Little dove brings flocks of visitors

July/August 2006
Official Council Publication
Vol 13 Issue 3
Council Elections
See page 3 & 4
Solar kindy a
shining light
See page 5
Snow forecast
in August
See page 7
Lunch was a
fruitful fundraiser
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C i t y o f Po r t A d e l a i d e E n f i e l d Ne w s l e t t e r
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Council & General News
Port Adelaide Enfield residents
have had a chance to offer their
opinions on a wide variety of
issues affecting life in our city.
Earlier this year more than
5000 households were sent a
Community Survey seeking their
answers to questions that ranged
from the use of services such as
libraries and community transport
to the urban environment and
living in Port Adelaide Enfield.
About one in five residents
responded, which is considered
sufficient to paint a broad picture
of the general feeling in the
community regarding the issues
raised in the questions.
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Notifications of: Streetscape & Reserve Program
* Depending on environmental conditions
July
August
Streetscape Maintenance*
Kilburn, Blair Athol, Port Adelaide,
Ethelton, Queenstown, Alberton.
Footpath Maintenance*
All areas (east & west)
Reserves*
Gilles Plains, Hillcrest, Klemzig,
Northfield, Greenacres, Hampstead
Gardens, Manningham, Birkenhead,
Exeter, Peterhead, Semaphore, Largs
North, Taperoo, Osborne, North Haven.
Streetscape Maintenance*
Devon Park, Dudley Park, Croydon
Park, Sefton Park, Glanville, Exeter,
Birkenhead
Reserves*
Enfield, Clearview, Blair Athol, Kilburn,
Dudley Park, Devon Park, Croydon
Park, Regency Park, Ferryden Park,
Woodville Gardens, Mansfield Park,
Angle Park, Wingfield, Dry Creek,
Gepps Cross, Gillman, Ottoway,
Rosewater, Queenstown, Alberton,
Port Adelaide, Ethelton, Glanville.
Port Adelaide Enfield Council comprises a Mayor and 17 Councillors, distributed around seven wards that take in the whole of the city.
These are your representatives, your voice in Council on matters that concern you in your area, and they are the people who make the policy decisions that guide the Council’s
administration in its daily work. If you have any concerns that should be brought to the attention of Council, please contact one of the elected members in your ward.
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Fiona Barr • Mobile: 0404 077 678
Email: [email protected]
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Cr Mark Basham JP • Tel: 8266 6557
Email: [email protected]
Cr Anne - Marie Hubycz • Tel: 8261 9403
Email: [email protected]
Cr Kevin McCarthy • Mobile: 0419 842 757
Email: [email protected]
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It’s Census time again, and a
Collector from the Australian
Bureau of Statistics will soon be
knocking on your door.
The National Census, to be held
on 8 August this year, provides a
snapshot of everyone in Australia
and is used for a range of
planning purposes by all levels of
government, private institutions
and the community.
It’s important that you fill out
your Census form because it helps
determine where such things as
schools, hospitals and aged care
facilities will be built.
Census forms will be delivered in
the week leading up to 8 August
and will be collected after Census
night until 28 August.
All information given on the
Census form remains confidential
and is not released to anyone
outside of the ABS.
For more information please
contact the Census Inquiry
Service Line on 1300 362 883,
the Hearing Impaired Line on
1300 364 635 (TTY) or the
Census Inquiry Service Language
Line on 1300 363 365.
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Council welcomes the
Duyfken Republica with
a traditional smoking
ceremony performed by
Karl Telfer and Jarvis
Harrison (11 year old).
News Editor, City of
Port Adelaide Enfield
Initial results indicate that:
• Residents get Council
information mostly from the
Messenger Press and Pen2Paper
• Being close to Adelaide and
close to the coast were
important reasons for living
in Port Adelaide Enfield, as
was having good services such
as shopping and schools, and
family and friends in the area.
• Nearly 80% of respondents said
they would recommend living
in Port Adelaide Enfield.
Port Adelaide Enfield Council
thanks the households who took
the time to complete the survey.
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The Editor welcomes
contributions of
community interest stories
as well as notices of
events, fetes, meetings of
local community groups
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available and it is in the
interest of the residents
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Trevor Fox, Ben Searcy,
Johnny Kamma and
Council Staff.
Every day there are local heroes
who are working tirelessly
within our community, whether
it’s driving the community bus,
assisting with the graffiti removal
program, local charities, Meals on
Wheels or just helping out their
neighbours in some way or other.
In today’s ever - increasing world
of consumerism, with its huge
divide between the rich and poor,
it is imperative that we reflect on
and thank these volunteers who
work so hard to make others’ lives
just a little bit better.
Most of these volunteers don’t
ask for thanks or recognition,
though they deserve it. They
bring enthusiasm, commitment,
inspiration and hope to so many
through their generous and
unselfish contributions to our
community.
So next time you see our local
heroes at work, make sure you
thank them.
In today’s fast changing world,
the role of volunteers will play
an increasingly important role in
sustaining our local communities
so I urge anyone who can find
a little time to get involved and
become a volunteer.
You will then personally enjoy
the satisfaction gained from
helping others, not to mention
the pleasure of seeing the hope
and joy you can bring to many
residents, both young and old.
Our volunteers certainly have my
sincere thanks, and I’m sure that’s
shared by many of you also.
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residential properties via
letterbox distributors and
to business properties via
Australia Post within the
Council area.
