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Leisure Options NEWSLETTER WINTER 2015 Didn’t we have a lovely time at Camp Kedron . . .
Leisure
Options
NEWSLETTER
WINTER 2015
Didn’t we have a lovely time at Camp Kedron . . .
A Word from Monique . . .
Welcome to Michael “Monty” - Monty lives in Nuri with his lovely wife and 2 sons. He has been a support worker for around 4 years and loves it !! In his spare time he loves spending time with his family and loves helping others achieve awesome things in their lives.
Winter is upon us and I hope you are all staying warm and dry during this very cold weather!!!!! Just like the changing seasons, we must also expect and cope with changes in our everyday lives. Leisure Options is no different and recently we have experienced a change in some of our systems and some of our Contractors. Whilst change can be a bit scary or make us feel sad, change can also bring new opportunities and in our case lovely new Contractors. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Ros, Monty, Toddy and Dian. Although Dian has been with us for some years with the Gawler Weekend groups she is new to the Gawler Living Skills group. Ros has also joined our team at Gawler. Monty has joined our SAM group and Laugh n Learn Group and Toddy has joined our Thursday SAM group. I know that you will all join me in making them feel welcome in the Leisure Options family.
Welcome to Ros who has worked as a carer in and around the Barossa for the past 5 years or so. Ros has been married to her husband David for 29 years and they have 4 grown children— three daughters and a son. Ros enjoys cooking—especially for her family; reading—when she gets the chance, and chick flicks … who doesn’t like Bridget Jones? Ros is looking forward to working with all of the wonderful people she’s met at Gawler Living Skills.
Welcome to Michael “Toddy” - Toddy lives with his lovely wife Lynda and has 3 children—Tess, Amber and Riley. Toddy trained as an Enrolled Nurse at the RAH and has worked at Strathmont Centre, Barossa Village Nursing Home and for the past 5 years with Carers’ Link. Toddy enjoys working in stone masonry, building and leather-work. He has enjoyed the time he has spent with Leisure Options so far, working with the wonderful young people in the SAM Group. “These are my type of people” he has said!
Our new bus!
By now everyone has seen the newly painted Leisure Options bus. Here is what people are saying about our new bus . . .
DEBRA: I love it!
RYAN: I like the livery (images and colours).
SUE: I love the way it shows off the beautiful artworks!
SAM: It stands out a lot more!
SARAH: I like Mike driving it!
ELIZABETH: I think it’s cool!
Luke and Brian hard at work cleaning the bus.
We are releasing a new Compliments and Complaints brochure which is enclosed with this newsletter. The process for making a compliment or complaint is still the same, but we are now providing this booklet to make things easier for you .
Compliments & Complaints Brochure
The New Men’s Shed
Open for Business!
Bike Project at
the Men’s Shed Leisure Options ran a bike awareness day at the Men’s Shed for students from Nuriootpa High School. The bikes were donated from the community. We had a great day fixing punctures, cleaning chains and general maintenance. The students enjoyed the day with the reward at the end being going for a ride on the bikes they had fixed themselves. Thanks go to Jeannine and Monique for organising a great day. Trevor Hall
NEW LOCATION: 6 Ash Street, Tanunda OPENING HOURS: Mondays & Tuesdays 9.30 a.m.—12.00 noon Wednesdays & Thursdays 9.30 a.m.—3.00 p.m. Any one wishing to check out the new shed are welcome to pop in.
John Little, John Matters, Mayor Bob Sloane, Peter Rawlings and Graeme Lawrie at the Official Opening of the Barossa Men’s Shed.
Laugh and Learn
Gawler Living Skills
We have had a great year to date. We have had plenty of activities and some great outings. During the first half of the year we went to the Gorge Wildlife Park, Melba’s Chocolate Factory and the beach. We have also done some awesome arts and crafts and our singing group is developing well. We are looking forward to the next half of the year with plenty of cool things to come. Trevor Hall Group Leader
Gawler Living Skills has welcomed some new support workers. Look out for their photos in this issue of the newsletter. We will be doing lots of baking: making cakes, puddings, biscuits and slices. We’ll also be trying lots of crafts and technical skills. We’re going to sew cushions, make scrapbooks, take art photos and make animated movies. And when the weather warms up ….. we’ll have lots of outings. Gawler Living Skills people especially like train trips! Sue Nicholls Group Leader
Brian and Samantha are shown the koala by the animal keeper.
Michelle, Sarah and Debra with the kangaroo.
Dian Paterson has been working with the Gawler Weekend Fun Group for many years, and is pictured here out and about with the group.
We are pleased she has joined our Gawler Living Skills Team.
Ryan’s fabulous Claymation!
Camp Kedron
WHAT DID YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT CAMP KEDRON? Sarah: The food. Kathleen: The Party and going out to Loxton Historical Village. Danielle: The whole thing!
