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Australian German Welfare Society Inc. Reg. No. A 0010852 B – ABN: 98 245 957 640

Newsletter

Nr. 546 / November 2017 PRINT POST APPROVED P.P. 344276/00012

4th Floor 24 Albert Rd South Melbourne, 3205 VIC

Monday – Thursday 9.00am – 4.00pm Tel.: 03-9696 0907

www.germanwelfare.org.au [email protected]

http://www.germanwelfare.org.au/

AGWS Newsletter No. 546 November 2017 2

Index Social work Report - News from TTHA Donations Announcements Calendar of Events

Dear Members How different the month of November in Melbourne is from November in Germany. In Germany the short, dark days start. It might rain a lot and occasionally you might already experience really cold days. This situation is underlined by the public holidays like All Saints or Dead Sunday, the Sunday before the first of Advent. How different is November here in Melbourne! Spring is in full swing, the days get sunnier and longer, flowers bloom everywhere. People look forward to celebrating Cup Day and other events. Winter is definitely over! Church holidays are not celebrated as much as perhaps in former times, except for the 11th Nov. the Remembrance Day of war casualties. At the Welfare preparations for the upcoming Christkindl Market are in full swing. It will take place on Thursday, the 30th November in the Lower Town Hall in Melbourne, Swanston Street, between 9.30am and 3pm. We urgently need volunteers who can help with preparing the market, closing it down at the end of the day or selling goods and food. Please, let the office know if you would like to help. As in other years, the Christkindl Market will also be a meeting place for Germans here in Melbourne. They can enjoy a meal of fried sausage or meatloaf with potato salad, or coffee and cake. One might also find one or the other Christmas gift or some of the famous German cookies and other goodies. We are looking forward to meeting you there. Please come and bring many friends along. If you are interested to have your own stall at the market, please contact the office.


On the 14th December we will have our Christmas celebration in Club Tivoli. More about that event in our next Newsletter but keep the date in your diary. But before that we have scheduled a German film afternoon with coffee and cake at our offices in Albert Road. On the 16th of

November at 1.30pm we’ll meet for a leisurely afternoon watching a movie and enjoying a cuppa. Please let the office know if you are planning to attend. Enjoy the lovely spring time after a long and cold winter. Best regards from Linde Mohr

Vanilla –soon perhaps the most expensive spice in the world We all know Vanilla. It is not only used for the production of ice cream, pudding and cakes, biscuits and yoghurt, sweets and similar products, but also as an aroma ingredient for body lotion, shampoo bath salt, air freshener, soap and similar things. Why is it so expensive and where does it actually come from? Madagascar is the largest growing region for Vanilla in the world. At this time of the year, harvest is in full swing and the world price for Vanilla is exploding. It could soon become the most expensive spice in the world; for years this price knows only one direction- to go up. Why is that so? Georges Geeraets has bad news for all Vanilla fans: A storm in spring this year has destroyed vast growing areas of Vanilla and further difficulties are coming up. The biggest problem is that the raw vanilla is harvested too early. ‘Because of fear of theft, some farmers have started to harvest Vanilla pods as early as March, but the real flowering starts only in June’, says Rado Andrianantenaina, producer and exporter from Antalaha in the north east of the island. With such high prices, other countries like India or even Uganda may start growing Vanilla orchids and this higher production could


bring down the price. But this will take time as the growing and cultivating of these climbing orchids takes (under ideal circumstances) up to four years before Vanilla pods could be harvested. These long beans contain just 2% valuable aroma oil. Also the heavily involved producer of aromas and fragrances from Madagascar, Symrise in Lower Saxony, does not think the price will fall in the near future. This concern in Holzminden is one of about two dozen producers who use Vanilla from the island. About 700 Vanilla farmers in Madagascar work together with Symrise –in conjunction with GIZ and other aid organisations to develop programs which use about 10 per cent of Vanilla produced in Madagascar. ‘There is still enough quantity and quality of the Vanilla available to us’, says Symrise CEO Heinrich Schaper. The higher price will not stop customers from buying Vanilla: last year between 1800 and 2000 tons of cultivated Vanilla were exported. The artificially produced flavouring Vanilla will not replace the real Vanilla in the near future. Linde Mohr

Farewell

Mrs. Ilse Sucher Mr. Bodo Hoffman

Mrs. Waltraut Jurkschat

Our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the deceased.

Socialwork

In September I was in Germany visiting my family. Please excuse the fact that there will not be a social work statistic for this month. I’ll be back with you next month. Warmly, Tanja Gawin


Donations

Many thanks for your kind donations! Donations for TTHA are marked with an *. Mr. Paprotta Mr. 65.00

Mr. Paetow . 15.00

Mr. & Mrs.Wagner 15.00 * Mr. Strauss 75.00 Mrs. Tan 40.00

Mrs. Debes 10.00

Mrs.Kutt 50.00

Mr. & Mrs.Berchtenbreiter 165.00 Mrs. Fischer 65.00 *

Spring

I love the spring. For every day

There’s something new

That’s come to stay. Another bud Another bird

Another blade The sun has stirred.

Shel Silverstein


Calendar of Events

2017 at a glance:

16. November Movie afternoon AGWS offices

30. November Christmas Market Lower Town Hall

14. December Christmas Celebration Club Tivoli

Movie Afternoon with Coffee & Cake Thursday 16th November 2017

1.30 pm for a 2 pm start In the AGWS offices

Cost $5.00,

Please let the office know if you would like to attend!