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Cr Tony Barca • Mobile: 0418 891 321
Email: [email protected]
Cr Jenny Bradbrook • Mobile: 0414 979 434
Email: [email protected]
Enfield Ward
Cr Peter McKay JP • Tel: 8262 3387
Email: [email protected]
Cr Johanna McLuskey • Tel: 8349 7973
Email:[email protected]
Cr Carol Martin • Tel: 8359 4369
Email: [email protected]
Parks Ward
Cr John Croci JP • Tel: 8268 3979
Email: [email protected]
Cr Janice Jensen • Tel: 8344 2782
Email: [email protected]
Cr Tung Ngo • Tel: 8269 7407
Email: [email protected]
Port Adelaide Ward
Cr Ray Guscott • Tel: 8449 5618
Email: [email protected]
Cr Joyce Snadden • Tel: 8447 2542
Email: [email protected]
Semaphore Ward
Cr Patrick Hansen JP • Tel: 8449 2441
Email: [email protected]
Cr Peter Nicholls JP • Tel: 8449 9991
Email: [email protected]
Outer Harbour Ward
Cr Bruce Johansen • Tel: 0417 815 792
Email: [email protected]
Cr Peter Jamieson • Tel: 8248 3133
Email: [email protected]
City of
Port Adelaide Enfield
Library & General News
July/August 2006
Technology on track
in the libraries
Book groups prove
popular
Scanners are available for public
use in Council libraries at
Port Adelaide, the Parks, Enfield
and Greenacres. Easy to use
instructions are attached to each
scanner, which must be plugged
in to the library’s public PC.
You’ll need a valid library card
when you inquire at the
library desk.
Another useful computer tool
that’s available at Enfield,
Semaphore and Port Adelaide
libraries is a TrackBall, which can
be used by people with a physical
disability who might find it
difficult to use a
traditional ‘mouse’.
And if you’re finding it hard to
see normal print on a computer
monitor, each of the Council’s five
libraries has a large 19” flat screen
monitor available for use by the
visually impaired. Please mention
if you need this facility if booking
a computer by phone.
Public interest in the free book
discussion groups hosted by
Port Adelaide Enfield libraries
continues to grow.
They are not just for confident
readers with a taste for ‘serious
literature’. Instead, they enable
you to get more from what you
read through group discussion.
Groups meet for about an hour
once a month at the library with
a maximum of 10 members per
group. The books are provided
by each library - along with tea
and coffee.
Some of the groups have a waiting
list, however there are vacancies
in the following two groups:
Enfield Library - Council
Office, which meets on the 1st
Wednesday of the month from
1.30 - 2.30pm; and Semaphore
Library, 2 - 3pm on the 2nd
Thursday of the month.
For information about joining
contact Julie on 8405 6540 or
inquire at your local library.
Sunday in the library
Thinking of travelling or planning
a holiday but can’t decide on a
destination? Travel consultant
and tour director Bruce Dunstan
will have the atlas out when he
conducts a free session on travel
planning at Enfield Library Council Office 2.30 - 4pm on
Sunday 16 July.
This ‘Sunday in the Library’
session will provide basic
information on airfares, flights,
accommodation, sightseeing,
shopping, currency, insurance,
passports and vaccinations, as
well as useful tips for the wouldbe traveller. Bookings are essential
on 8405 6530 or on-line at the
address indicated below.
In another free Sunday in the
Library session, Semaphore
Library will host a session on
basic book repair with Paul de
Boer, who will help you care
for your valued books. Again,
bookings are essential by calling
8405 6570 or on-line at the
address indicated below.
Write a story for
Book Week
Do you love to write stories?
Then use your creative thinking
caps to write a great story using
the theme of “Book now or not
at all”, which is the theme for
this year’s Book Week from
19 - 25 August.
This is one of two competitions
that Port Adelaide Enfield libraries
will hold to celebrate Book Week.
Open to budding authors aged
from 9 - 18, all entries must be
500 words or less and in the
form of a short story. Judges will
look for originality, creative use
of language, characterisation and
how the story fits the theme.
Entries must be received at
your local library by 6pm on
Friday 21 July.
Brochures containing full details
are available.
For those with a more artistic
bent, the second competition
will involve designing your
own bookmark. Details will be
announced at your library soon.
From ghost stories to rapping rhythms …
Jewellery making will be held
at the Enfield Library - Council
Office 11am Friday 21 July, and
Port Adelaide Library - 2pm
Wednesday 19 July.
Come to the Semaphore Library
for a ghost story evening as the
Storytelling Guild recounts some
of the most chilling stories ever
heard. An evening for people
with strong nerves - at 7pm on
Thursday 20 July.
Meanwhile, the Parks and
Greenacres Library - Council
Office will be in the groove with
two hour rap workshops - with
snacks included. Create your
own lyrics and put them to music
at Greenacres Library - Council
Office from 10.30am - 12.30pm
on Monday 10 July, and at the
Parks Library - Council Office
from 2 - 4pm on Monday 10 July.
Local Government Elections will be held
in November 2006
Are you eligible to enrol to vote?
You are eligible to enrol to vote if
you are 18 years of age or above
and you are a resident, ratepayer,
or occupier of property in the
Council area.
Are you on the Council voters roll?
