The Australian Road Transport Heritage Centre has found a new home in Gundagai. The
museum was to be established in Tarcutta, but unfortunately for the village a new site
has been chosen at Gundagai. After many frustrating years for the committee trying to
get the project off the ground at Tarcutta, the decision was made to explore Gundagai
as an option. The Gundagai Shire council was very excited by the concept and have
been very proactive with the committee – a lot has been achieved in a very small period
of time in Gundagai.
The new proposed site is 2 Middle Street Gundagai, with construction to commence
once the purchase of the land is complete.
Whilst this is disappointing for Tarcutta, there were a few factors that led to the move
including development application requirements and ensuring enough volunteer staff to
man the museum once open.
Gundagai council requirements have been a lot more flexible and the larger population
base ensures more volunteers are available to open the museum on a daily basis.

Over 30 stalls, exhibits and shows will be at the Simply Greater Future Fair and Markets on Sunday 12 October at the Ten Mile Creek Gardens and Holbrook Shire Hall from 9.30am. Whether it’s a walk with Winny the realistic 7-foot baby dinosaur from the Australian
Museum, exploding hydrogen balloons at Questacomm’s comical Spectacular Science Show, or
a free bus tour of Woomargama National Park’s natural treasures, there will be something for
everyone. Stalls will include regional produce, crafts, organic goodies and swap and share tables. And don’t forget to drop your entry coupon (on the Future Fair flier) for the Samsung Galaxy Tablet lucky door prize at the Hall on the day.

The kids can enjoy face-painting, a jumping castle, yummy cakes from the Preschool, grab a Fire and Rescue NSW showbag, or explore Charles Sturt Uni’s science and sustainability exhibit. CSU staff will also be available to chat about university study options. The whole family can take part in Questacomm’s cool hands-on experiments and the Australian Museum’s sustainability exhibition. Get independent advice on household renewable energy options from NSW
Office of Environment and Heritage staff. Learn more about the amazing work of the Holbrook Landcare Network. Discover Greater Hume Shire’s Wirraminna
Environment Education Centre. Take a joyride on Holbrook’s famous miniature railway and loads more.

This special event is the final outcome of local residents work through the Our Place project over the past year on the issues of living sustainably and protecting the natural environment. It supported by the NSW OEH, Charles Sturt University, Greater Hume Shire Council, Holbrook Landcare Network and Holbrook Community Markets. Fliers are available at JAGs Café and space is still available for stallholders, especially food stalls. Contact 0411 362542 about stalls or 0439 433496 for general enquiries. See you there!

SATURDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2014 OCTOBER 2014

After the great success of the Culcairn Centenary Show
in 2013 we are backing it up with another great addition –
the inaugural Culcairn Show Shearing and Wool
Handling Competition. It will be a great fun family event
showcasing the talent of our vibrant wool industry.
Through the generosity of many local businesses we
have an impressive prize pool for competitors, with
$1000 cash for Open Shearing winner and $500 for the
winner of the Novice Wool Handling. Also prizes given
for the Best Local Shearer and the Philip Lieschke
Award sponsored by the Lieschke Family in memory of
the late Philip Lieschke awarded to a young shearer
showing promise.
Share a beer at the bar being run by the Culcairn Football
Club and hang around for the famous sheaf toss!
Shearing starts at 10.00am (entries need to be in by
9.30am). Classes are: Novice Shearing, Intermediates,
Open/Senior Shearing, Novice Wool Handling.
Come and see how shearing used to be done, there will
also be a fantastic Blade Shearing Demonstration.
We are very excited to have Fred the Ram and his Ram
companions. Watch out for them and their very many
talents.
Our 2015 calendar will be on sale soon, so keep your eye
out for it. Only $20.00 per fun filled calendar.
All interested please phone Jenni Turner 0424 626 193
Culcairn Show Shearing & Wool Handling Competition

