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Software Freedom Showcase on Again
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Posted by
PaulS on Thursday, 16 August 2007
from the community-celebration dept.
It's on again... just over 4 weeks to go until Saturday, 15
September, otherwise known as
"Software Freedom Day".
To celebrate the day, MawsonLakes.Org,
together with the
The Mawson Centre are running the second Software Freedom Showcase.
To find out more, just follow the links.
Links
Software Freedom Showcase 2007 - sfs07.mawsonlakes.org
Report from 2006 Event - MawsonLakes.Org News
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Caffe Primo Open Night
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Posted by
PaulS on Wednesday, 16 May 2007
from the pizza-coffee-and-cake dept.
As of tomorrow, Caffe Primo is opening its doors in Mawson Lakes,
serving a wide range of food, including pizza, coffee, cake and gelato.
Caffe Primo opened tonight (Wednesday, 16 May 2007) for a
celebration with family and friends and to christen the newest venue
in Mawson Lakes.
With live music and entertainment supplied by The Swing Sesh the night was
one to remember for all those involved, with the partners, Mark, Johnathan
and Michael and their workers doing everything to get their venture
off to a flying start.
Photos available in the MawsonLakes.Org Gallery.
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Caffe Primo Opening on Thursday
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Posted by
PaulS on Saturday, 12 May 2007
from the The-newest-cafe-in-town dept.
The newest Cafe in Mawson Lakes is about to open. Caffe Primo is
located just north of the Mawson Lakes Hotel, but they have a huge
banner up, so it is very hard to miss.
MawsonLakes.Org was privileged to get a sneak peak and get some photos.
See the
gallery.
For more information or inquiries, please contact Johnathan Western
or Michael Sutton, Caffe Primo, Mawson Lakes - ph. 8260 7277
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Mawson Centre May Celebrations
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Posted by
PaulS on Monday, 7 May 2007
from the it's-very-cool dept.
The Mawson Centre is celebrating it's second birthday, and to
commemorate this event, a program of very interesting events has been
put on during the month of May.
These events have aready started. The Magic Lantern Glass Slide
Show, held on Wednesday evening (2 May) had over 200 people
attend. This was a presentation by the SA Museum, with narration by
Ian Flannery.
Other events in the program:
- Snow and Ice Show - Friday, 4 May, 9am - 4pm
- Matinee Reading by Nancy and Tim Flannery - Tuesday, 8 May,
1.30pm - 3.30pm. From the book "The Everlasting Silence'.
- Tall Poppies - Tuesday, 8 May, 6pm - 8pm. with Dr Mel
McDowall, Agricultural and Animal Science.
- 'The Survivor' Film Night - Wednesday, 9 May, 7pm -
10pm. Reconstruction of the tragic 1912 expedition of Sir Douglass
Mawson to Antarctica.
- The Inaugural Sir Douglass Mawson Address - Thursday, 10
May, 6pm - 8pm. Presentation by Adrian Welke, on his visit to Mawson's
Huts in 2002.
For further information, contact Annie Payne
(apayne@salisbury.sa.gov.au) or see the Mawson Centre website
(www.mawsoncentre.org).
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Lakeside Dining proposal in front of Council
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Posted by
PaulS on Friday, 27 April 2007
from the Eating-out dept.
There is currently a proposal in front of Salisbury Council for
Lakeside Dining to be re-introduced in Mawson Lakes.
Joe, at the Boatdeck, has put in a proposal which is currently up for
community consulting. Details can be found on
Delfin's Community Website. A diagram and photo of the proposal are available.
From the website: Public Consultation finishes on the 30th April
2007 and all enquiries can be directed to Karen Pepe - Manager
Property Services at City of Salisbury on 8406 8397.
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Scheduled Power Outage
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Posted by
PaulS on Friday, 20 April 2007
from the lights-out dept.
Today we received a letter from ETSA
IMPORTANT - Interruption
to Your Electricy Supply.
The details:
- Time: Thursday 26th April 2007, between 8.30am to 3.00pm
Contact ETSA Utilities on Phone 131366 (Works Order Number 300110312) for more information.
Our house is located in the Parkway Village, so you may also be
affected if you live in this area. It sounds like ETSA will be
disconnecting the high voltage-supply, and possibly doing work on the
transformers. This is good news, given that the outages that we have
had over the last two summers were caused by high-voltage
fuses overheating.
