From the Editor July 2020

Guys, you know what month it almost is?
Flippin’ birthday month! As excited as I will always be for birthday month, I feel a little jipped at loosing a few months this year which has made birthday month roll around a little too quick. I’m not quite ready to accept that I’m about to be firmly in my late 20s as opposed to the rosey mids.
 
But alas, age is just a number and time is but a construct and there are too many glorious things going on to worry about either. Said glorious things include sunrises that you don’t even have to wake up before 7am to catch, crops jumping out of the recently seeded dirt, great supply of winter citrus for great supply of baked goods and tarts AND the lifting of restrictions in WA which will soon allow us to drink a beer at a pub whilst standing up.
Man, what a time to be alive.
 
We’ve made good use of our new found freedoms here at the Quairading CRC, last week hosting a fabulously chatty Business Breakfast and this week hosting an eagerly anticipated Low Waste Living Workshop. We’ve got a couple more activities up our sleeve for July (keep an eye on the Passion Sheet and our social media) and are even working with the local Quairading Photo Club to help upskill some members to allow them to fully participate in the online side of their monthly competition. Collaborations like this are literally our jam—and actually another great example of the many ‘glorious things going on’!
 
Another eagerly anticipated happening, is the reopening of the Quairading Community Gym this Saturday at 5am. Bets are on for how many will be fighting for the honour of first swipe card through the door! Speaking of, here’s your reminder to find your swipe card—and if you can’t, pop into the Quairading CRC and we’ll hook you up with a newy.
 
Hope your home fires are burning and keeping you toasty warm!
 
Jill Hayes
Editor | Banksia Bulletin
Coordinator | Quairading CRC