Avalon Essences – Aromatherapy body products hand made fresh in small batches with care to protect the natural goodness WITHOUT any harsh chemicals that may irritate or dry your skin
Most aromatherapy and herbal products are sold as individual oils and herbs so people can either achieve the benefits by using one essential oil or herb or combining them with others.
The mixing of essential oils and herbs can be confusing and costly unless you have thorough knowledge of the art of aromatherapy.
Avalon Essences takes the guess work out and delivers maximum benefit for the person who does not have time to study aromatherapy or herbal medicine.
Avalon Essences are: Hand made fresh in small batches in Canberra from plant based ingredients and contain
TUGGERANONG COMMUNITY CENTRE (building next to McDonalds)
We have a great community atmosphere and you will find over 40 stalls of exceptional quality, featuring unique items that are handcrafted by local and regional artists and craftspeople plus new and pre-loved items, collectibles, antiques and more …
For example:
Hand-made aromatherapy products (massage oils, body & lip balms, herbal tea & more …)
Huge range of jewellery (hand-crafted, beaded, buttons, crystals and more …)
Scrap-booking supplies
Books
Antiques
Quality second-hand items
Baby Items (clothes, toys, new & pre-loved)
Speciality Lingerie
Knitting
Hand-made cards
Candles
Home Baking
Australian Native Herbs & Spices
Face Painting for kids
General art & craft
and so much more ….
Our aim is to provide an enjoyable, comfortable community experience for stallholders and visitors away from the winter chills so why celebrate winter and come indoors and support your local craft folk at the Tuggeranong Indoor Community Market this Sunday July 27
Local primary school children are being challenged to join over one million pupils to embrace healthy eating habits and eat more fresh fruit and vegetables.
With the 2008 Fresh for Kids “Blast Off and Win” Canteen Campaign kicking off on Monday August 4 in New South Wales & ACT, parents will no longer have to cohearse their kids to eat more greens with school children being rewarded every time they choose a healthy option and purchase a piece of fresh fruit or vegetables from their school canteen.
The Campaign, run by Sydney Markets Limited, has encouraged over one million school children to embrace healthy eating since it started in 2000.
Last year nearly a quarter of a million school children across New South Wales, ACT and Queensland got behind the campaign, with school canteens reporting an increase of 88 percent in kids purchasing fruit and vegetables.
This year Sydney Markets is challenging school children to blast that number and eat even more greens.
Melissa Kolc, Marketing Programs Manager of Sydney Markets Limited said; “The Fresh for Kids Canteen Campaign is designed to make eating healthy food fun and establish a lifelong healthy relationship with fresh produce. It’s a proven fact that developing good nutritional habits early is one of the key ways to avoid both obesity developing and progressing into adulthood.”
School children across New South Wales & ACT will be blasting off this year with specially designed sticker tokens that can be exchanged for an instant prize of a glow in the dark wrist band plus entry into the prize draw to win everything from CDs, DVDs and Video Games to a family holiday to Hong Kong Disneyland.
The ‘Blast Off and Win” Canteen Campaign kicks off on Monday August 4th 2008 and concludes Friday 29th August 2008.
Also back this year are the Fresh for Kids Fruit and Vegetable Gang; Megabite Apple, Oscar Orange, Summa Strawberry, Tamara Tomato, Captain Capsicum and Bazza Banana making an appearance on the Fresh for Kids Canteen Campaign award winning website (www.freshforkids.com.au), which gets an average of 800,000 people logging on every year.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
MELISSA KOLC, MARKETING PROGRAMS MANAGER
SYDNEY MARKETS
P) 02 9325 6830
E) [email protected]
Lake House, a small luxury hotel which sits on the shores of Lake Daylesford, in Victoria, and is recognised as one of Australia''s premier gourmet retreats, nestled on 2.5ha of manicured gardens, waterfalls and streams.
Multi award-winning Lake House is a delightful haven for lovers of food, wine and indulgence
By RAMA GAIND
It was the most unexpected, yet delightful, experience when I dined at the Lake House, a small luxury hotel which sits on the shores of Lake Daylesford, in Victoria.
An easy 80-minute drive from Melbourne, it is recognised as one of Australia’s premier gourmet retreats, nestled on 2.5ha of manicured gardens, waterfalls and streams.
The continuing success is due largely to executive chef and proprietor Alla Wolf-Tasker, ably assisted by husband, Allan, and daughter Larissa.
