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Eylandt Echo Fortnightly news for the Groote Eylandt community proudly produced by GEMCO
August 29th 2012 Page 1
Editorial 2
Township News 2
Off the Rock 3
Picnic Day photo-graphs
4/5
CWA Picnic Day results 6/7
Tides and fishing 8
Puzzles 9
Leaving Eylandt 10
Classifieds 11
Sports 12
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Picnic Day festivities bring good times to Eylandt There was plenty of fun to be had on Ey-landt during the Picnic Day festivities, with crowds of Groote Eylandt residents turning out to enjoy the sunshine and en-tertainment. As well as all your favourite Picnic Day events, the Picnic Day Committee organ-ised a host of new competition categories including Best Picnic Setting, new Fun Run categories of Father, Son, Mother, Daughter and first Push Chair, spear throwing, and the much loved, Coconut
Critters Creations. back from the day and it was great to see
said Festival Organiser, Richard Tomlinson. For a full spread of Picnic Day photo-graphs, check out pages 4-7. If you see your photograph published in the Echo and would like a copy, please email Sarah at [email protected]
From left: the Polynesian dance troupe gets into the spirit;; the Cooper ladies enjoy lunch in the sunshine;; the best dressed pooch on the day with owner, Brodee Leonard.
Township news
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Greetings Eylandters,
It has been another busy month on Eylandt with some of the best event of the year brin-‐ing residents out to enjoy the fun. Check out our spread of Picnic Day festivities on pages 4-‐7 and check back in next edition for all the news and photos from Trivia Night.
Island Dreams Competition closes this dead-‐line, so get those entries in to
Happy reading,
Sarah Dixon
Water conservation Sprinklers are only permitted between the hours of 4:00 pm and 9:00 pm and then again between 4:00 am and 9:00 am. We thank you for adhering to the times and advise that timers are available from envi-ronment at the mines. Sprinklers must not be left running throughout the night or day. GEMCO are committed to achieving environmental sustainability and conservation of water is a high priority. Please ensure you only use your sprinklers during the permitted hours. Your ongoing assistance is greatly appreciated. Recycling Facility Many tenants may not be aware of the recycling fa-cilities that Gemco provide to the residents of Alyan-gula, in the area known as the Hobby Sheds, behind the Fire Station in town, there are facilities where you can drop your waste for recycling. This includes, glass, aluminium, cooking oil, engine oil, white goods (fridges, washing machines, dryers etc.) car batteries etc. Please help eliminate unnecessary waste going to land fill and take advantage of the recycling facilities that GEMCO provide. Public Facilities Bookings
Please be advised that all bookings for public facili-ties (ASEC Hall, pool, oval, public BBQ areas, ten-nis courts etc) should be booked through our office. Contact Barb Holland on 8987 6400 to make your bookings. Please remember that bookings are tight;; if you are not using your current booking, also con-tact LJ Hooker for cancellations. Termites With the Dry season upon us we are seeking the help of all tenants in early identification of Termites. The most obvious sign of termites are the small brown
on concrete slabs. Particular attention should be paid
place for their tracks to appear.
these termite tracks on any part of your home, please call the LJ Hooker office so that we can arrange to have it inspected and treated. Our Pest Contractor has provided the following tips that will help prevent termites from entering your home: Keep all plants and shrubs at least 1 metre from the house Clear soil and garden beds away from the edge of the concrete slab under the house so that any
Quote of the week:
journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well pre-‐served body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow!
