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Taroona Community Association
July 2017
Taroona News Circulation 1450, distributed to your letter box by over 30 volunteers.
Email: taroonacommunitynewsletter@gmail.com
crept up on us again, with a long and deceptively warm and dry autumn. It has only
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been in the last weeks of June that the weather has cooled down, marking the real
July
beginning of winter with the passing of the Winter Solstice. With the luxury of living
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It seems that the cycles of each year pass by at ever increasing speed. Mid-year has
news of mid-winter
Taroona Sippers and Purlers, Timeless Way, Kingston, 2.30–4 pm Sun 2 TEN Working Bee: Taroona Primary School Planting Day, 10am–12noon Wed 5 EMBER: Contemporary Music Festival, Taroona High School Gymnasium, 5-8pm Wed 5 Taroona Gardening Forum, Uniting Church Hall, 1 Taroona Cres, 7.30pm Sat 8 & Taroona’s Giant Book Sale, Taroona Sun 9 Shopping Centre, 9am–2pm Sun 28 TEN: National Tree Day, Taroona High School, time TBA
gatherings – the
August
passing of the Possums
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by the sea, some hardy Taroona souls come together annually for a swim to celebrate the shortest day and longest night. It’s brisk, but they’re not as crazy as those who partake of a midwinter dip in the chilly -2° waters of the Antarctic! I am always surprised by the breadth and diversity of groups that make up our colourful and talented community; many have contributed to this winter issue of Taroona News. It reminds me of just how lucky we are – as Taroona is an extra special place to live in Hobart and, for that matter, the world! This issue conveys
lantern parade, the
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invitation to the forthcoming Ember
Sat 5
contemporary music Sat 12
festival at Taroona High School and the
Musicians entertain the crowd at the Possums midwinter lantern parade
Giant Taroona Book Sale in early July. You’ll find an update from IMAS telling you about progress with the forthcoming development which will temporarily close the foreshore walking track, news from the Scouts, the Taroona Volunteer Fire Brigade and promotion of events coming later in the year – TEN’s fire information walk and the Taroona Seaside Festival. Over recent months the TCA committee has responded to Kingborough Council’s public exhibition of the Draft Dog Management Policy and the Draft Tracks and Trails Strategic Action Plan. Balancing the needs of dog walkers and other recreational users particularly in this fragile coastal setting, and provision of a 10 year strategic framework for tracks and trails, are issues that the TCA committee took the time to discuss and formulate submissions. The Council is yet to release the final Dog Management Policy and Tracks Strategic Action Plan. Once they are completed, links to the documents will be placed on the Taroona website.
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Possums Ladies Night Out, Salty Dog Hotel, Kingston Beach, 7pm Sat 2 Taroona Sippers and Purlers, Timeless Way, Kingston, 2.30–4 pm Sun 10 TEN Working Bee: High School Foreshore, 10am–12noon
October Sun 1
TEN Working Bee: Niree Parade near Taroona Beach, 10am–12noon Sat 7 Taroona Sippers and Purlers, Timeless Way, Kingston, 2.30–4 pm Sun 15 TEN WALKABOUT: Flirting with Fire, Harrow Place, 10am – 12:00 noon
November Sun 5
Happy reading! Jill Hickie, President, TCA
Taroona Gardening Forum, Uniting Church Hall, 1 Taroona Cres, 7.30pm TEN Working Bee: Illawong Reserve, 10am–12noon Taroona Sippers and Purlers, Timeless Way, Kingston, 2.30–4 pm Taroona Football Club Quiz Night, Taroona Community Hall, 6.30pm
Sat 11
TEN Propagation Day, Taroona Park (meet at the Scout Hall), 10am–12noon Taroona Seaside Festival, Taroona Primary School, 11am - 3pm