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APRIL 16
Free
Dardanup Anzac Day Service
Organised by the
Dardanup and Districts Residents Assoc.
Monday 25 April, 2016.
Marching off from
outside the Dardanup Tavern @ 9am sharp.
Wreaths welcome.
At the conclusion of the Service, morning tea will be served in the Lesser Hall.
Please bring a small plate of morning tea to share.
In the case of inclement weather the Service will be held in the Hall.
Cleanup Dardanup Day
Well Supported
A wonderful effort saw locals cleanup
along Crooked Brook Rd, Ferguson Rd and
other areas in Ferguson Valley.
Special thanks to Phil and Mary Smith and
Julie Lawrence - the St Aidans team,
Jeanette and Kerry Thomas, Lyndie and
Greg Gibbs and Peter and Vicki Robinson
for spending a lot of time collecting
lots of rubbish.
Peter and Vicki singlehandledly collected
half a truck load of rubbish they found
along Forest Rd. Well done to everyone.
For your information the Cleanup
Australia Day organisation reported that
as of Sunday 6 March, they had an amazing
7,117 Clean Up Australia sites
registered, with an estimated 682,245
volunteers removing approximately an
incredible 15,657 tonnes of rubbish! They
appreciated each and every one of their
volunteers and the huge contribution we
have made to the Australian environment
this year.
Thanks to Shire staff, Barry Cox and the
roadcrew for collecting all the rubbish
bags. Barry reported they collected a
truck load of rubbish.
Mary Smith, Dardanup Residents Assoc
member who coordinated this project
thanked everyone for their efforts and
looked forward to everyone's support next
year.
"Robinsons, the St Aidans team, Thomas's
and Gibbs families all received
Certificates of Appreciation from the
Residents Assoc for their special
efforts" Mary said and "How much better
do our roadsides look without all that
litter"
Thank you to our Highway Helpers, Julie and Mary.
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2016 Dardanup Art Spectacular Committee urges local
artists to enter this year’s competition
Dardanup Art Spectacular Exhibition Includes
Photography Competition and 25 venues on Art
Trail.
The Dardanup Art Spectacular Exhibition will be held on
30th April – 1st May with a $5000.00 total prize pool.
Entry categories are the $1000 Shire of Dardanup Art
Prize, $1000 Ferguson Valley Art Prize, $1000 Portrait
Prize, $500 Photography Prize, $500 Best Emerging
Shire of Dardanup Artist Prize, $250 Best Shire of
Dardanup Secondary School Student Prize and $150 Best
Shire of Dardanup Primary School Student Prize. Prizes
for Highly Commended in all categories as well as
Viewer’s Choice Award.
The Committee’s main focus is to showcase the work of
emerging artists in the Shire of Dardanup with many
prizes available for adults, secondary and primary school
artists. So locals, if you have always wanted to display
your work, then now is the time. 12 April is the closing
date for entries.
Local sponsors have again supported this community
event with the major sponsor again this year being the
Shire of Dardanup. In recognition of the Shire’s ongoing
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Clean ups – Trenching – Driveways
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No job too small.
Ferguson Valley and surrounding areas.
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support for this event, the main prize is named The Shire
of Dardanup Art Prize. The Art Spectacular Committee is
also fortunate to have the financial support of many local
businesses, industries and politicians who have
sponsored the major and minor prizes.
Opening Night is Friday 29th April, 7pm at the
Dardanup Hall. Tickets $20/person, $35/couple, $50/
family. This evening is a fundraiser for the P&C and
P&F with a delicious supper provided. Local wineries
and brewery donate wines and beer for you to enjoy.
Prize winners will be announced on the night. Over the
weekend 30 April – 1 May, the Art Exhibition can be
viewed in the Hall from 10am – 5pm, gold coin donation.
The Art Spectacular Art Trail, featuring 25 venues will
be open from Saturday 30 April – Sunday 8 May,10am –
5pm, an extra weekend and some venues also open
during the week. Pick up the trail map from the Hall, the
website or any of the venues. The trail venues are Art
Our Way @ Thomas Little Hall, Bev Mountford Art,
Ferguson Falls, Evedon Park Bush Resort, St Aidan
Wines, Moody Cow Brewery, Wellington Food and Wine,
Jenni Doherty, Angelicus Wines, ElliottSmith
Studio, Lyndendale Gallery, The Windmills, The 5th
Element Pottery and Glass Studio, Bonking Frog Wines,
Hope Springs Farm, Skrolys- Sheridan, F.V. Visitor
Centre, Millwood Forest Products, Jane Hall and
Christine Blowfield, Bunbury Wood Turners @ Ferguson
Hall, Green Door Wines, Ferguson Farm Stay, Wild Bull
Brewery and Peppermint Lane Lodge. At these venues you
will see exhibitions of paintings, printmaking, glass,
craft, photography, jewellery and drawings. Added to
this, one new trail venue this year is offering woodwork.
