Kaleidoscope - September 2021

KALEIDOSCOPE

MAYOR’S MESSAGE

Welcome to the September edition of Kaleidoscope for 2021. As Spring has very much sprung, this edition features our tree canopy project and how we’re working towards increasing the canopy for generations to come. We also head to West Beach as we support the West Beach Surf Club, our community and the State Government in fighting sand erosion and securing the future of our coastline. Continuing our focus on sustainability and climate change we explore how you can get involved in preparing for climate emergencies at our AdaptNow event in October.

It’s our community and our people who make our City such a vibrant place and we celebrate and acknowledge our unique community who come from over 105 different cultures to call this area our home. Our diversity is what unites us together and in times of need it brings us closer together as we have seen over the last 18 months.

This edition, we’re highlighting people and groups who are making a difference to our community, connecting people in new and interesting ways. If you know of

anyone in our community who is having a positive impact, or a group making a real difference, please do share this with us.

We love hearing about those who devote their time to make our City a better place.

We are proud to have recently launched our Welcome to Kaurna Country film, a joint project with the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, to enable us all to embrace cultural knowledge and understanding of Country. We look forward to improving Kaurna recognition and inclusion in our area and want people from across our Cities to know the land on which they live, work and connect with each other is Kaurna Country. Over the coming months, we will continue to connect with Kaurna people as we work on ways to acknowledge and recognise our first nations people across our City.

At time of writing this, COVID-19 is still prevalent in our lives with much of Australia in lockdown. While we have been incredibly lucky that we do not have large outbreaks within our community, we remain on high alert and vigilant in our state.

Thank you to everyone in our community for your adaptability during challenging times. Please continue to safely support our local businesses and adhere to SA Health restrictions. This is extremely important for our City and we thank you for doing your part to keep our community safe.

MAYOR

Angela Evans (08) 8408 1103 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 Matt Mitchell 0415 350 740 mmitchell@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Findon Ward

Cr Helen Hibeljic 0431 072 073 hhibeljic@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

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

Grange Ward

Cr Sarah McGrath 0474 544 936 smcgrath@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

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

Henley Ward

Cr Paul Sykes, JP 0414 499 394 psykes@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

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

Hindmarsh Ward

Cr Paul Alexandrides 0418 500 924 palexandrides@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

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

Semaphore Park Ward

Cr Gerard Ferrao, JP 0411 775 391 gferrao@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Cr Stuart Ghent, JP (08) 8449 9430 | 0418 499 431 sghent@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

West Woodville Ward

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

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Cr Tolley Wasylenko, JP (08) 8268 3249 | 0428 282 624 twasylenko@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Woodville Ward

Cr Oanh Nguyen 0413 333 189 onguyen@charlessturt.sa.gov.au Cr Charlotte Watson 0411 338 789 cwatson@charlessturt.sa.gov.au

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WELCOME TO COUNTRY

The City of Charles Sturt is located on traditional Kaurna land and includes several significant cultural sites.

HAVE YOUR SAY IN CHARLES STURT

We value your input into our projects and that’s why we have our Your Say Charles Sturt online community engagement hub, as a way for you to be able to be engaged and involved in what we’re working on.

It’s a place where ideas and plans are shared and important topics are discussed in an interactive way.

While you can view our current engagements on the website at any time, we highly recommend you register to receive updates direct to your inbox on topics or suburbs of interest to you. This way you won’t miss out on keeping up to date on a project of interest or having your say on what’s happening in your area and beyond.

To register, visit yoursaycharlessturt.com.au, click the join button and follow the prompts to register.

Once you register, you can follow projects that you’re interested in and be notified when important conversations happen in your area, just make sure your suburb is selected when you sign up and we’ll let you know what we’re consulting on that is of interest to you.

What are you waiting for? Join up today and open a world of opportunity to have your say.

yoursaycharlessturt.com.au

We have an ongoing commitment to improving Kaurna recognition and inclusion in our area.

