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September 2021 # Issue 13
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Cambridge Repair Lab
Need something fixed? Come and learn some repairing skills and stop throwing good things away.
Our next Repair Lab is scheduled to be held on Saturday, 18 September from 10.30am to 12.30pm at the Town of Cambridge Administration Centre.
Repair Lab is a community initiative to help people fix their belongings, keep items in the system and reduce the burden on recycling, and ultimately save things going to landfill. Skilled volunteers will help you with repairs of clothing, textiles, bikes, furniture, jewellery, electronics and electrical, and general household items. If you're unsure, bring it down and we'll see what we can do!
If you have skills – we would love to welcome you as one of our volunteers.
When: Saturday 18 September, 27 November | 10.30am – 12.30pm
Where: Cambridge Administration Centre, 1 Bold Park Drive Floreat
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Pool Cover & Plastics Drop Off Day
The Town of Cambridge is holding another Extended Plastics Drop-Off Day at the Admin Centre to collect a range of plastics.
These items will be locally processed and used in the Australian manufacturing industry. A full list of accepted items can be requested from waste@cambridge.wa.gov.au
When: Saturday 18 September, 11 December, 19 March | 10.00am – 2:00pm
Where: Town Cambridge Administration Centre, 1 Bold Park Drive Floreat.
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Creating Wildlife Havens in Suburbia
Wildlife havens serve a number of purposes including protecting wildlife and helping animal populations thrive.
Wildlife havens are designed to attract native animals like birds, frogs, lizards, bees, butterflies and other creatures. By creating a wildlife haven in your garden, you’re potentially providing a home, food, protection, or just a nice place to visit for our beautiful wildlife.
This workshop focusses on suburban eco-systems, bird life, insects, and creating wildlife corridors and havens in our gardens. Attendance at this workshop qualifies you for a rebate against the purchase of a bird bath of your choice.
When: Thursday 23 September | 6:30 – 8:30pm
Where: Town of Cambridge Administration Centre, 1 Bold Park Drive Floreat
Cost: Free
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Charity Drop Off Day
It is time to start thinking about our next Charity Day!
The Town now holds three Charity Drop Off Days to assist residents to maximise their Verge Valet space. We invite a range of charities to receive donation of those belongings which are too good to go to Verge Valet.
Bring your unwanted household items including clothes and textiles and working electrical items (no white goods please) to the Administration Centre. Simply drive up and our friendly staff will unload your car for you. Items must be clean and undamaged and presented in boxes or bags.
Things you can donate at a Charity drop-off day:
- All types of clothing
- Small furniture
- Working electrical items - no white goods please!
- Accessories including jewellery, bags, hats, belts
- Manchester: Towels, tableware and tea towels
- Bedding, linen and blankets
- Shoes, boots and slippers
- Homewares, including Games, Toys, DVD’s CD's
- Crockery, glassware
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When: Saturday 2 October | 9am - 3pm
Where: Town of Cambridge Administration Centre Carpark, 1 Bold Park Drive Floreat
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Kintsugi Workshop
The Kintsugi method is an age old way to minimise waste to landfill
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken ceramics back together with gold — built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art. Every break is unique and instead of repairing an item like new, the 400-year-old technique actually highlights the "scars" as a part of the design.
This workshop includes a gold repair kit with all necessary equipment and artist tuition.
When: Thursday 21 October | 6:30 – 8:30pm
Where: Cambridge Administration Centre, 1 Bold Park Drive Floreat
Cost: $75 payable prior to workshop commencement
Registrations essential
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Bike Day
October is Bike Month and the Town is celebrating the event with a ‘Bring Your Bike’ day on 30 October to celebrate to celebrate Bike Month between 9am and 3pm at the Council Offices, 1 Bold Park Drive Floreat.
Activities include recycling bicycles through the Dismantle Youth Development program and providing basic maintenance through the Bike Dr program.
Workshops will be presented by the locally based Bike Smart program on road rules and how to, safely, make use of shared paths.
Staying in line with the recycling theme, a ‘bike stuff swap’ station will allow people to bring second-hand bike clothes and associated equipment to swap.
More information will be forthcoming in the next newsletter.
When: Saturday 30 October | 9am- 3pm
Where: Town of Cambridge Administration Centre, 1 Bold Park Drive Floreat
Cost: Free
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