Not only is this the only opportunity during the year that
some of these venues will be open to the public, it is also
a very enjoyable day touring the beautiful Ferguson
Valley and maybe sampling some of the local produce.
So locals, invite your friends and family, spread the word
and showcase your community.
Entries close on the 12 April and Entry forms and info
available from the website
www.dardanupartspectacular.com.au
Contact us by email on
[email protected] or call 0427 893
320.
South West Montessori
South West Montessori on Little Street is a not
for profit organisation that run parent with child
Montessori sessions on Monday and Friday
mornings from 9.30 am - 12.30 pm for children
from birth onwards. We have limited places still
available for term two, which starts April 26th.
For more information and to organize a visit
please email [email protected]
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Congratulations to
Emma Reynolds who was awarded the Deans Award at Edith Cowan Uni
for her recently completed teaching degree, now employed at a Donnybrook school. Well done Emma.
New Treasurer for Dardanup Bull and Barrel
Festival
The Festival Committee will now be looking for support
from businesses around Dardanup or those with a vested
interest in our community to replace Doral’s reduction in
The Dardanup Bull and Barrel Festival Committee
sponsorship so we can still offer the entertainment and
recently held our AGM with only a couple of changes
necessary infrastructure required to stage the Festival.
from the 2015 Committee. Ron Farr who has been on the The Festival is on Saturday 8 October 2016- mark the
Festival Committee for a number of years and recently
date on your calendars – last Saturday of the October
retired from Laminex decided he would take on the
school holidays. This year the Festival theme is based on
challenge of Treasurer replacing long time Treasurer
encouraging the local community and visitors to
Julie Hazelden. Julie has done a fantastic job and
participate in the Arts, either through the art exhibition,
considering our expenditure is now around $125,000 this music and dance on stage, children’s craft activities,
equates to a lot of volunteer hours keeping our books in busking, a wearable art competition and other art
order. Julie still remains on the Committee and looks
activities planned.
forward to assisting in other areas. Longtime Committee The Festival Committee is looking forward to staging
member and past Secretary Norma Hurst has decided to another fantastic event this year and looks forward to the
retire from the Committee, though we know we will see wonderful support we receive every year from this
her closer to the Festival. We thank Norma for all her
community. Reminder that if you want to be involved in
years of being a fantastic Committee member.
the Committee, planning for the Festival, have some
Doral Mineral Sands, the Festival’s major sponsor since ideas, new to town and want to meet some of the locals,
the Festival began in 2003, has reduced their sponsorship then we welcome you to our Committee meetings on the
as the Company is moving towards winding up their
2nd Wed of every month at the Wells Rec Park
mining operations in the Shire. Through Doral’s
Clubrooms, 7,30pm, and always a delicious supper. Next
sponsorship the Festival has grown to be one of the
meeting 13 April.
iconic events in the SW and appreciated by many
Jill Cross, 2016 Festival Chairperson
families for the free entry and free activities. The Festival
Committee and the Dardanup community will be forever
thankful for Doral’s support.
Dardanup Senior Citizen’s Report
Today’s meeting was attended by 14 members.
Several of our seniors are not well at this
present time. We miss you and send our best
wishes, hoping you will soon be well enough to
once again attend our meetings.
Quite some time was spent discussing various
options for the months ahead. Many good
suggestions were put forward for consideration.
April – guest speaker discussing Women’s Health
May – attend St Aidan’s Winery
June – Craft Box Demonstration
July – A.G.M. Bring and share casserole lunch
August – Open to suggestions
September – Visit to Crooked Brook Forest
October – Annual Bus Trip
November – Christmas Lunch
December – to be decided
Seeing the year spread out on paper certainly
makes you realise how quickly time passes! Our
usual reports were tabled, those involved are
thanked for your ongoing contributions.
After our February meeting, 24 members
attended the Highway Hotel, Bunbury for lunch.
All agreed a very enjoyable time of food and
fellowship. Today’s raffle winners are Mary
Partridge and Jenny Gelmi. Well done, hope you
both enjoy your prizes.
Our meeting closed with a cuppa and several
games of Bingo.
Take care till next time. Keep smelling the
roses.
Maureen Ward
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The Origin of the Maypole
How did Dardanup Primary School come about
having a Maypole on its logo?
Students performing in the Bicentennial Square
Mrs Jan Fogarty, a teacher at Dardanup Primary
School in 1971, brought the Maypole idea. As a
student, in Queensland she performed the Maypole
for the Queen’s visit in 1954. That experience
remained with her and gave her the idea when she
became a teacher. While teaching year 7 students
she introduced the Maypole to celebrate the opening
of the new school in Hayward Street.
