March Movies

 

FOR SALE

 Three wheel walker for sale in perfect condition $99. Villa 49 - Julie. Call 2449.

  

PALM LAKE BALLING GARDEN CLUB

A warm welcome is extended to all residents to attend the next meeting of our Garden Club.

NEXT MEETING: 24 FEBRUARY  2021. Old Clubhouse 9:00 am

Agenda

1.  1.      Welcome and updating of contact details

2.      Planning for 2021

(a)    Garden Competition – Don Willet

(b)   Activities for 2021

(c)    Organisation of Garden Club for 2021

3.      Finances

4.      Other Business such as garden problems, unusual or problem plants

5.      Garden Visits for March 24^th 2021 Meeting: Villa 215 and Villa 283

6.      Morning Tea. Gold coin donation appreciated

Robert Barlow - Villa 219

January 2021

Fishing Reports

The Patches Team have done it again this month with a very productive session on South Ballina late in the month. This never happens when I go with them.

Left:  A fine haul from the Patch’s team
Right: Lady Lizard shows them how

I’m beginning to realise where they get their success from and it’s not Captain Patch’s Col but his lovely wife Missus Patch’s (aka Lady Lizard) as they always have success when she attends. So if you go out with the Patchs Team make sure Julie comes along if you want to have a successful day.

 Anyway it was really great to hear that a number of our new members had success with the team as shown by the following photos.

 

    

Left:  Mangrove Jack strikes fear on Patchs -  A very proud fisho
Middle: Nice whiting Pam!
Right:  Don't let her beat you Graeme

The Trip of a Lifetime

The other big news this month is the announcement that we are heading off to Glenlyon Dam on 2^nd March for a few days to chase monster Murray Cod and Golden Perch. We will be staying at the Tourist Park from Tuesday 2^nd to Thursday 4^th returning home on the Friday. Some are taking vans or mobile homes while others are booking cabins. We have considerable interest in the trip and have around 15 people attending at this stage. Let me know if you are interested but haven’t booked yet and I can give you further details

Report on the Sinkers

We can’t claim to have won the month so far as fishing success is concerned but at least I can report that we finally managed to get the SS Vaucluse back into the water in January after a very long ansence. We launched her at the Martin Street Boat ramp and headed across North Creek for a bit of drifting around the sand bar for flathead in the middle of the creek.

We drifted up and down the creek for a couple of hours but only caught undersized bream and flathead so we decided to anchor up on the other side and fish in a deep hole we identified on the sounder. Once again we had little to write home about so about an hour later with just two legal fish we decided to give it away and head for home.

On returning across the creek the mighty SS Vaucluse got the stutters and began to lose power. Bam the Clam just gunned the motor in an attempt to get quickly back to the ramp as we were unsure what was causing the problem. Just as we were approaching the shore Anchors Away Johnnie yelled out “We didn’t pull the anchor up” No wonder we were battling to get back as we had been dragging the anchor  all the way back through the weed banks. Could happen to anyone I guess!

Tip of the Month

For this month I really can’t go past my advice earlier about making sure Lady Lizard attends if you plan to go over the south side with the Patch’s Team. I think there are a number of our club members such as Banjo Sherlock, Bam the Clam, Anchors Away Johnnie, Hammerhead and Graham Stewart who would all vouch for this as they have all fallen for Patch’s Col and his enthusiasm only to draw a blank on the south side. It seems the only time they catch fish is when Lady Lizard is there to get them right so don’t go over there without her.

Tight Lines Douggie

Chinderah Golf Day

 

Another sunny day saw 18 players tee off on Friday 29th and it was great that we were able to travel  up in our two buses.

We welcomed new players Ian and Moyra Mercer ,Steve Fleming and Ramsey Roper. 

The ladies comp was won by Sue MacDonald followed by Hilary Lewis and Julie Maynard and the men’s comp went to Ken Nunn followed by Paul Denmeade and Ramsey Roper. Roger Pallant had a very good round with one over par  -  well done Roger. 

Nearest the pin on the fourth first went to Moyra, but was beaten by Bill Oliver on the 13th. Michael Sherlock took the prize. Thanks again to our drivers Michael Sherlock and Steve Horne. Next game is 26 February -  see you there

Bill Oliver

Brush Turkey Babies

Lee and Phil Pinch spotted this lovely little chick in their front garden a few days ago, a baby brush turkey and they've never seen an adult here at Palm Lake.

