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WRITTEN BY PATRICK GLOVER

N ext Wednesday will see the Roxby Downs Community Club become the second

venue in town with TAB facilities.

Club Manager Richard (Rocco) Kirkby was very excited about the new facilities which will see an ex-tra 14 television screens and four touch screens as well as a TAB machine added to the beer garden area and main bar.

“I’ve always wanted to get TAB facilities and now we have them it gives customers more options,” he told Th e Monitor.

All the 14 screens will either display the Sky Racing Channel

or odds for races and sports.But despite the large set up Mr

Kirkby said this would not inter-rupt the regular patrons.

“It has been built here but is a part of Th e Club,” he said.

“It is built to be a multi-purpose venue: we can have the DJ and the TAB going together on a Saturday night or we can block off the out-door area for a function and still have the TAB running inside.”

Th e inclusion of the TAB will also result in the main bar being opened all hours of the day rather than just at night.

Mr Kirkby said at nearly 50 per cent of the fl oor space the main bar was currently the largest part of Th e Club, but remained shut during the day. With the new TAB facilities it will be open from the moment Th e Club opens its

doors at 11am until it closes them around 10pm or later.

Th e Club has already received plenty of support for the venture according to Mr Kirkby, with pa-trons already coming in to ask when it was going to be up and running.

“A lot of interest has been shown by the public which is good,” he said.

Mr Kirkby said people go to pubs these days for entertainment rather than just going to talk to each other like they used to.

“We are just providing enter-tainment,” he said.

“Whether it be sport on the TV or games like Mario Kart for the kids, punting or Keno people don’t just sit and talk anymore so we are just moving with the times.”

Over $20,000 has been put into

this project but with a lot of that money being spent in local busi-nesses.

Local companies like Rogers Building and Maintenance and Mossy Electrical have been hired to supply the televisions and hook all the wiring up respectively, along with other volunteers and businesses who have contributed.

Drink specials will also be intro-duced to coincide with the TAB with The Club set to introduce beer towers and cocktail jug spe-cials.

“We will tie them in together so people can have a punt and enjoy a tower of beer,” Mr Kirkby said.

Th e Club will be holding an offi -cial opening on Saturday, January 31.

BHP donate $250,000 to Sampson Flat bushfi re fundBHP Billiton has donated $250,000

to the Sampson Flat bushfire relief fund.

In addition to the donation all employ-ees that make a contribution to the fund will have their fi gure matched by BHP Billiton. For every one dollar people do-nate, BHP Billiton will donate two dol-lars through its charity division known as BHP Billiton Sustainable Communities,.

“At Olympic Dam, we have always tried to make a positive diff erence to the com-munities in which we operate,” Olympic Dam Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo said.

“Th e bushfi res have had a considera-ble impact on hundreds of lives and for families who have lost their homes, it is devastating.

“We hope this donation will provide some support for those experiencing dif-fi culties during this time. “

BHP Billiton Olympic Dam has also had multiple workers make the trip to the fi re line to fi ght these fi res, which Mr Cuzubbo applauded.

Th e Sampson Flat fi re, in the Adelaide Hills, was contained on January 8, burn-ing a total of 12,500 hectares of land and destroying 27 houses.

Roads are only just beginning to open again as the debris left by the fi re is re-moved.

BHP Billiton Sustainable Communities has been helping international agencies such as Red Cross for a number of years by delivering emergency food, shelter, water and medical aid, and in the recov-ery process following natural disasters.

Other recent donations from BHP Bil-liton Sustainable Communities include $500,000 to the Red Cross Typhoon Haiyan Appeal in the Philippines and $500,000 to the Red Cross New South Wales Bushfi re Appeal.

Following the devastation caused by tornadoes in Arkansas, the BHP Billiton Foundation donated US$250,000 to Red Cross Disaster Relief.

Not only has the charity helped in situ-ations like these but in 2013 BHP Billiton employees put in over 11,000 hours of volunteer work to emergency services. BY PATRICK GLOVER

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The Far North area, including Roxby Downs and Andamooka, was hit by huge downpours

recently with some areas recording over 100 millilitres over a two to three day period.

Arkaroola was one of the hardest hit areas receiving 157.5 millilitres (ml) of rain in three days, while Woomera re-corded its highest daily rainfall for Janu-ary when it received 66.4ml on Saturday, January 10.

Wrightsair, which off ers scenic and charter fl ights over the Lake Eyre area, Director Trevor Wright has made a number of fl ights in the upper north recently, and said there was a lot of wa-ter around.

“Th is has been some of the best water up north we have had in a while,” Mr Wright said.

“In the short term it has had an eff ect on some people but the long term eff ect on the environment is going to be great.”

Some of the larger rainfalls in the up-per north areas fell in Macumba, near the Birdsville Track and in the top end of Lake Eyre.

Mr Wright said these large rainfalls which have resulted in fl ooding of lakes and creeks in the area will now have a fl ow on eff ect to Lake Eyre.

Th is high rainfall and fl ooding Mr Wright hoped would in turn bring more tourists to the area.

“Due to the recession in mining it will be good to tourism come to the fore front,” he said.

“Hopefully for the Far North this will mean a rise in the numbers visiting and employment.”

Roxby Downs received 40ml of rain in two days and Andamooka had 67.8ml in three days which is well over their monthly averages of 10.8ml and 17.3ml respectively.

Woomera’s huge downpour saw it re-cord a total of 85.6ml in three days, and Maree also received a massive 78.2ml in just two days.

Th e SES were on patrol during the wet weather but only received one call out in Roxby Downs and three in Andamooka to help with rising water levels.

