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GIRGARRE COMMUNITY NEWS
Girgarre Gazette – September 2022
EXCITING TIMES FOR GARGARRO GARDENS
There’s a buzz of anticipation and excitement around the Gargarro Gardens now the major earthworks are completed. Small
groups of volunteers, under the watchful eye of contract supervisor, Dan Walker, are busily transplanting 22,000 native trees,
shrubs, groundcovers, and grasses into their permanent positions. Just in time for the warmer spring weather to do its magic.
The plantings popping up in the garden beds, now clearly defined by the dark mulch bring the beauty and scope of the design
to life.
“We are getting to the ‘pointy end’ of Stage Two,” Chair of Gargarro Botanic Gardens Inc, Doc McDonald said recently.
“There’s a real sense of achievement in seeing this stage of the gardens come to life. However, sourcing all the rare and endangered
plants required to fully complete this stage is an on-going process. All the current stock, including many aquatic
plants will be in place by the end of September and an opening to the public will take place sometime in October. Everyone is
excited to see the progress we’ve made, including Lucas Dean, Associate Landscape Architect with Taylor, Cullity, Lethlean
(TCL), the supervising designers of the Gargarro complex. Lucas was very pleased with the progress and quality of the work
when he visited earlier in August.”
Dan Walker, pictured left, Principal of Buloke Regen, has the job of interpreting and implementing
the complex plantings design provided by TCL. Dan has qualifications in ecology and
a background in seed collection, landscape, and bush regeneration. He has worked extensively
in the field of conservation ecology and biology in Western Australia and has a strong interest
in alternative and ecologically sound farming practice. He has found a perfect niche for
his experience in the supervisory job at Gargarro. The form of the gardens will be further
heightened in the coming weeks, according to Dan. Larger specimens up to a metre tall will
add instant impact and perspective to the layout.
Willing volunteers, come from near
and far.
Right: Retiring Nationals member
for Euroa, Steph Ryan and Anne
Cleeland, Nationals candidate for
the seat of Euroa at the upcoming
November elections lend a hand in
the garden.
Left: More volunteers,
greatly
appreciated and
essential to the
success of the
gardens.

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Co-ordinator’s Catch-up
Hello everyone,
Spring is here yippee! Well technically it is here, as it’s the 1st of September but ...as I have the
heater pumping on my feet and look at the grey clouds through the window I am not so sure.
Let us just say it is getting closer.
Things have been moving along nicely at The Cottage, steadily busy but not too crazy. We are
still on the hunt for volunteers, drivers especially. So if you could help, even one drive a month please, please,
please contact me. If you do sign up but decide it is not for you, you can leave as there is no obligation. If you know
someone who likes driving, please mention us to them.
It is AGM season and ours is fast approaching, if you are not familiar with The Cottage this is an excellent opportunity
to come along and learn about the things we do. See the back page for all of the information.
We have many super stars in our community and one which shines especially bright is Margaret Wickham. Marg
knits beanies for premature babies. Since the beginning of the Covid19 pandemic Marg has made 275 beanies. She
got started because a lady, Amy from Warramunda came around and asked her “What do you like doing?” – after
some discussion they came up with the idea of making hats for premature babiesand Amy gave Marg a pattern.
Originally Margaret allocated $50 a month to pay for the supplies
herself, but then Warramunda got a big donation of baby wool, so
now she doesn’t need to worry about supplies. Margaret makes 25
at a time and Amy picks them up – most of them go to Royal women’s
Hospital – Premature war and a few have gone to Shepparton
hospital.
Each ball of wool is enough for 4 hats. Well done Margaret!
Mother’s Day Classic. We received our final events reconciliation and
we raised nearly $3500 for breast cancer research. An absolute
amazing effort. Well done people!
On a less positive note, we received a request to publish the following
from Avis Weller.
“ To the person who was seen taking my orchid out of John Wardes
trailer in front of the Gargarro Nursery at Girgarre on Thursday 28 th
July, I would like to tell you a story about it.
30 years ago on the way home from holidays, we called into the Orchid
show in Shepparton and purchased my orchid, was about 2 inches high. For the last 30 years I have watered
and fed it. 30 years and it never flowered. The reason it was at the nursery was because it had just visited the Orchid
Doctor in Shepparton.
I now know how to get it to flower for next season (not telling you) after all that time and now it has been nicked. I
would really like you to return it to the same place you got it from and no further action will be taken.
I would be willing to divide it up so we could have a bit each.” If you have any information please contact Avis
Weller on 0409 438386
I know some human behavior is very disappointing, but remember there are many more good deeds done than
bad. For example; I was in Dunstall’s on Saturday and overheard a gentleman trying to be an auger which they did
not stock. I saw him in the car park and offered him mine, he was extremely happy and took up the offer. Later
that day he sent me a picture of him in action digging holes for his house restumping project, a very happy chappy.
Take care, Bye for now, Kezia

