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RETIRED CUSTOMS OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION
OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA INC.
DUTY FREED Official Newsletter of the
www.rcoa.org.au March 2014
Committee Contact Details
PRESIDENT Ron King
PO Box 2091, Mandurah 6210
email - [email protected]
9583 3258 0417 917 602
VICE PRESIDENT Richard Coleman
13 Golden Ash Gardens, Helena Valley 6056
email - [email protected]
9299 6243 0437 518 679
SECRETARY / EDITOR Hazel Webb
78 Arundel Dr, Wellard 6170
email – [email protected]
9439 2268 0409 105 101
TREASURER Bernie Webb
78 Arundel Dr, Wellard 6170
email – [email protected]
9439 2268 0419 903 218
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Warrick Gates [email protected]
Neil Hopkins [email protected]
Karen Jardine [email protected]
Kay Schmidt [email protected]
Trevor Smart [email protected]
Bob Stone [email protected]
Ray Treen [email protected]
Contributions
If you’d like to contribute an article to this
newsletter, please send it, preferably by e-mail, to
the editor. Copy deadline is the 11th of each month
of publication.
Please address general correspondence and
subscriptions to the Secretary.
All cheques are to be made payable to the ‘Retired
Customs Officers’ Association of WA Inc.
Membership
RCOA welcomes new members of former Customs
officers. Current membership is 123
The membership fee for former officer & spouse or
single is $10. An application form is included on
the inside back page of this Newsletter.
Annual subscriptions are due on January 1st each
year. Please check your address label for your
current financial status.
Contents
Committee Contact Details 1
Minutes AGM 2014 2
Treasurers Report 2013 3
List of Current Members 4
Puzzle Page 5
Puzzle Answers—January 2014 6
Birthdays / Anniversaries 7
Social / Events Page 8
All About The Maze 9
Membership/Renewal Form 11
Function Booking Slip 11
Last but not Least 12
Future Events 2014
Sun Mar 23rd
Breakfast @ Swan Yacht Club
Thurs May 8th
The Maze @ Bullsbrook
Duty Freed Page 2 March 2014
Minutes of Annual General Meeting held at the Swan Yacht Club, East Fremantle on Tuesday
February 4h 2014
Vice-President Richard Coleman declared the meeting open at 11:40 am and welcomed those attending.
Members present as per signed list circulated at the meeting.
Apologies – Jim & Norma Anderson, Ron Dyer, Jan Hall, Ian Jamieson, Karen Jardine, Ron & Judy King, Bev & Percy
Perrin, Les Preedy, Harry Tazewell
Minutes of previous AGM were circulated in the ‘Duty Freed’ for all members to read, and were accepted as read.
Accepted by all in attendance
Treasurer’s Report – was circulated in the ‘Duty Freed’ for all members to read. Bernie outlined an error that was
recorded in the Duty Freed which since the accounts have been audited has been corrected. Bob Stone proposed that
this now be accepted as a true record, seconded Warrick Gates. Accepted by all in attendance
Entertainment Report – Hazel outlined the functions that were held & numbers attending. Due to weather, illness or
happy travellers there were few functions in 2013 but we hope to have a better year in 2014
AGM 2013 - 29 attended the meeting & lunch at Swan Yacht Club.
Feb – 10 had breakfast at Swan Yacht Club
Dec – 18 in total celebrated a Christmas lunch at the Iris Bar & Restaurant, the sit down lunch was again very enjoyable
and will look to book this venue again for Christmas 2014.
President’s Report – New is the year, new are our hopes. Welcome to the year 2014.
Since our last AGM our function program was limited by opportunity and attendance. In part I must accept
some of the blame, as do some of our committee, as all but Hazel & Richard at some time or other were
tripping off somewhere. Myself and Judy caravanned to the eastern states to attend the Probus Rendezvous
at Albury/Wodonga and glad we did for it was very well organised and presented. I mention this because on
our way home via Canberra we caught up with, ex Customs, Graham Cruttenden and his partner Ruth and a
very old friend, and old he is (91), Ian Foster. Fit and well.
