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Salute: thank you Canowindra for
the wonderful support you showed
for the weekend celebrations. The
street parade was a great success
and the CWA Wedding Gown
Parade sold out of all ticket. To
the Railway Centenary Committee
and everyone involved, no matter
how small your contribution: kudos!
Snakes: it is the time to be
cautious as there have been many
sightings of snakes in and around
town. Now, after hibernation and
it being mating season, they are
at their most aggressive. So be
careful when in the garden, wear
long pants and enclosed shoes and
keep a snake bite kit on hand: a
compression bandage, beginning
at the bite site and continuing
down the limb and then back to
the top, splint all joints to immobi-
lise movement. Remain calm and
phone for an ambulance using
000 or mobile 112 in remote
areas. Should a snake become a
nuisance, please report it to
WIRES on 02 6331 1066.
Saint: The 8th Bishop of Bathurst,
Michael McKenna, will be visiting
Canowindra Thursday afternoon
14 October to offer mass in a
lead up to the canonisation of
Mary MacKillop. Mass will be held
in the Concert Garden at
Windowrie Estate at 4pm. All are
welcome to attend. Please bring a
chair or rug to sit on, and after-
noon tea will provided at no
charge.
Mary MacKillop will be Canonised
17 October 2010 in Rome.
Bathurst celebrations to be held
30-31 October: RSVP by
15 October on 02 6337 2420.
The Canowindra Phoenix
Issue 127 ISSN 1837-0136 Wednesday 6 October 2010
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CAPTAIN LYCRA & KNIGHT BOY
Not much has happened lately with
Captain Lycra’s MS donation page. If you
go to www.gongride.org.au and search
for Andrew Holmes, he comes in at a
dejected 4,089 out of 10,000. One of
Corey Knight is at a princely 1,971st.
Unfortunately, due to school holiday
commitments, Captain Lycra missed out
on the decorated bicycle competition on
Saturday, but has promised (nearly) to
have his own street parade and
decorated bicycle competition. When his
goal of $1,500 has been exceeded, he will
decorate his bike with crepe paper
streamer, balloons and sparklers and ride
The Canowindra Kookaburra in China
kissing a panda
the parade course from Mill Street, up
Blatchford street, right into Ryall Street
Photo: Graham Kerr and then up Gaskill Street, accompanied
by his trusty sidekick, Knight Boy, once
Corey has also exceeded his fundraising
goal of $1,000. Donate now!
Balloon Club in Laiwu, Shandong
Province south of Beijing. Special shape
balloons are in great demand all over the
world for balloon festivals, and there are
only five pilots in Australia with special
shape licence ratings.
Graham and Jan Kerr left Australia on
Monday 20 September with the
envelope, being the kookaburra shape
balloon only, without the basket or fuel
equipment, which was supplied when
they arrived at the festival. Our
kookaburra balloon was taken over as the
ambassador of Canowindra and was
escorted by the Kerrs as licensed balloon
operators.
Whilst in China the Kerrs will be inviting
the Chinese Balloon Club to attend the
17th National Balloon Championships
and Canowindra Challenge to be held
here next April. An expression of interest
from two Chinese teams has already
been received.
Teams from England, Spain, NZ, and USA
are awaiting the release of the program Winner of the 2010 Canowindra Show
before making the decision to attend and Flood Photo sponsored by The Phoenix:
gain valuable competition flying
taken by Eloise Beath
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To the editor...
Perhaps it wasn’t the ‘glorious’ weather
of the official opening in 1910 but the
rain didn’t prevent railway celebrations
from going ahead in fine style over the
weekend bringing to a close ten days of
very successful events.
On Saturday morning the crowds
gathered, the band played and one of
Canowindra’s best street parades set off.
It featured all sorts of floats, antique
vehicles, decorated bicycles and wheel-
chairs, horse-drawn buggies, costumes
from yesteryear and a surprise raid by
bushrangers who captured the local
police officer and tied him to a post
outside the Pub. The colours in the crepe
paper might have run onto shirts and
skirts but it didn’t deter the participants
in the best decorated bike from
gathering in the park for judging after
the parade. The parade was followed
throughout the weekend by many other
very successful events held by businesses
and organisations in town, with just a few
being rained out, but all the volunteers
and staff involved can be justifiably
proud of the results achieved.
