27 October 2022

From the editor

Having celebrated a 60-something birthday this past week, it’s been a time to reflect on what really matters and to appreciate the many gifts that enrich my life – predominantly relationships (family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances), good health, knowledge and experiences. Birthdays are ace; I highly recommend them.

I’m privileged to have led a largely charmed life so far, having won the lottery of being born into a middle-class Anglo family during Australia’s postWWII baby boom. My childhood was simple – we wanted for nothing; but then again, there was nothing much we wanted. Rampant consumerism wasn’t really a thing, neither was the flip-side ‘buy nothing’ movement. Our worries included the Cold War, Vietnam War and pollution, but not cyber security, FOMO or global pandemics. Face masks were reserved for dress-up games or fancy-dress parties, only birds tweeted, only spiders created a web, and the only way to post something was via the Postmaster-General. I received a decent education, and my siblings and I were the first generation in our family to attend university.

Life was good and still is, enriched by its ups and downs, swings and roundabouts.

Reasons to be grateful this past week include a rewarding life so far, dining out with some of my favourite people, and being showered with good wishes, flowers, cards, presents and the most valuable gifts of all – love and friendship. Take care,

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Local mum Hannah Andrevski is the founder and CEO of Roundabout Canberra, a grassroots charity that re-homes essential baby and children’s items and equipment for those in need in the Canberra community.

Photo by Kerrie Brewer. See cover story, page 8.

The village of volunteers supporting Canberra’s children

With love and care, each button, zip, and press stud on the baby rompers are checked. They say it takes a village to raise a child, and the community of volunteers at Roundabout Canberra is trying to go a step further. They want to ensure that every child who needs a bit of extra help, receives it.

Roundabout Canberra is a not-for-profit community-focused organisation that passes on essential baby and children’s items to families in need around the Canberra region. With dignity and environmentalism etched into their practices, the items are bundled together like a gift and passed on to one of the 90 services they work with to be delivered to families in need.

Kicking off in 2018, they helped 350 in their first year. Last year, that number skyrocketed to 2,039, and this year they are hoping to reach 3,000.

Founder and CEO Hannah Andrevski says there are definitely some families they have been helping for several years as they encourage services to make multiple orders if a family’s needs change. She says kids grow, and the organisation is there to help those who need it.

“About one third are homeless or experiencing housing issues, about a quarter

are experiencing domestic violence, and half of them are single mums,” she says.

Hannah founded the organisation while on maternity leave with her second child. Knowing that she had lovely items her children had outgrown which still had a lot of life in them, she set out to find somewhere to take them. The local women’s shelter could only take so much, and she didn’t want to just take them to an op shop. She liked the idea of knowing they would go to someone who was struggling.

“I really wanted to be able to help people in my community who weren’t in the same position as me. At the time, there was sort of no easy way to pass on my second-hand goods,” she says.

Wanting to find out more about what was available around Canberra, Hannah took to everyone’s go-to font of knowledge, google. When the results were less than desirable, she broadened the search and found organisations helping families in Sydney, Melbourne, and the Gold Coast.

“Basically, their model was to take donations and second-hand baby and children’s items and to make sure they are in beautiful condition and to work with social services and community organisations to pass things on to families that

need them,” she says.

Together with four women from her social network, Hannah started laying the foundation for the charity. Originally thinking they would be able to operate out of her apartment in Queanbeyan and store items at her husband’s business, luckily, a different opportunity came through Facebook. The Eastlake Group wanted to offer a space to a local charity, and even though they hadn’t finished finalising the legal framework, the group held the space until everything was above board. Roundabout Canberra moved into Sports Club Kaleen and got to work.

“The board were all in there scrubbing prams, sorting clothes; we were definitely not your traditional board and not what we have now, which is a much more strategic high-level board.”

Hannah says the social media platform was also one of the driving forces behind the growth of the organisation, especially in those early days. She knew from doing her own research that a lot of people were facing a similar dilemma of where to take their second-hand baby items, seeing numerous posts asking the same question.

“We did particular days where people came and dropped off their donation and the response was quite incredible actually, it kind of just spread word of mouth to other people.”

Her baby has grown into a five-year-old while the charity has grown into a full-blown operation. After two years in the small but well-used space, they moved to their new home in the Holt Community Hub. They are now open for donations for a select number of hours on Monday, and Wednesday to Saturday, where they have a team of volunteers accepting and sorting second-hand baby and children’s items.

Once the donations are inside the facility, some of their 250 volunteers will go through and select what they can pass on to a family in need. Every item that comes through the doors is checked for safety and quality; anything that can be restored receives a wash and repairs. They carefully consider the needs of potential families, as well as understanding families come from all kinds of different backgrounds, beliefs, and structures. Items that don’t meet their standard or might upset or cause offence in certain dynamics are passed onto different organisations.

To find our more about Roundabout Canberra or how you can help, head to roundaboutcanberra.org

Read an extended version at canberraweekly.com.au

- Jessica Cordwell

Hannah Andrevski founded Roundabout Canberra in 2018 when she was on maternity leave with her second child; now the local charity helps thousands of children each year. Photos: Kerrie Brewer.

Digital Health Record – connecting your care across the public health system

The Digital Health Record (DHR) is the ACT’s new health record system that’s making it easier and more secure to store and access your health information safely across our public health services. So anytime you visit a Canberra public hospital, community or walk-in-centre all your health information is stored safely and securely in one place.

This will help your clinicians find your information faster, so they can spend their time focusing on what’s most important – you.

Whatever public health service you are using your records and safe and secure in one spot to help you receive the care you need.

DHR goes live on 12 November, find out more from dhr.act.gov.au.

Queanbeyan Police Station, UN human rights, and Senator Thorpe

Here’s one for our Queanbeyan readers!

Well done, Queanbeyan Police Station (and, it seems, the NSW Government) for refusing entry to some UN human rights inspectors who, it has been reported, turned up unannounced and tried to barge in to inspect the cells there.

To me, it is ridiculous that the relevant UN human rights body is currently out in Australia to look into our prison system. They voted 14 to 12 to refuse to do anything about gross human rights abuses in the Chinese Communist Party-run concentration camps imprisoning 1 million Muslim Uyghurs in western China, or about abuses in Russia, North Korea and Iran. Compared to those countries’ prison systems, Australia’s is paradise on earth, despite whatever faults it may have.

One wonders why we bother with the UN with its clearly anti-Western bias and blatant hypocrisy, which, it seems, knows no bounds. However, I suppose some of its agencies do

good work with refugees and aid to struggling Third World countries (largely with donated Western money). Whilst ineffective against the aggression of major powers, it has had some limited success in facilitating mediation of some disputes which could have escalated otherwise. As Churchill once said: “Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.”

Talking of hypocrisy, I note the Federal Greens – who are very vocal in support of an integrity commission, and who have relentlessly pursued Coalition members for any impropriety shown – have been very coy and quiet about Lidia Thorpe, the flamboyant Senator for Victoria and their former deputy leader, who got into a spot of bother over a conflict of interest involving a committee she was on which investigated organised crime and bikie gangs whilst she had a concurrent friendship with a former bikie gang boss. Not a good look! Former NSW Liberal Premier Barry O’Farrell had to resign over a bottle of wine he

“Dad isn’t ready for aged care”

forgot to declare. Talk about double standards! Indeed, there have been lots of calls by sections of the media and other politicians for her to resign from the Senate.

Numerous people have questioned whether Senator Thorpe was in fact sworn in properly, as she had to take the oath twice, and even then didn’t do it correctly. My understanding is that a new Senator cannot sit in the Senate unless they take a proper oath. This needs to be checked further. If it turns out that Senator Thorpe has not taken a proper oath, she should be barred from the Senate, and the next Green on the ticket takes her place. If Senator Thorpe can’t abide by the rules of the Federal Parliament, she should not be there.

I don’t think there has been anything remotely like this in our ACT Assembly. Everyone has taken a proper oath.

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Canberra Weekly

Dad was lonely in the house by himself. He was still independent but needed a little domestic help.

Then we found The Grange Deakin Serviced Apartments. After a little encouragement Dad moved in and within days couldn’t stop thanking me.

Dad has his own apartment, he’s surrounded by company and regular social activities. The household chores are no longer a burden, the apartment is cleaned and the linen changed weekly. Plus the pressure of the building maintenance is gone. Dad’s now out doing things he loves again.

I know Dad gets breakfast delivered in the morning and two home cooked meals. For added peace of mind there is someone there 24 hours a day in case of an emergency. The Grange isn’t aged care but I know when the time comes, I can organise external community home care support to help Dad stay independent longer.

Now when we talk it’s without the worry and nagging. Dad couldn’t be happier .

Build your electric dreams with the BYD ATTO 3

A ordable, stylish and comfortable – it’s easy to see why BYD’s ATTO 3 is the most talked about electric vehicle (EV) going around.

ith the popularity of EVs growing rapidly across Australia, Chinese car maker BYD have quickly made a splash in the market by o ering an attainable option for those looking to go electric.

The ATTO 3 Extended model comes in under the $50,000 mark, making it the perfect alternative for those who have been turned o by the prices of most other EVs.

While a key attraction is

Wa ordability, the ATTO 3 also o ers plenty in terms of safety, comfort and technology.

The key piece of technology in any EV is, of course, the battery, and the ATTO 3 uses BYD’s own Blade Battery that is the only EV battery to successfully pass the nail penetration test.

The ATTO 3’s 60kWh battery will take you around 400km (highway driving) before needing to be charged and has plenty of zip for those who enjoy getting up to the speed limit quickly and quietly.

Stepping into the car for the first time, it was impossible to miss the huge 12.8-inch touch screen that rotates between portrait and landscape orientations. The screen features an array of apps, including Maps for navigation and Spotify for music, while the BYD voice assistant can help in a number of ways. You can ask it to ‘open the sunroof’ or ‘turn on the radio’ and it will oblige, or simply let it know you are feeling ‘too hot’ and it will drop the temperature to your liking.

In terms of performance, driving the ATTO 3 around the suburbs of Canberra, up Mount Pleasant and through the city, the word that comes to mind is smooth. It handled nicely going up the hill, while the steering is light, the driver’s seat is comfortable, and there is ample room for passengers in the front and back.

While the exterior of this smooth operator is sleek and simple, the interior features a few interesting design elements such as the red strings across the bottom of the doors that can be played like a guitar and the stylish door handles on top of speakers.

Over 200,000 ATTO 3s were

September and they are available to purchase bydautomotive.com.au with vehicle delivery to Australia expected early 2023. BYD is in the process of setting up 11 experience centres

Canberra’s vey own expected to be ready within the coming months.

Find out more about the ATTO 3 at www.bydautomotive.com.au Price: Standard model from $44,381. Extended model from $47,381.

Vincent Samaras drove an ATTO 3 Extended model from BYD Canberra.

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Enquiries to: Sharon McCauley, Team Leader

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Applications close: 14/11/2022

For more information and to apply, please visit mercyhealth.mercury.com.au

Safe Haven Belconnen mental health service at full capacity

Six months after opening its doors, a ‘Safe Haven’ for Canberrans having trouble managing their mental health, or life in general, has shared its positive progress.

Co-designed with community organisations, clinicians, and people with lived experience, Safe Haven Belconnen reports they’re making a difference in the lives of Canberrans struggling with mental health.

ACT Minister for Mental Health Emma Davidson said since its opening in November 2021, 570 sessions have been run and 489 hours of “people helping people”. Grace West says she’s been using the service since around December for a variety of reasons over that time.

