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The Roxby Downs Council, BHP Billiton and Th e Monitor have been made aware of a number

of recent illegal dumping sites in and around the bushland of Roxby Downs.

The dump sites contain a number items which appear to have domestic and/or commercial origins, including white goods, car parts, tyres, concrete, household hard waste and a large quan-tity of grease from commercial food preparation grease traps.

Not only does dumped waste look unsightly it often promotes other dis-respectful activities within the area and encourages further dumping.

The uncontrolled placement of rubbish within the natural environ-ment can cause an impact on the lo-cal environment through leaching of harmful materials into the soil and water bodies and has the potential to trap and or injure wildlife and people. Th ese sites require substantial eff ort and resources to clean-up and in the long-term the cost involved for this has to be recovered, these cost may end up effecting residents directly through Council rates – residents end up pay-ing for this misuse of the environment.

Management of waste is regulated by the Environmental Protection Author-ity (EPA) and Roxby Downs has a well operated and accommodating licenced landfi ll facility that provides for most of our communities waste disposal needs, meaning there is no need for the public or commercial concerns to be dumping waste in the bush. Dumping of waste anywhere other than within the local landfi ll is a criminal off ence with fi nes for individuals up to $5,000 and corpo-rations facing fi nes of up to $250,000.

If an individual dumps waste that causes serious environmental harm

they could be liable for a fi ne of up to $500,000 and four years imprisonment and up to $2 million for corporations. “We all have a responsibility to dispose of our waste appropriately and those that don’t should be ashamed of them-selves and run the risk of facing huge penalties,” said a Council spokesperson.

Th is unlawful activity will be a focus for local land authorities (Council and BHP Billiton), who with the assistance of the EPA’s ‘Illegal Dumping Unit’, will pursue investigations and prosecutions if these acts continue.

“Th ere is no excuse for loading waste onto a trailer or truck and driving it out into the bush and off -loading it for the community and authorities to have to deal with, when the landfi ll is just out of town and is open seven days per week (1pm-6pm),” a Council spokesperson noted.

Th e Opal Road Landfi ll, managed by BSH Waste Solutions, takes most do-mestic waste free of charge (as these costs are factored into Council rates) including hard/large waste, e-waste and building off -cuts in addition to the re-cently upgraded kerbside collections. For commercial operators there is a fee schedule for the deposit of most waste generated here in Roxby, which factors in costs associated with transporting a lot of the commercial waste to Adelaide to facilities that are licenced to handle them.

For further information regarding waste management, to report waste found within the bush, or to fi nd out the best place to dispose of various dif-ferent wastes contact the Council on (08) 8671 0010 or BSH Waste Solutions on (08) 8671 1154.

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By Vanessa Switala

In support of the State wide SAPOL summer safety cam-paign the Roxby Downs police

will be delivering diff erent safety messages and tips in each edition of Th e Monitor over summer.

Police want people to have fun in the sun this summer, but to stay safe while they do it and not become a

victim of crime.Th e Roxby Downs police urge res-

idents to keep Saint Barbara’s Par-ish School and Roxby Downs Area School safe even if students are not attending over the break.

Vandalism, property damage and serious criminal trespass in schools and preschools are a great concern to staff , students and communities.

Roxby Downs’ police said neigh-bours and the wider school community can help protect the schools from break-ins, arson, theft and vandalism.

If residents no-tice any suspicious behaviour over the holiday break in school yards they should report to po-lice on 131 444.

If residents hear unusual noises such as glass breaking or banging noises this may mean someone

is up to no good on school grounds. Look for unusual vehicles parked at a school on weekends or during holidays.

Residents should also watch for groups ‘hanging around’ school grounds – this should not happen and can be one of the starting points for crime to occur.

Graffi ti is also a signifi cant issue for school properties. It is a crimi-nal off ence which involves off enders vandalising the property of others without consent, by the use of spray paint, marking pens or other similar items. Graffi ti causes signifi cant fi -nancial burdens to the school, com-munity and individuals.

Home security is also extremely important over the holiday period.

Homes represent both a fi nancial and emotional investment so it’s im-portant to keep them secure. Th ere are criminals who are opportunists simply looking for an easy way into your house without being seen or caught, but home security can be achieved with some simple precau-tions. A few simple changes may

be all it takes to keep a thief from invading your home even in small towns like Roxby Downs.

If you are leaving your home in Roxby for the holiday period make sure appropriate keyed locks are fi t-ted to all doors and windows. Gates, garages and sheds should also be locked.

Another tip is to keep trees and bushes in front of doors and win-dows trimmed to avoid being used as hiding places. All garden tools and ladders should be locked away securely so they cannot be used to break into your home.

Roxby Downs’ Senior Sergeant Terry Boylan said, “Don’t leave val-uables in obvious places. Th ieves often target jewellery in jewellery boxes on bedroom dressers and oth-er valuables in bedside drawers and cupboards.”

“Valuable property should be marked, a prime opportunity for this was at the recent engraving days that Neighbourhood Watch organised,” he explained.

Senior-Sgt Boylan said to mark valuables with a driver’s licence number, prefi xed by the letter ‘S’ for South Australia.

“You should also photograph jew-ellery with a ruler beside it to give an indication of the actual size in case it goes missing or is stolen.”

Senior-Sgt Boylan added, “You can keep detailed inventories of all valuable property including the manufacturer, model name/num-ber, serial number and colour to safeguard your belongings.”

Another way to safe-guard your home include checking the creden-tials of anyone who requests access to your home, whether it be to ser-vice your air conditioner or fi x the

water system. Residents should also check references before hiring peo-ple such as a cleaner or gardener and if a workman attends your property unannounced, obtain their contact details, make your enquiries and call them back if you want or need their services.

Roxby Downs’ police stress resi-dents should be extremely cautious about posting holiday plans on so-cial networks such as Facebook, and the use of location-based applica-tions which will notify people you are away from home.

Criminals see the holiday season as a time of opportunity – to steal from you, your car or to break into your home for cash, credit cards and gifts.

Remember to remove valuables from your vehicle and keep your keys in a safe place. Do not leave presents or other valuables such as your GPS unit or phone visible in your car.

If shopping in a busy centre keep your handbag zipped-up and make sure no one can see your PIN num-ber when going to an automatic teller machine. Many residents in Roxby Downs shop online. Before doing so make sure your computer has an up-to-date security system.

The Roxby Downs Neighbour-hood watch group will hold anoth-er engraving day early next year to have Christmas presents and other valuable belongings engraved for safekeeping.

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By Vanessa Switala

A fter more than 25 years of servicing the needs of others with SA

Ambulance, Dawn Kroemer is putting down the pager for good.

Last week, Roxby Downs SA Ambulance employees and vol-unteers celebrated Mrs Kroem-er’s retirement as she stepped down from being the Roxby Downs SA Ambulance Volun-teer Team Leader.

Mrs Kroemer started volun-teering for SA Ambulance when it was still known as St John’s Ambulance in Elliston back in 1987. Mrs Kroemer began her role of Volunteer Team Leader in Roxby Downs in 2002.

Earlier this year on March 1, Mrs Kroemer celebrated 25 years’ service to SA Ambulance.

Mrs Kroemer said it had been a pleasure working with various teams of fantastic volunteers over her time with SA Ambu-lance.

“I’ll know that I’ll miss it but I’m going to start a new chapter

of my life,” she said. Mrs Kroemer wished Peter

Walters well, who has been appointed as the new Roxby Downs Volunteer Team Leader.

Operations Manager for the Far North Region Robert Tol-son praised Mrs Kroemer and the eff ort she has put towards Roxby Downs SA Ambulance.

“I’m very proud of the fact Roxby Downs does what it does and it is working very well. Dawn certainly has set the his-tory of this team,” he explained.

He commended Mrs Kroem-er for being the leader of the Roxby Downs team for almost a decade and for receiving a Premier’s Appreciation Award and National Medal after work-ing with SA Ambulance for 15 years.

Mr Tolson presented Mrs Kroemer with her First Class National Medal for her 25 years of service and also a beautiful wooden photo album fi lled with photographs of Mrs Kroemer and the Roxby Downs SA Am-bulance team.

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Team Leader for the Far North, Lee Dale addressed new re-cruits at the momentous event.

“SA Ambulance cannot sup-

ply a service to locals without volunteers. Be proud of being a volunteer, be proud of what you do,” he said.

By Vanessa Switala

Roxby Downs SA Ambulance has 11 new recruits

who had their consoli-dation training session recently and are now qualified Ambulance Responders.

Th e new recruits start-

ed six months ago and recently became quali-fi ed at Certifi cate 2 level. In order for the recruits to become a fully quali-fi ed Ambulance Offi cer they have to undergo a second course which includes two training weekends.

