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Issue

03 December 2012

this issue

Feature Resident P.5

John Hughes-Procrastinating P.13

Terre Rouge Ballet P.19

Community Recognition Award P.23

Talk Technology P.27

Ultimate Boot Camp P.36

Pannawonica’s own community magazine.

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The Panna Gecko is a free magazine published on a quarterly basis.

The cost of printing the Panna Gecko is kindly donated by Rio Tinto.

It exists for the benefit of the community of Pannawonica.

The Panna Gecko is produced by members of the Pannawonican community.

The Panna Gecko is here for you!

It’s very purpose is to help you get informed about your community and stay informed . The Panna Gecko aims:

To assist in promoting a healthy, positive and supportive community.

To provide a platform whereby our town’s varied interests, groups & organisations can be

supported and promoted.

To encourage community spirit.

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Cover Photo

Double Rainbow

Maitland St, Pannawonica

Photo taken by Kirsten Hawkins

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from the editor

Welcome

H ello readers and welcome to the

1st edition of the Panna Gossiping Gecko for

2013. This year promises to be another great, fun

year sharing stories and events about

Pannawonica, showing everyone near and far,

what a great place Panna is!

The beginning of the year has bought us many

summer storms. Some locals has taken photos of

these amazing storms which are featured on the

front cover and throughout this edition. The

storms have bought much needed rain to fill up

the rivers and an abundance of lightning shows,

which have been amazing to watch. These are

a few of the unique things that Pannawonica

has and why it makes it such a great place to

live.

Another reason why Panna is such a great place

to live, is the great people in it. I was very

privileged to be able to interview Arthur & Eileen

Hall for the feature resident article in this edition.

My time with them was filled with lots of laughter

and many great stories. I hope you enjoy their

story as much as I did. They are very special

couple who are celebrating their 50th wedding

Anniversary this year. What an amazing and

beautiful achievement.

I hope that you once again enjoy this edition of

the Gecko.

Until next time.

Enjoy!

Heidi x

about Heidi:

Heidi moved to Pannawonica in January 2003 as a new teacher. She met

her husband , Damian, here in Pannawonica. Heidi has 2 children and is

enjoying taking a break from teaching. Heidi is passionate about family,

cooking and drinking tea. She is committed to continuing the Gecko and

being a positive member of the Panna community.

March, 2013 Meet the team!

Barry Dethmore

Barry has been in the mining

and construction industry for 28

years and worked all over

Australia. He has worked on

dams, roads, airstrips and mines.

Barry moved to Panna in July,

2010 along with his partner,

Tanya. They love living here,

enjoying all that the town has to

offer. Barry’s interests include

world travel, photography, riding

his motor cycle, music, drawing

and a good game of chess.

Samantha Sylva

Samantha and her husband

Stephen moved to Panna in

early 2007 with their two boys.

They had visited the town

several times before moving to

see her parents who also work

and lived in town. They have

since expanded their family with

twin girls. Samantha enjoys living

in the Pilbara. She grew up in

country towns both rural and

mining, and now enjoys

watching her children grow up

in a similar style. She likes to

write about things that are

important to her, and hopes

you will enjoy reading them too.

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musings

What’s the best thing about summer storms?

your neighbour

Simon Mitchel

The natural

light show

and the amazing

colours!

Natasha Piwowarski

It makes

everything nice

and green for the

horses and

wildlife.

Dave Hinchcliffe

The abundance

of lightning and

the drenching

rains.

Stacey Rutherford

All the

rain to fill

the river.

I love a good ol’ Summer Storm

Rain and thunder and lightening

Some people think I’m quite obscure

‘Cause to them, they’re simply frightening

But safe n sound inside the house

The loud bangs still make dogs quiver

But for me I’m smiling, filled with joy

‘Cause that rain is filling up the river

- Panna Poet

Kurtis Rutherford

The

Rainbows!

“ ”

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feature resident

Arthur & Eileen Hall

Y ou may know them as Ma & Pa, Grandma &

Grandpa or Ma & Pa Kettle. But their real

names are Arthur and Eileen Hall. Their family

consists of 3 sons, 10 grandkids and 5 great

grandkids; family is a large part of their lives. They are

a very generous and caring couple. My time spent

with them left me in stiches of laughter after listening

to their stories.

Arthur & Eileen’s story starts in England. They were

high school sweethearts who were married in 1963.

Arthur married Eileen on her 21st birthday, he would

have liked to marry Eileen before this but Eileen’s

stepdad wouldn’t let any of his daughters get

married before they were 21. So Arthur being Arthur,

decided to marry Eileen on her 21st birthday and not

a day later!

Arthur and Eileen moved to Australia in 1966 (as 10

pound poms) to Port Kembla, NSW where he worked

for Australian Iron and Steel (now known as BHP), who

sponsored him to come to Australia. He got the job

because he had a 1st class underground mine

manager’s certificate. They lived and work in NSW for

7 months and they then decided to move to WA,

after receiving a letter from one of Eileen’s friends

saying that WA was great. Their friends in NSW told

them not to go to WA, because “its too hot there”,

but when they arrived it was pouring with rain—go

figure. Once in WA Arthur worked for CSR. They then

settled in WA, where Arthur worked for numerous

mining companies.

The next part of the story finds us in Pannawonica.

Arthur & Eileen moved to Pannawonica in February

2001. They move

here from Perth,

where they had

owned a small

pet ro l s tat ion .

However, due to

the deregulation of

the fuel industry,

Arthur & Eileen’s

petrol station went

bad. They moved

to Pannawonica

with not a cent to

their name. When

they arrived, they

were greeted with

a washing basket

full of groceries in

their house as a

house warming gift from the company.

Arthur came to Pannawonica to develop processing

and assist in the building of Process Plant 2 (PP2). He

also has another special qualification which was a

quarry managers ticket, ticket number is 23. He was

the 23rd person in WA to receive his quarry managers

ticket. He received this in 1976. From 1977-1979 he

was on the board of examiners for mines and

petroleum.

During their 12 years in Pannawonica Arthur has been

the secretary/treasurer of the Pannawonica Heights

Golf Club and he was Santa for a few year at the

children’s Christmas party. Eileen has worked at the

primary school from 2005—2012 as the school

gardener. She then retired from the school in 2012,

but you will still find her and Arthur working at the

school casually. The school gardens always look

immaculate after Arthur and Eileen have worked their

magic on the gardens & lawn.