“I’ve used it most recently just as a drop-in place, so I didn’t have to be at home and be alone, which is kind of a big trigger for me for my mental health getting worse sometimes,” Ms West said.

“Since accessing Safe Haven, I’ve also been able to need to access my psychologist a bit less, which has been excellent because just the fact that it’s so flexible and so accessible to get here and access here, it has been amazing.”

Canberrans who have utilised the Safe Haven Belconnen service have reported marked improvements shown in the clinic’s average subjective units of distress

scale (SUDS) score.

ACT Government statistics show the average SUDS score for visitors of the service first began at 65 and dropped to 44 by the end of their initial visit.

The lowered score was successfully maintained throughout the following week with clients recording an average score of 46.

With the apparent success of the first Safe Haven, Ms Davidson said the ACT Government is “absolutely” looking towards a second location but there’s no defined timeline for the project.

Manager of Safe Haven, Mandy Larsen, said the service has grown from “strength to strength” and have extended their hours from 4.30-9pm to 3-10pm to keep up with the demand.

When asked if they are receiving enough resources to help all who try to access the Safe Haven service, Ms Larsen said they’re reaching maximum numbers each night because of the size of their space.

“We are flat out every night that we’re open and hopeful that we can expand to bigger premises to support those in our community who need to come somewhere, to be connected with other human beings, with people who understand the distress that an individual might be going through,” she said.

- Abbey Halter

Grace West, visitor at Safe Haven Belconnen, showed ACT Minister for Mental Health, Emma Davidson, and support/peer worker, Kim Le, the emotion cards she’s made and donated to the service.

Photo Abbey Halter

Canberra Symphony requires help to support community

To general dismay, the Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s ever-popular Summer Prom, an open-air concert in the grounds of Government House, has been cancelled again, due to wet weather.

La Niña conditions present unacceptable risks to patron safety, as well as the risk of vehicles bogging, damage to property, and the inability to construct a stage, the CSO stated.

The event was last held in 2019.

“It’s a great blow to the CSO to lose such a significant community outreach opportunity, three years running,” a spokesperson for the Orchestra said.

Normally, the Prom attracts several thousand people, and the proceeds go not only to concerts at the Llewellyn Hall and other venues, but to music programs for health and wellbeing.

The CSO runs a music rediscovery program for people with hearing

loss, run by a bassoonist who is an audiologist by day; a music and memory program for people with dementia, whose music memory is one of the last faculties to go; autismfriendly concerts and education programs; an art therapy program for people with Parkinson’s disease; and visits to hospitals and aged care.

The CSO also donates tickets to individuals and families in need; runs professional development programs for tertiary and postgraduate students who aspire to become professional musicians; and next year intends to help disadvantaged children without access to music lessons or instruments.

“There’s just so much work that we do off the main stage that is really important work in the community,”

CEO Rachel Thomas said.

The CSO will hold its Fundraising Gala at the National Gallery of

Australia on Friday 25 November, to support artistic and community programming.

It will, Ms Thomas said, be a “lovely evening” for attendees, “knowing they are helping raise money for our Orchestra, which is one of the gems of Canberra”. Tickets cost $295, including a $95 tax-deductible donation. This year features a silent auction, which is now live.

“The funds we raise there support the fundamental act of us programming and creating music,” Ms Thomas said. “We need to sustain our artistic work. We need to be able to plan for future programs and for orchestral activity, which keeps our musicians active and playing, and connecting with the community… The flow-on effect of having a vibrant orchestra is that we are able then to … participate directly in more community engagement programs…

“Performing on the main stage to large audiences allows us to be a cohesive group of musicians, who can then go out and do this community work.”

In addition, the CSO encourages the public to support the orchestra anyway they can, whether through buying tickets, subscribing, or philanthropic donations.

The CSO is “still very much a wonderful, thriving organisation”, but is feeling its way through difficult times, Ms Thomas said. Audience numbers are down, due to Covid; ACT audiences are the most reluctant to come back to live music, according to an Australian Council study.

“Buying tickets and coming to concerts to show support and allow us to continue would be really important,” Ms Thomas said. “Without that support, it’s very hard for organisations to keep going on, or to be able to plan with any certainty, not knowing whether

audiences are going to come back or not.”

Since the pandemic, the CSO has had to rely more on philanthropy.

The Orchestra is grateful for the government funding it receives, but that only forms a third of its income, Ms Thomas said. As Covid hit, income from corporate partnerships has declined dramatically.

“We’re on the lookout and would love to meet any corporate organisations that would be interested in partnering with the CSO, as well,” Ms Thomas said.

“That’s another very practical form of support.”

“Every capital city needs an orchestra,” Ms Thomas believes.

“That’s partly to sustain it artistically, but also an orchestra becomes part of the fabric of every community it’s in. Music can really speak to people in different ways. We see our artform as a very powerful way of reaching everybody … We really believe that every Canberran, no matter what their circumstances, should have an opportunity to benefit from what our artwork can give.”

The 2022 Fundraising Gala: All That Glitters will be held at the National Gallery of Australia, Gandel Hall, on Friday 25 November 6pm. For more information or to support the CSO through a donation or corporate partnership, visit cso.org.au

- Nick Fuller

Canberra Symphony Orchestra CEO Rachel Thomas.

Photo Martin Ollman

a ordable options up front

Now open at Lakeview House in Tuggeranong, YK Orthodontics is dedicated to excellence in orthodontic treatment.

Dr Yul Kim, Specialist Orthodontist, acquired his general dentistry degree at Gri th University in 2013, going on to work as a general dentist for four years.

“In that time, I worked closely with a local orthodontist and loved what he was doing. Orthodontics really made such a di erence to the patient’s confidence,” says Dr Kim.

“People who never used to smile in photos, now felt that they could smile beautifully in front of the camera.

“That ability to bring back a smile is why I wanted to be part of the industry.”

While many general dentists add braces to their list of services by completing short weekend courses, Dr Kim’s mentor orthodontist advised that there’s more to orthodontics than putting braces on teeth.

Heeding his word, Dr Kim went back to school, attending the highly competitive Orthodontics course at the University of Adelaide for three years and graduating in 2020.

He worked as an associate orthodontist through the pandemic, before finally opening his own practice

in the old locale of the Tuggeranong Orthodontic Centre. The Centre had been permanently closed for over a year before Dr Kim purchased the space and rebuilt it from the ground up.

YK Orthodontics opened its doors on the top floor of Lakeview House in August this year.

“As a new practice, our fees are at least 15 per cent cheaper than other orthodontic centres, and all our costs are established up front,” says Dr Kim.

“We do braces and braces alternatives, and that’s all we do.

Customers can trust that we know what we’re talking about.”

YK Orthodontics is a fully digitised practice. Parents may remember the days when getting braces meant gagging on uncomfortable plaster moulds. A more comfortable option is now available.

“We take digital scans of the teeth, which are quicker, more comfortable, and don’t cause gagging. We wave a wand in the mouth and the scanning process only takes five minutes.”

As your specialist, Dr Kim will be there every step of the way, answering any and all questions you may have about the process.

YK Orthodontics specialise in orthodontic appliances including metal and ceramic braces, clear plastic aligners (such as Invisalign), and plates.

Wondering which treatment is

suitable for you or your child? Dr Kim provides a rundown on each appliance:

• Metal braces: “These are normally seen on teenagers; we recommend them for children from the age of 12 to correct issues with adult teeth that have already come in. Depending on the severity of the correction, some can finish within 18 months, while complex cases can take up to 24 to 36 months.”

• Ceramic braces: “Ceramic braces are tooth-coloured and hence more discreet. Adults tend to opt for this more due to aesthetics, but the procedure is exactly the same. Along with clear aligners, these are the more costly options.”

• Clear aligners: “Clear plastic aligners such as Invisalign require a lot more discipline, as you must wear them every day for at least 23 hours. They are very discreet but require patient compliance. We don’t recommend these for someone who forgets or loses

them easily.”

• Plates: “These are usually for little children, aged seven to ten. They make minor corrections, for one or two adult teeth that are still coming through, for example, if the front tooth is coming out a bit crooked. Typically, the correction will take a maximum of 12 months.”

YK Orthodontics is open for after school hours on Wednesdays until 8pm, and during standard business hours all other weekdays and currently running a free orthodontic consultation for a limited time.

To learn more, call 6293 1575 or visit ykorthodontics.com.au

As a new practice, YK Orthodonics’ fees are more a ordable than other orthodontic centres in Canberra and all costs are established up front.

Dr Yul Kim, Specialist Orthodontist at YK Orthodontics, is with his patients every step of the way.

Paralysed after stroke, Chris Cairns abseils at Canberra Hospital

Last year, New Zealand cricket champion and long-time Canberra resident Chris Cairns suffered a spinal stroke that left him unable to walk – one of three life-threatening health crises he has faced since August last year.

Last week, he abseiled 18 metres down Canberra Hospital’s Building 8, thanks to a robotic exoskeleton being trialled at the University of Canberra Hospital, a rehabilitation hospital operated by Canberra Health Services.

Mr Cairns, an ambassador for the Canberra Hospital Foundation, was one of 11 prominent Canberrans abseiling down the hospital building to raise funds for the Canberra Hospital Foundation on its annual fundraising

day, Can Give Day.

He had, a CHF spokesperson said, been through almost every hospital department.

“I’m a definite user of the system,” Mr Cairns said. “The health system here in Canberra saved my life.”

Last year, he suffered an aortic dissection (a tear in a major artery), causing multiple organ failure. Canberra Hospital diagnosed the condition in time; Mr Cairns was swiftly put onto a heart and lung bypass machine (ECMO), and had four surgeries on his heart.

But when he regained consciousness, it was discovered that he had suffered a spinal stroke, leaving him temporarily paralysed from the

waist down. He began rehabilitation at the University of Canberra Hospital (UCH), trialling the motorised orthosis, the $70,000 Keeogo, which he used to abseil.

In February this year, however, he was diagnosed with bowel cancer. But, he said: “It’s a funny thing, because if I hadn’t been in UCH, that diagnosis might have come a lot later.”

“Health care is only something you need when you need it. To be able to have the health care professionals, the support specialists, and the environment for me to recover and rehab – I’m a very lucky man to be here.”

This time a year ago, he was not sure what life would entail – certainly not abseiling. “It’s actually quite nice to be able to do something exhilarating!” he said. That, he misses.

The spinal stroke obliterated Mr Cairns’ neural pathway, and the muscles atrophied, but the robotic exoskeleton provides stability for him to stand and move around. He says the neural pathway is finding its way back. “I’m getting more and more movement all the time.”

But, Mr Cairns says, it will take years to rebuild muscle mass. Fortunately, he is familiar with the long process of rehab, from injuries sustained over his 20-year cricket career.

“I know how single-minded you have to be to push yourself,” Mr Cairns said. “That’s one thing I could be thankful for from my previous life.”

Funds raised through Can Give

Day support clinical trials and medical research in Canberra, therapeutic and supportive programs, transformations and refurbishment of away-from-bed spaces, and the purchase of speciality medical equipment – like robotic technology.

The University of Canberra Hospital will soon bring in more of these futuristic devices to help other stroke and spinal cord injury victims walk again.

UCH hopes to establish a robotic rehabilitation unit within the next month, Nick Brown, Professor of Allied Health Research, said.

With the help of the Canberra Hospital Foundation, UCH will purchase two upper limb devices, which assist patients to reach for objects and feed themselves, and one lower limb ‘walking robot’ device – around a million dollars’ worth of equipment.

“Some of these devices can double the odds of an individual to walk independently again, when used in conjunction with physiotherapy,” Professor Brown said.

Eventually, Professor Brown intends to expand the service to three lower limb and five upper limb devices.

