Celebrating our 100th post! – Thank you!
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. 
New Coffee Product Now Available-Oomph!- Tasmanian Gourmet Coffee
Oomph!- Tasmanian Gourmet Coffee
The poatina chalet restaurant/cafe now sells the best of coffee.
Choosing from 2 amazing blends (Java Jo, Tiger bean) Java Jo is the most popular blend which is an award-winning coffee.
The Poatina chalet also sells 250 gram whole beans of Java Jo and Tiger bean for $13.50 per 250 grams, which is excellent for a present or just to take your favorite coffee home to drink. ( Grinding of beans is also available)
Curry Club supporting mission
The Poatina Curry club had a great night on Saturday 24th.
Thanks to the Poatina Chalet for hosting the event at the Restaurant. It was a wonderful success, some amazing food and great atmosphere! Big thanks to the cooks and all the helpers serving, those preparing and cleaning up.
We look forward to more yummy nights like this over the year ahead! Yay!
March Working bee
The Poatina working bee this month included wood sorting, gardening, furniture shifting. and a bit of cleaning at the chalet. Here is a few pictures of the happenings on Saturday 17th. Including the making of a new smoothie for the Poatina Chalet!
Its on again…Curry Club – this Saturday night 6:00 – 8:00pm
The tasty Curry club is on again Saturday 24th March. (This weekend!) at the Poatina Chalet.
Take away or eat in. Come anytime between 6:00 and 8:00pm
The menu is: Entré: potato fritters Main: Beef Rendang and Chicken Vindaloo. Desert is Indian pudding
$10.00 adult main
$5:00 child main
Banquet (Entre Main & Dessert)
$14.00 adult
$7.00 child
Entré & dessert
$3:00 adult
$2:00 child
Discounts available for families of 5 and over.
Proceeds go to supporting mission work in India
Finest coffee beans for sale at the Chalet…
Hello to all you coffee drinkers. Now at the Poatina Chalet you can pick up a 1 kg bag of the finest coffee beans for $35 kg.
There are 3 bags for sale at the Poatina Chalet Gordon St. Come in and pick one up today:)
Please see reception for information or service
The goods are at Poatina chalet
The new and improved ways of making and serving your favorite Hot drinks with a hint of skill:)
Plus our new range of cakes,muffins,biscuits and scones all at the Poatina chalet cafe/restaurant
New fruit smoothies coming soon
Full house in restaurant!
On Saturday 9th July, the day before the Mid Year Foundations Course began, we hosted an 80th birthday celebration, with over 100 guests! The family gathered from across Tasmania and from NSW for a midday celebration dinner. 
It was a lovely time. The guests loved the warmth in the packed lounge with a wood fire against the magnificence view of the snow-covered mountains.
The young school student waitresses, in their black and white outfits, worked so professionally serving the meals. We also had the help of some Diploma students, who headed up the serving of soft drinks, tea and coffee.
The kitchen team worked brilliantly, turning out roast pork and roast beef, followed by homemade Christmas pudding for dessert.
It was a celebration that the family will not quickly forget!
Thanks to all the team from around the village, and others from interstate visiting, helping out for the day! A job well done!
“We are not called by God to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love.
— Jean Vanier
Graduation day – the Village celebrates
Two times a year, once in July and once in December the village comes together to celebrate the graduation of students from Certificate IV in Youth and Community work (Christian).
For six months of the year a group of students take the journey through the course, living within the community, studying and having an effect on the wider community with their many hours of field work and community youth work.
Many who do the course go on to do a Diploma in Youth and Community work (Christian). This last six months we had a student from Nigeria and also one from Canada.
On Saturday 2nd of July the village hosted the graduation ceremony and an afternoon tea in the Mountain Chalet Restaurant. Later in the day we enjoyed a fun concert put on by the students followed by a celebratory community tea together.
Our warmest blessings to all the students in the next part of their journey.
“The love and support of community give you the certitude you are loved just as you are, with all your wounds, and that you can grow through all that.” Jean Vanier -From Brokenness to Community
Car clubs roll in to town!
