Cr Tony Briffa
The last few weeks of summer are a great time to make the most of our beautiful weather and enjoy some great events in our community.
This Sunday, February 18, the Laverton Festival is on again at Curlew Community Park.
This is a fantastic event that really brings the local community together for a day of fun, low-cost family activities.
It’s so great to see this event grow each year. It’s such an important way of making everyone feel welcome and part of the community.
There’s entertainment and activities, and you can also find out more about local sports and community groups that you might be interested in joining.
It’s a great celebration of multiculturalism, just as the two Lunar New Year events in Seabrook and Williamstown this Saturday are.
These are free events at Homestead Run Reserve and Commonwealth Reserve, including traditional dance, music and food.
Time is running out to be part of this year’s Pitch Your Project program, where you can pitch an idea to council for a project that will bring the community together.
A great example of this is the upcoming Rubbish Dating events, where people come together in a local reserve and go speed dating while helping clean up any rubbish they might find.
This was a successful idea pitched by a resident last year and helps bring together two important parts of what we do as a council – create a community where people feel connected, and looking after our incredible and diverse local environment.
Pitch Your Project closes on February 29, so get your ideas in now.
In my ward, I’m excited to see the progress of the redevelopment of facilities at HC Kim Reserve, home of the Altona City Soccer Club.
The reconstruction of Pitch 1 is complete, as are irrigation upgrades on pitches 2 and 3.
The new pavilion is progressing well and will include six change rooms with amenities, umpires’ facilities, kitchen, social room and club storage.
The pavilion is due to be completed mid-year.
There are plenty of other great events on across Hobsons Bay, including the Birds of Altona Coastal Wetlands, featuring Kevin Wood, one of Australia’s foremost authorities on avifauna conservation in Port Phillip Bay.
For details on all these events, visit the Hobsons Bay council website.