As with all committees and Associations they do not exist and or/survive without personal support and such
is the case with your Committee to which special mention must be made to Hazel & Bernie. To all you
members who support our functions I thank you sincerely. To the members in general I too say thanks to
you for maintaining your interest in this unique Club/Association.
Regrettably some members are no longer with us and please allow me to make special mention of Alex Shaw
to which this Association is very much indebted. This was the man who literally hand produced our
Newsletters, now, Duty Freed. My apologies for not being in your company today but nature, age and a
surgeon have restricted my movements for the next few weeks. God willing and the creeks don’t flood I will
be a regular attendee at all future committee meetings and social functions. Again in all sincerity, thank you
on behalf of the committee for your continued support. Ron King
Darrell Johnson – took the chair and proceeded with the election of office bearers for the next year.
Only one nomination was received per position and were elected unopposed as below.
President Ron King
Vice President Richard Coleman
Secretary Hazel Webb
Treasurer Bernie Webb
Duty Freed Editor Hazel Webb
Committee Warrick Gates, Neil Hopkins, Karen Jardine, Kay Schmidt,
Trevor Smart, Bob Stone, Ray Treen
General Business—Bernie advised the website was temporarily down however it should be fixed very soon,
apologies to those who may have tried to access it.
Hazel advised that due to staff changes at Customs we had no guest speaker this year but will follow up for
2015 AGM
With no further business Richard thanked everyone for attending and closed the meeting at 12:00 noon
The next Annual General Meeting will be Tuesday February 3rd 2015 at the Swan Yacht Club.
Duty Freed Page 3 March 2014
INCOME
Functions 1,195.00
Subscriptions 1,000.00
Donations 80.00
Credit - Functions 2013 120.00
Miscellaneous 100.00
Interest 5.44
Total Income $2500.44
EXPENDITURE
Functions 1,456.00
Postage 0.00
Miscellaneous (Website) 36.00
Administration (General) 222.50
Total Expenditure $1,714.50
Excess Income over Expenditure $785.94
BANK RECONCILIATION
Balance 01/01/2013 $3,910.42
Deposits 2,500.44
$6,410.86
Withdrawals -1,714.50
Balance 31/12/2013 $4,696.36
Bank Balance 31/12/2013
Credit Balance $4,696.36
Assets 0.00
Liabilities (Subs 2014) -920.00
Liabilities (Misc 2014) -100.00
Liabilities (Functions 2014) -100.00
Net Credit $3,556.36
The above figures represent the financial position of the Association as at December 31, 2013
We need your help!
Many of you appear to be having trips around Australia, overseas or just down the road and may come
across some exceptional places. We would like to hear about them along with any highlights of your trip.
Please email your experiences to the Secretary so they can be shown in the Duty Freed. Pictures are not
always easy to insert but we will try
Also as you can see we do not have a gossip column so if you have any news of members please let us
know. Unfortunately the only news we seem to get is when one of our members has passed away and
advise our members by email due to the timeframe.
