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More than 63kg of metal saved from landfill by WEA in 2025!!

Our in-house plastic and metal recycling project for members saved 63kg of metal from clogging up landfill. Our longstanding plastic recycling project was paused and re-established last year to partner…

Many hands make light work!!

Ginny Nelson, a stalwart volunteer at WEA, enjoys relaxing actively by knitting squares in her favourite stitch patterns – by the hundreds! She buys wool in a range of modern…

Kandinsky heard colours…

On Friday we explored a 1913 work by Russian born artist Wassily Kandinsky during Painters Space.  As you can see from the photos Marie and Vicki captured Kandinsky’s favourite motif…

Learning, Connecting, and Caring

Our retirement planning group has become much more than a place to prepare for life after work. Over time, participants have built a warm and supportive community, sharing ideas, experiences,…

Wild Edible Garden – Newly Tamed!

Brilliant team effort in the Edible Garden on Tuesday here at WEA. Carolina wrangling an overgrown herb garden shown above! We cleared away old pallets, weed piles, pruned a thicket…

International Day of Forests

Ever looked at a tree and not known what it is? Forest & Bird Youth leaders will explain how to identify different trees, their ecological importance, and their geographical distribution…

What stunning raspberries in our Edible Garden…

The sunshine boosts dopamine and encourages us all to get outdoors. We have a small edible garden along the perimeter of our carpark and premises here at WEA. There are…

Feed your mind and soul with WEA groups

Life these days can feel a bit like it’s always in fast-forward. But sometimes the best thing we can do is slow down — to make, talk, and learn at…

Look under the ocean’s surface with Paul Broady

Paul’s last talk on corals was fascinating – I learned so much from this scientist who shares his knowledge in such an easy-to-understand way. WEA’s Seaweek lecture runs tomorrow Thu…

Sharing over dumplings!! Thanks Kazuko

Our tutors got together to learn how to make vegetarian and pork dumplings with tutor Kazuko Iwai. We had some wonderful conversations about the different subjects that we teach, education…

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