Market Organics has been a huge hit in Rocklea and Ipswich. Their branch in Clayfield is the store’s third. Just like in their other two shops, the Clayfield store offers a wide range of fresh organic fruit and vegetables.
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There will also be a wide selection of organic grocery goods such as kosher, nut-free, dairy-free vegan, and gluten-free products.
Evolve has offerings of wholesome and plant-based food that are delicious. Currently, Evolve has three locations: two in Brisbane, and one in Ipswich. Their very first branch is located in Teneriffe.
Running out of gift ideas? Visit Buy Design at Clayfield and get inspiration from their collections of quirky and quality homewares and gift items.
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Buy Design at Clayfield houses more than 40 brands of uniquely designed homewares and assorted items such as jewellery, bags, scarves, dolls, toys, books, and so much more. Whether you’re looking for a gift for your little one, a family, or even a furry friend, there is certainly something for everyone in the store.
The store offers different products sourced from around Australia and overseas. They also stock works by local artists.
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You can also enjoy a sip of coffee from Abrisca Coffee Roasters whist wandering around the store or while waiting for your purchases to be gift wrapped.
Buy Design at Clayfield is open from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. For more information, visit the store’s website.
For more than six decades, the Ohio Cafe had stood on Sandgate Road in Clayfield, making it one of the first burger places in the city. The cafe is known to have been opened in 1945 but it wasn’t until 1958 when it was registered as a business. This year, the cafe has finally closed its doors for good.
Vrishali and Yogesh Koshe took ownership of Ohio cafe in 2008, with high hopes for a bright future. However, their enthusiasm and the response of the customers have somewhat blinded them from some of the harsh realities of the business.
Upon ownership, Mr Koshe admitted that they never envisaged the extent competition along with the rising costs that came with their new venture.
They expanded the cafe turning it into a restaurant but they never increased their prices. The Ohio burger, one of their bestsellers, has remained the same price since 2011. They did not change their prices because customers don’t like them.
As the years went by, the upkeep of the restaurant grew, making it hard for the couple to continue. This becomes a problem that slowly gnawed at their resources, making closure inevitable.
Today, as they close their doors with a heavy heart, the couple still has a glimmer of hope for the future. In fact, they are hoping that someone buys the cafe to keep it going. On the other hand, should they be unsuccessful in finding a buyer, Ms Koshe hopes they can retain the name of the cafe with the intention of reviving it in the future.
Some of their most loyal customers shared expressed their sadness on the cafe’s Facebook page following their post regarding their closure.
A 1930s home in Clayfield has recently gone into auction. Popularly known as the White Gables on Craven Street, the home was originally built as a father’s present for his daughter. The most recent owner, Kate Naughton, purchased the home in 2002, making her the third owner of the home.
Once the home was under their possession, the two-bedroom house underwent an extensive renovation split into four stages.
Ms Naughton turned the home into a six-bedroom house They also extended the carport to accommodate six cars that also doubles as a function space for any type of gatherings. The kitchen also went through an upgrade. New facilities were also built such as a spa area and a tennis court.
In the previous month, the home was the most viewed property on realestate.com.au. On auction day, the tennis court was packed with 150 attendees and had three bidders fight for the property. After a tense period, the home was sold for $4 million earlier this month to local medical professionals.
Another historic property in the north was sold for $3,360,000. The colonial home in New Farm also brought on a tense bidding that went on for half an hour.
Several historic homes in the city have gone under the hammer. Last year, another one of the oldest homes in the city, Bowen Hills’ Cintra House built in 1863 hit the market.
Carefully designed to fit the challenging site, the 5.5-metre wide house is the family’s way of demonstrating design and architectural solutions for affordable housing. The Two Pavilion house is built on a 317-square-metre land that the family bought for $250,000, a fairly low price considering its Clayfield location.
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While other people seem to find it difficult, and almost impossible, to build a three-bedroom house in the small Clayfield block, David and Kristy, with their combined 30 years of experience in architecture, put their creativity at work as they crafted innovative solutions to build their dream home. The family worked with builder Thallon Mole Group to make the unique modern house become a reality.
The creative homeowners decided to split the house into two pavilions (hence the name) to create a courtyard that provides daylight and natural ventilation. The other half offers flexible arrangements. This allows the entire home to either be a single detached, three-bedroom unit or a two-bedroom home with a separate space that can serve as a home office, or a second living space.
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The Two Pavilion house leaves a small footprint while providing a variety of living spaces. The materials used in its construction were carefully selected to minimise the cost and environmental impact of the build.
David and Kristy hope that the Two Pavilion house will show how contemporary design and architecture can help in solving social problems such as housing affordability.
The iconic place was the home of the late Sir Edward and Lady Dorothy Williams who bought it in the late 1950s. The couple was particularly attracted to the size and the massive yard of the property which currently houses two tennis courts.
