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Learn how to pay Council invoices online, including the option of setting up Payble. Take a copy of your recent rates notice plus your smart phone or similar.
Book your place by contacting Nillumbik Council by phone (9433 3138) or email (agedcare@nillumbik.vic.gov.au).
Every Tuesday and Friday.
This is a strength training program designed to increase people’s muscle strength. It is focused on the model developed by Dr Miriam Nelson for the prevention of osteoporosis, diabetes and improving your general health and wellbeing. The group is supervised by volunteers who have been trained by physiotherapists.
Every Friday.
‘Friday folkies’ are a guitar group who meet weekly. Drop ins welcome.
On the 2nd Saturday of each month.
Repair cafes are places where, at zero cost, you can take your broken stuff to receive a new lease on life. You sit with the volunteer repairer while they talk you through what they’re doing.
A two-day event on 14th and 15th September, both 10am-3pm.
This will be a major native plant fair with native and indigenous plants for sale from many different stalls. There will also be sales of books on related subjects, giftware, activities for children and refreshments.
The plant sellers are likely to include Goldfields Revegetation Nursery, Ian Evans Creative Landscapes, Ironstone Park Nursery, Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary Nursery, Vaughan’s Australian Plants and Yarra Yarra Growers (includes 5+ member growers). Crowsfoot Pottery will also attend and there will be a display by Nillumbik and Banyule Gardens for Wildlife.
Organised by Australian Plants Society – Yarra Yarra.
The activities will include carnival rides, craft stalls, food stalls, sporting clubs, CFA Tug-O-War, novelty races, a light parade, live music, demonstrations, displays and presentations.
The fair also provides opportunity for community groups, such as schools, churches, sporting clubs to fund raise and to promote their activities.
A two-day event on 14th and 15th September, both 10am-3pm.
This will be a major native plant fair with native and indigenous plants for sale from many different stalls. There will also be sales of books on related subjects, giftware, activities for children and refreshments.
The plant sellers are likely to include Goldfields Revegetation Nursery, Ian Evans Creative Landscapes, Ironstone Park Nursery, Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary Nursery, Vaughan’s Australian Plants and Yarra Yarra Growers (includes 5+ member growers). Crowsfoot Pottery will also attend and there will be a display by Nillumbik and Banyule Gardens for Wildlife.
Organised by Australian Plants Society – Yarra Yarra.
During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Veronica’s room are Thursday, 19th September and Sundays, 8th and 15th September.
Is Susan actually Susan, a self-possessed college student in 1973? Or is she Veronica, a conflicted young lady of 1935, desperately believing herself to be a later Susan? What begins as a seeming mission of mercy ends up a terrifying crisis of self-doubt amongst malevolent forces, with the audience no less certain of Veronica/Susan’s identity than she is.
Veronica’s Room is a thriller by Ira Levin, author of Deathtrap and Rosemary’s Baby.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
Every Monday morning and Tuesday evening.
These free classes are aimed at making fitness and wellness classes more accessible to people living in rural Nillumbik.
Book by calling Diamond Creek Community Centre on 9438 5299.
Every Monday.
Join this free weekly session for beginners and those who like to meditate with others.
Just turn up.
Every Monday.
The Memory Care Cafe is a place where people with memory loss or impairment and their carers can come together for afternoon tea and connection in a welcoming place.
Every Monday.
Do you have a question about accessing the library’s Digital Library, formatting a document or how to send an email on your tablet? They are there to help.
Book by calling Eltham Library on 9439 9266.
Every Tuesday and Friday.
This is a strength training program designed to increase people’s muscle strength. It is focused on the model developed by Dr Miriam Nelson for the prevention of osteoporosis, diabetes and improving your general health and wellbeing. The group is supervised by volunteers who have been trained by physiotherapists.
Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday.
The Memory Care Cafe is a place where people with memory loss or impairment and their carers can come together for afternoon tea and connection in a welcoming place.
Every Monday morning and Tuesday evening.
These free classes are aimed at making fitness and wellness classes more accessible to people living in rural Nillumbik.
Book by calling Diamond Creek Community Centre on 9438 5299.
Every Thursday.
Go along and find out more about: government-subsidised aged care supports and services; support to access services; and advocacy and service linkage. For people over 65, their carers and families.
Just turn up.
During 2024, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Veronica’s room are Thursday, 19th September and Sundays, 8th and 15th September.
Is Susan actually Susan, a self-possessed college student in 1973? Or is she Veronica, a conflicted young lady of 1935, desperately believing herself to be a later Susan? What begins as a seeming mission of mercy ends up a terrifying crisis of self-doubt amongst malevolent forces, with the audience no less certain of Veronica/Susan’s identity than she is.
Veronica’s Room is a thriller by Ira Levin, author of Deathtrap and Rosemary’s Baby.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘502024’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
Every Tuesday and Friday.
This is a strength training program designed to increase people’s muscle strength. It is focused on the model developed by Dr Miriam Nelson for the prevention of osteoporosis, diabetes and improving your general health and wellbeing. The group is supervised by volunteers who have been trained by physiotherapists.
Every Friday.
‘Friday folkies’ are a guitar group who meet weekly. Drop ins welcome.
Every Monday morning and Tuesday evening.
These free classes are aimed at making fitness and wellness classes more accessible to people living in rural Nillumbik.
Book by calling Diamond Creek Community Centre on 9438 5299.
Every Monday.
Join this free weekly session for beginners and those who like to meditate with others.
Just turn up.
Every Monday.
The Memory Care Cafe is a place where people with memory loss or impairment and their carers can come together for afternoon tea and connection in a welcoming place.
Every Monday.
Do you have a question about accessing the library’s Digital Library, formatting a document or how to send an email on your tablet? They are there to help.
Book by calling Eltham Library on 9439 9266.
Every Tuesday and Friday.
This is a strength training program designed to increase people’s muscle strength. It is focused on the model developed by Dr Miriam Nelson for the prevention of osteoporosis, diabetes and improving your general health and wellbeing. The group is supervised by volunteers who have been trained by physiotherapists.
Every Monday morning and Tuesday evening.
These free classes are aimed at making fitness and wellness classes more accessible to people living in rural Nillumbik.
Book by calling Diamond Creek Community Centre on 9438 5299.
Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday.
The Memory Care Cafe is a place where people with memory loss or impairment and their carers can come together for afternoon tea and connection in a welcoming place.
Every Thursday.
Go along and find out more about: government-subsidised aged care supports and services; support to access services; and advocacy and service linkage. For people over 65, their carers and families.
Just turn up.
2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month.
The Mudbrick cafe is a local social group for people living with dementia and their family/support person.
Go along for afternoon tea, mutual support, exchanging of stories, laughter, interesting activities and new friendships.
On the last Thursday of each month.
Discuss the issues of climate change with other like-minded locals.