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paul

May 31, 2016

detourJust got off the phone from Salisbury Council about the road works an detours that are going on around the place. I got caught out yesterday, doing a last minute ‘Oh we all slept in!” dash, and ended up going a lot further than we needed to.

The details that I have:

  • Mon, 30th May –  Fri, 10th June: Mawson Lakes Boulevard – Closed from Parkway to Mary Street (Montague Road end). North detour back via Parkway in Technology Park.
  • Mon, 6th June – Thu, 16th June: Mawson Lakes Boulevard – Works at the Peninsula Drive and Parkway Drive Roundabouts.

Hopefully these two road closures won’t overlap by too much.

Just had a letter in the mailbox with more details, and I have rung Adrian, the Surfacing Coordinator to confirm access during these times. The plan at the moment(1 June) subject to weather:

  • Monday – Work starts on Peninsula Roundabout, Work starts on Parkview Dr. Roundabout.
  • Tuesday – Work starts on Parkview Dr.
  • Wednesday – New Asphalt put down on Parkview Dr.

Local access will not be completely cut off during this time, works start at 7am,  but there may be some delays getting in and out of adjoining roads. Access will be available after 5pm each day. Direction will need to be taken by road management services.

I will continue to update this post if I find out any more details

Stopping unwanted Paypass Purchases

The other day my phone (a Samsung S5, no, not the edge) started beeping at times when I was holding it. This began expectantly, and after a week of these obscure notifications, I tracked it down to when the phone was being placed next to my wallet. An App that I recently installed turned on the Near Field Communication (NFC) features on my phone, which ment that it was now registering my credit cards when they got close enough, through the outside of my wallet.

After turning of the NFC feature on the phone, I had a quick google on ‘RFID Card Shield’ and came up with a card sleeve (see picture) that works quite effectively.

The sleeve is made up of several layers of aluminium foil, for strength and cut to size, and wrapped in gaffatape.

 

The Advertiser – Clothes theft in ram raid

From the Adevertiser, Saturday, May 9 2015, page 33:

“Clothes theft in ram raid: A stolen car has been used to ram-raid a Mawson Lakes business.

Police were called to Main St, about 5am yesterday, after reports of a car reversing into the building. Two men stole the clothes from the business and fled in a white Holdern Commodore, registration VGT-453”

Link

New websites being hosted

MawsonLakes.Org is pleased to announce that we will be hosting two additional websites for the Mawson Lakes community.

  • Mawson Lakes Community Church (mlcc.com.au)
  • Monstersale (monstersale.mawsonlakes.org) – A fundraiser for the Mawson Lakes Community Church

These sites are currently under development.

New Website for MawsonLakes.Org

Greetings gentle readers.

Welcome to the new 2014 website for MawsonLakes.Org. After several years away from the Internet, we have returned with a brand new website, with the aim of promoting all things Mawson Lakes, and anything else that may be of interest to the Mawson Lakes community

Homes of The Future

This week tune into Directions for SA, on Monday, 4th February, 7pm, Channel 9. The reason? The show, hosted by Kieth Conlon, will be presenting a special screening on “Home’s Of The Future”.

Dave Jonker’s house features on the program, with the emphasis being on ‘Internet Remote Monitoring and Control’ and control of the home using the Palm Pilot.

(Re)Welcome Kit

After a weeks delay, we were able to fill out the survey and pick up our welcome kit (number 202). It contains vouchers for the Mawson Lakes (UniSA) Sports Centre (free workout and squash game), Jeffries Garden Soils and Peter Engles Garden Centre.

The kit also contains a Delfin colouring book, and a ‘Moving In’ list of all the useful contacts for the area.

There is also assorted information on: Bus Services, Paper Delivery, Australia Post (Letterbox specifications and a mail redirection form), Mawson Lakes School, Endeavour College and the Mawson Lake Community Church.

Contact the Sales and Information Office on 8260 3333 if you’ve moved in and not received yours.

Temporary New Home

Some new details.. these are more current than the ones below.

Watching as things Develop!
Contact Details Editor: Paul Schulz (pauls@mawsonlakes.org)
Why this change? I have left my job in Technology Park at CAE MRad (although I will be around during the day doing some contract work for them). This meant that I had to find a temporary home for it.
Where is the site now? The site has been shifted to an account at Chariot. They have very resonable rates and had the account setup almost instantly.

Does anyone know… ?

Just a quick report from the Mawson Lakes Quiz night that was held at Endeavour College, oh.. a long time ago now.

Thank you again to to all our sponsors and to all the people who came. It was a very enjoyable evening. I have a couple of comments from the scorers, Beck and Fiona..

  • Joan of Arc was 19 when she was killed.
  • It has been checked, and only two of you got it right and this didn’t effect the final placings.
  • We’re sorry the questions were too hard. We designed them to be challenging, and obviously they were.
  • Apologies for the scavenger hunt stuff-up. We didn’t realise that there were proper prizes put away for it.

As planned, the event didn’t make any money, but it did go to show what could be done. A thank you also to Endeavour College for letting us use their building.

I’ve just been handed this late notice:

WANTED: 2 organisers for next years Quiz Night. Must be well organised, able to answer questions (as well as ask them). Applications can be submitted to the Social Committee.