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Linda and Avril enjoying a
"cuppa" at morning tea time. |
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These two painters are
putting the finishing touches on the concrete wall around the tiny-tots
play area. Hey, just a minute ... I thought they looked familiar. - It's
Gordon and Dianna!
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Deliberations over the
"Deco-Granite" laid in the church forecourt. |
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The brick red
"Deco-Granite" has just been laid and John, Sue and Brian
inspect the job. |
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The car park will soon be
encircled by greenery. |
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Michael Warren-Gash gets
in on the gardening act. |
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The beginnings of a
forest that will soon emerge in the far north eastern corner of the car
park. |
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Preparing the garden beds
has been very hard work, but the last step of introducing the plants to
their new home is every gardener's pleasure. |
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The right hand side of
the congregation at the last 9:30am service in the old church. |
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The left hand side of the
congregation at the last 9:30am service in the old church. |
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Rev. Gordon Lincoln
delivers his last sermon in the 1968 church building. |
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These wise people get to
church early so that they can get a good parking spot! |
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Part of the mural being
painted in the new creche. |
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Chairman of the gardening
committee Faye Keith, leads by example. Here she weeds out the rocks and
the solid clumps of clay before giving another bed the gypsum treatment. |
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| A last look at the interior
of the 1968 church prior to its transformation into a church hall,
adjacent to the new worship space. |
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Jim kicks up some dust as he
magically turns dry clay and stones into an oasis of greenery. |
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Jim gets some youthful
assistance from Stephen Browne as they dispose of some trees and
branches. |
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Val is cleaning up the old
fridge prior to moving it into the new kitchen. |
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Adam and Fiona are both
school teachers, who like to relieve stress by indulging in a bit of
weekend building demolition. |
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Always the highlight of the
morning, these hungry workers are very appreciative of the culinary
magic weaved by Judy Thompson and Dianna Lincoln of the "Morning
Tea" department. |
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Doug likes to spend his
weekends being a brickie's labourer. |
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Lyall and Andrea Pogue
give Denis some much-needed supervision as he chips away at the concrete
footing onto which Lyall will build a large brick gate post. |
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Norm, Colin and Ron
shovelling mulch onto the gardens. |
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Linda, Fran and Lynne are
"processing" the gardens by digging the clay with mattocks,
then digging in gypsum and topping it off with compost. Then a layer of
old newspapers is held down by a thick layer of mulch, before the trees
and shrubs are planted. |
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There were no age limits
imposed on workers attempting to turn beds of solid clay into gardens. |
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Geoff and Barry were'nt
taking any chances with dust when they built these cupboards inside the
old church - now our "new" church hall. |
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