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Babies, Books and Rhymes
Tuesdays, 2pm
Fridays, 9.30am
Corinda Library

Toddler Time
Wednesdays, 9.30am
Corinda Library

Children's Storytime
Thursdays and Saturdays, 9.30am
Corinda Library

CORINDA LIBRARY

iPad Help*
11am-12:30pm, Wed 31 Oct
Basic iPad skills required

First Friday Craft Group
1:30-3pm, Fri 2 Nov
Bring your favourite craft

Smartphone Skills*
11am-12:30pm, Wed 7 Nov
BYO smartphone

Second Saturday Book Club*
2-3pm, Sat 10 Nov
In November, read 'Taboo' by Kim Scott

The Tea Garden*
2-3:30pm, Sat 10 Nov
Learn how to grow tea

Library e-books for Androids and iPads*
11am-12:30pm, Wed 14 Nov
Basic device skills required

Cloud Basics*
11am-12:30pm, Wed 21 Nov
Learn about cloud storage and computing

Literary Tea and Trivia*
10:30-11:30am, Tue 27 Nov
A morning of literary fund and cuppa

Active and Healthy events can be subject to change. Please contact Council's 24/7 Call Centre on 3403 8888 for more information. 

Tai Chi
8-9am
Tuesdays from 17 Jul to 11 Dec
Sherwood Arboretum

Beginner Swimming Program for Adults*
1:30-2:30pm
Saturdays from 6 Oct to 24 Nov
Dunlop Park Pool, Corinda

Aqua Aerobics
2:30pm-3:15pm
Saturdays from 6 Oct to 24 Nov
Dunlop Park Pool, Corinda

Deep Water Aqua Running
9:30-10:30am
Sundays from 7 oct to 9 Dec
Dunlop Park Pool, Corinda

Pilates
7:30-8:30am
Saturdays from 13 Oct to 1 Dec
Sherwood Arboretum

Fitness 4 Mums*
9:30-10:30am
Mondays from 15 Oct to 3 Dec

Aqua Yoga
11am-12pm
Tuesdays from 16 Oct to 4 Dec
Dunlop Park Pool

GOLD

Swiss Ball and Pilates*
9:30-10:30am
Mondays from 16 Jul to 10 Dec
Chelmer Community Centre

NIA Dance*
1:30-2:30pm
Wednesdays from 16 Jul to 10 Dec
Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre

SHERWOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE
38 Thallon St, Sherwood
3379 6963

SEALS
Seniors group
1-3pm, Tuesdays

Western Suburbs Clay Workers
10am, Wednesdays
Contact Gai on 0411 090 370

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

Physiotherapy Classes
10:30-11:30am, every second Monday
Contact 3379 6963

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

Computer Lessons
Six one hour lessons for beginners to intermediate.
$30.00
Contact Leigh on 3379 5395

Computer Hardware
2-5pm, every 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Contact Gary 3278 5395

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

Western Suburbs Anxiety and Depression Support Group
Mondays
Contact Roy on 0400 921 510

Social Group
10am-12pm, Mondays
$3 per session
Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre

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

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

English Classes
Advanced: 10am -11:30am Tuesdays
Beginner: 10am - 11:30am Thursday
Acacia Ridge Community Centre

Parenting Conversation Corners
1:30 - 2:30pm Thursdays
Indooroopilly Uniting Church

Western Suburbs Asperger Support Group
7pm on the 3rd or 4th Thursday of the month
Jane 0448 909 863
St Matthews Church Hall, Sherwood

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

Ukulele Community Group
2pm - 4pm Sundays
Ph: Ian on 0439 715 144
Corinda State School

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
For more information ph: Margaret 0407 075 446

Rotary Club Taylor Bridge
Tuesdays 6.45pm for 7pm
Sherwood-Indooroopilly RSL
2 Clewley St, Corinda
Ph: 3379 2002 for more details.

Chelmer and District Probus Club
9:45am, every 4th Tuesday of month
Croll Memorial Precinct, (opposite Sherwood Services Club)
2 Clewley St, Corinda
Kathy - 3379 7237 for more details

Sherwood Probus Club
Every 3rd Friday of month
Magpies AFL Club
Chelmer St E, Chelmer
3372 7525 for more details

Oxley Creek Common Carers
Tuesdays 7-9am
Volunteer weeding group
Meet at the red shed
Sherwood Rd, Rocklea
Ph 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

Hi everyone

If you feel like you have been inundated with flyers in your letterbox featuring photos of the Lord Mayor, you would be right. In the past year some 9.5million! This is an extraordinary number. TV advertising has also increased by 1000% from $50,000 in 2016-17 to $590,406 in 2017-18. Millions of ratepayers' dollars is being spent on glossy brochures or TV ads while roads need resurfacing, schools and rail stations need safer crossing points for pedestrians and footpaths are crumbling. I do not believe this is a good use of Council funds. And frankly it makes me mad seeing all the essential work on basic services that need doing in our district and around the City, like this footpath in Corinda (pictured). I have now been told that it may be up to two years before damaged footpaths will be fixed because there is such a backlog.