A massive electric pole was in the ground with
ribbons attached. A ladder was used to attach the
ribbons to the top of the Maypole.
It was during this time that around the South West all
schools had a logo on their school shirts. Dardanup
Primary School needed a logo!
After heaps of discussion, the teachers decided that the
school logo should be a Maypole. All teachers and
students agreed.
The transportable pole came about in 1979 during
Bunbury’s 150th celebration with lots of Bunbury schools
performing the Maypole at Hands Oval. Diane Anderson,
a teacher at Dardanup School instructed all the other
schools how to perform the Maypole.
Proud families enjoy watching the Maypole during
Multicultural Day in Bunbury.
Diane Anderson took over from Jan Fogarty then
Barbara Della-Sale and now Tony Poole. Mrs
Barbara Della-Sale continued the tradition and
passed her knowledge to Mr Poole ( after a 14 year
apprenticeship) who is doing a fantastic job of
teaching another generation of students performing
the Maypole.
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Bonking Frog Wines 2016 Upcycle Garden Art
ENTRIES CLOSE Midnight Friday 15th April 2016
Competition and Exhibition
Download an application form from Bonking Frog Wines
CATEGORIES
• OPEN CATEGORY
Winner $1,200
The competition winner will receive a $1,200 cash prize
provided by Bonking Frog Wines.
• PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Winner $500
Open to all entrants who are selected for the exhibition.
Audiences will have the opportunity to vote for their
favourite artwork in the exhibition. The People’s Choice
Winner will receive $150 plus 12 bottles of Bonking Frog
Wine. Total value $500.
• VIEWERS PRIZE
Winner $350
One person who votes for their favourite artwork at
Bonking Frog Wines 7 Dardanup West Road North
Boyanup Western Australia during the exhibition will win
the Viewers Prize and will receive 12 bottles of Bonking
Frog Wine and a copy of Retrash (as featured in the New
York Times) total value $350.
ARTWORKS CONSIDERED FOR THE
EXHIBITION CAN BE THE FOLLOWING
• Sculpture, assemblage or collage created from reused
or recycled materials.
• An original piece of artwork
• Was not submitted as part of Upcycle 2014
Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BonkingFrog
and submit by
EXHIBITION PERIOD
Saturday, 30th April to Sunday, 8th May 2016
Opening times daily throughout the exhibition from 11.00am
– 5.00pm. The exhibition closes 5.00pm, Sunday, 8th May
2016.
EXHIBITION OPENING
Opening weekend 30th April and 1st May 2016, hours
from 11.00am to 5.00pm, the exhibition is held in
conjunction with the Dardanup Art Trail.
Warm regards
Fantastic things are happening at the Ferguson Hall
With the purchase completed of the additional land at
the hall, the focus will be on making use of the extra
The Ferguson Hall Management Committee held their
space at the rear. The first project is the painting of a
AGM this month with both the President Graeme
mural on the concrete tank at the rear of the hall, in
Mitchell and the Treasurer Ian Barlow retiring from
conjunction with the Dardanup Primary School. The
their positions.
children are currently completing drawings which will
Turk Ellis has taken on the role of President, and the
be transposed onto the tank in early April, guided by a
replacement for Ian is still being finalised. A number of number of Ferguson Valley artists. Thanks go to Chris
new faces were welcomed onto the committee, which will Smith Dardanup Primary School who helped facilitate
help breathe new life into the hall and its activities.
this.
Congratulations to Russell Sheridan on his entry in Sculptures
By The Sea at Cottesloe.
‘Isabelle Cross and Jeff Woodman admire Russell’s sculpture’
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Denise is a trained print maker and in a previous life taught
languages at high school and Bunbury TAFE. She draws her
inspiration from environmental concerns and the passing of
time and this is evident in her pieces. She is exploring the old
Denise and her husband Lynton have lived on the 50 acre
property since 1994 when it was a simple 1940’s cottage. Since art form of encaustic printing which is wax on card. This style
then, they have built on and created the gallery at the front and has made a comeback and is gaining in popularity.
The day I visited, a memoir writing workshop was in progress.
their home at the rear which is now set amongst a beautiful
The laughing and happy noise indicated it was much enjoyed.
outdoor seating area and home to a growing collection of
The Art trail begins at the end of April and the gallery will play
garden art and birdlife. The gallery opened in 2008, showing
host to on site artists, musicians and there will be morning teas
initially only Denise’s own art and that of a few local artists, it
has grown to include up to 50 different artists of various media for purchase. Checkout the local paper for dates.
