OON Issue 319 - February 2010 - Wollombi Valley Online

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WOLLOMBI. February 13th. 1845. Since my last communication the weather has continued of a variable character, alternate wet and warmth nearly occupying the whole interval. An unusual rapidity of vegetation has been the result, and the face of nature has assumed a consequent verdure and luxuriance seldom witnessed at this period. From the transitory and heavy nature of those rains, and the westerly direction from whence they have visited us, I should opine they were of a very local nature, and that their influence upon the maize crop is most productive. Since writing the foregoing our township has been visited by one of the severest storms of hail which it has been our lot to record, many of the stones exceeding six inches in circumference, and assuming every shape that the most prolific imagination could represent. During its continuance no ordinary intonations of the voice were audible within our dwellings, and in the pitiless pelting of the storm all animal creation exposed to its influence ran, heedless of its native instinct, through our streets. The maize crop is reported to have sustained serious injury by this unwelcome visitant, and its extent in a southerly direction appears to have reached the Hawkesbury. WOLLOMBI. February 16, 1849. THE WEATHER, &C. - The long-continued drought is the allengrossing subject of conversation in this quarter. Looking at the naked, parched appearance of the face of the country, it seems wonderful indeed how the cattle of the district manage to support existence. At present farming operations are in a great measure suspended; the maize crop, we fear, is lost beyond recovery ; and the transit of grain from hence to Maitland must shortly cease, unless favoured speedily by Providence with rain of which we have almost daily tantalizing appearances of an immediate and abundant supply, which end invariably in disappointment. From The Maitland Mercury, Supplied by Steve Sullivan Community news for Wollombi and surrounding districts Issue 319 - Our Own News - February 2010 WOLLOMBI TENNIS & CROQUET CLUB’S WHITE ELEPHANT STALL TUESDAY 26TH JANUARY CLEAN OUT YOUR CUPBOARDS – HAVE A LOOK IN YOUR SHED – ALL DONATIONS APPRECIATED Please no clothes For collection/Drop off details: Leave on the front verandah of clubhouse (opposite Sale Yards) or phone: Mary Levy 49988585, Jan 49988276, Pat 49988377 Thank you for your support FIRE PERMITS REQUIRED 1 September 2009 to 31 March 2010 Who do you call? Your local BFB Fire Permit Officer: Laguna Ian Galbraith 02 4998 8317 Wollombi Tony Hawkins 0438 492 133 Grahame Maclean 0402 424 242 Ian Bawden 0427 983 226 Millfield Des Kaminsky 4998 1723 Luke Crump 0417 067 007 Robert Baer 02 4998 1346 Bucketty Les Stewart 0400 113 247 David Finnie 02 4998 8191 If you are uncertain about which area you are in, or for other advice, call Cessnock Fire Control on 02 4991 1733 (ask for Ian Bell) to arrange an inspection and fire permit. WOLLOMBI EARTHWORKS PTY LTD Dozer, Grader, Backhoe, Tractor Call Scott and Nickie Ph/Fax 4998 3308 or 0414 722 292 ‘Lochnei’ Yango Creek Road, Wollombi NSW 2325 10
✄ Arts Council News - Welcome to 2010 GARRY JONES January Artist in Residence at the Wollombi Cultural Centre. Garry was the co-ordinator of the informative and very well attended seminar "Heritage of the Wollombi " in February 2009. which sought to explain and understand the significance of the 1000's of aboriginal art sites of the Wollombi. "This January residency at the Old Fireshed Gallery sees me continuing a series of experimental works begun in mid 2009. Abstract paintings on weathered board (wood with a history), and small scale studies on paper, concern themselves with highly generalised movement and landscape references via bands and planes, layers and rhythms, steps and passages, transitions and continuities. Mallarme once wrote of the metaphor being 'the germ cell of poetry', a sentiment close to my own heart and one I try to evoke in my own approach to the creative worlds of materials and surfaces, images and words. Feel free to call in for a chat whenever you see the front door open (Thursdays to Sundays) and, if you're around on Sat 23rd, Sun 24th or Australia Day, Tues 26th, join me for a glass of wine YOUR LOCAL FINANCE BROKER Richard Davies M Bus (UTS) JP Member Finance Brokers Association of Australia Member Australian Finance Group OON Subscription form Community news for Wollombi and surrounding districts Issue 319 - Our Own News - February 2010 I would like a 12 month subscription to OON via ❑ Email ($12) or ❑ Post ($35) Name Phone number Postal address P: 02 4998 8337 M: 0418 600 245 E: richard_w_davies@bigpond.com and see the culminating exhibition. On each of those days, I'll give a poetry reading, starting at 3pm, with selected poems of mine reflecting aspects of the visual works on display." Poetry Afternoon Sunday 28th Feb Calling all Poets and lovers of Poetry. Dust off those old poems or write a new one and share them with us at the Wollombi Cultural Centre around 3pm. WVAC will provide refreshments but if you have a nibbles speciality, it would be most welcome. It is also a good opportunity to renew your 2010 memberships (prior to the agm) to ensure you receive notification of all the exciting art/cultural events happening in 2010 at Wollombi's unique community owned and managed Cultural Centre. Wollombi Valley Arts Council AGM The Wollombi Valley Arts Council will hold its Annual General Meeting on Sunday March 7th 2010, at 2pm, at the Wollombi Cultural Centre. All positions will be declared vacant on the day however only financial members are entitled to vote or to be elected to a position on the committee. 2010 memberships are now due and the $10 membership fee can be paid prior or on the day. Please feel free to come and share a glass of wine. See you there! 2010 WCC Booking Enquiries. Please phone FiFi (49983339) or Bronnie (49988347) or drop a line to wvac@wollombi.org Visit www.wollombi.org Next WVAC Meeting Sunday 7th February 2010, at 2pm, at the WCC. Bronnie Aliotti Wollombi Valley Carpentry 02 4998 8419 / 0438 695 576 All carpentry work Alterations - Extensions - Renovations Residential - Rural - Commercial Owner builders welcome AD & DJ Boxall – Lic. No. 195761C Email address Post this form and a cheque payable to WVPA Inc./OON to OONSubscription c/o Wollombi General Store, NSW, 2325 or enclose this form and cash in an envelope and pop into the OON box at the Laguna or Wollombi General Stores. 11
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