Darlington Review • Vol.62 • No.6 • July 2022

Vol. 62 | No. 6 | July 2022

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MEMBERS OF THE DARLINGTON REVIEW Anglican Church (Church Office 9299 7274) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 7240 Baha’i Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susheel Croft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0402 023 704 Bushfire Ready Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 969 223 Darlington Arts Festival Inc. (DAF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Pemberton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9252 0154 Darlington Bushwalk Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cliff Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 6696 Darlington Chamber Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malcolm Firth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0400 204 845 Darlington Christian Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murray Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0417 174 441 Darlington Community Garden (DCG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susie Itzstein – warmfuzzyhill@bigpond.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0414 771 741 Darlington Community Recreation Advisory Group (DCRAG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 969 223 Darlington Dipsticks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bindi Datson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9252 1050 Darlington Family Playgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stacey Phipps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0417 955 835 Darlington History Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Val Shiell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 6868 Darlington Pavilion Project (DaSRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geoff Barker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . geoff@pmdwa.com Darlington Primary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 6888 Darlington Primary School P & C Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rowena MacKinnon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pnc@gmail.com Darlington Ratepayers & Residents Association (DRRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Beadle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . drra@darlingtonvillage.org Darlington Retirement Accommodation Assn Inc. (DRAA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolyn Earnshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0427 271 765 Darlington Running Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pippa Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0488 069 764 Darlington Social Cricket Club Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0437 242 299 Darlington Tennis Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Hoschke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 6456 Darlington Theatre Players at Marloo Theatre – 9255 1212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Vonk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 929 692 Darlington Volunteer Bushfire Brigade Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ricky Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 685 445 1st Darlington Scouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Tolj – 0448 298 695 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Glen Stenton – 0403 809 226) Forrest Darlings CWA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kate Herren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0452 644 248 Friends of Darlington Station Reserve (FODS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Arnold – arnoldmj55@gmail.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0477 987 048 Friends of Glen Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenys Letchford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0467 586 050 Friends of Waylen’s Landing (FOWL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shannon Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9252 1879 Garrick Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . publicity@garricktheatre.asn.au Guides Western Australia (Forrest Hills District) ‘Dibblers’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Wills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0418 917 045 Guildford Grammar School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gillian MacDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9377 9222 Hovea Ashram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manita Beskow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0419 043 768 Helena College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carrie Parsons – cparsons@helena.wa.edu.au . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9298 9100 The Hub of the Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9290 6683 KSP Writers’ Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shannon Coyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9294 1872 Kalamunda Bridge Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenny Tedeschi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jennifer_tedeschi1@hotmail.com Mundaring Arts Centre Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenny Haynes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9295 3991 Mundaring Arts Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Durrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 6093 Mundaring Chamber of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan Holmes – President, Mundaring Chamber of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA Mundaring Christian College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda McCleary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9295 2688 Mundaring Creative Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terrie Plaistowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9295 1688 Mundaring and Hills Historical Society Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trish Beaman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9295 0540 Shire of Mundaring Library Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kerryn Martin, Branch Librarian, Greenmount Public Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9290 6758 Silver Tree Steiner School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karolina Pawlowski and Hayley Spracklen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9295 4787 Soroptimist International of Helena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fay Kappler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9274 4543 Swan Rotary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manny Braude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0408 274 556 The Darlington Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue Lavell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0439 273 213 Treetops Montessori School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9299 6725 Welcome To Darlington (WTD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susie Itzstein – warmfuzzyhill@bigpond.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0414 771 741 Members of Parliament: Member for East Metro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donna Faragher JP MLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9379 0840 Member for Kalamunda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9293 4747 Federal Member for Hasluck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hon. Ken Wyatt MP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9359 0322 Mundaring Shire South Ward Councillors: Cr James Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . crmartin@mundaring.wa.gov.au . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0437 287 377 Cr Trish Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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As I, and many others, have observed before, what makes Darlington such a special place to live in is not just our natural environment, although that is extraordinarily beautiful, but the remarkable people with whom we share this place.

This editorial, put together by me so that Trea can, for the first time for a couple of years, go to visit her charming family over in Boston, Mass., gives you a little insight into the lives of some of the many amazing people who make this community what it is.

I hope you will be entertained and, as I certainly was, informed!

Oh, and the pics at the top of the page? Well, as usual, nothing specifically to do with the editorial. Just a reminder that one of the other delightful things about this place we live in is that, even in the winter-time, there is stunning beauty in the bush around us.

Chris Durrant | Guest Editor

Production Changes After a couple of years carrying the Production Manager baton passed to him by Kirsty, Dave Taylor is moving on to a more demanding full-time job.

He has done wonders in his time at the Review and his imminent departure initially caused a great deal of anxiety. Fortunately,

Antoinette – in! Dave – out!

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we have been able to secure the services of an excellent graphic designer – Antoinette Boyd – who looks as though she will be a worthy successor, so the Review was able to breathe easily again!

Antoinette is a relative newcomer to Darlington, having moved here with her husband two years ago after living for 15 years in Fremantle (probably quite a suitable place to do your Darlington apprenticeship). They have an oldish house and a large block so have discovered that the list of chores in house and garden is literally endless! However, they are tackling them with enthusiasm and delight with appreciation of the help and advice they have received from the community.

Antoinette worked for a while for Marine Safety all over the State and currently draws her salary from the Department of Health.

Her work has been mainly in graphic design for magazines and newspapers in the print industry, so she would seem to be perfectly suited to the role of Review Production Manager. As she says, she has big shoes to fill, but we have no doubt she will fill them admirably!

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Drawing Words There is a tendency among most of us to regard the various artistic disciplines as separate – music, painting, acting, literature and so on.

Two artists I had the pleasure of meeting recently have emphatically challenged this idea with their collaborative work –‘Shine’. Skylar Wynter (her nom de plume), is the wordsmith, who grew up in the Southwest of the State.

She has always been fascinated by writing but it wasn’t until they moved to Perth a few years ago for her husband’s work and settled in Darlington that she focused on poetry.

After taking part in several readings at the Katharine Susannah Prichard Centre she was encouraged to apply for, and secured, one of the KSP writing Fellowships.

The net result was her first book of poetry, ‘Pieces of Humanity’ which turned out to be a best-seller.

As Skylar says, “I am inspired to write on many topics, in the varied formats of verse and prose available to any who care to put pen to paper - but always exploring the real, the raw, the light, the dark and the things that lay beneath the surface of each and every one of us.”

Not only is she a writer, she has also competed very successfully in many a ‘slam’ which I found out has nothing to do with basketball or bridge, but is a competition where participants recite their poems to the audience who then judge the winner.

EPIPHANY The people I admire most

do not self-deprecate what they create.

They do not fixate on seeking approval or start sentences with an apology as though my good opinion is crucial.

They own their achievements gracefully.

Accept compliments with humility.

Neither downplay nor boast about their ability.

These seem to be qualities I can access easily.

So what is stopping me?

The Poet and the Artist She has the wholehearted support in all of this of her husband and four children, ranging in age from young adults to teenagers.

The cover for ‘Pieces’ was created by Neshka Turner whom Skylar had met soon after arriving in Perth and who is now a close friend, and it was a natural progression to get her even more intimately involved in her next book of poems.

Neshka, who arrived in Australia from her native Poland as a child, has created a series of beautifully crafted pictures, meticulously drawn with colored chalks, each one of which movingly evokes the theme or the feeling of one of the poems.

Herself also a mum, she is, however, a ‘flats-dweller’ – the family likes to be near the ocean – but she has all the attributes of a classic Darlingtonian and I suspect that, if the family could be persuaded to change its mind, we might find her among us.

By the time you read this, the launch of ‘Shine’ will be history but you will be able to get your copy through the publisher at https://www.dragonflypublishing.com.au/shine-order-options.

And that is by no means the end of the line for this extraordinary work and its creators.

In late September they leave for a five-week speaking tour of Ireland and Britain to spread the message of ‘Shine’ and, they hope, exhibit and sell some of Neshka’s artworks.

Exciting times ahead and - who knows? - perhaps Darlington will find its way once more onto the international artistic scene!

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Men of God In rural Britain, whence most of my forebears came, the village church played a huge role in the life of the community and, although greater mobility and the growth of multiculturalism has undoubtedly weakened its influence, it has certainly not cancelled it out.

The two largest congregations in what we rightly regard as our village, the Darlington Christian Fellowship (formerly the Uniting Church – or should that be United?) and St Cuthbert’s, based in that iconic little stone church on Darlington Road, are very important to significant sections of our community. It goes without saying that the leaders of those churches are likely to play an important role among us.

Callan McEwan, with whom I have some personal connection, has recently taken up the position of Assistant Pastor at the DCF, a church he belonged to when a lad. You will have seen quite a bit of information on Cal in the DCF notes in last month’s Review. In answer to my question as to what he saw as his role, he said that he wanted to encourage people in their faith and provide them with pastoral care.

He is well aware that, unusually, he has not been to bible college or received other formal training, but he pointed out, very reasonably, that neither had any of Jesus’ disciples and they were generally believed to have done a pretty good job. As to the personal connection, I explained to him that his grandparents, Ron and Dorothy Mitchell had been our neighbours and dear friends since we settled here in the mid-1970s, and I suggested he might remind his Mum, Heather, of the occasions when she, then a young teenager, had come over the road to baby-sit our children!

We also learned in the May Review of the appointment, from the start of August, of a replacement at St Cuthbert’s for the larger than life, in every possible way, Father Chris Bedding. The new Rector, Julie Baker, arrived in WA in 2013 with her husband, Marcus, and their two daughters from south Wales (that is old south Wales, not New South Wales) to find fresh opportunities and, not surprisingly, it is a decision they have had no cause to regret. After three years as the Pastor at Pinjarra, Julie was

Callan McEwan and family. appointed as Archdeacon in the Diocesan office in Bunbury before accepting the challenge of picking up the baton at St Cuthbert’s from Father Chris.

It will be a change of scene for the whole family except for elder daughter Charlie who had already moved up to Perth to begin her uni studies. Her sister Lizzie will be going into Year 8 at Treetops Montessori while Marcus, a maths teacher, will be teaching the kids at Mundaring Christian College to count and press buttons on computers. Julie is very much looking forward to returning to the pastoral sphere – her role as Archdeacon was essentially an office job – and perhaps (I forgot to ask her this!) leaving behind her the title of Venerable. The only other ‘Venerable’ I can recall was the English 8th century cleric, The Venerable Bede, author of The Ecclesiastical History of the English People which was one of our set books (in Latin, naturally) during the first year of my university history degree.

He was further immortalised in the pages of that greatest (and only truly memorable) English history book, ’1066 and all that’, as The Venomous Bede.

From what I learned in my brief chat with Julie recently, it sounds to me as though the Bakers are the sort of family that is going to fit in very well to Darlington and make a great contribution to our community here. We look forward to welcoming them.

Incidentally, if you need to get a Chris Bedding fix, I think he is still doing his monthly ‘Holy Heretics’ gig with Werzel Montague on Geoff Hutchison’s afternoon program on the ABC radio.

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Get Well Soon Many of you may have been wondering what has been happening to the rather pretty little building on the corner of Brook and Glen Roads right next door to the Post Office. It has certainly had a lick of paint on the outside and, if you had sneaked a peek through the windows, you could have seen that great works have been going on inside as well.

The building started out in 1921 as the Post Office, with an adjacent tearoom and shop, and so it remained for most of the next 17 years or so (read all about it in Cliff & Arlene’s ‘Historic Structures and Buildings’). In 1938 the official Post Office moved next door to the present PO building and since then 20 Brook Road has seen service as a residence, a café, and, most recently, an art gallery. Now it has a completely new life, as the home of the Hills Psychology and Wellness Centre.