The committee extends its thanks to all
involved and you will see the very long
list of list ‘credits’ pasted up around
town in the days to come together with
some happy snaps and follow up reports.
Congratulations Canowindra!
Anne Vincent, Secretary
Canowindra Railway Centenary Committee
To date Canowindra has received 104% Expressway.
of its mean annual rainfall with 3 months “I have said it over and over again, a Bells
to go. The recent 5.22m flood in the
Belubula River the first which has
occurred since the last major event of
5.40m on 31 October 1999 has come
with the collapse of the El Nino event,
present during the 2006 - 2009 year
period.
A La Nina event has established in which action; the ongoing accidents on the
the ocean surface temperatures have
warmed around N. Australia with the
converse cooling of those off Peru. (El
Nino years have cool Australian ocean
temperatures with warm Peruvian ones). end was a terrible tragedy and my
The conditions in 2010 (La Nina) have not condolences go out to the family and
been experienced to the same degree
since 1974 producing the cyclones of
Tracey (Darwin) and Wanda (Brisbane)
fame.
Canowindra's annual rainfall
registrations back to 1886 (123 years)
show a mean of 597mm/year.
The wettest years were 1950 -1339mm,
1956 - 1035mm.
The driest years were 1944 - 220mm,
1982 - 228mm with 2006 - 241mm the
third driest.
It is expected that these conditions being
experienced now will last for at least the
remaining 3 months of 2010.
Presumably the current La Nina will
collapse with the re-establishment of an
El Nino event. The strongest El Nino event
occurred in 1997 - 1998. It collapsed in
1998 with the ‘08 August flood of 5.8m,
the fourth highest on record.
Yours sincerely
Bill Barwood, Canowindra
L-R: Historical Society President and
authoress Dorothy Balcomb, with Mayor
Rob Dowling, who officially
unveiled the interpretive plaque, with Clr
Kevin Walker at the Railway
Cottage’s 100th birthday on Saturday.
HOW MANY LIVES?
The Bells Line of Road has claimed four
more lives over the long weekend and
has once again raised the urgency of
getting the two Labor Governments to
commit to building a safer road across
the mountains, Federal Member for
Calare John Cobb said.
A Blayney woman involved in the fatal
crash remains in a critical condition and
two more separate car accidents
occurred on Sunday.
“The Bells Line of Road is one of the
most dangerous roads in NSW. The loss
of lives due to dangerous road
conditions is inexcusable.
“I will once again be contacting both the
State and Federal Governments about
the need and urgency for the Bells Line
Line Expressway is the key to opening up
the whole of Calare and Western NSW
and it will provide a safe and efficient
passage across the Blue Mountains.
“The Labor Governments cannot afford
to sit on this any longer. The people of
the Central West are calling out for
Bells Line are a further reminder of why
we need commitment to a safer road
now.
“The fatal accident over the long week-
friends of those involved,” Mr Cobb said.
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Saturday 30 October
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EMERGENCY CALL SERVICES
Triple Zero 000 is Australia's primary
Emergency Call Service number for
police, fire or ambulance in a life or
property threatening time critical
emergency situations. Triple Zero 000
should be used in the first instance to
access emergency assistance from all
telephones: landline, mobile phones and
payphones.
There are two secondary emergency call
service numbers that can only be used in
relation to particular technologies:

112 is the GSM standard Emergency
Call Service number for use with GSM
mobile phones, and offers special
access features. 112 can also be
dialled from other mobile phones, but
will only offer the same features that
dialling Triple Zero 000 provides.

106 is the text-based Emergency Call
Service for people who are deaf or
have a hearing or speech impairment.
This service operates using a TTY
(teletypewriter) and does not accept
voice calls or SMS messages.
112 can be reached on both GSM and
3G mobile phones, 112 will only provide
additional features when dialled from
GSM mobile phones.
Check with your mobile phone service
provider if you are not sure of the type
of handset you have. Your provider can
explain how to access the Emergency
Call Services using your handset.