As part of this commitment, we have collaborated with the City of Port Adelaide Enfield to produce a unique Welcome to Kaurna Country film to enable us all to embrace cultural knowledge and understanding of Country.

Kaurna Country is more than a place and is inherent

to Aboriginal identity. We want people from across our Cities to know the land on which they live, work and connect with each other is Kaurna Country.

This video shares the connection of Kaurna people to land, to water, to nature. To Country.

You can watch the video on our website. Go to charlessturt. sa.gov.au and search for ‘Welcome to Country’.

ARTS & CULTURE PLAN 2022 - 2027

Do you enjoy and value the Arts? Are you an Artist or owner of a creative business?

We’ve been speaking with some of our local creatives to understand our current arts and cultural environment and we’re now inviting our community to help us shape our 5-year Arts and Culture Plan.

We want to know what you already love about the arts in the City of Charles Sturt and what would you like to see more of.

Be inspired and join the conversation during October 2021 at yoursaycharlessturt. com.au

Tina Flanagan, Uncle Fred Agius, Alex Agius and Margaret Brodie enjoy a catch up at the Welcome to Country video launch.

GREENING AND COOLING OUR CITY

Our City is getting hotter from the impacts of climate change and the urban heat island effect. One way we can help cool the City is with trees.

Trees provide cooling benefits, and reduce heat-related illness, by reflecting heat and actively cooling and cleaning the air. They also remove and store greenhouse gasses that contribute positively to climate change. People need trees for their health and mental wellbeing. Trees also provide a sense of place and are critical to achieving biodiversity conservation and enhancement.

Our overall combined public and private land tree canopy measure has been in decline from 15.51% in 2008 to 13.84% in 2020 and we need to take action to increase the greening of our City.

We have set a target of 25% cover by 2045. To get there we are developing a Tree Canopy Improvement Strategy that will provide a planned approach to achieving the 25% target.

There are a number of causes of canopy decline, a large one being the removal of

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY TREE CANOPY COVER?

Tree Canopy cover is the amount of cover the crown of the tree provides over an area of land when seen from above. It is usually expressed as a percentage or in square metres. As an individual tree grows and the crown expands, the canopy cover increases. The canopy cover also increases when more trees are planted. When all the trees in an area are measured, this gives us the tree canopy cover measure.

trees for infill development.We continue to work with those redeveloping their properties to minimize this impact.

We’re proud that so many in our community want to work with us to make the City of Charles Sturt greener, cooler, healthier and an even better place to live.

If you’re interested in following this project, visit our online community engagement hub Your Say Charles Sturt where ideas and plans are shared and important topics discussed in an interactive way yoursaycharlessturt.com.au

WHY BY 2045? CAN’T WE JUST PLANT LOTS OF TREES NOW AND LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE?

Trees, like humans, need lots of care when they are young, and when they are very old. If we planted lots of trees now, we would not be able to give them all enough care to make sure they’d grow healthy and strong and live for a long time. By staggering planting over a number of years, we can sustainably and responsibly care for them across their whole life span and leave a positive legacy for future generations.

COOLING BOUCATT RESERVE

Developed over 10 years ago by the State Government, the location is the site of a former ‘pug hole’ where clay soil was extracted to make bricks. The reserve was created to provide open space for the surrounding residential development, and the pug hole was filled and capped with concrete to make it safe.

We identified that the amount of hard surface at the reserve increased the local air temperature during warmer weather, impacting surrounding properties and limiting the functionality of the reserve.

Recognising an opportunity to improve the existing space, we allocated funding in our 2020/21 budget to transform the reserve into a cooler, more enjoyable space. Through consultation with local residents, we found that providing shade and more vegetation were the highest priorities, as well as maintaining spaces for fitness, bike riding, skating and social gatherings.

We have now installed seven large pots, planted with suitable trees and vegetation to provide shade in the warmer months. A separate arbor structure provides irrigation to the pots and will create future shade from

climbing plants. Three large pots, each with a ficus longifilia or narrow leaf fig, have also been placed along the eastern boundary of the reserve to create shade and additional tree canopy, and improve the visual amenity of the reserve.

