INSPIRATIONAL: Liz Hicklin, Jacquie Beddows, Gidja Walker.
Natural attraction: Children have a chance to get involved in fun nature-based activities in October at The Briars. Picture: Supplied
Celebrating children enjoying nature
Screen time for Dreamweavers DREAMWEAVERS is a series of short documentaries by award winning filmmakers Heather Forbes-McKeon and Yanni Dellaportas about three Mornington Peninsula-based women who have suffered adversity and inspired others. The films focus on the women’s objectives, motivations, challenges they face in relation to their goals and what advice they have for others. Ecologist and ethnobotanist Gidja Walker has worked for years protecting landscapes and overcame discrimination in a male dominated profession. She is a mentor to young women entering the world of nature-based learning and an advocate for traditional owner custodianship. Over many decades, Walker has contributed professionally and informally as a consultant and advisor to government bodies and community-
based organisations. In 2006 she received Prime Minister’s Banksia Award for the Back from the Brink, an endangered orchid species recovery project. Jacquie Beddows suffered a stroke and aneurysm when she was 50 years old in 2011. While no longer being able to work as an early childhood support worker, she established Singing for Wellness in 2015 and Art for Wellness in 2019 at Seawinds Community Hub, Rosebud. Although still challenged in many ways, Beddows’ focusses on helping and inspiring others who have had life changing events. Dreamweaver- Jacquie Beddows won the My Local Hero category at the 2022 Peninsula Film Festival and was a finalist in the 2022 National Focus on Ability Film Festival. Liz Hicklin is a 92-year-old author, poet, and
raconteur who is an inspiration to local writers and women. Her two adult daughters suffered from mental illness and committed suicide seven years apart when aged in their early 40s. Hicklin challenges people’s views on ageing, particularly as a performer, and recently won a poetry slam at the Clunes Booktown Festival and was featured on ABC radio Melbourne. The Dreamweavers series will be shown at Rosebud Cinema on the evening of Tuesday 24 October. After the screening a Q & A session hosted by former Australian of the Year, Rosie Batty AO, will be held with the films’ subjects of the films. Net proceeds of the event will be donated to the Good Shepherd Refuge in the Bayside and Mornington Peninsula area. Details: peninsulacinemas.com.au/
ACTIVITIES and programs on Sunday 21 October at The Briars, Mount Martha, celebrate Children's Week and the curiosity of youngsters in nature. The theme for this year’s Children's Week is Children have the right to relax, play and to take part in activities they enjoy, based on Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Families can take a picnic to The Briars where there will be drop-in activities for the family, including workshops with Living Culture to learn about Aboriginal bush tucker, a wildlife sanctuary walk, geocaching, face painting, lawn games, flower crowns, a nature disco with fairy Emma and free coffee. The activities run from 9.30am to 2pm. The Briars has also scheduled ponding sessions for inquisitive children on Saturday 28 October, but sessions are filling up fast. Contact The Briars , 450 Nepean Highway, Mount Martha, for more information on 5974 3686 or email the.briars@mornpen.vic.gov.au
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