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Gympie Regional Libraries
June – July 2021
Gympie
Regional Libraries
Booking Information
Bookings are essential for most activities and
events. To reserve your place, visit Eventbrite or
phone the library on 5481 0859.
Under COVID-19 Stage 6 Restrictions, we are First Five Forever Baby Bounce
required to: (0-2 years)
• keep contact information about all participants, Baby Bounce is an interactive program for babies
families and staff who attend an event in a relaxed atmosphere with a focus on fun
• limit numbers of people attending an event for 0-2 year olds and their caregivers. Bookings
• maintain 1.5 metre social distancing. essential.
Gympie Library
NOTE: Do not attend if you have returned from Wednesdays, 9.30am-10.00am and
overseas or a COVID-19 hotspot in the last 14 days, Thursdays, 9.30am-10.00am
have cold or flu like symptoms, or have been in
contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the First Five Forever Storytime
last 14 days. (2-5 years)
Storytime is an interactive program in a relaxed
Only ticket holders will be admitted. atmosphere with a focus on fun for children
2–5 years of age and their caregivers. Bookings
essential.
Gympie Library
Wednesdays, 10.30am-11.00am and
Thursdays, 10.30am-11.00am
First Five Forever Storytime
(0-5 years)
Storytime is an interactive program for children
in a relaxed atmosphere with a focus on fun for
children up to 5 years of age and their caregivers.
Bookings essential.
Kilkivan Library – Monday 9.30am-10.00am
Rainbow Beach Library – Monday 10.30am-11.00am
Goomeri Library – Wednesday 9.30am-10.00am
Tin Can Bay Library – Thursday 9.30am-10.00am
Imbil Library – Thursday 10.00am-10.30am
Community Groups
Book Clubs Cooloola Card Makers at Tin Can Bay
If you’re an avid reader and would like to discuss Wednesdays at 9.30am
the work of great authors with other book lovers, Beginners and experienced card makers are
contact your nearest library branch today; there welcome. Phone 5486 4355 for more information.
are over 25 active reading groups. Bookings essential.
Gympie Library Craft Group Gympie Seniors Computing Group
Mondays at 10.00am First and Third Thursday of each month
Come and share your current project with our If you need a little help with your laptop or device,
Gympie Library Craft Group. Bring along a piece come to the Gympie Seniors Computing Group
you’re working on; be it knitting, sewing, crochet from 9.00am to 12.00pm.
or cross stitch and share ideas and learn with
other craft-minded people. There’s no leader
Nibbles and Giggles at Goomeri Library
and no pressure – you can work, watch or simply Second and Fourth Tuesday of each month at 10.00am
have a friendly chat. Phone 5481 0859 for more Join us for a social get together to chat over a
information. Bookings essential. coffee or tea, and to borrow a book or DVD from
the library. Phone 4168 4340 for more information.
Trivia Tuesdays at Gympie Library
Rainbow Beach Art Group at the Library
Tuesdays at 10.00am
First and Third Friday of each month at 10.00am
Come along, make some friends, have fun and test
Each session covers something different with the
your knowledge with trivia questions. Bookings
aim of exploring different avenues of art. Come
essential.
along and get in touch with your inner artist.
Tin Can Bay Art Group at the Library Tea and coffee will be provided. Phone 5486 3705
for more information.
Tuesdays, 10.00am-12.00pm
Calling all artists! Join us at Tin Can Bay Library Writing Friday
to share work and ideas, seek advice from other
Third Friday of the month, 10.00am-12.00pm
talented eyes, and connect with artists in our
Here’s your chance to join other writers in
community. Bring your work-in-progress or your
practicing and honing your literary skills. Writing
finished piece and join in a friendly chat. Exchange
Friday will provide a regular opportunity to write,
ideas. Participate in a mini-workshop or see an
learn and enjoy the company of like-minded
art demonstration. All artists, levels, and mediums
people. Phone 5481 0859 for more information.
welcome. Phone 5486 4355 for more information.
Bookings essential.
Bookings essential.
Talks and Workshops
Learn to 3D Print Sew a Jewellery Pouch
Gympie Library: First Thursday of every month at 1.00pm Gympie Library: Wednesday 14 July, 10.00am-11.00am
Have you ever wanted to try 3D printing but thought Learn how to sew a jewellery pouch. Spaces are
it looked too hard? Come to one of our free, learn- limited so booking is essential.
to-print sessions; we will teach you how to make
your own 3D model and then turn it into a real-life
Jewellery Making
object. Spaces are limited so booking is essential.
