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First item is that Danny and Leanne Barber have moved to
Roxby downs so are no longer with us. Terry Ellis has been
appointed caretaker, or the open and shut person, Terry kindly
volunteered for this task and is greatly appreciated, Terry
opens the park at 10am and shuts it at 6pm, he runs the broom
over whatever needs brooming.
Millewa Pioneer Village are holding a display at Trust For
Nature on Sat Oct 11 at an open day there at Neds corner,
POP in and see us please come, ALL WELCOME. Thanks goes to
Shane Tonzing for donating a 2nd hand computer to We will
be storing family histories on this (Big Job)
Members of the Millewa Pioneer Village and OUR FRIENDS GROUP
are invited to a day trip by bus to GLUEPOT AUSTRALIAN BIRDS
RESERVE. Near Waikerie, and will be calling into the Historic
Overland hotel on the way back this trip will happen depending
on the numbers possibly Sunday 19th Oct, we need more people
to come with us to make this an enjoyable day out, and it
is estimated to cost approx. $20 for the bus and we can pick
you up in Mildura. If you are interested Ring Margaret Kelly
(03) 5028 2259 or Bill Duncan (03)5028 3295.
PHOTO'S We are looking for copies of photo's of any sporting
interests that concern the Millewa , whether it be football,
netball, cricket, tennis, tug of war, golf, sheaf tossing,
yachting, darts, 8 ball, any sport at all, for an exhibition
hopefully to be displayed this October, and always any photo's
or information concerning the history of the Millewa and its
people, post to Margaret Kelly Lake Cullulleraine.
Our annual Oct open day is fast approaching, so put it in
your to do list to come visit us on Sun 5th Oct, you will
see a day of active history, we are presenting the Tex Morton
memorial show, also displays, entertainment, exhibitions,
working heritage machinery, blacksmiths, old bakers oven in
use, rope making and much much more, so come along and join
in on the fun. The relocation of the Yarrara hall looks like
it will be going ahead as planned, this will be a great asset
to the village, giving us more room for displays with a bit
of luck it is the Yarrara Hall we will be displaying photo's
and memories of the sporting memorabilia ….
We have put in an application to the Murray Outback Tourism
Awards unfortunately there were not enough entries in the
Murray Outback Tourism Awards and it seems it has been cancelled
as a result of that we have also submitted to the Victorian
Tourism Awards which has attracted 124 entries so we hope
at least to maybe get a
mention by way of having participated in the awards. We now
have our very own web domain and website , which can be found
at http://www.millewapioneerpark.org.au.
we thank John Forrest MP the federal member Mallee
for for providing us with funds to be able to obtain the domain
and hosting.
We are always looking for family histories and photographs
for the website so if you would like to contribute to this
please email Ian Cremmins at cremmins@hotkey.net.au or ring
Margaret Kelly (03) 5028 2259 or Bill Duncan (03)5028 3295.
The Millewa Pioneer Village has a brand new display, we have
set up the Telstra exchange building with assorted old phones
and office memorabilia. We can see this display as only getting
bigger and better in the future, we are so pleased with the
progress of this building, it has been a storeroom for far
to long. A special thanks goes to Des Gray for building the
ramp going into the display room giving access to all who
wish to see inside and to Telstra who have provided us with
several phones of days gone by to display.
The Millewa Pioneer Village Committee is looking forward
to seeing you on our annual Oct open day, and maybe even on
our bus trip to Gluepot Reserve. The Millewa Pioneer Village
Committee have had a group badge struck and will be available
to Friends of the park, and Committee members on the Oct open
day at $8 each. Steps are being taken to preserve the photographic
display in the grass rotunda as the ones already displayed
are showing slight stress at being left outside,
we hope to copy the undamaged photos and maybe somehow obtain
new photos to replace the damaged items. The verandah on the
Kulnine cottage has been extended thanks to Des Gray who is
always hard at work in the village and a special thanks to
Keith Kelly and Eric for their repair work on the railway
carriages. The Millewa Pioneer Village has not been immune
to the spate of thefts across the Millewa, the kiosk was
accessed by un-authorised persons and a quantity of cleaning
agents and assorted items were taken. The Millewa has finally
seen a bit of rain so we are hoping the wildflowers will be
abundant this spring and would be a sight for sore eyes, as
we did not have the pleasure of there company this last year.
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