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Things To Do in Australia
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Australia’s Biggest Morning TeaAustralia’s Biggest Morning Tea
Forget those cappuccinos and flat whites, it’s time to break out your best china for a cup of Darjeeling. Australia’s Biggest morning tea is a great way to host a fun-loving event to raise f... -
National Sorry DayNational Sorry Day
Commemorate and acknowledge the history of the Stolen Generations on National Sorry Day, 26 May. The annual National Sorry Day commemorations are a time of deep significance to the nation, as im... -
Kiss Goodbye to MSKiss Goodbye to MS
From the 1st of May, Kiss Goodbye to MS calls on people with multiple sclerosis (MS), their friends, family and colleagues to raise money for vital research into a cure and for facilities for peopl... -
Red Nose DayRed Nose Day
It’s time put that squishy red nose back on because Red Nose Day is drawing closer and closer. Being a major fundraiser against SIDS and for kids, this event helps save babies and children duri... -
State of OriginState of Origin
It’s high time for the Blues to hit the ground running and end their rival Maroons’ winning streak. In NRL’s most anticipated event of the year, the League’s best players forget their usual te...
Featured Events, Activities & Things To Do
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n 2013 Lighthouse invites you our enthusiastic and hardworking arts educators to Play it Forward - pass on to the next generation a love of theatre and live performance. Lighthouse has handpicked t... -
Comedian THE OLD FELLA and barbershop quartet BENCHMARK (Australia's Got Talent Grand Finalists 2011) get together to provide a unique evening of top Australian entertainment. Don't miss this oppo... -
Composer Luke Howard conjures rich cinematic soundscapes using piano, pipe organ, string quintet and electronics. In this concert he performs music from his album "Sun, Cloud". Recorded over the p... -
Ensemble Liaison: Pure Ensemble Liaison - at The Melbourne Recital Centre The Melbourne Recital CentreOpening Ensemble Liaison's 2013 Critics Choice series, the group returns to its core Trio to present 'Pure Ensemble Liaison' - a concert of critics and audience favourites from the first six season... -
Having won awards in Edinburgh and Australia Mourne, Eve and Dawn Kransky, three endearing spinsters from Esk in Queensland, are packing up their old Morris to hit the road again with a brand new ...
Upcoming activities
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Concerned about what is in your off-the-shelf medications? The aim of this session is to put you back in control, talking about ways you can deal effectually with worrying, uncomfortable or drainin... -
Participants Wanted! First Aid Training for Parents of Teenagers (TPOT study) Australian Red Cross College, VictoriaParents who have a teenager aged 12-15 years (and the teenagers themselves) are invited to participate in a research project being led by Professor Tony Jorm from the University of Melbourne. The p... -
African, Latin and Local Percussion - learn to keep in time, feel the rhythm and play to the beat of your own drum! All ages and stages Welcome! Saturday and / or Sunday afternoons. Dru... -
Well known sculptor Jenny Whiteside will show you how to carve organic or figurative forms from limestone blocks. Cost includes small block of limestone and all tools/equipment required for you... -
For children aged 3 to 5 years old Preschool Storytime is held weekly at each of the five libraries in Boroondara. A mixture of story reading, nursery rhymes, songs and activities creates an ent...
