Thursday 31 January 2008

Perth, West Australia, Real Estate

as posted on PerthNow

IT may have copped a bad rap over the years, but if you speak to local agents and residents, they'll tell you that Beckenham has lots to offer.
Porter Matthews Metro marketing consultant Hasi Kodagoda knows the suburb well and believes recent changes in Beckenham are immediately obvious.

"When you walk the streets, you notice that the area has improved dramatically over the past few years,'' he said.

"The streets are tree-lined, the gardens are always neat and tidy and the people are very, very friendly.

"Many (people) who live in Beckenham have been there about 30 to 40 years, so they genuinely care about where they live. They take great pride in the suburb.''

Beckenham is about 13km from the CBD and a five-minute drive from Carousel shopping centre. The suburb has a shopping complex with an IGA, video store, fish and chip shop and liquor store.

Recreational facilities are also good in the area.

"For the older guys there is a recreation centre,'' Mr Kodagoda said. "The Mills Park Bowling Club operates (at Mills Park) and there are dancing classes.

"For the younger guys, there are footy and cricket clubs.''

The suburb is also only a 10-minute drive from the airport and has excellent public transport services.

"Beckenham train station is just off William St and for most residents is about two minutes (away) by car,'' he said.

"There is also a local bus route in and out of the suburb regularly and it goes to the Cannington train station.''

Many home buyers in Beckenham are aged 25-35. They are mostly professionals and investors and are buying in the area because of the rezoning that's on the horizon.

"The rezoning, called the Local Housing Strategy, is being implemented by the City of Gosnells,'' he said.

"In areas closer to the railway station they'll be increasing the density to an R6 zoning, and then near the local Beckenham shop, they are again increasing the density.''

He believed rezoning would take place in the next two to four years.

Blocks in Beckenham range from 700sq m to 800sq m. House styles are diverse and include heritage-listed, colonial-style homesteads and 1930s-built farmhouses.

But according to Mr Kodagoda, most of the houses were built in the second half of last century.

"The homes are very structurally sound,'' he said. "Most were built between 1960 and 1975, and they're mostly federation brick-and-tile, three-bedroom, one-bathroom homes. They have about 100sq m to 120sq m of living space and there are a lot of people renovating.''

Development was also taking place in the suburb, he said.

Residential projects had started, including the recently completed 22-unit development on Campberwell St and a 11-unit site on Albany Highway.

The Campberwell St units have three bedrooms and two bathrooms and sold for about $340,000 each. All the units in the Albany Highway development sold off the plan.

East Cannington and Queens Park border Beckenham heading towards the city and Kenwick borders it heading out. Wattle Grove is to the east and Langford is to the west.

Mr Kodagoda runs free seminars to educate locals on developments and changes that affect real estate in the area.

The last seminar discussed rezoning. His next seminar, expected to be held next month, will focus on selling property in a changing market.


as posted on PerthNow

Tuesday 29 January 2008

Heat clinch berth in Claxton final

as posted on TheWest


Perth Heat have made up for last year’s abominable season by beating champions Victorian Aces to make the final of baseball’s Claxton Shield.

Perth wrapped up their series against Victoria 2-1 at Baseball Park in Thornlie on Saturday night with a come-from-behind 5-3 win in the deciding game to secure their passage to the final against next weekend’s Eastern Division winner.

It has been a remarkable turnaround after last year’s poor season in which the Heat did not win a game.

Canadian field manager Gordon Gerlack said the team had worked hard to finish at the top of their pool.

“Victoria had some veteran players who never gave in but we pitched the way we should,” he said.

Scott Mitchinson started on the mound for Perth on Saturday, pitching seven solid innings before leaving the game at the top of the eighth with the scores tied 2-2.

Gerlack said younger players had time to develop since last year in the US Minor Leagues or in local warmup games before the season.

“We have also had excellent leadership from some older players who were not involved last year and that’s been a big factor in our success,” Gerlack said.

Victoria have one more series remaining, against South Australia in a week, but even if they sweep the series they cannot replace Perth at the top of the table.

Queensland and NSW will be playing off to decide who joins Perth in the final at a venue to be decided from February 8-10.

GENE STEPHAN

as posted on TheWest

Saturday 26 January 2008

Write your life story

as posted on COGsite

Life-writing workshop @ Thornlie Library

Ever wanted to write your life story but didn’t know where to start, what to include or what to leave out?