Arthur and Eileen have enjoyed their 12 years in

Pannawonica and said ”Pannawonica has been

good to them”.

They are about to celebrate their 50th Wedding

Anniversary on the 30th of March this year. Wow! What an awesome celebration and great

achievement! Congratulations!!

-Heidi Virgin

your neighbour

Arthur & Eileen with Grandchildren

Michael, Rachel & Cameron

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panna photo’s

Panna’s Summer Double Rainbow

S T O R M

C L O U D S

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panna photo’s

Storm Photos

This summer has

seen Panna have

many storms and

awesome displays

of lightning. These

pictures are just a

few to show you

what our summer

storms are like.

A Special

thanks to

Kirsten and

Jason Hawkins

for the photos!

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R io Tinto and the Shire of Ashburton

supported Pannawonica Community

members in Clean up Australia Day.

The National clean up event kicked off at the

Pannawonica Sporting Club for a pre meet

and event planning on Sunday 3 March 2013.

Pannawonica community members set up two

teams of volunteers with specific areas to

target a major clean up.

Mel Gallanagh; a resident of Pannawonica for

9 years said she enjoy being a part of such a

valuable community event and particularly

enjoyed being a part of tidying up the famous

Pannawonica “boot tree”.

Clean up Australia Day is an initiative of the

Clean up Australia Campaign. It is held on the

first Sunday of March every year, and

encourages people to clean up their local

areas. In 2012 approximately 1,177 tonnes of

rubbish was removed from all across Western

Australia.

The Pannawonica Clean UP Australia Day

concluded with a well-deserved morning tea

care of Rio Tinto.

clean up

Pannawonica Clean Up Australian Day

The Clean Up Team

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clean up

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Primary school

Pannawonica Primary

“Look at what the Kindy and Pre-Primary classes have been up to”…

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Primary school

School News

The Marshmallow Challenge

To encourage team building, communication

and problem solving Year Five, Six and Seven

students took part in the marshmallow chal-

lenge.

Students were given:

20 sticks of spaghetti

2 metres of sticky tape

1 metre of string

1 marshmallow

They worked in teams of four and their goal

was to build the tallest, freestanding structure

with the marshmallow on top. Students had

18 minutes to complete their task.

All teams created successful freestanding

structures. The heights of the structures were;

62cm, 42cm, 25cm, 21cm and 15cm.

Student were then asked to reflect on the task

and asked what things they felt they did well

and what things they would need to work on

next time.

It was an enjoyable, fun and challenging

experience.

- Amanda Myers

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junior citizen Recognising a young person in our community

who shines enviable citizen qualities,

and acknowledging that their contribution helps

makes our town what it is.

T he people of Pannawonica and

the Panna Gecko are pleased to

recognize Emanita Fiu as this

issues Junior Citizen. Emanita Fiu is an outstanding member of our

Pannawonica Community. She hasn’t been

here very long but she is always involved in

activities in town. She is always willing to lend

a hand and enthusiastically helped out at the

Clean Up Australia Day event! Well done

Emanita!

- Hannah Highfield

Emanita always demonstrates an extremely

respectful and polite attitude when dealing

with her peers and adults. She takes pride in

everything she does and always loves getting

involved and helping out wherever needed.

We are very proud that Emanita has been

nominated for Junior Citizen.

- Mum and Dad (Tina & Sonny Fiu)

Tina & Sonny Fiu

“ You have an extremely

respectful and polite attitude...

Emanita

Fiu

Congratulations,

You make a difference.

Junior citizen Panna gecko

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You make a difference.

W hen Heidi

was encouraging me to

write an article for the

Gecko, as usual, I was

struggling to think of a

topic. So she suggested,

“Why don’t you about

one of life’s lessons that

you’ve learned?”

Sounds like a good

idea, I thought, but

what lessons have I

learnt? And you know, the more I

thought about it, the more I

thought about one lesson that I’m

still trying to learn: how to stop

putting things off, or procrastinat-

ing. Even writing this article I’m

days past the deadline when I

should have written it weeks ago.

And I’ve always been lousy at

getting monthly reports written on

time.

So, how do I overcome this

weakness?

One of the big motivators has

been seeing how quickly the kids

grow up. When they were younger

I often put off doing things with

them “until they were a bit older”,

and could then, more expertly. But

hey, before you know it, the baby

is looking for the car keys and

doesn’t want to play Squatter

anymore. There’s probably a 6

year gap between the two photos

above, of the kids, but the time has

gone in a flash and they have

changed so much. One of the

things I have got better at is doing

things with them

“here and now”,

whether it is

playing games,

mucking around

in the pool,

watching them

p l a y s p o r t ,

checking out

their new shoes or

taking them for a

sail. Even a

driving lesson.

The second motivator was the

project I worked on last year,

which kept me out of the Robe

Valley for 11 months. Because it

was very high level work (that is,

corporate based and not close to

operations where we had direct

influence and the ability to change

things), I have come back to my

normal job with a determination to

fix things if they’re not working

properly and make them better

whenever we can, as quickly as

we can.

So procrastination is still a work in

progress, but I am making progress.

And guess what? When I finally set

myself to it, it didn’t take so long to

write the Gecko article!

So whatever it is you should be

doing, quit thinking about it, and

go do it! I’ll be trying to do the

same.

John Hughes

General Manager

Robe Valley Operations

Procrastination = Lost Opportunity:

When we moved to Perth and bought a house (3 years ago), I decided

that we should install solar panels to generate electricity. Not only would

it save us some money, but it was the right thing to do – reducing our

carbon footprint as a family, and helping to save the planet. But it was

one of those things I never got around to. Well, I finally got my act

together late last year, did a bit of research, had a few supplier/installers

visit, got a few quotes and picked company xyz. So the panels get

installed in a day and they work like magic. After 4 months they have

paid back about 1/8 of the cost, and electricity is only going to get

more expensive. So if I had installed the panels when we first bought the

house, not only would the installation have paid for itself by now, but we

would have probably got a better buy-back price from our electricity

supplier………

john hughes

Procrastination Procrastinating

L-R: Lily, Isabella, Phoebe, Harry .L -R: Harry, Isabella, Phoebe, Lily

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Pannawonica VFRS VFRS

E very wet season the storms brings

lightning, which cause fire, which then

become bushfires. Pannawonica VFRS have

been busy this wet season, putting out

bushfires and keeping drivers safe on the

roads. They have attended numerous bush-

fires, one out on the North West Coastal

Highway, that closed the hwy for a period of

time. Below are a few photos of this event and

other fires, as well as some of the members of

Pannawonica VFRS.

