Orroroo dog ‘Chops’ is earning a reputation around the traps as a pretty smart dog! See his latest escapades.

MOUNT REMARKABLE.
That the popularity of Mount Remarkable among tourists and holiday makers is increasing is shown, according to our Melrose correspondent, by the number of motor cars and other vehicles which climb the mount.

Mount Remarkable is situated within a few minutes’ walk of Melrose township. About half way up the mount beautiful views of the plain are obtained from amongst the trees. A little farther up can be seen Hammond, and the high hill of Mount Brown, to the north of Quorn. From the top of the mount the Blackrock and Orroroo Ranges, the Wirrabara Forest, and the ranges near Petersburg stand out prominently to the south and south-east.

Ports Germein and Pirie are to be seen on the west side. Climbing the mountain is a favorite pastime, not only for the sake of the magninficent panorama which it provides, but also because of the bracing air for which this part of the north is noted.

From ‘The Advertiser’, Monday 13 September 1909

From 8am Sunday 21st March 2010.

Three timed distances out on the Pekina Road, run as a loop course.

5Km untimed family fun run / walk.

Cash prizes for timed race winners.

Updated!!
Orroroo Half Marathon Registration Form

Last Thursday, December 17, the Federal Member for the electorate Grey, Rowan Ramsey and his wife Teresa were in Orroroo for a ‘meet ‘n greet’. Grey covers an area of approximately 904,881 sq km from the Western Australian, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales borders to Marion Bay on the Yorke Peninsula and Eudunda in the south. The main towns include Ceduna, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Port Augusta, Roxby Downs, Coober Pedy, Port Pirie, Kadina, Maitland, Orroroo, Peterborough, Burra and Eudunda.

After meeting with the CEO and Deputy Chairman of the District Council of Orroroo Rowan and Teresa headed across to Maggie’s Rendezvous for an informal get together with interested locals, where they met up withbout 30 constituents who raised any issues of concern relating to federal governance with Rowan or Teresa. These ranged from the wool industry to student youth allowance, communications, Linc Energy, employment and training and water. Rowan addressed the small gathering and said that despite the short notice of his visit he was pleased with the turnout and that with such a vast electorate to cover it was difficult to visit all regional localities, but did so whenever he could and that it was important for him to meet the locals. Rowan admitted that the Liberal Party was having problems and that it was important for an opposition party to have stable leadership, which seems to be have been resolved with Tony Abbott as the ‘new’ Leader of the Opposition (Rowan denied that there was any truth in a circulating email that he was a candidate!). Before heading home for a well-earned break in their own bed at their Buckleboo farm on central Eyre Peninsula, Rowan and Teresa caught up with with one of Rowan’s former EP neighbour’s, Gavin ‘Spud’ Chapman of Orroroo Hardware. All in all the get together was a good opportunity for locals to meet their Federal Member and his wife – a genuine country couple – with the country in mind. Teresa was Teresa Larsson from Caltowie. “I get enormous support from Teresa, and being the member for this electorate would be an awfully lonely job without her support.” Rowan said.

Photo of Teresa with Joan Ellery

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The Orroroo Carrieton region is situated in the Mid North of South Australia about 300 kilometres north of Adelaide. This area was first settled by European pastoralists in the 1840s. They stayed until the mid-1870s when hundreds of farmers and their families established themselves on small farms – an initiative of the government ‘wheat drive’.

Small regional service towns developed and ‘the railway’ became the most important form of transport. In the 21st Century the number of stone ruins, large and small, suggest a once prosperous and well-populated district. But only the towns of Orroroo and Carrieton survive to serve the local farmers, graziers, townspeople and visitors.

We hope you enjoy this audio tour, which takes you through the development of this unique district through John Mannion’s collection of stories from past and present ‘locals’ and John O’Dea’s songs.

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Rowan Ramsay federal member for Grey, bumped into an ex EP neighbour, business proprietor “Spud” Chapman of Orroroo Hardware.

