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IN THIS ISSUEMessage from the Mayor

Health News

Rubgy League NinesBedourie Bikes and Bulls

March 2016Phone 07 4746 1202 or 1300 794 257Fax [email protected]

Desert Yarns •March 2016

MESSAGE FROMTHE MAYORCouncil TermWell the Council term is drawing to a close, and thiswill be the last report from me for the current term.

It has been a pleasure and a privilege to serve theDiamantina Shire Council as Mayorforthe pastfouryears, and I thank everyone for that opportunity.

Like all good relationships it takes more than one tobe successful, and I would like to acknowledge andthank all who have helped to make the past fouryears the success it has been. I have been fortune

enough to stand alongsidetwo very good CEO's whohave made my path easier. I also thank my fellow

Councillors for the help, support and guidance theyhave given me. As you may know two Councillors

are not recontesting this election, Cr Tully and Cr

Barr, and I take this opportunity to wish them wellin their life post Local Government and thank themfor support. Cr Tully has served this Shire for some

27 years, four of those as my Deputy Mayor, a fair

effort in anyone's language.

The administrative staff right across the Shirehave been more than helpful in ensuring the

smooth running of our Shire, thank you all. Last,

but certainly not least, it is the work force of the

Shire who ensure the end result is of the higheststandard. Without the outside workforce nothing

else would matter, they are the backbone of the

Shire and I thank them for all their hard work.

The past month has been very low key as far being

the Mayor is concerned, I and my Council have beenin caretaker mode since the election was officially

called and as such I am limited in what I can do.

Rest assured we have not taken our eye off the ball,

and as you would have seen the Shire continues to

roll along. With a small increase in funds the shire is

ramping up somewhat and calling for some certain

operators.

Optic FibreOn the Optic Fibre front, negotiations on contracts

etc. are ongoing. Route design and approvals willstart early in March, with installation starting aboutthe end of June. For Diamantina this will start in

Boulia and head south. Finish date for Bedourie

is expected about the end of March 2017, and

Birdsville by the end of May 2017. So completion ofthe whole project for the two Shires is by the end ofMay 2017. Hopefully floods and rain will delay thisproject by some months.

Sun SafeLike many in western Queensland, I have had my

skin cancer scare, and have enjoyed some Brisbane

hospitality while I had little bits cut out of me. It wasa wakeup call and I remind all of the importance ofcovering up. Especially the very young and thosenew to the area. I thought I was bullet proof, but it

seems it will eventually happen. Like the Pantene

shampoo ad, were it may not happen overnight but

it will happen.

WeatherWeather wise it seems the early encouraging signs

of a wet season has evaporated. In the Birdsville

area at least, there has not been any activity for thepast month. We have until the end of March or mid-

April for that to turn around otherwise our so called

wet will be only a mirage. With no serious floodingin any of the three western rivers things are not

looking too good anywhere. But we graziers are anoptimistic mob so it'll come good I'm sure.

Bedourie Golf DayLast Saturday I was fortunate enough to attend the

golf day held in Bedourie. History was made thatday in that it was the first time I have ever hit a golfball, quite sure it didn't change my opinion of golf.

Apart from that it was a wonderful friendly day, andI thank and congratulate Trevor "Colgate" Stewart

and his merry band of helpers on a successful day

and evening. The day was to raise funds for Shavefor a Cure, and I believe it did just that. It was 61

years before I played a round of golf and it may wellbe 61 more before I do it again, but all for a good

cause and everyone had an enjoyable day. I would

also apologise to all those who played behind mefor holding them up.

Anyway all the very best

Geoff Morton

Mayor

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CEO'S CommentThe importance of havinganupto date electoral

roll for the shire cannot be underestimated.

With our small population, it is important thateveryone has their say at Federal, State and

local elections. It is evident that there are

many people (I would say close to 30%) on thecurrent electoral roll who no longer live in the

shire. Many candidates in the current local

government elections mentioned to me that a

lot of the people they asked to nominate themfor the election were not on the electoral roll.

This is very disappointing to hear.

In Queensland voting is compulsory and if youdo not vote you may be fined.