I had a very pleasant chat recently with Lauren Chaine, herself a lawyer specialising in real estate, whose legal career is currently on ‘hold’ while she enjoys some maternity leave to look after her younger son. Her husband, Greg, is a clinical psychologist and the principal of the business which he had been running from their Beenong Road home since they settled in Darlington. The opportunity to move to 20 Brook Road was too good to miss and they have also been able to attract several other specialists to share the place with them and so offer a wide range of services.

Greg Chaine has degrees not only in Psychology and Clinical Psychology but also Philosophy, so perhaps he knows not only how the human mind works but why, which must come in handy. I asked him (through Lauren) why he thought that the sort of help that practitioners like him provide is so much more in demand than it was a couple of generations ago. As he

Cassie Caratti – Child Centred Greg Chaine – Clinical Psychologist Play Therapist www.perthhillspsychology.com.au admin@perthhillspsychology.com.au perthhillsplaytherapy@gmail.com phone 0435 322 110 phone (08) 6292 0148

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pointed out, it is a very complex question, but it may partly be because we are now more inclined to seek scientific answers to problems – anxiety, depression, despair – than were our forebears who regarded mental ailments as something we just had to put up with, and partly as a reaction to a societal attitude that reinforced the view that mental problems are not capable of medical solution. Perhaps, he suggested, we are now more likely to believe that mental problems can be identified, explained, and therefore ameliorated or even solved, just as is usually the case with physical ones.

Lauren herself is a Glen Forrest girl who settled initially with Greg down on the flats but has since been gradually moving closer to the hills until the final move four years ago. They just love it here and she has no doubt that they will be around Darlington for a very long time. From my observation, that will be a good thing for everybody! Essential snippets of information about the folk working at the Wellness Centre are given below and, by the time you read this, Perth Hills Pilates will be conducting Reformer Pilates classes in a beautiful, light and airy studio that forms part of the Centre. For those of you who, like me, had not come across the term ‘Reformer Pilates’, and possibly imagined that it was a type of exercise designed for people who have turned over a new leaf and left behind a life of drunkenness, gluttony and sloth to embrace the world of physical fitness, it’s not quite that, but means that you will be doing your exercises with the assistance of a padded and elaborate frame or form!

It all looks very inviting and I am sure that many of us will at least be looking in to see what’s what. Go to www.perthhillspilates. com.au or ring 0439 090 790.

Emma Batchelor – Remedial Massage Therapist www.body-works.com.au phone 0497 829 590

Jean Bailey – Speech Pathologist www.jeanbaileyfast.com.au email jbailey.fast@gmail.com phone 0496 793 720

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Sally In Our Alley Without doubt one of the most interesting and inspiring characters in a village chock full of such people is Sally Herzfeld.

Sally was brought up in Darlington where her dad, Cyril Gare, was the sort of pillar of the community that his daughter has become. She had always loved little kids so there was never much doubt that teaching would be her life and after schooling at Perth Modern and Leederville Tech she did her training at Claremont Teachers’ College and was then ready to start shaping young lives. In those days you were obliged to repay the Government for subsidizing the cost of your teacher-training by doing several years working in the country.

Sally saw no hardship in this. Her dad had been the Chairman of the Native Welfare Council and Sally was very keen to become involved in schools with a large indigenous student population.

She applied first to a school in Carnarvon where she had heard that she would be able to learn the cello (in addition to the piano she was already playing) but at the last minute she was told she would be going to the Forrest River Mission, in those days quite an isolated place some way out of Wyndham in the Kimberley.

There followed some of the most amazing years of Sally’s young life. After nearly two years at Forrest River Mission she returned south and taught for a while at Greenmount Primary. Though she loved the school and the kids there, the call of the wild could not be resisted, so back she went to a school just being set up in Port Hedland to provide a transition for Aboriginal kids coming in from the bush to go eventually to the Government school with everybody else.

After two more eventful and challenging years there, she returned again to Darlington to embark on the full life she has lived since – marriage to Tom Herzfeld and three fine children that she still regards as her greatest achievements, taking over and being the Principal of Helena School, and all the other community involvements that she has had and, indeed, still does, from the International Day of Peace to the Alternatives to Violence Project, from the Darlington Arts Festival to the Community Garden. There may be some worthy local activities that have not benefitted from her cheerful energy and enthusiasm, but I cannot think of many.

I’m not sure who persuaded Sally to put pen to paper (or fingers

Sally and Doris Mitchell at the launch of her book in Port Hedland recently. Doris is the girl in picture behind them, sitting on the back seat of Sally’s Lambretta a few years before.

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Sally and a friend at Forrest River Mission to keyboard) and tell the story of those early years teaching up in the north, but I’m very glad they did. Told with Sally’s trademark humour and bluntness, it is a tale of successes and failures, good times and bad. The delight she got from the enthusiasm of so many of her pupils, the magical weekends when she went bush with the Oombulgurri people who lived around the Mission, the starting up of a Girl Guide company (another of Sally’s passions has been the Guides) on the one hand; on the other, the often strange and worrying people she met, the loneliness of being so far away from her family and her familiarity, the insects and the heat (no electricity up there in those days, let alone airconditioning). It all makes for a fascinating tale which Sally has put together with the help of Freda Marnie, a student of hers from Helena School days, and now a rural journalist and author of several books. Freda was over here recently from the farm that she and her husband run in New South Wales, and I was able to catch up with her as she and Sally (and several members of the Herzfeld clan) revisited the scene of Sally’s and Freda’s classroom interactions all those years ago. The picture below is taken in that very classroom, remembered fondly by them both.

Brought up in Darlington, Freda moved with her mum to NSW as a teen. She qualified as a nurse, married a farmer, and somewhat accidentally got into rural journalism. As a result of this she has ghost-written or assisted in the writing of several books, beginning with ‘Love, Sweat, and Tears’, the biography of her younger sister, the well-known animal trainer on film and TV, Zelie Bullen.

A chance encounter with Sally’s son John over in NSW got Freda involved in the production of Sally’s book and the result is ‘Outback Teacher’. I can personally recommend it as a fascinating insight into a time very different to ours but one which has shaped where we are today. If you too would like to step back a few decades and see the north of our State in the 1950s through the eyes of a dedicated young teacher, get your copy of from Sally (ring 9299 6788 any evening). It’ll set you back $30 and worth every cent!

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The Everywhere Man Ever since our family came to live in Darlington, which is a very long time ago, I doubt if we could have opened a Review without finding the name Colin James in it somewhere.

Originally from Albury in NSW, he settled initially near his employment, Browne’s Dairy in North Perth before he saw the light and moved to Darlington in the late 1970s with his wife Judy and daughter Vicki, two Labrador dogs and a horse.

They built their house on a quite substantial block (to accommodate the horse!) on Victor Road down by the Helena River. They’d hardly settled in before Colin was encouraged to join the Darlington Volunteer Bushfire Brigade, an association that continues to this day.

Colin has been the Captain of the Brigade, its Fire Control Officer, and is currently the Lieutenant of the Brigade’s Fire Support Unit.

He has played a vital part in a period of great change and development for fire safety operations in our area and you may know him as the first, and continuing, co-ordinator of the Bushfire Ready Group, set up to help local residents prepare for bushfires.

Presumably thinking that he did not have enough on his plate, Shire President at the time, and fellow-Darlington resident, John Ellery suggested that he might like to stand for Council, which he did.

He continued to represent our South Ward for most of the next 18 years before finally retiring in 2013. During that time he served as Chairman of the Planning Committee and the local Emergency Management Committee and for six years was the local government representative on the FESA Bushfire Consultative Committee.

In 1980 he was appointed as the brigade’s representative on the Darlington Community Recreation Management Committee (now DCRAG) including 18 years as President and 22 years (and counting) as its Secretary.

Through DCRAG he became personally involved in the Darlington Pavilion Project and joined the organising committee (DSaRA) to help move the project forward. Nor did he merely contribute his work and expertise: when it seemed that short term lack of funds might prove a stumbling block, he made a substantial personal loan so that the plan could proceed.

Add that all up, and you have over four decades of continuous community service. You might wonder how he found time to work, but Colin only retired at the end of 1999 and then, after he and Judy had spent a year travelling around Australia, and presumably deciding that they were already living in the best part of it, returning to Darlington, he went back to work as a consultant to a number of companies owned by the previous proprietor of Browne’s, whom he still advises part-time.

Colin James with his 2022 Volunteer Service Award recognizing 42 years unbroken service to the community.

I think Colin’s answers to the questions I posed towards the end of our chat said much about the man. When I enquired what had been the most satisfying moments of his life in Darlington, he thought on it for a while and then said that it was dealing with the people in Darlington that he had worked with over the years – he gave as examples David Hughes, Geoff Barker, Trish Cook. When asked about the least satisfying moments, he again thought hard, but eventually couldn’t really think of any.

There can be no doubt, in my mind, that one of the main reasons that Darlington is such a special community is the presence within it of people like Colin who willingly give their time, their knowledge, their expertise and their enthusiasm, to contribute to the benefit of us all.

For us to continue to be as we are, there need to be others prepared to make that sort of sacrifice in the future.

Happily, from what I can see, this is indeed the case. Lucky old Darlington!

Bar/bistro proposal The proposal for the bar/bistro to be constructed around the old Gilk’s Bakery by the liquor store was NOT considered by Council at its June meeting.

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it is likely that the proposal will be tabled at the July Council meeting.

However, you can keep up to date with progress on this (and find out whether it actually will be considered at the Council meeting on 12th July) from the Shire of Mundaring website.

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Queen thanks Councillor Long-time Darlington resident, South Ward Councillor for many years until his retirement in 2019, and Shire President from 2015-2017, David Lavell scored a Medal of the Order of Australia in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Sincere congratulations, David, on a well-deserved recognition of all the work you have done for the Mundaring community.

OAM, OAM, OAM, Oy! Oy! Oy!

Incomplete genius The late F.Schubert is perhaps best remembered for a work he never finished, his 8th symphony, known as (surprise!) the Unfinished Symphony.

While this is certainly not true of our late great artist, Bob Juniper, it is nonetheless true that there are some his works, many of them also incomplete, that had never before seen the official light of day.

You did have a chance to see these in the middle of last month when there was, first, an invitational showing at Juniper Galleries and then an open weekend. It would be surprising, though, if they did not see the light of day again, so, if you missed those opportunities, watch this space!

Lynn Evans, Trish Juniper and Jo Meredith of Juniper Galleries in front of Bob’s favourite doors, found by him and Trish in a Perth junk shop and given a new life in the studio.

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Bags of changes Some of you may be unaware, as I was, that, by the time you read this, we will not be allowed to obtain a lot of the things with which, over the years, we have become accustomed to ease our existence.

This includes plastic bags with handles, disposable plastic straws, disposable plastic cutlery and crockery and polystyrene food containers and trays. From 1st October you will not be sold cool drinks in disposable plastic cups.

There are, of course, plenty of more environmentally friendly alternatives available for all of these implements, so you don’t need to worry. First world problem, anyway! The other thing you will not be able to do from 1st July is to release balloons into the air. Difficult to believe that balloons pose a serious threat to the environment, but there it is. So, if your small child is coming home from a party clinging onto a helium-filled balloon, make sure it hangs on tightly, or you could be up for a fine of $5,000. I suppose that, if this rule had applied back in 1956, they would not have been able to make that classic short film ‘The Red Balloon’. In fact, if you have never seen this delightful little French movie, perhaps you should do so while you can. I hear that there is a move to eliminate smoking from old films to discourage the use of cigarettes by the young, and if this principle were to be extended to balloon-releasing, that would be the end of ‘The Red Balloon’.

Doctoring films to make them politically correct can pose all sorts of problems. We lived in Jamaica for a couple of years in the 70s at a time when the government there was trying to discourage gun violence. One of their tactics was to have the censors eliminate all depiction of guns in films. We went along to the cinema to see Paul Newman & Robert Redford in ‘The Sting’. Those of you who know this wonderful movie will recall that there are at least two times in it when somebody gets shot. Cutting out the guns made these particular scenes completely mystifying!

