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Volume 4, Thursday 6th September, 2007

OUTBACKBURNOUT

Written byLes Rochester

Outback communities not covered by Local Government have strongly voiced their

concerns about the sub-standard facilities provided to them and the ‘burn out’ rate of the volunteers that administer the communities.

The results are contained in ‘The Community Engagement’ report just com-piled by Margaret Heylen, Community Consultation Facilitator for the Outback Areas Community Development Trust.

Public comment on the report will close tomorrow.

The feedback will be collated with the original report and will form part of the advice to the Minister for Local Government Relations, Jennifer Rankine so that she can make a decision on any proposed changes to how the outback is governed.

In June, the Minister together with the Trust, initiated a review of governance structures for local governance in the outback areas.

As at the 2006 ABS Census, the outback areas population was approximately 5000 people living in about 2300 “households” in small communities and townships, and scattered across large pastoral areas.

Th e population data excludes the towns of Roxby Downs, Coober Pedy, and the Aboriginal lands.

Th e review was initiated in response to the many challenges outback areas communities report they are facing, for example due to the mining and tourism boom in some areas, and dwindling populations in other areas.

Th e key issues emerging in the outback areas relate to the minimum levels and standards of service provision, and sus-tainability of projects, volunteer burnout due to reliance on a few individuals, greater expectations for management, and a greater need for compliance with increasing regulatory functions.

Other feedback included the limited capacity, skills, knowledge and expertise of the volunteers to perform certain func-tions, the unmanageable administrative burden, and training needs and planning and development issues, particularly in areas where populations are rapidly increasing.

The aim of the review was to look at the formal capacity of the Trust to respond adequately to the needs of the outback areas, and to propose possible future options for updated governance arrangements for the Trust.

52 people attended a Community Forum and 79 written responses were received.

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Do you yell Eureka when you strike pay-dirt in Opal, or is that for Gold?

Th ese photographs depict a recent “Big Find” of typical Andamooka opal, mined within the designated Opal Fields.

From all reports it’s the recent biggest single fi nd of opal of such size, weighing in at about 14 kilograms.

Of course the identity of the miners are like the street names that don’t exist in Andamooka.

But it’s a big injection for the town as opal fi nds around the small South Australian community are less common these days than previously, mainly due to the lack of any new mining areas being identifi ed in the area since 1971.

Opal mining is still active in the area, although not at the levels experienced in the past.

Andamooka Opal is of exceptionally high quality and has become more dif-fi cult to source over the last few years.

Australian opal from the Andamooka mining fi elds is amongst the best crystal opal Australia produces.

In 1954, an extensive search for the finest opal ever found at the South Australian opal fi elds was announced by the South Australian Government.

The opal would be presented to Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her fi rst visit to Australia it would become known as The Andamooka Opal, Th e Queen’s Opal.

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outstanding piece of rough opal which had been mined at Andamooka.

Th e Government selected this opal as the most appropriate and befi tting gemstone for this auspicious occasion.

Th e opal was then cut and polished by John Altmann.

Once cut it weighed 203 carats and displayed a magnifi cent array of colours including red, blue and green.

It was set with diamonds into an 18 carat palladium necklet.

In fact, Andamooka Opal adorned the hemline of the year 2001 “Opal Dress” worn by Tatiana Grigorieva, a breath taking beauty valued at AUD $500,000 and housed at the South Australian Museum.

Th e Andamooka opal rush began in the 1930s, 15 years after the great opal rush put one of Australia’s more famous Outback towns on the map – Coober Pedy.

Following the First World War, opal mining became popular throughout South Australia, but it wasn’t until 1946, when there was a large opal fi nd in Andamooka, that the town really took off .

South Australia’s opal mining towns now account for more than 70 percent of the world’s opal production.

Andamooka opal fields was first discovered in 1930 by two drovers from Andamooka Station who saw fl ashes of brilliant colour on a hillside after a rare thunderstorm.

Peters, the company that gave us Drumstick, Choc Wedge, Icy Poles and many other iconic Aussie ice-creams, recently celebrated a centenary of ice cream-making.

Th e brand was founded by Frederick Augustus Bolles Peters who began making ice cream in a shed behind his home in the Sydney suburb of Manly.

Initial distribution of the fi rst Peters ice cream, “Family Brick”, was done personally by Mr Peters via a horse-drawn cart.

In 1995 the Peters company was bought by Nestlé, and today, Nestlé Peters employs more than 500 people and distributes ice creams around Australia from the compa-ny’s plant at Mulgrave in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, producing close to 100 million litres each year.

General Manager Elco Schwartz said the company currently produces more than 200 diff erent varieties of ice cream, and to celebrate the centenary has released three new vanilla fl avours.

“Whilst we are constantly experimenting with and introducing new concepts and fl avours, there are some clear favourites, with Australians last year consuming more than 50 million Nestlé Peters Drumsticks,” he said.

“For decades, when it was known simply as Peters, the ice cream was dubbed ‘the health food of a nation’, and we remain very conscious of off ering low-fat, and portion control products in addition to the traditional favourites,” Mr Schwartz said.

A typical week would see around 200,000 cases of ice cream and ice treats shipped nationally to our customers; that’s over 10 million cases a year!

On average, a Nestlé Peters ice cream is enjoyed by someone in Australia every second of every day.

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Above: These amazing photographs of the Lunar Eclipse were sent in by Aiez Ahmed, a former Roxby Downs Area School student, now living in Adelaide

All you need is love; Th e Beatles wrote a song about it, most of us spend our lives trying to fi nd it, and now the fi ndings are out to end the debate once and for all.

Th e latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index Report, Extreme Wellbeing Groups, shows that Australians have a higher personal wellbeing when we are in a loving re-lationship, but money is also important - you actually need both.

Th e report uses the Personal Wellbeing Index and com-bines the data from all previous surveys from the past six years – a total sample of approximately 30,000 people.

Th e report distinguishes the demographic sub-groups of the population with the highest and lowest wellbeing in Australia - and observes the two most powerful factors infl uencing wellbeing - love and money.

It reveals the group with the highest wellbeing of all - Australians aged 76 and over, with a household income of at least $61-$90,000.

Author of the report, Professor Bob Cummins from Deakin University said overall, the two most powerful things we can do in our lives to maintain a positive sense of wellbeing is to work on our relationships, and manage our fi nances eff ectively.

“People with extremely high wellbeing tend to be wealthier people living with their partner.

“At the opposite end of the wellbeing scale, the mem-bers of the lowest groups have a low income, they don’t have a partner, and unemployment also comes into the picture. “If divorce or separation is added to the mix, the eff ect to wellbeing is devastating,” he said.

“For social service providers and policy makers, this is very important to know – it highlights some particularly vulnerable people out there who are doing it tough.”

While a partner and wealth are important for main-taining wellbeing, having a partner appears to be the most useful across all groups.

Anne Hollonds, Vice President, Relationships Australia says: “For us the results only further support our goal at Relationships Australia to encourage people to build stronger relationships to enhance the lives of individuals, families and communities.

“Th e results place emphasis on the importance of sup-portive relationships – people are more likely to feel healthier, happier and as these results show, improve satisfaction with our lives overall.”

Australian Unity Managing Director, Rohan Mead said the fi ndings also reinforce the importance of a focus on fi nancial literacy and planning,.

“Interestingly, increases in wellbeing start to hit a ceiling at a gross household income of around $90-$100,000.

“Beyond this level, wellbeing does not increase in line with increasing income.

Does love matter more than money?

Broadband briefi ngTh e Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts held a briefi ng in Port Augusta this week, to give local people and busi-nesses an opportunity to fi nd out more about fi xed line and mobile communications services, and the future of broadband in the region.

Th e Minister Senator Helen Coonan said the com-munications landscape for people in the Port Augusta region has changed dramatically over the past few years, and will continue to do so.

“Th e recently announced Australia Connected initia-tive will extend access to fast and aff ordable broadband to 99 per cent of premises, within two years,” Senator Coonan said.

“Th at is, more than 20 million people across the coun-try will be able to access broadband speeds at a minimum of 12 megabits a second—which is 20 to 40 times faster than the average today.”

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An exciting event was held at Arid Recovery recently, with the release of 20 bilbies beyond the confi nes of the fenced reserve.

Half of the bilbies released had been trained to be ‘predator aware’ and half had not, now the Arid Recov-ery team will be able to see if their training has made any diff erence to the survival of this once locally extinct species.

“Th e release happened over three nights and went very well,” Arid Recovery Ecologist Helen Crisp said.

“None of the bilbies have been taken by predators yet, so that is good.

“Th is release is the last stage of a project begun in 2004, which aimed to train bilbies to be ‘predator aware’.

“We captured our bilbies and sprayed them with ‘cat pongo’ (urine), so they would come to associate that smell with an unpleasant experience.

“Hopefully now they will be more street smart, or dune smart as the case may be.

“Half the bilbies released have been trained in this way and half have not, so we will be able to see if the predator aware bilbies survive better, and whether that awareness is passed on to any young they might produce.

“Th is sort of program has never been trialled on bilbies before, so it is very exciting for Arid Recovery, which will be monitoring the progress of the bilbies on the outside of the reserve.

“Arid Recovery is not just about the fenced reserve, we would love to be able to re-establish locally extinct populations outside the confi nes of the reserve, in which the bilbies have been going very well,” she said.

Camels from William Creek will feature in a two year walk from Darwin to Melbourne to help raise funds for the Children First Foundation.

Th e camels have been prepared for the journey and are expected to arrive shortly in Darwin so they can acclimatize for the trip which will start on Easter Sunday next year.

Th e expedition which takes in the Northern Territory, and Western Australia will travel through some of the harshest desert country in South Australia from the township of Marla to William Creek, the last stop before the tourist road

to Lake Eyre, (the worlds largest salt lake), to Maree via the historic Oodnadatta Track.

Th e expedition then takes route through the south east corner of South Australia through Lyndhurst, Leigh Creek, Parachilna, Hawker, Peterborough, Burra, Morgan and fi nally through Renmark.

Th e six camels have been hand selected over a period of fi ve years and especially trained for the expe-dition at the Explore the Outback Camel Safaris, William Creek under the instruction of Australia’s foremost cameleer, Phil Gee.

The Darwin to Melbourne “Thank-you” Camel Expedition will end at the Children First

Foundation residence in Kilmore, Victoria for the children in resi-dence to meet the camels.

