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20th February 2015
DARGO BUSH BULLETIN
Published by the Dargo & District Community Group
And Dargo Neighbourhood House
ACN: A0027624A
ABN: 91925537278
Ph: 03 51401333
FEBRUARY
20th
21st
25th
27th
PUB WHEEL (N/
HOUSE)
FREE BREADMAKING W/SHP
Followed by general
meeting (see Landcare
ad on Pg 12)
POOL n DARTS
PUB WHEEL-TV Grp
MARCH
6th
6th-9th
8th
8th
12th
15th
20th22nd
PUB WHEEL L/Care
KYLIE’S MASSAGE
CRICKET MATCH
KIM from the DARGO BUSH NURSING CENTRE
& BBQ at the Oval
will be participating in this years
HALL COM Meeting
ART LESSONS
“WORLDS GREATEST SHAVE”
COMMENCE at Hall
To raise money for the
KIM’s BIG SHAVE
LEUKAEMIA FOUNDATION.
SONG/STORY
WRITING W/SHOP Please be generous by sponsoring her shave for this great cause.
CONTACT
Please forward your
submissions or queries to Kaz
Kane at the Neighbourhood
House, via the box at the
Dargo General Store or post
direct to Dargo Bush Bulletin,
c/o PO Dargo Vic 3862, or
email dnh333@bigpond.com
Thank you,
Kaz Kane Ph 5140 1333
See her “BE BRAVE and SHAVE” at Avon Ridge
Winery on Sunday 15th March at 4.00pm.
Donations can be left at the Dargo Bush Nursing Centre
For more info contact
KIM: 51 455 278
Or at the DBNC on Tuesdays
Receipts will be given for all
donations.
NEXT BULLETIN - 6th March 2015
To
Wayne & Sharon
Peters
22nd February
Also to
Carl & Sharon Treasure
3rd March
THE DARGO CRICKET CLUB
20th
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
28th
is hosting a cricket game on the green
at the Recreation Reserve (next to the Hall)
on Sunday 8th March 2015
BBQ at 12 noon
1st
2nd
3rd
Game starts 1.00pm
5th
All players and wanna-be players most welcome
10th
11th
FEBRUARY
Sarah Stobo
Shane Paul
Thomas Winter
Danny Phelan
Todd O’Neill
Jason Legg
Holly Capon
Ella-Rose Doolan
Olivia Stobo
MARCH
David Guy
Josh Kane
Damien Ellis
Tegan Hall
David Carpenter
Charlotte Ellis
Ryan Austin
Phoebe Mansour
Riley Capon
Howard Stobo
REMINDER NOTICE TO ALL ADVERTISERS
The Dargo Bush Bulletin is distributed fortnightly.
Submissions MUST be handed in to the editor by NO LATER THAN 5.00pm ON
TUESDAY PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION.
Office hours for 2015 at the Neighbourhood House will be Tuesday, Wednesday &
Thursday, 10.00am til 2.00pm except public Holidays. Times may vary depending on
other commitments or appointments as they arise but the days will generally always
be the same.
With these limited hours I am sure you can appreciate that I may not always have the
time to ring around and remind everyone that it’s newsletter week.
Kaz Kane
Dargo & District Community Group Inc
Operating as
DARGO NEIGHBOURHOOD
HOUSE
Lind Ave Dargo Vic 3862
Ph 51401333 Fax 51401361
(A0027624A) ABN 91 925 537 278
To all those people who put their names down as an
indication they were interested in
ART LESSONS - WHERE ARE YOU?
The funding was applied for, based on YOUR interest…...so PLEASE call
ASAP and let us know if you’re still interested.
We use it or we lose it!
LESSONS COMMENCE -Thursday 12th March at 9.45am until 4.00pm at the Hall.
Lunch break (BYO) will be from 12noon til 1.00pm
Once we have confirmed participants (for catering
purposes) lunch will be provided.
WHAT TO BRING A3 Folder with A3 & A4 pockets (folder needs to be able
to add pockets).
Note Book
Pencils—2H, HB, 2B, 4B
A full list of materials you need will be handed out on the
first day, along with a schedule of the 10 week course.