IIf you are interested in being part of this

incredibly dedicated group of volunteers,

contact the following:

[email protected]

[email protected]

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BUSHFIRE emergencies VFRS

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VFRS

“As Volunteer Fire Fighters, we do what we can, when we can, where we can,

to the very best of our ability.”

Pannawonica VFRS

HOUSE FIRES By Melanie Campbell

Consider these statistics:

On average, more 1500 house fires start

each year in Western Australia alone.

Between August 2011 and August 2012,

592 of these were accidental.

More than $21 million worth of damage

occurs as a result of house fires in W.A.

in a year.

More than 50 people die each year in

house fires on average.

Most accidental house fire related

deaths occurring between 9pm and

6pm.

Commonly these deaths occur when

people are overcome by smoke

inhalation in their sleep, unaware a fire

has even started.

Checking the batteries in your smoke

alarm seems like a small inconvenience

to avoid becoming a statistic, doesn’t it?

And while most house fires occur in

Winter, often the result of fire places,

heaters and electric blankets which are

commodities not needed Pannawonica,

it sadly does not make us immune.

With April Fool’s Day fast approaching,

it’s time to buy your batteries. Smoke

alarms give us the best chance of es-

caping a house fire. Time is against you,

houses can burn down in as little as ten

minutes, so every second counts.

(Demountable buildings will burn down in

as little as 4 minutes.) But if you did get

woken in the middle of the night to

sound of your smoke alarm, would you

know what to do? Would your children?

Along with changing your batteries on

April Fool’s Day, aim to have created,

and practiced an escape plan, and be

sure to involve your children. Points to

consider include:

Identify two possible points of exit in

each room, i.e. a door and a window.

That way if one point of exit is blocked

by fire or debris you have another op-

tion. It is very important to discuss this

with your children.

Ensure the points of exit are easily es-

caped from. A locked window that

requires you to find a key becomes an

obstacle. Keeping a key in the lock

and ensuring windows are opened reg-

ularly so that they don’t become stiff

can make a big difference in a fire.

Can you get out past your cyclone

screens? If not, keep them off the win-

dows until it is necessary to have them

in place, i.e. Blue Alert.

Consider your animals and whether or

not they can get out. Once you get

out of a burning building, NEVER GO

BACK INSIDE. As hard as it may be to

know your pets are still in there, return-

ing into the building puts your life at risk,

as well as the lives of the local fire bri-

gade who then have to search for you.

Pet doors can give your pets the ability

to escape themselves, and give you

some reassurance in a fire.

If anyone in the house has special

needs or permanent injuries that may

inhibit their ability to get out of the

house easily, factor this into your es-

cape plan too.

Make sure your children learn to stay

low to the ground and crawl to the

nearest exit when moving through a

burning building.

If you have to go into a closed room to

find a point of escape, feel the door

with the BACK OF YOUR HAND for heat

in the case the fire has spread into that

room. Using the front of your hand may

result in burns that make it difficult to

use your hand to open windows, doors,

etc.

Ensure you include a meeting point in

your discussions so that you know

whether or not everyone is out. This

might be at the end of your driveway

or across the road. Call 000 and wait

for fire fighters to arrive. Alert your

neighbours in case the fire spreads.

Once you have an escape plan in

place, ensure everyone in the house is

familiar with it, and practice it once a

year. Why not make this part of April

Fool’s Day too?

When teaching your children about es-

cape plans it’s important that they know

what to do if their clothes catch on fire.

Teach your children to STOP, DROP,

COVER AND ROLL:

STOP moving immediately. This will en-

sure flames do not get fanned by

movement.

DROP to the ground.

COVER your face to prevents burns

and avoid breathing in while on fire.

ROLL back and forth to extinguish the

flames.

Don’t wait and hope that your children

will learn this at school. Safety starts at

home and children are never too young

to start learning. Keep fire blankets and

extinguishers in the house and talk to

your children about how to use these

too. After all, a small fire can be prevent-

ed from turning into a big fire with the

right knowledge and tools.

On a final note, while concentrating on

changing your smoke alarm batteries

and updating your escape plans, don’t

forget to ensure your insurance covers

your contents for fire. Your life is more

important than any belonging, but can

you afford to lose everything and start

again once you do escape a burning

house?

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VFRS

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VFRS

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ballet

I t really is amazing the lengths some people go to for

the community. When Terre Rouge Ballet Inc (TRB)

was first approached by Panna mum, Gypsy Prosser, to

enrol her daughter in their ballet school, they were sorry

to inform her that the classes were held in Karratha so

unfortunately we couldn’t accommodate her. “I know

that” she said “but I’m willing to make the trip so my

daughter can join in too”. That really defines the Panna

people and after many months of travelling backwards

and forwards each week, Gypsy approached TRB in

2011 to open a Pannawonica arm of TRB. They had stu-

dents, teachers, venue and funding from Rio Tinto all

lined up - with that kind of enthusiasm and dedication,

who could refuse.

That same enthusiasm and dedication runs through their

children and the Pannawonica ballet students are some

of TRB’s finest. Classes in Panna originally catered for

students in Dance & Performance classes (3-5 years),

and Ballet classes 1 – 4. TRB follows the Royal Academy

o f D a n c e ( R A D ) s y l l a b i a n d o f f e r s

‘Presentation’ (ungraded exams) for students in Ballet 2

and Exams (graded) for students in Ballet 4. Extra tuition

was offered to students wishing to participate in Presen-

tations or Exams and once again these dedicated

dancers travelled to Karratha for weekend workshops,

mocks and exams. Their hard work paid off with all 2012

participants doing extremely well, particularly Lily Climas

and Kahlia Davidson who achieved Distinctions, the

highest grade attainable.