You will automatically appear on
the Council voters roll, and receive
a postal ballot pack if you are:
• already on the State electoral
roll, which means you vote in
State Government elections;
• a sole owner of property in
the Council area, either as
an individual or as a
body corporate;
A Group of persons (individuals,
or bodies corporate, or a
combination of the two) may
also be eligible subject to
specified requirements.
Occupiers of property either
residential or business may need to
complete an enrolment form.
Would you like to find out if you are
on the Council voters roll?
If you are unsure whether you are
on the Council voters roll, contact
Michelle Furniss on 8405 6760 or
Karyn Watts on 8405 6812 in the
City of Port Adelaide Enfield’s
rates department.
Have you changed your address
recently?
If you have changed either your
residential address or your postal
address and have not completed a
change of enrolment form, you will
need to fill out a change of address
form, available from any post office
or Electoral office, or visit the
Australian Electoral Commission
website at
www.aec.gov.au
Council voters roll closes on
11 August 2006.
If you need to enrol or update
your enrolment on the Council
voters roll, you should do so
before the roll closes on 11 August
2006.
But why should you vote?
The City of Port Adelaide Enfield
Council members make a range of
important decisions and contribute
to shaping the sort of place the
Council area will be in the future.
Your vote is about choosing the
candidates you would prefer to
make decisions about what happens
in your local area in the future.
It is your right to have a say by
voting in Local Government
elections.
Further information about Council Elections or standing as a candidate is also
available on the Local Government Association of SA website at
www.lga.sa.gov.au and on the Council’s website at www.portenf.sa.gov.au
For more information contact the State Electoral Office on 8401 4300 or
visit www.seo.sa.gov
Teacher Suzanne with Students Hayley and Corey
Business help for young starters
Two programs aimed at developing
business enterprise capabilities in
young people with special needs
are now under way.
Run by WABEC Inc and Todd
Street Business Chambers, the
programs are designed to build
self confidence, teach people to
use their initiative and alert them
to a broader range of work and
business opportunities.
The programs will enable young
people from within the region
who have a physical or intellectual
disability to establish, control
and conduct their own business
enterprise with a tutor and
advisors from the Todd Street
Business Chambers. Participants
will be provided with a business
mentor to guide them and have
access to the full range of services
at Todd Street.
For further information, please
contact Lyn Hay, General Manager,
WABEC Inc. Todd Street Business
Chambers on 8440 2400.
Library web address: http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/library/library.asp Kids stuff
page web address: http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/youthstuff/kids_space.asp
Library calendar of events web address: http://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/library/
calendar_of_events/calendar_of_events.asp
Students Hayley, Andrew and Corey
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Suffering
silently
with
asthma
Many older
people living in
Adelaide’s northwestern suburbs
are suffering from
asthma but do not
realise they are
affected.
Results from
the North West
Adelaide Health
Study show that
approximately 15
per cent of South
Australian adults
over the age of 55
years have asthma.
Of these,
more than one
third remains
undiagnosed,
with women
having better lung
function results
than men.
Not surprisingly,
current and
ex-smokers were
prominent among
those with both
diagnosed and
undiagnosed
asthma.
The North West
Adelaide Health
Study, involving
more than 4000
participants, is
helping researchers
learn more about
how older people
perceive symptoms
of asthma like
breathlessness,
wheezing and
persistent
coughing, and
how they might
benefit from
asthma treatments.
For more
information please
visit its website at
www.nwadelaide
healthstudy.org
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Snap shots of
Somersault
City of
Port Adelaide Enfield
General News
July/August 2006
Somersault - springboard to the future
Many people might have seen
the mobile Seetainer Creative
Village at events held in Port
Adelaide Enfield, but this is just
one aspect of the Somersault
Project developed by its director
Tony Doyle, who set out to find
ways to encourage disability-led
community building through
the arts.
“Somersault was a chance to
develop and implement a model
that reflected the values of the
disability culture movement
which are about self direction,
self determination, and people
with disabilities being at the fore
and in the midst of a community
development project through the
arts,” Tony says.
Negotiations were held within
the disability sector, the arts
sector, local government and
in particular the City of Port
Adelaide Enfield and the
Strathmont Centre, who were the
key players in the project.
“Port Adelaide Enfield is a very
large geographical precinct and
Somersault has had activities
pretty much throughout the
whole precinct over its years of
development,” Tony says. “The
City of Port Adelaide Enfield
has been fully involved in a
partnership with this project and
continues to be committed to
every stage of this project to date.
Stage 1 of the project began in
2003 by developing teams of
artists and workers, developing
the infrastructure and an
advisory group to help develop
the project. Stage 2 saw the
purchase and transformation of a
giant shipping container into the
hub now known as the Seetainer
Creative Village.
The current Stage 3 has seen the
project evolve to becoming more
events based: “All the Somersault
events have an indoor and
outdoor component to them,”
Tony added. “They all have a
performance program as well as
the installations which are now
complete with a whole range of
artefacts including giant flags,
banners, decorated umbrellas
and giant puppets.”
There are plans to eventually
expand Somersault to involve
regional South Australia,
establishing it as the flagship for
people with disabilities.
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New web site provides fresh
face for the city
Port Adelaide Enfield has
been given a new public
“face” with the launch of a
completely revamped website
on Friday
16 June.
Although much of the
information contained in
the old website has simply
been transferred to the new
site, it has been
comprehensively
refreshed and is
now available in
a much easier to
use system.
“The previous web site
was the best available when it
was created six years ago,” says
Council’s Director of Community
Development Mark McShane.
