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Thursday 12 March 2015
DONNA’S RUSH STILL PRODUCING
OPAL BUT COSTLY TO MINE
Donna’s Rush situated around
50km from Coober Pedy on Mt
Clarence Station has produced
some top dollars for some of those
opal miners who worked the field
when it first opened in July 2011.
The field was discovered by partners
John Dunstan and Paul Reynolds.
John had seen opal floaters there some
years before.
At the time of the rush, the Coober
Pedy Regional Times reported the
following:
“John and Paul started drilling in
early July. There was a smattering
of shallow drill holes and some
meagre dozer excavations but
nothing of any real substance. They
put down around 30 shafts before
they cut colour.
“I remember when we first cut
colour,” John says, “It dropped out
of the bucket and our jaws dropped
with it, we couldn’t believe it! It
was barry, blue, green, chunky
material…a great indicator of more
opal to come.
Phil Van Poorten and offsider Jordon Whalen at Donna’s Rush last week as
temperatures begin to subside.
That’s when we started chasing it along what
looks to be a fault. We jumped 30 feet from the
original shaft, 60 feet, and then 90 feet… the
material kept coming up! I’m stuffed if I know
what’s there but it could be big!” said John.
Phil Van Poorten is one opal miner who continues
to work out on Donna’s Rush. Despite the
distance Phil is hooked on the quality of opal
coming out of this field and believes he is in for a
chance.
“We’ve now put 12 shafts over a 260 foot length
along the slide and every one of them has cut
good blue/green crystal,” said Paul. “On the
twelfth shaft we started bringing up the best opal
so far and (of course) the drill broke. We had it
repaired in a couple of days and straight back
into it.”
Phil is an experienced opal miner but known to
most of us as the Manager of the Water Supply
operated by the DCCP.
There are now over 50 registered claims and over
100 pegged at Donna’s Rush, the most at any
one field since Opal Ridge back in 2007.
CPRT Thursday 4 August 2011
Daylight savings is a bonus for those opal miners
with a day job. Phil is able to get out onto the
field most weekends, and most days after work
has finished.
At present Phil is following a slide and is not
thinking of pulling his machinery for greener or
bluer pastures.
Reflecting back now that we are in 2015, we
know that Donna’s Rush has produced
somewhere between half, to a million dollars
worth of opal. One company sold Donna’s Rush
opal in the rough for $18,000 per ounce.
Young mining offsider 16 year old Jordon Whalen
is a friend of the family from Ardrossan and
attends Coober Pedy Area School. Jordon already
knows his way around the opal operation and
sees opal mining in his future.
John Dunstan told us that some of the opal they
drilled up with their caldwell was sold for up to
$6,000 per ounce. “That in itself is fabulous”,
said John.
Phil originally from Port Kenny told us that he
heard about opal mining from a friend Bruce Payne
and so travelled from Port Kenny to Coober Pedy
in January 1995 just to have a look. That was 20
years ago and Phil has been here ever since.
“The problem with Donna’s Rush isn’t that it
ran out of opal; it’s just too expensive. All up to
travel out to Donna’s Rush it’s 100km round trip
For a good part of the way the roads are very
rough so not just fuel and time, but wear and
tear on the vehichles is a major factor.”
“The area needs a lot of test drilling done to be
able to find the deposits more easily”, said John.
His early mining partners were Vin and Gary
Russell. “We worked as pillar bashers out at Hans
Peak with a blower and explosives. We also
worked at the 6 mile,” said Phil.
“We mined one of the Christianos mines out at
the 8 mile. We pulled most of the old ballrooms
down and mined the pillars,” he said
Continued page 10
SERVING THE OPAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD SINCE 1982
7 DAYS WEATHER
Editor - Margaret Mackay
Coober Pedy Oodnadatta Tarcoola Andamooka
PO Box 275 Coober Pedy SA 5723
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Coober Pedy -
an underground town, built
on the back of opal mining
333 days sunshine
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Coober Pedy is Australia’s real ‘Down
Under’, famous for its fabulous opals and bizarre
subterranean homes. For generations, miners
have dug into the white and orange rock to extract
the valuable, sparkling stone. The tunnels and
chambers were converted into undergrounds
homes in order to escape from the desert heat.
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Coober Pedy ‘evolved’ as the result of
a massive post war Opal Rush where hardy
pioneers developed a make or break precious
gem industry in the desert terrain.
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CROSSWORD
Opal miners at work in Coober Pedy
See the spacious UNDERGROUND
SERBIAN CHURCH with it’s magnificent
stained glass windows and carvings.
Visitors can stay overnight and
experience underground life as the locals do!
Enjoy LAWN BOWLS, TENNIS and
TABLE TENNIS in the friendly atmosphere
of the United Club Sporting Centre.
Spend a day on the most challenging
GOLF COURSE in the world.
During Easter Coober Pedy holds its
annual OPAL FESTIVAL & GEM TRADE
SHOW
Arrive at COOBER PEDY on the
famous GHAN TRAIN
Visit the OPAL FIELDS - you’ll
believe you’re on Mars. Join tours to local
mines to see how they work and get the
chance to noodle (fossick) for your own opal
Take a tour to the natural landscapes
outside the town (see film locations like Mad
Max: Beyond Thunderdome and Red Planet)
including the PAINTED DESERT, the
colourful BREAKAWAYS and the MOON
PLAIN
Join the MAIL RUN out of Coober
Pedy to deliver outback mail! Take a leisurely
flight over the spectacular LAKE EYRE
Be part of the last frontier mining town and
its living history 100 years on. For more
information on the Opal Capital of the
World, go to: www.cooberpedy.net
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Coober Pedy Regional Times
Thursday 12 March 2015
Mayor Brokers Sponsorship Deal with Local Paper
Mayor Stephen Staines recently brokered a sponsorship
deal between the Coober Pedy Centenary (owned by
Council) and the Coober Pedy Regional Times (CPRT).
“It was a ridiculous situation,” explained Mayor Staines.
The administration staff at council created a monthly
Council Newsletter, and in effect, boycotted the
newspaper for the most part. The CPRT then became
unable to sponsor council owned causes due to the rift.
“We have this once in lifetime opportunity [the centenary]
and I was so frustrated with the reluctance of some people
to understand that we all live in Coober Pedy which means
we are all in this together. In life, we have two choices,
we either build bridges or we burn them.
Thanks to the efforts of our new Mayor that the
relationship between our local council and our local
newspaper is on the way to being mended.
The Mayor had received many phone calls from concerned
residents in regards to the matter.
The CPRT and the Council had a falling out last year when
the CPRT reported that some Councillors were supportive
of a Transitional Accommodation Centre in our town when
they had no understanding of what the potential impacts
could be. Our previous Mayor, Mr Steve Baines, described
the community consultation efforts of the State
Government as “deplorable” at the time.
The contract to supply council with a monthly page for
‘council news’ soon came under threat when members
of council’s administration including previous CEO Phil
Cameron, chose to broadcast the special rates the council
received despite the fact that the rates were provided as
commercial-in-confidence (meaning not for public
broadcast due to commercial competition sensitivities).
“The bridges had been burned in the past,” Mayor
Staines explained. “I was building the bridge from one
side and was hopeful that that was enough but it turned
out that it wasn’t. I realised I had to build the bridge
from the other side as well. The bridge isn’t finished yet
but its well on the way,” he concluded.