Th e camel trek will take about one and a half years to complete and cover approximately 6000 kilometres as it tries to help some children with critical illnesses from countries where their future otherwise would be doubtful

Th e expedition hopes to raise funds along route for the Children First Foundation with the intention of assisting children in need, set-ting a target of $100,000.

It is a “thank-you” ride for Moira Kelly, the Children First Foundation, associated bodies and volunteers for their work and

eff orts.Moira Kelly has an impressive

and extraordinary record of help-ing others.

Some highlights include working with Mother Th eresa in Calcutta, AIDS volunteer in Victoria, helping Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana, working in soup kitchens in Johannesburg and nursing AIDS babies and feeding the homeless in the Bronx.

When Moira was 32 she organ-ised two Bosnian children for medical treatment in Australia, in which the beginnings of the Children First Foundation were laid.

Bilbies on parole

Hoons beware

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Roxby’s hoon drivers will need to adopt better driving behaviour, or risk the heavy hand of the law clamping down on their shoulders, and their wheels.

Police Minister Paul Holloway said SAPOL fi gures show an increase in driv-ers being charged with hoon off ences and cars being impounded during the 2006/2007 fi nancial year.

“Th e fi gures show that although the number of hoon off ences only increased by three per cent, there was an increase of 14 per cent in the number of cars impounded,” Mr Holloway said.

“Police should be congratulated for their eff orts in targeting this crime and impounding more of these cars.

“My warning to those that persist with hoon driving off ences is that it is only going to get tougher from here on in,” he said.

Officer in Charge, Roxby Downs Police Station, Sergeant Cheers said

hoon driving is a problem in Roxby Downs.

“Hoon driving is a problem, this is evident by the black tyre marks that are on many of the roads around town and the screeching of tyres that can be heard on many nights of the week,” Sergeant Cheers said.

“Th ere have not been any vehicles impounded in Roxby Downs recently, however it is a power that local police are well aware of and will be utilised as appropriate.

“Police require assistance from members of the public in providing statements in relation to hoon driving.

“Police can not be everywhere all the time, it is only with assistance from the public that this driving behaviour can be addressed,” he said.

New legislation will allow police to immediately home-clamp or impound an off ender’s vehicle for up to seven days and to apply to the courts to have that period extended to 90 days.

Photo courtesy of Arid Recovery

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In summary, generalised and strong support has been dem-onstrated for all of the “possible outcomes” for the Trust including clear preferences for “possible future options” for updated gov-ernance arrangements.

Th is includes strategic planning in consultation with community association and key stakeholders and to act as an advocate and voice for the outback areas.

Th ere is support for strength-ened links between Planning SA and the Trust, with the Trust undertaking an advisory role in relation to outback areas planning and development matters.

People of the Outback want powers for the Trust to enforce standards of local amenity at the request of a community associa-tion as well as providing support to volunteer organisations, ena-bling them to take on a more clearly defi ned role focussing on cultural and social development.

It was also generally recognised that a fair and equitable “user pays” arrangement for essential services to ensure future sustainability in the outback is inevitable.

Th e reliance on volunteers to manage and maintain certain services in most communities is increasingly being recognised as unsustainable in the longer term.

In some locations populations are dwindling and the volunteer “pool” is diminishing, whilst in others there is an unrealistic reliance on a few volunteers to take up increasingly onerous and complex management and regula-tory responsibilities.

As far as accountability and

transparency is concerned out-back residents want the Trust to undertake a strategic planning process (for example every three years) which includes consultation with communities and other key stakeholders and reviews progress regularly.

Some Community associations feel they are well placed to take responsibility for consulting with their communities and represent-ing local needs and priorities at the sub-regional level.

However, it was noted that Community organisations can sometimes be governed by a sec-tion of the community that does not represent everyone.

Importantly, there appears to be a widespread perception among participants that the specifi c and unique needs of outback com-munities are not well understood by centralised policy makers and service delivery agencies.

To this end the Trust was considered to be well placed and the appropriate agency to be the “voice of the outback”.

This could be extended to advocacy for infrastructure needs (roads, telecommunications, re-broadcasting services, water, power and waste management) as well as social needs such as access to health and community services.

It was also felt the Trust could have a greater role in liaising with Government agencies regarding mining exploration and leases in outback areas, to ensure the natural environment is protected and preserved, and eco-tourism is sustained.

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Rotary International is eager to establish a branch of the service club organisation in Roxby Downs.

It will hold a special three day information forum in town on the weekend of September 14th - 16th.

Governor of the North Adelaide branch of Rotary, Kerry Brandt-Wilson told the Monitor this week there’ll be two brief-ing sessions, one on the Friday night and another on the Saturday.

“We’ll be able to gauge the response and eagerness of people for the establishment of Rotary in Roxby and will hold a further meeting on the Sunday to get things rolling,” he said.

“We’re after people aged 18 years and over from both genders to get behind the concept.

“People who have been Rotarians in the past, those interested in serving their community or have an interest in service organisations are welcome to attend.

“We need about 25 committed people to form a chapter of Rotary in Roxby,” Mr Brandt-Wilson said.

If there’s enough support the Roxby Downs Chapter will be part of District 9500, which covers the vast area from Kangaroo Island to just north of Alice Springs and across to the Western Australian border.

“If we can get the chapter up and running this year then this will give new members a chance to be part of our next Rotary Youth Leadership Awards week at Hamilton Downs station outside of Alice Springs in April next year,” Mr Brandt-Wilson said.

“This week is all about bonding and building life skills and has proven extremely successful, worldwide.

“A Roxby Downs Chapter will open the doors to our highly successful international student exchange program where we have more than 7,000 students worldwide exchanging places each year.

“It also opens doors for our Science and Engineering challenges and other major programs especially those focused on our youth,” he said.

“Rotary invites everyone in Roxby Downs along to our information sessions this month and for the time and place of those sessions watch Th e Monitor or call the council,” he said.

Th e Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association has a new presi-dent following its latest annual general meeting.

He is Peter Allen who is not new to the position as he held the post more than a decade ago.

Out going president Mike Freeman decided not to take on the role again this year because of personal and busi-ness commitments.

“I had to take the pressure off myself so I could concentrate on other things I need to do, that’s why I’ve accepted the position of Vice-president,” he said.

“But I’ve been pleased with the things that APOMA has achieved during the past 12 months.

“Playing a significant role in the new town planning and governance structures for Andamooka and trying to get more formalised development

procedures in place,” he said.One of the other achievements is the

long awaited water supply for the town which is nearing its fi nal stages.

“We’re just waiting on Telstra to put in the communications and radio equip-ment vital for the new water supply,” Mr Freeman said.

“We’ll be starting fl ushing procedures for the pipe this week and hope to have the other communications work com-pleted within a fortnight or so.

“Andamooka is at a very exciting stage in its development.

“However because of the large slice of time and personal resources it takes to lead APOMA, I didn’t think I had the time that is required to commit to the development of Andamooka with my personal business commitments weighing heavily upon me,” Mr Freeman said.

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Above: Minister for Local Government, Jennifer Rankine.

Rotary comes

to Roxby Downs

Above: Kerry Brandt-Wilson, Governor of Rotary.

APOMA has a new President

Above: Outgoing APOMA President, Mike Freeman.

Horse ban liftedThe state-wide ban on the move-

ment of horses was lifted on Monday, replaced with a permit system until further notice.

Acting Primary Industries Minister Paul Holloway said that although South Australia has remained free of Equine fl u, in NSW and Queensland the situa-tion continues to worsen.

Chief Veterinary Offi cer Rob Rahaley warned South Australians to stay on high alert.

“I can’t emphasise strongly enough that for as long as horse fl u remains in Australia, then SA is at risk,” Mr Ra-haley said.

“Th e message is simple, for local clubs or people wanting to organise gather-ings of horses and people, if you don’t need to gather, please don’t,” he said.

A 27-year-old Port Pirie man was arrested for breaching a bail agreement and disorderly behaviour, an 18-year-old Stone Hut man and a 20-year-old Stone Hut man were both arrested for disorderly behaviour. All relating to an incident that occurred at a local licensed premises on September 2.

A 54-year-old Roxby Downs man was issued with an expiation notice on September 1 for exceeding the prescribed concentration of alcohol.

A 27-year-old Roxby Downs man was arrested for assault, disorderly behav-iour, resist police and hinder police after a disturbance at a local licensed premises on August 31.

Also on August 31 in an unrelated incident, a 35-year-old Andamooka woman was reported for exceeding the

prescribed concentration of alcohol and was issued with a 6 month immediate loss of license.

A 38-year-old Roxby Downs woman was reported for driving without due care and failing to stop after an accident after colliding with a parked vehicle overnight of August 30. About $4,000 damage was caused to the vehicles and there were no reported injuries.

A 26-year-old Port Augusta man was arrested on August 29, by members from Port Augusta CIB as a result of investigations in relation to two incidents – one that occurred in Port Augusta and one that occurred in Roxby Downs. Th e male was charged with aggravated assault and recklessly cause harm.

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A $3 million grant to Adelaide energy com-pany Torrens Energy will enable more accurate identifi cation of geothermal

energy resources in South Australia.

Th e Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Nick Minchin, said Torrens Energy has been off ered a $3 million Australian Government grant for its new technology that will help locate geothermal “hot spots” under the Renewable Energy Development Initiative (REDI).

“Th is grant shows once again that South Australia is on the cutting edge of renewable energy resource exploitation through innovative technology.

“With more geothermal companies in SA than any other state in Australia, SA is really the centre of excellence for geothermal energy in this country,” he said.

Th e software project involves a three-dimensional modelling process that will map where the best geo-logical conditions combine with high temperatures to produce the ideal environment for geothermal energy generation.

“Th is will mean more effi cient identifi cation of SA’s vast geothermal resources,” Senator Minchin said.

“Th is innovative software will give the renewable energy sector a vital tool to more accurately and effi ciently identify the best areas to extract natural energy.

“Th is project will help greatly in the develop-ment of clean energy with minimal greenhouse gas emissions.

“Torrens Energy is to be congratulated for being offered this grant, which further cements SA’s reputation as the place to be for this type of clean, green energy.”

The $100 million Australian Government Renewable Energy Development Initiative provides funding for projects with high commercial and greenhouse gas abatement potential.

An assessment of the per-well productivity for the Olympic Dam Geothermal Energy Project by Green Rock Energy estimates the net power capacity of each production well could be as high as 7.6MWe (Mega Watts of electricity).

Th e recently completed assess-ment was based on the conditions encountered in the hot granites in Blanche No 1 exploration well, drilled to 1.93km depth, by the Company, alongside BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine.

