerial Medical Service (later to be renamed the

Royal Flying Doctor Service). The first Flying Doctor took flight on the 17th of May,

1928 in a single engine leased Qantas plane from Cloncurry, Queensland. The Flying

Doctor Service lacked the communication technology to deliver services efficiently.

Alfred Traeger helped to hurdle this barrier with the invention of a pedal-operated

generator to power a radio receiver. By 1929 people living in isolation were able to

call on the Flying Doctor to assist them in an emergency. The growth of the RFDS in

those early days was rapid and soon reached right across our vast continent. By the

late 1930's there were sections of the RFDS operating in Victoria, Western Australia,

South Australia, New South Wales, Northern Territory and of course Queensland.

From the 1960s the RFDS moved away from using aircraft contractors to instead

progressively purchasing their own aircraft and employing their own pilots and

engineers. Today, the Royal Flying Doctor Service has a fleet of 71 fully instrumented

aircraft and operate from 23 bases across Australia.

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