After hatching, brush turkey chicks burrow out of the mound where the eggs were laid and are left to completely fend for themselves, with no parental care, are fully feathered and are able to walk immediately.

Lee and Phil enjoyed this chick foraging in their front garden.

Emergency Road Repairs Upddate

The road north of Lavender Boulevard will remain closed until Saturday 30

CD Excavators and LJR Concreters have completed the emergency road repairs in the vicinity of Villas 213, 214 and 215.

LJR Concreters has advised that the road will remain closed north of Lavender Boulevard from Villas 213, 214 and 215 for the repairs to settle and will re-open Saturday 30 January 2021.

This will include no access to the Caravan Bay along this road until Saturday 30 January.

We will continue to waive the two day parking rule for those residents impacted by having to move their vehicles.

Apologies for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. 

Exhibition of photos in Creative Artisans Gallery Wigmore Arcade

 I am having an exhibition of  'artistic' versions of my photographs in the Creative Artisans Gallery in the Wigmore Arcade Ballina (just down from Swish coffee shop in River St) for the next month. 

Images are for sale as printed canvases or framed prints - see the flyer below for details.

If you are in the area pop in and check the exhibition out. 

Julie Pallant (Villa 283)

 

Palm Lake Lunch and Dinner

 A message from Palm Lake Manager: 

Just a reminder that lunch and dinner service is going back to the table by table service, provided COVID regulations are adhered to. Social distancing must be maintained. 

It is also important that residents who attend lunch and dinner must bring their FOB with them to check in for their meal. 

Farm fresh mangoes for sale

 Shirley Hughes (Villa 257) has a friend who can supply farm fresh mangoes, delivered to your door.

Trays of 12 Mangoes are just $10. 

To order contact Karly on 0404 154 408

Furniture for sale

 Hazel Buckley from Villa 35 has a Buffet and Hutch for sale. 

Both items are solid timber in excellent condition. They were moved from Sydney but are not suitable for new home. 

Buffet W=163cm, H=94cm, D=50cm  Price $250

Hutch 2 piece: W=114cm, H=214cm, D=50cm, Bottom H=94cm Top H=120cm  Price $250

Will considerable reasonable offers.

Please contact Hazel Buckley on 0417 068 040 if you are interested. 

Bike for Sale

Andy Duke-Yonge has an Avanti Bike with Dillinger E conversion kit fitted for sale.

It has a large frame and is in excellent condition. 

Asking Price: $1,350.00

If you are interested please contact Linda Duke-Yonge (Villa 97) Ph: 2497

 

Emergency Road Repairs: Impact on residents and caravan storage area

 CD Escavators have inspected the road in the vicinity of Villas 213, 214, 215 and determined this area requires major road works to be completed urgently. Work will commence 7am Monday 18th January.

Lavender Boulevard from Villa 206 to Villa 220 will be closed for approx 1 week. Villas 213, 214, 215 will not be able to use their garages until road works are complete. Villas 206 to 216 will have access to their driveways, but will be impacted by road work traffic. 

Residents who have their caravans/motorhomes/trailers parked in the caravan bay and who need them next week should move their vehicles by 7pm on Sunday 17th Jan 2021 as this area will not be accessible for approx 1 week. 

Palm Lake will waive the 2-day parking rule for those residents impacted by having to move their vehicles. 

We apologize for the inconvenience but this involves urgent repairs. 

Thank you for your patience. 

Palm Lake Manager

Line dancing classes at Palm Lake

 

Fishing Club report December 2020

 

In the absence of any December Report from Commodore Barry and his First Mate Pam it seems like Patches and his team have been our most successful fishers for December. Once again the Sinkers have little to report and we still haven’t even been out in the SS Vaucluse or Tiny Tinny. I think I’ll look for a new team.

 Anyway in view  of the old adage “If you can’t lick ‘em then join ‘em” I decided to accompany Patches and Michael across the Ferry to South Ballina one afternoon to catch some of these whiting and bream Patches keeps telling me about. They certainly weren’t leaping out of the water at us but we managed to get two keepers each. Patches said “You should have been down here this morning when every throw was a fish!” That’s about the story of my life.

