What's On Today | Monday 21st May 2012.. |
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65 Roses Day
65 Roses Day is celebrated throughout May each year and raises money to help people with Cystic Fibrosis live longer.
Since the 1980’s the average life expectancy has increased from 17 to 37.
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Australia's Biggest Morning Tea
Help tip the balance in the fight against cancer by taking part in Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea this May.
Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea is a fun and easy way to catch up with friends, family, colleagues and neighbours and raise much needed f..
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Cook for a Cure: Kids Allergy Research
Don your aprons! Set your oven timers! Get families, friends, schools and workplaces to put their culinary skills to the test by participating in the second annual 'Cook for a Cure' to raise money for allergy research!
Cook for a Cure is a nationw..
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** Children | Family Events ** | |
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Enchanted Maze Garden
Everyone from kids to kids-at-heart are invited to discover The Enchanted Maze Garden.
Navigate the twists, turns, false trails and dead-ends of this larger-than-life adventure park & gardens. The three formal Mazes include the traditional hedge m..
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Learn Circus with NICA
Drop into Fed Square each Monday and try your hand at basic circus skills with experienced NICA trainers.
Get a taste of circus in your lunchbreak. These free, fun workshops are suitable for all ages.
Workshops are on Mondays only.
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Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
19 May - 11 Nov 2012
From May 2012, explore 62 West Wallaby Street, a life-size version of Wallace and Gromit’s home and discover how simple ideas transform into life-changing inventions.
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Eroni's Circus
Eroni's Circus is a new Australian circus performing under the Big Top.
Owned and operated by the 5th and 6th generations of the Maynard circus dynasty, we pride ourselves as a glamorous,professional and entertaining circus experience.
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Silvers Grand Magic Circus
Silvers Extravaganza is suitable for all ages includes the Phoenix Riders in the Globe of Death, the Wheel of Steel, aerial acts, clowns and the latest in Los Vegas illusions.
Silvers Grand Magic Circus is known as Australia's Greatest Circus, wit..
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** Comedy & Magic Events ** | |
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Comedy @ Spleen | Monday's FREE!
Spleen runs every Monday night featuring an eclectic mix of Melbourne's comedy scene.
We get all the stars of TV and radio, such as past drop-ins like Peter Helliar, Frank Woodley, Dave O'Neil, Claire Hooper, Glenn Robbins, Lehmo, Justin Hamilton..
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NBC Comedy Trivia Special
Do You Know What I Mean? - NBC Comedy Special
The John Curtin Hotel
Fellow citizens of Pawnee, students of Greendale, cast and crew of TGS and employees of Dunder Mifflin, we present you you the Do You Know What I Mean? NBC Comedy Special.
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The Comic's Lounge
The Comic's Lounge in North Melbourne has live comedy Monday to Saturday with dinner before the show at 7pm and the laughs kick off at 8pm.
The Comic's Lounge is Australia's only 6 night a week live stand up comedy venue hosting Australia's and t..
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** Concerts | Music Events ** | |
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Live Jazz @ Bennetts Lane
Bennetts Lane Jazz Club in the heart of central Melbourne is open every night from 8:30pm.
Gigs normally start at 9:00pm weeknights and 9:30pm on weekends.
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PBS Radio Festival
PBS Radio Festival | 14 May, 12noon to 27 May, 11.45pm, 106.7FM.
It’s 2012 and Melbourne's airwaves are in danger of being suffocated by the bland oppressive miasma of mainstream radio. Every day music loving citizens of this city are subjected to..
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What's On @ Melbourne Recital Centre
What's On @ Melbourne Recital Centre in Southbank..
Saturday 14 April - 3:00 pm Songs without words - Venue: Salon
Saturday 14 April - 6:00 pm Songs without words - Venue: Salon
Monday 16 April - 6:00 pm Wilma & Friends - Venue: Salon
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** Culinary | Wine & Dining Events ** | |
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Parisian Tea
Enjoy a shared platter of French sweet & savoury pastries with a coffee or tea.
$20 per person.
Upgrade to a glass of Veuve Clicquot for $25 per person.
Available for bookings of 2 or more people.
Bookings essential.
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Soulmama
SOULMAMA rides again. The St Kilda vegetarian cafe, opened by Paul Mathis and bought towards the end of last year (2010) by former wine world bigwig Andrew Garrett before being abruptly closed in winter 2011, is being reborn at Fitzroy Street institu..
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** Dance & Ballet Events ** | |
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Monster Body
MONSTER BODY is a graphically honest and very energetic piece.
Raw and exposed, there is a lot on display. The subtlety and physicality of dancing body is presented to broaden the representation of the female body in our society. Exploring a poli..
