Category: Community News
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Hub Cafe is BACK Today!
It’s shaping up for a hot day for our first Hub Cafe of 2017, but we will have the air conditioning on and some delicious coffee, hot chocolate and chai for you. Hub Cafe operates from the Dereel Community Centre kitchen from 2pm to 4pm every Saturday. It’s a good opportunity to meet up with…
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Merry Christmas from DCHI
Merry Christmas to everyone from all of us involved with the Dereel Community Hub Inc. Wishing you all a happy and safe festive season. See you in 2017 The Hub Cafe is taking a break over the Christmas and New Year period. We start up again on Saturday 7th January from 2pm to 4pm at…
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Reminder: Dereel Christmas Picnic on Saturday
Invitation to the Dereel Community Dereel Community Hub Inc. invite you to our picnic to celebrate Christmas. This is an opportunity to relax with your friends and neighbours, and there may even be a visit from a man in a red suit—so make sure you bring the kids along too. We want to keep this…
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Call for Interested People
The first of the seven Community Planning Projects is the Dereel Community Garden, and it is great to see a group of interested and committed people beginning work on this project. DCHI are calling for people interested in working on one of the other six projects to contact us. We envisage putting together six separate…
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Farewell to Footy:
Text by Lorraine Ellis; Photos courtesy of Lucy Osmond Thank you to the people in the Dereel community for supporting The Walking Group’s Farewell to Footy Pie Lunch, held at the beginning of October. The company was good, the food good and everyone enjoyed catching up with other locals. Also, a big thank you to…
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Dereel Walking and Chat Group
By Lorraine Ellis It was great to see some new faces at breakfast on Cup Day – there was even a visitor from interstate. It was a fun morning and thanks to the couple of girls who came wearing Melbourne Cup hats – they looked very glamorous ! The Sweep was a bit of fun…
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A Christmas Picnic!
Invitation to the Dereel Community Dereel Community Hub Inc. invite you to our picnic to celebrate Christmas. This is an opportunity to relax with your friends and neighbours, and there may even be a visit from a man in a red suit—so make sure you bring the kids along too. We want to keep this…
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Golden Plains iVAN at Homework Hub Again This Tuesday
The Golden Plains Shire council will bring along the iVAN Youth Cruiser to the Homework Hub this Tuesday 22 October from 4-5:30 pm. Take the opportunity to catch up on some homework and have some fun also! The Homework Hub will be open every Tuesday 4 pm to 5:30 pm at the Dereel Community Centre for…
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Community Garden: First Working Bee
The fruit of research, planning sessions and many discussions is looking plump and ripe for tasting in relation to the Dereel Community Garden. If you’ve been waiting for the practical, getting your hands dirty part of the project, it’s about to begin. The Dereel Community Gardening group would love your help for a working bee…
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Info/Intro Session: Orchids in Dereel
Are you interested in learning more about the wild terrestrial orchids which grow in the bushland around Dereel? Emily Noble, Ballarat Field Naturalist and inaugural winner of the Australian Orchid Foundation’s Essay Prize will be presenting the next Introductory Information session in Dereel on Saturday 12 November from 2pm to 4pm. Everyone is welcome. Please…
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Dereel Hall Hire: New Management Arrangements
Ballarat District Nursing and Healthcare (BDNH Group) are pleased to advise that they have been appointed to manage the Dereel Hall & Community Centre. Facility management has been handed over from Golden Plains Shire to BDNH group and Community Wellbeing Officer, Lucy Osmond, is available on Mondays, Tuesdays and alternate Wednesdays to provide assistance. Everyone…
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Making Good Coffee at Home – Ask Me Anything!
The next Intro/Info session scheduled is ‘Barista at Home’ presented by Richard Emery, coffee roaster. This session will run from 2pm to 4pm on Saturday 5th November at the Dereel Community Centre. Let us know you are coming by sending an email to dereelspokes@gmail.com or clicking on ‘Interested’ or ‘Going’ on the Facebook Event…
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Golden Plains iVAN at Homework Hub This Tuesday
The Golden Plains Shire council will bring along the iVAN Youth Cruiser to the Homework Hub this Tuesday 25 October from 4-5:30 pm. Take the opportunity to catch up on some homework and have some fun also! The Homework Hub will be open every Tuesday 4 pm to 5:30 pm at the Dereel Community Centre for…
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Dereel People – Erin Gallagher
1. How long have you lived in the area and what brought you here? We moved here in June 2015, primarily for family but also looking for a self-sustainable lifestyle with a minimal impact on the environment. 2. What’s great about living here? The quiet – although it’s full of sound, with the birds and…
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Creative Writing Workshop – Saturday 22nd October
Have you ever wanted to explore creative writing but not known where to begin? Keeping a creative writing journal is a great way to start. All you need is a pen and a notebook to take your mind on journeys into an imaginative world, or to explore your own personal history. Led by Lisa Hunter who…
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Reminder: Dereel Community Garden Meeting Tonight
As published in our October edition of Dereel Spokes, the next Dereel Community Garden meeting will be held tonight at 7:00pm in the Dereel Community Centre, 14 Swamp Road Dereel. All welcome. Read about the Dereel Community Garden here.
