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Babies, Books and Rhymes
Mondays, 11:30am
Annerley Library

Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 11am
Fridays, 12pm
Fairfield Library

Toddler Time
Mondays, 10am
Saturdays, 9:30am
Annerley Library

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10am
Fairfield Library

Children's Storytime
Mondays, 3:30pm
Annerley Library

Tuesdays, 12pm
Fridays, 11am
Saturdays, 9:30am
Fairfield Library

ANNERLEY LIBRARY

Online Family History Resources*
10-11:30am, Tue 26 Feb
Beginners and more advanced participants are welcome.

BYOB (Bring your own baby) book club*
9:15-10am, Mon 4 Mar
Join to discuss great books in good company. Call library for more details.

Library e-books and downloads*
1:30-3pm, Mon 11 Mar
Bring your own device, library card and email account details.

Garden myth busters*
10:30am-12:30pm, Sat 16 Mar
Join horticulturist Brian Sams as he examines a number of fallacies that have crept into gardening folklore.

FAIRFIELD LIBRARY

Online safety and security*
2-3:30pm, Fri 15 Feb
Basic computer and internet skills required.

Evening book club
6-7pm, Thu 21 Feb
In February, read and discuss The Children Act by Ian McEwan. New members welcome.

Email skills two*
2-3:30pm, Fri 22 Feb
Basic computer skills and an email account required.

Book chat
1-2pm, Wed 17 Feb
In February, read and discuss The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald. New members welcome.

FBI: Fairfield book investigator kid's club*
3:30-4:30pm, Wed 27 Feb
In February, the club will read the Secret Agent Mummy series by Stephen Cole. Ideal for children aged 6-11 years.

Southside community craft circle
1-3pm, Tue 5 Mar
New members welcome. Please phone Wendy on 3341 2039 for more information.

Social media basics*
2-3:30pm, Fri 8 Mar
Basic computer and internet skills required.

iPad help*
2-3:30pm, Fri 15 Mar
Basic iPad skills required.

ACTIVE AND HEALTHY

Aqua aerobics
11-11:45am, Saturdays
2 Feb-23 Mar
A fun water workout for all fitness levels. $
Yeronga Park Pool

Beginner swimming program for adults*
11:45am-12:45pm, Saturdays
2 Feb-23 Mar
An inclusive opportunity for men and women of all cultures to learn the basics of swimming. $
Yeronga Park Pool

Deep water aqua running
8-9am, Sundays
3 Feb-24 Mar
A deep water workout that uses all major muscle groups. $
Yeronga Park Pool

Tai Chi
8-9am, Sundays
3 Feb-31 Mar
Works both your mind and body to help you feel relaxed, refreshed and calm.
Robinson Park, Fairfield

8 Week Challenge*
5:30-6:30pm, Mondays
4 Feb-25 Mar
Stay fit or start your journey with this 8 week interval training course.
Fehlberg Park, Yeronga

Mums and bubs soccer (2 year olds)*
9-9:30am, Mondays
4 Mar-25 Mar
Exciting and fun soccer activities with enthusiastic and energetic coaches.
Yeronga Memorial Park

Mums and bubs soccer (3-4 year olds)*
9:30-10:30am, Mondays
4 Mar-25Mar
Exciting and fun soccer activities with enthusiastic and energetic coaches.
Yeronga Memorial Park

Family adventure walk*
2-4pm, Sat 16 Mar
Join the fun of a guided walk by the beautiful Brisbane River.
Simpsons Playground, Graceville

Kayak night paddle*
5-8pm, Sat 16 Mar
Enjoy a relaxing paddle and explore your local waterway in a kayak at night. $
Simpsons Playground, Graceville

Life games and adventure
10am-12pm, Mon 8 Apr
Utilise exciting equipment like the giant earth ball, fun parachute, fireman toss mat, tug of war, mad hoppers, sack races and many non-equipment games. 6-15 years.
Ken Fletcher Park, Tennyson

