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SHOP LOCALLY ............... SHOP TOCUMWAL
The Toc Flyer acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise
their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past,
present and emerging.
Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK The TOC FLYER
We are not sure know how anyone Editors: Gail Horan
else is feeling, but to us at the Flyer it Advertising manager: Gail Horan
is a bit like Groundhog Day, as again With assistance from:
we have just come out of another Melissa Miller & Lois Bird (layout)
snap lockdown by the Victorian Owen Peake & Lois Bird (images).
government.
The Covid-19 vaccine has now begun A huge thanks to the Langs at Toc Post
it’s roll out and with luck in a few Office for delivery of the Flyer!
months’ time many will have been
fully vaccinated. It is hoped that once Email: tocflyer@gmail.com
this is done, we may be able to travel Phone: 0409 805 778
without border closures and be one
step closer to international travel. Advertising rates
Here we are already into March and it (From December onwards):
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us. The year certainly flies by. Let’s 1/4 page $50 (62mmx94mm)
keep all our fingers and toes crossed 1/2 page $90 (128 x40 (or 62x190)mm)
that the Easter races proceed and Full page $170 (125mm x 190mm)
that our annual Anzac Day march can
proceed this year. It was extremely Deadlines:
disappointing the Mild to Wild Rod Advertising - 15th month prior to pub.
Run was cancelled. There are so Editorial - 20th month prior to pub.
many protocols that need to be met it Editorial images - off camera size
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organisers to run their events. Such a The Toc Flyer is a not for profit non
shame as so much hard work and political community publication edited
planning go into it. by volunteers and auspiced by the
So as 2021 moves along, let us hope Tocumwal Chamber of Commerce. The
we can look forward to a more normal editors reserve the right to not publish
year than the last. articles outside of our charter.
TOC FORESHORE MARKET DATES
April 4th
Booking hotline:
0428627538 (or see Facebook page)
The next Chamber Meeting will be
on the 9 March @ 5.30pm at the
TRADES AND SERVICES library.
Page 41 - 57 A digital copy of the Toc Flyer is
available on the Chamber website.
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Tocumwal Visitor Information Centre
The weather has been lovely for the month of February, and visitor
numbers have been not too bad considering that the Victorian Premier
again made a snap lockdown.
Many made a quick exodus from Victoria as Town Beach was extremely
busy and this was great for the town. Let us hope with the vaccine now
rolled out and being administered, confidence will return to those
wishing to travel, as this is still a barrier in consumer confidence.
Sadly, there are still many events that are being cancelled. The latest to
suffer was the Mild to Wild Rod Run set for Labour Day weekend. The
organisers were unable to conform with the social distancing protocols
and made the exceedingly difficult decision to cancel.
The Information Centre is always looking for volunteers, so if you have a
few hours a week, fortnight or month and
would like to volunteer please call in and see
us or give us a call.
Tocumwal Information Centre
86 Deniliquin Road, Tocumwal.
Phone: 0447 333 114
Email: tocumwalinfocentre@gmail.com
Or find us on Facebook.
CHURCH NEWS
This year the World Day of Prayer will be held in St Peters Catholic
Church Charlotte Street Tocumwal on the 5th of March at 2.30pm . The
theme is “Building on a strong foundation” and the country of interest is
Vanuatu and there will be a guest speaker and morning tea after the
event. All welcome.
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BERRIGAN SHIRE LIBRARY TOCUMWAL
The Free Movie afternoon at the Tocumwal Library is back
up and running. One movie will be shown weekly at
1:30pm on a Tuesday. A poster of each weeks film will be
placed up on the library window.
International Women’s Day 2021 - Choose to Challenge
Guest speaker Kathy Mexted, author of Australian Women Pilots:
Amazing True Stories of Women in the Air.
Monday 8th March,
12pm, Berrigan
Recreational Grounds
RSVP by 2nd March
Tickets available at
any Berrigan Shire
Library Branch for
$35 per person.
Always think twice before accepting a plastic bag, not only at the supermarket.
TAKE A RE- USEABLE BAG FOR ALL YOUR SHOPPING
It’s also time to say no to produce bags and look for alternatives.
#nomoreplasticbags #waronwaste #boomerangbags
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ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
Can you solve these Rebus puzzles? [Answers on page 58]
JOKES
Why did the mouse take a bath? Why shouldn't you play cards
To get squeaky clean. with jungle cats?
There's a lot of cheetahs!
Why couldn’t the pirate go to the
movies? Why do we never tell jokes about
It was rated ARGH. pizza?
They’re too cheesy
What do clouds wear under their
pants? What's red and smells like blue
Thunderwear paint?
Red paint.
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AUSTRALIAN CONFECTIONERS CONTINUED
This story is a follow on from the confectionary manufacturers in Australia,
specifically MacRobertson’s Steam Confectionery Works (as published in the
January Toc Flyer), sent in by Gary Mexted.
I read in last month’s Toc Flyer the many confectionary products, including the
“Freddo” produced by the MacRobertson’s Steam Confectionery Works. The
founder of this confectionery producer was also a “flyer” (in aviation that is).
Here’s the story.
The Robertson family were Scottish immigrants to Ballarat hoping for a new life
in the gold diggings. Their life didn’t develop how they had hoped, their dad
deserted the family in poverty, moved to Melbourne. One son, an enterprising
young fellow whose Christian name was MacPherson developed a
confectionary operation. He combined both Christian and Surnames for his
new company, MacRobertson. End of chapter 1.
Horrie Millar was a struggling pilot but won a contract from the West
Australian State Gov to run an aeroplane mail delivery service between Perth
and Daily River N.T. Now Mr Millar didn’t have the money to finance this
service but MacPherson Robertson did. Thus the MacRobertson Millar Airlines
was formed, commonly known as MMA. During the 60’s the airline was
purchased by Ansett.
