January 2021

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Message From Nicole

Parks and Playgrounds Update

Tree Plantings

What's On

School Holiday Events

Clean Up Australia Day

Off Road Cycling Facilities Survey

Free Community Immunisation Clinics

SAM Signs Get Results

Road and Construction Works

Useful Links:

WHAT'S ON

Items marked with * require bookings.
Contact the relevant library or
3403 8888.

Library Livestreams

Babies, Books and Rhymes
Mondays, 9:15am

Toddler Time
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:15am

Children's Storytime
Various dates. For more info visit the What's on at the library page.

Active and Healthy

Yoga  for Every Body
Saturdays from 30 Jan, 7:30-8:30am
Vallely St Park, Annerley
Phone Deanna on 0401 247 328 for more info

Awesome Summer Aqua Aerobics*
$ Pool entry
Yeronga Park Memorial Swimming Pool
Saturdays from 30 Jan, 11-11:45am
Dunlop Park Memorial Swimming Pool, Corinda
Saturdays from 30 Jan, 2:30-3:15pm
To book phone 0406 063 737.

Deep Water Running*
$ Pool entry
Dunlop Park Memorial Swimming Pool, Corinda
Saturdays from 30 Jan, 3-4pm
Yeronga Park Memorial Swimming Pool
Saturdays from 30 Jan, 4:30-5:30pm
To book phone 0406 063 737

Empowered to Swim - Group Adult Swimming Lessons*
$ Pool entry
Yeronga Park Memorial Swimming Pool
Saturdays from 30 Jan, 12-1pm
Dunlop Park Memorial Swimming Pool, Corinda
Saturdays from 30 Jan, 1:30-2:30pm
To book phone  0406 063 737

Tai Chi Qigong in the Park
Sundays from 31 Jan, 8-9am
Meet near the playground
Robinson Park, Fairfield
Phone Julian on 0439 073 860 for more info

CHILLAX Family Meditation and Relaxation
Sundays from 31 Jan, 3-4pm
Bring a yoga mat and towel.
Daphne Fancutt Amphitheatre
Ken Fletcher Park, Tennyson

Mum Fit*
Mondays from 1 Feb, 9:30-10:30am
Bring a yoga mat.
Sherwood Arboretum
To book phone Nadia on 0487 070 174

Tai Chi Qigong in the Park
Tuesdays from 2 Feb, 8-9am
Meet near the carpark
Sherwood Arboretum
Phone Kevin on 3376 1830 for more info

Boxfit*
Tuesdays from 2 Feb, 9:30-10:15am
Nixon Park, Oxley
To book phone Clare on 0432 168 667

Aqua Yoga
Tuesdays from 2 Feb, 12-1pm
Dunlop Park Memorial Pool, Corinda
Phone Nichola on 0406 574 454 for more info

Orienteering: Night Navigation
Tue 16 Feb, 6:30-7:30pm
$5pp or $12 per family
Use your navigational skills and a specially produced map, to discover your local parks and outdoor recreational areas. All ages and fitness levels catered for.
BYO small torch or head lamp.
Faulkner Park, Graceville

ACTivate Children's Club
5-10 years and 3-4 years
Tuesdays from 2 Feb, 3:45-4:45pm
Sherwood Arboretum
To book phone 0411 246 487

GOLD

Swiss Ball Pilates*
Mondays from 1 Feb, 9:30-10:30am
Chelmer Community Centre
BYO swiss ball, small dumbbells and non-slip socks
To book phone Jen on 0410 010 316

Tai Chi for Health
Wednesdays, 8:30-9:30am
Meet near the Somerville House Sports and Aquatic Centre
John Walker Place, Yeronga
Phone Chunmei on 0438 802 018 for more info

Belly Dancing for Seniors*
Wednesdays from 3 Feb, 2:30-3:30pm
Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre
To book phone the Centre on 3379 6963

Aqua Yoga
Thursdays from 28 Jan, 11am-12pm
$ pool entry
Dunlop Park Memorial Pool, Corinda
Phone Nichola on 0406 574 454 for more info