Gympie Library: Friday 23 July, 10.00am-11.00am
Learn how to create custom jewellery using the
Sew a Sleep Mask Cricut Machine. Spaces are limited so booking is
Gympie Library: Wednesday 9 June, 10.00am-11.00am essential.
Snuggle up and get cosy as we learn how to sew
a sleep mask. Spaces are limited so booking is
Quilling Workshop
essential.
Gympie Library: Friday 30 July, 10.00am-11.00am
Have you ever wanted to try paper quilling or
Design a Pillow Cover filigree?
Gympie Library: Friday 18 June, 10.00am-11.00am
During this workshop you will learn a variety of
Learn how to create a custom pillow cover using
skills including basic quilling techniques, creating
the Cricut Machine. Spaces are limited so booking
simple shapes, coils and scrolls before freehand
is essential.
looping and the assembling of your quilling pieces
into decorative designs.
Make your own Face Mask
Gympie Library: Wednesday 23 June, 10.00am-11.00am
Don’t be caught short again. Learn how to sew
your very own face mask. Spaces are limited so
booking is essential.
Beeswax Wrap Workshop
Gympie Library: Wednesday 30 June, 10.00am-11.00am
Learn how to make, use and maintain your wraps.
Beeswax wraps are not only a sustainable alternative
to single use plastic but are also great gifts to give
to friends and family. Bookings are essential.
Author Talks Local History
Alyce Alexandra Carnivals and
Friday 25 June, 10.00am-11.00am through Zoom Processions
Alyce Alexandra is the best-selling author of nine Gympie Library:
cookbooks for slow cookers and thermo cookers. Friday 4 June, 10.00am-11.00am
She has her own range of kitchen accessories, Take a look back at many
runs her own cooking school and is the creator of the unique events and
of alycealexandra.com, selling all things slow celebrations in Gympie’s
cooking, thermo cooking and kombucha. history that involved
processions through Mary
Street, the township or
Maya Linnell
from the railway, including
Gympie Library: Monday 28 June, 1.00pm-2.00pm
carnivals, anniversaries and
Maya Linnell was a journalist with a rural visits from dignitaries.
newspaper before segueing into public relations
and now fiction writing and blogging for Romance
Family Trees with Cricut
Writers Australia. Her books inlcude Wildflower
Gympie Library:
Ridge, Bottlebrush Creek and her third novel,
Friday 2 July, 10.00am-11.00am
Magpie’s Bend, will be published in June 2021.
Join us for a fun crafty
morning creating a visual
Shannah Kennedy family tree that you will be
Thursday 22 July, 6.00pm through Zoom able to take home and display.
Shannah Kennedy, bestselling author of The Life Bring records of names of at
Plan, has created a simple yet powerful four-part least three generations of your
guide that is designed to give you the confidence family. Our local history officer
to accept, heal, grow and adapt. will be on hand to assist with
your family trees and give
advice on searching for birth,
Tony Park
death and marriage records
Gympie Library: Wednesday 28 July, 1.00pm-2.00pm
and utilising our free library
Tony Park is the author of 18 novels set in Africa access to Ancestry to assist
and six nonfiction biographies. He has worked as with your family tree building.
a reporter, a press secretary, a PR consultant and Optional: Bring copies (not
a freelance writer, and also served 34 years in the originals) of any small family
Australian Army Reserve. photos to decorate your tree.
Fun for Kids
Holiday Craft Take Home Packs Kids Learn to Sew: Intermediate
Stop by your local library branch between Gympie Library:
Monday 28 June and Friday 9 July for free take Thursday 3 June, 3.30pm-4.30pm to
home craft activities during the school holidays. Thursday 24 June, 3.30pm-4.30pm
Suitable for children aged 5-12 years. Thursday 8 July, 3.30pm-4.30pm to
Thursday 29 July, 3.30pm-4.30pm
Thursday Robotics Finished the beginner course and looking for
Gympie Library: Every Thursday, 3.30pm-4.30pm
some new sewing projects? Join us over four
weeks as we expand on your knowledge of
Get hands-on in one of our fun, relaxed robotics
sewing. You will have the opportunity to complete
sessions. No bookings required but space is
a new project each week. These sessions will
limited.
inspire creativity and build life-long basic skills
while having fun. Spaces are limited so booking is
Kids Learn to Sew: Beginner
essential. Suitable for ages 8-12 years. Must have
Gympie Library:
completed the beginner sessions first.
