Darlington Review • Vol.63 No.9 • October 2023

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EDITORIAL

Ian Kay | Editor

About this time last year I was steeling myself for my first stint in the Review editor’s chair, with stalwart Trea in the background ready to prop me up if the wheels fell off. They didn’t, apparently, and this year Trea has made off for a well-earned break overseas and left me to steer the ship for the next two months. As a relatively new member of this editorial crew I did get to choose October/November because I have some history with both the Mundaring Hills Open Studio event and the Darlington Arts Festival, so I should be able to come up with some interesting stories and information.

My last serious magazine role was as a writer/editor for Forest Focus > Landscope (1984) and with more than seven years of intensive forestry training prior to that it was also a fairly comfortable fit.

Between Saturday October 21 and Sunday October 29 (including the two consecutive weekends) a growing number of participating Mundaring Hills artists will be hosting another great collaborative Open Studio art trail. This year some 65 MHOS artists at 37 locations will be showcasing their creativity. In Darlington itself there are seven resident artists who have opened their studios and I want to introduce them to you in the hope that you will visit them during the event. Such a visit and promotion might also encourage further participation by other local artists, emerging or otherwise.

The MHOS event was launched mid-September at the Mundaring Art Centre in a three way collaboration between MAC, the Mundaring Chamber of Commerce and the participating artists.

Addressing the Chamber guests and Shire councillors MHOS spokesperson Jen Kerr noted that the Open Studio event plays an important role in strengthening our local economy and connecting people with the area. “This is acknowledged in the Shire’s recently endorsed Economic and Tourism Strategy,” she said.

“Arts and culture are crucial to building the identity of the Mundaring Shire as a destination for visitors. There is strong and growing potential for the arts to drive tourism in the

Perth Hills with open studios, festivals and art galleries across the region.

“Visiting our open studios is a unique experience and an opportunity to sample the lives of local artists. It will also give you access to their artwork which comes in an incredible range of mediums – from glass and ceramics to oil paint, watercolours, textiles, wood, recycled metals and much more.

“The artists also range across the spectrum - from professionals with international acclaim to those who work part time or as a hobby – and this event gives you a chance to talk to them, explore their techniques, share ideas, admire their creativity and acquire a unique piece of local artwork.”

Naomi Fuller, President of the Mundaring Chamber of Commerce (left); Jen Kerr, Spokesperson for the MHOS artists and Narelle Doran, MAC Financial Controller.

Alison Lindsay

Originally from Reading, Berkshire, UK, Alison has lived in Lobelia Drive, Darlington with her husband, two boys and a golden retriever for the past nine years. They were attracted to the hills as they wanted to be within nature but needed city links for work and schooling. The small village feel of Darlington appealed to them and the hope of finding a strong community to join in with has proved to be a winner. Alison enjoys the vibrant art community and her husband Graham is actively helping with FODS.

Alison juggles raising a family and working, but her great love of art sees her spending countless late nights up in the studio. She has lived and travelled extensively over the past 20 years and draws on these experiences to produce a wide variety of work in acrylics, oils, water colour, pen, charcoal and even wire.

Alison continues to evolve as an artist and this year has produced a number of new works which she would love to share with you.

Sue Findlay, a painter, drawer and graphic designer will also be showcasing her creations at Alison’s studio for the duration of the event.

Carolyn Francis

A multi- talented artist Carolyn Francis was born in Kondinin  and grew up in Mt Pleasant before moving to Pittersen Road, Darlington with her husband in 1998. For the last 25 years they have enjoyed local trees and bushland, walking and exploring and watching the wildlife busying themselves with everyday stuff.

Working with metals Carolyn likes to create sculptures that reflect this natural world. She uses a plasma cutting tool to draw images, often repurposing items like farming and gardening implements. Also inspired by sailing and exploring the beautiful ocean, and her love of camping and travelling, Carolyn brings interest to other sculptural works by smithing soft lightweight metals into organic shapes.

Carolyn started life-drawing to hone her skills to better represent her sculptures when taking thoughts to a concept. She soon became obsessed with this practise and started to hold her own life drawing sessions in her downtown Midvale studio.

Village footnote: Carolyn created the sculptures of Geckos and Western Swamp Tortoise at the Darlington Primary School.

Jennie Merritt, a flame work glass artist who melts glass rods in the flame to create components for her jewellery and sculptural pieces will be a guest artist at Carolyn’s open Darlington studio.

Denise Bending

Local artist Denise Bending has always been a Hills girl. Her very early years were lived out near Mundaring Weir before moves to Stoneville and then Mundaring. She has lived in Darlington (Mayhew Road) for the last 15 years and loves being able to walk across the road and walk through the bush with her dogs every day.

“The wildflowers are so beautiful, especially at this time of the year, and I love our quirky village and being able to be a part of such an artistic environment,“ she said. Denise loves working with clay, making a range of sculptures, small and large, trying different types of clays and glazes. “It is always fun to see what comes out of the kiln,” she said.

“I really enjoy making one off pieces to challenge myself, to work out how I can bring it all together and to take my love for all things clay to the next level.”

Two other artists will also be show casing their work at Denise’s studio during the event:

Dee Robinson, who creates free-hand plasma cut flowers, Kangaroo paws and one off pieces using reclaimed corrugated iron, barbed wire and old farming implements and tools.

And Laula Perey, who for years has been honing her skills in making unique handcrafted feather and seed pod earrings.

Cielito Marbus and Gwenael Velge

Time to welcome a new team to Stone Crescent, Darlington (and MHOS) ... Cielito Marbus and Gwenael (Gwen) Velge.

Cielito was born in Newman but considers Perth to be her home town. Gwenaël was born in Brussels (Belgium). They met in Limerick (Ireland) and travelled a bit before their move back to WA. Their extended honeymoon in Boranup Forest ended with a move back up to Freo with a little bub. “We were missing the trees though,” said Cielito. “After some prospecting, it became clear that Darlington was the exact place we needed to be. Gwen loves hills and I love plants ... obviously ... and so here we are.”

Cielito is a botanist and botanical artist. She produces scientific illustrations for new species publications for the Western Australian Herbarium and has been commissioned to produce Flora for private collections.

Cielito is interested in responses of plants to their habitats and to anthropogenic interactions, particularly the dichotomy of natural process and human intervention. “Whilst we cannot help but mould and form our surroundings, we simultaneously seek out and delight in those parts of our surrounds that are untouched by our hands,” she said.

Partner Gwen is a visual artist and a photographer with a passion for philosophy. “I seek out embodied practices that produce emotional and intellectual material for me (and hopefully others) to process,” Gwen told me.

Flying a paraglider over Western Australian landscapes has helped him experience and think through two concepts: sense of place and the sublime.

“My work explores the crossroads of photography, human geography, philosophy and anthropology. I believe the role of art and the artist is to forever represent the world to us. Making it alien and yet also thereby revealing it anew, constantly making us visitors of our own home,” he said.

Michele Vivier

A painter and drawer Michele Vivier is another born in Brussels (Belgium) and she immigrated to Australia with her parents in 1962 (aged two). Her family settled in Melbourne and 16 years later (1978), they moved to Western Australia and she returned to Brussels to attend the Brussels Academie des Beaux Arts.

Michele and her husband Francis have lived and raised three children in Mofflin Avenue, Darlington. The lovely primary school, large gardens, natural bushland and hilly location have been the major drawcards that have kept them here for nearly 30 years. “One of the joys of Darlington is the bird song,” Michele told me. “You just don’t get it when you are in Europe”.

Michele’s home amidst nature inspires her endlessly. With the freedom to explore and paint any scene, she discovers new subjects and perspectives.

Her brushwork brings her subjects to life, immersing viewers. The transparent and luminous nature of watercolours allows her to convey a sense of beauty and spontaneity. The most rewarding moments for Michele occur when people find connection with her paintings.

This validation not only affirms her artistic skill but also signifies her ability to communicate her artistic vision effectively. It is a powerful and fulfilling experience for her to touch the lives of others through her art.

Village footnote: The Darlington Hall Centenary cake featured in last month’s issue was artistically created by Bronte Vivier, Michele’s daughter-in-law. Her business‘Cakes by Pop’. Google for an intro.

Cielito Marbus and Gwenael Velge with their ‘Bush Baby’.

Ellis Pearson

Darlington is Ellis Pearson’s home town and he has lived here in Stone Crescent since 2011.

“I think Darlington could be described as 'Perth's best kept secret!',” he said. “Not many people on 'the flats' know Darlington, which is probably a good thing, as it has kept its wonderful small village feel. I love all the old trees which bring such incredible bird life.”

Ellis trained as a graphic designer and painter before being bitten by the theatre bug. This took him to Paris where he trained in physical theatre and mask work. For the next 35 years he created a visual, unique style of theatre which he performed all over the world.

Meanwhile his love of the visual arts deepened and he has evolved an energetic, visual way of painting. He now teaches theatre in Perth and paints out of his garden studio. Surrounded by the sounds and the wonder of nature, Ellis has plenty of material to inspire him to fill his large canvases.

Juniper Studio | Jo Meredith

Painter Jo Meredith grew up in Darlington and loves being surrounded by trees and exploring the creeks that pulse through the bush. “When I've been away for long periods, I always exhale on my return to Darlington,” Jo told me.

“The hills have inspired and nourished generations of artists. I grew up in awe of the artist Thornton Hick, the father of my dear friend Sophie, and now I love discovering new art/artists through Juniper Galleries and the Mundaring Hills Open Studios,” she said.

Jo is a contemporary figurative painter. She works in oils, painting people, dogs and the

Darlington Arts Festival happenings

DAF’s 70th birthday fundraising dinner

Next month’s Darlington Arts Festival turns 70 this year. To celebrate the milestone a dedicated crew lead by Tania Whisson and Gabrielle Morris organised a very successful fund raising dinner at the Darlington Estate Winery early September.

Some 100 guests enjoyed a three-course meal, great company, fund raising raffles, an auction and musical entertainment with dancing on into the night.

Tania reports that the funds raised will provide much needed financial support for the Festival and issued a special thank you to everyone who was a part of the celebration . “Your generous support helps to keep the DAF heart beating strongly,” she said.

Special thanks also to the Darlington Estate Winery (especially Megan Fraser for fantastic co-ordination) and Darlington Estate owners Pat and Bertha for donating the voucher for our raffle; Pip and Georgia for selling raffle tickets; the very generous auction donors – Joe and Gabby Houldsworth, Lyn Woldendorp, Jo Meredith, Silvana Ferrario, Cathy Day and Lyn Myles; Lyn Myles (again) and the Darlington History Group for supplying the photos for our slide show and helping to preserve

vibrant WA landscapes with passion. Her works express joy, beauty, connection and nature. She loves painting water and using exquisite colours. “Darlington's pristine natural environment is what drives me (and I'm sure many others) to create here,” she said.

In 2023 Jo has continued her atelier style portraiture training in the UK and is looking forward to presenting fresh works at Open Studios that reflect this immersion.

The Juniper Studio in Dalry Road Darlington was built by Robert Juniper and Jo loves creating in this inspiring residence so you’ll probably find her painting when you visit.

our unique history; Ron Stuurstraat for researching and putting together the memorabilia boards; Kool Kakes for the beautiful cake ; our local musos Fenton, Ben and Mel for the

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Cr Paige McNeil, Tania Lawrence MP, Cr Trish Cook and DAF President Amy Pepper displaying a highly prized souvenir tea towel.

Darlington Arts Festival happenings

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tunes; Trish Cook for taking lots of photos to record the event and kicking off the dancing; and Glen Whisson for putting together the photo posters and slide show, running the auction (while being nagged!) and for helping with EVERYTHING - as always.

Call for volunteers

The Arts Festival (DAF) Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th November 2023 is fast approaching and there is a call out for volunteers.  Volunteers are needed for the following tasks:

• Super vising the Open Art exhibition in the Hall. This involves wandering around the exhibition, ensuring people don’t touch the art, eat or drink, or photograph the exhibition.

• Super vising the Youth Art and Junior Art Exhibitions as above and approaching visitors to vote for their favourite piece in the “People’s Choice” award. *Adults over the age of 18 working in these areas will need a *Working with Children’s (WWC) Check.

