Darlington Review • Vol.62 • No.4 • May 2022

Vol. 62 | No. 4 | May 2022

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MEMBERS OF THE DARLINGTON REVIEW Anglican Church (Church Office 9299 7274) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 7240 Baha’i Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susheel Croft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0402 023 704 Bushfire Ready Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 969 223 Darlington Arts Festival Inc. (DAF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Pemberton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9252 0154 Darlington Bushwalk Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cliff Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 6696 Darlington Chamber Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malcolm Firth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0400 204 845 Darlington Christian Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murray Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0417 174 441 Darlington Community Garden (DCG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susie Itzstein – warmfuzzyhill@bigpond.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0414 771 741 Darlington Community Recreation Advisory Group (DCRAG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 969 223 Darlington Dipsticks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bindi Datson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9252 1050 Darlington Family Playgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stacey Phipps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0417 955 835 Darlington History Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Val Shiell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 6868 Darlington Pavilion Project (DaSRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geoff Barker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . geoff@pmdwa.com Darlington Primary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 6888 Darlington Primary School P & C Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rowena MacKinnon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pnc@gmail.com Darlington Ratepayers & Residents Association (DRRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Beadle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . drra@darlingtonvillage.org Darlington Retirement Accommodation Assn Inc. (DRAA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolyn Earnshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0427 271 765 Darlington Running Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pippa Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0488 069 764 Darlington Social Cricket Club Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0437 242 299 Darlington Tennis Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Hoschke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 6456 Darlington Theatre Players at Marloo Theatre – 9255 1212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Vonk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 929 692 Darlington Volunteer Bushfire Brigade Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ricky Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 685 445 1st Darlington Scouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Tolj – 0448 298 695 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Glen Stenton – 0403 809 226) Forrest Darlings CWA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kate Herren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0452 644 248 Friends of Darlington Station Reserve (FODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Arnold – arnoldmj55@gmail.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0477 987 048 Friends of Glen Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenys Letchford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0467 586 050 Friends of Waylen’s Landing (FOWL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shannon Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9252 1879 Garrick Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . publicity@garricktheatre.asn.au Guides Western Australia (Forrest Hills District) ‘Dibblers’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Wills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0418 917 045 Guildford Grammar School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gillian MacDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9377 9222 Hovea Ashram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manita Beskow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 043 768 Helena College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carrie Parsons – cparsons@helena.wa.edu.au . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9298 9100 The Hub of the Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9290 6683 KSP Writers’ Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shannon Coyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9294 1872 Kalamunda Bridge Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenny Tedeschi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jennifer_tedeschi1@hotmail.com Mundaring Arts Centre Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenny Haynes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9295 3991 Mundaring Arts Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Durrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 6093 Mundaring Chamber of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan Holmes – President, Mundaring Chamber of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA Mundaring Christian College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda McCleary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9295 2688 Mundaring Creative Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terrie Plaistowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9295 1688 Mundaring and Hills Historical Society Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trish Beaman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9295 0540 Shire of Mundaring Library Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kerryn Martin, Branch Librarian, Greenmount Public Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9290 6758 Silver Tree Steiner School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karolina Pawlowski and Hayley Spracklen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9295 4787 Soroptimist International of Helena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fay Kappler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9274 4543 Swan Rotary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manny Braude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0408 274 556 The Darlington Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue Lavell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0439 273 213 Treetops Montessori School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 6725 Welcome To Darlington (WTD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susie Itzstein – warmfuzzyhill@bigpond.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0414 771 741 Members of Parliament: Member for East Metro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donna Faragher JP MLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9379 0840 Member for Kalamunda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9293 4747 Federal Member for Hasluck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hon. Ken Wyatt MP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9359 0322 Mundaring Shire South Ward Councillors: Cr James Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . crmartin@mundaring.wa.gov.au . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0437 287 377 Cr Trish Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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The bar/restaurant design by Studio Origami Architects

Golden days …

Happily for all of us, the April holidays encompassing Easter and Anzac Day very often bring benign “mostly sunny” forecasts that allow for a heap of fun excursions – to the beach or the bush – and all wrapped up in autumn’s golden days.

The artwork above readily captures the surging surf on Yallingup beach and is one of many works of art on display at Juniper Galleries’ topical exhibition, Holiday. Such golden days invite us back into our gardens that may be looking a bit sad after summer’s record heat – but even the very briefest of rains has brought hints of the green that will soon wash the landscape and make new planting possible. The Friends of Darlington Station (FODS) are back to fortnightly gatherings and they suggest you look at the plants on the reserve that have not only survived but thrived – particularly a local bottle brush – when making your shopping list for native plants.

And across the Oval at the Community Garden, there are also signs of busyness: a Federal grant has been secured to finance the connection to water mains; lists of plants are being drawn up with everyone contributing a favourite; soils have arrived and the first beds along the arbour are established,

ready to receive the grape vines that will one day green the arbour and give our village even more autumnal colour. The hunt is now on for vine cuttings with a particular provenance. As the Community Garden’s Louise Stelfox reports, the group is hoping to locate still-surviving vines that, a century ago, patterned the slopes of the original Darlington Vineyard. From all accounts the vineyard – the starting point for our village (from the late 1880s to the 1920s) – was noted for its beauty and the fine wine it produced. If you think your garden may well accommodate an ancient vine, phone Louise on 0437 310 578. The original Darlington Vineyard extended from the intersections at Brook/ Owen and Pine Terrace/View Terrace up to Orange Lane. You can discover more in the Darlington History Group’s publication The historical story of the Original Darlington Vineyard by Cliff Burns and Arlene Collings. You’ll find the book at local cafes and the Post Office.

Darlington Vineyard Estate

Community Garden’s Louise Stelfox

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Darlington Vineyard in 1908 and a map from the Darlington History Group book mentioned above

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Projects a-plenty!

Trish also mentions the formation of a DCRAG sub-committee tasked with gauging community support/opposition to the oval widening proposal from the sports clubs. As she observes, there’s a wide divergence of views on this, so hats off to those who’ve put their hands up to conduct the distinctive Darlington brand of civil discourse that will find a way forward on this. The groups had its first meeting in April and you can read their brief in DCRAG notes.

In fact, we can’t recall a summer when our oval has been so widely used by the community – by sports clubs and informal sporting groups, running and exercise groups, picnickers and those buying dinner from The Hive and visiting food vans. The exception to this busyness is the early mornings, when light in stealing across the tranquil expanse of green that lies at the heart of our community. Our thanks to local photographer Lynne Dullard for capturing the beautiful image .

Meanwhile, across the Oval, there’s more happening with the Tennis Club’s hit-up wall taking shape as we write. We love watching the Lolivers Tennis Coaching kids in action on the courts and the ambition of the young players is clear, so the wall will not only help local kids hone their skills but could well encourage others to pick up a racquet and give the sport a try.

Photo: Lynne Dullard

It’s hard to keep up with the projects that the Darlington Community Recreation Advisory Group and DaSRA are delivering in the recreation area that currently hosts the Community Garden and the Skatepark, but they are many and varied. In her notes DCRAG Chair Trish Cook puts out a call for locals to sign a petition indicating support for a raft of plans that are in the pipeline, including landscaping, shelter, seating and a fire pit for the skatepark and pump track; a nature-based area and a boardwalk in the area of wetland restoration, and a Heritage Trail pathway for access to Waylen’s Landing. There’s more in DCRAG notes, but you need to be quick to register support that could help secure funding.

Hit-up wall: Photo Alex Hoschke

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If you are one of the Darlington Review’s many member groups (full list on the inside front cover) you will already have heard from Business Manager Betty Pitcher that the community magazine’s postponed AGM will happen on Tuesday May 17 Vol. 62 | at 7pm at 6A Brook Road. So please join us for some speedy N o. online @ www.da 2 | March 2022 serious talk about advertising revenue, annual financial reports rlington review.c om(thank .au you again Peter Edwards) and more, followed by a glass of champagne and a chance for the Review team to catch up with the many scribes providing notes for the magazine.

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Charles Taylor with Macs4U staff members Julie and Sam

Mad about Macs You may have noticed in recent Reviews the half-page adverts featuring the Macs4U Retail Store in Midland – a business that began in a Darlington home and that has grown to become a haven for those committed to all things Apple. Needless to say, its owner is a singular character and a problem-solver whose working life spans many disciplines.

Since he began earning his own pocket money selling copies of the Los Angeles Times when he was eight, Charles Taylor can’t remember a time in his life when he wasn’t working. At high school, following gridiron training, he spent an hour cleaning his school to help pay for school fees. Later, when a scholarship took him to college, he juggled study with working as a mechanic in an auto workshop. When he graduated with a Master’s in Biology, he was invited to complete a Zoology PhD on reptiles in WA. However, after a couple of years, the restless young Californian decided that academia was not for him, and with his wife Bobbie, he returned to the US. “Almost immediately we regretted leaving Perth, and were asking ourselves why are we here?” recalls Charles. They packed their bags and returned within a year, and a succession of varied jobs followed – with the Education Department, the WA Institute of Technology, running his own auto business devoted to MG sports cars and teaching at Albany High School after purchasing a property in Denmark.

“They gave me the best Year 10 class and the worst Year 9s – but it was the latter that really interested me, because I was able to design my own science-oriented curriculum that included projects like raising chickens and measuring water and food inputs and waste outputs. And I watched kids that had been troublemakers – largely because they were bored – becoming engaged and eventually graduating,” he recalls.

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to a massive IBM main frame computer back in the US in the 1960s, he first encountered Macs at Foothills that became the first Apple 2e school in Perth.

Later when teaching at Edith Cowan University, Charles set up his own part-time business working with Macs, restoring old Apple equipment and teaching Apple devotees. The business rapidly outgrew his home base in Darlington, as well as a small Midland store. He was then offered a brilliant location in the heart of Midland where Macs4U has been at home since 2005.

It’s now been running for 20 years, successfully selling a brand that, says Charles, “is so easy to use that once you’ve discovered it, you look no further…”

With two trusted assistants, Tony and Jacob, who’ve been with Macs4U for more than a decade, and with Bobbie taking care of the books, this small but busy success story has a family feel. And that’s cemented by the offer of occasional free workshops (Wednesday and Saturday mornings 9 – 10am) and free tuition for those making new purchases. From the start, Charles encouraged high school students with an interest in IT to work part-time at the store and to discover for themselves the possibilities of the equipment. “I enable them to pursue what they enjoy. I hand them the tools to find out things for themselves – I’ve always believed that’s the best method of teaching – and some have gone on to careers in IT and one has designed our website.”

The Darlington resident says he’s always been a problem-solver.

“What I love about my business is that I get a chance to do just that, and all the time I’m being exposed to new equipment and get a chance to play with all the new Apple toys. So I‘m still learning.

Long-term customers (and I’ve many, some now living in Tasmania and Broome) come to visit when they’re in town. And they’re always surprised I haven’t chosen to retire. Why would I when I really enjoy what I’m doing? I’ve never given retirement a thought!”

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Your link to councillors and community leaders If you want to know what’s happening across Darlington, one way is to drop into the next Darlington Ratepayers and Residents Association (DRRA) meeting that is always held on the first Thursday of the month, 7.30pm at Darlington Hall. You’ll get a good overview of the huge variety of projects happening in the community – and get an insight into the breadth of volunteering that make such projects happen – and you’ll hear from both community leaders and councillors. At the April meeting the topics covered included the proposed bar/restaurant, oval widening, LED street lighting, plans to widen part of Lionel Road and a push to extend Bilgoman Pool’s operating period.

All three councillors – James Martin, Luke Ellery and Trish Cook were on hand to answer questions and provide info on their work on council and in the community. There is more in DRRA Notes and the next meeting is on Thursday May 5 at 7.30pm at Darlington Hall.

Like father like son…

Because the Darlington Review believes in ‘keeping it local’ and supporting local business and tradies with affordable advertising opportunities, we’re always happy to welcome new advertisers – and doubly so when the newbie is the son of one of our long-standing advertisers. So, when we received an advert from Alex James Landscaping, we sat down with Alex Thompson and his dad Brendon to get the back story.

Growing up in a household where he liked nothing better than to hang out with his dad – whether that meant getting up super early to be in a mining camp kitchen where his dad was catering, being a kitchen hand when later Brendon ran restaurants in the seaside town of Dongara or criss-crossing the southwest to locate some 300 beehives that captured the best honey at the height of the season for a major honey producer.

“Alex was always keen to chip in. He was my paid kitchen hand at 12, and at the same time was helping me to renovate an old stone house that was in a bad way,” recalls Brendon.

