ByLee
According to the Australian Beekeeping Guide, honey bees don’t actually hibernate in winter. Instead, they form a winter cluster by huddling together to conserve heat. Colonies are often broodless during winter. In warmer locations, a small amount of brood rearing may continue. Still, you need to make sure your bees have the odds stacked in…
ByKit
Transition Bondi held our first ‘slow fashion’ practical event called Mend and Remake, on 22 March 2023. This was in response to the many things we’ve heard about the issues of textile waste through films, speakers and podcasts. We accepted the invitation by Kara Otto, local fashion designer and vintage queen, to get together with…
By Daniel Can the condition of our garden mirrors the state of mind we are in? As a gardener I sometime attend gardens that have been neglected over a long period of time. Some of these gardens had been created with a particular design in mind which took time, effort and other resources to establish….
ByKit
February Guest Dinner Review by Kit A recent guest dinner led by Julianne Paradis – a young exchange student from Quebec – was a tonic. Through the way she facilitated the group of eight, she had us sharing aspects of personal healing, and then thinking about our contributions to the all-encompassing issue of healing the…
January Market Update with Chris. Transition Bondi’s Market Stall is a place of curiosity where adults and children alike engage, play and learn about the world and neighbourhood around us. Last month’s markets were no exception and were a huge success. Engaging with the community and sharing local and environmental knowledge with those passing through. A stand…
ByJulian
With Julian Around the community garden at 241 lately, one can find quite the diversity. As you wind your way through the garden your eyes stop a moment to peak at the purple-bottomed leaves of the many Shiso plants about. Self-sown from their abundant forbears of last summer, they’re a welcome bunch who take up…
ByKit
Our last Guest Dinner for the year (in November) wove a number of threads together, arising from the topic of ‘A New Look at Fashion’. Our speakers were Kara Otter and Chiara di Giorgio. It is a topic and an ‘issue’ that we are all connected to, and we were treated to a potted life story…
ByKit
October put a smile on the face of our gardening team. The nicely spaced rain allowed some of our veggies to raise their heads and rear up to the sun, when it appeared in short bursts! What seemed like some insignificant little seedlings only a short time ago, suddenly announced themselves as solid, reputable purple-topped…
ByKit
The freshness and quiet of a Sunday morning, together with a glorious all-blue sky, were the perfect setting for this unusual and restorative walk. Mayu, a practitioner of shin-rin yoku, led us through a walk in Lane Cove National Park, bedside the gently flowing river and among mighty trees and coastal bush. Seven of us…
ByKit
Walking in the local streets and lanes is full of interest as Spring gets plants growing! The lushness of beauty of different types of grass or tree are sheer pleasure to the eye. Even weeds, like the tall plantain with bobbing flower heads, or the circular flat, lobe-leaved dandelion bring a pause to one’s step,…