Newsletter Sunday 27 July 2025
Coming Up:
- Wed 30 July Working Bee (details changed from last newsletter) now starting at 10 am on Alandale Rd, opposite Wimbledon Grove
- Sat 2 August Working Bee 10 am start, meet on corner of Sherwood Rd and Ashby Grove
- Thursday 7 Aug Meet Up and Make It craft group, meeting at 1.30 in The Dish
- Wed 27 Aug Working Bee 9.30 start at Ryder Cheshire Homes, 10-14 Donaldson St Ivanhoe
Cat Jump Cafe is now fully licensed (no BYO); and the Eaglemont Cellars are serving food.
If you are interested in environmental things Council's Greenwrap newsletter has lots of information. Items in the July newsletter include the local 'Waring' or wombat season/BushCrew Diaries and fungi/ the Indigenous plant of the month - the native violet/a local pollutant trap/new cooling and energy efficiency standards/the Cheaper Home Batteries Program/grants towards energy efficiency upgrades/other grant opportunities/gardening tips and environmental events. Sign up via this link https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Waste-environment/Environment-sustainability/Greenwrap-newsletter-subscription
Questions about recycling? Thanks to Mary V for pointing out that takeaway cups can be recycled locally. The 7Eleven on the corner of Lwr Heidelberg Rd and Burgundy St has a coffee cup collection point for recycling by Simply Cups (even the paper cups with a plastic lining).
And Thanks again to Mary for the link to this article which explains how we are getting it right or wrong - apparently 'only 25% of people separate waste correctly and up to 35% of recycling goes to landfill unnecessarily' and answers many questions. The Conversation: Can a pizza box go in the yellow bin or not? An expert answers this and other messy recycling questions https://theconversation.com/can-a-pizza-box-go-in-the-yellow-bin-or-not-an-expert-answers-this-and-other-messy-recycling-questions-258301 utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%209%202025%20-%203444835090&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%209%202025%20-%203444835090+CID_e83e92adca564e3a3b4f41ca27146450&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=Can%20a%20pizza%20box%20go%20in%20the%20yellow%20bin%20%20or%20not%20An%20expert%20answers%20this%20and%20other%20messy%20recycling%20questions
Trains and Murals
The last newsletter had a photo of the new train mural and Nilss sent this link to a photo of a similar heritage train on the line at Eaglemont in 2022 https://flic.kr/p/2nZkCzq
And art ..
Also from Nilss is this link - showing Eaglemont when it looked very different before all the houses were built, as it was a farm.
ABC EducationDogs of Eaglemont
Member discussion