Issue 5 October - November 2017 Pocus Hocus Extravaganza TAKE A LOOK INSIDE PG South Arm Primary School recently entertained and delighted their families Australia Day Awards 8 and the wider community with another amazing production. Grade 5/6 stu- BirdLife annual count 4 dents took to the stage at Calverton Hall under the direction of Ben Smith Christmas Market 3 and Joshua Scott. There were high expectations after the success of last years Jack and the Beanstalk - but they delivered in full peninsula panto- Coastcare Schedule 5 style! Students from the surrounding areas - Lauderdale Primary School and Cremorne (playgroup) 4 St Johns Catholic School - also attended and hopefully left with more than a Halloween 6 laugh but rather a spark of interest in the performing arts. Front of house or Hell Fiction—Book launch 3 behind the scenes there is always a role for everyone. Congratulations to all Local Services & Notices 10-12 Marine and Safety Tasmania 2 On the agenda SAPRA 7 Quiz Night—Cremorne 5 Rural Alice and Well 8 Rainfall 2 SAPRA membership 6 St Barnabas 9 NEXT ISSUE — SEND IN YOUR CHRISTMAS EVENTS SAPRA AGM and GENERAL MEETING 6.30pm Tuesday 21 November South Arm Community Centre The South Arm Peninsula Residents Association Inc (SAPRA) Most communities know it’s the Annual General Meeting will be followed by a General small things that make them strong Meeting. This is your chance to hear firsthand SAPRA's ac- and vibrant — cue a community li- tivities during the year, to raise your issues and projects and also provide brary. Visit the new library at the feedback on the work SAPRA does. If you would like to submit a subject South Arm Community Centre, open for discussion at the General Meeting, contact SAPRA Secretary Jenni Mondays 10:30am—12:30pm. If you McLeod. are spring cleaning your bookshelf If you would like to join the SAPRA Committee, nomination forms are please remember that donations are available from the South Arm Store or contact our SAPRA Secretary (see most welcome. p.2 or email [email protected]). There is also a growing resource area Keep an eye out for more details on SAPRA's Facebook page and posters with information on mental health, in coming weeks. Please note that to vote on an agenda item or join the blood pressure, the community bus, Committee, you must be a current financial member of SAPRA. Member- fire safety and more. Pop in and have ship forms available at the South Arm Store, in this newsletter and at the a cuppa and a chat...and hopefully AGM/GM in November. leave with a new read. Find the li- brary on Facebook for updates. Kerry Scambler | SAPRA President | [email protected] | 0407 875 460 The paper and printing of this newsletter is kindly supplied by HEATHER CHONG With a coast line longer than NSW and Victoria combined, it's little wonder that interest in boating in Tasmania is enormous. We have over 30,500 regis- tered recreational boats plus all those not requiring registration. 1 in 17 Tas- manians has a registered boat and 1 in 8 Tasmanians has a boat licence. Add ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER in all the “off the beach” type craft not requiring registration and maybe 1 in The South Arm Peninsula News is pro- 7 Tasmanians have a means of getting on the water. Compare this to NSW duced bi-monthly and distributed where 1 in 32 have a registered boat! throughout the South Arm Peninsula Since 2000, registrations have increased by huge 84% meaning many are community which is inclusive of Sand- getting onto the water with little experience. Experienced or not, it's essen- ford, Cremorne, Clifton Beach, South tial that everyone takes time to prepare before each trip on the water. Arm and Opossum Bay. The newsletter was initiated by the Checking the weather is paramount to having a great day out. Always check South Arm Peninsula Residents Associa- the weather on the day you're heading out, don’t rely on last night’s TV fore- tion (SAPRA) and continues to be sup- cast – we all know our weather can quickly change significantly. Online, the ported financially by SAPRA. Please best weather forecast site is the Bureau of Meteorology's Meteye. http:// note the opinions expressed in articles www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/index.shtml as it gives you 3 hourly out- in are not necessarily the views of the looks on the exact area you plan to go boating in and, if planning a longer trip, there are detailed 7 day outlooks. Committee. Both individuals and groups are wel- It's also essential you have all the required safety gear. By January 2021 all come to submit notices, reports, pho- Tasmanian boaters will