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| Helping the connection between farmers and the neighbourhood |
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 By Genevieve Robey
You may have already heard of Food Connect. Through their system, seasonal food is provided by about 80 farmers around Brisbane and "City Cousins" act as delivery points for Food Connect and pick
up points for city folk.
There are Food Connect "City Cousins" here in Carina, Cannon Hill and Holland Park. Food Connect is a brilliant example of communities working together
for sustainable, positive and healthy outcomes. Carindale this month got its own "City Cousin" and I had a chat with her and explored Food Connect a bit further. Full story.
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| Park & Ride for Carindale bus station |
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The petition to the Queensland Parliament for the "Request for Park and Ride facilities for Carindale" closed on 30th April. It obtained 274 signatures. A response is due on 9th June 2011. While a location has been suggested, the petition itself was just in regards to the request for a park and ride, not at a specific location. More infrmation on the QLD Parliament petition page.
Cr Adrian Schrinner says:
"There is plenty of room available for a Park n Ride on the corner of Creek Road and Old Cleveland Road next to the Council building and the Bedivere Street bridge. The area is sealed and could be formalised at relatively low cost."
You can ask your questions and join the discussion here. Other locals have also been sharing their views on the topic.
If there's a different transport, infrastructure or community issue you want to raise, why not use our Letter to the Editor page. We follow "play nice" community rules to encourage friendly involvement. If you don't want to publish your comments, you can raise an issue with us via email (info@carindaleconnect.com.au) and it may be a subject we can cover further on Carindale Connect.
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| Trivia this Friday night in Carina |
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 Local resident and fundraising Queen Amy Mulvihill (pictured right) is at it again.
She organised the recent Wine Tour that a bunch of us local residents enjoyed. It was great fun and a successful fundraiser.
She's now organising a Trivia Night in Carina this Friday. All proceeds to the Lions Medical Research Foundation.
Amy is "Miss Personality" (Lions Medical Research Personality Quest) for the Foundation. She also worked as a volunteer at an orphanage in Mexico.
Trivia Night | Friday 13th May
Hosted by the Lions Club of Camp Hill - Carindale.
Venue: The Carina Senior Citizens Club (just the venue, nothing to do with being senior, junior or in between!)
Just $10 per person. Includes trivia rounds and a light supper.
Drinks are to be purchased separately (beer, wine & soft drink).
Make a team of 8 or come along and join a team on the night.
Tickets to be pre-purchased: Amy 0439 734 249 or amy.mulvihill@au.ey.com
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| Building Resilience in Families - 19th May |
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 It's an important issue - how we can give our children the skill set to become resilient to life's challenges.
C&K Coorparoo Kindergarten and Coorparoo State School are hosts to Professor Paula Barrett as she discusses resilience strategies. Professor Barrett is an expert who has worked with communities, families and children for over 20 years. She is one of Australia's leading scholars in the
area of prevention and treatment of childhood anxiety disorders. Author of
more than 160 articles in peer-reviewed journals, Professor Barrett
served on the editorial boards of 7 international top rank journals. Her
research is highly cited, and uses the highest quality research
validation designs that are replicated internationally.
You are invited to attend for only a gold coin donation with funds being donated to the not for profit Pathways to Resilience Trust.
Thursday 19 May, 7pm (halls open at 6.45)
Performing Arts Hall, Coorparoo State School, 327 Old Cleveland Rd
Contact Pam White 0428 279 188 ckpag2011@optusnet.com.au
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| Gardening in the community |
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Land behind Carindale PCYC
The run down park land behind the Carindale PCYC is an up and coming community garden space!
The Carindale PCYC are hosting a working bee to launch this beautiful green space. As a part of the first stage they are planting 800 trees to create a buffer of native vegetation encouraging a wildlife corridor and habitat. Come and share in their vision to beautify our local neighbourhood. They are also welcoming you to share a BBQ lunch with them afterwards.
When: Saturday, May 14th, 8.00am - 1.00pm
Where: 27 Narracott St, Carina.
