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2024 NSW JUNIOR MOTOR CYCLE DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS
held over 2 days – 13 & 14 April, 2024

See plenty of young motorcycle talent chasing the first championship honours for 2024.
Riders from across the state and from Queensland will battle it out in 10 classes of racing.

Starts 9.30am both days – $5 per car admission

Join us for our Commodore’s Lakefest Charity Ball on Saturday 13th April 2024. We will be raising money for Cancer Council Australia and Marine Rescue NSW, through ticket sales, Silent Auction and Raffles!
Ticket price is $120pp and includes
Canapes and Two Course Meal by Crusoe’s on the Lake, Champagne/Beer on arrival, Live Music by Misbehave, PLUS entry into our Lucky Door Prize!
Tickets can be purchased via LMYC Reception, either in person or over the phone (4945 0022).

PICTURES FROM THE PAST
A picture really is worth a thousand words. Family snaps, hand-coloured prints and commercial photographs in the Miss Porter’s House collection paint a vivid portrait of Newcastle life in the early years of the twentieth century. The special display of PICTURES FROM THE PAST will include examples from family post cards and holiday snaps to street scenes and local landmarks. Visitors can also help identify several mystery photographs.

Where did Florence Porter hang the washing to dry? A pre 1919 photograph of her husband Herbert in their Newcastle West backyard helped volunteers at Miss Porter’s House to solve the mystery.
See this and other PICTURES FROM THE PAST in the museum’s monthly display. A picture really is worth a thousand words and the many family snaps, prints, commercial photographs and post cards in the Miss Porter’s House collection paint a vivid portrait of Newcastle life in the early years of the twentieth century. They tell the many stories of Florence and her daughters Ella and Hazel who lived in the house from 1910, when Florence was a new bride, until the death of Hazel Porter in 1997.

See Herbert celebrating an Eight Hour Day Procession on one of the Porter shop’s delivery carts, and enjoying watermelon with friends. Recall one of the many Cottage Creek floods; common in the early twentieth century and which still inundate Newcastle West today. Spot the Gas Works Office, all that remains in 2022 of the nineteenth century Steel Street Gas Works which dominated the view from Florene and Herbert’s bedroom window. Find Florence’s washing line and see Ella and Hazel Porter at Cooks Hill School and posing for one of their first studio photographs.

And the answer to the washing question? Look closely at the photograph and you’ll see a shadow cast by the washing line and it’s clothes prop.

Admission Adults $12 Concession $10 Family $34 Children under 5 and National Trust members Free
Ph 49270202

Join Grow A Star on an epic trek to explore the breathtaking terrain of New Zealand’s Southern Alps. You’ll be with a team of like-minded adventurers united by the desire to make a change in the lives of young people.

On this 6-day trek you’ll make your way from the colourful and chaotic Christchurch to the ultimate adventure destination of Queenstown. Every day you’ll be challenged by alpine hikes past glacial lakes, up steep mountainous slopes and through valleys, forests and snowfields. Your efforts will be rewarded by some of New Zealand’s most spectacular sights including Lake Tekapo, Mount Cook, Wanaka and the famous Tasman Glacier.

Best of all, every step of the way you will raise vital money to support Grow A Star on their mission to help disadvantaged young people follow their interests and ambitions, and make their dreams come true.

Critters and Craft – Wednesday 17 & Wednesday 24 April 2024
Drop into the Wetlands between 10 am and 12 noon and get crafty. Are you brave enough to make a snake from paper or clay? Then meet some real snakes (and other reptiles) at a reptile encounter at 11am. Booking not required Cost: $5 plus entry.

Everyday in the holidays
Take the Wetlands Challenge – pick up a Challenge Map from reception and climb, hunt, discover and explore your way around the Wetlands. Complete the challenges and go in the draw to win a prize from our gift shop. Cost: Free with entry. Other activities:
• dip-netting
• bird feeding (10.30am)
• animal house
• playground
• egret tower
• canoeing (hire charge applies)
• bring a picnic or eat at the café
https://www.wetlands.org.au/upcoming-events

The off Broadway show First Date the musical is coming to Newcastle in its premiere!
When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy restaurant turns into a hilarious high-stakes dinner. As the date unfolds in real time, the couple quickly finds that they are not alone on this unpredictable evening. In a delightful and unexpected twist, Casey and Aaron’s inner critics take on a life of their own when other restaurant patrons transform into supportive best friends, manipulative exes and protective parents, who sing and dance them through ice-breakers, appetizers and potential conversational land mines. Can this couple turn what could be a dating disaster into something special before the check arrives?
Season plays exclusively between 17 – 27 April

Critters and Craft – Wednesday 17 & Wednesday 24 April 2024
Drop into the Wetlands between 10 am and 12 noon and get crafty. Are you brave enough to make a snake from paper or clay? Then meet some real snakes (and other reptiles) at a reptile encounter at 11am. Booking not required Cost: $5 plus entry.

Everyday in the holidays
Take the Wetlands Challenge – pick up a Challenge Map from reception and climb, hunt, discover and explore your way around the Wetlands. Complete the challenges and go in the draw to win a prize from our gift shop. Cost: Free with entry. Other activities:
• dip-netting
• bird feeding (10.30am)
• animal house
• playground
• egret tower
• canoeing (hire charge applies)
• bring a picnic or eat at the café
https://www.wetlands.org.au/upcoming-events