-‐ Hunter S. Thompson
Kenny Rogers, one of the many stars who performecx at the Darwin Festival
Darwin Festival rocks the Top End
tracks on the slab can be seen
Remove any timber / wood from garden beds etc. next to the concrete slabs
Please do not plant trees or shrubs that will touch the house or roof when mature. These become a bridge for termites to enter your home and the damage can be extensive. Most importantly, please never plant anything underneath the electrical service line that connects to your home from the power pole in the street. If we all follow these simple steps the termites risk will be greatly reduced and your assistance is greatly appreciated. Arnhem Land Pest Control from Nhulunbuy has been appointed as the new service provider for Pest Con-trol. We have been advised that their charge for ten-ant requested services is $220.00. Their contact de-tails are: Phone: (08) 8987-3900 Fax: (08) 8987-3911 and Mob: 0419-739000
Contact us: Eylandt Echo Phone: (08) 8987 4137 Email: eylandte-[email protected] The Eylandt Echo newsletter is produced each fortnight for the benefit of everyone on Groote Eylandt. The Eylandt Echo is sponsored by GEMCO as a community service. The contribu-‐tions and advertisements contained within the Eylandt Echo are not necessarily the views and opinions shared by either the Editor or GEMCO,
at large. NEXT DEADLINE:5th September 2012
The Darwin Festival, one of the biggest
been taking place for the past 18 days and Darwinians have been out enjoying the fun. Kicking off on the 8th August, the festival
Georges Green at the Botanical Gardens. The festival has featured a mix of events from a concert by American country singer, Kenny Rogers to the National Indigenous Music Awards. Other acts have included The Black Arm Band Company, with You Am I frontman Tim Rogers joining in, Santos, cabaret act, La Soiree, the Tarian Malam Night Dancers from Indonesia, comedian Colin Hay and many others.
Police Beat Groote Eylandt A contractor had his work vehicle stolen from Umbakumba last week. Two offenders were arrested by Police, appeared before last week's Alyangula court and were sentenced to terms of imprisonment. Two other males received terms of imprisonment for aggravated assault and breached DVO offences. A number of persons have been sent to court recently for drink driving and other traffic offences after leaving licensed premises around Alyan-gula. There is no excuse for anybody to be drink driving in this town and anybody caught will be put before the courts. After over three and a half years service on Groote Eylandt, popular Po-liceman, Ty Bellman and his family are transferring to Darwin next month. His dedication to his work and community spirit will be missed and we wish him and his family well.
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win, of which the Government has provided $30,000. The deposit has been paid and the half pipe is currently under construction, expected to be Darwin by the end of October. Once the ramp is in Darwin the BMX Club will need to freight it to Groote and are currently seeking sponsored freight for this leg of the journey.
The Northern Territory Government Sports & Rec-reation Department has agreed to fund a skate ramp
Club President, Chris Love, was delighted at the ex-
the BMX Club.
activities for young people as they will be able to use skateboards, scooters and roller blades as well as
money to erect a club house and last year to line the
The cost for the ramp is $44,000, delivered to Dar-
BMX Club Fundraisers ... Raffle - $5-00 a ticket with an array of prizes including two return flights to Dar-
win from our favourite airline and sponsor VINCENT AVIATION. The raffle will be drawn on the 22nd
Lap-a-thon - The BMX Lap-a-thon has been in the planning for many months and is ready to take off 3.pm on Saturday 22nd September at the BMX track. So in the next couple of weeks there will be lots of young club members out there chasing sponsors to sponsor them per lap or make a donation. On the day the kids get 3 hours to ride as many laps as possible and we have some fantastic prizes on
and over) as well as lucky draws during the event. Please support the youth in their efforts for fundraising for this fantastic addition of our facility.
Chris Love, President
NT Government RAMPS UP Alyangula BMX
India has surged ahead of China and Britain as the largest source of set-tlers to Australia. The latest figures show that 29,000 Indians, most of them qualified professionals, includ-ing software engineers and cooks, became permanent residents in Aus-tralia, which is more than 15% of the total intake according to the 2011-12 Migration Programme report. Qantas has posted its first annual loss since it was privatised in 1995, amid high fuels costs and growing losses at its international operations. The firm made a net loss of A$244m for the year ending 30 June. This compares with a net profit of A$250m in the previous year. The US space agency's (Nasa) Curi-osity rover has finally begun to roll across the surface of Mars, the Red Planet. The Mars robot, which landed two weeks ago, turned its six wheels briefly on Wednesday to satisfy engineers that its locomotion system was in full working order. Curiosity is a sophisticated mobile science laboratory which has been built to drive at least 20km across the Martian landscape to investigate whether the planet ever had the conditions necessary for life.
(source BBC World News)
Angurugu senior secondary boys get crafty with new skills
Then housings were cut to fit the legs in, for strength and stability (image 2). Once the legs were fitting nice and snug the bench was assembled and screwed together (image 3). A few final touches and the bench was ready for home use. The edges were routed so they were nicely rounded and had no splinters to catch your legs. The whole bench was then sanded and the boys prepared the top for gluing on the vinyl cover. Then... It was time to take it home! Our model worker was Jaydrian. The other students involved in this project were Donny, Gideon, Vinny,and Mitchell. Teacher Jim Field Mitchell said hands on projects were a great way to engage the boys.