More info: Contact Stacey Clift 3324 9652 or Stacey.Clift@pcyc.org.au
Community Plantings at Salvin Creek, Pine Mountain Road
 Salvin Creek is an important corridor for wildlife, connecting Whites
Hill Reserve to Bulimba Creek. The project site is on Council land which
was purchased under the Bushland Preservation Levy. Council's 2 Million
Trees are considering planting about 600 trees in the area. Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee (B4C) is a not-for-profit
environment and Landcare group, working to protect and enhance natural
areas in Brisbane. We've had the pleasure of volunteering with them (read an earlier post here). B4C has a grant from the Qld Govt Department of Environment and Resource
Management (DERM) to perform weed control and then planting of native
species to assist with revegetating the creek corridor for fauna
movement and habitat. Nest boxes will be placed in trees in the
corridor. Over the two planting days, 340 natives will be established as well as
some weed clearing. An ecological walk will show the rehabilitation
that has occurred and the potential of the corridor. Morning tea will
be included.
When: Saturday 21 May & Saturday 11 June
Time: 9am - 11am
Location: Salvin Creek at Pine Mountain Road (UBD 181, K12)
Parking: Living Faith Uniting Church, Pine Mountain Rd, Carina Heights
Wear: Closed in shoes, shirt with sleeves, wide brimmed hat. Bring waterbottle
More: B4C 3420 4800, 0410 840 343, b4c@bulimbacreek.org.au
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| Cookbooks for cooks |
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 Do you have some quality cookbooks that you no longer use? Here is a lovely initative by Baked Relief, the same group who have been so generous to many flood and cyclone victims:
"Lets just say you love cooking and creating in the kitchen and you lost all of your cookbooks during a flood or cyclone. As I have around 100 cookbooks collected over many years and some
from my grandmother, I would be very upset if they were gone forever.
I know we can not replace the sentimental aspects of this loss, but what we can do is bring back a small ray of cooking hope!"
One of the cookbook drop off points is nice and local - at Holland Park.
More information and donate a spare cookbook for a lover of cooking who lost so much.
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| Call for volunteer tutors at Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE |
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 If you have a passion for helping others and making a difference, Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE (MSIT) invites you to become a volunteer tutor and help change the lives of adult learners and trainees.
A volunteer tutor course will commence at the MSIT Mt Gravatt
campus on Monday 1 August 2011. Tutors will attend eight three-hour
classes on a Monday from 9am to 12pm. They work with adult literacy and English as a Second
Language (ESL) students from MSIT to support them with reading,
writing, speaking, language and numeracy. Volunteer tutors must undertake a training program with MSIT and
have permanent Australian residency plus a good level of English
(written and verbal). Each volunteer training course consists of 40 nominal hours of theory and 40 hours practical volunteer tutoring.
Potential tutors are invited to attend the Volunteer Tutor Information Session on Monday 25 July at the MSIT Mt Gravatt campus. To register for the session or for enquries contact Esther Masoe - 3215 1402 or Esther.Masoe@det.qld.gov.au.
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| School stuff |
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What is happening at your school?
Is your school looking for sponsors for an upcoming fair? Do you want to
share what fundraising activites you're involved in or what great
things your students are achieving? We are starting a new section to better help connect schools with the wider community where and when they need it. Please contact us to share on
info@carindaleconnect.com.au
Caltex Woolworths Colmslie supporting Cannon Hill Primary School
Caltex Woolworths Colmslie (780 Wynnum Rd, Cnr Junction Rd) are contributing a portion of the sales of Vortex premium fuel sold for in June to the Cannon Hill Primary School. Drop in today to show your support by filling up with Vortex premium fuels - the fuel that's designed to clean for better performance.
Balmoral State High School Tours
Balmoral State High School is holding tours of the school campus for any interested students and parents of prospective 2012 high school students from 9am - 10am on each of the following dates. On conclusion a small morning tea will be provided. Tuesday 17 May, Tuesday 14 June, Friday 29 July and Friday 2 September. Contact the school on 3823 8588 to register your interest for one of the above tour dates.
Belmont State School - Prep 2012 Enrolment Info Sessions
Families who have or are considering enrolment are invited to attend one of the information sessions. Find out the advantages of a Belmont State School Education. Wednesday 18 May, 9.30am and 7pm. Contact the school on 3843 9333 or the.principal@belmontss.eq.edu.au.
Cannon Hill State School Fair
Their school fete will be held on Saturday 10 September. A big welcome to everyone who would like to come along and support this event. Funds raised will help the school purchase more books and computer items
for their new school library.
