Snowy River ECHO November 2018 Edition

JINDABYNE | BERRIDALE | SNOWY MOUNTAINS Edition MP14 November, 2018

It’s time to ride

This weekend the roads around the Snowy Mountains will be alive with thousands of motor cyclists participating in the annual Snowy Ride. The ride raises funds for the Steven Walter Foundation, which supports research into childhood cancer. For more information, see the article on page 5. Pictured, riders in the 2017 event enjoyed Snowy Mountains scenery.

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Elizabeth’s Wise Words - Hats Off To Working Parents I so admire working parents.

Most of us struggle to do one job, where working parent multi task all the time. It is so funny to watch the male species doing one job at a time. The cry goes up to please not talk as they are on the phone, hammering, or hopefully putting the bin out.

Meanwhile the female of the species is making tea, feeding the cat, helping with the homework, while ironing with the other hand, having just put a load of laundry on!

Working parents do not have

an easy life. I wonder if they look back, with great longing at a time, when pre children, they could come home from work and have a wee sleep? Was that ever a reality? Hard to think of such a time in the busy years that followed.

You only have to observe the mother bird with her endless feeding of the baby bird, and it’s endless squawking to realize what parenting is all about.

The working parent very quickly understands what power, ability, dedication and

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Hats off to working parents, even if all they want is a good nights sleep. The truth is, you will be lucky to have your children for 20 years. It is a very small proportion of the 90 years you can live.

This busy time does stop, and change, usually very dramatically, when the door slams and they are gone.

Suddenly you are just another working person.

No racing home to ferry children to sports, or music lessons.

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learn to stop. A year after the children’s departure, you still listen for the key in the door.

This is now a time to don cap and gown, walk on the stage to accept your degree in LIFE. Well done Mum and Dad, you passed the ‘Will I Ever Get Through It Exam’.

The joy in reaching this point is you can now sit back and watch your own fledglings start their Working Parent exams.

The most wonderful part comes into your life at this point, as you become Grandparents.

Having passed the Parenting exam you are already very

knowledgeable and highly skilled.

Just be prepared to know nothing in your children’s eyes.

Please remember that you did walk the path and put in the hard yards, so there can be no diminishing.

I take my hat off to working parents. It is the hardest stage in your life story, but by far the most rewarding.

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November (Tuesday) – Kalkite Street by school.

12.40pm to 1.45pm; Lower carpark Old Town centre. 2.30pm – 6pm; November 6 November 13 November 20 November 27 (Friday) – Lower carpark Old Town Centre.

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November 2 November 16 November 30 DALGETY (alternate Wednesdays) Hamilton Street by the school, 10.20am – 11.20am.

November 14 November 28 BERRIDALE (Every Wednesday) Oliver Street at the school 12.30pm – 2.15pm; Town centre 2.30pm – 3.30pm November 7 November 14 November 21 November 28 ADAMINABY (Alternate Fridays) Baker Street by playground. 10.30am – 11.30am; Cosgrove Street by school. 11.45am – 12.45pm.

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Chainsaws, machinery, industrial noise, rock and roll – you name it. Any or all of the above have taken an audible toll on many in my generation and like many, I have tinnitus. Up until a couple of months ago, I thought I was doing a pretty reasonable job of managing it. In fact I would reference the intensity of my tinnitus to how my general health was going at any given time ie if I had let myself get run down the level of my tinnitus would increase; decrease if I took some time to look after myself.

However after a particularly rugged few months my tinnitus had become both always present and loud, disturbingly. So when I walked past a test booth in the A.C.T. yesterday I thought I had better stop and have my hearing checked – again. Not good: I had lost some frequencies entirely. But the most disturbing fact that came up in my ensuing

conversation with Jodie, who was manning the booth, was that new studies had found a direct interaction between hearing loss and cognitive brain function.