Company Secretary N Hodder said the results of the assessment undertaken by GeothermEx. Inc., a major United States based international geothermal consulting company, together with the large

area of prospective hot granites known from previous drilling, con-fi rms the enormous potential of this engineered geothermal project.

“Th is assessment follows on from the recently completed tectonic analyses undertaken of the Blanche No 1 well by the CSIRO which confi rmed the stress regime in the Olympic Dam hot granites is likely to be ideal for generating an optimal heat exchange reservoir,” he said.

Th e next step in the evaluation process is the mini hydro- fracture (“mini-frac”) in Blanche No 1 to measure the magnitude of principal stress directions.

The data from this mini-frac will be used in preparation for the drilling of the deep geothermal wells and fracture stimulation program to establish an engineered underground reservoir connecting

the wells. Th is mini-frac is planned for the

last quarter of this year.Th e Olympic Dam Geothermal

Energy Project, wholly owned by Green Rock Energy, is located in South Australia within 10 kms of the Olympic Dam mine and only 5 kms from a 275 kV and a 132 kV power transmission line connected to the Eastern Australian power grid.

The Company is undertaking the evaluation of an engineered geothermal system (“EGS”) and associated pilot power plant at Olympic Dam in preparation for the construction of a series of EGS res-ervoirs to provide the heat energy to power a large base load power plant with a capacity in excess of 400 MW.

The former Chief Government Geophysicist in South Australia has been recruited to head up a new ura-nium company being spun-out of the listed Monax Mining Limited which has leases near Roxby Downs.

Mr Dom Calandro - who played a major role in one of the State’s most successful mining initiatives – has been appointed Managing Director of Marmota Energy Limited.

Marmota is currently fi nalising its planned capital raising and public list-ing agenda based around key uranium acreage across South Australia.

In his Government role, Mr Calandro is credited with being largely responsi-ble for driving programs which in the past decade, have reduced exploration risk in South Australia and attracted new exploration investment, including through the highly successful PACE initiative.

“Th e signifi cant potential of Marmota’s tenements and South Australia’s favour-able regulatory regime were key factors in Mr Calandro’s decision to accept this position in the State’s private resources sector,” Monax’s Managing Director, Mr Michael Schwarz, said.

“To secure his considerable expertise at the head of a young exploration pro-gram is a coup for Marmota and a strong vote of confidence in the proposed capital raising and initial exploration program,” Mr Schwarz said.

“Mr Calandro has driven much of the gathering and dissemination of vital

information which has underpinned the explosion of new mining exploration in South Australia in recent years.

“This has put him in the unique position of recognising the calibre of Marmota’s acreage and Monax’s strategy which identifi ed the need to pick up this exploration ground at an early stage.”

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He was responsible for the design and management of a variety of large-scale government geophysical acquisition programs.

As Manager of the PACE initiative, he orchestrated a highly successful collaborative drilling program, large-scale geophysical acquisition projects and innovative data management and delivery improvement programs.

Mr Calandro also oversaw the acquisition of more than one million line kilometres of airborne geophysical data and 30,000 gravity stations over key prospective areas of South Australia, and helped direct the co-funding of more than 100 exploration drilling projects in the State by private explorers.

He is credited with helping develop on-line access by the sector to South Australia’s government collected miner-als information.

Th e fi rst drilling program by Southern Gold under its joint venture with Dominion Mining has confi rmed previous company drilling and extended the gold miner-alisation at Typhoon and Monsoon near Challenger, just south of Roxby Downs.

Shallow aircore drilling intersected both broad and higher grade intervals of gold mineralization such as 12m at 2.2grams per tonne and 3m at 8.1g/t.

A number of holes ended in gold mineralization (5gt at 50-51m) and over a much larger area than indicated by prior drilling.

Th is initial drilling success provides encouragement for a number of drilling programs Southern Gold has scheduled on the incompletely tested gold prospects in the highly prospective region of the million ounce Challenger Gold Mine.

Southern Gold strongly believes there is potential for more million plus ounce ore bodies in the Archean geol-ogy that hosts Challenger in northern South Australia.

Th e new results provide vectors to test for gold bearing shoots with similar dimensions and orientations to the ore shoots at Challenger.

Followup drilling is planned to test the depth exten-sions to the revitalized Typhoon and Monsoon prospects and to undertake drilling of other prospects initially delineated by calcrete geochemistry and shallow drilling in the 1990’s before structural models were established for the Challenger region.

94 air core holes totalling 5,238 metres were drilled on the Monsoon and Typhoon Prospects during June.

Drilling comprised 27 holes at Typhoon and 67 holes at Monsoon.

Th e holes targeted interpreted tight folding that paral-lels the broad trends seen at the nearby million ounce Challenger gold mine and also extensions to high grade gold hits identifi ed in previous drilling by JV partner Dominion Mining Ltd.

Drilling at both prospects identified broad zones containing similar rocks and sulphides as at Challenger, reconfirmed gold mineralisation and extended the volume of known gold zones.

Even though some Southern Gold drill holes were collared in the range of 5m to 30 m from previous drill-ing, these new holes are given high signifi cance because these are on par with the dimensions of a Challenger style M1 shoot.

Expert head for Marmota

Above: Mr Dom Calandro, Managing Director of Marmota Energy Limited at the podium recently.

Southern Gold ramps up near Roxby

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Information is Power.

Governments, corporations, businesses, even schools spend

billions of dollars each year on provid-ing information or trying to restrict information getting out into the public arena, because of fears it may damage them.

They employ high level Public Relations professionals, contract it out to PR companies, or just try and do it themselves.

Remember, PR professionals are paid to do a specifi c job.

Either to promote the good side of the company or stop information getting out that may be detrimental to their employer or client.

We’ve all heard the term “Gagging the Debate”.

Governments do it quite frequently, by using their numbers to stop further debate on an issue, so that information that could be damning doesn’t get out through the press. But there’s also “Gagging” in the public arena.

In the past few months there’s been some classic examples of this in Roxby Downs.

Major corporations with PR profes-sionals employed in the Corporate Services sector in Adelaide have attempted to stifl e debate on known problems in Roxby Downs.

Th is newspaper has boldly covered those stories on the front page during the past few months. Only to fi nd that phone calls have been made warning off those who speak out on issues aff ecting the community.

This is done either directly by telephone or of late, by email. But it doesn’t stop there.

Th eir employers are warned to ‘rein in’ the wayward employee or risk losing ‘us’ as a client and ‘our’ support.

Now you have to ask yourself.Are they so concerned about the

veracity of the information published, or do they want to ‘kill’ the debate from going any further, thereby reducing the bad publicity?

I think they know the stories are true and factual, so they move swiftly to stop further follow ups and hence

further public debate.Th e best way to discredit the mes-

senger is to declare them irresponsible, incompetent or un-Australian.

This is cal led ‘tagging the messenger.’

It happens in politics every election campaign. Just watch this next federal election, where there’ll be claims and counter-claims about each party run-ning a ‘dirt unit’ or smear campaign.

So when does the Public have a right to know.

Th is public right to question what governments, schools, businesses and even the clergy are doing goes right back to the great philosophers such as Plato and Socrates.

It was the emergence of the ‘Fourth Estate’, the media in our Westminster style of government, that acts on behalf

of the community to question what governments and the like are up to.

We interrogate them with questions on behalf of the community. We try and keep them honest and open in their dealings with the community.

Why not save billions of dollars a year, sack all of the PR guru’s, and just tell the truth.

If your company stuff s up. Tell the people you stuff ed up, don’t try and hide it.

Remember it’s not the scandal that brings you down, it’s the cover-up of the scandal that destroys you.

You can be assured that at least this newspaper will continue to ask the hard questions on behalf of the residents not only of Roxby Downs, but the wider community in the far north of the state, because they have a ‘Right To Know.’

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Ways to have your sayDo you have an issue that you want raised at any

of the meetings?Do you have suggestions, ideas or feedback

that you want passed on for consideration and action?

Would you like to come along to a meeting and speak about a topic?

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MEETING DATES

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Alcohol & Substance Abuse Partnership 19 September 7.00pm

Community Conversations 20 September 7.30pm

Volunteering Partnership 15 October 7.30pm

Business Forum (date to be confi rmed) October 6.30pm

Dates and times of meetings were correct at time of publication.

For further information and check venue locat ions p lease contact Michelle Hales on 0438 871 153

Th e Building Healthy Communities people are at it again, providing funds for a variety of community projects.

$5,000 has been contributed to the Community Garden.

Health focussed community notice boards have been purchased for Roxby Downs, Woomera, Pimba and Andamooka.

A new men’s health book will be distributed to all households, camps and pastoral stations and a new wheelchair has been purchased for pool use for people with disabilities.

Projects on the drawing board include the purchase of bicycles for hire through

the recreation centre and camps, hold-ing a health expo early next year and developing a workshop for families of children with Autism or Aspergers syndrome in the area.

“Th e project is about educating the community about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and being more active,” Project Offi cer, Sue Houlson said.

“Diet, exercise and well being all play an important part in maintaining good health.

“Avoiding tobacco and monitoring your alcohol intake can also help pre-vent chronic disease,” she said.

Th e biannual Community Conversations meeting will be held later this month and the Community Board is inviting all Roxby residents to come along and meet the Board and Forums.

“Community Conversations gives a chance for all Forum members and the wider community to celebrate the fantastic work achieved over the last six months,” Executive Officer of the Community Board, Michelle Hales said.

“Th ese meetings provide an opportunity for the Forums to interact and collaborate

on cross sector projects.“And because it showcases the projects

and activities undertaken by the Board and Forums it gives the wider community a chance to share in the successes and be more aware of the behind the scenes work being performed for the benefi t of all Roxby residents,” she said.

Community Conversations will be held at the Dunes Café at 7.30 on September 20.

RSVP Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818 by September 17.

The Drink Spiking Awareness campaign kicks off this weekend, with all licensed venues in Roxby Downs providing patrons with special drink coasters which will allow them to check to see if their drink has been tampered with.

An initiative of the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Partnership, the awareness campaign hopes to high-light the dangers of drink spiking in Roxby Downs.

“The campaign being run in

Roxby’s pubs and clubs is aimed at raising awareness of this problem in the community,” Partnership spokesperson Michelle Hales said.

“If it makes people more aware of the dangers of drink spiking and results in a heightened awareness of personal safety, it has been a success,” she said.