New recruit 28-year-

old Fiona Hooper told Th e Monitor she want-ed to volunteer for SA Ambulance after an in-cident while on her hon-eymoon.

“There was someone with a medical emergen-cy and I felt incompetent to help. I wanted to learn the skills to be able to

help and assist people in need,” she explained.

25-year-old Bec Jones works in a bank dur-ing the day but said she was always interested in medical assistance but did not want to commit to a three year university course.

“I thought this was a good opportunity to learn those skills and get involved in the commu-nity,” she stated.

Leisure Centre staff member, Kyle Armstrong said he has always been interested in medical as-sistance and also thought it was a great way to be involved in the Roxby Downs community.

“Since completing my First Aid Course I want-ed to further extend my skills,” he said.

The 19-year-old also volunteers for the State Emergenc y Ser v ice (SES).

45-year-old Jeff Trus-

sler said he wanted to volunteer for SA Am-bulance to learn various skills.

“It’s more a personal thing. I want to be pre-pared in case something does happen and help the community at the same time,” he explained.

SA Ambulance Ser-vice provides emergen-cy medical assistance, treatment and trans-port, non-urgent patient transport and high-qual-ity patient care to the people of South Aus-tralia.

To fi nd out more in-formation about SA Am-bulance or to volunteer contact 1300 13 62 72 or email [email protected]. You can also register as a volun-teer online at http://www.saambulance.com.au/Volunteering.aspx.

In an emergency al-ways dial triple zero (000).

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Dawn farewells SA Ambulance after 25 years

Dawn Kroemer and new SA Ambulance Volunteer Team Leader Peter Walters.

New recruits Bec Jones and Fiona

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The Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) will develop three Regional Mining and Infrastructure Plans (RMIP) to identify

infrastructure solutions to connect proposed mining developments to their overseas customers as well as to electricity, water, gas, roads and railways.

With $1.5 million in funding from the Australian Govern-ment’s Regional Infrastructure Fund (RIF), the project will de-velop three regionally specifi c plans that are integrated within and across the regions of the Far North, Eyre and Western, and Yorke and Mid North/Braemar provinces.

Th e RIF was established to invest the proceeds of the Miner-als Resource Rent Tax to address urgent infrastructure needs

while supporting the mining industry, boosting export capacity and developing and growing regional economies.

Th e three regions were identifi ed in the Resources and En-ergy Sector Infrastructure Council (RESIC) 2011 Infrastruc-ture Demand Study as representing the majority of mining projects in the state and the focus of potential infrastructure corridors and hubs essential to ongoing development of the minerals and energy sectors. Th e RMIP will build upon the RESIC Infrastructure Demand Study which broadly identifi ed projected demands on the state’s infrastructure, and existing and potential mineral and energy projects.

Infrastructure options generated by the study will be assessed on the basis of their economic, social and environmental im-

plications and contribution to South Australia and each of the regions, including interaction with other sectors.

Th e plans will be developed concurrently to ensure analysis underpinning each plan considers infrastructure on a whole-of-network basis and recognises intra-regional and inter-regional interdependencies. Stakeholder engagement will be a major component of the project.

Th e project team led by Deloitte, includes specialists in en-gineering, economics, supply chains, mining, shipping, com-munity consultation, environment, cost management and groundwater technologies.

Th e regional plans are expected to be completed in mid-2013.

Regional Mining and Infrastructure Planning project

It is shameful to see how many children get to and from school without wearing helmets,

while riding a scooter or bike. It will be a horrible day when a child has a head injury because the parents did not enforce them

wearing a simple thing like a helmet.Safety fi rst mum

I would like to know why the Council are employing out of town contractors when we have the contractors here in town. Doesn’t

shop locally mean anything to them? Local shopper

Tis the season to be merry ...merry ...happy ... not DRUNK and MEAN. Remember your

drinking manners this festiive season and don’t spoil your family’s celebration by getting drunk and mouthing off. Too

many families, friendships and careers are destroyed by over consumption of alcohol.

Take care

Only recently we lost a young resident due to apparent drink driving. Think of the heartbreak

you could cause a family this Christmas due to drink driving and leave your car at home.

Keep safe

Once again I have travelled the road to Roxby from Adelaide and I’ve seen too

many people take too many risks on the road. Patience my friends - take your

time and get to your destination safely, and have some consideration for your

fellow drivers this holiday season.Road safety fi rst

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M anagement plans have been put in place to help secure the future of two outback

conservation parks, including one that is home to one of the country’s most important fossil sites.

Ediacara Conservation Park lies about 50 kilometres south west of Leigh Creek and is known internationally for having fossils of some of the earliest known multi-cellular organisms.

Th e second plan covers Bimbowrie Conservation Park, which lies about 100 kilometres west of Broken Hill in the Olary Ranges and features im-portant Aboriginal sites and historic buildings.

Department of Environment, Wa-ter and Natural Resources Executive Director of People, Parks and Places Greg Leaman said the plans had been prepared with advice from the area’s traditional owners, the Adnyamathanha people.

“Both parks are arid, remote and sur-rounded by pastoral properties,” Greg said.

“We are very pleased to be able to thank neighbouring landholders for the major contribution they have made to protecting these parks.

“Th e continuation of this relationship between the State Government and the parks’ neighbours is critical to ensure

the area’s long-term protection.” Ediacara Conservation Park covers

2224 hectares and protects fossils that are between 540 and 580 million years old.

Th e management plan includes strat-egies to ensure that palaeontological research can continue, while Aboriginal cultural values and the park’s plants, animals and fossils are all protected.

Bimbowrie covers 72,000 hectares and is known for its geological features and arid-zone habitats.

It holds special signifi cance for local Aboriginal communities and protects several historic buildings, such as the Antro woolshed, and relics associated with Cobb and Co coaches.

Greg said one of the features of the Bimbowrie management plan was the continuation of a coordinated fox and rabbit management program with the park’s neighbours.

“Th is program has already resulted in a remarkable improvement in the park’s arid-zone vegetation, and we are very keen to see further, long-term improvement.

“These two parks are remote and have few visitors, but they are impor-tant places and it is vital that they are well cared for.

“Now that they have management plans in place, their conservation for the future is assured.”

New management plans for outback parks

In an effort to better serve the community the station opening hours of the Roxby Downs police station will

be extended for a six month trial.The front counter of the station will now be staffed from 8am – 7pm Monday to Friday. This means a staff member will be available for normal station enquiries during this time.

A reminder to the public for police attendance ring 131444 or for an emergency requiring,

police, ambulance, or CFS ring 000. Do not ring the local police station for patrol attendance.


Doctor Owen Lewis com-menced organising to begin a Sing Australia Group in

Roxby Downs.

Due to the enthusiasm of the gos-pel singing group during the Red eARTh Festival last year, Dr Lewis thought the Roxby Downs commu-nity could benefi t from having their own Sing Australia Group.

Marg Nicholson of Sing Australia was contacted to hold a workshop on Tuesday, March 13, 2012.

JANUARY

Arid Recovery scores Optus Grant

BHP Billiton attained more

tenements

The Roxby Downs Arid Recovery Trust received a grant of $6,400 from Optus as part of the 2011

Optus Regional Community Grants Program.

Volunteer and Community Coordi-nator of the Arid Recovery Trust, Han-nah Spronk said the funding enabled Arid Recovery to better educate the local community and tourists travelling to South Australia about the impor-tance of the arid ecosystem.

Th e Optus Community Grants Pro-gram was held for the second year and

received 458 applications from various community groups throughout regional Australia including; sport, arts, the en-vironment, local community develop-ment, social inclusion and disengaged youth.

General Manager of Optus Country, Tim Carmichael said, “Th e Arid Re-covery Trust was a standout entry in this year’s program. Th is organisation makes a signifi cant contribution to its community and we at Optus want to help groups like this continue to make a diff erence.”

In January this year a heads of agreement was signed between Archer Exploration Limited and BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Corporation covering Archer’s fi ve west Roxby tenements.

Th e tenements host a number of undrilled exploration targets including po-tential IOCG (Iron Oxide Copper Gold) targets at Island Lagoon and Evelyn Dam, a potential Athabasca unconformity uranium target at Apollo and several skarn targets.

Under the terms of agreement Olympic Dam Corporation (ODC) acquired 80 per cent legal and benefi cial interest in the tenements for $3 million and will spend a further $3 million on exploration of the area over the next three years.

ODC sole funded the project to a maximum of $50 million to a decision to mine.Th e agreement was conditional upon ODC conducting further non-geological

due diligence.

