August - October 2010

We fell off the radar a bit - sorry about that!

It seems as though we never stop. Work keeps us very busy - though never busy enough to employ another person - isn't that a common tale for small businesses!

There have been many social activities on the Tenterfield Cal - all sorts of good things to do an see. How I wish we could attend everything.

The Tenterfield Hospital Ball had a good turn out. Entertainment was provided by Ripple FX and an effervescent Elvis!

NSW Rural Fire Service had the State Championships in Dubbo - huge amount of people. Interesting exercises and a LOT of cooking. Catering, as usual ran like clockwork! Took lots of photos ..... do you think I can find them ... Mmmmm!

In September a new Gallery opened in Stanthorpe Qld. NEST GALLERY has many local and Australian artists showcasing their work. Emma has the winning recipe for a wonderful fresh arena. Why not visit http://www.nestgallery.com.au/ and see for yourself.

We had a visit from St Joseph's Primary School - a group of lovely children came to watch how their school project was completed. All artwork and typing had been done by the class and it was up to us to bind it altogether. Which we did with their help. A very well presented 'Thank you' was given and in the following days a school pendant arrived for us to display in the shop. A lovely idea.

Relay For Life came to visit the town again - at least it wasn't as cold as last time. We had a fair amount of work on so was not able to get that involved. However Ruth put her hand up to help the Tenterfield Lions Club cook breakfast - good fun - enjoyed by all.

Still can't get this finished tonight .... stay tuned!

Operation Saddler

The 21st & 22nd of this month saw a whirlwind of activity not normally seen in a small country town like Tenterfield. Hosting the first of a series of regional NSW counter terrorism exercises, Tenterfield found itself right in the thick of it.

With more that 100 staff and resources gleamed from the NSW Police, Fire, Ambulance, RFS, SES and Health plus onlookers from some of the Queensland emergency services it proved to be one of the most interesting exercises I have ever been involved in.

As usual I was stuck in the kitchen .... but you will see from the gallery http://www.tentergrafix.com.au/events.html I did escape a couple of times!

Catering requirements became a challenge as the hours went by - Friday was a mild day weather-wise until lunch time when the heavens opened - thank goodness for a 4-bay shed. Covers for the day were about 80 - though it did start at 40! Morning Tea and lunch was out in the field on Saturday complete with sunshine. We fed approx 130. Lots of empty plates and folk coming back for seconds!

Tracy Grimshaw and the 'A Current Affair' team were embedded within the exercise for the two days and with any luck within the next week or so their program will go to air.

RFS Northern Regional Exercise

Just before Easter the Northern Regional Exercise celebrated its 10th year of being. This year in excess of 450 Rural Fire Service volunteers and staff participated in a variety of heart pumping scenarios that took place in and around Glen Innes between 26th and 28th March.

Not all the scenarios were photographed since this photographer was primarily there as part of the catering crew. Maths was never one of my strongest subjects but by my calculations there would have to have been at least 3500 meals put together - possibly even more. Visit the gallery to see more photos.

http://www.tentergrafix.com.au/events.html