Become a Wheel World Wizard*
9-10:30am, Tues 16 Apr
Through riding-based games and fun activities learn the skills you need to have fun off-road and on the bikeways. 7-10 years.
Yeronga Memorial Park

Wheely fun*
8-9am, Tues 16 Apr
A friendly trainer will help your young one make the transition from training wheels to two wheels, and provide some tips for how you can keep encouraging them. 5-7 years.
Yeronga Memorial Park

Mini Olympics
10am-12pm, Thu 18 Apr
Enjoy a fun adaption of the Olympic Games with a focus on fun. 6-13 years.
Ken Fletcher Park, Tennyson

GOLD

Tai Chi
8:30-9:30am, Thursdays
31 Jan-13 Jun
Gentle exercise for complete fitness.
Brisbane Corso Park, Yeronga

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

Fairfield Writers' Group
Every second and fourth Saturday
Please call Helga on (07) 3848 1492 for more information.
Fairfield Library

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

Stephens Croquet Club
Association Croquet: Wed 9.45am and Sat 12.45pm.
Golf Croquet: Fri and Sun (Sep - April 2.45 pm and May - August 1.45 pm) & Tuesdays from 9.00am
Further information - 0439 714 312.

Annerley Stephens History Group
Meets first Thursday of the month from 6.30pm
Annerley Community Hub
556 Ipswich Rd, Annerley

For more info contact
Stephen: 0417 770 176 or email
Bill: 0417 713 200 or email

Yeronga Bowls Club
Game Days - From 12:30pm, Wed and Sat
3848 1146 (3-7pm, Tues to Sun)
11 Querrin St, Yeronga

Yeronga Community Centre
Open 9am-1pm, Monday-Thursday

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
Computer Assistance - 10-11am
Indoor Bowls - from 10am

Tuesday
Computer Assistance - 10-11am

Wednesday
Computer Assistance - 8:30am-1pm
The Chatroom @ Annerley - 12-2pm

Thursday
Guided meditation - 10-10:30am
Craft Group - 9:30am-12pm
Art Group - 10:30am-12:30pm

Sunday
Yeronga Community Garden - 3-5pm
Yeronga State High School

3848 2285 -- 26 Devon St, Yeronga

The 'Local Heroes' Australia Day Community Service Awards were held on Australia Day at the Oxley Bowls Club to recognise the relentless work of our prominent local volunteers.

There are so many unsung heroes from all walks of life in our community who work behind the scenes to build and strengthen their neighbourhood and our district, and this award was created to ensure they are recognised in our local community for their efforts.

This year, Cr Steve Griffiths and I had the honour of presenting the following extremely hardworking community members with their award:

• Kylie Fry - Sherwood Girl Guides
• Nancy Liyou - Pamphlett Sea Scouts, volunteer at Graceville State School and local kindergartens, Community Flood Appeal, Tennyson Residents' Association, Queensland Youth Orchestra
• Melanie Grodecki - Women's Legal Service
• Sheryl Dowley - Western Districts Netball Association
• Mark Laidlaw - Kurilpa Scout Group
• Sandra Howard - Sherwood Community Festival
• Geoff Ivett - Sherwood Meals on Wheels
• Stan and Claire Moore - Oxley Neighbourhood Watch, Sherwood Meals on Wheels, Corinda State School P&C
• Craig Williams - Oxley Litter Clean-up Group, Rocks Riverside Parkruns
• Jennifer Bennetts - Boomerang Bags Oxley
• Tim Swifte - Moorooka Lions Club, has assisted countless other community groups

A big thank you to all the volunteers from Club Oxley, Rotary, Lions, Oxley NHW and CWA for helping make the Australia Day Pool Party such a success.

One of the issues most regularly raised with me is the need for more frequent and reliable bus services for Yeronga residents. In past years, we have had to fight to minimise cuts and even keep existing services, but with Council's Brisbane Metro bus project underway now is the time to be proactive about improvements to bus services before changes are forced on us. Major changes to bus timetables will accompany the Brisbane Metro, so it is important we speak up as a community about our need for better bus services.