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** Exhibitions | Art & Photo Events ** | |
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After The Meal: A Taste For Excess
The Johnston Collection house-museum
After The Meal: A Taste For Excess
Monday 5 March – Friday 22 June 2012
The Johnston Collection in East Melbourne was bequeathed to the people of Victoria in 1986 by William Johnston (1911-1986), an antique ..
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Arrange / Rearrange
Arrange / Rearrange, 2012
Christopher Dolman
10 May - 03 Jun 2012
My Interests lie in the obsolete, the outdated and the unpopular. I make ready made object/photography driven sculpture, and large-scale, multi-panel unique state print works on p..
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Art Unlimited
2012 Art Unlimited
12 May 2012 to 17 June 2012
Geelong region artists program.
Works by artists from Geelong's Art Unlimited studio program - an initiative of St Laurence Community Services that provides opportunities for practising artists wi..
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** Exhibitions | Expo | Launch Events ** | |
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agIdeas NewStar
An inspiring display of NewStar finalists.
A long-standing scholarship and exhibition program for young designers and one of the largest annual international design events held in Australia.
Students from around Australia and across the globe a..
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Aleph Bet
Two exhibitions at the Jewish Museum exploring the Hebrew alphabet
Aleph Bet is a not-to-be-missed exhibition in two parts for adults and children exploring the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet through art, spirituality, words and objects.
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Best of the Independent Games Festival
Hot on the heels of the 2011 exhibition and direct from the 2012 IGF in San Francisco, a fresh batch of the world's best independent games arrives at ACMI. Come and play more brilliant new games for free.
Dubbed the 'Sundance of the game world..
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** Festivals | Fairs Events ** | |
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Next Wave Festival 2012
The 2012 Next Wave Festival theme is The space between us wants to sing.
The Next Wave Festival is our largest, most ambitious and most popular project.
Run every second year since 1985, the Next Wave Festival is one of Australia’s major festi..
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Stonnington Jazz Festival
City of Stonnington is proud to present Stonnington Jazz 2012.
For 10 days in May, jazz lovers will be spoiled with 100% Australian jazz, in venues across Stonnington including the Malvern Town Hall and Chapel Off Chapel.
Stonnington Jazz is f..
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** Film Festivals & Showing Events ** | |
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Art Day South | Film Works
Art Day South
Menagerie - Jeffery Phillips
Experience a collection of short films by artists with a disability from the Art Day South collective.
Art Day South is a cross-disciplinary contemporary arts project for artists with an intellect..
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Croydon Film Society
Croydon Film Society screens quality films at the Reading Cinemas, Chirnside Park every Monday night from 7:15pm.
Annual membership gives you access to all screenings, a regular newsletter, end of year party and a poster/calendar.
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Human Rights Arts and Film Festival
The 2012 Human Rights Arts & Film Festival is on May 15 - 27, running for 10 days.
In its fifth year, HRAFF continues to provide a shared site whereby artists, human rights organisations and the Australian public are united in their desire to cont..
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** Group | Club Meetings Events ** | |
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Australian Delphi User Group
The Melbourne meetings of the Australian Delphi User Group are held on the third Monday of each month at the Royal Society's hall at 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne.
The Delphi programming environment is one of Borland's most successful products, wit..
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** Historical Locations & Tours Events ** | |
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Cook's Cottage
Cook's Cottage is a cottage rebuilt in the picturesque Fitzroy Gardens to commemorate the voyages of Captain James Cook, discoverer of Australia.
Cook's Cottage was originally built in 1755 in Great Ayton Yorkshire England and purchased in 1933 by..
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Coolart Homestead
Coolart Homestead is a magnificent late Victorian mansion situated on the shores of Westernport. In the superb grounds are ever-changing wetlands that you can view from the observatory, and a lagoon where thousands of Australian white ibis nest every..
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Cooper's Settlement
Cooper's Settlement is located in the largest park in the Northern suburbs, Bundoora Park - 15 kilometres from the centre of Melbourne. When you visit the Settlement you can experience a variety of activities that children will want to revisit and fa..
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** Markets | Art, Craft & General Events ** | |
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Brunswick Market
Walk into 661 Sydney Road and walk into another experience that is hidden from the street – BRUNSWICK MARKET - a range of fresh food and products opens up to you as you browse the aisles, including:
-:- fresh meat, chicken, fish;
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Chapel Street Bazaar
The Chapel Street Bazaar is a retail icon among locals. Open seven days.
The bazaar is a shop filled with bizarre bits and bobs from years past. It's got basically a cross-section of articles for sale from at least the last 80 to 90 years, from t..
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Mernda Market
Mernda Market is a Trash & Treasure Market held in the car park of the Bridge Inn Hotel every Monday.
There are 80 - 120 stalls featuring fresh fruit and vegetables, clothing and plenty of trash and treasure. You can purchase just about anything..
