Pigs Might Fly

Pigs Might Fly was born out of disaster and in the need for Carisbrook to turn the corner. The world seemed to have forgotten the tragedy that the towns people had suffered so it was time for them to take steps to begin changing their township into what they all wanted.

On July 22nd 2012 a lunchtime town meeting was held at the local Football Ground and with a turn up of over 100 participants the process was begun.

Following this Pigs Might Fly meeting a number of projects have been initiated at the request of the "more than a hundred" Carisbrook residents who attended and selected 6 which had the most support/votes by the participants, from all the ideas put forward(over 800).

Over 50 willing participants began the process of making those 6 wishes become reality. This was followed by further meetings, discussions, emails, telephone calls and information gathering that brings us to the present. At these meetings it was muted and decided that whilst 'Pigs Might Fly' is a great concept the long term future of Carisbrook needed an entity that better reflects the aspirations, dreams and needs of the community.

So was born Carisbrook Projects Incorporated.

The incoming Office Bearers are:

· Martin MacKay - President. (Phone# 0458 240 362 email: president@carisbrook.org.au)

· Lyn Symons - Secretary. (Phone# 0409 189 018 email: admin@carisbrook.org.au)

· John Taylor - Vice President (Phone# 0414 543 382)

· Raelene Nagy- Treasurer (Phone# 0408 563 001)

The aims and objectives of Carisbrook Inc. as adopted by the meeting are:

Aim: To be a community based organisation that auspices community beneficial projects in Carisbrook.

Objectives:

· To be the focal organisation for members and friends of Carisbrook Victoria to better enhance the township and environs of Carisbrook

· To be a community driven umbrella organisation fulfilling projects as determined by the members of the Community

· To be the coordinating organisation for grant applications for the projects as determined by the members of the Community

From this base, and with the skills set provided by the incoming executive, the existence of Carisbrook Inc. looks to be assured for the next 10, 15 to 20 years.

Of the projects begun, the Welcome Pack is now available and the recipients have expressed surprise and gratitude for the information contained therein.

The Garden Group have had a couple of meetings and offers of plants and other items are arriving and the concept is moving from ideas to formulation of firm plans.

The Market Reserve group and the Bike Jump Group and Playground Group have met and are now in the process of formulating plans combining all requests with some sort of cohesion. A meeting with the Central Goldfields Shire Council has been requested before the next stage of development begins.

Deep Creek Redevelopment Group have begun successfully the process for the Creek cleanup of dangerous fallen trees and debris that has been a bug bear since January 14, 2011.

Two students from Latrobe University (Bundoora campus) visited Carisbrook on Wed 14 Aug 2013 to film residents who had assisted with the recovery of the town. The interviews were shown on the Melbourne television channel 31 later that year.