“We’ve made it last as long as we
could, but technology has moved
on and website design has been
greatly improved.”
The Council has made major
savings by adopting the Unity
content management system
that’s now being used by the
Local Government Association
of South Australia and more
than 40 councils across SA.
This system will not only be
much cheaper to set up and
maintain, it provides links
across all council areas hooked
into the system.
“People will find this system
much more attractive and easy
to use than in the past,”
Mr McShane said. “The
navigation system is much
more flexible and
comprehensive, making
the required information
easier to find.”
Features of the new system
include an individual “sub site”
for the Port Adelaide Visitor
Information Centre, as well as
a “latest news” feature to keep
residents up to date with what’s
happening in their city.
Take a look - the internet address
is www.portenf.sa.gov.au.
It takes
determination,
enthusiasm,
awareness,
involvement and passion
to be a leader
We need passionate people to lead
our communities for the next 4 years
Perhaps it’s someone you know.
Perhaps it’s you!
Nominations to stand for Councils open on
5 September and close at noon on 19 September 06
To find out what it takes to be a Council Member
contact your local Council for details or
visit www.lga.sa.gov.au/goto/elections
Authorised by Wendy Campana, CEO, Local Government Association
Council
Elections
City of
Port Adelaide Enfield
General News
July/August 2006
Thanks for
‘losing’ plastic
Solar kindy a shining light
LeFevre Kindergarten is well on
the way to becoming one of the
most environmentally friendly
Kindergartens in South Australia.
Kindergarten director Di
McDonnell-Smith says the
Kindergarten was already
enthusiastic about recycling
when she arrived there eight
years ago, but since then many
environmental initiatives have
been put in place - culminating
in the construction of 12 solar
panels late last year.
The panels, which cost around
$20,000, were funded partly
from the State Government’s
Solar Schools initiative, with
$4000 coming from Port
Adelaide Enfield Council and
a similar amount raised by the
kindergarten’s parents.
Di says the solar panels are now
saving the school up to $1000
a year in electricity bills,
electricity is being sold back into
the grid, and they are helping
to teach young children about
energy conservation. Solar
construction kits and solarpowered fans have also been
bought for use by the children.
In addition, the kindergarten
play Solar games and have water
saving taps, a frog pond, worm
farm, a vegetable garden and a
compost bin for lunchtime fruit
scraps. When the bin is full, the
scraps are instead sent home to
families who keep chickens.
Rainwater tanks have been
installed and Di says her next
project is to enable the toilets to
be flushed with rainwater.
(above) Ben playing
with Solar power fan
(left) Solar panels on the
Kindergarten roof
Ben, Blake and Di
working on solar activities
(right) Brook and Ben
filling up the compost bin
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It is important to recycle correctly
and put the right items into your
yellow top recycling bin.
That’s why Council
has provided you
with a free fridge
magnet to remind
you of how to recycle
as much as you can.
You should have
received your fridge
magnet in the post,
if you did not get one
please call the Waste
Line on 1800 777 844
to have one delivered.
If you don’t separate your waste
and put recyclable items into
your blue top bin,
they will be sent to
landfill where the
waste is buried in the
ground and can never
be reprocessed into
new products.
So please remember
to think before you
throw and refer to your
helpful fridge magnet
for a guide to recycle
right - in two easy steps.
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Illegal dumping
- the next step
In a bid to reduce illegal
dumping, Council has increased
surveillance, installed signs,
published advertisements and will
soon be distributing pamphlets
to warn dumpers of the penalties
they can receive if they are caught.
The next step in the fight
against illegal dumping will
be tougher enforcement of
these penalties. If Council’s
officers find illegally dumped
rubbish, they will:
• Cordon off the items as
an illegal dump site for
investigation.
• An investigation of the illegal
dump site will then be carried out
in order to find the culprit.
Remember if you dump you risk
a $5000 fine - so call the Waste
Line instead on 1800 777 844
and make a free hard refuse
collection booking.
Council wishes to
thank all residents
who participated
in the ‘Be Fantastic
Lose Plastic’
program.
The program
encouraged
residents from
the cities of Port
Adelaide Enfield,
Charles Sturt,
Salisbury and
Holdfast Bay to
exchange their
plastic bags for reusable poly bags.
Port Adelaide
Enfield residents
alone eliminated
60, 000 plastic
shopping
bags from the
environment which is a huge
achievement.
Those plastic bags
have now been
recycled to make
new products such
as plastic pipes,
film and sheets,
while in return
residents were
provided with
re-useable
poly bags.
Plastic bags have
a detrimental
effect on our
environment as
they use fossil
fuels to be
manufactured,
harm marine life
that mistake them
as food, and create
unsightly litter in
our streets.
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Keep in shape
during winter
‘parks sports and
fitness’ offers all year
round training to keep
you in shape during
winter, with plenty of
options from which
to choose.
Do you like exercising
within a group?
Group fitness classes
offer Les Mills
BodyCombat®,
BodyBalance® &
BodyPump® as well
as Step, Circuit, Aqua
and a wide variety of
Seniors Group Fitness
classes. Look out for
the Les Mills launch
classes coming in
June.
If you prefer
exercising on your
own, our fullyequipped gymnasium,
resistance training
areas and cardio
room are open daily
with each member
receiving their own
personalised gym
program.
