Open Days - History House - MONDAY, TUESDAY, SATURDAY
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
to Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Monday and Tuesday 1.30-4pm; Saturday 10am-12noon. All aspects of local history - reading, researching, assisted research etc.
LOCATION: History House, Gilles Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Les O'Callaghan PHONE: 03 5562 6940 EMAIL: locall@hotkey.net.au
Warrnambool & District Historical Vehicle Club Inc. Display at Cheeseworld Museum - EVERYDAY
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
to Wednesday, 31 December 2008
A range of historic local vehicles, engines and bric-a-brac. A restored Ruston Engine is run at various times and the recently opened Dave Lee Historic Engine Collection contains over 100 stationary engines.
LOCATION: Cheeseworld Museum, 5330 Great Ocean Road, Allansford. CONTACT NAME: Bill Poynton PHONE: 03 5562 6712
Warrnambool Bridge Club - MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
to Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Every Monday and Thursday 7.30pm - Duplicate Bridge. 1st and 3rd Wednesday 12.30pm - Duplicate Bridge. Other Wednesdays 11.30am - Social Bridge. Friday 9.30am - Duplicate Bridge.
LOCATION: Archie Graham Seniors Centre, Timor Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Joan Malikoff PHONE: 03 5562 4925
Undercover Weekly Market - EVERY SUNDAY
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
to Wednesday, 31 December 2008
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sunday Market selling vegies, fruit, eggs, cakes & biscuits, soap, pictures, clothes, toys, books, jams, jewellery, crystals, bric-a-brac, stamps, antiques, Australiana, plants, woodwork, health juices, coins, ceramics, perfume, paper, beads, craft, hand knits, Rawleighs and lots more.
LOCATION: Warrnambool Showgrounds, Koroit Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Bill Stewart PHONE: 03 5562 5060 EMAIL: williamstewart7@bigpond.com
City Memorial Bowls Club - Monthly Medley - THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
to Wednesday, 31 December 2008
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
An RVBA open event consisting of fours, triples, singles and pairs.
LOCATION: City Memorial Bowls Club, Cramer Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Charles Hegedus PHONE: 03 5561 4155 EMAIL: info@citybowlsclub.com.au WEB: www.citybowlsclub.com.au
Ken Smith's Country Music Charity Concerts - LAST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
to Wednesday, 31 December 2008
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Promoting local and visiting country music entertainers each month with proceeds supporting local charities.
LOCATION: Wannon Room, Warrnambool Showgrounds, Koroit Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Ken Smith PHONE: 03 5565 7846 EMAIL: smithkenny@bigpond.com
Botanic Gardens - Free Guided Tour - SECOND AND FOURTH SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
to Wednesday, 31 December 2008
2:30 PM
An informative walk around the gardens with voluntary guides. Leaves from the main gates.
LOCATION: Warrnambool Botanic Gardens, Cnr Queens Road & Cockman Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Pat Varley or Amanda King PHONE: 03 5562 4800
Warrnambool PC Users Group - LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
to Sunday, 30 November 2008
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
A question and answer session starts the evening to discuss problems faced by members. This is followed by various demonstrations of computer use by members. How to drag and drop etc.
LOCATION: Archie Graham Centre (Day Care), Timor Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Chris Symmonds PHONE: 03 5562 8060 EMAIL: cesymon@netconnect.com.au WEB: www.geocities.com/wblpcusers
Scottish Country & Old Time Dance - EVERY SATURDAY
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
to Wednesday, 31 December 2008
8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Family social open to all ages. A happy, friendly night - alcohol and smoke free - where you can learn some new dances.
LOCATION: Christ Church Parish Hall, Koroit Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Jean Neish PHONE: 03 5562 2348
Warrnambool and District Artists Society Exhibition - EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Saturday, 5 January 2008
to Sunday, 7 December 2008
Sat 10.30am-3pm; Sun 11am-3pm. Warrnambool & District Artists Society are delighted to announce an Ongoing Exhibition of their Artwork. Entry is free. Come and see artists demonstrating their artwork. Tea and coffee available.
