Cute beanies hey? Frank up the road knits them for us and drops off a bag every 6 months or so.

They come in a variety of sizes suitable for adults and kids. And … could make a perfect Christmas present don’t you think? Especially for those planning a camping trip over summer … or a holiday to Tasmania.

Our beanies will be for sale at our Christmas Maker’s Market, coming up on 27 November, from 10am - 1pm.

Are you crafty too? If you’d like a stall there are still some available. Only $20. Book here.

Keen to start your Christmas shopping? Save the date and come along!

The sun will hopefully be shining and the rain has CERTAINLY been raining! Please join us for Friday morning gardening from 10am.

Katrina will be here to direct the traffic and provide expertise and advice. If you are keen to get out and get your hands dirty we need help with weeding, tidying, planting … and some all ages creative arty/crafty activities.

Come at 10am for gardening, 10.30am for arty fun …. and stay for morning tea on the corner at 11.30am. See you tomorrow, and each Friday (weather permitting).

We are taking Monday and Tuesday off, but are looking forward to getting some more programming up and running in the next few weeks. Here’s what’s on the cards from our discussions this week:

• Japanese playgroup is returning onsite … it will be lovely to see Maimi and the families and especially to see how much the children have grown!

• Matthew is resuming guitar lessons onsite on Monday and Wednesday evenings.

• We are welcoming a new counsellor to ACC. Martina who has recently moved to the neighbourhood will be here one afternoon/evening a week.

• Our Wednesday daytime book club is going to meet in person in November.

• And finally we are looking to resume our Women in the Shed program in a couple of weeks - hooray! Maylei will be taking both classes and Kalimna has been in contact with everyone that was booked in in Term 4 (and 3 I think) to see who would like to get cracking before the end of the year.

It is pretty nice to start doing things in person again, and we are looking forward to a slow and steady resumption of activity.

If you are part of a group that has a plan and haven’t chatted to us yet just give us a call or send an email …

Some of the great kids who come along weekly to Japanese playgroups …

We held our AGM on Monday night. It was on zoom and was a great chance to revisit all the super things we did in 2020/21.

I presented a slide show that showcased the events, programs, activities and community arts/outreach projects we did in the last year - Kalimna’s gorgeous photos made it very lovely!

Thanks to those that came along. If you too would like to find out more about what was achieved in the last year at ACC you can check out our Annual Report here.

It was lovely to reconnect with everyone again on Wednesday. We had quite a few families out in our garden throughout the morning - playing in the sandpit, using the ride-ons and enjoying the craft activities Lee put out.

And lots of our long-standing friends popped in to see us too - either coming for a sausage or a coffee as part of our 12pm BBQ lunch … or popping past throughout the day for a chat. It was great to see people in the flesh!

Jill ran the lunch, and juggled the timing complexities of sausage cooking and coffee making with aplomb … and I was very happy to be the guinea pig for her latte’s, they were pretty good! We’re very pleased to be able to do some fundraising for Friends of Baucau via the fancy coffee as part of our regular program.

And now we're looking forward to next week! Note we will be closed Monday and Tuesday for the Cup Day long weekend … but will be raring to go on Wednesday.

A special thanks to Brenta Meats in Fairfield who donated the sausages - we’re so luck to have such wonderful community spirit in our neighbourhood (and I can tell you the chicken sausages were really delicious!).