February - Brighton Council

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VOL 17 NO 1 FEBRUARY 2015
Australia Day awards recognise a life’s work of volunteering
Sonya’s labour of love
LONG-time Brighton resident Sonya Williams, from
Gagebrook, was honoured
with Brighton’s Citizen of
the Year and Volunteer of
the Year awards for her lifetime work of volunteering
for community and advocacy groups.
The awards were part of
Brighton’s Australia Day
awards and citizenship ceremonies.
A record number of six
residents became Australian
citizens during the ceremony
which was officiated by
Brighton Mayor Tony Foster.
The Woolworths Australia Day Ambassador, internationally recognised chef
and culinary genius Tetsuya
Wakuda who is also an honorary international ambassador for Brand Tasmania,
was an official guest at the
proceedings.
Sonya Williams is a
mother of three adult children and grandmother of
three grandchildren with
several ‘adopted’ children
and grandchildren as well as
the foster mother of three
children.
Sonya has been an official
foster carer for nine years
and over that time has had
many children in her care.
Sonya’s community volunteering activities go back
more than a decade when
she was involved with the
community fun days organised by BURP (Bridgewater/Gagebrook
Urban
Renewal Project).
One of Sonya’s roles was
to ensure there were donations of food and refreshments and goodies to give
away to the hundreds of people who regularly attended
these fun days.
Dedicated
Sonya was also dedicated
to providing food and companionship on a weekly basis
to a group of residents who
met for soup and sandwiches
in the meeting room of the
Housing Tasmania Albion
Road units in Bridgewater.
For many years Sonya
volunteered her time and
energy to the needle availability program and gardening programs run by BURP.
Sonya is a valued mem-
ber of the Breaking the
Silence advocacy group.
Earlier this year the
group presented self-care
packs to staff of service
providers throughout the
community. Every item in
the packs was handmade and
included teddy bears.
With some 200 packs
made and delivered Sonya
almost single-handedly
made each teddy bear and
surprisingly no two teddy
bears were the same.
Sonya is also the founder
of Under One Rainbow –
Community
Coming
Together where colourful
rainbows have been painted
on windows around Bridgewater and Gagebrook as a
symbol of love and respect,
signifying that everyone is
welcome here, everyone has
a place in our community.
For the past two years
Sonya and a band of volunteers have participated in the
Brighton
Community
Christmas parade under the
Under One Rainbow banner.
She is a strong supporter
of the annual Christmas
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This year’s Australia Day awards recognised the work of long-time volunteer in the community Sonya Williams who
was presented with both the Citizen of the Year and Volunteer of the Year awards. Sonya, second from left, is with
Mayor Tony Foster, Community Event of the Year representative Marie Bennett, representing the Breaking the Silence
advocacy group, Woolworths Australia Day Ambassador Tetsuya Wakuda AO, and Paul Reed from Woolworths.
Shared services alliance
set to benefit ratepayers
BRIGHTON Council is a key member
of an alliance of councils developing a
shared services joint venture aimed at
reducing costs and enhancing services
to ratepayers and the community.
Mayor Tony Foster said Brighton
was a leader in Tasmania in sharing
common services with other councils
ranging from planning, administration,
engineering, records storage, information technology and the development
of its unique software.
Cr Foster said Brighton earned valuable revenue through the provision of
its services and expertise to other councils and this enabled it to hold down
rate increases, provide improved services for the community and retain
highly skilled professional staff.
“Increasingly, other like-minded
councils have been providing or using
common services but these have operated on an ad hoc basis and we are yet
to see the full benefits,” Cr Foster said.
“We are now looking to establish a
Tasmanian Common Services Joint
Venture to formalise the arrangements
and put them on a solid business basis.
“Already, the Brighton, Southern
Midlands, Tasman and Sorell Councils
have announced their participation in
the joint venture and other councils will
join in the next few weeks.”
Discussions on establishing a common or shared services joint venture
have been taking place for several years
“
The joint venture will
provide participating
councils with the ability and
resources to enable quality
equitable service provision
to their residents and
visitors, as well as generate
economic efficiencies and
increased viability to
councils and their region.
but were held up as a result of last year’s
local government elections. With new
councils now elected including some
with new leadership showing more
interest in sharing services, work on
developing the joint venture has progressed.
Cr Foster said savings for councils
was the key and these would be passed
on to ratepayers through improved or
additional services or by holding down
rate increases.
“Councils only pay for the services
they use and their ability to sustainably
provide services for ratepayers will be
enhanced,” he said.
“Any participating council can be a
provider as well as user of services and
where councils provide services they will
be paid an agreed fee.
“The overriding objective is to formalise and develop the common services model to provide maximum cost
efficiencies, high-quality service and
long-term sustainability for participating councils.”
The joint venture will see functions
undertaken by different councils and
administered by a common services
model.
It will operate initially with no central administration or staff but with limited organisational management, where
functions are undertaken by different
councils and administered by individual
councils.
Cr Foster said representatives of participating councils would meet to identify workload and assign tasks from
within their councils and participating
councils would agree rates etc and draw
up agreements.
Shared services could cover most of
the responsibilities of local government,
from planning, engineering, asset management and animal control to building
permits and the levying and sending out
of rates notices.
“The joint venture will provide participating councils with the ability and
resources to enable quality equitable
service provision to their residents and
visitors, as well as generate economic
efficiencies and increased viability to
councils and their region,” Cr Foster said.
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2 Brighton Community News February 2015
YOUR COUNCIL
Community News
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Pontville 7030
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Barbara Curran (Deputy Mayor)
New Australian citizens Paul Bullen and Chia-Chin (Amy) Lin with Brighton Mayor Tony
Foster.
Sonya’s
labour
of love
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parade and has generously
donated the meat for the barbecue for the past five years.
Sonya was involved in the
consultation process with
Father Chris Riley from
Youth off the Streets to start
a youth program in the
Brighton municipality.
The municipality’s Event
of the Year Award was presented to the Breaking the
Silence advocacy group for a
DVD it made on domestic
violence.
The Breaking the Silence
advocacy group is a group of
community members in
Brighton that promotes evidence-based primary prevention strategies with the
aim of reducing violence
against women and their
children.
The DVD is a powerful
primary prevention strategy
that is underpinned by the
lived experience of family
violence in the community.
It tells the stories of
women from the Brighton
municipality who have personally experienced family
violence.
The group and its partner Red Cross have worked
for more than four years to
raise awareness and understanding of family violence.
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Call me if you require assistance with
Council matters
Home: 6268 0704 Mobile: Email: [email protected]
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Authorised by: Leigh Gray, 295 Elderslie Road, Brighton, Tas 7030
Finance Committee, Parks and Recreation Committee,
Heritage and Environment Committee, Waste Management Committee, Planning Authority, Southern Tasmanian Councils Association (alternate), Brighton Primary
School Council, Southern Waste Strategy Board Joint
Authority (alternate), TasWater (alternate), Civic Pride
Consultative Group, Remembrance Park Complex Consultative Group.
Wayne Garlick
46 Upton Drive
Honeywood 7017
Tel: 0438 539 682
[email protected]
Finance Committee, Planning Authority, Heritage and
Environment Committee, Waste Management Committee.
