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SEEN at Swansea hosts a series of exhibitions and starting 18 May till 6 July The Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Art Society will be having their Exhibition.
This is an Exhibition of works by local members of the Society all of which are original oils, watercolour, acrylic, pencil, pastel and mixed media paintings.
Come and have a browse – located at Swansea Library 228 Pacific Hwy, Swansea…parking in back.
The Society has been exhibiting for 91years.
For further info ring Karen on 0404 893 855

Join us for a day of celebrating our connection to the land where our Botanic Gardens now stand.
Arrive by 10.00 am for the Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony by Worimi man, Brett Chambers.
Activities include dance workshop, bush foods walk, cultural burning demonstration, dot-painting workshop, art gallery exhibition by Jason Russell.
Prices: Adult $10, Child (3-15yrs) $5, Family (2A 2-3 ch) $25. Dot-painting workshop $35 per person.
Bookings via Humanitix https://events.humanitix.com/naidoc-week-event

6th July – NAIDOC Week event – full day of activities, arrive before 10am for Welcome to Country
9th July Children’s Discovery Day event – full day of activities for kids
11th July Kite-making Workshop – 9.30 – 12.00, $35
16th July Viking Rune making Workshop – 9.30 – 12.00, $55
17th July Nuts About Nature craft workshop – 9.30 – 11.00, $10
20th July Rock Snake! Rock Painting Workshop – 10.00 – 11.30, $15
All bookings and details via Humanitix. Or call 4987 1655

Rainbow Bricks Presents
NEWCASTLE BRICKFEST 2024
A LEGO Fan Event
Rainbow Bricks is thrilled to announce the return of Newcastle Brickfest in 2024!
Newcastle Brickfest is not only the largest LEGO fan event in NSW but also one of Australia’s premier LEGO fan events. This community event was created by local volunteer LEGO fans for LEGO enthusiasts of all ages. It features some of Australia’s best LEGO builders and over the ten years it has been running, it has donated 140,000 dollars to local schools and charities.
Our LEGO Master Builder’s original creations and displays of LEGO themes are sure to impress and inspire kids of all ages. Visitors can interact with the exhibitors, ask them questions about their exhibits and LEGO in general. There will be displays and activities for all family members to enjoy.
This year, our Cosplaying friends from the Hunter Heroes and Star Wars Characters will join us! Newcastle Brickfest is a family-friendly, not-for-profit event that has supported Newcastle charities for the past ten years. This year’s charity partner is the John Hunter Children’s Hospital Kids Club.
Enjoy the LEGO activities:
Activities:
Build Area – An area for the kids to build after being inspired by the exhibitor’s creations.
Speed Builds – This popular competition returns and will run each hour.
Find A Minifigure—Many of the displays will contain a Minifigure. Tell us how many for a chance to win a prize!
Colouring In – Colouring in competition for the under 12s.
Monster LEGO Raffle – LEGO prizes to be won.
Cosplay Area – Have your photo taken with one of the characters or one of the backdrops.
The Newcastle Racecourse will have their canteen open on the weekend.
We will once again have staggered start times and limits per session to improve the experience of Newcastle Brickfest. Once you have entered the event, you can stay as long as you like!
DATE: Saturday, the 6th of July, and Sunday, the 7th of July
TIME: Saturday 2 pm – 5 pm and Sunday 9.30 am – 5 pm
COST: $10 per person [Children under 3 are free] or $35 a family [2A/2C or 1A/3C]. There will be limited tickets at the door [$12 each]
Please share this with your family and friends; we look forward to seeing you there.

Maitland Community Markets are run by Hunter River Agricultural & Horticultural Association at the Maitland Showground with over 100 stalls each month.

Visit https://maitlandshowground.com.au/attractions-events/markets/

Everyday in the holidays
Bee-sure to follow the Bee Discovery Trail and bee-come aware of bees of how YOU can help our bee-utiful environment. Try dip-netting; feed the birds; visit the animal house; have fun on the playground; climb the egret tower; go canoeing.
Cost: Free with entry
Bring a picnic or eat at the café.
Critters and Craft – Wednesday 10th & Wednesday 17 July 2024
Buzz into the Wetlands on Wednesdays in the holidays. Bee crafty 10am – 12 noon; Bird feeding 10.30am; Reptile Encounter 11am; Bee Discovery Trail all day.
Booking not required
Cost: entry plus $5 per person for the Reptile Encounter.
For more details https://www.wetlands.org.au/upcoming-events

Everyday in the holidays
Bee-sure to follow the Bee Discovery Trail and bee-come aware of bees of how YOU can help our bee-utiful environment. Try dip-netting; feed the birds; visit the animal house; have fun on the playground; climb the egret tower; go canoeing.
Cost: Free with entry
Bring a picnic or eat at the café.
Critters and Craft – Wednesday 10th & Wednesday 17 July 2024
Buzz into the Wetlands on Wednesdays in the holidays. Bee crafty 10am – 12 noon; Bird feeding 10.30am; Reptile Encounter 11am; Bee Discovery Trail all day.
Booking not required
Cost: entry plus $5 per person for the Reptile Encounter.
For more details https://www.wetlands.org.au/upcoming-events