Briefly, compensatory brain reorganisation (plasticity) would explain why age-related hearing loss is strongly correlated with dementia. Even in the early stages of hearing loss the brain begins to reorganise. The hearing areas of the brain become weaker. The areas of the brain that are necessary for higher level function compensate for the weaker areas leaving them unable to do their job - think.

There is good news and that is mechanical intervention ie hearing aids, cochlear implants etc have been shown to improve/increase cognitive ability over a period of months. Apparently 70% of us put off getting a hearing aid for as much as seven years after a diagnosis of hearing loss, labouring –

like me – under the general perception that hearing loss is a relatively unavoidable part of ageing. Not many would, I think, put off doing something about it though if it meant not losing our minds.

Thinking holistically, as well as mechanical intervention we should increase the minerals and their food sources that are critical elements for protecting the hearing we have: Potassium in potatoes, spinach, lima beans, tomatoes, raisins, bananas and apricots; folate/folinic acid in organic meats, spinach, broccoli and asparagus; magnesium in bananas, artichokes, spinach, broccoli and peanuts; zinc in beef, cashews, almonds, peanuts, beans, oysters and dark chocolate.

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A gracious helping hand from DPI Fisheries Gordon Wilson from Jindabyne Op Shop has praised Stephen Thurstan from DPI Fisheries and his volunteers over last weekend for assisting John Dahlan with his fishing adventure.

John is a wonderful asset to the Jindabyne Community having volunteered his time through Soul Food Community Kitchen and the Alpine Uniting Church Op Shop, he has been a great friend and partner to these organisations.

“He speaks about the experience with excitement and gratitude, the experience allowed him moments of freedom only fisher folk really understand,” said Gordon.

John got to enjoy the scenery at Gaden Hatchery while flicking his line trying to catch a fish and thanks to the graciousness of Stephen and the DPI Fisheries volunteers he was able to reel in a good catch.

Roundtooit is on again This year’s annual Roundtooit Woodturning Event, on November 9-11, has been assisted by the addition of extra power.

Recently, Paul Duncan from TLE electronics Jindabyne passed on the new portable three phase electrical box to Nutty of the Snowy River Woodturners Inc. This generous donation, will help greatly to allow the club to have the extra power supply needed for the increased attending woodturners and carvers participating at this years “Roundtooit” Woodturning Event, to be held at the Jindabyne Sport & Recreational Camp and at other future public events.

Alpine Fire Safety Jindabyne also came on board wiring up the box for total safety, Nutty and the club members would like to take the opportunity to say thankyou to them both for their kind support in helping them, towards running another successful event this year.

Anyone wishing to see the turners and carvers from

all over Australia in action, or chat to them about their talents and skills at the event, are more than welcome to come along on the Sunday morning of November 11 from 9am – noon.

They can even join in on the

silent auction, where all the creative pieces made over the event will be up for grabs, may be for that special Christmas present.

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Locals contest NSW business awards finals Three local businesses will contest the NSW State Business Awards at a ceremony at Luna Park, Sydney, on November 23.

TRC Tourism, Lake Crackenback Resort and Spa and the Eucumbene Trout Farm will join the Cooma Chamber of Commerce in the finals.

Eucumbene Trout Farm will contest the “Excellence in Small Business” category, TRC Tourism the “Excellence in Export” category and Lake Crackenback Resort and Spa will contest the “Excellence in

Business” category.

Cooma Chamber will contest the final of the “Local Chamber of Commerce” category.

Business profiles:

TRC is a leading international recreation, tourism and planning consulting firm, specialising in recreational trails projects for mountain biking, walking, running, horse riding and aquatic trails; tourism planning, destination management and development; product and experience

development and feasibility studies; indigenous tourism, planning and business support; and accommodation sector analysis. TRC is renowned for our significant experience, outof-the-box thinking, and passion for the tourism and recreation sector. TRC offer a professional, holistic approach with innovative, creative thinking to provide integrated solutions tailored to our clients’ needs.