Technical Block, constructing a bench to be used at home. They had to draw a plan, using square grid paper to work out how many people the seat would be used by and the best height and length for com-fortable sitting. Once they had their plans they then had to meas-ure and cut out the materials from the timber stack outside the Tech Block.
They then took the timber in-side and began converting it into a piece of furniture for home use. First they squared up all the timber ends using a drop/draw saw (image 1). They cut the legs to length using the same saw.
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Best Picnic Setting
Right: The classic and lovely winning Picnic set-up. Above: Brit takes her prize. Top & Be-
runner-Day setting.
, Son, Mother, Daughter and first Push Chair, Spear Throwing, and Coconut Critters Creations. The overwhelming feedback was exceptionally positive. The Picnic Day Committee were really interested to try a somewhat different layout to the day this year to maximise shade options and increase peoples comfort throughout the day so they could enjoy of the events and activi-ties that were planned. The feedback we received and from what we could observe, it was very successful in creating a carni-val atmosphere and we are looking forward to building on this next year. We really enjoyed tremendous support from community organisations which allowed so many of the activities to run smoothly for longer periods of time and allow access for people to enjoy them. Support groups organisations included Playgroup, BMX
Grove The results of the survey placed the most popular events as follows
1.Fireworks Display 2. Polynesian Performance group 3. Pig on the Spit 4. Latin Percussion Group
6. Fun Run
I would like to thank all those people who took part in the survey and offered their feedback plus those people who so gener-ously sent in supportive comments and emails. We gained a number of valuable points which will look to incorporate next year. I would also like to thank our numerous and continually supportive sponsors
Gold Betapave ARC Caltex,
Silver Toll Vincent Aviation Dawsons, Dugong Resort, Schenck Processes, Workpac
Bronze Airnorth , ESS Gebie, Norsign, CSC, Hatch, Blackwoods, Coffee Shop,
Also like to thank the Mining, Fixed Plant (Electrical), Rehabilitation and Mine Service, Township Maintenance and especially
ESS and the parks and Gardens crew for their support and help with bringing the day together. Richard Tomlinson
If you see your photograph in the Echo and would like a copy, please email Sarah at [email protected] and we will send you a digital copy.
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Photography Fun in the sun Senior
1st Kate Carr
2nd Britt Hollingsworth
Commendation Amy Hobbs
Junior
1st Dakota Hobbs
2nd Billy Petrie
Commendation Dakota Hobbs
Colours of the tropics Senior
1st Janita Bruton
2nd Kerry Strijdom
Commendation Genny Donohue
Junior
1st Nakarin Macaulay
2nd Luke Donohue
Commendation Billy Petrie
General Crafts Senior 1st PollyAnna Eun 2nd Mick Blaxter
Commendation Junior 1st Olivia Donahue 2nd Emma Turley
Commendation Isabelle Le Souef
C W A Picnic Day Results The C W A would like to thank all concerned for organising a most enjoyable Picnic Day, where a good time was had by all. We would like to make a few special mentions that helped our part of the day run more efficiently. First and foremost an enormous thank you to the CWA ladies, who worked tirelessly throughout the entire day; your dedication and energy surpasses many. To our contestants; without your entries the CWA section of Picnic Day would not be possible. Thank you and each and every one of you are winners for beginning the race. To our helpers:
The Golf Club Mine Maintenance Repairs and maintenance on the mobile fridge, especially on Picnic Day when John Keene needed to rectify a
glitch with the generator. (Not the mobile fridge as we believed), thank you John. Well done to the maintenance team; the mobile
Parks & Gardens Setting up and tiding up of the Oval which looked immaculate both before and after completion of Picnic Day. Jake Cockle Supply of an esky filled with ice, to keep drinks for the CWA ladies cold all day. It was well appreciated Jake. Fixed Plant Supplying man power and a truck, to assist with moving display boards and tables, on Picnic Day. Kelvin and Scott were outstanding in
the way that they helped out. It was a pleasure to work with them. Nick Kenny Supply of weights to prevent our displays being blown away by the gusty winds that presented themselves on the day. To our Judges ook,
Phil Holland, Nick Kenny, Michael Rose, Jo Jefferson, Gerhard Reyneke, Frans-‐Josef Jaspers, Ethan McDonald and Ben Yaksich. We have a special thank you to Richard Tomlinson who supervised the organisation of the day. His expertise and professionalism is apparent and it was a pleasure to work with him. Picnic Day was a great success and we would love feedback from the community for category ideas for next year. All e-‐mail enquiries can be directed to [email protected] If you have not collected your winning prize, please collect it from Barb Holland at LJ Hooker office, Town-‐ship Office, Yarradeena Rd, Alyangula. Ph 8987 6400.