We are excited to see how the new additions will improve the reserve as the trees and vegetation grow. The heat at the reserve will be measured to determine the success of these initiatives and inform how we might improve other similar areas in our City in the future.

In addition to our planned whole street and reactive planting programs, we recieved $89,000 through the State Government’s Greener Neighbourhoods Grants Program, which provides funding for projects that improve the liveability of our City through increased greenery, reduced urban heat and an improved natural environment. The funding will be used to plant over 300 additional trees at various high priority reserves and streets.

We have recently completed a cooling and greening initiative at Boucatt Reserve in Brompton as part of our commitment to improving our liveability and protecting the environment.

COMMUNITY GROUPS CELEBRATE MILESTONES

Di’s Dapper Tappers are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year and the Cottage Singers celebrate their 25th anniversary.

The group started in 1991 at Bower Cottages when tap dancing was becoming all the rage, growing the group to 70 adults. Five years later in 1996, the group thought it was time to put together a group of singers to compliment the tappers. This is when the Cottage Singers were formed, who now also celebrate a milestone with their 25th anniversary this year.

Once a month they would run a day of entertainment called “Pleasant Sunday Afternoon” showcasing what the community centre had to offer. This grew to a full weekend, drawing audiences of around 900 people. The tappers have travelled Australia showcasing their talent, from Northern Territory to the New South Wales highlands and of course

MAKING HEALTHY CHOICES

locally around Adelaide at various fairs and events.

Today the tappers comprise of 20 people who meet weekly at Findon Community Centre, as well as the Cottages Singers with similar numbers at Bower Cottages. Both groups appreciate the time to stay socially connected and have formed lifelong friendships like Fay, Judy, Krys and Marg who are four founding members of the Cottage Singers that still attend to this day.

If you want to join a group and stay socially connected. Check out your local community centre to see what groups meet and how you can get involved charlessturt.sa.gov.au/ communityspaces

If you have a chronic health condition, or know someone who does, the Healthy Choices program may be for you.

Part of a five-year research project funded by the Medical Research Futures Fund, the program aims to support people living with chronic health conditions in the western suburbs to better manage their health and make healthier lifestyle choices every day.

We are pleased to partner with the University of South Australia (UniSA), The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, The Hospital Research Foundation, and the North West Adelaide Health Study on the program which will see participants partnered with a pair of students from UniSA who are studying a health degree such as physiotherapy, podiatry, nutrition, human movement or health science.

Together the students and participant will co-create and implement an individualised 12-week program which will help gain knowledge of the condition, manage the physical, social and emotional impact of the condition, adopt healthy lifestyle habits, and provide access to support services.

The Healthy Choices program is a free service and will be based at our Civic Centre on Woodville Road, Woodville.

To find out how to get involved, visit unisa.edu.au/healthychoices-program or contact Anthea Worley, Research Coordinator – UniSA via email anthea.worley@unisa.edu.au or call 0421 694 945.

A LIBRARY CARD MAY BE ALL THE INSPO YOU NEED

Whether you visit a branch, or access the library from home, be inspired by your local library.

learn a dance or two. Every episode will also feature a special guest, as well as some familiar faces. To check out the videos keep an eye on our Facebook page facebook.com/CharlesSturtLibraries or the Charles Sturt YouTube channel.

CREATIVE IDEAS AND A MOMENT TO RELAX

ENCOURAGE YOUNGER READERS

Are your children ferocious readers looking for new authors or titles? If they have exhausted their bookshelf and school library, come by one of our branches or search our online catalogue.

VOX Books are the world’s first audio enabled picture books. The permanently attached VOX Reader transforms an ordinary print book into an all-inone read-along. There’s no need for computers or tablets, children simply push a button to listen and read. Additional titles are added quarterly and we also have titles in Arabic and Russian too.

