Author Archives: Miriam English

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Brainstorming session

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The new committee is settling in and we are now ready to gauge what
events/activities that you, the local community would like to join in,
at the hall.

To get the ball rolling we are going to hold a brainstorming session
followed by a sausage sizzle with refreshments.

Please mark in your diary 4pm Saturday, 10th October. We will start
with a quick ideas gathering session followed by nibbles, drinks and the
sausage sizzle.  We will be COVID safe.

The cost is a gold coin donation and we will have a donation box there to
make it easy – no handling of money etc.

We ask you to RSVP by Monday the 5th of October. Email
gheerullahall1@gmail.com
*We look forward to seeing you there*.

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Landscape Band event Sunday 20th Oct

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Have you got your tickets yet for the final concert in Landscape Band‘s tour of Sunshine Coast Community Halls?

The support acts will be the Misties (a talented trio — Lenore, Tracey, and Trish — singing harmonies and playing guitars, mandolin, and sometimes keyboard) and Kathleen and Steve Dennis (multi-instrumentalists and hosts of “Unplugged” at Brooloo Acoustic Music Nights).

Bar and food will be available from 5pm. Music will begin at 5:30pm. Later, after dark has fallen, the big event: Landscape Band’s music and poetry, illustrated with projected photographic images of our beautiful Sunshine Coast.

Tickets can be bought online at trybooking.com or at the door.
$15 Adults – over 18
$5 Child – 5-18 years
$35 Family – 2 adults, 3 children

 

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“Switch Tennis” Family Day

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A reminder for Gheerulla Tennis Club’s

Come and Play – “Switch Tennis” – Family Day

Adults and children court time will be scheduled separately.

If you or your child/children wish to attend, you will need to register by Monday, 1st July. That’s this Monday, folks!

You can use a downloadable Entry Form which can be emailed to Carita Parker (details on entry form) or handed in to Robyn at Kenilworth Post Office.

Adults $15.00 (includes lunch)
Children $5.00 (includes lunch).

We hope you will be able to attend. If you have any queries, please contact Carita Parker (0438 156 009).

Hope to see some of you there.

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Computer help and uplifting talks

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Sorry about the late notification. This Friday — tomorrow, the 19th of April — at 10am we have Computer Help at the hall. Bring along your computer problems and we’ll see if we can solve them, or help with alternatives. If you don’t understand something we might be able to help there too.

After that, at 11am, we’ll show some Uplifting Talks. Did you know, despite what you’re told on the irresponsible “news” media, this is the most peaceful time in history? Did you know rates of violent crimes have been declining for hundreds of years? We all have easier access to more knowledge now than royalty did just decades ago. We live longer and more healthily than ever before. Are you worried about robots, wars, unemployment, new diseases? Things are actually MUCH better than you might think.

It’s always the third Friday of each month.

Both these sessions are free. An optional gold coin donation to the hall is appreciated.

(NOTE: donations go to hall maintenance, not to me. I provide snacks out of my own pocket. If you want to bring snacks you’re most welcome to do so, though you’re not obliged to.)

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Writing group next Wednesday

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Hi folks,

We’re meeting at the same time and place:

11am, Wednesday, the 3rd of April
at Gheerulla Hall.
Free — optional gold coin donation to the Hall.

I was thinking of discussing Lord Raglan’s Hero Pattern, and whether it can be useful to us as writers.
https://department.monm.edu/classics/courses/clas230/mythdocuments/heropattern/

Bring anything you wrote that you might want to read out for feedback. Please don’t feel that you need to, though; it’s entirely voluntary.

Anybody who is interested is welcome.

I’ll bring coffee, tea, cocoa, cup-a-soup, and perhaps potato crisps, maybe olives, or something more healthy if I can think of it. (Note that I pay for these out of my own pocket, not from the hall donations. The donations go to Gheerulla Hall itself.)

– Miriam

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Computer help & uplifting talks

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Hi folks,

This Friday, at 10am we have Computer Help at the hall. Bring along your problems and we’ll see if we can solve them, or help with alternatives. If you don’t understand something we might be able to help there too.

After that, at 11am, we’ll show some Uplifting Talks. Did you know, despite what you’re told on the irresponsible “news” media, this is the most peaceful time in history? Did you know rates of violent crimes have been declining for hundreds of years? We all have easier access to more knowledge now than royalty did just decades ago. We live longer and more healthily than ever before. Are you worried about robots, wars, unemployment, new diseases? Things are actually MUCH better than you might think.

Both these sessions are free. An optional gold coin donation to the hall is appreciated.

(NOTE: donations go to hall maintenance, not to me. I provide snacks out of my own pocket. If you want to bring snacks you’re most welcome to do so, though you’re not obliged to.)

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Computer Help and Uplifting talks on Friday

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Hi Folks,

There will be a Computer Help session at Gheerulla Hall at 10am this Friday 15th February (the 3rd Friday of each month), followed by Uplifting Talks at 11am (why the common belief that everything is getting worse is mistaken).

Both sessions are free (though I encourage you to make a gold coin donation to Gheerulla Hall for giving us the space for this — donations go to the hall, not to me).

I’ve recently spent a while removing some nasty software from a cheap PendoPad tablet computer I bought at Nambour Post Office. I’ll show you how to remove such things and what to look out for. If you bring along your tablet we can check to see if it has any malware on it, and remove it.

For the uplifting talks I was thinking of showing a short video on how we’ve solved the problem of the population explosion and how cheap robots in space can save our planet… and how they already are.

I’ll bring coffee, tea, cocoa, cup-a-soup, and some light snacks.

You bring whatever you want and whoever you want.

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QLD Women’s Day at Gheerulla Hall

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Let’s Celebrate Queensland Women’s Day at Gheerulla Hall

This year the theme for Queensland Women’s Day is “Invest in Women, Invest in the Future”. By improving the financial literacy and capability of women, we improve the economic security of them, their families, and the wider community. By understanding financial planning, managing debt, creating a budget, and other money management topics, women are better equipped to make informed decisions.

As part of this year’s Queensland Government Women’s Day initiative, Gheerulla Hall will be hosting a

Forum on Financial Literacy for Women
commencing at 10am, 8th March.

The panel consisting of three people with experience in financial management and financial education will answer questions, discuss issues, listen to stories and advise where possible. We’ve all heard stories about STD (sexually transmitted debt) when a partnership breaks up. The forum will not be boring.

Women working on farms and small businesses while supporting their families should have easy access to financial services. Also, women in retirement often have financial difficulties and need help accessing support. What about the widows with little knowledge of financial management or investments left in very stressful situations as they try to access bank accounts?

We hope the forum will offer all participants a safe place to talk about money issues and find some answers to questions. Let’s see if we can improve women’s knowledge of money matters.

Gheerulla Hall and Recreation Association Inc. acknowledges and appreciates the Queensland Government’s financial support to conduct this Financial Literacy Forum for Women on Queensland Women’s Day.

NOTE: if you want to download a poster of the image above, click on it, then when the larger version is displayed, right-click the image and save it to your computer. That image can be printed up at various sizes.