Come and enjoy the smooth vocals with splendid muscianship resulting in beautifully delivered jazz, blues, swing and samba. Their repertoire includes favourites such as Pennies from Heaven and Fly Me to the Moon. As their name suggests, they have a General Store of all the things you need for a good night of music. Just add wine and friends! Concert commences at 8pm sharp. Please arrive 15 minutes before the show. Supervised children under 16 free of charge.
The Curlip on the Snowy Festival Friday, November 28, 2008 to Sunday, November 30, 2008
A Paddle Steamer Reborn.
A community celebrates the completion and commissioning of the Paddle Steamer Curlip. Kick up your heels at the Pioneer Ball on Friday night, 8pm venue to be confirmed. Then be a part of history at the Marlo Foreshore, in the remaking as PS Curlip II arrives at Marlo on Saturday with a flotilla of wooden boats. Celebrations commence at 12noon finishing at 10:30pm, Stroll the foreshore with vintage bicycles, horse and wagon, listen to live music and marvel at fireworks over the water.
On Sunday soak up the atmosphere of a market day from 9am to 2pm at Forest Park, Orbost, displaying East Gippslands best, stroll the riverbank and visit the Slab Hut and Exhibition Centre.
Bric - A - Brac | Orbost Exhibition Centre, Cafe Series Saturday, November 15, 2008 to Saturday, November 15, 2008
A vibrant and colourful tribute to French music including Parisian folklore as well as music from Lousiana, Quebec, Brittany and North Africa. There are also some cleverly comouflaged renditions of great music from sources such as the Rolling Stones, Mozart and a rollicking Sea Shanty. They'll have you believe that Mic Jagger always sang in French! A feast of dance, nostalgia and romance. C'est manifique!
LOCATION: Orbost Exhibition Centre
CONTACT NAME: Orbost Exhibition Centre
Omeo & District Agricultural Show Saturday, November 15, 2008 to Saturday, November 15, 2008
Show jumping, Horse events, Shearing competition, Animal Nursery, Pet competition, Best Ute Competition, Wood chop, Pavilion competitions, and fun day for all the family.
LOCATION: Omeo Recreation Reserve
CONTACT NAME: Peter Whittington
Bairnsdale Race Club - Melbourne Cup Day Tuesday, November 04, 2008 to Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Fashions on the field, Make up and hair tent, Jazz Funk dancers and live band, roving entertainers. Incorporate the business with Prizes for best dressed marquee and shop window. Kasey and Nata from 3TR FM will be hosting the fashions on the field.
LOCATION: Bairnsdale Racecourse, Forge Creek Road, Bairnsdale
CONTACT NAME: Bairnsdale Race Club
B2O Rail Trail Epic (Bairnsdale-Orbost) Saturday, November 01, 2008 to Monday, November 03, 2008
B2O Rail Trail Epic (Bairnsdale to Orbost In A Day) The East Gippsland Rail Trail is an iconic off-road cycling experience. Starting at Howitt Park on the Mitchell River in Bairnsdale, the Rail Trail travels 100km through beautiful farmland and the pristine Colquhoun forest to Orbost. Wilderness Bike Ride Association is pleased to launch the inaugural B2O Rail Trail Epic. The Epic is not a race but a challenge event for cyclists of all ages and abilities who enjoy escaping traffic and riding in the wilderness. The Epic begins at 9:00am at Howitt Park and finishes at Forest Park in Orbost. The Epic is fully supported, features four ride options and a choice of cycling for one, two or three days. Cyclists will require reasonable bike-fitness and a bike suitable for offroad.
LOCATION: Bairnsdale...Orbost...Bairnsdale
CONTACT NAME: Simon Rothwell
Home is where the HeART Is - East Gippsland Art Gallery Friday, October 24, 2008 to Tuesday, November 11, 2008
EGAG is looking for items for this exhibition that will showcase those things found in our homes that enrich our lives. Embellishment and decoration of various utilitarian items or our clothes, add beauty and colour as well as providing us with exquisitly crafted objects with which to express our individuality. Works for this exhibition can be made especially for the show and for sale or they can be on loan for the exhibitions duration but they must be handmade.
LOCATION: East Gippsland Art Gallery, 2 Nicholson Street, Bairnsdale
CONTACT NAME: East Gipsland Art Gallery
Australia’s Coastal Wilderness National Landscape was launched by the Federal Minister for Tourism, the Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP last Friday 1 August in Torquay in association with the launch of the Great Ocean Road National Landscape.
The Launch was attended by a number of East Gippslanders including Chair of the Australia’s Coastal Wilderness Steering Committee Phil Rickards who is also the Tourism Coordinator for the East Gippsland Shire.
In his address, Minister Ferguson acknowledged that whilst he would have liked very much to have launched each of the eight individual landscapes in each region, due to time constraints that had not been possible. However, he said he hoped to be able to visit the Australia’s Coastal Wilderness region at some stage in the future.
The Minister acknowledged the work of the Steering Committees in getting their respective landscapes accepted into the program.
“I would particularly like to welcome members of the landscapes steering committees who I know are passionately enthused about this project. Enthusiasm in a service-oriented industry such as tourism is critical. So is innovation and I believe the National Landscapes Program will provide the impetus for Australia as a nation to view the relationship between tourism and our natural landscapes in an innovative light.
“Much like the members of the Steering Committees, I am passionately enthused by the natural beauty of Australia. I do believe the landscapes which surround us are unparalleled in their beauty. In the fiercely competitive world of tourism they present us with enormous opportunity and point of difference.
Who would not want to visit those National Landscapes already launched, they being The Australian Alps, Australia’s Red Centre, The Flinders Ranges, Australia’s Green Cauldron and the Greater Blue Mountains? I am pleased today to add the Great Ocean Road and Australia’s Coastal Wilderness to the list of regions included in the National Landscapes Program
“To qualify as a National Landscape the location must be a world-class landscape of natural, cultural and spiritual assets, distinctive to Australia.
“Australia’s Coastal Wilderness has a significance which has long been internationally recognized. It is a site of more than national significance and includes Croajingolong National Park which was in 1977 proclaimed a World Biosphere Region by UNESCO.”
“The landscapes I am announcing today have been included in this unique program because they are more than just a group of appealing destinations. They are regions, which as a whole, are much greater than just the sum of their parts. They are distinctively Australian natural and cultural environments. And they will appeal to Tourism Australia’s target market, experience seekers; travelers of all ages who wish to experience new adventures and destinations which enable them to engage with a local culture.
“I congratulate the steering committees for the Great Ocean Road and Australia’s Coastal Wilderness on achieving National Landscape status for these wonderful regions”, concluded Minister Ferguson.
