Cave Coffee before 8:30am in the morning and be the first to mention YYY 87.6FM to get a free regular-sized coffee of your choic.
Remember that the Ferny Grove Festival is coming up on 28th April – put it in your diary.
Are you making regular use of the Transition The Grove Community Calendar. Transition The Grove members are working hard to make it the go-to place to find out what is happening locally around here. Anyone who has registered as a member can add events and the aim is to make it as full as possible a record of all the things you can join or go along to locally.
Let’s look at some of the types of regularly occurring events that are in the calendar at the moment:
Wahminda Grove Bushcare Group Wahminda Park Scout Hall Ferny Grove Working bee
Indoor Circuits Patricks Rd State School – Fitness Class
Yoga St Matthews Church Hall Grovely Local recreation
Personal Training (Northside Fitness) All Saints Church Hall Arana Hills Local recreation
Strong People Stay Young – U3A fitness class Ferny Hills Fishing Club Everton Hills Healthy community
Knitting Group Arana Hills Library Ferny Hills Craft group
Qigong St Matthews Church Hall Grovely Local recreation
Strong People Stay Young – U3A fitness class Ferny Hills Fishing Club Everton Hills Healthy community
Duplicate bridge – Arana Bridge Club Arana Contract Bridge Club Ferny Grove Card game
Nutrition For Health – a cancer support group Relaxation Centre Alderley Session of activity under leader
Ferny Walking Group (Heart Foundation Walking Group) Ferny Hills Pool Car Park Ferny Hills Healthy community
Mic Travers – Celtic Folk Outfit Finnigan’s Chin Keperra Live music
Taekwondo Lessons (Pacific International) All Saints Church Hall Arana Hills Local recreation
Learn to Dance – Latin Ballroom Hills District Community Centre Arana Hills Dance
Qigong St Matthews Church Hall Grovely Local recreation
Scallywags playgroup Arana Hills Church of Christ Arana Hills Playgroup
Morning Prayer All Saints Church Arana Hills Church Service
U3A Life Writing Group Wahminda Guides Hall Ferny Hills Learning community
Freeing Yourself With Feldenkrais Relaxation Centre Alderley Session of activity under leader
Duplicate bridge – Arana Bridge Club. BYO lunch Arana Contract Bridge Club Ferny Grove Card game
GrowthBusters: ‘Hooked On Growth’ – – Movie / DVD/ Film night
Northside Fitness Group Fitness All Saints Church Hall Arana Hills Fitness Group
Northside Fitness Group Fitness All Saints Church Hall Arana Hills Fitness Group
Aussie T-Ball & Rookie Ball James Drysdale Recreational Park Bunya Local recreation
Duplicate bridge – Arana Bridge Club Arana Contract Bridge Club Ferny Grove Card game
Vigil Eucharist St Matthews Church Grovely Church Service
Ferny Grove Markets Ferny Grove station Ferny Grove Market
Eucharist Service St Matthews Church Grovely Church Service
And that’s only about 4 days’ worth!!!
Obviously the Community Calendar has a long way to go before it is complete. The more locals who take part in adding local classes and markets and events they know about to the Community Calendar the more complete it will be and the more useful for everyone in this community.
What is the use of a Community Calendar? Why do we have one?
Well firstly it is very useful for any individual who wants to look it up and find out where something is on locally. What is happening locally? What would be good to get involved in? Where is it happening? Who is the contact for it? What do I need to do to go along? What does it cost?
If you are looking for local events you might choose a type of event like ‘Healthy Community’ or ‘Local Recreation’ and that will give you a list of events in that category.
If you are a member and you are wanting to add an event you will find we have done a lot of homework identifying local places where events are held. There is a long list of venues to choose from. If you are organising an event it will help you think about where it might be held.
Also if you are planning an event you might be wise to find out first if there are other local major events on around the time planned. It really doesn’t help to have two big expos or fetes scheduled for exactly the same day and time but you’d be amazed how frequently it happens. The Community Calendar is only as complete as people make it but it can certainly help give you some warning of other things that are on.
However none of these are the really big reason we think a Community Calendar is important. The really big reason a Community Calendar is important is because it can help make it much easier for us to live locally. If there is so much on in our local community and we start having a terrific time and meeting people and getting involved right close to home the pull away from community lessens steadily.
When my husband and I made the commitment to start living locally around here we found it very hard. We knew very little about all the great things that happen locally. It seemed like dullsville. Now we think exactly the opposite. There is so much happening locally that it is possible to be involved every day and night of the week and not come close to doing all the things we’d like to do.
The Community Calendar is terrific for helping live within a budget. It cuts the cost of travel down to almost nothing. It also cuts down the time taken to get to events down to about 5 minutes or 10 at the most. Parking is a breeze! And living local going to local events is also very affordable especially compared to city outings.
Choosing events from the Community Calendar means starting to get involved in local community. It means meeting people at events then running into them at the shopping centre or the station or at church or local schools or sports events or in the park or even next door! I know some of my neighbours much better by getting involved in local clubs that they also belong to!
Anyway I thoroughly encourage you to get on to the Transition The Grove website and start making full use of the Community Calendar. Don’t be hesitant about joining – all it involves is identifying yourself as a local since this website is strictly for locals. There’s no charge and once you are registered you can add events too which would be great.
Cheers let’s have a song!