Dates For doing Feb Update

 

 Visit the calendar for updates

https://coalpointprogress.blogspot.com/p/calendar.html

CPPA Monthly Meeting 
Monday 9 Feb, 9 March 

3-4:30 pm Progress Hall, 197 Skye Pt Rd, Coal Point
contact cppasecretary@gmail.com

TASNG Meeting
Wednesday 11 Feb, 11 March 

5-6:30 The Hub,
97 The Boulevarde, Toronto

Progress Hall Open Day
Saturday 14 March

• Grow Me Instead weed display
• Native plants for sale
• Meet the members, join up
• Community conversations
• Cafe-style beverages and bites

Locals Landcaring -
Every Thursday 8am-11ish 

Check the Calendar for locations

Tools & training provided
Morning tea is always at 10am

• 29/1 Burnage
• 5/2 Gurranba
• 12/2 Stansfield- neet behind the hall
• 19/2 Puntei Creek 
• 26/2 Threlkeld
• 5/3 Kilibinbin
• 12/3 Hampton St link- Jabiru Street end
• 19/3 West Ridge
• 26/3 Burnage
• 2/4 Gurranba

Crocodile Point (TASNG)
1st &3rd Wed
8:30-10am. Meet under the Fennel Bay bridge

Want to join Us?
Receive weekly emails about landcaring and what we will be doing, send a request to Ros cppalandcare@gmail.com

Dates for Doing Sept-October

Visit the calendar for updates

https://coalpointprogress.blogspot.com/p/calendar.html

CPPA Monthly Meeting

Monday 13 Oct

3:30-5pm Progress Hall, 197 Skye Pt Rd-

TASNG

Wednesday 8 Oct

5-6:30 The Hub,

97 The Boulevarde.

An Intro to Ethics

Wednesday 1 Oct
@ Progress Hall

Pig Day Out

Sunday 5th Oct

@ Toronto Hotel

Tools & techniques provided

Morning tea at 10am

25/9 Stansfield with Bush regen team

2/10 Threlkeld

9/10 Burnage

16/10 Kilibinbin

23/10 Burnage

30/10 Gurranba

6/11 - Puntei Creek Wetlands

Crocodile Point (TASNG)

1st &3rd Wed

8:30-10am. Meet under the Fennel Bay bridge

Want to join Us?

Receive weekly emails about landcaring and what we will be doing,

cppalandcare@gmail.com

Thinking it Through – Ethics with Henry Wellsmore

The first of our Ethics sessions at Progress Hall brought together a thoughtful group of 15 locals curious to explore some of the big questions of life: what does it mean to act ethically? and how do we decide what is “right” when opinions, laws and beliefs differ?

Henry Wellsmore led the discussion, drawing on his decades of experience in counselling, ethics and community work. Henry reminded us that ethics is not the same as personal opinion, gut feelings, professional etiquette, public policy or even religion and law. Rather, ethics is about human flourishing and wellbeing. It is prescriptive, it asks what we should do. It has overriding importance, applying across cultures and contexts.

Participants considered the influences that shape our own value systems. Family upbringing, education, politics, religion, and lived experience all play a role in how we weigh up what’s “right” and “wrong”. We also looked at several of the major ethical theories:

Deontology (Immanuel Kant), which focuses on rules and duties regardless of outcomes.

Consequentialism (Bentham, Mill, Singer), where the morality of an action depends on its results, seeking “the greatest good for the greatest number”.

Virtue theory (Plato, Aristotle), which looks to character and motives rather than rules or results.

Human rights, recognising both “positive” rights (such as the right to healthcare) and “negative” rights (such as liberty).

Each theory has strengths and drawbacks. Taken together, they offer different “lenses” for examining a dilemma. As Henry noted, none of this is rocket science, but it’s not easy either. The value lies in slowing down, considering multiple perspectives, and recognising that ethical decision-making takes effort.

The upcoming second session will recap the ground covered, provide space for questions, and introduce the other main models of ethics. If time permits, Henry will also present a practical framework for approaching ethical dilemmas:

identify the issue and conflicting values,

consider who is involved,

outline possible actions,

weigh up potential consequences from each ethical perspective,

then make a reasoned decision.

It’s a problem-solving approach that encourages reflection rather than snap judgement.

Join us on Wednesday 1st October, 10am–12 midday (cuppa from 9:30am) at Progress Hall, 197 Skye Point Rd, Coal Point. A gold coin donation will help cover costs.