The sponsorship agreement is that the CPRT provides
50% of the cost of advertising for our centenary as
sponsorship and the Council pays for the other 50%.
That’s a win-win-win solution for our council, our paper
and our community. With only one edition of the CPRT
left before our major celebrations though, to some it may
seem like too little too late.
“What Council either failed to realise or chose to ignore
is that I used to provide a council page once a month for
a fee that had not increased for over 7 years in fact I
had inherited the price structure from the previous owner
which had been an Incorporated Association Committee.
said Margaret Mackay, owner and editor of the CPRT.
“On top of that I have supplied well over $20,000 worth
of sponsorship to council and community events every
year through free advertising. I also instigated a
sponsored page for the Childcare Links and Youth
programs that were externally funded and operated by
Council staff. It was hoped that by publishing their events
regularly, it would help to retain their funding to enable
our community to benefit from the programs”!
“It has been an honour to provide this service to our
community, but it has been disappointing to see what I
believe has been ongoing unprofessional behaviour
occurring in our council.”
“I’d like to thank Steve Staines for being such a strong
believer in the Coober Pedy Regional Times and our
community,” said Ms Mackay.
Our Centenary will now feature in our local paper but
there is the ongoing issue of the council page missing
from our local newspaper and rematerializing as the
Council Newsletter!
Only time will tell if that situation can be remedied as
well.
Coober Pedy 100 Years
And Still Rocking
Photo from
Coober Pedy Times
1984 featuring
Barry Lewis,
David McCormack
and Cecil Betts
Join Coober Pedy musicians past and present as we
celebrate Coober Pedy's 100th Birthday
April 4th.
Easter Saturday 2015.
8.00 pm till late
At the Italian Club
All musicians are donating their time and effort for this concert
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Thursday 12 March 2015
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Coober Pedy Police News
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On Wednesday 25th February 2015 Police arrested a
24-year-old man from YALATA when he was detected
driving whilst disqualified and driving an unregistered
motor vehicle. He was on bail for similar offences at the
time of this offence. He was further charged with
breaching his bail conditions. He was bailed to appear in
court at a later date.
On Friday 27th February 2015 Police were called to
North West Ridge Road, COOBER PEDY. Police located
a vehicle which had become stuck on a concrete drain.
The driver of the vehicle was taken to the Coober Pedy
Police Station where he returned a breath analysis of 0.213.
The driver was reported for driving under the influence,
driving with a prescribed concentration of alcohol and
driving whilst disqualified. He was issued with a further
12 month disqualification, commencing at the conclusion
of his current disqualification. His vehicle was impounded
for 28 days. He will be summons to appear in court at a
later date.
On Saturday 28th February 2015 a house on Eyre
Street, Coober Pedy was entered through an unlocked
rear door. $80.00 worth of coins was stolen. The same
house was the target of a break in previously on Sunday
1st February 2015. Police wish to remind residents to
maintain the security of premises. Police are seeking
further assistance from the public in relation to this
incident.
Overnight on Tuesday 3rd March into Wednesday 4th
March 2015 a black Ford sedan was stolen from behind
John’s Pizza bar in Coober Pedy. It would appear that the
keys were stolen from a concealed location in the vehicle
and later used to steal the unlocked vehicle. The vehicle
has been located by Police in Port Augusta. Police have
questioned a person of interest in relation to this offence
and further enquiries are pending. Police are seeking
information from the public in relation to this incident.
On Thursday 5th March 2015, a 37 year old Indulkana
man was stopped driving a Holden Sedan on Hutchinson
Street, Coober Pedy. He was taken to the Coober Pedy
Police Station for breath analysis. He recorded a blood
alcohol concentration of 0.175. He was reported for
exceeding the prescribed concentration of alcohol and
driving disqualified. He was issued with an instant 12
month license disqualification to take affect at the end of
his current disqualification period. His car was impounded.
He will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.
Police have received information that a small number
of unscrupulous members of the public are “boot legging”
alcohol into Coober Pedy and selling it for inflated prices
to banned people. This is circumventing the good work
being done by numerous agencies and people throughout
the community to address alcohol abuse in the community.
This immoral behaviour is not only profiteering from
people that can least afford it but is illegal. It is an offence
to sell liquor without a licence, Section 29 of the Liquor
Licensing Act 1997. Penalties up to $40,000 apply. Police
frequently issue barring orders to members of the public
whose welfare is affected by alcohol. These orders
prohibit them from purchasing alcohol in Coober Pedy.
Barring orders are also issued for breaches of the liquor
restrictions or aiding in the breaches of restrictions.
Breaches of barring orders also attract a penalty of up to
$1250.
Consuming liquor in the dry zone incurs an expiation fee
of $220. Police are currently investigating the illegal sales
of alcohol and working with liquor outlets both in Coober
Pedy and Port Augusta. Police encourage individuals
adversely affected by substance abuse including alcohol
to avail themselves of the local drug and alcohol services.
Police remind members of the public to call 131444
for Police assistance or 000 in the case of
emergency.
If anyone has any information of criminal matters
in and around Coober Pedy please contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000 or ring the Coober Pedy
Police on 86725056.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
by Margaret Mackay
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One of the highlights of International Women’s Day
on Saturday 7 March was the Community Health
Ladies Choir.
If any singing group deserves it’s own record label it’s
this one. The health ladies choir skillfully, humourously
and above all professionally, presented “Micky, go wash
your hands”, to the IWD audience and received accolades
for their rendition which they made clear was “altered”.
The angel-voiced choir members also rearranged the lyrics
of the Sound of Music’s “My favourite things” and “How
do you solve a problem like Patricia”. The entertainment
was icing on the cake of a wonderfully planned
International Women’s Day.
What makes this choir so unique apart from it’s dedicated
members and it’s tongue in cheek adaptations of songs
by the masters, was their clever and effective use of a
singular musical intstrument to accompany their voices
and keep time for them.
The “orchestra” that was holding the timing of these
musicians together was in fact a pair of clapsticks borrowed
from the local Catacomb Church at the last minute!
Choir member Jenny Davison explained “We only had
three practice sessions, and then discovered we needed
something to keep time with on stage, so we used the
borrowed clapsticks”.
The Community Health Ladies Choir members are L-R Christine Radford, Jenny Davison, Lydia
Gonzalas, Gai Di Donna, Trish Turner, Kath Kruger, Sue Radeka and Monique Harding.
The entire orchestra backing up this amazing choir turned
out to be these (unmatching) Catacomb Church clapsticks!
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Soaking up the applause are choir singers Sue Radeka
and Monique Harding
Coober Pedy Regional Times
Whether by accident or design, the Community Health
Ladies Choir ROCKS!
Finally the IWD cake was cut and handed around
(Chocolate cake, mauve icing) Thank you to Rowanna
Wardle for Cutting the entire cake into edible pieces
Thursday 12 March 2015
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day was held at the
Italian Club on 7 March, with a theme,
“Make it Happen”
Local women ‘make it happen’
My mother was 21 when she arrived
in coober pedy; no power and no
running water. She washed by hand
and had bucket showers. There were
no disposable nappies then. She
would wash cloth nappies by hand
for 3 children, all under the age of
5. She also encouraged and was
instrumental in putting together the
first womens soccer teams in
Coober Pedy which was then played
on a dirt oval. Her team won! She
further went on to become a JP and
now Special Justice including
finishing Year 12 Matriculation as a
mature age student and obtaining an
Arts degree from Adelaide
University. I am sure most women
in this room share these or very
similar experiences with my mother.