Eucumbene Trout Farm offers a unique family fun trout fishing activity. Whether a beginner or experienced fisherman the opportunity to hook and cook (with onsite BBQ’s) and then feast on your own very fresh trout while enjoying a visit to the Snowy Mountains, this is an activity is offered year round. If desired we will prepare the fish for guests to take home too.

We can supply netted fresh trout for guests that prefer not to fish - “its as fresh as it gets”. As the largest single

destination for trout fishing in NSW we have sought to increase our offerings to visitors - with award winning Smoked Trout, farm tours, licensed cafe, awesome alpaca burgers and premium accommodation in our Lakeview Cottage.

Located on the border of the Kosciuszko National Park, Lake Crackenback Resort & Spa is a natural playground nestled in the Thredbo Valley surrounded by the spectacular Snowy Mountains.

Just 15 minutes from Thredbo and Perisher Resorts (Perisher Ski Resort is accessed via the resorts 150 metre private driveway to the ski tube operating during winter only).

Its unique setting and many complimentary activities appeal to both couples and families to relax and absorb the scenery or experience the many mountain activities on resort and in the local area.

Lake Crackenback is a perfect base to explore the region from

sightseeing, local attractions, snowsports in winter and the many summer activities including Segway eco tours, walking, mountain biking, canoeing, archery or fishing.

The Spa & Wellness Centre at Lake Crackenback is an alpine spa sanctuary designed to rejuvenate your senses and relax you from the stresses of everyday life.

Enjoy some quality time to yourself with one of our signature spa packages.

Experience treatments and products with a human touch, restoring balance to the body, mind and spirit.

Our custom built spa has five treatment rooms each with contemporary furnishings, organic cotton sheets, soft bamboo robes and stunning mountain views. Our deluxe treatment room contains a luxurious infinity edge bath, the perfect way to wind down after a full day skiing or bush walking.

Computer Topics When your technology fails…

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Karen and Peter from Eucumbene Trout Farm.

As my regular readers know I can be described as technically tragic, that is I get excited by the new tech. Now my good lady wife on the other hand, not so much. Where I like to have a new shiny laptop she has been content with the same one for the last four years, but earlier in the month it just stopped working.

Because my wife has me as a husband, and I am a bit a bit obsessive about backup, all the important documents are backed up to the cloud via Windows OneDrive and in addition, a local copy kept on a hard disk that she connects to her computer once every week or so. This made the recovering of all her information simple.

It wasn’t hard to set up a new laptop and to restore her information and photos from her backups, but what would have happened if there was no backup?

A close friend of the family called me and said he had a problem with a cracked screen on the phone and would I have a look at it. Now I know that a cracked screen is not a serious problem and most often it’s an easy repair job, however, when I saw the phone, it wasn’t your normal cracked screen.

The phone had been left on the roof

of this car. When he drove off, it fell off and he drove over it. You can imagine just what that looked like! Naturally as a tradie his business lived and died through his mobile phone. With a quick trip to the post office to buy a prepaid phone, we could get him going straight away.

Lucky for him we had set his phone to automatically back up.

All we had to do was place his sim card into the new phone and restore all his stuff from the Cloud.

Are you seeing the trend here? If you have backups a dead computer or phone is an inconvenience. Without backup, it is a disaster.

Time and again I see computers and phones with data that is not backed up. Remember if you have anything you really want to keep, such as photos, documents, or even music, it must be backed up! If you haven’t got a backup you are one mistake away from losing it forever. You need to think about that for a minute. If you’ve got important stuff you haven’t backed up, do it now!

If you are not sure how best to backup your important stuff, contact the Computer Bloke on 0412 255 247 and I’ll be happy to help you.

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Snowy Ride 2018 The annual Honda Snowy Ride is happening on Saturday November 3, and the Snowy Monaro community is preparing to welcome more than 2000 motorcyclists to the region.

Now in its 18th year and hosted by the Steven Walter Children’s Cancer Foundation, the Snowy Ride has raised more than $7 million for childhood cancer research since it began in 2001.