Bring your curiosity and your questions, this promises to be another stimulating morning of learning and conversation.

Book in here or scan the QR code.

Joy, glee, and excitement are in the air! - Progress Hall re-opeing

The Progress Hall is looking absolutely amazing, and the CPPA Committee is beyond thrilled to be throwing open the doors once again! We warmly invite you to join us for a festive Re-Open Day on Saturday 22 March 2025, from 10am to 2pm.

This special event is a wonderful opportunity to catch up with locals, soak in the cheerful atmosphere, and celebrate the incredible achievements of our community group. We can’t wait to welcome you back to our beautifully refreshed hall—see you there!

10:00- 10:30 Welcome members of the community back to the Hall, seeing is believing, it’s an amazing transformation. Share your ideas for future uses and events.

10:30 – 11:00 The official re-opening of the hall ceremony, with the Honourable Greg Piper MP, cutting the ribbon and turning on the urn. A time for some heartfelt thanks and reflections on the community contributions that have maintained this community asset for the past 74 years.

11:00 – 11:30 Celebrating 30 years of Landcare in our community. Who are the landcarers, what do they do and where do they do it. Join us in a slice of community cake and a cuppa.

11:30 -1:30 Drop by and say hi. Explore the hall, immerse yourself in a display of local weeds and how to get rid of them. Purchase a native plant that can replace your weed. Chat about your trees and see if they have the potential to be a hollowhog-hotel. Join the CPPA and support what we do. There will be members-a-plenty to propose and second your application.

To add to the festive atmosphere throughout the day there will be some light music so visitors can appreciate the acoustics and test out the well sprung floor if you like to move and groove. On stage will be Bobby Paquet, a French folk guitarist and on the recently tuned piano will be Helen English, accomplished pianist.

There will be a rolling morning tea with some tastebud tempting treats provided by the Cleaver crew.

1:30 – 2pm Join in the Annual General Meeting of the CPPA where the achievements of the year will be shared, the financial report delivered, plans for 2025 discussed and the election of the Committee undertaken. Nominations received so far for the Committee have been from Suzanne Pritchard, Nico Marcar, Cath Fairs, Selma Barry, Helen English, Nicole Haigh, Pam Sharp and Ros Cornish.

If you are coming along please send an email to cppasecretary@gmail.com so we can make sure we cater adequately.

2025 is looking to be a big one for the CPPA!

We’ll be doing a lot of celebrating and socialising this year. The first major event is an open day at Progress Hall on Saturday 22nd March, from 10am-2pm, celebrating the kitchen completion and hall refurbishments, 30 years of local landcaring and holding our AGM! 

CPPA members and the local community are warmly invited to visit Progress Hall and inspect the recently completed  kitchen and hall facilities. The new kitchen now has all the mod-cons including a dishwasher, induction cooktop, large oven, a very neat bin system, places for everything and everything in its place. The $35,000 project has been overseen by Selma Barry who has done an amazing job coordinating the transformation with funding provided from an $8,000 grant from the State Government, a donation of $8000 from Eraring Energy’s Community Fund, and an incredible $2000 in donations from our members!

Thirty years of local landcaring will be celebrated with a special cake and a display of freshly picked local weeds and some ‘grow me instead’ options to purchase. Landcarers will be on hand to share their weed treatment techniques and knowledge of our reserves and local biodiversity. https://coalpointprogress.blogspot.com/p/bonza-backyard-gardening-guide.html 

There’ll also be an opportunity to express your interest in having habitat hollows installed in large trees on your property, utilising the Hollowhog approach, as part of a funding application under consideration to enhance the number of hollows for our local wildlife within our community. It takes over 100 years for a hollow to form, a significant number of our fauna require hollows for shelter and nesting. The Hollowhog approach fast tracks hollow creation.

The CPPA Committee will be on hand to hear your thoughts about activities that the CPPA can undertake, especially around utilising our unique community-owned hall. There will be a rolling morning tea and nibbles on hand and an opportunity to join or renew your membership to the CPPA.

A brief and efficient Annual General Meeting will be held from 1:30-2pm. The Agenda will be as follows

• Welcome
• Minutes of the previous AGM
• President’s Report
• Financial Report
• Election of CPPA Committee

If you would like to join the Committee a nomination form is available.

Drop in for a quick visit or hang around for a while, the Open Day at the hall is an opportunity to catch up with some locals and share your thoughts on what you’d like to see happen in our community or at our hall. 

Membership renewals are due ...

or join our progressive progress association.