• Super vising the Sculptures Exhibition on the Thursday and Friday during install and the Saturday and Sunday of the DAF from 6.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. This mostly involves walking up and down the Station Reserve, ensuring people don’t touch or damage the sculptures. On the Saturday and Sunday of the DAF, you would ask visitors to vote for their favourite piece for the People’s Choice Award.

• Manning the Information Tent – usually directing people to exhibitions, the ATM and the toilets. People working here will need a WWC Check.

• Helping in the Workshops on the weekend includes helping artists with arts and crafts workshops attended by children or adults. Adults over 18 will need to have a WWC check.

• Helping with the Youth Engagement Program workshops – this would be working with children

aged 12 -17 at workshops held by artists during October.

• Helping ser ve drinks or food at the Opening Night on Thursday, 3rd November, at the Hall.

• Sitting at the entrance to the Open Exhibition in a “Meet and Greet” role, collecting donations for Programs and generally answering questions.

• Working in the “Shop” selling art and trinkets and processing art sales.

• Emptying all the bins on the oval three times on each of the Saturday and the Sunday.

• Bin monitoring to assist people with waste sorting.

• Helping hang art on the Monday afternoon or Tuesday before the festival.

• Helping take the art down and return it to the Artists on Sunday late afternoon.

• Helping with the Performing Arts management on Saturday afternoon

• Many other small tasks over the weekend or before.

*Apply for a Working With Children Check and we can refund the $11 if needed if you keep your receipt.

Please, if you are interested in helping, you can let us know  by email: volunteers@darlingtonartsfestival.com

As with previous years – pizza will be provided for all the volunteers on Sunday night at the conclusion of the festival and, if you like, there is a volunteer t-shirt to wear during your shift.

EDITOR : It is a great way to get to meet the local community!

Auctioneer Glen Whisson getting the best price for the event poster. (Photo credits to Trish Cook).

Event organisers Gabrielle Morris and Tania Whisson with the giant cake.

What's On

Time to vote

It is really important to emphasise participation in this October’s Local Government election. The previous rates of voting have never been high (28% average), but with the current reforms it is important that people become more engaged and back local candidates with good community track records – otherwise the whole system could become increasingly politicised.

Mundaring Shire has two excellent candidates standing for the new role of popularly elected president ... Paige McNeil and John Daw ... and it is a postal vote so not a lot of effort is required to get the participation rate up.

No other votes are required for the South Ward (Darlington) - see DRRA notes.

All eligible electors will receive a postal voting package. To vote, follow the instructions included in the package. Your return postal vote must be received before 6.00pm on polling day.

If you do not think that your postal vote can be returned by post in time, you can deliver it by hand to the Shire Administration Building during business hours or return it to the Shire Administration Office between 8am and 6pm on polling day, Saturday 21 October 2023.

Green Spot Survey

Shire of Mundaring residents are invited to complete the Green Spot survey via “Engage Mundaring” by Sunday 8 October. Community nominations from the survey help to identify 10 wildlife “hot spot” locations in the shire.

The survey is part of the 2023 Green Spot Program, which Shire President James Martin said is designed to make drivers more aware of wildlife in the area and help minimise wildlife injury and death.

Based on the survey results, wildlife ‘Green Spot’ road signs are erected at the 10 locations for 12 months. The signs include the WA Wildcare Helpline phone

number which can be called for advice or assistance if an injured animal is found.

Residents are asked to watch out for wildlife especially during spring when many native animals are breeding. Wildlife will also be moving in search of water as it gets warmer.  To help the Shire identify this year’s green spots, complete the survey via Engage Mundaring Shire of Mundaring | 2023 Green Spot Program. The survey closes at 4pm on Sunday 8 October.

Community Grants

Shire of Mundaring has awarded eight Matching Grants and 10 Community Event Grants in round one of its Community Funding Program.

A total $43,863.09 will be disbursed amongst recipients to enable them to deliver a range of community services, events and initiatives over the coming months.

Shire President James Martin said he was impressed with the quality of the submissions received.

“Christmas Carols, a family fun day, bush dance, sports and music festivals and a centenary celebration are a few of the exciting events the Event Grant funding will help local community groups to deliver,” he said.

Australia Day Citizenship Award Nominations now open

Now is your chance to nominate a community member who has made a significant and outstanding contribution in the shire so that they get a chance to receive a Shire of Mundaring Australia Day Citizenship Award.

Shire President James Martin emphasised the importance of Citizenship Awards. “The awards are a great way to celebrate and acknowledge the outstanding contribution our active citizens and community groups make to our community,” he said.

“We encourage people to nominate individuals from all walks of life, as well as community groups, who have made a significant and noteworthy contribution during the current year, or have given outstanding service to the local community over a number of years through active involvement.”

Nominations fall into the following four categories:

• Rising Star (under 25): Recognises young people (individual/group) who have made a significant contribution to their local community.

• Inspirational Volunteer: Recognises an individual/group who through their volunteering role have made an outstanding contribution to the local community.

• Access Mundaring: Recognises an individual or group

working to create a more accessible and inclusive Shire of Mundaring.

• Long Service: Recognises an individual or group who have been community champions and continuously served their community in excess of 10 years.

Residents are invited to submit their nominations in four categories by Friday 27 October. All nominations will be considered by the Shire’s Australia Day Citizenship Award Committee and announced at the Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony on Australia Day, Friday 26 January 2024.

Nominations can be submitted via email to shire@mundaring. wa.gov.au or online via the website Shire of Mundaring Australia Day Citizenship Awards » Shire of Mundaring.

Hard copy submission forms are also available from the Shire Administration Building, libraries or the website (for a downloadable form)and all must be with the Shire of Mundaring, 7000 Great Eastern Highway, Mundaring, by 4pm on Friday 27 October 2023.

Chamber’s long table

The Mundaring Chamber of Commerce has been awarded a $5,000 matching grant from the Shire of Mundaring to help fund their major 2024 event ... "Mundaring’s Biggest Long Table".

The brainchild of the Mundaring Chamber members, the initiative aims to connect business and community in the shire. Several long table dinners will be held on the same night, with people having the option to sign up and host their own event or to dine at a long table event in the shire.

Concept sketch endorsed

At a recent meeting to consider three concept sketch/ master plan options for the Town Centre Revitalisation, the Shire of Mundaring Council endorsed Option B – Circular (West) as their preference.

Shire President James Martin said that this option was in-line with the community’s preferred aesthetic of a circular central community space within the cultural precinct.

“The circular west design reflects careful consideration of immediate functionality and future possibilities within the broader context including the development potential on Mundaring Weir Road,” he said.

“It directly connects the northern laneway, Craig Street, Jacoby Street, and Sculpture Park, facilitating seamless movement throughout the precinct.

“It is envisioned that a range of civic and community facilities, such as the Albert Facey Memorial Library, Mundaring Art Centre, Mundaring and Hills Historical Society and a number of other community services will move into the proposed new Multi-Purpose Community Facility.

“In this design, the Library and Mundaring Art Centre's placement in relation to Sculpture Park and the central courtyard ensures a cohesive user experience, with these facilities serving as focal points to the south-west of the building.”

“The Shire acknowledges the significant contribution made by the community and key stakeholders in the process,” he said.

The endorsement of a concept sketch for the MPCF and cultural precinct forms part of a comprehensive and community-driven three-year planning and design phase, with construction of the new facility scheduled to begin in 2027.

Back in the Hot Seat

The Crew at the Darlington Review are delighted to welcome back Julie Stuurstraat to the Advertising Manager's chair. Regular readers will recall that earlier this year, for health reasons, Julie stepped away for a while and was replaced in the position by her good friend Melissa Clarke.

Melissa grabbed the rudder and did an

Parkerville Tavern, Café Mojo, Darlington Estate, Mundaring Hotel and the Lounge at Amaroo Retreat are a few local businesses earmarked to host events.

Chamber President Naomi Fuller said the vision for the event is multi-faceted to enhance tourism, social connection and inclusivity.

“The event will provide networking opportunities for our members while also encouraging patrons to shop, buy and dine local,” she said.

“The $5000 grant from the Shire will help to launch the pilot project and equip us to support both business and other stakeholders in delivering this ambitious initiative.

“We estimate there are at least 22 individual hamlets in our shire and we want the long table event to be hosted in as many of these as possible.”

Visit the Mundaring Chamber of Commerce website to find out more and learn how to get involved.

International Peace Day

Maypole dancing was just one of the many activities included in the local celebration of International Day of Peace, Sunday, September 17.

Representatives from local groups gathered at the Darlington Hall to celebrate with music, meditation and dancing interspersed with presentations on peace. Anthony Spagnolo was MC. Melanie Wawrik spoke about United Nations Peacemaking, and Elaina (Bahai Youth) and Sharon (Quakers) spoke about peace making activities.

admirable job of keeping the ship steady for some seven months while Julie confronted the healing process. The great news now is that Julie is back up and running again and is prepared to resume her role in full.

The Review Team and all our advertisers are extremely grateful to Melissa for stepping in at short notice and we all wish Julie the very best for the future.

Julie Stuurstraat and Melissa Clarke.

Photo credit John Herzfeld.

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Kendall Earnshaw writes ...

A few years ago the Darlington community was sharing stories on social media about how some houses with steep driveways in the back of Darlington would buy lollies for trick-or-treaters, but would never see anyone and how others were saying how they would buy dozens of packets and still run out on the night. Nerissa Rickard suggested an exchange, where people who never saw a child on Halloween would gift their lollies to the houses that get overrun. Earnshaws offered to be the collection point – people could drop off lollies and pick up from us during business hours. We advertised it on social media and it’s been a fabulous success. Darlington families have been really generous, dropping off over 50kg of lollies last year and really relieving the pressure on those households that see lots of trick-or-treaters.

We recognised that not everyone is on social media, so we do a flyer drop. We print the flyers and kids from the community volunteer to hand deliver them to houses on Orange Road, Pine

Terrace, Owen Road and View Terrace.

We’ve also heard that a few Darlington members would prefer to opt out, so this year we will also be helping residents do that if they choose. This year the information flyer will include that we will be printing A3 sized posters for people to collect and display at their homes if they wish to opt out. I’m also hoping someone in the community might be able to donate some hazard tape that we can give people to sling across their driveways and pathways to show that they don’t want visitors.

Sue Lennard organises a Halloween costume rack exchange which we have out the front of our office for a week or so before the big night. Families can come and find a new costume and drop off an old one, for free. She’s a bloody legend!  On a personal note, our office has our quarterly evening drinks in the carpark of our office on Halloween so that all our staff can sit back and watch the fabulous costumes go by. It’s a wonderful evening and we all really enjoy it.

DRRA gathered for a significant meeting in September to discuss the upcoming Shire President election, welcoming community members, councillors, and candidates. Chairperson Anthony Spagnolo commenced the evening by expressing gratitude to Councillors John Daw, Paige McNeil, Trish Cook, and Luke Ellery.

Cr. Trish Cook initiated proceedings by outlining the new election protocols. Cr. Cook went on to explain changes in councillor election rules, including a reduction in seats from 12 to nine. She detailed the President's vital roles and responsibilities.

Each candidate had a 10 minute opportunity to address the audience, with Louise Stelfox, DRRA Vice Chair, acting as moderator.

Cr. John Daw began by thanking DRRA for the invitation and recognising the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation. He emphasised his commitment to preserving the hills' unique character and biodiversity while supporting initiatives like the Pavilion, tree planting, and the arts in Darlington. Cr. Daw, a Shire Council member for two decades, pledged to maintain fiscal responsibility and efficient service delivery, promising to be a dedicated and collaborative leader.

Cr. Paige McNeil spoke about her love for the Perth Hills and her experience leading the Save the Perth Hills movement against irresponsible planning in a bushfire prone area. She emphasized her strong governance background and commitment to environmental sustainability and better community engagement. Cr. McNeil expressed her commitment to incorporating the Community Plan objectives into Shire

financial planning and attracting investments while preserving the natural beauty and heritage of the area.

Q&A session moderated by Louise Stelfox:

• Both candidates addressed concerns about land clearing, wildlife preservation, and bushfire mitigation, emphasising the need for sustainable practices and education.

• Cr. McNeil and Cr. Daw discussed strategies to grow the Shire while maintaining low-density hills communities, mentioning higher density living in specific areas and responsible development.

