Five Lobethal Community Association Inc (LCA) volunteers worked for two hours on Sunday afternoon, March 7th, picking up rubbish from the Old Woollen Mill corner along Woodside Road to Kayannie Corner, Lobethal. The day coincided with Clean Up Australia Day and these five volunteers were a part of more than 61,000 volunteers Australia-wide caring for the environment and their local communities. The LCA is supported by the state program KESAB.
The small size rubbish was mainly drink and fast food containers, confectionary wrappings and beer bottles. Approximately 30 recyclable drink containers were retrieved. Larger rubbish was made up of various car parts, a motor bike tyre, a small car tyre and a 2 gallon empty fuel tin. Clothing this time was outer wear (last clean up it was underwear), such as tops and jackets. Cigarette boxes and butts continue to be discarded on the roadside. An audio cassette titled Learning to swim upstream was found; irony on our task of clearing rubbish once again along this road. Continue reading Sterling Job by Lobethal Volunteers in Cleaning up Australia→
Sustainability was the buzzword once again this February in Uraidla. The seventh Sustainability Fair, running in conjunction with the show, was jam-packed with cutting edge concepts that can be applied practically in our day to day lives. Sophie Thompson, from Gardening Australia, spoke about types of soils and the effects of grey water. Other informative lectures and demonstrations incorporated holistic gardening, water usage, solar power, energy efficiency, composting, recycling, native animals, the Coorong, earth-friendly products and home sustainability. Continue reading The Uraidla & Summertown Show→
“By all means, engage in positive but controlled encouragement such as ‘Well done Billy’”. This is advice from the Torrens Valley Soccer Club’s website on ‘Parents Code of Behaviour’. The site goes on to say that there should be no abusive shouting, no destructive criticism, no hysterics and no sideline coaching from parents. This might seem like it’s stating the obvious, but its all part of the professional direction that this Birdwood based soccer club is taking.
In the mid 80’s a group of people, who didn’t want to play Aussie rules, got together and formed the Torrens Valley Soccer Club. With grants from the local council and community help, they developed the pitch at Birdwood Park and became the Torrens Valley Soccer Club (The Rams). Now they have over 120 players and active parents involved in the running of the club. Continue reading TORRENS VALLEY SOCCER CLUB→
Then here’s some great reasons to drop in at your earliest opportunity!
As part of joining the library, you will receive a free library bag.
You can then choose from a ton of books, DVDs, CDs, PC games, magazines, graphic novels and comics, and if you want something that isn’t on the shelf, we can find it at another library and get it sent to Woodside for you!
The Lobethal Community Website, www.lobethal.sa.au was launched last month at the Lobethal Bierhaus.
The website launch was introduced by Kathryn Featherstone, the chair of the Lobethal Community Association (LCA). Kathryn spoke about the objective of the LCA to support the development of the town and wellbeing of its residents and said the website is a fantastic tool to enable the LCA to deliver its goals.
Twelve months ago, almost to the day, a mother and son from Lobethal were packing their bags for South America. Dianne and David Schwarz were both heading off to Buenos Aires and were about to have two vastly different experiences.
David Schwarz has been an endurance motorbike rally rider for the last 23 years and was going to compete in the world class Dakar Rally, a gruelling 14 day desert race. David competed in the 2005 Dakar Rally in Africa and that experience helped him considerably this year in South America. The race was moved there for the first time, due to political unrest in some African nations. Continue reading A trip to South America→
On November 21st. 2009, children from the Gumeracha School Children helped to celebrate the Gumeracha Hall’s Centenary with many of them carrying flags, being escorted from the school to the hall by Lindsay Randell, Valwyn Ross and Darren Clarke, members of the Barossa Light Horse (pictured above).
Five Lobethal Community Association Inc (LCA) volunteers worked for two hours on Sunday afternoon, March 7th, picking up rubbish from the Old Woollen Mill corner along Woodside Road to Kayannie Corner, Lobethal. The day coincided with Clean Up Australia Day and these five volunteers were a part of more than 61,000 volunteers Australia-wide caring for the environment and their local communities. The LCA is supported by the state program KESAB.