Guest author and writing coach Elizabeth Bezant will show people how to write a story that is historically correct and fun to read with a free autobiography workshop at Thornlie Library on Wednesday 20 February from 10am to noon.

Bezant will provide all the necessary tips and techniques to kick-start your life story and offer helpful pointers for those who are already in the process of writing their autobiography.

Places are limited, so bookings are essential. Please call T: 9459 2499.


as posted on COGsite

Local Noongar artefacts needed

as posted on the COGsite

The City of Gosnells' Heritage Services is seeking photos, stories and artefacts for loan to display local Noongar history in the Orange Room at the Knowledge Centre.

This display will be held in the lead up to National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week 2008.

NAIDOC activities are held throughout Australia in the first full week of July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The City of Gosnells is working in partnership with the Gosnells Regional Noongar Action Committee (GRNAC) on the display to give the community an insight into local Noongar history, culture, challenges and childhood memories.

City of Gosnells Mayor Olwen Searle JP said there was tremendous importance in retaining local history.

“The significant thing about this display is that it gives the community and indigenous people this history from a local perspective to ensure future generations know and understand the community in which they live.”

All care will be taken to ensure property is safely returned to its rightful owners. Photographs will be scanned and returned promptly and artefacts will be stored in secure cabinets and returned when the display has finished.

Items must be received by the City by Monday 18 February and people with items that may be suitable for loan are urged to register their interest by calling T: 9452 9905.
Heritage Services has also embarked on a Local Noongar Oral History project, which will contribute to the display.
For more details, please contact the City’s Community Development team T: 9452 9905.

as posted on the COGsite

Heat rediscover winning formula

as posted on TheWest

The magic which made Perth Heat the most feared team in Australian baseball is back.

A decade after the demise of the former Australian Baseball League, the reinvigorated Claxton Shield sees Perth at the top of the Southern Division table heading into their finals series against Victoria Aces at Baseball Park in Thornlie, starting today at 6.35pm.

The West Australians will guarantee themselves a place in next month’s final against the winners of the Eastern Division if they clinch the best-of-three-games series over the next three days.

Perth Heat opened their condensed season schedule with a 2-1 win over South Australia at home in the first week of this month before travelling to Melbourne where they duplicated the effort against Aces the next weekend.

A week ago, they scored another 2-1 win over the South Australians to give themselves a two-game buffer over Victoria, the division’s hitting leaders.

Clint Balgera, one of a few remaining members of the former Perth Heat line-up, attributes this season’s success to the leadership and overall harmony in the group.

“Gordon Gerlack is a Canadian who has taken over as field manager with no preconceived ideas or biases towards any groups or players,” Balgera said. “He has put together the best possible team and the chemistry has been tremendous.”

Balgera, who has been playing professionally in Italy for the past five years after a career in the US, said the team had some outstanding young talent but needed some leadership which he hoped players like himself and Ben Needle, another member of the old Heat squad, had been able to provide.

Gerlack said the team set out to try to achieve some consistency throughout the season which it had done so far with three 2-1 series wins. He said pitching had also been a key area where starters Liam Hendriks and Mark Kelly had been exceptional.

Balgera had been the standout player, leading the team’s hitting with .433, the second best in the competition behind Victoria’s Daniel Berg who had hit .464 for the year.

GENÉ STEPHAN

as posted on TheWest

Friday 25 January 2008

Perth Big Day Out transport information

as posted on PerthNow

TRANSPORT information for the Big Day Out on Sunday February 3 - update on train services.
A normal Sunday timetable will apply, with extra services introduced on the Fremantle line running in each direction during the course of the event on an as needs basis. All trains stop at Showgrounds Station from 10am to midnight.

The last trains from Showgrounds Station after the event are:
• To Perth – departing at 12:11am
• To Fremantle – Departing at 12:10am

The last connecting trains will depart Perth at the following times:
• Armadale: Platform 5, Perth Station – Departing at 11:45pm (All Stops)
• Armadale: Platform 5, Perth Station – Departing at 12:00 midnight (All Stops)
• Thornlie: Platform 4, Perth Station – Departing at 11:52pm
• Joondalup: Perth Underground – Departing 12:15am
• Midland: Platform 9, Perth Station – Departing 12:00 midnight
• Mandurah: Perth Underground – Departing 12:15am

Special notice to Joondalup Line passengers: Transperth train services between Whitfords and Clarkson will be disrupted on Sunday 3 February due to infrastructure works.

