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groceries (milk, fruit and vegetables when available).
Those on pensions, are low income families or unemployed will find this
service very helpful. As a contribution, we ask a small service fee. Foodbank NSW provides the majority of stock. Corner of Phillip Ave & Antill Street,
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WCA Contacts
Chair Liz Grace 02 6241 6785
Deputy Chair & Woodlands Convenor Richard Larson 02 6241 3024
Secretary
Gillian Helyar 02 6255 0238
Treasurer Jon Real 02 6255 4046
Editor Danae McCulloch
Woodlands and EPIC contact 02 6241 3024
Summernats Contact
02 6255 0238
Newsletter of the Watson Community Association Inc. Issue 85 -Autumn 2015
From the Chair: The beginning of another year in Watson. Fifty-one years ago I could not have imagined staying in the same place for so long. As a child I experienced life in different parts of England and Scotland, and attended six schools before I was eight years old. Driving through some of Canberra's newest suburbs I remember what Watson was like way back then. Bare and treeless with skeletons of new houses under construction. Now look at us! Lovely mature trees, green grass, a mixture of old and new homes, a well established school and valued shops. I still enjoy living in this community. The Watzon is a Community Newsletter and in this issue there are interesting items from members of the Watson community as well as the usual reports. Your phone calls, comments, suggestions – and complaints – are welcome as is any help you can provide from time to time. Don't forget 'Art in the Park' and also the AGM in May. Make a note in your diary as there won't be another issue of The Watzon before these events. Autumn is a beautiful time in Canberra, let's all enjoy it. Liz Grace Chair WCA
Featured in this edition:
Letter from the Chair
Youth with a Mission
Art in the Park
Watson Woodlands Update
Summernats 28 report
Dancing with GOLD
Delicious roast beetroot recipe
Watson Poets / Poetry contribution
Autumn gardening tips
Notices and Local Services
AGM Notice
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Youth With a Mission
Youth with a Mission (usually shortened to YWAM and pronounced “why-wam”) is an international and interdenominational mission, housed in the group of red brick buildings (the old Sacred Heart Monastery) skirted by Federal Highway, Zelling St and Aspinall Street (near the Carotel). Check out www.ywam.org . Like most YWAM centres YWAM Canberra runs bible and ministry training of various kinds and has students from all over the world. Some are taking a gap year to have an overseas adventure while doing a 6 month long DTS (Discipleship Training School). In addition to training YWAM operates mercy programs and every Thursday from 10 til 3 we open “The Pantry” which is an outlet for Foodbank and other donated foods. Foodbank is the largest food relief organisation in Australia. Anyone with a short term or ongoing financial need can access a limited range of essential groceries, meat, fruit and vegetables for a small handling fee. The Pantry has also become a place of friendship and belonging where some customers like to hang out and have a cuppa and a chat. YWAM values its involvement with the local community and has recently participated in a few different ways.
Art in the Park
Justice Robert Hope Park Antill Street entrance Sunday 12th April 2015 10:00am to 12:30pm
Painting
Photography
Pottery
Poetry
and more…..
Free for families, friends,
picnickers and
wandering minstrels. Bring your own
art materials, camera and something to eat and drink.
Meet fellow local artists. The event will be at YWAM
if it is raining. Contact
Gillian 0404915449 to express an interest.
We help to deliver the Watzon newsletter in the area around the base, and we have volunteered our time and manpower for Party at the Shops. Having a commercial kitchen and large cool rooms and freezers means we can help out with the catering side of things. Last year we were also pleased to host the Watson Community Association’s AGM in our meeting room. We’re looking forward to more service and involvement in the Watson community.
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Are you looking for garden advice?
Providing expert garden advice to Canberra and district gardeners for over forty years. I can recommend
the most suitable plants for year round colour and interest. A good
garden will add value to your home. See my web site now at
www.cedricbryant.com.au
or call me now on 6241 8752 or
0418 620 424
CEDRIC BRYANT
Horticultural Consultant and Garden
Writer for Canberra CityNews
Watson residents receive 10%
discount!
“Autumn is a busy,busy time in the
garden”
With Cedric Bryant
Plant spring bulbs from the end
of February. Select good
healthy bulbs from your local
garden centre rather than ‘on
line’ where buying sight unseen
you may not get the top quality.
Trim Conifers, especially
conifer hedges in March, but
DO NOT cut into the old wood
as it will not shoot again.
