Glad to be back to blogging as have finally found the time and can let people know whats been happening.
So since I last posted on this blog we have had a family bushwalk along the STEP Track from the end of Boundary Road, North Epping to Turramurra and back. It was a great day with a newly updated track put together by the Downes Street East Bushcare with help from National Parks and Council. Feel free to take the work yourself.
Another item in the second half of last year was the Recycled Art competition which was at the North Epping Village Fair. It was a great success with some very happy and deserving winners. Below are the winning artworks.
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| Leo the Fluffy Lion - Primary School Winner (fluffy coat made from plastic bags) |
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| Mondriol - Open Category Winner (Excellent use of bottle caps!) |
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| Zac the Budgie - People's Choice Winner (Great use of bread tags!) |
So all in all it was a great if busy year with many events happening and some great community spirit being had by all.
Now onto 2013!!
We have now had our Transition Epping Brainstorming meeting for this year and so have some dates for events that you can all have a sneak peak at :).
These are in calendar month order:
- Saturday 16th February - weed n' feed (Weeding the community garden in North Epping followed by coffee and cakes at the local dehli)
- Sunday 17th March - 'hug-a-tree' Significant Tree ID Day. The idea is to walk around the local area and take note of trees of local natural and historical significance. If anyone knows some history about a special please let us know and we might even have you take part of the walk!
- Saturday 14th May - Roma Street Park Community Garden Workshop. This will be with Cameron Little who is a great environmental educator who had such a success last year with revamping the Epping North Public School veggie garden. Everyone got so excited and involved! Cameron will show everyone how to set up the garden beds which will culminate in the formation of another community garden. Afterwards people can take a sheet home detailed what we did and how we did it so they can do it at home.
- Tuesday 18th June - Film evening where we will be showing "Home". The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth. "Home" is about the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet.
- Saturday 20th July Guerilla gardening - Planting out the "garden islands" in Oxford Street. More details to come.
- Saturday 10th August - Local craft and produce trail around North Epping. Honey, dyes etc.
- Sunday 8th September - Family bushwalk from North Epping to Pennant Hills Park.
- Sunday 13th October - Workshop - potentially beer making.
- November 2013 - North Epping Street Fair and Art Prize. Potentially also the Twilight Markets.
Thanks everyone who is still reading after a mega-post of Transition Epping goodness!
Hope everyone had a sustainable and community-filled Christmas and have a fantastic 2013.
Till next time!
Mark, Sandra and the rest of the Transition Epping Team for 2013.
