From our Residents' Committee ...
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Communique 1
From your Residents' Committee ...
Attached is a follow-up to the emails you have been receiving
from Manager Rick, relating to the COVID-19 virus and how its affects our daily
life at Palm Lake Resort, Ballina.
The attached communique summarises key matters discussed
this afternoon with Manager Rick.
Added since it was written - the Library, in fact the clubhouse, is closed till further notice.
Added since it was written - the Library, in fact the clubhouse, is closed till further notice.
Don't forget to keep washing those hands in soap and hot
water......
Communique
Fellow residents,
in compliance with government and management advice, your Palm Lake Ballina committees have agreed to suspend all organised activities at Palm Lake Ballina until further notice. This situation will be reviewed on April 3.
Cassia Circuit in Lockdown
Well here are are some folk who know how to have fun while isolated. If you have a fun street who would like to have their photos immortalised let the blog know and well pass on the request to our fine photographer, Julie Pallant.
Message from Kate Hewitt
Kate H, our gym, water aerobics and exercise class teacher has asked for this message to be passed on ...
hope you are all well and managing to stay positive during these changing and
challenging times. I just wanted to let you know that I am thinking of you all
and hope to see you again soon!. In the meantime, I will be contacting each of
you for a five minute chat (including a very short survey) about how we (CHEGS)
and I can best support you in maintaining your health and exercise program over
the coming weeks/months.
Hi
everybody,
hope you are all well and managing to stay positive during these changing and
challenging times. I just wanted to let you know that I am thinking of you all
and hope to see you again soon!. In the meantime, I will be contacting each of
you for a five minute chat (including a very short survey) about how we (CHEGS)
and I can best support you in maintaining your health and exercise program over
the coming weeks/months.
I
do have some peoples' contact details, but I don't want to miss anyone, so if you
don't mind could you please text me on 0439302185 with your name so that I
can contact you and compile a group text to keep in touch moving forward.
Thanks
... talk to you soon!!
Kate Hewitt xx
New Link
The Residents' Phone List has been added for the convenience of those who want to check up on others or just have a chat in these "non face-to-face" times.
It will be updated regularly.
Please respect the privacy of your fellow residents by keeping the phone list confidential.
It must not be shared with anyone who is not a resident.
Sunday, 22 March 2020
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Shopping Bus
Notice from PLB Residents' committee:
Want help with your shopping?
The Palm Lake Resort Ballina bus will continue to take residents to Woolworths each Wednesday at 7.00am.
The Booking Sheet for the bus trip will be at the Information Desk in the Oasis Club. Please sign up in advance if you wish to use the bus. Space on the bus will be limited as we must allow for appropriate space between passengers, but it is likely than more than one service will be available.
There is an outside group of people who can help as well;
HELP! is a collective of volunteers from Ballina (not associated with Palm Lake) dedicated to assisting the elderly and people with chronic medical conditions who are advised to stay at home during the Covid-19 pandemic. Their services are all non-contact so that both the recipients and volunteers are kept as safe as possible. Their services include - shopping and delivery; mail collection and Post Office runs; phone chats.
They would love more volunteers as well.
Check out the "HELP!" website
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Face Masks
Mary Doohan (Villa 13) is offering to show anyone how to make a face mask, a skill she has just perfected. She has asked for residents to spread the word as they are very hard to get at the moment (none in Ballina, I've tried).
Sunday, 15 March 2020
Workshop News
There has
been action aplenty in the Palm Lake Ballina Workshop this month as a small
group of residents has been busily handcrafting wooden bird boxes.
The Workshop
group were responding to a call-for-help from our local Wildlife Society
looking for talented folk to make the boxes. The Society places the bird boxes in
fire-ravaged bush areas for the shelter and protection of vulnerable birdlife. It
also encourages birds to return to that area.
Michael
Sherlock, Max Armstrong, Ron Rawson, David Crawford and Peter Kafka rose to the
challenge and have handed over their first production lot of 25 bird boxes.
Good onya’ guys!
The Wildlife
Society were so pleased they have asked for more but also added possum boxes to
the order. If you have had anything to do with purchasing wood in the last few
years you will know that it is not cheap! The material to make each bird box
costs close to $20; the possum boxes will obviously be more. Our Residents’
Committee funded the first batch, but they need more for the next lot.
