What's On Today | Thursday 17th 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.
But it’s still only 37. Give people with CF a chan..
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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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Storytime @ Rippon Lea Gardens
Once again the popular ‘Storytime’ returns for all children!
Explore mythical lands, share in adventurous activities and sing a long to tunes under the Magic Storytime Tree!
Sit down in the beautiful Rippon Lea Gardens, relax on the sweeping la..
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What's On @ ArtPlay
ArtPlay is designed for children aged between 5 and 12 years with programs for school groups on weekdays as well as weekend and holiday workshops.
ArtPlay is easy to find in Birrarung Marr, the park directly behind Federation Square along the Yarr..
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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.
Baxter
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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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Softbelly Comedy! Every Thursday!
Melbourne's biggest top quality night of comedy is here!
Every Thursday night in the city, Softbelly Comedy has some of the biggest names in Australian comedy, in a funky inner-city surrounding.
So far we've had Adam Hills, Wil Anderson, Char..
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The Big HOO-HAA!
Every Thursday Night 8pm
The Portland Hotel
It’s the show that began the burgeoning careers of Tim Minchin and Claire Hooper, and now The Big HOO-HAA!'s unique brand of improvised comedy and manic satire has moved to Thursday nights at the Po..
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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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Afterburner
Afterburner is an Australian, Melbourne Based Band.
Fronting Afterburner is Shaun Coulter on Lead Vocals, Guitar and Sax.
Shaun is a multi-talented musician who has all styles and genres covered, with his versatile voice. His stage presence has t..
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Boy & Bear
Australia is in for one big treat from Boy & Bear, as they look to thank their fans for what has been a year of big journeys and greater accomplishments for the Sydney quintet.
From Adelaide to Albury, Brisbane to Bunbury, Cairns to Canberra, Boy..
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Creative Corner
Community radio program on 88.9 WYN FM.
Thursday's 6 - 8 pm.
Segments include Book Chat (1st Thursday of the month)
Curtain Call (2nd & 3rd Thursday of the month)
A modern Arts show with great music and guests.
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** Culinary | Wine & Dining Events ** | |
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Good Beer Week 2012
Good Beer Week is back! The beer festival that took Melbourne by storm in 2011 is set to return bigger and better in 2012.
Over eight days in May, venues and breweries across Melbourne and Victoria will play host to a wide range of amazing eve..
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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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Slow Roasted Lamb & Pig on a Spit
Join us at the Wharf Hotel as we slow roast lamb & pig on a spit!
Watch our chef carve the meat, served in a crusty bread roll with apple relish & pickled red cabbage.
$11 pork or lamb roll only or $15 with a Budweiser.
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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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Heritage Festival 2012 | Amazing Stories
The 2012 Heritage Festival - Amazing Stories: Innovation and Invention will be a vibrant and diverse celebration of Victoria's rich heritage: natural, cultural and indigenous. For the first time in the Trust's history, the 2012 festival will be natio..
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Next Wave Festival 2012
May 3 - 20 - 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’..
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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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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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What's Showing @ IMAX
What's showing at IMAX this week..
AUSTRALIA: LAND BEYOND TIME [G]
BLUE PLANET [G]
BORN TO BE WILD 3D [G]
BUGS 3D [G]
DARK SHADOWS [M]
DINOSAURS ALIVE 3D [PG]
EGYPT 3D: SECRETS OF THE MUMMIES [G]
FLYING MONSTERS 3D [G]
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** Group | Club Meetings Events ** | |
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Kelly Project: the investigation discussed
Members of the Kelly Project Team from the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine will discuss their investigation of the skull believed to belong to Ned Kelly that was stolen from the Old Melbourne Gaol in 1978.
Investigation proved that this s..
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Rotary Club of Collingwood
Rotary Club of Collingwood meets Thursday at 12-30pm for 1-00 pm Leinster Arms Hotel, 66 Gold Street Collingwood 3066.
The Rotary Club of Collingwood distributes the “The Original” Plum Pudding, Whisky Cake and Shortbread Biscuit Project.
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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:
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-:- a mini sup..
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Bulleen Plaza Market
Bulleen Plaza now has Market Day on the third Thursday of every month, come into Bulleen Plaza and enjoy the buzzing atmosphere and great products.
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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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Big Sams St Albans Market
There are around 20 stalls at this market selling fresh food, wine, flowers and cold meats.
Food is best when it is fresh, and at Big Sams Market you will only find fresh produce and friendly service.
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Camberwell Fresh Food Market
Produce market selling meat, seafood fruit & vegetables. Great little market.
Fresh highest quality produce from fruit & vegetables, seafood, poultry, meats & sausages to gourmet selection of delicatessen items from 5 different deli, superb illy'..
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Collingwood Estate Fruit and Vegie Market
The Collingwood Estate Fruit and Vegie Market runs every Thursday, 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 h..
