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GCC Meetings
The next meeting will be held on
Wednesday 11 February 2009 - 19:30
at the Palmerston Community Centre
Tiptree Cres. Palmerston
Wednesday 11 February 2009 - 19:30
at the Palmerston Community Centre
Tiptree Cres. Palmerston
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Palmerston Community Centre
The Palmerston Community Centre is proudly managed by the Gungahlin Community Council.
The centre has available for hire a large hall with a sprung floor, kitchen, lockers and an outside playground area, plus a smaller meeting room.
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Welcome to the Gungahlin Community Council
The Gungahlin Community Council (GCC) is a voluntary, not for profit, community-based association operating in the Gungahlin district of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory. This area covers the north-northwest of the ACT between the ACT/NSW border, the Barton Highway to the south, and the Federal Highway to the east, including the village of Hall. Our objective is:
To preserve and improve the social, cultural, economic and environmental well-being of Gungahlin and the Gungahlin community.
Please note: GCC is not a local government. If you have enquiries relating to government issues, we may be able to help point you in the right direction. However, the main contact for ACT Government enquiries is Canberra Connect phone 13 22 81 or at http://www.canberraconnect.act.gov.au/.
Topics
Top Story
Canberra Times: Wider GDE opens but still to face commuter road test
Source: Canberra Times Date: 23 Decemberr 2008 The first section of the newly widened Gungahlin Drive Extension has opened just as traffic eases over the Christmas period. The $4million dual carriageway...
Video: A Very Aussie.... Urm Gungahlin Christmas
Christmas lights and decorations in Ngunnawal/Amaroo - 22 December 2008
Read Around Canberra 2009 Program
Registrations are now being taken for the 2009 Read Around Canberra Program which will be led by Canberra writer, teacher and freelance editor Susan Hampton. Susan's book The Kindly Ones won the ArtsACT...
Video: Christmas In Gungahlin 2008
On Saturday 13th, the Gungahlin Place's linear park came to life between 4.30pm and 7.30 pm. There was Shrek and his comrades in the flesh, Christmas characters, face painting, the Sing Australia choir,...
Farmers Market changes over Xmas/NY
The Capital Region Farmers Market will relocate and be held at the Canberra Racecourse on Saturday, 20 December from 8 to 11 am. To provide consumers with fresh produce for Christmas celebrations, the...
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Video of GCC Public Meeting - 10 December 2008
The December GCC meeting was held on Wednesday 10 December at the Palmerston Community Centre. Presenters included Mr. David Dawes from the Chief Minister's Dept who gave an update us...
December meeting - Christmas wine and cheese social meeting
The December GCC meeting will be held on Wednesday 10 December. Late notice: David Dawes from the Chief Minister's Dept will attend to update us on planned land releases around Gungahlin. As it's the last...
GunSmoke 110 out now
15,000 copies of the latest issue of the GCC newsletter Gungahlin Smokesignals - GunSmoke - are now being delivered across Gungahlin.
Video of GCC Public Meeting - 12 November 2008
The November GCC meeting was held on Wednesday 12 November. Special topics included the Cotter Dam expansion and the Horse Park Drv extension. Although the Cotter Dam is not in the Gungahlin...
November meeting - Cotter Dam, Horse Park Drv works
The November GCC meeting will be held on Wednesday 12 November. Special topics will be the Cotter Dam expansion and the Horse Park Drv extension.
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Gundaroo Rd - Horse Park Drive intersection
Hi there I live in Buckingham St, Amaroo and would like to complain about the complete lack of regard for local residents when it comes to the siting and construction of the intersection between the Gundaroo...
Car pooling database - would you use it?
GCC members Kevin Cox and Alan Kerlin have floated the concept of a car pooling database website for Gungahlin (and possibly the wider Canberra area). Our idea was covered recently in the Canberra Times....
Do you support the Handmade Markets?
Julie Nichols wants to set up a Saturday Market for local handmade goods only in the Gungahlin Linear Park. What do you think of her proposal? Read about her markets proposal, then add your thoughts here....
Town Centre Planning Study
What do you believe should happen in the Gungahlin town centre as our community grows towards its design population of 100,000 people?
Burgmann School traffic problems
The traffic problems around Burgmann School are serious. There are possible solutions that we have developed in consultation with the school, Roads ACT and the Police. But they will need the support of...
