Newsletter | #048 | What's On this Week Newsletter | #048 | What's On this Week

Welcome to this week's Melbourne events, exhibitions, sports and community guide for December 3 - December 9, 2007.

This week the Bicycle Film Festival rides into town to celebrate arts and cinema, Federation Square presents it Advent Calendar with free performances every night! There's also the Westgarth Film Festival with 4 days of entertainment, Scuba Santa comes to Melbourne Aquarium, and the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival continues.

With 22 sleeps to Christmas get a head start on summer fun with the School Holiday Guide, Christmas Light displays and what's happening on New Year's Eve!

There is Cricket and sport details, special dining offers and info on upcoming events and highlights in beautiful Melbourne, so read on and enjoy!

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Major Events Guide
The Bicycle Film Festival rolls into Melbourne in full force from the 5th to 9th of December with a huge program of art, music, films, parties, and related bicycle-related extravaganzas!

The Bicycle Film Festival promotes biking through a creative platform of art, music and film that appeals to broad populations in a fun and inventive fashion.


Advent Calendar @ Fed Square - Celebrate the spirit of Christmas as the East Shard at Federation Square is transformed into a magical Advent Calendar - 24 days, 25 windows, 25 performances! Talented aerialists will perform in front of a magical animation, unveiling each day's window on the side of a three-storey building. There will be a free performance at 9pm every night in December with a finale on Christmas Eve!


Westgarth Film Festival runs from December 6 to 9, offering over 3 days and 4 nights of special features, celebrity cinema stars and classic silent features.

Taking place at the Palace Westgarth Cinema, the Westgarth Film Festival is brought to life with musical scores, short films from Australia and around the globe, filmmaker workshops, movie trivia and much more!


The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, running from November 29 to December 15, features 4 days of award-winning films and discussion salons exploring the weird and wonderful world of human rights, as well as a 2-week art exhibition. Inspired by similar festivals held in New York, London and Johannesburg, the first-ever Australian Human Rights Arts and Film Festival is about to take off in Melbourne!

School Holiday Guide
School Holiday Guide for a head start on things to do with the kids during the school holidays in December 2007 to January, 2008.

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The guide is updated weekly to highlight the best things to do over the holiday period for the young and young at heart, to help you find perfect ways to enjoy the holidays with events, tours and holiday care programs.. all in marvellous Melbourne!

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Dining & Drink
Special New Year's Dining Offers
Menulog is the easiest way to avoid the New Year's Rush & book a table at one of Melbourne's many splendid restaurants! There are many Melbourne restaurants that are currently offering special deals for New Year's Eve so you can save money and have a great night out in Melbourne! Restaurants found at Menulog offer everything from New Year's special menus, a la carte banquets, and more!

Visit here for BOOKING DETAILS @ Menulog


Wining
Victorian Wine Regions Showcase takes place on the first Wednesday and Thursday of each month at The Atrium in Federation Square, with this week featuring wines from the Mornington Peninsula Region, including wines from Dromana Estate.


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Perfect for all lovers of wine, their impressive range of wines and service were recommended on Channel 7's Today Tonight and Channel 9's A Current Affair.
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Dining
Melbourne offers a splendid range of food styles to enjoy. Here are just a few classic food styles to choose from..
Modern Australian Cuisine
Chinese Restaurants
Italian Restaurants
Seafood Restaurants
French RestaurantsFor more restaurants...
Check out onlyMelbourne's Restaurant Directory
Or you can View & Book a Table @ MenuLog
Dining In
Get Listed.. - don't forget to tell your friends!

Each week we highlight five of the latest additions to OnlyMelbourne's ever growing guide to services, businesses and information sites for your community.

This week we suggest the following:
Pain-Free Acupuncture - Pro-active recovery & health...
Skype - Phone calls from your computer made easy!
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Puzzles
Anagram-orama!
We've rearranged the letters of three of the attractions featured in this week's newsletter.. See if you can figure them out!Abacus Ants
Last Wet Grave Miffs Hilt
Point Fate MoocherAnswers in Next Week's Newsletter...

Spot The Difference
There are 5 Differences between these two pictures of Werribee Open Range Zoo... See if you can spot them!

Answers in Next Week's Newsletter

Last Week's Answers
Anagram-orama!Take A Hog Party - Yoga at the Park
ASIO Mole In Fern Bun - Melbourne Sinfonia
Flesh On Voter - Seventh Floor
Spot The Difference
Here are the 5 Differences in last week's picture of Melbourne's Scienceworks Museum located in Spotswood...

Newsletter | #047 | What's On this Week [Last Week]


Melbourne Trivia
Zone Two Was A Tram Route, Zone One Once Was Two
Given Melbourne's love of trams, one could be forgiven for thinking the first electric tram route would have originated out Melbourne's CBD but no.. it ran between Doncaster and Box Hill.

It was the first electric tram in Australia, and the southern hemisphere, to operate as a regular service and ran along a road we now know as "Tram Road".

Read more about Melbourne's First Tram Route | Read Melbourne Trivia... 
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