Another story of interest was Horrie Millar fell in love with an attractive girl,
Mary, at Argyle Station in the Kimberleys. She was the daughter of pioneer
pastoralist Patrick Durack and became a well-known and loved Australian
author. One of six children, their daughter Robin was the darling of W.A and
wrote the book “Sugar Bird Lady”. She too was a pilot, plus a nurse and flew
outback W.A. administering some 37,000 polio vaccines commonly known as
Sabin (after it’s developer).
Many thanks to Gary for sending this in.
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walk out.”
- Walter Winchell
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FROM THE ARCHIVES - TOCUMWAL PUBLIC SCHOOL 9 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
JANUARY 26TH WRAP-UP Congratulations to our lucky ducks! 1st #84 Mary-Anne Menhennitt 2nd #396 Jamie Scott 3rd #1131 Lou Yates Special thank you to John and Zoe Stringer and Ben Gierveld for your superb boating and duck wrangling skills and Radar and Cheryl for the use of their pontoon. Also special thanks to Mark Ryan for your commentating, Nathan Haley for entertaining and TFNC for feeding the ones who braved the weather. Thank you to Ian and Liz Lang, Kevin McCumstie and Claire Wileman for your help in setting up, Kerry Davies for selling some ducks and Tocumwal Public School for the use of the megaphone. Thank you to Tocumwal Post Office, Tocumwal Visitor Information Centre, Terminus Hotel, Farmers Arms Hotel and Palms Hotel for helping to sell ducks, and Mark Buttsworth for collecting the hoard of ducks from Moama. Pete Harrison from Cadence Software was amazing to work with to get the ducks setup on our website - if you are in need of computer and website work Pete is your man. It really does take an army to make these kinds of events come to life. And help and time that people are able to contribute is so greatly appreciated. 10 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
Autumn in the Riverina is the best time to get into the garden. Your soil will still contain a fair bit of warmth from summer before the winter rain hits, so it’s a great time to get planting. And you’ll also enjoy doing some D.I.Y. without the summer heat. It should be safe now to trim back the burnt bits on your plants, remove the totally dead ones and dig over the gardens. Over the summer heat in many gardens the soil has hardened up and often the water just runs off instead of penetrating the soil. If you can open up the soil, add some compost and fertiliser and mulch well, the garden will burst ahead over March and April. Many of the summer vegies have produced and finished so these can be pulled out and composted and the garden made ready for your Autumn/Winter crops. Once you have prepared the garden you can plant citrus and olive trees. It is also time now for broccoli, cabbage, broad beans, cauliflower, celery, English spinach, silver beet, lettuce and peas. If you get planting now while the soil is still warm you'll be picking by winter. What colour will grow in your garden this Autumn? Once the vinca, marigold, petunias and impatiens have finished it will be time to turn the soil over, add compost, fertilize and mulch. Once that is done it's time to plant your autumn/ winter flowering annuals. There is an amazing colour range with pansies and violas so anything you might want you should be able to get. Alyssum looks lovely along pathways and in cracks in the path, plant some poppies, snapdragons, cornflowers and primulas. Carnations and dianthus have beautiful perfume and make wonderful picked flowers for vases. Don't forget to plant your sweetpea seeds, usually on St Pat's day (17th March) and when they finish flowering collect the seeds for the following year. Kalangadoo Cottage Nursery will have all the above seedlings available in punnets. The flower seedlings will be available in potted colour (4 for $10.00), seedling punnets and advanced seedling punnets for that instant effect. Kalangadoo Cottage Nursery will be receiving our new citrus from the end of February. Great time to plant in Autumn, Choose from Oranges (seedless Valencia and Washington Navel) Lemons (Meyer, Lisbon & Eureka), Mandarins (Imperial and Emperor), and Tahitian Limes. If you want some citrus trees give Carol a call at Kalangadoo Cottage Nursery on 0358833327 or email: kalangadoocottage@gmail.com and place an order. Have a look at our Facebook page for latest updates, photos and info. 11 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
EVERYBODY’S POCKET ENCYCLOPAEDIA - 1893
Living Celebrities
I think it’s safe to say that these individuals are no longer living, but it’s
interesting to see how many people we still recognise after almost 130
years.
- J.M. Barrie, these days most commonly known for writing Peter Pan.
- R.L. Stevenson, author of Treasure Island, and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
- Inventor Thomas Edison.
Those with a keen eye might recognise Samuel Langhorn Clemens as
well.
How many do you know? (Assuming you can read it!)
“True friendship is like sound health.
The value of it is seldom known until it is lost.”
- Charles Caleb Cotton
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FROM THE ARCHIVES - TOCUMWAL FOOTBALL CLUB 14 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
BOOMERANG BAGS A tourist in rural Ireland speaks to a
local from his car. "Excuse me, I
TOCUMWAL GROUP wonder if you can tell me the quickest
Lets get together again!! way to get to Donegal?"
On Sunday 21st March, 10am- Local Man: "Are you walking or
2pm, venue to be advised. driving?"
Please contact Kristine Tourist: "I'm driving"
0447139844 to register your Local Man: "That is the quickest way!"
interest.
Bring your lunch, but tea, coffee & A man walks into a library and says "I
cake provided. hope you don't have a book on reverse
Any new sewer’s are welcome, psychology"
and we have a couple of spare
If you get caught outside in the fog, are
machines available to use. you mystified?
The teacher of the earth science class
was lecturing on map reading. He
spent the class explaining about
latitude, longitude, degrees, and
minutes.' Towards the end of class, the
teacher asked his students, “So,
suppose I asked you to meet me for
lunch at 23 degrees, 4 minutes north
latitude and 45 degrees, 15 minutes
east longitude? What would happen?”'
After a long, nervous pause, one
student’s voice broke the confused
silence and volunteered, “Um, I guess
you’d be eating alone, sir.”
