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Boomerang Bags Parramatta

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25.01.2022 book here for your spot at our March sewing bee!! we return after one year!!

24.01.2022 Go Shane. Please help us save Willowgrove. We can all have our say before 6th July

24.01.2022 Reverse Garbage sydney!!

23.01.2022 Check out this amazing contraption! Giving outdoor mobility and fun to seniors!! Leaders are training in its use and hopefully Addventageous will have its own from 2021!! Support the Start Some Good Appeal to make this happen: https://startsomegood.com/cycling-without-age-parramatta

22.01.2022 Please take a minute to complete this survey- support action on plastic pollution and help assist an interested young person with their research!!

22.01.2022 Morning everyone! We still cant have large public sewing bees but we can all still be creative thrifty or value our wonderful environment today- or stand together for the rights of all people of colour! Whatever you do be safe and be authentic!

20.01.2022 Farmers Markets back this week!

20.01.2022 Support this amazing crowd funding effort! https://startsomegood.com/cycling-without-age-parramatta All donations appreciated- bring a trishaw (tricycle for three!) to Parramatta for elderly and mobility challenged locals! And share to your pages!!

20.01.2022 Another way to help make Parramatta Plastic Free! Creek Clean ups! All welcome to come join us in Northmead this Saturday 2pm

19.01.2022 CDs needed for this weekend- for art and decoration- then recycling!

18.01.2022 Boomerang Bags is all about reducing plastic waste in our community, and connecting with each other. There are other fabulous ways to reduce plastic including our own lifestyle choices (reusable bags, cutlery, keep cups, water bottles buying bulk, rethinking purchases etc) Also, some of us get outside and REMOVE plastic from our local creeks and rivers to better the environmental health of our planet! *Please join our group below*- for details of when and where we clean up locally!! Plastic Free Parramatta - Plastic Pluckers! ++=++

18.01.2022 Look! Local textile art for an awesome cause!

16.01.2022 These guys are found locally in the Parramatta area. So important, and not very well known :)

14.01.2022 Urban heat and heatwaves- huge issue in western Sydney, and globally. Please complete this survey and share widely

14.01.2022 Get on out!! FREE bike hire Parramatta Park by Addventageous! Bookings essential!

14.01.2022 We have been featured!! One use plastic free parties are possible!

13.01.2022 HELLO supporters and fans! Hope you are all well? Things have been quiet on our public front but behind the scenes weve been busy making, sewing and cutting in our homes. Heres a lovely thank you from the Westmead Hospital Physiotherapy Dept. They were very excited and keen to recieve their 60 Parramatta Boomerang Bags (plus snacks!!)!! And another 100 for Westmead Childrens Emergency Department Have just been delivered!! Weve also donated bags to Nepean Private Hospital. Thanks to all members involved- lets slash plastic bag use in our Western Sydney Community!!

13.01.2022 Come along! After a super long time with no public sewing bees, we are back for 2021. Help make up-cycled bags for our community use. Reduce one-use plastic, and textile to landfill, all whilst making new friends! No sewing experience needed- all adults welcome. Booking a spot is essential via link in event.... See more

12.01.2022 March sewing bee :)

12.01.2022 To all our wonderful supporters! After a year hibernating due to covid- Boomerang Bags Parramatta is back Our very first Public sewing Bee on Saturday 6th March, 12-5pm. ... We will have to limit numbers bc of Covid so bookings/RSVP will be essential. All details will be on our main Facebook page over the next few weeks. Looking forward to following up where we left of a year ago!! So many new plans and excitement!!

12.01.2022 yay! Parra Pickers is BACK at THE BOWER Reuse & Repair Centre! for a Christmassy themed Trash and Treasure market and workshops! Your beloved Boomerang Bags Parramatta will be there with bags for sale, PluckFastic is running wax Wrap workshops and The Bowerbird Herd waste art workshops Stock up for Christmas Gifts! Why not try MAKE something to GIVE instead of buying new? Or buy pre-loved or handamde!?... Buy Local! Its all here :) Gift giving shouldnt cost the earth! https://www.facebook.com//a.101553316445/10159192725447658 See more

12.01.2022 What a legend! Repair and reuse!

11.01.2022 Check out this awesome local event- Plastic Free July!! Share the good news and start your PFJ journey!

11.01.2022 So much on in our local area- get out there :)

11.01.2022 Hi everyone!! As Plastic Free July rolls to a close.. what will you keep on doing? Once youve made the change- will it be easy to maintain? - will you add more reduction or swap outs or alternatives? - what plastic was easy to ditch and what was super hard?! I was inspired by my workplace to create this fun PFJ bingo card on my PluckFastic page to see how we all went... click here for one to play at home: ... https://mfbc.us/m/zhj757 how did you go?? See more

09.01.2022 Next Sunday - join these guys for an amazing ride and see the heritage of Parramatta - bulldozer edition

08.01.2022 Great article shared from BB communities page!

08.01.2022 Beautiful! Covid crotchet!

08.01.2022 YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! PARRA Pickers is back!

06.01.2022 Don’t buy NEW! This weekend is The Garage Sale Trail! Get into it.... one persons trash is definitely another persons treasure!!

05.01.2022 Cool! Look at these local critters! ONE of the fantastic reasons to work towards a plastic free Parramatta!

05.01.2022 Have your say by 21st July !

04.01.2022 And this is how we do it!!

04.01.2022 Local Plastic Free July video competition for kids and teachers! Soft plastics- what do you do with yours?

04.01.2022 Yay something offical- you may use your clean keep cups with the contactless pour method..... and have been able to the whole time. No need for disposable cups, cutlery or plateware. Share with your local cafe!

04.01.2022 Some great local clean up happening along our living river....here in Parramatta! Cant wait to get our bags back in circulation, to help Plastic-free Parramatta!

03.01.2022 Still a hot issue for Parramatta! Click on the links at bottom of article to make your submission heard! Its not too late to preserve built heritage and work towards a better outcome for Parramatta !

03.01.2022 This happened in YOUR Parramatta this weekend. Check it out. Get involved with the cause. The Craze Co North Parramatta Residents Action Group - NPRAG... Save Willow Grove See more

02.01.2022 Thank you Thy for your fabulous design art work inspired by what we do at our local Boomerang Bags Parramatta group!

02.01.2022 Hey creative crafties........ Parra Pickers at THE BOWER Reuse & Repair Centre for December Christmas Markets, and they are looking for stall holders, and those who can run workshops! Get in touch. Boomerang bags Parramatta will likely be there in some form.. Liveable Parramatta... Plastic Free Parramatta See more