Alex remembers that he and his sisters became adapt at turning their hands to a variety of renovating tasks. “The big thing I learnt from dad is that you can do anything, everything is achievable, so have a go,” says Alex.

Like his dad, Alex pursued a few different careers before studying a Graduate Certificate of Garden Design at Melbourne University and finding his niche. And that prompted a move back home “to the place I love because there’s no other place like Darlington”.

When the family moved to Darlington in 2008, Alex studied engineering, then qualified as a pilot and spent eight years in the aviation industry until Covid hit and many pilots lost their jobs. That was when the dream to study landscaping could be realised.

Welcome Alex James Landscaping – we wish you well.

Letters…

As always Letters to the Editor are varied, with Studio Origami explaining its approach to designing the proposed bar/restaurant in Montrose Avenue and two other letter writers suggesting that a scaled-down venue would be more appropriate. We also hear from Sue Lennard, the lady who works a lot behind the scenes to make things happen – flowers outside 6

the post office, a gathering of bunnies asking to be adopted on the playground fence at Easter, and colourful sunshades for plants at the café. So, Sue’s letter about the not-so-nice side of Darlington is sad to read. Please read her letter and spread the word that the playground produce trolley is definitely not for discarded handbags etc.

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Meeting the challenge of outback teaching Make a note of the Book Launch advert in this issue because the author of Outback Teacher is the legendary local Sally Herzfeld, founder of Helena College. While currently active with the Community Garden, her conflict resolution workshops and much more, Sally has written a book (with one of her former students Freda Marnie).

Published by Allen & Unwin, Outback Teacher centres on the early years of Sally’s teaching life that saw her establishing schools for Indigenous communities at the Forrest River Mission and in Port Hedland.

This was pioneering teaching, with limited equipment and multiple challenges, but Sally’s can-do approach was embraced by the communities and her pupils ranged in age from kids to their parents. Outback Teacher is being launched in May at Helena College (that supported its publication).

The publishers write of the book: “The year is 1956. Sally Gare is twenty. She’s just out of teachers’ college, and has been sent to work at a two-teacher school more than 3000 kilometres from Perth. With the head teacher away, she starts out alone with a class of forty-five Aboriginal children, ranging in age from five years to thirteen. Thus begins the career of a remarkable teacher and a life-changing adventure in remote Australia.”

You can read more on the publisher’s website.

Our Place, the Lamberts place Our Place this month is a little unusual. It’s the story of a house that was once a family home. It was built by the Lambert family who came to Darlington from California in 1978 and lived in a variety of homes as they saved for their dream house. Eventually, it was built in Glen Road almost a decade later. Rick and Ruth, and their daughters Jen and Hillary loved what neighbours called ‘the Lambert house’ and Ruth’s sister Gini lived practically next door in Glen. Set in a beautiful garden with a wealth of stonework, the house was the gathering place for the family for 26 years.

The Lamberts

When Rick’s health failed they reluctantly moved and sold, and last year, a year after Rick had died, came the shattering news that the house had burned down one October night. Gini witnessed the swiftly destructive inferno as did neighbours who came to help. Not long after the devastating fire the family gathered in Darlington and knowing their grief, the Review suggested we write an article to honour their much-loved family home. They were delighted and provided the many images in the article.

Gini James hopes that the story will carry a fire safety message, and was impressed with the way Glen Road’s Bushfire Ready Group responded – but this was an unstoppable fire.

The October fire

With this in mind it’s timely to refer you to Colin James’ Bushfire Ready notes and the forthcoming May 2 meeting at the Community Pavilion of all the street contacts. There’s more info in his notes.

Fire safety Still on the fire front, if you are a property owner in need of help with burns, Ricky Harvey in Brigade notes gives details of how to contact the station and have an officer visit to provide a quote – and such burns help with training new recruits. Also, please note the Brigade’s advice if you burning garden refuse (no bigger than one cubic metre) after 6pm: Have only one pile alight at May 2022 – Darlington Review

a time, keep a 5m clearance around the fire, have a means of extinguishing it within reach and a capable adult in attendance AT THE FIRE at all times. Also register the fire with DFES on 9395 9209, and consider the impact of smoke on your neighbours. Please refer to the Shire’s website for full conditions.

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What’s happening

Darlington Chamber Music’s Graeme Gilling, Zak Rowntree, Sally Boud, Semra Lee-Smith and Jon Tooby

There’s a lot coming up including a couple of events that are a MUST for the diary or you’ll be in strife: the Federal election of course (good luck to all candidates!) and Mothers’ Day. If you are hunting for Mother’s Day gift ideas, Kate Herren (CWA Forrest Darlings notes) reminds us that the group is having a stall at the weekly Mundaring Garden and Farmers Market on April 30. “Thanks to the talents of our members we will be able to display a range of handmade knitted items, reusable shopping bags and some Mothers’ Day gift ideas. Please come and support us. The Mundaring Garden and Farmers Market is a weekly community event held along the heritage trail under the trees, close to the Sculpture Park. Stalls include crafts, produce and plants and the market runs from 8am-12pm every Saturday.”

If your mum loves classical music, an excellent gift idea would be tickets to the Darlington Chamber Music ‘s 2022 season that has its first concert on May 8 at Darlington Hall. The ensemble group ended its last season on a high note – performing for Musica Viva at the Perth Concert Hall – and they launch this season with a program of “pure chamber music bliss” featuring Semra Lee-Smith, Jon Tooby and Graeme Gilling. Now that he is both Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, Jon (who founded Darlington Concerts 19 years ago with help from the community) will be performing in the May, July and September concerts. Tickets? That’s easy, they’re available at Little Nook, the liquor store and the Post Office, or online at www.trybooking.com.

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Local artist Ant Muia and his works Night Swim II and The Bay, etchings on hand-coloured paper

Also happening in May is Garrick’s new production Three Tall Women, while Darlington Theatre Players are in rehearsal for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (that opens in July). And at the Midland Junction Arts Centre, you can view a new body of work from local artist Antony Muia (pictured above). Upper Reach is a series of experimental etchings inspired by the unique flora and fauna of the foothills. These intricate works were developed during a printmaking residency at the Centre earlier this year that saw the artist exploring the etching process, working on aluminium plates. The adoption of this new techniques unites his passion for drawing and watercolour. Upper Reach is on at Midland Junction Arts Centre from May 7 – July 16.

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Mundaring Shire’s Open Art Acquisition Exhibition is always worth visiting and you have until June 19 to view the selected artworks at the gallery at Mundaring Arts Centre (always a nice excuse to also browse MAC’s great arty/crafty merchandise).

Entitled Country Connections, works by 18 artists were selected, including Darlington artists Alastair Taylor, Antony Muia, and Jina Lee. We leave you with Alastair Taylor’s Bushwalk featuring an intriguing collection of found objects no doubt gathered during rambles through the hillside bushland surrounding his Darlington home/studio.

Enjoy the multiple pleasures of Autumn.

Trea Wiltshire Editor Alastair Taylor’s Bushland, plaster, found objects

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Councillor’s Column Councillor James Martin ~ South Ward Although we are now well into Djeran season, some fire restriction still remain. As I write this, the Shire is transitioning to online applications for a permit to burn. Please check the Shire’s website for changes to burning periods, fire danger ratings and to apply.

The Shire’s ‘General Purpose Quick Grants’ have reopened for new applications. Community groups can apply for up to $500. Importantly, there is no matching funding criteria for these grants. Interested community groups should contact the Shire’s Community Capacity Building Officer on 9290 6678 or ccbo@mundaring.wa.gov.au<mailto:ccbo@ mundaring.wa.gov.au> for further details.

The Shire is also looking for community input into improving access and inclusion across the shire. Working with its Inclusion and Disability Access Advisory Group, the Shire invites residents to complete a survey which can be found on the Shire’s consultation website – Engage Mundaring via engage.mundaring.wa.gov.au. The survey focuses on equal opportunity for people of all abilities; access to services and events; buildings and facilities; information; customer service; complaints; consultation processes; and employment.

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Earlier this month, I was saddened to hear of the resignation of East Ward Councillor Simon Cuthbert who publicly stated that he was resigning to focus on his mental health. A hard working and community minded councillor, he will be greatly missed from our team. On a personal note, I would like to also like to thank Simon for his wise counsel and friendship during his time on council. A new East Ward Councillor will be elected in the coming months.

In these times where Covid 19 is spreading into our community, I wish everyone good health.

Stay safe.

James

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Their Place: ‘the Lambert house’

On a cool Sunday night in mid-October last year, local Gini James heard what she thought were gunshots close to her Glen Road home. She called the police.

“My voice was quivering … my knees were shaking …I was afraid to go outside to investigate but (with the police on the phone) I did – to discover the house next door on fire. I was scared out of my wits! The police assured me the Midland brigade was on the way. Worrying about the threat to my own house, and knowing the fire trucks were on their way, I rang my son-in-law Steve and he came straight away.

“As I evacuated with my ‘fire’ suitcase and backpack to go and stay with daughter Jedra, the brigade arrived and Steve made sure my house would be OK. But I had to come back – I couldn’t NOT watch even though I was still very shaken. This was my sister Ruth’s long-time former home, so Steve and I watched the much-loved ‘Lambert’s house’ burn down.

“There were so many happy memories wrapped up in that house. Ruth and her husband Rick built it and lived there for 26 years. Steve built them a beautiful deck with huge timber poles supporting the roof. It became the family’s much-loved ‘outdoor room’.

“As we watched the house burn, the feeling of helplessness was overwhelming, however those giant hoses at work were reassuring. While many in Darlington heard the explosions, and neighbours had immediately arrived with hoses, firefighters said they realised the house was gone on arrival, so they aimed to keep other properties safe.

“I don’t think I’ll ever forget the sight of that wall of flame – twice as high as the house – attacking this wonderful home. Later, as a family, we gathered and walked around the blackened ruins and together we remembered the house as it was in its glory days, the events that it had nurtured through its history.

We ended up thinking of the house as a member of the family…”

Most of us in Darlington have a special relationship with homes.

If you’re lucky enough to own one of Darlington’s century old homes, you’ve accumulated a wealth of tales about ceiling and floor collapses, the perpetual challenge of repairs and renovations, but the wonder of living in a place so rich in history and atmosphere. If you’ve purchased the land and built your home, there are the embedded memories of the excitement of designing it, incorporating special features you’ve admired in other houses, and the rewards of carving out a garden or orchard.

What neighbours knew as ‘the Lambert house’ had gathered its own storehouse of memories. The Lamberts had arrived in Perth from California in 1978, with daughters Jen and Hillary who were 11 and 7 respectively. A year later they purchased the one-and-a-half-acre block in Darlington. Rick built a rock wall around the entire property and the family tended the property, planting trees and maintaining fire breaks until they had the funds to build a home, designed by Murray Cox, in 1987.

Jen remembers: “The house became stunning, just what we’d dreamed of: open plan with high ceilings and an overlook from upstairs into the lounge room. Lots of light and space.

Wonderful huge jarrah poles that went floor to ceiling in the lounge room, a wooden staircase and timber floors. Spaces for artwork and photos.

“Mom and Dad worked outside making garden beds and stone paths. We put lawn in and many a volleyball game was played.

When Steve build the deck that ran the length of the house, Dad worked with him. The result was incredible – and we spent so many long afternoons and evenings eating and chatting out there…”

When the girls moved out, Rick bought his highly-regarded design business from South Perth to Darlington (and the Review’s David Taylor, one of Rick’s designers, immediately began looking for a Darlington home!) When the first grandchild arrived, new memories were added of Easter egg hunts, birthday parties and Christmas trees that reached the high ceilings.

However, ill health took its toll on Rick and with huge regret the house was sold. “My daughter Grace was probably the most vocal because she so loved helping Grandma and Grandad in the garden, playing in the creek and a double-storey cubby. She

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was determined to buy the house back when she grew up. It felt part of the family heritage and It burned down almost exactly a year after Dad died. I wish we could have kept the property.”

Her sister Hillary adds that the fire underscored how much – given its memories – the house still felt like home: “Sometimes you don’t recognise what a home really means until it’s gone. It felt like an anchor broken loose and another piece of Dad was gone with it.”

When the Review suggested to the family an article honouring their onetime Darlington home, they were delighted. Says Gini, who continues to live next door, apart from a vacant block, “It will be a comfort to the family, and to Ruth who loved it and left Darlington very reluctantly. And we hope it may also carry an underlying fire safety message.”

