IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Archiver

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary was generated at Australian News IndyWatch.

Sunday, 18 August

06:00

Choirboys: Run To Paradise - The Stories of Australian Rock "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Saturday 17th Aug, 8.00pm 10.00pm, West Gippsland Arts Centre
Warragul

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Monday, 03 June

00:30

Building with Strawbales "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

<h3>The Course</h3> <p>In this two-day course we will present you with an opportunity to assess the opportunities for strawbale building in your life, whether you wish to build your own home, construct a chook shed or just decide if strawbale is the right medium for your project.</p> <p>We take you through the theory and design of strawbale building as well as actually building part of a strawbale structure and well discuss load-bearing versus pole frame structures, various wall shapes, foundations, plastering options, floors - earthen, concrete and wood.</p> <p>You will learn through lectures, practical activities, case studies, videos, slides and a wealth of printed material.</p> <p>In past workshops we have built an extension to the homestead at The Food Forest, a commercial coldroom, the 'Eco Gazebo', the 'Studio', an indoor/outdoor food preparation entertainment area and a beautiful sculptured garden wall using this extraordinary medium.</p> <h3>Topics</h3> <ul> <li>Basic construction techniques</li> <li>Load-bearing vs pole frame structures</li> <li>Design principles and site assessment </li> <li>Doors and windows </li> <li>Natural finishes </li> <li>Floors, foundations and roof options </li> <li>Fire, termites and rodents </li> <li>Building regulations and Council approvals</li> <li>Costs</li> <li>Builders, Contractors, Owner Builder comparisons</li> </ul> <h3>Pricipal tutors</h3> <p><a href= "https://www.foodforest.com.au//courses/tutors/lance-kairl/">Lance Kairl</a>, <a href= "https://www.foodforest.com.au//courses/tutors/gerald-wittman/">Gerald Wittman</a>, <a href= "https://www.foodforest.com.au//courses/tutors/bohdan-dorniak/">Bohdan Dorniak</a>, <a href= "https://www.foodforest.com.au//courses/tutors/graham-brookman/">Graham Brookman</a> and <a href= "https://www.foodforest.com.au//courses/tutors/annemarie-brookman/">Annemarie Brookman</a>.</p> <h3>Bookings & Refunds

  • The organisers reserve the right to cancel the course with one weeks notice if registrations are insufficient. In this case a full refund will be made.</li> </ul> <h3>Fact sheets on strawbale building</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.foodforest.com.au//fact-sheets/building-with-strawbales/"> Read more about strawbale building</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.foodforest.com.au//news/latest-news/24-6-2013-the-strawbale-cosy-cottage/"> Have a look at the 'Cosy Cottage' build</a></li> </ul>

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Wednesday, 01 May

00:30

Link "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

Growing your own fresh fruit and nuts has to be one of the most satisfying things you can do in your own backyard or property! What's more, South Australia's Mediterranean climate enables us to grow the most intensely flavoured and nutritious tree crops in the world.

This one-day workshop will explore different varieties of stone fruit, citrus, olives, pecan nuts, figs, apples, pistachios and as many other crops as you desire. We will also discuss preserving techniques to stock your pantry for supply through the seasons.

The course will develop skills required to plan, establish and manage fruit and nut trees in a garden or plantation.

Using demonstrations, practicals, walks and talks, we'll examine the selection of varieties, pollination requirements, planting material (grafting and other propagation techniques), orchard establishment, tree shaping, irrigation, soil fertility and pest management.

You are welcome to bring plans of orchards you are planning and soil samples for testing.

Also see our fact sheets for information about some of the wonderful species we can grow in Mediterranean climates as well as growing fruit and nuts.

COVID 19

If you are unwell with flu like symptoms, we ask you to please not attend the workshop  contact us beforehand to discuss options.

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Monday, 01 April

00:30

Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) with David Holmgren "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

<h3>Why study permaculture?</h3> <p><strong>Join us for internationally-recognised permaculture training that will help you design sustainable, abundant homes, businesses, professions and communities.</strong></p> <p>Whilst population growth and consumption levels are pushing our Planet towards a catastrophic environmental tipping point, permaculture design offers a way that we, as individuals and communities, can take control of our future and live sustainably.</p> <p>It is a design system which draws upon the great truths of traditional knowledge, modern scientific understandings and the ethics of a peaceful and democratic society. Developed in Australia in the late 70s by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, it is now taught in over 150 countries. Over a million people have graduated from Design Courses and are using this tool to build resilience and diversity into their lives, their local communities & in the workplace.