An all women attendance (except for Pastor
Geoff Piggott) proved to be an enthusiastic
audience for the 4 women speakers and the
Community Health Ladies Choir on the day.
Committee members for the event were Julia
Sanderson, Julie Charmichael, Rowanna Wardle,
Tracey Gordon, Jennifer Reissen, Donna Goulter,
Clair Halkias
We were able to secure one speech being that of
Deputy Mayor Michelle Provatidis to share with
those who were unable to attend.
Ms Provatidis: Thank you very much!
I’d like to start by acknowledging the traditional
owners of the land on which we meet today.
Also to acknowledge and thank all of you, the
women of Coober Pedy who are here today!
For those that do not know me, let me introduce
myself - My name is Michelle Provatidis and I
own and operate a retail opal shop in the main
street of Coober Pedy nicknamed the Opal Beetle.
Since early 2000 I have travelled extensively
internationally and interstate promoting and selling
opals and Coober Pedy. I choose to work in the
Opal industry and to live in Coober Pedy, the Opal
Capital of the World.
My opal journey to Coober Pedy begins in 1969
when my parents brought me here, 40 days old.
Growing up with Greek immigrant parents and a
very strong and united community influence
We are celebrating our centenary this
year 100 years of Coober Pedy since
a young boy found this precious
gem.
The Opal gem is one of the most
unique and rare gems in the world.
Coober Pedy produces 86% of that.
Sought after by collectors and
buyers from major country world
leaders such as USA, Germany,
Japan and now China. It’s huge and
I’d like to congratulate and commend we are a part of that. We have to
the pioneer women who travelled to believe it, fight for it, promote it and
Coober Pedy in those days. It was keep it.
harsh and isolated; they united,
endured and made it happen!
All of us here today are special,
I’d like to thank Wesley Uniting Care for inviting
me to speak today in celebration of International
women’s day with you all, a day to Make it
Happen!
I thank you humbly for your support which is
why I speak to you today as the 1st woman
Deputy Mayor in Coober Pedy
to one of the harshest areas of
Australia to make it happen; to build
a life to bring up families to build a
township. Community minded
community spirited, united they
fought and worked to have what we
have today.
Deputy Mayor Michelle Provatidis praised
the hardy pioneer women of the opal fields
whose goal was to find opal and make their
dreams come true. That drive and determination
I grew up with has encouraged me to believe in
myself and in Coober Pedy and to Make it
Happen!
Celebrating International Women’s Day at this
very iconic venue in Coober Pedy the Italo
Australian Miners club is filled with sentiment.
It was here we held the reception in 1975 when
I participated in raising money for the spastic
centres of SA and came first as Miss Junior
Coober Pedy!
We still can further unite as
women of Coober Pedy to make
it happen for Coober Pedy. Lets
face it without women nothing
would happen!
Coober Pedy is a truly unique place
in this world, it is the Opal Capital
of the World that produces
Australia’s National gemstone. How
many towns or places in the world
can proclaim that? Not many!
successful women we have fought
in our lives to make things happen,
as mothers, wives, carers,
volunteers, in business as owners as
managers; the list is long and
enduring.
Let us together celebrate our
achievements and continue to go
forward.
I ask that we now further unite the
women of Coober Pedy to make it
It is truly amazing and each and happen for the future of Coober Pedy
every one of us should be proud of the Opal Capital of the World to be
prosperous healthy and safe.
that.
Built on tears and sweat of pioneer In closing I call all women to action miners, men and women who travelled to take leadership in all spheres of life!
Continued page 13
Guidelines under Native
Vegetation Regulation 5(1)(zh) for
1: Changing of Stock Species to Camels for Land
Held under Pastoral Lease; and
Talia Sheppard Chief Pilot at Wright’s Air in
William Creek, inspired the gathering of
women with her story of coming to the
outback as a commercial pilot in 2009 and
being thrown in at the deep end when major
flooding occured across the outback while her
boss Trevor Wright was in hospital with a
nasty insect bite. From 2011 at Wright’s
Air,Talia has been Chief Pilot, an honour that
very few women in Australia enjoy.
Sonia Mazzone, CEO of Umoona Aged
Care, recalled arriving in Coober Pedy in
1999 and shortly afterwards studying a
range of subjects totally unrelated to
Aged Care that she became involved in.
Sonia gave a lively talk on her outback
career speaking of her experiences with
her indigenous clients and how ultimately
it is the clients who make the decisions.
Sonia is currently training and studying to
become a nurse.
Thursday 12 March 2015
2: Clearance by Grazing – Changing Stock Species
The Native Vegetation Council under regulation 5(1)(zh) is proposing to establish
Guidelines for 1: Changing of Stock Species to Camels for Land Held under Pastoral
Lease and 2: Clearance by Grazing – Changing Stock Species.
The changing of domestic stock species to Camels can impact on native
vegetation as it changes the manner and/or rate of grazing in an area. Such a
proposed change in the grazing regime requires an approved management plan.
The draft Guidelines are required to inform landowners and land managers in the
preparation of the management plan for an application to farm domestic camels
as a commercial enterprise on a pastoral lease or change stock species.
The Native Vegetation Council hereby invite members of the public to make
representation on the proposed draft Guidelines for 1: Changing of Stock Species
to Camels for Land Held under Pastoral Lease and 2: Clearance by Grazing –
Changing Stock Species under regulation 5(1)(zh).
Copies of the draft Guidelines are available for inspection and can be obtained by:
• Requests in writing to: Heather Walraven, Department of Environment, Water and
Natural Resources, GPO Box 1047, Adelaide, SA 5001
• In person: Heather Walraven, Soil and Environs Centre, Entry 4, Waite Road,
Urrbrae SA, during normal business hours
• Email to: Heather Walraven at nvc@sa.gov.au or phone: 8303 9777
Enquiries and comments in relation to the draft guidelines must be made in writing
to Russell Seaman, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources,
GPO Box 1047, Adelaide, SA 5001 or nvc@sa.gov.au no later than 6 May 2015.
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MC for the occasion was Coober Pedy’s
Citizen of the Year Trish Turner.Trish, a Nurse,
spoke about self awareness or individual
identity; who we are and how we incorporate
facets of other individuals in our experience;
she spoke about our perceptions and
reactions. Afterwards Trish took part in the
Community Health Ladies Choir
www.environment.sa.gov.au
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The PPeople
eople of Coober PPedy
edy 2015
From Lighthouse to Outback – Bob Pryce
Coober Pedy teacher, resident since 1987, Bob’s
earliest memories are of living in lighthouses.
He could swim before he could walk.
Bob lived at Point Lowly when he was 9 or 10. He
remembers a death adder in the toilet. Point Lowly had
huge, strong currents. The lighthouse supply ship Cape
Pillar called by fortnightly with supplies. Bob’s favourite
feature of this ship was an amphibious truck for off-shore
unloading. He got to ride in it and imagine he was invading
enemy shores.
