PORA - Park Orchards Ratepayers Association

26/08/2026

🎾🎾Park Orchards Tennis Club🎾🎾
🎾🎾🎾🎾Family Day🎾🎾🎾🎾

18/08/2026

Save the date Sunday 30 August 10 am to 12 pm planting day in the 100 acres nature reserve.

14/08/2026

PORA Membership 2026/27. PORA needs your support!

It's vitally important that PORA has paid up Members for us to continue to operate. We are not asking you to join the committee (we'd love you to though!) but we are asking you to be a paid-up PORA Member. It's only $10 per year for residents or $25 for businesses. Thank you to everyone that has renewed their membership or joined PORA for the first time recently.

If you would like to become a PORA member, please visit our website (https://pora.org.au/membership/) and if you pay via the website, PLEASE let us know and email us your details (as listed below) to [email protected]

Please email all of the following information to [email protected]:
FIRST NAME(s):
LAST NAMES(s):
ADDRESS:
Email Address:
Contact Phone Number:
Date paid:
Reference left with payment (see instructions below):
Annual Membership Fee is $10 for residents and $25 for businesses

Please make an EFT Payment to:
Park Orchards Ratepayers Association
Bendigo Bank
BSB: 633 000
Account Number: 219 614 013
Reference: Please enter in your last name followed by your house number. Eg, John Smith, 333 Park Road, Park Orchards - the Reference would be: Smith333
Annual Membership Fee is $10

Alternatively, payment can be made by providing the information listed above and placing payment in an envelope with your name and address and post to PO Box 86 Park Orchards 3114

PORA has been operating since 1968, with volunteer residents working tirelessly to protect, maintain and enhance the unique and beautiful village that we are lucky enough to call home. Let's make sure it stays this way for many future generations to enjoy! With only 7 residents currently on the committee (yes, we're all very busy people too!), we really need more community minded Park Orchards residents to get involved in on or off committee roles. We've got lots of projects, big and small, for you to get involved with:
- general committee support roles
- help out at the Park Orchards Market entry stand
- assist with developing, producing and distributing a New Residents Welcome Pack
- appropriate rebuilding of the Park Orchards Community House and Learning Centre to ensure it meets the needs of the community
- appropriate redevelopment of The Chalet
- social media co-ordinator
- have a say in how our rates are being spent by Manningham Council
- meet with State Government representatives, Federal Government representatives and our Ward Councilor to ensure our local community is being heard.

If you'd like to attend a PORA committee meeting to see what we're all about, please email us at: [email protected]

13/08/2026

A well deserved award for this amazing lady! The time, effort and love put into the Park Orchards Community Pantry by Sandrajane and the team is incredible!

We are absolutely delighted to congratulate one of our newest Rotary members Sandrajane Vincent-Corry on receiving the Community Excellence Award at last night's Manningham Community Awards. This honour recognises her tireless work and compassionate leadership of the Park Orchards Community Pantry where she supports and coordinates a dedicated team of twenty local volunteers. The Pantry exists to share rescued food freely within the local community, reducing food waste while strengthening connections and local food resilience. What began as a simple neighbourhood food-swap of excess homegrown produce and preserves has grown into a valued and trusted part of the local landscape. Today the Pantry FB group connects almost 600 members with over 300 households using the Pantry regularly. Each week Sandrajane and the team rescue and share over 500kg of food and deliver care packs to those who need them - supporting wellbeing, sustainability and community resilience across Park Orchards and surrounds.
Congratulations Sandrajane, your steadfast leadership, kindness and commitment inspire us all and we are so proud to have you as part of our Rotary family.
Warrandyte Business & Community Network Rotary Op Shop - Warrandyte

12/08/2026

Details for this weekend’s Eastern Freeway closure 🚧

From 10pm, Friday 14 August to 5am, Monday 17 August, the Eastern Freeway will be closed between Bulleen and Springvale roads.

The crew will lift and install another large section of the future Bulleen Road interchange, build noise walls, install freeway technology and lay asphalt.

We’ll also close Thompsons Road from 10pm, Friday 14 August to mid-September in both directions between Bulleen Road and Thompsons Road Ringwood-bound entry ramp.

The Bulleen Road citybound entry ramp will also close from 9pm, Tuesday 18 August to mid-September.

We’re transforming the Bulleen Road interchange to connect the Eastern Freeway to the future North East Link tunnels.

Learn more about these works https://bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/roads/eastern-freeway-upgrades/eastern-freeway-major-disruptions

02/08/2026

Save the Date! Park Orchards Community Pantry Catch Up

31/07/2026

Tryout dates for the upcoming Summer season❤️🏀

Held at the Rings in Ringwood.

Boys = Sunday 9th of August

Girls = Sunday 16th of August

Good luck and have fun😆😆

31/07/2026

Men - Looking for a reason to get moving? 💪

Our new Men's Fitness & Wellness program is an 8-week course designed to help you build strength, improve your fitness, and learn practical ways to look after your physical and mental health.

Each session combines beginner-friendly strength training and HIIT circuits with practical discussions on topics like nutrition, health and wellbeing—all led by a qualified trainer and wellbeing coach.

📅 Wednesdays | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
📍 Warrandyte Sth Hall
🗓️ 29 July – 16 September (8 weeks)

💰 Special Term 3 price: $120 (normally $170), thanks to funding from Manningham City Council.

No matter your age or fitness level, you'll train at your own pace in a relaxed group of local men who are all there for the same reason: to feel better and get stronger.

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