1 Printed with the kind assistance of the Office of Madeleine King MP – Federal Member for Brand Singleton News August 2019 Councillor Chris Elliott to Retire On behalf of the community we would like to wish Chris and his wife Anne well in his retirement. Thank you Chris the community appreciates all you have done for Singleton during your time as Councillor. After three lives as a Councillor over 21 years Chris has decided to not contest the October Council election and will retire from Council. .“It has been a real privilege to represent the people of Singleton on Council,” Chris said. “From when I was first elected in 1978 I have seen Singleton grow from a community of a few hundred people with basically no infrastructure to a community with a population of 3,500. Council has built an easily used and well-maintained road system and we now have the Laurie Stanford Reserve which has been recently totally redeveloped and now has the state-of-the art Community Centre. Singleton now has parks across the community with playground equipment that the children love. ” We now have the Singleton Social and Sports Association which manages the Community Centre and the Singleton Residents’ Association, the Singleton Golden Bay Tennis Club, the Singleton Cricket Club (now Singleton/Irwinians), the Singleton Playgroup, the Singleton Bush Fire Brigade, the Comet Bay Bowling Club, the Singleton Social Club and the Peel District Junior Soccer Associa- tion, all of whom Chris has worked with to assist and all of which have been formed since 1978. These organisations play a central role in the community. To avoid any conflict of interest when dealing with Council on their behalf, Chris has not been a member of any of these clubs apart from when he was a member of the Singleton Fire Brigade, of which he was the foundation Secretary, and the short time he was Chair of the Singleton Social and Sports Association. That will likely change as in his retirement Chris is likely to join one or more of those clubs and associations. “I will take some time out to reflect and relax and see what turns up,” Chris said. “My work on Council has been pretty demanding but I have enjoyed the experience of being in the engine room of helping to make Singleton a better place to live. I have every confidence that my replacement will help to make it even better. ” Chris said he would most sincerely like to thank all the people that have supported him over the years. While because of his career as a teacher Chris and Anne have lived in communities across Western Australia and lived in Canada for the time he studied there, they have been part of Singleton and Singleton has been part of them since they first moved here in 1977. “Singleton remains the best place we have ever lived and I thank the people of Singleton for making it the place that it is, ” Chris said. Volunteers Needed Singleton Newsletter Deliveries The Newsletter needs your help in distribution, Only an hour every eight weeks is needed to get the newsletter to as many homes as possible in Singleton. Slow down, , take a walk around our beautiful suburb, chat to residents and admire the gardens. It is rewarding and relaxing. This edition of the newsletter is also available on the SRA website www.singletonwa.com
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Singleton News August 2019
Councillor Chris Elliott to Retire
On behalf of the community we would like to wish
Chris and his wife Anne well in his retirement.
Thank you Chris the community appreciates all you
have done for
Singleton during your time as Councillor.
After three lives as a Councillor over 21 years Chris has decided to not contest the October Council election and will retire from Council. .“It has been a real privilege to represent the people of Singleton on Council,” Chris said. “From when I was first elected in 1978 I have seen Singleton grow from a community of a few hundred people with basically no infrastructure to a community with a population of 3,500. Council has built an easily used and well-maintained road system and we now have the Laurie Stanford Reserve which has been recently totally redeveloped and now has the state-of-the art Community Centre. Singleton now has parks across the community with playground equipment that the children love.” We now have the Singleton Social and Sports Association which manages the Community Centre and the Singleton Residents’ Association, the Singleton Golden Bay Tennis Club, the Singleton Cricket Club (now Singleton/Irwinians), the Singleton Playgroup, the Singleton Bush Fire Brigade, the Comet Bay Bowling Club, the Singleton Social Club and the Peel District Junior Soccer Associa-tion, all of whom Chris has worked with to assist and all of which have been formed since 1978. These organisations play a central role in the community. To avoid any conflict of interest when dealing with Council on their behalf, Chris has not been a member of any of these clubs apart from when he was a member of the Singleton Fire Brigade, of which he was the foundation Secretary, and the short time he was Chair of the Singleton Social and Sports Association. That will likely change as in his retirement Chris is likely to join one or more of those clubs and associations. “I will take some time out to reflect and relax and see what turns up,” Chris said. “My work on Council has been pretty demanding but I have enjoyed the experience of being in the engine room of helping to make Singleton a better place to live. I have every confidence that my replacement will help to make it even better.”