Roxby Downs Community Club Manager Stev Ellard has been a staunch supporter of the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Partnership

and said he was happy to be part of the campaign.

“We have a number of signs alert-ing people to the dangers of drink spiking,” Mr Ellard said.

“If a drink is left unattended at the club, staff will take it, as is required by liquor legislation.

“People can become quite abusive about this, however, it is the law and done for their own protection,” he said.

Roxby Downs can seem very isolated to parents of young children who have no family in the area, espe-cially if one or more of those children has special needs.

But help is never far away.Th e Miriam High Special Needs

Centre Outreach Program off ers sup-port to families who have a child aged 0 – 6 years with a disability and/or a developmental delay.

“Parents who have any concerns about their child’s development can come to us for support,” Outreach Program Coordinator Jodie Hills

said.“People think this service is only for

children with a diagnosed disability, it isn’t, it is also available for children who have developmental delays that have not been diagnosed, and we also off er support to the families of children who may be at risk.

“People do not need a referral, they can just call the centre or pick up an enrolment form at the Roxby Downs Health Service.

“Once a child is enrolled they are linked with a respite integration worker in the area, who will be able

to off er support to the family,” she said.

The Outreach Program offers information on where to obtain appropriate help and advice, contacts with relevant agencies, home visits, assistance with early intervention programs on recommendation from local and city based agencies and access to services that may be unavailable in the region.

For more information, or to enrol for the program, contact Jodie Hills on 8642 2200.

Conversing with the

Community

Above: Community Board Chairperson, Chris Schultz.

Building a healthy Roxby

Danger! Unprotected drink!Above: Community Club Manager, Stev Ellard.

Help is at hand

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Have you been in to see Sharon Wasley’s work at the Precinct Gallery yet? She has favoured us with a collec-tion of new work, most of it done in her home town of Woomera.

She has called the exhibition Colore. Not that I’m much good with languages. My last language teacher retired hurt in 1974. It was French I think, and he was a demure gentleman called Flexmore Hudson. He was part of the peculiarly Australian Jindyworobaks arts movement.

Th e philosophy of the Jindyworobaks was to free them-selves from all non-Australian infl uences. Th ey believed that Aboriginal culture showed the ideals of art. He was a mad as a fruitcake, in the nicest possible way. I was a year nine animal so who was I to judge? It’s when they started appropriating aboriginal language and symbols into their work that the Jindywoorobaks started to unravel.

I think Flexmore was infl uenced by the French artists of the time. Th ey had become enamoured by all things encountered in Africa and far off places. Anything around the Cape of Good Hope was good.

Picasso was collecting artifacts from Africa and Micronesia. Before him, Gauguin was living and working in Tahiti.

All the smart money was on noble savagery. Artists became fascinated with the hidden and mysterious codes of pre Christian theology as revealed in poetry, songs and designs.

What the Jindyworobaks recognised was that we live within this reality all the time, here in Australia, and especially in the desert.

Th is is the territory Sharon is exploring in her work. She doesn’t reference Aboriginal motifs directly, but there is a deep reverence for the land and the animals in what she does.

Sharon is fi rst a textural designer. She can fi nish work exquisitely and can be formal in her approach. Th en surprisingly, she introduces random elements and seems to be feeling around for the very texture of the land. Th is is her best work.

We are blessed to have a half decent gallery in Roxby Downs and we are blessed to have a policy that builds in encouragement for our local artists. According to a deal struck by Dave Kovac with Centre Management on behalf on the Arts and Culture Forum, local artists can exhibit at the gallery free of venue hire.

Recently we had Neil Sheppard from Kangaroo Island visit. He stayed for a week and did some painting in the gallery itself. He also taught at Andamooka School.

For an artist out side the region, the venue hire and commission is higher. Despite this Neil had a great time visiting us and has vowed to return next year.

In time we might organise exchanges where some of our artists visit Kangaroo Island and some of Neil’s friends visit us here again. Th ere could be a shared exhibi-tion out of that.

Which reminds me, given that the regional arts fund’s latest deadline was back on August 15 and the next one is not until February next year. We have fi ve months to get our ideas sorted about new arts projects and/or arts events.

The horse competition and all showjump-ing at this year’s Royal Adelaide Show has been postponed which directly aff ects

competitors from Roxby Downs and outlying centres.

Th e Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia has been monitoring the Equine Infl uenza situation and considering the risks of stag-ing the Horse Competition at the Royal Adelaide Show.

Th e Society has taken into consideration advice it has received from Primary Industries and Resources SA (PIRSA).

Th e Society says while this is disappointing, the decision has been made in the best interests of the Horse Industry.

Th e Society is aware of all the eff orts made by horse competitors in preparing for the Royal Adelaide Show and regrets the necessity of its decision.

Th e Society will consider the practicality and timing of restaging the Horse Competition later in the year.

Th e Society will refund entry fees already paid by the Horse Competitors and will undertake this administrative task after the end of the 2007 Royal Show.

Show visitors can be assured that there is still a very strong line-up of livestock and other animals which will be attending the Royal Adelaide Show this year.

Th ey include Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Alpacas, Goats, Sheep and Pigs.

Other key features will be unaff ected by this deci-sion and they include Dairy Farmers Milking Barn, BankSA Farmyard Nursery, Agriculture Learning Centre, the Exhibition Milking Dairy, Pigs and People, Streets Paddle Pop Farm Walk and the Pig Racing.

Th e Society will make direct contact with all Horse Competitors to explain its decision.

Arts matters

Our remote horses are a no go at the Show

A new exhibition at the Art Gallery at the Cultural Precinct will delight lovers of local art and Australiana alike.

Woomera artist, Sharon Wasley, has covered the walls with landscapes, por-traits and still lives, many with a distinctly local fl avour, that are a joy to behold.

“I love the great spaces out here,” Ms Wasley said.

“I really do think these areas get into your blood.

“Th e colours of the vast landscapes are so dramatic and I love the ruggedness of the countryside.

“I often get an idea for a subject to paint and it never turns out how I envisage it, it tends to evolve over time.

“My style is very eclectic, my husband says I’m a messy cook, I am also a messy painter, so acrylic paints are the best medium for me.

“I think our region has a very talented array of artists who have very individual and distinctive styles.

“I appreciate the opportunity to exhibit my work at the Precinct Gallery and thank Rodney Mitchell from Country Arts SA and the Roxby Downs Council for this invitation,” she said.

Sharon Wasley’s exhibition, ‘Th e View from Woomera’ will be on show in the Art Gallery until September 26, get along and drink it in.

A desert canvas

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Th is week was National Asthma Week and more than 2 million plus Australians with asthma were urged to take the time to ensure they have a current written asthma action plan.

According to National Asthma Council Australia chair-man, Professor John Wilson, asthma prevalence in this country is relatively high but we can minimise its impact through greater awareness and understanding.

“In the same way that daylight saving signals the time to change your smoke alarm battery, National Asthma Week is the time to make a resolution to consult your GP or pharmacist and prepare a written asthma action plan, or if you already have a plan, make sure it is up-to-date,” Prof Wilson urged.

Th ese written instructions help people with asthma, as well as their family, carers and neighbours, recognise how to tell if asthma symptoms are getting worse, and what action to take.

“Research shows that written action plans keep people with asthma in control of their condition. Th ey are better equipped to recognise deterioration of their symptoms and can respond appropriately,” Prof Wilson said.

Unfortunately, many Australians with asthma do not have a written asthma action plan, despite evidence that shows that asthma self-management programs that in-volve a written action plan have a greater reduction in hospitalisation than those that do not.

“People who have a written action plan have better controlled asthma, fewer asthma symptoms and fewer days off work or school because of asthma,” Prof Wilson explained.

Poorly managed asthma can be fatal. According to the latest statistics, 318 Australians died

from asthma in 2005.“Th ere is no cure for asthma, but asthma deaths are

preventable - we just need to continue to take it seriously,” Prof Wilson said.

Sample asthma action plans can be downloaded from the National Asthma Council website.

State and Federal Governments face runaway budget costs on Chronic Kidney Disease unless they undertake direct steps to commence opportunistic screening of high risk groups for kidney disease, Kidney Health Australia claims.

Anne Wilson, CEO of Kidney Health Australia said the neglect of dealing with Chronic Kidney Disease is clearly evident with not one community awareness advertising campaign about preventing kidney disease.

Th is is despite moderate to severe kidney disease being common in 16% of adults - in about 12 mil-lion Australians.

“Th ere is growing signifi cant evidence that Aus-tralia’s approach to chronic kidney disease should be changed.

“Both major political parties are yet to announce health policies to deal with the escalating costs of $1 million every week just to provide dialysis.”

Ms Wilson said, “At $52 million a year and grow-ing at 6% the escalating costs are not sustainable.”

Dr Tim Mathew, Medical Director of Kidney Health Australia said that preventative strategies for Kidney Disease had been identifi ed and proven eff ective but are not in place in Australia.

“Th e most signifi cant way of dealing with Kidney Disease is to introduce opportunistic screening of high risk patients by the introduction of a simple test at GP level to assess kidney performance of high risk groups.

“Th e latest Australian economic data show that an annual GP-based opportunistic screening of 50 to 69 year-olds, and intensive management of screen-de-tected patients with diabetes, high blood pressure or protein in the urine, will be a cost-eff ective strategy for preventing kidney failure and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

“Despite diabetes being the commonest cause of kidney failure, general practitioners are not re-quired to measure kidney function in the annual cycle of care specially paid for by the Federal Gov-ernment.”

1 in 3 people are at risk of developing Chronic Kid-ney Disease (CKD), 1 in 7, over the age of 25 years, have at least one clinical sign of existing CKD

CKD is the seventh most common cause of death, exceeding diabetes, respiratory disease, and sui-cide.

Mental health services will increase in central Australia and the Eyre Peninsula, following a $2.2 million boost in funding from the Australian Government.

The Australian Government is funding fi ve new professional staff to provide mental health services from Ceduna and across the Anangu Pitjantjatjarra Yunkatjatjarra (APY) Lands.

Th e Member for Grey, Barry Wake-lin said the funding would ease the diffi culties that people who lived in rural and remote areas experienced when they needed mental health services.

The Eyre Peninsula Division of General Practice gets $1.1 million

and the Nganampa Health Council also $1.1 million to provide mental health services in rural and remote areas of South Australia under this initiative.

The Government is providing more than $21 million for areas of high need - providing funds to or-ganisations that include Divisions of General Practice, Aboriginal Medical Services and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Th e increased funding is part of the fi rst stage of the Australian Govern-ment’s $72.3 million investment in the Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas initiative.

