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We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and waters around us, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future. We respect their cultural heritage, knowledge, beliefs, and relationship to this land that was never ceded.
Forrest Futures Modelling Workshop
On Saturday 7th May, researchers from Deakin University returned to Forrest to run a workshop for the Forrest Futures II project. PhD student Katrina Szetey has been working with the people of Forrest to learn what the community wants their future to look like. She came to Forrest several times in 2019 to do community engagement – you may have run into her outside the General Store one weekend in September, or seen her in the Grasstree Building at the Community Hub at the Open Weekend in October, or attended a workshop in November. In 2020 she wasn’t able to come to
Forrest, but she did help write The Forrest and District Plan: Toward 2030 while working from home. On 7th May, Katrina ran a workshop with about 20 people. The goal of the workshop was for the attendees to design a model of how the major “components” of Forrest interact (a model is a smaller version of something – in this case, Forrest – which scientists can use for testing). These “components” were based on the Drivers of Change that were discussed in The Forrest and District Plan – things like population, housing, climate change, and inequality. The model is built by linking these
components and describing how they interact, for example, housing interacts with population by limiting the number of people who can live in Forrest, because housing prices are too high, or because there is only a limited supply of housing. Katrina will now go away and work on the model, incorporating all the information provided at the workshop, and will return to Forrest soon to present the results, so stay tuned!
Katrina Szetey
FORREST GOT TALENT: Saturday 19th June 6.30pm. $5 entry or $10 family. Register your acts by 4th June
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Forrest Lovely and Local Market June 13th If you’re around Forrest on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, wander over to the Public Hall on Sunday 13 June from 10 am to 3 pm. You’ll find a storm of fun, colour and food to warm and fill RunForrest runners and supporters, as well as locals and visitors enjoying our town for the weekend. It will be our first market for a very long time and local bakers, veggie growers, artists, soup-makers, coffee-makers, sausage-sizzlers, knitters, embroiderers, preservers, dumpling makers, fungi foragers and interest groups will be among the stalls. Local musicians will help set the warm, friendly vibe we have come to expect from Forrest events. Stall spaces are rapidly filling but if you would like to have one please contact Mary Dracup: mary.dracup@gmail. com. Volunteers are also needed to set up and keep the market COVID safe and nice, so if you can spare a few hours on the Sunday or the afternoon beforehand, please also contact Mary: 0488 522 448. The Forrest Post is auspiced by the Forrest Men’s Shed. Every effort is made to remain current, accurate and non-partisan. Feedback, submissions and advertising are encouraged. Submissions may be edited. You can request an electronic version by email, find us on Facebook or online at issuu.com/theforrestpost for back issues Contact: theforrestpost@gmail.com Contributors Marita Kennedy, Susan Langridge, Noor Petersen, Katrina Szetkey, Mary Dracup, DEWLP, Renee Taylor, David Widdowson . Design: Nasser Kotb Print: Forrest Primary School. All contributions to be received the 22nd of the month.
Historical Society Open Day
It was a good week for the Forrest Historical Society. On Saturday we made a start on the new History Centre/ Museum. The sign is up, and we’ve put hessian on one wall and started collecting old objects of interest. The Museum will not just have objects specifically about Forrest, but also items that showed how life was lived in the early twentieth century. Donations of old tools, kitchenalia, toys etc are most welcome, along with old glass cabinets. We’re also looking for a curator/supervisor who’s prepared to open the museum for a few hours once or twice a month, so if you’ve ever wanted to run a museum, this is your chance! On Sunday we had a meeting of the Society at the Community Hub; members were treated to a very interesting talk by our historian Norman Houghton, OAM. There followed a tour of our new library in the Neighbourhood house, a quick look at the new Museum and finally a BBQ on the deck behind the hall. It was a lovely day, thoroughly enjoyed by those who could attend. Finally, our Police lock up has been restored! Thanks to some great work by builder Tony Loubey and painter Sandy Maxwell of Otway Painting Service, it looks as good as new – now we just need to move it to where people can see it. We hope to do that in the next few months. It’s great to see that the History Society finally has its place in the town, a tribute to all the work my father, Ken Widdowson did in creating the society and collecting so much historical material. By the way, we’re still looking for a new president, so if you’ve always wanted to be president and your name isn’t Donald Trump, we’d love to hear from you! forresthistory@gmail.com. Forrest and District Historical Society https://forresthistory.org/ David Widdowson
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Forrest & District Neighbourhood House - June 2021 Current Covid-19 restrictions are in place regarding maximum numbers, space requirements and contact tracing.
