A Message from June Henderson, member of the Buninyong CWA

I would like to encourage members of the CWA to actively support this light-hearted venture that has given us a bit of fun in Buninyong. We are a small semi-rural community but the interest now extends into suburban, regional and remote areas across the length and breadth of Australia. There is also a more serious side since the project can unite people with purpose in all our communities and give people of all ages some skills in a craft-making exercise that has been handed down from generation to generation.

Perhaps your parents or grandparents had a favourite marmalade recipe? Why not dust it off and have a go? Then, next January, send your resultant 2 jar Entry in to the Buninyong Marvellous Marmalade Fair ready for judging and selection in February.

A Message from the Convenor of the Buninyong Men's Shed, Mr Neville Wilson.

Australian men love their sheds - and all the activities that they can create in a relaxed and pleasant environment. While woodwork and metalwork may predominate in our Sheds, there are other equally skilled activities that are fulfilling, whereby men can swap a hard hat for a chef's hat - and you get to enjoy the finished product for breakfast! Marmalade-making requires skill, creativity and persistence. So I would encourage Men's Shed enthusiasts to branch out into a kitchen somewhere and have a go, and, as my colleague June says, send your entries in to the Selectors next January. After all, half of the victorious 2011 Buninyong Eleven were man-made!

(left) Buninyong Golf Club   (right) Buninyong Information Centre

Buninyong Botanic Gardens
(left) Buninyong Gong   (right) Queen Victoria Rotunda