September news from the Korumburra Round Table

Photo credit - Craig Ando

The Korumburra Staying Strong initiative currently has various paid roles available for those who would like to make a real contribution to the Korumburra Community.

A draft Coal Creek Strategic Plan is now available for community feedback.

⏰️ Feedback closes Thursday 1 August 2024.

Do you travel the roads of Arawata? - then please consider completing the Arawata & surrounding communities local roads survey.

The Korumburra Railway Precinct redevelopment project has achieved a significant milestone, with permits secured and the next stage of works set to commence.

Well it’s all happening in Korumburra - please find the link in this news article for the registration details and other information for the Great Southern Rail Trail parkrun, Korumburra.

‘Grand Ridge Rail Trail – Korumburra parkrun starts THIS SATURDAY, 15th of June on the rail trail behind Kelly’s Bakery (at the shelter).

Council has offered to extend Grow Lightly's lease at the Coal Creek Hub down on Silkstone road.

The Helping Hands project is pleased to announce that we are holding open-door sessions throughout the month of June at the KCDA meeting room - 3 Radovick Street Korumburra.

GROW LIGHTLY – On the council ending the lease on their building

What is this about and what to do

You may recall our March story where we featured Oscar & his team who was raising money for Leukemia by having his mullet shaved as part of the Leukemia Foundation’s - World’s Greatest Shave.

Well…. Oscar raised a whopping $3,000 on his own. But it’s not too late to donate a little more…..

Well done Oscar and team!!

"Greater integration between existing community groups business and organisations: something to unite them" was workshopped at the Helping Hands Community Forum in late March.

Some of the items discussed included how our community groups could better plan and co-ordinate community events; better utilise volunteers and achieve a better overall integration of their activities.

The Helping Hands project is currently working on that positive challenge.

There are also some other great ideas for Korumburra under the The importance of feeling connected theme.

A member of our community is currently looking at how a Community Garden might be set up in Korumburra. If you would like to give him a hand to do that, please contact us. and we will link you up with him.

The Devil Comet (called 12P/Pons-Brooks) is passing by Earth (only once every 71 years).

It is called this as it has two bright tails trailing it as it shoots into space (look like devil’s horns).

If you are at all interested, the comet will be closest to the sun, or at its perihelion, on SUNDAY and should be visible to the naked eye, but people should see it in the sky over the next week.

Anzac Day is supposed to be a great night to see it.

After the setting sun in the evening, look west and the comet will be low in the sky but hopefully glowing. But if you have a pair of binoculars, even small ones, it will make it great.

Hopefully with a clear night, and a dark spot from which to view, you should be able to spot it.

It will be visible in the early hours of April 22.

Venus is the bright star in the morning sky — if you can see where Venus is, look below, and the comet will be somewhere in that line between the sun and Venus.

“Star Walk” or “Night Sky” Apps will “show you exactly where it is”.

Thanks to the science department at Korumburra Secondary College for this awesome info and for the Korumburra Landcare Group for their great facebook post this morning which we have published here.

Another of the themes for the ideas for Korumburra is Pride in our Community - past, present and future.

A group of community members reviewed those ideas at the recent Helping Hands - Community Forum.

They focussed on some of the next steps required to take some of these ideas through to reality.

We encourage you to have a look at their work. If you are keen to lend a Helping Hand to get one or some of these ideas up an running, please contact us for more information

Another of the themes for the ideas for Korumburra is Inclusion & Diversity.

A group of community members reviewed those ideas at the recent Helping Hands - Community Forum.

They focussed on some of the next steps required to take some of these ideas through to reality.

We encourage you to have a look at their work. If you are keen to lend a Helping Hand to get one or some of these ideas up an running, please contact us for more information

Another of the themes for the ideas for Korumburra is Creativity, beauty and wellbeing.

A group of community members reviewed those ideas at the recent Helping Hands - Community Forum.

They focussed on some of the next steps required to take some of these ideas through to reality.

We encourage you to have a look at their work. If you are keen to lend a Helping Hand to get one or some of these ideas up an running, please contact us for more information

The Helping Hands Community Forum that was held on Sunday 24 March at the Korumburra Community Hub went well and was attended by about 60 actively participating community members.

Each person contributed at one of the 5 themed tables by working out some of the next steps required to take some of the ideas for Korumburra to reality.

And the Helping Hands project has, on behalf of the community, more “meat on the bones” for some of the ideas.

We plan to publish a number of news stories that will delve into the ideas by theme. The first cab off the rank is “Sustainability of the Community”.

Thanks to everyone that made the forum a success. There’s still a lot of work for the community to do to get some of the ideas for Korumburra up and running.

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One of the themes for the ideas for Korumburra is Sustainability for the Community.

A group of community members reviewed those ideas at the recent Helping Hands - Community Forum.

They focussed on some of the next steps required to take some of these ideas through to reality.

We encourage you to have a look at their work. If you are keen to lend a Helping Hand to get one or some of these ideas up an running, please contact us for more information