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Happy New Year!
January 2012
Friday 13th BBQ —
This month’s BBQ will be hosted by Joy and Michael Smith.
A very big thank you to everyone who helped with the Christmas BBQ.
It was as usual it was great fun. Santa’s arrival was the cause of great excitement, though a certain little person told me that he wasn’t the real Santa because his name was Johnno! Those little ears hear big!
You will all be pleased to know that we made $415 from electric bbq raffle, $260.15 general raffle/supper/tea towel sales, $910.15 food and drink sales, $300 membership and after expenses banked $1518.20. That is a terrific effort from everyone who helped make the night such a success.
Hire of the Hall
Just in case you don’t already know, the hall is available for hire. The cost is $50 for members, which is very reasonable. (Membership is only $15 for the year). A bond of $100 is also required to cover damage or garbage disposal. All monies are to be paid when the keys are picked up. The contact for hall hire is Denise Braidwood – 66899324.
This year’s major fundraiser for the hall is a Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings.
We have been allocated a date which is 12th February 2012. If you could spare an hour or two on that date to help out at the BBQ, it will be very much appreciated. Kathleen Maguire is co-ordinating the volunteers for the day. Please call her on 66899441 if you can help.
The next Hall Committee meeting is on the 18th January 2012, 7.30pm at the hall.
The main topic of business will be planning for the Bunnings Sausage Sizzle. These meetings are not just for the committee, though. All Koonorigan residents are encouraged to attend.
How to make biochar for your garden
A couple of our local Cox Rd residents have been experimenting with biochar. It is great for your soil. If you go to the following website, you can see their results.
http://puggle.byethost14.com/homepage/char.html
January Happenings
This is a month of moulting, the casting of fur, feathers, skin, leaves and bark.
Gymea lily sends up flowering spikes.
January is the peak time for snake births, 90% will die in the first year.
Dragonflies mate.
Suggested new year’s resolution; keep a diary (like this one) of insects, birds, flowers, wind, rain and natural happenings.
Lots of young joeys 'at foot'. Enjoy their cautious, merry, capers.
Sandpaper fig in fruit.
Young ravens leave their parents' territory to establish a territory of their own.
Baby koalas are born.
Goannas lay eggs in termite nests in trees.
Christmas bells flower in the wetlands on the coast.
Big mud wasps fly about, building nests.
A good time to take cuttings from native plants (except acacias or eucalypts). Cut just under the node on new growth.
Green tree frogs are breeding.
Snakes escape the heat by hiding in deep crevices.
Breeding time for many species of lizard.
Young channel billed cuckoos squawk in the trees, to be fed by currawongs.
A REBUS is a picture representation of a name, work, or phrase. See if you can work out this one.
2011
Christmas BBQ
Here are the jobs needing to be done, please volunteer just like we are, or we might just volunteer you, though I'm not sure we can call that volunteering, we'll put you on Koonorigan Service! We have the power..., do we? ... No we don't.
Cleaning and decorating the hall - We're having a working bee this sunday 9am to noonish .. please come along and help, it's fun the children love it to.
Other jobs
Firewood preparation
Christmas Tree - Ray and Graham
Cooking of two vegetarian dishes for the night
Cakes - please could 5 people volunteer but please make a salad if you haven't volunteer to if you have the time
Salads - please could 5 people volunteer but please make a salad if you haven't volunteer to if you have the time
BAR
We will put the bar on the verandah we need someone to check and fill up the drinks cabinet
We need ice and esky / tubs to store it on the verandah
2 volunteers to run the bar
Food and washing up
Can we have 5 people to run the kitchen
Father Christmas - well he said he would come
Meat order and collection - Ananda
Raffle donations - we all need to put in a donation for the raffle, it doesn't have to be bought, bring something you made or grew for example.
The electric BBQ raffle will also be drawn, please remember to bring back your raffle tickets.
Please bring well labelled presents for your children
If we all put a little effort in the work will happily be divided into small amounts between us all.
For more information phone Kathleen 6689 9441, wtkjmaguire@bigpond.com
Bumper Issue!
November 2011
November 11 (Armistice Day) BBQ
Hogan and Ananda are hosting this month’s barbeque. As always, it would be very much appreciated if you could bring along a cake/sweet or salad to share.
Speaking of hosting the barbie –
We will be placing the roster for 2012 in the Kronicle as soon as we have it completed. It does require a little bit of organisation, but it's a fun night and there are always some kind Koonorigan residents who will pitch in with the washing up. There is also a copy of the BBQ
procedures in the hall to assist you. So if you feel like giving it a go, Kathleen Maguire is our new barbecue coordinator. She can be contacted on 66899441.
