Hamilton Park Co-Op Ltd
PO Box 647
Wangaratta Vic 3678
www.hamiltonpark.org.au
Newsletter
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Keeping
you updated
about
community
February 2015
Diary Dates:
Friday Night Club Friday evenings at the BBQ shed – 6.30pm BYO everything.
Thursday 19 February The Thursday Club Pub meal (venue to be confirmed)
Friday 20 February WHAT DO I DO? Fire emergency workshop at BBQ area (see flyer in your mail box
or on our website) BYO dinner 6-7pm, Workshop 7-9pm RSVP required.
Monday 23 February Official Opening of Glenrowan to Hamilton Park Shared Path (see flyer in
your mail box) 4-5pm
Monday 23 February, Garden Club 10am at Tina Norton’s, Orchard Drive.
Saturday 7 March Next WorkingBee
Thursday 26 March next Board Meeting
Board Members: Werner Vogels (Chairperson 57662896/0424751587),
Caroline Robinson (Secretary 0434885099), Sheree McKenzie (Treasurer 0423079713),
Gillian Anderson (Bushland/Parkland 57662397/0411111830), Jodie Gottschling (Social 0419130445)
Greg George (Infrastructure/Maintenance 57662732/0478274014),
Peter Ockenden (Water 0408313979)
Reminder to all residents..
Water restrictions apply all year round
at Hamilton Park.
No sprinklers or watering systems
between 10am and 5pm;
No hosing of paved areas and other
impervious surfaces, except in an
emergency situation; and
The compulsory use of a bucket or
trigger nozzle on hoses when washing
vehicles.
....Also be aware of current fire
restrictions.
....Pruning pile is currently closed until
autumn.
Welcome to new residents!
Santa was a welcome visitor at the annual Family
Christmas party held early December last year.
Alanna and Erin Hepburn from Mistletoe Lane
enjoying their icypoles with the jolly red man who
shall remain nameless but does bear a striking
resemblance to a current resident of 37 years!
Ian Wheeler and Doreen O’Brien
have moved into 271 Warby Range
Road. They come from Melbourne
but Doreen was raised in
Wangaratta. Doreen is teaching at
Wang High and loves morning
walks around our park and Ian is an
engineer who is into bike riding.
Hamilton Park Co-Op Ltd
Newsletter
Keeping you Updated about Your Community
PO Box 647
Wangaratta Vic 3678
www.hamiltonpark.org.au
February 2015
Hamilton Park Board of Management Chairperson Report
Dear residents of Hamilton Park,
Despite the first month of 2015 already behind us, I still would like to wish all of you a Happy New
Year and all the best wishes for this new and exciting year ahead. At the time of writing, we’ve had a
hugely successful and fantastic Australia Day celebration where Shirley Wilson very rightly so was
praised and celebrated for her great contributions to the Park over the last decades, and a beautiful
and nicely cooked breakfast was had by the many people who attended. Thanks to the organising
committee and the grant from Wangaratta Council to make it all possible and support the event.
Since the AGM last November, the Board has had two Board meetings and already now, it is quite
clear that the new members bring with them a vast array of expertise, experience and interest. The
willingness to take the Board and the Park further is quite obvious from only the few meetings and
conversations we’ve had. We are taking stock of the assets of the Park, we are assessing and
auditing the water-infrastructure of the Park and a range of other topics are being raised and
discussed at Board meetings. Add to that the fact that great ideas and suggestions are forthcoming
from residents and shared with the Board and we have a recipe for great opportunity and direction.
We’ve had ideas re a Notice board, a play area, and you’ll find another item about road maintenance
and improvements requesting your feedback further on in this Newsletter. As a matter of fact, the
Newsletter has now a new editor! Bruce Meager has generously and kindly volunteered to take the
Newsletter write-up and editing under his wing, and increasingly you’ll find new and returning items
in an ever-growing HP Newsletter. The Board is also eager to take HP into the era of technology and
social media, so we’ll update and revamp the website (http://hamiltonpark.org.au) , and there now
is even a Facebook-page, a closed group for only HP residents. Maybe we will even start looking at
Twitter. Onwards and upwards is our motto for 2015!
More and more you’ll find that the Board is keen on getting input and suggestions from residents.
