june 2018 edition - shire of sandstone
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June 2018 Edition
The Shire of Sandstone Hack St, Sandstone WA 6639
Ph: 08 9963 5802 Fax 08 9963 5852
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PG 2 Contents
PG 3 Emergency Medical Assistance
PG 4 From the Desk of the CEO
PG 5 Environmental Health Officer details
PG 6 Dental Van coming to Sandstone
PG 7 The Decadent and Depraved movie
Pg 8-10 Water Corporation—Water Quality / Nitrates
PG 11-13 Putting Safety First when Prospecting
PG 14 Feedback / Ronnie Edmonds RIP
PG 15 Our Visitor Centre now on Facebook
PG 16 Black Range tea rooms
PG 17 History Corner
PG 18 Monthly Bus to Mt Magnet
PG 18-20 Visitor Centre Info
PG 21 Art/Craft Exhibition
PG 22 Biggest Morning Tea in Meekatharra
PG 23 Mt Magnet Ladies Day Burlesque night
PG 24-25 National Hotel menu and specials
PG 26 Recipe for 3 Ingredient Banana cake
PG 27 Blues for the Bush
PG 28 Sun City Batteries advertisement
PG 29 Public Notices
PG 30 Directory of Services
PG 31-33 Community Bulletin Board
PG 34-38 Health Services/Calendar
PG 39 Events Calendar
Note. The opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Shire of Sandstone
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Sandstone Emergency Numbers for Police and Fire 000
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Shire News Shire of Sandstone
Hack Street SANDSTONE WA 6639 Phone: 08 9963 5802 Fax: 08 9663 5852
Email: [email protected]
FROM THE DESK OF THE CEO
Local residents would have noticed that the Shire has been spending money held in its Housing
Reserve recently buying 2 more staff houses after staff members who owned their own homes left the
shire. The first house purchased was the one on the corner of Oroya and Griffith Street which now looks
stunning with its new fence, garage and carport. This house has had a lot of work done on the inside as
well and the lucky staff member who moves into that will have a very nice 4 bedroom home. The second
house purchased was the former MRAC house on the corner of Oroya and Green Streets. This house
has not had the same amount of money spent on it but after a good clean and a new stove and air
conditioner is a very neat little home that will be used as a contractor’s house until it is required for shire
staff.
As well as the new houses local residents will notice a new shed on the side of the unit at the Nurses
Post and soon a new shed at the back of the old house on the corner of Hack and Rowe Streets as
these houses are brought up to the same spec as newer shire staff houses.
April/May Council Meeting
The April Council Meeting was postponed until the 3rd May 2018 after some members were not
available on the designated day of the 26th April. The May meeting also had to be postponed a week
until the 31st May to ensure that a quorum would be present while the June Meeting has been put back
to enable visitors working on the Murchison Geo Tourism project to attend and present to Council. The
June meeting will be held on the 29th June commencing at 3.00pm.
At the April meeting agreement was finally reached on the funding of a fence between Black Hill Station
and the Sandstone common which will effectively allow the station to stock that part of the station and
keep cattle out of the town site. Council will contribute $20,000 to the cost and install a grid on the
Paynes Find road as their contribution.
Council also decided at this meeting that with the 2 new houses purchased, the old Police house is now
not required and after some minor works this will be offered for sale by public tender. To meet the
requirements of our auditor and the legislative requirements for Local Governments an amended
purchasing policy was also adopted. Approval was also given for the addition of a shed at the rear of the
staff house at 30 Hack street.
With work well underway on the shire budget for 2018-2019 Council agreed to a rate rise of 2.5% across
the board in line with the 10 year long term financial plan adopted in February 2018. A statement of
Objects and Reasons for differential rating was also adopted by Council at this meeting. This statement
is a part of the compliance requirements to obtain permission from the Minister for Local Government to
charge a different level of rates to home owners, pastoralists and miners.