Putting aside the fight to fix things, I am also pushing Council to upgrade a notorious traffic bottleneck by working co-operatively with the State Government to widen, not raise, the low rail bridge separating Corinda and Sherwood. The State has committed to undertake the project by widening the bridge, but the Lord Mayor is yet to commit to the roadworks. You can help by signing the petition here. The petition closes on 24 Nov, 2018. Thank you to the hundreds of people who have already signed. Together, we can get Council to act. 

Regards, Nicole.

P.S. Congratulations to Corinda SHS, Queensland's first and Australia's only carbon neutral school. Well done to school captain Dhruv Singh for leading the way on behalf of the school in gaining funding for Queensland's School Solar Programme. 

This year Council has allocated $75,000 in the Budget for a centre island pedestrian refuge on Sherwood Rd near Egmont St, Sherwood.

The refuge will provide a safe crossing point on busy Sherwood Rd for children travelling to Sherwood State School or for residents accessing local parks, shops and the nearby Oxley Creek Common. It will also provide better connectivity between Sherwood and Corinda via the Jerrold St pedestrian tunnel under Tennyson Spur Line. 

The proposal will also include upgraded lighting and a request for a safety cage around the pedestrian island (similar to Graceville Ave) has also been made.

There are pros and cons to the proposal. The pros are significant including better and safer connectivity for students and local residents crossing Sherwood Rd, better access to the nominated cycling route and improved links to Strickland Terrace Park and the Oxley Creek Common. The main con or impact is the loss of on-street car parking needed to achieve the 20m sightline required on each side of the refuge.

Council has developed three options:

• Option 1 west of Egmont St - this is the preferred option, as it has clear sightlines and provides a footpath connection in Egmont St, but will result in the loss of some on-street parking. No impact on lane space, through traffic and vehicles turning into Egmont St.
   
• Option 2 between Egmont and Jerrold St - clear sightlines, requires pedestrians and cyclists to also cross Egmont St to access the footpath, and will result in the loss of some on-street parking, particularly in front of the mower shop and reduced lane width.
   
• Option 3 east of Jerrold St - this is the least preferred option, as pedestrians will be subject to through traffic on Sherwood Rd and turning traffic from Jerrold St, which is accident-prone. However, the loss of on-street parking is minimised.

My main objective is to ensure the proposed refuge is practical and safe for pedestrians and cyclists.

You can review the plans in colour online on my website here or call my office on 34038605 or email tennyson.ward@bcc.qld.gov.au and we can send you a hard copy of the plans. Please email me with your preferred option by Friday, 30 November 2018.   

This request has been on Council's waiting list for approximately 10 years. Why Council has funded it above other projects of equal need in the ward is unclear but it is not often that we are allocated funding for these projects. Other locations in Sherwood where refuges have been requested and already listed on Council's capital works list awaiting funding are at the cnr Hedges and Skew St near Sherwood Station, Dewar Tce at Marlborough St and Honour Ave at Marlborough St.

Community Corner

Please join me on site to review and discuss the plans.

10-11am
Saturday, 10 November 2018
Sherwood Cemetery
Cnr Egmont St and Sherwood Rd, Sherwood

If you cannot attend please email your feedback through to tennyson.ward@bcc.qld.gov.au

Come and help me green-up Graceville! Council has scheduled a community tree planting day in Graceville from 9-11am on Saturday, 24 November 2018.

Around 300 trees will be planted to replace those lost in storms and through natural attrition. Council digs the holes, so the tree planting day is suitable for people of all ages and is a fun and rewarding family activity. Free trees are given to all participants to take home.

Residents will receive a flyer about two weeks before hand and a blue cross will be marked on footpaths receiving a new street tree. You can choose to opt out by calling 3271 5911 or my office on 3403 8605. My office has a species list if you are interested in the type of tree being planted in your street. 

The area being planted is Graceville East between Nadine St, Long St East and Oxley Rd. If you are outside this area and would like a street tree on your frontage, please call my office and we will request one for you. 

Please bring water, sunscreen and a hat and meet at the Boat Park (Simpson's Playground), Graceville Riverside Park cnr Graceville Ave and Nadine St at 9am, Saturday, 24 November. A BBQ lunch follows.