15 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021FLOWERS, FUNDRAISING AND GARDEN CLUB What a year last year, it was such an experience! Jenny Davidson & I asked for donations of pots, potting mix, cuttings & plants. We shopped for interesting & good quality winter flowering annuals. Then boom, COVID, stay at home! Apologies if you contacted me about a donation & we didn't get back to you. We were thrown into quite a spin, what to do with 100's of plants that need a new home? Planted, watered, liquid feeding, DH value added with boxes & flower stakes. What a dilemma! One by one through the help here of the Toc Flyer plants, hanging baskets, boxes etc were sold. Thankful also to be in NSW as we could have one visitor to our home! Hopefully they added some lovely winter colour of pansies, viola, primula & succulents etc to homes around Toc or made a lovely gift! Now we're jumping into the unknown again! Fingers crossed 2021 we'll be able to enjoy a cuppa, have raffles, lucky door prize & our well stocked plant stall? 2021 Combined Op-Shop Biggest Morning Tea. We were so overwhelmed by donations last year & again are looking for pots, potting mix, cuttings & plants! Please phone or text Julie Stava on 0408 648 494 to arrange a pick up time or to drop off of donations. THANKING in advance! Locals are already asking about past donated pots they have seen pics of on Facebook so I'll post a few of those & plants that were sold! Last year we achieved a donation of $700. Gardening is that you? I know it's what so defines me, plant lady! Are you interested in networking with others who share your passion. Have a particular interest, roses, camellias, crepe myrtles, agapanthus, flowering annuals, succulents, vegetables etc? Did you know there is a serious formal club in Finely? There are many Tocumwal gardeners who are members of the Finley Garden Lovers Club. Yes a regular monthly meeting, but amazing monthly select table challenges, 8 different categories plus 2 just that month only displays! 16 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
The club has monthly plant swap table & freebie table & always a cuppa & social time for members! Club demonstrations & sharing our particular interest add to opportunity to network. The club has visited open gardens, attends regional club events & fundraisers with excellent gardening speakers, plant trading tables. FGLC also traditionally has an amazing annual fundraising event. Fingers crossed as we work through COVID we return to more normal year. The club has a new venue of the Finley RS Club. Meets at 2pm on the first Monday of every month until December and Christmas event and holiday break. Everyone welcome, annual general meeting & regular monthly meeting resumed Monday 1st of March, membership only $5 with monthly raffle. Julie Stava. 17 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
McEwans Hardware
Established in 1852 to service the booming gold rush in Victoria the
company went on to become one of the longest established retailers in
Australia. ... The McEwans name finally left the Australian retail scene
with little fanfare when the last store was rebadged Bunnings in 1993.
In January 1993, the bankrupt McEwans hardware chain was purchased
from the receiver for $48 million, giving Bunnings a store in every
mainland state.
Bunnings Group, trading as Bunnings Warehouse, is an Australian
household hardware chain.[2] The chain has been owned by Wesfarmers
since 1994, and has stores in Australia and New Zealand.
Bunnings was founded in Perth, Western Australia in 1886, by two
brothers who had immigrated from England. Initially a limited company
focused on sawmilling, it became a public company in 1952 and
subsequently expanded into the retail sector, purchasing several
hardware stores. Bunnings began to expand into other states in the
1990s, and opened its first warehouse-style store in Melbourne in 1994.
The chain currently has 295 stores and over 30,000 employees.
Bunnings has a market share of around 50 percent in the
Australian Do-It-Yourself hardware market, with competing chains
including Home Timber & Hardware, Mitre 10 and various independent
retailers.
Bunnings runs community events outside or in its stores, including
sausage sizzles and do it yourself workshops.
The new Bunnings
Warehouse in Shepparton is
the 2nd largest store in
Victoria.
18 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021DID YOU KNOW? Did You Know? Antarctica is, on seals and penguins, Antarctica's average, the windiest place on most famous residents. earth. Did You Know? Many people are Did You Know? The Antarctic Ice surprised to discover there are no Sheet is the single biggest mass of hotels in Antarctica. It is possible to ice in the world and can sometimes stay on the continent, as hotel be up to four miles thick. alternatives include luxury lodges Did You Know? Antarctica holds to comfortable campsites. The most of the world's fresh water. average cost is around USD$10,000 Did You Know? It is a desert. per person. Did You Know? It used to be as Did You Know? The most warm as Melbourne. economical cruises to Antarctica Did You Know? The Antarctic start at just under USD$5000 per Peninsula is one of the most rapidly person for a 6 to 10 day voyage. warming areas on Earth. Did You Know? The most Did You Know? There is no dangerous animal is the leopard Antarctic time zone and every way seal, named for its spotted fur coat. is north! Famous for their fierce nature, Did You Know? Antarctica is the these animals are one of the only continent on Earth without a primary predators in Antarctica, native human population. Since no using their powerful jaws and long country owns Antarctica, no visa is teeth to hunt fish, squid, penguins, required to travel there. and even other seals. Did You Know? The largest land Did You Know? The coldest animal in Antarctica is a wingless place on Earth is a high ridge in midge, Belgica antarctica, which is Antarctica where temperatures can less than 1.3 cm long. All the other dip below -93.2°C. larger animals in Antarctica are Did You Know? There is a considered marine animals, waterfall in Antarctica that runs meaning that they feed and live red. largely in the ocean. This includes 19 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
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Thanks to our amazing community who supported us so well at our
recent street stall, we raised $1520. This money will support members of
our community undergoing cancer treatment.
Our members and supporters donated a fantastic array of goodies
including herbs, plants, sausage rolls, quiche etc and so many yummy
cakes and slices. Thanks to Rex and Michelle from Tattersalls Hotel for
the use of their commercial kitchen to make up the 15 kg of sausage
mince into yummy sausage rolls.