Peter Geard
New Australian citizen Michael Nicolle.
269 Elderslie Road
Brighton 7030
Tel: 6268 1143
0418 515 649
[email protected]
Parks and Recreation Committee, Planning Authority, Heritage and Environment Committee, Old Council Chambers Users Group, Emergency Management Advisory
Committee, Hobart Fire Management Area Committee,
Civic Pride Consultative Group, Remembrance Park Complex Consultative Group.
Leigh Gray
295 Elderslie Road
Brighton 7030
Tel: 6268 0704
0427 063 410
[email protected]
Parks and Recreation Committee, Finance Committee, Planning Authority, Waste Management Committee, Southern
Waste Strategy Board Joint Authority, Cycling South.
Moya Jeffries
37 Seymour St
Brighton 7030
Tel: 6268 1530
0419 394 139
[email protected]
Parks and Recreation Committee, Planning Authority, Jordan River Learning Centre Senior School Council.
New Australian citizen Wadzanayi Mercy Mubayiwa
(Mercy) with her daughter Chelsea Maduvu.
Council opens RV
rest stop in Pontville
BRIGHTON Council has
opened a Recreational
Vehicle (RV) Rest Stop in
Pontville Park to cater for
the increasing number of
RVs visiting the state and to
promote tourism in the
area.
The establishment of an
RV Rest Stop was approved
by Council after it was suggested by a member of the
public at a meeting of
Brighton business owners.
1 Daniel Place
Brighton 7030
Tel: 6268 1522
[email protected]
Council identified that
the RV Rest Stop would provide much-needed additional tourist accommodation facilities within the
municipality.
The RV Rest Stop will
also create reasons for people
to visit and harness desired
through traffic which has
decreased since the opening
of the Brighton Bypass.
The Rest Stop is conveniently located between
Brighton and Pontville giving visitors the opportunity
to experience the historic village of Pontville, the great
walking trails around the
Jordan River and to shop at
the local businesses in
Brighton.
“The RV Rest Stop will
potentially have a great flowon effect for local businesses
and will help to promote all
the great things that the
Brighton municipality has to
offer,” said Mayor Tony Foster.
“It’s also great to see
Council delivering on a suggestion from a member of
the local community
demonstrating we are listening and following through in
areas that will assist the community.”
Council is currently
working with the Caravan
Motorhome Club of Australia
(CMCA)
for
Brighton/Pontville
to
become an ‘RV Friendly Destination’.
The ‘RV Friendly Destination’ label will see the
Brighton/Pontville Rest Stop
promoted through the
CMCA’s website and
monthly publication.
The RV Rest Stop has a
capacity of seven vehicles
and a maximum stay of 48
hours and the existing
Dump Point has been
upgraded.
Permits will be available
from the Brighton IGA
supermarket.
Philip Owen
9 Compton Road
Old Beach 7017
Tel: 6249 8575
0419 333 252
[email protected]
Finance Committee, Planning Authority, Heritage & Environment Committee, Waste Management Committee.
Geoff Taylor
507 Elderslie Road
Brighton 7030
Tel: 6268 1408
[email protected]
Parks and Recreation Committee, Finance Committee,
Planning Authority, Waste Management Committee.
Sonya Williams
14 Barwick Place
Gagebrook 7030
Tel: 6263 7871
[email protected]
Parks and Recreation Committee, Planning Authority, Heritage and Environment Committee, Jordan River Learning
Centre Senior School Council, Gagebrook Primary School
Council.
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Shared services best option for Brighton
ON February 11, with
Deputy Mayor Barbara
Curran and general manager Ron Sanderson, I will
represent Brighton Council
at a meeting of councils
with the Treasurer and
Minister for Local Government, Peter Gutwein, to
discuss local government
reform in this state.
While we are advised
that the minister “does not
have a fixed agenda”, we do
know that the government
is under pressure from big
business and large property
owners who want to force
council amalgamations in
the hope that it will bring
rate savings for them.
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While experience elsewhere in Australia shows
that amalgamations actually
lead to rate increases for
most ratepayers, local government should always be
looking at ways in which it
can reduce costs and still
serve the community more
efficiently.
We are doing that in
Brighton, particularly
through sharing and selling
services to other councils
and, as you can read in this
issue of Brighton Community
News, this initiative is about
to take a major step forward
through the formation of a
joint venture with other likeminded Tasmanian councils.
The Tasmanian Local
Government Common
Services Model will place our
provision of services to other
councils and any services we
may purchase from another
council on a formal business
basis.
It will ensure that we can
continue to provide all the
services our community
requires and at the most effi-
cient cost. As a leader in providing shared services,
Brighton will be at the forefront in providing services
through the joint venture.
This will earn us valuable
income that Brighton can
put towards holding down
rates and improving services
for ratepayers and the community.
By sharing services councils, particularly those that are
small and perhaps underresourced, have the ability to
provide a high level of professional services to their ratepayers at an affordable cost.
Councils that are unable
to attract professional staff
or hire suitable employees on
a full-time or permanent
basis have the opportunity
to limit their exposure to
financial risk while delivering
a high level of service to the
community.
It is worth noting that in
the past financial year, some
4500 hours of common services were provided and
exchanged between the
councils in the joint venture.
This resulted in cost savings
of approximately $660,000
for those councils.
With the formalisation of
the common services model
and the commitment of
councils to the joint venture,
an increase in the amount of
common services hours is
expected along with significant additional savings.
It is projected that 6000
hours of common services
could be completed this calendar year leading to
increased savings in the order
of $800,000-$880,000.
In my view this is just the
tip of the iceberg. Future savings will amount to millions
of dollars and this is good
news for the councils and for
ratepayers.
In his letter to mayors of
November 26 advising of the
February 11 meeting, Mr
Gutwein wrote that any local
government reform must:
• Be in the interest of
ratepayers.
• Improve the level of
services for the communities.
• Preserve and maintain
local representation.
• Ensure that the financial status of the entities is
strengthened.
By any fair and reasonable measure, the Tasmanian
Common Services Model
Joint Venture is the least
costly, most flexible and bestplaced option to meet all of
these requirements.
Tony Foster OAM
Mayor
Research program
to look at Brighton’s
urban development
BRIGHTON is part of an
important
historical
research program the
results of which will be
incorporated into the future
development of the municipality’s public spaces.
The Brighton Public
project, to be undertaken as
a collaboration between
Brighton Council, University
of Tasmania School of Architecture (UTAS) and Monash
University Department of
Architecture (MADA), will
broadly investigate the
changing nature and role of
public architecture and
spaces in rapidly growing
outer suburban, or semirural townships.
The research project will
be specifically undertaken in
and around settlements
within the municipality of
Brighton, including Old
Beach, Bridgewater and
Brighton/Pontville.
Council’s manager of
strategic planning, James
Dryburgh, said the research
project would involve broad
historical research into the
urban development of the
Brighton area.
“It will also closely
observe and document the
contemporary urban setting,
focusing on public buildings
and spaces and the subsequent proposal of forwardthinking speculative design
projects on a number of specific sites and locations
within the Brighton municipal area,” Mr Dryburgh said.
“The project will involve
thorough public consultation
including three visits from
the group of approximately
15 students from Monash
and 10 from UTAS, with the
final visit a public exhibition
of the proposals.