Or you can treat
yourself to having
your own one on
one personal trainer,
with personal training
packs available to help
you get maximum
results in minimum
time. ‘parks sports
and fitness’ has a
variety of personal
training options
available to suit all
needs and budgets,
starting from as little
as $6.75 a week.
While you’re getting
fitter, why not have
the children taught
how to swim? We
have swimming
lessons all year round,
beginning with baby
classes right through
to adult classes.
For further
information contact
the centre on
8243 5683 or
visit us at
2 - 46 Cowan Street,
Angle Park.
City of
Port Adelaide Enfield
The Parks
Tool Library Open
for business!
The Angle Park Tool Library
is now open for business!
Supported by the South
Australian Housing Trust and RSL
Villas, the library is located at the
Angle Park RSL, with parking off
Nelson Road. The library has a
number of gardening tools for hire
including rakes, shovels, edgers,
clippers and mowers. The Tool
Library is open on Thursdays
and Fridays, with items available
for hire between 9am and 12pm.
Items must be returned between
2pm and 4pm on the same day
and there is a small fee to hire
the equipment. The Tool Library
is also seeking volunteers, so if
you are interested, please contact
Rawa Ghamraoui at the Housing
Trust on 8348 0436.
Belly Dancing
A Come and Try Belly Dancing
session that was held at the Parks
Community Centre earlier this
year was a great success with
around 20 local women and girls
getting their hips shaking. There
has been so much interest in this
ancient art form, that the centre
is now looking to be able to offer
regular Belly Dancing classes
on weeknights. It is hoped that
classes will be able to be offered at
around $5 per session with a fully
trained instructor. If you would
like to become involved, please
register your interest with
Tara Nicholson on 8243 5670.
Ballroom blitz
The renewed interest in ballroom
dancing since Dancing with the
Stars hit our television screens has
prompted the Parks Community
Centre to screen the classic
Australian film Strictly Ballroom at
the Arts and Function Complex,
with a live demonstration by
professional ballroom dancers.
Residents are invited to attend the
free show at 7pm, Friday 7 July.
Bookings are essential - Please call
Tara Nicholson on 8243 5670 to
reserve a seat.
July/August 2006
Fun activities at
The Parks
Out of the Square
Matinee Series
The Parks Youth Service provides
a wide range of activities for
local young people aged from 12
to 18 years.
One of the most popular is the
friday night drop-in from
5 - 7.30pm for activities including
movies, pool, soccer in the sports
stadium, table tennis, indoor
cricket and regular outside trips
that include paintball and
go-karts. No need to book.
Then there’s the Bike Workshops
each Tuesday and Wednesday
from 3.30 - 4.30pm, or the Youth
Theatre in which budding actors
can become involved in a soon
to start ‘youth theatre troupe’.
Cost is $2.50 per class bookings essential.
And on Sunday hit the road
with the Sunday Bike Ride from
1 - 4pm, a supervised group bike
ride along local tracks and dirt
trail locations in the Hills.
It’s free, but you must book.
For information about any of
these groups contact Brendan
on 8243 5533.
Subscriptions are now available
for series 2 of the 2006 Matinee
Series! Prices starting at just
$40 for 5 shows including
performances by Tea Rose Duo,
Jeannie Little, Brian Gilbertson
and many more.
And the next show in the Out of
The Square Matinee Series…
Accordion To You
Friday July 14 at 11am
The Parks Arts & Functions
complex, 2 - 46 Cowan St,
Angle Park.
From Verdi to Elvis, Accordion
to You have fun with popular
music of all eras freshly squeezed,
sweetly sung, and served up with
dollops of biting satire, a few
props and a pinch of slapstick
comedy. Join soprano Nadia
Lorenzin on castanets, tambourine
(and anything else worth hitting),
mezzo soprano Rosalind Aylmore
on the humble and most elegant
piano accordion with (the very
talented) classical/jazz pianist
Peter Dutton and you have a
matinee show which is a cheeky
mix of opera, jazz, comedy, frills
and polyester ball gowns!
All tickets are just $10 with free
tea and coffee and are available in
person from the Parks Arts and
Functions complex (cash only
please) 8243 5623.
Great jobs for
volunteers
Are you interested in working
with young people? The Parks
Youth Services has two interesting
vacancies for volunteers to work
with young people aged between
12 to 18 years.
A volunteer is needed to assist our
youth worker on Friday evenings
from 5 - 7.30pm, when we
provide supervised fun activities
for young people.
On Tuesday and Wednesday
we run a bike workshop repair
program from 3.30 - 4.30pm,
when young people drop
in to hang out in a friendly
environment and do general
maintenance on their bikes.
We need a volunteer to provide
general assistance to our bike
mechanic and assist our youth
worker.
If you are interested please call
Brendan on 8243 5533
Learn to be healthy
A free presentation by the Cancer
Care Centre will be held at the
Parks Arts and Function complex
and will provide tips for healthy
living and ideas for maintaining
vitality. Topics such as diet, stress
management, massage and living
with illness will be covered.
The session will be held on
Friday 11 August at 10am with
bookings essential, for further
information contact Tara on
82435670
Parks Knitters and
Crocheters Club
Thursday afternoons in the
cosy Community Lounge at
the Parks Arts and Functions
complex, a group of keen crafters
can be found. Members of the
newly formed Parks Knitters
and Crocheters club are busily
working away on a project to help
keep those who are less fortunate,
warm this winter. The group have
begun knitting squares which will
be sewn or crocheted together
to make blankets. The group
also plan to make and sell other
items such as beanies, booties and
scarves. The group whilst small in
number at this stage, are hoping
to recruit other enthusiasts to help
with this worthwhile project, and
are happy to share their skills and
teach novice knitters,should they
require assistance. The club is
also calling for donations of 8 ply
wool and knitting needles, should
you wish to make a donation or
get involved, please contact Tara
Nicholson on 8243 5670.
