What's On At The Hub 17/02/2025
- Kritika
- Jan 10
- 5 min read
Hello Everyone, hope the cooler weather is giving you more energy to live your best life. This week as well as our scheduled classes, we will have the opportunity to meet two candidates who will be running in the up coming elections. Chapters writing group is back so get those creative juices flowing and join Libby and the crew on Friday mornings starting 21 February. Crafty Friends is looking for some new members so if you would like to flex your artistic muscles, join Faye and the group on Wednesday mornings. See below for other exciting events happening throughout February.
Be Informed - Meet the Candidates
Thursday 20th February at 2.30pm
This year there will be an election at every level of Government - Federal, State, and Local. On March 8 we kick off with the WA State election, and the Federal Election will be close behind. We will again have to decide who will represent us for the next four years.
As part of our Be Informed programme, we have invited all of the local candiates who are likely to form Government at State and Federal levels to join us to share their plan for our local community and where they stnd on the big issues. You will also have the opportunity to ask them questions about their respective visions and policies.
On Thursday 20th February, at 2.30 pm Labor candidates The Hon Hannah Beasley MLA and Zaneta Mascarenhas MP will be here and Liberal candidates Andra Biondi and Mic Fels will join us on Friday 28 February at 2.30.
Afternoon tea will be served following their address.
Chapters Returns for 2025
Friday 21st February at 9.30am
After a summer break, Chapters - Writers Group will return to the Hub this Friday 21st February for another year of writing, sharing, fun and laughter. Have you always had a passion for writing or is it a new interest that you would like to explore. Join Libby and the crew from 9.30am
Crafty Friends
Wednesday 9.30 -11.30 am
Join Faye and a friendly group of people who enjoy doing a variety of crafts including knitting, crochet, or anything you might like to try your hand at. The group is member-led and always open to new ideas and suggestions. We have made socks, scarves and even sweaters which were donated to Armadale Hospital. Please come and join us to have some
creative fun and meet some new people.
Connect 60+
Friday 9.00am-11am
Week Four
This week Connect 60+ focused on Vocational Wellness. We had an excellent turnout of 29 people who all had a fun exercise workout with Hannes. He also gave some tips for fitness in everyday life, such as taking the stairs instead of the lift, when you can. We also saw some very creative work during the Pinch Pottery workshop and many people asked the facilitators about avenues for pottery activities in the general community.
Week Five
Next Friday Connect 60+ will focus on Spiritual Wellness, an aspect of ourselves we might sometimes neglect. It is a very personal thing and everyone has their own way of expressing spirituality, it could be through prayer, meditation, or mindful Yoga. Whichever way we practice our spirituality, it opens us to "new insights and perspectives about life" In this session we will learn about Chair Yoga, a practice which nurtures ' inner peace and gratitude' while also giving you a good stretch.
Still to come in this cycle is
Feb 21st - Chair Yoga - Celesta Wijaya
Feb 28th - Intergenerational Herb Potting - Grubs N Bugs and The Cultivating Curmudgeon
Mar 7th - AI - Alex Jenkins from WADSIH
Register below!
Community Lunches
Unfortunately we have been unable to restart in the Tuesday Community Lunches in ebruary as hoped. We are still searching for a cook to lead our volunteers. If you know someone who might be interested in volunteering for this role, please speak to Vicki or Kritika. We are hopeful that the Community Luncheswill return soon.
Coming Up in February
Living Well with Arthritis
Wednesday 26th February 11.15 am
As we get older many of us have aches and pains which may turn out to be arthritis. There are several different types of arthritis which have different symptoms and treatments. Village Hub Member - Anita Clayton from Arthritis & Osteoporosis WA will share strategies for pain management, exercise, nutrition, and joint protection. We will also gain resources for support on arthritis issues.
Hub Sundowner
Friday 28th February 4.30-6.00 pm
Its Back! Come along and shake your tail feather to the music of the 'Sunshine Trio' at the Hub Sundowner on Friday the 28th of February. Catch up with friends and enjoy some quality socializing. $5 for village hub members, $10 for non-members, and the first drink is free.
Out N' About - Wellington Dam
Monday 7th April 8am -5pm
Don't miss out on this opportunity to see the worlds biggest Dam Mural!
You may not expect a world-renowned artist to camp in the bush for four months while he’s creating the biggest dam mural on the planet. Nor might you think he’d dangle from ropes wearing a headlight, painting at 4am.
But Australian paintsmith Guido Van Helten isn’t your typical artist, and nor is the statement piece he coated 8000 square metres of the Wellington Dam wall with. The 34m-high, 367m-wide wall finished construction in 1960 and forms the second largest dam in Western Australia, after Lake Argyle. It’s fed by the Collie River, which also happens be the source of Van Helten’s inspiration.
Van Helten sorted through countless photographs, stories and pieces of memorabilia before selecting six images to paint in dizzying scale. Looking at the dam wall, on the far left are two of the migrant workers who built the dam, posing as it overflows in the background. Beside them are a couple of local kids playing in the sand; they’re now in their 20s.
The wide, central image is of a handful of Aboriginal children on a picnic day out from Roelands mission; they play in the water with a little girl with blonde pigtails. To the right, a boy handles a fish; he’s now a 20-year-old apprentice at one of the local power stations.
Beside him, a picture of a dad with two kids; the girl to his left, Ashlinn Cain, is now grown up and helped Van Helten on the project. She, and the artist’s friend and fellow artist, Ian McCallum assisted with installing the mural.
The final image on the far right-hand side is of an Aboriginal couple; the original photograph is believed to be from the 1890s.
Join us as we leave the city via Forrest Highway for an exciting day of adventure. First stop Gnomesville where you can add a Gnome to the collection if you want to. Then on to Collie for lunch at the Federal Hotel which has many yummy options for lunch including garlic prawns and chicken satay sticks. We will then visit Wellington Dam to see mgnigficent mural and finally to Harvey Cheese for tastings and ice cream.
Members $100, non-members $110.
Book your place on the link below
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