Ceramic Pinch Pot Animals*
Session One - Mon 1 Feb, 10am-12:30pm
Session Two - Mon 8 Feb, 10am-12:30pm
Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre
To book phone the Centre on 3379 6963

Mindfulness Meditation*
Wed 3 Feb, 1-2pm
Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre
To book phone the Centre on 3379 6963

Yeronga Community Centre
Open 8:30am-1pm, Monday-Thursday
3848 2285 -- 26 Devon St, Yeronga

Bread basket, computer hub, free wifi, phone, photocopying and printing, information, support and refferral, Commissioner of Declarations (by appointment).

Monday
Seniors Morning Tea - 10am-12pm

Saturday
Rethink Info Hub and Store - 9am-12pm

Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre
38 Thallon St, Sherwood
3379 6963

English Classes
Beginners to advanced
9:30-11:30am, Mondays
Cost $3

SEALS
Seniors group
1-3pm, Tuesdays
Cost $3

Clutter Group
Meet every 2nd Wednesday of the month
Contact David 0400 903 663

Western Suburbs Clayworkers
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10am
Contact Gai on 0411 090 370

Grumpy Old Men's Group
Thursdays, 10am-12pm

Budget Planning and Assistance
Thursdays - Contact Centre for more info

Mudlarks Pottery Club
11:30am, Fridays
Basic pottery skills required
Contact Muriel on 3379 8539

Annerley Stephens History Group
Meets first Monday of the month from 6.30pm
For more info contact Dennis on 0408 001 362 or email
annerleystephenshistorygroupin@gmail.com

Stephens Croquet Club
Play days Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Yeronga Memorial Park
Access via Frederick St, Yeronga
For more info call 0439 714 312

Yeronga Friendship Club
Every third Monday
Activities and outings for over 50's.
Yeronga RSL
391 Fairfield Rd, Yeronga
Ph: 3278 5720

Yeronga Men's Shed
9am-12pm Monday and Wednesday
Yeronga Uniting Church
Kingsley Pde, Yeronga

Graceville Social Soccer
Friday mornings from 6am to 7am
Graceville Memorial Oval
Players of all standards welcome for an easy going kick around (no hard tackles!).
Contact Paul if you would like more information: 0414 228 736

Sherwood Forest Runners
Saturday Mornings, 6:45am for a 7am start
Sherwood Forest Park, Jolimont St, Sherwood
Runners of all ages compete in either 2, 4 or 6km events.

Nature Babes
9:30am - 11:30am Wednesdays
0-5yrs Playgroup
Benarrawa CDA, 79 Waratah Ave, Graceville
Ph: 3379 9925

Oxley Men's Shed
18 California Rd, Oxley
Monday: 8-11:30am
Tuesday: 8-11:30am
Thursday: 8-11:30am
Saturday: 8-11:30am

Chelmer Speakers Group
Learn to speak in public and enjoy it
Sherwood AFL Club
41 Chelmer Street East, Chelmer

Sherwood Senior Citizens' Club
9am-12pm Every Thursday
Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Sherwood Rd and Thallon St, Sherwood
Morning tea at 9am followed by group meeting and activities
Phone Margaret on 0407 075 446 for more info

Rotary Club of Brisbane Taylor Bridge
Tuesdays 6.45pm for 7pm
Sherwood-Indooroopilly RSL Sub-Branch Building
2 Clewley St, Corinda
Ph: 0434921300 for more info

Chelmer and District Probus Club
10:30am, every 4th Tuesday of month
Croll Memorial Precinct, (opposite Sherwood Services Club)
2 Clewley St, Corinda
Phone Kathy on 3379 7237 for more info

Sherwood Probus Club
Every 3rd Friday of month
Magpies AFL Club
Chelmer St E, Chelmer
Phone Pat on 3372 7525 for more info