The big quiz night
The Parks Community Centre
will host a community quiz night
on Friday 4 August.
Residents who would like to be
involved in planning the night
or wish to attend should contact
Tara Nicholson on 8243 5670.
Helix Project
celebrates Year Two
The achievements of The Parks
Helix Project during its second
year were celebrated in the
Pathways & Connections 2006
display held in the Axis Gallery
at The Parks Community Centre
from May 10 - 19.
The display, which was opened
by the Executive Director of Arts
SA, Greg Mackie, focussed on
four project initiatives run by
City of Port Adelaide Enfield, the
Parenting Network/Childrens’
House, Parks Health Service and
Ridley Grove School R-7.
It featured performances by the
songwriting group that has been
part of Port Adelaide Enfield
Council’s project initiative
‘Crossing the T’s - Tales, Tiles,
Tunes’, a segment from a digital
film project conducted by The
Parks Health Service, and The
Parks Youth Theatre Group
performing sketches based on
letters written between local
primary school students and
elderly residents in The Parks area.
A community forum followed the
launch, providing community
members, artists and key workers
involved with the projects a
chance to discuss their activities
and reflect on the value of The
Parks Helix Project.
At the launch Greg Mackie spoke
strongly about the importance
of arts-based community
development projects such as
The Parks Helix Project that
aim to use the arts as a tool in
addressing social issues such as
safety, along with building a
greater sense of individual and
community well-being.
The third year of The Parks Helix
Project will begin on 1 July.
For more information please
contact Project Coordinator
Robert Petchell on 0402 429 197.
Parks Community
Senior Club
The Club celebrated, its 24th
birthday in May and held a party
to celebrate this achievement.
At the party, members were
treated to a special concert and a
delicious roast meal served up by
volunteers from the club.
With over 100 members, this
group meet every Wednesday
between 10am and 4pm in the
large Functions Room at the Parks
Arts and Functions complex.
Weekly activities include bowls,
darts, cards and games, with
luncheons, movies and concerts
held to acknowledge special
events. The club are always
looking for new members to
ensure the longevity of this
valuable community group and
have already started planning
celebrations for their 25th
anniversary next year!.
If you are interested in joining,
contact Tara Nicholson on
8243 5670, or visit the group
any Wednesday at the Parks
Community Centre.
City of
Port Adelaide Enfield
Tourism & Whats On
July/August 2006
MAJOR
EVENTS
Continues to 30 July
Exhibition: ‘Burning Issues’
A body of work developed
through a year-long mentorship
with Annette Bezorwhich takes
a poetic look at the impact of
the human footprint, and our
current relationship with the
environment. Mon - Fri 9am to
5pm, Sunday 10am to 4pm. Free.
New Land Gallery,
2 McLaren Parade, Port Adelaide
8444 0400
5 to 8 July
‘Unspoken’
This extraordinary
autobiographical show follows
Rebecca’s journey from the birth
of her disabled brother when she
was a teenager and her story as
she negotiates the complexities of
family to uncover the many faces
and voices of love. Performances
at 7.30pm and special matinees
on 5 & 6 July at 1pm. Adults
$20, Concession $15.
Waterside, 11 Nile Street, Port Adelaide
8447 6211
Snow forecast for the Port in August
Port Adelaide’s Lighthouse Square
will be transformed into a winter
wonderland in August when 10
tonnes of snow will be dumped in
the area.
A snow dome blizzard will be
created on-site as tonnes of manmade snow are produced during
the Winterlicious event over the
weekend of 12 - 13 August.
No need to head off to an
expensive ski resort - families
can experience for free the
fun of building snowmen and
experiencing the novelty of snow
in South Australia.
Port Centre Coordination Group
Place Leader Andre Stuyt says
Winterlicious will be a fantastic
event for Port Adelaide and is
expected attract large numbers of
visitors to the waterfront.
“It’s difficult to attract people to
an outside event in winter, but a
snowfield in Adelaide is a great
way of getting people to rug up
and get out,” Andre said.
“In working to regenerate activity
in Port Adelaide, we want to give
people a unique reason for visiting
and 10 tonnes of snow for children
to play in is a pretty good incentive.”
World renowned ice designer Glenn
Smith will be on show carving lifesize ice sculptures of mermaids,
dolphins, whales and yachts, while
the Port Dock Brewery Ice Bar - a
fully-functioning 3 metre ice bar
- will serve drinks to those joining
in the fun.
Revelers will also enjoy live bands
and fireworks as part of the
weekend entertainment.
Winterlicious will take place:
12 - 7pm on Saturday 12 August &
12 to 5pm on Sunday 13 August.
15 to 23 July
Friends of Thomas – Thomas the
Tank Engine
Come along for a day of family
fun with the ‘Friends of Thomas’.
Have a train ride, get your face
painted, play games and see a
stage show featuring Sir Topham
Hat and the Fat Controller.
Food and ample parking available
at the Museum. 10am to 5pm.
Adults $10, Concession $7,
Children $4.50 (3-15 yrs),
Family $25 (2 adults & 2
children), train rides $1.