Whilst train services are disrupted, train replacement bus services will operate at the below times:
First service to 11am – Train replacement buses will operate between Whitfords and Clarkson

11am onwards – Train replacement buses will operate between Joondalup and Clarkson.

Train replacement bus service 904 will pick up commuters between Whitfords and Clarkson at the train replacement stops near train stations while services are cancelled. Normal train services will run between Perth and Whitfords. Passengers should allow extra travelling time and be aware that train replacement buses may not connect with normal bus and train services.

It is important to note that people wanting to make connecting services to the Armadale, Thornlie, Joondalup, Mandurah and Midland Lines from Perth will need to depart the Showgrounds at least 15 minutes prior to all scheduled departures from Perth.

There are no extra bus services on the day, and no connection buses at suburban stations for extra train services.

Normal Transperth fares apply for people travelling to or from the Big Day Out.

Further information on how to plan the journey will be available from the Transperth InfoLine on 13 62 13, or through the Transperth website www.transperth.wa.gov.au

Make sure you check the website or call for any service changes or updates.

** MA 15 ** THE BIG DAY OUT IS FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY
Patrons under 15, must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, and children under 5 years will NOT be admitted. Full event entry conditions can be found at www.bigdayout.com

ID IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY. ACCEPTABLE ID INCLUDES:
Passport, drivers licence, proof of age card, birth certificate, secondary/tertiary ID card.

IT’S EASY BEING GREEN:
What you can do individually:
Big Day Out encourages music fans to be enviro-friendly. As an audience member you can offset your own carbon emissions and we encourage you to calculate your own energy consumption associated with coming to the show and pay the equivalent value towards tree planting or renewable energy which will then offset your own emissions.

To calculate your emissions:

* Use the Live Earth Calculator:
http://www.earthlab.com/carbonProfile/LiveEarth.htm?ver=14
* Use the Victorian EPA calculator:
http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/GreenhouseCalculator/calculator/default.asp

We recommend these offset providers, they have good calculators, the are reputable and they provide quality offset products:

* Co2 Australia
http://www.co2australia.com.au/RetailOffsets/Calculate/Overall.aspx
* Climate Friendly
https://www.climatefriendly.com/

Check out our website for more tips on what you can do to stay lean and green.
www.bigdayout.com

as posted on PerthNow

Saturday 19 January 2008

Girl, 14, on railway mugging charges

as posted on PerthNow

POLICE have charged a 14-year-old girl with assaulting a passenger at the Beckenham train station on Monday night and stealing her backpack.
The 16-year-old victim was sitting on a seat waiting for a train about 7pm when she was approached by two girls who demanded her mobile phone and backpack.

She refused to hand them over and was punched twice to the face.

The alleged offender then grabbed the backpack from the ground and again punched the victim to the face. The attackers then ran along the platform and departed through a fire exit.

The young victim was not seriously hurt.

Police viewed TV security footage of the incident and on Wednesday arrested the alleged offender at Perth Railway Station as she got off a train from Fremantle.

The 14-year-old was charged with aggravated robbery and stealing (allegedly committed at the Maddington train station during May 2007).

She will appear before the Perth Children’s Court on Monday.

as posted on PerthNow

Teen facing hoon offences

as posted on TheWest

An 18-year-old man’s Holden Commodore has been seized under WA’s tough anti-hoon laws after he was allegedly caught driving at 140kmh in Maddington this morning.

Police spotted the Commodore about 3.30am as it accelerated along the Tonkin Highway. The driver left the Tonkin Highway at Thomas Road and travelled on to the South West and Brookton highways.

The Commodore engine started to emit smoke and a mechanical failure brought the car to a halt.

Police then swooped, arrested the driver and impounded the Commodore for 48 hours.

The Martin man was charged with one count of reckless driving and one of failure to stop, and is expected to appear in court at a later date.

WA Police have seized 1,900 vehicles throughout the State since the anti-hoon laws were introduced in September 2004 .

MICHAEL BENNETT

as posted on TheWest

Friday 18 January 2008

Stolen muscle car found

as posted on PerthNow

POLICE have charged two men in connection with the theft of a $600 000 car.
The rare 1971 GT HO Phase 3 Ford Falcon disappeared from an Osborne Park panel beating shop in November last year.

Detectives yesterday located the car at a Maddington property and recovered the number plates and an allegedly stolen Harley Davidson motor bike during a raid on a second property in the same suburb earlier today.