He remembers once, when he was about 4 that he woke
up crying, frightened by the light flashing through his
window. It was always windy. Althorpe Island
Lighthouse was perched atop steep cliffs. Supplies and
people were winched up in baskets.
When Bob was 10, the family moved to Adelaide. He
lived in Klemzig, Elizabeth and visited New Zealand, being
raised through his teenage years by his uncle and his
grandparents. Bob was not a particularly good student.
He developed a passion for ancient history but other
subjects failed to engage him.
Bob’s father Jimmy Pryce, of Welsh heritage, was in the
Merchant Marine before he “went to the Lights.’ Like
Bob, he loved boats, planes and trains. Recently Bob
found out that his grandfather was a photo reconnaissance
pilot in WWII. Obviously a fascination with transportation
runs in the family. Jimmy came to Australia about 1951,
coincidentally on the same ship as Pauline, who later
became his wife and Bob’s mother.
Bob left school about 1980 and did various jobs such as a
milko in Tea Tree Gully, a barman at the Franklin Hotel in
Adelaide and an assistant in a couple of record shops.
Around this time Bob dabbled with radio, doing a course
at 5KA at Vaughan Harvey radio school. In about 1982
Bob started playing hockey for the South Australian
Institute of Technology (SAIT) based at Mawson Lakes
levels campus. Then, in 1983, Bob went to university as
a mature-age student, leaving with a Diploma in Teaching
and a Graduate Certificate in Asian Studies.
The Neptune Island settlement consisted of 3 lighthouse
cottages, a small airstrip, a jetty, a storage shed and the
lighthouse. There were lots of snakes, mutton birds, shell
fish and sharks. The weather, as in most lighthouse
locations, was often wild – stormy, cold, windy, foggy,
wet, winter for 10 months of the year. “But, I didn’t
mind; it was all I knew.” Pilots, who landed planes loaded
with supplies on Neptune Island, often had previous
experience landing on aircraft carriers.
Bob remembers playing with his plastic toy boats on a
small beach once. His father told him to bring the boats
up before high tide. Being the boy he was, Bob left the
boats on the sand and they were gone. Sometime later,
“we flew to Port Lincoln. When I saw the boats in the
harbour from the plane, I thought they were my toys.”
Bob and Peter are pictured in their playground,
on the jetty and windy shores of Neptune Island,
about 1966.
Number 1 in a series
by Sue Britt
Bob with younger brother Peter and his mother
Pauline were photographed by his father on
Neptune Island. This lighthouse is now part of
the Port Adelaide Maritime Museum, replaced
by an automated light in 1985.
Lyndal and Bob met during their university days. Lyndal
got a job at Mt Gambier High. Bob followed her to Mt
Gambier and they got engaged. Bob had applied for a
teaching position anywhere in the state. He got a permanent
placement at Coober Pedy as a history teacher so he
moved to Coober Pedy in 1987. Thrown in at the deep
end Bob said, “I asked another teacher Colin Liston how
long he’d been here. He said seven years. I remember
wondering how anyone could last that long.” That was
27 years ago, and apart from four years in Whyalla the
Pryce family have been here ever since.
Supplies had to be winched up a steep cliff to the
Althorpe Island lighthouse and cottages.
Jimmy Pryce is on the supply ship,
Cape Pillar
Left: Bob Pryce, just
out from Pt Lowly
lighthouse
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Thursday 12 March 2015
The next 100
years!
Congratulations Coober Pedy!
It hasn’t been an easy time, the past 100 years, has it? This
is a place that requires some effort, but there have always
been people who have risen to that challenge. Not only opal
miners, explorers, cattlemen, nurses, Aborigines, noodlers,
entrepreneurs, and volunteers galore, but all you others too,
many who have come and gone.
What a fascinating past this place has – and full of fascinating
people from so many different nationalities and backgrounds.
The ones who have always interested me the most, as a
student of our history, have been those very first European
explorers and pioneers – those adventurous young men and
women who took a big punt on making it in a very dicey
outback venture. Dare-devil stuff. They must have been
fairly gutsy and probably even somewhat fool-hardy? In
any case, they now deserve our respect and gratitude, because
it’s on the back of their considerable efforts that we have a
town today, with a varied mining industry, a tourism industry,
and all the hard-won amenities.
I also pay respect to the forbearance of Indigenous people
who have maintained connections with their culture and
heritage here despite the impositions of us Europeans. It has
been impossibly difficult for them.
I hear tell that opal is still being found (hooray!), visitors are
still coming (cheaper petrol helps), cattle and sheep still graze,
and some diverse mines continue operations.
I’ve noticed that all through Coober’s boom and bust history,
opal mining has been declared dead a number of times and
been proven wrong. What new turn might it take in future?
The first 100 years are gone, now marks the start of the
next 100, so stay tuned, Coober Pedy is not finished…
Celebrate!
Anne Johnson
Catacomb
Chur
ch Opal
Church
Festival Events
GOOD FRIDAY 9:30am
Catacomb Church
“Why on earth would
Jesus death be called
Good?”
SATURDAY 7am Men’s
Breakfast
Bushrangers & Brekky
Speaker— Kerry Medway
- minister in Coober
Pedy 1977-81 (Gold coin
donation)
Combined Churches Events
SUNDAY 6:15 Dawn service at The Big Winch
10am Service at School Oval
Speaker—Kerry Medway “Willie’s Discovery”
For more details Ph 08 8672 5038
PENSIONER
CONCESSIONS CUT!
Pensioners in South Australia will no longer get
the benefit of concessions on their council rates as
the result of cost cutting by the State and Federal
Governments.
Commonwealth Government funding to the State of South
Australia for pensioner concessions was cut by $27 million
dollars in June, 2014. The State Government has
continued to pay the concession to pensioners on council
rates, as a remission, during this financial year but the
concession on rates will stop from 1st July, 2015. This
means that your bills from council for rates will increase
by about 20% after 1st July this year.
In this year, 2015, the Australian Government debt amounts
to $356 billion dollars. The budget deficit at the end of
2015 will be $31.2 billion dollars. In plain English, this is
because the Australian Government expenditure on things
like pensioner concessions is $31.2 billion dollars more
than its income from tax. The end of year debt will blow
out to $387 billion dollars. It gets better. Much of the
$31.2 billion dollars deficit is interest on the debt and the
more the debt increases the more interest we pay. Little
wonder the Australian Government is looking for ways to
We have a financial problem and it won’t go away by
debating in parliament or wishful thinking. The answer is
not to be found by increasing taxes on those in our
community least able to pay. The fairest and most equitable
way will be to spread the burden across the entire
community in proportion to ability to pay and the obvious
mechanism is the Goods and Services Tax. A modest
increase will produce a lot of income at very little pain to
consumers. The national debt could be paid out relatively
quickly and tax payers could save a fortune in interest
payments.
Pete the Pensioner
PS $1billion dollars is 1,000,000,000 ordinary dollars.
Statement on Royal Commission into
Nuclear Energy and proposal to store
high-level nuclear waste
at Maralinga, South Australia:
In 1953 I was just ten years old when the bombs
went off at Emu and Maralinga, I didn’t know
anything about nuclear issues back then, none of
us knew what was happening. I got sick, and went
blind from the fallout from those tests, and lot of
our people got sick and died also.