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** Museum & Science Events ** | |
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A Night in Pompeii
A Day in Pompeii comes alive every Thursday night at the Melbourne Museum.
Enjoy A Day in Pompeii exhibition, fascinating talks, workshops, fine food and wine, music and entertainment. Soak up the Ancient Pompeii atmosphere in the Piazza Museo a..
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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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Australian National Aviation Museum
The Australian National Aviation Museum contains the finest collection of Australian made and designed aircraft, as well as the broadest collection, with representative types covering the development of air travel and military aviation within Austral..
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Australia National University Info Seminar
Wanna study at Australia National University (ANU)?
Consultant with ANU staff， get first hand information！
与ANU 的老师面对面咨询， 大好进入߰..
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B-24 Liberator Bomber Restoration
You are invited to call in and see the great restoration work being carried out on the B-24 Liberator by the many volunteers on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays between the hours of 9:30am and 3:30pm.
Restoring Australia's only surviving B-24 Liber..
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Law Week 2012
Held each year in May, Law Week features more than 150 law-based events in Melbourne and across regional Victoria. This year's theme is 'Law and justice in your community'.
The program involves over 100 organisations, who work with the Foundation ..
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** Performing Arts | Theatre | Opera Events ** | |
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All That I Will Ever Be
From the creator of HBO'S Emmy Award-winning TRUE BLOOD, SIX FEET UNDER and the Oscar winning screenwriter of AMERICAN BEAUTY, Alan Ball’s play is a darkly funny tale of cultural provocation and our eternal search for belonging as seen through the re..
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An Inspector Calls
Heidelberg Theatre Company presents
AN INSPECTOR CALLS
written by J. B. Priestley
directed by John Jenkins
3 MAY - 19 MAY 2012
Weeknights and Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 2:00 pm
About the play
A family engagement celebration is inter..
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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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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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Mere Footwear Pop Up Shop
Mere Footwear Pop Up Shop presents...
-Footwear from current seasons to one off samples
-limited Edition T shirts
-Hand made timber jewellery
-Original prints and paintings
2 weeks only!
Thursday 10th May - Sunday 20th May
Shop 2, Carson..
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** Seminars | Lectures | Talks Events ** | |
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Australia at Rio+20 Seminar
UNAA Australia at Rio+20 Seminar 'Collective Action for Sustainable Development: Rio+20 and the transition to a green economy.'
In June 2012, world leaders will convene at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) to build ..
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Sea of Faith in Australia Lectures
The SoFiA (Sea of Faith in Australia) Network promotes the open exploration of religion, spirituality and meaning, and presents a series of lectures to this exploration throughout the year.
'Sea of Faith' is not a church, but a network of people w..
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Sea of Faith Network
The SoFiA Network promotes the open exploration of religion, spirituality and meaning.
'Sea of Faith' is not a church, but a network of people who are seeking a radical reappraisal of past religious traditions in order to meet today's spiritual ch..
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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.
May
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...
SUNDAY
Ballarat Sebastopol Cycling Club road races
The club holds weekend road races between March and October.
For an overview of our road races, please..
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Melbourne Dodgeball League
Melbourne Dodgeball League has been operating out of Bundoora now for over one year. We have an increasing number of teams joining up each new season to play this rapidly growing new sport!
MDL operates out of Indoor Sports in Bundoora on Thursda..
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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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Maton Guitar Factory Tour
The Maton Guitar Factory tour will take you on a journey to see how Maton guitars have been created from start to finish by our craftsman, as they have been done for over sixty-one years.
Tours are conducted by John Mortlock, who worked for fo..
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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..
MONDAYS
The Elsternwick Hotel
259 Brighton Rd, Elwood VIC
(03) 9531 3218
TIME
8pm
HOST
Robert Chislett
The Skinny Dog
155 High St, Kew VIC
(03) 9853 8023
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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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Drawing Straws | Burlesque Life Drawing
Drawing Straws is the art class that you wish your school had've offered. Life drawing with a sexy twist - it's in Burlesque Bar, with a burlesque performer as model and muse, every Thursday at 8pm.
$15 entry includes help of professional tutors, ..
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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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16°C
Every Sunday afternoon from 1pm - 4pm, St Kilda transforms into the centre stage for the comical and amazing art of busking!
See the quirky, the bold, the daring & the fun of St Kilda for an ...
Held each year in May, Law Week features more than 150 law-based events in Melbourne and across regional Victoria. This year's theme is 'Law and justice in your community'.
The program involves ...
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% ...
Cultures Come together is a Reconciliation and we are encouraging everyone to come along and join in on the fun.
11.00am– Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
11.15am—Mullum Mullum Cultural ...
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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From the 30th of June - 29th of July Artisan Books will be hosting the 12th annual Beanie Exhibition, awarding a $50 book voucher to the most sculptural creation.
We received over 350 beanies ...