The Steven Walter Children’s Cancer Foundation was created by the friends and family of Steven Walter, who died of cancer at age 19 after a heroic eightyear fight. Steven was passionate about many things in life; family, friends, motorbikes and raising money to cure childhood cancer, “So that one day, no other kid will have to go through what I’ve been through”.

Last year, 2094 riders and pillions took part in the Snowy Ride contributing to the total fundraising figure of more than

$200,000.

“More than 100 people volunteer their time to help make the Snowy Ride happen each year, with things like set up, checkpoints, merchandise, raffle tickets and more,” Sue Walter, Chief Executive Officer of Steven Walter Children’s Cancer Foundation said.

“We had entries all the way from Hong Kong and Germany, as well as all states of Australia – even WA and NT!” Last year, five families with a child going through cancer treatment participated in the Snowy Hydro Family Program, which gave them a muchneeded opportunity to reconnect as a family and enjoy time away from hospital and cancer treatment. Over the past 18 years, more than 100 families have participated in the Snowy Hydro Family Program.

“We know that almost 1000 children are newly diagnosed with cancer each

year in Australia and that for every 10 children diagnosed with cancer, three do not survive. It’s statistics like these that keep driving us to raise as much money as we can to support research into a cure,” Sue said.

This year, a regular long time Snowy Ride supporter, who is also a member of Honda CBX-6 Owners Club of Australia, has arranged to hold a Show ‘n Shine display at the Dalgety check point from 9am to 12 noon. Make sure you include a visit to the Dalgety check-point to see the display of the iconic Honda CBX-6.

The mass ride from Bullocks Flat to Thredbo is a Snowy Ride tradition.

Anyone can participate in the mass ride and there is no charge, with hundreds of bikes taking part. On Saturday 3 November, riders are requested to be at Bullocks Flat by no later than 3pm for a 3:30pm departure to undertake the 16km escorted ride to Thredbo. To

make it even more fun we’re asking you to dress up for the mass ride. Have a think about what you could come as, but remember you need to be wearing full riding gear as well as your costume.

Riders in costume will be positioned at the front of the mass ride.

On the day registration times and locations:

Thredbo:

Times: Friday from 9.00am – 6.00pm and Saturday from 8.00am – 2.00pm Location: In the merchandise store under the pub veranda, off Friday Drive

Cooma:

Times: Friday between 10am – 5pm.

Saturday between 8am – 2pm Location: Next to the Cooma Visitor Centre in Centennial Park

Jindabyne:

Time: Saturday only between 8am – 2pm Location: Snowy Region Visitor Centre

Dance students succeed in exams Dance students from Snowy Mountains Performing Arts Academy (SMPAA) recently completed their exams in ballet, jazz, tap and musical theatre.

Students from both Cooma and Jindabyne took part in the exams, with 87 percent receiving a distinction and 19 percent received 100 percent.

In the performance component of the exams, students performed solo, trio and

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group routines. Examiner, Mrs Elizabeth Derby, the head of the British Ballet Organisation in Australasia, awarded every SMPAA student with gold awards for their performances.

SMPAA students performed at the Kids Artistic Revue competition in Canberra on October 19 to 21.

They performed 19 acts and received three Elite Top Firsts, 10 Top First Places

Renae Griffis, Chloe Bottom and Tionie Fitzgerald.

and six First Place Awards.

Leah McGowan and Gracie Anderson received an Elite Top First for their duet and finished first overall in the Adult Duet/Trio category.

Gracie Anderson also received two Top First Place awards for her solo performances and finished 14th overall in 12-14 years category.

Ella Barker also finished in 14th place

Evie Griffin, Tahlia Jamieson, Michala Kerr and Abbey Taylor.

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overall in 9-11 years category.

Mason Holster was awarded the 2018 Mr Petite title and Gracie Anderson was runner up for Miss Teen.