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GIRGARRE COMMUNITY NEWS
BRAYDEN GEORGE HITS A SPEED
HUMP IN HIS AFL DREAM
For those that don’t know Brayden George he is a local teenager
who started his football journey playing with SGR & St Augustine’s.
2018 he played for Girgarre FNC before moving over to Tatura
(2019), now he’s playing for Wangaratta Rovers in the O&M and the
Murray Bushrangers in the NAB League.
2022 is Brayden’s Draft Year, and it has certainly been of highs and
lows. Following on from a very successful 2021, there was high
expectation for Brayden.
Brayden tested well at NAB testing at the beginning of the year.
The was named as co-captain of the Under 19 squad. He played the first 5 rounds and was touted as a
potential Top-10 Draft Pick and compared to a young Christian Petracca.
Early May Brayden had a meniscus tear which saw him require surgery and that meant missing the majority
of the NAB season, sidelining him from the Young Guns Series & National Championships. These are
important games with all the AFL Recruiters and Scouts watching. Brayden still at this stage was expected
to be drafted within the First Round (Top 19), as he had a fantastic start to his Under 18/19 career.
The last step before being Drafted, is to compete at The National Combine. Brayden was named as only
1 of 2 from the Goulburn Valley to get an invite regardless of not playing over half the season.
On August 21 st , Brayden was able to get back onto the field and played his first match since early May. He
had a strong showing and came off feeling good, considering he hadn’t played for 16 weeks. The bushies
then went into the Wildcard Finals Round.
Playing only his 2 nd match back from his meniscus, Brayden
landed awkwardly and has suffered a suspected ACL tear. “It’s
extremely disappointing. He tweaked his meniscus early in the
year, got it repaired and patched up, put in lots of hard work
and got back out there and looked really good”, Bushies coach
Mark Brown said.
“He’s done a mountain of work, got himself to a potential firstround
Draft Pick. He might slide a couple of spots of the back of
this, but from all accounts, he’ll certainly still get drafted. This is
just a slight hiccup”
“You certainly don’t know until his name is called out on Draft
Night, but he’s potentially going to be a drafted footballer and
that’s off the back of a great deal of hard work, dedication and
commitment”
“The is disappointing for Brayden, but he’s a terrific kid, he’s got
a terrific family, he’s as diligent an athlete as we’ve had in our
Bushies Program so he’ll do the work, he’ll get back and he’ll be
stronger, bigger and fitter then before when he returns”, Brown
said.

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HAPPY 35TH BIRTHDAY TO US
The Girgarre Patchwork and Quilters group celebrated their 35th birthday on the 5th August with a shared lunch
and a yummy cake together. Shirley Pyke and Donalda Walker together with their 3 friends came together to enjoy
a shared passion for all things patchwork all those years ago. Little did they know then that they would still be coming
out each week for the next 35years. Many things have changed over that time from cutting fabric with scissors
and every thing hand sewn to now when rotary cutters and sewing machines are the norm. The group has grown
from that original 5 up to 25 every week now. Laughing, learning, teaching, sharing, creating, challenging, eating to
name a few are all top of our agenda.
We were set a challenge at the end of May to make a quilt with the reference to "35". We enjoyed their unveiling
on Friday. So many different ideas and creations came forward and all were wonderful, but the best was done by
Shirley Pyke. She had many applique blocks made over the years that were made for other projects but not used.
She embroided the year on each then brought them together in the most beautiful wall quilt. She has included the
first ever name badge that the group made for themselves in the top right hand cnr.
Both she and Donalda had a few of the items that they had made back in those early years for us to enjoy.
Taking a closer look at one of Shirley's earlier quilts.
Shirley and Donalda cutting our birthday cake.
A beautiful carrot cake to help us
celebrate.
Shirley's beautiful quilt.