Sandbagging was required at all call-outs and the SES also helped the Roxby Downs Woolworths protect their store with sandbags.

As well as being quiet throughout the rainy period the SES have been quiet in general according to Outback District Offi cer Craig Brassington.

“It has been reasonably quiet because there has not been as many tourists around,” he said.

“So there hasn’t been many road crashes which is one of the main areas we deal with.”

Far North drenched

The Far North area was hit by heavy rainfalls recently.

ABOVE: The view from the Wrightsair plane.ABOVE LEFT: More fl ooding in the upper

north area (photo by Wrightsair).LEFT: Water pooling on Richardson

Place during the rains.BELOW: Flooding in north (photo by Wrightsair).

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We’re here to get you there!Roxby Travel and Cruise

The Green Army is an Australian Government initiative that supports local environment and heritage conservation projects across Australia.

We are now seeking to employ a Supervisor who will be responsible for the safety, welfare, training and supervision of Green Army participants completing conservation activities. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a project that focuses on pest plant and animal management, native plant and wildlife management and fencing.

This is a fulltime 6 month contract with the possibility of future contracts.

For success in this role you will need knowledge and experience in the application of Workplace Health and Safety policy and procedures, sound knowledge of practical conservation activities, experience in remote locations, excellent people management and training skills, good organisational and computer skills, and the ability to complete simple reports in a timely manner.

For more information and a copy of the PD please email [email protected] Applications close Friday 30th January with the start date for the successful applicant February 9th.

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When you think of Australia you think of things like a barbecue in the backyard with mates, sitting around a pool enjoy-

ing a few drinks and a game of backyard cricket.

Th e Roxby Council has managed to combine all those things into one to provide the perfect way to celebrate Australia Day next Monday.

“It is going to be a fun day: the pool will be free from 9am-12pm; there will be free tattoos, fl ags; beach balls to play with in the pool and a free barbe-cue,” Roxby Council Community Projects Assistant Jane Gloster said.

“We encourage people to come along to have a good time.”

A ceremony will also be held on the day to rec-ognise those that have put time into the commu-nity with awards for the Citizen and Young Citizen of Th e Year, Community Event of the Year as well as Sportsperson, Young Sportsperson and Sports Team of the Year.

“It is good for the award winners to do it (the presentation) with people there so that the com-munity get to see all the hard work the volunteers do,” Mrs Gloster said.

“It isn’t why these people do it (volunteer) but it is lovely to get the acknowledgement.”

Around 300 people attended the event last year and Mrs Gloster is hoping for a similar turn out.

She said Roxby Downs is a good place to live and this event would help people celebrate Australia Day Roxby style, while showing all the multi-cul-tural locals how good Australia and Roxby Downs really are.

Th e free pool and barbecue begins on the Monday at 9am with the awards ceremony to follow at 10am.

The Green Army is looking for enthu-siastic 17-24 year

olds in Roxby Downs to join what will become the largest-ever team of young Australians supporting environ-mental action across the country.

Th e Member for Grey,

Rowan Ramsey said the first round of Green Army projects were un-derway and young peo-ple who wanted to gain valuable skills, training and experience in envi-ronmental and heritage conservation fi elds were now encouraged to reg-ister their interest.

Conservation Volun-

teers are now promoting opportunities for young Australians who want to help the community deliver important local conservation outcomes.

Th e Arid Nature Cor-ridor – Species Conser-vation project in South Australia’s Arid Zone will focus on the Arid Recovery Reserve, one of the most important areas for the nationally listed Plains Mouse, Burrow-ing Bettong, Greater Bil-by and Western Barred Bandicoot.

“Green Army par-ticipants will be able to undertake accredited training such as work readiness, conservation and land management, heritage conservation, project and human re-

source management and heritage trade skills,” Mr Ramsey said.

“Participants will re-ceive a Green Army al-lowance for the duration of their project and will be supported to obtain Certifi cate I or II qualifi -cations or nationally en-dorsed skills set to help them prepare for the workforce and improve their career opportuni-ties.”

Participation is open to a diverse range of young people, including Indigenous Australians, school leavers, gap year students, graduates and job seekers. Participants must be aged between 17 and 24 years and an Aus-tralian citizen or perma-nent resident.

Th e Green Army was a key Coalition election commitment, and with $525 million budget-ed over four years, the Green Army is one of the Government’s major environmental initiatives and will encourage prac-tical, grassroots action to support local environ-ment and heritage con-servation projects across Australia , providing training to 15,000 young Australians by 2018.

For further informa-tion young people in-terested in joining the Green Army team in Roxby Downs contact

Conservation Volun-teers on 1800 032 501 / 8212 0777 or email [email protected].

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BHP Billiton Olympic Dam has guaranteed Roxby Downs and Andamooka’s water supplies

will remain at normal level despite continuing to be under restrictions on site.

Th e Monitor fi rst reported the low water levels on site in its December 10 edition last year and BHP Billiton Olympic Dam are still working to bring levels back to normal.

“Water conservation on site is a fo-cus and will continue to be a focus as we seek to make the most effi cient use of our resources and as we build up to maximum storages levels which is hap-pening as planned,” BHP Billiton Olym-pic Dam Head of Production Cornel Parshotam said.

“Water supply for the town remains at normal levels and there is no cause

for concern as ensuring supply of water to Roxby Downs is always our number one priority.

“Consequently, we do not expect any interruption to the Roxby Downs and Andamooka water supply.”

Scheduled maintenance to the pipe-lines and pumps, which are located up the Borefi eld Road, were scheduled for late last week/early this week but were made diffi cult due to the closure of the road due to the wet weather.

