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October 2015
25th Anniversary of Alexandra & District Open Gardens
14 exceptional town and farm properties where friendly gardeners will throw open their gates to warmly welcome visitors. Expect to see gorgeous spring blossoms and foliage, exotics and natives, stunning views, manicured petite spaces and expansive domains. Less than 2 hours from Melbourne in the rolling hills and river valleys of Alexandra. Catering, steel pan solos, blacksmith demonstrations, hobby bee keeping, honey tasting, plant sales, photography, art gallery and more. Come….. Be Inspired!
Find out more »Cuban Jazz Festival
On the main stage at Rochford Wines Cuban bands play all day until 5 as part of the winery’s Cuban Jazz Festival. Melbourne Salsa dance team will host dance lessons all day and all entertainers will join the main stage at 5pm with commercial house, drums and dancers until 6pm! In addition to music on the main stage there will be the Vineyard DJ’s, R&B and Commercial House on the sound dome stage with live percussion, bongos, sax and…
Find out more »All My Love
Their lives could have been written so differently: the story of Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore’s lost love. Henry Lawson is one of the nation’s favourite writers and poets. His contemporary, Mary Gilmore, was a literary icon and radical socialist. They were secretly-betrothed heroes of literature who had enormous influence over each other.
Find out more »Emerald Arts Society 46th Annual Art Exhibition
After last year’s show the society took a new direction with a major initiative to encourage and support under-19 youth with artistic talent. This initiative is entitled Next Gen and will make up much of the work on display. This year’s exhibition has a new structure with major prizes in seven different categories: oils/acrylics, photography, watercolour/gouache, pastels, drawing, other media and printmaking. 10am-4pm
Find out more »November 2015
Artist of the Year – Robin Dawson at Sherbrooke Gallery
Robin Dawson will exhibit a new collection of works as the winner of the Sherbrooke Art Society Artist of the Year for 2015, in the Reg Green Gallery at Sherbrooke Gallery. Her varied mediums of oil, watercolour, pastel and drawing have each resulted in major awards and numerous commendations. Her subject matter is diverse: landscapes, seascapes, portraits and figure studies, flowers in still life and garden studies.
Find out more »Melbourne Cup at Oakridge
Oakridge set lunch, live Flemington broadcast, annual Oakridge handbag toss, race sweeps & prizes for best dressed.
Find out more »Yea Open Gardens
The Rotary Club of Yea is again presenting superlative gardens from the town and surrounding areas. This year there will be many new gardens, some young, some of historic importance, all worth a visit to this lovely area just 100 kilometres north of Melbourne. Scenic drives have been planned to make the garden tour enjoyable, taking in the lovely rolling hills and sweeping views of the area. Late spring is the time when the gardens are reaching their peak, roses…
Find out more »Yarra Valley Strawberry Festival
Sweet strawberries and family fun will satisfy any appetite at the 9th annual Yarra Valley Strawberry Festival in Lilydale this November. This year’s event will feature plenty of activities for kids of all ages, from circus acts by Ruccis that encourage audience participation, to carnival rides, an animal farm, pony rides, various demonstrations, craft stalls and plenty of food, including delicious strawberries, of course. The festival marks the start of the Victorian strawberry picking season and supports growers and local…
Find out more »Flak – True stories from the men who flew in World War II
November 11, 2pm - The Memo, Healesville November 13, 7.30pm - Arts Centre, Warburton Returning for a special encore performance after the popular 2013 premiere, Flak is a powerful, profound and moving piece of theatre that presents tales of heroism. Based on Michael Veitch’s two best-selling books, Flak and Fly. In this powerful one-man show Michael takes on the roles of former airmen, recounting their extraordinary and largely untold stories of combat in the air war of 1939-45.
Find out more »Experience Yesteryear at Mont De Lancey
Working displays including draught horses ploughing the fields, vintage machinery running up a head of steam, blacksmiths firing up the forges to make horse shoes, woodturners making a range of beautiful timber objects, working dogs rounding up sheep, creative chainsaw carving, plus much more. Adults $10, Children free. 10am-4.30pm
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