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Goodbye Noel and Liz – Gwyn Balch
St John Ambulance in the Northern Territory is saying goodbye to Noel and Liz
Talbot who are leaving Alice Springs to live in Kadina, South Australia. Noel has
worked for St John for the past fifteen years as the Sales Consultant and he is
well known throughout Central Australia in communities, small towns and the
cattle stations. He always knew where to go for fresh scones and morning tea.
Both Noel and Liz made such an incredible impact on St John in the Northern
Territory and contributed countless hours volunteering their time for their
community. Last Friday was Noel’s last day and as it was Children’s Week both
Noel and Liz ran the sausage sizzle for all the children. This has been an annual
activity for the past eleven years that St John has been involved with.
Staff, family and friends attended a wonderful dinner at the Elkira Motel and
presented them with a digital photo frame. St John Chairman, Mike Mooney
and CEO, Ross Coburn travelled to Alice Springs to attend a special dinner to
thank both Noel and Liz.
Ross Coburn presented them with a beautiful landscape painting of Central
Australia.
They will be missed by their many friends and colleagues throughout the
Northern Territory.
For those of you who didn’t have the pleasure of knowing Noel this is a little
bit of information.
St John Ambulance Australia (NT)
Weekly Newsletter Thursday 05 November 2009
This week:
Goodbye Noel & Liz
Alice Springs fundraiser
Cadet Camp Part 3
Bowling Night
Humpty Doo
Anzac Heritage
External Care exam
Training
Coming events
Contacts:
Volunteer Coordinator
Gwyn Balch 08 8922 6205
Vollie News editor
Frank Dunstan 08 8988 6751
0429 886751
Links:
St John Ambulance Australia (NT)
www.stjohnnt.org.au/
St John Ambulance Australia
Members’ website
www.stjohn.org.au/
Order of St John
www.orderofstjohn.org
Contact Gwyn to subscribe to an
email copy of this newsletter
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Noel was employed by the South Australian Railways
for 37 years from 1958 to 1995. After living in
Peterborough for 9 years he moved to Alice Springs
for a promotion with the railways. After 8 years he
left the railways and was employed by St John.
He first joined St John Ambulance in 1980 in South
Australia as a private member. After transferring to
Alice Springs in 1991 he was promoted to Divisional
Superintendent of the Alice Springs Adult Division. He
held several leadership roles and was Territory Officer
Cadets for eight years.
I asked Noel what he liked most about St John:
“I enjoy every aspect of St John – the friendship and
fellowship with members of St John and being in a
position to help my community. My work with cadets
gave me a great sense of satisfaction and pride.”
I then asked him about his most memorable St John
moment:
“In the course of my work and travelling many
thousands of kilometres each year throughout the
Territory I often came upon situations that called on
my first aid skills. A vivid memory is coming across an
accident in a remote area of the Territory where a car
had rolled with the two occupants trapped inside.
With the assistance of a remote area nurse we
worked on them for four hours until the Royal Flying
Doctor arrived.”
Although they will be leaving the NT they will be re-
joining St John in South Australia once they have
settled into their new home.
Thank you Noel and Liz and we hope to see you back
in the NT in the near future. Enjoy your retirement.
Above: Noel & Liz Talbot with gift
Below: Noel, Jodeen Carney, Mike Mooney
Above: All at BBQ
Below: Noel, Ross Coburn, Liz
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Above: Diedre, Noel, Regina Above: Kevin Blake, Noel
Alice Springs fundraiser
This was at a function put on by the Alice
Springs Convention Centre with Ross
Coburn, Noel Talbot, Steve Peers and
Kevin Blake present. Geelong players
Matthew Scarlett and Corey Enright
attended and St John were the recipients
of the money raised at the auction of
sports memorabilia. Commissioner Steve
Peers was presented a cheque for $2,000.
Later there was a further $270 from
Dymocks.
Above l-r: John Matteucci (event sponsor),
Corey Enright (Geelong player),
Commissioner Steve Peers,
Convention Centre Manager Scott Boocock,
Matthew Scarlett (Geelong Player)
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Cadet Camp Part 3 – Kimberlee McKay
Our last full day on camp was a busy and exciting one.
We all loaded into the buses early and headed out to
go camel riding. It was to be a warm, windy and dusty
day which made us feel like we were in the Sahara
Desert rather than 20 minutes out of Alice Springs.
The camels all had cool names and one of them was
famous for giving kisses (which Ron just had to check
out!). Some of the Cadets were quite afraid of getting
on a camel, either due to their great height or
because of their bad reputation for spitting and being
nasty. With a little encouragement, and a few false
starts, every cadet successfully rode a camel. It was an
amazing opportunity for all the Cadets as many had
never been away from home before, much less rode a
camel!