“It’s emerging – but it’s an opportunity, definitely, for Canberra and for clinicians across Australia to provide enhanced care for this type of patients, who are notoriously difficult to help,” Professor Brown said.

Full stories online.

Champion New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns (left) was one of 11 prominent Canberrans who abseiled down Building 8 at the Canberra Hospital last week to raise funds for the Canberra Hospital Foundation. Photo: Canberra Hospital Foundation.

JONATHAN BIGGINS MANDY BISHOP DREW FORSYTHE PHILLIP SCOTT

Canberra Theatre Centre and Soft Tread Enterprise present

Lessons from the past: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre

Mabel Johnstone arrived in Sydney to teach at the Mulligan’s Flat bush school in the late 19th century, took one look at the school and the accommodation, and caught the coach back to Sydney next day.

Miss Johnstone may have baulked at bush schools, but before WWI, there were thousands of them in NSW and what would become the ACT. Most were one-classroom affairs with 10 to 20 students, aged to 7 to 14, and one teacher.

The Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre – once the village’s primary school for nearly a century – tells the stories of the bush schools in the Canberra region: 16 in the ACT

at the time it was proclaimed (13 in the public payroll) and another 65 in the region, as far as Goulburn and Bungendore.

This year, the museum has received a heritage grant from the ACT Government to conserve and curate its bush schools collection – research folders, storyboards, photographs, maps and plans, and an online database.

Hall Primary School was established in 1911, and closed – much to locals’ dismay – in 2006, five years short of its centenary. It opened as an educational museum on its 75th anniversary in 1986. Under the stewardship of curator Alastair Crombie and his predecessor

Phil Robson, it has become part of a larger enterprise addressing the Aboriginal history and pioneer settlement story of the Hall-Ginninderra district.

A Heritage Centre highlight is the recreation of a 1930s classroom, complete with wooden desks, inkwells, slates, and blackboards setting out the lessons for the upper and lower divisions.

“School was pretty basic – the three R’s,” Mr Crombie explained. “There were elements of music, geography, and so on, but basically reading, writing, arithmetic was the focus.”

Today’s young student visitors have lessons in the classroom. A school instructor arrives with a severe black uniform and a cane, and pupils take on the persona of a child from the time. (The museum has biographies and photographs of all the 1918 pupils: where they lived, what happened to them after school, and who their families were.)

But they don’t have to fear corporal punishment. Instead, they play old-fashioned games, learn what life was like before electricity, and visit reconstructions of farming homesteads and villages.

Teaching was a tough gig, Mr Crombie said. “This was a respected profession, but it was very poorly paid… You were on your own; parents were often the enemy, upset about the kids being punished or suffering one way or another.”

Many persevered, and climbed the eight-rung career ladder. But

others endured isolation and poverty.

In the bush, by and large, no accommodation was supplied for teachers; they lodged with local families, in basic rooms with an iron bedstead, a set of drawers, and little else.

Some teachers were not paid for many months; they wrote to the Department of Public Institution complaining they did not have enough money to buy Christmas presents for their children or to feed the horse that took them to school.

It is hardly surprising that some teachers took to the bottle. “At Tallagandra, the teacher proved himself to be a complete out-and-out drunk – but he was a Catholic, so when push came to shove, the parents decided not to petition to get rid of him. They’d rather have a drunken Catholic than run the risk of getting a sober Protestant!”

Today, you can visit the old Ginninderra school at Gold Creek, and a replica in North Lyneham of Gungahleen School, burnt down in 2007.

The Museum also holds the late local historian Lyall Gillespie’s lifetime collection; Aboriginal stone artefacts; and galleries telling the region’s history.

The Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, 17/19 Palmer Street, Hall ACT is open Thursdays 9am to noon, and Sundays noon to 4pm. Visit museum.hall.act.au for more information.

Full story online. - Nick Fuller

The Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre – once the village’s primary school for nearly a century – tells the stories of the bush schools in the Canberra region: 16 in the ACT at the time it was proclaimed (13 in the public payroll) and another 65 in the region, as far as Goulburn and Bungendore. Photo: Nick Fuller.

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Please consider nominating them for a Positive Ageing Award for 2022.

There are seven award categories to celebrate the diversity, wisdom, resourcefulness, innovation and sheer passion of champions who are committed to improving the lives and wellbeing of older Canberrans:

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35 years of costumes with Canberra REP

The upstairs loft of the Canberra Repertory Theatre (REP) houses thousands of memories stored in coats, dresses, buttons, and scarves.

Jeanette Brown has been their caretaker for the past 35 years, cleaning them, restoring them if like look a bit rusty or shabby, and helping them find their homes after a play has ended.

Jeanette has been the wardrobe manager – or wardrobe mistress, as her husband Russel affectionally calls her – since 1990 when her mentor passed. However, she had been working with the wardrobe department for several years before her promotion.

“When the wardrobe moved up here somebody didn’t want to climb the stairs, so we got a new wardrobe carer and she got me in 1987. She said she was grooming me, and she did a darn good job because I am still here,”

Jeanette smiles.

The wardrobe mistress and her husband have both been involved with the REP since they moved to Canberra in 1969. While she was mainly getting the house and children settled during that first year, from 1970 Jeanette was fully involved with the theatre company, helping in any capacity required.

“I was sewing, and costumes, and we used to run a float to advertise our shows – all sorts of things that we don’t or can’t do now; all sorts of things that needed to be done, that is how you get going,” she says.

As the theatre produces six shows each year, over the years they have amassed quite a costume collection. Because there are some articles they need to keep, they have become quite creative with their storage options. Jeanette added extenders to all the hanging racks, bays, and hidden

cupboards to try and contain all the items.

“We keep things; they might not be the right colour or size for the next role, or for that person so we make something new,” she says.

The wardrobe department has created oodles and oodles of costumes, says Jeanette. Some have been quite special, like those from period plays, whereas some are more basic, like shifts; however, they’re hesitant to part with any.

“We can’t throw them out, even raggy things. It takes time and there aren’t that many fabric shops left in Canberra anymore. People used to sew but I don’t even sew anymore because I can just go buy things and take them up,” she says.

It’s rare that one person will craft an entire costume themselves. In the workshops, people are usually given jobs based on their skill sets; Jeanette is known as the buttonhole queen. They also try their hand at upcycling, finding that a few minor tweaks can transform a regular frock into a roaring ‘20s flapper dress.

“If you don’t get the right thing, then you have to adapt it and it is very clever to see what can be adapted,” she says.

Refining the craft for 75 years,

Jeanette remembers being interested in her mother’s treadle sewing machine at a young age –and wasn’t even turned off after accidentally sending the needle through her mother’s finger.

“I used to make dolls’ dresses out of a saucer; make one hole for the waist and put a layer on. That was my only designing ability, I was about seven. Then I did drafting and sewing at school. I drafted my own gym tunic when I was 14 with pleats and things. It just grows from there; you have to start somewhere,” she says.

With so many pieces stored in REP’s wardrobe, items occasionally get misplaced but finding them again is like being reunited with an old friend. The team is working on creating a photographic catalogue for anyone who is looking for a particular item, so they won’t have to go pulling things from boxes.

“We have a lovely little ostrich feather cape and nobody would know it is there unless they would look down this photographic list,” Jeanette says.

Read an extended version at canberrweekly.com.au

- Jessica Cordwell

Jeanette Brown has been caring for Canberra Repertory Theatre’s clothes and costumes for the past 35 years. Photo: Kerrie Brewer.

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Canberra Symphony Fundraising Gala

The Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s (CSO) annual Fundraising Gala is on Friday 25 November 6pm at the National Gallery of Australia’s Gandel Hall. Themed ‘All That Glitters’, the Gala features CSO Chamber Ensemble performances, an address from CSO Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Jessica Cottis, a three-course dinner, and silent and live auctions. The Fundraising Gala raises vital funds to support the Orchestra’s artistic and community programs, from large-scale performances in Llewellyn Hall to music for wellness and pathways for emerging artists. Tickets: $295 (includes a $95 tax deductible donation) or $2,950 table of 10 (includes a $950 tax deductible donation). Bookings via CSO’s Givergy page.

GIVIT donation of the week: filing cabinet

GIVIT is assisting a non-government, community-based organisation in the ACT that works with adults and children who have sought safety in Australia from persecution, torture and war-related trauma. They are requesting help for a single mum with three children who has chronic illness and a history of domestic violence. This mother needs a filing cabinet, preferably lockable with two to three drawers to store important documents safely. She is currently keeping her documents in a folder in the boot of her car. Generous Canberrans can fund this request, and 100% of money received by GIVIT used to purchase a filing cabinet. To donate, please visit www.givit.org.au/whats-needed, search Keyword: filing cabinet; Location: ACT.

Share your community event. Email news@canberraweekly.com.au with ‘HYH’ in the subject field. Deadline is 10 days prior to Thursday edition date.

Goodwin Village Farrer Market Day

Goodwin Village Farrer hosts a Market Day on Saturday 29 October 10am-1.30pm with a vintage, classic and electric car display. Stalls include: white elephant, odds and ends, art and frames, crafts, children’s items, plants and pots, cakes and preserves, books, CDs, jewellery, collectibles, doll collection, sausage sizzle, Christmas decorations, face painting, and a children’s area. Cafe Nina will be open. All welcome. Free entry. Proceeds: Stroke Foundation; Farrer Primary School Support Fund; Goodwin Farrer Residents Committee.

Weston Creek Garden Party

Weston Creek Community Council is hosting a community Garden Party with children’s activities, music, food, fun and a plant sale on Sunday 30 October 11am2pm at Fetherston Gardens, Heysen Street, Weston.

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Canberra Knitters and Crocheters

Canberra Knitters and Crocheters are hosting another huge destash sale of yarn, kits and equipment in aid of Red Cross International Crisis Response for Ukraine, Pakistan and other disaster-stricken countries. Premium yarns at less than halfprice, beautiful hand-dyed specialities, mountains of single balls and bargains galore, plus raffle prizes, needles, books and patterns. On Saturday 29 October 10.30am-1.30pm at Hellenic Club, Woden. Free carparking, entry and sign-in.

Spring Gemcraft and Mineral Show

The Canberra Lapidary Club’s Spring Gemcraft and Mineral Show is on this weekend, 29-30 October 10am-5pm in the Quokka Pavilion, EPIC (Flemington Road entrance). There will be a wide range of stallholders selling jewellery, crystals, minerals, gemstones, opals, fossils, beads and lapidary supplies. Entry: $7 adults, $9 family, $4 concession, under 16s free.

SCALE ACT 22 model competition and exhibition

As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, the ACT Scale Modellers’ Society (ACTSMS) will present the largest display in Australia of RAAF aircraft comprising several hundred scale models at its annual scale model show on 5-6 November. SCALE ACT 22 model competition and exhibition will be held at UC High School Kaleen, 108 Baldwin Drive, Kaleen. Over 560 models were entered in the 2019 competition, and more models will be found in this year’s special displays and categories. Entry to the competition is open to all ($2 fee per model; u18 free). The show will be supported by the Air Force Heritage Group. Open to the public: 10.30am-4.30pm Saturday, 10am-2pm Sunday. Admission: $5 adults, $2 children and seniors, $10 for families. More info: www.actsms.asn.au/scaleact/scaleact-22 or email actsms@hotmail.com

Christ Church Hawker Coffee/Op Shop

Check out the big range of Trash & Treasure, pre-loved clothes, jewellery, books, jigsaw puzzles and other games, craft items, knitting books and wools, and cake stall on Saturday 5 November 9am-12pm at Christ Church Hawker, cnr Beetaloo Street and Belconnen Way, Hawker. Free tea/coffee to all visitors. More info: Jenny 0428 266 658.