• The candidates acknowledged the need for improved planning and coordination in controlled burns, promising to work towards better strategies.

• The issue of managing highly flammable vegetation, like wattles, was raised, with Cr. Daw expressing openness to resident input. Cr McNeil spoke about the need for ongoing education and that the Shire should be a leader in this space.

• Both candidates highlighted the importance of fiscal responsibility, innovation, and technology to enhance service delivery and save funds.

The meeting closed with Cr. Luke Ellery thanking the candidates for their dedication to the hills communities and encouraging all attendees to vote in the upcoming election.

The next community meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 12th, at 7.30pm. Stay engaged and make your voice heard in shaping the future of our Shire.

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Vote John Daw 1 for Mundaring Shire President

A VOTE FOR ME IS A STRONG VOICE FOR YOU

I am passionate about our community. As your Shire President, I will bring a caring, listening, open and transparent supporting strength to the community and make myself available to help you with any Shire-related matter.

As an experienced Councillor and former Shire President, I am ready to lead a united Council team working in your interests.

I strongly support amenity improvements in Darlington I backed the new Pavilion, Arbor, Community Garden, and overall Lower Area Master Plan. I remain very supporEve of the Darlington Arts FesEval and all the other cultural, environmental, and arEsEc acEviEes in the Darlington community. I am very commiGed to protecEng the Hills lifestyle and environment from inappropriate development and conserving Darlington’s picturesque village character and heritage.

Darlington Community Recreation Advisory Group (DCRAG)

The future of DCRAG is changing

Some 50 or so years ago the Shire of Mundaring and the Darlington Community established the Darlington Community Recreation Management Committee (DCRMC). About seven years ago, the Shire initiated an option for Management Committees to restructure to become Advisory Groups.

The primary purpose was to reduce formality requirements, to make it less onerous for volunteers while still retaining official links with the Shire. Thus the Darlington Community Recreation Advisory Group (DCRAG), was established. Regardless of the name, this community led group has always been an avenue for all the different user groups to come together and sort out their needs, wants and requirements for the recreation area, and to advise the Shire of this information. It also allowed various groups to discuss how their activities may overlap or impact on each other and facilitated mutual consideration. Some of the initiatives of DCRMC/DCRAG from recent years are:

• The establishment of a subcommittee, which eventually became incorporated and formed the Darlington Sports and Recreation Associations (DaSRA), to allow a community extension and upgrade of the old change rooms to the beautiful Pavilion that we have now.

• The establishment of the Lower Area Masterplan (LAMP) to extend the non-structured-sport activities in the lower recreation area. LAMP Phase I included the skatepark extensions, the new pump track and the new Grand Arbour (now the Darlington Community Garden), while LAMP Phase II, currently underway, is the rehabilitation of the seasonal wetlands and restoration of the bushland to the west.

• The Large Tree Inventory and Management Plan and The Seating Inventory and Plan.

Additionally, DCRAG have been involved in recommending, supporting, and working with the Shire in regard to minor capital items such as the connecting playground pathways, hall veranda extensions, etc. One of the benefits of the group was a Shire officer and Councillor usually attended the quarterly meetings.

Note that DCRAG is not a decision-making body and provided recommendations only. On the odd occasion where unanimity did not occur, such as the Oval Widening issue, DCRAG advised the Shire of the differing views.

Governance Changes

Due to a State Government initiative, the number of Shire of Mundaring Councillors will be reduced from 12 to nine at the election in October. Therefore, keeping in mind future Councillor workload, and Shire governance and adherence to the Local Govt Act, a review of existing shire groups and committees has

Trish Cook and Colin James. been undertaken. The new Policy has been endorsed by Council and can be found in full here:

https://www.mundaring.wa.gov.au/documents/591/ committees-advisory-groups-representatives-meeting-andworking-groups-policy-28

Current advisory Groups are now to become more formalised to meet the Shire’s new requirements of either an Advisory Group or a Representatives Meeting group. Other options include merging with another non-shire external community group, become a new incorporated community group, or to disband.

DCRAG delegates have been asked to comment and the shire informed. Delegates have provided mixed views, not surprisingly, given the short amount of time to decide and to understand the new options. Council will ultimately decide the DCRAG fate in October.

As Councillor to DCRAG for four years, Community Representative/Chair for four years, and now Councillor/Chair for two years, my personal view is that our aging volunteers need more Shire support. All our dynamic community groups have different objectives, and the role of DCRAG will fall to others such as DaSRA or DRRA or individual sports clubs; or individuals to liaise with the Shire and plan for the future and the inevitable changes of the recreation area.

I will be recommending my personal view that DCRAG remains an Advisory Group for a minimum trial period of 12 months, noting that the extra work to formalise the group, will mostly be done by paid Shire officers.

I take this opportunity to thank Colin James for his outstanding contribution to DCRAG for some 42 years either as Chair, Councillor or in his current role as Secretary.

Please email me your views at trishcook@netspace.net.au or let the Shire officer know directly at shire@mundaring.wa.gov.au Attention: Elizabeth Nichols.

Darlington Bushfire Ready Group

Street contacts and interested residents are advised of our pre-season meeting at the Fire station on Monday, 23rd October. Representatives from the Shire and DFES Community Preparedness will be in attendance to discuss the forthcoming fire season.

If you live near bushland and have a roof mounted evaporative air conditioning unit, your home may be at risk from bushfire re ember attack. Burning embers from bushfire can travel relatively long distances from the actual fire through the air. If the embers land on or near your home and there is fuel available to burn,

they can start a fire. Embers can get into your house through gaps (greater than 2mm) in the roof, walls, windows, doors and evaporative air conditioning units. Evaporative air conditioner filter pads made from cellulose material are a potential source of fuel for travelling embers. If air conditioners draw in embers and the filter pads ignite, the unit may collapse into the roof and the fire may spread throughout the house. To prevent embers entering your evaporative air conditioning unit and to protect your home from the effect of bushfires, DFES recommends that you install ember protection screens.

Ember Protection Screens ... An ember protection screen is designed to prevent embers entering the unit and igniting the filter pads. There are a number of possible screen designs and a range of evaporative air conditioning units on the market. DFES have provided three examples of ember protection screen designs that will provide varying degrees of ember protection; a unit cover, an external screen and an internal screen. The external screen is the most effective option. Regardless of which design you choose, it is important to note that the screen must not have any gaps greater than 2mm through which embers may enter the air conditioning unit and ignite the potentially flammable filter pads.

Remember during these cooler months prepare your home and remove unwanted fuel.

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Weekends and Public Holidays 7am to 7pm*

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Adult (16 years and older) $6

Child (5-15 years) $5

Family (2 adults & 2 children) $20 (season tickets available)

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Swim School: Lesson enrolments at Bilgoman on Saturday 21 October, 9am to 11am

Lessons: 10 x half hour lessons - max. 6 students per class

Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs at 3.35pm, 4.10pm & 5.40pm

Squad: Squad and stages 10+ train from 4.45pm to 5.45pm on Mondays & Wednesdays (commencing November)

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REMEMBER

000 is the ONLY number to ring for all fire and smoke sightings.

Darlington Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade

The ComCen will page our members who are on duty.

For general Brigade enquiries please ring 9299 7217. Station hours: Saturday 9am-10:30am.

Web: darlingtonfire.org.au • Facebook: Darlington Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade • Instagram: dvbfb_

Next meeting: Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at the Darlington Fire Station.

Despite early spring rains, the first Restricted Burning period for this fire season is in effect in the Shire of Mundaring from Sunday October 1st. A ‘Permit to Set Fire to the Bush’ will be required throughout the Shire, until the end of November (subject to environmental conditions).

This includes the burning of garden refuse piles during the day (prior to 6pm), and ALL ‘running fire’ burns. Please note that ALL burning is prohibited on days when the Fire Danger Rating is High, Extreme or Catastrophic, or when a ‘Total Fire Ban’ or ‘Harvest and Vehicle Movement Ban’ is in place. Permits can be obtained online via the Shire of Mundaring’s website, or from the Darlington Fire Station on a Saturday morning between 9am and 10am. Small amounts of garden refuse ONLY may be burnt after 6pm without a permit, under strict conditions including;

• the pile of garden refuse being burnt does not exceed 1m2

• a five metre wide area, clear of flammable material, surrounds the pile

• the fire is lit only between 6pm and 11pm, and only one pile is alight at any one time

• the fire is completely extinguished by midnight (NO heat, smoke, steam, white ash)

• at least one able bodied adult is in attendance, at the fire, AT ALL TIMES

• there is a means of extinguishing the fire available at all times (e.g. garden hose, knapsack spray or fire unit)

• neighbours are informed of your intention to burn

• the smoke does not cause a nuisance to neighbours or create a traffic hazard

It is also advisable to register your burn with DFES on 9395 9209. Please refer to the Shire of Mundaring website for detailed information about conditions, restrictions and prohibitions.

The new Australian Fire Danger Rating System has been in place for a year now, and describes the potential level of danger should a bushfire start. It provides information so you can take action to protect yourself from the potentially dangerous impacts of a bushfire. Understand the FDR to assess your level of bushfire risk and decide what actions to take.

• Moderate: Plan and prepare

• High: Be ready to act

• Extreme: Take action now to protect your life and property

• Catastrophic: For your survival, leave bushfire risk areas.

The Emergency WA website is your one-stop shop for emergency information in Western Australia. Go to www.emergency.wa.gov. au, and bookmark Emergency WA to access emergency warnings, Total Fire Bans, Fire Danger Ratings, weather and other information. With the fire season rapidly approaching now is the time to review or create your bushfire plan. You can prepare one at

www.mybushfireplan.wa.gov.au, or download the app to your phone. Consider things like:

• If you live near bush, or travel through bush, you are at risk from bushfires.

• Having a bushfire survival plan and practicing it with your family. Plan for various options depending on who may, or may not be at home at the time. Do you have a plan for your pets?

• Preparing a bushfire survival kit, including a battery radio, torch, spare batteries, first aid kit, woollen blankets, nonperishable food & water, mobile phone charger and some cash. If you have pets pack a kit for them too!

• Preparing your property, including creating a 20 metre asset protection zone.

• Learning and understanding the Fire Danger Ratings and the bushfire Advice, Watch and Act, and Emergency Warning alerts issued by fire services.

• Keeping in touch with your neighbours, family and friends during the bushfire season.

With the dryer and warmer weather upon us, the Brigade has already been assisting DFES and the Shire of Mundaring with their hazard reduction burns. We have also started our planned hazard reduction burns for this season. These local burns are an important part of bush fire management and can provide ‘real life’ training opportunities for our new volunteers, along with providing a refresher for experienced members prior to the coming fire season. If you see us conducting a burn, please be mindful of our volunteer personnel and slow down around fire appliances, look out for our fire fighters, be mindful of fire hoses crossing roadways, and be very careful if driving through smoke. Our volunteers are looking forward to partnering with the community at the Darlington Arts Festival on the weekend of November 4th and 5th. Come and visit us to find out more about what we do, and ask your questions about bushfire preparedness. And grab a bratwurst hot dog while you’re there.

“The funny thing about firemen is, night and day, they are always firemen.” ~ Gregory Widen, Screenwriter, Backdraft (Movie – 1991)

Ricky Harvey

After serious consideration and consultation, the Cook Government has decided to repeal Aboriginal cultural heritage laws and restore the original Aboriginal Heritage Act of 1972, with simple and effective amendments to help prevent another Juukan Gorge incident.

Following public workshops, education sessions, and consultation with key stakeholders and the implementation group, important amendments to the original Aboriginal Heritage Act were introduced to Parliament on 9 August 2023. The amendments seek to strike the right balance and end confusion.

The decision to reinstate the original laws –which had been in place for 50 years – draws on legal advice from the Solicitor-General, with the addition of vital amendments to deliver a commonsense approach and help prevent another incident like Juukan Gorge.

The Aboriginal Heritage Legislation Amendment and Repeal Bill 2023 will provide confidence to all WA property owners that they can continue to operate on their property, just like they have for the past 50 years, without any fear of committing an offence by unknowingly disrupting cultural heritage.

The exemptions which were introduced as part of the 2021 laws will no longer be required under the restored 1972 legislation and the changes announced impose no new burden on landowners before undertaking activities on their land.

