Library Leaves - 1

Published on 03 February 2021

Wiyabu. The first Library Leaves of 2021 is brought to you by the words ‘fructed’ and ‘cameleopard’ and the number 2021.

2020 pretty much sucked but it wasn’t all bad at MidCoast Libraries. We got through Covid closures and towards the end of the year we were re-introducing a lot of familiar services. We launched online events which have proved so popular they’ll stay a part of how we do business.

We scored a $500,000 grant to undertake a major renovation of Wingham Library and introduced new opening hours at Gloucester so it didn’t have to close at lunchtime. We’re also well on the way to offering a new community access model at Harrington. This will lead the State and promises to be a winner on all fronts.

Now we’re in 2021 and it’s got so much to offer, (with the added bonus of not being 2020). Wingham and Harrington will see exciting things happening, there are good signs that the new Forster Library and Civic Precinct are back on the agenda and we’ve put in for even more grant funding for Tea Gardens Library (fingers crossed).

We know the world is turning to google for information, but once you see the following list of google searches it’ll make you value librarians even more: Click here to see what I mean!

Until the world gets itself sorted out I’m contemplating a driving holiday to South Australia via Broken Hill. I’d appreciate any travel tips and maps to hidden sight-seeing treasures.

Via strange google wanderings I’ve stumbled across a dictionary of heraldic terms. I’ve barely scratched the surface.

Here a few I reckon we could revive:

Baxter - a Baker

Boltant - springing forward

Cabossed - an animal with two horns

Cameleopard - a giraffe (knew this one before - a fave of mine - apparently they once though the giraffe was a cross between a leopard and a camel...not necessarily a match made in heaven)

Fructed - sound a bit rude? Nope. It means bearing fruit.

More in another Library Leaves.

Portuguese phrase: ‘Meu portugues nao e muito bom.’ (My Portuguese is dodgy)

French phrase: ‘Je pense que je vais juste pratiquer mon français pendant un moment.’ (Reckon I’ll just stick to French for a while)

New segment - Dad Jokes They said I couldn’t be good at poetry because I’m dyslexic but so far I’ve made three jugs and a vase and they’re lovely.

Djurumi. Gapu.