Geranium & Fuchsia Society plant sale

The Canberra Geranium & Fuchsia Society plant sale is on Saturday 5 November 1-4pm at St James Uniting Church Hall, 40 Gillies St, Curtin.

EU Quiz supports Oz Harvest

The EU Delegation invites locals to join us for another fabulous fun filled evening of entertainment on Thursday 10 November 6pm for 6.30pm at Canberra Deakin Football Club. Our new team of quizmasters will be taking you through your trivia paces utilising multimedia technology with wireless buzzers – like you’re in a game show! Tickets: $20 each, includes entry, food and a glass of wine. All proceeds going to Oz Harvest. To purchase tickets or a table of 10, visit canberrarep.org.au/content/book-online-choose-performance?ID=EQ22

100 Voices for Homeless People

Enjoy a wonderful afternoon of music and singing on Saturday 12 November 2pm at St Andrews Church, Forrest and support people in our community experiencing housing crisis. Money raised goes to Toora Women Inc. and Samaritan House. Tickets: $10 each; $15 per family, include afternoon tea, lucky door prizes, silent auction. More info: contact 6259 2931 or admin@stpaulsginninderra.org.au

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Paul McDonnell, Stephen Larkham, Simon Southwell, Father Mark Croker, Gary Cotter, Tom Cusack

Clare Southwell, Rosie Barton

Bill and Claire Robertson-West, David Alexander

Michael and Helen Shaw, Carmen Swaffield

Max Nell, Angus Mead, Stephen Nell

Melanie Coates, Thomas Southwell

Jeremy Southwell, Andrew Corcoran, Marge Rule, Jason Stuart

Simon Southwell, Ros and Ray Piper

Genevieve Cunynghame, Anna Sadlowski, George Southwell

Phil Toleafoa, David AlexanderBridget Guiney, Nita Hook, Kim Gorman

Paul Barnes, Chris Davies

Sue Bottom, Peter Southwell, George Southwell, Janie Southwell

George Southwell, Jennifer Lang

Jane Southwell, Father Mark Crocker, Paul McDonnell

Brumby Jack

Official opening of the Ray White Rural Canberra | Yass | Murrumbateman office in Yass. Images supplied.

ABOVE Reception to welcome Deputy Minister of Defence of Greece, Greek Ambassador’s Residence, Yarralumla. Photos: Ayu Srimoyo

BELOW Mill House Ventures GRIST22 Graduation and Impact Showcase, QT Canberra. Photos: Ayu Srimoyo

Stavros Nikolau, Georgia Alexandrou, Gohar Badalyan, Cyprus High Commissioner Antonis Sammoutis

Zac Look, Felicity Triantafillopoulos, Evdoxia Mantinaos, Iliada Mantinaos, Katelyn Tsipiras, Katerina Stavridis

Justice Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson, Pang Tsironis, Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker, Leon and Anita Merkoureas, Harry Kay

Georgia Alexandrou, Nectaria Volis, Paula, George and James Katheklakis, Koula Notaris

Chidtellis Paraskevas, Agathi Anariana, Charakopoulos Athanasias, Dino Nikias, Ampatzidis Charalambos, Siopidis Vasileios

Gohar Badalyan, Camilla and Christos Parascos

Bill Nikias, Dimitra Nikias, Rebecca Nikias, Vanessa Nikias

Andrew Hastie MP, John Papalitsas

Halloween treats too cute to spook

Trick or treat, Canberra! This Halloween weekend will be the first that we can properly celebrate in recent years. Why not go all out with a spread that’s totally ghouls?

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Unidentified frying objects

Serves 4 | Cook 10 mins

1 red onion, very finely diced

4 cloves garlic, minced

1 tsp dried Italian herbs

1 tsp ground cumin

2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

500g beef mince

1 egg

1/2 cup multigrain breadcrumbs

Sea salt flakes and freshly-ground black pepper

cooking oil spray

8 slices smoked cheese

4 burger buns

Lettuce Tomato

Ketchup and mustard

8 cornichons

8 stuffed olives

Sauté the onion, garlic, dried herbs, and cumin in the extra virgin olive oil in a pan over a moderate heat until softened, then set aside to cool.

Combine with the mince, egg, and breadcrumbs in a bowl, season generously with salt and pepper, then mix well until smooth.

Spritz with cooking oil spray and cook over a hot griddle until firm. Top with cheese and set aside.

Build up burger buns with the lettuce, tomato, ketchup, and mustard.

Skewer the cornichons onto toothpicks to make ears and repeat with the olives to make eyes, then put in the burger tops.

Haunted forest cupcakes

Makes 12 | Prep 25 mins | Cook 20 mins

1 cup plain flour

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/2 tsp fine salt

2 eggs

1/2 cup caster sugar

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

1/2 cup canola oil

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 Tbsp natural vanilla extract

250g unsalted butter, at room temperature

500g icing sugar, sifted

1/4 cup cream

2 cups chocolate biscuit crumbs

150g dark chocolate melts

80g white chocolate melts

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder, bicarb and half the salt into a large bowl. Whisk the eggs, caster sugar, brown sugar, oil, buttermilk and half the vanilla in a second bowl, then add to the flour mix and stir gently until smooth.

Spoon into 12 lined muffin moulds and bake for 20 minutes, until firm to touch, then cool completely on a wire rack. Meanwhile, put the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat with the paddle attachment on high speed for 5 minutes, until light. Add the icing sugar and beat for a further 5 minutes. Mix in the remaining vanilla and salt, then mix again. Spread on the cupcakes and top with biscuit crumbs.

Melt both chocolates separately. Pipe the dark chocolate into tree shapes without leaves, then pipe the white chocolate on top to make ghosts in the trees. Add small dots of dark chocolate for eyes. Place these in the cupcakes for decoration.

Sweet & salty spectres

Serves 24 | Prep 10 mins | Cook 20 mins

150g white chocolate melts

24 mini pretzels

Edible eyes, to decorate

Put the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, until just melted. One by one, dip the pretzels until well-coated, then put on a sheet of non-stick paper. Decorate with edible eyes, then allow to set.

Recipes courtesy of Ed Halmagyi, Mitsubishi Electric Australia ambassador.

Healthy alternatives

While there is room in every diet for sweets in moderation, you can still keep your spooky spirits up with nutritious Halloween treats the whole family will love.

Boo-nana ghosts

6 bananas

60g dark chocolate, melted

Peel the bananas, then halve across their middle. Pipe chocolate to make eyes and mouths.

Celery creatures

6 sticks celery

1/2 cup sugar-free almond butter

18 edible eyes

Halve the celery sticks across their middle, then fill the channel with

almond butter. Arrange edible eyes on top, some with one eye, others with two.

Apple & strawberry monsters

6 red apples

1 Tbsp flaked almonds

1/2 cup almond, Brazil nut and cashew butter

6 strawberries

24 dried blueberries

Use a sharp knife to slice the cheeks off the apples, reserving the remainder for another use. Cut a wedge out of the middle of each cheek to make a mouth. Make a series of small incisions along the top side of each mouth, then insert an almond flake into each for teeth.

Spoon almond, Brazil nut and cashew butter into the mouths. Halve the strawberries and insert one into each for a tongue.

Cut small indentation above the mouth for eyes, then put a dried blueberry into each.

Peking Duk release nonalcoholic Fake Magic Lager

Electronic music sensation, Peking Duk, have joined forces with First Nations-owned Sobah Beverages to release a limited-edition, nonalcoholic lager on INGgoodfinds. market this Saturday 29 October.

Peking Duk’s Fake Magic Lager, named after the duo’s dance-floor filler, is enriched with lion’s mane mushroom and all proceeds will go towards Sobah’s work promoting First Nations’ culture, arts, language, and history.

Sobah’s mission to destigmatise socialising sober resonated with the duo, who have been non-alcoholic on tour recently, leading them to lend their creativity and taste buds to the new brew.

“We’ve been riding the nonalcohol wave for a while now –especially when we’re on tour and want to have a few pre-show drinks, without the headache. So, we’re

stoked to partner with Sobah to help Aussies cut back their alcohol intake,” says Reuben Styles.

Fellow Duk Adam Hyde adds, “It’s even better that the sales from our beer will go to Sobah’s truly epic initiatives giving back to First Nations communities. We can’t wait for you all to try it.”

Peking Duk’s Fake Magic Lager is one of four collaborative products which will launch exclusively on INGgoodfinds.market in coming weeks. The online market will be open on four Saturdays, coinciding with the launch of each product, until 19 November.

Next up, Bondi Lifeguards Hoppo, Huttsy and Singlets have teamed up with Sydney-based Good Citizens Eyewear to design a range of sunglasses with 100 per cent recycled frames made from plastic bottles.

Mandarin jack-o-lanterns

12 small mandarins

1 stick celery

Peel the mandarins, leaving them whole. Cut the celery into 12 small sticks and insert into each mandarin to make a stem.

Kiwi Franken-fruit

6 kiwifruit

24 edible eyes

50g dark chocolate, melted

4 pretzel sticks

Use a small sharp knife to cut around the kiwifruit, 0.5cm deep, 1cm from the stalk end. Peel the large end with the knife. Halve the kiwifruit lengthways. Press eyes on. Pipe chocolate to make mouths and scars. Insert pretzel pieces into each side.

Strawberry mummies

12 strawberries

75g white chocolate, melted 24 edible eyes

Use a small sharp knife to slice a piece off the side of each strawberry, so that it will sit without rolling. Pipe chocolate in strings across the strawberry to make bandages. Place eyes on.

Recipes courtesy of Ed Halmagyi, Mitsubishi Electric Australia Ambassador.

Design Canberra Festival celebrates transformation

The much-anticipated DESIGN Canberra Festival returns in November, bigger and better than ever. This year, the celebration of Canberra creatives embodies the theme of ‘transformation’ and sees the creative Capital come to life with installations, symposiums, workshops, markets, and exhibitions over 19 days, 2-22 November.

Locals are invited to join the celebrations with more than 250 events and activities on offer. The festival celebrates Canberra as a global city of design, as well as the creative energy that flows through the city and its people, and reflects on its legacy – from the creativity embedded in the culture of our First Nations People to its mid-century architectural designs. While the legacy we are paving for the future is captured in our sustainable homes, art and design are at the forefront of transformation.

“[The theme] came out of … the idea of alchemy; the idea of artists, crafters, and designers transforming raw material into objects that reflect our stories, have meaning, and make our lives more beautiful,” says Design Canberra Festival Director, Jodie Cunningham.

Cunningham says Canberrans often miscalculate how magnificent they and our city are. To help us gain insight into the world of art we have created, the festival is hosting a variety of talks and symposiums. Focusing on urban design and public art, the symposiums are led by experts in their fields, some travelling to share their wealth of knowledge.

“There are incredible people facilitating the symposiums; I’m looking to being part of the debates that are going on about design futures,” Cunningham says.

There will be opportunities for people to boost their wellbeing and make things by hand while learning from some of the Capital’s best and brightest artists. To make this year’s festival more inclusive and fun for everyone, children are encouraged to get involved with their own activities. They can plan for the future of Canberra as they see it, explore seed pods, and weave bush creatures in the Creative Kids Workshops.

“They are the future, and teaching them design thinking and tools for solving problems is absolutely critical for the future,” she says.