CPPA membership aligns with the calendar year and membership renewals are due, or join up now!

Our annual membership fees are $8 for an individual, or $13 for a household (defined as people living at the same address, whether a family or not). Five-year memberships are $32 and $52.

There’s a membership form on the website and inside.

Wanted: Civil construction advice on addressing access to Progress Hall.

The CPPA will be applying for funding to improve access to the hall and would greatly appreciate some advice to guide our application.Please contact  cppasecretary@gmail.com or 0438 596 741 in February to discuss.

Bayira - Catching songs, stories and dreams

On Thursday 21 September, the University of Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, Auckland Street is hosting a special free event, Bayira.

Bayira brings together local Elders, students and the community and features performances by the Newcastle People’s Chorus and young people from the Big Picture school, as well as creative workshops, storytelling and more.

It opens at 5.30pm with performances from the People’s Chorus of Newcastle of some favourite songs such as “Weevils in the Flour”. Next will be “Catching Dreams”, a segment of music, storytelling and drama presentations by Indigenous and non-Indigenous high school students.

A local Indigenous youth perspective on the Voice follows and a presentation on language by Angelina Joshua.

At 7pm there will be a break during which light refreshments will be served.

After the break, you can choose to participate in an Indigenous arts workshop or a session, “Catching Stories- Newcastle Stories”.

The event will conclude at 8.30pm after a yarning circle. 

Feel free to pop in for a while or attend all. The event is free but we would like you to register.

Sustainable House Day (SHD)- Sunday March 19

Did you know that you can take part in Sustainable House Day for free, from the comfort of your own home?

Eight free online sessions on March 19th, bring together SHD homeowners and experts to give you insights from lived experience as well as leading industry knowledge. 

It’s all part of the process to transform Australian homes for climate and energy resilience.

All the details are here.

You only need to register once to give you access to all sessions across the entire day. 

10AM Do it yourself: Owner-building

11AM Design for life: Accessibility and ageing in place

12PM Creating sustainable housing: Eco communities and co-housing

1PM Quick and easy? Exploring prefab and modular homes

2PM Running on sun: Using solar energy at home

3PM EVs and the grid: Understanding sustainable transport

4PM Maximum efficiency: Lowering your energy bills

5PM On the cheap: Sustainable design on a budget

Are you prepared for fires and floods?

On Saturday 11 February there’s an opportunity to see how your property will stand up to a natural hazard using a ‘Simtable’, a sophisticated “digital sand table” that displays high quality models of natural hazards such as bushfires and floods.

The Simtable will be the conversation starter at the members morning tea sign-up being co-hosted by the Coal Point Progress Association (CPPA) and Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group (TASNG) at Progress Hall, 197 Skye Point Rd Coal Point, 10am-noon.

The Simtable works by showing a simulation of how a hazard moves across and impacts a landscape. Because it uses local maps and data, the Simtable provides a highly realistic demonstration of how individual properties and the broader community may be affected, improving our community’s awareness of these hazards and how best to prepare and respond, in this climate changing world we’re in. If you want to do a deep dive into your property an RSVP is essential.

The event is also an opportunity to join your local community organisations CPPA and TASNG. Membership forms will be available and morning tea will be provided.

Please RSVP for catering purposes using the link or you can register by phone/SMS 0438 596 741 or email cppasecretary@gmail.com.

RSVP 

https://hub.givar.com/connect/org/coalpointprogress/campaigns/simtable-simulations-for-fire-and-flood-preparedness-members-morning-tea

State Election on March 25 -Community Forum on March 9

An online community forum on 9th March 6:30-8:30pm, organised by the Hunter Community Alliance (HCA) will see local leaders, members and allies sharing stories and expertise about climate change, the energy transition, housing and homelessness.

HCA will also present policy proposals developed to directly address these pressures to Hunter region State candidates. The proposals will then be negotiated with the candidates and commitments sought to make them happen.

Community concerns highlighted from listening campaigns conducted by Climate Action Newcastle are that our region is poorly equipped for the climate changes that are happening already - fires, heatwaves, storms, and coastal inundation - and the long-predicted changes in the region’s jobs and economy.

You can join the community forum to hear how Hunter Region candidates will address community concerns about climate, housing, and homelessness at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/community-forum-for-affordable-housing-and-climate-action-march-9th-tickets-482336169467

Summer Spruce Up for Progress Hall

The CPPA owns Progress Hall.

To keep it we need one and all

to lend a hand and spruce it up,

at 10 & 12 we'll stop to sup.