Wouldn’t
you love to support such a worthy cause?
You can,
by:
- volunteering to help the Workshop group
- donating money to the group
- buying raffle tickets at the first Happy Hour in April (04.04.2020) where the proceeds from the PLB Social Committee’s raffle will be given over to the Workshop group.
CPR and Defibrillator Training
In response
to the great interest shown by many residents wishing to participate in CPR/
Defibrillator training Linda Duke-Yonge has organised 2 sessions led by Mal
Whitfield. Each is spaced about a month apart to enable an opportunity for
travellers to catch one of the sessions. They are also on different
days to minimise the inconvenience to groups who use the Oasis Clubhouse on
that day.
Sessions
are planned for:
- Tuesday 5th May
- Thursday 9th July
Each
session will be limited to a maximum of 30 people in order to allow attendees a
turn on the dummies. If you already put in an Expression of Interest at the
Information Session day you will still need to register on one of the 2 sheets
that will be on the Information Desk. If numbers are greater than 30 for each
session put your name on a reserve list and a third training session will be
organised later in the year.
Keep an eye
out for the advertising posters and an ear out for announcements at mealtimes.
Library News
With the help of funds from
the Social Committee and a very kind resident we have now bought 52 books since
the start of this year. Some are brand new and others are pre-loved and fairly
new publications.
Terri Clark, Villa 7 and Sue
Christie, Villa 68.
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
February News from the Palm Lake Fishing Club
I
don’t have much to report in regard to fishing last month as we didn’t get many
chances to try with the way the weather was. A few of us took Migaloo along
Patch’s Beach one day but the wind would blow a dog off a chain and the current
was travelling faster than Migaloo along the beach.
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| David Franklin - Our Champion |
Nevertheless
our new recruit David Franklin in his first attempt at fishing the beach with
his brand new rod was the only one to catch a fish. We decided we would need an
awful lot of chips to go with his small whiting so we practised “catch and
release” and let the blighter go. Despite this Dave was very proud and happy
with his catch.
Man of the Month
Our “man of the month” for February must
be John “Anchors Away“ Cross for his performance with the crabs we caught. We
had eight good-sized muddies to cook up for a feast at the Oasis and John kept
them comatosed by keeping them in the crisper trays his beer fridge in the
garage. His big mistake was
to take them out and try to weigh them as we were all very proud of our
success.
Johnnie
tipped them onto the kitchen bench only to find out that they wake up quickly
from hibernation once out of the fridge. They started running all over the kitchen!
Anne arrived when she heard the commotion and I won’t tell you of her response
to the calamity. Needless to say, she was not impressed and left “Anchors Away”
to sort it out on his own.
Anyway, once
he finally caught them all and put them back in the fridge everything was
forgiven and we all had a magnificent seafood feast one afternoon at the Oasis.
WANTED: Temporary Fishing Club Rescue Vehicle and Crew
Unfortunately,
our Fishing Club Rescue Vessel with Captain Barry at the helm and First Mate
Pam will be out of action for about 3 months while the courageous crew take a
holiday elsewhere in Australia. Consequently, we need somebody to step into the
breach and take on the onerous and dangerous duty of rescuing our members
should they get into trouble on the water.
Applicants should have a seaworthy
craft (no leaks) and preferably with a motor of at least 15 horsepower. You
will need to be available on call (not like one of our other members who has
been known to put his bowls in front of a major emergency) and brave enough to
take on extremely dangerous rescues.
Please
contact me to apply – This is a totally voluntary position and your application
will be treated in strict confidence.
Till next month,
Villa 252
Sunday, 1 March 2020
Last month events - photo gallery
Golf at Cinderah - 28th February
Trivia Night with Elvis - 24th February
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| Ooops . . . in the bunker |
Getting out of a bunker - Bam's style
Trivia Night with Elvis - 24th February
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| One of the 17 tables (8 persons each) |
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| Elvis 1 and 2 |
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| Elvis 3 |
Pizza Night with Band - Happy Hour - 21st February
Valentine Day Celebration - 14th February
Winner of Ladies Bowls
Bev Patterson
The lucky ones in Villa draw
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| Villa 203 - Sharyn Hogben |
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| Villa 187 - Stephanie Williams |