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FEBRUARY

A fter seven and a half months since lodging the original concept plans, the long

awaited Andamooka Caravan Park development was fi nally approved.

Local business man and developer, Chad Oldfi eld told Th e Monitor he received Department of Planning and Local Government approval late Friday, February 10 and travelled to Adelaide to shore up the fi nal fi nance approvals.

He was getting very frustrated with the long winded process by the Plan-ning Department and the red tape that has held the project back for so long.

It was at the end of June 2011 Mr Oldfi eld and the Andamooka Pro-gress and Opal Miner’s Association entered into a lease agreement to de-velop the land in conjunction with a community recreation area and skate park.

The Premier visits RoxbyP remier Jay Weatherill

travelled to Roxby Downs on Sunday, February 26

for the ninth annual Property Council of Australia’s Invest SA conference.

Th e two-day conference saw 130 property investors visit Rox-by Downs where they attended a dinner on the night and a closed business session the next day, both in the Roxby Leisure Audi-torium.

Mr Weatherill was one of the key note speakers for the confer-ence, along with South Australian Olympic Dam Task Force Chair

Bruce Carter, Economic Devel-opment Board Chair Raymond Spencer and Real Estate Austral-ia UBS Managing Director Tim Church.

While talking with Th e Monitor Mr Weatherill said the expansion of Olympic Dam is the most sig-nifi cant single project in South Australia’s history.

“It’s not just a mine, it is an op-portunity to transform our State,” he said.

Mr Weatherill explained, “If BHP Billiton’s full investment goes ahead, and Olympic Dam becomes all that we hope it will, that alone will be of tremendous

benefi t to our State in terms of exports, jobs and new infrastruc-ture, road, rail, power lines and other facilities that will create a lasting legacy for future genera-tions of South Australians”.

The Premier said the South Australian Government has al-ready invested in the social infra-structure of Roxby Downs with hospital facilities, schools, roads and the new police station.

“As Roxby Downs grows in population, we will continue our commitment to investing in ap-propriate levels of infrastructure to support the community.”

P remier Jay Weatherill was among other political leaders to meet with the

BHP Billiton Board as the fi nal decision for the Board neared regarding the $30 billion expan-sion of Olympic Dam.

Executives from BHP Billiton including Chairman Jac Nasser and Chief Marius Kloppers dined with South Australian Deputy

Opposition Leader, Mitch Wil-liams and Mr Weatherill at the request of the BHP Billiton Board. Mr Weatherill said the meeting was to demonstrate strong politi-cal support for the project.

During the dinner which was held at the South Australian Mu-seum, Mr Weatherill admitted the current economic outlook may delay the BHP Billiton Board to approve the proposed expansion.

Local success in State comps

Local basketballers competed in various competitions representing State Country

Teams for South Australia in Port Macquarie and Albury.

Darcy Kenny and Jordan Christall played in the Under 17 South Aus-tralian male team at Port Macquarie for the Pacifi c Coast Slam Competi-tion from January 16 to 21, fi nishing sixth overall. Shaun King also com-peted at the Pacifi c Coast Slam in

the Under 15 South Australian male team fi nishing fourth overall. Han-nah Wurfel participated in the Pacifi c Coast Slam Competition and was on the Under 17 South Australian fe-male team. Her team played in the fi nal but unfortunately lost during overtime.

Coach Wes Knights was awarded the Sportsperson of the Year Award at the Australia Day Award ceremo-ny.

Stage 4 approvals for

Training Centre

The Roxby Downs Desert Training Centre (DESTTC)

was approved for stage four funding, which could end up as much as $1,951,500.

Th e original applica-tion in 2010 requested $3.3 million for the project. However, the revised application in 2011 has proved to be more successful.

Th e Department for Education, Employ-ment and Workplace Relations announced on December 16, 2011 that eight projects, benefi t-ting 17 schools in South Australia had been ap-proved for funding.

Th e approval of the DESTTC, which will not only benefi t schools i n R ox b y D o w n s but also Marree and Woomera, was been welcomed, after previ-ous applications were unsuccessful.

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RETROSPECT2012YEAR IN

So close – yet so far – 2012 brought a mixture of pleasure and pain to the Roxby Downs community.

We faced an optimistic new year with the Olympic Dam expansion announcement on the horizon, only to be defl ated by the BHP Billiton delay a few short months later.

Th roughout the year – through good times and bad – the Roxby Downs’ community kept moving forward. Th e year saw some great stories on many new local events and achievements, and spotlighted the usual characters of this vibrant mining town.

Th is week Th e Monitor looks back on past editions and stories for 2012. We thank you for your suppor t throughout the year and wish you a safe and prosperous Christmas and 2013.

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Australian cricket legends Greg B l e w e t t a n d

Rodney Hogg travelled to Roxby Downs for a Sportsman’s Night.

Th e Roxby Commu-nity Club hosted an intimate crowd for the evening with all pro-ceeds going to the Sa-vannah Jarrad Appeal.

Sportsman’s Night included an auction of cricket memorabilia, humorous stories from Rodney and a wealth of information regarding the Australian cricket team today.

Greg has been to Rox-by Downs twice for sim-ilar events whereas this

was Rodney’s fi rst time to the town.

Rodney said it is important to support events such as Sports-man’s Night because it is raising money for some-one in need and for the promotion of cricket.

Greg had recently at-tended the Allan Border Medal event where Aus-tralian captain Michael Clarke won his third Allan Border Medal and Shane Warne was inducted into the hall of fame.

Over 50 locals and interested parties attended the Andamooka Structure Plan Workshop at the APOMA (Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association) town hall on March 20.

Representatives joining the Minister for State and Local Government Re-lations Russell Wortley included from the Andamooka Town Management Committee (ATMC) and Outback Communities Authority (OCA), as well as from BHP Billiton, and Roxby Downs Business and Cultural Development.

According to ATMC Chairperson Cecillia Woolford, Andamooka residents presented a united front in addressing issues that concerned them. She said it was an indication that Andamooka residents have an integrated vision and any additions to the strategic plan had to be validated by the community, and that was the case at the meeting. ATMC committee member Peter Allen com-plimented Ms Woolford’s comments, in saying there was a common thread of town peoples’ wishes.Mr Allen said issues brought up were residential devel-opment and a town centre precinct that deals with the governance of the town and education facilities. He pointed out the locality of the town’s hospital was a persistent problem, as it is at the top of a winding, hilly road.

MARCH

Kerbside recycling hits Roxby

The fi rst pick up cycle commenced on March 7 for the kerbside recycling and waste collection system with general

waste and recycling (red and yellow lids) picked up that week.

Th e new bins started rolling out from Feb-ruary 29 and information brochures and cal-endars were distributed with specifi c dates for the new pick- up cycle.

Th e existing green bins households already had became green waste bins.

Th e smaller red lid bins were delivered for general waste and the yellow lid bins are for recycling materials that can be recycled, but not plastic bags.

Many community members had been the driving force behind the recycling system and proposed the idea to Council a few years ago.

Cricket legends visited Roxby

Roxby Downs’ women empowered

M arch 8 was International Women’s Day when women all over the world celebrated

the vital role they play in enhancing economic security for their families, communities and countries. The Dunes Café was transformed into the Outback Supper Club by the Women’s Network for the sell-out event with 80 frocked-up ladies attending.

Delicious home baked goods were supplied by the Roxby Downs Chris-tian Community Church with fresh fruit, champagne, coff ee and tea also available.

Th e Master of Ceremonies this year was Teresa Baddeley who, when not working at Roxby Hourglass Jewellers, volunteers her spare time to Rotary Club of Roxby District, Community Board, Red Sands and Th e Traders

Association.Th roughout the evening a candle

lighting ceremony was held which has been adapted for Roxby Downs. Th e symbolic ceremony is coordinated by Women’s Network Chair Kaye Doyle and has been fi nely tuned to feature our region over several years.

Ms Doyle said the night was out-standing with tickets being sold out days before the event.

Guest speaker Cecelia Woolford who had been recently appointed as independent chair of the Andamooka Town Management Committee said it was a privilege to be speaking at another International Women’s Day event.

Ms Woolford spoke around the 2012 theme of supporting women’s empowerment speaking about money and her life.

Andamooka planning day success

Major earthworks started at Hiltaba

M ajor earthworks marked the start of construction for proposed BHP

Billiton workers’ camp ‘Hiltaba’ on April 5. Contract holders for the earth works provision, Ertech, were spotted at the site with approximately ten large earth moving machines.