Oxley Creek Common Carers
Tuesdays 7-9am
Volunteer weeding group
Meet at the red shed
Sherwood Rd, Rocklea
Phone Mary on 0429 911 555

Gardening Club
10am every second Tuesday
Acacia Ridge Community Centre

Sherwood Arboretum Working Bee
8am - 10am every third Sunday of the month
Joseph Street Garden Shed, Sherwood

Graceville Community Garden
Sundays 7am
Benarrawa Community Centre
79 Waratah Ave, Graceville
Ph: 3379 9925

MESSAGE FROM NICOLE

Hi Everyone

I hope that you are enjoying the quieter start to 2021, whether you are back at work or still on holidays. There are still some great school holiday activities on, see what's on below. The rain rescheduled family favourite, The Princess Bride, will be on the big screen on Saturday, 13 February with a performance from The RiverCitySteel Band at 5.30pm and Movie from 7pm at Robinson Park, Fairfield.  Bring a picnic and enjoy a free night out under the stars. This is one of my all-time favourite films, so bring the family or a date for a little bit of 'true love'. There will be prizes for the best dressed pirates and princesses!

If you are looking for a fun event on Australia Day, come along to the Oxley Bowls Club Pool Party, Englefield Rd, Oxley. The event starts at 1pm with free children's rides and a wading pool, food, games and fireworks at 7pm. Registration is required on the day and numbers are capped this year to meet COVID social distancing requirements. I hope to see you there.

Regards, Nicole

PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS UPDATE

Lucock Park, Oxley
Construction for the $120,000 playground upgrade project in Lucock Park is due to commence on Wednesday 27 January. The new playground will include:

  • little slides and an enclosed slide;
  • monkey bars;
  • swings (baby, children's and basket);
  • a net fort;
  • a seesaw; and
  • interactive panels for little people underneath the main fort.

Hefferan Park, Annerley
Work on the Hefferan Park upgrade is well underway. Planter boxes for edible gardens, chess tables, bins, a bubbler, and a table and seat have been installed over the past few weeks. A new retaining wall, nature play and swing will be installed over the next month, weather permitting, and eight new native specimen trees will be planted in the Park.

Sherwood Arboretum
Plans are underway for a facilities upgrade to the Sherwood Arboretum. Works will include upgrades to existing shelters, footpaths, barbeques and bin enclosures as well as the installation of new swings.

Yeronga Memorial Park Off-leash Dog Area Lighting Project
Work is underway to install new lighting in the off-leash dog parks in Yeronga Memorial Park in time for autumn. Two new LED lights will be installed in the small off-leash dog area and one new LED light will be installed in the large off-leash dog area. 

TREE PLANTINGS

Council are undertaking replacement street tree plantings throughout the Ward to replace the canopy lost from trees removed as part of the dead tree removal program last financial year. Street tree plantings will take place in the following locations:

Annerley

  • Tamar St
  • Torrens St
  • Laurier St
  • Ipswich Rd
  • Brisbane St
  • Annerley Rd
  • Louis St

Corinda

  • Nelson St
  • Hassal St
  • Probyn St (Hassal St frontage)
  • Lynne Grove
  • Edmondson St
  • Deniven St (Penaton St frontage)
  • Penaton St
  • Gray Ave
  • Walker St
  • Dunlop Tce
  • Consort St (Keble St frontage)
  • Keble St
  • Menin Rd
  • Ardoyne Rd (Menin Rd frontage)
  • Neata St
  • Deniven St

Fairfield

  • Mildmay St
  • Palm Ave (Brougham St frontage)
  • Turner St (Brougham St frontage)

Residents whose frontages have been selected for replacement plantings will be notified via letter. Tree plantings are completely optional. Please contact my office tennyson.ward@bcc.qld.gov.au if you object to a tree being planted on your street frontage. You can also contact my office if your street is not listed but you would like a street tree outside your home.