We greatly
appreciate
the support
of our
community.
TOCUMWAL COMMUNITY RACE CLUB
NSW racing have notified the club and an inspection by
SDRA stewards have given the Tocumwal Community Race
Club the go ahead for the Easter Saturday race meeting,
which will feature the $20,000 Tocumwal Cup. This is
sponsored by Chris and Kathy Garnet.
Members tickets are available at Rob Crow Real Estate.
22 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021Australia Wordsearch 23 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
This Month The Ides of March is the 74th day in the Roman calendar, corresponding to March 15th. It was marked by several religious observances and was notable for the Romans as a deadline for settling debts. In 44 BC, it became notorious as the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar which made the Ides of March a turning point in Roman history. The Romans did not number each day of a month from the first to the last day. Instead, they counted back from three fixed points of the month: the Nones (the 5th or 7th, nine days inclusive before the Ides), the Ides (the 13th for most months, but the 15th in March, May, July, and October), and the Kalends (1st of the following month). Originally the Ides were supposed to be determined by the full moon, reflecting the lunar origin of the Roman calendar. In the earliest calendar, the Ides of March would have been the first full moon of the new year. The Ides of each month were sacred to Jupiter, the Romans' supreme deity. The Flamen Dialis, Jupiter's high priest, led the "Ides sheep" in procession along the Via Sacra to the arx, where it was sacrificed. In modern times, the Ides of March is best known as the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. Caesar was stabbed to death at a meeting of the Senate. As many as 60 conspirators, led by Brutus and Cassius, were involved. According to Plutarch, a seer had warned that harm would come to Caesar no later than the Ides of March. On his way to the Theatre of Pompey, where he would be assassinated, Caesar passed the seer and joked, "The Ides of March are come", implying that the prophecy had not been fulfilled, to which the seer replied "Aye, Caesar; but not gone. Caesar's death was a closing event in the crisis of the Roman Republic, and triggered the civil war that would result in the rise to sole power of his adopted heir Octavian (later known as Augustus). Writing under Augustus, Ovid portrays the murder as a sacrilege, since Caesar was also the Pontifex Maximus of Rome and a priest of Vesta. On the fourth anniversary of Caesar's death in 40 BC, after achieving a victory at the siege of Perugia, Octavian executed 300 senators and equites who had fought against him under Lucius Antonius, the brother of Mark Antony. The executions were one of a series of actions taken by Octavian to avenge Caesar's death. Suetonius and the historian Cassius Dio characterised the slaughter as a religious sacrifice, noting that it occurred on the Ides of March at the new altar to the deified Julius. 24 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
ROUNDUP DAMAGE IN YOUR YARD
Roundup was introduced in the early 80’s and was well received by crop
farmers and gardeners world-wide, and remains so today. For farmers the great
advantage was minimum tillage which enhances soil conservation and for
gardeners easy weed control. The developers of the product advised this chemical
broke down, meaning dissipates, by contact with the clay content of the soil.
I was one of many who used it extensively in my yard because it was cheap,
(less than $200 for 20 litres) and effective. In my case I used it too frequently and
too strong, confident it would break down as advised. Well the advice we were
given was incorrect. Clay particles in the soil prevented the breakdown and it
remains. I am told that this too became evident by grape growers in Victoria and
indeed other users world-wide. I lost an attractive ornamental pear tree and it
showed in geraniums, violets, other flower plants and now it is becoming evident
in a second established ornamental pear tree. Remember it has not been used for
10 years.
The picture shows leaf curl which is the first symptom of damage. So if you
use roundup don’t use it too frequently or liberally. Sandy soil is not as prone to
this damage as clay soils.
There was a litigation case in America where a man suffering cancer
successfully sued the manufacture for his ailment and won more money than he
could have on a Powerball win. If it were carcinogenic every cropsprayer and
farmer in Australia and America would be struck down. Yet I don’t know a sole
suffering an ailment from this chemical.
1 photo of healthy leaves on the same tree as pictures below and 2 photos of
leaves showing roundup damage. Note the small and deformed leaves and the
leaves curled upwards.
25 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021FLORA QUIZ
1. What is the outermost part of a flower called?
2. Saffron, an expensive spice originated from Iran, is
derived from which flower?
3. Which flower can replace onions in cooking?
4. Banana plants are related to which flower?
5. The juices of which flower were used to make glue in the
past?
6. Magnolias were named after which French Botanist?
7. In the Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch poisoned which
flower?
8. Which flower changes colour from blue to pink according
to the amount of acid in the soil?
9. For which of the following flowers is "polyanthus" a
common name?
10. There is a pretty little flower that shares its name with a
musical instrument. Which is it?
11. This flower is available in several colours, and has one of
the sweetest scents around. It is usually grown in pots rather
than out in the garden. Its name is Greek, and it is the
namesake of a gay character out of Greek myth.
[ ANSWERS ON PAGE 58 ]
26 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021RANDOM QUIZ
1. Where is Bond Street?
2. Who portrayed Michael Corleone’s second wife in The
Godfather?
3. Who suffered facial injuries when his fighter plane was
shot down during the battle for Singapore?
4. What Somerset Maugham novel centres on a club-footed
failed artist?
5. What two features are longer on a hare than on a rabbit?
6. What sport did Belgian Eddie Merckx excel at?
7. What country contains South America’s highest and lowest
points?
8. What character did James Arness play in Gunsmoke?
9. What do the letters ASIO stand for?
10. What kind of horse was the squatter mounted on?
11. What colour are the bills of Australia’s black swans?
12. Which horse had to run farther to win the Melbourne Cup
– Peter Pan or Think Big?