There is something for everyone at Lyndendale Gallery. If you
types synonymous with the Ferguson Valley. The gallery has
are a local and haven’t visited lately, I urge you to do so
been kept as original style and the rooms house some
fabulously eclectic pieces such as sand art, felted clothing and because guaranteed it’ll be different to the last time you were
there. Better still, when you have guests, take them along and
hats, jewellery, painting- all styles, printmaking (of course),
dragon fly garden art made from horse bits and gorgeous little share the Crooked Brook magic with them. They might just
knock over some birthday and Christmas shopping while they
laser cut fairy wrens which would not look out of place in any
are there.
garden.
Denise loves the natural outstanding landscape of the area and
The gallery is open to the public and is available upon
informed me that the local community is well known for banding
arrangement for small private functions. It hosts bi monthly
together when required.
artists and focuses on the south west printmakers, of which I
Would you like your tourism business to be included in the
found out, there are many. All work is sold on commission
basis with some not making it to being price tagged and being Dardanup Times monthly coffee round?
If so, please contact Dale at Professionals Rural
purchased by Denise herself.
[email protected] or 0408916966
Dale’s morning coffee catch up with
Lyndendale Gallery owner Denise Gillies
Bunbury Repertory Club - The Herringbone Saga
“The Herringbone Saga” is the Bunbury Repertory Club’s
April Production being performed at the Little Theatre,
Pratt Road, Eaton from the 8th – 23rd April 2016. It is a
comedy about the Aristocratic but penniless Herringbone
family and their devoted Butler Wick. It involves Gypsy
curses, deception and plots in an effort to keep the
Herringbone generations continuation.
You will be entertained by established local actors such as
Ron Tait, Glen Perks, Charise D’Ath and Tony Martin, as
well as talented new comers. This is a play written by
Perth Playwright Bob Charteris, who also wrote the play
performed last year “A Lover’s Concerto” and is directed
by Colleen Harris-Smart.
Performances are:
Opening night is 8th April @ 8.00pm
With evening performances on 9, 15, 16, 22,
23rd April – shows start at 8.00 pm
Matinees on Sunday 10, 17 April at 2.00pm
Tickets are now on sale online at www.trybooking.com/
KGSN or at the door (if not sold out) Adults $25
Concession $20 (cash only at the door)
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Open most days, please phone to confirm times.
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Workshops at Lyndendale Gallery
Materials to bring:
A range of brushes (your choice) cont. next column
Saturday April 2nd, 9.30 to 3.30
Pastels (Any that you own)
Linocut Prinng with Elizabeth Royce
Container for water
Learn the basic skills of designing, cung & prinng a
Painng rags
simple linocut with the opon of using coloured inks &/ Easel
or pencils in different ways to vary the prinng
Fees: $150 for full day workshop
process. Hand-colouring is also an opon.
Max. Parcipants: 8, Min. Parcipants: 3
In the tradion of print arsts such as Margaret Preston, Contact Denise at [email protected] for
details of registration and payment - or ring 97283038.
the theme will be flora, either general or Australian.
Most materials supplied but please bring1 or 2 images (you might like to do two prints). The print Watch out for the Winter Workshops brochure coming
out soon.!
will be 12cmx12cm but the design can be adjusted
An old shirt or apron
Dardanup Art Spectacular Art Trail at Lyndendale
A toothbrush
Gallery
It's all happening again at Lyndendale Gallery during the
A tablespoon…
A notebook, loose paper, pencils (drawing & coloured if 2016 Art Trail weekends.
The Gallery will be open from Friday to Sunday 10 to 5.
you wish) & an eraser.
Other times - call me and we'll work something out!
*Optional…..watercolour or gouache paints
Not only will there be new works from our 50+ SW
Cost - $150 for full day workshop
artists and artisans but Geraldine and Neville Peterkin's
Maximum of 8, minimum of 4 participants.
new exhibition of fibre art and watercolours will be on
th
display.
Saturday 16 April 10 to 4 NEW!!
In addition:Painng Pastels on to Canvas with Jane Holland
Each weekend there will be artists working on site or
Basic ability with pastels required.
displaying their skills
Learn techniques for preparing canvas, painng and
Each weekend there will be food available - April 30th
varnishing to protect and present your artwork.
and May 1st - total proceeds of food and drink will go to
Discover how to paint pastels onto canvas and present Variety WA: The Children's Charity(car 86 will be in the
Variety Bash)
your art for display or sale without glass or frame.
- May 7th, 8th - total proceeds of food and drink will go
Materials Supplied:
to
Solaris Cancer Care SW
Prepared stretched canvas (for use in workshop)
Each weekend there will be live music supporting these
Some pastels
2 charities.
Some brushes
Look forward to seeing you here - the monster book sale
for Variety WA will be on too!
Wondering what to do with your plentiful, ripening
tomatoes? Here’s a tasty solution.