Due to the Wellington Shire providing us with a grant, we are able to offer this course at a very
heavily reduced fee of only $50 per person for the whole 10 weeks, so please bring this with you
on the first lesson so that your spot is secured.
We have now secured a ‘Song/Story Writing’ tutor (part of this grant) who will
be coming to Dargo on March 20th, 21st, 22nd so for those of you who want
to participate in this workshop, keep this weekend free.
More details will be published in the next Bulletin.
Any questions, please contact Rosalie Campbell on 51401314 or Kaz Kane on 51401333
Kaz Kane
Co-ordinator
Dargo
Neighbourhood House
DARGO NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE IN CONJUNCTION WITH
and sponsored by
H & H CONTRACTING
(Steve & Helen Hall)
GUESS THIS DARGONIAN / OBJECT
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:- All answers must reach Kaz by Tuesday prior to the Bulletin being
published, when incorrect answers will be discarded and correct answers will go into a draw. YOU HAVE TO
BE A SUBSCRIBER OF THE BULLETIN to enter. Only 1 guess per person, per BULLETIN, per fortnight.
(NO CORRECT ENTRIES RECEIVED AS YET)
WHO AM I?
I was 4 years old when this
photo was taken.
I live on a hill in Dargo.
NEW CLUE
I’ve lived and worked in
Dargo for nearly 5 years.
?
If you would like to be part of this competition,
please send your photo with a brief list of clues
to Kaz Kane.
DARGO TIP TIMES
WEDNESDAYS 1pm to 3pm
SATURDAYS 1pm to 5pm
SUNDAYS 10am to 4pm
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
10am to 3pm
DARGO BUSH NURSING CENTRE INC.
*WALKING GROUP Each Thurs.8.30am.
* next ’LATE (free) LUNCH’ Wed.15th April @ 1.30pm
* Massage Therapist here 6, 7, 8, 9th March.
*PODIATRIST 2015 Thurs.9th April at 1.15pm.
*Appointments with visiting EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST available.
Patrick is more than happy to visit Dargo to help you get started on an
exercise program. Please phone the Dargo Bush Nurse 51401246.
EXERCISE BENEFITS: Enhanced mood; Improved muscular strength &
aerobic endurance; Improved cardiovascular & pulmonary function;
Increased energy; Improved cognition & learning;
Decreases likelihood of: musculoskeletal injuries, falls, cardio-vasculardisease, alzheimer’s, osteosporosis, cancers, metabolic conditions,
depression, obesity; Stronger immune management; Gastrointestinal tract
benefits; Improved sex life.
Out of Hours Nurse-on-call ph.1300606024
Tues.
9am-5.30pm
Wed.
1.30pm5.30pm
Thurs.
9am-5.30pm
Frid.
9am-5.30pm
Sat.
9am-3pm
18th
Mary
19th
Mary
20th
Sarah
21st
Mary
24th
Kim
25th
Mary
26th
Mary
Walking Group
27th
Mary
28th
Mary
3rd March
Kim
4th
Mary
5th
Mary
Walking Group
6th
Mary
7th
Mary
10th
Kim
11th
Mary
12th
Mary
Walking Group
13th
Mary
14th
Mary
Who’s 17th
Kim
Working
When?
Feb.–
March
‘15
February
SUMMER has again been very kind to
gardeners with good rains, limiting the need to
water. But if you water, a good deep watering
once a week is far better than regular
sprinkling (which does not penetrate & dries
out too quickly!)
Adding a layer of mulch protects the soil &
breaks down, adding valuable humas. If you
have compost, that is ideal, while lucern hay is
the best of all mulches.
Compost heaps must not dry out so layers of
old carpet, cardboard, newspaper or clean (no
weed seed) lawn clippings can be used as
cover.
Water from time to time to keep it moist - but
not wet! A sprinkle of lime will help activate
the composting process.
IT IS time to prune - plums, peaches, apricots
and all stone fruit after harvest. Do not leave
rotten or fallen fruit on the ground as it
encourages diseases - collect it & feed it to
chooks or stock, or compost.
