Newstead Live! is about to commence for 2012.

The music festival will see world class performers in intimate performance spaces, concerts, workshops, sessions, black board spots, 3 stages, 2 village pubs, 2 cafes, bakery, grocery, Troubadour wine bar, poets breakfast, Australia’s original Trad disco!, excellent camping, good food, swimming pool, spacious setting and no sound spill between venues...

We are holding our Annual Book Sale on the Festival Weekend in January to raise funds for 2012.  We have boxes of books we cannot include in the Library because we are running out of space or we already have them - great books to take home!

Several people have asked lately about the Community Library Book Club or Reading Group.  Are you interested in joining a new group in 2012?  Please leave your name at the RTC or contact me anytime.

Suzne Redlande

The Annual General Meeting of the Newstead Fire Brigade Auxiliary was held on 24 October 2011 at the Fire Station.  In accordance with our constitution the bi-annual election of office bearers was held.  Office bearers for the next two years are as follows:

President - Florence Hepburn
Vice President - Kylie Longmire
Secretary - Joan Sartori
Treasurer - Carmel Longmire

Newstead Pool committee is extremely pleased to announce that we have secured the contract from Mount Alexander Shire to operate the pool for the next three years.

Wednesday December 13, 1911.

"Remember, how it used to rain every day we had a
meeting about the garden?"

"I love the magpies waiting for me to go, to keep
feasting."

“One of the special moments for me was when I
harvested my first vegetable. And I said, "I grew that!""

"I think communal gardening is just so much more than
simply gardening in a group."

The Historical Society was saddened in recent times to hear of the death of Bill Turner, a former resident of Newstead and a member of the society. According to records and accounts of those who belonged to the society in its early days, Bill was one of those largely responsible for obtaining our lease of the courthouse. So it is to Bill and his fellow members of that era that we are indebted to for the use of the great venue we use today.

Dawn Angliss 5476 2006 Derek Reid 5476 2274

Its AGM time again - August 18th and we need some new people on the Committee of Management. One of our longest serving members, Jim Kerville, is retiring from the committee after many years of service in various roles. We thank Jim and other members who will be leaving the committee next month for their valued time and ideas to keep the Community Centre in good working order.

There is nothing that strikes panic in a parent so quickly, than to discover that your son or daughter is stricken with illness or injury. There is scarcely a parent who hasn‘t experienced that complex web of emotions when a disaster takes hold and there is a desperate need for specialist care for their offspring. Fortunately the Royal Children‘s Hospital is a sanctuary of expertise and hope. Our son James spent a considerable amount of time in The Royal Children‘s Hospital ICU being cared for by a team of dedicated specialist nurses and doctors.