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Welcome to the Suburban Land Agency Throsby newsletter! Register to receive electronic newsletters and event invitations online at suburbanland.act.gov.au/throsby/mingle

Hello & Welcome!We have seen many changes across Throsby this year, with more of your neighbours finishing builds and calling Throsby home. If you’ve not yet reached out to meet your new neighbours across the street, we encourage you to do so. Building connections with neighbours can have huge impacts on the health, wellbeing, safety and security of all residents, and will ultimately help Throsby thrive.

As the community grows, so too does our Mingle Program; with the development of more activities and events designed to engage, inform and connect residents. With many activities on the horizon, grab out your mobile and lock in some dates!

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ACTIVITY TIME PLACE

Do It Yourself Workshop Tuesday 28 May 20196:30pm – 8:30pm Forde Community Centre

Throsby Safety Session Tuesday 4 June 20196:30pm – 8:30pm Forde Community Centre

Throsby Astronomy Night Thursday 4 July 20196:30pm – 8:00pm

Small Park on hillBettong Ave

Throsby Ranger Walk Saturday 13 July 20197:00pm – 8:30pm

Playground, Corner of Justice Kelly Street and Quinane Avenue

Throsby Resident Catch up Tuesday 13 August 20196:00pm – 7:30pm Forde Community Centre

All booking links can be found on the Throsby Mingle Facebook page as they become available.

What’s On!

Tuesday 4 June 2019 6:30pm-8:00pm

Forde Community Centre

Residents of Throsby are invited to come and meet with ACT Policing,

Neighbourhood Watch and Crime Stoppers to talk about safety in your neighbourhood.

The sessions will be split into common tips as well as time for questions and general

discussion.

To help us with catering on the night please make sure you register at

throsbysafety2019.eventbrite.com.au

S A F E T Y SESSION

T H R O S BY

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Gungahlin Park Run

Coffee and conservation coming soon to Throsby!

The first week of May brought the first Throsby Resident’s Catch up. Resident Catch ups are an informal feedback and brainstorming session hosted Mingle every couple months. It’s a chance to meet others that live in your suburb, hear from different agencies invested in Throsby, share feedback, and brainstorm new ideas to build community connections.

For those of you who couldn’t make it, we have captured the highlights below:

Residents are keen to arrange a Halloween activity this year and are very keen to receive ideas from kids, parents and everyone in between.

With many dog owners amongst the community, Mingle are discussing ways in which you and your furry friends can mingle together.

Litter and illegal dumping were of concern to all in attendance. We shared ways in which these issues should be reported, and brainstormed ideas for encouraging active ‘rubbish picks’ within the community.

Activities for the youth are always tricky to tackle. We’d love to be able to engage your teens and are seeking ideas from them about what they’d like to be involved in. We encourage any resident interested in generating engaging and ‘out of the box’ activities for teens to get in touch.

If you’d like to hear more about any of the above, wish to be involved in seeing an idea come to life or have new ideas to share, please contact the Mingle team on 02 6205 0600 or email us at mingle@act.gov.au.

Are you looking for a local fitness activity to get you out of bed on a Saturday? Why not try the Gungahlin park run, a FREE 5km run held every Saturday morning at 8:00am at Yerrabi Pond in Gungahlin. Visit the course page for more details parkrun.com.au/register/

The Woodlands and Wetlands Trust shared news at the recent resident catch up of the soon to be developed Mulligans Flat Visitors Centre. A contemporary facility that will showcase the best of Australia’s biodiversity right on your doorstep. The new Centre, which will encompass a café and other community spaces, will allow people to experience the Australian landscape, and encourage conservation education, inspiring Australians to care more for their wildlife. We look forward to sharing more news on the Centre and its facilities in upcoming newsletters. Stay tuned for more!

Resident catch up outcomes and more information

Keeping your community safe and clean

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We want to help residents of Throsby maintain a thriving, clean and welcoming community, where all are proud to live. With concerns around litter and illegal dumping, we share a few simple steps you can take to help.

• Picking up after your dog. Throsby is full of great areas to walk around. By cleaning up after your dog you can help keep walking through the suburb enjoyable for everyone.

• Reporting Illegal Dumping (RID). With a range of vacant blocks currently in Throsby there is a higher chance of people trying to dump household or building waste. The Suburban Land Agency have installed new CCTV cameras to aid in identifying and resolving these actions, but we cannot rely on cameras alone. If you see something, say

something – dedicated phone lines are open to receive your reports, phone RID on 13 22 81

• Take rubbish with you. If you head out for a walk, or join the family for a day in the park, please be mindful to take all your rubbish with you. Rubbish left in playgrounds are a hazard to children and to our environment.

Any other issues you notice within the suburb (broken street lights, abandoned vehicles, dangerous trees, pot holes, graffiti and more) should be reported to Fix My Street, accesscanberra.act.gov.au/app/forms/fixmystreet/. The updated website also allows you to view and track the progress of all issues raised by others.

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Join us for a night under the stars run by the Canberra Astronomical Society. With a new moon making for darker skies this is a great opportunity to look through a telescope at the night sky.

Please note places are limited. For more information and to RSVP online please visit throsbyastronomy19.eventbrite.com.au

Thursday 4 July 2019 - 6:30pm to 8:00pmDawson Park, Slim Dusty Circuit, Moncrieff

Disclaimer: The Suburban Land Agency makes no warranty regarding the accuracy or completeness of information in this publication and recommends obtaining independent financial, legal and accounting advice before considering purchasing land or making an offer to purchase land. Produced by the Suburban Land Agency.

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Keep informed about Mingle activities, events, and other updates.

Have you got a great idea for your community?Mingle is interested in supporting residents to develop programs and events in Throsby. If you have a great idea that promotes building vibrant and connected communities, contact us at mingle@act.gov.au

We acknowledge the Ngunnawal people, the traditional custodians of the lands and waters where we live and work, and pay our respects to the elders past, present and future.

Keep an eye on Facebook and your emails for a survey on the progress of the Mingle Program. Your feedback will help us design and plan all the great things in your local community.

As a resident of Throsby, you are living in a cat containment area. The ACT Government is currently seeking input into a draft plan that focuses on how we can better protect native animals from roaming cats. Share your experience via this link yoursay.act.gov.au/cats-and-dogs/ACT-Cat-Plan

• Want to know more about the construction going on around you. This link allows you to look up building approvals and find out about plans submitted planning.act.gov.au/development_applications/

• If you need to know anything on the land sales process visit our sales suite in Hawksbill Street on Saturdays from 12:00pm - 4:00pm.

Throsby Survey

Cats and the environment

Good to know

Next Ranger Walk

We have one last Throsby Ranger Walk scheduled for

the year, on Saturday 13 July at 7:00pm. For those who haven’t

made it before, our Ranger Walks through Mulligans Flat gives you the opportunity to join a free guided tour through the reserve at night. You will learn about the sanctuary and endangered woodlands, experience nature at night and search for nocturnal animals (we’ve seen bettongs, currawongs, wallabies, echidnas and more).

Registrations are now open. throsbyrangerseries3.eventbrite.com.au

With limited space on these tours, and always strong interest from the community, we do ask that you are considerate of your neighbours and only book if you know you can make it along. Book now and pop it straight into the diary – we look forward to seeing you there.

If you miss out on the free tour, you can book a paid tour at another time through the Mulligans Flat website. Visit mulligansflat.org.au/tours/