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Theatre Info/Intro Session on Saturday 15th October
Presented by Kim Stanley – Saturday 15th October, 2pm to 4pm at the Dereel Community Centre. Cost is a gold coin donation to cover room hire. So, how did someone with little theatre experience, zero acting skills with absolutely no ability to remember lines, and a pretty dodgy voice manage to get Captain Cat’s Theatre…
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Saturday 8 October Intro/Info Session: Essential Oils
Essential Oils For Health and Longevity Presented by Clio Ellis-Perez Bookings via Facebook Event Post or email dereelspokes@gmail.com Cost: Gold Coin donation Known for their power since the Pharoahs of Egypt and rediscovered during World War II in helping the wounded. Essential Oils are becoming more and more evident as amazing tools for our health and…
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Misery Creek Bridge
In our September edition, we reported a tree had fallen across the centre section of the historic Misery Creek Bridge in Berringa Road. Sadly, this month the high level of rainfall led to another section of the bridge being washed away. The remaining structure seems to be very tenuously standing.
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Dereel Community Wellbeing Officer-Lucy Osmond
If you came along to the Dereel Community Day on 10th September, you may have met Lucy Osmond, our new Dereel Community Wellbeing Officer. Lucy is based at the Dereel Community Centre on Mondays, Tuesdays and alternate Wednesdays. Lucy’s role is to facilitate wellbeing programs for residents of Dereel, to promote involvement within the…
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Honour Board Researcher: Carissah Cain-Sultana
By Richard Emery A few weeks ago at the Community Centre, a visitor came in to enquire about the Honour Board displayed in the Dereel Hall. The enquirer was young and “a bit of a nerd” (self-described as it turns out) but so enthusiastic. Carissah Cain-Sultana is one of three children in a Ballarat pioneer family. It…
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Tai Chi Is On Again!
TAI CHI is on again in Dereel during Term 4. Duration: 9 weeks Term Runs from: Thursday 6th October to Thursday 8th December NOTE: There will be NO CLASS on 10th November Time: 7:00pm Thursdays Cost: full term $90.00, Casual $13.00. (Senior’s can participate for free on Thursday 6th October as part of the Seniors…
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Dereel Footy Pie Lunch
Join the Dereel Walking Group for a farewell to the footy season with an old fashioned pie lunch! Come in your favourite teams colours – a hat, scarf or jumper. There will be a footy themed lucky door prize! WHEN: Tuesday 4th October WHERE: Dereel Soldiers Memorial Hall, Swamp Road, Dereel. WHEN: 11.30 am to start…
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Dereel Community Day – Photo Gallery
A gallery of images from the Dereel Community Day on Saturday. Click on an image to view the gallery in a larger size. The Dereel Community Hub Inc. would like to thank Fiona and Lucy for organising the Community Day, which was a huge success. Thank you also to The Men’s Shed for a tasty BBQ lunch.…
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How Would You Design Our Logo?
Do you like playing with ideas in a visual way? Dereel Community Hub Inc. are thinking about ideas for a logo which represents our role and our local community. We are calling for logo ideas from local people with an interest in art and design. All concepts and designs received will be displayed at the Hub…
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Community Notice
Dereel Spokes is happy to publish information about local groups as a free community announcement. Leigh Catchment (Dereel) CERT Annual General Meeting Leigh Catchment (Dereel) Community Emergency Response Team will hold their Annual General Meeting in October. Date: Wednesday 5th October Time: 7:00pm Location: Dereel CERT Facility, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel. Everyone is welcome…
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Dereel Community Day
By Fiona Robson: Please join us at the Dereel Community Day on Saturday 10 September, 12 noon to 2pm, at the Dereel Hall and Community Centre. This is a great opportunity to celebrate Dereel and what is available for the community. Please share this within your networks, by printing & displaying the poster, including the…
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Free Community Tutoring
Are you a school student? Do you have a child who is? Or, are you competent in an academic subject at primary or high school level? Would you like to help a school student to learn? If any of these descriptions fit you, we want to hear from you. We are calling for people who…
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Launch and Lunch (Free)
Join us on Saturday 20th August for a free lunch to kick off the Dereel Community Plan for the next three years. Lunch is at 12:30 and the launch is from 1pm to 3pm. After lunch, we will look at the projects included in the proposed Community Plan and you can decide what is most important to…
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Linton Trailblazer Walk
By Jacinta Walsh, Our next walk is Thursday 4th August in Linton. We are meeting at ‘The Station’ which is across the road from the Linton Take Away shop at 10am. We will catch the bus up to the Linton Fire Fighters Memorial and walk back into Linton up the main street so people will…
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