It’s a winning combination of location: by the lake’s edge with beautiful walking, jogging and bike tracks that lead into the Wombat State Forest; accommodation that is spacious, spa cuisine that will never leave you feeling unfulfilled from a restaurant that sources nutritious ingredients regionally, organic where possible. What’s more it utilises sustainable agricultural practises to create a series of dishes that will complement your desired goals whilst nourishing your body.
The award-winning Lake House is much in demand as a getaway. The food and wine has much to do with that. Dining at the acclaimed restaurant, with an internationally awarded cellar, is what fine dining is all about. The dining, lounge and bar areas – with wide-sweeping views – display the striking works by acclaimed artist Allan Wolf-Tasker.
All of the hotel’s 33 rooms and suites have enchanting lake views, something you can also enjoy from the mineral water treetop tubs of the new Salus Spa.
Alla is known for her rigorous approach to staff training, making sure everyone who comes through her kitchen learns how to cook from the basics. She admits to being pedantic about doing things from scratch. "We do our own bread, sausages, relishes, sauces, jams, marmalades,” she said. “We do all our patisserie from scratch. Everyone in the kitchen gets to see everything and move around the stations."
They produce cutting edge, modern Australian cuisine with an emphasis on seasonal and regional ingredients. In fact, it’s due to customer demand the Lake House now offers a range of produce to take home.
A network, developed over the years, of local growers and suppliers, provides the best and choicest regional produce to this country kitchen. This includes chestnuts, wild mushrooms, morello cherries, wild berries, rabbits, venison, duck, free range chickens and eggs, trout, yabbies, lamb, beef and an increasing amount of organically grown and produced goods.
For all the foodies out there, you have to get hold of a copy of Alla’s versatile cookbook, described as a culinary journey to country Australia. Titled simply Lake House, the 310 page hardback volume is beautifully presented, painstakingly compiled and comprises recollections and 100 recipes for all seasons.
It’s the story of a culinary journey of more than three decades. She shares her experiences, philosophies and love of quality food. I was fascinated by meandering through her childhood as a daughter of Russian immigrants in Melbourne in the 1950s to years of single-minded pursuit of all things culinary through travel, training and sheer hard work in Australia and Europe.
It is also chronicles the restaurant she built from the humblest of beginnings on a patchy hillside to the much-loved award-winning luxury food lover’s destination it is today.
When the Lake House opened in 1984, she pioneered a seasonal, regional cuisine then common in Europe but rare in country Australia. The recipes not only reflect her love of the style and elegance of Europe, but her Russian heritage and her own interpretation of today’s culinary trends. For Alla, food is an art form which is meant to be savoured with one’s eyes and tastebuds.
While the Lake House has developed into an all-encompassing resort, with a beautiful, consistent award-winning restaurant at its heart, the property is also proving a popular place for those in need of a little rest, relaxation, detoxification or stress relief.
After you have savoured a delectable night out, you should also try the brand new treatments at the Lake House and let the healing waters at Salus Spa work their magic!
The Australian Handball Federation [AHF] congratulates the Australian team which competed in the 19th World University Championships held during 5th – 13th July 2008 in Jesolo Beach, Italy.
The Australian Team reflected well on Australian handball and demonstrated the importance of participation and not just the results. Although the scores were not great, the Team impressed everyone with their passionate play. In fact, the Team was well regarded and considered the most popular team at the competition, by both the players and the volunteer staff.
[For results of all the Australian games, click here.
In addition to the fantastic support by the locals to the Australian Team, about thirty Australian backpackers who came to watch the Australian games against the Czech Republic and the Italians added their lively chants and cheering to boost the Team’s morale. The best result for the Australian’s was against Cyprus ( 19 – 33). At the completion of that game, Gilles Guillemin, the Australian Coach was congratulated for playing in fantastic spirit, and not giving up against stronger teams. It was widely regarded that the Australian Team was everybody’s favourite team.
The Manager of the Australian Team, Matt Walsh was given a role of ‘Technical Commissioner’ by the competition governing body FISU. The role of this commission is to represent the interests of all members of the competition by discussing player/official appeals and technical matters. The aim is to ensure the integrity of the refereeing, staff and the 19th World University Championships. The other members of the technical commission were Frantisek Taborsky (FISU), Adriano Ruocco (EHF), Claudio Morandin, Yasar Sevim (TUR), Grigori Guterman (LTU) & Djorde Lalosevic (SRB). In electing an Australian member to the Technical Commission, FISU felt this was an important and rare opportunity to have a player/manager and member of Oceania representing all members of the competition.