Hey Freddie! (aka Greg)
Jasmine and Sue R with the birthday cake masterpiece
that they decorated!
Guess who celebrated their 50th birthday on camp?
Do you like my bling?
Rex and Mike, with Sarah the camerawoman!
Ooh lah lah!!!
Michelle and Kathleen (or is that Freddie!).
Eat year heart out Brian May!
Two cool dudes!
Anyone up for a spot of fishing?
An awesome foursome!
Sharing a game of Kubb with our friends from Clare Leisure Options
Lee and Craig at Loxton Historical Village
Canoegate!
Greg, Sarah and Danielle at Monash Playgroumd. Can you spot Jasmine too?
Ever wondered what John gets up to when he’s not at the Men’s Shed?
Ben and David at the Monash Playground
collection tin.
Was that Judy serenading us?
Judy and Shane just chilling!
River Road Studios
Camp Kedron
Great Sunday night entertainment! James enjoying his time at Lake
Bonney.
Grubs up!
Graham on the digger at Monash Playground.
As this winter edition of the newsletter goes to print, the Film Club are busy preparing for their Film Night where they will be rolling out the red carpet for a special viewing of their films. Film Club members are busy preparing costumes, make-up and are busy baking tasty treats for supper, printing off the tickets and transforming the Barossa Council Chambers into a movie theatre for the evening. Watch for the photos in the next edition of the newsletter.
Sarah and Justin enjoying the water at Lake Bonney.
Ben joining in the entertainment!
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Tuesday SAM Group The group is growing with three new members since the last newsletter. We have been utilising more technology with the two available laptops and wirless internet service. Group members have shown budding enthusiasm and an increase in computer skills as they research subjects of interest to them. Our volunteer programme has expanded due to an envelope-stuffing job for the Barossa Regional Gallery. It was fun to work together in a meaningful, interactive way that benefitted the community. Debbie Seater Group Leader
The Outing Group has enjoyed visiting lots of venues, happily munchin, picknicking, movie watching, mystery touring, river exploring, fossil hunting, sportswalling, basketballing, giant sliding, Ten pin bowling, dancing—just having fun! Debbie Seater Group Leader
Sarah has a special interest in crocodiles, so together with Trevor, they created this wonderful crocodile nest sculpture
which is on display in the Nuriootpa Library.
James with some of his artwork.
Nick and Sarah enjoying the new swing at The Lodge.
Thursday Outing
Group
Arts 4 Us
SALA Exhibition Official Opening Barossa Council Library, Nuriootpa Wednesday, 5 August, 2015 1.30 p.m. (SALA Festival — 1st—31st August 2015)
We have been flat out planning and creating for another splendid SALA Festival in August. Sites for the chair sculptures will be at the Nuriootpa Library/Council outdoor green area. You will see some amazing creations all utilising reclaimed items and interesting themes. Just don’t sit on them! Make time to pop into Soul Zest Café, Angaston to view our perpetual exhibition, recently refreshed with new works. Debbie Seater Group Leader
V.I.P. Group The Vision Impaired Group celebrated the wonderful milestone of their 25th birthday in May. Group Members enjoyed the fellowship and good food at Connections Café, Greenock where guest speaker Debbie Carter spoke about the services that Carers’ Link offer in our community. Meg from The Leader attended to take some photos, amongst them the first official group photo taken in 25th years! Ula Radavanovic, Stella Rohrlach and Beth Brooks are pictured with the delicious birthday cake..
Friendship Group We still love our horse riding and our volunteer work at Barossa Bushgardens, and we’ve got lots of favourite games. Inside we like Uno and Shuffleboard. Outside we like Boules, Kubb and Finska. Finska is great fun but very tricky. We throw a stick underhand at numbered wooden pins trying to get a score of 50, but if we go over 50 we have to go way back to 25 again! We’ve been going on lots of outings too. In June we saw a very funny movie with Billy Connolly “What we did on our Holiday”. Sue Nicholls Group Leader
Earlier in the year we enjoyed music by a very talented musician who showed
us how to play music using bones!
Four fabulous fashion models!
The Barossa Council
Barossa Leisure Options PO Box 867
43-51 Tanunda Road Nuriootpa SA 5355
Phone: 08 8563 8412 Fax: 08 8563 8461
E-mail: [email protected]
Dates for your calendar . . DECEMBER
3rd—International Day of
Disability
6th—Spotlight in the Valley
Lyndoch Hall
11th–The Lodge closes for
Christmas
SEPTEMBER
23rd– 29th—Camp Kedron,
Barmera
2016
AUGUST
5th—SALA Exhibition
Opening
1.30 p.m. Nuriootpa Library
17th—23rd Brain Injury
Awareness Week
OCTOBER
4th—10th Mental Health
Week
10th-18th Veteran’s Health
Week
JANUARY
11th—The Lodge reopens for
a new year