During this time, mawsonlakes.org will be unavailable, and
emails may bounce if the the outage is for longer than 2 hours (which
sounds highly likely).
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Krakus Continential Cafe now Open
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Posted by
PaulS on Sunday, 1 April 2007
from the hmmm-kranskies dept.
The Krakus Continential Cafe opened last week. Situated at the
corner of Garden Terrace and Goodall Avenue, the Cafe is open from
7.30am to 6.30pm, and also includes a fully stocked continental
delicatessen.
They also do catering.
For more information, contact the proprietor, Marian.
(phone: 8359 4276 and email:
krakusco@tpg.com.au)
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Air-Stream running LAN Party in Mawson Centre
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Posted by
PaulS on Saturday, 24 March 2007
from the ping dept.
Called ASLAN,
Air-Stream
are running their second LAN Party in the
Mawson Centre on Saturday, March 31th
More details can be found on the
Air Stream Website,
but the event starts at 10am, and finishes at 10pm, for $15.
Come along, play games and try the Air-Stream Network!
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Endeavour College Open Day
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Posted by
PaulS on Saturday, 24 March 2007
from the learning dept.
Tomorrow (Sunday, 25 March, 2007) Endeavour College is
running another Open Day.. from 1.30 - 4.00 pm.
This is a great opportunity to see what Endeavour College and its
students and community have been up to.
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Updates to MawsonLakes.Org
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Posted by
PaulS on Friday, 9 March 2007
from the it-and-computer-services dept.
There have been a couple of recent updates to the services available
at MawsonLakes.Org. Please enjoy.
The existing Photo Gallery has been upgraded (and substantially improved). A Wiki has ben added, which will contain community information and content. This software is based on the highly successful MediaWiki software which powers the
Wikipedia project.
Both of these services are Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
projects, running on a Ubuntu (GNU/Linux) system, and are accessable
from the front page of
MawsonLakes.Org.
If you are on the Air-Stream
network, then you can also get to the website directly, by going to:
10.106.0.4
(gallery,
wiki)
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Event: IT Discover Day - Mawson Centre
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Posted by
Paul on Saturday, 24 February 2007
from the dept.
Tomorrow (Sunday) Delfin are running an IT Discovery Day in the
Mawson Centre. During the event, they will be launching their Mawson
Lakes Community website.
IT Discovery Day
IT Discovery Day
2pm - 5pm, Sunday 25th February 2007
The Mawson Centre
Corner of Main Street and Mawson Lakes Boulevard
Mawson Lakes
Come along as see some really interesting IT stuff from all sorts
of places.
Delfin has distributed a brochure with details, but in particular,
there are several community groups involved which are doing very
interesting IT stuff, namely
IT-Share and
Air-Stream
There will be give-a-ways of the latest Ubuntu CD's (a fantastically free
alternative to Microsoft Vista) and the chance
to for you to try it out for yourself.
There will also be demonstrations of the
Laptop, thanks to Joel Stanley.
Don't miss out on giving Bill the Emperor Pengiun a hug.
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Mawson Lakes Model Yacht Club
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Posted by
PaulS on Tuesday, 6 February 2007
from the sail-away-sail-away-sail-away dept.
You may have seen the radio controlled model yachts sailing on the
lake as there are several groups that use the Sir Douglas Mawson Lake
for this enjoyable pastime. The Mawson Lakes Model Yacht Club, based
in Mawson Lakes has been was very active in 2006, and it looks like
this coming year is going to be even better.
Sailing in done on Saturday afternoons, and boat building sessions
on Wednedsay evenings. For more details, have a look at the website:
www.mawsonlakesmyc.com,
particularly the great pictures, come along to the
pontoons at the Technology Park Boat ramp at 1pm on a Saturday
afternoon and make yourself known.
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New Uniforms in Woolworths
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Posted by
PaulS on Tuesday, 6 February 2007
from the more-colour-is-good dept.
Like any other news gathering organisation, MawsonLakes.Org also has
slow weeks. Be that as it may, we now bring you news with
possible earth shattering implications.
This last week saw a change in the uniforms being worn in our
local Woolworths. Instead of white shirts, they are now in a corporate
green. The checkouts have also changed and now have colour, and
itemised displays.
The Woolworth's website is yet to catch up with new photos, but
there is change in the air.