“In addition to the
immediate benefits for the
Brighton community it is
hoped that some of the project’s concepts will ultimately
be further refined before
being incorporated into the
future development of
Brighton’s key public spaces.”
It was fun and games all round at the Discovery-Gunn Street Vacation Care Program.
Vacation
care a
great
success
THE
Discovery-Gunn
Street Vacation Care Program was a huge success
this school holidays.
The children enjoyed lots
of excursions including trips
to Inflatable World, Hobart
Aquatic Centre, bushwalking
at Mt Field, a mystery bus
tour and a picnic at Risdon
Brook Dam.
Children also went to
Woodfield Adventure Centre, on a cruise aboard the
Emmalisa, surfing at South
Arm and fishing with volunteers from Fishcare Tasmania.
The children had a great
time catching up with friends
Shared services alliance
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“It will enable participants to meet legislative
requirements, increase consistency of processes between
municipalities and build
strong professional relationships and expand networks
that will ensure the continual
development and success of
the joint venture.
“Importantly, councils do
not lose their autonomy but
rather will have access to all
the skills and experience
within all the councils under
agreed
joint-venture
arrangements, enabling them
to better use their autonomy.
“This represents the next
phase of Brighton’s shared
services vision that is already
earning valuable income for
our council to benefit
ratepayers.
“The initiative should
generate even greater benefits
in the future.”
A joint-venture agreement has been drafted with
the core group of participating councils expected to formally sign and commit to the
agreement this month.
A business plan, management structure, marketing
and strategic communication strategies are also being
developed.
from school and meeting
new friends while getting out
and about, challenging
themselves and doing things
that they have never done
before.
If you would like your
child to be part of the centre’s
After School Care Program
or to book in for the next
Vacation Care (school age
children: kinder to grade 6)
call Gunn St on 6263 7809 or
email [email protected]
The centre also has
vacancies for before-school
care, after-school care and in
its long-day care (six weeks
of age to five years) programs.
Bus pick-up and drop off
services are available for all
programs.
Woodsdale fair promises plenty of fun
Students dance to the beat
at national competition
A BACK to Woodsdale
family fun day will be held
at the beginning of next
month.
The picnic and fair will
be held on March 8 with
races and competitions: stepping the chain, throwing the
gumboot, egg and spoon and
sack races and a three-legged
race.
Prizes will be given for
first, second and third placings in all events.
There will be a number of
stalls to visit including face
TECHNOBEAT
Dance
Studio was given the
opportunity to compete at
the World Cup Cheer and
Dance Nationals competition held in Melbourne at
the end of last year.
Students experienced the
competitions which were
held at Knox Basketball Stadium at Wantirna in southern Victoria.
An added bonus was that
all Dance Studio students
were able to complete on the
same day.
painting, and damper making, a post and rail fencing display and stone wall building.
Highlight of the reptile
rescue tent will be guinea pig
races.
Patrons can also visit the
newly established memorial
and world war memorabilia
displays.
There will be plenty of
food and refreshments in the
food tent, including barbecued
sausages
and
rissoles and roasted meats in
rolls or sandwiches. Cold soft
drinks as well as tea and coffee will be on offer.
The Back to Woodsdale
day is organised by the local
museum. Since the successful
restoration of the Woodsdale
State School as a museum,
members have been inspired
by their motto of ‘keeping
communities together and
keeping history alive’.
Catch up with old friends
and family or just come and
make some new friends.
For more information
phone Vonnie Crawford on
6254 6165 or Keith Mann
6254 6042.
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Sunday was a fun day
with everyone visiting Luna
Park and Monday Melbourne Zoo, before heading
back to Hobart.
Technobeat Dance Studio coach Joanne Gallagher
congratulated all students on
their achievements.
“The behaviour of students was exceptional and
the way they all represented
the Dance Studio, schools
and Tasmania as a whole,
was outstanding,” Joanne
said.
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4 Brighton Community News February 2015
The retirement
plan that ‘got a
bit out of hand’
By JOHN HALL
PETER Lowrie has consuming passions at both
ends of the Midland Highway.
He’s back and forth
along the bitumen twice a
week – running an automotive business in Launceston
and nurturing his vineyard
in Tea Tree.
Up north, at Ausprings
in Invermay, he employs five
men. After serving an
apprenticeship in the automotive industry, Peter was
managing director of Ausprings when only 21.
He calls himself a
‘spring-smith’ and his company specialises in constructing suspensions for heavy
vehicles.
“Logging trucks have
been our main business.
Now the increasing number
of grey nomads with their
motorhomes are keeping us
busy,” Peter said.
Peter, who is 55, began
planting his Tea Tree vineyard in 1999.
“It started as my retirement plan but it got a bit out
of hand,” he said.
The first wines were sold
under his Pages Creek label
in 2004.
Back home in Middle
Tree Road, adjacent to Zoo
Doo, Peter surveys his 12ha
property through which
Input on
feral cat
strategy
sought
In the fifth article in a series on Tea Tree
vineyards, Peter Lowrie reveals how acting on a
whim he set up Pages Creek vineyard 15 years
ago. Now, acting on another whim, he plans to
join the burgeoning Tasmanian whisky industry.
Pages Creek runs.
He’s proud of the twostorey sandstone-faced
house that was built in 2006.
The house, with five bedrooms and four bathrooms,
overlooks 4.5 ha of vines –
about-to-be-harvested
cabernet, merlot, pinot noir,
chardonnay and sauvignon
blanc.
The house is “a work in
progress”. He’s proud of its
individuality.
Sitcoms
Two long-gone US television sitcoms influenced
some of the design elements
– the front door style came
from The Brady Bunch; the
stable doors leading from
the kitchen came from the
talking-horse TV series Mister Ed.
Underneath the sprawling home is a wine cellar
with the same footprint as
the building above.
In the front room there’s
a white baby grand piano
that Peter bought on eBay
for $1800. Does he play?
“Naah”.
In the garage is his pride
and joy – a well-maintained,
but little-used 1980 RollsRoyce.
Peter has two horses on
the property – a Clydesdale
called Merlot and a miniature, Pinot.
Which leads us back to
his passion for growing
grapes.
It all started when Peter,
while in his 30s, left his Ausprings business every northern hemisphere summer to
work with an historic carracing team competing
across the United States.
“These guys competing
were well set up financially
and they did it for the glory,”
Peter said.
“It was called ‘wine-andcheese racing’ because the
winner would receive a silver
tray or whisky or wine
glasses.
“I loved the camaraderie.
I worked with these guys six
months a year for six years
and we often discussed the
idea of me making wines in
Tasmania and exporting
them to the States.
“So, on a whim, I did just
that.”
Peter Lowrie outside his home at Tea Tree. The home overlooks 4.5 hectares of vines.
In the late 1990s Peter
bought a parcel of frost-free
land in Tea Tree and early
this century he was selling
cabernet merlot, from
grapes he had grown, to his
friends and contacts in the
States.
Several container loads
were shipped and he was
topping up supplies by the
pallet load.
Golf clubs
Soon restaurants and
golf clubs on the other side
of the world were selling
bottles of Pages Creek reds.
“I look back at those
early days proud of what was
achieved,” Peter said.
