Enabling Country Hub

05/02/2026

30/01/2026

Since starting the Hub in July 2025, it has been such privilege to hear about Memory Lane Cafe and Lisa Hendry 💖 and the people who attend.
This truly is an amazing community.

With new funding announced, what thoughts do you have about the services you need, and what locations?

15/01/2026

✨ Calling all d/Deaf and disabled artists on the Yorke Peninsula ✨

We’re excited to share a beautiful creative opportunity coming to our region in 2026.

Inspired by the Exquisite Co**se method, artists will create their own “Exquisite Familiar” - a creature that reflects personal experience, identity and imagination.

Expect visual art, digital skills, and supported creative exploration in a safe, inclusive environment.

💻 Online introduction: Thursday 29 January

🎨 In-person workshop: Thursday 5 February in Minlaton at 23 Main Street

✨ All participating artists are paid for their artworks

This project is presented in partnership with Enabling Country Hub and Country Arts SA.

👉 Interested in taking part?

Register your Expression of Interest here:

https://access2arts.org.au/project/the-exquisite-familiar-regional-for-artists/

If you need support to register or want to talk it through, feel free to reach out 💜

Calling all d/Deaf and disabled artists on the Yorke Peninsula!

We’re inviting you to take part in The Exquisite Familiar Regional, a collaborative, multi-artform project coming to the Yorke Peninsula in 2026.

Inspired by the Exquisite Co**se art method, artists will create their own 'Exquisite Familiar' - a creature used to explore experiences of disability, access and inclusion. Think visual art, building digital skills and artistic experimentation in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Where: Minlaton, South Australia
Online intro: Thursday 29 January
In-person workshop: Thursday 5 February

All participating artists will be paid for their artworks.

Open to artists living in Yorke Peninsula or surrounding areas.

Presented in partnership with and Country Arts SA

👉 Interested in taking part? Register your EOI here:

https://access2arts.org.au/project/the-exquisite-familiar-regional-for-artists/

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10/01/2026

🎲 One Week to Go – Board Games Beach Day! ☀️🌊

Only one week until our Board Games Group heads to the beach!

📅 Friday 17 January
⏰ 3:00pm – 6:30pm (arrive a little earlier if you like)
📍 Flaherty’s Beach – via Hardwicke Bay Boat Ramp
👥 Ages 16–29
💙 Free entry | Ice-cream & snacks provided

Expect beach games, relaxed vibes, and plenty of time to hang out by the water. Bring a friend, bring your favourite game, or just bring yourself.

☀️ Sun, snacks, games, and community
🎲 No pressure, just good company

Pop it in your calendar – we’ll see you at the beach 💙

08/01/2026

🎲 January Board Games Group – Beach Day Edition! ☀️🌊

We’re kicking off the year with sunshine, salty air, and good company at our Board Games Group Beach Day!

📅 Saturday 17 January
⏰ 3:00pm – 6:30pm (feel free to arrive a little earlier)
📍 Flaherty’s Beach
Via Hardwicke Bay Boat Ramp car park staircase
👥 Ages 16–29
💙 Free entry – ice-cream & snacks provided!

This is a laid-back afternoon to connect, play games, and enjoy the beach together. We’ll have board games ready to go, and if you’ve got favourite beach games, feel free to bring them along too.

Whether you’re coming for the games, the laughs, or just to hang out by the water, you’re welcome exactly as you are.

☀️ Bring a hat, sunscreen, comfy clothes, and your summer vibes.
🎲 Let’s start 2026 with connection, fun, and community.

We can’t wait to see you there 💙

07/01/2026

Are you looking for support services in Minlaton?

Come along to Essentials Day on Wednesday 14 January, 10:00am–12:30pm at the Enabling Country Hub, 23 Main Street.

Multiple services in one place, face-to-face, with a free sausage sizzle. No registration needed.

07/01/2026

✨ Something special is coming to Minlaton ✨

Essentials Day is a FREE Community Event bringing together local and regional services that support everyday life, work, health, caring, learning, and connection.
Whether you’re:
• navigating the NDIS
• supporting a family member
• looking for work or training
• ageing well
• or simply wanting to know what’s available in our region
This day is for you.
📍 Minlaton
🗓️ Essentials Day – Wednesday, 14th January
🤝 Over 20 services in 1 place.
No pressure. No jargon. Just real conversations and helpful information.