 Despite the fact that we only managed two fish each the entertainment was provided by Michael (aka Banjo Ray) Sherlock. Banjo lived up to his name by catching 10 banjo rays as well as his couple of whiting. Every time we looked over at him he had another ray. I guess some people have some kind of innate ability which enables them to succeed where others fail. Onya Banjo but I’d rather it be you than me!

 Report on the Sinkers

Although we haven’t managed to catch too many fish we have had a ball with the crabs this month. In one three day period we caught over twenty legal sized muddies from our secret spot in Emigrant Creek. We had an absolutely amazing feast one afternoon and treated our partners to a seafood extravaganza!

Tip of the Month

The danger with catching a lot of crabs is that you can become a bit complacent with the way you handle them. Anchors Away Johnnie and I decided to sort out a big group and place them in to separate buckets according to size to help with the cooking. Now we know that when you take them out of the refrigerator where they have been sleeping peacefully they don’t take long to wake up. Anyhow we tipped them in to a big bucket and we were lifting them out to sort them when one of them woke up and took a vice like grip on my finger. I wailed so hard I was heard all along the Street but no matter what I did the damn thing would not let go. I finally shook it off and despite weeks of treatment from Nursie Joy (the Fishing Club Nurse) I am still getting over the infection. Well Hammerhead has been at it again getting advice from his local cronies and he tells me I should have put the crab on the ground and it would have let go straight away.

I’m not absolutely convinced and I hope I don’t have to try it out but that’s the tip for this month for any of you silly enough to let a muddie get hold of you.

Our Special Guest Reporter

 This Month we are fortunate to have an article from our very special reporter Lyn Pramana (wife of Bam the Clam) and despite the fact it may have some inaccuracies I have agreed to publish it as an addendum to the December Report.

CRABS - CAUGHT – CLEANED – COOKED – CONSUMED (THE REAL STORY)

CRABS OR CRAP – THAT IS THE QUESTION

For some reason none of us can fathom, the guys decided to cut and clean the crabs before they boiled them. This proved not only to be a not good idea, but in fact it was a really bad idea.
It seems that Doug had never seen inside of a raw crab before and was quite put off by all the “translucent crap” he found inside. He decided he better clean all that stuff out and it was about 4 crabs later that someone looked at what Doug was doing and asked him why he was cleaning all the meat out from the crab. It took another bottle of beer each to discuss if it was indeed translucent crap or crab meat.
Once all the crabs were cleaned they were then thrown into the 2 big pots (regardless of size) and boiled up. Even Doug’s empty crabs were tossed in just in case he missed a bit.
The result was not too bad for the smaller crabs but left a lot to be desired for the larger crabs. When you cracked the claws water squirted all over your face and clothes.  They were full of water and translucent crap. There was a lot of scolding and head shaking and “I can’t believe you did that” from one particular wife.
The ladies ate modestly and the guys polished off the rest of the 21 crabs. As luck would have it, Doug did not get one of the empty crabs.

Happy New Year

 What a great party we had at the Centre on New Year’s Eve and many thanks to all those who made it happen. Let’s hope we can have many more great times at the Centre throughout 2021.

 Stay safe and Happy New Year to you all !

 Tight Lines Douggie

New email address for events at Palm Lake Ballina

 

Driftwood Xmas Party photos

Jacqui Baskerville from Villa 262 sent in some photos she took at the recent Driftwood Xmas Party. To view her photos click on the link below:

Link to Jacqui's photos from Driftwood Xmas Party 

Trivia Night

 A total of 96 wannabe quiz masters turned up for the 70s theme trivia night last week. Quite a few dressed for the occasion, as did hosts Peter and Roger. 

The night was hotly contested with “Golfers plus 1” taking the prize. Fiona Jones was the non golfer in the team and it can be argued whether Lyle, Bob White and the Hogbens, Ted and Sharyn, can claim to be golfers. Serial burglar Doug was there with wife Lesley nictitating (winking) at him all night. 

Some of the team captains submitted profiles of where they were in the 70s and what they were doing. There was skinny dipping, long sideburns, VW Beetles, escaping Cyclone Tracey and some boring stuff like being the CEO of Ballina Hospital.

Information session about a new exercise program