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New Cafe to Open on Garden Terrace
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Posted by
PaulS on Sunday, 4 February 2007
from the breakfast dept.
It appears like a new Cafe is about to be opened in Mawson Lakes on
Garden Terrace. There are some large "Krakus Continental Cafe"
signs pained onto the shop windows.
Situated at the base of the new apartments at the north-end of the
street, this looks like a great spot to grab breakfast or a coffee
while walking to the train, or a very scarily convienient place to
stop on the way home.
Update: 5 Feb 2006 - I have been informed that there is yet
another Cafe opening up as well on Main Street. Cafe Prima is located
next to the Hotel. It looks like it is going to be very shiny.
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Newsletter from Kevin Foley MP
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Posted by
PaulS on Tuesday, 30 January 2007
from the politics dept.
The South Australian State Treasurer, Mr Kevin Foley MP, has sent out
another newsletter to his electorate.
This latest edition has several articles of interest to Mawson Lakes residents
Connecting Mawson Lakes - Construction work has started
on the section of the Mawson Connector linking Main Street with Main
North Road. New Facility for Boating Enthusiasts - A 'boatshed' is
to be constructed by the Main Lake, in Technology Park in Duck Pond
Reserve. This construction is a joint initiative between the Mawson
Lakes Development and the City of Salisbury, funded by the Mawson
Lakes Community Trust Fund.
Tenders for construction are expected to start soon. with the
building the be available mid 2007. Rebate for Plumbing of Rainwater Tanks - A $400 rebate
is available from the Government for plumbing of new or existing
rainwater tanks inti existing homes. Contact SA Water Customer Contact
Centre for more information
(www.sawater.com.au).
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New Mawson Lakes Community Directory
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Posted by
PaulS on Monday, 29 January 2007
from the looking-for-businesses dept.
Delivered into letter boxes this weekend was "The Mawson Lakes
Directory". Edited by Alison, the Magazine is a "locally produced,
completely independent guide" run by a Mawson Lakes Resident.
The February 2007 edition includes Crossword and So Doku puzzles,
both with fantasic prizes.
For more information, contact Alison at
alison@mawsonlakesdirectory.com.au or call 8359 7342.
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Wireless Community Networking Comes to a Mawson Centre Near You
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Posted by
PaulS on Thursday, 25 January 2007
from the always-on-always-connected dept.
Hot of the presses.. from the Air-Stream website:
Approval has been granted, and plans are now underway to install a
new Air-Stream node in the Mawson Lakes area. This has been made
possible through the generosity and support of UniSA and
The Mawson Centre.
The Mawson Centre will become a core Air-Stream Node and will not
only increase our networks capacity but also offer a great opportunity
to demonstrate new systems providing easy access to local information
and tools that allow anyone in and around the area to create temporary
and permanent communities in the public spaces.
This also means that there will be two core Air-Stream Nodes in
Mawson Lakes, the other one is hosted here by MawsonLakes.Org. This fantastic result
is a direct consequence of the contacts made at the
Software Freedom Showcase event, which
was held last September at the Mawson Centre.
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Blood Donors Wanted
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Posted by
PaulS on Tuesday, 9 January 2007
from the Helping-others dept.
The following was sent through from Annie Payne, The Development
Co-ordinator at the Mawson Centre.
In trying to work with the Red Cross in the establishing of a donor
service at Mawson Lakes we are required to collect 250 names of
interested donors.
I have created a flier and would appreciate you
displaying it in your work area, local groups or clubs etc in the
hopes we can achieve 250 registrations! Thanks for your support!
Annie can be emailed at apayne@salisbury.sa.gov.au
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From Delfin's Update - Summer 06
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Posted by
PaulS on Sunday, 31 December 2006
from the news-from-the-developer dept.
Delfin have put out another Update newsletter-y type thing, which
should have appeared in your junk mail. Here are some of the highlights.
24hr Food and Fuel at you convenience - A Petrol
station, fast food and convience store is to be built on the corner
of Salisbury Highway and Elder Smith Rd. It will contain a SAFF Fues
Biodiesel Petrol Station, KFC and Hungary Jacks and a convenience
store. Construction is due to commence in April 2007.
The article includes a photo of Ken More of Delfin Realty,
with the developer Farlie Delbridge.
Our new bus has legs! - What has upward of fifty legs
and is a fun, safe and healthy way of getting to school? The answer
is the new Mawson Lakes' Walking School Bus!
