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25.01.2022 Living Smart courses coming your way this month - two ONLINE and one in Gawler! Know someone keen on a Living Smart course? They’re in luck! Our July online courses are open to all. These are ‘hosted’ in Prospect and Port Adelaide Enfield but since they’re online anyone, from anywhere, can join. If getting along to a Living Smart course has prevented you from signing up, now is your chance to join us from the comfort of your home... Port Adelaide Enfield Living Smart ONLINE www.livingsmartport2020.eventbrite.com.au Starting July 21 (Tuesday evenings) Prospect Living Smart ONLINE www.livingsmartprospect2020.eventbrite.com.au Starting July 22 (Wednesday evenings) As these courses are held via Zoom, anyone (from anywhere) is welcome! We also have our first YOUTH Living Smart kicking off later this month, for young people in the Gawler region. Share with your networks in the area! Gawler YOUTH Living Smart https://livingsmartgawler2020.eventbrite.com.au Starting July 28 (Tuesday afternoons)

25.01.2022 Looking forward to our working bee tomorrow Sunday 9:30am.

24.01.2022 Please come along to the Council meeting to show community support for this. All you have to do is sit in the gallery and be present, nothing scary or confronting. They'll be lots of others there and is a really interesting experience to witness council in action. Please join us as this is important.

22.01.2022 Tree for Life Annual Garden Plant Sale is the perfect opportunity to talk to friendly staff about the best plants for your patch. Find species to encourage native birds, bees and butterflies to visit and pollinate. Choose from a wide range of quality native garden plants that will provide colour, shade, screening, and points of interest to your garden. Trees For Life members receive a discount on all plants. Join online to access great savings. When: Thursday 3 to Saturday 5 ...June, 9am-1pm Where: Westwood Nursery, cnr of Sir Donald Bradman Drive and May Terrace, Brooklyn Park Please note: Because of COVID-19 restrictions, we'll manage the number of people in our Westwood Nursery at one time. This includes a booking system where you can sign up to a day and time to attend the sale. Book your place here. https://treesforlife.org.au//N/Annual-Plant-Sale-2021.aspx

19.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/events/2590802944520108

19.01.2022 Friends of Pine Gully working bee - https://mailchi.mp/1f2497/friends-of-pine-gully-working-bee

18.01.2022 What a great morning in the gully. I am grateful to be in this great caring community. We managed to move half of the stone pile and we hope to do the rest in our next working bee on the first Sunday of the month. ... Big Shout out for all the neighbours who did great achievement today. I wish to share your names here, but I will leave it to you to comment and share your photos about the day. Thank you for the regulars who we missed toady and wish to see you soon. stay safe and hope to see you next working bee.

18.01.2022 Day 1 of Barley grass challenge Today I felt very proud of myself to finally do some work in the gully. I collected a doggy bag of barley grass. after this great feeling, I decided to create a barley challenge for myself. I will collect silimar bag of grass seeds every time I pass in the gully. feeling very excited... don't forget to join us for the 16th Sep planting day in the gully.

17.01.2022 Our beautiful Adelaide Hills communities are facing incredible heartache at the moment. We've established the Cudlee Creek Fire Appeal to help people in need. ...It will build on other community support measures such as emergency grants and the Local Recovery Coordinator which are now up and running. Every little bit helps - no matter how big or small. The fund will be distributed to the families and businesses who have lost their homes and livelihoods in the wake of the tragic fires.

16.01.2022 National Tree Day is a call-to-action for the Holdfast Bay community to come together, connect with nature and give back to the natural world. Come and get some fresh air and exercise, enjoy the sound of the waves and the birds, and learn about our native dune plants.

15.01.2022 This is a friendly reminder that we are currently working on developing a new Environment Strategy for Holdfast Bay. We want to hear from you and your members, friends, and neighbours! There are several ways you can be heard: - Complete a short or longer online survey here: https://www.yourholdfast.com/ourenvironment... - Put pins on a digital map https://www.yourholdfast.com/ourenvironment - Come along to our community workshop The community workshop is next week on Thursday 5th December, 5.30 8 pm, at the Kauri Sports Complex. Please book a place for catering (yes, we’ll provide some refreshments!) click here to book. Please spread the word! Many thanks.

15.01.2022 What to do if you found kids playing in your backyard.. epic reaction. https://www.motorious.com/arti//guy-catches-neighbor-kid/

15.01.2022 Hi neighbours, Is there any ongoing project to establish veggie beds or butterfly garden in the boundaries of the house that you know of? What do you think about this idea and how do you suggest it could be executed.

14.01.2022 Who would be interested in doing this ?

12.01.2022 We have a firebug/s in our community and I’m really worried about what this could lead to. In the last few weeks fires have been lit in: Marino Conservation ...Park Capella Reserve, Hallett Cove Glenthorne National Park (behind Seaview Downs) We’ve been extremely lucky that none of these fires have impacted private property and all were able to be gotten under control relatively quickly. However, we may not be so fortunate next time. If you see any suspicious activity near areas of open space, particularly on these upcoming fire danger days, please contact SAPOL immediately on: 131 444.

