City Update - 28 July 2023
Outdoor Crew
The Open Spaces team is always out and about, keeping the city green and clean, just like Adam here, spotted doing an amazing job on the mower over on Kirwan Street, or see Steve, Aaron and Matt from the tree team in the McDouall Stuart / Cartledge Avenue roundabout planting a large number of Tuckeroos! If you see the team around the city please give them a wave!
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Student grants
Mayor Phill Stone and our Chief Executive Officer Justin Commons, joined by UniSA Regional Manager Paul Havelberg, recently presented two students from UniSA's Whyalla Campus with Whyalla City Council Student Grants. The award recipients were Gail Carr, studying a Bachelor of Primary Education (Honours), and Jessica Liddle, Bachelor of Nursing. The grants are awarded to two full-time students, commencing undergraduate study at the UniSA Whyalla Campus who have resided in Whyalla (or in close proximity to Whyalla) during year 12, or in the six months prior to lodging an application to study at UniSA. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/44ACu1A. We congratulate Gail and Jessica and wish them well in their studies
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Cuttlefest peaks!
The cuttlefish are here in record numbers this year and it is an experience you don't want to miss. Visitors from around Australia and the world are coming every day to witness our globally unique cuttlefish aggregation. Tania, who drove all the way from Newcastle NSW, shared her story and puts this dive experience in her top three! See the video below and you won't need convincing anymore, head to whyalla.com/cuttlefest to start your cuttlefish journey today!
And of course local kids were able to get in on the action too, including taking advantage of free art classes by Keryn from Peninsula Art Studio, or enjoying Story Time inside Sparkles the Inflatable Cuttlefish 🤩
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National Tree Day 2023
It’s that time of year again where the Whyalla community has an opportunity to green-up our city as part of National Tree Day. And to make it even better, Whyalla City Council is once again giving away FREE plants to help everyone get involved! Read more about it here: https://bit.ly/3DouzZr
New starters
Welcome to the team Zac and Steve! Zac Hedlam has recently started at Council as a Municipal Employee on the Civil Maintenance team. Zac has been learning the ropes with Council's new street sweeper and is eager to contribute to the hard working Civil team across Whyalla. Steve Whitmore joins the Open Spaces tree crew and has been hard at work planting trees and keeping the city green! Please give Steve and Zac a warm welcome.
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Max Services Academy
A lack of skilled workers in our region has led Port Augusta crane operator Max Services to start an academy, aimed at creating an uplift in industry across South Australia, while giving regional job seekers valuable skills to help them enter the workforce. The company - founded in 2002 as Max Cranes with three cranes and four staff - has grown to become a major regional employer with 250 staff, 90 cranes, 13 prime movers, 34 trailers and six depots. If you're looking for an opportunity to gain skills and enter the industry, check out the article below, or head to Max Services' website: https://maxservices.com.au/
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Library activities
After several weeks of specialised school holiday programs, the library is now back to regular programming! Bookings are essential for all children’s programs run through the library, so check out all of the Eventbrite links below or call the friendly library staff on 8645 7891 who will happily help you out.
All library events: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/whyalla-public-library-4486661311
Gigglepots Mondays from 10am for 30 mins of singing, rhymes, music, grooving and fun. Aimed at babies up to approx 2 years of age.
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/680599249677
The Smith Family Learning Club continues in Term 3. An hour of fun for primary school age children. Bookings here
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/668629046477
STEM Club on Wednesdays at 4pm. For teens (high school age). Click to book here
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/669188499817
Lego Club on Thursdays at 4pm. Primary school aged children are welcome to build and design to their hearts content. Bookings required
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/676428434657
Storytime has resumed on Thursdays for our age 2-to-school-age library legends. Join us at 10am for half an hour of fun while singing, moving, listening to a story and participating in an activity. Storytime link
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/680599560607
