Tag: Dereel
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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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Real Food Festival: Real Coffee Workshop
Dereel is participating in the Real Food Festival by extending the Hub Cafe on Saturdays into a series of Real Coffee Workshops. Each workshop will be structured so you can taste your way through through ten different brewing methods, using the same single origin coffee beans. Also, find out about aroma and flavour profiles, along with the…
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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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Learning Games
Games to help develop number sense and aid basic computation Tuesday 21st February 5.15pm. By Erin Gallagher Would you like to help your child to have success in mathematics? Would you like to help your child be confident in basic computations at school? Research suggests that parent/carer attitude towards mathematics can be critical in the…
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Real Food Festival
Dereel will be participating in the Real Food Festival, held in March. If you would like to share your ideas or just help out, please come to the planning meeting: Dereel Real Food Festival Planning Meeting 7:30pm Monday 20th February, Kitchen, Dereel Community Centre Among the ideas to be considered are a local Food Is Free program;…
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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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Generations to work together over Tech, Tea and Tales
News from the Golden Plains Shire Golden Plains will be the first Shire in Australia to introduce an exciting new program for youth and seniors called ‘Tech, Tea and Tales’. The program will employ young local jobseekers to provide one-on-one technology help to seniors in the Shire, and to record their life stories and experiences…
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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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Tai Chi Dates for 2017
If you’re looking to include some physical activity in your week in 2017, why not consider Tai Chi classes in Dereel? Suitable for all levels of fitness and beginners are welcome! Tai Chi classes coincide with school terms. In 2017 terms 1, 2 and 4 are scheduled on Thursday’s from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Please note:…
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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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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 Birds
Photograph and text by Caelum Picket Here we have what is known as a Tawny Frogmouth, also known as the Mopoke owl for the call they make. This photo was taken by me at my house down Ferrers Road. The nest was situated up a very old, tall tree. This is a mating pair and…
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November/December Wellbeing Program
Activities for November and December are listed below. A link to the November/December program is here: Walk & Cuppa Tuesday from 8:30am, Dereel Kitchen Come and join the walking group on a Tuesday morning. Enjoy having a chat in the kitchen or going for a short or long walk in the local area followed by…
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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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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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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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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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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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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 People: Lisa Hunter
By Richard Emery 1. How long have you lived in the area? We moved to Dereel in August 2012. Before that I lived in large regional towns or in Melbourne. The move was sparked by a camping trip I had been putting off for 25 years. Came home after being in a National Park with…
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Local Wildflowers: Early Nancy
If you can see tiny white flowers growing on your property in early Spring, take a closer look: they may be the native Australian lily Early Nancy Wurmbea dioica. The Early Nancy plant, in flower, will range somewhere between 5 and 15cm in height. Multiple flowers can be present on the same plant, but usually…
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Our New Office Holders
Councillor Helena Kirby presided over the Dereel Community Hub Incorporated Annual General Meeting on Monday 19th September in the Dereel Community Centre. The newly elected DCHI office holders are: President: Pam Bailey Vice President: Carol Moyse Secretary: Mitchel Fielding Treasurer: Richard Emery Congratulations to all. We look forward to our second year with much excitement…
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