The last chapter of this story of a family home happened as the Review went to press and Gini watched heavy demolition machinery move onto the site to remove a tangled heap of timber and metal.

However, as her sister Ruth says: “Our beautiful house – we dreamed of, planned for, had designed and worked for (while living in several different houses around Darlington while

waiting to be able to build) and finally did build and lived in for 26 years – is gone. But the wonderful memories live on in all our hearts and minds.”

Our thanks to the Lambert clan photographed above for the photos in this article.

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Letters to the Editor Izabela Katafoni, Studio Origami Architects, writes on the proposed bar/restaurant at 4 Montrose Avenue: The proposed development is a place for the celebration of the old Bakery as a place of social and communal value for Darlington, adding another layer to the long history of the site.

Our response to the sensitive fabric of this development has been considered with the early engagement of the acoustic engineer, traffic engineer, Bushfire specialist, waste and wastewater management consultants to meet the technical objectives of the project and not adversely affect the amenity of adjoining properties.

Our conversations and planning with clients and consultants have led us to take the decision to orient the new building around the car park rather than the residential properties on the north, to allow for physical separation and noise reduction to them. This principle has dictated to focus the venue activities mostly on the internal space rather than exposing patrons to the external areas. The approach of not creating new parking areas over an already asphalted streetscape has been considered to minimise traffic noise pollution in one single area and to distribute it around the already constructed public parking.

This project is also as much about the walking journey and appreciation of the local area as it is about the enjoyment of the internal space. The elaborate ramp to the front of the building is designed with a gentle slope to minimise the need for the handrails in front of the building and allow for the introduction of landscaping pockets between. Approaching the entry, the two large fixed windows have a digital print of the old Darlington map on the glass, emphasising further the historic values of the space, while courtyard is delimited with recycled brick walls and a side green wall to soften the hard surrounding space.

but also required to achieve compliance requirements of today’s energy efficiency and acoustic performance. The original verandah of the Bakery still serves as a welcoming function and congregation space inside the restaurant. The removal of the tin roof has been considered to allow for exposure of the beams and the placement of the required insulation above the original structure for compliance requirements. Our decision was to preserve the original building fabric as a hero of the space and first impression when you enter the building. The reason we used “V” shape columns was to not compete with the exposed verandah columns but to distinguish new from old.

We would like to highlight the fact that communities are not homogeneous or static. The old Bakery building is a place of value where we can tell stories that are relevant and meaningful for diverse groups. They help retain memory, while also creating new stories and identities as communities change. Our contribution to this project has been of great significance for us as architects living in the community. We see Darlington as our own and the loud antisocial behaviour as described by many in the recent issue of the magazine is also not one we have noticed. It is also important to say that the owners have taken all of the above into consideration when making their decisions with the intention to create a quality space to dine and enjoy wine with a maximum capacity of 172 at any given time, and not a tavern or a pub for 1000 people as the picture was painted in one of the letters.

The historical importance of the building was carefully addressed and consulted with the Darlington Historical Group,

In our retrospection, the project has presented itself with some valuable feedback from our community that we genuinely take into consideration and respect the engagement of everyone. We saw this as an opportunity to respond with our story of how we arrived at our decisions and hopefully put another perspective on the community’s minds.

Editor’s note: Reference in the last issue of the Darlington Review that the proposal “could bring close to 1,000 people to the village each week” was based on Studio Origami’s Application to the Shire of Mundaring that is available on the

Shire’s website. The maximum capacity for the bar/restaurant quoted in this document was 172 people each day Wednesdays/ Thursdays and 299 each day Saturdays/Sundays, totalling 940 (without considering deliveries/waste removal etc.)

Sue Lennard writes: I thought I was living in a village of like-minded people ... community minded, litter/recycling conscious, respectful of private and public property etc etc.

Seems like my high minded “take” on this is way off the mark!

Despite a recent collaborative effort by our food van and takeaway food providers to keep the playground area litter free – the community provided, and managed recycling 12

options (pizza boxes and 10c/CFC containers) are being totally ignored.

Likewise, the use of the produce trolley which, despite good signage as to suitable donations STILL attracts inappropriate contributions (eg glass; novels; handbags; you name it....).

The latest event was the ripping out of several of the flowering plants (vincas) from the PO planter trough over the Easter weekend ... and a few months ago, that planter trough was tipped off its plinth for no apparent reason. What to do Oh What to do.... have a whinge and whine here but continue on......ABSOLUTELY.......

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Letters to the Editor Emily Bell writes – Our Village Pub: Darlington conjures up an image of a village with a pub.

The custodians of our village are to be celebrated, we still have a village.

Villages around the world understand what a village pub actually is. Passers-by in lanes and streets throughout Italy can purchase artisan products by day, and enjoy friendship over a glass of wine or a favourite whisky in a joyful, nurturing & intimate venue.

As the sun begins to sink, weary shoulders of office workers and farmers alike seek out their local pub. Typically a few scattered tables sprinkle the sidewalk, bar stools and corner settings invite the clients to mingle inside as the air begins to cool.

Likewise in our own south west mill town village of Pemberton.

The Whisky Bar has captured the qualities of Italy, Ireland, England, and Scotland. Serving delicious local products in an intimate cosy atmosphere in the original bakery.

Seating provides for under 50 guests creating a beautiful space for family and friends to gather to share a real pub experience.

Enjoying fabulous local wines and local products elegantly presented. The historic exterior has been restored with integrity, the internal decor is a warm, modern & inviting atmosphere.

Jack Gilks Bakery is the ideal venue for a local pub. A building with significant value historically, potentially restored in its rightful place to serve the community with joyful, nurture and love. Our hills are alive with artisan producers of fine food, wine and spirits. The current owners are ideally placed to bring our community together, embracing wisdom, and creating a future which can only celebrate and honour our past. If the mill town can do it, Darling ton - you can do it!

Mundaring Ratepayer (name and address provided) writes: How truly disappointing to read in the Echo newspaper that, once again, time was wasted at a Mundaring Council meeting on motions relating to vaccine mandates and, even more so, to learn that some councillors actually saw Covid vaccination as being a matter “free will” and the mandates of “discrimination” rather than as a vital matter of public health. Residents need to let their elected councillors know exactly how they feel about this issue in a Shire that has an excellent track record on Covid vaccination uptake. As the vaccine mandates are a State not a Local Government issue, there must surely be some way that the Minister for Local Government could in future ensure that the

much-appreciated annual electors’ meetings - that have been targeted by anti-vaxxers around the State - can be protected against such time-wasting tactics. The fact that the Shire will be writing to the Premier to ask for the removal of Covid mandates is deeply embarrassing for Mundaring Shire and for right-minded Councillors such as Crs Cook, Zlatnik and Shire President James Martin who expressed their strong opposition to such a request.

The vast majority of ratepayers will, however, take comfort in the knowledge that such a request will be treated with the contempt it deserves.

Stacey August writes – Montrose Development: The size of the proposed venue does not resemble the original idea explained to us. This tavern will have a maximum of 299 patrons visit during each day of the weekend.

The proposal itself admits that parking is insufficient.

There are 15 car bays available and will need at least 46 bays.

Noise has not been addressed by technological controls.

Soft noise reduction options like staff closing windows are recommended. The opening hours are not clear. The waste water treatment system has been designed for a bakery with maximum 86 patrons in a day.

Letters should be sent to: editorial@darlingtonreview.com.au and should be marked Letter to the Editor. Please keep your letters brief - not more than 300/350 words.

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What must be remembered is that whatever is built there, remains FOREVER MORE, and what does not work for Darlington will only ever become more of a problem, never less, as the business evolves.

Deb and Les and Javier, it is just too big. Come back with something smaller.

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Darlington Ratepayers & Residents Association Joint use of rail trail – cyclists, walkers and their dogs to benefit from new signage.

DRRA has an active interest in the joint use of the rail trail by cyclists, walkers, and their dogs. Concerns were raised some time ago about cyclists going too fast and some near misses with several walkers only just avoiding serious injury.

DRRA has provided feedback on the proposed new signage and is awaiting more details about installation dates. A key concern is for everyone to be able to enjoy the trail – residents and visitors alike and to do so in a climate of safety.

Continuing concerns about street lighting.

Concerns about the use of overly powerful LED lights around the village continue. The old mercury lights must be replaced sooner rather than later, and the upside is that the newer LED lights are more sustainable and energy efficient. However, replacements should also be aligned with the character of the village and avoid creating dark spots between lamps – particularly as the winter nights and dark mornings are drawing in.

Widening and resurfacing of Lionel Road between Hillsden and Dalry Roads Plans are afoot to widen and resurface the portion of Lionel Road between Hillsden and Dalry Road. Concerns were raised at

the April DRRA meeting about potential ‘over-engineering’ and the impact on volume and speed of traffic – particularly down Allestree. Concerns were also raised about the impact of the project on the ambiance for nearby residents. Anyone wishing to raise their concerns please contact Shane Purdy at shire@ mundaring.wa.gov.au DRRA is exploring the matter further – including finding out more about timelines and the dimensions of the project.

Bilgoman Pool – Family-friendly opening hours It seems odd that the much-loved Bilgoman Pool is closed at times when residents might enjoy using it – i.e. during the Easter and October holidays. DRRA is requesting that the pool change its opening hours to cater to local families, particularly those with young children. Many of us will have fond memories of learning to swim alongside friends and what better place and time to do it than at Bilgoman and during the school holidays.

Darlington Community Garden – Congratulations to DCG which has been awarded $8k through a Federal grant for water-connection. Note also the DCG will host a bonfire this year so save the date – 29th of October.

Next meeting: Thursday 5th of May at 7.30pm

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Disclaimer The Darlington Review’s Rules of Association (2012) read: “To produce and publish a monthly journal with the intention of fostering good relationships within the Darlington community and keeping residents informed about community issues.” Our Guide for Scribes invites members to submit notes “ to inform members and the Darlington Community about past, ongoing and future activities…”. The Review accepts no liability for errors/omissions contained in articles, statements or advertisements published herein. The views expressed in Letters and Notes are not the views of the Darlington Review and we are not responsible for them. Members are requested to ensure their notes adhere to the magazine’s guiding spirit of fostering harmonious community relationships.

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Darlington Sports & Recreation Association (WA) Inc. With the changing of the seasons comes the bi-annual event of handing over the pavilion from one code to the next.

In preparation for this, members of DASRA have been busy making changes in how the sporting clubs will use their allocated kitchen space as well as general upgrades to keep our mixed-use space functioning well.

The Darlington Junior Football Club and Darlington Junior Cricket Club are the two main clubs that use the kitchen and they have both been brought on board with new keys issued and guidelines updated. Both clubs agree that some items are best left behind at the end of a season, for the other to use.

So, there is now a set of main storage cupboards allocated for shared items like sauces and such. The clubs will just replace items as they are needed. This paves way for continued synergy between our junior sports clubs and DASRA. Most improvements have focused on the kitchen; with a lock box installed, along with new keys to the clubs’ cupboard doors. A cash draw has been added as well as new shelves.

The glasses and cups have been reallocated so that they are in a common unlocked cupboard along with the guidelines of use distributed. The Pavilion has also had a thorough clean and general maintenance completed by the Shire of Mundaring.

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While the DJFC and DJCC are the two main user groups, and as such have lockable cupboard space for their equipment, there still remains plenty of functional kitchen space for other user groups to enjoy, along with the improved facilities of our community built Pavilion.

DASRA and the community groups involved, believe that these new arrangements will make each season work more effectively and helps to improve the task of handing over at the end of each season. It is a given that arrangements may evolve as we go along, with ongoing conversations always encouraged.

New fridge Fundraising is never over! The next plan is to work on finding funds to purchase a new fridge. This new Pavilion fridge will have half of the space available for use by other community groups and then a large part lockable for the ‘in season’ club to use.

It is important to DASRA that the Pavilion space continues to evolve to meet the needs of our community.

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Darlington Community Recreation Advisory Group (DCRAG) Next meeting

Proposal to widen the Oval

Delegates are reminded that our next meeting is on Monday, 23rd May commencing at 7.00pm in the Community Pavilion.

As well as delegate reports we will receive a current status report from the DCRAG sub-committee who are undertaking a review on the proposed widening and realignment of the oval.

