Saturday, March 31, 2012

end of season Celebration Brunch on Sunday 1st April


Join us for Blackheath Pool end of season Celebration Brunch 
from 11AM on Sunday 01-April-2012.  
Please bring a plate to share, friends & family, togs, Sunday papers for a relaxed morning by The Pool, brunch & a swim. 

It may not have been a great summer, but our Pool is a venerable 80 years old, so let’s celebrate! (Pool Pavilion will be available if wet)

Pool hours 9:30AM to 6:30PM every day, up to & including Sunday 1 April 2012.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

The return of the local

The return of the local: Two new[ish] books look at the places where social ecologies take root and flourish, writes Ian McShane in InsideStory (21 June 2011)
http://inside.org.au/the-return-of-the-local
Book review of The Australian Pub by Diane Kirkby, Tanja Luckins and Chris McConville UNSW Press | $49.95  and  Community: Building Modern Australia edited by Hannah Lewi and David Nichols UNSW Press | $59.95