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Child Care Services — Over The Walter Taylor Bridge

Chelmer Station Community Kindergarten
6 Halsbury Street
CHELMER Q 4068
3278 1327
Email: admin@chelmerstationkindy.com.au
Website: https://chelmerstationkindy.com.au
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Julia Cumming Community Child Care Centre
Long Day Care
12 Addison Road
GRACEVILLE Q 4075
3379 3069
Email: graceville@bne.centacare.net.au
Website: https://centacarebrisbane.net.au/julia-cumming-community-ccc/
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School Plus – Graceville OSHC
Before School Care / After School Care / Vacation Care
44 Park Road
GRACEVILLE Q 4075
3161 9904
Email: graceville@schoolplus.com.au
Website: https://www.schoolplus.com.au/
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Sherwood Forest Children’s Centre
Long Day Care
16 Thallon Street
SHERWOOD Q 4075
3379 4211
Email: office@sherwoodforest.com.au
Website: https://www.guardian.edu.au/childcare-early-learning-centres/qld/sherwood-forest/
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Sherwood State School Combined OSHC
Before School Care / After School Care / Vacation Care
Sherwood State School 464 Oxley Road
SHERWOOD Q 4075
3278 1658
Email: sherwoodoshc@gmail.com
Website: https://sherwoodoshc.com.au/
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TLC Childcare Sherwood
Long Day Care
436 Oxley Road
SHERWOOD Q 4075
3278 2444
Email: sherwood@tlcchildcare.com.au
Website: https://sherwood.tlcchildcare.com.au/
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Corinda Graceville Parish OSHC – Corinda
Before School Care / After School Care / Vacation Care
18 Clewley Street
CORINDA Q 4075
0488 785 606
Email: corindaoshc@bne.centacare.net.au
Website: https://centacarebrisbane.net.au/corinda-graceville-oshc/
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St Aidan’s Outside School Hours Care
Before School Care / After School Care / Vacation Care
11 Ruthven Street
CORINDA Q 4075
3373 5960
Email: twilliams@staidans.qld.edu.au
Website: https://www.staidans.qld.edu.au/our-school/kindergarten
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PCYC INALA – CORINDA SCHOOL AGE CARE
Before School Care / After School Care / Vacation Care
330 Lower Cliveden Avenue
CORINDA Q 4075
3379 3379
Email: corindasac@pcyc.org.au
Website: http://www.pcyc.org.au/School-Age-Care/Corinda.aspx
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Bilby Family Day Care – Corinda
Family Day Care
Donaldson Street
CORINDA Q 4075
3278 0716
Email: info@bilbycare.com.au
Website: https://bilbycare.com.au/
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C&K Yuingi Community Childcare Centre
Long Day Care
113 Cliveden Avenue
OXLEY Q 4075
3278 2092
Email: yuingi@candk.asn.au
Website: https://www.candk.asn.au/yuingi
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Goodstart Early Learning Oxley – Oxley Road
Long Day Care
1106 Oxley Road
OXLEY Q 4075
3278 0111
Email: oxl@goodstart.org.au
Website: https://www.goodstart.org.au/centres/oxley
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Little Ted’s Child Care Centre – Oxley
Long Day Care
Oxley Kindergarten 20 Ellen Street
OXLEY Q 4075
3379 2177
Email: oxley@littleteds.com.au
Website: http://www.littleteds.com.au/
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PCYC Inala – Oxley School Age Care
Before School Care / After School Care / Vacation Care
Block B – Oxley State School Bannerman Street
OXLEY Q 4075
3372 2222
Email: oxleysac@pcyc.org.au
Website: http://www.pcyc.org.au/School-Age-Care/Oxley.aspx
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Sunkids Children’s Centre Oxley
Long Day Care
Cnr Oakmont Avenue & Blunder Road
OXLEY Q 4075
3879 2799
Email: oxley@sunkids.com.au
Website: https://oxleychildcare.net.au/
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Upcoming Kerbside Collection for Sherwood and Surrounding Suburbs: the Do’s and Dont’s for Scavengers

Brisbane City Council’s Kerbside Collection is coming to Sherwood and its surrounding suburbs including Chelmer, Graceville, Sherwood, Corinda, and Oxley on Monday, 4 June 2018.