Art Senior
1st Liz Kaurilla Pre-school/Transition
1st Tyreese Wurramarra
2nd Caine Cockle
Commendation Jill Mamarika
Years 1/2
1st Olivia McConachy
2nd Abbygail Stringer
Commendation Ava Daw
Years 3/4
1st Kyle Petith
2nd Dakota Hobbs
Commendation Nakarin Macaulay
Years 4/5
1st Adam Chettle
2nd Shanobi Marocchini
Commendation Eva Nastase
Years 5/6
1st Julia Nowak
2nd Hugo Luccarini
Commendation Stella Sandy
MSU
1st Bailea & Joelyn
2nd Zara - Angurugu School
Commendation Katie - Angurugu School
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Cakes Senior
1st Thanojah & Emma
2nd Kylie Veale
Commendation Rebecca Smith
Junior
1st Nakarin Macaulay
2nd Jarrod Turley
Sweets Biscuits & Slices Senior
1st Kylie Veale
2nd Kylie Veale
Commendation Michelle Giddings
Junior
1st Isabelle & Patrick Le Souef
Tropical Savoury Senior
1st Jittra Macaulay
2nd Kylie Veale
Junior
1st Nakarin Macaulay
2nd Stella Sandy
Tropical Sweet Senior
1st Carrina Tipping
2nd Michelle Giddings
Commendation Kylie Veale
Junior
1st Kiana Bellman and Grace Monaghan-McColm
Eylandt Flowers Senior Jodie Huggett
1st Nakarin Macaulay
2nd Julia Nowak
Cake Decorating Senior
1st Michelle Leonard
Junior
1st Caitlyn Turley
2nd Sophie Milroy
Overall Winners... Junior ...Nakarin Macaulay
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Milner bay times and heights of high and low waters
Tidal stream predictions for Milner Bay
The above information is sourced from the Bureau of Meterology and is available at www.bom.gov.au. It is advised to check any current National Weather Warnings at http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/index.shtml. The tide heights are in metres above Prediction Datum, red for low water and blue for high water. The times stated are Australian Central Standard Time (24 hour clock). Daylight Saving Time is not observed
Following the AGM, the GEGSFC wish to publish the new committee members, as per below:
GROOTE EYLANDT GAME & SPORT FISHING CLUB
Wednesday 29 Thursday 30 Friday 31 Saturday 1 Sunday 2 Monday 3 Tuesday 4
Time Height Time Height Time Height Time Height Time Height Time Height Time Height 0806 1.57 0912 1.57 1011 1.54 0051 0.66 1136 1.39 0536 0.85 0105 0.93 1844 0.44 1928 0.47 2010 0.54 1059 1.48 2104 0.71 0640 0.84 0752 0.87
2351 0.66 2045 0.62 1207 1.29 1236 1.17 2053 0.78 2029 0.79
Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Friday 7 Saturday 8 Sunday 9 Monday 10 Tuesday 11
Time Height Time Height Time Height Time Height Time Height Time Height Time Height 0132 1.03 0201 1.12 0229 1.20 0300 1.27 0336 1.33 0421 1.38 0516 1.42 0902 0.89 1037 0.90 0541 1.13 1821 0.61 1840 0.57 1858 0.55 1911 0.54
1305 1.06 1330 0.95 0630 1.13 1725 0.82 1736 0.73 1759 0.66
President Bomber Vice President James Downes Secretary Zara Roche Treasurer Kristyne Love Recorder Craig Davies Weight master Darren Mcconachy Weight master Leggy Committee Jeremy Barnett Committee Ross McDonald Committee Dave Archbold Committee Ian Rollins Committee Rachael Barnett Committee Simon Stevenson Committee Amy Hobbs
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retire for the night and go to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes wakes up
are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I sus-‐pect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful, and we are a small
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Echo: How long have you been on Eylandt for? Carol: 12 months Echo: Where to next? Carol: I am going back down to my partner and farm in Tasmania. We have a beautiful property which almost all self sustainable now, growing our own food and rearing ani-mals. Echo: What has been the most positive as-pect about living on Groote? Carol: beautiful place to live and I have loved the fishing and the community itself. Everyone has been so welcoming here. Of course, where ever you go, it does take some time to get to know people, but it is so friendly here in this small community. Echo: What has been your greatest achieve-ment here on Groote Eylandt? Carol: I think we have achieved some really good outcomes here on Groote at the Job Shop, establishing it as a professional pro-vider for job seekers and employers. We have stepped up with a more pro-active ap-
