Month: December 2015

Go tell it to the children – angry Mum fights for community garden

Go tell it to the children – angry Mum fights for community garden

Posted by | Dec 8, 2015 | , , , |

A Salisbury woman was told by Brisbane City Council today that a community garden she has built with local children is to be torn down by Council. “I’m afraid I was not very polite,” Ms Pia Deerain told The Generator, “I told him not to talk to me but to tell it to the children and then I hung up in his ear.” Ms Deerain and nine of her neighbour’s children have started a compost heap and vegetable garden in her front yard, which last month extended onto the nature strip. Today, a council worker rang Ms Deerain to...

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Things are looking up down at Souths

Things are looking up down at Souths

Posted by | Dec 4, 2015 | , , , |

The Westender is a proud supporter of Souths Leagues Club down at Davies Park in West End. They’ve contributed greatly to the community spirit of West End for well over a hundred years now, and CEO Jim McClelland and his wife Barbara are always ready to lend a hand to any community group needing a meeting space. Jim and Barbara are thrilled with the recently refurbished Corella Room upstairs at Souths, and report a keen interest in the facility from the local community. According to Jim, the function and events spaces at Souths Leagues Club are contemporary and stylish,...

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Is this your new office?

Is this your new office?

Posted by | Dec 4, 2015 | , |

The Old Boot Factory – we may not be leather craftsmen but we are a great bunch of people with available office space in beautiful South Brisbane! If you’re looking to expand your office, move your home office or have a change of scenery from your current office- we have everything you’ll need and in a very central spot. Originally opening in 2007 in an old “boot factory,” we have just relocated to our brand new home in a fully refurbished building still conveniently located in Cordelia St in South Brisbane.  It is an exciting location just 950m to...

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Many to thank for West End’s croquet club

Many to thank for West End’s croquet club

Posted by | Dec 2, 2015 | , |

On Friday evening, November 27, an enthusiastic crowd gathered to celebrate the opening of the refurbished West End croquet club following many years of dedicated community work and fund raising. The following history of the Club was provided by Tim Quinn who together with Mary Maher, long time members of the Committee of West End Community House, led the croquet club hall project over the six years from 2009 to 2015, including the conduct of major fund raising campaigns in the local community. A HISTORY OF THE CROQUET CLUB COMMUNITY HALL PROJECT IN MUSGRAVE PARK. The South Brisbane Croquet Club was...

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Plan to ‘rebrand’ Boundary Street raises concerns

Plan to ‘rebrand’ Boundary Street raises concerns

Posted by | Dec 2, 2015 | , , , |

A handful of traders and a large property developer propose a plan to ‘rebrand’ the heart of West End – Boundary St – based on “extensive consultation of the plan”. The details of this plan have not been made public, however the claims of consultation are highly questionable. This plan for Boundary St appears to be a rogue idea peddled by the current President of the West End Traders Association (WETA), local real estate agent Leo Tsimpkas. Members of WETA have been in contact to confirm that the members were not officially invited to the event, or even advised...

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