Nice photo of the bus..
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New Community Boatshed - From the article, "A joint
initiative between Mawson Lakes Development and the City of
Salisbury, and funded by the Mawson Lakes Community Trust Fund",
"The boatshed will be located on the southern side of the lake neext
to Technology Park in Duck Pond Reserve. Designed by Adelaide based
Madigan Architecture, the boatshed will be a striking building that
will compliment the surrounding area."
"We are trilled that Mawson Lakes will soon have another
fantastic recreational facility for all to enjoy", said Project
Director Chris Branford.
"The contempory lakeside facility will feature boat storage space,
change rooms, plus an areafor club notices and, when integrated with
the existing trees, benches and grassed areas, will provide great
spectator viewing for baoting on the lake."
That's funny. There is no mention of the Mawson Lakes Lake
Users Association, or the Mawson Lakes Sport and Recreational
Association who have lobbied long and hard to make this
happen.
Our Community is Now Online -
"Comunicate. Interact. Participate. - the Mawson Lakes Community
Website, or 'portal' is a unique online community resource that
provides a comprehensive range of information, resources and
tools. The portal is especially designed to enable residents,
businesses, community groups and studentsin Mawson Lakes to see
what's happening in and around your community, from whereever you
are with the simple click of a mouse."
Community Website Administrator and local resident Megan O'Brian
said, 'Find all you need to know about upcoming events, businesses,
interest groups, comunity services and resourcesin your
neighbourhood. You can also share information with other locals,
publish articles and pictures on-line, take advantage of special
offers from local shops or even start up an online club."
The website addess wasn't included in the article -
www.mawsonlakescomunity.com.au
New Businesses Opening Soon at Mawson Lakes
Indian Brasserie
Eye Specialist
Glynde Dry Cleaning
DVD and Mobile Phone Store
No word yet on when we will be getting a Post Office.
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Garden Competition Winners Announced
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Posted by
PaulS on Wednesday, 27 December 2006
from the green-and-waterwise dept.
The winners of the annual Mawson Lakes Garden Competition have
bbeen announced. Congratulations to all the winners.. the details can
be found on Delfin's
Mawson Lakes Community
Website (subscription required) or the
Mawson Lakes Online website.
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Air-Stream LAN Party at Mawson Centre
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Posted by
PaulS on Wednesday, 27 December 2006
from the take-that dept.
Air-Stream, South Australia's largest community wireless network,
is running a LAN party at the Mawson Cente in Mawson Lakes. From their
website:
Being held on the 30th of December is Air-Stream's first LAN
party. It is being held at the Mawson Centre, and is being run from
10am till 10pm. Thats 12 hours of lanning goodness all for $15! The
Mawson Centre is located off Mawson Lakes Boulevard, via Main North
Road.
For details see: ASLAN: The Air-Stream Lan Party!
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Christmas Service Times
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Posted by
PaulS on Saturday, 23 December 2006
from the singing-carols-and-celebrating-the-joy-of-Christmas dept.
The following are the services times for Christmas Church Services
in Mawson Lakes.
Mawson Lakes Community Church
Christmas Eve - 7pm, Sunday 24th December - "Experience Christmas"
- A timeless message of hope. Christmas Day - 10am, Monday 25th
December - Both services are in the mall at Endeavour College, 85
Mawson Lakes Boulevard. For more information, contact Pastor Stephen
Abraham 0403 007 156. Email: church@mawsonlakes.org
Lakes Edge Community Church
Christmas Eve Service - 10.30am, Sunday 24 December - Uni SA
Lecture theatre GP1-09. For more information, contact Graeme Leske
0412 165 255. Email: enquiry@lakesedge.org.au
Mawson Lakes Church
Christmas Eve Service - 10.00am, Sunday 24 December - Mawson
Centre, Mawson Lakes Boulevard, Mawson Lakes. Email:
life@mawsonlakeschurch.org
Crossroads
Christmas Day Service - 9.00am, Monday 25th December - Mawson Lakes
School, Garden Terrace, Mawson Lakes. For more information contact Rev
Marco D' Angelo on 0413 141 122 Email:
pastormarco@wesleyancrossroads.com
The Potters House Church
Meets in the Planetarium Building, University of SA. For Church
Service details contact Pastor Mark Lassey on 0405 137 627
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Media Watch: Messenger Press - 20 December 2006
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Posted by
PaulS on Saturday, 23 December 2006
from the in-the-press dept.
