30 FREE for not-for-profit community & sporting groups COMMUNITY NOTICES Carrara Markets: Largest marketplace in Australia, over 500 stalls. Variety, bric a brac, fresh food & produce, family entertainment 8am3pm every Sat & Sun, cnr Gooding Drive & Manchester Rd, Carrara. Coolangatta Beachfront Markets: 2nd Sunday of each month 8am-2.30pm, Beachfront Marine Parade, Coolangatta. Emerald Lakes Gourmet Food & Craft Market: (next to Emmanuel College, Birmingham Road). Every Thursday 3-7.30pm. Food Market specialising in sensationally fresh produce and International Street Foods, Musical entertainment. Plenty of free car parking. Enq: terri@ marketsdownunder.com Hope Island Marina Markets: Hope Island Shopping Centre, 10 Santa Barbara Rd. Third Sunday of the month from 9am-1pm Miami Marketta: 23 Hillcrest Pde, Miami. Wednesday, Friday & Saturday from 5pm Paradise Point Market on The Parklands, The Esplanade. 8am-1pm every 4th Sunday of the month. Live Music and free facepainting for the children. Enq: terri@marketsdownunder.com. Sanctuary Markets: on The Village Green at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. 28 Tomewin St, Currumbin. Every Friday 4-8.30pm Food Market specialising in International Street Foods, Musical entertainment. Plenty of free car parking. Surfers Paradise Beachfront Market: The Esplanade, Surfers Paradise. Every Wed, Fri & Sun night 4-9pm (except Schoolies) Tamborine Mountain Country Markets: 2nd Sunday of each month 7.30am-1pm, Tamborine Mountain Showgrounds, Mt Tamborine. Tamborine Mountain State School Markets: Last Sunday of the month 7am - 1pm. Pet friendly. Cnr of Long & Curtis Rds, Tamborine Mountain farmers markets Beechmont Market: Every third Sunday of the month from 8am to 1pm at the Old School on the roundabout. Burleigh State School: Every Saturday, Lower Gold Coast Highway, 7am-12pm rain, hail or shine. Ample parking. Currumbin Community Market: Every Thursday 7am-11am, 164 Duringan Street, Currumbin. Helensvale Farmers Market: Every Saturday 6-11am. Helensvale State High School. Real Farmers. Real Food. Real Community. HOTA Farmers and Artisan Markets 2023 Every Sunday 6-11.30am. 135 Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise. Marina Mirage Farmers Markets: Undercover EVERY Saturday from 6:30am -12noon, Marina Mirage Farmers Market showcases farm fresh seasonal spray free & organic produce, gourmet artisan delicacies & Arts & Craft- facebook.com/ marinamiragefarmersmarket Organic Farmers Market: Every Sunday, 6-11.30am Merrimac State High School, 3 Dunlop Crt, Mermaid Waters Lavelle Street Markets: Every Sunday rain, hail or shine. 6.30am12pm, Lavelle Street, Nerang. Palm Beach Farmers Market: Every Saturday, 6-11am, Palm Beach Currumbin High School, Thrower Drive, Palm Beach. Sunrise Farmer’s Market: Sundays 6.30-11am in the Dreamworld Carpark Tamborine Local Producers’ Market: Every Sunday, 7am-12pm, The Green Shed, Tamborine Mountain Showground. To list your market for free email: info@localnewsletters.com local markets Two Way Quiz Name the capital cities of these countries. Answers P 23. 1. Thailand 2. Togo 3. Tonga 4. Trinidad and Tobago 5. Tunisia 6. Turkey 7. Turkmenistan 8. Tuvalu 9. Uganda 10. Ukraine 11. United Arab Emirates 12. United Kingdom FIBROMYALGIA, CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME INFORMATION AND SUPPORT GROUP meets on the first Friday of every month at 10:30 am (AEST) at the Community Centre, Cnr. Heffron Street and Minjungbal Drive, Tweed Heads South. All welcome. For further information call Bronwyn on 0404553916. LINE DANCE WITH LEAH - Wednesday: Varsity Lakes Community Centre, 20 Mattocks Rd. 12.30pm-1.15pm Absolute Beginners. 