WHAT'S ON


Sherwood District Girl Guides Come and Try Day
Sun 10 Feb, 2-4pm
Sherwood District Girl Guides Hall
37 Thallon St, Sherwood

Come and Try Guides for a day! This FREE event will showcase some of the amazing experiences you will get to have as a Girl Guide. Explore the outdoors with our outdoor games, get a taste for camping with some outdoor cooking, test your skills at geocaching and create a souvenir to take home with you. It will be an action-packed afternoon with lots of fun, friends and adventure!

You'll be able to move freely among all the hands-on activities on offer, choosing which are of most interest to you. Each activity is designed to help you discover something new about yourself - whether you're an explorer, creator, performer, something else, or all of the above!
We're inviting girls aged 5 to 17 years old to come and try Girl Guides. We have groups that meet all over Brisbane so, wherever you live, join us at this Come and Try day at the Girl Guides hut in Thallon Street, Sherwood.

There will also be plenty of our wonderful volunteers around for you to ask questions about our fantastic programs, low membership costs, or to have a chat about the countless benefits of being a volunteer with our 100 year-old organisation.

Game, Set, Swing - Brisbane City Big Band Live at Queensland Tennis Centre
Sat 20 Feb, 6-8pm
Queensland Tennis Centre, Tennyson
Brisbane City Big Band swings out of summer with a FREE early evening concert of jazz standards and swing classics. This is their debut concert at the Queensland Tennis Centre and the band's first outing since COVID, so come down. The café and bar will be open so enjoy your music with a glass of wine and a meal.

BCC Library Online Events

All events are streamed via the Brisbane Libraries Facebook page or on Zoom.
Zoom booking details are available on the individual event page.

Self-editing for Creative Writers* (Zoom)
Thu 28 Jan, 6-7:30pm
Manuscripts littered with common mistakes also communicate that writers haven't educated themselves. This course teaches you what you need to know before spending a cent on editors or assessments.

Permaculture Summer Edible Gardening* (Zoom)
Thu 28 Jan, 6:30-7:30pm
Learn Morag's top 10 tips for growing an abundance of healthy fresh food in your subtropical summer garden that together provide the multiple benefits of food, fibre, medicine, mulch, nutrient cycling, pest management and visual interest.

The Abundance of a Summer Organic Garden* (Zoom)
Sun 31 Jan, 2-3pm
During this online session Linda Brennan, organic grower, eco-educator, author and horticultural greenthumb will guide you through her garden as she gathers a harvest. Linda will share with you how to create some delicious seasonal meals from the abundance of a summer patch.

Seasonal Orchids and Succulents* (Zoom)
Sat 6 Feb, 11am-12noon
Phalaenopsis orchids and succulents are among the most popular indoor plants in the world, and with the right care will provide many years of enjoyment. During this seminar, you will learn industry tips from commercial grower David Furness in a visual and easy-to-follow presentation.

 

SCHOOL HOLIDAY EVENTS

January School Holiday Activities

It's Rocket Science*
Session 1 Thu 21 Jan, 8;30-9:30am
Session 2 Thu 21 Jan 9:30 - 10:30am
Graceville Memorial Park, Graceville
Bookings essential. Discover the wonders of rockets and space flight. Spectacular holiday fun for kids to build and launch water rockets over 60 metres high all from a simple soda bottle! This is a Chillout event suitable for young people 10-17 years.

Scooter Coaching
Session 1 Thu 21 Jan, 10-11am
Session 2 Thu 21 Jan, 11am-12pm
J.F. O'Grady Memorial Park
Open Scooter Coaching Lesson. This is a Chillout event suitable for young people 6-17 years.

Kayak Explore*
Sat 23 Jan, 8am-11am
Bookings essential. Splash out and have some fun. A great opportunity to enjoy a relaxing paddle while exploring Brisbane's waterways. This is a GOLD'n'Kids event suitable for seniors and children 10 years and over.

CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY

Clean Up Australia Day is fast approaching and residents are encouraged to get involved and help clean up our local parks, streets and bushland. There are local clean up events taking place at:

Visit www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au to either register a clean-up site or join an existing site and receive a clean-up kit for use on the day.

