PO BOX 202 BERRY NSW 2535 WWW.BERRYALLIANCE.ORG.AU FIND US ON FACEBOOK JUNE 2018 PRICE: $3.00 HELP DANCE TO 21 Page CELEBRATE Page 5 Page RAISE FUNDS A LANDMARK ANNIVERSARY FOR THE DAVID WITH THE BERRY HOSPITAL BERRY AUXILIARY MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN JUNE MEET ONE OF Page 3 Page BERRY’S MANY VOLUNTEERS Growing Our Community If you want to get involved in supporting a local community group, please see pages 16-17 to get in touch and find out what you can do to help our community to thrive. BERRY ALLIANCE INFORMATION BY HOLLY LANDGREN WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND TOWN damaged cans. This is a lamentable decision, CONTAINER as a financial incentive can be the difference The Town Crier is produced between litter being collected or ignored. by the Berry Alliance, Inc. RECYCLING The purpose of this publication is Driving in or out of town to the east you may have to communicate to the people of noticed a new installation in the Berry Bowling ELECTRIC CAR Berry about community activities Club car park. It’s a bottle and can recycling and to generate a small income collection point, part of the Return and Earn CHARGING for the Berry Alliance to cover program introduced by the NSW Government in administrative costs and donations. 2017. The unit installed is known as a reverse STATION vending machine, which provides a 10c refund After concerns were raised by some residents per container, in three ways: about the appropriateness of the proposed MEMBERSHIP • A voucher, which can be redeemed at the location for the NRMA electric car charging Membership of the Berry Alliance IGA, station, the installation has been put on hold, costs $10 pa. It aims to share • An e-payment into your Paypal account (with to allow consultation with the community and information amongst community myTomra App), or council about a more suitable location. groups and individuals, and to • A donation to charity (shown on the screen). ensure that Berry continues to be a The units will take a variety of glass, plastic, community we are proud of. aluminium, steel and paperboard cartons. The Membership is open to Berry unit has helpful graphics to show what can and community groups and individuals. can’t be recycled. Not recyclable containers To join the Berry Alliance, include milk containers, juice containers of write to one litre or greater, wine and sprits bottles and PO Box 202, Berry NSW 2535 health tonics. Recyclable items not accepted by the program should be put in your recycling ALL BERRY bin, as before. Many soft plastics not accepted ALLIANCE ENQUIRIES by Shoalhaven Council’s recycling program Secretary: 0449 569 059 are suitable for the REDcycle program. Coles Email: [email protected] supermarket in Nowra accepts these plastics, Post Office Box 202 check the redcycle.net.au website to find out OPAL CARD Berry NSW 2535 which plastics you can recycle this way. Because the system is completely automated, RETAILER a bar code needs to be scanned for a refund Opal cards may now be purchased and topped to be generated. Therefore, unlike some other up at the Visitor Information Centre, located in JUNE schemes, the NSW program accepts only the Berry Music Centre. This will make train Editor's Note 13 containers that are uncrushed or unbroken, travel more convenient and accessible. Opal cards can also be topped up online, allowing The closing date for our July issue which means there’s no pocket money to will be Wednesday 13 JUNE at 5pm. be made by collecting discarded crushed or fifteen minutes for the new balance to show. Please submit prior to this date if it is your first submission. Material can be submitted via e-mail to: [email protected]. Phone 0428 037 572. Town Criers can be downloaded for free from www.berryalliance.org.au or our Facebook Page: Berry Town Crier. Nancy Davies - Berry Town Crier TOWN CRIER EDITORIAL BOARD Nancy Davies Rick Gainford Holly Landgren Adrian Bishop Contributors are those from the Berry community who have news or views relating to residents of the area. The opinions expressed in the Town Crier are not necessarily those of the Berry Alliance or the Editor. The Town Crier is published every month, with a circulation of 2400. PRINTED BY Berry Printers CONCORDE WAY BOMADERRY PH: 4422 3774 PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Page 2 - The Town Crier JUNE 2018 Meet one of Berry’s Volunteers This month The Berry Alliance are featuring Lyn Clarke from Berry Public School Plant Propagation Nursery. Lyn is one of Berry’s many volunteers that takes time to invest in our Barry Virtue with some Year community and its future. 