Everyday local, state and federal government

representatives make decisions that affect

you and your local community. Voting is your

opportunity to have a say in electing thepeople or party who will best represent you ingovernment.

It is important that you are correctly

enrolled so that you can vote for your

chosen representative during an election.

Information on enrolment options and

eligibility requirements is available atwww.ecq.qld.gov.au/voters-and-voting/

enrolment.

It would be great to see everyone in the

shire who is eligible to vote, enrolled at theiraddress in the Shire.

In an attempt to make the electoral roll for theshire more accurate, all Council employees

and tenants of Council houses will be gettingan enrolment form/change of address form.

Electoral enrolment forms will be provided tonew and departing employees or tenants of

Council housing. Electoral enrolment forms

are available at the Council office and visitorcentre in Bedourie and the Wirrarri Centrein Birdsville. Council will fax them off to theElectoral Commission for you at no cost.

The Queensland Electoral Commission website

www.ecq.qld.gov.au has detailed information

on enrolling to vote and you can enrol or

change your enrolment details online.

The Challenge for you:-

1. If you are 18 or older and are not

enrolled to vote, enrol;

2. If you are enrolled to vote, check yourenrolled address. If you are

not enrolled at your current address,

please change your address;

3. If you have changed your name

recently. Eg got married, change your

enrolment details.

4. If you know of people who live in theshire but are not enrolled to vote,

encourage them to enrol.

5. If you manage a station or are an

employer, ensure you staff areenrolled to vote and their electoral

address is changed when they move

into the Shire or depart.

At the end of the day if you choosenot to be enrolled, that's your decision

but you then need to consider whether

you have the right to comment/complain on what government does ordoesn't do within the Shire, State or

Country.

Leo n Love

CEO

Desert Yarns •March 2016

DIAMANTINA WORKS & ROAD REPORTConstruction CrewConstruction crew has completed flood damage on the Mooraberree road and the Cordilloaccess road. Road Maintenance Performance Contracts (RMPC) grading of the BirdsvilleWindorah road has been complete, this crew will now do Birdsville /South Australia road. BigRed road and the Inside Track.

ContractorsThe Marion Downs realignment will have the last bit of gravel carted in and laid, and will moveto Shire roads flood damage.

Multi Skilled CrewMulti skill crew has started putting up signs to complete the pave and seal jobs at Betoota andcleaning up Graham Street site

PlantNew 68000k fuel has been installed in Bedourie

New 6" water pump has arrived

Road Report 16-3-201681 A Bedourie-Birdsville

81 B Birdsville - South Australia

80A Birdsville-Windorah

93C Bedourie - Windorah

93D Bedourie-Boulia

The road is Restricted to 4WD High Clearance

The road is Closed

The road is Restricted to 4WD High Clearance

The road is Closed

The road is Closed

Shire roads Griffith Tank-Coorabulka, Coorabulka-Shire Boundry, Coorabulka-Springvale,

Springvale-Shire Boundry, Springvale-Diamantina Lakes, Cordillo Access, Big Red, Lake

Machattie, Bedourie-Kamaran Downs ,Sandringham &,Ethabuka are all waiting on flood repairs.

Trevor Stewart

Infrastructure Manager

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YOUTH COUNCIL-2016This is bit late notice but welcome back to the New Year. Hope you are all readyfor the 10 months that we have left of 2016 because the 201 6 Youth Council crewcertainly is.

We had ourfirst meeting on the 25th of February. Atthis meetingwe appointed newexecutive members. Our new 2016 executives are: Chairperson is Cody Cramer,

Deputy Chair is Makayla Gilby, Secretary is Chloe Smith and our Spokesperson isLeah Kath. The rest of the Youth Council is made up of myself, Bridey Cramer andwe welcomed Zoe Krause as a new member.

Our next meeting is Thursday 17th of March. If anyone wants to contact Youth Council, feel free

to email us on [email protected], or message us on our Facebook

page.

