The V8 Supercars will affect traffic here, on May 4-6, 2012. 
Especially from 3-6pm.
Make plans to stay in at that time. 

Contact www.wascc.com.au for updated traffic advice and shuttle information. 
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Here are some local concerns residents are asking about. 
If you are likewise concerned, please add your comments / voice.

1. Post Box: A post box for BG residents, somewhere handy near the main flow for both sides of BG - say where the old sales office is? When the old one was removed, we kind of assumed there would be a replacement, so...

2. Toilets: We probably need them near the amphitheater in Discovery Park. (They are not impossible to look after, since we do have public toilets at Peridot oval.) 

3. Big Hole at the north end of Viridian Dv. Residents are wondering why they have the Grand Canyon opening up before them, and what the longer term outlook is.

4. BGP support for CREW protecting the Gnangara mound. Can Banksia Grove Partnership (developers) give weight / are they giving weight to this good cause?
 
5. BG Shopping Center: When will the BG shopping center be built. First Carramar, now Ashby has leapfrogged us with their's going ahead. We need a fuel station (last stop before the country road).

6. CATRA Rumour: An idea has been floated about joining with CATRA (the Carramar Tapping Residents Association.) But there are reasons against this as well as for. Many ideas don't make it. So if this worries or excites you, let us know. This is your association.

Any other matters? Let us know.

The Dec 2012 edition of Banksia Buzz is attached. 
Some good news stories to read. Double-click to open. 

The Round Table grapevine is working great! The latest test was this:
We are hosting the Watoto Childrens’ Choir again this year, and had agreed to a generous offer to promote this in a glossy magazine for every household in the suburb. But when we returned from camp and two weeks away, we could see that the glossy had been delayed and with less than two weeks to go, the community would be unprepared for this gem of a family concert / community event.

So I sent an email to the Round Table, and within a day:
- Cheers sent the event around the e-list
- the state MP, Paul Miles, had the event posted on his website,
- the newspaper had been contacted
- Bill volunteered to deliver 50 posters to businesses to display in their premises
- the schools added it to their newsletters
- school staff are asking can they bring their grandparents
- the glossy may still get to the homes, albeit the day before the concert.

When it counts, I’ll go with the trusted relationships over formal systems every time. 
So browse this site for something you're interested in... get out there and mingle... and work together.
And see you at Watoto!

Harmony Day March 19
Will be at Wanneroo Town Centre with many events for children and grown-ups, with multicultural groups show-casing their gifts to the diversity of Wanneroo.

Youth Open Day April 2,11-4pm.
at Banksia Grove Center.
Showcasing the center, especially what can be on offer for youth.
Contact the Center.

Watoto Children's Choir
are coming from Uganda to Banksia Grove for 2 concerts:
May 22 7pm - Community Concert for all.
May 24 930am - local Primary Schools combo event.
Billets wanted. Contact sallywestlake@gmail.com