READ, SING AND PLAY WITH LIZZIE

We recently launched a fun new online series featuring everyone’s favourite reading mascot, Lizzie the Literacy Lizard.

Part of the Paint the Westside REaD, together we’ll read stories, sing and even

We’ve recently added 24 new titles to our magazine collection including titles focusing on wellbeing such as Nourish, Breathe, Being and EatWell. We haven’t forgotten the kids either with titles including Teen Breathe, 110% Gaming and Blocks. Connect to Pressreader online to access thousands of magazine titles from across the globe.

FORGOT YOUR CHARGER? NO PROBLEM, OUR LIBRARIES WILL KEEP YOU CHARGED UP

You can now charge your mobile phone or device for free at your library with wireless internet access also available to library members during opening hours. To find out more ask our library staff.

The possibilities are endless and so is your library membership.

To become a member visit charlessturt.sa.gov.au/library

NGUTUNGKA WEST LAKES

As the build of the new community hub at West Lakes continues, our Libraries and Community Centre teams have been working behind the scenes, planning out the spaces (look out for The Lab and Kitchen), pulling together new programs and working with local community groups to get ready for our open date later this year.

charlessturt.sa.gov.au/NgutungkaWest-Lakes

SECURING THE FUTURE OF OUR COASTLINE

Our stunning coastline is loved by our community and is one of the most visited public places. People come from far and wide to enjoy a dip in the water, a walk along the sandy beach and many other activities.

Before the pipeline is built and external sand is delivered, sand is moved by truck from Semaphore, where it accumulates, to protect West Beach.

The project is being delivered over a fouryear period to 2023. DHI, a world leading expert in water and coastal management, completed the research that has guided the project. This study was supported by the City of Charles Sturt.

WHAT’S NEXT?

The beach at West Beach is getting some much-needed help with the delivery of 250,000 cubic metres of sand from land-based quarries in time for summer.

Adelaide’s coastline is one connected system with sand naturally moving northward by the wind and wave energy.

Our beaches and dunes are a dynamic system, constantly changing in response to short and long-term weather patterns.

By building on the sand dunes in the early 1900s, this natural system was interrupted. This together with the loss of seagrass in the tidal zone allowing stranger wave action on the shoreline has made this natural flow of sand worse. This has meant the sand from the dunes that would normally replenish the beach after storms is no longer available.

For almost 50 years the State Government has managed the metropolitan coastline so the community can enjoy sandy beaches. Sand is

moved by trucks from where it builds up to areas of erosion. Without moving sand, some of our favourite beaches like West Beach and Henley Beach South would erode to rock and clay.

The state government has committed $48.4 million to the Securing the Future of Our Coastline project. The project will:

→ Construct a sand recycling pipeline from Semaphore to West Beach to move sand from beaches where it builds up.

→ Deliver a large quantity of sand to West Beach from outside of Adelaide’s beach system.

→ Restore sand dunes using best practice techniques and native plants in partnership with council and coastal community groups.

Construction of the Semaphore to West Beach sand recycling pipeline will commence after the design and approval phase. This is based on the successful Glenelg to Kingston Park pipeline that has been operating since 2012 and has seen the re-establishment of stable, vegetated dune systems on Adelaide’s southern beaches.

Construction of the new underground pipeline from Semaphore to West Beach will provide a long-term solution to the coastal erosion issues at West Beach and Henley Beach South.

Find out more at environment. sa.gov.au/coasts

CHANGING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS

How would you be impacted by a heatwave, smoke impact, power outage or localised flooding?

What would happen if these events occurred, one immediately after another? What could you do to prepare for, and respond to, these types of events?

As our climate changes, cascading events where one impact rolls into another are more likely to occur. Our community will need to be prepared for impacts of an event such as a heatwave, smoke from bushfires, or a power failure and then strong storms that could bring property damage and localised flooding. These are the scenarios that AdaptWest, the climate change adaptation plan for Western Adelaide operating across the cities of Charles Sturt, West Torrens and Port Adelaide Enfield, is exploring

with funding received from the Disaster Risk Reduction Grants scheme.

