Practical Home Living

Course Guide Term 3 2010

  • ABC Cake Decorating

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    This professional level course is a good foundation on which to build a cake decorating career. Topics covered include: covering a cake, making royal icing, piping base & side borders, piped flowers, simple embroidery, calligraphy, floodwork pictures and other simple decorating techniques. You will need to purchase a kit of equipment and materials from the tutor. The cost of the kit is $100. It will be possible to go on to do a sugar floral art course next term. Learn more about our tutor, Helen, by visiting her website at www.sugarartcreations.com.au.

    Tutor
    Helen Dissell
    Duration
    1 session per week for 8 weeks
    Cost
    $360
    Code
    TXC311A103
    Location
    Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
    Time
    2:00pm - 5:00pm
    Date
    Wed 4 Aug 2010
    COURSE STARTED
    SIGNUP TO WAITING LIST

  • Detox Your Home

    Does your home have a chemical dependency? Do you clean your bathtub with harsh chemicals and then soak in it? Homes these days are more sealed up than ever before and are more reliant on chemicals making them hotbeds of toxins, causing all sorts of health issues. This session will take you through your home, room by room, showing you how to get rid of unhealthy chemicals and thereby benefit the health of your family and the environment. Each participate will receive a complimentary, naturally derived, foaming handwash to take home.

    Tutor
    Beverley Unitt
    Duration
    1 session
    Cost
    $20
    Code
    TXC301A103
    Location
    Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
    Time
    6:30pm - 9:30pm
    Date
    Tue 10 Aug 2010
    COURSE STARTED
    SIGNUP TO WAITING LIST

  • Eden at Home

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    This is a great new course developed by Byron Community College and North Coast Area Health Service. You will learn about a myriad of topics including: grow your own food, basic needs of plants, understanding climate and micro climate, design principles, soil types and more. You will explore the concepts of no dig gardens, vertical gardening, mulch, compost and worm farms. There will be demonstrations on seed sowing, ph testing and seedling planting. You will learn about the use of herbs, weeds and manures. Gain knowledge of pests and diseases, dealing with adverse conditions and what to sow when. Share photos and scenarios of yours and other students gardens, set some goals and even experience a field trip! Wow. . . It is a jam packed course, full of fantastic information. Don't miss out, book today!

    Tutor
    Susan Hennessy
    Duration
    2 consecutive Saturdays
    Cost
    $125
    Code
    TXC124A103
    Location
    Tweed Community College, 36 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South
    Time
    10:00am - 4:00pm
    Date
    Sat 11 Sep 2010
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  • Fibreglass Sheathing of Kayak

    Following a very successful Kayak building course, we will now finish the project by covering the kayak with fibreglass cloth enhanced by a Polynesian patterned fabric. Students are requested to bring along some basic tools.

    Tutor
    Barrie Callaghan
    Duration
    41 session per week for weeks
    Cost
    $210
    Code
    TXC102A103
    Location
    Currumbin VMR Headquarters, Duringan Street Currumbin
    Time
    8:30am - 11:30am
    Date
    Sat 7 Aug 2010
    COURSE STARTED
    SIGNUP TO WAITING LIST