National Railway Museum,
Lipson Street South, Port Adelaide
8341 1690
4 to 20 Aug
Exhibition: ‘WOOF!!!’
A SALA Festival 2006 Exhibition.
Quirky and creative responses by
a group of artists using a variety
of mediums to explore the world
of canines in celebration of the
Chinese Year of the Dog.
11am to 4pm. Free.
10 Aug to late Nov
Waterfront Super Circuit
Braving the elements of Winter
to exercise can be challenging,
but there is no excuse this year
for workers in and around Port
Adelaide. The Corporate Cup is
a team event occurring once a
fortnight over 16 weeks across
four Adelaide locations – Port
Adelaide being one of those for
the first time this year.
Teams of up to seven have a
choice of walking or running
between 2.25km and 4.5km from
Lighthouse Square along the Port
Adelaide Waterfront Promenade.
Every fortnight.
Departs Lighthouse Square,
then along Waterfront Promenade
8232 3944 or www.sa.lifebeinit.org
12 to 13 Aug
Winterlicious
Lighthouse Square will be
transformed into a Winter
Wonderland for two very special
days in ‘The Port’.
Children can build real snowmen
and create snow angels. World
renowned ice designer Glenn
Smith will also be on show
carving life-sized ice sculptures.
See local entertainment and
an ‘ice bar’, plus fireworks on
Saturday night.
Midday to 9pm (8pm Sunday).
Free.
Black Diamond (Lighthouse) Square,
Port Adelaide
0419 853 614
Every Second Thursday
Greenaceres Writers Group
The Greenacres Writers
Group meets fortnightly in
the Community Room of
the Greenacres Library. All
fiction writers, published and
unpublished, are welcome to join
us to have work mutually received
and improved.
Bookings not essential.
Contact Miri Beckley for more
information.
Greenacres Library,
2 Fosters Road Greenacres
8266 1783
Black Diamond Gallery,
66 Commercial Road, Port Adelaide
8240 1610
Little dove brings flocks of visitors
Thousands flocked to Port
Adelaide during May to welcome
Dutch replica sailing ship
Duyfken during her 10 day
visit. Duyfken, which means
‘little dove’, visited Port Adelaide
as part of a commemorative
voyage celebrating 400 years of
exploration of Australia.
Thousands of visitors revelled
in the maritime atmosphere,
with live entertainment in Black
Diamond (Lighthouse) Square
on both weekends during the
Duyfken’s visit.
Entertainment featured Celtic
band Trade Winds, Dutch clog
dancers and roving maritime
characters.
“The response from the Port
Adelaide Enfield community has
been fantastic,” said Duyfken
shore manager Cian Pereira.
“We’ve had the biggest crowds of
any port so far on this voyage.”
The ship attracted more than 7000
visitors during her nine-day stay,
bringing a 54 per cent increase in
visitors to the Visitor Information
Centre during May compared
to 2005.
It was a once in a lifetime
opportunity to experience a
working 16th century vessel as
part of the Duyfken’s 12,000 km
voyage around Australia.
In 1606 Captain Willem Janszoon
sailed the original Duyfken from
Indonesia to Australia and charted
part of the coast of Cape York
peninsula. The voyage was the
first documented visit to Australia
by any ship and the first recorded
contact between Indigenous
Australians and Europeans.
For further details on any of these events contact the Visitor Information Centre on Tel: 8405 6560.
While all care is taken, the City of Port Adelaide Enfield does not accept responsibility for any inaccuracies or omissions that may occur in the What’s On Section.
Community groups are encouraged to submit events for the What’s On section, and providing space is available and it is in the interest of the residents of the
City of Port Adelaide Enfield we will list them free. Please call the Visitor Information Centre (phone number listed above) to obtain an Events Form.
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MORE
EVENTS
Every Tuesday
Lunch Hour Recitals
Renowned Organist
Bruce Naylor is
giving weekly lunch
hour organ recitals
on an historic 1854
Organ. Organ recitals
every Tuesday
commencing at
1.10pm. Free
admission.
St Paul’s Anglican Church,
Church Place, Port Adelaide
Every Sunday
There is so much
more to Semaphore.
Did you know that
there is no other
place in the world
called Semaphore?
Or that the Ferris
Wheel was used
in a famous Elvis
movie? Join the walk
and discover more
about Semaphore!
Walks depart 3pm.
Bookings essential.
Gold coin donation.
Semaphore Library,
14 Semaphore Road,
Semaphore
8405 6560
Every Sunday &
Thursday
Port Walks
Let a local volunteer
showcase the State’s
first Heritage Area
located in the
maritime heat of
South Australia
by taking you on
an hour’s walk
around historic Port
Adelaide. Walks
depart 2pm weather
permitting. Bookings
essential. Gold coin
donation.
Port Adelaide Visitor
Information Centre,
66 Commercial Road,
Port Adelaide
8405 6560
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City of
Port Adelaide Enfield
July/August 2006
News about People
Contact List
Seniors' club is bowling along
Civic Centre
Clearview Seniors’ Club has
celebrated its longevity with a
special ‘milestones’ presentation to
those who have been members for
more than 10 years.
The club, which started in 1972,
now has around 30 members who
meet twice weekly for sessions of
carpet bowls, car games and use
of the club’s extensive library.