Other Items
Shire road construction staff have now moved out onto the Menzies Road and will be there for a few
weeks resheeting and repairing drainage to parts of the road. While our staff have moved out to the
Menzies Road flood damage contractors have left that road and moved out on to the Yeelirrie Road
where they will be for about 6 months as there is a lot of damage to repair. As usual I ask all motorists
to obey speed restrictions at road works and keep our staff and contractors safe while they repair our
roads to keep you safe.
Harry Hawkins
Chief Executive Officer
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Shire News Shire of Sandstone
Hack Street SANDSTONE WA 6639 Phone: 08 9963 5802 Fax: 08 9663 5852
Email: [email protected]
The Environmental Health Officer for the Shire of Sandstone is Dave Hadden. Dave’s contact details are:- Principal EHO/Building Surveyor Shires of Leonora, Laverton, Menzies & Sandstone. Phone- 9037 6044 Mobile- 0428376044 Email- [email protected]
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In a remote and dark place in the outback of Western Australia, the wanted man Leon Murphey (Ben Mortley) leaves his family in a bid to ensure their safety. While being transported by Captain Dalton (Michael Muntz), Leon’s daughter is captured by the cruel Maitland (Steve Turner). The journey soon becomes a chaotic tale of revenge and murder within the ever-changing terrain of Western Australia. - Prince-Wright Productions
Don’t miss the screening of “The Decadent and Depraved”
to be shown in the Sandstone Town Hall, on
Wednesday 4th July. This movie was filmed in our region, including amazing footage at
London Bridge.
Screening will commence at 6.30pm, please bring a plate of supper to
share after the show.
Free entry !!
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FEEDBACK The following was received by our Caravan park staff. To Dot and all others who maintain this beautiful park, I think this has been the best park we have stayed at for set out, maintenance and cleanliness (by far), and are sorry we are not staying longer. We will certainly tell others—and good luck for the coming year, and the years to come. Carolyn and Graham Corbett WELL DONE DOT AND MARGIE ************************************************************************************************************
REST IN PEACE RONALD EDMONDS On a sad note, I heard today from Ronnie’s daughter that he passed away on Tuesday 29th May. Ronnie was a past Council member from 2007—2011, and a much loved member of our community, and will be sorely missed.
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HISTORY CORNER— An excerpt from the book
“Sandstone—from Gold to Wool and Back Again” by Sally L Senior
Local Characters & People who have lived in Sandstone in the past pg411
Margaret Shaw (nee Morris)
Margaret Shaw was born in Sandstone in 1911, the youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Jim Morris
Snr, who moved to Sandstone in 1910. The family lived just out of town, to the south, over the
hill from the hospital. Their house was between the two main mines, the Hacks and the Oroya,
and the lights from the two mines would glitter all night. Jim Morris was a wood carter for the
mines, his job being to cart the wood in from the bush where the Italian wood cutters had felled
and stacked it. He had teams of horses and drays, while Mrs Morris ran about 300 goats for
milk and meat. Mrs Morris with the help of her daughter Honora (Nora), milked those goats that
had kids, then separated the milk to obtain the cream, which she made into butter, up to 30
pounds per week, which she sold to the townsfolk. As goat butter is white, she would add
yellow colouring to make it look like cow butter. The skim milk would be fed to the pigs she had,
or to orphan lambs that had been given to her by passing drovers. The young male goats and
excess ‘nannies’ were eaten for meat by the family, or sold, and similarly the pigs. As their
Uncle Pat (Paddy Green) was one of the butchers in Sandstone, this was a great help. With the
money she received from these sources, Mrs Morris was able to furnish her house and buy
extras for her family.
They had a 120ft deep well for water for the stock, but no windmill. To get the water up, a horse
and whip pole and bucket system was used. As Margaret was the youngest child, and not
strong enough to lift the heavy water bucket when it reached the surface to tip it into the trough
for the stock, her job was to lead the horse back and forward 120ft to lift and lower the bucket in
the well, while her mother and the older children did the heavier work with the bucket. Water for
the house and drinking came from a rainwater tank at the house, which caught the run-off from
the iron roof. When this ran out, they would have to cart water from the well which was some
distance away.