Novocastrian Quilters are excited to be celebrating their 40th Anniversary with a wonderful Quilt Exhibition.
Come along and see the display of over 100 modern and traditional quilts and art works including this year’s Ruby Challenge. The Exhibition is open from 9am to 4pm both days and entry is $10. Visitors will be encouraged to vote for their favourite quilt on display. A great variety of excellent quality craft goods will be for sale and visitors can purchase a ticket in a “Bag Lotto” where they go into a draw for a bag of their choice. Visitors will also have the opportunity to purchase fabric and other sewing items from four local patchwork shops and a coffee cart will be on site for drinks and lunches. Tickets will be on sale for this year’s Raffle Quilt “Tall Poppy” that created lots of interest at the Newcastle Craft Alive Show.
Further information available on Novocastrian Quilters Facebook Page

HIDDEN TREASURES at Miss Porter’s House Museum
Discover hidden treasures at Newcastle’s only UNESCO recognised museum. Marvel at nationally recognised documents from the Miss Porter’s House collection and other rarely seen beautiful and unique family objects.
The Miss Porter’s House Documentary Heritage Collection 1910-1997 is inscribed on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register joining such priceless items as the First Fleet Journals. The Miss Porter’s House collection is of historical significance for its comprehensive and sometimes quirky coverage of the domestic life of a household of ordinary women living in a regional town across most of the twentieth century. It reflects their working, domestic, family and community lives.
There are about six thousand documents and objects in the collection, and many will be on display for the first time. Visitors will be able to see some of the rare and beautiful items owned and used by Florence, Ella and Hazel Porter.
The women kept scrapbooks of their leisure activities, and these are now a rare record of the detail of early twentieth century social history. The 1935-1938 radio scrapbook and the 1940s movie scrapbook contain press clippings about favourite programs and personalities. Visitors can perhaps relive the radio and cinema habits of their own forebears.
Slightly more unusual are the notebooks in which the Porters recorded household expenses and activities.
How much does a dog cost? In an ordinary exercise book Ella and Hazel kept track of expenses related to their dog Cooee, from the original advertisement, through to food, vitamins and the vet’s bills. Each page is neatly tallied (the women were trained bookkeepers), and we can see that, until his death in March 1990, Cooee cost $1,078.63.
The household documents, wonderful greetings post cards, photographs, and books together with personal objects like Hazel’s parasol and a tiny stylish mother-of-pearl evening purse will all be on display during HIDDEN TREASURES at Miss Porter’s House.
Entry”: Adults $12 Concession $10 Family $34 National Trust members and children under 5 free. Ph: 48270202

Hunter Drama is pumped to be getting its ‘rock on’ and bringing the smash hit musical School of Rock to the Civic Theatre this July. Based on the Paramount movie by Mike White starring Jack Black, the production features new music by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and promises to be an audience favourite for young and old alike.

Directed by Lauren Harvey, part of the creative team for Billy Elliot the Musical, with musical direction by ARIA nominee Dan Wilson, the show has 14 new songs as well as the original songs from the movie, guaranteed to bring audiences to their feet.

The cast comprises a young ensemble of Hunter Drama emerging stars led by Hunter Drama Artistic Director & professional actor James Chapman, in the hilarious role of Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star who poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight–A pupils into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band.

20 Domino’s stores are doing a Doughraiser for Hunter Ward
Hunter has been fighting brain cancer for the last 13months and unfortunately losing his battle. His now on palliative care.

With the 20stores
Adamstown, New Lambton, Wallsend, Woodrising, Toronto, Morisset, Green Hills, The Junction, Mayfield, Fletcher Village, Cameron Park, Belmont, Charlestown, Medowie, Glendale, Gillieston Heights, Kurri Kurri, Huntlee, Thornton and Cessnock.

We will be donating $1 from every pizza sold excluding minis to Hunter’s family.
Some of the stores will also have volunteers selling the beanies for brain cancer and money raised their will go to the Mark Hughes Foundation.

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Thanks
Trudie Guttridge
0405 844 908

Friends of Grossmann and Brough Houses invite you to the 2024 Grossmann Lecture, delivered by Dr Peter Hobbins of the Australian National Maritime Museum, exploring the theme: Maitland under attack? Defending the Hunter region in World War II.
What sort of credible threat could have materialised in the Hunter and were we prepared for it? This presentation considers the prospects of naval, military and aerial attacks in the Hunter region, from toxic gases to warship broadsides.
The annual Grossmann Lecture will be accompanied by homemade canapes and a complementary glass of sparkling wine, to be enjoyed in the delightful gardens of Brough and Grossmann Houses, Church St, Maitland.
Book on Eventbrite – Adult $28, Concession & National Trust Members $25
All funds raised help to maintain our1870 Victorian townhouses.

I am so excited to raise money for the Cancer Council and to be part of Stars Of Newcastle.

Join me at Hoyts Charlestown for “Fly me to the Moon” starring Channing Tatum.

We will be in our own cinema, 6pm start time with a little introduction about the Cancer Council and the movie starting at 6.30 pm.

Ticket includes snack popcorn and small drink, goodie bag and one raffle ticket.

Raffle prize and opportunity to buy Scrubba Body Lip Balm for $15 with $5 from each lip balm going to the Cancer Council.

Please buy tickets at 123tix.com.au

Thank-you