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.
Nothing Happens by Magic - One Day Seminar Workshops Sunday, October 26, 2008 to Sunday, October 26, 2008
Regional Arts Victoria (RAV)present 'Nothing Happens By Magic' a one day seminar-workshop. Focussed on giving regional organisations the support needed to present professional shows in their community, the seminar is aimed at individuals from local arts groups and government, festivals, local hall committees and more. The forums will discuss professional touring system, funding, audience development, marketing and PR on a low budget.
LOCATION: Bruchen Community Hall, Supper Room, Main Street Bruthen
CONTACT NAME: Bruthen Arts and Events Council
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
Bairnsdale Apex Kids Stuff Market Sunday, October 19, 2008 to Sunday, October 19, 2008
Market Commences at 8.30 am and finishes at 12.30 pm. Quality preloved Kids Stuff Amusements, including jumping castle, magician, face painting Tasty sausage sizzle, healthy snacks All funds raised go towards purchasing playground equipment (Wy Yung Playground benefited from Oct 07 Bairnsdale Apex Kids Stuff Market)
Tambo Valley Golf Course - Events Weekend Thursday, October 16, 2008 to Sunday, October 19, 2008
The 'Junction Creek Classic' golf tournament in a beautiful setting. The Tournament attracts over 180 golfers with regular attendees from as far as Adelaide, Melbourne and Canberra. Thursday is traditionally Ladies day with a 27 hole event. Friday is 4BBB (four ball best ball) events. Saturday the mixed event is held. Sunday is men's day with the 27 hole event.
LOCATION: Tambo Valley Race Course, via Swifts Creek
CONTACT NAME: Brett Whylie
Bruthen Country Crafts and Arts Fair Saturday, October 04, 2008 to Sunday, October 05, 2008
A great weekend of family fun with craft stalls and demonstrations, jewellery making, Art Show, great food and live music. Children's activities area and crafts including plaster painting. Historic farm machinery displays and pioneer crafts. Don't miss the Anglican Parish cake stall for lots of home made goodies.
Whether you are looking for a fun family day out or an opportunity to stock up on Christmas gifts, this weekend is not one to be missed!
Hinnomunnjie Campdraft Saturday, October 04, 2008 to Sunday, October 05, 2008
Two days of action packed Camp drafting. Sit back and admire the horsemanship and level of skill required for this event, which bonds horse, rider and high country cattle.
LOCATION: Hinnomunjie Racecourse, Via Omeo and Benambra
CONTACT NAME: Karen
Omeo Golf Club, Events Weekend Friday, October 03, 2008 to Sunday, October 05, 2008
Friday is Ladies day, 27 holes, Stableford Event. Saturday a 'fun day' no handicap needed, a social day for all. It is also an event for Ambrose teams of three. An Evening meal and a few beers will follow. Sunday is the day for the men, a 27 stoke event. and a few laughs no doubt.
2008 Barry Sheene Tribute Ride to the GP Thursday, October 02, 2008 to Thursday, October 02, 2008
This annual ride will depart on the Thursday before the 2008 Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, from Bairnsdale through Morwell for some lunch and then on to Phillip Island for a lap of the Grand Prix circuit.
Registration of the ride takes place at the Bairnsdale Oval at 7am on the Thursday morning of the ride. Registration is open until 9.30am.
Your bike will be briefly scrutineered and once approved; your Barry Sheene Ride sticker will be placed on your front windscreen or faring for identification along the ride.
The number of riders taking part is capped at 850 to ensure the controlled lap of the Phillip Island circuit is completed with ease. Riders can complete an expression of interest by visiting the above link. And if you would like further information on the 2008 Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix visit www.motogp.com.au. THE ROUTE: The ride commences from Bairnsdale at 10am. It will travel along the Princes Highway to Morwell where there will be a stopover for lunch at approximately 12 noon. At 1:30pm the ride will depart Morwell and travel through the winding hills of the Strzelecki Highway and on to the Bass Highway through Inverloch and Wonthaggi to San Remo. Here, the ride will regroup ready to arrive on to the Island and around the Grand Prix circuit.
The ride will then travel to Cowes, along Phillip Island Road to The Esplanade. AND DON'T FORGET...On the Wednesday night before the Ride 1st October, there will be a tribute evening to commemorate the great Barry Sheene. The night includes interviews with Barry’s companions, music entertainment, a fundraising auction of motor sport memorabilia and ‘money cannot buy’ items with all proceeds going to the Official Charity of the 2008 Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation. Please contact the Bairnsdale RSL on 03 5152 3928 in regards to the Charity Night details and to book your seat.
LOCATION: Bairnsdale
CONTACT NAME: Bairnsdale Visitor Information Centre
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.
