Dereel

The Dereel Community Hub now runs a Wordpress blog availabe at dereelspokes.com, if you wish to keep up to date with news and events to do with the Dereel Community Hub that is the place you should visit.

Malcolm Turnbull today announced 499 government, council and telco funded mobile phone services to be deployed around the country to address blackspots and we're happy to say that Dereel is covered.

After listening to Malcolm's Google+ announcement it seems likely that Telstra plan to put their service on the existing NBN tower in our town. This means it is highly unlikely to require planning permission and there will be nothing that certain residents will be able to do to try and stop the installation.

Let's hope our service is operational before the next bushfire season.

To celebrate all things the community is currently doing, all the volunteers, all the community groups and initiatives, and to recognise all the hard work so far, the community are putting on a family friendly community celebration and market.

All community groups in the area have been invited to showcase who they are and what they do, and demonstrate the strength, creativity and diversity of post fire Dereel. This is also an opportunity for the many new residents to be welcomed to their community.

Please come along and share our spring celebration, and Look how far we’ve come!

Details:

• Saturday 4th of October 2014
• 9am to 3pm
• Dereel Soliders Memorial Hall and Community Centre

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In this edition:

• What’s been happening
  • Dr Robert Gordon visit, Men’s Shed grant announcement, Connecting the Tots, Firewood for distribution, Information and Introduction Sessions at the Hall, Dereel Bushfire Fire ‘Where to next’ survey, Captain Cat’s Theatre, Golden Plains Arts Trail ‘From the Flames’, Rejuvenation Quilt donated to the community, Beanie donation from Kinglake
• Update on the recovery groups
  • Heritage and History, Community Gardening, Open Sharing Group, Nesting boxes for returning native animals, Hot Day Clubs for at risk groups
• Contact, Support and Useful Information
• Regular Events for your calendar

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As part of the long recovery process for the Dereel community after the bushfire last March, the Dereel Community would like to invite you, your families, friends and networks to CAPTAIN CAT'S THEATRE - a musical play by the community for the community.

An original play, Captain Cat's Theatre is a comedy based around 1880 and features one of the last bushrangers. All cast, crew and production supporters are local community members or have strong links to the Dereel community, and have volunteered their time and talents to provide the wider community with some respite from the bushfire recovery process (Dereel's as well as other surrounding fire affected communities) and the coming summer.

In addition, all profits from Captain Cat's Theatre will go back into the Recovery Process to help support other community development initiatives.

Please consider supporting this important cause by coming along to one of the five shows, by sharing this information through your networks, or by an offer to help in an aspect of the production. To find out more, visit the website at www.captaincatstheatre.info.

To make bookings, please contact Ian on 0408 103 634 or email [email protected].