Of course a great student needs a great teacher and

they are in abundance in Pannawonica. Samantha

Sylva, Andre Channon and Jasmine Callaghan have

strong dance backgrounds and also have a range of

skills in varying sporting arenas and early childhood

learning, a great tool when engaging children. With the

addition of Jasmine this year, TRB has now been able to

extend classes to include Ballet 5 (RAD Grade 1). It is

very gratifying to know that those in Ballet 4 last year are

able to continue with their ballet in 2013, particularly as

they show such potential. Teachers and Ballet 5 stu-

dents also attend ‘Pointes for Perfection’ workshops in

Dampier, where possible, with TRB Principal Teacher,

Michele Cleaver-Wilkinson.

A highlight of the TRB ballet calendar is the mid year

concert held in the Dampier Community Hall. The 2012

theme was Wish upon a Star and the Panna contingent

was loud and proud. Enthusiastic performances met

with enthusiastic applause which lifted the roof and was

quite possibly heard back home. Once again, the trav-

el involved with rehearsals and shows was undertaken

without a problem and much appreciated by TRB. This

year’s concert is to be held on 22 June 2013 in Dampier

so put it in your diaries as one not to be missed.

For more information on Terre Rouge Ballet, visit

www.terrerougeballet.com.au, phone Karratha TRB on

0459 163 705 or our Pannawonica representative Gypsy

on 0409441829, you can also go to their Facebook page: Terre Rouge Ballet Karratha.

Pannawonica Terre Rouge Ballet students taking their Ballet

Ballet Back For 2013

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kindergym

Kindergym

jump & roll

W e have had a very successful start to year

with Kindergym opening over the school

holidays! Thank you to the committee members for

opening on the days I was not able to make it. I hope

the younger kids all enjoyed having an activity for

them! I know my kids did as the school holiday

programme was only for the older kids!

Below is our awesome committee for this year:

President: Kylie Conder

Vice President: Linda Parsons

Treasurer: Heidi Virgin

Secretary: Emma McEvoy

Coach: Kath Collins

We have all been working hard over the last couple of

weeks to get organised for our REGISTRATION DAY!!

We now have a new insurance cover for Kindergym.

We have chosen to use Playgroup W.A’s insurance

cover as it is more comprehensive for our members and

allows us to run activities like our SUNDAY FUNDAYS or

the Panna Markets or excursions to the pool.

The fee structure changes slightly but if you are a

member of Pannawonica Playgroup then it actually

works out cheaper as you do not have to pay the

insurance you only pay a small membership fee. We

hope that our members are understanding and

appreciate that we only have yours and your children’s

best interests at heart.

We have lots of exciting ideas we want to implement

over the next 12 months.

We have plans to begin a once a term FUNDAY

SUNDAY. First one to hopefully be in March! We also

would like to hold a cake stall once a term to help raise

more funds for the expensive equipment we would like

for the children.

We will have new coaches trained up through-out the

next 12 months so please express your interest to a

committee member.

We are able to open for members at the community

markets.

Fee Structure

PER WEEK

$3 per child each session

$5 per session for 2 or more children

ANNUAL

$30 Annual Playgroup W.A insurance

PLUS

$15 single child Kindergym membership

$20 family Kindergym membership

****If you are already a member of Playgroup W.A then

you only pay the Kindergym membership********

Children that are 12mths old or walking must become

financial members. If you are bringing siblings to

Kindergym please be aware that they are not

registered or insured and therefore must remain seated

during the session.

We ask that all fees are paid at the beginning of each

session and that membership is paid at the start of

each year or when you commence your first session.

If you are a new & wishing to attend Pannawonica

Kindergym you are able to come as a quest for 3

sessions, then you need to become a member for

insurance purposes.

~Kylie Conder, Kindergym President

Term 1

Theme

OUR

BODY!

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Kindergym

community

Shire of Ashburton

Activities

T he year has started off with an exciting

round of activities for the children of

Pannawonica!

Milo Cricket has started and the kids are

really starting to improve their skills. Thank you

to all the parents that have been helping out

- it’s been fantastic to see, if any other

parents have some spare time to lend a

hand it’s always greatly appreciated!

We are very lucky this term that Ashley Long

is running Taekwondo sessions again every

fortnight in his time off. He has been sharing

his skills with the children and they are really

getting the hang of it! This term they have

introduced sparring in a controlled

environment and the kids are enjoying

applying the skills they have learnt in the

sessions. Taekwondo is every fortnight on

Thursdays and Saturdays.

Triathlon club is about to start this week and is

going to be a great way for the kids of

Pannawonica to get active! We will be

training in the lead up to the Pannawonica

Triathlon coming up soon. Training will be on

Saturdays 9:00am – 10:00am. Hope to see

you all there!!

The Youth House down at the Maya Mayu

Centre has been very successful this term.

The Youth House has been open on

Wednesdays for PP-Year 2 and Fridays for

Year 2 and up. On Wednesdays Linda and

Nicole have been cooking with the kids

which they are really enjoying!

We are looking forward to seeing you all at

the activities this term!

From the Shire of Ashburton and the

Pannawonica Activities Team!

Panna kids

participating in

Milo Cricket

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a Sylva lining

reflections

Thoughts with

W hile living in the Pilbara and more specifically in

Pannawonica, it seems to come complete with a set of seasonal,

location and climate guidelines, expectations and surprises.

Our winter is actually in everyone else's spring, rain and

storms of fierce magnification and speedy appearance occur on the hottest of hot

days, that don't really refresh things, just make muddy, muggy goodness. We

expect, and on a yearly basis watch out for incoming catastrophic cyclones, of

which I am still to experience one first-hand!

Just recently we had the impending Cyclone Rusty, which while it didn't have

any direct effect on Pannawonica thank goodness, it did still affect travel plans

of ours. We were due to fly back to Karratha from Perth on the Wednesday, on

our last leg of travel coming back from 10 days in New Zealand. But due to the

cyclone in the vicinity, all air traffic to Karratha airport was ground to a halt,

and while they booked us in tentatively for the next day, we were still at the

mercy of the ever fickle path of the cyclone. We made it back on the flight booked

for us, and although Panna didn't really get anything Cyclone Rusty related,

our children got to tell us of all the preparations they and Kirri had made at home

for it.

