On an absolutely beautiful Autumn day, Trinity College held its Annual Cross Country Event.
Students, teachers, parents and residents of Poatina, enjoyed the afternoon together at the Valley Learning area oval. The backdrop of the mountains and blue sky, added to a really relaxing afternoon celebrating the students endurance and community spirit.
Each year around this time Poatina gets a visit from some very creative people, who love to sew, and weave!
We love having them around, and are very glad to be invited each year to their show and tell night.
We saw many pieces of beautiful fabric art. What an inspiration they were! – and a lot of fun to have around!
Thanks from Poatina Village for joining us for the weekend!
A comment from one of the women from the Quilters group:
“We really enjoy coming to the village. Everyone makes us welcome. We feel like family. Thank you!”
On Friday the 18th of May, Poatina welcomed 100 Army Reserve personnel to the Village.
They were here for the weekend, running a training exercise. As part of their training they needed to build a scenario around a village that had been stricken by fire damage, and they needed to maintain order and structure. They set their camp up in the swimming pool area, and even gave a helping hand during our monthly working bee on the Saturday!
Thanks to the guys for their help and having a bit of fun training in our village!
Here is a few pictures of the army at work and our working bee. All sorts of things were achieved over the day including, clearing trees from in front of the chalet (for an even more amazing view of the mountains from the restaurant) Sorting out the Wombat shop opp shop, Cleaning windows, Work at the sewerage farm, Helping shift building materials at the new Arts Center, Cleaning out the Craft cupboard, Cleaning the toilets, and loads more!
They really enjoyed their time in the village and even said they would like to come back again next year!
On Mothers day at the Poatina Chalet Restaurant many Mums, families and friends enjoyed a very special meal to celebrate the occasion. The menu consisted of a roast for the main. (A choice of three meats or a combination, Icky sticky date pudding and other yummy deserts too!)
If you are a Mum, we hope you had a wonderful day too! … from all of us here in Poatina.
PS The author of this post went to the Mothers day lunch and said “it was the best roast I think I have ever eaten! Huge thanks to the chef!“
The Alethea Mountain Retreat Arts Centre received significant funds towards the building project from the Ian Potter Foundation.
Pictured here is some of the Ian Potter team who visited from the mainland earlier this year to see the developments. We had very encouraging feedback about the vision of the project, and its potential in Tasmania, and impact beyond!
“The Ian Potter Foundation makes grants for general charitable purposes in Australia that advance knowledge and benefit the community in the areas of the arts, community well-being, education, environment and conservation, health, medical research and science.”
We wish to convey a huge thanks to the Ian Potter Foundation (and our other supporters) and their contribution towards such an important development, of the Arts in Tasmania, and our village and its future.
To find out more about the Alethea Mountain Retreat Arts Centre click the link and it will take you to our Poatina Arts web page, where you can see a slide show of the development of the building.
The project is in its final stage, it is so close, and we are so grateful for those that have helped contribute to get us this far! …but it is still in urgent need of significant financial support to get it to its final completion.
If you are interested in supporting this project to help its completion, please phone 0402314 816. Or click on the Donate Now button at the bottom of the Arts web site.
(Make sure you also email artscolony@fusion.org.au with the same information so we can know who has given the support – thanks!)
Just to celebrate the 100th post in this blog site we thought we would show you some wonderful treats you can buy at the Chalet Restaurant!
This is our special thanks for dropping by to enjoy the activities of our very special village!
Maybe today as a part of celebrating with us, you can pass this link onto a friend?
Have a great day! from Poatina Village. 
We are very excited to share the news of the arrival of our new Emergency Response team Ambulance!
We have nine people on the Emergency Response team in Poatina who have been trained to be first at the scene, when there is an emergency in Poatina and surrounding district!
So far the team has helped out many and varied people over the past few years!
Congratulations to those that have put their hand up to serve the community.
We sort of hope we dont have to use your services! – but are VERY glad you are here if we do!
A very talented duo came and visited Trinity College on May 8th and performed a puppet show.
There was lots of drama, singing and action. They shared a great message with loads of fun for all the students. The duo are part of an organisation called ‘Quizworx’ who perform and produce positive interactive shows and products for children. The company as a whole has performed over 2000 shows to over 200,000 people! Take a look at their web site for more information!
” Thanks for coming to our school, we had a great time!”
April has come and gone pretty quickly, we did not want to miss sharing some of the things we got up to…
We held our monthly Curry Club with a ‘takeaway only’ night, thanks to the cooks and kitchen staff that made it a success once again! All proceeds go towards supporting mission.
The Chalet has been very busy with group bookings. The young Leo Lions club came for a two-day conference, and Trinity Church from Cressy booked in for a ‘Roast’ Day.
There has been plenty of backpackers staying at the motel, many pickers doing their shifts at the local farms have been enjoying the chalet hospitality including a special backpackers pizza night! The Chalet also held its monthly pizza night, and looking forward to introducing some live entertainment in the month of May.
The Restaurant launched its new menu, with a special gold coin donation evening. Customers enjoyed tasting the new meals including tasty wraps & Focaccias. Also special chicken burgers and beef burgers, that were a real hit. They made and sold 60 meals for the night and raised $214.00 towards mission in Africa.
The Restaurant also began making Canteen orders for the local Trinity College. “Great delicious,…. yum” are some of the comments heard coming from the students!
The hot glass studio did its final move from its old studio and hot glass began being made for the up coming Craft Fair! Check out the artworks in the chalet if you are interested in seeing the results of their ‘April’ work, all items are for sale.
The village held its monthly Community tea in the local hall. There was an Autumn theme. With loads of laughter and fun as teams were asked to come up with a song about Autumn, winning teams got a free coffee card between them to use at the chalet! There was lots of yummy food as usual, and the young people enjoyed watching a movie ‘Red Dog’ at the conclusion of the night.
Stay tuned for some wonderful things coming up in the month of May… Agfest photos, Hot glass studio, Cafe food, Mothers day, Quilters, Trinity adventures and loads more!