“Until I developed the
vineyard I had never driven
a post in my life.
“Keith Jenkins, from
Campania, came to help
with the fencing … and
stayed 13 years.
“I now use contractors.
It makes sense to have five
people each working one
day a week rather than having one person working five
days.”
The Pages Creek wines
are made under contract at
Winemaking Tasmania in
Cambridge and sold to a
mail order clientele and local
restaurants. Peter no longer
sells wines to the States –
“too complicated and not
worth the effort”.
He was recently told he
has a family link to the early
days of Tea Tree.
“My grandparents, Francis and Leila Lowrie, apparently ran the local post office
and railway station … in the
days when those facilities
existed in Tea Tree,” he said.
“I was told that nan had
once taught Errol Flynn, the
Tasmanian actor, and that as
a teenager he was a bit of a
shocker at school.”
Does Peter intend to further expand his vineyard?
“Well, I could double the
area now growing grapes.”
But another project is brewing at Pages Creek.
Compelling
“Acting again on a whim,
I recently asked Bill Lark
(guru of the burgeoning Tasmanian whisky industry) to
give me a compelling reason
why I shouldn’t also get into
whisky making,” Peter said.
“Bill’s response: ‘Go for it!’
And so I will!”
So one day in the bottle
shops and restaurants of
Tasmania, and further afield,
the Pages Creek Whisky label
will be testament to Peter
Lowrie’s can-do outlook on
life.
THE State Government
says it is taking a considered
and consultative approach
to developing a feral cat
management strategy.
Primary Industry Minister Jeremy Rockliff said feral
cats were a significant issue
in Tasmania.
“Our state has a widespread, self-sustaining feral
cat population across rural
and remote areas,” he said.
“The impact of feral cats
on native wildlife and on livestock and human health naturally generate a significant
degree of public concern.
“Managing feral cats is a
community-wide problem.
A range of approaches are
required to manage the
impact of feral cats on
wildlife and on farms.”
Mr Rockliff said the
Department of Primary
Industries, Parks, Water and
Environment was building
on its recent stakeholder consultations and was developing a range of options for
controlling feral cats in critical areas, reducing the number of cats becoming feral
and for fostering responsible
cat ownership.
“These options may
require amending the Act.
The government will release
further information in early
2015 and seek further community input at the time,” he
said.
Brighton Community News February 2015 5
Big Blitz gives
school a 24
Carrot Garden
By DENNIS CRISPIN*
COMMUNITY Blitz recently held a Big Blitz at the
Herdsmans Cove Primary
School to assist the MONA
24 Carrot Garden project
develop in-ground garden
beds as part of its kitchen
garden scheme.
Community Blitz has
partnered with the MONA 24
Carrot Garden project to assist
in focusing on the pleasurable
eating and good nutrition
value from growing, harvesting and preparing kitchen garden produce.
Community Blitz is a
community organisation
established in 2012 as the
result of a suggestion by a
group of residents.
The project uses volunteers to beautify public spaces
and provide much-needed
and affordable gardening
assistance to residents.
Most Community Blitz
activity to date has focused on
Vinnies Growth Centre, the
two community centres and
tagari lia.
Tas Medicare Local
recently funded Community
Blitz under the Social Determinants of Health program
to continue its work.
The focus of the Big Blitz
was to convert the lawn
between the car park and the
school buildings into a garden.
The garden was designed
by architects Peter Walker and
Elizabeth Walsh of Cumulous
Studio to include paths, garden beds and a space for an
outdoor classroom with all
these areas marked out.
The Big Blitz work
involved chipping off the lawn
where the garden beds were
to be located, turning over the
soil (thankfully we were able
to borrow the school’s rotary
hoe) and hoeing in a manure
mix.
We had volunteers from
Workskills and MAX
Employment, school parents,
24 Carrot Gardens, the school,
students and the Community
Blitz governance group.
In all we had 16 people
who and most worked for
about six hours of physically
demanding activity.
At the end of the Big Blitz,
four huge garden beds were
ready for planting and sowing
which Tim Morris and his
crew are looking forward to.
Principal Carolyn Brown
thanked the participants for
all their efforts during the day.
Community Blitz intends
to conduct four Big Blitzes a
year and is always looking for
project ideas from the community.
It is considering a big foreshore clean-up on March 4.
Register with Community
Blitz if you’re interested.
Contact us via the new
website www.communityblitz.
org.au or on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/CommunityBlitz
*Contact Dennis Crispin at
Brighton Council on
6268 7035.
School for Seniors looks
forward to a busy year
Caring for your dentures
requires a daily routine
By DR BADRUN NISA
SINGH*
A DAILY denture care routine helps to minimise
odour and stains, keep your
dentures looking like new
and help them last longer.
Your dentist or prosthesist
will show you how to put in
and take out your dentures.
Feel free to ask them questions.
Make sure you are comfortable with putting them in
and taking them out before
you leave the surgery.
Remember, never use force to
get your dentures in or out.
Your new dentures may
feel strange, even if you have
worn dentures before. This is
normal and happens because
your mouth takes time to
adapt.
When you first eat with
your new dentures, start with
soft foods such as lightly
cooked vegetables. Take small
bites and chew slowly.
If you have natural teeth,
try to bite with them rather
than the artificial ones. If possible, chew on both sides at
the same time.
You should remove your
dentures before going to bed
each night. This gives your
mouth a chance to rest and
will help stop you grinding
your teeth while you sleep.
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Clean your dentures with
a soft toothbrush each night
and leave them to dry to help
avoid bacterial proliferation.
Food debris and plaque
need to be cleaned from all
denture surfaces daily. Clean
your dentures using a soft
toothbrush and mild soap
and water or a denture cleaning product. Standard toothpaste is not recommended.
Clean your dentures over
a hand-basin half filled with
water to prevent breakage if
dropped.
Brush your gums, tongue
and palate every morning
with a soft toothbrush before
you insert your dentures. This
stimulates circulation in your
tissues and helps remove
plaque.
If your denture breaks or
is damaged, stop wearing it
straight away. Do not try to
repair it, bend it or modify it.
Call your dental clinic for an
appointment to fix it.
If you find that your denture has a build-up (tartar or
calculus), soak it in one part
white vinegar to four parts
water. If you still can’t remove
the build up, call your dental
clinic and make an appoint-
The work on the day
of the Big Blitz at
Herdsmans Cove
Primary involved
chipping off lawn
where the garden
beds were to be
located, turning over
the soil and hoeing in
a manure mix. A
great day’s effort by
all who were
involved.
By SHIRLEY MCKERROW
*Dr Badrun Nisa Singh is a
practising dentist at the
Brighton Dentist Clinic in the
Brighton Medical Centre.
ment to have your denture
repolished.
Your mouth may become
a little sore under your new
dentures. If this happens, contact the clinic to arrange to
have your dentures adjusted.
If the soreness is severe it
may help to remove the dentures for at least part of the
day.
Remember, do not adjust
or try to repair your dentures.
Dentures should be well
fitted and comfortable when
you chew and your breath
should be fresh. See your oral
health professional if you have
any pain or problems with
your mouth or dentures or if
you need further information
on denture cleaning and care.
BRIDGEWATER School
for Seniors, which begins
on February 10, is expecting a busy year of activities.