Air-cons, without them life in the Pilbara would be if not impossible, defiantly

downright unbearable! Thank goodness for them, and thank goodness for the

fact that repairs for a broken or faulty air-con is only a 1800 number away. I do

remember when we were having town power line upgrades, we actually went out

and bought a generator. Because the thought of having no power for up to 8 hours

of the day meant no air-con, no cold fridge, no frozen freezer, and that was just

an awful reality. At least with the generator we could run a fan, the fridge and

freezer, and as an added bonus the TV as well. So we now have a little beauty of a

generator for our use, perfect for extended power outs and remote camping

adventures, probably just need to check that we have the jerry can full of fuel for

it!

Up here in the Pilbara we also experience a plethora of seasonal visitors of the bug

variety, almost never more than one at a time thank goodness, they at least wait

their turns to make their appearance. I know that we have just gotten over having

the horse and march flies, and aren't we glad that they are gone now! We also

have visits from grasshoppers, flying ants right before a big rain, and a new one

in recent times the moths that lay grub eggs in the lawn. The only thing I can

say for the horse and march flies is either long clothes (I know heat is a pain, but

bites are more so), or aero guard seems to work pretty well. Grasshoppers

sometimes come in plague proportion, they are super attracted to lights, so I

advise after experiencing the clean-up afterwards, don't leave any lights on at

night! They come in any way they can and then just die, unpleasant does not

describe the clean up! My boys like the grasshoppers though, because they love

running onto the grass and making a wave of grasshoppers move out around

them as they all hop away, my girls are defiantly not fans!

Whenever we have an unexpected rain storm come our way, granted that it's not a

full on thunder and lightning storm, my children LOVE to run around out the

back in the rain. Usually we have not seen rain for ages, and the welcome shower

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is greeted with squealing delight by

my kids. They run around and get

their bathers on, and spend the

duration of the rain running, riding

and playing until it finishes. I

usually try and get pictures of them,

as you do, because rain is such a novel

occurrence for the children up here. But

as soon as you step out with your

camera lens, it fogs instantly!

Temperatures inside being cold from

the air-cons going out to the steamy,

muggy goodness that happens when

nice cold rain hits all the heated up

ground, really makes it hard to take

any decent photos! So I have learnt to

take pictures from the back doorway,

this does make it a little tricky if they

are all over the backyard, but action

photos are always nice. They will

generally all come together for a group

shot, but for me I have to be quick,

because they really don't stay still

together for long!

Living in the Pilbara has its own set of

local weather and climate issues that

we need to live with all year round. But

without the cyclone rainy season that

brings the rain, we wouldn't have the

beautiful rivers to visit and swim in,

and who doesn't like going to the river.

The bugs that we have up here, well you

could defiantly do without, but it's just

one of those things that needs to be

dealt with unfortunately! Preparation

is defiantly the key though and I

think that while Panna is a very

different place to live in, and with us

coming up to our 7th year here, we still

get surprised with how different it can

be from year to year, and can't wait to

see what surprises are in store for us

next year!

C ongratulations to our local teacher and

community member Michaela Williams on

receiving the Community Recognition Award!

Michaela is the person who always finds time to help out

with an event, fundraiser or group, despite having a

thousand other things to do. She has been involved with

Gala, Playgroup, Kindergym, Panna Primary, P&C, Ballet,

40th Anniversary, Rodeo, CAG, to name a few, as well as

Rio Xmas celebrations, MC at a number of charity

functions or just picking up rubbish on Clean up Australia

Day.

In the last six years she has volunteered in various

capacities and held committee positions with some of

these groups and has worked tirelessly to help improve

them or make them an enjoyable place to visit in Panna.

No job is too big or too small for her to lend a hand. She is

a champion for the community at every opportunity. She

epitomizes that secret ingredient that every community

wants and needs more of, a genuine community spirit,

making everyone feel worthy and included.

Congratulations Michaela! Thanks for making Panna such

a great place!!

recognition award

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panna police

Greetings once

more from the

Pannawonica

Police.

Driver reminder to take caution on flooded roads

People travelling through the North West are being reminded by the Depart-ment of Fire and Emergen-cy Services (DFES) to take care on flooded roads to avoid putting themselves in danger. DFES Superintendent Pilbara John Newman said flood ways and river levels rose rapidly during the wet season and could easily wash away a vehicle so people needed to be careful. “The Pilbara and Kimberley are currently experi-encing storms and increased rainfall which is a reminder that people must take care when travelling on wet roads,” he said. “Seasonal rain can fall anywhere, anytime. One minute the roads are dry and the next they are very wet, slippery and potentially life threatening to people not paying attention.” People have come to serious harm for failing to follow warn-ings when attempting to travel through floodwaters. Some have drowned after becoming trapped in their vehicles, while others have washed away in rapid waters or suffered serious injuries from hidden debris. “It is important that people obey road closure signs and don’t drive into water of unknown depth and current, as this can be life threatening,” Mr New-man said. “In remote regions in particular, take care on gravel and unsealed roads as the last thing you want is to get bogged.” In recent months, Tropical Cyclones (TC) Peta and Rusty brought torrential rain to the Pilbara region, leaving a large amount of water over the roads. DFES’s State Emer-gency Service (SES) has these tips for people travelling through cyclone or flood prone areas: • Prepare a plan for your family on what to do if a cyclone approaches

• Check your emergency kit is complete and includes a first aid kit, torch, battery operated portable radio, spare batteries, water bottles, non-perishable food, a portable cooking devic-es and special needs for pets

• Fill your vehicle’s fuel tank

• Carry extra food and water when travelling in case of long delays at crossings

• Place boats, caravans and vehicles in sheds or secure them with correct cyclone tie down procedures

• Never walk, swim or play in floodwaters, as they are dan-gerous

• Watch for changes in water levels so you are ready if you need to relocate.