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Sir Edward Williams was a noble Queensland personality known for his judicial and extra judicial positions. In 1983, he was hailed as the Queenslander of the Year and Australian of the Year.
He was married to Dorothy Murray on 15 January 1949. They had eight children, four daughters and four sons, namely Edward, Sydney, Zilla, Judy, Therese, Tony, Elizabeth and Michael. The size of their family is one of the factors that were considered in choosing Clonlara.
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The Landmark Federation Era Estate has 3,317 square metres of land with the house comprising of six bedrooms, three bathrooms, and two garage spaces.
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Clonlara was built in 1916 and many of the home’s original detailing, such as the grand entry foyer to formal dining and lounge rooms, ornate plaster and pressed metal ceilings, solid timber walls and leadlight windows have been preserved to this date.
Isabelle Jardine, a Year 11 student from Clayfield College, has been announced as one of the eight winners of the 2018 Premier’s ANZAC Prize who will travel to Villers-Bretonneux, France this month.
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Queensland Education Minister Grace Grace announced the eight students and two teacher chaperones selected for the 2018 Premier’s ANZAC Prize on Monday, 15 January 2018.
Ms Grace represented Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk when she met with the prize winners at the State Library of Queensland where the students participated in a two-day Young Historians’ Workshop in preparation for their trip to the site of the Western Front this month.
Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity
The Anzac Prize students laying a wreath at the dawn service at Villers-Bretonneux, France on 2017. Photo credit: anzac100.initiatives.qld.gov.au
Jardine and her fellow prize winners will be given a chance to experience the ANZAC tradition firsthand. The students and their teacher chaperones are set to travel to London and the Western Front to visit key sites in Australian war history.
On ANZAC Day, 25 April 2018, they will attend the historic centenary dawn service at the Australian War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France which will allow them to pay their respects during the commemorations. They will also be among the first visitors of the Sir John Monash Museum which will open its doors to visitors on Tuesday, 24 April 2018 just in time for ANZAC Day 2018.
ANZAC Commemoration
“ANZAC”, which stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, was the name given to a combined force of First Australian Imperial Force and New Zealand Army troops who landed on Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula on Sunday, 25th of April, 1915. ANZAC Day is a solemn public remembrance of the anniversary of the landings.
Veterans march on Anzac Day, Brisbane, 1937. Photo credit: State Library of Queensland/Wikimedia Commons
After more than 100 years, the high school students are remembering the bravery and sacrifices made by many Australians and New Zealanders in Gallipoli and on the Western Front.
Premier’s ANZAC Prize
The Queensland Government values the ANZAC tradition and has since sent 96 students and 18 teacher-chaperones to some of the most significant battlefields of the First World War from the first tour in 2013.
Education Minister Grace Grace (centre) Acting Director General Annette Whitehead (left of Min Grace) and six of the eight winners at the State Library of Queensland. Photo credit: statements.qld.gov.au
In a recent statement, Ms Grace said, “This award has effectively engaged our younger generation in understanding the Anzac tradition and how the Anzac spirit is instilled in the Australian way of life.”
The Queensland Anzac Centenary is also supporting this important initiative to keep the memory of the Australian and New Zealander servicemen and women alive.
Apart from Jardine, other students who won the Premier’s ANZAC Prize includes Fenlan Miller of All Saints Anglican School, Isaac Mabo-Edwards of Pimlico State High School, Harry Packwood of Shalom College, Bundaberg, Jack Frey of St Teresa’s Catholic College, Lillian Ward of Tannum Sands State High School, Shana Coyle of St Monica’s College, Cairns, and Tyla Craven-Griffith of Kirwan State High School.
Travelling with Jardine and the other students are Mrs Jodi Pallett of Tannum Sands State High School, who is the lead chaperone, and Mr Tim McMahon of Christian Outreach College, Toowoomba.
Doughnut Time’s stores, including the Clayfield store, have closed after owner Damian Griffiths refused to sign over the trademark to Dan Strachotta, his former CEO and managing director. Doughnut Time is now entering liquidation and reportedly owes its workers an estimated $200,000 in unpaid wages.
Odds have not worked out in favour of the doughnut empire for the last 10 months.
Earlier this year, workers lodged their complaints to the Fair Work Ombudsman for alleged unpaid wages. Since then, other workers have taken to the streets and social media in protest, after finding out that half of the company’s stores were closed to keep the company afloat.
Unfortunately, despite Mr Strachotta’s attempt at saving the company, the owner’s refusal to sign over the trademark to the supposed new owner resulted in the company going into liquidation. In an email supplied to ABC News, workers were informed that Friday, 9 March 2018 was the last day of Doughnut Time.
In a deal that attempted to save the doughnut empire, Doughnut Time in Clayfield was among the stores that were planned to remain open in Brisbane, while half of the company’s stores would close.
