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Enjoy a Hearty Breakfast or Lunch at Wavell Heights’ Kid and Pet-friendly Cafe

Nestled in the midst of Wavell Heights, Cafe Noma is a great place for breakfast that’s both kid and pet-friendly.

Whether you need a quick bite or hungry for a healthy breakfast, you are sure to get satisfied with Cafe Noma’s recently launched Winter Menu. The menu includes all-day breakfast meals that are served from 7:00 a.m. every day.

Cafe Noma offers a selection of freshly squeezed juice, smoothies, milkshakes, iced drinks, and of course, the hot brews for your much-needed coffee fix.

Need a big breakfast? Try out their Big Boy Bagel that comes with chicken, bacon, egg, avocado, cheese, lettuce, and aioli.

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The cafe also serves light, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free food like Cecil’s favourite smashed avocado on two slices of sourdough topped with dukkah, feta, and fresh lime.

Kids also have their own set of meals on the menu. They even have their own Babycino and kids-sized milkshake, juice, or smoothie.

Dogs are given a water bowl in case they are as thirsty as you are.

Cafe Noma have earned several positive reviews from their guests.

“Came for breakfast and oml, I got smashed avo on toasted Turkish bread and it had this spice that was to die for and the cafe is in such a cute area! Lovely staff and I will definitely be coming back soon.”

“We visited this cafe for breakfast. The coffee and food were very nice. Very generous size of food with sautéed spinach, mushrooms, eggs, haloumi, toasted Turkish bread, avocado, hash browns and grilled tomato. Staff were nice, attentive and service was good.”

Cafe Noma is open from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Mondays to Fridays and from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on weekends. For more information and updates, you may visit their website and Facebook page.

Lovelea Designs In Wavell Heights Turns Trash Into Treasure

Dive into the world of upcycling in Wavell Heights. Lovelea Designs offers a variety of workshops for locals who want to learn how to turn scrap into furniture pieces.

Owned by Lea, the workshop is located at the bottom floor of her home. All of the tools that you’re going to need are here – from chainsaws, to upholstery, to paint.

The owner’s mission is to find preloved furniture and turn it into a beautiful work of art. They scour city streets during the Brisbane City Council’s kerbside collection and pick up pieces of furniture.

There are so many things to do here. You can learn how to upcycle furniture, or if you wish to learn how to do upholstery, they have workshops for that as well. The workshops teach basic skills such as painting, stenciling and basic decoupage.

Photo credit: Lovelea Designs / Facebook

Lovelea Designs also conducts workshops for kids during the school holidays.

The workshops take three hours and happen during the weekends. You will be provided with everything that you need here. The items that will be used came from kerbside collections, council top shops, garage sales, and even from existing customers.

The place is also open for private events. So, if you feel like doing something different for your family gathering or birthday, this is a great spot.

They also offer repair or furniture refurbishing should you have any pieces of furniture you want to put to good use in your home.

The cost of the workshops is $60 for three hours.

Address: 16 Highlands Street, Wavell Heights

Child Care Services — Wavell Heights

Goodstart Early Learning Wavell Heights
Long Day Care
231 Hamilton Road
WAVELL HEIGHTS Q 4012
3359 4399
Email : wav@goodstart.org.au
Website : https://www.goodstart.org.au/centres/wavell-heights
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Wavell Outside School Hours Care
Before School Care / After School Care / Vacation Care
Our Lady Of The Angels School, 30 Warraba Avenue
WAVELL HEIGHTS Q 4012
3359 2599
Email : wavellheightsoshc@bne.centacare.net.au
Website : https://centacarebrisbane.net.au/wavell-oshc-wavell-heights/
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Building Futures Montessori Child Care
Before School Care / After School Care / Vacation Care
33 Brae Street
WAVELL HEIGHTS Q 4012
3630 5444
Email : wavellheights@buildingfutures.com.au
Website : https://buildingfutures.com.au/wavell-heights-montessori/
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Penola Casa
Early Childhood Educatioon / Kindergarten
7 Sugarloaf Street
WAVELL HEIGHTS Q 4012
3256 7772
Email : letitia@penolacasa.com.au
Website : http://www.penolacasa.com.au/
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Wavell Heights Kindergarten
175 Edinburgh Castle Road
WAVELL HEIGHTS Q 4012
3266 3896
Email : whkindy@bigpond.com
Website : http://wavellheightskindergarten.com.au
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Wavell State High’s Brianna Thompson to Take On English Channel Swim