3 students in the nursery GROWING PLANTS – GROWING COMMUNITY 1. How long have you been volunteering? No one person has all the knowledge and ½ an hour on occasions before collecting For about 6 years we learn from each other and through the children from school. No knowledge is 2. Why did you decide to begin volunteering with observation and by practicing skills. necessary, but be prepared to learn some the nursery? 4. What are some of the benefits of this role? very exciting concepts about native plant I met Barry Virtue and Dave Johnson at the The most rewarding part of this role is propagation which is often quite unlike school nursery and they were so engaged following Barry’s original idea ‘of helping propagating European plants or growing with planting activities and teaching the children engage with the natural world fruit and vegetables. The benefit for parent children about local native plants, but they around them’. The natural world around volunteers will come from making a difference had no time for weeding and tidying up. I Berry is truly rich with biodiversity of plants, to the children’s education. Most children knew about weeds, but nothing about the animal and bird species. To know that in remain at BPS for 7 years, so there is the local plants, book learning had only taken Bundewallah and Broughton Creeks there opportunity for the children to see the trees me so far. I could see that these two blokes are breeding platypus and fishing bats right and other plants that they have sown and had the knowledge I wanted, and in return, in our backyard is very special. The natural planted themselves, grow in their playground I’d be a happy little weeder. Eventually I got world for the Berry community doesn’t get and having a wider understanding of the area on top of the weeds, but I have yet to get on much better! Another benefit is that you get they live in to become the stewards of their top of the knowledge that I would like to have to meet some very knowledgeable people environment in the future. about the local native plants. with a wide range of interests in the natural Come and find out more about opportunities 3. What are some of your duties? world and often receive invitations to some to volunteer in Berry at the Berry Alliance About half a dozen children come to the interesting excursions. Town Crier Community Groups get together in nursery each week for about an hour, so 5. Is your group in need of volunteers? September or call the group you are interested an informal lesson is prepared. The subject When we move to our new nursery we in using the telephone number in the Town Crier varies depending on whether there are seeds are aiming to attract younger volunteer listing each month. to be collected and cleaned, seeds to be parents and grandparents to promote the sown, seedlings to be potted up, and so on. engagement with and the understanding of Berry Public School Various tasks are allocated to volunteers the natural world through plant propagation. Plant Propagation Nursery according to their interests which range from This is essential for the continuity and Lyn 02 4464 3911 - Meet hands on nursery activities to using their IT succussion. The knowledge and the skills Thursday afternoons during skills to prepare teaching materials and other can be passed on to future generations. It school hours resources. is not an onerous commitment, maybe even [email protected] Shoalhaven City Council is inviting the community to attend one of three information evenings to hear first-hand what is happening in our City now and into the future. This is your chance to find out what Council is planning for your neighbourhood and hear about all the latest strategies and plans. Learn the facts direct from specialists in their field. The three community information evenings will be held between 6pm to 8pm on the following days: • Tuesday 29 May 2018 - Nowra School of Arts, Berry Street Nowra • Thursday, 31 May 2018 - Ulladulla Civic Centre, 818 Princes Highway, Ulladulla • Thursday, 7 June 2018 at Vincentia Public Hall, Lot 13 Coles Car Park, The Wool Road Vincentia The free evening allows people to drop in between 6pm to 8pm and learn about: • How Council will deliver and spend the new financial year budget • What Capital Works and Roadworks are planned Come along to this family friendly • How Council will help protect your Coastline • How can we improve the Nowra Riverfront and CBD evening full of information. • What will the Developers Contribution Funding contribute to <PMZMQ[ISQL¼[KWZVMZT]KSaLWWZXZQbM[ • Waste and Water Services and light refreshments. • Get involved in the future strategy for Shoalhaven Libraries • Be the first to hear about the newly built Shoalhaven Animal Shelter FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT • Discover how the Rangers protect you in our community www.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au JUNE 2018 The Town Crier - Page 3 Mother’s Day High Tea at Berry Preschool Term 2 is well under way.