A 46-year-old Kelmscott man was charged with receiving and is due to appear in the Perth Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

A 38-year-old Maida Vale man is expected to be charged with stealing the Falcon. He was arrested after abandoning his Toyota Hi-Ace van on railway tracks at Kenwick following a police pursuit.

The driver was charged with breaching bail, failing to stop for police, reckless driving and not having a driver's licence. He was due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today.

as posted on PerthNow

Tuesday 15 January 2008

Hoon clocked at 140km/h in Maddington police chase

as posted on PerthNow

AN 18-year-old man was arrested and his car seized by police early today after police pursued a Holden Commodore at speeds of 140km/h in Maddington.

Major Incident Group police spotted the Commodore about 3.30am as it accelerated along Tonkin Highway and they followed the vehicle with their emergency lights and siren turned on.

The driver then left Tonkin Highway at Thomas Rd and travelled onto the South West and Brookton highways until the Commodore's engine started to emit smoke and mechanical failure brought the car to a halt.

Police then arrested the driver.

The Holden was impounded for 48 hours and the 18-year-old Martin man was charged with reckless driving and failing to stop for police.

He will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.

Since the Hoon Legislation was enacted in September 2004, WA police have seized 1900 vehicles throughout the State.


as posted on PerthNow

Bandit threatens worker with screwdriver

as posted on TheWest

A bandit terrorised a shop assistant with a screwdriver at a King Kong store on Albany Highway yesterday afternoon.

Police said the man entered the Gosnells store about 5pm, browsed the isles and left before returning a few minutes later, when he produced a screwdriver from his pants and told a shop assistant to fill up a bag with money.

The shop assistant refused, and the bandit threatened him with the screwdriver before reaching across the counter and filling the bag with cash.

Witnesses say they saw the man, who is described as Aboriginal, about 180cm tall with short black hair and wearing a dark blue basketball shirt with white writing, travel down Albany Highway towards Perth.

MICHAEL BENNETT

as posted on TheWest

Saturday 12 January 2008

Parks come alive

as posted on COGsite

The City of Gosnells People in Parks events for 2008 will get underway on
Sunday 20 January at Greenway Reserve, in Thornlie.

All activities are free and include live music, animal farm, face painting, bouncy castle, balloon twisters, clowns and much more. Playgroup WA will also be running activities for children and parents. There will be six fun-filled events for the season, including:

Sunday 20 January
5.30pm to 7.30pm – Greenway Reserve, Thornlie

Sunday 3 February
5.30pm to 7.30pm – Mahogany Street Reserve, Maddington

Sunday 17 February
Pets in the Park
5.30pm to 7.30pm – Armstrong Park, Huntingdale

Sunday 2 March
Be Active
5.30pm to 7.30pm – Masters Street Reserve, Kenwick

Sunday 16 March
Harmony Week
5.30pm to 7.30pm
The Boardwalk: Treeline Parade, Southern River

Sunday 30 March
4pm to 6pm
Brookland Greens: Repton Loop, Canning Vale

Some of the 2008 events will be themed with the popular Pets in the Park returning to Huntingdale and there’s also Be Active and Harmony Week events. Parking will be limited, so why not walk or ride a bike there?

A sausage sizzle, soft drinks and ice-cream will be on sale from the Rotary Club of Gosnells and community groups, such as Neighbourhood Watch, will also be on hand offering valuable information.

These popular events bring members of the neighbourhood together to meet each other, enjoy themselves and to enhance awareness of community safety.

Look out for a flyer in your letterbox or for more details, check the City’s website www.gosnells.wa.gov.au or call T: 9452 9901.

as posted on COGsite

Get hooked on Western Australian authors

as posted on COGsite

Take a sneak peak at the secret world of Batman with Western Australian comic book author Shane McCarthy in Thornlie on Thursday, January 17, 2008.

Mr McCarthy is one of eight Western Australian authors visiting public libraries during the summer school holidays, to read their books and talk with children as part of the Premier’s Summer Reading Challenge.

He will be at the Thornlie Library, at the corner of Connemara Drive and Culross Avenue in Thornlie, on Thursday, January 17, between 9.30am and 10.30am.

Shane has worked on many famous comic book titles including Batman, Daredevil, Star Wars and, currently, Transformers. His work has been published throughout the world and translated into more than five languages.

The fifth annual Premier’s Summer Reading Challenge encourages children from kindergarten to Year 7 to spend at least 15 hours reading between 6 December 2007 and 11 February 2008.