Gavin (Spud) runs with the business with his ever-helpful wife Carmel and has a ripper selection of tools hardware and building supplies. They’ve recently purchased the premises a couple of doors up and are setting this space up with camping gear for sale.

Rowan was in Orroroo to meet with councillors and used the opportunity to press-the-flesh with townspeople at the world-famous Maggie’s Rendezvous run by Joylene Tapscott, yep, Lukes Mum!

Photo courtesy John Mannion

December 24th 2009 – 7pm Main Street, Orroroo.

Always a laugh, come to the Orroroo Christmas pageant. The main street is closed to traffic so it’s a great safe and fun place to put in last minute orders to Santa!

This is the crazy hospital mob again!

Robert Teague and his dog Chops put on a show at Orroroo.

Was that Lachie Bowman in the crowd day 3 at the Adelaide Oval taking a one hander in the crowd??  If so, didn’t appear to even spill a drop!

Well that’s easy. Watch this video and it’ll all become clear(er).

Once you start playing the movie it will pause throughout so you can read the explanations.

Just click on the movie to continue.

I’ll add a few pointers for other bits and pieces later. If you want to see another’ how-to’ video leave a comment.

Orroroo local Luke Tapscott and his best mate Jack Trengove both studying the last couple of years at PAC, will begin their AFL careers together in Melbourne at Melbourne FC.

Luke has created a reputation for himself at North Adelaide. Picked in last night’s AFL draft, Luke’s pretty pleased that he’s been snapped up. If the footy blogs are anything to go by, there are plenty of  pleased Demons supporters and a few disappointed rivals.

A cause for celebration in Orroroo the pub was jumping during the draft. One of the local kids, Amelia, daughter of one of Luke’s early football mentors, Justin Duffy, reporting to me that everyone was at the ‘campdraft’.

“Carrieton Campdraft?” I asked, puzzled, “That was a few weeks ago”.

“Draft?, draft?, Oh, AFL draft“, she laughed.

Well the laughter and partying went on into the night over at the Tapscott’s place, I guess Luke had a few of his old Orroroo mates around as well as family and other well-wishers. And we all do wish him well.

Well done Jeff and Joylene; though for parents, interstate is always a long way away!

Congratulations Luke! Better get used to Mexican food!

tim, you have done a fantastic job with the orroroo site! are the (fabulous) profile pic’s of the Orroroo mardi gras?

Did you know that Western Australia, Victoria, NSW and Queensland are talking about recommissioning or refurbishing old coal fired power stations, or even building new ones?

All they are waiting for is for the Rudd government’s emissions trading bill (the CPRS), with its woeful targets and weak carbon price, to pass and they’ll have the signal they need.

The CPRS will actually unleash a coal bonanza

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, legal advice to the Greens from two senior barristers shows that if this bill passes the government won’t be able to turn it around without paying even more billions in compensation to the polluters.

Been listening on the radio that we are advised to to leave now if we don’t have sufficient fire fighting preparation. Not sure where we’re going to go to, seeing as the whole district has the same warning.

School’s out too, tomorrow and maybe the next day. I guess the kids’ll be so much safer 500 metres from the school than actually at the school!!?

It is modern day true story of Newsagents (David) V (Goliath) The Advertiser (News Ltd.)

Before the car was invented there were paper-round deliveries but within the next couple of months, many of these delivery rounds will cease to exist. Walking out your front door to pick a paper up off your lawn could well become a thing of the past. Why? Because News Ltd has made it non viable for newsagents to do so.

History

In most areas, when you purchase a newsagency, it comes with a delivery round. Newsagents have paid goodwill for these delivery rounds. In recent times, the Advertiser has started poaching customers from Newsagents with special subscription deals. The problem with these deals, while a bargain for the customer, is that the newsagent does not receive the usual commission or delivery fee. Usually, when big business does self promoting or special offer deals, it is the big business that wears the cost but not with News Ltd; they make the newsagency wear the cost. Not only has the newsagent lost a customer coming into the local newsagency, the newsagent does not get paid the full commission. The Advertiser’s poaching methods have now made newsagent rounds non-viable. Most country newsagents are now running their delivery rounds at a loss. We are not talking big dollars here. Full commission is 25% of a newspaper, so for each Monday to Friday Advertiser we make a full 27.5 cents.