The Kerbside Collection may be an annual event, but it still pays to check some of the good old advice on getting ready for the collection day. You can even get the Council’s free Brisbane Bin and Recycling app to help you prepare for the event.

Read: Kerbside Collection for OWT Bridge Areas Upcoming: 4 Tips on How to Get Ready

Scavengers are not new to Kerbside Collection since they have been “operational” for years now. As they say, one man’s trash can be another man’s treasure, so who wouldn’t want to get useful stuff for free?

For creative scavengers, some of the stuff that is thrown out the kerb can easily be repurposed or upcycled into something new. Like this old television that has been upcycled into a fish tank.

Photo credit: CC-BY/Marit & Toomas Hinnosaar/Flickr

Or this fridge that has been transformed into a chic dog house.

Other scavengers also scour piles on the kerbside for copper that they can get from the discarded electronics. This is where some things get really dirty.

Photo credit: CCO Public Domain / Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay

In the past, residents have been complaining about scavengers who pry their discarded electronics open in search for the money-making copper which can be sold for up to $7 per kilo. Whilst there is no problem with people trying to make money out of trash, the problems start when scavengers leave the pile of discarded metal they just opened scattered all over the place.

For scavengers who are ready to go out there for their loot, here are some friendly reminders for you before you hit the kerb.

Know when to go

Check the dates for the Kerbside Collection online so you can be updated with the collection dates for your area.

Come prepared

Take a ute or a truck so you can have room for the awesome stuff you might find.

Be considerate

Even if you’re only scavenging for copper from a pile of electronics and appliances, make sure to leave the pile as tidy as you can. There might be children running around the place and anything that’s broken can pose some serious hazard for them.

Keep other scavengers in mind

You might be inclined to only take what you need and break some stuff, but there are scavengers out there who might be able to repair those stuff and actually use them.

Scavenging can be helpful to a community since it is a great way to recycle unwanted things. Just remember to be mindful of your manners as you go about scavenging and have fun, you’ll never know what surprises could be out there.

$120K Chelmer Queenslander Sells for $3.3M

Time plus investment paid off big time as a heritage home in Chelmer sold for $3.3 million. That’s a huge leap from the property’s price of $120,000 when it was bought back in 1990.

Known as ‘Arcadia,’ the property is a grand and majestic Queenslander built around 1905. It sits on a 2,704-square-metre lot and has its own tennis court and swimming pool.

The property is at a prime location at 56 Victoria Avenue in Chelmer and is one of the few large blocks of land that are left in the suburb. Many of the other large lots have either been sold or redeveloped.

Chelmer properties such as the Arcadia are in high demand mainly for their proximity to top quality public and private schools, including St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School in Corinda, Graceville State School and Brisbane Boys’ College.

The suburb also provides easy access to Indooroopilly Shopping Centre and the train station, plus a good number of restaurants, cafés and boutique grocers.

Sold in an auction on 19 January, the Arcadia sale was easily the biggest sale that week.

Queenslander with Modern Features

Not only is the Arcadia a large property with gorgeous amenities. The design is also something to be desired. It manages to effectively combine old, classic Queenslander style with modern convenience and comfort. The home boasts huge rooms with views of the outside. The dining area opens up right to the veranda, which surrounds the entire house.

The Arcadia offers several large spaces that have been well-maintained by the former owner. It has a second living room with an ornate fireplace that’s perfect for a relaxing retreat.

Downstairs are large air-conditioned areas that should be perfect to use as work-from-home office able to accommodate up to five workstations. The property also provides a garage for two cars and generous space for storage.

Swain House in Chelmer: A Home Surrounded By the Richness of the Forest

Swain House is a heritage-listed property in Chelmer and is owned by one of Australia’s foremost forestry and timber experts, Edward Harold Fulcher Swain.