The February start will be
earlier than usual to coincide
with primary and high
schools holidays.
Our first outing will be a
visit to Redlands Estate at
Plenty on February 17 to see
the whisky distillery as well
New novice
speed limits
NEW speed limits for
novice drivers will end an
anomaly where newly graduated P2 drivers can drive
up to 110km/h without any
prior legal experience of
driving at speeds over
80km/h.
From March 2 this year,
new maximum limits for L2
and P1 drivers increase to:
• 90km/h in a 90km/h
zone.
• 90km/h in a 100km/h
zone.
• 100km/h in a 110km/h
zone.
as an historical and garden
tour of the grounds.
New and regular speakers
will again be visiting the
group to keep us informed
and entertained. We look forward to the information we
gain from them all.
The excellent equipment
available to us at Bridgewater
LINC means speakers are
able to use a PowerPoint
presentation and staff at
LINC are extremely helpful
if we need any set-up assistance.
The venue is very comfortable and easily accessed
by any members using walking aids.
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for the year and enrolments
can be made in person at
LINC, by phone to Learn
Express, expected to be up
and running for the first
meeting of the year, and
Adult Education staff will be
on hand to assist with enrolments.
We look forward to seeing all our usual members
again and new members are
always welcome. Also welcome are suggestions for topics and speakers.
Meetings are held on
Tuesdays from 10am-12
noon with morning tea to
break up the session.
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After School Hours Care
For 5-12-year-olds. sport, art and
craft, eight-ball, video games etc.
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays from
2.45-6pm. Bus pick-up from local
schools. $5 per day. Parents must
pick up afterwards. Forms
available from PCYC.
Anglicare Family Mental
Health Support Service
A family support worker is
available to support/see people
from the Bridgewater and
Gagebrook Community Centres by
phoning Merima on 6213 3555.
Services include access to
information and resources; links
to other support services; support
to children of parents with mental
health issues; family or one-toone counselling.
Anglicare Personal Helpers
and Mentor Program
Is your mental health affecting
your ability to cope with everyday
life? Would you like support with
your recovery journey to manage
mental illness so you can lead a
fulfilling life? If you are 16 years
or over you may be eligible for the
Personal Helpers and Mentors
Program (PHaMs). You do’nt need
to have a medical diagnosis of a
mental illness to join the program.
To make a referral or for more
information call 1800 243 232
Bingo
St John Ambulance, every Friday
night at Weily Park Hall,
Bridgewater. Eyes down at 7pm.
Phone Kath Burns 6249 4665 for
information.
Birthday Parties
The Bridgewater PCYC is
available on weekends for
birthday of all ages. The cost is
$60 an hour which includes
access to clubs equipment and
facilities and even the jumping
castle. Please book early as
spaces do run out quickly. For
further information please contact
the club on 6263 5277.
Boot Camp
An instructed activity that will
push you to reach those goals you
have set. Operates at the
Bridgewater PCYC Monday and
Wednesday 9.30-10.30am,
Tuesday and Thursday 6.307.30pm.
Bridgewater & Friends
Country Music Club
Pontville Hall, Pontville. Every
Sunday 2-5pm (except the first
Sunday of the month) $3 includes
supper, dancing/spot dance.
Phone 6263 6850/0439 275 423 or
[email protected]
Brighton Alive Meetings
Monthly at the Brighton Civic
Centre at 10am. Phone Brighton
Council 6268 7035. Brighton Alive
is on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/#!/brighton.a
live.56 with all the events,
activities and training happening
in the Brighton municipality.
Brighton/Broadmarsh Country
Women’s Association
Meetings held at the CWA rooms,
Pontville Hall, Pontville. Brighton
group meets 10am on the third
Wednesday each month, phone
6268 1474. Broadmarsh group
meets 12.30pm on first Monday
each month, phone 6268 5254.
New members welcome.
Brighton Bowls Bingo
At Bowls Club, 211 Brighton Rd,
Mondays 7.30-10pm (two
jackpots). Phone 6268 1325.
Brighton Heritage Museum
Old Council Chambers, Brighton
Rd, Pontville. Open last Sunday in
the months of January, February,
March, April, May (Heritage
Month, every Sunday),
September, October and
November from 1-3pm. Other
times by appointment by phoning
0402 956 692.
Brighton Heritage Association
Meets several times a year. For
information about meeting
dates/times and other inquiries
phone 0402 956 692. New
members welcome.
Brighton Playcentre/Playgroup
Holds Playgroup sessions for
children (0 to 5 years) each
Monday and Friday 9.30-11.30am.
at 42 Dollery Court (formerly 1
Eucalypt Crescent), Brighton
during school terms. For more
information phone 6268 1851.
Brighton Senior Citizens Club
New members are welcome to
the weekly meetings held in the
Old Council Chambers, 371
Brighton Rd, Pontville. The club
meets on alternate Tuesdays for a
shared lunch and Bingo and card
games, every Wednesday for
Indoor Bowls and bus trips are
also undertaken. For further
details on any of these activities
contact Barbara Walker phone
6268 6262.
Bright Start Programs
Play and Learn Programs:
Gagebrook Primary School,
Mondays 9-11am; Brighton
Community and Health Centre,
Wednesdays 9-11am; Tea Tree
Hall, alternate Thursdays 10amnoon. Teenage Parents 2gether:
Gagebrook Primary, Mondays
1-2.30pm. Contact Play and Learn:
Brighton Community and Health
Centre, Tuesdays 9.30-11.30am.
Home Visiting: Brighton, Mondays
to Thursdays 9am-4pm. Grow and
Learn: Riverside Nursery, monthly
Mondays 9-11am. Phone
6268 4257.
Camp Quality
Volunteers needed. Camp Quality
believes in improving the quality
of life for children living with
cancer and their families through
unrelenting optimism and the
healing power of laughter. We are
seeking passionate people who
want to help us bring lots of fun,
smiles and excitement into the
lives of children with cancer and
their families. If you are over 18,
energetic and love to laugh –
there are heaps of ways you can
help make laughter the best
medicine. To become an amazing
Camp Quality volunteer, phone us
on 6231 5445, email
[email protected] or send
us your details online at
www.campquality.org.au
Community Knitting Group
The group meets at the Terrapin
Room at the back of the Brighton
Community Health Centre in
Green Point Rd, Bridgewater on
Tuesdays, weekly 12.30-3pm.
There is no cost and women are
invited to call in and have a chat
and a cuppa. Phone Robyn Bishop
on 6268 4240.
Computer Classes
The following computer courses
are available at the Gagebrook
Community Centre: digital media
fundamentals; word processing
fundamentals; presentation
fundamentals; internet and world
wide web fundamentals. For more
information on any of these
courses or to receive a
registration form phone the
Gagebrook Community Centre on
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Residents and community groups are asked to carefully check their community
calendar items, which have been carried over from last year, to see if they are still
applicable for 2015. Please provide amendments/corrections to
[email protected]
6263 6097.
Derwent Valley Country Music
Club
14 Millvale Road Dromedary. Held
on alternate Friday/Saturday
nights at 7.30pm. Barbecue every
Saturday night at 6.15pm Cost $5
includes light supper and spot
dances. New singers welcome.