This week’s specials
 Jap pumpkin $0.80/kg
 Carrots $1.80/kg
 Fancy lettuce $1ea
 Broad beans $4/kg
Phone orders: 6344 1011
Moroccan Broad Bean Dip
1 kg broad beans: 2 cups shelled
1 tbs finely chopped preserved
lemon rind
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
2 tsp ras el hanout (ground together
cardamom, clove, cinnamon, ground
chili peppers, coriander, cumin,
nutmeg, peppercorn, and turmeric)
½ cup olive oil
juice of 1 lemon
¼ cup coarsely chopped coriander
Cook beans in boiling salted water
for 4-5 minutes until tender. Drain.
Refresh in iced water, then drain
again. Peel and discard skins from
large beans. Blend with preserved
lemon, garlic, ras el hanout, oil and
lemon juice in a food processor for 1
minute (add a little water if mixture
is too thick).
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes
to allow flavours to develop.
When ready to serve, stir in
coriander.
The Sydney Underground Film Festi-
val is set to Surface at
Rosnay Vineyard
Friday 15 October 2010
5.30pm for music, dinner & drinks $30
7pm films only $15
TIX AVAILABLE AT DOOR
RSVP: for dinner by Mon 11 Oct
02 6344 3215
Cellar Door is licensed - strictly NO BYO
Bring folding chair,
rug, cushion, etc
REGIONAL RECOGNITION
In an amazing tribute to their community
spirit, four Cabonne Shire organisations
have been named as finalists in the 2010
NSW Regional Achievement and
Community Awards.
Cumnock Progress Association, Banjo
Paterson Bush Park at Yeoval, Little River
Landcare Group, Yeoval and the Age of
Fishes Museum at Canowindra have all
been named in the final three contenders
in their categories.
Cabonne’s representation is far greater
than any other Local Government area in
the State.
The announcement of the finalists marks a
significant achievement for the
Cumnock group which is in line for two
awards: Community of the Year
(population under 15,000); and the
Business Enterprise Award.
In a coup for Cabonne, the Age of Fishes
Museum is also a finalist in the
Community of the Year (under 15,000)
Category.
Banjo Paterson Bush Park is a finalist for
the Crown Reserve Trust Community
Award, while the Little River Landcare
Group is in contention for the
Environment and Landcare Award.
A delighted Cabonne Mayor Bob Dowling
has praised all those involved with the
four community organisations.
“It is very fitting that all have been
recognised for their untiring efforts to
improve their local communities and I
wish them well when the winners are
announced next month,” he said.
“It is an incredible tribute to the villages
and people of Cabonne and emphasises
why our area is such a desirable place to
live.”
The eight categories, which will share
$30,000 in Commonwealth Bank
AwardSaver Accounts and air time on
Prime TV, will be presented at a dinner in
Wollongong on Saturday 30 October
2010.
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RECYCLING HEROES
When it comes to reducing greenhouse
gases, Cabonne residents have been
doing their part to make their Shire a
better place to live.
By the end of August, Cabonne’s house-
holders had recycled more than
470 tonnes of material this year.
Their efforts have won the praise of
Mayor Bob Dowling.
“It’s the equivalent of removing 57 cars
permanently off our roads,” he said.
“And the actual amount of recycling in
Cabonne has been greater than that
amount.”
Cr Dowling said the figures released this
week by NetWaste only accounted for
recyclables picked up from kerbside
collections.
“The total doesn’t include recyclables
received at Council’s landfill sites or
transfer stations,” he said.
Cr Dowling said Council was close to
finalising a different processing option
for these products which will give it
reasonably accurate figures on the
amount of recyclables deposited at the
landfills and transfer stations.
“I want to congratulate our residents for
the way they have embraced recycling
and ask them to continue their efforts,”
he said.
“Cabonne is a great place to live and
anything we do to reduce greenhouse
gases will only make it better.”
Ph: 02 6344 1365
DINNER 6.00pm to 8.30pm
 51 Tanecia Kenny; 52 Tori Wythes;
Pink Breast Cancer Fundraiser
The Phoenix 53 Nicholas Wilcox Symons.