Brianna Thompson, a Year 12 student at Wavell State High School, is now preparing to swim the torturous English Channel.

Credit: Facebook/Brianna’s English Channel Swim 2018

The 16-year-old national open water swimming squad member from the Albany Creek Swim Club has been undergoing her 32 weeks of channel training before taking on what is considered by many as the ultimate long-distance swim challenge.

An English Channel swim is extra challenging for many swimmers because aside from the >32-kilometre distance, there are several variable conditions that face any swimmer attempting to complete it.

Photo credit: www.lib.utexas.edu/Wikimedia Commons

First, the distance may vary depending on the movement of the current. The water moves swimmers for a few kilometres from side to side as the tide ebbs and flows. The fastest recorded swim across the English Channel is a little over seven hours and the slowest took nearly 27 hours to finish.

Photo credit: www.channelswimmingassociation.com

Aside from the changing distance which depends on the conditions of the current, the water itself is cold with temperatures ranging from 14-18 degrees Celsius.

Despite knowing the challenges that she may encounter in the English Channel, the teenager is set to conquer the treacherous waters.

She had been training hard these days, swimming six to eight hours as she prepares to swim for the Channel. No big waves can stop this determined teenager from swimming in the open water.

Credit: Facebook/Brianna’s English Channel Swim 2018

While others take a year or two to prepare for the swim, the teen swimmer has little over four months more to train and prepare for her most awaited open-water swim.

Thompson is set to swim the Channel between the 15th and 24th of September 2018. She will be swimming beside the boat named the Viking Princess which will be piloted by Ray and Reg Brickell.

You can follow her journey in her blog dedicated to the English Channel Swim.

Community Urged to Register for Clean Up Australia Day in Wavell Heights

Photo Credit: Clean Up Australia Facebook

In 1989, Mr Ian Kiernan from the Sydney Harbour started a cleanup drive within his community. In the years that followed, his small initiative became Australia’s largest annual community-based environmental event, the Clean Up Australia Day.

Ian Kiernan
Credit: Clean Up Australia Facebook

Australians were estimated to have allotted more than 32 million hours cleaning the surrounding for the Clean Up Australia Day. They have collected more than 344 thousand tonnes of rubbish through the initiative.

But, the movement has no plans of stopping what it has started. Every year, Clean Up Australia opens its doors to new recruits and more sites to be registered for the cleanup drive.

On the 4th of March, Clean Up Australia is inviting everyone to clean up, fix, and conserve the environment. The meeting point is at the Girl Guide hut on Edinburgh Castle Road, next to the Bowls Club. Cleaning starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 11:30 a.m.

More about Clean Up Australia Day

By 1993, the rest of the world followed the initiative started by Australia. The replication compelled the United Nations to launch the Clean Up the World event. Its inaugural day saw an estimated 30 million people from 80 different countries participating.

To date, an estimated 40 million people across 130 countries have regularly participated in the movement.

This only goes to show that caring for the environment is a universal feeling shared by people across different cultures and diverse background.

Make sure to register or donate to take part in Clean Up Australia 2018. For more information, please click here.

Vicki Corser of Wavell Heights’ Gallery Fifty One Held First Solo Exhibit in Singapore

Contemporary Impressionist Vicki Corser from Wavell Heights’ Gallery Fifty One held her first solo exhibit in Singapore at the Australian High Commission in Singapore. To commemorate the momentous occasion, she created her largest piece to date.