Brisbane City Council works in partnership with the State Government to deliver bus services, so it is important we send the clear message to both levels of government that our Yeronga community wants a better bus service before they undertake their next major bus timetable review.

The 104, 105 and 107 are useful local bus services, but are not frequent or reliable. The 196 Buz service is brilliant, but terminates at Fairfield Gardens where parking is restricted. A great outcome would be to add a short loop through Yeronga to the existing 196 route. This might be, for example, up Kadumba St and back down Hyde Rd, servicing The Village and local schools and shops.

I have started a petition calling for a Yeronga loop to be developed and consultation undertaken to determine our community's preferred route. You can sign the e-petition here.

Since 2013, the Speed Awareness Monitors (SAM) signs have been located in various traffic hotspots around the Tennyson Ward 55 times. The signs, which flash a smiley face to vehicles travelling the speed limit and a slow down message to those who are not, have produced some interesting results.

The following are the top ten streets with the highest number of speeding vehicles and the top five with the lowest:

Top Ten Highest

1. Villa St, Yeronga (school zone) - 61%
2. Dewar Tce, Sherwood -54%
3. Brisbane Corso, Fairfield x3 - 40%
4. Brisbane Corso, Fairfield - 37%
5. Ferndale St, Annerley (school zone) x4 - 36%
6. Kadumba St, Yeronga - 36%
7. Park Rd, Yeronga (school zone) x4 - 27%
8. Sarah St, Annerley - 25%
9. Oxley Rd, Sherwood (school zone) - 24%
10. Oxley Rd, Graceville (school zone) - 18%

Top Five Lowest

1. Clewley St, Corinda (school zone) - 1%
2. Annerley Rd, Annerley - 1.5%
3. Ardoyne Rd, Oxley - 1.8%
4. Randolph St, Graceville (school zone) - 3%
5. Venner Rd, Annerley - 5%

Between 18% and 61% of vehicles in the top ten streets were speeding, four of which are within school zones. The SAM signs had quite a significant influence on speeding vehicles, reducing the percentage of speeding vehicles to between 8% and 20%.

Of the five lowest streets for speeding, between 1% and 5% of vehicles were speeding, two of which were within school zones. The SAM sign reduced this further to between 0.4% and 1%.

Please remember to slow down around our schools.

STORIES OF STEPHENS II CONFERENCE BURSARIES

The Annerley-Stephens History Group is offering 22 Bursaries to allow students with an interest in local history to attend the Stories of Stephens II conference at Marymac Community Centre on 23 February 2019 - free of charge.

To apply for a bursary, please provide your name, age, contact details and link with the Stephens area. This link may be the suburb in which you live, the location of the school you attend or a family link, such as relatives who grew up in the Stephens area. To apply, email the group at annerleystephenshistorygroupin@gmail.com.

The bursary provides for attendance at the conference, as well as Lunch and Morning and Afternoon tea.

The focus of the Annerley-Stephens History Group is the communication of history to the people of the local communities and the ten suburbs within the old Stephens Shire Council, which was incorporated into the Brisbane City Council in 1925. While having only been in operation for five years, the group have had significant achievements including winning the Queensland State Library John Oxley Community History award for 2017 - the first time that the award had been made to a Brisbane based history group in many years.

You can find out more about the group and Bursaries at their website here.

The South Brisbane District Cricket Club has been successful in obtaining $35,000 from Council to undertake structural repairs to their clubhouse following problems with the post-2011 flood rebuild. 

Works include repairs to ceiling damage, wall joints and cracks and the installation of new down pipes. Builders are currently on site and will take approximately 2-3 weeks to complete the work.

This has been a long time coming for the Club, who were severely affected by the January 2011 floods, when their main oval and club house were inundated and sustained permanent damage. The Club has been very active in undertaking recovery activities and have been working hard to re-build and restore their grounds and facilities and I am very happy to hear these much-needed repair works are taking place.

