Join other visionaries, leave your prejudices and worries behind and join us for a taste of the future at the first Winter Solstice Feast in the Masonic Hall on Semaphore Road on Tuesday June 22.
Experience Semaphore hospitality and conviviality and discover a brighter plan for our future, led by the western suburbs, with support from local government.
This enlightening event will be hosted by the Semaphore Information Centre and Adelaide Eco Info Exchange.
Following a thought-provoking welcome from Kaurna elder Auntie Josie, who made Kevin Rudd think a little, guests can tuck into a memorable feast of fresh local food and fresh local ideas.
New education minister Jay Weatherill will provide a glimpse of more community-focused education.
Dr Mike Bossley will tell us why the health and wellbeing of whales, dolphins and the Port River are so important to our future.
Dr Paul Downton will explain why and how the Christie Walk Eco Project is providing timely, on-the-ground answers to the really big sustainability questions.
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Despite wind and showers many locals turned out in Port Adelaide and Semaphore for ANZAC Eve and ANZAC Day events.
Here are some some photos taken on Saturday night of the Choir of Hope and Harmony, SA Pipes and Drums and dignitaries, followed by the Dawn Service on Sunday.
ANZAC EVE
The SA Pipes and Drums band in front of the veteran steam tug Yelta
The Semaphore Community Choir of Hope and Harmony
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For the first time the wonderful Semaphore community Hope and Harmony Choir will be giving two 15-minute performances at ANZAC Light on the Water 2010.
It is a true community choir made up of people from all walks of life that brings hope through harmony.
The choir owes a great deal to the City of Port Adelaide Enfield for their support, particularly Eddie Bulitis and his team.
Also performing will be the renowned SA Pipes and Drums who have performed at the Edinburgh Tattoo.
ANZAC Light on the Water will be staged from 6.30 pm on Saturday April 24 when a fleet of 3000 candle-lit lifeboats will be launched on the Port River as a tribute to all those lost at sea in World War II
A lucky child survivor of the sinking of the ocean liner Athenia in September 1939
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is sending a wreath to Port Adelaide to be floated on the Port River at ANZAC Light on the Water 2010 with 3000 candle-lit cardboard lifeboats made by local school students.
The theme of the annual event this year will be a tribute to all those from all countries lost at sea in World War II, including civilians.
Representatives of the Australian Army, Navy, Air Force, Merchant Navy and the Maritime Union will join local veterans and families at the event on ANZAC Eve, Saturday April 24.
The event will include an all-faiths commemorative service with Port Chaplain Rev Robin Trebilcock and a catafalque party at the Navigator memorial on McLaren Wharf at Timpson Street at 5.50 pm.
Members of the National Servicemen's Association who will participate in the catafalque party at the Navigator memorial
Following a performance by the world-renowned SA Pipes and Drums, a lone piper will lead the catafalque party and an RAN ceremonial unit to the lighthouse for a special display and rifle volley.
Spectators will also be entertained by the Semaphore Choir of Hope and Harmony with an introduction by Rev Ali Wurm.
Speakers will be local Federal Member Mark Butler MP on behalf of Prime Minister Rudd and Veterans Affairs Minister Alan Griffin MP, South Australian Deputy Premier and Treasurer Kevin Foley MP and the Mayor of Port Adelaide Enfield, Gary Johanson.
North Haven Surf Lifesavers will launch the fleet of lifeboats in the Port River as dignitaries and members of the public float wreaths.
ANZAC Light on the Water was voted Port Adelaide Enfield Community Event of the Year in 2009 and is expected to attract a large crowd of veterans and families.
The new ANZAC flag outside Port Adelaide Town Hall; and along Commercial Road.
Two weeks ahead of ANZAC Light on the Water 2010 on Saturday April 24, 28 street flags are today flying throughout Port Adelaide — the first time for an ANZAC event.
Federal Minister for Veterans Affairs Alan Griffin and local member Mark Butler helped to secure a special grant for the flags, which will go up each year to draw public attention to the event and to ANZAC Day itself.
This year Light on the Water will commemorate all those lost at sea in World War II; 3000 candlelit cardboard lifeboats made by local school students will be floated on the Port River as a tribute to Army, Navy, Air Force, Merchant Navy, medical and rescue, waterside workers and other civilians lost at sea around the world.
The event will begin at 6.30 pm on Queens Wharf on the river side of the Fisherman’s Wharf Markets building near Birkenhead Bridge and will include performances by the SA Pipes and Drums, the Community Choir of Hope and Harmony and an RAN ceremonial unit.
Formed last year to ‘re-localise’ the western coast of Adelaide, Transition Adelaide West has started Backyard Permablitz for people who have yard space they don’t use.