The critical amendments to the restored legislation from 1972 include:

• The newly formed Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Council will take on the role of the Committee established under the 1972 Act to make recommendations to the Minister;

• Proponents and Native Title parties will have the same right of review for Section 18 decisions, with clear timelines and an ability for the Premier to call-in a decision of 'State significance', to act in the interests of all Western Australians; and

• When a Section 18 has been approved, making it a requirement for the owner to notify the Minister of any new information about an Aboriginal site – an important reform to help prevent another Juukan Gorge.

There will be no requirement on everyday landowners to conduct their own heritage survey.

The State Government will commence a long-term plan over the next ten years to undertake heritage surveys of unsurveyed areas in high priority areas of the State, with the consent of landowners. Surveys will be centrally held and published by

Disclaimer

Government, and available to view by all land users.

The cost recovery model introduced for proponents who need to submit a management plan to the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Council, will also be replaced with a fairer and simpler model, to be established with industry in coming weeks.

The concept of Local Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Services will not continue, instead support will be provided to existing relevant Native Title groups, including the relevant prescribed body corporate, registered claimants or native title representative bodies, to improve capacity.

The work of the implementation group –consisting of representatives from industries such as mining, property, farming and agriculture, as well as local government, Aboriginal corporations and the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Council – will continue to ensure a smooth transition back to the renewed 1972 legislation.

The Juukan Gorge tragedy was a global embarrassment, but Premier Cook has reached the conclusion that the response was wrong and went too far, unintentionally causing stress, confusion, and division in our community. The changes are intended to restore confidence in our cultural heritage system and get the balance right.

The original intent of the legislative change nearly two years ago, was to prevent another Juukan Gorge and the Cook Government will deliver on that commitment.

WA is home to some of the world's oldest known Aboriginal cultural heritage. Each of us has a responsibility to preserve this into the future. The Juukan Gorge tragedy occurred because new information about the caves was not disclosed. The important amendments to the 1972 legislation, will ensure it can never happen again. The Section 18 process will be strengthened –with these changes mainly impacting miners and Government, whose work most impacts cultural heritage.

The amendments to Section 18 will provide Traditional Owners with the same rights of appeal as those afforded to proponents. The amendments to the 1972 Act, will expressly make it clear that 'gag orders' which constrain Traditional Owners will be unlawful.

For more than fifty years the Aboriginal Heritage Act of 1972 performed an important role to protect cultural heritage and with some simple amendments, we can be sure that heritage will be protected into the future and provide clarity and certainty for the whole community.

The Darlington Review’s Rules of Association (2012) read: “To produce and publish a monthly journal with the intention of fostering good relationships within the Darlington community and keeping residents informed about community issues.” Our Guide for Scribes invites members to submit notes “ to inform members and the Darlington Community about past, ongoing and future activities…”. The Review accepts no liability for errors/omissions contained in articles, statements or advertisements published herein. The views expressed in Letters and Notes are not the views of the Darlington Review and we are not responsible for them. Members are requested to ensure their notes adhere to the magazine’s guiding spirit of fostering harmonious community relationships. The Darlington Review is available in digital format via Issu, the online website.

What’s on at the Hub of the Hills

Stay on Your Feet presentation - Removing Hazards | Tuesday 10 October | 10am to 11am | Free

This presentation focuses on creating safe environments and looking after your eyesight and feet to prevent falls and promote healthy ageing. Register to attend on 9290 6678 or email ccbo@mundaring.wa.gov.au.

Rock-n-Roll event | Thursday 19 October | 1pm to 4pm | Free

Put on your blue suede shoes, dress up in rock-n-roll theme and come and enjoy an afternoon of fun, games, music and afternoon tea. Maybe even win a prize! This event is hosted by the Active Ageing Network and sponsored by Shire of Mundaring.

The Shire’s Active Ageing Network Committee is looking for morning tea volunteers

Are you looking to be involved in your community and make friends with people over 55?

Do you enjoy working in a team and in a kitchen?

Is this something you would like to know more about?

We are looking for people to join the morning tea roster for our weekly Coffee Mornings. Please contact Rachael on 9290 6683 or email cso4@mundaring.wa.gov.au.

The Hub of the Hills, 8 Craig Street, Mundaring 9290 6683 cso4@mundaring.wa.gov.au | Officer present on: Tuesday 8.30am to 11.30am | Wednesday 9am to 12pm | Thursday 10am to 2pm

When I nominated for council at this time of year, eight years ago, the Shire had assumed 6% increases for 10 years in order to meets its plans and obligations. We had, at that time, just tripled our debt and I didn’t believe that this was sustainable from a ratepayer point of view. So I nominated for council and I was lucky enough to be elected by the people of Darlington and South Ward. Move forward eight years, where council has just passed our latest budget, and I’m pleased to say that for a second year in a row, we have kept rate increases less than inflation and wage increases. We have reduced debt further, created no new loans and increased our savings as we have every year for the past eight years. Importantly, we move forward with a 10 year plan that budgets for low levels of rate increases, in line with inflation and wage growth, significantly lower debt and significantly higher savings. From eight years ago, that means around a $400 a year saving for every household in the Shire than if we had kept our original budget plan. I am very proud of that achievement.

Notwithstanding the above, I appreciate some in the Darlington community are paying more than 3.5% for their rates. This is due to the Gross Rental Value of residences being set by Landgate. The following advice from the Shire may be of interest:

"The increase to the Shire’s rates revenue in 2023/24 was 3.5%. The rate in the dollar this year was adjusted (reduced by 9.21%) to reflect the change in the total valuation of all properties to generate the 3.5% increase. However the change in valuations was not uniform across all individual properties. The end result

was if an individual’s property valuation increased by the average increase of all properties they would get a 3.5% increase in their rates. If the individuals valuation increased by more than the average increase in valuations, their rates increase would be higher than 3.5%. If their valuation increased by less than the average increase of all properties, their rates increase would be less than 3.5% (rates would even decrease in some instances e.g. their valuation did not change)."

The breakdown of the number of ratepayers who had an increase greater or less than 3.5% is as follows:

No. Ratepayers

of 3.5 or less (or no change)20%

11855Total residential

The Shire continues to invest in our environment and financial sustainability. For this financial year, almost $2m will be invested in the conversion of streetlights to LED's resulting in a much lower carbon footprint for the Shire and a rapid payback period due the significantly lower electricity costs incurred from the new lights. A similar amount will be spent on the FOGO roll-out program which aims to lessen landfill waste and provide savings from the ever increasing costs of landfill.

For me, I feel I have achieved what I set out to do on council and I believe it is time to step aside, allow new ideas of others to build on the great work we have done and to continue to make our community a great place to live and work. I thank everyone for their support over the past eight years and I wish you all the best. I look forward to still seeing you out and about in our wonderful community – the Shire of Mundaring.

James Martin | Shire President

Soroptimist International of Helena

What a great event we had for the Trivia night held on August 25!

Thank you to everyone who attended. Special thank you to Quiz Master Tim and his scorer. Thanks also to supporters who donated prizes. These included the Member for Kalamunda, Matthew Hughes; Michelle Roberts, the Member for Midland; David Storer and families of members.

If you missed this one, keep your eyes open for the next one!

The club was able to raise enough money to cover our Bursaries to Clayton View Primary School and Swan View Senior High School.

At our September meeting we Inducted a new member - Alison Bishop, who just happens to be President Berenice’s daughter. At the October meeting we will be inducting another new member, Mundaring Councillor, Karen Beale.

We send our congratulations to the Swan City Youth Service which took out the NFP Initiatives Award at the Swan Business Awards2023.

On August 7th, Berenice, and Fay, delivered a Bee Hotel to Year

3 students and Miss Wilson at Maida Vale Primary School. The children were very excited and knowledgeable about native bees.

The November meeting will see the club planning the 2024 program and 2023 Christmas celebrations. Serving the community for 39 years.

Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SoroptimistHelena

Robyn Cain | SI Helena Publicity Convenor

sihelena@siswp.org

The Fathering Project

The Fathering Project has celebrated its 10-year anniversary and as a long-time supporter I was delighted to attend a celebration event at Government House to acknowledge its valuable work across Australia.

Founded by former Western Australian of the Year Professor Bruce Robinson, The Fathering Project aims to inspire fathers

and father figures and to recognise the vital role they play in children’s lives. It does this by providing various resources, programmes and events specific to the needs of fathers, father-figures and children. Importantly, these evidence-based programmes support improved father-child relationships and help build stronger connections between families, schools and communities as a whole.

Having commenced in WA, over time The Fathering Project has expanded to other States and Territories across Australia. It has been wonderful to see the organisation grow from supporting the introduction of Dad’s Groups at local schools to now providing a range of evidence-based prevention and early intervention services, targeted education programmes and wrap-around support services that aim to engage fathers and improve caregiving.

These include community fathering programmes, tailored support programmes for new fathers and FIFO fathers to The Fathering Channel which provides engaging and easily accessible information to fathers, families and communities free of charge. In 2022, The Fathering Project also took over The Australian Fathering Awards which recognise and celebrate the critical role all fathers and father figures play in a child’s overall wellbeing and development.

More information about The Fathering Project and its various programmes and services can be found at https://thefatheringproject.org/

With Professor Bruce Robinson and The Fathering Project’s first CEO, Wayne Bradshaw, at the 10 year celebration event.

The tennis club is a bit overdue for an update in The Review –so here goes. We had our AGM in August and our membership remains strong at around 140, and our dedicated committee of 14 volunteers were all happy to continue for another year.

We had our junior championships scheduled in September and are hoping to run an open championship over the summer. Our social comp club sessions are going strong with mixed doubles on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and singles on Friday mornings. We also have four or five pennants teams (junior and senior) playing each season for those wanting more serious competition. Lee Oliver and his band of coaches are doing a fantastic job introducing new players, both young and

Darlington Tennis Club

old, into tennis, and Lily Oliver runs fun cardio-tennis weekly sessions for those wanting to improve their fitness and tennis at the same time.

The club would like to thank Mundaring Shire for re-surfacing all our courts over the last couple of months. We also finally got around to painting over the tag on the hit-up wall so it all looks very smart!

The courts are open for public bookings via an online booking system. For details of how to book and any other information, please go to our website darlingtontennisclub.org.au

Alex Hoschke | Club President

Darlington Playgroup

With the weather warming up, we have had visits from the cutest of furry friends, our native quendas along with a number of different species of birds. These special visitors are always a delight for the children to observe. We are very lucky to have an extensive outdoor play area which is surrounded by bushland, providing for perfect nature play and learning about wildlife that pops in to say “hello”. We also have a fantastic indoor space where there’s fun, creative activities and toys but most important parents can enjoy a hot cuppa too.

We are excited to have gained enough interest to run a session for Darlington Primary Kindy 2024 students and their parents in Term 4. If you have a child starting kindy at DPS next year who would like to meet some potential classmates, please feel free to come along on Monday afternoons from October 9th 12.30pm2.30pm. Normal enrolment fees apply.

Darlington Family Playgroup is currently running sessions on Monday, Thursday and Friday mornings, plus Bubs Club on Wednesday afternoons. We have recently welcomed our friends at Sugargums playgroup, run by Treetops Montessori school to share the wonderful facilities we have to offer. They are running their Montessori based sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. If you are a parent or know a parent of children aged 0-5 years who would like to come along to one of our sessions, or enrol in a term, please contact us.

Facebook: Darlington Family Playgroup

Email: darlingtonfamilyplaygroup@hotmail.com

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The Albanese Labor Government understands safe and affordable housing is central to the security and dignity of all Australians.

That is why the Budget in May delivered new action to help Australian renters, expand opportunities for home ownership, and bolster frontline homelessness services.

In August, National Cabinet, a meeting of the Prime Minister and all eight Premiers and Chief Ministers, agreed to an ambitious new national target to build 1.2 million new well-located homes over five years, from 1 July 2024.

This is an additional 200,000 new homes above the National Housing Accord target agreed by states and territories last year.

And now, we have secured passage through the Parliament of the biggest investment in new social and affordable housing in more than a decade - the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund.

Australia’s peak housing and homelessness bodies, experts, and Industry leaders all back Labor’s plan. Leaders including Urban Development Institute, Homelessness Australia, Master Builders Association, and Industry Super.