There'll be a well thought plan to follow.

Does anyone have a water blaster to borrow?

So bring along your gloves and mops,

these working bees are always tops.

Working Bee at Progress Hall, 197 Skye Point Rd, Coal Point.

Sunday 22nd January 9am till noon.

Morning tea at 10am and lunch at 12pm, enjoyable company provided.

Join us for however long you have available, all time given is greatly appreciated.

We are getting quite a few bookings at the hall this year and a good clean up is needed.

These working bees are a great way to support our local community group to maintain our hall for our community.
Tasks on the day include:

• Cleaning of outside walls especially around entrance way- hose/cleaner needed
• General cleaning inside - floors, facilities
• Internal walls - removal of the scuff marks and cobwebs in corners
• Kitchen area - general tidying
• Water blast the entrance path - it can get slippery BYO water blaster
• Windows (inside and out) - cleaning of glass, window sills need dead fly burials
• Clear Gutters - lots of twig/leaf debris on roof- there is gutter guard
• Chair relocation from stage
• Stage area - reorganising in preparation for new filing cabinets/storage
• Grounds maintenance - trim/mow lawn - BYO trimmer/mower
• Planning for future & more regular working bees.
• Cleaning products, cloths and disposable gloves are provided.

If you'd like to drop by and renew you CPPA membership or join up there'll be lots of Committee members to welcome you.

In 1946 some locals bought some land and raised some funds and built Progress Hall in 1951. It is a part of our local history and part of the CPPA's commitment to the community is to maintain the upkeep of the hall for community use.

If you'd like more information on what the day will hold please contact Suzanne cppasecretary@gmail.com.

If you're coming please RSVP so we cater efficiently.

CPPA Members and Volunteers End of year Lunch & thank you

CPPA Members and Volunteers End of year Lunch

A final opportunity to get together this year will be a lunch at Progress Hall at noon on Thursday 15th December.

It will be a mix of catered and bring a plate to share. There’ll be some very light entertainment to brighten the mood, locals to mingle with and much joyousness to share.

If you’ve been meaning to join the CPPA you can drop in and fill in a form.

If you’d like to attend please RSVP by 13/12/22 to cppasecretary@gmail.com to assist in catering.

Thank you One and All- Lois Simpson

A heartfelt, huge, end-of -year thank you from your Landcare team to so many of our community . It has been a very challenging year with all the rain but we’ve been working hard to keep our bushland reserves weed-free and healthy.

Your support has been part of the successes achieved. Perhaps you have been part of the "one weed each walk" action, or the "no garden or lawn rubbish over our back fence" brigade. You may even be a "let's pull out those garden escapees just outside our fence" helper. If you are a "let's choose our plants wisely" gardener, you are having an enormous and positive impact on the war against weeds.

It's heartening to know that, in our neighbourhood, there are so many who understand and value healthy native bushland. If we were to lose it, Australia would not be Australia anymore.

It's so heartening, too, to see a growing understanding in our next generation. Our patch is in good hands.

Our very best wishes to all, over the festive season and in the new year, from your local Landcarers.

Progress Hall working bee 22/1/23

Progress Hall is owned by the CPPA, it is truly a community hall. As such the CPPA works very hard to cover the costs of owning property and the tasks associated with maintaining a community space for community use.

We are starting off the new year with a working bee to get the hall in tip top shape to host events, functions, groups and get togethers.

Many hands make light work so if you’d like to lend a hand there’ll be something for everyone. Lots of cleaning of walls inside and out, gutters, spaces, also sorting storage options, de-cluttering, repairing termite damage… and more.

If you’d like more details contact cppasecretary@gmail.com or one of the committee members on the back page.

Want an Electric Vehicle(EV) for Christmas?

The Good Car Company are hosting an online presentation Monday 12 December 2022, 7.00 - 8.00pm covering EV Charging, Integrating home solar with your EV, EV servicing & maintenance, EV batteries, road trips, the good Nissan Leaf cars & vans and the December EV offer. You can register to attend here

A Big Community Weekend

The last weekend in October is looking to be a wonderful celebration of community with two family friendly events happening, the Coal Point School Fete on Saturday 29 and the TASNG/CPPA Car Boot Catch-Up on Sunday 30 October.  

It may seem like ages since we’ve gathered as a community, out and about, and it may even feel a bit strange, but both activities are outdoors, there’ll be lots of room to spread out, (but if anyone is unwell it’s best practice to stay at home, living with COVID is everyone’s responsibility).  