LOCATION: Merri View Gallery, 4 Coramba Court, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Jacinta Lougheed PHONE: 03 5562 7915
Old Time Dance - EVERY WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
to Wednesday, 17 December 2008
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
An evening of New Vogue and Modern Sequence Dancing followed by Supper.
LOCATION: Christ Church Hall, Koroit Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Ken Cathie PHONE: 03 5562 5291 EMAIL: kcat@bigpond.com
Monthly 2 Bowl Triples - Lawn Bowls - EVERY WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
to Wednesday, 24 December 2008
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
$500 prize-money - 4 games of 10 ends. $13 entry per person. Includes lunch.
LOCATION: Warrnambool Bowls Club, Timor Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Paul O'Donnell PHONE: 03 5561 4586 EMAIL: bowls@warrnamboolbowls.com.au WEB: www.warrnamboolbowls.com.au
Open Day - History House - FIRST SUNDAY OF MONTH
Friday, 1 February 2008
to Wednesday, 31 December 2008
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
All aspects of local history - reading, researching, assisted research etc.
LOCATION: History House, Gilles Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Les O'Callaghan PHONE: 03 5562 6940 EMAIL: locall@hotkey.net.au
Monthly Dance - THIRD SATURDAY OF MONTH
Saturday, 16 February 2008
to Wednesday, 31 December 2008
June 13 & 14 Senior Vocal & Aria. June 16-17 Junior Vocal. June 18 Choral. June 19 Pianoforte. July 9-13 Dance. August 1-3 Calisthenics.
LOCATION: Warrnambool Entertainment Centre, Cnr Liebig & Timor Streets, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Nonie Smith PHONE: 03 5562 5446
City of Warrnambool Eisteddfod - Calisthenics
Friday, 1 August 2008
to Sunday, 3 August 2008
9:00 AM
Calisthenics.
LOCATION: Warrnambool Entertainment Centre, Cnr Liebig and Timor Streets, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Margaret Dunne
Indoor Bias Bowls August Tournament - Mixed Fours
Saturday, 2 August 2008
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Mixed 4 Tournament held annually must have at least 1 male or 1 female per team of 4. Entry fee $40/team. Prize money of $1500. Fully catered. Entries close Thursday 24 July.
LOCATION: Val Bertrand Netball Stadium, Caramut Road, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Stanley Ross PHONE: 03 5599 6283 or 0427 104 275
Old Time Dance
Saturday, 2 August 2008
8:00 PM
Warrnambool Charity Dances assist local organisations to raise funds. Music - Bev Martin.
LOCATION: Temperance Hall, Koroit Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Robert Rice PHONE: 03 5561 4594
13th Championship Cat Show
Sunday, 3 August 2008
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Cat fanciers from all over the State with a large range of cats and kittens representing all different breeds. Visitors are able to watch the judging and hear judges comments on exhibits as they are judged. Visitors can talk to breeders, purchase cats. For the children - "Pat-a-Cat".
LOCATION: Stan Lake Pavilion, Warrnambool Showgrounds, Koroit Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Wayne Smith PHONE: 03 5562 4644
Music Afternoon
Sunday, 3 August 2008
2:00 PM
Featuring "Tin Shed Singers". Afternoon Tea available .
LOCATION: Warrnambool Art Gallery, 26 Liebig Street, WARRNAMBOOL. PHONE: 03 5559 4949
Friday Night Fever
Friday, 8 August 2008
to Saturday, 9 August 2008
Friday 8th - 7.30pm; Saturday 9th 2.00pm & 7.30pm. Disco, flares and big hair are coming to Warrnambool College in this year's musical tribute to 1970's Friday Knight Fever. This will be a performance of harmonic convergence and totally bodacious entertainment. Set in the local roller skating rink hang out, jewel thieves have hidden a stolen diamond, while the local school principal is determined to win the Principal of the Year competition - despite the best efforts of some of those around her. The 'cool' kids have to share the their space with the 'nerdy' chess club - will the combination work?