Tuesday 1 June, 3.30pm-4.30pm to
Tuesday 22 June, 3.30pm-4.30pm
Where’s Wally in the Library?
Tuesday 6 July, 3.30pm-4.30pm to
Tuesday 27 July, 3.30pm-4.30pm Gympie Library: Monday 28 June to Friday 9 July
Join us over four weeks as we teach you the Oh no! Wally is lost in the library! Join us as we try
basics of sewing. You will have the opportunity to and find where Wally has hidden himself. Could he
complete a new project each week. These sessions be in the kids area or is he under the desk? Come
will inspire creativity and build life-long basic skills along to find out.
while having fun. Spaces are limited so booking is
essential. Suitable for ages 8-12 years. Bee Bots
Gympie Library: Monday 28 June, 2.00pm-3.00pm
Can you help Bee Bot navigate his way through
the maze and back to his hive? Come along to this
fun interactive session designed to teach kids the
basics of coding. Ages 5-8 years.
Badge Making
Goomeri Library: Tuesday 29 June, 10.00am-11.00am
Imbil Library: Thursday 1 July, 10.00am-11.00am
Join us to make your own customised badges.
Ages 8 and up. Bookings essential.
Hungry Caterpillar Ollie and the Wind
Kilkivan Library: Tuesday 29 June, 2.00pm-3.00pm Rainbow Beach Library: Friday 2 July, 2.00pm-3.00pm
Rainbow Beach Library: Friday 9 July, 2.00pm-3.00pm The wind blows all day on Ollie’s island. There aren’t
Join us for a fun session of stories and craft many people around, but there’s lots of space to
inspired by the book The Hungry Caterpillar by play. One day the wind steals Ollie’s hat. Then it
Eric Carle. Suitable for ages 5-8. darts away with his scarf. Join us as we find out
what happens next and then have a go at building
I Got This Hat your very own kite. Suitable for ages 5-12 years.
Gympie Library: Wednesday 30 June, 1.00pm-2.00pm
Come along for a fun session of stories, activities Hairy Maclary
and craft inspired by the book I Got This Hat by Jol Goomeri Library: Tuesday 6 July, 10.00am-11.00am
and Kate Temple. Suitable for ages 5-8. Imbil Library: Thursday 8 July, 10.00am-11.00am
Who will Hairy Maclary meet at the library today?
Origami Creations Inspired by the books by Lynley Dodd, come and
Tin Can Bay Library: Friday 2 July, 10.00am-11.00am
join us for this special storytime and design your
Gympie Library: Monday 5 July, 1.00pm-2.00pm
own special character. For children aged 5-8 years.
We will show you how to make some wonderful
animals and shapes using Origami. Suitable for Where is the Green Sheep?
ages 5-12. Kilkivan Library: Tuesday 6 July, 2.00pm-3.00pm
Tin Can Bay Library: Friday 9 July, 10.00am-11.00am
Needle Felting Can you find the green sheep? Join us for this
Gympie Library: Friday 2 July, 2.00pm-3.00pm
special storytime and craft activity inspired by
Come and learn how to transform wool into the children’s picture book by Mem Fox and Judy
3D objects using a felting needle. Ages 8 years Horacek. For children aged 5-8 years.
and up.
Magnetic Pen
Gympie Library: Wednesday 7 July, 1.00pm-2.00pm
Come along to this interesting session as we take
a look at the science behind magnetism. Ages
8-12 years.
Dash and Dot
Gympie Library: Friday 9 July, 10.00am-11.00am
During this session kids will learn programming
concepts and how to send simple commands to
control a robot as they work through different
challenges and mazes. Ages 5-8 years.
Connect with Technology
Book a Librarian Internet Banking
Gympie Library: Wednesdays, 9.00am-12.00am Tin Can Bay Library: Thursday 17 June, 1.00pm-2.30pm
Kilkivan Library: First Thursday of the month, Gympie Library: Thursday 22 July, 10.00am-11.30am
10.00am-12.00pm Online banking offers you the convenience of
Goomeri Library: First Thursday of the month, accessing your money at any time. This workshop
2.00pm-4.00pm shows you how online banking works on your
Tin Can Bay Library: Fridays, 2.30pm-4.00pm computer, smartphone and tablet.
