What's On Today | Saturday 4th February 2012.. |
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Casino Night | Charity Fundraiser
What is it: I am holding a Casino Night at Montuna Golf Course as part of my fundraising efforts to join the Windermere Adventure Challenge - Vietnam in June 2012.
Cost: Tickets are $35 which includes $2,000 of "Play money" to use to play Roulett..
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FebFast!
Start the year with a clear head…do febfast!
febfast is a national health and fundraising initiative that challenges people to take a break from the booze during the shortest month in the year. Participants raise money that enables young Australia..
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Great Peninsula Paddle
The annual Great Peninsula Paddle will take place at 12 noon on Saturday February 4, 2012 from Sorrento pier to Portsea pier.
Grab your kayak, paddle board, surf ski, stand up paddle board and your friends. Support Reclink Australia by participa..
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** Children | Family Events ** | |
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Funfields | Great Family Park
Funfields, as the name suggests, is just that! A family fun park situated on a huge property approximately 40km or a 45 minute drive from central Melbourne. Just keep driving along the surprisingly scenic Plenty Road till you reach Whittlesea town ..
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Giant Sky Wheel
Come and ride the largest travelling ferris wheel in the southern hemisphere operating on the Geelong waterfront, Ritchie Boulevard, Geelong.
Being only an hour by train from Melbourne, Geelong provides a wonderful day out. The Geelong waterfront ..
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School Holidays | Arts Activities for Kids
GlazeIt Studio is a Pottery Painting studio in Elsternwick which provides an engaging and unique art activity for kids and families.
Pottery Painting involves decorating ready-to-paint ceramic pieces and turning them into decorative and practica..
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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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Stardust Circus
Stardust Circus is Austalian's largest circus with animals owned by the Lennon and West families and the circus travels around Australia for 11 months of the year.
The performance features African lions, monkeys, Liberty horses and trick ponies, ..
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** Comedy & Magic Events ** | |
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Comedy Club @ Knox O-Zone
The Comedy Club has been bringing laughs to inner Melbourne since 1975, hosting hilarious international and Australian comedians so it’s exciting to be able to offer this level of quality entertainment locally to the Knox
A variety of ticket opti..
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Stand Up @ Last Laugh Comedy Club
Stand Up @ Last Laugh Comedy Club at Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne.
CLAYTON FLETCHER (USA)
RONNY CHIENG
TROY KINNE
(Dinner & Show only - $45)
(Show only - $25)
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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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Billboard Saturday's
Billboard "The Venue" features the best entertainment..
Residents:
• JAMIE VLAHOS
• FRAZER ADNAM
• SCOTT McMAHON
• MR MAGOO
• ZIGGY
Jane's Bar:
• NICK MISSA + MARKIE MARK
• UNTITLEDRegular Guests:
• ANDY MURPHY
• CHARDY
• CHRIS KAYE..
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D1st0rt
D1st0rt (Distort) is a monthly industrial/electro club located in the heart of Melbourne...
It's time once again to hit the dance floor and experience the sound of hot circuitry with Australian and International DJ's playing all your favourite Ind..
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Dirty Canary | CD Launch
Dirty Canary launch their long awaited CD with supports from The Sunsleepers & War In Arcadia on the 3rd Of February at Gertrudes Brown Couch from 8.30PM $10.
It will be also Dirty Canary last show for 3 months so it will be a cracker of a gig.
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** Culinary | Wine & Dining Events ** | |
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Afternoon Tea in Melbourne
With Australians consuming around 22 million cups of tea daily, there are plenty of options when it comes to enjoying a good cuppa.
Afternoon tea or the classic high tea has seen a resurgence in Melbourne, so too has the return to elegance in fas..
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Poultrygeist @ The Commoner
SILVER SCREEN MENU ANYTHING BUT COMMON!
Jo Corrigan and The Commoner restaurant crew are excited to announce a yearlong calendar of cult movie inspired menus!
From Planet of the Apes to Jaws, six classic movies have been given a tantalizing tw..
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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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** Exhibitions | Art & Photo Events ** | |
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A Dingo Fence and Mallee Roots
exhibition
Kristin Diemer
A Dingo Fence and Mallee Roots: Victorian Farming on the Fringe
admission: Free
As a photographer and sociologist, Kristin Diemer loves to tell a good story. Her latest exhibition ‘A Dingo Fence and Mallee Roots’ tell..
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Artistic Inspiration with V/Line
Scattered throughout regional Victoria are quirky and unique galleries that are sure to entertain and inspire.
