Toungup

A weatherproof box where anyone can leave books, toys or kitchen bits and take something else: sustainability can be that simple. What matters is a good spot, permission from the owner or the council, and a few people w…

Not everyone finds smartphones, online bookings or long forms easy. Often a patient half hour is all it takes to help someone. Important: never take over passwords or bank details, go through it together step by step in…

Whether it's a part-time job in a café, delivering leaflets or tutoring: your first job brings not just money but confidence too. Make sure you get a written contract and that your hours fit around school or college. Wh…

A driving licence is a big step towards independence for many, but it takes time and money. Compare offers beforehand, study the theory regularly in small chunks and stay relaxed during lessons. Bikes and public transpo…

Every place has spots only locals know: a bench with a view, a courtyard full of flowers, a little path along the water. Which hidden corner of Toungup would you show a newcomer? Let us in on the secret!

Parents and grandparents know it well: not all playgrounds are equal. Which playground in Toungup is your favourite, and why? Share your tips with other families!

Football, table tennis, swimming or a walking group: clubs are often the best way to meet people. Which club are you part of in Toungup, and are you looking for new members? Give your club a quick shout-out!

Why is the library the tallest building in town? Because it has the most stories.

Why couldn't the bicycle stand up by itself? It was two-tired.

What time does a duck wake up? At the quack of dawn.

Why did the gardener plant light bulbs? He wanted to grow a power plant.

What do you call an owl that does magic tricks? Hoo-dini.

What did the sea say to the beach? Nothing, it just waved.

Teacher: “Can anyone tell me what a vacuum is?” – Pupil: “I've got it in my head, Miss, I just can't get it out.”

Why did the kettle get told off at school? It kept letting off steam.

Where do sheep get their hair cut? At the baa-baa's.

I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies; whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold …

I. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss'd cott…

My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, B…

[The Tyger] Tyger, Tyger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand [or del.] & eye. Could frame thy fearful symmetry? Burnt in distant deeps or skies. The cruel fire of thine eyes? Could hea…