Community Group - February 2019 News
WANDONG - HEATHCOTE JUNCTION COMMUNITY GROUP INC
For any information about the WHJCG, contact : Allen Hall on 57 871 474.
WANDONG SOUVENIRS
Five Wandong souvenir spoons and five Wandong fridge magnets are now available. WHJCG items now available for purchase at the Wandong Post Office are:
"Ghosts, Gold & A White Elephant" $45
Wandong History on DVD $10
Wandong post cards $1.50 or 8 for $10
Wandong car window stickers $2 inside $1.50 external
Wandong souvenir spoons $7 or $30 for set of five
Wandong fridge magnets $3.50 or $15 for set of five
The Wandong Community calendar ($5) and the book on Wandong's history "Wandong - Remnants of an Innovative Past" ($20) are also on sale at the Wandong Post Office. The WHJCG sincerely thanks Mrs Lynne Dore for her patience and enormous amount of time involved to produce the book on the terra cotta lumber brick industry.
In December the website received 1821 visits and in January the website received 1872 visits. If any business or group has noticed any change which needs to be corrected to their entry, please let us know. To add your business or group email: whatsnewswhj@gmail.com.au
The Wandong Christmas Carols was held at the Davern Reserve Community Centre on Sunday 16th December. Another great carols in Wandong attended by a huge audience. The WHJCG / History Group Christmas toys raffle was drawn and the three winners were all from Wandong, Jason Watson, Amanda Allsop and Matilda Nippard. Congratulations. We also thank the Bendigo Bank for providing the funding to conduct this event.
The WHJCG thanks the Wandong Wallan Lions Club and the Davern Reserve Committee for their terrific help putting on the Australia Day breakfast. We also congratulate our local Australia Day award recipients, Christine Gordon, Gwen McIntosh and Clyde Riley. These citizens are so deserving of our community awards after given so much to our community over many years.
On Saturday 9th February the WHJCG played a major part in the Black Saturday 10 years commemorations. The Governor of Victoria and many other dignitaries attended and the total attendance was over 200. We had a few early showers but they cleared during the speeches and plaque unveiling by the Governor.
The editor of the North Central Review and resident of Wandong, Ian Blythe has retired and we wish him all the best and thank him for supporting the WHJCG over four years.
The WHJCG would welcome any volunteers on Clean Up Australia Day Sunday 3rd March. Meet us in the Wandong Railway station car park at 9am.