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Wilcannia offers a stunning display of beautiful heritage building, including the local hospital, (old) post office, council chambers, police station and courhouse, to name a few. Wilcannia wildlife is also rich and diverse, particularly the birdlife. On a technical note, this website has been designed for the benefit of visitors and tourists, in that it is "mobile ready" (except for browsers that aren't standards-compliant)
We're still in the process of furnishing the site with tourist-relevant details, such as walks and tours, historical information (a great deal to come), and other materials. Stay tuned. read more |
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Bourke selected as an essential NBN gatewayThe Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced that the north-west NSW town of Bourke will be one of ten towns across Australia that will have a satellite ground station. This ground station will act as an essential satellite gateway, helping deliver fast broadband to rural and remote communities across Australia The Bourke ground station will be operational in 2015 and contribute to providing between 15,000 and 20,000 Australians with broadband speeds of up to 12 megabits per second. “For too long, people living in rural and regional Australia have had to live with second class telecommunications infrastructure. Through the rollout of the Gillard Government’s National Broadband Network all Australians will have access to fast affordable broadband – either through fibre to the home, fixed wireless, or satellite services. “Like water and electricity, the Gillard Government sees fast broadband as an essential utility that should be made available to all Australians, no matter where they live. read more |
Water shepherding arrangementsNSW Water Commissioner, David Harriss, today invited comment on the proposed water shepherding arrangements for the Barwon-Darling river system and its tributaries. The proposed arrangements look at the feasibility of shepherding Commonwealth environmental water from the Barwon-Darling system and its tributaries, including those commencing in Queensland, through the Menindee Lakes to the River Murray system. After considering various options an ‘end-of-system’ accounting and dealing framework for water shepherding is proposed. These proposed arrangements ensure a ‘transparent rules’ based approach, utilising existing frameworks. Consistent with the MoU, one of the guiding principles in the development of the methodology is that there are no adverse impacts on third parties, such as irrigators.” “We now invite all interested parties to review and comment on the draft proposed water shepherding arrangements during the consultation period. Submissions close on 2 July, 2012.” read more |
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Horse dentist and firewoodHORSE DENTIST Will be in Wilcannia LATE JUNE Please let me know is you would like your horse’s teeth done. Ring Rose Mannion 08 80 919 457
----------------------------------------- FIREWOOD Cut and split, available in 3 1/2 weeks—June long weekend. Please phone to order or just catch up around town. Same price as always. Cash only $100 per load Cheers, Mick 0429 919 457 read more |
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2012 Elyne Mitchell Rural Women's Writing AwardThe 2012 Elyne Mitchell Rural Women’s Writing Award is offering prize money of $2000 across three categories for writing a story of up to 2500 words on the theme of ‘Leaping Into The Future’. Entries may be fiction or non-fiction, but must have a specific reference to an Australian rural experience. Categories for 2012 are:
All Shortlisted authors receive a bookpack from Harper Collins Publishers Australia Entries close 30 June 2012 read more |
RSD -- off to a flying start in 2012Wilcannia is about to get its own Men’s Shed with funding for the project having been provided by Wilcannia’s RSD office. RSD will fund the refurbishment and fitting out of a Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) owned shed situated at the rear of Wilcannia’s LALC office. When finished the shed will include a BBQ area for men and their families to enjoy as well as fitness, woodworking and general mechanical & maintenance equipment. Local RSD Coordinator Zoe Dobson (photo tba) explains ‘RSD prioritises the importance of supporting the sustainability of community owned assets and that is why we’re fixing up an Aboriginal community owned property instead of funding a new agency or privately controlled building. The shed will provide all local men with a welcoming space in which they can make furniture, hold meetings, work out and share stories over a cuppa. The shed will also provide a male space from which men’s services and programs can be run in private avoiding any shame about men getting health, family, legal and wellbeing support if they need it’. read more |
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Management of public land in NSWJohn Williams The Nationals Member for Murray-Darling welcomed the General Purpose Standing Committee No.5 inquiry into the management of public land in New South Wales during a Private Members Statement in Parliament yesterday. Mr Williams said the committee will investigate a decision that was made by the previous Labor Government relating to the conversion of State Forests into National Parks. 'The process that was followed by that Government did not recognise the number of people involved in the industry and much of the scientific evidence that was raised by the Natural Resources Commission was challenged by locals. 'The Australian Bureau of Statistics was accurate in its figure of the number of people engaged in the forestry industry – in its last census, 1,300 people had stated they earned their living from forestry. 'As a consequence of the State Forest being converted to a National Park, the fallout has been felt throughout the Riverina communities and many find it difficult to accept that the industry is not sustainable given that a number of reports have highlighted its sustainability,' Mr Williams said. read more |
2012 May RFDS ClinicsRFDS DOCTOR Wilcannia Wednesday 2nd: Dr. Fabian Schwart Friday 4th: Dr. Malcolm Moore Monday 7th: Dr. Fabian Schwart Wednesday 9th: Dr. Naomi Wall Friday 11th: Dr. Erik Jangen Monday 14th: Dr. Naomi Wall W’day 16th: Dr. Solange Costermans Friday 18th: Dr. Erik Jangen Monday 21st: Dr. Fabian Schwart Wednesday 23rd: Dr. John Russell Friday 25th: Dr. Fabian Schwart M’day 28th: Dr. Solange Costermans Wednesday 30th: Dr. Fabian Schwart
Monday 7th: Sanjaya Gamage Monday 14th: Sanjaya Gamage Monday 21st: Sanjaya Gamage Monday 28th: Lyn Mayne read more |
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