However BHP Billiton rented a heli-copter to take employees up the Bore-fi eld Road due to the signifi cance of the task.

“Th is is something that we have done in the past to ensure we continue to maintain and service our existing in-frastructure,” Mr Parshotam said.

BY PATRICK GLOVER

High-visibility police cars introduced to Roxby Downs

Blue Holden SV6 Commodore police sedans, complete with stylised body kit and eye-catch-ing graphics, have been introduced to the Roxby Downs Police Force.

Designed to stand out from the traffi c crowd the new patrol cars send a clear message to motorists - slow down, drive to the conditions and don’t take risks - because we’re watching you.

19-year-old caught speeding in

Roxby DownsA 19-year-old Whyalla man was caught speeding

along Pimba Road in Roxby Downs recently travel-ling 176 kilometres an hour (km/h) in a 110km/h zone.

Th e P Plater was detected around 7pm on Sat-urday, January 10 by one of the new high-visibility patrol cars.

Th e driver was issued with an expiation notice for speeding as well as a failing to maintain vehicle standards and obscuring number plate.

His vehicle, a Holden Commodore sedan, was defected and he was issued with an immediate loss of licence.

Two men to face courtTwo men are due to appear in court following

arrests in Roxby Downs over the Christmas and New Year period.

A 34-year-old man, from the Riverland, was ar-rested on Friday, December 12 for behaving in a suspicious manner at the Roxby Downs oval.

Police arrested the man who was on a warrant in relation to the breach of an intervention order.

He is expected to appear in the Port Augusta Magistrates Court in this month.

A 36-year-old Strathalbyn man was arrested the very next morning, Saturday, December 13, at 1:30am when police were called to a disturbance at Roxby Tavern.

Th e man has been charged with disorderly be-haviour and failing to provide details.

He will appear in the Roxby Downs Magistrates Court on February 11.


BHP Billiton Olympic Dam has made a submission to the Federal Government to allow it

to raise the walls of one of the mine’s Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF) by 10 metres.

Th is plan defers from their original plans to build a new TSF, and would see no change in the current storage facility’s environmental impact.

“OD has had the construction of a new Tailings Storage facility in its plans for some time to manage tailings from its current operations,” BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Asset President Darryl Cuzzubbo said.

“A recent decision was made to delay the construction of a new TSF in favour of raising the wall of the current TSF as it provides a better environmental and capital outcome for our operations.

“As a result of this decision, Olym-pic Dam has submitted a referral to the Federal Government to raise the walls of our Tailings Storage Facility 4 from 30 metres to 40 metres.

It was reported in the Sydney Morn-ing Herald that the storage capacity of the TSF would increase from 48.4 mil-lion cubic metres to 64.8 million cubic metres.

Work on the TSF is expected to be completed by September 2023.

Th ere are currently four TSF’s on site at Olympic Dam.

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K atalin Wilby is pleased to announce that Roxby’s leading travel agency is now a member

of Travellers Choice.

Th e agency – previously known as Roxby Travel – will now trade as Roxby Travel and Cruise.

Established more than 30 years ago, Travellers Choice now has more than 150 independent members across Aus-tralia, making it one of the country’s largest travel agency networks. An im-portant element of the group’s success has always been its unwavering focus on delivering outstanding customer service.

“As an independent member of Trav-ellers Choice, Roxby Travel and Cruise enjoys the support and buying power of a national travel group, enabling us to off er our clients the very best deals possible,” Katalin said.

“At the same time we are free to tailor our products and services to meet the specifi c needs of our local community.”

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“Th e company’s expertise and unri-

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A monthly ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ column will feature in Th e Monitor news-paper throughout 2015, providing the Roxby

Downs community with tips on how to reduce resources going to landfi ll. Th e column has been put together by the Roxby Downs Environment Forum with the support of Roxby Council, and will hopefully clear up a few of the uncertainties about waste segregation within our community.

Th e column will provide information that will help the community make informed decisions about how to reduce the amount of waste going to landfi ll. Top-ics that will be covered include recycling, compost-ing, reducing waste and reusing materials to create new products.

Featured in the column are the colourful characters of an exciting educational program called Wipe Out Waste, which is an entertaining and interactive per-formance that educates participants in reducing food packaging, recycling, and correct use of multiple bin systems. Wally and his friend the Wipe Out Waste Wizard are the stars of the performance and will be visiting Roxby Downs later in 2015 when the Wipe Out Waste program comes to town.

Wipe Out Waste is a South Australian state-wide program designed to support students learning about reducing waste. The program is funded by Zero Waste SA and delivered by KESAB environmental solutions to kindergarten aged children and school students in reception through to year four.

Th e content featured in the monthly ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ column will be varied and informative, and residents will be given the opportunity to request for information to be provided in the column.

If you are unsure about how to reduce waste at home, or there is a question you have about com-posting or recycling please email [email protected]. Th e topic that you request could feature in an upcoming ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ column so the Roxby Downs community also benefi t

from your question.Remember to keep your eyes peeled for Wally

and his friends and the ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ column each month, and do your bit to reduce the amount of waste that you send to landfi ll.


A substantial amount of money was lost when a safe was stolen from the Black Stump Café

just after New Year’s Eve.

Intruders broke in through the bot-tom window of the front door to the store and made out with the safe.

Owner Sue Warner has been forced to cut back staff hours and increase her own hours for no pay in order to keep the shop running.

“We had just got to a position where me and my husband (fellow owner Ste-ve Warner) could go away together and leave someone in charge,” she told Th e Monitor.

