APRIL 2024
Upcoming Workshops at Kariong Eco Garden:
Bringing Back that Good Fire
Date: Saturday 13 April 2024
Time: 11am – 1pm (tour of bushland behind Eco Garden from 10am)
Kariong Eco Garden volunteers have been committed to caring for Country since we got permission to start our community garden on the current site in 2005.
We are custodians of a small area of bushland behind the Eco Garden, which is connected to a large area of bushland surrounding Kariong and stretching into Brisbane Water National Park and land owned by Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Could this land be cared for in the way it has been for thousands of years before colonisation, using Aboriginal knowledge and cultural burning practices?
What would that look like? How could it work?
We have invited speakers from:
- Firesticks Alliance – https://www.firesticks.org.au/…
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
- Kariong Bushfire Brigade
- Central Coast Council
- Greater Sydney Local Land Services
and invited local bloodline custodians and the Land Council to attend and offer information.
We hope that this workshop will help our community learn more about cultural burning and how it contributes to healthy communities and healthy landscapes.
As it says in our Welcome Shelter: We acknowledge with respect the Indigenous custodians of this land and work with their spirits caring for mother earth.
Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/bringing-back-that-good-fire
Acknowledgement: banner image and more information from https://www.latrobe.edu.au/new…
FUTURE EVENTS: Save the Dates!
REPAIR CAFE – EVERY 3rd SUNDAY of the month (Feb – Nov) – includes Swap Table & opportunity to book a Second Hand Sunday stall in Autumn and Spring.
Venue: Kariong Hall, 2 Dandaloo St (next to Eco Garden)
Dates: Sundays 21 April, 19 May, 16 June, 21 July, 18 August, 15 September, 20 October and 17 November
Time: 10am – 1pm
HARVEST FESTIVAL – Saturday 8 June and Sunday 9 June (NO KEG EVENTS)
For more information: https://www.lovecentralcoast.com/events/harvest-festival-2024
ECO FAERIE & GREEN PIRATE TRAINING
Venue: Kariong Eco Garden
Dates: Sundays 16 June and 21 July
Time: 11am – 1pm
ECO KIDS WORKSHOP with Eco-Artist Rachel Bunney
Date: Saturday 13 July 2024
Time: 10.30am – 12noon
Details and Booking link to come.
FUTURE SOONER Citizens Inquiry into the Health Effects of Coal
Venue: Halekulani (Budgewoi) Bowling club
Date: Sunday 25 August 2024
Time: 1pm-5pm
IMAGE SOURCE: https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coast/news/2024/03/call-to-close-eraring-power-station-in-2025-over-health-concerns/
PROPOSED Family First Aid in Garden
Date: TO BE CONFIRMED – 10 AUGUST OR 9 NOVEMBER
Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm
PRE-ORDER – Proposed Family First Aid course with Karben Training Solutions
with a Certificate of Attendance – no formal qualification.
This course could help save the life of a loved one, friend or neighbour.
This course is aimed for school-aged children and their adult/s.
Topics:
- recognise an emergency situation
- call 000
- apply the DRSABCD method
- provide basic care to a casualty
- bandages, abrasions, snake bite
- bites & stings
- allergic reactions eg to insects, plants
IMAGE SOURCE: https://lfafirstresponse.com.au/blog/guide-to-australian-insect-bites/
CELEBRATE SOLAR DAY
Venue: Arts Barn and Eco Garden, 2 Dandaloo St, Kariong
Date: Saturday 14 September (2nd Saturday and Local Government Election day – vote in Kariong Hall)
Time: 10am – 4pm
WOYTOPIA
Venue: Woy Woy South School
Date: Sunday 13 October
Time: 9am – 4pm
More Information: https://woytopia.org/