Book in for a one-on-one, half-hour session where
our library staff will help answer your questions Android Phones: Doing More
and provide tips and strategies to point you in the Gympie Library: Thursday 24 June, 10.00am-11.30am
right direction for your future learning. Have fun and stay safer with your phone. We show
you how to use the camera to take and share great
Android Phones: Getting Started photos, how to block nuisance callers, and get some
Gympie Library: Thursday 10 June, 10.00am-11.30am peace and quiet with the clever Do Not Disturb
Getting started on your smartphone is easier than feature. We also look at how you can save and
you may think. easily find files on your phone, and how to enter the
This topic shows you how to set up and customise wonderful world of listening to radio podcasts.
your phone with helpful step-by-step videos and
a fun interactive guide that shows you all the
Apple iPhones: Doing More
Gympie Library: Thursday 24 June, 1.00pm-2.30pm
features you need to know about.
Have fun and stay safer with your iPhone. We show
Apple iPhones: Getting Started you how to use the camera to take and share great
Gympie Library: Thursday 10 June, 1.00pm-2.30pm photos, how to block nuisance callers, and get some
Getting started on your iPhone is easier than you peace and quiet with the clever Do Not Disturb
may think. feature. We also look at how you can save and
easily find files on your phone, and how to enter the
This workshop shows you how to set up and
wonderful world of listening to radio podcasts.
customise your iPhone with helpful step-by-step
videos and a fun interactive guide that shows you
all the features you need to know about.
Connect to Others
Rainbow Beach Library: Thursday 17 June,
10.00am-11.00am
Need a helping hand with video calls? Find out
how to get set up on your smartphone, tablet or
computer.
All About Apps My Health Record
Gympie Library: Thursday 8 July, 10.00am-11.30am Rainbow Beach Library: Thursday 15 July,
10.00am-12.00pm
This workshop takes you into the world of apps -
or applications - the little amazing programs that Your My Health Record account is a convenient
can help you do almost anything. Find out what way to keep all your medical information together
apps are and how to find them using the App in one place.
Store and Google Play Store. You can work with your doctor to build a Shared
Health Summary and set things up so people have
Safety First all the information they need to help you in an
Gympie Library: Thursday 8 July, 1.00pm-2.30pm emergency.
Discover some of the essentials of cyber safety, This workshop will introduce you to My Health
including how to create and remember strong Record and help you get started, as well as give
passwords, spot common scams like phishing, you some examples where My Health Record is
safely download documents including PDF files, as useful.
well as run antivirus software.
Researching Family History
Watching and Listening Online Gympie Library: Thursday 22 July, 1.00pm-2.30pm
Tin Can Bay Library: Thursday 15 July, 1.00pm-2.30pm
You’ll learn how the internet can be used to help
In this workshop, you will learn how to watch TV you research your family history.
online and access catch-up services like ABC iView,
You’ll explore the kinds of tools and services that
SBS on Demand and Freeview. You will also learn
are available, and some of the costs you might
how to access the radio online and use music
encounter.
services to listen to your songs whenever you like.
Library Locations
Gympie Library Kilkivan Library
8–14 Mellor Street, 31 Bligh Street,
Gympie Kilkivan
Phone: 5481 0859 Phone: 5484 1209
Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri: Mon, Thur, Fri:
9am–5pm 9am–12pm
Thur: 9am–7pm Tue, Wed: 2pm–5pm
Sat: 9am–12pm
Imbil Library
Goomeri Library 123–125 Yabba Road,
5 Moore Street, Imbil
Goomeri Phone: 5484 5488
Phone: 4168 4340 Tue, Thur:
Tues, Wed: 9.30am–12.30pm
9am-12pm Wed, Fri: 2pm–5pm
Thurs, Fri: 2pm-5pm
Sat: 9am-12pm
Rainbow Beach
Library
Tin Can Bay Library Rainbow Beach
47 Tin Can Bay Road, Community Hall,
Tin Can Bay Rainbow Beach Road,
Rainbow Beach
Phone: 5486 4355
Phone: 5486 3705
Mon, Wed:
9am–12.30pm Mon, Thur:
9.30am–12.30pm
Tue, Thur, Fri:
9am–5pm Wed, Fri: 2pm–5pm
Sat: 8.30am–11.30am Sat: 9am–12pmGympie Regional Libraries
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