Phone Denis Black 6272 3290 or
0479 084 410
Early Support for Parents (ESP)
ESP is a not-for-profit organisation
that trains and supports
volunteers to work with families
in their own homes. The work of
an ESP volunteer is varied and
extremely rewarding. ESP has a
comprehensive training program
for volunteers with support from
the coordinator and other
volunteers, guest speakers and
ongoing training. ESP has families
in need and offers free training to
new volunteers to meet these
needs. A light lunch is provided at
all training sessions. Contact
Mary Thornton on 6223 2937.
Get Fit While Having Fun
Circuit, cardio and boxing
sessions with a fully accredited
trainer. Brighton Primary School
gym Mondays and Thursdays
6.30-7.30pm. Call Lisa on
0420 983 434.
Good Beginnings
Play 2 Learn (up to 5yrs) program,
10-11.30am Thursdays, Pontville
Hall, Brighton Rd, Pontville. Phone
0458 732 950 Tanya or Catherine.
Gymnastics
Hobart Gymnastics Academy is
situated in Hurst Street
Bridgewater. We run classes from
the age of walkers to adults, in
trampoline, rhythmic,
cheerleading and acrobatics
programs. We offer a free comeand-try session for all first
individual lessons (conditions
apply). We also have group
bookings for schools, playgroups
and gymnastics-specific birthday
parties at the academy. Contact
us on 6263 3460, email
[email protected], look us up at
www.hga.gymnastics.org.au or
find us at Facebook.
Heart Foundation
‘Heartmoves’
A gentle physical activity program
suitable for anyone who hasn’t
done any exercise in a while. You
can exercise at your own pace in
a friendly atmosphere.
Heartmoves is open to everyone
and designed to be safe for
people with long-term health
conditions such as heart disease,
diabetes or obesity. $5 per 45minute session. Every Tuesday
12.30pm and 1.30pm; Thursday
12.30pm. Brighton Community
Health Centre, 27 Green Point
Road, Bridgewater. Ph Andrea
0439 938 403, 6263 6097.
Jodi Law Advocacy group
Women we need you! Be the
change you want to see!
Are you looking to create change?
If you said yes we need you as a
member of the advocacy group.
Our Mission is to support women
regarding their personal safety
around Domestic violence in their
community. To remember Jodi
Eaton with suitable women’s
safety community awareness
events. Bridgewater Community
Centre, 6 Bowden Drive
Bridgewater, Wednesdays at
11am.Contact Chelsea on 6263
4303 for more information.
Jordan River Pensioners Club
Meets third Monday of every
month at 1pm. Bus trips on last
Wednesday of every month.
Special luncheons. Phone the
Gagebrook Community Centre on
6263 6097.
Judo
Tuesday beginners 4.30-5.30pm;
Tuesday intermediate 5.45pm7pm; Wednesday 6.30-8pm;
Thursday seniors 6.30-8pm at
Bridgewater PCYC. Phone 6263
5277.
Jumping Castle
Now available for hire. Speak to
Byron or Andrew at PCYC on
6263 5277.
Lions Club of Brighton
If you are interested in the work of
Lions Clubs in your community,
you are welcome to attend our
club meetings which are held on
the third Monday of each month,
6pm for 6.30pm start in the Old
Council Chambers, 371 Brighton
Road, Pontville. For more
information call Roger Joseph
0419 558 421 or Tony Hudson
0410 626 710.
Meals on Wheels
Always need volunteer drivers
and helpers. Delivery of meals
one to two hours, most volunteers
are only rostered once a month,
petrol allowance offered, training
provided, insurance coverage
provided. Being a volunteer gives
a sense of satisfaction by helping
the community. Phone 6268 0559.
NILS (No Interest Loan
Scheme)
The scheme is available to
purchase essential household
such as a fridge or washing
machine. Monday to Friday, 9am2.30pm, Bridgewater Community
Centre. Phone 6263 4303.
Northern Suburbs Junior
Soccer Association
NSJSA is a not-for-profit
organisation and our area
includes New Norfolk, Bagdad,
Brighton and the northern suburbs
of Hobart. There are two teams in
the Brighton area – Derwent
United and Brighton – and games
are played Friday nights and
Saturday mornings. Age groups
are under-six to under-12. All
contact information is on the
website for clubs at
www.nsjsa.org.au. Any queries
please call Chris on 0407 579 039.
Old Beach Cricket Club Inc
All past and new players
welcome at the Cloak Oval, Jetty
Rd, Old Beach. Enquiries to
[email protected]
Oral Health Services
Oral Health Services Tasmania
provides FREE dental
examinations and preventive care
to all children under the age of
18. If treatment is required, it is
FREE for the children of a current
Health Care Card or Pensioner
Concession Card holder. For all
other children a co-payment is
charged for treatment. Phone for
an appointment 6268 4270.
Papercraft
Cardmaking and scrapbooking
classes in Brighton, Bridgewater
and Claremont on regular monthly
basis – day and evening. Join us
at our workshops where we share
with you some clever ideas using
the Close To My Heart range of
products. Enjoy some time with
your friends or come along and
make new ones. We are a friendly
group of paper crafters. Contact
Shelley Harwood 0409 003 602 or
[email protected].
Parents R Us
Every Monday 11am-2pm at the
Great Xmas bonus
for CEH residents
By KIM BOMFORD*
WELCOME to 2015 from
the team at Centacare
Evolve Housing (CEH).
We are pleased our initiative was able to assist more
than 250 social housing residents in the Bridgewater,
Gagebrook and Herdsmans
Cove area by providing a
great Christmas bonus.
The Resident Reward
Scheme launched by CEH in
May last year promised to
provide $10 a week for those
Housing Tasmania tenants
who signed over to a new
lease with us.
Those residents who
benefited from the scheme
had also maintained a positive tenancy with CEH and
this was our way of saying
thank you.
A total of 258 residents
shared more than $56,000.
The response from residents
towards the scheme was
overwhelmingly positive,
particularly as the payments
were made in the weeks just
before Christmas.
For those who missed
out on a payment last year,
being eligible for possible
future reward schemes can
be as simple as keeping the
rent paid up to date, the
property in good condition
and being a good neighbour.
CEH will keep the community posted on what we
plan for this year.
The
community
response to the Christmas
Giving Tree was outstanding
with large numbers of toys
and gifts being delivered to
the CEH office.
The goal for Christmas
2014 was to ensure that no
child in the Bridgewater,
Gagebrook and Herdsman’s
Cove community missed out
on receiving a gift.
In 2013, 80 local children
received gifts but thanks to
the fantastic community
response more than 200 children received Christmas gifts
last year.
The Christmas Giving
Tree was coordinated
through Jordan River Services and the gifts distributed
by the Bridgewater and
Gagebrook Community
Centres.
Just a reminder that every
dollar CEH has to spend on
addressing arson, vandalism
and other damage to property is a dollar that we can’t
spend on improving the
homes in the area and the
feel of the broader community.
Your help in preventing
these incidences is greatly
appreciated.
The Centacare Evolve
Housing office is located at
Shop 2, 28 Green Point
Road, Bridgewater (next to
Centrelink) and is open
Monday to Friday from
9am-4.45pm.
General phone inquiries
can be made on 6173 0060
and maintenance calls on
6173 0061.