Installations created by artists from different stages in their artistic journey will be spread across the ACT. The Discover craft + design Trail sees senior artists mentor emerging craftspeople and designers in creating a number of installations with some of them entering the public art space for the first time. Two impressive installations come to the airport; one combines beautiful craft pieces from Uruguay with contemporary pieces made here; the other, created by Eggpicnic, is a large mural of the endangered species found in Australia’s alpine region.

“We want to see if public art can influence public understanding of conservation,” Cunningham says.

You don’t even have to leave your home to be part of the experience. After the success of the previous journalling challenges, this component has been expanded to the whole country; all you need to do is register and collect your journal from Eckersley’s Art and Craft. Each day of the festival, participants will be emailed a word prompt for them to create a response and share on Instagram. Not only does the challenge foster creativity, encourage connection, and improve wellbeing, but entrants will also have the chance to win $2,000.

The festival’s 2022 designer-in-residence is Canberra-based sculptor, Lucy Irvine. Originally from Scotland, Irvine takes utilitarian materials, such as cable ties and expansion-joined foam, and uses them to create intriguing works of art. For the festival, the artist and educator has transformed industrial materials into contemporary weaving pieces.

“She developed some work cast in bronze and they are all about transformation in weaving. She said transformation has no beginning or end, it is just about a process,” Cunningham says.

According to Cunningham, the festival’s theme of transformation is particularly apt at the moment, not just for creatives but also at a societal level, especially after the last couple of years of the pandemic.

“Our world is in a state of needing transformation desperately and we believe design thinking and creative thinking can help solve problems we are facing.”

Tickets for events can be bought via the festival’s website, with the ticket sales going to the artists involved.

For a full list of events in DESIGN Canberra, visit designcanberrafestival.com.au

- Jessica Cordwell

DESIGN Canberra Festival hosts over 250 events celebrating the creatives of our city 2-22 November.

DISCOVER: Craft + Design Trail returns until 20 November.

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Swing into the 1940s at Canberra Theatre this November

With big tunes and big vocals, The Celebration of Swing takes you on a musical nostalgia journey of music, back to the 1940s. Performed by John Morrison’s Swing City and two renowned jazz soloists, Gregg Arthur and Jacki Cooper, the show comes to Canberra Theatre on Saturday 12 November.

Recreating the hits from music legends such as Sammy Davis Jr, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Nat King Cole, this is more than a tribute show. The performance endeavours to offer the audience an experience true to the ‘40s. The instruments aren’t enhanced by microphones, and each theatre is arranged with platforms and stage seating to enrich the sound.

“Trumpets at the back, sax in the front, in the middle trombones,” Arthur says. “You get this perfect blend of music the way they traditionally did it.”

Arthur has performed all over the world; the past 25 years have been split between home in Sydney and performing in the United States. He

has taken notes from great showmen like Sammy Davis Jr, and has incorporated elements of acting in his performances, even studying the craft.

“That is why Sinatra was so great. He was a very good actor, you could see on his face the emotions and what he was thinking.”

Arthur says he can’t pinpoint a moment in time when he knew he wanted to be a part of the big band scene; rather, it has been in his blood ever since he was a toddler, while growing up on a cattle property on the Macintyre River.

“When I was very young, my father had a fantastic record collection. … I just listened to Dad’s music.”

Leaders of musical invention, many principles born with the big band sound can still be found in modern music, according to Arthur. He says the sound goes in and out of fashion; it saw a big boom in the late 1980s after the release of When Harry Met Sally. Harry Connick Jr sang the film soundtrack, which featured classic hits like It Had to be You. Another boom came with the rising

popularity of Michael Bublé.

“All of these pieces of music have wonderful depth and beautiful stories about love and life,” Arthur says. “They are very addictive; like reading a great novel, they all have a beginning, middle, and end.”

Catch Gregg Arthur in The Celebration of Swing at Canberra Theatre, 12 November 7.30pm; canberratheatrecentre.com.au

- Jessica Cordwell

Gregg Arthur performs the hits of the 1940s big bands in The Celebration of Swing at Canberra Theatre on 12 November. Image supplied.

November is a time to celebrate our LGBTQIA+ community. Join the different events - from drag shows and parties to art exhibitions and workshops. There is something for everyone at this year’s SpringOUT Festival. springout .com.au

‘Room to Breathe’ at Humble House

Canberra ceramic artist Josephine Townsend showcases her creations and love for her hometown in Room to Breathe at Humble House Gallery from Saturday 29 October.

Townsend has lived in Canberra since the 1960s, watching the region grow and change. She loves how, over time, it has become greener and leafier with buildings embedded into the natural landscape. Canberra is an easy, comfortable place to be; the connection to the land is good for the soul, according to the artist.

The exhibition’s name comes from the much-appreciated spaces of openness and peace you find when living in or visiting the region. Townsend says it is the fact that you turn the corner and are greeted by a lovely vista of a streetscape, the Brindabellas, or a parkland. These three themes are

explored throughout the wall hangings, bowls, vases, and sculptural forms on display.

The artist has been working with clay for the past 20 years, drawn to the endless possibilities the medium provides. A hard taskmaster, the kiln firing ensures each piece is well made, and she enjoys the excitement of not knowing exactly how it will look until it has been pulled from the heat.

For this exhibition, as well as stoneware, Townsend has included the Japanese method of Nerikomi in a number of the works, a technique she has been working on since the pandemic. Coloured clay is stacked before slices are taken and then used to create a vessel, which results in striking, unique pieces.

Find Room to Breathe at Humble House Gallery, Fyshwick, 29 October-27 November; humblehouse.com.au

Take 5 with Josh Pyke

ARIA award winner Josh Pyke makes a pit stop in Canberra on his To Find Happiness regional tour at The Jetty on Saturday 12 November. CW ’s Jessica Cordwell spoke to Pyke before he hit the road.

1You’re heading out on a regional tour. Why are you hitting the smaller towns?

Every time I do a record, I do a capital cities tour and hit the far-flung places. I really believe in taking your music to the people, not expecting them to travel to capital cities. Obviously, the last few years has made it a bit more difficult.

2The new album is titled To Find Happiness. What is happiness to you?

It’s fleeting, to be honest. It’s a false and potentially damaging kind of plan to be happy all the time and to teach people to be happy all the time. You have to search for those fleeting moments. To be happy and then to be content

Room to Breathe

Solo exhibition by Josephine Townsend of ceramics inspired by the streets and landscapes of Canberra

29 October – 27 November

All welcome to opening 2pm Saturday 29 October and Artist Talk 2pm Saturday 5 November

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with what I have, what I’ve done, and who I am around.

I don’t think it is realistic for anybody to have that constantly. It’s about a search for that, not expecting to have that all the time.

3You’ve also released your 7th children’s book, The Bewilderbeast. How do you find the process differs between writing books and songs?

It can be difficult; it is more the actually promoting both sides of my career, they are different beasts. I will find myself signing books

for three-year-olds then a couple of days later I’ll find myself at a festival.

With songs, I’m waiting around for lightning to strike then I will pick up a strategically placed guitars around the house. Some days I will come up with something, most I won’t. Books, it’s about knuckling down and doing the work. I reverse engineer the idea down to the editing and then chip away at it, a much more academic process.

4Do you have a favourite song to perform?

Middle of the Hill, people know all the words, it is really magical. It is one of those moments of pure joy and fleeting happiness.

5Any advice for those trying to find happiness?

Just follow your joy, whatever that is; don’t buy into other people’s idea of happiness. Just make the time to find it and don’t expect it is going to be a constant state of being.

Hear Josh Pyke in his To Find Happiness regional tour at The Jetty, Saturday 12 November from 4pm; tickets.oztix.com.au

Josh Pyke brings his To Find Happiness regional tour to The Jetty by the lake, Saturday 12 November. Image supplied.

Join Jessica Cottis and musicians of the CSO for a glittering night of fine food, music and connection.

CSO FUNDRAISING GALA

Purchase a table to support your orchestra and enjoy networking opportunities, exquisite chamber performances and the chance to win a range of exciting prizes.

6PM, 25 NOVEMBER 2022

NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA Hosted by Sir Angus Houston, CSO Chair

ALL THAT GLITTERS

That’s art and entertainment

’s Time Out editor Jessica Cordwell brings you the latest in arts and entertainment news from around the Canberra region. Highlights this week include: Ghosts and ghouls coming out for a frightful night at Googong and Santa returning to our malls.

Googong’s fright night

Are you scared of ghosts? take a walk among the tombstones if you dare at Rockley Oval this Saturday

After a long four-year hiatus, Boogong returns with more frights than ever before. Dress up in your most dreadful attire and parade on the catwalk with prizes for best dressed, grab a picnic, and head on over for an evening of thrilling entertainment. Fire dancers, aerialists, an axe juggler, and spooky guests will keep the whole family on the edge of their

seats all night long.

The free all-ages event is expected to draw a big crowd, so head on down and get your spot early. No need to hunt for flesh if you forget a picnic; there is a range of food trucks to tackle even the most monstrous appetite. Face your fears at Boogong, Rockley Oval, 29 October 5-9pm; googong.net

Take a seat on Santa’s knee

The best seat in the house is back this Christmas, with Santa photos returning restrictions-free to

Tempotheatre.org.au

Boogong is set to return for a night of frights at Rockley Oval, Googong on 29 October.

Westfield this festive season.

Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, everyone is welcome to cuddle up close to the man who travels the globe delivering joy. Santa wants to ensure that everyone is comfortable when meeting him; he will be introducing a number of sensitive Santa sessions for families with children who have sensory processing challenges. For those who still prefer a bit of space, Santa is happy to sit apart, like he has done during the pandemic.

Santa Claws welcomes all creatures scaled, furry or feathered to come make a Christmas wish in select pet-friendly sessions. Bookings are now open with the big man taking his seat from 12 November until he has to catch the sleigh

back to the North Pole on 24 December. Book your shoot with the man in red; westfield.com.au

NLA publishes book of trailblazers

The National Library of Australia Publishing has announced its newest book, shining a light on the women who were at the forefront of news sharing.

Bold Types: How Australia’s First Women Journalist Blazed a Trail is the fifteenth book written by Dr Patricia Clarke OAM. Her latest focuses on the stories and struggles faced by female reporters during the early years of Australian journalism, from 1860 to the end of WWII. From those who travelled to countries around the globe to those who stayed on Australian soil, each woman helped make the path for those who would follow.

Bold Types by Dr Patricia Clarke, the new title from NLA Publishing, tells the story of the trail blazed by Australia’s first female journalists. Image supplied.

early 1950s. She shares her own story and experiences in her newest book.

Bold Types by Dr Patricia Clarke is available in stores and online now.

Grants given for art activities

The ACT Government has announced more than $350,000 to creatives from the Canberra region in the second round of Arts Activities Funding for 2022.

The peer-assessed application process was open to artists in all stages of their careers working within different fields. Successful recipients feature authors, musicians, and dance and theatre performers. Creatives are invited to apply for grants between $5,000 and $50,000 to go towards the development and promotion of a project.

Sixteen local projects have received a share of the $359,232 awarded in the latest round.

Dr Clarke knows what is like to make a path after being the only woman on staff at the Australian News and Information Bureau in the

Canberra-based poet/ artist Zhi Yi Cham has received almost $30,000 to undertake a mentorship to develop a memoir, while recording artist/ producer Sam Sly was awarded over $23,000 to go towards the production of a six-track EP release.