[ANSWERS ON PAGE 58]
27 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021TOCUMWAL PUBLIC SCHOOL Tocumwal Public School Classes for 2021 Our homeroom class teachers for this year are: Kindergarten- Mrs Lostroh & Mrs Gillespie Year 1 –Miss Stormon Year 2–Ms Neal Year 3- Mrs Laker Year 4- Mrs Hatty Year 5- Mrs. Saraikin and Mrs Jones Year 6--Mr Haley RFF and Literacy /Numeracy support: Mrs Gowty, Mrs Gastin, Mrs Almond and Mrs Jones. SLSO- Christine Owen, Michelle Keleher, Andrew Lostroh Dan Ryan and Maryanne Ryan. SASS Office: Alison Brooks and Helen Barker School Swimming Scheme Students in Yr. 2 and all of our primary students have participated in the School Swimming Scheme. Murray Irrigation supports this great program by helping us subsidise buses etc. The program ran from Monday 1st Feb and concluded on Friday 12th Feb with the school swimming carnival. We have had wonderful support from parent helpers and local community members especially Geoff and Kerryn Edwards. Thank you to all. House Captain Badge Presentation On Friday 31st January, during our morning assembly at 9:30am, students were presented with their House Captains and Vice-Captains badges. Congratulations to these students: Wombat’s Captains: Lucy Watmore and Tannah Munson Vice Captains: Claudia Almond and Josh Herezo Eagle’s Captains: Monet Vinecombe and Chace Brunskill Vice-Captains: Adelaide Haley and Sean Lykissas Koala’s Captains: Adrienne Jones and Ty Davis-White Vice-Captains: Indy Bear and Lachie Booth School Swimming Carnival 2021 On Friday 12th February we held our annual school swimming carnival. Many thanks to the parents, staff and helpers who assisted on the day with the many jobs including time keeping. A big thanks to Mrs Hatty who was doing the sums and lead up work behind the scene. Your help was greatly appreciated. A special thank you also to the P&C team and their helpers for providing refreshments and yummy sausages. Another big thank you to Geoff and Kerryn Edwards for their help as stroke judges. Finally, to Anne and Lorrie for having the pool ready to go looking awesome as always. This year’s overall winning team was: Koalas Rosemary Reed Participation Shield: Koalas 28 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
Age Champions for 2021 are: Jnr Boy-James White, Jnr Girl-Emily Mansell, 11Yrs Boy-Ashton Desailly , 11Yrs Girl- Mia Owen, Snr Boys-Heath Mansell, Snr Girl-Molly-Mae Ruigrok. Congratulations to our swimming Champions and all students for your efforts during the carnival. During the carnival we had 3 individual school 25m records broken, Chace Brunskill, Chelsea McKenzie and Adelaide Haley with 1 each as well as 1 relay record broken by Koala in the Jnr Boys. A wonderful result for the swimmers and very entertaining for the onlookers throughout the day. Our parents /teacher/student relay was held with great support from our families and past students. We will be aiming to hand out ribbons for all students at the assembly on Friday 5 th March. District Swimming Carnival Friday, 26th March, we have 26 students who have qualified to represent Tocumwal Public School at the Finley Zone Swimming Carnival. Life Education Van Visit We have had a visit from “Healthy Harold” and the Life Education Van. Life Education has been empowering children and young people to make safer and healthier choices through education for 40 years. They are Australia's largest preventative health organisation, endeavouring to empower children to live a safe and healthy life through education. By placing preventive education at the core of their work, they instil in children the confidence to make safer and healthier choices now and in the future. Canberra Excursion for Years 5 and 6 Our Year 5’s and 6’s made an early start for their epic excursion to Canberra. The students had four full days with visits to many national attractions, including: Parliament House, Australian Institute of Sport, Australian War Memorial, CSIRO, Australian National Museum, the Telstra Tower and much more. They all had a wonderful time and shared many unforgettable experiences. Student Representative Council (SRC) Badge Presentation Elections will take place over the next couple of weeks for the classes 1-6. Our newly elected SRC for semester 1 will be inducted into their roles on Friday 5th March during assembly. We hope you can join us to congratulate them and wish them all the very best as they make their pledge. Good Luck Alex Alex Booth travelled to Deniliquin to trial for the second stage of the Riverina PSSA Boys Cricket Team. After performing well, Alex was selected to attend a further trial in Lavington with players attending from all over the Riverina. If he makes it through the next trials he will be selected into a training squad to train over winter before the final selection of the Riverina Team is made to play off in the NSW PSSA State Cricket Championships in later in the year. Good Luck Alex! Photos on page 32. 29 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
THE PAVILION The Tocumwal Pavilion was built by Samuel Hutson around the turn of the century as a community hall. He also built the Memorial Hall in Tocumwal. Silent movies were shown in the community hall and Murray Haynes grandmother Alice played the piano. As it was a community hall, there were dances and meetings also held there. During its lifetime there have been many changes and many faces and groups to use it. At times the building remained unoccupied, but below is a list of the many who passed through the doors: Tocumwal & District Brass Band, Police Boys Club run by Bluey Foster, Tom Baker and others, where boxing was extremely popular and successful. It then became the Tocumwal Scout Hall, Cuso Furniture Manufacturers’, Bluey Gilson’s Hardware, Kevin & Deirdre Clinton ran it for many years as a bakery and restaurant, then Bevan’s from Finley ran it until it was taken over by the current owners Les and Wendy. There have been changes to the interior and the exterior over the years, but the beautiful tiled floor inside is still the original, proving quality always lasts. Shirley Absolom has a recollection as mentioned by her in-laws Bill and Dot, that they had a room at the Pavilion in around 1946 while they waited for a railway cottage to become available. 30 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
Newspaper articles from
the Tocumwal Guardian
Riverina Echo and Finley
Free Press
31 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021TOCUMWAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
Swim Scheme
Alex Booth
Individual Age Champions
Winning House Captains
House Captains
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Tocumwal Rotary Op-Shop is forced to close its doors but
may Re Open at another Site
Tocumwal Rotary Op-shop closes its doors at the end of February 2021,
following a short notice from the landlord to vacate the premises by the end of
the month.