163 St Vincent St
Port Adelaide
Tel: 8405 6600
Fax: 8405 6666
TTY: 8405 6999 (Telephone
Typewriter, hearing impaired)
Website:
www.portenf.sa.gov.au
Email:
[email protected]
Town Hall
Club treasurer Dennis Cripps, a
73 year-old who retired 12 years
ago after being in charge of the
mail room at DSTO Salisbury,
says that although the club’s
oldest member is aged 94,
the club is happy to take new
members still aged in their 50s.
34 Nile St Port Adelaide
Library - Council
Offices
Enfield Library
- Council Office
1 Kensington Cres
Enfield
Tel: 8405 6530
Fax: 8349 5373
Greenacres Library
- Council Office
2 Fosters Rd Greenacres
Tel: 8405 6540
Fax: 8369 2188
“We have a
very good library,
CDs and audio tapes,
and large print books,” he says.
The club meets on Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons from
1 - 3.30pm in Clearview Seniors
hall, which has been made
available by Port Adelaide Enfield
Council. In addition, the Council
also makes a bus available for
group outings
In return, Dennis was able
to do Council a favour by
making sure residents at
the Southern Cross units
in Northfield, where he
lives, received copies of
each addition of Pen2Paper.
“Some of them were missing out,”
he says, “but it’s very informative
about what’s happening in our
city and now I check each time to
make sure everyone has received
their copy.”
Dennis says anyone living in the
area who would like to attend
club meetings should contact
club president Jim Gordon on
8262 2281.
Parks Library
- Council Office
2-46 Cowan St Angle Park
Tel: 8243 5691
Fax: 8243 5639
Libraries
Port Adelaide Library
2 Church St Port Adelaide
Tel: 8405 6580
Fax: 8341 0793
Semaphore Library
14 Semaphore Rd
Semaphore
Tel: 8405 6570
Fax: 8341 6841
Community Centres
Parks Community Centre
2-46 Cowan St Angle Park
Tel: 8243 5532
Fax: 8347 3632
Kilburn Community Centre
59 Gladstone Ave Kilburn
Tel: 8349 8363
Fax: 8349 8363
Hillcrest Community
Centre
27-31 Queensborough
Ave, Hillcrest
Tel: 8266 7267
Fax: 8266 7268
Enfield Community Centre
540 Regency Rd Enfield
Tel: 8342 9168
Fax: 8342 9167
Lefevre Community Centre
541 Victoria Rd Osborne
Tel: 8248 1828
Fax: 8248 0859
Visitor Information
Centre
66 Commercial Rd
Port Adelaide
Tel: 8405 6560
Fax: 8447 4112
Disclaimer:
Whilst every effort is
made to report community
information fairly and
accurately, the Council
accepts no responsibility
for any errors or omissions
which may occur. The
views of the contributors
are not necessarily
shared by the City of Port
Adelaide Enfield (PAE).
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Clearview Seniors' Club members
Lunch was a fruitful fundraiser
A fund-raising lunch held by
LeFevre Christian Family Centre
has enabled nearly 300 children
to each receive two pieces of fresh,
seasonal fruit twice a week.
Effie Cleanthouse, women’s
co-ordinator at the Centre, says
nearly $400 was raised at the
lunch, which was to provide
funds to support the healthy
fruit program being
conducted by Ocean View
College.
College principal Lynne
Symons says the donation
had enabled the school to
continue the program they’d
started a year previously with a
small Healthy Eating grant from
the State Government, which
had proved very popular with
students.
“The centre’s generosity has
meant we were able to extend the
program to include around 40
pre-school children, in addition
to the 200 children attending the
school from reception to Year 12,”
Lynne said.
“It’s been very important because
increasingly we find many
children don’t get to eat breakfast
before coming to school, and the
fruit helps give them an energy
burst.
“Part of our goal is also to expand
the taste buds of our children,
to get them to try and enjoy
new tastes, which is why we
sometimes include vegetables such
as carrots or capsicum along with
the normal seasonal fruits such
as pears, apples, watermelon or
strawberries.”
Real men have regular checkups
- just like their cars
Lynne paid tribute to the strong
support the program had received
from local fruit and vegetable
supplier Saints, at North Haven,
which had endeavoured to
provide produce for the school at
the lowest possible prices.
“We’ll be able to continue the
program for the rest of the year,”
she added, “and we’ll be looking
for ways to continue it next year.”
The poor health status of many
Australian men is complicated by
the fact that men are more likely
than women to shy away from
medical treatment of any kind.
That’s why Australian men are
more likely to get sick from
serious health problems, such as
cancer, than Australian women
- and why their death rate is also
much higher.
On average, men die almost seven
years earlier than women and
have higher rates of heart disease,
lung cancer, and cardiovascular
disease - in fact, almost every life
threatening condition.
However, men need to think of
their body as being like a car.
When it breaks down it needs
to get repaired. Just like taking
your car for regular servicing or a
tune up, a regular annual trip to
a doctor can prevent many health
conditions relevant to men.
Many men are reluctant to visit
their health centre or doctor for
regular screening examinations
of male-related problems for a
variety of reasons including fear,
lack of information, and cost
factors.
However, men who understand
the value that preventive health
can play in prolonging their
lifespan and their role as a
productive family member will
find that many male-related
health problems such as prostate
cancer, testicular cancer, infertility,
and colon cancer can be detected
and successfully treated.
So fellas, don’t delay - if you
haven’t had a check-up for a while
contact your local GP.