“The Australian Government is funding selected support organisa-

tions that are able to deliver mental health services in identified geo-graphical areas-of-need,” Mr Wake-lin said.

“Th ese organisations will deliver mental health services provided by professionals who include psycholo-gists, occupational therapists, social workers, mental health nurses, and Aboriginal health workers.”

Stage two of the initiative will pro-vide more mental health services in areas where capacity for service de-livery is low.

It will also focus on drought af-fected areas across Australia, with $20.6 million specifi cally earmarked for mental health services in these areas.

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Mental health gets a lift

A stone in the kidney campaign

Gold Medal winning swimming legend Susie O’Neill has gone from Madam Butterfl y to ‘Pink’ Butterfl y by togging up in a special Pink Ribbon swimsuit to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation in their mission to prevent and cure can-cer by launching this year’s Pink Ribbon Breakfast.

As ambassador of the Pink Ribbon Breakfast program, National Breast Cancer Foundation’s big-gest fund-raising event, Susie is encouraging all Australians to host a breakfast in October at their home, workplace, community centre, school or lo-cal park.

Pink Ribbon Breakfasts have been running since 2002 and in that time over 20,000 hosts have come together with their friends and colleagues to raise over $4 million, with everyone from large corpo-rations to individuals and community groups in-volved.

Susie in the ‘Pink’ swim

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People aff ected by drought will have online access to the Drought Law Forum, an innovative service off ering free support and informa-tion from lawyers located around Australia who are volunteering their time.

Th e Drought Law Forum has been launched in response to increasing pressures felt by rural communities as a consequence of the drought.

Twenty-five legal experts and rural counsellors across rural and regional Australia are volunteering their services as facilitators for the online Forum.

Visitors can post specifi c ques-tions which will be answered by state-based experts.

The Drought Law Forum is funded by the Federal Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs – Local Answers Programme and is aus-piced by Rural Law Online.

Farm debt is at an all time high and with 99% of farms in Australia being family-owned, the worst drought on record is taking a severe toll on rural families and their businesses.

Rural Law Online website manager Richard Coverdale says the legal issues faced by farming and regional communities as a consequence of the drought are extensive.

“Due to the length and severity of the drought, rural communities are experiencing a range of fi nancial and emotional hardships, which have direct legal implications,” Mr Coverdale said.

“It is critical for people experienc-ing legal problems because of the drought to have access to accurate and timely information.

“People can post anonymously to the Drought Law Forum and quickly receive free legal informa-

tion on how to deal with their specifi c issues.

“Th is service is a practical way of helping. It will help those in need to move on and rebuild their lives and businesses,” Mr Coverdale said.

People in drought aff ected areas are invited to post questions on any legal issue which aff ects them.

It is expected that legal issues covered in the forum will be many and varied and may include, credit and bankruptcy, family law, contract and employment law, neighbour disputes, water rights disputes and many other legal topics.

The Forum will also provide information on the range of State and Commonwealth drought sup-port programs available around Australia.

To access the Drought Law Forum visit Rural Law Online at www.rurallaw.org.au.

Roxby Coordinator for Clean Up Australia, Steve Moss, is at it again, organising volunteers to take part in a winter clean up.

“We are going to have a winter clean up on Sunday, September 16,” Mr Moss said.

“And I am inviting all Roxby residents along to the Lions Park to take part.

“In March, 60 people turned up and we got a hell of a lot done, it was really good.

“Th e Adopt a Road program volunteers will be cleaning Olympic Way, it has been suggested we should look at Axehead Road, which is pretty messy at the moment, and the parks and Emu walks need attention again.

“Basically, it will be for the volunteers who come to decide where they want to clean up,” he said.

Kick off is at 10am, high visibility vests, gloves and bags will be supplied.

‘It is better to give than receive’, that is a lesson every child should learn and it is one being taught by the Roxby Downs Area School at the moment, as the Student Voice gears up for ‘Operation Christmas Child’.

Operation Christmas Child is a project run by the organisation, Samaritans Purse.

RDAS has been involved before, under the guidance of Sister Patricia, but this year the Student Voice has taken up the reins.

“Th ere are several reasons for our participation in the project,” RDAS R – 12 Student Counsellor Rebecca Fischer said.

“Firstly, it is important for our students to develop empathy and compassion for others.

“Operation Christmas Child raises awareness in our students of the struggles that others face and hopefully begins to nurture a sense of compassion.

“And secondly, the project ties in with our school val-ues of consideration, commitment and courtesy.”

Th e school is holding a shoebox appeal, intending to fi ll shoeboxes with gifts to send to children in disadvan-taged countries.

Community members are invited to drop appropriate gifts in to the school for inclusion in the boxes.

Only new items can be included, the school suggests small toys, educational supplies, hygiene items, hard lol-lies, clothing, wrapping paper and of course, shoe boxes to place them in.

“If community members are able to donate any shoe-boxes, Christmas wrapping paper, or small items for the shoeboxes it would be greatly appreciated,” Ms Fischer said.

“Some items however are not suitable for postage be-cause of customs regulations but there is a display in the school front offi ce that gives all the information people need to donate successfully.

“Goods can be left at the front offi ce or sent to school with students,” she said.

Th e cut off date for donations is tomorrow, so get out there and do some good.

Dig deep, give generously

Drought farmers get legal help

Roll up, roll up, for the Roxby Winter Clean Up

Children’s books totalling $1 million have been distributed to 729 preschools and child care centres as part of a State Government project to promote reading and build literacy skills.

Th e $1m books initiative has provided books for every child in childcare centres and preschools in South Australia - a total of 83,000 books.

Minister Assisting in Early Childhood Development, Jennifer Rankine, says the initiative gives preschool children the chance to have a good start in life by developing important literacy skills at an early age.

“Th e project encourages adults to share books with young children and help them develop a love for reading. It’s designed to give young children a great head start with their literacy development before they reach school,” Minister Rankine says.

These books were made avail-able through a partnership between the Department of Education and Children’s Services (DECS) and the Public Library Services.

Research shows brain development and learning that occurs in early childhood is crucial to later development and good early experiences can bring long-term benefi ts to children, their families and the community.

The $1m book initiative supports a range of State Government programs to promote reading, including the Premier’s Reading Challenge and the $35m Early Years Literacy Program.

“We hope these extra books will encourage parents, as the fi rst teachers of their children, to ensure that reading to their young ones is a priority,” Ms Rankine said.

Above: Volunteers at last year’s Winter Clean Up!

Books for smart children

Th e Birdsville Races went ahead as scheduled last weekend, with one small modifi cation, no horses were involved.

With the races cancelled at the last minute, event organisers had to jam on their thinking caps to en-tertain the thousands of tourists that fl ock to the area for the outback carnival.

“Th e lead up to the races was very confusing,” Birdsville Racing Club spokesperson Gary Brook said.

“By the middle of the week it was obvious we wouldn’t have any horses, so we decided to hold a phantom race day.

“It was certainly unique and we tried to make it novel and lots of fun.

“Th e punters outside the pub held iron man com-petitions and had horse races using beer cans, core fl ute signs, stuff ed horse heads and string.

“Th en on Saturday, the races were similar to nor-mal, except there were no horses involved.

“We had a band, fashions on the fi eld, a corporate tent, bookmakers and several races.

“Th ere were fi ve wheelie bin races, people start-ed out of the starting stalls and raced 100 metres dragging a wheelie bin behind them and then visit-ing jockey Toni Hall and RFDS pilot Scott Owens squared off in a race on two small rocking horses, which Scott won.

“All in all, it was a challenge.“Th e racing club will suff er a signifi cant fi nancial

loss as numbers were down by over 50 per cent, but the people who came were committed to having a good time and they did.

“We’re pretty happy with the way it went,” he said.

Club President David Brook estimated the crowd was about 3,000 strong.

“We didn’t have as many people, but it was still a wonderful day,” Mr Brook said.

“We made about $16,000 for charities, slightly down on previous years, but it could have been much worse,” he said.

Birdsville raceswheelie bin

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NEWSMonitorThe

Roxby Downs Red Dunes Classic TriathlonSaturday, October 20, 2007

Swimming Cycling Running

Juniors Event Teams Event Open EventApplications now available from

the Leisure Centre and The Monitor

Follow your optimum training schedule in The Monitor (Page 19) every week!MonitorThe

RoxFM has a new phone system which will allow callers to speak live on the radio, but are the powers that be afraid of what people might say?

Not really, according to Vice President Geoff Osborne.

Th e system installed is a Macrotel digital system, which cost around $2,000, it will allow people to speak live to air, but it does not have the seven second delay many radio stations use to screen out abusive phone calls.

“Th e seven second delay is not required by law,” Mr Osborne said.

“The Austral ian Broadcast ing Association says we are to avoid censor-

ship wherever possible, so we treat the calls as if they were a live interview, and we can cut them short if anything inap-propriate is said.”

Mr Osborne said the new phone system will add another feather to RoxFM’s cap.

“Sometimes we have an interview lined up and the person is unable to reach the studio, this new phone system will still allow the interview to go ahead.

“We will also be able to ring up anybody, even politicians and put them live to air,” he said.

The new system was christened last week, when long time presenter ‘Crusty’ did a live interview and talk back on air.

N ationals candidate for Grey Wilbur Klein claims action needs to be taken

now to provide more equitable educational opportunities for children in rural and remote areas.

“The difficulty families have in accessing further education in larger centres and cities is also not equitable and needs addressing,” he said.

Mr. Klein who attended the recent Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association of Australia (ICPA) National Conference, said it is important for politicians to gain a clear understanding of issues that isolated parents face on a daily basis in struggling to provide their children with an education that is equitable with any other child in Australia.

“I admire this dedicated group of isolated parents and their strength, as well as their passion and resolve to keep up the battle,” Mr. Klein said.

The major issues discussed at the ICPA National Conference included the need for increased

access to tertiary and apprentice-ship allowances for isolated and remote students, better access to rural communication including broadband, increased support for students to access boarding facilities, better provision for early childhood and special education students, and greater support for rural and remote schools.

“As a parent, as a former school principal, and as a still active teacher, I am passionate about making sure children receive educational opportunities that are equitable,” he said.

“Th is includes children with dis-abilities and those who are blessed with special talents.

“All children deserve the best we can give no matter where they live and no matter what their circum-stance,” Mr. Klein said.