REGULAR ACTIVITIES AT THE F&DNH
FOOD SHARE PANTRY: Pantry is topped up each Tuesday (day), Wednesday and Friday (evening) from ALDI collection. Please adhere to health and safety measures and physical distancing at all times. Available to all YOUTH RUN PROGRAM: Couch to 5k. Starting Monday 29th March, weekly. 4.14-5pm from the
F&DNH. Contact for more info SINGING FOR FUN: Wednesdays 12pm-12.45pm. Gold coin donation STUDIO FORREST ART GROUP: Wednesdays 1-5pm. Contact for more info. BOOK CLUB: First Wednsday of the month @ 7.30pm COMMUNITY LUNCH: Available each
Thursday as a takeaway. $5 for 2 courses. Please contact coordinator to put your order in each Wednesday. YOGA: Thursday evenings 6.15pm. $14 per session. FORREST COMMUNITY GYM: Saturday morning workouts. 8 & 9am at Forrest Rec Reserve netball courts. Bookings essential. BYO mat, water bottle & gold coin donation.
COMING UP
WE HAVE: Free WiFi • Printing services • Room hire • Community spaces • Reading room • Food FORREST GOT TALENT: Saturday 19 June 6.30pm. Get your acts together for the share • Forrest & District Historical Society display fun community event. $5 entry or $10 family. Register your acts by 4th June. and library • Recycle drop point (during open YOUTH FIT: 6-week program commencing Monday 31st May. Fun fitness incorporating boxing, taekwondo and judo. $10 for 6 weeks, bookings essentialhours only) for soft plastics, bread tags and small email or phone. Ages 4-9: 4pm-4.45, Ages 10-16:5pmhousehold batteries. YOUTH FEST (SILENT DISCO) *: Victorian Youth Week Celebrations. 'Top up’ boxes (fruit, veg and bread) available th
Friday 2nd July. Kinder and primary school aged: 4pm-5.30pm (parent/guardians to supervise) High school aged: 6pm-8pm (supervised, no pass outs) Over 18’s: 8.30 pm-10.30pm Free for youth, $5pp for over 18’s. *50 headsets available per session, first in best dressed on the day.
for pick up each Tuesday by arrangement with coordinator. Please get in touch to receive a box.
Don’t forget to ‘like’ our Facebook page for up to date info and events! facebook.com/forrest.neighbourhoodhouse OPERATING: Tues, Wed, Thurs 8.30am-3.30pm, Thurs AT THE HALL for lunch, FRI 8.30am-12pm. Please contact the coordinator Renee if you have any queries, program requests or would like to run a program T: 5236 6597 0493105502 E: forrest.nh@gmail.com A: Community Hub - 47 Grant Street, Forrest 3236
Vegetable Soup
by Davida Lederle
Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil, 1 medium yellow onion, diced, 1 large carrot, peeled and chopped, 2 celery stalks, chopped, 1 red bell pepper, seeded + chopped, 4 garlic cloves, minced, 2 cups green beans, trimmed and chopped, 1 28-ounce can of diced tomatoes, 4 cups vegetable stock,1 1/2 tsp dried oregano, 1 tsp dried basil, 1/2 tsp dried thyme, tsp sea salt, /2 tsp black pepper, 4 cups of kale, stemmed and chopped, 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
Heat up a large pot over med-high heat and add olive oil. Throw in onion, carrot and celery and cook for 3-5 minutes or until onions are translucent, Add in garlic and bell pepper and cook for 1 minute. Add in g.een beans and cook for another minute. Top with diced tomatoes, vegetable stock and spices and give it a stir. Bring to a boil and then let simmer, uncovered over med-low heat for 25 minutes. Add in kale and cook for 5 more minutes (it will wilt). Top with fresh parsley and serve warm. Will keep for a week in refrigerator and freezes well for several months.