Kerry Davies, President went on to say “it was most disheartening as much
effort had been put into promoting the shop since the relocation and reopening
after the COVID close down. It is only now that the Club was beginning to reap
the rewards of the last few months as the public became aware of the new
location in Finley St”.
The Rotary Club Op-shop has been operating for many years now and served
the community with many second-hand goods at an affordable price. The Shop
also offered people who were transitioning back to work an opportunity to
volunteer, a service that had been taken up by a number over the last few
years. It also had become a bit of a weekly meeting place for some.
The shop over the years has generated hundreds of thousands of income that
has been put back into local projects. For example the WAAAF Creek Walk, The
Historic Air Museum, the New Foreshore building.
The Club has been offered a new site for a 12 month period. At the time of
writing this article, the Club has not discussed this option, but will be doing so
next week.
Part of the Club’s decision will be whether sufficient volunteers can be found to
assist in running the shop. Sally Ivone, Club Secretary said, “We are desperately
short of sufficient people to help run the shop, and whilst a lot of people have
expressed their sadness at its possible closure, not much in the way of offers of
assistance have been received. One half day a week or a fortnight is all that is
required.” She went on to say “It’s a lot of fun, you meet new people and you
are constantly bartering with people over the price, it’s really enjoyable. Please
help us keep the shop going for Tocumwal”.
Can everyone please hang on to their goods that may be suitable for the shop
for a week or two.
If you would like to assist the club by offering to volunteer, become a friend of
Rotary or join the Club, please make contact with the Club via phone to Kerry
Davies on 0428965146 or Sally Ivone on 0439721437 or email
kazdavies@westnet.com.au or respond over Facebook.
The Club would like to thank all those people who have donated to the shop
and purchased from the shop.
34 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021LIFE STORY BY THE LATE TRIXIE MOORE - PART 2 Quite a few of the men and the women married locals. Charlie Gannon married Mary Quirk, Horrie Greely married Ann Harford, Jack Gallagher to Molly Kelly, Mrs Jupp married Bill Minchen, and so it went on. The boarding house was no easy way for Mum to make a living. Her partner in the boarding house was a reasonably young, widowed lady with a little girl. She wanted to move to Melbourne to better herself, so it was too much for my Mother on her own. She still owned the little old house we grew up in, so we went back there once again. For a couple of years, I helped with the washing, ironing and cooking. My three brothers were sleeper cutters and camped out on the job. That meant they had to take food from home, which had to be prepared. I learnt to cook early in the piece. While the stove was raging hot for the irons, it was used for the cooking also (probably this was when it was about 112 degrees). In 1935 when I was 16, there must have been signs of war brewing. Factories in Melbourne were calling for girls to work in the munitions, so on the advice of a Melbourne friend, both my sister, Girlie, and I set out to do our bit. Two very raw country kids. We were lucky to have an Aunt down there to take us in hand, others did not find it so easy. We eventually lined up at the munitions factory to apply for jobs, scared out of our wits. I missed out on the job as I was too young, but Girlie got a start. She was 18 years old and stayed at the factory for many years., even after the war ended. This left me without a job, which I had to remedy quick smart, as my Aunt was not in a position to keep me. I could not get a job at the factory because of my age. So, guess what? I was back to the housework! I worked in a couple of homes, not a lot of money, then when I was 17, I tried a factory once again, not the munitions, but a corset factory of all places. I could not handle the power machines; they were not like the old treadle. So, I ended up putting bones in the old whale bone corsets. I was pretty slow at this, and as we were paid by piece work, I had to give that up. 35 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
Next job I had was at the old Brooks Lemons where they packed mixed peel, canned fruit etc. My real education started from there, I met every type imaginable. Up to this we lived in rooms, a house was out of our money range. It would be another story to describe the number of places we had lived in and the type of Landladies we encountered. Most of the homes did not have indoor toilets, although they were sewered, and very few had bathrooms inside – boy was it cold in the winter nights! This was still 1936. I do not think we went out very much at night, on Friday nights we would go to the pictures, being payday. Earlier we had room with a little old Irish lady, Mrs Bourke, who was very fond of dancing. I played the Mandolin in those days. I would accompany Mrs Bourke when she danced the Irish Jig. She was helped along by her little Scottish friend, Mrs Jennings, who also lifted her skirts for a dance. It sounds like tame entertainment compared to these days but we had enjoyable evenings in this fashion. I proceeded to live in this fashion until 1937 when I was asked by the Groutsch family on a property near Tocumwal, to come home to work for them. They were expecting a baby and finding it hard to get help (I could not get away from the housework!). I was closer to home. I was 18 years old by then and although I got on rather well with the family, it was very quiet after the noise of the city. For a long time, the bleat of the sheep had a mournful sound to me, especially when there was no other sound. Schooling in the country was a problem, as there were no school buses, and the children had to be taken in by car, which was sometimes shared by the neighbours, often this was made difficult by the muddy roads. I stayed on the property for a couple of years and was able to help my mother financially as my wages were three pounds ten shillings per week, considered very good for someone my age and the family were very good to me. On one of my days off I went into town, I called into a home where my Mother was still standing over a wash tub. All I could see were piles of dirty clothes, 2 big wash tubs and the perspiration running off my 36 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
Mother’s face. It was probably 115 degrees in the water bag! It was too
much for me, she finished that day, and I do not think she ever went to a
situation like that again. She may have done ironing at home, I just
forget, but I remember buying her a new petrol iron to save her heating
up the old flat irons.
About this time an Aunt, who had been looking after her 4 bachelor
brothers, got married, so my Mum was able to take her place and
thereby say goodbye to a life of washing other people’s clothes.
