Somerfield Social Club welcomes you to join us for Diwali “Festival of Lights” on Saturday the 14th of November at 6.30pm.
Diwali is a Hindu festival with lights, held in the period October to November. It is particularly associated with Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity. Now in its second consecutive year, Somerfield’s Hindu community will display their culture with music, specialty sweets, and lights.
WHEN: Saturday 14th November 2015
TIME: 6.30pm – 9pm
WHERE: Lake by the Park Clarendon Drive
Please come join us for this event – all residents welcome.
To find out more about Diwali please refer to SBS link below
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/10/21/what-diwali
Somerfield Social Club is committed to celebrating cultural diversity in Somerfield with number of key occasions earmarked this year, including International Children’s Day, Chinese New Year and the Diwali – Indian Festival of Light.
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In the next few weeks we will be commencing remedial landscaping works in Stages 14a, 15, 16, 25-28 focusing on the nature strips.
The works will begin by applying herbicide to all nature strip areas followed by cultivation and preparing of damaged nature strip areas for seeding. The landscapers will be working in line with the weather and hence we will need to provide some flexibility around anticipated completion of work dates (approx one month after commencement).
RESIDENTS RESPONSIBILITIES
We ask that residents please do the following;
• Do not park on nature strips & keep nature strips clear
• Remove all rubbish and building materials from nature strips
• Rubbish or other obstructions that are left on nature strips may be removed at the owners expense
• Where possible please park in driveways rather than on the street to enable clear access for works
• Ensure that nature strips are properly cared for and maintained (see below & attached information sheet)
• Do not mount the kerb when parking in the street as it damages the grass
• Once the grass has been installed, water your nature stip regularly over summer
NATURESTRIP CARE
Maintenance of nature strips in front of residences is the responsibility of homeowners once the nature strip is established, or officially, 12 months from when the grass is installed. Prior to this time, nature strips are maintained by the Developer.
PLEASE NOTE: During dry periods, especially in Summer, you must water your nature strip regularly in the early morning or evening to ensure it remains healthy.
Please refer to the information sheet attached here for details on nature strip care.
• Kikuyu is a warm season grass that is naturally slow growing.
• Ideal growing conditions are 20 degrees.
• Kikuyu is a grass that needs an even balance of both sun and water to grow.
• October and early November are perfect times to install kikuyu because of the balance between both hot and cold weather.
• Kikuyu traditionally takes a complete season cycle to properly activate and establish.
CONTACT DETAILS FOR QUESTIONS
Please contact Paul Hanson from Plant Management Company on 0421 384 081 if you have any questions.
Neighbourhood Watch (NWH) Greater Dandenong was recently awarded with a Carlisle Homes Community Grant worth $9,500.
This Grant will be used to increase Neighbourhood Watch awareness in Greater Dandenong region.
NWH plans to increase promotion of their crime prevention program that aims at reducing the incidence of preventable crime such as burglary and theft as well as promoting closer community ties. Part of this project is to install 100+ new Neighbourhood Watch signs in Somerfield estate. The new signs project will roll out in early 2016 and will cover approximately 60 streets. NWH thanks Carlisle Homes for this opportunity.
We would also like to thank the following Somerfield residents Victor, Sue, Josie, Judith, Emma, Eva & Rolando, for distributing 1500+ newsletters. If you would like to join the team of newsletter distributors please email [email protected] or contact Dawn on 0407 325 030.
Update provided by Nina Kelly – Neighbourhood Watch Greater Dandenong
Monday 21 September 2015:- Pirate Day celebrations were in full swing last month at the inaugural International Talk Like a Pirate Day event, held at Somerfield’s Pirate Adventure playground in Keysborough.
Perfect weather made for an amazing backdrop with around 200 local residents in attendance.
Part of the entertainment included Somerfield’s very own pirate – the legendary Captain Jack Sparrow together with Wilma the wench who kept children captivated with their balloon twisting and crazy antics.
The pirate ship jumping castle and face painter proved to be popular with children – not to mention the chocolate treasure hunt and tattoo station.
A BIG congratulations to the winners of the Best Dressed Pirate & the Best Pirate Saying completion and to everyone who got dressed up and came along.
Thank you to all the Somerfield volunteers who helped make the event a success on the day.
Labor minister The Hon. Mark Dreyfus QC MP, Federal Member for Isaacs will host a ‘pop up’ mobile office at Somerfield’s Pirate Park on Friday 21 August for residents.
The aim of the event is to reach out to members within the community, especially those we are time poor and cannot make it to his office, to discuss any local issues that are important to them.
DATE: Friday 21 August, 2015
TIME: 9.30am – 11.00am
WHERE: Pirate Park, Somerfield, cnr Somerfield Drive North & Newbury Streets, Keysborough
CONTACT: For further information concerning this event please call:
Office of Mark Dreyfus QC MP, Federal Member for Isaacs, Shadow Attorney-General, Shadow Minister for the Arts
(03) 9580 4651, or email: [email protected] or click here to visit his website.
Residents from the Somerfield Social Club braved the freezing conditions for a special day trip to Mount Baw Baw in the Latrobe Valley.
Fifty people made the two and a half hour journey with some experiencing snow for the very first time. Part of the fun and excitement included skiing, tobogganing and building snowmen. The event proved to be a great success for all.
Somerfield Newsletter Winter 2015
Celebrations were in full swing at Somerfield’s Pirate Adventure playground with Somerfield’s Easter Family Fun Day attracting more than 150 residents.
Great weather made for a perfect backdrop on the day. Part of the fun and excitement included the Peninsula Mobile Petting Farm complete with cute fluffy animals, while everyone enjoyed delicious hot cross buns and a chocolate Easter egg hunt for the kids.
A close-knit community event was held at Somerfield on Sunday 15 February to celebrate Chinese New Year attracting a great crowd. Entertainment included a special lion dance and firecracker display by the Hong De Lion and Dragon Dance Association. FREE lucky pockets with chocolate gold coins, and fortune cookies were handed out to children on the day.
Ideally positioned near the landscaped entrance of Somerfield, Argyle Stage 14 is bordered by green open space. Just across Perry Road is the tranquil Reflections Garden, created by award-winning landscape designer Wes Fleming, Argyle boasts easy access to amenities and all the parkland Somerfield has to offer, and with a choice of 21 lots, each overlooking wetlands or a waterway, it’s everything you could want in a neighbourhood.
Start planning your new life in Argyle at Somerfield today, call 1300 719 223.
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