Discover unique collections or small galleries that help support regional artists – all located a short walk from a train station. V/Li..
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As Modern as Tomorrow
As modern as tomorrow: photographers in postwar Melbourne showcases striking commercial photography from the Library's collection, and gives a unique insight into the changing social fabric of mid-20th-century Melbourne.
Between the 1930s and the ..
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Ancestral Power and the Aesthetic
Ancestral Power and the Aesthetic
11 Nov 2011 - 12 Feb 2012
Arnhem Land paintings and objects from the Donald Thomson Collection.
This exhibition showcases the extraordinary painted works collected from Arnhem Land during the 1930s and 1940s ..
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Chinese Spring Festival Exhibition
Celebrated over 38 days with colourful processions, activities and sumptuous food, the Spring Festival is the largest and most important Chinese celebration.
Marking the arrival of spring in the northern hemisphere and a new year according to the..
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Commonwealth Bank Series Launch
The Commonwealth Bank Series launches with a free public breakfast on Saturday 4 February with members of the Australian cricket teams in attendance.
To be held at the Observatory Café located in the Royal Botanic Gardens, the Commonwealth Bank h..
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** Festivals | Fairs Events ** | |
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Anatolian Culture and Arts Festival
The taste of Anatolia comes alive once again at the Federation Square.
The event will include live concerts from international and local artists, live art exhibitions, folk dances, whirling dervishes, oil wrestling, and replicas of Istanbul's Gra..
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Best of the Independent Games Festival 2011
Tuesday 20 December 2011 - Sunday 25 March 2012
Open daily 10am - 6pm > Gallery 2
Free admission
Play brilliant new games for free when the Best of the Independent Games Festival returns to ACMI. Dubbed the 'Sundance of the game world', the ..
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Brunswick Beethoven Music Festival
The Brunswick Beethoven Festival is taking place between 2 - 12 February 2012 at the Brunswick Town Hall Cnr Sydney Red and Dawson Streets Brunswick.
There are 8 concerts in the Festival all in the evening.
Thursday 2nd 7:30pm – Anthony Halli..
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** Film Festivals & Showing Events ** | |
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Ben & Jerry's Open Air Cinema
Ben & Jerry's Open Air Cinema nights are a quintessential outdoor event with live music and feature films playing on a huge movie screen from dusk.
On arrival film and music lovers can relax with some tasty food and frosty beverages from the licen..
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Cameo Outdoor Cinema
The CAMEO OUTDOOR CINEMA in Belgrave is a must for all those seeking the ultimate cinematic experience this summer.
The Cameo Outdoor set amidst the picturesque surrounds of the Dandenong Ranges is the only outdoor cinema venue screening first rel..
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Ford Focus Moonlight Cinema
Ford Focus Moonlight Cinema is an open air cinema screening latest release, contemporary, cult and classic movies on the sweeping lawns of the lush Royal Botanic Gardens.
Gather a group of friends, book your tickets and relax with a picnic as the..
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** Garage Sales | Car Boot Sales Events ** | |
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Melbourne Garage Sales | Today!
Here is a comprehensive listing of Garage Sales on in Melbourne today courtesy of Street Garage Sales.
Starting this Saturday, there are garage sales and street garage sales listed in the following Melbourne surburbs..
Abbotsford Airport West ..
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** Historical Locations & Tours Events ** | |
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Como House & Garden
A stone’s throw away from Melbourne’s shopping mecca and perched high above the Yarra River lies the sanctuary of Como.
Boasting Melbourne’s finest garden, an inspiring historic mansion and an impressive collection of antique furniture, the prope..
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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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** Markets | Art, Craft & General Events ** | |
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Apollo Bay Market
Every Saturday morning showcasing art, craft and produce of the Otways
The Apollo Bay Market is on most Saturdays throughout the year and provides and excellent opportunity for a pleasant morning with quality handmade wares, conversation, coffee f..
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Ballan Market
Ballan Market is a popular event, coordinated by the Ballan Lions Club. and held on the 1st Saturday of each month from 8am - 1pm.
Local crafts and secondhand goods.
Date: 1st Saturday of each month
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Beaufort Market
Beaufort Market specialises in local gourmet food, arts, crafts, plants and secondhand collectables.
The market is held at Memorial Park, on the 1st Saturday of every month.
Normal times, 9.00 am to 1.00 pm
Winter Season Times, 10.00 am to 2..