Margaret Shaw feels that she had a very happy childhood. She attended the Sandstone
Presentation convent for many years. As she lived out of town, she was one of the few who had
to bring their lunch, as the majority went home for lunch. Her memories of the nuns are mostly
good. She remembers there being always two nuns there at a time.
More next month…...
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COMMUNITY BUS TAKING PASSENGERS TO MT MAGNET The Sandstone Community Bus will be travelling to Mt Magnet every four weeks for Shire business. If anyone needs to travel to Mt Magnet, we usually have available seats. We can take a maximum of 6 passengers so please book - please be aware that we adhere to a strict time schedule. The bus will leave from the Sandstone Shire Administration office at 10am and will leave Mt. Magnet opposite the IGA at 1.30pm for the return trip home. Please book your seat by contacting either Rhonda or Margaret at the Shire office ph. 9963 5802
The next bus will be Wednesday 20th June
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NATIONAL HOTEL—SANDSTONE
Lunch Menu 7 days a week 12pm—2pm
Ham and Salad Sandwich / Toasted $7.50 Ham, cheese, tomato, lettuce, carrot, onion and mayo
All meals below are served with chips: Extras—egg, cheese or bacon are $1.50 each
Bacon and Egg Burger $15.00 Bread roll, fried egg, bacon and sauce
Prospector Beef Burger $15.00 Bread roll, beef patty, cheese, fried onion, salad and BBQ sauce
Chicken Burger $15.00 Chicken patty, lettuce and Mayo
Steak Sandwich $17.00 Steak, fried onion, salad and BBQ sauce
Fish and Chips $17.00 Battered or Crumbed
Seafood Basket $17.00 Whiting fillet, prawn cutlets, squid rings, scallop, crab bites, lemon & tartare sauce
Extras
Chips—Small: $6.50 or Large: $9.00 Gravy: $3.50
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NATIONAL HOTEL—SANDSTONE
Dinner Menu 7 days a week 6pm—8pm
Porter House / Rib Eye / T-Bone / Scotch Fillet Steak, served with chips and salad or vegetables (add reef and beef $7)
$38.00
Chicken Schnitzel ( Parma, Hollandaise or Plain) Chicken Schnitzel served with chips and salad or vegetables
$28.00
Chicken Kiev Chicken Kiev, served with chips and salad or vegetables
$24
Seafood Basket Whiting Fillet, prawn cutlets, squid rings, scallops, crab bites, lemon & tartare
sauce, Served with chips and salad
$24.00
Red Emperor Beer battered Red Emperor served with chips and salad or vegetables
$25.00
Pizza Meat Lovers, Bar B Q Chicken & Hawaiian + Garlic Bread (please allow cooking time)
$25.00
Extras Gravy—Beef, Mushroom or Pepper $3.50
Fried Egg $2.50
Kids Meals Chicken Nuggets and Chips $12.00 (comes with Busy Nippers Bag)
Please check out our Daily Specials on the specials board $25 with dessert
Dessert See Specials Board……
Served with Icecream or Custard $8.50
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THREE INGREDIENT—
SLOW COOKER BANANA
CAKE
You will need : - 4 –5 Ripe bananas 21/2 cups Self Raising Flour 1 tin condensed milk
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Method
Grease slow cooker, line with baking paper Mash bananas then add flour and condensed milk, mix well.
Pour in to slow cooker, cook on high for 3-4 hours. Serve warm with ice cream, or as is.
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Pastoralists and D.E.C. in the Sandstone and
surrounding Shire’s have an ongoing wild dog
bait programme. Please be advised
BAITS WILL BE ON THE GROUND ALL YEAR ROUND
Also just a friendly reminder to keep your dogs
locked up, or on a leash if out walking.
To avoid being
penalised all dogs and cats must be kept in your
yards or on leads at all times. Please clean up
after your dog!!!!!
All dogs must be registered. If your dog is not registered, or if
you are unsure when the registration expires,
please contact the Shire office.
The RANGER is making more and more frequent
visits to Sandstone.
When was the last time you
visited your local library?
We don’t just have books,
there are DVDs and Audio
books as well, so next time
you are passing the office,
pop in and have a look.
