Kaleidoscope - March 2023

KALEIDOSCOPE

MAYOR’S MESSAGE

and we are filled with joy to celebrate this occasion. Your contribution to our City means the world. We also welcome our new citizens. It brings us great pride to officially welcome you to this beautiful place we call home.

MAYOR

Angela Evans (08) 8408 1397 angelaevans@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

COUNCILLORS

Beverley Ward

Cr Edgar Agius, OAM, JP (08) 8445 7643 | 0424 451 154 eagius@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Cr Michael McEwen 0423 635 266 mmcewen@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Findon Ward

Welcome to our first edition for 2023. As Autumn sets in, I would like to take a moment with you to reflect on the precious environment we live in. Take a walk around your local neighbourhood, enjoy the parks and open spaces and appreciate the City that we call home. Our city is abundant with green spaces and with your support we can help them to thrive.

We are grateful to have many passionate and committed people helping to maintain over five hectares of community gardens across our City. Read more about these spaces on page 6 and find out how you can connect with others in your local community.

We recognise with excitement our Australia Day Citizen of the Year Awards recipients. Our diverse and culturally rich City is abundant with community members doing extraordinary things

Building a strong and connected community is important to us and we want to know what’s important to you. Help shape the future of our City and guide our decision making. Over the coming months, we will begin to develop a new 4 year Community Plan and we want your involvement. Find out how you can be part of this process on page 10.

In addition, we will be consulting on our Annual Business Plan and Budget in April. This is your opportunity each year to guide our decision making on the work we will complete in 2023/24. Your feedback is vital to ensure we are delivering and providing a range of programs and services across our City. I encourage you to please get involved. You can provide your feedback online or join us at our dropin session detailed on page 10. Take opportunities to be engaged and connected in our community. Your voice is important and valued.

Cr Peter Ppiros 0408 865 004 pppiros@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Cr George Turelli (08) 8356 7169 | 0419 999 575 gturelli@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Grange Ward

Cr Rachele Tullio 0422 969 273 rtullio@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Cr Tom Scheffler (08) 7225 2782 tscheffler@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Henley Ward Cr Kenzie van den Nieuwelaar 0450 869 935 kvandennieuwelaar@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Cr Merlindie Fardone 0411 688 291 mfardone@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Hindmarsh Ward Cr Katriona Kinsella 0426 377 946 kkinsella@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Cr Alice Campbell 0425 351 177 acampbell@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Semaphore Park Ward Cr Stuart Ghent, JP 0418 499 431 sghent@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Cr Nicholas LeLacheur 0433 188 963 nlelacheur@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

West Woodville Ward

Cr Kelly Thomas 0450 220 487 kellythomas@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Cr Nicole Mazeika 0402 456 896

nmazeika@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Woodville Ward Cr Khuyen (Quin) Tran 0451 216 153 quin.tran@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Cr Senthil Chidambaranathan 0415 728 638

schidambaranathan@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

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Cover: Scotia Street neighbours gather for a Street Meets event

10 FOR $10 IS BACK

Our ever-popular 10 plants for $10 program returns for another year.

LOOK AFTER YOUR ENVIRONMENT

This is the City you live in, the suburb you call home, the parks, reserves and streets you walk and enjoy.

Just like your home, our public spaces are a place for you to spend time in. Give them the care and respect you would your home.

The closest bin may be full. Please try another bin nearby or even better, take your rubbish home with you. Help to keep our parks and reserves tidy and litter free.

Dog waste bags are provided in many of our public spaces if you forget one. Pick up after your dog to keep our spaces clean and safe for others.

The initiative offers residents, schools and businesses the opportunity to purchase 10 locally indigenous plants for just $10 to help green gardens across our City.

These plants are suited to local conditions and will beautify your backyard, help cool your garden, provide food and shelter for native wildlife and spark joy all year round.

Plants, trees and green space all play a vital role in cooling our urban environment and mitigating the effects of climate change. This program is another way that we are working together with our community to green our City now and into the future

and we encourage you to considering including a tree when choosing your plants.

You can get advice about species selection and helpful growing tips from a horticultural expert at one of our two collection days at our Civic Centre on Saturday 1 April and Saturday 3 June or directly from our partnering nursery Provenance Indigenous Plants.

Our library service will also be hosting the “Get Your Garden On” extravaganza featuring amazing presenters to inspire you to become a greening guru. Visit our website for further details charlessturt. sa.gov.au/10for10

Our new plants may be small, this helps them grow and establish to the conditions they live. Walk around the garden beds and leave them be so they can grow big and fill the space.