1.30pm- 3.30pm High Beginner-Improvers. Enquiries Leah Cook 0403 460 365. CURRUMBIN HAPPY GROUP INC. is an eclectic mix of senior citizens who meet weekly on Tuesday mornings from 9am for the main purpose of defeating social isolation for elderly folk with an age range from 60s into late 90s at the Elanora Uniting church hall at 17 Applecross Way Elanora. We aim to provide a safe happy environment where seniors can interact with each other and enjoy many activities every week a different musical entertainment is provided,all with a view to encouraging some respite from the everyday issues faced. Everyone welcome. Contact Vice-President Yvonne on 0438 167 822. CURRUMBIN CALORIE COUNTERS is a not-for-profit weight loss club, run voluntarily by members for over 50 years. Despite our title there are no set diet or exercise plans. You do it YOUR WAY! We offer you support, encouragement & accountability through low fees, small rewards, helpful tips & professionally calibrated scales - all in a friendly, nonjudgmental atmosphere with LOTS OF LAUGHS! We meet Mondays 9-10.30 am at Palm Beach Currumbin (Alleygators) Rugby Club, 15 Bienvenue Dr Currumbin Waters (behind the shops). For info, call Shirley on 56335223 or 0408887263 or just come along & join us. U3A SOUTHERN GOLD COAST is an organisation that provides a selection of more than 50 interest groups to anyone who wishes to enrich their lives through learning. QiGong, Yoga, Singing, Art and Craft classes, Topical Issues, Language and Technology classes. Check our website for more classes. www.u3asoutherngoldcoast.org.au or contact us Monday to Thursday from 9am-12pm on 0755347333. TAOIST TAI CHI SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA Inc offers new classes of instruction in taoist tai chi at QCWA Hall, 169 Griffith St, Coolangatta, weekly on Thursday 8:15-9:15am. The sessions are open to all ages and health conditions. The first session is obligation free. Pre-registration is essential; e: brisbane@taoisttaichi.org or ph 1800 108 801. THE CARPENTERS WORKSHOP at Elanora cater for men and women who enjoy woodworking and interacting with others. Tuesday Wednesday and Friday mornings 8-12. New members welcome. Currently seeking instructors who have a love for woodwork, possess good communication and teaching skills in carpentry and woodturning. If interested PH: Kev on 0409493781. GOLD COAST SOUTH PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP - are informal get togethers for those who are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, their family and friends. Gain support from others and information from presenters in a relaxed environment. 4th Monday of the month at 11th Ave Community Space, 25 Eleventh Ave, Palm Beach. Enq goldcoaststhpdgroup@gmail.com or 1800 644 189 via Parkinson QLD Office. TWEED HEADS CROQUET CLUB If you haven’t yet had a try at playing croquet, why not give it a try now! We welcome players of all ages and abilities. It is a game of limited amounts of exercise but plenty of brain teasing. We meet Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings at 39 Recreation St. (corner Steep St.) Tweed Heads. Our social club meets twice monthly to play Mah Jong - all welcome. PH: 0755367019 or tweedheads@croquetqld.org CROQUET AT BURLEIGH HEADS PALM BEACH CROQUET CLUB. A fun, recreational outdoor sport for all ages and abilities. Improves eye-hand co-ordination and keeps you thinking! Equipment, coaching, and refreshments provided. First 2 sessions are free. Play days: Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 12:30 for 1pm start. 1 Abelia St, Palm Beach. Behind the 19th Avenue sports fields. Enq: 0423 029 224 or e: croquet.BHPB@gmail.com TEN PIN BOWLING. Monday mornings at 9.30am (AEST)at Tweed Ten Pin Bowling, 55 Wharf St., Tweed Heads. Both men and women welcomed. Great social outing. Friendly people. Please ring Karen on 043756640. LIONS CLUB OF COOLANGATTA AND TWEED HEADS is actively recruiting new members to join our club, based on the border part of the Gold Coast. Currently we have 14 members who enjoy fundraising community activities, such as a sausage sizzle at the Kingscliff markets every 2nd Saturday morning, Christmas Cake Sales, Youth of the Year, Rugby League gate sales and despatch of used prescription glasses to 3rd world countries. Contact Julian on 0408142244 or say hello at the popular Kingscliff markets - every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month.
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