Service Organisations of Willunga and District...

Please note: The Town or District part of an organisation's name is listed where appropriate, at the end of its heading, to make the kind of organisation easier to find in the Alphabetical Listing.

ACH and Willunga Club...

Willunga Bowling Club, St Peters Tce, Willunga

Wednesdays 9am-12 noon

Day programme of social activities for older people in the community, providing respite for carers. Other activities include chair based exercise group, hand massage and morning tea. Other programmes are also provided at McLaren Vale, Sellicks Beach and Aldinga Beach.

Contact: Jan Ifould, 08 8349 3515 (Mon-Thurs)

Business and Tourism Inc...  Willunga

Uniting Church Willunga

2nd Tuesday, 7.30 -8.30pm.  All are welcome.

Contact us for our e-news.

President: Lesley Bakker, 08 8556 1030

Contact: Tom Laing 08 8556 2846

www.willunga.com

Country Fire Service (CFS)...  Willunga

Aldinga Rd, Willunga.

Training: Wednesdays, 7.30pm.

If you are interested in finding out about CFS activities and being involved, come along.

Contact: Mark 08 8556 2992.

Country Women's Association (CWA)...  Willunga

CWA Clubrooms, (between Main Gates & Festival Hall), Willunga Recreation Park, Main Rd, Willunga.

Meeting: 3rd Tuesday (except Jan), 1.30pm... New members are very welcome.

Handicraft: 1st Thursday, 10.30am (except Jan)... Bring your own lunch.  A place to come and relax and make new friends.

Contact: J Craig 08 8556 5783  www.cwaa.org.au

Environment Centre...  Willunga

18 High St, Willunga.

Open Times... Monday to Friday, 10am - 3pm, Saturday, 9.30am - 1.30pm.

Wheelchair access.

Environmental Awareness Resource Centre. 

Project Officer: Simon Beed P/F 08 8556 4188 or 0418 608 550  willungaenviro@westnet.com.au

www.willungaenviro.org.au

Environmental groups in Willunga Basin and surrounding areas...

Willunga Creek Projects, PO Box 219 Willunga 5172, John Crowe 08 8556 2030 sallyc@internode.on.net

Willunga Hillsface Landcare Group, PO Box 215 Willunga 5172, Wayne Lawrence P/F 08 8556 4188

The following Organisations work out of the Centre...

1.  Friends of Willunga Basin...

Open monthly committee meetings at the centre - first Wednesday of each month, 7:30pm

At the meetings we discuss environmental and planning issues affecting Willunga Basin.  For more information contact David.
Contact secretary: David Gill  08 8556 2289 or info@fowb.net

www.fowb.net

2. Willunga Hillsface Landcare Group...

Monthly committee meetings held at the centre.

Services...

a) Develop community interest in conservation and the creation of a sustainable environment.

b) Address land degradation through Landcare projects such as tree planting, gully erosion control and water and grazing management Monitor water run off on hills face.

c) Manage the Regreen the Range project.

Project Officer:  Wayne Lawrence P/F 08 8556 4188 / 0423 283 043

Postal Address: PO Box 215, Willunga 5172

www.willungaenviro.org.au

Hospital...  McLaren Vale & Districts War Memorial

Aldersey St, McLaren Vale.

General Hospital Services, Post-Natal Care, Palliative Care, General Surgery, Day Surgery.

Contact:  08 8323 6600

Email: mvdwmh@internode.on.net

www.mclarenvalehospital.com.au

1. Hospital Auxiliary...

We all enjoy the benefits a nearby hospital is to the district. Help raise money for the hospital by sending in your no-longer-needed goods or help to sort and price goods for sale. Contact the hospital auxiliary to offer your services.

2. Hospital Shop...

Handicrafts etc for lovely gifts are available at the hospital across from the main desk.

3. Second Hand Store...  Mondays and Thursdays 10am to 1pm...

Come along and browse for clothing, handbags, electrical, Manchester, books and records, kitchenware and furniture at cheap, cheap, cheap prices!!!

4. Giant Garage Sale & Sausage Sizzle...  2-3 times a year... 8am to 12 noon

Rear of Hospital, Aldersey St, McLaren Vale.

Support your local hospital... have fun buying a lovely second lounge suite, sheets/towels, crockery, cutlery, cakes, computer, sound system, pot plants, vase, pair of jeans and a good book to read.