Cassandra Kath - outgoing Chairperson

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NORTH AND WEST REMOTE HEALTHAllied Health Professionals VisitingBedourieTuesday

Wednesday

5th April 2016

6th April 2016

9am-5pm

8.30am-11am

Clinicians visiting:Diabetes Educator - Gale

Dietitian - Kristin

Exercise Physiologist - Joshua

Health Promotion - Cassandra

*NB Please be advised, dates and staff are subject to change

For referral information please contact the Primary Health Centre on 4746 1226.

Alternatively, you can contact North and West Remote Health directly on 4652 7100

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•••ON THIS DAY.29TH FEBRUARYScotland 1288In the year 1288, Scotland established this dayin history-Leap Year-and only this day, as one

when a woman could propose marriage to a

man. In the event he refused the proposal, the

man was required to pay a fine.

LEAP YEAR.

" Listen to my tale of woe."

Monkees Singer Davy Jones Dies29th February, 2012 : Singer of the popular 60sgroup, The Monkees, Davy Jones died at theage of 66 after suffering from a heart attack.

The popular singer and former teen idolbecame a member of The Monkees in 1966

and starred in The Monkees' television show.

Jones had also acted in a few other television

shows during his career. Later in life he went

back to his first passion of horses and became

a jockey.

On this day in 1 788 the first pardonwas granted to James Freeman by Governor

Arthur Phillip. Freeman had been found guiltyof stealing flour in the fledgling Colony and hispardon was conditional on him becoming the

Colony's public hangman.

1964- Dawn Fraser got her 36thworld record. The Australian swimmer was

timed at 58.9 seconds in the 100-meter

freestyle in Sydney, Australia.

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Occupation within the Shire: TraineeAdministration Officer

What does your position involve: Everythingyou can think of that an admin would do andall the other stuff the others don't want to do.

Ha ha

Family: Mum. Dad, one brother & one sister

Where have you come from to join:Bedourie

Why work for the Diamantina Shire: WellUniversity definitely isn't on my agenda and Iwanted to come home so why not join the Shire

Best thing about living in the Diamantina:That you could never find another place like it

Interests or Hobbies: Definitely travelling. Iwant to travel and see everything there is to see

Talents or Skills: What talents? I don't haveany talents


Central West HealthCentral West Hospital and Health Service

Reminder: to all community members who use the Primary Health Centre. Both centres have feedback

forms on their reception desks for you to complete. Queensland Health and the clinic staff welcome

your feedback via the have your say leaflet. Next time you are at the clinic please take a few moments to

complete a form. It is from the feedback provided in these forms that we are able to improve our service

to best suit you and the community.

Community notice boardLast year during the community consultation process there were community requests for a notice board

to display upcoming clinics. This request has now been actioned with new whiteboards on display atboth Birdsville and Bedourie Clinics.

Wellness ClinicsThe wellness clinics are continuing in both clinics, refer to separate flyer and please feel free to take

the opportunity prior to the busy tourist season to undertake this health check.

Health ClinicsBirdsville - March Friday 4th RFDS

Wednesday 16th Skin Cancer Check Clinic-Drjon OutreachFriday 18th RFDS

Bedourie - Please note: Bedourie RFDS Doctors clinic is now held on ThursdayMarch Thursday 3rd RFDS

Thursday 17th RFDS

Allied Health Clinics:The NWRH Allied Health team will be visiting in April - Please see separate flyer for the dates at eachclinic

Staffing:Monday to Friday 9:OOAM untiM2:OOPM and 2:OOPM until 4:OOPM

Weekends and Public Holidays Closed

For general health enquiries, you can also dial 13 HEALTH (13 432 584)

Emergencies: For all medical emergencies, regardless of time of day, you must dial 000.


BEDOURIE STATE BIRDSVILLE STATESCHOOL NEWS SCHOOL NEWSWe have had an extremely busy start to the yearhere in Bedourie. Not only did we welcome our

new Prep student - Eliana Karra.

Eliana on her first day at School.

Doesn't she look all grown up!

We also welcomed our new Cluster Teacher, Ms

Sarah Wickstead. We now have thirteen students

enrolled in our school. As the weeks have past, we

have also employed a new Teachers Aid (at thispoint in time it is only on a casual basis) to replaceMsAthena. Mrs Denise McLaren has joined our

team, and has slotted very nicely into our school.