Contemporary Impressionist Vicki Corser
Credit: Gallery Fifty One Facebook

Ms Corser grew up in Queensland. The abundant flora and fauna around her developed her natural affinity for vibrant colours. This love for vivid hues gives her paintings a distinct mark that is recognizably hers and hers alone.

She has grown famous for painting colourful landscapes. Her pieces are always brimming with the rich palettes of turquoise greens, bright pinks and oranges. Her art has always been crisp and wonderfully saturated with these rich and varied shades.

Her innate love for nature is what has brought her to the exhibition at the Australian High Commission. The event featured Australian flora and fauna and her paintings proved to be perfectly in theme.

Ms Corser was welcomed by the Deputy High Commissioner Kate Duff at the opening of her exhibition in Singapore in October.

Credit: Australian High Commission, Singapore Facebook

Umistrong Art Studio & Art Store, a professional art event organizer in Singapore, had the nicest words for Ms Corser too.

“This exhibition went beautifully at the Australian High Commission. The theme beauty of nature [was] well conveyed by [Gallery Fifty One].The colours of paintings are now adorning the walls. Best wishes from us for the hardwork and effort of Madam Vicki who has painted her heart out from these paintings. We feel honoured [working with you],” Umistrong Art Studio & Art Store said.

Credit: Umistrong Art Store & Art Studio Facebook

Now back at the Gallery Fifty One, Ms Corser was once again busy conducting art workshops for children and master classes for adults.

To know more about the gallery’s schedule, please click here.

Travel from Kentucky to Athens in a Meal at Barrow & Bear Travel + Coffee in Wavell Heights

If there are two things that Australia’s are best at, it’s drinking their coffee and travelling.

Australia is ranked 42nd in the world for coffee consumption at 3 kilogram per capita, according to a report from World Atlas in 2017.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics also reported that Australians broke the country’s record in 2012 with 8.2 million or 31 out of 100 residents leaving Australia to travel.

So, when Brisbane locals Callum Whitehead and Matt Tainton opened the Barrow & Bear Travel + Coffee in June 2017, they made dreams come true for a lot of Australians.

Credit: Barrow & Bear Travel + Coffee Facebook

Barrow & Bear Travel + Coffee is a fusion between a travel agency and a coffee shop in one place. Guests can plan their travels abroad with Callum over a delicious coffee or sumptuous meal without having to go to any other restaurants.

“Had a great “Catch-up” lunch with the girls. Staff were very friendly, in particular, Matt and the food was delicious with a comfortable atmosphere and WOW – they also organise Travel. Very helpful holiday guy “Callum” is now helping us girls with a cruise that we want to take next March. We are definitely going to book with Callum as he offered us so many great deals and a lot of do’s and don’t’s to make this trip more enjoyable. Thanks Barrow & Bear, us girls will be back.” – Lara Reeve, Trip Advisor
“Great staff and customer service was brilliant, very attentive to individual needs such as allergies. I booked a holiday to Disney, San Fran and Vegas, complete with tours and accommodation all over lunch. Thanks guys.” – Angela Hughes, TripAdvisor

The travel agency-slash-coffee shop also makes it possible for their guests to travel from one country to another, figuratively, with their meals named after travel destinations.

Guests can order “Cairo” which is make up of smashed mint avocado, topped with macadamia dukkah and sugar snap peas or “Manhattan” made with poached eggs, served on a toasted sourdough with spinach and kale with bacon, tomatoes and hollandaise.

Lunch options can be “Kentucky” made with panko crumbed chicken with fennel, radish, cabbage slaw and herb oil on Turkish bread or Tacos from Athens made with Greek chicken, feta, tzatziki, olives, and lettuce.

Virginia – Homemade Sweet Corn Fritters, Served With Feta & Beetroot Puree, Poached Eggs Spiced With Dukkah & Panned Fried Chorizo
Credit: Barrow & Bear Travel + Coffee Facebook

Barrow & Bear Travel + Coffee also serves organic coffee sourced from around the world. The beans are from Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Guatemala, Sumatra, Colombia and Nicaragua.