Whilst the event organisers have their fingers, toes and everything in between crossed for wonderful weather it appears that climatic uncertainty is also the new norm. The Coal Point P & C will be making their call on Wednesday as to whether the weather will impact their plans, the Car Boot Catch-Up will make the call on Saturday. Social media and websites are where you’ll find out if the events are going ahead. 

Facebook pages to check include Coal Point Fete, Coal Point P&C, Toronto & Westlakes community notice board, Toronto NSW and community notice board, Coal Point Progress Association and Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group.

Many thanks to Altitude Real Estate for supporting the Car Boot Catch-Up.

The Car Boot Catch-Up has more than 30 car boots and..

Registrations close noon  28/10/22   more information is here

There are lots of parking options around Puntei park perimeter,  and the grounds are dry enough and big enough to accommodate the car-booter's vehicles. Council has mown the grass and cleaned the toilets too. The landcare crew have weeded the Excelsior Parade entrance...all set for a super Sunday.

TASNG with the support of funding from LMCC are providing entertainment from Party Chameleon who’ll have their brushes and paints at the ready from 9-12 to transform anyone who is prepared to sit down long enough. Earthen Rhythms who love Drum, Dance & Rhythm will be offering a fully interactive hands-on Djembe event from 10:30 to 11:30.

The Toronto Men’s Shed have been wonderful supporters of the CPPA. They’ve built us some very large cutlery and many a nest box for our local threatened population of Squirrel Gliders, they’ve also repurposed a cupboard for our community library at the hall. The Men’s Shed is open on Tuesday and Thursday 8:30am- 2:30pm and is safe place where men of all ages are able to meet for fellowship, social interaction and manual pursuits.

 

The Lions have been serving Australians for 75 years and this milestone was recently celebrated with a wonderful planting day at Gurranba Reserve, which is looking very spiffy after a month of attention preparing for the planting. Lions are ordinary people doing extraordinary things - supporting people with a disability, community greening, fundraising for worthwhile causes. The celebratory planting event was capped off with a BBQ that has become synonymous with the Lions. You can acquaint yourself with the Lions crew at the Car Boot Catch-Up. 

The Toronto Community Centenary Hub, 97 The Boulevade, is supported by Lions and offers a range of community activities that includes computer, phone and tablet tutoring, Tai Chi, Seniors Social Group, a thriving Community Garden as well as CatholicCare Community kitchen, where a free hot meal and refreshments are provided each Thursday to those in need. Community Garden members will be growing interest at the Car Boot Catch-up. 

The Classic Boatworks Crew (aka Lake Macquarie Classic Boat Association) are interested in building and restoring small boats, particularly those made of timber. They undertake their craftsmanship at their boatshed in Rathmines on a site on the historic Catalina base. They will be very happy to share their restorative enthusiasm at the car Boot Catch-up. 

Marine Rescue Lake Macquarie are a team of highly trained volunteers, whose time is spent manning the radio base at Swansea Heads on a 24 hour schedule, every day of the year. Their rescue vessels, berthed at Pelican, are manned during daylight hours with night-time rescues arranged by the radio crews on a call-out basis. Two rescue boats and one jetski are currently in their fleet to help our Lake users, and the boat will be on display. You can have a chat and thank them for keeping us all safe on the Lake at the Car Boot Catch-Up. 

What’s a tiny forest and where is it? Who are ReLeaf Lake Mac and what do they do? Answers to all these questions will be shared by the Five Bays Sustainable Neighbourhood Group (SNG), the group’s area encompasses the suburbs surrounding Cockle Bay, Awaba Bay, Kooroora Bay, Fennell Bay and Edmunds Bay. The Five Bay SNG are also the driving force behind the PamperCare project that accepts donations of personal care and pantry products for locals who are doing it tough or sleeping rough. You can donate toiletries or canned food at the Car Boot Catch-Up

The Car Boot Catch-Up Crew will also be supporting Survivor’s R Us, a not-for-profit charity and benevolent institution that supports the fight against domestic violence, homelessness and unemployment. They are based at Cardif. You can make a donation towards Christmas hampers for those in need at the Car Boot Catch-Up.

At the Car Boot Catch-up you’ll get the chance to discuss what climate change resilience in our area might look like. LMCC’s Climate Crusaders Neale Farmer and John Gilbert are currently conducting community conversations from Toronto to Teralba.

Do you think sea level rise will be a local issue? What will happen on the Carey Bay floodplain when it floods? What about bushfire management in our reserves? Will threatened species survive in our diminishing increasingly fragmented bushland? Will it be important to grow food locally? So many questions and still time to nut out some solutions.