Within the Darlington community there are strong opposing views about a proposal to widen the oval. A DCRAG Subcommittee representing different views includes Ceri Kitely, Nerissa Rickard, Stacey August, Geoff Barker, Tim Hunter, Meredyth Blackwell-Bell and Phil Daniels. The subcommittee met on April 7th and aims to achieve the best outcome for the Darlington community by facilitating the conversation about the proposal. A Brief for the subcommittee (summaries below) has been created and agreed to by the DCRAG delegates.

It will be available in full at darlingtonvillage.org

Lower Area MasterPlan (LAMP) – Phase 2 – Bushland and wetlands restoration.

The next phase of Gerry Healy’s Community Masterplan is moving forward.

1. Site Survey has been conducted, paid for by the Darlington Review and The Shire of Mundaring. Thank you!

2. Lead Botanist Vanessa Yeomans (pictured left) and Botanist Jemma Marshall (right) undertook a baseline flora and vegetation survey of the wetland area recently. Thanks to Joe Grehan at Terratree.com.au who has kindly donated this service to help with the environmental restoration.

3. The Hon. Ken Wyatt, Member for Hasluck, has given us his support for the LAMP1 completion (paths and landscaping), LAMP 2 (boardwalk and environment revegetation) and Darlington Heritage Walk project. Please sign Ken’s petition, we are hoping to get as many signatures as possible to highlight the strong level of community support for investment for the LAMP Heritage Trail Walk projects. Please Darlington, sign your name and let’s show Ken we deserve funding for this grassroots, environmental & heritage and community projects https:// petition.org.au/darlington-heritage-walk/

Purpose - To manage community engagement and consultation with

the Darlington Community, identifying facts, idea and views.

- Post engagement sessions, report back to DCRAG community findings and suggestions.

Objectives - Review the Sports Groups’ proposal for widening and realigning the Darlington Oval.

- Obtain detailed information about the use of the oval by the sports groups and casual users.

- Encourage and seek a wide engagement of the Darlington community in discussion of the proposal.

- Receive, gather and review the feedback concerning the Sports Club’s proposal to widen and realign the oval.

- Use a range of different engagement strategies to maximise responses from the broad community.

- Present updates at DCRAG meetings aiming for a full report

2 weeks prior to the November meeting. (This deadline may be optimistic).

At the end of April we will review the revised proposal from the Sports clubs.

Everyone’s opinion is welcome. Keep a lookout in the Darlington Review, on the Darlington Hub Facebook page and at darlingtonvillage.org/community groups/DCRAG/Oval subcommittee for information.

Trish Cook DCRAG Chair Mobile: 0409 479 551 trishcook@netspace.net.au

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Stacey August DCRAG Subcommittee Mobile: 0400 247 526 Stacey.august64@gmail.com

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Darlington Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade REMEMBER 000 is the ONLY number to ring for all fire & smoke sightings.

The ComCen will page our members who are on duty.

For general Brigade enquiries please ring 9299 7217. Station hours: Saturday 9am-10:30am.

Web: darlingtonfire.org.au • Facebook: Darlington Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade • Instagram: dvbfb_

Next meeting: Tuesday, May 10th 2022, pending Covid-19 regulations, venue to be confirmed

The Shire of Mundaring is still in the Restricted Burning period.

Permits to burn must be obtained for all running fires (day and night), all burning before 6pm, and piles larger than 1 cubic metre after 6pm. Permits can be applied for online, via the Shire’s website, or at the Darlington Fire Station on Saturday mornings between 9am – 10am. If you are planning to conduct a burn on your property, please contact the Shire or your local brigade to confirm if permits are being issued.

Otherwise, small piles of garden refuse no bigger than 1 cubic metre may be burnt after 6pm without a permit, but under strict conditions including; only 1 pile alight at a time, keep a 5m clearance around any fire, have a means of extinguishing the fire within reach, a capable adult in attendance AT THE FIRE at all times, register the fire with DFES on 9395 9209, and consider the impact of smoke on your neighbours. Please refer to the Shire’s website for full conditions.

Due to the delay of permits being issued, and COVID-19 restrictions, the Brigade has had to delay its seasonal Hazard Reduction Burns programme. This, coupled with future rains and cooler temperatures means we may not have the opportunity to conduct many of the burns we have planned, and we apologise in advance if we cannot complete our promised burns. If you are a property owner and would like the Brigade to consider assisting you with a hazard reduction burn on your property, you can call the Station on 9299 7217 to register your details. An authorised officer will arrange a visit to May 2022 – Darlington Review

examine your property, discuss your requirements, and provide a quote based on things such as area, fuel load, topography, access, time to burn etc. (please note: the timing of HRBs are also subject to weather and environmental considerations).

When undertaken, HRBs are a great opportunity for our trainee fire fighters to enhance their theoretical and classroom training with practical, hands on experience with fire suppression in a ‘real fire’ environment. It also provides experienced firefighters with skills refreshers and leadership development.

As we move away from the summer fire season, the Brigade turns its focus to training, and maintaining skills for new and experienced members alike. If you have ever thought about joining your local volunteer bush fire brigade, the cooler winter months are an ideal time to join, as you can undertake all the required training to be ready for next fire season. If you’d like more details or just have some questions to ask, feel free to contact the brigade to find out more.

After a long and busy summer of firefighting, the aerial fleet (including the Helitak helicopters, fixed wing Single Engine Air Tractors, and the Large Air Tanker) have now finished their seasonal operations and moved on to other locations. It will be several months before these aircraft are seen and heard flying over the Perth Hills landscape again, and in the meantime the Darlington Brigade’s Collar Tank and Fire Support operations will return to training and maintenance activities.

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Bushfire Ready Group We will be holding a meeting of all street contacts on Monday, May 2nd at 7.30pm in the Darlington Community pavilion….. not the normal Fire station due to Covid restrictions.

Attending will be SOM CESM; DFES Community Preparedness personnel and also a representative from the Red Cross Emergency Preparedness group. This meeting is open to all Darlington residents requiring further information on what to do in preparing their homes.

Hopefully with some still milder days it does enable us time to get into the garden and bush surrounding our blocks and continue to maintain those lower fuel levels around the house. In doing so it reduces the more dramatic actions required as summer again approaches and also enables us to be selective in what to remove or leave to give that 20 mtr circle of safety. Removing tree canopy is also easier now, whilst a cooler time.

You may even wish to, now winter is here, to have a look at those plants which are close to your house, and could be a fire threat, to actually remove them and replace them with ones

that are less fire prone. DFES has many excellent publications on its web site….www.dfes.wa.gov.au…. and one of those is ‘Plant Guide within the Building Protection Zone for the Swan Coastal Plain of Western Australia’.

If looking to replace plants use this very comprehensive list of tables which provide details of the plants scientific classifications including genus, species, and family. As much data as available has been included about each plant---this includes canopy density, flowering season, flower colour, and the average height that plant will grow.

Also wanting to know about how to prepare for the next fire season and what to do then go to dfes.wa.gov.au/ safetyinformation/fire/bushfire. Is never to early to start preparing your property for the year ahead.

Certainly look forward to seeing all again at our May 2nd meeting, or come down to the Fire Station , any Saturday morning between 9.00am and 10.00am Colin James ~ BRG Coordinator: ph 0419 969 223

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Here We Go – Back on the Trail….

Dust off those walking boots/shoes. Walking season starts in May. No membership or meetings required, but bookings are essential. Join us for some fun-time Sunday mornings in our beautiful and peaceful bushlands and parklands. It is also a great way to enjoy some social time with other like-minded people.

Overall, some 115 different people participated in last season’s programme with an average of more than 30 participants on each walk. This will be our 15th Season.

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2022 Walking Programme Announced

The 2022 Programme is summarised below. Email Cliff cliffburns@iprimus.com.au to make a booking or to enquire about the programme. You will receive a reply with full details of the 2022 programme. You can book the whole season or individual walks.

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August 26-29 or September 23-26 - Mukinbudin, 275km NE of Perth, is where we find some of WA’s best kept secrets. Massive granite rocks are found here and there in the flat wheatbelt. Each rock invites walkers to wander all over them revealing their incredible features and fascinations. An excellent walking weekend and hilarious social activities.

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kerman.from Victoria, has won and been shortlisted and commended in many international Bacon, including the Bridport Prize, L Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest and Copyright en Bacon, from Victoria, has andBrisbane-based been shortlisted and commended in many international Prize.

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Tickets start learn from $35 and canassess beof purchased through KSP to website or by ping it into a compelling narrative.

Perfect forto writers all elements experience levels looking improve character, plot and the stages through of self-editing. self-editing skills. Tickets start pacing from $35in and caninitial be purchased the KSP website or by and memoir. After writing for years, it was only once she girthe Centre directly. oning theJess Centre directly.

Gately discusses the editorial approach to manuscript started using these techniques that her first two books assessments andcalled structural what notes takes while attracted ll be running a workshop ‘Speakedits, Now: Mediating theshe Intersection Between Dialoguepublishers. n will bereading, workshop called ‘SpeakitNow: Mediating the Intersection Between Dialogue andtime howto she pulls all together to figure what ration’ atrunning a dateaand be determined.

Keep an eye on our out website for details.

Whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction, heightened d Narration’ at a date and time to be determined. Keep an eye on our website for details. is and isn’t working. She’ll focus on common issues she sees tension and intrigue will keep readers turning pages and emore information ourour residencies or activities pleasevisit visit the website in the on manuscripts she works and please common solutions to information on residencies or other otherwith activities the KSPKSP website engaged. Learn how narrative and emotional tension pwriterscentre.com ororphone on 089294 92941872.

1872. these problems and the offer suggestions to writers looking to w.kspwriterscentre.com phone theoffice office on 08 works in texts, and how to craft it in your own writing. critically assess their own manuscript.

Together, we’ll learn essential concepts and discuss sample This workshop is being facilitated by Perth-based editor, texts. You’ll then craft a scene using the techniques provided.

Jess Gately.

This workshop is being facilitated by author Kalagian Blunt.

The Foundation is dedicated to providing a Writers’ Centre and related community activities at Katharine’s Place,

The Foundation is dedicated to providing a Writers’ Centre and (1883-1969), related community activities at Katharine’s the heritage-listed former home of Katharine Susannah Prichard internationally celebrated author ofPlace, the heritage-listed former home of Katharine Susannah Prichard celebrated author of Coonardoo, Working Bullocks and many other(1883-1969), novels, storiesinternationally and plays.

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For more information on our residencies, competitions or other activities please visit the KSP website www.kspwriterscentre.com or phone the office on 08 9294 1872. KSP Writers’ Centre is proudly sponsored by the Shire of Mundaring.

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Silver Tree Steiner School The Silver Tree Steiner playgroup is located on 25 acres of beautiful bushland in Parkerville.

Our unique playgroup experience provides a peaceful and welcoming space, whilst offering gentle and structured activities.

The rhythm of playgroup is consistent from week to week and each session is led by an experienced playgroup leader who chooses songs, stories and celebrations which meet your child at their developmental stage.

When children arrive at playgroup, free play allows them to feel their way into a different environment, to cuddle a doll, build with wooden blocks or play with a friend. This is also time for parents to catch up with each other.

Soon we are ready to wash our hands and make our bread. The children love playing with the dough and creating shapes, which we then mould together into a loaf to bake and share just before going home.

Circle time is a favourite part of the day, where we sing seasonal verses, songs and games. Within the form of the circle we create a balance between verses with lots of words and finger movements.

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Bushfire Hovea Ready Ashram Group Hovea Ashram is the main Australian centre for an organisation known as the Universal Great Brotherhood, which was founded in 1948 by Dr Serge R. de la Ferriere.

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Helena Inc Helena Inc April 2022 April 2022 Our club celebrated its 38th Birthday with friends and supporters on Thursday 14th April. th th April.

Our club celebrated its 38 Birthday with friends and supporters on Thursday 14 A very enjoyable dinner was had at Embers Restaurant in Gooseberry Hill, celebrating 38 A veryofenjoyable was national had at Embers Restaurant community. in Gooseberry Hill, celebrating 38 years service todinner the local, and international years of service to the local, national and international community.

This month we have also collected and stuffed over 50 big teddy bears which were given This month we havefrom also remaining collected and stuffed over 50down big teddy were given to to the organization stock of a closing shop.bears Thesewhich will be donated to the organization remaining stock of a closing down These will be donated groups working withfrom children in need, including autistic andshop. traumatised children in WA. to groups working with children in need, including autistic and traumatised children in WA. On 22nd April we will also take part in a zoom meeting with our Friendship Link clubs in On 22nd April we also takeIndia. part in a zoom meeting with our Friendship clubs in South Kolkata andwill Bangalore, This is to celebrate World Earth Day by Link bringing South Kolkata and Bangalore, This and is tosave celebrate Worldfrom Earth Day bypollution bringingand together our ideas to invest inIndia. the earth the planet further together our ideas to invest in the earth and save the planet from further pollution and degradation. There will be 3 speakers and the report of this meeting will be in the June degradation.