Cherry & pear slug (those shiny black leech
like critters) are very active now skeletonising leaves & inhibiting growth &
development. Control them with a dusting of
wood ash, lime or
Diatomaceous Earth (used in swimming pool
filters), or spray with lime/water at 10:1 ratio.
White cabbage moth are also busy - but a
fortnightly spray of Dipel or Pyrethrum will
discourage their egg laying activities. Their
caterpillars affect Cabbage, Cauliflour,
Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Kale etc.
PLANTING TIME
VEGETABLES - Cabbage, Cauliflour,
Broccoli & Lettuce, and if you plant
immediately Brussel Sprouts may succeed!
Ideally, Sprout seedlings should be in before
the end of January. Also fine to sow seeds Carrots, Parsnip, Beetroot, Radish, Leek &
Spring Onions.
FLOWERS - Seeds or seedlings - Stocks,
English Daisy, Iceland Poppies, Polyanthus,
Pansy & Primula; while, if taller background
plants are in your plan, try Foxgloves,
Delphinium, Canterbury Bells, Russel Lupins
& Hollyhocks - sown in pots/punnets now!
Worth trying for a great range of colour is
Aquilegia (also know as Columbines or
Granny Bonnets).
PLANNING AHEAD
*
Lightly prune/deadhead roses now to
promote another flush of Autumn colour
*
Prepare a bed for sowing Sweet Peas in
mid March—dig in animal manure,
compost & lime.
*
Make space & dig it over for a crop of
Broad Beans to be sown late March/
April.
Pigs
by Susan Carcary
Now my best mate Darryl Palmer was a very good pig farmer
As his father farmed before him pigs, they'd farmed pigs through the years
Darryl's tryin' to figure out what this new scheme is all about
The 'Non-Raised-Pigs-Incentives-Scheme' is driving him to tears
For they'd written to him saying that the Government was paying
Hefty subsidies to not raise pigs; the logic seems quite mad
Each non-raised little piggy seems is worth a sum so big, he's
Doing better now not raising pigs than when he ever had
What with pigs he is not raisin', Darryl's busy most week days in
Not producing all the cereals the non pigs do not eat
Darryl's bought a brand new Harley not producing oats and barley
And plans next year to not produce a bigger crop of wheat
This non-farming is efficient. Darryl found he had sufficient
Motivation to expand, and they approved the thing in days.
Add new cereals not growing to the crops he is not sowing
For a crop that will not feed the extra pigs he does not raise
Non-raised pigs! There's not much meat in all this new non-pork your eatin'
(And you really have to wonder how they're gonna market that)
A surprise is in the makin' when you're bringing home the bacon
Plus it has the added bonus that it's very low in fat
Darryl misses all his pig ways. He hankers for the old days
Not raising pigs can be a swine, but mostly, it's a bore
The stress of never hearing 'oink', he's even lost the urge to boink
And he's broken out in rashers. Oh, I should have said before
His favourite pig's still out the back. Real ham and bacon on his rack
But he's miserable, he's lonely, and his place looks like a sty
Darryl's rich but here's the fiddle – he's just piggy-in-the-middle
If they think this scheme can feed us all – I tell you - pigs will fly
© Susan Carcary 2010
If you’ve a poem that you once knew
Send it in for all to view,
It may be something about your horse
Or cat, or dog, or pig of course,
Fact or fiction, funny or sad
Have a go, it’s not that bad!
Kaz Kane
DARGO HOTEL
NEXT HAPPY WHEEL
HAPPY HOUR
Happy Hour this year will be on every
THURSDAY night 5.30 to 6.30
Beers will be $3.50 each.