COMPOSTABLE BAGS FOR YOUR KITCHEN CADDY

It’s your environment after all.

Got your kitchen caddy and needing more bin liners? You can now get them delivered to you.

Simply submit a request to us online and we’ll drop them to you. It’s as easy as that!

If you can’t wait for delivery, you can always pick them up during business hours at any of our libraries or at our Civic Centre. Just bring ID with your City of Charles Sturt residential address.

One roll of bin liners should last you around 6 months.

If you use other bin liners to collect your food waste, please make sure they are labelled “compostable AS 4736”. Only certified compostable bags with this labelling can go in your green bin.

Request delivery of your compostable kitchen caddy bags online now at charlessturt.sa.gov. au/foodwaste

AUSTRALIA DAY CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS

In

January we celebrated local community members doing extraordinary things at the 2023 Australia Day Citizen of the Year Awards.

Mayor Angela Evans presented the awards in front of a packed room at Woodville Town Hall. Congratulations to our deserving recipients, all of our nominees and those who nominated. Your support in our community means the world.

CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD NASIR HUSSAIN

Nasir has been a qualified social worker since 2016 and has used his skills and experience in this field to positively impact the community. Working with and advocating for the multicultural groups within our City, Nasir provides opportunities for our community to feel connected and to have a greater sense of belonging and purpose. He assists new residents to our City in accessing facilities and services that help them feel established and settled in their new home. Nasir works tirelessly to promote and celebrate the many cultures within the City of Charles Sturt.

SENIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD GARY WEST

Gary has been actively involved within the City of Charles Sturt community for many years and is a long-term member of the Rotary Club of West Lakes. He previously held the position of President at the Rotary Club (2011-12 Rotary Year) and in 2012 was recognised by Rotary International by being awarded the Paul Harris Fellow for his outstanding service to the Rotary Club of West Lakes and the Club’s associated projects.

YOUNG CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD ALISON HANKS

Alison has been a dedicated member of the community for many years now along with being an active member of the St John Ambulance Cadets. Originally part of the St John Ambulance SA Gawler Division, she moved to the Woodville Division where she joined as a Youth Leader and now holds the role of Cadet Leader. Alison was awarded the South Australian Youth Member of the Year Award at the 2022 St John Ambulance SA Awards Day. This award recognised Alison’s efforts not only as a Cadet Leader but her acts of service to the community.

COMMUNITY EVENT OF THE YEAR MY TREE PROJECT

The My Tree Project led by Western Adelaide Coastal Residents Association (WACRA) began in 2021. The idea came from an 11-year-old boy, who loved to read under his mulberry tree and shared an idea with his grandmother to grow trees and link them together via treehouses for each of his friends.

From this project, 450 trees and vegetation have been planted and permanent propagation areas have been established at West Beach Primary and Kilkenny Primary Schools. It has also contributed to our Tree Canopy initiative, reducing greenhouse gases, mitigating the effects of urban heat, and providing shade and habitat for the local wildlife.

LEARN ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

BUS STOP ACCESSIBILITY

Beginning in May, AdaptWest will be co-hosting a series of free online seminars designed to inform, educate, and encourage you to take steps to make your home more energy efficient and climate resilient.

The seminars will be presented by experts from the national sustainability organisation Renew and will cover an exciting range of topics over several months:

• Winter Energy Efficiency for Renters

– Tuesday 16 May

• Winter Energy Efficiency General – Tuesday 23 May

• Electric Vehicles –

Thursday 15 June

• Buying Green Power – SA

focused – Tuesday 4 July

• All-Electric Homes

– Tuesday 25 July

• Sustainable Design 101 –1, 8, 15 and 22 of August

• Solar and Batteries (who don’t already have solar)

– Thursday 7 September

• Solar and Batteries (for those with solar) –

Tuesday 12 September

• Summer Energy Efficiency for Renters –Thursday 16 November

• Summer Energy Efficiency General –Tuesday 21 November

These seminars will inspire you to take practical steps based on the most up-todate information to make your home more comfortable and reduce your energy bills.

AdaptWest is the Western Adelaide region climate adaptation plan, a partnership between the Cities of Charles Sturt, West Torrens, and Port Adelaide Enfield.

Visit the AdaptWest website to find out more about these sessions and to register.

adaptwest.com.au

In 2008, we embarked on a project to upgrade all our bus stops to meet the requirements of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport prior to December 2022 (in line with our legislative requirements).