The movement came after weeks of only a lone sentry being present at the site. As announced at a supplier information forum, the camp, which will accommo-date largely for short term long distance commuters (LDC), will have a proposed 6,300 rooms. As stated in BHP Billiton’s Supple-mentary Environmental Impact

Statement (SEIS), the total work-force at Olympic Dam should meet a proposed 50:50 residen-tial and community ratio. It also said concept plans for Hiltaba have been designed to enable fa-cilities to be commissioned or de-commissioned to meet changing workforce and accommodation requirements.

80 attended tender forumBHP Billiton held a supplier information

forum at the Roxby Downs theatrette in April in a bid to give local businesses an

advantage in applying for future work tenders.

Th e forum was attended by approximately 80 local business representatives, which ranged from the Roxby Central Traders to Olympic Dam con-tractors.

Th e purpose of the forum was to continue en-gagement with current and potential suppliers and provide information about contract opportunities at the existing Olympic Dam mine and with the Olympic Dam Project.

Representatives from BHP Billiton, Industry Ca-pability Network, Jacobs and the Department for Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and

Energy presented information on prequalifi cation processes for contract tenders and gave an overview on a rough timeline for works preparing for the mine expansion, pending approval from the BHP Billiton Board.

Th e registration process was outlined to local businesses and will be fi ltered through the Industry Capability Network (ICN) and managed by Jacobs Engineering.

It was stated a number of tenders had already been awarded to local businesses such as Heading Contractors and Exact Mining in pre-commitment work.

Future major contracts include fuel supply, the Roxby Downs Village expansion which will see the addition of 288 rooms and facets of the construction of the proposed contractors camp, Hiltaba.

Roxby Downs remembered those who served and died in all wars, confl icts and peacekeeping operations for ANZAC

Day on April 25.

Local community member Vicki Mason’s eldest son Adam Mason joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 2009. Adam has been serv-ing in Afghanistan since the beginning of March this year and will serve in the Middle East for six months.

Vicki has 12 family members who have served in the defence forces for Australia or New Zea-land which include; both of her grandfathers, four great uncles, her father and two uncles, her eldest son, daughter-in-law and nephew.

Andamooka plan releasedAn Andamooka Community Plan was

released for consultation incorporating the 2012 to 2013 fi nancial plan and budget.

Th e plan was released by the Outback Communi-ties Authority (OCA), Andamooka Town Manage-ment Committee (ATMC) and Andamooka Progress Opal Miners Association (APOMA) in a joint release and will give Andamooka locals food for thought as to how the town could be managed under the ATMC.

It also outlined the committee’s lifespan from Jan-uary 1 this year to June 30, 2013, when it will become subject to review in respect of arrangements beyond that date.

Th e document stated the proposed community plan outlines how the committee intends to con-duct business over the next three years, including its annual fi nancial plan, annual budget, long term fi nancial plan and asset management plan.

It also earmarked a total budget of $550,000, di-vided into operational ($230,000), infrastructure ($271,000) and community development ($50,000) objectives.

Th e amount is a far cry from previous volun-tary management body APOMA’s total equity of $90,832.02 last published in September 2011.

Th e proposed budget has been modelled from a $250,000 investment from OCA, $256,000 from the proposed community contribution scheme and $45,000 from a road works grant from the Depart-ment of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure.

ANZAC Day

APRIL



ODV energisedMAY

Sources revealed a new section of Olympic Dam Village was powered up.

Nine buildings were reportedly supplied within an AC (Alternating Current) distribution board, sewer line, LPG (Liquid Propane Gas) gas supply and potable water.

A BHP Billiton spokesperson said, “Th e ener-gisations (sic) relate to blocks of some of the 748 new village accommodation units at Olympic Vil-lage which are being installed as part of the US$1.2 billion pre-commitment funding approved by the

BHP Billiton Board late last year.”Additional upgrades include work to the waste-

water treatment plant, kitchen and mess facilities.Th e fi nished rooms will be utilised by personnel

working on the Olympic Dam project and accord-ing to BHPB, the release of the rooms is on sched-ule as is the rest of the upgrade works.

Th e ‘energisation’ of these buildings had marked another step forward for preparations for the pro-posed Olympic Dam mine expansion, and in uti-lising the promised US$1.2 billion in pre-commit-ment spending.

Ex-local competes in Fashion at the Races

Ex-local Katica Cockshell competed in the fi rst ever ‘Fashion at the Races’

state-wide competition at the Centrebet South Australian Derby.

Since being chosen as the Rox-by Downs fi nalist at the annual Roxby Downs race meet in Au-gust last year, Katica has relocat-ed to Adelaide, but was excited to represent Roxby at the coveted event.

“It was a great experience, I got to meet a lot of amazing people and it was great to see so many

unique outfi ts!” exclaimed Katica. “The competition was very

tough. Everyone had their own personal style and not one per-son resembled another – it would have been very hard to judge!”

The winner of the event, Queenslander Amy Robson wore a homemade outfi t inspired by Adelaide’s autumn colours. She was the lucky recipient of the major prize, a Volkswagen Polo.

Jane Wellington, Thorough-bred Racing South Australia In-dustry Marketing Manager said judges were impressed by country fi nalist entries.

“We were very impressed by the standard of the fi nalists. Th ey really stepped it up to a national level. It was diffi cult to separate them.

“Some of the girls were nervous but they were all very happy to be part of it and had great time.”

Katica, who chose a classic colour scheme for her outfi t, al-beit, did not place at the event, impressed Ms Wellington.

“Katica looked stunning in a black and white polka dot outfi t. It was very appropriate for Der-by Day and very racing. She did Roxby proud.”

Roxby gets fi rst Senior SergeantS enior Sergeant Offi cer in Charge Terry

Boylan is the fi rst Senior Sergeant to be posted at Roxby Downs Police Station.

Previously, the Offi cer in Charge position at Rox-by Downs has been a Sergeant position.

Sgt Boylan commenced work at Roxby Downs Police Station in May and told Th e Monitor he has been a police offi cer since 1986.

He said he has been stationed in various loca-tions in the Far North of South Australia including; Whyalla, Oodnadatta, Coober Pedy, Iron Knob, Port Pirie and Gladstone.

Sgt Boylan was impressed with the town and community even though he said the road system

takes ‘a bit of getting used to’. “First impressions; it’s quite a vibrant little town actually,” he said.

“It’s amazing the facilities that are here for where it is.”

He moved to Roxby Downs with his wife Denise and has a daughter in Adelaide completing her last year of a teaching degree.

Sgt Boylan said with the proposed expansion there will be more police offi cers on hand.

“Obviously with the expansion down the track… there’s going to be more police offi cers here,” he stated.

“Th ere is going to be more people in the town so it will be interesting to see how that aff ects the amount of incidents we need to deal with.”

The fi rst Neighbourhood Watch information session was held in

MMay as Roxby Downs took a stepp ccloser to becoming a better and

safer community. The evening sssaw approximately 30 communityyy members attend the meeting in

the Roxby Leisure Auditorium.

JUNE

Miner’s Cup victoryA fter fi ve years of competition,

the Wedgies won bragging rights over Broken Hill after

going one up in their head to head combined teams competition played on the hallowed grounds of AAMI Stadium.

In the curtain raiser to the Power and Carlton game the Far North Football League (FNFL) side triumphed over the Broken Hill team in the Miners’ Cup clash.

Ryan Bennett scored a spectacular bouncing snap goal and was amongst

the FNFL best players with Captain Ben Casey racking up possessions and dis-posals in the mid fi eld and new FNFL player Jamali Sarai showed pace and skill off the half back fl ank.

Joel Harman was unstoppable kicking eight goals for the match and being the dominant forward for the day.

Coach Craig Wyatt said all 23 players were fantastic on ground.

“Th e boys played fantastic. I couldn’t ask for a better group of blokes.

“It was a full team eff ort,” he added. Wedgies 6-5, 0.7, 3.9, 5.10 (100)Broken Hill 2-1, 4.2, 6.3, 9.10 (64)

Local dies after being thrown from ute

A serious crash in Roxby Downs claimed the life

of a well-known and popular Roxby Downs man and has triggered SAPOL’s Major Crash Investigation Unit, to once again reiterate the need for extra safety on roads.

Major Crash Investiga-tors were called to inves-tigate the crash that oc-curred in the early hours of Friday, June 8 in which the man sustained seri-ous head injuries.

Th e crash involved the driver of a white coloured Nissan Navara dual cab utility leaving a hotel in Roxby Downs at about

1am with a passenger positioned in the rear of the utility.

The injured 25-year-old man from Roxby Downs was fl own to Ad-elaide for treatment but later died in hospital as a result of his injuries.

Th e driver of the utili-ty is currently still going through court.