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Friends of Gargarro
Annual General Meeting
Sunday 23rd October 12.30pm
At Green Thumbs Nursery Winter Rd
Girgarre
New members always welcome
For further information ph Marlene
0437125425
email - rodrickmarlene@gmail.com

CLASSIFIEDS & SERVICES
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FRIENDS OF GARGARRO
CATERING AVAILABLE
Need catering for a
function?
Well, the Gargarro Gardens
Catering Team will be more
than happy to cater for your
needs depending on
numbers.
Phone Bernie Ryan for more
info if you are planning a
function.
Ph: 5857 2407
Mob: 0455 578 722

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Girgarre Community
Kindergarten
To keep updated on all Kinder information
Find us on Facebook
Girgarre Community
Kindergarten
Thursday 9-3pm
Saturday 9-12pm
Stanhope & District Men’s Shed
We are open three mornings a week Mon, Wed
and Fri from 9 to 12 noon. If anyone would like
to call in and see what is on offer they would be
most welcome. Membership is $25 which includes
insurance whilst at the shed.
We offer woodwork, metal work, welding,
leatherwork, a large range of books to read and
a friendly cuppa at around 10am.
Girgarre Community Cottage
Keep up to date with future events and
local information.
Join us on Facebook.
HALL BOOKINGS
As you know, our well appointed and well used
Girgarre Memorial Hall
and Supper Room
are available for hire.
Contact
Girgarre Post Office
Ph: 5854 6200
Open Monday –Friday 9am - 5pm

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KYABRAM TOWN HALL
Writers’ Group
The Incident
The incident happened over seventy years ago in
the last months of the war. I was seven and entrusted with taking myself to and from school on my own, finally free
from being chaperoned by the big girls who were our near neighbours. We lived a mile out of town by road, my mother
and I, but I had discovered a more direct route in my explorations of the bush separating us from Settler’s Folly, then
the last outpost before the good-weather track disappeared into red sand country.
Mostly, I took to the bush lane in the afternoons – no time limits then – and got to know pretty well the curves in
the path, its cul-de-sacs and thickets. I had a particular hidey-hole of tangled scrub that was my shelter on my Castaway
Island, the perfect look-out over the sea of paddock that contained our house and the bitumen road that connected
Settler’s Folly to the east and the west. Behind me, though, was the trail that went outback, of which I could see nothing
beyond the bend, and was forbidden ever to go, with assurances that death in the desert would surely follow. Frankly, I
rarely thought about it as I surveyed the fantasy world in front of me.
One day, the danger in the fantasy world became real. Human sounds came up the path. My heart beat like a flapping
bird. I was irritated, furious and scared all at once. The last thing I wanted was to be discovered by some accidental
enemy, or to have to own up if it was my mother, or for any other reason to disclose my most secret secret to some
infernal sticky beak.
I curled up as tiny as I could and stayed still. The voices drew level. The crying – pitiful, dire, rending – a child? And
the words – gruff, mean, threatening. “Shaddup! Shaddup! Yer snivelling little turd!”
I could not have articulated the menace then, but the sense of it was frighteningly real and I feel it even now.
By the time I plucked up enough courage to move, it was late. My mother was already home and not happy with
me. From then on, after school, I had to go to the post office where she worked on the exchange. I learnt to read the
newspaper in those days, while I waited for her. This was the time of the sinking of the HMAS Canberra, Rommel and El
Alamein, and the disappearance of Adelaide schoolboy Eddy Bathurst – all amid the winning of the footy premiership by
the Port Torrens Magpies, a war-time hybrid made up of Port Adelaide and West Torrens.
After the war everything was upended, and since my father never came back, Mum and I moved to Adelaide and
lived the suburban life. Over time, Settlers’ Folly receded into my mental landscape, a blur into the red centre – but always
there.
A few weeks ago, a startling news item came over the car radio as I drove from the supermarket. Human remains
had been found north of Settlers’ Folly. Bush walkers had rested near an outcrop of rocks, and someone had noted the
oddity of one of the stones – whiter, smoother and rounder than the rest. It turned out to be part of a human skull –
and scattered about were vertebrae and longer limb-bones. Testing confirmed they were human and over half a century
old.
The rock outcrop was known to me. It sat a half mile past our piece of bush, at the side of the outback track, now a
sealed road. Memories of my lonely bush path and its childhood secrets bubbled up. I would often indulge in such pensive
reverie, the sound of the crying child an unquestioned and unvisualised blub muffled in the general background of
such musings.
This morning I could not finish my breakfast. The state’s senior police officer faced out from the television screen
and told the world that DNA samples from the bones found at Settlers’ Folly had matched DNA results of relatives of
Eddy Bathurst, the young child from Adelaide who had gone missing in late 1944. Investigation was in progress, all leads
from that time were being reviewed, and no – after seven decades, hopes of clearing the mystery were thin …
My blood is still curdled by this information. I have written down the contact number, but first I must pull myself
together and finish putting down a few facts and memories: apart from his killer – I think I might be the only other person
to have heard the last pitiful utterances of that small unfortunate child. Maria Radanov © 2022
Maria is a member of the Kyabram Town Hall Writers’ Group. Members are diverse in interests, ages and backgrounds. This makes for some very
interesting and informative discussion while sharing stories, poetry, and the problems of the writer’s craft. The KTHWs’G has produced a book –
Celebrating Women, a collection of original written works and art from the community. It is for sale at $20 from the Kyabram Town Hall, and online
(plus postage if required) through the writers’ group email address: kyabramwritersgroup@gmail.com

