Subscribe to our
FREE Newsletter 'Great Things to do in Melbourne - the White Hat guide' |
|
The following is the text of the newsletter sent on the date
below. The links were current at the time of publication, but may no longer be appropriate.
|
The White Hat Melbourne Newsletter
Archived
Newsletter No.36 - 5 Feb 2003
Contents
Sunday is the St Kilda Festival, and expect it to be big. Last year there were 300,000 people, cars were in grid lock, and the air was full of music, testosterone and hip imitation American teen speak. Details at Community Festivals.
The annual season of free orchestral concerts at the Music Bowl starts on Saturday night. Melbourne has a long history of philanthropy from successful business people, and without Sidney Myer we wouldn't have the Music Bowl or these free concerts - thanks Sid. On Sunday there is a Doris Day concert, but admission is charged and there is no BYO alcohol. Apparently organizers had visions of alcohol-charged Doris Day fans terrorizing the city. Details of concerts at the bowl can be found at Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
If the classics or Doris Day are not your cup of tea, never mind. You could always saddle up and ride out to the Whittlesea Country Music Festival - Melbourne's answer to Nashville. There is a high profile Music & Blues Festival at Jeff's Shed featuring names like Bob Dylan starting next week. Tickets are still available for James Taylor at Popular Music in Melbourne. If your tastes run to Ja Rule and Ashanti, they are performing in March. Tickets available at Popular Music in Melbourne. If you prefer world music, try the amphitheatre at Studley Park on Sunday evening. And if none of that takes your fancy, there is always a steady stream of aging rockers performing "the greatest music of all time" from whatever year it was that time stopped for you. We will try to keep you up to date at Popular Music in Melbourne.
The Avalon Airshow starts next week - go down and pick out your preferred weapon of moderate destruction. This only happens every two years and is cunningly bridged to the Grand Prix by the International Motor Show. If you get your kicks from sniffing high octane fuel, have we got a month for you! However, if it's just adrenaline and thrills you're after, ride a Melbourne train.
All contents are Copyright © White Hat 1995 -
2008
Feel free to
forward this newsletter to a friend but please forward it in full so as not to violate copyright.
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions about this newsletter can be
found at Newsletter
FAQs
Listings
To submit an event or attraction for listing on our web site (and thus
possible mention in this newsletter) go to Event
Listing.
|
|
TOURISM NEWS
Qantas In Flight Magazine chooses
White Hat
Cemetery Tour as its featured Australian tour for May
There are many fine historical tours
throughout Australia including cemetery tours. From these, the
prestigious Qantas In Flight Magazine has chosen the White Hat Tour
of Melbourne Cemetery as its featured Australian tour for the May
2007 edition. This tour was also featured by ABC radio on 24 May and
will feature in a documentary series on Burke and Wills to be shown
on European television in 2008. The tour has been operating for many years and has won
praise from a wide range of sources. This is not a dry and stuffy
tour but in keeping with all White Hat offerings it is Informed,
Intelligent, Independent (and occasionally) Irreverent. You can find
details of the tour at White
Hat Tour of Melbourne Cemetery and view the article at
Qantas In Flight Magazine. |
|