It is sensible, sustainable, forward-thinking policy that will transform the sector.

Enshrining the Housing Australia Future Fund into legislation

will create an ongoing, secure source of funding for social and affordable homes that cannot be defunded at the convenience of any future government.

There is currently no long term incentive like this for developers and builders to invest in the creation of affordable housing. The Housing Australia Future Fund will change that.

That means housing for the most vulnerable in our community, single parents, domestic violence survivors, and those experiencing physical and mental disability. It simply means less homelessness.

It is also going assist younger people who do not see a realistic pathway to owning their own property in the current market.

These are young people with tertiary qualifications and decent paying jobs, but find themselves living with their parents or locked into a long-term future of renting.

If parents, carers, and families want one thing, it is to see their children have access to better opportunities than the generation before them. Housing affordability is an important part of that ambition.

We are getting on with the job because we know that this is too important to stall. Not just as a starting point in ending broken housing politics in Australia, but for those most vulnerable who will benefit from this change.

Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre

Spoken Word Comes to the Perth Hills

Join us for a very special sundowner at the KSP Writers' Centre and be treated to some of the best spoken word performances in Perth. We'll be kicking off with WA's very own Australian Poetry Slam 2023 contender, Skylar J Wynter.

Talented illustrator, Neshka Turner, will give us insights into how she creates her beautiful artwork (with some pieces available for purchase). Canada's Jeff Cottrill then provides us with his satirical symphony of words and poems. Rounding off with Paul R Kohn, one of Adelaide's shining star spoken word performers. After a brief interlude, we'll have an open mic, so come on up to the Hills and give us your best performances.

KSP Writers' Centre and IPEd Collaboration

- Ask the Editors

Saturday, October 7 2023, 1.00-4.00pm

Costs: $35 KSP Members, $50 non-members

KSP Writers Centre and IPEd bring you the opportunity to ask all your burning questions of three professional editors in this special Q&A event. Join EditorsWA President Jess Gately in an open discussion with professional editors Linda Martin and Per Henningsgaard as they tackle all your editorial questions.

For more information on our residencies, competitions or other activities please visit the KSP website www.kspwriterscentre. com or phone the office on 9294 1872. KSP Writers’ Centre is proudly sponsored by the Shire of Mundaring.

Submit anonymous questions in advance and on the day, or ask the questions in person yourself. The panel will also discuss what editors do (and what they don't do), when and how to find an editor, how much it costs, and how editors work in publishing houses.

Tania Lawrence | Federal Member for Hasluck

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Darlington History Group

Early Accommodation in Darlington 1918-1960s

Renowned as a dedicated historian with an insatiable appetite for unearthing the past in and around Darlington, DHG Archivist Lyn Myles presented an engaging talk titled "Early Accommodation in Darlington 1918 – 1960's." Her presentation uncovered the history of guest houses, rental properties, and boarding houses, many of which were owned and operated by women, some of whom were widows, who harnessed their talents to run these enterprises both before and after World Wars. One such intriguing establishment was "Leithdale House" (1920-1929), owned and managed by Mollie Skinner and Nellie Beakbane. Leithdale gained prominence for hosting the notable writer DH Lawrence, who collaborated with Mollie in crafting "The Boy in the Bush," published in 1924. Among the other Guest Houses highlighted in Lyn's talk were "Blackwood" (1919-1922) on Dalry Rd, "Blair Athol" (19251931) on Peddars Way, and 29 Hillsden Rd. These are just three of the 10 guest houses that Lyn delved into during her presentation.

The emergence of Boarding Houses preceded that of Guest Houses, with "Malolo" at 6 Brook Rd (1915-1924), Miss Loui Benham's cottages at 8 Montrose Ave (1915-1943), and the cottages of Miss Catherine Babington at 8, 12, & 14 Brook Rd (1918-1941) being noteworthy examples. These were just some of the nine boarding houses that Lyn explored in her talk. Through anecdotes about these residences and the individuals associated with them, Lyn provided the appreciative audience with insights into the era and the evolution of the styles of accommodation in Darlington. For those seeking more information, please visit our website at dhg.org.au, where you can find detailed accounts of Leithdale, Dalry Lodge, Glen Doone, and Rosendale under the history resources/accommodation section.

Sizzling Sausages Secure Substantial Support!

Overcast skies and a bit of drizzle did not deter sausage eaters from dipping into their pockets and helping DHG raise a whopping $1900 towards supporting the ongoing activities and projects undertaken by the Darlington History Group. Despite a slow start, the team of 17 dedicated helpers from DHG and Cliff’s Bushwalkers soon found themselves busily stuffing sausages into buns until we had sold out of everything by 2pm. Surprisingly, even though we had prepared 800 sausages (above the recommended 700) the demand still exceeded our catering capacity. DHG extends heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to Bunnings Midland for their generous support and for providing us with the necessary marquees and cooking facilities. This is a tremendous service to the broader community – well done Bunnings! Thanks and appreciation is also extended to the wonderful volunteers who gave their time on the roster, ensuring the fundraiser was a resounding success.

Annual General Meeting

Wednesday 11 October @ 6.30pm Sharp | Darlington Lesser Hall

The Annual General Meeting will be held before the October Guest Speaker evening. If you're interested in joining the Committee or learning about our year's accomplishments, please attend. Phone Val 9299 6868 if you would like more info.

Guest Speaker

Wednesday 11 October @ 7.30pm

“A Moment Of Time – Children Of The Swan River Colony” –

Darlington Lesser Hall

The social impact of the death of a child is immense. But was it in a small fledgling colony a greater impact? The cemeteries of Perth have many stories including those of babies and children who were taken too soon. An individual is only a child for 16 years and during that period there are a lot of changes and growth. However when that time is cut short, what lasting effect does it have on their Parents, Siblings and the Community? Come along and hear some of the stories and frustrations of researching the children of the Swan River Colony. Presented by Lorraine Clarke from Swan Genealogy, Lorraine is a professional Genealogist involved in researching and compiling Family histories. She is Treasurer, Vice Chair Royal WA Historical Society Inc and on the committee of Friends of Battye Library and Outback Grave Markers.

Gold Coin Donation Appreciated.

Spring Cleaning? Give Us Your Stuff!

While spring cleaning and rummaging through your cupboards and drawers and unearthing stuff you no longer remember owning, please consider donating your unwanted in-goodcondition bric-a-brac to us. Each year we have a fantastic Bric-ABrac Fundraising Stall at the Darlington Arts Festival, generating much needed funds that go towards our projects (check our website to see what we have been up to). We have mountains of books and are unable to take any more, so we are chasing bric-a-brac only. To offload your goods, please phone Christine 0490 793 014 or Liz 0427 952 491.

Hall Celebration Photographs

Photographer Michelle Jack captured some great moments at the recent Darlington Hall Centenary. Please visit our website and follow the link to Wildflower Photography to see who and what Michelle captured!

Five Dollars Goes A Long Way ...

For just a little more than a cup of coffee at your favourite Darlo Café, you can be a member of DHG and contribute to us continuing the work of recording, preserving, and maintaining the history of your wonderful village. We're a non-profit group with members of all ages. Many stay updated via newsletters and emails, while some actively plan, prepare, and research. We've undertaken many projects and have more in the works. If you would like to be involved in Sharing the Heritage, contact Cliff for more information 9299 6696.

SHARE THE HERITAGE FOR JUST $5 A YEAR.

SoM Councillors and fellow dancers. Image Michelle Jack.

Darlington Arts Festival

With the festival now so close we are all excited that the hard work will pay off in what is shaping up to be a wonderful weekend. Exhibition entries are flowing in, the entertainment programme is full and stall bays are filling up fast.

Applications for entry to the four art exhibitions have closed or are closing very soon. If you plan to submit an entry please check the website for closing dates.

Call for volunteers

The festival relies on an army of volunteers to keep the show on the road and the call is out again for a range of tasks to be filled. So many people come back year after year but there’s always plenty of room for more. If you are interested in being part of this wonderful group, the festival website has details and our volunteer coordinator Brenda Sinclair-Jones will be delighted to hear from you.

Birthday bash

Huge congratulations to Tania Whisson and Gabrielle Morris for a marvellous and highly successful 70th birthday fundraiser. Funding a big complex festival doesn’t come cheap. We are very grateful to our major sponsors for their assistance, however, individuals and small businesses can really make a difference.

No matter how you choose to support the festival you can be sure that whatever you can contribute will be greatly appreciated. But the most important support you can provide is to let friends and family know and join us in Darlington's great event - we look forward to seeing you there.

As always there’s plenty more information on the website www. darlingtonartsfestival.com

The Parkerville Tavern is hosting its inaugural Parkerville Bush Dance. Celebrate the start of warmer weather with a good, old fashioned, family bush dance, led by the one and only MUCKY DUCK BUSH BAND!

The evening will include music and calling with the Mucky Duck Bush Band, old time games, food and drink specials, all round good family fun!

When? Saturday 7 October @ 5pm

Where? The Parkerville Tavern FREE

Darlington Bushwalking Series

Contact Details

Phone: 9299 6696 Email: cliffburns@iprimus.com.au

August “Jolly Jurien Jaunt” Completed

28 participants drove to Jurien Bay, our kick-off point for some wonderful walks and riotous fun.

 Friday evening - At our magnificent apartment accommodation we kicked-off the 3 day weekend adventure with a prepared meal, some fun ‘n’ games and a briefing.

 Saturday morning’s car convoy led us to 2 wonderful walks. The Mt Lesueur and Yued Ponar trails did not disappoint. The wildflowers, spectacular scenery and panoramic views were breath-taking.

 Saturday night the group enjoyed a meal at the Sandpiper Tavern. The food and service was first class.

 Sunday’s activities were just as spectacular. A walk through the truly peculiar Pinnacles Desert at Nambung National Park is certainly worth a visit. Then we visited Lake Thesis with its ancient Stromatolites. These “live rocks” were among the first living organisms on earth providing the original life-giving carbon dioxide required for plant growth.

 In the evening the group wound up their weekend with an excell ent BBQ and several hours of hilarious fun and side-splitting laughter. Everyone was dressed up in colourful and crazy Hawaiian style; the winning attire won by the inspirational 80 year old Rosemary Mero.

We Will Do It All Again In September

So good was the first “Jolly Jurien Jaunt” we are doing it all again in September, and of course with a different group of participants.

Only Three Walks Still Available in 2023

Try it -. You just might enjoy it.

Some thoughts about Walking….

 Walking fast or slow…..it doesn’t matter.

 I didn’t know that Beethoven, Goethe, Dickens, Darwin and even Steve Jobs all took/take long walks. According to them it was/is of great benefit, so who am I to argue against their opinions.

 Older people do it, middle aged people do it, (not sure about teenagers with their electronic devices), tall people do it, shorter people do it (that’s me), even chooks do it, most importantly smart people do it…walking…It could take over the world.

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See you on the track.

Cliff Burns (Organizer and Guide) 9299 6696

Darlington Bush & Variety Walk Series

Residents

Sun. 1 # South Darlington Bushlands

Sun. 8 # Wandoo Nature Res & Susannah Br. Oct.

Sun. 15 # Lesmurdie Falls & WIND-UP

A big Group of Walkers at the Pinnacles (Nambung National Park).

Relics, Wrecks and Renos

Mundaring and Hills Historical Society

The theme of our 2023 photographic competition is a little different this year. It is open to residents of Mundaring Shire to participate. The categories listed below, and images submitted will continue to contribute to our heritage building and structures archive.

We have three categories:

• Relics: Buildings or structures from the past that served a particular purpose and are no longer used for that purpose.

• Wrecks: A damaged unrepairable building or structure.

• Renos: A renovated historical building or structure, that is now in use.

All photographs submitted must be of buildings and structures within the Mundaring Shire, taken by the entrant or having gained permission to enter the photograph by the owner of the photograph. The winner of each category will receive a $100 voucher to spend at a Mundaring business of their choice. Entries open on 25 September and close on 10 November 2023; through the Mundaring Shire website.

Our current What the Frock exhibit will close on Thursday 19 October, so you still have time to look at this lovely exhibit

which explores rites of passage, the big events in people’s lives. The Museum will be closed enabling us to erect the following exhibit We’ve got Balls: Mundaring Shires’ Sporting Life which will open early December. The opening date will be advertised. This exhibit will run for most of 2024.