Section R: Preserves: 1 Jean Goodacre;
2 Jean Goodacre; 3 Steven Flannery; Karaoke @ Manildra
SHOW
2010 CANOWINDRA SHOW
COBLEY PAVILION WINNING EXHIBITORS
4 Debbie Guihot; 6 Steven Flannery;
7 Allison Allen; 8 Jean Goodacre; 9 Jean
Goodacre; 10 Debbie Guihot; 11 Allison
Allen; 12 Allison Allen; 13 Allison Allen;
14 Jean Goodacre; 15 Steven Flannery;
17 Jean Goodacre; 18 Steven Flannery;
Saturday 9 October
8pm-
8pm-12
SECTIONS & CLASSES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Section O: Diary, Fruit & Garden:
19 Bernie Rutter; 20 Jean Goodacre;
21 Jean Goodacre; 22 Jean Goodacre;
Manildra Golf Club
23 Moyne; 24 Jean Goodacre; 25 Jean
Classes 1 Lauren Cullen-Ward; 2 Tom Goodacre; 26 Jean Goodacre; 27 Jean Prizes for best dressed
Cobley; 4 Deb Rutter; 5 Gwen Jolliffee; Goodacre; 28 Jean Goodacre; 29 Jean
6 Gwen Jolliffee; 7 Thelma Bliss; 10 Sue
Hough; 11 Margaret Hamilton; 13 Jean
Goodacre; 30 Jean Goodacre; 31 Jean Male & Female in PINK
Goodacre. Most Successful Classes Gold coin donation for each song
Goodacre; 14 Jean Goodacre; 15 Gwen 1-13 & Classes 25-31 & Overall Jean
Jolliffee; 18 Patricia Sheehan; 19 Gwen Goodacre. Champion Preserve Allison Contact Daphne at the Golf Club
Jolliffee; 20 Allison Allen; 21 Steve Allen. on 02 6364 5024
Flannery; 22 Jean Goodacre; 23 Steve Section S: Needlework: 1 Lynne Russell;
Flannery; 24 Anne Vincent; 25 Jean Grab a designated driver
2 Daphne Quigg; 5 Colleen Traves;
Goodacre; 26 Gwen Jolliffee; 27 Lauren 6 Colleen Traves; 7 Colleen Traves; and come to Manildra for
Crowley; 28 Charlie Humphries; 9 Maggie Beath; 10 Daphne Quigg;
30 Lachlan Sunderland & Hugh Breen; 11 Daphne Quigg; 12 Allison Allen; a FUN night!
31 Sophie Tremain; 32 Jake & Meg 13 Daphne Quigg; 14 Alice Robson;
Hamilton. Many thanks to Warwick Bowd
for the Pot Plant Exhibits display stand.
15 Daphne Quigg; 16 Janet Robson; Canowindra Business Chamber
17 Keira Whatman; 18 Janet Robson;
Section P: Home Mades: 0 Sue Hough; 19 Bev Taylor; 20 Daphne Quigg; Meeting
1 Sue Hough; 2 Jean Goodacre; 3 Jean 21 Colleen Traves; 22 Pat Pearce; Wednesday 20 October 7pm
Goodacre; 4 Allison Allen; 5 Jean 23 Allison Allen; 24 Lucy Elliott;
Goodacre; 6 Jean Goodacre; 7 Sue 25 Daphne Quigg; 26 Mary Newman;
at CWA Rooms
Hough; 8 Merle Parrish; 9 Merle Parrish; Contact Jo Gaigals on 02 6344 2760
28 Daphne Quigg; 29 Bronwyn Tremain;
10 Merle Parrish; 11 Merle Parrish; 30 Daphne Quigg; 31 Bev Taylor; 32 Kerry
12 Jean Goodacre; 13 Jean Goodacre;
14 Jean Goodacre; 15 Jean Goodacre;
Rodwell; 33 Colleen Traves; 36 Daphne
Quigg; 37 Colleen Traves;
CLASSIFIEDS
16 Merle Parrish; 17 Jean Goodacre; 39 D. McCarthy; 42 Bronwyn Tremain;
18 Jean Goodacre; 19 Steve Flannery; INFORMATION WANTED: I attended the 100
44 Moyne; 46 Moyne; 47 Mary Newman. birthday party of the railway, bad weather
20 Merle Parrish; 21 P. Pearce; 23 Merle Champion Piece of Needlework Bev
Parrish; 25 Andrew Barrass; 26 Claudia but afternoon was good. Parade was
Taylor. Most Successful Daphne Quigg.
excellent a good response by the whole
Wythes; 27 Haydon White; 28 Steve Best in Classes 44, 45, 46 Moyne.