AGWS Christkindl Market Thursday 30th of November

9.30 am – 3 pm Melbourne Lower Town Hall, Swanston St


Rappelkiste The ‘Rappelkiste’ is the AGWS’s German language playgroup for children aged 2 – 5. The group takes place on Thursday mornings from 10 – 12 pm during school terms at Parkdale Church of Christ, Parkdale Enquiries and bookings: Dagmar Logan 0438 353 910 Cost: $ 7 for the first child; $ 3 for every other child two years’ and older; children under two years of age are free. The AGWS family membership for one year is $50 (this includes insurance with Playgroup Australia). A Project of the Australian-German Welfare Society: ‘Deutsche Sprache und Traditionen spielend beibehalten’.

AGWS German Bookclubs The AGWS book clubs meet every third Tuesday of the month. If you like to read and enjoy sharing your opinion with others, join us. The “AGWS Buchclub” meets in the morning at 11am in the rooms of the AGWS in South Melbourne and the “Bookworms” at 7.30pm in the evening. The “Buchwürmer” meet in a cafe, a bar or someone’s house. The meeting venues change monthly, so please book to find out where the next meeting takes place. We welcome new members! Our Book Clubs meet on the third Tuesday of the month: In the morning at 11 am in the Australian German Welfare Society, 4th Floor, 24 Albert Road, South Melbourne, (Tram No 16, Stop 66 Domain Interchange For the reading lists for 2017 please refer to our website.


QU-QU-Meeting–

Meet with likeminded people for a chat in German. On every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month a group of likeminded people meet at our office for an informal chat.

If you feel like conversing in German about books, films, memories, health, travels or whatever else you might think of and are interested in good company just come along! We look forward to meeting you! Our meeting dates for November are: Tuesday 14th & 28th of November from 10 am to 1 pm.


AGWS bus excursion to the

Royal Botanical Gardens in Cranbourne


How I have come to know the AGWS I have been asked to write how and when I first learned of the existence of the German Welfare Society. That happened at the outing to the Royal Cranbourne Botanic Gardens with the members of the Society. It was a perfect day though a bit windy. It is a very unusual Botanic Garden and world renowned among botanists. We met for lunch in the café and enjoyed the healthy meals on offer. Because our group was small we could all take part in the conversation, lots of photos were taken. One will surely end up in the next Newsletter. And so Mrs Linde Mohr broached the subject of: How and when were you first aware of the existence of the German Welfare Society? And: Maria, why don’t you start and write about your experience? I’ll try. It was early in 1998 when I came to live in Melbourne. Before that I lived in Ballarat, Torquay, and during the 1990s back in Germany. So there I was in Melbourne, correctly in Frankston, and did not know a soul besides my children. Naturally I looked for contact. Internet was in its infancy and I didn’t have a PC, so I looked through the printed media, especially the ‘Standard’ which was distributed throughout Melbourne and I found the German Club Tivoli. There was a German group meeting monthly for lunch. Through this group, of which only my dear friend Matilde Kempken is left, I found out of the existence of the German Welfare Society. I don’t attend their premises often enough because of the long travelling time from Frankston, but enjoy especially the annual book sales and the very interesting outings they offer. I also look forward to the monthly newsletter. Hopefully it will go strong for many more years to come! Maria Debes


TTHA News TTHA Weihnachtsmarkt German Christmas Market 2017 Tabulam & Templer Homes for the Aged (TTHA) Weihnachtsmarkt German Christmas Market returns to Bayswater on Sunday 19th November 2017. This hugely popular one-day-only event attracts visitors from all around Melbourne and Victoria and features a wide range of Christmas gift ideas and tempting German food stalls and beer. Kicking off at 10am, all are welcome to come along and enjoy the many German-themed festivities. There will be some 40 high-quality boutique stalls to leisurely peruse on site. Highlights include handcrafted Christmas decorations, exquisite candles, handmade German-style wooden gifts, handmade soaps and lotions, jewelry & accessories, specially designed pillows, Santa stockings, cards and craft items and delicious jams, chutneys and syrups. Adding to the vibrant community atmosphere are an array of sweet and savoury German delights, including genuine German chocolates, freshly baked pretzels and bread, homemade cakes and pies, Biergarten, barista coffee and much more. For kids, there will be a dedicated entertainment area with Basteln (craft stall) and live music for all to enjoy. This is a great Christmas event for the whole family and there will also be an opportunity to participate in a huge Christmas raffle with many great prizes up for grabs. In the meantime, don’t forget to pick up a ticket to our Christmas raffle, available at Reception prior to the event or throughout the day on market day for just $2, or 3 for $5. There are some magnificent prizes on offer.


At TTHA, we are proud to honour a German Christmas tradition that dates back as far as 15th century – come join us and please, don't forget that it's all for the benefit of residents that call TTHA home. TTHA Weihnachtsmarkt German Christmas Market Sunday, 19th November, 2017 10:00 am – 2:00 pm 51 Elizabeth Street, Bayswater (parking available at entry via Victoria Road) Gold coin donation for parking If you would like to volunteer on market day, please contact us. We would appreciate your help on the day for as long as you can. For more information, or for enquiries regarding TTHA’s Home Care Services, Residential Aged Care or Retirement Living, please ring 8720 1333. I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to our team of volunteers, to the people who made generous donations during the year, to the staff for the wonderful work that they do and finally the TTHA Board for the hard work and support during the year. Eva Simo - CEO

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