Tag: Events

Aboriginal Experience at Yanchep National Park

Adults aged 50 and older are invited to join us for an Aboriginal Experience outing to Yanchep National Park as part of the Outbound Discovery program, ahead of National Reconciliation Week. The event will be held on Tuesday 21 May 2024, with the bus departing from Whitford Library at 9.30am, returning at 2pm.

Discover the culture of the Noongar people of WA’s southwest at Yanchep National Park, including their seasonal movements, language and how knowledge is passed from generation to generation. See tools such as spears and boomerangs, a didgeridoo demonstration and discover the significance of plants and animals to Noongar people.

Book online via Ticketbooth.

Tickets cost $8 for City of Joondalup concession card holders, or $15 for adults.

 

Picture: Tourism WA / DBCA

Recycling with Marian Green: Founder of St Nic’s Recycling Hub

Marian Green established the St Nic’s Recycling Hub in Duncraig at the beginning of 2022. The Hub collects large volumes of recyclables each month from the community, that may otherwise have ended up in landfill. 

Putting waste in the right place

There are lots of recyclable materials that are not suitable to be placed into the recycling kerbside system and can be recycled through other sources. Since founding the Hub, Marian has worked hard in sourcing destination recyclers, running educational sessions with community groups, liaising with governments and interest groups, promoting the Hub through Facebook, and completing all the general administration tasks to keep the Hub running.  

A “Green” community effort

Marian can’t remember a time when she wasn’t volunteering and helping the community. Her parents inspired her efforts as they were always volunteering for different organisations throughout their lives. What motivates Marian with her efforts at the Hub are the amazing people from the community that she meets each Hub day.  

Marian believes we all have a responsibility to care for the planet, and creating St Nic’s Recycling Hub has been her way of upholding this responsibility and encouraging recycling throughout the community.  

You can recycle at the Hub on the 3rd Saturday of every month, 9am – 11am at St Nicolas Anglican Church, Cnr Poynter Drive & Beach Road, Duncraig.

What items can you recycle at the Hub?

  • Plastic lids and plastic bread tags.
  • Plastic plant pots and plant tags.
  • Oral care products.
  • Pens: including felt tips, highlighters, markers, mechanical pencils, correction tape, liquid paper.
  • Household batteries and printer cartridges.
  • E-waste and mobile phones.
  • Light globes.
  • Disposable razors.
  • Medication blister packs (with a donation to cover costs of recycling these).
  • Containers for Change: Donate your refund to St Nic’s by bringing along your 10c containers.

Marian’s tips for starting on your recycling journey

  1. Start small and build your way up. 
  2. Learn what can and can’t go in the recycling (yellow lid) kerbside bin. For further information, visit Recycling bin (yellow lid).
  3. Choose one more recyclable to divert from landfill. Once it becomes a habit, pick one more and then repeat! 

Get involved

If you have already nailed your recycling efforts at home and you want to further help recycling efforts for the community and the planet, residents can help out in many ways. 

A few ideas from Marian include: 

  • Start your own “Sub Hub”. These are recycling collection points within your community such as at a retirement village, childcare centre, school, sporting club or elsewhere. Collections are then brought to the St Nic’s Recycling Hub each month.  
  • Own a café? You could collect milk bottles and soft drink bottle lids or containers and deliver them to the Hub regularly. You can also donate your coffee granules to local community gardens or via Sharewaste. 
  • Prefer volunteering? St Nic’s Recycling Hub is always looking for people to help collect recyclables and deliver them to destination recyclers. 

For more information on how you can help Marian’s recycling movement, contact her via email. You can also follow St Nic’s Hub Facebook page.

For further information and about locations where items can be recycled, visit:

Kath Moller of Duncraig Edible Garden

Kath Moller has been involved in the Duncraig Edible Garden (DEG) since 2013, just after the Duncraig Library forecourt site was offered to the group by the City to start a community food garden.

Growing the community

Since starting in the group, Kath has been a workshop presenter, preserves maker, committee member and treasurer. Kath loves seeing other people realise that they can make a difference and grow things, no matter the size of the space. Seeing people get to meet and join in with a community that gathers around gardening also brings Kath a lot of joy.

What’s happening in the garden?

February is the hottest time of the year and during the Noongar season of Bunuru, Kath and the DEG volunteers are concentrating on keeping the perennial plants alive, by watering deeply and protecting the soil and not planting new annual plants until the weather cools.

On Saturday 11 February from 9.00am – 11.00am you can join DEG for a Chooks in the City workshop to learn a few things about having chooks in your garden.

Kath commemorating QEII speech

Kath’s summer tips for growing food at home:

  • Food can be grown in very small spaces such as window sills or balconies, or on a larger scale in the spaces at the edge of a courtyard.
  • If you have a larger space, you could replace your lawn with fruit and vegetables to provide a wealth of food in the area, using about the same amount of water that the lawn used, but you can eat the results.
  • Planting things together that have similar water needs is a good strategy.
  • Plants are less stressed by the heat if their roots are sheltered by mulch-covered soil that keeps the root zone cooler and reduces evaporation from the soil as well as helping the soil microbes to survive. Looking after the soil microbes means that they can transfer the nutrients to the roots of the plants, and the plants grow much better.
  • Water during the cool of the morning to prevent water loss through evaporation.It’s much better for the person doing the watering and for the plants.
  • Wicking or self-watering pots are good for growing salad vegetables in summer.
  • Whether planted in the ground or in pots, covering soil with mulch helps to reduce evaporation.

Get involved

Kath encourages fellow City residents to come and garden with the DEG group and help create a space where food and the community can grow sustainably together. DEG volunteers meet every fortnight on alternate Saturday mornings between 9.00am – 12.00pm, on opposite weeks to the Poynter Farmers Markets, in the garden located at the forecourt of the Duncraig Library, cnr Warwick Road and Marmion Avenue, Duncraig.