Flannery; 29 Peter Davis; 30 Margaret community. I am researching railway gate-
Next week the Winners List of Sections
keepers any one with any information
Duguid; 31 Brodie Woods; 33 Tara T, Ta, U, Ua, & V will be in The
Jenkins; 34 Tara Jenkins; 35 Tara Jenkins; please email standen_lrtc@yahoo.com or
Canowindra Phoenix. phone 63326987
36 Tara Jenkins; 37 Tara Jenkins; 38 Tara Thank you. Deb Rutter - Secretary
Jenkins; 39 Tara Jenkins; 40 Tara Jenkins; Canowindra Show Ladies Auxiliary FOR SALE: little grey Fergy tractor, runs
41 Tara Jenkins; 42 Melissa Johnson; PLEASE NOTE: any uncollected entriessweet $3,000 0411 772 965
43 Tara Jenkins; 44 Lachlan Balcombe; from the Cobley Pavilion are at Central
POSITION VACANT: Part time bookkeeper/
45 Becky Thornberry; 46 Tanecia Kenny; Motors NRMA Office. These must be col-
admin assistant required 1-2 days/
47 Samuel Durkin; 48 Becky Thornberry; lected by the end of October. wk. Flexible hours available MYOB & Bank-
49 Joanna Balcombe; 50 Samuel Durkin; link experience required. Ph 0412 344 701
Save the date… FOR SALE: Mobility Scooter Breeze IV-
Senior Class Lifestyler w fibreglass sun-
Oct 9-10: Wayne Caslick Natural Horsemanship 2 Day Clinic CANCELLED roof exc cond 3yo-very little use $3,200.
Oct 10: AFGW Luncheon 12 for 12:30pm at the Old Vic Inn $40pp, guest speaker Mobile 0427 878 321 AH 02 6342 5503
Christine McIntosh. RSVP by 4/10 to 6342 2435
FOR SALE Washing machine $300; beer
Oct 10: Woodstock Markets second Sunday of every month fridge $100; chest freezer $250; 2 x air
Oct 11: Touch Footy Muster 6:30pm at Rugby Club conditioners rev cycle window units
Oct 15: Shopping Evening @ Bendy St Emporium ALL welcome! $400ea. Ph 02 6344 2868
Oct 15: 2010 Sydney Underground Film Festival @ Rosnay Winery 02 6344 3215
P OSITION VACANT Energetic, enthusiastic &
Oct 15: Ocktoberfest @ The Old Vic Inn 5 courses matched with fine Australian
reliable farm worker wanted to work for
brews. Tix $75 available now on 02 6344 1009. Includes a FREE stein mug. busy rural contractor. Must be well
Oct 16: Canowindra Historical Society Spring/Summer Fashion Parade & after- presented, punctual, keen to learn new
noon tea 2pm @ Canowindra Bowling Club. Tix $10 from Leanne’s Flowers skills & make the most of existing
Oct 16: Gooloogong Spring Fair @ Log Cabin Hall from 9am. Stalls, kid stuff, ones. Drivers licence essential, truck licence
novelty events, combined with the official opening of the renovations of the a bonus. Must be prepared to work away
Memorial Club Rooms. Ph Lynn Dowd on 02 6344 8350 for more information. from home at times, some w/ends & long
Oct 22: Canowindra Pythons Presentation Night 7pm Canowindra Bowling Club hours if required. All aspects of rural and
Oct 23: Canowindra@home Twilight Markets @ Memorial Park 5-8pm. stock work are covered in this role. A great
A celebration of local produce, food & wine. opportunity for someone wanting to start a
Oct 23: Poetry with Noel Cislowski 6:30pm @ tasteCanowindra 02 6344 2332 career in the rural sector. NB we enjoy a
Oct 23: Canowindra Tigers Presentation Night 7pm at Canowindra Bowling Club smoke free workplace. Ph 0448 535 743
Oct 30: Crave 2010 Sydney International Food Festival Windowrie Weekend PEST CONTROL termite inspections and
12.30pm–5pm Neila: amid the vines. Book now on 02 6341 4141 treatment Canowindra area. Licensed &
Oct 30: Woodstock Spring Ball 7:30pm @ Woodstock Memorial Hall. Tix @ W’Stock insured Stuart 0458 000 643
Post Office 02 6345 0305 or LJ Hooker Cowra 02 6342 1744 $50pp or $360/table of 8 stuart@brytonwool.com.au
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