2 COLLIE RIVER VALLEY BULLETIN, JANUARY 26, 2023
AAAAAA What's on, When and Where Australia Day (today) Breakfast 7.30am free live music, face painting, crafts Pool party 10am-6.30pm, all free, all day, games, fun, ice cream. Picnic in Park, 5.30pm, giant games, bubbles, movie Muriel’s Wedding, 7.30pm Parkrun Parkrun at Soldiers’ Park every Saturday, 8am. Walk or run at your own pace. Fun and fitness is the focus. Collie Child and Parent Centre Playgroup Mondays at 9.00am (for parents and carers with children birth to 5 years old). MyTime support group (for parents and carers with children with additional needs) Tuesdays February 7 from 12.30pm. Baby Business (for parents and carers with children birth to 2 years) Fridays at 9.00am. For more information call 9734 3364 or drop in at 6 Cable Street Collie. Collie Art Gallery Open Thursdays to Mondays, 10am to 4pm, “The Visitors” exhibition. Coalfields Museum Open every day, 9am to 3pm. Children under 16 free when accompanied by an adult. Riff Raff dancing Every Monday from 7pm at Collie PCYC. Beginners welcome, no partner necessary. Supper provided. Cost is $5 per person. Signing centre Monday 10am to 12-noon; Thursday 2pm-3.30pm; Friday 10am to 12-noon at the courthouse. Op shops The Anglican Op Shop has reopened, Tuesday to Friday, from 9am to 3pm. Vinnies open Mondays to Fridays, 9am to 3pm. Jo’s Bazaar, Monday and Thursday, 9am to 12pm. Send it in This column offers free publication of events for not for profit clubs and organisations, or for items of social news. If you would like to have details of your events or organisation published in this column, send copy to nola.crvbulletin@ gmail.com or classies@crvbulletin.com. Deadline 5pm on Fridays.
OPEN: MLA Jodie Hanns, Environment minister Reece Whitby and former MLA Mick Murrary attended the opening of Lake Kepwari’s final stage.
Kepwari additions honour two TWO campgrounds named after prominent local figures are open at Lake Kepwari after their official opening yesterday. The new campgrounds are named after David Ugle and former Member for Collie-Preston Mick Murray. Environment minister Reece Whitby and Member for Collie-Preston MLA Jodie Hanns opened the new facilities, which complete the final stage of the $5.8 million Lake Kepwari transformation. The David Ugle campground consists of 32 campsites at the northern edge of the lake, bringing the total number of sites at Lake Kepwari to 53. Mr Ugle used to work at the mine site, and played a role in its rehabilitation. The Mick Murray Campground is on the eastern side of the precinct and acknowledges Mr Murray’s contribution and commitment to the Collie community. A new picnic area was also opened, along with improved pathway access, barbeque shelters and toilet facilities. Mrs Hanns said Lake Kepwari will continue to attract visitors to Collie. “I’m so proud to see Lake Kepwari transform into a popular water-based recreational hub,” she said.
“These new attractions will lure more visitors, boosting our local economy.” Mr Whitby said completion of the project was exciting. “These new and improved facilities will be a major drawcard for both locals and tourists,” he said. “It’s great to be able to recognise David Ugle and Mick Murray on their tireless work for the Collie community and the Lake Kepwari development. “We continue to invest to ensure Collie has a bright future by delivering new attractions and experiences to the region.” Lake Kepwari was a former open cut coal mine that has been transformed into a water-based recreation hub for boating, swimming, water-skiing and camping. Construction began in December 2019, and a boat ramp was opened a year later. The new facilities are part of the state government’s $24.5 million infrastructure investment in parks and forests in the Collie region. This includes a mega mural at Wellington Dam as well as the mountain bike, walk and drive trails through the Collie River Valley and Ferguson Valley. Lake Kepwari was visited by more than 51,000 visitors last year.
Virtual Legal Aid opening next week
A VIRTUAL legal aid office will be opened at the Collie Family Centre on Wednesday. It will be opened by attorney general John Quigley and Member for Collie-Preston Jodie Hanns.
The Legal Aid WA virtual office will use visual and audio technology to allow clients face-to-face legal advice appointments with a lawyer in a different location. Legal Aid WA is one of the largest providers of legal services in WA.
Death halts flight school
FUNDING of $100,000 from the Collie Futures Fund will be retained by the state government following the death of Collie Flight School proponent, Michael Hebbard. Mr Hebbard died in a plane crash in December last year, and was the key driver behind a private flight training school planned for the Collie airstrip. Collie Shire Council resolved in February last year to support, in principle, the establishment of the flight training school, and accepted a request for a ground lease for the project in November. A state government spokesperson said Mr Hebbard’s passing was tragic. “The funding had not been released as the project had not been finalised at the time of Michael’s passing,” she said. “The Collie Flight Training School was due to be awarded a small grant toward the establishment of a recreational flight training facility in Collie. “The government was saddened to hear of Michael Hebbard’s tragic passing and offers its deepest sympathy to his family and the wider Collie community.” Mr Hebbard had hoped to use the future fund grant to kick start a private flight training program and a new industry manufacturing electric aircraft. It was also proposed to conduct aerial surveillance work. Council was told that Collie was well located as a base from which to conduct fire and shark spotting, power and pipeline aerial inspections. Activating the airstrip would bring economic and social benefits to Collie, Mr Hebbard told the council. Mr Hebbard, the father of two, died in a light plane crash on the Nullarbor Plain near Caiguna. He was the only person on board the plane. Mr Hebbard’s widow, Kristen, has family in Collie, and his funeral was on Monday of last week.
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