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JPB Contracting
Paul (Scruffy)
Bennett
Ph: 0427 841 888
As of June 2018, the regular physio service
to Sandstone has
unfortunately been cancelled
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Mount Magnet Post & Lotteries
Gifts, cards, stationery, art supplies.
Passport photos and much more Drop in and browse
Check out the website www.mtmagnetpost.com
SANDSTONE LIBRARY Open Monday—Friday 8.30am—4.30pm
Casual memberships welcome
• Interlibrary Loans • Audio Books • Internet access • DVDs • Fiction and non Fiction books
Dog registrations are due by the end of October
each year.
Please check your dog’s registration or contact the
Shire office to check if your dog’s registration
needs renewal
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YOU MUST CONTACT THE SHIRE OF SANDSTONE PRIOR TO
DISPOSAL OF ANY ASBESTOS MATERIALS
Phone 9963 5802 Mondays - Fridays
8:30 - 4:00pm
LEGAL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN FOR
NON-COMPLIANCE
We are always after stories for the Bush Telegraph so if you have a story , a photo or maybe a birthday, or perhaps
or there is something you would like to see in your
newsletter please contact the Shire office
ROTARY CLUB We are the very first Rotary
Club that is based purely online in WA. This enables people liv-ing in remote/regional areas the option to still provide a service
to their local community by joining Rotary E club of E.WA.
It’s a new and vital Rotary Experience.
We meet via online webinars and the use of Facebook, both open to the public and private
sessions. Name: E-WA Rotary Address: www.ewarotary.org.au www.facebook.com/ewarotary Ph 0408 802 490 Community Group Name : E-WA Rotary—Kerry O’Shea [email protected] We’d love to hear from you :)
Westcoast Seafood
Email: [email protected]
Contact Stan to see when he will be in
Sandstone next
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Looking for Gold? Want to Prospect near Sandstone?
Please contact the Mt Magnet Office of the Department of Mines
and Petroleum, Cnr Hepburn and Richardson St
Telephone (08) 9963 4509 Fax (08) 9963 4488
Museum & Visitor Centre
Open daily 9am—4pm
Easter to November
Ordinary Meeting
of Council
The next meeting of Council will be held on Friday 29th June 2018 at 3.00 p.m. The Agenda is viewable at the Sandstone Public Library and on-line at www.sandstone.wa.gov.au , once prepared.
Alice Atkinson Caravan Park 08 9963 5859 Main Roads - Road Conditions 13 81 38
(24 Hr Customer Contact Centre )
Mt Magnet Police 08 9963 3222
National Hotel 08 9963 5801
Outback Accommodation 08 9963 5869
Sandstone Museum &
Visitor Information Centre 08 9963 5061
Sandstone Nursing Post 08 9963 5808
Sandstone Post Office 08 9963 5222
Shire of Sandstone Office 08 9963 5802 Ambulance 000 RFDS 1800 625 800
Useful Sandstone Phone
Numbers
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
MEDICAL SERVICES AVAILABLE IN
WILUNA
The following medical services are available from visiting specialists through the Wiluna Medical Centre. These services are free of charge and are available to Sandstone residents and the travelling public.
To make an appointment for visiting specialists, contact Wiluna Medical Centre 9981 8600
Dental (Monthly) Gynaecologist
Audiologist Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
Cardiologist Respiratory
Health and Well being services
Child Health Services, Paediatrician
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
TELEPHONE HELP LINES
Mental Health Emergency Response Line
(formerly Psychiatric Emergency Team)
Perth WA 6000 Tel: 08 9224 8888
RuralLink
Tel: 1800 552 002
For local voluntary ambulance service (limited) in severe cases dial 000
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
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Sandstone Nursing post Irvine St Sandstone
Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831
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If you would like your event to appear on the Community Planner please contact the Shire of Sandstone Phone: 9963 5802 Fax: 9963 5852 Email: [email protected]
JUNE 2018
Internet is available at Sandstone Library in the Shire building
Monday—Friday 8.30am—4.30pm
We don’t have public WIFI but you can use our computers to access the internet