See more of their meals and coffee options here.

Plan your next travel with Barrow & Bear Travel + Coffee. Know more about them here.

Read ‘Frida Kahlo’ at the Queensland Children’s Library in Wavell Heights

The Queensland Children’s Services Library, located at 147 Rode Road, Wavell Heights, is filled with book resources targeted for child care centres, family day schemes and educators, students, training organisation, and isolated parents. The collections available at the library are both innovative and progressive. They dwell with timely issues that revolve around the child and subject matters that help kids thrive with current developments in different fields.

One recommended reading for their recently added resources is the biography of “Frida Kahlo” written for the kids. Frida is a woman whose desire to study medicine was obstructed by an accident she encountered as a child. This obstruction, however, has led her to painting. She has produced more than 140 portraits and has since been a known figure in the artistic world.

Frida Kahlo
Credit: Queensland Children’s Services Library Facebook

The accident that has brought Frida’s life to a 360-degree turn happened in 1925. Frida and Alejandro Gomez Ariaz, her childhood sweetheart, were on a bus when it collided with a car. A steel handrail impaled itself into Frida’s hip and came out the other side of her body. As a result, she sustained spine and pelvis fractures. While she had forgone her dream of becoming a medical practitioner, she painted sensitive self-portraits which catapulted her in a pedestal as an artist.

Later in life, Frida got involved in politics and married her fellow communist Diego Rivera. Today, Frida is revered a feminist icon. This is the reason why her biography has been written for kids to read. She is a role-model and influence that children of today should know. Unlike romantic fairy tales that are commonly being read to children, the story of Frida Kahlo can impart realistic lessons of perseverance and woman empowerment even at a young age.

Other recommended readings at the Queensland Children’s Services Library in Wavell Heights are “Steam Kids,” “My First Book of the Solar System,” “Creative Investigations in Early Math”, “A Little Bit of Dirt,” “The Curious Kids Science Book,” “100+ creative hands-on activities,” “A Walk in The Park,” “Creating Rich, Irresistible Environments for Young Children”, “Indigenous First Discovery Books” among others.

There are also collections that discuss autism from a child’s perspective. Some of these books are “It’s No Biggie! Autism in the Early Childhood Classroom,” “Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew”, and “An Early Start for Your Child with Autism.”

There are experienced childcare professionals at the Queensland Children’s Services Library to assist those who are looking for their most recent book resources. There is also an option to research online, request these books, and have them be sent via mail. Details can be found here.

Child care centres, family day schemes and educators, students, training organisation, and isolated parents can also be a member of the library. Simply complete the membership form or contact the Library Service Manager, Ms Anne McCallum. More information can be found here.

To Bob or Not to Bob in 2018: Where to Get A New Hairstyle in Wavell Heights

Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, donned a new look on the 13th of November with her faux bob during the Remembrance Sunday Service which she attended with other members of the royal family.

The Duchess of Cambridge watched the service from a balcony of the nearby Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
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— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) November 12, 2017

US reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” fame also debuted a shorter hairstyle in the same day in a new photo she uploaded on her Instagram account.

don’t worry, i ordered a new phone case last night
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With this two influential style icons sporting the bob just a few short months before the New Year, is 2018 going to be the year for the “short, but sweet” hairstyle again?

Here are hair salons in Wavell Heights that can help the ladies out in deciding whether to bob or not to bob.

Eltajada Hair Face Body

This salon has just rebranded after 20 years in service. At present, it offers full hairdressing services – colouring, foiling, balayage, upstyling, and other hair treatments. The owners have also added two new beauty rooms where clients are treated to a complete day spa experience for unwinding and relaxing.

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Katrina’s Beauty Works

The salon now boasts a total of 10 branches across Queensland. It also currently employs 100 hair and beauty experts.

Its services, however, are not limited to styling alone. It also operates two schools under the programme called Katrina’s School of Hair & Beauty. Trainers and staff under the programme have been behind the success of hundreds of students. The business even offers various online courses that interested students across Australia can take. The school is a registered training organisation and all courses are nationally recognised.