“I believe the situation faced by isolated and remote students and their families also highlights the situation for many more children and families across rural and regional Australia in small and large communities.

“Strong families make strong communities and education has a

major role to play. “It is time to change our focus

from party politics to people and in that way we may get some real and practical commitment to equitable education for rural and regional children no matter how isolated or remote they are.”

Mr. Klein said “I am a passionate supporter of more government funding being provided to achieve educational outcomes for isolated children equal to children from regional centres and capital cities, particularly at a time when the Government has a large budget surplus.

“Indeed even the Governor General of Australia, Michael Jeff rey who spoke at the ICPA Conference, raised these very concerns, and highlighted the needs of isolated families.

“It is also pleasing that the recent Federal Council of The Nationals called on the Australian Government to introduce a terti-ary access allowance for rural and remote students who must live away from home to access post-secondary education,” Mr. Klein concluded.

On air at RoxFM

Above: RoxFm presenter, Geoff Osborne behind the desk, with their new phone system that enables them to do “on air” calls.

Nationals back equity for country kids

Above: Nationals Candidate, Wilbur Klein.

Th e Roxby Downs Auxiliary Royal Flying Doctor Service Auction and Golf Day is approaching fast, so dig out your clubs, let the moths out of your wallet and sign up for a great day.

“Last year the RFDS made 92 land-ings at Olympic Dam,” RFDS Auxiliary President Marie McCormack said.

“That means every fourth day they assisted someone in our community.

“In remote regions such as Roxby Downs the RFDS can mean the dif-ference between life and death.

“The RFDS lifeline is of great importance to everybody in Australia,

not only in rural and remote areas, but in the city as well, and in desper-ate need of funds.

“Th is year’s auction and golf day starts with a 9 hole Ambrose Golf Competition, the auction begins at 1pm, at 6pm dinner is served, a mag-nifi cent fi reworks display will follow and then the auction will continue into the evening.

“It will be a wonderful family day and everybody will be well catered for,” she said.

Th e Auxiliary is still looking for auction items, for further information or to donate goods contact Marie McCormack on 8671 0228, Bronnie

Warren on 8671 0010 or Wendy Osborne on 0438 447 278.

“Anything is welcome,” Treasurer Bronnie Warren said.

“In the past we have had fridges, outdoor settings, autographed Guernse ys , p ot p lant s and barbeques.

“Last year we raised $56,000 and it was a good family day.

“This year will be just as good, so people should come along,” she said.

Th e RFDS Auxiliary Auction and Golf Day will be held on September 22.

Doin’ it for the docs

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WHAT’S NWHAT’S NACROSS THE REGION

SPORT

Friday September 7thRoxby Downs Bowls Club

Night Owls 8pm

Monday, September 10thKarate Auditorium

Colts (Age 5-12) 6pmJuniors/Adults 6:45pmContact Tracey Fouet

0400 894 429

Indoor soccer 6 -7pm

Volleyball7pm - 9pm

Tuesday, September 11thSquash 7pm - 9pm

Wednesday, September 12thKarate

Auditorium

Colts (Age 5-12) 6pmJuniors/Adults 6:45pmContact Tracey Fouet

0400 894 429

Th ursday, September 13thIndoor SoccerLeisure Centre

Social matches from 6pm All welcome

Contact Kenton Maloney0408 797 158

Woomera & Districts Football League

Saturday September 8thGrand Final

Olympic Dam v Andamooka

Roxby Downs Mens and WomensBasketball Winter Competition

May - OctoberSports Centre

Roxby Downs NetballSaturday’s

JuniorsUnder 9 play at 9am

Under 11 play at 10amUnder 13 play at 11am

Under 16 play at 12.15pm

Seniors play at 1.30pm & 12.15pmAll participants are asked to be

at the courts 15 min before their scheduled start

HEALTH

Roxby Downs Family Practice Phone 8671 3231

Roxby Downs Medical Practice Normal hours 9:00am-5:00pm

Saturday morning by appointment only. Phone 8671 1900

EyebusWoomera October 17th

Andamooka October 18thRoxby Downs October 18th

Visiting Allied Health ServiceOccupational Th erapist

Speech PathologistDieticianPodiatrist

Child Adolescent Mental HealthServices

For appointments phone8648 5800

Hearing ServicesSeptember 20th - 9.00am - 2.30pm

For an appointment call 1800 006 303

Roxby Downs Community HealthWalking Group for Mums With

Prams every Friday morningMeet outside the Dunes Cafe

at 9.30am

Australian Breastfeeding AssociationRoxby Downs Branch September 7th

10.30am - 12 noon What is normal weight gain for babies

Dunes Cafe

Doctors’ New Specialised Drug Telephone Number for

Medicare Use.1800 700 270

Weight Loss Support GroupTuesday Nights.Weigh in 6pm

Group Time 6:30pm – 7pmIn the Roxby Downs Hospital

Seminar Room.8671 9020

Crisis Care CounsellingUniting Care Wesley Port Augusta Regional Women’s and Children’s

Support Services call 1800 655 716 or call the crisis care line on 13 16 11.

For immediate response if feeling stressed call 0428 326 529 to speak

with a counsellor 24/7

EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Every Week

Visitor Information Centre8.30 - 5.00 Mon-Fri9.00am - 3.00pm Sat9.00am - 2.00pm Sun

Phone 8671 2001

Cultural & Leisure PrecinctMovies

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday

(see schedule below)Phone 8671 2001

Roxby Downs ChildcareMonday - Friday6.30am-5.30pm

Phone 8671 0911 for details

GymCultural & Leisure Precinct

Monday to Friday 6 am-12pm & 4pm - 9 pm

Saturday 8-12pmSunday 11-2pmPhone 86710500

Roxby Downs Community LibraryMonday to Friday 8.30-5.00pm

Saturday 9.00-12pm.Phone 8671 0660

for more information.

Toddlers Story Time Fun for young children and mums

Roxby Downs LibraryRichardson Place

Tuesdays 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Playgroup

St Barbara’s Parish School Phone Jakki 86712323

Roxby Downs Health Services Coff ee Mornings, Th ursdays 9.30am to

11.am at the Dunes Café.

Coff ee Mornings for Families Meet and chat for all families.

New comers especially welcome.

Every Friday Playgroup

Roxby Downs KindergartenPhone 86710455

Every SundayRaptors Cycling Club

Social Bike riding group from 8amContact Daryl Wake

0408 118 685

Roxby Downs Market Days

September 15thOctober 20th

November 17th

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

Community members welcome to attend any meeting of the Roxby

Downs Community Board.

September 10th - 9.30am- 11:00amNormal weight gains

Roxby Downs Health Seminar Room

Community BoardSeptember 24th - 7.30pm

Council boardroom

Business Forum(To be confi rmed) October 6.30pm

Environment ForumSeptember 13th 7.30pm

Alcohol & Substance AbuseSeptember 19th 7.00pm

Community ConversationsSeptember 20th 7.30pm

Volunteering PartnershipOctober 15th 7.30pm

For further details on Community matters call Michelle Hales on

8671 0010

GENERAL INFORMATION

Mt Dare Hotel Open every day 8:00am -9:00pm,

7 days.

School Terms 2007

July 23-September 28 2007October 15-December 14 2007

Art Gallery Exhibitions

August 26 – Sept 26 Th e view from Woomera

Sharon Wasley

September 28th – Oct 31st Africa and Beyond

Roy Fryer

November RDAS Year 12 Art Exhibition

RDAS Year 12 Students

November 30 – Jan 6 Collectanea

Various artists from the Clay Collective

December Festival of Xmas Trees

RD Library

Cultural Precinct

Visitors Information centreDunes café Art GalleryOpen Mon – Fri 8.30am – 5pmSat - 9.00am - 3.00pmSun - 9.00am – 2.00pm

Leisure CentreGymnasiumMon – Fri 6am – 12pm4pm - 9pmSaturday 8am - 12pmSunday 11am - 2pm

Creche for patrons of the centreMon –Fri 8.45am-12pm

Women’s only sessions Mon, Wed and Fri 12:30pm - 3pm

Aerobics Sessions Mon, Wed and Fri 9am

ROXBY DOWNS CULTURAL & LEISURE PRECINCTPhone: 8671 2001 Fax: 8671 2021

REGULAR SCHEDULE SPORTS CALENDAR EVENTS OUTBACK CINEMAMondayVolleyball 7pm - 9pmNippy Gym 9:30am - 10:30amKarate - 6pm - 8:30pmTuesdaySquash 7pm - 9pmIndoor Soccer 6pm - 7pmTaekwondo 6:30pm – 8:30pm12 years and overBasketball 7pm - 9pmSoccer on Tuesday 6pm – 7pmWednesdayWomen’s & Mixed Netball 6-9:30pmKarate 6pm - 8:30pmThursdayNippy Gym – Auditorium9.30am - 11.00amSquash 7pm-9pmIndoor Soccer 6pm -7pmTaekwondo 6.30pm – 8.30pm12 years and overBasketball 7pm - 9pmSoccer 6pm – 8pmNetball training 6pm – 7:30pmFridayIndoor Hockey 5pm - 9.30pmSundayTouch Football 5pm (town oval)

SEPTEMBERNow Showing

The View from Woomera

(Sharon Wasley)

KNOCKED UP

Rated: M Duration: 129 minFor fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later, to tel him she’s pregnant.Despite having little in common, the two decide that they have to at least try to make some kind of relationship work for the baby’s sake.

NEW SCREENING TIMES AT ROXBY

CINEMASaturday nights

- 7.30pm

Come and take advantage of our

Tuesday night specials

ALL tickets $6.00

Fri 7th 7.30pm Sat 8th 3.00pm Tues 11th 7.00pm

Th e William Creek Campdraft and

Bronco Branding carnival will be held

on Saturday 15th September at the

William Creek Gymkhana Grounds

BLADES OF GLORY

Rated: M Duration: 93 minIn 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men’s single competition.Presently, however, they’ve found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.

Sat 8th 12.00pm and 7.00pmSun 9th 12.00pm

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EMPLOYMENTMonitorThe

OHS Recruitment Supervisor (casual/part-time)

“Safety Employment Solutions”

Wilson People Management (WPM) is Australia’s leading OHS, HSE Search & Contracting business with operations in Adelaide, Perth and has recently opened a site of ce in Roxby Downs to service existing and new business.Essential criteria:· Self motivated and self starter· Source and interview candidates· The successful candidate will need to have tertiary

quali cations in a health related discipline· Maintain and build new client relationships and industry

networks· Business development across all industry sectors· Maintain and update administrative systems and processes· Contractor and project management· Develop business relationships and build WPM existing

relationshipsFor a con dential enquiry please call Ben Wilson 08 8232 9997 or simply send your resume to bw@wilsonpeople.com.

