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July 2008
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| Join the Wheel World at Confectionery Capers
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Date: Winter School Holidays
Venue: Confectionery Capers Contact Details: 1028 McIvor Highway Junortoun (opposite Farmers' Arms Hotel). Ph: 5449 3111, www.confectionerycapers.com Confectionery Capers, a wonderland of movement and colour suitable for ALL ages. -CHALLENGE your brain with hundreds of Capergrams. -EXPLORE the endless applicaitons of the Wheel. -ENJOY a tasty Jelly Belly jelly bean. Special for the youngsters... Win a lolly at the Jumping Bean races. Cost: Adult $6, Child $4, Family $16 Open: 7 days 10am-5pm |
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| Central Deborah Gold Mine
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Date: Winter School Holidays
Venue: Central Deborah Gold Mine Contact Details: Corner of High & Violet St's Bendigo. P 03 5443 8322 / W www.central-deborah.com Explore a real gold mine! Don a hard hat and miner's lamp, travel 61 metres below the surface and be guided through the maze of tunnels on the Mine Experience Tour. For the most daring, take the thrilling two and a half hour Underground Adventure Tour where you venture to the heart of the mine - climbing ladders, operating mining drills and searching for gold with finders keepers. Tour includes lunch or afternoon tea. Cage Rider is back these school holidays. Descend 85 metres underground in the original miner's cage to the third level of the mine known as the "Adventure Level". See what few people have seen on this level. Mine Experience Tour
Times: tours between 9.30am-3.30pm
Cost: adults $24, concession $21, child $12, family $60 Underground Adventure Tour
Times: 11am and 2pm (bookings recommended)
Cost: adults $68, concession $60, child $40, family $175 Cage Rider
Times: 12.30pm and 2pm 30 June - 4 July
Cost: $8 per person |
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| Wycheproof Boomerangs in Bendigo
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Date: Winter School Holidays
Contact Details: 1 Braeside Drive (off Trotting Terrace) Junortoun. P 03 5449 3399 or 0438 397 463 / W www.boomerangsales.com An authentic Australian, cultural experience - the Boomerang. Experience the thrill of learning to throw a returning boomerang and its evolution. Learn the secrets of why it returns. Make indoor boomerangs and create a work of art on wood that comes back. Hands on fun for all ages and abilities. Special holiday workshops: Tuesdays & Thursdays at 1pm during the school holidays. Bookings essential. Cost: $10 per person. Normal opening hours 1pm-5.30pm Tuesday to Saturday |
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| Bendigo Fun Factory
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Date: Winter School Holidays
Venue: Bendigo Fun Factory, 121 Condon St Bendigo Contact Details: P 03 5442 2009 / E bendigofunfactory@bigpond.com / W www.bendigofunfactory.com.au Three level padded play structure, ball pools, giant slides and tunnels, jumping castle. Large cafe area. Friday Night Kid's Disco - monthly. Birthday parties catered for. Open: Tuesday to Friday 9.30am to 5pm. Saturday & Sunday 10am to 4pm. Cost: $5.80 4-10 years. $4.50 under 4 years. $2.00 not walking. |
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| Balloon Flights of Bendigo
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Date: Winter School Holidays
Contact Details: Ian & Sue Robinson. P 03 5444 1127 / W www.balloonflightsvic.com.au An early morning experience for the whole family. After all, who can resist the sight of a hot air balloon. Imagine the fun your children will have in helping to inflate the balloon and learning how the earliest form of aircraft work. One of Australia's most experienced pilots takes you on an hour long flight over Bendigo followed by a celebratory breakfast.
Cost: $280 adult, $180 child Availability: every day (weather permitting) |
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| Bendigo's Golden Town Hall Experience
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Date: Winter School Holidays
Venue: Bendigo Town Hall Contact Details: Bookings essential and to be made through the Bendigo Visitor Information Centre, 51-67 Pall Mall Bendigo. P 1800 813 153 Step back into our Golden Era and experience one of the most remarkable boom time buildings in Victoria. Bendigo's Town Hall is a valued part of our golden legacy. Its stunning interior features elaborate plasterwork, extensive hand painted decoration and delicate gold leafing. Guided tours are conducted by enthusiastic volunteers and the stories will amaze you. Tours are subject to Town Hall availability.