Treasurer’s Report 2013
Statement of Receipts & Expenditure Year ended December 31st 2013
Duty Freed Page 4 March 2014
RCOA Current Members 2014
ANDERSON Jim & Norma HERON Les & Moira ROBERTS Clayton & Suzanne
ARMSTRONG Susan & John DANIELS HOGG Alan ROSS Ian
BAIRD Jim & Dianne HOPKINS Neil & Sue ROWSE Elaine
BALES Ruby HOROCKS Darrol & Joan SCHMIDT Kay & Roger
BARNETT Jo HRABAR Mike SHAW Sylvia (L)
BARTROP Greg & Helen HUBBARD Jacky & Paul SHEPHERDSON Kevin & Sheila
BECK Ron & Maureen HUNTER Jim & Carol MOREY SIMS Sandra & Alex
BELL Phil & Pook JARDINE Karen & Ian JAMIESON SKEELS Mark & Janine
BISSAKER Bryan & Pat JARVIS Ron & Margaret SMALLWOOD Steve & Jenny
BLACK Lance & Nita JOHNSON Darrell & Patricia (L) SMART Trevor & Eleanor (L)
BLACKALL Ross & Wendy JOHNSON Joy SMITH Dorothy
BOYLAN Shaun & Roslyn KELLY Valmai SMITH Ken & Phyllis
BURDGE Phil & Jeannette KING Ron & Judy (L) SMITHER Geoff & Helen
BYRNE Gary & Karen HAWLEY KINSELLA John & Juliet SODING Mike & Pamela
COLEMAN Richard & Marjorie DECAUX KIRSOPP George & Paula SORENSEN John & Colleen
CORNISH Christine & Graeme KNIGHT Betty SPENCER Rod & Denise
CORNISH Christopher & Astrid NORGARD KOCH Derek STEWART Ken
CROWE Elsie LAMERS Hedda STITT John
CRUTTENDEN Graham & Ruth CHIPMAN LITHERLAND Lance & Lana STONE Bob & Robyn
CUSTOMS SOCIAL CLUB (F) LOWE Brian & Marie GLOVER STOREY Ian & Julia
DALE Wayne & Lyn MARKS John & Sue SULLIVAN Trixie
DALTON Bob & Angela MARTIN Bob & Sue SWEET Roly & Sue
DANKS Bob & Margaret MCCUBBIN Tony & Kerry TAZEWELL Harry (F)
DANKS Morris & Barbara (F) MCDONALD Ian & Shirley THOMAS Geraldine
DAVIES Terry & Emma MENNER Frank & June THUNDER Geoff & Rose
DE GRUCHY Ron & Jean METCALF Michael & Robyn TOY Mary (L)
DETERMES Bert MIFFLIN Leanne TREEN Ray
DIXON Roly & Jenny MORAN Frank & Maureen TURNER Natalie & Andrew TIGCHELAAR
DYER Ron & Wendie MURPHY Paul & Pauline WAIGHT John & Lynne
EARNSHAW Jack & Stella MURRAY Kaye (L) WALES Rob & Jennifer STOKES
ELEY Jack & Jess OLSEN Ivan & Kate WALKER Bill & Pat
EMERSON Terry & Norma O'NEILL Jim & Bridie WARD Brian & Kathleen
FLYNN Mike & Renee O'NEILL Mary WATSON Gus & Carol
FORREST Ian & Lorraine PAGE Yvonne WEBB Bernie & Hazel (L)
FOSTER Frances PARKER Judith WEIGHTMAN Melvyn
FRANETOVICH Sue PATRONI John & Karen WESTLEY Vern (L)
GATES Warrick & Ros PERRIN Percy & Beverley WHITESIDE Dennis & Lin
GAUSDEN Philip & Tina PIKE Pat & Lavinia WILLIAMS Charlie & Norma
GERREYN Max & Sherren PREEDY Les WILLS Pat (L)
GREENWOOD Con REGALI Vic & Sue ABBEY WOLSKI Geoff & Robyn
HALL Alan REGIONAL DIRECTOR (F)
HALL Jan ROBERTS Chris & Sue
Duty Freed Page 5 March 2014
Each Sudoku has a unique solution that can
be reached logically without guessing. Enter
digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every
row must contain one of each digit. So must
every column, as must every 3x3 square
March Sudoku
Puzzle Page
Across:
1. Concern (5) 4. Maxim (5) 7. Fruit (3) 8. Responded (7) 9. Chess piece (4) 10. Writer (6) 13. Sagacity (6) 14. Leave out (4) 17. Decorate food (7) 19. Beverage (3) 20. Stitched (5) 21. Travesty (5)
Down:
1. Thin biscuit (5) 2. Areas (7) 3. Tall story (4) 4. Counting device (6) 5. Perform (3) 6. Duck (5) 11. Short-tailed burrowing rodent (7) 12. Aped (6) 13. Earnings (5) 15. Search and find (5) 16. Professional cook (4) 18. Uncooked (3)
March Quick Crossword
March 9-Letter Word
How many words can you make
from the letters in the wheel? Each
word must contain the hub letter H.