In Clayfield, Doughnut Time opened in July of 2015, only a few months after the company opened its first stores. Located on the corner of Sandgate and Junction Roads, Doughnut Time Clayfield served the community, and delighted Instagram, with its glazed doughnuts and delicious milkshakes.
Propelled by an active social media campaign, the company, at one point, had more than 30 stores across the country. It even expanded to the United Kingdom in just a matter of two years. During this period, the company was able to employ more than 500 people.
This rapid rise to success, however, led to the company’s current financial challenges. In media interviews, Griffiths said that his business expanded hastily until he could no longer keep up with expenditures, mostly of rents and operational costs.
Griffiths is taking all the blame, particularly in his impulse to expand immediately.
Whilst he was heartbroken to see his whole company go, he strongly hopes that young entrepreneurs will learn a lesson or two from his mistakes.
Compensation for unpaid workers
Doughnut Time had gone into voluntary administration and the principal of Menzies Advisory, Michael Caspaney, was appointed as the liquidator of the company. Mr Caspaney said that the company has cash flow problems and couldn’t pay its employees which seemed to be the main reason for the collapse.
The FEG, previously known as the General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme or GEERS, is available to eligible employees to help them get their unpaid entitlements.
Under the FEG, workers can get up to 13 weeks of unpaid wages (capped at the FEG maximum weekly wage), unpaid annual leave and long service leave entitlements, payment in lieu of notice of termination – maximum of 5 weeks, and redundancy pay – up to 4 weeks per full year of service.
However, the FEG is only applicable to Australian citizens or holders of a permanent visa or special category visa that allows workers to stay and work in Australia at the time that the employment ended.
Eligible employees of Doughnut Time can go to the FEG page to learn more about how to make a claim.
FWO can provide advice and help employees seek unpaid entitlements when a business is in voluntary administration.
As of the moment, a Fair Work Ombudsman spokeswoman confirmed that the organisation was conducting inquiries in relation to Doughnut Time, but the FWO has not started court action against the company.
On the 4th of February, PETStock Clayfield will welcome visitors from pet rescue organisations who will bring with them homeless pets that families can adopt. The activity is part of a campaign to raise awareness about pet adoption as part of National Pet Adoption Day.
The activity is part of a partnership among PETstock, its charity foundation PETstock Assist, and not-for-profit animal rescue organisation, PetRescue. The institutions would like for people to embrace the concept of pet adoption more openly than buying pets from shops.
The National Pet Adoption Day event will take place across different PETStock branches on 4th February. Pets will be available for adoption on the day. Pet adoption experts from different animal rescue groups will also have a discussion with people who are interested about adoption.
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PETStock’s community initiatives emphasize the many benefits of adopting pets. One is that pet from rescue group or shelter already has a profile. This means that it already has a record of its personality, how it behaves and reacts, its age, its special needs, and temperament. Future families have an upper hand in knowing the pets that they would welcome to their homes. Aside from this, adopting pets will be more suitable for families with small children as their rescuers could easily match a pet which is friendlier and more patient towards kids or more accustomed to being a playmate.
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PETStock Assist has always been committed to find permanent homes and families for homeless animals. As part of this objective, the charity group makes it a point to involve the community through activities that educate them about fostering homeless animals. It also welcomes other animal rescue organisations across Australia to join this initiative.
Those outside of Clayfield can check here for the nearest PETStock participating in National Pet Adoption Day.
Women 16 years old and above are invited to attend a free workshop on “How to Maintain Your Bike for Free” at Kalinga Park, Clayfield on 14th January from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. The course will teach women how to change tyres and keep their bikes rolling with basic maintenance tips that will save them from spending. All interested females may attend the workshop with or without their bikes.
Bike maintenance is important to ensure the safety of riders whenever they are out cycling. Both loose and stiff bike parts can lead to accidents, including damage and corrosion. All of these could lead to unnecessary expense, or worse, injure the rider. All bike parts need to be tightened, inspected, and properly lubricated.
Another benefit of learning how to properly maintain bikes is that regular safeguarding avoids major bike damage. Learning to maintain bikes on your own will help you troubleshoot small problems as they arise and save you from bigger and more expensive repairs or buying a brand new bike.
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The “How to Maintain Your Bike for Free” is presented by the Brisbane City Council as part of its Active and Healthy & Cycling programs. One of the Council’s Brisbane Vision 2031 themes is an active and healthy city. To support this initiative, the Council provides different recreational events that will promote healthy lifestyle for people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. One of this is the Cycling Brisbane which holds regular activities that are similar to the How to Maintain Your Bike for Free workshop.
Regular cycling provides health benefits such as strengthening the cardiovascular and other muscles of the body. It also improves the joint mobility, posture, and body coordination. Furthermore, biking decreased stress and body fats, prevent many diseases, and reduced anxiety and depression.