Spiced Tomatoes
2 kg small tomatoes
1 Tbsp salt
1 Tbsp peppercorns
1 tsp ground cinnamon
500 g sugar
½ sm tsp cayenne pepper
1 Tbsp cloves
1 dsp mixed spice
vinegar
Put the tomatoes whole into a preserving
pan with sugar, salt and spices.
Add enough vinegar to cover, and boil until skins begin
to break.
Take out tomatoes, boil vinegar for 1 hour.
Put tomatoes back and boil for half an hour.
Bottle.
(These keep for ages and are delicious!!)
This month’s recipe is supplied by Denise Gilles from
our featured “Lyndendale Gallery”. Lyndendale is a
beautiful spot to visit on the Art Trail.
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Sports Carnival
On Friday 18 March students from
OLOL and Dardanup Primary School
came together to compete in jumps,
throwing, track and team game events.
It was a wonderful day of great
sportsmanship, team work,
competition and fun! Blue faction won
the day, with Green winning the
handicap. Thanks to Mr Poole and Mr
Skehan who worked together to organise
the carnival,
and thanks to all supporters on the day.
Finally, thanks to all of our
amazing students!
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WEST DARDANUP FIRE SCARE FOR 2016! Lots of fire damage but no homes lost, thank goodness.
22 February 2016
What started out as a fun morning with The Dreaver Duo
quickly turned into a two hour nightmare - There was a
bushfire 5 minutes away from our house!
Marilyn, Nicolina Dreaver and I came upon it as Marilyn
was drop-ping me home from being at the South West Sports
Centre!
We drove down Bailey Loop to investigate and it raced
across the road in front of us. We scooted back to my
house and I rang Kate Eiszele, Michelle Clifton and Sarah
George to let them know about Mr. Nasty then I helped
Chelly Bean (Michelle) and Sarah George evacuate their
animals and I drove some random person's car, son and
dogs to the volunteer fire shed!
Thank you to everyone who offered to come through and help
us!
The water bombing planes and heletanks did an amazing
job, as did the fire crews that attended in masses - It certainly
was an experience which I will never forget! To our
friends/family that rang to tell us we were on the evacuation
watch list, DFES were a tad slow with the updates lol
P.S. : 24 February - We had
a spot fire flare up today
from the smouldering
ground but the locals
jumped on top of it and had
it almost extinguished before
the fire crew got there!
What’s on in Dardanup
8 – 23 April Bunbury Repertory Club presents “The Herringbone Saga” (see ad for details)
10 April – Boyanup Farmers Market, 8am – 12pm
11 – 15 April – Greenwaste collection for Dardanup residential area
12 April – Closing date for Art Spectacular entries
13 April – Bull and Barrel Festival Committee Meeting, Wells Rec Park Clubrooms, 7:30
25 April – Dardanup ANZAC service 9am
29 April – Opening Night Dardanup Art Spectacular@ the Dardanup Hall, 7pm,
If you have an event to
tickets at the door
add please email
30 April/1 May – Dardanup Art Spectacular Exhibition Art Exhibition
[email protected]
30 April - 8 May- Dardanup Art Spectacular Art Trail
24 April – Boyanup Farmers Market, 8am – 12 pm
Meetings
Dardanup Social Dance – 1st Saturday of each month, Dardanup Hall, 8pm, $12 ea, supper to share.
Ferguson Hall Sundowners –1st Friday of the month @ 6.00pm, BYO drinks and nibbles.
Ferguson Hall Committee– 1st Wed of the month @ 7.30pm. Hall bookings - Ros Edmonds 040 894 9160
Wellington Mill Sundowners – last Friday of the month, 6 – 8pm @ the Fireshed
Wellington Mills Community Association- 3rd Wednesday of the month, 7.30 pm, Wellington Mills Fireshed.
Dardanup Lions Club – 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month, 7.30pm @ the Dardanup Tavern
Ferguson Valley Visitor Centre Volunteers – 2nd Tuesday of each month @ the Visitors Centre, 9:45 for 10am start
Dardanup Playgroup – every Wednesday of school term, 9.30am – 11.30am @ Dardanup Community Centre
Dardanup Senior Citizens – 3rd Tues of the month @ Wells Rec Park Clubrooms, 9.30am – 11.30am.
Ferguson Valley Marketing and Promotions Inc –2nd Tuesday of every month, 7.30pm @ the Visitors Centre.
Dardanup Shire meetings – every 3 weeks on Wednesday @ Eaton. ph 97240000.
Dardanup Sporting and Community Clubs – 7.00pm, 3rd Wednesday of every 2nd month at the Dard Rec Clubrooms.
