Kyogle Garden Club Don’t Bin Your Batteries

The Garden Club held the Flower & Foliage Spectacular last weekend & hundreds of people came from far & wide to view the magnificent Rainforest Display - the beautiful flowers that fragranced the hall & the tables of Succulents were stunning. There were a variety of stalls selling all sorts of plants ranging from punnets of potted colour, veggies, native trees, palms, fresh flowers & many more. A gardeners dream & resisting the temptation to buy was very hard. The Committee & Club members were very pleased with the two days & would like to thank all those who helped in any way. We look forward to another exciting presentation next year.

According to the National Battery Recycling Stewardship Scheme, Australians buy enough batteries every year to circle planet Earth 2.3 times and until now 90 per cent of these have been going to landfill!

This is a big problem because batteries should never be placed in any regular rubbish or recycling bins where they can create sparks and ignite fires in the bin, in transport trucks or at the landfill. All batteries eventually corrode, and their hazardous contents end up in soils and waterways, causing damage to wildlife and people. Lithium ion (rechargeable) batteries are of particular concern due to their high volatility and their increasing use in many everyday appliances.

North East Waste (NE Waste) and their 7 Northern Rivers member councils including Ballina, Byron, Clarence Valley, Kyogle, Lismore, Richmond Valley and Tweed are working with Australia’s official battery recycling stewardship scheme, B-cycle, to encourage Australians to correctly recycle any used batteries including from items such as power tools and toys.

This media release provides an important message to residents across the Northern Rivers about how to safely and conveniently dispose of used batteries at no cost, and in doing so, avoid the risk of battery related fires, environmental damage and the loss of valuable non-renewable resources to landfill.

A purry ‘WELCOME’ to the ULYSSES CLUB

‘Mumsie, I read there is a HUGE contingent of members from the ‘Ulysses’ Motor cycle Club visiting Lismore for their Annual Rally and are staying at our Showgrounds. Could you take me there pleeasie, to see all the shiny roary bikes? You haven’t taken me out in our little car for ages’ (it’s ‘Leemo Cat’ here.)

I didn’t get the normal crabby glare but I did get a look of ‘frowny winkle-faced enquiry’ from ‘Mum Jane’. Yippee! Her book was put aside. I was thence addressed. ‘Leems, enlighten me on a couple of things please.

Firstly, remember, you are still very much OUT of ‘Grace & Favour’ with me due to your weeing on my Jigsaw puzzle pieces last week. Secondly, why your sudden interest in what you describe as ‘Bikies’ and their roaring machines?’ Hmmm.

I had to cautiously word this so decided on a mini meditation session. OK..I’m good to go. ‘Well Mum, I’ve observed, (I’ve truly tried NOT to stare) that you have a small tooth missing smack bang in the middle of your bottom row of front teethies. I therefore gured out that you had already been to see the ‘Bikies’, got into a brawl due to your big mouth & lost one of your teeth. Is my assumption correct?

I ALSO gured you should take me to see the ni y Bikes and meet the ‘Bikies’ anyhow.

I could perhaps, in your defence, ercely maul the ‘Bikie’ with whom you had a blue, and be welcomed back into your good graces? e Ulysses Club is a most highly esteemed group of Motorcycle enthusiasts. It was formed in Australia in 1983 and is a SOCIAL Group of like minded people over 40 years of age. ey do wondrous things in their support for the Arthritis Foundation, as well as other needy causes and individuals all across Australia. ey are not ever in the habit of having altercations with old ladies wearing hats & peery glasses, a tooth missing and brandishing a walking stick. I don’t know what balderdash you’ve been reading but I suggest you read Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem about the Greek Hero Ulysses, who, whilst securely in charge of his kingdom in Ithaca found retirement pretty bloody boring. He longed to go seafaring and adventuring with his shipmates of old, which is just what the

Ooooh, she started her deep breathing & muttering the ‘Stay Calm Jane’ pi e. A er an eternity she spoke, or rather ‘shouted’.

‘Leemo, you just listen to me you asinine cat.

‘Ulysses’ Motorcycle Club Members do. ese days, however, they go on motorcycles instead of ships, see wonderful sights, form close-knit bonds of true & lasting mateship, as well as doing ni y kind things. Gottit? AND, before you even try to respond Leems, I did not get into a brawl with anyone SO THERE. I am mighty close however, to having one with you right now. On professional advice, I had a tooth REMOVED and had some bone ll-in done. Once the stitches dissolve I will have a new tooth placed in the gap and be right as rain. In the meantime, please refrain from your preposterous assumptions about people and situations. DO YOU COMPREHEND Leems?’ CRIKEY, I do believe it is time for some BIG grass-staring meditation. Nitey, Leemo.

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