Category: What’s On
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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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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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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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BDNH Events Calendar
Lucy Osmond, the Dereel Community Wellbeing Officer has sent Dereel Spokes a calendar of events happening at the Dereel Community Centre in November and December. You can view the full list by clicking on this link: dereel-newsletter-novdec-2016
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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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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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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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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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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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Homework Hub for Students
A Homework Hub will be open every Tuesday 4-5:30 pm from 18th October for the last school term of 2016. If you want help with your studies, or just want a time to focus on homework, come along to the community centre after school. Community members who have a good understanding of school subjects and…
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Health Checks
Health Checks will be running once a month in the Dereel Community Centre. They will be held on the third Monday of each month from 2pm-4pm in 15 minute sessions. This is a great chance to get your blood pressure checked and have a chat about the health issues concerning you. There will be a 15…
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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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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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Wellbeing October Program
Lucy Osmond has advised us about the following upcoming events: Dereel Footy Pie Lunch Tuesday October 4th at midday in the Dereel Hall. A great chance to get together and celebrate the end of the footy season over an old fashioned pie lunch. All welcome, a gold coin donation is asked to contribute towards the food provided.…
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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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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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DCHI Annual General Meeting
Community Notice: The Dereel Community Hub Inc. will hold an Annual General Meeting in September. Date: Monday 19th September Time: 7:30pm Location: Dereel Community Centre, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel. All members of the Dereel and surrounding communities are welcome to attend. If you have been watching our progress over the past year and are interested…
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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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First Community Garden Meeting
The first meeting of a DCHI project team, led by Kim Stanley, to plan a community garden at the Dereel Community Centre will take place on Saturday 13th August at 2pm. This first meeting will focus on planning and design. Down the track there will be opportunities to do gardening and landscaping. Updates will be posted…
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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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Imagine Dereel
The Vision workshop, held on Saturday 23 July, was a great opportunity for us to reflect on what is great about living in Dereel and imagine the best of how our community could be in the future. Participants spent two hours discussing a wide range of topics to flesh out a future vision for Dereel.…
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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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Tuesday 12th July: ‘Setting Up the Community Centre’ Discussion
Fiona Robson, the Dereel Community Wellbeing Officer, has let us know that Paul Owen from Golden Plains Shire will be at the Dereel Community Centre tomorrow morning to discuss the set-up of the Dereel Community Centre and Hall. Paul is keen that the Centre works for everyone who uses it. So, if you have ideas,…
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