Category: Projects
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Dereel Christmas Arts and Crafts Market
Yallambe Gifts Stallholder Keira McNaughton is one of the new stallholders this year, with her business Yallambe Gifts. Keira is selling handcrafted, sustainable and ethical jewellery. “With an eco-conscious mindset, we chose to work with raw materials, minimally processed, straight from the earth, paying our suppliers what they ask for. Nothing less.” You can find…
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Find Out How to Contribute to Dereel Community Planning
Community Planning is the name given to a program where the Golden Plains Shire allocates funds to Dereel as a township, and the community decides how it is spent. This money is not given to any particular group. Interested community members can volunteer to be part of the Community Planning group, where projects are determined…
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Handmade Bags and Purses at the Dereel Christmas Art and Craft Market
Racheal Strahan is a Dereel-based photographer and sewist who will be at the Dereel Christmas Art and Craft Market tomorrow afternoon. Along with photographic portraits and landscapes, under her business ‘We Shoot Stuff’ Racheal will also have a range of bags, purses, children’s clothing and more, under her brand ‘Amezaak Designs’. See more of Racheal’s…
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Acrylics and Papier Mache
Along with the art and craft market, a mini art exhibition will also be shown in the Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall on Saturday afternoon. Caroline Everett is a local artist who works with many mediums. For the Christmas market, Caroline has a range of papier mache bowls, money boxes, and cups. To see more of…
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Find Birds at the Dereel Christmas Art and Craft Market
Two of the stallholders you will find at the Dereel Christmas Art and Craft Market are Carol Moyse, a Dereel-based bird photographer, and Pam Farey, who has a range of hand painted cards, paintings, and these bird houses for sale. Carol has a range of prints for sale. You can see more of Carol’s photographs…
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Links to Stallholders
Find out more about the stalholders who will be at the Dereel Christmas Art and Craft Market
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Have Your Say while Enjoying Barista-Made Coffee
Dereel is about to begin a new 3 year Community Planning cycle. At Hub Cafe, open between 2pm and 4pm at the Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel, we will have forms you can complete to tell us your opinions. What is Community Planning? The idea behind Community Planning is that money spent…
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New Shelves: Book Swap and Food Is Free
The Dereel Men’s Shed have been very busy lately, and this is another of their projects installed for the community to use. David Jaunzems refurbished a cabinet and shelves, which have been installed near the children’s mural. At the top, a glassed in cupboard will serve as a library or book exchange when the Community…
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Look What We’ve Done!
Our 2016 to 2019 community plan was created by local people by holding community discussions and interviews to work out what local people wanted to do. The Community Plan was funded by the Golden Plains Shire (via the Community Planning grant) and Dereel locals worked together to form a plan and carry it out. Now,…
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Photo Gallery – Dereel Arts and Crafts Festival
Everyone had a great day on Saturday 19th October at the Dereel Arts and Crafts Festival. Here are some of the highlights. Thanks to everyone who participated. Photographs by Lucy Osmond.
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Dereel Spokes Publication Archive
If you are new in Dereel or want to look back at previous printed editions of Dereel Spokes, a full archive in PDF format can be accessed from our Publications page. This includes the recently delivered Special Edition: Community Planning which provides an update of the seven community planning projects.