There will be 3 speakers and the report of this meeting will be in the June issue. issue.

At our dinner meeting on 16th May we hope to have a speaker from Kalamunda Youth th May we hope to have a speaker from Kalamunda Youth At our Band. dinnerOur meeting Swing venueonis16 yet to be arranged but watch this space. The club has Swing Band.

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Also in May is our biennial Conference of Clubs in our Federation (SI Southwest Pacific).

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Swan Rotary Club of Midland Swan Valley ENDING POLIO This has been one of the greatest challenges Rotary has endeavoured to achieve and is now so close.

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a paralysing and potentially deadly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. The virus spreads from person to person, typically through contaminated water and it can then attack the nervous system.

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Since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979 we’ve reduced polio cases worldwide by 99.9 percent.

Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort.

Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyse as many as 200,000 children each year.

The Facts: 1. Polio mainly effects children under age 5 2. There is no cure, but polio is preventable with a vaccine.

3. Currently endemic in only two countries.

4. We’ve reduced cases by 99.9% since 1988.

5. Until we end polio forever, every child is at risk.

Swan Rotary has regularly donated to the end polio now campaign.

Swan Rotary members raising funds for many worthy causes including END POLIO NOW. Further information is available in the Polio Endgame Strategy 2019-2023 with information on eradication, integration, certification and containment at the link: english-polioendgame -strategy.pdf (polioeradication.org).

Darlington Tennis Club CONGRATULATIONS DARLINGTON TENNIS CLUB Firstly – for our U15 Girls pennants team who had yet another outstanding summer season and made it to the Grand Final of their division – well done girls and keep it up in Div 1 this winter!

Secondly – to our not quite so young teams in the Hills Grand Slam Tournament. This tournament began in 2006 and Darlington Tennis Club has been fielding teams since the tournament’s inception. This year 142 players played in one or more of the four grand slams being Lesmurdie (US Open), Maida Vale (French Open), Kalamunda (Australian Open) and Midland and crowd favourite (Wimbledon).

Most of the players came from hills clubs including Darlington, Mundaring, Midland, Lesmurdie, Kalamunda and Forrestfield as well as teams from North Beach, South Perth, Belmont, Bullcreek and Ocean Ridge.

A huge congratulations to Darlington Tennis Club who continue to punch above its weight to come home with the shield yet again for the best club of the Hills Grand Slam tournament.

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Tania Lawrence is a Mundaring local, small business owner and WA Labor’s Candidate for Hasluck at the upcoming Federal Election.

More than ever, WA needs a partner in Canberra who will take responsibility, work with Mark McGowan and help us get things done.

An Albanese Labor Government would be the partner we need and will: • Make more things here, by boosting training and helping create more jobs in high-tech manufacturing and renewables.

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1st Darlington Scouts Joey Scouts ages 5-8 Cub Scouts ages 8-11 Scouts ages 11-14 Venturer Scouts ages 14-18 Rover Scouts ages 18-25 Adult Volunteers ages 18+

While we wouldn’t change living in the hills for anything, a change of scenery is always a good thing! This past term our group has enjoyed some water activities, with both kayaking skills training and surfing lessons on the coast. We’re also happy to welcome visitors to our lovely part of the world, with campers from Fremantle Scouts coming up for an autumn hike and camp at our hall.

Venturers A different type of trek this time around a roller rink!

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Cubs Our Cubs have the opportunity to join in with hundreds of other Cubs from around the state in September for Enduro, which is held every 3 years at the Manjedal Activity Centre. 4 days of action-packed adventure, challenges and camping fun. We’re looking forward to helping our 8-12 year old Cubs progress through to join the excitement.

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What can I do to help this community group thrive?

All our sections love to learn from others, and the older generation who have skills and time to share are welcomed to be part of our group, either as a once off or a regular visitor.

For example, scout parents recently heard from long-term Darlington resident, and retired life coach and professional speaker Chris Maxwell. Chris has volunteered to help with our youth program over the coming months and we look forward to learning from him. We welcome anyone able to share their knowledge and all skills, please get in touch.

Fundraising Fundraising is something all community groups must do, and we’re no exception – helping scouts attend activities at a subsidised rate, or providing essential equipment, we appreciate the community support. Please keep an eye out and support the group when we are fundraising, such as our Bunnings sausage sizzle on Sunday 1st May, or at the Election Day wood raffle, on 21st May. Buy a ticket and support our youth development.

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Darlington Social Cricket Club Well the 2021.2022 season is done and dusted with the Test Match between the WAussies against the Rest of the World (“ROW”) played at Lilac Hill on turf.

deep mid cheaply, and before we knew it, the ROWs were 4-57 and looking dubious. At drinks, ROWs were in a very similar position to the WAussies at 4-73.

“All hail the mighty ROWs in 2022! What a fantastic day for the club as we held our annual season finale test match on the turf pitch at Lilac Hill. Row row row those boats…”

But in the end, an 83 run partnership by John Taylor and Shaun Meredith slowly ground the WAussies down. Despite some outstanding bowling from the WAussie Captain - Cliff “hanger” Williams (0-11 off 4.5 overs - including one delivery that couldn’t have been hit with three bats), the ROWs steadied until Meredith was outfoxed on 44 runs by the clever ‘shite gets wickets’ tactics of Durkin (dirty) and holed out to the ever-creeping in Matt Parsons at mid-wicket off a full toss on leg stump.

This quote from a one eyed ROW player and ROW captain on the day, namely el presidente Shaun Meredith.

Both teams lost a few soldiers prior to the coin toss due to the dreaded COVID-19. WAussies captain Glenn Farrant was a big out for the Waussies and, as were last year’s ROWs captain and Cavallaro medallist Chris Rickard and another star Brads Reynolds.

With the pitch being under covers overnight and some further rain forecast during the day, when the coin toss came down in favour of the RoWs it was a clear choice to bowl first.

And bowl we did! JT Taylor and “Resurrection” Aldred (held together by gaffer tape and bandages - playing in his 30- somethingth test match) softened up the WAussie openers and put last year’s hero (Durkin, clean) to the sword early.

There was some magnificent tight bowling backed up by some extraordinary out-of-body-experience fielding by a RoWs team acting half its age (Arnold, Sonnekus and Warriner were standouts). Spearheads suitably restrained, enter Harvey the destroyer. Harder to play than a set of bagpipes with a hole in it - a spectacular 5-over spell that set the game on its proverbial ear. Ben’s 3 for 19 spell - which won him the magic moment award for the day - was ably supported by the Scrimshaw swing-spin combination (often in the same ball, I am informed - his mystery ball is a mystery to all, including the man himself ). At the 20-over mark, the WAussies were 5-72 a dream start for the ROWs!

Resurrection Stuart Aldred hobbled to the middle and actually ran a three as he and John Taylor (who finished on 60 not out) closed out the run chase. ROWs for the win!

Obvious and very deserving Terry Giles medallist was Craig Van der Laan for the WAussies, whilst the Cavallaro medal went to an equally obvious and deserving John Taylor. Both spectacular individual performances in the biggest game of the year.

A massive shout out to the Bell family for smoking the delicious meat that filled the bellies last night. It’s hard to cater for 50, run a cafe, play a game of cricket, and coordinate five boys simultaneously- all done elegantly and with great results on all counts. Thank you!

Editor: The senior sports writer and photographer had other commitments on the Test Match day, so apologies for the lack of photos. But a nice photo of Amanda Giles and Steven Durkin at the DSCC family weekend at Molloy Park

After drinks, Rob Zardins (a deviant on and off the pitch) threw down a few thunderbolts (literally - the storm clouds popped out a few rippers during Zards’ elaborate three-step run up) got himself a wicket, as did “Helluva” Guy Thomson (4 overs, 1-8!), don’t-call-me-ding-dong Duncan Bell and a double fist-pumping, self-high-fiving Matt Guscott.

The batting card for the WAussies reflected the good bowling and fielding, with only three players getting into double figures Lefty Lucas (16), solid-as-a-Beasley (31) and a beautiful spine of the innings 68 from thank-god-for-Craig Van der Laan, which including some spectacular hitting in the last over of the innings the WAussies scrambled to 172 off their 40 overs.

Some Devine bowling from the WAussies to open the second innings was another spectacle to behold, with Benny bowling a few jets none of the ROWs could get a bat on, finishing with 5 overs, 0-11. Wayno ‘the beast’ Williams from the other end had them hooping in from outside off, bowling Ben Harvey early, and solid-as-a-Stephen Beazley proved his well roundedness by chipping in at first change to nab Ian Scrimshaw and Duncan Bell cheaply. “Helluva” forgot he was playing at a proper sized oval (we really should get the DARLINGTON oval widened…) and holed out off Durkin (clean) into Devine’s bucket like mits at May 2022 – Darlington Review

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Darlington Dipsticks Darlington Dipsticks member Raima Neale has contributed these words about her Austin 8 tourer Perkolilli Polly: “Polly was assembled by TJ Richards of South Australia in 1939 and sold later in the year by Winterbottoms Perth Motorhouse. She has retained her original British green and many parts are also original, her lack of indicators and seatbelts are consistent with the time. Some replacement and refurbishment is taking place now as she is being prepared by the Darlington Dipsticks to take place in this year’s Perkolilli Red Dust Racing event in September.

She will join a field of 100 cars including 4 Austin 7s an Austin 10 and a other makes of pre-world war 2 vintage. There will be separate events for similarly aged motorbikes.

The event takes place in late September on Lake Perkolilli which is approximately 30 kilometres out of Kalgoorlie. The natural claypan provides a perfect surface for the event and its fair share of dust and excitement for participants and spectators alike.

The project is being headed up by Peter Moore and Dave Pole who will race her at the event.”

Donna Faragher JP MLC Member for East Metro Investment in the Early Years The early years are a critical period in a child’s life and there is plenty of evidence to show the more attention and resources given to children during these formative years significantly increases their likelihood for future success.

Ahead of the upcoming 2022/23 WA State Budget I am calling on the McGowan Government to provide further investment into this critical area.

For some time I have been being raising significant concerns around the unacceptably high wait times for children accessing government child development services across our State.

According to the latest figures provided to me by the McGowan Government, the median wait time to access a paediatrician through the metropolitan Child Development Service is now 16.4 months, 12 months to see a clinical psychologist, 8.7 months to see a speech pathologist and 9.2 months to see a physiotherapist. Across the WA Country Health Service, wait times for children to access occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech pathology have increased across nearly all health regions. I also know from parents, health professionals and school staff that

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many children and their families are experiencing far longer wait times to access these important services.

Given this, it is disappointing the metropolitan Child Development Service received only a minimal funding increase in the 2021/22 State Budget. It is clear more investment, resources and new initiatives to help address these wait times are required.

For example, in addition to additional funding I believe the McGowan Government could be implementing other initiatives that may assist in ensuring more children receive support including trialling the provision of speech pathology and other allied health services directly into schools. Many other states and territories already provide such a service.

Children need to be able to access paediatric and allied health services when they need it most and I will continue to advocate for more investment and support.

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Treetops

A Montessori and International Baccalaureate School What’s Been Happening at Treetops?

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ĐŽ ĐƚŝŽŶ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŝŶĐƵƌƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ <Ăƌƌŝ ;zĞĂƌ ϱͬϲͿ ĐůĂƐƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ĐůŽƐĞůLJ ĞdžĂŵŝŶĞ Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĐƌĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂƌŶ ƚŽ ĚƌĂǁ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ĂĐĐƵƌĂĐLJ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƚĂŝů ĨŽƌ ƐĐŝĞŶƚŝĨŝĐ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ĂůƐŽ ŐŽƚ ƚŽ ĐŽůůĞĐƚ ĨƌĞƐŚǁĂƚĞƌ ƐĂŵƉůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝĚĞŶƚŝĨLJ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĐƌŽƐĐŽƉŝĐ ůĂƌǀĂĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ͘ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŚĂŶĚůĞ Ă ŐŝĂŶƚ ŶĂƚŝǀĞ ĐŽĐŬƌŽĂĐŚ͕ ĨƌŽŐƐ͕ ĐƌŽǁŶĞĚ ƐƚŝĐŬ ŝŶƐĞĐƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌŵŝƚ ĐƌĂďƐ͘

hildren’s House ĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌŵ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƵƌƐŝŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ tĞƐƚ Knj tŝůĚůŝĨĞ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞLJ ŵĞƚ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ŽĨ ŶĂƚŝǀĞ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ͘ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ůĞĂƌŶƚ ŵĂŶLJ ĨĂĐƚƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ĂůƐŽ ůĞĂƌŶƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ĞŶĚĂŶŐĞƌĞĚ ƐƉĞĐŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŝůĚ͘ dŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ǁĞƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƐŶĂŬĞ ƐĂĨĞƚLJ Ͳ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ůĞƐƐŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ăůů LJŽƵŶŐ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶƐ͊

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Darlington Dibbler Girl Guides Girl Guides inspires girls to discover the best in themselves and to make a positive difference in their community.