Chris said he would most sincerely like to thank all the people that have supported him over the years. While because of his career as a teacher Chris and Anne have lived in communities across Western Australia and lived in Canada for the time he studied there, they have been part of Singleton and Singleton has been part of them since they first moved here in 1977. “Singleton remains the best place we have ever lived and I thank the people of Singleton for making it the place that it is,” Chris said.
Volunteers Needed
Singleton Newsletter Deliveries
The Newsletter needs your help in distribution, Only an hour
every eight weeks is needed to get the newsletter to as many
homes as possible in Singleton.
Slow down, , take a walk around our beautiful suburb, chat to
residents and admire the gardens.
It is rewarding and relaxing.
This edition of the newsletter is also available on the
SRA website
www.singletonwa.com
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Hello Singleton. The SRA has recently been made aware that the developer of the Madora Bay North project has listed the entire 143 hectares of land for sale. In 2018, the SRA was actively involved in opposing the Madora North Development Local Structure Plan, which has a range of adverse implications for Singleton. Earlier this year, we expressed our concerns with the developer (H&N Perry) about sand dunes being moved and relocated adjacent to Singleton houses. The height of the sand is now at fence height level for many houses, causing great concern for those long term residents, who face the possibility of some “Berlin Wall” structure being constructed behind their houses. The SRA will monitor the situation in regards to any future developments and hopefully a new developer will be more considerate of the long term Singleton residents whom they will be affecting at the interface of the two communities. Sunday 4 to Saturday 10 August 2019 is Homelessness Week. The local ser-vices that directly help the homeless provide the community with a list essential items they are running short on. If you are having a clear out or would like to help please see the attached flyer for further details. For further information and contact details on all services available in the local area please visit the City of Rockingham’s website for the Homeless Reference Card, and as to how you may help. The Singleton Social and Sporting Association (SSSA) AGM will be held in Sep-tember. Please keep an eye on the Facebook page for the announcement of the date. As advertised in this Newsletter, the positions of Chairperson, Treasurer and Booking Officer are vacant and require volunteers to come forward and as-sist. If you have some spare time to help out with an important Singleton volun-teer organisation, please contact me for more information. The SRA would like to take the time to thank those who provide the printing ser-vices for our Newsletter. The Member for Brand, Madeleine King, allows her office to print the News section of our Newsletter. While we cannot endorse any political party, we very much appreciate the support from Madeleine and we know the hard work she does in our community. The Advertising section of our Newsletter is printed by our good friends at AQWASUN Real Estate in Golden Bay. We really appreciate the support from Aaron and Annette at Aqwasun in helping us produce our Newsletter. We ask our community to support Aqwasun and to contact them for any assistance with realestate matters on 9537 1220, or check out their web site aqwasun.com.au Regards, Graeme Dean. President - Singleton Residents’ Association P: 0407 900 417
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Staff and students bounced back into term 3 after a wonderful
two week break! This term is jam packed with so many varied
activities for our children and school community to enjoy.
We commence with celebrating NAIDOC week (which occurred
during the holidays). Children will be able to participate in
activities like rock painting at lunchtime, a performance by the
Binjareb Middars Aboriginal Cultural group and Mr George Wally
will be our special guest at the end of the week, with the NAIDOC
assembly to be held in the Moorditj Garden.
Interschool cross Country in week 2 held at Harmony Park.
Wakakirri in week 3 at the Regal Theatre – our students have
been rehearsing for months to compete in this State wide
competition. Best of Luck!!!
Once Big Voice in week 6 where our senior choir will compete in
Australia’s largest choir. Again, Best of Luck!
Our annual Kindy café held on Saturday 31st August where all
families enrolled for 2020 Kindy are invited to come along from
9-11am. If you have a child commencing Kindy in 2020 and have
not completed an Application for Enrolment, you can download
from our website or pop into Reception.
Parent Learning Journey Week 8 (10th September) where families
are invited to come and have a look at their children’s work in the
classroom.
Finally, at the end of term some of our senior students and staff
will attend the annual Canberra Trip.