U P C O M I N G
Fri 20th Feb - N/HOUSE
Fri 27th Feb - TV GROUP
Fri 6th Mar - Landcare
NEXT POOL n DARTS
Wed Feb 25th
E V E N T
Labour Day Weekend (Sat March 7th)
THREE BANDS WILL BE PLAYING
Programme starts around 3.30pm til midnight
BARNHURST -
(covering music by Paul Kelly, Johnny Cash, Beatles, U2,
Chris Isaak, The Pogues)
BACK IN THE DAZE
- (covering music by Creedence, Rolling Stones, Doors,
Chisel, Daddy Cool, Dire Straights, Angels)
INFIRMARY - (Mixed Blues and Rock with awesome saxophone player)
FREE CAMPING IN THE PADDOCK BEHIND THE PUB
Bookings and enquiries please contact Tom & Teen Howson on 51 401 231
Saturday 21 February 2015
Welcome event for all new members!
9.30am: Free Breadmaking Workshop with Culinaire Cooking School
Instruction in making wood-fired oven pizzas, sourdough and ciabatta breads
at Robyn and Roger’s place
917 Wonnangatta Road, Dargo, below Gibraltar Rock.
15 km from Dargo via Short Cut Road, 9.17km from start of Wonnangatta Road at Guys
Please confirm your Cooking Class booking with Robyn by 16 February
so ingredients and preparation can be made with the chef
Phone 9499 5426; email to rsuth@netspace.net.au
mail to 314 Upper Heidelberg Rd Ivanhoe 3079
1.00pm Free Gourmet pizza lunch
After completion of the breadmaking class we will have a
General Landcare Meeting
Followed by an inspection of Black Snake Creek track, or a swim or fish in the
Wonnangatta River
SUDOKU PUZZLE
(Solution Next Bulletin)
See if you can get through this Maze
Solution to last Bulletin’s
Sudoku Puzzle
JOKE
RIDDLES
What am I?
The more you feed me, the bigger I
grow, but give me water & I quickly
die.
Fire
A drover rode into Dargo on
Thursday, stayed three nights, and
rode out on Thursday. How did he
do that?
His horse’s name was ‘Thursday’.
The other night I was invited out for a night with the ‘girls.”
I told my husband that I would be home by midnight, “I
promise!” Well the hours passed and the margaritas went
down way too easily.
Around 3am, a bit loaded, I headed for home. Just as I got
in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hallway started up and
cuckooed three times.
Quickly, realizing my husband would probably wake up, I
cuckooed another 9 times. I was really proud of myself for
coming up with such a quick-witted solution, in order to
escape a possible conflict with him.
(Even when totally smashed...3 cuckoos plus 9 cuckoos
totals 12 cuckoos = MIDNIGHT!)
The next morning my husband asked me what time I got in.
I told him “MIDNIGHT” ...he didn’t seem annoyed in the
least. Phew, I got away with that one!
Then he said “We need a new cuckoo clock.”
When I asked him why, he said, “Well last night our clock
cuckooed three times, then said “oh shit” cuckooed four
more times, cleared it’s throat, cuckooed another three
times, giggled, cuckooed twice more, and then tripped over
the coffee table and farted”.
Provided by Hermann Bila
JOKE
There was an old couple, husband & wife,
who went to church every Sunday. Every
Sunday they sat on the same pew. One
Sunday morning in church during a sermon,
wife leaned over to her husband and said,
“I’ve just done a silent fart,
what should I do?”
Husband said “Check you hearing aid dear”.
Provided by Shelley Handley
OBITUARY
TODAY WE mourn the passing of a beloved old friend by the name of ‘Common Sense’ who has been with us for
many years.
No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in and out of the
rain, why the early bird gets the worm and that life isn’t always fair.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you earn) and
reliable parenting strategies (adults, not kids, are in charge).
His health began to rapidly deteriorate when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place.
Reports of a six year old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate, teens
suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student
only worsened his condition.
It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a student but
could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Finally, Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, churches became
businesses, and criminals received better treatment than their victims did.
Common Sense gave up the ghost after a woman failed to realise that a steaming cup of coffee was hot, she spilled
a bit in her lap, and was awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents Truth and Trust, his wife Discretion, his daughter
Responsibility and his son Reason.
Two stepbrothers - My Rights and I’ma Whiner - survive him.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realised he was gone. If you still remember him pass this on, if not
join the majority and do nothing.
Provided by Lesley Websdale
JOKES
At St. Peter’s Catholic Church, they have weekly husbands’ marriage seminars.