2012 Postie Bash

S ixteen postie bikes revved up for the second Roxby Downs Community Postie Bash in June this year.

Th e Postie Bash committee announced ap-proximately $45,000 had been raised so far, plus more than $2,500 raised at the auction night at William Creek. Th e event saw 16 teams sign-up this year and over 100 spectators come along for the 250 kilometre return ride to William Creek.

Participants met at the Roxby Downs Dirt Circuit track in minus two degree temperatures early Saturday morning and were eager to hit the road. Th e overall winners for most points were Teachers Pets on 195 and the Whistling Turtles raised the most money with a total of $3,110.

Heavy loaders arrived for OD

M inister for Mineral Resources and Energy Tom Koutsantonis welcomed the arrival of the second shipment of Caterpillar

trucks and equipment to source Olympic Dam’s expansion.

Th e fi rst shipment from the United States was re-ceived at Outer Harbour in Adelaide on Sunday, May 6 with the second shipment arriving Friday, June 8.

Th e consignment for Cavpower is part of the $1.2 billion in pre-commitment funding approved last year by the BHP Billiton Board for the proposed Olympic Dam expansion.



SA Ambulance celebrated their 25th anniversary in Roxby Downs with a reunion of past and present volunteers.

Th e SA Ambulance Retired Offi cers Service Association provided a spectacular display of old equipment and photographs. A barbecue lunch was also supplied along with a historical photo display.

First NAIDOC

Week event for Roxby

The first NAIDOC Week event for Roxby Downs was held down Richardson

Place featuring live music, tra-ditional food stalls, workshops and much more.

SAPOL launched a trial of com-munity Facebook pages to help fi nd local solutions to policing

problems. Th e three month trial was formerly launched in Port Augusta by Inspector Ian Humby.

Th e Far North Local Service Area (LSA) includes Port Augusta, Coober Pedy, Roxby Downs and surrounding communities including the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, Hawker, Leigh Creek, Marla, Woomera, Oodnadatta, the Flinders

Ranges and policing districts along the Barrier Highway.

The project hopes to provide the community with greater access to po-lice and off er real time engagement, fa-cilitate forums to fi nd solutions, create an ability to provide feedback to police and develop a highly valued community network.

For more information on the lo-cal SAPOL Facebook trial site log onto http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roxby-Downs-Police-SA-Po-lice/236767096438885.

Local netballers perform well

Th e R e g i o n a l N e t b a l l Championships were held in Adelaide with local players

selected and performing extremely well.

Madeline Young was selected for the Under 15s class, Lucy Prior for Under 13s, Danielle Weir Under 17s and Erika Syvertson selected as reserve for Under 17s.

Local netball player and trainee um-pire, Centaine Casserly, was also as-sessed during the championships for her C Grade umpiring badge, which she achieved.

Lizard’s Revenge

JULY

The Lizard’s Revenge anti-uranium protest attracted

approximately 350 protestors nation-wide.

Th e event commenced on July 14 and aimed to call for the closure of the Olympic Dam mine and protest against the use of nuclear power.

The name Lizard’s Revenge allegedly stems from a dream-time sto-ry about Kalta, a sleepy lizard under the ground which BHP Billiton is mining into.

Th e protest included a festival of music, bring-ing people from various places around Australia to Roxby Downs.

South Australia Police

Commissioner at the time, Mal Hyde told ABC Radio the cost of sending 400 police offi cers to cov-er the Lizard’s Revenge protest at Olympic Dam cost $1 million.

He defended the move by saying people have the right to protest and to freedom of speech and police have a role to ‘maintain the balance’.

During the protest

Roxby Downs Police

Senior Constable Darren

Mackenzie broke his leg

in an accident involving

the protestors ‘lizard’

car as it was being load-

ed onto a tow truck to be

returned to protestors.

At the time of print

19 protestors had been

arrested for various rea-

sons.

Ambulance celebrated

25 years in Roxby

AUGUST

Local basketballer Adam Ryan repre-sented the State country basketball in the South Australian Country Under

16 National Boys Basketball Team.

Adam successfully made the SA team for the nationwide event and also went up a grade as he is only 14-years-old.

Adam was selected for the national team af-ter competing in the Australian Junior Coun-try Cup in Albury in January this year. He was selected as one of 10 across the State to play at the annual competition in Tamworth which was in July.

Adam told Th e Monitor the SA Metro team won two games, lost six and fi nished eleventh overall but the SA team only lost by minimal points.

He said being chosen for the National team has taught him to train hard and work with a variety of diff erent people.

OD expansion haltedA lthough the expansion was mothballed,

the Olympic Dam resource has remained a “tier one” asset for BHP Billiton and will

continue to meet the global demand for copper for decades to come.

South Australian Chamber of Mines and Ener-gy (SACOME) Chief Executive said although the recent news of the Olympic Dam expansion was disappointing, the exciting growth of South Aus-tralia’s resource sector would continue.

His comments came after BHP Billiton shelved the project last week, citing the massive downturn in the global resource sector and subdued com-modity prices.

Th e decision to postpone the expansion should only be seen as a sensible move to ensure the pro-ject proceeds in a fi nancially sustainable way, Mr Kuchel said.

“Olympic Dam will continue to contribute signifi -cantly to the State and South Australia’s many other mining and energy projects currently underway

in the pipeline will continue to shape our growing resources sector,” Mr Kuchel explained.

He said while the announcement will come as a disappointment to many, it does not spell adversity for the State’s mining and energy sector.

Mr Kuchel said although the Olympic Dam ex-pansion had been a focus of State and national at-tention, South Australia’s mining and energy sector had diversifi ed dramatically over the past decade and the State currently boasts 20 major mines with many more projects in the pipeline.

“South Australia has a lot on the go with several new mining regions, exciting oil and gas develop-ments and a multitude of small and mid-tier miners who collectively could bring just as much, if not more, benefi t to the State than the expansion of Olympic Dam,” he said.

“Th is good strong steady growth will continue and the build-up of capability in the service sector will bode well for them getting a larger slice of the Olympic Dam expansion pie when it arrives,” he explained.

Local community radio station 105.5 RoxFM was successful at the 2012 South Australia Broadcasters Association Awards in Adelaide

winning the Bilby for Small Station of the Year (SSoY).

RoxFM were also runners up for Best Message for the Downward Spiral Introduction with Noo and Zak; Best Community Event for RoxFM Exposed Nude Show (raising money for the 2012 Roxby Community Postie Bash with J-Lowe and JT), and the Doran fam-ily were fi nalists in the Volunteer of the Year category.

Th e Bilby Awards celebrate the contribution com-munity radio makes to our community and encour-ages high achievement within the sector.

RoxFM Small Station of the Year

Second Women’s High Tea held

The second Women’s Network High Tea was held with approximately 80 ladies fl ocking to the event held in the Outback Tea Rooms.

During the afternoon a range of iced-teas, loose leaf teas, blooming teas, tea bag ranges and coff ee was on off er along with afternoon tea, sandwiches and assorted sweets.

Kath Messner of the Women’s Network told Th e Monitor approximately 80 well dressed women spent the afternoon enjoying one another’s com-pany.

“A colourful and elegant crowd indeed,” Ms Mess-ner said.

Slam dunk for local lad

Arid Recovery celebrated its 15th BirthdayThe Arid Recovery Reserve held their 15th

Birthday Open Day Celebration with many local families fl ocking to the signifi cant event.

Arid Recovery (AR) offi cially celebrated 15 years of success and the science behind the reserve’s accom-plishments at the end of National Science Week on August 13-19.

Th e community were invited to learn about Arid Recovery animals, weeds and wildfl owers with AR Sci-entifi c Field Offi cer Anni Walsh. Th e day also included nature walks and guided tours to learn about the history of Arid Recovery, and four-wheel-drive tag-along tours so people could visit parts of the reserve not often seen.

Th e Arid Recovery Reserve fi rst began in 1997 when the Reserve was 14 square kilometres. Today, the re-serve has grown to cover 123 square kilometres.

SAPOL launched Facebook trial



The inaugural Roxby Downs Multicultural Food, Music and Art Festival was held with over

1,200 people attending the successful event.

Th e event included spectacular per-formances by Ghanain sensation Afri-can Soul artist Bortier Okoe and Chil-ean spectacular La Bomba Productions with many attendees dancing and being part of the fun.

Preceding workshops from October 9 to 12 were held by kneeHIGH Youth Arts Workshop where young locals translated both local and international stories into big displays for the main event including a walking elephant pup-pet, palm trees, a mosque, a school of fi sh and a fl eet of aeroplanes.

Bortier Okoe from African Soul also supplied traditional Ghanaian food and made an appearance at the Rox-by Downs Community Club on Friday night.

