Community News

Expression Of Interest For Toolamba Community Postal Agent Service

 As you are aware the current Australia Post Community Postal Agent (CPA) service is currently not available in Toolamba.  

A meeting was recently held with two Australia Post CPA managers and members of the Toolamba and District Steering Committee to discuss the current lack of postal service in the Toolamba community and to come up with a plan to ensure Toolamba maintains a CPA. 

In conclusion, it was decided that a CPA in Toolamba is essential and therefore the current licence is up for renewal. 

Australia Post is looking for a committed, community minded individual to run the CPA from Toolamba.   

Community postal agents offer basic postage assessment, stamp sales and over the counter mail acceptance, collection and delivery. They do not offer bill payment and banking.  Operating hours are flexible, and can be done in split times, such as a morning opening and evening are available. A small financial incentive is offered, however a secure, central premises will need to be approved by Australia Post. 

If you are interested in being the contractor for the Toolamba CPA service, please submit your initial Expression of Interest (EOI) to nancy.glasson@auspost.com.au and this can be discussed directly with Australia Post.  

Please feel free to reach out to the committee if you need some basic information about this by emailing us at andrea.pogue@hotmail.com.  

Regards, Toolamba and District Steering committee.  

New Volunteer Group In Toolamba - Friends of Daunts Bend

The Toolamba & District Steering Committee is forming a new volunteer group in partnership with Parks Victoria called 'Friends of Daunts Bend'.

The aim of the volunteer group is to work with Parks Victoria on a range of projects and initiatives to help preserve, protect and develop our Toolamba Forest.  

Friends of Daunts Bend will undertake initiatives including, but not limited to, providing sustainable recreational opportunities, highlighting and protecting historic and cultural areas of the forest, protecting native flora and fauna, supporting the repair of fencing and other forest maintenance such as walking tracks and environmental burn-offs.  The group will work closely with Parks Victoria for funding applications to support all programs of works.

We are looking for interested people to join the group and help us get things underway as quickly as possible.  If you wish to join, please contact Keith Bryant on keith.bryant01@bigpond.com.  The volunteer application form (attached to the back of the newsletter) will also need to be completed and returned to Parks Victoria at volunteer@parks.vic.gov.au.  

Toolamba Events Calendar

The Toolamba & District Steering Committee have created the Toolamba Events Calendar for 2021.  This will grow and evolve over time, but we hope you find it always informative and helps you to keep on track of all the amazing events planned by our clubs and associations.

As new events are created, the calendar will be republished.  Please feel free to suggest any community events for addition to the calendar to andrea.pogue@hotmail.com

Toolamba Lions Club

If you are new to town or just interested in becoming more involved in the community, Toolamba Lions Club is again running our monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of each month at the Toolamba Junction Hotel at 7pm (COVID permitting). It is a great way to meet new people and serve our great town. If you would like to come and find out what Lions Club in Toolamba is all about, we would love to have you attend one of our meetings and shout you a meal! Call Amanda Sibio (Membership Coordinator) on 0447 405 335 or email amandasibio@gmail.com

Tutoring

Students from Grade 5 to 10 who want to improve their number, writing or reading skills can now join our weekly sessions of “Letters & Numbers”. The activity is run by the Tatura Community House and takes place in the Tatura Library, every Tuesday during the school term from 3:45 to 4:30pm for primary school students and from 4:45 to 5:30pm for high school students. The tutoring is free of cost. Come and get the support of our lovely volunteers who all have a background in education and who will make it fun for you to learn and improve your skills.

Mobile Library

The Mobile Library has resumed a full schedule, including visits to schools. We have made some adjustments to the schedule, which includes changing our visit to Toolamba to a Monday afternoon 2.00pm – 3.00pm. 

Transition Tatura - Art Competition

In 2019 and 2020, Transition Tatura held two very successful short-film competition for students of all Goulburn Valley Schools. The challenges both years for the children, either by themselves or with friends or family, was to make a short film (1 to 6 minutes) about the environment. In 2021, we have decided to expand the Environmental Short-film Competition to an Environmental Art Competition. As usual, this competition is open to all current students within the Goulburn Valley. 

Schools in the City of Greater Shepparton and surrounds have been sent a “preliminary notification” prior to the school holidays and more details will be sent once Term Two is back in full swing. 

As with previous competitions, all artworks, films, songs, poems, plays (etc…!) will be showcased at the 2021 Transition Tatura Communities Shaping the Future Film Festival on Saturday August 28th. 

The 2021 Topic:

Either by yourself, with your family or with friends, use your favourite form of artistic expression (from our list below) to address the competition topic;

“My Town: A Zero Carbon Town … what can I do to make it happen?”

The categories of art Transition Tatura will be considering for this competition are as follows;

• Visual Art (painting, drawing, sculpture, fashion design, etc.)
• Performance Art (dance, theatre, song, music, etc.) (up to six minutes duration)
• Literature (poetry, story, etc.) (up to 1500 words)
• Media Arts (film, animation, computers, etc.) (up to six minutes duration)

There will be three age groups for each artistic category 

• Grade Prep to Three
• Grade Four to Six
• Secondary Schools

Prizes for winning entries in each category 

             Grade Prep to Three $60

             Grade Four to Six $60

             Secondary School $60

             Overall Best Entry $280

Total prize pool is $1,000. Entries to close 4.00pm, Friday July 30th, 2021.

For more information;

check at your school’s office

• check with your art teachers
• go to Transition Tatura’s Facebook page: Transition Towns Tatura
• call Ross on 0407 845 247 (please leave a message or SMS if no answer)