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Past events

2021

Film night: ‘First Cow’, Thursday 16 September

It was a great night! Thanks for your support. Here is what some said about the event:
‘A film like no udder’
‘The food was yummy, nice sandwiches and sushi’
‘A film with substance, celebrating friendship’
‘Liked the wines, love the location’

Drinks + nibbles from 6pm, film starts at 6.45pm
Semaphore Odeon, 65 Semaphore Road, Semaphore

‘Two travellers, on the run from a band of vengeful hunters in 1820s Northwest USA, dream of striking it rich – but their tenuous plan to make their fortune comes to rely on the secret use of a prized dairy cow.’

$25 per ticket, $20 concession
A pre-movie drink and nibbles are included in the ticket price. There will also be a raffle with FABULOUS prizes to be won. Proceeds from the evening support WACRA.

RSVP: Richard Smith margrich@senet.com.au or text 0488 528 846. Pre-payment is preferred because COVID-19 protocols require us to inform the Odeon of correct numbers by Thursday 9 September.
EFT (use “surnameFirstCow” as descriptor): WACRA  BSB 105 050 account number 207282440, account name Western Adelaide Coastal Residents’ Association

COVID restrictions: Masks are required to be worn in the foyer and theatre. Should the event be cancelled for whatever reason, those who have paid will receive a full refund. Please see the flyer for more details.

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2018

Quiz Night Saturday 10 February
6.30 for a 7pm start

Fulham Community Centre (formerly Reedbeds)
Cnr Fitch and Halsey Roads
Fulham

Flyer for more information (PDF)

 

 

 

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2017

Film night Wednesday 15 November

Drinks + nibbles from 6pm, film starts at 6.45pm

Murder on the Orient Express

Semaphore Odeon, 65 Semaphore Road, Semaphore

$25 per ticket, $20 concession

RSVP: to Anne Wheaton wheaties@adam.com.au or 0433 046 820. Preferred payment is via EFT (use surname as description): WACRA  BSB 105-050 account number 207282440, or payment on the night

Flyer for more information (PDF)

Facebook event page (are you going?)

 

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2016

Tennyson Dunes Open Day Sunday 11 September, 11am-2pm

Free tours through Adelaide’s most significant coastal dunes with the experts:

• Dr Victor Gostin – Geology of the coast
• Professor Chris Daniels – Biodiversity of the dunes
• Peter Matejcic -member Herpetology Association, the reptiles of Tennyson.

Please check our website for additional walks – www.tennyson.org.au

More information: Tennyson Dunes Open Day 2016

 

Earth Hour Saturday 19 March

10th anniversary! Keep this night free and watch this space!

Get involved for 2017.

Earth Hour website

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Guidelines for conducting a community campaign: presentation

WACRA President Jim Douglas presented to the Point Pass Community Group on community campaigning for The Friends of Gulf St Vincent. He tells the story of the ‘Save Our Beaches Campaign 1997/8′ and how the campaign was organised and managed.

This is a great resource for community groups!

Douglas, Jim, Community campaigning, Blue Swimmer, Issue 26, November 2015

 

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Quiz Night

Saturday 31 October 2015 7 for 7.30pm

Reedbeds Community Centre
19 Fitch Road, Fulham

Great prizes: silent auction, heads & tails, guess who, the famous whiskey roll

Tables of 8 (or 10)
$15 per head, $10 concession, under 12 free

To book: email Anne Wheaton at wheaties@adam.com.au
or call 0433 046 820

 

 

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Tennyson Dunes Open Day

Sunday 13 September 2015 11am-2pm

Free tours through Adelaide’s most significant coastal dunes with the experts. See what our volunteers are doing to conserve this unique area.

The Tennyson Dunes are 22 hectares of coastal dunes with natural grass and shrub land being the last true remnant of the Adelaide metropolitan coastal plains. It is a coastal conservation reserve 12 kilometres north-west of the city near the locally historic Estcourt House. It displays a large diversity of flora with the presence of rare and regionally significant plants, bird life, reptiles and invertebrates, making it a truly unique area as an island in an urban area.

• Official website: http://www.tennyson.org.au/
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/TennysonDunesGroup

 

 

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Film night: Last cab to Darwin

Thursday 6 August 2015

‘Rex is a loner, and when he’s told he doesn’t have long to live, he embarks on an epic drive through the Australian outback from Broken Hill to Darwin to die on his own terms; but his journey reveals to him that before you can end your life, you have to live it, and to live it, you’ve got to share it.’ Watch the trailer.

There was also a raffle with fabulous prizes to be won and proceeds supporting WACRA.

• WACRA film night flyer (PDF)
• WACRA raffle prizes
• Facebook event page

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Earth Hour

Saturday 28 March 2015

Earth Hour is a worldwide annual event organised by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). This initiative originated in Australia and involves turning out lights from 8.30-9.30pm on the last Saturday in March.

Grange Earth Hour started in 2010 and has grown in popularity and support since its inception. This Earth Hour event is organised by three independent locals who also have roles on local organisational bodies. We are registered on the Earth Hour website as an official Earth Hour event. This not-for-profit event starts in Kirkcaldy Park (cnr Grange Road and Kirkcaldy Avenue) at 7.00pm and finishes around 10.30pm. The area is festooned with solar lights, candles and other decorations. Local bands play for set periods of time using a battery-operated amp (of course).

Past performers include The Govglees Choir, Sa Samba, Weeping Angels, The Memes, Frans Kat Drumming Band, Claire Gurry and Band. Professional MC Angie Starr makes sure that people enjoy themselves. In 2014, the organisers received a Discretionary Ward Allowance from the Charles Sturt Council, with WACRA as the auspicing organisation.

• Flyer – full details (PDF)