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On the Larapinta Trail
The Larapinta Trail out of Alice Springs. Red cliffs, blue sky, red gums growing in a dry river bed like an Albert Namatjira you might have daydreamed at, hanging on the wall at school. From Alice Springs to Mt Sonder it is a 223 km track running east to west along and through the West MacDonnell Range. It is the home of the West Arrernte people. I was recently part of a small group of walkers, walking 120 kms of this trail in 9 days. We camped at two Eco camps and were transported to different sections of the walk at the start of the day. The days were mild 23- 26 Celsius, but we all felt a bit dehydrated in spite of drinking 3 litres of water. The nights were freezing. Walking along ridge lines of shaley, sharp, slippery rocks or steps formed from those rocks, one could look down and see the eroded spine of some old mountain range. Always over to the side was the Heavitree Quartzite range, running alongside us looking like a crocheted rug your Nana might have made with rows of teal blue, red ochre, yellow and green lines. There were bushfires in March 2019, but the landscape has recovered after recent rains. We were treated to hillsides of Mulla, Mulla an annual with a soft bottle brush type flower of green, white and purple, and other flowers not familiar. Again and again we came across views that looked landscaped with blue-green spinifex, bordered by black blue burnt spinifex, and cycads looking like ancient giant pineapples growing amongst boulders in the red-walled ravines. Everyday we pulled into camp footsore, but after a quick 1 litre hot water wash we were refreshed enough to eat something delicious prepared by our guides, and then fall into a swag where watching the stars was so exhilarating, but distracting that after a few hours I had to retreat to the tent, so I could get some sleep. Nature really turns on the wow factor at Larapinta. Susan Langridge
Acknowledgents
Mick Walsh from Barwon Downs has kindly donated a guitar, music book, and tin whistle to the Bluegrass group. While we are at it, we would also like to acknowledge and thank Adrian Mapley for making two beautifully crafted wooden rasping sticks for our Largerphone which was made by Noor Petersen and Pete Mitchell. Bluegrass continues at the Men's shed every second and fourth Sunday from 1pm - 3pm. All are welcome to join in. Sound byte included in digital version Marita Kennedy
Book Club
Act of Kindness
On May 21st Forrest and District Neighborhood House Hosted a morning tea for Volunteer’s Week. Our Volunteers are such a vital asset to our wonderful community here in Forrest. This month’s Acts of Kindness goes out to them. If you hear of an Act of Kindness, Paying it Forward or similar, Please write to us at The Forrest Post to share the story.
6 THE FORREST POST - JUNE 2021 Connect with Council Online Connect with Council – there’s a range of ways to contact us or conduct your Council business online through our website: • Contact Council to submit a request and report a concern to alert Council to your issue • Find information on rates assistance and when rate payments are due • Make a Payment – pay Council bills online • Have Your Say – view and make a submission on any Council projects and initiatives currently out on public exhibition • Subscribe to Council’s Latest News • Find out which bin to leave out for collection • Apply for a job at the Colac Otway Shire Council You can also like and follow @ColacOtwayShireCouncil on Facebook to stay up to date with news from Council and around the Colac Otway region.
COVID-19 Vaccination If you’re aged 50 and over, you can now receive the COVID-19 at one of Victoria’s vaccination centres – to see all the locations and opening hours of Victoria vaccination centres, visit https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/high-volumevaccination-centres For information on vaccination clinics in Colac Otway, please visit the Great Ocean Road Health website www. greatoceanroadhealth.com.au or call the Apollo Bay campus on 5237 8595 or Colac Area Health website www.cah.vic. gov.au or call 5232 5331 (vaccination clinic pre-registration) or 1800 512 424 (COVID testing clinic enquiries). We’re all in this together Colac Otway.
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ACROSS 1 Sculpture in front of Grant St accommodation house (6,5) 9 Sprinted 10 Border 12 Point out 14 In a high degree 15 Woman's name 16 Heridity biological units 17 Bird 18 Dungeon 20 Fibber 22 Curved pathways through outer space 23 Animal emblem for FT team when in of the CDFNL 24 Company (abbrev) 25 FT crescent name 27 Uncomfortable sensation 30 Motors 31 Goodbye in France 32 Ancient Britons 33 Snatch 34 Colour 37 Those aged 13-19 years 38 Locality on the Colac rd 40 You and me 41 Zodiac sign 42 Slump 43 Unusual
DOWN 1 FT street name 2 Singing like a Swiss mountain dweller 3 Road making machine 4 Headwear 5 Single 6 Song by The Eagles and road near FT leading to Gerangamete (5,7) 7 Biblical garden 8 Parts of a piano 11 Major Otways coastal highway (5,5,2) 13 The present moment 18 Relating to dogs 19 Water bird 21 Classic architectural style 23 Man's name 24 Mediaeval fortifications 25 FT street name 26 Sticky substance 28 Become fatigued 29 Pivots 35 Fish 36 Female deer 37 Pull 39 Accomplish
Holly clearing reveals a beauty spot If you go down to the bush today you’re in for a big surprise—particularly if you head down the Hennigan Crescent walking track to the West Barwon River. The Forrest & District Community Group’s holly and other weed removal project is underway on the hillside, and already there is a dramatic difference. The majestic trunks of grey gums now stand clear of the holly that choked the site, framing what promises to be a beautiful piece of land. The project is supported by Corangamite Catchment Management Authority, through $22,400 funding from the Australian Government’s Environment Restoration Fund. Local company Tree Management Services have almost completed the initial stage of cutting and painting the stumps of larger non-indigenous plants with poison, and will return throughout the year to follow up and treat other weeds. In a few months’ time community members will be invited to join a gardening group to help keep the weeds that regrow at bay, organised by the Forrest Neighbourhood House. Next year the site will be re-planted with endemic indigenous plants.
Visit Forrest online at www.forrestvictoria.com
Mary Dracup