Our Town Cummins strives for a mentally fit, connected community - Our voices lead what is to be done
29/09/2025
This week at EET, we’ll be crafting coasters and trinket dishes using air-dry clay, followed by decorating our creations with painting, patterned serviettes, or dried flowers. We’ll finish everything off with a spray gloss for added protection.
As you work with the air-dry clay, you’ll have the opportunity to mold and shape it into various designs. I have some ideas to inspire your creativity! You can explore a wide range of colours and patterns through painting, while patterned serviettes can bring interesting textures and designs to your pieces. Adding dried flowers will lend a unique, natural touch to your projects.
The final application of spray gloss not only enhances the overall appearance but also provides a protective layer, ensuring your creations are more durable. Let your imagination run wild!
28/09/2025
Name of Youth Employee: Olivia Eldridge
Age: 25
Business Name: Bascombes Auto Ag
Job Title: Parts Interpreter
How long have they been working with you? 3 months
What tasks or responsibilities does this young person take on in your workplace?
Olivia’s main task is sourcing parts for technicians and customers. Her key responsibilities include customer service, order processing, stock management and maintaining showroom displays. Lovia is currently completing a certificate 3 in Automotive Sales.
What do they do particularly well?
Olivia brings a cheerful attitude to the team. She is reliable and shows initiative especially when it comes to sourcing parts.
Thank you Olivia, for the important role you play in helping make Cummins a great place to live, and for contributing to the success and strength of one of our valued local businesses.
28/09/2025
Whooohooo! Meet our new Connector – NED FUSS!
We’re absolutely stoked to have Ned joining the team here at OTC! His energy, passion, and community spirit are a perfect fit, and we can’t wait to see what he brings to the table.
Welcome aboard, Ned – let the good times roll!
26/09/2025
Name of Youth Employee: Tate Bieniasz
Age: 21
Business Name: Nutrien Cummins AG Services
Job Title: Customer Service
How long have they been working with you? 2 Years
What tasks or responsibilities does this young person take on in your workplace?
Tate is one of the first points of call at Cummins AG, customer service, loading utes/trailers and generally keeping the shed area tidy. He is in charge of stock counts which are done weekly and are very important part of his role. He also designs and sources the info for the monthly newsletter.
What do they do particularly well?
Tate is continually learning and adding to his skill repertoire. Communication with customers and other employees is very important in his role and he is continuing to progress in this area. He is a strong team player and learning how to use initiative as he gains more experience. Having someone with his youth around the shop keeps the rest of the old fellas in the building feeling young and up and about.
Thank you Tate, for the important role you play in helping make Cummins a great place to live, and for contributing to the success and strength of one of our valued local businesses.
26/09/2025
OTC is lucky enough to welcome three Occupational Therapy students to Cummins in February next year as part of a community engagement program.
Please join us in welcoming Marianna, Abbie, and Ebony! 👋
They’ll be focusing on Drug & Alcohol harm minimisation and working closely with the community to learn, connect, and contribute.
As part of their project, they’ll be looking to meet and chat with people who have insight or experience in the Drug & Alcohol space.
If you think you could support their learning or would like to get involved, please don’t hesitate to reach out—we’d love to connect you.
26/09/2025
BINGO NIGHT – On Tonight!
Join us for a fun night at the Community Hall.
Doors open: 6:30 PM
Bingo starts: 7:00 PM
Bring your friends and enjoy a great evening of games and community fun.
To book a seat or for more information, contact:
Ally – ally@ourtowncummins.com.au
25/09/2025
Biggest thanks Cummins IGA for supplying our young crew with icecreams!!!!
Thanks legends.
25/09/2025
Some fantastic young people have been working together to organise a movie night to celebrate the last day of school!
They’re inviting anyone in Year 6 and above to come along and watch IF with them at Ourtown Village.
📅 When: Last day of school
🕓 Time: 4:00 PM start
📍 Where: Ourtown Village
Come along for a fun afternoon to wrap up the term!
25/09/2025
Our beloved Birdie has set off on her next adventure! While we’re incredibly sad to see her go, we’re equally excited about what the future holds for her. Birdie brought such a fun, warm, and vibrant energy to the office, and her bubbly personality will be truly missed. We admire everything she brought to the team and wish her all the very best in her next chapter.
Keep an eye out—someone new will be joining us soon in a slightly different role. Stay tuned!