Cost: $2.50 per person.
Times: Wednesday's 2pm and Sunday's 11am. |
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| Ironbark Riding Centre Saddle Club
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Date: Winter School Holidays
Venue: Ironbark Riding Centre Saddle Club Contact Details: Lot 2 Watson St Bendigo. P 0407 349 928 Hands on riding experience day program for children 5+ years. Fully insured and all safety gear provided. $45 per child includes riding lessons, horse care, mounted and unmounted games, activity course, trail rides and BBQ lunch. Contact Ironbark Riding Centre for bookings |
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| Vintage 'Talking' Tram Tours
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Date: Winter School Holidays
Contact Details: 76 Violet St (cnr High St) Bendigo / P 03 5443 8322 / W www.bendigotramways.com These school holidays be enchanted as you journey through the past 150 years of history abroad a majestic Vintage 'Talking' Tram. Included in the tour is a stop at Australia's oldest working tram depot where you can view the new Winter Tramways Collection. On display are rare photos, past ticket books and historical uniforms. You will also encounter a fascinating range of historic trams dating from the early 1890's and it is here that you will be able to appreciate how the trams once operated as public transport within Bendigo. Times: during the school holidays trams will run every 30 minutes between 9.30am-4pm Cost: adults $14, concession $12.50, child $8.50, family $40 |
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| Bendigo Pottery Fun with Clay
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Date: Winter School Holidays
Venue: Bendigo Pottery Contact Details: 146 Midland Hwy Epsom. P 03 5448 4404 / W www.bendigopottery.com.au . Bookings recommended Paint a Plate or Mug Learn how to use brushes and sponges to decorate your own pieces. Sessions: weekdays at 11am & 1.30pm. Cost: $15 per person Make a Tile
Carve a tile and we will glaze and fire it. Sessions: weekdays at 11am. Cost: $15 per person Wheel Throwing Lessons: Make a pot on the wheel with a skilled Potter and have it glazed and fired. Sessions: weekdays at 10am, 12 noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm. Weekends at 10am, 11am, 12 noon, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm. Cost: $12 per half hour, $18 per hour. Glaze and fire is $10 per piece. Hand on Clay Play
Tools, aprons and clay provided. Sessions: all day, everyday. Cost: $3 per clay play kit. |
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| His Holiness the dalai Lama at The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion: A Commemorative Exhibition.
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Date: 21st March 2008 to 31 December 2009
Venue: The Great Stupa Exhibition Centre, Atisha Buddhist Centre Contact Details: Lillian Hankel ph: 03 5442 3200 Email: info@stupa.org.au
Time: 10am to 5.00pm, weekends and public cholidays only.Launch:Easter Saturday the 22nd March 2008 10am to 5.00pm- "The Festival ofHarmony" with special activities all day! Highlights: See photographs from the day His Holiness blessed the Great Stupa on 7th June 2007, and watch a video of His talk on the value of loving-kindness. Visit the Holy Relics,the Kwan Yin Gompa and the Kalachakra House. See Jade Malas, butter sculptures,gold-leafed tsa-tsas and beautiful paintings of Buddhas. |
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| Dance Eisteddfod
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Date: 28 June - 13 July
Venue: JB Osborne Theatre, Kangaroo Flat Secondary College, Olympic Parade Kangaroo Flat
Contact Details: Danielle Cook / P 0409 259 329 / W www.bendigodance.com.au / E committee@bendigodance.com.au
Categories offered: Classic Ballet; Neo Classical; Contemporary; National Character; Character/Demi Character; Spiritual, Tap, Jazz, Song & Dance, Song & Tap; Hip Hop/Funk ; Concert Item. Solo's and Troupes, under 6 to open age. |
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| Miniature Chinese Costume School Holiday Program
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Date: 30 June - 11th July 2008
Venue: Activities Room at Golden Dragon Museum Contact Details: 5-11 Bridge St Bendigo
Ph. 03 5441 5044 Fax. 03 5443 3127
www.goldendragonmueum.org