“Now we have to start all over again.”Mrs Warner and her husband were

on holiday in Melbourne to help their daughter open her own business when she had to cut her trip short.

“It was upsetting having to leave her because you like to be there as a par-ent,” she said.

Due to the loss of finances Mrs Warner and her husband are also likely to miss their niece’s wedding in New Zealand in April.

People from in the community have come to aid Mrs Warner and the Black Stump in this trying time with some of her friends off ering to help pay for deliveries or employee’s wages as well as helping with cooking duties – ges-tures Mrs Warner said had “restored

her faith in humanity”. “Th ere are a lot more nice people

around,” Mrs Warner said.“People have come and seen me and

off ered their support, coming into the shop saying “I’m sorry to hear about what happened”, “I hope everything’s ok” so it’s been nice.

“Some of these people I don’t even know.”

Th e delivery companies that deliv-er food and stock for the store have also been good to Mrs Warner and the Black Stump, delivering goods without being paid knowing she will pay the money back when she has the funds.

“It is good to know that (the) hard work that I have done has been no-ticed,” Mrs Warner said.

No damage was done to the shop apart from the window so no insur-ance can be claimed and the money in the safe was not insured. Th e safe itself cannot be covered either.

Mrs Warner does the job because she likes working. She said she enjoys the sound of plates crashing together in the sink and working with her young staff .

She delivers high quality food, get-ting premium meat and the best cuts of bacon to provide for the community.

She has been in town for 13 years and has never known the town to have things like this happen.

“People used to keep their doors unlocked, but you can’t do that now,” she said.

The Roxby Downs Community Board is looking for new mem-bers to join their team.

Chairperson of the board Michelle Davis said the board was looking for a broad range of people to help the group cover a wide range of topics.

“We currently have a great group of people, a good blend, a good mix of people,” Mrs Davis said.

“We have new people, people that have been here for fi ve, six, seven years all of whom would be more than happy to embrace someone new and exciting.”

Th e Community Board covers all the forums in Roxby Downs and there is a forum of expertise to suit everyone.

Meetings occur once a month and each person is involved in at least one of the other forums.

“We need people that are able to fi t the social groups in town so they can converse with people,” Mrs Davis said.

“Someone that gets along with peo-ple and is easy going.”

Mrs Davis said she is “looking for-ward to a busy and bright 2015” and any new ideas to the forum would be welcomed. BY PATRICK GLOVER

Back to square one for Black Stump

Wally and friends help residents to ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’

New members for a busy and bright 2015

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The success of Far North businesses is currently a “mixed bag” according to Regional Development Australia Far North’s Greg Williams and Ben Boothby.

Th e duo stopped in Roxby Downs last Tuesday following a visit to Coober Pedy and said despite the varying successes of businesses in the region the vibe remained “reasonably positive”.

“You talk to anyone (business owners) and they are not sheepish to us about how they have been going – some say they are down 15-20 per cent while others say they are up 40 per cent,” Mr Boothby, Project Tourism Project Offi cer for Regional Development Australia Far North, said.

“Th ere is a real mixed bag; you wonder how from one business to the other there can be a 60 per cent diff erence.”

Mr Williams and Mr Boothby’s roles are to try and steer businesses in the right direction and assist where needed.

“We have a strong emphasis on planning; look forward and we try and be positive with all businesses,” Mr Williams, Business Advisor Regional Development Australia Far North, said.

“No doubt businesses that have been planning and looking forward are going to be successful and if you don’t plan we will be looking to change that.”

While the trip to Roxby Downs this time was only short, Mr Wil-liams has promised to return in the coming weeks to have discussions with local business owners. BY PATRICK GLOVER

Roxby Downs and Andamooka could experience an infl ux of tourists in the coming years

according to Regional Development Australia Far North’s Greg Williams and Ben Boothby.

Th e pair told Th e Monitor last week that both towns had the potential to attract more visitors.

“Tourism has not been seen as a big thing in the past in Roxby Downs, it has all been about the mine,” Region-al Development Australia Far North Project Tourism Project Offi cer Ben Boothby said.

“Now people have begun to see a need for a higher infl ux (of tourists) which will hopefully provide more money and create more jobs.

“Andamooka are craving it because if tourists can come it will have a huge impact.”

Mr Boothby said along with Woomera, which has always attract-ed ; the visitors, the three towns could

work closer to bring more people to each town.

A route that would include visits to Woomera, Roxby Downs and An-damooka on the way up to William Creek and Coober Pedy is an idea, Mr Boothby said, and would aim to attract more people to the these min-ing towns.

“Combining is the only way for-ward,” newly appointed Regional De-velopment Australia Far North Busi-ness Advisor Greg Williams said.

“It is much easier if you combine.” Mr Boothby said Roxby Downs

could watch and learn from Coober Pedy which was going through a sim-ilar cycle to Roxby Downs, except a few years in advance.

Currently opal mining is seen as the

biggest industry in Coober Pedy but My Boothby said it is soon to become second to tourism.

“Roxby Downs can just sit back and watch Coober Pedy evolve and say in 2015 we are going to start talk-ing about tourism in a realistic sense,” he said.

“Roxby is a purpose made town; it is here because there is a massive mine here.

Mr Williams said at the moment there is just one reason to be in Rox-by Downs – to work - but if tourism grows there would be other reasons for travellers to visit .

Th e pair’s visit to town was only a small part of their trip with the men also spending time in Coober Pedy having travelled to Quorn a few weeks ago.

Mr Williams is planning to return to Roxby Downs in a few weeks and is keen to meet all the businesses he will be dealing with in his role.