The SMPAA junior group received a special judges award for ‘beautiful connection’ in their first competition performance and the seniors received a special judges award, ‘straight from Broadway’.

Molly Cavallaro, Molly Russell and Sophia Shea.

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IF WALLS COULD TALK We all grew up with the saying “If walls could talk ‌â€? – how true could this statement be. Imagine the history we could learn world wide IF walls could talk. There’d be little purpose for research, it would be there before our eyes ‌ BUT, would we believe it!

Mountain huts would have albums of historic memoirs, rhetoric, blasphemies, swearing, joy, laughter, and so on. They can’t so we must simply surmise.

I wasn’t there, nor am I a member of any mountain attachment/family, so, I must surmise and listen to yarns I’m told – true or false, I find them great!

To be put straight is a bonus when I’m corrected.

‌ What stories we must ask.

How about sitting around the fire with a beer telling of the days’ events [Geehi]?

What about discussing the “Biggest Fish in Eucumbeneâ€? [that got away no doubt] ‌ as the fire dimmed the fish grew bigger?

Then there’s that precious nugget, or glistening gold dust – how much does it weigh? And the flattened, rusty drum hut [Four Mile].

told us a good one. How times have changed.

What about returning to digs after a day drilling in the mountain’s soul, covered in dust and soot, dreaming of showers and clean clothes ‌ maybe even a home cooked meal and a loved one elsewhere in the world.

anything that’s available for the learning.

We’ve recently been looking into Environmental Zones in the mountains. To understand some of what the mountains have to offer is to begin to understand the how and why of its multiplicity of usages.

To recognise the lay of the land, the rocks, the vegetation, water courses and fluvial activity is to bring balance into where huts were located, and for what purposes. It also reflects on how the huts were established and the effort that went into building so many without the use of roads or transport, only the faithful old horse.

Or the tales of ‘ol’ so and so who aint with us no longer’.

There were tragedies and happy times – it’s all a part of life. Yes, what more could the huts tell us [Seamans]?

Talk of the drove that took weeks to reach the plateau and grasses and how those steers misbehaved.

Most of us don’t have the privilege of knowing even a droplet of what huts would tell.

That is why, to me huts are fascinating and worth the effort of saving, restoring, and recording

Huts such as Tin and Mawsons still have no road access ‌ cattle tracks maybe, but so many creeks and river valleys to traverse. Quite a creditable exercise. Today repairs and transport is by helicopter – a very expensive exercise now.

How many pack horses would be needed to transport mining equipment and supplies. How many trucks would take weeks to get into the heartland of the Cabramurra and Tumut River Valley areas. What loss of life and forbidding weather conditions were encountered along the way.

These are some of the feats of recent movement through the mountains that we know and love.

They were the people who established huts, dwellings, yards, mines, and the hydro. Walk the mountains and you’ll be sure to find evidence of all of these. Look for

Now, ‘we were here last year’ narratives with so and so and he

the ruins, they’re there [Collins & Foremans].

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Jindy pool now open five days Nuggets Crossing Shopping Centre was opened 30 years ago. One of the outstanding features then and still today is the 25 metre indoor, heated swimming pool.

It is a rare privilege for a small Australian country town to have the luxury of this type of facility and it was even rarer occurrence back then.

The indoor pool is owned and operated

by Snowy Monaro Regional Council and staff are employed to supervise and maintain the facility. It offers year-round open hours ranging from five days a week to seven days a week in winter and major school holidays.

During winter it is especially popular with the large winter population influx of skiers and workers looking to refresh and limber up after long, cold days in the mountains. Council has just announced that for the first time, the pool will open Monday through Saturday for the summer months and not close on Mondays as it usually does. This is a great win for the families and health conscious sportsmen in town. Entry fees are by the visit

or can be bought in bundles or for a longer period of unlimited entry. Just ask Leonie or Renae at the pool office.

Snowy Monaro Regional Council applied for a Strong Country Community Funding grant earlier this year and are waiting with fingers crossed to see if they are successful.