Department of Education and Training Director General Sharyn O’Neill said the ‘writer in library’ sessions were a great way to get hooked on reading and get involved in the challenge.

“Enjoying reading is an important first step in improving literacy for life, and can unlock countless opportunities at school and beyond,” Ms O’Neill said.

“Meeting a local author is a very inspirational experience and it will motivate many children to pick up an entry form and a handful of books this summer.

“Western Australia has some fantastic children’s authors, so the ‘writers in library’ sessions promise to be fascinating, and I encourage parents and children to take advantage of this special opportunity.”

Children can read by themselves, with a friend, listen to an audio book or be read to by an older parent or sibling – all of which count toward the required 15 hours of reading. Books, magazines and newspapers are all included in the challenge.

There are plenty of fantastic prizes to be won by children and for their schools, and all entries must be received by Monday, 18 February 2008.

For more information on the challenge, the ‘writers in library’ sessions and tips on how to help your child read, visit www.det.wa.edu.au/education/events/readingChallenge

Media contact: Carmen Carter, Media & Communications Officer, 9264 5723

as posted on COGsite

A Big ThankYou ...

on the way to the shops a couple of days ago, my family were walking to Forest Lakes SC, on arrival at the shops, my daughter Yoorala relised that she had lost her purse, we retraced our steps but did not find a trace of the purse, my wife contacted the Shopping Centre Management Office, they were very helpful and she phoned our new Police Station they were very helpful too, seems they already have a lot of lost property, but unfortunately the purse was still missing, the purse contained a large amount of cash, my daughters Christmas present money from her family ... but the story ends well, yesterday we got a call from Forest Lakes Centre Management, someone had notified them of a found purse, my daughter quickly identified the purse and its contents, she has learnt a valuable lesson, and our faith in human nature has been restored ... THANK YOU

Friday 11 January 2008

Police charge Gosnells man over Westfield fire

as posted on PerthNow

POLICE have charged a 45-year-old man with deliberately settling fire to grass an vacant property at Westfield early Thursday morning.

Armadale Police and a Fire and Emergency Service crew were called to the fire on Westfield Rd around 12.30am and fire fighters quickly brought the flames under control.

The grassed area and a fence were burnt.

A witness gave police a description of a man seen in the vicinity at the time of the fire and officers searched the area and detained a man fitting the description of the alleged offender
walking on Ypres Rd.

Police later charged a 45-year-old Gosnells man with criminal damage by fire and he will appear in the Armadale Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

as posted on PerthNow

Tuesday 8 January 2008

ASIC bans WA financial adviser

as posted on TheAge

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Edward William Eikelboom of Maddington in Western Australia from providing financial services for three years.

An ASIC investigation found that in 2002 and 2003, Mr Eikelboom provided inappropriate advice to clients about investing in products of the now-collapsed Westpoint property group.

Mr Eikelboom provided financial planning services through Brighton Hall Securities Pty Ltd, which is now in liquidation, between November 2001 and September 2003.

He also provided such services to EAS (WA) Pty Ltd between September 2003 and May 2006.

Mr Eikelboom has the right to lodge an application with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of its decision.

ASIC said seven banning briefs relating to advisers who advised on Westpoint products are currently under consideration.

So far, 10 advisers who advised on Westpoint products have been banned.

as posted on TheAge

Funding boost for at home care services

as posted on TheWest

At home care services have received a $13 million funding boost from the State Government, bringing the amount spent to support elderly and disabled people in WA to $166 million.

Health Minister Jim McGinty said the nine per cent funding increase reflects the growing demand for Home and Community Care (HACC) programs in WA’s aging community.

Mr McGinty said HACC programs can mean the difference between elderly and disabled people living at home or in a residential care facility.

“It’s much better for the individual and the community as a whole if people can be supported to live in their own home for as long as possible,” Mr McGinty said.

HACC programs are jointly funded by the Commonwealth and the State, and its operations include personal and respite care, home support, meals on wheels, home maintenance and counselling and advocacy services.

Several metropolitan groups will receive additional funding.

Gosnells Community Support Services will receive an extra $200,633, including $154,286 to expand services of domestic assistance, client assessment and transport services and a one-off grant of $46,347 to buy a new bus. The extra money takes its annual funding to $1.3million.

Southern Districts Support Association are promised an additional $382,740 including $224,261 to expand services in centre-based day care, transport services, domestic assistance and social support and a one-off grant of $158,479 to buy two new buses. The extra cash takes its annual funding to $1.3million.