We have upgraded 580 bus stops, with only a handful on Seaview Road remaining where the verges are very steep. These will be upgraded in the coming years.

Our bus stops are now accessible with flat boarding surfaces, tactile ground surface indicators and ramps to reach the bus stop, enabling our community to use public transport safely and easily. The total cost of this initiative was approximately $6 million.

In addition to the upgrades, our community have told us that providing more bus shelters would encourage more people to use public transport.

Supporting sustainable travel is a key action in the City of Charles Sturt’s Transport Plan and Net Zero Strategy in response to climate change.

We’ve listened and from your feedback we have recently entered in a new contract with Claude Outdoor to provide new bus shelters for our community. The partnership provides new shelters at priority stops throughout our City, in exchange for revenue from the advertising panels on new and existing shelters for Claude Outdoor.

New shelter locations will be chosen based on patronage with priority given to warmer areas of our City.

In a staged approach, over the next 4 years you’ll see new shelters installed. We hope they will encourage more of our community to consider public transport as a sustainable method of transport.

Take steps to make your home more energy efficient and climate resilient.

Providing accessible bus stops and new shetlers to support all of our community.

GARDENS CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY

Did you know that dedicated community gardeners care for around five hectares of gardens across Charles Sturt?

Community gardening groups create a deep sense of community, foster social connections, nurture the local environment through a range of greening and gardening activities and are a great opportunity to meet new friends while sharing the joy of gardening.

Community gardening comes in a variety of forms:

Formal Community Gardens are incorporated associations, are self-insuring and hold licence over their land. These include:

• Brompton Community Garden

• Henley Community Garden

• Semaphore Park Community Garden

• Woodville West Community Garden

• Royal Park Community Garden

• Frederick Miller Community Garden

• Grange Community Garden (new)

• Athol Park Community Garden (new)

• St Clair Community Garden (new)

There are more than 50 Informal Community Gardening groups which are community-led and grow a variety of fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants. These groups include:

• Rosetta Street Greening

• Woodville Greening

• Ovingham Greening

• West Lakes Greening

• Flinders Park Community Garden

• Plant-About (Flinders Park)

• Prior Patch (Wilford Reserve)

• Friends of Mudge Way

• Cooke Street Green

Head to our website to find your local community garden or gardening group

and learn more about how you can get involved.

charlessturt.sa.gov.au/ communitygardens

BROCAS YEL! (YOUTH EVENT LEADERS)

Youth Event Leaders (YEL!) is a program designed to empower youth aged 12 to 25 years, to co-design events and programs for young people within our City.

YEL! is about your whole self showing up, sharing, advocating, creating, and working together to increase connection and engagement for all young people. As a key contributor, your voice is paramount in ensuring that young people feel a sense of belonging through the events and programs you help design.

YEL! will co-design events and programs around the following key outcomes:

• Inclusion

• Increasing youth voice

• Youth wellbeing: feeling safe and feeling healthy

• Connection

• Engagement

As a YEL! member you will have the opportunity to:

• Co-design and colead youth events and programs

• Develop leadership skills

• Build effective communication skills

• Gain and understand project planning

• Review and evaluate against set outcomes

WE LOVE OUR PETS LIKE FAMILY

To help you care for the health and wellbeing of your pet, we are offering financial assistance to desex and/or microchip your dog or cat.

• Work with other young people who are passionate and like-minded

• Increase your confidence and work ready skills

• Develop marketing skills including social media

Successful applicants will become YEL! members for a period of 12 months and will work with the Youth Development Team to codesign and co-lead a series of events and programs.

For more information, please feel free to ring Cathy and have a chat 8408 1316.

To express your interest to be part of the YEL! Program visit our website. charlessturt.sa.gov. au/thebrocas

In South Australia, it’s compulsory for all dogs and cats to be:

• Microchipped by 3 months of age or within 28 days of ownership

• Desexed by 6 months of age, or within 28 days of ownership, if they are born after 1 July 2018

When you desex and microchip your pet, you’re doing yourself, your pet and your community a big favour.

Desexing and microchipping your pet has many benefits:

• Improves pet’s health and longevity

• Prevents unwanted litters

• Helps reunite you with your pet as quickly as possible if they get lost

• Assists with overcrowding in shelters

Head to our website for more information and to apply.

charlessturt.sa.gov.au/ petwellbeingprogram

STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY CONNECTION

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

Our Ageing Well Team supports people aged 65 and over to build friendships and resilience through creating strong community connections.