LOCATION: Warrnambool Entertainment Centre, Cnr Liebig and Timor Streets, WARRNAMBOOL. PHONE: 03 5559 4999 EMAIL: entertainmentcentre@warrnambool.vic.gov.au WEB: www.entertainmentcentre.com.au
Warrnambool Field and Game Clay Target Shooting
Sunday, 10 August 2008
11:00 AM
75 Targets. Everyone is welcome to come and try clay target shooting at our friendly club. Shoots are held the second Sunday of each month unless a Total Fire Ban (TFB) Day has been declared.
LOCATION: "The Wickham", Wickham Road, Woolsthorpe (25km NW of Warrnambool) CONTACT NAME: Graham Kemp PHONE: 0418 137 786 EMAIL: ceo@southernway.net WEB: www.fga.net.au
Variety Bash 2008
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
6:00 PM
Come and join the Party! Free entertainment! Free Spectacular Fireworks Display @ 7pm. Free Bon Jovi Concert (by the Bon Jovi Tribute Band. PLUS John Paul Young will be performing and Guest Appearance by John Williamson.
LOCATION: Warrnambool Showgrounds, Koroit Street, WARRNAMBOOL. PHONE: 02 9819 1009 EMAIL: stuart.telfer@varietynsw.org.au WEB: www.varietynsw.org.au
Coffee with the Curator
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Enjoy an informative talk with Curator Brenda O’Connor. Includes espresso coffee & cake provided by The Regal. $5 Friends $10 Non-members Please register on 5559 4949.
LOCATION: Warrnambool Art Gallery, 26 Liebig Street, WARRNAMBOOL. PHONE: 03 5559 4949
Footloose
Friday, 15 August 2008
to Saturday, 16 August 2008
Friday 15th - 7.30pm; Saturday 16th - 1.00pm and 7.30pm. Brauer College students will celebrate the wisdom of listening to young people when they rock to the rhythms of Footloose. This is a heartfelt story about a father longing for the son he lost and a young man aching for the father who walked out on him. This story tells of the wisdom of guiding young people with a warm heart and an open mind.
LOCATION: Warrnambool Entertainment Centre, Cnr Liebig and Timor Streets, WARRNAMBOOL. PHONE: 03 5559 4999 EMAIL: entertainmentcentre@warrnambool.vic.gov.au WEB: www.entertainmentcentre.com.au
Deakin University Open Day 2008
Sunday, 17 August 2008
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Deakin University’s Open Day is your chance to explore our vibrant Campus, talk to our friendly staff and students, and to find a course that’s right for you. The Course Information Centre at Open Day is literally a one-stop shop where you'll find all the information you need on courses at Deakin, including undergraduate, postgraduate and pathway options. There will be course advisers and student hosts on hand ready to answer any course queries you may have, as well as printed information available on your study options at Deakin. Once you have found all the course information you need, be sure to check out the Campus library, health and fitness facilities, art gallery and collections. Make sure you also take a break somewhere on Campus to enjoy the free music, entertainment and activities that Deakin’s Open Days have to offer.
LOCATION: Deakin University Warrnambool Campus, Princes Highway, WARRNAMBOOL. WEB: deakin.edu.au/open
Daffodil Week
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
to Friday, 22 August 2008
9:00 AM
Selling merchandise and fresh flowers.
LOCATION: Warrnambool CBD and shopping plazas. CONTACT NAME: Nonie Smith PHONE: 03 5562 5446
Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat
Thursday, 21 August 2008
10.15am and 1.15pm. Milli, a solitary shoemaker, has a special gift, fixing things. She can take a thing that is a nothing and make it … a something. But people in the town only want ordinary, practical things. Milli spends her days making plain ordinary shoes. Night after night Milli dreams that she is brave enough to show everyone what she can really do. But each day is the same, until one morning she meets a couple of free spirits, Jack and the dancing cat. Aimed at 3 to 8 year olds Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat engages people of all ages in its celebration of creativity, friendship and the following of one’s dreams.