It is HUGE HUGE HUGE... furniture, bikes, clothing & shoes, electrical, bric-a-brac, Manchester, plants-plants-plants, kitchenware, paintings & prints.

Get their for breakfast... sausage sizzle, cuppa and cake.

Volunteers: Philip Spry 08 8323 6617

LETS South...  your local barter group

Office Hours; Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm

LETS South has been operating in this area for 17 years now. It is a successful barter group which brings together like-minded people to share their skills, experience and goods.

Regular Markets... are held at the Aldinga Institute.

A Newsletter... is published monthly from March until December and has a profile of a Member and articles about matters of interest for those involved in the bartering movement.

A Resource Guide... is updated and printed regularly. It contains all the offers made by Members and their contact details. This is where you look if you want work done, goods or services. Everything from baby-sitting to massage, counselling to bread, plants and handyperson’s skills are on offer plus many other things besides.

The Website... is updated regularly. It has a Noticeboard and information about the group and the way it runs.

Membership... costs $25 per year from July 1st and prop rata for the rest of the year. People with something to offer and receive from the LETS community are always welcome to phone for an appointment to discuss Membership.

Bartering... In our world of today bartering is still the viable option it has always been for communities with something to give and to share. Become part of a like-minded community, meet new people, save your cash for petrol and electricity. An old idea in a modern world!

Contact: Liz Hughes  08 8556 2705

Fax: 08 8556 4562
Mail: PO Box 535 Willunga 5172

Email: letssouth@comstech.com

www.letssouth.com
 

Libraries... Friends of Willunga & Aldinga (FOWAL)

Various venues in Aldinga & Willunga.

2nd Friday, 1.30pm.

Friends of Willunga and Aldinga Libraries has been in existence for over twenty years now. We have raised thousands of dollars for special purchases at our libraries, through book sales, raffles and special events like the performance in the Quarry of 'Under Millkwood'.  We reach out through our activities to other groups, like retirement homes and the youth of the VOLT centre.  If you feel you might like to join the friendliest group of volunteers in Onkaparinga, please contact us.

Secretary: Tony Brooks  08 8327 2330.

Libraries... 

1. Willunga...

Cnrs of St Peters Tce, High St & Main Rd, Willunga.  Entrance at rear.

The Library is run by the Onkaparinga City Council.  http://www.onkaparingacity.com/lib/page/home.html   See Government Services.

Open... Mon Tues Wed Fri - 8.30am-5pm; Thurs - 8.30am-6pm; Sun - 2-5pm

Fun activities at Willunga Library for your pre-school children...

Pre-school Fun Activities...

Thursday 10:00 am.

Come along and enjoy books, finger plays and songs with your baby or pre schooler. After the session stay for a tea, coffee and a chat. Bookings not required.

Weekly Story-time for under 5's...

10.30am Wednesdays (excludes January school holidays)

Join us at Willunga Library for stories and crafts for children 3-5 years. Bookings not required.

Contact: Helen McSkimming  08 8384 0006 

Fax: 08 8556 2621

2. Willunga National Trust Research Library...

Old Court House & Police Station Museum, 61 High St, Willunga.

Many old books & papers.  History of Willunga & district.

Contact: 08 8556 2195

Lions Club...  Willunga & Districts

65 Butterworth Road, Aldinga Beach.

Work Meetings... 2nd Tuesday, 7.30pm

Dinner Meetings... 4th Tuesday, 7.30pm...  various locations... all welcome.

1. Lions Ladies Auxiliary Boutique...

   Wednesdays & Saturdays.

   65 Butterworth Road, Aldinga Beach.

   Opens 8.30am and closes around 2pm. 

   Contact: Merle Hirsch  08 8557 7519

2. Willunga Lions Auction...

   Last Saturday (except December), 8.30am to around midday.  Gates open 6am.  Check January date.

   Lions Park, Cnr Binney Rd & Strout Rd, Willunga.

   Saleyards Organiser: Dean Hunt  0414 564 389

   Pick-ups: Wolf Hirsch 08 8557 7519

    

3. Willunga Lions Car Boot Sale/Market...
   Second Sunday, 8.30am (Sellers set-up from 7.30am)

   Lions Park, Cnr Binney Rd & Strout Rd, Willunga.

   All stalls are FREE and entry is FREE. NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED. Large stall sites. New stall holders wanted.