A bumper Chrismas edition..
The News Review - Messenger newspaper had the following articles
about Mawson Lakes
Let us guide you though your holdays: (page 3) Mawson
Lakes will comes alive in January, with Delfins's "A Month of
Fundays" Summer Festival. From January 7-26, Mawson Lakes will host
live music, childrens entertainment, fine food, an outdoor cinema, a
duck derby, fireworks and other free activities.
Councillors firm on Development Assessment Panel (DAP)
representation: (page 7) by Arron Coultate. From the story..
Salisbury councillors this week voted down a bid by council staff
to take away the right to decide all of the city's development
applications from elected members.
Cr Chad Buchanan opposed the recommendation, and instead
moved that the council form a new DAP consisting of elected members
and independent experts.
Cr Buchanan's motion was eventually carried 11:5, after a heated
debate.
Cr Gillian Aldridge told the News Review Messanger the
people of Salisbury "have the right be represented by their elected
councillors".
Cr Joe Caruso voted in favour of delegating all
development responsibilities to staff. He later said the council had
"nothing to lose" if it delegated approval responsibilities to
staff.
Northern Bid for Solar Race: (page 18) From the
article:
"Mawson Lakes is the front-runner to host the finish of the 2007
Panasonic World Solar Challenge, a 3000km event that runs from Darwin
to Adelaide.
Salisbury Council have submitted a proposal to the State
Government, with an official announcement expected to be made before
Christmas.
Salisbury mayor Tony Zappia said he was "confident" Salisbury's
bit would be successful. He said Mawson Lakes' science and
technology focus made it an ideal spot for the race finish.
The event will run from Sunday, 21 Oct to Sunday, 28 October
2007. More information can be found on the Panasonic World Solar
Challenge Website - wsc.org.au
New Road: (page 21) Construction of Elder Smith Rd,
linking Main St, Mawson Lakes with Main North Road, Parafield, has
commenced. The new 1.3km road will be constructed at a cost of $11.3
million and will complete the Mawson Connector between Main North Road
and Salisbury Highway.
Fistful of Gold: (page 31) Story by Dale Clarke about
the exceptional swimmer, Matt Cowdry, who recently competed in the
Paralympic Swimming World Championships in Durban, South Africa.
Cowdry won the 50m and 100m freestyle, the 100m butterfly and the
200m individual medley, as well as being a member of the 4x100m
medley relay team.
But after completing in his biggest meet for the summer, there is
still no rest for the 2006 Endeavour College graduate.
"I'm having a bit of a lighter load, but I;m still in the pool a
lot," Cowdrys said.
In January, he will compete in the Victorian Age State
Championships and SA's State Championships (both able-bodied
events.) "I'll just aim to swim, and maybe, maybe, qualify for the
national age," he said".
The National Age Championships are in Perth in April, and
Cowdrey's best chance for qualifying appears to be in the 50m
freestyle.
But to qualify this year would require a huge effort, with
Cowdrey's world record 26.06 sec 50m freestyle time still more than
a second behind the 25.00sec qualifying time.
Summer Days at the Boat Deck: (page 71) in the 'Out and
About' section.
Pictures of patrons at the Boatdeck: Joe and Amer Halabi, of
Salisbury East; Julie and Fletcher Haldane, of Mawson Lakes, with
Sheree McPeak, of Springbank Waters; Nick Vass, of Highbury, and
Frank Faranda, of Athelstone; Diane Matthews, of Para Hills, and
Erin Mannering, of Paralowie.
The pictures were taken by Nicholas Wrankmore.
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Media Watch: Messenger Press - 13 December 2006
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Posted by
PaulS on Saturday, 23 December 2006
from the in-the-press dept.
I'm a little late, but .. it's Christmas..
The News Review - Messenger newspaper had the following articles
about Mawson Lakes
Pushing for roaming buses: (page 3) From the article - A
Transport SA spokesperson said a roaming bus service itroduced to
the north-eastern suburbs by Torrens Transport, in October, was
"working well".
She said it potentially could be expanded to some bus routes in
the north, picking passengers up at the Mawson Lakes, Salisbury,
Elizabeth and Smithfield interchanges.
