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Welcome to the Bundarra NSW Newsletter
Who says nothing ever happens in Bundarra?
BUNDARRA WATER RATES VICTORY! 26/05/2009
Bundarra has finally been granted equity with Uralla in our water rates and from 2010 our rates for water will be lower. The community should be grateful for the untiring efforts of councillors Lachlan Wilson, Karen Dusting, Robert Spreadborough, Steve Powely, Mick Pearce and the mayor Mark Dusting who supported an issue of a fair go for all after many years of being the underdog.
BUNDARRA’S BRAND NEW PLAYGROUND
The Bundarra Tourism and Development Committee, Uralla Shire council and State Government in a cooperative effort secured $20,000 worth of play equipment for the township.
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BUNDARRA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS HALL GETS A STATE OF THE ART SOUND SYSTEM! 28/5/2009
We really have had a busy and fruitful month. As the final part of a grant given to us which included the sponsorship to run the webpage, money for the first Boogie @ Bundarra Festival and a brochure in the process of being printed now,, the Bundarra School of the Arts Hall received funding for a sound system which includes speakers, a mixing desk and microphones. The new system will be installed in the next week or so. Thanks again to the Bundarra Tourism and Development Committee, Uralla Shire Council and Department of State and Regional Development.
A GOOD MAN..WINS BEST DOCUMENTARY AT THE SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL
Showing at the Bundarra School of the Arts Hall Saturday 10th October 2009
A love story like no other, featuring Chris Rorlach (our Bundarra man of the moment - the good man of the title) – and Rachel,(his wife) who suffered a massive stroke 17 years ago which has left her unable to walk or talk. Since then Chris, with the help of his extended family, has taken care of his wife and son. A Bundarra farmer with the usual worries about the weather and the bank, Chris comes up with a bizarre solution to their financial woes - a brothel.
Safina Uberoi (My Mother India, SFF02) adeptly captures the humour, tenderness and tenacity that sustain this remarkable relationship. There are two parts to the film the first concentrates on Chris and Rachel and the family (to be shown on Australian Story later this year) and the Second to be shown at the Film Festival is build around the brothel side of things.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE REGENT HONEY EATER?
This bird is a rare and endangered species and Bundarra is one of the few places that still has an active breeding colony. The bird is around the same size as a starling and distinctly black white and gold. Please contact Steve Auld, Principal Bundarra Central School 67237102 fax 67237387.
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