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Dereel History Display
A lockable glass display case was purchased with part of the SEED funding for the Community Spaces project for the Dereel History Group to show items of interest to the Dereel community. Julie Avery-Donaghy is custodian of a trove of historical information and artifacts related to Dereel. With help from Lorraine Ellis, Julie has set…
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Community Planning Project Update
We are halfway through the three year Community Planning period, so it is time to look at the projects which are close to completion and those about to commence. If you live in Dereel or immediate surrounding areas, we welcome you to a project update guided by Nicole Langtip, Community Planning Facilitator. Date: Monday 16th…
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Draft Dereel Map
Community planning projects are continuing to bear fruit. Pam Bailey has been working with Mick Cosgriff from Golden Plains Shire to update the Golden Plains Shire map of Dereel. The image below shows the general look and feel of the map, and the headings standard for Golden Plains Shire maps. Pam is also working on a…
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Community Planning and DCHI General Meeting
If you enjoyed the recent Summer BBQ in the Dereel Reserve and would like to be more involved with the Dereel community, we would love to see you at our meeting tonight. The meeting starts at 7:30pm in the Dereel Community Centre kitchen. Everyone is welcome, and there is no need to be a member…
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Dereel Community Day
In lieu of Spring Festival, the Dereel Community Hub Inc. General Meeting voted to hold four seasonal Community Day events each year. The Community Days will run over a few hours, including a lunch. Each seasonal event will focus on a different aspect of life in Dereel, with an opportunity for all local groups to…
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Facilitated Community Planning Meeting
Golden Plains Shire has now transferred $7500.00 to the Dereel community, for projects considered important by the Dereel community. The SEED funding is allocated to the entire community, not to a specific group within Dereel. All members of the Dereel community are invited to attend a Community Planning meeting facilitated by Nicole Langtip on Tuesday 1st…
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Community Plan Update
The Dereel Community Plan 2016-2019 has been developed in consultation with the community. It identifies the areas of focus for the next few years to best serve the needs of the community of Dereel. The community planning process belongs to the entire community of Dereel and everyone is welcome to provide their views and be involved…
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Spring Festival Volunteer Meeting Tonight
As indicated in previous articles and published in the print edition of Dereel Spokes, the fate of the Dereel Spring Festival in 2017 depends on the number of new volunteers who are willing to help organise it. If you can help, please come to a community meeting tonight. The meeting commences at 7:30 pm…
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Updated: HELP NEEDED! Do You Have These Skills?
Update: The post below is from 2017, but we still need help. Right now our needs are very simple: people who want to be involved with the community of Dereel people who can spare an hour here or there to help in any capacity people interested in working out how DCHI can best function for…
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Art In Dereel: What Inspires You?
Local artists and crafters interested in building an active arts community in Dereel, agreed to meet on the third Saturday of the month at the Community Centre. In the first of these gatherings we’ll discuss inspiration. What inspires you? How do you use this inspiration in your work? The discussion starts at 1:30pm on Saturday…
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Seeding Dereel
Are you interested in growing and sharing food? Whether you are inexperienced or have a seasoned green-thumb, we invite you to take part in a project to grow and share food from seed to plate. Each season, seeds that are ready to sow will be made freely available through the Food is Free stall. We…
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Maps of Dereel
Our own Pam Bailey is leading the Maps, Signage and Publications component of the community plan. Last week, Pam invited Golden Plains Shire’s Mick Cosgriff to Dereel to discuss two new maps. The first map is part of Golden Plains Shire map updates, and is not part of the community plan. This map is aimed…
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Dereel People – Doug Braddy
1. How long have you lived in the area and what brought you here? Since 2000. I used to go prospecting with a mate around here so knew the area and said I would buy land if it became available. When something came up I couldn’t believe it had a house on the land given…
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Food is Free Dereel
Have you heard of the Food is Free global project? Perhaps you have seen the stalls at Food is Free Laneway in Ballarat, or Food is Free Smythesdale. Well, it’s coming to town. Food is Free Dereel will be launching on Saturday 11th March around 2pm. The stall will be set up on a bench…
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Youth Services in March
As we get further into the first school term of 2017, students are learning new topics and trying to understand new concepts. If you are, or know, a student who could use some help achieve their best, then come along to Free Community Tutoring at the Dereel Community Centre each Tuesday during term from 5pm…
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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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Free Community Tutoring
The school year is starting up again, so it’s time for the community to pull together to help Dereel students achieve their best in 2017. Every Tuesday from 5-6 pm there will be Free Community Tutoring sessions running in the Dereel Community Centre. Students at all levels are supported; primary school, high school and even some…
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Dereel People – Clio Ellis-Perez
1. How long have you lived in the area and what brought you here? Since 3 months before the 2013 fire. Now over four years. I came back to Australia to spend time with my parents after spending many years abroad. And I came to Dereel after they died to live in the bush and…
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