Updated: Feb 8, 2022
After several years of staging quality Art entertainment in and around Yea, Yea Arts Inc is bringing an Improv Comedy called Club Raffle, featuring Jim Lawson and Glenn Manton, up the hill to Highlands.
The event will take the form of a relaxing lunch with Sedona wines and other drinks available for purchase. There will also be live background music throughout the day. The afternoon’s entertainment consists of …
After a few miserable years banished to the outer, two wannabe football coaches are reduced to a mass of barely contained anticipation when the AFL finally call with a possible offer of redemption. The Daft Duo have been appointed as heads of a new “Investigative Arm” of the AFL intended to open discussions with fans about some of the problems dogging the game and dispel some of the unsavoury attitudes and rumours making the AFL look bad in the press. How could they possibly think Glenn and Jim could help?
Why not come along and participate in this comedic production. Yea Arts have deliberately reduced the usual ticket price of $35 to $25 (+ $25 for lunch) to say thank you to the supporters of the Arts in our community and to encourage support for the struggling artists who have been so impacted by Covid 19 restrictions.
* When - Sunday 27th February
* Where - Highlands Hall
* What time - 12 noon for 1pm lunch
* Cost - $50 which includes lunch
* Want more info? - 0411 433702 and ask for Bob
Updated: Feb 8, 2022
Ever been outside when a flash of yellow has whizzed past you and you’ve thought – butterfly? Well it could in fact have been the incredibly tiny Spotted Pardalote that is only 8-10coms in size. Now that’s seriously tiny, but seriously delicate too, with a short Peep, peep call, very much in keeping with its size, to herald its presence.
It is one of Australia’s smallest birds and builds its nest in a long horizontal tunnel dug into the soil of creek banks, the embankments of railway cuttings, quarries or similar suitable sites. For something so small they are very industrious and sometimes even excavate tunnels in rabbit burrows, or potted plants in gardens.
The nest itself is spherical, made from strips of bark, and built in a chamber at the end of a narrow tunnel. Sometimes they nest in tree hollows and occasionally in artificial structures. Both parents share nest-building, incubation of the eggs and feeding of the young when they hatch.
Pardalotes are usually seen foraging in the crowns of eucalypt trees, where they pluck invertebrates, especially psillids, from the leaves.
As the Spotted Pardalote is such a tiny bird and most often to be found high in a eucalypt canopy, it is more often detected by its characteristic call. The wings, tail and head of the male are black and covered with small, distinct white spots. Males have a pale eyebrow, a yellow throat and a red rump. Females are similar but have less-distinct markings.
The Spotted Pardalote is found in eastern and southern Australia from Cooktown in Queensland through to Perth in Western Australia. It occurs in coastal areas, extending to the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in the east.
Although the Spotted Pardalote is mostly found in eucalypt forests and woodlands it can also occur in parks and gardens with well-established eucalypt canopy.
It is definitely an example of the old adage – Good things come in small packages!
Text – Birdlife Australia Photo – Phil Glowacki