Battler's desire to help: (page 23) A great story by
Aarom Coultate about Julie Menadue, a Mawson Lakes
resident, who is an active community member in Mawson Lakes and
participated in the 2006 Mayor's Community Leadership Program.
There is also a great photo of Julie outside (what looks
like) the Promenade.
More information on the Mayors' Community Leadership Program can
be obtained by phoning - 8406 8222
Recycled water on the greens: (page 22) The Mawson Lakes
Golf Club welcome plan of SA Water to provide them with recycled
water.
SA Water CEO John Ringham said that the final plans to
connect the the course wee underway. "We anticipate this work will
be comleted in December or January, once the final negotiations on
costs and connections are complete," he said.
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Mawson Lakes Cookbook is now out..
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Posted by
PaulS on Friday, 22 December 2006
from the Christmas and food dept.
If any of you are looking for a late minute Christmas present for
that culinary relative or the Mawson Lakes neighbour, there is one gift that you just can't go past...
The Mawson Lakes Recipe Club's 2006 Recipe Book
Copies are available from the town centre (Chemist, Bargain City,
Florest and News Agent) and from Annie Payne in the Mawson Centre for
only $10.
With contributions from 28 community members and businesses in
Mawson Lakes, this 64 page book has 149 recipies, ranging from
"Smoothies and Juices" though to "Main Meals" and (my favourite)
Desserts. There are also recipies for Cakes, Buscuits, Slices,
Muffins, Breads and Scones.
The artwork was done by students from the Mawson Lakes School.
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Jack Russell Lost and Found in Mawson Lakes
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Posted by
PaulS on Tuesday, 28 November 2006
from the lost-and-found dept.
On Monday the 20th December, a Jack Russell Terrier was lost in the
vicinity of Mawson Lakes. (It jumped out of a car window.) The owner
was understandably distraught, thinking that it might end up in the
wetlands.
A good samaritan in Mawson Lakes found the dog, and contacted the
council. It was registered and subsequently returned to it's owner,
much to their relief.
Knowing the dogs family, they have asked me to pass on their thanks to
this unknown person or persons on their behalf.
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Media Watch - Messenger Press - Wednesday, Noveber 8 2006
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Posted by
PaulS on Friday, 10 November 2006
from the in-the-press dept.
Only one thing this week.. on page 2, the 'Junior Sports Star' is
Brenton Price, who plays Ice Hockey and is at Endeavour College.
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Telstra Fixes A Fault
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Posted by
PaulS on Sunday, 5 November 2006
from the not-always-connected dept.
This evening (Sunday) both of my phone lines went dead. We live in
the Parkway Village area of Mawson Lakes. This is their story.
It all started at 5.30pm, when my permanent
(when-well-we-ever-be-able-to-get-broadband) modem started to
redial. After resetting it, I though the problem had gone away, as
everything seemed to be working nicely again...
Unfortunately, this was not to be. After popping out for a Chicken
and Chips take-a-way, I get beck to find that the modem had dropped
out again, and now I had lost the dial-tone on both my phone lines.
It was about 8.20pm.
Using the trusty Vodaphone mobile, I contacted the Telstra faults
number. After being kept on hold for a little bit, I was politely
informed that 'Yes' there had been a fault at the exchange earlier,
but it was marked as clear, and even though it "didn't seem like to be
the case as both my lines were effected, I would be charged $90 for a
call-out fee if it was established that I was at fault". The line was
tested and it did appear as though there was a Telstra fault.
A person from Telstra rang me back on my mobile, and said that
there was a fault in the local exchange box and that someone was
coming out to fix it... so be of a curious sort, we went out to
watch.
We watch the Telstra technician open the cabinet near out local
park. There were lots of green blinking lights, and one slowly
flashing red one. It was dark by this time, so it looked quite pretty.
He took out a small cardboard box, made a phone call, pulled
something out, pushed something in, and the slow flashing red light
turned green. We though Christmas had come..
We had tone! Instead of giving the 'Boop-Barp-Beeep' sound that we
had been getting, our home number rang again. We wandered off home
again, confident at our problems had been fixed.
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Media Watch: The Advertiser - Saturday, October 21
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Posted by
PaulS on Sunday, 22 October 2006
from the drip-drip-drip dept.
Adelaide leads country in smart re-use of water: (page 33)
The article by Cara Jankin discusses some of the ways that houses in
Mawson Lakes have been fitted out to reduce the amount of water used
by householders.