Our leaders are busy planning the next few months which includes a Mother’s Day pamper night and learning about various aspects of fire for girl’s fire badges.

This month the Darlington Dibbler Girl Guides wrote thankyou letters to the Darlington Volunteer Bushfire Brigade, which were warmly received (no pun intended!). We have also been busy learning about sunflowers and fernery plants. The guides painted clay pots to plant seeds in. They have also been busy putting together terrariums by reusing coffee jars. We also have loads of fun playing games, including some in each session if time permits. The girl guides were VERY excited to attend our Princess Tea Party one Friday evening. We had quite a few girls away due to COVID but luckily we were able to still hold the evening. There were prizes for best dressed and princess themed minute-to-win-it games.

We also made treasure tins and easter craft. The girl guides dined on roast chicken and veg and finished the night off with cups of fruit tea and high tea desserts.

We welcome new girls aged from 7-12 years. We meet at Kathleen Skipsey Hall – on Glen Road, Darlington on Tuesdays from 6pm to 7.30pm during the school term. If you have any queries regarding Darlington Dibbler Girl Guides please contact Karen on 0403 233 907 or enquire at Girl Guides WA.

Friends of Darlington Station Reserve (FODS) Our Green and Pleasant Land

Bottlebrush Callistemon Phoeniceus

Apologies to William Blake who wasn’t writing about Darlington I know but these words came to my mind as I walked through the Station Reserve the other day.

We commented that, not only do we tend to focus our eyes on the thriving weeds not the thriving plants, but at this time of the year, we focus on the dying and struggling plants and not on those that do not seem any the worse for the long, hot summer they have just experienced. A good example is Callistemon Phoenicius - a local bottle brush of medium size (2-3 mtrs).

So do take a stroll and make a note of the thriving species for your plant shopping list this year. If you are lucky enough to have grass trees on your block, they are absolutely magnificent at the moment so always consider their needs as you garden or do any construction work.

Current discussion about the planning submission for a large Grass tree looking restaurant and bar on the Liquor magnificent Store site extends to the implication of identifying part of the Station Reserve as possible parking.

This area is currently used as parking by walkers, cyclists and school parents but it is part of the heritage area and what happens to it impacts significantly on the amenity of the Reserve. Over 25 years FODS have planted and tended May 2022 – Darlington Review

hundreds of plants on this Reserve and fear that a ‘commercial’ carpark would result in the death of some of these at the least.

I doubt we would volunteer to maintain a tavern-type carpark nor repair and replant following construction of a curbed bitumen carpark.

Our working season will have begun on 24 April as you read this and will continue with fortnightly Sunday morning sessions from 8 am to 10 am followed by morning tea and a catch-up.

May meetings will be on 8th and 22nd if you feel like coming to join us or just drop by and say hello. There is much to be done again this year and new members are always welcome.

Contact: Jane on 0477 987 048 or arnoldmj55@gmail.com Diane.

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Matthew Hughes MLA JP Member for Kalamunda How To Contact Matthew Your Local Member Office: Shop 9, Kalamunda Central Railway Road Kalamunda, WA 6076 Mail to PO Box 779 Kalamunda WA 6926 Phone: (08) 9293 4747 Email: Kalamunda@mp.wa.gov.au Facebook: @MatthewHughesMLA Authorised by: Matthew Hughes, Shop 9, Kalamunda Central, Railway Road, Kalamunda WA 6076

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Matthew Hughes MLA JP Member for Kalamunda Western Australian de facto couples will soon be permitted to split their superannuation to achieve a fair division of assets in the event their relationship breaks down.

Superannuation is often a couple’s biggest asset. This long-anticipated reform will bring WA into line with the rest of the nation.

At present, the Family Court of Western Australia is not able to make an order to split superannuation assets when it comes to de facto couples. This is in marked contrast to married couples in WA, as well as married and de facto couples elsewhere in Australia.

The inability in WA to include superannuation in the division of property accumulated during a de facto relationship has disproportionately disadvantaged women, who retire on average with half the superannuation of men.

The State Government could not introduce this Bill until corresponding legislation was passed by the Commonwealth Parliament. The State Government first approached the Commonwealth Government to do this in 2006.

However, Commonwealth Government would only do so if the State handed complete legislative control over de facto relationships to the Commonwealth. It was not until strong advocacy by the McGowan Government that the Commonwealth finally agreed to accept and implement a narrow referral of legislative power from WA dealing only with de facto superannuation splitting. In eight-and-a-half years the Liberal National Government was unable to bridge this impasse with the Commonwealth. The McGowan Labor Government made it a priority on coming to office to right this historical wrong. After protracted negotiations with the Commonwealth Government, this much needed reform will now come to pass.

On a quite separate matter, Premier Mark McGowan and Police Minister Paul Papalia have recently announced extensive stakeholder and community consultation have commenced as part of a complete re-write of WA’s five-decade-old Firearms Act. While there have been several amendments to the Act over the years, there has been no structural reform since the Act was enacted back in 1973. This fundamental review of the laws governing firearms after half a century is long overdue.

New police figures reveal Western Australians now own more than 349,000 guns a 60 per cent jump in the number of licensed guns compared to 13 years ago. At the same time, the number of Western Australians who hold a gun licence has fallen.

The new Firearms Act will modernise the current firearms licensing regime with procedural and operational improvements that have a strong focus on community safety.

Proposed reforms include strengthened training requirements, provisions to allow police to revoke gun licences from those convicted of serious family violence offences, and enhanced requirements for security and storage of legitimately owned firearms. The strong focus of the Government is on community safety. The Government recognises there are legitimate reasons to possess and use a firearm and it is acknowledged most gun crime is committed by people not licensed to possess a firearm. The clear intention of the Government is not to take guns away from people who require them for a legitimate purpose. The Government, however, will ensure there is an adequate balance between legitimate and responsible gun ownership and community safety.

A reminder that if you wish to make an appointment to meet with me on matters of concern to you, please phone my Electoral Office on 9293 4747 in office hours to arrange a time at either the main Electoral Office in Kalamunda Central or at my Friday pop-up office in Mundaring.

Matthew Hughes JP MLA Member for Kalamunda.

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Shire of Mundaring Library Service Story and Rhyme Times recommence from Tuesday 26 April after the school holiday break. All Baby Rhyme Times for 0 to 2 year-olds are on at 9.30am and Story Time sessions for 2 to 5 year-olds are on at 10.30am. Whilst the 2sqm rule is in place, sessions are held on Wednesdays and Fridays at Hall 1, Boya Community Centre. And on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Mundaring Lesser Hall.

ANZAC Day closure Shire of Mundaring Libraries will be closed for ANZAC Day on Monday 25 April. The libraries will re-open at 9am on Tuesday 26 April. The after-hours chutes will be available for returns during this time.

Accessibility features in BorrowBox and Libby

Did you know that both BorrowBox and Libby (by Overdrive) have inbuilt accessibility features. BorrowBox has a dyslexiafriendly font option, playback speed options for audiobooks, and customizable text size options and column spacing options, background themes, zoom functions, and talkback features on Android or Apple’s VoiceOver feature on iOS devices.

Libby (by Overdrive) also has these features, but has introduced new features such as reducing colour variations, text variations (to simplify text styles if required), and screen reader and voice control improvements.

You can check out the digital resources available free with library membership at https://bit.ly/SOMeLib.

Hollowed Out? Author Talks by Simon Cherriman Book Launch and Author Talk, 10.30am, Wednesday 27 April, Bendigo Room, Mundaring Arena Author Talk, 6pm, Thursday 28 April, Boya Community Centre Simon Cherriman will discuss his new book, Hollowed Out? A story of tree-hollows and nest-boxes in south-west Western Australia. Simon will show sneak previews of the book, and give a unique perspective of old, hollow-bearing trees and how important they are to wildlife, provide information on how to build, install, monitor and maintain nest-boxes suitable for a range of wildlife in your backyard, and give insights on how the book itself came to be. Bookings are essential. For the Mundaring event, book at https://270422m.eventbrite.com. au, and for Boya, book at https://280422b.eventbrite.com.au.

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Forrest Darlings CWA At our March meeting we began preparations for our craft stall at the Mundaring Garden and Farmers Market on Saturday 30th April. Thanks to the talents of our members we will be able to display a range of handmade knitted items, reusable shopping bags and some Mothers Day gift ideas. Please come and support us. The Mundaring Garden and Farmers Market is a weekly community event held along the heritage trail under the trees, close to the Sculpture Park. There is a range of stalls each week including crafts, produce and plants. The market runs from 8am-12pm every Saturday.

For further information please look up Forrest Darlings CWA on Facebook or call Kate Herren (President) on 0452 644 248.

This craft stall and others we attend throughout the year present a great opportunity for fundraising. In 2021 our fundraising efforts allowed us to donate to a range of local causes including Midland Meals and the Volunteer Bush Fire Brigades in Darlington and Glen Forrest.

Monthly Meetings Due to COVID changes at Helena College, the Forrest Darlings have returned to the Darlington Scout Hall for the next few months. Meetings continue to take place in person on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 7pm. Meetings might involve learning a new skill, sharing our crafts or hearing from a special guest speaker. New members and visitors can always be assured of a warm welcome.

Baha’i Community of Mundaring ”The purpose for which mortal men have, from utter nothingness, stepped into the realm of being, is that they may work for the betterment of the world and live together in concord and harmony.” Bahá'u'lláh Mundaring Baha’is are delighted to invite you to be part of a wave of conferences around the globe, bringing together the wellwishers of humanity to consult on how we can promote unity and address the needs of our community. This free and inclusive event provides an opportunity for people to meet, reflect, understand and plan how we can build stronger communities and a more just and united society. Families are especially welcome.

This conference provides a concrete process and framework for action with participants gaining insights from experiences within the Baha’i communitybuilding activities and initiatives undertaken for social action.

Our full day program on Sunday 22 May will explore themes such as building a unified vision amongst diverse beliefs and backgrounds, progress within our local area, building vibrant communities, educational endeavours and contributing to social transformation.

The community is also invited to join us on Saturday 21 May for a special screening of ‘Glimpses of a Hundred Years of Endeavour’ which illustrates the worldwide efforts of many people and communities striving to translate Baha’u’llah’s vision for humanity into action.

Free registrations are open now https://events.humanitix.com/the-worldconferences-mundaring and more details can be found on our Facebook page Mundaring Baha'i Community Western Australia or www.conferences.bahai.org.au.

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Darlington History Group A BRAG BOOK FOR ALL DARLINGTON RESIDENTS! BUY ONE FOR YOUR COFFEE TABLE, OR TO GIVE AS A GIFT

and of Darlington itself.” Trea Wiltshire, Author of “Arts On The Edge”.

The past 3 years has seen an influx of new families to Darlington, and we welcome them to our beautiful historic village. Many new residents may not be aware of the impact that the arts and artists have played on shaping our community for nearly 100 years, and we would like our newbies to consider purchasing our stunning book Arts on The Edge.

Trea Wiltshire has been telling stories about people and places from around the world - and from different locations - for three decades, and the stories keep coming! Trea has edited magazines for the West Australia Museum, the Western Australian Ballet Company, and The University of Western Australia’s flagship UNIVIEW. Her articles have appeared in The Guardian Weekly, Orientations, Vogue Living, The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Melbourne Age. A clear passion for the subjects she explores - along with the ability to engage and inform readers - has won Trea several awards.

SIGNED COPIES BY THE AUTHOR ARE AVAILABLE FOR $35 THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, OR BY CONTACTING publicity@dhg.org.au.