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** Markets | Farmers Food & Produce Events ** | |
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Ballarat Town Hall Farmers' Market
Ballarat Town Hall Farmers' Market in the Town Hall Plaza Mall is on the 1st Saturday of every month with amazing produce, fantastic atmosphere and the promise of an authentic farmers market!
Farmers markets are more popular than ever now and the..
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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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Bundoora Park Farmers' Market
The Bundoora Park Farmers' Market has over 35 stalls with local produce, fresh fruit and vegetables.
Bring the family, your dog (on leash), shopping jeep, baskets and green bags for a great shopping experience.
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** Motor Sports | Auto Events Events ** | |
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Maffra Motor Museum | 1970's Vehicles
The Maffra Motor Museum is open every Weekend, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, 10am - 4pm and every day in January & School Holidays.
November to February 2012 - Fabulous Fords
Display Day - Sun 20th Nov 2011
LOCATION: Maffra Motor Musuem 1A Sale Rd Maff..
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** Museum & Science Events ** | |
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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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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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Australia's Open Garden Scheme
Australia's Open Garden Scheme opens over 8,000 of Australia's best private gardens.
Gardening is one of Australia's most popular leisure activities. Each year around 275,000 adults and countless thousands of children visit our gardens.
We ope..
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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!
Events January 2012
Jacqueline Mitelman: Facetime
Date: Until 12 February 20..
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** Performing Arts | Theatre | Opera Events ** | |
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37 Ways To Say I'm Gay
January 15 - February 5, 2012
92 Characters. 29 Short Plays. 12 Actors. 37 Ways to Say I'm Gay.
"37 Ways To Say I’m Gay" is the brand new play by award winning prominent gay writer and director Wayne Tunks. His successful plays have also includ..
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A Chorus Line
An all-new Australian production of one the most successful American Broadway musicals of all time, A CHORUS LINE is coming to Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne in February 2012.
35 performances only!
Tickets Now On Sale
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Cabaret @ Bohemia
There is something for every taste, from the sublime to the ridiculous, the base to the refined. Laughter and horror, joy and tears, sin and sensuality. Music, Dance, Cabaret, Burlesque, Circus and Art for Art’s sake!
OUR WEEKLY SHOWS
WEDNESDAYS ..
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** Pet | Animal Events Events ** | |
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Dog Show & Trials | Dogs Victoria
Dogs Victoria presents the following Dog Show & Trials...
What's On
28/01/2012 29/01/2012 Retrieving Trial
28/01/2012 29/01/2012 Obedience Seminar
28/01/2012 28/01/2012 All Breeds Shows
29/01/2012 29/01/2012 All Breeds Show
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** Public Awareness Events ** | |
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Dawn Princess | Cruise Ship
Over the next 3 days, the following Cruise Ships will dock in Melbourne..
Sat 4 Feb 2012
Dawn Princess *
Inchcape Shipping Services
Tel: +61 3 8645 6900 OWSP
Arrives 07.00 Departs 16.00
Sun 5 Feb 2012
Pacific Pearl Inchcape Shipping S..
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FUORI! Dance under Midsumma Stars
FUORI! Dance under Midsumma Stars in Piazza Italia, Lygon St! (FREE)
FUORI! was Italy's first major gay and lesbian rights group, founded in 1972. FUORI, in Italian, means to COME OUT. ArciLesbica Australia invites everybody to FUORI! an evening ..
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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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** Reading | Poetry Events ** | |
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Midsumma @ Hares and Hyenas
Fitzroy’s gay and lesbian bookshop is celebrating with 100 writers and a poetry slam.
Emerging writers face a gargantuan task getting their work read. But the job is even harder if you happen to be gay, lesbian or transgendered .
Behind every..
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** Sales | Special Offers Events ** | |
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Velour Vintage | Closing Down Sale
After over a decade providing vintage wares from the Barkly Street boutique, Velour will soon be closing its doors and leaving St Kilda.
Get down here quick sticks to grab a bargain, most items now $5-$35!
Stacks of Vintage & Retro clothing..
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** Sporting Fixtures Events ** | |
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7 Peaks Alpine Ascent Challenge
Riders of all levels can take on the peaks of Victoria’s High Country this summer to win a trip to the 2012 Tour de France.
Take the challenge this season and if you ride four of our classic alpine peaks, you and a friend could be off to France. R..
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A.G Hunter Cup
Superstar Christchurch pacer Auckland Reactor has been installed a $2.60 favourite by TAB Sportsbet despite drawing the extreme alley for Saturday’s $425,000 A.G Hunter Cup at Tabcorp Park.