A few years ago they cleaned up Maralinga from
the waste that was leftover from the bomb tests;
they spent $1 million, and now they’re going to put
more waste back there?
Now I’m 73 years old and I know about nuclear issues,
and I have some friends who know about nuclear waste,
and they will fight the South Australian Government on
their plans to put high-level nuclear waste at Maralinga
and to develop nuclear energy in South Australia.
Members from the APY, Maralinga-Tjarutja and
Arabunna, Kokatha lands say we don’t want nuclear
waste on our land.
Why does the government keep bringing back nuclear
issues when we know the problems last forever?
The Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in
Australia (1984-85) revealed what happened at Maralinga
but it never told what happened to Aboriginal people; the
findings were left open. Lawyers proved that there was
radiation fallout over Walatinna, but because we never
had any doctors records to document what happened to
us, (the closest clinic was Ernabella, 160km away as the
crow flys and we didn’t have any transport to get there),
we only had our stories and they were never written
down.
Opal was proclaimed
Australia’s National
Gemstone by
Governor General
Bill Hayden on the
27th of July 1993.
Thursday 12 March 2015
cut costs and reduce the debt. If we don’t there will
come a time we won’t be able to pay and the country
could go broke and all those services provided by
government like a public hospital system, public education
system and pension payments will cease to exist leaving
the private sector to provide those services we now take
for granted. This is a bad case scenario but it could happen.
Coober Pedy Regional Times
That’s not fair because it’s Anangu land and they
won’t be able to use that land.
The best thing the government can do is the leave
the uranium in the ground, stop mining it.
We ask the South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill,
to talk to Aboriginal people on the lands, and to
everyone who has been directly affected by the
atomic tests and nuclear industry in Australia before
he makes any decisions for South Australia.
Yami Lester, Yankunytjatjara
Walatinna Station, South Australia
(08) 8670 5077
OME OPENING HOURS:
Mon-Fri
Sat
Sun
7.00am - 5.00pm
7.00am - 1.00pm
Closed
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•Industrial and hardware supplies
•Filters all types •Hydraulic Fittings •Oils
•Bearings •V Belts •Hosing •Air Fittings
•Trailer Parts •Safety Gear •Dog Food
•Chain blocks, slings, rigging gear •Cigweld Agent
Searle Trading Pty Ltd
Opal Miners’ Enterprises
Lot 1299 Old Water Tank Rd
Coober Pedy SA 5723 Phone: (08) 8672 5830
ABN: 44 761 266 367
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Arckaringa Basin Drilling Update No.8
4 March 2015
reliable forward prognosis correlation as the pre-Permian
velocities were poorly controlled in the area due to the
lack of historical well intersections in the Arckaringa Basin.
Linc Energy Ltd is pleased to provide an update on the
drilling operations in the Arckaringa Basin.
The seismic traces recorded data below the current depth
identifying high amplitude reflectors from approximately
2,723m onwards (as seen on surface seismic line LNC1110 at Figure 1 below). The current revised total depth of
approximately 2,900m will allow Linc Energy to investigate
the higher energy seismic interval and further the
understanding of the pre-Permian basin stratigraphy.
The Eba 1 vertical exploration well (PEL121) is the second
of the three well program and is planned to be drilled to a
total revised depth of approximately 2,900 metres.
Since the last progress update, a number of productive
days were lost due to a leaking wash pipe in the top head
drive. These setbacks have since been rectified and as of
06:00hrs on 4 March 2015, the main hole rig was rigging
up to run in hole and drill ahead in the Officer Basin
equivalent of the Cambrian Relief Sandstone at a depth of
2,722m.
On the 25th February 2015, a Vertical Seismic Profile
(VSP) was recorded to a depth of 2,625m to confirm the
Eba 1 surface well-seismic ties. This provided a more
Drilling at Eba 1 on Petroleum Exploration Lease
(PELL) 121
Formations of interest underlying the Relief Sandstone in
the Officer Basin include the Neoproterozoic Tanana
Formation, the Karlaya Limestone and the Dey Dey
Mudstone; all of which have recorded oil shows in offset
wells to the North West. The presence of these intervals
under the Cambrian sequence is unknown at this time as
all previous exploration terminated in shallower sediments.
DONNA’S RUSH STILL PRODUCING OPAL
BUT COSTLY TO MINE
From page 1
Phil is married to Diane Hoad (now
Van Poorten) and the couple have twin
daughters Chantelle and Jacinta, both
students at Coober Pedy Area School.
He is one of a number of opal miners who
work full time and opal mine as well.
Andrew Lanko (also working at Council)
and Phil have partnered at Benito’s Folly
for noodling.
The partnership saw them underground at
Olympic for several years with tunnelling
machine and blower.
At Ryan’s Hill extension the Lanko/Van
Poorten partnership worked again with a
tunnelling machine and blower.
Working hard is not new for Phil who came
to Coober Pedy to mine opal, but at the
same time worked nights behind the bar
at Opal Inn for three years.
He also pulled beers and popped corks at
the Italian Club, before joining the Water
Supply in 1999.
“Working two jobs certainly curbs the
appetite for pubs and clubs”, said Phil.
“There isn’t a lot of time left over for
socialising when you have two jobs
requiring an early start.”
Now that summer is finished the
machinery will be good to go again. Phil
keeps his “classic” machines in good
working order.
He believes that there is plenty of opal out
there and will remain at Donna’s Rush for
the time being pursuing his passion - opal.
Phil prepares for a stint on the excavator with Jordan as support crew
Offsider Jordon keeps an eye out from the top
Trimming the cut with Komatsu PC2006 Excavator
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The two men finish maintenance on the Caterpilla
3T Dozer - still doing a good job
Coober Pedy Regional Times
Checking the oil on the ole’ girl
Thursday 12 March 2015
CPAS NEWS
From the Principal’s Desk…
We are already half way through the first term and we are
well settled into the routines and expectations of school.
Our attendance rate has been strong to start the term and
we are running around 74% across the term on average.
The Remote Attendance Strategy Team (RSAS) are doing
a great job in getting students to and from school and
ensuring that we have good information around any family
concerns or issues. Being at school is critical to success
at school and so it is very important that students attend
as often as possible and develop good attitudes to being at
school. Put simply, you can’t learn the basics of school if
you are not here. Once you start to get behind, it is really
hard to catch up and so the attendance drops off and the
gap widens.
Annual General Meeting
The AGM was held on Monday 2nd March and we had a
good turn out. At this stage, we have filled our quota of
community and parent members for the Governing
Council. That is a terrific result and I welcome all the
new members to the Governing Council. Our first formal meeting is on Monday 16th March and at this meeting
we will select our Executive Group and allocate Governing
Council members to the various sub committees that we
run. If you would like to be on one of the sub committees
then please let the school know so that we can invite you
to the upcoming meetings.
One of the topics discussed at the AGM was the Student
Free Day planned for Friday 20th March. The whole
school staff will travel to Woomera and join with the other
school staff who make up the Far North Partnership. We
will undergo a full day of training and development as
well as launch the Far North Partnership. The meeting
agreed to finish school an hour earlier on Thursday 19th
March at 2.00 pm so that staff can travel to Woomera, to
be ready for an early start on Friday so as to make the
most of the time available. Please make a note that we
will finish school earlier on Thursday 19th March and
there will be no school for students on Friday 20th March.