South Australia is continuing to lead the way in sustainable tourism, with the release of the revised South Australian Tourism Commission’s (SATC) Design Guidelines for Sustainable Tourism Development.

SATC General Manager of Tourism Policy and Planning, David Crinion says the updated guidelines aim to provide lead-ership and direction for future development within the tourism industry.

“Th e SATC is striving to assist every tourism business to be economically viable and ecologi-cally and culturally sensitive. As a State, our tourism vision is to be an inspirational leader in

innovative and sustainable tour-ism,” he said.

“Th e Design Guidelines will assist developers who share the SATC’s vision by provid-ing information about the design of sustainable tourism developments.

“Our natural environment is a significant motivator for travel and the State’s nature experiences contribute to our distinctiveness as a destination, generating economic benefi ts for the state and regions.

“The Guidelines aim to improve the quality of new tour-ism development by minimising the environmental impact.”

Th e Design Guidelines include

12 tourism development case studies from around Australia that showcase elements of sus-tainable design, construction and operation.

The case studies have been included as an inspiration for new tourism development.

The Rawnsley Park Station Eco-Villas are among those fea-tured, where renowned architect Paul Downton was engaged to ensure sustainability considera-tions were foremost in the design process.

The Eco-Villas feature a passive solar design, straw bale construction, double-glazing and a Biolytix wastewater treatment system.

“Attracting the right type of new tourism development is critical for South Australia’s continued success in the national and international market,” Mr Crinion says.

“Th e case studies highlighted in the document demonstrate what is possible when designing tourism developments with sustainability in mind.

“We are already a state known for unique attractions, and the Design Guidelines will help us build on that reputation through encouraging tourism develop-ment that capitalises on those attributes while also promoting sustainability.”

UNDERGROUND IT OPERATOR

You will be working underground at the Olympic

Dam Mine Site for one of our clients on their Cable

Re-claim Project Team.

You will need to possess the following attributes:-

• BHP Underground IT ticket

• Front End Loader Ticket (LL)

• Olympic Dam Site Inducted

• Underground Inducted

• Able to work a 6/6 roster – shift work

• Able to pass pre employment medical and drug

and alcohol screen

• Able to start immediately

• Accommodation allowance included

If you would like to apply for this position, please

forward your resume along with work references to

SKILLED.

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Fax: 08 8671 3082

Post: Po Box 197 Roxby Downs SA 5725

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EASY FINDBUSINESS INFO

YOUR BUSINESSDIRECTORY

Opal Road Landfi ll Opening HoursTh e Opal Road Landfi ll Opening Hours are

1pm – 6pm, seven days a week. Reidents are encouraged to utilise this FREE

service as the dumping of litter in reserves or lands surrounding the town attract an expiation penalty fee of $315.00 as per the Local Government Act.

Advertising on Council InfrastructureAdvertising on Council infrastructure such as

light poles can attract expiation notices under the Local Government Act.

If you spot any such advertising please notify the Council.

Dog RegistrationDog Registrations for 2007/08 fi nancial year

are now overdue. Grace Period for Registration expired on 31

August 2007. Th erefore an $80 expiation fee can apply, plus

an expiation fee of $80 for every day the dog remains unregistered.

Rates07/08 Financial Year Rates are in the process

of being issued.

ElectricityQuarterly meter readings for Electricity are

due to commence 24th September.

WaterWater Accounts are now overdue and late

fees have been issued. Please pay by the due date to avoid further

action.

ParkingPlease be aware that there has been an

increase in the expiation fee for parking in a bus zone, it has gone up to $73 from $47.

Justice of the PeaceJustice of the Peace services are available at

the Council offi ces by appointment only. Th e Justice of the Peace is registered for South

Australia only; therefore proof of residency is required.

Please contact Council front desk for further details.

Local WebsiteVisit your local updated website. New

Forums have now been added. Read what’s new and have your say in the

Forums at www.roxbydowns.com.

Service SA On Wednesday and Th ursdays only between

the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm Council provides Transport Services including Vehicle and Boat Registration and Licensing Transactions.

Rubbish CollectionResidents are reminded that there is a limit of

one bin per household for weekly rubbish col-lection and that it is the resident’s responsibility to ensure that bins are in serviceable condition with closable lids that prevent fl ies and birds from accessing rubbish.

Please be diligent as littering attracts an Expiation Penalty Fee of $315.00 – i.e. over fl owing bins.

Opal Road Landfi ll Opening Hours 1pm – 6pm seven days a week.

Council Offi ce Hours – GeneralMonday to Friday – 9am to 5pm.

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Phone Brent on 0411 042 423 or 8671 0891

Roxby Pool Cleaning and Yard Maintenance

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Mowing, weeding, edging and general maintenance.

Contact Wayne on 0447 839 635

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FOR SALE Olympic Colourbond Industrial Shed, 30m long x 9m wide x 4.5m high brand new never been erected available for immediate pickup. $22,450.00 + GST ONO Phone 0419 850 623

Council snippets

C h u r c h T i m e s

Andamooka Community Church. Sunday 2pm

St Barbara’s Catholic ChurchRoxby DownsSaturday evening 6pmSunday morning 9am

Roxby Downs Christian Community ChurchSunday 10am

Andamooka Catholic ChurchSunday 11amfi rst and third Sunday of every month

St Michael’s Catholic Church, Woomera, Sunday 5pmAll denominations welcome

Roxby Downs Lutheran ChurchSunday 10.30amand Sunday School – 9.30am

Faithworks ChurchSunday 10.00am at theRoxby Downs TAFE College.

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TRANSPORT/REMOVALS

Th e state government has no plans to ban rodeos in South Australia.

Environment and Conservation Minister Gail Gago said she had made this clear to the rodeo clubs during talks with them over changes in regulations on how rodeos are conducted which came into force this month.

“Th ese new regulations are designed to eliminate two areas identifi ed as being of high risk to rodeo animals, easily hidden small cattle prods and calf roping.

“We don’t intend to ban rodeos, but we believe these new regulations will sig-nifi cantly improve the welfare of all animals taking part in these events.

Th e new regulations follow more than 10 years of outcry from animal welfare groups which claim that the use of cattle prods in rodeos was outrageous.

Th e calf roping was also on the hit list from these groups because they claimed it injured the young cattle.

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REAL ESTATEReviewReview

Yours The bank’s

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Are you ready for a lifestyle, lifechange or your second home at Simms Cove, Gulfview Community Estate, Moonta Bay.

Choose from either the Moonta Mark II with three bedrooms and two or the Moonta Mark II with four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

An exclusive beachfront residential development cap-turing some of the fi nest sea views and sunsets Moonta Bay’s fabulous coast line has to off er.

Th is prestigious development will consist of 11 two storey Hickenbotham built homes specifi cally designed to off er superb views.

Each plan hosts around 200m2 of living area with a garage under the main roof providing secure boat and car storage and direct access inside. Th e rendered front facades on both homes are stylish and sophisticated and security has been given high priority with electric gate entrance for residents to access the estate.

Th e Moonta Mark II can be seen on Lot 5 and is ready for your fi nishing touches. An alternate option 2 design is under construction on Lot 4. Th e Moonta Mark III is built on Lot 7 and ready to move into with an alternate option 2 design currently under construction on Lot 11.

Built to “Executive” specifi cations these open plan living designs include upgraded kitchen appliance, bath-room tapware and security and accessories, colourbond roof, fencing, key locks to all windows, wall and ceiling insulation, built in robes to bedrooms 2 and 3.

Relaxed, hassle free lifestyle with spactacular ever-changing views, day after day, season after season.

A location like this coupled with high quality housing development makes Gulfview Community Estate worth a visit.

Set on easily maintained grounds why not enjoy your morning coff ee or toast the sunset at night from your balcony, or you can wander down to the beach via a community personal access gate leading onto the public walkway and straight to the beach.

Th ese homes just need your selection of fl oor cover-ings and window treatments that best suit your personal requirements.

A seaside estate of such a grand scale is the fi rst of its kind for this rapidly growing area, so be quick to be a part of this exclusive resort way of life.

Click on our virtual tour at www.century21.com.au/yorkepeninsula, Reference SA299243 and SA2992443.

For more information or contact Greg Smith at Century 21 Yorke Peninsula on 08 8825 2555 or 0418 859 017 seven days a week. .

Lifestyle life change at Simms

Cove, Moonta Bay

A $16Million residential development and marina berth at Port Vincent, Australia’s Tidiest Town in 2005, is the brainchild

of Paradise Development’s John McDonnell, who undertook the planning and construction some 15 years ago.

Named Vincent Landing, it is fast becoming one of the most sought-after and aff ordable locations on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula.

Only four seafront allotments are available and all have pontoon pylons in place, and 15 street-front allotments are available with the blocks ranging in size from 554 square meters to 986 square meters.

Th e commanding views across the bay, access to white beaches, superb fi st-class boating and fi shing facilities and the conveniences and views of Port Vincent enhance this subdivision.

For more information, please phone Len Easther at LJ Hooker Port Vincent and Minlaton, (08) 8837 3620 or 0418 373 620.

Vincent landing, Port Vincent

Vincent Landing

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REAL ESTATEReviewReview

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Australian Mortgage Broker Mortgage Choice claims myths need to be dispelled about mortgage broking to engender understanding that it is an industry growing at a steady pace because it provides a valu-able service to increasingly time poor consumers.

Th e company says the growth prospects of the sector, which is less than 20 years old, are looking positive.

A recent report by JP Morgan Fujitsu confirmed its strong position, saying the proportion of broker originated home loans has risen to around 37% of the market and an estimated 45% of

new housing lending volumes. The company’s national

manager Corporate Affairs, Warren O’Rourke said more Australians would benefi t from the service of a reputable broker if they were educated about the service and how to use it to their advantage.

“And, more Australians would consider mortgage broking as a career if they knew how reputable the majority of the sector is.

“Th ere has been a signifi cant amount written about the mort-gage broking sector over recent times, though some of this has portrayed the industry unfairly.

“A lot of the media cover-age assists in better public understanding of this growing fi nancial services sector; some of it however has done more to misinform than to inform,” he said.

“Mortgage broking has become an important contribu-tor to the way Australians think about mortgages and how they go about getting their housing fi nance.