David Suzuki dubs permaculture 'Australia's greatest intellectual export'.

Permaculture can be employed by anyone, whatever profession or skill, on any scale: from individual, household, urban or rural, to balconies, backyards & neighbourhoods, to farms, factories, businesses, schools and cities anywhere on the planet and in any climate. It offers a sustainable landscape, dignified human-scale living and self-reliant children who have the confidence to design a sustainable future for themselves.

Permaculture is based on three ethics: Care of the Earth, Care of Community and Acceptance of personal responsibility for consumption and population. Many practical design principles, technologies and strategies have evolved to make permaculture one of the most accessible and dynamic solutions to the issues we face in the 21st Century.

Permaculture Design Certificate

This 10 day intensive design course, taught at The Food Forest will present you with an opportunity to consider your life in a new light and give you increased confidence and many skills needed to design a sustainable and meaningful place for your future.
David Holmgren will present during the first teaching block to lay the foundation.

You will work face-to-face with a group of motivated fellow students with diverse skills and backgrounds and learn through lectures, practical activities, small group work, case studies, film, field trips and games. In addition to our teaching team, you will have access to a wide range of printed and digital resources.

The extended format of the course is designed to cause minimum disruption to other parts of your life. It will allow you to absorb and practise skills from one learning block before moving on to the next.

In The Food Forest PDC you will work on a major design project of your choice. We will take you through the design process, from the brief to completion and pr...

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Saturday, 25 November

20:30

Gippsland Antique and Collectables Fair "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Saturday 25th Nov, 9.30am Sunday 26th Nov, 3.00pm, Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium
Traralgon

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Sunday, 05 November

07:00

Echoes of Pink Floyd: Signs Of Life Tour "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Saturday 4th Nov, 8.00pm 10.00pm, West Gippsland Arts Centre
Warragul

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Saturday, 04 November

07:00

Echoes of Pink Floyd: Signs Of Life Tour "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Friday 3rd Nov, 8.00pm 10.00pm, The Wedge
Sale

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Sunday, 15 October

00:30

Introduction to Permaculture "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

<p>A concentrated introduction to the design principles and techniques of this complete system for the sustainable design for homes, neighbourhoods, gardens, businesses, farms, waste re-use, economics, community development and energy management. The workshop will focus on practical choices we can all make in our daily lives both at home and in the workplace, using permaculture design and action to make a difference and to create a more resilient and planet-friendly future for ourselves, neighbourhoods & workplaces.

You will be able to see in action, appropriately designed structures, tools, equipment and growing systems on this organically certified property and solve some property design challenges using three-dimensional interactive modelling. Bookings essential.

Bookings & Refunds

We understand circumstances can change between booking and the date of the course and that you may not be able to attend.

In the event of a cancellation:

  • If it is more than 2 weeks out from the starting date of the workshop: we can refund the fee (minus a $40 administration fee), you can transfer to another workshop of the same value at another time, or you can nominate another person to attend in your place, at no cost.
  • If it is less than 2 weeks from the starting date: the booking can be transferred to another person you nominate but can not be refunded.
  • In the unlikely event of insufficient registrations or any unforeseen Food Forest related circumstances, the organisers reserve the right to cancel the course with one weeks notice. In this case a full refund will be made. Unfortunately we can not refund travel expenses incurred.</li> </ul> <h3>COVID 19</h3> <p><em>Please note, this workshop will be run according to COVID guidelines, current at the time of the workshop.</em><br> If you are unwell with flu like symptoms, we ask you to please not attend the workshop  contact us beforehand to discuss options.</p>

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Saturday, 14 October

00:30

Link "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

finn and claudeGrowing high quality organic vegetables is not difficult once you understand the ecology of the garden, especially if you use free range poultry. The course will show you techniques for managing a self-sufficient backyard or small scale commercial garden and the basics of free range poultry husbandry. You will also see our mobile 'chicken tractor'.