*Kim Bomford is the state
manager of housing
operations for Centacare
Evolve Housing
Gagebrook Community Centre.
Free program of activities and
light lunch provided. Childcare on
site.
PCYC Gym for Girls
Mondays and Wednesdays, 56pm at Bridgewater PCYC. $3 per
session. Phone 6263 5277.
PCYC Midgets
For up to 5-year-olds every second
Tuesday 9.30-11.30am at
Bridgewater PCYC. $2.50 per
session. Bring the kids.
Penguin Club Brighton Group
First and third Wednesday of the
month 7.30-8.30pm. St Paul’s
Church, Community Room, Paice
St, Bridgewater. Ph 0416 928 903.
Pete’s Shed
Pete’s Community Work Shed is a
focal point for people from the
Bridgewater and Gagebrook area
to learn woodwork and metalwork
as well as simple and practical
home maintenance skills. Pete’s
Shed is always buzzing with a
variety of people and is available
to community members to carry
out their own projects using
equipment that they do not have
at home. Projects include making
outdoor furniture for nursing
homes and community parks and
working closely with other
community groups such as the
Gagebrook and Bridgewater
Community Centres. Pete’s Shed
is at 10 Sorell St, Bridgewater.
Phone 6263 5142.
Play 2 Learn - Gagebrook
Good Beginnings invites you to
Gagebrook Primary School, 4
Tottenham Rd, Gagebrook,
Mondays 8.45-10.30am. Please
bring a piece of fruit and a drink,
and a sense of adventure. For
young children aged up to 5 years,
parents/carers and grandparents.
Learn through play, games, storytime, interactive art, craft and
music. Parenting information and
support. Contact Tanya Hose on
0458 732 950
Rhythmic Dance Centre
Classes at 1 River Court, Brighton
and Uniting Church Hall,
Claremont. Jazz, tap, classical
ballet, song and dance, hip-hop
and zumba. Phone 6268 0864.
Riverside Community Nursery
Monday to Friday 9am-4pm,
Eddington St, Bridgewater. Come
and browse our plants and check
on all of our upcoming courses
and programs.
Rock and Rhyme
For pre-schoolers. Join us for 30
minutes of rhyme, rhythm and fun
with nursery room favourite songs
and stories. Tuesday and
Wednesday at 10.30am during
school term at the Bridgewater
LINC. No need to book. Phone
6165 5446 for more information.
St John Ambulance Brighton
Division
Looking for adults interested in
becoming members of the division
as a volunteer. If you have an
interest in learning first-aid skills
and building on any skills you
already have we need you. Ph:
Kath on 6249 4665.
School for Seniors
School for Seniors meets every
Tuesday during school terms at
Bridgewater LINC and runs from
10am until noon. The school is
open to anyone and we have a
wide range of speakers dealing
with many different topics. It is a
great time to socialise with
others. For more information call
Shirley on 6268 0842 or Geoff on
0418 121 814.
Storytime for Kids
Join us for 30 minutes of sharing
stories, singing rhymes and songs
and other fun activities
Thursdays at 11am at
Bridgewater LINC. No need to
book. Phone 6165 5446 for more
information.
Top Gear Program
Need to complete your 50 hours?
Then call Bridgewater Community
Centre to book an appointment
with one of their volunteer mentor
drivers. Monday to Thursday 9am2pm, Bridgewater Community
Centre. The program gives
applicants significant life benefits
including gaining employment, reengaging in education and
improved autonomy. Ph Jordan
River Service on 6263 4303.
Weight Gym
$3 per session plus $10 annual
membership. Weekdays, 9am6pm. Open to adults and youth
aged 14 and over. Phone Andrew
on 6263 5277 for more
information and an initial
assessment and tailored program
– or drop into Bridgewater PCYC.
First session is free.
Youthfutures Drop In
Free for 11-16-year-olds, every
Monday and Wednesday from
2.45-6pm. Activities include eightball, X-box games, internet,
basketball, gym, table tennis etc.
Gagebrook residents picked up
from Gagebrook and Herdsmans
Cove Primary around 2.45pm and
dropped home afterwards. Phone
Bridgewater PCYC on 6263 5277.
Adventure play
box day provides
great holiday fun
By MARGIE NOLAN*
CHILDREN had a fantastic
time discovering and playing with lots of ‘stuff’ in the
car park behind the
Brighton Civic Centre during the school holidays.
Children made buses,
boats, trains, fairy houses and
cars out of everyday materials.
Kids’ favourites were
large cardboard boxes, cardboard tubes, fabric, crates,
large cable reels, hose reels,
and plastic hoses.
There were plenty of easy
and great ideas that can be
used over and over again at
home.
Children and parents
played together to create and
share lots of laughter and
stories and had a wonderful
time being together outside
in a community space.
During story time, children had lots of fun dressing
up. Activities weren’t just for
the little ones as parents had
lots of fun joining in too.
Older kids enjoyed creating their own canvas paintings, shot basketball hoops,
made snakes out of papier
mache and enjoyed sumo
wrestling.
This school holiday initiative was a collaboration
between Good Beginnings,
tagari lia Child and Family
Centre, PCYC, Youth off the
Streets, the LINC and the
Smith Family.
The Big Play Box will be
back again. Please look out
for these days in school
newsletters and in the community calendar available at
the Bridgewater LINC.
For more information on
activities for families with
young children contact
Bridgewater LINC or tagari
lia Child and Family Centre
on 6268 4000.
*Margie Nolan is centre
leader of tagari lia Child
and Family Centre
Brighton Community News February 2015 7
The day the
beach came to
Herdsmans Cove
By SIMONE JOHNS*
ABOUT 300 families came
to Herdsmans Cove Primary School to join in the
fun for the Big Beach Day.
Families arrived in droves
with their bathers and beach
towels, ready to enjoy the
giant water slide and jumping castle, ball games, sand
castle competition, baby paddling pools, music and dancing, train rides and free barbecue.
Steve, from Herdsmans
Cove, turned on all the sprinklers so kids could slide
down giant plastic sheets,
with the help of the Bridgewater and Old Beach Fire
Brigades and their enormous
fire hoses and a couple of
bottles of detergent.
A huge pile of sand was
trucked in to create lots of
fun for the kids of all ages
and to host the sand castle
competition.
The day was supported
by a team of volunteers from
Vodafone and service groups
from Bridgewater and Gagebrook – Good Beginnings,
the Smith Family, Youth off
the Streets, tagari lia, the local
fire brigades, Herdsmans
Cove Primary, Bridgewater
LINC and the local community.
It was a great day for
families, particularly those
with kids who don’t often get
to the beach.
The event was free for
families and funded by
Communities for Children
(Department of Social Services).
For more information
about school holiday activities and early years programs,
contact Simone Johns at
Good Beginnings, 0417 316
987.
*Simone Johns is manager
of the Bright Start Early
Years Centre, Good
Beginnings Australia
Families and children from our community enjoyed a real-life beach experience with sand castle building, fun with water both on the water slides and
with our local brigade members from the Tasmania Fire Service, and other fun activities. The event was free for families and funded by Communities
for Children (Department of Social Services).
Driving skills
boost job
options
of students
STAFF at Jordan River
Learning Federation Senior
School College last year
recognised that helping students gain their L1 learners
licences is an important
step to increasing their
employability.
