Ladies, Give Golf a Go!

from Leigh News May 2023 Edition.

POLICE REPORT FOR MAY 2023

Inverleigh Golf Club is pleased to announce that Golf Professional Vicky Uwland will be conducting a FREE clinic for Ladies. The Clinic is for beginners, no matter what age, so don’t worry if you haven’t played before. Come along and join in the friendly atmosphere at Inverleigh Golf Club and learn how to play golf with female tuition

Please contact Deb Nicholls (0439 031 103) for enquiries and bookings.

Ripple Pool Inspections are a Registered Building Inspector specialising in "Pool Safety Barriers" in this area. Current regulations require existing and new Pool installations to be checked and certified that they meet all current Goverment Standards. Ripple Pool Inspections are "Victorian Building Authority Registered" business and are a Qualified Building Surveyor. As a local Inverleigh family owned business, RPI are able to supply Compliance certificates issued for Golden Plains Shire, Surfcoast Shire, City of Greater Geelong and more. Call Rob: 0466 505 006 www.ripplepoolinspections.com.au

Autumn has arrived.

With the colder weather arriving and some recent rain the fire restriction period was removed in mid April. This now allows you to burn rubbish and have campfires with out any permits or penalties.

It does not however remove the need for common sense when having a fire, this time of the year can be quite busy for the fire brigade because of escaped burns, unattended, or out of control fires and threatening other assets fires . Nearly all these sort of call outs are because somebody has been careless or not managed the burn properly. Managing a burn is not that hard and at the moment when everything is green the chance of a fire escaping is remote. Never the less, it is wise to monitor the burn to make sure it does what it should be doing.

Simply having a hose nearby or a shovel is usually all it takes and regular checking of it to make sure it is burning properly and maybe push it up a bit so everything burns completely is all that is required. If it is a big burn, then registering it with Fire Victoria is a good idea.

Inverleigh fire brigade is about to commence a Junior programme where we are encouraging children aged between 11 and under 16 with an interest in Fire brigade activities to come along and participate and learn about the fire brigade and gain skills that will help them become better community members.

The activities will be conducted by trained competent members with working with children accreditation and will cover things like,

•Participate in basic training skills of fire fighting equipment.

•Learn about what the equipment on the trucks is used for.

•Learn about fire safety around the home.

•Learn about what the brigade does, eg fires, first aid.

•Basic fun activities and games with a fire brigade theme.

•Help with certain brigade events.

•And many other interesting and challenging activities.

They will not be allowed to attend fire call outs or participate in any dangerous activities. If you have any children who might be interested in being part of this new programme then we are conducting a sausage sizzle and information night on, Monday 22 May at 5.30 pm at the Fire Station.

Ewen Peel.

Story Time at the Library

Bannockburn Library

Story Time at the library is a wonderful opportunity for you and your preschooler to enhance many important areas of a child’s early development. They will begin developing letter awareness through our Letter of the Week activity and refine their fine motor skills through activities after reading and singing.

Please join us at Bannockburn Library for Story Time for a world of fun and learning.

Book Chat

Last Monday of the month, 10:30 am-11:30am

Bannockburn Library

Join fellow book lovers for all things books every month at your Library! Listen to recommendations from others and share your own.

National Simultaneous Story Time

Wednesday 24 May, 10:30am-11:15am

Bannockburn Library

Every Thursday during school term 10:30am-11:15am

Bring the family and join Mayor, Cr Brett Cunningham as he reads The Speedy Sloth at the very same time as thousands of others across Australia. Register online www.grlc.vic.gov.au.

We would love to see you all at the Zine fair. It should be a great day - come down to the Inverleigh Public Hall on Saturday, June 3rd from 10am - 2pm.

Along with a range of artists and stall holders, there will also be a Food Truck, Workshops, Stallholders, and Badge making- with a free badge for Inverleigh Primary School students. Look forward to seeing you there.