OFF ROAD CYCLING FACILITIES SURVEY

Council has released a draft strategy for off-road cycling facilities across Brisbane following community consultation. They are now seeking community feedback on the draft strategy via an online survey. The survey closes on 28 February 2021.

You can also send in a written submission to parks@brisbane.qld.gov.au. 

FREE COMMUNITY IMMUNISATION CLINICS

Council is offering free immunisation clinics throughout 2020. Clinics are held at the Corinda Bowls Club, 58 Hall Avenue, Corinda from 9-11am every second Friday (excluding public holidays). The next clinic is scheduled for 29 January.

For more information, including immunisation fact sheets, visit the Council website here.

SAM SIGNS GET RESULTS

School Rd, Yeronga is posted as 40km/h during 7-9am and 2-4pm school days and 50km/h at all other times. The sign collected data for an 8 week period from 2 July to 30 August 2020. During this time 151,142 vehicles (av. 2,519 per day) passed through the portable speed sign zone.

During non-school zone periods, 9,808 vehicles or 8.1% of all drivers were recorded travelling above the posted 50km/h speed limit. Of the vehicles speeding, 85% were travelling at or below 54km/hr. When prompted, speeding drivers reduced their speeds by an average of 6kms to 48km/hr within the speed camera range.

During school zone periods, 10,424 vehicles or 9.4% of all drivers were recorded travelling above the posted 40km/h speed limit. Of the vehicles speeding, 85% were travelling at or below 53km/hr. When prompted, speeding drivers reduced their speeds by an average of 7kms to 46km/hr within the speed camera range.

Oxley Rd, Graceville is posted as 60km/h. The sign collected data for an 8 week period from 2 July 2020 to 30 August 2020. During this time 423,803 vehicles (av. 7,063 per day) passed through the portable speed sign zone.

65,750 or 15.5%% of all drivers were recorded travelling above the posted speed limit. Of the vehicles speeding, 85% were travelling at or below 61km/h. When prompted, speeding drivers reduced their speeds by an average of 7km to 54km/h within the speed camera range.

Please slow down around the busy school and pedestrian hot spots!

 

ROAD AND CONSTRUCTION WORKS

Walter Taylor Bridge Works
Council is currently undertaking major maintenance works to the Walter Taylor Bridge which include replacement of bearings. 

Fehlberg Park, Yeronga Playground Repair
A rusty platform on the playground equipment in Fehlberg Park, Yeronga has been replaced and the play equipment is now safe for use.

Lighting Upgrade Kintore St, Fairfield
Energex are undertaking a lighting upgrade for the street lighting in the easement from the end of Kintore St, Fairfield to Ipswich Rd. Existing lighting will be upgraded to LED type street lights and an additional street light will be installed on the existing timber pole at the cul-de-sac end of Kintore St. Works are scheduled for completion by the end of April.

Tree Plantings and Removals

  • One Bunya tree in Graceville Memorial Park has been recommended for removal pending State Heritage approval. The tree moved in root plate and as a result required urgent trimming which was completed prior to 23 December. A replacement planting will occur following its removal.
  • One Silky Oak tree was removed from outside 56 Robertson St, Sherwood after a 600mm x 600mm decay cavity was found. Replacement planting will occur within the street.

Cross River Rail
Cross River Rail construction work continues at Fairfield and Yeronga stations. Works scheduled to take place during January include:

  • Tree removal on Lake St, Yeronga near the station entrance. 
  • Removal of retaining wall at Yeronga station within the rail corridor near the Lake St station entry.
  • Ongoing water main relocation works between Dublin St and Fairfield Rd.  Traffic control is in place and work is scheduled for completion by the start of February.

Long St East, Graceville Temporary Closure
Long St East, Graceville will be partially closed between Appel St and Honour Ave from 6am to 6pm on Saturday 23 January to facilitate scheduled track maintenance. Queensland Rail will have traffic control in place.