Applications open for the next round of funding open 1 December; arts.act.gov.au

Snuggle up next to Santa when you get photos this year at Westfield, 12 November-24 December. Image supplied

Book talk

This week, Jeff Popple reviews three new entertaining novels by Australian women authors. More of Jeff’s reviews can be found on his blog: murdermayhemandlongdogs.com

The Ghost of Gracie Flynn by Joanna Morrison Fremantle, $32.99

The Ghost of Gracie Flynn is a clever and unusual Perth-based mystery that revolves around two deaths, 18 years apart. The death of Gracie Flynn was a tragedy that haunted her university friends, Sam, Cohen and Robyn for many years. Of the three, only Sam moved on and found success and happiness, but at the beginning of the book he, too, is dead. Alternating the viewpoint between the main characters, including Gracie’s ghost, Joanna Morrison tells an interesting story of how and why both Gracie and Sam died years apart. Well plotted with a credible cast of characters, it is an engrossing read.

Double Lives by Kate McCaffrey Echo, $29.99

Also set in Perth is Double Lives. Amy Rhinehart is back in Western Australia trying to restart her spluttering radio career through the medium of true crime podcasts. Her first target is Jonah Scott, who is imprisoned for life for the murder of his transgender girlfriend. It seems an open and shut case, but as the podcast unfolds, Amy begins to question the perceived truth. Respected Young Adult writer Kate McCaffrey brings a good grasp of contemporary issues to her first adult novel, as she mixes elements of the mystery novel, true crime reporting and gender identity in a compelling story. Recommended.

Keeping Up Appearances by Tricia Stringer HQ, $32.99

Popular author Tricia Stringer returns with another engaging tale of friendship, family drama and changing times with Keeping Up Appearances. Single mother Paige has fled to the small country town of Badara seeking a refuge from her former life. Once there, she falls in with the other ladies at the Tuesday Gym Club and becomes entangled in their dramas and secrets, which threaten to come to a head at the forthcoming Celebrate Badara weekend. An enjoyable, warm-hearted read with relatable characters and a nice sense of place. Stringer once again demonstrates why she is one of the best chroniclers of small town Australia.

Canberra Weekly competition winners

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McGuinness, Reid; C Do, Bonner; D Di Mezza, Mawson;

Chang,

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Diwali to light up Parliament House

A celebration of light overcoming the dark, of good triumphing over evil, is heading to Australian Parliament House on Monday 7 November.

Deepavali, or Diwali as it is commonly known, is the Indian festival of lights, and the Hindu Council of Australia (HCA) is celebrating at the home of Australian politics.

HCA is a community organisation that encompasses more than 55 Hindu temples and member groups across Australia. The Council has been celebrating Diwali at Parliament House since 2004, except for the last two years due to the pandemic. The dates for Diwali are based on the position on the moon; this year, the five-day festival starts on 24 October, however, the HCA is celebrating a bit later.

“We try to have it when both Houses are in sitting so that a

maximum number of senators can attend,” says Santosh Gupta, Chair of the Canberra HCA.

One of the biggest festivals on the Hindu calendar, Gupta says Diwali is a chance for communities from India to share their rich culture and celebrate with friends old and new. The Parliament House events will be held in two parts: from 11.45 am in the Great Hall there will be an Exhibition of Culture and Festivals, as well as a lunch, which is by invitation only.

Then in the evening, tickets can be bought to attend a function of cultural performances and addresses from political and community leaders. To join the Diwali celebrations at Australian Parliament House on 7 November 5.45pm, visit hinducouncil.com.au

- Jessica Cordwell

Now showing

Sissy (MA15+)

On VHS, teen best friends Sissy/ Cecilia and Emma dance and make a pact to be best friends forever. Over a decade later, the ‘rebranded’ Cecilia (Aisha Dee) is a popular online self-help influencer. However, IRL, Cecilia is solitary and lonely. Soon, Cecilia bumps into Emma (co-writer and co-director Hannah Barlow), who invites Cecilia to a weekend away in a remote cabin in the ‘scrub’ for her bachelorette party. At the cabin, however, Cecilia’s high school bully awaits!

With the rapid advancement of internet and mobile technology came with it a generation changing advancement of social media, forever changing the landscape of childhood development. Now, young adults face increasing mental health challenges brought about by addictive behaviours related to their social media engagement via mobile phones.

Narcissism is rewarded with dopamine hits of love and affection, and withdrawals are palpable and painful. Burying a childhood trauma, Cecilia is convinced of her victim status, sacrificing her own life to defensively rewrite her narrative as a popular online self-help guru. A blast-from-the-past, however, forces Cecilia to face up to her trauma, and her role in it.

Balancing high school social satire like Heathers with a blend of graphic horror-comedy a la Evil Dead 2, the movie is a slow dive into Sissy’s unravelling mind, fully illustrated in the over-the-top gore that she dishes out along the way.

Verdict: Like Bodies Bodies Bodies, Sissy is a clever, and gory, commentary on the challenges and fears today’s youth navigate with the tools at hand. Happy Halloween! 3.5 stars.

- Luke McWilliams themovieclub.net

WHAT’S ON

HUMBLE HOUSE GALLERY: Room to Breathe, a solo exhibition of ceramics by Josephine Townsend until 27 November; humblehouse.com.au

PEOPLE, PLACE AND THINGS: The newest exhibition from Jay Kottege and Maureen Laurentin, Kyeema Gallery, 27 October-27 November; capitalwines.website.vincreative.com

SPIRITUALIST WEST, MAGICAL ORIENT: Dr Sugata Nandi presents his research on theosophists and India from 1875-1950, National Library of Australia, 27 October 12.30pm; nla.gov.au

SIMON BRYANT: Launches his new Harry Holloway murder mystery book, Death in Black and White, at The Street, City West, 27 October 5.30pm; thestreet.org.au

COLLECTED STORIES: Chaika Theatre presents this story of a struggle between two powerful women who love each other, ACT HUB, Kingston, 28 October-12 November; acthub.com.au

FRESH FACED FUNK: Showcases the new works created as part of the young choreographers’ initiative, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, 28-30 October; trybooking.com

COME ALIVE: The showcase of youth theatre schools from NSW and ACT tells stories of inspiration, National Portrait Gallery, 28 October-2 November; events.humanitix.com

OLIVIA - I HONESTLY LOVE YOU: Leisa Keen and band perform the hits of Olivia Newton-John, The Q, Queanbeyan, Friday 28 October 11am and 7.30pm; theq.net.au

EVERYBODY: A life drawing class to spice up your Friday night, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, 28 October 6pm; trybooking.com

KENNETH MYER LECTURE: This year’s event features Professor Megan Davis, at National Library of Australia, 28 October 6pm; nla.gov.au

MAKE UP MASTERCLASS: Canberra makeup artist Danh Doan shares his tips and tricks on a live model, Canberra Centre, 28 October 6.30pm; eventbrite.com

OMEGA ENSEMBLE: Showcases their musicians as a well-oiled virtuosic machine in Ex Machina, Ainslie Arts Centre, Friday 28 October 7pm; ainslieandgorman.com.au

THNDO: The soul and R&B singer brings The Reintroduction Tour to the Street Theatre, City West, 28 October 8pm; thestreet.org.au

MURDER ON THE NILE: Tempo Theatre presents the Agatha Christie classic at Belconnen Community Theatre, 21-29 October; tempotheatre.org.au

HANDMADE MARKETS: Returns with over 240 stall holders with some of the country’s favourite sellers and makers, EPIC, 29-30 October; handmadecanberra.com.au

CANBERRA GEEK MARKETS: Pop culture and everything nerdy can be found all in one place, EPIC, 29 October 9am-5pm; canberrageekmarkets.com.au

PRISONERS OF WAR REQUIEM: Flowers of Peace tells POW stories through powerful music and imagery, Llewellyn Hall, ANU, 29 October 1pm; flowersofpeace.com

BOOGONG: A night of frights and delights to celebrate Halloween early, Rockley Oval, Googong, 29 October 5-9pm; googong.net

PURPLE DANCE PARTY: Cis, trans and same sex attracted women and non-binary are invited to a night of grooving and moving, Weston Creek Community Centre, 29 October 6.30pm; eventbrite.com.au

DANCE AND THEATRE WORKSHOP: Run by House of Sands where they share methods used in their recent production, That Was Friday, Gorman Arts Centre, 30 October 10am; eventbrite.com.au

BURLESQUE BRUNCH: Drag out your spookiest costume and join the fun at Halloween edition of Flazeda’s beloved event, Flazeda Hub, 30 October 11am; events.humanitix.com

SETTLERS, SHEDS & BALLROOMS: Experience dance and music as they did from colonial times to the 20th century, Folk Dance Hall, Hackett, 30 October 2pm; eventbrite.com

TAMIKREST: In Australia for the first time, the desert rock band brings their show to The Street, City West, Sunday 30 October 7.30pm; thestreet.org.au

NIGHT MARKETS: The community-run event runs every Friday 4-8pm at Anketell Street, Tuggeranong.

OLD BUS DEPOT MARKETS: The much-loved markets are back at the Old Bus Depot in Kingston, Sundays 9.30 am-2.30pm; obdm.com.au

RESCUE RUN: Walk, roll, or run 56km to help RSPCA protect animals from cruelty, 18-31 October; rspcarescuerun.org.au

SHANE JENEK AKA COURTNEY ACT: The famous boy, girl, artist, advocate shares their memoir Caught in the Act, The Street, City West, 1 November 6pm; thestreet.org.au

SUNSHINE SUPER GIRL: The story of Evonne Goolagong as presented by Performing Lines, The Q, Queanbeyan, 2-5 November; theq.net.au

POINT AND SHOOT: The veterans’ photographic exhibition shows a glimpse into the lives of Australians who served their country, HQ34, 4-6 November; pointandshoot.online

Send your free entertainment listings to: arts@canberraweekly.com.au with ‘what’s on’ in the subject field. Deadline is 10 days prior to Thursday edition date.

Sunshine Super Girl at The Q, Queanbeyan, 2-5 November.

Photo Paz Tassone

Glam costumes

Costumes that come from your wardrobe shouldn’t have to be boring – especially since the scariest thing about Halloween is the 83 million plastic bottles’ worth of throwaway costumes sold for just one day. We have you covered for ultra-chic costumes that almost entirely consist of pieces you can use again.

WITH FASHION & BEAUTY EDITOR, ANJA DE ROZARIO

For an easy DIY, glue the corners of a standard deck of cards together to create the Queen of Heart’s collar. Then simply don your most powerful all-red oufit, and it’s o with their heads!

Pair your prettiest floral dress with some heavenly accessories and a flower crown left over from the 2010s, and you are the Goddess of Spring. Have your Hades dress up in all black for a powerful couple’s costume.

Persephone it’s

Paris Hilton’s famous 21st birthday dress has been everywhere lately, so why not make the most of it? It will give you an excuse to dust o your old flip phone. You might not be re-wearing this at the o ce, but it’s one to crack out for festivals and perhaps even your own milestone birthday.

1 Amira faux leather blazer, $299, cazincthelabel.com.au; 2 Belle faux leather pants, $199, cazincthelabel. com.au; 3 Alias Mae Minka heel, $229.95, David Jones; 4 Flower crown, $35, Spotlight; 5 Torrance Alice dress, $579, Myer; 6 Nostalgic Icon earrings, $159, murkani.com.au; 7 Char sandal, $200, Wittner; 8 Oval diamante grab bag, $35, au.boohoo.com; 9 Teeya heeled sandal, $169.95, Nine West; 10 Chainmail mini dress, $70, au.boohoo.com

7 trends from

2022’s Melbourne Fashion Week, 10-16 October, showcased some of Australia’s most exciting designers, both established and emerging, in a smorgasbord of sartorial ingenuity – a surprise to no one, as even Sydneysiders would admit that Melburnians are a well-dressed bunch. Anja de Rozario shares seven trends, hot off the runway, that Canberrans may be tempted to try.