Divide perennials for extra
plants for your garden at no cost
after they have finished
flowering in late autumn. If
you have too many pot them up
for your local school or church
fete plant stall
When pruning any trees or
shrubs follow the three ‘D’s’,
removing any Dead, Diseased
or Damaged branches.
Spray fruit trees with organic
‘Bordeaux’ or ‘Kocide’ now
and again in spring to prevent
brown rot and other fungal
diseases.
Autumn time is feeding time for
all plants with organic Neutrog
‘Seamungus’, a combination of
free range chook poo and
seaweed.
Give new plants Maxicrop
Seaweed Plant Nutrient to
promote root strong root
growth.
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Breastfeeding Counselor (s) on hand to answer your questions.
All mums, dads, children and mums-to-be welcome, and you don’t need to be a member
If you have a question about breastfeeding please call our
free
National Breastfeeding Helpline:
1800 686 268 or visit
www.breastfeeding.asn.au
to check venues:
Australian
Breastfeeding
Association
North Canberra The WCA particularly thanks the Australian Catholic University (ACU), Signadou Campus in Watson, for printing this Newsletter as a community service. The Campus has more than 600 students and is conveniently located 5km from Canberra's city centre. For more information on courses available please call them on 02 6209 1100—Mon to Fri 7:30am - 8:30pm or visit www.acu.edu.au
Canberra Central Combined
Probus Club
Meets on the 1st Wednesday of the month, 10am to Noon at the Ainslie Club. For more information, contact Secretary Ian Bland on
6241 1117
MAJURA PLUMBING
Mathew Patch Owner/Operator
Plumbing Draining Gasfitting
0407 483 510 [email protected]
NO JOB TOO SMALL -24x7 service
MR FLUFFY
If you are one of the 16 or more Mr Fluffy residents of Watson and wish to make contact with a local member of the “Mr Fluffy Homes – Full Disclo-sure” group, please contact Kathleen Read, Mob 0412 136 430,H 62411291.
PARTY AT THE SHOPS—SPRING
Expressions of Interest welcomed. Please
contact Gillian Helyar,
[email protected], ph 0404915449
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Watson Woodlands
Report
Our major tasks through the
summer months are dealing
with St John’s Wort and Paterson’s
Curse as well as tending to new
seedlings planted over spring.
Some seedlings were purchased at the
Greening Australia November sale and
planted in a large rabbit proof enclosure.
Native grasses and forbs raised by John
Briggs were planted in various locations.
We have had favourable conditions for
summer growing plants and their
survival.
Two members of the group met with a
Parks and Conservation (PCS) offsets
manager to consult on a proposed budget
works allocation. PCS has asked for
approximately $109,000 in the
forthcoming 2015 – 2016 ACT budget.
The Woodlands Group would like to
have extra expenditure for slashing,
rabbit control and trial plot burning with
lesser expenditure spent on some other
items. Included are forward planning
estimates for budgets up to 2017-2018.
The main items identified by PCS were
fencing, weeding and funding for a 0.3
full-time equivalent park ranger
position.
Planning Report
The association has provided a comment
to the Environment and Planning
Directorate (EPD) in regard to Block 21
Section 30 in Dickson.
The development application is for a
mixed use residential and Coles/Aldi
supermarket complex extending to sev-
en stories in height facing Antill Street. There is a proposed one way traffic en-
trance from Badham Street with a left
only main exit into Antill Street. There
will be an optional right hand exit at the
Dickson Library to return to eastern
suburbs (including Watson, Downer
and Hackett) via Cowper Street.
This option is mentioned as having the
potential to have an adverse perfor-
mance of the intersections of Cowper
Street and Cowper Street/Antill Street
and the upgrading project for the Cow-
per Street intersection.
However turning right at the library it is
the only sensible option for residents of
Watson to take other than to circumnav-
igate the Dickson Group Centre via
Badham Street and Dickson Place to
return to Cowper Street/Antill Street.
WCA has recommended that
‘sensitivity tests’ be applied to the Cow-
per Street and Cowper/Antill Street in-
tersections.
WCA AGM
Thursday 7 May 2015 7:30—9:30 pm Youth with a Mission Entrance off Zelling St You must become a member of WCA two weeks prior to the AGM in order to vote or stand for the committee. Email or phone us to request a membership form.