The house was built in the 1920s. Mr Swain was born in Sydney in 1883 and at 17, he was the first cadet to be appointed to the Forestry Branch of the Department of Lands. What was special about him is that his knowledge and skills were mostly self-taught. He also funded his own trips to various areas to gain more knowledge about trees. Later on, he started to write about them and published several papers and books about them.

By 1916, he had moved to Queensland as a district forest inspector and then succeeded Norman Jolly as director of forests. In 1924, he became chairman of the Provisional Forestry Board.

However, due to his contradicting opinions on forestry with the government’s official position on certain matters, he had to take an early retirement. He retired to his home in Chelmer.

The house has an arboretum around it that contains various species of trees. It is a single-storey house that is made of timber. There is also a grass tennis court.

The house is a sight to behold. It looks like it came out of a storybook, which is one of the things that make it so special.

Government Urged to Build Second Walter Taylor Bridge

It has been planned for years, but the upgrade for Walter Taylor Bridge still needs to become a reality. As the bridge continues to cause bottlenecks during the peak hours of the day, some residents are putting pressure on the government to address worsening traffic situation in the area.

Protesters will be gathering on Saturday, 5 August at Nadine St Park in Graceville to call for action on people’s request to build a duplicate Walter Taylor Bridge.

Leading the rally is State MP for Yeerongpilly Mark Bailey. Mr Bailey has been vocal on social media, expressing his dismay at how Walter Taylor Bridge was ignored in the last budget.

Mr Bailey hit Brisbane City Council for allocating $650 million to expand Kingsford-Smith Drive from two lanes to three lanes, while not funding the upgrade of one-lane Walter Taylor Bridge.

He also launched an online petition at http://fight4qld.org/taylor2bridgenow and a Facebook page dedicated to the campaign.

Support for Walter Taylor Bridge 2

A second Walter Taylor Bridge connecting Indooroopilly and Chelmer has been proposed for years ago. It involves the construction of a duplicate bridge immediately downstream of the pedestrian and bicycle bridge. The second bridge could provide one lane in both directions or focus on southbound traffic, while the existing bridge will be for northbound traffic.

In a recent survey by Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ), the duplication of the Walter Taylor Bridge received strong support from respondents.

According to the RACQ survey, 65 percent of respondents supported the plan to construct a duplicate Walter Taylor Bridge, while 24.2 percent were neutral about the idea and 10.8 percent were against the proposal.

Result of the RACQ survey which ended June 2017 showed strong support for a second Walter Taylor Bridge. (Source: live.racq.com.au)

Chelmer Kindergarten to Hold Parade of Lanterns, Open Day

Chelmer Station Community Kindergarten is holding its annual Lantern Parade and Open Day in mid-June 2017.

The lantern parade will be on Friday, 16 June, starting at 5 p.m. The event will be held at Faulkner Park Netball Courts in Graceville.

This is the fourth year that the community-based early education centre is conducting a lantern parade. The event is a perfect time for the community to come together in for a night of food and fun.

All surrounding kindergartens and early childhood centres are invited to join in making lanterns and the lantern walk. There will be delicious German food and drinks as well as Gluhwein for sale.

The next day, 17 June, will be the centre’s Open Day from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. On that day, the centre’s director, teachers and educators will be on hand to talk to visitors and their children. Visitors coming to the Open Day can also spend time in the beautiful garden of the centre.

About Chelmer Station Community Kindergarten

Chelmer Station Community Kindergarten is a Lady Gowrie affiliated kindergarten. As a Lady Gowrie kindergarten, the centre provides early childhood education program for children in the year before they start school.

The centre is community-based and has the expertise to customise early childhood services based on the needs of the local children and their families. Get to know more about Chelmer Station Community Kindergarten on Open Day. You can also visit their website at www.chelmerstationkindy.com.au for additional information.

Find out more about Lady Gowrie kindergartens here.