The predicted heavy falls of rain eventuated over the weekend and should set rural areas in our shire up for a good spring with crops and pastures to benefit from the deluge.
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Since earlier in the year Bogan Shire has indeed been fortunate season-wise, very different from areas not far north and north-west of us.
Those who decided on the location of the solar farm may be wondering about their choice, but they can be assured that there will be plenty of sunlight and dry weather prevalent in the ensuring years.
The state government, or what is left of it, announced earlier in the year that they intended to take to the election in March next year, a policy to lease 49 per cent of the electricity network (through poles and wires) in NSW.
More details of this were made available to central and western councils at a meeting in Dubbo last week.
This lease is expected to generate for the Government about $20b of which $6b is promised for rural and regional NSW.
This lease will not apply to Essential Energy’s area of the state that we are located in, which will remain in public or government ownership.
The main infrastructure projects identified by the government are regional roads and water funding, schools and hospitals, sporting and cultural and two major road and rail projects in Sydney, including a second harbour crossing.
Permanent employees’ jobs are to be protected and an independent authority will continue to monitor electricity reliability.
Electricity network prices will continue to be regulated by the Australian Energy Regulator, and the increased efficiency of this lease hopefully will see prices decrease.
As the state government calls for projects for this rural money to be used, a number of Bogan Shire regional roads have been included in a Western NSW Roads Project for their consideration.
Good work continues at Heritage Park with the installation of sleepers and rock at the Heritage Gates. More trees will soon be planted to have them well established for Anzac Day next year.
The plaques previously located on cement blocks along the original pathway have all been located on the ring of sandstone blocks at the centre of the park.
Contact the shire if you would like to have a plaque located on these blocks to commemorate your family in Nyngan.
Last Wednesday a meeting was held by those interested in progressing a Historical Society in Nyngan.
The room, formerly occupied by the Bogan Bush Mobile at the entrance to the Town Hall Supper Room, has been allocated to the society, with a computer to be connected to the internet.
Considerable fresh information is being added to previous records of early graves in the shire and records put on disks of early history of local families.
A lot of interest continues to centre around early Chinese participation in the shire, with the council to fund a protective cover over the Chinese burner located at the Nyngan Cemetery.
Photographs and military history of volunteers from our shire who went to the First World War were on display, attracting much interest as we progress past the centenary of the commencement of WW1.
A project to record the last 25 years of history in Bogan Shire is also proposed.
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday September 10 at 5pm at the Town Hall, with everyone interested most welcome to attend.
Work is progressing on stage two of the main street beautification.
Weather permitting digging the areas for the garden beds should be finished this week and soil placed in the beds prior to cement boarders being poured.
