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Churchill Island Friends Society Inc.

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The small number of visitors to Churchill Island today enjoyed watching our dray rebuilding team at work on the shafts, and more work on the frame of the dray's body. FOCIS volunteer Jeff Cole is managing this project, and now has two new helpers: Clive and Tim, pictured here in the works yard. Clive is pictured working at the saw horse, while we give you a long view of down the shaft timbers towards the frame and wheels of the dray body and the back of Amess Barn, and another view of progress so far. The shafts will have to be carefully shaped next. ... See MoreSee Less

The small number of visitors to Churchill Island today enjoyed watching our dray rebuilding team at work on the shafts, and more work on the frame of the drays body. FOCIS volunteer Jeff Cole is managing this project, and now has two new helpers: Clive and Tim, pictured here in the works yard. Clive is pictured working at the saw horse, while we give you a long view of down the shaft timbers towards the frame and wheels of the dray body and the back of Amess Barn, and another view of progress so far. The shafts will have to be carefully shaped next.

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Churchill Island Friends Society Inc.

5 days ago

Would you like to help out at our next Working Bee? – 8 a.m. Saturday 9 Oct 2021: buff.ly/3hWUw7V
You will need to be a registered volunteer with the Phillip Island Nature Parks. Enquiries for volunteering by contacting PINP volunteer co-ordinator Helen Masters here: But if you are already volunteering with PINP, we would love to have you come along! Lots to do to make the historic precinct spic and span. We ask that regional FOCIS members who are allowed and willing to come, please RSVP by Wednesday 29th September 2021. Member response numbers will determine whether the working bee proceeds. It would involve working outside before the farm is open to visitors.
Those who RSVP will be updated after 29/9/21. Please email: ... See MoreSee Less

Would you like to help out at our next Working Bee? – 8 a.m. Saturday 9 Oct 2021: https://buff.ly/3hWUw7V
You will need to be a registered volunteer with the Phillip Island Nature Parks. Enquiries for volunteering by contacting PINP volunteer co-ordinator Helen Masters here: hmasters@penguins.org.au But if you are already volunteering with PINP, we would love to have you come along! Lots to do to make the historic precinct spic and span. We ask that regional FOCIS members who are allowed and willing to come, please RSVP by Wednesday 29th September 2021. Member response numbers will determine whether the working bee proceeds. It would involve working outside before the farm is open to visitors.
Those who RSVP will be updated after 29/9/21. Please email: secretary@focis.org.au

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Churchill Island Friends Society Inc.

7 days ago

Congratulations to Phillip Island Nature Parks staff and Churchill Island volunteers, including FOCIS members, who have added information and images to the online cataloguing program Victorian Collections. The Churchill Island Heritage Farm now has 1548 entries online for the public to access. Most of these include images and historical information. The efforts of the cataloguing team have been recognised again this year by being short-listed for a 2nd time for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victorian branch ‘Victorian Collections’ cataloguing award for 2021. Fingers crossed for the awards coming up in October! Hop on and have a look at Churchill Island’s catalogued items: victoriancollections.net.au There's some great images up there and lots of good information. And you may even be able to help us with more! Image shows banner and Churchill Island organisation entry heading screenshot from website ... See MoreSee Less

Congratulations to Phillip Island Nature Parks staff and Churchill Island volunteers, including FOCIS members, who have added information and images to the online cataloguing program Victorian Collections. The Churchill Island Heritage Farm now has 1548 entries online for the public to access. Most of these include images and historical information. The efforts of the cataloguing team have been recognised again this year by being short-listed for a 2nd time for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victorian branch ‘Victorian Collections’ cataloguing award for 2021. Fingers crossed for the awards coming up in October! Hop on and have a look at Churchill Island’s catalogued items: victoriancollections.net.au Theres some great images up there and lots of good information. And you may even be able to help us with more! Image shows banner and Churchill Island organisation entry heading screenshot from website

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1 week ago

Churchill Island has quite a few rather wonderful art works on public display, but few people either notice them or know much about them. For example, here is the "Dancing, Prancing Spoonbill", created by DAK - David Alexander Kopelman, metal/wood artist from Cape Woolamai. You will find this life-size creation on the western end of the Visitors' Centre. The Spoon bill is made of recycled spoons, knives, cogs, all sorts of objects in metal, welded together. It's tucked away a bit at present. As you come out the building exit, look left and you will see it. Here is the sculpture when it was brand new, before the natural process of rusting set in, on the back of DAK's trailer, from his website: stuffbydak.com Also, a photo of a Royal Spoonbill taking flight, from New Zealand birds website. Western Port has a small population of Royal Spoonbills, and some occasional visiting Yellow-billed Spoonbills. Royals can sometimes be seen feeding in the shallows or on the saltmarsh at flood tides around Churchill Island. ... See MoreSee Less

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We really love those creations, very clever and beautiful.

Churchill Island Friends Society Inc.

2 weeks ago

Back in the 1990s, cars like these were often seen driving around Victoria's roads. Now they are all locked away preciously in garages with heavy security and never driven! Here are two beautiful models seen in the car park about 1991, and photographed by CI manager at the time, Carroll Schulz. ... See MoreSee Less

Back in the 1990s, cars like these were often seen driving around Victorias roads. Now they are all locked away preciously in garages with heavy security and never driven! Here are two beautiful models seen in the car park about 1991, and photographed by CI manager at the time, Carroll Schulz.

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Registration Number: A0021907W
ABN: 78667051020

The Friends of Churchill Island Society Inc. is registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). ABN: 78667051020

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Friends of Churchill Island Society Inc.
PO Box 852
Cowes VIC 3922
Australia

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