Sometimes it’s easy to forget what it means to be a community, especially when we’re regularly reading news of neighbourhood disputes, road rage, robberies and other nastiness.
It’s events like the Weerama Festival and the Point Cook airshow that remind us how great it is to live in an area like Wyndham. They allow us to discover the awesome hidden things around us.
Luckily, you have lots of community love coming your way this weekend, with both events happening at the same time.
The Weerama parade is a rite of passage for many Wyndham kids involved in dancing and other sports.
I’ll never forget walking through crowds of people to proudly keep up with my daughter’s dancing group many years ago.
The usually exhaust fume-filled Watton Street becomes a pedestrian thoroughfare, with local group displays, interesting people, music, dancing demos and lots of food.
Across the Maltby Bypass, the Royal Australian Air Force is celebrating 100 years at Point Cook, which is the oldest continuously operating military base in the world.
On display will be a replica of a Bristol Boxkite aeroplane, similar to the one aviation instructor Lieutenant Eric Harrison flew in March 1914 over the empty grasslands of this once- unpopulated area.
Even if you usually have no interest in anything with an engine and wings, a couple of hours at the airshow with your family and friends will be time well spent.
Suffice to say it’ll be a big weekend for our community.
So forget the negatives and focus on enjoyment and connecting with the people and places that make us unique.
Emma Sutcliffe is a Little River-based freelance writer. You can find her on Facebook at ‘‘Little River Emma’’.