Can you find a 9-letter word and at
least 15 other words of five letters or
more avoiding proper nouns?
4 2 6 8
3 4
8 7 1
6 1 5 8 2 7
3 1
4 5 7 2 3 1
2 3 9
5 6
9 6 5 1
Duty Freed Page 6 March 2014
Puzzle Answers
January 9-letter word - GLADIATOR. Some other words of five letters or more containing the hub
letter R: agora, altar, aorta, argal, argot, aroid, artal, atria, goral, grail, griot, groat, laird (Scot),
largo, radio, raita, ratio, riata, taira, tiara, trail, triad, trial, adroit, aortal, argali, atrial, lariat, latria,
radial, tailor.
9 5 2 4 7 6 8 1 3
4 6 8 3 1 9 2 5 7
1 3 7 2 5 8 4 9 6
8 7 9 6 4 2 1 3 5
3 2 1 5 8 7 6 4 9
5 4 6 9 3 1 7 2 8
7 1 5 8 2 3 9 6 4
2 9 3 7 6 4 5 8 1
6 8 4 1 9 5 3 7 2
1 14
2 15
3 16
4 17
5 18
6 19
7 20
8 21
9 22
10 23
11 24
12 25
13 26
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
A Codebreaker is a crossword puzzle with no clues! Instead, every letter of the alphabet has
been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the
puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number! To start you
off, we reveal the codes for two or three letters. When these letters have been entered
throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and
discovering other letters.
Duty Freed Page 7 March 2014
March
Bob DANKS 4
Geoff THUNDER 5
Pat PIKE 7
Bryan BISSAKER 8
Warrick GATES 13
Robyn WOLKSI 13
John WAIGHT 21
Patricia JOHNSON 25
Moira HERON 27
Darrol HOROCKS 27
Pauline MURPHY 27
Rod SPENCER 27
Kathleen WARD 27
Elizabeth (Betty) KNIGHT 30
March
Darrol & Joan HOROCKS 8
Geoff & Robyn WOLSKI 18
Lance & Nita BLACK 27
Jim HUNTER & Carol MOREY 27
Birthdays
Wedding AnniversAry’s
MAY
Ruby BALES 1
Lavinia PIKE 2
Neil HOPKINS 3
Beatrice SULLIVAN 5
Ros GATES 9
Julia STOREY 10
Mike FLYNN 11
Bob MARTIN 12
Graham CRUTTENDEN 13
Natalie TURNER 16
Emma DAVIES 20
Les PREEDY 21
Pat WILLS 24
Con GREENWOOD 25
Colleen SORENSEN 27
Dennis WHITESIDE 27
Frances FOSTER 28
Paul HUBBARD 28
Bridie O’NEILL 30
April
Marjorie DECAUX 1
Kate OLSEN 2
Maureen BECK 4
Jim HUNTER 5
Jean De GRUCHY 7
Alex SIMS 8
Denise SPENCER 9
Ray TREEN 13
Robyn STONE 14
Juliet KINSELLA 16
Ian FORREST 18
Lorraine FORREST 19
Marie GLOVER 24
Alan HALL 25
Sue MARKS 29
April
Dennis & Lin WHITESIDE 1
Geoff & Helen SMITHER 4
John & Juliet KINSELLA 19
Bob & Robyn STONE 20
Rob WALES & Jennifer STOKES 21
Jack & Jess ELEY 27
Michael & Robyn METCALF 27
May
Jim & Norma ANDERSON 2
Ros & Wendy BLACKALL 3
Paul & Pauline MURPHY 11
Bryan & Pat BISSAKER 24
Terry & Emma DAVIES 25
Susan ARMSTRONG & John DANIELS 31
Duty Freed Page 8 March 2014
Events Page
Breakfast @ Swan Yacht Club
Riverside Rd, East Fremantle
Sunday March 23rd 2014 at 08:30 hours
Cost: pay as you order
They have a new Al A Carte menu with options starting
at $10.00 so there is sure to something to please all
Breakfast is held in the club room on the ground
floor level, parking available.
