#Stanwell Tops

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Join the community conversation on Helensburgh Community Centre and Library

The site for Helensburgh’s new library and community centre PLANS for a new community centre and library for Helensburgh are moving forward. Wollongong City Council is preparing for a comprehensive planning and design process for the facility that is planned for construction from autumn 2027. Wollongong Lord Mayor Tania Brown said while Council heard from the community in 2017 and 2020, it’s…

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Hard to describe, hard to sum up, it all sounds a bit cliche. But. It's true. #bmw #e46 #m3 #bmwfanatics @deadweight_industries @xiaorpowr (at Bald Hill Lookout, Stanwell Tops) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co1k2WkLZnE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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November Sew days Recap

Wow - what a wonderful couple of creative days we have had! Vice President - Sharon Nicholls-Thomson - Scrapplique techniques went off with a bang both Friday and Saturday. Thanks for a great turn out everyone. Gosh what a quick hit creative rush that one was. So many effects and ideas bubbling away. Wonderful to see so many members fantastic ideas and samples coming together. I'm looking forward to seeing some finished items next month. If you missed out maybe find a friend and see what you can come up with. Give Sharon a call if you need more of the sheets. You too can have loads of fun with that technique.

Chat Notes and things to add to your calendar;

The next MQSA meeting is on the 21 November 2024.

Brenda Gael Smith - Confirmed - Sat 15 & Sun 16 Feb 2025 Geometricks (Sat) & Fundamentally Circles (Sun)

Workshop costs: if you are planning on attending 1 day. No charge. If you are coming for both days the cost is $50 - Please pay directly to the Guilds account and include your name / Brenda Workshop.

Retreat - NOW accepting deposits for 2025… Please get in early as the lead up to Oct 2025 is going to be hectic. We will be locking it in early.

24 - 26 Oct WMQG Retreat 2025

Cost: $50 Deposit to the Guilds account with your name / Retreat.

Held at The Tops Conference Centre, Stanwell Tops

Thirroul Library Display - Contact Milica & Ros for their next Display at the Thirroul Library - TBA 2025. Think about things you would like to contribute they don't need to be finished. It is a great opportunity to share some of what we love with the greater local community.

December Sew days - Xmas - We agreed to participate in a Christmas food drive for those less fortunate in our local community. A call for items that kids can also enjoy prepackaged fruit cups, jelly, small chip packets, or other Christmas items. Other things could include pantry staples, fruit cake, or other Christmas goodies you might like to donate. We will get a basket for our December Meeting and get it to the local Northern suburbs contact that we have ready for Christmas.

Sharon did a great presentation on Bee and Group quilts for us today. Loads of ideas on how we might go about getting that going amongst us. Our last Group quilt won best in show for MQSA 2017 - Perhaps we could start thinking for a 2027 finish - get your thinking caps on for some ideas and planning. Find a friend and have a brainstorming session on some ideas lets see what we can come up with.

You can find pics from “Show n tell” and our "Scrapplique" efforts on our social media accounts (Insta and Facebook).

Thanks everyone - Hope you get some sewing in over the month.

See you next month for our Christmas Sew days.

Kath

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Stanwell Tops

Jan 2024

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Viele Radsportbegeisterte unterstützen Aktivitäten

Die jährliche Benefiz-Radsportveranstaltung MS Kong Ride findet wie geplant wieder statt. Tausende Radfahrer in radsportbekleidung günstig nehmen an der Veranstaltung teil, bei der die Straße von Sydney nach Wollongong gesperrt wird.

Die Veranstaltung begann an diesem Tag um 6 Uhr morgens. Ausgangspunkt der Radsportveranstaltung war das Recreation Reserve im Stadtteil Tempe in Sydney. Die Radfahrer begannen eine 82 Kilometer lange Reise und kamen schließlich am Endpunkt Lang Park in Wollongong zusammen. Eine weitere Aktivroute startet im Preston Park im Engadin und führt über eine Gesamtstrecke von 54 Kilometern. Beide Routen führen durch den Royal National Park, Stanwell Tops und die Sea Cliff Bridge und erreichen schließlich den Long Park in Wollongong. Die Organisatoren erwarten, dass in diesem Jahr mehr als 6.000 Radfahrer an der Wohltätigkeitsfahrt teilnehmen werden. Die Straßen entlang der Radroute sind bis ca. 16:00 Uhr gesperrt. Die Polizei von New South Wales und die Veranstalter arbeiten zusammen, um während der Veranstaltung „die Auswirkungen auf Verkehrsteilnehmer und örtliche Gemeinden zu minimieren“. Diese weltweite Wohltätigkeitsorganisation unterstützt weiterhin Menschen, die gegen Multiple Sklerose kämpfen, und die Polizei von NSW ist stolz darauf, sie zu unterstützen. Auch begeisterte Radfahrer in Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team Fahrradtrikot sind herzlich willkommen!

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Stanwell Tops, Australia

John Nell 

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[Address, top right hand corner] Clifton South Coast N.S.W. 7/[3]*/14

Dear Jean, Well how are you getting on. Are you still making doll’s clothes. There are a lot of little girls around here. and boys too, and shops. I see such a lot of trains and motor cars passing. When the train is coming there is a little bell starts ringing so that the woman at the crossing knows when to shut the gate. The bell is on a telegraph just beside the gate and it is connected with the line somehow, so when the train passes this place it starts the bell ringing. We were going to Stanwell Park to the beach this afternoon, but it is raining at present, so if it does not clear up we won’t be able to get, and oh my I will be dissappointed. There is a little baby at the foor of our garden and how it crys. Sometimes it is very quiet, but I think it must be asleep then. I see they have a guard in front of the door, and it tries to get out, and of course it can’t then it starts and howls. Poor little thing wants to get out and make mud pies I think. Ta Ta Jean hoping you are all well, with love, (Kate)

[PS in upper left corner] Timonthy was frightened by a motor car yesterday. You should have seen him run.