Visitors within the school
This week we have hosted a range of service providers
here at Coober Pedy. These support personnel work for
DECD and have been in town working with staff and
students. The support services have been based around
behaviour, hearing, special education, finance and the
implementation of the new Australian National Curriculum.
It has been a busy and productive week and we have
appreciated the support we can get from these services.
This process happens around once a term on site and we
use phone hook ups for the remainder of the term.
Dear Parents/Caregivers,
Red Balloon Day
Primary assembly
We held a Primary Assembly on Wednesday and were
treated to some musical items including the National
Anthem from the Choir, and a very catchy song with
actions around using manners and how important they
are from Miss Rose’s and Miss Walsh’s classes. The Year
6/7 class hosted the assembly and also show cased some
amazing work they have done round our school value of
RESPECT. A very impressive piece of wall art.
A number of student received School Value Awards for
their recent actions and behaviours and 4 students were
presented with book prizes for achieving the Premier’s
Reading Challenge at such an early stage of the year (the
Premier ’s Reading Challenge runs through until
September).
On Saturday the 28th of February was National Red
Balloon Day. The Preschool and Mrs Jones’ class
took part in learning about what this day means.
It is a day where we celebrate all the hard working
fire fighters around the nation. We fly red balloons
from our letterboxes to say thank you.
We learnt about what fire-fighters do and how they
help us and the community. We were very lucky to
have our own local fire-fighters come in and show
us their fire truck.
A number of entries in the Why I Love Coober Pedy
competition were displayed and they certainly were quite
interesting and exciting too.
Please feel free to come along and join in the school
assemblies and see what amazing things are happening in
your school.
Pre school plans
The new PRE SCHOOL development is getting very close
to going to tender and so we can expect an announcement
soon as to who has the contract. It will be a big job and
may cause us some disruption once it starts. The new
facility will be built in the carpark next to the existing Pre
School and once it is completed, part of the contract will
be to demolish the old site and make a new carpark. This
will be a terrific new addition to the school. Copies of the
plans along with colour and texture samples are in the Pre
School and staff there would be happy to share the exciting
new plan with you. This will be a terrific new facility for
younger students. It has been purposely designed to
support early learners in their development.
No Tolerance policy to physical violence
Just a reminder that the school has a no tolerance policy
to physical violence. This includes hitting, kicking,
punching others or threatening to do this. Everyone has
the right to feel safe here at school and this can be achieved
if the school is a violence free zone. Please reinforce this
message with your children as school consequences for
this unacceptable behaviour will be quick and severe. We
are all responsible for our own actions so an excuse based
around what someone else has done will not be acceptable.
Mark Ireland
Principal
We would like to say a HUGE thank you to our
local heroes!
Please check out our display in the front office. It
includes some artwork that we did about fire fighters
and our photos.
Coober Pedy Preschool
It was wonderful to see so many parents at the Preschool
open night. If you were not able to make it and would like
to look at the new Preschool building plans please come
and speak to me, I have them ready to show you. We will
keep you all updated when we find out information. At
the moment we should start seeing groundwork soon.
Every child in the Preschool has a folder and a book that
parents are welcome to look at any time they would like.
They are kept next to the couch and contain work
completed at Preschool.
Just a reminder:
Thank you for all the lovely donations that parents and
students have been giving to the centre. We have a new
donation board and basket, if you would like to do-nate
something off the list please take the sticky note and bring
the item into Pre-school.
Some seeds have been donated by Lucas and his family
so we will be getting our garden started this coming week.
If you have any simple recipes that your child likes to eat
please bring them into the Preschool as we are trying to
do cooking with the children once a week and would love
some ideas.
Thursday 12 March 2015
* Please label your child’s lunch box and drink bottles.
We do our best at re-membering which child bring which
items but sometimes we get confused.
* We ask that children don't bring toys from home to
Preschool. Toys can get lost and broken.
* We understand that it has been hot but we ask that
children do not wear thongs to Preschool as this is a safety
issue when we walk anywhere.
* Please provide pull-ups (if toilet training) and spare
clothes for your child as toileting accidents do happen.
If you have any concerns about your child at Preschool
please don't hesitate to contact me.
Thank you,
Lisa Vermeeren
Coober Pedy Regional Times
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its customers. Therefore, as far as practicable the
successful tenderer should be able to supply the
same commitment to deliver the articles each day in
the Delivery Area.
The successful tenderer will have sufficient time to
make arrangements to comply with the conditions
of the contract, including the procurement of a
suitable vehicle. Training will initially be provided
to the successful tenderer, who is then required to
train its own personnel.
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and the North East Pastoral NRM Groups.
All genuine tenders and enquiries are welcome.
However, Australia Post is not obliged to accept the
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to accept or reject any or all tenders if it considers
that it is in the interests of Australia Post to do so.
Information, maps of NRM Group
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PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
Mining Act 1971
Mining Act 1971
Notice is hereby given in accordance with
Section 28 (5) of the Mining Act 1971, that the
Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy
proposes to grant Exploration Licences over the
undermentioned areas.
Notice is hereby given in accordance with
Section 28 (5) of the Mining Act 1971, that the
Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy
proposes to grant Exploration Licences over the
undermentioned areas.
Applicant:
Location:
Applicant:
Location:
Marmota Energy Limited
Aurora Tank Area – approx.
100 km southwest of
Coober Pedy
Pastoral Lease: Commonwealth Hill
Term:
Two years
Area in km2:
48
Ref:
2014/00224
Applicant:
Location:
Southern Iron Pty Ltd
Ingomar Area – approx. 50 km
southwest of Coober Pedy
Pastoral Lease: Ingomar
Term:
Two years
Area in km2:
81
Ref:
2014/00231
Apollo Iron Ore No 2 Pty Limited
Bulgunnia Station Area –
approx. 70 km north of Tarcoola
Pastoral Leases: Bulgunnia, Commonwealth Hill
Term:
Two years
Area in km2:
346
Ref:
2014/00214
Applicant:
Location:
Perilya Limited
Mount Goddard Area – approx.
20 km ESE of Leigh Creek
Pastoral Leases: Angepena, Warraweena,
Manners Well
Term:
Two years
Area in km2:
86
Ref:
2015/00020
Plans and co-ordinates can be found on the
Department of State Development website:
http://www.minerals.statedevelopment.sa.gov.au/
public_notices or by phoning Mineral Tenements
on 08 8463 3103.
Plans and co-ordinates can be found on the
Department of State Development website:
http://www.minerals.statedevelopment.sa.gov.au/
public_notices or by phoning Mineral Tenements
on 08 8463 3103.
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Mining Registrar
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Mining Registrar
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4887921
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Thursday 12 March 2015
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Photos: Margaret Mackay
Where-ever they go, these ladies make it happen. Great
supporters of local events are Ronda Michell, Julie
Rowntree and Carol Oerzmann
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happen!
Getting ready for the IWD speeches are good friends and
long term residents Jenny Davison, Klara Hartl and Ella
Marjanovic.
