by CMRT | Jun 17, 2024 | Volunteering
CMRT Committee member Steve Harrison and wife Sue had not been to the Clare Valley since 1989. They decided to go back and ride the 33km Riesling Trail from Clare to Auburn, and then on to the 22km Rattler Trail which continues south from Auburn along the same disused...
by CMRT | Jun 17, 2024 | Volunteering
CMRT member Tim Cocking shares some family memories of the train service from 50 years ago. My Grandmother, Eleanor Pengelly, was the Post Mistress for the Strangways post office in the 1950’s, 60’s + 70’s. She made regular use of the train service to/from Newstead...
by CMRT | Sep 10, 2023 | Volunteering
trail dreaming: along high country and tumbarumba – rosewood trails 10 September , 2023 CMRT members are getting frisky about the growth of rail trails around the country – for fun and local inspiration. The Tumbarumba to Rosewood trail, in the NSW...
by CMRT | Aug 12, 2023 | News, Volunteering
Avant gardener: keeping up with Jennie Stewart 12 August, 2023 In Courtney Barnett’s indie rock ballad the singer wakes up pining “I wanna grow tomatoes on the front steps, sunflowers, bean sprouts, sweet corn and radishes”. For CMRT volunteer, avant gardener and...
by CMRT | Feb 28, 2023 | News, Volunteering
IT’s TIME, says TONY our citizen maverick 28 February, 2023 Every so often we’re made stronger by those who step up to the big time for us. One such is Maryborough local and CMRT member, Tony Macer. CMRT folk will probably know Tony as one of our extroverted...
by CMRT | Dec 19, 2022 | News, Volunteering
All we want for Christmas is you! 19 December, 2022 We’ll spare you Dasher, Dancer and Prancer. We’ll even skip that most downloaded Christmas pop song of all time…But only if you listen to our little Yuletide carol about volunteering…About how we need to make...