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Cameo Rose Hair Boutique

This salon boasts of personalised service and promises to pamper not just the ladies, but men and toddlers as well. Its stylists are also trained to give professional advice on latest hair trends.

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Why go for the bob?

Short Hair
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Cutting one’s hair short has always been perceived as a bold move among ladies. It has always been associated with “freedom” and getting a haircut has been informally regarded as a way of symbolically letting go of heartaches and other distressing life experiences. Many have attested that it can be liberating and can boost a women’s confidence.

Aesthetically, short hair can emphasize delicate and commonly unnoticed features of the face, as well as the neck and the collarbone. It can make women look years younger than their actual age.

Short hair also proves to be economical. It can save women on expensive hair products. It is also time-efficient as fewer tangles mean less time preparing. Bobs and other short styles also dry much quicker and are perfect for those looking for a wash-and-wear style.

Traffic Lights to be Installed on Shaw Road Intersection to Reduce Rat Running

Brisbane City Council’s records show that construction work on the “Shaw Road and Sports Precinct Access Road Intersection Upgrade” project will commence this October. Traffic lights will be installed along the Shaw Road, between Gympie and Sandgate Roads to reduce rat-running in the area.

The project was prioritised by the Council due to Shaw Road’s busy traffic. Shaw Road caters to a high volume of vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists everyday. Shaw Road provides access to the suburbs of Nundah, Chermside, and beyond. It is a well-used road to escape the congested arterial roads and the Airport Link Tollway.

Shaw Road is the only access to the sports precinct. The area of the sports precinct is home to several sports club that are frequented by both vehicles and pedestrians. Cyclists also use Shaw Road, since it also intersects the Kedron Brook Bikeway.

The Intersection Upgrade Details

The Shaw Road and Sports Precinct Access Road Intersection Upgrade project will involve:

Traffic signals on the intersection of Shaw Road and the sports precinct access road;
Dedicated pedestrian and cycle crossing facilities;
Two sealed off-road car park spaces;
Additional through lane on Shaw Road (road widening);
4.2 kilometre kerbside lanes;
Relocation of the bus zones to the sports precinct entrance (north and south); and
Separate right and left turn lanes on the sports precinct exit.

The Benefits of the Upgrade

Pedestrian Crossing at Night
(Photo credit: www.brisbanenorthbug.com)

Although there is a current pedestrian and cyclist island refuge on Shaw Road, safe crossing opportunities are still limited. The installation of traffic signals will provide a safe crossing point for cyclists and pedestrians on the area.

The signal lights will not only benefit the pedestrians and cyclists, but also the motorists. The road widening and installation of proper traffic signals will also reduce the risks of accidents for turning vehicles.

Flooding at Shaw Road
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The broader road network and the installed traffic lights will improve traffic operations, improve travel times, and reduce delays during the morning and afternoon peak. The Council has committed $3.1 billion on 90 road improvements for congestion in Brisbane from 2016 to 2030.

“Traffic modelling indicates there will be fewer vehicles queuing at the intersection under signalisation and unlike current concerns, access to current streets will not be blocked by queues,” the Brisbane City Council spokesman said.

Impacts of the Upgrade

Parking near the bikeway
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During the construction, some on-street parking will be removed on Shaw Road. Parking restrictions will also apply on weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. There will be signs to advise the restrictions and there will be additional off-road car parking spaces to support the parking demand during the construction.

Construction Schedule:

Monday – Saturday

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

To ensure public safety, there are works that are scheduled to undertake between 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., from Sunday to Thursday.

The construction will also impact the vegetation in the surrounding the area as it will require the removal of 16 trees. The Queensland Environment Offsets Act (QEOA) of 2014 requires infrastructure projects to offset their impacts to the environment through activities such as revegetation and planting.

The project is scheduled for completion in early 2018. Full details about the project can be viewed on the Brisbane City Council’s website.