Valentino’s Insta-famous Barbiecore pink doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon, seen in abundance at 2022 fashion weeks around the globe. Mainstream Aussie designers, including Mariam Seddiq and AJE, and emerging designers like 2022 Australian Fashion Week’s Next Gen Winner, Asiyam, showcased the flaming fuchsia in their collections.

After walking the runway at Australian Fashion Week, Ngali, created by Wiradjuri woman Denni Francisco, returned at MFW with a collection of clean-cut silhouettes, elevated by eye-catching Indigenous artwork. This midpoint between fashion and Indigenous art is more than ready to step off the runway and into our closets.

We’ve seen a lot of menswear-inspired womenswear this year, like the suits and ties of Louis Vuitton’s autumn/winter 2022 collection. Many gorgeous suits walked down the runway at MFW; however, these were less “borrowed from the boys” and more tailored to the female form, like this stunning three-piece by Bianca Spender.

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Cooleman Court Shopping Centre, Weston,

Speaking of menswear-inspired, Martin Grant’s collection was presented by Christine on Collins with a finesse that evokes menswear from the 1950s film noir period.

If Leo Lin’s dazzling collection proves anything, it’s that we’re not done with dopamine dressing.

The lockdown-inspired, more-is-more trend is sure to continue through the upcoming holiday season. I for one am already galvanised for New Year’s by his confetti dresses.

This zesty orange shade was trending at New York Fashion Week this year and has hopped across the Pacific to MFW as well. Australian designers like Alice McCall, AJE, and LIDÉE all showcased all-orange looks on closing night –who would have thought orange really would be the new black?

Structural play was a huge theme this MFW, tying into the theme of ‘Fashion x Art’. Mainstream Australian designer AJE showcased their usual puffy everything, and Mariam Seddiq featured multiple designs that challenged traditional silhouettes.

Luke Clews

EDITOR, ABBEY

Good work at the Good Works Garden growing veggies for Canberrans

Potatoes and beans and pumpkins – oh my! The Good Works Garden in Fyshwick is growing an array of colourful and fresh produce for Vinnies Blue Door to transform into nutritious meals for Canberrans who need it most.

Creating an opportunity for Argyle Housing residents to tend the garden and increase their sense of inclusion and community, volunteers from Vinnies will also be raking, weeding and watering, along with any Canberrans willing to get their hands dirty for a wholesome cause.

Located on Dirty Jane’s long paddock in a Fyshwick carpark, the Garden was recently awarded a community garden grant by the ACT Government and has been built thanks to many generous

community donations.

Federal Member for Canberra Alicia Payne MP was also present to unveil a plaque to mark the initiative’s latest instalment – a community tree planting adjacent to the garden, part of the Queen’s Jubilee Project.

Once the trees are fully established, they will provide a “beautiful, shady space” and Ms Payne said she heard there are plans underway to place tables underneath the soon-to-be canopy.

She said she was “pleased” to support Argyle Housing’s application for the project, and it will be a “beautiful reminder of the Queen’s life of service”.

Ms Payne said the Good Works Garden is a great example of community

and business uniting to build a fantastic place where the community can come together and learn to grow food and connect together.

CEO of Argyle Housing, Carolyn Doherty, said she was particularly excited about the opportunity for people to volunteer their time to grow and provide food for vulnerable people in the Canberra community.

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“It’s a really important opportunity for residents to come together, to reduce their social isolation, connect to the community and find a sense of purpose, and also an opportunity to learn new skills, growing food and learning to prepare food as well,” Ms Doherty said.

She said when people are regularly able to access healthy meals, it contributes to their overall wellbeing, thereby reducing the strain and impact on the broader community and pressure on a range of social services.

CEO of St Vincent de Paul Society Canberra/Goulburn, Lucy Hohnen, said Vinnies engaged with the Blue Door Program to learn what kinds of food they would like and what would work best within their program, which was the seed that grew into the Good Works Garden.

She said all sorts of wonderful produce will be grown in the Garden, including salad items and vegetables.

“All sort of fast-growing produce initially… and it will eventually be a really productive garden,” Ms Hohnen said.

“We’ve got quite a good list of

volunteers at the moment, and we’re always looking for more. If you do want to volunteer to be part of this fantastic initiative, then do get in touch with us.”

Believing it’s important to be engrained into the community, founder of Dirty Jane’s, Jane Crawley, said she just saw the space – and the need.

“Here at Dirty Jane’s, we sit on an acre and a half of land, and it was a vacant space, what we call the long paddock,” Ms Crawley said.

“I really look forward to days of volunteers coming on site and working in the garden, knowing that it’s going to Blue Door Kitchen, and knowing that people are learning about gardening and it’s a beautiful, friendly, respectful space that they can come to.

“It’s this beautiful energy that comes from people giving and working together… it’s just so nice to bring everyone together and to create something that’s got such a positive community spirit.”

- Abbey Halter

CEOs of St Vinnies and Argyle Housing and founder of Dirty Janes have collaborated to establish the Good Works Garden in Fyshwick.

The garden is set to provide produce to Vinnie’s Blue Door project.

Photos Abbey Halter

The DIY arts and witch-crafts cauldron

Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble! Every witch needs their cauldron to brew up potions, curses, and spells, so this Halloween, Bunnings and Sophie from @nestihome have created the spookiest DIY boiler, so you can become the scariest witch-next-door. A perfect activity for the kids this Halloween season, this mysterious cauldron will have trick-or-treaters running for the hills!

WITH HOME EDITOR, ABBEY HALTER

What you’ll need

Mistral smoke fog machine with remote Permastik 5m x 24mm indoor mounting tape

Whites 30cm black metal plant stand

Estilo chrome bella single towel ring

Tuscan Path 42cm black Dante drum pot

All products available from Bunnings

Black spray paint Double-sided tape Drill

Instructions

1. Sit the pot onto the plant stand.

2. Spray paint the two towel rings black to match the pot.

3. Use double-sided tape to stick the towel rings onto each side of the pot.

4. Drill out the hole in the base of the pot to make it slightly larger.

5. Feed the cord for the fog machine through the hole and sit the machine in the pot.

6. Turn the machine on and brew up your magic potions!

Create this DIY witch’s cauldron designed by Bunnings and Sophie from @nestihome this Halloween.

Photo @nestihome

Quintessential family entertainer

With streaming sunlight, a fantastic, recent renovation, and set in a superb location, there’s no work to be completed on 59 Mountain Circuit in Calwell – simply move in and relish living in this spectacular home.

Agent Michael Potter describes this property as having a “stepped design” with versatile, private, and sundrenched living spaces due to the excellent north-facing orientation to the rear.

“It’s a wonderful family home presented to please with an abundance of segregated living space ideal for a larger family,” Mr Potter said.

A big winner in Mr Potter’s eyes is the expansive outdoor space with both covered and uncovered deck areas that’s perfect for avid entertainers. An added bonus is the huge saltwater inground pool with an adjacent rumpus room that teenagers and children can enjoy while the adults can relax in peace and quiet.

“The elevated location showcases commanding views across the Tuggeranong Valley and you’ll be neighbours to plenty of quality built homes and an open green space with a playground just across the road,” he said.

“It’s a perfect family escape: a getaway from the hype of a busy day at work and school. The home is tastefully renovated and updated – a big factor for buyers in today’s market, taking into consideration the cost of materials and tradespeople required to undertake renovations.

“Nestled just a stroll down the hill to the popular Calwell shopping precinct, social club and education facilities, along with quick and direct access to the Tuggeranong Expressway and Monaro Highway.”

Immediately entering this immaculately styled, character-filled, and generous family home, you’ll never want to leave.

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Inside Canberra Airport’s latest development: 6 Brindabella

Soaring ceilings, café catch-up spaces, and daylight beaming through expansive windows are all on offer at Canberra Airport’s latest development at 6 Brindabella Circuit.

CW went on a tour through the brand-new building, nestled in the heart of Brindabella business park, to check out the collaboration between Capital Airport Group and Bates Smart.

Head of Property at Canberra Airport, Richard Snow, said the venture is particularly exciting since it has been 10 years since the last development at the business park.

Wanting something “quite special” and the epitome of a new generation of office buildings, 6 Brindabella reinforces the town square area, Mr Snow said.

“You’ve got a 25-metre canopy, big forecourt area, fantastic atrium spaces, and really offers something different for our tenants here at the business park,” he said.

“Part of what we wanted to do here is also have a really strong sustainability agenda.”

The building has a 5-star Green Star rating, a 99kw solar system, has no gas connectivity, and is a carbon-neutral operation, which Mr Snow said he’s really proud of.

Acting ACT Executive Director at Property Council of Australia, Dr Adele Lausberg said it was “just really great to see” the number of environment, social and governance (ESG) initiatives that were taken on.

“It’s always good to see members pushing boundaries and really set a standard,” Dr Lausberg said.

“The other thing is creating spaces like this, having a café, creating a new invigorated environment for people to come back to the office – it’s just really great.”

Office spaces have changed dramatically since 2012, and Mr Snow said this building is a

reflection of the new age.

“You can see here that there’s the busy outdoor spaces, the indoor spaces, there’s the oval in front, the café … it’s a blending of all those uses together, and I think we’re seeing a lot of office designs are hospitality focused,” he said.

6 Brindabella Place is currently available for lease. Visit airportbusinessparks.com.au to find out more.

- Abbey Halter

6 Brindabella Circuit is the latest development at Brindabella Business Park within the Canberra Airport precinct. Photo supplied.

Southwell family unveils Yass’s biggest office

Generosity and dollars flowed for Boorowa Rugby Club player Nathan Stapleton at the official opening of the Ray White Rural Canberra | Yass | Murrumbateman office in Yass on Friday 14 October.

Nathan suffered a severe spinal cord injury earlier this year while playing rugby for his local club, the Boorowa Goldies.

Hosted by AuctionsPlus, the charity auction raised close to $10,000 to help support the young father of two during his long recovery. The auction attracted bids from as far afield as Vietnam and was the first charity auction hosted by AuctionsPlus to gain international attention.

More than 150 people attended the celebration of the newly occupied and renovated office, including Brumbies and Wallaby great Stephen Larkham who officially declared the new office open. Brumbies player Tom Cusack was also in attendance, along with Brumby Jack, the team’s official mascot.

With 30 years at the Ray White Rural network and

five generations of the family in the region, Ray White Rural Canberra | Yass | Murrumbateman CEO and lead agent George Southwell said it was an honour for the family-owned business to grow and continue servicing the area.

“It is an extremely proud moment to introduce the biggest professional services office in the Yass Valley,” George said.

“The Southwell family is proudly and inherently local. We live where we sell, we are a family-owned operation, so when you work with us you are dealing with the owners of the business. We’re also local farmers, so we’re part of the industry our clients are in, too.

“We’re looking forward to continuing to grow with a team of 10 staff supporting us into a very exciting future.”

George was presented with the highest accolade for a Ray White agent this year at the opening, Chairman’s Elite, putting him in the top

three per cent of all Ray White agents in Australia. He has risen to the highest Ray White ranks including auction agent of the year for four years running and Elite Performer for two years.

Guests enjoyed food and wine by local businesses Fairley Good Food, Murrumbateman Chocolate Company, and Vintner’s Daughter.

The event also featured some unique highlights: a guess the weight of the Highlander cow, and guess the micron and weight of the fleece, sponsored by Gordon Litchfield Wool. The competitions provided plenty of amusement on the night.

Wallaby great Stephen Larkham officially opens the new Ray White Rural office in Yass alongside ‘Team Southwell’. Image supplied.