I must mention the dreadful dust storms we had to endure. I am certain
the young people now do not believe that such events ever happened.
The fences were completely covered over, the country was just like an
open plain way out in the desert. Although you completely closed the
house when you saw a dust storm coming, it would still get covered in
dust that had to be shovelled up (not swept) and carted out and every
floor had to be washed. No one had carpets in those days.
The house where I worked was very comfortable, in the centre of the
house was a very wide passageway with a high ceiling. It was the coolest
part of the house so on very hot, dusty days we lived in that one bit of
space. Early in the year 1939 on just such a day we were glad of that
comfort. Bush fires raged in Victoria. It was call “Black Friday”; the
temperature reached 119 degrees (49c) in Tocumwal. Many elderly
people and babies died.
To be continued.
“There is nothing more permanent than change.”
– Heraclitus.
37 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021FINLEY DEMENTIA ALLIANCE
The Finley Dementia Alliance would like to thank all shire residents that
have become Dementia friends, and to remind others we still are able to
do the face to face 20 min course with any group or business that are
interesting in becoming Dementia friendly,
The Program is available through the Dementia Australia web site or you
can contact Elizabeth at the Finley Dementia Alliance 0427 617 589 who
is able to organise for a dementia host to come and do the program with
you or your business.
We would like to make Berrigan shire the most dementia friendly shire in
Australia, even though we set out to make Finley dementia friendly,
already we have dementia friends in all our towns, and Community Cafes
for people living with dementia in Tocumwal and Finley and soon
Berrigan.
Finley dementia Alliance has received funding to bring dementia friendly
training to our schools, St Josephs in Finley is the first school to start,
with Finley High school looking at how the program could be
implemented into their school community programs.
What an exciting year we have planned, there will be three street stalls
to bring all sorts of items for sale plus information on dementia and how
we can work together to keep our residents living in their own homes in
the community for longer.
“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and
sudden change.”
– Mary Shelley
38 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021TOCUMWAL BOWLS NEWS
Barefoot bowls continues to be very popular with approximately 70 participants each
Monday night.
On the 2nd March we have a Mixed 4’s Single Entry event, which is filling up fast so get
your names down if you haven’t done
so.
The Ladies and Mens’ Triples
Championship has now been
completed. Ladies Winners were Leigh
Hansen, Helen Bowman and Trish
Small, Runners Up Glenice Pate,
Yvonne Searle and Donna Carter.
The Mens’ Winners were Ian Cameron,
Col Farrar and Steve Conrick (Filling in
for Bob Bowman), Runners Up Roy
Taylor, Peter Enever and Alan Quibell. L to R: Glenice, Donna, Yvonne, Trish, Leigh
and Helen.
We have hit a roadblock in Pennant
Midweek and Weekend due to the
Covid-19 outbreak in Victoria.
Hopefully we will be back on track
soon. Trade days are also on hold.
The B Grade Championship is due to
commence on March 1st, so get your
names down.
Condolences to Pam van Huizen and
family on the passing of her husband
Bert. He was instrumental in the
L to R: Col, Ian, Steve, Roy, Alan and Peter.
transfer of the Bowls Club from Adams
St. to the location at the Tocumwal Golf and Bowls Club. He also played a big part in the
maintenance and surrounds of the greens at both sites.
The Allan Seamer Medleys 4’s Tournament is on the 28th March, so entries in before it
fills up.
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TRADES AND SERVICES 41 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021
BAR OPEN 7 DAYS
11AM – LATE
BISTRO OPEN 7 DAYS
12.00-2.00 and 6.00-8.30
Pizza -Takeaway & Courtesy Bus Available
SOAPY JAYS TOCUMWAL
LAUNDROMAT
Open from 7:30am until
8:30pm Daily
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of men never change.” Contact 0409 805 778
or email tocflyer@gmail.com
– Confucius to discuss advertising options
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Bone Density Testing
Rescheduled: 1 March - 5 March
Call to book, confirm or reschedule your appointment
CONTACT RECEPTION ON 03 5874 2177
FOR AN APPOINTMENT OR FURTHER INFORMATION
45 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021We can supply you with:
· Builders Clean · Strip and seal vinyl floor
· Holiday apartments · NDIS registered provider
· Offices · TAC and Insurance cleaning
· Factories · Work Safe - PROVIDER #: H06732
· Private homes · Department of Education & Training DCA #1550
· Kindergartens · Ironing
· Vacate/Bond clean · Estimations and Quotation
SERVICING THE GOULBURN VALLEY AREA
TOCUMWAL AND SURROUNDING AREA
46 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS
Lots of great books for all ages to choose from
All children’s
books
30% off
For all of
March
Shop Local Shop in Tocumwal
Ian and Liz Lang Ph: 0358742161
HOURS: MON—SAT
9:00am—12:30pm
OPEN LATER DURING SUMMER
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SPACE?
Contact 0409 805 778
or email
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to discuss advertising
options
18 Pinnuck Street, Finley
48 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021GST MOWING AND
SLASHING
Specialising in large areas including
house blocks and vacant land.
General tidy up with tractor
slasher and industrial mower.
Whipper-snip of boundaries and
fences. Green waste removed.
Phone Geoff: 0408 575 479
ABN: 47 069 199 551
Fully insured
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COOL ROOM & CLUB ROOM HIRE
Contact
Greg Watmore
0408 881 772
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Portable Drivesirst
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51 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021TOCUMWAL
MARTIAL
ARTS
BJMA REGISTERED CLUB & INSTRUCTORS
Adults and Kidz Classes in Muay Thai, plus
Eskrima & Self Defence
Personal Training sessions also available
Whether you are looking to start your journey
to that “Black Belt” or wanting to learn self
defence or want to improve your fitness, we
are a Family friendly training environment for
male & female, young or old, fit or unfit.