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Tongala & District Memorial
Aged Care Service Inc.
Serving the Community since 1925
R.M McHale Hostel, Koraleigh Nursing Home
for planned & emergency respite care &
permanent residential aged care
Deakin Village – retirement rental units
Memorial Drive Retirement Village
For further information contact:
Sarah Tee, 18 Purdey St, Tongala Vic. 3621
Phone: 03 5859 0800
Email: admin@tongalaagedcare.com.au
“Care in a Friendly Town”

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Group Name Details Contact name Contact number
The Girgarre Community Group Inc. President Duncan Rodrick 0427 391 706
The Girgarre Community Cottage
3rd Monday 7pm
Coordinator Kezia Talbot 5854 6482
0404 686 344
Girgarre Seniors Tuesdays 10:45am Debra Stelzer 5854 6482
Words on Wheels
Girgarre Cottage
Discuss chosen books
3rd Thursdays 6pm
The Cottage 5854 6482
Girgarre Green Thumbs Nursery Nursery Sales Loraine Warde 0438 546 237
Girgarre Open Garden Committee Open Garden Festival Loraine Warde 58546236/0438 546 237
Girgarre Playgroup 0-5 years
Monday 10-12pm,
Jigarre Ukulele (J-Ukes)
1st & 3rd Wed (5th) 1:30pm
Girgarre Kindergarten
Begins 2nd week of term
Play/learn with others
Girgarre Cottage
Robyn Swan 5854 6482
Lyn Cosham 5859 0297
Girgarre Patchwork Quilters
Fridays 9:30am
Quilters and sewing group
Memorial Hall
Nola Marke 5854 8226
Girgarre Line Dancers
Thursdays 2pm $7
Carpet Bowls-Thursdays 7:15pm April
to August
Memorial Hall Gloria Atkins 0400 539 778
All ages.
Memorial Hall
Theo George
Rob Varcoe
0428 740 976
0409 975 997
Girgarre Community Kindergarten Lead Educator Robyn Swan 5854 6368
Girgarre Primary School Principal Peter Caldow 5854 6275
Girgarre Returned Services League
1st Tuesdays 7pm. Feb-Nov
Girgarre Country Fire Authority
1st Monday 7:30pm
Stanhope/Girgarre Lions Club
2nd Wednesday 7pm
President
RSL Club Room
Captain
CFA Meeting Room
President
Stanhope Hotel
Laurie Young 0429 009 515
5854 6303
Maree Gadzinski 5854 6264
Avis Weller 5854 6383
Girgarre Community Church
Sundays 9:30am
Christian Church Ron Gregory 5854 6382
Stanhope and District Men’s Shed
Mon, Wed, Fri. 9am-12
Have fun and create.
3 Tivey Rd. Stanhope
Des Crichton 0457 300 321
Girgarre Facilities Committee
Girgarre Memorial Hall
Girgarre Recreational Reserve
Memorial Hall (Bookings)
Recreation Reserve
Sandy & Barry
Darren Butler
5854 6200
0427 546 332
Girgarre Development Group (DGD)
Last Tuesday, Jan-Nov 7:30pm
Girgarre Improvements
Memorial Hall
Jan Smith 5854 6283
Gargarro Project Gargarro Botanic Gardens Athol McDonald 5854 6324
Friends of Gargarro Garden -
working Bee 4th Sunday of month
Chairperson Bernie Ryan 5857 2407
Girgarre Craft Market
2nd Sundays. 8:30-12
Bookings/enquiries Jan Smith 5854 6283
Girgarre Farmer’s Market Bookings/enquiries Jan Smith 5854 6283
Jigarre Jammers. Feb to Nov
4th Saturday 10:30-4pm $2
Acoustic Music Irene Labbett 0429 149 246
Girgarre Living History
Book title “Girgarre”
Record of local history
Athol McDonald
Jenny Wadelton
5854 6324
5852 2301
Girgarre Football/Netball Club President Brendon Nicholson 0413 022 398
Girgarre Cricket Club President Mick Coyne 0488 296 566
Girgarre Tennis Club
President
Secretary
Josh Maudsley
Fiona Smith
0400 299 942
0408 502 274