If you have items that you believe would be of interest to us and are able to exhibit them, then please contact Dr Jan Baldwin: curator@mundaringhistory.org to discuss. E: mhhs@mundaringhistory.org

Baha'i Community of Mundaring

The Baha’i community was delighted to support Sally Herzfeld and her committee with the UN International Day of Peace event last month.

Elaina spoke from a Baha’i perspective on ‘What Does War Have to Do With Us?’. We are so fortunate to live during this period of peace such that we can feel very removed from war and conflict despite a constant stream of news reports and distressing images. Here in sleepy Darlington it is easy to take our peace for granted (with dog poo dramas perhaps being an exception). War is in the past now, isn’t it? Surely we’ve learnt the hard lessons? Obviously not. Ukraine should be a warning not to allow complacency to arise from the false sense of security a few generations of relative peace has engendered in the developed world.

The Baha’i teachings offer a unique and very sobering take on this period of peace that we have experienced since the end of the Second World War. The Baha’i teachings emphatically say that human society – as it is now organised –will not be able to produce a lasting peace.

As long as we continue to organise ourselves as a conflictprone collection of sovereign countries, we will inevitably resort to warfare to settle our differences. As long as we wantonly manufacture and stockpile weapons and maintain large military forces, they will be used. As long as we allow dictators, tyrants,

and authoritarian leaders to rule, we will have violent outcomes. As long as we expend a huge portion of our resources to prepare for combat, we will have war.

The Baha’i teachings warn us: without a wholesale and worldencompassing rejection of this ‘militant nationalism,’ we will always be at risk of war breaking out. When the underlying structure of human society naturally engenders conflict, that’s what we’ll get.

And if this seems a far-removed possibility for us here in Darlington, it is a grim reminder to listen to our dear Sally Herzfeld share her memories of air raid drills when she was a school girl at Darlington Primary.

So, are we doomed to keep repeating our mistakes and brokering war after war with our broken system? No, we can, and we must change. Baha’i principles call us to transform this militant nationalism into an abiding consciousness of world citizenship. We can all do this when we each decide to transcend our provincial and patriotic identities and start to define ourselves as global citizens, as members of the one human family. Lasting peace will be created and maintained when nations band together for collective security and they recognize their interdependence and work out ways to cooperate in trade, technology, environmental, and immigration policies. Most importantly, the world’s countries must unite to stop war, by collaborating and consulting together.

There are many profound Baha’i teachings that outline a clear pathway to peace. The Baha’is of the world invite you to join us in that peaceful quest.

Sawyers Valley Primary School Circa 1920.

Rotary Club of Midland Swan

Join Rotary’s 1.4 million neighbours, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.

Rotary Clubs

Rotary clubs bring together people across generations who share the ideals of service, leadership, diversity, friendship, and integrity and wish to create lasting change in the world, in their communities, and in themselves.

The heart of Rotary is our dedicated members, who share the ideals of service, friendship, diversity, integrity, and leadership.

Rotary clubs bring together people across generations who wish to create lasting change in the world, in their communities, and in themselves. Rotary and Rotaract members around the

Valley (Swan Rotary)

world strengthen their connections to friends and neighbours taking action through service. From big cities to rural villages, Rotary is changing communities for the better.

Rotaract Clubs

Rotaract clubs bring together young people ages 18 and older in communities worldwide to organise service activities, develop leadership skills, and socialise.

Rotary Action Groups

Connect with Rotary members and friends of Rotary who are experts in a particular field by joining a Rotary Action Group. Group members share their expertise by collaborating with clubs and districts on service projects.

Rotary Fellowships

Interested in scuba diving or marathon running? Want to use your skills as a doctor or environmentalist to make a difference? Share your hobby or vocation with other club members, their partners, and friends of Rotary.

Your time, energy, and a passion to improve your world are all you need to get involved with Rotary.

Become one of Rotary’s people of action or explore the many opportunities we have for anyone — whatever your age or interest — who wants to improve lives in communities near and far. Connect with a local club to find out how you can get involved.

For further information please contact Maureen Houlihan: 0421 505 576

The Darlington Club

With school holidays coming up soon the club will be closed over that period. We will then ready the hall for the upcoming Darlington Arts Festival. Any helpers for October 13th and 20th would be greatly appreciated. We will all enjoy some food, drink and a chat while we work.

Coming Events:

Fees to join are $20 per person or $40 for two or family. Payee The Darlington Club Inc. BSB 633 000, Account 124527748. Reference Surname and Subs.

Sue Lavell | Club President

The Club opens at 6.30pm every second Friday at Darlington Lesser Hall. BYO drinks and nibbles.

September 22nd Closed - School Holidays

September 29th Closed - School Holidays

October 6th Closed - School Holidays

October 13th

October 20th

Packing up hall for Arts Festival and Sundowner

Packing up hall for Arts Festival and Sundowner

Contact Sue on 0439 273 213 or email oshadhi@iinet.net.au

or Sue Bennetts, Secretary on 0407 920 930 email garrysue24@iinet.net.au

The Darlington Club

Shire of Mundaring Library Service

Upcoming Events

We are pleased to be hosting the following two free workshops presented by Midvale Hub Parenting Service Perth (North East) at Boya Library in October:

Anxiety and Your Child

Thursday 12 October, 10am-12pm

This workshop is for parents of children aged 4-12 years. It aims to explore and give an understanding of what anxiety is. We will discuss: signs and symptoms of anxiety; how we can support our child; understanding our own reactions. Bookings essential at https://121023b.eventbrite.com.

au. (Parents may bring babies under 5 months, but this session is not suitable for children to attend.)

Building Your Child’s Resilience

Thursday 26 October, 10am-12pm

Resilience is importance for children's mental health. Children with greater resilience are better able to manage stress which is a common response to difficult event. This workshop talks about: understanding resilience for children; factors for developing and building resilience in children; strategies to promote resilience in everyday life. This workshop is for parents of children aged 4-12 years. Bookings essential at https://261023b.eventbrite. com.au. (Parents may bring babies under 5 months, but this session is not suitable for children to attend.)

The Five Wonders of Me Art Therapy Workshops

Monday 9 October, 10am11.30am and 1pm-2.30pm

Boya Community Centre

Celebrate Mental Health Week and join Dawn Burke as she guides you through this art therapy workshop. This workshop will allow you to explore and take a moment to celebrate the wonders of self in a creative way. What do you love/like about yourself? What do you do well? What do you love doing? What do you do for others? All of these, and more are your own unique wonders. No art experience is required and all materials supplied. Bookings essential for these free workkshops: morning session book at https://091023am. eventbrite.com.au; afternoon session book at https://091023pm. eventbrite.com.au. (These workshops are for adults.)

Creating an Effective LinkedIn Profile with Aly Bannister Boya Community Centre

Monday 16 October, 10.30am-11.45am

In celebration of Get Online Week 2023, Shire of Mundaring Libraries is pleased to host Aly Bannister as she presents this workshop on building an effective LinkedIn profile. This is a great workshop for anyone wanting to know more about setting up a professional LinkedIn profile for networking and creating

new job opportunities. Bookings essential for this free event at https://161023b.eventbrite.com.au.

Digital Photo Sorting with Sara Hall Boya Community Centre

Friday 20 October, 10.30am-11.45am

Another Get Online Week event! Join professional organiser

Sara Hall in this fun and interactive 'how-to' for beginners. The workshop aims to give you the tools and tips to do the project in the comfort of your own home. Attendees should have some basic computer knowledge to get the most out of this workshop. Participants do not need to bring anything. Bookings essential for this free event at https://201023b.eventbrite.com.au.

The Night Sky with Arthur Harvey Boya Community Centre

Monday 23 October 6.30pm-7.45pm

Join Arthur Harvey from Perth Observatory Volunteer Group as he presents a talk on the motion of the Earth, Moon, planets and stars and details how the positions of objects in the night sky are located. He will discuss distribution of artificial satellites and how to find and identify them. Arthur will also talk about the bright stars and visible constellations in both the northern and southern hemispheres together with other objects visible in the night sky. Bookings for this free event are essential at https://231023b.eventbrite.com.au.

Dinner at the Cathay Author Talk with Maureen de la Harpe Boya Community Centre

Monday 31 October, 10.30am-11am

Shanghai-born Maureen de la Harpe was eight months old when the city was attacked by Japanese forces and two thousand people lost their lives. At the age of seven, her family and close relatives were interned in a Japanese concentration camp until the end of WW2. The family left China a year later. In 2014 that Maureen returned to Shanghai to rediscover the city of her birth. It was that visit that prompted research to track the lives of her forebears. Through the lives of her ancestors and her own childhood experiences, she has woven the story of foreign settlement in the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai. Bookings essential for this free event at https://301023beventbrite.com.au.

Story and Rhyme Time Take a Break for the September school holidays

The last story and rhyme time sessions at Boya will be on Friday 22 September. Sessions resume at Boya on Wednesday 11 October. The last story and rhyme time sessions at Mundaring Library will be on Thursday 21 September. Sessions at Mundaring resume on Tuesday 10 October.

Forrest Darlings CWA

The Forrest Darlings branch of CWA has a busy agenda for the coming month

Mundaring Garden and Farmers Market – Saturday 30 September

We will have a stall at the Mundaring Garden and Farmers Market selling handmade crafts and home baked goodies.

Please join us for a relaxing morning in the shade of the gum trees adjacent to the Sculpture Park, and support our fundraising efforts.

Guest Speaker – Days for Girls

At our October meeting (Weds 18 October 7pm) we will host Penny Hooper representing Days for Girls. This not for profit organisation provides access to menstrual care and education through the provision of reusable menstrual pads. Established in 2008 in Kenya, they have positively impacted the lives of 2.8 million women, girls and people with periods in 145 countries. Please join us to find out more about their amazing work. Tickets are free (donations welcome) – book here: https://events.humanitix.com/cwaforrest-darlings-days-for-girls

Darlington Arts Festival – 4-5 November

We will have a stall in the providore pavilion at the Darlington Arts Festival, selling home baked goodies and preserves. Please come along and support us.

Forrest Darlings is a modern branch of the CWA of WA which meets monthly at the Darlington Pavilion. Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7pm. Membership is now half price until the end of the year ($35). For more information about joining or visiting contact Kate Herren (President) on 0452 644 248 or follow Forrest Darlings on Facebook.

VOTE FOR ACTION FOR SHIRE PRESIDENT

As Shire President I will work together with our Community to:

• PRESERVE Darlington’s iconic village character and heritage

• ENHANCE Darlington’s renowned artistic identity

• PROTECT Darlington’s environmental beauty

I respect and support the power of community, and welcome open conversations to deliver improvements that truly reflect the aspirations of the Darlington community. Your VOTE for me as President will ensure an exciting, sustainable and 100% community focussed future for the Shire of Mundaring.

THE PERISHABLE BECOMES UNPERISHABLE

scriptures have been revealing to them. Someone who is now in conversation with God and experiencing a growing relationship with him. And most of all someone whose manner and actions have changed so incredibly it is as if light shines from their every word and action. This person is filled with something new, something that was not present previously. This person is so thoroughly and closely knit into my life that I feel I hold a very privileged position to be seeing such an almighty work unfold. It is as if they have been made new - as if they have been born again. I have seen a new creation formed right in front of my eyes and others have seen and noticed it too.

Nicodemus had missed the point entirely. Jesus was saying that when we are born into the physical realm we experience the physical reality of what we know and see, and to be able to experience the kingdom of God, which is the spiritual reality, we need to be born into it before we can see it and experience it. It is as simple as remembering that Jesus existed previous to being born as a man. When He was born as a man He was then able to walk amongst us in the physical, in the flesh. We too already exist before we can experience being born into the spiritual. When we are born of the Spirit it enables us to walk with God in His world with full access to everything His kingdom has to offer.