Dardanup Tennis Club – 9am every Saturday summer only
St Mary’s Anglican Church – Service 4th Sunday of the month @ 9am
SW Veteran Car Club- SW Veteran Car Club meeting 1st Tuesday of the month 7:30 pm @ the Wells Rec Park Clubrooms
Edible Gardening Group – every other Saturday morning 10am. Please contact Lisa Ferris 0428969868
St Aidan`s Church - an Anglican service every third Sunday in the month, 8.30 a.m, all denominations welcome.
Bull and Barrel Festival – 7.30pm, every 2nd Wed of the month @ the Wells Rec Park Clubrooms.
Henty Riding Club - Every Wednesday from 8.30am to 1.00pm, enq - [email protected]
Joshua/ Crooked Brook Sundowners – 2nd Friday of the month, 7.00pm, @ the Fireshed BYO drinks and nibbles.
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Garden Gossip with Erika McManus
I am so over the HOT, dry weather with March being much
the same! Hopefully, we will have a wet, wet winter as the
ground is so dry, and keeping the garden and lawn alive is
hard work! If you have reticulation, make sure all your
drippers, sprays are all working! Sometimes it is a good idea
to give your plants a good hand-watering once a week as the
retic is not enough with this harsh weather! Also, make sure
your soil is not water repellent, and if it is, use a good quality
“Wetta Soil” or go the old fashioned way, and apply detergent
mixed with water!!! Cheaper!! Make sure your mulch is kept
topped up too.
GO NUTS*****Growing your own is all it’s cracked up to
be! While certain trees, like walnuts and pecans, will need a
considerable amount of space, almonds, macadamias and
pistachios will happily grow in an average-sized garden. Have
a crack and go nuts!!!!
Pistachios – These beautiful green, purple and pink nuts are
packed with flavour and loads of nutritional goodness. They
grow on a small shrubby tree, approximately 5m high and
wide.
However, they are dioecious, which means male and female
flowers grow on separate trees, so you will need to plant two
trees if you want to produce nuts. You can plant five females
to one male! Pistachios grow best in areas with long, dry, hot
summers and cold winters. These trees are quite hardy and
will happily tolerate poor soils, provided they are planted deep
enough to accommodate their lengthy taproot. If looked after,
pistachio trees can produce nuts after four to five years.
Harvest in autumn, when hulls begin to split. Remove hulls as
soon as possible and dry nuts (still in their shells) in the sun or
oven.
Macadamias – An Australian native, macadamias are one of
the few bush foods sold on a commercial level – and it’s great
to have a go at growing your own! Macadamia trees can grow
up to 20m in the wild, but will grow between 8 – 10m tall in
most gardens. You can grow them from seed, but they can
take years to fruit and can be extremely variable, so it is best
to buy grafted trees of known varieties like A286 0r A4. Plant
young trees in full sun and protect from strong winds. Ensure
the soil is moist, well drained and enriched with organic matter
prior to planting. In spring and summer, feed with a complete
fertilizer or NPK Blue. Mulch well but keep clear of the
trunk. Seedling trees can take up to seven years to fruit but
grafted trees will fruit in as little as three to four years. The
nuts mature during late autumn and winter, and fall to the
ground when ripe. Pick nuts and remove husks as soon as
possible, then air dry in the shade for at least two weeks.
Almonds – Are one of the most useful nuts for adding texture
and taste to your meal. The nuts grow on gorgeous, compact
trees, only 3-4 m tall, making them ideal for the average home
garden. They provide colour in the form of delicate pink or
white blooms from mid-winter, giving shade in the summer,
and produce nuts after three years. You will need two
varieties for pollination but there is a self-pollinating variety
which is ideal for suburban gardens. Almonds grow best in
temperate or warm temperate climates but will grow in cold
areas, provided the area is protected from cold wind. Plant in
full sun, and in moist, well- drained soil. Water well,
especially during summer. Feed trees in autumn and late
winter with a complete fertilizer. Nuts will be ready to harvest
after three years, however, after 8 years, the tree should be
bearing a significant crop. Harvest nuts when the outer
coating splits and the fruit drops. Collect as they fall and sundry for a few days.
Walnuts – They can grow up to 25m tall but they’re highly
ornamental and are beautiful specimen trees. Walnut trees are
partially self-fertile, so one tree will eventually bear fruit, but
the chances will be improved if you plant two! If you have the
space, walnut trees are well worth growing. Walnuts grow
best in climates with long, hot, dry summers and cool winters.
Plant in an open, sunny site, in deep and well-drained soil
enriched with organic matter, and protect young trees from
strong winds. Nuts will be ready for harvest after four years if
grafted, and can be picked from mid-April. Remove the hull
as soon as possible, then sun-dry on racks for several days.
Keep-up the water and mulch to your garden and start to plan
your spring colour, so that means autumn planting once it
cools down. So until next month, “Happy Gardening”
ERIKA'S GARDEN CENTRE
“Pistachio Nut Trees. $60.00 ea.
