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Welcome to this week's Melbourne events, exhibitions, sports and community guide for January 21 - January 27, 2008.

This week, Australia Day is celebrated loud and proud with the Voyages Concert at Federation Square, Eltham Town's Jazz and Blues Festival, and the big music-fest, Kiss My Grass! There are still more festivities yet with Skandia Geelong Week beginning this week, while Midsumma Melbourne Festival continues, along with Herring Island Summer Arts and the Port Fairy Moyneyana Festival.. The School Holidays also hold plenty of action for the kids and new events in the School Holiday Guide!

There are 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 Eltham Town Jazz and Blues Heritage Festival
Now in its ninth year, this free festival transforms Eltham Town and the place comes alive as locals and visitors bring their families to mingle and enjoy the music, food, wine, art and shopping in its vibrant cafe society and diverse shopping precinct. It takes place over the Australia Day weekend - January 26th and 27th, 2008. And best of all, Admission is Free!


Skandia Geelong Week, held from January 24th to 28th, is the largest sailing regatta in Australia with over 400 yachts competing over five days. Skandia Geelong Week is the complete entertainment package offering something for the young and the young at heart with the City of Greater Geelong a buzz with loads of entertainment, gravity-defying displays from the RAAF Roulettes and the popular K-Rock Starshow!


Midsumma Festival, Melbourne's premier gay and lesbian arts and cultural festival, continues this week, marking 20 years of gay and lesbian arts, culture and community. The 2008 Festival will be an enormous showcase of queer culture with over 180 unique events programmed including the 1st Asia Pacific Outgames! Opening celebrations begin this Saturday with Carnival Day and T-Dance.


The Herring Island Summer Arts Festival begins January 12, with special events taking place every Saturday and Sunday until February 20. Held at the Herring Island Environmental Sculpture Park in Toorak, there will be five groups exhibiting throughout the festival and special events on Australia Day weekend. The work on show includes painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, drawing and more.


Port Fairy's Moyneyana Festival celebrates 60 years this year with a huge range of events and activities. Beginning on December 24, 2007, the Moyneyana Festival runs till January, 31, 2008. During the festival the Village Green comes alive with an Emergency Services Day, plus Art on the Green. There will also be a Giant 60th Birthday Party on the Village Green on Australia Day, with cake, games, and fun for all!



Australia Day Celebrations
The Australia Day Voyages Concert, held at Federation Square on Saturday, is a drumming extravaganza this year with some of the best percussion bands hitting the main stage. Beginning at 7pm, the Voyages Concert features music by Mahindra Bali, Raju Sharma, One Africa (pictured) and many more! Earlier in the day, the Australian Open is on the Big Screen, with fireworks following the concert!


Great Australia Day Duck Race - It will be every duck for him/herself on Monday January 28th 2008, when thousands of yellow rubber ducks race along a section of the Yarra River taking part in Melbourne's Great Australia Day Duck Race! Watch a flotilla of numbered, bright yellow rubber ducks (with Lifesaver caps!) race in the middle of the Yarra River - located between the Engineers Lawn and the boatsheds.


All of Us is Australia's largest ever photographic portrait show. Displayed across the walls of Federation Square's Crossbar Building, the photos by Michel Lawrence will be launched on Australia Day and feature over 200 residents from different backgrounds.


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

Updated Weekly with all the Latest Events!!

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!

For More Great Activities Menulog Home Delivery is a great chance to eat fine cuisine at home! With over 300 of the best restaurants on offer, you're sure to find something to suit any taste or occasion. To find fast and easy delivery in your area, Visit Here.


Sporting Events
Tennis
Australian Open - Australia's premier tennis event of the year continues this week, running until January 27th. Held over 2 weeks, the tournament sees many of the world's greatest tennis players hitting Melbourne's courts for an action-packed Summer!


Markets, Fetes and Fairs
Bittern Sunday Market offers a variety of over 80 stalls selling new and used goods, craft, plants and flowers, fruit and vegetables, food, coffee and much more. Located at Frankston's Bittern Railway Station, the market has been operating for over 30 years.


Visit School Holiday Guide


Circus Shows
Circus Royale is a totally professional traditional circus staged in a luxury tent featuring International circus stars, high wire walkers, swing trapeze, clowns, acrobats, drummers, jugglers and more!

Performances will be running until January 28th in Geelong at Barwon Activity Centre Grounds - located at Belmont Common.


Family Tours
Puffing Billy Tour - take a tour the whole family can enjoy with a ride on Puffing Billy, Australia's best-loved steam train! Winding its way through lush ferns and towering timbers, this fantastic tour offers may treats, including wine tasting for the adults and also a trip to Healesville Sanctuary that kids will love!

What's On for December



Community
Doncaster & Templestowe Playgroup Open Day
Held on Thursday, January 24th, this special Open Day offers a chance to chat with playgroup members and enrol kids in the local playgroup. Kids can take part in arts, crafts and meet special guest, CC the Clown!


Learn to Knit at Prahran Library - Every Wednesday at Prahran Library there is a free one-hour knitting class for people of all ages and experience. A great way to make friends and be creative, the classes begin at 1:30pm - needles and wool can be provided.


Yoga at the Park is an initiative of The Health and Yoga Council of Australia, presenting Yoga classes in some of Victoria's most beautiful parks and gardens. Set in a relaxed environment, classes are designed to suit many age groups and levels of experience.


You Can Help
There are many social causes that are relevant to people from all walks of life, many of which rely on public support to better the community or assist those who are less fortunate. This week we ask you to consider the following..

FebFast is a community education and awareness campaign that invites you to help others and also yourself by sacrificing alcohol intake during the month of February. Participants, sponsored by friends and family, can help raise funds to assist organisations that support young people struggling with substance use. You can even purchase a Time Out Certificate allowing you to drink on special occasions and raise more funds!

To Learn More - 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:
Crazy John's Mobile Phones - Australia's largest mobile phone retailer...
Greenwood Dental - Offering informed choices in dental treatment..
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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!I Seek Geek Along Wand
A Raided Cat Argues A Lucky Rat
Turn Yak Bread SmittenAnswers in Next Week's Newsletter...

Spot The Difference
There are 5 Differences between these two pictures of Gum Gully Farm, located near the Dandenong Ranges... See if you can spot them!

More about Gum Gully Farm | Learn More about Melbourne!

Answers in Next Week's Newsletter

Last Week's Answers
Anagram-orama!A Fast Mum Lives Dim - Midsumma Festival
A Lad Plugs Satin Curtains - Sand Sculpting Australia
As Opulent A Rain - Australian Open
Spot The Difference
Here are the 5 Differences in last week's picture of Melbourne's Prahran Mechanics' Institute...

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Melbourne Trivia
Lions and Tourists and Bridges.. Oh My!
The world's very first 'walk through' enclosure at a zoo was created at Melbourne Zoo in 1967.

With lions enclosed in a large landscaped pit, bridges are erected high above, allowing visitors to the zoo a 'walk' through the enclosure, gaining a more up-close and personal view of the lions for the first time ever.

More about Melbourne Firsts.. | Read Melbourne Trivia...

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