Mrs Beardmore, Mrs Tully and Davo are all back

on board expertly fulfilling their roles as well.Don't forget the P&C AGM on Tuesday, 15th Marchat 5pm at the school.

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On the 4th of March Birdsville State Schoolheld its leadership induction. Jesse Lorenzwas

appointed school leader, following is a copy ofJesse's speech.

Good afternoon parents, teacher and students. Today

/ am going to tell you why I should be a student leader./ am ready to be a student leader because I have been

practising to be a role model to other students. I am

also ready to support the teachers and students with

their work. I will follow the school rules of being safe,responsible and respectful at all times and I will makesure that I will help everyone with special events.

Th is last little bit is for the students to tell them thatwhen I am helping them you might think that I ambeing bossy to you but I am actually trying to help youso please listen to me.

Thank you for listening to me and I know that I will be aamazing student leader.


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Live music

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The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service (QFRS) and Duracell are reminding all Queenslanders there isa serious side to April Fool's Day - April 1 is also the day to change all smoke alarm batteries because

only working smoke alarms help save lives.

Diamantina Shire Council urges all residents in the Shire

to change the batteries in your smoke alarms on April 1 st.

IMPORTANT SMOKE ALARM FACTS:Smoke alarm batteries should be replaced withlong-lasting alkaline batteries every 12 months on

April 1

In a rental property it is the tenant's responsibilityto regularly clean, test and change batteries in a

smoke alarm.

Smoke alarms should be tested monthly to see ifthey work by pressing the test button with a broomhandle.

Smoke alarms should be vacuumed every six

months to clean the vents.

Smoke alarms should be installed outside sleepingareas and on each level of a house.

People with a hearing impairment need to bealerted by vibrating pads or a strobe light in theeve nt of a fire.

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On behalf of the Bedourie Golf and Leisure Club Iwould like to thank from the bottom of my heartthe volunteers, players, supporters and visitors thatmade our golf day a success. The money raised will

go to support the Leukaemia Foundation, we all

know someone who has been touched by some

sort of cancer either family or friend and to make

a different even if it seem only a small amount it allhelps.

We raised approximately $2000 for Shave for aCure on the day.

Winners on the day

1ST

Spiny Monaghan & Trevor "Colgate" Stewart

2ND

Mona Smith & Michael Emms

3RD

Lean Love & Shandell Smith

THANK YOUTrevor Stewart

Longest Drive - Dale Lander

Closest to the pin - Darren Lorenz

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COMMUNITY NEWS - MARCHCOMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAMApplications in round two of the CommunityGrants Program have now closed. Council

received over 20 submissions across four funding

categories, including several requests for cash

grants in the two externally funded programs:

Regional Arts Development Funding (RADF), andDrought Support Funding.

Those who were involved in preparing applicationsfor this round will know that Council has beenambitious in trying to capture a lot of informationin the one administrative process: grant

applications, requests for Council in-kind support,

requests for Council cash support (ie, sponsorship

and donations), and insurance reimbursements.

In addition to this we have also requested detailsof venue and facility hire requirements to helpus better plan use of Council resources for the

large number of community and commercial

events which happen over the next 6 months. It

is our hope that this application process will proveeasier in the long run than the previous process

of submitting multiple applications, claims, andfacility bookings for the one event.

A few people asked me why they needed torespond to seemingly obvious, or unimportant,

questions, such as ...why their events are in the

community interest? It's absolutely critical toexplain why your events are important and in the

community interest, because that is how we can

demonstrate that Diamantina needs the ongoing

support of external funding programs such as

Drought Support and RADF.

Likewise the question about the clubs own cash

/ in-kind support. This is an opportunity to show

the huge contribution your volunteers are making.

Volunteer hours translate into thousands of dollars

of unpaid labour which should be recognised andvalued. This is really important when seekingcash grants and the information you prepare forCouncil applications can be used for other grantsubmissions too.

The round 2 successful applicants will be publishedin the next edition of Desert Yarns.

