Entries from August 2008 ↓

We have, to give away:

* A children’s wooden box bed with three drawers: 190cm long and 80 cm wide. Good condition but no matress.

* Also a king size matress:  sleepmaker, microcoil, hotel luxery, still good and firm, no stains or spills but punctured on several spots, so needs patches with iron-on patches (good for playroom to jump on, shack…??).

Please leave message below or EMAIL US.

Dorka @ 101

Also: Free AAA rated shower head, new, if anyone wants one:
Email Chris H.

Here they are. Olympic (climate) torch relay passing the Waterworks quarry on a very cold wintry August 13th.

The torch is being relayed around Australia during the Olympic games – as part of a climate action campaign co-ordinated by ‘Get Up!’.

We wish to thank Margaret at Sustainable Living Tasmania for organising this leg of the tour.

Waterworks community has been well represented (myself, Dorka and Horst, Glenda and Phil, Chris, Steff and Vica) in working bees at Princes Street Primary School vegetable garden.

Rebecca Boyle plus and other parents have been keen to introduce a culture of environmental awareness in the school and have started a small vegetable garden, worm farm and composting heap near the kindergarten and child care centre – and more recently some beds for fruit trees and vines.

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ABC Radio National is holding a My Street competition to unearth some great stories about Australian communities as part of its Street Stories program.

People throughout Australia are being invited to tell the tale of their street using video, audio, images and/or text. The story can be recorded on a mobile phone, an MP3 player, a video or digital camera, or it could be a written description or a series of photos with captions.

Entries will be uploaded onto the Radio National website and the producer of the best story will have the opportunity to work with a producer to record and edit a radio story about their street.

Entries close on November 7 – click HERE to find out more.

Is there a creative person out there who would like to put something together? If so, please leave a comment below or email us HERE.

Look to the right of this home page, scroll down, and you will see a list of websites that are of particular interest to our community members.

Latest additions are:

1. What native plants to grow in this area

2. A great resource for improving your home's energy efficiency

Appreciate hearing of any other good sites that people would like to see.

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Had a ring around places and compared square meter prices. All places said basically they need exact numbers in order to tell us about bulk discount. But all were willing to give some kind of discount and / or free delivery.

What does everybody think?

In order to get final figuers on discounts I will need final numbers. So please read the information below and let me know what type of insulation you need and how much and maybe how soon. Please differentiate wall and ceiling insulation and specify the R rating you want.

Any questions?? Just give me a call 6223 3332 or click HERE to email.

cheers Dorka – 101

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Thanks heaps to all those that came last Sunday to help with the landcare work at Michelle and Tom's. A lovely morning.

If you want to connect with landcare activities in the valley, then please do come to the Waterworks Valley Landcare AGM this coming Monday (August 11).

8pm, at Dave Graddon’s house at 152 Waterworks Road. Everyone is welcome.

The group is particularly seeking a volunteer to act as convenor for the next 12 months – or 2 people acting as co-convenors. This is a very useful and not-too-hard role to fill, the main activity being to liaise with Hobart Council’s Bushcare Co-ordinator (Sonya Stalbaum) over bushcare activities in the valley.

Please email Sue Lockhart if you may be interested.

By the way, the orchid images are from this excellent Tasmanian orchid website