Join us at the Woodville Town Hall on the evening of Wednesday 27 October for AdaptNow! Changing for Climate Change. We will be running a hypothetical scenario, exploring how community and businesses in the AdaptWest region are responding to climate change impacts. We already know that our community understands climate change, but everyone is prepared for these events differently and will experience the impacts in different ways.

Keep up to date by visiting adaptwest. com.au/adaptnow

We’ve started rolling out electric vehicle charging stations across our City this year.

Four stations are currently in operation in the median carparks at Port Road and South Road (Hindmarsh) and Port Road and Oval Avenue (Woodville) with two more to come at the Port Road and Mary Street carpark in Hindmarsh.

Collaborating with the Cities of Marion and Port Adelaide Enfield to rollout the JOLT charging stations, we’re hoping to have a minimum of 15 stations within our City over the next 5 years.

As a City, we’re working towards climate change mitigation and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions with our Net Zero strategy, providing us with some key targets to achieve by 2025.

Electric Vehicle charging stations are a significant part of this strategy and a way in which we can support our community to consider more environmentally means of transport into the future.

Each JOLT charging station is powered by 100% local, green energy, contributing towards a zero-emission future. Users will be able to get the first 7kWH free for 25kw DC electric vehicle charging services which is approximately 15 minutes or 45 kilometres of range.

Download the JOLT app for locations and more information or visit jolt.com.au/find-electricvehicle-charge

WHEELCHAIR FOOTBALL TEAM FOR LOCAL CLUB

Eight-year-old Alex is Woodville-West Torrens Football Club’s youngest player in the new Novita SANFL Wheelchair Football League. Able to pursue his passion for his favourite sport, Alex said he got into footy as he loves footy and watches it a lot.

“I heard about wheelchair footy and I really wanted to give it a go”, he said.

“I love the program; it is 10 out of 10.”

With 32 players across 4 SANFL clubs, the new league which commenced in July provides people living with a disability an opportunity to get involved in organised competitive sport, improve their fitness and wellbeing as well as providing a community and social environment. The teams include a blend of genders and those with and without a disability, encouraging everyone to participate in an all-inclusive team. Games are played on a basketball court

with goal posts at either end, and five players face off against each other with two defenders, two forwards and one midfielder. A handball in wheelchair football is equivalent to a ‘kick’ and an underarm throw equates to a ‘handball’ as per regular Australian Football rules.

Alex’s mum Sonya is so proud of her son and the opportunity it provides in enabling him to play a sport he enjoys.

“It’s so beautiful to see him out there playing the game that he absolutely loves,” said Sonya.

“This sport (football) means the world to Alex, he now gets the

chance to play his favourite game just like lots of his little friends,”

“It is so amazing for him and other wheelchair users to be given the opportunity to be involved in the sport they love.”

We love seeing local clubs providing inclusive opportunities for our community and we can’t wait to see where this league goes.

To find out more about the Novita SANFL Wheelchair Football League, contact the club on 8347 2444 or email eagles@wwtfc.com.au

Novita SANFL Wheelchair Football League at the Lights Community and Sports Centre

EARLY MORNING DIPS FOR SALTY SIPS

An early morning dip in the ocean isn’t for the faint hearted but the idea of two friends has made a big impact to connecting the community.

Starting with a mutual love of the ocean, Salty Sips was born after two friends who began their mornings with a sunrise ocean dip came across an initiative in Perth called ‘Cold Nips’.

Salty Sips founders Lily and Nakita said there were hundreds gathering at the beach every week and grabbing a coffee after to continue the connection.

“We fell in love with this idea and it sparked the thought to make the movement happen in Adelaide,” said Lily.

In a time where people have had to adapt and find new ways to connect, the idea of throwing yourself into cold water in the early hours of the morning with a group of strangers may not sound like everyone’s cup of tea but they opened the invite out to their friends. They pitched it as “An opportunity to start your day on a positive note, meet someone new or reconnect with a familiar face,” said Nikita.

