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Save the date for the Ziptrack Stage 1 of the Santos Tour Down Under which will take place exclusively in The Barossa Council area on Tuesday 21 January. With the start and finish of the 30km circuit positioned in Tanunda the town will be buzzing with plenty of family friendly activities including a family bike ride, kid's activity hub featuring arts and crafts, free face-painting, temporary tattooing and balloon animals, BBQ breakfast and lunch options available plus boutique pop-up bars from local favourites Barossa Valley Ice Cream and Black Cat Gin. The library will also be running free children’s crafts between 11am – 2pm on the lawns outside the Visitor Information Centre, with the winner of the much-loved children's ‘Design a Jersey’ competition being announced.

Stage 2 includes a destination play space, mountain bike trail and picnic and market spaces, with preliminary civil works now underway. “We anticipate so many uses for this landmark building, as a community, events, heritage and retail space as well as a landing place for visitors to the precinct.” Ms Tappert described the restoration project as particularly unique. It makes best use of what was an almost derelict building to support tourism and the local economy.” The Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure has invested over $1.1 million to the project and Council was also successful in securing a $20,000 grant from Heritage South Australia to support the restoration of the station roof.

Friday For A Cause is back! Starting 7 February 2020, entry to the Unley Swimming Centre on Friday nights after 4.30pm will only be a gold coin donation. All entry proceeds are going to charity. However, before we can start the initiative, we require a charity to support.

We have lots to entertain the kids these school holidays

// Sampling for fish at Jenny's Lagoon // - a fringing wetland on Lake Alexandrina SA SA MDB NRM Wetland ecologist Sam Hardy and cnyactor Annie Kriesl setting fyke net. Species sampled ranged from an introduced pest fish: the Oriental weatherloach(looks similar to a catfish), Gambusia, yabbies, various tadpole species. Wetland plant is Samolous repens (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

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//PELICAN PUZZLE// Yay....it's puzzle time folks. A little riddle for you this week. #conversationsmatter #pelicanpuzzle (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

 2019-20 Christmas and New Year period operating hours:   Nuriootpa Office Nuriootpa Library Tanunda Library Angaston, Lyndoch & Mt Pleasant Library / Office Works Depots (Closing 12noon 23 December) Barossa Visitor Centre Barossa Regional Gallery Monday 23/12/19 Open as per normal hours Open as per normal hours Open as per normal hours Open as per normal hours Close at 12noon Emergencies & Essential Maintenance - Out of Hours Services provided Open as per normal hours Open as per normal hours Tuesday 24/12/19 Close at 3pm Out of Hours Services Provided Close at 3pm Close at 3pm Close at 3pm   Emergencies & Essential Maintenance - Out of Hours Services provided Close at 3pm Close at 3pm   Wednesday 25/12/19 Public Holiday Christmas Day Closed Christmas Day Closed Christmas Day Closed Christmas Day Closed Christmas Day Closed Christmas Day Closed Christmas Day Closed Thursday 26/12/19 Public Holiday Out of Hours Services provided Closed Open 10am – 4pm Closed Emergencies & Essential Maintenance - Out of Hours Services provided Open 10am - 4pm Open 11am – 4pm Friday 27/12/19 Out of Hours Services provided Open 9am – 5pm Open 9am – 5pm Angaston Open 1pm to 5pm   Lyndoch Open 9am -12.30 pm and 1.30pm to 5pm   Mt Pleasant Open 9am – 12.30pm and 1.30pm – 5pm Emergencies & Essential Maintenance - Out of Hours Services provided Open 9am - 5pm Open 11am – 4pm Saturday 28/12/19 Out of Hours Services provided Open 9am – 12 noon Open 9am – 12noon Lyndoch Open 9am-12noon Angaston and Mt Pleasant Closed Emergencies & Essential Maintenance - Out of Hours Services provided Open 9am - 4pm Open 11am – 4pm Sunday 29/12/19 Out of Hours Services provided Open 12noon – 3pm Closed Closed Emergencies & Essential Maintenance - Out of Hours Services provided Open 10am – 4pm Open 11am – 4pm Monday 30/12/19 Out of Hours Services provided Open 9am – 6 pm Open 9am – 5 pm Angaston Open 2pm to 5pm  Lyndoch Open 9am -12.30pm and 1.30pm-5pm Mt Pleasant Open 9am -12.30pm and 1.30pm-5pm Emergencies & Essential Maintenance - Out of Hours Services provided Open 9am - 5pm Open 11am – 4pm Tuesday 31/12/19 Out of Hours Services provided Open 9am – 6 pm Open 9am – 5 pm Angaston Open 2pm to 5pm Lyndoch Open 9am -12.30pm and 1.30pm-5pm  Mt Pleasant Open 9am -12.30pm and 1.30pm-5pm Emergencies & Essential Maintenance - Out of Hours Services provided Open 9am - 5pm Open 11am – 4pm Wednesday 1/01/20 Public Holiday New Years Day Closed Out of Hours Services provided New Years Day Closed New Years Day Closed New Years Day Closed New Years Day Closed Emergencies & Essential Maintenance - Out of Hours Services provided Open 10am – 4pm Open 11am – 4pm Thursday 2/01/20 Open as per normal hours Waste Collection: Tuesday 24 December - as usual.Wednesday 25 December - will be collected on Thursday 26 December.Thursday 26 December - will be collected on Friday 27 December.Friday 27 December - will be collected on Saturday 28 December.Monday 30 December - as usual.Tuesday 31 December - as usual.Wednesday 1 January - will be collected Thursday 2 January.Thursday 2 January - will be collected Friday 3 January.Friday 3 January - will be collected Saturday 4 January. Green organic bin collections as per usual. For any issues pertaining to waste collection please contactSolo Resource Recovery on 8295 5077.