Category: Groups
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Open House: The Dereel Men’s Shed
The Dereel Men’s Shed is holding an open house on 25th March 2017 from 11am-3pm at 14 Swamp Road, Dereel We invite you to see what we’ve got; see what we do and see what tool mysteries we can unravel for you. If you don’t know how to change a spark plug, put new blades…
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Art in Dereel – How?
Calling Artists, Crafters, and Creatives of all descriptions! How do we develop an arts community in Dereel? Chat over coffee about art and what you want to be able to do here in Dereel: 2pm, Saturday 25th February, Dereel Community Centre What is important to you in your creative practice? Would you like the…
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Community Garden Working Bee and Free BBQ
This Weekend: 11am to 1pm, Saturday 25 February, Dereel Community Garden The Dereel Community Gardening Group met on Saturday 18th February, the first time since the working bee in November. Over the festive season, some of the weeds had grown back. A decision was taken to have a ‘tidy up’ working bee to keep the garden…
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Community Garden Photo Gallery
Next Meeting The next Community Garden meeting will be at 2pm on Saturday 18th February in the Dereel Community Centre. Everyone welcome. Working Bee Photos Thank you to everyone who helped with the first Dereel Community Garden Working Bee in November 2016. Approximately 20 people helped out on 26th November, 2016 to do a huge…
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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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Dereel History
The final meeting of the Dereel History Group for 2016 will be held on Saturday 26th November from 2pm to 4pm in the Dereel Community Centre. Julie Donaghy has been following up information provided to her by local people, as well as doing her own original research. Many of the leads have proved to be…
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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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Cup Day Breakfast in Dereel
By Lorraine Ellis Tuesday November 1 is Melbourne Cup Day and also breakfast day at the Dereel Hall. For a gold coin donation, the Walking Group will cook breakfast for you. Join in the fun with a Melbourne Cup hat and take part in our $2.00 Cup Sweep. Breakfast is served at 8:00am. Join us…
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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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Dereel History Group: Was there a Grandstand?
An interesting discussion is unfolding on the Dereel History Group’s Facebook Page. Once, horse racing was held in Dereel with the track being around the perimeter of the Dereel Swamp. Racing results can be found in historic newspapers. A photo purporting to be the grandstand at the Dereel race track is one of the artefacts…
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Dereel Community Garden – News
By Robyn Miles Things are starting to happen around the Hall. You may not have noticed but the Dereel Community Gardening Group have been working feverishly on the next phase and you should start to see small changes. Spring has sprung and we are all in a rush to get our garden beds planted out…
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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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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 Garden
The first meeting of the Dereel Community Garden group discussed potential use of community space. A draft plan and collected ideas will be available soon for public comment. See these at the Dereel Community Day on 10th September between 12 noon and 2pm and in the Dereel Community Gardening Facebook group. All comments, offers and…
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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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Update: Dereel Mens’ Shed
As of the 1st August, the Dereel Mens’ Shed will be open on the following days from 10am to 3pm: Monday (men only) Wednesday (mixed) Friday (mixed) Also on Saturday’s from 11am to 3pm (mixed.) New members who would like to be involved in projects are wanted. If you can provide skills, ideas and suggestions,…
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Dereel Community Breakfast
By Lorraine Ellis, Dereel Walking Group The Dereel Walking Group are about to begin their monthly breakfasts again. Community breakfasts have not been held this year due to the rebuilding of the community facilities. Our first breakfast this year will be on Tuesday 2nd August at 8 am. Please note, due to the cold weather, this…
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Morning Tea with the Dereel Walking Group for BRICC
The Dereel Walking Group are holding a morning tea on Tuesday 31st May to raise money for the Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre (BRICC). We know many people in the community have been affected by cancer, and most have had something to do with BRICC in the form of treatment and fabulous care for both the…
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GPS Update on Dereel Projects
The Golden Plains Shire Council has provided this update on the various projects happening in Dereel: Dereel Hall Upgrade The Dereel Hall Upgrade is well underway and on schedule for completion in late May early June. Works completed and underway include: under slab plumbing, slab works, framing, roofing, block work and glazing with rough-in of…
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March Trailblazer Walk
Jacinta Walsh has sent through details of the March Trailblazer Walk: Date: Thursday 3 March Location: Victoria Park, Ballarat Meet: Sturt Street public toilets in Victoria Park RSVP is essential to travel on the bus To RSVP or for more information contact Jacinta prior to the walk on 5321 1500, mobile 0458 384 080 or email jacinta.walsh@gplains.vic.gov.au. Walk…
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Phun with Photographs
The Hub Cafe is on tomorrow, from 2pm to 4pm. This week, Paul Shire is calling local photographers of all skill levels to come along. Here is a note from Paul: * * * Hi Dereelians! Tashkah and I recently moved into Dereel and we love it……….er, so far. Ha! I am an ex newspaper photographer of…
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Update from the Dereel Walking Group
The following report was received from the Dereel Walking Group’s Lorraine Ellis: The Dereel Walking Group began meeting again mid January without our mainstay, Bennita Hough, who has retired. At the moment we are meeting in the Community Centre each Tuesday morning at 8.30 am. We walk according to the individual’s fitness, then have a…
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Trailblazer Walks
Dereel Spokes received the 2016 Trailblazer Walks schedule from Golden Plains Shire’s Jacinta Walsh. The first walk is on Thursday 3rd March in Ballarat’s Victoria Park. A bus will pick up interested walkers from the Dereel Community Centre, but bookings are essential. Contact Jacinta on landline 5321 1500, mobile 0458 384 080 or email her jacinta.walsh@gplains.vic.gov.au.…
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Tuesdays and Thursdays
Local Community Nurse, Bennita Hough has sent us her newsletter which lists September events happening on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. The full newsletter is available as a download here News From Our Community Nurse.
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Inaugural General Meeting 7pm 7th September
The Inaugural General Meeting of the Dereel Community Hub Inc. will be held at 7pm on Monday 7th September 2015 at the Dereel Community Centre. We invite residents of Dereel and surrounding communities to attend, join as members, nominate for roles and elect Office bearers. The Hub is an Incorporated Association and has adopted the…
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Dereel Writers Group
In 2014, a call for people to share skills with others in the community went out. Each person would
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