Officially starting off with a group of six, meeting at Henley Beach before sunrise on Wednesday mornings, Salty Sips has now grown to up to 450 people showing up to the beach - even through the cold mornings of winter, with some travelling up to an hour to join in on the fun. The morning begins with a 30-minute movement session, usually yoga, before the dip, followed by sipping on some of Henley Beach’s best brews.

If this has piqued your interest and you want to know where, when and how to get involved, the good news is this initiative is open to anyone and everyone (dogs included).

“We really want to welcome a diverse group of individuals to Salty Sips,” said lily.

“It’s an all-inclusive connection driven initiative, and individual uniqueness enhances this,” said Nakita.

Partnering with mental health charity Batyr, the initiative has now expanded to banish the stigma around mental illness by using the power of telling your story and what better way to do that than to connect with a new face over a dip and a cup of coffee.

In another fantastic twist, participating Henley Beach cafes (Joe’s Henley Beach, SeaSalt Henley and Acacia) are donating 10% of all coffee sales from “Salty Sipper” purchases each Wednesday to Batyr.

For more information on the initiative, check out Salty Sips Adelaide on Instagram.

If you have a cool community initiative like this or know of someone who’s making an impact in our City, we’d love to hear about it. Send us an email at publications@charlessturt. sa.gov.au and we’ll be in touch.

BOARDWALK MADE OF MILK BOTTLES

Around 142,000 2L milk bottles worth of HDPE plastic has gone into the construction of the Grange Jetty Boardwalk in a Charles Sturt coastal first.

This local recycled product is made from a mix of wood flour (from post-industrial sawdust) and HDPE plastic (such as milk bottles and other bottles from kerbside recycling) which supports our commitment to sourcing and using more recycled material across our City. We’ve also used the same product at the South Road underpass which was reconstructed in 2020/21.

The boardwalk was due for reconstruction due to exposure to harsh conditions which had weathered the timber and as with all our projects, this provided us an opportunity to look to the future and ensure we

source a material that would be more sustainable and require less maintenance.

In the spirit of reuse and repurpose, the original boardwalk timbers have been repurposed and created into planter boxes that have been used in nearby Henley Square, replacing the old weathered boxes adjacent to Seaview Road. This is a great way of reducing waste to recycle and preserve elements of our City by repurposing them in other ways.

Thanks goes out to the Henley Woodworkers who took on the project to make the planter boxes.

WHO ARE THE HENLEY WOODWORKERS?

Started in 2004 at the Henley Depot as shed for people to come together and create ongoing friendships, the Henley Woodworkers provide a fantastic service to the community often repairing old furniture as well as making toys and other wood products for sale. All profits from the sale of their woodworks have been donated to the Royal Flying Doctor Service with over $50,000 donated over the years. Learn more about the group and see how the planter boxes were made on our YouTube Channel, search for ‘Thanking our Henley Woodworkers’.

Open every Tuesday and Thursday 1pm - 4pm at 216 Military Road, Henley Beach. For more information, call 8235 1389.

TOP RECYCLER IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

We’re thrilled to be crowned the top recyclers in South Australia by MobileMuster.

We began this initiative in 2008 at our Libraries, providing our community with a place to safely and securely recycle old phones and small electronic waste. This award shows the great commitment our community has to recycling. We thank you and encourage you to keep recycling.

Visit your local library to drop off mobile phones to our MobileMuster bins. We also accept batteries through Ecocycle at our Libraries and Community Centres.

For more information, search for ‘recycling batteries’ on our website at charlessturt.sa.gov.au

Spyro Kalos, Head of MobileMuster, presented City of Charles Sturt CEO Paul Sutton (left) and Mayor Angela Evans with the award at the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) National General Assembly in Canberra.