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. GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY
Dancing with GOLD in Canberra
In 2011, with the support of an ACT Health Promotion grant, Canberra Dance Theatre began dance classes for people over 55. The class/group soon became known as GOLD—Growing Old Disgracefully. Now a vibrant and dynamic bunch of ‘elders’ ranging in age from their late fifties to those in their seventies and eighties, the group has continued to grow sine 2011, with the majority still attending dance classes at CDT at least once or twice a week. It is a diverse group who above all enjoy movement with music and includes people who have had a lifetime of dance to those with no previous dance experience and those in between.
This amazing diverse group of over 55’s is now recognised as a company under the auspices of CDT and its visionary Artistic Director, Liz lea. The dances have developed a strong and inclusive social network, with a shared commitment not only to keeping active and having fun, but also to dance and performance. They perform in a variety of community settings and national institutions here in Canberra such as the National Gallery of Australia,
Summernats 28 report By Rod Lestone
After 12 years living in Watson I was afforded the opportunity to set foot behind the fence at Summernats 28 as the Watson Community Association representative.
Attending the nightly management meetings I got to hear first hand what goes on in the day to day running and provide feedback as to its impact on our suburb. I found the organisers to be cordial and interested in what I had to say.
The incidents of antisocial behavior, litter and illegal parking were not as apparent as previous Summernats. The decisions to block off access to Stirling Avenue from Northbourne and to close off the gate behind the Woolworths Service Station are positive for Watson. The weather was also kind with a light breeze to dissipate the burnout pollution and noise which in some years is a major issue for Watson residents.
While not everyone’s cup of tea and an outright annoyance to some, as the suburb most impacted it is positive that there is a forum where resident views can be represented and acted upon.
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WATSON
EFTPOS is available - no minimum expenditure required
Free home delivery services
Come in & experience the
service for yourself.
Phone 02 6255 6800
Express
Meg’s
Is a community toy library. Run as a non profit venture
with the support of St Margaret’s Church
Call—02 6248 7467 (during opening hours only)
Wed 10am—12pm Sat 2pm—4pm
Drop by and join
Canberra North Probus Club Inc.
The Mens Canberra North Probus Club
Inc. for retirees meets at St Margaret’s Hall, corner of Phillip Avenue and Antill Street Hackett, on the second Tuesday of each month from 10 am to 12 noon. NEW MEMBERS MOST WELCOME For further information please contact
Jim Maher on 02 6248 8925
Justice of the Peace
Alf (Noddy) Fripp JP
12 Kerferd St Watson ACT 2602
Ph 02 6241 7475
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THE WATSON
Takeaway
BIG BURGERS - BATTERED BREAM - GOURMET PIZZAS - GREAT COFFEE - LICENCED
VENUE.
Catering available for office and events .
Trading Hours: MONDAY – THURS 8.30AM – 8.30PM
FRIDAY 8.30AM – 9.30PM
SATURDAY 8.30AM – 8.30PM
(CLOSED SUNDAY)
Phone Order : 02 6241 1517
Shop 3, 5 Watson Place
Watson Shops ACT 2602
Watson Pharmacy
New pharmacy hours:
Monday to Friday : 9am–6:00pm Saturday: 9am—1pm
Licensed Post Office & Sub-Newsagency
A selection of affordable gifts & wrapping, greeting cards & stationery items available
Post office hours: Monday—Friday: 9am—5:30pm
DISCOVER MORE ASK YOUR PHARMACIST.
Many of you may have seen the ad campaign running on television. Watson Pharmacy is a Quality Care Accredited Pharmacy and a member of The Pharmacy Guild of Australia. We have many services on offer Pain management Webster packs Health checks and advice66 Medication checks NDSS diabetes scheme
Come in and talk to a Pharmacist to find out WHAT WE CAN DO
TO HELP YOU .
Phone: (02) 6241 1506
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CSIRO, National Portrait Gallery, Floriate and the Multicultural Festival.
One highlight of 2014 was the production of a 30 minute documentary, The GOLDs, directed by former Canberra dancer and choreographer, now award winning dance filmmaker Sue Healy and produced by Sue Healy and Liz Lea. Another was the involvement of some of the GOLD dancers in the Anthology project – a site specific theatrical journey into the vanished Canberra suburb of Westlake, created and produced by Pip Buining and Louise Morris.
As the promotion for the film attests, the GOLDs are ‘a group of Canberrans who are vital, idiosyncratic and complex individuals, who defy the preconception that dance is only for the young.’ And many of them live in Watson!
