Latest DSE overview Map 27/02/09

Here is the lastest fire map(overview) from the DSE website

Playbus coming to Buxton on Tuesday, March 3

The Save the Children Playbus will be at the Buxton Reserve on Tuesday from 10.00am, so come along and join in the fun with your pre-schoolers.

Triangle News up and running

Great to see the Triangle News back and full steam ahead. Thursday just isn't Thursday without the Triangle! Only available in hard copy at this stage.

Family playday at Acheron Hall, Thursday Feb 26, 9.30am

Join Megan and Sherrie for a hosted pre-school playday at Acheron Hall, Acheron on Thursday. Catch up with your friends, and your family can catch up too. There will be plenty of activities and equipment so come along and have some fun!

Recovery Update Newsletter

A new link is now available, currently listed under regular updates on the trianglefamily homepage. This is the Murrindindi Recovery Update newsletter. (currently number 3) In it you will find loads of information about the Triangle area, and also the surrounding districts. Includes social services information, fire updates, weather reports, meeting times, maps and utilities info. It will be updated as new bulletins come to hand.

This week in Buxton

District Nursing services operate at Buxton Monday to Friday 8:30am to 12:30pm from Monday 23 Feb.
Community Update Meetings at 5pm each day at the Buxton Reserve Community Service Hub.

Triangle Community Memorial Service, 11am, Weds Feb 25

There is a Triangle Community memorial service for the district to mourn all that has been lost on Weds 25th Feb 2009 at 11am at the Marysville Golf Club. Our community, our homes, our bush, animals - everything. All the district's churches will provide support.
This will be a time to gather, share some refreshments, experiences, stories and reflect on what has happened. All welcome.

A number of people have expressed difficulty in finding www.trianglefamily.com.au on the Web. As we are only new, our URL has not been recognised by search engines yet (hope I got the terminology correct!). We expect this to change tomorrow, but in the meantime, if you know of anybody who can't find us, make sure they are using all the w's, and typing the URL directly into their browser's address bar.

Important Recovery Meeting Sunday Feb 22, 2009

Notice of a meeting to be held at Marysville Golf Club 3pm Sunday Feb 22, 2009. Maj. Gen. John Cantwell AO of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority to attend and hear the perspective from the entire Triangle district. All welcome.

National Day of Mourning and Memorial Service Feb 22

National Day of Mourning and Memorial Service

Sunday 22 February 2009
Rod Laver Arena
Melbourne

To support Victorians who lost loved ones and had their homes and communities devastated by bushfires, the Australian and Victorian Governments have announced a National Day of Mourning.

Rod Laver Arena event – It is important that you telephone Information Victoria on 1800 136 762 to register your intention to attend (to ensure space is reserved for you).

Public transport will be free from 9am to 3.30pm and also special buses to the venue have been arranged for bushfire-affected communities departing at approximately 7.30am and returning between 1pm and 2pm. Please register for these buses on 1800 136 762.

More information at www.premier.vic.gov.au/pages/together-for-victoria.html

New Triangle Bus Service

Alexandra– Buxton – Taggerty- Narbethong
(This is a free service from the Department of Transport)

Two return trips per day, five days per week, until further notice. Effective from Monday 23 February 2009.

A detailed timetable is available on the Murrindindi Shire Website at www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au, listed under 'what's new'

Contacts for further service details and bookings: Fallon’s Bus Lines (Alexandra): 03 5772 1768

Mobile Library Hours

The Murrindindi Mobile Library will visit Buxton every Tuesday, 9.3oam - 4.30pm - posted via Text Message

Share your information

If you have any information about Road Closures, services, weather, meetings - anything at all really - please share it with us at our Trianglefamily Triangle forum. From the Trianglefamily home page, choose Message Board. Registration is free (you don't have to leave lots of detail and you can remain anonymous if you choose) but you must register to start. Current topics on the board include: Community Meeting, Road Closures, Triangle Telephone Book, Drinking Water and you can start any topic you wish.
Its quite easy to do, even if you have never used a forum before - I hadn't until last week!

Water and fire update from Dena

Water is now safe to drink we have been told.

Fire is still classed as going so nightly meetings are still going at buxton reserve at 5 which have been great

Community Meeting

A Community meeting for Buxton, Marysville and Narbethong residents will take place at 5pm on Thursday 19 February at the Marysville Golf Course.
A free sausage sizzle with follow. - Via email from Shire

Playbus in Alexandra

Dear Lisa,

we heard about your website and wanted to tell you that our organisation Save the Children has a mobile playbus at the Alexandra Leisure Centre, today till 1.30pm. All children and parents are welcome to engage in activities and games and see their friends again. The sessions are free and snacks are provided. New dates for next weeks session are still to be confirmed. If you or any of the other mums have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Sherona at 9938 2071. Hope to see you soon - Via message board

Essential services in Buxton

Karen of Buxton advises that the following services are operating in Buxton at the moment:

mail is not being delivered only collectable at store.
Rubbish collection as normal.
Igloo and pub as normal.
Hall is an op shop and foxys shed is a supermarket.

If you have anything further to add to this list, please pop in to our forum on the Message Board and let us know.

Weekly Playgroup back in Buxton

Yesterday was Buxton's first playgroup back.
it was organised for the tuesday so it felt the same as before. It was held at my house.
The three mums that came were:

Jenny with Bryan
Roxanne with Mitchell
Kerry with James

We had a good catch up about what happend told our stories and talked about what is going on around town with other locals, their stories, who we had spoken to, who we had seen and basicaly had a good gossip like mums normally do hehehe.

The boys played on scooters with the plastic petrol pump, sat on go carts, played in the sand pit and had a go on the swing set.
They sat down to morning tea of muesli bars and juice boxes thanks to Roxanne not the normal fresh fruit but hey we dont have any of that here at the moment.

Play group has been organised for every tuesday going from persons house to house. We decided on a floating playgroup so the kids could enjoy each other's houses.(next Tuesday is at Roxannes)

Thursdays at the Buxton park for some outdoor fun which is just an extra day for the kids to see each other. - From Dena in Buxton, Via Email

Buxton School to open Monday Feb 16

Buxton school will open on Monday for the children who have remained in the area. For further information call the school on (03) 57 747 341