YOUR RATES THIS YEAR

Each year, the ValuerGeneral of South Australia independently determines site and capital values for every rateable property in the state (referred to as the General Valuation). Your property valuation may increase or decrease each year depending on changes to your property or due to other market influences.

The Valuer-General has undertaken a Revaluation Initiative to improve the accuracy of the data that forms the basis of the annual General Valuation and the City of Charles Sturt forms part of the current review cycle. This review, which impacts valuations applied to the 2021/22 financial year, may have resulted in increases or decreases to some property values.

Further information is at valuergeneral.sa.gov.au

To smooth the impact the Revaluation Initiative has had

on the distribution of rates for 2021/22, we have applied an automatic rebate to rateable properties who meet the criteria in our Rating Policy. For eligible residential, commercial and industrial properties, an automatic capping has been applied to reduce your annual rates levied for 2021/22.

Our focus is on supporting our community and local businesses, and delivering on a range of services and infrastructure for affordable rates.

We’re proud to once again deliver on affordable rates for 2021/22:

→ 70% of residential ratepayers across our City have received a rate rise of less than 1% which is below forecast CPI.

→ 17,000 properties have received a reduction in rates.

SET UP RATES DIRECT DEBIT

Did you know you can have fortnightly or quarterly rates payments debited from your bank account?

To set up direct debit for your rates:

1. You must read the Direct Debit Service Agreement online.

2. Complete the Direct Debit Request Form for quarterly or fortnightly deductions.

3. Send your completed form to us via post, fax or email.

Go to charlessturt.sa.gov. au/rates for more.

In 21/22 we will spend $47.1 million on our Capital works program, $3.3 million on our operating projects, with our recurrent budget of $91.1 million.

Key projects for 2021/22 include:

→ $3.17m for Sporting Clubs Renewals (including West Beach Surf Lifesaving Club, Matheson and Pennington Reserve Clubrooms)

→ $1m towards the Renewal and Upgrade of Public

Lighting and Street

Lighting across our City

→ $3.5m towards the Hindmarsh Precinct upgrade (in preparation for the FIFA Women’s World Cup and scheduled Hindmarsh Stadium upgrade)

→ $4m towards the Woodville Road Streetscape project

→ $2m for new and renewed paths

→ $9m on road renewal and rehabilitation

GET YOUR RATES NOTICE DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX

Have easy access to your rates notice on any electronic device (phone, tablet, laptop or desktop) anytime, anywhere, 24 hours a day, seven days a week with EzyBill.

Set up EzyBill now:

1. Go to charlessturt. ezybill.com.au/ account/signin

2. Set up an account with EzyBill and sign in. It’s free and easy to use and you’ll have all your future rates notices in here for easy access whenever you need.

3. Click ‘Add New’ and follow the steps to register.

4. Keep an eye out for your next rates notice arriving in your inbox.

NEWS AND WHAT’S ON

WEST LAKES EVENTS

October to April

Aquatic, Midcourse, Oarsman and Scullers Reserve

West Lakes is a hub of exciting events like rowing, dragon boats, paddlesports and triathlon competitions. There’s lots happening in the area over the next 6 months, check out the website for the full list of events. charlessturt.sa.gov. au/westlakesevents

TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF KATE BUSH

9 October, 8pm Holden Street Theatre 34 Holden Street, Hindmarsh

A tribute concert to Kate Bush, featuring Siobhan Owen on vocals, Pearl Tizzie as Musical Director and with Deborah Brennan, Dylan Warren, Dylan Woolcock, Ingrid Homburg, Kara White, Alice, Claire and Lily Langsford and members of the Adelaide Sound Connection choir. Produced by Guilty Pleasures Shows and directed by Louise McCabe. holdenstreettheatres.com

KITEBOARDING EXPO

16-17 October Mirani Court Reserve, West Lakes Shore

Season Launch Kite Expo is now being transformed into a two-day festival featuring a series of progression clinics across the Kite Foil, Wave, Wing and Freestyle disciplines. kiteboardingaus.com.au