With over 120 residences in the Park, there is so much expertise and experience, in addition to skillsets amongst us! We need to capitalise on that and put it to good use. Whether it is grant writing,
engineering, consultancy, mowing, we would like to find out about it and hear from you! To that
extent, events are being organised and working groups proposed to invite feedback and request
participation from all of you. The Board always welcomes constructive feedback and promotes
healthy dialogue.
One of the forthcoming events that you may want to put on your calendars:
Friday 20 February 7.00pm-9.00p “What should I do? - being Fire ready”, a CFA led workshop. A flyer
has been developed and you’ll find more information in your mail box. So far, so good, our next
Board meeting is end of March (we’ve moved to bi-monthly meetings), and following that, another
Newsletter will be distributed. So if you have something to add, comment or discuss, let Bruce or
one of the Board members know and we’ll slowly but steadily move to the stage that the Newsletter
is from all of us for all of us. Onwards and upwards!
Ciao! Werner Vogels
Hamilton Park Co-Op Ltd
PO Box 647
Wangaratta Vic 3678
www.hamiltonpark.org.au
Newsletter
Keeping you Updated about Your Community
February 2015
WANTED:
Ideas/suggestions from residents on how our Rural City of Wangaratta budget for
roads infrastructure at Hamilton Park could be used.
eg. Parking at school bus stop corner of Henley and Warby Range roads. Ideas to
Greg George (57662732) or any Board member please.
Around 50 people attended our Australia Day BBQ
breakfast last month where a surprised Shirley Wilson
received the 2015 Hamilton Park “Local Achiever of the
Year” award from Rural City of Wangaratta
administrator, Rod Roschollor, for her contribution to our
community over the past 37 years through the Social
Club. “I never thought I would be up for this, I can’t
believe it,” said Shirley. “Just after we moved here we got
together with a few neighbours to have a meeting to
form a social club. It was a way of meeting other mums
and dads and members of the Hamilton Park community.
It was something we really enjoyed, and I think we got
more out of it than we anticipated.” Well done Shirley!
We have so many volunteers giving their own time
through being Board members, Social Club, Gardening
Club, Mowing Roster, water meter readers, fire phone
tree co-ordinators, working-bee helpers etc to make
Hamilton Park a great place to live. Your efforts are much
appreciated.
About twenty local residents attended the
Turquoise Parrot Action Project
information session last December
presented by Chris Tzaros (pictured) and
Janice Mentiplay-Smith. Because these
endangered little parrots have been
observed nesting near our arboretum area,
special nest boxes/logs will be positioned in
this area to improve their breeding options.
We are indeed fortunate that Hamilton Park
is a haven for many native and exotic bird
species.
Hamilton Park Co-Op Ltd
Newsletter
Keeping you Updated about Your Community
PO Box 647
Wangaratta Vic 3678
www.hamiltonpark.org.au
February 2015
Did You Know?
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That every year the Wangaratta Council makes funds available to HP for road maintenance.
That where you put your rubbish and recycle bins for collection can have a detrimental
effect on the road surface. Make sure the bins are not too far away from where the truck
stops as the edges of the road can be damaged by the truck.
That residents need to take care when working/mowing near their water meters because
any damage is at the residents’ own expense.
That many residents have agapanthus plants which have finished flowering and need to be
dead headed so that the seeds do not invade our natural bush.
That the dirt section of Orchard Drive is to be sealed. No more dust for these residents!
We have concrete pipes surplus to requirements (you will have noticed them between the
Arboretum and the BBQ shed). These are for sale to residents firstly and if not sold will be
advertised more widely. Details larger pipes (2.4m length) $100; smaller ones (1.2m length)
$60. Contact Greg George (57662732) if you wish to purchase any of these pipes.
Turquoise Parrot
Robyn Allen, Judy Shaw and Peach Thaithanan sharing the magic of gardening with Luci
Molik in her garden in Warby Range Road at the November Garden Club meeting.
Thankyou to all residents who have contributed to the newsletter. The newsletter is
published after every Board Meeting (ie usually every second month). The editor is
always looking for articles and photos. Please send to bmeager@bigpond.com One
suggestion is to have a FOR SALE section in our newsletter so residents are invited
to send in their adverts by the end of March for the next edition of the newsletter to
be published early April.
Hamilton Park Co-Op Ltd
Newsletter
Keeping you Updated about Your Community
PO Box 647
Wangaratta Vic 3678
www.hamiltonpark.org.au
February 2015