BY PATRICK GLOVER


A fter 10 years owning his own business Greg Williams has taken over as Regional

Development Australia Far North’s Business Advisor, succeeding John Rejack.

Mr Williams started in the position on December 8, 2014, replacing John Rejack, and has spent his fi rst six weeks touring the Far North region.

“I am really looking forward to it,” Mr Williams said.

“I have met some very interesting people, a very diverse range of business people and that is something that I am looking forward to about this role.

“I will try and help people in even the smallest ways.”

Mr Williams has owned the IGA in Booleroo Centre for the past 10 years and believes he can use this experience to communicate with business owners and show he understands where they are coming from.

His main emphasis in this role will be planning, something he believes is very important for any business.

While Mr Williams did not get around to any of the businesses in Roxby Downs this visit he promised to return in a few weeks.

“I have a vision of visiting Roxby Downs on a regular basis but I am always available via phone or email,” he said.

“It might just be half an hour as a way to see how a business is going or bounce ideas off me - small, medium or large enterprise.”

Williams to relate to businesses in new role

Regional Development Australia’s new Business Advisor

Greg Williams and Tourism Project’s Offi cer Ben Boothby.

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Roxby Downs Council will behosting the Citizen of the Years Awardsand a FREE BBQ breakfast onMonday, January 26 at 9.00amat the Robxylink Pool.FREE pool entry from 9am-12pmFree BBQ breakfast served from 9amCitizen of the Year Award presented at 10am

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Monday7:30-8:30am The Morning Show with Deb 7-9pm Classics From the Crypt with FrogTuesday7:30-8:30am The Morning Show with DebWednesday7:30-8:30am The Morning Show with Deb 7-9pm The Aria Show with MikeThursday7:30-8:30am The Morning Show with Deb9-10am The News Stand with Patrick10am-12pm Crusing with Roscoe5-6pm Afternoon Delights6-7.30pm The Scoreboard10pm-12am Jacko’s Jukebox with Peter Jackson

Friday7:30-8:30am The Morning Show with Deb1-2pm The Vibe with Kath, Sasha & Ann Marie7-9pm Classics from the Crypt with FrogSaturday8-9am The Rock with Liz11-12noon In the Man Cave with Ya Mates12-1pm Mosaic Moments (Monthly)9-10pm Surround Sound with DJ FoxSunday10-2pm Back Outback Tracks with Mike8-9pm Rox in the Box with Colin

News and informationMonday - Friday

8.30 & 10am South Australian News Bulletin 9am & 5pm The Job Board

6am & 1pm The VIBE Community BoardSaturday

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Louise and Lilly Scollin, Taryn McEwen and Ayla Clancy

at the Roxby Tavern.

Thomas, Lachlan, Lily, Madison, Christopher, Matthew and

Nelson enjoying the cricket.

Will, Chloe, Henry and Jessica playing games at the Roxby Tavern.

Bradley Forrest and Jhy McCarthy chilled out at

the pool last Wednesday.

Jonathan, Angela, Elizabeth and Madeleine

Sieburn at the cricket.

Denise Riddiford, Lil Wilson and Deb Price at the Roxby Tavern.

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Kids embark on adventure in local library

ABOVE: Kids listen carefully to a story at the library’s holiday program last week.LEFT: Bailey was all smiles as he worked on his travel jar last week.

Vevin Letens and Felix working on travel jars in the library.

Charlotte and Lachlan at the libraries holiday program.

Brianna and Phoebe enjoyed the activities in the library.

The kids working hard at their travel jars.


I t’s been all about adventure these school holidays at the Roxbylink library, with holiday programs being run on Monday and Th ursday for the past

two weeks.

Local children enjoyed making peg crocodiles, bin-oculars and travel jars last week. Th is week they en-joyed making bracelets and have the chance to make paper airplane launchers tomorrow.

Children not only enjoyed the activities, it also en-couraged them to read - which library assistant Angela Laff erty said was the aim of the program.

Each child also received a goodie bag including a bookmark listing great books.

“Th is idea is to bring kids into the library and get them reading books,” Mrs Laff erty said.

“Kids can then bring them (bookmarks) back once they have read all the books and have the chance of winning a prize for either the leisure centre or the movies.”

Children of all ages were able to participate in this reading challenge with three categories of books cho-sen for children to read.


Indie and Tayla played on the equipment at the Beat the

Heat event last Wednesday.

Cody, Ewen, Kieran, Jack, Harry and Hamish hung out at the skate park.

Liana and Michelle with Dalene Vosser and Laura

Johnson with Ace.

Tana, Emily, Alyshia, Naomi, Katoah and Ty Eli enjoy blowing

bubbles at Beat the Heat.

Jackson being sun safe with his hat at the Beat the Heat event.

Zara, Kim Reimann, Hannah, Lindy Apostolidis, Vivienne

and Cooper (front).

Jet, Ava, Jocelin and Audery had

a tea party.

Alyssa, Bryce, Charlotte and Leah spend time

together last Wednesday.

Lewis, Emily, Naomi and Alyshia enjoyed the sack races at the

Beat the Heat event on Tuesday.

Part of the Strengthening Our Families team who organised the Beat the Heat program, Kadriye Buurggraaff, Rebecca Eli, Janie Butterworth

and Sally Bryant.

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Clytie Sneyd, Steve Gigney and

Kate Burton.

Marc Kilmartin and Erin Loller enjoyed

a nice meal.

Rocky Sakalasooriya, Alix Palmer, Steff Bulman, Brooke Perrett, Michaela D’Almeida, Paul Crosser, Georgia Eggart, Tash Stilsby and Tahlia Souvertjis.