MAKE IT MINE MARKET

Last Sunday of the Month until May Main Street and the Henley Pavillion Car Park

A free family event, the Make it Mine Markets host one of Adelaide’s most popular

boutique street markets at the popular Henley Square Pavilion.

makeitminemarkets.com.au

FOYER FRIDAYS - MAIN HALL SESSIONS

17 Sept, 22 Oct, 19 Nov

Woodville Town Hall

Foyer Fridays is making the move to our historic Main Hall for a special spring season. Join us for an evening of blues, soul-roots & alt-country with Kelly Menhennett and Chris Finnen in September, experimental electronic sounds in October with Bjéar and Seabass and an epic evening of soul and hip hop with Ollie English and Elsy Wameyo.

woodvilletownhall. com.au/foyerfridays

ADAPTNOW! CHANGING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

27 October

Woodville Town Hall

Join us for a hypothetical scenario, exploring how community and businesses in the AdaptWest region are responding to climate change impacts. We already know that our community understands climate change, but everyone is prepared for these events differently and will experience the impacts in different ways. adaptwest.com.au/adaptnow

NAIDOC WEEK

We recognised NAIDOC week with events for kids across our Libraries and an author talk and food tasting for the book Warndu Mai.

WELCOME TO COUNTRY LAUNCH

With the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, we launched our Welcome to Country film to enable us all to embrace cultural knowledge and understanding of Country.

WESTERN BUSINESS LEADERS

Over 100 local business owners and stakeholders gathered at West Lakes to network and learn about the West Development, Uniting SA, the new community facility – Ngutungka.

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

WOODVILLE ACADEMY FLORAL DESIGN CLUB

Established in 1958, the Woodville Academy Floral Design Club provides a friendly environment in which to learn the art of designing flower arrangements using fresh and/or dried plant material. Arrangements are also made for the Adelaide Christmas Pageant. The club meets at the Kilkenny Community Centre fortnightly from the first Wednesday of February to the end of November. New members and visitors are always welcome. Visit our Facebook page or website for more information facebook.com/woodvilleflowerclub sites.google.com/site/wafdinc

WEST LAKES CONTRACT BRIDGE CLUB

Are you a keen and/or lapsed Bridge player looking for a friendly social group to play Bridge with on a regular basis?

We’re always looking for new faces at West Lakes Contract Bridge Club, located at 21 Edwin Street, West Lakes Shore.

Session times are 7pm Mondays and 12.45pm Wednesdays.

Please phone Anne Howell on 0408 854 839 or Brian Woods on 0488 946 613 for more information.

LEARN TO DANCE THE EZIWAY

Learn dances such as Samba, Cha Cha, Rumba, Jive, Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep, Tango, Rock’n’Roll and Argentine Tango.

Beginners class are held on Tuesday evenings, 7.30pm at Seaton RSL Hall (257 Tapleys Hill Road Seaton, entrance off Clarke Tce).

For further information or to book, call Michael on 0401 011 909.

AUSTRALIAN BREASTFEEDING ASSOCIATION (ADELAIDE CENTRAL METRO GROUP)

New families in the City of Charles Sturt have faced lots of extra challenges over the last 18 months with restrictions and the closure of many early parenting support services. Local volunteers with the Australian Breastfeeding Association have stepped in to fill the gap in services and have been offering peer to peer support services to new mothers and their families.

Qualified Breastfeeding Counsellors and Educators offer new mums a place to go to be heard, get support and make connections with other new mums in the local area. New parents and their support people are welcome to come along to an Australian Breastfeeding Association catch up at 19 on Green Community Centre in Brompton on the second and fourth Friday of every month.

For more information find Australian Breastfeeding Association Adelaide Central on Facebook.

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

Let us know before 8 October and we could include it in the next edition of Kaleidoscope, landing in letterboxes in December. Your community group, event or not-for-profit organisation

must be located in the City of Charles Sturt. Please email us at publications@ charlessturt.sa.gov.au with the subject “Kaleidoscope Community Noticeboard”