The AHF is hopeful that more Australian university handball groups will join in future world university championships.
Associate Professor Nicholas O’Dwyer is leading a research team at the University of Sydney in order to help people with cerebral palsy in the future. Members of this team are working on hand coordination, which in turn will have clinical implications for improving hand activity in people with cerebral palsy.
We are looking for Children (over 8years of age) and Adults with CP including hemiplegia, diplegia, quadriplegia, ataxia and athetosis who would like to receive a Testing of both arms (no costs involved). We wish to investigate the full spectrum of cerebral palsy, including people with little or no difficulty with activities of daily living. This process will involve the measurement of bimanual movements, force control and hand activity in both arms. The study is being conducted at Cumberland Campus, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Sydney. Data collection will take approximately 1 1/2 hours and we will reimburse you for your travel costs with taxi fares (from Metropolitan Sydney) and two cinema passes.
If you are interested in participating and would like to know more,
Please contact: Angel Chiu on 0402721820 (or e-mail: [email protected]), The University of Sydney
Marymead Child and Family Centre this week welcomes new Chief Executive Officer, Hilary Martin.
Ms Martin brings many years of valuable industry experience to the Canberra-based not-for-profit community child and family service. Working to preserve and support families, as well as care for children and young people, Marymead has been a part of the local community for 40 years.
Ms Martin comes to Marymead from Spiritus, one of the largest providers of community-based services in Queensland where she worked as the Group Manager Social Services.
“Ms Martin brings an impressive breadth of experience to Marymead and will bring a client-focused and committed approach to our organisation’s invaluable work in the Canberra community,” Chair of Marymead Board Louise Moran said.
“The welcome I have received during my short time in Canberra has been overwhelmingly positive and I am looking forward to working with the great team at Marymead, getting involved in the community, and working alongside funding bodies and other community service centres,” Ms Martin said.
The Jewels of Avalon range is exotic and unusual pendants, jewellery sets and giftware adorned with Butterflies, Dragonflies, crystals and other magical items from the mystical world of Avalon.
The Jewels of Avalon range is sourced from local and international dealers to ensure the range is special and unique
Our Tuggeranong Indoor “Community” Market is a great place to shop for bargains and take up the Tuggeranong atmosphere. But they are much more than that. They provide local designers, artists and craftspeople the opportunity to sell their work direct to the public and act as a launch pad for budding entrepreneurs and anyone working in the creative industries.
The Markets also allow local not-for-profit groups, sporting clubs and other organisations access to a local event to conduct fund-raising and awareness.
The majority of the stalls are indoors within the Tuggeranong Community Centre but we have a couple of community service spots out the front at the entrance – – this is where the BBQ will be so you will get passing trade both on the way into the market and when visitors exit the market
Hello all. and welcome again to your Weekly Wot’s Wot in Folkus & around the traps…
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I was going to list some quotables from Pell & his minions this week but the list got far too long and far too ridiculous.
Suffice to ponder the one quote which in Pell’s case simply says it all. He was reported as having been "very excited" in the lead-up to his mass moment on Tuesday because "This will be the biggest mass I’ve ever presided over so far" …. once again reinforcing that his sole raison d’être seems related more to the euphoric effects of incense, occasion and dress-ups. He continues to fall short in his pastoral care role and is not a fitting role model for "The Young and The Restless[ly] Deluded"…
and the crass nature of the BIG SELL recruitment aspect of WYD should now of course be painfully obvious to all….
I bet they wish they had the power to impose conscription!
INDEX
1. This Week in Folkus
2. Next Week in Folkus
3. Parish Notices
4. The Comics
5. Sport
1.
This Week In Folkus –
BEST quality live music entertainment to the core …
The Folkus Room, (operates out of The Serbian Cultural Centre & Club) 5 Heard St. MAWSON ACT .. eastern side of Southlands Centre and just off Athllon Drive.. CHECK OUT OUR NEW MAPS PAGE…. just go to www.thefolkus.org.au >>> MAPS
Friday 18 July …. Big Bad Bazza’s Bonzer Blues & Boogie Band more dancing and PROPER entertainments than you could ever imagine. Baz Cooper has extended himself and taken great strides into the world of blues and boogie keyboards. He has gathered an excellent group around him and together they will provide a night of quality music that will fire up your socks and leave you feeling thoroughly entertained. Get along early (from 6pm) for some community and great food before dancing the night away from 8.00pm….