Other performances included Chi-nese music with Hong, bush dancing, the Wholias live band, Sing Australia and DJ Senorita. The Roxby Downs Community Board was awarded two grants to fund the event; $15,000 was provided as part of the Regional Arts Fund, an Australian Government pro-gram delivered by Country Arts SA and $5,500 as a Multicultural Grant as part of the State Government’s Multicultural Grants Scheme.

A huge crowd gathered at Roxby Town Oval to see Hornridge come out

victors in the 2012 Grand Final.

Th e fi rst quarter started with Miners winning the toss kicking to the Barry Mitchell bar end with a one or two goal breeze.

The game started with both sides giving no beg your pardon as both teams felt each other out. The Miners were making fundamental ball errors allowing the Magpies to stay in the game early.

Both defensives were holding up very well. Roxby’s Kenyon, Penny, Kenny and Kaminski were playing well and Magpies Schwartz, Gersch and Milner were rebounding most of the Miners forward forays.

Miners were just in front at quarter time.

Th e second quarter began with Roxby starting to win the cen-tre clearance, giving Hargraves more one on one contest and this caused the Magpies full back Do-bromilsky some real headaches.

Miners were in front at half-time.

Th e third quarter started in a statement aff air and Grosser en-tered at full-forward and start-ed to have a real influence on the game. Magpies had players starting to run hard and create opportunities for their forwards.

Cooper, Tutthill, Grimston, Finney, Th omas and Kelly were having a real impact on the game. Miners had only a few players who were able to react. Cody,

Kenny, Mandermaker, Kenyon and Hall were trying hard, but their forwards, apart from Pross-er, did not react to the pressure very well.

Th e last quarter started with the Magpies moving the ball from centre clearances with ease which allowed the Magpies to bring forward Grosser to stamp authority on the game.

Miners had no answer to Grosser. Magpies players were starting to believe they had a chance to win the game and Min-ers were struggling to react to the pressure. Th eir run and silky ball movements were quickly smoothed by their Magpie op-ponents. Th is was highlighted by Finny who, with a score only seven points apart, ran Watson down as he ran into an open goal.

Grand Final winners the Mag-pies cleared the ball, kicked in and scored the winning points through Robinson, scoring from outside fi fty.

Magpies Premiers by 23 points. 11 points, 11 goals, fi nal score 77, defeated Roxby Districts eight points, 6 goals, fi nal score 54.

Best Players for the Premiers were Kelly, Schwartz, Casey, Grimston, Milner, Thomas, Grosser (four goals) and Finney. Miners best were C. Kenny, S. Kaminski, Kenyon, Chisslett, Hall, Mandermaker and Har-graves (four goals).

An incident involving a scrub fire off Axehead Road that was accidentally started by children brought on a warning

from the Roxby Downs CFS for the upcoming summer.

Th is summer is likely to be a high fi re risk sea-son due to dry local conditions, according to the Captain of the Roxby Downs Country Fire Service (CFS) Brett Atkins. “We’ve had a lower than nor-mal rainfall over winter which has allowed the area to dry out. So far this month, we have responded to 11 incidents including two scrub fi res, two ve-hicle fi res, one hazardous spill, car accidents and alarms. Five of these incidents were between Fri-day September 14 to Sunday 16. Th e (incident off Axehead Road) burned over 2,500 square metres of spotted bushland, but could have been larger if there were stronger winds.

SEPTEMBER

Development plans releasedRoxby Council released plans for the devel-

opment of a connecting building to link the Cultural Centre and Roxby Leisure

Centre buildings.

Th e architectural plans show how a Cultural Link building will be constructed where the underuti-lised outdoor courtyard is situated which currently separates the buildings.

The Cultural Link building will be used as a multi-purpose space which will link all cultural and leisure precinct functions. Th e space will also house the new community library and be used for after-hours cultural activities.

Th e fi rst stage of planning commenced in July with the relocation of the Community Library to the Cultural Centre building.

Mighty Magpies mauled Miners

Support for

RFDS

M any local residents fl ocked to the Roxby Downs Golf Club in support of the annual Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Giant Auction and Golf Day raising around $35,000.

Th e event has been held for around 20 years with a nine-hole Am-brose golf tournament commencing in the morning, auction in the afternoon followed by dinner, and then a fi reworks spectacular do-nated by Val and Ken Lamb from ODT Australis.

Royal Flying Doctor Service Roxby Downs Auxiliary Secretary, Cherie Gaskin said the RFDS Roxby Downs Auxiliary is thrilled with the way local and surrounding communities get behind the Giant Auction and Golf Day each and every year.

CFS geared up for high risk season

OCTOBER

Ro x b y D o w n s b u s i n e s s Sustainababy and community arts festival, the Red eARTh Festival

were successful at the 13th annual Advantage SA Far North Regional Awards. Advantage SA winners were announced at a presentation evening at Port Augusta with more than 150 people attending.

Sustainababy was awarded the Depart-ment for Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy Innovation Award. The Roxby Downs based Red eARTh Festival won the Advantage SA Dr+PC Arts Award this year and was also nominated for the Regional Development Australia Community Group Award.

First Multicultural Food, Music and Art Festival

Relay raised over

$41,000A round 200 participants helped raise $41,000 for the Roxby Downs

Relay for Life.

Relay for Life is one of the most popular and successful fundraising events in the world. It provides an opportunity for the community to band together and celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost to cancer and fi ght back against disease that has taken too much from too many.

Th e event which was held over Saturday and Sunday, October 20 and 21, saw 16 teams walk around the Roxby Town Oval for 19 hours to support the cause.

Th e team who fund-raised the most was Headings Heroes with over $10,000. Th e Highest Number of Laps was completed by Th e Nerds and the best Th eme went to Pink. Best Team Baton was awarded to Rock the Pack and Best Team Banner was Th e Nerds. Th e Jocks claimed Best Team Mailbox and Best Camp-site went to Headings Heroes. Masks of Sedexo won the Highest Team Points and Th e Most Sun Smart team were the Sleep Walkers. Best Dressed Male went to Specky in the Old Skool team and best dressed female was awarded to Karen Russell in the Pink team.

First Roxby Business Awards

The fi rst Roxby Downs Business Awards were held in style with seventy people attending a Grand Gala event.

Roxby Hourglass Jewellers took out two of the evening’s fi ve main categories – winning Best Small Business and Most Outstanding Business. Autopro took out the Most Popular Business Award – taking the title from 20 businesses nominated with a massive 300 votes. Mitre 10 won the award for Best Medium Business and well known mining company Monodel-phous won Best Large Business.

Roxby success in Advantage SA Awards



Not even the rain could keep away the crowds for the 2012 Roxby

Downs Community Christmas Pageant.

Th e Rotary Club of Roxby Dis-trict had 27 registered fl oats this year, the largest being ‘Dancing in the Street’ by Roxby Academy of Dance with approximately 150 people participating.

Pageant Coordinator John Davis said everything went well, despite the wet weather.

“Attendance was down a little from last year but the weather was an issue,” he said.

“Once it cleared though, those that hung around had a great time. The pageant itself was down a couple of fl oats but there was more participation from groups. Floats and groups were bigger than previous years.”

Mr Davis said he has received excellent feedback about Ade-laide band Mr Buzzy, who rocked the main street until midnight. Mr Davis said everyone was ex-

tremely well behaved. Roxby Downs police agreed

stating, “Th e behaviour of those who enjoyed the Christmas Pag-eant was exemplary with mini-mal police intervention required throughout the night.”

Mr Davis would like to thank all sponsors of the Roxby Downs Community Christmas Pageant.

He would also like to thank the Rotary Club of Roxby District who put in a huge eff ort and the community for their attendance.

The Roxby Downs Kindergarten created a book for BHP Billiton to say thank you for a $9,510

printing and networking upgrade.

Th e book features the children’s in-terpretation of what happens on site at the Olympic Dam mine; it includes the children’s stories, pictures and photo-graphs of them re-enacting what their parents do at work.

In the book Tait states, “My Dad used to work for BHP. He tells the diggers and the people where to dig. Th ey’re digging for treasure… gold-en treasure… it’s buried under the ground. There are big loaders and cranes to lift the dirt up. It’s really dirty out there. Th ere’s treasure chests full

of gold and some necklaces.”Apparently there are even crystals

at Olympic Dam. “Th ey have the mine and gold and crystals. Th ey have to smash them for everyone to share,” says Henry.

NOVEMBER

Momentous MovemberLocal residents banded together to

raise vital funds for the Movember cause, which sees many men sprout

moustaches during November each year. Th e fun campaign aims to raise funds and awareness for men’s health issues, specif-ically prostate cancer and male mental health.

