Keen to get out of the hood? Perhaps take a local bike ride? North Carlton Railway House is a fabulous neighbourhood house in Princes Hill in the old station building (from the days of the inner circle train line). The line is now a lovely green corridor bike path/walking track that connects through North Fitzroy to the Princes Park ovals.

Why not head that way on Wednesday the 24th of March from 12pm - 2pm for a Harmony Day picnic in the garden? Play bocce, enjoy a free latte and multicultural snack, along with singing and dancing.

You can find Railway House at 20 Solly Avenue, Princes Hill.

How amazing that Alphington Bowls Club is 100 years old. To mark this auspicious occasion the club is holding a centenary celebration to which the whole community is invited, on Sunday 28th March from 11am-6pm.

The day includes:

• morning and afternoon tea

• BBQ

• the bar open all day

• live music

• barefoot bowls, and

• an exhibition including historical photos, memorabilia from the archives, team photos and more.

It is sure to be a super fun family neighbourhood day and a wonderful reunion event - if you’ve ever been part of the club, or have family or friends who have been involved in the club the current members would be delighted if you could encourage them to attend.

Alphington Bowls Club is at Parkview Road in Alphington. If you have any questions or need further information just call them on 9499 2530 or email info@alphingtonbowlsclub.org.au. See you there!

We are pretty chuffed that the Alphington Neighbourhood Gallery looks so great on our fence … and that the paste-up process survived the weekend rain … we were a bit nervous.

Below are some photos of Ross O’Meara, our featured artist at the launch on Friday, and here is the link to see his works and find out more about him. If you are interested in purchasing an original work by Ross you can pop in to ACC and check out his folio in the foyer.

Ross and his sister Jenny.

This month we were excited that Darebin Council asked to write an article about our Honestly project for Your Darebin. Your Darebin is Council’s online community newsletter which highlights key events and projects happening in the neighbourhood and tells the stories of the people and places that make Darebin a great place to live, work and play.

You can check what they wrote about us here and sign up to receive Your Darebin in your inbox monthly here.

Lee putting up the letters

We can all see the impact of our changing climate through extreme weather and record bushfires.

Our local CWA is putting on an in-person (how exciting to see real people in real life) climate emergency talk at the Darebin Parklands Gleeson Centre (at the end of Separation Street), accompanied by a catered supper (made by the wonderful CWA cooks) on Monday 29 March, at 7pm.

The talk is presented by Alphington local Graeme Martin, who completed former Vice President Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership certification in 2020.

This presentation aims to help people better understand climate change and the range of positive opportunities available to them to take action.

It will cover:

• The science of climate change and why we must take action

• Solutions, what are the possibilities that will reduce carbon pollution

• What we as individuals or organisations can do.

If you are keen to find out more about climate change and what action you can take to make a difference (and to eat yummy food at the same time) you can book in here.