Need male & female”
Phone: 9731 2251
Mobile: 0408954 368
134 South West Hwy, DONNYBROOK, 6239
lyndendale Gallery
from easter Saturday to may 31st
-friday to Sunday 11 to 4
monster book sale
Support disabled and
disadvantaged children
at this fundraising event
for Variety WA
(Car 86 of the Variety Bash)
Any books to
donate?- contact us
or just bring them
along!
Buy or swap!
Support WA’s
disadvantaged and
disabled children
Hundreds of booksnovels, cooking, art,
gardening, language
etc etc.
$2 (3 for 5)
or $4 (3 for $10)
lyndendale gallery
828 Crooked Brook Rd
Dardanup
Lyndendale.gallery
@live.com.au
97823038
April 16
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Hot topics from around the Shire with Councillor
Perks
Council delivers grassroots boost
by Kristy Hitchens
Growing up in Dardanup, we knew that it was only a
matter of time before the world discovered our secret
paradise and now I feel very privileged to be a part of the
Shire of Dardanup’s strategic movements forward and
decision making process. It is a very surreal feeling being
involved in committees such as the Dardanup Townscape
Committee with streetscape redesign to show case,
protect and enjoy our beautiful town. It has been a busy
month with the consultation phase for the Streetscape
Upgrade of Charlotte Street finishing and the Dardanup
Townscape Committee progressing with finalising
design. Replacement trees are being selected for the
Peppermint trees that are unfortunately suffering from
decay. The input from everyone has been taken into
consideration where design would allow. The final plan
will go to Council and soon after construction will start
with the intention of minimising impact locally as much
as possible.
The Shire has endorsed the Draft Shire of Dardanup
Local Heritage Survey for advertising and public
consultation purposes. This is part of an ongoing strategy
for management of heritage matters. It is the result of
months of work by the Heritage Focus Group and will
help for development of policies to manage heritage
issues going into the future. With a Shire as rich in
history as ours, this is a great step towards embracing and
conserving our heritage.
There were some community grants approved recently.
As part of the popular Looking Glass Events, ‘Ramp It
Up’ was held at Eaton Skate Park and attracted more than
250 people. It included dance displays, a DJ and freestyle
demo’s, and was a fantastic all ages event. The Shire is
proud to support these organisations where possible as
they foster a proactive and involved community.
The Roadwise committee is calling for community
representatives, with the committee purpose being road
safety awareness, action and education. Please keep a
look out for the call for nominations. People that are
interested can register by going to
[email protected].
Greenwaste collection is coming from 11th – 15th April
for residential areas of Eaton, Dardanup and Burekup
collecting tree and shrub cuttings up to 2 cubic metres,
maximum length of 1.5m and maximum diameter of
200mm. Please note that the following will not be
collected: Lawn clippings or roll on turf, green waste
placed in bags or boxes, hard waste including timber,
stumps, or excessively large piles of green waste (more
than 2 cubic metres). An Extractive Industry Licence has
been approved to J&P Corporation for Lot 2 Banksia
Road, Crooked Brook with approximately 50 conditions
set as part of the approval.
The Dardanup Shire Council has approved almost $12,000 in
funding for a variety of community groups and projects under
Round 2 of its 2015/16 Minor and Community Grants
Scheme.From projects promoting the arts to support of
sporting events and community groups to the purchase of
equipment like defibrillators, portable flood lights and
microscopes – the range of projects to receive a benefit from
the funding was vast.
Cr. Patricia Perks
Community Grants Applications received during the 2015/16
Funding Round 2 and approved by the Council at its March 9
meeting were:
•
South West Cycle Club – $3000 for annual Dardanup
Open road cycling event
•
Successful applications for Minor Community Grants were:
• South West Orchid Propagation & Restoration – $994 for
purchase of microscape;
• Philharmonic South West – $990 to assist with Ferguson
Valley Music Trail event;
• Dardanup Arts – $960 for purchase of portable floodlights
to improve display of artworks during annual Dardanup Art
Spectacular event;
• Dardanup Sporting & Community Clubs – $950 for
purchase of defibrillator;
• Dardanup Equestrian Centre – $950 for purchase of
defibrillator;
• Dardanup Dance Social – $950 for purchase of
defibrillator;
• Probus Club of Eaton – $350 for purchase of promotional
banners;
• Dardanup Central Volunteer Bushfire Brigade – $2,255
for a pump set;
• Joshua Crooked Brook Bushfire Brigade – $540 towards
maintenance items.
•
The Minor and Community Grants Scheme is a bi-annual
grant program delivered by the Shire of Dardanup. Shire of
Dardanup CEO Mark Chester said the purpose of the grants
was to provide positive financial support to not for profit
community groups/organisations, educational institutions and
individuals to assist with the development of their chosen
interest.