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Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday take aways.
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Come in, relax and enjoy our fabulous
modern facilities
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www.kyabramclub.com.au
KENO AND EFTPOS FACILITIES.
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Kyabram
Bakery
135 Allan St
5852 1208
SHEPPARTON WORKWEAR & SAFETY
189 – 197 High Street SHEPPARTON VIC 3630
FOR ALL YOUR WORKWEAR CORPORATE WEAR
AND EMBROIDERY
Ph.: 5831 4838
Fax: 5831 1696
Email: sales@sheppartonworkwear.com.au
Website: www.sheppartonworkwear.com.au

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CONTACT THE COTTAGE
Girgarre Community Group Inc.
(The Cottage)
A1601 ABN: 66 944 230 131.
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Phone: (03) 5854 6482 Fax: (03) 5854 6484
http://girgarre.com.au/girgarre-community-cottage
E-mail: girgarrenh@bigpond.com
Coordinator: Kezia Talbot
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Girgarre Gazette September pg 18
FRESH SOUNDS ALONG THE SOUND WALK
Come and join us for a rousing launch of five new additions to the Sound Walk on Saturday 25 th September. These
new, innovative and creative installations will add more colour and sound to Piano Piano and Fire Bells already
well established along the Sound Walk.
Some of the items you may have seen on the Back Roads programs of a few years ago (series 6, episode 6),
others are a mystery waiting to be unveiled. Come and join the musicians and campers at the Jigarre Jammin’
weekend and help launch these unique additions to the Walk. Starting at 11am at the north, dam end of the walk,
you are invited to join the Junkestra Drummers as they lead everyone in a celebration of two local creative talents
in Rob Axen and Wallace Williams. A free BBQ lunch will follow the launch over in the park.
MUSIC CAMP WEEKEND
COMING UP
Lovers of music from near and far gather
in Girgarre on the weekend of 23 rd to 26 th
September for a full weekend of music
and friendship. Campers will dot the park
around the hall and the music will soon
resound around the camp site. The program
offers opportunities for all styles of
musicians, beginner or better, to come
and play or sing along. It’s a happy and
welcoming crowd.
Camping cost is $25 for a four-day
weekend. Good value. Locals are invited
to join the campers for the Saturday evening
concert. Non campers are invited to
come along and take in the music. Casual
entry for the Saturday program or the Saturday
evening concert is $2.
SINGALONG GOSPEL IN THE
GIRGARRE HALL
Come join the Jigarre Jammers for a
rousing sing of Old Timey Gospel songs in
the Girgarre Hall on Sunday 25 th September.
All welcome. Free entry. Followed by
morning tea.
Girgarre Tennis Club is putting a call out for anyone interested
in Hotshots (beginners aged 3-8), junior and senior
competition.
Junior training will begin on Thursday, 15th Septembert at
4:30pm.
The club will be holding a 3-day junior tennis clinic with local
coach, David Starling, over the September school holidays. All
children are welcome, so this might be a great chance for your
child to come and try tennis before committing to a team. Cost
of the clinic will be $20 per child.
Please contact Club
Secretary, Fiona Smith
on 0408 502 274 or
email girgarretc@outlook.com
to
register your interest in
or for further
information.
Thursday 9-3pm
Saturday 9-12pm