Rachel Roberts, Ben Roberts, Helen Eggart, Stewart Eggart and Georgia.

Matthew Westover, Carmel Dahl, Kristina Bryson tried

out the new menu.

Maddyson King, Demmy Orr, April Newman

enjoyed Rusty Bennett.

Mick “Rusty” Bennett and

Tegan Boothby.

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The Roxby Power and Roxby Water accounts have been sent and

are due by Monday 16th February 2015.

Snakes are a common and natural part of living in Roxby

Downs, if you have any issues or queries regarding snakes or any other wildlife in or around your home please contact the Wildlife Response Number 0497 808 315.

Roxby Council has provided recyclable beverage container bins as the latest addition to

Richardson Place. Th ree bins have been positioned next to existing general waste bins, to make it easy for residents to correctly dispose of beverage containers.

Th e bins will be suitable for the dis-posal of ten cent refundable bottles (plastic and glass), aluminium cans and cartons, all of which have previ-ously been disposed of in the general waste stream.

General waste bins in Richardson Place were audited to determine stra-tegic locations to install the beverage container recycling bins, which are now located adjacent Mensland, the Chinese Restaurant and the Visitor In-formation Centre. Th e bins are clear-ly marked for recycling, have easily identifi able yellow tops and also have cut-out holes in shapes of diff erent beverage container types to discour-age contamination.

Th e recycling bins in Richardson Place will complement the existing kerbside recycling program already es-tablished in Roxby Downs. It is hoped that people will use the bins respon-sibly and not put contaminants in the beverage container recycling bins.

“Th e general public are encouraged to use these bins to dispose of drink containers that are eligible for a 10 cent refund,” Community Projects Offi cer, Anni Walsh, said.

“Th e bins will be a great addition to Richardson Place, as they will act as

an educational tool visually reminding people of the importance of recycling at home and within the communi-ty. Correct use will also ensure that precious resources, such as plastics, glass and aluminium are diverted from landfi ll and recycled to create new products.”

Australian’s purchase approximately 10 to 15 billion drink containers a year, but only 40 per cent of these are recy-cled, usually through kerbside recycling.

Th e remaining 60 per cent end up as litter or landfi ll with signifi cant en-vironmental impacts, posing hazards to wildlife and leaching toxins into the soil as the plastics slowly break down (which can take up to 1000 years).

Recycling beverage containers saves approximately 80 per cent of the en-ergy required to make new products. By installing the beverage container recycling bins in Richardson Place, Roxby Downs will be diverting large amounts of materials from landfill which is much more benefi cial for the environment.

Th e purchase and installation of the permanent recycling bins was fi nan-cially made possible thanks to Keep Australia Beautiful, Beverage Con-tainer Recycling Community Grants, funded by Coca-Cola. Th e beverage container recycling bins will be audit-ed over the coming months to deter-mine appropriate usage and feedback will be provided to Keep Australia Beautiful. For more information about recycling please contact Anni Walsh on (08) 8671 0010.

Festival of TreesPeople’s Choice Winners

A s part of the recent lead up to Christmas, Council held an exhibition and competition called “Th e Festival of Trees – My Festive

Year”.

Over 40 entries were received and the winners were presented with certifi cates and prizes at a ceremo-ny on November 29. Roxby residents and visitors alike have continued to enjoy the exhibition over the Christmas and New Year period.

As part of the ongoing exhibition, a People’s Choice vote was conducted over the month of December and the fi rst two weeks of January, with nearly 40 people taking the time to cast a vote for their favourite tree.

Th e votes have now been tallied and we are delight-ed to announce the winners. Receiving an equal num-ber of votes were Melissa Nilsen’s “Bloom Where You Are Planted” and Roxby Downs OSHC’s “Christmas In Th e Bush”. Only one vote behind them was Raine & Horne’s “A Raine & Horne Christmas”.

In her artist’s statement, Melissa described the in-spiration behind her work as representing the way in which Roxby residents come from many diff erent places to be planted in the desert’s red sandy soil; from here, with a foundation of sunshine and support, we all bloom where we are planted.

Sandy Sumsion, from Raine & Horne, detailed the various aspects of Christmas and how they coalesce to form our Christmas celebration - festivities, faith, family, food, fun, family, a pageant, prayer, peace, par-ties, presents and people. And possibly a new house!

Council would like to thank everyone who par-ticipated in the 2014 Festival of Trees and helped make it such a success. Th e trees will continue to be

on display in the roxbylink gallery until the end of January, so please pop in and check them out if you haven’t done so yet.

NEWS IN BRIEFNEWS IN BRIEF

Residents of Gregory Street are reminded there will be a street light pole replaced

today (Wednesday, January 21), resulting in temporary road restrictions throughout the day. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

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Community recycling opportunity Community recycling opportunity in Richardson Placein Richardson Place

Christmas in the Bush - Roxby OSHC. Bloom Where You Are Planted-Melissa Nilsen.

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BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

Monday of the month.Members of the public are welcome to

attend and observe.If you would like to make a presentation or raise an issue, please contact the Executive Offi cer on 0418 833 818 so that you can be included on the

agenda.Confi dential discussions with the

Board can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

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Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818


Michelle Davis • George GiakoumisVicki Mason • Gaylene Crane

Mary Lewis • Brett McNeilBill Boehm • Nidya Iwan • Di Stanton

• Cherie Gaskin • Sandy Sumsion

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ARTS and CULTURE FORUMRachel Young 0428 671 000

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Monday, February 9 @ 6pmThe Club (upstairs Boardroom)

SPORTS and REC FORUMMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

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ENVIRONMENT FORUMPerri Carter 0433 248 627Thursday, February 5 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

Thursday, February 12 @ 5.30pmCouncil Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, February 18 @ 6pmCouncil Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKLisa Hewerdine (08) 8671 0010Wednesday, January 21 @ 8.30am

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BOARD VACANCIESThe Roxby Downs Community Board is seeking nominations from people interested in joining the Board in 2015.

