House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Grievance Debate Windemere Community Market WINDEMERE COMMUNITY MARKET Mrs VLAHOS House of Assembly Taylor Mrs VLAHOS (Taylor) (15:26): I would like to speak today about an event I had the good fortune to open on Sunday of this week. It was the first Windemere Community Market, held at the Lake Windemere School at Salisbury North, a school that I do a lot of work with, and it has a fantastic principal leading it, Angela Falkenberg. In this particular instance, this remarkable first-time market was run by Nicky King, Caryn Turner, Emma Serstz and Joanne Bickle. These lovely ladies who have been involved in the school in the past have gone out and created a community market for our local area, and the community market was established to showcase the wide variety of local products and services that people in our area and the City of Salisbury produce, and also to give space for families to come together on a weekend three times a year. It is held at the Lake Windemere School and it also allows the children to take part in some free community activities and allows the families to bond. On Sunday there was free face painting, animals for the children to handle, a bouncy castle, and many fantastic stalls for families to partake in and to buy Christmas products, as well as home-made food and cupcakes. Salisbury High School students were there teaching younger kids in the local area how to make cake pops and letting them decorate them. It was a really wonderful occasion in the new BER hall and it was a great use of that community facility in Uraidla Avenue. The markets run between 11am and 4pm and they will continue to run on a regular basis, and this time the Vix Body Art, the bouncy castle and the free show animals by Animals Anonymous were all provided, as well as the Salisbury Star Guides (Girl Guides) and the Rabbit Fanciers' Association, and there was a food demonstration by The Community Foodies, all of which added to this important community event. I would like to praise the first committee that has established these important community markets, and I look forward to attending the next one on 24 March 2013, as it grows from strength to strength, as it started on Sunday.