Mark Purdon’s seven-time Group 1 winner will share his 10..
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AV Shield | Track & Field Championships
Athletics Victoria
AV Shield
Sat 4 Feb AV Shield - East Region - Round 12 Hagenauer's Reserve (Box Hill)
Sat 4 Feb AV Shield - South East Region - Round 12 Knox Athletic Track, Scoresby
Sat 4 Feb AV Shield - Bendigo Region - Round 12 Bendig..
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Berwick Swap Meet
The Next BERWICK SWAP is on Saturday 4th February 2012
Berwick Swap Meet hosted by the DVHCC Inc.
The DVHCC held its first Swap Meet at the Clubrooms grounds, Glasscocks Road in Bangholm on Sunday 19 February 1978 only four years after the DVH..
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Swap Meets & Rally
Swap Meets, Antique & Collectables Fairs, Markets & Rallies this weekend...
Seymour Swap Meet - Sunday 29th January 2012
Berwick Swap Meet - Saturday 4th February 2012
Colac Heritage Festival & Swap Meet
Feb 4-5 2012
Colac P&A Society Her..
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Technology Markets | Computer Swap Meets
Technology & Computer Market Swap meets around Victoria including Ballarat, Bendigo, Berwick, Box Hill, Braybrook, Broadmeadows, Bundoora, Collingwood, Doncaster, Geelong, Hoppers Crossing, Malvern, Moorabbin, North Melbourne, Reservoir, Springvale, ..
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** Television Shows Events ** | |
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RocKwiz
Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis host Australia’s most original music trivia quiz show, in an unadulterated display of rock nerdery!
Recorded live in the Gershwin Room at the legendary music venue, St Kilda’s Esplanade Hotel, the show features 2 ..
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** Trips | Tours Events ** | |
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Black Saturday Remembrance Cruise
Black Saturday Remembrance Cruise
presented by SLAMED CREATIONS
4th February 2012
Starting Point - 447 Maroondah Hwy Lilydale - Pet Stock CarPark. 4.00pm
Destination - Healesville Railway
Cruise for cars/bikes to remember the devastation..
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Chocoholic Tours
Explore and talk about Melbourne through a chocoholic haze. Indulge chocolate fantasies with tastings from Melbourne's chocolate specialists, while you discover the city's lanes and arcades. Fun, informative and, most importantly, delicious!
Choco..
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Ghosts of Old Williamstown
Every Friday and Saturday
Explore King William's Town, the original capital of Victoria, by lamp light. Steeped with history, apparitions, alleyways and lager it was once a thriving town full of colourful ladies, drunken sailors and convicts.
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** Workshops | Classes & Clinics Events ** | |
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Awakening The Soul
Awakening The Soul, Intuitive and Spiritual Development classes where 'The journey of the Soul begins with a circle of Light'.
The Soul emerges when we awaken from the sleep of our daily life and look beyond our five senses to discover a richer an..
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Crystal Awakening Workshop
Learn about Crystals and their energies.
If you are attracted to crystals or have a collection of crystals but not knowing what to do with them; then this workshop is perfect for you. Why not spend a Saturday at this one day workshop sharing the e..
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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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Bundoora Park
Bundoora Park is Melbourne’s most diverse park providing a wealth of activities and experiences for the whole family.
-:- Escape for an hour or a day and enjoy a wide range of activities in Cooper’s Settlement. --:- The farm animals are always ..
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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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The 17th annual Gay & Lesbian Pride March is on Sunday the 5th of February 2012.
The winners of inaugural King & Queen of Pride will then be paraded on the back of a horse-drawn carriage down ...
The Age Harvest Picnic at Hanging Rock - Sunday 26 February 2012.
The Age Harvest Picnic at Hanging Rock is a celebration of Victorian food and wine. Over 100 small food and wine producers from ...
Be careful what you wish for....
Victorian Opera’s 2012 season opens with a new production of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress directed by John Bell and conducted by Richard Gill. ...
Minsky’s Market filled with fashion, art and Lingerie..
Greetings, and step inside Minsky's Market. (Hidden away on the vibrant Brunswick Street Fitzroy, above Calico House and you enter via the ...
Melbourne's Top 10 Burgers from 2011 from the The Burger Adventure boys...
The food baby of four Aussie guys hungry for the kind of adventure that's served with fries not chips, burger-rating blog ...
The 2012 Melbourne Summer Boat Show, taking place February 3-5 at Melbourne’s water wonderland – the Docklands – is set to be a bumper event with all types of boats being open to the public to ...