Elm Grove Estate

Bungendore NSW Tarago Road

Less than 30 minutes outside Canberra lies a piece of country paradise o ering a wholesome lifestyle the entire family will enjoy. The brand-new development of Elm Grove Estate is your ticket to convenient country living.

Nestled in the fast-growing and historic Bungendore township, Elm Grove Estate is 20 minutes to Queanbeyan, giving you all the benefits of the city being just a stone’s throw away while living in a relaxed country town.

O ering the region’s largest blocks at the most a ordable prices with fully serviced residential lots beginning at 850sqm in size and increasing to 1,492sqm, the Estate has something for every family’s needs. With fewer

building restrictions than in the ACT and the lots situated on freehold land, you will be in no rush to build your home – there’s no time limit on crafting the perfect property to suit your family.

Whether you’re wanting to upgrade your lifestyle or to build your first or forever home, Elm Grove Estate is your ideal development. Take advantage of the additional Home & Land Packages on o er with the option of your own chosen builder or one of the Canberra region’s most experienced new-home building companies.

Developed in three stages, Stage 2A is expected to be completed between July and August 2023 with 123 lots on o er.

What’s on o er 850sqm – 1,492sqm lots

Starting price

Call 6238 0111 or email land@corporation.com.au

Grove Estate

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Birdwood Street

This spacious and versatile renovated home offers 223sqm of internal and external space over two levels.

The upper level offers a formal living area, with large windows giving breathtaking aspects. This space flows through to a formal

dining area and gourmet kitchen with granite benchtops and double pantry. A large deck flows from this space, offering expansive views of the Woden Valley.

Also on this level is the master suite offering views, built-in robes and ensuite, plus three additional

bedrooms, all with built-in robes, and a main bathroom.

The lower level offers an open plan living area, a second kitchen, large bedroom with built-in robes and ensuite. Additional features of this level are a laundry and wine cellar.

EER 3.0

Auction On site Wed 16 Nov 6pm

View Sat 29 Oct 1-1.30pm

Agent Jane Kusetic Mob 0408 662 119 Agent Emma Robertson Mob 0422 415 008

Hooker Woden/Weston 6288 8888

Two

Available

We have a modern two-bedroom apartment available now. This home comes with a:

• Generous open plan living space opening onto a large balcony

• Modern kitchen with stone benchtops and user friendly appliances

• Large master bedroom

• Reverse cycle air conditioning to keep you comfortable all year round

• Wide corridors

• An accessible bathroom

• Internal laundry

• Smart metering and community solar electricity to reduce your energy footprint, and your costs of living.

Our relaxed, contemporary retirement village makes it easy for you to make the most of every day. Ditch the mower and enjoy the social community, neighbours you know, and your own home without the time-consuming maintenance. We’ll even change the lightbulbs.

For your day-to-day needs, Bellerive’s conveniently located close to the Canberra Hospital and the heart of Woden, home to Westfield, the bus interchange and many of Canberra’s premier clubs.

Tower Two Selling Now!

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Located in the heart of Deakin, just 300m from the shops and close to medical facilities, The Grange retirement village offers you independent living in your own private home without the hassle of the building maintenance, and the security of knowing staff are onsite 24 hours a day in case of an emergency. Join the vibrant and welcoming community where you can live life your way. Enjoy lunch or dinner in the private dining room. Take part in the many social activities or interest groups in the village. Keep fit at one of the regular exercise classes, the indoor pool or the many walking tracks nearby including Red Hill. Indulge your passion for culture at the many museums and galleries close by.

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Our 2 bedroom homes are beautifully renovated and come with:

spacious kitchen with granite benchtops

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Brand new 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments selling now.

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Heradale Street

Batemans Bay NSW

Duplex....Two Properties for the Price of One !! Zoned R3 (Medium density residential) the duplex is situated in a prime location. With lovely tenants on both sides who have looked after the property for many years. Combined potential rental income $800/wk.

Unit 1 (Fully self-contained):

3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms and carport Unit 2 (Fully self-contained):

2 Bedrooms, 1 Bathroom

For Sale

View By Appointment

Agent

82 Northcove Road

Long Beach

Long Beach Lifestyle.

This good-sized home has a large central living area, which seamlessly flows onto a large covered entertaining area perfect for those informal gatherings. The kitchen features Miele appliances with a double oven combo, gas/electric cooktop with rangehood and dishwasher. The main bedroom with ensuite and WIR has its own access to the deck area. The other bedrooms are separated by the living area.

For Sale

5 North Street Batemans Bay

MOVE TO THE COAST. Located in the heart of Batemans Bay, the Go Vita Health store has been one of regions most outstanding businesses for more than 24 years. With a highly respected reputation of offering excellent customer service and an extensive range of quality products, this is an excellent opportunity for someone to take over this impressive, award-winning business and take it to the next level.

For Sale

View

By Appointment

Agent

81 Eric Fenning Drive Surf Beach

Room to Move.

The home itself is single level with a great layout, separating the roomy master suite with ensuite at one end of the home. The other 3 bedrooms and family bathroom with separate W/C is well away at the other end. The semi-open plan living sits in the centre of the home offering a great choice on which way you want to set things up to suit your own

For Sale

View Open 10.30

Agent

Routledge

Boorowa NSW ‘Dots’ 1887

Flemings Boorowa are pleased to present "Dots", 1887 Rye Park Road, Boorowa NSW to the market for sale. A rural lifestyle property and residential development opportunity with expansive north-facing rural views. This property offers the purchasers 42ha of undulating land consisting of three separate lots with residential zoning – approx. 27ha (R1 Residential) and approx. 14ha (R5 Residential).

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virgo aug 24 – sept 23

a s you are methodical and meticulous, you can feel frustrated when matters are unclear, and so this will be a good week to find out where you stand. You’ll unravel conundrums and will feel much happier as a result. Financially, a little more attention to the facts will prove beneficial.

libra sep t 24 – oct 23

You love balance and harmony, and you’ll appreciate the chance to gain these qualities both at work and in your personal life. a degree of uncertainty needn’t distract you from your goals. You may need to go over old ground. It’s a good week to make health appointments if you need advice.

scorpio oct 24 – nov 22

Being passionate, you like to know where you’re heading so you can direct your energy into your projects. If you are unsure of your own feelings, it’s important to gain clarity. a s events may prove a little mystifying, be sure to keep your feet on the ground and do not succumb to distractions.

sagittarius nov 23 – dec 21

a reunion, return to an old haunt or a connection at work may be bittersweet. It’s a good time to research exactly what you want in your daily life, and for your wellbeing and home. Be patient, especially with yourself. Find a way to progress with certainty so you can navigate relationships.

capricorn dec 22 – Jan 20

Your connection with a group or friend may require more attention than usual. For some, domestic circumstances will be the focus. put energy into the areas you can change; and minimise worry over those you cannot control. a decision may be up in the air, so be patient and gain information.

aquarius Jan 21 – F e B 19

While this is generally a good week to get ahead with plans and ventures in your personal life, if you encounter roadblocks, be sure to set your parameters about what you can and can’t do. a sk yourself what – and who –is a priority, and plan accordingly. avoid conundrums by being precise.

celebrity birthday

Matthew hayden 29 October 1971

Cricket legend Matthew h ayden is a gifted speaker and communicator and he will continue to use his voice to motivate, coach and mentor others. h is choices moving forward will revolve around what – and who – resonates with him on a deeper level and so he will pick and choose projects at work according to what gives him a sense of meaning and purpose. Fresh collaborations are in the pipeline.

pisces F e B 20 – mar 20

n eptune and Jupiter in pisces are contributing to a degree of uncertainty in your personal life or with a venture. Be sure to take things one step at a time, especially with shared duties at work, as you may feel sensitive. a domestic or family matter may require patience before things settle.

aries mar 21 – apr 20

It’s time to make changes and there’s no time like the present. c ommunications may be a little complex, so take the time to explain your ideas and opinions if people seem less enthusiastic than usual about your plans. a reunion may appeal. Be sure to take healthy breaks and to unwind.

taurus a pr 21 – maY 21

You’ll appreciate the chance to connect with close friends or family this weekend. a nd, while you enjoy a change of routine, if logistics are complex over coming days, ensure you slow down and maintain good health. If you are uncertain about some of your projects, be sure to research options.

WIN! Sissy (MA15+) film passes

When Sissy is invited away on a hen’s weekend, she finds herself stuck in a remote cabin with her high school bully. Starring The Bold Type’s Aisha Dee, this darkly comedic horror film is a satirical look at millennial self-victimisation in the social media age. Hold onto Halloween with Sissy (MA15+). In cinemas from 3 November, with Halloween sneak previews from 27 October. CW has 10 x Sissy in-season double passes to be won.

Enter to win

To enter, scan the QR code or visit canberraweekly.com.au and click on the ‘Entertainment’ tab to ‘Competitions’, find the competition you wish to enter and follow the entry instructions. Entries close 9am Thursday 3 November 2022 and winners drawn same day. One entry per person per giveaway. Entrants must be aged 18+.

gemini maY 22 – J un 21

m ars retrograde will slow the pace and, while this may be frustrating, you’ll gain the opportunity to evaluate domestic and/or family matters that may be a little confusing or complex. You may need to go over old ground to ensure you’re on the right path with a creative project or a venture.

cancer J un 22 – J ul 22

Your home and family are important areas of focus at the moment, so be sure to establish solid and strong roots; you’ll be glad you did. look for the most productive way forward and avoid succumbing to drama or chaos, as this will disperse your energy or even waste your time.

le o J ul 23 – aug 23

the focus will be on your communication skills and relationships. s o much will boil down to how thin you’re willing to spread yourself to keep the status quo. take the time for people you love, even if some are eccentric. But if you keep getting mixed messages, it may be time for time out.

WIN! Bondi Sands SPF packs

Enjoy a sun-soaked summer with two of Bondi Sands’ iconic SPF ranges!

Game, set, protect. The Sport SPF 50+ range will keep you cool, composed, and confidently protected this summer, formulated with Cool Motion Technology to allow your skin to sweat and naturally keep you cool.

Be confidently protected every day. The Fragrance Free Suncare range is perfect for everyday wear and daily protection. These ultra-lightweight SPF products provide up to 72 hours of hydration.

Enter to win one of 10 x $150 Bondi Sands SPF prize packs to keep you protected this summer.

WIN! A Batman toy bundle from Spin Master!

Take your adventures to the next level and enter for a chance to win a Batman Transforming Playset and Batman All-Terrain RC Batmobile. Valued at $300, this is the perfect gift to encourage imagination and includes everything needed to bring your Batman adventures to life!

WIN! Greenhouse by Joost preview passes

Greenhouse by Joost is an inspiring feature documentary following Joost Bakker as he builds a self-sustaining home in Melbourne’s Federation Square, an ecosystem that provides its occupants with water, energy, shelter, and nourishment. Joined in his work by chefs Matt Stone and Jo Barrett, Bakker faces his fair share of challenges to finish the home. But ultimately, Greenhouse by Joost is an uplifting look at the teamwork and ingenuity behind a paradigm-shifting project that bursts with life.

CW has 5 x double passes to a Greenhouse by Joost Q&A preview screening at Palace Electric Canberra on Saturday 12 November 4pm to be won.

Enter to win

To enter, scan the QR code or visit canberraweekly.com.au and click on the ‘Entertainment’ tab to ‘Competitions’, find the competition you wish to enter and follow the entry instructions. Entries close 9am Friday 4 November 2022 and winners drawn same day. One entry per person per giveaway. Entrants must be aged 18+.

SPRING SALE

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