	{"id":85663,"date":"2023-10-11T04:06:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=85663"},"modified":"2023-10-09T11:22:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T00:22:20","slug":"blue-tree-to-make-torquay-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/blue-tree-to-make-torquay-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Tree to make Torquay debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A TORQUAY tree is getting a &#8220;blue lease of life&#8221; in the latest addition to an Australia-wide campaign to start conversations about mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Women&#8217;s Sharing Shed Torquay (WSST), located at the rear of Torquay Community House, are working on their entry to the Blue Tree Project, and will officially launch it in a forttnight&#8217;s time.<\/p>\n<p>The first Blue Tree was painted in Western Australia to acknowledge the memory of Jayden Whyte after he took his own life in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Tree Project has grown enormously since then, with the initiative now a charity that helps change the way Australians talk about mental health and has extended to more than 1,000 trees across the landscape in Australia and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This has been a project I&#8217;ve wanted to bring to life for a very long time,&#8221; WSST member Barb Rindfleisch, who is leading the Blue Tree Project at the shed, said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s now 1,044 trees around the country, spreading the word for mental health.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118815\" style=\"width: 572px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118815 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/8.png?_t=1696493524\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"377\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WSST members hard at work on their Blue Tree Project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I knew I wanted to\u00a0bring it back here [from Western Australia] to Torquay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve all been affected by mental health, I know that for a fact &#8211; it&#8217;s very close to my heart, for personal reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we&#8217;re giving the tree a blue lease of life and bringing people together to create safer places and spaces to talk about mental health.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because we&#8217;re a community house, a lot of people come here, so we figured we&#8217;d put it out the front.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ashmore Arts donated the dead tree itself (the Blue Tree Project recommends using dead trees) and Bellbrae Nursery donated the pot.<\/p>\n<p>The Torquay tree is being painted a specific shade of blue &#8211; Wattyl&#8217;s &#8220;Blue Tree&#8221;, renamed from &#8220;Billie Jean&#8221; after the success of the initiative &#8211; to match the hundreds of others created by the charity.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Rindfleisch said she was looking forward to the tree&#8217;s launch and the associated community celebration, but WSST would not stop there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The main aim then is to go bigger for next year and do another one down on the foreshore.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118813\" style=\"width: 618px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118813 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/IMG_3072_22336.jpg?_t=1696493524\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"412\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The WSST members are handcrafting all the tree&#8217;s elements themselves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a bigger tree, and every person who comes to Torquay will see that tree, and it&#8217;ll just create as much awareness as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WSST is also keen to find a larger shed to house its tools, equipment and projects.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Tree Project launch will be held at Torquay Community House, Price Street, Torquay, on October 20 at 2pm.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Women&#8217;s Sharing Shed Torquay, head to <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/womenssharingshedtorquay\">facebook.com\/womenssharingshedtorquay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Blue Tree Project, head to <a href=\"http:\/\/bluetreeproject.com.au\">bluetreeproject.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know needs mental health support, head to <a href=\"http:\/\/beyondblue.org.au\">beyondblue.org.au<\/a> or phone their 24\/7 hotline on 1300 224 636. You can also head to <a href=\"http:\/\/lifeline.org.au\">lifeline.org.au<\/a> or phone them on 13 11 14, and help for young people is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/kidshelpline.com.au\">kidshelpline.com.au<\/a> or by phoning 1800 551 800.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A TORQUAY tree is getting a &#8220;blue lease of life&#8221; in the latest addition to an Australia-wide campaign to start conversations about mental health. 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