Our social support programs have changed the lives of many people such as Terry, who regularly volunteers his time to visit Alan in a residential facility. Terry previously visited his Mum in another facility and became aware that many residents did not receive regular visits from family or friends, and decided to volunteer his time with Ageing Well. For Terry, “volunteering is rewarding to both you and the resident.”

Our social program allows Alan to stay connected to the wider community outside the residential facility through Terry’s visits. They enjoy sharing stories and experiences with each other and their similar sense of humour and common interests have allowed the two of them to build a meaningful connection.

Over the years we have connected the community through our social groups; Friendly Visiting Program, Men on the Move, Companion

Animal Project, Fish Feeders, Tai Chi, shopping assistance and buses, and respite services.

This year we want to support new ways of connecting older people together and help to create more meaningful friendships. Whether it’s a book club, a walking group, an art class, an intergenerational playgroup, or a virtual dinner club – we want to hear from you.

Let us know what social group you want to see for our older residents. Contact Hannah on 0417 878 077 or email hcortes@charlessturt.sa.gov. au or Cynthia on 8408 1846.

GET YOUR FLU SHOT

Influenza vaccinations are available to the public aged 6 months and older at our St Clair clinic.

Visit our friendly staff at our Immunisation Clinic in St Clair Recreation Centre to get your flu shoot this year.

Our Flu Clinic will be open on Wednesdays 13, 26, 27 April and 3 May from 3pm-7pm.

Cost is $20, to be paid on the day by card only.

The National Immunisation Program (NIP) provides free flu vaccinations for those most vulnerable to influenza in our community:

• infants and children aged six months to less than five years of age

• everyone aged 65 years and over

• pregnant people

• people with health conditions and medical risk factors

• all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged six months and over.

Vaccination makes it less likely you will suffer from serious illness or need to be hospitalised.

Book your appointment now at charlessturt.

sa.gov.au/immunisation

MURALS IN OUR CITY

Explore our City, head out on an art walk.

New murals are brightening our suburbs, featuring local stories and faces, culture, stunning flora and fauna. These murals showcase the skills of talented South Australian artists and bring liveliness to our streets.

Here are just some of the recent murals that have popped up around our City that you can check out.

BROMPTON

Corner of First Street and Coglin Street Brompton

Artist: Marciano Arents from Senman Creations

Funded by the City of Charles Sturt Arts Fund

Connecting people to the local industrial history and celebrating the community with this colourful and accessible art. Catch a glimpse on your train commute.

SEATON

86-96 Trimmer Parade (Olon)

138-140 Trimmer Parade (GYMlife Fitness 24/7)

Artist: Adam Poole-Mottishaw

Funded by the City of Charles Sturt Arts Fund

Adam (also know as ColdKrush) worked closely with GYMlife Fitness and Olon to transform the outside of their businesses and bring colour and liveliness to the area.

FINDON

119 Findon Road, Findon (Online Business Insurance Brokers - OBIB)

Artist: Tom Readett and Shane Kooka

Funded by OBIB and City of Charles Sturt Arts Fund

Featuring a portrait of the business owner’s son Michael who uses a wheelchair, his gaze crosses the Sturt Desert Peas with a fox, kangaroo and other native fauna and flora.

HINDMARSH

Mary Street, Hindmarsh

Artists: Fabbio Timpano (mural pictured) and Ella Simpson

Funded by the Hindmarsh Streetscape Upgrade Project

Ride down the new bike lane on Mary Street next to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre to check out the two new murals adoring the street. It’s a short walk from Coopers Stadium or the Hindmarsh tram stop too.

MORE MURALS TO COME AROUND OUR CITY

• Hendon: a 26 metre long mural being painted by Robert Spaan and Claire Wildish and the community at Uniting Communities, funded by the Arts Fund.

The Olon mural features soccer player Sam Kerr and the late cricketer Shane Warne, to provide a hint of what’s on offer inside Adelaide’s first indoor sports, fitness and virtual reality centre.

• Mural on the Henley and Grange RSL.

• Torrens Outlet: Hooded Plover mural.

WANT TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY?

HAVE YOUR SAY ON OUR DRAFT ANNUAL BUSINESS PLAN AND BUDGET 2023/24

We are commencing the process of writing and consulting on a new 4 year community plan.

The community plan is a collaborative process that develops a shared vision to form a strong and connected community with exciting places, sustainable strategies and economic opportunities.

We would love to hear your ideas.

If you’d like to be involved in helping shape our plan and vision, email your details to council@charlessturt.sa.gov. au and we’ll be in contact in the coming months.