The funds raised in Australia support equally the two main causes which are the biggest health issues men face. Th e funds raised are directed to programs run directly by Movember and men’s health partners, the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and the national depression initiative beyondblue.

Woomera Baker Observatory re-opened

Th e Wo o m e r a B a k e r Observatory has re-opened after being closed for about

two years due to the town’s fading population.

The Observatory will be open throughout summer every Friday at 9pm if the weather permits.

It costs $5 per person for a Friday night session at the Observatory and children are free. Mondays, Th ursdays and Saturdays are available for reser-vations of fi ve people or more at $10

per person.People are encouraged to bring their

own food and drinks for the evening. Th e Woomera Astronomy Group

was formed in 1994 by a small group of enthusiastic amateur astronomers.

Th rough community fundraising and donations from the Woomera Board, Defence Support Centre and a number of regional businesses the group purchased a 10 inch comput-er controlled telescope and built the Baker Observatory.

Remembrance Day

Local residents gathered together to remember those who fought and died in war and armed con-

fl icts for our country.

Th e Roxby Downs Service of Remem-brance was held at the Returned Services League (RSL) Community Memorial on Richardson Place.

Expansion hope but jobs still cut

Job cuts were still apparent around town despite the State Government announcement

to grant BHP Billiton a four year extension.

Th e pessimistic climate locally was buoyed by the announcement that BHP Billiton would continue with the plan, with a more sustainable view to expansion.

The Monitor was unable to sub-stantiate the full extent of job cuts in the local mining sector, but has been fl ooded with rumours of staff reduc-tions among key local contractors.

Although there have been uncon-fi rmed reports of job cuts with un-derground contractors, a BHP Bil-liton Spokesperson told Th e Monitor, “Th ere have been no decisions regard-ing the underground operation.”

BHP Billiton welcomed the exten-sion of the agreement and committed

to spending $650 million over the next four years at Olympic Dam and other related initiatives around the State.

A BHP Billiton Spokesperson said, “Th e extension period is necessary to complete studies of new mining and processing technologies and then as-sess the economic viability of apply-ing these technologies to an open pit expansion.”

“Th e company determined that 46 months would provide enough time to complete its studies. It also aligns the indenture with the expiration of the Environmental Impact Statement ap-provals of October 2016,” they stated.

“Site works at the starter pit will continue to satisfy requirements under the environmental approvals already received from the State and Federal Governments and provide a testing site for larger scale aspects of these technology studies.”

Kindy students book for BHPB

DECEMBER

Santa came to town

Uncertain future for Andamooka Opal

The Andamooka Opal Hotel’s future is still uncertain after BHP Billiton cancelled all room bookings without notice earlier this

year.

Manager of the Matthews Group which owns the Andamooka Opal Hotel, Brett Matthews, said it is probable they will close the hotel due to lack of clientele.

Mr Matthews said an application has been sub-mitted to the Offi ce of the Liquor and Gambling Commissioner to close in the new year.

“We’ve just got an application in to say if we have to mothball the hotel and just have a care-taker in there for the moment can we do so, and we’re just

waiting on them for an answer,” he explained. “We haven’t made a fi nal decision yet.”

“So at this stage we have the application in to close from January 26 and we’re really just making up our minds at the moment in conjunction with our discussions with BHP Billiton as to whether there’ll be any bookings for next year.”

“We’re still talking to BHP Billiton about what’s happening in 2013, but it doesn’t sound very prom-ising at the moment,” he explained.

“Funny enough, they’ve asked us to submit quo-tations for accommodation for next year but again that’s only asking for submissions, they haven’t made any bookings.”

Greening project with a differenceA “splashpad” could be one of the new attrac-

tions in Andamooka as part new plans to provide community friendly facilities by

the Andamooka Town Management Committee.

Community Administrator Deb Allen said the idea was still in its infancy, and could be based in a separate area beside the town pool. Th e water play area would allow full time access to all members of the community without the need for lifeguards.

Splashpads are an area for water play which can involve running water displays, like fountains and

water sprouts. Th e areas do not include still or pooled water, which means no lifeguard is need-ed to patrol water activities.Plans would include recycling any water used back through the system.

Ms Allen said the preliminary plans involved an area of about 10 by 7 metres. Local Adam Swift has been recruited to provide ideas for the design of the project.

She said the splashpad was the town greening contingent of a $50,000 budget for various projects in the community, and was a diff erent angle to the usual parks and gardens .

Snake season arrived and one unfortunate local family lost their family dog ‘Gatto’ to a snake bite.

A fi ve-year-old, Border Collie Cross, Gatto was bitten by a King Brown Snake in the back yard of the family home which backs onto sand dunes. Owner Leah Spen-cer was thankful neither of her young sons was outside as they often played with Gatto.

Arid Recovery’s Education and Community Offi cer, Hannah Spronk said, “I think the fi rst step is people understanding snakes are part of where we live and we are more than likely going to come into contact with them at some stage. Th ey were here long before we moved in and took over this small part of the desert.”

Ms Spronk stated, “Th ey give most of us a fright be-cause we aren’t expecting them, and most of the snakes we will encounter in this area are dangerous. It is mostly common sense when people fi nd a snake in their yard.”

Family loses dog to snake bite


TUTU BA OUTand


Scarlet had a great time at the end of year kindy concert.

Shaila, Shakira, Chloe, Kiara and

Hayley at the member’s Christmas party at the Roxby Community Club.

Daria, Ashlee and Maddison had a ball at

the end of year kindy concert.

Emily had a great time at the

Roxby Downs Kindergarten end of year

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WHO’S ON THE BOARD

CONTACTING THE BOARD

BOARD MEETINGSBoard meetings are held on the last

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

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

agenda.Confi dential discussions with the Board

can be arranged if required.

For further information, advice or general questions please contact:

Michelle Hales,Executive Offi cer

Roxby Downs Community Board Inc.PO Box 85

Roxby Downs SA 5725Mobile: 0418 833 818


Teresa Baddeley •Michelle Davis • George Giakoumis

Vicki Mason • Gaylene Crane Mary Lewis • Liz Rogers •

Cindy Harrichund •Chad Menzies • Heath Murry Bill Boehm • Kath Macalister

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JOINING FORUMSIf you would like to join a forum and would like more information please

contact the following people. New members are always welcome.

ARTS and CULTURE FORUMRachel Young 0428 671 000

Thursday, January 24 @ 730pm

88 Stuart Road, Roxby Downs

BUSINESS FORUM Laura Trotta 0412 734 964

Tuesday, February 5 @ 615pm

Council Boardroom

SPORTS and REC FORUMDamien Condon 0439 862 784

To be confi rmed.

COMMUNITY GARDENPatrick Ibele (08) 8671 0168Thursday, February 14 @ 730pm

Council Boardroom

ENVIRONMENT FORUMBree Gailbraith 0448 168 167

Thursday, February 7 @ 7pm

Council Boardroom

ROXBY ROADSAFE MEETINGMichelle Hales 0418 833 818

TBA @ 530pm

Council Boardroom

MULTICULTURAL FORUMSasha Yantewo (08) 8671 0010

Wednesday, February 20 @ 730pm Council Boardroom

WOMEN’S NETWORKKath Messner 0438 871 153

TBA January 2013 in the Council Boardroom

NEW Roxby Downs Community Facebook PageTo keep up to date on local community events and services visit and like our Facebook page!

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Community Board Profi le:

Heath Murry

RIGHT: Heath has lived in

various mining communities over the last 20 years.

Heath is currently Superintendent Operational

Support at Olympic Dam.

This role involves us ing s t r uc ture d methods to partner with the Line Oper-ations to achieve im-provements for the business in areas such as effi ciency, cost and asset throughput .

Heath has lived in Roxby downs for 12 months now and has lived in various other small mining commu-nities in Queensland for the past 20 years where he has been ac-tive in the community through supporting organisations that his children participate in such as guides and scouts and the local primary schools.

The Roxby Downs Community Board Inc. is seeking nominations from people interested in joining the Board in

2013.

These positions have become vacant due to the retirement of current Board members.

If you are passionate about Roxby Downs and wish to become more actively involved in community life please

To request a nomination form and information pack contact

roxbycouncil.com.au.

Nominations close 19 December 2012.

BOARD VACANCIES

Calendars now only $15!

The 2013 Roxby Downs Community Calendar is now on sale for only $15.

A great Christmas present idea, this lo-

cally produced product is easy to post to friends

and family.

All proceeds to go to the 2013 Roxby Downs

Red eARTh Festival.