Migration

The Advertiser also wants to take over every newsagent’s delivery customers. They are calling this Migration. Newsagents are being forced to give the Advertiser YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS. If newsagents refuse, The Advertiser will fine them by taking more of their commission away. When Migration happens in your area, and because the Advertiser already has your details, you will have no choice but to deal with the Advertiser and the Advertiser only. As a customer of home delivery, you will have to pay the Advertiser (News Ltd) for 8 weeks supply in advance and contact a call centre to STOP/START your papers. You, as a consumer, will lose the right of choice in the way you pay for and receive your paper.

The Future

The future does not look good. At the present, small delivery rounds are not viable. News Ltd are forcing newsagents into a “take it or leave it” contract with only 6 weeks to sign (It’s now only 4 weeks). If we do not sign the new contract, News Ltd, (The Advertiser) will refuse to deliver any daily papers to that Newsagency.

South Australian Newsagents could go down in the Guinness Book of Records as the only newsagents in the world not to sell a daily newspaper!

Please support your local Newsagent

If Newsagents do not sign the contract, they will not receive the Advertiser to sell. Newsagents are looking for support from not only customers but other businesses in the town. If you own a business that is offered a deal from the Advertiser, please refuse and support your local Newsagent. Your local newsagent is a part of your community. They are always there to support/sponsor all sorts of sporting and community groups. If the Advertiser wins this fight, jobs will be lost and towns will be worse off.

AS A VALUED CUSTOMER AND COMMUNITY MEMBER CAN YOU PLEASE FILL OUT THE SURVEY SHEET AND RETURN TO YOUR LOCAL NEWSAGENCY.

Please help David fight Goliath!

South Australian Newsagents thank you for your time.

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Well who’d'a thought!

‘Linc Energy Ltd (ASX: LNC) (OTCQX: LNCGY) is pleased to announce the completion of an initial drilling program near the town of Orroroo in South Australia.’

‘Five exploration wells intersected coal at depths of between 200 and 293 metres with coal seam thickness of up to 23 metres.’

‘Subject to necessary approvals, Linc Energy’s intention is to fast track the commissioning of a modest sized UCG commercial facility at Orroroo to confirm the suitability of the resource for low cost synthesis gas production that can be used for power generation and GTL production of ultra-clean synthetic fuels. This commercial UCG generator will become the cornerstone of Linc Energy’s commercial program at the Orroroo site in the months ahead.’

‘The Orroroo deposit is of a scale which the Company believes can support 500 MW of high efficiency power generation which will be a significant addition to South Australia’s electricity system which currently requires additional generation. In addition to power generation, the Orroroo deposit is of a scale that can also support a plant to produce 20,000 barrels per day of ultra-clean synthetic fuel. The production life of the combined facilities based on the scale of the deposit is expected to be approximately 75 years.’

In making this announcement, Mr Peter Bond, Chief Executive Officer of Linc Energy, commented that “these initial drilling results are fantastic and confirm my belief that the coal in this area has all the attributes we are looking for in our first commercial UCG site. By that I mean great coal, at ideal depth, excellent coal seam thickness, good geology and flat terrain. This deposit can support significant production of low cost synthesis gas for power generation and synthetic fuels GTL production for a generation or more”.

Mr Bond went on to say that “with Orroroo’s close proximity to Adelaide and with good access to port and power transmission infrastructure, the location is just about perfect for what we are planning to achieve. We value the strong support we have received from the local community and the South Australian Government and with their continued support, we intend to push forward aggressively to develop the fantastic potential that the Orroroo location has to offer.”

Download the ASX Announcement and media release: Update_on_South_Australian_UCG_Program_-_2006-11-09 ~ 5Mb pdf