This term also sees our library introduce Story Dogs – a literacy
program assisting children to read! We are all so excited for this
new venture in the Library.
FRIENDS OF PAGANONI SWAMP
It was gratifying to know that our unique but vanishing Tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) woodlands and forests of the Swan Coastal Plain ecological community has been listed as Critically endangered under the Federal Government’s Environmental Protetion and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Tuarts only grow on the Swan Coastal Plain from approximately Jurien to Busselton. We know that the greatest threat to our woodlands has been clearing and fragmentation (for logging, mining, agriculture and urban development) to the extent that only 14% to 20% remains. Therefore the priority is to protect large areas currently unprotected and secondly to maintain and/or improve connectivity between patches.
The reason why this listing is significant for our group and for Rockingham and Mandurah residents is that Paganoni Swamp Reserve includes quality Tuart woodland, particularly west of the central wetland. This listing highlights the importance of the Reserve and provides an example of the vegetation existing on the Swan Coastal Plain before Europeans arrived. Unfortunately many of the associated fauna such as woylies, chuditch and numbats have not survived on the Plain mainly due to predation by foxes and cats. So what can we do to ensure that our woodlands survive for future generations to enjoy? We can use alternative construction materials that do not include yellow sand and limestone which are found beneath our Tuart woodlands,
we can demand better planning laws to find housing in-fill solutions that meet people’s expectations but also preserve the beauty found in the older urban landscapes and we can assist with the connectivity of Tuart patches by planting native gardens in our front yards and verges. Please remember, if you are interested in joining us in our weekly activities, we meet at Paganoni Swamp Reserve on Monday mornings. For further details contact Leonie by email [email protected] or mobile 0439 921 298.
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Singleton Social and Sporting Association (SSSA) Vacancy for Chairperson Position The SSSA is an Association formed in 2017 to facilitate the operation of the new Singleton Community Centre. The Association has seven member clubs being the Comet Bay Bowling Club, the Singleton Irwinians Cricket Club, the Singleton Social Club, the Peel Junior Soccer Association, the Singleton Tennis Club, the Singleton Playgroup and the Singleton Residents’ Association. Our aim is to provide a facility that becomes a “community hub” for the seven member clubs and for the wider Singleton community. Our Board of Directors wish to advise that the position of Chairperson of the Association has become vacant and must be filled at the earliest opportunity. We are seeking a
person who would be a strong but fair leader and preferably with experience on the Board or Committee of a similar type of Association. The position is on a volunteer basis and the applicant would not be permitted to be a serving Board member of one of the seven member clubs. Our Board meets every 4 weeks and the Chairperson would be expected to lead such meetings, as well as perform some other occasional duties related to the role. Further details regarding the role can be provided on request. Applications for the Chairperson position are now open. Should you wish to apply, please send a brief CV to our Secretary (Graeme Dean) via email [email protected] or phone 0407 900 417.
Singleton Social and Sporting Association
(SSSA)
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS AVAILABLE Get involved in your community centre
Singleton Social and Sporting Association (SSSA) Vacancies for Treasurer and Booking Officer Positions The SSSA is an Association formed in 2017 to facilitate the operation of the new Singleton Community Centre. The Association has seven member clubs being the Comet Bay Bowling Club, the Singleton Irwinians Cricket Club, the Sin-gleton Social Club, the Peel Junior Soccer Association, the Singleton Tennis Club, the Singleton Playgroup and the Sin-gleton Residents’ Association. Our aim is to provide a facility that becomes a “community hub” for the seven member clubs and for the wider Singleton community. Our Board of Directors wish to advise that the positions of Treasurer and Booking Officer have become vacant and must be filled at the earliest opportunity. The positions are on a voluntary basis and would ideally suit people with available spare time through the week. Applications for the Chairperson position are now open. Should you wish to apply, please contact our Secretary (Graeme Dean) via email [email protected] or phone 0407 900 417. A position description can be provided for each of the roles.
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Comet Bay Bowling Social and Recreation Club
Laurie Stanford Reserve, Cavender Street, Singleton. Postal Address PO Box 7028, Secret Harbour, WA 6173
Phone 9537 3953 0409 203 278
Winter Bowls: Varying numbers of members have
regularly attended the Wed and Fri bowls, weather
permitting.