HISTORIC BUILDING GENERATES COMMUNITY DEBATE If you are interested in the extensive history of Gilks Bakery located next to the Darlington Liquor Store, you may be curious to find out the many different uses the building has had in the past 100 years, including bakery, a nursery, florist, and meeting room – none of which have had an adverse impact on the nearby neighbours. To find out more about this historic building, please visit our website, click on History Resources>Shops and Businesses>Darlington Bakery.

This is a story of the energising impact of the arts in a community – how they bind and build a generosity of spirit, forge a sense of collaboration and a sense of place, and shape the culture and history of that community. It is also the story of how a bohemian group of creatives in Western Australia set the seed for one of Western Australia’s longest running Arts Festivals.

Featuring artistic luminaries such as Robert Juniper, Guy GreySmith, Philippa O’Brien, David Gregson, Wim Boissevain, early artist and silversmith James WR Liinton, creative architect Gene Mapp, and State Living Treasure and aerial photographer Richard Woldendorp, among many others.

Author Trea Wiltshire and Graphic Designer Mich Lee have used their wide range of professional, creative and research skills to produce a stunning visual book that reflects how the history of the small hamlet of Darlington has been entwined and influenced by its artistic residents.

“Arts On The Edge” is peppered throughout with impressive illustrations from both public and private collections, and State Archives. This beautiful book is a culmination of four years of researching, collating and collaborating with the Darlington History Group. It has also been made possible with generous donations and assistance from the Western Australian History Foundation, Matthew Hughes MLA, and the Shire of Mundaring.

“These are our stories and we need to know about them because in many ways the people who settled here from the 1880s onwards helped to set the template for the Darlington of today - our strong sense of place and community, our volunteering for the greater good. We need to celebrate them and that’s exactly what this book does, in words and images - and the images alone are worth the price of the book because many are provided by the legendary photographer Richard Woldendorp who generously gave us access to his collection of photographs of artists in their studios, May 2022 – Darlington Review

Gilks Bakery circa 1950s. Image by Thelma Rhodes.

GUEST SPEAKER PROGRAMME Due to the predominant issue of community spread of Covid19, and in the interests of public health, we have made a decision to suspend our Guest Speaker Programme until further notice.

BRIC-A-BRAC During the past few years we have greatly appreciated the support of the community for donations of Bric-a-Brac for our fundraising stall at DAF. If you have any items in good condition you would like to donate, please phone Lyn 9298 8604 or email myleslc@bigpond.com. Please note that at this stage we are unable to accept books.

MEMBERSHIP NOW DUE – JUST $5 A YEAR PER PERSON! You may have forgotten to renew your membership for the year, or perhaps you are new to our village and would like to join. Please visit our website for information on how to become a member, and be part of Sharing the Heritage in Darlington.

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Garrick Theatre

Three Tall Women opens on Thursday 5th May. Be sure to book your ticket for this production which is sure to please.

Director Siobhan Vincent has assembled an extremely talented cast and crew who have been working incredibly hard to put this show together and we are sure you will not be disappointed in the final result. We are excited to share some pictures from rehearsal to tempt you even more.

As usual in theatre, the closer one production comes to going on stage, another one begins preparations. Our second season for 2022 is to quote one of the show’s directors, “the sequel that outclasses all other sequels….including The Godfather part 2!”

Dracula – a comic thriller, starring Jenny Watson and Shirley Holmes, the sequel to Hound of the Baskervilles – a comic thriller, starring Jenny Watson and Shirley Homes held auditions on 9th April 2022.

Dracula, as with Hound of the Baskervilles and last year’s Trap are collaborations between TAG (Teens at Garrick) and adult members, both cast and crew. Being fortunate to be included backstage for both Hound and now Dracula, I can attest to the fun and excitement as well as learning these productions offer.

The future of a theatre can often be of concern as we see our membership ageing and wonder who will take over when we are gone. Happily, for Garrick, looking at the younger folk coming up, with the talent they have, as well as the |members who have joined in the last few years, our future is looking quite secure.

That being said, we are always ready to welcome new members, whatever age, or experience. There is someone willing to share their knowledge and experience because the one thing we all share is a passion for theatre and the desire to keep the art of amateur theatre alive and well.

As I wrap up my notes for another month, just a reminder that Season Three sees the very talented Lynne Devenish bring her talented cast and crew to stage When Dad Married Fury to Garrick. Rounding out the year our very own Kerry Goode is presenting Bernie’s Olde Tyme Music Hall sure to be a fantastic show.

So, until next month, take care everyone, make sure to see at least one show, stay well.

From an audience perspective, be prepared for innovative staging, incredible costuming, fantastic ensemble, and characterisations and a really entertaining theatrical event.

Many of the TAG members I worked with in Hound have gone on to participate in many projects, Managing Carmen 2021, Trap 2021, Treasure Island 2021, directing for the first time in Garrick’s One Act Season 2022, and much more, several have enrolled in WAAPA and are honing their skills to move into professional settings in the future. It is also exciting to have a former TAG member on the Garrick committee.

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Darlington Theatre Players at Marloo Theatre

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Sadly, we had to postpone CHICAGO until September of this year due to the large cast possibly causing many covid cases and isolations whilst in rehearsal and performance times.

However, do keep an eye out for tickets becoming available in a few months-time because this will be a show you should not miss. Our next production in July is ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST. This play is an Australian adaptation of the original classic and the cast are now in rehearsals and looking good. This is another one that just should not be missed, so go to www.trybooking.com/BYFDA to book your seats.

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU PAUSE FOR COVID… HAVE AN AGM OF COURSE. An AGM was held on the 22nd of March with attending members sitting well apart in the auditorium with others preferring to attend by Zoom. The meeting went very well and we are pleased to announce the incoming committee members are;

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WHAT ELSE….

GIVE THE BIG WARDROBE A CLEAN A N D TIDY UP. Marjorie DeCaux and her small but very willing band of helpers, spent weeks going through our very large and extensive wardrobe, culling, repairing and reorganising. Some items culled were sold but were mostly donated to new and emerging theatres who were keen to get some great costumes into their own wardrobes. Here are just a few pictures of sections of our wardrobe and a very pleased looking Marjorie admiring some of the completed areas.

The success of our Marloo Youth Program (MYTh) has been widely reported of late. The success of their training in all facets of theatre production was recently demonstrated in their total running of all areas of their acclaimed full length production HEROES. Congratulations to all the youth and their dedicated voluntary teachers.

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The Darlington Club

The Darlington Club

As we wait expectantly for good rain; but dreading the onset of winter, the autumn cooler days have been sensational. Looking forward to the autumn leaves. Living in Darlington gets better with age, …that is the age of our improving community assets.

Best wishes Sue Club President.

Coming events: The Club opens at 6.30pm every second Friday at

Darlington Lesser Hall. BYO drinks and nibbles.

May 6th Closed May 13th Italian night.

May 20th Closed May 27th Kareoke June 3rd Closed June 10th Soup night June 17th Closed June 24th Movie night July 1st Closed Contact Sue on 0439 273 213 or email oshadhi@iinet.net.au for details.

Or Marg Barker on 0417 183 826 email margaret@pmdwa.com The Darlington Club

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St Cuthbert’sAnglican Anglican Church St Cuthbert’s Church

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Recently the Archbishop was pleased to confirm that The Venerable Julie Baker, Archdeacon of Bunbury Cathedral, had accepted the position of Rector of the Parish of Darlington Bellevue commencing on 1 August 2022.

The nominators are thrilled with this appointment and feel very confident that parishioners and the wider community will appreciate in her qualities that have been identified as important to our congregation: a warm, forthright personality, an impressive range of administrative experience, a sharp intellect and an excellent sense of humour. And, as an added bonus, she has a lovely Welsh accent. Julie will live in the rectory with her husband, Marcus, and daughter, Lizzie.

We are sure that the Darlington community will make her just as welcome as it did Father Chris.

Welcome to St Cuthbert’s where Easter is a journey of hope for ALL humanity

EASTER IN A NUTSHELL: We all like to celebrate the anniversaries and events that are important to us - often with speeches and presents and feasting. At St Cuthbert’s, Easter is one such occasion. Palm Sunday marks Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem and the beginning of Holy Week. At St Cuthbert’s the 2022 Palm Sunday service began with a procession of palms around the church grounds led by St Cuthbert’s Youth (SCY). They read the scriptures and represented events that led to the cross.

The next stage of the journey is really one long liturgy in three parts - the last three days of Jesus’ life. Sometimes it’s known as the Paschal Triduum. On Maundy Thursday we remember, and in pre Covid times would reenact, Jesus washing the feet of his disciples after their last supper together. The altar is stripped bare and only the communion bread is left on the altar overnight to remember that Jesus spent the night before his death alone while the disciples slept. The service doesn’t conclude, it pauses and the next morning, on Good Friday, we resume to read the Passion Gospel - the account of Jesus’ arrest, trial and crucifixion.

And there’s another pause ... On Saturday evening we reach the conclusion of the Easter narrative with The Great Vigil of Easter and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus with fire, water, music and feasting.

It is an ending and the beginning of a new way of being.

Locum Priest The Rev’d Canon Theresa Harvey T: 0408 014 283 or 9299 7003 E: theresaharvey20@gmail.com

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Parish Office: Email: Mail: Services:

6292 0074 info@hillsanglicans.com PO Box 77 Darlington, WA 6070 Australia 9am Sunday

Find us on Facebook at Hills Anglicans Website: www.hillsanglicans.com

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Welcome to Darlington (WTD)

What’s Happening in Darlington

“Whatever you want to know about Darlington, but didn’t know who or where to ask”...

Sending out warmest Greetings to the newcomers to the Village!

We are glad you have joined our community.

- There are many places to meet up physically and for the many

Groups, Clubs and Organizations see the inside cover of this Review.

- Join the Darlington Hub Facebook page as well as the Buy Nothing page.

- Find things garden/produce related on the Darlington Community Garden TROLLEY under the pines near the playground. Take what you can use and bring your surplus.

- Playground/RUBBISH UPDATE – Our vision is Darlington being a healthy sustainable environment to live in and that our actions to make this happen are crucial to our children’s future. There are: 1. rubbish/recycling instructions on ALL bins at the playground.

2. a wire ‘cage’ for pizza boxes for composting.

3. a washing basket for 10c-CFC donations.

4. Note there are no places for people’s personal belongings (clothes, shoes, hats, bags etc) – Take your own property home.

Did you get a chance to check out the famed Easter Bunny 2022 Display on the tennis court fence thanks to Sue Lennard and her little Assistants, Alice and James Boyce, and the Mundaring Anglican Op Shop? Hope so.

Maybe you even adopted a bunny?

While underlining what I wrote in last month’s post – “the culture and contagion of generosity and kindness is alive and strong in Darlington. People give freely and abundantly...” and many are committed to enhancing the quality of living in our beautiful Darlington village exploring and coming up with ways to make it as welcoming and inclusive for all....there is another undercurrent happening.

We are getting very perplexed by the increasing happenings that show a lack of community mindedness and caring in Darlington. These include thefts, vandalism and a variety of non-community centred actions in community spaces and with community property. See Sue’s Letter to the Editor for more detail.

We appeal to both long term residents and newcomers for help on what to do. It doesn’t make sense to us to just keep working “behind the scenes” to clean up the “fall out” as these are issues that affect us all. We request your ideas/contributions.

Let’s keep smiling and enjoying beautiful Autumn. Here’s to a memorable May, Cheers Susie 

Mundaring & Hills Historical Society Inc. RE-MADE IN MUNDARING Mundaring and Hills Historical Society held an exhibition in 2018 which showcased many creations which were made in Mundaring. We found that one exhibition was not enough to present all the unique items that have been produced in this diverse Shire. So we decided to host a second exhibition which we have named – ‘Re- Made in Mundaring’. This exhibition explores the many marvellous items that have been created or been re-purposed from Mundaring. From the jarrah slabs felled in the Perth Hills and then sent to pave the streets of London, the Greenmount Roads Board Foundation Stone, new types of fruit developed at the Stoneville Research station (Pink Lady and Sundowner Apples, Low Chill Mangoes, Peaches and Cherries).

The range of building materials, foods, tools, clothes, household objects, artworks, inventions made locally is extraordinary. The ingenuity of men and women in the past, and in the present, is acknowledged in the amazing array of objects displayed here and in the many stories told about the individuals who made them.