Please advise if attending by Monday March 17th so
we can book a group table or two
The Maze Family Fun Park
1635 Neaves Road, Bullsbrook
Thursday May 8th
Meet at the entrance 10:00 - 10:15am
Members entry will be subsidised $10 by RCOA if joining us as a group
between these times
BYO food for picnic / BBQ or have Lunch at the Café Iguana, pay as you order
Information on the venue refer to pages 9 & 10
Please advise if attending so we know who to look out for to join the group
For all bookings (unless stated otherwise) please contact Hazel Webb, 78 Arundel Drive, WELLARD 6170
9439 2268 0409 105 101 or email (See RCOA – Functions Booking Slip – page 9)
Possible Events for 2014
Abingdon Miniature Village, Mandurah
BBQ in the Park
Lunch at TAFE
Smorgasbord @ The Jetty, Hillary’s
Visit to AQWA
Winery Visit
Duty Freed Page 9 March 2014
The Maze Family Fun Park, 1635 Neaves Road, Bullsbrook
We are visiting Thursday May 8th 2014
Lots of Mazes
The Maze - was reconfigured in June 2011 to offer a new challenge to return visitors. Originally built in
the early 80's the main maze is constructed from timber and spread over2500m2 making it Perth's largest
maze! Your challenge is to locate the four poles in sequence and Supa-Slide before locating the exit in the
fastest time possible. On entry locate the red pole before proceeding to the blue pole, find the white pole at
the centre then advance to the green pole. From the green pole continue onto the Supa-Slide and lookout
tower to check where your friends are before sprinting to the exit - Good Luck!
The Pine Mazes - race your friends and family through the Pine Mazes, two deceivingly simple looking
Mazes set amongst a pine tree grove. Can you find your way out?!
Tayla's Tangle - constructed from 75 metres of colourful rope, intertwined between posts to form a
tangled web. Participants must navigate through the twists and turns, to reach the end of their rope in the
fastest time possible.
Danae's Dilemma - made from recycled timber, Danae’s Dilemma is a devious no-left-hand-turn-maze.
Participants that wish to take up the challenge must navigate their way through the maze without making
any left hand turns or U-turns.
Phil's Frustration - is a super tricky no-right-hand-turn maze, constructed from limestone blocks and
miniature peppermint hedges.
Other Fun Stuff
Mini Golf - Play a round of traditional Mini Golf set amongst the palms. Each track is individually
designed with unique curves and slopes. Par for the course is 25, can you score under this?
Disc Golf - Be one of the first in WA to try Disc Golf! Similar to traditional golf however players use a disc
instead of a ball and club. A disc is thrown from a tee area to a target which is the ‘hole’ (an elevated
basket). The object of the game is to complete each hole in the least number of throws. Great fun for all
ages but be warned, it is VERY addictive!
Garden Chess - Find yourself a worthy opponent & challenge them to a game of cheeky chess! Played
outdoors on a massive 3.6m x 3.6m chess board, the ultimate game of strategy is brought to life with each
chess piece standing 2 feet high
Children’s Playground & Giant Jumping Pillow
Food
Picnic /BBQ Grounds - Bring along a picnic or use one of our many gas BBQ's and picnic tables available
in the grounds. There's no charge to use the BBQ's and our huge trees provide plenty of shade for the
perfect picnic setting.