New members: It's great to see that the club has
gained a good number of new members- both men
and ladies, who will be an asset to the club.
Membership Drive: Once again we will be holding a
membership drive at Lakelands Shopping Centre, on
Saturday 24th August from 9am to 3pm. Peiter
Harris from Bowls WA will be bringing down bowls
and carpet for shoppers to have a go at bowls.
Members are asked to assist during the day.
Men's Open Triples: Our winter Men's Open Tri-
ples will be on Wednesday the 31st July, , with the
first of the summer Triples on 18th September.
Fixture Book: The Match Committee is once again
working hard on the next seasons fixture book,
which is well under way with the book to be ready for
our Opening Day.
Sponsors: We must thank all the wonderful spon-
sors who advertise in the fixture book welcoming 4
new businesses - Dial-a-Geek, Lakelands Multi-
service, Gasman, and Comet Bay Vets. Thanks to
our Open Event Sponsors, MKT, Paul Papalia, Gold-
en Bay Pharmacy and CLSA, and negotiations with
Bowra and O'Dea. We invite other business to con-
sider sponsoring $350 for an Open Event. Contact
Wendy 95972029 or 0409203278
Seasons Opening: The MDBL Opening Day will be
Mixed Fours at Halls Head on Saturday 31st August,
so please place names on the flyer at the club.
CBBC Opening day is the following Saturday 6th
September, so members please put in your diaries
and make it a great start to the season, with all
members asked to bring a plate for afternoon tea.
The MDBL Patrons Mixed Fours is on Sunday 15th
September at Dudley Park.
Coaching; Thanks to Ron Arnold who offers coach-
ing to members and those in the community who
would like to play bowls Contact Ron on 0418
949514
Community Bowls: This very popular event begins
on 1st November and runs for 6 Fridays from 6pm,
with bowls provided, bar open and BBQ available.
Phone Neita 9537 1704 or Sabrina 0409 203278.
“It is with sadness that we learn of the
passing of member Keith Ody
after a long illness. He was a great
member to the club”
General Waste Verge
Collection Residents are advised that there is to be a Residential General
Waste Verge Collection in Singleton commencing from Monday
9th September 2019.
The following items WILL be collected:
Metals and whitegoods (fridges, stoves, etc).
TV screens and computer equipment.
Mattresses
Old furniture.
Timber (up to 1.5metres in length).
Bulk general waste.
NOTE: Residents are limited to a maximum of two cubic metres
per residential address.
Please note the following:
Sort your rubbish into FOUR separate piles: fridges & freezers
(doors must be removed), other metal items, general waste,
mattresses.
Do not place items onto your verge more than 2 days prior to
the start of the collection.
Place waste on your own verge by Monday 6am on the sched-
uled start date as the contractor will only check your verge
once.
DO NOT place green waste out for this collection.
Further information is available from the City of Rockingham
Waste Services Section, on 9528 0333 or the City’s website.
www.rockingham.wa.gov.au
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As part of the Mandurah Libraries Intergenerational Children’s Book Week celebrations taking place on Friday 23 August, the Lakelands Library Knitters Group will be yarn bombing the Lakelands Shopping Centre outside space .
If you have never heard of yarn bombing before here is a sneak peek;
To achieve the brightest and boldest impact Lakeland knitters are looking for donations of any unwanted wool, of any colour, thickness or length which can be used for this mission. If you knit, crochet or can make pom poms and are at a loose end, the knitters would welcome any creations to include in the yarn installation. This can be as simple as plain knitted strips or squares to wrap around trees and railings or more complex pieces that show off your skill! If you would like to contribute to this community installation please forward any knitted or unknitted yarn to Lakelands Library and Community Centre before Friday 16 August or alternatively please feel welcome to contact the Lakelands Library and Community Centre for more information. Jo at Lakelands Library 08 9550 3835
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Important Numbers
Membership for July 2019 to June 2020
Please join the SRA today. Just $10 per person or $15 per couple gives you
A formal voice on matters affecting Singleton
A vote at community meetings
A say on what happens in Singleton
Representation by the SRA where required
Entitlement to SSSA Functions
Plus the money raised by the membership goes towards the community
newsletter, website and local community projects!!!!!!