SHERWOOD ARBORETUM TREE WALK

Saturday 27 October is a unique opportunity to discover the stories behind Sherwood Arboretum's magnificent tree collection. This FREE 90-minute guided walk starts at 9.30am from the main car park entry at 87 Jolimont Street.

Dale Arvidsson, Curator of Brisbane's Botanic Gardens, the Volunteer Guides of the Gardens and the Oxley Chelmer History Group will introduce you to the Arboretum's colourful history and spectacular trees.

The Friends of Sherwood Arboretum Association (FOSAA) is joining with Brisbane's Botanic Gardens in presenting this guided walk, which finishes with morning tea beside the iconic Kauri Avenue. Along the way, you will discover some of the Arboretum's top trees, a living record of Brisbane in the 1920s and the story of a former Governor of Bombay who definitely made a splash!

Please remember to RSVP to FOSAA at info@sherwoodarboretum.com.au or call 3278 6525 as soon as possible as bookings are essential for morning tea. The $5.00 cost per adult (children are free) for morning tea supports FOSAA's voluntary work in the in the Arboretum.

Council is undertaking works to improve the accessibility of bus stops across the City. As part of the Bus Stop Accessibility Improvement Program, 6,600 Brisbane bus stops will undergo upgrades and maintenance works to boarding points, access paths, waiting areas, signs, tactile ground surface indicators and bus stop seats to ensure compliance with disability and accessibility regulations.

• Bus stop #1606, Honour Ave, Graceville, near Verney Rd

There may be some minor local impacts during work hours of between 7am and 5pm, Monday to Saturday, however some out of hours works may be required. Every effort will be made to minimise disruption to the local community.

The Lord Mayor's 2017 Australia Day Awards are now open for nomination. Help us celebrate what's great about our community by nominating someone that has made a significant difference to your life and to the lives of others.

If you feel that someone you know has helped to make Brisbane an even better place, nominate them by 5pm, 5 November, 2018.

Award categories include:

• Citizen of the Year
• Senior Citizen of the Year
• Young Citizen of the Year
• Corporate Citizen of the Year
• Community Event of the Year
• Australia Day Cultural/Arts Award
• Australia Day Sports Award
• Australia Day Achievement Award
• Green Heart Award - Individual
• Green Heart Award - Organisation

You can complete your nomination online here.

For more information regarding the award and nomination process, visit Council's website or phone Council on 07 3403 8888.

The Lord Mayor's Green Heart Photography Competition is now open for submissions until 5pm on 5 November.

This year Council is asking Brisbane residents to capture our city's unique natural environment and wildlife to showcase the theme 'Colours of Brisbane'.

There are three entry categories primary school ages, secondary school ages and open with fantastic prizes to be won. For more information or to nominate, visit Council's website here. 

Road Resurfacing

• Seng St, Graceville
  7am-6pm, early-October to mid-October
   
• Myla Tce, Tennyson
  7am-6pm, mid-October until late-October
   
• Richardson St, Chelmer
  7am-6pm, early-October to mid-October
   
• Long St W, Graceville
  7am-6pm, mid-October to late-October
   
• Lancelot St, Tennyson
  7am-6pm, mid-October to late-October
   
• Hedges St, Sherwood
  November

Sherwood arboretum tree maintenance
In coming weeks, Council will undertake tree trimming works to a senescent gum tree in Sherwood Arboretum to remove dead wood and reduce the canopy. 

A wildlife spotter will be on site to ensure minimal impact on wildlife using or nesting in the tree. Work will begin in week ending 9 November, weather permitting.
 

Queensland Urban Utilities Smoke Testing Program
To help reduce or eliminate the impacts to customers affected by sewer overflows, Queensland Urban Utilities (QUU) are now commencing a new round of smoke testing in our Graceville (Haldane and Coleman St) catchment.

Project background
This inspection involves blowing non-toxic smoke into sewer maintenance holes which helps identify broken pipes or inappropriate stormwater connections into the sewerage system. If the sewer pipe is functioning correctly, the smoke will escape through sewer vent pipes, usually located on the roof of the house. Smoke emitted from the ground or other areas, such as roof downpipes, may indicate that there are broken pipes or inappropriate stormwater connections into the sewerage system.

Communication activities
Queensland Urban Utilities' authorised Water Connection Officers will be completing the testing over the next few weeks and have issued notification letters to properties to be tested.

Following the testing results, Queensland Urban Utilities will contact individual property owners with a notification of the defect identified at their property, and providing an opportunity to rectify the problem.