LET’S look on the bright side of this week’s finals at Ultima.
We now have four sides in next week’s finals at Macorna.
B Grade netballers were right in it until the last quarter and only went down by a few points.
The seniors were going well until half-time and then Ultima used their home ground advantage to get up by 44 points.
After next week, we could have four teams in the grand final – A and B Grade netball, senior footballers and colts.
Let’s all make the trip to Macorna next week and cheer the Swans into the grand final. Everything seemed to run smoothly at Ultima this week.
Homemade hot dogs were a bit of a shock to some as they are used to saw dust wrapped in a red skin, but I went back for a second.
I only got as far as the hot dogs, soft drinks and the bar. Never had to wait long for any of it.
All clubs step up and put on a great final. Well done, Ultima, and bring it on, Macorna.
Anger building
THERE is a lot of anger building in our district about the powerlines that may come through here.
Affected farmers will be compensated for the line going through their place. Like all farmers, they just want to be left alone to get on with their business.
Powerlines – 70 metres high – and rice crops do not mix, with a 60m no-fly zone each side for ag planes to spray and fertilise the rice crops.
The shortest route is from Deniliquin, just downstream of Echuca to Kerang, but the powers that decide these things decided to take the long way around, through one of the most ecologically diverse and flood-prone areas in the district.
They may not have expected a fight by taking the long way around, but trust me, they are in for the fight of their lives.
David meets Goliath. But David always had something up his sleeve that Goliath never saw coming. There are “no-go zones” pinned on gates and fences all around the district.
Burn-offs
EVEN though I do not agree with this notification of winter burn-offs, our brigade is sick of getting called out for no reason. They have better things to do, like work and a social life.
The 24-hour notification before you burn is a pain, but that is the rule. I am sure if you tell the white shirts you are burning, and a match gets dropped a day early at this time of the year, it would not involve a call out from our dedicated volunteers.
We got a report of a grass fire today. We had no truck drivers available. But I bypassed the station and took my ute to check the alleged grass fire out to save time.
A farmer had dropped a match into his rice stubble to see if it would burn. Then went home for lunch as, yes, that will work, but unfortunately it kept burning up-wind.
It couldn’t go anywhere. We are surrounded by tens of thousands of acres of green grass.
Our town brigade has been busy with real calls as well as winter burn-offs. A rollover last week with the driver trapped was our call-out. That is always a scary one.
Do not know who it is or whether you know them or how bad it is, it was ok.
Out of the vehicle by the time we got there and only had to be patched up until the ambulance arrived.
There was a truck fire in town this week. Luckily, it was extinguished by the truck driver and a random passer-by who had fire extinguishers.
Our Moulamein Town Brigade meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 6pm.
We are a strong brigade at the moment, but new members are always welcome and you will be trained up for free.
More time to take photos
THE gallery girls have decided to have their 2023 photo competition on Friday, October 23 to give everyone a couple of more weeks to find the perfect photo.
Yellow is still the theme. Get clicking.
Being your best you
LADIES day is being held at the football complex on Tuesday, September 12.
Ladies are invited to attend this free day for fun, and to discover ways to improve your health, peace of mind, effectiveness and ability to cope around challenging situations and people.
There are plenty of other things involved in the day, but the last subject is how to eat chocolate.
This great event will go from 9am until 3.30pm.
Lunch and morning tea will be provided.
RSVP to Kate Johanson via email at kmjohanson@redcross.org.au or call 0437 873 537.
Please RSVP by September 8 as bookings are essential for catering numbers.
River levels
THE Edward River has continued to drop very slowly.
The rivers will all continue to drop unless there is a rain event up in the catchments.
The Edward at Moulamein is just over 2800 megalitres per day and about 2.4 metres.
The Murrumbidgee is still sitting on 39 per cent of what we own. Our system is different to the Murray. Our weirs are small and out catchments are big so they fill faster.
We have to use some of the water out of the weirs, then when they fill again, we get an increase.
As I said last year, I had around 56 per cent of my property under floodwater, but I still only had 56 per cent water allocation.
