Free Community BBQ

Talk to Tim Bardsley (Candidate for Eppalock) and Wendy Radford (Candidate for Lockwood). Come and enjoy a free BBQ and talk to the candidates - Thursday 11 October 5:30-8:30pm

Come on Wolstencrofters, let's show the candidates how passionate we are about our park!

Don't forget to have your say on the Spring Gully Reserve Corridor Plan - by Friday this week. And head along to the info session tomorrow night if you can.
http://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/News/Draft_strategies_and_plans/Spring_Gully_Reserve_Corridor_Plan

Merry Christmas to all

The 2nd Annual Wolstencroft Park Christmas party was held last week and once again we had a great turnout - even the Mayor and Santa decided to drop in!! There was food, cricket on the dirt park, friends and so many families keen to look at the soil that has recently been spread across the park. Hopefully this time next year, we'll be able to picnic on the grass in the middle of Wolstencroft.

Despite not getting any further with Council approving funds for EPA testing, we are grateful that the soil has now been spread and the area will be usable for all of us in the future. Small steps!
 
Click on through to our Facebook page for more photos of another fun Wolstencroft event here.
We'll see everyone at the park in 2012, Merry Christmas!

2nd Annual Community Christmas Party

It's beginning to look a lot like....

Christmas? A Park? Both!!

To ensure we continue to send a strong message to Council that we want a vibrant and accessible community space in our local area, we would love to see you on the evening of Thursday 15th December at the grassed area at the corner of Wolstencroft and Beebe Streets.
 
Mark the date in your diaries and be sure to tell friends, relatives and your local Councillor a.sandner@bendigo.vic.gov.au

A flyer with more information will be posted but the event will be similar to last year - BYO picnic dinner, something to sit on and community spirit. And of course you can follow updates on our blog and facebook sites

And with a bit of luck, we'll have another visit from Santa!

 

In the meantime, check out pics from our Halloween event at our Facebook Page

Trick or Treat

We're hoping we haven't been tricked and the soil works will begin soon - what a treat!
In the meantime, we hope you can join us for a Halloween Party this coming Monday 31 October.
For anyone who can't make it to the park but can volunteer to open their doors to trick-or-treaters, please get in touch!

NEWS FLASH!

A core group of Wolstencroft Area Action Group met with Council staff (including Council CEO Craig Niemann) on 12 August this year. The discussion didn't exactly prove fruitful for the long term vision for Wolstencroft Park, but it did help to identify some progress that can be actioned now.

WAAG was given an agreement that Council would investigate further the EPA testing required for the site, and would look to spread the piled QEO soil as soon as possible to give maximum opportunity for local residents to use the park this spring, summer and beyond. It was suggested by WAAG that the soil on the site would not cover the entire Park, and nor would the (token) funds allocated in the 2011/12 budget, so the compromise of spreading the soil to the southern half of the park (from Beebe Street to Rodney Street) was suggested.

Today (Sep 29, 2011) WAAG received an email from Presentation and Assets Director Darren Fuzzard indicating that the work to spread the soil will begin next week! Great news!!

In his own words:

"Sorry for the delay in activity however I am pleased to advise that we are now in a position to start spreading the topsoil from the QEO over the site.

These works are planned to commence next week.

I note your advice about the Rodney Street end being the preferred location to start from and have requested our construction crew to do so.

I am currently in discussions with the EPA about the need for and nature of further testing and hope to know more about that in the coming 2 months. I will let you know when I have something to report."

Stay tuned for a time and date for a WAAG get-together at our park to celebrate some progress being made, and hopefully we can all make the most of the park in the coming warmer months.