Outback women Sieglinde Bruhns and Gisela Weissnicht
looked stunning at the IWD event, the ladies take a seat in
preparation for the speeches and luncheon
The women that ‘make it happen’ for Archer!
International Women’s Day stall holder Jayde Grava with
son Archer. Archer was one of the few ‘men’ at the event.
Archer gives his mum a proud look of approval!
Maternal Grandma Julie Carmichael sits with Archer
during the IWD speeches. Julie was on the organising
committee for IWD but still found time to spend with Archer.
Paternal Grandma Lydia Gonzalas includes Archer while
chatting with friend Jenny Davison. Archer doesn’t need to
look far for the strong walls of female support.
IWD guest speakerTalia Sheppard (left) with friends on the
day. L-R: Talia Sheppard Wright’s Air, Janet Walton NRM,
Helen Williams - Nilpinna, Jackie Williams - Mount Barry
Christine Hartnett chats with Citizen of the Year and event
MC Trish Turner at International Women’s Day
Julia Sanderson of International Women’s Day organising
committee stands back for a moment and watches the
event unfold
Stall holder Shelley Wells was displaying some of her stylish products including Kiln Fired
Dichroic Glass Jewellry (See Shelley’s necklace) Just out of view were, Stained Glass
Suncatchers and pictured in front, Slumped Bowls (Kiln Fired). Shelley was also promoting her business, Shelley’s Underground Nail and beauty Spa that addresses the finer
details of hands feet, nails hair and face - very important in the dry desert climate!
Thursday 12 March 2015
Shannon Swansson is a busy mum with two small youngsters Anthony and Lucas to run
around after, so in her spare time she is an agent for the Body Shop. The name speaks
for itself but Shannon personally recognises the need for women (and men) to apply
regular supplements to their skin to counteract damages caused by heat and dryness, UV
rays and other environmental pollutants. Shannon can usually be found displaying her
products at most community events
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What’ s On in COOBER PEDY?
& Visiting Services
MONDAYS
Karate -Golf Club
6 - 7pm General Class
7 - 8pm Teenagers & Adults
karateclub.cp@gmail.com
GREEK HALL
7pm Charcoal BBQ & Salad
Every Thursday night
COOBER PEDY MULTICULTURAL
FORUM - HACC PROGRAM
LITTLE MUSICIANS
10.00am—10.45am
Coober Pedy Area School
Music Room
Caters for 3 to 5 year olds
FREE SWIMMING for the Over 65s
Pool opening hours.Please
register: 8672 3299
FRIDAYS
Active Boys Group 3:15-5:00
ages 10 & up at the youth shed
TUESDAYS
COOBER PEDY MULTICULTURAL
FORUM - HACC PROGRAM
FREE TAI CHI CLASSES for over 65s
Sit or stand for these gentle exercises.
1:15PM at Community Health
FREE SWIMMING for the Over 65s
Pool opening hours.Please
register: 8672 3299
DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETINGS
3nd Tuesday each month at 7pm
CFS TRAINING 7pm
New Members Welcome
AMBULANCE TRAINING
7.30pm Umoona Road. Every
Tuesday except school holidays
WEDNESDAYS
MULTICULTURAL FORUM –
HACC Program
Over 65s Gentle exercise class
9 AM at Golf Club
Please register – 8672 3299
FREE SWIMMING for the
over 65s Pool opening
hours.Please register: 8672
3299
Serbian Church Social
Club, Dinner 6pm Fridays
COOBER PEDY MULTICULTURAL
FORUM - HACC PROGRAM
COOBER PEDY MULTICULTURAL
FORUM - HACC PROGRAM
Over 65s FREE TAI CHI
CLASSES. Sit or stand for these
gentle exercises. 1:15PM at
Community Health
CP SHOOTERS CLUB
Friday night shotgun 8pm till
dark (daylight savings time)
GREEK CLUB - Bingo 7.30 pm
CP Social Scrabble 7.30pm
United Club . All skill levels
welcome
AA 7pm Underground Catholic
Church - Hutchison Street
Contact Geoff 0427646963
GOLF: 6pm Twighlight Golf
cooberpedygolfclub@gmail.com
SATURDAYS
THURSDAY
COOBER PEDY MULTICULTURAL
FORUM - HACC PROGRAM
CP SHOOTERS CLUB
9am and 11am Pistol
FREE SWIMMING for the over 65s
Pool opening hours.Please
register: 8672 3299
CFS TRAINING 10PM
Last Saturday each month
MOSIAC at the Italian Club for the
over 65s - 1-4pm Please register:
8672 3299
COOBER PEDY MULTICULTURAL
FORUM - HACC PROGRAM
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Golf (CP Golf Course
Registration 12:00 noon
Tee off time 12:30
PLAY TIME
Catering for 0 to 5 year olds
2.00pm—3.30pm
School Gymnasium
Catacomb Church Service
and Sunday School 9:30am
Sunday. Bus pickup available.
Ph 8672 5038
CRICKET AT OVAL
Saturday 7.00 pm and
Sunday 9.30pm
Ph: Fernando 0437 739 447
FREE SWIMMING for the Over
65s Pool opening hours.
Youth Shed 11-2 ages 8
Please register: 8672 3299
& up
Mine Rescue Training
(Alternate Saturdays)
KARATE -Golf Club. 6 - 7pm
General Class. 7 - 8pm Teenagers
& Adults. karateclub.cp@gmail.com
SUNDAYS
FREE SWIMMING for the
over 65s Pool opening
hours.Please register: 8672
3299
CP SHOOTERS CLUB
Rifle 10am -
50th Gymkhana
William Creek
Sat 28 March
2015
We would like to invite
everyone who has had
anything to do with
our gymkhanas over
many years to come
back and spend the
weekend with us. The
weekend with
commence with a
“Meet and Greet” at
the Gymkhana
Grounds on the Friday
afternoon. Bring back
any old photos or
memorabilia you may
have- we would love to
display it on the day.
For further
information contact
President Nathan
Keogh, The Peake
Station, 0886707996
or Secretary Chantelle
Edmunds or Treasurer
Helen Williams at
Nilpinna Station
0886707975
See Poster
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Please update your
‘What’s on’ entries for
2015
and help draw an
awareness to
important community
activities and avoid
clashes
Email
cptimes@ozemail.com.au
or telephone
86725920
Thank you for
keeping
the community
informed
SIMPSON
DESERT to OPEN
MARCH 15
High visibility safety flags
to be used
Simpson Desert parks in South Australia
and Queensland are closed in summer
from 1 December to 15 March.
The whole of the Simpson Desert
Conservation Park and Regional Reserve
will be closed from 30 November 2014
until 15 March 2015.
As from 16 March 2014 vehicles are
required to have high visibility safety
flags attached to the front of the vehicle.
SCHOOL TERM DATES
2015
Term 1: 27 Jan - 10 Apr
Term 2: 27 Apr - 3 Jul
Term 3: 20 Jul - 25 Sep
Term 4: 12 Oct - 11 Dec
Thursday 12 March 2015
Charlie Paris
Charlie sees the light
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A few weeks ago mum and dad received the
electricity bill. It was the largest bill ever. We don’t
have air conditioning and we turn out the lights in
rooms we are not using. Mum and dad work, so
only us dogs are home most days.