I would like to take this opportunity to personallycongratulate all the clubs, community groups and

external organisation's who applied themselves

to this new procedure, and also thank those who

have given us feedback on how the process can be

improved for future rounds.

Nicole SchellbackCommunity Development Coordinator

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Fishing Competiiion & TennisWHEN:

Good Friday - 25th of MarchWHERE:

Jardines Wawhoie, BirdwiHeAFTER:

Brjng your catch ro the WirramCentre Kachen or 5pm

Weigh in to win novelty prizes.

Add your fish to the BBQ

Then enjoy a g^me of Tennis.


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Saturday 5 MarchP: 1300 794 257

E: visitors Odiamantina.qld.gov.au

Betoota GymkhanaSaturday 2 & Sunday 3 April

P: (07) 4656 4949E: [email protected]

F. facebook.com/BetootaOutbackQld

ANZACDayMonday 25 April

P: (07) 4656 3300E; [email protected]

Biidsville Campdraft, Rodeo &Bronco Branding

Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 MayP; (07) 4656 3321

E: [email protected]: facebook.com/Birdsvillesocialclub

Rugby League Nines BirdsvilleSaturday 11 June

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Big Red RunSaturday - Thursday 25- 30 June


W: bigredrun.com.au

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Bedourie Campdraft, Rodeo,Gymkhana&Bikekhana

Friday - Sunday 1-3 July

P: (07) 4746 1236E: glengyleglkidman.com.au

Big Red Bash Music EventMonday - Wednesday 4-6 July

P: (07) 4656 3300W: bigredbash.com.au

F: facebook.com/Big-Red-Bash

Bedourie Kg & Camd Races &Camp Oven Cook Off

Saturday 9 JulyP: 1300 794 257

E: visitors ©diamantina.qtd.gov.au

BiidsviUe RacesFriday 2 & Saturday 3 September


W: birdsvilleraces-com

Bedourie Races & RodeoFriday 9 & Saturday 10 September


Bedourie Ute MusterSaturday 10 September

P: 1300 794 257E: [email protected]

Bedourie Bikes and BulbSaturday 1 October

P: 1300 794 257E: [email protected]

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Justice of the PeaceBedourieGordon JonesJP (Qual)

Shire Office

4746 1202Home: 47461070

Leon LoveJP(Qual)

Shire Office

4746 1202

Leanne Hohnke-JansenJP (Qual)

Bedourie State School

47461224

Garth TullyJP(Qual)Cluny Station

47461219

Harin KarraJP (Qual)

Shire Office

4746 1202

BirdsvilleNellBrookJP(Qual)Brook Proprietors

4656 3252

Don RowlandsJP(Qual)National Park Office

4656 3272

GeoffMortonJP(Qual)Roseberth Station

4656 3250

David BrookJP(C.Dec)

Brook Proprietors

4656 3252

Andrew Cameron JP (Mag Ct)

Birdsville Clinic

4656 3245

Barbara Mason JP (Qual)

Wirram Centre

4656 3300

Shire Profile &Contact NumbersCr Geoff Morton Mayor

BH - (07) 4656 3250 AH - (07) 4656 3250D3 [email protected]

Cr Garth Tully Deputy Mayor

BH-(07) 4746 1219 AH - (07) 4746 1219E3 [email protected]

Crjody Barr Councillor

BH - (07) 4656 3095 AH - (07) 4656 3095El [email protected]

Cr Don Payment Councillor

BH - (07) 4656 3321 AH - (07) 4656 3321El [email protected]

Cr Steve Cramer Councillor

BH - (07) 4746 1 236 AH - (07) 4746 1236El [email protected]

Lean Love Chief Executive Officer

BH-(07)47461202El [email protected]

Tony Beynon Deputy CEO

BH-(07) 47461202El [email protected]

Trevor Stewart Infrastructure Manager

BH - (07) 4746 1 202 AH - (07) 4746 1021S3 [email protected]

Dave Hannan

Birdsville Town Services Foreman

BH - (07) 4656 3350 AH - 0407 146 902(3 [email protected]

JodieGirdlerBedourie Town Services Foreman

BH - (07) 4746 1 202 AH - (07) 4746 1160S3 [email protected]

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