“It has saved many a borrower time, money, stress and eff ort by enabling them to compare a range of lenders and a range of loans within the one meeting”.

Breaking the myths of mortgage broking

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New home sales fell in South Australia at the start of the new fi nancial year.

HIA’s new home sales fi gures just released show a 4.8 per cent drop in the sale of new homes among South Australia’s largest builders in July.

Sales were nevertheless up by 28 per cent over the three months to July thanks to strong results in May and June.

HIA’s Regional Executive Director, South Australia, Robert Harding, said that the weak update for new home sales at the start of 2007/08 came before the negative impact of the August rate hike.

“We saw a healthy end to 2006/07, but this is a disappointing fi rst update on the home build-ing industry in the new fi nancial year given that

it occurred before mortgage rates rose.“Record low housing aff ordability is a mas-

sive challenge for the new residential sector in South Australia and it is crippling the chances of new aspirants achieving the goal of home ownership,” Mr Harding said.

“While ever this situation persists the sus-tainability of a recovery in new home sales is in serious doubt.

“For renters of both detached and other types of housing a signifi cant increase in supply is essential to turning around the aff ordabilty crisis.”

HIA’s new home sales survey is compiled from a sample of the largest 100 residential builders in Australia and is the most leading indicator on new housing activity.

Th e idea that blue-chip inner-city property will always show better capital growth than property in the outer suburbs is repeated so often that it’s become a mantra.

But it’s a myth, according to a hard-headed analysis of median growth rates published in the August edi-tion of Australian Property Investor magazine.

Whether examined over one, fi ve, ten or fi fteen years, it’s diffi cult to fi nd examples of top-end locations that have led the market in terms of capital growth.

“Th is research should give property buyers pause to think about what they’re constantly told about prime property,” API editor Eynas Brodie said.

“We’re not saying that blue-chip prop-erty won’t show good capital growth but what this research does suggest is that

homebuyers and investors shouldn’t just assume that property in so-called ‘prime’ locations is going to outgrow property in other areas.

“In particular, the numbers published in API suggest that ‘ugly duckling’ suburbs that undergo gentrification and transform into ‘property swans’ can show better capital growth than traditionally prime areas.”

API’s analysis covers the capital cities of all the mainland states.

Among the fi ndings for Adelaide show that figures from the Real Estate Institute of South Australia allow a comparison of growth rates between 1996 and 2006, a timeframe that includes Adelaide’s one-in-20-year property boom.

It shows that the best performers all recorded price growth above 230 per cent over 10 years but only one of Adelaide’s 10 most expensive suburbs achieved growth that high – seaside Tennyson, where prices grew 340 per

cent since 1996 to reach a median price of $817,000 last year.

Of the 20 fastest growing suburbs over 10 years, 11 have median prices under $350,000, seven are in the middle price range and only two are prime suburbs.

Th e resurgent Port Adelaide was the star, with prices growing 500 per cent over 10 years to reach a 2006 median house price of $345,000.

More mainstream were areas like the inner northeastern suburb of Hampstead Gardens, where prices grew more than 300 per cent to reach $350,000, and Hillcrest in the northern suburbs, which delivered a 275 per cent rise in the median house price to reach $273,000 last year.

Suburbs with median prices below $300,000, like Peterhead, Birkenhead, Dover Gardens and Maslin Beach, all showed price growth between 235 and 265 per cent – which means prices more than trebled over 10 years

New home sales fall

The ugly duckling is a swan

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Th e Hindmarsh River on the Fleurieu Peninsula is reliable for small bream on plastics or prawn baits.

Patient fi shermen have been rewarded with legal fi sh late in the afternoon.

Port Broughton Jetty has salmon trout and very small whiting - all size limits should be carefully checked.

Above: Snapper fi shing, one of SA’s most reliable and thrilling fi sh to target.

Woomera and Districts Football League

SCOREBOARDOlympic Dam 17 goals 8 points 110 points Roxby Districts 14 goals 7 points 91 points

Best players for Olympic Dam: C Green, N Burton, N Shinnick, To Horn-

hardt, P Trotta.

Goal scorers: M McShane and D Summerton 4 goals each, N Burton 3 goals, T

Martin 2 goals, A Petty, S Chapman, A Marshall and N Shinnick 1 goal each.

Best players for Roxby Districts: R Wenzel, S Kaminski, D Hannon, R

Cuneen, D Sims.

Goal scorers: T Paull 3 goals, S Ballestrin, R Prosser, K Zeptner and D Sims 2

goals each, R Cuneen, J Orr, L French and J Owens 1 goal each.

Junior Colts - Under 12’sHawks 9 goals 7 points 62 points Bulldogs 3 goals 6 points 24 points

Best players for Hawks: J Vanzati, S Orr, L Ryan, B Smith, J Katzorke.

Goal scorers: J Katzorke 5 goals, J Vanzati 3 goals, L Ryan 1 goal.

Best players for Bulldogs: J Collins, C Haugum, H Harrison, D Kenny, L

Partington.

Goal scorers: Z Ingles 2 goals, D Kenny 1 goal.

Senior Colts - Under 16’sBulldogs 12 goals 6 points 78 points Hawks 5 goals 13 points 43 points

Best players for Bulldogs: J Hombsch, J Kenny, J Bowden, J Elliot, V Buza.

Goal scorers: K Zeptner 5 goals, J Bowden 4 goals, B Kelly, J Hombsch and S

Traeger 1 goal each.

Best players for Hawks: A Wissel, K Lynch, T Chesson, D May, L MunroGoal scorers: T Paull 2 goals, K Reynolds, B Johnson and K Lynch 1 goal

each.

Local HotspotWest Lakes has proved a very

reliable hot spot over the past few months.

Anglers targeting bream are enjoying great success on soft plastics and tube worms.

Additional captures have included mulloway, king george whiting, salmon trout and the odd blue swimmer crab have been sighted.

Bream captures as always, are best at dawn or in the evening.

Boaties7 mile reef out from Victor

Harbour has thrown up a few Blue Morwong earlier in the week.

Th e ledge at Coffi n Bay which is only a stones throw from the boat ramp has king george whiting.

Small fl athead are available in Kelidie Bay.

Wallaroo anglers reported Th e Illusion wreck holding nice snapper.

Most fi sh are in the 3kg - 6kg range and are giving a healthy fi ght for their size. A few squid have started out from Marino Rocks.

Wednesday netball resultsMIXED:AlleKatz 31 defeated Destroyers 21Nana’s 45 defeated One-ders 8 A GRADE:Miners A 34 defeated Tangos 26Gecko Girls 48 defeated Cruisers 37B GRADE:Andamooka Roos forfeited against Jaff asMiners B 48 defeated Pink Ladies 30

Friday HockeyTeam 4 forfeited against the BilbiesSkilled (11 goals) defeated Team 1 (4 goals)Devils forfeited against Storm

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Th e Roxby Downs Golf Club held the TYCO/Meyers Stroke competition on Saturday.

Th e Overall Winner was Rick Russell, Robert Charman won the A Grade competition, Glen Mungur won the B Grade and Colin Kassisi the C Grade competition.

Th e longest drives were struck by Robert Charman, Glen Mungur and Craig Brown.

The best putters were Damien Flavel and Glen Mungur.

WEEK 4 – COMMENC-ING 10/9/2007

Goals: Introduction to training at diff erent inten-sities. Begin to record your distance and time, to enable you to set race goals. Th is week is a little more intense than previous weeks, but

hang in there, we will take it easy in Week 5.SENIORSMON STRENGTH TRAININGTUE RESTWED RUN 3km (time yourself & establish your current

speed)THU BIKE 30MIN easy paceFRI STRENGTH TRAININGSAT RUN 30MIN steady pace SUN BIKE 40MIN steady pace*** Pool Opens Mid September***JUNIORS

It’s time to incorporate a “brick session” into your training. Aim for a quick, smooth changeover from bike to run.MON BIKE 12MINTUE RUN 7MINWED RESTTHU BIKE 15MIN / RUN 5MIN (consecutive brick ses-

sion)FRI REST SAT BIKE or RUN 10MIN easy pace SUN REST

TRAINING TIP: STRETCH – Stretching in your warm up and cool down will help prevent muscle soreness between training sessions.

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Rebels 1 is the new champion softball team in Roxby Downs after a hard fought Grand fi nal at the weekend against Shakers.

Final Score: 14 to 10 – Rebels 1 winningA fun match started off the day with a combination of

Devil Cat players and children having a hit at softball. Th e grand fi nal started with Shakers winning the toss and electing to bat fi rst.

Damin Saxton was a strong pitcher for Rebels 1 striking out several batters in the fi rst innings, although Shakers did well to score vital runs early in the match.

Rebels trailed 2 runs to Shaker’s 6 runs at the top of the fourth innings, however strong fi elding and strategic batting in the 5th innings allowed Rebels to take the lead, they also worked hard to hold the runs in the 6th and 7th to take the game just after two hours of play.

Th e association would like to thank Devil Cats for umpiring the match and RDAS for the use of their shades for the day as well as all the helpers and supporters who came out throughout the season and on grand fi nal day.

Highlights• Jacob Haugum took a fantastic catch at left fi eld for

Rebels 1• Leigh Jameson (Jamo) hit a magnifi cent home run for

Rebels 1• Marc Lucas from Shakers also hit a home run

Presentation night resultsSeniorsPlayer of the year (sponsored by Boart Longyear)

– Glenn Bassett - ShakersMost Home Runs – Adrian Harris – Devil CatsMost Catches – Marc Lucas - ShakersMost Improved – Siobhauu - ShakersMost Conscientious – Russell Marks – Rebels 2Best and Fairest (sponsored by Orica) – Simon James

– Rebels 1JuniorsBest and Fairest (sponsored by Russell Marks) – Kerri

Stuckey – Rebels 1Most Outstanding – Jacob Haugum – Rebels 1Most Improved – Callan Haugum – Rebels 2Most Conscientious – Nick Fernandez – Devil CatsMost Valuable PlayersDevil Cats – Karen Bingley Rebels 1 – Geoff HaugumRebels 2 – Chris JonesShakers – Rob Kinnaird2007 Major Sponsors Boartlong Year Orica Macmahons

AGM will be held in the upcoming weeks, more details will be available soon. Positions have become available including club president and treasurer. If you have any questions please contact Nat Jones on 0412 782 018

Softball has a new Champion

Above: Rebels 1 Catcher, Geoff Haugum. Above: Sending it down.Below: Now that was a strike!