👉 Save the date - 14th January 2026

14/12/2025

Nourished By Jo are popping up tomorrow from 10.30am 🌻
Jo’s team have been learning new skills and are ready to serve freshly made toasties, cakes, scones and cuppas.
Fundraising for Memory Lane Dementia Cafe.
📍 37 Stansbury Rd, Yorketown
💰 Cash only
Pop in and support a great local initiative 💛

🌻Pop Up Community Cafe tomorrow!

🌻We are having another little pop up cafe at the Yorketown Progress Hall at Weaner’s Flat on Stansbury rd (right next to the playground) tomorrow, Monday Dec 15, from 10.30am.
The cafe offers young people opportunities to increase their skills in the kitchen and in the service industry, with support and encouragement.

🌻Everything on our pop up cafe menu will be priced $2-$5 ~ cuppas, scones, cakes, toasties, croissants, mini quiches and plenty more goodies. There will also be a special table with lovely handcrafted bracelets available for purchase - one of the team has worked very hard to make them all by hand!
Everyone who comes to the cafe will go in the free draw for our special NBJ door prize too.

🌻Proceeds from the cafe food and drinks will go toward the local Memory Lane Dementia support group run by Lisa Hendry
(local dementia care nurse).

🌻Please come on down tomorrow morning with a friend or two, bring the kids for a toastie & play at the playground, and support the young people having a go in the kitchen - you’ll also be supporting the local community dementia group too!

🌻The cafe will be cash payments only, so remember to pop some coins in your purse before you head to us. Please share!

10/12/2025

The Yorke Peninsula is about to become a canvas of possibility.

We’re thrilled to share that Enabling Country Hub will host workshops for The Exquisite Familiar in February 2026. This incredible Access2Arts project invites artists to explore imagination, identity, and connection through co-created art pieces that will later be exhibited in a statewide celebration.

🎨 Artists are paid
🌀 Workshops delivered online and in person
🌾 Final exhibition showcasing work from right here on the Peninsula

If you’re an artist (or an emerging one quietly doodling in the margins of life), this is your invitation to step forward.

✨ Submit your Expression of Interest here:
https://access2arts.org.au/project/the-exquisite-familiar/

Let’s show SA how creative our region really is.

10/12/2025

The Yorke Peninsula is about to become a canvas of possibility.

We’re thrilled to share that Enabling Country Hub will host workshops for The Exquisite Familiar in February 2026. This incredible Access2Arts project invites artists to explore imagination, identity, and connection through co-created art pieces that will later be exhibited in a statewide celebration.

🎨 Artists are paid
🌀 Workshops delivered online and in person
🌾 Final exhibition showcasing work from right here on the Peninsula

If you’re an artist (or an emerging one quietly doodling in the margins of life), this is your invitation to step forward.

✨ Submit your Expression of Interest here:
https://access2arts.org.au/project/the-exquisite-familiar/

Let’s show SA how creative our region really is.

The Exquisite Familiar Welcome to our exciting collaborative art project, The Exquisite Familiar. In this interactive, immersive, multi-art form project, a group of disabled artists of varying ages, artistic...

09/12/2025

🎣 Hub Friends Special – 20% Off Kustom Rods!

We’re excited to support one of our favourite local makers, Kustom Rods, with a special offer just for our Enabling Country Hub community.

For this week only, Hub Friends can enjoy:
✨ 20% off handcrafted fishing rods ✨
Prices start at $160 (before discount)

And even better…
We have a handful of rods in stock right here at the Hub, ready to take home.

Kustom Rods are:
✔ Handcrafted locally in Yorketown
✔ Built tough for SA waters
✔ Available in cork, EVA, camo and colour grips
✔ A perfect Christmas gift or summer upgrade

Just mention “Hub Friends” at checkout to receive your discount.

Pop in to have a look or send us a message if you’d like photos of what’s available.

08/12/2025

🎲🌊 BOARD GAMES BEACH PARTY!
We’re wrapping up the year with sunshine, snacks, and seriously fun games!

Join us on December 14th for a chilled afternoon at Port Rickaby Shelter.
Free entry. Free ice-cream. Good vibes only.

🕒 3pm–6:30pm
🎟 Ages 16–29
🍔 Bring food for the BBQ if you’d like
🏖 Bring your favourite beach or board games

A perfect way to celebrate the year, meet new people, and enjoy the coast.
See you in the sunshine!