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The painting displayed with this article was recently donated to the Society by one time owner of the Lakes Roadhouse and as you can see it shows the Royal Mail Coach stopping at the Lake Waring Inn, also known as the Lakes Roadhouse.

This exhibition displays the mundane, the miraculous, the magical assortment of things that makers have made in Mundaring.

Opening: Friday 13 May 2022 Mundaring District Museum 7225 Great Eastern Hwy Mundaring

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Helena College

Bringing out the best together Building a Kindness Culture at Helena

On March 18, Helena joined with 6519 other Australian schools to build a Kindness Culture and support the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA). At the Junior School in Darlington, this fitted with our Social and Emotional Learning work really well.

Some of our Year 2s were asked how students at Helena look after each other. They talked about the ‘Friendship Rock’ – a colourfully painted rock in one of our Junior School playgrounds where students can sit if they have no-one to play with, so that others may ask them join in.

Research tells us that one of the most effective ways to reduce bullying is to enhance the students’ emotional understandings and competencies.

Some of our work in Term 1 has been around promoting friendship, inclusion, similarities and differences.

We’re so proud of this and a wide range of other responses we got from across the College around respect, wellbeing, mutual understanding, and sharing.

In our lessons leading up to the NDA we ensured our older students understood what bullying is by studying the national definition of bullying. We also considered how we might stand up to bullying by being an ‘upstander’ rather than a bystander.

In Years 1 and 2, we talked about what we can do about mean behaviour and how we can build kindness in our school.

Our youngest students in Kindy and Pre-primary spent some time engaging with an app about ‘Allen the Alien’ who arrives from out of space at a school, and has to learn from scratch, how to treat others to make friends.

This year we also elected two Year 5 Health Ministers at the Junior School who are already hatching a plan to further promote Kindness Culture amongst their fellow students and awarded the new Year 12 Student Council leadership position of Wellbeing Captain.

Join Helena Playgroup Every Wednesday in the Kindy Room at Darlington Campus, Ryecroft Rd, Darlington.

Little Gumnuts 0-4 years, 8.50am - 10.30am Big Gumnuts 3 year olds, 12pm - 2.30pm To find out more and register email playgroup@helena.wa.edu.au

Reopening Term Two

Darlington (K-5) 9299 6626

Glen Forrest (6-12) 9298 9100

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Darlington Christian Fellowship Recently Darlington Christian Fellowship appointed Callan (Cal) McEwan as a part-time trainee pastor, alongside our current Pastor Rob Merrells. Callan’s links to DCF run deep as he grew up in the church, as did his mother, and his grandparents are long term members.

While Cal came from a Christian family and grew up in the church, now he recognises that as a young adult, he had a lot of head knowledge about the Bible, but no relationship with Jesus and no depth of spirituality. Other things became more attractive and he drifted away from the church. He faced a lot of challenges over the years, including the loss of a child and a drug and alcohol addiction and his life seemed to be a downward spiral.

A FULL CIRCLE Although he had trained and worked as a plumber for years, Callan’s life took a new direction after he met Jesus and his desire now is to help people. For the last few years, he has been involved in youth work in community, school and church environments and also completed a one-year internship at another church.

He is passionate about the scriptures, he loves spending time with friends and family and meeting new people; he also loves playing his guitar, mountain biking and anything outdoors.

forward to getting to know the Darlington community. He started on the 1 May and will work from the church office three days a week (the days and times are still to be confirmed). He invites anyone to drop by for a chat when he is there.

Email: callandjmcewan@outlook.com Phone: 0474 155 364

CHURCH LUNCH

Callan is excited about being appointed as a pastor at DCF and is looking

However, four years ago, Cal met Jesus in a personal way and his life was utterly transformed.

Broken relationships were restored, including the one with his former partner, Isabelle. As a result, they married in 2019 and this year, along with their two oldest sons Tyler and Oliver, had the joy of welcoming baby Joshuah to the family.

GOT QUESTIONS? MAKING SENSE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

Who made God?

Most of us can imagine ‘stepping into’ eternity (often called heaven) and it being the beginning of a ‘forever’ experience. But to comprehend that this forever experience was already a pre-existent and eternal place before we stepped into it becomes something much harder to comprehend. When we place a ‘beginning’ to it, an actual entry point, we feel able to grasp it. When we try to fathom that eternity has a forever and is eternal without beginning or end we find it near on impossible to comprehend.

God is the Creator and we are the created. Good and proper perspective acknowledges that this question means we are trying to gain an understanding of a realm that is outside of what we know, experience or understand. God, as Creator, is outside of the thing that He created, but He is still able to commune with all that is within the Most of us find the massiveness of the universe hard to comprehend but we ‘thing’ that He created. don’t let our lack of comprehension stop God created time and He placed us us from trying to measure an inside time’s boundaries. We find it near immeasurable thing. We find an ability on impossible to comprehend that to accept the universe's massiveness we try to measure its something can be without beginning or when end; that it can be eternal, because we immeasurability. It is as if we need the feel most comfortable when what we grandeur of the universe to fit our know sits within time, measurement and constructs of time and measurement to feel able to even try to begin to space. comprehend it.

WHAT'S ON:

Sunday service 9.30am Lunches Monthly Prayer Meetings Wed 8.30am Bible Studies weekly

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Once we find that the universe just gets bigger, the more we try to contain it, we find ourselves with an unrestrained mind (some may say.. “It does my head in.”) and we have to snap our thoughts back into a more comfortable place.

God is the Creator, He hasn’t been created. He describes Himself as eternal. When He speaks of Himself in regards to interacting within His creation He calls Himself the Alpha and the Omega - the Beginning and the End, because creation belongs to Him. From the smallest of protons to the majesty of the universe, He was there at the beginning, when He made it, and He will be there at the end when He is the One to bring about its end.

GOT QUESTIONS? If you have any questions about the Christian faith, email it to us and we will select one to publish in the June Darlington Review

dcfincorporated@gmail.com.au

Darlington Christian robmerrells@optusnet.com.au Fellowship PASTOR ROB MERRELLS PHONE: 6153 0364

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Darlington Review – May 2022

Darlington Community Garden (DCG) Soil Glorious Soil & The Next Stage Today is D DAY - Delivery day for the first load of soil to fill all those majestically and lovingly built new garden beds that line the Arbour and I have been wandering around with a Soil Glorious Soil song playing in my head a la “Food Glorious Food” from Oliver, The Musical. Does your head do that? Come up with songs that play over and over? I googled the song and found the perfect description of what the soil feels like for the DCG Team: Magical soil ~~ Wonderful soil ~~ Marvellous soil ~~ Fabulous soil ~~ Beautiful soil ~~ S OIL G -L –O- R- I- O- U- S SOIL!!

Many hands make light work & make the garden grow SOIL heralds the beginning of A NEW STAGE in our Garden – PLANTING! The question is - WHAT ARE WE PLANTING? So much amazing good work to get things this far. Let’s CELEBRATE! WELL DONE! OUTSTANDING leadership and teamwork overall! The Arbour Garden Bed building is almost finished, we’ve had our first heavy Autumn RAINS, the compost is cooking, we received a generous $8,000 GRANT for the WATER connection (again HUGE THANKS to the Hon. Ken Wyatt AM, MP and Dept. of Industry Science Energy, and Resources) and now we have SOIL. Many hands make light work & make the garden grow.

SOME WAYS TO JOIN IN - BUSY BEES: Wednesdays 5pm; Saturdays 8am. All welcome to join us – young folk, old folk, kids, dogs, snacks, picnics.

- ARBOUR MOSAIC PROJECT led by SALLY HERZFELD – 0478 620 145. Darlington schools and HOSCA are taking part to form a border down each side of the Arbour. Seeking contributions of small, rough-surfaced mosaic tiles to stick on slabs.

- We are Sourcing Discounts/Trade Accounts with Local Suppliers/ Business of the many materials needed for the Garden. Can you offer one?

- CASH FOR CONTAINERS BINS at the back of the Liquor Store car park OR our number at the Collection Centres is C 1033 0258.

We also pick up quantity. REQUEST/CHALLENGE – Will you commit to never throwing away CFC’s into the Earth?

- BOTTLETOP Collection is continuing strongly. Drop off is usually last Friday of the month at the Pavilion or contact WIN at winsome.santamaria@gmail.com.

- TIP TRIPS FUND RAISER: GREEN WASTE & RUBBISH REMOVAL. May 2022 – Darlington Review

We take your green waste to the Tip for a $50 DONATION per trailer to DCG. Also trailer loads of rubbish using your TIP PASS. DAYS: Saturday - Tuesday. Call SHELTON 0452 541 069.

- Bright & beautiful BUNTING and VINTAGE CROCKERY collection available for hire – Susie 0414 771 741.

- Wanda the Railway Wagon (our 1952 Freight Railway Goods Van) - Keep a look out for our fabulously refurbished wagon move to the Garden sooooooon. It will be our storage facility for gardening tools and equipment, house Darlington’s Recycling Hub and be a place to share a cuppa and a chat.

FEATURE ITEM FOR MAY by Sue Lennard – WORM FARM WINTER WELFARE It’s time to think about: • Checking that the drainage hole is unblocked and WILL actually drain in case your worm farm gets drenched/flooded.

• Placing a bucket under the drainage to capture worm wee/liquid gold...

Sue & Shelton playing around...

• Make sure you have a cover ready for our first heavy rainfall events – this might be a sheet of tin; piece of old carpet or big piece of heavy cardboard – weight the cover in case of high winds.

• Try to leave a bit of a “breathing space” between the worm bedding and the winter covering. Perhaps pop some plastic flower pots on top of the worm bedding to prop up the covering.

• Make sure you have deep bedding for the worms to burrow down in – you might need to soak and add another peat block, shredded paper or a few buckets of aged manure to top it up.

• Consider reducing worm feeding during coldest months – monitor how much your worms are consuming which will probably be much less than warmer months.

• Questions/problems

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• MSG US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A HOW TO SET UP A WORM FARM WORKSHOP.

Growing Community. Connecting. Belonging. It takes a village...

See you in the garden, Susie 

(Photo montage above:) Go Rosie! Her prowess on the shovel is equal to her grant writing expertise! Fantastic Ion! Super quick time on his mini digger.

Alison, our hard-working DCG Horticulture Team Leader

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Onya Sale - Half Price

The Apple Studio has arrived, but it’s display is still on it’s way

We have been stocking ONYA recycled plastic Produce Bags, Shopping Bags and other Goodies as part of our support of ONYA’s “Save the Oceans” effort. We are running out of space and have decided to focus on our recycled computers plan.

Come in and have a play with the Studio, anyway. We have a nice LG alternative to use.

We also have the new MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs on display for use by customers

Come in and grab a bargain and give plastic bags a miss

macs4u.com.au

269 Gt. Eastern Hwy, Midland, 6056 Tel: 08 9274 7111

Mob: 0410 501 441

email: info@macs4u.com.au

With computer purchases, we still offer free lessons, take trade-ins and do free Mac to Mac data transfers

Established online in Darlington July 1, 2000, the Macs4u Retail Store opened in Midland in 2003.

We’ve been offering friendly, local support to Apple owners and prospective owners for over 21 years.

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FEATURING: Zak Rowntree, Graeme Gilling, Jon Tooby, Sally Boud and Semra Lee-Smith

DARLINGTON CHAMBER MUSIC 2022 WINTER CONCERT SERIES SUNDAY AFTERNOONS AT 3PM IN THE DARLINGTON HALL May 8 June 12 July 10

The Schumann League Bell Birds and Princes Koorlangka

PURCHASE TICKETS IN PERSON (Cash or cheque only) Little Nook Cafe: 2 Montrose Ave, Darlington Darlington Liquor Store: Montrose Ave, Darlington Darlington Post Office: Brook Road, Darlington

Aug. 28 Sep 25 October 9

Chamber Virtuosity A World Premiere!

Schubertiade

ONLINE: www.trybooking.com Go to ‘buy tickets online’ and follow the prompts to Darlington Concerts.

AT THE DOOR Tickets can be purchased at the door but we strongly recommend purchasing tickets in advance.

INCLUDED IN THE TICKET PRICE ...

After the concerts in the Darlington Hall, you are invited to join the artists, old friends and new, for a slightly decadent afternoon tea prepared by the parishioners of St Cuthbert’s, the local Anglican church.

TICKET PRICING Single tickets: Adult: $45 / Con: $40 / Under 18: $20 Season tickets (6 concerts): Adult: $240 / Concession: $210

Reliable, honest, old-fashioned service.

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