As the impacts of our changing climate are becoming ever present planning for our local future starts with local conversations.

St Joseph’s Primary School, Kilaben Bay have booked a space to share their school’s unique character and charm. You can catch up with members of the St Joseph’s community and find out what makes their school tick. 

The Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group will be collecting fabric at the Car Boot Catch-Up to support the Make & Mend Space at the Toronto Library. This sewing initiative is about reducing the amount of fabric going to landfill and will kick off in a dedicated space at the library on Saturday mornings in 2023. 

TASNG volunteers will assist with the set up and pack up and the sewing people will be making up bags, and anything else that reuses fabric. If you can’t wait till next year to get sewing, every Tuesday morning there is a Sew Together group that meets socially 9:30-11:30 at the Library; contact Keiran at the library to find out more.

The local Landcare crew will be lolling about at the Car Boot Catch-up with a Treasure Hunt handout for the young and interested to encourage exploration of the Endangered Ecological Community – Swamp Oak forest Flood plain Forest. The team are very happy to talk about any of the local reserves, and assist in identifying any plants you’d like to bring along. 

TASNG has successfully applied to establish a new Landcare site in Toronto, called Crocodile Point (at Fennel Bay bridge, on the western side of Cary St, opposite the Lions' Park). 

This new project is based on the need for us all to play a part in keeping our beautiful lake healthy. Caring for the shoreline of our lake is an integral part of that exercise, and to that end we will be working every first and third Wednesday of the month between 8:30 and 10:00. 

We will be getting rid of rubbish and weeds, encouraging native vegetation and generally maintaining ‘The Point’ so that birdlife thrives (especially our shore birds), fish nurseries flourish, and a living wetland can be sustained. 

If you would like to do some Landcare, regularly or just casually; or visit Crocodile Point and have a quick tour, you will be most welcome - call Lois on 49595863.
And finally, "why Crocodile Point?", I hear you ask. Well, I don't know - why not?

The Great Southern Bioblitz is happening over the weekend of the Car Boot Catch-Up 28-31 October and we’ll be trying to capture as much of the local biodiversity across Puntei Creek Reserve and our other bushland reserves as we can. This information provides a snapshot of spring across three continents.

The Lake Mac BioBlitz coordinators have a couple of additional suggestions to assist in finding more species.

• 5 on Friday -document five species on Friday 28 October
• moth night- set up a white sheet one evening and record moth species
• shake a tree -put a sheet under a tree and give it a shake and record what insects fall off
• listen and see - upload an audio, something you have never seen before and something you have

The iNaturalist website and phone app connect you to expert scientists and other naturalists from around the world, and lets you collect observations that contribute to biodiversity science. You can explore observations from Lake Macquarie and the world and get help to identify plants and animals.To participate sign up to iNaturalist and join the Great Southern Bioblitz 2022 Lake Mac City project.

Coal Point School Fete 29/10/22

It will be fun and festivities at Coal Point Public School on Saturday 29th October with the much-missed-next-generation School Fete returning after the COVID hiatus. 

There’ll be amusement rides, games & prizes, markets, food and a much more.

There’s been an amazing response from the local professional and hobby artists with about 80 pieces of art on display, all for sale and 20% of the sale going towards the school. A great way to procure that special piece as well as support local artists and the school. 

All the information about what’s on and where the activities and events will be is  on the Fete website .

Is Your House Sustainable?

Housing is changing rapidly. The cost is prompting many to renovate instead of relocate and new owners are looking to make their mark on their new home.

Both of these options provide an opportunity to build for a more resilient future to adapt and mitigate the effects of our rapidly changing climate on our living space and the broader community.

The Sustainable House Day organisation is offering a series of online courses, Sustainable Design 101, which provides an introduction to the fundamentals of sustainable design, perfect for those who are in the planning stages of a build, curious about improving their existing home, or even just dreaming of a future sustainable home.

Retrofitting for Resilience is the November theme. The sessions are held online from 6:30-8:30pm and are either $10 or free for members of Renew. All the details are at https://sustainablehouseday.com/

• Getting Started - ONLINE, 9th Nov
• Protection from embers and radiant heat ONLINE, 16th Nov
• Water and landscaping ONLINE, 23rd Nov
• Energy setups ONLINE, 30th Nov

Give your spring clean out collection another life!

 

All the details of the Car Boot Catch-Up are here.

You can register to secure your spot here.