The Community Board is a not-for profi t incorporated Association and has a community development, governance and community leadership function.

If you are passionate about Roxby Downs and wish to become more actively involved in community life please contact Michelle Hales - Executive Offi cer on 0418 833 818 to fi nd out more.

To request a nomination form and an information pack please email Michelle at: [email protected]

Nominations close 11 February 2015

Applications for the 2015 Roxby Downs Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) are now open.

Th e Roxby Downs Youth Advisory Com-mittee provides an opportunity for young people aged 12 (or those in Year 7 in 2015) – 18 years to discuss youth issues, make recommendations for positive change, in-itiate new projects and develop events for local young people. YAC members meet fortnightly and aim to represent the needs, views and aspirations of local young people.

Why Join?• Learn how to develop and run youth

events, programs and projects• Connect with other likeminded people• Speak up and share the views of young

people and make recommendations for pos-itive change

Th e Benefi ts• Have a say in what happens locally for

young people• Meet new people and make new friends• Develop employability skills including

event management, negotiation, advocacy and meeting procedures

How does it work?• Meet fortnightly on a Wednesday af-

ternoon from 3.30pm – 5.00pm (afternoon tea provided)

• Volunteer at youth and community events, programs or projects

• Fully supported by Council’s Communi-ty Projects Offi cer (Youth & Children)

If you are interested in making a diff er-

ence in our community and would like to join this team of passionate young leaders, you’re invited to attend the fi rst YAC meet-ing for 2015. It will be held on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 from 3.30pm – 5.00pm in

the Roxby Council Boardroom

For further information, please contact

Kirsten at Council at 8671 0010 or email

[email protected]

The Roxby Downs Community Board and Forums are gearing up for another fantastic year

of events, workshops, festivals and initiatives and are looking for new members for various forums.

The forums are quite diverse and range from Business, Arts and Culture, Health, Multicultural, Education, Al-cohol and Substance Abuse, Road safe, Women’s Network, Youth, Environ-ment and Community Garden. Th ere is bound to be a forum that matches your interests.

Th ere are no special skills to be a member of a forum, just enthusiasm and a desire to contribute to the com-munity.

As a member of a forum it is im-portant that you share your ideas for projects and activities, raise commu-nity issues, share your knowledge and expertise and participate.

Most forums have a meeting once

per month either in the evening or day time - whatever best suits the Forum members. Th ere is no expectation to attend all meetings.

According to the Board’s Executive Offi cer Michelle Hales, the forums are like engine rooms.

“Th is is where all the action takes place. New events, new programs, new activities all start from the seed of an idea at a meeting. Forum members then set about making their ideas become reality with lots of planning, organising and doing,” Ms Hales said.

Most forums have dates set for 2015 and you are welcome to attend a forum meeting at any time as a guest to see what the forums are all about. To fi nd out more see the forum dates on this page or if you would like to ask some questions contact the Executive Of-fi cer Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818 or email [email protected].

The community forums want you!

YAC Applications for 2015 Now Open!

Some of the fun activities YAC participated in last year in the fortnightly meetings.

Community Board Chairperson Michelle

Davis and Vice Chairperson Nidya

Budiarso in the Roxby Downs main street.


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INVITATION FOR QUOTATIONQuotations are invited for the Construction of Two x Brick Paved Wombat Crossings in Richardson Place, on the northern and southern sides, at the sites and locations set out in Drawings No 2014.0311 sheets nos 1 and 2

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Richardson Place Roxby Downs 5725 by 4 pm Tuesday 27 January 2015.

Quotations should be submitted in writing in duplicate hard copy (original plus 2 copies) in a sealed envelope marked “Quotation for Construction of Wombat Crossings”.

The Contractor is responsible to ensure that the quotation reaches the above address before the closing time.

For further information in respect to the quotation, please contact Councils Works Manager Mr Peter Keller

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The Roxby Districts Cricket Association has received a $1500 donation from BHP Billiton

Olympic Dam to help pay for the upcoming South Australian Country Cricket Carnival.

RDCA are in the process of putting a team together for the week long carni-val which takes place in Adelaide from February 9 to 13.

“As part of our commitment to the community, we also off er a Communi-ty Donation program to allocate funds for smaller, short-term projects and events which demonstrate a benefi t to the community,” BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Head of Corporate Aff airs Libby Lyons said.

“Olympic Dam is committed to being

a valued member of the communities in which we operate.

“We invest in a wide range of com-munity development projects and ac-tivities such as the Arid Recovery envi-ronmental initiative north of Olympic Dam, and the Strengthening our Fam-ilies program in Roxby Downs.”

Th e Olympic Dam Community Do-nation program has been running in its current format since 2013, however BHP Billiton has a long history of pro-viding support to local communities.

Th e RDCA have been sending a team to the carnival for a number of years and are again looking to come up with a strong team to represent them in this year’s carnival.

For more information about the Olympic Dam Community Donations Program, please contact the Commu-nity Aff airs department on 8671 9967 or email [email protected].

Olympic Dam defeated Hornridge

C ricket made a return to Roxby Downs Oval on Friday night following a month off after games last weekend were cancelled due to

rain.

Top of the table Olympic Dam and Hornridge came up against each other for the third time in the past fi ve rounds.