*Transcriber's note: The month number could be almost any number, particularly 3, 5, or 8. I've put my guess at 3, as March seems marginally the most likely time the writer might have planned a beach trip and found it rainy on the day.

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Heathrow Fencing, Gleneagles Cl, Stanwell, Staines-upon-Thames, Staines TW19 7PD

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Phone: +44 800 772 3535

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Our team will assist with all aspects and needs of your remodeling project answering any questions or concerns you may have along the way.

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A day trip to Woollongong & the HARS Aviation Museum

85km south of Sydney is Woollongong, an industrial port city. The drive down is very scenic through the Royal National Park.

Our main destination was the HARS Aviation Museum at Shellharbour Airport, but first we stopped by North Woollongong for lunch by the beach.

The HARS Aviation Museum has an extremely impressive collection of aircraft across a number of hangars. They are all packed in quite closely which makes it difficult to photograph but seeing them in person is very cool. You can go inside several of the planes too!

The airport is home to an old Qantas B747-400, still kitted out on the inside which you can tour. There are also wing-walks but I've done one of these previously at the Qantas Founders' Museum in Longreach.

After a lovely couple of hours being guided around by the volunteers, we started the drive home, stopping off at Stanwell Tops for this spectacular view looking back south.

[14 October 2022]

[haffiction]

The Curious Case of the Dead Guy Upstairs

By John Haff

Stanwell, Middlesex, England. 1987.

A bowl of Angel Delight, three gobstoppers, a family bag of Gummy Bears, two snack sized Bounty bars, all washed down with several swigs from Grandad's Guinness draft and a can of Cream Soda. This had led to near toxic E number concentrations in Daniel's body. Laying bloated on his bed, sweating as his brain and heart worked to restore bodily chemistry back to pre-lunch normalcy, he pondered what might be for dinner, hoping his father had planned a mighty toad-in-the-hole to round off a successful days gluttony. His sister Louise was in much the same position in her room, polaxed and greasy. Unable to hear one another, they groaned simultaneously and thought joyfully about the freedom of the summer holidays and how little parents in the 80's cared about what neon foodstuffs were beginning the work of a future pancreatic collapse. Their bodies, fighting to expel the excess glucose, prompted both to drain their water bottles, then an hour or so later, their bladders.

Ladies first, as dad always demanded, leaving Daniel outside the bathroom, hopping and knee-bending up and down the hall, waiting for what seemed like an age before Louise emerged looking about ready for round two of fluorescent food gourmandism. Daniel went in next, a seemingly never-ending stream with an alarming blue tinge. After washing his hands and splashing some water on his face, he felt great again and exited to find Louise waiting. She was wafting her hands in the air, taking in the dinner smells. The aromas of sage and pork could only mean one thing, a glorious toad-in-the-hole. They both rushed downstairs.

Shane, the youngest of the three children, emerged from his room on a mission and with all the swagger you would expect from a toddler. Determined to not drop any of the rabbit figurines from his Sylvanian Families cottage set, he rolled his tongue around his lips and slowly made his way to the bathroom with single-minded determination. His goal, to throw those naughty rabbits into the toilet. Ignoring the blue vapour already whisping around the bathroom, he dropped the first rabbit in. A hissing sound stopped him from throwing in the second, then the violent bubbling shocked him backwards and off his unsteady feet. From the toilet he saw a set of blue ears emerge, then the top of a head, then half the creatures eyes. It spoke in a gravelly Texan accent.

“What's the matter? You act like you've never seen a blue rabbit soaked in toxic piss before.”

Read this web series for free on serialised fiction platform Fictionate

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Maintenance closure on Lady Wakehurst Drive for three days

Maintenance work will be carried-out on Lady Wakehurst Drive between McKell Avenue and Otford Lookout next week. Work will include road repair and resurfacing, vegetation maintenance, clearing gutters and drains, maintenance of safety barriers and litter collection.  Lady Wakehurst Drive will be closed in both directions between McKell Avenue and Otford Lookout for three days from 8am to 3pm,…

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Found slide: Hang gliding, Stanwell Tops, Tharawal country, Wollongong, slide developed March 1974. Photo by Keith Smith

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July 2024 - Sit n Sew Days Recap

Fantastic catching up with everyone and getting some sew time in this weekend.

You can find our Show n tell for the month on our socials - Facebook and Instagram.

Couple of reminders from today

Workshop - Jess Wheelahan

When: Friday 16th & Saturday 17 August 2024 - 10.30 - 3.30 pm.

Please RSVP 31 July - we need to confirm numbers

2. WMQG Annual R E T R E A T

When: 25 - 27 October 2024

Where: Held at The Tops Conference Centre, Stanwell Tops

Eform - Please let us know if you are planning on attending and letting our coordinators know of your personal requirements and accommodation preferences.

We have a number of activities planned for year.. Keep an eye out on Facebook for the event bookings.

Have a great month everyone - hope you find some time to get some sewing done.

Thanks Kath

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Juvenile crimson rosella

Stanwell Tops

Jan 2024

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Kellys Falls, Garawarra State Conservation Area, NSW, Australia