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Urgent medical help Problems with getting emergency medical assistance have been much in the news of late, with ambulance ramping in particular being of concern.

serious than they can handle, you will be referred to the nearby SJOG Hospital Emergency Department.

Our informant on this was a GP who works there one day a week, Winny Santa Maria.

Winny and her family (husband and three small children) moved into our area four years ago and love it. Although they live just over the border in Glen Forrest (also a very nice community, I hasten to add before no.2 daughter gets offended!) the family are much involved in Darlington affairs, for example all being active members of the Darlington Community Garden.

This can pose something of a dilemma, for example if you have a child who has fallen off a bike and you don’t know whether or not there is a need for medical attention.

Your GP may not be readily available, you don’t want to call an ambulance which might be unnecessary, you are reluctant to go and sit in an ED waiting room for hours.

There is an alternative – the St John Urgent Care Midland is located in the Saleyards, in front of the new Bunnings store in Midland. It’s open from 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. 7 days a week, and you don’t need an appointment, you just rock up.

Winny tells me that the Nurse Manager down at St John Urgent Care Midland is also a Darlingtonian – “she is lovely”.

Naturally nobody wants to have to call on Winsome Santa Maria emergency medical care but, if you do, They can provide diagnosis, including X-rays, and treatment for there is some comfort in the knowledge that you are likely to a variety of minor injuries and ailments and the gap cost is likely be looked after by people with whom you have something in to be in the region of $40. If the problem turns out to be more common.

WHAT’S ON July 1st

Robert Juniper Award for the Arts applications open. If you are a young person talented in any branch of the arts (graphic art, music, dance, acting, whatever) who could use up to $10,000 to develop your talent, get your application in. Details on the back cover of this edition of the Review.

July 2nd then Saturday morning market at Two Birds (behind the Post Office).

2-weekly Dependent then depending on weather so ring Meg on 0439 904 267 or look in at Two Birds to check that it’s happening.

Wonderful variety of artwork, local produce, flowers, bread and all sorts of other goodies!

Want to try the editor’s chair for size?

July 7th

DRRA Community meeting in the Hall. Trish Cook will be briefing us on DCRAG’s plans for the area around and beyond the Arbor, including the proposed boardwalk. See DRRA notes for more info.

July 10th

Darlington Chamber Music Concert 3 – Koorlangka

July 2nd –11th

Mundaring Arts Centre exhibitions: ‘Extricate’ featuring six emerging print-making artist including Darlington artist Kristy Scaddan ‘Repositioning a Place in the Heart’ paintings by Annette Peterson

The Darlington Review would love to hear from locals with writing skills to join our growing team of Guest Editors

August 4th

DRRA Community meeting in the Hall – including a briefing from Darlington History Group on some of their plans for the Trail, Waylen’s Landing, and other monuments to historic Darlington.

For more information please email: editorial@darlingtonreview.com.au

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Well, that’s it for now! You haven’t got rid of me yet: I’ll be back for August. Meanwhile, enjoy the cooler weather, and here’s hoping we get plenty of good soaking rain but mainly at night!

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Councillor’s Column Shire of Mundaring | Cr Trish Cook Communication with the Shire officers

Volunteering Around 21% of residents in the Shire report doing some sort of voluntary work. The Volunteer Bushfire Brigades and Environmental Friends Groups provide a great deal of volunteer work hours to keep us and our environment safe.

Friends Groups collect seeds, remove weeds and rubbish, replant and mulch particular areas.

There are many ways to communicate with the Shire officers depending on your interests and requirements. The first step is by phone call 9290 6666, by email to shire@mundaring. wa.gov.au or via the website mundaring. wa.gov.au.

For simple maintenance or reporting issues, eg illegal signs, litter dumping, broken tap etc, take a photo, note the location and explain the problem and your suggested solution. For Darlington capital improvements or suggestions send an email, and/or liaise with DCRAG if in the recreation area, or DRRA if outside the recreation area. For planning matters send an email to the Shire officers, or liaise with DRRA.

Communication with Councillors (Crs) The Shire is divided into 4 wards which enables Crs to manage their work load and attend to local needs, while still governing for the whole Shire. Cr. Luke Ellery, Cr. James Martin (President) and myself are Darlington’s South Ward elected members.

Councillors can assist you with understanding Shire processes and are well placed to understand local issues and requirements.

The full Council consisting of 12 Crs. has the role of budget setting and policy making. Feedback is always welcome and all Crs contact details can be found here: https://www.mundaring. wa.gov.au/council/council-meetings-and-elected-members/ elected-members-and-wards.aspx

Council Meeting Agenda and Processes You have the right to ask a question to Council or present a petition (rules apply) at the start of a Council meeting. Agendas are published around 10 days prior the Council Meeting. Once an item is on the official Council Meeting Agenda, you have the right to make a deputation. See here for details https://www. mundaring.wa.gov.au/council/council-meetings-and-electedmembers/addressing-council-and-committees-at-meetings. aspx Note: The Darlington Liquor Store planning application is yet to be scheduled on the Council Agenda.

Council Committees There are many committees and advisory groups of Council which make recommendations and advise Council respectively.

Some committees have voluntary representatives from the general public.

For example the Environmental Advisory Committee, the Audit and Risk Committee, the Darlington Community Recreation Advisory Group (DCRAG), Inclusion and Disability Access Advisory Group.

Annual Electors Meeting (AEM) Once a year, residents and ratepayers of the Shire are able to move a motion, and if passed at the AEM, the motion must be considered by the Council in a timely manner.

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There are 76 Friends groups around the Shire, with 6 in Darlington, for example Friends of the Darlington Station, Friends of the Native Triangle (Skatepark), Friends of Mandoon Park, Friends of HOSCA, Friends of Bilgoman Wells.

If you would like to join a Friends Group or start a Friends Group see here for details: https://www.mundaring.wa.gov. au/environment-waste/environment-groups-programs/ community-and-friends-groups.aspx

Council Elections Councillors are appointment for a 4 year term, and elections take place every 2 years for half of the Council. This allows for some Council continuity of 6 continuing Crs per election, and up to 6 new Crs. A recent unexpected resignation in East Ward have resulted in a by-election which will be decided on July 1st 2022.

Engage Community Website The Shire of Mundaring also provide a website for community engagement named EngageMundaring found here; https:// engage.mundaring.wa.gov.au/ You will need to register to provide feedback on a myriad of ongoing Shire issues including Community Heritage Platform where you can suggest appropriate items for the formal ‘Heritage List’ https://engage.mundaring.wa.gov.au/heritage

Rates Council’s decision next month about rates will need to consider and where appropriate, reflect the increases in the costs of service delivery, supply chain issues, Covid impact on staffing, and other factors. Councillors have been very thorough and diligent in the budget workshops to ensure value for money is obtained for residents and Shire fees and chargers are reasonable.

Dog Attacks Recently a Darlington dog owner was prosecuted under the Dog Act for a dog attack causing injury to a community member who needed medical attention. The owner pleaded guilty and was subsequently fined $2000 plus $1500 in costs. Sadly, dog attacks within the Shire are not uncommon.

Dogs of all sizes and breeds are territorial and can be unpredictable, even when they are domesticated. Please keep them under control and do not allow them to escape their containment areas.

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Dog Club Member (name and address provided) writes: I am concerned about plans to enlarge the Darlington Oval to accommodate more sporting teams in the future. The engineering and finances for these works must be examined to exactly quantify native vegetation damage. The charm and ambience of this Oval must be preserved.

The enlargement of the Oval certainly will result in greater use by organised sporting teams and decreased availability to casual users.

Currently people can use the Oval in the late afternoon to fly a kite, play games, walk the dog and socialise in gatherings and have a picnic. Most of the time they are not impacted by sporting events and sometimes are happy to wait at the end of the day for teams to finish. At the end of the day people can now decide spontaneously whether they will or will not go to the Oval knowing organised sport is unlikely to affect them.

I have been going to the Darlington Oval for the past 8 years and appreciate the benefits of belonging to the Darlington Dog Club and would be very disappointed to see this facility lost when more organised sports are booked.

Obviously I am in favour of maintaining the current balance of Oval usage and hope there is enough community support to back the casual users.

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Anthony Spagnolo writes: There is an extraordinary election underway for East Ward in the Shire of Mundaring and I have nominated as a candidate.

I have worked in management roles in government and in business, so I know how to get things done.

Darlington is not in East Ward, however if you have friends or family in the Ward I would be very appreciative if you could ask them to support my candidacy.

I also have an advocacy background. At present this centres on my role as policy and strategic adviser to Street Level Australia.

The Hills are admired not only for its beauty but for the character of our residents.

We are known for hard work, a love of our natural environment, and a can-do pioneering spirit.

Street Level Australia is an association of local groups working to make Australian places more beautiful and conducive to human flourishing, this includes by advocating for a 100-year plan for the Hills.

But more than this, we are known as a place where people care.

I believe we should be working to preserve our towns as places where communities come together, connecting family and friends and creating a sense of ‘roots’.

There is a lot other local governments can learn from the Hills.

Which is why it is important to bring our views and our lessons to local government.

We can deliver these outcomes by creating a sense of stewardship in the places we love and by creating places which our children will cherish.

I have decided to stand for the Shire of Mundaring so I can bring the views of the Hills and our local community to council.

Given all that we face as a community, I feel that now is the right time for me to serve our Shire. I would love your support.

Sue Zlaman writes: Since 1979 I have lived and enjoyed the ambience and beauty of living in Darlington.

rate payers. The pavilion was a premature exercise as it should have been provided for Boya Oval.

The village and the green sits in a valley surrounded by hills and on a summer evening the cool breeze floating through the area encourages families to gather and socialise with their children and their dogs. As I have done.

I understand there is a fresh underground waterway which runs down from Owen Rd past the fire station and water builds up in winter at the western end of the oval.

I am looking forward to my grandchildren enjoying jumping in the puddles and mud around the oval as my own child did in the past.

The idea of building up the oval to accommodate the water problems means high banks all around the western end. This is not the only reason why Boya Oval is the sensible alternative which the Shire of Mundaring have already provided.

I find the idea of a sporting facility ludicrous given the availability of Boya Oval which has been built to specification using rate payers money. I find the cost of widening the oval a burden on

This divisive issue should have been investigated with a complete cost and engineering analysis of the project prior to becoming a contentious public debate.

Colin James writes: Not sure why a Review letter writer needs to have anonymity in these discussions, as I believe “honesty” is the best reflection.

However, I do respond to these questions asked, as well as others whom use the same “catch phrase”… they can go five minutes down the road to the Boya oval.

Yes they can, but why should Darlington teams, that can play on the slightly enlarged oval, have to use the sub-standard change rooms and facilities at Boya, rather than the excellent change rooms and pavilion their clubs financially supported, along with a lot of their parents and the community.

To me this makes no sense at all. Yes the sporting clubs have a “legitimate” right to use it for training and games as they book it, but as the sporting clubs have indicated is usually some space available on the eastern side.

If, as this letter writer says, and also many others, teams should go to Boya, then why doesn’t the same apply to all the dog walkers and those wanting a flat, unattended area go to Leschen July 2022 – Darlington Review

Park, Fischer Road ... and it is in Darlington ... only three minutes away. This is a dog gazetted park with a small playground and tables, and very sizeable space. Certainly, in my mind seems to be an area “where casual users can go”.

All land starts as a “Reserve”, then the State Government or Local Authority decides what tenure it will place on it from residential, commercial, industrial, recreational etc.

From my investigations this has always been known as Darlington oval, going back to Shire Recreational studies in 1986 and latest study by Stirling Sport and Recreation Solutions in 2001.

They noted ... 3.6 ... Recognising that ovals are an important community sport and recreation facility and also 8.4 … Playing Field and Usage allocation and Darlington oval is used by various sporting groups. I do acknowledge ovals have and should have a multiplicity of uses, but let us maximise that, as much as possible with home grown teams.