You can see our current plan online.

charlessturt.sa.gov.au/ communityplan

Every April we ask for you to give us your feedback on our Draft Annual Business Plan and Budget for the upcoming financial year.

Your feedback is crucial to help us to decide priorities when faced with competing decisions about service provision and to guide the work we deliver over the next financial year. Every dollar of your rates gets invested in your community.

We provide this opportunity for you to make sure these dollars are spent on delivering the community you want to live in.

Get involved and have your say:

• Visit Your Say Charles Sturt to provide feedback online from 12 April to 6 May 2023

• Make a verbal submission to Council on 24 April 2023

• Attend our Community Drop-in session at the Civic Centre, Woodville on 1 May 2023

• Visit our Civic Centre, libraries or community centres for hard copy information

yoursaycharlessturt. com.au

YOUR LIBRARY CARD IS JUST THE TICKET

Spark your imagination and watch books come to life as we celebrate Lit for Life.

ARE YOU A LIBRARY MEMBER?

Held between April-June in our local community, Windmill Theatre Company, Patch Theatre and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra will present a series of live theatre and music performances as part of the Lit for Life Festival. Tickets to the events will be free with your library card.

Performances include:

• Once Upon a Jar and Sea of Light presented by Patch Theatre

• In This Place presented by the ASO

• Grug and the Rainbow presented by Windmill Theatre

Book your free tickets at litforlife.eventbrite.com

The event is with thanks to The Libraries Board of South Australia and the Government of South Australia and in partnership with City of Chares Sturt Libraries, City of Holdfast Bay Libraries, City of Marion Libraries, City of Port Adelaide Enfield Libraries, City of Prospect Library and City of Salisbury Libraries.

For all who seek new experiences, entertainment, knowledge, support and community, a library card can provide all that and more, with over 130 libraries and 3 million items available across the state.

Visit any one of our five libraries or jump online now to join today and you’ll also

receive either a limited edition bamboo keep cup designed by artist Tijmari SandersonMilera or a canvas bag for free.

For more information and to get your library card visit charlessturt.sa.gov.au/ librarymembership

TASTING AUSTRALIA COMES TO THE CITY OF CHARLES STURT

Tasting Australia returns in 2023

from 28 April to 7 May with a mouth-watering celebration of the best eating and drinking experiences in South Australia.

We’re proud to share that we’ll have some delicious food and beverage events being held in our City this year with local people, produce and places where you can ‘taste the world’ and hear the stories of some of the 105 cultures that make up the City of Charles Sturt.

Nonna’s Cucina’s Pig Day

Join Rosa Matto, Nonna Maria, Nonna Nancy, Chef Stefan Demasi and the Nonna’s Cucina family at an event that will warm your heart and fill your belly as they share the food, wine, stories and family secrets of an enduring ItalianAustralian winter ritual. This 4 hour ‘Pig Day Out’ is a long table feast and guided masterclass through the annual Italian family institution of breaking down a pig – head to toe, to create delicious Italian smallgoods for the year ahead.

Image: The Travelling Table

Ukrainian Varenyky Masterclass

In this very special dumpling masterclass you will learn how to cook Ukranian varenyky from the experts - the Ukranian Women’s Association. Ukraine is the motherland to Varenyky and to Ukranians these silky plump parcels of potato and other flavours are much more than food. Their love for the humble varenyky has been immortalised in poems, songs, movies, and even monuments.

Shapeshifter Brewing Craft

Beer Mediterranean Feast

Join the team to learn about and taste beer varieties with a shared four-course long lunch from Evi’s Grecian Delights.

Gelista Curated Tasting and Tour 2023

Join the Gelista team for a gelato sensory experience like no other. Six of the brand’s most indulgent flavours will be expertly paired with local produce and a selection of alcoholic beverages.

For more information and event tickets, please visit tastingaustralia.com.au/program

Images: Nonna’s Cucina

NEWS AND WHAT’S ON

GET YOUR GARDEN ON

1 April 2023

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM

DOGGY DAY ON THE GREEN

7 May 2023

11am - 2pm Point Malcom Reserve

Doggy Day on the Green is back. Join us and the City of Port Adelaide Enfield for a fun, family friendly day as we share a whole heap of doggy-related tips, tricks, education workshops and demonstrations, along with some woof-tastic doggy businesses.

10.30am Civic Library (Woodville)

Your favourite gardening extravaganza is back in 2023 and will feature special guest Markus Hamence, of the Botanic Designer. Join us as we celebrate all things green.