Just as child birth is only a mystery until we have a grasp on it, so to the spiritual birth loses its mystery once it becomes a reality. To break it down one step further, Jesus had to be born as a man to be able to partake of us and partake of our way of living and in turn we too have to be born of the Spirit to partake of God and partake of His way of living. Jesus was showing Nicodemus, that there is a way for a culmination of the two realities to come together and be partaken of and the two can existentially coexist together as one. The physical and the spiritual existing in perfect unity

can be said to explain that living without the provision of the spiritual is a way that cannot attain to God's standards and will be a life lived absent of holiness, and absent of the giver and bringer of Life - God Himself. But alas I only have one page to give less than a glimpse of the beauty and majesty of what God has done and continues to do. I do have a quote that gives a good summary of what God does for us when we become born again. Leonard Ravenhill once said “The greatest miracle that God can do today is to take an unholy man out of an unholy world and make him holy, then put him back into that unholy world and keep him holy in it." This is the work of God in a man.

When someone becomes born again we see someone become absolutely other than what they once were. For myself I have been two entirely different people in my life - the person I was before I knew God and who I have become since I have known Him and received the right to become a child of God.

Something incredibly special occurred in my life last week. I had the privilege of seeing someone become born again. A person who I had been with in the morning had become entirely changed by the evening. So thoroughly changed that ten days later I am still feeling like

Every one born of the Spirit will have a similar testimony to the one above. Someone born of God will be able to tell you about how they have been changed, so thoroughly changed, that they no longer recognise themselves compared to who they once were.

I now watch this person in awe as I seem them grow and change. With a new nature and a new disposition and a strength of character that they didn't posses before. Same person - yet entirely different. The scriptures say "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, behold all things have become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Jesus once said to His disciples "For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.” (John 6:3334).

Jesus wanted Nicodemus to understand that there is only one way to partake of the Life of Christ and be partakers of all that His kingdom has on offer and that is to be born into Him as He was born into us. Jesus says "Come to me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest."

Matthew 11:28.

Sandra Parish

St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church

St Cuthbert's Anglican Church | cnr Darlington and Hillsden Roads, Darlington

cnr Darlington Rd and Hillsden Rd, Darlington

BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS

The annual Blessing of the Animals service will take place on 15th October at 9am. Please bring your furry, feathered and scaly friends to church as we celebrate the very special place animals have in our lives

Welcome to St Cuthbert’s , where we look further afield

WORLD VISION @ST CUTHBERT’S

Forty years ago Mary Haynes started a Darlington World Vision group recruiting parishioners from St Cuthbert’s and the local community. Today the group, led by Elizabeth Hayes, supports six children and two communities in developing countries around the world.

Goods donated by “just people”, allow the group to hold several monthly stalls: one on the second Saturday of each month outside Woolworths in Mundaring. Another on the second Sunday of each month at St Cuthbert’s where parishioners look forward to the draw of the monthly raffle and the sale of delicious homemade jam and chutneyeveryone has their favourites! And finally ... on the first Saturday of each month Kryssie and Pauline hold a stall for their local community outside the Chidlow post office. The DAF mega sale is coming up so cross the road, visit the hall, find a bargain and help to make someone’s life a bit better.

DIARY DATES

GODLY PLAY: Every Sunday @ 9am in the Parish Centre

MAINLY MUSIC: Restarts for term 4 on Tuesday 17 October at 9.30am in the Parish Centre

WORSHIP IN THE STYLE OF TAIZE: Sunday 1 October, and the first Sunday of every month, at 6.30pm. Enjoy chant, meditation and scripture in a candlelit church

Rector: The Rev’d Julie Baker

T: 0459 471 894

E: rector@hillsanglicans.com

Parish Office: 6292 0074

Email: info@hillsanglicans.com

Mail: PO Box 77 Darlington, WA 6070 Australia

Services: 9am Sunday

Find us on Facebook at Hills Anglicans

Website: www.hillsanglicans.com

ABOVE LEFT TO RIGHT: The indomitable Mary Haynes with Kryssie, Nicole and Helen; Raja from Bangladesh; the children of the Luc Yen community in Vietnam BELOW: the annual DAF book and jumble sale in the St Cuthbert’s hall

Friends of Darlington Station Reserve (FODS)

Counting Down to 'Sculptures on the Scarp'

Despite the fact that we still feel overwhelmed by the task of getting on top of the weeds on the Station Reserve, we are looking forward to the Darlington Arts Festival in November. The reserve plays such a wonderful role by providing the very best setting for the sculptures that are entered in the competition. Judges have an unenviable job picking winners as the standard is so high, but we can all vote for our favourite in the People's Choice. If you would like to volunteer on the reserve during the Arts Festival anytime  Friday

2nd through Sunday 5th November contact us as below or the Arts Festival direct.

I know November seems a way off but time flies and especially at such a busy time. School holidays might present an opportunity for many families to get out into the Bush and enjoy the best of the Hills wildflowers and maybe even encourage a new generation of gardeners.

Walking through the reserve

Friends of Glen Park

Saving Our Bushland

Our Australian bushland is unique, beautiful and a joy to wander through, a place in which to relax and to connect with nature. One area of our unique bushland, is our Glen Park Reserve,with Nyaania Creek running through it, in Darlington. However around Darlington and the Mundaring Shire, it is distressing to see the weeds invading our bushland and the road verges, at an accelerated rate each year. These weeds are ‘plants out of place’. There are grasses and many other weeds, such as those which have escaped from home gardens eg. freesias, bridal creeper, arum lilies, nasturtiums, African tulips, gladioli and hesperantha.

Once again we, Friends of Glen Park Reserve, have our heads down, tackling these weeds before seeds are formed and dispersed. We’re snapping off bridal creeper and freesia flowers

today made finding wonderful flowers to photograph very easy. If you and your children are interested and want to learn more about the local Bush and it’s flora and fauna, you could join us on a Sunday morning every fortnight until after the Arts Festival and we are happy to share our knowledge with you while we all weed.

The recent wet weather has highlighted the need for a little maintenance in the parking area on the Reserve but the Shire of Mundaring say they do not have people for that sort of small job.

We will be meeting on three Sundays in October - 1st, 15th and 29th from 8am to 10am if you would like to join us; we always need new members and Liz’s morning teas are very good!

For further information ring Jane on 0477 987 048.

and hand weeding hesperantha, gladioli and African tulips,with minimal disturbance to the soil. We’ll continue weeding throughout Spring, and will be assisted by the Mundaring Shire Landcare team and contractors, who will mainly spray herbicides to destroy the weeds.

We urgently encourage Darlington residents to also whipper snip and/or hand weed these weeds on their properties and road verges, before seed heads form and more seeds are dispersed. Through a combined effort, we can halt or at least lessen the spread of these ‘plants out of place’ and allow our unique Australian bushland to continue to regenerate and thrive, as it has for thousands of years, contributing to the biodiversity of our planet.

If you wish to assist Friends of Glen Park, contact Glenys 9299 8347 or Leonie 0400 217 293.

(Far left) Native Clematis in full bloom as I write and Leschenaultia is also in full bloom on the reserve.

From left: Arum Lily, Nasturtium, Hesperantha, African Tulip, Freesia.

Happy Springtime everyone. My favourite time of the year, especially the blossoms. What about you? "The Earth laughs in flowers ..." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson...stunning, beautiful, spectacular, gorgeous, simply delightful ...

Came the Spring with all its splendor, All its birds and all its blossoms, All its flowers, and leaves, and grasses...”

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In our Garden there is such aliveness and abundance and renewal of the Earth ... and the greenest green-ness. Hope you are reaping a plentiful and delicious harvest of all things green, like peas, broccoli, spinach, chard, parsley, beans, celery, mints and so many fresh herbs. You’re welcome to visit and check things out in our family-friendly garden.

And hey, have you seen the new mosaics and paving under the Arbour yet? Such a big highlight for us. As also was the popular fruit tree pruning workshop with Brian Andrijich from Mundaring Organic Growers Group (MOGG) which was enjoyed by all as was the yummie morning tea. And we are excited to announce Charles from Wild Gaia Plants will host a new Busy Bee time Monday afternoons at 4pm adding to the regular Saturdays at 9am.

Trish is our DCG Secretary and all-round maven extraordinaire who has the most amazing ability and excels at inspiring and connecting people to their unique superpower. Kate is our Kid’s Nature Play Day Team leader, remarkable social media whizz, the Recycling & Sustainability champion/superstar and always quick to volunteer for organizing this, that and everything. Alison as the Horticulture Team Leader is the bright and cheery soul that shows up welcoming all to our Saturday Busy Bees and can be found doing plantings throughout the village. Alison gets in there and gets her hands ‘dirty’ not only veggie planting but planning and building garden beds and tree plantings and reticulation and most importantly she is chief Mud Play leader.

How wonderful is their dedication to all that’s been created so far and with visions of more to come...You’re all such pioneers, hard workers and visionaries. Here's to your greatest health and wellbeing, see you in the garden.

Buy RAFFLE TICKETS and/or help sell them We need your help to raise $6500 to pay for the Mosaic Project. This is where YOU can contribute and make a difference. It takes a village ... Contact Shelton on 0452 541 069. Card facilities are available. Many thanks in advance.

Our 4th Popular Kid’s Nature Play Day

And these women. AMAZING all of them!

Trish Cook, Kate Herren and Alison Atkinson.

Here holding the banner for DCG at the International Peace Day celebration on Sept 17th. All of them ‘wear many different hats’ and carry so much for our Darlington community. Huge applause and gratitude to them for their generosity and sharing their extensive range of skills, and freely gifting time and labour.

How can you get involved?

A parent supervised event for children baby age - 12 years.

WHEN: School Holidays - Wed 4th OCT 10am-12pm

WHERE: In the Garden

COST: $10 per family OR Psstannual membership fee of $20 gives access to all kid’s events for free so a great reason to join DCG. Heaps of stuff happening including a range of nature-based crafts & activities like mud play, nature art and a planting activity and lots of FuN FuN FuN. And fingers crossed building a campfire to make tasty treats (rain gods permitting).

Kate Herren 0452 644 248

BOOKINGS online: https://events. humanitix.com/darlingtoncommunity-garden-kids-cluboctober-nature-play-day Limited spaces may be available on the day for cash.

• NEW MEMBERS welcome. Lots to interest everyone. Join here - https://www.darlingtoncommunitygarden.org.au/join-us-1

• Join our DCG Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com groups/218148335647263

• Cans & bottles gratefully received & recycled. CFC’s - CASH FOR CONTAINERS bins back of Liquor Store car park OR DCG Collection Centre # is C 1033 0258. We pick up quantity.

• Find things Garden/PRODUCE related on the DCG TROLLEY under the pines near the playground. Bring your surplus and take what you can use.

• Use our TIP TRIPS FUND RAISER: GREEN WASTE & RUBBISH REMOVAL - $65

SATURDAYS 9am or NEW - MONDAY 4pm GARDEN BUSY BEES

SUNDAY 8th October (2nd Sunday of month)

From 4pm PLANT & PRODUCE SWAP - Bring produce, seeds, cuttings, plants, herbs, jams, etc & plate of food & drink to share.

From 5pm - DRUMMING CIRCLE & Yarning around the campfire

donation to DCG per trailer. Bookings SHELTON 0452 541 069

• FOR HIRE - VINTAGE CROCKERY & bright & beautiful BUNTING - Trish 0409 479 551

• Sponsor A Tree – Dedicate a tree as a tribute to a loved one or in the name of a local business/organisation. For info

darlingtoncg@hotmail.com

Darlington Social Cricket Club

The scent of Spring in the air, so put down those garden tools and dig out the whites. Social cricket is here again! 2023/24 promises to be another top-notch season, with a packed fixture list, including a couple of new oppositions, coupled with a busy social calendar of fun and frivolity. And of course, our tour of Sri Lanka is just eight months away … but nobody’s counting!

Off season update

The DSCC juggernaut maintained its momentum during the offseason, with the undisputed highlight being the Annual Dinner. Over 50 people packed out the function room at the Commercial Bar and Kitchen to celebrate the season past, acknowledge recent milestones and enjoy a delicious three-course meal and each other’s sparkling company. Well done to this year’s slimmed down Dinner Committee for putting it all together, as well as resident statistician Cliff Burns for his contribution –tremendous work!

As tradition dictates, our pre-season warm up took the shape of our annual Golf Day, which was held on the 17th of September. 13 of DSCC’s finest hackers were greeted by perfect golfing conditions at El Caballo, where a cracking day was enjoyed by all. As usual, the standard of golf on display ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous, as members loosened up those tight

shoulders in readiness for another season of six-hitting and express pace bowling.