More about barbies – A BBQ Raffle
Don't forget to bring back the raffle tickets for the electric barbecue, both sold (with the money) and unsold. If you did not receive any tickets in your mailbox you can buy some this Friday night at the BBQ. Last chance before its drawn. All proceeds are to raise money for insurance on your community hall. That’s right – the people of Koonorigan own the hall NOT the council. So we are responsible for maintenance, insurance, etc. So far Koonorigan residents have been doing a magnificent job, in all sorts of ways, in ensuring the future of the hall. Lets all help to keep up the good work.
Annual General Meeting Notes
One of the main points of interest from this meeting was that because of a change to the laws governing incorporated associations we had to have a new constitution. We decided to accept the model constitution proposed by the Department of Fair Trading. This means that
the committee now consists of only 7 people. However, all Koonorigan residents who have paid their membership dues are very welcome to come to and participate in the meetings. We also now have a Public Officer who is the main contact person for the Committee. That's Max – 66899234. In the past it has been the Secretary but now that's not the case.
Thanks to Susie, we now have our very own website. Have a peek www.koonorigan.org.au
We are also trying to set up a Koonorigan contact details database. It would be really helpful for me to know your name and corresponding current e-mail address and/or home address and whether you would prefer the Kronicle delivered electronically or by letterbox. It will help save trees. There have also been suggestions that the database could be used for emergency procedures. More about that later.
November happenings.
• Baby echidnas are 10cm long and become too spiky for the pouch.
• Many birds moult.
• Dingo pups aged 4 months, make their first outings outside the den.
• Whales are seen heading south (but not from Koonorigan).
• Tiger moths about.
• Sudden return of the dung beetles.
• Young mangos are the size of golf balls.
• Antechinus babies stay in the nest or ride on their mothers back while she goes hunting.
• Police helicopter buzzes farms looking for pot.
• In the last week of November there is a mass swarming of Christmas- like beetles.
• Vinegar flies start to mass around your compost bin (and dive-bomb your wine).
• Noisy Miner chicks chirp from the trees.
• Eastern rosella young are out of their tree hollows and demanding to be fed.
• Butcher bird chicks hatch.
• Pegasus is in the north-western part of the night sky and will soon set.
• The Southern Cross is almost invisible on the horizon in the evening.
November’s Joke – How to win a Nobel prize
A man is driving down a country road, when he spots a farmer standing in the middle of a huge field of grass. He pulls the car over to the side of the road and notices that the farmer is just standing there, doing nothing, looking at nothing.
The man gets out of the car, walks all the way out to the farmer and asks him, "Ah excuse me mister, but what are you doing?"
The farmer replies, "I'm trying to win a Nobel Prize."
"How?" asks the man, puzzled.
"Well, I heard they give the Nobel Prize . . . to people who are out standing in their field."
A warm welcome to our new residents in Cox Road. Please join us at the hall this Friday around 6 – 6.30 pm.
Caution
This summer is turning out to be a very good for ticks (but really bad for everyone else - especially dogs and calves). I was at the vet last week when a man came in carrying his very sick dog. The vet said it was the twelfth dog brought in that day suffering with tick paralysis. Just a few days later I had to take my beloved old pooch to the vet for the same reason. Others around these parts have had sick calves. So please remember to check your children (and yourselves) and your furry friends daily.
I also hear the snakes are well and truly out and about with some nasty bites to creatures great and small. My warmest sympathies to those affected.
Something to think about…
There is the possibility of obtaining funds to develop the hall in some way – for example adding a verandah or upgrading the tennis court. These are examples only BUT to obtain funding we need to have a specific purpose in mind. So if you have a good idea for the hall, bring it with you this Friday night to the BBQ.
For the little ones –
Colour in the snail and then go and count how many you can find in the veggie patch.
If they are hiding….look for the snail trails
For all things Kronicle contact Deb Gale 0419993904 or dmgale@optusnet.com.au
Happy New Year!
January 2012
Friday 13th BBQ —
This month’s BBQ will be hosted by Joy and Michael Smith.
A very big thank you to everyone who helped with the Christmas BBQ.
It was as usual it was great fun. Santa’s arrival was the cause of great excitement, though a certain little person told me that he wasn’t the real Santa because his name was Johnno! Those little ears hear big!
You will all be pleased to know that we made $415 from electric bbq raffle, $260.15 general raffle/supper/tea towel sales, $910.15 food and drink sales, $300 membership and after expenses banked $1518.20. That is a terrific effort from everyone who helped make the night such a success.
Hire of the Hall
Just in case you don’t already know, the hall is available for hire. The cost is $50 for members, which is very reasonable. (Membership is only $15 for the year). A bond of $100 is also required to cover damage or garbage disposal. All monies are to be paid when the keys are picked up. The contact for hall hire is Denise Braidwood – 66899324.
This year’s major fundraiser for the hall is a Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings.
We have been allocated a date which is 12th February 2012. If you could spare an hour or two on that date to help out at the BBQ, it will be very much appreciated. Kathleen Maguire is co-ordinating the volunteers for the day. Please call her on 66899441 if you can help.
