Julie Goodwin comes to Carindale

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Apr 092013
 

MASTERCHEF AT CARINDALE LIBARY

Tuesday April 30 | 5pm-6.30pm.
FREE. But bookings essential.
Phone 3403 8888 to reserve your place.

julie-goodwinIn December 2008, Julie Goodwin applied for the first series of MasterChef Australia. Little did she know, the experience would change her life.

In 2009, Julie took out the title as the first ever ‘MasterChef’. Since then, Julie has become a regular columnist for Women’s Weekly, taken up the role of resident cook on Channel Nine’s Today Show and released two of her own extremely popular cook books.

The Lord Mayor’s Writers in Residence series is bringing Julie to Brisbane, to speak about the release of her latest recipe book, Gather.

Books will be available for purchase on the evening from Dymocks Carindale.

People attending the talk are encouraged to bring a copy of a favourite family recipe to swap with others during the event.

Julie Goodwin shared a message for Neighbour Day recently:

We Aussies love our food, and in my view there is no better way to bring people together than over a good meal. Food is at the heart of all our celebrations. It connects us, it nourishes us, and the sharing of it creates wonderful memories and strong communities. Full Neighbour Day message from Julie.

If you’re wanting to see Julie at Carindale Library you had better get in quick on the phone number at the top of this post!

Carindale resident a finalist for her educational App

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Jan 212013
 
Susan McKinnon

Susan McKinnon of Carindale

A Carindale resident is achieving great things both in her garden and in app development with positive implications for the environment, health, food security and children’s education.

Susan McKinnon, a teacher at Seven Hills State School, and finalist in the Acer Team Unlimited competition, wants everyone to become a gardener for a better future. See how you can vote for Susan, the only Queensland finalist, via the link at the bottom of this article.

Susan even moved to Seven Hills State School so she could work with Food Connect’s Adopt-a-Farmer program there to teach the next generation of gardeners. The school featured on ABC Gardening Australia in September 2012.

She’s been using these school holidays to develop a smartphone App for children. The game for 6-12 year-olds will be available to play on mobile devices to encourage the growing, cooking and enjoyment of your own backyard food. Continue reading »

Locals shown simplicity of solar cooking [with image gallery]

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Dec 052012
 

The Southside Sustainability Centre at Carindale hosted two leaders in solar cooking last Saturday.

Locals got to see solar cookers in action, watch the construction of solar cookers and taste solar cooked food.

I expected solar cooking to be more complicated, slow and requiring the purchase of expensive or difficult-to-acquire items. But my assumptions were totally wrong.

Brisbane’s Stan and Jane Cajdler both have a great deal of knowledge and experience to share about this method and are striving to get communities as addicted to a solar cooking lifestyle as they are. Continue reading »

Locally-driven Christmas shopping at twilight

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Nov 212012
 

When you buy a gift do you think about how the item was inspired and made or who your money benefits?

Talk of Christmas shopping often includes car park rage, crowded shopping centres and the like. But does it need to induce stress and frustration? You can shop online of course, but what about a more tactile and sociable experience such as a twilight market? Continue reading »

Solar cooking demo in Carindale

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Nov 212012
 

There will be a solar cooking demonstration (and tasting!) by Stan Cajdler at the Southside Sustainability Centre, corner of Wright St and Old Cleveland Rd, Carindale on December 1st 2012 at 9.30am.

Solar cooking is actually simple and cheap. Many people in the developed world are unaware that this method is possible. So come along on Saturday and learn how to cook food with sunlight. Continue reading »

Winny Street Crop Swap

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Nov 202012
 


The Winny Street Crop Swap, of which I attended my third one on Sunday, was started by Dean Bleasdale, aka Green Dean, of Carina Heights. Starting the event off with just a few friends sharing their produce, it’s now developing a keen and growing following. Continue reading »

Grill’d Carindale and Local Matters

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Oct 312012
 


Grill’d love to give back to the local communities we call home. We get lots of requests to support groups from all walks of life. The weird & the wonderful… but all of them worthy. Until now it’s been pretty difficult for us to fulfill all of these requests.

So we’ve created Local Matters. It’s our community donation programme. Every month your local Grill’d will donate $500 to the local community. Over the course of a year, we’d like to think we could touch well over 1,000 local groups. Our aim is to find and support the unsung heroes rather than the big groups who always get the limelight. We hope you’ll see some groups you never knew existed and develop a new-found appreciation for what goes on in your neck of the woods. Continue reading »

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