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The White Hat Melbourne Newsletter
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Newsletter No.159 - 20 January 2006
Contents
If you missed out on the Richmond Lunar New Year Festival then you still have a chance to get to the Springvale one on Sunday. Or if you prefer a more contemplative celebration of the lunar new year, try the Quang Minh Temple Festival in Footscray. Details at Ethnic Festivals in Melbourne. On Saturday is the Frankston Sea Festival. Details at Community Festivals in Melbourne. And if you are in the Frankston area it may be worth checking out the new Bayside twilight market tonight (Friday). Details at Twilight Markets in Melbourne.
Tonight (Friday) is the opening party of the Midsumma Festival at Fed Square. The festival then continues for several weeks with a variety of activities. One of the performances is a cabaret fairy tale called Wooing in the Woods. As far as we can gather the story line goes something like this: I was walking through the park one day
In the merry, merry month of May,
I was taken by surprise by a pair of lovely eyes,
That lovely day while walking through the park.
I never will forget the tenor that I met
That lovely day while walking through the park.
Details at Chapel Street.
The first of the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival events commences this weekend with Tastes of the Sea at the Docklands
Both Norman Lindsay and John Curtin were born in Creswick. Currently, there is a Norman Lindsay Exhibition at the Ian Potter Museum at Melbourne Uni. I of course will not be attending, but you may find subscribers with lower moral values than our own in attendance. In Creswick until the end of this month is an exhibition of memorabilia connected with the wartime prime minister, John Curtin. This is the only opportunity fro viewing this exhibition outside Western Australia.
Free painting in the park sessions continue and next week will be held in the Flagstaff Gardens. Creativity is encouraged. However if you choose to depict the office workers having their lunch in the park in the manner of Norman Lindsay, you may find yourself ejected from the class.
“Thank you for speaking to me as an adult. Just because I’m a stay-at-home mum doesn’t mean I’ve switched off my brain.
Judi” “I’m back in England now but can’t unsubscribe until I know what happens to “n”. Where or what is portc?
George” “Your comments on art are ignorant and wrong. We will not read your newsletter again until you show you have educated yourself about street art. Unsubscibe!!!
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We wonder how are you going to know if you have unsubscribed? “Hi Mr Hat
I have always been thoroughly fascinated and enthralled by rhyming slang but sadly find it disappearing with the older generations. Although I am from what people commonly refer to as Gen X, my dad is undeniably from the era when most people used this type of language as part of their everyday conversation. He often slips in a few gems when we chat - always giving me a hearty giggle. Perhaps you could invite your subscribers to submit examples of rhyming slang, which could then be posted somewhere on your site for the delight of (younger) Aussies and overseas visitors alike. It would be a great shame to lose this unique part of the Australian culture and your site seems a perfect place to keep it alive and thriving! ...just a thought
Wendi”
The last Beauty and the Beast panto performance occurs on Saturday, the last Fairy Factor entertainment occurs on Sunday and the last Peter Rabbit entertainment at the gardens occurs on Monday. On Saturday afternoon there is family entertainment at Edgewater culminating with fireworks at 9pm. Details at Children's Activities in Melbourne.
“We only discovered your website on our last day in Melbourne. We kicked ourselves when we found out what we had missed and will be having some stern words with our travel agent of 15 years. Next time we will know better.
Peter & Bronwyn”
We also received the following personal messages: “good news and bad news. the good news in one sentence. i got into monash so dad will buy me a car. woo-hoo. the bad news in one sentence. the others dont like nathan and craig says he just spouts urban legends so we said the wed prove a ducks quack doesnt echo and so after dark karl drove us from portc to north melb where james has a duck and crystal came too and we woke up james and the duck and made it quack in the duck house and there was no echo and we drove back before dawn because karls car smokes and woke the others and told them there was no echo and craig said did we try any other noise because there might be no echo for anything in the duck house and nathan said he wasn’t putting up with this xxxx and hes disappeared and so has crystal and im so depressed. if nathan doesn’t show up im coming back to melb.
n”
On Saturday night there are major celebrations to welcome the Volvo yacht fleet (whether they arrive or not) culminating in a large fireworks display. Details at Docklands.
There are lots of activities lined up for Australia Day. Go to our home page and select the appropriate date from the drop-down menu. You do know what date Australia Day is, don’t you?
There are plenty of options in country Victoria this weekend.. Summer Circus Cabaret under the stars at Lake Mulwala, the Portsea Swim Classic, Australian Country Life Festival at Great Western, Opera in the Alps at Beechworth, women’s surfing championships at Phillip Island, the Portarlington Festival, Organs of the Goldfields at Ballarat, the Murray River International Music Festival, the Alpine Valley Food & Wine Festival in Myrtleford but nothing much in Bungaree. Details at Events in Victoria.
First to last week’s quiz on country Victoria.
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Now to this week’s quiz – Disasters in Melbourne & Victoria. - A major mining disaster occurred near Creswick. What and when was this disaster?
- A major railway disaster occurred in an outer Melbourne suburb. What and when was this disaster?
- A major construction disaster is associated with a piece of Melbourne infrastructure. What and when was this disaster?
- A number of shipping disasters have occurred in Port Phillip Bay. Name one.
- What was the name given to the first disastrous bushfires to rage through the fledgling European settlements in Victoria and where can you find a painting of this disaster?
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