This should be known very soon. These funds will be used to upgrade the general facilities at the pool to make it even more user friendly.

The pool is open each day from 11am to 6.30pm and has a range of great services on offer. The local schools are very regular users during the summer terms with intensive learn to swim programs and school sports sessions. It is imperative in this great wide country of ours surrounded by oceans and with an abundance of rivers and lakes that all children learn to swim competently.

Swimming is one of the only sports that can be done for competition and also participated in for a lifetime of health benefit.

It is a sport that complements most other sports and is excellent as a crossover fitness program and rehabilitation for most injuries.

The elderly gain excellent benefits from swimming as it is low stress on joints and the water buoyancy helps relieve aches and pains exacerbated by gravity.

Learn to swim is on offer at the pool from a couple of professional swim teachers and the very young, school age and older folk can be helped to learn to swim and also improve

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their stroke for enhanced benefits.

The Jindabyne Swimming Club trains and competes throughout the summer months and has had a very strong past season. There has been a ripple of excitement and increased enthusiasm since Olympic Swimmer and now Swim Coach, Graham Windeatt started coaching at the pool around 18 months ago.

Graham is a swim technique wiz and having represented Australia on multiple

occasions in all strokes has a passion for getting swimmers to get the most benefit out of “doing it right”. One of his favourite sayings is “perfect practice, makes perfect”.

So, if you are looking for something to get into or a change to your exercise patterns give swimming a try at Jindabyne indoor Swimming Pool. You may just find you have a new favourite pastime that makes for a healthier and happier you.

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THERE ARE FUNGI AT THE BOTTOM OF MY GARDEN

by DR BILL CROZIER

WITH LEE TAYLOR-FRIEND On Friday 19th October I attended Carers Wellbeing Day at the Cooma Ex-Services Club.

It was a lovely gathering of those committed to the wellbeing of Carers and Carers who were able to come along and take some much needed ‘time out’ from their caring roles.

These caring roles can be as diverse as caring for a family member or friend with a disability, dementia, physical and/or mental health issues, frail/aged and everything in between.

There was gentle seated yoga, breathing and meditation sessions with Sue McPhie, displays of beautiful art and craft by Made on the Monaro and a plethora of information

for Carers on support services, providers and community connections.

I provided seated massage sessions as well as facilitating the Carers Poem Writing Session.

It was a great opportunity for Carers to connect with care providers and with each other.

Many thanks to Linda from Carers ACT and Tracy from Ability Links for making this event happen – I hope to see many more of them in the future!!

Many thanks also to Tracy Clifton – for the photo and your support.

It was an honour to be part of such a lovely day…

Here is the group poem and photo from Carers Wellbeing Day 2018.

Take Care and enjoy…Lee…xx

31. LICHENS Fungi are non-vascular plants (ie. they don’t have vascular systems like normal plants).

Lichens, mosses, and algae are also nonvascular plants. The reason why I have included Lichens in these articles is that they are a symbiotic relationship between two other nonvascular plants: Fungi and Algae. Basically, each one grows alongside the other and both the fungi and the algae benefit from this symbiotic relationship. Also,

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because the Monaro must be the “lichen capital of the world”, there are so many examples of lichens growing on trees, rocks or soil in our region.

There are various types of Lichens, but the main classification involves their morphology when they grow. (i) Crustose Lichens grow flat and spreading on timber, rocks and even soil. (ii) Fruticose Lichens grow “hairy” and on tree branches, wooden structures, or on rocks. Both types of Lichen can grow on the same area

Cup lichen, Cladonia species, growing on dead Snow Gum wood.

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simultaneously. I have even found Lichens growing on metal structures.

Another unusual variation I have found growing in the Monaro and Snowy regions are “cup lichens”, where the fungal part of the lichen shoots up a long stalk with a “cupshaped” fruiting structure.

Edible/non-edible?

