COMMUNITY DESK

World Breastfeeding Week 2022

Last week World Breastfeeding Week was celebrated locally with Yarrawonga Health committed to reducing inequalities and improve nutrition for babies and families.

Yarrawonga Health acknowledge and congratulate all families on their breastfeeding journey, and welcomed these families to a morning tea, hosted by Yarrawonga Health Lactation Consultants at Tame Café.

The theme for this year's World Breastfeeding Week is sustainable development.

Yarrawonga Health Breastfeeding Support Service is run by International Board-Certified Lactation Consultants who are committed to the public health issue that is breastfeeding.

Whether it be face-to-face, via phone or even email contact, the international board-certified lactation consultants at the Yarrawonga Health Breastfeeding Support Service are there to play their part in the shared responsibility that is protecting breastfeeding and supporting new families.

The Breastfeeding Support Service offers warm, individualised consultations, acknowledging that every mother/baby breastfeeding dyad is unique.

The service is free of charge, running every Wednesday and Friday and available to any breastfeeding families in the community.

No referrals needed, for consultation phone Yarrawonga Health Community

Health reception 57438111.

Every breastfeed or breast milk a baby receives is a success.

Local author at Yarrawonga Library

On Monday, August 1, local author Pauline Wilson visited the Yarrawonga Library to speak about her debut novel Conflict at Hanging Rock.

Twenty five people enjoyed listening to Pauline speak about this historical novel, which tells the story of two families who settled at Hanging Rock in the 1800's.

The Marlowe family are highly religious while the Blayneys are a more tumultuous bunch. The Blayney family deal with conflict within their own family and also become embroiled in a conflict over the Hanging Rock Water and Recreation Reserve.

Pauline has lived in Yarrawonga for over 30 years and has been researching family history for 15 years.

She started writing this novel after completing the Diploma of Family History at the University of Tasmania in 2019.

In researching her family history Pauline discovered that there was an interesting story about her ancestors at Hanging Rock and so decided that the story needed to be recorded.

Whilst it is a work of fiction and all the names have been changed, a lot of the story is factual and based on real events. The book is now available for loan from the Yarrawonga Library.

Across the Arts bus tour

Across the Arts Yarrawonga - Mulwala and the Yarrawonga Creative Hub are excited to share their next event - a bus tour to visit some of the Goulburn Valley's best murals and silo art on Saturday, August 20.

The tour will include a visit to Nathalia's historical museum, Picola's Silo art, Kyabram's murals, Tatura's water tower and mosaics, and SAM Museum in Shepparton.

Joining Across the Arts will be an experienced guide from North East Art Trail who will share their wealth of knowledge along the way of the region's murals and silo art.

Tickets are $65 which includes morning tea and a light lunch. Tickets are available from the trybooking link at https://www.trybooking.com/CAZAC

For information, please email yarrawongaartscouncil@gmail.com or phone Tanya on 0428899665.