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Living Sustainably Inspo

Lynette and Brent are certainly living the sustainable life! What started as a blank canvas for the couple 18 years ago is nothing short of an oasis of sustainability within the suburbs! It’s a half acre block bursting with life and colour and goodness every where you look! Part food garden and part habitat garden Lynette and Brent’s half acre…

ANZAC DAY – a national memory by Steven Farrar

The words of the Greek Historian of the 5th century BC, Herodotus Book 7 chapter 45: And now as he looked and saw the whole Hellespont covered with the vessels of his fleet and all the shore and every plain about Abydos as full as possible of men, Xerxes congratulated himself upon his good fortune; but after a little while…

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SICYC Cruise the Clarence 2024

A total of 41 Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club members and 14 vessels participated in this years, ‘ Cruise the Clarence’, from Easter Friday to the following Friday, raising awareness for Prostate Cancer. People came from Tasmania, Brisbane and the Gold Coast and some enjoyed the Clarence so much, they decided to spend a few more weeks on the river.…

Never bin your batteries – just B-cycle them

Batteries disposed of in bins are causing fires in waste trucks and facilities across the country, endangering workers, damaging equipment and wasting a valuable resource that could otherwise be recovered. To prevent battery fires occurring – Never bin your batteries! Here’s how to dispose of batteries safely Remove from appliance Tape terminals with clear sticky tape to prevent short circuiting…