Takeaway

Located in the old Nurses’ Home beside the hospital on 18 Havelock Street (top of Bull Street). Monday to Thursday 9.30am to 3pm; and Dunolly Arts Hub, on the corner of Thompson and Alice Streets.

MONDAY: Mosaics at the Arts Hub from 10am; Ballroom Dancing at St John’s Hall from 6pm Intermediate skills required; Card making with Rhonda: third Monday of the month from 1 30 pm at the Centre; Whispering Weeders: last Monday of the month This friendly group go on enjoyable ou ngsno gardening involved!!

TUESDAY: Woodwork, 9am un l 12 30

WEDNESDAY: Table tennis at the Golf Club on Separa on Road from 9am to 12pm (evening session available if enough people are interested); Cra at the Centre from 10am- bring your own ac vity

THURSDAY: Croquet at the Golf Club on Separa on Road from 10am – weather depending; Family History: from 7.30pm at the Centre. If you’re interested in coming along, but find the evening difficult, let me know.

SATURDAY: Star ng soon“Got A Song To Sing!” from March 11th. Meet at the Arts Hub from 2pm; call to register interest.

SUNDAY: Golden Triangle Archers meet on the fourth Sunday at 10am, Deledio Reserve on Elgin Street (behind the RL Williams oval). Covered shoes compulsory, and parents must stay with children.

COMING SOON: Introduc on to computers, start me will be confirmed once we have a tutor organised Feel free to contact me at the Centre to express interest and once we’re up and running, I will get in touch with the details

New Power Saving Bonus from State Government

There is a new Power Saving Bonus from the Victorian Government, star ng March 24th hooray for more money!

It looks like it will operate the same way as the current PSB, in which power consumers visit the Energy Compare website to see the different offers that are available

I’m happy to help you apply from Monday the 27th of March, so give me a call and I’ll book you an appointment The other Power Saving Bonus is s ll running, so make sure you apply for that before it finishes on March 23rd

Meals on Wheels, My Aged Care, and services available for the future

I’ve had the opportunity to assist my neighbour this week with an inquiry into Meals on Wheels availability and how to access other services

The Central Goldfields Shire Council-run Meals on Wheels service visits Dunolly on Mondays, and the cost per meal is $10.70.

The meals are delivered cold-chilled but can be popped in the freezer to use later.

To access this service and other services such as home-help, you need to be assessed through the Federal Government’s ‘My Aged Care’ service

This is a government subsidised service to help elderly people remain in their home longer, or to find the right aged care home for their individual needs. There is a phone number you can use: 1800 200 422 or the inquiry can be made online

If you think this service is something you would like to get started, but find it all a bit daun ng, I’m happy to offer my assistance as an advocate. Just give me a call, and I’ll set aside some me for you to get it started.

Dunolly Neighbourhood Pantry - Monday to Thursday, 1 30 to 3pm at the Centre This is a ‘dry pantry’ with stock items that have a long shelf-life. BYO bag.

Dunolly Neighbourhood Pantry ‘A er Hours’ This is available all the me, in the chest of drawers on the veranda

Kath Ryan, Co-ordinator 5468 1511 admin@dunnhc.com.au

It’s been wonderful to see so many people out and about enjoying the last week of summer.

Thank you to everyone involved in organising the Dunolly Pool Party on Saturday – from looking at the photos on Facebook it looked like it was a fantas c day for local families to come together to enjoy the pool as well as each other’s company.

On Sunday, we celebrated the official opening of the Skate and Scooter Park in Maryborough

This too was well a ended by our community – with people of all ages coming together to celebrate this valued community facility.

Thanks again to the funding partners who made this possible as well as the young people who came together to advocate for it back in 2018.

On Monday night I was fortunate to a end the Zonta Club of Central Goldfields Interna onal Women’s Day event It was an inspiring night to hear from Maryborough born ABC State Poli cal Reporter for ABC Bridget Rollason as the guest speaker

Thank you to everyone involved with organising such a great night

This weekend we are invi ng everyone to join us for the re-opening of the newly redeveloped Central Goldfields Art Gallery.

A community celebra on will be held on Saturday 4 March from 10am to 4pm and we’d love for you to join us!

The Gallery will re-open with the first headline exhibi on of its 2023 program – Ladder to the Stars: Dean Bowen Sculptures – as well as the annual Community Art exhibi on

There will also be story me, art ac vi es for children/young people, music from Jan Stephenson from the Groove Dudes Dunolly, badge making hosted by Central Goldfields Youth, coffee, sausage/ veggie sizzle thanks to Rotary Maryborough; and a talk by Andrew Stephens, author of Ni y Gri y, Dean Bowen sculptures followed by book signings. For more details visit: www centralgoldfields vic gov au/gallerycelebra on Mayor Cr Grace La Vella

Street tree requests now open

To submit a request contact Council’s Customer Service team on 5461 0610. Requests close 10 March 2023. Trees are limited to one per house block.

Residents will play a key role in watering the trees as they establish their roots

Powerline inspec ons underway

Ci Power and Powercor Australia is currently undertaking powerline inspec ons from the air as part of their year-round vegeta on inspec on and tree-cu ng program

If you live in Maryborough or Dunolly you may no ce helicopters in the area between now and early April. The helicopters are fi ed with advanced Light Detec on and Ranging (LiDAR) technology to accurately iden fy the distances of trees to powerlines.

This informa on is fed back to teams that will cut the vegeta on away from powerlines to keep the network and community safe.

The helicopters will be using the Maryborough Aerodrome for landing and refueling and are expected to land in Maryborough several mes across this period

Aged Care Feedback

Over the past few weeks, we invited our community to share their views on the Commonwealth Home support program (Aged Care Review) that provides in home support and other aged care services in Central Goldfields Shire.

This is in response to the Commonwealth Government introducing significant changes to the funding and delivery of aged care services, including those delivered by Council.

Thank you to the more than 170 people who completed the survey and those who a ended informa on sessions within the community and at the Mill House last week

Your input is important to us so that we can be best prepared for these changes

The feedback will now be put together with a report to go to Council mid-year to be considered.

Skate and Scooter Park opening

The official opening of the Maryborough Skate and Scooter Park was held last Sunday 26 February with skate clinic, demonstra ons and compe ons, hosted by the YMCA and funded through the Victorian Government’s Freeza program

Thank you to the community members who have taken the me to share their concerns about our new Skate and Scooter Park

Whilst hair line cracks can be quite normal in concrete slabs of this size, we are working with the contractor in accordance with the 12-month defect guarantee period to determine if any of the larger cracks need a en on and any further steps we might need to take

We’ll keep the community updated. Rest assured the facility is safe and structurally sound for the community to use now and well into the future.