11.01.2022 Some one very wise sahred this with me. One of the most reliable indicators of a friendship’s longevity is something I call Imperfection Tolerance. That is, the friendships that are the most likely to last have an expansive and compassionate tolerance for each other’s imperfections. Instead of turning away from one another because they are imperfect, they turn toward one another. Instead of shunning each other, they accept each other- warts and all. Quite often, friendship...s fall apart because there is an inequality in their Imperfection Tolerance. I have seen this time and time again. One person has no tolerance for their friend’s imperfect patterns, while simultaneously expecting all of theirs to be fully embraced. A sense of inequality sets in, as one friend feels entitled to complete acceptance, while never letting their friend off the hook. Better to identify these patterns early- it will save you lots of time, and disappointment. Equality of compassion is the root of most long lasting friendships. - Jeff Brown

10.01.2022 Join Friends of Pine Gully for the reptile survey.

09.01.2022 This is a great opportunity to apply for to fix the water catchnent in the gully. Please let me know if any one would be interested in helping in the application.

08.01.2022 Last month we did photo points guided by the tree for life expert Tricia. It was a very interesting experience, we did also some weeding. Time: This month we will start 9:00 am and we expect to work until 10:30 am.... What we will do: 1- perform the safety routine 2- Water the plants 3- Halo wedding for areas 4-5 4- Cuppa and some socializing. please refer to the schedule attached for any further information, and check the map for the zones. What to bring: We have some safety gear, but please don't forget to Slip, Slop, Slap. If you feel like watering, you can bring your watering can or empty bottle of milk. Looking forward to seeing you

06.01.2022 I’m pleased to share with you the gullies master plans. They are finally open for public consultation. You can download them from the site below, and there is a feedback form to which you can click through from this page. The consultation period is open until Wednesday 5th May, 5 pm.... You might also be interested to know that the environmental team in the council are in the process of getting some biodiversity plans developed for all three gullies. They will let us know when they’re ready to look at them.

06.01.2022 A reminder from Alex (Team Leader Environment & Coast @City of Holdfast Bay) Don't forget that next week is Backyard Bird Count week! https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/ 20 minutes observation wherever you are is enough, and as many times as you want during the week - we get the data for Holdfast Bay so please go mad!

05.01.2022 Very Sad News Sadly, We have just been informed by Alex (Team Leader Environment & Coast) that someone has illegally removed a lot of the mistletoe from some of the trees in Pine Gully. Apparently, there are now only two clumps left!... Please be aware that mistletoes are a keystone species in healthy habitats and the council was using the seeds from these bushes to attempt propagation on some street trees as an experiment. Mistletoes are important and must remain in place. Please, if anyone saw or knows who did this, I would appreciate knowing because this is an illegal activity and the offender can be prosecuted. Jan (memebr of FoPG) added We did have mistletoe birds in the Gully. Beautiful coloured little birds. Let’s hope the damage hasn’t frightened them away. looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday @ 9:30 am

05.01.2022 Good morning neighbours, Our usual working bees are back to the first Sunday of the month at 9:30 for one or two hours. However, we have some urgent work in the gully to do tomorrow Sunday 20 of June 9:30 am. Urgent work We will need a few strong people who would be able to push a wheelbarrow on the slop. We have a pile of stones to move from the top of the slope to the area along the path.I will bring two wheelbarrows and two shovels. The plan is to do up to 4 trips each an...d call it off. Some other work If you want to join us for some light work, there is a lot of halo weeding on the site. I hope you have seen the progress done on the slips of the gully by now. We have 500 plants put by the council on the northern sides along and along with steps. They will need to put sticks on them in the future so we can keep weeding around them and water them. On Wednesday we planted another 100 plants in a joint working bee with the council. We will need to add a few extra green guards. Please, if you have some, bring them with you. Socialising after the working beeSpare an hour or two after the working bee for a Cuppa and catching up. See more

04.01.2022 Novemebr working bee and other news https://mailchi.mp/0349ba4c222b/nov-1st-working-bee

04.01.2022 Hi neighbour what do you think about this idea from our dear neighbour Mary Trott. 'Please is there a bugler who can play the Last Post tomorrow morning at 6am at the top of Seacliff zigzag - Maitland Tce end?'

04.01.2022 Working bee 05/ 07 / 2020 @ 9:30 am Good morning Neighbours,Hope all going well with you and you are keeping warm in this crazy cold weather. This Sunday we have a few things planned for our working bee. Sue kindly suggest the following activities: 1- Hand weeding the top planted section off Kingston Crescent.... 2- Move the last of the rocks to the TOP of the bike track valleys...no need to carry rocks down the hill, just arrange them in front of where the bikes used to start their downhill run. 3- Hand weeding the embankment. 4- Halo weeding the bush care section.....soursobs. We have also 100 plants from the council to plant on the strip along the road Zone (2) as it shows in the map. We will need also to put some empty green guards on the newly planted slope. If you can't make it to the working bee, I hope you can join us for a cuppa around 11:00 am. looking forward to seeing you.Kinda See more

02.01.2022 Decemebr working bee - https://mailchi.mp/9b44236329d8/decemebr-working-bee