Old Beach foreshore gets a spruce up

waste and dispose of litter properly, next year we may be able to enjoy a rubbish-free foreshore.

Clean Up Australia Day is an annual event that is run every year in March, and there are always ways you can get involved.

Join the fun in New Norfolk when they light up the skies for Cracker Night. Gates open at 4pm with fireworks starting at 7pm. Head to www. facebook.com/GlenDerwent for more info.

Agfest is back and promises a jam packed three-day event with something for everyone. Check out www.agfest.com. au for details.

COMING UP:

Dark Mofo is back on 8 June, marking the ten year anniversary of the festival in Tasmania.

Iconic events include

Winter Feast and The Ogoh-Ogoh parade

Catholic

St. Paul’s Catholic Church 2-4 Paice St, Bridgewater

Saturday Vigil - 6pm

Sunday - 9am and 12 noon

Fr. Leo 6263 6242

St Matthew’s Catholic Church 231 Brighton Rd, Brighton

How good would it be to walk along the water’s edge and not see rubbish? Local residents certainly thought so, turning up to the Old Beach foreshore for the Annual Clean Up Australia Day event on 5 March this year.

Everyone got stuck in, collecting a total of twelve bags worth of rubbish which included cans, chip packets, fast food packaging, straws, balls, bottle tops, various types of plastic and even a wheel from an assembly truck! Members from the Derwent Catchment Project also got involved and helped volunteers identify invasive weeds and plants that impact the area. The team was glad to see samphire, a plant native to the area, thriving after the removal of noxious Boneseed bush eight months prior.

The group did a fantastic job and we thank them for demonstrating that if we all make an effort to reduce

Visit www.cleanup.org.au to find out more or head to the Friends of Old Beach Foreshore Facebook page to get involved with their monthly foreshore clean ups.

Sunday - 10:30am 6263 6242

Hindu

Sri Ganesha Cultural Center and Worship Place 6 Letitia Grove, Bridgewater 400 273 249

New Life Christian

Brighton Civic Centre Green Point Rd

Sunday - 10.30am

Pastor Brian Edwards 0458 505 070

Anglican St. Mark’s Church LOT 1 Kimberly St, Pontville and The Burning. Then July brings the return of the Festival of Voices, an event the whole family can take part in.

Learn how to use DNA results to trace your family history today at Bridgewater Library. The free two hour session starts at 10am. Register at eventbrite.

Sunday - 10am

Rev. Rod. Curtain 6263 7700

Uniting Church

Claremont-Bagdad

Claremont 36 Wyndham Rd, Claremont Sunday - 10am

Glenorchy 446 Main Rd, Glenorchy

Sunday - 9.30am

On the 1st Sunday, services are combined.

Venue alternates between the two churches, starting at 10am

Rev. Sherrin Jackman 0447 507 059

Uniting Church

Bridgewater-Gagebrook

Bridgewater

Uniting Hub, Green Point Rd Sunday - 10am 0434 799 506