HOLBROOK LANDCARE In partnership with Landcare NSW and Pozible,
Holbrook Landcare has launched a crowdfunding
campaign to raise $15,000 to help Find Nanno (and no,
we are not trying to find Nano Mackinlay!) The Nanno
we are after is a tiny fish called the Southern Pigmy
Perch. This native fish is endangered with only 3
populations know to exist around Holbrook. We want
to determine what the population is out there and the
habitat they need to survive. To help us help “Nanno”,
you can:
1.Join Holbrook Landcare Network’s Facebook page
and share our posts with all your friends
2.Follow us on twitter @HolbrookLN and
#FindingNanno and retweet us!!
3.Encourage everyone you know to visit our website.
4.Or pledge your support and earn rewards!
To make a pledge towards this campaign go to the HLN
website, click on the Finding Nanno news story on the
front page, and click the link to the Finding Nanno
campaign. Your pledge is only redeemed if the target
$15,000 is reached. We appeal to everyone across the
district to help share this story, pledge if you can and
help us save “Nanno”. For further information contact
the HLN office 6036 3181 or drop in for help with your
pledge.
HLN will be represented in the Landcare shed at the
Henty Machinery Field Days. It’s a good opportunity to
see exactly what has been achieved through project
delivery both locally and regionally and a chance to see
what other landcare groups are up to, so feel free to
drop in and have a chat.
Holbrook Landcare’s Carp, Kelp & Christmas Island
project is holding its final field day on 23 October at
“Spring Valley”, Holbrook. The project has been
trialling a range of alternative fertilizers and soil
biostimulants available to producers in the Holbrook
area and comparing them to superphosphate (the
control). For further information on this project or to
RSVP to this event, please contact the HLN office.

VACANCIES

 

CED ADMINISTRATION COORDINATOR

Remuneration: Minimum $1,155.70 gross per week + superannuation

Enquiries: Grant Johnson – 02 6926 9212
Closing Date:Monday, 20 October 2014 @ 5.00pm

 

STRATEGIC PARTNER – CORPORATE APPLICATIONS

Remuneration: Minimum $1,691.03 gross per week + superannuation

Enquiries: Michael Schmid – 02 6926 9220
Closing Date:Friday, 10 October 2014 @ 5.00pm

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & RISK COORDINATOR

Remuneration: Minimum $1,318.84 gross per week + superannuation

Enquiries: Nicole Johnson – 02 6926 9175
Closing Date:Tuesday, 7 October 2014 @ 5.00pm

 

COMMUNICATION OFFICER PUBLIC / MEDIA

Remuneration: Minimum $1,251.63 gross per week + superannuation

Enquiries: Brett Koschel – 02 6926 9264
Closing Date:Wednesday, 1 October 2014 @ 5.00pm

 

CORPORATE STRATEGY & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Remuneration: Minimum $1,008.20 gross per week + superannuation

Enquiries: Brett Koschel – 02 6926 9264
Closing Date:Wednesday, 1 October 2014 @ 5.00pm

 

CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER

Remuneration: Minimum $966.91 gross per week + superannuation

Enquiries: Meredith Hester – 02 6926 9151
Closing Date:Monday, 29 September 2014 @ 5.00pm

 

To view these opportunities and apply, please visit Wagga Wagga City Council’s vacancy page…

Written by Campion Decent Directed by Kim Hardwick

Cast Robert Alexander, James Lugton, Anna Volska.

A successful man of the theatre finds a front row seat in a strange new tragicomedy: the undignified death of his parents. There’s not much time left for either his ailing mother the actress, still prone to meladramatics, or his father the salesman, still flogging his side of the story. But there’s just enough time to open old wounds and have a jolly good go at new ones.

At once personal and universal, Unholy Ghosts invites us to reflect on the narrative turning point that visits all our life stories. It’s an irreverent, life-affirming take on loss with all the inherent funniness of a good funeral.

A family portrait painted in warm, uplifting colours, Unholy Ghosts won Campion Decent the 2012 Rodney Seaborn Playwright’s Award and is directed by Kim Hardwick.

What the Reviewers said:
‘Curiously little art about the art of dying exists, and yet we must all blunder our way with more or less grace through the deaths of others and, ultimately, our own. Campion Decent has tried to redress this shortfall with an amusing, autobiographical play about the deaths of his divorced parents.’ John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald read more

‘For a play about death, Unholy Ghosts is frequently, genuinely funny. With a dying mother who is a faded star of “stage and radio”, there are plenty of “darlings” and various dramatics that can only, even within the throes of tragedy, be ridiculous; add to that a dying realist salesman father possessed of deep pragmatism, resignation and impatience, and the jokes evolve quickly and naturally out of dialogue. In this way the play manages to feel honest and certainly relatable; the human creases of personality that infiltrate the impossibly sad ritual of dying and family loss mean that laughs are still going to happen, and possibly at the worst possible moments. It’s how we keep living.