At the session last week, the priest asked Giuseppe, who said he was approaching his 50th
wedding anniversary, to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he had managed to stay married to
the same woman all these years.
Giuseppe replied to the assembled husbands, ‘Wella, I’va tried to treat her nicea, spenda da
money on her, but besta of all is, I tooka her to Italy for the 25th anniversary!’
The priest responded, ‘Giuseppe, you are an amazing inspiration to all the husbands here! Please tell us what you
are planning for your wife for your 50th anniversary?’
Giuseppe proudly replied, ‘I gonna go picka her up.’
—————————————————————–——————A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet. “My dog’s cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him?” “Well,” says
the vet, “let’s have a look at him”. So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth. Finally he
says, “I’m going to have to put him down”. “What?
Because he’s cross-eyed?” says the man. “No, because he’s bloody heavy.”
Local inspection and collection
Prices negotiable
Contact
Saw Bench with PTO - $300
Roger Sutherland on
9499 5426
Seed & fertiliser
spreader with PTO-$150
$30 Daily Hire
Laundry Facilities
Now available at the Store
Any day between
8.30am & 4.00pm
To Dargo Residents only
Bookings taken through
Lesley Websdale
Phone 5140 1234
Dargo N/Hood House BBQ
Ph: 5140 1219
for more details
Kylie’s Remedial
Massage Therapy
Is now operating out of the Bush
Nursing Centre in Dargo.
Her next visit will be
March 6th - 9th 2015
Appointments can be made for 1 hr,
45 mins or 1/2 hr sessions.
Contact Kylie Ross on 0419 358 565
Room 11
Gift Shop
Dargo Motor
Inn
New stock arriving soon!
New Jewellery
New Handbags
Golliwogs
Scarves
Figurines
Candle Holders
And much more!
Opening Hours - any day, just ask
at Reception or phone 51401314
Fresh Fish & Seafood
Now available through the
Dargo General Store
Your orders MUST be in no later
than 5.00pm Monday for pickup at
the Store on Friday morning.
Price list & order forms
ready to collect at the
Store
Bill Campbell - Builder
Your Locally Licensed
Quality Builder
For all your Building and
Carpentry Needs.
New Homes, Renovations,
Extensions, Pergolas & Decks
Contact Bill on
(03) 5140 1314
Or Mobile 0425 715 771
H & H Contracting Pty. Ltd.
ABN 65 092 331 952
STEVEN HALL
FOR YOUR
TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS
INCLUDING
- LIVESTOCK
- FERTILIZER
- HAY ETC.
PLEASE CONTACT...
M & D. Knott Dargo
MOBILE
0427 456 181
*Tip Truck & Backhoe
*Small Grader & Dozer Hire
*Quality Sands *Gravels *Soils *Cattle
Tracks *Driveways *House Sites
*Drainage
*Rubbish Removal *Foundations
228 Lind Avenue 3862
Telephone (03) 5140 1257
Mobile 0407 401 250
32 Princes Highway Stratford Vic.
PH/FAX 03 51 456 181
ELECTRICIAN
HANDYMAN
AVAILABLE FOR ALL YOUR
SLASHING AND ROTARY
HOEING NEEDS
THE VERY BEST
ELECTRICIAN
LIVING IN DARGO IS
AVAILABLE FOR
WORK. NO JOB TOO
BIG OR SMALL.
GOOD RATES
PLEASE CONTACT
HERMANN BILA
ON 5140 1228
0427 401 300
PHIL DAVIES
REG # 15157
Trading Hours
Mon - Thurs
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
8:00—5:30
8:00—6:30
8:00—5:30
8:00—5:00
Ph: 5140 1219
EARLY OR LATER HOURS CAN BE
ARRANGED FOR GROUPS WITH
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OR IN AN
EMERGENCY.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Need a document
witnessed?
Call SUE CAPON
ph: 5140 1339
your local
“Justice of the Peace”
REGISTRATION NO 10087
PLUMBER
& GASFITTER
COLIN CHATFIELD
Has now moved to Briagalong and
does not have any problems
travelling to Dargo.
Phone: 0419 876 714