Back in January, DSCC hosted the BCD Taverners XI, in a match organised by Social Secretary John Taylor as a fundraiser for the Greatest Shave (Cancer Council), in honour of his late brotherin-law. The campaign, known as 50K for Ray, was admirably supported by DSCC members, via the bar on the day and through several personal donations. John was recently notified that not only had the campaign smashed through the 50K barrier, it had also been named as the Greatest Shave’s top fundraising campaign in the whole of Australia!

Cricket lookahead

The new season gets underway on the 7th of October, with the traditional Brown Pots vs Silver Pots curtain raiser. This promises to be another high-stakes intra-club affair, with Silvers desperate to win back the bragging rights. After that, the fixtures come thick and fast, before everyone gets a well-earned rest for the weekend of the Arts Festival.

Anyone interested in playing some social cricket, meeting new families and enjoying some of our great social events please drop us an email at dsccdarlington@gmail.com

Matt Parsons hands the captaincy across to Nigel Durkin.

A packed house at the Commercial for the Annual Dinner

Duncan Bell unleashes a towering iron shot.

Glenn, Stephen and Nige enjoying the golf day.

This year we’re celebrating 100 years since scouting first started in Darlington. Below is a brief extract from notes by Mr John Neville, one of the founding scouts and later a scout leader.

1st Darlington Scouts

Joey Scouts

ages 5-8

Cub Scouts

ages 8-11 Scouts

ages 11-14

Venturer Scouts

ages 14-18

Rover Scouts

ages 18-25

Adult Volunteers

ages 18+

Scouts

Scouts adventures included a night bike hike, a leadership training course, and kayaking skills with the Scouts WA Adventurous Activities crew.

Venturers

Present day there were activities of all kinds in the past month, from our new five-year-old Joeys through to our 17-year-old Venturers.

Joeys

Hiked over 5km through John Forrest National Park

Cubs

Cubs had some awesome experiences learning all about science and technology! They also did a night orienteering in the National Park, and rounded out the term with a weekend camp at Avon Valley.

Venturers entered 2 teams in the annual Scouts WA Mission Impossible event – a marathon weekend of rogaining, hiking, costumes, entertainment and fun. An incredible effort to finish in first and third place, from over 30 teams!

Trivia Night

The group recently held a fundraising Trivia Night at the Darlington Hall, hosted by the Venturers. A full house, great prizes, and lots of fun for all attendees.

Darlington Scouts are open to boys and girls, comprising four sections:

Joey Scouts (age 5-8)  Cub Scouts (age 8-11)

 Scouts (age 11-14)  Venturer Scouts (Age 14-18)

You are welcome to come along for a couple of weeks before making a commitment to join.

For information contact membership@darlingtonscouts.com or www.darlingtonscouts.com or the Darlington Scout Group Facebook page Darlington Venturers also have their own Instagram page, so if you are over 14, and interested in what they do, please look them up: @darlingtonventurers

GARDENING, pruning, weeding, mulching, whipper snipping, gutters cleaned, general tidy up. Phone Geoff 0409 088 936.

60+ DANCE CLASS, MONDAYS 9.30am Darlington Hall, cost $15. All welcome, no experience needed. Contact Lynne 0409 520 023.

HILLSIDE OUTDOOR BLINDS Your hills specialist in all styles of blinds & awnings. Mesh block-out fabrics offer views whilst blocking out 95% of the sun, wind, rain & protection from bugs. All blinds made inhouse from 100% Aussie parts, stainless steel & aluminium NO RUST! Fully auto with remote control options available. For a demo & to discuss creating your perfect outdoor entertaining area. Phone Yvonne 0416 233 277.

Darlington Dibbler Girl Guides

Empowering girls to become leaders of their own world

The Darlington Dibbler Girl Guides enjoyed some bushwalking with their Dad’s for Father’s Day. The girl/dad teams were given an Orienteering course in Kalamunda to have a go at. It was a worthwhile afternoon with all teams enjoying the challenge of finding markers (some much easier to find than others!) with an added bonus of afternoon tea afterwards. And the rain just held off!

The Darlington Girl Guides represented the Avon Hills region at our State Campfire held each year at Perry Lakes. As always, this was a well attended event. Sitting around a campfire, singing along to Guide songs is a traditional and treasured part of each girls guiding experiences. We enjoyed going along and

participating. The girls have also been busily putting together bags to send to Radio Lollypop to hand out to children in PCH. The Guides finished off the term with a Barn Dance where everyone was dressed up and learnt some traditional barn dances and bootscooting. The girls had a fantastic time. We have vacancies for term 4 so come down and have a try!

We welcome new girls aged from 7-12 years. We meet at Kathleen Skipsey Hall – on Glen Road, Darlington on Tuesdays from 6pm to 7.30pm during the school term. If you have any queries regarding Darlington Dibbler Girl Guides please contact Karen on 0403233907 or enquire at Girl Guides WA.

Darlington Primary School

Science specialist teacher Mr Smith is Mr Science. Students love both Mr Smith and Science. Why? Because Mr Smith is very engaging, choosing interesting and inspiring ways to teach the curriculum. His hands-on investigative approach is producing great scientists at Darlington Primary.

The school recently celebrated National Science Week, with all classes involved in very interesting Science activities. A part of this was the Big Bloody Experiment – a Red Cross task. It was a great way to combine science, art and fun.

There was a broad range of blood related stuff covered, including what’s in our blood, scabs and why they form, the weird shades of bruising and how blood changes in the animal kingdom. Is this really science? Yes indeed. Accompanying the special effects workshop is a load of science behind blood and its importance to us, as well as extension ideas for the keen

ones. And as for making the blood and skin and bruises, there was experimenting; trying to get just the right shade, viscosity and texture.

The school recently hosted the Hills Schools Science Challenge. Teams of three students from ten schools came together to explore the theme Innovation: Powering Future Industries. Students needed to investigate materials suitable for building earthquake resistant structures as well as investigating a crime scene. To test the earthquake resistant buildings, Mr Smith made his own Smith Seismic Simulator.

Darlington Primary also held its annual National Science Day with students having many amazing activities, tasks and investigations to complete. Viscosity was investigated, rockets fired, dry ice observed, colour investigated, lava made and the effects of air pressure observed.

Dr Karl Bailey Dr Zuzia Zykus

HELENA COLLEGE

NAVIGATING SCHOOL TRANSITIONS WITH CONFIDENCE

School transitions are significant milestones in a student’s journey, marked by excitement and uncertainty. Whether it’s the leap to kindergarten, middle school, or high school, here’s how to make these transitions smoother for both students and parents:

Kindergarten Kick-off: This can feel monumental for both parents and children! To ease this transition, establish routines at home, visit the school in advance, and introduce your child to their new teacher. Familiarity with the school environment can reduce anxiety and make the transition more comfortable.

Step up to Secondary: Years 6 and 7 are important transition years, bringing new challenges, with multiple teachers, different classrooms, and increased responsibilities. Help your child develop organisational skills, like using a planner, and maintain open communication. Encourage them to explore clubs and activities that align with their interests, fostering a sense of belonging and purpose.

Taking the First Steps to the Next Step: Entering upper secondary schooling signifies a move towards independence. Students make choices about their academic paths and extracurricular activities. Address their concerns and provide guidance as they navigate the challenges of considering post-school pathways.

The Strength of Support: A strong support system is crucial during transitions. Parents, teachers, and counselors play vital roles in helping students adjust. Keep lines of communication open and encourage your child to express their feelings and concerns, ensuring they feel heard and understood.

Building Resilience: Transitions teach resilience and adaptability, essential life skills. Successfully navigating these shifts often leads to increased confidence and enhanced problem-solving abilities in students.

The School’s Role: Educational institutions can contribute to smoother transitions by organising orientation programs, mentorship initiatives, and counseling services. Creating inclusive and welcoming classroom environments fosters a sense of belonging for all students.

Embrace Change: Accepting and managing change is part and parcel of growing up. While they may seem daunting, change offers opportunities for personal growth and self-discovery. Encourage your child to view each transition as a stepping stone towards a brighter future.

School transitions are pivotal moments in a student’s life. Preparation, open communication, and a positive outlook can make these transitions smoother. Each transition offers new experiences and opportunities for growth. With a strong support system and the right mindset, students can thrive through every stage of their educational journey.

The best way to get to know who we are, and find how we support families navigating school transitions, is to tour our College on a normal school day. You’ll see classes in action and hear from students and staff about what makes Helena College a special place to learn and grow. We encourage you to visit our website and to book your tour today.

www.helenacollege.wa.edu.au

Every year, we celebrate Book Week with a “Dress-up as your Favourite Book Character Day” and “The Great Book Swap”. This is a wonderful Silver Tree tradition whereby all the children, in the weeks leading up to the day, donate a book from home to our book sale.

Then on the day, everyone has the opportunity to buy a book for a gold coin donation.  Each year, we donate all the money we raise to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, who provide relevant books and learning resources to children and families

living in remote communities across Australia. The Class 6 Lionhearts, as our emerging leaders, organised, set-up and ran the book sale beautifully this year and they were delighted to announce that we raised $253.20 this year!

Dressing up as your favourite book character is one of the highlights of the year for the staff and children of the school–have a look through this very colourful gallery of costumes and all the fun we had on the day! We hope Little Red Riding Hood was not too frightened this year!

Our Class 8 students embarked on an exhilarating adventure at Wellington National Park. Together, we braved fierce storms, conquered personal obstacles, and formed lasting bonds.

Camaraderie filled the air as we laughed, played, and seized every opportunity that came our way. From setting up our tents and scaling cliffs with the Adventure Out team in Wellington National Park, to kayaking on the Collie River and trekking through the enchanting Collie River Valley, we made the most of each adventure. We even braved the freezing waters of Honeymoon Pool.

Our resilience was tested when a storm hit our campsite on day three, forcing us to evacuate. Undeterred, we packed up our belongings swiftly and ensured our tents were secure. We were transported to Collie Recreation Hall, where we swiftly adapted to the new itinerary. Games and laughter filled the hall as we continued to bond and strengthen friendships.

After an incredible final evening, complete with a talent show that showcased our diverse talents, students from both campuses bid farewell to the newfound friends we made. Though a tinge of sadness lingered, we were excited to return to our own beds.

Class 8 served as our first taste of physical challenges and camping as a group, fostering responsibility, cooperation,

resilience, and independence. The adventure doesn't end here. Each High School year, we will explore different regions, and embark on countless new escapades.

These camps forge unbreakable bonds between students and teachers, creating a community filled with cherished memories and shared experiences.

Marloo Theatre

Oh Yes They Will, Oh No They Won’t Once Upon A Pantomime Coming To Marloo

One of the absolute classic traditions during the festive season in the UK is the traditional Christmas pantomime. A theatrical experience filled with audience interaction, stereotypical heroes and villains and the ever popular pantomime dame, they are a staple of the British Festive season.

The Darlington Theatre Players have produced several highly popular pantomimes over the past few years with the last being ‘Robin Hood’ in 2021 which proved a smash hit for all ages. Now in 2023, the Marloo Theatre stage will again be lit up with an end of year pantomime, a fantastic way to round off a highly successful year with a bang!

‘Once Upon A Pantomime’ is based on the stories of the Brothers Grimm and is being co-directed

by Guy Jackson and Chris McRae. It is set to include all the classic pants tropes and will feature a live band (directed by Leanne Van Heerwaarden and Kieran Ridgway) and lively choreography from Natalia Myslinska. Featuring well known characters such as Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretal, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Cinderella and the Brave Little Tailor. Three particularly unpleasant witches, together with Rumpelstiltskin plan to remove all of the princes from Fairyland so that there will be no-one to stop them in their bid to rule the Kingdom. Along the way, Dame Rosy Parker (nosy to her friends) and the comedy duo Timmy Tailor and Tommy Tinker will do anything in their power to stop them.

‘Once Upon A Pantomime’ will celebrate all things panto and prove a wonderful festive treat for audiences young and old. Be sure to book early at www.trybooking. com/CKYHU and catch the show at Marloo Theatre, Greenmount from December 1st-16th.

3 Craigie Place, Mundaring