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Darlington Sports and Recreation Association (WA) Inc. Coaching

The Darlington Junior Cricket club is in urgent need of new coaches and committee members.

Dave and Lore Gannaway are relocating for work which has left a large hole at committee and coaching level. This, on top of Club Treasurer Sinead O’Neil (who did not have any children playing last year) standing down this year. A big thanks to Dave, Lore and Sinead for their efforts over the years.

The Friday afternoon Junior and Master Blasters also needs some fresh faces.

What is Friday Afternoon Blasters?

Open to both boys and girls, Blasters are shorter (60 minute) introduction sessions offering skill development activities and modified games. Make new friends. Learn new skills including catching, throwing and teamwork.

All participants receive their own Blasters Pack and get to wear the colours of their favourite Big Bash heroes.

Junior Blasters is recommended for 5-7 year old’s of all skills and abilities Master Blasters is recommended for 7-10 year old’s

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Don’t know much about cricket coaching or being a Blaster Leader? Don’t worry, there’s a whole ‘how to’ program to help you. Being part of the Blast Crew is a great first step for first time cricket parents to get involved, have fun with their child and provide a great experience.

If you’re familiar with the Master Blasters program, have you thought about becoming a Blast Coordinator?

Either way, we provide online training as well as great resources information on how to run the sessions.

DaSRA is stepping in to help fill some roles as we look for replacements to keep Junior Cricket still running at Darlington.

HELP NEEDED! We need to hear from interested parents now.

Registration opens for all age groups in August and the season starts in September after the school holidays.

Want to know more or like to offer your assistance to the club?

Please call or email Chris Pivac at chris@slatergartrellsports.com.au mobile: 0404 082 623

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Darlington Ratepayers and Residents Association DRRA has been as busy as ever in the last month attending to concerns raised by ratepayers and residents.

We welcomed our President Steve Beadle back from his trip to the UK to our June meeting.

In keeping with our remit to protect and preserve the ambiance of the village we are looking into the issue of lighting – see May’s issue of Darlington Review with more detail about the terrific work being done by resident Malcom McNabb– and the importance of ensuring that our street lights add to, rather than detract from, the village atmosphere and support ongoing sustainability.

At a recent meeting concerns were also raised about the need for more oversight about the construction of ‘Display Homes’

and the flattening of valuable bush so DRRA will be exploring requirements for planning permission and how we might work effectively with new and current residents and local Estate Agents.

Looking ahead DRRA is pleased to welcome Councillor Trish Cook to present updates at our next meeting on Thursday 7th July regarding the Darlington Community Recreation Advisory Group’s (DCRAG) planned works (as detailed in the May issue of the Review).

Wade Isard from Mt Helena Swim Club will also attend to present his ideas for a future Mundaring aquatic centre.

All are welcome.

Mundaring Chamber of Commerce It is coming up to that time of year, as we incorporate our midyear July Sundowner into our AGM. This is always an exciting time for the Chamber as we look to expand and invigorate our committee.

and surrounds a first-class community to live and do business!

To achieve this goal we need a team of action-orientated changemakers, those who are willing to work for the good of the local business community.

This year’s AGM will once again be hosted and sponsored by our generous chamber members, The Parkerville Tavern on Wednesday the 20th July at 6.00pm.

Nominations to join the committee are still open, but HURRY as they are closing shortly: https://mundaring.org.au/wp-content/ uploads/2223-Committee-Nomination-Form.pdf

This event a time to reflect on all that has happened over the previous 12 months and lock in a new committee to guide us through the following 12 months.

Please register your attendance for the AGM so we can plan catering accordingly at: https://mundaring.org.au/ events/#!event/2022/7/20/mundaring-chamber-of-commerceagm-sundowner

As a committee, we strive to make the Shire of Mundaring

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Darlington Community Recreation Advisory Group (DCRAG) A meeting of DCRAG delegates was held on Monday the 23rd of May. I start this report by congratulating Colin James who received a 2022 WA Volunteer Service Award for an incredible 42 years of service to DCRAG alone! Colin is currently the secretary of DCRAG and has filled the positions of Chair, Secretary or Councillor on the committee in the past. He is an invaluable resource and corporate memory keeper for the group. Thank you Colin.

to the north of the Hall. Delegates approved the design, having already approved the location some time ago. See the History Group’s website for further information. https://www.dhg.org.au/ projects.shtml Darlington Tennis club reported that the 5th court concrete pad hit up wall is getting plenty of use. A great addition for that area, thank you Tennis folk.

Lower Area Masterplan (LAMP Stage 1) welcomes local resident and drainage engineer Rebecca Clifford joining our team to address drainage issues. The Shire of Mundaring are also assisting with some future assistance plantings in the area.

LAMP (Stage 2) wetland project has moved forward with the completion Wetland Rehabilitation Plan (WRAP) by Joe Grehen and his team Terratree.com.au. This very detailed document provides information on understanding what needs to be undertaken to rejuvenate the area. Funding and a future Project Manager are yet to be secured for this long-term project. Contact Trish if you are keen.

Trish Cook (left) nominated Colin James for the award.

There are many exciting ongoing improvement projects occurring in the recreational space. It is a credit to all groups who continue to improve the recreational spaces and helps us all to connect The following items were discussed: A new drinking water fountain for the oval users will soon be installed near the current score board at pavilion by DaSRA. Community garden reported that the wagon is now in place, the water connection and line has been completed and the sleeper garden beds have are already producing healthy vegetation. Tim Hunter from Motivational Foundation will soon be providing some further earthworks levelling.

The Darlington History group reported on their many projects which included the development of the Darlington Heritage Walk Trail, which will include some 21 Darlington points of interest. It is envisaged that the trail will include small plaques with information and QRCode. Detailed plans for the Tribute to the Early years six seasons garden where supported were shown to the meeting and will be installed near the current BBQ area

The DCRAG Oval Sub-committee continue to gather community information and feedback on the oval widening project. Residents are invited to email DCRAG.Feedback1@gmail.com. See their additional Review notes.

Tree custodian Stacey August and Trish met with Shire staff to discuss Pine Terrace future infill plantings and tree protection zones. The Shire staff meet with infill trees will be Pine David Grant and trees, species depends Gerry Healy on availability of semimature trees. Planting is likely to be next winter.

In the near future, the Shire will replace existing bollards along Pine Terrace and relocate them a few meters further south, back toward the road. This will provide tree root protection and enable a future pathway connecting the east and west ends of the village.

Also on the southern side of the oval along Pine Terrace are the “Tom Wooler” stone steps which are in need of some maintenance.

Tom was cofounder of the Darlington Social Cricket Club and played in the inaugural game in 1960. The steps were built by the SCC members in 1976 and are of significant heritage value to Darlington having been there for more than 60 years. There was a plaque which sadly has long been lost.

Helena College students and teachers will be helping with environmental planting, weeding and mulching on Wednesday 29th June. The Friends Groups they will helping include Friends of Bilgoman Wells, Native Triangle (Skatepark), Darlington Station.

Please come along and help your local Friends Group and meet some of our fine youth representatives.

LAMP and DCG Teams meet Rebecca Clifford (fourth from left).

Finally, Trish will be outlining the many current recreational projects and issues at the DRRA meeting of the 7th of July.

If you wish to know more detail or ask questions DCRAG information can be found at https://www.darlingtonvillage.org/community-groups/darlington-community-recreation-advisory-group-dcrag/

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Darlington Community Recreation Advisory Group (DCRAG)

Oval subcommittee

The subcommittee is made up of people from the community who have differing opinions about whether or not our community should agree to widen and realign the Darlington Oval to enable another age-group of junior football or cricket to train and play here.

When the sports groups present a detailed proposal and concept plan for widening and realigning the Darlington Oval, we will be looking at it, asking questions and then asking the community to tell us what they think of it. You will definitely have a chance to tell us what you think.

It was obvious in February 2022, that the community was divided in opinion about the idea and so we were created by DCRAG. We are not a decision-making group. Our job is to ask questions, gather opinion and make a report, hopefully later this year.

THEN, we will be making a report to DCRAG - a community organization that you are welcome to have a voice in. We will report to DCRAG what you have said to us in that report. DCRAG represents the community in conversations with the Shire about changes to the Oval and Recreation area.

The Review has previously published maps and information about the oval idea from DaSRA (Darlington Sports and Recreation Association).

In the meantime, no decision will be made.

We have received additional preliminary information and would like to see detailed plans which are in the process of being finalised by the sports clubs in consultation with DaSRA .

To date we are operating in an information and fact gathering mode. You can email us at dcrag.feedback1@gmail.com Stacey August, Meredyth Blackwell-Bell, Ceri Kitely, Phil Daniels, Nerissa Rickard, Tim Hunter, Geoff Barker

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Darlington Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade REMEMBER 000 is the ONLY number to ring for all fire & smoke sightings.

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, July 12, 2022, at the Darlington Fire Station.

At the Brigade’s recent AGM several members were honoured with medals and pins. Four members received a National Emergency Medal for assisting at the NSW fires in 2019, and one received their Life Membership.

Congratulations to the following members on recognition of their outstanding volunteer service to the community.

Eric Baldock: National Emergency Medal. Formerly holding the roles of Captain/FCO, President, and Training Officer, Eric has been a member of Darlington for 28 years, and is a Life Member of both the Brigade and the Shire. In October 2019 Eric travelled to Glen Innes in NSW to volunteer his firefighting services during some of the worst fires seen on the East Coast.

Siobhan Bishop: National Emergency Medal. Siobhan joined us recently, having spent 12 years with the City of Wanneroo Bush Fire Services. She was the only female on Strike Team Juliet that deployed to Armidale in NSW. They travelled 2 hours a day to Styx River where they worked with rake hoes and did back burning.

Cedric Griffiths: National Emergency Medal. A former Lieutenant and Training Officer, and Life Member, Cedric has been an active part of the Darlington Brigade for 14 years. In November of 2019 Cedric was deployed to the New England region of NSW to assist with firefighting efforts in the area’s worst fires.

Colin James: National Emergency Medal. Colin has been a stalwart member of Darlington for over 40 years, and held positions including Captain/FCO, 1st Lieutenant and Fire Support Lieutenant. During this time he helped start the Air Wing, and in his role as Air Base Manager he travelled initially to Newcastle in NSW, in November 2019. Managing several different air bases, Colin was responsible for 20 or more aircraft at a time, as well as managing ground operations. He has also served as a Councillor for the Shire of Mundaring.

Ricky Harvey: Life Membership. Ricky has been an active member of Darlington for 13 years, and has served as; Captain/ FCO, 1st Lieutenant, Team Lieutenant, Deputy Lieutenant, Crew Leader, Publicity and Promotion Officer, and Membership and Recruitment Officer. As well as being a Senior Firefighter and mentor in the Brigade, Ricky also volunteered as a Trainer/ Assessor with the Mundaring Firefighters School for 7 years.

The medals were presented by special guest, and our Returning Officer for the meeting, DFES Deputy Commissioner Mr Craig Waters AFSM. Annual elections were also held during the AGM, and several new faces were elected to Committee positions for 2022/2023.

Please join us in welcoming some of the volunteers that will lead our Brigade over the next year.

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Captain: Neil Inwood 1st Lieutenant: Melissa Green Team Lieutenants: Simon Sharp, Chris Kendrick, Steve Dryden, Grant Goodfellow and Colin James Training Officer: Andrew Maslen President: John Struckmann Secretary: Richard Dymond Treasurer: Heather Curley Whilst we head towards the middle of winter, fires are still burning well in the bush. If you are planning burns on your property PLEASE take all possible precautions when lighting fires, and importantly make sure fires are not left unattended and are fully extinguished. We recommend that you advise your neighbours before lighting up, and register your burns with DFES on 9395 9209. The Shire of Mundaring offers FREE winter burning workshops led by experienced Shire officers and brigade members, which can help you learn how to safely reduce fuel loads on your property. To register for upcoming workshops email winterburning@mundaring.wa.gov.au or call 9290 6666.

