Category: Walking Group
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Dereel Walking Group is Back!
Liz Roberts, Dereel Community Development Officer, has advised us that the Dereel Walking Group is recommencing after a long break. The first walk will be tomorrow, Friday 10th June, at 10am, starting from the Dereel Community Centre, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel. After the walk, enjoy a cuppa and a chat for a gold coin donation.…
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Melbourne Cup Morning Tea
Instead of the usual breakfast, the Walking Group are hosting a morning tea to celebrate the Melbourne Cup. There will be a sweep, delicious goodies for morning tea and lots of fun. When: 10am, Tuesday 5th NovemberWhere: Dereel Community Centre kitchen, The Community Centre is located at 14 Swamp Road, Dereel. Hope to see you…
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Buy Christmas Gifts Locally
The Dereel Walking Group and Art In Dereel have combined forces to bring you an opportunity to view locally made art and craft items in time for Christmas. Support our local artists and crafts people by coming to see what they do and you may find that you don’t need to go into Ballarat to…
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U3A and Muffins on Tuesday
The Walking Group has enjoyed seeing some more new and familiar faces joining them for a cuppa and a walk. People of all ages and abilities are welcome on a Tuesday morning. We meet at 8:30am at the Dereel Hall. Next Tuesday (August 22nd) we will be cooking some muffins for morning tea, and Jack…
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Christmas in July Lunch
By Lorraine Ellis On Tuesday 4th July, the Walking Group hosted a Christmas in July lunch instead of their monthly breakfast. The whole community were invited and approximately 48 people attended from Dereel, Enfield, and Rokewood. This included the Rokewood Walking Group (who had a walk in Dereel before lunch) and a group from the…
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Lake Wendouree with The Dereel Walking Group
Walk around Lake Wendouree with the Dereel Walking Group on Tuesday 18th July. All welcome for long or short walk and coffee afterwards. The group are meeting at ‘Piper’s on the Lake’ at 9am, and that is also where they will be having coffee. For more information, please contact Lorraine Ellis.
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Trailblazer Walks: Schedule
The Trailblazer Walks are on again in 2017 and Jacinta has sent Dereel Spokes the schedule from March to June. The walk will be in Dereel on Thursday 6th April, commencing at the Dereel Hall at 10:00am. The full program, including contact details, is printed in this brochure: Trailblazer-Walks-March-July-2017.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
Dereel Spokes Newsletter 