be required to have the new AS4758 standard life tos, articles or other contributions. jackets. This date will see the end of a 10 year transition from the old PFD 1,2 Guidelines for all contributions are and 3 type life jackets. MAST is offering $20.00 vouchers – just keep an eye available from the editor Annaliese on the MAST Facebook and website to see where their staff may be over the Caney: [email protected] coming summer. Take your old jackets along for MAST to mark them then you or 6248 8441. Space is provided for have until December 2020 to purchase your new AS4758 jackets with a $20 advertising, contact Kerry Scambler on upfront discount. Safe Boating. [email protected] or Peter Hopkins 0407 875 460. General Manager - Recreational Boating Safety & Facilities CLOSING DATE FOR Marine and Safety Tasmania Ph: 0418 145 439 | www.mast.tas.gov.au CONTRIBUTIONS: THURSDAY 21 SEPTEMBER BRIDGE GROUP 2017 The bridge group now meets at Cal- SAPRA COMMITTEE MEMBERS verton Hall each Wednesday after- Kerry Scambler (President) 0407 875 noon at 3.00pm. 460 [email protected] New members and beginners wel- Gillian Waldie (Treasurer) 0408 123 906 come. Contact Noela 6239 9172 [email protected] Jenni McLeod (Secretary) 0448 515 867 [email protected] RAINFALL FROM AROUND THE PENINSULA GENERAL COMMITTEE: Jo Barwick……………………..0428 623 997 Rainfall Cremorne Opossum Bay Sandford South Arm Annaliese Caney…………...0409 147 449 July 2017 45 mm 43.2 mm 39.1 mm 39 mm Beth Cooke…………………...0439 624 799 August 2017 34.75 mm 65 mm 65.5 mm 76 mm Lauren Green (market)….0403 909 848 2017 Year to Date 236.25 mm 273.2 mm 238.1 mm 238 mm Andrea Kimber………………0400 564 987 Richard Vaughan...............6239 9739 2016 Year to Date 334.75 mm 368.6 mm 389.5 mm 296 mm Sharyn Von Bertouch.......0429 199 113 Geir Hurlen Rødven Karen Wheeler Brad Lee Noela Foxcroft 2 New book released by South Arm CRIME STOPPERS publishers — Hell Fiction Local resident Allan Boase of Release Publications 1800 333 000 introduced his son Matthew's new book, Hell Fic- tion, at our August Market ahead of the official launch at Fullers Bookshop. In a nutshell, Hell Fiction is a unique multi-genre book, part theological crime-thriller, part black comedy, with an urgent social message from the warped imagination of a zany bipolar debutant writer. Hell Fiction by Matthew Boase is available at Fullers Bookshop or direct from the publishers at www.hellfiction.com/ Copies are also available in South Arm if you email [email protected] (Note: free delivery around Hobart is offered for online purchases for the next couple of months) We wish Allan and Matthew all the best with their first book. Callout for Peninsula Artists and Craft Creators At the South Arm Community Christmas Market in December we're encouraging everyone to LIVE LOCAL & GIVE LOCAL! Have a stall at our December market (Sunday 2nd) and help us inspire everyone to look lo- cally for beautiful festive season gifts. Book now and you'll be in the draw to win a special stallholders' raffle drawn on the day! Phone Lauren on 0403 909 848 | email [email protected] 3 Cremorne Playgroup SPRING IN THE PARK The Cremorne Playgroup will be back for Term 4 from Monday 16 October. Spring will see us meeting at the Cre- morne Playground each Monday morn- FOURTH ANNUAL AUSSIE ing when the weather permits. Please email Jeni at [email protected] to join our mailing list for BACKYARD BIRD COUNT updates when the weather forces us to change the location. The bird count is a great way to connect with the Playgroup meets every Monday (10am-12pm) during the school birds in your backyard where ever that might be — term. It’s a great place to meet other parents/carers and kids in suburban backyard, a local park, a patch of forest, a the area. The last Monday of the month we go for an outing farm, down by the beach, or the main street in together somewhere close by. All families in the area are very town. It only takes 20 minutes and the data collect- welcome and encouraged to come along when it suits – no com- ed helps BirdLife Australia to better understand the mitment required. Just bring along a piece of fruit to share and birds living where people live. And as a little ex- a $2.50 donation. We look forward to seeing you there! tra incentive, there are some incredible prizes to be won! QUIZ NIGHT Cremorne Playgroup Quiz Night is on again – Saturday 4 Novem- Make every bird count ber. Trivia is the theme. Last year many teams excelled at know- ing that whales swim in pods, emus and sheep get about in a 23-29 October 2017 mob, geese in a gaggle and ladybirds in a group called loveli- Visit http://www.birdlife.org.au/ ness.