DFES also have a programme, complete with a raft of information and resources to help land owners and residents carry out safe and effective planned burns during the milder months. The Burn Smart site provides information, plans and checklists, guides and resources to help you plan and conduct a burn on your property.

Check out the details at dfes.wa.gov.au/plannedburning.

Did you know that your sense of smell reduces when you sleep?

People are not usually woken during a fire by the smell of smoke, but by other factors like noise, flashing light or an increase in heat.

If you forgot to do it on April 1, now is a good time to check your smoke alarms, including back-up batteries. If you have children at home test your smoke alarm so they know what it sounds like, talk to them about what to do if they hear it, and create and practice an evacuation plan for your home in case of an emergency. With the wintery weather upon us, the brisk mornings and cool evenings are again chilling our bones, with many of us relying on wood fires or gas and electric heaters for comfort and warmth. Each year during the winter months, the fire services are called out to chimney fires, so now is the time to have your chimneys and flues cleaned by a professional, as it will both improve your heater’s or stove’s efficiency, and also reduce the risk of a fire. Remember, your wood fires and heaters should NEVER be left unattended, and flammable materials should be kept well away from open flames and other heat sources. Be mindful of the location of your heaters and what surrounds them. Ensure that such things as drying clothes, curtains and blinds, and furniture are kept at least one metre away from heaters and stoves, and that all heaters are turned off when you leave your house.

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Ellen will be running a workshop called ‘Speak material Now: Mediating the Intersection Between Dialo They will have some published in the print, or broadcast Ellen will be running a workshop called ‘Speak Now: Mediating thevisual Intersection Between Dia and Narration’media at a date and time to be determined.

Keep an eye on our website for details. and are working towards achieving their first major full-length and Narration’ at a date and time to be determined. Keep an eye on our website for details. publication. (Refer to our Guidelines for specific eligibility criteria).

For more information on our residencies or other activities please visit the KSP website For more information on ourclose residencies or other activities please visit the KSP website Applications on July 2022. www.kspwriterscentre.com or phone the28, office onTo 08apply 9294please 1872. visit the KSP Writers’ www.kspwriterscentre.com or phone the office on 08 9294 1872.

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For more information on our residencies, competitions or other activities please visit the KSP website www.kspwriterscentre.com or phone the office on 08 9294 1872. KSP Writers’ Centre is proudly sponsored by the Shire of Mundaring.

The Foundation is dedicated to providing a Writers’ Centre and related community activities at Katharine’s Place, the heritage-listed home Katharine Susannah Prichard internationally author of The Foundation is former dedicated to of providing a Writers’ Centre and (1883-1969), related community activitiescelebrated at Katharine’s Place, Coonardoo, Working Bullocks and many other(1883-1969), novels, stories and plays. celebrated author of the heritage-listed former home of Katharine Susannah Prichard internationally Coonardoo, Working Bullocks and many other novels, stories and plays.

Baha’i Community of Mundaring ‘…when you meet those whose opinions differ from your own, do not turn away your face from them. All are seeking truth, and there are many roads leading thereto. Truth has many aspects, but it remains always and forever one’. Abdu’l Baha Five years ago Mundaring Baha’is were pondering a meaningful way to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Birth of Baha’u’llah, the prophet-founder of the Baha’i faith. One of our core teachings is the oneness of religion. Whilst the religions of the world are infinitely diverse in tradition, practice and understanding they are, in reality, part of a whole. As Baha’u’llah writes ‘There can be no doubt whatever that the peoples of the world, of whatever race or religion, derive their inspiration from one heavenly Source, and are the subjects of one God.’ With this in mind, we approached Father Chris of St Cuthbert’s and asked if he would be willing to collaborate in an interfaith initiative to explore different faith traditions and uncover our common point of unity. And so began ‘Bridges to Peace’, a seasonal gathering of people from diverse backgrounds, nations and faiths who come together for prayers and readings in the church and discussion on spiritual themes in the meeting hall. We were soon joined by Rabbi Sheryl as a key collaborator and she has brought considerable humour and story-telling to our events, indeed, a very healthy dose of chutzpah!

Five years on and we have explored many topics including hope during times of trial and racial unity, we’ve made many friends, laughed a lot and cried a little. We’re exceedingly grateful to Father Chris and the friends of St Cuthbert’s for hosting and we look forward to welcoming Ven Julie Baker. Bridges to Peace will be back on 17 July with the fascinating theme of ‘Women & Peace’. Hope you can join us!

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The 2022 Programme is well underway with most walks heavily booked. Completed walks include:  BALL CREEK – MUNDARING WEIR 29th May – This was a wonderful bushlands walk with 42 keen walkers. A great location for the start of the walking season. Obviously walkers were very keen to get out into the bush again after a long break.  SOUTH GUILDFORD AND HAZELMERE 5th June – This was a very different walk. Who would have thought that a large group could enjoy a 6km walk so close to an urban area? The walk had a blend of the Helena River flood plains and some historical information.  STATHAM QUARRY AND THE ZIG ZAG 12th June –It was touch and go with the weather forecast, but the weather Gods were on our side.. We started in fine conditions, sheltered from the rain at the Quarry pavilion at the morning tea break and enjoyed the excellent bushlands in fine weather back to our starting point. Amazingly it absolutely belted down when driving home.  STAR SWAMP – NORTH BEACH 19th June – This was a short 5.1km walk very different to our usual The magnificent black horizon threatened us. bushwalks. Star Swamp is a little “oasis” surrounded by urban housing. The Reserve displays excellent bushlands and a protected habitat for both flora and fauna. It is well worth a stroll on any Sunday morning.

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A walker when strolling through a National Park came across a tiger which started to chase her. She ran as fast as she could but became tired and decided to say a prayer, “Please turn this tiger into a Christian”. She looked to see if the tiger was still chasing but noticed the tiger on its knees. Happy to see her prayer answered, she turned around and headed towards the tiger. As she came closer, she heard it saying a prayer, “Thank you Lord for the food I am about to receive.”

Some quotes to get us Mooooooving!!  “There is no wifi in the bush, but you will find a better connection."  "I'd rather be hiking in the rain, than sitting inside at a desk on a beautiful day."  "Walking is the answer. Who cares what the question is?"  "Over the mountains and through the bush, down the river and up the valley, over the boulders and through the stream to nowhere in particular."

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- HELENA COLLEGE Bringing out the best together

Kids in the kitchen If you chat to any of the Year 5 students at Helena College, you will quickly discover that one of their favourite weekly activities is cooking. The lessons, which take place in the Junior School’s specialist kitchen room, were introduced to the Year 5 program a few years ago and have been a hit with the College’s budding chefs ever since.

Greg Miller, Head of the Junior School, says that the cooking program is more than just about preparing tasty treats – it gives the students chance to learn real life skills that relate directly to several learning areas within the curriculum.

Apply now for Year 4 and 5 Helena College is inviting expressions of interest for Junior School enrolments.

Limited opportunities are available for Year 4 and 5 in 2023. Applications for other entry points are welcomed.

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‘The lessons give our Year 5s direct experience of working with the concepts they are learning in the classroom. For example, our Year 5s have recently done a Maths unit on fractions – so what better way to apply that knowledge than measuring out a half a cup of flour?’ explains Greg.

Mathematical skills, such as units of measure, are just some of what gets applied in the kitchen.

‘Science is another learning area covered by the lessons, through looking at solids, liquids and gasses, as well as the changes that take place when combining, heating or cooling the ingredients they are working with,’ says Greg.

Children also learn to write procedures through following steps in a recipe, something that will not only be of benefit when working on science experiments in the future, but also can be applied to narrative forms in writing.

There are also the more obvious links to health studies such as nutrition, food choices, hygiene, and how to safely work with kitchen equipment.

Greg says that an added benefit is that children tend to be more willing to try out a new food or ingredient if they get to cook with it, something that may help picky eaters be a little more adventurous.

The smiles (and concentration) on the faces during every lesson say it all: learning in the kitchen is fun – and quite delicious!

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Matthew Hughes MLA JP | Member for Kalamunda Readers may not be aware that the amount of rooftop solar coming online currently in WA is roughly the equivalent of adding a new coal-fired generation unit every year.

This is putting unprecedented pressure on the system and the Government is acting to keep costs as low as possible, while transitioning to higher levels of renewables and storage as a key of its response to climate change.

As a result, Western Australia’s State-owned coal power stations will be retired by 2030 - as the continued uptake of rooftop solar and renewables forces changes in the energy system to ensure a secure electricity supply and guard against higher power bills.

Collie Power Station will close in late 2027 and Muja D in late 2029. As previously announced, Muja C’s Unit 5 will close later this year and Unit 6 in 2024.

WA’s electricity system is being increasingly challenged by the overwhelming uptake of rooftop solar. These pressures force Synergy to offload excess power generated during the day at a loss, and add additional maintenance and generation costs, which are ultimately borne by taxpayers. To address this, the State’s energy generation system will embark on a sensible, managed transition to a greater use of renewables, while ensuring electricity reliability and affordability continues to be paramount.

An estimated $3.8 billion will be invested in new green power infrastructure in the South-West Interconnected System (SWIS) - including wind generation and storage - to ensure continued supply stability and affordability. This will be the largest infrastructure program in WA since METRONET, and will set the State up for a reliable, affordable, renewable energy future while creating thousands of jobs in regional WA. Without the decision to retire the power stations, over the next decade, WA would either see major electricity price hikes or taxpayers would be forced to fund billions of dollars of subsidies to keep the system running. Under current settings, it is estimated household electricity costs would rise from their

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current average rate of about $1,800 per year to more than $3,000 per year. Alternatively, WA taxpayers would be required to subsidise Synergy to the tune of almost $3 billion to 202930 to cover the ongoing losses of the energy provider, taking funding away from key government projects and services.

The investment in new renewable power infrastructure is expected to pay for itself by 2030-31 relative to the increasing electricity subsidies payable under the status quo. The transition to higher levels of renewables and storage will happen in a sensible, orderly, consultative manner to ensure workers, industry and communities are strongly supported.

Household electricity prices will remain affordable, with the McGowan Government continuing to cap prices at inflation in line with its 2021 election commitment.

A new $547.4 million Collie Transition Package will support the town of Collie over the next decade, to grow new industries and local jobs - bringing the McGowan Government’s investment in the area to over $662 million. The Collie Transition Package includes a new $200 million Collie Industrial Transition Fund, expanded skills and training opportunities for workers and additional job-creating investment.

Synergy and Water Corporation are currently undertaking analysis to determine the feasibility of a pumped hydro project forming part of its storage needs. Synergy is also investigating the feasibility of using hydrogen to power its existing gas generation assets. As part of these changes, the State Government has also committed to not commissioning any new natural gas-fired power stations on the SWIS after 2030.

The McGowan Government remains strongly committed to its domestic gas reservation policy, which reserves 15 per cent of natural gas - which would otherwise be exported - for the WA market.

By phasing out coal-fired power, Synergy’s carbon emissions will be reduced by 80 per cent by 2030, including a 40 per cent emissions reduction on the SWIS, compared to 2020-21 levels.

It is expected that additional industry demand for renewable energy will result in even greater emissions reductions on the SWIS. Matthew Hughes JP MLA | Member for Kalamunda.

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Friends Of Glen Park Reserve (FOGP) In one morning, on Saturday 28 May, 414 seedlings were planted along the banks and upland, of Nyaannia Creek in Glen Park Reserve, in Glen Road, Darlington, and morning tea was enjoyed!

What a magnificent effort by the Darlington Guides, Scouts, their leaders, parents, grandparents, neighbours and Friends of Glen Park.