info@goldendragonmuseum.org In the 1880's the Bendigo Chinese purchased costumes from China to parade in the Bendigo Easter Festival. The gold bullion and silk costumes are priceless today and to celebrate the unique costume collection housed at the museum, we have created a craft program based on the design of these garments. Learn how to make a miniature authentic Chinese costume out of material and paper. Workshop times: 10am and 2pm (workshop for children aged 4 to 12 years) Times: 10am and 2pm, Monday to Friday, each week of the school holidays (no workshops on the weekends) Cost: $5 per child. Bookings essential |
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| Explosive Science Show at Discovery
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Date: Winter School Holidays
Venue: Discovery Science & Technology Centre Contact Details: 7 Railway Place, Bendigo
(next to the Bendigo Marketplace)
P 5444 4400 / W
www.discovery.asn.au Boom! Crash! Kapow! These winter school holidays Discovery is presenting the Explosive Science Show. The mystery behind some natural, unusual and infamous real-life explosions will be uncovered. Exploding twice daily at 12noon and 2pm.
Bendigo Planetarium will also be presenting The Moon of Many Faces show. Find out more about the movements of the Moon, why the Moon seems to change shape and if there really is a dark side as the night skies open up for all to see. Showing twice daily at 11:30am and 1:30pm. All shows and activities are included in the Discovery admission price: Adults $9.50, Concession $8, Children $6.95 (5-15 years), Family $30 (2 Adults and 4 Children).
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| Fancy That! @ Buda House
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Date: Monday 7 July
Venue: Buda Historic Home & Garden Contact Details: 42 Hunter St Castlemaine. Bookings are not necessary however please call 03 5472 1032 for further information. The winter theme for Buda is "Fancy That!". A display of many of the pieces of fine embroidery made or collected by the Leviny daughters has been assembled throughout the house by Buda's House Curator, Lauretta Zilles. Buda has adopted the practice of having a theme for seasons of the year. This Winter’s theme, “Fancy That! Textiles from the Leviny collection” will be the subject of another LEVINY PUBLIC LECTURE. Lauretta will speak to the U3A "Meet the Levinys" and trainee Buda Tour Guides about these treasures on the afternoon of July 7th at 2pm. Her assistant for the afternoon, embroidery teacher Jan Harris, will be there to answer questions regarding techniques. Your $5 entry to the lecture will also give you access to the house to see these works for yourself. Afternoon Tea follows. |
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| Orchestra Victoria in Concert
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Date: 15th & 16th of July
Venue: The Capital, 50 View St Bendigo Contact Details: The Capital - P 03 5434 6100 / W www.thecapital.com.au Come along and enjoy two free concerts. Performance times: Tuesday 15 July @ 7.30pm (allocated seating) Wednesday 16 July @ 11.30am (unreserved seating) For all bookings please contact The Capital |
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| The 131st Australian Sheep & Wool Show
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Date: July 18th to 21st
Venue: Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Holmes Rd Bendigo
Contact Details: Phone 03 5439 5094 or visit www.sheepshow.com
The Australian Sheep & Wool Show provides not just animals but a great variety of general interest exhibits, including fashion clothing, fleece and yarn as well as woolcraft competition and demonstration. Also featuring food and wine, daily fashion parades (4 per day) as well as shearing and wool handling. So there is something for everyone - not just sheep - and do not forget the goats and alpacas! |
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| YUM CHA at the Golden Dragon Museum
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Date: Sunday 20 July
Venue: Golden Dragon Museum, Bridge St Bendigo
Contact Details: P 5441 5044 / W www.goldendragonmuseum.org
Yum Cha - 3rd Sunday of every month. The Golden Dragon Museum brings the wonderful Yum Cha experience to Bendigo, an explosion of Chinese delicacies, flavours and visual fancy. |
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| Harness Racing at Bendigo Harness Racing Club
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Date: 22nd July
Venue: Lord's Raceway, McIvor Highway, Junortoun
Contact Details: Barry Edwards - Email bhrc@bhrc.com.au
Phone 5449 3205
Enjoy an exciting night of harness racing action at the Bendigo Harness Racing club - 9 race program beginning at 6.00pm, end 10.30pm.