Our School Holiday Program is back, running from Friday 14 April to Sunday 30 April. Make sure to book your child’s spot in our sports, library and community centre programs.

charlessturt.sa.gov. au/schoolholidays

Find out what’s happening in your City.

You’ll find community events plus programs and activities at your local library and community centre (or follow them on Facebook).

charlessturt.sa.gov.au/events

AROUND OUR CITY

STREET MEETS

Scotia Street residents enjoyed a festive gathering and were joined by artist Lorna Nickels who created this delightful galah.

PINK AND BLUE SWIM/ WALK OR RUN

Rodney, Deb and Simone swam together at this year’s event which raised over $105,000 for prostate and breast cancer support. The event is organised by the West Beach Surf Lifesaving Club and run by volunteers such as Nicola and Sue.

CYPRUS FESTIVAL

Celebrating the cultural richness of our Hellenic community with local musicians, community dance groups, international performers and cuisine hosted by the Cyprus Community of SA Inc.

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

THE HENLEY & GRANGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL IS OUT NOW

Featuring Henley Beach Town HallCelebrating 100 years, Henley Bowling Club – Centenary, The Exposed Concrete Architecture of Western Community Hospital - Henley Beach, History Month May 2022 (Participation by the H&GHS), The Institutes Movement and the Grange Institute and lots more.

This will be a collector’s edition. Cost is $10 (plus $3.30 postage & handling in Australia).

Contact the Society via email at henleyandgrangehistory@iinet.net.au, call 0403 502 201 or mail to PO Box 56, Henley Beach SA 5022. For more information, visit henleyandgrangehistory.org.au

SOUTH AUSTRALIA DRAGONS ABREAST

Ever wondered what it is like to dragon boat at West Lakes? Now the weather is warm it is the perfect time to try and it’s free to come along. We began in 2001 as a breast cancer support team and have evolved into a diverse group of men and women who enjoy dragon boating and encourage everyone to give it a go. Some of us train for fun and fitness and others compete at race days.

We paddle at Aquatic Reserve, Bower Road at 6pm Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10am Saturdays. All welcome.

For further information visit sadragonsabreast.com.au or call Gaye 0434 822 977.

Does your local community group or not-for-profit organisation have something to share with the City of Charles Sturt community?

ROTARY BOOKMART

The Rotary Club of Kidman Park runs a large Bookmart with a huge variety of wonderful pre-loved books.

You can find us at Smith Reserve Hall (Gawler Street, Woodville West). We’re open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10am to 3pm. Help us support the community by purchasing from a huge collection of books, CDs & DVDs with bargain price books $2-$3 (many 50c). Kidman Park Rotary Club is grateful for public donations of quality books. To donate please come to our Bookmart in business hours and see the people on duty. Thank you.

OPEN GARDENS SA PRESENTS HENLEY BEACH OPEN GARDENS

Saturday 1 April and Sunday 2 April 2023 10am - 4.30pm

Starting at Henley Community Garden, Henley and Grange Memorial Reserve (North of Raymond Street carpark), walk/ drive around to the 5 private, diverse seaside gardens open to the public. Featuring small and medium gardens and showcasing a diversity of plants and gardening styles (map will be supplied). Finishing back at the community garden, with individual and communal plots, orchard, pergola, composting area, chooks, bees, art and much more. Take a tour and purchase local craft, potted plants, cakes, biscuits, muffins, coffee, and wood-fired pizza.

Let us know before 28 April 2023 and we could include it in the next edition of Kaleidoscope, landing in letterboxes in June/July 2023. Your community group, event or not-for-profit organisation

You can also visit the nearby Henley and Grange Art Society to view their amazing array of paintings and ceramics available for purchase.

Come along and support this special local event.

Cost is $15 per person with tickets on sale at the event. For further information please email henleycommunitygarden@ gmail.com

WOODVILLE ACADEMY OF FLORAL DESIGN INCORPORATED

The Academy has a new and exciting program for 2023. If you would like a copy of our program for the coming year, please contact Helena Lewandowski, Publicity Officer on 8235 1417 to have a copy posted or emailed to you.

The club meets fortnightly on Wednesdays at the Kilkenny Community Centre, Cnr Wilpena Terrace and Tarcowie Street, Kilkenny.

Some of the topics which will be covered and could be of interest during this year are “Bouquets and Posies”, Using sphere shapes in Floral Design”, “Using Native Plants” and “Creative Table Arrangements”. New Members are welcome to join our friendly, learning environment.

sites.google.com/site/wafdinc facebook.com/woodvilleflowerclub

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