Next on the itinerary was a game or two at the
bowling alley for everyone except Kelly and me. We
used this opportunity to visit the one camp member
who was missing-in- action.
Sam Cameron (Tennant Creek Cadet Superintendent)
was finally admitted to the Alice Springs Hospital due
to a nasty infection from a spider bite after soldiering
through the pain for 4 days! We were glad to report
back to the Cadets that she was quickly improving on
the right antibiotic (although she has a deep hole in
her leg from doctors digging out all the nastiness
which the Cadets found fascinating!).
The afternoon was rounded out by Quiz session run
by Amy and me. We challenged teams’ knowledge of
sport, movies, animals and music. The teams’ tables
were stocked with chocolates and Minties to increase
blood flow to their brains! Surprisingly the adult team
won (must have had lots of chocolates and Minties).
After dinner it was time to get costumed for the
theme night/disco - the theme was Superheros and
Villains.
We had some fantastic and creative costumes on the
night including a Boom Gate (that's another story!),
Superman, Cat Woman, the Joker, the Hulk, Astro
Boy, ninja, an ANZAC, St John Volunteer (Geoff) and
Super Mum (Joylene), Everyone had a great time, but
sadly we knew it had to come to an end. Thursday
would be an early start. We had to clean up, get
packed, and for those of us from up the track, pack
the bus and drive to Tennant Creek.
Ron Owen (kissing camel) with Michael Hatfield
and Geoff Kain looking on
Sam Cameron (Tennant Creek Cadet Division
Superintendent) recovering in Alice Springs Hospital
Batman heroes and villains
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As always it was hard to say goodbye. All the Cadets
made new friends and had fantastic experiences
together. Email addresses and phone numbers were
exchanged, photos taken and promises to see each
other at next years NT Cadet Camp were made. Every
time we drove through a spot with mobile phone
coverage on the way back to Tennant Creek and
Darwin, the Cadets would receive text messages from
the Cadets in Alice Springs wanting to know how our
trip way going. I'm happy to say the trip home was
uneventful (no boom gates were harmed on the
return trip!)
Once again, a big thank you to the fantastic team who
helped make the 2009 NT Cadet Camp and
competitions a great success - Geoff Kain, Joylene
Kain, Ron Owen, Kate Anning, Paul Berry, Kelly Raven,
Michael Hatfield, Sam Cameron, Darren Whatley, Julie
Murray, Matthew Sperling, Amy McKay, Gwyn Balch
and all the Cadets who attended.
Above: Kristy and Jaime Jannsen
Top right: Superman heroes and villains
Right: Hayley Cockman as an ANZAC
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Bowling night – Benny Butler
Some photos of the annual Ten Pin Bowls night held at
the Nightcliff Bowls Centre in Darwin.
This is a first long distance report to you from Katherine,
over the phone exclusive with the organiser of the night,
Angie Butler, who states it was all go and everyone
enjoyed themselves. So it’s all lanes and go! go! go! Best
of luck to Alice Springs.
Attending from throughout the Territory were Darwin
Adults and Cadets, Palmerston Adults and Humpty Doo
Adults. For their first time, Mrs and Mrs Rudder, two
great members from Katherine Adults. It was great to
have them with us in Darwin.
Palmerston was pleased to announce 30 members in
attendance - WOO HOOO !!!
Signing off
Benny
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Humpty Doo-ings – Greg Payne
Humpty Doo adults stage a scenario at the Coolalinga Shopping Centre.
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Hi again,
Still busy. Lee did the last Mindil Markets with Steve
Bone (Darwin Division) and Henri Raafs (Humpty Doo
Cadets) with the effervescent Hayley from Humpty
Doo cadets. The snake man got bit, got patched up
then on with the show. There were a couple of sore
eyes with fireworks residue falling from the sky.
Greg did the Palmerston BMX with Axl and Aiden as in
the photo. Not much work that night.
Saturday afternoon/night was a long one. We will
have to devise a way to split these into two shifts.
From 1530 to well after midnight is a big ask and I
hope Courtney from Darwin (1st observer shift) was
not discouraged. John Fasham from Darwin Division
got into the swing of things quite quickly and we had
to call for assistance twice with a suspected
LOC/spinal with pain to knees. The other ambulance
was called to a possible airway trauma which ended
up resolving itself. They transported a badly bruised
hip that came in while we were waiting. Restock
meant it was after midnight back to Humpty Doo.
Not much sleep later and Greg was off to Adelaide
River to assist Batchelor Division with the Darwin
Motorcycle Club's Pony Express over some quite
rough country. Not long into the event we were called
to a fractured wrist which was a thrill for new
Batchelor member Anthony.
