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Winter
2019
Housing news
Youth Beat at Clarence Plains
Clarence Plains
Harvest Festival
Saturday 30 March, 2019 started performance, themed on Dust,
out a chilly 9º! But at 12pm as at the Festival.
the gates opened to this years’
The Mission Australia Youth
Harvest Festival the sun was
Beat van came with a variety
shining and visitors enjoyed
of fun mini-games for all, the
community coming together to
Waratah Drumcorps marched
sing, dance, laugh and cheer in a day
their way around the venue
of celebrating all things that make
wowing everyone with their
living in Clarence Plains great.
funky outfits and groovy
The Festival attracted over tribal beats, while later in the
1000 visitors who wandered afternoon everyone sang along
through a variety of stalls, to the Hokey Pokey. What
browsing local growers and a great way to end another
crafters goods, sampling free wonderful Harvest Festival –
bush tucker by Palawa Kipli, well done Clarence Plains!
tackling the massive jumping
If you would like to join the
castle or sitting and relaxing
Festival Committee for 2020
with family and friends enjoying
please call Kathryn on
some yummy food or a cuppa
1800 269 672.
from the MONA 24 Carrot Van
while local entertainers and
DJ’s created a great vibe for
the day.
Huge crowds gathered at 2pm to
watch the DRILL dance students
perform. Students from
Bayview Secondary College,
Rokeby Primary, Clarendon Vale
Primary and South Arm Primary
worked with artist Felicity Bott
over five weeks to present their
Contact us
Mission Australia Housing hotline: 1800 269 672
20 North Parade, Rokeby TAS 7019
missionaustralia.com.au/housing
Aurora Pay As You Go Mould... essential
if you’re making
(PAYG) is changing penicillin, very bad
when it grows in
your home!
Are you a PAYG customer? Are you get in touch with Aurora on 1300 Mould can grow anywhere, on
aware Aurora are replacing all their 132 030 Monday to Friday between carpet, clothing, food, paper
PAYG meters? 8am and 6pm, or complete an online and even in places you can’t see.
form at www.auroraenergy.com.au/ The best thing you can do is to
Did you know you will need to select aurorapaygplus/what-is-aurora- prevent mould before it becomes
a new Aurora Energy product? paygplus. a problem and the key to this is
Did you know these changes will Confused about what to do? moisture control. Here are some
commence in December 2019? Give us a call on 1800 269 672 and tips that can help prevent mould
If you would like help selecting your ask for our Partnerships and Support in your home:
new Aurora Energy product you can Coordinator Trish for a chat. • Dry wet areas straight away
– Don’t leave wet items lying
around your house such as
wet towels and washing.
Dry the floor and walls
after a shower. If you see
condensation or moisture
collecting on windows or
Check your See your Top up your Receive
areas of your home, act
balance daily usage balance SMS alerts quickly.
• Sometimes everyday chores
such as cooking dinner, taking
From our Executive a shower or using the clothes
dryer creates the perfect
damp environment for mould.
you to read through our Fire Safety So use your exhaust fan in the
Brochure. If you don’t have a copy bathroom or when cooking,
or can’t find it, please contact your or open a window or door
Housing Officer on 1800 269 672 slightly when you are using
to arrange for the Fire Safety the clothes dryer.
Brochure to be posted to you. It can • Interior dehumidifiers help
also be downloaded from our website: take moisture out of the
www.missionaustralia.com.au/ air and are really helpful in
housing tackling mould. We have a
Unfortunately, we have again stash of them here for FREE,
experienced deliberately lit fires in please just pop into the office
Clarence Plains. This means that we if you would like one.
The winter chills have finally hit
Tasmania and with it, the flu! With are unable to provide a warm home • Increase ventilation and
flu rates already reported as 3 times to someone or a family who is in improve the air flow in your
higher this year in comparison to last desperate need and doing it tough home during the winter
year, it is important to remember over this coming chilly Tasmanian months when you can. To
to book your flu vaccination with winter. We continue to work with do this move furniture away
your local GP or even through some the community and CrimeStoppers from walls and open doors
chemists. Many Australians are now so do your part and report what you and windows every now again
eligible for a free flu vaccination know. Any information leading to a to let some fresh air in.
including all Aboriginal and Torres conviction may attract a reward of up
to $10,000. You can read more about If you do have mould growing
Strait Islander people aged six in your home here’s a really
months or older, adults aged 65 and this in this newsletter.
cheap way to clean the mould,
over, adults and children (aged six Take care and keep warm in the especially off walls. Spray some
months and over) with certain medical coming winter months. white vinegar onto the mouldy
conditions and pregnant women. surface and leave it to sit for an
Best wishes,
It is also at this time of year that hour or so, then scrub and wipe
devastating reports of house fires the area clean with a cloth and
caused by faulty or misused heating dry. Any smell from the vinegar
appliances appear in the media. Your will clear within a few hours.
safety is very important to us so I urge Chris Bratchford
Dear Mission Australia Housing resident,
I wanted to reach out and invite you to work
with us to help you with your tenancy. I’d like
to start the conversation with rent arrears.