As the mother who wears lipstick even for the priest who is coming to administer her last rites Anna Volska is a hoot, a gand dame with long limbs and a beautiful, likable habit of reciting Shakespeare – everyone loved her Ophelia. Robert Alexander as the gruff father is delightfully cantankerous, and for carrying the entire play, for talking to us and his parents and for feeling the fresh pain of death night upon night James Lugton is excellent, this likable everyman.’ Cassie Tongue, AussieTheatre.com read more

‘Decent writes with enough specificity to make these characters startlingly real, but he’s also telling a broader story about relationships between parents and children and the role death plays in our lives. As the son says at the end of the play – our parents teach us how to live and how not to live. But they also teach us how to die.

There are fine performances from James Lugton as the son and Anna Volska as the mother. Lugton brings vivacity and resilience to his performance, as well as the damage that resulted from his tumultuous childhood. He’s also the audience’s guide to the family, narrating his way through, providing us with the back-story and his own perceptions. Volska presents is a powerful portrayal of a woman struggling to maintain her dignity and former glory, and is in fine comedic form.’ Ben Neutze, Daily Review – Crikey.com read more
‘Directed by Kim Hardwick, Unholy Ghosts is not forced nor overplayed, but finds a grace and humanity in its theatrical origins and forebears, in its allusions and unique voice. An emotional knife in the heart, it takes us to the edge of the abyss, dares us to stare it in the face, and then to journey back from it, stronger and wiser. It gets under your skin, affects you without you realising it, until you’re sobbing in the dark and trying to breathe, laughing amongst (and despite) the tears streaming freely down your face. Proving once again that, amongst death, we can only find Life.’ Glenn Saunders, The Spell of Waking Hours blogspot read more

Please note:
Running time – 90 minutes no interval
Please join us for supper after the show in the Upper Foyer.
$15 Student Rush tickets will be available all day on the day of the show – book on-line or at the Box Office. Student ID will be required for ticket collection.

 

VACANCIES

 

STRATEGIC PARTNER – CORPORATE APPLICATIONS

Remuneration: Minimum $1,691.03 gross per week + superannuation

Enquiries: Michael Schmid – 02 6926 9220
Closing Date:Friday, 10 October 2014 @ 5.00pm

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & RISK COORDINATOR

Remuneration: Minimum $1,318.84 gross per week + superannuation

Enquiries: Nicole Johnson – 02 6926 9175
Closing Date:Tuesday, 7 October 2014 @ 5.00pm

 

COMMUNICATION OFFICER PUBLIC / MEDIA

Remuneration: Minimum $1,251.63 gross per week + superannuation

Enquiries: Brett Koschel – 02 6926 9264
Closing Date:Wednesday, 1 October 2014 @ 5.00pm

 

CORPORATE STRATEGY & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Remuneration: Minimum $1,008.20 gross per week + superannuation

Enquiries: Brett Koschel – 02 6926 9264
Closing Date:Wednesday, 1 October 2014 @ 5.00pm

 

CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICER

Remuneration: Minimum $966.91 gross per week + superannuation

Enquiries: Meredith Hester – 02 6926 9151
Closing Date:Monday, 29 September 2014 @ 5.00pm

 

To view these opportunities and apply, please visit Wagga Wagga City Council’s vacancy page…

Waggafest Celebrates Winter!

Wagga Waggafest is a short film competition encouraging the community and visitors alike to share their unique Wagga Wagga stories using the medium of film.

This year, the Waggafest theme is Wagga in Winter. It’s a celebration of some of the things we love about winter: the bracing cold and the snuggly warmth, the roar of winter sports, campfires under clear skies and the beauty of fog and frost. For some of us, there are things to loathe about winter, too: scraping ice from our car windscreens in the morning, cleaning muddy bootprints out of the carpet and conjuring the motivation to emerge from under the doona for our morning run.

Enter Waggafest!

Enter before September 15 and be eligible to win from a prize pool worth $6000.

Watch the stories unfold!

Come along to the Special Awards Screening Night on October 15 at the Civic Theatre to watch the stories unfold and see who takes out the major prize!