“In some cases the organisations to benefit from this funding
assistance are very small but as a collective, they have a
significant and positive effect on ensuring our Shire is a great
place to live,” Mr Chester said. “The Dardanup Shire Council
is very appreciative of the work undertaken by these grass
roots projects and organisations and this has been
demonstrated with funding support.”
For more information about the Shire of Dardanup’s Minor
and Community Grants Scheme, visit our Grants page or
contact Lucy Nankervis on 9724 0354.
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Dardanup April workshops in the library.
April 16
School Holidays
Mini Porcelain Vases* Thurs 14th (10:30am - 11:30am)
Decorate a mini vase for mum or someone special.
Toddler Time Mon 4th (10:00am - 10:45am)
Wooden Planes*
Wed 20th (1:30pm - 2:30pm)
Construct and decorate your own plane.
An action packed session with dance, movement, musical
Rainbow Weaving and Suncatchers* Thurs 21st
instruments and games.
(10:30am - 11:30am)
Weave a rainbow and colour a suncatcher.
The Anybook Book Club Tue 12th (1:30pm - 2:30pm)
th
Decorative Cat-Dog Pots* Wed 6 (10:30am - 12:30pm)
For more information contact: Isabel
Use terracotta pots to make a place to store your pets
[email protected] 0418 716 833
favorite treats.
Warhammer * Wed 6th & 20th (3:15pm - 4:15pm)
TRAVEL TALK with Maxine Bourne
Having just returned from a short 6 night cruise on the
CMV Astor, I thought it may be interesting to do a write
up on the ship for your information. This of course is my
view only and subject to differing opinions of other
passengers.
Because Astor had to medivac sick passengers in
Broome on the previous cruise, we were advised that we
would be boarding at 9pm instead of 11am and for this
we were offered 25% each off the next cruise.
The dining room was open for those who wanted a late
meal and then it was the mandatory safety life boat drill
which took place around midnight. This was quite
annoyingly unorganised, especially when we were all
tired and just wanting some sleep after a long day.
However, the small ship carrying 550 passengers was
very clean and well maintained. The efficacious Greek
Captain was wonderful and actually sang to us all on
the ‘meet and greet’ evening on the next day. The ship’s
multinational/multicultural staff were also a pleasure to
interact with.
Unfortunately for us we had a cabin down the back aft
of the ship (due to the late booking and having only 2
choices left) and as the Captain was obviously trying to
make up for lost time, we shuddered our way towards
Esperance for the first two days. I tried to tell myself
that people do pay big money for a bed that vibrates you
to sleep, however, that didn’t quite work. Nevertheless,
we did make up time and arrived in Esperance only
about 2 hours late.
After spending an exploratory day in downtown
Esperance we were back on board to head back west to
Albany where we spent about 36 hours (two sleeps).
There were a few ship tour options in both ports for
those who were from distant lands. The Kalgan River
cruise was spectacular and will have to do that one next
time we visit Albany.
Unfortunately, there were a few people who contracted
gastroenteritis, 2 of whom were disembarked in Albany
and then the ship had to fast track back to Fremantle
Port to off load more sick passengers. The rest of us
stayed on board until the morning, with all passengers
having a peaceful night’s sleep with no noise and
trembling as we were tied up at the wharf.
Cruise ships seem to be getting a lot of bad press lately
because someone gets on board and does not own up to
feeling unwell. We all have to sign a form before
boarding to say that we have not had any tummy upsets
etc. however, I believe that passengers don’t admit to it
knowing they will be confined to their cabin for a day or
two. The best way of avoiding getting sick is to be very
vigilant in keeping your hands clean at all times,
especially before you eat. The smorgasbord was closed
down, which tells me that it is not the healthiest of
places to eat at any time. The bread rolls are taken off
the table. I ask why they are there in the first place.
What’s wrong with being served by the waiter all the
time if you want one?
The ship’s crew did a marvellous job of keeping
everything clean and made sure that hands were
sanitised before going into the dining room and so
prevented what could have been a much worse result.
People that were sick were in quarantine and not
allowed out of their cabins, including anyone sharing the
cabin with them.
The down side for me on this ship was the food.
Remember, this is my opinion only. I found it to be
mainly overcooked, bland and poorly presented. There
was not one meal that I could honestly say I enjoyed. I
would be stretching to give them 2 out of 10. Was the
real chef having a break?
Entertainment was also lacking. The main floor show is
not on a stage and difficult to see if you are not seated at
the front. The shows we saw were good but not brilliant.
The question is would I sail on the Astor again? The
answer is yes on another short cruise only. It was
relaxing and enjoyable but do not expect it to be 5 star
because it is not.
You get what you pay for, and was it value money?
Definitely.
‘Till next time, Happy travels,
Maxine