Being in rent arrears is the single biggest risk
to your housing. If you are in rent arrears and
your rent payment stops or is changed, your
tenancy is at risk. This is something
Stay fit and healthy in mind we would like to work with you to prevent.
and body this cold winter
We can do this a couple of ways, firstly we can
For information and resources on preventing
and managing flu you can visit www.flu.tas.gov.au remind you of your responsibility as a tenant
to pay your rent. Secondly, we can work
For information on medical services available
at night, on weekends and on public holidays with you when life happens so that you don’t
you can visit www.tasafterhours.com fall behind, putting your tenancy at risk.
There is also an app you can download. Communication is the key for
For free afters hours medical advice you can us working together. I would
contact the National Health Direct Australia like to invite you to contact us
helpline on 1800 022 222.
and start the conversation.
If you’re trying to improve your own mental
health or support somebody else with their Tricia Gleeson
mental health, Head to Health provides links Partnerships & Support Coordinator
to online resources and phone supports. Learn Mission Australia Housing
more about Head to Health by visiting www.
headtohealth.gov.au
Give the flick to fire bugs!
Crime Stoppers Tasmania together create a safe arson attack on a property the information provided
is offering its largest place for our children, in your community, please leads to an arrest.
reward ever, of up our families and for each call Crime Stoppers NOW!’
Keep up the great work
to $10,000, for any other’ says Crime Stoppers No piece of information
Clarence Plains, if you
information that leads Tasmanian Chair, Mr David is too small, and minor
know something, say
to a conviction for arson Daniels OAM. details can really assist
something! Report
attacks on social housing investigations.
Mr Daniels has appealed anonymously by calling
properties.
to the public, ‘If you know Callers can remain 1800 333 000 or visiting
Over one-third of something that might anonymous and may be www.crimestopperstas.
fires attended by the assist Police to solve an eligible for the reward if com.au
Tasmania Fire Service are
deliberately lit. Arson is a
crime that puts people’s
lives at risk, can result
in death or injury and is
extremely distressing for
people in need of housing –
every house lost to arson is
a house no longer available
for a family in need.
‘It’s so important that
the public and Police
work together to protect
properties, pets and the
environment so we can
What’s on Hard to Skip 6.0
Wednesday 14 August, 9am – 2pm
at the Clarendon Vale and Rokeby
The Friendship
Group
Held on the third
The Clarence Plains Growers Neighbourhood Centres. Friday of every
and Crafters Market Hard to Skip 7.0 month, from 1.30pm
The Grace Centre, 11 Ralph Terrace, to 2.30pm at The
Wednesday 20 November, 9am Grace Centre, 11 Ralph Terrace,
Rokeby, 10am – 2pm on Saturday – 2pm at the Clarendon Vale and
13 July, Saturday 14 September Rokeby. To find out more,
Rokeby Neighbourhood centres. call 1800 269 672.
and Saturday 16 November. Search For more info, call 1800 269 672.
Growers and Crafters on Facebook
for more info.
Winter is coming!! We asked one of
Winter is a slow time in the garden but Planting suggestions for June our team mates to
you may be surprised at how much you Radishes, broad beans, spring onions, complete the quiz and
can still grow. As the months cool, it’s
ideal to remove the mulch within your
peas, English spinach. now we’re asking you
veggie beds so the sun can hit the soil Planting suggestions for July to guess who it is!
and warm it up, this will also minimise In warmer or well drained spots plant,
hidey holes for slugs and snails. You peas, potatoes, lettuce seedlings and If you could be any animal what
can load the mulch you remove into English spinach. would it be? Sloth
your compost to be returned to the soil If you could trade lives with
Planting suggestions for August
come spring. During the cooler months anyone for a day who would it be
when there is more rainfall make sure Peas, broad beans, potatoes, shallots, and why?
the beds don’t get over watered as onions. In warm and well drained spots Me but when I was a child just to
this can slow down growth or even end leafy greens like bok choy, rocket, see things like that again.
up rotting your plants. A simple way mustards and lettuce.
Where is the worst place you
to check if the soil is in need of some Article written could get stuck? Under water.
more water is to poke your finger in, it by Danny What is the wisest thing anyone
should be damp but not wet. from Earth ever told you? Be yourself!
For happy healthy soil in wetter and Wood.
What is the one thing you have
months, remember not to compact the always wanted to do?
soil too much. It needs air to breathe! Win TattsLotto.
What word would you add to
the dictionary if you could and
Hard to Skip 5.0
what would it mean? ‘Schamsy’
(my friend came up with this
word and we did try and get
it into the dictionary but we
Hard to Skip 5.0 was another great of 25 residents who needed assistance weren’t successful). The word
success! Our community took the time and this time, we got a bit green and was supposed to mean ‘you think
to clean out nearly 60 cubic metres of took all the white goods and much of the you’re all classy and posh but
hard waste into the skip bins placed cardboard separately to be recycled. you’re not.”
at our Neighbourhood Centres on If you had access to a time
Here’s one great suggestion from
Wednesday 15 May between 9am machine where and when would
a happy Hard to Skipper:
and 2pm. you go? When my son was born.
‘We should have a pile next to the bin
Two legendary local volunteers What song do you always sing at
for stuff that could be reused, people
collected waste items from the homes Karaoke? Sweet Home Alabama.
could look through it and then at the
end of the day we could chuck what’s What was the first album you
left into the bin.’ ever bought?
U2, Best of 1980 – 1990
Up for the challenge?
Pop into our office, have
a guess and go in the
draw to win a $100
grocery voucher.
Successful community clean up
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