Three clubs around the city were chosen as part of the $218,000 commitment from Council to address major structural damage.

Applications for the Brisbane Portrait Prize are now open for artists wishing to showcase their best contemporary portraiture while celebrating the City's character.

The following prizes will be awarded:

• Lord Mayor's Prize - all entries eligible - $50,000
• Digital - any digitally created still work, including photography - $10,000
• Courier-Mail People's Choice Award - chosen by popular vote from all finalists - $7,500
• Sylvia Jones Prize for Women Artists - open to all women - $5,000

Finalists will have their portraits exhibited at the Brisbane Powerhouse during October 2019 with winners to be announced on 2 October.

For more information or to enter visit the Brisbane Portrait Prize website here.

DUST SUPPRESSION TREATMENT BRISBANE CORSO

In coming weeks, Council will install a dust suppression treatment at the entrance to Equus Terra on the Brisbane Corso at Yeronga. The treatment, which is like a sticky glue, will help minimise dust created by vehicles accessing the site and allow access to remain open at all times. Application is expected to be completed before 22 February, weather permitting and its effectiveness will be monitored.

FOOTPATH CONSTRUCTION

Crutchley St, Fairfield
Even numbered side of the street.
Due for completion before mid-March, weather permitting.

WOOLLOONGABBA BIKEWAY PROJECT UPDATE

As part of bikeway construction, the following streets will be subject to permanent access changes.

From 13 February 2019:

• Abingdon St, Woolloongabba
• Grove St, Woolloongabba

From 20 February, 2019:

• Crown St, Woolloongabba
• Heaslop St, Woolloongabba
• Lockhart St, Woolloongabba

For full details on these changes, visit Council's website here. Construction at each intersection will involve asphalting, installation of signage, and line marking, which should take approximately four weeks to complete, weather and conditions permitting. Work will generally take place between 7am and 5pm, Monday to Saturday.

the local area may experience noise, dust, low levels of vibration, lane closures and some traffic delays. Traffic detours, signage and traffic control will be in place to guide road users through the site. Please follow all directional signage during construction to ensure the safety of all road users and workers. Thank you for your patience during this work.

ROAD RESURFACING

Camelot St,  Tennyson
Early to mid-February, weather permitting
7am-5pm, Monday to Saturday

TREE MAINTENANCE AND REPLANTING, FAIRFIELD

A number of newly-planted trees in Rowlinson Park, Fairfield and surrounding streets included in the Fairfield Community Planting Day are suffering heat stress due to the very hot and dry summer period and will require removal and replacement, which will be undertaken once the drought-like conditions pass.

If you notice a tree on your frontage is struggling due to heat, please let my office know on 3403 8605 and we will ask Council to inspect it.

BUS STOP ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADE 

Council is currently rolling out their Bus Stop Accessibility Improvement Program, which aims to ensure that all bus stops are compliant with relevant standards and are convenient, safe and accessible for all public transport users. 

The following bus stops will be upgraded in the coming months:

• #1623: Long St at Haldane Street, stop 52, Graceville
• #3710: Brisbane Corso near William Pde, stop 24/17, Fairfield
• #3709: Brisbane Corso near William Pde, stop 17/24, Fairfield
• #4913: Ipswich Rd at Yeronga Park, stop 26, Annerley
• #12084: Cracknell Rd at Juster Street, stop 25A, Annerley
• #3747: Ipswich Rd at Venner Waterton, stop 24, Annerley
• #3675: Brisbane Corso at Wanganui Gardens, stop 35, Yeronga
• #4902: Sarah St at Hamlet Street, stop 26, Annerley.

To complete these works and to maintain bus stop accessibility, Council will be:

• trimming one poinciana tree (Delonix regia) overhanging the property boundary of 426 Brisbane Corso, Yeronga, as part of the upgrade to bus stop #3675
• removing one ivory curl tree (Buckinghamia celsissima) as part of the upgrade to bus stop #4902.