September Bushwalk

Hi Everyone!

Almost forgot about this. Spring Bushwalk is on again and this time we will be walking from Boundary Road, North Epping to Ahimsa, the National Trust Property in Cheltenham. Details are:
Where: meet at Western end of Boundary Road near the North Epping Bowling Club
When: Sunday 8th September 1:30pm to 3:30pm

We will walk down towards the creek and then turn left to walk through the bush to Ahimsa the National Trust property at the end of Day Road in Cheltenham. There should be some wonderful flowers to see in the bush. At Ahimsa we will see the cottage and learn about Marie Byles who lived here. We will sit in the Hut of Happy Omen while we have a snack and drink (Please bring your own), before returning to Boundary Road. This is an easy walk and pretty flat.

Below is a picture from the bushwalk last year. You can see all the yellow pea flowers and wattles. Beautiful!

Mark and the Transition Epping Team

August Newsletter

Hi Everyone,

See the link: http://eepurl.com/DI2Hz to the new Transition Epping Newsletter and the date for the Weed and Feed event is still to be announced. Will let you know once we have set a new date.

Mark and the Transition Epping Community

Gardens, Recycling, Bushcare Oh My!

June-September Update ("the big one")

Hi Everyone,

Yes I definitely agree with the "Oh My" in the title as in "Oh My this will be such a long blog post" but I have decided I will cut it in half thanks to our trusty newsletter so it should be a lot less time consuming to read.

So onto the newsletter link http://eepurl.com/BjQ1T I will also mention a few of these topics here also. Firstly, our raised garden bed-making workshop that I mentioned in the last post was fantastic! Everyone had such a good time and it was great to a few people from both the Community Hub, Transition Epping and the wider community come along. They also already had a great harvest of salad greens. See the yummy photo below. Thanks to Kerryn and other for their hard work on keeping the garden going. Photo from the Epping Hub facebook group. Check it out sometime :).

Also, Sandra Nichols and I (Mark Cachia) are moving away from the area Sandra to the Blue Mountains and myself to Doonside to be closer to where I work. As a result we are in need of some new committee member to help bulk-up our team. If anyone is interested please contact Mike Duplessis on 0402 310 306 or at michael@greenice.com.au.

Upcoming Events

- Weed & Feed at the North Epping Car park garden and coffee afterwards.
10th August 2013 at 9.30 am, Car Park behind Roma Street shops, North Epping. Weeding the garden and feeding ourselves if you want. Only 8 days away!

- Spring Bushwalk Sunday 8th September 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Meet at the western end of Boundary Road, North Epping near the Bowling Cub carpark. We will be walking to Ahimsa, the National Trust Property in Beecroft.

 - Bushcare Major Day Out! Just realised its also on the 8th of September but there are numerous group on other days around that weekend so you go to one on a different day. Otherwise just have a jam-packed day and go to that in the morning and the Spring Bushwalk the afternoon. You can't miss that! ;). For more information see: www.bushcaresmajordayout.org

Community Information

Did you know that the Beecroft-Cheltenham Lions collect used eyeglasses and stamps? For more information see: http://lionsbeecroftcheltenham.org.au/activities/used-stamps-spectacles-eye-glasses-recycling/

Thanks for reading!

I think that is about everything. Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Regards,

Mark, Mike and the Transition Epping Team