Speeding in the

Supermarket Car

Park

Complaints have been received in regards to speeding vehicle in the car park of the shopping centre. Please be mind-ful that there are a lot of pedestrians and foot traffic around this area, including lots of young children. We would all hate for someone to get seriously hurt or killed due to someone speed-

ing through the car park. Please slow down! Whilst we are on a whinge –Street Drinking – has raised its ugly head around town again. People are actually walking to licensed premises whilst drinking one from home. Surely you can wait the 5 minutes it takes to walk to the club or pub with-out a drink. If you find that you are suffering massive dehy-dration from your short walk give us a ring and we will rush around some water! Think about it – other residents don’t want people walking around town drinking. It is offensive and you will be copping a $100 fine for your trouble. An Accident Waiting to Happen – every issue we seem to put something in regards to young kids on the road. It is the responsibility of road users to drive with due care and atten-tion but this alone won’t prevent an accident. Parents need to be responsible for where their children are playing and run-ning/riding/skating around. Every issue we also mention bike helmets. Wether you agree with it or not it is the law. If you are riding a bike you must wear a helmet. Please set an example for the kids and you never know – one day it may prevent you from becoming a vegetable or worse. Little Known Facts – during our patrols we often stop vehi-cles towing trailers for speeding. Often the driver of the vehi-cle is surprised and unaware that the legal speed limit for a vehicle towing is 100 kph. This refers to towing anything at all, from a road train all the way down to any empty 6 x 8 trail-er. If you are towing you cannot exceed 100 kph. Now you

know. Here is some food for thought in regards to our region. Please don’t become one of these statistics. The biggest threat here in the Pilbara is not snakes or cyclones but our cars and trucks.

police roundup

Officer in Charge Sr. Tony Di Giuseppe Sr. Constable Tom Bateman

For more helpful tips visit

www.dfes.wa.gov.au.

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panna police

These statistics were taken over a 10 year period from 2000 to 2010. Snapshot of Pilbara statistics (KSI = killed or seriously injured) Number of killed or seriously injured (KSI): 107 in 2010, 824 from 2001-2010 Most common crash type: Single vehicle rollover or run-off-road (37%) Most common crash site speed zone: 110 km/h (39%) Seat belts not worn: 28% of KSI Speed as a factor: 21% of KSI Alcohol as a factor: 18% of KSI KSI who were men: 57% KSI who were 17-24 years old: 25%

Profile of Region The following is an extract of Main Roads Western Australia’s regional profile for the Pilbara (accessed 13 May 2011). The Pilbara region is located in the north of Western Australia and covers an area approximately 510,000km2 (25% of the State). The region’s population was estimated as being 45,300 in 2007. The road length of the region’s AusLink’s roads is 757 km, state roads 1,434 km and local roads 7,583 km. Overview of statistics 107 people were killed or seriously injured in the Pilbara region last year. When you consider the region’s small population, this is an extremely high rate of 220.1 per 100,000 population. 824 people have been killed or seriously injured in the last 10 years (2001-2010) in the region, which is a rate of 188.6 per 100,000 population. These were a result of 438 single vehicle crashes and 103 multiple vehicle crashes. Take care out there……….

- Pannawonica Police

More feeble attempts at police

humour…..

1. An elderly man is stopped by the

police around 2 a.m. and is asked where

he is going at this time of night.

The man replies, "I am on my way to a

lecture about alcohol abuse and the

effects it has on the human body, as well

as smoking and staying out late."

The officer then asks, "Really? Who is

giving that lecture at this time of night?"

The man replies, "That would be my wife."

2. A car was driving down the street when

all of a sudden it started swerving. The car

was going back and forth till a patrolling

police officer pulled the car over.

A blonde rolls down the window and says,

“Constable, I’m so glad you are here. I

saw a tree in the road, and then I saw

another and another. So I had to swerve

to keep f rom hit t ing them!"

The officer looks at her, and then says,

"Ma'am, that's your air freshener."

3. The driver of a Mr Whippy van was

found dead covered in hundreds and

thousands – police say he topped himself.

Police are looking for a man who stole a

futon bed – apparently he is lying low.

Police received a tip off about a criminal

hiding in a toilet – they are just waiting to

flush him out.

Pannawonica Police Contact Details

9184 2444

9184 1022

Email: [email protected]

On a Lighter Note

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in the kitchen

Ingredients

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 160˚c

2. Place the butter, sugar and cocoa is a saucepan over low heat and stir until the butter has melted.

3. Spoon into a bowl and add vanilla and eggs, whisking well.

4. Sift the flour over the mixture and whisk to combine.

5. Spoon the mixture into a 20cm square cake tin lined with non-stick baking paper.

6. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until the center is just set.

7. Cool in tin and cut into squares.

Makes 16

150g Butter

1 1/4 cups (275g) castor sugar

3/4 cup (75g) cocoa

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

3 eggs

1/2 cup (75g) Plain Flour

Source: DONNA HAY: Fast, Fresh Simple,

Pg. 118

Recipe by Donna Hay

This brownie by Donna Hay is one of

the most tastiest brownie I have ever

tasted. It is also a very quick recipe. A

great one for a special treat for the

kids or yummy morning tea feast whilst

having a catch up with the ladies!

Standby Brownies

Heidi … delectable & easy!

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tech

Ali & Heidi Talk Technology

Willy Weather

By Willy Weather

WEATHER/iPhone

This app is another weather

app, but I has Pannawonica on

it. It also give you the weather, rainfall, wind speeds

and moon information. A very easy to use app that

has loads of information about your local weather.

Willy Online Pty Ltd. Price: $Free

WEBSITE

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The iPad Family website reviews

the BEST Educational iPad Apps

for Children, & practical

family-friendly uses for iPad. The website has

reviewed & tested over 1518 iPad Apps from the

250,000+ iPad optimised Apps available on the

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children

Doozzle

By Odsoft

GAMES/iPad & iPhone

This app is a new style of doing

jigsaw puzzles. After this child has

completed the puzzle the

picture comes to life, The animations comes with

sound too. A great way to get kids to do jigsaw

puzzles.

Oleg Demchenko. Price $1.99

4 Pics 1 Word

By LOTUM GnbH

Games/ iPad & iPhone

This app is very addictive -

you won’t want o put it

down. You have to guess a

word from 4 pictures displayed on the screen, You

are given 12 scrambled letters and the size of the

word. Some are very easy and other are rather

cryptic! Good Luck!!

LOTUM GmbH. Price: $Free

Minecraft

By Majang

UTILITIES/ iPad & iPhone

This app is making a come-

back! It is a game that is all

about placing blocks to build

and going on adventures.

This app has been recently updates making to

more like a game you play on your PC. Its gaming

at its best!

Majang AB. Price: $7.49

Oz Cyclone Chasers

By Chris Nitsopoulos

Weather/iPad

This app is Australian’s first tropi-

cal cyclone app from Austral-

ia’s first cyclone chasing team.