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View local events and add your own on our
community events page.
Carina Police Station
The site of the new Carina Police Station is at the corner of Narracott St and Creek Rd.
It is currently expected to be completed by the end of the year.
More info.
Mobile Offices
Cr Adrian Schrinner (Deputy Lord Mayor) has the following Mobile Offices:
Westfield Garden City
(& Lord Mayor Graham Quirk)
Thurs 12 May, 5:30pm - 7pm
Camp Hill (Whites Hill)
Sat 21 May, 9am - 11am
Outside Samuel Village, Cnr of Samuel St & Boundary Rd, Camp Hill
Chris' SUPA IGA - Carina
881 Old Cleveland Road
Million Paws Walk
Located at t he Murrarie Recreation Reserve, Wynnum Rd, Cannon Hill,
the Brisbane Million Paws Walk continues to be one of RSPCA Qld's most
popular outdoor events for animal lovers and their furry friends. Get
involved on Sunday 15 May. Enjoy a 1.5km or 3km walk, mingle
with other pet owners, enter competitions and end the day by
relaxing with great entertainment, a variety of food and drink,
exhibitor stalls and animal demonstrations. More info.
Come explore Africa with an expert. Deb Kruk from African Travel Specialists joins Travelworld Carindale to answer all your questions about where to go in Africa, the best time to go, travel tips, itinerary planning, travel in groups or independently. Share the African Travel Specialist's passion for travel to Africa in every detail by making an appointment with Deb on this terrific in-store "Guest Desk" day.
Thursday 19th May
11am - 7pm (by appointment)
Travelworld Carindale
More info.
Book Sale at Mt Gravatt
Rotary Club of Wishart are holding a huge book sale at Mt Gravatt
Showgrounds on Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 May. Enquiries - Andrew
Turner 0409 494 576.
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Zumba
Elisa Anelli, licensed
Zumba instructor, teaches at the Carindale PCYC every Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. Part proceeds go back into the
PCYC, which is a great way to support the club.
Ph 3458 3182 or 0403 019 156
elisa@danceromance.com.au
TAI CHI Classes | Carindale
Tue & Thu 9:30 - 11am
Mon & Wed 6:30 - 8pm
$10 per class. Warm refreshments after class.
Beginners welcome. Ph/sms 0432414266 or dean@greendean.com.au for details.
KARATE Classes | Carindale
Traditional Okinawan Karate (the original karate)
Tue & Thu 6:30 - 8pm
$12 per class. Warm refreshments after class.
Beginners welcome. Ph/SMS 0432414266 or dean@greendean.com.au
Advertise
Do you want to advertise in this enewsletter or on our website and get in front of the local community?
Contact us.
Cnr Scrub & Old Cleveland Rd
Crackerjack Carnival Talent Quest 2011
Brisbane's most popular Talent Quest for 2011 is on again. Great cash prizes to be won, no entry fee.
Senior Talent Quest - 14 years and over.
Mary Martyn 3359 4896, mary.martyn@optusnet.com.au
More info.
Delicious Italian Buffet
Friday May 20, from 6pm
More & book.
 Guest bloggers
Do you know there is a Queensland Youth Parliament? We invited some of the members to provide guest posts for Carindale Connect.
Meet the enthusiastic youth reps for the seats of Bulimba, Chatsworth, Greenslopes & Mansfield.
Do you want to be a guest blogger too? Contact us on info@carindaleconnect.com.au
We went along to The Corso Street Party at Seven Hills last Saturday. It
was fantastic and showcased some of the great businesses
in The
Corso. It was organised by Ashlea Bacon of Unsurpassable Hair and the proceeds went to help disadvantaged children. There's a few photos from the day here.
If you've been to something great in the area, or have something else to say, why not use our Letter to the Editor page and share with the community.
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| Morningside Festival - stallholders wanted |
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Morningside Festival, now in its 15th year, is seeking stall holders for their event on Sunday, 31st July 2011. It runs from 9am to 3pm at Rogoona Street Park, Thynne Road, Morningside. The festival is run by the Morningside Development Association which is seeking high quality arts and craft, food and community groups stalls to be a part of this year's event. More information.
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