Generally, because of their texture, most lichens would be considered not edible, although Reindeer, seeking food in Finnish winters, have been seen grazing on cup lichens.

Crustose lichen, Xanthoparmelia species, growing on dead branch.

Challenging.

Inspiring.

Rewarding.

Exhausting.

But with…

Love, laughter.

There is life after.

Not like before.

But it will open the door to…

Fruticose lichen, commonly called “Old Man’s Whiskers”, growing on dead branches.

Crustose lichens, growing on sandstone rock.

Tolerance.

Patience.

Understanding.

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Fruticose lichen, Usnea species, growing on dead branch.

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Teamwork is Rachel’s key to success When Rachel McMahon started McMahon’s Earthmoving & Tree Services with her husband Richard in 2006, they had each other, a truck and a backhoe.

Fast-forward 12 years and McMahon’s is a regionwide business with over 35 employees and 100 items of equipment.

“When I first started, I was out in the field with Rich doing saw milling, firewood and construction jobs,” Rachel said.

“Now I never get out of the office!”

With three children and now a second business to manage, Rachel and Richard show no signs of slowing down.

“I believe we’ll just keep growing,” she said.

They purchased Jindabyne Sand & Gravel two and a half years ago, after previous owner Warwick McCabe decided to sell.

“We’d been wanting to buy it for quite a while,” Rachel said.

“Warwick sold it to us because he believed we’d make a go of it.”

Rachel said the key to success in business is team work.

“It’s the way Rich and I work

together and the drive both of us have,” she said.

“We’re a family orientated business.”

Rachel’s mother Alice Schouten has become a big part of the business and together, they keep the paperwork and accounts in check.

“Mum is a retired accountant and started out doing one day a week with me,” Rachel said.

“Now she does six! Richard’s parents also play a big part with grandparent duties to help us out with the kids with the long hours we work.”

McMahon’s has expanded to provide a range of domestic, commercial and industrial earthmoving services, as well as tree removal and demolition services. They cover the entire Snowy Monaro region and beyond.

Rachel said the business would not be a success without their dedicated employees and customers.

“If it wasn’t for our personnel and customers, we wouldn’t be where we are now,” she said.

“Our employees and their families are a big part of it and

we couldn’t do it without them.”

Being able to adapt to new situations is an important skill, and a big part of Rachel’s role in the business.

“I’m usually happy to go with the flow, Rich works out

what he wants and I make it happen!”

She said owning a business can be a struggle, but it’s worth the time and energy when they see the finished product.

“We’ve got a great workplace,

people who are happy coming to work and customers who keep coming back.

“If I could do it all again, I wouldn’t change a thing.”

Pictured: Alice Schouten and Rachel McMahon.

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L’Étape Friday November 30 to Saturday December 1 The countdown is on to L’Étape Australia, with just under one month to go before thousands of riders embark on the biggest Tour de France event staged outside France.

It is the most prestigious and challenging road cycling race in Australia which winds its way through the Snowy Mountains region.

This year, Australian national champion (2012 and 2016) Amanda Spratt and cobbled classics specialist Mathew Hayman will ride the event.

Tour de France commentator Matt Keenan will host a clinic on Friday with these cyclists, as well as call the riders across the finish line.

Matt Keenan is one of the most recognisable voices in cycling and regularly forms part of the international commentary team at the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana, broadcast around the world from Europe, USA, Africa, New Zealand and on SBS in Australia.

Matt said L’Étape is a bucket list event because of its sheer difficulty.

“L’Étape is hard. Whether it’s the Race of 170km or the Ride’s 108km, it’s a tough day on the bike, which is what makes it so rewarding,” he said.

“It also captures some of the more glamorous parts of Tour de France experience.

The locals get into the Tour spirit and you get to ride through beautiful little towns painted yellow (Jindabyne), green (Berridale) and polka dot (Dalgety). Plus, you get fully closed roads and police motorbikes rolling by ensuring there’s no traffic. The roads are yours.