Do you really need paid TV?
Think about mobile phone cost.
Some people de-stress by eating or shopping. Go
for a walk; the cheaper way to de-stress.
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Hide your credit cards.
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Entertainment
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Going out for the night can cost a small fortune.
Try having a girls night in; everyone bring a plate. Put
the kids to bed and watch a few movies you have missed
out on.
So who is running up our power bill? A legendary story
in Coober Pedy has it that a resident ran an electricity
cable from his place to his nearest neighbour. Allegedly it
worked well for him until the cable was found, albeit taking
about 25 years before it was discovered.
Mum and dad were looking at us like it was EmDee and
me that were running up the bill. EmDee and I tried to
explain it might be the legendary electricity burglar of some
years previous. But that didn’t work.
Mum said she’s not leaving the TV on for me anymore, it
isn’t necessary that I watch the midday movie or all those
cartoons apparently. She told us to read a book; it’s better
for you. Little Emdee is only up to her grade 2 primer. I
can’t see that working so well.
As a family we decided that we should cut down on a
few luxuries to pay this big bill. Every morning when I
wake up the first thing on my mind is how many Chicken
Tenders I can get out of mum for breakfast. I give her
those sad puppy eyes and it gets her every time. When
we ran out the other day, dad went to the supermarket to
get some. He was surprised that my beloved ‘Chicken
Tenders’ cost $75.00 a kilo. Dad said we are definitely
making some changes if you puppies are going to eat
expensive things like that.
I have been looking at ideas to save money that I can live
with. EmDee and I are going to share a few with you and
you can let me know if it works for you.
To cut down on Electricity bills, older people in Adelaide
are buying solar lights and charging them up in the sun
each day and take them inside each night so they don’t
need to turn on lights.
This is me road testing drink containers. Dad said 2
litre chocolate milk is cheap, BUT they are NOT what
we need for solar lights !!
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Switch off heaters or air conditioners and lights
in rooms you are not using.
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Curtains are great to keep cold or heat out of
your house.
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Turn off electrical appliances at the power point.
♦
2 minute showers for each person in the house
will save you a small fortune.
♦
Write a list before going shopping, stick to the
list.
♦
Use the washing machine and dishwasher only
when they are full.
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Dry clothes on the clothes line, it’s a big money
saver and makes the clothes smell better.
♦
Make your own Birthday or Christmas cards, the
kids enjoy doing things like that and your family and friends
will love receiving such a personal card.
♦
Have a garage sale to get rid of your excess stuff;
it gives you more money to buy something else.
♦
Drink more water, it is cost effective and a healthy
way to live. In Coober Pedy the water is so good straight
from the tap or chilled is the best. I insist on a large bowl
of fresh water every day.
♦
Plan your menu around supermarket catalogues
to save money.
♦
Home made school lunches or food for a trip
away, better than over heated, deep fried food you get on
the road.
Entertaining the kids is like throwing $100 notes down a
deep hole. When you think about it, what your children
need most of all is your attention and your time. That is
free, take advantage of that.
I believe we are going to have the big Electricity and
Chicken Tender Family meeting. I told EmDee to go poke
the cats and wake them up. (Better her than me) We will
work out a way that there will be lots of Chicken Tenders
and mum and dad can work out what they need to give
up so this can happen.
Hey, I found an interesting site about saving money on
lighting you should all look up. Google SOLAR BOTTLE
BULB and go to WIKI HOW. You will be amazed.
Woof Woof
Charlie Paris
Charlie Paris, Dog Reporter
(charlie-paris@hotmail.com)
SHOOTERS RESULTS
Pistols - Rapid-fire
21,02,15
1st with Hcap Steve Marjanovic 661.3
A o/p Les Pullen 526.7
B o/p Les Hoad 441.2
C o/p Misty Mance 309.2
D o/p Stev Marjanovic 385.3
Upcoming Shoots
28,02,15
1st with Hcap Les Hoad 649.4
A o/p Les Pullen 529.5
B o/p Les Hoad 467.4
C o/p Steve Marjanovic 362.1
D o/p Guy Foley 271.3
- 14th &21st March @ 9am and 11am
Rimfire Rifles - 50m Scoring & Grouping
22.02.15
Scoring
1st John DiDonna 409.2
2nd Mark Hoad 402
3rd Steve Marjanovic 396.2
Grouping
1st Les Hoad 15.41
2nd Guy Foley 19.70
3rd John DiDonna 21.42
1,03,15
Scoring
1st Mark Hoad 473
2nd Les Pullen 414
3rd Les Hoad 401.7
Grouping
1st Mark Hoad 10.84
2nd Les Hoad 12.60
3rd Les Pullen 20.36
Thursday 12 March 2015
Friday Night Shotgun Clay Target (Sponsored by
IGA)
- 13th & 20th March
Saturday Morning Pistols - Walk & Shoot
Sunday Morning Rifles - 50m & 100m Rimfire
Rapid-fire
- 15th &22nd March @ 10am
All shoots are for 5 consecutive weeks (long
weekends excepted) with a prize giving at the end
of the year.
A full calendar will be available in the coming
weeks.
Daily Range Fees (non member) $10 Ammunition
extra
All shoots are held under supervision from
qualified instructors and range masters.
For more information, please go to :
www.cooberpedyshootersclub.com.au
Rimfire rifle shoot 50m targets
or call
Club President : John DiDonna 04 2764 9389
Club Secretary : Les Pullen
04 3523 2029
If there are any businesses out there that is
interested in sponsoring one of our shoots, please
contact Les and we will endeavour to promote
your business along with our shooting program.
Coober Pedy Regional Times
Friday Night Shotgun Clay Target shoot..
Photos: South Cape Photography
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AMBASSADOR FOR
K9 PROGRAM IN
COOBER PEDY
Ruby the Labrador and Major (Retired) Peter Checkley
the ex-commando visited Coober Pedy last week and called
in at the RSL to draw their attention to the Operation K9
program that has recently matched up Peter with his
Assistance Dog Ruby to help him through severe Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder that he developed as a result
of combat conditions overseas.
Ruby the Assistance Dog and Peter now go everywhere
together – on buses and trains, to shopping centres and
cinemas, and even to a formal dinner. “Since having Ruby,
I’ve got my life back,” says, Peter, 62. “I can now get to
places that I used to find difficult. She’s given me a focus.”
Peter served for 25 years with Britain’s Royal Marine
Commandoes, then another 20 years in the Australian
Army. His impressive rack of medals attests to encounter
in a number of hot spots, including East Timor and
Afghanistan deployment.
Peter admits, to PTSD “at the upper severe range”. Before
being assigned Ruby as his assistance dog, Peter who
suffers from PTSD as a result of combat stress, could
not bear to be alone for much more than an hour and
found even a trip to the local shops a daunting experience.
Now that Ruby has been assigned to Peter, his whole
focus has changed and so has his outlook.
Peter Checkley with Bryce Tickner at the RSL
RSL President Bryce Tickner and the members warmly
welcomed Ruby and the program and said that even though
the RSL Sub Branch at Coober Pedy is a very small Branch
they will endeavor to raise funds to support the Operation
K9 program.
It was put forward to the members that the next 'two up'
function would raise funds for the Operation K9 Program.
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