The next Hall Committee meeting is on the 18th January 2012, 7.30pm at the hall.
The main topic of business will be planning for the Bunnings Sausage Sizzle. These meetings are not just for the committee, though. All Koonorigan residents are encouraged to attend.
How to make biochar for your garden
A couple of our local Cox Rd residents have been experimenting with biochar. It is great for your soil. If you go to the following website, you can see their results.
http://puggle.byethost14.com/homepage/char.html
January Happenings
This is a month of moulting, the casting of fur, feathers, skin, leaves and bark.
Gymea lily sends up flowering spikes.
January is the peak time for snake births, 90% will die in the first year.
Dragonflies mate.
Suggested new year’s resolution; keep a diary (like this one) of insects, birds, flowers, wind, rain and natural happenings.
Lots of young joeys 'at foot'. Enjoy their cautious, merry, capers.
Sandpaper fig in fruit.
Young ravens leave their parents' territory to establish a territory of their own.
Baby koalas are born.
Goannas lay eggs in termite nests in trees.
Christmas bells flower in the wetlands on the coast.
Big mud wasps fly about, building nests.
A good time to take cuttings from native plants (except acacias or eucalypts). Cut just under the node on new growth.
Green tree frogs are breeding.
Snakes escape the heat by hiding in deep crevices.
Breeding time for many species of lizard.
Young channel billed cuckoos squawk in the trees, to be fed by currawongs.
Wishing you all a very happy, safe and serene Christmas and New Year!
For the little ones – See how many differences you can spot. There are at least 15
For all things Kronicle contact Deb Gale 0419993904 or dmgale@optusnet.com.au
The October Kronicle
Did you enjoy last months curry night? I certainly did. Kathleen coordinated an excellent spread, the effort she put in was quite apparent. The Ashton's onion bhajis were a great success as a starter, it was also good to taste some Ethiopian fare including those lovely fermented batter pancakes .. injera, thanks Venessa, Amete and Fewini. The evening raised just over $400 so let's do it again. Kathleen was suggesting an Italian night, I'm up for it.
This weekend's BBQ is being hosted by whoever wishes to lend a hand, Kathleen and Wayne are again making an effort and so is Jenny Pitman by supplying a delicious vegetarian nut loaf, at least I hope it will be delicious! So come along with a salad or something sweet to share if you have the time to prepare something.
Notice of Annual General Meeting - 19/10/11
The AGM for the Koonorigan Hall Committee will be held on 19th October at 7pm. It's a Wednesday night folks, but your support would be very much appreciated. There have been changes to the legislation for incorporated associations, and, as a result, the constitution has to reflect this. The Department of Fair Trading has provided a model constitution which the committee considered in detail at the last General Meeting on 3rd August and decided to adopt. This model constitution can be found on the Department of Fair Trading's web site (www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au)
The meeting agenda is:
Acceptance of minutes from AGM 2010
President's Report
Treasurer's Report
Positions declared vacant
Election of officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and a minimum of 3 other officers)
Appointment of a Public Officer
Other Business:
Adoption of model constitution
Decision on our financial year period (July to June or January to December)
Progress reports on hoop sign and painting of hall (Max) and funding applications (Graham)
Jenny Pittman, Minute Secretary, 66886523
Would you like to have a say in the running of your community hall and surrounding area? If so, becoming a committee member is the way to do it ... and it isn't boring and tedious ... well maybe a bit sometimes ... but I haven't come across anything in life that isn't a bit boring or tedious sometimes. The main point is that you get a chance to be involved in the most important group of people outside your immediate family ... your local community and personally, I love being involved with you.
October on the farm
Persimmons have young fruit. Fireweed dies off. Silky oak in full flower. Tiny bunches of grapes appear. Macadamia nuts 1cm across (the original native 'bush nuts'). Lots of paw-paws ripen. Jacaranda in bloom. See all those cow pats in the paddock. Go fetch them now, the dung beetles are dormant till the start of November. Spiky teak cones fall. Snakes everywhere (female snakes leave a scent trail on the ground so the males can find them). Fox cubs emerge from the den and start hunting. Koalas mate. Kookaburras tunnel into termite nests in trees for nesting hollows and start to look for a mate. The Southern Cross is low on the horizon in the evening. The best month of the year for bird watching. Young (grey) magpies are being fed by their parents. Bogong moths visit. Cicadas emerge from underground and leave their pupa cases on tree trunks. Flying ants swarm on a warm night (my prediction for this year is October 21st). Baby noisy miners call from the trees.
Michael Smith.
Native bee rescue
If you find a nest of small black stingless bees on the ground, from say a fallen tree, I will come and give them a good home. Michael 6689 9291, koonorigan@gmail.com.
EMAIL Addresses
We have a few of your email addresses, but would like to have a better database, so please contact me goddens@gmail.com to update your address. Thank you
This Kronicle was bought to you by Susie G, I think Kathleen will be at the helm again next month.