Twenty eight cars rolled in at lunch time on Sunday 17th of April to enjoy a sunny afternoon in Poatina.
All the members were from many different clubs: The Jaguar car club, the Triumph car club, the MG car club and the Rover car club. Once a month the clubs go on an outing, and this month Poatina was the destination.
The clubs enjoyed a picnic lunch on the lawns near the village green, and coffee and cake at the Poatina Mountain View restaurant.
Residents in the village enjoyed taking a look at all the cars, some hand-made, some quite new. It was a great activity to entertain residents too!
“We love coming here, we have been here 4 times now, and love it every time. We wanted the clubs to come and see how great this place is. We love the mountains, the restaurant the shops, and the history information panels in the Chalet is so interesting. Most people don’t know about the history of the region, it is all there.
But most of all we just love Poatina because it is a Christian community. It’s an ideal place to drive to, with interesting winding roads, and great scenery. We think every vehicle club should make this tour a regular event like us!” Warick Homes, from Caveside, Tasmania, (one of the organisers of the day)
“One of the signs of life in a community is the creation of links with others. An inward-looking community will die of suffocation. Living communities are linked to others, making up a huge reservoir of love for the world. “ Jean Vanier – Community and Growth
Motel in full swing!
As daylight savings ended and April turned up, the Poatina Chalet was packed with probably the largest contingent of guests it has ever had, aside from special conferences.
The Backpackers was alive with young people here from France, Hong Kong, Taiwan – picking broccoli! The Motel was booked solid with people who were guests at a wedding on the Poatina Golf Course. The Mt Chalets were booked by New Zealanders who are here for 4 months working on the refurbishing of the Penstock Pipe from the Poatina Power Station.
It was a remarkable weekend. Staff flat out. We are delighted with a Bain Marie, which allows us to serve the workmen rapidly and is a great addition to restaurant dining.
Looking through the visitors book it’s great to see in the last page of entries comments like,
“Amazing place. Lovely staff – great food. Thank you. “ Vancouver.
Another wrote, “Absolutely wonderful. Excellent meal and hospitality.”
And another from the Northern Territory, “A wonderful place made special by its people.”
We are so thankful for volunteers who have come in to lend a hand and the invitation is out there for anyone else who would like to be a part of this adventure to join us.
“The mission of community is to give life to others, that is to transmit new hope and new meaning to them. Mission is revealing to others their fundamental beauty, value and importance in the universe, their capacity to love, to grow and to do beautiful things and to meet God.”
Jean Vanier
Christmas – together as a family
Its a little while back now, but as we begin this blog we thought it would be good to share with you some of the special times we have had as a village lately. And before too long some wonderful things that are happening right now.
Christmas in the village in 2010 was a beautiful time. We have three events that run annually now. One is a Christmas celebration night where most of the village get dressed up in costumes from the Christmas story and re in-act the scene. There are Christmas carols sung, children dancing on stage and a procession of people down the mains street to the local motel as we try and find a place for Mary and Joseph to have their baby. Lots of laughter and fun together, ending up near our Village green at a make shift manger singing Silent night. This year three young children helped carried a star infront of the audience.
It was a beautiful night of fun and fellowship.
The second Christmas event is our Community end of year Party at the local Chalet. This year we had a giant Kris Kringle time. Everyone who came (over 90) exchanged gifts with one other person. There was lots of fun, singing, and supper. It was particularly special watching people who might not normally get given a gift at this time of year receive something that was thought of, and just for them.
The last event is two fold, Christmas eve and Christmas day. Christmas eve we wander around the streets beginning with one family and sing carols outside each house. Gathering more people as we go, when finally most of the village is walking the streets. Children are on bikes, skateboards lots of Santa hats and fun to be had by all! The next morning we all meet in our Community hall for a special Christmas day service where the children get to come up the front and do ‘show and tell’ about what gifts they have received, they are the stars of the day. Its a special way to end the season, celebrating the real reason for being together and caring for others. If you ask most people who have lived here for some time, its their favorite time of the year!
