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The White Hat Melbourne Newsletter
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Newsletter No.171 - 28 April 2006
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On Sunday there are Dutch Orange Day celebrations at Fed Square. People wear orange, do strange things, have a downright yolly time and every Dutchman in Melbourne will be there (except for the group of small Dutch boys that CityLink employs to plug the leaks in the Domain Tunnel). Also this weekend is the Kellybrook Winery Cider Festival celebrating cider and all things from the west of England. Folk music, ploughman and squatters lunches and Morris dancers attempting to prove that the English can be just as silly as the Dutch. Details at Ethnic Festivals in Melbourne.
Phillip Island has a new day/night market that is licensed. That way, after hubby has had a few Pinot Noir’s he won’t ask “how much did that tat cost?” It runs on the 3rd Sunday of the month but there is a special opening day this Sunday. Details at Markets in Country Victoria.
This weekend is Guide Dogs Open Day with lots of family activities. Details at Animal Festivals in Melbourne.
Next week is the start of the St Kilda Film Festival and the following weekend sees the first Australian appearance of the Machinima Film Festival from New York. Machinima uses the characters / backgrounds / technology of a computer game to create animated films which sounds like fun. The following weekend is the Bunninyong Film Festival. Details at Film Festivals in Melbourne.
he mushroom hunts on the Mornington Peninsula are running again on Sundays during May. Details at Food & Wine Events in Victoria.
We received the following personal message: “hi from portc.
met this gr8 guy but hes at latrobe & only at portc at weekends and hes on optus so it costs a 4tune. am seriously looking for a new guy but he must have a sense of humour & 3 mobile plan 2 so that wed be really compatible. con & ruby delivered some of the parts that fell off the kombi when we left the car yard which was really nice of them. hope 2 c u soon – still not game 2 go home.
love nat”
This weekend is Bob Barnard’s Jazz Party. Details at Jazz in Melbourne. Terry Riley, regarded by many as the father of minimalist music, has one performance at the Emerald Hill Town Hall. Rakes Progress and Lakmé are on stage at the Arts Centre and Opera Australia have a performance of the Mozart Requiem to mark the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth. There is also a choral festival at Montsalvat. Details at Classical Music in Melbourne. Don Pasquale continues at the Assembly Hall. See our review.
A romantic day in Spa Country
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On Tuesday there is a free play reading of The Revisionist at the State Library. This deals, among other things, with the Darville/Demidenko affair, so don’t expect to see too many critics or academics who promoted the “authenticity” of Helen Demidenko’s story. Similarly there is a production of Mrs Petrov’s Shoe which also refers to the D/D affair. Details at Theatre in Melbourne.
The Comedy Festival continues in Melbourne. Joan Rivers is having her First Annual Farewell Tour – it remains to be seen whether she has more farewells than you-know-who. On Monday is the annual legal comedy debate at the Athenaeum. Details at Comedy in Melbourne.
Today (Friday) and tomorrow there is a live display by stencil and graffiti artists at the Vineyard in Acland Street St Kilda. This weekend is a 'Living New Expo’ at Flemington Racecourse and a ‘Feast for the Body & Soul’ at Box Hill. Details at Lifestyle Festivals in Melbourne.
This weekend there is the Sothern Grampians Promenade of Sacred Music, the Grampians Grape Grazing Festival. The Ranges Folk Festival in the Dandenongs (just look for the youngsters picking the banjo on the balcony), the Hairy Lemon Festival at Tallangatta, the Bright Autumn Festival, the Nagambie After Vintage Festival, the Koroit Irish Festival, the Wimmera German Festival and the Myrniong Historic Car Sprint. For details, go to our home page and choose the appropriate weekend from the drop-down menu of events under country Victoria.
How well do you know Melbourne? First to last week’s quiz. We had a number of responses including this one.
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We also had the following answer from Jude: “half french suburb is Northcote Mirka Moira did the mural. Emerald Hill what are the other questions ? I forget....
Jude”
We look forward to hearing again from Jude once she’s got her medication balanced. Now to this week’s quiz. Having featured the French it is time for the Dutch. - What is the name of Australia’s soccer coach?
- What does Dutch Orange Day celebrate?
- 400 years ago the first recorded European sighting of Australia took place as well as the first European landing on Australian soil and encounter with Aborigines. Which part of Australia was this and what was the name of the commander?
- Who was the first person to sail all the way around Australia? (this may be a trick question)
- What is a Dutch auction?
- Richard Wagner wrote an opera about an Essendon footballer. Who was that footballer?
No prizes – just glory and a warm inner glow.
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