You can stay up to date with the very latest cy-

clone news, outlooks, warning and alerts. It also

has one tough links to the official BoM and JTWC

cyclone warning pages.

Chris Nitsopoulos. Price: $1.99

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writers corner

The Marshmallow Challenge

Two days ago we has a marshmallow challenge, we had to build a tower

using just: raw spaghetti, 2 metre of sticky tape, 1 metre of string and one

marshmallow. In groups of four, we had 18 minutes to build a tower. The tall-

est freestanding tower was my team Jack, Jake, ben and myself, it was

62cm tall. The team with the smallest tower was Chloe, Ashleigh, Nicole and

Princess. Their tower was 15cm tall. All up I think it was lots of fun and I would

try it again.

My favourite part of the marshmallow challenge was finding new ways to

build the structure because the team worked best in that time.

Something good about our team did was work together in the final minute

of the challenge because they wanted to win. We also came up with lots of

good ideas.

My least favourite part of the challenge was the start because everyone

wanted to get their ideas out and it was just chaos.

Something my team would need to improve on is team work. Everyone

would talk over each other so you couldn’t hear what one person was say-

ing.

By Bridget Kirkwood—The Fantastic 24

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poetry corner

This time of the year there’s a few extra splurges ‘Cause I just can’t resist the temptation

Of the Eggs on display as I enter the shops All that chocolate gives me instant salivation

And I figure that by buying my own Easter Eggs I ensure my chocolate urge is kept at bay

For as sweet & delightful as my hubby can be

He forgets the Lindt every Valentine’s Day

I tried the Egg-Hunt last year for the kids But I didn’t have to tell them ‘Go Look’

‘Cause by the time I had picked out the good hiding spots I’d eaten them all……..oh so crook

It doesn’t matter to me if it’s Milk, Dark or White Or if it’s nutty or fruity or just plain

It just matters if I don’t have some to eat every day

Without it – I just feel I’m insane!

I hope you all have a great time this Easter Have fun but stay safe whatever you do

Make sure you get to the shops (before me) To secure a chocolate treat - or maybe two?

By Panna Poet

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celebrations

Yes, Panna Gecko is on facebook. Why not search for us, and like our page!

+ = like

Happy Birthday to my lovely

Husband, Wayne Southey.

Happy Birthday to our

Special Daddy.

Hope that your day will

be so special as you are to us.

Love you very much.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Mariska, Abigail, Claire

20 February

Happy 1st Birthday Sienna (28th March)

We hope you have a special day.

We love you lots!

xoxoxoxoxox

Love Dad, Mum & Hannah

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DT Workforce are currently seeking expressions of interest from Pannawonica residents for all Mining Operations positions.

We now have a local DT Workforce Representative based in Pannawoni-ca.

Register your interest today…

Please contact Katie Mowday ( Pannawonica Area Coordinator )

Phone: 0488 288 563 or email

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new business lifestyle centre

March 17th –

St Patrick’s Day

LIFESTYLE CENTRE

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 15th – Worlds Greatest Shave Panna Sports Club @ 7pm

March 18 th – Touch Rugby Match

Panna vs Mesa A Panna Oval & 7.30pm

April 5th – Soccer Match

Panna vs Mesa A

Panna Oval & 7.30pm

April 27th – Rugby League Match Panna Panthers vs Wickham Wasps

Panna Oval @ 7.30pm

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Lifestyle Events

lifestyle events

Friday 15TH

MARCH

From 7.00 pm @ the Sports Club

Come down for a fun night at the Pannawonica

Sports Club. Support those who have volunteered to

shave & wax their hair and help us raise funds for

the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave!

Sausage sizzle Hair colouring & more “For Pannawonica Sports Club Members and

their invited guests only.”

Contact The Lifestyle Centre on 9159 3277 or [email protected] for more information

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Lifestyle update

lifestyle update

Eating Breakfast contributes in many ways to

good health and nutrition! Did you know?

Breakfast eaters are more likely to be of nor-

mal weight compared to non-breakfast eat-

ers as they are less likely to overeat later in

the day.

A healthy breakfast improves alertness, con-

centration, mental performance and

memory.

Those who skip breakfast are more likely to

snack on less nutritious food during the day,

which contributes to weight gain.

Eating breakfast gives you a good oppor-

tunity to fit more essential nutrients into your

day such as fibre, protein and vitamins and

minerals.

A breakfast containing protein will help you

to feel fuller for longer and is beneficial for ear-

ly morning exercisers.

A bowl of high fibre cereal like wholegrain

or wholemeal varieties such as All Bran with

low fat milk. You can boost the fibre content

buy adding fresh fruit, vegetables or psyllium

husks.

A delicious smoothie made from low fat

milk, fresh fruit, yoghurt and honey.

Fresh fruit and yoghurt with some

wholegrain or wholemeal toast.

Wholegrain or wholemeal toast with a vari-

ety of toppings such as avocado, baked

beans, tomatoes, nut spread and a piece of

fruit.

Wholemeal Pancakes topped with fruit and

Greek yoghurt instead of sugary syrups.

Poached or boiled eggs on wholegrain or

wholemeal toast with a small glass of fruit juice.

An omelette made with added vegetables

such as onion, mushrooms, spinach and toma-

to.

Bircher muesli with a variety of fruits and

nuts added.

Hi Folks,

February has hit and how are the new years resolu-

tions going? Still in place? We’ve got loads on offer

for you this month to keep you active and get you

out and social in Panna. It is a little hot out there so

make sure you keep hydrated and we hope to have

the aircon in the weights gym up and running again

for you soon.

Our new gym is coming so keep your ears out for

news of this soon and we will have a few more toys

for you to play with as soon as it opens, more floor

space and just as many classes as always.

Till then, keep up the good work and hope to see you

at the World’s Greatest Shave for a great night!

Sláinte

Bee & Eilish

Pannawonica Lifestyle Centre

T: 08 9159 3277 / E: [email protected]

Healthy Weight -

Breakfast

Words Form Your HWC’s

Start your day the healthy

Check out these healthy ideas for

your next breakfast…

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Lifestyle update

lifestyle update

Events

BE BRAVE BE BRAVE AND SHAVEAND SHAVE Time to get down & sup-

port our hard core

World’s Greatest shave

Volunteers as they wax and shave their hair all

in aid of the Leukemia Foundation.