Tickets: Adult $8 / conc $5 / child (u18) free
Full catering, Bar, TAB and Bookmaker
For dining packages contact 5449 3205. |
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| Harness Racing at Bendigo Harness Racing club
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Date: 27th July
Venue: Lord's Raceway, Mc Ivor Highway Junortoun
Contact Details: Barry Edwards - Email bhrc@bhrc.com.au - Phone 54493205
Enjoy an exciting night of harness racing action at the Bendigo Harness Racing Club - 8 race program beginning at 5.00pm, end - 9.00pm
Tickets: Adults $8 / concession $5 / children (U18) free
Full catering, Bar, TAB and Bookmaker
For dining packages contact 5449 3205. |
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| VCTA Regional Tennis Tournament
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Date: 27th July
Venue: Coca Cola Centre Nolan St Bendigo
Contact Details: Pat Gilchrist - Vic. Country Tennis Association. P 03 5345 2926 / E vctaadmin@bigpond.com
Round robin forma. Spectators free. |
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| TRIVIAL non PURSUIT - A Quiz on Wheels
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Date: Sunday 27 July
Contact Details: To obtain a registration form or for further information please call 5454 9168 or email shenderson@bendigohealth.org.au Help raise valuable funds for the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation. Looking for a great family day out? Trivial Non Pursuit -A Quiz on Wheels is a quiz based vehicle challenge completed by car travelling in Bendigo and the surrounds. Participants will be given a list of questions to answer, the team with the highest points after the 2 hour limit will win. This is NOT a race! Prizes
1st - $1000 to spend at Danny Clapp 'The Good Guys'
2nd - $800 to spend at Danny Clapp 'The Good Guys'
3rd - $500 to spend at Danny Clapp 'The Good Guys'
Mystery Place - $200 to spend at Danny Clapp 'The Good Guys'
Mystery prizes and raffles on the day Enter the School Challenge to win $500 worth of sporting equipment for your school from Bicknells Independant Sports (participants in the School Challenge must attend the nominated school). Enter the Corporate Challenge for the chance for your business to hold the perpetual Trivial Non Pursuit trophy for the next 12 months! Sunday 27 July 2008, Harness Racing Track -McIvor Road Bendigo. Starts 9.30am - registration from 8.30am. $25 per car which includes BBQ lunch (max. 5 people per car). A great family day, team building exercise or corporate challenge! |
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| GPO Wine Appreciation Dinner with Blackjack & Harcourt Valley Vineyards
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Date: Wednesday 30th July
Venue: GPO, 60-64 Pall Mall Bendigo Contact Details: Mandy Maybanks, Events Manager - P 03 5443 4343 / E info@gpobendigo.com.au Wine appreciation dinner, a celebration of fine food & wine. GPO are excited to release this quarters Wine Appreciation Dinner Showcasing award winning local wines from Blackjack & Harcourt Valley Vineyards Enjoy canapés and wine on arrival, followed by a sumptuous 4 course dinner matched with wines from Blackjack & Harcourt Valley Vineyards. Blackjack & Harcourt Valley Wines will be available for sale at Cellar door prices. Limited tickets available so book early to avoid disappointment. Cost: $80. Time: 7pm |
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| 9th Annual Deep Winter Wine Dinner
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Date: 19/7/08
Venue: Emeu Inn Restaurant (Heathcote)
Contact Details: Leslye Thies, Emeu Inn
187 High St, Heathcote
5433 2668
www.emeuinn.com.au
Our 9th Annual Deep Winter Wine Dinner will be hosted by Andrew Millis of Barnadown Run. Enjoy a multi-course menu matched to Andrew's stunning wines from Heathcote. Starts at 6.30 PM. $125 pp. Accommodation & transport packages available. |
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