YOUTHCARE Canberra disappeared from the website of Communities@Work, its contracted service provider of two years, in recent times giving rise to a belief that the small social-work charity, funded locally by donations for more than 25 years, had been closed. Not so, it is alive, well and now independent of Communities@Work, according to its secretary David Kimmorley. “CityNews” reported on [...]
VETERAN illustrative photographer, David Paterson from Turner, has been named overall winner at the 2013 ACT AIPP [Australian Institute of Professional Photographers] EPSON Professional Photography Awards. Paterson was honoured for a suite of images and was also named 2013 AIPP ACT EPSON Illustrative & Travel Photographer of the Year. “The interest in the AIPP Epson [...]
CONTROVERSIAL hot-air balloon sculpture, The Skywhale, will return to the skies of Canberra tomorrow morning between 7am – 9am. The flight will be the first of two weekend appearances for the Centenary of Canberra commission, and will also make an appearance on the lawns of Questacon on Sunday, May 19. The Centenary of Canberra team say [...]
FREE e-waste collection days will be held over the weekend of May 25 and 26, with drop-off sites in Ainslie and Deakin. Non-profit recycling service TechCollect will take unwanted televisions, computers and computer products between 9am and 4pm at Majura Oval car park on Angas Street in Ainslie, and at the car park in Makin Place, Deakin. E-waste contains [...]
IT was time for rejoicing at the Ray Morton Park near the Riverside Café on Queanbeyan River this morning when community members gathered to mark the unveiling of a unique arts and mental health collaboration that has seen 200 original ceramic tiles, created by 100 people, installed on top of retaining walls in the city’s [...]