   A sausage sizzle, drinks and tea and coffee are available.  The Lions shed is open and furniture and bric a brac is for sale.  Plants, toys, clothes, jewellery are some of the stalls at the sale.
   Enquiries: Anne Binns  08 8556 2489  lionsbootsale@gmail.com

   Follow us on Facebook/willungalionsbootsale

    

   Contacts...

   Secretary: Bill Binns, 08 8556 2489  willanbi1@bigpond.com

   Postal Address: Willunga & District Lions Club, Box 47, Willunga, 5172 

    

   National Trust of SA...  Willunga Branch

   61 High St, Willunga

   Reports and Event Details: See the latest In-a-Nut-shell

   Who We Are: The National Trust of SA is part of a national community based, non-government organisation committed to promoting and conserving Australia’s indigenous, natural and historic heritage through its advocacy work and its custodianship of heritage places and objects. For more information about National Trusts around Australia, visit the National Trust of South Australia website: www.nationaltrustsa.org.au

   Willunga National Trust: The Willunga Branch is one of nearly fifty Branches across SA. It was established in 1968. Soon after its formation, members of the Branch, assisted by members of the Young Trust, set about restoring the Old Courthouse and Police Station in High Street, Willunga, which was then in a neglected and ruinous state, and opened it as a museum in 1970.

   The Branch leases the State Heritage listed complex from the City of Onkaparinga. It also manages the adjoining Grey Box Woodland Reserve, and the former Bassett Boys’ School in St Luke’s Street Willunga. There are currently about 30 active members affiliated with the Willunga Branch. The activities of the Branch are directed by a Committee elected by the membership. Anyone can become a volunteer with the Trust – you don’t need to join as a member to make a contribution to the preservation of heritage in your local community.

   We are all volunteers: Volunteers are the backbone of the National Trust, and the Willunga Branch could not operate without the sustained and dedicated commitment of the members and friends who assist with the myriad of tasks needed keep the Museums operating, such as gardening and yard work in the grounds;; small maintenance jobs such as painting and cleaning; guiding visitors and groups in the museums or on historic walks; maintaining and adding to the archival collections; cleaning and preparing objects for exhibition and display; helping with setting up and catering for events; undertaking historical research; working on the computerized database and assisting with promotional activities.

   We are always ready to welcome new volunteers, and it is a great way to get to know more about the history of the town, meet and enjoy the company of some great people, and use your skills and just a little of your time to do something positive for the community.

   A Note on Funding: Apart from grants won in a competitive process for specific projects, the Branch receives no government funding, and is reliant on membership contributions, admission fees, sales of books and souvenirs, donations and fund raising activities for its continued existence.

   What We Do: The Willunga Branch cares for the historic buildings and grounds of the Old Courthouse and Police Station in Willunga, along with the associated Reserve, and also the former Bassett Boys’ School located in nearby St Luke’s Street. The Branch is responsible for routine maintenance and cleaning of the properties, and for ensuring that they are available for public access and enjoyment.

   Apart from welcoming casual visitors to the museums, we also have a program of organised tours which we offer to tour bus operators, and a special program developed for schools. We also provide guided and self-guided tours of the township, can arrange visits to the slate quarries, assist people researching their family tree, and provide a delightfully relaxed setting for outdoor weddings.

   Museums Opening Hours: Currently the Courthouse and Slate Museums are open every Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday from 1pm – 4 pm as well as public holidays, unless the temperature is over 35 degrees Celsius.  Other times, and tour groups, are by prior arrangement.

   The former Bassett Boys’ School is not regularly open to the public, but is available for booking by groups through the School Program.

   Ultimately we would like to extend our opening hours but this is dependent on having enough volunteers to staff the museums.

   The grounds are available for hire: for weddings, organized picnics and social club activities. Catering may be provided by the Branch for private and group events by prior arrangement. In addition to private events, the grounds are also available for community events such as the Australia Day Breakfast, Christmas Concert, Folk Concert etc. The Branch also participates in annual events such as the Tour Down Under, Willunga Almond Blossom Festival and History Week.

   The Museums:

   1. The authentic nineteenth century Courthouse and Police Station Museum allows visitors to understand the work of early police constables and magistrates and see the cells and prisoners’ exercise yard, constable’s office, courtroom and magistrate’s office. There are a number of displays featuring aspects of the district’s history, including the wreck of the Star of Greece at Port Willunga.

   2. Included in the price of admission is the Slate Museum, a new display occupying the former stables building, which contains excellent static and interactive displays telling the story of the importance of the local slate industry.