The article also has a photo of resident Therese Hart-Pognotti and
her son.
This article is topical in that the new water restrictions for
Adelaide (Level 2 restrictions) came into effect today.
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Investigator Science and Technology Centre to Close
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Posted by
PaulS on Sunday, 15 October 2006
from the scientific-progress-goes-boinc dept.
.. in other news to hand. From the Investigator
website: "The
Investigator Science and Technology Centre will begin winding down its
operations and cease trading in its present form by the end of the
year."
The Investigator Centre and it's volunteers did an excellent job at
the recent Super Science Sunday held at Mawson Lakes, and it is a
shame to hear that this decision has been made.
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Super Science Sunday
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Posted by
PaulS on Sunday, 15 October 2006
from the icky-sticky-and-fun dept.
On Sunday 15th October, the Mawson Centre was filled with budding
young scientists, all very keen to see the many and varied exhibits on
display.
There were native animals to see, touch an hold, computer
controlled microscopes to look at, bugs and grubs, and the giant
inflatable star dome.
The BBQ was run by the Mawson Lakes Rotary Club, and the
Investigator Science and Technology Centre provided the displays and
activities. Tenex also sponsored the event and had a display.
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Media Watch: Messenger Press - Wednesday, October 11, 2006
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Posted by
PaulS on Saturday, 14 October 2006
from the in-the-press dept.
The latest 'News Review - Messenger' newspaper has the following
articles relating to Mawson Lakes.
- Junior Sport Star: (page 2) features Emma Furnell,
Archer, Endeavour College Mawson Lakes.
- Exposing graffiti: (page 16) Arron Coultate has written
about Angela Firth, a Mawson Lakes resident who is making art
out of images of graffiti. Angela has a exhibition called 'Vacant
Possession', opening at the level 3, Miss Gladys Sym Choon Emporium,
235a Rundle Street, Adelaide, on October 13.
- Airport trees axed: (page 19) The Western Australian
Eucalypts at Parafield Airport, which spelt 'Parafield' when viewed
from the air, have been removed. They will be replaced by another
native species somewhere in the airport grounds, with planting
expected in autumn next year.
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Spring Fling in October
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Posted by
PaulS on Thursday, 28 September 2006
from the fun-in-the-sun dept.
From Delfin's advertisement in the News Review:
A free family weekend of fun and entertainment at Mobara Park.
Saturday 7 October from 1pm
2.00pm - Michael Keelan;s Garening Forum
3.30pm - AFL Cook Off, with Kane Cornes and Matthew Bode
5.30pm - The Promenade goes al fresco
Sunday 8 October from 10am
'Mawson Meander Ride' - Bring along the whole family and your bikes
and explore Mawson Lakes in a friendly, communal and recreational day
of cycling fun. Hosted by the experienced riders from Bicycle SA.
The event is free, but you will need to register before the event
as numbers will be limited. To register online log onto
www.bikesa.asn.au
and click on the 'rides' tab.
For more information, contact the Delfin Sales and Information
Centre, 1 Main Street, Mawson Lakes SA 5095, phone: 8260 3333 or
web: www.mawsonlakes.com.au
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Media Watch: Messenger Press - Wednesday, September 27, 2006
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Posted by
PaulS on Thursday, 28 September 2006
from the in-the-press dept.
The News Review - Messenger newspaper has the following
articles relating to Mawson Lakes.
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Dogs are on a loose rein at Mawson Lakes park: (page 3)
A brief story and photograph of a Mawson Lakes family enjoying the new
Mawson Lakes dog park, located in Technology Park.
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Election Countdown: (page 4) Elections nominations for
the Salisbury Council have now closed. Four candidates are standing in
the Levels Ward (the one including Mawson Lakes). They are - Brian
Goodall, Jana Isemonger, David Lawrence and Robert Smith.
From the article, "Council elections are conducted via postal
voting and ballot packs will be posted to all eligible voters in late
October. Voting closes at 5pm Friday, November 10."
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New bus timetables: (page 13) "Additional early morning bus
services from Mawson Lakes into the city will begin on October 15, as
part of changes to some local bus routes announced by Torrens
Transit".
More details will be announced Friday, 29 September (tomorrow).
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Law and Order: (page 14) Mawson Lakes -
Greentree Place: house, jemmied window, $250 cash.