“To paraphrase the muchused sporting cliché, ‘The pain of L’Étape is temporary, the story telling will last a lifetime’.”

Despite changing the routes slightly this year, it is still as challenging as ever and thousands are again expected to enter in the event.

The route begins in Jindabyne, winding its way with undulating hills through Rocky Plains before reaching the first food zone in Berridale.

From there the route goes to Dalgety before Col de Beloka, known locally as The Wall. The Ride (108km) finishes back in Jindabyne, while the Race (170km) pushes up Col de Kosciuszko before coming back to Jindabyne where everyone will celebrate in the event village.

The Village will provide food, drinks, entertainment and a large kid’s play area.

L’Étape Australia recommends consuming 3060g of carbohydrate per hour of riding, eating and drinking consistently and setting a watch alarm to go off every 20 minutes as a reminder.

They also recommend eating a carbohydrate rich snack 15-30 minutes before the start, such as a banana. You should also prepare food to eat post ride to boost recovery. Test your nutrition plan in training prior to the event.

The overall male and female Race winners with receive a yellow jersey. The fastest male and female in the Race on the combined King of the Mountain sections will receive a polka dot jersey and the fastest male and female rider in the Race under 25 years of age will receive the white jersey.

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JCS Cricket Gala Day

It was a cracker of a day at John Connors Oval in Jindabyne last week when JCS students in Years 3 and 6 attended a Cricket Gala Day. Students had the opportunity to experience cricket in a fun, safe and learning environment supported by helpers from Years 9 and 10 along with teachers. The day was facilitated by Cricket NSW Development Officer Greg Richards-Riches who was impressed with the enthusiasm of the students.

JCS students enjoyed learning the basics of cricket during a fantastic spring day in Jindabyne.

Cricket NSW Development Officer Greg Richards-Riches stands with secondary students and those primary students who were awarded for outstanding effort on the day.

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Adam Lambert’s visit inspires Former JCS and much admired student Adam Lambert, who also competed for the first time in the 2018 Winter Olympics, visited JCS during the last week of term to meet with an enthusiastic group of Stage 2 students.

Adam was invited to share his Olympic experience and to answer the many questions about what he has been up to post games.

The students asked questions for over an hour with the final question about what advice Adam would give to future Olympians.

Adam believes you should start by setting small goals, as little as committing to a regular gym session, and keep adding small steps that will eventually get you to the top.

Adam has been a fantastic mentor for students during his years as a JCS student. Adam’s contribution to the Little Shredders program held in 2017 was a rare opportunity for students in K-2 to have an Olympic athlete teach them the basics of snowboarding.

Since his Olympic debut Adam’s campaign has not stopped and after spending this winter training in Perisher he is now in Austria to begin his race series.

“Snowboarding still excites me and if there comes a day I’m not excited, I finish,” he said.

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Bring back the Bears along to their Expression of Interest Day on November 17 at John Connors Oval.

The Bears folded after a grand final win in 1996. The side won the premiership over the Eden Tigers, who had been undefeated the whole season until that grand final match.

The Expression of Interest Day will be held from 12pm to 4pm with food and drinks provided.

The club are looking for juniors aged six to 16, Under 18s, reserve grade, first grade and female players.

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The Snowy River Bears are looking to make a comeback in 2019.

President of the club, Gavin Patton is encouraging the community to get behind the idea, and is excited to announce three key signings already.

Jack Littlejohn who played for Wests Tigers and Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League and Salford Red Devils in the Super League will be joining the side as halfback or five-eighth. The club are excited about the calibre and leadership Jack will bring to the team.

The other two signings are Asher Veamatahau and his twin brother Amanaki Manu.

They were both in the Junior Division Representative for the Melbourne Storm, played in the 2014 SG Ball for Storm and were 2014 Victoria State Representatives. In 2016 they played for the Eels 20s side and played in the 2017/2018 NSW Cup and Massey.

The Snowy River Bears Rugby League Club is inviting potential players to come