LOCATION: Warrnambool Entertainment Centre, Cnr Liebig and Timor Streets, WARRNAMBOOL. PHONE: 03 5559 4999 EMAIL: entertainmentcentre@warrnambool.vic.gov.au WEB: www.entertainmentcentre.com.au
Times of my Life
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
8:00 PM
Times of My Life, a new play by Tony Sheldon and Toni Lamond is more than a history of Australian show biz. It is a candid yet humorous and autobiographical story – with dialogue that is honest and inspirational. Sheldon and Lamond have crafted observations, anecdotes and rich archival footage into a play populated with scenes and people from an extraordinary life.
LOCATION: Warrnambool Entertainment Centre, Cnr Liebig and Timor Streets, WARRNAMBOOL. PHONE: 03 5559 4999 EMAIL: entertainmentcentre@warrnambool.vic.gov.au WEB: www.entertainmentcentre.com.au
Musical Magic
Thursday, 28 August 2008
10.00am & 7.00pm. St Joseph's junior school will celebrate many years of children's animated classics during their production of Musical Magic. The children will sing, act and dance along to a range of favourite children's songs.
LOCATION: Warrnambool Entertainment Centre, Cnr Liebig and Timor Streets, WARRNAMBOOL. PHONE: 03 5559 4999 EMAIL: entertainmentcentre@warrnambool.vic.gov.au WEB: www.entertainmentcentre.com.au
Floor Talk: George Folingsby and the 19th Century Salon
Friday, 29 August 2008
6:00 PM
6:00pm for a 6:15pm start Art Historian Dr Caroline Jordan, currently writing a book on Victorian regional art galleries founded in the nineteenth century, will share her insightful research on Warrnambool Art Gallery as the ’feisty battler’ amongst its bigger and better-funded rivals, and its warm relationship with Director of the National Gallery of Victoria George Folingsby. Presenter: Dr Caroline Jordan $15 Friends $30 Non-members Please register on 5559 4949 Bookings close 22 August 2008.
LOCATION: Warrnambool Art Gallery, 26 Liebig Street, WARRNAMBOOL. PHONE: 03 5559 4949
Old Time Family Charity Dance
Saturday, 30 August 2008
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Dances of the district join together to raise funds for Palliative Care.
LOCATION: Temperance Hall, Koroit Street, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Ken Cathie PHONE: 03 5562 5291 EMAIL: kcat@bigpond.com
3rd AFL International Cup
Sunday, 31 August 2008
to Thursday, 4 September 2008
The third Australian Football International Cup will be staged in Warrnambool and Melbourne in August and September 2008. After 11 nations competed in both 2002 and 2005, the third International Cup is looking to expand and reflect the current growth in International Football over the past decade. Australian Football 150 Year Ambassador Kevin Sheedy and AFL General Manager National and International Development David Matthews made the announcement at Reid Oval in Warrnambool. The event will feature during the Australian Football 150 year celebrations. Matches will be played in Melbourne from Wednesday August 27 with teams in Warrnambool from Sunday August 31 until Thursday September 4. Two rounds of matches will be played in the Albert Park precinct on Reid Oval, Mack Oval and Walter Oval. Further details of the event will be available closer to the event.
LOCATION: Albert Park, WARRNAMBOOL CONTACT NAME: Macey Longhurst PHONE: 03 5559 4986
Australian Flower Show and Monster Plant Sale
Sunday, 31 August 2008
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Refreshments available. Displays and information on water wise plants etc. Adults $5; Pensioners $3; U/16 Free.
LOCATION: Warrnambool College Hall, Grafton Road, WARRNAMBOOL. CONTACT NAME: Dorothy Mattner, Publicity Officer PHONE: 03 5567 6477 EMAIL: mmattner@westvic.com.au
Open Days - History House - MONDAY, TUESDAY, SATURDAY