Café Iguana - Enjoy fresh sandwiches, rolls and focaccia’s in an alfresco setting. Indulge with the perfect
hot drink and your favourite cake or muffin! Also on the menu quiche, burgers, nachos, fish & chips, salads
and more
Duty Freed Page 10 March 2014
The Maze Family Fun Park continued
Koalas, Kangaroos & Emus - meet resident koalas Clancy, Olivia, Willow, Newton, Mazie and Cisco.
Say hello to our friendly kangaroos, emus and birds. For the health of the animals patting and feeding of the
animals is not allowed. You can view our Koalas from only a few feet away all through the day and if
you’d like to learn more about Australia’s cutest marsupials, a ‘Koala Experience’ is held twice a day at
11:30am and 2pm, where one of our Koala keepers is on hand to share some Koala secrets and take your
questions
Kangaroo Exhibit—check out the Australiana Kangaroo Enclosure. This walk through exhibit allows you
to get right up close to the friendly kangaroos and has some quirky old Australian features too, like the old
lean to shed and the farmer's truck; can you spot the letterbox? The kangaroos love their home and we're
sure you'll love it too.
Walk In Aviary - get up and close to some of Australia’s quirkiest cockatoos! See Major Mitchell’s, Sulphur
Crested Cockatoos and Pink and Grey Galahs.
If you want to find out more about the place before you go look up http://www.themaze.com.au
or check out our own website: www.rcoa.org.au for more information
Directions From Perth CBD—Via Mitchell Freeway – approx. 45 minutes.
From Perth travel north along the Mitchell Freeway, exit at Burns Beach Road and turn right. Continue
along Burns Beach Road until you come to the roundabout. At the roundabout take the first exit, left onto
Joondalup Drive. Carry on along Joondalup Drive, continuing over Wanneroo Road, heading east. Remain
on Joondalup Drive, which changes into R. The Maze is approximately 19km from the Joondalup Drive/
Wanneroo Road intersection, on the left hand side.
Now Open
Sending Money – be it for membership renewal or for an up coming function – remember that you can send
electronically to the RCOA of WA Account at the Bendigo Bank – BSB 633-000 - A/c No. 121589386
RCOA Functions Booking Slip
Names attending
Function Venue Date No $pp Subtotal
Breakfast Swan Yacht Club Sun Mar 23rd X pay as order
Outing & Lunch The Maze Thurs May 8th X
X
Signature & Date
Total amount
enclosed $
/ / 2014
Payment to: Secretary RCOA of WA Inc. 78 Arundel Drive, Wellard 6170
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Payment to: Secretary RCOA of WA Inc. 78 Arundel Drive, Wellard 6170
Last but not Least
As you would have seen we have included the minutes of 2014 AGM in this newsletter for all to read. This will save time at the 2015 AGM and the Secretary from reading it out for all to hear. If there are no amendments they will be accepted as is and we can then move on.
We have also included the financial report for 2013 which was accepted at the 2014 AGM
Having survived the ‘Silly Season’ we are now in to a ‘New Year’ which also means annual subscriptions are due again. Please check the mailing label at the bottom of this page to see your current financial status or if you receive ‘Duty Freed’ via email you would have had an email sent to you if you are not financial. If unsure please ask.
Don’t forget, that if you choose, you can pay electronically via the internet or any branch of Bendigo Bank. Please ensure your name is on the transaction for us to identify payment. Paying for more than one year at a time will delay the hassle of paying next time.
If undelivered return to Secretary RCOA 78 Arundel Drive WELLARD WA 6170
RETIRED CUSTOMS OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION
OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA INC.
REDGUM RURAL SERVICES
trees pruned
rural fencing
gutters cleaned
garden clean ups
rotary hoeing
slashing / mowing
Bernie Webb (08) 9439 2268
0419 903 218
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