On Thursday we will be back with another of our awesome Thriftsavers Op-Shop Adventures! This time we will be heading over to Sydney Rd in Brunswick to peruse Savers, Vinnies and some of the smaller stores, before getting a coffee/cake together. It’s a great opportunity to connect with locals from our Alphington community and hopefully find a fashionable and sustainable bargain or two.

We had such a fun time running these tours last year and are very excited to be doing them again. Thanks Clifton Hill/North Fitzroy Community Bank for supporting these trips!

We will leave from ACC at 10am (please be here on time) and come back at 2pm on public transport (but no need to bring a myki because it’s still free for this month!). If you are interested in joining us you can book in here at this link. We would love to see you!

Two weeks of holidays coming up … so don’t forget to get your tips in! Corrado is leading, Thomas is Soarin’ (jumped 5 spots last week).

Our red carpet edition … kids, adults and fur babies galore!

We owe a big thank you to the following people who volunteered their time on both Saturday 21st and in the lead up to make the Alphington Show a great day.

Thank you to the judges of the Alphington Show entries. We had Noela, Michelle and Anne from the CWA, Bill and Wayne from the Preston Garden Club and Local artist Kate Herd here to judge. And Lynne and Margaret came to help set up.

Thank you to all the entrants to the Show. We are thoroughly impressed by the many skills in our community.

Thank you to the CWA for the delicious Devonshire tea they hosted. Michelle baked an incredible amount of scones and the ladies sold about 150 on the day. They donated the proceeds from the sales to ACC which is amazing!

Thank you to Anne and Jenny for registering all the dogs for the Dog Show. We could not run the show without getting all the details for all the cute dogs that entered.

Thank you to Beth, Rachel and Emily for judging the Dog Show. Not an easy task with so many well behaved and adorable dogs. And of course Jill who does a fabulous job as MC.

Thank you to Alphington & Fairfield Vets, Northside Vets and E & A Salce for sponsoring the prizes.

Thank you to Elaine and Marie-Louise for minding the craft sales in our street kiosk. And thank you to our Preserves Group who gather monthly to cook up our preserves for sale. We greatly value their time, knowledge and friendship as we cook and chat.

Also a thank you to Alex and his family who kindly donate the items Alex makes that we offer for sale on our Makers’ Market days.

Thank you to Norma, Margaret, Ina, Jill, Corrado, Anne M, Adele, Anne C, Taras and Clive for doing such a great job running the Sausage Sizzle.

And thank you to the Alphington Uke Group and Jemima for the live music performances. It was great to watch and enjoy.

Volunteering your time really adds something special to events like these.

Thank you to Nelson Alexander for sponsoring the show with the boards and corflute posters to aid with promoting the event.

And finally thank you to the politicians that were here with us for the whole event and those that popped in to show support.

Amazing!

I was not able to capture everything that was happening on the fantastic community day of the Alphington Show.

But here are a few more photos to share.

Thank you to all the Makers Market stall holders that were her and the very friendly petting zoo people. It was lots of fun! We loved the beautiful face painting (by Jamari) and also loved seeing so many people making clay pieces that will contribute to the new garden totem sculptures being created under Clare’s guidance (using a process kindly shared by local artist Avis).

Kalimna