The story of planting our seedlings

Demonstrating how to plant seedlings.

Everyone planting seedlings

The bamboo which once infested the banks of Nyaania Creek, has finally been eradicated over five years by the Mundaring Shire Landcare team. Now, for three years the degraded areas have been planted with Australian seedlings, native to Glen Park. What a joy it is to know that we are contributing to saving the biodiversity of the flora and fauna of our planet

Soroptimist International of Helena This month the decision to change our Federation name will begin its journey to completion. We will be known as Soroptimist International of South East Asia and Pacific, acknowledging those clubs which are not in the southwest Pacific region, such as Mongolia and Malaysia (now the region with the largest number of clubs).

On World Environment Day we were encouraged to plant a tree and some of our members have done this within their own gardens. The “Environment month” has also included drawing attention to not just the earth, but the seas and the air too, with suggestions how to reduce our footprint on land, preventing plastics in the sea and slowing pollution of the atmosphere. We may feel that as individuals we can make little impact but if we all make an adjustment to how we do things, the impact can be greater.

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talk about what we do as an organization and as a club. If you think you might be interested, please join us at DOME in Forrestfield from 6.30pm. You are asked to order your own dinner or just a coffee if you prefer.

Our Albany club is celebrating its 40th anniversary of charter with a special dinner on 30th in Albany, following our usual Region Council Meeting when all clubs gather to exchange information and make decisions on the future of clubs in WA. Two Helena members will attend over that weekend.

Our Helena club will have held its fundraising Mahjong Afternoon Tea at the end of June, deferred from last June when there was an unexpected lockdown due to Covid19. Hopefully we will have managed to raise a good sum of money for our projects to improve the lives of women and girls both locally and overseas.

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Swan Rotary Club of Midland Swan Valley Bassendean Markets

Sheep Shearing Day

Swan Rotary manages, in partnership with Chaos Theory Events, the monthly market at Bassendean. During the summer they are held on the last Saturday evening of the month at BIC Reserve, Bassendean. The April market was designated as a fundraiser for the Ukraine Crisis Appeal. The Australian Federation of Ukraine Organisations was well represented with Ukrainian children dancing and parents and friends involved in raffles and assorted fundraising activities. We are delighted to report that these activities together with a donation from the market management plus donations received from friends in Darlington raised $6,000 for the Appeal. Our own Darinka made a large fruit cake for sale or raffle on the Ukraine appeal stall.

On Saturday 3 September 2022 we will be having the annual sheep shearing day held at the Gidgegannup Show Grounds.

We have this day to assist people who own a sheep or two and find it difficult to get a shearer for such a small number. Swan Rotary arranges for a shearer to be in attendance and shear the sheep. He also drenches the sheep, gives them a once over and can advise owners on various matters relating to the care of their sheep.

Booking is essential either by phoning Rachel on 0413 011 610 or emailing info@swanrotary.org.au Swan Rotary SMALL MOB SHEARING DAY

Our monthly market at Bassendean has now reverted to the winter schedule. From May to September, weather permitting, the market will be held on the last Sunday morning each month from 9.00am to 1.30pm on Old Perth Road (opposite the Bassendean train station).

Gidgegannup Showgrounds Saturday 3rd of September 8.30am to 4.30pm

Families welcome, come & watch!

Sausage sizzle & refreshments avaliable

Rotary will be running the sausage/hamburger sizzle throughout the markets and our egg and bacon rolls are popular as a Sunday breakfast or as a pickup Sunday lunch on the way to the football from Bassendean station.

Come down and meet some the Swan Rotary Members.

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If you like more information about Swan Rotary or any of our activities, please give Betty Pitcher a call on 0408 912 101

Mundaring and Hills Historical Society Inc. Bailup also known as Baylup The Wayside Inn was built on the east side of Toodyay Road on the site of the current Baylup Farm homestead.

George Syrad joined Joseph (William) McNoe in a partnership to run the Inn. George, born 1810 arrived on the “Hoogly” on the 13th February 1830 with his brothers, Thomas and Daniel.

McNoe was also on the “Hoogly”, it is not known whether this is where they made their acquaintance. George was made a constable in Guildford in the 1830s, however he resigned in 1841 and travelled to Baylup in 1842.

Although he was married, McNoe was living apart from his wife and he arrived by himself. She (Elizabeth) arrived 3 years after Joseph in 1833. She was accompanied by 2 children who we assume were fathered by McNoe. Syrad later formed a de-facto relationship with McNoe’s estranged wife, Elizabeth. She went on to have 3 children presumably to Syrad, Thomas Henry, Mary Elizabeth, and Milly. George and Elizabeth formed a partnership to run the Inn. The Inn catered for mostly teamsters and sawyers.

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The licence was taken over by Robert Wheeler in 1860, although he did not personally manage the inn, he put a man called Fitzgerald in charge. This did not work out and in 1861 the licence was left to lapse.

Unfortunately, the MHHS does not have any images of the Inn or the Police Station at Bailup.

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Donna Faragher JP MLC | Member for East Metro Throughout May and June thousands of morning teas, both large and small, have been held around Australia to raise vital funds for those in our community impacted by cancer.

It was my pleasure to recently host a Cancer Council ‘Biggest Morning Tea’ fundraiser in the heart of the Swan Valley at the delightful Cottage Tea Rooms in Henley Brook in support of this important cause.

delighted to recently attend their 2022 YAL Connect Scholarship Presentation Ceremony. The YAL is all about encouraging young people to follow their dreams and helping them reach their full potential.

Applications for YAL’s 2023 Connect scholarships will open in July 2022. To keep up-to-date with application opening and closing dates and stories of past recipients and their achievements you can register your interest at https://www.yal.org.au/registeryour-interest/.

Cancer impacts people of all ages with statistics showing that around 150,000 Australians are diagnosed every year. Funds raised through events like the ‘Biggest Morning Tea’ support vital medical research, treatment, support services and education campaigns. In the past year this support has allowed Cancer Council Australia to invest $62.9 million into research.

In addition, 2 million young Australians participated in the Council’s SunSmart School Program and their services were used almost 250,000 times by Australians impacted by cancer.

The community’s involvement in these fundraising activities allows everyone to play a part in supporting those who are facing this terrible disease.

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Darlington Dipsticks Darlington residents and Darlington Dipsticks Marie Fennell and John Revill recently took their modified Vauxhall to Tasmania and have contributed their story: Wyvonne, the Darlington based 1951 Vauxhall, is now an experienced Aussie tourer having recently driven across the Nullarbor and completed a 9,863km round jaunt to Tasmania where she participated in the Australian Street Rod Federation Central Coast Nationals.

With over 400 cool cars and classics from across Australia converging on Ulverston Showground and cruising the northwest of the Island State, she was proud to represent W.A. and Darlington Dipsticks.

This event also included a visit to Symmons Plains Raceway where Wyvonne took to the circuit and although she didn’t set a new lap record her driver, John, thoroughly enjoyed the ‘experience’!

If interested in becoming a member contact Club Secretary Bindy Datson: bindy@actis.com.au

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Mundaring/Midland Junction Arts Centre On display at Mundaring Arts Centre from 2 July – 11 September, Extricate features the work of six emerging artists who have ventured beyond traditional notions of the printmaking genre. The artists, Jane Button, Louise Grimshaw, Isaac Huggins, Eveline Ruys, Kristy Scaddan, and curator Shanti Gelmi have experimented with non-traditional materials, scales, and forms with astonishingly atypical outcomes.

The exhibition will be complemented by an extensive public program, including printmaking workshops with Scaddan, Button, and Huggins. In addition to the workshops, there will be a disability awareness training session and tactile tour of the exhibition with leading arts and health organisation DADAA. Exhibited alongside Extricate is Annette Peterson’s Repositioning a Place in the Heart. In this exhibition, Peterson interprets her father’s experiences at Parkerville Children’s Home in the 1950s through her paintings. She will join the artists exhibiting in Extricate at an artist talk on 13 August, where they will discuss their respective exhibitions.

Extricate artist Kristy Scaddan. Photograph by Rebecca Mansell.

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Visitors viewing Mandy White, Michelle My Sister, Self Portrait and David My Dad, 2022, acrylic and glitter on canvas, 76 x 56cm.

Antony Muia’s Upper Reach is on display at Midland Junction Arts Centre until 16 July. Upper Reach features a series of experimental etchings inspired by the unique flora and fauna found in Perth’s eastern suburbs and foothills. Developed during a printmaking residency at Midland Junction Arts Centre, these etchings reflect both the representational qualities of our surroundings and our relationships with the environment.

DADAA’s Quiddity is exhibited alongside Upper Reach. DADAA is a leading arts and health organisation that creates access to cultural activities for people with disability or mental illness.

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explore the genre of portraiture. The artists have challenged conventional expectations of the genre, seeking to capture the essence of their subject instead of just a physical likeness.

Midland Junction Arts Centre’s workshop program for Term 3 is now available, with workshops for all ages across various mediums. Their flagship wheel-throwing workshops are still on offer, along with several others.

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Darlington Dibbler Girl Guides Inspiring girls to discover the best in themselves and make positive contributions to their community.

What a better way to welcome the cool nights than with a bonfire! The girl guides had a turn at cooking in the coals, which kept them nice and warm. We then finished with a sing-a-long ... of course!

We have been learning about all aspects of fire building. Some of the girl guides had never had the opportunity to strike a match before, but with practise and encouragement, they all succeeded.

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 0403 233 907 or enquire at Girl Guides WA.

We were very fortunate to have Andrew and Kate from the DVBFBrigade come along as our special guest speakers. The girl guides keenly learnt about the fire fighter’s uniforms/masks and safety gear. We were also treated to a fire truck demonstration; the girls were very excited! Thankyou to Andrew and Kate for coming along and answering the many questions.

The girl guides have been collecting tin cans and bottle lids. We will be making owl garden ornaments, an opportunity to practice our drilling and screwing skills.

Friends of Darlington Station Reserve (FODS) It’s All Down Hill to Summer By the time the July Review hits our mail boxes we will be a week or so past the shortest day and maybe thinking about what our gardens will be like by summertime. On the Station Reserve we will have planted about 200 tube stock plants, protected them with the telltale green covers and stretched our backs and admired our work. Now we wonder what sort of summer we will get and how many of these little ones will survive it.

Some of these new plants have been raised by students at Darlington Primary School from seed collected locally and we had a planting session in June when a group from year 4 came and helped to plant them.

Good job Kids! Thank you.

Although it’s very much still winter, we are starting to see flowers appear on the Station Reserve; so many Sun Orchids starting to emerge too.

Prickly but sweet smelling Grevillea

The sweet smell of this beautiful but prickly grevillea is just like honey.

The very first and my favourite is the prickly, Devils Pins Hovea Pungens. It’s in flower as I write and so bright and beautiful This last currently flowering native is the unusual but bright and beautiful Hakea Orthorrhycha or Bird’s Beak Hakea. You won’t see this one on the reserve but it can be seen in many local gardens as I write and is a cocky- attracting addition to any garden.

Year 4 students all paying attention during the planting session

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If you would like to join our friendly Friends Group, we meet every 2nd Sunday 8-10am. Contact Jane on 10477 987 048.

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Forrest Darlings CWA Our May meeting began around the campfire with our treasurer, Sally Herzfeld leading us on a journey of discovery as we learnt about her experiences working in remote Indigenous communities and she shared so many fascinating insights about culture and her life’s work.

We enjoyed seeing some of Sally’s extensive collection of historical artefacts and everyone had a go at making a simple damper recipe on the campfire. We all agreed that it tasted especially good dipped in honey!

In June our meeting focused on the motions for the upcoming CWA of WA State Conference, which takes place this month in Gingin. The three day conference is a highlight of the year for many members, allowing those from country branches to meet up with Metro members and share good times and friendship.

There are a wide range of conference motions to be voted on from membership fees to concerns for WA wildlife protection, and the provision of improved road and rail infrastructure services to our South West.