Students are often faced
with transport restrictions in
the Brighton municipality.
Staff at Jordan River
Services (Gagebrook Community Centre) and the
Bridgewater PCYC worked
together to help students
gain their L1 learners
licences.
In term three and four
last year 32 students successfully attained their licences
through these channels.
The students were
encouraged to practise the
tests both at school and
home so they were prepared.
A Learn to Drive Day was
held at the Baskerville Raceway. For some students this
was the first time that they
had been behind the wheel
of a car.
Local Bridgewater Police
and Bridgewater PCYC staff
provided information and
instruction to students to
increase their awareness of
correct driving techniques
and to help them become
responsible road users on all
Tasmanian roads.
Brighton Community
News published a small story
about this initiative at the
end of last year but we
decided to run the story
again and publish photographs in this edition.
LEFT: College student
Jessie Lee Harrold receives
driving advice from PCYC
staff member Sam
Coetzee.
RIGHT: Assistant principal
of Jordan River Learning
Federation Maree Conrad
Wilson leads the way and
participates in random
breath testing before
hitting the track at
Baskerville.
Brighton
Dental Centre
Brighton’s own Dentists offering:
• Full range of general dental treatments
• Friendly, caring and well-trained staff
• Located inside the Brighton Doctors’ Surgery
• Tooth whitening
• Welcoming children on the new Medicare Scheme
BELOW: College student Marcus Payne prepares for his first drive while PCYC staff
member Sam Coetzee, who has come prepared, and student Travis Cook look on.
Ph:
6268 0453
1 Bedford Street, Brighton
8 Brighton Community News February 2015
Centre dances its way into the medals
A PERFORMANCE group
from Rhythmic Dance
Centre recently returned
with a string of awards
from the Australian Showcase national championships held in Queensland.
The national champion
first place winners were:
Junior Production Group
for its performance of
Matilda.
Kahli Hyland, petite tap
champion.
Ciara Montalvo and
Kahli Hyland, petite tap duo
and song and dance duo
champions.
Lucinda Love and Kahli
Hyland, petite lyrical duo
champions.
Shakira Cate and Brady
Hyland, junior hip-hop duo
champions.
Brady Hyland and Mia
Williams, junior song and
dance duo champions.
Other prizes won were:
Second place Junior Tap
Group for its performance of
Doop.
Zali Jenni and Chelsea
Brown, second place in junior jazz and song and dance
duo.
Shakira Cate, second
place junior song and dance
solo.
Brady Hyland, third place
junior hip hop solo.
Elouise Love, third place
junior tap solo.
Third place, Junior Lyrical Group for its performance of Frozen.
Third place, Pre-Teen
Hip Hop Group for its performance of Hardcore.
Fourth place, Junior Jazz
Group for its performance of
Applause.
Gold awards were presented to Kahli Hyland, Mia
Williams and Lucinda Love.
High silver awards were
presented to Aynee Williams,
Jemma Moate, Zali Jenni,
Chelsea Brown, Elouise Love,
Shakirra Cate, Brady Hyland,
Georgia Brown, Ebony Sirgonis, Kahli Hyland and
LEFT: Kahli Hyland who is the petite tap champion.
ABOVE, right: The Junior Production Group which won a
first place for its performance of Matilda.
Lucinda Love.
The centre thanks businesses and organisations that
contributed to fundraising
including Brighton Council,
Bonorong Park, Tas Laser
Skirmish, Tahune Airwalk,
YMCA, Port Arthur Historic
Site, AMF Bowling and the
Tasmanian Symphony
Orchestra.
In December, Rhythmic
Dance Centre celebrated its
25th annual concert.
Dance classes will return
in February with vacancies
for beginners to advanced in
all styles of dance.
As a long-running local
school in Brighton, costs are
kept to a minimum with costumes supplied on a hire
basis.
The students are recog-
nised every year with an
annual trophy and classes are
run by principals Shelley
Hyland and Debbie Wilks.
Check out the school’s
new website rhythmicdance
centre.com and Facebook
pages.
Phone Shelley on 62680
864 for inquiries or email
[email protected].
Ziggy notches
up record 400
games at
Old Beach CC
CHRIS ‘Ziggy’ Ziehfreund
from the Old Beach Cricket
Club reached a milestone
in round 11 of the roster
when he became only the
second player in the history
of the club to play 400
games.
The team celebrated in
style with a great win over
Molesworth.
Since making his debut
for the club in 1985 Chris has
scored almost 9000 runs
including four centuries and
42 half-centuries.
Also rolling the arm over
Chris has taken 135 wickets
with his medium pacers and
he has played in four winning premierships for the
club, aiming for number five
this season.
The
Old
Beach
Bushrangers congratulate
Chris for his service to the
club and the great spirit in
which he has always played.
Chris is admired and
respected by all his teammates and fellow club members.
Congratulations to the
Old Beach under-13s who
recently won the regional
cricket competition run by
Cricket Tasmania using the
T20 format.
There were teams from
the Huon, Channel, East
Coast, Derwent Valley and
Tasman, and Old Beach represented the Southern Midlands. Old Beach played
Channel in the grand final,
winning 97 to 76.
Anne Smith, centre front, with her coach, Oxana
Anichkina, left, Greg Merriman, rear, and Danielle O’Brien.
Old Beach Cricket Club second-grade team – Chris Ziehfreund seated front and centre
with his bat.
BRIGHTON’S young iceskating champion Anne
Smith was fortunate to be
involved in a recent workshop with world champion
and Olympic champion
ice-skaters Danielle O’Brien
and Greg Merriman.
Both skaters competed at
the Sochi Olympics last year.
The workshop was an allday session over two days.
Anne had ice training at
Glenorchy ice-skating rink
and off-ice exercises at the
YMCA at Glenorchy.
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training.
Anne learned a lot from
Danielle and Greg about
their Olympic experiences
and she is eager to continue
with her training on and off
the ice.
More recently Anne
attended a weekend workshop in Adelaide with international ice-skating coach
Manon Perron from Quebec, who is a mentor in
Canada’s high-performance
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Young ice-skater gets
lessons from the best
HAVING trouble reading
or writing? You’re in great
company.
Tom Cruise, Cher, John
F. Kennedy, Henry Winkler,
Keira Knightley and Stephen
Spielberg all had issues with
everyday literacy.
If you need help with
reading, writing or maths,
Bridgewater LINC Literacy
Services can help.
They offer friendly, confidential and free support for
adult learners. You get oneon-one support to help learn
the skills you need for everyday life.
If you want to learn how
to fill out forms, read to your
children, get your licence or
improve your skills for work,
study or any other reason, we
have a tutor to suit every
need. Don’t wait any longer.
Literacy coordinators at
Bridgewater LINC match
clients and volunteer tutors
based on the needs of the
client.
Each client has his or her
own learning plan and the
tutor provides support to
help the client achieve his or
her goals.
Staff and tutors are there
for you. They will support
you to fully participate in life
at every level.
No more feelings of
being held back by your
reading and writing skills.
Bridgewater LINC also
welcomes volunteer tutors
who would like to assist in
making a difference .
Phone 6165 5446 to find
out how you can be involved.
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