To find out more about GOLD and GOLD dance classes, which are always open to new people, contact Canberra Dance Theatre:
http://www.canberradancetheatre.org/ Canberra Dance Theatre has premises on the corner of Barry Drive and Kingsley Street in Canberra City.
On Watson’s doorstep each Saturday morning the Capital Region Farmers Market is held at EPIC, run by the
Rotary Club of Hall. To celebrate 10 years in operation, the Club launched a cookbook on November 1, 2014. We are pleased to be able to bring you a
recipe from this book.
Roasted Beetroot Salad
Recipe supplied by Joe Vassalo, Mowbray Park, one of the founding stallholders. 1-2 bunches of beetroot 100g rocket 200g fetta, crumbled balsamic vinegar, to taste olive oil, to taste 50g pine nuts 50g walnuts Preheat oven to 1800C. Roast washed beetroot in oven till fully cooked. Peel and chop into wedges, toss in balsamic vinegar and olive oil. To serve, spread rocket onto a serving platter, place beetroot on top of rocket, sprinkle with pine nuts, walnuts and fetta. Serves 4-6 with roast beef or lamb.
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Opening hours for Cherryripe Brasserie
(located next to the Watson Chemist)
Monday 8am to 2:30pm
Tuesday: 8am to 2:30pm
Wednesday 8am to 2:30pm
Thursday 8am to 2:30pm
& 5:30pm-8pm
Friday 8am to 2:30pm
& 5:30pm-8pm
Saturday 8am to 2:30pm
& 5:30pm-8pm
Sunday 8am to 2:30pm
We have beautiful homemade gluten
free cakes available 7 days per week
PRIVATE FUNCTION ROOM UPSTAIRS SEATING UP TO 12 PEOPLE
For bookings, please ring 62556965
Poetry on the menu….
As part of the Café Poet in Residence
with Australian Poetry, I convened
Watson poets in 2010 at Carlos
Café. We have been meeting every
Wednesday afternoon in the same space
since then (with a break over Christmas-
New Year).
Between six and twelve poets with a
range of poetic styles and experience
come together for two hours, where we
read, respond to and write poems.
Each year, we have a public reading and
tapas, and every second year we travel
by train to Sydney, writing poems to
perform and publish in a chapbook in
partnership with NSW Trains.
New people are welcome to join the
group at Cherryripe. Our next reading
will be at Dickson library in May.
For more info or to buy our chapbooks
($5.00) please email me on
Fiona McIlroy
www.inspireact.com.au
pastel colour code bunker parking | random trolley | ferro-concrete canopy | panoply of perpetual
sales | your size at other outlet | daydream Island holiday muzak | nobody lives here | noth-ing lives here | carcinogenic light | six thousand watt escalators | fat ties | clinquant gimcrack gewgaw knickknacks | bundled iThing kiosks | velcro-thingies | lurching anorexic manne-quins | anaemic shoppies | franchise smorgasbord | formica food court | contiguous claus-trophobic esplanades of brattle | shrink-wrap brat | sanitary sandwich | simultaneous shutters | crowding out local | the end of craft | banishment of bicycles | no funambulist tricks | no ollie kickflips | no hacky sack splats | no gust of wind to lift a woman’s skirt | no sparrow chirp | no notes of lost dogs, salsa and kung fu | silence lost | goodbye sky | checked | packed | malled -Hal Judge
SUBMISSION TO ACT PLANNING & LAND AUTHORITY
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The Peregrination of a Moth
Spawned in the spring equinox The moth emerges from its chrysalis And prayerfully spreads its drying wings Towards the sun, tasting the wind. To the casual observer, its flight Is but a differential thread in space To the participant it is a journey Worthy of Homer or the Quest of Parzival Eventually it will meet its fate Like all creatures of the double helix In a corollary season
—Richard Larson
Notices & Local Services
Canberra Music Studio Welcome to the Canberra Music Studio
where you will enjoy quality, professional, fun musical
education. Love learning the piano. $31 per half hour
Contact Diane London 0414 788 380 or
www.canberramusicstudio.com.au
Canberra Carotel Motel
Relatives coming to visit? Friends or family coming to Canberra for an event?
The Carotel Motel is an ideal place for them to stay. It has a wide variety of
room styles that offer affordable, comfortable and convenient
accommodation for their stay in Canberra.
Check us out online at
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