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Atherton Gardens Vegetable Market
The Atherton Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Market runs every Monday, rain, hail or shine, behind the Atherton Gardens Old Milk Bar.
An innovative idea to set up two Community Food Markets has brought fresh fruit and vegetables to the residents of hou..
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Little Saigon Market
FROM the freshly pressed sugar cane juice to the still-crawling crabs, Footscray’s Little Saigon Market (pictured) delivers an energising, distinctively Vietnamese shopping experience. You will find mountains of produce, with some stalls offering tas..
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** Museum & Science Events ** | |
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ANZ Banking Museum
The ANZ Banking Museum is housed in the lower ground floor of the 'Gothic Bank' at 380 Collins Street, Melbourne.
It was first opened in May 1985 to commemorate the 15Oth anniversary of the granting of a Royal Charter to the Bank of Australasia, ..
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Champions | Thoroughbred Racing Gallery
National Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) have launched a new gallery to celebrate the rich history of Australian thoroughbred racing.
Champions marks the completion of the third phase of the National Sports Museum and features ..
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Chinese Museum
Located in the heart of Melbourne’s Chinatown, the Chinese Museum comprises five floors of priceless artworks, artefacts, fashion, books, photographs and jade.
A living part of Melbourne's modern Chinatown, the Chinese Museum was established in ..
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What's On in Yarra Valley | Today
Browse all the fabulous things you can see and do while in the Yarra Valley – wineries and breweries, beautiful natural scenery and walks, and great attractions!
Exhibitions at TWMA
Date: Until 27 May 2012
Venue: TarraWarra Museum of Ar..
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** Performing Arts | Theatre | Opera Events ** | |
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Australia Day
Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company
WORLD PREMIERE
Australia Day
When Captain Phillip raised the flag at Sydney Cove on that January day in 1788, he couldn’t know that he was instituting the most hallowed date on the Australian calendar: ..
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Henry IV Part 1
“The better part of valour is discretion”
Exciting and accessible Shakespeare is what the Australian Shakespeare Company is renown for and now it is proud to present Henry IV Part 1. A play full of “bloody noses and cracked crowns” Henry IV also i..
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MTC Season 2012 | Don't Miss the Moment
Melbourne Theatre Company has announced its 2012 Season! Three brilliant artists – Robyn Nevin, Pamela Rabe and Aidan Fennessy – have come together to program, and take part in, the much anticipated 2012 Season before the arrival of new Artistic Dire..
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** Public Awareness Events ** | |
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Bulleit Bourbon
Augustus Bulleit was dissatisfied with the bourbons being distilled in Kentucky the 1830s. He developed a unique recipe that called for a high rye content to deliver a cleaner, more robust whiskey that was not “hot to the throat.”
Augustus Bullei..
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Sex & Sensibility
SEX AND SENSIBILITY
Gender Issues for Church and Society today.
A Public Conversation between Muriel Porter and Dr Paul Tonson.
FREE ENTRY
Muriel Porter is an energetic lay member of the Anglican Synod, offering an alternative voice on gender i..
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** Sales | Special Offers Events ** | |
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Catalogue Central
Check out the amazing catalogues on offer at Catalogue Central right now offering some absolutely tremendous bargains, exclusive to OnlyMelbourne readers.
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Groupon | Daily Deals
We only offer deals we want to buy.
We only present deals that we would buy ourselves. We want to offer you things that you cannot find anywhere else. Think of us as the key to the treasure chest of what to do, see, eat and buy in your city. We ar..
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Loxley Glass Candy Jar Sale | 3 For $99!
Sale Extended Until May 31st
Normally $89.95 each, reduced to $34.95 each or 3 for $99.00!
You will be stunned by the quality of these jars!
Massive May Sale on exclusive Loxley Glass Candy Jars extended until the end of May.
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** Sporting Fixtures Events ** | |
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Country Horse Racing | Today
Country racing plays a prominent role in the heart and soul of Victoria. When you hear the thundering hoofs of the thoroughbred meet the fresh country turf, racing truly comes alive.
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Tue 01 May
Day 1 of Carnival
Warrnambool Racing Cl..
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Cycling Victoria | Weekly Club Racing
Cycling Victoria - Clubs - Weekly Racing
Please check web links before attending...
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Ballarat Sebastopol Cycling Club road races
The club holds weekend road races between March and October.
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Women's Vic Veteran's Amateur
The Women's Veterans Victorian Amateur is an Australian Women's Senior Ranking Event. It is for players aged 55 and over, and is played over stroke play qualifying followed by match play. It is conducted by Golf Victoria
Date: 21-24 May 2012
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** Television Shows Events ** | |
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Audience Required | TV Shows
Many television shows are seeking studio audiences...