Monthly Meetings We’ve returned to Helena College (Darlington Campus on Ryecroft Rd) for our meetings from June. Meetings take place on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 7pm. They might involve learning a new skill, sharing our crafts or hearing from a special guest speaker. New members and visitors can always be assured of a warm welcome.

For further information please look up Forrest Darlings CWA on Facebook or call Kate Herren (President) on 0452 644 248.

Kalamunda Bridge Club Our annual congress usually held in March had to be cancelled unfortunately due to Covid restrictions. We are certainly hoping to be able to hold it next year.

a little expertise from more experienced player but also enjoy a fun day with a delicious afternoon tea and then wine and cheese at the end of the day. As usual it was a popular and fun day.

Interclub competitions have continued smoothly, the first of which was the individual Competition held in February. The winner was Stephen Thyer and the runner-up Jenny Tedeschi.

Then we had the Ladies and Mens Pairs. Winners of the Men’s comp was Rob Willemsen and David Kinnimonth. The Ladies pairs was won by Sandra Hoffman and Cherry Zamudio.

The next Beginners lessons will be held at the clubhouse in September. Enquiries welcome to Jenny 0407 085 229.

We then had the Daytime pairs competition (under 300 master points). Winners were Mike Pepper and Jim Steel. Runners-up Jos Charters and Jenny Tedeschi.

The Bridge Club offers lectures for its members regularly throughout the year. Our Guru Fiske Warren gives entertaining lectures. So far this year we have done Stayman Leads in a suit contracts and Leads in Notrump. The next one on Signals will be held in August. Non-members are welcome to attend at a cost of $15.

Our mixed pairs competition was won by Steve Thyer and Carmen Jackson with runners-up Ross Pringle and Jos Charters.

On Saturday 18th June we had a social day called a Mix n Match where everyone plays with a different partner to normal. It is generally aimed at the newer players so they can not only gain 34

David Kinnimonth and Di Van Santen at the Mix n match.

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Darlington History Group Dinosaurs discovered living in Darlington

Honour Board WW2 and onwards

A couple of months ago, someone on social media referred to DHG as a bunch of old dinosaurs who don’t want change.

This is now completed and being stored until we decide the unveiling date.

Historical progress is inevitable, however the planned preservation of our heritage and cultural resources is essential to defining our village’s identity. Preserving our historical and cultural heritage adds character and interest to our area, and helps to cultivate a sense of belonging and community. Villages with heritage features attract visitors to the area, which yields external benefits for local economy. DHG endeavours to create a comprehensive framework for the preservation of cultural heritage - including cultural sites (see below), old buildings, monuments, and landmarks that have cultural significance and historical value in shaping the identity of Darlington and it’s residents. Publicist, Triceratops Horridus

Both Honour Boards will be displayed at the Darlington Hall, in the entry to the large hall. At the last minute two more names were added to the board being Miss Dorothy and Marjorie Victor who served in the Women’s Auxillary. This brought the total number on the board to 85, with 60 serving in WW2 alone. My “Can You Help” article in the West Australian has helped with contacting 3 more soldier families on the board, and DHG is grateful of the contributions. Please watch this space for more information regarding the unveiling of this significant Honour Board.

Archivist, Lyn Myles

Bilgoman Well and Convict Ruins Working party headed by Dinosaurs Di Parker and Chris Durrant Work has begun on restoring the Bilgoman Well, the nearby convict ruins, and the surrounding bushland, to something approaching their former glories. By the time you read this, the paths to the Well from behind the swimming pool and Darlington Road will have been resurfaced and Helena College students will have planted a large number of native seedlings in the area. We have also made a start on replacing the hideously disfiguring safety grille over the well with an equally safe but less obtrusive structure.

Working Party Coordinator, Chris Durrant

Marjorie and Dorothy Victor served as nurses in WW2.

Oral History Workshop - Jan Baldwin

Curator Mundaring and Hills Historical Society 13 June

(Left) Dinosaurs DHG Vice Chair Cliff Burns, SoM Councillor Trish Cook (bottom left),and WP Coordinator Chris Durrant.

Three DHG members attended the workshop, presented by the MHHS. We had been trying to have this training for some time, and whilst our group had attended similar workshops in the past and documented fascinating and valuable Oral Histories of Darlington residents, it was great to have a workshop that was local and easily accessible.

Jan took us through the over arching framework and ethics of recording these very personal histories of people’s lives and their past, and the processes required in each interview. Putting theory into practice was a challenge when we were asked to interview workshop attendees on our tables about their first job. That took us back to another era where jobs were relatively easy to find and were the first step in people’s diverse careers. These early jobs included meal preparation and delivery in a hospital Diet Kitchen, harvesting potatoes in the fields, and basic clerical work.

Personal recollections using the Oral History framework provides a tool for preserving original and historically interesting information. It captures the voices, memories and perspectives of people in history. DHG endeavour to continue to document and record Oral Histories of our residents past and present, many of which you can find on our website.

Thank you to Jan Baldwin and MHHS for hosting this invaluable workshop, and we would also like to thank the Boya Library for treating us to a sumptuous Morning Tea! DHG Chair, Val Shiell

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Garrick Theatre

Excitement is mounting as rehearsals progress for Season Two at Garrick Theatre. Once again Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson embark on a perilous and event filled journey to save London and perhaps the world from the dreadful threat of none other than Count Dracula! Dracula - A Comedy Thriller Starring Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson, written by Kent R Brown and Directed by Rodney Stickells-Palmer and Gail Lusted, takes us back to Victorian London and one of the most famous addresses in London; 221B Baker Street.

Once again, Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend Dr John Watson are away, however, their nieces Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson, together with their faithful housekeeper Mrs Dobrinski and a stellar cast of characters are ready and willing to help Dr Van Helsing prevent Count Dracula’s fiendish plot to take London for his own. Have the girls bitten off more than they can chew this time?

Be sure to book your tickets early to see this very worthy follow up to 2020’s hugely successful Hound of the Baskervilles.

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14, 15, 16+, 17*, 21, 22, 23 Times: All evening shows at 7.30pm, *denotes matinee show at 2pm +denotes both matinee and evening show Tickets: $25 full, $22 concession, $20 Members + booking fee Book Online: www.TAZtix.com.au/garricktheatre or phone TAZ Tix 9255 3336 Please note: This show contains harmless smoke effects to patrons.

CONGRATULATIONS! Our fabulous trio, Fiona Forster, Codey Finlay, and Collen Bradford have reached the final in Short and Sweet in their play, Ladies Who Wait, written by Yvette Wall and directed by Gino Cataldo. A well-deserved result for three very talented ladies. You can see more of Fiona and Codey in our next production, Dracula - A Comedy Thriller Starring Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson opening 7th July 2022.

Don’t forget! Season Three at Garrick Theatre is the long awaited When Dad Married Fury by David Williamson, directed by Lynne Devenish. This is sure to be another fantastic production. One of Australia’s best playwrights in the hands of one of Garrick’s best directors. Stay tuned for more information on dates and when tickets go on sale. This is one not to miss!

Garrick Theatre are pleased to announce that tickets can now be booked online at: www. TAZtix.com.au/garricktheatre or phone TAZ Tix on 9255 3336. We are very excited to be partnering with TAZ Tix for out ticketing needs and trust our patrons will enjoy their experience from the moment of purchasing their tickets to the final curtain!

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Treetops A Montessori and International Baccalaureate School Work Cycle in a Montessori Classroom Montessori classrooms provide a prepared learning environment where children are able to respond to their natural tendency to work.

Children have an innate passion for learning, and Montessori classrooms encourage this.

“I like doing handwriting because there’s lots of fun activities that help you learn how to do cursive writing and teaches me things in the Year 6 curriculum. It also helps with learning fine motor skills. My favourite things in the book are the drawing ones where you have to draw different patterns corresponding with the numbers”.

– Freda

Through their work, children develop concentration and selfdiscipline. Within a framework of order, children progress at their own pace and rhythm, according to their individual capabilities.

Work Cycle is an integral part of a Montessori classroom. It is a block of time where students can work uninterrupted, and explore their prepared environment to select an activity of their choice. Work Cycle is part of our students’ learning programme from Pre-Kindy through to Year 10.

Our Karri (Year 5/6) students, at this stage in the year, are fully across all the routines and expectations of Work Cycle and the benefits to their focus and self-motivation are really showing!

“I like Math Trainer. It’s an online math game which is fun to do in Work Cycle and you can play it at home as well. It is super fun”. – Julian “I love Work Cycle because we get a choice of 5 things that we sat down and chose with Katie. My favourite activity in Work Cycle is rapid writing because you get to write for 15 minutes about something and when you do rapid writing you get to use your imagination and creativity. I always look forward to Work Cycle on Tuesdays and Thursdays”.

– Vienna “I like Work Cycle because of how we have the choice on what we do, not like do maths or reading, you have a choice. That’s why I really like Work Cycle, because we have the option”. - AJ

For Karri students, this time is spent working independently to complete the tasks on their individual schedules, catchingup on missed work from previous lessons, collaboratively participating in games or activities, and reviewing topics in small groups with the teacher.

Katie Simpson Karri Teacher

The students enjoy the quiet and focused nature of this time, as well as having the freedom to select their own work and the order in which they complete it.

Work Cycle develops students’ concentration, problemsolving and self-regulation skills as they have more autonomy, compared to whole class lessons.

Here is what a few of the Karri class members have to say about Work Cycle:

If you are interested in an education at Treetops for your child, please contact us on 9299 6725 or office@treetops.wa.edu. au to book a school tour. More information on our website: www.treetops.wa.edu.au

“During Work Cycle we all have a schedule which we have to follow. On the schedule there is a number of things we have to do. My favourite is rapid writing. Rapid writing is where you choose a topic to write about for fifteen minutes.

What’s good about Work Cycle is that we get to choose what we want to do, but it has to be on our schedule”.

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Darlington Primary School Environment Day at Darlington Primary School In connection with Environment Day, some of our Year 3 and 4 students worked with Chris Durrant (from trillion Trees and FODS) and local expert Harriet D’Emden to plant shrubs on the school grounds, on the verge of Glen Road and in the Railway Reserve.

The Year 4 students collected seed last year with Mr Durrant from native plants at the school. These seeds were propagated last year and have been growing in the school shade house. The plants, now ready to plant, will be nurtured by our students over the coming months.

Legs that Run Georgie Anderson, a Year 5 student at Darlington Primary School, competed in the state qualifying cross country race recently.

She came third in her age group which means she is off to nationals in Adelaide in August. We wish Georgie all the very best in her next big race.

Darlington alumni student of 2019 is Kicking Goals Ava Stewart (Darlington PS 2019 Alumni, Green Faction Caption and recipient of the Year 6 Slater Gartrell Sports Award) has earned a place in the upcoming School Sport WA AFL 15s State Team.

Ava will be travelling to Lavington NSW next month for a week of competing at the national championships against Victoria, ACT, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland.

Ava went on to the Specialist AFL Program at Governor Stirling Senior High School and has since earned four subject excellence awards in AFL - in addition to being accepted into the Djinda Academic Program.

Looking forward, Ava will be competing in the Perth Demons WAFLW 2023 Rogers Cup. Ava is a passionate advocate for females in sport and will someday return to Darlington to share her experiences with our students.

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Shire of Mundaring Library Service Dean Morris and Give Our Strays a Chance

Jigsaw Drive Shire of Mundaring Libraries are going to offer jigsaws for loan!

Whilst we are organising some new ones to get our collection started, we are welcoming donations of jigsaws in pristine condition with all the pieces intact. This collection is aimed at our adult members, so we are not collecting children’s puzzles. Help us get started, and bring your unwanted puzzles to either library for other people to borrow. Please call Mundaring Library on 9290 6780 or Boya Library on 9290 6755 for more information.

