Tag: Featured
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The Last Hub Cafe for 2021: With 20 layer summer berries crepe cake. Yum!
It’s the last Hub Cafe for 2021. Glynis is baking her summery berry 20 layer crepe cake!
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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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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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Growing, Cooking, Eating and Sharing Food
This article was sent to Dereel Spokes by the Golden Plains Shire Are you interested in growing, cooking, eating or sharing food? Come along to a meeting for all community members interested in food. It is a great opportunity to meet like-minded people, share ideas and experiences and to find out about and become involved…
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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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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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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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Western Bulldogs Youth Leadership Program
This article was sent to Dereel Spokes by the Golden Plains Shire. The Western Bulldogs Youth Leadership Program is coming to Golden Plains. The Golden Plains Shire Council will partner with the Western Bulldogs in 2017 to bring the club’s award winning youth leadership program to the Shire. Established by the club in 2013, 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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iVan Youth Cruiser fortnightly Tuesdays 4-5 pm
Get along to the Dereel Community Centre on Tuesday 14th February straight after school for some fun with the iVan Youth Cruiser. The Golden Plains Shire youth team will be bringing the iVan to the Dereel Community Centre for you to chill out with TV, movies or video games. The iVan will be here every second Tuesday during…
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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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Maps, Signage and Publications Project
The kick-off discussion for the Maps, Signage and Publications project will be on Saturday 28th January at 1:30 pm in the Community Centre Meeting Room. This will begin the process of determining the allocation of $1000 SEED funding to specific community projects. If you have a view and would like to be part of the…
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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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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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Dereel People: Lorraine and Jim Ellis
1. How long have you lived in the area and what brought you here? We have lived in Enfield for five and half years. We had been looking at properties North of Ballarat but six years ago, decided to look to the South. Then we found and fell in love with our property, so retired…
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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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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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Dereel Hall Hire: New Management Arrangements
Ballarat District Nursing and Healthcare (BDNH Group) are pleased to advise that they have been appointed to manage the Dereel Hall & Community Centre. Facility management has been handed over from Golden Plains Shire to BDNH group and Community Wellbeing Officer, Lucy Osmond, is available on Mondays, Tuesdays and alternate Wednesdays to provide assistance. Everyone…
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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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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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