24/09/2025
Name of Youth Employee: Angus Bubner
Age: 24
Business Name: Nutrien Cummins AG Services
Job Title: Agronomist
How long have they been working with you? 3 Years
What tasks or responsibilities does this young person take on in your workplace?
Angus is a young agronomist for Cummins Ag. Growing up in Ceduna he then attended Longerenong Ag College in Victoria before joining Cummins Ag as a graduate Agronomist 3 years ago. Daily tasks for Angus include – soil analysis and management, crop monitoring , trial work, research and data analysis, advising clients on best agricultural practices and also helping out in the shop on the front counter when needed.
What do they do particularly well?
Angus is a reliable, punctual young man with a great attitude in regards to teamwork, initiative and a desire to do well. With a natural curiosity and willingness to learn he has found a rile in the Research and Development trials which focus on local trends and issues, new chemistry and long term sustainability.
Thank you Angus, for the important role you play in helping make Cummins a great place to live, and for contributing to the success and strength of one of our valued local businesses.
22/09/2025
Name of Youth Employee: Jack Fennell
Age: 25
Business Name: Cummins Meat Store
Job Title: Qualified Butcher
How long have they been working with you? Nearly a year
What tasks or responsibilities does this young person take on in your workplace?
Jack has moved from Darwin back down to Cummins to help us out. He went to Cummins Area School when he was younger. Jack is able to break down beef, sheep and pigs, and also serves out front of house. He cuts all steaks, rolls roasts and basically does anything our customers need.
What do they do particularly well?
Jack has really stepped up, he’s able to do anything that we ask him to do. Jack works well with our other workers. We appreciate everything Jack is doing for us.
Thank you Jack, for the important role you play in helping make Cummins a great place to live, and for contributing to the success and strength of one of our valued local businesses.
19/09/2025
Name of Youth Employee: Kyle Leedham
Age: 18
Business Name: Cummins Meat Store
Job Title: Apprentice Butcher (1st Year)
How long have they been working with you? 4 months
What tasks or responsibilities does this young person take on in your workplace?
Kyle is slowly learning the ropes with us, he can crumb up a mean schnitzel to now making sausages and cutting the cuts of meat for those schnitzels.
What do they do particularly well?
Kyle is very keen he will always be here 5-10 mins before he is due to start work. Kyle will always yell out “we’ve got this lads” or “keep it going, we can do this”. You never know when his voice will yell these little sayings out!
Thank you Kyle, for the important role you play in helping make Cummins a great place to live, and for contributing to the success and strength of one of our valued local businesses.
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We aspire to a mentally fit, connected, creative community.
Our Town is an initiative that aims to build the capabilities of regional towns in South Australia to develop community based responses to mental health. The initiative gives towns and regions the power to define what’s right in and for their community, so that they can reclaim the mental wellbeing of their community.
By working with existing data and evidence, plus the knowledge that comes from people's lived experience, Our Town’s goal is to generate new ideas and ways of looking at mental health. Research shows that there are not enough services in mental health regionally, and that we need to find better responses beyond just a service response. Services also work in crisis and not prevention, and so part of the work to be done is to build each region's capability around what they can do in prevention.
Communities are uniquely positioned to be able to develop and run responses that are preventative, and therefore can help relieve the pressure on services.
“Our Town” is a long-term mental health funding initiative, which will see the Fay Fuller Foundation provide funding and support to South Australian towns and regions for up to 10 years.
The initiative seeks to fund and empower rural and regional communities to build new capabilities to meet the mental health challenges they face into the future.
The Fay Fuller Foundation and The Australian Centre for Social Innovation visited nine towns and regions that were initially shortlisted, including Cummins, for funding in late 2019 to learn more about our mental health challenges and bring our applications to life.
Six towns have since been shortlisted and include Cummins, Berri, Ceduna, Mid Murray, Kimba and Kangaroo Island.
The Fay Fuller Foundation initially planned to choose two communities from the six to each receive a decade of funding and support. However, given the recent catastrophic bushfire events in Kangaroo Island, it was decided that the program would be expanded from two funding and support packages to three and that the third would be provided straight to the island community.
Cummins and the other remaining four towns will have the opportunity to receive the original two 10-year packages of funding and support!
“Our Town” differs from other mental health initiatives as it is not about putting additional services in place or recruiting new mental health professionals. The goal of “Our Town” is to build on the strengths, skills and talents of people in the participating towns to collectively move towards mentally healthy futures. It is about partnering with communities in a very sustainable way to find solutions that will have a legacy far beyond the program.
Follow our page to keep up and support us on our “Our Town” journey!