The Volunteer Task Force will receive an extra $1,127,893, including $1,081,676 to expand north metropolitan services in home maintenance, assessment and transport services and a one-off grant of $46,217 to buy a new van, trailer and gardening equipment. All up the task force will receive $2million.

Perth Home Care Services have been allocated an additional $184,461 to expand east metropolitan services in social support, domestic assistance, respite and personal care and client care co-ordination. Perth Home Care Services all up funding will now be $1.5million.

BELLE TAYLOR

as posted on TheWest

Motorist charged with reversing over speed camera

as posted on ABCnews

A 35-year-old man has been charged with reversing over a speed camera in the Perth suburb of Guildford.

It is alleged the man's car swerved onto the wrong side of Great Eastern Highway on Christmas Eve, hit another car and a fence before he reversed hitting a lamp post and the multanova.

Police say the driver got out and ran off on foot.

The man, from Gosnells, was arrested yesterday and charged with offences including criminal damage, reckless driving and failing to stop at a crash.

He is due to appear in the Midland Magistrates Court later this month.

as posted on ABCnews

Monday 7 January 2008

Police continue to shadow bikie gang

as posted on ABCnews

Police are continuing to monitor a convoy of about 100 Gypsy Jokers bikies.

They've been trailing the gang since yesterday morning when the bikies left their headquarters in Maddington.

On Saturday night police issued a number of infringements to members of the group, including five for driving under the influence of drugs and two for refusing a test.

Detective Inspector Charlie Carver from the Gang Crime Squad says the team of up to two dozen police will camp overnight near the property where the bikies are staying.

"We're currently at a property that they own out at Westdale, out at Beverley and they're in there for the night or for well who knows, probably for the next day or so,' he said.

"Basically they just go on their merry way and we basically road manage them when they do. So that's the way it works. We've stopped them for drug tests, we've stopped them for random breath tests, we've also checked their vehicles and their motorbikes, we've checked their driver's licenses and we'll continue to do that."

as posted on ABCnews
as posted on Gippsland Friends of Future Generations

Comment News
02/01/2008 Page: 1

A COLLABORATION between the cities of Armadale and Gosnells and the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale to tackle climate change is achieving positive results, with the three councils collectively saving 45,268 tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2006/07. The results are reported in the latest annual tracking survey of the Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) Australia program, which helps councils to implement greenhouse action.

The program, a joint initiative of the Federal Government and Local Governments for Sustainability, reports each year on the progress of councils in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and the initiatives they are putting in place to achieve their targets. The three councils are partners in the South East Regional Energy Group and established the award-winning regional environmental project Switch Your Thinking to educate the community about practical greenhouse action.

According to the latest report, the City of Gosnells saved 31,244 tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2006/07. Mayor Olwen Searle said initiatives such as the construction of energy efficient buildings like the Agonis, converting utility vehicles to LPG, purchasing a pool blanket for Leisure World and encouraging recycling had been the key to the result. The Switch Your Thinking program and an initiative to capture and flare methane at the old Kelvin Road tip site had also contributed to the greenhouse savings.

The City of Armadale saved 13,700 tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2006/07 through a range of corporate and community initiatives, including purchasing Green Power for council buildings, installing a new efficient air-conditioning system at the administration building and installing a pool blanket at the Armadale Aquatic Centre.

The council commissioned a solar hybrid wind turbine at the Serpentine-Jarrahdale Recreation Centre in Byford, purchased Green Power for the administration building, installed energy-efficient lighting and computers.

as posted on Gippsland Friends of Future Generations

Thursday 3 January 2008

State selection for baseball brothers

as posted on YourGuide


MANDURAH brothers Joshua,16, and Jalen, 12, McGee have been selected to represent Western Australia Heat in the national under 18 and 14 Baseball Championships this month.

Both boys have shown good form in the recent Goodwill Series against teams from USA and China with Joshua batting .480 and Jalen .400.

Joshua and Jalen were both fairest and best recipients at under 12 and 14 levels for the Mandurah Dolphins Baseball Club.

As their family has relocated they are currently playing for the Perth Baseball Club which has ties to the Mandurah Club through ex president Graham Drew and his son Kyle Drew who is currently coaching Mandurah.

The under 18 National Championships are in Perth at Baseball Park in Thornlie from January 4-11 while Jalen will go to Lismore, New South Wales at the same time.

as posted on YourGuide

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