Then come back on Saturday for…
Saturday 19 July … Sat Arvo Jazz – 2pm to 5pm … with the Dan McLean Trio and Canberra Jazz Club’s monthly social & jazz jam…….
2. …….
Next Week In Folkus … MORE GREAT AFFORDABLE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Friday 25 July Susanna Carman with special guest, Margret RoadKnight ……………. Admission $20/$15
3.
Parish Notices……..
3a. The Folkus Room is offering annual subscriptions. Go to www.thefolkus.org.au for details… WE NEED YOU! and YOU NEED SPECIAL DEALS ON ENTERTAINMENT WITH FUEL PRICES &/c GOING THROUGH THE ROOF! Go to our web site and check out the fabulous array of performances we have in store for you over the next twelve months. The special subscription offer is just too good to miss out on. Remember also that the benefits will simply keep coming back to you with our increased ability to attract more top line performers for your favourite Canberra live music performance space.
3b. for more info about Canberra’s LIVE music scene! …. http://www.loadedog.com/?page_id=132
3c. You are warmly invited to the public launch of the Woden Eco-Challenge – an exciting local project to help us all tread more lightly on our planet…. Launch of the Woden Eco–Challenge Sunday, July 27th 2.00 – 4.00 pm.- Holy Trinity Primary School Hall, Theodore St, Curtin … Woden SEE Change – who, what and why? Join our eco-challenge! * Lower your energy costs / Reduce your carbon footprint * Personal stories of practical ways to reduce our ecological footprint * Hear from the Home Energy Advice Team (HEAT) to find out how you can receive a low cost home energy audit…. Afternoon tea provided…. For more information email [email protected] or ph Audrey on 6287 3000 http://www.see-change.org.au Gold coin donation, Lucky door prizes
3d. The notice with depth, C21….
4.
A sheep farmer was driving down the road one day when a traffic cop pulls him over and says, "Do you know you just made a U-turn"? The farmer replies, "Did I? Well, how about that! I knew that sometimes I make their eyes roll."
a bit hard to top last week’s pome (’twas truly a gem!) but I’ll try…
a sonnet to adventure and lure in the unknown….
On A Night of Snow
Cat, if you go outdoors, you must walk in the snow.
You will come back with little white shoes on your feet,
little white shoes of snow that have heels of sleet.
Stay by the fire, my Cat. Lie still, do not go.
See how the flames are leaping and hissing low,
I will bring you a saucer of milk like a Marguerite,
so white and so smooth, so spherical and so sweet –
stay with me, Cat. Outdoors the wild winds blow.
Outdoors the wild winds blow, Mistress, and dark is the night,
strange voices cry in the trees, intoning strange lore,
and more than cats move, lit by our eyes green light,
on silent feet where the meadow grasses hang hoar –
Mistress, there are portents abroad of magic and might,
and things that are yet to be done. Open the door! ………………… Elizabeth Coatsworth
Stay Well & Truly Silly Gentle Folk
Bill Arnett
The Folkus Room
Canberra’s Acoustic Preference
61-2-62627265
0407 434 469
"No Strangers Come Here – Just Friends We Have Not Yet Met"
Most markets are held out in the open and it can be bitterly cold in winter. The Tuggeranong Indoor Community Market will be a warm place for both buyers and sellers to do business without the biting winds and chilling cold.
The indoor market will feature a range of arts and crafts including aromatherapy, hand-made candles, knitting, hand-crafted jewellery, fashion items and scrap booking supplies. Other stall holders will also be on hand offering quality manufactured goods providing buyers with a range of items to choose from.
The Markets are a place to shop for bargains and take up the Tuggeranong atmosphere. Plus provide local designers, artists and craftspeople the opportunity to sell their work direct to the public and act as a launch pad for budding entrepreneurs and anyone working in the creative industries.
This month the Tuggeranong Indoor Community “Winter” Market will be held on Sunday, 27 July 2008 at the Tuggeranong Community Centre, Cowlishaw St, Greenway (the building next door to McDonalds) between 10am and 2pm.
Entry is free to the public.
The Winter Market theme continues Sunday August 31, 2008 so mark this date in your diary now.
Four local high school students from Daramalan College, Dickson, ACT: Alexandra Dun, Jordan Hamilton, Ned Hirst and Kathryn Wiggins, have been selected to attend the University of Sydney’s Science Gifted and Talented Discovery Program three day workshop on 16-18 July.