Join the audience of the following television shows in Melbourne:
ABC - Marngrook Footy Show is broadcast live on Thursday nights at 7.30pm from the ABC Elsternwick studio. We are looking fo..
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Footy @ Channel 9
In 2012 Nine is back in the game with
Footy Classified (Monday),
AFL Footy Show (Thursday), with Sam's Mailbag, Street Talk and Almost Footy Legends
The Sunday Footy Show and
TAC Cup: Future Stars (Sunday)
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Letters and Numbers
Based on a hugely successful global quiz phenomenon, Letters and Numbers is a smart and entertaining new SBS quiz show hosted by television veteran Richard Morecroft.
Letters and Numbers is a daily quiz show, airing Monday to Friday at 6pm, where..
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** Trips | Tours Events ** | |
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Carlton & United Brewery Tour
Join us for a fun and interactive behind the scenes tour of Australia’s iconic and famous Carlton & United Brewery, home of your favourite beers – VB, Carlton Draught, Foster’s, Pure Blonde and more…
See where over 2 million litres of beer is brew..
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Daytime Discovery Cruise
Take our Daytime Discovery Cruise through the Port of Melbourne to historic Williamstown and Port Phillip Bay.
See Melbourne from another perspective on the water and experience the busiest Port in Australia. Enter historic Williamstown and see P..
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Hangman’s Night Tour | Old Melbourne Gaol
Join Michael Gateley, Melbourne’s most prolific and brutal hangman and experience Australia’s most haunted building by candlelight … if you dare!
An enthralling tour you won't want to do alone...
Not recommended for Children 12 years or under.
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** Trivia and Quiz Events ** | |
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FAME Trivia
FAME Trivia runs trivia nights Monday through Thursday full of questions, music and audience participation that creates a competitive and fun-filled environment.
MONDAYS
Arcadia Hotel, South Yarra 8:00 PM Louise Crawford
Excelsior Hotel, Thomast..
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Quiz Meisters Trivia
Quiz Meisters run entertaining trivia nights at various venues..
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The Elsternwick Hotel
259 Brighton Rd, Elwood VIC
(03) 9531 3218
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8pm
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Robert Chislett
The Skinny Dog
155 High St, Kew VIC
(03) 9853 8023
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True Blue Trivia
Come on down for a good pub meal and play True Blue Trivia.
The quiz starts at 8pm... bookings are essential!
Trivia Nights
Monday - $2 @ The Rose Hotel, 406 Napier Street, Fitzroy Ph: 9417 3626
Tuesday - FREE @ The Union Hotel, 252 Union Roa..
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** Workshops | Classes & Clinics Events ** | |
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Being Together | Becoming Sustainable Course
'*Being Together, Becoming Sustainable*' is a community-based sustainability course commencing at CERES on 17th April 2012.
This course offers practical, experiential and creative workshops on transforming our relating with ourselves, others and ..
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Eating Disorders Recovery Session
The Eating Disorders Family & Friends Group support people with an eating disorder (18+).
Glen Iris
Eating Disorders Family & Friends Group
First Monday of every month.
A support group for family & friends of those suffering an eating disorder...
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Electrolux Cooking School @ Queen Vic
The Electrolux Cooking School celebrates Queen Victoria Market's wonderful fresh produce presented by the best local chefs.
Classes include:
• generous food samples as the chef cooks
• recipe kit
• complimentary glass of wine from our spons..
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** Zoological & Farms Events ** | |
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Collingwood Children's Farm
Situated on 7 hectares of land just 4 kms from Melbourne’s CBD, the Collingwood Children’s Farm provides a unique, educational and fun country experience for city folk.
The Farm provides inner city children and their families access to animals, a..
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Healesville Sanctuary
Healesville Sanctuary is a zoo specializing in native Australian animals. The zoo is located at Healesville on the outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and has a history of breeding native animals; it is one of two places to have successfully..
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La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary
The La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary was set up in 1967 as a project in the restoration and management of indigenous flora and fauna.
La Trobe University is the caretaker of more than 100 hectares divided into four areas: The La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuar..
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5°C
Sale Extended Until May 31st
Normally $89.95 each, reduced to $34.95 each or 3 for $99.00!
You will be stunned by the quality of these jars!
Massive May Sale on exclusive Loxley Glass Candy ...
For 10 days only, SPC Ardmona Factory Sale comes to Melbourne Showgrounds slashing prices on hundreds of grocery items.
The event is FREE and open to everyone offering huge savings of up to 90% ...
Question: Is it possible to walk around the interior of the Royal Exhibition Building dome?
Answer: In 2012 it is not possible but according to news reports (below) visitors will again be able to ...
We love BIG, well there was the movie Big (Tom Hanks), and there is Big M (flavoured milk) and Big Coxy (sorry mate), so when it comes to big things, Victoria is huge!
Here is 10 more.
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