For more information, visit the Duncraig Edible Garden website.

Get going to the 2022 Little Feet Festival

Mark Sunday 23 October down in your diary and buckle up for the City of Joondalup’s 2022 Little Feet Festival.

Perth’s most popular festival for children 12 and under returns to the grounds of Edith Cowan University and it again promises to deliver a spectacular day of FREE, family-friendly fun.

The 2022 Little Feet Festival theme is ‘Things That Go’ and the program is inspired by all things transport.

Don’t miss your chance to check out the replica steam train and vintage cars and keep an eye out for the stilt-walking traffic controllers.

There are plenty of arts and crafts on offer, including make-and-take activities that allow children to express their creativity and take their creations home.

Parties Kids Remember, Happy Feet Fitness and Zap-O-nauts will perform a range of educational shows that the whole family is sure to love and the interactive workshops and stage performances are sure to capture the imagination.

No one will miss out on the fun, no matter what the age. The festival even caters for the very young (Toddler Zone) and the young at heart (5-minute massages for adults).

As always, children can collect an activity passport on arrival to begin their journey, marking off destinations as they go.

Joondalup Mayor Albert Jacob said the Little Feet Festival was the one day of the year where kids ruled the roost.

“Come along to ECU Joondalup for a fun day out with the whole family,” he said.

“Our Little Feet Festival never fails to deliver an engaging program of fun, creative learning activities in a safe and friendly environment and I look forward to seeing families from across Perth in attendance once more.”

The 2022 Little Feet Festival is supported by Major Partner St Stephen’s School.

The 2022 Little Feet Festival, Sunday 23 October, ECU’s Pines Picture Gardens, 11.00am – 4.00pm.

 

Arts and Cultural Guide 2022-23

The City of Joondalup is proud to present the 2022-23 cultural program celebrating all the visual and performing arts activities on offer throughout this upcoming season.

The City’s cultural program provides an opportunity for the community to access world-class events, exhibitions, workshops and programs across every art form.

After two seasons of COVID-19 impacting programming and disrupting public event delivery, the 2022-23 season endeavours to represent a new chapter and return to adventurous artistic programming and hosting local, national and international artists in Joondalup. What underpins the artistic program is our intention to present work by our local community, produce performances and exhibitions for the community and co-design work with the community.

 

To keep up to date, sign-up to the Arts in Focus eNewsletter.

To ensure we are delivering COVID Safe events, the City will take direction from the State Government on any restrictions that may be in effect at the time.

Sunday Serenades

Thank you to all of those who attended the 2023 Sunday Serenades series.

The team are currently planning for 2024 and look forward to releasing this program when available. Please check back in May, or alternatively, please fill out the form below to have the Sunday Serenades 2024 Program mailed to you.

Traffic Management Plan Application

Arts Development Scheme

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Apply for up to $50,000 to deliver a performing arts project within the City

City of Joondalup is committed to providing a vibrant offering of cultural events each year, including a diverse array of performances, concerts, festivals, art exhibitions and community events.

The City’s Arts Development Scheme is designed to bolster the performing arts sector in the region by providing monetary support for artists and arts organisations to deliver a performing arts project for local audiences. The Arts Development Scheme also allows professional performing arts organisations to expand their audience into the northern metropolitan area of Perth.

In exciting news, the 2023 funding pool has been increased to $50,000, providing a significant opportunity to bring a range of high-quality and diverse performances to the Joondalup region for local audiences to experience.

Applications for this year’s funding round are open on Monday 7 August – Sunday 3 September.

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For more opportunities in the arts and culture space, sign up for the City’s Arts in Focus eNewsletter.

Pictured: A Noongar dance group preparing to perform a traditional woman’s dance on Mooro Country at Meeukang Warrangka ba Kenniny, the opening event for Joondalup Festival 2023.

Request event bins

If you are going to be hosting an event at a park, hall or your home within the City of Joondalup and require additional waste and/or recycling bins please complete and submit the form below.

Your form must be submitted at least four business days before the event to allow for processing and delivery of the bins.

Please note that the charge associated with each bin is $26.00

Bins will be delivered and removed on a weekday, not on the weekend.

Traffic management for roads and events

Any party undertaking work within the City’s road reserve or responsible for organising an event that involves a change to the existing traffic environment should prepare a Traffic Management Plan (TMP) and submit it to the City in advance of the work/event to allow for adequate time to undertake an assessment and authorisation.

Assessment duration

The minimum TMP assessment leads times are as follows:

  • Basic TMP Template – 10 business days
  • Non-Complex/Complex Template – 20 business days
  • Event TMP – 30 business days.

Fees

The following prescribed fees are to be paid at the time of lodgement:

  • Basic TMP Template – $340.00
  • Non-Complex/Complex – $745.00
  • Event TMP – $680.00
  • Acceleration Fee – $295.00*
  • Community Event (not for profit) – No charge.

All fees listed are GST inclusive.

*Acceleration fee applies to TMP applications not lodged within the prescribed assessment timeframe. Where applicable, the acceleration fee is applied on top of the fee for the selected TMP application type.

Submission requirements

All submissions must contain the following:

  • A TMP designed by a person holding a current Advanced Worksite Traffic Management (AWTM) accreditation from Main Roads WA and reviewed by a secondary person also holding a current AWTM accreditation
  • Any TMP involving complex traffic arrangements shall be reviewed and endorsed by a person holding a current Roadworks Traffic Manager (RTM) accreditation from Main Roads WA

The application is to be lodged online.

Complete online application form