Contact us to discuss what you are are looking
for in your training
Wednesday’s at the Tocumwal Lions Care
Centre, 5 Adams St Tocumwal
Head Instructor: Steven Tomlinson 3rd Degree
Call Steven on 0418 176679 for more
information.
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BOOTS ‘N’ US LINE DANCING
$10 • Town Hall
Wednesday 7.30pm
Sunday 2pm-4pm
Contact Margaret Murphy
0407 520 036
55 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021COMMUNITY CONTACTS
Emergency .................................000 Cricket Club Rod Meloury
Toc Hospital ...................5874 2166 ................................... 0427 863 989
Rao Medical Centre ........5874 2177 Flying Club Mark Fraser
Finley Vet .......................5858 8833 ........................................ 5874 3440
Ranger .......................0407 503 541 Gliding Club (Southern Riverina)
Berrigan Shire Council ...5888 5100 Ingo & Judy Renner ... 5874 3052 &
................................... 0427 141 241
EMERGENCY SERVICES Football & Netball Club
SES .....................................132 500 President: Dennis Sutton
Tocumwal Fire & Rescue .................................... 0417 433997
Ring 000 in emergency Secretary: Greg Watmore
Station Number...............5874 2406 ................................... 0408 881 772
Captain Ian Desailly .......5874 2369 Tocumwal Golf & Bowls Club
Tocumwal Rural Fire Services ................................... 03 5874 9111
Dean Kelleher ............0418 688 894 Toc Swimming Pool....... 5874 2504
Berrigan-Tocumwal Red Cross Anne Logie ................ 0428 128 363
Team Leader: Tennis Club
Josephine Cusack ......0428 427 415 Steve Naugton ................ 5874 3446
Dep. Leader: Tocumwal Race Committee
Maureen Smith ..........0428 587 426 President: Murray Haynes
Lyndall Home ............03 5885 2601 ................................... 0400 587 420
Marion Dickson .........03 5885 2384 Secretary: Brent Bonat ... 5874 3346
CHILDREN INTEREST GROUPS
Tocumwal Public School Cobram River Rockers Anne
Principal: Darren White ..5874 2128 ................................... 0478 225 598
Sacred Heart School Boots ‘n’ Us Line Dancing
Principal: Pat Boake .......5874 2371 Margaret Murphy ...... 0407 520 036
Tocumwal Pre-School Knitters & Knatters Toc Library
Director: Donna Boaden ................................... 0358 742 633
........................................5874 3241 Mild to Wild David Patterson
Toc Playgroup ................................... 0418 455 995
In Charge: Alice Stewart Parkinson Support Group (Cobram)
...................................0400 656 675 Cobram Community
SPORTS Health Centre ............ 03 5871 0900
Angling Club Len ......0427 743 570 Toc Girls Shed Anne Jones
56 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021COMMUNITY CONTACTS
.................................. 03 5874 3424 .................................. 0467 926 557
TocArts Sue Machin Tocumwal Memorial Hall
.................................. 0415 285 125 (New contact will be added soon)
Railway Heritage Museum Visitor Information Centre
Bernie Williams ........ 0427 231 588 .................................. 0447 333 114
Glennis Pohlner ........ 03 5874 2066
Tocumwal Historic Aerodrome SERVICE CLUBS
Museum Lions Club of Tocumwal
Bob Brown..................... 5874 2795 President: Sandra Williams
Toc Library .................... 5874 2633 .................................. 0458 788 031
Toc Mens Shed Col Jones Secretary: Gail Bourke
.................................. 0428 839 228 .................................. 0437 003 766
Toc Scribblers Mary Hart Rotary Club of Tocumwal
....................................... 5874 3534
President: Kerry Davies
.................................. 0428 965 146
OTHER Secretary: Angela Peris
Hospital Auxilliary .................................. 0400 719 093
Secretary: Kay Couch ... 58 743 833 Optimists Club
Public Officer: Liz Urquhart President: Cheryl Prideaux
.................................. 0358 743 124 .................................. 0408 991 481
Local Health Advisory Committee
Chair: Ruth Silvester TOCUMWAL CHURCH
.................................. 0438 841 400 SERVICE TIMES
Foreshore Committee St Peter’s Catholic Church
President: Ross Bodey Charlotte St Tocumwal
.................................. 0400 499 146 Saturday 5:30—6:30pm, Sunday
Toc Lions Community Hostel 8:30—9:30am
.................................. 0358 743 650 Anglican Church
Tocumwal Probus Club Finley St Tocumwal ........... Sunday
President: Sheila Kufner 8:30am
.................................. 0499 912 408 Uniting Church
Secretary: Elaine Ball Cnr Morris St & Deniliquin Rd
.................................. 0488 743 133 ............................... Sunday 9:00am
Tocumwal RSL Secretary Presbyterian Church
.................................. 0417 734 767 Barooga St Tocumwal ........ Sunday
CanAssist Tocumwal Branch 9:00am
57 Tocumwal Flyer March 2021Flora Quiz Answers (page 26) Random Quiz Answers (page 27)
1. Sepal 1. London
2. Crocus 2. Diane Keaton
3. Tulips 3. John Gorton
4. Bird of paradise 4. Of Human Bondage
5. Bluebell flower 5. Ears and legs
6. Pierre Magnol 6. Cycling
7. Poppy 7. Argentina
8. Hydrangea 8. Matt Dillon
9. Violet 9. Australian Security Intelligence
10. Harp flower Organisation
11. Narcissus 10. A thoroughbred
11. Red
Kid’s Page Rebus Puzzle 12. Peter Pan
answers (page 6)
1. Red in the face
2. Green Eggs and Ham
3. Backrub
4. All thumbs
5. Two left feet
6. Black sheep of the family
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