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Thursday 7 July, 10.30am-11.30am, Mundaring Arena

Come along to hear Dean Morris discuss how he started the charity, Give Our Strays a Chance, when he was just 10 years old.

8 years later the charity has raised over a million dollars. Dean talks about animal welfare and leadership. His goal is to inspire people to give back to the community and make a difference as well as acting upon ideas and dreams. Dean will bring along his super-friendly rescue dog, Otis. There is also the opportunity to purchase Dean’s book, Saving the World One Stray at a Time, with all proceeds going to animal welfare. The talk is designed for ages 10 years and over. A local note – Dean was instrumental in getting medical supplies for animals injured in the Wooroloo fire. Bookings essential at https://070722m.eventbrite.com.au.

You can read more about Dean at https://www.gosac.info/.

Here’s a list of digital resources which are available free to library members. Check them out at bit.ly/SOMeLib for resources to keep you entertained during the school holidays.

BorrowBox allows library members to select and download free eBooks and digital audiobooks to a computer or mobile device.

Libby (by Overdrive) Browse, borrow and read free ebooks, digital audiobooks and more than 3,000 digital magazines on a mobile phone or tablet through the Libby reading app.

Hoopla digital, our newest addition to the digital library, gives library members access to borrow eBooks, eAudiobooks, eComics, music, movies and TV shows to enjoy on a computer or mobile device with no holds or waiting.

Kanopy allows library members to enjoy thousands of free movies and delivers one of the largest collections of indie films, classic cinema, festival and educational documentaries and movies.

There is also Kanopy for Kids with content especially for children.

Busythings allows access to hundreds of fun online educational activities for children aged 3-11 years. Busythings can be played on smartphones, tablets or computers StoryBox allows children to enjoy story time any time as they listen and watch wonderful Australian children’s literature being read by engaging storytellers.

Abandoned Gwalia Western Australian and Other Abandoned Towns

by Erin Jordan Author Talk Boya Community Centre, Thursday 21 July, 6pm

Come along to hear author and photographer, Erin Jordan as she talks about her book about abandoned outback towns in Australia. With over 130 colour photographs taken by Erin, it explores the stories and history of the towns, and intertwines with her own story as she travelled to these outback places. Bookings essential at https://210722b.eventbrite.com.au

Tech Help Volunteers Wanted Story and Rhyme Times in Recess for School Holidays Baby Rhyme Time and Story Time sessions will be paused during the school holidays. The last sessions at Boya are on Friday 1 July and the last session at Mundaring are on Thursday 30 June. Sessions recommence in the week commencing 18 July.

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Are you great with technology and great with people? Would you like to help your community? Shire of Mundaring Libraries are looking for volunteers to assist members of the community to access and use digital technology as part of the Be Connected program.

It includes helping people with technology questions related to using computers, lap tops, tablets, smart phones and eReaders.

The assistance is provided primarily in one-to-one tutorials within the libraries, but you may occasionally assist with small group workshops delivered within the libraries.

We are looking for people available for two hours per week at Mundaring or Boya Libraries. If you would like to know more, please call Ginetta Evans on 9290 6755 or email gills@ mundaring.wa.gov.au.

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The Darlington Club

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The AGM was held on 17th June and the following office bearers were voted in: President: Sue Lavell Deputy President: David Lavell Secretary: Marg Barker Treasurer: Uma Pearcey Committee members: many Best wishes Sue | Club President

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

July 1st Pizza Night. Come and make your own pizza topping July 8th

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It’s been a busy month in the community.

Although each Scouts group organises it’s own activities, we are all part of the Scouts WA association, who offer a wide range of Darlington Scouts from all sections helped the hard working bigger activities for our youth to join in.

Friends of Glen Park with planting native seedlings along Nyannia Creek which runs behind the hall. Along with the In September Cubs (ages 8-11) can attend Enduro, which is the Darlington Guides we helped them plant 551 seedlings, largest Cub Scout Activity that Scouts WA runs. This years theme is supplied by the Shire of Mundaring.

ZOOTOPIA! Cub Scouts from around WA will camp for 4 days over the September long weekend on an action-packed camp. They will experience adventure, learn new skills, make new friends and memories.

Wood raffle Darlington Scouts ran a wood raffle on election day at Mundaring Primary School, raising some funds for attending events. Congratulations to the winner, Dave from Mundaring.

We’ll have another wood raffle prize on offer at the Mundaring Rotary Markets on Sunday 10th July. Come and see us to say hello and buy a ticket or 2.

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DarlingtonFellowship Christian Fellowship Darlington Christian THE BRIDE OF CHRIST

As a young teenager I heard about a TV series called Brides of Christ. I remember feeling irksome at its title, why had someone made a TV show implying that Jesus was to get married – my 1990’s self probably said something like “Eewww that’s gross.” At some point I recall feeling a bit relieved at finding out the series was about Catholic Nuns. I then felt like it must be ok. Even though I didn’t understand Nuns all that well, the ‘bride’ thing must be ok and maybe this may explain a little of why the Nuns at my school seemed so different to me. The series soon gained my interest, and our family became part of its audience each week.

Jump forward 20 or so years and I found myself once again captured by the concept of Christ having a Bride.

This time it was because I had become an avid reader of the scriptures and was really intrigued at the concept of God calling himself a Husband, and His people being called His Bride. Not multiple Brides, as the TV series implied, but rather One Husband to one bride, a collective noun, per se, to describe His people whom He also calls His Church. It led me to undertaking a study to gain a deeper understanding of this concept and to boldly explore its mysteries.

the beauty of Christ and His Bride. It has become a never-ending treasure hunt in my reading of the scriptures; one in which I have seen the greatest of love stories unfolding before my eyes. Seeing the sacrificial, redemptive and servant hearted love of God. The history and experience of a people, a nation and a bride loved and cherished by God.

God’s deepest desire is to have an eternal, enduring, growing, real and exclusive relationship with each one of us. He wants to be known by us, deeply and intimately and wants us to know that we are known and deeply loved – He wants us to become His bride.

God pursues, loves and gives His life for His bride and waits in hope that she may choose Him. He doesn't make her feel obligated to do so, rather He draws her to Himself, showing her that He is indeed the lover of her soul. That He is a safe place of redemption, union, relationship, intimacy and provision and Seven or so years later I feel like I am He waits for her to freely come to Him still only scratching the surface of the and freely give of herself to Him. He will depths and breadths of understanding never take or ask more from His bride

GOT QUESTIONS? MAKING SENSE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

Not to cause offence but don't Christian's get bored with living as they do?

I once heard a guy chatting about his life prior to living as a Christian. His previous life was quite a sordid tale of indulgence and rebellion against God's ways. He was on the pursuit of self fulfillment and self fulfillment alone. He made a comment in regards to a particular self indulgent part of his life and he said it was insatiable - no matter how much he partook of these things he never found himself to be content. The

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most interesting comment he made that evening was that his new way of living in God's design for these things was completely satiating. He had found himself content and fulfilled when following God's design rather than his own and he found himself finally fulfilled.

God is the designer and creator of this world. He can be trusted with how we will best function and manage within the thing that He created. People have often said to me that we were not made with an instruction manual and I am quick to disagree. We have a perfect instruction manual on how to best function within all aspects of this creation - it's the Bible, The Word of God. Living as God instructs us to live has

than she is willing to give. It is when she comes to know 'Who He Is' that she experiences that the most secret places of her heart and mind are safe in His hands. That in revealing herself to Him and making herself vulnerable to Him, she can allow Him to see EVERY HIDDEN THING within her while being safe and unashamed in His sight. His bride then lives in relationship with Him while being free to unveil and discover more of who she is and who she was always meant to be.

His bride is His greatest love and He rejoices over and delights in her as He lays down His life for her and becomes her Servant King. He teaches, sanctifies, comforts, counsels and provides for her and it is seen that laying down their lives for each other becomes their most treasured place to be.

Christ never imposes Himself upon His bride. He doesn't make His bride feel coerced to owe Him anything - rather He encourages His bride to freely take that which He has on offer for her to receive.

Sandra Parish "For your Maker is your husband the Lord Almighty is his name the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth" Isaiah 54:5 some pretty amazing outcomes. It brings the fruits of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

It brings contentment, satisfaction and fulfillment. Most of all it brings us into relationship with the Living God who knows us intimately, gives us Life and shows us perfect purpose for our lives.

There are many things I could say about the difference in my life since I have been a Christian and being bored certainly isn't one of them.

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Darlington Community Garden (DCG) Mud Glorious Mud and Wagon Moving-In-Day It’s Winter now or the Noongar Aboriginal season of Makuru which brings the cold winds and heavy rains ... so great for our dry and parched Earth ... and all our wonderful new flourishing veggies ... yet also great for making mud G L O R I O U S MUD! So this is a call out to please take extra care at the Garden.

It is A Construction Site – A Work in Progress so that as well as the mud there are many obstacles to manoeuvre with the

Sally, Alison and Trish.

plumbing not quite finished, open trenches and retic lines, dips, holes, uneven ground, pools of water ... do stay on the makeshift ‘paths’ and use ‘the sleeper’ bridges...

Yet braving all this and the rain and cold and wet and windy conditions our intrepid Team continues to show up and had a great Wagon Moving-In-Day on June 11... and for this mob there is always time for playing and having fun in amongst the work ... as well as the cheery morning teas.

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Kate, Simon and Alison.

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Some ways to join in:

The DCG Team is thrilled to offer our very first KID’S parentsupervised holiday event for children from 2-12 years.

• GARDEN BUSY BEES: Wednesdays 5pm; Saturdays 8am

WHEN: School Holidays - Wed 13 July 2022, 10 - 12pm WHERE: At Community Garden (weather permitting), Pavilion and covered verandah area.

• ARBOUR MOSAIC PROJECT led by SALLY HERZFELD 0478 620 145

COST: $10 per family or join DCG @ $20 for access to all kids’ events for free.

BOOK: Eventbrite link on DCG Facebook page. Limited spaces for cash on the day, subject to availability.

ACTIVITIES: range of nature based crafts including mosaic tiles, mud play and planting activity. Weather permitting we plan to build a camp fire for hot milo and marshmallows!

We are excited to collaborate with HOSCA who will bring some of their children and provide activities making potions and stick wands. ENQUIRIES Kate 0452 644 248

We need help with: Discounts/Trade Accounts/Sponsorship with Local Suppliers/ Business of the many materials needed for the Garden. Can you offer one?

SEEKING local TRADES PEOPLE – we need a LOCKSMITH, big ROCK MOVER, SECURITY SYSTEM installer and Wagon Roof PAINTER. CALL Trish 0409 479 551.

BONFIRE 2022 |SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 THEME « Nature « Costume Parade Skate Park Coaching /Jam Session /Tug o’ War

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• Bendigo Community Bank RAFFLE-TICKETS. Our super sellers’ intention is to sell you the $20,000 winning CASH PRIZE. • TIP TRIPS FUND RAISER: GREEN WASTE and RUBBISH REMOVAL - $50 donation to DCG per trailer.

Bookings SHELTON 0452 541 069 • CFC - CASH FOR CONTAINERS BINS at the back of the Liquor Store car park OR DCG number at the Collection Centres is C 1033 0258. We pick up quantity.

REQUEST/CHALLENGE: Will you commit to never throwing away CFC’s?

• BOTTLETOP Collection - Drop off is usually last Friday of the month at the Pavilion or contact WIN at winsome.santamaria@gmail.com • Darlington’s RECYCLING HUB will be set up in the Wagon very sooooon • Find things Garden/Produce related on the DCG TROLLEY under the pines near the playground. Bring your surplus and take what you can use.

• Bright & beautiful BUNTING & VINTAGE CROCKERY FOR HIRE – Susie 0414 771 741 • NEW MEMBERS are very welcome. Join using our Online Membership Form - https://www. darlingtoncommunitygarden.org.au/join-us-1

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