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Girgarre-Stanhope Landcare & Rail Trail AGM
A joint AGM was held on the 9 th of August 2022 at the Girgarre Memorial Hall.
Landcare Committee:
President: Anne Bell Secretary: Bernadette Fitzpatrick Treasurer: Eleanor Cockroft
Landcare will plant another 500 trees next Autumn to finish the rail trail plantings.
Rail Trail Committee
President: Glenda Cowie Secretary: Sandra McDonald
Presidents Report:
It is with pleasure that I present my 2022 Annual Report
Firstly, I would like to thank Sandra for the amazing job she does as Secretary of the Girgarre-Stanhope Rail Trail,
thank you so much for all the time you dedicate to this committee.
This year has shown that a lot of hard work by a small committee has achieved a lot.
Thank you to Craig Forster for all the work he has done to getting our Bridges installed, and Darridean Excavation
for all their work as well. Also thank you to Graham Wakefield, John Warde and George Weeks for helping Craig
with the bridge’s installation.
Thank you to all who installed the 3 seats along the trail and to Des Crichton from the Men’s Shed for the preparation
of the seats.
Thank you to Girgarre-Stanhope Landcare and Koyuga Landcare for the amazing time and effort in planting of the
trees, they look amazing.
Thank you to Stanhope & Girgarre Development Committees, their support has been invaluable.
Finally, I would like to thank Noel Mattei for the time he puts in spraying and mowing the trail, we are extremely
lucky to have someone who is prepared to put in the time that he does.
Glenda Cowie President

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2022 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour Cocktail Party
Join us for Stanhope’s 2022 Lexus Melbourne Cup tour fundraising event.
The cocktail garden party will be held in the tranquil surrounds
of Robgill Homestead, have fun with your friends, family, and
work colleagues. Enjoy delicious finger food with unlimited
bubbles, red/white wine and beer whilst taking in the
wonderful atmosphere and excitement of the 2022 Lexus
Melbourne Cup tour.
Bid on the silent Auction, buy a raffle ticket, and help raise
funds for the Stanhope’s new animal education centre.
The 2022 Lexus Melbourne Cup will stand proud in the gardens.
Date: Friday October 14 th
Time: 5.30pm – 8.00pm
Cost: $55.00 per ticket

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SEPTEMBER 2022
KYABRAM
TOWN HALL GALLERY
OPEN 10-4 Mon-Sat
58521546 0490371641
www.kyabramtownhall.com.au
FOUR EXHIBITIONS in SEPTEMBER
TARLI BIRD -LANDSCAPES-
Tarli Bird ‘Landscapes’ is an exhibition of
landscapes that capture a combination of local
and interstate locations. ENDS 1ST
OCT
DEB LAYT - PATCHWORK PIECES TO
TEXTILEADS THREADS
Textile artist Deb Layt has been creating
fibre art since the early 1990’s. Deb enjoys
the challenge of new techniques and being
innovative.
ENDS 1ST OCT
www.kyabramtownhall.com.au 0490 371 641 5852 1546
THIRD DIMENSION
Splinter Contemporary Artists
One of the leading physics model of the last
half century suggests the universe operates
with ten dimensions but the world, as we
know it, has three dimensions of space …
length, width and depth. A third dimension
adds solidity to a two - dimensional sys-
OCEANIA: DISTANCE & DIVERSITY
ART-QUILTS “Oceania: Distance and
Diversity” is an interpretation of the many
ways distance and diversity affect and impact
our region. . The exhibition comprises 29
selected art quilts from the members of
SAQA and will travel to different venues
throughout NZ and Australia.

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If you would like to join our committee and assist your community
through a Neighbourhood House you will need to be a member.
Membership is free and easy. Contact The Cottage for a form or
drop in - 03 5854 6482 or email girgarrenh@bigpond.com
To receive a Committee nomination form via email please contact
us or drop in. Committee meetings are currently held once per
month.