Usually at ACC our Gardening Group comes along each Friday and tends the fruit trees in our little orchard, waters and cares for the community herb gardens, wrangles the leaves (oh the leaves), turns the community compost bins and pulls up the weeds. They keep everything looking so lovely.

Yes, we are missing them!

Everything seemed okay in winter … but then spring arrived. In the last couple of weeks our garden has gone from slightly raggedy to verging on a jungle!

Anyway, neighbours, you’ll be pleased to know that this week we started the process of getting it ship-shape again. We began by weeding along the fence, tidying up the hill and sweeping the concrete.

And we’ll keep going next week until it is all back in order.

Because actually (currently hidden in the there amongst the weeds) some pretty exciting growing has been going on. And we’d like to show off. Like the plum trees. They are full of fruit this year. It’s quite a thrill - the prospect of our first real harvest!

Fingers crossed.

Our AGM is coming up on October 26th at 7pm. Unsurprisingly it is going to be an online affair.

Here’s a little video invitation - that also gives you a nice snapshot of what we have been up to over the last year if you can’t make it.

If you are keen to come along RSVP here and we will email you a Zoom link to join in.

Out in the street* … our tables are back. And we’re pleased to see that they are getting a whole lotta love**.

Happy neighbourhood days.

* Creedence Clearwater Revival ** Led Zepplin

Hi friends, school holidays are upon us again and ACC will be taking a break from our online news for two weeks … unless anything urgent pops up!

We’ll be back on deck and raring to go on Monday 5 October.

It is also worth noting that our AGM will be coming up on Monday 26 October at 7pm. It will be an online affair. Please register here if you’d like to attend and we’ll send you a link. And if you are interested in being on our committee next year please give me (Leanne) a call on 0411 561 420.

If there’s one thing I think we’ve all learnt in 2020, it is the peril of having a plan. So, to save unnecessary heartache and grief my plan for the last 6 months has been pretty much not to have one … to take things one day at a time, perhaps two if I’m feeling ambitious (yes let’s go for a walk tomorrow my friend) or putting something off (shopping … I’ll go tomorrow).

However … this week spring has sprung, the sun has been shining and I am feeling a little more like a plan might be something to aspire to once again. And I guess the main plan we need is one for re-opening ACC.

We’ve got some ideas. For example we’re thinking of holding weekly morning teas out on the corner. Wouldn’t it be lovely to have a cuppa and some cake on a Friday morning … and chat in person again?

And… we are after your ideas too!

Kalimna has made a quick online survey - just 4 questions about how you generally use the centre, how you have been engaged with us over the last 6 months and your thoughts on programs and priorities for the bright, shiny new future that surely awaits us all in 2021.

Click here to give us your two-bobs!

Thanks. We’re actually super interested in your input and would be very thankful if you could take a couple of minutes to give us your thoughts!