Gallery news
FINALLY, some good local news that I can write about.
Even though our gallery girls cannot open up and serve you the best coffee and cake in the district, they are able to run workshops.
Together with the CWA, they are pleased to present their Sip n Splash workshop theme cactus on June 20 at 1.30pm.
This first get together will be held at the Moulamein Bowling Club to ensure that social distancing is maintained throughout the session.
The cost includes all materials, the theme is presented by Liz Kaylock.
Afternoon tea and a completed artwork is guaranteed on the day (maybe not if I was doing it).
The cost will be $65 per person. If you wanted to get out of isolation and get artistic, get in early as spaces are limited.
For more information, please ring 0437 192 648 or find them on Facebook.
I have not got a clue what a Sip n Splash workshop is, but if us blokes were running it, the sip would be drinking beer and the splash would be how to cast your fishing line.
The cactus theme would be tequila.
Maybe us fellas should get into these workshops.
What could possibly go wrong.
NSW to open
IT is good to see things opening up again.
Our state is starting to ease the restrictions, but I can only still encourage everyone to still take care and not undo all the good work that we have done in the last two months.
If things go pear shaped, we will be back into lockdown.
It could be even stricter than the last lockdown.
Remember, the Spanish flu 100 years ago killed 10 times more with the second wave.
Even as we are starting to get back out, people still want to give you a cuddle or shake your bloody hand.
These are things of the past and should be outlawed unless it is my grandkids.
That’s different, but people other than my grandkids, please keep your distance.
An elbow rub is as close as I am going to anyone and they would have to be special people.
This is a new world we live in and you touchers and cuddlers have got to start to control yourselves.
Whoever said that one man cannot change the world has never eaten a half-cooked bat.
What could possibly go wrong he thought?
Country looks a pitcher
AFTER a rough run of years, especially the last two, it is great to see our district looking so green.
All the stock are fat, crops are looking good.
We even got some water to use.
Cattle and sheep prices are up, grain prices are still pretty good.
Wool has come back a fair bit, but we can store that if we can afford to.
Let’s hope these good times continue to help our country get out of this hole that COVID-19 has put us into.
Moulamein Railway Station
A QUICK look through Alan Cantwell’s notes again for a bit of history.
Opening day was in March, 1926.
The station was constructed of red brick and had a tiled roof. It had a refreshment room with a cellar and a caretaker’s residence attached.
Next to the station master’s office were several levers which controlled the signals.
A parcel shed was nearby, the platform was always neat and tidy and featured a garden.
The locals were given the understanding that it was the best station in country NSW.
On opening day, the first passenger train arrived were treated to a short ride toward Balranald and back.
The arrival of the rail line was the boost that Moulamein needed.
In the first year, 1926-27, there were 488 trucks of sheep, 215 trucks of cattle and nine trucks of horses.
A special passenger train was even scheduled in the spring of 1926 for a very important sheep sale at the Mooloomoon yard not far from Moulamein.
Unfortunately, we lost a bit of history when our Moulamein station was demolished many years ago.
I have some interesting photos of these events that Allen sent me that probably could be viewed at the Moulamein Court House when it opens again.
River levels
THE Edward is still rising slowly at just over 2.2 metres and just above 2300 megalitres a day.
Fish have been quiet, but so have the fishermen because it has been a bit cold to go out.
Now that our state is going to open up, we may get some better fishing reports.