Pick up your copy from the Visitor Information

Centre, Woolworths or the Roxby Council Offi ce.

Golfing enthusiast Damien Condon has been nom-

inated for Volunteer of the Month for December for his con-tribution to sports in Roxby Downs.

Damien moved to Rox-by with his family seven years ago and didn’t waste any time pouring himself into the community.

Damien has been a member of the Roxby Downs Golf Club Com-mittee for six years, and

has also devoted time to being Co-Chairman of the Sports and Recreation Forum.

“I think is very impor-tant to be involved within the community,” Damien said. “Take the golf club for example, the golf course is a huge asset for Roxby Downs and with-out the help of the vol-unteers it would not be sustainable.”

He said he devotes his time to the communi-ty because of his love of Roxby Downs and golf.

Damien would like to

thank the person who

nominated him for the

Big Sky Volunteer of the

Month Award, and will

be donating his $100

voucher to the Red Sands

Cancer Council of Roxby

Downs.

To nominate a Volun-

teer of the Month, down-

load a nomination form

from www.roxbydowns.

com, or pick one up from

the Roxby Council offi ces.

What is colloqui-ally known as the “silly season”

is now upon us.

This name in itself should get us thinking about the kind of be-haviour we expect or we think is expected of us—does this mean that everyone is expected to party, drink alcohol and get silly?

With Christmas parties in full swing and school holidays started many of us are under the pump and we are feeling the toll as a busy year is starting to come to a close. Please take the time to remem-ber our actions are often mirrored in the eyes of our younger communi-

ty, who look up to us for guidance and see us role models. Stop and ask yourself – what are they seeing when they look up to you?

Th e Alcohol and Sub-stance Abuse Forum urges you to take care during the coming weeks and takes the opportuni-

ty to wish you all a safe and happy Christmas and New Year. Spend the time to relax, enjoy those im-portant and irreplaceable ‘gifts’ in your lives – and please, act in ways to pro-tect them - drink respon-sibly, act respectfully and above all, be present for them.

A festive message from

the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Forum

Damien December’s Volunteer of the Month

Damien believes giving back to the community is important.

THE MONITOR – Your Community Newspaperwww.themonitor.com.au – Wednesday, December 19, 2012

05

ROXBY COUNCIL

Opening hours Monday to Friday9 am to 4.30 pm

Council provides transport services including:

• Vehicle registration • Boat registrations

• Licensing transactions • Learner written theory tests (test to begin before 4 pm)

All enquiries 131 084.

Opal Road Landfi llOpening hours

1 pm to 6 pm every dayDisposal of household rubbish is FREE

Levies apply for businessesRecycling can be taken either

to the Opal Landfi ll orBSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street

All enquiries: 8671 1154

Opening hours 8.30 to 5 pm weekdays

9.30 am to 12 noon SaturdaysTelephone 8671 0660 • Fax 8671 1418

Email: [email protected] membership is free. Wide range of resources are available including books, DVDs, magazines and internet facilities.

Toddler Story Time 9.30 am Tuesday and Thursday.

Opening hours

9 am to 5 pm weekdays

Telephone 8671 0010 • Fax 8671 0452


After hours emergency

Mobile 0418 892 870

Web www.roxbycouncil.com

SERVICE SAWASTE MANAGEMENTLIBRARYCOUNCIL OFFICE

F inancial aid is available to those experi-encing fi nancial diffi culty.

For information on Government con-

cessions and free fi nancial counselling services,

visit the Government of South Australia’s web-

site, www.sa.gov.au.

Roxby Council encourages all customers to

contact them immediately on (08) 8671 0010 if

they are under fi nancial stress.

Roxby Council would like to remind all vehicle drivers that the Service SA service off ered is available fi ve days a

week from 9am until 4:30pm.

As the Service SA Rural Service Agent, Roxby

Council off ers licence renewals, vehicle registra-

tion and transfers, driver licence, boat licence

theory tests, personalised and custom registra-

tion plates and the sale of the driver’s handbook.

F ire Danger Season started on October 15, 2012.

For information on guidelines surround-

ing fl ammable objects and fi res during this pe-

riod, contact Roxby Council on (08) 8671 0010.

For all enquiries surrounding waste and recycling collection, contact the Waste management contractors BSH Waste

Solutions on (08) 8671 1154.

Snakes are a common and natural part of living in Roxby Downs, if you have any issues or queries regarding snakes

or any other wildlife in or around your home

please contact Arid Recovery for advice on

(08) 8671 2402.

NEWS IN BRIEFNEWS IN BRIEF

Roxby Council will be

closed for the Christmas

break from close of business

Friday, December 21 and

will reopen in the new year

on Wednesday, January 2.

Service SA services will

not be available in Roxby

Downs during this period.

Roxby Council would

like to wish all a very

Merry Christmas, and happy new year.

Watch out for new Watch out for new collection datescollection dates

The waste collection calendar for 2013 will be distributed into residents’

letterboxes on Monday, December 17.Watch out for this new publication as

pick up days for each area may change.

The most highly anticipated time of the year –

Christmas, is almost upon us.

Unfortunately, due to the high rate of vaca-tioners, it is also a time of heightened crime, in particular burglaries.

Th ere are a number of steps residents can take too try to robbery-proof their house, particularly by giving the impression the house is being ‘lived in’.

- Secure all doors and windows with quality locks.

- Make your home seem ‘lived in’ by leaving a radio and/or light on.

- Consider timers for lights, television and ra-dio to suggest you are home.

-Install motion sensor security lighting around the outside of your house.

- Consider installing a

home security system. - Arrange for mail (and

junk mail) to be collected or held at the post offi ce, and cancel newspaper de-liveries.

- Lock away garden tools, ladders and any-thing that might help a burglar gain entry.

- Before going on hol-idays, tell trusted neigh-bours of your absence and leave a contact number.

- Ask a neighbour or friend to park a car in your driveway when you are away from home on holidays.

- You should also have a trusted neighbour, rel-ative or Neighbourhood Watch Area Coordinator empty your letterbox and take your bin out and in, even if it is empty.

- Hang some old clothes on the line and leave old shoes outside the front door.

- If you are going away for an extended period of

time, consider getting a house-sitter and arrange for someone to mow your lawn.

- Try not to leave in-vitations or notes about holidays in plain view such as stuck on the fridge, next to the phone or on a whiteboard.

- If you are out for the evening, leave a light on and close the curtains.

- It’s important also to be mindful of who you tell you are going away. Post-ing information on social media websites informing people you will be going away (and hence that your house will be unoccu-pied) is a big no-no.

Vehicle checks are also an important precaution before departing on a hol-iday. Check and replen-ish fuel, water and engine coolant, change the oil, check tyre pressure and wear (don’t forget your spare tyre), make sure your brakes and battery

are in good shape, and clean all your car win-dows to ensure good driv-ing visibility.

It’s also a good idea to carry the following items in the car with you:

- First aid kit- Torch and spare bat-

teries

- Large container or

2ltr bottle of water

- Small tool kit

- Jumper leads, rope

and tyre pump and tyre

pressure gauge.

Most of all, merry

Christmas, happy new

year and safe travels to all!

Safety at home and in the car these holidays

Roxby Council’s David Hallet presented President of the Roxby Downs Golf Club David Plattenden

with a framed aerial image of Roxby

Downs and the golf course on behalf of

aerial photographer Ian Oswald Jacobs.

Mr Hallett also presented Town Admin-

istrator Bill Boehm with an aerial image of Roxby Downs from IOJ Aerial Photography.

Both are updated images of the town taken in October 2012.

A bird’s eye viewA bird’s eye view

NOMINATIONS EXTENDEDNOMINATIONS EXTENDED The Australia Day Awards nominations deadline has been extended. They will now be accepted until Monday, January 7, 2013.

Town Administrator Bill Boehm receiving the image from Roxby Council’s David Hallet.


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Drop into Roxby Leisure and check out what’s on at the movies this week!

Basketball is over for 2012 and will return the fi rst week of February 2013.

Dijon (10, Wildcats) looks for a team mate to pass the ball.

Lachlan Geraghty (1, Wildcats)

running to set the play on the other side of the court.

Ethan Kerrish (5, Jets) battling

Lachlan Geraghty (1, Wildcats) for

possession.

Paige Rowlands (11, Flames) drives

the ball while Safara Moyse (12, Phoenix) looks on.

Georgie Dixon (11, Phoenix) hesitates to

pass the ball because of Alex Hoffman’s (7,

Flames) tight defence.

Safara Moyse (12, Phoenix) defends the goal from Paige

Rowlands (11, Flames).

Megan Viljoen (13, Flames) set to shoot for two.

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