   Family and local history collection: The Branch maintains an extensive collection of photographs and documents relating to local and family history, known as the May de Caux Collection, and these are available for research purposes to members of the public during regular opening hours. Members of the Branch including the Branch Historian and Librarian, are able to provide guidance to researchers wishing to use the collection. Photocopying is available at a small cost.

   Nature Reserve: Visitors to the Museums may also follow a marked interpretive trail around the Grey Box Woodland Reserve which adjoins the picnic grounds and creek area. The reserve comprises several hectares of remnant grassy bushland, including the endangered species Eucalyptus Microcarpa, or Grey Box, once typical of the native vegetation found in the Willunga hills and throughout South East of South Australia, but now reduced to less than 3% of the area it occupied prior to European settlement. This is also the location of the site of the original ‘Government House’, the first permanent structure to be built on the Government Reserve prior to the construction of the present courthouse complex.

   Outdoor Weddings: The Courthouse grounds have proved to be a popular venue for outdoor wedding ceremonies, whether creek-side or on the lawns in front of the heritage buildings. An increasing number of couples choose to make their wedding vows in this delightful setting.

   Bus Tours and Groups: The Tours Program has been the major revenue earner and brings the highest number of the visitors to the Museums. The Program has been developed by working with a number of commercial bus tour operators to provide a packaged visitor experience tailored to the needs and interests of the group. These visits have often included a special feature such as a courtroom re-enactment where members of the group are encouraged to participate in a mock trial – a great icebreaker, and a very popular part of the tours. Guided bus tours are available. Morning or afternoon tea may be included as part of the package, catered by the Branch.

   Schools Program: This program is based at the Old Bassett Boys’ School, which has been in the care of the Trust for many years but had previously only been opened to the public on rare occasions. Two former teachers associated with the Branch have developed the program, in which primary school aged children are given a chance to experience what it was like to be a child at school in the mid 1800s. The program is offered on the basis of supervised class visits, of up to 30 students accompanied by teachers and parents, and includes the opportunity to dress up in period costumes and participate in a classroom re-enactment. It has only been running for a short time, but has already proven to be very popular and will be expanded in the future. Older people also enjoy a visit to the classroom.

   The Schools Program is regarded as a priority area for the Branch, which sees the engagement and involvement of younger people in issues of heritage as one of its primary objectives and something that is crucial for the future.

   Other Activities: The Branch takes an active interest in heritage related issues within the local community, and contributes to public debate on issues where it sees itself as having a role. This includes providing comment on matters such as the impact of new development and other changes affecting the heritage values of the local area. The Branch works co-operatively with other community organizations to promote the town to tourists and visitors, and to encourage local residents to appreciate and celebrate its unique heritage and history.

   Committee meetings: are held on the third Monday of each month at 7.30pm at the Courthouse, 61 High, Street, Willunga.

   The Branch Committee elected at the 2009 AGM: Kath Rayner (Chair), Deb Morgan (Vice Chair), Charlotte Wells (Secretary), Marian Floyd, (Treasurer), Julie Taylor, Ruth Baxendale (Historian), Faye Lush (Librarian), Don McDonald, Jo Petchell, Ken McAllan, Rae Ralph, Tony Ralph.

        Chairperson: Kath Rayner 08 8296 7468

        Librarian: Faye Lush 08 8323 7513

        Coordinator: for bookings & volunteers, Kazz 08 8556 2664

        Courthouse Museum: 08 8556 2195 or willunganationaltrust@gmail.com

        Postal address: Willunga Branch, National Trust of SA, PO Box 429, Willunga, SA, 5172

        www.nationaltrustsa.org.au/places/willunga_courthouse.xml

        www.nationaltrustsa.org.au/places/willunga_courthouse_reserve.xml

        www.nationaltrustsa.org.au/places/willunga_slate_museum.xml

        www.nationaltrustsa.org.au/places/james_bassett_school.xml

    

   Adelaide & Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board...

   5 Aldinga Rd, Willunga, 8550 3400, F 8550 3401, www.amlrnrm.sa.gov.au

    

   Willunga Neighbourhood Watch 556...

   The Hub, cnr St Peters Tce & Main Rd, Willunga.

   2nd Monday (unless it is a public holiday, in which case we advise in In-a-Nut-shell the month before) at 7.30pm

   No meetings in January & December.