What was expected to be a close game turned out to be anything but with Olympic Dam pulling away further at the top of the table.

Th e Devils won the toss and elected to bat fi rst with Wally Hand and Craig Nicholls getting off to a solid start before Hand fell for 16 with the score at 18.

Th is brought Brendan Hill to the crease and the two settled in to combine for a 100 run partnership highlighted by some big hitting from Hill.

Hill was eventually bowled by Craig Rainsford for 65 but by then the damage had already been done.

Nicholls (54) continued to compile his innings while other OD baters were given the licence to thrill with wickets in the shack and not many overs remaining.

Th e Devils eventually fi nished their 40 overs at 7 for 186.

What then followed was a clinical performance from the Olympic Dam team bowling out Hornridge shortly after drinks for the lowest score this season, just 38.

Captain Cam Denbesten (10) and number four batsman Kapil Gohel (18) were the only batsmen

to pass double fi gures for Hornridge, with the team recording four ducks, putting on a 30 run partnership for the fi fth wicket.

With the score at 4 for 34 at drinks Gohel fell fi rst over after the break triggering a collapse which saw Hornridge lose their last six wickets for just four runs.

Wickets were shared around for Olympic Dam with Lucas Holbrook taking three wickets and Seb Hol-brook and Jacob Langdon two each.

Roxby Rogues defeated Andamooka

Rogues batted fi rst and were bowled out for 158 in the fi nal over.

Rogues lost the wicket of Willis in the second over for 1 but then Trotta (31) and Boulton (45) batted through to just after drinks for a partnership of 80.

Some hitting at the end by Nelson (31) and ex-Woomera player Peter Caulfi eld (16) playing his fi rst game for Rogues got them to a respectable total on a very slow oval.

Andamooka didn’t help their cause dropping sever-al easy chances to let the Rogues off the hook.

In reply Andamooka were all out for 58 just before drinks.

In contrast to Andamooka, Rogues were excellent in the fi eld holding all their catches and picking up a direct hit run out.

Wickets went to Trotta (3), Caulfi eld (3) and one e ach to McIvor, Boulton and Willis.

The Tour Down Under is underway in Adelaide and this year Roxby Downs

will have a representation at the event.

While it may not be in the main race a team of 22 locals will be participating in the Bupa Challenge, which consists of rides 120 kilometres (km), 78km and 27km long before one of the stages of the Tour Down Under.

“In January last year, Ben Cronin and myself participat-ed in the event and found it to be very positive and enriching experience,” BHP Billiton Olym-pic Dam Production Processing Manager and team leader Robin Russell said.

“As a result we got a larger team together and decided to raise funds for the Cancer Coun-cil of Australia with a target of $15,000.”

Th e funds raised by the team will be matched by BHP Billiton’s Matched Giving Fund to with $2 donated for every dollar raised.

Th e team is called Go Process-ing Team and all members have been training hard for the race with the 22 riders training for be-tween four to six hours a week, some riding to Andamooka and back as part of their training.

“Everyone is looking forward to the event,” Mr Russell said.

“It really is a great day out. “Training for three months

with family and friends is also a good way to get healthy, but most fulfi lling of all is knowing that we are raising funds for a well-de-served cause.”

Th e team have set up a web-site where people can show their support and donate to the cause - http://sa.cancercouncilfundrais-ing.org.au/goprocessing.

“We are grateful for all the support that we have received (to date).”

Th e Bupa Challenge event will take place this Friday and jour-neys from Glenelg to Mount Barker with other starting points including Willunga, Mount Compass and Macclesfi eld. BY PATRICK GLOVER

Cricket Association

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Locals pedaling for a good cause at Tour Down Under

Hornridge rolled for just 38

Rouge's Adrian Boulton plays a ball off his pads.

Brendan Hill gets on the front foot ready to play a shot against Hornridge.

Rhett Winter sends down another delivery as Craig Nicholls watches on.

Chamila Rathnajake bowls for Andamooka.


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Toddler Story Timecommences Tuesday 27.01.2015 at 9.30am in the auditorium and Thursday 29.1.2015 at

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AFL legend Gavin Wanganeen will headline an action packed Pink Stumps Day to be held on February 14.

Despite some less than desirable weather last year

a large crowd turned out for the event, and Roxby

Downs Cricket Association President Paul Trotta is

hoping for even more this year.

“We are hoping for a few more numbers. Last year

the weather was working against us,” Trotta said.

“It is a good event and so I think there will be a bit of

talk (about it) around town so we might get a few more.”

Th is year’s event corresponds with Valentine’s Day,

so will incorporate themed stalls to accommodate

people that celebrating the day.

Valentines balloons, fl owers and an electronic mes-

sage board where people can display personal messag-

es to that special someone will be available at the oval.

A photo booth will also be included as part of the

entertainment at this year’s event along with food

and drink stalls, a jumping castle and the forming of

the giant picture at the interval of the local celebrity

cricket match.

An auction will also be run on the day with some

big prizes up for grabs including a weekend for two

at the Kingsford Homestead (used for the fi lming of

McLeod’s Daughters), McGrath Foundation merchan-

dise and much more.

“It is a good community event,” Trotta said.

“It will be good for the whole family.”

More details will be released in the week leading

up to the event. To keep up to date visit the Roxby

Districts Cricket Association Facebook Page.

Community set to fall

in love with Pink

Stumps Day

It is a good community event,” Trotta said.“It will be good for the whole family. ”

RIGHT: Roxby Districts Cricket Association President Paul Trotta is getting ready for the upcoming Pink Stumps Day.

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