Left: Carol bids fare-well to the team at the Job Shop
proach and I think we have established a better understanding of employers. We now have 15 work experience pro-jects going and we have built really strong relationships, which are very important to the Job Shop. Echo: What has been the greatest challenge about working on Groote Eylandt? Carol: The lack of other service providers is challenging. On the main land you would have a network of complimentary support programs such as counselling, mental health workers etc, which we do not have over here. It is no ones fault, every rural area faces the same difficulties. Also staffing in such a remote region is always going to be challenging. It makes me sad to leave, as I now have such an awesome team here, do-ing some great work. Echo: What are you looking forward to about living off-Eylandt the most? Carol: Having four seasons again, seeing family and all my animals. Strangely enough, the cold weather also! Echo: What is the biggest lesson that life on Groote has taught you? Carol: In terms of my work, Groote is not much different, the challenges are always the same in this industry. There are always reasons as to why people are not working, but those reasons are not that different here, people are just people at the end of the day! The other lesson to remember is the impor-tance of having a good team. Here we have
Groote Eylandt is lucky to have this support, as many other regional areas do not. Echo: What is your favourite recreation spot on Eylandt? Carolsitting down at the Picnic Area at Alyangula
pretty. Also the Umbakumba wharf is a great spot to watch the ocean from. Echo: If you could make one change to em-ployment policy, what would it be? Carol: Here on Groote, for employers to be more willing to look at flexible working ar-rangements, like part time or job share. It really does make jobs more accessible for women who can balance their family life. Echo: What advice do you have for newcom-ers to Eylandt?
Carol: Go with Groote time! I run at 100 miles an hour but things just take time here, so you have to as well. I still run at 100 miles
anymore. Also to have family date the mail that they send to you. I always seem to get a
news comes first, and which comes after. Finally, to keep your sense of humour about you at ALL times!
Leaving Eylandt: This month Groote Eylandters said farewell to Carol Bankier-Hermans, Site Manager at the GEBIE Job Shop. We caught up with Carol before she left to find out what is next in store for her and what she has achieved during her time on Eylandt.
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Representatives from the Geelong CATS returned to Angurugu School to strengthen the partnership, bringing video messages of deadly choices around sport and healthy lifestyles. This time they brought representatives from Target ,who hold social justice as a key agenda item. They presented at assembly and held football drills and games for both girls and boys. Discussions are underway around how they can sustainabley sup-port the Angurugu School Community to increase health and life-style outcomes. Principal Kristie Lloyd said that the partnership, now in its fifth year was a great example of schools, sport and corporate organisations working together to benefit children. Below: Angurugu students with CATS representatives
CATS help Close the Gap
Students from Alyangula School laced up their running shoes on the 17th August and headed down to Alyangula Beach for their annual Fun Run, raising a total of $5318.70 for the school. Students, teachers and parents enjoyed juice and fresh fruit after the run on the Alyangula Oval.
Right: Alyangula school student, Chloe Jones takes a well deserved break. Far right: Students head out along the beach track.
Alyangula School Fun Run
Students at Alyangula School have been enjoying their new basket ball courts, which were resurfaced with a synthetic playing surface over the last school holidays. School Principal Joanne Jefferson said the school was also having football and soccer goal posts installed on the oval. She said that the improvements aimed to give students more opportunities to develop their
sporting skills and stay active.
Alyangula School upgrades sports facilities