That was about it. From then on the day got hotter
and dustier. We then became the Batchelor Banditos.
Pictured are Roz Jones Greg and Anthony
Lee did the Jingili BMX later that Sunday with Karina
and Les Anson (Darwin). The new track was very
impressive and Karina took some photos with that
phone that no one can get the pictures out of. A lot
fell off but no serious injuries.
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Anzac Heritage week 3 – Benny Butler
It’s been a long week and I am
pleased to say another full
attendance with many and varied
questions as to why? where? and
the night ending with a test.
This week the main topic was
Gallipoli, for the 9 months from
when the troops initially landed
and lived on the peninsula to the
major battles at the Nek and Lone
Pine and finally the evacuation.
Each student received a Poppy and
all are actively asking to attend the
Remembrance Day service as they
now begin to understand the tragedy of it all.
Subject learned so far and topics
covered: How it all started; the
assassination; the treaty of the triple
entente, France Britain and Russia; the
First AIF and Gallipoli; Belgium, France,
Poziers and more; Palestine and the Light
Horse; Simpson Kirkpatrick and his
donkey; how the war ended and why on
the 11th Nov 1918, and the signing or the
Versailles Treaty.
WWII: Germany invades Poland and
more.
That’s it reporting to you from Katherine.
Benny
External Care – exam date – Kylie Morris
External Care encompasses HLTAMBCR401A – Deliver
basic clinical care and HLTAP401A – Confirm physical
health status. Both are components of the Diploma
package.
The semester 2 exam has been set for Saturday the
19th of December 2009. For all those intending to sit
the exam, please email me by COB 28th November.
Alice Springs has a training hall booked as does
Darwin.
Please ensure that those at Tennant Creek, Gove and
Katherine have their rooms booked from 8.30 am to
midday.
Anyone wishing to complete more than one exam,
arrangements will be made on an individual basis.
Congratulations to those who successfully completed
their exams last semester and keep up with those
logbook skills!
Any questions please email me:
Kylie Morris
Paramedic Training Officer
Paramedic Training College
Contributions
Contributions for your newsletter are wanted from all
Adult and Cadet Divisions and from individual
members. Please use the newsletter to promote your
Division and St John. You are doing great things for
the community that we would all like to know about.
Your newsletter is distributed to all NT Divisions and
also outside the Territory. It promotes your
achievements to a fairly wide audience.
Please send your stories and photos to Gwyn or
Frank.
Closing time for contributions is 5.00 PM
Wednesdays, but can be delayed for important late
items that aren’t yet ready, provided notice to hold
the press is given to Frank before the deadline.
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Training
Are you interested in becoming a Divisional Trainer?
If anyone has the old Cert IV “Workplace Assessment and Training” – there is a course update available to the new qualification – if interested!!!!
Please find below the flyer for next year’s Cert IV TAA – Stephen van Gerwen (National Training Manager) is the facilitator.
If you are interested and not from the Darwin region we will need to know soon to organise flights and accommodation.
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Coming events
What Darwin Adult Xmas Party What Cadet Disco Party
Where Monsoons in Mitchell Street Where Freds Pass Hall
When Friday 20th November 2009 When Saturday 28th November 2009
Time 7.00pm to midnight Time 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Contact [email protected] Contact [email protected]
RSVP by: Friday 13 November 2009 RSVP by:
What Darwin Children’s Xmas Party What NatCamp 2010
Where Lake Alexander, East Point Reserve Where Adelaide, South Australia
When Sunday 6th December 2009 When 7 – 14 January 2010
Time 9.00am – 1.00pm Time
Contact [email protected] Contact www.stjohnsa.com.au
RSVP by: Friday 27 November 2009 RSVP by: Midnight 15 November 2009
VOLUNTEERS RECOGNITION & PRESENTATION WEEKEND
13TH / 14TH /15TH NOVEMBER, 2009 PROGRAM
Friday 13th Award Presentation Night
5.30pm to 7.30pm Novotel Atrium Hotel By Invitation only Guests will include: His Honour The Administrator, Members of St John Council, Territory Officers, Superintendents, Divisional Officers
Representatives of the winning divisions Winners of the Commissioners Awards Cadets receiving awards Sponsors
Saturday 14th 9.00am – 4.00pm Meeting Day –Territory Officers & Superintendents.
Suggested Items for Agenda Mentoring Program Marketing and Promotion 2010 Business Planning Session Special Invited Guest: Peter LeCornu 7.00pm Dinner & Dancing for all adult members Kantillas, Marrara No charge for meal for members
Small charge for partners / guest Sunday 15th
09.00am Church Service - Anglican Church