WHEN: 7.00PM FRIDAY MARCH 15th

Come on down to

support some of the

guys and girls who

will be shaving and

get those wallets out

to support the boys

waxing for the

cause. One of our

main contendors

B a d g y ( M a r k

Weaver) has been

growing his beard

and hair for over a

year for the event

and you’ll soon be

seeing him walking around town with bright

pink hair for the two weeks before the event!

We have the lovely Sarah Lopez and Suzz

Taylor dying their lovely locks with maybe one

other willing to come on board to shave her

gorgeous hair for the cause. In the men’s

corner we also have Nick Smith loosing his

curls, Daniel Pat from Spotless waxing his back

and we have a Welsh man joining the cause

this year with Mark Rogers putting himself

forward from Monodelphus to have his back

waxed.

So with all these volunteers and maybe more

to come it’s definitely going to be a night not

to be missed!!!

TOUCH RUGBY

Tuesdays 7.30pm @ the Panna Oval

Great way to boost fitness and improve / learn

new skills. Get training ahead of

the 2013 Panna vs. MESA A Touch Rugby Match on March 18th!!

SOCCER

Thursdays 7.15pm – 8.15pm @ the Oval

Soccer is back to Thursdays so come on down

to the Oval to show off your footy skills or learn

some new ones!! And get ready to take on

Mesa A again in the Robe Valley

League

WATER POLO

Thursdays 6.15pm – 7.00pm @ the pool

For those of you who are water babies, check

out the pool on a Thursday

night. Don’t worry if you are not

a strong swimmer we can ca-

ter for you too! Come down,

keep cool in the warm heat

and have a laugh!

BASKETBALL

Saturdays 6.30 – 7.30pm @ the courts

We’ve had some good numbers turning up in

the last few weeks but we need more. So call-

ing all basketball heads, netballers looking for

a change or any one wanting to get fit and

get social!

SOCIAL SPORT

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sports

T he 2013 Pannawonica Ultimate

Bootcamp saw over 40 participants

battle through a very challenging army style

race course on the Panna Oval and all to

raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctors Service.

The course was similar to last year’s event but

with a few tough additions. Teams started with

a mud tunnel crawl and 8 obstacles later

finished with a plunge in a mud filled paddling

pool so as you can imagine their clothes will

never be the same again. Some of the

challenges included Tyre Runs, Dummy Drags,

Log carry, Giant Tyre Flips, Balance Beams,

Stretcher Carry, Sled Runs and Net Crawls.

The Children’s event was the first to kick off

and everyone put in a fantastic effort. One by

one they crossed the finish line, out of breath,

coated in mud but with proud smiles on their

faces. Congratulations to Max Denton who

achieved the fastest time on the course.

The children event was into its final stages as

the crowds arrived to get ready for the adults

event. We had a very impressive 22 people

enter the individual course and 5 teams take

on the Ultimate Team Challenge. The Team

Event revolved as much around team work as

much as it did strength or endurance. All team

members had to get past an obstacle before

their team could move into the next so it was

all about encouragement and motivation. The

Murphy’s Team did just that and blitzed the

course in a fantastic time of 4.26seconds.

These guys also went on to win the Plank Walk

Challenge.

Pannawonica Ultimate Bootcamp Event

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sports

We had two all female teams consisting of our

very hard core Mums Time class participants

and what a remarkable effort they all put in.

They showed exactly how tough they are

when it came to the Tug of War. The ladies

cleaned up the opposition not once but twice

to be crowed the Tug of War Champions. The

Men’s Teams were well and truly puzzled as to

how they lost and Eddie the Murphy’s team

captain was so impressed with the ladies

performance that he said he would happily

offer anyone of them a job to work with him.

The night ended with the Human Knot

challenge. This saw all our contestants get

nice & close with their muddy team mates as

the solved their way through detangling the

knot of bodies.

Well done to all those involved with the 2013

Ultimate Bootcamp Challenge. The event

raised over $300 for the RFDS and was an

action packed night to remember. A massive

thank you must go to Ben Hughes & Tom Byrne

for all their hard work assisting with the course

assembly. Thank you to Courtney Ackland

and Rio Tinto for assisting with the planning &

running of the event. Thank you to Shirl Morris

& Phil Dee from the Pannawonica Volunteer

Fire & Rescue Service for their assistance on

the night and in the run up to the event. Last

but not least the biggest thank you goes out

to each and every one of the Ultimate

Bootcamp participants. You folks did an

awesome job and we are very impressed and

proud of your effort.

Eilish Mc Nulty & Blathnaid Ward

Pannawonica Health & Wellness Coordinators

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B iggest Loser Biggest Achiever 10

week weight loss challenge kicked

off on February 10th with 56 MOTIVATED

participants. Once all participants

completed their initial health & fitness

assessment the real work kicked in.

Each week all participants are given a

challenge to work on. The challenges are

accumulative so the work rate and effort

put in will continue to grow throughout the

10 weeks

Week 1: This challenge was to include

30minutes of exercise every day as well as

attending two fitness classes / training

session at the lifestyle centre per week.

Week 2: Include 5 serves of vegetables in

your diet each day (& continue

implementing the week one challenge)

Week 3: Include 2 serves of fruit in your diet

each day (& continue implementing the

week one and week 2 challenges)

Participants keep a food and exercise diary

and have a weekly catch up and weigh in

with Eilish or Bee at the Lifestyle Centre

We are now into week 4 of the challenge.

The work rate and

effort being put in

by the participants

is truly inspiring.

Attendance at

exercise classes is

the highest we

have on record.

Participants are not just pushing themselves

but are helping to motivate their fellow

biggest loser challengers. We have

witnessed some very impressive weight loss

results and the majority of the participants

have reported feeling fitter with increased

energy levels.

To all our Biggest Loser / Biggest

Achiever participants; we are

very proud of your efforts to

date and look forward to see

more fantastic results over the

remainder of the challenge.

Remember: ‘No matter how slow you go, you’re still lapping everybody on the couch!

Eilish McNulty & Blathnaid Ward

Pannawonica Health & Wellness Coordinators

Bee &Bwbj

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