It helps people to manage their back or front yards on permaculture principles by sharing the work; it’s ideal for elderly people who cannot manage their gardens any more — and they share in the produce.
In the first Permablitz 30 volunteers worked through the rain last Sunday at a Semaphore South house on a vegetable garden in the front yard.
Amanda and Stefan already have chooks and and a vegetable plot in their back yard. The volunteers made a drainage creek in the back yard, ripped out the lawn and ivy from the front garden, planted fruit trees and dug new garden beds.
They are interested in hearing from locals who want to swap growing space for labour and share the produce. Neighbours are welcome to drop in food scraps for chook feed and compost.
Transition Adelaide West is part of the international movement, Transition Town; it aims to help communities to prepare for the time when oil becomes too expensive by sharing and sourcing our needs locally.
A qualified designer plans the garden, taking into account its environment: light, shade, water, soil and the microclimate as well as the needs of the resident.
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With the timeball in the background, the Postcards crew film Selina Greco who, along with partner Peppe and Frank and Susan Carzo, runs Timeball Apartments.
Port Adelaide and Semaphore will be featured on Channel 31’s Noticeboard and Channel Nine’s Postcards shows over the next two weeks.
Noticeboard will cover the ovarian cancer Challenge Walkathon, ANZAC Light on the Water and the new Semaphore Information Centre and Adelaide Eco Info Exchange.
Viewing times for this 99th episode of Noticeboard are March 31 at pm, April 1 at 4pm and April 2 at 10am. For its 100th episode the show will be on location in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.
Channel 31 is a community station which relies heavily on volunteers. If you are interested in a career in television, give them a call.
Noticeboard producer Penny Yates and cameraman Peter Waterhouse always have a friendly welcome for guests.
Postcards (Sunday April 11 at 5.30pm) tells the story of the Timeball Apartments in Newman Street and some of the fascinating history of Semaphore.
Channel 31
Channel Nine
Timeball Apartments
Fundraiser Debbie Gracie
Debbie Gracie runs the Seaside Semaphore Bed and Breakfast but she is best known for her fundraising work for women with ovarian cancer.
Debbie began fundraising in 2006 by staging the first annual Ovarian Cancer Challenge Walkathon along Semaphore Beach to North Haven and back.
The walkathon was to be run in November last year but, but 43º heat forced its cancellation and it will now be run on Sunday April 18.
It will leave Semaphore Jetty at 10 am, travelling past the Largs Bay Sailing Club toward North Haven and return along the boardwalk/footpath.
Ace Motorcycles will be offering 15-minute Harley rides for $25 with $5 from each ride going to the OC Challenge and all profits from the event will go to the Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Fund/Hanson Institute.
Ovarian cancer is deadly, and ranks as the leading cause of death from gynaecological cancers amongst women. This is because, unlike breast or skin cancer, it is impossible for a woman to check her ovaries for early signs of cancer and there is no early detection test; about two-thirds of women with ovarian cancer are not diagnosed until their cancer is advanced.
Take part in the OC Challenge Walkathon.
Seaside Semaphore Bed and Breakfast, a delightful four-bedroom, two-bathroom 1920s bungalow in the heart of historic Semaphore, has exclusive use per booking, sleeps up to eight people and has wheelchair access throughout, including the shower.
With forum chair Cath Duncan and Centre volunteer and forum organiser Stuart Gifford, candidates face the electors
Audience appreciation is demonstrated in this letter to the Port Messenger newspaper.
Candidates for the electorates of Lee and Port Adelaide faced locals in an election forum for the South Australian state elections in the Semaphore Masonic Hall.
The forum, organised by the new Semaphore Information Centre and Adelaide Eco Info Exchange, is just the first of many events in the Centre’s community-building programme and there was some very lively debate.
Some of the crowd outside the Masonic Buildings, 66 Semaphore Road, for the March 6 opening of the centre, with the door to the Masonic Hall in the middle.
Everybody is welcome at the Semaphore Information Centre’s first event since our opening, in which you get to quiz candidates for the South Australian state elections on March 20.
Come to the front door of the Masonic Hall right next to the centre on Tuesday, March, 16, at 6 pm for a free political forum, starting at 6.30 pm, where you get to ask the questions.
All candidates from the electorates of Port Adelaide and Lee were invited and all but two have confirmed they will attend.
The forum is presented by the Semaphore Information Centre and Adelaide Eco Info Exchange in the public interest.
For more information phone Stuart Gifford on (08) 8449 5817.
Staying open late for you to get coffee and cake are the new La Caz Creole Café and Sandy’s Sea Change Café.
