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MEDIA RELEASE 22 October 2021

Temporary Road Closures

Rockley

The intersection of Hill and Pepper streets, Rockley, will be closed to traffic from Monday, 25 October for approximately two weeks.

Access will be available up to the intersection for businesses, residents and general traffic. Through traffic will be detoured via East street and Market street.

The temporary intersection closure is necessary for the construction of drainage and kerb and gutter.

Lambert Street

A section of Lambert Street between Havannah Street and Bant Street will be closed between the hours of 6.30pm to 6.30am on Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 October, weather permitting. The temporary road closure is necessary to enable road profiling and resurfacing works.

Animal Desexing Program

The next animal desexing program will commence on Monday, 1 November. The program is open to pensioners, newstart/jobseeker and healthcare card holders who are residents of the Bathurst LGA. The animal must be microchipped and identified on the microchip register system to benefit from this program.

The subsidised cost is as follows:

Dog Female $70.00 Cat Female $55.00

Male $55.00 Male $40.00

Microchipping, pain relief and first vaccination is included for both dogs and cats. Places are strictly limited, and bookings are essential at the following vets:

Stewart Street Veterinary Hospital 6331 1222.

Bathurst Central Animal Hospital 6332 5800.

Backyard Bird Count

From 18-24 October, Council is asking the local community to join thousands of other Aussies in helping BirdLife Australia count the birds that share their backyards, farms, rivers and parks urban, rural and regional backyards as part of the annual Aussie Backyard Bird Count, being held during National Bird Week.

Just spend 20 minutes in your favourite outdoor space and tell us about the birds you see during that period. You can submit your results using the app or the web form. For more information visit aussiebirdcount.org.au

JP Services

The community JP Desk in the Bathurst City Centre is open to assist clients face to face who need JP services.

The service is available at Bathurst City Centre on Tuesday afternoon (3.30pm to 6pm) Thursday evenings (5pm to 7pm) and Saturday mornings (9am to 12 noon).

For more information email bathurst@nswja.org.au

Get Grubby

Did you know that Council is a part of the dirtgirlworld Get Grubby program for families?

Especially created for families who are undertaking learning at home, the Get Grubby Program for Families celebrates nature and empowers young children to do little things at home that make a big difference.

From composting and worm farming, recycling, and saving energy to growing a veggie patch… watch the family grow and learn together while becoming backyard nature funsters.

And one lucky family from our area who signs up to the Get Grubby Program, will win a home worm farm and a Zoom wormy workshop with Costa the Garden gnome!

Just click on this link getgrubbyprogram.com/bathurst-families-login and use the post code - 2795 – when signing up

Bathurst Art Fair goes digital

The Bathurst Art Fair has gone online this year. This popular Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society (BRAGS) fundraising event will be exhibited online from 1 – 30 November. To enter your work head to bathurstart.com.au/artfair

Candidate Information webinars

The NSW Electoral Commission is running candidate information webinars in the lead up to the 4 December local government elections. A series of online candidate information sessions will be conducted by the NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) in the lead up to the 2021 NSW Local Government elections.

The webinars will cover the following topics:

• Registration of Electoral Material (also known as how to vote material) - 11am, Thursday 28 October
• iVote explained - 11am, Monday 8 November
• Early voting and election day voting - 11am, Thursday 18 November
• Candidate workers, scrutineers, counting and results - 11am, Tuesday 30 November

Information is available on the website at www.elections.nsw.gov.au

Elections

Local council elections take place on 4 December. The NSW Electoral Commission is looking for people to work at these elections. Working at the election is a good way to earn some money, learn new skills and help your community have their say. For more information visit www.elections.nsw.gov.au

Have Your Say

Pillars of Bathurst

Nominations for the 2022 Pillars of Bathurst project are open. If you’d like to participate in

this important local cultural heritage project by nominating someone visit YourSay Bathurst for more information. Nominations close 25 October. Visit yoursay.bathurst.nsw.gov.au

EOI Former TAFE Precinct

Council has invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the redevelopment of the former TAFE Precinct.

The precinct will be a once in a generation opportunity for the Bathurst region. The precinct will include a new public plaza and new buildings, adaptive reuse of the former TAFE and headmaster’s buildings. It is informed by previous community consultation and conservation management plans.

Council is seeking development interest in the precinct with private (not Council) funding. Private funding allows for the full precinct to be developed, it also allows money from the development of new private buildings to fund the new ‘plaza’ and the adaptive reuse of the Heritage Buildings.

Garage Sale Trail

The Garage Sale Trail is set to return to Bathurst over two weekends on November 13-14 and 20-21. Registration to participate is now open. For more information visit Council’s website, follow the BRC Events Facebook page or visit https://www.garagesaletrail.com.au/

ENDS

Media contact: Media Officer