   All welcome at meetings.

   See In-a-Nut-shell for guest speakers, etc.

        Area-Coordinator: Julia Hand 08 8323 9889

        Secretary: Judy Dunn  08 8556 2163.

        www.WatchSA.com.au 

    

   Willunga Recreation Park Inc... 

   Main Rd, Willunga.

   Open Management Meetings... Fourth Monday (except December), 7.30pm.

   RSL Clubrooms (between Main Gates & Recreation Hall), Willunga Recreation Park, Main Rd, Willunga.

   All clubs which use the facilities are entitled to a representative... The committee is made up of representatives from approximately 25 groups and clubs that use the park plus interested community members.

   The public are invited to attend any meeting, so pay your $1 membership fee and have your say on how the park and its facilities should be managed...  be apart of Willunga Recreation Park's future.

        Contacts: Moss Hancock, Chairman 8556 2407 or Paul Williamson, Secretary.

   Write...

        Willunga Recreation Park Inc,

        PO Box 208,

        Willunga SA 5172

        Phone or Fax: 08 8556 2407

        www.willungarecpark.com.au

    

   Willunga & District Returned Servicemen's League (RSL)...

   RSL Clubrooms (between Main Gates & Recreation Hall), Willunga Recreation Park, Main Rd, Willunga.

   The Clubrooms are open every Friday night... 5 til 8pm…

   All are welcome to drop in for a chat and a drink. Bar facilities.

        Contact: Mos Hancock 08 8556 2732

    

   Rotary Club of McLaren Vale...

   Alma Hotel (Bottom Pub), Hill St, Willunga.

   Mondays, 6.30 for 6.45pm

   Visitors and new members welcomed.  Club supports activities in Willunga and all surrounding areas.

   Rotary Club Director: Alan Bigg 08 8557 7834

    

   Willunga Save the Children Shop...

   High St, Willunga.

   Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm.  Saturdays 9am-11.30am ?

        Manager: Maureen Millard.

    

   Aldinga Surf Lifesaving Club...

   Norman Road, Silver Sands.

   A small volunteer organisation providing rescue services to our stretch of coastline and providing regular patrols on Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays as well as emergency out of hours callouts.

   New member training from the age of 7 to 70.
   Motto of "Vigilance and Service".

   Club: 08 8556 3178 or secretary@aldingabayslsc.com

   www.aldingabayslsc.com

    

   Trees for Life...  Willunga branch

   GENERAL MEETINGS...

   Willunga Primary School staff room, Station Rd, Willunga.

   Meetings commence at 7.30pm on the first Wednesday of each month (except January).

   Visitors are very welcome. Supper is provided.

   WORKING BEES at the Wirra, 10 am to 12 noon (corner of St Peters Tce and Kell St)

   Regular working bees are held to carry out weeding, mulching, watering and general maintenance of local species plantings in the park and along the creek-line.  (Cancelled if the forecast maximum temperature for Noarlunga is 32 degrees or more).

   TREES FOR LIFE SA News. Have you checked out the Trees for Life website at www.treesforlife.org.au.? Here you will find an explanation of TFL’s four main programmes - Tree Scheme, Bush for Life, Direct Seeding and Carbon Neutral. The site also provides much other useful information, including a link to the TFL Newsletter ReLeaf for you to read and keep up-to-date with the latest news.

   Andrew Allanson leaving TFL; Andrew is leaving TFL after 15 years. He is going to Rural Solutions (PIRSA) and will be joining Peter Tucker also formerly of TFL. Andrew was the founding father of Bush for Life and an inspiration to all bushcarers – a living legend of TFL.

   GROWERS
   

   Each year our group grows local species for special projects in our area. If you are interested in growing a couple of boxes of trees/shrubs in your backyard to help revegetate our district, please see Julie Turner at the next meeting.

   Growers are needed for the winter season. Please get in touch if you would like to grow a box or two of winter-germinating species for our Group’s projects. It’s a good way to develop your skills in growing local species. All the necessary equipment, soil, seed, etc is provided with full instructions, so why not give it a try?
   

   Ideas: We are always looking for ideas for future Speakers and Outings. Please think about this and pass on your ideas to Joyce

   Contact: Joyce West  08 8323 7513  /  Paul Rosser  08 8323 8189

   Email: joycewest@ozemail.com.au  or  pbrosser@senet.com.au

        www.treesforlife.org.au

    

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