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Software Freedom Showcase a Swinging Success
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Posted by
PaulS on Tuesday, 19 September 2006
from the community-celebration dept.
This year, Saturday, September 16th was Software Freedom
Day. Mawson Lakes joined in with 194 groups around the world to hold
events in their local community to celebrate the day. The following
article was written by Janet Hawtin from Bettong.Org, one of the
community groups who participated. (For more information, see the
links at the bottom.)
Dappled sunlight in the Mawson Centre Courtyard, the Chicago
Concert band warms the eardrums with the Star Trek theme bringing a
smile to the faces of geeks, Software Freedom Day visitors and library
customers alike. The Chicago Band also put their cooking skills and
nifty 'Kransky shop in a trailer' to good use.
In the cool foyer, Annie Payne and Swing Dancers cruise through
some light hearted steps in black and white funky shoes. Some wearing
bright orange Software Freedom Day TShirts and even managing to
persuade some techie folk to dance. The Air-Stream Team with UniSA
network administrator Chris, connected two of the Mawson Centre rooms
together and networked us to some very handy internet access. The
Air-Stream team reported a steady flow of people coming to learn about
wireless networking and Adelaide's Air-Stream Network.
Air-Stream are working with Kat Jungnickel, who is a wireless
community anthropologist studying the ways that people
collaborate. Kat enjoyed the diversity of technologies and talked with
people about the culture of wireless and open source communities. Kat
adopted a pendant I had made of a CD drive component.
Mawson Lakes library reported that the only trouble with having an
open source book display was that people kept borrowing the books!
Bruce Everett set up a laptop to video display of example open
source projects including use in space projects to Mars and the cult
film 'Star Wreck in the Pirkinning', created using Linux.
The Bettong room had a banner "we make freedom" stretched across
the pin-up boards. People cruised through and got pointers on using
synaptic, browsers, changing languages in the Open Office software
suite.
Kevin showed the suite of music mixing applications he uses to mix
synthesiser music using keyboards, a computer and a digital drum
kit.
At 12, Andrew Hill was our youngest demonstrator, showing Linux on
an iPod and helping to network some of the computers. Andrew will be
moving to Auckland, New Zealand soon and we hope that he will be
joining with the Auckland team next year.
Paul Schulz crowned the day by bringing in the home made segue that
Geoff Bennett and he have been developing. They had the goal of
walking into a hardware store and buying components and driving
out. At the end of the day Bill, our inflatable penguin was seen
cruising unsteadily off to new adventures. He had been busy all week
promoting the event.
Software Freedom Day at the Mawson Centre was a rich and enjoyable day.
Looking forward to next year. Janet Hawtin
Photos
Software Freedom Day Gallery
Links
Software Freedom Showcase - sfs.mawsonlakes.org
Bettong.Org - bettong.org
Air-Stream - air-stream.org
Kat Jungnickel - http://studioincite.com/makingwifi
Star Wreck - http://www.starwreck.com
Sponsor
The Mawson Centre
Supporters
Linux Australia,
Ubuntu, Bettong.Org, Air-Stream
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Telling the World about Solar Cities
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Posted by
PaulS on Tuesday, 19 September 2006
from the light-to-live-by dept.
Recently, the Solar Cities Adelaide consortium was announced. The
plan is to include solar power generation as an option for new homes,
and has been taken up by Delfin
More details can be found from the
government website,
and people are already starting to
blog about it.
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Petanque Cup
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Posted by
PaulS on Saturday, 9 September 2006
from the Throwing-stuff-around dept.
The following was send in by Tina Stockley
A Petanque competition, the Spring Cup, is to be held in the Mawson
Lakes Hotel Carpark. Main Street Mawson Lakes.
It will be held from 6.30 pm Friday night the 15th September 2006
and every Friday night thereafter until the 10th November 2006,
and be run similar to that of the Lawn Bowlers Night Owls.
Children are more than welcome.
Bring your own backyard boules or use ours.
Weekly Prizes.
Social atmosphere will prevail with experienced players including
Australian representatives assisting all newcomers.
Sponsored by the Mawson Lakes Hotel, Delfin Property and prizes
supplied by local businesses.
Donation of a Gold coin to play.
Call Tina Stockley on 0434604607 or Dom Pierre on 0412842995 for
details or just turn up.
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