We will consider the selection of vegetable species through the seasons, garden design, bio-diversity, irrigation, pest and disease management, mulching, composting and soil fertility, meeting quality and organic standards and small scale marketing.

The Chook is the world's original recycler and pest controller. We will look at its housing, breed characteristics, supplementary feeding, keeping hens out of the lettuces and foxes out of the hens, managing pests and diseases in free-range flocks, rearing your own replacements, as well as chickens and geese in orchard management.

How to adapt to the changes in climate will be high on the workshop program agenda. Bookings essential.

COVID 19

If you are unwell with flu like symptoms, we ask you to please not attend the workshop  contact us beforehand to discuss options.

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Saturday, 07 October

07:00

"IndyWatch Feed Gippsland" "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Friday 6th Oct, 8.00pm, West Gippsland Arts Centre
Warragul

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Tuesday, 26 September

05:00

DMA'S - Australia 2023 "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Monday 25th Sep, 7.00pm, Theatre Royal
Castlemaine

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Sunday, 10 September

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Saturday, 02 September

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Sunday, 27 August

00:30

Farmers Market Wayville "IndyWatch Feed Enviro.au"

Adelaide families now have the opportunity buy fresh food directly from producers from all over SA at the Adelaide Showground Farmers Market. The 20,000 strong crowd that turned up for the farmers market which formed the centrepiece of the 'Go Organic Festival' in September in 2005 encouraged the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society (RAHS) to back the foundation of a permanent farmers market by a not-for-profit community organisation. The market opened on October 1st 2006 with a massive crowd of 10,000 shoppers and runs each Sunday (apart from the weeks of the Royal Show) from 9am-1pm.

In the tradition of farmers markets, it is a food market at which both food producers and consumers can get a fair price for food produced in SA and support regional and sustainable land use. The market guarantees that you buy direct from the producer and is known for its strict adherence to the ethics of farmers markets which now number in their thousands worldwide as families seek to avoid overstored food from major retailers who pass on meagre prices to farmers. In Australia, the farmers market movement is represented by the Australian Farmers Market Association and SA's peak body, the SA Farmers Market Association, will soon be launched.

The Adelaide Showground location is superb, with a major bike trail, the Glenelg tram line, a major rail line, numerous bus routes all converging to make it one of the most accessible sites in Adelaide. Parking is also easy and cheap.

120 producers offer their extraordinarily diverse products (everything from oysters to almonds and bread to boysenberries!). It is accessed from the car parks at the Leader Street (southern) end of the Showgrounds.  

Becoming a member brings with it 10% discount on all purchases as well as a right to vote in the management of the market. Details and memberships are available at www.adelaidefarmersmarket.com.au.

The Food Forest is a foundation stallholder at the market and presents a wide range of foods, always including its signature specialty - organically certified pistachio nuts. We are there on alternate weeks (we run short courses on the other weekends).

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Sunday, 20 August

06:00

"IndyWatch Feed Gippsland" "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Saturday 19th Aug, 8.00pm 10.00pm, Wonthaggi Arts Centre
Wonthaggi

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Saturday, 19 August

06:00

"IndyWatch Feed Gippsland" "IndyWatch Feed Alllocal"

Friday 18th Aug, 8.00pm 10.00pm, West Gippsland Arts Centre
Warragul

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

Friday, 11 August

00:15

The newly created National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) currently has 157 referrals in the second stage of assessment in August 2023 with another 87 referrals waiting assessment "IndyWatch Feed Politics.au"

 

It seems that the NACC is off and running and its recent media release is of more than passing interest to those into guessing names.


Given that the Report to the Inquiry into the Robodebt Scheme recommended the referral of individuals for civil action or criminal prosecution, with the relevant parts of the additional (sealed) chapter of the report being submitted to heads of various Commonwealth agencies; the Australian Public Service Commissioner, the National Anti-Corruption Commissioner, the President of the Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory and the Australian Federal Police.


Australian Government, National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), Media Alert, 8 Aug 2023:...

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Archiver

Go Back:30 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary Today.

Go Forward:1 Day | 2 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days

IndyWatch Australian News All Topics Summary was generated at Australian News IndyWatch.