Alexandra, Jordan, Ned and Kathryn will join 59 other talented science students in Year 9 and 10 from around NSW and ACT on campus at the University of Sydney to do fun hands-on workshops and lectures in biology, chemistry and physics.
The University of Sydney’s Science Gifted and Talented Discovery Program entrance exam was sat by 1633 students from 101 schools, with only the top 10% of students invited to the workshop.
“Students get the chance to discover the different areas of science and get involved with hands-on activities that they wouldn’t normally cover in school through the University of Sydney’s Gifted and Talented Discovery Program,” said Louise Freys, Assistant Marketing Manager, Faculty of Science.
“Fun activities such as using biotechnology to identify human individuals, analysing animal behaviour to investigate flight in insects, playing with light and optics, making slime, working with thermochemistry and creating resorcinol polymers are on offer – students love it!”
The University of Sydney’s Science Gifted and Talented Discovery Program has been running since 1996 and has had over 1 300 students participate since its inception.
“As well as challenging talented science students with the activities, the program gives students an insight into studying science at university and as a possible career. They get to meet scientists who work at the university and find out about cutting edge research,” said Louise.
“They also meet and become friends with other students who are interested in science, so it’s a great social experience as well.”
The program runs twice a year for three days, in the July and October school holiday period.
Football’s momentum is building and Canberra is going to be a part of it. Anyone who queued up for 25 minutes to get into the Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners game last Saturday will know – their is a passion for Football in Canberra!
The Socceroos are on track for another FIFA World Cup, The Matildas reached new heights in the FIFA 2007 China World Cup. The Hyundai A-League is pulling record crowds up 32 per cent over three years. In 2007/08 the Hyundai A-League achieved record TV viewing figures, up 23%, on Fox Sports.
It is a new dawn for football in Australia. Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Caitlin Munoz, Woden Valley girls, Ben Harrington, Ben Wilson, Allyson Flynn, Ben Williams are just some of the Canberrans travelling throughout Asia for football.
Canberra can now take advantage of football’s growth and it’s move into Asia. Canberra needs an A-League team.
We have a clear process to do this and it will show everyone that an A-League side is not only important for Canberra but a necessity.
We’ve set 1 July 2009 as the FFA submission date. When successful, this will give us inclusion in the A-League for the 2010-11 season.
In the period leading up to this deadline, it is critical that we amass vocal support to justify to governments, corporate, and individual investors that a Canberra A-League franchise will be a viable proposition.
Last month, I had the opportunity to listen to Loral Langemeier, Founder/CEO of Live Out Loud and a New York Times Best-Selling author, at a Wealth Creation Weekend held in Sydney. Langemeier’s claim to fame is creating millionaires. Being her first time presenting to an Australian audience, I was impressed with her ‘straight to the point’ attitude, insight and advice. For example, if you are in business and you want to create revenue, ask for money at least twenty times a day. Makes sense! Sometimes we need successful people to remind us of the obvious.
Australians will be able to experience her ‘Cash Machine Workshop’ first hand in Sydney July 31st to August 2nd. Langemeier’s approach is for new entrepreneurs to learn how to run a business first, based on something they already understand and know how to do. Once they have the experience and the money, then they can move on to the business of their dreams.
Langemeier believes that everyone has a choice in their financial decisions and that anyone can learn to act, think and make money the way the wealthy do—and have for generations. Owning cash-producing business ventures is a key component to personal and financial wealth. Unlike typical wealth-building approaches, her Cash Machine concept shows how anyone can ‘learn to earn,’ when it comes to business and entrepreneurship, the single biggest source of wealth in many countries. Participants will discover how to capitalise on their skills and passions and generate cash, build the foundation to sustain a viable business, which in turn will create and support wealth for a lifetime – hence a “Cash Machine”.
Langemeier is the best-selling author of The Millionaire Maker, the Millionaire Maker’s Guide to Wealth Cycle Investing, and the Millionaire Maker’s Guide to Creating a Cash Machine for Life. Additionally, she is also a weekly guest columnist on Gather.com and for TheStreet.com—an in-depth financial analysis and news website co-founded by CNBC “Mad Money” host, Jim Cramer. She’s been featured in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and New York Times as well as CNN, Fox News, and ABCNews.com, Forbes.com, and BusinessWeek.com .
To find out more about the Sydney “Cash Machine Workshop”, please visit the LiveOutLoud website.
